Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on the Royal Marine heading to court over the Liverpool Football Club parade crash, water shortages in the UK and France's new smoking ban

A 53-year-old Royal Marine will appear in court following the Liverpool Football Club parade crash. 

Paul Doyle from Liverpool has been charged with seven offences relating to the crash in the city on Monday. 

He's a father of three and a local business man. 

Seventy-nine people were injured in the event. 

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey talks to Heather du Plessis-Allan about the incident, potential water shortages in the UK and France's new smoking ban. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Devin Gray, UK correspondent with US. Now, hey, Gevin, hi there,
Heather seems an unlikely guy, this Royal marine to have
done what he did.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yeah, extraordinary. So a fifty three year old format raw marine,
a father of three is to appear in court probably
in about we reckon another three hours time. Following the
Liverpool parade crash. So you'll remember, of course that Liverpool
Football club won the Premier League. There was a parade
and a car plowed into a people carrier, plowed into

(00:31):
the thousands of those who were packed into the streets
and somehow managed to circumnavigate the road closures that were
in place at the time. All of that part of
an investigation. But we do now think the fifty three
year old who's been convicted on numerous counts is going
to appear in court. He faces counts of causing and

(00:52):
attempting to cause unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent,
as well as one of dangerous driving and two counts
of unlore awful and malicious wounding with intents. So no
mention of anything else to do with the terrorism there
that was ruled out early on in this investigation, but
as you said, a great deal of interest into the
motive behind what might have led anyone to do this,

(01:16):
and we'll hear no doubt a little bit more in
court to go regards Paul Doyle, who lives locally.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Kevin, how much trouble are you guys in with water shortages?

Speaker 2 (01:27):
A lot? Apparently, Heather, So, I hadn't realized this, but
you know, we've obviously got a warming climate, a drier
climate here in the UK. We've got all sorts of
water resources issues. The population is growing and data centers,
a lot of data centers in this country now they

(01:47):
apparently use a lot of water for cooling as well,
and yet no major reservoirs have been completed in England
since nineteen ninety two. Nine new reservoirs were announced last year,
but it's very easy for them to get sidetracked or
delayed because of local objections. That can be a vote
loser too, so it's sensitive for the government. And then

(02:10):
of course just slashing all the red tape, and this
government says, right, we are going to make the building
of two of these of national importance, and that severely
restricts what people can complain about and also gives priority
to getting it done. And the government say, yeah, we
really need to tackle these things. We do need those
nine built that they're not coming on stream until twenty fifty,

(02:33):
so two of the big ones we want to bring
on stream within the next five six, seven years and
they're determined to get this done. But yeah, quite a concern.
One minister actually saying that we could be running short
of drinking water in England within the decade unless these
new reservoirs are built.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Tell you what, Gavin, I thought it was fascinating. The
French are going to ban the sagies in outdoor places.
We kids could be because they love the sagies, don't they.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, of all the countries that I think around the
world that I've visited recently, I'm still amazed a number
of people in France who smoke, and there it is
almost like a human rights to be able to smoke.
Now the French have slowly come into line with other
countries by banning it in certain places. They're going a
step further now on the first of July, where there

(03:20):
will be a ban on smoking in all outdoor places
that can be frequented by children, so beaches, parks, public gardens,
outside schools, at bus stops and sporting menus. This is
something that's going to be brought in by the Health
and Family Minister, who said, quote, the freedom to smoke
must end where the freedom of children to breathe fresh

(03:42):
air begins. So this is going to be very interesting.
One place that's going to be exempt, though, are the
outdoor areas of cafes and bars, so called terrace. They
will be exempt from the ban, and anyone who flouts
the band could be in line for roughly two hundred
and fifty New Zealand dollar five saying that regular police
will enforce the ban. But she was a great believer

(04:04):
in self regulation. Now I think the police are saying, well,
hang on a minute, we're pretty busy here, so that
might be a bonus contention. But according to some statistics,
seventy five thousand smokers die each year in France of
tobacco related illnesses. That's thirteen percent of all deaths.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
Thank you, Kevin, appreciate you telling us all about this.
Kevin Gray are UK correspondent.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
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