as he declares his party has everything to fight for as the nafion everything to fight for as the nation awaits what some are warning could be shocking mayoral results. >> despite gaining 170 new council seats, labour starts on gaza triggers a shock defeat in oldham . could it be a warning to oldham. could it be a warning to an election ready starmer .7 an election ready starmer.7 >> king charles's greatest wish could come true , as harry looks could come true, as harry looks set to visit his father as soon as next week. >> and despite it being may, the reign looks set to stay . reign looks set to stay. >> it's fair to say the weather

this weekend will be very mixed , this weekend will be very mixed, varying from place to place and from day to day. i'll have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. >> good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . breakfast on. gb news. on that, i have to say, on the harry story, it's across a lot of the papers this morning, and i know there will be people saying, oh, here we go again . saying, oh, here we go again. harry coming back to the uk, looks like his wife won't be with him. but you know what.7 if it's a father and son relationship, if they can rebuild that a little bit, that's got to be a good thing, hasn't it.7 i mean, away from all the hoo ha around it all. if they can do that on a personal level, that's got to be good. >> and there's clearly still a lot of love there, especially from the king towards harry. so i think if harry can come and

see his, his father, i thought it was really lovely. after the king's, cancer diagnosis actually, that he flew as quickly as he did. >> yeah, but then he got criticised for, for not staying long enough . it's. he can't do long enough. it's. he can't do right for doing wrong. i do have some sympathy with him on on that front, it's not to justify what i think. he's been some pretty bad behaviour , actually. pretty bad behaviour, actually. but, you know, on a personal level, the king needs his children around him. >> yeah. and it's nice if they can rekindle some sort of relationship. it is being reported, though, that prince harry is not going to meet prince william, which is a real shame. that would be lovely, wouldn't it, to see the brothers? it will be. >> there's too much damage there at the minute that's going to take a little bit longer, isn't it? it is. and can i say pam binder's been in touch? honestly on gbnews.com/yoursay. you don't mess about . mess about. >> you don't. >> you don't. >> pam, we've only been there for two minutes. no pink tie. she says no, but it's got pink spots on. >> i know, but they're not being picked up very well, aren't they? no because i just thought

they? no because i just thought the pink tie that i normally wear. >> when you say wear pink, it's the same tie, i thought. i can't keep wearing the same tie. >> i like what you've done today. >> so i thought this one. oh, there you go. look. you see? so i'm coordinating pam binder. >> yes, pam. >> yes, pam. >> eagle eyed. >> eagle eyed. >> we are still trying, aren't we? >> we are trying. but thanks, pam, for tuning in this early on a saturday morning. >> yes, we appreciate it. and do get in touch on any of the stories that we're talking about today. we love to hear from you, don't we? it's gbnews.com/yoursay now. >> while the final election result for friday has been declared, well, it's all still going on. actually, today is going on. actually, today is going to be another busy day. seven mayoral contests. the results of those should be announced today. >> while the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said the conservatives have everything to fight for as his party celebrate an unexpected win in tees valley. >> despite that, the conservative is predicted to lose as many as half of its councillors up for re—election. once all the results have been declared . declared. >> well, joining us now is

deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib. good to see you this morning ben. what is your assessment of what we've seen so far. >> well a lot of it was quite predictable wasn't it. you know conservatives losing seats across the country, labour picking up seats, lib dems , picking up seats, lib dems, greens picking up some council seats. and but the by—election in blackpool south being lost by the conservatives going to laboun the conservatives going to labour. turnout down right across the country. i think that's one of the big stories actually, which isn't spoken about. perhaps as much as it should be. the electorate sitting on its hands really not interested in coming out for either of what i call the two legacy parties. and you know, the real challenge, i think at the real challenge, i think at the general election coming from here is getting people to come out and vote and getting them to believe that there is something for which to vote. and, you know, i hope reform uk can get its message across in that respect, i know it wouldn't have made an absolute difference in blackpool for south example,

because even if the reform uk and conservative votes were combined, labour would still have won. but with a much smaller majority. however, it highlight the argument, doesn't it, that a vote for for vote reform you get a labour government ? government? >> well, i mean, i've got so much to say about that. stephen. first of all, you know, you don't you have to for vote what you wish to have. and if you want another 14 years of awful conservative government by all means vote conservative. if you want the country's debt levels to go up, taxes to go up, private enterprise to be squashed, immigration to continue through the roof, the boats remain unstopped borders unenforced. vote vote conservative. and frankly, if that's your agenda, you can vote labour as well because both the parties do the same things. labour will undoubtedly be worse than the conservatives, but reform uk exists because we recognise the country needs a complete change in direction from these two parties and from

the agendas that they've they've delivered. so people want to for vote a better uk, they've got to change the way they vote. yeah, it's not about splitting the vote. >> forgive me, forgive me ben. and that's all you know in terms of political messaging. that's absolutely fine. but the reality is you're not going to form the next government. i mean, your leader, richard tice, says the aim of reform uk is to be the big opposition. so so you're not going to change it anyway? >> well, we're very close to becoming the big, which is just one thing on that. you know, stephen, we've been around for three years. that's when reform was set up three years ago. we've only really been active in the last year, and we're already polling just behind the conservatives. so from a popular perspective, it's not inconceivable that richard's right. we will overtake the conservatives in the national polls and that will make us the popular opposition, if not in parliament. and rome wasn't built in a day. you know, this country is suffering in many, many respects. it needs a

complete change of approach . and complete change of approach. and yes, we won't form the next government at this election, but we must not reward the conservatives by putting them back in office after their awful 14 years. people have to come out. they've got to vote for what they believe in. and over time we will get we will have a we were already having , but we we were already having, but we will have a very significant influence in the way this country is governed, are you happy to be the party of protest , though? because what we may have seen in blackwall south is protest votes taking place. people were very upset at the tories. we know the set of circumstances with with scott benson there. turnout was very low, 32.5. so you may have done well in that by—election for for, those reasons, but do you think you could demonstrate the same sort of performance coming third in a general election ? third in a general election? >> i don't think we're the party for protest, and i don't think what you're seeing from the electorate is a general protest, other than a complete loss of

confidence in the two legacy parties, which, as i say, as i said in my earlier comments, you know, is exemplified by the low turnout , we are know, is exemplified by the low turnout, we are a party that's here to stay. we're not a pressure group for the conservative party. we're not a weather vane. we're not going to do any deals with the conservative party. we have our own agenda. and remember, we got 17% of the vote in blackpool south. the conservatives got only 170 votes more than we did . only 170 votes more than we did. we were very close to putting them into third place. and as our recognition in the country grows and as our polling improves , i think you'll see improves, i think you'll see a kind of potentiated effect we've got two hurdles to get over, which the other two parties haven't. the first is people in the country haven't heard about us in the same way that they've heard about the conservative and labour party, you know, which are household names. we've got to become a household name. then people need to understand what our agenda is and what our policies are. and, you know, that can only happen once they've heard of us. and then i hope actually, what we will do is get people off their sofas

and back in the polling booth because we're giving them a genuine third option, not as a protest, not as a protest . we protest, not as a protest. we are here, and i'm in politics personally, because i believe the country is in deep trouble and we need to save the united kingdom. and the minute by the way, i believe the uk is back on a proper path. i'd be very happy to bow out. i've got no desire to bow out. i've got no desire to be in politics. it's merely because of what these two parties have been up to. and so it's not a protest. it's certainly no protest for me. and i don't think it's protest from the people of this country, you've just upset tommy mcguinness there, ben, because he said he wants you to be prime minister, he's just messaged him . he's just messaged in this morning. look, the problem with this is in terms of reform's performance , when you look at performance, when you look at all the all the details, it would seem to be the only way you're going to get to where you want to be is to get rid of your

current leader and install nigel farage. >> well, i completely disagree with that. richard is a first class leader. he's brought the party from polling 1% three years ago to polling 1,617% yesterday in blackpool south, you know, on a regular, frequent basis, we're just behind the tories. no, nigel's a great guy. nigel's got lots of public profile. fantastic speaker. speaken profile. fantastic speaker. speaker, people love him, but no sustainable political movement can be built around one individual. it has to come through solid leadership with a broad base and a deep backing. and what richard is building slowly and steadily is a is a genuine party. we're not here for a, you know, flash in the pan moment. we are here to make a genuine impact into the medium and long term , and that has to and long term, and that has to be from breadth and depth. and richard's building that. so i think richard's absolutely first class as our leader okay ben habib good to see you this

morning. >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. >> i know he's very likely to be watching as richard typekit. he does tune in a lot. do you think at this time he's probably yelling at me now. so richard, it's a fair point though. everyone's saying, oh, nigel needs to bring back nigel. and he is very popular, i mean, i've said on this show many times, i mean, richard tice must be furious about that in a way. i know the to get on. yeah. you know, it's a bit undermining isn't it. >> you can imagine can't you. but for reform to get to that 20, which is what they'd need that magic number in order to get seats, would they need somebody like nigel farage? let us know what you think. >> don't know. >> don't know. >> and then would he be the game changer? >> well, if you are a reform supporter, i mean, this is what i don't quite get is this i mean, ben habib makes a very strong argument about, you know, what he wants and how he wants the country to be and all the rest of it, but ultimately , you rest of it, but ultimately, you are either going to get a conservative or a labour government . so is it. but maybe, government. so is it. but maybe, maybe you're having your voice heard within a vote, even if it

doesn't get you a seat or a government. obviously is important, i don't know. let us know what you think. gb views. no. gbnews.com/yoursay. when will i get that right? >> we will get there. maybe in 2025. >> maybe. who knows? >> maybe. who knows? >> we'll get there now. the may bank holiday weekend is upon us, but it does look like the weather didn't get the memo. or perhaps did , did it? perhaps did, did it? >> because it's always bad on a bank holiday , all right, let's bank holiday, all right, let's talk to meteorologist jim dale. good morning . jim. i cannot be good morning. jim. i cannot be surprised that it's horrible weather. it looks very overcast where you are. >> yeah, it is overcast, but it's not. it's not too cold, actually. and that's the one thing, we've gone away from what we had a week or so ago where it was absolutely freezing with the northerly winds. we've lost all of that. and actually in between the showers, it's may showers, not april showers , but in not april showers, but in between the showers. i think we can get on with it if that makes sense. yes, there will be downpours, i think monday probably looks the worst. and by

the way, some of these downpours , will be thundery, will be heavy. so just watch your step , heavy. so just watch your step, watch where you put yourself, if you see those clouds going up into the sky and delivering the big downpours, you don't want to be in an open spaces or on the fidges be in an open spaces or on the ridges of the hills, or in places like that, but for the most part, yeah, it's a bit of a sort of dodging the bullets time, but i should say now stephen and ellie that the weather will pick up as we go through next week. so forget monday for a second jump into tuesday. well, really, just beyond there. tuesday. wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. excuse me . it looks, saturday. excuse me. it looks, it looks pretty settled as high pressure comes in, so at least there's something at the end of there's something at the end of the rainbow. >> and then, jim, does that mean summer is finally on its way? because it hasn't felt anything like it so far? >> ellie, we're still in spring, so i know. but looking ahead to spnng so i know. but looking ahead to spring at the moment, yeah, it does actually. it will feel a lot more pleasant as we go through the week. and even if you get some sunshine today, you know, it'll be it'll be warm enough. you know, we will see. by enough. you know, we will see.

by the way, oban yesterday, oban in west scotland, northwest scotland, 24 degrees. does that make you jealous ? yes. that's make you jealous? yes. that's that's summer stuff, out of the blue, that one. but, you know, that's that's the west of scotland with all the hills and the foehn effect going across the foehn effect going across the hills. so look, it happens from time to time. we probably will not see that this weekend. now that's gone, that's been, been and gone. but but as the week unfolds, i think we will see some 22, 20 threes, especially down in the south. so there's things to look forward to. but we got to get through the weekend first. >> it'll be good for the grain in oban whisky they do a beautiful single malt in oban . beautiful single malt in oban. >> it's no good for us though is it. no jim, why has it been sorry? why has it been so wet so far? it has been a very, very wet spring. >> right. great question. ellie and i look, it's part of the synoptic situation . okay. part. synoptic situation. okay. part. in other words, where the highs where the lows end up, how we see the fronts coming across and we get into a sort of we get

into a pattern and we and breaking that pattern sometimes very difficult. the other side of it, and i will mention it is climatologists have said that with climate change we see wetter winters, wetter early springs, and guess what? we just had a wetter winter and a wetter early spring. so this is on the kind of climate change as well. so you've got to put the two together to, to, to get what you get. but hopefully we're through it and we see some better weather coming up. and yeah, we'll see now what the summer delivers in terms of, heat waves and droughts. we will see. >> jim, good to see you this morning . you're welcome. i'm morning. you're welcome. i'm ending it there. seeing as you said, ellie was a fabulous question. so that's upset me, jim, frankly , i expected better jim, frankly, i expected better from you. thanks very much indeed. >> thanks, jim. he can come back any time. >> every time anyone says, you know what? that was a very good question. she turns up when we're not on camera. she turns and smiles at me. >> so got a good one there. >> so got a good one there. >> yes, i do love it. >> you sort of keep score, don't we? >> yeah we do, yes. i seem to be

winning now. 6:15 this morning. let's take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom. >> well, patients have been warned not to attend hospitals in bristol city centre after a critical incident was reported when a ceiling collapsed in a&e. at least ten fire engines arrived at bristol royal infirmary yesterday afternoon as patients were forced to leave the hospital after being plunged into darkness . into darkness. >> barry manilow has become the latest in a line up of stars affected by the ongoing technical issues facing manchester's new co—op live arena. the venue, which will accommodate over 23,000 people as the uk's largest of its kind, has seen a host of stars cancel shows in recent days, including take that, olivia rodrigo and comedian peter kay. >> the kremlin has accused david cameron of a direct escalation of the war in ukraine, after the foreign secretary told president zelenskyy that ukraine could use british weapons to strike russian targets in a stark

warning to during a visit to kyiv , lord cameron said they kyiv, lord cameron said they must defeat russia or else europe faces a very dangerous future . let's hope barry manilow future. let's hope barry manilow is still performing well . is still performing well. >> clearly he is. clearly he is, yes. do you like barry , well, i yes. do you like barry, well, i only really know copacabana. >> yes , i think that's what most >> yes, i think that's what most people know. >> yeah, but, i mean, it's legendary. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> him and old. is he now? >> him and old. is he now? >> oh, he must be. well, in his 70s, barry manilow. but i always think it's amazing because 80, he looks good for 80, to be fair. well, i think there might have been a little bit of work help along the way, a little bit of help. but i always think it's amazing that him and megastar, along with bette midler, megastar , they started off sort megastar, they started off sort of together and sort of in i don't quite know what they are, but the bathhouses , they call but the bathhouses, they call them in america, where he played

them in america, where he played the piano and she'd sing and i mean, like nothing penniless sort of thing. and then they've gone from that to absolute mega stardom. >> can i say he's done quite a few more songs than. >> oh, yeah. well, copacabana . >> oh, yeah. well, copacabana. >> oh, yeah. well, copacabana. >> mandy. >> mandy. >> oh, mandy, that's a good one, could it be magic ? could it be magic? >> was that one of his magic? >> was that one of his magic? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i always think of take that with that. so you've got to be a certain age, haven't you? >> yeah, well, there you go. so i'm not old enough for that one, but, he won't be playing at the co—op live arena in manchester. >> i want to know how much the co—op is getting back in terms of money, because they're names everywhere, isn't it? and it's, it's i mean, they sponsor these things for good pr and pay out a lot of money, it's even got co—op on the roof. >> i mean, it looks good to be fair. looks fantastic. >> but, yeah, it's got co—ops emblazoned everywhere , isn't it? emblazoned everywhere, isn't it? >> it's been a really, really bad bit of pr for the co—op. >> no, it's terrible . >> no, it's terrible. >> no, it's terrible. >> i hope they're getting millions back out of it. i do. >> you wouldn't be best pleased,

would you, if you sit on the i think the pr board, i think the boss has resigned hasn't he. >> oh matthew suelzer did stephen just diss the manilow? no, i think he did. >> matthew. that's exactly what just happened. >> i think he's brilliant. yeah. >> i think he's brilliant. yeah. >> barry manilow. >> barry manilow. >> yeah, we just forgot some of his songs, but we're back in the room now. room how. >> room now. >> yeah, but yes, if you're watching barry, we're big fans how. >> now. >> rail passengers. >> rail passengers. >> one song. anyway, the only song we knew. >> and mandy's a good one. mandy yeah, now, rail passengers face eight days of disruption as long planned engineering work by network rail over the bank houday network rail over the bank holiday weekend merges into the next round of industrial action by train drivers . by train drivers. >> yes, also for drivers this weekend on the road that is, journeys on major routes are expected to take 13% longer than usual. >> well, joining us now is travel correspondent simon calder. very good morning to you simon. good to see you in the sunshine. looks like it's going to be a headache for anyone trying to get out and about this bank holiday weekend.

>> it certainly is. shall we start on the railways? i happened to be at munich hauptbahnhof , the main station hauptbahnhof, the main station in southern germany. everything you'll be glad to know. working very well indeed. but i'm afraid that's absolutely not the picture in significant parts of the uk in particular, it's, as you say, ellie, the engineering work that is going to be causing problems, particularly on various parts of the west coast main line. that's the one which connects london euston with the west midlands, north—west england, southern scotland and you'll find that today coventry is pretty much cut off from the rest of the world. the line is interrupted between birmingham international and rugby, tomorrow it's going to get, significantly worse because london euston to milton keynes is going to be closed. there's also work going on in the crewe area around liverpool and also , area around liverpool and also, just on the other side of the

country, cambridge is having lots of work done. so wherever you're travelling you need to find out how things are going. but yes , on monday , the third but yes, on monday, the third summer of industrial action by train drivers belonging to the aslef union begins. we're going to see six days of an overtime ban.the to see six days of an overtime ban. the way that the railways are organised means that there's going to be some quite substantial cancellations of trains and then we're going to have three rolling strikes tuesday. it's mostly the london commuter services which are going to be hit wednesday. most intercity lines and then thursday it's the north of england in the focus. transpennine express, northern won't be running any trains and lner will only have a skeleton service on its main route from edinburgh via newcastle and yorkshire to london. >> i mean, the reality of this simon is it's not a shock anymore , is it? and i just

anymore, is it? and i just wonder, i mean, i'm not making any comment on what they're trying to achieve or what they want. you know, that's that's a separate issue. but is it a bit like turkeys voting for christmas? these strikes because we just get so used to it happening. we're so used to saying, well, we won't even bother with the train because there's going to there's likely to be problems. so talking themselves out of a job in a way aren't they? >> that's what an awful lot of people are saying. and i thought you summed it up very well, stephen, because yeah, i talked actually to mick whelan. he's the general secretary of the aslef trade union, and he says, look, we've got a choice between doing nothing and just waiting for a change of government literally, or doing something and reminding everybody that we're here, yeah. they they're is in the rail union's an assumption that the vast amounts of cash that the taxpayer pumps into keeping the railways going is just going to keep going, that the railways are too important to fail, i think that

there is a bit of truth in that. clearly we depend on them. clearly we depend on them. clearly the roads in the coming days are going to be even busier than normal because of the problems that you have with the, railways , both strikes and railways, both strikes and engineering works, but ultimately they are looking for a decent no strings pay increase. the government , a decent no strings pay increase. the government, which is going to sign off anything, says, well, you can have a modest increase, but you're only getting that if you agree, radical changes to your terms and conditions. the two sides haven't met for over a year, although there was a bit of an olive branch late yesterday. the rail delivery group said, we're going to try and get him involved in more talks, which would be quite something for us rail passengers who for the last 13 months have seen repeated strikes with nothing happening in the meantime. >> well, hopefully we're close to reaching a resolution. simon calder, good to see you this morning. thank you very much

indeed. >> it's like a quiz with simon calder, but we know he's popping up. so i wonder where he is in the world. >> oh, he's always somewhere fun i >> -- >> yes. m >> yes. munich today. munich. >> yes. munich today. munich. >> munchen ? yes, i would like to >> munchen? yes, i would like to have that. i don't think i've ever been. >> he's the hardest working man in broadcasting. i think simon calder, he's always there. he always has his own phone and tripod set up and he'll talk to you from anywhere. he will. literally anywhere. >> i mean, we didn't even invite him on this morning. he just popped upi him on this morning. he just popped up, didn't he? >> oh, it's great. and you can ask him anything. he knows his stuff. >> does. he does. >> does. he does. >> he knows everything that he does. >> now prince harry looks set to meet his father, king charles, next week in london as the duke of sussex jets in to attend the invictus games 10th anniversary. >> well, king charles was recently cleared to resume pubuc recently cleared to resume public duties. of course, following that cancer treatment . following that cancer treatment. >> well, joining us now is royal commentator richard fitzwilliams . very good to see you this morning, richard. and what do you make of this news that prince harry is set to meet his father next week? >> well, i think this is what we

were expecting because he made it clear in a moment he heard of his father's diagnosis of cancen his father's diagnosis of cancer. he came over pretty well immediately, and they had a meeting for what was thought half an hour, three quarters of an hour or thereabouts, and he returned almost immediately to the united states . but he did the united states. but he did make it clear subsequently that he would be visiting his father again. and i think that we would have expected a meeting, during the occasion of his visit for the occasion of his visit for the 10th anniversary commemoration of the invictus games at saint paul's cathedral. i mean, also , undoubtedly, he i mean, also, undoubtedly, he will be pleased that, king charles has had such a, good prognosis from his doctors and also the fact that this week, you know, we've we've seen him become a patron of cancer research uk and pay that visit with the queen to the hospital . with the queen to the hospital. then we've seen him see his coronation role and then he

appeared at the royal windsor horse show, which of course was a great favourite of his mother's. interestingly, he hadnt mother's. interestingly, he hadn't since 1979, so it does show he's out about and pretty active. >> i've just got to say, richard, i know it's slightly off off topic, but just as we were watching those clips and if you're listening on the radio, it's just clips of prince charles with that first visit that he did on tuesday, i just i was talking to one this this person here, this person here. and just as he stands up to leave, it's the way he grabs the hand and gives it a squeeze. i just thought, that's so human, that's so personal. actually a really lovely touch . really lovely touch. >> no, you're quite right. because there's no doubt i mean, we saw him at easter weekend and that, after the easter service, that, after the easter service, that that walkabout, very impromptu . and you could see the impromptu. and you could see the way he was loving to get back into some form of interaction

with people. he's very, very good at it. and when he visited, the hospital, i mean , the way he the hospital, i mean, the way he interacted with patients, the whole idea, he knows as he's being filmed, of course, is to raise awareness of a dreadful malign disease that affects the lives of so many millions of people. so this is it's not just the fact that it's very, very memorable moment. it's also there's a wider message here that he gets across to the nafion that he gets across to the nation and also the commonwealth and the wider world is watching to it is being reported . to it is being reported. >> and in all of this, that prince harry is not going to be meeting prince william when he visits next week. do you think that relationship is going to be a little bit more complicated to repair ? repair? >> well, i think it's much more complicated to repair. there's a very deep rift in the royal family, the way the sussexes have behaved over the last four

years is, frankly, the reason for it now at this very, very sensitive time. obviously only illness, serious illness is it's a game changer. gradually, slowly , all sorts of things will slowly, all sorts of things will happen. we hope privately. and this is an ideal opportunity for the rift gradually to be repaired. but this won't happen overnight. and obviously trust is the issue here. and the other royal family quite frankly, do not trust the sussexes at the moment . but the king not trust the sussexes at the moment. but the king has not trust the sussexes at the moment . but the king has always moment. but the king has always said that his door is open for prince harry and this is what remains the case, obviously, and it is good news that the king is obviously so much better and is being allowed to do more, though, as we know it will be very carefully monitored. okay, richard. good to see you. thank you very much indeed. appreciate that. you very much indeed. appreciate that . and philip jackson has that. and philip jackson has beenin that. and philip jackson has been in touch and telling me off

actually. and you're right, philip . he said stephen it's philip. he said stephen it's king charles now known formally as prince charles. quite right. did you call him prince i probably called, no, i probably called him charles. >> all right. yeah. >> all right. yeah. >> so there you go. rather than i know, but we were talking about how warm he is, isn't it? in a way . and i and i totally in a way. and i and i totally get your point, actually, like, i hate it when people call the princess of wales kate because she never goes. they never call her kate, do they? >> catherine was catherine, so i get your point, but i sort of think it's quite nice in a way that there is there is something a bit more personal. you would never call. you would never call queen elizabeth. elizabeth. >> oh, never. >> oh, never. >> but there's something a bit more personal about charles where he can just go. oh, charles. >> you sort of feel like this would be a nice i mean, the queen. >> i'm sure, was a lovely person to meet, but it was a bit more sort of regal. but i get your point. she just referred to him as the king. yeah there you go, and on barry manilow, who we

were talking about in terms of the co—op live arena, he's the latest to star move his shows from that venue, which has been plagued with problems. clark milligan says mourning u2. i've seen bazaar three times the last three years at westgate in las vegas. it's the best night out eve r. >> even >> oh, i bet it's a good show. >> oh, i bet it's a good show. >> so he's still performing and doing a very good job by the sounds of things. >> yeah, he's a proper showman, isn't he? >> that he is like the old. >> that he is like the old. >> and also terry monk says, when did jim dale change from carry on movies to become a weatherman? very good point. i always mean to ask him that, and i've never got round to it. >> i'll put it to him next time. >> i'll put it to him next time. >> shall we do? we'll do. keep those views coming in gb news .com/ your say let's get the weather shall we. >> now with aidan mcgivern. >> now with aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast. a very mixed weekend varying from place to place and from day to day. as

far as the weather is concerned. yeah there'll be some showery rain around, but there'll also be some warm, sunny spells. the best of the sunshine this morning. southern parts of england, south wales and the northwest of scotland. a fresh start, but with the sunshine temperatures soon rising , those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures as they rise could set off a few sharp showers in the south—east, as well as for northern scotland. but elsewhere a lot of cloud cover, outbreaks of rain continuing for northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england and north wales and feeling cool under that blanket of cloud but warm in the sunny spells in the south and the northwest of scotland . and the northwest of scotland. eventually, through the evening, the cloud across central parts moves north into much of scotland and continues to affect northern ireland and northern england. further south, some clear spells for a time, a few mist and fog patches developing by dawn , but thickening cloud by dawn, but thickening cloud arrives into the southwest corner and some outbreaks of rain for cornwall. so we start off sunday with best of the sunshine across the midlands, wales, east anglia and the

southeast. and that window of fine weather gradually moves north into parts of northern england , perhaps northern england, perhaps northern ireland, by the afternoon. but for much of scotland, other parts of northern ireland and northern england will see a few showers, whilst some more persistent rain begins to edge into the far south, warm in any sunny spells with highs into the high. teens that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . inside from boxt boilers. >> sponsors of weather on gb news. >> just a go if you've got a view . view. >> are we going to read the same one? >> no, no. >> no, no. >> oh, this is lovely. matthew swan's been in touch saying i must have some grit in my eyes this morning. just seeing the coverage of the king chatting to cancer patients has made made my eyes slightly moist . his cancer patients has made made my eyes slightly moist. his mum would be so proud. >> yeah, well, charles macdonald says his majesty puts others first. shaking hands and meeting people. not your usual royalty. i think he's actually output . i think he's actually output. well, i think he really outperformed himself on tuesday.

what he's been through, and it was all about others. >> i think he's handled this whole cancer diagnosis with so much grace. ezedi i mean, even being so public, he didn't need to be being so public with his diagnosis, trying to raise awareness. even his first public event, being going to that cancer cancer centre, i think was really fantastic, important . was really fantastic, important. and he's done so much for other patients and raising awareness. so he should be applauded for that. >> quite right too , our >> quite right too, our knighthoods are in the post, how. >> now. >> yes , it would be nice. >> yes, it would be nice. >> yes, it would be nice. >> yeah. now summer is just around the corner and we're going to make it sizzle for you with £20,000 in cash up for grabs in the latest great british giveaway. >> yes, it's our biggest cash prize to date and it could all be yours. so here's how you could be a winner the next great british giveaway winner could be you with a massive £20,000 in tax free cash to won . be tax free cash to won. be >> imagine how you'd react getting that winning call from us. >> us. >> hi, my name is phil cox and i won the great british giveaway. i'd say why not? it's what? what

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new owner sir jim ratcliffe lays down the law to his new staff. ipswich town can seal promotion to the premier league today and as the world championship snooker semi—finals, to look forward to more after the

break. >> time for the sport this morning. aidan is with us. good morning. >> good morning to you both. all right, let's have a look at jurgen klopp, who's very annoyed at these ridiculously early kick—offs 1230. >> i wonder what time he has to get up in the morning for these these kick—offs. what time do you get off the quarter? >> 12, i should imagine for that. >> yeah, probably. no, it's not that bad. but listen, he's it's a free shot for him now isn't he. he's got a few games left. he knows he's leaving the club. he's there out of the title race. they already won the carabao cup. they're out of their fa cup. there's nothing in left in the season really in terms of trophies. so he's using

these press conferences to and it's not entirely out of character. he does sound off now and again. but he's using them to kind of pontificate and to give his opinion on the game. and yesterday took aim at the schedulers at the broadcasters. so he's talking about tnt, formerly known as bt. he's also issued, criticism of sky as well. even though these companies pay i mean, the entire the entire broadcast contract is worth about £8 billion over a number of over 3 or 4 years, i think, or three years, i think it is. but he's called it a crime against football. and he said that liverpool have had more 1230 kick offs than anybody else, and it affects their ability to get results. now look, there is science behind this. >> oh sure, they should try a 3:00 alarm. aiden yeah i know, then they'd know what early means. yeah, true. >> well, mine is 3:00 this morning. i never don't get up at that time, though, you know. >> why are you up so early? >> why are you up so early? >> i have to get in here. i have to work with you. all right. >> i'm sorry about that. >> i'm sorry about that. >> i'm sorry about that. >> i know, i know, sorry, but. no, he's he's. there is science behind this. you know, the evidence shows that the teams don't perform as well when they play don't perform as well when they play at 1230, especially when

they've had european matches. but the quote was really interesting. i thought it was a little bit melodramatic. i'll read it to you, he said. i had a discussion the other day with my colleagues from my favourite tv channel, which i'll never watch again. tnt. they always say they pay you, again. tnt. they always say they pay you, they give money for football, i.e. that's what they, you know, they that's how they earn these fortune, these fortunes, in their, in their wage packets. it's the other way around. football pays them. they dare to give us thursday, sunday, wednesday, saturday, 1230. it's a crime. i was waiting for amnesty international to contact them. >> oh. get a oh, come on, please. come on. please. >> i know these footballers don't know they were born. >> yeah, i know, i know, you say you were speaking to someone this week and you have knowledge of their schedule. >> apparently they train. >> apparently they train. >> i don't know if this is right or wrong, but apparently they train between 10 and 12, and then they go to the spa, and then they go to the spa, and then they go to the spa, and then they have like an ice bath or something, and then they can't drink. so they just go to bed. >> i don't think they go to bed right in the middle of the afternoon. well, some some of them do actually. >> you know, they have an early. >> you know, they have an early. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> some do. i spoke to a sleep expert a few years ago and he

said he did a sleep consultation in spain with real madrid and barcelona. he said you do have to factor in the fact that, that a lot of these players do sleep in the afternoon, especially over there, because they have a siesta sleep. but sleep is very important, so their bodies have to be managed. so there is a counter argument to this as well, but it just seems as if the liverpool manager, he knows he's on his way out. he actually said he said take it as a little bit of advice from an old man who's on his way out. >> i always have a siesta. does that make me a sportsman or an athlete? >> yeah, no, it does. >> you used to spend a lot of time at the gym. >> oh, i used to. >> it's a long time. so those days are gone, sir jim ratcliffe days are gone, sirjim ratcliffe not happy about the state of the, old trafford? >> no, it's not. i mean, look, people have been saying for quite some time i've not really noficed quite some time i've not really noticed it when i've been to old trafford this season. to me, it's still the theatre of dreams, but it's a little bit tatty. but he carried out an audh tatty. but he carried out an audit of the club's facilities this week and he issued an email, a personal email from himself to hundreds of staff. these are employees at old trafford and just off the m60 at the training ground at carrington. and he basically said, look, it was a very warm welcome when i walked in to have a look the place to have a look around the place to have a look around the place to have a inspection. but he said a proper inspection. but he said the standards of cleanliness and the standards of cleanliness and the were, in his words, the tidiness were, in his words, a disgrace and he wants the

highest standards for his organisation, he said that even at a petrochemicals company like ineos, he said would expect ineos, he said we would expect to have better standards than what i've seen when i've walked in. now, the cynic in me would suggest that this is him . yes, suggest that this is him. yes, he's he's he's laying down standards, but he knows that when that email goes hundreds of people, it's going to get leaked. it got leaked to the athletic yesterday. it got leaked to the daily mail. and maybe it's just telling the fans , you know what, actually this guy means business. we all, we all we're all thinking what's ratcliffe going to do in terms of changing the manager. is erik ten hag going to stay. what about marcus rashford. what about marcus rashford. what about the rest of the squad . about the rest of the squad. what about the overhaul in the summer? what about the upgrades to the training ground and the stadium. but this is just a little marker from someone who's very experienced in business, somebody who's a multi—billionaire just laying down some standards basically, and saying, look, if you're if you're an elite organisation like manchester united, we cannot expect to well , the i'll cannot expect to well, the i'll read you the direct quote. he said a club with no standards will not succeed. and look, he's got he's probably got a point . got he's probably got a point. there have been people saying for a long time that the standards aren't what they were. cristiano ronaldo gave an interview 18 months ago saying

that when he left from when he left in 2009 to when he returned in 2021, he said that standards had declined rapidly. he said the canteen was exactly the same , serving the same food as it was in 2009, and football has moved on. oh, it must have gone cold. i'd have been proud of that gag. >> thank you . that was quite good. >> so it was. »- >> so it was. >> i mean , honestly, >> i mean, honestly, footballers, it's a disgrace . footballers, it's a disgrace. >> the canteen hasn't changed its menu . its menu. >> well, no, i have to be at work for 1230. >> come on. these people don't know they're born. >> oh, come on, they're only. >> oh, come on, they're only. >> they're only on 300 grand a week. oh salt in the wound. >> they struggle. >> they struggle. >> you know, when i was, when i covered qpr few years ago, they weren't the players weren't happy with the food. and so they had a whip round to buy this , had a whip round to buy this, buy this protein powder. so yeah. yeah i mean it's something i had a whip round. it was like i had a whip round. it was like i think it was about £50 a week or something like that. so get it in. yeah. they weren't happy that the chef wasn't stocking it. protein >> oh right. yum. just full of sugar as well. just premier league should we look at last night's action and a look ahead

to. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> why not. yeah. luton had a last little little go at trying to survive last night. it's not over yet. they got a11 draw against everton. they're very competitive. they could have won it right at the end. andros townsend had a shot cleared off the line. but it looks as if now they're really up against it nottingham forest play today. now the issue there is that nottingham forest could still have points deducted before the end of the season. it's a scandal really, stephen, that this hasn't been dealt with until the last couple of games of the season. nottingham forest could win this weekend and think they're home and hosed, or they might have a real, real advantage over their relegation rivals. we know everton last night you played. they're already safe despite their travails . but then next week or travails. but then next week or the week after nottingham forest could be hit with the points deduction that interferes with the entire table . this stuff has the entire table. this stuff has got to be done at a certain interval in the season, otherwise nobody knows where they stand. yeah, and there are hundreds of millions of pounds. i mean promotion to luton last season was worth £250 million. they didn't spend it big on players because they thought we'll take everything that comes with it. we can improve our stadium. they've been talking about building a new stadium there since the 1980s, and

finally they it gives them opportunity to get it done. so that's the these aren't fine margins . this is a colossal margins. this is a colossal amount of money that can affect the future of your football club over a ten, 15 year period. and still the premier league are taking their time issuing this the sanctions. and i don't know what's taking the time because they know what the punishment they know what the punishment they know what the punishment they know what the crimes are. they know what the charges are and everton have been dealt with. why can't nottingham forest. and so i can understand why supporters would feel a bit peeved this morning. >> yeah, well we won't hang about issuing your judgement on you, aiden, you need to get out about immediately. oh, no. you can just go. thank you very much. >> you can invite me back, though. yeah. >> oh, you come back in an hour. >> oh, you come back in an hour. >> thank you. aiden. >> thank you. aiden. >> thank you. do stay with us. we're going to be going through the papers next with winston davies and suzanne evans

i >> -- >> good morning. right. let's have you finished? are you ready? >> i am ready , okay, let's go >> i am ready, okay, let's go through the papers this morning with social campaigner winston davies and political commentator suzanne evans. >> to good see you both this morning. good morning. morning, suzanne. let's start with the front of the guardian. should we, who are obviously delighted with their tories crushed by worst election results headlines. >> to be fair, it's not just the guardian. most of the papers this morning are talking about how this is the worst local election results for the conservatives in 40 years, and it's not what they didn't expect, is it? we knew they were going to get a trouncing and certainly they they are when i last looked, just before i came on air, the conservatives were down 448 council seats overall, whereas labour were up 173. so clearly a very bad night for the conservatives. >> yeah, but within expectation , >> yeah, but within expectation, within within expectations and some results. >> they obviously kept their conservative mayor ben houchen. they've also won solihull council. so it's not a complete

wipe—out, but it's not good. however, i gather that what the papers are also saying this morning is there isn't going to be a leadership challenge to rishi sunak that seems to be off. clearly not an appetite for yet another party leader , but it yet another party leader, but it certainly is a very dire warning for them, no doubt about it. what i found about to get worse, i think , is of course we haven't i think, is of course we haven't had all the results in yet. >> yes. >> yes. >> no, that's true . and ben >> no, that's true. and ben horsham may have thrown rishi sunak a lifeline with that result. yesterday i found it really interesting actually, in the telegraph this morning, rishi sunak writing a piece essentially saying what these results show is actually voters are just very frustrated across the board and actually we're the only party with a plan. well, fighting talk , it is fighting fighting talk, it is fighting well with these with this set of results. yeah >> to be fair, labour hasn't had i think, the kind of wipe—out of the conservative vote that they had hoped for. and i think you've hit the nail on the head there early . i think voters are there early. i think voters are completely depressed about both

parties. i've said for a long time now that it's not that the conservatives are the labour are winning the kind of popular vote. it's the conservatives are losing it. and the question is, where else do voters go? i think a lot of people feel that we've had enough of the conservatives now. we've had them for 14 years. they've not done a good job. it's time for change. any change will do. >> oh, well, winston, what's the mail saying about mortgage rates? >> so mortgage rates are expected to go up past 6% this week, they've been increase and increase in this year since january . they've gone up from january. they've gone up from 5.7, 5.76% to 5.93, which represents a £252 a year increase, basically down to the interest rate cuts which the bank of england had been projecting to, to start a cut in not being now delayed until the end of the year. >> yeah, but we are. but i don't understand this. >> no, i don't understand because they are coming down aren't they? >> base rates are coming down. >> base rates are coming down. >> it's bizarre isn't it? i personally, i think the bank of

england has handled the whole thing very, very badly. and that seems to be a view that's shared by the former governor, mervyn king, who said in the house of lords these days that this week that the bank of england was subject to groupthink, that nobody saw this inflation crisis coming, even though for most of us it was written on the wall, you know, you simply cannot pump that amount of money into the economy as we did to support people during covid and not expect it to have some kind of comeback, arguably you could say that mortgage rates where interest rates were too low for too long. so that led to huge amounts of credit in the country, yeah, i think they've handled it very badly. i think we're now really on the verge of the economy doing very badly. unless they cut interest rates very quickly. but as winston just said, they're not really going to do it until the autumn boom and bust, which you've had for donkey's years. >> boom and bust. nobody ever learn. >> they don't . i remember my >> they don't. i remember my history teacher, mr purslow, saying the trouble with

politicians, and perhaps you could argue economists as well. they never learn from history. and i think about mr purslow a lot with that phrase, because i think he was absolutely right . think he was absolutely right. >> winston is the bringer of more doom and gloom with the sun. >> so where are we sun. >> so where are we how? >> so where are we how? >> so where are we now? >> oh, fuel rises . okay, let's >> oh, fuel rises. okay, let's have a look. so fuel rises. they've risen by £0.02, i've noficed they've risen by £0.02, i've noticed this, that the pumps . noticed this, that the pumps. >> yes. so we've got, diesel and, petrol both going up to 149.9 pence and 157.7 pence respectively, due to the heightened tension in the middle east and the weakening of the pound against the dollar, but the rsc, they've accused retailers of basically increasing the cost of fuel when there's a surge in oil prices, but not reducing it as quickly when there's a fall, a fall in it, and also calling on regulators to basically look at the postcode lottery on fuel because they said at asda there's a £0.36 difference

between the highest fuel that they're charging and the lowest fuel, so that's an interesting bit. >> but i just think it's crazy that that it fluctuates so much. i mean, i drive from , from one i mean, i drive from, from one town to obviously to, to a city when i drive into work. and the number of different prices you see goes from like 135 to 165. if i can get away with it , if i can get away with it, they're going to do away with it. but i mean, it's not only frustrating for most of us, but like if you're a small business owner, 100, i mean, 100. >> and it literally it literally eats you. yeah, exactly. because obviously we drive around, have vans driving around all over the place, and fuel is a big part of that. i mean , i think there that. i mean, i think there should be something in line where they say, look, if you're going to increase the price of fuel, you know, within 48 hours of an oil price increase, well, you have to decrease it in the same amount of time, not let it lag a week or two weeks or not at all. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> the government's response to this has been to set up to try and force people to advertise their prices, but there's been an app that's been doing that for ages. i've been using for years petrol prices. it's brilliant . my local petrol brilliant. my local petrol station is always the cheapest. >> is it? oh you're lucky.

>> is it? oh you're lucky. >> yeah, i'm very lucky. it's an independent petrol station at the moment it's 144 .90. that the moment it's144 .90. that is. which is good. and i think if they can do it, why can't everybody else . everybody else. >> yeah. the trouble is i always say i've had apps before which shows you where the cheapest one is. the trouble is you end up spending the difference driving to and from. >> you might well, do i drive out of my way for the cheapest petrol? yeah, it probably doesn't actually help. >> this is the problem. but then i don't know. i've been looking at like an electric car for the work commute. that's a dog can you know, one that isn't going to be nice to have to. >> so having two is more expensive though than that. extra petrol isn't it. >> oh no no no. but it wouldn't. no >> oh no no no. but it wouldn't. n0 i'd >> oh no no no. but it wouldn't. no i'd be get rid of my current car. >> can >> oh i see right. >> oh i see right. >> but then you're gonna have to put a solar charger in your house, and then you have to put solar on your roof to pay for the charging of the car. >> it'sjust. the charging of the car. >> it's just. well, this is the cars themselves are so expensive now. >> cars so expensive then electricity costs one. >> no, one second. i was luton airport last week and i was talking about a fire at the car park, which literally blew up

one one electric car to the next, to the next to the next. and if i had to shut the whole car park. yeah. so i'm not 100% certain on the safety of them ehhen >> yeah, it's the infrastructure as well. if you get an electric car, there's not enough charging points yet. >> no, it's why i could only really use it for sort of to and from work get to and from london. that's and then charge it at home. >> yes. >> yes. >> but that's just like the idea of i'm fed up of filling up because i have to fill up twice a week. >> it's so expensive, isn't it? it's awful. >> makes me mad, suzanne , let's >> makes me mad, suzanne, let's talk about prince harry to visit the king. >> what do you think about this? >> what do you think about this? >> well, i think that's great. father and son talking. what can be so wrong about that, it's quite interesting, actually. i've been looking into statistics because we're all this, this rift between harry and charles and william is so front and centre stage at the moment. but apparently this kind of family estrangement is really not rare at all. there's quite a lot of research suggesting that around about a quarter of families at any one time have some kind of active estrangement, which i think is really sad. so, you know, the royals are very, very different from us, but maybe in some ways

they're not so different after all. >> well, the problem is they're having to do it all in, in a, in a very bright spotlight . a very bright spotlight. >> must be horrendous. actually, i do feel very sorry for them , i i do feel very sorry for them, i don't know, harry. i think it's quite a sad character, really. i think he's made a very difficult bed for himself, yeah, i think he probably has. >> but what i don't get is when people say, well, of course harry hasn't called his father for six months or whatever. >> it's a two way street. >> it's a two way street. >> how do you know? >> how do you know? >> how do they know? >> how do they know? >> no, they don't, do they ? >> no, they don't, do they? >> no, they don't, do they? >> winston? what do you think? >> winston? what do you think? >> well, i think it's all speculation. >> i think . listen, the boy, >> i think. listen, the boy, when he was a boy, his mum was killed in tragic circumstances. he's been hounded by the press all of his life. he's had to live his life in the spotlight. i think. just give the guy a break. just let him live his life and. and suzanne was saying, oh, yeah, but he won't leave us alone early. he's talking. >> he doesn't he you know, this this. oh, we're going to retreat into the background . into the background. >> no publicity, but yeah, but then there's paul. >> yeah, but there's a part of it of he's got money that he wants to earn. and through

pubuchy wants to earn. and through publicity and pr and all of that, he's, he's, he i think there's a bit of it. he's playing a bit of it. he's trying, he's milking a bit of it. he's earning his money. but at the same time it's like, i think he's a very troubled man. >> yeah. all right. >> yeah. all right. >> we've got to leave it there. thank you both. we'll see you later on. >> let's get the weather now with aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast. a very mixed weekend and varying from place to place and from day to day. as far as the weather is concerned. yeah, there'll be some showery rain around, but there'll also be some warm sunny spells. the best of the sunshine this morning. southern parts of england, south wales and the northwest of scotland. a fresh start, but with the sunshine temperatures soon rising , those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures as they rise could set off a few sharp showers in the south—east, as well as for northern scotland. but elsewhere a lot of cloud cover, outbreaks of rain continuing for northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england and north wales and feeling cool under

that blanket of cloud but warm in the sunny spells in the south and the northwest of scotland . and the northwest of scotland. eventually, through the evening, the cloud across central parts moves north into much of scotland and continues to affect northern ireland and northern england. further south. some clear spells for a time, a few mist and fog patches developing by dawn but thickening cloud arrives into the southwest corner and some outbreaks of rain for cornwall. so we start off sunday with best of the sunshine across the midlands, wales, east anglia and the south east and that window of fine weather gradually moves north into parts of northern england, perhaps northern ireland. by the afternoon . but for much of afternoon. but for much of scotland, other parts of northern ireland and northern england will see a few showers, whilst some more persistent rain begins to edge into the far south. warm in any sunny spells. highs into the high teens that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . boilers. >> sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> morning to you. 7:00 on saturday, the 4th of may. today, rishi sunak puts tory rebels in their place as he declares his party has everything to fight for as the nation awaits what some are warning could be shocking mayoral results. well despite gaining 170 new council seats, labour starts on gaza triggers a surprise defeat in oldham . oldham. >> could it be a warning to an election ready starmer ? election ready starmer? >> king charles's greatest wish could come true as harry looks set to visit his father as soon as next week . as next week. >> and despite it being may, the rain looks set to stay. >> it's fair to say the weather this weekend will be very mixed, varying from place to place and

from day to day. i'll have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . and this is breakfast on. gb news. talking in just a minute ago about electric cars because i quite fancy an electric car and a dog can well, yes. also like one to put the dog in because my nice car is getting trashed by the dog. john andrews has been in touch. morning, john. he's got an electric car, and people do moan about the range anxiety if you do a lot of miles. but he says he has to pull up and he's forever charging at service stations on the motorway and all that sort of thing. so having a bit of a whinge about it and i understand that john, but he also says it works out at costing him about £5 a week. the electric. so he's saving hundreds of pounds in fuel. so that would be my thing . yeah. >> see if the electric cars were a lot cheaper and you didn't

actually have to see very much mileage , you just kind of mileage, you just kind of running to the shops and back. >> well that's what i'm thinking about. >> no brainer coming down to work and back. it's about 160, 170 miles a day. but that's fine. that's all within range. just charge it at night. >> and could you play your radio and have the heating on? >> i imagine it's got enough electricity in it for that because i'd worry about things like that. >> so can i actually enjoy my experience? yeah. or would i have to stop and charge it? >> charge it. so but you do to stress. >> i don't know if it could still heat your curlers. you might have to unplug those from the cigarette lighter. i don't know , yeah. i just think the know, yeah. i just think the infrastructure has probably got a long way to go. i think electric cars. but do let us know if you've got one or if you're thinking about getting one. gb news .com/ your say. yeah. >> yeah it's quite i quite fancy one. i just basically to save the money on petrol petrol paying the money on petrol petrol paying for petrol because it is very very expensive isn't it. now today is going to be another busy one on the politics front. we've still got a number of councils yet to declare so that count isn't over yet. we've also

got mayoral election results on the way. >> yes, the prime minister, rishi sunak , has said the rishi sunak, has said the conservatives have everything to fight for as his party celebrate an unexpected win in tees valley i >> -- >> well, 5mm harm >> well, well, if it wasn't, yeah. >> well, well, if it wasn't, yeah . i mean the thing is with yeah. i mean the thing is with with lord houchen, he had who's the pcc police and crime commissioner in tees valley. he, he won with he got 70% of the vote last time round. so it was going to be a heck of a job to overturn it. i know labour threw everything at it, but even so, i mean, you'd be surprised if he hadnt mean, you'd be surprised if he hadn't have won . really? anyway, hadn't have won. really? anyway, despite all of that, the conservatives are predicted to lose as many as half of their councillors once all the results are in. >> well, joining us now is the minister of state for the department of science, innovation and technology, andrew griffith . good to see you andrew griffith. good to see you this morning. thank you so much for joining us. we're just forjoining us. we're just heanng forjoining us. we're just hearing there rishi sunak saying the conservatives have everything to fight for. it's very brave talk from the prime minister isn't it, considering

the set of results . the set of results. >> yeah. look it's a difficult set of results. i think that was what was expected going in. stephen said you know, we're pleased that we did well in areas where actually labour should have been, should doing better, like in teesside , but better, like in teesside, but also like in harlow, a number of areas where labour are in power , areas where labour are in power, wandsworth and oxford, they're actually losing some seats. so you know, perhaps a bit more mixed but difficult for, for many colleagues up and down the country. and no one should be celebrating anyone who's ending up with a labour council is going to cost them a bit more, it does frame the choice at the election. i think . really well, election. i think. really well, really clearly now, which is, you see where reforms stand. all they do is help labour to get in and that we've got a clear set of plans. we need to use the next few months to clearly articulate that point. there's going to be a very, very simple choice at the next election . who choice at the next election. who walks through number 10 downing street? is it rishi sunak with his plan that's starting to work

now, or is it keir with with no plan or where they do have plans that that don't really go with the grain of what the british people want? french style industrial policy and an amnesty for those who've come here illegally. >> this is the problem, though, with the greatest of respect. i mean, the prime minister's fighting line is, well, we have a plan . the issue is after 14 a plan. the issue is after 14 years in government, people don't want you to have a plan, don't want you to have a plan, don't they? they want you to have a strategy which is already implemented . implemented. >> i think that's, that's perfectly understandable after 14 and years, but in particular after the last few very difficult years where the british people have made sacrifices , during covid, we're sacrifices, during covid, we're still going through the costs of ukraine. it's a very difficult geopolitical situation. but in that circumstance, you don't just want to throw things out and project on to an opposition that's untried and untested. you know, all of these things that

you think might be the case that the reality is, if you look at just what we've been doing over the last few weeks, welfare reform, a significant increase in our defence budget, and, of course, the plan on rwanda that labour blocked and delayed for so long. you know, that's very clear what the plan that you get with rishi sunak and the conservatives in each of those cases is it's really not clear what labour would do. that's a very , very clear choice for very, very clear choice for people at the next election. and just because you've stuck with a, you know, a brand and a company or a or a or a party for 14 years doesn't automatically mean you should throw it away. go for something untried, untested , a prime minister whose untested, a prime minister whose previous claim to fame before he was the leader of the opposition himself, was that he tried to put jeremy corbyn in number 10. >> i wanted to ask you about lord ben houchen, who won the mayoral race in tees valley , the mayoral race in tees valley, the prime minister clinging on to that as a sign of success in these local and mayoral elections , that has thrown a

elections, that has thrown a political lifeline to rishi sunak.the political lifeline to rishi sunak. the papers are saying this morning that for now, no talk of a new leader is now in place. but do you think that houchen is actually proud to be a conservative because in his speech yesterday he spoke about his community. he spoke about being proud to be re—elected, but he didn't mention the conservatives or rishi sunak. and in fact, he says he forgot to wear his blue rosette. >> i saw quite a lot of the coverage and in fairness, you know, ben's been always very clear. he's probably one of the most famous conservatives in the north. certainly in, in his area. i don't think anyone's under any ambiguity that ben's a conservative. he's clearly done a great job delivering for local people. but the areas he represents are exactly the sort of areas that if labour were to be seeking to win an election , be seeking to win an election, they'd have to win those areas. keir starmer visited rachel

reeves visited, angela rayner visited. it was very, very clear that they were targeting teesside. it contains five of five constituencies that they need to win. the same is true of harlow and other areas across the country. so look, i mean, we shouldn't take solace from the fact that labour didn't do perhaps as well as they would have hoped. the reality is we lost some good conservative councillors, colleagues and police commissioners , but our police commissioners, but our ourjob of police commissioners, but our our job of work over the next few months is just laying out very clearly the choice the country is going to face at that general election go forward party with a, with a plan, or, or you know, have have keir starmer walk through the gates of number 10 at the most difficult geopolitical time. huge uncertainty in the world, as well as the fact that the economy is now starting to pull away and recover after the difficulties of the last few years, what about some brutal honesty ? and i've been in this honesty? and i've been in this business a long time , i know it, business a long time, i know it, i know it's difficult. i know you've got to pull the party

line. you've got to you've got to say certain things. the problem is we're becoming much more sophisticated as an audience now . and people look at audience now. and people look at politicians and say, well, i know they're not being dead honest with me. the reality here is, isn't it, that you've got to do everything you can to mitigate losses at the next election ? isn't isn't that what election? isn't isn't that what you really need to be concentrating on now, rather than sort of propagating the myth that actually the tories could form the next government? >> stephen, i completely disagree with that. actually, with the greatest respect, you've got a lot more experience . i came to this world after a very long career in business, but actually we've only seen the indicated preference of about a third of people. right? the turnout in blackpool south, the turnout in blackpool south, the turnout in blackpool south, the turnout in most of these local mayoral elections was only about a third of people voted. and you wouldn't read third of a book and say, i know what the ending of that story is , or watch the of that story is, or watch the first 30 minutes of a football match. so i genuinely believe there's everything to play for.

a lot of people have felt frustrated over the last few years . as a conservative myself, years. as a conservative myself, you know, we've not had because of the cost of the interventions to protect people during covid, then the cost of energy increasing as a result of russia's war in ukraine. we've not had the headroom or the economic space to do some of the things that conservatives like me believe in, which is let people keep more of their own money, reduce the burden of tax reform, welfare so we can put that money to good use on things like defence. so, you know, i'm not i'm not giving you a line , not i'm not giving you a line, steve. and i think honestly, you know, we've got about a third of people voted in these sort of elections , turnout at a general elections, turnout at a general elections, turnout at a general election when people face that much more binary choice about who they're going to wake up, the following morning walking through the doors of number 10 is a very different proposition. >> look, want you to ask you about the role of reform in all of this and what a game changer they have been in the past few years, and especially now in this election year and in, in

bradford in, blackpool south. thank you. yesterday what we saw was reform coming third place behind the tories by just 100 votes. in it . you must be very votes. in it. you must be very threatened by the reform party . threatened by the reform party. >> well i think it's very, very clear that where reform stand, where people vote for reform, they get more labour politicians. and in a democracy , politicians. and in a democracy, if that's what people want, then no one would take away that choice. but we should be very clear about what the outcome is going to be. a vote for reform increases the odds of a labour government. that's likely to put up your taxes isn't going to support pensioners in the way that this government has, hasn't committed to the triple lock is going to put huge costs on people because of their desire to rush ahead into net zero and impose costs on people, including , impose costs on people, including, you impose costs on people, including , you know, the cars including, you know, the cars that you were talking about before i came on air, all of those things are made more likely if people vote for

reform. so that's a choice. people will have to make. but it's very clear what the consequences are that you get. >> and look, that's actually a very difficult point to argue against in terms of how our how our democracy works. but doesn't it send a clear message to the conservatives that , these and conservatives that, these and the vast majority sort of former conservative voters, if you like, that they're not happy with the direction the party has taken , but you shouldn't be in a taken, but you shouldn't be in a democracy if you're not listening to the voters and the conservatives, you know , have to conservatives, you know, have to earn and fight for every vote. >> i think that from the people italk >> i think that from the people i talk to and as a as a member of parliament, you know, you talk to people all the time and some of them say , look, we we're some of them say, look, we we're voting reform for these reasons. and it is typically a frustration about the ability of this country to control its own borders. now, we've we've passed that plan on. there will be people, going on planes to

rwanda as part of the really important job of making our country safe, controlling our borders, and being able to give a fair deal for the people that are here are trying to find jobs or housing and those things , or housing and those things, pubuc or housing and those things, public services, so i think if we can show those sort of voters that we are on their side and that we are on their side and that notwithstanding the frustrations of the past few years, many of which have been caused by the very difficult geopolitical situation, that improving spending on defence, getting back control of our borders , reducing the burden of borders, reducing the burden of tax on people, those are things that, by and large, and i shouldn't, you know, over oversimplify all of the different things that reform voters feel. but if we can deliver on those plans, i think we've got every chance of reminding them and having that conversation that a vote for reform is just helping sir keir starmer. okay minister, really good to talk to you this morning. >> thank you. not at all. >> thank you. not at all. >> good morning. nice to be with

you. >> thank you very much indeed. well joining us now is political commentator peter spencer. good to see you this morning, peter. and what did you make of what andrew griffith griffith had to say? there >> well, to tell you the truth, i was i felt as if i was on the deck of the titanic listening to those musicians tinkling away with jolly little songs. everything's going to be fine. it manifestly is not going to be fine. the tories have had a result which the top polling guru, professor curtis, described as little short of catastrophic . and i think that catastrophic. and i think that immediately calls into question will there be a plot to oust rishi sunak? now, if you ask me , rishi sunak? now, if you ask me, the idea of putting in yet another leader at this stage would be would would actually make the charge of the light brigade seem like a pretty good idea . yeah, but that doesn't idea. yeah, but that doesn't mean to say they're not actually actively thinking about it. and i mean, it is. it is certain

that there are all manner of conversations going on at this moment. and indeed, one rather dispirited minister said a couple of days ago, look, i'd like to i'd like to hope that that , that, that, that the that, that, that, that the response to bad results will be calm and measured. but have you met my colleagues, well, what do you make of what andrew griffith was saying? and i wonder if he's got a point when he says, yeah, i mean, yes, it's bad results for the conservatives within expectations, though. i mean, that sort of 500 loss seat was 500. seat loss was was sort of what we were being briefed about. labour hasn't done quite as well as they might have been hoping for. >> no, i think that is certainly the case. i mean, there are widespread predictions that they will they will be the largest party after the general election, but they won't have an overall majority . vie that said, overall majority. vie that said, it's worth bearing in mind a

couple of factors in all this. one is the fact that there was no voting in scotland, and it's worth casting our minds back to the fact that that nine years ago , up until nine years ago, ago, up until nine years ago, scotland was was labour bedrock. and then the nationalists trounced them totally and they lost 40 of their 41 seats. well, look at this. look at the political situation in scotland , political situation in scotland, where, first of all, we lost a first minister, then we lost another one. then there's this scandal over, over the party's finances and indeed, as a result of that, labour is now actually in front of the nationalist of the scottish national party. now just, there's a there's a whole chunk of votes to be had there, a whole chunk of seats to be had there. that's one point. and second point is that there are a lot of a fair number of early results came in which suggested that labour was winning, even in

areas that were very much for leaving the european union . now leaving the european union. now we consider the 45, constituencies in the so—called red wall, which again used to be bedrock labour, and then swung over to the tories. will a fair slice of them come back? so i suspect that projections that the labour party is not going to be the overall majority are not going to have an overall majority, may be a little bit wider than mark. >> okay, peter, really good to see you this morning. thanks very much indeed, interesting points coming through on the messaging, stuart santry, morning . stuart says, because we morning. stuart says, because we keep saying, of course, i mean, all these people voting for reform and reform. you're polling , well 17% reform and reform. you're polling, well 17% in reform and reform. you're polling , well 17% in blackpool polling, well 17% in blackpool and others . and everyone says if and others. and everyone says if you get to 20, they might be able to squeeze a parliamentary seat somewhere, which is why all these figures are why, nigel farage richard tice want, what

do you call it? the, voting system . system. >> not first past the post, not first past the post. oh, the other one. >> you see, my brain is frozen now, but you know, the one where it's a proportional representation. >> proportional representation ? >> proportional representation? yes. there you go. >> it's why they want that. because obviously, those votes would be counted. and represented in a different way, stuart santry says if there are enough of us who are fed up with the performance of the government and dread a labour government, if we all vote for reform, we'll get a reform government. but that's absolutely right. that's absolutely right. that's absolutely right. that's absolutely right. you would . so absolutely right. you would. so you have to then ask the question , are there enough question, are there enough people who support what reform stands for to do that? and at the minute there isn't . i mean, the minute there isn't. i mean, that's that's the sort of bottom line, isn't it? it's not to say it's not a force, a strong force in in politics. i think it certainly things disruptive force. well, disruptive. and it's certainly got the power as we saw with with nigel farage and the brexit party and ukip

and the brexit party and ukip and all that. they, they can direct the movement of the government , but will you have it government, but will you have it do enough people support reform to get enough reform mps doesn't look like at the moment, but who knows. they are putting someone up in every seat. so we're told. >> yeah. and if nigel farage comes into the fold, could that be a game changer? >> could that be what gets reformed? 20? >> i wonder what richard tice makes of that. >> i know that's our question. we'd like to pitch him, wouldn't we? yeah, i'll bet it annoys him. sorry. if you're watching, do let us know. richard, if you're watching at gbnews.com/yoursay now, it's 7:19. >> let's have a look at some of the other stories coming into the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. >> and patients have been warned not to attend hospitals in bristol city centre after a critical incident was reported when a ceiling collapsed in a&e, causing a power outage. at least ten fire engines arrived at bristol royal infirmary yesterday afternoon as patients were forced to evacuate the hospital after being plunged into darkness .

into darkness. >> barry manilow has become the latest in a line up of stars affected by the ongoing issues facing manchester's new co—op live arena. the venue , which live arena. the venue, which will accommodate 23,000 people largest in the uk, has seen a host of stars cancel shows including take that, olivia rodngo. including take that, olivia rodrigo . i don't know who that rodrigo. i don't know who that is, i've got to be honest. and comedian peter kay, she's a pop sensation, is she? >> that's what they'd say . and >> that's what they'd say. and the kremlin has accused lord david cameron of a direct escalation of the war in ukraine. after the foreign secretary told president zelenskyy of ukraine that the country could use british weapons to strike russian targets . in his starkest warning targets. in his starkest warning yet, during a visit to kyiv, lord cameron said kyiv must defeat russia or else europe faces a very dangerous future . faces a very dangerous future. yeah, i was it's a sign of

getting old. >> it's a sign of getting old. i don't know who olivia rodrigo is. >> and also there is. when i was driving down to work the other day, there was. it was top story on the radio was about, this a concert with a rapper had been cancelled about ten minutes before it was due to start . and before it was due to start. and all these very, very disappointed fans outside the arena being sent home. and yeah, i was thinking they didn't say who the rapper was, and apparently they were a boogie wit da hoodie. >> yes , i don't know. >> yes, i don't know. >> yes, i don't know. >> i'm not familiar with that rapper. i'm not. >> i'm not familiar with that. >> i'm not familiar with that. >> are you familiar with that rapper ? rapper? >> no i'm not. >> no i'm not. >> see, we did that story a couple of days. >> i heard of take that and we just called them the us rapper. >> probably for the best. yes. we've heard of take that and i know who olivia rodrigo is. >> a boogie wit da hoodie a boogie wit da hoodie. >> if you're a fan, let us know. i've never heard of them. >> no . >> no. >> no. >> is it tragic that often? if i

want. if i want to listen to music now in the car i put radio three on are legitimate or gb news radio, i'm sure. no, that's if i want information. oh i see, but, you know, sometimes you just think i just need a bit of soothing music. >> well, taylor swift's new album, as you know, i recommend so you can listen to that. >> you are. you're getting into that on the way home. >> yeah, i am getting into that now. yeah, yeah, i'm seeing her next. yeah it is. i'm seeing her next. yeah it is. i'm seeing her next month, you know. are you coming around very quickly? >> there you go. >> there you go. >> very, very excited. >> very, very excited. >> all right. let's see if you can get excited about the weather today. he's open . weather today. he's open. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast. a very mixed weekend varying from place to place and from day to day. as far as the weather is concerned. yeah, there'll be some showery rain around, but there'll also be some warm sunny spells. the best of the sunshine this morning. southern parts of england, south wales and the

northwest of scotland. a fresh start, but with the sunshine temperatures soon rising, those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures as they rise could set off a few sharp showers in the south—east, as well as for northern scotland. but elsewhere a lot of cloud cover outbreaks of rain continuing for northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england and north wales, and feeling cool under that blanket of cloud but warm in the sunny spells in the south and the northwest of scotland, eventually through the evening, the cloud across central parts moves north into much of scotland and continues to affect northern ireland and northern england further south. some clear spells for a time, a few mist and fog patches developing by dawn but thickening cloud arrives into the southwest corner and some outbreaks of rain for cornwall. so we start off sunday with the best of the sunshine across the midlands, wales, east anglia and the south east, and that window of fine weather gradually moves north into parts of northern england, perhaps northern ireland, by the afternoon. but for much of scotland , other parts of

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next. welcome back to breakfast now. prince harry looks set to meet his father, king charles, next week in london. as the duke of sussex jets in to attend the invictus games 10th anniversary. >> well, king charles, of course, recently cleared to resume his public duties following his cancer treatment. >> well, joining us now is former royal correspondent michael cole . really good to see michael cole. really good to see you this morning. michael. what do you make of this news. >> good morning. good morning steve. well just as i predicted on this very channel, the king

will almost certainly see his youngest son. when he's in london next week , the king has london next week, the king has made it clear from the outset that his door is already always open to his younger son, who he tends to call my darling boy . tends to call my darling boy. and on wednesday, the king will be at a garden party at buckingham palace . and prince buckingham palace. and prince harry is here principally for a thanksgiving service to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his brilliant innovation, the invictus games, that will be at, saint paul's cathedral . so saint paul's cathedral. so usually there are 5000 miles apart, now there will only be two miles apart. and i'm quite sure that they will get together. and at that, there we see the duke and duchess of sussex , at whistler in canada, sussex, at whistler in canada, when they were announcing the, foundation of winter games for the invictus for the wounded

and, damaged ex—servicemen and women from 22 different nations, a brilliant initiative and the sort of thing that, of course, he was so good at, and should be doing more of that , of course, doing more of that, of course, was all pre meghan the foundation of the invictus games. one thing i think ellie and stephen we can say that won't happen is that prince harry will not be meeting with his older brother william, that's going to take a lot of reconciliation . and prince harry reconciliation. and prince harry is going to have to mend a few fences . i would say enough fences. i would say enough fences. i would say enough fences to incite and circle the whole 20,000 acres of the of the sandringham estate. a lot of humble pie has got to be, eaten, too. i should think , meghan in too. i should think, meghan in her kitchen in montecito will have to bake up a humble pie about as tall as a californian redwood , and then eat it. redwood, and then eat it. there's going to be a long, long road before the two brothers are on speaking terms, let alone

friends again. but wasn't it great to see the king looking so well yesterday at the royal windsor horse show ? he didn't windsor horse show? he didn't used to go in the queen's time. it was very much her thing. the show was established during the second world war by guards officers who were convalescing from war wounds at windsor, and they started it mainly to amuse princess elizabeth, as she then was , and her sister princess was, and her sister princess margaret, and they took part in that show, driving a pony and trap and so on. and over the years it grew. i must just tell you a little anecdote, which i've never told before , which i've never told before, which shows how far we've come. at one time, i had to attend the show almost every year, and one year i was invited with my wife to a marquee where the queen was giving a reception. after the show, and we'd only just stepped inside the marquee when a woman came in and she said, can i stand here? would it be all right if i stood with you? are you okay? can i stand here? and

she was utterly shaking, and it was mrs. parker bowles, and it was mrs. parker bowles, and it was the first time ever she'd beenin was the first time ever she'd been in a room or a space where the queen was, and she said , the queen was, and she said, will she come over here? will she come over to see us? and i said, i'm not going over there. and if you stay here, i'm sure she won't come over here. and that was the very first time. it was the introduction of mrs. parker bowles into the royal presence. and that was 11 years before prince charles, as he then was married, mrs. parker bowles at windsor in 2005. so that shows how far we've come . that shows how far we've come. now. she's very much the help and stay at and very much, a great comfort to her husband, who looked so happy yesterday and it was great to see that it was. >> and michael, whilst we've got you just wanted to ask you about the king's visit to the cancer centre, i believe it was on tuesday , we were quite struck tuesday, we were quite struck really by his warmth towards the patients there and holding their hands , and just a real sign of hands, and just a real sign of quite how human he is.

>> i think it was terrific . quite how human he is. >> i think it was terrific. i think the pictures were extremely moving . i mean, they extremely moving. i mean, they those two there have got something in common and another thing which i think is important, the king has his treatment alone, of course, with the best specialist , but i'm not the best specialist, but i'm not quite sure where it happens at a hospital somewhere or in a consulting room. these guys all have their treatment together and they have a community, and they bake cakes for each other and they talk to each other. and suddenly the king and i think you can see it going through his mind there. he's realising this is what's happening all the time, and they're suffering in exactly the same way as he is, because it's a very traumatic thing, having this treatment as it's ongoing and as you say, ellie, it was really, really wonderful pictures. and, he's done a terrific amount by coming, being candid about his condition. it's made people check themselves. it's made people, contribute to charities. it's made people think about

this very much more. you know, when i was when i was a kid, people didn't dare to say the word cancer . it people didn't dare to say the word cancer. it was like a taboo in case you actually got it yourself . and there we are. we yourself. and there we are. we see him with the queen, who's also taking a very brilliant part in all of this. so you know, from a what could be a catastrophe , good comes and catastrophe, good comes and people with great courage and bravery and commitment face up to it. and apparently, i'm told 1 in 3 of us at some stage in our lives will encounter cancer. a terrible statistic. but the king is showing really what he's doing is showing leadership, and that's what only he can do. there's only one head of state, and we're lucky enough to have him . king charles the third. him. king charles the third. >> yes. no. quite agree. >> yes. no. quite agree. >> quite agree. michael, i think that figures 1 in 2. now actually. is it really? it's 50% of us. >> yeah. shocking >> yeah. shocking >> which is, it is appalling,

isn't it? and michael, >> which is, it is appalling, isn't it? and michael , really isn't it? and michael, really good to see you. thanks very much indeed. >> thank you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now, do stay with us because we'll be going through the sport with aidan. what's coming up? >> well, a very good morning to you all. jurgen klopp. the liverpool boss won't go quietly. he's called 1230 kick offs a crime against football down the road. old trafford meanwhile, new owner sir jim ratcliffe lays down the law to his new staff. ipswich town can seal promotion to the premier league today and there's the world championship snooker semi—finals to look forward to. more later

i >> -- >> now aidan magee is with us for all the sport this morning. and complaints already comply. it's already this time from jurgen klopp against me. no, no, no, as if, as if as if he'd be up this early. i know to watch. he's moaning about. >> i want you to steady on.

steady on. because i know you're going to be gushing with sympathy for jurgen klopp going to be gushing with sympathy forjurgen klopp and with liverpool. but look, he is. it's easy to describe really, what he's going through. i think that he's realised that there's nothing in this season now for liverpool. they're going to finish in the champions league, but they're out of the title race. they won the carabao cup, they're out of the fa cup. they lost to manchester united in the quarter finals. they're out of europe of course, because they lost to atalanta. now it's almost open season forjurgen almost open season for jurgen klopp . they're normally quite klopp. they're normally quite considered in their press conferences these managers, because the scrutiny is so high around the world, especially in the social media era . but he's the social media era. but he's taken aim at the tv companies, the tv companies who , i might the tv companies who, i might add, pay his very significant wages as they do for all footballers. this includes bt, who are now known as tnc and sky and overseas broadcasters, etc. and overseas broadcasters, etc. and he said that liverpool have more have had more 1230 kick offs than anybody else. and he said that this impacts performance. it impacts the health of the players. i thought that the quotes were a little bit melodramatic. i'll read them to you. you said i had a

discussion the other day with my colleagues from my favourite tv channel, which i'll never watch again, tnt and he said they dare to give you thursday, sunday, wednesday, saturday 1230. it's a crime. and that's why the daily star have gone with the with the headune star have gone with the with the headline crime time tv. and he said i was waiting for amnesty international to go to them. and he's saying to them, look, don't make this intuition said that he could have got away with it. yes, possibly . but then he goes yes, possibly. but then he goes on to say, and he's quite, quite a little bit more kind of, you know, stepping back from the situation, adding a bit of wisdom to the whole debate. and he said, this is just a little bit of advice from an old man on the way out. i mean, he's not even 60 yet, so i don't think that's considerably old. however, he's very passionate about these kick off times . he about these kick off times. he thinks that it's an imposition on players. there is science that backs it up . the less or that backs it up. the less or the lesser the preparation time for players, the more susceptible they are to injuries. they often wear a vest now in training and in matches where it tells you it can tell the physios and the sports science team whether in the red zone, if they're more likely to

get injuries, they're more likely to be in that red zone if they don't have the preparation. so there is a bit of science behind it. he believes that. i mean, you know, i said i said at the top of the hour or the top of this, this, this piece. and i said that it's about the money that they get. they get huge amounts of money. the deal is worth a total of £8 billion over a number of seasons. but jurgen klopp said, look, it's a partnership . you know they they partnership. you know they they get out, they get plenty of money out of this. it's not like tnt and sky not faring very well. we're all doing well out of it, but it has to be a partnership. they can't just be the squeezer. that's his his word. so all right, you can joke about the sympathy to the players and everything. we can joke about their schedule. but i do believe there's a little bit of science backing this up as well, should we talk about man u. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yes. new boss went in there, what, a few months ago now when the takeover was ratified, ratcliffe's takeover ratified ratcliffe's takeover ratified ratcliffe . ratcliffe. >> if i'd you should have said. >> if i'd you should have said. >> yeah i know. well, yeah. i didn't have much enough time to work on it unfortunately, but i was i was up too early. yeah so he's gone into manchester united. he's doing an audit of all the facilities that involves taking a tour of old trafford . taking a tour of old trafford. old trafford has been criticised in recent times. it was this

stellar domestic or international even or certainly european, venue for football over a number of years. it's still the biggest, with the exception of wembley. but lots of criticism that it's been falling apart. he went to the training ground, which was again a state of the art facility in the area of alex ferguson and alex ferguson. is this it comes back to him again. he left 11 years ago. i remember going there. he used to walk around that place . he used to strike that place. he used to strike fear into everybody in that building. not always, you know, not not. so they couldn't do their work or anything, but just it made you realise that standards had to be upheld. yeah. ratcliffe has gone in there this week and he has sent an email to hundreds of staff. and i think he knows that it was going to be leaked to the media. and he's he's criticised the untidiness of the place. he said that there has been a low there have been there are low standards all over. i wouldn't standards allover. i wouldn't even expect these standards or these low standards at petrochemicals firm where you would expect some, some waste to be to be lying around and he's laid down a marker. he's basically said to the staff, many of whom i think might go in the summer because they're looking to cut back. and i think that he's, he's, he's laying down and saying, look, this is

things are going to change around here in future. i wouldn't have put all these billions of pounds into this club unless things are going to switch. and the chemical, the chemical company analogy was very interesting because he should get a reaction, shouldn't he? >> oh, give over , give over. >> oh, give over, give over. let's talk about the shrink here and wilson. yes that's right. >> so look the semi—finals are going on now. it's not great for snooker that they have these players who are relatively unknown . we've seen john higgins unknown. we've seen john higgins eliminated. we've seen judd trump, a former champion , trump, a former champion, another former champion eliminated the stellar name of course in snooker, ronnie o'sullivan, out of it as well. but in terms of the semi—finals , but in terms of the semi—finals, they're ongoing at the minute. kyren wilson 1410 up against david gilbert, stuart bingham is drawing eight eight with jack jones and i was thinking if stuart bingham is on the table for a long period of time, then his opponents anneliese jack jones in the corner, isn't he ? jones in the corner, isn't he? >> oh goodness, i've been working on that one too long. >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry. get out i am, i'm on way. all right. >> yeah . so we'll see you. >> yeah. so we'll see you. >> we'll see you in an hour. >> we'll see you in an hour. >> thanks again. >> thanks again. >> now, please stay with us. we're going to be going through the papers next with winston davis and suzanne evans.

welcome back to breakfast. let's take a look at some of the newspaper front pages this morning. and the guardian leads with what looks like the conservatives worst election results in decades. >> they say the independent has rishi sunak agonising wait to find out who is going to be the next mayor of the west midlands. it's not even mentioned london. >> no. >> no. >> the mirror celebrates a potential reunion between king charles and prince harry as soon as next week. >> telegraph quoting the pm as he defiantly says his party have everything to fight for. >> and the express leads with rishi sunak seeing off threats to oust him after securing key tory successes in the local elections. >> all right, let's talk to social campaigner winston davis and political commentator suzanne evans. good morning to

you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> morning telegraph winston this blood scandal i mean i can't believe it's been going on for so many decades, decades, decades. >> so this started in the late 80s. thousands of thousands of people were who were haemophiliacs, were infected with infected blood that was bought from the us. and that blood was blood that came from gay men. drug addicts and sex workers . and then from that, workers. and then from that, people have then got, hiv , people have then got, hiv, hepatitis c, and baroness campbell of surbiton, her husband, her late husband. he died as a result of it. he was 1987. he got the blood and treatment for haemophilia and he was then diagnosed with hiv. after getting married within six months of being married, he was told he was going to die, and six years later he succumbed to it. and what she's, campaigning for is telling the surviving victims of this should be getting their payouts sooner

than the people that have actually passed away, and it's just dragging their heels on it, yeah. so many people have died already, haven't they? >> it is a national scandal. i feel like it's not in the public consciousness as much as perhaps the post office scandal. yes. >> well, it's interesting you mentioned the post office scandal because. because i'm thinking here. so basically the government's been ordered to pay compensation but hasn't done so. so it obviously does need to get a move on. but i do wonder why is the government having to pay compensation and not the company in the us that supplied this, this contaminated blood very similar to the post office scandal. you know, the government's paying out compensation , but why not fujitsu. >> well, they're trying to claim it back from fujitsu. aren't they. >> that's they are. and i think it should be the same in this case myself . case myself. >> yes. now i think that's a very valid point. >> yeah, they probably are. they probably are. the nhs are probably are. the nhs are probably going to go back or government going to go back to the us company to try and claim the us company to try and claim the money back, but actually it's, you know, it's the nhs who have provided the blood and, and it's the government that's going to have to carry out that, that

full, can we have a look at donald trump's spending plans for defence? suzanne. this is on telegraph as well. actually this morning . yes. if he wins in morning. yes. if he wins in november he wants to force nato members to spend more. i think that's right. >> he wants to force nato members to increase defence spending to 3% of gdp. if he wins a second term in the white house, which is looking rather likely. and i think in principle this is a good proposal . i don't this is a good proposal. i don't feel myself that the world's been a more dangerous place than it was since i was a teenager, when you had the threat of the cold war and russia pushing the nuclear button, and it almost feels like we're back there again, you know, you've got so many global conflict now, major global conflicts. you've got smaller ones as well, regional conflicts. but we've got china agitating, we've got russia , agitating, we've got russia, appalling tragedies happening on appalling tragedies happening on a daily basis in the middle east. and i think there's never perhaps been a time when defence spending needs to be more taken more seriously . more seriously. >> really? >> really? >> well, do you know what? in

principle, it's a good idea? >> yeah, absolutely, i think so. >> yeah, absolutely, i think so. >> it's the reality of it. you're talking you're saying to countries that are really underspending like, i don't know. no, it's francis germany doing quite bad. >> i think very few countries in europe actually are spending the, the 2.5% and sort of saying, well, how do you how do you force people to make those sort of economic choices ? sort of economic choices? >> well, you can't affect all of their policies. yeah. >> you can't. but what is interesting is that since trump's first term in the white house, many countries did actually meet their nato spending targets for the first time. so whether you like him or loathe them, the fact is he has already shown his influence on this matter and, well, may very well continue to do so if he gets the opportunity, simply because he says we'll pull out of nato. >> if you don't, he does. >> if you don't, he does. >> but you know, sometimes, sometimes you need a bit of stick as well as carrot. >> don't you? i mean, and yeah, as i say, not everybody likes trump. but i think in terms of actually there was never a war with america while he was in office, everyone said, oh,

trump's terrible. there's going to be wars. actually, he did the exact opposite. and he did it partly in a sense, by pushing pushing people's not the big red buttons, but pushing people's buttons, but pushing people's buttons and saying, buttons, but pushing people's buttons and saying , look, guys, buttons and saying, look, guys, you need to you need to deal with this. you need to up the stakes here. and whether you might not like his methods, the fact is he got results. >> okay. let's have a look winston shall we. at guardian page 12. this is a hero's sword fan thanking the nhs for saving his life . his life. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so on tuesday , sweet innocent >> so on tuesday, sweet innocent 14 year old boy was killed on the streets of, of east london and just before he was killed, this guy henry apolloni, palani anna, he's 35 years old, was stabbed in his house and had lacerations to his hand, and he's thanked the emergency services and the nhs for, you know, coming to, to help and for his, you know, to support him. but i've got a little bit of a

challenge with this story because it's like he says, you know, here, hero sword victim , know, here, hero sword victim, attack victim. thanks, nhs. and it's right . attack victim. thanks, nhs. and it's right. he is a hero. he saved his family. he's fought off this killer. but we've seen the last couple of days some other headlines which refer to the boy as sword lad , you know. the boy as sword lad, you know. yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. there was a tiny little section on the left hand side of the sun, which said sword family pays tribute to sword lad. tiny little bit. and on the front and the front and centre was a story which has no relevance. and it's like, hang on a minute, this is a i've got a 14 year old boy, i've got 14 year old nephew and to refer to my sword lad as if he could have been the one carrying the sword is disgraceful. it is disgrace and it's like, who is the person that's looking at these? these who can write these headlines? it's disgusting. >> yeah, that is disgusting . i >> yeah, that is disgusting. i mean, honestly, honestly, it's what i hadn't seen that i have to say. >> well, i'm afraid we're out of time for this hour. winston davis and susan evans , thank you

davis and susan evans, thank you very much indeed. should we have a little look at the weather now? >> well, i think we probably should, because it's a bank holiday, which means it's going to be grim. twas ever thus raining. yeah. here's aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast. a very mixed weekend ad varying from place to place and from day to day. as far as the weather is concerned. yeah, there'll be some showery rain around, but there'll also be some warm sunny spells. the best of the sunshine this morning. southern parts of england, south wales and the northwest of scotland. a fresh start, but with the sunshine temperatures soon rising , those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures as they rise could set off a few sharp showers in the south—east as well as for northern scotland. but elsewhere a lot of cloud cover, outbreaks of rain continuing for northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england and north wales, and feeling cool under that blanket of cloud but warm in the sunny spells in the south

and the northwest of scotland . and the northwest of scotland. eventually, through the evening, the cloud across central parts moves north into much of scotland and continues to affect northern ireland and northern england. further south. some clear spells for a time, a few mist and fog patches developing by dawn but thickening cloud arrives into the southwest corner and some outbreaks of rain for cornwall. so we start off sunday with best of the sunshine across the midlands. wales east anglia and the south east and that window of fine weather gradually moves north into parts of northern england , into parts of northern england, perhaps northern ireland, by the afternoon. but for much of scotland, other parts of northern ireland and northern england will see a few showers, whilst some more persistent rain begins to edge into the far south, warm in any sunny spells. highs into the high teens that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sperm . boilers sperm. >> answers of weather on

to fight for as a nation waits for what some are warning could be shocking mayoral results . be shocking mayoral results. >> despite gaining 170 new council seats, labour's stance on gaza triggers a surprise defeat in oldham. could it be a warning to an election ready starmer? >> king charles. his wish comes true as it looks like harry is going to visit his dad next week and despite it being may, the rain looks set to stay . rain looks set to stay. >> it's fair to say the weather this weekend will be very mixed , this weekend will be very mixed, varying from place to place and from day to day. i'll have the full details in the forecast

coming up soon. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. >> views coming through thick and fast this morning. >> i've got one on petrol prices. oh, go on talking about that in the papers a little bit earlier on talking about the postcode lottery of petrol prices. lesley cooper's been in touch saying morning, stephen and ellie. i live in the uae where petrol prices cost the same at every petrol station, which the price at the price is adjusted monthly in accordance with market fluctuations . love, with market fluctuations. love, lesley. yeah, maybe that's the way to go. well . i lesley. yeah, maybe that's the way to go. well. i think lesley. yeah, maybe that's the way to go. well . i think there way to go. well. i think there should be. >> well, i suppose if there's uniformity though, then that takes away competition, which obviously, you know, it's healthy. >> competition is no bad thing. >> competition is no bad thing. >> but there should be there should be a i don't know how you deal with it, but the fact that the prices are so varied, you

just feel like you're being conned by them. david cunningham says , all countries in nato says, all countries in nato should be paying 2% of their gdp for defence. many do not do this. trump is correct . there's this. trump is correct. there's well, there's a lot that don't do it. no, i don't know how you force people to because it's the i mean, look at us. we're upping it to 2.5% in the next how many years at the end of the decade. end of the 2030. >> yeah, which is so it's taking us another six years to up it to 2.5. so you can't just demand . 2.5. so you can't just demand. >> it seems to be a big ask, doesn't it? >> i do, so i think everyone should pay their way. >> yes. and, lots of people getting in touch. we should also. happy star wars day. >> oh, yes. may the 4th be with you. >> may the 4th be with you. if you are one that celebrates, which i assume you are. no, i never pay much attention to it. >> oh, do you not? >> oh, do you not? >> that's actually surprises me. you should love star wars. i do like star wars. you like star trek? >> i like anything with stars in it and spaceships. i don't know, don't we know? but i don't get,

you know, i don't go around saying, may the force be with you.reuef saying, may the force be with you. relief. because i'm not that much of a geek in public. in public. there you go. right now, it's going to be a busy day, actually, on the politics front, because although you thought it was all over yesterday, it wasn't. we've still got councils to declare, plus we've got mayoral election results coming through today as well. >> yes. prime minister rishi sunak has said the conservative tvs have everything to fight for as his party celebrate a win in tees valley. >> well, despite that, the conservatives are predicted once all the final counts in to have lost as many as half of their councillors . so we should get councillors. so we should get that final figure either later on this afternoon, perhaps tomorrow morning. >> well, joining us now is the former mayor of middlesbrough, andy preston. very good to see you this morning andy. very interesting. you might have just heard there rishi sunak saying that the conservatives have got everything to fight for. it seems to be pinning all of his hopes on ben houchen and the results that we saw yesterday in tees valley . tees valley. >> hi, ellie. hello, stephen.

yeah, he did . rishi sunak said yeah, he did. rishi sunak said that everything to fight for. no i'm afraid that they don't. i think that the result in the tees valley is the only glimmer of hope they have. but it's really a false one. ben houchen won that election because he's ben houchen and people are pleased with what he's done. not because he's a tory. so they were in the tees valley in spite of being being a tory rather than because of it. him being a tory. so, so i think yesterday was a really bleak day for the tories. the opinion polls look right and it's curtains for them all, i'm afraid, at the end of the year, when we have our election, what is going wrong? >> do you think? what's your assessment? >> i think the biggest single factor is time. >> they've been in power a long time. people don't feel that their lives are better. they feel pessimistic about the future. you know, in politics, people want hope. they want to believe that even if it's tough, that the future will be better and nobody feels that way, whether it's the nhs or the potholes in the roads or or tax,

everybody is down and thinks it's going to get worse. so the numbers time is up for the tories. i'm very confident. i put a bet on a year ago that labour would win, and i'm really hopeful that i'll get my payout, so i think things look bleak, the mayoral elections are really interesting because these, these roles are massive. you know, if you live in the west midlands or in the tees valley, your regional mayor, andy street or ben houchen is as famous as the prime minister and more famous than the cabinet members . it's than the cabinet members. it's a really important symbolic role, regional mayors are usually re—elected, so it's not a surprise in some ways that they are being re—elected. but but these guys are getting in in spite of them being tories rather than because they're tories . so. so the hope that tories. so. so the hope that rishi sunak is spreading about these two glimmers of light. it's false. i'm afraid. and the numbers the games are . numbers the games are. >> it's really interesting that you say that about the mayoral races, because we've heard this, haven't we, from mayors saying that this is a lot about the

personal vote. it's about their personalities. it's about their names that people know and come to respect and come to like. but we were talking yesterday, weren't we, about actually is this country heading more towards a presidential system where you're looking at the, the, the leaders of the parties, you're looking at sir keir starmer, you're looking at rishi sunak. and people care less and less about the local election vote. and all they care about really is who's going to get the keys to number 10. >> yeah, i think that's true. i think presidential style politics is coming. i think the regional mayors, in a strange way, although they're local, are actually helping that they become big figures, a bit like governors in the usa, where they're looking after a state and they're seen as a as a kind of presidential figure. but it's about the qualities, the integrity, the energy of the person involved in politics now. and people are still voting largely along party lines, but the influence of political parties is diminishing all the time. and you need someone who is got that star factor, got the energy, got the drive, and they win confidence, whether it's trump in the states, or people

here, i'm not i'm not endorsing donald trump, by the way. but i am saying it's the character of the person that's becoming increasingly important when it comes to things like regional mayors and perhaps even more importantly, police and crime commissioners. >> do we think we should take it out of the political sphere in a way? i mean, when you when you were when you were mayor, you were when you were mayor, you were you stood as an independent, is that actually important way forward so people can actually process what needs to be done on the local level without it becoming this party political battle? >> yeah, that's a really good question. actually. i think that being independent gives you certain strengths and that's really good. being independent also gives you, some vulnerability. you don't have a team, you don't have a support network, and you can't win stand attacks from, from political parties. i think that increasingly, local politics should be less about national issues. and we've seen that, though, haven't we, with andy street in the west midlands , street in the west midlands, andy burnham in labour for

labourin andy burnham in labour for labour in manchester and ben houchen for the tories and in tees valley , we've seen that tees valley, we've seen that local politicians, they might belong to a national party, but they're really only talking about the local issues, championing local people and local issues. so i think we're moving away from a national picture, which is healthy , is picture, which is healthy, is good. sadly, i don't think we'll see many independent politicians for the foreseeable future, but we are waiting on a number of, mayoral results today . mayoral results today. >> we should hear them by the end of today. what are your predictions, if you have any. >> so, so what i said was a while ago that labour would probably take north yorkshire, which they did. >> i was confident that andy street would lose, but it seems that actually the, the, the muslim vote in the west midlands, with a protest against the gaza situation is backing an alternative candidate, fracturing the labour vote. so andy street is going to get in, in my opinion, there by the skin of his teeth in spite of being a

tory, not because he's a tory and ben houchen was re—elected because he has a strong personal brand, but also labour ran a really bad campaign . what labour really bad campaign. what labour did locally was they picked a candidate who was old school, old style, and they really tried to fight it on national issues. they tried to present a national picture and the people in teesside weren't interested. they wanted a local person that would fight for them and talk about local issues with local passion, so that corroborates what we were saying earlier about the importance of the local issue and the decreasing relevance of national issues when it comes to these quasi governors, the metro mayors . so, governors, the metro mayors. so, i think labour are going to do really well. metro mayors, by the way. they're almost always re—elected. they're popular figures. they're seen as father christmas figures. they don't raise taxes, by and large, and they just hand out money for big landmark projects. so the people see them as quasi messiah figures who have the solutions to problems and fund raising things. so they're always very popular. >> okay. really good to talk to

you this morning. thanks very much indeed. and of course, amidst all this, we've got the london mayor, which is which is a sort of separately important job because it's seen i mean, it's odd, isn't it? and often i mean, sadiq khan and the labour party don't always see eye to eye, certainly certainly didn't when jeremy corbyn was in, it's, that's an odd role now of course the for that it was all all the money was on sadiq khan. but susan hall has fought for the conservatives on its anti ulez basically very anti khan. >> yes. >> yes. >> so would that come right down. well i mean only a couple of days ago the tories were sort of days ago the tories were sort of saying oh we, we, we might just have nudged it over the line with this one. everyone's rowing back a little bit now, but it will be interesting to see i think it might be quite well, might be tight. >> it's a two horse race. that's for sure, isn't it? and it could be a very close one. we'll have all those results for you across

the day on gb news to do. >> stay with us now, rachel. passengers face days of disruption again, because they're going to be engineering works and industrial action getting underway. >> yes, but that's not all traffic jams clogging up our motorways. millions of drivers face bank holiday delays . face bank holiday delays. >> well, earlier we spoke to travel guru simon calder . travel guru simon calder. >> it's going to be a headache for anyone trying to get out and about this bank holiday weekend. >> it certainly is. shall we start on the railways? i happened to be at munich hauptbahnhof, the main station in southern germany. everything you'll be glad to know. working very well indeed. but i'm afraid that's absolutely not the picture. in significant parts of the uk in particular, as you say, the engineering work that is going to be causing problems, particularly on various parts of the west coast main line, that's the west coast main line, that's the one which connects london euston with the west midlands, north—west england, southern scotland and you'll find that

today coventry is pretty much cut off from the rest of the world. the line is interrupted between birmingham international and rugby , tomorrow it's going and rugby, tomorrow it's going to get, significantly worse because london euston to milton keynesis because london euston to milton keynes is going to be closed . keynes is going to be closed. there's also work going on in the crewe area around liverpool and also, just on the other side of the country, cambridge is having lots of work done. so wherever you're travelling you need to find out how things are going. but yes, on monday , the going. but yes, on monday, the third summer of industrial action by train drivers belonging to the aslef union begins. we're going to see six days of an overtime ban, the way that the railways are organised means that there's going to be some quite substantial cancellations of trains and then we're going to have three rolling strikes tuesday . it's rolling strikes tuesday. it's mostly the london commuter services , which are going to be

services, which are going to be hit wednesday. most intercity lines and then thursday it's the north of england in the focus , north of england in the focus, transpennine express. northern won't be running any trains and lner will only have a skeleton service on its main route from edinburgh via newcastle and yorkshire to london. >> oh, just don't go anywhere really. don't go. i don't know why anyone goes anywhere on a bank holiday. >> well, i would say go sit in your garden, but it's horrid weather as well. so sorry , maybe weather as well. so sorry, maybe just sit in a watch. gb news i think that's probably the answer, isn't it? yeah. >> jeremy cox has been in touch, sees 12th wedding anniversary today. his beautiful wife, deborah. i love her more than even deborah. i love her more than ever. oh, that's so lovely. happy anniversary. >> happy anniversary. it's a nice day, isn't it? for an anniversary. 4th of may, is it? i think so, i think may is just a nice month, isn't it? well, you've got wedding anniversary in may. >> yeah, well, it is a nice month. >> there you go, i approve. yes >> there you go, i approve. yes >> well, thanks. thank you very

much. and i'm sure jeremy and deborah approve that too. yes. >> well. happy anniversary. you too. >> yes. now let's look at some of the stories coming into the newsroom this morning. and the pubuc newsroom this morning. and the public have been warned to avoid hospitals in bristol after a critical incident was reported . critical incident was reported. that's when a ceiling collapsed in a&e, causing a power outage. ten fire engines at the bristol royal infirmary yesterday as patients had to leave after being plunged into darkness. >> the kremlin has accused lord david cameron of a direct escalation of the war in ukraine, after the foreign president told president zelenskyy of ukraine that the country could use british weapons to strike russian targets. in his starkest warning yet during a visit to kyiv, lord cameron said kyiv must defeat russia or else europe faces a very dangerous future and barry manilow has become the latest in a line up of stars affected by tech issues at manchester's new co—op live arena . co—op live arena. >> yet to properly open, it's going to accommodate 23,000

people eventually , but loads of people eventually, but loads of people eventually, but loads of people have had to cancel take that took their concert elsewhere. olivia rodriguez was cancelled. peter kay hasn't been able to perform either. >> it's going to be very miserable out there, i'm afraid. but aidan mcgivern is going to tell us more. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast. a very mixed weekend , varying from mixed weekend, varying from place to place and from day to day. as far as the weather is concerned. yeah, there'll be some showery rain around, but there'll also be some warm sunny spells. the best of the sunshine this morning. southern parts of england, south wales and the northwest of scotland. a fresh start, but with the sunshine temperatures soon rising , those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures as they rise could set off a few sharp showers in

the south—east, as well as for northern scotland. but elsewhere a lot of cloud cover, outbreaks of rain continuing for northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england and north wales, and feeling cool under that blanket of cloud but warm in the sunny spells in the south and the northwest of scotland . and the northwest of scotland. eventually through the evening, the cloud across central parts moves north into much of scotland and continues to affect northern ireland and northern england. further south, some clear spells for a time, a few mist and fog patches developing by dawn , but thickening cloud by dawn, but thickening cloud arrives into the southwest corner and some outbreaks of rain for cornwall. so we start off sunday with best of the sunshine across the midlands, wales, east anglia and the south east. and that window of fine weather gradually moves north into parts of northern england , into parts of northern england, perhaps northern ireland, by the afternoon. but for much of scotland, other parts of northern ireland and northern england will see a few showers, whilst some more persistent rain begins to edge into the far south, warm in any sunny spells.

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channel. >> no. gavin and stacey looks set for a bit of a comeback. i've never seen it. >> you have missed out. >> you have missed out. >> i know, but of course i've heard of it. because it was. it was huge and old, what's she called? ruth jones. >> yes, genius. >> yes, genius. >> i see she's very good. i've just been watching her recently in fat friends. >> so you'd like it a lot? >> so you'd like it a lot? >> i probably would, you see? >> i probably would, you see? >> yeah. there you go. very, very good. but it's back, so hayley palmer is here to tell us all about it. morning, hayley. >> good morning. it's great to be here. and i cannot believe, stephen, that you have not seen gavin and stacey. we need to change that for you. >> okay? >> okay? >> we'll get on it. honestly,

it's just one of those shows that you watch it and it just makes you feel really good. it's very relatable and they're national treasures. i'm so glad it's coming back. i don't usually like christmas, but now it's coming back christmas day. i can't wait. >> oh, is that when it is christmas day? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> so we've got a while to wait yet. yeah. >> and i actually saw an interview with larry lamb on loose women and he said it's never coming back, but he lied to us because it is. and we're so excited. and there was so much great reaction on instagram and twitter yesterday. i just think it's brilliant. there they are. and i want to know, i mean, are. and i want to know, i mean, are gavin and stacey still together? yeah, what's happened since? because there was a cliff—hanger the last time we saw it. where nessa proposed to smithy. so we want to know if he said yes. and also what happens on the fishing trip is the big question. do you think we're going to get any of those answers? >> hayley? >> hayley? >> i think we are, because they know what the nation needs and what i need in my life. i need answers, and they're teased us,

haven't they? >> with this image on instagram. so they held up the script, didn't they? >> the finale. so this really is it? >> no, this really is it. now, but i just think it's brilliant. like for me, it is just one of those shows that just makes me laugh. i forget about everything when i watch it and like i say, it's going to make our christmas for 2024, well, jolly good. >> they know what the people want. yes, definitely . shall we want. yes, definitely. shall we talk about, co—op live arena and all the problems going on that have plagued it ? have plagued it? >> i know it's really disappointing, isn't it, because there's been so many shows cancelled, i don't actually know what is going on. i've tried to investigate it, and it just seems that there is technical issues, but i guess they have to put health and safety first, don't they, at these like, massive arenas, however, i do think the fans come first and it is really good that they've been able to find a different venue, where they can actually still do the concerts because, you know, these days, ticket prices are super expensive, aren't they? we're talking like hundreds of pounds and people travel and,

you know, get hotels and stuff. so it is good that people can go to a different venue, but hopefully the issues would be resolved. but speaking of concerts, i don't know if you saw in the paper today it's headune saw in the paper today it's headline news, that there was a guy that was singing in the bar last night, and half an hour he had to stand in for olly murs because olly murs cancelled his. his flight was cancelled . his flight was cancelled. >> well you're joking. yeah. >> well you're joking. yeah. >> his name's daniel rooney and he's one to watch. i mean, he must be a mega star now. i mean, his influence following must be huge , he had half an hour huge, he had half an hour notice, but sometimes i think that might be the best thing. yeah it doesn't have to think about it. otherwise. you're like, oh, gosh, i don't know if i can do it. so yeah. olly murs was supporting take that. olly murs has never missed a gig supporting. >> well hold on. so this guy who was just playing in a bar then ends up supporting take that? yes. >> and if i was him, i'd be like, i want to go back on tonight. i'd get a taste for it. i'd be like, right, this is it now. but i really hope that it

is one of those success stories where he goes on to bigger and better things. i mean, apparently he was discovered by ross king, who's the good morning britain showbiz correspondent, and he spotted him in the bar and he said, oh, i know who would be a good replacement. and that's how it happened. i just think that is such a brilliant story. and good on daniel rudy. i mean, it must have been absolutely terrifying. but you know what? we want to see new talent break through and i'm absolutely rooting for him. do you know who him. >> do you know who that happened to before? hey oddly enough, billy fury. wow. billy fury back in the 40s. he was huge. he was like a proper megastar. and he went to see, who did we have on the show? marty wilde , marty the show? marty wilde, marty wilde, in the sort of back in the 40s legend, 50s. it must have been. or early 60s, and this marty wilde's manager said, oh, you sound good. literally pushed him onto the stage. >> yeah, sometimes. >> yeah, sometimes. >> and he was he was a megastar. >> and he was he was a megastar. >> i mean, sometimes you kind of manifesting it. you're in the right time, the right place. and you know, that is that's a great story. and big up to marty

wilde, who i think is in his 80s now and he's still on tour. oh five i've been round to his house to film with the wild for a cup of tea. kim's garden. she's a keen gardener. oh yeah, they're a great family, a super talented family. the whole wilde. so they're all musicians is, so big up to them for sure. and we talk about baby reindeer because the drama continues. have you seen it, ellie? i have well, dean in the office said to me, you need to watch baby reindeer. and i thought it was some kind of cute little nice show, so i'm still traumatised. stephen, i need counselling after that. have you seen it? >> no. >> no. >> a seven part netflix series which you need to watch. this bank holiday. which you need to watch. this bank holiday . as well as gavin bank holiday. as well as gavin and stacey. >> i've got a lot to do. got a lot going on this weekend. >> homework, now this is based on a true story, and that's what i find quite horrifying. it is dark. it has twists , but my dark. it has twists, but my goodness, i can't stop thinking about it. i'm absolutely hooked. i might have to watch it for a second time. >> i've heard people doing that. actually. >> i know we need to get a life, but honestly, it just gets you.

and what's really interesting is that people have actually tracked down the real life, stalker. yeah. >> so if people who haven't seen it, should we explain what it's about? >> yeah. so it's about a guy that's working in the bar in london. he's a comedian, and, he's just, you know, living his best life in london. but he one day finds this lady in the bar and she says to him, oh, i can't afford a cup of tea. and he says, oh, i'll give you a cup of tea on the house, she says she's a lawyer, but things don't quite add up. and then before you know, it, she is sending huge amounts of texts, huge amounts of emails. and apparently those emails that you see in the show are the emails that they actually had a real life and in the language is slightly off and it's, oh, it's haunting. it really is. but i've got to say, the actress that plays martha, i think she is absolutely phenomenal. >> i mean, yes, and she's a breakout star, isn't she? she is. yeah. >> i mean, apparently she has beenin >> i mean, apparently she has been in quite a few things. you know, they say it takes ten years to be an overnight success, but you know, this really is her big break. and he

really is her big break. and he really wanted for her that role. and apparently she got her makeup artist friend to make her look older and really, like, appropriate for the part. but she really . plays that character she really. plays that character well because i couldn't take my eyes off her. she's absolutely fascinating. and, yeah, like i say, i think i need counselling after watching it. >> right. >> right. >> well, that's another one to add to the list. >> you're going to be busy. you're busy. a lot of homework, h ayley. >> hayley. >> thank you very much. we'll see you later on. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> yes, you do need to watch that. it's very good. very, very good. let us know if you've watched it. actually. gbnews.com slash your. >> say i'm busy watching something with billy bob thornton. it yes. >> you were telling me about billy bob thornton yesterday, remember? >> yeah. oh yes. >> yeah. oh yes. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, we went for our breakfast. oh we did have we had a breakfast meeting yesterday. >> we did yesterday. >> we did yesterday. >> and i ordered. very well. you less so. >> it was very tasty. there was just not much of it. >> go to my instagram story and you can see what we're talking about. yes but you said it was very nice. so that's good. >> very very tasty. >> very very tasty.

>> he was very back to the appetite at the mcdonald's on the way home. >> did you. >> did you. >> yeah, right. we've got the something you do actually, we've got the sport coming up with

>> time for the sport. this morning at 833 with aiden. good morning, luton town . they were morning, luton town. they were hoping for a bit of a lifeline, weren't they? yesterday didn't quite get it. they were? yeah. i mean, look, let's. >> let's look at what they had to do last night. i mean, everton were already safe from earlier in the week. had looked a few weeks ago as if that was going to be the relegations. six points, that we were expecting. it didn't turn out like that. but luton town did get a draw. they they almost equalised late on, but that is probably , if on, but that is probably, if you're looking at it mathematically or looking at dispassionately, just standing back and look at the points situation alone, notwithstanding what actually happened in the game, you would think now that it's probably probably over for luton. you would think, however ,

luton. you would think, however, for nottingham forest in action today, it's going to be difficult because you know, steven, we've still got these points deductions that have yet to be handed down. it's very unfair. there are livelihoods at stake here at and it means throw the whole table off without doubt. and so i mean everton, everton have had points deductions then , then they've deductions then, then they've had they got a couple back and then had another points deduction. and so you know, how do you how do you plan around that. i mean if you're signing players for next season and they don't know if you're going to be in the division, we're already in the division, we're already in may. you know you have a huge if you're trying to do deals with players from like january onwards in with a view to signing players for the following season, then i think you're in real trouble because players aren't going to come to you if they don't know what division you're going to be in. also, luton town went up to the premier league and they said it was going to be worth a quarter of £1 billion. to them. that is life changing money over a ten, 15 year period. that's generational transformation. financially to build a stadium. now, they don't know what division they're going to be in next season because of nottingham forest point situation. so it needs to be deau situation. so it needs to be dealt with. surely when they

know, when they know this is coming down the road as far back as months ago, it needs to be deau as months ago, it needs to be dealt with a bit quicker. it's unfair. it needs to be an interval in the year where points deductions are handed out. hopefully we won't too see many more. >> no, what else we got for us, aiden, well, let's look at ipswich town, because they're in a similar position to luton last year looking at promotion. they need a point today against huddersfield who are already mathematically not mathematically not mathematically relegated but almost there. and it would be a huge, huge thing just as it was for luton last year. you're talking hundreds of millions of poundsin talking hundreds of millions of pounds in the coffers. ipswich is a is a town which hasn't seen premier league football for 22 years. this was the club who had bobby robson. >> everyone's heard of ipswich town. >> they have. well they were a famous club. i mean they punched above their weight. i mean they've won the league championship back in the early 60s. i think it was. they won the ea. 60s. i think it was. they won the fa cup in the 80s. they won the fa cup as well back in 78. i think it was. and so but they had bobby robson, they had sir alf ramsey who won won the, the 66 world cup with england, a tremendous football history . and tremendous football history. and they're almost like a legacy club without being in the premier league . and i love going premier league. and i love going

there. one of the first jobs i did was go to ipswich and cover them, and they were very hospitable. they loved the media turn up, they loved journalists and they looked at their history and they looked at their history a lot. you'd go down the corridors and you'd see everything up on the wall, everything up on the wall, everything they'd done, all the newspaper cuttings. it will be great to have them back in the premier league, and it's good to have a club from from east anglia as well, but they have to perform today. they have to at least get a point at home to huddersfield. otherwise that opens the door to leeds united, who of course were beaten last week at qpr and that scuppered their, their chances. but we'll have more on ipswich tomorrow if they get up. i don't want to jinx them too much, but it'd be a wonderful story if they managed to get over the line today and a huge story for kieran mckenna. kieran mckenna came through. he was the manager or he is the manager. he came through the youth coach. he was a youth development manager at manchester united. how long, how much more success does he have to have before sirjim ratcliffe looks at him and thinks, look, he's a man united kid. he's had huge success taking it because ipswich got promoted last season from league one. you see this is a this would be back to back promotions, an extraordinary achievement not achieved in this country since 2012. and so maybe he's maybe they might look at him and think could he could do

a job at man united. maybe he's not experienced enough but it'd be a hell of a step up. you see, he's around about my age, so he's around about my age, so he's got plenty of life left in him. >> i was gonna say he's a bit too old. >> no, no, he's a bit younger. >> no, no, he's a bit younger. >> he's he's he's in his 30s, right. he's in his 30s. it's an extraordinary. it'll be an extraordinary. it'll be an extraordinary achievement. and the thing is, stephen, they haven't had parachute payments. so that's they haven't been up and down all the time in the premier league from to the championship and getting these money to come, getting all this money to come, getting all this money which floats your boats, your budget which enables you to buy players and it means you just keep going up and going down. they haven't had that for 22 years. so this has all been done organically. it's all been done organically. it's all been done from scratch. it was in a mess. 3 or 4 years ago, ipswich town, when they came down from the premier league. and as i say i know ipswich town quite well. i know ipswich town quite well. i know ipswich town quite well. i know the, you know the area. it would be wonderful for the, for the town if they were to get up to the championship. i'm worth robert hun oh yeah, without a doubt going up. i mean they reckon now promotion. just promotion. this is why the play off final, which is happening next week, or the week after, i think it is. that will be it's bigger than the fa cup final now because of the financial rewards that come with it. it really is

incredible the amount of money they talk about 250 billion, 200, not billion, sorry billion way. no. that's our defence budget. no £250 million to a club to a regional club like thatis club to a regional club like that is enormous. >> oh be nice wouldn't it. >> oh be nice wouldn't it. >> okay. should we talk about the snooker. >> yeah. why not. so i mean i touched on the semi—finals earlier on. i won't go over that again. although they are ongoing today, the big thing is that barry hearn this week, who is the chairman of matchroom or the president of matchroom, who put on the snooker events, he's talking about now , you know, i talking about now, you know, i think the curtains are going to come down at some stage on the crucible, which holds. how many people do you remember? how many people? the crucible, 993 983. oh, i suppose the players invite their family then. then i suppose, to be honest, when you when you actually asked me earlier on, i thought it would be in the thousands. i did as well. i was actually quite surprised. well it has, it's a theatre though isn't it? it's a theatre though isn't it? it's a theatre and so i wouldn't have thought i wouldn't. it's not. at least it's open. i'm like the co—op arena, of course, but having said that, i think they can see a time saudi gets what it wants because they've got this enormous budget, this enormous, enormous public investment funds which basically say we'll have that sport, that sport and that sport. anything's for sale. and barry hearn's concern is his members, as in

the snooker players , and they're the snooker players, and they're going to earn big money if they going to earn big money if they go to saudi. it's been in the doldrums for a number of years now. haven't helped this week, in fact, by the fact that former champions john higgins, judd trump and of course, the stellar name ronnie o'sullivan have been eliminated. so they're left with four players in the semi—finals who aren't particularly well known to an audience outside of snooken >> no, but that's interesting, isn't it? because i suppose you didn't know luke littler, did we? well, exactly. you've got to. you've got to let the new talent come through. maybe that's a good point. >> i'm clinging to the past, too much. >> yeah. you are. yeah. forwards. not backwards. >> yeah, i know , i know. well >> yeah, i know, i know. well that's that's barry hearn's thinking he wants to get i mean i don't think every tournament will go to saudi, but how how long before everything goes there. that's the concern. and i think if you're if you're saudi you're gonna want the world championships, aren't you. and i think it'll be sad, but it'll be sad for we talked about the benefits that ipswich would have going to the premier league. it's not particularly good if sheffield loses that that tournament. but there was talk about the movie out of the crucible 30 years ago. and so, you know it's not a new thing. but i think it's finally going to happen. now the contract runs for another three years. after

that. i think you'll see it decamp oh, okay. >> aidan, thank you very much indeed. >> thanks to you both. thank you. >> good to see you very much. now, do stay with us still to come. we're going to be going through the newspapers with winston davis and suzanne evans. that's

next. welcome back to breakfast. let's take a look at the newspaper front pages this morning. and the guardian leads with what looks like the conservatives worst election results in decades. >> the independent has the prime minister's agonising wait to find out who's going to be the next mayor of the west midlands. will andy street hang on the mirror celebrates a potential reunion between king charles and prince harry as soon as next week. the telegraph has the prime minister defiantly saying his party have everything to fight for. >> the express leads with rishi sunak seeing off threats to oust

him after securing key tory successes in the local elections . well, joining us now to go through the papers this morning is winston davis, the social campaigner and political commentator. campaigner and political commentator . suzanne evans, commentator. suzanne evans, great to see you both this morning . and winston, let's morning. and winston, let's start with you, shall we. and we're talking about parking fees. they are rocketing. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so yeah. so what i've got is, parking. charges have gone up 20, 25% across councils across the country, especially in seaside towns , and you've got seaside towns, and you've got areas like morecambe . where else areas like morecambe. where else we've got in here, morecambe, scarborough, whitby , philly and scarborough, whitby, philly and they've all gone up. it's talking about southend. they're talking about southend. they're talking about southend. they're talking about introducing charges from 6 pm. to 9 pm, which could increase the day charge by 30. yeah, to 30. and they've been accused of profiteering. they've said, oh, now it's to down inflation and putting pressure on our budgets. but the thing is they're saying we're in a cost of living crisis here. these people that . are

here. these people that. are going to the seaside, a lot of people going to the seaside, maybe can't afford a holiday abroad, and it's their time to get away with a family. and here you are, you know, demonising them, trying to, you know, rape them, trying to, you know, rape them of their money. and also local businesses are going to suffer because people say, do you know what? actually i'm not going to go to that place because parking is so high. i'll tell you what annoys me though. >> i mean, morecambe, which is desperate for investment. now, the last thing you want to do is put people off going. >> absolutely. i went to university in lancaster and morecambe, you know, was where a lot of the students went to live because it was cheaper. and it's a really very rundown area. and this isn't going to help at all. but what concerns me is there seems to be across the board, progressively aggressive anti driver policies. you know you've got low traffic neighbourhoods. you've got 20 mile per hour zones. even i was driving on one yesterday and it was a dual carriageway. but 20 miles an houn carriageway. but 20 miles an hour. ridiculous. i'm very anti speeding but that is insane. yeah i think pay per mile is coming in, which frightens me because that means people who are reliant on their cars are going to be penalised. >> that's what sadiq khan is going to do. >> yeah. well let's see if he

gets in. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let's see. we're expecting that result by this evening. >> i mean, i have to say it does feel like when you've got a car, i mean, look for a lot of people, especially in the countryside, you have no if you want to get anywhere, you have to have a car. >> and we already pay, what, 70% in tax on our fuel. you've got vehicle excise duty. >> and that's what they're saying as well. a lot of these places . enough. sorry susan, places. enough. sorry susan, a lot of these places are in a remote places. so you need a vehicle to get to them. so you need a vehicle to get to him. you're going to get charged higher. it's like they're squeezing people into a corner. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> at south end is absolutely extortionate already. i mean, if i was to visit south end i would park in town and then walk down to the seafront by brighton . to the seafront by brighton. it's a fortune. well, brighton like £15 for a quarter of an houn like £15 for a quarter of an hour. it's awful. oh my goodness. what >> oh brighton is terrible. yeah. >> terrible in some parts. absolutely atrocious. i remember i wanted to park for 15 minutes once. it would have cost me like a tenner. i thought, sorry, i'm going to risk getting a ticket. yeah, well, at that price, it's

worth it. >> yeah, i don't i don't blame you, actually. you shouldn't ever be in that position, suzanne, what's this in the mirror about, someone. madeleine mccann . vigil. mccann. vigil. >> yeah. so there was a vigil held, and there's a woman. who. who? julia vandal. she lives in poland. it's a really sad story , poland. it's a really sad story, actually. she's got clearly got mental health problems. she says she has very little memory of her childhood. she worried that she was adopted . she's got this she was adopted. she's got this issue with her eye. the same as madeleine mccann. so when she heard about madeleine mccann. madeleine mccann , she thought i madeleine mccann, she thought i must be her. and her story went global, basically, then it turned out she she took a dna test. it turned out she couldn't possibly have been madeleine mccann , and she apologised, she mccann, and she apologised, she turned up at this vigil clutching a letter for the mccanns. presumably, i suspect, an apology letter. but obviously, in the meantime, her pretending to be her must have caused them immense grief, it's a really sorry story all around this. >> i mean, i guess the reality with it is that by all accounts,

she wasn't pretending. she thought it was a genuine she genuinely thought ability because otherwise you wouldn't have done a dna test, would you? if you knew it was? no, definitely not going to work. i mean, as you say, someone, mean, as you say, someone, someone mean, as you say, someone, someone who needs some support, i think. yeah actually, she's had a heck of a lot of hate on social media. >> she has? yeah winston, should we talk about dating apps ? we talk about dating apps? >> yeah. so we've got a new dating app. >> just checking now. you've got a wedding ring on. you won't be using this. >> no dating apps for me. >> no dating apps for me. >> i've told you. >> i've told you. >> just for the record, no dating apps for me. but there's a new dating app called hattie or hattie ii, which means heart in indonesian. and it was . it's in indonesian. and it was. it's been launched or being launched by a lady called zahira. adam who was frustrated with the existing dating apps and said that 70% of people are suffering from dating, that burnout from, you know, swiping and getting ghosted. so she's opened this open this app up where you have to have a video call and you have to have a voice note on your profile so that people can't message and you can't

ghost. and actually, do you know what? i think it's interesting because in a world where we are, you know, constantly now, especially the younger generation, they're on the phones and everything's isolated. this forces people to have something like face to face interaction. >> so you can't type a message to someone, can't type a message, you have to speak to them. >> so initially you have a five minute phone call with them. if you like the phone call, then you like the phone call, then you can take it on further on. no numbers exchanged. it's through the app for security. if you like them, then you can take her on further from there. but actually i really like it because i said that face to face interaction, seeing each other's faces is important. and it's like we're getting more and more. i've been more and more away from it. so i think it's like, you know, refreshing. >> suzanne. no, i don't do dating dating apps , but i think dating dating apps, but i think this is quite interesting because to me, people's voices are really important. i think, you know, a voice can be quite sexy , or it can be. oh, that's sexy, or it can be. oh, that's lovely, steven, keep talking. but or it can really put you off, you know. so i think the idea of speaking to someone on the phone, because you get such a better idea of people's personality when you speak to them as well, don't you? as opposed to people can look great on paper, but then, yeah, don't

sound so good in real life. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and actually, i tell you what, because of all of these photo imaging, you know, things they do to make people look different. yeah. >> without that filters and all that, that sort of thing. you might you might have heard of them early, but you get filtered to help filter your voice. >> so, so obviously that's going to combat that. >> surely, unless there's some i feel if a video as well. but do you know what i mean. so it'll make it harder for people catfishing. that's it isn't it? >> catfish one yeah, yeah. >> catfish one yeah, yeah. >> have we lost the art of a phone call and conversation ? phone call and conversation? because it's all instant messaging now, isn't it? it's all whatsapp and ping each other messages. it is. >> and you know, i talk here i am talking and you're very good at it. but thank you very much. but even i sometimes think, oh, i'm not going to bother to phone, i'll just send a message. >> yeah, yeah, it's very impersonal. >> what it is. >> what it is. >> it is very impersonal. >> it is very impersonal. >> it is very impersonal. >> i know she's terrible for it, you know. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> if you ring her up, she doesn't answer the phone. >> no, that's a nice way. always on face time. >> so you send her a voice note. >> he's making it up. yeah. >> he's making it up. yeah. >> this is true. you send her a voice note and then she replies with text. so she literally

never sends a voice note back. or very rarely. and when you ring up, she never answers. oh, i'm in a restaurant. >> i'm getting my hair done. >> i'm getting my hair done. >> i'm getting my hair done. >> i'm usually busy, but we face time quite a lot, to be fair. well so yeah. anyway, let us know what you think about that. gb news. com slash usa, right. let's talk about wardrobe , shall let's talk about wardrobe, shall we? suzanne. wardrobes of the super rich. yes i love this. >> we should have a photograph of kim kardashian in her handbag room, coming up, which is in her handbag room. there it is. is that not every woman's dream? although, i have to say, for my dream , it would have to have dream, it would have to have shoes in there as well. because i'm a shoe girl. really but apparently the latest thing estate agents are all saying now people want a high nothing, do they? they want a high end luxury dressing room. and this is in the financial times. they've spoken to a us designer who specialises in creating walk in wardrobes and dressing rooms. how much do you think the

average client of hers spends on average client of hers spends on a walk in wardrobe dressing room? how much? >> have a wild guess, because they're all bonkers. >> 100 grand. >> 100 grand. >> oh $225,000 is the average . >> oh $225,000 is the average. you could buy a three bed semi in doncaster for that. yeah >> oh my god, isn't it beautiful? >> i tell you what, right? i'm not for 200 grand, walk in but handbag things, whatever they are, are you not surprised? yeah. no i'm not, i'm not. but i'll tell you what. if they've got a 200 grand handbag room, i want to know how much they spend on their heat and bathrooms, and i'll come and do that. yeah >> what about. >> what about. >> what about a watch island? you know, a little island with pull out drawers for your watch? that's what all the guys want. apparently >> watch island watches. >> watch island watches. >> do you need to fill an island ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think 7— >> i think it's em >> i think it's crazy. >> i think it's crazy. >> i think it's crazy. >> i think it's obscene. and actually, do you know what? i don't even know if that's any good for us as normal people looking in that. it just makes you feel even more inadequate. you're like, you know, you're spending two more, 200 grand more than what i can spend on a house and maybe some people can't even buy a house.

>> it's like most of us are just like a dressing room if it was just a little cupboard. >> but they are. they are hugely rich , these people, it's an rich, these people, it's an entirely different world. >> how does it compare to yours , ellie? >> i don't have a wardrobe room or a handbag room. no i have a shelf or a garden. it's a very sorry state of affairs. >> winston, present wrapping room. that's the other thing. oh, a wrapping room i've heard just so you can wrap up. well, there's no need for that. >> you just stick your ironing board up and you do it there. yeah. >> good tip. bailey. >> good tip. bailey. >> that's my tip. >> that's my tip. >> no, it's very tip. >> no, it's very tip. >> and then you can stand at the same time. there you go. you can have that one for free, now i've got a dodgy tummy. winston have you not. >> it's an excuse to get out of a flat apparently. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so, grand designs live. conducted a poll to find out, you know, why people are missing , engagement. so we've got 39% of people tell white lies about being . double booked when they being. double booked when they actually have no plans. 1 in 10 parents lie about their children being sick while 1 in 20 millennials claim their pet has fallen ill. >> oh, that's such a weak one.

millennials get a grip, but a lot of people weak one but blame rex. no, i can't even blame the pets . pets. >> but what they're saying is that a lot of people are actually making up excuses why they can't come, actually, because they want to put the money away to save up for the house or to do a renovation on their house. so it's like, is it is it justifiable? >> that's interesting because i could not understand why this poll said people make excuses not to go to a wedding. i love a good wedding. i'm going to a wedding this afternoon. my friend dave and dan are getting married in buckinghamshire . married in buckinghamshire. really looking forward to it. i couldn't i love a wedding but me too, i love expensive. yeah, you know, by the time i paid for the wedding present, my hotel, the tom moore outfit, i might be double booked . double booked. >> the grooms are paying in about a year. >> yeah. no, you won't be in about a year. >> yeah, about a year. >> yeah, about a year. >> someone getting married, are they? yeah >> might be double booked. you won't be double booked. you've got plenty of notice. >> i will say, in all honesty. and i hope no one i know is watching. i am often double booked for things. okay? because i just. i'm booked for things. okay? because ijust. i'm quite antisocial, i like, i like really, you wouldn't believe it. >> i'm an introvert. >> i'm an introvert.

>> they say, though, that we're just a polite nation and we just, you know, don't want to upset people . upset people. >> yeah, that is true. >> yeah, that is true. >> suzanne winston, thank you very much indeed. >> we'll be back in a couple of minutes. if i haven't got anything else on in the meantime, here's the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you . welcome to the latest met you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast. a very mixed weekend, varying from place to place and from day to day . as far as the weather is day. as far as the weather is concerned. yeah, there'll be some showery rain around, but there'll also be some warm sunny spells. the best of the sunshine this morning. spells. the best of the sunshine this morning . southern parts of this morning. southern parts of england, south wales and the northwest of scotland a fresh start, but with the sunshine temperatures soon rising, those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures as they rise could set off a few sharp showers in the south—east, as well as for northern scotland, but elsewhere a lot of cloud cover, outbreaks of rain continuing for northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england and north wales, and feeling cool under

that blanket of cloud but warm in the sunny spells in the south and the northwest of scotland . and the northwest of scotland. eventually through the evening, the cloud across central parts moves north into much of scotland and continues to affect northern ireland and northern england. further south, some clear spells for a time, a few mist and fog patches developing by dawn, but thickening cloud arrives into the southwest corner and some outbreaks of rain for cornwall. so we start off sunday with best of the sunshine across the midlands, wales, east anglia and the southeast. and that window of fine weather gradually moves north into parts of northern england , perhaps northern england, perhaps northern ireland, by the afternoon. but for much of scotland, other parts of northern ireland and northern england will see a few showers, whilst some more persistent rain begins to edge into the far south, warm in any sunny spells. highs into the high teens that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . inside from boxt boilers. >> sponsors of weather on

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returns to the uk next week. >> and what would the 4th of may be? without a nod to the world of star wars? we'll be talking all things star wars in just a bit . bit. >> it's fair to say the weather this weekend will be very mixed, varying from place to place and from day to day . i'll have the from day to day. i'll have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. >> good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . gb news. breakfast on. gb news. >> are you not a sci fi fan? >>— >> are you not a sci fi fan? >> are you not a sci fi fan? >> are you not a sci fi fan? >> are you ? >> are you? >> are you? >> i'm not. no. could you tell? no, i'm not into any of that. >> actually, i do love all the bit that it's the gadgets, though. i like. >> yeah , you like it enough for >> yeah, you like it enough for the two of us. >> i think, you know, star trek. >> i think, you know, star trek. >> communicate badges. i've got a few of. and i'd really like lightsaber. >> would you? i'm surprised you don't have one actually framed you can. >> you can buy them with that properly. properly made , they properly. properly made, they are quite expensive, though. >> i love the fact you've looked

this up, i would. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> i've dreamt over the sabre handles websites for years. how much would they set you back, about $500 at the made in the states . yes. well, i haven't got one. one. >> one. >> that's obscene. >> that's obscene. >> i can look at expensive and then it would be postage on top of that. >> well, you've got to think about the postage, the postage and import duty that import duties. it's not worth it. >> so i'm glad i'm not sensible. i've never done it, but i would very much like one, but yes, may the fourth be with you. to those who celebrate, just like a tardis in the back garden. >> just saying. yeah. anyway, all the things i've dreamed of and can never have anyway, do keep those views coming in on any of the stories that we're talking about today. >> gb news .com/ >> gb news .com/ >> your say now today is set to be another busy one on the politics front. it's not over on the council elections yet. we're still waiting for more to come through. plus of course we have seven mayoral election results on the way as well. >> well, prime minister rishi sunak has said the conservatives have everything to fight for as his party celebrate a win in

tees valley. >> now the conservatives, though , wants all the council seats are in, are predicted to have lost about half of their councillors. so we think, well, joining us now is the deputy national campaign coordinator for the labour party, ellie reeves. >> good to see you this morning ellie. look, it wasn't a good night so far for the tories, but it hasn't been sunshine and roses for the labour party ehhen roses for the labour party either. you lost control of the council in oldham, which was a shock result to many , many shock result to many, many putting it down to the muslim vote there, protesting labour's stance on gaza. this is a warning shot, isn't it? the labour party, in a general election year ? election year? >> well, if you look at the results across the country, i'm really pleased that we won the blackpool by—election, for example, with a swing to labour of 26, the third highest swing to labour in a post—war by—election. we won councils, up

and down the country in places we need to win back at the general election hartlepool, thurrock, redditch , rushmoor. thurrock, redditch, rushmoor. these are important results for us, but i recognise the point that you make in oldham. actually we've been losing councillors there for a couple of years, so i don't think gaza is the only reason . there's some is the only reason. there's some local issues as well. but i do recognise that we need to win back the trust and support of those that didn't feel able to vote for us in this set of elections. we've made our position in relation to gaza clear. we've called for an immediate ceasefire. we said there should be no ground offensive in rafah, but we also want a lasting political solution, which includes recognition of the state of palestine. so between now and the general election, we will be working really hard to win back support of those that didn't feel they could put their trust in us this time, it's difficult talking to people like you on days like this, because when we talked to the tories, we said,

well, it's been very disappointing. and they say, well, it's disappointing, but, you know, it's not as bad as it could have been. and obviously the labour party has done very well. so you've got a lot to be pleased about. well. so you've got a lot to be pleased about . however, isn't it pleased about. however, isn't it fair to say you were maybe your expectations were a bit higher ? expectations were a bit higher? >> look, i think we're pleased but not complacent. but you know , i think a good barometer of the public mood is the east midlands mayoralty. that's a new mayoralty . vie. so, you know, mayoralty. vie. so, you know, it's different to, for example , it's different to, for example, tees valley, where we're up against an incumbent mayor. we're very much their own brand, distancing themselves from the conservative east midlands is the new mayoralty, which won . the new mayoralty, which won. labour and the important thing about that is that within that area, there are a large number of battleground seats that we need to win at the general election to form a government. places like bolsover, mansfield, south derbyshire , the seats that south derbyshire, the seats that we need to win. so that's why

winning in the east midlands is a really good indicator of, of, of the mood and where things are going . going. >> but if you if you use these as some sort of barometer and i know it's a, it's a, it's a dodgy science in a sense. but it would put labour it sort of translated into a, into a parliamentary election. it puts labour as the largest party but no overall majority . no overall majority. >> well, at local elections you always see independents and the smaller parties picking up more votes than at the general election. the important thing for us is looking at where we made gains, whether we are making gains in the areas that we need to win at the general election , places like election, places like hartlepool, places like thurrock, rushmoor , redditch, thurrock, rushmoor, redditch, these are the areas that we need to win at the general election. so that's what we're focused on with these sets of results . with these sets of results. >> we're talking about a barometer of public mood. if we look at the blackpool south

by—election, the turnout was just 32.5. i mean, turnouts are generally low at by elections , generally low at by elections, but it does demonstrate, doesn't it, that nobody is getting the voters out. a lot of them are sitting on their hands. there's not the excitement of 96, 97. there isn't this groundswell of excitement and enthusiasm for sir keir starmer and the labour party . party. >> well, i'm not sure i agree with that . i spend a lot of time with that. i spend a lot of time speaking to voters on the doorstep. and, you know, the course of this campaign, i spoke to voters across the country who had said that they'd always voted conservative, but they were fed up after 14 years of conservative government, the mismanagement of the economy leading to people paying higher mortgage rates, nhs waiting lists staggeringly high, and they were putting their trust in laboun they were putting their trust in labour, often for the first time or for the first time for a long time. and, you know, turnouts are always lower in by elections and in local elections . that

and in local elections. that result in blackpool was pretty seismic , a 26% swing to labour, seismic, a 26% swing to labour, the third highest in any post—war by—election it does show people are putting their trust in the labour party . trust in the labour party. >> it's interesting. it's a it's a valid point. ellie raises that ellie at this end that is, in that the number of messages we got yesterday of people just saying when we say, you know, who would you like to, you know, who would you like to, you know, who would you like to see elected? and then people are just saying none of the above, which actually is i mean, that's worrying for democracy in this country. >> well, what we've seen in this set of election results is that people are coming out to vote for labour and putting their trust in us, and that's that's demonstrated by the council results where we have picked up council , results where we have picked up council, council like rushmoor that we've never held before, milton keynes, that we've taken control of after many, many years. so i think there's a there's a positive story to

tell. but we are never complacent. you know, we fought for every vote in these local and mayoral elections. and indeedin and mayoral elections. and indeed in blackpool south. and we'll fight for every vote at the general election as well. >> i wanted to ask you about your colleague, the shadow health secretary, wes streeting . health secretary, wes streeting. he's facing huge backlash, isn't he, for a post that he made on ex claiming that a win for the tories in london in this mayoral election is a win for racists, white supremacists and islamophobes the world over. do you think that was an appropriate post by your colleague ? colleague? >> i think things always get heated . in a, >> i think things always get heated. in a, in a in any election campaign campaign. and, you know, it's perhaps not something that i would have posted, but, you know, things do get do get heated. and i think wes was trying to make the point that, it's been a fairly toxic campaign. and sadiq khan faces a huge amount of racism ,

huge amount of racism, throughout this campaign. i think that's the important thing to call out, isn't he? >> adding to the toxicity with that kind of rhetoric on ex towards people that vote tory in london? i mean, lee anderson lost the tory whip for his comments about the london mayor, sadiq khan, which many claimed were racist. and people are calling now for wes streeting to suffer the same consequences . suffer the same consequences. >> no, i don't think that at all. as i say , things get heated all. as i say, things get heated in election campaigns . i don't in election campaigns. i don't think it's anything like what lee anderson said, or the shocking amount of racism that sadiq khan has faced in his time as mayor. and during this campaign . campaign. >> okay, ellie reeves, really good to talk to you. we'll talk to you again soon, no doubt. thanks very much indeed. >> well, let's speak now to our political correspondent, olivia utley, who joins us live now . utley, who joins us live now. good to see you this morning, olivia. what did you make then

of what ellie reeves just had to say? >> well, it's quite difficult for labour because obviously they are happy with the results of the local elections yesterday. but as you could sort of tell from reading between the lines of what she was saying , lines of what she was saying, they could have been a bit happier. yes, it was an absolutely terrible night for the conservatives. they're losing half of their council seats. but it wasn't a fantastic night for labour either. they won some council seats, but about half of the seats which were lost from the tories went to independents rather than to laboun to independents rather than to labour. the low turnout thing is a problem to the labour party has been worried for a while now that although people really, really don't like the conservatives and are definitely not going to be voting conservative at the next election, there's a bit of reluctance to actually get out and go and vote. labour as you said there, ellie, there isn't the same sort of ground swell of support for keir starmer as there was for tony blair in 1997. at this election, at the coming election in 2024. to be honest, that probably isn't

going to be too much of a problem and labour probably aren't too worried about it if they're winning simply because they're winning simply because the conservatives are not doing well, then that's probably okay. but if you look at sort of a year or two into the future, a labour government which is only in power because the conservatives are so unpopular , conservatives are so unpopular, they might struggle a bit to get to govern successfully and to be even thinking about a second term in office. we are, of course, waiting at city hall . course, waiting at city hall. you can see behind me for the london mayoral result, and there are whispers in the air that we could be in for a huge shock. sadiq khan was well on track to win his unprecedented third term in office. all the polls put him way ahead, but because of a number of interesting factors which weren't really taken into consideration , it now looks as consideration, it now looks as though the vote might be very close indeed . and why is that? close indeed. and why is that? well, one reason is the muslim vote we know that keir starmer has angered muslims across london from his stance on israel

and gaza, and it could be that natural labour, muslim voters just stay at home in london today.even just stay at home in london today. even though sadiq khan's stance on gaza is very, very different from the leaders, the lib dem vote is another question which we don't quite know the answer to. previously, lib dem voters in london mayoral elections would put the lib dem candidate first, and usually the labour candidate, sadiq khan second. it's a completely different voting system this time around. there are no first and second preferences, so what are lib dems going to do? how do they feel about sadiq khan ? that they feel about sadiq khan? that is something we just don't know yet. the other factor, of course , is ulez very, very unpopular policy brought in by sadiq khan. susan hall, the conservative candidate, has essentially been fighting on purely an anti ulez ticket. how is that going to play ticket. how is that going to play out so far? it looks like it's done her wonders. we can see from the turnout that turnout in the doughnut area, the areas around central london which tend to be more conservative minded, the areas which will be affected by ulez,

have had a much higher turnout on average over 40% than the areas in central london that could do wonders for susan hall as well. so labour is looking pretty happy this morning, but a little bit nervous. both about this low turnout voter apathy issue and also preparing themselves for what might just be a shock result in the caphal be a shock result in the capital. interesting we shall be back to you. of course, throughout the course of the day, olivia . thanks very much day, olivia. thanks very much indeed. of course, it's not all about the filling in the doughnut. sometimes it's just about the dough. yes there you go. i've never heard it called doughnut before. like that. it's quite interesting, though. yes i'm surprised that wes streeting with with that thing on on twitter . in a way, all labour twitter. in a way, all labour needs to do to win the general election is shut up and let it happenin election is shut up and let it happen in a way. and it's, it's making comments like that implying that anyone who who didn't vote for sadiq khan is a racist . that's the implication. racist. that's the implication. i know that's not what he meant ,

i know that's not what he meant, but that's the implication, is a stupid thing to do. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> lots of you are not very happy about this. mel potter says lee anderson one comment about sadiq khan london mayor. he's kicked out of his party for racism. wes streeting makes a lot worse comments about all people who vote tory and vote for susan hall. and they say it's just the heat of the election . double standards. mal election. double standards. mal >> yeah, i, i don't know. they're not directly comparable, but they're also not that different. i don't know, i mean, l, different. i don't know, i mean, i, i, i wouldn't have suggested that you take the whip off wes streeting for that , but then streeting for that, but then i wouldn't have done for lee anderson either. when you put it all in context. but i do think wes streeting who you know, is a, an experienced politician now and actually, quite impressive within the labour party, you can see him as a potential future leader at some point. i just think that was a really stupid thing to do. it's only going to it's going to take a mistake. if labour loses this election, it's

going to be because of their own errors rather than anything the government does. and that's a big error . big error. >> yeah. and we're talking about campaigns potentially being very toxic this year. well is the comments not like that. not just adding to the toxicity of it all. yeah i probably yes i would have honestly i thought he would have honestly i thought he would have known better than to do something like that. >> i was surprised to be honest. >> i was surprised to be honest. >> but do keep those views coming in. gb views no gb news gb news com gb news .com/ you'll say that's it on the screen for you right now. >> prince harry looks set to meet his father in london next week as the duke of sussex jets in for the 10th anniversary invictus games. >> yes, king charles resumed pubuc >> yes, king charles resumed public duties earlier this week after getting the all clear following his battle with cancen cancer. >> cancen >> well, earlier we spoke to royal commentator michael cole. >> good morning. good morning steve. well, just as i predicted on this very channel, the king will almost certainly see his younger son, when he's in london next week , the king has made it

next week, the king has made it clear from the outset that his dooris clear from the outset that his door is already always open to his younger son, who he tends to call my darling boy . and on call my darling boy. and on wednesday, the king will be at a garden party at buckingham palace . and prince harry is here palace. and prince harry is here principally for a thanksgiving service to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his brilliant innovation, the invictus games, that will be at, saint paul's cathedral . so usually they're cathedral. so usually they're 5000 miles apart, now they're only b two miles apart. and i'm quite sure that they will get together. and at that, there we see the duke and duchess of sussex, at whistler in canada, when they were announcing the, foundation of winter games for the invictus for the wounded and, and damaged ex—servicemen and, and damaged ex—servicemen and women from 22 different nations, a brilliant initiative

and the sort of thing that, of course, he was so good at, and should be doing more of that , of should be doing more of that, of course, was all pre meghan the foundation of the invictus games. one thing i think ellie and stephen we can say that won't happen is that prince harry will not be meeting with his older brother william, that's going to take a lot of reconciliation . and prince harry reconciliation. and prince harry is going to have to mend a few fences . i would say enough fences. i would say enough fences. i would say enough fences to incite and circle the whole 20,000 acres of the of . whole 20,000 acres of the of. the sandringham estate. a lot of humble pie has got to be, eaten, too. i should think, meghan in her kitchen in montecito will have to bake up a humble pie about as tall as a californian redwood , and then eat it. redwood, and then eat it. there's going to be a long, long road before the two brothers are on speaking terms, let alone friends again. but wasn't it great to see the king looking so

well yesterday at the royal windsor horse show ? he didn't windsor horse show? he didn't used to go in the queen's time. it was very much her thing. the show was established during the second world war by guards officers who were convalescing from war wounds at windsor, and they started it mainly to amuse princess elizabeth, as she then was , and her sister princess was, and her sister princess margaret, and they took part in that show, driving a pony and trap and so on. and over the years it grew. >> oh, there we go. >> oh, there we go. >> it stopped in mid—sentence. there you go. i'll tell you what, those were the days , what, those were the days, though he's probably still going, those were the days when you sort of think, oh, we'll just put on a horse show to entertain the princesses. yeah, that'd be nice. wish someone had put something on to entertain me. >> i know i'm sat here, i entertain you. >> it is. well, you do? >> it is. well, you do? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> oh, the queen used to love it, didn't she? >> she did. >> she did. >> oh, she did now as well, i'm sure. >> oh, there's a few geeks watching this morning. although

it's loving it. this computer you found your people. i found my people. there's always some geeks watching. >> do you want me to load it? you're having technical problems. oh, god. lord, i'm having technical problems. it's just reloaded, and i've lost all someone saying they had a very interesting star trek memorabilia. >> oh, right. >> oh, right. >> well, i'm sure we can dig that one out for you. yes. >> oh. on that, on the wes streeting thing. it's an interesting point. pat says. i didn't realise lord bailey shaun bailey, who was a . white bailey, who was a. white supremacist, of course, he ran for mayor last time around for the tories. and in case you're not familiar with him, he's black. so that's why these comments, these sort of sweeping statements from wes streeting anyone that votes tory is. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> so yeah. so there you go. there you go. >> but yeah. do keep those views coming in, i'll just read some of these out, wendy pye—smith says wes streeting has shown his true colours, nick says labour is the party of hypocrites. >> someone says. ken says why are you sticking up for wes streeting stephen not sticking

up for wes streeting ? i don't up for wes streeting? i don't stick up for any politician . stick up for any politician. it's just about trying to provide a balance. you can't just lay into him and say, well, this is an awful thing that he's said, and you've got to balance it out and say, well, it's actually is an experienced politician. and, you know, that's why he should know better than to do something which, frankly, was a bit daft , so frankly, was a bit daft, so there you go. so don't stick up for any politician. no, but susan hall's team, obviously the tories in london would say that it was very offensive to anyone that votes tory. >> ukip. those views coming in gb news .com/ your say. >> now let's have a look at the weather for you with aidan mcgivern. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast a very mixed weekend varying from place to place and from day to day. as far as the weather is concerned.

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oh. >> welcome back to breakfast. >> welcome back to breakfast. >> i know you're expecting it. >> i know you're expecting it. >> yes. now, rail passengers face days of disruption across the weekend. as engineering works and industrial action get underway, i'm afraid. >> yeah, and it's not all. of course. traffic jams clogging up motorways. probably millions of drivers also facing bank holiday delays. >> well , delays. >> well, earlier we spoke to travel journalist simon calder . travel journalist simon calder. it's going to be a headache for anyone trying to get out and about this bank holiday weekend. >> it certainly is. shall we start on the railways? i happened to be at munich hauptbahnhof, the main station in southern germany. everything you'll be glad to know. working very well indeed. but i'm afraid that's absolutely not the picture in significant parts of .

picture in significant parts of. the uk in particular, it's as you say, ellie, the engineering work that is going to be causing problems, particularly on various parts of the west coast main line. that's the one which connects london euston with the west midlands, north—west england, southern scotland . and england, southern scotland. and you'll find that today coventry is pretty much cut off from the rest of the world. the line is interrupted between birmingham international and rugby , international and rugby, tomorrow it's going to get significantly worse because london euston to milton keynes is going to be closed. there's also work going on in the crewe area . around liverpool and also, area. around liverpool and also, just on the other side of the country, cambridge is having lots of work done. so wherever you're travelling you need to find out how things are going. but yes, on monday , the third but yes, on monday, the third summer of industrial action by train drivers belonging to the aslef union . begins. we're going

aslef union. begins. we're going to see six days of an overtime ban.the to see six days of an overtime ban. the way that the railways are organised means that there's going to be some quite substantial cancellations of trains, and then we're going to have three rolling strikes tuesday. it's mostly the london commuter services, which are going to be hit wednesday. most intercity lines and then thursday it's the north of england in the focus. transpennine express. northern won't be running any trains and lner will only have a skeleton service on its main route from edinburgh via newcastle and yorkshire to . london yorkshire to. london >> simon calder you won't believe what's going on down here. stand up . this is this is. here. stand up. this is this is. >> you can have some time to shine. hello, maria. she's. doing. >> she's. this is what happens in television. she's on her knees down here trying to sort

out ellie's kit. yeah as if on this dress. >> it's been quite a. you just said it's not a very convenient dress to wear. ellie, i just got a telling off, there you go. you didn't. darling, you do a great job. >> you do a great job. thank you. >> that make all this so smooth. >> that make all this so smooth. >> isn't she very good? >> isn't she very good? >> anyway, look, we've embarrassed her now. >> oh, no. it's brilliant. still to come. gavin and stacey are

>> welcome back to breakfast now, beloved . sitcom gavin and now, beloved. sitcom gavin and stacey is making a comeback. but fans will have to wait until christmas day to find out how the comedy says a final farewell to its iconic characters. >> i was trying to think of a what's occurring, what's occurring? is that a thing you see? >> all right, i've been googling. oh. very good. oh, you've been doing research. >> you started your homework. >> you started your homework. >> very good. >> very good. >> anyway, earlier we spoke to

showbiz . reporter hayley palmer. showbiz. reporter hayley palmer. >> i believe, stephen, that you . >> i believe, stephen, that you. have not seen gavin and stacey. we need to change that for you . okay? >> we'll get on it. >> we'll get on it. >> honestly, it's just one of those shows that you watch it and it just makes you feel really good. it's very relatable. and then national treasures. i'm so glad it's coming back. i don't usually like christmas, but now it's coming back christmas day i can't wait. >> oh, is that when it is christmas day? yeah, yeah. >> so we've got a while to wait yet. >> yeah. and i actually saw an interview with larry lamb on loose women and he said it's never coming back. but he lied to us because it is. and we're so excited. and there was so much great reaction on instagram and twitter yesterday. i just think it's brilliant. there they are. and, i want to know, i mean, are gavin and stacey still together, what's happened since? because there's a cliff—hanger the last time we saw it, where nessa proposed to smithy. so we want to know if he said yes. and also what happened on the fishing trip is the big question. do you think we're

going to get any of those answers? >> hayley? >> hayley? >> i think we are, because they know what the nation needs and what i need in my life. i need answers, and they're teased us, haven't they? >> with this image on instagram . >> with this image on instagram. so they held up the script, didn't they? >> the finale. so this really is it? >> no, this really is it. now, but i just think it's brilliant. like for me, it is just one of those shows that just makes me laugh. i forget about everything when i watch it and like i say, it's going to make our. christmas for 2024, well, jolly good. >> they know what the people want. yes, definitely. shall we talk about, co—op live arena and all the problems going on that have plagued it? >> i know it's really disappointing, isn't it, because there's been so many shows cancelled, i don't actually know what is going on. i've tried to investigate it, and it just seems that there is technical issues, but i guess they have to put health and safety first. don't they, at these like, massive arenas, however , i do

massive arenas, however, i do think the fans come first and it is really good that they've been able to find a different venue. where they can actually still do the concerts because, you know, these days ticket prices are super expensive, aren't they? we're talking like hundreds of pounds and people travel and, you know, get hotels and stuff. so it is good that people can go to a different venue, but hopefully the issues would be resolved. but speaking of concerts, i don't know if you saw in the paper today it's headune saw in the paper today it's headline news, that there was a guy that was singing in the bar last night. in half an hour, he . last night. in half an hour, he. had to stand in for olly murs because olly murs cancelled his his flight was cancelled. >> well, you're joking . >> well, you're joking. >> well, you're joking. >> yeah, his name's daniel rooney and he's one to watch. i mean, he must be a mega star now. i mean, his influence following must be huge, he had half an hour notice, but sometimes i think that might be the best thing. >> yeah, it doesn't have to think about it. >> otherwise. you're like, oh, gosh, i don't know if i can do it. so, yeah. olly murs was supporting take that. olly murs has never missed a gig supporting. >> well hold on. so this guy who was just playing in a bar then

ends up supporting . take that? ends up supporting. take that? >> yes. and if i was him, i'd be like, i want to go back on tonight. i'd get a taste for it. i'd be like, right, this is it now. but i really hope that it is one of those success stories where he goes on to bigger and better things. >> that was hayley palmer speaking to us a little bit earlier on in the program. >> now, still to come, may the 4th be with you. >> andrew eborn is here to celebrate star wars day.

>> welcome back to breakfast. now, for all you star wars fans out there. may the 4th be with you. >> well, lawyer and futurist , >> well, lawyer and futurist, andrew eber, i don't know why we mentioned he's a lawyer. >> it's a bit irrelevant. hey, anyway, he's here to test us on our star wars knowledge in a fake or fact special. hello? >> hello, boy, we couldn't have missed this one, could we? may

the fourth be with you? we love the fourth be with you? we love the pun. every single year, star wars . day. and so what i've wars. day. and so what i've done, i've generated. there we go. look at this. on generated by hey i andrew one's fake or fact star wars special. so we're going to start this off with perhaps the most famous quote from the empire strikes back. yes does darth vader say luke? i am your father. is that fake or fact. >> fake? >> fake? >> that's a fact, no. >>— >> that's a fact, no. >> very good. well, here's a little clip just to help you from tommy boy. have a look at this clip. >> luke, i am your boy, father. >> luke, i am your boy, father. >> oh, there you go. >> oh, there you go. >> so, luke, i am your father. that's that's from tommy boy. the thing. so you can change your mind if you want. but you say it's fake. you say it's fake. you say it's fact. well, let's have a look at the real clip. >> knew the power of the dark side . obi—wan never told you side. obi—wan never told you what happened to your father. he

told me enough. he told me you killed me. no, i, i am the father . father. >> it is the most misquoted thing in movie history. it's basically he says no , i am your basically he says no, i am your father. it doesn't say no. so it does mean there's one point to steven. brilliant. harrison ford, then harrison ford , the ford, then harrison ford, the love affair that he had with carrie fisher's character, the brilliant carrie fisher. carrie fisher says in the 1980s star wars episode five, you can just say , by the way, watching these say, by the way, watching these clips is just brilliant. >> i'm watching rages. they're so good. >> can i just say to the production . team, who've been production. team, who've been brilliant because they're playing the clips, they work so hard to get the clips in. i researched them all week and the production team have been fabulous today, so thank you very much indeed for that. so here we go, everybody. harrison ford, he might within the movie says carrie fisher, carrie says to carrie fisher, carrie fisher says, i love and he fisher says, i love you. and he says back to her, i know, oh, this is just as did it into the carbonite. did he exactly well remembered. did he improvise that line? yes he did. >> he did. >> he did. >> okay. you're saying it's

fact? >> i'm just going to go fake. >> i'm just going to go fake. >> you're going to go fake. okay. well let's have a look. let's play the clip. i love you i know . oh there you i love you i know. on there you go. so what happened? the line was originally going to be. i. love you, too. which most most people want to hear back. you say that i love you. you want to say that i love you. you want to say i love you, too. but what harrison ford said he thought i want to be a badass right to the end and therefore be much. what's the one thing people don't want to hear when i say i love you? they want to hear. yeah, i know you know. so that's what he said. i love this one. >> okay, so that's a point to me that you're willing to i just want to rub it in. >> she did so well on taylor swift last time i know i love taylor swift. she will get this one, however. okay, in the movie this is again legendary footage.

in the movie, a stormtrooper hits his head whilst coming into the room in star wars episode four, a new hope. he hits his head and they kept it in the movie. is that fake or fact? fact. >> oh ellie yes it is fact. didn't he hit it on the millennium falcon or so? >> look at him. he's just out of control from. okay. >> is that why he walked in? bangedit >> is that why he walked in? banged it into the spaceship? okay so something like that. yes, i think it's true. >> you're both going to. well, let's have a look at the clip. take over here. >> brilliant. isn't that . >> brilliant. isn't that. >> brilliant. isn't that. >> that was so fun. just. can we play >> that was so fun. just. can we play that clip again? that is so good. look at the stormtrooper on the right hand side of the screen. just watching. now watch the one on the right hand side is they come in, have a look. >> there is the fact that they added an hour in the they sort of put us you know someone voiced it. >> what i loved is there were many actors who played stormtroopers. you don't really tell what it is, but in the imdb credit, a number of them have claimed that they were the stormtrooper who who hit their head, which was glorious. talking of the star wars theme, you remember the good old

president trump? he came over here met the late her here and he met the late her majesty, the queen. queen elizabeth. yeah, and during that, the people did they play the imperial march when donald trump came out? you know, the thing for the villains, did they play thing for the villains, did they play when donald trump came out to meet her majesty the queen? is that fake or fact ? ellie? is that fake or fact? ellie? >> fake. fake fake. >> fake. fake fake. >> stephen. >> stephen. >> fake. i'm sure it was dubbed on some twitter thing or. >> well, but it was. >> well, but it was. >> let's have a look at the clip i >> -- >> is that real footage or is that just been dubbed over? >> well, you tell me. >> well, you tell me. >> is that fake or flat? >> is that fake or flat? >> you could have a fake, fake, fake fake the car, >> you could have a fake, fake, fake fake the can possibly a dodge. >> you're both absolutely right. it was it's true footage. but yes, they did dub over the imperial march. wonderful stuff

though. they actually played the star spangled banner. >> oh, i was going to say. i mean, that would be. >> it would be a bit a bit bit. >> that would be too much. it would have been very, very funny. >> a bit tough on donald, wouldn't it? okay. c—3po, which i think rather should be king charles the third on post office, shouldn't it? yeah what colour is he? >> i'll give you a clue. is he all gold? >> he's gold with a silver leg. >> he's gold with a silver leg. >> gold whistle. ellie, what colour is that? a fake or fact? is he all gold or is he gold with a silver leg? fake or fact? fact, fact, fact that he's all gold or he's got a silver leg. >> he's got a silver leg. >> he's got a silver leg. >> he's got . is he? he does very >> he's got. is he? he does very well to follow. well, let's have a look. i've got a little picture here. have a look. there we go. so just to help you make the one on the left hand side of the one on the left hand side of the screen is all gold. and the one on the right hand side of the screen, as i'm looking at it is has got a silver leg. which one's right? >> you want the silver leg? >> you want the silver leg? >> silver leg. ellie. yep silver lake. congratulations. you are both right. he does have a silver leg, glorious stuff. right claim yoda, grover, miss piggy, right claim yoda, grover, miss piggy, fozzie bear , right claim yoda, grover, miss piggy, fozzie bear , cookie piggy, fozzie bear, cookie monster, and bert were all

voiced by the same actor, same voiced by the same actor, same voice actor . voiced by the same actor, same voice actor. is voiced by the same actor, same voice actor . is that fake voiced by the same actor, same voice actor. is that fake or fact? >> oh , that's a tricky one. >> oh, that's a tricky one. >> oh, that's a tricky one. >> fact. >> fact. >> no, it's a fake. i'm going fake.i >> no, it's a fake. i'm going fake. i can imagine, i can imagine people saying that. yeah it's sort of gaining momentum. yes. >> but no, it's got that little thing about it. >> miss piggy sounds a little bit like yoda. >> miss piggy sounds a little bit like you could have that, couldn't you? >> what ? >> what? >> what? >> you're going fake. ellie's going fake. well, i can tell you that, ellie is absolutely right. she's got it. it is. that, ellie is absolutely right. she's got it. it is . and, you she's got it. it is. and, you know, for a bonus point, then, ellie. oh, for a bonus point . do ellie. oh, for a bonus point. do you know who it might be? there's a picture of him there. it's a picture of him. it's him, it's him. that's him. it is him. do you know who it is? no no. frank oz, do you know who it is? frank oz, do you know who it is? frank oz? oh, it is frank oz. brilliant. there we go. almost an extra point. >> i know that name well because he's brilliant. >> and he does all of those voices. so he does bert. he does cookie monster. he did yoda and that sort of stuff, so quite a brilliant character, right ? here

brilliant character, right? here we go then, claim the 1999 star wars movie the phantom menace. you remember that one? well it featured the first full cgi character in jar jar binks. yes. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> so is that fake or fact ? true fact. >> i'll go with your confidence. fact. >> you're going fact as well. you can go alternative if you prefer. >> i feel like he's very confident. so i'm gonna stick with. >> well, i can tell you that you're absolutely wrong, both of you. because the very first one. let's have a look. first of all, this is jar jar binks. let's have a look. first of all, this is jarjar binks. there let's have a look. first of all, this is jar jar binks. there we are. remember him? that's what he looks like. >> he was a failure. nobody liked him. >> nobody liked him. it's a bit of a shame. he was nice. i really liked him. the actual very first one was all the way back in sherlock holmes. >> i thought you were talking about the first cgi. >> oh, no. no, the first cgi character. you can change your answer if you want. >> no, i thought you said the first cgi character in star wars. >> that'd be fairly limiting, wouldn't it? >> but the first cgi character on the screen, and we've got a clip of the young sherlock holmes. have a look at this.

wow, wasn't that incredible. and it was. that was industrial light and magic in the 80s. but the first cgi character and now ai is being used for more and more production of stuff and things like that. >> your question was badly phrased, fake or faked. >> it couldn't be easier. i'm going. >> you're going for badly framed . it's interesting though, when you look at that. i don't know how long ago that was. yeah. industrial light and magic of course is a star wars started company theme. >> yes, but isn't it interesting how. it's not that good looking back on it, did you not? >> well, i think that's right. i used to love you. remember those things like king kong, who's who's really only tiny in movies. or you remember all of those earlier? sinbad was amazing. >> well, i'll tell you what. watching i remember going to the cinema to watch the first jurassic park, and we literally sat there with our mouths open, right? that this they could create this. it just looked so real. you look at it back now. it just looks so fake. it is incredible. i can't understand how we perceive things differently. >> well, it was like doctor who.

iused >> well, it was like doctor who. i used to hide behind the couch when sort of the cybermen or the daleks used to come and you look back on them. they're not quite as scary as they are now, but it's going to be amazing what happens with sort of technology . happens with sort of technology. and things like that, which is good. >> we've come a long way. >> we've come a long way. >> we've come a long way. >> we have come a long way. speaking of coming a long way, there was a claim that actor billy dee williams, he pranked mark hamill. when about princess margaret, when he meant he said, you mustn't look her in the eye otherwise you'll get sent to the tower of london. you mustn't look her in the eye, or you get sent to the tower of london. and i think i've got a picture of it. let's have a look at this picture here. >> well, that's you, that's me, that's you, that's me. >> there we are. so this is him. he was told not to look her in the eye. >> yeah, i think that's true. >> yeah, i think that's true. >> you think that's true? >> you think that's true? >> i also say true. >>— >> i also say true. >> you also say true. it is. well, actually, the audience is out on it because basically they're sort of saying it's not quite true. mark himself tweeted that picture and he said he was pranked by billy . dee williams, pranked by billy. dee williams, who said, you mustn't look her in the eye or you end up in the

tower because they worked on that. so i'll give you both a point. >> you both actually, we both get a point for that. yeah. >> have we got time for one more? >> yes. >> yes. >> well, before we go to the last one then. yes, because we've got a bit of time. i want to ask you one. i can't remember the exact figures now on them, but there was something about the millennium falcon and it did the millennium falcon and it did the something wrong. someone will tell me there's something wrong in 2.4 parsecs. yes. right now. is that an accurate thing to say or not? >> i do you know the answer to this? yes. look at you. i've got i've got to say look at you. >> accurate is it accurate or not? >> i thought i was the one asking the question. okay. i reckon it's not accurate. i reckon it's not accurate. i reckon it's not accurate. i reckon it's a fake. >> do you know why? >> do you know why? >> oh am i, am i right? you're right. >> yes. you'll know why. go on then we see what they're saying is they do it in parsecs . yeah. is they do it in parsecs. yeah. which is like saying you've done it in five minutes. yes. it's a time measurement. yes parsec is a distance measurement. >> there you go. you see what i love about it? isn't this wonderfully andrew gwynne fake or fake? we educate everybody. what's your fake? >> oh, i don't have one. you can't put me on the spot. >> but you're also real. i love it. >> i've never seen star wars. >> i've never seen star wars. >> well , never seen star. >> well, never seen star. >> well, never seen star. >> you've never seen star wars.

we got to rectify that. i'll tell you what. one last one. >> i feel like i have seen it in this segment. isn't it good? >> well, this will be inspiring for that princess leia's hair. let's do the final one then. princess leah's hair. the hair buns. you know, the famous thing on the side. they were inspired by mexican revolution by the mexican revolution missionaries. is that fake or fact? fake or fact? mexican revolutionaries. what do you reckon ? fake? reckon? fake? >> i say fact because she was a revolutionary . revolutionary. >> well, she was a revolutionary. she was rebel. she was indeed a rebel. >> so i'm going, i'm going. fact. >> well, i can tell you that ellie is absolutely wrong, because i'm. so. you should have gone with stephen. and here is a picture, evidence of it in a museum in denver. >> look at that . >> look at that. >> look at that. isn't >> look at that. isn't that glorious? so this is the one, a museum in denver where they've got this exhibition . there's the got this exhibition. there's the revolutionary on the left, and you can see the hair buns and actually , there's a bigger part actually, there's a bigger part of the exhibition you can see at the bottom right hand . there's the bottom right hand. there's actually things you can put them on. i think i should come along

with them. are they good? so to save you having to spend hours and hours and hours in the hairdressers, you could have just put the put the sides on there you go. what do you reckon? >> i think i'm impressed with that. >> that's very interesting actually. >> i'm also quite impressed that the, the ammunition belt that she's wearing. yeah. the actual rebel is very similar to chewbacca's. it is. it's got that whole sort of theme carries through. yeah. >> it is, it is incredible. no, we absolutely . love that. do we we absolutely. love that. do we have time for one more. yes we do. well, let's do the very last one. >> one. >> oh no we don't. >>— >> oh no we don't. >> oh no we don't. >> on we don't. well i'll tell you what then. overall ellie, you what then. overall ellie, you did really well out of, out of two. you came second which was brilliant. so well done. but this week stephen is our star wars winner. congratulations, stephen. thank you very much indeed, steve. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> ben and emma are here next with saturday morning live. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest met office weather forecast at a very mixed weekend, varying from place to place and from day to day. as far as the weather is

concerned. yeah, there'll be some showery rain around, but. there'll also be some warm sunny spells. the best of the sunshine this morning. southern parts of england, south wales and the northwest of scotland. a fresh start but with the sunshine temperatures soon rising, those temperatures soon rising, those temperatures as they rise could set off a few sharp showers in the south—east, well as for the south—east, as well as for northern scotland. but elsewhere a lot of cloud cover, outbreaks of rain continuing for northern ireland, southwest scotland, northwest england and north wales and feeling cool under that blanket of cloud but warm in the sunny spells in the south and the northwest of scotland , and the northwest of scotland, and the northwest of scotland, and eventually through the evening, the cloud across central parts moves north into much of scotland and continues to affect northern ireland and northern england. further south. some clear spells for a time, a few mist and fog patches developing by dawn but thickening cloud arrives into the southwest corner and some outbreaks of rain for cornwall, so we start off sunday with best of the sunshine across the midlands , wales, east anglia and midlands, wales, east anglia and the south east and that window

of fine weather gradually moves north into parts of northern england, perhaps northern ireland, by the afternoon. but not for much of scotland. other parts of northern ireland and northern england will see a few showers, whilst some more persistent rain begins to edge into the far south. warm in any sunny spells. highs into the high teens that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . inside from boxt boilers. >> sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good afternoon britain. good afternoon britain. weekdays from midday we bring you the most compelling stories from across the united kingdom and why it matters to you. >> from your doorstep to our inbox. >> that's right. we want to hear from you. good afternoon, britain . only on gb news the britain. only on gb news the people's channel, britain's news

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