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Well, it turns out that a candidate for the mid bedfordshire by election apparently strong links apparently has very strong links to greenpeace. The labour party is in a bit of a mess over net zero in the environment at the moment. Talking of the environment, chap has gone on environment, a chap has gone on Hunger Strike over the ulez charge, so well be checking in and making sure that everything is still okay with that is still indeed okay with that particular look, particular man. But hey look, this the real world effect, this is the real world effect, isnt it . That our eco pressure isnt it . That our eco pressure is piling onto ordinary citizens . Patrick christys on. Citizens . Patrick christys on. Gb news. Im going big on that shipping container story today. I went there this morning and to be honest with you, it was absolutely horrendous. Its the only word for it. Weve got british citizens , young single british citizens, young single mums as well, living in what they would describe and have described themselves as squalor. And it makes us realise, i think , that our priorities are think, that our priorities are all wrong. I will also be taking all wrong. I will also be taking a long, hard look at our Legal Profession today to see whether or not those immigration or not those crooked immigration lawyers be lawyers should actually be spending of their life spending the rest of their life behind bars. Gb views or cbnnews. Com. But right now its your headlines with. Ray your headlines with. Ray thanks, patrick. Good afternoon. 3 02. Our top story this hour, Suella Braverman says lawyers who game the british asylum system by lying are a stain on the Legal Profession. The home secretarys comments come as she chairs a round table of regulators and members of the governments new task force aimed at cracking down on rogue lawyers. As the daily mail lawyers. As the daily mail revealed the case of a law firm helping an undercover journalist helping an undercoverjournalist who was posing as an economic migrant to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds. Now a new task force announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies , law regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement other government enforcement and other Government Departments root out departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. The so called dodgy law firms. The elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack which allowed what it calls hot style actors to access peoples information. The cyber attackers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the name and address of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The incident was first identified in october of last year, but the attackers first access the Commission Systems in august of 2021. Chief exec sean mcnally apologised to people whose information was hacked and says significant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems. Been taken to improve their it systems. Hundreds of brits are on an overnight ferry have been forced to dock in france after a reported Food Poisoning emergency on board a passenger on the pont avion ferry told gb news that dozens of ambulances were waiting on the quay side when the ferry pulled into brest this morning, saying theyd departed santander in spain at 6 00 last night. But passengers told gb news that they were stunned to see the boat urgently diverted. And Brittany Ferries diverted. And Brittany Ferries told us they dont yet know when the ship will be able to continue its journey on to plymouth , a haulage firm thats plymouth, a haulage firm thats part of one of the uks largest transport groups, says it may be forced to shut down its site in Northern Ireland due to brexit. Gb news has seen a letter sent by Morgan Mclernon to staff that blames the consequences of post brexit arrangements for possible redundancies. The possible redundancies. The Company Delivers to every major uk supermarket. The Business Community in Northern Ireland is still awaiting details about the Windsor Framework that was signed in february. John martin from the Road Haulage Association saying that hundreds ofjobs association saying that hundreds of jobs could be affected. Of jobs could be affected. If youre investing tens of millions of pounds in a business, you need clarity and surety and that hasnt been coming from government. I think the concern is if they tell us the concern is if they tell us the detail, everybody will realise that its not what the Prime Minister promised. Well, in the Morgan Mcclure group youre talking about hundreds of jobs, but theyre not the only company thats under pressure at the moment. A number of other Haulage Companies and manufacturing are Manufacturing Companies are already looking at the viability of businesses in northern of their businesses in Northern Ireland, a man who was stabbed in the arm near the British Museum had been waiting in the queue to enter. Police have arrested a male on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. An american visitor described how she was about to join the queue at the museum when she was told to leave by police as the building was evacuated and the area cordoned off while the force attended the scene. Its not being treated as scene. Its not being treated as terror related and the museum has now reopened. There are half has now reopened. There are half as many bus services across the uk compared to 12. 5 years ago. Analysis by labour found that there were nearly 9000in the year to march compared to nearly 18,000in 2011. The West Midlands has been the hardest hit, with two thirds of routes cut. But two thirds of routes cut. But the government says labours criticism is actually misleading. As its invested £3. 5 billion into bus Services Since 2020. The mayor of the West Midlands has asked the council to ensure that a historic pub destroyed in a fire is rebuilt brick by brick. Historic pub destroyed in a fire is rebuilt brick by brick. Andy is rebuilt brick by brick. Andy street has written to south Staffordshire Council over the crooked house pub, which was destroyed by fire on saturday evening. The mayor says the 18th evening. The mayor says the 18th Century Building in himley holds real cultural and historical significance and the local authority should consider barring any change of use application for that site. Fire is being investigated by the police. And finally , people police. And finally, people lined the irish seafront to say their final goodbyes to Sinead Oconnor earlier. The 56 year oconnor earlier. The 56 year old grammy winning artist was found unresponsive when police were called to a home in South East London last month. The procession travelled along the bray seafront and passed her former home in montebello, where she lived for 15 years. A host of tributes flooded in upon news of tributes flooded in upon news of the singers death, including celebrities such as Russell Crowe , annie lennox and cindy crowe, annie lennox and cindy lauper. Crowe, annie lennox and cindy lauper. This is gb news across lauper. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying, play gb news. Now lets get straight back to. Patrick it is time for a full scale investigation into the role the Legal Profession is playing in our illegal immigration crisis. Ihave our illegal immigration crisis. I have more than a strong suspicion that politically motivated lawyers are frustrating us at every turn , frustrating us at every turn, either to make money or to cause as much of a nuisance as possible. So the conservative policies fail and they get a labour government. The latest madness is this fear of water. Rubbish. We are supposed to believe that people who paid people smugglers thousands of pounds to possibly put them in a boat initially across the mediterranean were then so traumatised by what they saw that they continued to pay money to people smugglers to help them travel across hundreds of miles of safe , bone dry of perfectly safe, bone dry land, then paid them more money again to get in a dinghy and sail across the busiest shipping lane in the world. I think that the public has a right to take these legal claims with a massive pinch of salt. Should we have a little look at some of the videos as well of people coming across those coming across on those small boats . I mean, that lot dont boats . I mean, that lot dont really traumatised by really look that traumatised by the water, do they . No, theres the water, do they . No, theres a couple of smiles. Indeed. There they dont really look like theyd be too uncomfortable on stable barge. I think its on a stable barge. I think its worth noting as well that one of the legal firms behind the last minute legal challenges is. Reporter in the mail as being london based duncan lewis, which apparently played a key role in challenging governments challenging the governments rwanda scheme. Now we rwanda asylum scheme. Now we have also seen an undercover sting operation where totally different solicitors , some of different solicitors, some of whom owned multi Million Pound property empires and sent their kids to eton, were taking cash in hand to fabricate claims to keep illegals in the country. I am convinced that some legal firms up and down the country are 100 at it when it comes to making bogus asylum claims and that needs to be investigated. That needs to be investigated. And if it is the truth, as i suspect it is, that the reality of the situation is that you can make a legal case for anybody at all that they have suffered some kind of trauma and that you can simply make that up and get away with it. Then this needs to be explained to the public in light of how traumatised everybody coming across the channel. Apparently is and how desperate they are for safe haven in the uk and only the uk. It they are for safe haven in the uk and only the uk. It is they are for safe haven in the uk and only the uk. It is also worth reminding ourselves of this story from over the weekend and the same people smugglers getting people into britain are also charging them around two and a half grand to get them out of britain. If theyve got in trouble with the law. So all of a sudden it turns out that they werent that traumatised by their journey. Werent that traumatised by theirjourney. They werent that traumatised by their journey. They arent really the victims of human trafficking. Actually trafficking. Theyre actually customers and countries customers of it. And countries other britain will do just other than britain will do just fine. Frankly there needs to be an investigation into whether or not certain crooked lawyers are essentially helping the human traffickers. Well, thats what traffickers. Well, thats what i think. As ever, i want to hear from you on this gb views on gbnews. Com. Ive got a heck of a lot on the immigration scandal today, including a report that i did earlier this morning from shipping containers in ealing, which i know is going to shock a lot of you. It certainly shocked me. But before that, we go live to portland to speak to our Homeland Security editor, mark white. Thank you very, white. Mark, thank you very, very first things first. Very much. First things first. Traumatise caused by this traumatise caused by water. This appears to be one of the latest excuses that he used why people cant get on these boats. Whats going on there . Going on there . Yeah, i mean, i think generally traumatised is certainly some of the reasons that are being put forward by the lawyers on behalf of these Asylum Seekers. As to the home office as a reason why they cant go on to this barge canal , learns about being put on a barge with hundreds of other people in very close proximity to each other is another disability issues, another other excuse thats being made to the home office. But its clear that lawyers and Campaign Groups have advised quite a number of these Asylum Seekers now just not to bother getting on the buses when they arrive at their hotel to pick them up, to take them to the bibby stockholm. And that worked very successfully for them yesterday with the vast majority of those, because remember, it was being briefed out that 50 people were due to arrive on the first day. In the end , 15 arrive and we know of at end, 15 arrive and we know of at least 20 who did not get on board the buses and the government inform of the home office have now sent out warning letters to those who didnt get on the buses, warning them that if they dont get on those buses and get to this barge by the end of today, then they risk losing the support that the home office gives them. In other words, the accommodation on that, the home office gives them quite where the home office would stand legally. I the home office would stand legally. I dont the home office would stand legally. I dont know, patrick, legally. I dont know, patrick, because it has a legal duty to ensure that Asylum Seekers are not destitute, that they are not made homeless. However, they may have a case to argue argue that they have offered accommodation in that accommodation. An offer in that accommodation. An offer has not been accepted. No , exactly. And that is no, exactly. And that is a really fascinating point because initial really it sounds quite tough, doesnt it, to paraphrase very much so. Lee anderson saying that you can get on the barge or you can politely return to france if you do decide not to france if you do decide not to get on this barge. From what i could gather, the government was saying at the minute, well, we might make you homeless , but we might make you homeless, but that then put the focus that would then put the focus onto the local authority who would then have to find housing for you, which doesnt really actually help because the local authority could then still house actually help because the local autiinity could then still house actually help because the local autiin a could then still house actually help because the local autiin a hoteli then still house actually help because the local autiin a hotel or1en still house actually help because the local autiin a hotel or taketill house actually help because the local autiin a hotel or take a l house actually help because the local autiin a hotel or take a flatuse you in a hotel or take a flat away from a young single mum, for but suella for example. But Suella Braverman in the last half hour or so, i believe has been held with a Task Force Meeting into the Legal Profession in this country. And that is, i think, an area where were going to see an area where were going to see a lot of contention in the coming months as yeah, i mean, weve heard for some time about concerns within government circles and amongst those supporters of the governments plans to stop the boats. They fear that its not just lawyers, but at charities. Human Rights Groups, in fact, right from the people smugglers themselves are all involved. Themselves are all involved. They believe to some extent in gaming the system or helping the Asylum Seekers game. The system from the advice that theyre given by the people smugglers on the best ways to get to northern france to throw away their identifying documents and to come up with back stories that again, its claimed is suggested or hammered home to them by by some of the charities. And human Rights Groups. And indeed aid lawyers. And weve had that sting by the mail that uncovered what was illegality on the face of what they have uncovered in trying to coach these Asylum Seekers into coming up. And in fact, in venting stories that are not true. So that is there a belief that this is whats happening, a wide scale sort of gaming of the asylum system, but proving it is a different matter. And of course, you would if you speak to the lawyers, if you speak to the human Rights Groups in the charities, they would say, far from gaming the system , what doing is , what they are doing is offering the best advice and help to people in a desperate situation to ensure that they stand the best chance of being able to claim asylum in this country. Yeah, absolutely. And mark, yeah, absolutely. And mark, just in terms of an update as to where we currently stand with the amount of people on the bibby stockholm barge, do we as of right now know if theres been that many more arrivals today at all . Well, we certainly think a few have come today , but you few have come today, but you might be able to see behind me that you cant see behind me because the cloud base has come right down. Its blowing a gale. Its been raining. Its just its been raining. Its just miserable down here and we cant see the barge. So we dont actually know how many people might have gone into the barge in the last few hours since the cloud base dropped. There was certainly a 4 or 5, i think, that went in this morning. But thats a fraction of who the home office were expecting in terms of the numbers to be on the barge because they are being frustrated by the interventions that are taking place by the lawyers and the human Rights Groups who are coming up with all of these reasons why these people cant get on the barge. So whats the net effect of that, patrick . It means that you only get a trickle of people going on the barge and this whole episode, like so many others at scampton and weathers field, wherever it might be, just gets dragged out over the longer term and everyone just gets thoroughly fed up. Indeed. Mark, thank you very, indeed. Mark, thank you very, very much. Mark wight there. Our home, Homeland Security editor. I think that this investigation, this task force into the actions of certain elements of our Legal Profession , by no means all of profession, by no means all of the Legal Profession at all, certain elements of it coupled with the roles of some Charity Groups as well. I wonder whether or not they are going to unearth a direct trail that starts with human traffickers. The transportation of individuals, and aided and abetted by certain people. And if we can put that people. And if we can put that spiders web together, then that story will be absolutely massive, really, and i think will blow the lid off what i regard anyway as a lot of mickey taking of our Border Control role, but a bit closer to home anyway, i decided that i wanted to go and have a look at something myself with my own eyes this morning and earlier today i went to ealing in west london, where people are living in converted shipping containers. So this is the state of play in in ealing at the moment. These are narrow shipping containers stacked one on top of the other with toilets pumping out raw sewage when they actually work at all, they are incredibly narrow. Some of them housed just individuals. Incredibly narrow. Some of them housed just individuals. Others housed just individuals. Others housed just individuals. Others house families. And as you can see, thats the size of it and thats the scale of it there. Its been used by drug dealers. The laundry room where they all share a Laundry Department was used by a drug dealer as an office. One young single mum told me, they said that its not fit for human habitation. Having been there myself, i can absolutely vouch for the fact that it isnt at all and they are being charged around £1,300 are being charged around £1,300 a month for the privilege of living there and that is in eaung living there and that is in ealing , an area with a labour ealing, an area with a Labour Council , a ealing, an area with a Labour Council, a series of labour mps. And i was on ealing,. Gov website earlier on and i saw they are imploring the home secretary to act now, withdraw the illegal migration bill, repeal the nationality and borders act, work with local authorities and communities to put in place an asylum system that supports and enables people seeking safety to rebuild their lives and encourages communities to welcome them. But theyre to welcome them. But theyre slap bang in the middle of that constituency. We have brits living in squalor , in shipping living in squalor, in shipping containers, paying for it as well. I have the full story a little bit later on in the programme and some quite harrowing interviews actually with individuals who are absolutely at their wits end. I personally did not realise that we had People Living like that really in this country and i think it will open your eyes to a number of issues, not least in my view , the outright hypocrisy my view, the outright hypocrisy of the lengths with which we will go to help people whove come to this country illegally versus the way that we treat people who are here legally and are in desperate need. But an eaung are in desperate need. But an Ealing Council spokesperson said it should be absolutely clear that the council is committed to decommissioning Marston Court , decommissioning Marston Court, which is where this is, and providing Higher Quality temporary accommodation. However, this cannot happen immediately as we are facing an increase in the number of households who are in urgent need of support with their housing. And just seven weeks ago, leader of ealing ago, the leader of Ealing Council, peter mason and councillor knewstub, did councillor polly knewstub, did write to home secretary write to the home secretary asking her ditch the rwanda asking her to ditch the rwanda plan. So that was what i read out to you a little bit earlier on. In terms of their statement there, i would just suggest strongly that the priority should be the local people that they have living in that area in absolutely need. And absolutely desperate need. And when i show you some of the testimonies of those individuals, i think, frankly, it bring a tear to your it might bring a tear to your eye. But more on this story on our website, gbnews. Com. Its the groWing National our website, gbnews. Com. Its the website Wing National our website, gbnews. Com. Its the website in ng national our website, gbnews. Com. Its the website in the1ational our website, gbnews. Com. Its the website in the country. News website in the country. Its best analysis, big its got the best analysis, big opinion, well as of the opinion, as well as all of the latest breaking news. But get this, £10,000 of this, almost £10,000 of taxpayers was giving taxpayers money was spent giving Nicola Sturgeon and her staff vip treatment at airports. So vip treatment at airports. So has Nicola Sturgeon been living at large off the taxpayer . At large off the taxpayer . Patrick christys on gb news britains news channel in just a few moments time, we will hear from an army veteran who hates the ulez expansion scheme. So much that hes actually gone on Hunger Strike over it. And a little bit later on in the show, just a few days after greenpeace activists attacked rishi sunaks home, its emerged that a Labour Parliamentary candidate is campaigning thing for the same environmental group. The labour party really are in a mess now at moment. I think when it at the moment. I think when it comes to net zero and the environment, but more than £14 million of taxpayers cash was spent on credit card transaction loans by scottish Civil Servants in just a three year period in including and this is the spicy bit thousands spent on vip airport upgrades for queen Nicola Sturgeon the full breakdown of spending obtained by scottish labour covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22. So it shows that nearly £10,000 was spent on vip travel for former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and her staff, who used a firm which fast tracks clients through check in. And of course , of check in. And of course, of course provides a vip lounge. The list of transactions also shows that public money was spent on yoga classes. Shows that public money was spent on yoga classes. Hundreds of books , heel stoppers and nail of books, heel stoppers and nail varnish. There was also more than £4,000 spent on hospitality and Hotel Accommodation at the five Star Gleneagles Hotel in perthshire during a sporting event earlier. Jackie baillie, the deputy leader of the scottish labour party, told gb news that she thought this was eye watering. Well i think it was the scale of the expense picture on the Scottish Governments credit card at a time where people are really struggling because of the cost of living crisis here we had Civil Servants, ministers , you Civil Servants, ministers, you know, using a credit card to buy everything from nail varnish through to driving lessons , you through to driving lessons, you know, the amount spent on vip treatment for the first minister that was then Nicola Sturgeon going through airports. She couldnt queue like the rest of us. It was just eye watering and at a time where people genuinely are struggling, this just looked as if they were wasting taxpayers money. Yeah, it does a bit, doesnt it . Im joined now by michael simmons, whos a data journalist at the spectator. Michael, thank you very much. I read with some delight, actually that the Scottish Government or should that be taxpayers, bought 22 copies of a book titled how to run a government so that citizens and taxpayers dont go crazy. Presumably they didnt crazy. Presumably they didnt read any of that, but the actual lavish, taxpayer funded expenditure here is quite startling. Startling. Yeah, and i should say that the rest of the reading list is even more shocking. They bought a book called why does everything go wrong as well 7 does everything go wrong as well . And its just as you say, its a Staggering Amount of money thats been spent ministers. Thats been spent by ministers. Its been spent by Civil Servants and some of it youll say, you know, this is okay for day to day spending. Theres like you genuinely need to buy stationery. And i think its relatively fair enough that certain travel arrangements for ministers have to be paid for. But theres things that just seem inexcusable. I mean, the heel stoppers because Nicola Sturgeon was going to be attending where the attending an event where the floors were old and so it would make noise, things like that just absolutely absurd just seemed absolutely absurd and really, you and think what will really, you know, scottish voters a know, annoy scottish voters is a lot image that the snp lot of the image that the snp and Scottish Government and the Scottish Government present themselves were present themselves as were nothing like westminster, you know, westminsters all dodgy. They do things wrong where you know this angelic golden government and just clearly theyre just no different or theyve been running it no different they would different to what they would criticise westminster. Yeah. 100. £4,182 spent on hospitality and Hotel Accommodation at the five Star Gleneagles Hotel in perthshire for a women in sports event now. Okay fine. Does it have to be at a five star hotel when i have a look as well . About £10,000 worth of vip airport upgrades for sturgeon and her staff. Im for sturgeon and her staff. Im not sure that thats putting particularly necessary as well, is it . And its almost like there was a disregard for taxpayers money at times. Taxpayers money at times. Yeah. And i think thats right, patrick. And i think theres also a wider question specifically around some of the foreign travel that Scottish Government ministers, including Nicola Sturgeon, were undertaking is what was actually necessary because obviously Foreign Policy is not a reserved m atter. Matter. It is a reserved matter. Sorry, its the its the responsibility of the uk government. Its got nothing to do with the Scottish Government. Now course Nicola Sturgeon now of course Nicola Sturgeon might have to attend certain events, bet a lot of events, but i bet you a lot of these travel, when looked these travel, when its looked into stuff that is not into will be stuff that is not anything the Scottish Government had functional control over its trips that are basically unnecessary and the snp have wanted to put these trips on for political reasons. Perhaps about building the case for scottish independence. Yes, and to that independence. Yes, and to that i would say if they want to do that, if they want to go abroad, thats fine, but it should be paid for by the party, not by taxpayers. But theres loads of this stuff. I mean, it goes even further back. You know, Nicola Sturgeon spent grand of spent nearly 150 grand of taxpayers cash on attending cop27 in egypt. For example, the ex first minister her staff ex first minister and her staff racked £45,000 hotel bill. Racked up £45,000 hotel bill. I mean, this has been going on and on for on a of a long on and for on a heck of a long time. And out interest, time. And just out of interest, what is latest when it comes what is the latest when it comes to Nicola Sturgeon and some of the issues going on north of the border . Theyre involving her husband well. So its husband as well. So its important to say that this is this spending thats been revealed today is nothing to do with the Police Investigation because this is all Scottish Government and the Government Spending and the police is looking at snp police is looking at the snp party finances. And basically the latest we have with that is the Police Investigation is still going on. No report has been made to the crown office, which is the scottish equivalent of the sort of crown prince, the crown prosecution service. So were prosecution service. So were just waiting to find out whether theres going to be charges or not. But there are suggestions that its going to be soon. And ive spoken to people in the snp who are worried that at least one of the three arrested people is likely to be charged. So were just waiting to see. Well, watch this space. Well, watch this space. Michael, thank very michael, thank you very, very much. Michael there. Much. Michael simmons there. Data journalist at the spectator, Scottish Government spectator, a Scottish Government spokesperson spectator, a Scottish Government spokespyelectronic purchasing through electronic purchasing cards used to support cards is used to support government officials during their course work, such their usual course of work, such as training , catering, room hire as training, catering, room hire and supplies. The cards and one off supplies. The cards are not for personal expenditure. There are robust authorisation regular authorisation and regular auditing arrangements that are in place to monitor their use for security reasons. We cannot comment on the first ministers travel, arrange payments are security loads more still to come between now on 4 00 in a moment, i will have the story of a man whos taking drastic action as he protests that he cant. Controversial ulez scheme and find out what happened. Earlier today. When i visited people in west london who are being forced live shipping being forced to live in shipping containers. But first, the containers. But first, the latest news with. Ray latest news with. Ray thanks, patrick. Good afternoon. 332 the jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts. Seven women majority verdicts. Seven women and four men were told by mr justice goss that he would accept verdicts on which at least ten of them are agreed on. Suella braverman has chaired a roundtable of regulated mothers and members of the governments new task force aimed at cracking down on rogue lawyers. The home secretary saying that the task force will bring together regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other departments to root out so called dodgy law firms is a man who was stabbed in the arm near the British Museum, had been waiting in the queue to enter. Police have arrested a man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, is not being treated as terror related. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website , gbnews. Com. Website, gbnews. Com. Direct bullion sponsors. The finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment. Gold and silver investment. Heres a quick look at todays markets. The pound will buy you 1. 26, nine 4 and ,1. 1608. Price of gold. £1,517. 92 per ounce. And gold. £1,517. 92 per ounce. And the ftse 100 is at 7522 points. Direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment looks like things are heating up. Like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Im craig snell. Looking ahead to the next few days, it is set to turn briefly warmer. But however we go into the weekend, the unsettled regime will return. Will return. So heres the situation at the moment. Weve got an area of High Pressure beginning to build in, but this weak area of low pressure is still a focus of some cloud and outbreaks of rain as into this evening. As we go into this evening. Heaviest down heaviest of the rain down towards southeastern towards the far southeastern corner, but that will gradually clear, leaving lots of the uk under skies, still quite under clear skies, still quite breezy showery , though, breezy and showery, though, across shetland. Later on in the and then later on in the night, we start some night, we will start to see some thicker and outbreaks thicker cloud and some outbreaks of creeping into the of rain just creeping into the very of the uk. But for very far west of the uk. But for most its a fairly mild night. Most towns cities staying in most towns and cities staying in double figures. So we start wednesday on a fairly sunny wednesday off on a fairly sunny note across a lot of the country. Still quite windy across shetland. And this area of cloud and patchy rain will just spread its way little bit further way a little bit further eastwards goes on. Eastwards as the day goes on. A grey afternoon to so quite a grey afternoon to come across Northern Ireland, western scotland, of wales western scotland, parts of wales into midlands southwest england. The sunshine further best for the sunshine further east we do the east and where we do see the sunshine, be feeling sunshine, it will be feeling much warmer we see highs much warmer. We could see highs reaching around 23 or 24 degrees after a bit of a slow start on thursday this cloud will quickly burn and actually thursday burn away and actually thursday looks like the best day the looks like the best day of the week. Plenty sunshine around, week. Plenty of sunshine around, especially eastern and especially across eastern and central country. Central parts of the country. Could highs reaching 26, could see highs reaching 26, 27, 28 degrees, but 27, possibly 28 degrees, but then turning and showery then turning cooler and showery as we head towards the weekend looks like things are heating up i boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Of weather on. Gb news. A couple of climate stories knocking about today. In the next hour, im going to be telling you all anyway about some more hot water, as it were, for and the labour for keir starmer and the labour party it appears. Is that a party as it appears. Is that a parliamentary candidate there for the mid bedfordshire by election is actually campaigning for greenpeace. And campaigning for greenpeace. And this of course, not long after greenpeace stormed into rishi sunaks and camped on sunaks property and camped on his labour party, his roof. The labour party, facing strong concerns about their involvement with Just Stop Oil as well. Yes , not a oil as well. So yes, not a particularly time the particularly great time for the labour when comes to labour party when it comes to the environment. They have choppy to choppy waters that they need to navigate, at ulez is also navigate, but at ulez is also a big concern for labour. An army veteran has launched his own fightback against sadiq khans controversial ulez plans. Pradeep singh will not eat and will only drink for water seven days in protest of the mayor of londons clean air tax, which is due to be extended on the 29th of august. Pradeep has set up camp outside uxbridge tube station and we were able to actually catch up with this particular chap who actually is acting on, frankly, what a lot of the feelings are around the ulez charge at the moment. Lets hear from him. Hear from him. Well, it is a im battling against a you know, the cost of living crisis. I started my living crisis. I started my fight last year , you know, with fight last year, you know, with the rising cost of living and as we are already struggling , you we are already struggling, you know, and there is another burden on the people with the ulez. So it has a very big ulez. So it has a very big effect on the, you know, the peoples life, not only economically , emotionally as economically, emotionally as well. Well. Well, he definitely feels very, very strongly about it. And actually, what he is doing, in my view, is embodying what will happen to a lot of people, which is they will have to choose already pushed to breaking by the breaking point, i think by the cost living crisis and cost of living crisis and everything thats been going on there, they will to choose everything thats been going on there, th or will to choose everything thats been going on there, th or not to choose everything thats been going on there, th or not they to choose everything thats been going on there, th or not they eat choose everything thats been going on there, th or not they eat that se everything thats been going on there, th or not they eat that day whether or not they eat that day or certainly eat at least 1 or 2 of their meals that day or drive to work. And that is going to be a stark choice for a lot of people. Something that goes underreported, i think the underreported, i think with the ulez well is peoples ulez charge as well is peoples who work night shifts. So if you leave your premises and travel into ultra emission into the ultra low emission zone, like 9 pm. Zone, lets say at like 9 pm. To a night shift and then to work a night shift and then you come back again, the morning after that, then you are paying twice, arent you, because it stops around the midnight zone. So actually it could cost you, especially people like nurses. Especially people like nurses. Think the kind of people think about the kind of people who work night shifts. Who often work night shifts. Theyre often the best theyre often not the best paying theyre often not the best paying jobs, they . The paying jobs, are they . The people least afford people who could least afford to have ulez charge . The have to pay a ulez charge . The people who will be able to people who will not be able to sink grand on a new electric sink 30 grand on a new electric vehicle. But a spokesperson for the mayor of london released the mayor of london has released the mayor of london has released the statement. The following statement. Sadiq has that has always been clear that expanding the to the whole expanding the ulez to the whole of was a difficult of london was a difficult decision and one he decision and not one that he took lightly. But it is a decision that he remains committed to seeing through. Hes prepared step back, hes not prepared to step back, delay water down vital green delay or water down vital green policies like which will policies like ulez, which will not save lives and protect not only save lives and protect childrens lungs by cleaning up our polluted air, but help to us fight the climate crisis. Es fight the climate crisis. Es mhm. I mean , it is fascinating mhm. I mean, it is fascinating though, isnt it, when you actually have a look at what kind of difference the ulez might actually make to clean air and of difference it and what kind of difference it might actually make to saving lives. And it being of lives. And despite it being of course difficult decision course a very difficult decision that doubt he wrestled with that no doubt he wrestled with long hard. I do understand long and hard. I do understand that. Am i not right in saying i think cameras and things think that cameras and things like brought before like that were brought before the came the Public Consultation came back . Like his mind back . Its almost like his mind was up. But there was already made up. But there we go. Weve just heard from sadiq there. Very serious story now, though, the jury in the trial of lucy letby has trial of nurse lucy letby has been told by the judge that it can reach majority verdicts. Can reach majority verdicts. Yes. So were going to be bringing you up to date with obviously anything that we do hear from that case. That is, of course , a deeply distressing course, a deeply distressing case. So, yes, well bring you up to date. We are expecting a little bit of movement there today. So ill be hopefully going live to very, very going live to that very, very shortly i just wanted shortly on. I just wanted to bnng shortly on. I just wanted to bring up date with it. Bring you up to date with it. But lockdown, millions of but during lockdown, millions of us our jobs us couldnt have done our jobs without zoom. But now the very same company has ordered its employees start coming into employees to start coming into the office. At least twice a week. So. Thats right. So zoom now have actually told their employees, youve got to come into the office, youve got to work at least twice a week. So im having a discussion is im having a discussion now. Is it that people actually do im having a discussion now. Is it get hat people actually do im having a discussion now. Is it get back eople actually do im having a discussion now. Is it get back intoe actually do im having a discussion now. Is it get back into work . Ally do im having a discussion now. Is it get back into work . Butdo just get back into work . But more than that, i predict that we see a startling rise in the amount people who suddenly amount of people who suddenly suffer things long suffer from things like long covid. Say long covid covid. Not to say long covid doesnt im just saying doesnt exist. Im just saying i think we conveniently see think we might conveniently see a it if people are a rise of it if people are forced to back into the forced to get back into the office. Actually damaging office. Is it actually damaging our are some people our economy . Are some people more productive when work more productive when they work from i will be talking from home . I will be talking about that. And i want to about all of that. And i want to remind well that in the remind you as well that in the next went and about next hour, i went out and about earlier to a shipping earlier today to a shipping container estate right container Council Estate right in london. I didnt think that these places existed. Theyre these places existed. Theyre the kind of place that Human Rights Charities and a lot of labour mps will be dead against us housing migrants. And us housing Illegal Migrants. And they it was inhumane. They would say it was inhumane. They we wouldnt have they would say it was inhumane. Tiheart we wouldnt have they would say it was inhumane. Tiheart if we wouldnt have they would say it was inhumane. Tiheart if we we wouldnt have they would say it was inhumane. Tiheart if we putve wouldnt have they would say it was inhumane. Tiheart if we put people dnt have they would say it was inhumane. Tiheart if we put people in� t have a heart if we put people in there. Theyd say, you wouldnt house a dog in it. But we have british single british families, young, single mums living in squalid accommodation with toilets overflowing with sewage ovens and cookers that dont work. People crammed in five and six to a room, damp everywhere, fire alarms that dont work. Remember what a fire hazard the bibby stockholm is. Yeah, fire alarms stockholm is. Yeah, fire alarms dont work there. People crying out saying our local mps and out and saying our local mps and our local council are not doing anything about this. They were told it would be temporary accommodation and they are there years, years later. It is absolutely staggering. And when you hear testimony of some you hear the testimony of some of the people that i spoke to, one young single mum in particular, will break your particular, it will break your heart. Drug dealers or even using their laundry area as an office, believe it or not, its remarkable. So trying to expose a little bit of the hypocrisy there, i think we have british citizens living like that. And of course, we have to do everything to bend over backwards to people whove just come here illegally. Patrick channel hello. Right up 4 00 we will cross live to portland. More cross live to portland. More migrants have moved on to that bibby stockholm barge today. Lots of immigration stories. Bibby stockholm barge today. Lots of immigration stories. We lots of immigration stories. We will also find out what happened earlier. When i visited people in west london who were being forced in shipping forced to live in shipping containers, sewage is being containers, raw sewage is being pumped out of their toilets. Weve drug dealers using weve had drug dealers using their estate there as their little estate there as offices as its not safe for children whatsoever ever. Theres had very little response from the council or indeed the local mp, which just as a pure matter of coincidence, of course happens labour and the happens to be labour and the same is desperate same council that is desperate for us to do something about accommodating people whove just come English Channel come across the English Channel illegally. These are british citizens and young single mums who are forced to live in shipping containers that, as one of them said to me , are not fit of them said to me, are not fit for human habitation. The smoke alarms work in one of alarms dont work in one of them. I saw with my own them. I saw that with my own eyes, mould infested. It stinks as in some cases its not as well. In some cases its not their fault. As well. In some cases its not theirfault. Itsjust their fault. Its just absolutely vile theirfault. Itsjust absolutely vile to that absolutely vile to think that people are living like that in this country. Frankly especially when how treat when you consider how we treat certain others. But the company that allowed millions of us one of the few means of working and communicating really in a proper way anyway, in lockdown is now ordering its employees to return to the office. In quite an ironic twist. So zoom is asking employees to start coming in to work at least twice a week. Well, could this be a sign that working from home is coming to an end . I certainly hope that it is. Joining me now to debate, this is the winner of the apprentice in 2015. Joseph apprentice in 2015. Its Joseph Valente and the author and writer may mangan. Thank writer anna may mangan. Thank you very much. Its always ladies so, anna, i will ladies first. So, anna, i will start with you. Is this the end now of working from home . Honestly, it just reminds me of when children didnt got chimneys anymore and that was seen as a scandal. So more outrageous. Its their fault for not managing their employees properly. Thats what the issue is here, because most people who work from home are desperate to protect their perks. I suppose its more than a perk now. Its a right, really. But i dont think that zoom can seriously expect their employees to work better when theyre being hauled and ordered into the office two days a week. Theres loads of ways that you can monitor working and its a fault with their processes that they have to do this, not with the employees. Joseph come back to that. Believe that anna compared people back into the people coming back into the office Chimney Sweeps and office to Chimney Sweeps and children so have at it im really sorry but i dont know if you can hear me, but id have no sound my end ive got no sound. So i dont know what youre saying. Well okay. Well, maybe well rectify that. And ill just have a quick chat anna then. I think. Chat with anna then. I think. But cheers letting us know. But cheers for letting us know. Joseph no. Well, will come joseph no. Well, i will come back on a couple of back at you on a couple of points there, ive got to points there, anna, ive got to be honest with you. So look, it is not a human right to be able to work from home. Does a company paying good company that is paying you good money there not have the money to work there not have the right patrick, can i can right to take patrick, can i can i tell you that my name is anna may good irish name. You should you should be aware of but but yeah, aware of that. But but yeah, going back, its about efficiency, isnt it . Really i mean, cut a deal in mean, if you can cut a deal in your fluffy slippers, whats wrong with that . And its essentially ordering back essentially ordering people back into is asking into the workforce is asking them a cut. Theyre them to take a pay cut. Theyre having travel costs. Having to pay travel costs. Theyre to pay wardrobe having to pay travel costs. Theyrtheyre to pay wardrobe having to pay travel costs. Theyrtheyre having wardrobe having to pay travel costs. Theyrtheyre having to ardrobe having to pay travel costs. Theyrtheyre having to payybe costs. Theyre having to pay lunch they dont all lunch costs. And they dont all of that is nothing to do with their effectiveness and their productivity. But are you sure its nothing with its nothing to do with their effectiveness their productivity . Are sure . Because are you sure . Because companies which Companies Like zoom, which i believe owned by google, believe are owned by google, they have stats. People they would have stats. People working at this, they must believe is a very believe that there is a very good reason. I mean, theyre not good reason. I mean, theyre not running are they . Running a gulag, are they . Theyre doing out out theyre not doing it out of out of some sense of being evil. So they must have reason to they must have a reason to believe they are Better Believe that they are better served by the employees, that they work being in they are paying work being in their just want their office. No they just want to is the old jackets on the is the old jackets on the back of a chair philosophy . Do you remember that years ago you leave jacket there to prove leave your jacket there to prove that the office and that you were in the office and working hard when you were probably the whole probably down the pub the whole the mentality has changed the whole mentality has changed now, theres now, thankfully, and theres so many can measure many ways that we can measure what people are doing at work when theyre at home. So why do they need them to be sat there physically . Okay, well, i believe i believe that we might now have a joseph in full audio and vision , which is wonderful stuff. Okay. Joseph so are Companies Like zoom right to say youve got to get back into the office . Yeah, absolutely. I think its taken them the time to realise that you cant manage a workforce or run an operation with people all spread across the country or the globe and having to manage them through a system or a zoom setup. And its very, very difficult for managers and people within the organisation to get the best out of people. And naturally most people that work from home, i personally believe just arent going to deliver the same value that they would working from an office. And i just think that the argument for working from home is only really applies to the very big businesses out there in the uk and across the country because 95 of business is in the uk. I believe are below £1 million turnover and they just dont have the infrastructure , the systems, the infrastructure, the systems, the teams to be able to manage people anyway. People anyway. Okay. Joseph ill just stick with you for a second because we had quite a bit from anna mae there and what anna mae was saying was that its basically essentially human right essentially a human right to be able to work from home. If you want, and that is no real want, and that there is no real evidence suggest. Theres no evidence to suggest. Theres no real evidence to suggest that you more productive in you would be more productive in the its just because the office. Its just because you to spy on people. What you want to spy on people. What would you say to that . Joseph knowing people i mean, just knowing people that theres no one watching that if theres no one watching them theyre them or making sure theyre doing theres not doing their job, theres not many that then the many people that then do the best version themselves best version of themselves without whole without that. Thats the whole point of a manager and having the infrastructure there and, you working you know, having people working from is not a human from home again is not a human right. And i think thats with right. And i think thats with all respect to crazy thing to say, businesses say, because businesses are providing for providing opportunities for people so people people to work. And so people should focussed on doing what should be focussed on doing what the needs make the the Business Needs to make the business work, because ultimately that is provider ultimately that is the provider of income for the household. Of the income for the household. And if that business suffers or doesnt succeed , then theyre doesnt succeed, then theyre ultimately going to be left without a so i appreciate without a job. So i appreciate that businesses should be creating where theyre creating cultures where theyre flexible to work with flexible for people to work with them. But people that work them. But the people that work for those businesses need to also understand what that Business Needs. And zoom wouldnt be asking them to wouldnt be asking for them to come if they didnt need come back if they didnt need them to. Obviously theyre seeing problems, right . Seeing major problems, right . Is what i would well, this is what i would say, you are you say, anna mae, are you are you on side of people who want on the side of people who want to just lounge around in their pyjamas all day . What about what about the people who helped make the world go round . The local coffee owner who now out coffee shop owner who is now out of business because ones of business because no ones working the near working in the office near there . People there . What about the people that to pay the rail that we need to pay the rail fares so that we can actually get decent bit of taxation get a decent bit of taxation flowing you flowing through our economy . You know why why are on the know why . Why why are you on the side the lazy slobs . Anna side of the lazy slobs . Anna mae, youre in the 1900s there. Patrick. Things have changed. Patrick. Things have changed. The smart way of working now is partly the people who can be able to work from home. Its a perk and the people appreciate it and look after it. You easily measure their you can easily measure their performance. I mean, whether performance. I mean, whether theyre or whether theyre in the office or whether theyre in the office or whether theyre home, bosses can see theyre at home, bosses can see what theyre up to. Another point there was a study point is that there was a study in america showed recently in america that showed recently 76 of people who were forced back into the Office Actually resigned to find themselves in other from home. So zoom other work from home. So zoom might it difficult to fill might find it difficult to fill those seats in office. Those seats in the office. Come on, joseph. Come on, joseph. Back to that, anna. That come back to that, anna. That its fair that the message of working from home is brought casted. You know, so globally. And that for those Small Businesses that cant operate with work from home model now all of the workforce across the uk believes that thats their right to be able to work from home. The recruitment challenge that now Small Businesses face because they need to be flexible , because people have a belief that businesses just work when theyre sitting at home. On zoom is just ridiculous. And if you try and recruit in this market now in this current climate, as a business owner, i dont know if you arent, but if you are or you arent, but i am. Its almost impossible for am. Its almost impossible for a business to be able to find people are willing to come into the office. So what do you suggest there . Well, thats a good point. And i may just quickly and finally from then, mean, finally from you then, i mean, do own a business . Do do you own a business . Do you run business . You know firsthand . I work from home. I work from home. I work home. I work from home. I work from home. Im actually on holiday at the moment doing this. But im a writer, i work from but writer, so i work from home. But i know lots of people who work from home and i know they perform well because they perform extra well because they want to protect. About the people run what about the people who run the anna mae . Do you think that this is ever going change and people ever going to change and people are going to willingly squash onto pay the pay onto trains and pay the fare pay congestion charge to get into the office less work and the office to do less work and less time because theyre wasting their time doing that, then losing youve then youre losing out. Youve got wrong mentality. Got the wrong mentality. Tell you what, oh well, ill tell you what, talking this that talking of mentality, this that debate will divided the debate will have divided the nafion debate will have divided the nation of mentality. Nation in terms of mentality. Whos wrong. Whos right and whos wrong. Both thank you very both of you, thank you very much. Stuff. Really much. Great stuff. Really enjoyed Joseph Valente enjoyed that. Joseph valente there, big there, of course, a big dog winner of the apprentice in 2015. Author and writer, anime mangan. Think if companies 2015. Author and writer, anime mangpeopleiink if companies 2015. Author and writer, anime mangpeople to if companies 2015. Author and writer, anime mangpeople to do companies 2015. Author and writer, anime mangpeople to do aympanies 2015. Author and writer, anime mangpeople to do a bit anies 2015. Author and writer, anime mangpeople to do a bit ofies 2015. Author and writer, anime mangpeople to do a bit of half want people to do a bit of half half, always the one half, id always be the one genuinely put a suit on and genuinely who put a suit on and got into every single day. Got into work every single day. Why . | got into work every single day. Why . I do think will why . Because i do think you will be likely to be more likely to get a promotion. I do people promotion. I do think people would rather employ you, but look on the same more look on the same day that more migrants boarded the bibby stockholm barge, Suella Braverman has promised crack braverman has promised to crack down on lawyers who help down on rogue lawyers who help people asylum people submit false asylum claims could they get life in prison . Christys gb prison . Patrick christys gb news, britains news channel a brighter outlook boxt solar brighter outlook with boxt solar proud weather on. Gb proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Im craig snell. Were looking ahead to the next few days. It is set to turn briefly warmer, but however, as we go into the weekend, the unsettled regime return. Regime will return. So heres the situation at the weve area of the moment. Weve got an area of high beginning build High Pressure beginning to build in, weak of low in, but this weak area of low pressure still a focus of pressure is still a focus of some cloud and outbreaks of rain as into this evening. As we go into this evening. Heaviest of rain down heaviest of the rain down towards far southeastern corner. But that will gradually clear, lots of the uk clear, leaving lots of the uk under clear skies. Clear, leaving lots of the uk under clear skies. Still quite under clear skies. Still quite breezy and showery, though, across shetland. Then later the and then later on in the night, will start to see some night, we will start to see some thicker cloud and some outbreaks of just creeping into the of rain just creeping into the very far west of the uk. But for very far west of the uk. But for most night. Most its a fairly mild night. Towns and cities staying most towns and cities staying in figures. Most towns and cities staying in so figures. Most towns and cities staying in so we figures. Most towns and cities staying in so we startes. Most towns and cities staying in so we start wednesday on so we start wednesday off on a sunny note across lot a fairly sunny note across a lot of country, quite of the country, still quite windy across shetland. And this area cloud and patchy rain area of cloud and patchy rain will just spread way will just spread its way a little bit further eastwards as the on. Quite a grey the day goes on. So quite a grey afternoon to come across Northern Ireland, western scotland, into scotland, parts of wales into the southwest england. Best for the sunshine further east and where we do see the sunshine, it will be feeling much warmer. Could highs reaching we could see highs reaching around or degrees as after around 23 or 24 degrees as after around 23 or 24 degrees as after a bit of a slow start on thursday , this cloud thursday, this cloud will quickly away actually quickly burn away and actually thursday looks the best day thursday looks like the best day of week. Plenty sunshine of the week. Plenty of sunshine around, especially across eastern parts the eastern and central parts of the country. See highs country. Could see highs reaching 26, 27, possibly 28 degrees, then turning cooler degrees, but then turning cooler and showery we head towards and showery as we head towards the weekend and a brighter the weekend. And a brighter outlook with gb news. Its 4 00pm. Its Patrick Christys is gb news should crooked lawyers who try to game our asylum system spend the rest of their lives behind bars that apparently is indeed one tactic being floated to try to crack down on the illegal migrant crisis. As weve got a few more arrivals onto the bibby stockholm the human rights bngade stockholm the human rights brigade and indeed the labour party have been in force party have been out in force campaigning for better rights for people who cross the English Channel. But i went out and about earlier, i met some people, british living people, british citizens living in absolute squalor in repurposed shipping containers , repurposed shipping containers, as in ealing, in west london. You would not want to live in there. You would not want to house your pets in some of these things. Those people should have their human rights protected and frankly, do not. You will frankly, they do not. You will be hearing from young single be hearing from a young single mum heartbreaking story mum with a heartbreaking story in couple of minutes. But in just a couple of minutes. But back studio up next, back here in the studio up next, we of the we are going north of the border, sturgeon and border, Nicola Sturgeon and indeed the snp in hot water again, looks though there again, it looks as though there are allegations anyway of People Living the life of riley off the taxpayer. Some staggering revelations , including airport revelations, including airport costs and some choice literature which i will be telling you all about shortly. Im going to about shortly. Im also going to be discussing as well. Be discussing this as well. Labours eco mob links. Yes, thats right. A greenpeace activist list is apparently standing to be a labour member of parliament in mid bedfordshire just days after somebody hoisted themselves , of somebody hoisted themselves, of course, onto rishi sunaks roof. The labour party. Does it have a problem when it comes to its links to the eco mob . Ill be talking about all of that and much, much more throughout the course of this hour. Patrick christys on gb news. Stay tuned. Yep stay tuned very shortly. This hour, i will be showing you my expose of this shipping container. Councillor state in london. And just asking where our priorities really lie. Where are the human rights brigade when it comes to people that we have already living in this country . British taxpayers are living in disused shipping containers. Vaiews gbnews. Com. But right now its your headunes but right now its your headlines with polly. Patrick headlines with polly. Patrick thank you. Good afternoon. The top story from the gb newsroom. The home secretary says lawyers who game the british asylum system by lying are a stain on the Legal Profession. Suella braverman comments come as she chaired a meeting of the governments new task force and regulators aimed at cracking down on rogue lawyers. The daily mail revealed lawyers. The daily mail revealed the case of a law firm helping an undercover journalist who is an undercoverjournalist who is posing as an economic migrant who is in turn advised by a crooked lawyer to submit a false application action in exchange for thousands of pounds. Well, a new taskforce announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies , law regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other Government Departments now to root out so called dodgy law firms as the elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack, resulting in what its calling hostile actors , gaining access to the publics information on the cyber attackers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the names and addresses of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The incident was first identified in october 2022, but its emerged the attackers first accessed the Commission Systems in august 2021. Then chief executive sean mcnally apologised to the public and anyone whose information was hacked, saying seb gorka nificant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems. Taken to improve their it systems. Hundreds of brits on an overnight ferry are now finally on their way back to plymouth after being forced to dock in france due to a reported Food Poisoning emergency on board a passenger on the pont aven ferry told gb news that dozens of ambulances were waiting on the quay side when the ferry pulled into brest in france this morning. They departed santander in spain at 6 00 last night, but not passengers, told gb news that they were stunned to see the boat urgently diverted. The boat urgently diverted. A haulage firm thats part of one of the uks largest transport group says it may be forced to shut down its site in Northern Ireland as a direct result of brexit. Gb news has seen a letter by Morgan Mcclean to staff which blames post brexit consequences for possible redundancies. The Company Delivers goods to every major uk supermarket. Well the business supermarket. Well the Business Community in Northern Ireland is still waiting for details about the Windsor Framework, which was signed back in february. John signed back in february. John martin from the Road Haulage Association says hundreds of jobs could be affected. Jobs could be affected. If youre investing tens of millions of pounds in a business, you need clarity and surety and that hasnt been coming from government. I think the concern is if they tell us the concern is if they tell us the detail , everybody will the detail, everybody will realise that its not what the Prime Minister promised. Well, Prime Minister promised. Well, in the Morgan Mclaren group youre talking about hundreds of jobs, but there not the only company thats under pressure at the a number of other the moment, a number of other hollies companies and manufacturing are Manufacturing Companies are already at the viability already looking at the viability of their businesses in Northern Ireland. The jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts. The seven women and verdicts. The seven women and four men were told by mr justice goss that he would accept verdicts on which at least ten of them are agreed upon. Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others at the countess of Chester Hospitals Neonatal Unit. A man who was stabbed in the arm near the British Museum in london had been waiting in the queue to get in. Police have arrested a male on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. An american visitor described how she was about to get in the queue at the museum when she was told to leave immediately by police as building was police as the building was evacuated and the cordoned evacuated and the area cordoned off police attended the off while police attended the scene. Matter is not being scene. The matter is not being treated as terror related and the museum has since reopened. The museum has since reopened. And the mayor of the West Midlands has asked the local council to ensure historic pub destroyed in a fire is rebuilt. Brick by brick. Andy street has written to south Staffordshire Council over the crooked house pub , which was destroyed by fire pub, which was destroyed by fire on saturday evening. The mayor says the 18th Century Building in himley and staffordshire holds real cultural and historical significance and that the local authority should consider , barring any change of consider, barring any change of use application for the site. The fire is being investigated by the police. And finally by the police. And finally people have lined the irish sea front in County Wicklow to say their final goodbyes to the singer Sinead Oconnor. Their final goodbyes to the singer Sinead Oconnor. The 56 singer Sinead Oconnor. The 56 year old grammy Award Winning artist was found unresponsive when police were called to her home in South East London last month. The funeral procession travelled along the bray seafront in and passed her former home in montebello , where former home in montebello, where she lived for 15 years. Tributes flooded onto social media upon the news of her death, including messages from Russell Crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper. Us gb news across the uk on your tv, in your car, on Digital Radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Youre with britains news. Channel with britains news. Channel well , im with britains news. Channel well, im starting with with britains news. Channel well , im starting with the well, im starting with the latest on the migrant crisis, and the home secretary has chaired the first meeting of a special new task force set up to crack down on rogue lawyers and secure more prosecutions. Secure more prosecutions. Secure more prosecutions. It comes as more migrants boarded the bibby stockholm accommodation barge portland accommodation barge in portland. It is unclear as to exactly how many have moved in. We do know that around 20 refuse used to be housed on the barge yesterday on legal grounds. Now the exact reasons are unknown, but is being reported that some of them claim to have a fear of water, for which i find absolutely staggering considering that depending on which route some of these people took into europe , they would took into europe, they would have have people have had to have paid people smugglers thousands pounds to smugglers thousands of pounds to get across get on a boat across the mediterranean. Would then mediterranean. They would then have walked or been transported over miles of over hundreds of miles of perfectly , perfectly perfectly safe, perfectly dry land then pay more people land to then pay more people smugglers to get them in a dinghy to cross the busiest shipping lane in the world. That doesnt appear to me anyway , to doesnt appear to me anyway, to indicate that you have a strong , crippling fear of water and a stationary static barge which has just been recently refitted and i would argue would not do anything to trigger any kind of brutal ptsd. This ties into a few different stories that were covering at the moment the quality of accommodation on offer to people whove just entered this country illegally and of lawyers and and the amount of lawyers and charities and mps and politicians from local councils who are willing to fight for them versus the amount of british citizens and young single mums in this country in appalling accommodation who appear to have little to no support. Why are one group of peoples human rights worth more than some other peoples human rights . That is a serious question. The other one focuses singularly on the Legal Profession and it is with that that i will bring in initially our home and security editor mark white, whos live in portland for us. Suella braverman is threatening , it braverman is threatening, it would appear, to jailed crooked lawyers for life if they lie about immigration applications. About immigration applications. Is that true . Well well, i mean, is that true . Well well, i mean, is that true . Well well, i mean, i think that threat is a nonsense to be honest. There is no way that any lawyer convicted of this crime would get anything near a life sentence a few years maximum, probably in prison, but still , i probably in prison, but still, i think she is clearly determined to go after lawyers who are helping Asylum Seekers gamed the system. Thats the reason why system. Thats the reason why they to these groups were brought together. Regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement agencies , us Government Departments and others. Today to work out a plan really of scoping out just how significant this might be. There has been concern in government circles and among supporters of the plans to stop the boats for some time, that there is an entire industry thats sprung up here where you have everybody from the people traffickers to charities, human Rights Groups and lawyers and other supporters helping these Asylum Seekers. Game the system. Now, they would im sure, argue that what they are doing, of course, is helping and representing people fleeing wretched conditions and in some cases from you know, potentially life ending situations. And they are doing their very best to help these people in traumatic situations find asylum in this country. What the government want and this task force needs to try to do starting with the lawyers, of course, is to determine whether that help and support crosses the line into illegality. Now, what the daily illegality. Now, what the daily mail uncovered recently seemed blatant illegality in terms of telling Asylum Seekers to make up a completely false back story of who they are and what situation they fled to ensure that they had the best possible chance of getting asylum. That that is, you know, quite a clear case for them to be able to pick up on and determine that laws have been broken. But going have been broken. But going further down the road of looking at more grey areas , it might be at more grey areas, it might be at more grey areas, it might be a bit more difficult. A bit more difficult. Yeah, absolutely. There is a line, a very clear distinction between somebody offering their services to help somebody who they think is in need and need some legal advice and support and somebody saying, look, i know if you say this, this, this and this, whether or not its true, they wont be able to prove it and therefore you can get off with it. And that is an avenue im going to be exploring shortly a legal expert. But shortly with a legal expert. But but that might but another area that might pique interest, pique the lawyers interest, mark, threat that has mark, is another threat that has been to those who been dished out to those who have been refused ing under this so called legal advice to go on the barge. And apparently they are being served notices to say, if you dont go on the barge , if you dont go on the barge, then we will boot you out. We will withdraw whatever support weve given you at the moment. And it looks as though that will be down to the local authorities to deal with these people. So could we be seeing some Asylum Seekers essentially made seekers being essentially made homeless . Little later on homeless . A little bit later on today . Today . Well, i dont know if they would be directly made homeless. Certainly at this stage that might be unlikely be they may go into some kind of legal process. S where if there was a threat to make them homeless , that to make them homeless, that would be argued out. Of course , would be argued out. Of course, this has a net effect of just stringing the whole process out over a much longer period. But over a much longer period. But it is interesting in terms of, you know, the advice, again , you know, the advice, again, probably coming from lawyers and human Rights Groups. And in fact, you know, care for carly said themselves that they were advising quite a few of the Asylum Seekers. Now, in terms of, you know, a fear of water or disabilities trauma, would these Asylum Seekers necessarily themselves know about these potential avenues of appeal to get them off the boat . Get them off the boat . Probably not, but possibly doubtful. Doubtful. So they are getting advised clearly by. Yeah, well just losing marks connection there, circumstances by which they might not be able to get onto that particular barge. Mark, look, thank you barge. Mark, look, thank you very, very much. We will leave it there for you for now. As mark gb news, Home Security editor in what looks like a very wet and windy portland as well. So sorry for making him stand out relentlessly for us. Out there relentlessly for us. But nature the but its the nature of the beast, im afraid. Look, theres two here it two legal stories here is it actually legal home actually legal for the home office essentially turf office to essentially turf people hotels if they people out of hotels if they refuse to go on this barge . Lee andersons solution, of course, is to tell them to all very politely leave and return to france. Im paraphrasing lee there, that is a view that will resonate with i know a lot of our viewers and a lot of people around the country. New poll around the country. A new poll has out showing that has just come out showing that two thirds brits shock, two thirds of brits shock, horror, that it is horror, think that it is perfectly to house perfectly acceptable to house people barge. Therefore, if people on a barge. Therefore, if you are being offered that kind of accommodation of quality accommodation and you choose it up, should choose not to take it up, should we the taxpayer have a right we as the taxpayer have a right to say, well, were withdrawing all our other you . But all our other help for you . But the question, the other legal question, and this is going end up this i think, is going to end up being big story of our time being a big story of our time actually is about the Legal Professions capacity to gain the system. Um, and the asylum system. Um, and whether or not that actually amounts to rule breaking and whether or not there will be prosecutions as a result of this. I dont know about you. I have long suspected that there is a Cottage Industry within our Legal Profession, which specialises in keeping people in this country , whether they have this country, whether they have a genuine case or not. And joining me now to discuss this is legal expert joshua rosen. Joshua, thank you very much. Its great to have you on the show. Is the before we get into whether or not anything illegal is taking place right. Is the reality of the situation in that if somebody comes to you and wants to stay in britain, you can quite easily make a case for trauma , fear of things, trauma, fear of things, potential Mental Health issues andifs potential Mental Health issues and its quite easy to sorry , and its quite easy to sorry, its not easy to disprove that. Is that where we are . Is that where we are . I dont think so , no. I dont think so, no. I dont think so, no. I dont think so, no. I think that if somebody came to a lawyer and said that they had been through a trauma experience, the lawyer, if the lawyer is behaving properly, should ask that person about the experience , about whether that experience, about whether that person had a well founded fear of persecution. Of persecution. If that person does, then the lawyer could make an asylum claim on their behalf. What a lawyer certainly cant do is offer to make something up, which is what emerge from the 3 or 4 cases revealed by the daily mail. And that led to three solicitors being suspended and their firms being closed down and a case worker being told that he couldnt be employed by any solicitor. But if i went to you as somebody who just crossed the English Channel said , the English Channel and said, ive from a charity ive got advice from a Charity Group here that i can avoid being put on this barge. Being put on this barge. And they said, well, how did you get to britain . Did you come across the channel . And they said, yes. Well, that must have been very scary for you, mustnt it, dinghy . And he said, it, on that dinghy . And he said, oh was very scared. Yeah oh yes, i was very scared. Yeah and then you can maybe say, well well say that you well just say that you traumatised mean traumatised of water. I mean would. Would that do. I dont think so. No. I think that be quite improper. I that would be quite improper. I can that somebody who can imagine that somebody who has a voyage of this has endured a voyage of this sort and you may perfectly reasonably say its that persons choice to try to enter the United Kingdom in that way. But imagine there are some but i can imagine there are some people would traumatised people who would be traumatised by wouldnt have been by it. They wouldnt have been expecting it to as bad as it expecting it to be as bad as it was. They well be was. They may well be traumatised. I think it may be quite difficult, even for somebody in that position to say that a stationary barge moored , that a stationary barge moored, moored to a jetty, a adjacent to dry land with the opportunity to take a bus into to the local town, i think itd be quite hard town, i think itd be quite hard to establish that that would retraumatize you. But you know, its possible that somebody might be able to produce medical evidence in those circumstance is examined by a doctor and in that circumstance, it would have to be considered. You are an upstanding member of profession. And of of the Legal Profession. And of that, be no doubt. That, there can be no doubt. However, everybody. However, you are not everybody. And being honest with and if youre being honest with me and on our viewers, how surprised were you to find that the daily mails sting operation unearthed people who were willing to take cash in hand to make stuff up and again, being honest, you think if you raided every single Solicitors Office who deals with immigration complaints right up and down the country, you might actually see quite lot more of that. Quite a lot more of that. Well, im legal commentator well, im a legal commentator , practising lawyer, but , not a practising lawyer, but nevertheless , yes, i nevertheless, yes, i was obviously disturbed to see what was discovered. I was impressed by the speed in which the regulator, the solicitors regulation authority, investigated the evidence produced by the daily mail and as i say, suspended. The three as i say, suspended. The three solicitors closed down their practises withdrew all their documents , withdrew all the documents, withdrew all the client money and brought in other to run the other solicitors to run the practise. I think that worked quite efficiently. How widespread is , we dont widespread this is, we dont know. There are some. Know. Clearly there are some. I cant believe its the majority. I dont think the government believes its the majority. The solicitors profession doesnt believe the majority. But believe its the majority. But yes, possible to yes, it is possible to act dishonestly in every profession and regulate was are there to stop that happening. Just very quickly, whats the general political of general political persuasion of the profession, your the Legal Profession, in your opinion in i dont think you opinion . In i dont think you can generalise as i think some are conservatives, some are on the left. Its perfectly fair to say that the justice secretary thought that quite a lot of immigration lawyers were identifying with their clients, but barristers are independent solicitors , even if they act in solicitors, even if they act in immigration cases are equally independent. Okay, interesting stuff. Joshua, thank you very much as even joshua, thank you very much as ever. Great to have you on the show. Joshua rosenberg there, whos a legal expert, i suspect we are about to reveal a tangled web here where charities are giving clients, i. E. Giving advice to clients, i. E. Illegal migrants, those Illegal Migrants. Then go the legal migrants. Then go into the Legal Profession becomes quite profession and it becomes quite easy, least to delay easy, at least to delay proceedings like this by coming up with bull stories like up with and bull stories like having of but having a fear of water. But earlier today i went to ealing in west london, where people are living converted shipping living in converted shipping containers. Now i want to know whether human rights brigade are for is in london. For this lot. That is in london. Their converted shipping containers, one of those containers, each one of those windows you there is windows that you see there is its house. The sewage coming its own house. The sewage coming up toilets after the up from the toilets after the showers the sink. There showers out of the sink. There are children there. You are children living there. You have bathe using water boiled have to bathe using water boiled in kettle. There are rat in the kettle. There are rat infestations. Smoke alarms dont infestations. Smoke alarms dont work. This is in london at the moment and people have been housed in there for four years. And the local council and the local mp , all of whom happen to local mp, all of whom happen to be labour, have had some choice words from the residents. There and it is absolutely staggering and it is absolutely staggering and i want to know where the human rights brigade are for that lot and why they seem so adamant to be looking after the rights of people whove just come here illegally when we have people right there in london living but has living like that. But there has been development. News, been a development. Other news, theres development in theres been a development in theres been a development in the tnal theres been a development in the trial and gb news the lucy letby trial and gb News Reporter joins us reporter sophie reaper joins us from court. From Manchester Crown court. Sophie thank you very much. This is has indeed is a case that has indeed gnpped is a case that has indeed gripped the nation for a very, very long time. Now, what is the very long time. Now, what is the very latest, please . Very latest, please . Well, the jury in this trial has now been deliberating for over 76 hours across those 22 counts that lucy letby, the former nurse, has been facing. Former nurse, has been facing. Now, this afternoon, we heard from judge justice goss in this trial that now on day 15, he would be offering the jury, the majority direction. Now, what that means is until this point, the jury had been deliberating based on trying to come to unanimous verdicts. But now theyll be able to come to a majority verdict. Now, thats made slightly more complex by the fact that last week the jury of 12 became a jury of 11. Thats because one of the jurors, as the judge told us, had to drop out for what he called a good personal reason. Now, what that means is with this new majority direction, rather than all jurors having to agree on each count, instead it can be done on a 10 to 1 split. So the jury went back into their deliberating room. Once theyd heard that they had the majority direction. Court has now direction. Court has now finished for the day. So tomorrow , the jury thats now tomorrow, the jury thats now comprised of seven women and four men, they will continue their deliberations tomorrow to try and come to now a majority verdict on those 22 counts being faced by lucy letby. Sophie, thank you very, very much. Sophie reaper theyre joining us from Manchester Crown court. And that lucy letby baby deaths trial or however you want. So it has been one that has absolutely gripped the nafion has absolutely gripped the nation for a long period of time. And now that latest development is that the jury can indeed majority verdict indeed reach a majority verdict as and when the jury does reach that we will, of that verdict, we will, of course, breaking story course, be breaking that story here now a labour here live. Now a labour by election candidate has been exposed as a greenpeace activist who protested outside the home office last year. You couldnt make it up, could you . Were talking about that when i come back. Patrick on back. Patrick christys on gb news. Channel well , channel well, in channel well , in just a channel well, in just a few minutes, channel well , in just a few minutes, i well, in just a few minutes, i will bring you that report from west london, where earlier today i met residents forced to live in shipping containers that they say fit for human say arent fit for human habitation. One person told me that would prefer to live that they would prefer to live in migrant hotel. I showed in a migrant hotel. I showed them pictures as well of some of them pictures as well of some of the accommodation that were offering up to Asylum Seekers and they said that they would much rather live there. And having it my eyes, having seen it with my own eyes, im inclined agree with them im inclined to agree with them and find out why almost £10,000 of was spent on of taxpayers money was spent on vip treatment for Nicola Sturgeon and her aides. Some of it apparently went on nail varnish. I dont know who could have possibly used that, but there we go. Less than a week after greenpeace activist targeted sunaks house, targeted rishi sunaks house, its emerged as labour its emerged as a labour by election candidate has been campaigning with the same group. Alistair strathern is labours candidate for the mid bedfordshire seat. His mid bedfordshire seat. His partner, Megan Courtney scott, works as a political officer for greenpeace and the couple dressed up as zombies as they protested outside the home office last year. We are, of office last year. We are, of course, a completely normal country. Itsjust course, a completely normal country. Its just five days since greenpeace activists protested at the Prime Ministers house in north yorkshire. They were angry at the governments plans to grant more than 100 new licences for oil and gas extraction in the nonh oil and gas extraction in the north but yesterday the north sea. But yesterday the government confirmed it has government confirmed that it has cut with greenpeace as cut ties with greenpeace as a result of the stunt. Unlike clearly the labour party, who are keen to try to get one of them in westminster. Our Political Correspondent olivia utley westminster us utley is in westminster for us right now. Olivia, thank you right now. Olivia, thank you very i mean, you couldnt very much. I mean, you couldnt make this up , very much. I mean, you couldnt make this up, could you . Make this stuff up, could you . A zombie clad greenpeace enthusiast, stunning for the labour party in a by election is this really true. This really true. It is really true. And its pretty embarrassing for keir starmer, the leader of the opposition has been under fire anyway recently because people think that hes in bed with Just Stop Oil. Thats because dale vince, whos an entrepreneur who donated £1. 5 million to Just Stop Oil, is also a labour donon stop oil, is also a labour donor. Now over the last few days, keir starmer has done his absolute best to destroy himself with these activist groups even going as far as to say that he wouldnt cancel the new oil and gas licences that rishi sunak has given out to 100 providers in the north sea. Has given out to 100 providers in the north sea. He has given out to 100 providers in the north sea. He would only in the north sea. He would only refuse to grant new ones, but its pretty, pretty bad now that its pretty, pretty bad now that it has emerged that the labour candidate for the mid bedfordshire by election, thats Nadine Dorries seat is a greenpeace activist. Now it greenpeace activist. Now it shows how many internal problems there are within the labour party. We know already that there is big disagreement within labour on how far the party should go to sort of burnish its green credentials. Keir starmer very much has an eye on the polls and can see that when push comes to shove, if the electorate isnt that keen on hard line green policy , but from hard line green policy, but from within his own party, there are people like alastair strathearn , this candidate for mid bedfordshire , who thinks mid bedfordshire, who thinks that he should be going a lot further to achieve the uks net zero target. So it exposes all sorts of fissures within the labour party , but it also shows labour party, but it also shows what an uphill battle the labour party is going to have. This is very convenient for the conservatives. Theyve been getting a bit itchy feet about the mid bedfordshire by election. Nadine dorries has a majority of 25,000, which in any normal times would be a very safe conservative majority. But we saw from the by elections a few weeks ago that safe majorities for the conservative evs no longer exist. So any chance that the conservatives can get sort of latch to on local candidate issues in these seats will be very, very important. And it does feel as important. And it does feel as though labour and keir starmer have handed them some pretty low hanging fruit this time. Hanging fruit this time. Yeah, absolutely. Olivia, thank you very, very much. Expertly summarised there is olivia utley is in westminster, our Political Correspondent. I did like what olivia said there about starmer has been about how keir starmer has been doing best distance doing his best to distance himself of these eco himself from some of these eco zealots. Would argue that zealots. I would argue that maybe his maybe he hasnt been doing his absolute because we have a absolute best because we have a chap dressed as zombie chap who dressed as a zombie whose partner is the political officer for greenpeace who is whose partner is the political offic standing enpeace who is whose partner is the political offic standing inpeace who is whose partner is the political offic standing in a� ace who is whose partner is the political offic standing in a by election. Now standing in a by election. So thats you know, quite concerning for the labour party, isnt responding to the isnt it . Responding to the claims, labour party claims, the Labour Party Spokesperson targeting spokesperson said targeting a politicians home never politicians home is Never Acceptable greenpeace were acceptable and greenpeace were totally wrong to do this. The people of mid bedfordshire are sick of taken granted sick of being taken for granted by and time for by the tories and its time for change. They deserve an opportunity elect a local, opportunity to elect a local, hard full time mp and hard working full time mp and thatis hard working full time mp and that is exactly what labour is offering great opportunity though, isnt it, for the tories to draw a line in the sand when it comes to the environment and actually ask the public what you care about more. Put it to the test how the ordinary test about how much the ordinary british man and woman actually cares about the environment. To the amount of the extent of the amount of money we want to be using money that we want to be using to zero. And think the to hit net zero. And i think the results will to hit net zero. And i think the resultswill fascinating. To hit net zero. And i think the results will fascinating. But results will be fascinating. But still come, between now and still to come, between now and five, speak to the brits, five, i speak to the brits, including mums for including single mums for to live shipping containers in live in shipping containers in west toilets west london where the toilets are raw sewage and are pumping out raw sewage and by that not the by the way, that is not the worst thing i saw local drug dealers using it as an office in their area as well. Their local area there as well. Look unbelievable. Details coming right now, coming your way. But right now, its headlines polly its the headlines with polly middlehurst. Patrick thank you. Middlehurst. Patrick thank you. The headlines this hour, Suella Braverman has chaired a roundtable meeting of regulators and members of the governments new task force aimed at cracking down on rogue lawyers. The home secretary says the task force will bring together regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other departments to root out so called dodgy migrant law firms. The jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts. The seven women and four men were told by mr justice goss that he would accept verdicts on which at least ten of them were agreed. And a man who was stabbed in the arm near the British Museum in london had been waiting in the queue to get in. Police have arrested a man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. And not being treated as a and its not being treated as a terror related incident. Those are the top stories. More on all of them by visiting our website, gbnews. Com. The weathers. Next gbnews. Com. The weathers. Next a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello there. Hello there. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Were looking ahead to the next few days. It is set to turn briefly warmer, but however we go into the weekend, the unsettled regime will return so heres the situation at the moment. Weve got an area of High Pressure beginning to build in, but this weak area of low pressure is still a focus of cloud and still a focus of some cloud and outbreaks rain as we go into outbreaks of rain as we go into this evening. Heaviest of the rain down towards southeastern towards the far southeastern corner. Gradually corner. But that will gradually clear, of the uk clear, leaving lots of the uk under skies. Still quite under clear skies. Still quite breezy and showery, though, across then later across shetland. And then later on the night, we will start on in the night, we will start to some thicker cloud and to see some thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain just creeping the very west creeping into the very far west of uk. For most its a of the uk. But for most its a fairly mild night. Towns fairly mild night. Most towns and staying in double and cities staying in double figures. So we start wednesday off a fairly sunny note off on a fairly sunny note across of country. Across a lot of the country. Still across still quite windy across shetland. This area of cloud shetland. And this area of cloud and patchy rain will just spread its way a little further its way a little bit further eastwards as day goes on. So eastwards as the day goes on. So quite afternoon to come quite a grey afternoon to come across Northern Ireland, western scotland, parts wales into scotland, parts of wales into the and southwest the midlands and southwest england. The sunshine england. Best of the sunshine further and where we see further east and where we do see the sunshine, will be feeling the sunshine, it will be feeling much could highs much warmer. We could see highs reaching around 23 or 24 degrees after a bit of a slow start on thursday, this cloud will quickly burn away actually quickly burn away and actually thursday looks like the best day of of sunshine of the week. Plenty of sunshine around, especially across Eastern Central the eastern and central parts of the country could see highs reaching 26, 27, possibly 28 degrees, but then turning cooler and showery as head towards the weekend. As we head towards the weekend. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. On. Gb news earlier today, i went to ealing in west london where people are being forced to live in converted shipping containers. If you dont believe me, you can have a little look at this right now. Yes, that is right. There are dozens of these piled on top of each other. Some contain as many as 7 to 8 people as well. And the conditions inside those are absolutely deplorable. And the reason why i wanted to highlight this is because it happens to be a Labour Council thats been very vocal about our support for refugees and Asylum Seekers and the kind of accommodation we should be giving them. It comes in light of what were seeing on the bibby stockholm and what human brigades and the human rights brigades and the lawyers think is unacceptable and traumatic conditions for people, especially those with children, to be living in. I spoke to a man called john who told me that hes been living now in inhumane conditions in one of these shipping containers. And we can have a look and a listen. Its accommodation, basically. I would say, was unfit for human habitation. Ive told the human habitation. Ive told the council that because if you look at the size, its literally just this here. Its about that thick weve had ive had leaking ceilings here. Its had leaking ceilings is toilet has been overflow ing with sewage. Weve got bugs, the fire alarms dont work. And if you saw the size of that, it is basically a prison cell. But this is the one that really got me. I also spoke to a woman whos been living there now for two years for the price of £1,500 a month. She has had little to no hot water, says it is not a safe area to bring up. Her daughter. I also , of course, her daughter. I also, of course, asked her whether or not shed be happy to live in some of the accommodation that we are offering people whove just come to this country illegally and i even showed her of the even showed her some of the accommodation this is accommodation as well. This is what told for a short what she told me for a short penod what she told me for a short period of time maybe, its period of time maybe, but its not okay. Its you cant live like that i okay. Its exam ham okay. Its is its dirty. No one looks after this place and its very cold in winter and its very cold in winter and its very cold in winter and its very hot in summer because its very hot in summer because its metal outside and this is just plastic. So im, um. When just plastic. So im, um. When i first moved was, was full of mould, like black mould. When mould, like black mould. When i reported to the council , they reported to the council, they just told me to close the windows. Um we dont have hot windows. Um we dont have hot water. Its been two years now. We never had hot water. I had to bathe my child with the kettle. Bathe my child with the kettle. So sorry you had to. You have so sorry you had to. You have to bathe your child using water from the kettle. From the kettle. We do have a little bit of hot water in the shower. It turns off after like ten, 15 minutes. Are you using it . Its just cut off completely cut off all the electricity. But things all the electricity. But things have no hot water at all. So in wintertime, when you come into the house and you need to wash your hands, you cant. Its just freezing cold. Its been reported so many times. They never did anything. We have problems with our toilet. You can even you cant even flush the toilet paper , right . Can even you cant even flush the toilet paper , right . Weve the toilet paper, right . Weve been without toilet for three days straight. Three days without using toilet shower or the sink in the bathroom. I had the sink in the bathroom. I had to call the Emergency Repair three times before they actually came and fix it, but they didnt fix it because you can flush it basically. So we have to use a bin to put toilet paper. What does it cost to live here . Rent is 324 and £0. 40 per week. And this is one bedroom. So this is one bedroom . So this is one bedroom . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you live here with your daughter . My daughter . Yeah. Shes four. Shes four. Four. And you dont think this is a safe environment for a child . This is not a safe environment for a child. They just. It fixed the gate yesterday, but i moved here two years ago, and it was always open. And so we had drug dealers coming in and out. We had a big queue outside, outside, and we had people come in. I mean, its full of kids. They can even play outside because its not safe. Anyone could come inside. We anyone could come inside. We have a laundry room that is a common for space all of us that we pay to use the laundry. Of course, you pay. You pay to use the laundry . Yes. Yes. yes. Yes. So we actually give the money to the manager and the manager. Give us a card with money inside. So we use that card to pay. And the drug dealer was using it as an office, so people were sleeping there using drugs inside. Yeah. Inside. Yeah. So a drug dealer was using your laundry as an office . Yes. I actually found a person sleeping inside once the local mp and. And the labour party have been very vocal about supporting people who have just come to this country, say, illegally and the accommodation that theyre giving them or they want to give them. It includes new flats, brand new flats. They say its brand new flats. They say its inhumane for someone whos just come to this country to live in shipping containers. Okay. How shipping containers. Okay. How would you respond to that . Do you think its humane for us as well . So where are the households for us . I mean. I dont i dont for us . I mean. I dont i dont believe that there are no houses for us. We are mostly single mums here and we all do the bidding in this system and we all have the same band. We all have the same houses and we all have the same houses and we all have the same rank. So i dont have the same rank. So i dont know if the system is not working, but the houses are there. Two years is too much. If there. Two years is too much. If someone said to you now you could move out of here and move into a four star hotel, would you do that . Yeah, why not . Yeah, at least. At least i dont have hot water. At least i can take a shower. Proper shower. Take a shower. Proper shower. I can cook. Yeah well, we can cook. Yeah well, we previously revealed that Asylum Seekers are set to move into for every flat in chelmsfords. Most sought after luxury apartment block. I think we can see some of the images of that now. Thats what the brand new bedrooms. Great living areas, kitchens , etcetera. Look at that kitchens, etcetera. Look at that bathroom. Thats absolutely bathroom. Thats absolutely delightful , bathroom. Thats absolutely delightful, isnt bathroom. Thats absolutely delightful , isnt it . So delightful, isnt it . So i showed some of these images to one of the residents living inside a shipping container. I just also want to make the point there as well. Theres some other images that will play you in the next hour that until the point that wed got there the day before , she had sewage day before, she had sewage floating around her bathroom. So that bathroom looks all right there. Its small , but all there. Its small, but all right. But shed had to call someone after days of having raw sewage being pumped out of every tap and orifice basically to clean that then herself afterwards to make it the best she possibly could for her four year old daughter. But i showed her some of the pictures of that chelmsford accommodation that will given free to asylum will be given for free to Asylum Seekers. And i just asked her if shed like to live that. Yes, course its a real yes, of course its a real house. Instead of being in a shipping container. Im not surprised by the answer. I im not surprised by the answer. I dont know about you. Like i said as well, i spoke to another individual there called john and well be playing you a little bit of that later on in the show as well. And well be running some tomorrow. No running some of it tomorrow. No doubt, theres quite doubt, because theres quite a lot there. Well have the full story, like i a little bit story, like i said, a little bit later on. But an Ealing Council spokesperson put some of spokesperson who we put some of the to them saying, the allegations to them saying, you do you care more about you know, do you care more about illegal you do Illegal Immigrants than you do about living about people who are living there . Accommodation there . This is accommodation thats human thats not fit for human habitation. Said it should habitation. They said it should be absolutely clear that the council committed council is committed to decommission marston and decommission Marston Court and re providing Higher Quality temporary accommodation. However this cannot happen immediately as we are facing an increase in the number of households who are in need of support with in urgent need of support with their housing. Just seven weeks ago, the leader of Ealing Council, peter mason, and councillor polly knewstub, wrote to the home secretary asking her to the home secretary asking her to ditch the rwanda plan and the eaung to ditch the rwanda plan and the Ealing Council website says this. They implore the home secretary to act now to withdraw the migration bill, repeal the nationality and borders act and work with local authorities and communities to put in place an asylum system that supports and enables people seeking safety to rebuild their lives and encourages communities to welcome them. They go on to identify that ealing is working towards becoming a recognised borough of sanctuary where people seeking sanctuary feel welcomed. Included and empowered and bearing in mind that in eaung and bearing in mind that in ealing at the moment you do have People Living in shipping containers with sewage coming out of it, having to bathe their children, using water from the kettle cookers that might exist in there physically but do not work. And the council telling work. And the council telling them apparently, according to one person, to just go out and buy takeaway instead. So buy a takeaway instead. So staggering stuff there. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Like i said, more on that throughout the course of the show. But look, almost £10,000 of taxpayers money giving nicola money was spent giving Nicola Sturgeon staff vip sturgeon and her staff vip treatment airports. Believe treatment at airports. Believe it certainly cant it or not, i certainly cant believe it. Im Patrick Christys on news this is britains on gb news and this is britains news. Channel well, at 5 00 i will have news of a major clampdown on rogue immigration lawyers after some solicitors were caught charging migrants £10,000 help build migrants £10,000 to help build false asylum claims. But more than £14 million of taxpayers cash was spent on credit Card Transactions by scottish Civil Servants in just a three year period, including thousands spent on vip airport upgrades for Nicola Sturgeon , the full for Nicola Sturgeon, the full breakdown of spending obtained by scottish labour covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22. Now it shows that nearly £10,000 was spent on vip travel for former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and her staff. They used a firm that fast tracked clients through trekking and provides a lovely vip lounge. A remarkable, lovely vip lounge. A remarkable, though, isnt it . Because wasnt that around the time of the Coronavirus Crisis as well, when a lot of people were trapped inside their homes . But hey the list of transaction ons also shows was shows that public money was spent classes , hundreds spent on yoga classes, hundreds of hell stoppers and of books. Hell stoppers and nail varnish. There was also nail varnish. There was also more than four grand spent on hospitality and Hotel Accommodation at the five Star Gleneagles Hotel in perthshire dunng Gleneagles Hotel in perthshire during a sporting event. Gleneagles hotel in perthshire during a sporting event. We during a sporting event. We couldnt possibly have stayed, couldnt possibly have stayed, could we, at the premier inn . Joining me now is Alastair Stewart, columnist at the scotsman. Alastair, thank you very, very much. Does the public have a right to ask serious questions about whether their taxpayers money was spent on correct , really, or correct areas, really, or whether, frankly, it was splurged on stuff like vip. Travel no, of course they do. No, of course they do. And theres two tracks to this. One is that these figures, part of them are released as part of them are released as part of them are released as part of a routine monthly move where spend over £500 is released as part of a disclosure and transparency. And then and transparency. And then theres some of the detail that youve cited there, which was acquired by the scottish labour party. Today, acquired by the scottish labour party. Today, is an acquired by the scottish labour party. Today, is an unfortunate party. Today, is an unfortunate day in that its also the day that nearly 150,000 scottish students are getting their exam results already its shown that the attainment gap between the poorest and the richest houses has widened and already its showing that the grade success rate has dropped. I think theres many households and theres many households and theres many households and theres many people across the country that would be asking why more money wasnt spent on getting books scottish getting books into scottish schools theres been schools and why theres been quite lot of frivolous quite a lot of frivolous purchases scottish purchases by the Scottish Government. No , indeed. Government. Yeah, no, indeed. Mean, im looking at things i mean, im looking at things like nail varnish, im looking at like yoga classes. Im at things like yoga classes. Im also looking Nicola Sturgeon also looking at Nicola Sturgeon spent grand of spent nearly 150 grand of taxpayers on attending taxpayers cash on attending cop27 in egypt as cop27 Climate Summit in egypt as the then ex first minister. By the then ex first minister. By the way, the ex first minister and her staff proceeded to rack up a £45,000 hotel bill and submitted receipts for 18 burgers during just a two week stay. And it does appear to be stay. And it does appear to be hypocrisy and without wanting to conflate the two issues, of course, in light of some of the other Financial Issues involving Nicola Sturgeon and her husband , its not a great look. , its not a great look. No. No. As a pr exercise , its as a pr exercise, its a disaster more than the questionable purchases that have been made that are on record here. The snp have made an argument for well over a decade that the tories at westminster are not only corrupt, but they are not only corrupt, but they are spending your money on frivolous things and lining their own pockets. This is a disastrous look for a party thats tried to make itself look like it understands you, understand your needs, understands success of crises that the country has found itself in. And yet today there is a raft of things that most households would deeply, deeply covet as they face a successive series of budget tightenings , series of budget tightenings, not least of all in their own budget. Households no, and this is it. And i think youve hit the nail on the head there, which is the idea that if the shoe was on the other foot and weve seen this time and time again, frankly, i mean, i dont want to bring up the dead, as it were, with boris johnson, because there some johnson, because there were some things there, things that were wrong there, and himself wide open to and he left himself wide open to and he left himself wide open to a load nonsense that a whole load of nonsense that did him in the end. But you did for him in the end. But you look the hoo ha that was made look at the hoo ha that was made over that, and you over all of that, and then you look at things like this now and you think if the shoe had been on other in light of on the other foot in light of what sturgeon is going what Nicola Sturgeon is going through, of which through, of course, which she denies, the border and denies, north of the border and then stuff that the then the expenses stuff that the taxpayer the bill taxpayer had to foot the bill for, if all of this had been a conservative politician or Prime Minister south, i think the minister down south, i think the reaction have been reaction to that would have been absolutely from absolutely visceral from sturgeon and co wouldnt it . But alistair, very, sturgeon and co wouldnt it . But alistmuch. Very, sturgeon and co wouldnt it . But alistmuch. Great very, sturgeon and co wouldnt it . But alistmuch. Great to very, sturgeon and co wouldnt it . But alistmuch. Great to have very much. Its great to have you on the show. Its a bit short and sweet there, im afraid. But unfortunately, we were time. Were a bit pressed for time. Alastair the Alastair Stewart is the columnist scotsman, now columnist at the scotsman, now a Scottish Government spokesperson said through electronic said spending through electronic purchasing to purchasing cards is used to support officials support government officials dunng support government officials during course of during their usual course of work, on training, work, such as on training, catering hire, catering room hire, one off supplies, the are for supplies, the cards are not for personal expenditure. There are robust regular robust authorisation and regular auditing in auditing arrangements. Its in place their use place to monitor their use for security reasons. We cannot comment ministers comment on the first ministers travel arrangements, is of travel arrangements, which is of course unfortunate, travel arrangements, which is of cotwe unfortunate, travel arrangements, which is of cotwe will unfortunate, travel arrangements, which is of cotwe will be unfortunate, travel arrangements, which is of cotwe will be commenting. It it . We will be commenting. If it wasnt for those pesky security concerns. But the government is clamping down on rogue immigration lawyers get this they could be jailed for life. Believe that. When i say it, if theyre caught helping migrants to create false asylum claims , i to create false asylum claims, i think its time for a full scale investigation into the way that our Legal Profession is, in some cases, propping up an aiding and abetting illegal migration. Patrick christys on gb news britains news the britains news channel, the temperatures rising boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Well, looking ahead to the next few days, it is set to turn briefly warmer. But however we go into the weekend , the unsettled regime weekend, the unsettled regime will return. So heres the situation at the moment. Weve got an area of High Pressure beginning to build in, but this weak area of low pressure is still a focus of some cloud and outbreaks we go into outbreaks of rain as we go into this evening. Heaviest the this evening. Heaviest of the rain the far rain down towards the far southeast but that southeast and corner, but that will clear , leaving will gradually clear, leaving lots of the uk under clear skies. Still quite breezy in showery though across shetland. And in the night, and then later on in the night, we will to some we will start to see some thicker cloud some outbreaks thicker cloud and some outbreaks of creeping the of rain just creeping into the very west the uk. But for very far west of the uk. But for most its a fairly mild night. Most towns and cities staying in double. So we start double figures. So we start wednesday a fairly sunny wednesday off on a fairly sunny note across a lot of the country. Quite windy across. Still quite windy across shetland this area of cloud shetland and this area of cloud and patchy will spread and patchy rain will just spread its little bit further its way a little bit further eastwards the goes on. So eastwards as the day goes on. So quite grey afternoon to come quite a grey afternoon to come across Northern Ireland, western scotland, of wales into scotland, parts of wales into the midlands southwest the midlands and southwest england. Sunshine england. Best for the sunshine further and where we do see further east and where we do see the sunshine, feeling the sunshine, it will be feeling much warmer. Could see highs much warmer. We could see highs reaching around 23 or 24 degrees after a bit of a slow start on thursday, this cloud will quickly burn away and actually thursday looks the best day thursday looks like the best day of of sunshine of the week. Plenty of sunshine around, across around, especially across eastern and central parts of the country. Highs country. Could see highs reaching 27, possibly 28 reaching 26, 27, possibly 28 degrees, but then turning cooler and showery as we head towards the weekend. The temperatures the weekend. The temperatures rising by next. Solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Its 5 pm. Its Patrick Christys is gb news. Lots on for the final hour of this show. Im taking a look at whether or not we should be investigating. Now for lawyers who facing for lawyers who are facing allegations corruption when allegations of corruption when it to our illegal it comes to our illegal migration system, mainly because migrants are now saying things like a fear of water like theyve got a fear of water despite, course , travelling despite, of course, travelling across at least one body of water to order get here, we water in to order get here, we will be having a big debate on whether or not it is time for a full scale investigation into supposedly crooked lawyers talking of migrant accommodation. I will have some more footage for substandard for you of substandard accommodation in ealing , where accommodation in ealing, where british citizens are being forced forced to live and weve had sewage coming out of these taps, rodent infestations, people saying its not fit for human habitation , its not safe human habitation, its not safe for children, drug dealers have been using some of their laundry rooms as offices , and that is rooms as offices, and that is happening on our watch in this country. Where are the human rights brigade for those people . Why are we giving some Illegal Immigrants accommodation . . Why are we giving some Illegal Immigrantswhat accommodation . . Why are we giving some Illegal Immigrantswhat i accommodation . . Why are we giving some Illegal Immigrantswhat i acc01to1odation . . Why are we giving some Illegal Immigrantswhat i acc01to knowon . Hey, thats what i want to know. In other though, of. In other news, though, of course, were also going to be talking about about this labours mob links. Talking about about this labours mob links. Yes, labours eco mob links. Yes, a greenpeace person is actually going to be standing in mid bedfordshire, believe it or not. Keir starmer cant quite catch a break when it comes to that. And break when it comes to that. And yes, finally, were also going to be talking this as to be talking about this as well. You happen to be well. If you happen to be carrying a little bit of timber, then enough, it might then hey, fair enough, it might actually fault. You actually not be your fault. You apparently you are a bit apparently if you are a bit overweight, a different overweight, have a different brain to thin people. And that is what you need to tell your mates. It is not your fault that youre just wired differently. Patrick christie is on. Gb news Patrick Christie is on. Gb news i sometimes dream about cake anyway , you can email in gb anyway, you can email in gb views gb views. Com. A heck of a lot to go out today. Like i said, in just a second or two, were going to be having a big debate on whether or not actually the Legal Profession when it comes to illegal migration is indeed crooked to its core. But right now its poorly with headlines. Poorly with the headlines. Patrick thank you. Good evening. The top story from the gb news room is that the home secretary says lawyers who try to game the british asylum system by lying are a stain on the Legal Profession. Stain on the Legal Profession. Suella bravermans comments come as she chairs a meeting of the governments new task force and regulator was aimed at cracking down on rogue lawyers. The daily mail newspaper revealed the case of a law firm helping to uncover helping an undercover journalist helping an undercoverjournalist , rather posing as an economic migrant who is in turn advised by a crooked lawyer to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds. False application in exchange for thousands of pounds. Well, a for thousands of pounds. Well, a new task force announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other Government Departments now to root out so called dodgy law firms. Departments now to root out so called dodgy law firms. In other news, the elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack , resulting in what its attack, resulting in what its calling a Hostile Group of actors gaining access to the publics information. The cyber attack ers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the names and addresses of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The incident was first identified in october 2022, but its emerged the attackers first access to the attackers first access to the Commission Systems in august 2021. Chief executive sean mcnally apologised to the public and anyone whos information was hacked, saying significant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems. Now hundreds their it systems. Now hundreds of brits on an overnight ferry are now finally on their way to plymouth after being forced to dock in france due to a reported Food Poisoning emergency on board a passenger on the pont aven ferry told gb news that dozens of ambulances were waiting on the quay side when the ferry pulled into brest in france this morning. They departed santander in spain at 6 00 last night, but passengers were told that they were stunned to see the boat urgently diverted amid a haulage firm. Thats part of one of the uks largest transport group says it may be forced to shut down its site in Northern Ireland as a direct result of brexit. Gb news has seen a letter by Morgan Mclernon to staff which blames post brexit consequences for possible redundancies. The possible redundancies. The Company Delivers goods to every major uk supermarket market. The Business Community in Northern Ireland is still waiting for details about the Windsor Framework which was signed back in february. Figures revealed by in february. Figures revealed by scottish labour show Nicola Sturgeons government spent £10,000 of taxpayer cash for vip airport upgrades. Our £10,000 of taxpayer cash for vip airport upgrades. Our scotland airport upgrades. Our scotland reporter tony mcguire explains. Reporter tony mcguire explains. Labour has revealed that between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, Scottish Government Civil Servants racked up more than £14 million of expenses across 58,000 transactions on Government Procurement cards, big ticket items include £10,000 of vip Airport Services for the former first minister as well as a £4,000 stay at the five Star Gleneagles Hotel in perthshire. At the other end of the scale, some items included nail polish , a home karaoke machine and six copies of the former first ministers own book of speeches. As the Scottish Government says that it is committed to delivering the best value for money for the scottish taxpayer here, and that these cards are in no way used for personal expenditure. Expenditure. The jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts. The seven women and four men were told by mr justice goss that he would accept verdicts on which at least ten of them are agreed upon. Letby of them are agreed upon. Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others at the countess of Chester Hospitals Neonatal Unit ten others at the countess of chester at a a man who was stabbed in the arm near the British Museum in london had been just waiting in london had been just waiting in the queue to get in. Police have arrested a male on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. An american visitor described how she was about to get in the queue at the museum when she was told to leave immediately by police. The building was then evacuated and the area cordoned off while police attended the scene. The police attended the scene. The matter isnt being treated as terror related and the museum has since reopened. But the has since reopened. But the mayor of the West Midlands has asked the local council there to ensure. A historic pub destroyed ensure. A historic pub destroyed in a fire is rebuilt. Brick by brick. Andy street has written to south Staffordshire Council over the crooked house pub , over the crooked house pub, which was destroyed by fire on saturday evening. The mayor says the 18th Century Building in himley in staffordshire holds real cultural and historical significance and that the local authority should consider , authority should consider, barring any change of use application on for the site. The fire is being investigated by police and finally people have lined the irish sea front in County Wicklow to say their final goodbyes to the singer Sinead Oconnor. Final goodbyes to the singer Sinead Oconnor. The 56 year old Sinead Oconnor. The 56 year old grammy Award Winning artist was found unresponsive when police were called to her home in South East London last month. South east london last month. The funeral procession travelled along the bray seafront in an and passed her former home in montebello, where she lived for the last 15 years. Tributes flooded onto social media upon news of the singers death, including messages from Russell Crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper. Crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper. This is gb news across lauper. This is gb news across the uk on your tv, in your car, on Digital Radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying, play gb news lose. Youre with britains news. Channel news. Channel lets kick off with words tweeted today by Suella Braverman lawyers who game our asylum system by lying are a stain on the Legal Profession. Stain on the Legal Profession. The statement came as the home secretary chaired the first meeting of a special new task force set up to crack down on rogue lawyers who coach Asylum Seekers to lie in order to stay in the uk. Loads of people have been thinking this has been going on far too long. We going on for far too long. We had hard of it recently had hard evidence of it recently that even take in hand that will even take cash in hand in be able to do it. In order to be able to do it. I am absolutely convinced absolute convinced that lawyers up and down the country are coaching Illegal Immigrants to lie in order to be able to stay in the United Kingdom. It comes as more migrants boarded the bibby stockholm accommodation barge in portland today. It is unclear as to how many have moved in. We do know that around 20 refused to be housed on the barge yesterday on legal grounds. Now the exact on legal grounds. Now the exact reasons are unknown, but it is being reported that some of them claimed that they had a fear of water. Is it possible that we live in a country where if you claim Something Like fear of water or past trauma or persecution in your own country , that lawyers know that if you say that, you will get away with it and you will be allowed to stay in britain, are they being coached by those lawyers . Are they being pointed in the direction of those lawyers by Charity Organisations with a political agenda . That is political agenda . That is something that needs to be investigated. I am very pleased investigated. I am very pleased to say that it is now being investigated. I just wonder if its little too late because its too little too late because the next election is possibly not far enough away that to not far enough away for that to have any impact at all. But have had any impact at all. But our Home Security editor mark have had any impact at all. But our he has security editor mark have had any impact at all. But our he has this rity editor mark have had any impact at all. But our he has this reportitor mark have had any impact at all. But our he has this report for mark have had any impact at all. But our he has this report for us. Rk white has this report for us. For a second day, more coaches have arrived at the bibby , stockholm in portland bibby, stockholm in portland harbour. But bibby, stockholm in portland harbour. But like yesterday , it harbour. But like yesterday, it seems that only a handful of Asylum Seekers have been on board. These coaches. Its very board. These coaches. Its very likely that the lawyers and human Rights Groups have again made last minute representations to the Asylum Seekers trying trying to persuade them not to get on the buses from their hotels, heading to this barge and it would appear that that has been largely successful. Once again , the home office has once again, the home office has said that this process of getting people on the barge wont be just weeks in duration , but actually months before they get to that 500 mark. And once they get to that 500 figure, well, even that in itself, thats only 1 of the 50,000 people currently staying in hotels. The people that rishi sunak says he wants removed from hotels and put into more basic accommodate asian. But i think the bibby stockholm is symbolic for the government. Its very for the government. Its very important because it is a very visible manifestation of the fact that they are at least making a start on the Prime Ministers pledge to put people in more basic accommodation. And in more basic accommodation. And as part of this week of action that the government is undertaking with a view, they say , to show that they are doing say, to show that they are doing more to try to stop the boats, they are looking at this issue around these lawyers and others who may be not just helping Asylum Seekers to get asylum in the uk, but actually perhaps breaking the law and helping them gain the system. There was them gain the system. There was a first meeting of this taskforce , this chaired by the taskforce, this chaired by the home secretary today, and they will make it their mission to look at these immigration lawyers to make sure that they are all playing by the letter of the law. Yeah, ive got a feeling this is going to be a big story of our time because it does appear that every single thing thats being tried at the moment is being tried at the moment is being frustrated. And if its being frustrated. And if its coming down to technicalities , coming down to technicalities, there are two ways to look at this, there . Is this, arent there . Which is that law is there for a very that the law is there for a very , very good reason. And it is an incredible protection. And if you anyone close to us you or i or anyone close to us ever really needed to get out of a tight spot, you would want very, skilled lawyers who very, very skilled lawyers who were look at your were able to look at your situation and make the best of it. And i think we can all agree that that is a good thing. There is also, of course, the flip side that, which that in side of that, which is that in situations exactly what situations exactly like what we are with migrant are in now with the migrant crisis, possible to crisis, if it is possible to claim people have a fear of claim that people have a fear of water when they have in fact travelled least travelled across at least two bodies of water and paid for the privilege in order get here privilege in order to get here willingly. Look at other willingly. And you look at other things as well. And system things as well. And the system is essentially gamed, is essentially being gamed, including people including in some cases, people taking to order taking cash in hand in to order lie migrants behalf. Taking cash in hand in to order lie migrants behalf. Then lie on migrants behalf. Then where is the line there now . Joining me is Rebecca Butler and stephen barrett. Ive always stephen barrett. Ive always subscribed to the idea that two has better than one. And so i thought id introduce two barristers to the fray here. So thank you very, very it is thank you very, very much. It is always first. Always a ladies first. So rebecca, i will you on rebecca, i will go with you on this. First and foremost, do you think that our immigration Legal Profession needs a good investigation. Investigation. Well, you know, if a solicitor has lied on behalf of any client , then that is any client, then that is a matter for their regulatory body. It it is hard baked into all of us, both at the bar and as solicitors a that we dont produce evidence on behalf of our clients. Our clients. It is the clients case that we present now. Now you can we present now. Now you can advise your client on what the law is and you can advise your client on what aspects of the law they need to establish in order to win their case. But i think to suggest that all immigration lawyers are lying on behalf of their clients is a little bit of a stretch. And i dont think thats a very safe route to go down here. You have to remember that it is parliament that drafts the laws. It is judges that apply the law and it is the advocates. People like me and people like stephen who present the clients case. We cannot be the people to write the evidence. We merely present the evidence. We merely present the evidence. We merely present the evidence. We merely present the evidence. If you are writing the evidence. If you are writing evidence, you are committing malprave practise and you will be censured by your body for doing so. I mean, it was incredibly easy for the daily mail to unearth a handful of law firms, of course, that were doing just that. And i do think that if you went and knocked on a lot of solicitors firms in quite suspicious kind of areas, you might earth that there might well on earth that there is widespread is something widespread going on. Stephen, the very on. But but stephen, at the very least, i wonder whether or not we allowed a situation we are weve allowed a situation to this country to occur in this country where certain Charitable Organisations can very easily make a case and provide evidence on behalf of Illegal Migrants and that can be presented to law firms. And then presented to law firms. And then that finds its way in terms of stifling due process. Et cetera. And us controlling our borders where are you on this . Where are you on this . Well, the one thing pick you up on is you said in this country, because i would say that at the moment there is a global immigration problem and its International Law on immigration has got itself into a bit of a muddle and its causing problems everywhere. I mean, ive written one of the only journalists in the uk to have highlighted the fact that the eu stands accused of being responsible for the deaths of over 100,000 migrants and that it uses a Detention Centre in libya, which the un has condemned, and that some very well thinking human rights lawyers on the continent are outraged at what the eu is doing. I mean, there is a border on the eastern side of the which is effectively a wall and so we shouldnt for a start, we shouldnt for a start, we shouldnt assume this is just a uk problem or a uk solution. Uk problem or a uk solution. But on the broader point , i but on the broader point, i mean, im never going to do anything other than than echo. Rebecca that we want and the country needs and the system requires lawyers who are above reproach. One of my concerns is reproach. One of my concerns is that certain an overdramatise ization of criticism of lawyers has has led to people being unwilling or disinterested in criticising them. I, i frowned my a big frown appeared on my forehead very strongly when the daily mail reported that there were enemies of the people. And were enemies of the people. And then everybody seemed to get very hysterical about that. Its perfectly valid for the daily mail to criticise judges, whether people like it or not, or agree with the daily mail or not is their personal political opinion. People say rude things about may about lawyers. People say may shock you to hear this patrick, but they say or they tweet rude things about me and it does happen and we all have to just get over it. If were going to have a proper good system, we need to criticise because we need to criticise because we need investigate. If you need to investigate. If you dont hate, its dont investigate hate, its likely you know the bad likely that you know the bad apples corrupt the whole apples will corrupt the whole barrel. Barrel. Okay, rebecca, where are you on this idea, this threat . Ill just make a point. On this idea, this threat . Ill just make a point. Well, you just make a point. Well, you take it away. Yes you know, ive done briefs for the home office and given the long arm of the state and given the state has all of the Resources Available to it, to prepare cases and present them at quietly, i have to say, as a barrister going in for the home office that their cases are so appallingly badly put together and hugely shambolic. And hugely shambolic. Nick um , infrastructure nick um, infrastructure within the home office itself, because of the sheer volume of cases that theyre having to deal with, that, you know , deal with, that, you know, judges have really very little opportunity to assess the credibility of the, the claimant in that case. You know, the, the Asylum Seeker or the or the refugee , very little opportunity refugee, very little opportunity to consider the credibility of their stories. So how youre going to arrive at a mechanism whereby somebody is reporting on a solicitor to the for making up evidence is totally is beyond me thatis evidence is totally is beyond me that is fascinating. That is absolutely fascinating because thats kind of a situation where if a lawyer was unscrupulous, they know that the home office is being hammered at the moment, simply cannot cope. Its not really going to be able to look at the veracity of these claims. And those lawyers would know based on what youve said. And i think the evidence that we can see before that there a very before us that there is a very good that that lie will good chance that that lie will work and that stephen, i wonder if that is not part of the problem really, that if you did want to at the moment in this country, you really could put forward a load of tosh and probably get it through. Lawyers stand at the heart of the system because of that. Thats thats why its really important that were whiter than white. If you get, you know, if we fall corruption, then you we fall to corruption, then you have got a massive problem. And have got a massive problem. And simply proving it, as youve said , is quite clearly tricky. Said, is quite clearly tricky. Thats why things like the daily mail play a vital role. You know, journal ists play a vital role in our society. Know, journal ists play a vital role in our society. Think you play role in our society. Think you play a constitutional role in our society in keeping everybody on straight and narrow. And on the straight and narrow. And it perfectly right that it is perfectly right that lawyers must be investigated, even theres mere suspicion even if theres mere suspicion that that is right. What has been going wrong is the slightly mildly hysterical reaction to any criticism of lawyers, which has clearly disincentivized any further investigation. And thats thats not on. And people, you know, i will not stand here and swear blind that 100 of all of the functioning lawyers today are wholly on it that that to do so would be to mislead the public. I wont accuse them of anything either. Ill simply stay neutral and say that if you want a system that works, you must investigate and prosecute. Yeah and i suppose when you mentioned the word hysterical there, all of power , hysterical there, all of power, you know, Suella Braverman has all of the power to deal with this case. And it is not satisfactory that she blame us. The failings in the immigration system. On in the immigration system. On admittedly 1 or 2 dodgy lawyers which like stephen i agree they could well exist and you know thats fine. There are mechanisms to deal with it, but its not right for the government to lay the blame at the door of lawyers. The problem is the law, not the lawyers. This is it. I mean, we are i think both both of you have been really great, this actually. And i think the truth is somewhere throughout this conversation, which theres hysteria over which is theres hysteria over the criticism of lawyers. There the criticism of lawyers. There is also a threat of suddenly theres a prison for life, which is in itself hysterical. If you is in itself hysterical. If you look at it, there will be some rogue ones out there, but you cannot blame the fact that we are where we are singularly on a few rogue lawyers. Great chat, really enjoyed that. Thank you very much. Both of you hope to chat to you again soon. Rebecca butler and stephen barrett, who are both barristers, look fascinating. Im not budging are both barristers, look fascideang. Im not budging are both barristers, look fascidea that m not budging are both barristers, look fascidea that 11 not budging are both barristers, look fascidea that i reallyyudging are both barristers, look fascidea that i really do;ing are both barristers, look fascidea that i really do think the idea that i really do think that we need to have a wholesale investigation, they are spot investigation, but they are spot on, blame on, which is that we cant blame this whole on dodgy this whole mess on dodgy lawyers. Cant. Theres lot lawyers. We cant. Theres a lot of other stuff at play here as well. But i think that would be a i think that link a start. I think its that link for me between the, the, the charities, lawyers and human charities, the lawyers and human traffickers really needs to traffickers that really needs to be on this story traffickers that really needs to be our on this story traffickers that really needs to be our website, on this story traffickers that really needs to be our website, gb n this story traffickers that really needs to be our website, gb news story traffickers that really needs to be our website, gb news doty traffickers that really needs to be our website, gb news dot com. On our website, gb news dot com. The fastest groWing National news in country. News site in the country. All the analysis opinion on the best analysis big opinion on all latest big breaking all of the latest big breaking news. This. News. Well, look at this. Earlier i went to ealing earlier today, i went to ealing in london where people are in west london where people are living shipping living in converted shipping containers. You a sneak containers. I showed you a sneak peek it before. But yes, all peek of it before. But yes, all of windows that you can of those windows that you can see there indeed its own see there is indeed its own home. Literally couldnt home. You literally couldnt swing cat in there. Sewage swing a cat in there. Sewage coming absolutely every coming out of absolutely every single place dealers using single place drug dealers using it so it as offices as well. So children safe children are frankly not safe there whatsoever. Been there whatsoever. Ive been speaking to residents who say its fit for human its not fit for human habitation. Well be habitation. Well, well be heanng habitation. Well, well be hearing shortly. Heard hearing very shortly. We heard from young mum in the from a young single mum in the last hour. Well be hearing a bit more from her again. But well also be hearing from a british called british chap as well called john, who is saying john, who frankly is saying that nothing about it nothing is being done about it but labour by election but a labour by election candidate exposed. A candidate has been exposed. As a greenpeace who greenpeace activist who protested home protested outside the home office last year dressed as a zombie. Kirsty starmer not catching a break on the environment at the minute, is he . Patrick channel in just a few minutes we will hear from brits whove been forced to live in shipping containers, raw sewage in the toilets, leaking ceilings, smoke alarms dont work. Its alarms that dont work. Its a massive fire hazard and of course, Illegal Migrants have been put up in plush hotels. But less than a after less than a week after greenpeace activists targeted rishi house, its emerged rishi sunaks house, its emerged as a labour by election candidate has been campaigning with same group. Alistair with the same group. Alistair strathearn is labours candidate for mid bedfordshire. His for mid bedfordshire. His partner, megan coulson. Scott partner, megan coulson. Scott works as a political officer for greenpeace. They are clearly greenpeace. They are clearly a completely normal couple and indeed to demonstrate that fact, they dressed up as zombies in protest outside the home office last november. It is just five days since greenpeace targeted rishi sunaks house in north yorkshire. They were angry at the governments plans to grant more than 100 new licences for Oil Extraction in the oil and gas extraction in the north sea. But yesterday the government confirmed its cut ties with greenpeace as a result of stunt. The labour of the stunt. But the labour party a much stickier party are in a much stickier wicket. Our Political Correspondent olivia utley is in westminster for us right now for the latest. This is an absolute the latest. This is an absolute nightmare for keir starmer. It is an absolute nightmare for keir starmer and its no surprise that the conservatives are feeling very, very gleeful about this. Both grant shapps and Suella Braverman have tweeted about it today, urging labour to drop Alistair Strathern as their parliamentary candidate for mid bedfordshire. Candidate for mid bedfordshire. We shouldnt be surprised about that. The polls show that although the general public are generally quite on board with combating Climate Change in some way, they detest the tactics of eco zealots like greenpeace and extinction rebellion. And so in extinction rebellion. And so in recent weeks we have seen keir starmer really trying to distance himself from those groups , a feat which is made groups, a feat which is made harder by the fact that one of labours donors, dale vince, has also donated £1. 5 million to Just Stop Oil. So keir starmer was already on the back foot with this. And this has put him even further behind and will be really, really interesting to see if it reflects at all in the polls when we see the next set next week. The other problem for keir starmer, of course, is that it really highlights some of those internal divisions within labour environmental labour on environmental policies. As i say, recently we have seen keir starmer sort of try and row back on some of his more extreme seem green policies. So for example , a policies. So for example, a couple of days ago he actually said that he would not go back on rishi sunaks promise to grant 100 new likes leases to oil and gas providers in the north sea. And he called the tactics of Just Stop Oil and their aims even he called them contemptible. Well, how can he reconcile that with the fact that his own parliamentary candidate for mid bedfordshire , Nadine Dorries old bedfordshire, Nadine Dorries old seat is, if not a member of greenpeace, then at least very, very cosy with them. So its a real, really tricky situation. All around for keir starmer and i think perhaps highlights some deeper problems that the labour leader is going to have over the next few months in reconciling the real eco fanatics , if you the real eco fanatics, if you like, in the Labour Parliament party. And some of the more for swing voters in those seats that are going to be so important to him if hes to win the general election, who on the whole are more worried about the money in their pocket than abstract concerns about the environment . Yeah absolutely. Thank you very, very olivia, thank you very, very much. There our much. Olivia utley there is our Political Correspondent in westminster. There is such a thing moment that people thing at the moment that people talk these luxury talk about having these luxury views headlong desire to views and a headlong desire to hit net zero targets could be described as a luxury view. If you have enough money to not really care about the fact that you get a new heat pump you need to get a new heat pump or a new car and youre or a new electric car and youre all right with the charges all right with the ulez charges and all of that stuff, then you have got a luxury view. But that is most that is not is not most people. That is not most another luxury view most people. Another luxury view of will be about being of course, will be about being able to have Asylum Seekers everywhere left, right and centre. The refugees welcome brigade, whereas most people, of course, dont really course, you know, dont really want hotel used want that local hotel being used for etcetera. Their for it, etcetera. Their taxpayers of that taxpayers money, all of that stuff if the labour party stuff. And if the labour party is embodying a lot of luxury views going the next views going into the next general election, then will it or it not have a problem . Or will it not have a problem . Of course there will be held massively conservative massively by the conservative party absolute party has been an absolute shambles. But responding to the claims, party claims, the Labour Party Spokesperson targeting spokesperson said targeting a politicians never politicians home is Never Acceptable greenpeace were acceptable and greenpeace were totally do this. The totally wrong to do this. The people are people of mid bedfordshire are sick of being taken for granted by the tories and its time for change. They deserve an opportunity elect a local opportunity to elect a local hard working full time mp. And thatis hard working full time mp. And that is exactly what labour is offering. I absolutely love offering. I absolutely love these political statements with things like the people of mid bedfordshire are sick and tired of being taken for granted. Its great isnt it . Anyway still to come, loads more between now and 6 00. Ive been to meet brits forced to live in shipping containers in west london. We all know these images by now. Theres loads more though. I spoke a chap called though. I spoke to a chap called john who will be hearing from shortly outlined the shortly whos outlined the staggering conditions that he is forced live its not fit forced to live in. Its not fit forced to live in. Its not fit for habitation, he says, for human habitation, he says, to point where its actually to the point where its actually making him ill and hes questioning why it is okay for him to live in conditions such as this. But its not okay and as this. But its not okay and would not be okay for people who have just arrived here illegally to live in. Well, frankly, better conditions, all of that to come. But right now, as your headunes to come. But right now, as your headlines with polly. Patrick, headlines with polly. Patrick, thank you. 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See highs country. Could see highs reaching possibly 28 reaching 26, 27, possibly 28 degrees, but then turning cooler and showery as we head towards the weekend. The weekend. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. On. Gb news earlier today, i went to ealing in west london where people are living in converted shipping containers. Containers. This story piqued my interest and i wanted to go and have a look at it myself. Mainly in light of all of the hoo ha doing the rounds the moment about the rounds at the moment about the rounds at the moment about the rights people who the human rights of people who have to this country have just come to this country illegally, what can live illegally, what they can live in, cant live in, and in, what they cant live in, and the that our legal the energy that our Legal Profession and Human Rights Charities are pushing towards them. I spoke to a man called them. I spoke to a man called john and he told me that his accommodation was not fit for human habitation. He gave me human habitation. He gave me a quick tour. It didnt take long, frankly, because he is living in what, frankly . Well, prisoners wouldnt live in. But lets just take a look at this. Take a look at this. Some of the issues would be leaks every one of leaks from every single one of these joins here on the ceiling. And theres about 3 or of them and theres about 3 or 4 of them far alarm doesnt work. Thats that that was that conked out about a year ago now its a fire hazard. Fire hazard. Yeah. No no hot water in the shower and thats been the case more or less from when i moved in here back in 2020, december 2020. And as i said, this is literally it just this here, ive got the bed near here. Theres also a big problems with sound pollution. Theres no soundproofing. So when cars pull up there or lorries because were at the back of a Delivery Area for co op and places like that, you can hear everything. When somebody if somebody was if somebody if somebody was if somebody was doing that outside like that, literally like that, youd be able to hear it as clearly as you can. Now, thats a thats a little cat. Yeah is that your cat . Is that your cat . No, its not. Its the person upstairs. So yeah. So basically , yeah, weve had im trying to think of other issues. Theres the, the cooker there, the heaters, the rings there dont work. And they havent worked since i moved in. I think that thing up there is supposed to be some kind of, um, it a fan or some kind of, um, is it a fan or an extractor fan . Thats not worked since i moved in. Broken microwave. I had to get myself. What . It looked get one myself. What . It looked like cockroaches as well. Like little cockroaches as well. So what looked so you had what looked like little cockroaches of little cockroaches coming out of the sink . Yeah. Coming from somewhere there. Somewhere around there. Underneath , right . I mean, underneath there, right . I mean, i know. Itsjust. Underneath there, right . I mean, i know. Its just. And i dont know. Its just. And most these problems ive had most of these problems ive had right from the start as well. Right from the start as well. The cockroaches seem to have turned. Turned up recently. And you lived here how long . And you lived here how long . Since december 2020. I moved in here on december the 20th december. The 22nd, 2020. And i was formerly homeless for eight years, sleeping rough on the streets of ealing. And i was in streets of ealing. And i was in a hotel before that. Now they had to house me because of the only reason i even got housed at all under any , you know, even in all under any, you know, even in this kind of rather rather kind of rather kind of under edifying conditions is because of the coronavirus. You know, after coronavirus. You know, after that happened, they had to clear everyone off. So thats interesting. So. So you were homeless for a period of time . Eight years . Yeah. 2020, almost exactly eight years. March 20th, 2012 to march 2020. And they only housed you. They only found you this accommodation, which is, as weve seen , pretty, pretty basic weve seen, pretty, pretty basic to say the least , because of the to say the least, because of the coronavirus. Coronavirus. Otherwise, in theory, i could still be homeless, still sleeping rough parks , in sleeping rough in parks, in eaung sleeping rough in parks, in ealing and in doorways and so on. Can i ask you because the local mp and the local council have been very vocal recently about some of the accommodation that we are giving to people whove just arrived in this country illegally. Yeah. How country illegally. Yeah. How does that make you feel . Does that make you feel . Well, i mean, everyone should be housed, whether theyre, you know, whether theyre no matter what colour skin theyve got, no matter how they are, they should be housed. If you were offered now a four star hotel. Yeah. Would you take that . A four star hotel. Well it would be better than this. Yes. In fact, i was in one for a few months in 2020 from about april to december 2020. It was, i think it was the one in heston. Think it was the one in heston. It was. Yeah. So yeah, i was there for a few months and that was a lot better than here. It had issues itself, but it was, yeah, a lot better than this. Yeah, a lot better than this. Well, there we have it. Absolutely straight from the horses mouth, as it were, that the accommodation that we are giving british people who are giving to british people who are homeless at the moment is worse giving to british people who are homethe; at the moment is worse giving to british people who are homethe accommodation is worse giving to british people who are homethe accommodation that orse than the accommodation that we are to people have are giving to people who have just arrived illegally across are giving to people who have justchannel. Legally across are giving to people who have justchannel. L moved was, was full of mould, like black mould. And when like black mould. And when i reported to the council , they reported to the council, they just told me to close the windows. Um we dont have hot windows. Um we dont have hot water. Its been on two years now. We never had hot to water bathe my child with the kettle. Bathe my child with the kettle. So sorry you had to. You have to bathe your child. Yeah. So she has to bathe her child. Whos four years old with the kettle. There we go. So this is kettle. There we go. So this is the accommodation in that in some cases is. Going for £1,500 some cases is. Going for £1,500 a month, by the way. So its not free. Its not free accommodation either. And that is where people who are either brits or people who came to this country legally are being forced to live in ealing, which is a labour run council with a local labour run council with a local labour mp. I mean, its labour mp. I mean, its fascinating really, isnt it, when you consider some of the accommodation were putting other people in and how keen both Ealing Council and other labour areas as well are to promote it. The human rights and the good accommodation for people whove arrived here illegally. Ealing Council Spokesperson said to us it should be absolutely clear that the is committed to the council is committed to decommissioning court , decommissioning Marston Court, which is where that was, and re providing Higher Quality temporary however temporary accommodation. However this cannot immediately this cannot happen immediately as we are facing an increase in the number of households who are in need of support with in urgent need of support with their a load of their housing. But get a load of this. Seven weeks ago the this. Just seven weeks ago the leader of council, peter leader of Ealing Council, peter mason councillor polly mason and councillor polly knewstub, the home knewstub, wrote to the home secretary asking her to ditch the rwanda plan. The ealing the rwanda plan. The Ealing Council said they Council Website said they implore home secretary to implore the home secretary to act withdraw the act now and withdraw the migration bill, repeal the nationality and borders act and work local authorities and work with local authorities and communities to put in place asylum Systems Support and asylum systems that support and enable people seeking safety to rebuild their lives and encourages communities to welcome them. They go on to identify that ealing is working towards becoming a recognised borough sanctuary , where borough of sanctuary, where people seeking sanctuary feel welcomed, included and empowered. Okay all right. What about the people already living there, ask the question there, though . Ask the question that ask. They its that i would ask. They say its inhumane, moving on a story, inhumane, but moving on a story, a study, easy for me to say. A a study, easy for me to say. A study claims that people might be obese because their brains work differently to those who can keep the weight off. So is that true or are people fat because theyre just plain greedy . Patrick christys on gb greedy . Patrick christys on gb news britains channel heres a question for you are people fat because they cant stop eating . Or is it because stop eating . Or is it because their brains work differently . Almost two thirds of adults in the uk. Thats more than 30 Million People who are over weight or living with obesity. Weight or living with obesity. By the way, i do think some of thatis by the way, i do think some of that is overblown because some people score as being obese when actually theyre just quite fit and carrying a bit of and theyre carrying a bit of way anyway, whatever. Way anyway. Anyway, whatever. But claimed that but its now being claimed that in people, whats in some fat people, whats called appetite control called the appetite control centre act in the same centre doesnt act in the same way and its all to do with our friend, the hypothalamus apparently enlarged individuals also happens to have an enlarged hypothalamus , and that means hypothalamus, and that means that whereas most people, and im paraphrasing here, could look at a cake and walk past it, others have to demolish the flipping lot. Im joined now by the presenter of fat families and very good friend of the show. Its the wonderful steve miller might have been miller who might have been eating then. Steve, great to eating then. Steve, great to have you on the show. Come eating then. Steve, great to have you on the show. Come on then, do you think do you do you buy the hype of thalamus thing . Do you think fat people have different. Different brains. Well, the hippo, its actually called the i think its actually called the i think its actually called the hippo fat. Actually called the hippo fat. Right. And this bit of research by Cambridge University is actually is actually quite a big good bit of research. And what they did is they found that fat people have a bigger inflamed hypothalamus. Right. But what we hypothalamus. Right. But what we have to remember is that there were also theres been Animal Studies on this sort of thing as well, which actually found if you fed mice a fatty diet, well, which actually found if you fed mice a fatty diet , then you fed mice a fatty diet, then its inflamed their hypothalamus. So my logic says to me, actually , if we change to me, actually, if we change our habits , we can reduce how our habits, we can reduce how big this appetite centre of the brain actually is. So i think brain actually is. So i think i think that, you know, the conclusion from me is that change your habits and eat well is going to mean that your hypothalamus, hypothalamus appetite centre is going to be become smaller , which means, become smaller, which means, which means you wont have to stuff yourself quite as much to feel content and full. You know, these studies are the thing that concerns me with these studies, patrick, is often that they come out and theyre released and people use them as an excuse. You know, people today saying , you know, people today saying, ive got a hypothalamus and that , you know, its really big and thats why im so fat. Well, actually , i dont think thats actually, i dont think thats quite true. And actually , the quite true. And actually, the researchers on this study at Cambridge University that Cambridge University agree that actually more Research Needs to be done. So what i say to the pubuc be done. So what i say to the public is, listen, im not use this as an excuse. Change your this as an excuse. Change your habhs this as an excuse. Change your habits and your hippo thalmus will become small , will probably will become small, will probably become a lot more healthy and smaller , meaning you dont have smaller, meaning you dont have to starve yourself quite as much to starve yourself quite as much to feel content. You are right to correct me that it you are right to correct me thatitis you are right to correct me that it is ironically , i should that it is ironically, i should have used the word hippo as opposed to hippo. That. But. But thank you very, very much. Steve for what would you make of for that. What would you make of people because today as for that. What would you make of peoplthere because today as for that. What would you make of peoplthere was ause today as for that. What would you make of peoplthere was anotheriay as for that. What would you make of peoplthere was another story well, there was another story about this great new revolutionary diet where revolutionary diet pill where you and it really works. You take it and it really works. And tested it on mice and and weve tested it on mice and theyre really skinny now. Theyre all really skinny now. Is cheating . Is that cheating . Well, i dont like the word cheating, but what i would say is its the lazy option and theres a lot of different lazy opfions theres a lot of different lazy options out there. The best way to manage your weight is to do it naturally and healthily and to live 80, 20, 80 healthy, 20. A bit of what you fancy. Give yourself purpose in life so youve got a reason to get up in the morning and eat some porridge rather than stuff yourself with bacon baps right. And to actually nurture your brain and your mind as well as as , as well as your, your body as, as well as your, your body because often we eat when were bored , often we eat when were bored, often we eat when were bored, often we eat when were bored, often we eat when were bored, often we eat where were not satisfied. In life. So actually i think, you know, its not just about diet. This is a Bigger Picture. I come from a bigger, much Bigger Picture of that. Absolutely. But but the one thing ill tell you 1 1 thing, the biggest thing in this country is weve got so many excuses. Its ridiculous. The excuses. Its ridiculous. The British Public love making excuses for being porkers , excuses for being porkers, frankly. You go to japan and try and make an excuse and theyll soon shut you down. I tell you, i know its a challenge for people. I accept that. But theres always a way. And as for your hypothalamus , im good at your hypothalamus, im good at making sure they reduce. Right. And you have a better one. Good. This is it. Look, steve, thank you very much. And i love the way that you phrase yourself, which is, you know, yourself, which is, you know, your your to gorgeous to be fat. I think its a really good way of looking it. I think its a of looking at it. I think its a really way looking at really good way of looking at it. Know, you owe it to it. You know, you owe it to yourself. Youre too beautiful to actually allow yourself to let go. Steve miller let it all go. Steve miller there friend of show, and of there friend of the show, and of course the presenter of fat families fascinating course the presenter of fat famil right . Fascinating course the presenter of fat famil right . Fthats ing course the presenter of fat famil right . Fthats very stuff. Right . Okay. Thats very nearly it from me for today. But michelle you Michelle Dewberry is with you next. With me now. All next. And shes with me now. All right. Hello . You know, i was yeah, you know, i was listening to big interest. I think theres a thing as well about skinny fats where you look skinny and i put myself in this category. I have chocolate look skinny and i put myself in this c. Single. I have chocolate look skinny and i put myself in this c. Single day ave chocolate look skinny and i put myself in this c. Single day before colate look skinny and i put myself in this c. Single day before c gete every single day before i get out bed. Out of my bed. Its an addiction in the morning, single day before morning, every single day before i bed. I get out of bed. If i cant get ahold of chocolate, honestly, i go mental. Rummage the mental. I rummage around the cupboards. I will even eat like Christmas Decorations that i found not plastic but ones. Thats a problem. Thats a problem. An addiction. And i its an addiction. And i think loads people. Think theres loads of people. Youre not on the outside, think theres loads of people. You� le not on the outside, think theres loads of people. You� i dread on the outside, think theres loads of people. You� i dread to on the outside, think theres loads of people. You� i dread to think. Outside, think theres loads of people. You� i dread to think. Have de, think theres loads of people. You� i dread to think. Have you but i dread to think. Have you cut in half . What your cut you in half . What your insides would be doing . Because it. But id because we do it. But id rather be you because i would put watching you eat put weight on watching you eat a salad. Would yeah, i put salad. Would you . Yeah, i put weight on like that. Oh, do you . The second i let it go, its game over. I think it is. Do think i think it is. I do think genetics play a part because my moms and shes moms had six kids and shes like small and i eat like quite small and i eat whatever and i dont put whatever i want and i dont put a lot of weight on. But then i think maybe you get to a certain age and then it all tips. I mean, i shudder to think what going to look like when what im going to look like when im odd. But youre doing im 50 odd. But youre doing great because seen those great because ive seen those pictures of pre kind of pictures of you pre or kind of striptease you. Yes striptease day. Thank you. Yes it fabulous. It it wont last. Fabulous. It wont i let if wont last. I will let well, if you want to. Yeah. Okay. What you want it to. Yeah. Okay. What have we got on. What do you got on. On. On. Oh, yes, i want to talk about the nhs actually, because youve got Insurance Firm got a boss of an Insurance Firm now that the failure of now saying that the failure of the presents a business the nhs presents a Business Opportunity for people like them, does. But them, which, yes, it does. But should loads of gps well, should it loads of gps as well, they see their patients they wont see their patients face face, which i think is face to face, which i think is absolutely outrageous. You absolutely outrageous. If you want gp to want to see your gp face to face, they that. And why face, they must do that. And why have got a cap, for example, have we got a cap, for example, on amount of people that can on the amount of people that can go schools when go into medical schools when weve a lack doctors and weve got a lack of doctors and things in this things like that in this country . Bonkers, if you country . Its bonkers, if you ask i also want to touch on ask me. I also want to touch on the cashless thing i was the cashless thing because i was going it last night and i going to do it last night and i ran out of time. So yeah, were talking about religion and migrants ran time. Migrants and i ran out of time. Yes, ive that coming up as yes, ive got that coming up as well. And lots more. So dont go anywhere. Great stuff. Well, great stuff. Fantastic. Well, i of time, but i have now run out of time, but Michelle Dewberry will be lighting Television Lighting up your Television Screens next hour. Screens for the next hour. Make sure stay tuned. Right. Sure you stay tuned. Right. Well take it easy. Looks like things are heating up. Boilers, up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors news. Sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello welcome to your hello there. Welcome to your latest weather forecast. Latest gb news weather forecast. Im craig snell. Ahead im craig snell. Looking ahead to it is to the next few days, it is set to the next few days, it is set to briefly warmer. But to turn briefly warmer. But however the weekend, however we go into the weekend, the unsettled regime will return so heres the situation at the moment. Weve got an area of high beginning build High Pressure beginning to build in, area of low in, but this weak area of low pressure still a focus of pressure is still a focus of some and outbreaks rain some cloud and outbreaks of rain as this evening. The as we go into this evening. The heaviest of the rain down towards the far southeastern corner, will gradually corner, but that will gradually clear leaving of the clear out, leaving lots of the uk under clear skies. Still quite breezy in showery though across shetland and then later on in the night, we will start to see some thicker cloud and some outbreaks around just creeping west creeping into the very far west of the but for most its of the uk. But for most its a fairly night. Most towns fairly mild night. Most towns are double are city staying in double figures. So are city staying in double figures. So we start are city staying in double figures. So we start wednesday figures. So we start wednesday off on a fairly sunny note across a lot of the country. Still quite windy across shetland area cloud shetland and this area of cloud and patchy rain will spread and patchy rain will just spread its little bit further its way a little bit further eastwards as the day goes on. So quite afternoon to come quite a grey afternoon to come across ireland, western across Northern Ireland, western scotland parts wales into scotland, parts of wales into the southwest the midlands and southwest england. For the sunshine england. Best for the sunshine further and we do see further east and where we do see the sunshine, it be feeling the sunshine, it will be feeling much could see highs much warmer. We could see highs reaching around 23 or 24 degrees after a bit of a slow start on thursday, this cloud will quickly burn away and actually thursday looks like the best day quickly burn away and actually ththeiay looks like the best day quickly burn away and actually ththe weekyks like the best day quickly burn away and actually ththe week. ;s like the best day quickly burn away and actually ththe week. Plenty he best day quickly burn away and actually ththe week. Plenty of best day quickly burn away and actually ththe week. Plenty of sunshine of the week. Plenty of sunshine around, especially across eastern parts of the eastern and central parts of the country. Highs country. Could see highs reaching 26, 27, possibly 28 degrees, then turning cooler degrees, but then turning cooler and showery we head towards and showery as we head towards the weekend. Looks like things the weekend. Looks like things are heating up. Are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Do agree with him. And liz, trust. With him. And liz, trust. Remember her. Prime minister, for about 40 odd days. Well her honours list is under the spotlight. Apparently, theres spotlight. Apparently, theres about 14 people on it. A couple about 14 people on it. A couple of people have actually said that they dont want to be considered by her. Should there even be a list from liz truss in the first place . And yesterday , the first place . And yesterday, i was desperate to talk to you about cash. We didnt manage it because we ran out of time. So tonight we definitely will because if you ask me, we have examples. Now of we now charge extra for to pay by cash. Extra for to pay by cash. Absolute disgrace. If you ask me. And absolutely proof that there is a war on cash in this country. Why what do you make to