Pounng unis and tributes have been pouring in for the greatest chat show host of them all, sir Michael Parkinson , who has died Michael Parkinson, who has died at the age of 88. Well also have news on prince harry, whos about to star in another Netflix Documentary. But first, heres all the news with aaron armstrong. Armstrong. Good afternoon to you. Its a minute past three. Aaron armstrong here in the newsroom. Gb news dont kill cash petition has been delivered to downing street in the last half an hour or so. The chancellor, jeremy hunt, received more than 296,000 signatures on behalf of viewers and listeners. The letter is calling on the government to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted form of payment until at least 2050. Tributes are being paid to the legendary broadcaster, sir Michael Parkinson, who died at the age of 88. Sir michael became one of the countrys most famous faces through long running talk through his long running talk show , interviewing some the show, interviewing some of the worlds biggest stars, including muhammad and billy connolly. Muhammad ali and billy connolly. His friend and former cricket umpire dickie bird said therell never be a chat show host like him. Comedian fry him. Comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and it was impossibly thrilling to be a guest on parkinson, he said. Sir David Attenborough said sir michael was beyond region or class. He was beyond region or class. He was himself. The education was himself. The education secretary says students shouldnt worry about lower a level grades this year because employers wont ask about them in a decade. Around 73,000 fewer a or a stars have been awarded compared to last year as part of a plan to return grades to pre pandemic levels results in 2020 and 2021 were based on teacher assessment. The number teacher assessment. The number of students accepted for a place at university is down 2. 6 from last year. But Gillian Keegan is standing by her comments , saying standing by her comments, saying exam results arent everything. Exam results arent everything. A levels are really important part of the journey that theyre on and the destination that theyre going to get to now. So theyre going to get to now. So the really important thing for them next them is getting to their next destination whether destination. Whether thats going apprenticeship going on to do an apprenticeship going on to do an apprenticeship going work or going into the world of work or going into the world of work or going university. What going to university. What im saying true, is saying and it is true, it is just real and it was actually in relation to an employer that had been was saying it been on and he was saying it before look, you before me. He said, look, you know, not what we at know, thats not what we look at later its important later on. So its an important step to get to your next destination. But when youre a couple destinations further destination. But when youre a coutherellestinations further destination. But when youre a coutherell be nations further destination. But when youre a coutherell be other1s further destination. But when youre a coutherell be other thingsier on, therell be other things that they look at. , the shadow education however, the shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, says the governments failed students and Gillian Keegans comments arent helpful. I think the comments from the secretary of state are incredibly rude and dismissive. This is a nerve wracking day for young people whove worked incredibly the last thing incredibly hard the last thing that they need is a secretary of state comments state offering comments like that. Really does add that. And it really does add insuh that. And it really does add insult coming from a insult to injury coming from a government that completely failed put in place the kind failed to put in place the kind of support our young people of support that our young people needed of the needed coming out of the pandemic of the pandemic after all of the disruption experienced. Disruption they experienced. Gb news can exclusively reveal 80 migrants are currently being housed at a former raf base in essex. The first group of Asylum Seekers arrived there more than a month ago. The wethersfield, based near braintree , is eventually braintree, is eventually intended to house up to 1700 people. The site has had reports of disease , though among some of of disease, though among some of the first groups of arrivals and problems with utilities. The problems with utilities. The home office says there will be a gradual increase, but sources suggest the pace will be significantly slower than first envisaged. Meanwhile, 550 people have crossed the English Channel over the last 24 hours in ten small boats. It brings the number of migrants making the journey this year to more than 17,000. A uk border force say they have been on red alert in an extremely busy time for Asylum Seekers and a significant surge in crossings is expected. With the Better Weather conditions this weekend. Two conditions this weekend. Two thirds of nhs cancer targets will be scrapped by the autumn under new government plans, it will see the ten targets currently in place reduced to three and the two week wait target will be scrapped in favour of the faster diagnosis standard as it stands, 93 of people referred urgently by their gp with suspected cancer must be seen by a specialist within two weeks, although that target hasnt been achieved since early 2018. A woman from texas has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump. A district judge, tanya khan, was the alleged victim of a racist comment made by abigail jo shire of alvin , by abigail jo shire of alvin, according to court records, while abigail is said to have called the federal courthouse in washington dc , leaving a washington dc, leaving a threatening message. Threatening message. Investigators have traced her phone number and she later admitted to making the call. Judge chacon is overseeing the trial against trump when hes accused of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Thousands of the 2020 election. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes on the Spanish Island of tenerife. As the wildfires continue to spread. The fire is now 99 miles wide. Its been destroying dry woodland in a mountainous National Park near a volcano that spains highest peak. And that spains highest peak. And thatis that spains highest peak. And that is hampering access to the area. Some 250 firefighters have been deployed , backed up by been deployed, backed up by planes and helicopters. This is planes and helicopters. This is gb news across the uk, on tv in europe , car on Digital Radio and europe, car on Digital Radio and smart. Europe, car on Digital Radio and smart. Speaker europe, car on Digital Radio and smart. Speaker two europe, car on Digital Radio and smart. Speaker two but europe, car on Digital Radio and smart. Speaker two but now it europe, car on Digital Radio and smart. Speaker two but now it is over to patrick, not. Pip over to patrick, not. Pip very sorry, everybody. Very sorry, everybody. Better late than never. Patrick christies here now in the last hour. Gb news has handed its hugely successful petition at downing street. Theres urging the government dont kill all cat. Just under dont kill all cat. Just under 300,000 of you have signed that petition since it was launched last month. A fabulous achievement in a world where you can be banked for your political views, where the elderly are becoming increasingly marginal and pushed of society. And pushed out of society. Online fraud is at its record levels, isnt it. 7 we really, really need to send that message that cash is still king. We are calling on the government to introduce legislation that will protect the status of cash until at least 2058. Well, its been an eventful day already, which is why i was late. Yes, i was is why i was late. Yes, i was hot putting it down to hand deliver, along with the likes of nigel farage and Liam Halligan and bev turner and Michelle Dewberry. That petition your petition straight to jeremy hunfs your petition straight to jeremy hunts front door. But the eventful day started with an inflatable pig just across the thames from the houses of parliament, where, of course, we are hoping our campaign will result in legislative changes and hopefully with support from all sides of the political divide as well. It will happen. Divide as well. It will happen. Yes, theres the big dont kill cash pig. Theres another one just on the left of your shot there as well. And thats us there as well. And thats us there walking down downing street. The fantastic gb news presenting team myself, of course not classing myself was fantastic in all of that. Bev turner. Liam halligan. Michelle dewberry. Recognise dewberry. And you may recognise that other as well. Theyre that other chap as well. Theyre front centre indeed he front and centre as indeed he always is. Nigel farage holding the heading towards the petition heading towards number 11 300,000 signatures. We knocked on the door and it was very, very gratefully received , very, very gratefully received, which you can see thats the moment there that the number 11 door opened and i dont kill cash petition was handed in. Nigel theyre just telling the chap that jeremy hunt might be expecting us. Im not quite sure he was, but we go. And he was, but there we go. And important actually, its important moment, actually, its just reminder that just a quick reminder that more than 5 million adults still rely on cash in the uk. I know that we all tap in and tap out of everywhere and technology is overtaking Everything Else these days, used cash days, but its still used cash in 6 billion transactions every six single year. And we are , of six single year. And we are, of course posing there outside number 11. That chap, when he woke up this morning, do you think he thought that hed be mobbed by team of gb news mobbed by a team of gb news presenters . Didnt. Presenters . I reckon he didnt. And since the and of course, since the presenters they presenters were there, they couldnt resist the opportunity as a little pose as well for a little pose outside the door of number 10. Interesting, it . Wonder interesting, isnt it . I wonder if will ever call if nigel farage will ever call that home. But there we that place home. But there we go. You notice that only go. You may notice that only four presenters were there. That was because Michelle Dewberry immediately to the immediately reacted to the handover live on. Ill tell you what it feels like. I feel like im here. Were here collectively as gb news. We are representing all of those viewers, 300,000 of them and still coming in thick and fast and all of those people perhaps that are watching thinking, oh, no, i wish id got my signature in. We representing each and every one of them. They go to work, they get their money, they graft hard, and they want the ability to be able to spend their money wherever and however they choose. Some however they choose. Some people, for whatever reason. People, for whatever reason. Martin and pip, theyre not on board with all of these electronics and you know what . I dont blame them. They just want to able to deal the to be able to deal with the legal this country. We legal tender in this country. We feel very important , legal tender in this country. We feel very important, and feel its very important, and were going to keep fighting for those. Those people. Is very important well, it is very important andifs well, it is very important and its clearly very important because otherwise we would not have 300,000 in have had 300,000 signatures in such short order. Now its vital for a variety of different reasons. Online fraud. Yeah. Reasons. Online fraud. Yeah. Okay that cant really happen, can it . If youve got your cash to hand. But with the de banking scandal, what we have seen is thousands of examples , tens of thousands of examples, tens of thousands of examples, tens of thousands of examples of people feeling as though their banks debunked them because of their political views. The amount of political views. The amount of control that anybody in a position of power, whether its a big corporation, a big bank or the politicians, would have over your life and your lifeblood and your life and your lifeblood and your resources if it was all onune your resources if it was all online is for me asking for tyranny. Absolutely but there is another one thats very close to my heart on all of this, and thatis my heart on all of this, and that is the elderly. Okay. I do not want to see elderly people having to stand with their phones out in car parks or at train stations or anywhere public, frankly, and having to mess around with an app on their phone , especially not with crime phone, especially not with crime the way that it is at the moment. I do not want to see that happening. I dont want elderly people sitting their elderly people sitting in their own theyre still able own homes if theyre still able to i know, course, to drive. As i know, of course, a people still into their a lot of people still into their 80s 90s are and great for 80s and 90s are and great for them. Want them to them. I dont want them to think, not going to think, well, im not going to go out today because i parked my out today because if i parked my car might to car somewhere, i might have to get a ticket because i cant download i cant mess download this app. I cant mess about with it. Dont want download this app. I cant mess abou� independence t want download this app. I cant mess abou� independence to want download this app. I cant mess abou� independence to bet their independence to be snatched with snatched away from them with this desperate headlong rush towards technology towards introducing technology in every single aspect of our lives. And of course, there is the online fraud thing. I dont know i really know about you. I dont really trust a of our Security Trust a lot of our security systems. It seems as though everything hacked, everything is being hacked, left, and centre. Left, right and centre. And again, everything online, again, if everything is online, then make then you know, that could make it easier, couldnt it . But it even easier, couldnt it . But it even easier, couldnt it . But it is also just a fundamental matter of principle. And now i think its what has got most people going in this a fundamental matter of principle , which is that if you earn money and you work hard for it, you should be able to go and spend that in whatever form you want. Whenever you want to. And you should be confronted as you should not be confronted as well machines saying, oh you should not be confronted as visorry, machines saying, oh you should not be confronted as visorry, know,1ines saying, oh you should not be confronted as visorry, know, weveaying, oh , sorry, you know, weve only got £20 or £100 withdrawal got a £20 or £100 withdrawal limit today. Got a £20 or £100 withdrawal limit today. No, we dont want to live in that world. We just want to keep the thing that weve already got. And im joined robert braddock, joined now by robert braddock, who the managing of who is the managing director of braddock leisure, which is a houday braddock leisure, which is a holiday westward in Holiday Resort in westward in devon. Thank you much for devon. Thank you very much for joining to have you on joining us. Great to have you on the show. Look, what do you make of fact that 300,000 people of the fact that 300,000 people there thereabouts have there or thereabouts have already signed this petition . They desperate to tell the they are desperate to tell the government, cash government, dont kill cash i know. Know. I hear everything you said. I hear everything you said. Then it was you hit the nail on the head. Youve got to have a choice. Youve got to have a choice. And its got be if i want to and its got to be if i want to spend cash, what i want spend cash, this is what i want to do going forward. Ive earned it. What i to do it. Let me do what i want to do with it. It. Let me do what i want to do witiitt. It. Let me do what i want to do witi it its a must. It its a must. Its got to carry on and well done going round number done for going round number 10 today. Done really today. I think hes done really well there. Thank much. But so thank you very much. But the reason we could do that the only reason we could do that is because people have is because so many people have got campaign and got behind this campaign and it really genuinely, you know, really is genuinely, you know, we say the peoples we say were the peoples channel. Mean it. Channel. We really do mean it. But deal with but you obviously deal with a heck of a lot people on heck of a lot of people on a daily basis. And what you daily basis. And what are you seeing do you seeing there . You know, do you think people might be think that people might be excluded dont excluded if they dont have cash . Why are cash . Are you why are you concerned it . Concerned about it . I run a tourism well, i run a Tourism Business in westward north devon. We have some and have we have some bars and we have restaurants. We have a holiday restaurants. We have a holiday park on the coast with park right on the coast with about 140 units. But also about 140 units. But we also have two amusement arcades which weve had them for 40, 50 years. They were, you know, big in the day , i think. But that slowly day, i think. But that slowly over time, technology is taking oven over time, technology is taking over. Theyre not quite as busy as they were. But the one thing which people love coming to the people do in love coming to the seaside westward people do in love coming to the se they. Westward people do in love coming to the sethey to westward people do in love coming to the sethey to love westward people do in love coming to the sethey to love go westward people do in love coming to the sethey to love go in westward people do in love coming