people set to miss hospital appointments. the honey trap westminster scandal continues as tory mp doctor luke evans claims he was a victim of cyberflashing before alerting the police to the scam. storm kathleen set to arrive with heavy rain and fury . arrive with heavy rain and fury. winds of up to 70 miles an hour are expected to batter parts of britain today. >> a black actress suffers a barrage of racial abuse online after being cast as juliet in the theatre production of romeo and juliet . and juliet. >> but lots of people, animals are part of the family, so we're asking, should you get time off if your pet dies .7 if your pet dies.7 >> thank you for the music. to

celebrate abba's 50th eurovision anniversary, we'll be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. >> good morning in sport. jurgen klopp has called on liverpool and manchester united fans to show some class and end the tragedy, chanting when the two clubs meet at old trafford in the premier league tomorrow. meanwhile their title rivals arsenal and manchester city are in action today and protest group animal rising have agreed not next week's grand national. >> i'll be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very soon. 500“. >> soon. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon, and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. >> i'm a little bit gravelly this morning. >> you are a bit.

>> yes. it's sexy. >> sounds quite good. so that wouldn't sound very good on me, but it sounds quite good on you. >> i don't know why. are you so gravelly.7 >> i don't know, you've been singing just that time of day. i did have a bit of a sing in the car this morning, actually. there you go. keeps me going. driving the m1, mind you, driving down the m1, mind you, i tell what irritates me, but tell you what irritates me, but do find this the m1.7 do you find this down the m1.7 there's do you find this down the m1? there's of roadworks at do you find this down the m1? the moment. of roadworks at do you find this down the m1? the moment. down|dworks at do you find this down the m1? the moment. down the�*rks at do you find this down the m1? the moment. down the bottom end, the moment. down the bottom end, 50 hour. it takes me 50 miles an hour. it takes me about an extra 25 minutes. oh, is really? yeah is it really? yeah >> so how long did it take this morning? >> it's been there for months. oh, hour and a half, oh, about an hour and a half, but the signs all the way but the signs up all the way that says you may not see us. that's because we're working overnight. who overnight. there's someone who drives middle drives down there in the middle of the night. days a week. of the night. four days a week. i've never seen anybody. >> me tell you, they're not >> let me tell you, they're not about six months. >> oh, no. »- >> oh, no. >> must be doing something. >> they must be doing something. oh, but just oh, at some point. but just never when i'm working. >> well, that's very frustrating. >> just irritating, isn't it ? >> just irritating, isn't it? oh, don't know how. oh, so i don't know how. >> you still have to very oh, so i don't know how. >> evenu still have to very

oh, so i don't know how. >> even ifstill have to very oh, so i don't know how. >> even if they're'e to very oh, so i don't know how. >> even if they're not very oh, so i don't know how. >> even if they're not there. ry slow, even if they're not there. >> well, yeah, because it's, it's of those average speed it's one of those average speed camera check things, so you can't dodge it. well, you shouldn't but shouldn't dodge it anyway, but you've but it you've got to be careful. but it is bit frustrating. so i'll be is a bit frustrating. so i'll be glad when all that work's done. >> yeah, well, i'm pleased you're here. >> yeah, well, i'm pleased youthank e. >> yeah, well, i'm pleased youthank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> pleased you're here, m1. >> you're doing. i mean, considering the who considering i'm the one who sounded death up, sounded like death warmed up, you're who's on six. you're the one who's on day six. >> am seven at 3 am. >> i am of seven at 3 am. >> how are you coping with that, so i look like roadkill underneath all this hair and makeup, look horrendous. makeup, i look horrendous. >> were in there for 2.5 hours. >> i was in there for a very long time this morning. yeah, lenny worked very but i'm lenny worked very hard, but i'm here you're here, we're here and you're here, so we're going be we're going to going to be fine. we're going to get it. i've got lots of coffee. >> if you're a shift worker, you'll. if you're not a shift worker and you just sort of happen to be up at this time of day, you'll be wondering what we're about it. if you we're going on about it. if you are a shift you know it are a shift worker, you know it takes it out of you getting up in the middle of the night. it's not no it's and then you >> no it's not. and then you lose days as well because

>> no it's not. and then you lose spendiays as well because >> no it's not. and then you lose spend the as well because >> no it's not. and then you lose spend the wholell because >> no it's not. and then you lose spend the whole time:ause you spend the whole time napping. we should napping anyway. >> padda spend a lot of >> sukh padda spend a lot of time. >> ? what y“ ? end up doing. >> that's what we end up doing. >> that's what we end up doing. >> is. it is, it is, we >> it is. it is, it is, we better crack on with some work then, better crack on with some work the should. we here >> should. shouldn't we sit here talking sleep talking about our our sleep schedule? talking about our our sleep schedulianyway, nhs chiefs have >> yes. anyway, nhs chiefs have warned royal mail warned that royal mail cuts could patient at could put patient safety at risk. new figures suggest that late cause of a late letters are the cause of a quarter missed hospital quarter of missed hospital appointments, quarter of missed hospital appointnoflts, quarter of missed hospital appointnof pounds as well, millions of pounds as well, while health have dubbed while health leaders have dubbed the worrying as 25% of the plans worrying as 25% of missed hospital appointments the plans worrying as 25% of missebeen;pital appointments the plans worrying as 25% of missebeen attributedintments the plans worrying as 25% of missebeen attributed to ments the plans worrying as 25% of missebeen attributed to those have been attributed to those missed letters. let's talk to political commentator john oxley, who's here. good to see you this morning, john. good morning. it's one of those things you don't necessarily think of, but it is also interlinked. not only is it bad for health if you're obviously missing your appointments, it's bad as well. bad for the nhs. as well. >> yeah, absolutely. so if you're these people you're one of these people that's waiting for an appointment letter to come and it delayed and by the time it gets delayed and by the time it gets delayed and by the time it comes, your appointment has gone, come and gone. you gone, sort of come and gone. you have to into the queue have to go back into the queue and, and, you know, that just

means the queues are going to keep getting longer, which we know a problem at the moment. know is a problem at the moment. and resources for and it's wasted resources for the because you're sat there the nhs because you're sat there not that you've got an not knowing that you've got an appointment, but the doctors, the nurses, the room are still operating and are still a cost to the national health service . to the national health service. and then they have to go through the extra burden of trying to get contact you again, get in contact with you again, to whatever it is to rearrange whatever it is you're waiting for. you're being waiting for. >> think the nhs should >> do you think the nhs should still sending appointment still be sending out appointment by it is costly by post because it is costly using the postal service, and we don't even know how effective it's going to be now . it's going to be now. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and that's one of the, the issues. but we have to recognise for certain groups of people that post is the best way to get in contact with them. the nhs have moved a lot of things onune have moved a lot of things online most people online that for most people nowadays is going to be the best way of handling things. but there are some people and particularly older, more vulnerable really vulnerable people who really appreciate that letter. so it's appreciate that letter. so it's a difficult thing for the nhs to completely get rid of. but, you know, it gets increasingly

know, as it gets increasingly expensive and increasingly disruptive , then it's hard to disruptive, then it's hard to see what the alternative is. but of course , what you can't do is of course, what you can't do is say to the royal mail, well, you can't cut second class deliveries because this is all about the second class stuff. >> you can't cut those deliveries just to keep the nhs going, somehow we've deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto somehow we've deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move somehow we've deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward omehow we've deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward and how we've deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward and find we've compromise. >> yeah. and that's what the government's be working government's going to be working on. but this all goes back to when mail was privatised when royal mail was privatised just about ten years ago. the idea that the service would idea was that the service would remain the same, but the government would sell it off to someone else. and we're someone else. and what we're seeing time again seeing time and time again across this is royal mail are putting up their and putting up their prices and they're scale back the they're trying to scale back the service because as a company it's service because as a company ifs and service because as a company it's and loads of it's losing loads and loads of money you have that money and you don't have that government anymore . and government control anymore. and it's a bit like the water regulators. it's the same thing . regulators. it's the same thing. the service is getting worse, the costs are going up and they're making much money they're not making much money and got to and something's got to give there. >> now i want to talk to you about the latest in this honeytrap scandal in

westminster. we've now got a second conservative mp coming forward luke evans, saying that he received explicit unsolicited messages and that he's actually reported this to the police. >> yes. so this is the latest development . we had all the news development. we had all the news about will wragg yesterday, who seems to have been the first person in the plot, and now we're getting bit of an idea we're getting a bit of an idea of far it's spread, what we of how far it's spread, what we don't and what's really not don't know and what's really not coming who think might coming out is who we think might be this. you know, was it be behind this. you know, was it someone in politics trying to cause trouble? it someone cause trouble? was it someone maybe to make money? or maybe trying to make money? or is it something more serious than that? and is a foreign than that? and is it a foreign power? well , what's your power? well, well, what's your gut on this? gut tell you on this? >> what seems clear is >> because what seems clear is these were messaging, these people who were messaging, particularly whatsapp, particularly on the whatsapp, i know some were on dating apps, but a lot of them were on whatsapp as as luke evans situation was, they seem know situation was, they seem to know a lot about their targets, a lot of which a random of information which a random person wouldn't have known. >> yeah, but this is potentially stuff you can gleam online. you know, some of it's about where people used work, which

people used to work, which linkedin whatever. linkedin profiles, whatever. a lot people in politics are lot of people in politics are fairly unguarded about the things social media, things they say on social media, so what it shows is someone's put effort into it, but that could be a fraudster, or it could be a fraudster, or it could be a foreign government or someone really trying to cause harm to the united kingdom. at the moment, we know. and the moment, we don't know. and really much is being said really not much is being said about that at the moment. >> don't actually >> i suppose we don't actually know how far this spreads. we don't mps have don't know how many mps have been on the receiving end of these of messages, you these sorts of messages, and you can understand , i mean, had can understand, i mean, we had will wragg yesterday will wragg talking yesterday saying he was absolutely mortified . so of them will mortified. so many of them will be embarrassed at this point mortified. so many of them will becomembarrassed at this point mortified. so many of them will be come forward. ed at this point to come forward. >> absolutely. what see >> absolutely. and what we see with, know, evans with, you know, luke evans coming basically coming out basically what appears got these appears is he got these messages, them. messages, he ignored them. he told police , that's quite told the police, that's quite a good story you're mp to good story if you're an mp to come with. but we know come outwith. but we know certainly with wragg he certainly with will wragg he engaged people engaged with these people probably some of the others did. so there will be a more so yeah there will be a bit more reluctant to come and speak out. but i think the most but you know, i think the most important thing is that all of them are now hopefully speaking

to parliamentary authorities to the parliamentary authorities and the security and the police and the security services, we can and services, so we can try and figure out what's actually driving yeah. driving all of this. yeah. >> john really good to see >> okay. john really good to see you this morning. thanks very much indeed. i'll tell you what was sort of lucky for luke evans is these messages came is that these messages came through on his whatsapp. so it'd be you don't be a number that you don't recognise. obviously, coming through with saucy images, let's put it that way . through with saucy images, let's put it that way. he was through with saucy images, let's put it that way . he was sat with put it that way. he was sat with his wife as he opened it. >> oh my goodness no. >> oh my goodness no. >> but that's good. >> but that's good. >> is it? >> is it? >> that's good because you can 90, >> that's good because you can go, well what's this? what's it. so it was like there's, there's can you imagine? i mean, i think it's quite good of him to come clean. he's got nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about. of course someone's trying to dupe him. >> e'- e.— e mean, and he >> yeah, but i mean, and he reacted quickly by the sounds. >> yeah, which is >> yeah, yeah, yeah, which is what to do. and what what you've got to do. and what will should have done? will wragg should have done? i know slightly different circumstances, you can circumstances, but you can imagine it's hard. it's hard. i do have some sympathy for the

will wragg. >> no, i have some sympathy for him, too. and i feel really bad for, you know, how he's feeling about now , but just wish about himself now, but just wish that he'd reported it a little bit sooner. >> you got do . >> well, you got to do. >> well, you got to do. >> yeah. rather than give the numbers of other mps out. >> tell what just >> i'll tell you what it just means. the of us. i know means. the rest of us. i know we're not going to be targeted in way because of being in the same way because of being high or anything else, high profile or anything else, or power. but if you or having any power. but if you get don't get these messages, if you don't know if know who they're from, if someone random someone sends you a random picture and the rest of it, picture and all the rest of it, just them. yeah, might not just block them. yeah, might not need police, but need to call the police, but just block them. >> yeah. and you just don't engage. >> no. you're sure. >> no. if you're not sure. >> no. if you're not sure. >> tried that, but it >> i mean, i tried that, but it turned out they from you, turned out they were from you, so i mean, it was beaches of biscuits being baked things. biscuits being baked and things. it's right now. the it's all very odd right now. the met office has issued a danger to warning as storm to life warning as storm kathleen is set to batter parts of the uk. well it's set to bnng of the uk. well it's set to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. >> well, joining us now is weather journalist >> well, joining us now is weatherjournalist nathan rau. good to see you this morning nathan. >> good morning. good morning.

>> good morning. good morning. >> but not good news. if you're in the eye of this storm. >> but not good news. if you're in tno eye of this storm. >> but not good news. if you're in tno i(e of this storm. >> but not good news. if you're in tno i know,�*|is storm. >> but not good news. if you're in tno i know, andtorm. >> but not good news. if you're in tno i know, and it'm. >> but not good news. if you're in tno i know, and it always >> no i know, and it always seems that whenever i'm sat here with lovely people, there's with you lovely people, there's something horrific going on outside. in wind outside. and we are back in wind and rain and storm season again. kathleen going to barrel kathleen is going to barrel in today, april. don't today, it's april. we don't really expect to see this sort of thing in april. she is number 11 storm of the storm season, which kicks off in september, and she's going to arrive in a pretty bad mood and she's going to stick around. >> i know that feeling. >> i know that feeling. >> yeah, i know, 70 mile per hour gusts. you mentioned those are on the are going to be on the peripheries, the exposed peripheries, on the exposed areas down the west coast, which is the office warning is where the met office warning for 70 mile per hour gusts for up to 70 mile per hour gusts is today. is the west coast is today. that is the west coast of england, scotland wales. of england, scotland and wales. and going to stick around and she's going to stick around all day towards the east of the country. it won't be so bad. it's going to be wet and it's going to be a wet and blustery pretty much blustery day pretty much everywhere. but to the east. it's bad as it's not going to be as bad as it is, to the west. and it is, is to the west. and tomorrow a blustery again as tomorrow a bit blustery again as she moves northwards. and there we 11 storm kathleen. she moves northwards. and there we are 11 storm kathleen. she moves northwards. and there we are in 11 storm kathleen. she moves northwards. and there we are in 11 storseason. een. we are back in storm season. >> is when you say,

>> the problem is when you say, well, it's, you know, for some parts of the east or what have you, it's not going bad you, it's not going to be as bad andifs you, it's not going to be as bad and it's bit blustery. the and it's a bit blustery. the trouble is any rainfall the trouble is any rainfall at the moment, the is just moment, the ground is just absolutely saturated. it takes nothing for the flooding to come back. >> absolutely. and there are there are more than 100 environment flood alerts environment agency flood alerts in place and more serious in place and some more serious flood the problem is flood warnings. the problem is that the start the that since the start of the storm which in storm season, which starts in september, when they september, which is when they start storms, we've had start naming storms, we've had 11 and those has come a 11 now and with those has come a lot of heavy rain and a lot of persistent rain. now when we're talking flooding, talking about flooding, we're talking about either river flooding water flooding or surface water flooding or surface water flooding groundwater flooding or groundwater flooding. had flooding. and because we've had so much rain over a sustained penod so much rain over a sustained period of time, the groundwater, the water tables are right up high. and any more on top of thatis high. and any more on top of that is going to cause flooding. so where you do get rain, you get this persistent ongoing problem of flooding. over the last months, been last few months, we've been dominated the dominated by low pressure in the uk. pressure is what we uk. now, low pressure is what we associate with bad wet and windy weather and high pressure the weather and high pressure in the summer associate with summer is what we associate with good been under

good weather. we've been under the of pressure the influence of low pressure and and windy. we're and that's wet and windy. we're hoping that as we go into summer, high pressure is going to build and that'll bring some dnen to build and that'll bring some drier, more settled conditions. but as you say, any more rain in the regions, the worst hit regions, especially west the especially on the west and the south—west it's south—west and the south, it's going problem of going to bring the problem of flooding. kathleen, today, flooding. so kathleen, today, yes, problems yes, could bring some problems with yes, could bring some problems witinathan, seeing more >> nathan, are we seeing more and these very serious and more of these very serious storms, these named storms, as you there's number 11. you say? there's number 11. we've letter k. we've got to the letter k. >> have and is the first >> we have and this is the first time that's happened since time that that's happened since 2016. we started naming or 2016. now we started naming or the with met eireann the met office with met eireann started naming storms in 2015. so it could be a symptom of because we now have a name system in place prior to 2015, it's sort of difficult to keep a tab on how many storms they were, because they were sort of named sporadically. now we have a set list. this year has been unusual that we have seen 11. unusual in that we have seen 11. last year only saw two. we last year we only saw two. we saw anthony and we saw betty, and they both crept in the and they both crept in at the very end the now, very end of the season. now, i don't think can say we're don't think we can say we're seeing a general trend of seeing

more. this is an unusual year 11. usually we expect to see about 6 or 7. i think that we are we are noticing them more because we're naming them or we're recognising when they come up. year has been up. and this year has been unusual, but the trend tends to be about average year is be about average this year is unusualin be about average this year is unusual in seeing 11, right. >> it's kept you in work. >> it's kept you in work. >> it's kept you in work. >> it has always here i sit at home, you know, praying for a storm to happen so i can come in and spend the morning with you. >> nathan, before we let you go. and i think you're probably going the same thing. going to ask the same thing. well i know steven's going be well i know steven's going to be very your tie. did very jealous of your tie. did you wear that intentionally? >> wore this honour of the >> i wore this in honour of the full solar eclipse that is going to on monday. to be happening on monday. sort of weathery thing. not quite. of a weathery thing. not quite. not when where in america not quite, when where in america you have to america to see you have to go to america to see it. the of totality, which it. the path of totality, which is where the moon is where the where the moon passes front of the passes in front of the sun blocks it out briefly. that's going to be along the east coast of america. so americans of america. so all the americans are be out to are going to be out trying to catch solar eclipse, catch this solar eclipse, but the weather's going to be fouled. there as well. oh, so

they see it. but they might not see it. but yes, a thought was a planetary tie i thought was appropriate for everything that's the that's going on in the atmosphere. good, very atmosphere. oh very good, very nice atmosphere. oh very good, very nic> we'll be buying that next. justlyou watch. >> we'll be buying that next. justl like natch. >> we'll be buying that next. justl like thatl. >> we'll be buying that next. justl like that very much nathan. >> i like that very much nathan. good to you. good to see you good to see you. good to see you too. thank you very much. thank you. have too. thank you very much. thank y( look have too. thank you very much. thank y(look at have too. thank you very much. thank y( look at the have too. thank you very much. thank y( look at the other ave a look at some of the other stories heading the stories heading into the newsroom morning. newsroom this morning. >> foreign secretary is >> and the foreign secretary is calling wholly independent calling for a wholly independent review killing three review into the killing of three british in gaza. british aid workers in gaza. john chapman, james henderson and were among seven and james kirby were among seven world kitchen workers who were hit by israeli air strikes. lord cameron has welcomed the dismissal of the two idf officers. the israeli army says the deaths are due to serious operational failures . operational failures. >> a planned strike by over 600 border force officers at heathrow has been suspended . heathrow has been suspended. members of the public and commercial services union were due to walk out for four days from april the 11th. however the pcs said it was being suspended in an attempt to seek further negotiations with the home office and sacha baron cohen and

isla fisher have announced they are getting divorced after two decades together. >> in a social media post announcing the split, the actors said they have jointly filed to end their marriage last year. the pair, who have three children, met in 2001 and got engagedin children, met in 2001 and got engaged in 2004. it was a bit bizarre, actually. sacha baron cohen and isla fisher are actually announcing their divorce. don't know if you saw it on instagram yesterday, no. you can be forgiven if you haven't. >> and this is this is the pair of them. this is in the sun this morning. so it's a picture of them in their tennis outfits. and i think it was isla fisher who actually posted it saying after tennis match after a long tennis match lasting 20 years, we are lasting over 20 years, we are finally our rackets down. >> well, well, it sounds like it's amicable , but why are you it's amicable, but why are you announcing your divorce by talking about a tennis match? >> i just thought it was a bit amusing, do you think?

>> yes, but it does sound amicable least. which is amicable at least. which is nice, of course. sacha amicable at least. which is nice, cohen of course. sacha amicable at least. which is nice, cohen has:ourse. sacha amicable at least. which is nice, cohen has beene. sacha amicable at least. which is nice, cohen has been allacha amicable at least. which is nice, cohen has been all ma baron cohen has been all in a bit of water because of bit of hot water because of what? rebel wilson's been saying about what? rebel wilson's been saying aboand wonder if the book the >> and i wonder if the book the two are connected. i don't know , two are connected. i don't know, i'll have to find out what stephanie takyi in later on. >> our showbiz reporters will try yeah, but try and find out. yeah, but rebel claims that she rebel wilson claims that she wasn't treated very nicely on set him. by sacha baron set by him. by sacha baron cohen.soi set by him. by sacha baron cohen. so i wonder whether those two things are connected , two things are connected, though. these two were married for 13 years, together for 20. so hollywood, a very, so in hollywood, that's a very, very long time, to be fair. >> yes. but i think it's very i don't understand it when marriage is that lasts that long, then end. >> that's a very good point. >> that's a very good point. >> unless they there must have been issues going on for a long time. >> maybe they just got sick of each other. >> maybe. well, no, no, that feeling . feeling. >> stop. feeling. >> hey,. feeling. >> hey, do you know what he's actually got? got himself in trouble this morning with me because you were winding up the producers outside saying that we actually don't get along, and the whole thing's farce, and

the whole thing's a farce, and they believe i'm horrible to work with. and the producers actually believed him. they were like, hey, apparently you two really don't get along and you bully believed bully him, and they believed you. you can't you. yeah. so you can't be spreading fake news. >> know it's quite fun. >> i know it's quite fun. >> i know it's quite fun. >> reputational that >> reputational damage that was happening here. >> sue me. yeah i will >> you can sue me. yeah i will okay, i'll excuse me. >> and i brought you in baked cookies this morning. >> and i brought you in baked coo she this morning. >> and i brought you in baked cooshe has. morning. >> and i brought you in baked coo she has. meanwhile, they're >> she has. meanwhile, they're a day overdue. >> just pointing that out. >> i'm just pointing that out. >> i'm just pointing that out. >> so are there any >> she got so are there any things? >> have baked me? >> have you baked me? >> have you baked me? >> the. >> are they the. >> are they the. >> are they the. >> are they the mini egg ones? >> are they the mini egg ones? >> they are, yeah. >> they are, yeah. >> let tell about that as >> let me tell you about that as well, to buy mini eggs well, i had to buy mini eggs post know how post easter. do you know how difficult is? yeah. i've difficult that is? yeah. i've got black market you. got the black market to get you. to eggs. do you to get your mini eggs. do you want know how two want to know how much two packets cost worth it. >> much? yes. £2? no. >> go on. how much? yes. £2? no. >> £5. >> £5. >> £5. >> i can't even talk about it. >> i can't even talk about it. >> worth. >> i'm worth. >> i'm worth. >> yeah, and that's how i get treated. anyway , that's that right. >> you can segue from that into this now. >> i was about to say, how am i going do yeah, yes. going to do this? yeah, yes. well, council leader in well, a council leader in lincolnshire suggested

lincolnshire has suggested naming after naming the local museum after one of britain's most divisive prime in bid to prime ministers in a bid to boost tourism. >> suppose divisive , >> i suppose she is divisive, but also one of our most successful heralded , yes, successful heralded, yes, a grantham museum at st peter's hill . it's grantham museum at st peter's hill. it's close to grantham museum at st peter's hill . it's close to where hill. it's close to where margaret thatcher was born. our east midlands reporter will hollis has the story. >> britain's first female prime minister margaret thatcher's mark on the country is deep now in her hometown grantham, the local council leader suggests using her profile to attract tourists. independent councillor ashley baxter, of south kesteven district , says ashley baxter, of south kesteven district, says renaming ashley baxter, of south kesteven district , says renaming grantham district, says renaming grantham museum after mrs. thatcher will boost footfall. >> far more people have heard of margaret thatcher and probably still talk about margaret thatcher than currently talk about grantham, and i think that if it's a way to get more people to visit grantham museum , then to visit grantham museum, then really the name would help if it

were named after margaret thatcher. >> it is of course, the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. >> margaret thatcher was prime minister between 1979 and 1990. she led the country through falklands and the cold war, but the closure of coal mines under her premiership caused conflict across communities. the town is divided on renaming the museum after the grantham born prime minister >> it's just a minister >> it'sjust a bad idea. >> it's just a bad idea. i wasn't i don't think she was a very good prime minister. >> why not? yeah. why not? she was the first woman prime minister. >> i don't think that she represents the working class people of this town. >> even in her hometown of grantham. margaret is grantham. margaret thatcher is a divisive character. her statue has been vandalised numerous times, making some here reluctant to use her legacy as an attraction for the town . an attraction for the town. grantham boasts a rich history. sir isaac newton was from here

to this is grantham museum . to this is grantham museum. >> we share the history for local people and for visitors . local people and for visitors. >> despite a thatcher gallery inside the museum thinks renaming after her is a bad idea . run by volunteers, vivian is a manager . manager. >> it should not be called the margaret thatcher museum because it's about grantham. grantham people grantham exhibits grantham and there's more grantham town and there's more to grantham than there is so much more to grantham than margaret thatcher. much more to grantham than mail'met thatcher. much more to grantham than mail'met tievenzr. fan of >> i'm not even a fan of margaret thatcher. i'm not a conservative. because of that reaction. think people reaction. i think people are likely i wonder likely to think, oh, i wonder what's that museum? if it's what's in that museum? if it's about thatcher? about margaret thatcher? >> thatcher by her >> mrs. thatcher lived by her principles despite public opinion. they called her the iron lady, remembered for never turning to the museum. refusing to change is entirely in her spirit. will hollis gb news in grantham . grantham. >> i mean, i know some people

find it very difficult, she did turn the country about , find it very difficult, she did turn the country about, but, you know, in a harsh way for a lot of people . but that aside, she of people. but that aside, she was a historic prime minister because she was the first female prime minister she was in power for a long time , and she's from for a long time, and she's from grantham. so why not? you wouldn't kick off if it was the winston churchill museum or the. i mean, she's one of the most recognisable figures . yeah. recognisable figures. yeah. >> and such a legacy. i mean she's still spoken about all the time now, what other prime minister has spoken about this to same extent? to the same extent? >> yes. >> yes. >> don't see problem. it >> i don't see the problem. it doesn't you to lie. doesn't mean you have to lie. you to like to you don't have to like her to have that respect for the position she held and the peace in the part she's played in our history. i don't know why people get so worked up about it. i think it's if it was a man, this is the thing. if it was a man, people wouldn't be getting so worked up. >> kick up such a fuss. i think you're probably right. they're

actually villains actually female villains are always actually female villains are aleeah, think you're >> yeah, yeah, i think you're right. don't think she was right. i don't think she was a villain anyway. >> well, so much more of a backlash, isn't there? when there's it's a woman. do there's when it's a woman. do you let know you think you let us know what you think if from grantham as well? you let us know what you think if like from grantham as well? you let us know what you think if like yourn grantham as well? you let us know what you think if like your opinion|am as well? you let us know what you think if like your opinion on as well? you let us know what you think if like your opinion on that vell? i'd like your opinion on that one. us what one. do let us know what you think. museum think. should the museum be named margaret thatcher? think. should the museum be narviews margaret thatcher? think. should the museum be narviews at margaret thatcher? think. should the museum be narviews at ma news. thatcher? think. should the museum be narviews at ma news. com her? gb views at gb news. com >> right. let's see what the weather and indeed storm kathleen you. kathleen is going to do for you. here's aidan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. storm kathleen has arrived, but it will mean different things to different people. very windy in the west, much warmer across the uk, particularly in the east. it's not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. most of the rain went through overnight. that's clearing northern scotland dunng clearing northern scotland during the morning. showers follow well follow from the west but well broken to some follow from the west but well broker spells to some follow from the west but well brokerspells , to some follow from the west but well broker spells , especially some follow from the west but well broker spells , especially towards sunny spells, especially towards

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morning. aidan magee is here. good morning. >> good morning to you both. good to see you. >> good morning to you, what's this about jurgen klopp and chanting. >> well, tragedy chanting is sadly marred recent fixtures between manchester united and liverpool. >> so what it is i mean it's been given this kind of moniker recently, but in reality it's been going on for years and years. ellie, and it's about the, the tragedies that we've, we've that have we've seen that that have besmirched united's history. so manchester united's history. so we back to 1958 the we go back to 1958 and the munich air disaster, of course, where, edwards was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many edwards was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many players wards was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many players who; was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many players who perished. of the many players who perished. bobby charlton, of course, who died year, he survived that died last year, he survived that that . and then if you that crash. and then if you bnng that crash. and then if you bring it forward little bit bring it forward a little bit more recently liverpool, more recently with liverpool, there 1985, the heysel there was 1985, the heysel stadium in belgium stadium disaster in belgium dunng cup stadium disaster in belgium during cup final, a during the european cup final, a number i think 39 liverpool number of, i think 39 liverpool fans i think it fans died and then i think it was 97 in total were perished in hillsborough in 19, and so hillsborough in 19, 1989. and so fans, i mean, i'm talking here about a very tiny minority here, chants about it to antagonise each other. >> there was nasty . >> there was nasty. >> there was nasty. >> it's awful. it's absolutely dreadful. it really is. and

there a couple of arrests there were a couple of arrests when liverpool when united played liverpool at old three ago. so old trafford three weeks ago. so it's much a live it's still very much a live issue. ten hag, it's still very much a live issue. ten hag , the issue. erik ten hag, the manchester united manager, has prepared which will prepared a statement which will be released in tomorrow's matchday programme, calling for an at. jurgen klopp an end to it at. jurgen klopp was in his press was asked about it in his press conference yesterday. they're was asked about it in his press con' away e yesterday. they're was asked about it in his press con' away teams, rday. they're was asked about it in his press con' away teams, they're ey're was asked about it in his press con' away teams, they're note the away teams, they're not releasing matchday programme releasing a matchday programme so it in his in so he's asked about it in his in his yesterday and his match comments yesterday and he just show some class, he said just show some class, let the teams fight on the pitch. let's play football. that would be my wish for of us. would be my wish for all of us. so jurgen klopp, he's coming. winding down the end of his liverpool, reign . of course he's liverpool, reign. of course he's into the couple months into the last couple of months now it's certainly now and it's certainly besmirched his time as liverpool manager these manager in terms of these matches. we do hear the chanting still there are even still and there are even charities. attached to both charities. but attached to both clubs education clubs who are issuing education programmes as well. but it's sick, it's vile. it has no place in the game. they're not the only clubs to engage in this, by the no, no. but given the way. no, no, no. but given how corporate football is now and they want and the reputation they want to project the world, project around the world, it's a global this absolutely global sport. this is absolutely enormous. events, these

enormous. these events, these matches, will matches, that game tomorrow will be same level in be watched to the same level in terms of audience share as something super bowl or something like the super bowl or similar city and similar to manchester city and arsenal. week. so they arsenal. the other week. so they want kind of it out want to kind of iron it out football, they want to remove it and involves clubs being and it involves the clubs being proactive we'll proactive and hopefully we'll see next, see some positive change next, next round, i hope so, i next time round, i hope so, i hope next time round, i hope so, i hopwhat's happening today in >> what's happening today in the premier >> what's happening today in the pre today we'll talk in liverpool >> today we'll talk in liverpool there. they're actually there. i mean they're actually they're in action tomorrow against united. but the other two rivals two teams, their big rivals manchester and arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction:er and arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction today. and arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction today. sod arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction today. so manchestere in action today. so manchester city are first out of the blocks 1230 just down the road from here crystal palace. then here at crystal palace. and then later tonight down the later on tonight just down the m23 there will be arsenal m23 from there will be arsenal at now interesting at 530. now what's interesting here three sides here is that the top three sides city, arsenal , liverpool have city, arsenal, liverpool have all played each other now, so we've got a straight shootout. ellie, not seen this ellie, we've not seen this before a long time. ellie, we've not seen this beforewe a long time. ellie, we've not seen this beforewe haven't long time. ellie, we've not seen this beforewe haven't seen time. ellie, we've not seen this beforewe haven't seen ane. ellie, we've not seen this beforewe haven't seen a three well, we haven't seen a three way title since 1999. way title race since about 1999. by way title race since about 1999. by is way title race since about 1999. by at is way title race since about 1999. by at the is way title race since about 1999. by at the top is way title race since about 1999. by at the top . is way title race since about 1999. by at the top . it's is way title race since about 1999. by at the top . it's certainly tight at the top. it's certainly tight. yeah, but it's exciting. we've been crying for this we've been crying out for this for look to a two for a long time. look to a two horse races is fun, but three horses make three teams horses makes it make three teams involved. it, it involved. make it, make it fantastic. they have

fantastic. but they don't have to other anymore. so to play each other anymore. so it's straight shootout. it's a straight shootout. it's about looking the about we start looking at the fixtures the toughest fixtures, who's got the toughest running? at liverpool, running? we look at liverpool, they've their they've got everton, their rivals it's going they've got everton, their riv be it's going they've got everton, their riv be tough. it's going they've got everton, their rivbe tough. everton it's going they've got everton, their rivbe tough. everton are going to be tough. everton are fighting their of fighting for their lives. of course they've got villa away who on may the 11th. who are fourth on may the 11th. arsenal goodness who are fourth on may the 11th. aryou're goodness who are fourth on may the 11th. aryou're tottenham goodness who are fourth on may the 11th. aryou're tottenham fan)dness who are fourth on may the 11th. aryou're tottenham fan that;s if you're tottenham fan that archewell harmondsworth if you're tottenham fan that ar

yesterday which is kind of in response to the fact that british racing racing have decided the organisers have decided the organisers have decided to make a few changes to the national. they've shortened the national. they've shortened the distance between between the start fence, start line and the first fence, just to give the horse a little bit more time to find their stride and prevent injuries. and the horses been the number of horses has been reduced from 42 down to 34. so some changes have been have been made. we saw 30 arrests for protesting last summer as well at the epsom derby, and yesterday they released a statement saying that we believe we've started we've already started a conversation around safety at the grand national don't the grand national and we don't need h the grand national and we don't need it any further from need to take it any further from from so look, say from here. so look, they say they're not doing it. that doesn't mean that that doesn't mean that nobody will protest because are a protest body because there are a protest body outside animal rising . but outside of animal rising. but they the prominent they themselves, the prominent group, activists in group, the eminent activists in this regard, they're saying they're not going to get involved. hopefully that involved. and hopefully that means will pass off means the race will pass off well. the safety well. and the safety considerations there considerations and there are plenty, stephen, aren't there? we animal we are a nation of animal lovers. hopefully changes lovers. hopefully the changes that the race has made will,

will, will give, give will, will, will give, give protesters or people with anxiety welfare. anxiety around animal welfare. the the, the kind of assurances they need that the animals are going to be safe. >> well, yeah, people will >> well, yeah, some people will never be happy. >> finding balance , >> it's finding that balance, aiden, very much indeed. aiden, thanks very much indeed. thank be talking thank you. we'll be talking about , thank you. we'll be talking about, problems at the thank you. we'll be talking about , problems at the post about, problems at the post office. so they they're trying to reduce things, get rid of some of the second class deliveries and what have you concerns of the impact it has on the nhs and hospital appointments being missed and all the rest of it. a couple of points. hannah says. my postman said only yesterday . there are said only yesterday. there are lots of hospital letters at his depot, but they're told parcels come first because letters don't make them any money. yeah which is interesting. but gareth says i at royal mail and letters i work at royal mail and letters that in, go out. how many that come in, go out. how many times we deliver appointments after the date when appointments arrived, on the day they should be sent out earlier , he says. be sent out earlier, he says. why isn't the nhs posting appointments out sooner ? so two appointments out sooner? so two sides to that one. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely.

>> and julie talks about the price of stamps. she says you can buy four stamps but it's a fiver. how ridiculous . i think fiver. how ridiculous. i think gb news should investigate this issue and discover the truth. people can't afford to send letters and cards by post anymore, which i think is a shame. it's lovely to open cards on special occasions, especially birthday texts and messages onune birthday texts and messages online are just not the same. and i agree with you julie. i totally agree with you, but sending things via post now is just expensive for our just so expensive for our wedding we're going wedding invites. we're not going to because out. to do it because we worked out. it's £2,000 send our it's about £2,000 to send our wedding that's a of wedding invite. that's a lot of money. >> 125 for first class stamp. >> 125 for a first class stamp. >> 125 for a first class stamp. >> i bought booklet other >> i bought a booklet the other day of stamps and it £20 oh day of stamps and it was £20 oh 135 gone to now. yeah, 135 it's gone up to now. yeah, it's extortionate for letter much. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> to send out a set of >> so to send out a set of wedding invitations would cost you a fortune. that's before you've actually bought the invitations themselves. >> yeah, but you've got to send them out, haven't you? >> well, not to go >> well, we're not going to go very you should be proud very modern. you should be proud of that. you're very techie. >> no, we sent ours out in the post. >> it'll be a website.

>> it'll be a website. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> oh, that's so common. >> oh, that's so common. >> oh, that's so common. >> oh, look, he doesn't like it. doesn't at all. well, doesn't like it at all. well, you pay doesn't like it at all. well, you pay for invites then, you can pay for my invites then, darling, that's a lot darling, because that's a lot of the budget. the wedding budget. >> them all printed out. >> go get them all printed out. we've got ours, you know. got a printer now. we've got ours, you know. got a print�* love now. we've got ours, you know. got a print�* love it, now. we've got ours, you know. got a print�* love it, nilove i love >> i love it, i love it, i love to,— >> i love it, i love it, i love to, steven. >> i'd love to. love to get >> i'd love to. i'd love to get them embossed and yeah, i'd like to seal and to get a little wax seal and a stamp all of the above. but stamp and all of the above. but it's much money. i can't it's too much money. i can't afford to post things anymore. and that's why julie makes a fantastic point. >> i haven't it's >> yeah, i haven't realised it's a shame buy them. a great shame i buy them. >> 50 time. >> i buy 50 at a time. >> do you really? >> do you really? >> it of lasts me >> and then it sort of lasts me a year then. but you of a year then. but you sort of then you sort of go and get then you just sort of go and get it done and then how much would that be then? >> stamps. >> one 3550 stamps. come on. well, the maths. >> one 3550 stamps. come on. we|135 the maths. >> one 3550 stamps. come on. we|135 divided aths. >> one 3550 stamps. come on. we|135 divided byis. >> one 3550 stamps. come on. we|135 divided by two, isn't it ? >> 135 divided by two, isn't it? is it. yes which is, 50, £86.25. >> okay. >> okay. >> i was gonna say it's about £60. so that's very good. >> no, it's more than, it's more than that. >> aidan, help! >> aidan, help! >> what is it then?

>> what is it then? >> it is. okay, let's work it out. so 100 divided two by is 50, 35 divided by two is another 15. on top of that. that's so looking at 15 plus 17.5. so 50 plus 17.5. that's £67.50 i'll make it £67.50. thank you i'm carol vorderman on the desk. >> yes. very good. £67.50 on you. >> oh my conundrum all by myself. yeah. >> thanks, aidan. right. >> thanks, aidan. right. >> yeah. it's very expensive. basically. do get your views on that. oh, and one one on marriage because we are admiring long marriages. yes. we who stick through it because sacha baron cohen and isla fisher been together 20 years. it's over. they're getting a divorce, we don't know why, but they announced it on instagram yesterday. richard's been in touch saying he's been married for years. 2025, massive for 60 years. come 2025, massive congratulations to you, richard. lots in the road, but lots of bumps in the road, but we've overcome them and other obstacles too. we've overcome them and other obslacles too. we've overcome them and other obsi bet; too. we've overcome them and other obsi bet your wife is delighted >> i bet your wife is delighted that if messages about the bumps in the road, richard should all be well, you're clearly

be playing well, you're clearly very . very happy. >> and it's lasted. >> and it's lasted. >> yeah, well, all that time, it's amazing. >> diamond jubilee . >> diamond jubilee. >> diamond jubilee. >> yeah. fabulous. >> yeah. fabulous. >> was very annoyed, wasn't i? >> i was very annoyed, wasn't i? yeah, annoyed yeah, i was very annoyed because your anniversary is coming up, isn't yeah. two cotton, isn't it? yeah. year two cotton, which cotton and i was like which is cotton and i was like now when's diamond? because that's obviously the very interesting one. and it's 60. so that's a lot of a long time. >> yeah. you might be dead by then, darling. i should think i thought that you're going to hit your 60th. >> certainly not hit my 60th. >> anyway, happy germans now. >> anyway, happy germans now. >> yeah, that's what i say, don't go anywhere. we've got the papers heading your way. just a minute.

all right. let's have a look at the papers . now. it's 640. the papers. now. it's 640. >> yes. let's start with the telegraph . it leads with royal telegraph. it leads with royal mail cutting second class deliveries, which they say could risk patient safety at the times. >> has pressure on junior

doctors to end their strikes, consult agents have done that. they're getting a 19% pay increase, the express leads with optimism from the prime minister, who says the economy could really take off as workers are rewarded with national insurance tax cuts. >> from today, the mail leads with civil servants planning to strike over being called a. you've got to work two days in the office. oh, instead of working from home. so they're going to they think they might strike that. strike over that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> are they going strike? >> are they going to strike? just the kitchen and do just sit in the kitchen and do nothing. the telly on. yeah. nothing. put the telly on. yeah. >> if they're not already doing that , do stand outside that, do they stand outside their front and protest their own front door and protest . refuse to go in. . yeah. or refuse to go in. >> i don't know . >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> and the mirror leads with an ex—prisoner inspired to turn her life around because of the princess wales. after meeting princess of wales. after meeting her in jail in 2020. i like that story. >> yeah, well, there you go. >> yeah, well, there you go. >> power of the princess >> this is power of the princess of has actually very of wales has actually very inspiring if you get to meet her. so i'm told we haven't met

her. so i'm told we haven't met her yet. not that we will, we will, we will. let's talk to the author and journalist, susan holder and political commentator shahab mossavat. good to see you both this morning. morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> susan, let's start with you. oh working from home. >> yes. >> yes. >> well, actually, you just been saying will we know saying how will we know if they're strike? don't know they're on strike? i don't know that to tell the that we're going to tell the difference, but there has been a ballot. about of the ballot. about half of the workers, office for workers, at the office for national statistic have been balloted, and 73% of them have voted in favour of strike action. and that is because they've been told that they need to come in three days week. if to come in three days a week. if they're working full time. i mean, let's be fair, three days a two days if a week, possibly two days if they're time , and they they're part time, and they think this is outrageous. and because they , they claim they've because they, they claim they've been promised because they were allowed from home in the allowed to work from home in the pandemic, obviously, a pandemic, obviously, which was a good was good thing. and that was a obviously a necessary thing. they've been told that they would carry like would be able to carry on like that. with them? that. what's wrong with them? well, claiming i don't well, they're claiming i don't know whether they've heard of

well, they're claiming i don't kno you 1ether they've heard of well, they're claiming i don't kno you know, they've heard of well, they're claiming i don't kno you know, what/e heard of well, they're claiming i don't kno you know, what jobs ard of well, they're claiming i don't kno you know, what jobs are of well, they're claiming i don't kno you know, what jobs are for the you know, what jobs are for everybody else. and for a lot of people who can't work from home, that it's going to affect their it's cause them it's going to cause them disruption, especially for childcare caring childcare and other caring arrangements . yes, that is what arrangements. yes, that is what work tends to do. and everybody we all have, we've all been there. we've all kind of lived through that. i had a child while working full time and yes, it's difficult and yes, you have to make compromises and sacrifices is what you sacrifices and that is what you do. i mean, i can't see why if these people won't go work, these people won't go to work, you other people who you can't get other people who will. i don't i don't understand, shahab what you're saying. >> well, i think i think it speaks of the, the cultural shift that covid really , you shift that covid really, you know, created in the country. i think people have become used to now these different working patterns. who patterns. obviously people who are front line work are in the front line work differently. have come are in the front line work diffeoffices have come are in the front line work diffeoffices like have come are in the front line work diffeoffices like yourselves�*me are in the front line work diffeoffices like yourselves .1e into offices like yourselves. you have to be here, but but i think , i think it definitely has think, i think it definitely has caused there to be a cultural shift. and i think that this is indicative of that , the fact

indicative of that, the fact that they feel empowered to make that they feel empowered to make that statement. yeah. >> yes , that's what i mean. >> yes, that's what i mean. >> yes, that's what i mean. >> it's not to say that working from home can't work. i mean, we were all promised years ago. oh, in the future with computers, we'll able do this. and we'll be able to do this. and you people won't be you won't. people won't have be commuting. there won't be traffic on roads all, you traffic on the roads at all, you know, time as everybody know, same time as everybody else. we'll be doing else. because we'll all be doing these really these shows. it's never really quite like that. and it's quite worked like that. and it's fine job can be done. but fine if the job can be done. but if thinks that the if anybody thinks that the government working from government workers working from home capacity , home are working to capacity, well, got to try and well, you've only got to try and get services or any . get any services sorted or any. i mean, another i mean, hmrc is another situation you can't get situation where you can't get hold of anybody. they've told people they even take any people they can't even take any phone for a while, phone calls now for a while, even they meant to be even though they are meant to be working because of working from home because of some if you've got to some reason. so if you've got to do effectively , that's do the job effectively, that's how you judge whether working from and also from home works. and also culturally you talk about culturally you talk about cultural differences, why people would it might be easier would want it might be easier for childcare or getting the washing done or whatever else you other jobs you want to do. but why? people don't want to

interact human beings interact with other human beings interact with other human beings in environment . it's such in a work environment. it's such a loss to your if you a huge loss to your life. if you don't go out there and meet people, and it's easy to people, and it's too easy to just kind of shut the door on the world not involved. the world and not get involved. not thing . not a good thing. >> it's it's the insulation >> it's the it's the insulation that from a social media that comes from a social media world. social media tells you that deal with people at that you can deal with people at arm's length, and that has that has crept into work, into workplaces so that people feel that actually, on a day to day basis, this personal contact isn't necessary . it is. it is. isn't necessary. it is. it is. you actually get a lot, lot more done when you deal with people in person. >> yeah, we're all turning into a nation introverts, or we a nation of introverts, or we will if we're careful. will do if we're not careful. >> yeah , let's look >> yeah, yeah, yeah, let's look at the i newspaper, shall we. the front page this morning, fears that trump meddling fears that trump is meddling with uk election. with the uk election. >> yeah, this isn't >> yeah, well, this isn't actually new as it sounds. if actually as new as it sounds. if you remember, over brexit, president obama got involved and that went down. >> considering he was he was very popular over here. he did that. it went down like a lead balloon. >> it did. it actually had a

very, very , it had a, it had an very, very, it had a, it had an effect that, that , that fed effect that, that, that fed brexit. really. it did so, so this isn't new, but i have to say that when president trump is doing it, what he what that speaks of is an era of divergent politics. now, president donald trump mean. well, what that means is that he doesn't fit the conventions. there's always been this sort of cosy, cosy convention that that politics as usual, establishment does usual, the establishment does things certain way and things in a certain way and observes certain conventions. and doesn't set and trump doesn't doesn't set any store by any of those things. he is really interested in his own interests and in the interests of those those alt politics that he represents and won't play by the by the rules. and i think it's a good thing that he doesn't play by the rules. >> i wonder what he's going to dabble in, though, with all of this. i mean, unless he says vote for reform, well, that's probably say. probably what he will say. >> and that's think that's his >> and that's i think that's his main he's main interest because he's bezzie mates with nigel farage and of that's and that's his kind of that's his interest in british politics. i

politics. the interesting line i picked out of the article was it said that seven i don't know whether this is true or not, but it does say it in the article that seven out of ten britons have an unfavourable view of trump, me, trump, which surprises me, actually, think actually, because i think because an arm's because he's at such an arm's length us, would length distance from us, i would have thought people would have thought more people would actually find him more actually kind of find him more of an attractive politician than that. from that. i don't know, just from talking people, talking to people that people, because going to be because he's not going to be kind you know, ruling over kind of, you know, ruling over us. were us. i would think people were more says seven more favourable. it says seven out find him an out of ten find him an unfavourable an unfavourable have an unfavourable have an unfavourable of him, which unfavourable view of him, which is and be is interesting, and it'd be interesting know the out interesting to know what the out of is in america. but of ten number is in america. but i'm sure, we're soon going i'm sure, sure, we're soon going to find out. >> i don't really think >> and i don't really think reform needs much help. i mean, the the the latest poll, the one published shows that published today, shows that they're they're they're on 14. they're six points of lib dems. points ahead of the lib dems. now, obviously, that's spread across not across the country. so it's not necessarily going translate necessarily going to translate into lots of seats for into lots and lots of seats for them. i think they're going them. but i think they're going to away substantial to take away a substantial amount both from, amount of support. both from, well, from the well, largely from the conservative also conservative party, but also from some of those red wall labour seats the tories labour seats that the tories took. so it's going to split the

vote. and i think they're going to be players in this next election. >> it's interesting though because i think people who are sort of dead behind reform will probably broadly welcome donald trump. if said, you are trump. if he said, are you are you should all vote for reform. it's all marvellous, anyone who might be teetering on the brink and not sure could well be put off. >> you could. well, you could, but again, it's then we seem to have fallen into a culture where any publicity is good publicity, isn't it? they're talking isn't it? if they're talking about not. at least about you, they're not. at least they they've heard of you. they know they've heard of you. and that seems be how our and that seems to be how our politicians works. politicians now politics works. if we've heard the name and we know are, they're the know who they are, they're the people the votes. it people who get the votes. it never comes down policy on never comes down to policy on what for, because what they stand for, because usually we don't know. >> but but i, i do >> yeah, well but but i, i do think there's a bigger strategic point here that shouldn't be ignored . and that's to do with ignored. and that's to do with nato. think that if president nato. i think that if president trump is interfering in, in, in the election in any way , it's the election in any way, it's because he wants to assure himself the person in himself that the person who's in downing street he, know, downing street, if he, you know, resumes presidency in resumes the presidency in november in january next november or in january next yean

november or in january next year, someone that he finds year, is someone that he finds agreeable , more agreeable, and agreeable, more agreeable, and nato one of the key policy nato is one of the key policy areas for him and britain is obviously a key player in nato. >> so you've got to find sir keir starmer agreeable. otherwise he's going to be disappointed, isn't he basically. one would think basically. well one would think so, but but i think, you know, it's the majority that it's about the majority that starmer might be able starmer has and he might be able to at that. to eat away at that. >> well >> well i >> well i don't >> well i don't keep >> well i don't keep you >> well i don't keep you neb >> well i don't keep you neb out of our politics. what i would say it's not his country. >> well i do hope you get that interview. is that what you lead with. would that be your first question. yes i'd watch that. >> i would, i would put it in there because that that's what irritated everyone about obama. not that they didn't like obama, but it's like, this isn't your country. don't tell us what to do . and i that would apply do. and i think that would apply to anyone. yeah, who's to anyone. yeah, yeah. who's a foreign leader? >> well, they don't get the nuances they. nuances do they. >> don't don't they >> they don't they don't they don't you know. yeah. don't really you know. yeah. >> up to them. >> it's not up to them. >> it's not up to them. >> up to us. there you go >> it's up to us. there you go susan. a dementia drug which susan. yes a dementia drug which is news apart

is great news. great news apart from out it. from people missing out on it. yeah it's great that there yeah it's great news that there is new drug, a couple of new is a new drug, a couple of new drugs, but they're saying drugs, but what they're saying in guardian is that we don't in the guardian is that we don't have the, capacity to, to use the drug because we don't diagnose early enough. and that's because, we are very low on scanners, and we are very low on scanners, and we are very low on people who are dementia specialists. so we're lagging behind , other, other g7 behind, other, other g7 countries in that respect. and if you don't diagnose early, you can't you can have all the drugs in the world. but if you're not diagnosing the people who have got the illness, then you're not going and going to get them. the drugs and the be early the drugs have to be given early for be really effective. for them to be really effective. and we've got apparently a 14 billion funding hole. and billion funding black hole. and so diagnosing as so we're not diagnosing as quickly us , canada, quickly as the us, canada, france, italy and japan. >> yeah . it's not a good look, >> yeah. it's not a good look, is it? it's not a good look. the diagnostic capacity we're way behind the rest of the g7. >> way behind them on >> we're way behind them on that. on, on the private that. but on, on in the private sector, we lead the world in this country.

>> companies like and good. >> companies like well and good. if you've got the money, know what i mean in terms of research. >> so a lot these drugs we're >> so a lot of these drugs we're in the forefront of these astrazeneca gsk , they're astrazeneca gsk, they're companies are doing companies that are doing this research work in research and creating work in this country. so the nhs needs to catch up. it's not it's not well but again that's terrible. >> it is so where we're leading the way where we're finding these don't benefit these and then we don't benefit from it. but the british people can't their hands it. can't get their hands on it. >> think the nhs has been >> no, i think the nhs has been whistled away. there's been whistled away. and there's been a a deliberate a that has been a deliberate political decision. it's not it's it's not it's not coincidental. it's not it's not coincidental. it's not it's not coincidental. it's not it's not a side effect of anything. there has been a decision to , to, to diminish the decision to, to, to diminish the nhs and it's ongoing process. nhs and it's an ongoing process. >> should we look at thames water if we must, we must, if we must i mean it's a basket case isn't it really . isn't it really. >> this is, this is i think this is a case of where there is a natural monopoly and where privatisation has essentially failed. yeah, you know, we decided back in the 1980s or,

you know, the, the government decided back in the 1980s that privatisation was was this panacea in which, you know, we could achieve all the greatness of, of, of competitive competition that competition brought. but thames water has been one of the, one of the conspicuous failures of this, of this policy privatised in 1989. it's now carrying over £14 billion of debt and constantly going back to government and saying, we need bailing out, we need help constantly going back to its shareholders. it did so last year in july, got £750 million out of them. it's gone back again with the begging bowl this january and said we need another 2.5 billion. it's just unsustainable. and now what do we do? well, i think we take it back into into public ownership, i really do, but it's not going to happen again. >> i think it will do you because. because, well , the because. because, well, the tories aren't talking that way. spoke to labour yesterday . they spoke to labour yesterday. they said no, that's absolutely not

on our agenda. we can't afford to do it. >> i think the reason they've defaulted is because they want essentially, facto way essentially, in a de facto way to rid renationalised if the to get rid renationalised if the government bails them out, that is essentially doing that anyway, they've put in the cart before the horse all the time, though, aren't they what they're talking about? >> i i saw that interview >> i think i saw that interview you yesterday and one of the you did yesterday and one of the things they said was they were going bonuses going going to stop the bonuses going to which is to the bosses, which is obviously are they paying obviously a why are they paying bonuses people are bonuses to people who are running terribly? running something so terribly? everyone that. everyone would agree with that. that's thing. that that's the right thing. but that doesn't actually the doesn't actually stop the problem. problem problem. and the problem is that the water infrastructure isn't there, that the water infrastructure isn't the|sewage that the water infrastructure isn't the|sewage is that the water infrastructure isn't the|sewage is in that the water infrastructure isn't the|sewage is in our that the water infrastructure isn't the|sewage is in our riversthat the water infrastructure isn't the|sewage is in our rivers isat the sewage is in our rivers is because if it wasn't, it would all be backing up into our homes. and wants that. homes. and nobody wants that. and they're trying to and obviously they're trying to stop they suddenly stop that. and if they suddenly stopped out into the stopped letting it out into the rivers the sea, then and it rivers and the sea, then and it happened, we'd all be in absolute all absolute major uproar that all the up into the sewage was coming up into our so what? why our bathrooms. so what? why can't i'm not a scientist. can't they? i'm not a scientist. why they link the. you why can't they link the. you might not. i'm not. funnily enough, i'm not trained as a scientist. but here's an idea

why can't you link the fuel crisis with the sewage problem and repurpose the sewage into biofuel, and kind of have a more sustainable fuel situation and use the sewage instead of pumping it out as waste? why can't you do that ? is that not can't you do that? is that not anidea? can't you do that? is that not an idea? can i not can we not invent? >> i think that's a very good idea, actually. >> well, i've looked it up. >> well, i've looked it up. >> biofuel . >> biofuel. >> biofuel. >> it is done in other countries. not. i'm not countries. it's not. i'm not completely up. the fact countries. it's not. i'm not comjyouzly up. the fact countries. it's not. i'm not comjyou that. up. the fact countries. it's not. i'm not comjyou that. no,up. the fact countries. it's not. i'm not comjyou that. no, no, the fact countries. it's not. i'm not comjyou that. no, no, no, fact countries. it's not. i'm not comjyou that. no, no, no, no, that you that. no, no, no, no, i'm not completely insane , am i? i'm not completely insane, am i? there a way of making biofuel there is a way of making biofuel from we've got so from sewage. if we've got so much it, which we do, it's much of it, which we do, it's free of, you know, free to kind of, you know, access. why don't we just do that? >> @ nominating that? >> nominating susan @ nominating susan as >> well, i'm nominating susan as our star. our repurposing star. >> to be head of >> i don't want to be head of whatever word would be. whatever the word would be. >> why can't television effluent ? >> 7- >> yes, the ? >> yes, the head of effluent. oh, great. i don't want that on a badge, but, i mean, just just to watch out on this story. >> ofwat has agreed that thames water bills by 56% water can hike up bills by 56% and will then well, well , i

and will then well, well, i mean, you know, do, do exactly what you wanted. well i mean do turkeys vote for christmas. no they don't. so obviously they're going to they're going to take this on in real this 56% hike on on in real terms. real terms increase in bills. and they've offered bills. and they've been offered concessions on those very dividends. the very things that have this, this black have created this, this black hole they keep paying hole of debt, they keep paying out shareholders out dividends to shareholders while simultaneously pleading poverty. think that poverty. i don't think that that is a sustainable position. >> no , no, no, i hope someone >> no, no, no, i hope someone buys them out for a pound . yeah. buys them out for a pound. yeah. and, and does a betterjob. >> well, it wouldn't be hard to do. i mean, you know, even even i not as a scientist could run it and not, you know, and do a better than, you know, better job than, than, you know, what's on at the moment. better job than, than, you know, thwe on at the moment. better job than, than, you know, thwe put on at the moment. better job than, than, you know, thwe put your at the moment. better job than, than, you know, thwe put you int the moment. better job than, than, you know, thwe put you in chargeioment. better job than, than, you know, thwe put you in charge .ment. >> we put you in charge. >> we put you in charge. >> susan. not convinced >> susan. i'm not convinced you're you not? you're not, are you not? >> you not? >> are you not? >> no. >> no. >> you've put white coat on. >> you've put a white coat on. you it off. you could carry it off. >> could . >> i could. >> i could. >> there's definitely there's definitely method your madness. >> definitely. madness. >> susan,aly. madness. >> susan, thank you much. >> susan, thank you so much. thank >> susan, thank you so much. thaoh dear. >> oh dear. >> oh dear. >> right. thank you both. here's

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on. >> thank you for the music. to celebrate abba's 50th eurovision anniversary, we'll be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. >> good morning. it's a huge day in the premier league title race today with arsenal and manchester city in action before liverpool travel to manchester united tomorrow and we'll hear about the furry lothario. championship club queens park rangers have reportedly sacked their mascot, jude the cat, for flirting too much with female fans. i'll be explaining more later this hour. >> i'll be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen. the strengthening winds and the very warm air. it will bring all coming up in the weather very sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news

. 50 years since abba were at euro vision. >> i know i love that vision, which is frightening. really. not that i remember. but oddly, weirdly enough, i was looking at abba voyage last night. >> yes, we've been. >> no, i recommend. >> no, i recommend. >> have you been? oh my mum, because i was looking at videos and things because i was sort of thinking of taking my parents very much to abba generation. you have to. >> is it like they are actually on stage? yeah. >> the first song. if you on stage? yeah. >:you'reie first song. if you on stage? yeah. >:you're not'st song. if you on stage? yeah. >:you're not familiar, if you on stage? yeah. >:you're not familiar, they you on stage? yeah. >:you're not familiar, they are if you're not familiar, they are holograms. they're not actually there, exactly holograms. they're not actually therthe exactly holograms. they're not actually therthe four exactly holograms. they're not actually therthe four of exactly holograms. they're not actually therthe four of themexactly holograms. they're not actually therthe four of them are tly holograms. they're not actually therthe four of them are there. like the four of them are there. so the first song starts, you're a a bit weird. a bit like this is a bit weird. yeah. they're yeah. you know, they're holograms. you know. holograms. they know, you know. yeah then after that first yeah and then after that first song, like song, you're there. it's like they're stage and they talk they're on stage and they talk to between songs, like to you between the songs, like it in a real gig. it's it would be in a real gig. it's very, good. really very, very good. i really recommend everyone's dancing. don't get a seated seat. >> oh no no no no no. we'd have to a dance. no no.

to get a dance. no no no. >> seated seat. >> seated seat. >> oh why? oh i'm not a last time i went to a thing, someone took me to, a concert . and it took me to, a concert. and it was. it was a stand up thing. yeah.i was. it was a stand up thing. yeah. i was like, no, i just want to sit down. oh, dance. stephen, a craig david thing at the o2 . stephen, a craig david thing at the 02 . it stephen, a craig david thing at the o2 . it was like, i don't the 02. it was like, i don't want to stand there and dance. i'm not a dancer. i would like to sit down and enjoy the music and perhaps have a cup of tea, not stand there and dance. >> to stand. >> but you have to stand. >> but you have to stand. >> but you have to stand. >> but i do recommend, if you are an abba fan, get yourself to abba was calling abba voyage. i was calling it abba voyage. i was calling it abba don't know who abba voice. i don't know who i thought was, voyage. thought i was, sabra voyage. >> quite fancy. >> yeah. very good, quite fancy. >> yeah. very good, quite fancy. >> do quite fancy that. so >> i do quite fancy that. so oddly 50. so we are talking to cheryl baker. mind you, i was thinking that there's four there. 43 years since , making there. 43 years since, making your mind up. wow. what do you remember that ? remember that? >> well, i wasn't, i wasn't around. >> well, i know you weren't. >> well, i know you weren't. >> you were barely around yourself. >> oh, no, i remember it. do you? yeah, i remember i'd be.

i'd be 6 or 7 when that happened.so i'd be 6 or 7 when that happened. so we all sort of did the dance at primary school and all that. >> oh. that's cute. yeah. >> oh. that's cute. yeah. >> oh, do you know the >> oh, and, do you know the song? you know the song making your up . your mind up. >> it me. >> sing it to me. >> sing it to me. >> making your mind up. >> making your mind up. >> we can youtube it in the break. i wasn't going to get a lot from that. >> no. you. >> no. you. >> no. you. >> no. i mean, it's a crack because we won with that. >> oh, that's very good. well done. us >> congrats. >> congrats. >> and i don't think we won again from that until katrina and the waves, which was great, is that walking on sunshine? no ho. 110. >> no. >> was that something else? >> was that something else? >> no, that was a that was a hit record, i can't remember the name of the song now that we won with katrina and the waves, but anyway, so that was even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long that was even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time was even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time ago even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time ago now, that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time ago now, what's was a long time ago now, what's your song ? your favourite abba song? >> oh, i don't know. i like them all. i just think they're all so catchy. >> i like give me, give me, give me a man after midnight sings it all. >> yes.

>> yes. >> i just think that's a great song. and when they. when that came on abba voyage, it was great. so i do recommend get your get your mother there. she'll love it. we've been talking lot civil talking a lot about civil servants striking. apparently they're not very happy about being the being asked to go into the office a week, which office two days a week, which sounds quite good to sounds like quite a good deal to me. isn't that is literally me. isn't it? that is literally the of flexible working. >> well, two days a week, if you're part three days a you're part time, three days a week you're full time. week if you're full time. >> even sounds right, >> yeah, even that sounds right, doesn't >> yeah, even that sounds right, doejohn says the majority of >> john says the majority of civil servants work from civil servants want to work from home don't in home because they don't live in london. they've moved out to places and places like sussex, surrey and kent. to pay the kent. they don't want to pay the train fares to come into london anymore, still the anymore, but they still get the london wage, and it's london premium wage, and it's clearly things in the clearly showing things in the pubuc clearly showing things in the public service are not working properly like passport properly like the passport office dvla. a taxpayer office hmrc, dvla. as a taxpayer i want them back in the office. >> well malcolm says sacked the strikers. they're accountable to the taxpayer. the civil service is no longer civil, does not provide a service and has become the refuge of a new lazy, entitled class. >> oh , caroline says personally,

>> oh, caroline says personally, i think going in three days a week should not be a problem. >> and to be honest, i think the civil service is overstaffed and needs trimming down, which gordon brown was told to do. but it never happened. >> no, khan says. it never happened. >> mo, khan says. it never happened. >> i don'tan says. it never happened. >> i don't knows. it never happened. >> i don't know why they don't sack and move it up sack the lot and move it up north, where people appreciate a good it's the entitled good job. it's the entitled workers, the northerners . it's workers, the northerners. it's the entitlement of it. though. i don't think there's anything wrong with working from home. and i know people work and i know some people work better from home. that wouldn't better from home. that wouldn't be me. i'd be terrible working from home. >> actually, i'd be quite good. >> actually, i'd be quite good. >> my might be off wandering, doing all of stuff and doing all sorts of stuff and never actually getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and ne'so actually getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and ne'so ictually getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and ne'so i would getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and ne'so i would betting on with doing all sorts of stuff and ne'so i would be terrible.with doing all sorts of stuff and ne'so i would be terrible. iith it. so i would be terrible. i know i would, people are know i would, some people are better , but it's the idea that better, but it's the idea that you're entitled enough to say, well, , i'm not. i'm not well, no, i'm not. i'm not coming into office. i get coming into the office. i get called into the office, you go into the office. >> it sounds actually like you've got quite a good deal. it's like being asked to come in five days a week. you? five days a week. are you? it's three five days a week. are you? it's threthree days a week. >> three days a week. >> three days a week. >> days at home. sounds

>> three days at home. sounds quite me. quite nice to me. >> i'm going to. >> i'm going to. >> they're to strike over >> they're going to strike over it, don't know. it, i don't know. >> i suppose it depends on what's their if what's in their contracts. if they and you they were hired and told you are. yes you are a remote worker, then you can see why there might be an issue, because they would, as john was saying , they would, as john was saying, move out. they might have a certain childcare or they're doing the childcare themselves. you can understand why they might have a problem, but if it's not in your contract, can't really about it, can you? really moan about it, can you? >> i do think bosses should be listened to more. i know it's not always a popular to not always a popular thing to say, but it's like bosses are trying run company or trying to run a company or department or whatever it is, and they're trying to manage and if they're trying to manage it all and you're just saying, i'm not going to do that , he i'm not going to do that, he should be fired. >> oh, basically, don't mince your words . your words. >> no. well, no. it's like, how do you maintain discipline otherwise. >> yeah it's a good question. we said we're not just coming in. >> well we'd be sacked. yes. you couldn't do our job remotely to be fair, man. >> you know, you rang in at 5:00

this morning. it'd be different if were yeah if i rang if you were sick. yeah if i rang in at 5:00 with an hour to go and just went. oh, i sort of fancy today. i'm really fancy it today. i'm really sorry. i don't fancy it today. you'd on your ear. you you'd be out on your ear. you would, and rightly so. >> yes. >> yes. >> oh, wow. harsh. aren't we? >> oh, wow. harsh. aren't we? >> we are . let us know >> we are. we are. let us know what you think of that one. gb views gb news. com views at gb news. com >> tell you about nhs >> now let's tell you about nhs chiefs warned that royal chiefs who've warned that royal mail they're talking the mail cuts. they're talking the royal is royal mail, which is now privatised , is talking about privatised, is talking about reducing do with reducing what they do with second class stamps and second class and delivery, second deliveries that sort of deliveries and all that sort of thing. they're saying could thing. they're saying it could put safety at risk put patient safety at risk because new figures suggest late letters the cause of a letters are the cause of a quarter of missed hospital appointments. >> yes, health leaders have dubbed the plans worrying , as dubbed the plans worrying, as the health service faces an official backlog of 7.6 million. >> earlier, we spoke to political commentator john oxley , one of these people that's waiting for an appointment letter to come and it gets delayed and by the time it comes your appointment has gone, sort

of come and gone. you have to go back into the queue and you know that just means the queues are going to keep getting longer, which we know is a problem at the moment, and it's wasted resources for the nhs because you're sat there not knowing that you've got an appointment, but the doctors, the nurses, the room are still operating and are still a cost to the national health service . and then they health service. and then they have through extra have to go through the extra burden to get in burden of trying to get in contact you again, to contact with you again, to rearrange whatever it is you're being waiting do think being waiting for. do you think the should sending the nhs should still be sending out appointments by post because it is costly using the postal service, and we don't even know how effective it's going to be now. yeah, and that's one of the, the issues, but we have to recognise for certain groups of people that post is the best way to get in contact with them. the nhs have moved a lot of things online, that for most people nowadays is going to be the best way of handling things. but there are some people and particularlypeople there are some people and particularly people really

vulnerable people who really appreciate that letter. so it's appreciate that letter. so it's a difficult thing for the nhs to completely get rid of. but, you know, as it gets increasingly expensive and increasingly disruptive, then it's hard to see what the alternative is. >> but of course, what you can't do is say to the royal mail, well, you can't cut second class deliveries because this is all about the second class stuff. you can't cut those deliveries just keep nhs going, can just to keep the nhs going, can you? somehow we've got to you? so somehow we've got to move forward and find a compromise. yeah >> and that's what the government's going be working government's going to be working on. all goes back on. but this all goes back to when, privatised when, royal mail was privatised about ten years ago. the idea was that the service would remain same , but the remain the same, but the government sell off to government would sell it off to someone and we're someone else. and what we're seeing time and again seeing time and time again across royal mail, are across this is royal mail, are putting up their prices and they're trying to back the they're trying to scale back the service there's service because there's a company, it's losing loads and loads money and don't loads of money and you don't have that government control anymore. it's a bit like the anymore. and it's a bit like the water regulators. it's the same thing. the service is getting worse, the costs are going up, they're not making much money

and something's got to give there, i want to talk to you about the latest this about the latest in this honeytrap in westminster honeytrap scandal in westminster . we've now got a second conservative mp coming forward, luke evans, saying that he received explicit , unsolicited received explicit, unsolicited messages and that he's actually reported this to the police . reported this to the police. >> yes. so this is the latest development. we had all the news about will wragg yesterday, who seems to have been the first person in the plot. and now we're a of an idea we're getting a bit of an idea of how far it's spread, what we don't what's really not don't know and what's really not coming who we think might coming out is who we think might be you know, was it be behind this. you know, was it someone trying to someone in politics trying to cause ? was it someone cause trouble? was it someone maybe trying to make money? or is it something more serious than that? and is it a foreign power? >> well, well, what's your gut tell you this? because what tell you on this? because what seems clear is these people who were messaging, particularly on the know some were the whatsapp, i know some were on dating but a lot of on dating apps, but a lot of them on whatsapp as them were on whatsapp as, as luke evans situation they luke evans situation was, they seem about their seem to know a lot about their targets . yes, a lot of targets. yes, a lot of information which a random

person wouldn't have known. >> yeah, but this is potentially stuff you can gleam online. you know, some of it's about where people used to work, which linkedin whatever. linkedin profiles, whatever. a lot politics are lot of people in politics are fairly unguarded about the things they say on social media, so what it shows is someone's put effort into it , so what it shows is someone's put effort into it, but that could be a fraudster, or it could be a fraudster, or it could be a foreign government or someone really trying to cause harm to united kingdom . at harm to the united kingdom. at the moment, don't know. and the moment, we don't know. and really said really not much is being said about , is political about that, is political commentator john oxley talking to us earlier on in the programme. >> now, try not to go out today if you can possibly avoid it. the met office has issued a danger to life warning as storm kathleen is set to batter parts of the uk. >> oh yeah, it's expected to bnng >> oh yeah, it's expected to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour well earlier. sorry. >> no, you carry on. you carry on. she's on a roll. >> on a roll. »- >> on a roll. >> give her a give her an inch. >> give her a give her an inch. >> take a mile. earlier, we spoke to weather journalist nathan rowley for.

>> oh, we don't really expect to see this sort of thing in april. she number 11, storm the she is number 11, storm of the storm season, which kicks off in september. and she's going to arrive bad mood and arrive in a pretty bad mood and she's going to stick around. >> i know that feeling. >> i know that feeling. >> know , 70 mile per >> yeah, i know, 70 mile per hour mentioned hour gusts. you mentioned those are be on the are going to be on the peripheries, on the exposed areas down the coast, which areas down the west coast, which is where the met office warning for to 70 mile per hour gusts for up to 70 mile per hour gusts is that is the west coast is today. that is the west coast of england, scotland and wales. and around of england, scotland and wales. an(day around of england, scotland and wales. an(day towards around of england, scotland and wales. an(day towards the around of england, scotland and wales. an(day towards the arcthe all day towards the east of the country. it won't be so bad. it's going to be a wet and blustery day pretty much everywhere but to the east. it's not to as bad as it is, not going to be as bad as it is, is the west. and tomorrow is to the west. and tomorrow a bit blustery again as moves bit blustery again as she moves northwards. and there we go. number kathleen, we are number 11 storm kathleen, we are back in storm season. >> the problem is when you say, well , it's, you know, for some well, it's, you know, for some parts of the east or what have you, it's not going be as bad you, it's not going to be as bad and a bit blustery. the and it's a bit blustery. the trouble rainfall at the trouble is, any rainfall at the moment, ground is just moment, the ground is just absolutely . it takes absolutely saturated. it takes nothing for the flooding to come back. nothing for the flooding to come

bacabsolutely. there are >> absolutely. and there are there than 100 there are more than 100 environment alerts environment agency flood alerts in some more serious in place. and some more serious flood warnings. problem flood warnings. the problem is that start of the that since the start of the storm season, which starts in september, they september, which is when they start storms, we've had start naming storms, we've had 11 now and with those has come a lot of heavy a lot of lot of heavy rain and a lot of persistent now, when we're persistent rain. now, when we're talking flooding, we're persistent rain. now, when we're talking about flooding, we're persistent rain. now, when we're talking about either1g, we're persistent rain. now, when we're talking about either rivere're talking about either river flooding surface flooding or surface water flooding or surface water flooding or surface water flooding or groundwater flooding. and because we've had so rain over a sustained so much rain over a sustained penod so much rain over a sustained period of time, the groundwater, the tables are right up the water tables are right up high, and any more on top of thatis high, and any more on top of that is going to cause flooding. so get rain, you so where you do get rain, you get persistent, ongoing get this persistent, ongoing problem flooding. problem of flooding. over the last months, we've last few months, we've been dominated low pressure in the dominated by low pressure in the uk. now, low pressure is what we associate with bad wet and windy weather, and high pressure in the what we associate the summer is what we associate with weather. we've been with good weather. we've been under influence low under the influence of low pressure that's wet pressure and that's wet and windy. that as windy. we're hoping that as we go summer, pressure is go into summer, high pressure is going to build and that'll bring some more settled some drier, more settled conditions. any conditions. but as you say, any more rain in the worst hit regions, on the west , regions, especially on the west, in south—west and the south, in the south—west and the south,

it's to the problem it's going to bring the problem of so kathleen, of flooding. so kathleen, today, yes, problems of flooding. so kathleen, today, yes, that. problems with that. >> nathan, are we seeing more and of very serious and more of these very serious storms, named storms, as storms, these named storms, as you say? there's a number 11. we've to letter k. we've got to the letter k. >> have and this is the first >> we have and this is the first time that's happened since time that that's happened since 2016. started or 2016. now we started naming or the met office with met eireann started storms in 2015. started naming storms in 2015. so it could a symptom of so it could be a symptom of because we now have a name system in place prior to 2015, it's sort of difficult to keep a tab on how many storms they were, because they were sort of named sporadically. now we have a set list. this year has been unusualin a set list. this year has been unusual in that we have seen 11. last year we only saw two, we saw anthony and we saw betty, and they both crept in at the very of the season. now very end of the season. now i don't think we can say we're seeing a trend of seeing seeing a general trend of seeing more. this is an unusual year 11. we expect to 11. usually we expect to see about 6 or 7. i think that we are we are noticing them more because we're naming them or we're when they come we're recognising when they come up.and we're recognising when they come up. and this year has been unusual, but the trend tends to

be average. this year is be about average. this year is unusualin be about average. this year is unusual in seeing 11, seven, 16. >> let's have a look at some of the other stories coming into the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. >> former prime minister >> and the former prime minister bofis >> and the former prime minister boris johnson, has urged the government to keep sending arms suppues government to keep sending arms supplies to israel as, despite a deadly drone strike which killed seven aid workers on monday, the attack on world central kitchen workers has prompted condemnation from around the world, with rishi sunak branding the deaths appalling . the deaths appalling. >> a planned strike by more than 600 border force officers at heathrow has been suspended , and heathrow has been suspended, and members of the public and commercial services union were due to walk out for four days from april the 11th. however pcs has said it's been suspended in an attempt to seek further negotiations with the home office and sacha baron cohen and isla fisher have announced they are getting divorced after two decades together in a social media post announcing the split, the actors said they had jointly filed to end their marriage last yeah >> the pair , who have three

>> the pair, who have three children, met in 2001 and got engagedin children, met in 2001 and got engaged in 2004. and on that note, marianne's been in touch saying, my husband and i celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary two weeks ago. well done. and my brother celebrates his 60th anniversary in september. my sister in law and i are obviously gluttons for punishment. well, congratulations , marianne, and congratulations, marianne, and congratulations, marianne, and congratulations to your brother and wife as well . and his wife as well. >> my mum and dad are heading towards their diamond in 2027. >> wow, that would be the diamond. >> they're gonna have a big party. >> i don't know what they're going to do. they had a big party for the golden wedding. >> they should do a big party. and should on and i think they should go on a really cruise. really nice cruise. >> oh, thanks very much. i'll pass that on. >> yeah, you should . >> yeah, you should. >> yeah, you should. >> and your mum needs a nice diamond necklace nice diamond necklace or a nice diamond necklace or a nice diamond ring. oh. >> she all right. oh, dad.

>> does she all right. oh, dad. brace talking of brace yourself. talking of golden anniversaries. yeah. 50 years abba , went on years since abba, went on to eurovision with waterloo . eurovision with waterloo. >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> 50 years. we're talking to cheryl baker , actually, from cheryl baker, actually, from bucks fizz a little bit later on. but the one and only the fabulous nicki french, who was our entrant in the year 2000 with don't play that song again, has been in touch this morning because there's a very big gig going on tonight . going on tonight. >> yes there is. oh, it's in stockholm is it? >> no, it's not in stockholm . >> no, it's not in stockholm. >> no, it's not in stockholm. >> no. >> no. >> or is it get going on in stockholm. oh, imagine. >> no, it's the brighton dome. >> no, it's the brighton dome. >> right. which where >> oh, right. which is where abba for abba performed waterloo for eurovision . eurovision. >> isn't that amazing? >> isn't that amazing? >> i've got a fan and they've got a fantastic line—up. they're doing it tonight. yeah, they're all singing, abba songs. and they've charlotte perrelli, they've got charlotte perrelli, who was an entrant in 2008. i think, for sweden, mans zelmerlow , who's a winner. he zelmerlow, who's a winner. he was swedish actually, as well

with, heroes. that was a great tune, emily deforest. katrina. >> katrina. katrina katrina with love. >> shine a light, which was our winning song from her. linda martin, who represented ireland. and of course, nicki french herself, who'll be performing. so they're all doing that. so they're all doing their own so they're all doing that. so they'reand doing their own so they're all doing that. so they'reand aning their own so they're all doing that. so they'reand an abbazir own so they're all doing that. so they'reand an abba song n so they're all doing that. so they'reand an abba song, and then songs and an abba song, and then throw some abba in there as well. yeah, they do lots of abba stuff, so that's tonight, you know. >> dome. >> dome. >> so stephen knows a lot about eurovision. you actually to eurovision. you actually went to a eurovision year, a eurovision party last year, didn't a eurovision party last year, did did want to go again this >> did i want to go again this year? >> did i want to go again this yanou really enjoyed it, didn't you? >> yeah. >> emu em- e i want to do though, >> and what i want to do though, ineed >> and what i want to do though, i need very cheeky and ask i need to be very cheeky and ask for some extra tickets because you me. you want to bring me. >> no, understand, no, i want >> no, i understand, no, i want to my brother law. oh to take my brother in law. oh wow. sister in law. wow. and my sister in law. because, stephen, my brother in law is huge into eurovision. >> really ? >> really? >> really? >> well, she wouldn't imagine looking you wouldn't looking at him. you wouldn't think loves eurovision. so i think he loves eurovision. so i really would like to take him this year. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> em- >> use your powers. >> use your powers. >> well, try, but i get >> well, i'll try, but i get free tickets and you can't ask

for free tickets, can you? >> oh, i think you can. i think you'll get away with it. >> so i might have to pay for two. >> and i think that's still quite a good deal to be fair. >> yeah. pay for two and hopefully get a couple of freebies, but it's such a good night. all the eurovision night. and all the eurovision acts from coming year acts from this coming year perform, great. perform, so it should be great. >> it'll be a great night. >> yeah, it'll be a great night. >> yeah, it'll be a great night. >> great tonight. if >> it'd be great tonight. if you're the brighton you're going to the brighton dome let us know, dome tonight, let us know, because be one hell party. >> @ be a really party. >> be a really good >> it will be a really good party. do know what? party. and do you know what? i want know what abba are up to want to know what abba are up to today. because you know what abba pop abba are like. they'll pop up somewhere. will somewhere. oh, they will do. they will. think come they will. i think they'll come out at stockholm. out on stage at stockholm. they've got nothing they've said they've got nothing planned. they always do. >> a market? anyway, >> got a market? yeah. anyway, look, that look, let's move away from that and have at the dreary and have a look at the dreary weather for you today. and have a look at the dreary weiyeah. or you today. and have a look at the dreary weiyeah. here'stoday. and have a look at the dreary weiyeah. here's aiden. >> yeah. here's aiden. >> yeah. here's aiden. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. storm kathleen has arrived .

you. storm kathleen has arrived. but it will mean different things to different people. very windy in the west. much warmer across the uk, particularly in the east. it's not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. most of the rain went through overnight. that's clearing scotland clearing northern scotland dunng clearing northern scotland during showers during the morning. showers follow west but well follow from the west but well broken cloud will lead to some sunny especially towards sunny spells, especially towards the southeast. the window is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. but the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible , somewhere like celsius possible, somewhere like east anglia with that warmth , east anglia with that warmth, we're going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many, with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast . the south and southeast. the blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and it's a frost free start across the uk, with that wind

mixing the air up a bright start for many, especially towards the southeast and the far north northeast . but there'll be cloud northeast. but there'll be cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others now. the showers mostly affect western and central england , wales, central parts of england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. best brightness will be best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. another warm day here. 16 or 17 celsius, but windy again to the northwest. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> now it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. >> now it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far . your chance of the year so far. your chance to win a £10,000 greek cruise for two. but that's not all, is it, mr dixon ? is it? there's it, mr dixon? is it? there's more, mr dixon . that's what i more, mr dixon. that's what i said, mr dixon. >> doctor dixon. >> doctor dixon. >> oh, sorry. i keep doing that, doctor. dixon. >> sorry. honestly, it's not hard, is it ? hard, is it? >> letting the standard slip your slip. your standard slip. >> mr >> mr >> miss costello, yeah. you get

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it's sam 27. good morning to you. now, the black actress francesca emma woolf rivers has suffered a barrage of deplorable

racial abuse online just because she was cast in a theatre production of romeo and juliet. >> yes, the theatre company have hit out at the online trolls and demanded that the abuse stop . demanded that the abuse stop. >> let's talk to our reporter who knows everything about the world of showbiz . stephanie world of showbiz. stephanie takyi. good morning. good morning ali. >> stephen, this is appalling, actually. >> i mean, i know we're in 2024. yeah. if they want to have a black actress play juliet, does it matter? >> it shouldn't matter , stephen. >> it shouldn't matter, stephen. but what happens is that online will always have to say about these kind of colour blind castings, which have been quite, you know, the trend in the industry at the moment. the reason why there's a big thing for colour—blind casting is because a lot of black actors find that they were only getting minimal roles, ethnic minimal roles, or ethnic minorities general. like minorities in general. it's like they were always being stereotyped for early roles, which really far and few. so which are really far and few. so when you've got the big roles such as romeo and juliet, now the industry are changing and

saying, why can't a black actress play juliet? but the problem is, time and time again, when you put black actors in these kind of shakespeare roles, there's always a big fuss. there's always the trolls, as i would like to call them, who say, actually , no, juliet should say, actually, no, juliet should be played white person and be played by a white person and i sorry for francesca i feel sorry for francesca because this is her first big role in the west end. and for role in the west end. and so for her to receiving all this her to be receiving all this abuse and for the company to come you can tell it's come out, you can tell it's really affected her. the thing with plays, i'm with shakespeare's plays, i'm like , keep the narrative the like, keep the narrative the same, but whoever wants to play it , it should go to the best it, it should go to the best person. yeah, but you know , person. yeah, but you know, there's always this flip side on there's always this flip side on the where you think the industry where you do think if a white actress was now going to play a part, it's to play a black part, it's always a issue as well. always a big issue as well. >> true. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> you know, so we do have to look at it 5050. but i think the reason why there has been this blind colour class and it's just to create more opportunities for black and black black actors and black actresses. so this play is due to start in may at the duke of

york's theatre in london. and she'll be playing against playing aside tom holland, who will be playing romeo. so he's a big name. he's been in spider—man i just think spider—man and i just think she's a really talented actress for it's just a shame for this, and it's just a shame that the abuse that has come with well, if she's good, if with it, well, if she's good, if she's a good actress and she can do part, as you say, it's do the part, as you say, it's about the story. >> yeah, it's and it's not a real character. i sometimes i think there are perhaps issues with real characters portrayed by someone of a different colour. but it's a colour. yeah, but it's a fictional character. yeah. oh, get get over it. >> and, you know, there's been many black actors who've played in shakespeare plays, like, we had david harwood, who played othello , and he'd done that othello, and he'd done that brilliantly. amazing. won many awards that . so again, it's awards for that. so again, it's all about who can do the part the best. but i think more than anything, the reason why this is anything, the reason why this is a big story because we're a big story is because we're trying to down on the trying to crack down on the industry. these roles industry. when these roles are announced, of actors being bullied, people. bullied, you can't bully people. it's about , bullied, you can't bully people. it's about, you bullied, you can't bully people. it's about , you know, it's all about, you know, respecting someone and the choices production choices that the production companies have made.

>> yeah, absolutely. should we talk big news this talk about big news this morning? it's on the front page of many of papers. sacha of many of the papers. sacha baron and his wife, isla fisher. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> divorcing they're already divorced. >> are they? yes. yes, they actually divorced year . actually divorced last year. quietly. they've always been a private general, but , private couple in general, but, you know, when you do see them publicly, they're quite an animated couple. so when we've seen of them seen this picture of them wearing tennis outfits wearing their tennis outfits yesterday, people are like, this is the most bizarre is probably the most bizarre divorce announcement, but that's very much their character. divorce announcement, but that's very much their character . why very much their character. why now people are asking? obviously we've this big furore with we've had this big furore with sacha baron cohen and rebel wilson over her claims, allegedly, which he's denied , allegedly, which he's denied, but i think insiders have been saying that the reason why isla fisher has come out now is because it's to save her own career now. oh, really? and reputation, because obviously, you know, all this stuff that's coming out with sacha, her name is into it as well is being dragged into it as well . is . so she's embarrassed. she is a bit to be honest . bit embarrassed, to be honest. >> oh that's interesting. >> oh that's interesting. >> yeah. it's a bit about >> yeah. so it's a bit about

saving face, but i think as well with these stories, now that sasha's been in the so sasha's been in the news so much, the divorce probably would have been leaked have came out or been leaked out. went to oscar out. they went to the oscar party separately recently. so again, tongues were wagging from there. i think it's a good there. so i think it's a good thing for them to set the record straight . apparently he wasn't straight. apparently he wasn't too eager for it to come out because such a private because he's such a private actor. but to honest, when actor. but to be honest, when break—ups happen hollywood , break—ups happen in hollywood, they've really good run they've had a really good run two together by two decades together by hollywood standards, that's a pretty long time. well yeah, marriage is forever though. >> it should be forever. but i guess we live in that day and age, especially when you're in the limelight, you don't know what really happens behind closed doors . and i'm sure the closed doors. and i'm sure the story out one day story will come out one day eventually either from isla or sasha. >> well it suggests that perhaps there's more to come in terms of these allegations for an official to allegedly be, you know, embarrassed by them. official to allegedly be, you knoyeah1barrassed by them. official to allegedly be, you knoyeah .)arrassed by them. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and it's sad because, like, rebel wilson's having her moment now about the book, about a film that they've done years ago. but

the allegations that she's come out pretty damaging. out with are pretty damaging. you know, saying that she was forced a nude scene when forced to do a nude scene when she didn't want to do the nude scene, feeling that she was being harassed. so you being sexually harassed. so you can imagine, isla is can imagine, isla fisher is still actress in the industry still an actress in the industry . kind of . and to have those kind of claims your husband or claims about your husband or your , it's still your ex—husband, it's still pretty have pretty damaging. but they have three together well , so three kids together as well, so it's a family thing as well. >> sad, isn't >> very sad, isn't it? >> very sad, isn't it? >> if we're at time. >> if we're at a time. >> phoebe, i exactly . >> oh, phoebe, i know exactly. i'm joking. >> good to see you. this. thank you guys. >> thank you very much . >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> now, you stay with us? >> now, do you stay with us? aidan will to talk aidan magee will be here to talk us through all the latest sports.

next. one of the very few things i do know. >> all right. >> all right. >> there you go. aidan magee has got the sport for us this morning, 736. >> hello. good to you >> hello. good morning to you both. you? both. how are you? >> yeah. right. thank you.

>> yeah. all right. thank you. very up for what's very geared up for what's happening premier league today. >> without doubt. look, it's a big weekend for the title race. what's interesting here is that we've going at we've got three teams going at it, tong. between now it, hammer and tong. between now and of season . the and the end of the season. the other thing is, steven, is that they have to play each they don't have to play each other, is rare, especially they don't have to play each otithey're is rare, especially they don't have to play each otithey're still, rare, especially they don't have to play each otithey're still, you especially they don't have to play each otithey're still, you know:ially they don't have to play each otithey're still, you know ,ally as they're still, you know, still good six weeks left of the season. they've played each season. and they've played each other all the time. most of them, most of the matches have ended that ended in draws now. so that means a shootout between means there's a shootout between now and the end of the season. i don't recall this having taken place since probably about 1999, the united won the year manchester united won the treble. manchester city, of course, still the course, can still retain the treble year. first out of treble this year. first out of the blocks today. manchester city selhurst park at city go down to selhurst park at crystal palace. 1230 then arsenal brighton arsenal travel to brighton down the m23 at and that could the m23 at 530 and that could determine what happens tomorrow in terms of liverpool. do they go for the win? well, it depends on a tough trip to go to on it's a tough trip to go to old trafford, it may depend old trafford, but it may depend on the results. so on depend on the results. so liverpool good enough liverpool more than good enough though old trafford and though to go to old trafford and get a win, even though three weeks lost there

weeks ago they lost there in the fa so really exciting fa cup. so really exciting weekend. of weekend. and at the bottom of the table against the table everton against burnley shootout there burnley a real shootout there going well. it's getting going on as well. it's getting really at the bottom really interesting at the bottom of table. villa action of the table. villa in action today they're in fourth today as well. they're in fourth place they have to some place but they have to do some work to because work to hang on to it because they manchester in they lost to manchester city in they lost to manchester city in the goals to one, the week by four goals to one, so it should be so yeah, it should be a thrilling weekend. we're hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill|g weekend. we're hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill turneekend. we're hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill turn outnd. we're hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill turn outnd. vway hoping anyway. >> aidan, stay there because we're going to try and back we're going to try and come back to you. yeah, but we've to you. yeah, yeah, but we've got just break away a got to just break away for a little because, little minute because, our politician yeah. politician is standing by. yeah. the warning the labour party is warning today that first time home buyers be £280 worse off a buyers could be £280 worse off a yeah buyers could be £280 worse off a year. rishi sunak follows year. if rishi sunak follows through with what they're calling his liz truss style £46 billion unfunded pledge, while shadow secretary for work and pensions alison mcgovern . oh, i pensions alison mcgovern. oh, i beg your pardon. >> yes. >> yes. >> joins us now. good to see you this morning, alison. before we start on this because i know that that's what you're here to, to talk to us about. i just want to talk to us about. i just want to ask you about the pressure on junior doctors to end their

strikes, nhs strikes, because the nhs consultants a pay consultants have backed a pay deal consultants have backed a pay deal, which means that they are settled there is now pressure on junior doctors to do the same. how would the labour party handle the junior doctors ? handle the junior doctors? >> well, we've got huge problems with staff retention in the nhs, which is why we set out , a which is why we set out, a workforce plan and then money to go into our health service. obviously, you know, as a shadow minister, i can't , negotiate the minister, i can't, negotiate the settlement of industrial action that's happening now. but i would implore government ministers and the prime minister to try and do that, because you know, our nhs has suffered so much . those doctors have been much. those doctors have been through a pandemic and doctors and nurses are suffering right now in hospitals, particularly because of our inability to retain nhs staff . so the labour retain nhs staff. so the labour party would bring forward its nhs plan, which, you know, we have, set out and that would

help provide stability and investment for the health service . you know, nobody wants service. you know, nobody wants to be stuck in this position all the time where we're worrying about strikes. so that's why i would implore today, the government ministers to get round the table with junior doctors and talk to them about how they can bring the action to an end . an end. >> mean, of the health >> i mean, talking of the health service, a deal concern service, a great deal of concern . it's on of the papers . it's on some of the papers this morning. were covering it today and it's very strange connection in way , concerns connection in a way, concerns about what is happening at royal mail in terms of, of reducing deliveries and all that sort of thing. and real concern from some that this is going to affect the nhs because not only will patients miss out on appointments if they're not getting those letters in time, and we know that happens . the and we know that happens. the record about 25% of the time. so people are missing their treatments. but of course the nhs is wasting millions upon millions of pounds by do not, do not attend appointments. >> yeah. and one of the big bits of investment and reform that we

need for the nhs is to modernise this, this exact system. i mean, i know gp surgeries up and down the country have been working hard to try and make sure that people can use the nhs app to get appointments, but too often thatis get appointments, but too often that is not the case. you know, as you just pointed out, we're still on, on sending still reliant on, on sending people letters for appointments and so on. and this is why it's not just that the nhs needs that investment plan that labour have set out. it also needs to modernise and to be able to use new technology , to help people, new technology, to help people, you know, engage with doctors and to manage their own health really well. i think those two things go hand in hand. you know, i, i can imagine for, doctors and nurses and all kinds of health professionals up and down the country right now , they down the country right now, they are feeling under pressure. they're feeling completely stressed about what's going on in the health service at the moment. i was speaking to a

doctor only, last night in my constituency who was saying just that, that they feel extremely under pressure and things are very difficult. but i think with the right investment and with the right investment and with the right investment and with the right change, we could see, as we did under the last labour government satisfaction levels with the health service going up once know, we had once more. you know, we had record satisfaction levels, with the nothing certain the nhs, there's nothing certain about the kind of level of, stress and dissatisfaction that we're experiencing now. i think labour can bring forward our plan, we can improve it and we can see patients , getting a good can see patients, getting a good service and nurses and doctors not under the kind of stresses and strains that they're experiencing right now. we've been talking about the front page of the eye this morning. >> fears that donald trump could disrupt the uk election this year this a former us year, this is from a former us national security adviser. he says donald trump not says that donald trump would not be to intervene in this be afraid to intervene in this year's . he may provide year's campaign. he may provide a boost for reform uk . how a boost for reform uk. how concerned are you about that and

his intervention ? it potentially his intervention? it potentially playing into the hands of reform uk potentially splitting the vote from the tories and the labour party, especially in the red wall. >> well, you'll have to forgive me. i haven't seen that story directly obviously we directly myself. obviously we are all very concerned about, you know, people who want to interfere , in elections, we know interfere, in elections, we know that there is, more and more of this sort of thing and the role, that people who want to play that, that who want to do that sort of thing can play in elections is, is very worrying. and i think, know, the and i think, you know, the electoral commission , varne electoral commission, varne should be supported in making sure democracy safe sure that our democracy is safe and elections safe , and that our elections are safe, so as a general point, i would say, yes, i'm concerned about that, there's lots of forces out there that would want to interfere in elections. and, you know, we rightly, treasure in this country our ability to hold free and fair elections. and, you know, that cannot be put at risk, can i ask you then about

this, this, first time buyer issue that you wanted to raise ? issue that you wanted to raise? you reckon, the government would leave people £280 a year worse off because of a fall? and i'm looking at your press release today. it talks about a £46 billion black hole. it doesn't say what black hole that is. >> so what's happened is that rishi sunak suggested that we could get rid of national insurance, which is a cost of about £46 billion, and hasn't said how that will be funded, hasn't said, you know, where that black hole as we describe it, how that will be filled , and it, how that will be filled, and that's really problematic because what liz truss did when she put forward her mini—budget was to bring forward huge amounts , in fact, £45 billion amounts, in fact, £45 billion worth of unfunded , tax cuts. worth of unfunded, tax cuts. what that did was destabilised our economy. and it meant that the bank of england had to put

up interest rates. and people will be only too aware of the consequences of that. so our calculation that you just read out there is about the impact on first time buyers of doing that. i would i would say, you know, it. people have to learn the lesson of what happened under liz truss, which is that when you manage the country's finances, you have to do so in a way that gives people confidence, where it's predictable for business, so that they know that their investments can be made with a level of stability, in the economy . and so i think it's economy. and so i think it's really surprising , to say the really surprising, to say the least, that rishi sunak has failed to learn the lesson of liz truss. >> and there's the problem with this. forgive me, though, the problem with this, and i'm not disputing your your sums in any way, shape or it may well way, shape or form. it may well be right , but way, shape or form. it may well be right, but i just wonder if you're conflating too many issues as you to try and win people on board. the national insurance thing we know is we don't know when it's going to

happen. know it would be happen. we know it would be phased in. it would be it would be a term but to be a long term issue. but to conflate billion into conflate that 46 billion into into leaving first time into this leaving first time buyers worse off, it's very difficult to know how you're connecting the dots on all of that, because it would affect all of us, wouldn't it? whether we're a first time buyers or not. sure but it's because of the that the bank of the action that the bank of england has had to take previously could to take. >> you're absolutely right. it would affect us equally. but would affect us all equally. but one issues that i worry one of the issues that i worry most about is people having a good place to live generally, and also being able to buy their own home, which is what a lot of people want to do. and the truth is that we need to build more homes . and labour's got homes. and labour's got a commitment to build more homes precisely so that we can help people own their own home. for the first time. what we're pointing out here is that whilst the effect of making huge unfunded tax commitments would land on all of our shoulders , land on all of our shoulders, you know, the impact of that on

some people is, is really great. and when you're at that point of trying to buy your first home, it's really stressful and you save for your deposit and you go through all of that because you want to put down roots. so i would just say, yes , of course, would just say, yes, of course, you're right. the impact will be on all of us. but it's hardly fair to put at risk that position that people are in when they're trying to buy their first home, when they're really saving and doing, making these sorts of unfunded tax commitments has that effect. it's worse for people who are in that position, who've struggled to be able to buy their own home. okay. >> alison mcgovern, good to see you this morning . thanks very you this morning. thanks very much indeed. >> you imagine sleeping >> now, can you imagine sleeping whilst driving? we're going to be discussing that next with susan

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stories in the papers today. with the outstanding journalist and author, susan holder. and the political the very good political commentator she had. mossavat. good to see you both this morning, susan. let's have a look at this. the mail, should we? of tremor, a bit we? yes. bit of a tremor, a bit of a wobble. >> did know? >> did you know? >> did you know? >> know i didn't know >> did you know i didn't know this . did know there was >> did you know i didn't know this. did know there was an this. did you know there was an earthquake tewkesbury earthquake in tewkesbury yesterday? no tewkesbury, yesterday? no well tewkesbury, new i see jersey , as they >> oh, i see new jersey, as they say in the jersey boys, when you go and see that film, new jersey. >> yeah. so there was an earthquake in new york. i was actually somebody yesterday actually with somebody yesterday who their who was getting texts from their friends saying, oh friends in new york saying, oh my we've just had. and friends in new york saying, oh mwas we've just had. and friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4.8 we've just had. and friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4.8 magnitude,ist had. and friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4.8 magnitude, which. and friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4.8 magnitude, which fond it was 4.8 magnitude, which for new york is big. they're not used new york. it kind of used to in new york. it kind of set amongst the pigeons set the cat amongst the pigeons literally, right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof y, right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece inight the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece in the the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece in the dailye end of the piece in the daily mail, it does say that one manhattan complained mail, it does say that one marradio n complained mail, it does say that one marradio station complained mail, it does say that one marradio station that)mplained mail, it does say that one marradio station that the lained her radio station that the emergency messages emergency alert text messages that made people stay that went out made people stay indoors. police indoors. and new york police then opportunity to go then took the opportunity to go down street and ticket down to her street and ticket all illegally cars. down to her street and ticket all oh, illegally cars. down to her street and ticket all oh, soegally cars. down to her street and ticket all oh, so there's cars. down to her street and ticket all oh, so there's always ars. down to her street and ticket all oh, so there's always an >> oh, so there's always an opportunity when opportunity for somebody when something happens, isn't it just

there? >> scary though, even if they're not very big? >> well, it's such a high rise, high bill. and if it's not expected, then , i mean, having expected, then, i mean, having said that, it was 4.8 and there were no reports of injuries. so this good. but yeah, it's not this is good. but yeah, it's not what you expect to happen in new york is it that. >> no, no, not all. >> no, no, not at all. >> no. it was a bit of a surprise yesterday. shapps. should we look at this driverless yeah. that's should we look at this driverilaunched.eah. that's being launched. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so? so it's is this is >> so? so it's this is this is sort going down further down sort of going down further down this and ai this route of automation and ai taking the world. so this taking over the world. so this is a driverless car and it's got beds so you so jump into beds inside. so you so jump into there. this sounds great. >> you could that in the mornings. >> nice. >> nice. >> you jump in there. it's called swift pod. and then you called a swift pod. and then you plug called a swift pod. and then you plug it you know you tap in where you're going and then it takes you there and you wake up. it's of in line with those it's sort of in line with those trains bed. yeah >> i love this idea. >> i love this idea. >> do you, do you. yes. would you trust that. >> well, well i wouldn't trust my own driving. don't want to learn. >> i am i too much of a control

freak that i would not surrender my power something that my power to something that i programmed, don't programmed, and i don't know where going me where it's going to take me while asleep. yes, i, i while i'm asleep. yes, i, i don't . no, i don't think don't know. no, i don't think this is good that we're. so i don't like other things being taken off me all the time. automated system. to be automated system. i want to be responsible for actions. responsible for my own actions. and i just a control freak? yeah. >> yeah. okay. i'd love this. >> yeah. okay. i'd love this. >> you see, i love driving. >> you see, i love driving. >> so the idea of sort of just handing it over entirely is slightly worrying. >> oh, i'm so over driving . slightly worrying. >> oh, i'm so over driving. i'm so over you. i'm so, so over driving, i really am. i mean, i used to love it, but now i'm in my 50s. it's a chore. and i was so grateful that a car turned up this me here. this morning to bring me here. so. was lovely. so. yeah, it was lovely. >> think you could get >> i just think you could get lots more like you. lots more done. like if you. yeah, definitely car off. yeah, definitely the car off. right? you could do right? you could, you could do some reading. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> no texting. >> no texting. >> no, i do any of that >> no, i can't do any of that a moving car. yeah. >> on the train can write >> can on the train i can write on the trains are great on the train. trains are great writing not in car. writing but not in a car. >> oh think it's way more >> oh no. i think it's way more efficient. >> i it's the future. i >> i know it's the future. i don't like that future where you don't like that future where you

dont and don't do anything yourself and you also, you just press buttons. also, you're machines you're relying on these machines that go wrong and could be that could go wrong and could be programmed maliciously do programmed maliciously to do things. i think it's dodgy. >> yeah. the issue is with this, i can't see how this is ever going to take off in that, you know, the driverless systems that there are now, i mean, all youh that there are now, i mean, all your, your teslas and all the rest of it, even when they're fully activated, you wouldn't be allowed to not be sat there paying allowed to not be sat there paying attention. >> i wouldn't have thought so. >> i wouldn't have thought so. >> no, you've got to still be able to take over if need be. >> well, some of those trials we've have not been we've seen have not been conspicuously successful. in conspicuously successful. so in san the uber san francisco, we had the uber trial that didn't go well. there were accidents. they trial that didn't go well. there were crashes. accidents. they trial that didn't go well. there were crashes. andjents. they trial that didn't go well. there were crashes. and ients. they trial that didn't go well. there were crashes. and i think hey trial that didn't go well. there were crashes. and i think one person even got so, you person even got killed. so, you know, still lot of a know, there's still a lot of a lot of seems to be ironed out. but i think it's the thin end of the wedge, actually. and i agree with susan on this, that i, there's another story on the same page in the daily star. it says will one day do says i will one day do everything. got be everything. we've got to be mindful of we've got to be mindful of that. we've got to be mindful of that. we've got to be mindful are mindful that human beings are

very mindful that human beings are vehright. out of time. >> right. we're out of time. good see you both. thank you. good to see you both. thank you. >> your weather. >> here's your weather. >> here's your weather. >> feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. storm kathleen has arrived, but it will mean different things to different people. very windy in the west. much warmer across the uk, particularly in the east. it's not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. most of the rain went through overnight. that's clearing northern scotland dunng during the morning. showers follow but follow from the west but well broken will lead to some broken cloud will lead to some sunny spells, especially towards the . the window is the southeast. the window is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. but the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible , somewhere like celsius possible, somewhere like east anglia, with that warmth ,

east anglia, with that warmth, we're going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many, with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast . the south and southeast. the blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and it's a frost free start across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up a bright start for many, especially towards the southeast and the far north northeast . but there'll be cloud northeast. but there'll be cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others now. the showers mostly affect western and central england , wales, central parts of england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. best will be best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. another warm day here. 16 or 17 celsius, but very windy again to the northwest. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on

it could put patient safety at risk with more people likely to miss hospital appointments. >> the honey trap westminster scandal continues as tory mp doctor luke evans claims he was a victim of cyberflashing before alerting the police to the scam. >> storm kathleen said to arrive with heavy rain and furious winds of up to 70 miles an hour expected. expected to batter parts of britain . parts of britain. >> a black actress suffers a barrage of racial abuse online after being cast in the theatre production of romeo and juliet. >> now for lots of us, animals are part of the family. >> now for lots of us, animals are part of the family . of are part of the family. of course we're asking when your pet dies. should you get time off work ? off work? >> thank you for the music. to

celebrate abba's 50th eurovision anniversary, we'll be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. >> good morning. it's a huge day in the premier league title race today with arsenal and manchester city in action before liverpool travel to manchester united tomorrow and we'll hear about the furry lothario. championship club queens park rangers have reportedly sacked their jude the cat, for their mascot, jude the cat, for flirting too much with female fans. i'll be explaining more later this hour. >> i'll be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very soon. 500“. >> soon. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news . we're reporting earlier on .we're reporting earlier on about this museum in grantham, which is causing a bit of a hoo

ha because they want to rename it after margaret thatcher. and some people are kicking up a stink. you've been in touch this morning? you have. morning? yes you have. >> makes an interesting >> bruce makes an interesting point, saying, no reason point, saying, i see no reason why grantham museum why the grantham museum shouldn't the shouldn't be renamed the margaret museum . the margaret thatcher museum. the victoria and albert museum in london isn't a museum devoted to queen victoria and prince albert, so there should be no problem renaming. renaming the museum in grantham . museum in grantham. >> lots on that sort of theme, mark says margaret thatcher was one of the best prime ministers we've ever had. therefore, naming the museum after her would be a fitting tribute. but gary she destroyed the gary says she destroyed the country, not just miners, steelworkers, merchant any steelworkers, merchant navy, any working was working man she could. she was evil . oh, why do you working man she could. she was evil. oh, why do you think people my age are called the forgotten generation , and it's forgotten generation, and it's a valid point, gary. and a lot of people hold that view, but to say she destroyed the country, a lot of people. we were the sick man of europe in 1979. lots of

people. looking back, it was really hard at the time, but looking back on it, didn't she save the country , made those save the country, made those tough decisions that needed tough decisions that needed tough , unpopular decisions that tough, unpopular decisions that needed to taken . needed to be taken. >> it depends how you view it. >> it depends how you view it. >> and andy says margaret thatcher enabled people to buy their council houses and own their council houses and own their own homes. just split opinion doesn't she . especially opinion doesn't she. especially amongst you. so do keep them coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. >> now nhs chiefs has warned , >> now nhs chiefs has warned, have warned that royal mail cuts all to do with second class post and second deliveries. more importantly , it could put importantly, it could put patients safety at risk because new figures suggest late letters are the cause of a quarter of missed hospital appointments. >> yes, health leaders have dubbed the plans worrying as the health service faces an official backlog of 7.6 million. >> well, let's talk to political commentator and former mep patrick o'flynn , who is here. patrick o'flynn, who is here.

good morning to you. >> good morning. morning. >> good morning. morning. >> how you tackle this because it's obviously the royal mail is a private company. now so how do you, tell that private company it needs to do better to protect us.the it needs to do better to protect us. the patients, well, my view is that it's a bit ridiculous in the modern age , and i'm by no the modern age, and i'm by no means a kind of cutting edge technology person that the nhs is relying on. often second class post for. as i read of the details in the telegraph, 83 million notifications of appointments a year. second class post is the way they're getting in touch with these patients now. nearly everyone has a mobile phone. nearly everyone is online in some regard, and i accept that it'll be older. cohorts of people tend to be more present in the nhs. inpatients or outpatients , inpatients or outpatients, categories. and yet surely those people must have one dependable

family member who can be contacted that way. i think, you know, the telegraph says that 3% of these 83,000,002nd class letters arrive after the date of the appointment, right? which is where they get their 2 million figure from, missed appointments, a quarter of the missed appointments. right. but if you think about that, that means probably another 10 million letters will arrive the day before the appointment, when people might already be committed, might not open letter . to my mind, this . it's to me. to my mind, this raises big questions about the nhs, it communicates with nhs, how it communicates with its . and remember, its patients. and remember, every appointment is with the precious time of a really highly qualified, highly paid consult. in my view, the nhs should not be depending on second class snail mail to tell anyone whatsoever as their sole means of communication. this is when your appointment probably isn't the sole means of communication. >> i mean, this is the thing i have to say. whenever i have an

appointment, i get a text message, i get an email, and i get a message on the nhs app as well as normally 2 or 3 letters that come through, well, but but somehow these 2 million missed appointments, that must imply in those cases , surely either the those cases, surely either the person being irresponsible person is being irresponsible and using a late letter as and just using a late letter as and just using a late letter as an excuse, or that is the only notification option they are getting. >> so i would be tempted to tell those those health chiefs, you know, go and sort your communications out because to my mind , you know, if the royal mind, you know, if the royal mail can't make it work, can't keep the company afloat without making this this reduction, i don't personally see a reduction in the frequency of delivery of second class post being a deal breaker. i think for most of us, the deal breaker is the cost of a stamp for first class post. >> look , why don't you talk to >> look, why don't you talk to you about the honeytrap scandal in westminster ? doctor luke in westminster? doctor luke evansis in westminster? doctor luke evans is now the second mp to

have come out and said he's been sent explicit, unsolicited messages and he's reported it to the police. what do you make of it? >> well, i guess, doctor evans must have had his details or the implication is handed over by william wragg. right. so so, he's a completely innocent victim of a very sinister plot, which may have, a foreign state behind it. clearly, it's been taken incredibly seriously , but taken incredibly seriously, but to me, it throws the spotlight back on to wragg , right, who is back on to wragg, right, who is being portrayed mainly by the tory high ups as a victim in all this. and obviously he's partly a victim because he took some, some approach as being a kind of honest , sort some approach as being a kind of honest, sort of flirtatious approach to him , and yet it was approach to him, and yet it was incredibly reckless behaviour from his was reckless. >> but the minute you start to be blackmailed, what would any of us do? >> well, i would hope certainly for an elected office holder ,

for an elected office holder, you would immediately go to the police. you wouldn't then start divulging colleagues personal details . you know, i think this details. you know, i think this this mp really should reflect on on whether even for this last six months or so, in his in his time before he steps down anyway, that he's the right person to represent his parliamentary seat should he lose the whip . well, i think he lose the whip. well, i think he should lose the whip. you know, they take the whip off all sorts of people like lee anderson, just for expressing , slightly just for expressing, slightly clumsily, a view that millions of people in the country agree with was was cast into outer darkness . yes. i do think darkness. yes. i do think william wragg should lose the whip. and i do actually think there should be a by—election. >> you need to bear in mind is a man who is not necessarily very well, though, who's really struggled with his mental health documents. he's talked about that. he's talked about it on gb news. and actually, you can only imagine then what he's going

through now. i mean, i'd be surprised if he actually managed to make it back before the next election. he's probably not very well at the moment. >> right. well, i'm going to perhaps outrage the more sensitive by saying sensitive viewers by saying i take a bit more of a hard line view of that as well. if someone is not mentally robust and as this mp was, you're actually in your 20s and you're putting yourself up for parliament, and there have been other cases as well, of parliamentarians newly elected in their 20s who haven't been able to do the job because their mental health isn't robust enough. think the taxpayers their mental health isn't robust enou1got think the taxpayers their mental health isn't robust enou1got a hink the taxpayers their mental health isn't robust enou1got a rightthe taxpayers their mental health isn't robust enou1got a right to taxpayers their mental health isn't robust enou1got a right to be (payers have got a right to be represented by people who thought carefully about whether they're up to it, whether their mental health is robust enough, and just carte by and it's just carte blanche by mental health in question. oh, all right, you're a victim, then we don't care. we're not having an mp for the next few months. i think that's all wrong. i think it's me, me, me from from the politician . then they should politician. then they should think get more think more carefully, get more experience, be more robust, or

duck out. >> okay, okay. tough line. patrick o'flynn. thank you very much. thank you much indeed. >> that's not what you think about that one. >> yeah. do let us know. >> yeah. do let us know. >> gb views at gb news. com. >> gb views at gb news. com. >> now the met office has issued a danger life warning as a danger to life warning as storm kathleen is set to batter parts uk . parts of the uk. >> yes, it's expected to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. >> well , it an hour. >> well, it all an hour. >> well , it all starts off an hour. >> well, it all starts off in the west. so let's head over to northern ireland. dougie beattie is there for us. what's it looking like at the minute, dougie? >> well good morning stephen. good morning ali. it's actually quite quiet at the moment, but we are actually meant to get this up the middle of the irish sea before it starts moving across into the west coast of england , round about an hour's england, round about an hour's time now. there is a couple of trees down and so forth, in around the country at this moment in time. but that would be expected because the water table is so high at the moment.

i mean, when you're driving down the roads and i'm it's the roads and i'm sure it's exactly the same across the uk, any rain at all, you can see the soil washing off fields, soil washing off the fields, running roads like running down the roads like a river and of course that washes and soaks around the roots of the trees now haven't had the trees. now we haven't had a cold, particularly cold march, which is beneficial to us because what happens at that point is that the water in around the root of the tree freezes, it expands. and then, of course, the high winds come, move those trees about and they come down. but at this moment in time, i mean, just about five miles away from where we are now, we were actually heading out there. there is a tree down across the main road, but as i'm saying, that is not big wind that will that. that is a that will do that. that is a real present danger right across the uk , for any high winds at the uk, for any high winds at all, because of the water table. and we'll be looking, moving out towards annalong, downpatrick, that coastal area. it's meant to hit there any time from 10 to

11:00 as it makes its way up the irish sea. so we'll know more then. but over the last, i suppose, 20 moments, 20 minutes. here it has got very dark and winds are starting to pick up. but when your storm chasing anything, you know yourself. stephen, it's hard to get yourself in time. but the met office are saying , oh, do not office are saying, oh, do not travel. if you don't have to, and basically to stay at home. >> dougie, thank you very much indeed. we tell the storms coming because it keeps cutting your line out there. kathleen's having her wicked way already with you, dougie. >> get inside . have a cup of >> get inside. have a cup of tea, dougie, i think look at these hairs going now. >> needs to heed his own advice. >> needs to heed his own advice. >> get in, get in. >> get in, get in. >> so calm. well enough. dougie that hair, because it's about to come him up. no it's >> don't wind him up. no it's fair enough. >> don't wind him up. no it's fairlook|gh. >> don't wind him up. no it's fairlook at. >> don't wind him up. no it's fairlook at him. >> look at him. >> look at him. >> out there in the cold, >> get out there in the cold, working hard for you. oh, at least you found it funny. there you go.

>> yeah. good. >> yeah. good. >> a great head of hair, dougie. >> yeah, it's got a good head of hair. >> yeah, as do you. >> well, you mine >> well, you had mine rearranged, so. that's all right. should be good. cost right. it should be good. cost me and. oh, dear, oh, me enough and. oh, dear, oh, dear me. >> stay inside. if you're in the west. advice today. west. that's our advice today. stick make stick with gb news. make yourself of tea. we'll yourself a cup of tea. we'll look after you. >> fed up with this weather? >> fed up with this weather? >> too. >> me too. >> me too. >> i just say it was lovely? >> can i just say it was lovely? the day i was sat out in the other day i was sat out in the the dog out in the garden. the dog was out in the garden. the dog was out in the garden. the dog was out in the garden. was like. it was the garden. it was like. it was like spring had sprung. >> he's got a lovely garden as well, all gone well, and that's all just gone to pot again. >> i know you get little glimpses, don't you, of joy, but i don't mind, because i live in a with our garden. a flat with our garden. >> when does get really >> so when it does get really bright and sunny, it's like a hot or something. it's horrible. >> yeah, hot box. >> yeah, a hot box. >> yeah, a hot box. >> kind of hot >> well, not that kind of hot box. just very unpleasant hot room. we're saying room. like what we're saying right room. like what we're saying rigiactually, yes. it's very hot >> actually, yes. it's very hot in here. it's very hot in here. anyway should we have a look at some stories coming into some other stories coming into the 8:13, and the former >> it's 8:13, and the former prime minister, johnson, prime minister, boris johnson, has the government to keep

has urged the government to keep sending israel. sending arms supplies to israel. that's drone that's despite a deadly drone strike killed aid strike which killed seven aid workers monday. the attack on workers on monday. the attack on world central kitchen workers has condemnation from has prompted condemnation from across with rishi across the world, with rishi sunak deaths as appalling. >> a planned strike by 600 border force officers at heathrow has been suspended . for heathrow has been suspended. for now, it's the public and commercial services union due to walk out on april the 11th for four days, but they've now said it's all been suspended as they try to seek further negotiations with the home office and sacha baron cohen and isla fisher have announced they are getting divorced after two decades together. >> in a social media post announcing the split, the actors said they had jointly filed to end their marriage last year. the pair, who have three children, met in 2001 and got engagedin children, met in 2001 and got engaged in 2004. >> i think what she'd been in, because she we still call her an

actress. >> confessions of a shopaholic. oh, very good film. oh, right. i can relate a lot. >> oddly enough, it wasn't on my watch list, that one. but she was in home, was it? home and away. she was in. >> stay there. >> stay there. >> it's. so she's one of these. she's one of these, >> she's very pretty. >> she's very pretty. >> i think she was like a nice girl. i don't think i've met her. >> i think you're correct. >> i think you're correct. >> you know, you're very good at this. >> oh. i wonder why she's australian. >> so that's a good start, she was in. >> hang on, yeah. >> hang on, yeah. >> home and away. well done. >> home and away. well done. >> yeah. thank you for, checking me. >> yeah. thank you for, checking me and then she actually went on >> and then she actually went on to star in a pantomime in the united kingdom after leaving the soap, touring with darren day. of all people. >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> then she moved to hollywood. oh scooby doo. yeah, she was in scooby doo. that's correct. >> yeah, that was a great movie. >> yeah, that was a great movie. >> and then she met sacha baron cohenin >> and then she met sacha baron cohen in the wedding crashers, also a very good film. wedding days. yeah, she's been quite a lot, actually. >> lots of lots of movies about

weddings. >> yeah, it's sad, isn't it? >> really? >> really? >> it is sad, though. they do seem to have separated on good terms. in the post, she put out yesterday was all very nice for strange. >> it was a bit strange, but it wasn't remotely acrimonious. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> so that's, you know something the post was. >> yeah. and they've got kids. we've got three children i believe together. yeah. the post was can't find it now but it's, it's them in tennis outfits. looks like a fancy dress party or something. they after 20 or something. they say after 20 years playing tennis, they've years of playing tennis, they've decided to put down their rackets, a strange, rackets, which is a bit strange, but, at least it doesn't sound like it's no hateful. >> you're going to split up, do it nicely. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i never quite understand how these out. these things fizzle out. >> i don't get either. >> no, i don't get it either. >> no, i don't get it either. >> never having never been in that situation. hopefully never will. >> you never will be. you're married for life. >> hope so. you are, >> right. should we have a check on the weather? because, kathleen is not a happy woman , kathleen is not a happy woman, and she's heading our way. >> she's coming for us. >> she's coming for us. >> let's see what aidan mcgivern

has got for us. >> a brighter outlook . with boxt >> a brighter outlook. with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news. who's >> hello. very good morning to you, storm kathleen has arrived. but it will mean different things to different people. very windy in the west. much warmer across uk , particularly in across the uk, particularly in the east. it's going to be a the east. it's not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. most of the rain went through overnight. that's clearing northern scotland dunng clearing northern scotland during the morning. showers follow but well follow from the west but well broken will lead some broken cloud will lead to some sunny spells, towards sunny spells, especially towards the southeast. the wind, though, is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. but the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible. somewhere like east anglia. with that warmth, we're going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many,

with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast. the blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and it's a frost free start across the uk , with that wind across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up. a bright start for many, especially towards the south—east and the far north northeast . but far north northeast. but there'll be cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others. now the showers mostly affect western and central parts of england, wales, scotland and northern of any northern ireland. best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. another warm day here. 60 or 17 celsius, but very windy again to the northwest . windy again to the northwest. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> i've just had a message now from he who must be obeyed saying you seem doubtful about

being married for life. i'm not remotely remotely doubtful. >> he's just hopeful it will be for life. >> well, well. >> well, well. >> i'm determined it will be for life determined as well. it's just what i can't stand is the fizzling out thing. >> yeah. he's confused by how it would possibly end. so actually. >> well, exactly that's >> well, that's exactly that's exactly i'm thinking. exactly what i'm thinking. >> job i'm here. hey cheers. >> yeah, yeah, i only >> yeah, yeah, i was only thinking wedding thinking about my wedding ring. this because never this morning because it's never been it was placed been off since it was placed upon finger and it will never upon my finger and it will never come unless, medically, it come off unless, medically, it has be removed. has to be removed. >> that's so cute. >> oh, that's so cute. >> go. >> so there you go. >> so there you go. >> meanwhile, pinch mine all >> meanwhile, you pinch mine all the well, don't have one the time. well, i don't have one yet, no, your engagement yet, but no, your engagement ring. engagement ring? ring. my engagement ring? >> pinch all the time. >> you pinch all the time. >> you pinch all the time. >> so you're very sparkly. >> so you're very sparkly. >> a magpie for like that. >> he is a magpie. you've got your own sparkles. >> keep your own sparkles. all right. >> now you could buy lots of sparkles, actually, in our in our. sparkles, actually, in our in ouh the our. do you like this? the biggest giveaway the year so biggest giveaway of the year so far. you. there's £10,000 far. thank you. there's £10,000 cash. learn from you. but cash. learn a lot from you. but also a £10,000 greek cruise for two. isn't a cruise. you two. and it isn't a cruise. you know, it does more a know, it does look more like a yacht.

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channel. >> welcome back. now, you will have an opinion on this one. if you've ever had an animal that's died, you will understand how upsetting it is. losing your pet can be comparable to losing a loved one. because pets are to many of us, part of the family, aren't they? well, they are. >> i totally, totally agree with that. and so many of us have pets, but many employers don't allow workers from taking time off to mourn their loss. well, pay off to mourn their loss. well, pay leave to mourn their loss, compassionate leave to mourn their loss. >> well, today we're debating should you get paid leave when your dog or cat dies. well, joining us to debate this is veterinary surgeon and animal welfare journalist pete wedderburn and dog psychologist stan rawlinson. really good to see you both. this morning. pete, let's start with you. what

do you make of it? >> well, i think that the key is the expression compassionate. leave and i think it very much depends on the individual. like as a vet, i would witness the death of many, many animals. and i see a very wide range of variation in how people react to that. and some people can be very close to their pet and very fond of their pet, but they still seem to be able to move on. you know, without without too much difficulty. other people, the loss is immense and they are totally floored by it. they to they need to seek they need to they need to seek out help to, to out professional help to, to cope the grief. and it cope with the grief. and it desperately distresses them. so i think that the answer to this is that it should be done on, on an individual basis , and so that an individual basis, and so that if you feel the need, if you are so upset by the loss of your pet, then you should, out of compassion be given some time off work. not a huge amount of time, perhaps. maybe 1 to 3 days, but very much on a one by one basis. and i would think that should be done. really by

negotiation with your, with your employer , you know, you will employer, you know, you will know the people on your team and you explain to them how you're feeling, and, you know, people shouldn't the out of shouldn't take the mickey out of it. just do it it. they shouldn't just do it because are entitled to do because they are entitled to do it. you know, they should do it if they really a for if they really have a need for it. that, as i say, it. and i think that, as i say, the is that we should be the key is that we should be compassionate towards our fellow workers, and that includes giving time and giving them a bit of time and a bit to get over a huge loss. >> stan , do you agree, i do, >> stan, do you agree, i do, yeah, i think there's a couple of things involved in this , the of things involved in this, the grief that some people find when they lose a pet, whether it be a dog, cat, hamster, or whatever can be enormous. dogs tend to be somewhat different , can be enormous. dogs tend to be somewhat different, in can be enormous. dogs tend to be somewhat different , in the somewhat different, in the emotions that we have and the relationships we have with them. dogs, cats, can get very loving and people get very, very attached to them. but instead of having owners, they normally have staff , so it is a slightly

have staff, so it is a slightly different relationship there. what i believe that if we bring this into some sort of law, then ihave this into some sort of law, then i have no problems with people taking time off where i would have a concern, as a lot of companies are struggling at this moment in time , and if they had moment in time, and if they had to pay those people being off, then i think that would be very, very difficult . but, for some very difficult. but, for some companies, particularly in the, in the climate we've got at the moment. so yes, i totally believe, that we should have, time off to grieve, but not perhaps at the cost of a company that may be struggling at that time. >> yeah , that's a that's a valid >> yeah, that's a that's a valid point, pete, isn't it? you know, if people need time off, you know, it's understandable . fine. know, it's understandable. fine. take a day or two. don't expect to get paid for it , well, i to get paid for it, well, i guess it has to be done on an

individual basis. i think, in some countries it is available on a statutory basis. so—called bereavement leave. compassionate leave. or in ireland they call it force majeure. leave now , it force majeure. leave now, that doesn't explicitly cover, the loss of a pet, it covers emotional distress, generally , emotional distress, generally, andifs emotional distress, generally, and it's limited. it's limited to no 1 to 3 days a year, no more than that, and i think it would only be used if it had to be if somebody was basically unable to function because they're so upset , unable to function because they're so upset, and you could say, well, it's not fair to the company. well, you know, the company's not going to benefit very much from an individual who is somewhere else mentally, is just somewhere else mentally, and if it's not allowed, i can just see what people would do is they would go to their doctor and ask for a sick note. so that they can be signed off work, so i think trying to stop people from doing this is, is going to be counterproductive because it's going to happen anyway. people going stay off people aren't going to stay off work expect be paid if

work and expect to be paid if they feel a little bit sad they just feel a little bit sad because their their pet has gone and feel little bit of and they feel a little bit of a gap in their life, they're only going to do if they're going to do it if they're feeling so bereft that, that they're not able to carry on normally, and if they're not able to carry on normally, they're not going to be much use in the workplace, are they a fair point. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> pete and stan, i'm >> okay. pete and stan, i'm afraid we are out of time. but thank you so much for your thoughts this morning. you will have an opinion this one. have an opinion on this one. should we get paid leave when our dogs or die? do let us our dogs or cats die? do let us know gb views at gb news. com i agree this one. we agree with pete on this one. we lost family dogs three years lost my family dogs three years ago and this was my childhood dog that i grew up with. i was absolutely unable to cope . i had absolutely unable to cope. i had to be sent home from work. i was so upset and i couldn't stop crying for two days. i was unbear able, so yeah, i wouldn't have been any good to my employer at the time. and they did give me a couple of days off because they could see what

state i was in, but i think it does depend on the situation. i think other people, well, it is hugely distressing , but it's hugely distressing, but it's hugely distressing, but it's hugely it's hugely distressing. >> but i don't think you should put the same . i worry put it on the same. i worry about people who can't cope with it. >> oh that's me, that was me. i worry about you. i was in a very bad way, i think she was like my sibling i think you grew up with. >> yeah, i think charles rae dogs are different. >> come on. you'd be a wreck if timmy goes. when timmy goes. >> when? when timmy goes, and then when rex goes, which will be later, yeah . i'd be hugely be later, yeah. i'd be hugely upsetting. but i've always said what i will focus on is fact what i will focus on is the fact that i've timmy was a rescue that i've got timmy was a rescue as well. so i know that he's had this wonderful, happy, loving life and i will, i'll be extremely sad, but that's what i will focus on and not fall apart i >> -- >> oh, you're very stoic. >> oh, you're very stoic. >> i'll be extremely sad. i still come into work. >> oh, well, you're very good gold star for you. i, boss might be listening. yeah, well, you're

in the good books. i'm definitely not. i don't have a dog or any pets at the moment. so you're in. in safe so you're in. you're in safe hands. still be in work. hands. i'll still be in work. >> still get goldfish. >> still get goldfish. >> do. >> whatever you do. >> whatever you do. >> i don't i could. i'm >> i don't think i could. i'm not sure. i'm not if i'd not sure. i'm not sure if i'd cope very well having another dog. can't with the loss. dog. i can't cope with the loss. well us know what you think. well let us know what you think. i going to divide you i think it's going to divide you out there. you on team out there. are you on team stephen team ellie? i've got stephen or team ellie? i've got my own them.

aidan magee is here to talk us through all the latest sport. and jurgen klopp isn't very happy. >> well, no, he's not. i mean, he's a bit disappointed with the fact that. i mean, it's a long standing problem. i'm talking here about tragedy, chanting ellie specifically. it's marred games between manchester, manchester united and liverpool going to 70s. quite, going back to the 70s. quite, you quite ashamed to say. you know, quite ashamed to say. i mean, i was a football fan, so

there have been several disasters have punctuated the life of both clubs. we're talking the munich 58 air disaster when duncan edwards died, bobby charlton, sir bobby charlton survived . and then charlton survived. and then we're talking about heysel in 85, when 39 juventus fans died when a wall collapsed in the european cup final that year. and four years later, of course, at hillsborough in 1989. now, sadly, fans of both clubs have chanted at each other down the years . it's not chanted at each other down the years. it's not on. it's disgusting, isn't it? it's disgusting. we want so much better than that from from our football fraternity erik ten football fraternity and erik ten hag is issuing a statement in his programme tomorrow because the two teams meet at old trafford and jurgen was trafford and jurgen klopp was talking in his press conference pnor talking in his press conference prior the game yesterday and prior to the game yesterday and he said just show some class, let the teams fight on the pitch . let's play that . let's play football. that would wish for all of us would be my wish for all of us andifs would be my wish for all of us and it's quite sad for him that he's still talking this he's still talking about this two months the end of his two months before the end of his reign liverpool manager, and reign as liverpool manager, and we dissipates a we hope it just dissipates a bit. were couple of bit. there were a couple of arrests when liverpool played

united trafford just united at old trafford just three so let's three weeks ago, so let's just hope see see an end to hope we see we see an end to that finally in this. and what's you know, steven, you're from the west. know how big the north west. you know how big this oh yeah. it this fixture is. oh yeah. it means so much to so people, means so much to so many people, not of not just in the north—west of england. not just in this country, but in the whole of the world. it's going to be the numbers game. tom numbers watching that game. tom moore huge, moore will be absolutely huge, okay, let's move on to okay, let's let's move on to something serious. that is something very serious. that is jude mascot has jude the cat. qpr mascot has been neutered. it's been a big pair of scissors. >> this unbelievable. >> this is unbelievable. this story into the national story has got into the national papers it's gone all papers today. it's gone all around is the around the world. so this is the stadium of queen's park stadium mascot of queen's park rangers. seen most rangers. you'll have seen most of a big furry of these clubs have a big furry mascot. that goes to mascot. and that goes back to the 70s when qpr had an actual black cat at the club, and it brought good luck many brought them good luck so many years when they years later when they commercialised it, they introduced a costume, i introduced a costume, and i don't know it's been the same don't know if it's been the same bloke wearing the costume. all that time, but there was a i mean had tough that time, but there was a i mean the had tough that time, but there was a i mean the past had tough that time, but there was a i mean the past when! tough that time, but there was a i mean the past when bernie times in the past when bernie ecclestone owned and ecclestone owned the club and flavio briatore in briatore's culture, he decided that black cats he he

cats were unlucky. so he did. he did a hiatus out of the did have a hiatus out of the game, and fans called for game, and the fans called for him come back and then on him to come back and then on monday, there rumours monday, there are rumours seeping out of the club. people were it's april fools seeping out of the club. people wereit's it's april fools seeping out of the club. people wereit's rumours; april fools seeping out of the club. people wereit's rumours; apr rumours and it's rumours that rumours are out of the club, are drifting out of the club, that been sacked that he's been sacked and everyone's going, no, you everyone's going, no, no, you can't that. he's a great can't do that. he's a great danceh can't do that. he's a great dancer, know, he's a he dancer, you know, he's a he a bit of a smooth mover. well he's, bit, he's a very he's, he's a bit, he's a very smooth yeah i mean i can smooth mover. yeah i mean i can move but even i can't move myself but even i can't keep up with those kind of moves anyway. he's been sacked anyway. he's, he's been sacked according to the today, according to the papers today, according to the papers today, according to the papers today, according to sun and the according to the sun and the mail, getting mail, because he's been getting overfriendly club's overfriendly with the club's female dear. >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> and so what? >> and so what? >> cats are like. >> cats are like. >> yeah, know, i know, i know >> yeah, i know, i know, i know someone called him a dirty dog earlier i just get earlier on. i just didn't get that at all. no, but no, he's been shown the flap. that's that's that's the phrase. and the i'm the fans are up in arms. i'm going the this going to the game this afternoon. what the afternoon. we'll see what the reaction they reaction reaction is. if they sing bring back jude the cat. >> there is this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. >> there here is this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. >> there toe is this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. >> there to get this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. >> there to get the! campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. >> there to get the catnpaign, sing bring back jude the cat. >> there to get the cat backin, already. >> there are >> yes there is. yeah, there are lots want him, want lots of people want him, want him back. but i don't know whether they're going whether that means they're going to altogether or

to sack the mascot altogether or whether to change to sack the mascot altogether or whe person to change to sack the mascot altogether or wheperson underneath to change to sack the mascot altogether or wheperson underneath it.:hange the person underneath it. >> probably make more the person underneath it. >> would probably make more the person underneath it. >> would itprobably make more the person underneath it. >> would it not?|bly make more sense, would it not? >> it would, it would. >> it would, it would, it would. >> it would, it would, it would. >> done without >> but they've done that without anybody knowing. >> but they've done that without anybody inowing. >> but they've done that without anybody i knowg. >> but they've done that without anybody i know someone's >> yeah i know someone's put someone's this. oh someone's leaked this. oh because qpr is a premier because qpr is not a premier league because qpr is not a premier leag someone's deliberately this. someone's deliberately rang papers said rang them on the papers and said listen, mascots listen, our favourite mascots being sacked nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. sacked nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. so tacked nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. so we'll nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. so we'll i'm ody likes this. so we'll see. i'm just this afternoon. likes this. so we'll see. i'm just got this afternoon. likes this. so we'll see. i'm just got a this afternoon. likes this. so we'll see. i'm just got a big is afternoon. likes this. so we'll see. i'm just got a big game rnoon. we've got a big game this afternoon. we've some afternoon. we've had some fantastic and fantastic results recently and i just they haven't fantastic results recently and i just an they haven't fantastic results recently and i just an goalthey haven't fantastic results recently and i just an goal the sacking't scored an own goal by sacking ourwell, yeah, but some that >> well, yeah, but some say that the cat is the only thing worth watching. know. watching. oh, well, you know. >> not lately. no, we're >> well, not lately. no, we're not two games not seeing one, two, two games over and over easter, good friday and easter fans want? >> they want the cat back. >> they want the cat back. >> poor show. >> it's a it's a poor show. >> everything just needs to put a him. a collar on him. >> maybe a cat. did >> yes. or maybe a cat. i did see on lead actually, see a cat on a lead actually, a few ago. oh. few weeks ago. oh. >> yeah >> did you? yeah >> did you? yeah >> well, that's i thought. >> well, that's what i thought. jude needs exactly what? >> the >> there is a story in the papers actually, papers today. actually, i couldn't tell you which one. that more a that that is becoming more of a trend. you take your cat for a walk lead, i've seen i've walk on a lead, i've seen i've seen recently. walk on a lead, i've seen i've seeyeah. recently. walk on a lead, i've seen i've seeyeah. reime,.y. walk on a lead, i've seen i've seeyeah. reime, but to me. >> yeah. to me, but to me. >> no, don't think but >> no, no, i don't think so. but the with is the only problem with timmy is sometimes when we take the dog out, to come, out, if he wants to come, if timmy out, he will us timmy is out, he will follow us down road have to

down the road and we have to pick him back, pick him up. take him back, because cute. pick him up. take him back, bec look, cute. pick him up. take him back, bec look, ctoz. pick him up. take him back, bec look, cto come on the >> look, he wants to come on the walk you. walk with you. >> but it's too far. >> he does, but it's too far. it's too far. >> carry >> and you carry him. >> and you carry him. >> timmy out of >> oh, don't leave timmy out of the family walk. >> but some aren't >> but some some cats aren't that aware, though, are they? >> dont they? >> don't they? » don-t not. >> no, em- m the issue. >> no, that's the issue. >> no, that's the issue. >> the in all >> hence the lead in all seriousness, put in rucksack. >> i mean, i don't know if >> yeah. i mean, i don't know if it wearing cats it counts as humans wearing cats outfits, might it counts as humans wearing cats out something might it counts as humans wearing cats outsomething different. might it counts as humans wearing cats out well, hing different. might it counts as humans wearing cats out well, hing �*yeah. nt. might it counts as humans wearing cats out well, hing �*yeah. anyway, ght >> well, he's. yeah. anyway, aiden , on that note, i've run aiden, on that note, i've run out of to say about cats, out of things to say about cats, which first time for which is first time for everything. much everything. thank you very much indeed. this morning. >> now, do stay with us. we're going going the going to be going through the papers.

next. >> okay. time to see what's in the papers this morning . with the papers this morning. with author and journalist susan holder and political commentator shahab mossavat. good to see you both morning, what's this both this morning, what's this in the times, about. it's back to the post office scandal.

>> yes. the story hasn't gone away much , has everyone, away much, has everyone, obviously, we need to keep the pressure up, but we do need to keep the pressure because the keep the pressure up because the alan the post alan bates versus the post office, brought so office, drama that brought so much post much attention to the post office terrible office scandal and the terrible situation. a the post situation. a lot of the post masters mistresses been masters and mistresses have been put had, you put through and not had, you know, treatment from know, the right treatment from the post office is still going on. there's a story today, as you say, in the times, and it's about a particular man who , they about a particular man who, they have admitted the post office have admitted the post office have refused to pay his widow a penny, despite admitting that the audit they did into him led to his suicide. and this is still kind of going on, which is a terrible, terrible case. well kevin, kevin jones, the labour mp who sits on the government's compensation advisory board, said the case is appalling, and the next week the public inquiry into the scandal begins, 15 weeks of hearings involving former post ministers, the former post ministers, the former post office executive paula vennells and alan bates himself. and i just think we do need to keep talking about this

because it is still something thatis because it is still something that is not being solved and being and they are getting away with not paying the compensation. and even the people who paying the people who are paying the compensation many compensation to it is in many cases , isn't it? what cases derisory, isn't it? what they're what they're giving them. >> no, absolutely. >> no, absolutely. >> this is you know, the terms scandal is, is overused . but it scandal is, is overused. but it definitely is relevant here. this is a national catastrophe. i mean, this is this is awful. and that public inquiry has to establish certain things and particularly about what, paula vennells knew . how much did she vennells knew. how much did she know? when did she know it? and what did she do about it? and, you know, when these facts are established , we then need to established, we then need to start talking about corporate manslaughter, because when people like, you know, the gentleman that you're talking about, subpostmaster about, this, this subpostmaster takes his own life. he is not doing that unless he's under that pressure. he's not doing that pressure. he's not doing that unless he's feeling the duress and the social censure that he's getting from his community. because we've heard

this again and again. >> i don't quite know what we need.the >> i don't quite know what we need. the public inquiry for. >> know well, it's >> no, i know well, it's dragging >> no, i know well, it's dra it's|g >> no, i know well, it's dra it's probably costing more >> it's probably costing more than going to pay in compensation. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the money they're >> given the money they're claiming in his case that it wasn't horizon shortfalls. >> but the trouble is we can't trust anything they're saying about anything that trust anything they're saying aboutisnything that trust anything they're saying aboutis no 1ing that trust anything they're saying aboutis no faith that trust anything they're saying aboutis no faith in, that at there is no faith in, in that they're testimony. that's the problem. >> i just want to answer steven's point about why we need this. structure that this. we need a structure that establishes these things as facts at the moment, there's a lot of stuff that's floating around and not being pinned lot of stuff that's floating arounconce not being pinned lot of stuff that's floating arounconce it's being pinned lot of stuff that's floating arounconce it's withinpinned lot of stuff that's floating arounconce it's within thated down. once it's within that framework , then there will framework, then there will definitely have to be a compensatory, structure that's created and that cannot be defied created and that cannot be defied . at the moment. it's defied. at the moment. it's pretty much up to the post office. how and how much they pay office. how and how much they pay it shouldn't be up to office. how and how much they pay there houldn't be up to office. how and how much they pay there shouldt be up to office. how and how much they pay there should bee up to office. how and how much they pay there should be ajp to office. how and how much they pay there should be a legal them. there should be a legal framework compels them to pay. >> pay- >> the trouble is with these inquiries, though, they >> the trouble is with these inqukind though, they >> the trouble is with these inqukind th

you forget the point of it in a way. that happens with way. and that happens same with the certain the covid inquiry to a certain extent, never actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto never actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point 'er actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point of actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point of what lly the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point of what you gets to the point of what you need to get to. yeah, but yeah, for who thinks that the for anyone who thinks that the postmaster solved for anyone who thinks that the porthatster solved for anyone who thinks that the porthat drama, solved for anyone who thinks that the porthat drama, unfortunatelyfed by that drama, unfortunately that case. that that just isn't the case. >> , let's have a look at the >> no, let's have a look at the front page of the telegraph, shall we? and this is downing street. has been accused of blocking true blue conservative candidates standing the blocking true blue conservative cand general standing the blocking true blue conservative cand general electioniing the blocking true blue conservative cand general election .ng the blocking true blue conservative cand general election . yeah.the next general election. yeah. >> i think this talks about the narrowing of politics is generally both from the left and the right. and the right. both sunak and starmer, far as i'm starmer, as far as i'm concerned, a piece from the same pod when you pod because, you know, when you say true blue tories, who are you you're you talking about? you're talking that talking about people that actually grass actually appeal to the grass roots party roots of the conservative party yeah. the conservative party has traditionally not been just 1 to 1 nation tories. it's been this broad church. and you know, it's all narrowing. and everyone seems to be competing like ferrets in a bag for the middle ground. and you know this. let's see. >> that's how you win elections as well. >> yes, maybe. but you do need that broad consensus.

>> yes, maybe. but you do need that broad consensus . and that broad consensus. and british politics uk politics has always been its best when always been at its best when you've appealed to a broad consensus of opinion as soon as you even if the middle is the majority, it doesn't mean that the those that are on the periphery should be ignored and unfortunate . that's what's unfortunate. that's what's happening. no happening. and it's no coincidence is coincidence that reform is riding at 14% in polls riding at 14% in the polls today, and lib dems are today, and the lib dems are rising as well, because they're both seen as being sort of, you know, fringes. so so know, on the fringes. so so i think think you shouldn't think i think you shouldn't try and should and fix politics. you should allow it sort happen allow it to sort of happen organically the grassroots organically from the grassroots up. it shouldn't be top down politics. and we've got a lot of top down politics. >> susan, stick . >> okay, susan, stick. >> okay, susan, stick. >> yeah i mean it's just it's just. yeah. >> should we talk about the potential new james bond's wife? yes. >> and this is what i hope we don't start to call, sam taylor—johnson, who is a very successful director. james bond's wife in the future, because she is far more than that. because she is far more than that . she. i because she is far more than that. she. i find her because she is far more than that . she. i find her absolutely that. she. i find her absolutely fascinating. there is a big in

the supplement today of the guardian, the saturday supplement. there's a four page, interview and article on her. >> so if you're only doing a big article, no, they're not. >> no they're not, because. no, i'll tell you why they're doing it. think only it. if you think they're only doing she's, she's it. if you think they're only doingthe she's, she's it. if you think they're only doingthe potentially's, she's it. if you think they're only doingthe potentially the he's it. if you think they're only doingthe potentially the new she's the potentially the new james bond wife. because we don't know aaron don't know that aaron taylor—johnson is going to get the he the job yet. but he is definitely mooted be. is definitely mooted to be. what is the film that that's the new big film that that's coming she's coming out that she's the director know that? director of? do you know that? no. will do for amy no. you will do for amy winehouse's amy winehouse's back to black, amy winehouse? director of winehouse? she's the director of that movie she directed. she met winehouse? she's the director of thathusbandhe directed. she met winehouse? she's the director of thathusband ,a directed. she met winehouse? she's the director of thathusband , aaronted. she met her husband, aaron taylor—johnson, when he was in the movie nowhere boy playing john lennon, and he at the time was, i think 19, and she was 42. and she's now about my age. she's 57 and they're still together. they have two children. nobody gave it any time. i'm very interested. i'm very interested in her. i think she's a very successful director. she also directed , 50 director. she also directed, 50 shades of grey, the movie. >> that was obviously >> oh, well, that was obviously a ? >> oh, well, that was obviously a well, ? a big movie. it's >> well, it's a big movie. it's

a big it's a big movie. it's a big movie. i'm i'm not into 50 shades of grey, the book at all. and i didn't bother to watch the movie because of that. but but and i didn't bother to watch the movi> it's all about it depends. >> think the difference is >> i think the difference is what it's when you're older. yeah. you were a little bit older when you married. i was 24. i was only 24. i was no, i

was 24 when we met, but we were together 14 years before we actually got married. >> know , there was a >> so we, you know, there was a long time to change minds. >> so we, you know, there was a lon it'sne to change minds. >> so we, you know, there was a lon it's oneo change minds. >> so we, you know, there was a lon it's one of hange minds. >> so we, you know, there was a lon it's one of those minds. >> so we, you know, there was a lon it's one of those mithe. >> it's one of those things the older the less an age older you get, the less an age gap maybe he was 19. >> yeah, but they're still together with two children. >> so in that case his career has taken off in her career has always been good. who's to knock it? can't you can't judge it it? you can't you can't judge it from the outside. but if the only you're looking for in only thing you're looking for in a partner to be of similar a partner is to be of a similar age, that's going to work, age, that's not going to work, is it? >> no no >> n0 [10 [10 [10 [10 ho. >> no no no no no no. >> what do think? well >> what do you think? well i mean, think i think mean, i think i think i think there's of prejudice when there's a lot of prejudice when it's a woman who is older , i it's a woman who is older, i don't think it's applied quite so much when the man is older , so much when the man is older, and of course we've got, we've got other examples. we've had some examples in the showbiz world. they haven't lasted , world. they haven't lasted, generally. but in the world of politics, of course, got, politics, of course, we've got, president macron, whose wife is substantially older . they seem substantially older. they seem they seem strikingly happy. yeah, they seem delighted in each other's company.

>> there have been a lot of showbiz marriages. i mean, sophia ponti. sophia loren and carlo ponti. there big difference. there was a big age difference. >> toyboy , haven't you? >> well, only by months. >> well, only by 18 months. >> well, only by 18 months. >> doesn't count. >> yeah, that doesn't count. >> yeah, that doesn't count. >> thanks for reminding me. >> thanks for reminding me. >> but no, i don't know if people go looking. i people do go out looking. oh, i want have older man or i want to have an older man or i want to have an older man or i want young , a younger want to have a young, a younger man. you're an woman, man. if you're an older woman, it's and who it's just who you meet and who you connect with. that's you connect with. surely that's what you connect with. surely that's thwell, an ideal world, >> well, yes, in an ideal world, yeah, yeah. >> and if it happens to be and then, know, i say, i've, then, you know, as i say, i've, we've together 34 years. we've been together 34 years. so i congratulations . thank i mean, congratulations. thank you very much. i don't know where a badge. you very much. i don't know where get a badge. you very much. i don't know where get a a badge. you very much. i don't know where get a badge ge. you very much. i don't know where get a badge for, you >> you get a badge for, you know, it's our wedding anniversary. >> wedding >> oh, it's our wedding anniversary on sunday. and i keep forgetting. >> naughty. >> quick message to naughty. >> quick message to naughty. >> anniversary . >> happy anniversary. >> happy anniversary. >> it's not to be >> it's not going to be watching, he will be watching. >> it's years that we've been >> it's 20 years that we've been married. together married. but we were together for 14 years before we got round to that. so you've been sin for 14 a the brush 14 years. what a over the brush or whatever the brush. we had a child and everything out of wedlock. >> oh, it's scandal . it's >> oh, it's a scandal. it's a disgrace. interestingly though, on that point,

disgrace. interestingly though, on that point , because you're disgrace. interestingly though, on that point, because you're on about. you don't want her to be james bond's wife. no what about you being noddy holder's wife? >> well, is who i am , but he >> well, it is who i am, but he depends on you define me. depends on how you define me. but want. but i wouldn't want. >> a point of no, >> you're making a point of no, you it, as i you wouldn't want it, as i wouldn't as my strap. you wouldn't want it, as i wotbecause as my strap. you wouldn't want it, as i wotbecause that's; my strap. you wouldn't want it, as i wotbecause that's not' strap. you wouldn't want it, as i wotbecause that's not why p. you wouldn't want it, as i wotbecause that's not why i'm >> because that's not why i'm here, it? no, no, no, no, you here, is it? no, no, no, no, you wouldn't because i'm wouldn't book me because i'm noddy me noddy holder's wife. you book me because i'm a journalist and i'm an i sometimes an author, and i sometimes can string together. an author, and i sometimes can string looking together. an author, and i sometimes can string looking me ether. an author, and i sometimes can string looking me in1eh an author, and i sometimes can string looking me in ah an author, and i sometimes can string looking me in a funny you're looking at me in a funny way . you look at your shoes, way. you look at your shoes, he's thinking, what's going he's thinking, what's she going to but to say? but. but that's. but but, but it would be embarrassing and for gb embarrassing for me. and for gb news if my strap said noddy holder's wife. because it's like, well, why have you got around 24 especially? >> yeah. what do we think? just on the other side this of on the other side of this of aaron taylor—johnson as james bond? we like the of bond? do we like the sound of that. we somebody that. no. him we got somebody else in mind. >> well did you know >> well you did did you know daniel much he daniel craig that much before he became well became james bond. no. well there go. became james bond. no. well the no go. became james bond. no. well the no didn't he was looks the >> no didn't he was he looks the part, but i can go on. >> exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> against it. i don't >> i'm not against it. i don't i'm strong. but i do i'm not that strong. but i do think not familiar think i'm not really familiar with work . with his work. >> mean, nowhere boy, >> well, i mean, nowhere boy, which yeah. he

which we spoke about. yeah. he plays . does he. plays john lennon. does he. that's plays john lennon. does he. tha he john lennon. >> he played john lennon. john lennon. stuart lennon. the story of stuart sutcliffe is that movie. but it is. mean where, where he >> but i mean where, where he has seen, he seems to be a has been seen, he seems to be a good character yeah. and good character actor. yeah. and it's been the case that it's always been the case that when a bond, when they look for a james bond, they for somebody who is they look for somebody who is actorly, they look for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can:hey look for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can carryook for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can carry the for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can carry the role omebody they look for somebody who is act01can carry the role .�*nebody who can carry the role. >> i mean, it would be, you know, fantastic start. i mean, know, a fantastic start. i mean, yes, , i think not yes, well, i think that's not a bad begin. yes, well, i think that's not a bac no, begin. yes, well, i think that's not a bac no, i begin. yes, well, i think that's not a bac no, i thinkjin. yes, well, i think that's not a bac no, i think they were stung >> no, i think they were stung by lazenby. ever by george lazenby. and ever since all since then, no, he wasn't at all exactly. so i think they've looked for somebody who's like that. daniel that. i think daniel craig is a very hard to follow. yeah, very hard act to follow. yeah, he's to follow, he's very hard act to follow, but they've gone for but i think they've gone for somebody who's distinctly different, who looks very different, who looks very different . and it is a reboot, different. and it is a reboot, really, isn't it, because he died the last one? died at the end of the last one? not anything away that not giving anything away that they're going to do. >> how they're >> we don't know how they're going . going to do that. >> and as much >> no we don't. and as much of a of a feminist i i've of a feminist as i am, i've never been somebody who thought we because we should cast a woman because i do writing do think we better off writing something for a woman to play. that's their own story. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> on that note, it's been good to see you both. >> thank you. to see you both. >> thank you so let's >> thank you so much. let's get

the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. storm kathleen has arrived , you. storm kathleen has arrived, but it will mean different things to different very things to different people. very windy in the west. much warmer across particularly in across the uk, particularly in the east. it's not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. most of the rain went through overnight. that's clearing northern scotland dunng clearing northern scotland during showers during the morning. showers follow from the west but well broken cloud will lead to some sunny spells, especially towards the . but the window is the southeast. but the window is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. but the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible somewhere like east anglia, with that warmth , east anglia, with that warmth, we're going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many,

with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast . the south and southeast. the blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and it's a frost free start across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up a bright start for many, especially towards the south—east and the far north northeast . but there'll be cloud northeast. but there'll be cloud and outbreaks rain showers and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others. now the showers mostly affect and mostly affect western and central parts of england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. another warm day here. 16 or 17 celsius, but very again to the but very windy again to the northwest . northwest. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning to you. it's 9:00 on saturday, the 6th of april. today, health leaders warn that royal mail cuts could put patient safety at risk. with more people set to miss hospital appointments. >> the honey trap westminster scandal continues as tory mp doctor luke evans claims he was a victim of cyber flashing before alerting the police to the scam . the scam. >> storm kathleen set to arrive today. heavy rains at winds and furious rain of up to 70 miles an hour expected to batter parts of britain as a black actress suffers a barrage of racial abuse online after being cast in the theatre production of romeo and juliet. for lots of us, of course, animals are just part of the family we've been asking today should you get paid time off when your pet dies? >> and thank you for the music . >> and thank you for the music. to celebrate abba's 50th eurovision anniversary, we'll be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won

the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. >> we'll be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> good morning to you. my name is stephen. >> hello, i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . this is breakfast on. gb news. >> oh. oh, dear. >> oh. oh, dear. >> if you miss that , we are >> if you miss that, we are expected to experience heavy winds and fury. >> rain, according to me. >> rain, according to me. >> according to stephen dixon this morning. what is heavy wind? heavy wind is it's a different problem altogether. that for any of you today. >> no. oh dear me. >> no. oh dear me. >> oh dear . >> oh dear. >> oh dear. >> anyway, i'll tell you what it is. >> i'll tell you what's happening because i'm so hot and laughing me .

laughing is making me. >> it is like a sauna in here. i don't want it. i don't know what is going on. i feel ready to pass out. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> me too. do you want to know? actually know how hot it in actually know how hot it is in here? over there tells here? that fan over there tells me in this room. me it's 27 degrees in this room. it's in spain , but it's like being in spain, but not on a good. not in a good sense. it's like working in a suit in spain. it's. it's tough. >> really awful. suit in spain. it's. it's tough. >> anyway ly awful. suit in spain. it's. it's tough. >> anyway ,' awful. suit in spain. it's. it's tough. >> anyway , so vful. suit in spain. it's. it's tough. >> anyway , so that explains >> anyway, so that explains maybe why we're a bit delirious this morning. we've been talking about whether you should get paid leave your pet dies , ted paid leave if your pet dies, ted says you're very traumatised says if you're very traumatised by the loss of your pet, it's real. however, if you need to take time off, you shouldn't get extra paid bereavement leave. there is so much paid leave these days. if people want want more , why go to work in the more, why go to work in the first some will first place? some people will take anything he says. >> yeah, well i agree with that. i agree with that, john says companies have enough put up companies have enough to put up with, with, mental health. he's put life's normal stresses. what is this world coming to? i sort

of see, kathleen says my beloved cat was 18 when they died. i was heartbroken . i lost my mum when heartbroken. i lost my mum when i was 14. i remember knowing that, i'd known my cat longer than my mum, you see, but that that's because it's tied in with something else, isn't it? it's bringing all that back to you. so christine says grief so that's, christine says grief and bereavement isn't a competition. stop with the hierarchy children, spouse, parents, relative or pets. it all on the person and all depends on the person and the circumstances. think about a homeless person whose only friend and companion in the whole world is their dog. animals and pets are just as important as family. >> yeah. again, you're not on board, are you? i'm not. >> i'm not on board with that. i think if you're if you're a homeless person, well, you're not to paid leave. not going to want paid leave. >> , no. >> well, no. >> well, no. >> are you? and i think that is different. is someone who, different. if it is someone who, you know, that is literally their only company in and their only company day in and day , so it's a different

day out, so it's a different it's a different fish. it's a different kettle of fish. and it's not trying to make it a competition. to keep competition. it's trying to keep it . but i think it in context. but i think there's always been an animal lover, have been really upset when pets have died in the past, but it's not the same as losing a child or losing a parent. it is different, i think, and i don't know that we should be getting paid. i think it's perfectly sensible to say i'd like a day off and to be given a day off, but to be paid, paid for that day off. i think , is for that day off. i think, is something else. >> i think i've got one on instagram. let me just see. i think i've seen a view on instagram. hang on, i won't be able to find it now, will i? no, can't find it. >> there you go, but i'm sure it was good. so thank you for was very good. so thank you for that, do send in your views on any the that we're any of the stories that we're talking today. at talking about today. gb views at gb now, nhs chiefs have warned >> now, nhs chiefs have warned that royal mail cuts could put patient safety at risk, as new figures suggest late letters are the cause of a quarter of missed

hospital appointments. >> yes, health leaders have dubbed plans as worrying the dubbed the plans as worrying the health service as it faces an official backlog of 7.6 million. >> earlier, we spoke to the political commentator patrick o'flynn . o'flynn. >> view is that it's a bit ridiculous in the modern age, and i'm by no means a kind of cutting edge technology person that the nhs is relying on often second class post for. as i read of the details in the telegraph, 83 million notifications of appointments a year. second class post is the way they're getting in touch with these patients now. nearly everyone has a mobile phone, nearly everyone is online in some regard, and i accept that it'll be older . regard, and i accept that it'll be older. cohorts of people tend to be more present in the nhs. inpatients or outpatients , inpatients or outpatients, categories. and yet surely those people must have one dependable

family member who can be contacted that way . i think, you contacted that way. i think, you know, the telegraph says that 3% of these 83,000,002nd class letters arrive after the date of the appointment, right? which is where they get their 2 million figure from , missed figure from, missed appointments, a quarter of the missed appointments. right but if you think about that, that means probably another 10 million letters will arrive the day the appointment, when day before the appointment, when people might already be committed, might not letter committed, might not open letter . it's to me. to my mind, this raises questions about the raises big questions about the nhs, how it communicates with its patients . and remember, its patients. and remember, every appointment is with the precious time of a really highly qualified, highly paid consultant . it in my view, the consultant. it in my view, the nhs should not be depending on second class snail mail to tell anyone whatsoever as their sole means of communication. this is when your appointment probably isn't the sole means of communication. >> i mean, this is the thing i

have to say. whenever i have an appointment, i get a text message, an email, and message, i get an email, and i get on the nhs app, as get a message on the nhs app, as well as normally 2 or 3 letters that come through, well , but but that come through, well, but but somehow these 2 million missed appointments that must imply in those cases, surely either the person is being irresponsible and just using a late letter as and just using a late letter as an excuse , or that is the only an excuse, or that is the only notification they are getting . notification they are getting. >> so i would be tempted to tell those those health chiefs , you those those health chiefs, you know, go and sort your communications out because to my mind, you know, if the royal mail can't make it work , can't mail can't make it work, can't keep the company afloat without making this this reduction, i don't personally see a reduction in the frequency of delivery of second class post being a deal breaker. i think for most of us, the deal breaker is the cost of a stamp for first class post. >> look , why don't you talk to >> look, why don't you talk to you about the honeytrap scandal in westminster ? doctor luke in westminster? doctor luke evans has now the second mp to

have come out and said he's been sent explicit, unsolicited messages and he's reported it to the police. what do you make of it? well i guess, doctor evans must have had his details or the implication is handed over by william wragg. >> right. so he's a completely innocent victim of a very sinister plot, which may have, a foreign state behind it. clearly, it's been taken incredibly seriously , but to me, incredibly seriously, but to me, it throws the spotlight back on to wragg , right, who is being to wragg, right, who is being portrayed mainly by the tory high ups as a victim in all this. and obviously he's partly a victim because he took some, some approach as being a kind of honest, sort of flirtatious approach to him . do you agree approach to him. do you agree with any of that? i don't know, in terms in terms of the, the royal mail thing . i just don't royal mail thing. i just don't know what the answer is to that

because we do have to go to this onune because we do have to go to this online business. we just do . online business. we just do. it's cheaper, i think, save us a fortune. £1.35 for a first class stamp. now it's extortionate. it is extortionate. and how many millions of letters do they send out? i mean, it's costing us an absolute arm and a leg . absolute arm and a leg. >> it is. yeah. >> it is. yeah. >> i don't think it's the most cost effective way of doing things. >> i think if you sign up for the app or if you sign up for get to get text messages and things, then they should therefore no longer post it out . therefore no longer post it out. agreed. see, i get it all. >> yeah. you do? yeah. >> yeah. you do? yeah. >> so it's just a waste. that is just a waste of money. it drives me mad . me mad. >> and i think with elderly people, give them a people, you just give them a call on landline. call on the landline. >> free. there's >> it's free. well, there's a thought you don't need to thought and you don't need to post letters. >> probably like >> they'd probably quite like the there the phone call as well. so there you go. if put me in charge, you go. if you put me in charge, that's be doing . that's what we'd be doing. >> all right, there you go. >> all right, there you go. >> them call. >> give them a call. >> give them a call. >> right. met office has >> right. the met office has issued a danger to life warning today. issued a danger to life warning today . storm kathleen set to today. storm kathleen set to batter parts uk. batter parts of the uk.

>> . it's expected to bring >> yes. it's expected to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. >> let's see how northern ireland is looking this morning. dougie beattie joins us now. have you got another hour or so before she hits dougie ? before she hits dougie? >> well, we have , and welcome to >> well, we have, and welcome to the beautiful town of strangford. or strong fjord, as the vikings named it, because behind me is a stretch of water between portaferry and strangford that brings you down the peninsula and the tides that run here are extremely strong. and it really warrants its name. strong fjord . but yeah, just in strong fjord. but yeah, just in the last few minutes we can feel gusts starting to hit us. now the tidal run that runs here is starting. we just see out our left hand side there that it is starting to get a bit choppy out there, but there's a lot of standing water on the roads on the way down in here. if you're out and about, please be careful. the roads are flooded

in , there is trees down. in parts, there is trees down. but as i was saying earlier on, those trees are down because the water table has been so high for so many months. we haven't had that really bad frost that would have normally cured a lot of that, and then dried up the fields in a lot of ways. but of course, the water in around the roots those trees , anything roots of those trees, anything that is coming that that of course is coming in that is gusts because there is blowing gusts because there is blowing gusts because there is greens starting to arrive on the trees, leaves and foliage and that acts like a seal and can bring that over. but definitely the roads have seen serious overnight rain. and as we made our way down here from hillsborough, and we'll be going on around to the barmouth very shortly in the round about 10:00. if we look at those meteorologists , google maps, you meteorologists, google maps, you can see that the real storm is meant to hit. then before it crosses the irish sea and heads in to wales and the north of england. so definitely it is

starting to pick up. there's no doubt on that. i was a bit worried this morning when i first got up and thought, well, this isn't going be a storm this isn't going to be a storm at all, but it's starting to get there. and i. >> well, judy, stay safe, get inside, have a cup of tea where you can. i'm a bit worried about you can. i'm a bit worried about you 45 minutes but you in 45 minutes time, but at least dressed the least you're dressed for the occasion . occasion. >> yeah, well, you said about my hair not moving. my. my hair has that much gel on it. it won't move . move. >> that's the way. that's the way. good man . thanks, dougie. way. good man. thanks, dougie. >> thanks, dougie . >> thanks, dougie. >> thanks, dougie. >> i don't know what's up with pompey, lil, she says she's been tetchy with me. i'm being. >> yeah, being tetchy you. >> yeah, being tetchy with you. >> yeah, being tetchy with you. >> because, what's >> oh, it's because, what's that? to refer you as doctor that? to refer to you as doctor dixon you remember dixon earlier. do you remember that? >> yeah. >> em- em— 5 anne harvey says >> yeah. >> messagedanne harvey says >> yeah. >> messaged stephen vey says >> yeah. >> messaged stephen toy says >> yeah. >> messaged stephen to tellys i've messaged stephen to tell him off for making you call him doctor. oh they're all sticking up for me. >> they are? >> they are? >> yeah, it is my title. >> yeah, it is my title. >> yes it is. it is actually his official title . he is a doctor. official title. he is a doctor. a doctor of poetry. >> is that right ? >> is that right? >> is that right? >> no, i'm a published poet,

though . though. >> what? >> what? >> your doctor in there a doctor of poetry? >> no . >> no. >> no. >> anyway, he is a doctor and he is poet . both of those things is a poet. both of those things are factually are factually correct. >> yes. >> yes. >> so he's not just being annoying. that actually annoying. that is actually factually, factually correct. >> . >> okay. >> okay. >> anyway, doctor dixon, do you want away? want to take this away? >> our biggest >> i do, it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. your a £10,000 your chance to win a £10,000 greek for two. greek cruise for two. >> yes. and £10,000 worth of cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts. so your 2025 houday travel gifts. so your 2025 holiday could be on us. here are all the details you need to enter. >> you could win our biggest prize giveaway so far. first, there's an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like, plus, courtesy of a variety cruises, a bespoke seven night small boat cruise for two worth £10,000 with flights, meals, excursions and drinks included. your next holiday could be on us. choose any one of their 2025 greek adventures and find your home at sea. we'll

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i >> -- >> 2024 a battleground year. >> 2024 a battleground year. >> the year the nation decides . >> the year the nation decides. >> the year the nation decides. >> as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. >> who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their ? who will rise and their lives? who will rise and who will fall? >> let's find out together for every moment. >> the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. >> gb news is britain's election . channel. >> welcome back. the time is 9:18 now. flexible working rights are set to be strengthened as employees will now gain an automatic right to request how they work. from the first day of their new job. >> who is it going to encourage laziness in the workforce ? let's laziness in the workforce? let's talk to marilyn devonish, who is a specialist remote and flexible working implementation

consultant . good morning to you. consultant. good morning to you. there will be a lot of people watching and listening to this right now who think this is a recipe for disaster. >> well, good morning and thank you so much for the invitation. i'm here to say i don't think it's a recipe for disaster when it's a recipe for disaster when it correctly . it is done correctly. >> it does actually work well for some people, doesn't it? working from home for a lot of people means fewer distractions as well. >> absolutely. and there are, you the experience you know, from the experience that i've had over the past 21 years, one of the things i've always cautioned people about is overworking , because there is overworking, because there is a tendency for people to in tendency for people to put in much longer hours, work a lot longer than they do in the longer than they would do in the office. and so it's often the opposite. and of course , as with opposite. and of course, as with anything in life, you will always who do the always have people who do the opposite, but overall it can have incredible benefits both for the organisation and the employee . employee. >> how? well, i mean, my concern with it as much as the lazy side of it, because some people will

skive out. and i say that, marilyn, because that's exactly what i would do. what i'm what i would do. i know what i'm like, what what do you say like, but what what do you say to those who have concerns about the fact you're not mixing with real people in work real people in a work environment it's not environment because it it's not only about the work you're doing, it's about how you're working. if you're not, if you're not mixing on that level. >> absolutely. and one of the things i've said right from the outset, back in 2003, was the whole idea of what we now call hybnd whole idea of what we now call hybrid working. so making sure that those communication channels are there where it's geographically possible, having those times where you are coming into the office and where it actually isn't, because know actually isn't, because we know we abroad we have people working abroad and they've maybe never met their making their team—mates then making use of all of the technology that we have today and having have available today and having those check ins from a mental health and emotional and psychological health and wellbeing perspective and building things in in terms of what you can do with regards to team building and productivity, because things team building and productivity,

becayou things team building and productivity, becayou can things team building and productivity, becayou can do things team building and productivity, becayou can do remotely things team building and productivity, becayou can do remotely with|s team building and productivity, becayou can do remotely with a that you can do remotely with a little bit of thought and creativity planning for lots creativity and planning for lots of people, they didn't become familiar with work from home or remote working until about four years ago at the start of the pandemic, has only since then that it's become an option for people. >> so in that sense, you are very much or you were very much ahead your time, weren't you? ahead of your time, weren't you? back of exploring back in 2003, kind of exploring this, have very this, but you have a very personal story, don't you, where it essential for you? it was essential for you? >> yeah. one of the things with regards to this whole concept, and i remember i regards to this whole concept, and i remember! did regards to this whole concept, and i remember i did an interview on the 13th of march 2020, so that's before we'd had the two weeks to flatten the curve. and people just be encouraged not to travel as much. and i had i predict much. and i had said, i predict that many organisations would struggle into struggle to get people back into the workplace. now, at that time, four years ago, people like, you talking like, what are you talking about? but actually it's been a godsend with godsend now, particularly with those people, let's say, who have mobility have health, mobility challenges. everyone is now talking about the green agenda. of course , now for me to travel

of course, now for me to travel into the office to be with you into the office to be with you in today , that would in the studio today, that would have that would in the studio today, that would have been, that would in the studio today, that would have been, what, that would in the studio today, that would have been, what, fourt would in the studio today, that would have been, what, four hoursd in the studio today, that would have been, what, four hours of my time. and let's talk my time. and let's not talk about footprint. so about the carbon footprint. so there are so scenarios and there are so many scenarios and let be clear, not everything let me be clear, not everything lends itself to remote working. working from home, working from a different location. you want your bus driver at the wheel driving however, where driving the bus. however, where it does suit what this kind of change in the law is doing is making it possible for people to know they can ask the question and they have to get a response if it's going to be rejected and the organisation now has to say why. but for me personally, it's been absolutely incredible because it's also meant i can work people across the work with people across the globe right here from where i am in a very sunny watford. >> but you mentioned people with mobility issues. i mean, i want i can see how it's it could be beneficial for people with some disabilities to have the option to work from home. it worries

me. part of me says, though that's not necessarily a good thing. is it? almost a bit sort of out of sight, out of mind, because need we need to because we need we need to actually have people with disabilities don't disabilities in an office. don't we? so that we know how to see them, how to talk , how to them, how to talk, how to interact with people who may not be like us. >> now, one of the things, and this might sound like an odd tangent, but give me a second. you'll see where i'm going with this many ago, was this for many years ago, i was a samaritans volunteer. know, samaritans volunteer. you know, picking , speaking picking up the phone, speaking to people were need that to people who were in need that had for the first, what, 30, 40 years been a telephone service . years been a telephone service. it was a life saving service. so it was a life saving service. so inever it was a life saving service. so i never saw where we had visitors. but on the whole, i never saw anyone that i spoke to. it was all by the phone. so we seem to forget that in terms of communication now, we have all these wonderful things at our fingertips, but there is still power in the human voice. there still power in a there is still power in a conversation. and we can ramp that up now because we can

switch on a camera, we can be on messenger, we can be here on zoom. so i will say to people, think about all of the senses we have, because many people, i'm sure you've spoken to sure watching you've spoken to someone and said, hey, how are you? oh, fine, you? they've gone, oh, fine, okay. and you absolutely know they're so really they're not fine. you so really do you want to a chat? and do you want to have a chat? and then all comes flooding out then it all comes flooding out that have change just that doesn't have to change just because your because someone isn't in your presence. so let's not just focus on. i see you focus on. i can see you therefore, because as human beings, we have a number of senses. and when we use those, when we tune into those. and that's where management that's where good management comes be amazed at comes in, you'd be amazed at what achieved even remotely. >> marilyn, do you know that it's a very the samaritans story is very interesting. it puts a different slant on it. makes me think of it slightly differently. so that's good. it means we're some of us are reassessing means we're some of us are reassessing oui' means we're some of us are reassessing our position. really good to today . good to talk to you today. thanks very much indeed. >> thank you very much. thank you so much. you . let us you so much. thank you. let us know you think about that know what you think about that one. convincing one. i'm very convincing actually talking to marilyn. >> it's. but it's

>> yeah, i think it's. but it's that it doesn't >> yeah, i think it's. but it's that for it doesn't >> yeah, i think it's. but it's that for some it doesn't >> yeah, i think it's. but it's that for some people.!oesn't >> yeah, i think it's. but it's that for some people. itesn't >> yeah, i think it's. but it's that for some people. it doesn't work for some people. it doesn't work for some people. it doesn't work businesses. it's work for some businesses. it's about that. it's getting the compromise right, it? compromise right, isn't it? >> . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> let us know what you think. gb views at gb news. com at 9:25. let's take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. >> minister >> well, former prime minister bofis >> well, former prime minister boris johnson is urging the government arms government to keep sending arms to israel despite that drone strike which killed seven aid workers, including three brits. the attack on world central kitchen workers prompted condemnation from across the world and rishi sunak calling the deaths appalling . the deaths appalling. >> a planned strike by over 600 border force officers at heathrow airport has been suspended. members of the public and commercial services union were due to walk out for four days from april the 11th. however, the pcs said it was being suspended in an attempt to seek further negotiate with the home office and sacha baron cohen and isla fisher have announced they're getting divorced after two decades

together. >> in a social media post, the actors said they jointly filed to end their marriage last year. the pair, who have three children, met in 2001. >> now to stay with us, because adventurer nick hollis is undertaking his biggest challenge to date. find out more after this

pause. >> now. the adventure of nick hollis is undertaking his biggest challenge yet . it's all biggest challenge yet. it's all sort of coming to the end of it now. he's climbed seven summits. he's skied to the south pole and his road, the atlantic ocean. >> yeah, but he still has to get to the north pole. the expedition aims to raise money

for the international conservation charity world land trust, and also hopes to raise awareness of climate change. >> well, thankfully, he's taken a slight break from the madness to join us in the studio. good to join us in the studio. good to see you today. i always think people like you are absolutely mad because some of this is. i mean, it must be thrilling and exhilarating, but btec, it's dangerous as well. >> yeah. i mean, i completely agree. it's mad , it's bonkers. agree. it's mad, it's bonkers. and for a lot of it. yeah, it's quite unpleasant . and for a lot of it. yeah, it's quite unpleasant. i mean, i've got to be honest, it's, it's a real mixture of, of an incredible experience being in these beautiful places, but also at times it can be incredibly hard, incredibly challenging. >> what drives you through the when you know, some of it's you must know before you go that some of it's to awful. some of it's going to be awful. >> and it's i think it's >> yeah. and it's i think it's the drive has evolved over time. but right now it's having had enjoyed a lifetime in these wonderful places. but now seeing the impact we're having as humans, climate change, glaciers

melting, the arctic, the north pole, my next expedition where it's really challenging due to lack of ice . and the more i see lack of ice. and the more i see of that, the more motivated i am just to make sure that the next generation have playground generation have a playground to enjoy. i have in in my lifetime. >> yeah, i guess you're seeing it firsthand as part of this challenge. and so you've done so much haven't you? much already, haven't you? you've climbed seven summits, you've south pole , you've skied to the south pole, and you've rode the atlantic ocean. talk the row ocean. let's talk about the row first. so you went from the canary to antigua by canary islands to antigua by yourself. how was that? it was tough, harder than i expected it tough, harder than i expected it to be as well. >> the conditions were challenging as we had some some very strong winds, big seas, and it's 3000 miles. it's a long time to be out there in that environment, let alone my time to be out there in that environment , let alone my neck. environment, let alone my neck. >> i can't imagine how you how you cope with that on your own. never mind just just the loneliness of it. >> the mental challenge. never, never mind the how the heck you navigate. >> and i don't feel terrified

just floating about in the middle of ocean. middle of the ocean. >> it's a really >> yeah, it's a really intimidating, intimidating, intimidating, intimidating, intimidating place to be, but that said, i didn't think the atlantic row was. i didn't feel particularly isolated out in the atlantic road. the ocean is alive. you've got other ships in the area , the wildlife the area, the wildlife everywhere. in terms of isolation, the south pole journey. now, that was that was quite extraordinary , 53 days quite extraordinary, 53 days travelling from the edge of antarctica to the south pole in this brutal environment, and hardly speaking to another human being for that entire time. so, yeah, i found that one much more challenging. >> is it a thrill when you . i >> is it a thrill when you. i mean, it must be a thrill when you get to the south pole, as it will be you to the will be when you get to the nonh will be when you get to the north then you've got north pole. but then you've got to again. to get back again. >> a lot of these, >> yeah. so for a lot of these, getting isn't isn't such a getting back isn't isn't such a problem. now with technology, if we back to the pioneers we go back to the early pioneers of exploration, scott of the antarctic, challenge antarctic, their big challenge was once they got there, they had to ski all the way back. fortunately for me, i'm able to get pick up at finish get a pick up at these finish

points. lovely . >> yeah, lovely. >> yeah, lovely. >> all right. oh well, that makes a bit better. at makes it a little bit better. at least moment least you can have your moment of then it's of glory and then know it's coming that's coming to an end. oh that's better . seven the seven peaks better. seven the seven peaks that you've done . which that you that you've done. which peaks are we talking about. >> so the seven summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, the iconic kilimanjaro, of the kilimanjaro, most of the listeners will know. and then that works right the way through up to everest, and everest was the final mountain that i climbed during, of the seven summits finished in in 2019. and for that i was i was supporting the international conservation charity world land trust. >> wow. and were you scared when you climbed everest? i mean, there is a risk of death with any of these challenges, i suppose, but especially with everest, there are there everest, we know there are there are on everest of are dead bodies on everest of people it people that didn't make it highly people that highly motivated people that that make it. that didn't make it. >> and i had a i had >> yeah. and i had a i had a real challenge on everest. so you may have seen a really famous photograph taken by nims where a traffic jam where you've got a traffic jam of mountaineers across to of mountaineers going across to

the i, i was up it the summit, well, i, i was up it was actually that time i was on, on everest making my attempt, and i decided to go a day before that. so the conditions weren't ideal that. so the conditions weren't ideal, but it was bit of a ideal, but it was a bit of a hobson's choice climbing, climbing, challenging conditions or queue . i or get stuck in the queue. i went for challenging conditions but managed to damage my eyes dunng but managed to damage my eyes during the night with ice crystals. oh no. so as i arrived on the summit, it was about 430 in the morning. sun's just in the morning. the sun's just coming up and i realised i couldn't see anything. it was like through a sort of like looking through a sort of steamed pane of glass. wow so steamed up pane of glass. wow so getting off everest? yeah. there was top. i was was a time at the top. i was thinking, this isn't going to happen, i was with an happen, but but i was with an amazing friend, sherpa pemba, and just worked together , and and we just worked together, and somehow we got got off the mountain of your eyes. >> recovered from that then? >> recovered from that then? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i later discovered, a number of the sherpa team had had the same it was the same issue, and it was the strong up ice strong winds were picking up ice crystals and scratching the surface of the eyes during the night head you night with the head torch you had, could once the sun had, you could see once the sun came up that that additional lighting. was

lighting. yeah. it was it was quite hairy, but. and then over the space of that day, it sort of returned . but. of gradually returned. but. >> it's scary stuff. >> oh, god, it's scary stuff. >> oh, god, it's scary stuff. >> when's the next challenge >> so when's the next challenge begin then? or the final challenge, really? the north pole ? pole? >> yeah. so the final challenge. nonh >> yeah. so the final challenge. north pole, next saturday i leave the uk next saturday for that one. >> wow . amazing. >> wow. amazing. >> wow. amazing. >> best of luck. >> best of luck. >> best of luck. >> best of luck nick. amazing to meet you. we think you are bonkers but also incredible. >> brilliant and brilliant. bonkers brilliant. >> a fantastic combination . >> it's a fantastic combination. and yeah, you're wonderful doing >> it's a fantastic combination. an(ofeah, you're wonderful doing >> it's a fantastic combination. an(ofeah, y> it's a fantastic combination. an(ofeah, y> it's a fantastic combination. an(ofeah, y> it's a fantastic combination. an(ofeah, y> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> yeah. come back once you're. >> yeah. come back once you're. >> yeah. come back once you're. >> yeah. come back as well. >> yeah. come back as well. >> tell all about it. thank >> tell us all about it. thank you, you. you, thank you. >> still happy >> now still to come. happy anniversary. 50 since anniversary. 50 years since abba performed eurovision . so performed at eurovision. so we're saying thank you for the music in just a moment.

>> it is. oh. go on. >> sorry. i was just about to say i've had a lovely message from jane . from jane. >> you tell us the time first. >> you tell us the time first. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> 939. >> 939. >> morning. >> 939. >> nimportant egg—- >> that is important to know. sorry jane saying? >> what's jane saying? >> what's jane saying? >> just got distracted because >> i just got distracted because it such a lovely message. >> i just got distracted because it if;uch a lovely message. >> i just got distracted because it if on] a lovely message. >> i just got distracted because it if on instagram nessage. >> i just got distracted because it if on instagram saysage. >> i just got distracted because it if on instagram says ,]e. >> i just got distracted because it if on instagram says , i'm jane, if on instagram says, i'm loving you loving this morning show, you are your are both clearly loving your jobs. are both clearly loving your jobs . even if the studio is jobs. even if the studio is a sauna, you are of sunshine sauna, you are rays of sunshine into our homes. thank you. >> oh, what a lovely thing to say. >> how nice is that? that's made me smile. >> that's made me smile. i share it very nice. thank you very much. we that's exactly what we're aiming to do. >> be a little ray of sunshine. i sometimes wonder we i know sometimes we wonder if we go far . go a bit too far. >> probably no. >> probably no. >> anyway, we're trying our best, right? >> let's tell you about, someone in lincolnshire. >> leader in >> should we? council leader in lincolnshire who suggested naming the local museum after one of britain's great prime ministers so to boost tourism. but it is causing a little bit of controversy.

>> yes. grantham museum is located at saint peter's hill. it's near where margaret thatcher was born , while our thatcher was born, while our east midlands reporter will hollis story . hollis has the story. >> britain's first female prime minister, margaret thatcher's mark on the country, is deep now in her home town, grantham, the local council leader suggests using her profile to attract tourists . independent councillor tourists. independent councillor ashley baxter, of south kesteven district, says renaming grantham museum after mrs. thatcher will boost footfall. >> far more people have heard of margaret thatcher and probably still talk about margaret thatcher than currently talk about grantham, and i think that if it's a to get more people if it's a way to get more people to visit grantham museum, then really the name would help if it were named after margaret thatcher. >> it is, of course, the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. >> margaret thatcher was prime minister between 1979 and 1990.

she led the country through falklands and the cold war , but falklands and the cold war, but the closure of coal mines under her premiership caused conflict across communities. the town is divided on renaming the museum after the grantham born prime minister. >> it's just a minister. >> it'sjust a bad idea , i >> it's just a bad idea, i wasn't, i don't think she was a very good prime minister. >> why not? yeah. why not? she was the first woman prime minister. >> i don't think that she represents a working class people of this town. >> even in her hometown of grantham. margaret thatcher is a divisive character . her statue divisive character. her statue has been vandalised numerous times , making some here times, making some here reluctant to use her legacy as an attraction for the town. grantham boasts a rich history. sir isaac newton was from here to this is grantham museum. >> we share the history for local people and for visitors. >> despite a thatcher gallery inside, the museum thinks renaming after her is a bad

idea. run by volunteers , ms idea. run by volunteers, ms vivian is a manager. >> it should not be called the margaret thatcher museum because it's about grantham. grantham people . people. >> grantham exhibits grantham town more to grantham. >> there is so much more to grantham than margaret thatcher. >> i'm not even a fan of margaret thatcher. i'm not a conservative because of that reaction. people are reaction. i think people are likely , oh, i wonder likely to think, oh, i wonder what's in that museum? if it's about margaret thatcher? >> mrs. thatcher lived by her principles, what public principles, despite what public opinion they called her. the iron lady remembered for never turning the museum , refusing to turning the museum, refusing to change is entirely in her spirit . will hollis gb news change is entirely in her spirit .will hollis gb news in grantham i do think it's striking that the man who's pushing for the change is not a conservative, i think that that that says a lot what it's all about. really. >> well, that's what that's what i mean by the legacy of margaret thatcher, you know, whether you love or loathe her, really.

love her or loathe her, really. you talk about her. you talk love her or loathe her, really. you ta her bout her. you talk love her or loathe her, really. you ta her ayut her. you talk love her or loathe her, really. you ta her a lot 1eh you talk love her or loathe her, really. you taher a lot more)u talk love her or loathe her, really. you ta her a lot more than k love her or loathe her, really. you taher a lot more than . about her a lot more than. >> she's of history. >> and she's a piece of history. jake should absolutely jake says we should absolutely have a museum and many more things margaret things named after margaret thatcher. labour have named monuments and health boards after wales . so after aneurin bevan in wales. so what's the difference? she was britain's first woman prime minister and as a piece of minister and as that, a piece of history . yeah, in and of itself, history. yeah, in and of itself, i wouldn't have an issue with it. >> no, i think the point was very well made by bruce earlier, who said that victoria and albert museum in london is not about victoria albert , about queen victoria and albert, it's about just named after them, just named after them. so why can't the same thing be appued why can't the same thing be applied in grantham? if it applied in grantham? and if it boosts that's no bad boosts tourism, that's no bad thing, it not? thing, is it not? >> should all be about >> no. it should all be about i iconic figures and iconic moments history. yeah we moments in our history. yeah we should rename it the buck's fizz museum. >> that is iconic. >> that is iconic. >> not after the drink, but after that classic, classic win in 1981. making your mind up, whipping those skirts off your

mind because that's what's that. 43 years ago, i mean, that's scary in and of itself, but can you believe it? it is 50 years since abba's eurovision victory, and that was right here in the brighton dome, back in 1974. >> yes. >> yes. >> the relatively unknown swedish band at the time performed waterloo in front of ten judges, and they won that night with 24 votes. >> well, since then, of course , >> well, since then, of course, they went on to superstardom with tunes that actually do not go out of date, ever. they just don't go out of date , as well as don't go out of date, as well as a musicals themed restaurants and of course, abba voyage, which is still ongoing now. that hologram concert, which you say is phenomenal, phenomenal. >> honestly , go. if you get >> honestly, go. if you get a chance, go. you must take your mother. >> yeah . well mentioned. bucks >> yeah. well mentioned. bucks fizz, those iconic wins in 1981. so who better to talk to than cheryl baker? good morning

cheryl. >> good morning. i love the idea of a museum. >> yes. >> yes. >> so you should. >> so you should. >> so you should, when you think back to 1981, i mean obviously the, the abba victory then wasn't all that long ago, nine years earlier. do you think they had a huge influence then on the sort of direction in that eurovision was taking? >> yeah, they did , they changed >> yeah, they did, they changed it completely because up to then it completely because up to then it all been very staid and it had all been very staid and a bit posh. long frock, dickie bow ties , you know. and then they ties, you know. and then they came along and they blew it out of the water. they looked so different and they modernised it and yeah, it made a big and i think, yeah, it made a big change, a big change after change, made a big change after that. and we were watching your performance on eurovision a little of making little bit earlier on of making your mind up. >> i you much fun, >> i mean, you had so much fun, didn't you , up that stage, didn't you, up on that stage, were inspired were you in some part inspired by abba, yes. i would say so. it

was. abba was 74. i turned professional in 75. and, did my first song for europe, which was, you know, the when they choose the british song to go forward, i did my first one in february 1976. so, yeah , it was february 1976. so, yeah, it was only months after abba's performance that i, i started my own eurovision journey , yeah, own eurovision journey, yeah, they they just changed the face of it. they changed the face of eurovision. and if you look at what eurovision is now , i think what eurovision is now, i think that all started with abba's performance . it made people performance. it made people think this is much more than just a song contest. it's all about the look. i mean, the clothes, because they look fantastic and even the composer or not, the composer, what he called the conductor , he was called the conductor, he was dressed as napoleon. it was. it made it fun. fantastic song, obviously brilliant singing , but obviously brilliant singing, but the whole look of it just changed the way that eurovision is. and to this day , it's the is. and to this day, it's the one thing that always strikes me

about abba , is this remarkable about abba, is this remarkable thing that very few bands have actually ever achieved, which is the music doesn't seem to age. >> i don't know how they've i don't know how they've done that. i don't know what benny and bjorn did to make that work, but it it seems as relevant and as , as sort of current now as as, as sort of current now as it's ever been. but they reinvented themselves. >> i mean, bjorn and benny are so clever and, you know, mamma mia! the musical. it's been going 25 years. wow. you know, 25 years in the west end. so yes, they they did the musical and then, wow, there's a movie and then, wow, there's a movie and there's voyage , and now, wow, there's voyage, you know, which i haven't been to either so we'll have to to either yet. so we'll have to go they to either yet. so we'll have to go been, they've they to either yet. so we'll have to go been, they've been they to either yet. so we'll have to go been, they've been very, hey it's been, they've been very, very smart and reinventing and bringing in a new audience. and if you ask anybody , if you ask if you ask anybody, if you ask a three year old, what's your favourite , abba song, they'll favourite, abba song, they'll know because everybody knows abba and it's, it's a, it's a phenomenon. it really is.

>> yeah. i mean, they're fantastic business people as well. we know about the themed restaurants. we know about the hologram west end hologram show that the west end show, as you say, they've made fantastic money over the time as well. it is their 50th anniversary today . how do you anniversary today. how do you think they will mark it? because they've said they don't have anything planned, but i'm not sure believe abba. sure i believe them. it's abba. they've something sure i believe them. it's abba. they'sleeve. something their sleeve. >> that's that is true , i >> that's true. that is true, i wouldn't be surprised if they turned up at the eurovision this year because it's in sweden. it's the seventh win, which means they equal with, means they are equal with, ireland as the most wins in the eurovision. and of course, it's their 50th anniversary, so wouldn't it be amazing if they walked on stage? i mean, the whole world would erupt. it would be wonderful. >> oh, heck, it would be. it would. it really would be. just to see them all together for. i wonder when you look back, it's looking back at what you've done over the years, because we watch what strikes me, it always strikes me about eurovision is

we it. we always we laugh about it. we always laugh about it. good old terry wogan used to take the mickey every single year. graham norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe gle year. graham norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same ah graham norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same thing.iham norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same thing. we1 norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same thing. we laughyn does the same thing. we laugh about it, we love it and it about it, but we love it and it does launch into these does launch people into these huge bits of stardom. i mean, look and bucks fizz , look at yourself and bucks fizz, you know, here we here we are 43 years from that victory . we years on from that victory. we and you know, we still talk to you. still care what you you. we still care what you think. cheryl baker's a household name and it's. and it's all down to that really, isn't it? at least begin with. >> absolutely. it's to down four points. we won by four points. and velcro, you know, i mean without without without velcro . without without without velcro. i'm not sure we would have won. you'd have been talking to lina from now but yeah, that from germany. now but yeah, that three stage changed three minutes on stage changed our lives completely. you know, i wouldn't be married to my husband.i i wouldn't be married to my husband. i wouldn't have the children that i've got. i wouldn't have had my tv career. i'm singing. i'm still. we i'm still singing. i'm still. we did gig night, we've got did a gig last night, we've got a at the forthcoming a gig at the forthcoming weekend. ripped my skirt weekend. i still ripped my skirt off. you know, we have to be

called fizz now. but we've called the fizz now. but we've got a fantastic gig coming up at the o2 . that's on the indigo at the 02. that's on june the 28th. so get your tickets . you know, we're still tickets. you know, we're still we're still out there gigging 43 years because of three years later because of three minutes in the eurovision song contest in dublin in 1981. >> fantastic. cheryl it's really good to see you, i love you. you know, i was , you know, i was i know, i was, you know, i was i was just thinking about it because i remember i only because i remember i was only seven, time all seven, nine at the time when all that yeah the shock. that happened. yeah the shock. and it weird looking back on and is it weird looking back on it now, but the shock of the skirts coming up, i mean, it was just like, i suppose you wouldn't bat an eyelid now would you? but at the time it was so danng. daring. >> i know, and, who knew? you know. and on the perfect line in that song, if you want to see some more and the skirts come off, it was i. it was perfect . off, it was i. it was perfect. that was the choreographer who who said on that line, you know, and it. yeah, it shocked everybody, and because we'd rehearsed it so many times, it

didn't shock us. we it was just part of the routine. but the reaction that we had was astonishing . astonishing. >> fantastic. little, little bit of really was . of magic, really was. >> cheryl, how old were you at the time when you when you performed it in eurovision, did you pressure you feel the pressure of the nafion you feel the pressure of the nation behind you, or do you just go on that stage and just think, i'm just going to enjoy myself you myself now, because you certainly way. certainly look that way. >> did >> i did because i did eurovision once i did it eurovision once before. i did it in 1978 and we came 11th. that was band called and was with a band called coco, and so i expected lose. knew so i expected to lose. i knew what to lose and what it felt like to lose and the first time it was really horrible. so i thought, you know what? i'm just going enjoy what? i'm just going to enjoy myself. did . i mean, myself. and, and i did. i mean, it was in dublin for a start. so l, it was in dublin for a start. so i, the irish know how to have a party, but, but i just thought , party, but, but i just thought, just enjoy yourself. have a lovely time. mum and dad can video it and you can go video it and then you can go back and be normal again, but fate had other ideas. so here i am talking to you . am talking to you. >> yeah. we're very glad fate had other ideas. cheryl. really good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed .

thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much. oh, isn't that wonderful? just enjoyed and look where we are. >> yeah. 40. >> yeah. 40. >> many years? >> how many years? >> how many years? >> 43 years ago. since that in 1981 that it was phenomenal. and 50 years since abba and waterloo and they went on to achieve. >> wow. i mean, they're still going . it's >> wow. i mean, they're still going. it's amazing isn't it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but the fabulous way that i mean, obviously books are still going in various forms now, cheryl still going further. abba are still going without doing anything. >> no . that's how that's how to >> no. that's how that's how to do it. >> they're holograms working hard night in london. hard every night in london. >> amazing. >> it's amazing. >> it's amazing. >> very clever way >> yeah, it's a very clever way of doing it. >> they're clever. the clever marketers are abba. >> so put an abba tune on today. >> so put an abba tune on today. >> thing to do. and, >> that's the thing to do. and, enjoy every second of we'll enjoy every second of it. we'll see tomorrow. course . see you tomorrow. of course. >> yep. saturday is >> yep. saturday morning live is up . next. up. next. >> i'm andrew doyle. >> i'm andrew doyle. >> join me at 7:00 every sunday night for free speech nation. the show i tackle the week's biggest stories in politics and current affairs with the help of

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