know, gorgeous, but also so, you know, the trapp family themselves the von trapp family themselves were actually proud germans, even though austrians, you know, obviously with the anschluss. but they were typical of a group of people, you don't often hear about, which is the germans. yeah, and that was great about that. and at the end of it, when they're dancing over the hills into switzerland, joy, joyous, glorious, know, will not glorious, you know, will not prevail. will prevail . prevail. freedom will prevail. yeah, that's beautifully put, stephen. solve a problem like trigger warnings. >> yes, exactly . exactly. >> yes, exactly. exactly. >> yes, exactly. exactly. >> yeah. yeah. just just if you're watching on telly and you're watching on telly and you're a little bit confused about we're seeing we about what we're seeing here. we are. going be taking are. we are going to be taking you to the prime minister's you up to the prime minister's questions this morning at midday. are people who midday. these are not people who are in the sound of music or talking about the sound of music just be just to be clear. just to be just to be clear. >> of course, you won't be >> and of course, you won't be seeing rishi sunak versus keir starmer they're doing starmer because they're doing something else. you're going to see the deputy see angela rayner, the deputy leader, the leader, and oliver dowden the tories deputy minister tories deputy prime minister number speaker yeah, number 17. speaker yeah, well, so , right. so yeah, right. >> another woke story . emma >> another woke story. emma i mean this is just all of these

extraordinary. >> i can't the gift that keeps on giving live in this world out of my mouth. stephen yeah. so this story is in relation to the rules that the tfl have about putting transport for london. >> transport for london have certain rules about putting up posters that have junk food on them because we live in a nanny state and this is was a poster put up by a play production, a theatre production called tony and tina's wedding, and it has them balancing themselves on top of a tiered victoria sponge cake and they spent a load of money doing this advertising campaign . and then tfl told them they couldn't put it up because having pictures of cake is encouraging obesity. >> under believably stupid, >> it's under believably stupid, isn't it.7 >> this is a this is a show that's come here from broadway. it's to be big west end it's going to be a big west end success transport for success and transport for london. not think gaze london. do not think we can gaze on cake . on a cake. >> and i wish i wish i could show you the picture of this cake because this story works

with picture opposed to with the picture as opposed to pictures house of commons pictures of the house of commons right now. it's a it's a right now. but it's a it's a cake. right. on a pink cake. all right. on a pink background and there's two human beings dancing beings superimposed dancing around the cake. one a around on the cake. one is a bride and is a groom. bride and one is a groom. >> but not advertising. >> advertising. it's >> it's not advertising. it's not you go and eat not telling you go and eat victoria sponge, is it.7 >> it's advertising amusing >> it's advertising it amusing when i first saw this, i thought it was going be tony and it was going to be tony and tony's because i tony's wedding because i was thinking those in thinking about those bakers in belfast actually refused to make a a wedding. and a cake for a gay wedding. and i thought is this is this thought this is this is this this disgraceful. this is disgraceful. thought what menaced and threatened what we menaced and threatened by the of a victoria sponge. >> but it's the same unless it's a is the regal association, a this is the regal association, the labour mayor sadiq khan's thought police. >> this is why he's got to lose. >> this is why he's got to lose. >> it's the same as the trigger warnings. >> it's patronising to people, so it's as if we see a cake and we can't help ourselves but eat it. we see some blood and we can't help ourselves. but crying and having a panic attack. >> the point, >> and as you make the point, the whole point about this poster on the tubes buses poster on the tubes and buses was people to west end was to draw people to a west end

show in the west end needs our support theatres need our support. it was support. and that's what it was doing precisely. >> fact, it with m >> in fact, it's it with 1 degrees removed it's almost the against culture the mayor acting against culture in and any, for in this city and if any, for anybody who travels london's anybody who travels on london's tube network, you are constantly barraged with these sort of nannying posters telling you what you can and cannot do , not what you can and cannot do, not to stare at people being nannied by the tannoy constantly. >> they the railway children . >> they the railway children. >> they the railway children. >> if it's wet and you find your footing if you haven't got one. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> in hot weather, carry water. who'd have thought it .7 make sure who'd have thought it.7 make sure that you secure your loose clothing when the train comes through. >> so you don't get dragged and there's and there's messages on all steps you're going up all the steps as you're going up the escalator. >> mine. >> mine, mine, mine. >> mine, mine, mine. >> yeah. unbelievable >> it is. >> it is. >> they treat idiots. >> in all honesty, do you think we're approaching tipping point.7 yeah, i think. i think we are. we're approaching of we're approaching the level of nausea. and this is. it's nausea. yeah. and this is. it's become risible. now. nausea. yeah. and this is. it's becime risible. now. nausea. yeah. and this is. it's beci wish.risible. now. nausea. yeah. and this is. it's beci wish. isible. now. nausea. yeah. and this is. it's beci wish. i wish now. nausea. yeah. and this is. it's beci wish. i wish the v. nausea. yeah. and this is. it's beci wish. i wish the tory >> i wish. i wish the tory government get a of government would get a grip of this. culture because this. the culture war, because it's infuriating so many people. people sort

people talk about this sort of thing the time. thing all the time. >> well, the problem is it's kind a race for the woke kind of a race for the woke base, you like, because base, if you like, because people now so anxious so people are now so anxious and so determined sort of this determined not to sort of this cringing, of milquetoast cringing, sort of milquetoast whinging. cringing, sort of milquetoast whinginisn't emma, it's >> but isn't it, emma, it's about esg commitments. i about their esg commitments. i keep saying this. it's about tfl will and will have environmental and social tick social governance boxes to tick in what.7 in order to go in order to what.7 in order to go up a ranking list, a corporate ranking list of who is the nicest company and yet it's not nicest company and yet it's not nice at all. >> well, this connects to another story that we've got down on our list, which is which is metro bank not allowing a gender critical parents group to open account them. and open an account with them. and again, esg, because these again, it's esg, because these banks, they they're banks, they they they're commercial they feel commercial reasons. they feel that to abide by that they need to abide by certain things. a lot of the banks and members of stonewall, which requires them, which is a transgender group with transgender activist group with radical gender ideology , radical gender ideology, requires its members to take to take part in these sort of we can call them woke initiatives . can call them woke initiatives. us tfl is exactly the same. and i feel like, you know, going

back to what stephen was saying, it's almost like this sort of python is gradually closing around society and making us less and less free. we're less and less to transact. we're and less to free transact. we're not our own not free to make our own decisions. being decisions. we're being constantly treated constantly nannied and treated like we're being like babies. and we're being told that, you know, we're not able to experience good drama or art or literature because it might hurt our feelings. so our world is becoming smaller and smaller and smaller and the life is being crushed out of it. >> and we have to push back against the anniversary of i mean, stonewall was was not explicit about trans gender. >> it was actually about attacks on men in a bar in new on on gay men in a bar in new york. but there is a debate. >> it was then when it was launched, it had no, no, no. i agree. a noble organisation once upon a time. >> fair point on that. but look, the point about these the point is about these adverts. you remember? adverts. do you remember? are you ready advert on you beach body ready advert on the a big debate the tube. there's a big debate about that, today have about that, but today we have a problem which is not tfl, but we have advertisements for a thing called it just somewhere called was it just somewhere where women advertise themselves? >> fans. >> oh, only fans. >> only.

>> only. >> only, fans. >> only, only fans. >> only, only fans. >> that's one. yeah, because >> that's the one. yeah, because unfortunately the that's unfortunately the one that's around it's been painted around my way, it's been painted over can't. over so i can't. >> is it only fans, emma? it is only you. so you can. so only fans for fans where women actually for money know, take their money will, you know, take their clothes or whatever online clothes off or whatever online and see them in and you subscribe to see them in their underwear. >> delighted to say that >> i'm delighted to say that none so familiar with none of us are so familiar with it. can describe it it. we can describe it immediately, wouldn't immediately, but wouldn't do a lot for me. >> steve yeah, but they've got one in harrow, so i think there is a point about you remember the boys with gb news wonderbra? >> yeah, indeed. wonderbra. oh, sorry. back sorry. i thought we were back with of music. yeah with the sound of music. yeah and was considered so and that was considered so controversial at the time. >> and literally, was >> and literally, it was a beautiful smiling with a cleavage. >> but this is. this is the point. this. this only friends one. it's pretty similar to that one. it's pretty similar to that one. it's pretty similar to that one. i think there a one. but i think there is a proper debate be had about proper debate to be had about what acceptable advertising, proper debate to be had about what isn't ceptable advertising, proper debate to be had about what isn't a ptable advertising, proper debate to be had about what isn't a proper advertising, proper debate to be had about what isn't a proper advertisisg, proper debate to be had about what isn't a proper advertisis to what isn't a proper debate is to say what are threatened and horrified. you talk about boris johnson a cake. johnson got ambushed by a cake. yeah, all being danger yeah, we're all being in danger of abused a victoria of being abused by a victoria sponge. just grow up. of being abused by a victoria spci ge. just grow up. of being abused by a victoria spci know. just grow up. >> i know. >> i know. >> grow a pair. >> grow a pair. >> well, this is the point that

douglas makes, isn't it? douglas murray makes, isn't it? is don't have time for is that we don't have time for this enough. we have other better, more important things to this enough. we have other betdealinge important things to this enough. we have other betdealing with jortant things to this enough. we have other betdealing with than1t things to this enough. we have other betdealing with than thisings to be dealing with than this childish nonsense. >> have to talk briefly. >> we do have to talk briefly. >> we do have to talk briefly. >> childish >> speaking of childish nonsense. about to nonsense. yes, we're about to get minister's question. nonsense. yes, we're about to get pmqs. nister's question. appg pmqs. >> stephen, how >> stephen, you know how childish it often was because you there many times it's you were there many times it's going to be oliver dowden, the deputy minister, standing deputy prime minister, standing in sunak. there's in for rishi sunak. there's michael angela in for rishi sunak. there's michae on angela in for rishi sunak. there's michae on other angela in for rishi sunak. there's michae on other sunaka rayner on the other side. sunak has been criticised because apparently more pmqs apparently he's missed more pmqs stephen prime minister stephen than any prime minister since 1979. well, i remember bofis since 1979. well, i remember boris to boris johnson actually flew to afghanistan he, to afghanistan once, didn't he, to avoid on hillingdon hosphal >> yeah, i it's a shame. >> yeah, i think it's a shame. don't forget, i mean until 97 pmqs or as we call it, was twice a had them on tuesdays a week we had them on tuesdays and thursdays. right. and and thursdays. that's right. and margaret thatcher initially hated grew to hated it. and she grew to absolute it. absolute love it. >> very good at it. >> she was very good at it. well, i have to say, well, she was i have to say, from my perspective, she was dreadful was so good. >> yeah, she was very good. i am enjoying this. yes, she's brilliant. but look, it is now. it's the terrible it's a farce. and the terrible thing every single wednesday thing is, every single wednesday morning briefing for morning we have the briefing for the the whips always say

the mps and the whips always say this. let's get some noise, let's get some. i said, look, please, can just for please, please can we just for once maybe a rational once maybe have a rational debate? never, ever is debate? it never, ever is because it's a bear pit. it is. people it in america. it's people watch it in america. it's like wwf. >> two weeks of blair's >> for two weeks of blair's tenure as prime minister, they kept noise down, but it was kept the noise down, but it was never going to last. and within three weeks it was the usual baying, immature mob. >> that. i mean, he did >> he tried that. i mean, he did have very good team. have some very, very good team. and remember gerald kaufman have some very, very good team. and one �*nember gerald kaufman have some very, very good team. and one ofmber gerald kaufman have some very, very good team. and one of hiszr gerald kaufman have some very, very good team. and one of his teamald kaufman have some very, very good team. and one of his team who aufman have some very, very good team. and one of his team who saidian have some very, very good team. and one of his team who said and was one of his team who said and to new remember to all the new mps, remember there's question you there's only one question you can prime minister. can ask the prime minister. yeah, what's that? he said. would the prime minister care to remind his latest remind us of his latest triumphs? quite triumphs? yes quite so. >> can. but why? >> you can. but why? >> you can. but why? >> but there must be. as you say, they're all intelligent people. >> well, steady, fairly intelligent people in there. they're fairly edgy. two years. yeah, you're right. >> yeah, they did let you in, stephen. that's true. >> but they let me out, which is more the point they more to the point which they shouldn't how much the shouldn't of given how much the british did despise british public did despise the childlike braying and the shouting and the rudeness of these particular types of

sessions , is there no impetus sessions, is there no impetus from within government to change that? there is , but it's almost that? there is, but it's almost uncontrollable. i think . why? uncontrollable. i think. why? well, let me just say one thing quite odd. you don't often see it. occasionally somebody will raise something like cancer treatment and then the whole treatment of and then the whole the whole paper becomes, well, it can behave it shows they can behave themselves it? themselves then, doesn't it? silent. people are silent. and then people are grown up about it. and then when you people actually making you hear people actually making a can be a a serious point, it can be a place seriousness. place of seriousness. >> isn't there also >> but isn't there also a suggestion that it's suggestion that the way it's constructed, the chernihiv on to that it constructed, the chernihiv on to thatitis constructed, the chernihiv on to that it is gladiatorial, it is. >> i that i think that >> but i think that i think that adversary system to defend it. >> adversarial >> i think that adversarial adversarial system is superior to other parliamentary model to any other parliamentary model . baying and everything . and the baying and everything in parliament that is part of the culture. the problem that we have is that quality of have is that the quality of debate makes that debate that makes that adversarial work, the adversarial system work, the calibre of discussion is so poor that it's not working. if you watch pmqs from tony benn , watch pmqs from tony benn, margaret thatcher, it was superb . yeah, but we shouldn't blame the adversarial system .

the adversarial system. >> yeah, but the set of a parliament don't forget, nowadays if you watch it, people are reading their speeches on tablets. >> in my day, you were not allowed to read. >> you going to read >> you weren't going to read a question. >> couldn't. >> no, you couldn't. >> no, you couldn't. >> and if somebody did, they would shout at you reading. >> reading. would shout at you reading. >> readiii]. would shout at you reading. >> readiii know, i remember. >> yeah, i know, i remember. >> yeah, i know, i remember. >> it very, very it was >> it was very, very it was probably you doing shouting probably you doing the shouting from but from the press gallery, but very, very different. and very, very, very different. and so do have but don't so you do have that. but don't forget, when germans, if forget, when the germans, if we are allowed to mention the? are we allowed to mention the? >> warning. >> trigger warning. >> trigger warning. >> warning. they >> trigger warning. when they bombed john cleese burnt. and the i say, the the main, as i say, the reputation teutonic reputation of a teutonic efficiency slightly efficiency was slightly diminished they diminished by the fact that they bombed a non sitting day. bombed it on a non sitting day. if you remember the house of commons the house commons relocated into the house of lords house of lords relocated into into the city hall the road churchill hall over the road and churchill was we going to was asked, when are we going to rebuild was asked, when are we going to reb shall we rebuild it as >> shall we rebuild it as a we're going to have to move steph takyi ridiculous. we're going to commons going straight to the commons chamber hall is chamber because lindsay hall is just says just calling. prime says question hall sir question time. lindsay hall sir lindsay hoyle, of course he was the speaker. i was in his house only night. at a only last night. stephen at a reception. reception. reception. very nice reception.

>> was a revelation >> it was there was a revelation there. >> @ yeah. >> andrew ipsis yeah. >> andrew ipsis yeah. >> andrew ipsis yeah. >> and course it would be >> and of course it would be oliver dowden for tories. oliver dowden for the tories. he's the deputy prime minister versus rayner the deputy he's the deputy prime minister versus minister. tayner the deputy he's the deputy prime minister versusminister. so fer the deputy he's the deputy prime minister versusminister. so the he deputy he's the deputy prime minister versusminister. so the speaker,y prime minister. so the speaker, lindsay said a message lindsay hoyle, said in a message to medical profession on the to the medical profession on the 5th we start together 5th of july we start together with new national health with the new national health service . service. >> it is not had an altogether trouble free gestation. there have been understandable anxieties, inevitable in so great and novel and undertaking. but the sooner we start, the sooner we can try together to see these things and to secure the improvements we all want . it the improvements we all want. it is fair to say that 75 years later, the nhs is still faces. challenge but is right today that we celebrate it. an institution which treats over a million people a day . institution which treats over a million people a day. in particular, i'm sure members across the house want to join me in celebrating the staff of the nhs past , in celebrating the staff of the nhs past, present and across all

our constituencies . to them, our constituencies. to them, i say on behalf, on behalf of the house, thank you for your outstanding contribution to the health and well—being of us all and of course, and of course the national health service act is a reminder of the vital role of this house in creating, sitting, debating legislation as part of a democratic process . so i say a democratic process. so i say to previous mps , thank you for to previous mps, thank you for what you did. we will not forget . let us now start with prime minister's questions stephen metcalf at number one, mr speaker , deputy prime minister. speaker, deputy prime minister. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> well, mr speaker, i have been asked to reply on behalf of my right honourable friend, the prime minister who is actually attending a service right now in westminster abbey to celebrate

the 75th anniversary of the nhs and. >> and, mr speaker, may i ask , >> and, mr speaker, may i ask, associate myself with your comments. the nhs continues to be a treasured national inaya institution, and i'm sure colleagues across the house in this session will join you in celebrating its values, its achievements , and in thanking achievements, and in thanking staff for their huge commitment to patients. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> stephen metcalf. >> stephen metcalf. >> thank you, mr speaker. and can i too associate myself with the remarks you made celebrating the remarks you made celebrating the 75th anniversary of the nhs 7 the 75th anniversary of the nhs ? and on behalf of my constituents and all our constituents, thank them for the work they do day in and day out and last friday, mr speaker, i met with a group of residents who have raised a petition to

keep the last bank in corringham town open. the viability of our town open. the viability of our town centres is often dependent on the presence of a small number of anchor businesses such as the post office or a bank. can my right honourable friend therefore tell the house what action the government can take to ensure that at least one of these maintains a high presence to support businesses and residents alike , particularly residents alike, particularly when these organisations have received significant government support . support. >> well, my honourable friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. banks are a cornerstone of our high streets. of course it's ultimately a commercial decision for banks, but i do think it's right that they take into account the views of local communities and i'm sure the bankin communities and i'm sure the bank in question will have heard the remarks to the house from my honourable friend and i trust that they will take appropriate action when i know kumsal deputy leader of the opposition, angela

rayner. raynen >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr speaker . and >> thank you, mr speaker. and can i associate myself and thank you for your opening comments regarding our nhs and thank all of those staff that have worked and continue to work in our nhs today and i'm sure members across the whole house will join me in paying tribute to lord bob kerslake. a decent and kind man who accomplished so much in both local and national government dunng local and national government during a lifetime of public service. our heartfelt condolences go to his family. service. our heartfelt condolences go to his family . mr condolences go to his family. mr speaken condolences go to his family. mr speaker, i am glad to see the right honourable gentleman here today, and i think i'm right in saying that i have the pleasure again next week , two weeks on again next week, two weeks on the trot. they really have given up every day . every day , 4000 up every day. every day, 4000 families, mortgages, deals expire, 100,000 more since we last met. and millions more next year for families are sick with worry about the cost of the tory mortgage. bombshell well, do they still claim to be the party

of home ownership? good luck with that. >> definitely . >> definitely. >> definitely. >> well. may i begin by associating myself with the right honourable lady's remarks about lord bob kerslake? i knew him from my time in downing street. he was a stalwart public servant and he will be missed by by many on both sides of this house. it may come as a surprise to the right honourable lady, but actually some leaders trust their deputies to stand in for them . at . and when it them. at. and when it comes to mortgage rates, i support the independence of the bank of england taking the necessary measures to control inflation. just ask the imf about what we have done in support of them. they've said we have taken decisive , massive and decisive, massive and responsible action to bring down

inflation down and we will continue to do so. but what's labour's plan to borrow £2,048 billion a year, pushing up inflation to cut our domestic energy supply, pushing up inflation often and to penalise workers saving into their pensions , pushing up inflation. pensions, pushing up inflation. there we have it from labour, endless borrowing and higher prices. angela rayner mr speaken prices. angela rayner mr speaker, we've had 13 years of conservative failures and that home owners watching that pathetic answer will be cringing that they aren't celebrating the government's success. >> they're counting the cost of their failures. and the only thing that's not soaring in pnces thing that's not soaring in prices at the moment is gags that are getting cheaper by the minute . and mr speaker, it's not minute. and mr speaker, it's not just homeowners that are suffering . the security of suffering. the security of renters have been ripped away, too, with higher mortgage costs handed directly to them. given most renters live in homes with

buy to let mortgage can he tell us hour buy to let properties included in their mortgage support package? yes or no? >> deputy deputy prime minister. >> deputy deputy prime minister. >> well, it's actually the case that under this government, and thanks to my right honourable friend the secretary of state for levelling up that we have introduced legislation for the first time to support , to first time to support, to support renters, to give them greater security of tenure. and of course the chancellor will take all necessary measures to stand behind and both mortgage holders and of course take necessary measures for renters . necessary measures for renters. yes, but look, we have a choice in this country and the choice that we have made is to invest in our economy, giving us the fastest growing economy in the g7. for the past two years, creating jobs with record low unemployment and increasing people's wages by by providing

the national living wage. £1,600 into everyone's pockets . that's into everyone's pockets. that's how this government is supporting people. angela rayner i >> -- >> mr speaker, i know the deputy prime minister is not very good on facts, but their party did crash the economy and he will know that according to his own government's data, over 2 million buy to let properties are missing out on support. no fault evictions are up by 116% this year. so will he tell us if the prime minister has a spy now to stand up to the vested interests in his own party and finally deliver their promise to ban no fault evictions ? yeah the ban no fault evictions? yeah the prime minister. >> well , i prime minister. >> well, i don't think the prime minister is going to take any lectures on weakness from the party opposite. i remember there's a lot of talk about reshuffle in the air from the labour party. the last time the leader of the labour party tried to sack the right honourable

lady, she walked out with a promotion . but we will continue promotion. but we will continue anew to stand behind renters and to support them. and my right honourable friend will take all necessary steps. angela arena. >> mr speaker , that that that >> mr speaker, that that that answer is pathetic for all those people that are facing homelessness on his watch , we homelessness on his watch, we will ban no fault evictions . mr will ban no fault evictions. mr speaken will ban no fault evictions. mr speaker, unlike the party opposite and jessica and her feral children from plymouth were evicted from their home in april . their were evicted from their home in april. their temporary living with jessica's mother in a cramped house where a two eldest children are sleeping on a blow up beds in the front room, surrounded by their belongings. hardly the decent, secure life that his government promised. don't families like jessica deserve better ? yes deserve better? yes >> that the prime minister. >> that the prime minister. >> i'll tell you what we're doing for families like jessica's . we are inaya

jessica's. we are inaya releasing the national living wage. it was this party that introduced the national living wage, not the party opposite . it wage, not the party opposite. it is this party that has doubled , is this party that has doubled, doubled the personal allowance by cutting taxes for those people. and it is this party that has lifted a million people out of unemployment. i'm immensely proud of the record of this government and that's why people will not trust the party opposite to crash the economy again . angela rayner mr speaker i >> -- >> mr speaker, i asked a question about no fault evictions. i was very clear on what the labour party would do, but i can't see us getting through a single one of these encounters without the deputy prime minister blaming the opposition for his government's own record . when asked yesterday own record. when asked yesterday about the record low number of council houses being built, the housing minister said she didn't recognise that statistic. when asked about support for people

in temporary accommodation, she said it wasn't her brief. the brief of the housing minister. so if council housing isn't her responsibility , whose is it? yes responsibility, whose is it? yes that's the prime minister. >> well, the party opposite may have failed to notice. >> it's actually under this government that more council houses were built than when they were in . office it's actually were in. office it's actually under this party that we have record levels of housing being built. we stand very proudly on the record of this government. but but look at what we have done more broadly. inflation and waiting lists coming down and growth forecasts up. >> albanian crossings down while we're delivering on our priorities. >> what have we seen from the party opposite ? they've u—turned party opposite? they've u—turned five times in the last month

already. the record is clear. the only thing you can rely on the party opposite to deliver is broken promise . mrs. angela broken promise. mrs. angela rayner mr speaker, talking about broken promises , housebuilding broken promises, housebuilding is set to collapse to its lowest level since the war. >> rents and mortgages are soaring and home ownership is plummeting and over a million people are trapped waiting for a council house. there is one simple solution to this problem and everyone knows it. so when will he finally stand up for the national interest instead of their own interests and build more houses . more houses. >> the prime minister. i say to the right honourable lady, she may, she may not have listened to the answer i gave and just moved straight onto the next script question. >> we have got we have built more houses under this government than the party opposite it, and i'm afraid it's the same old thing from her. she

stacks up the endless job titles . she takes the union cash and she constantly talks britain down. that's why we will do every everything we can to keep labour out of people's pocket . labour out of people's pocket. it's out of their lives and out of government . angela mark dolan of government. angela mark dolan thank you, mr deputy speaker. >> i might respectfully say to the deputy leader of the labour party if she wants to know what we're doing on rental reform, she can look at the rental reform bill that this government is introducing . but but on is introducing. but but on a separate , is that your question ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i think you ought to ask your question. my question, mr speaker, is about the slapton line my constituency . line in my constituency. >> can be right, that natural >> can it be right, that natural england is holding back major infrastructure development in south devon and not allowing us to keep key infrastructure being developed at. >> well, my honourable friend is absolutely right to speak up for the slapton line. it's one of

the slapton line. it's one of the most beautiful roads in the country. i understand that the slapton line partner ship, which includes natural england and the environment agency , are working environment agency, are working closely with the local community on their plans. >> we now come to the deputy leader of the snp, mhairi black i >> -- >> thank 5mm em >> thank you, mr speaker. i would also like to begin by thanking all of the staff in our health services across these isles. >> and as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the health services in the uk, i want to reflect on two quotes from two people. >> the first one is it's something it's about using the private sector more, something we should be very comfortable with . the second quote is people with. the second quote is people should go as nhs patients to the private sector and we could do more of it. can i ask the deputy prime minister which quote is from the pm and which is from the leader of the opposition ? the leader of the opposition? >> they're both correct .

>> they're both correct. >> they're both correct. >> well, mr speaker, may i actually just begin by saying genuinely how sorry i was to hear that the honourable lady was be standing down at the next election. she and i joined this house at the same time, and i know she has contributed much to her party to and this place and may i also say i'm sure she will wish to join me in celebrating his majesty king charles, receiving the scottish regalia , receiving the scottish regalia, i think pretty much as we speak . there's always time for a damascus conversion, mr speaker. but when it comes to the nhs, i will take absolute no lecture from either party on it. it has been there for me. i was born in an nhs hospital. my children were born in an nhs hospital . were born in an nhs hospital. it's been there for me and my family and this government has put record funding into it, earning black mean, the deputy prime minister.

>> i thank him for his kind words and we did join this place at the same time. >> and i'm pretty sure we will be leaving at the same time . the be leaving at the same time. the same . hencote . got like he got thwaite. >> oh oh. >> oh oh. >> the number one problem that faces the health service across these isles is workforce and research shows that brexit has worsened the uk's shortage of doctors . european nurses doctors. european nurses registered to work in the uk fell by 90% after the brexit referendum . what more will it referendum. what more will it take for both him and the labour party to admit the damage that brexit is causing our health services ? yeah the prime minister. >> well it all started off so nicely, mr speaker, but i don't know whether the honourable lady has actually been listening to what the government has announced. this week. we

announced. this week. we announced an additional £2.4 billion for our groundbreaking nhs workforce plan. that is the first time in the nhs history that that has happened. and if you look at the record since this party came to power almost 40,000 more doctors and more than 50,000 more nurses . once than 50,000 more nurses. once again, the conservative party delivering for the nhs so rapidly . delivering for the nhs so rapidly. tonight at west lindsey planning meeting , the rf will planning meeting, the rf will apply planning meeting, the rf will apply for listed building consent to move the grave of wing commander guy gibson's dog i >> l>> apparently >> apparently the home office are quite content for 2000 migrants to be cooped up next to 1000 of my constituents living near the base or actually on the base. but the raf think it's intolerable that they should leave grave of a dog who's leave the grave of a dog who's lain in peace for 80 years. more

importantly , will the home importantly, will the home office start listening to us if they insist on this proposal, will they put the illegal migrants part of migrants in a discreet part of the and let us up, get the base and let us get up, get on with £300 million worth of levelling up 100 buildings, many of them listed a two mile long runway and a spaceport and let the dog lie in peace . dpp deputy the dog lie in peace. dpp deputy prime minister. >> well, i think my honourable friend knows that we do have to take action to address the unacceptable cost of housing migrants in hotels. and i actually thank him for his constructive approach that he's taken to scampton and playing a role in respect of that . of role in respect of that. of course, home office ministers will have heard his broader representations and i'm sure they will respond to him. so jeffrey donaldson, thank you, mr speaken >> may i, on behalf of my colleagues, extend our deep appreciation to all those past and present who continue to be

dedicated to our nhs , including dedicated to our nhs, including our staff in the health and social care system, in northern ireland. mr speaker, in northern ireland, gps , nurses, doctors ireland, gps, nurses, doctors and carers are adversely constrained by a lack of sufficient funding for our health service . the northern health service. the northern ireland fiscal council have highlighted that our allocation falls beneath the need, which compounds the difficulty year on year. compounds the difficulty year on year . can the deputy prime year. can the deputy prime minister assure me of the willingness of the government to engage on this issue and to ensure that public services get what they need to continue delivering for the people of . delivering for the people of. northern ireland? >> yes, i'm very happy to give the right honourable gentleman that assurance. as he knows it is actually the case that the department health in northern department of health in northern ireland been allocated £7.3 ireland has been allocated £7.3 billion, an increase of 20 million above the 20 to 23. but of course it is the case that

the northern. the absence of a northern ireland executive is exacerbating the severe challenge is that the health care service in northern ireland is already facing and a fully functioning, devolved government is the right way to deliver the necessary reforms needed for the northern ireland health service through. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> of the 16,700 cases of melanoma diagnosed in the uk every year , sadly over 2000 will every year, sadly over 2000 will prove fatal . regularly applying prove fatal. regularly applying sunscreen is our most effective weapon against this deadly disease. yet the treasury remains stubbornly opposed to exempting vat on these life saving products . as the melanoma saving products. as the melanoma survivor and with a further heat wave expected later this month, will my right honourable friend do everything in his power to remove vat on hi factor sunscreen to save lives and to support the nhs as they celebrate their 75th anniversary. >> well, my honourable friend is absolutely right to raise the dangers of melanoma as a as a

fair headed person with a fair headed family. we i'm acutely conscious of the need to wear sun cream. i won't trespass onto treasury decisions in this setting, but i know my right honourable friend the chancellor will have heard her representations. >> the crawley . >> the crawley. >> the crawley. >> mr speaker , after 13 years of >> mr speaker, after 13 years of tory government, this government's record is pretty dismal . let government's record is pretty dismal. let us consider spiralling out of control. inflation in press rates set to hit 6.5% by the end of the year. energy prices double the rest of europe. food shortages and strikes across the public sector and nhs and graduates are leaving university today with little with mountains of debt and little to no prospect of homeownership . let me ask the homeownership. let me ask the deputy prime minister what will he admit his tory government's failure to and urged the prime minister to call a general election now the prime minister well, rather than focusing on

playing politics acas, we're actually delivering for the british people. >> i, i was i listened to the honourable lady's litany . i was honourable lady's litany. i was interested to note that her leader has been in power for 100 days. and what's their record been? three failing first ministers, two unfinished ferries and a failed deposit return scheme. i think we can all agree the people of scotland deserve better. pippa catterall mr speaker , conservative mr speaker, conservative governments have a proud record of supporting the uk's steel industry. >> actually not many times in this house i don't know where they're laughing, mr speaker, because steel production halved under labour many times in this house to talk about the importance of steel, not just to my home town of scunthorpe, but to our nation , so will my to our whole nation, so will my right honourable friend agree with are always going to with me. we are always going to need country and need steel in this country and if can't make it ourselves, if we can't make it ourselves, we're to to ship it we're going to have to ship it all from the other of the all from the other side of the world with all the emissions,

the and ethical the environmental and ethical concerns that that will inevitably . will he inevitably bring. will he reaffirmed today the government's commitment to making that take further making sure that we take further measures to ensure that we have a sustainable , long term steel a sustainable, long term steel production in this country. >> well, i'm very happy to reaffirm this government's commitment to steel manufacturing, and i pay tribute to my honourable friend. i know what a champion she is for steel production in scunthorpe and long may she continued to do so . we have made meaningful offers of support to tata and british steel and the secretary of state recently visited tata and british steel to see first hand the work underway . the work underway. >> jeremy stone mr speaker, i'm sure that the deputy prime minister will be as pleased as am. >> that work is well underway to construct. >> well, we're watching deputy prime minister's questions with angela rayner and oliver dowden and that might explain quite a few gaps there on the benches

and perhaps not quite as raucous and perhaps not quite as raucous an occasion as we're used to, but certainly it was. the deputy leader of the snp, mhairi black, who raised the voices with her point about oliver dowden . of point about oliver dowden. of course he had said that he was marking the fact she was standing down in the next election, that he had joined the house at the same time as her, and she reflected perhaps he would be leaving at the same time her. barry gardiner is time as her. barry gardiner is with labour and for with for us labour and for conservatives nick fletcher, don valley mp barry, you did chuckle. i think you got the loudest chocolate in the studio at that one. >> i thought it was just a wonderful putdown and she couldn't have scripted it because of course was, you because of course he was, you know , being nice to her and she know, being nice to her and she didn't expect that. but to put him down in that way was very funny because he was making the point about, of course, we've got the royal events going on in scotland today have no truck scotland today and have no truck with well, she having with that. well, she was having no as well. but no truck with that as well. but look, i, i think that actually shows that sometimes as the

chamber does come alive and it's when people don't script it, it's when they're not just standing there reading pages after pages. >> and oliver dowden made the point about angela rayner reading pre—prepared. but i mean , there's an element of that with him as well, wasn't there? but that was a moment perhaps that, you know, off the cuff did work, didn't it? >> yeah, it was. >> yeah, it was. >> i mean, have to laugh >> i mean, you have to laugh even though it was against our side. was it was very side. but it was it was very funny. but obviously no truth in it. i'm sure oliver will be there so the rest of there and so will the rest of there and so will the rest of the party after the next election. >> really? yes. >> really? yes. >> well, let's let's just concentrate on the messages coming from oliver dowden. i lost the numbers of lost count the numbers of times, he delivering. i was he said, delivering. i was trying write down. that's the trying to write down. that's the problem people are problem for you. many people are looking five pledges looking at the five pledges saying delivering. saying you're not delivering. >> there. >> i think we'll get there. we've through and we've come through covid and we're still obviously got the issues with ukraine and it's been fiscal issue that been a huge fiscal issue that we've had to had to deal with the bank of england obviously independent putting independent and they're putting the up, which is the interest rates up, which is obviously probably the right

thing do. it is the right thing to do. it is the right thing to do. it is the right thing to do. but obviously it huns thing to do. but obviously it hurts different people in different parts of country. different parts of the country. and in a very difficult and so we're in a very difficult place. particularly of place. it's not particularly of our making, but we are doing everything they can. prime everything they can. the prime minister everything he minister is doing everything he can make sure that we get can to make sure that we get back and i'm pretty back on course and i'm pretty sure over the next 12 months we will promises being will see those promises being delivered, clocks ticking across. the clocks definitely ticking. yes. and barry labour's attack like attack line today, like last week , week actually was about week, week actually was about house building. >> yeah, lack of house building. yeah. >> it's look, people are suffering . they're suffering suffering. they're suffering because of the general inflation. they're suffering because of the food inflation. but what is really worrying families i think is , is the way families i think is, is the way in which they're seeing their mortgages just just leap because they're all coming off these fixed rates. >> they're coming off fixed rate, fixed rate breach 6% yesterday. >> absolutely . so, you know, >> absolutely. so, you know, people who were on 1.9 suddenly

are seeing themselves on 6.7. and that is just people think , and that is just people think, well, where am i going to get that money from? i can't work more hours. i'm you know, i've got a fixed income and some suddenly i've got to find all this extra money. so it's a real bombshell for people . housing is bombshell for people. housing is so much of our wealth is invested in. >> why why on earth, though didn't she go on nhs? today's the big day the 75th. an open goal the big day the 75th. an open goal, one would have thought, in terms of all the warnings about where the nhs is going to go and i mean, you talked about the pledges. >> i mean, one of the prime minister's five pledges was to bnng minister's five pledges was to bring down waiting here bring down waiting lists. here we are, 350,000 people extra on the waiting list since rishi sunak became prime minister. >> but the length of time they're waiting is starting to reduce. >> well, no, because actually , >> well, no, because actually, if you look at the pledges that he had, one was to bring down the 18 month waiting list. we've

we've got 11,500, 11,477 people on the waiting list over that 18 month period. so there is a real problem there. 7.4 million people, million people on the waiting list . that is more than waiting list. that is more than the entire population of liverpool , manchester, liverpool, manchester, birmingham, york , newcastle, birmingham, york, newcastle, edinburgh, belfast, swansea, cardiff put together. yeah. >> and i think maria caulfield, the health minister, has acknowledged that waiting list could get even worse, get even longer. had oliver longer. but we had oliver dowden, course, referring to dowden, of course, referring to the workforce plan with 2.4 billion over five years, it could be that a labour government benefits from that move rather than a tory government . government. >> well, we need to make sure that that doesn't happen. as conservatives, it's important. but workforce plan was but the workforce plan was definitely the right thing to do. it's a first for the nhs. it's great that it came out before the 75th anniversary. it's definitely put a buzz into

the people that are working in the people that are working in the nhs. i heard on the radio this morning speaking with nurses this morning and they were particularly enjoying their job and they were pleased that the workforce plan had been put in place . in place. >> you criticised them, though, for going on strike, didn't you? >> yeah, i i don't believe >> yeah, i mean, i don't believe striking is the right thing to do. there's a public services. i mean, when private company mean, when a private company goes we don't goes on strike, then we don't have pay for those services. have to pay for those services. liz receiving it, liz if we're not receiving it, we pay. unfortunately, the we don't pay. unfortunately, the taxpayer continues to we taxpayer continues to pay. we all pay slips every all pay. and our pay slips every week we're paying week and we're paying for something obviously something that obviously we're not receiving. so i don't believe it's right thing to believe it's the right thing to do any issue regarding pay- >> you don't acknowledge it as a sign of desperation, particularly we're not just junior doctors, but even the consultants decide they've got to out. to come out. >> i mean, i'm disappointed with the mean, it's the consultants. i mean, it's only couple months we only a couple of months ago, we lifted the lifetime allowance with pensions we could so the with pensions so we could so the consultants money consultants could put more money in so i really don't in pensions. so i really don't think need any any think that they need any any further monies. i understand a

junior doctors junior is the wrong word for these doctors. they are quite doing everything under the sun. they are quite senior. i understand. i understand that. but their career path over the next ten, 15, 20 years, the money's will come to them. and as i said, so much so that the lifetime allowance is being lifted. so i mean, it's a vocation . it is mean, it's a vocation. it is something that they will do for their entire life and the rewards will come later on. >> well, so they've got to hang on as well like everyone else. i mean i mean, hold your nerve. i think that this is career, isn't it? >> this is career. this is what it's about. we start off on a low money and we gradually we've all been young struggling. all been young and struggling. i was and struggling no two was young and struggling no two ways about it. but as you as your you move your experience gains, you move on you a you ever on and you get to a you ever been young and struggling? >> a long time ago. >> a long time ago. >> i think. but >> young and happy i think. but before we leave the nhs, can i just say that today on the 75th anniversary of the nhs in my local hospital ? local hospital? >> yes. north, north, north.

>> yes. north, north, north. >> northwick park? yeah. lord paul, >> northwick park? yeah. lord paul , a close >> northwick park? yeah. lord paul, a close friend of mine, has just donated half £1 million for a new maternity unit at that hospital . and that's the sort of hospital. and that's the sort of birthday gift that you just couldn't for. hope better than that, it's a wonderful , that, it's a wonderful, wonderful piece of news and a real tribute to the people. >> and i think you've got something to celebrate as well with with the nhs. am i am i right in saying no, no, no, i'm not okay. i had some duff info. okay >> it's 75 years today and fantastic job on doncaster royal as well. >> but let's move on to ulez barry yes, mayor of london involved in this court challenge. >> he wants to expand the scheme to take in parts of the country that border that border, buckinghamshire, that border, essex. buckinghamshire, that border, essex . where do you stand on this? >> i'm a huge supporter of ulez . i i've been campaigning for stopping air pollution. i don't

even like to call it for better air quality . it's stopping air air quality. it's stopping air pollution. i've been campaigning for that for over a decade. and there's a school in my borough just along the north circular. and if your child goes to school in in within 100m and if your child goes to school in in within100m of a main road, that's defined as 10,000 vehicle movements a day, they're growing up with lung capacity impaired by up to one third. now this is a huge problem . it's this is a huge problem. it's a huge health problem . 4500 people huge health problem. 4500 people are dying each year in london, according to the british heart and lung foundation. we have to do something about it. but is now the right time to do something about it? >> £12.50. it's going to cost. no, no, no. >> sorry. let's be clear. 90% of the vehicles that come into into the vehicles that come into into the ulez area, the proposed ulez area, are completely compliant and completely compliant.

area, are completely compliant and completely compliant . okay. and completely compliant. okay. so this is not something that everybody who travels into london is going to have to pay every day. most of the vehicles are compliant. what the mayor has done and i was actually one of those who wrote to him and i pushed him. i did an open letter to the mayor to push him to expand the generosity of the scrappage scheme. so that's now expanded to charities. it's now expanded to charities. it's now expanded to charities. it's now expanded to small businesses that have got more than. but it's still only £2,000. >> and the tory local authorities are taking this action for a judicial review , action for a judicial review, say £2,000 is not going to get you a ulez compliant vehicle, which is entirely true. >> but remember that the vehicle that they would be scrapping is one that is what is it before ? one that is what is it before? probably registered before 2006? >> yeah. 2005, 2006, five 2006. >> yeah. 2005, 2006, five 2006. >> so before 2006. now if your vehicle is that old, you're probably not going to get anything much for it and you're probably going to have to get a

new vehicle pretty soon anyway. >> but as we say, it's tory, local authorities that are taking the court action at the moment. i mean, this moment. i mean, is this a political point that's being made or is there wider spread concern authorities ? >> 7 >> widespread ? >> widespread concern. i 7 >> widespread concern. i led the petitions debate on this only last week, which was attended by many conservative mps. sadly, no labour mps turned up, but it is hugely important it's hitting . hugely important it's hitting. on the worst off in society and it's just another tax and everywhere where you get a labour authority or a socialist or a socialist authority , you or a socialist authority, you end up with further taxes. we're seeing tourist taxes coming in manchester for and the seven authorities that are putting these ulez schemes or clean air zones and as i say, they're all labour are opposition and opposition parties and unfortunately the completely and utterly unfair and the only thing that that they are actually doing across the country is damaging the towns and businesses and that is what

they're doing. there are shops shutting because people can't get in without paying. the transport is not where it should be and it it's damaging all the way around, isn't that the failure of a tory government not having invested in public infrastructure and public transport i don't think transport schemes? i don't think so. 50. >> so. >> more and more bus routes are closing. >> no, it's bad planning. this is happening is we're is what's happening is we're putting continue putting my council continue keeps opening park and rides which nobody uses. we have out of town shopping centres where everyone goes in cars . and everyone goes in the cars. and then anyone to go the then for anyone to go into the town, got parking to pay town, they've got parking to pay or going to be paying or they're going to be paying clean fees for the clean air zone fees for the smaller independent shops. it's just for and just terrible for them. and unfortunately, it's always the it's always the least off that suffer the most. and it's not it's just not on. >> but nick, the government isn't against these schemes. >> but nick, the government isn't against these schemes . the isn't against these schemes. the government has given £230 million to bristol and birmingham and oxford. >> i think scotland bath's got one. >> they've given money to these schemes because they recognise

the public health issues here and they've given money to scrappage schemes. my beef with the government is that they have not done the same for my constituent in london and you know, that seems to me a very politically motivated move and is wrong. >> right. i'm going to ask something of both of you how much cash have you got on your wallet at the moment? >> can we borrow some £15, >> and can we borrow some £15, £15, barry? >> i've got a £20 note. oh oh. >> and some atp. okay so therefore, are you going to be using any of that cash today or are you going to be using cards? >> i'll be using card most of the time. right. and only in exceptional circumstances do i use in my phone. >> yes, right. >> yes, right. >> okay. because you will know that we are now launching this campaign, trying to get the 100,000 signatures. we're well campaign, trying to get the 10(the 0 signatures. we're well campaign, trying to get the 10(the 0 sigtoitures. we're well campaign, trying to get the 10(the 0 sigto actuallya're well campaign, trying to get the 10(the 0 sigto actually try well campaign, trying to get the 10(the 0 sigto actually try andl on the way to actually try and address this issue of more and more facil parties to use cash being withdrawn, which is hitting obviously a lot of elderly people and those without access to credit cards and so

on. >> yeah, i think yeah, i think it's really important that we do all continue to use cash. as i say, it is very difficult for some people not to use to use phones and i just know, especially, especially elderly people, but i just think it's good for society. i genuinely do think it is good for society for us all to use a certain amount of cash. >> well, because, you know what you're spending. >> well, i mean, that's i think that's one thing. but i just i just do generally it is a just do generally think it is a nice a nice to do to nice it's a nice thing to do to actually have that conversation. we in and out of shops we walk in and out of shops these days. i mean, have we got shops serving shops without people serving them? just tap his them? and we're just tap his phone there's just phone and there's just no communication think communication there. so i think we to do little bit we all ought to do a little bit towards that. >> will you spend a bit >> sorry, will you spend a bit more cash? yeah. you have your give change back. give me his change back. >> might need it later. >> you might need it later. >> you might need it later. >> i probably will. >> i probably will. >> i probably will. >> i absolutely agree with >> look, i absolutely agree with nick. we need to not become a totally and totally cashless economy. and it's the digital it's those who find the digital economy much more difficult to navigate than we do who are having real trouble with it.

it's really important. and i actually think it's really important for children , you important for children, you know, because now mine are grown up . but to give children pocket up. but to give children pocket money to teach them the value value of money and how to begin to negotiate what you're going to negotiate what you're going to buy and budget. so really important, if we achieve our 100,000 to get a parliamentary debate on it, you would both be partaking in that. >> i'd probably be lead in it if it comes to it. >> there we go. very good. >> there we go. very good. >> on the other side of the despatch box. very happy. yeah anyway, thank you for coming in. spend it we should say. spend it wisely. we should say. thank very indeed thank you very much indeed for that. was deputy prime that. so that was deputy prime minister's of course, minister's questions of course, coming the actually said coming up as the actually said in chamber, course, the in the chamber, of course, the nhs turning 75 today. that's why we deputy ization for we had the deputy ization for the party leaders . our deputy the party leaders. our deputy political editor tom harwood coming up to back at coming up to look back at a remarkable of our health remarkable history of our health service

it. so some hot sunshine across eastern areas in particular on friday before things turn a bit more mixed through the weekend .

more mixed through the weekend. >> welcome back to the live desk on gb news. the health secretary has called for evolution, not revolution when it comes to the nhs. as it turns 75 today. as his predecessor calls for a royal commission, steve barclay said he was committed to the model of free at the point of use. >> use. >> but this comes, of course, as the country's three main health think tanks are warning that the nhs may not make it to its 100th birthday without some urgent life support. our deputy political editor tom harwood has been looking back at its sometimes so healthy times. sometimes not so healthy times. i've been asked to tell you just a little about this new plan for better health. >> our plan is a service which will provide the best medical advice and treatment for everyone in every man, woman and child in this country. these

were the words of conservative health minister henry willink speaking in 1944, announcing his plans for what would become the nhs , his 1944 white paper was nhs, his 1944 white paper was the blueprint for the national health service . mr aneurin bevan health service. mr aneurin bevan but it was aneurin bevan the labour minister for health who brought the nhs into existence in july 1948 under bevan, the reach of the state stretched further than the original conservative plans . conservative plans. >> care was not only to be paid for by the taxpayer, but hospitals themselves were nationalised too. health care professionals became government employees. the nhs quickly became a cherished national institution. but the course was not always smooth . prescription not always smooth. prescription charges were introduced in 1952 after the cost of the service. unexpec rapidly began to grow. the ensuing decades saw the nhs buffeted by various political winds. the conservative years under thatcher and major

introduced internal markets, attempting to increase efficiency under blair's labour government . these reforms were government. these reforms were built upon aided by significant injections of funding into the service. the new funding smoothed the path to a drive of modernisation, patient choice and public private partnerships . blair's devolution agenda also saw the scotland act and the government of wales act give devolved bodies powers to legislate on a range of issues, including health leading to greater divergence in health policy across the uk . yet in the policy across the uk. yet in the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash , the budget balancing crash, the budget balancing measures of david cameron's coalition government led to smaller real terms increases in budgets than occurred under labour and a controversial reorganisation under the health and social care act of 2012, creating clinical commissioning groups and increasing competition in service provision. the past decade brought with it unprecedented

challenges the nhs handling of the covid 19 pandemic under bofis the covid 19 pandemic under boris johnson's government, too many displayed its resilience and adaptability to others. it exposed shortcomings as frontline staff faced overwhelming pressure. yet they rose to the challenge, embodying the spirit of the service envisaged 75 years ago. today the nhs budget has never been higher. yet waiting lists and patient care face significant strains. the cost of the service has risen by 50% in real terms when compared to 2009. as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the nhs , the debate continues of the nhs, the debate continues on how to sustainably fund and manage this british institution with an ageing population , new with an ageing population, new medical innovations and a consequently ballooning budget . consequently ballooning budget. but questions remain as to what the nhs will look like after another 75 years as . well.

another 75 years as. well. >> deputy political editor tom harwood joins us now at the country's oldest hospital. tom you'll just have to fill us in on where that is. lots of people celebrating today , but it also celebrating today, but it also comes with today some some dire warnings that the nhs won't make 100 years old. so how much really should we be celebrating ? yes some big questions as to the future of the nhs. >> first, i should say i'm at st bart's in the city of london. it was founded in 1123 as a hospital here on this site. but of course it was nationalised alongside all of the other hospitals in the land 75 years ago today . day. but the place in ago today. day. but the place in which the nhs finds itself is a complicated one. the united kingdom has an ageing population. the cost of delivering care to that population is growing and the demand is for ever more money being spent on the nhs. get louder each and every year.

that's despite, in real terms , that's despite, in real terms, 50% extra funding going into the nhs since 2008. 2009. this is a service when it was envisaged by nye bevan back in 1948 that was meant to be a low cost service . meant to be a low cost service. the original plans for the nhs saw the cost of the service going down as the country got healthier and healthier , yet healthier and healthier, yet precisely the opposite occurred as treatments got more complex and medicine got more advanced instead of the government's expectations that the cost of it all would go down on, the cost of it all began to rise and rise and that meant very difficult decisions in terms of what can still be envisaged as this entirely state system. of course, in 1952 we saw prescription charges be brought in, not in the way that they are in, not in the way that they are in some other countries at the real level of the cost of those prescriptions. but almost token charges to stop overindulgence

in these areas. and we have seen different reforms come in and around this fundamentally similar system throughout the last 75 years. but we're hearing now from voices like tony blair and sajid javid that perhaps more fundamental reforms needs to be imagined for this service in terms of making it more fit for the future . back when it was for the future. back when it was created in 1948, there were only a handful of countries in the world that had universal health care. the united kingdom had followed norway and prussia in delivering a form of universal health care. but the world has moved on now almost every single developed country in the world, with the notable exception of the united states of america, now delivers some form of universal health care. so there are lots of different models, perhaps much to learn from countries like france or germany or the netherlands or australia. that's what sajid javid has been saying in the last week or so, although the government and indeed the opposition labour party seem more wary of more

fundamental rethinks . fundamental rethinks. >> now. i mean, you mentioned in your report looking back at its history, about the political winds that are buffeted, the nhs. i mean that still seems to be of course we've be happening. of course we've got the strikes ahead with the junior doctors and the consultants sajid javid ed's consultants and sajid javid ed's point the royal commission point about the royal commission was term was to look at long term planning rather than this sort of push me pull you. that goes on the change of on with the change of governments and absolutely and indeed to look at how this is donein indeed to look at how this is done in other countries where perhaps their health systems are less politicised, less politically managed than sometimes it can seem, the nhs is in the united kingdom because fundamental one of the big criticisms that we've seen, particularly in the last 15 or so years, is that whilst a lot of money has gone into recruiting more doctors and nurses, perhaps not enough money has gone to in buying the necessary investment infrastructure, the mri machines and all the rest of it, the sort of critical investment in machinery that could make

productivity within the nhs better off. >> it might make more sense to buy a whizzy machine than employ five more nurses and no machine. so these are the sort of long term decisions that perhaps sajid javid is suggesting need more long term planning and more organisational planning and less political interference as . political interference as. >> thanks very much, tom. talk to you again shortly. well, we can join now our west midlands reporter jack carson in aneurin bevan's home town of tredegar in wales. now health is of course devolved to the welsh government , but the nhs there is struggling to cope with a backlog in treatments and waiting lists. in wales too. jack . yeah, yeah, that's right. jack. yeah, yeah, that's right. >> in fact , in the last week the >> in fact, in the last week the british medical association for wales has sent a sent a warning almost to the welsh government . almost to the welsh government. of course the nhs here is

devolved, it is run by labour in here in wales, but it's written to the welsh government urging them for more funding and staff help . it comes as several help. it comes as several pharmacists have said that they can't necessarily cope with those waiting times as well because you've got patients numbers here, particularly in wales, rising in the last couple of years, 93,000 more people have signed up to a gp surgery. but in fact gp surgeries are calling that number has dropped since it over the last few years. this is why this british medical association for wales is putting this call to the welsh government to save our surgeries. they say. the welsh government says it's taken steps to help, such as increasing services by community pharmacies . but of course, as you were mentioning here in tredegar, this is essentially the birthplace of the of the nhs , birthplace of the of the nhs, which was of course brought in in 1948 by inaya bevan. it all comes actually from from inspiration he took from the tredegar workmen's medical aid society. essentially it was a

society of a group of doctors and others where local residents here up to 20,000 at one point would pay in a small amount, whether it's quarterly or monthly, whatever they could pay for. however many times, whether they're paid by week by month, they're paid by week by month, they would pay into that society to health care free at to receive health care free at the point of use. in fact, when bevan himself stood up in parliament and announced the foundation of the nhs, he saying all all i'm doing is all he said, all i'm doing is extending the population extending the entire population to britain. the benefits that we've had in tredegar for a generation of more, he said. we are going to tredegar ise you. i spoke to alan terrell , who's spoke to alan terrell, who's part the heritage centre for part of the heritage centre for the tredegar workmen's medical centre today about why the nhs is so important to this area. i think the nhs is probably the greatest thing the united kingdom has ever produced , you kingdom has ever produced, you know, for the uk and as a role model for the rest of the world. >> you know, it's one of bevan's other quotes . he roughly says other quotes. he roughly says something along the lines of you cannot take any society, you

cannot take any society, you cannot take any society seriously. if it doesn't care for its people . and that's what for its people. and that's what the nhs does and it's something that we should be remarkably proud of. and john cleese , proud of. and john cleese, beanng proud of. and john cleese, bearing in mind the historic importance of tredegar and what nye bevan did there. >> i mean, it is the town marking this day to day in a special way . well there's not special way. well there's not been many plans, celebration plans today, on sunday, the 2nd of july, a few days ago there was what's known as bevan bevan day , where essentially the town day, where essentially the town celebrated the life of bevan with a big parade through the town. >> but there are actually on >> so but there are actually on the behind me the roundabout behind me a couple that say 75. couple of balloons that say 75. so the extent of the so that's the extent of the celebrations seen so far celebrations i've seen so far here . here today. >> okay. well, thanks very much indeed updating there in indeed for updating us there in the was once a thriving the heart was once a thriving mining community. and of course, those miners very in those miners very active in forming that help society. all those years ago. thanks very much indeed . much indeed. >> do stay with us here on gb

news, because we will be covering the coronation of king charles and queen camilla. not the coronation, but celebrations of their coronation in scotland today. of their coronation in scotland today . the two will be presented today. the two will be presented with the scottish crown jewels for that , let's get an update, for that, let's get an update, see if it's going to rain on their parade. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a mixture of sunshine and showers today, a fresh breeze out there as well. some heat is on the way for some of us later this week. we've seen this low pressure system, a little vicious one that brought a lot of wet weather across eastern areas through bringing through the night, bringing some very to the very strong winds to the netherlands the moment. but netherlands at the moment. but behind it, things are a little calmer, quite a bit of cloud around earlier, but we'll see some sunny spells breaking through. showers through. a few showers moving through. a few showers moving through plenty of through on the breeze, plenty of them across scotland them across northern scotland through northern ireland, parts of wales, but they will tend to zip through and some parts of the stay completely the south will stay completely dry afternoon. a bit of dry this afternoon. a bit of

brightness well . temperatures brightness as well. temperatures close maybe touch close to maybe a touch below average. feeling a little fresh, maybe in the breeze , but maybe in the breeze, but pleasant when the sun pleasant enough when the sun p0ps pleasant enough when the sun pops out. now, as we go through this evening, still a few scattered but scattered showers around, but generally fade as generally they tend to fade as we towards midnight. so we head towards midnight. so most becoming dry through most places becoming dry through this and staying dry this evening and staying dry through the second of the through the second half of the night some showers coming night with some showers coming into scotland few into western scotland and a few more developing the west more developing across the west of northern ireland. by dawn, a coolish night, of northern ireland. by dawn, a coolish night , actually, coolish night, actually, temperatures down into temperatures well down into single in rural areas single figures in rural areas could as 2 or 3 could be as low as 2 or 3 degrees in some spots. so, yes, a start to thursday for a fresh start to thursday for much of england, wales, it'll be a fine, bright with a bit a fine, bright day with a bit more sunshine. maybe today. more sunshine. maybe than today. a southern a few showers for southern scotland, north—west england initially on we'll see initially and later on we'll see some working into northern some rain working into northern ireland. breeze picking up ireland. the breeze picking up here rain will here once more. that rain will eventually along the west eventually work along the west coast too . but as coast of scotland too. but as i said, for many, it's a dry, bright day, a bit warmer than today well. winds are today as well. the winds are a little lighter, so feeling quite pleasant with temperatures mostly low but the mostly into the low 20s. but the wet will push into

wet weather will push into northern into northern ireland, then into western scotland. western parts of scotland. the breeze picking up and introduce a showers during the a few more showers during the evening over the and the evening over the north and the west wales. that's an of west of wales. that's an area of low pressure. the winds low pressure. but with the winds coming the south, coming up from the south, that will also bring some warmth with it. so some hot sunshine, of course, in course, eastern areas in particular before particular on friday before things more mixed things turn a bit more mixed through weekend .

>> king charles marks his coronation in scotland . he'll be coronation in scotland. he'll be presented with the scottish crown jewels this afternoon with a service of thanksgiving shortly. but could republican protests dampen festivities? we're live north of the border . we're live north of the border. >> happy birthday , nhs. the >> happy birthday, nhs. the country celebrating the 75th anniversary of nye bevan brainchild. but is it something

to celebrate when the experts are warning it must be drastically changed or die . no drastically changed or die. no ticket to ride. >> hundreds of station ticket offices are set to close in england to modernise customer service, but consumer and disability groups hope to derail the plans . the plans. >> and also coming up, we'll be live outside scampton , where a live outside scampton, where a decision on whether the grave of the famous dambusters dog can be removed is expected today. we'll update you on that. before that, the latest headlines now with tamsen . tamsen. >> mark, thank you. and good afternoon from the newsroom. it's 1:01. the nhs afternoon from the newsroom. it's1:01. the nhs has been described as a treasured national institution as it

celebrates its 75 years. but but labouris celebrates its 75 years. but but labour is warning the health service will die without further investment and modernisation. a record 7.4 million people are currently on waiting lists and the government has acknowledged the government has acknowledged the figure could get worse before it gets better. party leaders , along with the duke and leaders, along with the duke and duchess of edinburgh, are among those attending a special service at westminster abbey, paying service at westminster abbey, paying tribute to staff. earlier the shadow health secretary, wes streeting , told us the nhs is streeting, told us the nhs is facing the worst crisis in its history and people who can't afford to go private are being left behind . left behind. >> deeply angry about the two tier system we have in our country today, where those who can afford it are paying to go private and those who can't afford it are being left behind. my afford it are being left behind. my answer would be in the short term, where there is spare capacity in private sector, capacity in the private sector, we should be paying for it on nhs terms so that people who can't afford it are getting it free at the point of use. that

would be my answer. i've got no objection to using private sector capacity to get nhs waiting lists down faster as well. >> health minister maria caulfield, who is also a nurse, says strike action is putting more pressure on the service . more pressure on the service. >> us although we've got more people on the waiting list, the waiting times are coming down and i think for most people who are waiting for an operation or are waiting for an operation or a procedure, long they a procedure, it's how long they wait. else is on that wait. not who else is on that waiting list. and we've eliminated the two year wait. we've eliminated the we've virtually eliminated the 18 now 18 month wait and we're now working on those who are waiting for year. so it's really for a year. so it's really important that we do that and strike action doesn't help, to be honest. it does mean that procedures and operations are often cancelled. so that's why we do want the unions to come round the and try and round the table and try and resolve for patients. resolve that for patients. >> the prince and >> meanwhile, the prince and princess of wales surprised nhs staff by dropping in for a tea party in london. william and kate helped lay tables at a reception at saint thomas's hospital to celebrate the nhs anniversary . the royals met anniversary. the royals met guests, including aneira thomas,

the first baby born on the nhs , the first baby born on the nhs, named after the health service's founder aneurin bevan . it was founder aneurin bevan. it was hosted by nhs charities together of which the prince and princess are patrons . there's of which the prince and princess are patrons. there's anger of which the prince and princess are patrons . there's anger over are patrons. there's anger over plans which would see the closure of almost every railway station ticket office in england . the proposal, unveiled by the rail delivery group, affects hundreds of stations with facilities only expected to remain open at the busiest stations. the government's putting pressure on operators to save money following a drop in revenue caused by the pandemic. despite motty, charities and unions are among those who voiced their concerns . a voiced their concerns. a decision on which officers will be closed will be made after a consultation process . schools consultation process. schools across england have been forced to close or restrict access to students with teachers walking off the job in a row over pay. it's their seventh strike this year and unions have warned there'll be more action in the

autumn if a deal can't be reached, as well as lessons . end reached, as well as lessons. end of term events like school trips and sports days are also being disrupted. birmingham teacher lesley quinlan says both staff and students deserve better . and students deserve better. >> government aren't listening and we're going to keep doing this until they do. we need to have a fully funded education system in this country. these children , these children deserve children, these children deserve so much better than this . what so much better than this. what this government is, is happening and what it's doing to them . and what it's doing to them. it's been going on for way too many years. we need to put a stop to it now and fund their education. >> she plans to house migrants on a barge near a seaside town in the summer are leading to concerns of overcrowding . concerns of overcrowding. richard drax, the conservative mp for south dorset, told the commons today the plan to house more than 500 people on a barge designed for just over 200 people is not in the national interest. it comes as the archbishops of canterbury and york are calling for the

government to adopt a just and compassionate asylum policy . compassionate asylum policy. thousands of people have been evacuated from the jenin refugee camp in the west bank following an israeli military operation. at least ten people have been killed after the israeli army launched a 48 hour strike in the palestinian territory. it's israel's biggest military operation in years . the army operation in years. the army says the aim is to destroy infrastructure and weapons belonging to militant groups in the camp . the raid follows the camp. the raid follows months of tensions between jenin locals and the military. the king will be presented the scottish crown jewels at a coronation service that's just about to begin in edinburgh . about to begin in edinburgh. king charles and queen camilla will be commemorated at saint giles cathedral. and in just a few moments, a people's procession is to start walking through the scottish capital before a royal procession follows. this afternoon . soon, follows. this afternoon. soon, the king is to receive a crown, a sceptre and a sword made of

gold, silver and gems known collectively as the honours of scotland . this is gb news more scotland. this is gb news more headunes scotland. this is gb news more headlines from me shortly. now, though , it's back to mark and . pip to thompson. >> thanks very much and welcome back to the live desk where scotland is about to mark and celebrate. indeed, the coronation of king charles and queen camilla with a ceremony which will see the two presented, as we've just heard with the effectively scottish crown or the honours of crown jewels or the honours of scotland. the people's procession, which starts in the next few minutes, will see 700 military personnel marching down the royal mile in edinburgh ahead of a national service of thanksgiving and dedication at saint cathedral . saint giles cathedral. >> protests from republican >> but protests from republican and scottish nationalist campaigners are also expected . campaigners are also expected. >> and let's get the latest now. the royal correspondent cameron

walker, who is there for us in edinburgh and big crowds to celebrate and, well, some crowds as well. we have to acknowledge in protest . in protest. >> yeah, absolutely, mark. there's certainly a mix here. and a lot of the crowds were here from very early this morning making sure they could bag a position. one royal fan was actually pretty hacked off, to be perfectly honest , because to be perfectly honest, because she pointing out that she was pointing out that the protesters had been the protesters had been given the best seat in the house, pretty much directly opposite saint giles cathedral, where the honours of scotland are going to be presented majesty the be presented to his majesty the king service of king in a service of thanksgiving. little bit later thanksgiving. a little bit later on today. the whole , just on today. on the whole, just from myself viewing it, it appears there's a lot more monarchy support supporters than protesters . but you have to protesters. but you have to factor in that this edinburgh is a very, very touristy town and there's lots of people here who've come from different countries just edinburgh countries just to see edinburgh , they're actually very , and they're actually very pleasantly that pleasantly surprised that they're a whole display they're getting a whole display of and pageantry here of pomp and pageantry here today. they haven't come today. so they haven't come specifically be here.

specifically to be here. however, is a big display however, there is a big display of and pageantry. as you of pomp and pageantry. as you said, military personnel said, 700 military personnel from all three armed services will be processing down the royal mile . royal navy, royal royal mile. royal navy, royal air force and british army as well. at about 1:15. so what's that like ten minutes time? five minutes time? the people's procession will be leaving edinburgh castle, which is the building behind me, and processing down st giles' cathedral. they're made up of a hundred or so representatives from groups across scotland. one of which is nhs scotland , of of which is nhs scotland, of course, celebrating its 75th anniversary today , and the anniversary today, and the prince's trust as well , the prince's trust as well, the charity founded by the king. when he was prince of wales, who supports , which supports and supports, which supports and continues to support young people. the army procession sorry, the military procession, i should say , has a shetland i should say, has a shetland pony as at right at the front of it, the mascot of the royal regiment of scotland . and then regiment of scotland. and then in around an hour's time, we will be expecting to see the king, the queen and the prince and princess of wales, known as

the duke and duchess of rothesay in scotland, from the in scotland, emerged from the palace holyrood house. the palace of holyrood house. the other side of the royal mile to where are here. there'll be a where we are here. there'll be a tri service guard of honour and then going to be taken then they are going to be taken up cathedral for up to saint giles cathedral for the service. there has been a couple of boycotts of this service for two co—leaders of the green party here. they have both declined an invitation to be in saint giles cathedral as has former snp leader alex salmond as well. so there is certainly a mix. it's certainly polarising views here, but i think many people in the crowd are going to be hoping that it goes without a hitch and there's no last minute problems in terms of disruptive protesters . as far of disruptive protesters. as far as we're aware, the protesters plan to be peaceful but noisy. >> okay. cameron you are looking super smart . what is that tie of super smart. what is that tie of particular significance that you're wearing ? you're wearing? >> well, i just decided to purchase or invest in a tartan tie for the occasion. this is

not i have to admit, i'm afraid my family tartan . this is just my family tartan. this is just one which happened to go with my suit and coat that i could find in one of the many lovely shops here in edinburgh. but i thought i should try and look a little bit scottish for the occasion because of course the crown jewels here scotland, the jewels here in scotland, the honours scotland the honours of scotland are the oldest great britain. they oldest in great britain. they were hidden during the english civil war, so therefore they were not melted down by oliver cromwell's army. and in fact , it cromwell's army. and in fact, it dates back so far that mary queen of scots was actually crowned with the crown that we're going to see later on today. back in the 1500s. so it clearly goes back a long way. but the new sword, the elizabeth sword is brand new, and that is because the original sword of state is thought to be in too delicate condition to be used in events such as this. now so that was unveiled a couple of days ago to the king, but he will be presented officially with it at the of thanksgiving presented officially with it at the on of thanksgiving presented officially with it at the on today.'hanksgiving presented officially with it at the on today. yeahsgiving presented officially with it at the on today. yeah i|iving presented officially with it at the on today. yeah i think later on today. yeah i think there's been criticism from alex salmond, hasn't he, about the

unfathomable waste public unfathomable waste of public money? unfathomable waste of public money called it in dictating the >> he called it in dictating the £22,000, for instance, on this sword could have been better spent. sword could have been better spent . yeah he did. spent. yeah he did. >> and he also pointed out that if you're a true this is alex salmond's words, not mine. if you're a true scottish monarchist, then actually you should be really disappointed and upset with what is happening in scotland today. he described it as a kind of half hearted attempt of a scottish coronation. and alex salmond yesterday was pointing out that actually obe there were there was once upon a time before the union of the crowns in 1603, separate a separate scottish monarchy, scottish monarchy, and they were crowned . they had they were crowned. they had their coronations in scone palace and sat on the stone of scone, which was taken down from edinburgh castle to westminster abbey for the coronation service in may. it's now back up in edinburgh castle, but it is, i believe, already actually in st giles' cathedral to take part in this coronation service as well.

so yeah, there's lots of different views here of how best the monarchy scotland should the monarchy in scotland should conduct thank you. >> and interesting actually that that elizabeth's sword we were just talking about will be held by dame katherine grainger , the by dame katherine grainger, the rowing medallist. and it will be quite heavy. so we'll see if she does as good a job as penny mordaunt did for the coronation in may. >> she's been training as an olympic oarsman. yeah it should be. >> she should be okay. thanks, cameron . yeah, thanks. cameron. yeah, thanks. >> cross . >> cross. >> cross. >> now let's get more with tony maguire , our scotland reporter maguire, our scotland reporter correspondent in the middle of the action on the royal mile with, well, the crowds already there. we can see. have you been able to ascertain how the protesters are outnumbered by the supporters ? i mean, i think the supporters? i mean, i think that's very much a given, mark. >> certainly behind me. i don't know if ben can maybe raise the camera ever so slightly and show you they do have a rather primo

position here on the mile diagonally opposite , they'll see diagonally opposite, they'll see that the king and queen arrive in their cars. that the king and queen arrive in their cars . and i would say in their cars. and i would say there's about 200 there with many more sprinkled around the mile up and down. you can hear that chant behind me has been going strong, believe it or not, since just after 8:00 this morning. and they are making themselves heard. however for i will say that having been among them and having spoken to a small group of monarchists among them as well, you know, they are being sevilla some obviously quite choice words being shared, some very divisive opinions as but ultimately, you know , two but ultimately, you know, two sides of a very different opinions can have coming together and sharing those views and a bit of back and forth and in spite of the protests and the seemingly large size of the protest and all the way down the royal mile , which you might have royal mile, which you might have guessed that is give or take about mile long and there are about a mile long and there are royal supporters all the way down to holyrood and all the way up to the castle and here to

really kind of celebrate the day and to make a big issue of all the festivities that are going to be happening really, really soon. to expect to soon. we're going to expect to see people's procession go see the people's procession go down which have about down behind me, which have about 700 various walks of 700 scots from various walks of life really showing the best of scottish society . and i said in scottish society. and i said in my package earlier in the week that this is a real celebration of everything scottish , you of everything scottish, you know, and i would imagine that the king would very much feel feel like a guest here and surrounded by all this pomp and pageantry in his name. but certainly be very, very vocal and vocal opposition and some very loud cheers in opposition to them . procession to them. procession >> ian, tony is about to start within the next minute or so. what's security like there in light of the numbers of protesters that are expected ? protesters that are expected? >> so i think it's safe to say that we've seen quite a few shuttle buses of police going up and down the mile, as well as

that. i don't know. i would probably argue into the at least the hundreds of g4's private security , some of them looking security, some of them looking young, i might add . you know, young, i might add. you know, when we were discussing earlier on what would actually happen if some of the more enthused plastic protesters were to jump barriers , what would what would barriers, what would what would the situation be? however, i would say that the police presence here is significant . presence here is significant. and all the way up and down the mile, i wouldn't expect much to happen as it was last year when the queen's cortege came up to saint giles for her period of lying in state. we saw quite a lot of road closures in between. so right now, as you can see, the crowd really building behind me and that we are on one side of the mile and chances are that we will not be able to cross the mile again. and that is certainly one of the big security measures for each side of the mile security to really kind of half the potential problems that may present themselves , tony, on the royal

themselves, tony, on the royal mile for the moment. >> thank you for that. back to you a little later. of course, as an important afternoon of celebration gets underway. thank you much . you very much. >> the view of royal >> let's get the view of royal commentator michael cole. good to see you , michael. you're also to see you, michael. you're also a former bbc royal correspondent. how significant is this day then for king charles? because the big event, as we know, happened in may, but he does have such a close connection with scotland, doesn't he, as did his late mother . mother. >> yes, a hugely important and splendid day for edinburgh, where i was privileged and pleased to live for three years. >> so i know the scenes that have been described so brilliantly by your correspondents today. yeah, it's a very important day. the honours of scotland as the crown jewels are called up there , jewels are called up there, they're not quite as old as the onesin they're not quite as old as the ones in the tower of london, not quite as splendid as that, but they of greater antiquity they are of greater antiquity and very , very beautiful. the and very, very beautiful. the crown are of gold and pearls was first adapted for king james the

sixth, and he was crowned with that in 1567. so it's an important day . the king will important day. the king will there be presented with these honours, which he will then touch to acknowledge them and it's a day where i think particularly in scotland , particularly in scotland, talking about the protests and so on, people will more and more value this stability provided by a constitution , national a constitution, national monarchy, particularly in times of political turmoil. and my goodness, scotland has had a bit of it of late and there was always a great deal of loyalty towards obviously the queen mother who was of scottish origin directly and of course the royal family who are committed to owning the balmoral estate and spending as much time up there as possible. and here we see the king resplendent in his his kilt , we see the king resplendent in his his kilt, reviewing the honourable company of archers who are his bodyguard. when he's in scotland. so it's an important day, of course, part

of being in a constitutional monarchy . one of the glories is monarchy. one of the glories is it that we have democracy and we have freedom of speech and that means you can be allowed to protest . but let me just say , protest. but let me just say, dunng protest. but let me just say, during queen victoria's reign , during queen victoria's reign, there were dozens of republican clubs, but 120 years after she died and six reigns further on were still a monarchy. so it has powers of endurance and i think i'm right in saying there's no constitutional requirement as such for this ceremony today. >> but it is still a very important act of dedication , important act of dedication, i.e. it really is still needed. >> yes , indeed. and of course, >> yes, indeed. and of course, her majesty the queen, who always spent the 1st july first week in july up in scotland. she came there after her coronation on 6th of june, 2nd of june, 1953, she came to scotland and went through something very, very similar . went through something very, very similar. but went through something very, very similar . but of went through something very, very similar. but of course, this one's different because , as this one's different because, as cameron has mentioned, this magnificent elizabeth sword named after her, which has been

created by by scottish craftsmen , it ought to be said, and i would have thought alex salmond, my dear old friend , ought to be my dear old friend, ought to be welcoming that we must remember that when he was the leader of the scottish national party and there was some chance of there being an independent scotland, he said rather condescendingly, we shall keep the queen. i don't know what the queen thought about that, but he was very keen on the monarchy at that particular time . so i think we particular time. so i think we have to judge his words in that context. >> yeah, we're just seeing some pictures live at saint giles pictures live now at saint giles cathedral. gathering , as cathedral. people gathering, as i said, that goes the signal goes inevitably . but i think goes inevitably. but i think he's actually declined or rejected his invitation to the cathedral today. and yet he's saying that he he should or maybe there should have been a full scale coronation as such at scone as cameron was. so, you know , different signals coming know, different signals coming from him on this really well i he's very open mind and a very

good hearted sort of person. >> this sounds a little bit peevish, but from him i would have thought he wouldn't have turned away from something like this. i thought he'd have been front and centre because he's got his own little party that he's at the moment. he's running at the moment. i think alba or think it's called albion alba or something. so something. yeah. yes. alba so i would thought would have would have thought he would have beenin would have thought he would have been in there pitching away as hard as possible. i don't think anything going to on anything is going to rain on this particular parade. the scots out those who scots will turn out those who want boo will boo those who want to boo will boo those who want to boo will boo those who want cheer will cheer. it'll want to cheer will cheer. it'll be a glorious there'll be a be a glorious day. there'll be a procession . there'll be a procession. there'll be a fly—past by the red arrows and everybody will have a jolly good time. and the royal mile will live up to its name and even if it rains, i gather they just call next year's whisky, call it next year's whisky, which way of which is an interesting way of looking at it in edinburgh. >> michael i love that. >> anyway. michael i love that. yeah. you much indeed yeah. thank you very much indeed for that. more to come, of course, throughout the afternoon. thanks time. afternoon. thanks for your time. yeah >> ei- e stay with us. we will >> sir, do stay with us. we will be, course, covering those be, of course, covering those celebrations scotland. celebrations in scotland. a people's procession along the

royal has now started. and royal mile has now started. and we'll also be talking about the 70th anniversary of the nhs . but 70th anniversary of the nhs. but is it really a moment to celebrate or is it the chance to put some more reforms in place? >> discussing that in a moment. stay

radio. >> i'm welcome back to the live desk now. is it a happy birthday with the national health service? 75 years old today. could it be feeling its age and needing some intense lviv treatment of its own ? treatment of its own? >> well, tributes are being paid to the nhs. shadow health secretary wes streeting has argued that it will die without necessarily investment and reform. the health minister maria caulfield, has also warned that the record waiting list of 7.4 million people is likely to increase. >> let's speak once more to roy lilly, former nhs manager, of

course, and now health writer and commentator. roy, thanks for your time again and lots of people taking stock today. inevit ably. but just to follow on with our discussion we had the other day on this workforce plan that came through. i mean, we're looking at what might happenin we're looking at what might happen in the next five years particularly, but a lot of politicians saying, look, we might have it in 25 years might not have it in 25 years time for the centenary. well i don't think that's true. >> i mean, i certainly hope it isn't true. >> i was born before the nhs and i don't want to die before it without it. >> no, i think i think certainly the nhs is facing a great difficulty . but before you difficulty. but before you decide to reform it or change it, you have to figure out, well, why is it in the situation that it's in and what bits of that it's in and what bits of that are we going to learn from or not do again ? i mean, the or not do again? i mean, the real problems of the nhs started back in 2009 after the world banking crisis . we had austerity banking crisis. we had austerity policies , of course, for nearly policies, of course, for nearly ten years the nhs had pretty ten years and the nhs had pretty much flatlined. funding of under

2% for eight of those ten years, and that was when the real damage was done. we didn't train enough nurses, enough doctors, we didn't buy enough kit build enough beds, enough hospitals, didn't repair enough hospitals. i mean, the repair bill now is close to £10 billion. so then we went into covid. when we went into covid, there were 4.5 million people on the waiting list , about 40,000 vacancies in list, about 40,000 vacancies in the nursing population alone. we struggled through covid came out the other end. everybody's exhausted. and now, of course, those chickens are coming home to roost. when it takes, you know, four years really to train a nurse, ten years to train a doctor in the years when we didn't do enough. that's manifest now. and that's why we're facing the problems. and of course, it's made worse by the strikes and it's been made worse by brexit. we lost a lot of staff back home then of staff who went back home then and then of course we had the sort of end of covid and a very bad flu season. so the nhs has taken a battering. if we're

going to talk about reforming it. okay well, what is it we're going to reform? i mean, if we're going to change the way we pay we're going to change the way we pay for it, that's fine. i'm pretty agnostic that. if you pretty agnostic on that. if you take taxes of your left take your taxes out of your left hand pocket and your insurance payments right hand payments out of your right hand pocket, it's still your trousers. you've still got to pay- trousers. you've still got to pay. think pay. most people think collecting centrally and collecting taxes centrally and redistributing is the redistributing it is the cheapest way of it. better cheapest way of doing it. better than a dozen insurance companies are going to have and are going to have boards and dividends and shareholders and what have pay . so it's what have you to pay. so it's probably the simplest way of doing what nhs really doing it. what the nhs really needs now is a period of calm actually , the nhs is looking actually, the nhs is looking after more people now than it's ever done at any time in its history, and it's made big inroads into the two and 18 month waiting list. so i think if we could solve these wretched strikes because every day of strikes because every day of strike knocks 100,000 people off the waiting list and they have to come round and start again. yeah so the problem, what? >> sorry, roy, i was just going to say the problems with the nhs have been going on way before

these. these strikes have been happening. let me just ask you also about about social care, because isn't the nhs creaking because isn't the nhs creaking because social care is in such a state and patients are staying in hospital for far too long because there isn't that social care in the community to look after them. so the nhs, are you going to get fixed until social care is sorry, there's a little delay on the line. >> i beg your pardon? you're absolutely right to put your finger on that. the i mean the department of health is actually the of health and the department of health and social it's in social care, but it's only in the name the door because the name above the door because social actually run social care is actually run through government, which social care is actually run th funded government, which social care is actually run thfunded by government, which social care is actually run th funded by anyvernment, which social care is actually run thfunded by an entirely1t, which is funded by an entirely different government. different part of government. and right, the nhs does and you are right, the nhs does depend on social care being there to help with discharge and more importantly, you know, right , really good more importantly, you know, right, really good domiciliary care can prevent an awful lot of admissions in the first place. so until we solve social care, the nhs is still going to have that to worry about. social care has 160,000 vacancies because

the money isn't in the system to pay the money isn't in the system to pay people properly and there is no career structure and no proper training for people in social care. so we get a lot of people who come in who are very low paid and they aren't very well trained and it only takes i was in birmingham just recently where i was talking to some social care managers there, and their heads were in their hands because amazon had opened up some great warehouse nearby and they'd lost all their staff. and that's the problem. >> yeah, the staffing as well as the money being put into it. can i just ask you, did you raise your eyebrows when a certain sir tony blair, former labour prime minister, suggested it may now be time for. yes. a two tier health system. so those that are able to afford it can can get the private care to relieve the system . um, yes. system. um, yes. >> actually , i did more than >> actually, i did more than raising eyebrows . it fell off my raising eyebrows. it fell off my chair. it came from tony blair. no, it's a bonkers idea, really. i mean, where would the cut off be? how would you judge who's got enough money to pay? say,

you know, you have a you can have heart attack in the have a heart attack in the street scooped by an street, be scooped up by an ambulance you could end up ambulance and you could end up needing a heart transplant. you know, very complicated to know, it's very complicated to do yeah do that. yeah >> roy, thank you very much indeed that. we're just indeed for that. we're just going to break away because we've got happening in we've got things happening in edinburgh. your edinburgh. thank you for your time. back the royal time. let's go back to the royal mile we can see the mile and we can see the procession , but also the procession, but also the protesters in protesters there in the background were yellow background were those yellow placards is on the royal placards. is this on the royal mile? and our correspondent isn't there. tony was saying that the feeling has been fairly sort of relaxed in terms of the protesters and their interaction with the royalists and the monarchists and all those supporting today's events. but we can see the saltire actually flying there as well as the union flag in the background. so maybe a little bit of scottish independence mixed up with the anti—monarchists as well . yeah. anti—monarchists as well. yeah. >> and that royal that procession, the people's procession, the people's procession on that is going on

until about 215 when this national service of thanksgiving will be held in saint giles cathedral in edinburgh . and in cathedral in edinburgh. and in fact, the protesters , according fact, the protesters, according to reports, seem to have got quite a prime spot, really . quite a prime spot, really. there's an area fenced off for them outside the cathedral . so them outside the cathedral. so they've actually got a really good view . good view. >> mark yeah, they've got a ringside seat, but let's just reflect that we've got some 700 military personnel involved in the march a little later on, so perhaps they shouldn't mix it with those particular forces from the raf. scottish regiments and the royal navy as well. and then of course, we've got that very important event of dedication at saint giles, which will be bringing you more coming up of course, from edinburgh. let's get an update now on the headunes let's get an update now on the headlines with . tamsin headlines with. tamsin >> mark, thank you very much .

>> mark, thank you very much. here are the headlines at 132. the nhs has been described as a treasured national institution as it celebrates 75 years, but labouris as it celebrates 75 years, but labour is warning the health service will die without further investment and modernising on a record. 7.4 million people are currently on waiting lists and the government has acknowledged the government has acknowledged the figure could get worse before it gets better. party leaders, along with the duke and duchess of edinburgh, were among those to attend a special service at westminster abbey, paying service at westminster abbey, paying tribute to staff . there's paying tribute to staff. there's anger over plans which would see the closure of almost every railway station ticket office in england. the proposal unveiled by the rail delivery group affects hundreds of stations with facilities only expected to remain open at the busiest locations . disability charities locations. disability charities and unions are among those who voiced their concern signs saying it'll impact vulnerable people and will lead to job losses . as schools across

losses. as schools across england have been forced to close or restrict access to students. with teachers walking off the job in a row over pay, it's their seventh strike this year and unions have warned there'll be more action in the autumn if a deal can't be reached, as well as lessons , end reached, as well as lessons, end of term events like school trips and sports days are also being disrupted . the people's disrupted. the people's procession is underway in edinburgh , where king charles edinburgh, where king charles and queen camilla are due to be commemorated at saint giles cathedral this afternoon as part of the coronation celebration, the king will receive a crown sceptre and a sword made of gold. silver and gems known collectively as the honours of scotland . well, you can get more scotland. well, you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gb news dot com . dot com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for

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real world. join me at 7:00 on gb news. britain's news . channel gb news. britain's news. channel welcome back to the live desk on gb news. >> now, you might have something to say about this because train operators have just announced plans to close down hundreds of ticket offices across england. and that means more and more of us will have to rely on smartphones and apps to buy

tickets. >> indeed, it's one of the main reasons we've launched our gb news don't kill cash campaign. and this morning both consumer groups and disability campaigners are already voicing their concerns at these proposed closures . let's get more with closures. let's get more with our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . money. >> well, this has gone down badly, hasn't it, with a lot of charities, disabled groups. it could really put them off travelling by train. >> liam it does make it a lot more difficult to travel by train if we have to rely on ticket machines that now very rarely take cash. it's all cards for over a million people in the uk . a million adults don't even uk. a million adults don't even have a bank account, so they don't have a debit card or even more complicated for a lot of older people . you've got to buy older people. you've got to buy a ticket using an app on your your smartphone , which often your smartphone, which often means you need to be in an area with proper 4g reception or in a wi—fi hotspot. it really does make it a lot more complicated.

and let's have a look at some of the numbers involved now. the train operating companies, they're the latest they're just the latest businesses that are to businesses that are trying to get away from the costs of handung get away from the costs of handling cash, both in terms of banking and people they want to close down ticket offices pre—pandemic 20, 19, 24% of pre—pandemic 20,19, 24% of tickets were bought at ticket offices . that's now just 12% of offices. that's now just 12% of tickets are bought at ticket offices. but for those people that are buying tickets at ticket offices, they want to talk to somebody. they want to what my options? what's the what are my options? what's the best deal? i've got a family of four. this kid's 15. best deal? i've got a family of four. this kid's15. this kid's 17. and stuff that you can't really get from an app. there are actually 229 offices across england . this is that are england. this is that are staffed full time. these days at 17. but 708 offices are staffed part time. so 40 plus 17, 57% of the train ticket offices are staffed, at least part of the day. and that has implications

in terms of safety on platforms , in terms of user friendly facilities. and for a lot of people , particularly older people, particularly older people, particularly older people, the ability be to just put some money on the counter and get your train ticket and of course, it may explain why fewer people are using ticket offices because a lot of them are closed. >> that's right. most of the time it's a circular argument. i'm just going to break in. we're going to bring in the we're just going to bring in the latest pictures coming in from edinburgh because i think we've got the household cavalry. yeah, this leaving those gates this is just leaving those gates at holyrood palace there at the top of the royal mile and the household cavalry, part of this 700 strong group of various military personnel just to reflect that, we've got the royal navy represented and the raf and the army. but clearly the mounted division there, the household cavalry is taking pride of place with helmets and breastplates polished just for this occasion. and yes, the kilts, the pipes and the drums

as well, i think have to listen in and see if we can hear that. no, they're very quiet at the moment . just boost the moment. just boost the microphone . well, that woke you up. >> so . so just a flavour of >> so. so just a flavour of what's going to be quite an extraordinary few hours here in edinburgh to mark this occasion in scotland. >> it's not a coronation as such , but certainly it is an act of celebration and dedication for king charles and camilla on this occasion, the people's procession and the honours of scotland and all this heading down towards saint giles cathedral where that important ceremony will be taking place. a little later. >> yeah, in about 25 minutes time, the king and queen camilla will be leaving the palace of holyroodhouse, which is their official scottish residence. and then there'll be a national service of thanksgiving at saint giles cathedral, where the king

will be presented with the honours of scotland . honours of scotland. >> and there we can see the horses of the household division. of course, some much loved by the queen, the horses, the royal standard will be part of this. and indeed, we have seen further down the royal mile, the saltire , as well as mile, the saltire, as well as the union flag but certainly the sun is shining . so those breast sun is shining. so those breast plates gleaming along with the helmets is just to remind you, 700 members of the various armed forces . and also we'll have the forces. and also we'll have the shetland pony cruach, the fourth, the mascot , the royal fourth, the mascot, the royal regiment of scotland , featuring regiment of scotland, featuring as well. so we'll keep an eye out for that mounted regiments of the royal regiment of scotland as well. and the pipes and drums of the. so lots more to come there in edinburgh in the hour or two to come. follow that. >> liam, sorry to interrupt you. >> liam, sorry to interrupt you. >> that's all right. the honours of scotland, of course they are the crown jewels and so on. the

crowns actually too small to put on charles's head, but still , i on charles's head, but still, i think this completes the sort of whole coronation ceremony. isn't it? so it's very important. but just to go back to our gb news campaign , when you mentioned it, campaign, when you mentioned it, when we were talking about train tickets it's not just tickets there, it's not just train tickets, is it, that people to cash for, you people want to use cash for, you know, parking in the middle know, try parking in the middle of lots towns and cities? of lots of towns and cities? these you've download these days. you've got download apps very apps. it's often very, very difficult if you've got no reception, your phones running out. people to put out. people just want to put a few quid into a machine. but businesses don't to handle businesses don't want to handle the that. here at the costs of that. but here at gb news, we are running this campaign don't kill our cash. where are the numbers at the moment? >> well, rising pretty rapidly, aren't they? >> come i'll come the >> i'll come i'll come to the numbers of many people have numbers of how many people have signed our petition in just one moment. but let's just look in suspense. just at the suspense. let's just look at the numbers in terms of how many people using these days people are using cash these days . i think we've got . if we go, i think we've got the if go back to the graphic. if we go back to 2012, you had 60% of transactions were cash . these transactions were cash. these days, it's just 30% of

transactions . pippen mark. and transactions. pippen mark. and by 2035, it will be less than 10% of transactions. these are the numbers from uk finance, which is kind of the industry body group for the british banking sector and already we've got cash deserts, 20, a fifth of holes in the wall bank. atms have closed since 2018. so for an awful lot of people, they can't actually get hold of cash. and when they get hold of cash, they can't use cash. and if you go onto gb news .com forward slash cash, you can sign our petition. less than 48 hours ago, we started this campaign. we're already at almost 110 signatures, which is and one individual person can only sign once. it's not like people are signing up multiple times and just explain the significance of that 100,000. once you're over 100,000, you can then lobby the parliamentary authorities, which i will be doing this evening. i'm going a tonight i'm going to a meeting tonight where there will be some ministers there and other parliamentarians, and i'll be lobbying for a full lobbying them for a full parliamentary debate. well, in

fact, we had two parliamentarians in here only an hour or so ago , and they are hour or so ago, and they are backing the campaign , which is great. >> so hopefully they will spread the word. >> i really don't think it's a backward thing to want to keep cash. people say, oh, why don't you with technology you just get with the technology kwasi rest of it? kwasi and all the rest of it? look over a million people haven't accounts right? haven't got bank accounts right? not people nigel not just people like nigel farage are worried the banks farage who are worried the banks might not about might be worried or not about their or what their political profile or what they talking about they think. i'm talking about ordinary men and women, many of whom have jobs. they just haven't got bank accounts because they haven't got the credentials haven't credentials or they haven't lived in the same for long lived in the same place for long enough. their financial enough. maybe their financial background bit background has been a little bit unfortunate . and on unfortunate or chaotic. and on top that, there are over 10% top of that, there are over 10% of households that don't have access internet at all, access to the internet at all, including lots of kids. so it's not just an older person thing. people want use cash. they people want to use cash. they want to put cash a birthday want to put cash in a birthday card. want to tip busker card. they want to tip a busker or or a waitress . or a waiter or a waitress. >> is that problem about the demographic that yes, youngsters are more used to doing stuff

onune are more used to doing stuff online and using their phones and so on. but dare we say, you know , those of a certain age know, those of a certain age aren't used to that. and i'm just looking at the quote from the rail delivery group on the ticket offices. jacqueline starr our customers buy tickets or the way are, buy way our customers are, buy tickets changed and it's time way our customers are, buy tici> it's complicated . and >> it's complicated. and actually my local ticket office in oxfordshire, it is always busy , even though there's

busy, even though there's machines there, there is always a queue of people doing exactly what to what you're doing, trying to split journeys, to split their journeys, trying to work best way they'll work out the best way they'll be stuffed if happens. stuffed if this happens. >> i you know, again, >> so i mean, you know, again, i like technology. i think progress is a great thing in terms of innovation and so on. but there are an awful lot of people there who don't want to lose our cash. and i think this gb news petition could really make noise. we're not just make a noise. we're not just talking a debate talking about a debate in parliament. we should be aiming now for 250,000 signatures and legislate. >> well, let's go for it. >> well, let's go for it. >> that. yeah, >> thank you for that. yeah, we'll have stop you there we'll have to stop you there because we are going back to edinburgh to watch all the edinburgh now to watch all the pageantry, quite sight. >> and this is live from the palace of holyroodhouse where king charles and queen camilla will shortly be leaving the palace is their official scottish residence and there will be a national service of thanksgiving where the king will be presented with the honours of scotland at saint giles cathedral. let's just have a

listen . in listen. in >> well, i think we can see the band of the royal marines there in the background on the left. and of course, as the mounted cavalry, we have both the household division and indeed i think the scottish regiment as well , or the royal think the scottish regiment as well, or the royal regiment of scotland. i should say, the mounted regiment. and indeed stations that we've got 700 personnel in total , as well as personnel in total, as well as the people's procession. let's remember that, because we've got people from all walks of life joining this day of celebration and dedication. they're moving from edinburgh castle a bit further away to join the event at saint giles cathedral. but this, of course , is at holyrood this, of course, is at holyrood house palace . as with those as house palace. as with those as well at attention now, i think that's indicating perhaps that we may well see the royal party

leave fairly shortly . that's the leave fairly shortly. that's the raf there with its standard , of raf there with its standard, of course , king charles, as he is course, king charles, as he is now, is a qualified raf pilot. he got his wings and yes, i think they're about to come to attention there. >> and the king and queen are due to appear at about 2:05. so that's in about 15 minutes time. they will leave the palace and make their way towards saint giles cathedral . and that is giles cathedral. and that is where the king will receive the crown and sceptre, which form part of the honours of scotland as you would expect, there are protesters around and anti—monarchy rally is taking place outside the scottish parliament. there are protesters as well gathering along the royal mile as well. but there's plenty of security too, although interest hinckley, some onlookers are saying that the protesters have bagged a really good spot right outside the cathedral. they've got a really

good view . good view. >> those are the voices of the protesters, not my king. you may hearin protesters, not my king. you may hear in the background . and so hear in the background. and so let's reflect that there are those who have taken a stand today against this occasion , today against this occasion, both republican , as you might both republican, as you might call them, anti—monarchists as well as those still making the case for scottish independence. and there is a substantial number near the cathedral, but we're hearing those voices here on a different location of the royal mile. but we can reflect that ahead of the service at saint giles cathedral, the royal company of archers has taken position. now they are scotland's ceremony. sovereign bodyguards . so i don't think bodyguards. so i don't think they'll stand any nonsense in terms of any kind of direct intervention . but of course we intervention. but of course we do have a huge police operation, security operation. we have the close protection officers, of

course , for the royal family as course, for the royal family as well. and we can see, oh, yes, getting in step there, although that might take a bit of adjustment while this is happening , many people have happening, many people have started arriving at sir saint giles cathedral ahead of that national service of thanksgiving at quarter past two. >> there'll be many scottish politicians and members of the judiciary, although some some politicians have decided to boycott it , haven't they? yeah. boycott it, haven't they? yeah. >> let's bring in cameron , who >> let's bring in cameron, who is our royal correspondent , who is our royal correspondent, who is our royal correspondent, who is there for this occasion. and cameron, interesting, we just heard those voices of protest there. and clearly, this was one thing we're trying to measure about how many people are wanting their voices heard today in that respect . well yeah, in that respect. well yeah, i think the protesters were to be expected . expected. >> and i spoke to graham smith earlier, who is the chief exec of republic, the anti—monarchy monarchy groups with the big

yellow sign signs. they have been given a spot almost directly opposite saint giles cathedral , which directly opposite saint giles cathedral, which has annoyed a few pro—monarchy supporters who have turned out that the republicans have got a better view than their view than them. what i can tell you is the crown , the sceptre and the new sword of state known as the elizabeth sword, have all arrived at saint giles cathedral and have been taken in inside the oldest crown jewels, effectively in the british isles, dating right back to the 1500s. mary, queen of scots was crowned with this particular crown that we're seeing . the sceptre was a gift seeing. the sceptre was a gift to james the fourth from pope alexander v and the original sword of state not being used because it's too delicate. that was another gift to james the fourth as well . the people's fourth as well. the people's possession. you mentioned they possessed down from edinburgh castle to saint giles cathedral,

effectively trying to , i think, effectively trying to, i think, perhaps ignore the anti—money akhi protesters, but it seems to be a number of organisations represented close to the kings heart. so we have the princes trust and as an example that is a charity founded by his majesty the king when he was prince of wales supporting young people. we have scotland of course, celebrating the 75th anniversary today. celebrating the 75th anniversary today . we also have dogs trust . today. we also have dogs trust. i'm told we have scottish ambulance service, scottish fire service as well. so several different community groups being represented at this particular service here. yeah, at about 2:05, we expect the king, the queen and prince william and princess catherine to emerge from the palace of holyrood house and then they will be escorted by a tri service guard of honour , the royal navy, royal of honour, the royal navy, royal air force and british army. and they will be driven up to the saint giles cathedral for the

service of thanksgiving, where the king will be officially presented with the honours of scotland . scotland. >> and just to just reflect. it's not of course, the prince and princess of wales today. it's the duke and duchess of rothesay. that's the title they have when they go north of the border. now yeah , it certainly is. >> so they are known as the duke and duchess of rothesay. the king is just the king. but of course, that is a title that he previously held as well. and of course , the prince and princess course, the prince and princess of wales have to have a pretty special relationship with wales . but of course they are also the future king and queen of the united kingdom. and i think it's quite poignant and quite significant point that all we're seeing today is the four most senior royals here as it's going along the lines of what many people believe and what reports suggest that king charles wants a bit more of a slimmed down monarchy. we're not seeing the

princess royal, princess anne, the king's sister daughter as part of this procession today. she did co—host the garden party at the palace of holyrood house yesterday . but i at the palace of holyrood house yesterday. but i think it's quite interesting , interesting quite interesting, interesting that she isn't part of this particular procession and it's just working members. it's just the four most senior royals . and the four most senior royals. and quite ironically , really the quite ironically, really the duke and duchess of edinburgh, whose namesake is this city, are in westminster, in london, attending the service for the 75th anniversary of the nhs . so 75th anniversary of the nhs. so they're not here either. so it'll be interesting to see how the reacts right? it'll be interesting to see how the cameron acts right? it'll be interesting to see how the cameron acts rigjust cut away >> cameron we've just cut away to location now and we to another location now and we can not my king placards can see the not my king placards there elsewhere on the royal mile . and that's obviously a mile. and that's obviously a slightly different atmosphere there, although they are silent as the horses actually process by because clearly see that could be a problem if there is a noisy protest in terms of the horses being spooked. but back now to holyrood house or the palace of holyrood house. there

with royal limousine turning with the royal limousine turning up because there's going to have to be some quite careful coordinate about timings and coordinate about the timings and all yet there certainly is all this yet there certainly is i think for sessions like this and particularly royal processions that all seem to be timed to the minutes and they hardly ever are mis timed apart from perhaps that slight mishap at the start of the coronation service. >> if you remember on may the 6th, where the prince and princess of wales arrived after the king, which was certainly not but i can imagine not planned. but i can imagine the king today will want everything to run as smoothly as possible, as you say, we're seeing the royal car here, which will be taking the king and i'm assuming the queen as well from from the palace of holyrood house up the royal mile to saint giles cathedral for a service which happened 70 years ago for just after queen elizabeth ii coronation, a very similar style of service where she will be presented with the honours of

scotland. there was actually just for a little bit of history for you in 1953, there was a bit of bucha in scotland. the fact that the queen was being referred to as queen elizabeth. the second because they were pointing out that they'd never had a elizabeth before. so technically it was elizabeth , technically it was elizabeth, the first of scotland . but there the first of scotland. but there have been three charless for more whose namesake for the king here in scotland. so cameron , here in scotland. so cameron, just the same problem this time. but as you said, mark, there's a few protesters just for people who are tuning in. >> they might be watching and thinking, well, hang on a minute. we only had the coronation eight weeks ago. what's this all about? so just explain to us the significance and relevance of today . and relevance of today. >> absolutely . so scotland did >> absolutely. so scotland did have its own monarchs until the union of the crowns in 1603. and they had their own separate coronate mission services . coronate mission services. usually they took place in scone

palace and they were sat on the stone of scone or otherwise known as the stone of destiny . known as the stone of destiny. and that was taken down to westminster abbey when in those union well, in in the 11 or 12 hundreds, actually , for the hundreds, actually, for the crowning of english monarchs. but in the 1990s it was it was brought back to edinburgh castle here to to be stay in the capital of edinburgh and today we're going to see it again at saint giles cathedral. but of course, when james v of scotland in 1603 inherit the throne of england because his cousin elizabeth, the first died without a son or a daughter to take over the throne from from her, the two crowns were merged and that is why we had we now have a monarch of the united kingdom, rather than a separate king of scotland and a separate king of scotland and a separate king of scotland and a separate king of england. and because we've already had the coronation, it's thought because we already have, we have the old crown jewels here in in edinburgh castle, the oldest in

the british isles, that they should perhaps have a bit of a showing and they should be official be presented to the king because he is , of course king because he is, of course king of scotland as well as king of the united kingdom. >> yeah. and cameron, everybody watching will remember from eight penny eight weeks ago when penny mordaunt carrying mordaunt was carrying that ceremonial sword. something similar will be happening today when at 7.5kg sword will be carried by the olympic rower dame catherine granger . yeah and dame catherine granger. yeah and five foot long as well. >> i think we'll have to see who carries the sword better. will it be penny mordaunt or will it be dame catherine granger? we'll have to wait and see. once in a former olympic gold medallist . former olympic gold medallist. one is a royal naval reservist as well as lord president of the privy council in the of the united kingdom. as well. so we'll have to wait and see exactly how they're carried. but i think it's interesting to how females have been chosen for this role in 1953. that simply wouldn't have happened. so i think it shows the progression

of modern society here in the united kingdom and also how how important the monarchy and particularly the king feels that is , that everybody gets their is, that everybody gets their fair, fair share of time and their fair share of responsibility . and of course, responsibility. and of course, we had a queen for 70 years here in the united kingdom , a start in the united kingdom, a start of a new reign now under king charles iii. but as you said, there's many other process opfions there's many other process options going on here. we have 700 military personnel from royal navy, british air force , royal navy, british air force, royal navy, british air force, royal air force and british army as well. and i'm assuming you're expecting the king imminently, because i can see a shot of the door and the car. it's 2:00. >> you're watching the live desk here on gb news. and this is the scene live from edinburgh as we are awaiting, as cameron says , are awaiting, as cameron says, the king and queen to emerge , the king and queen to emerge, perhaps to with william and kate in terms of being the duke and duchess of rothesay, as they are north of the border to head down the royal mile to saint giles cathedral for this well ,

cathedral for this well, dedication and celebration , dedication and celebration, because, cameron, there's no concern requirement as such for this ceremony today, is there ? this ceremony today, is there? >> no, there's certainly not. and i think it's had its fair share of criticism. i mean, the sword , which we're just talking sword, which we're just talking about earlier, for example, cost £22,000, replacing the old sword. and there have been a number of criticisms. the former first minister of scotland and snp leader, a former snp leader, alex salmond , was pointing out alex salmond, was pointing out yesterday that actually the pro monarchists in scotland should really be upset that this service of thanksgiving is happening because it isn't a full blown coronation pointing out the fact that of course in times gone by, kings and queens of scotland were crowned in scone palace with the scottish crown jewels, which we are seeing today. crown jewels, which we are seeing today . but i suppose the seeing today. but i suppose the tradition in 1953 when it was started, it was reflecting the fact that the monarch of the

united kingdom is also the monarch of scotland and these are the oldest crown jewels in great britain. they were hidden dunng great britain. they were hidden during the english civil war, so they were hidden away from oliver cromwell's army . and oliver cromwell's army. and therefore, when the original crown jewels, which were housed in the tower of london, when king charles, the first lost his head , they were all melted down. head, they were all melted down. but these scottish crown jewels were saved . they are more were saved. they are more ancient than the ones in the tower of london. so perhaps it was thought it was that they should be in for an event should be in use for an event such as this. it doesn't happen every year. doesn't happen every year. it doesn't happen all time . it is when there all the time. it is when there is a change of reign and post coronation. >> okay, well, the royal procession to start any procession is about to start any minute now. we're keeping a very beady eye on the door. the palace holyroodhouse to see palace of holyroodhouse to see king charles and queen camilla and the princess of wales as they get into their cars and make that journey to saint giles louis cathedral, where all the

guests are, we understand now, are seated , including scotland's are seated, including scotland's first minister, humza yousuf and scottish conservative leader douglas ross . it will be douglas ross. it will be interesting to oh , see there interesting to oh, see there there is king charles i. king charles has emerged was a very, very quick glimpse of him there and there is the prince and princess of wales or the duke and duchess of rothesay, as we should call them. apologies, correction scotland looking resplendent in blue. >> and the guard there presenting arms and saluting. so they're in the car behind and cameron, as you were saying, perhaps this one reflects it is slightly slimmed down, as you say. no princess royal, of course, who was very much part of the queen's funeral occasion there in scotland last year. >> yes, indeed. it is just we are just expecting the king, queen and the duke and duchess of rothesay, william and catherine here you just saw a glimpse of william and catherine's outfit . it's i can

catherine's outfit. it's i can tell i have just been sent by kensington palace. what's prince william is wearing? he's wearing his number one uniform. garth sash with the lesser george raf wings and four medals, the golden jubilee medal. diamond jubilee medal, platinum jubilee medal and the coronation medal. and the most ancient and most noble order of the thistle mantle and collar with the saint andrew. so a lot of regalia. the future king has on. i do not have the princess of wales's outfit just yet, but as soon as ihave outfit just yet, but as soon as i have those details, i'll bring them to you. >> i think there was a splash of blue we could their blue blue we could see their blue dress and royal blue. >> just listen in for >> let's just listen in for a moment. cameron because it'll be interesting see sort of interesting to see what sort of reception they get as make reception they get as they make their the royal mile, their way along the royal mile, because we know there are obviously a number of anti—monarchy protesters gathered .

well, so far you can't hear much chanting, but i suspect you will when the cars when the cars go past on that route down to saint giles cathedral and actually a lot of royal fans seem to be a bit annoyed that the anti—monarchists have bagged a prime position. right outside the cathedral . cameron, what are the cathedral. cameron, what are you hearing there ? you hearing there? >> duchess well, i can i can now bnng >> duchess well, i can i can now bring you the duchess of rothesay. s outfit. details she's wearing a coat by catherine walker hats by philip treacy and a necklace from the late queen's collection. so a

nod to our former sovereign there, i suspect the reason we're not hearing crowds cheering or indeed shouting not my king, depending on your persuasion, is because the cars haven't quite reached saint giles cathedral just yet . but i giles cathedral just yet. but i can see from from a separate shot that the car is now driving up the royal mile. so i suspect a very shortly the royal procession will arrive at saint giles cathedral. it was expected to be about ten minutes between leaving the palace of holyrood and getting to saint giles charles. of course, there are quite a lot of crowd members there. they've been there from very early, early this morning. you can see the police presence , lots of police on show . of , lots of police on show. of course, security is pretty tight for an event such as this. and actually, unlike the mal for the coronation in london, they have blocked off the crossing points from from quite early. so if you're stuck on one side of the barriers there down the royal mile, you're going to have to go

a very long way around to get to the other side . so let's hope the other side. so let's hope there's doctor's appointments there's no doctor's appointments or people or hospital appointments. people are and have are trying to get to and have just caught up in all of just been caught up in all of this. of these celebrations this. all of these celebrations . of course, the vast . but, of course, the vast majority are majority of people there are celebrating the fact that the king is being presented with the honours of scotland. but of course, we have to reflect there are at least 300 protests there as well . as well. >> protesters we can just see now the cars are travelling at a pretty sedate pace and as you would say, crossing point there, that yellow sign on the right, that's certainly used that's not certainly being used at moment as the bentley at the moment as the bentley heads down with the royal standard. they're flying and well, we can see applause, clapping and certainly some cheers as well . yeah, i think cheers as well. yeah, i think it's . by the way, from the side it's. by the way, from the side of the car there, from the king and the queen as they head along the royal mile. >> we have to say, pretty

substantial crowds. >> cameron yeah , absolutely. >> cameron yeah, absolutely. >> cameron yeah, absolutely. >> i think it's a pretty strong applause and cheers there from a vast majority of monarchy supporters and indeed tourists who just happen to be here and have hit the jackpot in terms of when they plan to come to edinburgh in the far distance, you can just about make out the yellow flags and banners of the not king republican protest, not my king republican protest, but i mean, just looking at the screen there, for those of you watching on television, it's pretty they are pretty clear that they are outnumbered by high monarchy supporters as so far, it appears there has not been any security issues.i there has not been any security issues. i can just see the royal down here, a bit of chanting now, cameron, let's just listen

in >> well, the national anthem playing there as the king and queen and the duke and duchess of rothesay arrive and we can see them ascending the steps there with the pipes playing as well. the royal party. and i think certainly, cameron, that the band drowned out the voices of protest. there >> yeah , we did hear the start >> yeah, we did hear the start of those protest before they were quite quickly drowned out by the national anthem. it would appear that the king and queen

are both wearing their thistle robes . i suppose order of the robes. i suppose order of the most noble order of the thistle, which is the oldest and most noble order of chivalry in scottish . and i believe, i think scottish. and i believe, i think the queen was appointed to that quite exclusive order earlier this year or very soon after the accession , i should say . but it accession, i should say. but it looks like the king queen and duke and duchess of rothesay have now entered st giles' cathedral for the service. the service of thanksgiving, and the king is going to be presented with the honours of scotland. we also have the equerry there of the king, majorjohnny thompson . i know that commander rob dixon , i think that's him just dixon, i think that's him just behind him. he is the equerry to the prince and princess of wales known, of course, as the duke and duchess of rothesay in scotland . many dignitaries, many scotland. many dignitaries, many politicians as and of course, those that people's procession, we believe are also inside saint

giles cathedral for the ceremony as well . if you think there as well. if you think there seems to be a bit of a battle going on there between the bagpipes and the not my king protesters, so i'll let the viewers and listeners make up their mind as to who won that one. yeah. or perhaps who is the most tuneful, but just most tuneful, but let's just reflect that. >> what's about to take place in the cathedral itself is going to be actually quite a serious moment of reflection and dedication as well as celebration. this is still a pretty important service . pretty important service. >> yeah, it absolutely is. it's the national service of thanksgiving and dedication where he will be presented. the king will be presented with the honours of scotland and senior figures of the church of scotland will be in attendance here at saint giles cathedral. the procession is being escorted into the abbey , i believe, by into the abbey, i believe, by the high constables of

edinburgh. and we must reflect as well that a number of musical compositions have been composed specifically for this service inside the st giles' cathedral and also representatives from different political parties here in scotland have been invited and are in attendance. there is and are in attendance. there is a scottish parliamentary procession in st giles' cathedral, so we have the leader of the scottish conservative and unionist party, douglas ross, the leader of the scottish labour party. anas sarwar anas sarwar scottish liberal democrats. alex cole—hamilton scottish national party as well. the ben macpherson and the and a couple of other politicians as well, not the green party. they have decided not to attend . they have decided not to attend. they have decided not to attend. they have declined the invitation , have declined the invitation, but there's also representatives from schools and colleges and the universities of scotland. so deer park primary school, as an example, is being represented here and there . head teacher here and there. head teacher mrs. anne rice is processing in to the cathedral as well. we

also have city of glasgow college , their their principal college, their their principal and chief executive doctor paul little . he is processing in and little. he is processing in and the university of dundee as an example. again professor ian gillepsie . he is the principal gillepsie. he is the principal of the university of dundee. so a number of different organisations are part of this service. it's truly is a service for the whole country of scotland. well we've just seen the, the raf and the royal navy and the royal regiment marching off there with another scene here of the royal mile because we did hear quite vocal protests. >> i think we can just catch up fairly shortly with tony mcguire , who is our correspondent , , who is our correspondent, scottish correspondent there on the royal mile, because certainly there was a battle between the massed pipes and drums and the protesters who may have some kind of megaphone because that was quite loud as well. just to remind you, not my king, because they do have a prime location just outside the

cathedral . cathedral. >> yes. around to hundred anti—monarchy protesters are gathered there and certainly royal fans, i think, have have been a little bit annoyed that by the position that they have taken and they are gathered right outside the cathedral, tony mcguire should be able to join us very shortly to tell us how noisy it was or wasn't from where he was standing. i'm not sure whether tony can hear us at the moment . that service inside the moment. that service inside saint giles cathedral is about to start in the next few moments. that's a national service of thanksgiving . let's service of thanksgiving. let's talk now to our correspondent tony mcguire . tony, what was it tony mcguire. tony, what was it like from where you were standing? did you hear those protesters or were were they actually quite quiet in comparison to that to that national anthem being played ? national anthem being played? >> yeah, i'm really sorry.

you're going to have to speak up. my eardrums are well and truly busted after that last half hour. what a raucous . but half hour. what a raucous. but certainly it was it was quite, quite an experience to really be in the thick of it. and among it. and actually, you know, as i mentioned earlier, they had closed off the mail to allow the procession to go by. and therefore, there was therefore, there there was actually a few not making actually quite a few not making repubuc actually quite a few not making republic anti—monarchists on our side as well. you know, and i think we saw some of the live pictures as the procession came around. you know, i thought all the best tennis was happening in wimbledon this week. but you know, time not king got know, every time not my king got off into a roar with their chant. we heard the boos from the pro—monarchy supporters . and the pro—monarchy supporters. and then, of course, we also had those pipes . and what better way those pipes. and what better way to drown out a protest on the king's behalf than the beautiful, surreal sound of the bagpipes hitting the stone walls around the royal mile. quite an experience, as i said. but you

know what i will say in defence of republic, right? try know what i will say in defence of republic, right ? try not to of republic, right? try not to lynch me for this. everybody at home. but you know, we were there very early doors this morning around 8:00 and republic made the point of picking that patch and getting there at the david hume statue on loan market quite early . so i don't think quite early. so i don't think that it was a site set aside for them. i think they just thought ahead. them. i think they just thought ahead . and then as the day went ahead. and then as the day went on, their numbers grew and grew . but as i said earlier, the number of pro—monarchy support for the monarchy right up and down this royal mile as far superior certainly at some points in the mail here seen at about ten thick as everybody tried to peer around all the smartphones clicking away up in the air. but hopefully everybody caught sight of the cars as they drove up. they certainly heard the bagpipes and hopefully this will be a really lovely memory for a lot of people to take back to wherever they came from. we

certainly heard lots of accents here today, lots of scots as well. and really jovial well. and really a jovial atmosphere. certainly as far atmosphere. and certainly as far as i'm aware and please don't quote me on this, but i don't think there is any any real violence or any any any nastiness . let's call it over at nastiness. let's call it over at the protest there. everything seems to be loud , but very, very civil. >> we could just see the saltire flying there behind you with that gentleman holding the flag. i mean, as well as the question of the monarchists, i mean, are there scottish independence supporters ? i don't know whether supporters? i don't know whether you can get to him. i think he was just over your right shoulder there with the saltire. i are they their i mean, are they making their voice known well or is he voice known as well or is he disappeared now? >> i mean, i think one >> yeah. i mean, i think one yeah he's away . he's away yeah he's away. he's away actually the there . actually down the street there. but we're surrounded but you know, we're surrounded by a lot. think what you by quite a lot. i think what you have remember is that the, have to remember is that the, the kind of anti—monarchy movement closely linked movement is quite closely linked with idea of scottish with the very idea of scottish independence , ergo the point of independence, ergo the point of unionism is very closely linked with the monarchy, you know, and there is some kind of clear

lines. it's not exclusive. you know, everybody is free to think on either issue themselves. and very much quite often they do . very much quite often they do. but certainly is quite but certainly there is quite a lot of similarities there. however, you know, i will say again that everyone is quite civil, and i think the testament to that is really the mix of people seeing a lot of not making republicans seen a lot more monarchist who have been in around in the street . but around in the street. but certainly everything seems to have gone on this side of the street anyway without a hitch. >> tony, thank you very much indeed us there in indeed for updating us there in the of it. thank you very the thick of it. thank you very much. now now, the national health service is 75 years old today, but there are signs that its age could be catching up with it. >> earlier, deputy prime minister's questions the snp's mhairi black questioned the impact of brexit on the uk's shortage of doctors and nurses. meanwhile health minister maria caulfield has warned that the record waiting list of 7.4 million will only increase . us. million will only increase. us. >> and this comes, of course, as

the country's three main health -—— tanks are warning that the think tanks are warning that the nhs may not make it in its current to its 100th current shape to its 100th birthday without urgent life support. perhaps. well, let's get more. the deputy political edhon get more. the deputy political editor, tom harwood, joining us from country's from outside the country's oldest hospital, bart's, of oldest hospital, st bart's, of course , which has offered help course, which has offered help to many over, well, the centuries . the question is, will centuries. the question is, will it be there for centuries to come? this is the question for the health administrators and the health administrators and the politicians . the politicians. >> well, yes . st the politicians. >> well, yes. st bart's was founded in 1123 ad it's almost a thousand years old as a medical institution. however, for the last 75 years, it's been owned by the state. it was nationalised alongside all the other hospitals in the land in 1948. as part of that inception of the nhs. but it whilst the way in which that health care has changed this health care is still being delivered. of course , in the building behind me, the question is , is how sustainable question is, is how sustainable is this model that was founded ,

is this model that was founded, of course, 75 years ago today? the original vision of the nhs is it would make us all a healthier society and therefore it wouldn't be that expensive to run. indeed, the initial estimates saw the cost of the nhs declining after several years , when in reality new years, when in reality new innovation in medicine, new medicines and technology and all the rest of it saw those costs. instead of going down, going up and the costs have been climbing and the costs have been climbing and climbing ever since. indeed in the last 15 years the cost of the nhs to the taxpayer has risen by 50. and there are many discussions now in terms of how does the country continue to pay for that increasing cost out or indeed what services are still provided . now, the government provided. now, the government itself doesn't want to do any sort of revolutionary changes, nor it must be said, does the opposition. but the words of the

health secretary today have been evolution rather than revolution . yet it must be said that people who have previously been in the hot seat of running the health service , the former health service, the former health secretary, sajid javid , health secretary, sajid javid, andindeed health secretary, sajid javid, and indeed the former prime minister tony blair, have in the last few days themselves say that perhaps more radical reform is needed to this service to keep it alive for the future . keep it alive for the future. >> we just want to bring you some breaking news from wimbledon , because just stop. wimbledon, because just stop. oil supporters have disrupted in the last few minutes those tennis championships. they say we cannot leave it to the to next generation pick up the pieces they ran to on court 18, throwing an environmentally friendly orange confetti , friendly orange confetti, glitter and jigsaw pieces onto the courts. >> yes, the match between grigor dimitrov and shimon bukhoro. one protester sitting on the court itself. so clearly it's

disrupted play just to remind you, of course, there was a heightened security in place. they were doing full bag and body searches in what was described as airport type security for those trying to get into wimbledon. some of the queues the first day, therefore more than ten hours. and many of the spectators obviously voicing their concern at the time it was taking in. but because of this threat. now, just to remind you, ihope threat. now, just to remind you, i hope tom is still with us, that the home secretary was due to meet sporting chiefs this afternoon to discuss the continuing threat from these protesters , in particular, the protesters, in particular, the just stop oil protesters . but it just stop oil protesters. but it appears that they have managed to evade all the security measures at wimbledon. so caught up 18 play interrupted throwing this confetti and jigsaw onto the grass. i think. tom tom is back with us. tom, i know he's not at the moment, but certainly we can indicate that the question was so serious that the

home secretary was due to meet sporting figures this afternoon to discuss what should be done , to discuss what should be done, beanng to discuss what should be done, bearing in mind the disruption that's happened at the cricket, the rugby and the horse race at the rugby and the horse race at the cricket, when a just stop oil protester again evaded security , ran cricket security, ran onto that cricket pitch and was carried off by johnny bairstow, the wicket keepen >> after after throwing around that orange powder . >> after after throwing around that orange powder. and >> after after throwing around that orange powder . and now, that orange powder. and now, a week on, they have struck on court 18 only within the last 10 or 20 minutes or so, disrupting that match and throwing around orange confetti, glitter and jigsaw pieces. orange confetti, glitter and jigsaw pieces . and they were jigsaw pieces. and they were swiftly removed and play was briefly delayed while marshals picked up the pieces. but as mark says, there is this meeting going on today because they have been targeting sports events. they targeted the rugby, they targeted snooker championships in sheffield . they do keep in sheffield. they do keep seeming to evade security at these events and that security

has been stepped up. at wimbledon. we saw the lengthy queues on the first and second day at wimbledon and also they banned chalk powder from wimbledon. they banned people taking in cable ties. wimbledon. they banned people taking in cable ties . and then taking in cable ties. and then this afternoon , they have struck this afternoon, they have struck on court 18. and it was something that that andy murray spoke about as well, didn't he? he said, you know, they need to be careful because us players, we've got rackets in our hands. >> yeah. so let's just update you on what we've got. this is one of the out courts of course, court 18. it's not the centre of the tournament, but what we're being told in a statement just stop oil. we can't leave it to the next generation to pick up the next generation to pick up the referring perhaps to the pieces, referring perhaps to the pieces, referring perhaps to the fact two of the the fact that two of the protesters threw this jigsaw and confetti court . deborah confetti onto the court. deborah wilde, 68 years old, a retired teacher . apparently one of the teacher. apparently one of the protesters came onto the court just after 2:10. i'm just an ordinary grandmother in resistance to this government's policy of serving us new oil and

gas licences . liz in normal gas licences. liz in normal circumstances , this sort of circumstances, this sort of disruption would be entirely unacceptable . all but these, she unacceptable. all but these, she said, aren't normal circumstances . forget circumstances. forget strawberries and cream scientists are warning of impending food shortages, mass displacement and war. we're facing new pandemics , economic facing new pandemics, economic inflation and increasingly authoritarian governments. so that's their stand at wimbledon , right? >> we will now go back to the 75th anniversary where i think we can join our west midlands reporter jack carson , who's in reporter jack carson, who's in nye bevan hometown of tredegar . nye bevan hometown of tredegar. jack, are they celebrating their the 75th anniversary of the nhs or are they all pretty depressed about the state of it ? about the state of it? >> there have been some celebrations for the nhs birthday over the past few days. on sunday, the last sunday just gone. they did have what's known as the as the bevan parade for bevan day , where there was a big bevan day, where there was a big parade through the town here

celebrating the life of, of course, the former labour health minister who founded the nhs back in 1948. it was based on the tredegar workmen's medical aid society. here in tredegar. it was a society which was founded initially back in 1890, and essentially local people pay and essentially local people pay a small amount, whether it was monthly, quarterly, weekly , monthly, quarterly, weekly, even, to then access health care and treatments free at the point of use. in fact, speaking in parliament, when tredegar when bevan rather announced this this this the this foundation of the of a national health service. he said all i'm doing is extending to the entire population of britain the benefits we've had in tredegar for a generation of more. he said. we're going to tredegar ise you in fact that is the that the inscription on the that is the inscription on the that is the inscription on the mural of bevan on the wall that you might be able to see on the shopping centre here behind me. part of me. that's part of the celebration that's been, that's been this nhs been given as part of this nhs 75th elsewhere in 75th anniversary. elsewhere in wales well. there's been wales as well. there's also been a called the aneurin

a train on called the aneurin bevan train been named bevan train that's been named after of course for this 75 after him of course for this 75 year anniversary of the nhs. but it does mean that celebrates this birthday of the national health service. this area health service. this this area in particular has maybe more of a particular affinity with the national service . i spoke national health service. i spoke to tyrrell a bit to alan tyrrell a little bit earlier on why the nhs to earlier on about why the nhs to this area is important. this area is so important. >> i think the nhs is probably the greatest thing the united kingdom has ever produced. you know, for the uk and as a role model for the rest the world. model for the rest of the world. you know , it's one of bevan's you know, it's one of bevan's other quotes . he roughly says other quotes. he roughly says something along the lines of you cannot take any society , you cannot take any society, you cannot take any society, you cannot take any society seriously. if it doesn't care for its people . and that's what for its people. and that's what the nhs does and it's something that we should be remarkably proud of . so that's very much proud of. so that's very much here. >> the view of the residents here in tredegar. and just just to say in the last week on the state of the nhs here in wales, of course it is run by the labour party, the nhs here as it

is of course devolved. there has been a warning from the british medical association for wales to the that the welsh government saying that they're funding they're urging for more funding and staff help given the fact that been an 18% that there has been an 18% decrease the number of gp decrease in the number of gp surgeries in wales the last surgeries in wales over the last decade, lydon tredegar decade, john lydon tredegar effectively the birthplace of course bevan of the nhs. >> thank you very much for updating us there. well, let's move to down further down into the now to axminster the south—west now to axminster and join our south west reporter jeff moody, who is there a tea party, i think bit early for tea, i know, but perhaps they're getting it all ready. geoff >> well, no, there's plenty of tea and cake being consumed here. the nhs has been asking communities right across the country to organise tea parties throughout the day today to celebrate their birthday . so celebrate their birthday. so i've come to one here just outside exminster, which is called new leaf. that's the organisation , it's an nhs run organisation, it's an nhs run organisation, it's an nhs run organisation and ed is going to explain to us exactly what new

leaf is. ed what is new leaf? >> okay, so new leaf is a vocational rehabilitation service. our role is to help people find their way back to paid employment. so we work with people from the local community, from axminster, from exeter, east devon and so on. >> who are keen to take the first steps back to getting into into work . and we do that into work. and we do that through a variety of ways, through a variety of ways, through woodworking , through through woodworking, through horticulture and nursery work and through catering . and through catering. >> are these people that have mental health concerns? is that the main priority here? absolutely jeff. >> that's our focus to help people who've experienced a penod people who've experienced a period of mental health difficulties to rebuild their confidence, rebuild their social skills , get back into a routine skills, get back into a routine and a pattern that will help them take those first steps back to work. >> because we've been hearing a lot recently about about gp's prescribing, gardening as

instead of medicine, haven't they, as a way of improving people's mental health is that the idea here? >> that is one of the ways that we help people. in fact, new leaf has been working in this way for a good many years now and has been ahead of the curve really. but it's good to see that the gp's are catching up and many of the people that come and many of the people that come and work with us here as part of the team have come to them through a conversation with their gp. >> because when we look at the nhs birthday 75 years, we think of all the major achievements in people's lives saving people's lives, cancer treatments , heart lives, cancer treatments, heart attacks, that kind of thing, major operations. we don't necessarily think about the mental health side of things. do we know ? we know? >> that's right. i think the nhs mental health services are often placed second fiddle to the big hospitals, to the big acute hospitals, to the big acute hospitals . they obviously do hospitals. they obviously do incredible work. but the work we

do here at new leaf and in other nhs services within devon to support people with their mental health is absolutely vital and absolutely valuable. and we play absolutely valuable. and we play a small but significant part in a small but significant part in a number of people's lives through the work that we do in vocational rehabilitation . vocational rehabilitation. >> so what does this anniversary mean to you? 75 years, 75 years. >> so i've worked with the nhs for over 20 years and i've been ever so proud to have a role within within the nhs, to be supporting people to provide that care and rehabilitation and for me it's a way of just celebrating the incredible achievements of not only this service in axminster, but the nhs as a whole and the incredible diversity of the work that we do and the diversity of the people that we support and thank you very much indeed. >> happy birthday to the nhs. well, people are arriving in their now to drink tea their droves now to drink tea and cake and to celebrate

and to eat cake and to celebrate this milestone and of course, to see jeff moody as well. >> let's not forget that in the last few moments we gave you the news that just stop oil protesters have disrupted wimbledon. >> well, we can now show you the latest pictures of what happened on court 18 when they ran out on to the court during a match between grigor dimitrov and sho shimabukuro . and they threw shimabukuro. and they threw orange coloured confetti and jigsaw onto the grass before one protester sat down on the court. in a statement, protester sat down on the court. in a statement , just stop, oil in a statement, just stop, oil said, we can't leave it to the next generation to pick up the pieces. it's not the clearest of pictures there , but that is pictures there, but that is court 18 and that is where the disruption took place. and interestingly, david beckham's there today, not on court 18, though he's watching all the action from centre court. we will bring you more on that as we get it. yeah, to protesters said to be deborah wilde, a retired teacher, london, retired teacher, 68 from london, and simon milner edwards, 66, a

retired musician from manchester. >> so not youngsters anyway. more from wimbledon, more from edinburgh, of course, with that thanksgiving service. more thanksgiving service. but more now the desk as . now from the news desk as. tamsin mark, thanks very much. >> here are the headlines at 233. the king is at saint giles cathedral in edinburgh , where cathedral in edinburgh, where he's being presented with the honours of scotland, the country's crown jewels, as part of the coronation celebrations, king charles will receive a crown, a sceptre and a sword made of gold , silver and gems . made of gold, silver and gems. the nhs has been described as a treasured national institute nafion treasured national institute nation as it celebrates 75 years. but labour is warning the health service will die without further investment and modernisation. a record 7.4 million people are currently on waiting lists and the government has acknowledged the figure could get worse before it gets better. party leaders , along better. party leaders, along with the duke and duchess of

edinburgh, were among to edinburgh, were among those to attend special service at attend a special service at westminster abbey, paying tribute staff . there's anger tribute to staff. there's anger over plans which would see the closure of almost every railway station ticket office in england. the proposal, unveiled by the rail delivery group, affects hundreds of stations with facilities only expected to remain open at the busiest locations. disability charities and unions are among those who voiced their concerns , saying it voiced their concerns, saying it will impact vulnerable people and will lead to job losses . as and will lead to job losses. as sky schools across england have been forced to close or restrict access to students chats with teachers walking off the job in a row over pay. it's their seventh strike this year , and seventh strike this year, and unions have warned there'll be more action in the autumn if a deal can't be reached as well as lessons. end of term events like school trips and sports days are also being disrupted . well you also being disrupted. well you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website,

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force the government to toughen up its plans for reducing sewage, being dumped in our rivers and seas. last year. those water firms pumped raw sewage into those rivers . and sewage into those rivers. and seas 301,000 times, totalling a total of 1.7 5,000,000 hours, would you believe, gosh , you can would you believe, gosh, you can hardly get your head around those figures, can you? >> well, in the next few minutes, we will be speaking to our reporter about this. but we must tell you also that must just tell you also that companies currently a companies currently have a deadune companies currently have a deadline 2050 stop sewage deadline of 2050 to stop sewage discharges. but this legal challenge to bring that challenge aims to bring that forward and introduce tougher targets. our reporter paul hawkins will be explaining more about this, hopefully in the next few minutes . next few minutes. >> yeah, just to reflect, of course, we've had the house of lords taking off what the regulator to task over its failure to actually police the water companies. but we'll have the latest from a sewer. no less, coming up. something for you to look forward to.

>> don't know what that's going to like. to look like. >> well, give an idea. now >> well, give you an idea. now let's tell you some other let's just tell you some other news that's happening with a decision the grey of decision on whether the grey of the famous busters dog can the famous dam busters dog can be from scampton . and be removed from scampton. and that's expected to be heard later today . later today. >> today, dog served as the >> today, the dog served as the mascot the legendary raf mascot for the legendary raf squadron and was buried on the former base at request former air base at the request of owner. but now the home of his owner. but now the home office to convert the office has plans to convert the base into a migrant camp . base into a migrant camp. >> east midlands reporter will hollis has the story for us. >> if the courage of the dambusters men is the heart of their story, then their mascot dog is the soul from flying with wing commander guy gibson to drinking beer with the men of 617 squadron , the black labrador 617 squadron, the black labrador is synonymous with the second world war raid . now, 80 years on world war raid. now, 80 years on from his death , he's at the from his death, he's at the centre of a british controversy with scampton airbase shut and asylum seekers in coming the raf says it can no longer protect

the grave and its heritage . they the grave and its heritage. they want to dig up and remove any remains to marham in norfolk. the current home of 617 loke owls are furious . sarah and paul owls are furious. sarah and paul live next to raf scampton . live next to raf scampton. >> i mean, you don't live here without becoming attached to the history of the base. the so , you history of the base. the so, you know, knowing that part of that's gone and a huge part of that's gone and a huge part of that has gone would be quite upsetting . upsetting. >> he lived here, he died here. his graves here. this is where he belongs . he belongs. >> for the people living here in scampton guy gibson's dog isn't just a part of the dambusters story, it's also a part of their story. and they feel that it's their job to story. and they feel that it's theirjob to preserve it in the their job to preserve it in the same way that the raf says that it does . parts of the historic it does. parts of the historic base have listed status, which covers the dog's grave. any change to a protected building and its surroundings must go through the local council. in

this case west lindsey in lincolnshire . lincolnshire. >> this is hangar one. hangar two is the next one along and at the front of hangar two is where guy gibson's dogs buried. >> councillors like roger are battling the home office to try and scrap a plan to put asylum seekers at the former base . he seekers at the former base. he says if it happens , they can says if it happens, they can kiss goodbye to a £300 million heritage deal for scampton , the heritage deal for scampton, the dog's grave is part of our heritage, but it's also part of our future because is the future here. >> if we get what we want with the £300 million deal, enrols a world class heritage centre and the dog's grave is part of the story of 617 squadron . story of 617 squadron. >> hundreds of people have given feedback on the planning application . historic england application. historic england recommends refusing as it would harm the significance of the wider site. gibson's dog died when it was hit by a carjust when it was hit by a car just hours before the raid . the wing hours before the raid. the wing commander then hid the death from his men, fearing it could be seen as a bad omen. buried

overnight. but he's been resting there ever since . the decision there ever since. the decision on removing him is expected tonight at a planning meeting badged as extraordinary . will badged as extraordinary. will hollis gb news in scampton . hollis gb news in scampton. let's get more live with will now at the base and will it's such a touchy topic. >> it was raised in the commons by sir edward leigh. the mp, saying let the dog rest at us . saying let the dog rest at us. >> well, this has been a story that's been rumbling on for a number of months and of course that big wide picture, that big view of the story is that the home office is trying to move 2000 asylum seekers into the former raf base here at scampton . but the issue of guy gibson's dog has been described to me by the local people that live in the local people that live in the village of scampton as just another part of the battle that they're fighting. and if the people here that don't want the dog to be removed, win tonight

at this west lindsey district council meeting, that the council itself is describing as extra ordinary, then that might indicate where this might go in a judicial review. of course , a judicial review. of course, it's being described as extraordinary because most meetings of a local council's planning committee don't have hundreds of people wanting to express their opinion. and there was around 200 or so comments from members of the public on that listed building consent planning application , a listed planning application, a listed building consent application is what has to be put forward to a local planning authority. if you want to make any sort of change to a listed building, whether that's an alteration or whether it's complete demolition . and of it's complete demolition. and of course, guy gibson's dog is in the curtilage of one of the hangars, hangar two, which has grade two listing. so while the dog itself isn't sorry, while the dog's grave itself isn't protected, it's protected because it is in the surroundings of that building. so what we might see tonight at west lindsey district council's

planning committee meeting is lots of people expressing their opinion, not just people from scampton or people from lincolnshire, but probably people that have come from around the country to express how much they don't want this dog to be moved. the dog was loved in its life , alive in 1943 loved in its life, alive in 1943 until its sad death , which of until its sad death, which of course happened on the same night that the dambuster men raided those dams in germany . raided those dams in germany. but people here have a collective memory about what that dog symbolises. of course, that dog symbolises. of course, that dog's name is a racial slur. it's not used in in common conversation now. and that's why there is a lot of controversy around it. and it is, of course, one of the reasons why the raf says that it believes that leaving this dog's grave here is would mean that it is at risk. and so it is a big conversation here in lincolnshire and it's certainly a big conversation onune certainly a big conversation online as well. and you're going to hear a lot from it tonight at

lincolnshire showground where this extra ordinary council meeting is expected to be held tonight . tonight. >> final resting place for the dog was actually guy gibson's choice. he wanted the dog there because it was close to his office without number two aircraft hangar. >> yes, of course. so the story as it goes was that guy gibson's dog was killed in the hours before him. and his men would go into conduct that raid . it is into conduct that raid. it is literally right outside of his office, which is hangar two. which of course, has that grade two listing. and it's been there ever since. it's been 80 years. and quite coincidentally, it's 82 miles away to raf marham in norfolk, which is the current home of 617 squadron. so it would be if it is going to be dug up and removed and taken to raf marham, it will move one mile for every year that it's been dead and buried here at raf

scampton will, thank you very much indeed for taking us through that. >> and of course we'll see what emerges of that meeting tonight. thank you very much indeed. let's show you some more pictures from this. pictures now from this. >> just stop oil protests at this time at wimbledon. a week ago, protesters struck at the ashes at lords. now they've disrupted court 18 at wimbledon. these are the latest pictures . these are the latest pictures. and what they did was they ran on to the court during a match and threw orange coloured confetti and a jigsaw onto the grass before one protester sat down on the court. one of them said, we cannot leave it to the next generation to pick up the pieces. as play was disrupted for a short amount of time. well, should we bring you an action replay because we can bnng action replay because we can bring you the moment that this happenedin bring you the moment that this happened in this . match happened in this. match >> there we go. and the confetti and what's the jigsaw for apparently being thrown onto the pitch there ? and we believe that

pitch there? and we believe that that particular colour match, which was gregore dimitrov and sho shimabukuro , was then sho shimabukuro, was then disrupted . and with simon disrupted. and with simon milner, elle edwards, 66 years old, a retired from musician from manchester, getting onto the grass on the court, saying, i'm for here my grandchildren and everybody else's . i'm for here my grandchildren and everybody else's. i'm not prepared to let our politicians wreck everything and leave the next generation to pick up the pieces. but clearly it was the groundstaff that then had to pick pieces. that was pick up the pieces. that was strewn the court and strewn across the court and questions being asked. despite the extra security at wimbledon , with all those bag checks and body searches that two protesters to get protesters managed to get through to make protest. through to make that protest. >> well, mean, they've done it >> well, i mean, they've done it again. at the ashes again. they did it at the ashes last when they onto the last week when they ran onto the cricket pitch. and jonny bairstow, if you remember, carried protester they carried a protester off. they did the in did it at the snooker in sheffield. and now at about 2:00 this afternoon, they struck at wimbledon , many did wimbledon, as many people did fear. mean, andy murray was fear. i mean, andy murray was was about and i think was asked about it, and i think he tried to deter them by saying

they need to remember that us players tennis rackets players have got tennis rackets in think we can in our hands. we think we can just show those pictures just show you those pictures again from court 18. it again from court 18. so it wasn't centre court where david beckham today. was court beckham is today. it was court 18 that match between grigor dimitrov. and if you look on the left hand side, that's where they throw this orange confetti and a jigsaw onto the grass. there was another protester sits down on the court. >> yeah, another protester they saw on the left hand side of the shot with grey hair. that's deborah wilde, who's 68, a retired teacher from london, who actually also confetti on actually also put confetti on onto the court. i'm just an ordinary grandmother, she said in resistance to this government's policy of serving new oil and gas licences, going on to say forget strawberries and cream sign . artists are and cream sign. artists are warning impending food warning of impending food shortages, displacement and shortages, mass displacement and war. but as you may have heard , war. but as you may have heard, you still have both, can't you? >> you can still have strawberries and cream. >> i think certainly in terms of listening the crowd there, listening to the crowd there, they wanted the tennis, perhaps rather this protest. but

rather than this protest. but let's just actually indicate to you the importance of this, because got suella because we've got suella braverman , the home secretary braverman, the home secretary meeting figures from across the sporting world to discuss what's going to be done to try and put more measures in place to stop these protests. we understand that's going on this afternoon . that's going on this afternoon. we haven't got details on it as yet , but there were fears, we haven't got details on it as yet, but there were fears, as we were saying , that this may have were saying, that this may have been the latest occasion that just oil made their voices just stop oil made their voices heard and their indication that they're going to try and carry on with these protests. >> and very interesting that even with these increased security measures where loads more items was put on the banned list. so if you wanted to get into wimbledon, you couldn't bnngin into wimbledon, you couldn't bring in sort of chalk bring in some sort of chalk powder, couldn't bring powder, you couldn't bring in cable ties . they've cable ties. they've still managed evade security. managed to evade security. here's her. here's the last quote from her. >> the last thing i want to do is spoil people's enjoyment of wimbledon. well, there we are. >> we believe that. >> we believe that. >> now tributes being paid to

the nhs. and today it's 75th birthday. many leading nhs figures, politicians weighing in on what's should be prescription to ensure our health service reaches 100 years old. the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, arguing that only labour can provide the tonic it needs to survive. well, joining us now is head of the commission on health and prosperity at the institute bakhmut for public policy research. >> thomas . good to see >> chris thomas. good to see you, chris here on gb news news. what are your thoughts today? are you in a celebratory mood or are you as many people are just thoroughly depressed at the state of the nhs ? state of the nhs? >> well, mixed emotions as we reach this landmark day. so lots to, you know, kind of be thankful for in terms of the 75 years of having an nhs and the many people who have benefited that would have been excluded on basically means from the system that preceded it. >> but obviously we find ourselves in a very difficult situation. our polling today released today on on this

anniversary is that over the last three and a half years, as many as 17.5 million people have had difficulty and disruption in accessing the nhs care they need. and even more worryingly, not only is that impacting their health, but where they face that disruption, its impacting their social relationships , their social relationships, their ability to stay in work, their financial security . so i think financial security. so i think we find ourselves in a very difficult situation and a day where we need to have, yes, some reflection on the good, but some really honest conversation around what the future looks like. now >> yeah, in of those >> yeah, in terms of those conversations, it's interesting that two former health secretaries, and secretaries, sajid javid and also now yesterday stephen dorrell talking about the politicisation of all this and indicating perhaps, you know , indicating perhaps, you know, there needs to be a period when there needs to be a period when the nhs is left alone to sort itself out . itself out. >> yeah, i mean i think there's certainly a case that that some of the political interference with the nhs has been difficult . and certainly when we talk to people sector from people in the health sector from staff through to managers,

they're pulling their hair out at the kind of sheer complexity and often counterintuitiveness of the reforms that they're being asked to implement. equally, i think health is political . we need politicians political. we need politicians to come up with political visions what the future visions for what the future looks . i've yet to hear looks like. i've yet to hear fully compelling ones and for me, vision needs to do me, that vision needs to do something on prevention and the level of demand that's coming into the system. how do we manage that? it needs to be something on the location of care. do do it? do we care. where do we do it? do we need to shift it from hospitals to and it needs to be to community? and it needs to be something about particularly social care. but but more widely, features in widely, where care features in our society. widely, where care features in ouryeah,ty. widely, where care features in ouryeah, well, fixing social >> yeah, well, fixing social care plays a huge part in this, doesn't it? and the former prime minister tony blair, he is calling for radical reform and to make more use of the private sector to cut waiting times. is that something you would concur with? so i would concur with with? so i would concur with with with radical reform. >> i think the idea of using the private sector has its difficulties. on the one hand,

because it tends to be a more expensive way to deliver health care capacity. so nhs capacity, if we just build that in. so there's enough that does tend to be cheaper, but also because as our polling today has shown , our polling today has shown, there is a risk of a two tier system where people with means can get the health care they need, people without need, but people without means can't. we're also can't. and given that we're also showing health care isn't showing that health care isn't just death, it's just about life and death, it's also about our life chances, i think that could mean that there's a very real risk that we see health inequalities see not only health inequalities widen, actually and widen, but actually societal and economic widen as well. >> now, the king's fund has been pointing out survival rates , of pointing out survival rates, of course, in, i think france and sweden, particularly in drawing parallels with the situation here in britain. i mean, again, this perhaps unpalatable for this is perhaps unpalatable for the does the politicians, but it does seem countries are getting seem other countries are getting better at this than we are. >> i think that's right. >> yeah, i think that's right. i mean, we essentially have a situation in the uk where we pay and spend over the course of say, the last 15 years we spent below average and we barely keep

up with with mediocre motty. and i think that's really worrying our political leaders decided to gthink that's worrying and that would be worrying for i think that's really worrying and that would be worrying for people that cherish the nhs in people that cherish the nhs terms being delivered. terms of what's being delivered. but think what's kind of but i also think what's kind of quite pertinent at the moment is how our disruption of how much our disruption of health care is feeding into the biggest economic we biggest economic challenges we have. when people have. we know that when people don't get the health care that they need, they struggle to stay in market a time. in the labour market at a time. we've economic we've got record economic inactivity that financial inactivity that causes financial insecurity. it's playing into insecurity. so it's playing into that economic woe as well . that economic woe as well. >> chris thomas, head of the commission on health and prosperity at the institute for pubuc prosperity at the institute for public policy research . that's public policy research. that's a mouthful. thank you very much indeed for talking to us on gb news this afternoon. >> well, the nameplate fit on the desk. yeah. thank you very much indeed. now, let's just update what's update you with what's been going wimbledon , because going on at wimbledon, because security are security questions are being asked about the tournament asked now about the tournament after the protest earlier at court 18, which obviously is one of the outside courts. this is not centre court or or number one court, but they've got through the secure city of both

body checks and bag searches with with orange confetti and a jigsaw for being thrown onto court. 18 in the middle of the game . this is the moving game. this is the moving pictures coming look on the left hand side of the screen and you can see it all happening . can see it all happening. >> they have struck again. they did it a week ago at the ashes. we will bring you the very latest here on gb news. but thank you for your company. we are back tomorrow. >> game, set and

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