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>> we took this decision as swiftly as we could. we had to look at the evidence, we had to discuss that evidence with experts. we make sure we experts. we had to make sure we had in place for what had plans in place for what schools would be doing when they were told that they probably needed address this what was needed to address this what was previously regarded as low risk rack in their schools. but it's the right decision. it's the most cautious decision . most cautious decision. >> shadow justice secretary steve reed told us more should have been done if they'd put the measures in place at the beginning of the summer holidays. >> parents wouldn't be finding out now. just days before the start of the school term, that their child not got a school their child has not got a school to go to. and you just to go to. and if you just imagine how exhausted parents are a long summer are after a long summer holidays, all the holidays, after all the disruption of the of the pandemic, all of the pandemic, after all of the disruption the strikes that disruption of the strikes that the to the government refused to intervene in help sort as intervene in to help sort out as well. more disruption with well. now more disruption with just notice when the just days of notice when the government could have done something the beginning something about the beginning of the it the summer that they didn't. it is and it is

is neglect and it is incompetence on the part the incompetence on the part of the government . government. >> passengers are facing >> rail passengers are facing yet more disruption today as another wave of strikes brings some services across the country to a standstill. members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers. the rail delivery group describes the strike as unnecessary. the union says the government's refusing to make a reasonable pay offer. the dispute , which started over the dispute, which started over a year ago , now remains at a year ago, now remains at deadlock with no talks planned and no sign of a breakthrough. general secretary of aslef mick whelan says they'll keep striking until a pay offer a reasonable one, is made. >> the reality is that we haven't seen the transport ministers since last december. we haven't seen the rail ministers since the act of bad faith january and we haven't faith in january and we haven't seen erg since the deal they put to us with red lines in that to us with our red lines in that set up to in april. to us with our red lines in that set up to in april . we've set up to fail in april. we've been for the best part been here now for the best part of if takes of 14 months. if it takes another 14 months or another 14 years, still be here. and

years, we'll still be here. and at some point somebody is going to come and to us to have to come and talk to us and situation and resolve this situation elsewhere. >> leaders >> two former leaders of far right group proud boys, right group, proud boys, have been charges relating been jailed on charges relating to the storming of the us capitol building washington . capitol building in washington. joseph biggs and zachary royal were convicted of seditious conspiracy for trying to overturn donald trump's 2020 election defeat their prison terms of 15 and 17 years are below us sentencing guidelines and far lower than the 30 year term sought by federal prosecutors. both broke down with royal saying he let politics consume his life and lost track of who and what matters as back here, house pnces matters as back here, house prices fell in august at the sharpest annual rate in 14 years, according to nationwide. the banking giant says annual house prices fell by 5.3% last month, bringing the average property value to £259,000. it's the biggest annual drop since july . 2009. direct line will pay

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after the very people working to protect us from them. meteorologists named storms only when they're expected to have a medium or high impact on people. forecasters say it helps communicate just how serious the storms are . it'll be the first storms are. it'll be the first time the traditional male and female ordering of names will be altered . this is gb news across altered. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back over to the fabulous . mark rhiannon. fabulous. mark rhiannon. >> thanks very much indeed. so the government being urged to tell all the concrete truth and name all those schools that have been ordered to close over fears their buildings could collapse . their buildings could collapse. s department of education instructing more than 100 constructed with a particular type of concrete to close just days before school term due to start . the latest breaking news start. the latest breaking news we're getting schools we're getting that schools across northern being across northern ireland being checked plea for the

checked urgent plea for the presence the concrete that presence of the concrete that could collapse. could suddenly collapse. according to the department of education. past education. in the past few minutes as well. national minutes as well. the national education describing the education union describing the timing decisions as timing of all these decisions as a sign gross incompetence , as a sign of gross incompetence, as the government says its prioritising safety . let's speak prioritising safety. let's speak now to our reporter sophie reapen now to our reporter sophie reaper, who's at affected primary school at bingley and ed, sophie, this is the aspect. it's all so late in the day that the head teacher, particularly , the head teacher, particularly, we are really scrabbling around trying find alternative trying to find alternative accommodation . in accommodation. in >> absolutely. i mean, today is the final working day of the school summer holidays . but now school summer holidays. but now we know that as of monday , 104 we know that as of monday, 104 schools in england will have to close at least parts of their premises due to concerns over rac. now that is a weaker and less durable form of concrete that has a shelf life of around 30 years. now, this primary school behind me had its first ofsted report in 2002, so it's

unlikely that it's at major risk. but they've still had to make those closures. they've lost several teaching spaces as well as their kitchen. one parent has actually confirmed that the children will now be on packs lunches until the kitchen can be reopened . this primary can be reopened. this primary school is just one of two in bradford alone that we know will have to make closure . so in have to make closure. so in response to that, the council have said they've already ordered temporary teaching spaces. this school will receive theirs in around 8 to 10 weeks. but the other school will be waiting around 14 to 16 weeks to get access to those temporary teaching spaces . now, sue teaching spaces. now, sue landers, assistant director of schools and learning for bradford council, has said we are putting plans in place for those two schools to make sure no one is put at risk and also to minimise any disruption to children's education in head teachers at the affected schools are working with parents and staff so we can keep them

informed of the changes that are being put in place. now. that's just two of 104. there are almost 100 schools in england that we don't yet know the names of . and despite being urged to of. and despite being urged to release that list of names, the government is saying that parents will have to wait to hear from the schools directly . hear from the schools directly. >> just looking at what the head teachers now having to do. of course, the official guidance suggesting it was the schools would have to find the money for these extra spaces is and classrooms and toilets. and so on. but gibb saying, on. but nick gibb now saying, no, we will try and help. but clearly, again , no detail is clearly, again, no detail is being . being provided. >> it's one of those stories, mark, where the details are going to keep coming out over the coming days. of course, the department of education saying it a disgrace if it would be a disgrace if schools were expected to foot the bill. but the government now saying, say, that they saying, as you say, that they will do they can to take will do what they can to take over the financials of this concern. so do we know for all those mums and dads that cross

flats there what happens on the first day of term? >> do they turn up? and then obviously the teachers try and find correct spaces for them find the correct spaces for them or to perhaps , or will they have to perhaps, you know, home learning to some degree ? degree? >> i suppose it's all a little bit up in the air. there's nothing on the school's website that i've been able to see. there's nothing on social media. we reached out to the we have reached out to the school a comment, but school for a comment, but they've provided as they've not provided one as of yet. suppose the parents yet. so i suppose the parents will have to wait and see as far as we know, absolutely. >> yeah. all very last minute, of sophie, for the of course, sophie, for the moment, you for moment, however, thank you for bringing us that reaction there moment, however, thank you for bribingley; that reaction there moment, however, thank you for bribingley .that reaction there moment, however, thank you for bribingley . let's'eaction there moment, however, thank you for bribingley . let's speak1 there moment, however, thank you for bribingley . let's speak now re moment, however, thank you for bribingley . let's speak now to in bingley. let's speak now to our political editor, chris hope, joining from hope, joining us from westminster . christopher, westminster. christopher, they're sort doing this they're sort of doing this minute by minute, it seems. we're now being told in the past few minutes, schools across northern ireland to be checked urgently . the department of urgently. the department of education coming, but education confirm coming, but still won't name all the 104in england is it because they're only getting the details through or are they sort of trying to do

some triage . here some triage. here >> that's right. as you say , >> that's right. as you say, mark, in northern ireland, the education authority is ordering structural review of schools there in wales. structural review of schools there in wales . there's also there in wales. there's also been the looking at doing reviews there in wales . in reviews there in wales. in england, we know 156 different schools have this rac. this aero bar like problem with their concrete and the fears about roofs collapsing at any point . roofs collapsing at any point. 104 are being told today about the problems. the other 52 already underway and the. yes, i mean they want to try and get the message out first. and primarily first to the schools, the local authorities and then the local authorities and then the parents in that order. but we by nick gibb that we are told by nick gibb that this afternoon full list this afternoon the full list will and we can see will be published and we can see the scale of where these problems are, parts problems are, which parts of england affected. so we problems are, which parts of engwaiting affected. so we problems are, which parts of engwaiting for affected. so we problems are, which parts of engwaiting for that ffected. so we problems are, which parts of engwaiting for that listted. so we problems are, which parts of engwaiting for that list and so we are waiting for that list and we'll bring you the news as soon as gb it also as we get it. gb news is it also the that they're the fact, though, that they're looking structures? looking at other structures? >> i there's of >> i mean, there's talk of a hospital in wales, for instance, because we were told that this

story will be made of this material failed over the summer. so therefore, there had to be a reassessment of the dangers . reassessment of the dangers. >> that's right . it's called >> that's right. it's called reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. it's described to me as being like, imagine an aero bar. you can't on the outside it looks like a solid structure. but as soon as it can give way any point because the air any point because of the air bubbles inside it. and that's the problem they're facing. the big problem they're facing. yeah, there are six courts. is that where as well as as prisons and elsewhere hospitals , as you and elsewhere hospitals, as you say, there are six courts affected. one has to close and it's a problem really for public building through the 90s and 80s and it goes across parties, not really a political problem so much as a cost. a cost issue for the authorities at the time, which is coming home to bite right with venom. right now with venom. >> however, know that >> yeah. however, we know that the national audit office had had put the warning flags up back in june and of course we got the teaching unions accusing

the government of gross incompetence and negligence and labour saying, you know, they really need to get their act together very quickly. yeah well, the warnings have been there for a while, going back to 2018, at school roof 2018, a roof at school roof collapsed in 2021. >> the dfe, the education department in england, recognised the very likely risk department in england, re yeah. but precautionary principle taking precedence, of course , for the moment. course, for the moment. christopher, thank you for that

. you. as as soon as we . back to you. as as soon as we get list all get that complete list of all the schools . let's now the schools. but let's speak now to editor in chief of the to the editor in chief of the good guide and good schools guide and a conservative peer, lord ralph lucas, who join thank lucas, who can join us. thank you much indeed for joining lucas, who can join us. thank youi much indeed for joining lucas, who can join us. thank youi do much indeed forjoining lucas, who can join us. thank youi do wonder ndeed forjoining lucas, who can join us. thank youi do wonder whetherr joining lucas, who can join us. thank youi do wonder whether you ning us. i do wonder whether you might consider renaming might have to consider renaming it the safe schools guide in future . future. >> i think i think i'd have to employ a whole new set of inspectors to crawl around the insides of school roofs . you insides of school roofs. you know, it i don't think the government has done wrong. i think they've been abreast of this problem since it really became evident in 2018. they've been taking the best advice all the way through . and now that the way through. and now that that that advice has said, hang on, we got things wrong, it's worse than we thought . worse than we thought. >> right. so it's not that they're late on parade. it's the fact that the experts have changed their opinion as a result of, think it's a beam result of, i think it's a beam that over the summer that that failed over the summer that was thought to be intact . was thought to be intact. >> yeah. experts had said >> yeah. the experts had said there are ways of mitigating this. of living

this. there are ways of living with they've proved with it. and they've been proved wrong. government said, wrong. and the government said, we're not risking our children on think that's on this. and i think that's right. therefore , right. right. well, therefore, thoroughly inconvenient. it's a great it's better great mess, but it's far better than saying, oh, well, we'll wait next summer when wait till next summer when there's some time to deal with this. yeah. therefore however, it begs the question , what it begs the question, what number above that? >> 104. if the experts have got their calculations wrong , their calculations wrong, because clearly we're being told a whole tranche of public buildings, apart from schools, hospitals and so on, from the mid 50s onwards, was built with this . this material. >> well, this was the great miracle material. it was lighter . it was it was just as strong. it would last forever. and the what's gone wrong is that the optimism you can't with a new building material know that it's going to last forever. what people didn't do was watch how it was evolving. and now we're looking at replacing all concrete with different materials because concrete

generates so much carbon dioxide when you make it. generates so much carbon dioxide when you make it . we've really when you make it. we've really got to watch the risks that go with that . with that. >> however, there are those indicate waiting that the warning began ran in 2018, in earnest because they were then told this material only has a 30 year shelf life, has the government been negligent to that degree that they really should have been addressing this from 2018 onwards? >> i think there have been, but they've been taking advice that has turned out to be too optimistic . right. don't optimistic. right. i don't think you expect the department you can expect the department for be building for education to be building experts . they've listening for education to be building ex others they've listening for education to be building ex others .hey've listening to others. >> well, some may say perhaps they should be aware of the estate, that they have to look after. but on that very note, what happens now, because we had the official guidance telling head teachers, you've got to sort out the temporary situation , the accommodation, the toilets are yourself , pay for it are selling yourself, pay for it yourself. that's changed. yourself. now, that's changed. nick saying the nick gibb saying no, the government pay that i >> -- >> yeah, when i read the documents behind this this

morning, the government was saying that quite clearly . that saying that quite clearly. that seems to quite right. this is seems to me quite right. this is nothing individual nothing to do with individual schools . the government should nothing to do with individual schoolstakee government should nothing to do with individual schoolstake the vernment should nothing to do with individual schoolstake the weight nt should nothing to do with individual schoolstake the weight onshould nothing to do with individual schoolstake the weight on thisld should take the weight on this and make sure that schools don't have to about the money. have to worry about the money. they've got a lot of other things about in making things to worry about in making in dealing with this problem . in dealing with this problem. money should not be part of it . money should not be part of it. >> but what's the bill going to . be >> .be >>i . be >> i know given the nature of the material and 100 schools, you might you might guess at some several tens of millions of pounds. some several tens of millions of pounds . and so not not huge . pounds. and so not not huge. well, it's not it's been much worse in hospitals, which were entirely built in huge buildings have been made of this material. schools tend to be much smaller single storey stuff . single storey stuff. >> yeah. and we are being told northern ireland now is being checked urgently. as i understand it, it may well be i think roof beams or some roof

supports where the lightness of the material has indicated it's a good fit. so it's not the entire structure of a building for instance? >> no , i don't think there's any >> no, i don't think there's any danger where this material is used in walls. it's where it pretended to be load bearing. and that hasn't proven to be something that has lasted. and no . and england is way ahead of no. and england is way ahead of wales in this. i mean i don't think the labour party can gross and they're in charge in wales and they're not. they're not up to speed in terms of being a devolved authority. >> of course . yes, yes. >> of course. yes, yes. >>— >> of course. yes, yes. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> is it time for party politics, however, i mean we do have labour and the teaching unions accusing the government of gross incompetence and negligence. is that a fair assessment to make ? no i don't assessment to make? no i don't think so. >> but we're in a year of high politics and no one's going to miss an opportunity to criticise the government for anything . the government for anything. >> lord ralph lucas, thank you

very much indeed for your time and we'll get you let you get back guide to reassess back to your guide to reassess some the footnotes, perhaps. some of the footnotes, perhaps. thank very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. well, coming up on that. as well, more coming up on that. as we say, schools across northern ireland moment being ireland at the moment being reassessed urgently. and as we heard from christopher there, the list of the 104 schools likely to emerge a little later. we'll have that for you. also the social media star and the mum are due to be sentenced this afternoon for murdering two men dunng afternoon for murdering two men during a high speed car chase. that'll coming up later. stay that'll be coming up later. stay with us. >> that warm feeling inside from the boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast, a fine day in scotland, sunny spells here, but showers elsewhere and perhaps some longer spells of rain for a time as a number of weather fronts clear through. but they clear ing low but they are clear ing low pressure is disappearing through

the rest of the day. high pressure builds for the weekend for the time being, though, the remnants some rainfall remnants of some rainfall clearing from the southeast east, leaving behind a few showers for england and wales. some heavy downpours in places actually, especially north wales. later east wales. and then later east anglia south—east an area anglia in the south—east an area of cloud well as some patchy of cloud as well as some patchy rain for northern ireland, northern far northern england and the far south scotland. south of scotland. but the lion's of the sunshine lion's share of the sunshine northern scotland . here, 18 to northern scotland. here, 18 to 20 celsius low 20s further south where we do get some sunshine coming through , feeling quite coming through, feeling quite humid in south actually . coming through, feeling quite humid in south actually. but humid in the south actually. but any showers do tend to any heavy showers do tend to disappear into the evening. most places turning dry overnight. the across central areas the cloud across central areas sinks south. it tends to lower a little, leading to some misty conditions by dawn. a mild night in the south, but where we've got clear skies and the odd fog patch in the north scotland patch in the north of scotland and the mid and temperatures in the mid single figures. so a fresh start for northern scotland. any fog slow to clear, but eventually a sunny day here. elsewhere for a lot of cloud first thing and

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channel well , welcome back to the live well, welcome back to the live desk with a celebrated social media influencer and her mother due to be sentenced later for murdering two men during a high speed car chase. >> well, the victims were killed when they were deliberately rammed off the a46 dual carriageway near leicester in february last year. mahek bukhari, a 24 year old tiktok star and a mother, and shireen bukhari, found guilty of two counts of murder last month . counts of murder last month. will hollis has the background to the story . to the story. >> mahek bukhari found fame on the social media app tiktok , the the social media app tiktok, the influencer from stoke on trent, amassed tens of thousands of followers, sharing make up tutorials, fashion and dance routines, often alongside her mum and zarin. routines, often alongside her mum and zarin . now the pair are mum and zarin. now the pair are known for another reason murder for anserine, whose married was having an affair that she tried to end. but her lover, saqib hussain , blackmailed her,

hussain, blackmailed her, threatening to release sex tapes unless she paid back money spent dunng unless she paid back money spent during the relationship. they arranged to meet at a tesco car park in leicester. saqib in a skoda with his friend mohammed hashim aijazuddin , marked with a hashim aijazuddin, marked with a green arrow . but anserine did green arrow. but anserine did not come alone in a set marked with a blue arrow and audi. the red arrow was also mahek and six others. when the skoda left, it was followed by both cars toward the a46 where it was rammed off the a46 where it was rammed off the road , splitting in two, the road, splitting in two, killing the young men. leicester shire police arrested the mother and daughter the same morning. mahek lying about where they had been. >> so we first we stayed here and then we went straight to nottingham, right, okay. >> in the audi? yes audi. right. the silver car . the silver car. >> all i hear is like a, like a you can hear like a bang, but not a big bang. it was like a you hit behind me basically the

silver cars hit the blue car at the back like a touch. but you can tell the blue car is going a bit faster. so i've looked at my mum goes, mum , what is going mum and goes, mum, what is going on? wrong with are they, mum and goes, mum, what is going on?they. wrong with are they, mum and goes, mum, what is going on?they. i wrong with are they, mum and goes, mum, what is going on?they. i don't1g with are they, mum and goes, mum, what is going on?they. i don't knowh are they, mum and goes, mum, what is going on?they. i don't know ifare they, are they. i don't know if they're are they're drunk are they. what are they're drunk are they. what are they do this they trying to do to this blue car continue to car in general they continue to lie during the trial at leicester crown court but were found guilty . of murder last month. >> police police described the killing as a callous and cold blooded attack. the ultimately cost two men their lives . social cost two men their lives. social media provides a freedom to access fame . prison will not be access fame. prison will not be as generous as will hollis gb news in leicester. >> well, let's get more now with will, who is outside leicester crown court for us. will extra ordinary story. do we know what the sentencing guidelines or parameters are for the judge ? parameters are for the judge? >> good afternoon . yeah, quite >> good afternoon. yeah, quite horrific. just the details. they're remembering what has happenedin they're remembering what has happened in this long and drawn

out case that has gone on for many , many months. we've many, many months. we've actually just been hearing from leicester crown court, from the families as they read victim impact statements. those of course, are the families of saqib hussain and mohammed hashim aijazuddin fear reading first from the hussain family. they describe their son as a presence that was a gift and that they are uncontrolled all in their grief, adding he did not deserve to die . no one not deserve to die. no one deserves to die like that. and saqib's friend hashim, his family as well. they describe their son as a superstar, saying that they've been living in a nightmare ever since. now, speaking directly to answering the father of hashim said that an illicit affair with a young boy. tell me, was it worth it to hide this from your husband? of course , this is the reason why course, this is the reason why these two young men died. mahek bucha and andrene bukhari , as

bucha and andrene bukhari, as well as the other accomplices ramming those two young men off of the road, off of the a46 here in leicestershire back in february 2022. now now, when we were hearing that victim impact statement at mahek bukhari, who gained fame on tiktok , could be gained fame on tiktok, could be seen crying. she was dabbing her eyes. she of course, was famous long before this, amassing . some long before this, amassing. some 120,000 followers. and in the time since her following has gone up by so much more by at least 10,000. but of course, they're not now drawn to her personality or to her makeup routine or beauty and lifestyle videos of course, they are attracted and drawn to the sinister nature of the crimes that her and her mother and her accomplices have committed. we are , of course, still waiting on are, of course, still waiting on that sentencing. it is worth reminding you as well that it

isn't just the bukhari's. there are others involved in this as well , others that have been well, others that have been found guilty of murder are rais, jamal and rakesh khan. karwan guilty . of manslaughter. saunf guilty. of manslaughter. saunf gowlan staffer, as well as amir jamal and natasha akhtar. now we are expecting those sentences this afternoon and as soon as we hear them, we'll be bringing them back to you here today. >> indeed , will, thank you for >> indeed, will, thank you for that. as you back that. as you say, back to leicester court, leicester crown court, when those through , those sentences come through, are longer but are no longer famous, but infamous for murder for let's reflect that. coming up. we'll be updating you on the position of the northern ireland police chief facing yet more pressure to step down now . his colleagues to step down now. his colleagues considering a vote of no confidence in his leadership . confidence in his leadership. we'll have the latest live from belfast . first, time for an belfast. first, time for an update on all the news headlines with rhiannon . mark thank you.

with rhiannon. mark thank you. >> good afternoon. it's 1231. your top stories from the newsroom. rail passengers are facing disruption today as another wave of strikes brings some services across the country to a standstill. members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers. the rail delivery group describes the strike as unnecessary, but the union says the government's refusing to make a reasonable pay refusing to make a reasonable pay offer. the dispute, which started over a year ago , remains started over a year ago, remains at deadlock with no talks planned and no sign of a breakthrough . yet more schools breakthrough. yet more schools may be forced to close due to a particular type of concrete prone to sudden collapse, including across northern ireland. thousands of children face disruption ahead of their return to class after safety warnings were issued , forcing warnings were issued, forcing the immediate closure of some buildings. more than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges have had to make urgent relocation plans and some children may be forced back into

remote learning . two former remote learning. two former leaders of a far right group, proud boys, have been jailed on charges related to the storming of the us capitol building in washington . joseph of the us capitol building in washington .joseph biggs and washington. joseph biggs and zachary bell were convicted of seditious conspiracy for trying to overturn donald trump's 2020 election defeat . but their election defeat. but their prison terms are 15 and 17 years are below us. sentencing guidelines and far lower than the 30 year term sought by federal prosecutors. both broke down in tears with well, saying he let politics consume his life and lost track of who and what matters. an house prices fell in august at the sharpest annual rate in 14 years, according to nationwide. the banking giant says annual house prices fell by 5.3% last month, bringing the average property value to £259,000. it's the biggest drop annual drop since .july

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action against those responsible for the harm done to hundreds of babies and mothers on the first anniversary of an independent review into the failings at nottingham university, hospitals trust the head of that trust says improvements will be made. whatever the cost, what ever it takes. earlier on gb news, the chair of the inquiry, donna ockenden, told us about the team that's been carrying out the review . review. >> my team you will find everyone that you would have in a large maternity team . so a large maternity team. so obstetricians, neonatologists , obstetricians, neonatologists, midwives, physicians, anaesthetists and so on and every case is looked at independently by my team and by whoever there in the team is needed. whoever there in the team is needed . they are all hugely needed. they are all hugely experienced and of course they have no links with nottingham. the learning is happening as we speak right now. well that was donna ockenden updating us on how the inquiry is progressing. >> but let's speak now to felicity bennion, who's experienced failings of the experienced the failings of the trust at first hand. felicity,

thank you very much indeed for joining us. i know it must be a difficult tale to tell, but i gather you had to undergo quite a sort of emergency c—section procedure which went badly wrong , wrong ? , wrong? >> no, it was a planned c—section. oh, right . c—section. oh, right. >> okay. >> okay. >> planned . i'd been at the >> planned. i'd been at the campus for nearly 12 weeks, so plenty of time to plan and make sure things went to plan. and it did go horribly wrong. yes >> and as a result of that , >> and as a result of that, without obviously wishing to upset people too much, you you lost your bladder and obviously that's going to affect your life from now on. >> yeah, they removed almost the whole of my bladder without even realising they'd done it . and realising they'd done it. and since then they had to do a emergency surgery to fit me with a permanent urostomy stoma. so i now have a stoma bag for the rest of my life right. >> so that's where the emergency surgery came in. that's. sorry, i apologise for my confusion .

i apologise for my confusion. how has it left you? stupid question. i know, but clearly , question. i know, but clearly, you know, with all the statistics . this affects people statistics. this affects people directly . oh yeah. directly. oh yeah. >> it's affected a huge part of my life. i mean, on a day to day basis, i can't get away from physically seeing the bag and the trauma they've caused me and deaung the trauma they've caused me and dealing obviously stoma dealing with it. obviously stoma bags are a great help to people who have a original, you know, health conditions and it can be a massive improvement for them . a massive improvement for them. for me, i was perfectly healthy , so it's negative impact upon , so it's a negative impact upon my life having to learn to live with the bag and the medical side effects from that , from side effects from that, from having the surgery in the bag . having the surgery in the bag. and on top of that emotional , and on top of that emotional, you know, emotionally and mentally, it's a difficult thing to deal with the trauma they've caused me and the traumatic birth that i had with my son. what did the hospital or the trust say to you? >> what was their explanation . >> what was their explanation. initially it was that they were

going to do a serious untoward investigation , that they investigation, that they instigated themselves on the day and that they were going to look into it. >> and find out exactly what happened and let me know what actually happened was they downgraded that to the fictitious high level investigation that you had brought in. um so my case was never investigated thoroughly and properly and was never reported nationally as it should have been. >> and certainly this is something that the review has put right, not just for you, but for others as well . for others as well. >> yeah, the review is, is kind of highlighting a review that internal reviews are done properly and personally, i believe they should be done externally anyway, not by a friendly doctor down the corridor . friendly doctor down the corridor. um, but yes, donna and her team are working closely to make sure that no more high level investigations are done. and the only serious, untoward or the other appropriate type of investigation is completed when

needed. >> felicity, i'm just going >> and felicity, i'm just going to read for everyone what we've heard from the trust themselves as they've told us. we'd like to reiterate our apology to ms bennion for the harm that was caused during her complex surgery. since 2016, we've completely transformed the way that we deal with this rare but serious pregnancy complication in working with teams of specialists across the region to diagnose and care for women . diagnose and care for women. close quotes. is that enough , do close quotes. is that enough, do you think ? you think? >> it's a start ? and it's >> it's a start? and it's hopefully what they're actually doing . um, hopefully what they're actually doing. um, but as me and the other families have all reiterated , it's accountability reiterated, it's accountability because as there's been no accountability for what was done to me at all, not even retrained ing um, and for none of the other cases that we're aware of, you know, we've got a bad culture and you and that's not going to change through anything other than weeding out the bad eggs.

eggs >> yeah. so have have you managed to sort of come together with your shared experience and be able to support each other? because of course, it's come at a very difficult time for all of you as mums with with new babies i >> -- >> yeah, we did . we did find >> yeah, we did. we did find each other in, um , 2021, we all each other in, um, 2021, we all started finding each other and become the core group of families. and this is how we've got so far . this is how we've got so far. this is how we've managed to get the initial review and then kibosh that and speak to sajid javid and secure donna, which has been absolutely huge achievement to be able to secure. donna ockenden to know that we're getting someone who is so knowledgeable and has so much power behind them to do a truly independent review into all of our cases and find out exactly what has gone wrong and help the trust move forward and how they can improve to make it a safe trust for mums to go to. >> well, felicity, thank you very indeed for joining >> well, felicity, thank you very indeed forjoining us very much indeed forjoining us here and sharing your

here in gb news and sharing your story. course, what's story. and of course, what's happening as a result of it. thanks your time. let's thanks for your time. but let's also what we've heard from also add what we've heard from anthony may, who's the new chief executive of nottingham university hospitals trust. now, he said, we have caused unacceptable pain unacceptable distress and pain due to our failings and for that i offer my unreserved apologies. i offer my unreserved apologies. i will do all i can to support the review and my door is open to any woman or family who wants to any woman or family who wants to share story and to share their story and concerns me . now to concerns with me. now to policing in northern ireland. and the chief constable there is facing growing pressure from his own rank and file officers, civilian staff to wanting him to step down. but simon byrne says he will not resign after several controversies , including the controversies, including the release of police data, names and addresses and so on. now his own police force say they're considering a vote of no confidence. northern ireland policing board emergency meeting on his position continued into late last night. let's get more now from psni hq in belfast with our reporter dougie beattie and

dougie . it seems that there's. dougie. it seems that there's. a really sort of quite angry reaction now from the civilian workers in the police service and the police officers themselves . themselves. >> yes, mark, this is indeed a bizarre situation and i've been in the media for 30 odd years in northern ireland and this is this is one of the most strangest situations i've came across because what has happened here is that about midday yesterday, simon byrne, the chief constable of the psni, arrived at the policing board along with his deputy, and they were there to face their political masters. >> this . is political masters. >> this. is the third such meeting inside a month. the other two meetings, of course, were for those data breaches that had happened, but this one was over the head of a judicial review that took place earlier in the month . it concerned it in the month. it concerned it was in the round two officers that discipline of two young officers in february 21st. now .

officers in february 21st. now. the ombudsman had taken a look at these two cases and said there was no case to answer. the police federation were still not happy that the chief constable hadnt happy that the chief constable hadn't apologised. they took it to a judicial review. the judicial review came back and said that the disciplining of these two young officers was unlawful and in fact that it appeared that their discipline was to allow any threats from sinn fein withdrawing its support for policing . in support for policing. in northern ireland. now it must be said that sinn fein have denied that, but the chief constable accepted these findings. but after a marathon meeting yesterday at about half seven last night, he appeared and said that the question of an appeal is life and that further public commentary is not appropriate . commentary is not appropriate. now that would be hard to find because the finding of this first appeal or first review are already out in the public right . but the police federation are now furious and they have said

that, look, if he's going to fight this, he will probably use psni is already stretched budget to fight it. it will cause bigger morale loss inside the force . and they're having an force. and they're having an extraordinary meeting next wednesday . and in that, they wednesday. and in that, they could well put a vote of no confidence in . the chief confidence in. the chief constable. and we've got to remember that the chief constable about appear in remember that the chief constofle about appear in remember that the chief constof a about appear in remember that the chief constof a westminster|ppear in remember that the chief constof a westminster committee front of a westminster committee on tuesday over that massive data breach. >> okay . and i gather the >> okay. and i gather the civilian workers as well, the back office staff, if you like, also talking a possible also talking about a possible vote of no confidence . does that vote of no confidence. does that leave then, his position untenable if they actually . untenable if they actually. carry that vote, what will his position be? well that is the big question, of course, because he has decided to stay where he is . is. >> and while that is under appeal, >> and while that is under appeal , he >> and while that is under appeal, he can't be moved . well, appeal, he can't be moved. well, thatis appeal, he can't be moved. well, that is the thinking on it. and the legal on so at the legal thinking on it. so at that point, everybody is pretty much in a stalemate.

>> dougie , for the moment >> okay, dougie, for the moment in belfast , thank you for that. in belfast, thank you for that. and we'll obviously await those meetings . next week. and as you meetings. next week. and as you say, sinn fein indicating that they had not called for that action in terms of the reaction. thank you very much, indeed. breaking . news coming through on breaking. news coming through on transfer day. and we are expecting a lot of big spending , but apparently not now . on , but apparently not now. on mohamed salah. we are just getting more from liverpool coming in who say they've rejected . and a £150 million rejected. and a £150 million offer for him from the saudi arabia pro league side al ittihad , the international ittihad, the international egyptian, of course the subject of interest from the middle east for some time. but press association reporting that a verbal offer was made today . verbal offer was made today. however, the club reject getting out of hand. that offer. however, the club reject getting out of hand. that offer . they out of hand. that offer. they say they consider the matter closed as the matter is for not

sale. now, in addition to that, liverpool's manager, jurgen klopp , has been speaking because klopp, has been speaking because of course today is expected to be the big transfer day. he says he does not plan to make any deadune he does not plan to make any deadline day moves beyond completing a deal for a midfielder from bayern munich. ryan gravenberch . they've agreed ryan gravenberch. they've agreed , had agreed a £35 million fee with his side . the bundesliga with his side. the bundesliga champions bayern munich, where of course harry kane has gone and the 21 year old on merseyside for medical assessments and papers work. so assessments and papers work. so a lot more details expected to come through. of course, the transfer window closing tonight at 11. so far, premier leagues have spent . £1.955 billion on have spent. £1.955 billion on players in this summer. transfer windows, big numbers . what are windows, big numbers. what are the numbers on the weather that warm feeling inside from boxt

boilers proud sponsors of weather on news. >> hello . >> hello. >> hello. it's >> hello. it's aidan >> hello. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . a fine day the gb news forecast. a fine day in scotland . sunny spells here, in scotland. sunny spells here, but showers elsewhere and perhaps some longer spells of rain for a time as a number of weather fronts clear through, they are clearing low pressure is disappearing through the rest of the day . is disappearing through the rest of the day. high is disappearing through the rest of the day . high pressure builds of the day. high pressure builds for the weekend . for the time for the weekend. for the time being, though, the remnants of some rainfall clearing from the southeast east, leaving behind a few showers for england and wales. some heavy downpours in places actually, especially nonh places actually, especially north wales and then later east anglia south—east an area anglia in the south—east an area of cloud well as some patchy of cloud as well as some patchy rain ireland, rain for northern ireland, northern and the far northern england and the far south the south of scotland. but the lion's share of sunshine lion's share of the sunshine northern . here, 18 to northern scotland. here, 18 to 20 celsius low 20s further south where we do get some sunshine coming through, feeling quite humid in the south actually . coming through, feeling quite humid in the south actually. but any showers do tend to any heavy showers do tend to disappear into the evening, most

places turning dry overnight. the across central areas the cloud across central areas sinks it tends to lower a sinks south. it tends to lower a little, leading to some misty conditions by dawn on a mild night in the south. but where we've got clear skies and the odd fog patch north odd fog patch in the north of scotland , temperatures in the scotland, temperatures in the mid single figures. so a fresh start for northern scotland. any fog slow to clear, but eventually a sunny day here. elsewhere for a lot of cloud first thing. and actually as . first thing. and actually as. the cloud bubbles up and lifts , the cloud bubbles up and lifts, there could be a few showers. once again, but they tend to fade away later and and fade away later and by and large, day. large, it's a fine day. more fine come sunday fine weather to come sunday onwards that warm feeling onwards as that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> welcome back. let's get our calculators out on this transfer day and what has been spent by whom with that news breaking news in the last few minutes, mo salah won't be going. it seems ,

salah won't be going. it seems, to saudi arabia, but we know so far that we had moises caicedo from brighton to chelsea 150 million. jude bellingham, real madrid. declan rice to arsenal and of course , england striker and of course, england striker harry kane to bayern munich. not seen in his lederhosen. here we're grateful to say. joining us now , football writer. and of us now, football writer. and of course, let's not forget spurs supporter harry harris. harry as i say, we're sparing everyone the lederhosen , but it looks as the lederhosen, but it looks as if maybe mo salah is not on his way. that breaking news coming through and certainly liverpool saying no matter what the bid, he ain't going anywhere . he ain't going anywhere. >> no, i don't think mo is going to be very happy with that because mega fortunes because the mega fortunes they're offering him is just so enticing, particularly players now that reach 30 or over and of course, their transfer deadline day is extended beyond today. so it's quite farcical transfer deadune it's quite farcical transfer deadline day, particularly this one, because they are matches

being played tonight. and you could have players transferred at time . at half time. >> right. but the big sort of sort of injection of cash, as you like , is the middle east and you like, is the middle east and saudi arabia in particular, which is i guess , skewing it all which is i guess, skewing it all this year because i mean, huge sums involved . sums involved. >> it sure is beyond huge sums . >> it sure is beyond huge sums. but, you know, i think we've got to look at a more general aspect of what's going on here. you know, transfer fees. salaries are totally inflated. they're not realistic . i mean, you had not realistic. i mean, you had a four players up there on your visual. yeah. harry kane, you know , in his 30s, £100 million. know, in his 30s, £100 million. well, that's good. good value for spurs. i think he's coming towards the end of his contract. >> well , let's towards the end of his contract. >> well, let's just towards the end of his contract. >> well , let's just reflect, >> well, let's just reflect, he's done quite well at bayern munich. few his munich. he scored a few in his first weeks. isn't he. first couple of weeks. isn't he. well will do the quality of well he will do the quality of defending in the german league isn't what it is in right. >> you've got to look very

carefully at a couple of the players. you flashed up there, you know, because nato and declan rice in excess of £100 million for each of those players . you know, you wonder players. you know, you wonder what players like bryan robson, graeme souness and glenn hoddle, you know, midfield players of that kind of quality. are that kind of quality. these are nowhere near that kind of quality . they're vastly quality. they're vastly overvalued . they're buying into overvalued. they're buying into a potential . but beyond that, a potential. but beyond that, you know , it's the amount of you know, it's the amount of money that's flowing out of the game via agents who get 50 million for one transaction and £100 million transfer fees. isn't it time that we came to some kind of reality check and had us kind of like stamp duty tax on these kind of transfers? if not all transfers? you could probably, you know , aid the probably, you know, aid the national health service . you national health service. you could probably help most of the clubs in the lower divisions . yeah. >> i mean, there has been some discussion on on cap in terms of

the figures, but of course, it is a commercial entity. >> that's the problem. and, you know, if it's a free market, it's market. it's a free market. >> exactly. keep the free market. but introduce a tax, right . and you know, if you look right. and you know, if you look at the figures over the past five years, there have been £160 million a year raised. that's nearly £1 billion, 800 million in that period that would have been taxed on just 10% of those transfer fees . and, you know, transfer fees. and, you know, we're looking at ways of helping lower division clubs . well, this lower division clubs. well, this is a simple way of doing it. and it would be a reality check for the clubs because think, the clubs because you'd think, well, pay out all well, would they pay out all that if had well, would they pay out all th.pay if had well, would they pay out all th.pay a if had well, would they pay out all th.pay a tax if had well, would they pay out all th.pay a tax on if had well, would they pay out all th.pay a tax on if yeah,ad well, would they pay out all th.pay a tax on if yeah, it to pay a tax on it? so, yeah, it would be a kind market force would be a kind of market force that might back these that might draw back these these excessive transfer fees. okay. >> going back to saudi arabia, i mean, people commented mean, a lot of people commented this skew the this this could really skew the game. and if do manage to game. and if they do manage to get , know, drawer get, you know, top drawer players , then they become, of players, then they become, of course , the sort of pot of gold course, the sort of pot of gold at the end of the rainbow . i i

at the end of the rainbow. i i think it's a bit too soon to predict that the saudis will take over the world as far as football is concerned because it's a team game. >> you know, you can bring over a dozen star players to play in 2 or 3 of the clubs, but that doesn't make a league. it doesn't make a league. it doesn't make a competition. and you know, if i was ten years youngenl you know, if i was ten years younger, i could probably play in one of the saudi teams, you know , it really is . it really is know, it really is. it really is . right. >> so what what sort of what sort of price would you put on yourself, harry? >> i'd pay to go and play. >> i'd pay to go and play. >> well, even in that heat . >> well, even in that heat. >> well, even in that heat. >> uh, well, you know, it's not really conducive to. and of course, the saudis want to play in the champions league and, you know, israeli clubs play in the champions league. so it's hard really to deny them. but then it comes the human rights comes back to the human rights issues . should our players be issues. should our players be going there the first place? going there in the first place? should owners be owning should saudi owners be owning our premier league our clubs in the premier league is issue . yeah.

is a much bigger issue. yeah. >> harry, as ever, thank you for your take. and of course we'll see names figures come see what names and figures come out by the end of play tonight. thanks much indeed for your out by the end of play tonight. thankcoming nuch indeed for your out by the end of play tonight. thankcoming uph indeed for your out by the end of play tonight. thankcoming up in ndeed for your out by the end of play tonight. thankcoming up in thisld for your out by the end of play tonight. thankcoming up in this next your time. coming up in this next hour live desk , more hour here on the live desk, more than 100 schools shut. so far, but now urgent investigations underway in northern ireland and still no list as

us very good afternoon . it's 1:00. very good afternoon. it's1:00. you're with the live desk here on gb news. and coming up this friday lunchtime, a concrete catastrophe . could hospitals be catastrophe. could hospitals be next as more than 100 schools are forced to shut because of structural failures , concerns structural failures, concerns are now growing that other pubuc are now growing that other public buildings could also be at risk of collapse . disgusted, at risk of collapse. disgusted, disillusioned and extremely angry. northern ireland's police federation on their chief constable , simon byrne. he says constable, simon byrne. he says he won't go over continuing controversies , but now his own controversies, but now his own officers threaten a vote of no confidence. we're live with the latest in belfast . and agnes latest in belfast. and agnes henke and olga among the names given to the next storms this coming season. but why and what's in a name anyway . what's in a name anyway. and it's deadline day for the cream of english football. how big will the transfer bill be as

saudi arabia tries to splash the cash? but in this past hour, liverpool a £150 million liverpool reject a £150 million offer from the middle east for mohamed salah. let's pass the ball now over to rhiannon . thank ball now over to rhiannon. thank you, mark. >> good afternoon. it's 1:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom yet more schools may be forced to close due to a particular kind of concrete that's prone to sudden collapse , including across northern ireland. thousands of children face disruption ahead of their return to class after safety warnings were issued, forcing the immediate closure of some buildings more than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges have had to make urgent relocation plans , and some children may be forced back into remote learning schools minister nick gibb told gb news the government's prioritising safety . but there prioritising safety. but there may be more buildings at risk. we took this decision as swiftly as we could.

>> we had to look at the evidence we had to discuss that evidence we had to discuss that evidence with experts. we had to make sure had plans place make sure we had plans in place for what schools would be doing when were told that they when they were told that they probably to address this probably needed to address this what was previously regarded as low risk rack in their schools. but it's the right decision. it's the most cautious decision i >> -- >> while shadow justice secretary steve reed told us more should have been done if they'd put the measures in place at the beginning of the summer holidays, parents wouldn't be finding out now. >> just before the start of >> just days before the start of the school term, that their child got school to go child has not got a school to go to. and if you just imagine how exhausting parents are after the to. and if you just imagine how exhaisummerlrents are after the to. and if you just imagine how exhaisummer holidays, after the to. and if you just imagine how exhaisummer holidays, afterthe to. and if you just imagine how exhaisummer holidays, after all long summer holidays, after all the disruption of the of the pandemic, after all of the disruption strikes that disruption of the strikes that the government refused to intervene out as intervene in to help sort out as well. now more disruption with just days of when the just days of notice when the government have done government could have done something of something at the beginning of the summer they it the summer that they didn't. it is and it is is neglect and it is incompetence on the part of the government .

government. >> rail passengers are facing disruption today as another wave of strikes brings some services across the country to a standstill . all members of the standstill. all members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers . the rail trains without drivers. the rail delivery group describes the strike as unnecessary , but the strike as unnecessary, but the union says the government is refusing to make a reasonable pay refusing to make a reasonable pay offer . the dispute, which pay offer. the dispute, which started over a year ago, remains at deadlock , with no talks at deadlock, with no talks planned and no sign of a breakthrough. general secretary of aslef mick whelan says they'll keep striking ing until a reasonable pay offer is made . a reasonable pay offer is made. >> the reality is that we haven't seen the support ministers since last december. we haven't seen the rail minister the bad minister since the act of bad faith haven't faith in january and we haven't seen erg since deal they put seen erg since the deal they put to us with our red lines in that set up fail in april. to us with our red lines in that set up fail in april . we've set up to fail in april. we've been here now for the best part of it takes of 14 months. if it takes another 14 months or another 14 years, we'll be here and years, we'll still be here and at some point somebody is going to come and talk to

to have to come and talk to us and situation and resolve this situation elsewhere. and resolve this situation els> two former leaders of far right group proud boys have been jailed on charges relating to the storming of the us capitol building in washington . joseph building in washington. joseph biggs and zachary rale were convicted of seditious conspiracy for trying to overturn donald trump's 2020 election defeat. their prison terms of 15 and 17 years are below us sentencing guidelines and far lower than the 30 year term sought by federal prosecutors . back here. house prosecutors. back here. house pnces prosecutors. back here. house prices fell in august at the sharpest annual rate in 14 years, according to nationwide. the banking giant says annual house prices fell by 5.3% last month, bringing the average property value to £259,000. it's the biggest annual drop since july 2009. direct line will pay £30 million in compensation to customers who've been overcharged whilst renewing

their insurance . the company their insurance. the company admitted to an error in implementing new pricing rules , implementing new pricing rules, which came into effect at the start of last year. the financial conduct authority brought in the new rules to protect existing customers from being quoted higher prices than new customers . this change being quoted higher prices than new customers. this change is to vaccine programmes will make it easier for people to get protected . ultimately, saving protected. ultimately, saving lives . that's according to the lives. that's according to the nhs . almost a million more nhs. almost a million more people will now be eligible for a shingles vaccine. the hpv jab offered to children in a bid to eliminate cervical cancer will be reduced to a one dose programme believed to be enough to protect youngsters . the to protect youngsters. the changes will start . on the 11th changes will start. on the 11th of september. fergus jocelyn and debbie . just some of the storms debbie. just some of the storms we might expect next season . the we might expect next season. the met office says they're being named after the very people working to protect us from them . meteorologists named storms

only when they're expected to have a medium or high impact on people. forecasters say it helps communicate just how serious the storms are . it'll be the first storms are. it'll be the first time the traditional male and female ordering of names will be altered . this is gb news across altered. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back over to . mark now it's back over to. mark rhiannon . rhiannon. >> thanks very much and welcome back to the live desk. so the government now being told to tell the concrete truth and name all the schools that have been ordered to close over fears that their buildings could collapse. the department of education instructing more 100 using instructing more than 100 using a particular type of concrete to shut just days, of course, before the school term due to start the national education union describing the timing of the as a sign gross the decision as a sign of gross incompetence , the government incompetence, the government says it is prioritising safety and then in the past few minutes we've also had a warning from

the president of the institution of structural engineers, matt byatt, who's spoken to the press association . a warning that any association. a warning that any high rise buildings with flat roofs constructed between the late and 90th may contain late 1960s and 90th may contain this type of concrete known as rack. this type of concrete known as rack . he said this type of concrete known as rack. he said that this type of concrete known as rack . he said that the expert rack. he said that the expert bodies had warned government departments about the dangers of the material back in 2018, and quoting everyone was aware. he said , of the problem. but of said, of the problem. but of course it is. the schools are in focus at the moment that speak to sophie reaper, who's at one of those affected. a primary school in bingley and as we were saying, sophie, this is all very late in the day with term just about to start . about to start. >> it is indeed. of course, today is the last working day of the school summer holidays. they're expected to be back on monday. but we now know that despite having six weeks to make this announcement, as of yesterday, the government have said that 104 schools in england

will have to make at least partial closures due to concerns over the presence of rac , which over the presence of rac, which is a weaker and less durable form of concrete . now it has form of concrete. now it has a shelf life of around 30 years. so given the primary school behind me, had its first ofsted report in 2002, it shouldn't be too much of a risk and yet it is still having to make closures. it's lost several teaching spaces as well as its kitchen. one local parent has confirmed to us that the school has said that children will now have to be on packed lunches until the kitchen is able to reopen. now, this is just one of two schools in bradford alone that have been named as having to make partial closures . and as a response, closures. and as a response, bradford council have said they have already ordered temporary classrooms. but this school will have to wait around 8 to 10 weeks, whereas the other school in bradford will have to wait around 14 to 16 weeks for those

to be delivered. that will take them all the way up to the christmas holidays. now sue landers , assistant director of landers, assistant director of schools and learning for bradford council, has said that we are putting plans in place for those two schools to make sure no one is put at risk and also to minimise any disruption to children's education. an headteacher at the affected schools are working with parents and staff so we can keep them informed of the changes that are being put in place. now. that's just two of 104 schools that are expected to make closures for those parents around england who don't know yet whether their school has been affected because they haven't been named the government's current advice is that they're simply going to have to for the schools to have to wait for the schools to contact directly and of contact them directly and of course, everyone will be chasing the same sort of resources. >> porter cabins and temporary >> a porter cabins and temporary structures and so on. and then there's the question, course there's the question, of course , cost. appears now , of the cost. it appears now that the government has changed or amended, as nick gibbs says ,

or amended, as nick gibbs says, the official advice, where of course the schools had been told originally they would have to stump up the themselves stump up the money themselves for these measures . for all these measures. >> absolutely. and i think there would have been absolute outcry if that was indeed the case. but of course , today it's been of course, today it's been confirmed that instead it's going to be the government who will foot the bill for all of these changes. that will now have to happen at these schools. and of course, as you mentioned earlier not just earlier on, it's not just schools. are public schools. there are other public buildings that will to buildings that will have to undergo changes because of undergo these changes because of the safety concerns involved . the safety concerns involved. >> and just to talk about cross flats in detail, i guess the situation is that the mums and dads there still don't know what will be happening on the first day of term . day of term. >> well, there does seem to be several cars in the car park of the school and there seems to be a steady flow of traffic coming in and out . a steady flow of traffic coming in and out. but a steady flow of traffic coming in and out . but of a steady flow of traffic coming in and out. but of course a steady flow of traffic coming in and out . but of course that a steady flow of traffic coming in arconfirmedt of course that a steady flow of traffic coming in arconfirmed asf course that a steady flow of traffic coming in arconfirmed as to>urse that a steady flow of traffic coming in arconfirmed as to what's1at isn't confirmed as to what's going on. but it does seem likely that the school itself

going on. but it does seem likelbe 1at the school itself going on. but it does seem likelbe tryinge school itself going on. but it does seem likelbe trying to :hool itself going on. but it does seem likelbe trying to putl itself going on. but it does seem likelbe trying to put plansf going on. but it does seem likelbe trying to put plans in will be trying to put plans in place ready to let parents know, perhaps weekend ahead of perhaps this weekend ahead of term, starting on monday. but effectively , we don't know effectively, we don't know anything. we have tried to contact the school for a response , but we haven't heard response, but we haven't heard anything back . so i think for anything back. so i think for the parents as it stands, unless they've something we they've heard something we haven't, their guess as good haven't, their guess is as good as ours. >> as ours >> sophie at crossflatts primary school, thanks for updating us there. more of course, as we get it.thank there. more of course, as we get it. thank you very much indeed . it. thank you very much indeed. now, let's tell you that the office for national statistics has admitted that the uk's economy actually shrank less than thought during the pandem demic indeed bouncing back to pre covid levels almost two years ago. this is according to the latest figures with growth or gdp thought to have been 0.6% higher than before covid in the last quarter of 2021. and not 1.2% smaller. the contraction. well, this of course addresses the claim that the uk, the only g7 country not to quote , bounce

g7 country not to quote, bounce back from the pandemic. g7 country not to quote, bounce back from the pandemic . let's back from the pandemic. let's get more with our political editor , chris hope, who can editor, chris hope, who can perhaps well, explain it to us. i don't know. how could they get it so wrong? chris well, i don't know. how could they get it so wrong? chris well , the ons it so wrong? chris well, the ons take in lots of figures and estimates through their time, and they're able to look back in time at what they've what they've hold of from businesses. >> and it all costs the sectors. and they found rather a rather good, a good news perhaps to end the summer break here in parliament that the economy was 2% bigger than they thought. so rather by 1.2% rather than contracting by 1.2% in 2020, 2021, it was 0.6% larger. now that's that's good news. it means we're doing better than we thought . and as better than we thought. and as jeremy hunt issued a statement to gb news, you may be able see it on screen there. it says, the fact that the uk recovered from the much faster than the pandemic much faster than thought that once again, thought shows that once again, those determined to talk down the british economy have been proved chancellor proved wrong. the chancellor goes on. there are many battles still to fill to win. most of

all against inflation. so we can we can ease the cost of living pressures on families if we stick to this plan, we can look forward to healthy growth, which, according to the imf , which, according to the imf, will germany, will be bigger than germany, france and italy in the long term . now we're looking forward term. now we're looking forward in westminster here, mark, to the statement, but these the autumn statement, but these figures won't have much bearing on that. it means that the government, the economy is bigger than they thought. that's great news. but the baseline is still same . so it doesn't still the same. so it doesn't mean there's more headroom mean there's more more headroom for the autumn . we for tax cuts in the autumn. we are where we are. and in fact the measures that the chancellor took the liz truss short took post the liz truss short lived government, there, the kwasi mini—budget that kwasi kwarteng mini—budget that those were necessary at that time they to deal with the with the effect of that mini—budget so it's good news frankly but it won't affect you and me in our pockets i'm afraid, just yet . pockets i'm afraid, just yet. >> no. and i just wonder what statistics the chancellor has been because he may been looking at because he may have today's have actually missed today's statistics from the pmi survey.

this is the influential survey on manufacturing . any figure on manufacturing. any figure below 50 indicates a retraction . it shrunk again at the fastest rate since the early days of the pandemic. that survey today at 45.3 for july for by 43 for august. so it's actually sunk again now, 39 months since the survey scored. so low for the manufacturing sector . so he may manufacturing sector. so he may be trying to talk up the economy, but there are still serious problems out there . serious problems out there. >> well, there are the soaring interest rates staying high in borrowing for companies, of course, as well as householders and mortgage holders. there's problems with output. i mean, it is a difficult, very difficult and choppy economic waters. and that's what the chancellor's team are keen to remind us. this lunchtime. they're saying that this is a historic revision . this is a historic revision. i've said, would it mean you might be looking to revise upwards future growth ? and they upwards future growth? and they say that's early. so it's it

say that's too early. so it's it was always a complicated picture . what we're seeing today right now the the official . what we're seeing today right now groupie the official . what we're seeing today right now group in the official . what we're seeing today right now group in governmenticial . what we're seeing today right now group in government isal stats group in government is actually it wasn't that bad for us during the pandemic and shortly afterwards. >> indeed. thank you for that. and we heard from the chancellor. reflect chancellor. let's just reflect the assessment of dr. john glenn, chief economist at the chartered institute of procurement supply . he said procurement and supply. he said the on the constant pressures on business costs from inflation and systemic weaknesses in and the systemic weaknesses in the and global economies have the uk and global economies have been driving fastest fall in been driving the fastest fall in new since the financial new orders since the financial crisis . outside the pandemic crisis. outside the pandemic years . so an crisis. outside the pandemic years. so an indication that manufacturing in particular is still suffering. problems coming up, the latest from leicester with a social media influencer and her mum due to be sentenced this afternoon for murdering men. two men during a high speed car chase. details coming up shortly . shortly. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, it's aidan mcgivern

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from three on gb news choose. >> welcome back to the live desk now celebrated social media influencer and her mother due to be sentenced later for murdering two men during a high speed car chase. well the victims killed when they were deliberately rammed off the dual carriageway of the a46 near leicester in february last year. mahek bukhari, a 24 year old tiktok star, and her mother, azreen bukhari, both found guilty of two counts of murder last month . will hollis has the background .will hollis has the background for us. mahesh mahek bukhari found fame on the social media app found fame on the social media app tiktok , the influencer from app tiktok, the influencer from stoke on trent, amassed tens of thousands of followers, sharing make up tutorials, fashion and dance routines, often alongside

her mum and zrin . her mum and zrin. >> now the pair are known for another reason murder and zarine, who's married , was zarine, who's married, was having an affair that she tried to end. but her lover, saqib hussain, blew , blackmailed her, hussain, blew, blackmailed her, threatening to release sex tapes unless she paid back money spent dunng unless she paid back money spent during the relationship up. they arranged to meet at a tesco car park in leicester, saqib in a skoda with his friend mohan hashim aijazuddin marked with a green arrow . but anjorin did not green arrow. but anjorin did not come alone in in a seat marked with a blue arrow and audi. the red arrow was also mahek and six others. when the skoda left, it was followed by both cars toward the a46 where it was rammed off the a46 where it was rammed off the road, splitting in two, killing the young men . a killing the young men. a leicestershire police arrested the mother and daughter the same morning mahek lying about where they had been . they had been. >> so we first we stayed here

and then we went straight to nottingham. right okay. >> in the audi? >> in the audi? >> yes. >> yes. >> right . the silver car. >> right. the silver car. >> right. the silver car. >> all i hear is like a like a you can hear like a bang but not a big bang. it was like a you hit behind me basically the silver cars hit the blue car at the back like a touch. but you can tell the blue car is going a bit faster. so so i've looked at my mum and goes, mum, what is going on. what is wrong with are they, know if they, are they. i don't know if they're they. are they're drunk are they. what are they're drunk are they. what are they trying to this blue they're drunk are they. what are thejinrying to this blue they're drunk are they. what are thejin general. this blue they're drunk are they. what are the they neral. this blue they're drunk are they. what are the they continued this blue they're drunk are they. what are the they continued t0|is blue they're drunk are they. what are the they continued to lie)lue they're drunk are they. what are the they continued to lie during >> they continued to lie during the at leicester crown the trial at leicester crown court but were found guilty of murder last month. police describe the killing as a callous and cold blooded attack that ultimately cost two men their lives. so social media provides a freedom to access fame, prison will not be as generous . will hollis gb news in generous. will hollis gb news in leicester . for five with will leicester. for five with will now who's outside leicester crown court. >> will i gather that the

court's been hearing impact statements or witness statements? what time will the sentencing start, do we think . sentencing start, do we think. >> yes. well, just a few moments ago, lots of people left the court , including the many court, including the many journalists who have been listening to those victim impact statements. that's because the court has stopped for lunch. but before that, this morning, we have been hearing quite harrowing impact statements how the families of muhammad hashim aijazuddin, as well as saqib saqib hussain , have been saqib hussain, have been affected by the deeply traumatic loss of their 221 year old boys. first, we heard from hussain's family, who described his presence as a gift . they said presence as a gift. they said that they are uncontrolled in their grief, adding he did not deserve to die . no one deserves deserve to die. no one deserves to die like that as well . the to die like that as well. the aijazuddin family described their son as a superstar , saying

their son as a superstar, saying that they've been living in a nightmare ever since . now, one nightmare ever since. now, one of the most impactful parts of that statement was when mohammed's father spoke directly to anne's reign, saying an illicit affair with a young boy. was this all worth it to hide it from your husband ? and now from your husband? and now dunng from your husband? and now during this statement, 24 year old mahek bukhari, who found fame on tiktok, amassing 2 million views on her most viewed video, 120,000 tiktok followers . she could be seen to be dabbing her eye and crying when listening to those impact statements . interestingly, since statements. interestingly, since she was arrested in february 2022, the same morning that the young men were murdered, her following has gone up by some 10,000 followers. of course, it's not her beauty videos and it's not her beauty videos and it's not her personality that they're coming for now they're coming to see exactly . who it is

coming to see exactly. who it is that could do such a sinister crime . we've been talking about crime. we've been talking about mahek bukhari and her mum and zareen bukhari , but it is worth zareen bukhari, but it is worth reminding you that there are other people being sentenced today, two others guilty of murder for that same crime . murder for that same crime. rice, jamal and rakan karwan and three others also guilty for manslaughter. sadaf gul, a staffer as well as ameer jamal and natasha akhtar. now all of those will be sentenced here at leicester crown court in the next couple of hours. and we'll be here live to give you those updates as soon as we hear them. >> mark okay, will, thank you very indeed for that. very much indeed for that. as you court taking a you say, the court taking a lunch break. but back to those proceedings, when proceedings, of course, when they much they resume. thank you very much indeed now, on the first indeed. now, on the first anniversary of an independent review into failings at nottingham university, hospitals trust the affected families say they action against those they expect action against those responsible . earlier, we spoke responsible. earlier, we spoke to felicity bennion, who'd experienced failings at the

trust first hand during a planned c—section . planned c—section. >> yeah, they removed almost the whole of my bladder without even realising they'd done it . and realising they'd done it. and since then they had to do an emergency surgery to fit me with a permanent urostomy stoma. so i now have a stoma bag for the rest of my life. >> right. so that's where the emergency surgery came in. sorry. apologise my sorry. i apologise for my confusion . how has it left you? confusion. how has it left you? stupid question. i know, but clearly , you know, with all the clearly, you know, with all the statistics, this affects people directly . directly. >> oh, yes . it's affected a huge >> oh, yes. it's affected a huge part of my life . i mean, on part of my life. i mean, on a day to day basis, i can't get away from physically seeing the bag and the trauma they've caused and dealing with it. caused me and dealing with it. obviously stoma bags are a great help to people who have original , you know, health conditions and it can be a massive improvement for them . for me, i improvement for them. for me, i was perfectly healthy , so it's was perfectly healthy, so it's been negative impact upon my been a negative impact upon my life having to learn to live with the bag and the medical

side effects from that, from having the surgery in the bag . having the surgery in the bag. and on top of emotional, and on top of that emotional, you know, emotionally and mentally, it's a difficult thing to with the trauma they've to deal with the trauma they've caused me and the traumatic birth that i had with my son. >> what did the hospital or the trust say to you? what was their explanation . explanation. >> initially , it was that they >> initially, it was that they were going to do a serious untoward investigation that they instigated themselves on the day and that they were going to look into it and show find out exactly what happened and let me know what actually happened was they downgraded that to the fictitious high level investigation that you had brought in. so my case was never investigated thoroughly and properly and was never reported nationally as it should have been. and certainly this is something that the review has put right, not for but put right, not just for you, but for others as well . yeah the

for others as well. yeah the review is kind of highlighting the review that internal reviews are done properly and personally, i believe they should be done externally anyway, not by a friendly doctor down the corridor . um, but yes, down the corridor. um, but yes, donna and her team are working closely to make sure that no more high level investigations are done. and the only serious , are done. and the only serious, untoward or the other appropriate type investigation is completed when needed . is completed when needed. >> and felicity, i'm just going to read for everyone what we've heard from the trust themselves. they've told us we'd like to reiterate our apology to ms bennion for the harm that was caused during her complex surgery. since 2016, we've completely transformed the way that we deal with this rare but serious pregnancy complication in working with teams of specialists across the region to diagnose and care for women . diagnose and care for women. close quotes is that enough, do you think it's a start and it it's hopefully what they're actually doing. >> but as me and the other

families have all reiterated, it's accountability because there's been no accountability for what was done to me at all, not even retraining . um, and for not even retraining. um, and for none of the other cases that we're aware of. you know, we've got a bad culture and you and that's not going to change through anything other than weeding out the bad eggs. >> yeah. so have you managed to sort of come together with your shared experience and be able to support each other? because of course it's come at a very difficult time for all of you as mums with with new babies . mums with with new babies. >> yeah, we did. we did find each other in 2021. we all started finding each other and become the core group of families. and this is how we've got so far . this is how we've got so far. this is how we've managed get the initial managed to get the initial review and then kibosh that and, and speak to sajid javid and secure donna, which has been

absolutely huge achievement to be able to secure. donna ockenden to know that we're getting someone who is so knowledgeable and has so much power behind do truly power behind them to do a truly independent review into all of our cases and find out exactly what gone wrong and help the what has gone wrong and help the trust move forward and how they can improve to make it a safe trust for mums to go to . trust for mums to go to. >> well, felicity, thank you very indeed for joining >> well, felicity, thank you very indeed forjoining us very much indeed forjoining us here on gb news and sharing your story. course what's story. and of course what's happening result of it. happening as a result of it. thanks time. but let's happening as a result of it. thanadd time. but let's happening as a result of it. thanadd what time. but let's happening as a result of it. than add what we've. but let's happening as a result of it. than add what we've heard et's happening as a result of it. than add what we've heard from also add what we've heard from anthony may, who's the new chief executive of nottingham university hospitals trust. now, he said, we have caused unacceptable distress and pain due to our failings and for that i offer my unreserved apologies . i will do all i can to support the review and my door is open to woman or who wants to any woman or family who wants to any woman or family who wants to their story and to share their story and concerns with me . well, that was concerns with me. well, that was felicity bennion giving her reaction earlier to the undertaking from nottingham trust after those problems and

the review that is underway as well. still ahead , why is well. still ahead, why is northern ireland's police federation disgusted, disillusioned and extremely angry? well, the country's police chief is in the firing line, it seems. we'll have details coming up from belfast. first, the headlines with rhiannon . rhiannon. >> mark, thank you. 132 your top stories from the newsroom . yet stories from the newsroom. yet more schools may be forced to close due to a particular kind of concrete that's prone to sudden collapse, including across northern ireland. thousands of children face disruption ahead of their return to class after safety warnings were issued for the immediate closure of some buildings. more than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges have had to make urgent relocation plans and some children may be forced back into remote learning rail passengers are facing disruption today as

another wave of strikes brings some services across the country to a standstill. members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers . the rail trains without drivers. the rail delivery group describes the strike as unnecessary , but the strike as unnecessary, but the union says the government's refusing to make a reasonable pay refusing to make a reasonable pay offer . for two former pay offer. for two former leaders of a far right group, proud boys , have been jailed on proud boys, have been jailed on charges related to the storming of the us capitol building in washington. joseph biggs and zachary bell were convicted of seditious conspiracy for trying to overturn donald trump's 2020 election defeat their prison terms of 15 and 17 years are below us sentencing guidelines and follow than the 30 year term sought by federal prosecutors and the uk's economy performed better during the pandemic than previously thought , and it previously thought, and it bounced back to pre covid levels

almost two years ago. that's according to new figures released today by the office for national statistics . it's national statistics. it's believed that gdp is actually 0.6% higher than before covid. the figures paint a more optimistic picture of the economy, despite prices rising at the fastest rate for 40 years. >> and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gb news. >> .com . >> .com. >> .com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you 1.26, seven, $5 and ,1.1695. the price of gold. is £1,534.92 per the

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7:00 this evening. gb news is the people's . channel well, the people's. channel well, welcome back to the live desk with the chief constable of northern ireland. >> facing growing pressure from his own rank and file officers, civilian staff to you all wanting him to step down. but

simon byrne has said he will not resign after several controversies, including the release of all that sensitive and confidential data. now, his own police force say they're considering votes of no confidence. the chair of northern ireland's police federation saying he's discussed disillusioned and extremely angry with the chief constable after an emergency meeting of the policing board , which went the policing board, which went into late last night. let's get the very latest now with our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie, who's outside psni hq in belfast for us, which i guess is in a bit of sort of bunker mode at the moment. dougie . very mode at the moment. dougie. very much so, mark. >> in fact, it's a very, very strange situation this all started yesterday afternoon. the chief constable and his deputy arriving at the policing board in around midday. this arriving at the policing board in around midday . this is the in around midday. this is the third time they've had to go in front of their political masters in, a month. two of those in, say, a month. two of those were to do with data breaches. and then this third one was in and around a controversial

discipline procedure of two young officers back in february 21st. now the two officers went in front , 21st. now the two officers went in front, were disciplined by the managerial team here. then they went in front of the ombudsman . the ombudsman said ombudsman. the ombudsman said they done nothing wrong . they had done nothing wrong. they federation wanted an apology and this sorted out with the young officers that didn't come here. so the come from above here. so the police federation took this all to judicial review and the judicial review ruled earlier on this week. and they said that the discipline of these two young officers was unlawful and was actually put in place to allow threats that sinn fein would take any of their backing for the police service of northern ireland away . now sinn northern ireland away. now sinn fein have said that that's not true, but it started a political storm and after a marathon meeting in the policing board yesterday, the chief constable arrived out at about 7:00, half seven and said the question of

an appeal is live and that further public commentary is not appropriate . well, lynn, as appropriate. well, lynn, as you've said , the police you've said, the police federation were furious at this and have said, look, if he's going to fight this, he will more than likely use an already stretched psni budget to defend himself . if they're not happy himself. if they're not happy that the two officers then would have to go back to appeal. and it has affected morale inside the force. now, the chief constable also has to face a westminster committee on tuesday over that data breach. but if he is taken out or if he resigns from his position in northern ireland, well , then you've got ireland, well, then you've got to ask the question, who's going to ask the question, who's going to reappoint another chief constable ? well, that will have constable? well, that will have to fall. to chris heaton—harris and legislation will have to go forward for that because of course we don't have a justice minister in northern ireland

because we have no government here minute in time. the here at this minute in time. the policing board set policing board does set separately on its own, but there is no minister forjustice because there is no executive over that protest in and around the framework documents from that bureaucracy. >> of course, dougie , we've got >> of course, dougie, we've got the situation that both the rank and file officers that the federation and the civilian workers, the backroom staff , workers, the backroom staff, they're both talking of these votes of confidence or no confidence if those are passed , confidence if those are passed, what is his position? does he have to resign or is he still going to try and hang on? >> well, he can hang on while that appeal is going into place , but it won't do much good amongst his rank and file officers . i know they can't officers. i know they can't strike. they can't work the rule, obviously, but the civilian staff, you would imagine , could strike and that imagine, could strike and that might cause more problems inside northern ireland than the chief con would could even think about i >> -- >> well, emma >> well, we'll wait and see what emerges, of course, with those

meetings . it's going to be meetings. it's going to be a busy week there in belfast. thanks updating us. now thanks for updating us. now let's bring you some breaking news that we're getting on the channel crossings . and of channel crossings. and of course, minister's course, the prime minister's promise stop the boats promise to stop the boats doesn't seem to be happening this particular month. the monthly average number of migrants per boat crossing the channel has hit a new high, according to the latest figures, 5369 people making the journey . 5369 people making the journey. in august. we are told in 102 boats. that's an average of around 53 miles. migrants per vessel. around 53 miles. migrants per vessel . it's the highest monthly vessel. it's the highest monthly average since the records began back in 2018, according to the press association, which has been analysing the provisional government data for the averages. indeed, for the past three months, they say each setting a new record reflecting the indications. and mark white's been reporting on this for us that bigger boats are being used for the crossing. so larger numbers of people on

board. some of the pictures, pa say , of arrivals this week , with say, of arrivals this week, with 300 people making the crossings in five boats had an average around 630 people per vessel . around 630 people per vessel. men and boys were some without life jackets perched on their sides, of course, with their legs dangling in the water. so again , the numbers up, even again, the numbers up, even though the prime minister keeps promising that he will stop the boats, get some reaction. boats, we'll get some reaction. i think, with mark fairly shortly on that. to other news now, domestic abusers leaving prison will have to wear electronic monitoring tags and offenders . who pose a threat to offenders. who pose a threat to a former partner or children being banned from going within a certain distance of those homes. the government says pilot the government says the pilot scheme will offer better protection for the victims and it's launched in the it's being launched in the midlands, expected to midlands, but then expected to be introduced across all of england and wales next year. we can speak now to rachel williams, who's a domestic abuse survivor and campaigner at stand up to domestic abuse. rachel, thank you for speaking to us once more . clearly, this is

once more. clearly, this is a pretty effective measure at locate , knowing where people are locate, knowing where people are , but i guess the worry would be that they are still at large if they're released from prison, for instance . for instance. >> yeah, i mean, we know we can't keep them locked up forever , so we do have to put forever, so we do have to put these measures in place and my only concern is that, you know , only concern is that, you know, will there be the consequence when the terms and conditions of that tag is breached? >> because we know domestic abusers when they do breach their restraining orders and their restraining orders and their licence licence conditions , there is no consequence at the moment and that is why they keep on breaching the orders because they're not held accountable for their actions . you know, you're their actions. you know, you're asking somebody who's not a decent member of society to all of a sudden adhere to rules and conditions and they're not going to want to do it. >> in this pilot >> and do we know in this pilot scheme who will and how those tags will be monitored? you know , would the police intervene if they get within a certain distance of that particular

home, instance . home, for instance. >> well, i'd like to hope so, mark. you know, normally i think the tags, as i'm led to believe, used to be put in place by g4, but hopefully the police will be able to act swiftly when there is a breach of a tag . is a breach of a tag. >> yeah. and how would this differ from a restraining order, which of course they can already put in place as well with a restraining order, you're relying on the victim to actually notify the police that actually notify the police that a breach has taken place or a member of the community. >> whereas a tag it actually lets the user, you know, the person operating the tags know that they've gone within that boundary . boundary. >> but i guess in important reassurance for many who feel that , you know, the threat that, you know, the threat re—emerges once people are released from prison . released from prison. >> yeah. and that's something

that victims carry all the time i >> -- >> you know, they never sort of free from an offender only when they are locked up. and also, you know, we're seeing that about this scheme that's stopping offenders prison stopping offenders in prison from to their victims. from writing to their victims. and survivors of the abuse and we do know that letters do get out . they address it to their out. they address it to their sisters or somewhere else. and we know that i don't think the prisons have actually got the capacity monitor in every capacity to be monitor in every single letter that goes out and checking against the data that they that they're not not they got that they're not not able write that person . able to write to that person. so, we the so, you know, we need the manpower , but government manpower, but the government is putting that forward, which is great, overdue . yeah. i great, long overdue. yeah. i mean, this is something we've been years about been banging on for years about , but there's got to be a consequence . consequence. >> but you think the >> but you do think the government taking the issue government is taking the issue more ? more seriously now? >> well, i hope i hope so. >> well, i hope i hope so. >> and i think, you know, by doing this, then it is showing that they are sort of putting things in place. but there's a lot more to do. and i mean, i can talk about stuff that i'm not happy with within the

judiciary, but that's for another . but it a another time. but it is a step in the direction . in the right direction. >> okay. i think we'll be getting back then to talk getting you back then to talk about for the moment, about that. but for the moment, rachel, on the issue of tags about that. but for the moment, rthank on the issue of tags about that. but for the moment, rthank on tveryisue of tags about that. but for the moment, rthank on tveryisue ofindeedgs about that. but for the moment, rthank on tveryisue ofindeed for , thank you very much indeed for updating us with your reaction . updating us with your reaction. now let's talk about agnes fergus. nicholas the latest storm names have been chosen for the coming autumn and winter penod the coming autumn and winter period of the storms. there they are in honour, we're told, of eminent scientists and experts and others making the list. there you can see jocelyn, kathleen, lillian vincent, did your name make the list, including tamiko there? let's speak. i can't see a john there at the moment. however, let's speak to yes, john kelly, because, john, there is actually something quite important about this, is to honour all those who've worked in terms of environment agencies, weather forecasting and the whole sort of environmental issue . of environmental issue. >> it's a little bit incestuous, isn't it, mark, don't you think

they're looking after each other? aren't they ? other? aren't they? >> or maybe warning us that >> or maybe just warning us that they're on the way ? no, i they're on the way? no, i couldn't see that either. >> ten years, maybe ten years before i get on this list . before i get on this list. >> but yes, i know it's a good thing, isn't it? i mean, naming storms has always been a good thing. it's only happened this last think some last nine years. i think some people may be a little bit confused because it's only in the or weeks we've had the last 4 or 5 weeks we've had two named storms and were the last 4 or 5 weeks we've had two ilo ned storms and were the last 4 or 5 weeks we've had two ilo bei storms and were the last 4 or 5 weeks we've had two ito be theirms and were the last 4 or 5 weeks we've had two ito be the first and were the last 4 or 5 weeks we've had two ito be the first anithe were said to be the first of the season. the said to be the first of the seas of the the said to be the first of the seas of the previous the said to be the first of the seas of the previous seasonthe said to be the first of the seasof the previous season ,ie first of the previous season, which is just ended yesterday . which is just ended yesterday. really confusing. i know . really confusing. i know. >> okay. this is the new list for 2023 and 24. >> and as you say , we're >> and as you say, we're starting off with agnes. we've only got as far as b in the last starting off with agnes. we've on months. far as b in the last starting off with agnes. we've on months. so as b in the last starting off with agnes. we've on months. so let's in the last starting off with agnes. we've on months. so let's see :he last starting off with agnes. we've on months. so let's see :he lewe 12 months. so let's see how we get on this time. >> yeah. of you >> yeah. and of course, you know, were know, idalia was the one we were talking day two know, idalia was the one we were talk with day two know, idalia was the one we were talk with florida, day two know, idalia was the one we were talk with florida, georgia two know, idalia was the one we were talk with florida, georgia and'o ago with florida, georgia and then up into carolina . then up into south carolina. what is the thinking about actually giving this actually giving it this identification and a sort of a personality , if you like? well personality, if you like? well i do think a name storms a named storm is more memorable to

everybody. >> it's great for the to media push this storm name out before it actually happens. i think it's going to have a greater impact with millions and millions of viewers and listeners. think that's a listeners. so i think that's a very, very good the very, very good thing. in the first the storm first case. but once the storm has gone gone through and has gone and gone through and passed and then people are putting claims putting in their claims insurance claims and like putting in their claims iithinkice claims and like putting in their claims iithink everybody and like putting in their claims iithink everybody isj like putting in their claims iithink everybody is then like putting in their claims iithink everybody is then aware i think everybody is then aware of storm right. in of that name storm right. in order to get the claims in and get them sorted out pretty quickly. so i think it is a really it really good thing. i think it was long overdue, quite frankly. if back years, of if you go back 30 odd years, of course, the snappily course, we had the snappily entitled great storm of 1987 and we had the burns day storm of 1990 that occurred on the 25th of january. robbie burns birthday . so of january. robbie burns birthday. so that made a lot of sense. but we couldn't actually give a name to the great storm in 87. since then, it's taken all time until just nine all this time until just nine years the americans all this time until just nine years been the americans all this time until just nine years been for americans all this time until just nine years been for donkey'sis have been doing it for donkey's years and this storm that we've just had recently, dahlia , down just had recently, dahlia, down in in the panhandle in the almost in the panhandle of mexico, the last one, to actually any devastating actually make any devastating impact in that particular part of the big bend, as they call it

around florida was called easy. a bit of a strange name for a hurricane, but there we are. yeah and that was 73 years ago. so they've been doing for so they've been doing it for a long perhaps unfairly , long time and perhaps unfairly, a wanted the a lot of people maybe wanted the great storm to be renamed the michael fish. >> no , i can tell you it's not >> no, i can tell you it's not coming. anyway, let's gloss over that. but just to reflect, there's an awful lot of names there. that there. does that indicate that we're lot of we're expecting an awful lot of storms ? storms as well? >> well, what do you think, mark? i mean, it's the 1st of september and more and more people are coming across on boats dropped people are coming across on boa completely dropped people are coming across on boa completely . dropped people are coming across on boa completely . it's dropped people are coming across on boa completely . it's completelyed out completely. it's completely flat . no wind at all. and flat today. no wind at all. and there's sign of any stormy there's no sign of any stormy weather. as you weather. but of course, as you go through september, it is common to get remnants of common to get the remnants of these hurricanes and tropical storms across the storms coming across the atlantic. will engage our storms coming across the atl stream will engage our storms coming across the atl stream and will engage our storms coming across the atl stream and then ngage our storms coming across the atl stream and then we ge our storms coming across the atl stream and then we areiur storms coming across the atl stream and then we are going jet stream and then we are going to see some heavier winds as we go through this month and into the autumn, of course, and through the autumn, of course, and throwhat happened last is but what happened last year is that office , for some that the met office, for some strange reason, didn't actually bother naming the storms. they let it to other people like the

french and the spanish, because apparently the impact was greater but i would argue greater there. but i would argue about right . about that right. >> and just just to look at what may be in store , i mean, there may be in store, i mean, there is a plus side, i gather, with the storms, they of push the storms, they sort of push the storms, they sort of push the jet stream out of the way and the high and then we get the high pressure staying with us for a little more settled little longer with more settled conditions happen. conditions as that can happen. >> . yes. between the highs, >> yes. yes. between the highs, there are lows and between the lows there are so the lows there are highs. so the weather doesn't stay in the same place and place all the time. and it is interesting, might place all the time. and it is inteithrow|, might place all the time. and it is inteithrow this might place all the time. and it is inteithrow this one might place all the time. and it is inteithrow this one at might place all the time. and it is inteithrow this one at you, ht just throw this one at you, mark, because it interesting mark, because it is interesting for late for anybody who's having a late summer and popping summer holiday and they popping down portugal at down to spain and portugal at the because we're the moment. well, because we're seeing some really nice warm , seeing some really nice warm, sunny weather coming in for a few once we get today's few days. once we get today's drizzly way , we drizzly rain out of the way, we are going to much better are going to see much better weather here. temperatures up towards some towards 28, 29 degrees in some places. the knock on is that places. wow the knock on is that we've got low pressure developing spain and developing across spain and portugal. anybody going down portugal. so anybody going down there stormy there is going to get stormy weather happened there is going to get stormy wea'aer happened there is going to get stormy wea'a week happened there is going to get stormy wea'a week ago happened there is going to get stormy wea'a week ago when, happened there is going to get stormy wea'a week ago when, you jened there is going to get stormy wea'a week ago when, you know, just a week ago when, you know, britannia, the big cruise line. >> yeah, of course, in palmer in

mallorca. yeah. >> down in palmer. yeah in mallorca. it's the same mallorca. so it's the same sort of again. mallorca. so it's the same sort of okay.igain. mallorca. so it's the same sort of okay. john as ever, thank you >> okay. john as ever, thank you for taking us through that. and we'll make your we'll make sure that your name does that thanks does get on that list. thanks very indeed. coming up in very much indeed. coming up in this more on, well, this next hour, more on, well, the concrete meltdown or is it breakdown ? details coming up for breakdown? details coming up for you . a brighter outlook with you. a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello , it's aidan mcgivern >> hello, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . the gb news forecast. >> a fine day in scotland . sunny >> a fine day in scotland. sunny spells here, but showers elsewhere and perhaps some longer spells of rain for a time as a number of weather fronts clear through, they are clearing . low pressure is disappearing through the rest of the day. high pressure builds for the weekend for the time being, though, the remnants of some rainfall clearing from the southeast , but rainfall clearing from the southeast, but leaving behind a few showers for england and wales, some heavy downpours in

places actually, especially north wales and then later east anglia in the south east, an area well as some area of cloud as well as some patchy northern patchy rain for northern ireland. northern england and the south scotland. but the far south of scotland. but the far south of scotland. but the sunshine the lion's share of the sunshine northern scotland here, 18 to 20 celsius low 20s further south where we do get some sunshine coming through , feeling quite coming through, feeling quite humid the south actually . but humid in the south actually. but any do tend to any heavy showers do tend to disappear into the evening. most places turning dry overnight. the cloud across central areas sinks south. it to lower sinks south. it tends to lower a little, leading to some misty conditions by dawn, a mild night in the south, but where we've got clear skies and the odd fog patch in the north of scotland , patch in the north of scotland, temperatures mid single temperatures in the mid single figures. so a fresh start for northern scotland. any fog slow to clear , but eventually a sunny to clear, but eventually a sunny day here. elsewhere, a lot of cloud first thing. and actually as the cloud bubbles up and lifts there could be a few showers. once again , but they showers. once again, but they tend to fade away later . and by tend to fade away later. and by and large, it's a fine day. more fine weather to come sunday

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up this friday afternoon, a concrete catastrophe . could concrete catastrophe. could hospitals, prisons now join the school's? more than 100 have been forced to shut because of structural failures, concerns growing that others could be at risk of collapse. we'll have more disgusted disbelief and an extremely angry northern ireland's police federation on their own. chief constable stephen byrne . simon byrne. stephen byrne. simon byrne. rather, he says he won't go over continuing controversies , but continuing controversies, but now his own officers threaten a vote of no confidence and domestic abusers leaving prison could be forced to wear electronic tags under a new government scheme. will it offer better protection to the victims as . as. and it's deadline day for transfers in english football. how big could the bill be as saudi arabia tries to splash the cash? but liverpool reject £150

million from the middle east for mohamed salah before that. latest headlines coming up . latest headlines coming up. rhiannon . mark, thank you. rhiannon. mark, thank you. >> good afternoon. it's just gone 2:00. your top stories from the newsroom . yet more schools the newsroom. yet more schools across the uk may be forced to close due to a particular kind of concrete that's prone to sudden collapse. thousands of children face disruption ahead of their return to class after safety warnings were issued, forcing the immediate closure of some buildings as more than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges have had to make urgent relocation plans , and some relocation plans, and some children may be forced back into remote learning . our north west remote learning. our north west reporter sophie reaper is at a school outside bradford . school outside bradford. >> well behind me is just one of a few schools to have been named out of 104 schools in england who will now have to make at least partial closures on the premise is due to concerns over the presence of rac , a form of

the presence of rac, a form of weaker and less durable concrete. now this is just one of two schools in bradford alone that will have to make closures. the council in response have said they have already ordered temporary classrooms, but that the wait could be six significant a meanwhile , other significant a meanwhile, other parents up and down the country have been advised by the government that if they yet don't know if their school has been affected, they'll simply have to to contacted by have to wait to be contacted by the schools directly . the schools directly. >> while schools minister nick gibb told gb news the government's prioritising safety and there may well be more buildings at risk, we took this decision as swiftly as we could. >> we had to look at the evidence, we had to discuss that evidence, we had to discuss that evidence with experts . we had to evidence with experts. we had to make sure we had plans in place for what would be doing for what schools would be doing when they were told that they probably needed to address this. what was previously regarded as low risk rack in their schools. but it's the right decision.

it's the most cautious decision i >> -- >> rail passengers are facing disruption today as another wave of strikes brings some services across the country to a standstill. members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers , as the rail without drivers, as the rail delivery group describes the strike as unnecessary . but the strike as unnecessary. but the union says the government's refusing to make a reasonable pay refusing to make a reasonable pay offer . the dispute, which pay offer. the dispute, which started over a year ago, remains at deadlock , with no talks at deadlock, with no talks planned and no sign of a breakthrough. general secretary of aslef mick whelan says they'll keep striking until a reasonable pay offer is made . reasonable pay offer is made. >> the reality is that we haven't seen the transport ministers since last december . ministers since last december. we haven't seen the rail minister since act bad minister since the act of bad faith january haven't faith in january and we haven't seen erg since the deal they put to us with our red lines in that set up to fail april. we've set up to fail in april. we've been here now for the best part of if it takes of 14 months. if it takes another 14 months or another 14 years, be here and

years, we'll still be here and at some point somebody is going to come and talk to us to have to come and talk to us and situation to and resolve this situation to former leaders of far right group , proud boys have been group, proud boys have been jailed on charges related to the storming the us capitol storming of the us capitol building washington , joseph building in washington, joseph biggs and zachary burrell were convicted of seditious conspiracy for trying to overturn donald trump's 2020 election defeat. >> they're prison terms of 15 and 17 years are below us sentencing guidelines and far lower than the 30 year term sought by federal prosecutors . sought by federal prosecutors. back here, direct line will pay £30 million in compensation to customers who've been overcharged whilst renewing their insurance . the company their insurance. the company admitted to an error in implementing new pricing rules , implementing new pricing rules, which came into effect at the start of last year. the financial conduct authority brought in the new rules to protect existing customers from being quoted higher prices than new customers . the uk's economy new customers. the uk's economy performed better during the

pandemic than previously thought, and it bounced back to pre—covid levels almost two years ago. that's according to new figures released today by the office for national statistics . six by the end of statistics. six by the end of 2021, the economy's believed to have been 0.6% larger than it was in 2019. estimates previously suggested that it had shrunk . the figures paint a more shrunk. the figures paint a more optimistic picture of the economy, despite prices rising at the faster rate for 40 years and fergus, jocelyn and debbie, just some of the storms we might expect next season. the met office says they're being named after the very people working to protect us from them. meteorologists name storms only when they are expected to have a medium or high impact on people and forecasters say it helps communicate just how serious the storms are . it'll be the first storms are. it'll be the first time the traditional male and female ordering of names have

been altered . this is gb news been altered. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back over to . play gb news. now back over to. mark rhiannon . mark rhiannon. >> thanks very much indeed and welcome back to the live desk. now we're being told that even more schools across the uk could be close because of be forced to close because of this concrete that has been found to be prone to sudden collapse. and it comes as the government is being urged to name all the schools that have already ordered close already been ordered to close some one 104 of them, the department of education, instructing them to or those who've used a particular type of concrete rack to close just days, of course, the days, of course, before the school term due to start the national education union describing that timing as a sign of incompetence by the of gross incompetence by the government, though says its prioritising safety and a warning now from the institute of structural engineers that

other public buildings could be affected, including schools as well as hospitals , court well as hospitals, court buildings, saying they warned the government in 2018 that there could be a critical failure of this type of concrete. well let's now return to the schools and speak to our reporter, anna riley. she's at a school that's been affected in sheffield . and anna, in terms of sheffield. and anna, in terms of the mums and dads, of course, it's the suddenness of this warning just days before term is due to start . warning just days before term is due to start. is market is a slightly different situation where i am at abbey lane primary school in sheffield . school in sheffield. >> work began here in july by the council and they say that they have worked throughout the summer to notify parents of this repair work. this removal of this rack type of concrete that's prone to collapse. so safety concerns , as i can safety concerns, as i can actually see further down as well, you might be able to see behind me, there are workmen

working . it's the working away now. it's the kitchen area that's been identify died at the school as having form of concrete. so having this form of concrete. so the school hopes that students will be able to come in on monday and still have lessons as normal. however, as the kitchen is affected here, that will, of course, affect their school meals . so it's whether they have meals. so it's whether they have to find alternative arrangements, whether that's packed or some other way packed lunches or some other way to get those school meals . us to get those school meals. us and statement to us, as and in a statement to us, as i've reiterated , they said that i've reiterated, they said that they had kept parents aware of this situation and they also said that this work will cost them £620,000 from their capital budgets. so that was money that they had already allocated for this work. but with this announcement from the government that they're going to help schools with this perhaps schools with this work, perhaps they'll money they'll get some more money towards fixing this towards that for fixing this problem that they've got with the and the kitchen here. yeah, and course, they've >> yeah, and of course, they've got to find everywhere for all the kids to lunch. but the kids to have lunch. but i mean, on

mean, you've touched on something quite interesting. of course, it's not necessarily just a just the entire structure of a building. parts it which building. it's parts of it which is causing, know, is causing, you know, real complications for the headteachers . headteachers. >> yeah, that's it. i mean, this work, as i say, has been going on since july. sadly, it couldn't be finished by the time pupils were coming back to school. the council have said that it will finished by that it will be finished by december, so that's still several months of disruption for pupils here. there's 561 pupils that come between the ages of four and 11. finding alternate meals and especially as well if certain pupils rely on these free school meals and breakfast clubs. that's an added concern too, to think of when getting pupils into school for those meals . meals. >> of course. the other thing is we still haven't got the complete list of schools that have got to close . so i guess have got to close. so i guess there are many mums and dads across country still across the country still wondering, , know, wondering, well, you know, are we hit ? we going to be hit? >> yeah, that's correct , mark. >> yeah, that's correct, mark. we know that in yorkshire this school has been identified. we

know of two others in bradford . know of two others in bradford. that's all we know so far in the yorkshire region. but it could be, you know, we know 104 affected the schools secretary , affected the schools secretary, the education secretary has said that they wanted to have the schools contact parents first before reading about it in the media. but of course, we are still waiting for that full list to come out and to see just how impacted these pupils will be. you know, they've been in lockdown learning . yes. yeah. lockdown learning. yes. yeah. suffer with teachers strikes and it's the last thing that they'd want to do. going, learning back at home. they just want to get back , especially after back to school, especially after the yeah . and just to have some >> yeah. and just to have some sort normal reality, if sort of normal reality, if that's possible. anna thank you for updating us there in sheffield . but speak now sheffield. but let's speak now to an expert to find out what exactly is the problem rack as we were saying, reinforced autoclave saved aerated concrete. why why are we getting so alarmed about it? let's speak to professor of construction engineering and materials at the

university of loughborough , university of loughborough, chris goodyear. chris, thank you very indeed time . very much indeed for your time. um, we're learning more and more about this, about the buildings that are sort of at risk , if you that are sort of at risk, if you like, but certainly some experts saying, look, we warned about this way back in 2018 . this way back in 2018. >> that's right. there was there was a warning went out in 2018 that this this material could be a problem. >> it's worth looking at as there frequently are about many building materials and many types of buildings. >> it's not it's not a rare thing to put an alert out for the industry to look into a particular material. >> so there's nothing i see inherently bad with this approach or this type of material . material. >> and it's still used all around world in many places, around the world in many places, and around 50, 60 and it's been around 50, 60 years in in this country. >> but you say 50, 60 years. and yet we're told that basically it's got a 30 year life effectively before it starts to crumble and disinter. great i've

read that, too. >> but that's not not really the case. all building materials slowly degrade over time. >> and it very much depends on how they're loaded and what the environment is . environment is. >> if you overload a material and put it in really bad, aggressive weather, it will deteriorate quite quickly . if deteriorate quite quickly. if you keep it nice, safe, warm and dry and overload it, it dry and don't overload it, it will last more than 30 years. it will last more than 30 years. it will last more than 30 years. it will last decades. that's an interesting point because we understand that nick gibb made this on because a beam this decision on because a beam that they thought was intact actually failed over the summer, which meant they had to sort of reassess the situation . reassess the situation. >> that's correct . there's been >> that's correct. there's been a very small number of collapses and failures that have to led where we are. >> and this is partly why there's a late decision. our learning has been increasing extremely as a country over extremely fast as a country over the last two years based partly on research at loughborough university, but partly based on structural engineering and all the investigations done. and that's culminated in a lot of

work over this summer and inspecting a lot of specific cases. inspecting a lot of specific cases . and this is where this cases. and this is where this has led to the department of education's decision this week. >> right now, tell us a bit more about rack and why it is a problem. it's been described as like an aero bar full of bubbles. what was the whole point of it? is it lighter than than reinforced concrete and therefore can be used in different structures ? different structures? >> exactly . traditional concrete >> exactly. traditional concrete is used all over the world. it's the second most used material in the second most used material in the world. it's literally everywhere, but it's extremely heavy. so this is an aerated concrete. it's about a quarter of the density of normal concrete. so as a builder, it's fantastic to build with. it's quick , easy light to install and quick, easy light to install and fix . and if you install it fix. and if you install it properly, then it can work and last for ages. but as with many buildings in the 50s and 60s we built so much so fast. there's a lot of quality issues with many

types of materials from the 50 and 60s and this type of material is a bit less robust than normal concrete. it can't be banged around. it's a bit less unforgiving . there's less unforgiving. there's traditional reinforced concrete i >> -- >> and do we know where it all is? i mean, we assume there are building regulations where the construct is have had to put the details in, but we're being told, you know, surveyors are having drill having to go round and drill into sort of beams and walls to find out if it is aerated . find out if it is aerated. >> exactly . so here lies the >> exactly. so here lies the problem, really . we don't know problem, really. we don't know where it all is in the country. and it's not just schools. it could be in almost all types of buildings from the 60 or 70. wow. and you can't find that simply by looking at it. it looks like normal concrete. and the other problem is , if you the other problem is, if you look up at the ceiling, it's probably painted. it might have plaster it might have a plaster on it might have a suspended ceiling. can't suspended ceiling. so you can't even concrete. you even see the concrete. so you have do an intrusive survey. even see the concrete. so you hailiterally an intrusive survey. even see the concrete. so you hailiterally , n intrusive survey. even see the concrete. so you hailiterally , youtrusive survey. even see the concrete. so you hailiterally , you haves survey. even see the concrete. so you hailiterally , you have to urvey. even see the concrete. so you hailiterally , you have to dieg. so literally, you have to dig into the concrete to fully understand the material is.

understand what the material is. and even more than that, you have around and into the have to dig around and into the corners and where the bearing is to support it, fully to support it, to fully understand and is it well supported and that's what takes work, right ? work, right? >> so therefore, the institute of structural engineers or surveyors is saying, look, you know, this could be prisons, it could be court buildings, any large scale public building from the 1950s onwards. i mean, that's going to be a huge problem . problem. >> it is a huge problem. it's not all buildings, it's a proportion. but we don't know what that proportion is. and the most common place for it is, is the flat roofs of several storeys high and possibly use also as cladding panels on the outside to keep the weather out. but that's less of a safety issue, the cladding panel, than it is a structural roof on the top. >> so given that, i mean, what could the sort of total bill for all this be at the end of the day , it's maybe it's how long is day, it's maybe it's how long is a piece of string, you know no

health has spent tens of millions of pounds addressing the problem in the health sector i >>i >> i expect schools to be spending hundreds of millions of pounds. if you add up all those schools remediation schools and the full remediation and if you extrapolate that across country , you are across the country, you are talking hundreds millions. if talking hundreds of millions. if not of pounds to fully not billions of pounds to fully address the issue. and it won't be done overnight. but let's say most of it's been there 50 years be done overnight. but let's say mosisif it's been there 50 years be done overnight. but let's say mosis perfectlyn there 50 years be done overnight. but let's say mosis perfectly fineere 50 years be done overnight. but let's say mosis perfectly fine and0 years be done overnight. but let's say mosis perfectly fine and ayears be done overnight. but let's say mosis perfectly fine and a lotrs and is perfectly fine and a lot of it will be living with rack as learn about the material, as we learn about the material, we'll learn how to look after it, how to support it, it, learn how to support it, because we can't just replace it all overnight . it's of it. >> chris, thank you very much indeed. chris goodyear, materials professor at the university of loughborough, thank you for time on gb thank you for your time on gb news. course, we'll news. and of course, we'll update you get list of update you as we get the list of those schools that were those schools that we were promised earlier. but promised a little earlier. but let's bring you some more breaking news coming in from westminster prime westminster now and the prime minister's director of communications has resigned. we're being told. let's get more with our political editor, chris hope with this at westminster gone of their own accord. chris

>> it seems that way. mark, she's called amber de botton. she's called amber de botton. she senior broadcaster at she was a senior broadcaster at itv news . she was a senior broadcaster at itv news. she's resigned she was a senior broadcaster at itv news . she's resigned now. itv news. she's resigned now. i'm surprised by that because i've seen her recently for cups of tea and coffee, as i should do in my job working for gb news. and she's given no indication off. indication she was off. there has this in has been a shake—up this week in downing a new head of downing street, a new head of strategy in that i don't strategy brought in that i don't know . that could be an issue. it know. that could be an issue. it may be she wants to have a break. the next break. looking into the next penod break. looking into the next period the busy period period of the of the busy election period . it does say to period period of the of the busy electhough,od . it does say to period period of the of the busy elec though, thatit does say to period period of the of the busy elec though, that this es say to period period of the of the busy elec though, that this thisay to period period of the of the busy elec though, that this this this me, though, that this this this happening now is indicative , happening now is indicative, negative. i think of rishi sunak circling the wagons around himself ahead ahead of the big shake—up in the cabinet, starting after the party conference in october. i think this is the beginning ing of the of the of the key people getting around him to fight the next election. there are some statements out today, if i can just pull them my phone just pull them up on my phone here, amber she said here, amber de botton she said on twitter. an honour on twitter. it's been an honour and a privilege to serve as the prime minister's director of

communications options. but i've decided it's the right time to move on. i would like to thank i would like to take this opportunity rather to thank the prime minister for his support and leadership. she goes on. and his leadership. she goes on. the team he has built around him is dedicated and focussed because those are the qualities he inspires. i also want my colleagues. number ten is a demanding and high pressure place to work . yet the place to work. yet the professionalism and talent they display every day is exceptional . well, and the pm rishi sunak, has said in response , i'd like has said in response, i'd like to thank amber for all of her hard work over the past year. she brought with her the top level journalistic and management experience. that's been invaluable. she has led the team with calm, professionalism and has been instrumental in ensuring consistency and creativity across whitehall communications. i want to thank particularly her for her work she did on the windsor framework . that of course, is the northern ireland deal that sunak did. the atlantic declaration that's with the us and the

successful evacuation of sudan earlier this year. so it means little , i think, outside of little, i think, outside of westminster. but for me these are the first movements under watermark of changes afoot as they go towards what will be a massive political year. >> right. okay. because yesterday we had this new defence secretary put in place grant shapps. it defence secretary put in place grant shapps . it wasn't so even grant shapps. it wasn't so even the mini reshuffle, perhaps that might have been indicated does that mean that rishi sunak is, as you say , keeping his powder as you say, keeping his powder dry for what could be big changes this autumn ? yes changes this autumn? yes >> yeah. i've, i've been informed by sources very close to the prime minister, rishi sunak, to accept, to expect a reset reshuffle, a massive reshuffle after the tory party conference and before the king's speech, when all the plans for parliament and the laws are set out on november the 7th. so we're looking into that period. and amber botton , it and clearly, amber de botton, it looks like thought well, it's looks like is thought well, it's a election a busy time approaching election fever will start gripping westminster very shortly . i'm

off. >> could we interpret it as not a sinking ship, but certainly a large number of boats because the latest figures are those crossing the channel. the average number of migrants hitting a new monthly high in the latest figures. and of course, we've got this assertion from sunak all the time as from rishi sunak all the time as one of those five pledges. stop the boats . is this one of those five pledges. stop the boats. is this a one of those five pledges. stop the boats . is this a government the boats. is this a government on the back foot the moment ? on the back foot at the moment? well, it is on the back foot. >> don't forget, 20,000 migrants arriving by small boats this week. that was part this year , week. that was part this year, forgive me, that was passed on monday, week , 25,000 in all monday, this week, 25,000 in all since sunak became prime minister. he's doctors minister. he's got doctors strike which are hampering his attempts bring down nhs attempts to bring down nhs waiting lists. inflation may be the best story you can tell by christmas . that the best story you can tell by christmas. that may be the best story you can tell by christmas . that may be down to christmas. that may be down to 6 or 7% hopefully. and he wants to get the national national debt falling. he's got his targets and they're not looking very healthy at the moment. that's probably what part of the problem it's an problem certainly it's not an easy it's never easy time, but it's never easy time but it's

time in government. but it's amazing. a amazing. i often think as a journalist how you do journalist how little you can do with an seat majority, with an 80 seat majority, perhaps a little light on the honzon perhaps a little light on the horizon for him with the acknowledgement, if that's the right phrase from the ons, that the economic situation perhaps not quite as dire as people were thinking after the situation of lockdown and . covid that's lockdown and. covid that's right. what's happened is the ons, the office of national statistics, getting lots of data after the event and they then revise their growth forecasts. the forecast of how much the economy has grown. forget, economy has grown. don't forget, dunng economy has grown. don't forget, during , rishi sunak during this time, rishi sunak was was chancellor. so it's was was the chancellor. so it's on his watch. this happened and they've that the they've found today that the economy in 2021 grew by 8.5, rather than 7.6. it did contract in 2020 because of the covid crisis , but we did bounce back crisis, but we did bounce back much more quickly . jeremy hunt, much more quickly. jeremy hunt, the chancellor, issued a statement today saying that it shows how the doom mongers don't always get it right. so this is some don't some good news. and don't forget, time the pm sunak forget, at the time the pm sunak was of the of the keys was in charge of the of the keys

and the treasury. so it's a good win for him. yeah, indeed. and the treasury. so it's a good wineveniim. yeah, indeed. and the treasury. so it's a good wineveniim. yea today's d. >> even though today's manufacturing not quite manufacturing figures not quite as robust perhaps as they as as robust perhaps as they would like. but christopher down in westminster, thank you for updating us with all latest updating us with all the latest on day in westminster. on a busy day in westminster. thank you much indeed . more thank you very much indeed. more reaction also reaction to come on that. also more that more reaction to the news that domestic abusers leaving prison will be forced to wear electronic tags . how will that electronic tags. how will that work? we'll be speaking to an expert shortly . expert shortly. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. there are some heavy showers indeed thunderstorms showers and indeed thunderstorms out there this afternoon. they do later and then high do ease later and then high pressure builds for the weekend. high pressure edging in from the atlantic, but for the time being, low pressure is in control. a weakening weather front sits across northern ireland, northern england that bringing some cloud and patchy rain through the rest of the day

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men during a high speed car chase. >> the victims killed when they were deliberately rammed off the a46 dual carriageway near leicester in february last year. mahek bukhari, a 24 year old tiktok star, and her mum , tiktok star, and her mum, anserine bukhari, both found guilty of two counts of murder last month . will hollis has the last month. will hollis has the background . background. >> a macbook erg found fame on the social media app tiktok. the influencer from stoke on trent amassed tens of thousands of followers sharing makeup tutorials , mles, fashion and tutorials, mles, fashion and dance routines, often alongside her mum and zarin. now the pair are known for another reason on murder . are known for another reason on murder. anserine, are known for another reason on murder . anserine, whose are known for another reason on murder. anserine, whose married was having an affair that she tried to end. but her lover, saqib hussain , blackmailed her, saqib hussain, blackmailed her, threatening to release sex tapes unless she paid back money spent dunng unless she paid back money spent during the relationship. they arranged to meet at a tesco car park in leicester city in a

skoda with his friend mohammed hashim aijazuddin , marked with a hashim aijazuddin, marked with a green arrow . but anserine did green arrow. but anserine did not come alone. in a seat marked with a blue arrow and audi, the red arrow was also mahek and six others. when the skoda left, it was followed by both cars toward the a46, where it was rammed off the a46, where it was rammed off the road, splitting in two, killing the young men . killing the young men. leicestershire police arrested the mother and daughter. the same morning. mahek lying about where they had been . where they had been. >> so we first we stayed here and then we went straight to nottingham. right okay . nottingham. right okay. >> in the audi? yes >> in the audi? yes >> audi. right. the silver car. >> audi. right. the silver car. >> all i hear is like a like a you can hear like a bang, but not a big bang. it was like a you hit behind me, basically the silver cars hit the blue car at the back like a touch. but you can tell the blue car is going a bit faster. so i've looked at my mum and goes, mum, is going mum and goes, mum, what is going

on? wrong with are they, on? what is wrong with are they, are they. don't if are they. i don't know if they're what are they're drunk are they. what are they're drunk are they. what are they do blue they're drunk are they. what are thejin do blue they're drunk are they. what are thejin general. to blue they're drunk are they. what are thejin general. they blue they're drunk are they. what are thejin general. they continued car in general. they continued to lie during the trial at leicester crown court but were found guilty of murder last month . month. >> police described the killing as a callous and cold blooded attack that ultimately cost two men their lives. attack that ultimately cost two men their lives . social media men their lives. social media provides a freedom to access fame . prison will not be as fame. prison will not be as generous . will hollis gb news in generous. will hollis gb news in leicester . for let's get the leicester. for let's get the latest now with will, who's outside leicester crown court. >> will you indicating they went into a lunch recess but we are expecting this sentencing fairly imminently i gather. yes it should be any time within the next 1 to 2 hours. >> we were just, of course, taking a look back at the history of this case. days like today, they focus on the sentencing. how long people will spend behind bars for the crime

that they have committed. but the other important part about days like today is hearing those victim impact statements that are read out often by family members of the victims of crime . in this case, of course, it's saqib hussain mohammad and mohammed hashim aijazuddin . mohammed hashim aijazuddin. there were statements, first of all, read by hussain's family. they described his presence as a gift, saying that as a family, we are heartbroken and that they are uncontrollable in their grief before adding he did not deserve to die or no one deserves to die like that. also, saqib's friend, the family of mr aijazuddin , described their son aijazuddin, described their son as a superstar, saying that since that night we haven't slept or felt happiness that they've been living in a nightmare. now, one of the most powerful parts about that statement, particularly was when

in mrjohn lydon , the father of in mr john lydon, the father of muhammad, spoke directly to reign. she said he said an illicit affair with a young boy was it worth it to hide this from your husband? that, of course , relates to the reason course, relates to the reason why these two young men ultimately ended up dying on the a46 more than a year ago. in february 2022. it was andrene bukhan february 2022. it was andrene bukhari and her daughter mahek, trying to cover up an affair that andrene had been having with mr hussain. we are awaiting sentencing not just for answering bukhari but also for mahek bukhari as well as five other people that are going to be that are going to be sentenced later today here at leicester crown court. well, thank you for that and we'll be back to you, of course, as soon as that happens. >> thanks very indeed. but as that happens. >> t nows very indeed. but as that happens. >> t nows very an indeed. but as that happens. >> t nows very an updatezd. but as that happens. >> t nows very an updatezd. the time now to get an update on the news rhiannon .

news headlines with rhiannon. >> mark, thank you. it's 233. your top stories from the newsroom . and to some breaking newsroom. and to some breaking news just in, the prime minister's director of communications has resigned . communications has resigned. amber de botton says it's been a privilege and honour to serve in her role, but it's the right time to move on, she says. rishi sunak has paid tribute, thanking her for her hard work and calm professionalism . yet more professionalism. yet more schools across the uk may be forced to close due to a particular kind of concrete that's prone to sudden collapse . thousands of children face disruption ahead of their return to class after safety warnings were issued, forcing the immediate closure of some buildings. more than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges have had to make urgent relocation plans , and some relocation plans, and some children may be forced back into remote learning . rail passengers remote learning. rail passengers are facing disruption today as another wave of strikes brings some services across the country

to a standstill. members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers . the rail trains without drivers. the rail delivery group describes the strike as unnecessary, but the union says the government's refusing to make a reasonable pay refusing to make a reasonable pay offer and the uk's economy performed better during the pandemic than previously thought . and it bounced back to pre covid levels almost two years ago. that's according to new figures released today by the office for national statistics . office for national statistics. by the end of 2021, the economy's believed to have been 0.6% larger than it was in 2019. estimates it's previously suggested it had shrunk. the figures paint a more optimistic picture of the economy , despite picture of the economy, despite a cost of living crisis that's seen prices rise at the fastest rate for 40 years. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com .

gb news radio. and welcome back to the live desk. >> now the chief constable of northern ireland facing growing pressure from his own rank and file officers and civilian staff to step down. simon bernard says he will not resign after several controversies, but but his own staff saying they're considering

votes of no confidence since, indeed, the chair of northern ireland's police federation saying he's disgusted , saying he's disgusted, disillusioned and extremely angry with the chief constable. it follows an emergency meeting of the policing board last night. let's get more with our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie, who's outside the psni hq in belfast for us. and dougie, it seems that another series of meetings next week could turn the screw once more for indeed mark and things have got a little bit worse for him today because it now turns out that a poster has appeared in dungiven with names of three officers and their details on it. >> and this, of course, came from that data breach earlier on in the month. so those officers have been informed their security is now being looked at, their personal security and that of their families. and there's no doubt that they may have to be redeployed somewhere else. and that a very sad thing to and that is a very sad thing to happen here in northern ireland. and whole the whole the and the whole the whole the whole saga around this is

getting stranger and stranger for the chief constable arrived yesterday in the policing board along with his deputy and they face their political masters . face their political masters. this is the third time they've had this insider month. the other two times were to do with the data breaches , but this the data breaches, but this particular time was more personalised to the chief constable because it was after a judicial review was taken against him by the policing federation. the unions of the police, and that happened over an incident that happened . in an incident that happened. in february 21st when an arrest was made and two junior officers were disciplined. now the federation was not happy with with that disciplinary procedure and took it to the police ombudsman . and they also said ombudsman. and they also said that there was no charges for these officers to answer. so not happy with that. the police federation took it on further to a judicial review and that judicial review reported earlier on in the week. and that the

judicial review said that the discipline of the two officers was indeed unlawful. and in fact the chief constable had made that decision to allow by threats from sinn fein to take away their support for the policing in northern ireland. now sinn fein , it must be said, now sinn fein, it must be said, have denied that. but after a marathon meeting last night, the chief con then appeared outside along with his deputy, and said that the question of an appeal is live and that further public commentary is now not appropriate, which sent the police federation into a tailspin . and they are now tailspin. and they are now saying , well, this is a disgrace saying, well, this is a disgrace because the chances are that the chief constable will be able to use the money out of the policing board . there are out of policing board. there are out of the psni and already overstretched budgets out to fight this case. and of course, that also comes on the back of

him having to face a westminster committee on tuesday this week over that data breach. but more importantly, if he is to go, who will replace the chief constable? because of course, we don't have a justice minister in northern ireland because the assembly here is down protesting about the arrangements after breakfast or brexit, along with the framework document . so there the framework document. so there is a real mess here and the police federation will be having their own meetings next wednesday and they may well put a vote of no confidence into that. >> chief constable and of course we'll see what his reaction is to that as we reflect . policing, to that as we reflect. policing, of course, has to be by public consultation, but we'll see what the reaction is for the moment. dougie in belfast, thank you very much indeed . and that's the very much indeed. and that's the latest from belfast there. now domestic abusers leaving prison to have electronic monitoring tags and offenders who pose a threat to a former partner or children . indeed, being banned

children. indeed, being banned from going within a certain distance of their homes. from going within a certain distance of their homes . well, distance of their homes. well, the government says this pilot scheme will offer better protection victims . it's protection to victims. it's being launched in the midlands, but it to be but then expect it to be introduced england introduced across all of england and next year . introduced across all of england and next year. let's speak and wales next year. let's speak now to national domestic abuse lead victim support. valerie wise. valerie, thank you for your time . um, do we know who your time. um, do we know who will be monitored ? the tags. will be monitored? the tags. will it be the police or will it be some other kind of the prison service for instance ? service for instance? >> i honestly can't answer that question because we don't know that many details at the moment . right. i mean, one thing i think we need to be clear about is we need to ensure that false reassurance isn't being given to victims . because i know it says victims. because i know it says with the tag , this could be like with the tag, this could be like a curfew and you can't go within a curfew and you can't go within a certain distance . but what a certain distance. but what we're not yet clear about is if the tag shows somebody, you know , gone where they shouldn't is action taken immediately ? yes.

action taken immediately? yes. because if it isn't , then that's because if it isn't, then that's going to give false reassurance to victims. so we need to have some more details about this . some more details about this. but i think the fact that there is a pilot scheme means that these things can be ironed out and ensured that it actually does mean victims are safer, but can i just also mention, i think the other thing that's been announced today is about the, um , the unwanted prisoner contact service, because i think that's really, really important because quite often prisoners can tinue to try and control victims from behind bars and they'll be stopped from doing this. they'll be stopped from phoning or writing to a victim of domestic abuse. and i think that's really, really important as well i >> -- >> yeah, we did speak to someone earlier who themselves had been a victim of abuse . and of a victim of abuse. and of course, they indicated that's going to take a lot of staffing to have to actually look through all coming from all the mail coming from prisoners and perhaps they're using other addresses that then

the mail is sent on and so on and like perhaps the tags , it and like perhaps the tags, it takes manpower to actually police, if you can use that phrase . phrase. >> yeah, it does. it does. but i mean, the fact is that domestic abuse is such a huge issue in this country , which the this country, which the government has recognised because putting on the same footing as terrorism , um, that footing as terrorism, um, that really action needs to be taken to ensure that victims are kept safe because the cost of being a victim of domestic abuse is enormous to society . so really i enormous to society. so really i think the cost, whatever the cost is for this will be worth it. but as i say, the proof of the pudding will be in the eating . is this going make eating. is this going to make victims safer? >> yeah, but i think another thing that's really good about the scheme is that charities like victim support will be able to actually make these reports on behalf of victims. >> so i think that's really, really critical as well. so, you know, if there's somebody we're supporting and they've had an

unwanted contact or somebody's broken the curfew , but we can broken the curfew, but we can actually report that situation to the authorities, i think it's really , really important. really, really important. >> right. >> right. >> that's quite interesting because, of course, i was going to about the pilot to ask you about the pilot scheme will you scheme in the midlands. will you have making have an input in actually making sure that any problems are addressed streamline before addressed and streamline before it's introduced across the country ? country? >> well, i hope so, because victim support does work in particularly in the west midlands . and so, yes, we midlands. and so, yes, we support a lot of victims of domestic abuse . so yeah, we i'm domestic abuse. so yeah, we i'm sure we'll have want to be, you know , feeding back what victims know, feeding back what victims are saying to us, is this working or do changes need to be made ? ed yeah, because of course made? ed yeah, because of course one of the issues that has been looked at is restraining orders that were obviously one of the things in the weaponry and there were ways around that that these these people could find . and these people could find. and yeah, i mean , it's absolutely yeah, i mean, it's absolutely important that restraining orders non—molestation orders, all of these protective orders

actually do work . and when actually do work. and when they're breached, that the police actually take action because it's no good if it's breached. but nothing happens because then the person will carry on breaching it. so there has to be consequences . and you has to be consequences. and you can actually it's a criminal offence to breach a non—molestation order or to breach a restraining order. but we have to make sure that the police and of course crown police and of course the crown prosecution service, because they're the ones that in the end will sure something comes will make sure something comes to actually do to court actually do take effective action. >> valerie wyse at victim support, thank you very much indeed for bringing us your response. and course , we'll response. and of course, we'll monitor it comes into monitor that as it comes into action in the midlands. first of all. it's transfer deadline all. now it's transfer deadline day. the summer transfer window ending at 11:00 tonight. premier league clubs so far spending a record £1.95 billion on players in the particular transfer window. significant signings from brighton to chelsea. £150 million. bellingham to real

madrid, declan rice to arsenal and of course, harry kane going to bayern munich and then having to bayern munich and then having to wear that lederhosen. but we won't actually put that picture in front of you at the moment. but mo salah , what's going to but mo salah, what's going to happen to him with liverpool apparently earlier rejecting . apparently earlier rejecting. £150 million bid for him from saudi arabia . let's speak now to saudi arabia. let's speak now to sports broadcaster chris skudder and of course, chris, we were speaking just about a week or so ago about the saudis and what they might do to the game and this very big chequebook they've got doesn't seem to have worked with liverpool . with liverpool. >> no , it doesn't. i mean, >> no, it doesn't. i mean, you've got to remember that most of the players who are going to saudi are at the end of saudi arabia are at the end of their career. >> you'd quite their career. >> that you'd quite their career. >> that ymod quite their career. >> that ymo salahz their career. >> that ymo salah , 31, apply that yet to mo salah, 31, only just turned 31 as well. >> and the thing is, he signed a new contract last year which takes him through to the end of 2025. >> so they've bid. >> so they've bid. >> what would be a british

record fee of £150 million. i mean, money sloshing around there. yeah, money . there. yeah, money. >> no object really. but they've turned it down, you know. i mean, you've got to look at it within context at the end of within the context at the end of the player's contract, if he's out contract, he goes for nothing. >> so liverpool think then he's worth keeping for £75 million a year to them if they don't accept this , it might happen accept this, it might happen later, but it doesn't look like it at the moment. >> so you know, salah still at the peak of his powers , so they the peak of his powers, so they would in saudi arabia, would love him in saudi arabia, but it looks like he's going to stay a stay in the premier league for a while does the fact that this >> but does the fact that this sort saudi money come on to sort of saudi money come on to the playing field, if you like , the playing field, if you like, cause inflation elsewhere , that cause inflation elsewhere, that everyone's got to up the ante, then ? yeah it's always going to then? yeah it's always going to happen. i mean, there are those who are worried about the saudi arabian money. >> yeah, you've got to look i mean, look at the market. you mentioned one point. i think it's a bit more than that. it's about this about 2.5 billion. this this window, three window, which is roughly three times what saudi arabia has been

spending . um, listen , the top spending. um, listen, the top players in the world still want to win the big prizes in europe. you're not going to you know, you go to the club who have bid for mo salah al ittihad, you know , they're not manchester know, they're not manchester united, barcelona , united, they're not barcelona, they're munich . um, they're not bayern munich. um, at the moment, you know, their game is not developed yet. it's really for the big payday at the end of the career and let us face it, you know, if money does talk in football, money talks in life, and if enough of it is thrown at players , they are thrown at players, they are going. some players , like riyad going. some players, like riyad mahrez, who have still got a lot to offer at man city, have gone there you know, there. the rest, you know, neymar , he's you know, the best neymar, he's you know, the best of his career has gone really. ronaldo karim, benzema, people like that . um, i think things like that. um, i think things might change in the future if fifa make the world club cup bigger than it is now. so it might challenge the champions league in europe. then saudi arabia really does come into

play arabia really does come into play right there. not quite there yet , but they've got a lot there yet, but they've got a lot of money and, you know, and if you chuck it at offer it at players, it will change things for sure. >> yeah. and there i think their transfer is transfer deadline window is extended. i think it's 7th of september that they can spend until though the british until even though the british ones 11:00 tonight of course yes , yes. >> 7th of september another another week yet. so yeah. listen, you know it's a and i went to the world cup in qatar and you know they're throwing money at it left, right and centre. to make a centre. they want to make a statement can it. statement. they can afford it. but you know, aside from those players at the very end of their careers, they're not really making inroads. and i think if salah had gone today , that would salah had gone today, that would have been quite something. he'd say 31, give it another year. i think liverpool might have accepted that kind of money. >> oh, right. >> oh, right. >> interesting. they still think they've value of they've got enough value out of him years him for the next two years at the contract. now the. >> yeah, the clock is still ticking today. does it take one big for everything to start big move for everything to start moving? it's bit like the sort

moving? it's a bit like the sort of the dance, if you like . of the dance, if you like. >> that's right. people lose a player. they've got to fill a gap as well . so it is i mean, gap as well. so it is i mean, one move that's caught my eye today is the young lad who's burst onto the scene for years ago, a lad called ansu fati , ago, a lad called ansu fati, spanish international player. now he was 16 then at barcelona and he's gone to brighton on loan today, which was really interesting . a few clubs were interesting. a few clubs were after him as well, including spurs. so they've missed out. they're trying to get their numbers up as well this afternoon . i'm just hearing that afternoon. i'm just hearing that they may well get the welsh international, johnson international, brennan johnson from nottingham forest looks like it's been agreed now. probably a permanent deal. so yeah, mean you lose a player, yeah, i mean you lose a player, you've you've to feel you've got you've got to feel the gaps and that's way it the gaps and that's the way it works in football. it's often a very crazy day. this okay with deals going right through to to the the deadline indeed. >> the ink barely dry on the >> and the ink barely dry on the cheque if they still do it, of course . chris, thanks very much

course. chris, thanks very much for through that. for taking us through that. we'll emerges in we'll see what emerges in the coming as well. that's it coming hours as well. that's it from live desk. but let's from the live desk. but let's just that we have now just update you that we have now got that this concrete got warnings that this concrete catastrophe could be at hospitals as well as other pubuc hospitals as well as other public buildings. and certainly the experts saying they'd warn the experts saying they'd warn the government as far back as 2018 about the problem . at the 2018 about the problem. at the moment, northern ireland looking at all of schools. but we'll at all of its schools. but we'll keep that patrick keep you updated on that patrick christys is with you next. we'll be monday . see then i >> -- >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. there are some heavy showers and indeed thunderstorms out there this afternoon. they do later and then high do ease later and then high pressure builds for the weekend. high pressure edging in from the atlantic , but for the time atlantic, but for the time being, low pressure is in control. a weakening weather front sits across northern ireland. northern england that

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