denies donald trump's >> a judge denies donald trump's request for a mistrial in his hush money case. as stormy daniels concludes her testimony . daniels concludes her testimony. >> three boeing planes crash in two days, calling into question the aircraft manufacturers safety record. >> and don't forget to get microchips for your cats and you change. the law could see owners fined if they don't. good morning. it was always a herculean task for aston villa in greece last night, but their europa league conference defeat to olympiacos mean there are no british clubs left in european competitions now. meanwhile, in the tennis, rafa nadal makes progress at the italian open in rome. >> morning. the fine weather's going to stick around for a little while yet, but it's not set to last through the whole weekend. i'll have more on that coming up . coming up. >> good morning to you. i'm stephen dixon , and i'm ellie stephen dixon, and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on .

on. gb news. now, good news everybody. tell me i'm going to do a bev turner. oh, yeah? >> what's the bev turner? >> what's the bev turner? >> which is first? and talk about covid. oh. >> are you. yeah. >> are you. yeah. >> she likes to talk about covid. she does? yeah, she does. >> gives us something to do in a time off, i'm not a conspiracy theorist. i'll let you know. i'm jabbed up to the eyeballs with all that . it's up to you. all that. it's up to you. whatever you choose to do. however, here's the good news. in the sun this morning. yeah, that a copper. it claims copper tea could kill covid in the mouth because it's so hot. i don't know, but it's . i don't don't know, but it's. i don't know why it's tea and not anything else, but anyway, says tea can be an additional layer of intervention that patients and their families can easily adopt as a routine to be healthy and avoid things like covid. >> apparently, black tea was the most effective 99.9. >> now, can you read that from

there? >> that's my laser. i have an eye, there you go. my eyesight is better than 2020. do you know that? did i tell you that? yeah. honestly. they said they were staggered by how much i could see. >> you are the people's. >> you are the people's. >> so i'm over there. i can see, i can read the people's princess. >> you're the optometrist. dream you are? yeah. >> we're better than 2020. >> we're better than 2020. >> you just need to have a have a swig of that. oh, and just in case you're, you know, you're infected with anything . infected with anything. >> oh, i'm not sure about that. >> oh, i'm not sure about that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's nice that one two milky. now it hasn't been brewed long enough, but. yeah. okay. >> so you cured me. cured me. >> so you cured me. cured me. >> so you cured me. cured me. >> so if you're worried about covid, go and have a cup of coffee. cup of tea, cup of tea. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so there you go. >> so there you go. >> i like one at this time of the morning. anyway, so that's good. double benefit. >> the double benefit. anyway, i just saw that in the sun. thought it was quite interesting. this one. yeah. oh plus you know we're talking about insults yesterday and how they're all going out of going out of fashion. fashion >> yeah. >> yeah. >> here we go. this is in the sun today. it's the same story

basically, they're just a day behind everybody else. but what they have listed, which is different, is the ones that are now in. now, you mentioned karen yesterday, which means to be overly demanding and moaning lot. >> right. >> right. >> but also basic. >> but also basic. >> basic. yeah. to be basic, which , makes fun of those who which, makes fun of those who like things like mainstream music, fashion trends. >> i get called basic sometimes de lulu de lulu means to be delusional. >> yes, to be de lulu. i mean, we're quite lulu. >> i'm covering extra. yeah extra. >> i get called that too. it means, to. i don't know, to, be over the top. be over the top. yes. that's good. yes. git oh, i didn't know that one. >> so git is an insult used on someone who is inexperienced . someone who is inexperienced. east, mid . east, mid. >> oh, to be mid is like me. mid. how are you feeling? >> mid npc i don't know what that means. a non—player character , someone who can't character, someone who can't think for themselves about being salty. >> oh, that's like being a bit a bit sassy, a bit rude, got a bit of an attitude . i'd say simp.

of an attitude. i'd say simp. simp? yeah, that means to be a bit of a wet blanket . simp? yeah, that means to be a bit of a wet blanket. right. and sus, suspicious. yeah i'm quite good at this game. we can play this game more often. did you know any of those? >> no. well, well, salty. i guess that's been around for a bit, but, the rest of them. no being a bit extra or a bit mid. nah. there you go. >> we would be a bit extra. >> we would be a bit extra. >> i'd say we'd be extra. >> i'd say we'd be extra. >> yeah, we can be a bit dramatic and over the top. >> speak for yourself . i'm >> speak for yourself. i'm chilled out like you wouldn't believe. >> no, he is very chill. we're discussing that this morning. how chill you are. yeah. and i've just seen this as well on the front page of the times, which i think is very interesting. apparently truancy parents working from home have contributed to an unacceptable rise in parents, in pupils. sorry, skipping school on fridays. this according to gillian keegan. she just says basically school absences have jumped up by 20% on fridays. parents just pulling their kids out of school. >> apparently on a friday, parents doing it. >> yeah, on a friday. going off for a long weekend. well well it's totally unacceptable

really. 20% of fridays and unauthorised holidays have jumped up 25. this is since covid. >> yeah. well, then you sort of think, well, i suppose they've managed before with less schools . or maybe it's just taking the. >> i think that's what it is. i think parents just think, well they manage to perform and they've turned out okay. >> well if you're keeping your kids off school today just because you fancy a long weekend, let's . no, we won't weekend, let's. no, we won't read your name out in case you get into trouble. but gbnews.com slash your say. or if you, let's talk about anything else this morning. >> yeah. then do get in touch. >> yeah. then do get in touch. >> you're feeling a bit extra or mid a bit a bit de lulu i so mad. >> yeah. get in touch. we'd like to hear from you, jamie. >> anyway, should we talk about small boats? let's. because this is sort of what we've been waiting to hear for a long time is what the labour party would do. well, it's going to launch plans to tackle the small boat crisis today. >> well, in a major speech, sir keir starmer will unveil proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists. >> but his plans will be supported by about a thousand additional officers recruited by mi5 .

mi5. >> live well, to do this, labour say they will spend £75 million equating to a year that would have been spent on sending migrants to rwanda. >> and let's talk to our senior political commentator, nigel nelson. morning, nigel. what are we to make of this? >> well, it's a start in the right direction, i mean, what you're talking about as you've just said, is changing the system whereby counter—terror laws can be used against the people smugglers is what this means is that even if you just suspect somebody of people smuggling, you can actually move in. and so that will mean, for instance, stop and searches at the border. they could have their mobile phone seized so you can check their contacts. they could have home searched, you're drafting in spies rather than just police to actually deal with it. so it sounds like that this could be be the start of a major crackdown on the people smugglers . yes. smugglers. yes. >> except, nigel, in all those sort of reports that we see, it's not it's not the smugglers

that are getting caught or coming over, is it? it's we've got an issue with the people, the smugglers, although they're the smugglers, although they're the crux of the problem , well, the crux of the problem, well, they're not wandering about in they're not wandering about in the uk. left, right and centre , the uk. left, right and centre, are they? they tend to be operating on the continent now . operating on the continent now. >> a lot of them are. you're absolutely right. but some of them are also operating over here. and there have been arrests of people smugglers in this country, and, and a number have been sentenced to sentenced to prison, having been caught. so yes, you're right that one of the things you will need to make this work is cooperation with european agencies . part of the european agencies. part of the idea here is to have, officers embedded in europol , which is embedded in europol, which is something that we lost during dunng something that we lost during during brexit. and the idea is you'd have intelligence sharing between european countries. so yes, you can only arrest the ones that we find here. but you could actually , ask european law could actually, ask european law

enforcement agencies to catch the ones over there. >> nigel, you've just alluded to it. there but this is going to be criticised, isn't it? it is already in the papers this morning that this is just the labour party wanting closer ties with the eu again. >> well, i mean, the whole thing is closer. ties are actually a good thing. i mean apart from the trade we do with europe, it doesn't mean reversing brexit or anything like that. what it does mean is cooperating with our european neighbours. we're already giving the french half £1 billion to help us tackle, tackle the, the small boats. so the idea of a bit more cooperation is probably best. i mean, even even natalie elphicke before she defected to labour and is the dover mp on the front line of this she was talking about, diplomatic moves with the french as probably one of the better ways of tackling illegal immigration, but all this involves scrapping the rwanda

plan, even if it's proving to be working. that's one thing to get rid of something that isn't working. but if it is, why would you scrap it ? you scrap it? >> well, you won't. the people who actually end up in rwanda , who actually end up in rwanda, if the flights ever get off the ground, would stay there. so you won't be scrapping that part of it. what you're doing is you're spending money more effectively. the rwanda rwanda plan is costing over £500 million. we only have an agreement to send 300 migrants to rwanda . so 300 migrants to rwanda. so that's 1 in 100 of the people who are crossing the channel so by all accounts, rwanda is just not good value for money. it costs nearly £2 million per migrant. now, you can keep one of those in a hotel here for 30 years with that, with that kind of money, the argument that keir starmer is making today is that he can use money better and more effectively, but would they really scrap the rwanda plan if

it was seen to be working ? it was seen to be working? >> i mean, rishi sunak already says it's doing its job as a deterrent, as we're seeing my migrant numbers go up in the repubuc migrant numbers go up in the republic of ireland . republic of ireland. >> yeah, there is there is an argument over, over whether or not that ireland is actually caused by rwanda, i mean, certainly a lot of the irish think so. yeah. the irish do , think so. yeah. the irish do, but they've yet to produce some decent figures to show exactly the cause and effect there. so, yes , it's true that some yes, it's true that some migrants who are ending up in my in ireland are saying that rwanda is the one that's actually making them go there , actually making them go there, well, they would say that because ireland, the irish high court, has written an unsafe country vie because of rwanda. so these people can't be sent back to britain under, under irish law. i think that when it comes down to deterrent value, you have to look at the actual boat crossings, which is what the, what we're trying to deter. and we're talking about 8500

people who've crossed the channel so far this year, and there's no sign of them stopping i >> -- >> and i don't know if it's a stroke of genius or absolutely stupid, nigel, that this is all being done in natalie elphick's constituency because she's such a poisonous figure to so many on the labour benches , well, it's the labour benches, well, it's no coincidence it's happening in dover , that is the front. the dover, that is the front. the front line of, of the small boats problem, so , i mean, that boats problem, so, i mean, that would be the right place for keir starmer to announce this policy, but clearly it's all been timed with this defection. yeah, absolutely. i mean , that yeah, absolutely. i mean, that natalie elphicke defection didn't happen overnight. there were long conversations with, labour labour leaders about her defection . rhiannon. so you're defection. rhiannon. so you're absolutely right. this is planned . we're an election year. planned. we're an election year. that's politics. >> nigel, whilst we've got you,

i wanted to ask you about dominic cummings, the re—emergence of mr cummings and a new party to rival the tories . a new party to rival the tories. >> yeah, he's talking about a start up party, it won't make any difference to this coming election because he's not going to be standing, even if he gets this off the ground, he's not going to be standing any candidates this time round. so what he's looking at is what happens if the . tory vote happens if the. tory vote collapses completely and we end up with very few tory mps. he says he can get a new party to fill the gap, i'm a bit sceptical about this new party's, often don't last very long, if you remember, change uk came and went a few years ago , came and went a few years ago, but i mean, i would never underestimate dominic cummings , underestimate dominic cummings, so we would have to see. but it has no effect on this coming election . election. >> no what? >> no what? >> just a quick thought, nigel, though, on all of this, which i find very odd. we're talking about someone. you say you shouldn't underestimate him.

he's proved to be very powerful. very influential. it never a man who's who's held public office. so he's no one. no one voted him in. no one said he should have a big say on how this country should be run. and yet he seems to think he has. >> yeah, i think there's a certain sense of entitlement about dom, where he does think he should be running the country and probably in boris johnson's day for a while. he actually, he actually was, he is very clever. i mean, i think that that , i mean, i think that that, brexit wouldn't have happened without his very clever slogan, take back control. that seemed to actually sort of touch the emotional nerve and make people vote for brexit. so yes, he's clever, but no , you're clever, but no, you're absolutely right, stephen. he's never been elected to any office, if he, if he does in fact go ahead and start a new party, one presumes he will stand for election . stand for election. >> well, yeah. nigel, good to see you. thanks very much

indeed. >> well, let us know what you think about any of the above. gb news. com slash usa now, the former porn star stormy daniels has concluded her testimony at donald trump's hush money trial, fighting off all inquiries into her account of the alleged sexual encounter between her and the former president. well, it follows a scathing attack by the judge, who blamed trump's lawyers for letting daniels describe lurid details. as trump denied . he denied trump a denied. he denied trump a mistrial for the second time this week . this week. >> let's get more from us political analyst eric ham . political analyst eric ham. well, look, i've got a little bit spicy, eric. i guess that's no surprise. but how did stormy daniels actually come off in all of this ? of this? >> well, it remains to be seen what the jury will think of her, but we know that donald trump's lawyers . went after her today, lawyers. went after her today, and it was a very intense

session. of course, we know that. she testified for over six hours on the stand. and what the judge said was pretty striking. he says that, look, you actually brought this up when you said in your opening that donald trump did not have an affair with this woman. so therefore it was only right for her to go into detail to describe her relationship, to actually paint for the jury that, in fact, this did happen. and he did say that. and he admonished donald trump's lawyers that they could have actually objected to many of the things that were said by stormy daniels . i things that were said by stormy daniels. i do believe things that were said by stormy daniels . i do believe that we daniels. i do believe that we depending on what happens with the verdict, i do believe that we perhaps will see a an appeal by donald trump's lawyers looking specifically at some of the things that, of course, we heard from stormy daniels during her time when she provided testimony. >> did we hear anything new from stormy daniels in this testimony , or was it more about adding context to this case? >> no, we did not. this was the first time, of course, that we actually heard her in a criminal trial under oath, actually testifying . and of course, testifying. and of course, again, the jury and i think

that's the most important thing we have to recognise here. they actually got a chance to see how, in fact, she would hold up to the scrutiny, being cross—examined by donald trump's lawyers about this relationship that she had with donald trump . that she had with donald trump. but again, this is a case about falsifying business records. and so while we know that it was definitely a spectacle to hear from stormy daniels, stormy daniels, the central issue of this case is did, in fact, donald trump actually falsify business records? it's clear that donald trump actually paid stormy daniels $130,000. but that's not what he's on trial for. and that is not actually what that is, not actually what he is he's being tried for and what he will be convicted for. ultimately. and right now, i think the prosecution still has this burden that they have to actually show that donald trump did, in fact, falsify these records, why was there another call from his team for a

mistrial ? mistrial? >> well, well, again, i think that's pretty much par for the course for a defence that would actually ask for a mistrial. i think what we saw today was they thought that there were some holes and stormy daniels testimony, which is why they believe that much of the information that she provided not only was president prejudicial, but also, i think what we saw from them is that they think that she went over they think that she went over the line and describing this relationship she had with donald trump and eric, just briefly, because we are running out of time. >> but how would you say this is affecting donald trump personally and in the polls ? personally and in the polls? >> well, in the polls, it's having a tremendous effect. we are now seeing that joe biden is leading in the polls and another key battleground state of wisconsin. and so the more donald trump stays off the campaign trail, the more difficult it is for him to be able to find some distance between him and joe biden as we head into november. >> okay , eric, good to see you

>> okay, eric, good to see you this morning. >> thanks very much indeed. >> thanks very much indeed. >> now, 6:18, let's take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. >> and israel's . eden golan has >> and israel's. eden golan has qualified for the final of the eurovision song contest on saturday, despite being booed throughout the rehearsals and live event. protesters want israel banned in the same manner russia was for its involvement in a controversial conflict. police managed to see off thousands of pro—palestinian demonstrators who were surrounding the stadium, including greta thunberg. >> police in florida have released body camera footage from a policeman who fatally shot a black american airman in his own home. 23 year old senior airman roger fortson answered the door, holding a weapon by his side as the police officer attended a reported disturbance. the deputy who shot him has since been placed on administrative leave. >> a nine year old tony hudgell

has been re—invited to buckingham palace after missing the garden party on wednesday because a traffic. the double amputee has raised more than 2 million for charity, having spent much of his life getting specialists and life saving treatment . yes, we all got stuck treatment. yes, we all got stuck in traffic, didn't they? i know, and they tweeted about it. yeah, and they tweeted about it. yeah, and then the palace responded and then the palace responded and said, you can come next yeah >> dont yeah >> don't worry tony, but i was reading about him today and he just said all i wanted to do was see the king and see if he was okay. oh, how sweet is that? he said, i heard that he's been having treatment. i just wanted to check the king was okay. oh, so he just sounds like the loveliest little boy in the world. >> he does. i reckon he'll be getting a special invite. actually, i think he'll be going on his own, i think. yeah. >> oh, he's so cute. i think there'll be a special little invite and he'll be tripping up on his own . on his own. >> yeah. having a little sit down with the king. >> yeah. apparently he bounded out of school, i think it was

yesterday when he found out he was going to the garden party, and he'd been re—invited absolutely delighted with himself. so it was a lovely story. i do like that story this morning. very sweet, very nice. >> but this is what the king needs to be doing. what he does well, actually, all this, it's all about real people. yeah. isn't it? oh, bless him, very, very sweet. oh . that's nice. very sweet. oh. that's nice. >> one documentary being made. oh, lovely. >> probably a netflix drama. yeah. we're going lovely. >> don't tell harry. >> don't tell harry. >> now a cornish mp is calling on the government to put more money into coastal communities across the uk. steve double says funding currently earmarked for rural communities doesn't trickle to coastal areas. >> yes, he's urging the government to reorganise the need for better provision in our seaside towns. our southwest of england reporterjeff moody england reporter jeff moody reports tough. the last few years. >> sam richardson is a singer songwriter from saint agnes in cornwall. much of his music reflects a sense of frustration with life in a coastal town. >> we've got a lot of empty

shops and a lot of our town centres, which is sort of causing a lot of death on the high street. i know that's a problem everywhere, but it is particularly bad down in cornwall, i think the infrastructure as well for me is like a really big problem down here. our roads are just rammed all the time. similar problems across the border in devon, ilfracombe is the most deprived area in north devon, twice the town has applied for levelling up funding, twice it's been turned down something north devon mp selaine saxby says is frustrating. >> it's very complicated. it's not as straightforward as just throwing money at the problem . throwing money at the problem. they're very deep issues and i think, you know, the nick whitty report highlighted some of the health inequalities that you see around the coast on top of some of the property challenges. i think, you know, stood here today in this wind. think, you know, stood here today in this wind . you can see today in this wind. you can see just maintaining properties in areas like this is significantly harder. >> for several years, the government has acknowledged that rural areas need extra help, but so far that help doesn't stretch to our coasts. the mp for saint austell and newquay is pushing the government to change all

this. >> truly local people are finding it really challenging because we often have sort of low wage seasonal work, but very high house prices pull, you know, pushed up because of, second homes and holiday lets etc, and also i think the, the disparity review that theresa may carried out when she was prime minister highlighted that working class white boys in coastal communities are some some of the most disadvantaged people in the country struggling to get on the housing ladder, struggling to find work, struggling to find work, struggling to find work, struggling to be heard. >> it's interesting that , a >> it's interesting that, a member of the party that's in government recognises that, which is great because it is a really important thing. but that government for the last ten years has also cut half £1 billion in youth services around the country . so not only have the country. so not only have you got disaffected young men searching for community vie, there isn't anywhere for them to go. they're finding these

communities in dark areas of the internet. that's the only place that they're finding this. and when you're disaffected and you're disillusioned , it's so you're disillusioned, it's so much more easy to become radicalised. if you imagine if we could raise all of our young men to be, look , life over the men to be, look, life over the last, however many thousands of years has swayed towards the benefit of, you know, white guys , and we need to make sure that we make this a more equal and progressive society. so it's your responsibility as a young male to bring people from the lgbtq+ community into the fold and make sure that they feel safe and heard and understood, andifs safe and heard and understood, and it's your responsibility to do the same thing with women, make sure they feel safe and understood and heard in these discussions and not say, there's no room for you in this conversation. we're going to speak to all of the people that it involves, which is obviously great that they have a seat, but i feel like a lot of young, white, working class lads don't feel like they have a seat at the table anymore. >> no one thinks the problem of coastal deprivation could be solved overnight. the issue of disaffected young white males

even harder . jeff moody, gb news even harder. jeff moody, gb news now it's lovely. >> yesterday the weather wasn't it? very nice . not that it's not it? very nice. not that it's not what you actually sat in your garden. you actually didn't waste it. no, i didn't get out in it. but i will today. hopefully it's still lovely weather today. alex has got all the details for us. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. the fine and often sunny weather many of us have had recently will continue for a little while yet. yes, there are some mist and fog patches around first thing this morning, but these will quickly burn back because there'll be plenty of sunshine around. lots of bright blue skies on offer as we head into the afternoon. they're a bit more cloud towards shetland. a little bit of rain here and elsewhere. 1 or 2 showers possible, most places

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>> welcome back to breakfast. it's 631 now. boeing has suffered a third plane crash in just two days. >> according to reports, 190 people were evacuated from an aircraft in turkey after one of the tires burst. comes after a cargo plane landed on its nose in istanbul as another jet

in istanbul as anotherjet skidded off the runway and caught fire in senegal. >> well, there is no suggestion that boeing are to blame for the crashes, and they yet to comment on the incidents . on the incidents. >> let's talk to travel and aviation analyst sally gething. good to see you. sally, what's going on? >> yes . well, unfortunately, it >> yes. well, unfortunately, it does affect, boeing, the company in this regard because they're under investigation in the united states by the regulator there. and unfortunately , the there. and unfortunately, the headunes there. and unfortunately, the headlines for boeing, just don't go away in terms of incidents and like you said, there have been a few more incidents, but having said that, it does not mean that boeing is definitely to blame because, you know, some of these incidents could be due to other issues, possibly maintenance even. but there needs to be more work done to actually work out what happened in each of those recent incidents . incidents. >> what happens next? sally? i

imagine there's going to be an investigation . investigation. >> well, there will be an investigation for each of those incidents in the last few days. and, that will be conducted by the regulator in that particular country. and boeing will be consulted , but there is also an consulted, but there is also an investigation going on anyway into boeing, their, their most of the problems boeing has had has been with an aircraft called the boeing 737 max, and that's not involved in any of those incidents in the last few days. but wider problems at boeing have been revealed in terms of, actually putting the aircraft together on the assembly floor and some of the one of the suppliers into boeing as well. and and, in recent days, this week, there have been issues with boeing 787 dreamliner, which is a much larger aeroplane. and, boeing itself

has said that, there are some, problems there. so the regulators looking into that as well. >> okay. sally, thanks very much indeed, the airlines is a boeing hasn't commented. the airlines haven't commented either in any of this. so no, it must be. >> yeah. and it must be terrifying if you're on that aircraft in turkey, one of the tires burst. yeah, yeah. you can hear the panic in that clip there. so hopefully there's an investigation now. and that's all all sorted. do we have a look at the sport? >> i think we'd better had aidan magee here. morning to you. >> morning to you both. good to see you. oh, bad news last night for villa. well it was look, to be honest, stephen, it was a herculean task in greece. >> i've been waiting to use that all morning. yeah, sorry about that. that's the second time i've used it, actually. but. no, look, they were they were four two down from the first leg. ellie. they went to greece last night. now olympiacos, fourth in the table in their domestic league. it was a chance for villa to get to a european final for the first time since 1982.

first time they could have won a trophy actually since 1996. but despite playing better, they lost by two goals to nil. they hit on the counter a couple of couple of times. but you know, it's important to retain some kind of perspective over this. they're fourth in the league. they're fourth in the league. they could qualify for the champions league for the first time since they won the competition back in 1982, so i don't think anyone's getting unduly perturbed by that result. last night he didn't rest as many players as i expected. he brought some off at the end because they've got a big game against liverpool at the weekend, but i don't think anyone at aston villa is panicking. the only thing it means in terms of the overall contribution of british clubs in europe is that for the first time in a in many a long year, we've got to this stage of the season with all british clubs, engush season with all british clubs, english and scottish clubs being completely out of all european competition, which , okay, it competition, which, okay, it doesn't look good on this year, but goodness me, we've had some great times in the last, in the last decade or so, even going back beyond, i can't remember the last time a british club wasn't in the latter stages of any european competition because west ham, of course, won the europa conference league last year and that will kind of crystallise what villa have done last night. they thought they would have matched what west ham

did at least last year, but it wasn't to be. but as i said, look, they've got 69 points, they've got they've got a big game against liverpool over the weekend. there's seven points ahead of spurs, still a bit to play ahead of spurs, still a bit to play for there, but i fancy them to get into the champions league and that will be one hell of an achievement. >> yeah, it certainly will be. we've got a lot to discuss with manu. where do you want to start? >> well there was an email sent last weekend wasn't there by jim sir jim last weekend wasn't there by jim sirjim ratcliffe, last weekend wasn't there by jim sir jim ratcliffe, the last weekend wasn't there by jim sirjim ratcliffe, the new owner. he was talking about the state of the facilities at the training ground. he's doing an audit. and then there was a report in yesterday's papers saying that the, the that particular email had left the training ground feeling rather toxic. now i know i understand how that happens . sometimes you how that happens. sometimes you get some direction from above, don't you? and so those on the, those foot soldiers on the ground are looking at each other thinking, well, that's your fault. we're getting the blame for this. it's your fault. we're getting the blame for that. and the it department is apparently manned by very young people. so it was probably a little bit unfair to blame them. maybe you should have looked a bit closer. but nonetheless he was disappointed by what he saw. and now he's ordered. apparently, according to the daily mirror, sir david mcdonnell, he's ordered or he's ordered an investigation into the number of

injuries the club are suffering at the moment. now, the numbers are quite staggering. they've got they've got 11 first team players out now. eight of those are considered to be real frontline players. mctominay maguire, rashford, varane, martinez, fernandez . they've got martinez, fernandez. they've got three four games left now, including the fa cup final. some players are apparently saying we don't think we're going to win another game. but if you look at their remaining games, arsenal at home, newcastle at home, brighton away , manchester city brighton away, manchester city at wembley, i mean they could face humiliation now manchester city are in sizzling form. they could have won the premier league by then. so they're up against it. but if you look at look at the actual 31 different defensive combinations in in 48 games that erik ten hag has had to put out this season , he's to put out this season, he's just not been able to get the consistency that you would need to mount any kind of challenge for the title. they're eighth in the league and it looks to be their lowest, their lowest finish since 2013. and so 60 different injuries since the start of the season. i mean, you just how can you possibly manage that. yeah i know we can put the manager and say, well, you know, if it is it your training. is there a is there a problem with

there a is there a problem with the players. are they thinking the players. are they thinking the pressure of playing for manchester united is just getting a bit too much. maybe i've got a bit of a hamstring this week. >> maybe we need to just forget about the squad of today and reflect on 98, 99 and the golden time. >> this is the problem though. this is the problem because this these big clubs, when they start doing badly, they look to their history more and more. liverpool did it. liverpool went through years of doing it for after they won the league in 1990, and it's another one last night. now don't get me wrong, it's not the it's not the fault of the 99 team. they were successful and we saw them in manchester last night having a great celebration. there's david beckham for the benefit of our radio listeners on the red carpet there up in manchester, gary neville was involved as well, paul scholes, nicky butt etc. and when it's contrasted against the current manchester united team, it makes the current united team look even worse. now it's for them to chase the top sides. they've done nothing wrong, those guys last night that was always planned, but 25 years it is this month i think may may the 26th was the night they won in the nou camp in dramatic circumstances won and the treble, but it does bring home to man united fans, many of whom will remember that night very, very well because it's in living

memory that how just how bad the current situation is. and it also brings into focus just what sir jim ratcliffe has to do to sirjim ratcliffe has to do to get this club going again, because it's going to be a massive, massive job. >> it's funny. peter schmeichel i know you haven't seen him for ages. >> he was tired after that game. he was tired so he didn't retire. he left manchester united after that game and he went he went overseas and then came back with aston villa and man city later on. but a magnificent goalkeeper. >> brilliant agent. thank you very much indeed. thank you. later on. >> now do you stay with us? we're going to be going through the papers with mike buckley and suzanne evans. that's

next. 641. let's have a look at some of the front pages for you. the mirror leads with the surge in whooping cough as, five babies have died this year, the uk facing its biggest outbreak in 40 years. >> the guardian leads with more than 100,000 people leaving rafa

as israel steps up its bombardment of the region , the bombardment of the region, the express asks who will win the tug of war over interest rates? >> jeremy hunt telling the bank of england don't cut them too quickly. >> the telegraph leads with the same picture of prince william joining a volleyball game in newquay at the times has school truancy up by a fifth on fridays. well, joining us now to go through the papers is former labour adviser mike buckley and political commentator suzanne evans. good to see you both this morning. good morning to you and mike. let's start with the mail front page shall we. and whooping cough. whooping cough. >> whooping cough. >> whooping cough. >> whooping cough. i >> whooping cough. i mean, >> whooping cough. i mean, it sounds like a disease from, you know, the middle of the last century or something, doesn't it? because we thought we'd got rid of it. we had got rid of it. but very sadly, people have been vaccinating in their children less and less over time. i think because of this kind of wider, very unfortunate concern about vaccinating children, which has led to the rise in a number of

other diseases as well, like measles and so on. so this is endangenng measles and so on. so this is endangering a lot of kids. and very sadly, in the last i think it's in the last week, five babies have died of whooping cough, which isn't something that should be happening in a developed nation like this. so obviously the message to parents is get your children, get your infants vaccinated. but the government clearly needs to be doing more on this. there should have been a big they should have noficed have been a big they should have noticed that vaccination rates were reducing. don't a big education campaign on it. and they just haven't. they've just been asleep at the wheel. >> yeah. it's very, very sad. this story , 61% of pregnant this story, 61% of pregnant women were vaccinated against whooping cough. now that's far too low because it's a very high risk. if you if you and your babyif risk. if you if you and your baby if you have this when you're pregnant. and as mike was saying, i think there's been this general decline in vaccination rates, lockdowns, covid lockdowns are obviously partly responsible for that vaccination fell because people simply the nhs simply wasn't available to do them. then we had the whole, scandal around the mmr vaccine and the covid vaccines, which weren't as effective as everyone said. so there's been a general demise in vaccination . as mike says, you vaccination. as mike says, you know, this is a preventable disease. people need to get

upset. >> it goes it goes out of the pubuc >> it goes it goes out of the public consciousness . i mean, i public consciousness. i mean, i remember people going on about whooping cough when i was little , but it probably never registered with you. did you forget how serious these things are? >> but the other interesting thing is, it's particularly high in parts of london and birmingham. and that makes me wonder if you've also got mothers coming from overseas who haven't had the same kind of vaccination programmes that we've had to that could be skewing the figures. >> i was to talking somebody a few weeks ago who works on a vaccination programme, and she was saying exactly that, that in parts of the country like birmingham, you have people coming from from other countries, perhaps not having engush countries, perhaps not having english as their first language, and they literally don't know or understand what what they need to have their children vaccinated against. and they don't have the means of finding out either because they don't speak english. >> 1957 it is a challenge of vaccine, since in this country, but of course not everywhere else. >> yeah , right. suzanne, i've >> yeah, right. suzanne, i've got the guardian. should. are we looking at unpaid carers? >> yeah. i have to say i was incensed reading this story. basically what happened, what's happening is that if you're an

unpaid carer, so you're probably looking after a family member , looking after a family member, you get paid £81 a week in carer's allowance . but if you carer's allowance. but if you earn more than £151 a week, you lose that. now that's appalling to start with, but what's happening is people are going over that threshold and the government's not alerting them. the department for work and pensions is supposed to have a scheme where if people earn more than that, they're alerted so that allowance can be removed. that's not happening. so the £81 is still being paid , and then is still being paid, and then people are getting into debt and the dwp expects them to pay it back. and so they're facing bills of up to £5,000. i mean this is absolutely unacceptable . this is absolutely unacceptable. and there's a there's a quote in the guardian from the director of the policy in public, the director of policy and public affairs at the carers trust, dominic carter, and he says honest mistakes by unpaid carers are spiralling out of control because the dwp hasn't provided enough staff to deal with the issue.i enough staff to deal with the issue. i mean, this is inexcusable and it is a couple of pounds over a penny more, a penny more and that's it. and

then you find yourself in debt. it's horrendous. and this is happening to about 1 in 5 people. that's it really is a scandal. i'm so angry reading this. >> mike, what do you make of it? >> mike, what do you make of it? >> i mean, the from reading the piece this morning, it sounds like the government have deliberately employed about half as many staff as they need over as many staff as they need over a five year period, and they've been watching these cases coming in. they've not been dealing with they've been letting the debt rack up, not telling the carers involved, and then eventually, years later, stepping in and saying, oh, by the way, you owe us thousands of pounds. this is money. these people are not going to have. they're obviously dealing with probably quite a stressful situation anyway, dealing with a sick family member to then be saddled with all this debt from the government, which they can't do anything about, is absolutely horrendous. i mean, it's gross mistreatment of people. and the government knew they were doing this by spending too little money on employing people in the dwp in my view, all of this debt should be written off and they should be written off and they should just press reboot, start again, employ enough staff and then if people get into trouble in the future, approach them in the first few weeks of the first few months so that this can be

easily rectified. but i do think the system should be changed anyway. and if they go to £151 and a penny, they shouldn't lose the whole £81 allowance. >> no, i mean, this is what it should be progressive, you know. >> well, well, this is what i don't understand with the system like this, sometimes you've got to come down hard. if people are playing the system. this isn't one of those scenarios, is it? no. >> if you are an unpaid carer, you're doing you're saving the state a massive amount of money. you should be lauded , applauded, you should be lauded, applauded, paid more for it, frankly not penalised in this way. it's horrendous. >> but if you go, it's not much money. >> but if there's not much, if there's £151 limit and you go over that by £20, you take £20 off the carer's allowance that i can understand , but not remove can understand, but not remove the whole thing entirely. >> you could do that. it's not even that much money. i mean, you could. it's not. no. maybe it's cheaper for the government overall to not employ the staff to check and just to say to all unpaid carers, you get £81, however much you earn that would probably save the state a hell of a lot of money. it would save

everybody all the stress. >> yeah, well you will have a view on that. do let us know what it is. gbnews.com/yoursay mike. let's look at rafa, shall we? it's on the guardian front page. >> i mean, this is a yet another, part of this ongoing story which is being over seven months now, which is almost too horrific to conceive of, you know. but anyway, so the latest news is obviously there were lots of talks in the last few weeks between israel and hamas meeting together in cairo to discuss a ceasefire deal. about a week ago, hamas said yes to a ceasefire deal. so israel had clearly put an offer on the table. hamas said yes. then israel of turn around and said , israel of turn around and said, well, no, we don't actually want a ceasefire after all. we just want the war to continue. so they have now gone against. >> be fair. >> be fair. >> that's putting it out of context. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i don't think it is. >> i don't think it is. >> i don't think it is. >> i mean, yes, it is, it is because part of the deal that hamas put forward, i'm not saying i agree with this either way. but before anyone starts emailing in. but what what hamas put on the table was that this ceasefire would end the

conflict, though i think it was end it would end the conflict. and israel said, no, that's not what we're prepared. >> i think what hamas have since said is that they've they've agreed to it, not ending the conflict, but going for 40 days because the initial start. but obviously it's a move towards ending the conflict. but anyway, what's happened since is against all international recommendations, including from the us. israel have decided to invade rafah anyway, which is the city in the south of gaza , the city in the south of gaza, where israel for seven months now have been telling gazans to flee because it's meant to be a safe space. look, hamas is still not released. >> those hostages that it took on october the 7th, but they've said that they will. we still don't know. well, why aren't they doing it if they release? >> because israel hasn't held them, mike. >> for what? since october last year? we don't know how many are still alive , we think there's still alive, we think there's around 130 still being held. israel thinks a quarter of those are dead . i can't help thinking are dead. i can't help thinking now, after october, you've got young women who've been taken hostage. some of them will be pregnant now because we know they've been raped by hamas terrorists. the situation that's

happening is horrific. and frankly, i cannot understand how anybody can call for a ceasefire without first insisting that those hostages are released. what hamas is doing is appalling, and israel has every right to defend itself. and frankly, joe biden sitting in the comfort of his luxurious oval office in the white house and saying, right, well, we're not going to give israel any more arms to defend them. it's sickening. frankly israel's got to win this or the whole of the western civilisation is at risk and at threat from muslim terrorism. it's got to stop. >> it's not just biden, is it, though? >> it's not biden. i mean, particularly now, the entire western world saying this has gone too far. >> well, it has gone too far. but as i say, if hamas had said, right, we want a sensible two state solution, we'll lay down our arms, we'll release the hostage, we'll have sensible talks as opposed to just, frankly, carrying on its war cries. things would be very different, right? >> israel won't even consider a two state solution every time it's mentioned. they say , you it's mentioned. they say, you know, we're not going to go anywhere near it. and israel has killed well over 30,000 people in gaza, which is completely disproportionate. of course, they have the right to defend

themselves. they do not have the right to kill over 30,000 people. >> well, i'm afraid that's what happensin >> well, i'm afraid that's what happens in war. and let's not forget who started this war. there was a ceasefire on october the sixth. it existed. it was holding. and then october 7, the landscape changed. and that was entirely hamas's fault . entirely hamas's fault. >> you can't justify what hamas did on october the 7th, but you also can't justify what israel have done since. and joe barton is exactly right to try and prevent further bloodshed in gaza. >> okay, suzanne, let's have a look at the telegraph, shall we? and this is the trump hush money trial. we've seen stormy daniels give her testimony haven't we this week. >> yes that's right. so donald trump of course is up in court. not because he had an affair with stormy daniels. the former porn actress, but because he allegedly paid her hush money to say, keep quiet about about this affair. he and his camp are saying this is a democrat led witch hunt, that they're doing anything they possibly can to stop him running for president again . so, yeah, i mean, this is again. so, yeah, i mean, this is going to keep us going, i think, for quite some time what the trump side is saying now is, is

thatis trump side is saying now is, is that is that the basically they're trying to paint stormy daniels as an extortionate extortionist. there's this idea that when they had their very, very brief relationship, he then paid her this money, allegedly made her sign a non—disclosure agreement , which she made her sign a non—disclosure agreement, which she has broken. it's in many senses this is a good old fashioned kiss and tell story, i think. >> but it sort of is. >> but it sort of is. >> but it sort of is. >> but but the issue here, though, is where it gets complicated because it's not actually about this, is it? it's about what he claimed that money was for that 130 grand, and he said it was something sort of campaign funds. yeah, it's basically that he falsified his accounts that is the charge against him. >> and obviously that needs to be investigated , doesn't it? be investigated, doesn't it? absolutely. because that charge, if it sticks, is a very serious allegation to level against a past. and wannabe former president of the usa. >> so, so from someone to the right of politics, is this a

witch hunt or not? >> if you say it's a serious charge, that's the allegation should be investigated . and so should be investigated. and so is it a witch hunt? >> it's a difficult one, isn't it, i think the way in which it's been played out because of his profile, i think there is an element of witch hunt in it. obviously, people have gone looking for anything to throw at donald trump. and of course they've made various other allegations against him, which haven't stuck and haven't gone anywhere. and it is a bit like there constantly pulling away there constantly pulling away the layers of the onion and trying to find something. >> but but yeah, this is a serious charge. you're right. yeah you're absolutely right. >> mike. what do you reckon ? >> mike. what do you reckon? >> mike. what do you reckon? >> i'm glad he's being investigated. there's clearly a case to answer. it's perfectly reasonable that it's heard in a court of law, as the many other cases, they're going to be heard in the court of law with donald trump as the defendant. >> it's very odd, though, isn't it, because of the i mean, the problem is you can look at this and say, yes, it's quite right that some things investigated. >> the problem is that the judiciary is politicised in the

states in a way that we don't have over here, with these people being elected and having a political allegiance . that a political allegiance. that does make it problematic, doesn't it? it does make it open for criticism. >> i agree with you. and i think one of the unfortunate repercussions of the first trump term is the fact that he appointed lots of judges across the country, including in the supreme court, that are incredibly partisan, and that is having a disproportionate effect on us politics. so that is a problem. if he is suffering from that problem, it's a problem he could have fixed when he was when he was president and he didn't. and in fact , he used didn't. and in fact, he used that to his own, his own gain. >> mike, let's stay with you, shall we? and talk about baby reindeer and this interview last night. >> so i will admit, i'm not an expert on baby reindeer. i don't watched it. i don't even have a netflix subscription, so i have not watched it. in fact, i was being educated about baby reindeer this morning. have you watched this? and it sounds like the kind of tv show that i wouldn't want to watch it. just to me, the whole thing just seems actually quite unpleasant. i mean, there's this clearly some unfortunate circumstance that happened between these two people. does it really need to

be turned into a tv show? so everybody else can watch it? so i just, to be honest, feel some degree of, you know, almost compassion for the two of them. just thinking, how have you got yourselves into this mess? >> so just in case anybody hasn't watched it and you're not sure what we're talking about, baby reindeer is a new netflix series. it's about male comedian who, works in a bar and a lady comes in. one day. he offers her a free cup of tea. he feels sorry for her because she couldn't afford a drink. and she goes on, he says, to stalk her. and it's a series about a man being stalked, essentially by a female stalker. >> basically true. >> basically true. >> well, the real life sort of true stalker was interviewed last night. did you watch it? >> i didn't see, i'm afraid i came to the studio this morning never having heard of baby reindeer. i'm ashamed to say netflix obviously wasn't pushing it at me enough. it was pushing something else that perhaps i prefer to watch because, as mike says, it does sound like you've got two, really quite stressed, potentially damaged people here taking part. the comedian who's making the accusations is actually playing himself in this, so he's presumably reliving the whole thing as he goes through it. >> so but in the process, i've

not seen potentially i'm going to have to i'm going to have to watch it. >> obviously now and find out i don't particularly fancy it very much. i'll be honest. it does sound like it's going to be quite uncomfortable. >> it is uncomfortable. >> it is uncomfortable. >> it is uncomfortable. >> it doesn't work for me. >> it doesn't work for me. >> it doesn't work for me. >> it is uncomfortable. >> it is uncomfortable. >> there's three of us. haven't watched it here, but there you go. but the point is, it's meant to be semi fictional. but if people have been able to identify this woman and are making conclusions about about it, does she have a to case sue? >> she's had a lot of abuse, gather. >> yeah. and death threats as well. and there's questions now about whether that tv interview last night was responsible or not, because it does look as though she has some problems. anyway. thank you. you too. let's take a look at the weather with alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. the fine and often sunny weather many of us have had recently will continue for a little while yet. yes, there are some mist and fog

patches around first thing this morning, but these will quickly burn back because there'll be plenty of sunshine around. lots of bright blue skies on offer as we head into the afternoon. they're a bit more cloud towards shetland, a little bit of rain here and elsewhere. 1 or 2 showers possible. most places staying dry and in the sunshine. feeling even warmer than yesterday . feeling even warmer than yesterday. highs of around 24 or 25 celsius. little change as we go through this evening and overnight. it is going to stay settled. a lot of the cloud will actually clear away, so clear skies for many of us though some low cloud pushing in from the nonh low cloud pushing in from the north sea across some eastern parts and elsewhere, a few pockets of mist and fog are possible, temperatures generally dropping to high. single figures or low double digits. we start saturday on a fine note for many places, though quite cloudy towards eastern parts. again any mist and fog will quickly burn back and then once more , another back and then once more, another largely fine day for many of us. just watch out for the potential for some showers to develop over high ground towards northern england , and some of these could england, and some of these could be heavy temperatures even higher than today. for some of us highs of around 25, possibly

26 celsius on sunday. there's the risk of some showery rain, which could turn heavy, possibly thundery, developing across western parts. further east. however, it's likely to stay largely dry again. plenty of sunshine here and temperatures could get even higher, with highs of 26 or 27. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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daniels concludes her testimony, three boeing planes crash in just two days, calling into question the aircraft manufacturers safety record. and don't forget to microchip your cats. i'm not saying that all morning . i'm telling you now morning. i'm telling you now there's a new change in the law. could see you fined if you don't i >> -- >> good morning. and then there were none . aston villa's europa were none. aston villa's europa conference league defeat means there are now no british clubs left in europe, and at manchester united . sirjim manchester united. sir jim ratcliffe continues his forensic review into his newly acquired club, as the treble winning stars of 99 are remembered at a glitzy red carpet event in manchester. more later. >> morning the fine weather's going to stick around for a little while yet, but it's not set to last through the whole weekend. i'll have more on that coming up . coming up. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello , and this is ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . gb news.

breakfast on. gb news. >> she's laughing at the top . if >> she's laughing at the top. if you just caught us because she was just. i'm just buying something for restless leg. and you were like, what's restless? >> what's restless leg? >> what's restless leg? >> awful. if you have restless leg, you'll have some sympathy . leg, you'll have some sympathy. it's just when your legs sort of twitch a bit at night. >> oh , i feel like i've got that. >> and it's just like your little nerves just firing away , little nerves just firing away, and it just stops you, i think, to sleep. >> i think i've got that. >> i think i've got that. >> oh, there you go. >> oh, there you go. >> that's his leg syndrome. oh it's a nightmare. oh. >> how long have you suffered with that for? >> oh, a few years now. comes and goes. comes and goes . i'm and goes. comes and goes. i'm getting some magnesium. apparently, there's this proper medication you can get, but magnesium is apparently . what? magnesium is apparently. what? >> apparently magnesium helps you sleep better as well. oh. does it. do you want to give me some of that? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> if you contribute to the amount it costs to buy, it looks very expensive, actually. well, no, it's not so bad, but it's, yeah. if you suffer from

restless leg, maybe it's why you're up at 7:00 on a friday morning. if you're not, if you're not working . oh, it you're not working. oh, it drives you mad. stuff like this is what happens at a certain age, i just had an email in from david dashwood who's not emails anymore, is it? what do you call it? comment on our forum gbnews.com. you'll say. you can see it there. david dashwood talking about dominic cummings and his plans for a new party to replace the tories. he says, well, the party headquarters be barnard castle. >> oh, very good. >> oh, very good. >> yes, actually. i drove past barnard castle a couple of months ago. well, well. saw a sign for it. >> you did exactly the same route that dominic cummings did. >> well, you do sort of think that's what you think, isn't it? it's like, oh, hell, barnard castle, was he testing his eyesight or something like that? yes, he was testing his eyesight because he couldn't see very well. i thought he'd test it by driving his family to barnard castle. i mean, you never. but anyway, he wants to set up a new party. i just i anyway, he wants to set up a new party. ijust i don't anyway, he wants to set up a new party. i just i don't quite understand these people. he's a very clever man, a very clever

strategist . but he also seems to strategist. but he also seems to be very, very angry a lot of the time, doesn't he? yeah. it's a very angry man. i don't know if that's what we. >> and every time you think he's disappeared from public life, he just pops up again. yeah >> so there you go, i don't know, a new parties, though. never work very well. >> well, that's what you say. >> well, that's what you say. >> that reforms obviously got a lot of traction at the moment. that's got traction. but all the ones that were set up after brexit were people who wanted second referendums and things. all they disappeared into nothing . nothing. >> but will reform get seats at the next general election or will they just make a lot of noise and disruption, cummings has admitted that the first past the post electoral system would make it difficult for his party to break through. yes, he has said that. >> well, it would, you know, making his voice heard again, and simon egan says, more kittens, please . we will bring kittens, please. we will bring you kittens later on in the show. this is about microchipping your cat, timmy microchipped . yeah. microchipped. yeah. >> so it's been it's been a

legal obligation for dogs for ages. legal obligation for dogs for ages . for a legal obligation for dogs for ages. for a long time. got to have your dog microchipped. they're now bringing cats up to that as well. and if you don't do it, you'll get fined quite right too. i found a cat last. last year. yeah last year. and there was a cat miaowing in the garden. like, really, really crying, and picked it up and tookitin crying, and picked it up and took it in and fed it. it was starving. the poor thing was starving. the poor thing was starving and took it to the vets, and it was microchipped and they called the owner and it had been missing for a week . had been missing for a week. >> oh, and it was starving. >> oh, and it was starving. >> and it was. >> and it was. >> and it walked about seven miles, so it just got lost. so they weren't picked up and that's all. if it hadn't been microchipped, what would you do? what would you do, so it works. it's a really good thing to do. >> oh, that's really, really good. and it's not very expensive. >> it's worth it. >> it's worth it. >> do you remember when i rescued a kitten last year? >> no. smithson's >> no. smithson's >> yes. oh, oh. >> the one that was living in your flat? >> pretty much living in the flat at one point, she used to sit on our doorstep and just come in every day. and she was

starving. hungry, and then i was going to take her to the vet, remember? and then i didn't know how to get her there safely because i didn't know how to carry her there and then. i haven't seen her since, so. oh, i missed her every day. think about her every day. oh, there you go. >> i need to get one. >> i need to get one. >> i need to get one. >> i know i do need to get one and just had a really nice view from sue ryder, who says she's up early because she has restless dogs, not the restless leg. i don't take meds, i just leg. i don't take meds, ijust take them out for a walk. >> oh. fair enough. >> oh. fair enough. >> yeah. very well. thanks for popping >> yeah. very well. thanks for popping us on right now. >> labour is going to launch a plan today to tackle the small boat crisis. >> yes, in a major speech, sir keir starmer will unveil proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists. >> well, these plans will be supported by about 1000 additional officers recruited by of all people, m15. >> well, to do this, labour will spend £75 million equating to a year that would have been spent on sending migrants to rwanda. >> let's talk to our senior political commentator, nigel nelson. morning to you, nigel. is this an ambitious plan or

sort of anything but rwanda for keir starmer ? keir starmer? >> i think it's probably an ambitious plan. i mean, the idea is to create a new border security command and as you said, that that will be staffed by, among others, it will be m15 spies, moving in. you'd also have the national crime agency involved . border force involved, involved. border force involved, the crown prosecution service. so bringing a lot of agencies together and then extending counter—terror laws . so if you counter—terror laws. so if you come across people smugglers or you suspect someone of people smuggling, you can stop and search them at the border just on suspicion you can search their homes, you can seize their mobile. mobile phones, have a look at their bank accounts . so look at their bank accounts. so it could be. it could be a way of dealing with the gangs who are bringing people across the channel >> do you make of criticism, nigel, that this is just labour

wanting closer ties with the eu? again well, i mean, we ought to have close ties with the eu. i mean, there are nearest neighbours . mean, there are nearest neighbours. that mean, there are nearest neighbours . that doesn't mean neighbours. that doesn't mean reversing brexit, doesn't mean going back into the eu, but we have to cooperate with them and especially on immigration, it's important that we share the kind of intelligence that the europeans have got, which is something that we did lose through brexit. so part of this idea is to embed officers with europol , where you get that kind europol, where you get that kind of intelligence sharing, working i >> -- >> it's going to beg the question, though, nigel, why , question, though, nigel, why, why if the rwanda scheme is seen to work, there are some claims it's working already. there are some claims being made. you'll probably seen in, in some media this morning that people are sort of heading back over the channel on small boats because they're scared of the rwanda scheme, if it works, why get rid

of it? >> well, the question is if it works and also the cost of it. so at the moment the rwanda scheme will only will only take initially 300 migrants. now the kind of cost you're talking about, there is nearly nearly 2 million per migrant, which means we could keep one of them in a hotel for 30 years for that kind of money. this is a much more cost effective way of doing it. now, keir starmer clearly believes that rwanda isn't going to work, and certainly the evidence at the moment is not very strong that the whole point of rwanda is to deter people from crossing the channel. what we've seen so far this year is 8500 people making that crossing , and that's 32% up on the same time last year, it's no accident, is it, nigel, that this speech by keir starmer is being made in dover today? the seat of natalie elphicke, who has just defected from the

conservative to labour? they're capitalising on her defection here. aren't they? >> oh, you bet this is an election year that that's exactly what they want to do, so i'm in negotiation, negotiations with, natalie elphicke, have been ongoing for it for some time , what would have happened time, what would have happened is labour would have prepared their grid . so, after her their grid. so, after her defection, keir starmer would make his major announcement on immigration and the right place to do that is in her seat of doveh to do that is in her seat of dover, which is on the front line of the small boat crossings i >> -- >> yeah, but how uncomfortable is that? >> i mean, look, i'm on the surface for the front pages and all the rest of it. that's fine. but for his own backbench mps and potentially actually a lot of prospective parliamentary candidates as well, of prospective parliamentary candidates as well , they're candidates as well, they're going to be so uncomfortable with having her on board. >> no, they are uncomfortable. there are a lot of people who think that, it's not a natural fit for her. and certainly if i

was coming up, coming up with a list of tory mps who might defect , she certainly wouldn't defect, she certainly wouldn't have been on it on the plus side, she is criticising the immigration policy, and she's the one who's been having to deal with, deal with it down in doveh deal with, deal with it down in dover. also, she is an expert on, housing finance and one of the jobs that she will do is to advise keir starmer about housing policy and on that, she's actually close to labour, but certainly she was perceived to be on the right wing of the party of the tory party, that she was a member of the european research group of new conservatives, both , both right conservatives, both, both right wing organisations within the party. so, yes, i mean, labour mps are not entirely happy about this, but i think this is politics. election year . this, but i think this is politics. election year. you're absolutely right, stephen. the headunes absolutely right, stephen. the headlines look good that are a tory has defected to labour, maybe she should have hung on a

little while. nigel and gone to dominic cummings new party. >> yes. well, dominic cummings is, has re—emerged and he's talking about, what he calls a new start up . party i mean, new start up. party i mean, judging by the interview today as littered with so much bad language, he ought to call it the four letter word party. but the four letter word party. but the idea is that he says the tories will be wiped out in this election. he won't be standing any candidates himself at the at this election. what he's talking aboutis this election. what he's talking about is trying to form a new party to fill the gap. the tories will leave. and so he's looking, looking towards the next election now. i mean, good luck to him . let's see how it luck to him. let's see how it works. but as you've just said , works. but as you've just said, small parties don't really last very long. we've had change uk that back in 2019 that had 11 mps, and it lasted only a few

months before being disbanded. now their idea was to reverse brexit, it didn't work. none of the none of their mps were re—elected at the 2019 election. so that's the danger with the first past the post system. they don't tend to get very far. >> yeah. and even dominic cummings has admitted that nigel nelson , good to see you this nelson, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. yes >> it was quite satisfying when none of them got re—elected to parliament of that lot. it was i mean, talk about anti—democratic . i thought with that, whatever you think of brexit, whether you voted for it or not, that's what i can't get my head around. if there is a democratic process, you've got to accept the result, haven't you? 50% of the population, give or take, are always going to be not happy with the result, but got to respect the process . that's respect the process. that's democracy, isn't it? >> that's what it is. yeah d has got a tip for you for your restless legs syndrome. stephen. little tip. put a brand new bar of soap in the bed near your legs and feet. don't ask me how

it works , i don't know, but it works, i don't know, but somehow it just does . somehow it just does. >> just that knock out soap all over the sheets? >> no, because it'd be a brand new bar. >> yes, but it still rubs off on the sheets, isn't it? >> no no no no no, because it's not wet. just pop it in the bed with you, i don't know. >> well, i've ordered these now. magnesium tablets. >> well, you're a very do work. >> well, you're a very do work. >> you're very helpful lot. >> you're very helpful lot. >> i love the fact that someone messaged in to say it's a result of the jabs of the covid jabs. i've had it a long, long time before the covid jabs, and ian says classic northerner stephen you're telling me telling me about your drugs that you've got for your restless legs syndrome. she asks if i can have some as well. his instant response was as long as you contribute to the cost , very as long as you contribute to the cost, very good. oh, and estelle says restless legs use castor oil. pure cold pressed. rub it under your feet before bed. look how useful and helpful all of our viewers are. yes, because your feet sort of want to curl in and yeah. so castor oil bar of soap and that's about it so far. but keep them coming in.

>> so my what's the bottom of my bed gonna look like. so i've got i've got oily feet and a bar of soap down there. >> and the cat and the cat and the dog and timmy and rex, jonathan says on cummings. jonathan. oh yes. dominic cummings not jonathan. jonathan's been in touch about dominic cummings saying like you said. elliott cummings disappears and then pops up again. he's like an angry meerkat. >> i don't know, ijust meerkat. >> i don't know, i just i just sort of think get elected or at least for stand election or, you know, but anyway, he's a man who thinks he should be heard. oh he's a man you agree with. i don't know, it's all very. i'm always a little bit suspicious of people who , work very closely of people who, work very closely with someone and then stabbed them in the back. oh, yeah. which is obviously what you did with boris johnson. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> that's what some people claim about rishi sunak as well. >> oh, and yes, i hadn't really thought of that. >> but yeah. >> but yeah. >> so there you go. keep those views coming in, loads on restless legs syndrome. really,

really got you going this morning. >> autohelm it. >> autohelm it. >> it's very good. all right. >> it's very good. all right. >> oh, chocolate. chocolate. do you eat a lot of sweet stuff before bed? no. gay says that's what it is. sweet stuff before bed. >> i'm a tight one. diabetic. i don't i don't eat a lot of sweet stuff. >> ever. connor says you need a celery juice. >> celery juice? i'm gonna make you a list. gbnews.com. you'll say . more tips and tricks for say. more tips and tricks for stephen dixon. >> please cover my face with celery, my feet with oil and soap. hahaha. >> tell me about an hour to celery juice on your bedside table. there you go. >> lovely. there. >> lovely. there. >> there you go . >> there you go. >> there you go. >> didn't sound remotely pleasant, does it? >> it doesn't. >> it doesn't. >> all right, let's go to the states. should we form a porn star? stormy daniels has concluded her testimony at donald trump's hush money trial fighting off all inquiries into her account of the alleged sexual encounter between her and the former president. >> well, it follows a scathing attack by the judge, who blamed trump's lawyers for letting daniels describe lurid details as he denied trump a mistrial for the second time this week.

>> earlier, we spoke to political analyst eric ham, said was pretty striking. >> he says that, look, you actually brought this up when you said in your opening that donald trump did not have an affair with this woman. so therefore it was only right for her to go into detail to describe her relationship , to describe her relationship, to actually paint for the jury that , in fact, this did happen. and he did say that, and he admonished donald trump's lawyers that they could have actually objected to many of the things that were said by stormy daniels. i do believe that we depending on what happens with the verdict, i do believe that we perhaps will see a an appeal by donald trump's lawyers looking specifically at some of the things that, of course, we heard from stormy daniels during her time when she provided testimony. >> did we hear anything new from stormy daniels in this testimony, or was it more about adding context to this case? >> no , we did not. this was the >> no, we did not. this was the first time, of course, that we

actually heard her in a criminal trial under oath, actually testified . and of course, again, testified. and of course, again, the jury and i think that's the most important thing we have to recognise here. they actually got a chance to see how, in fact, she would hold up to the scrutiny, being cross—examined by donald trump's lawyers about this relationship that she had with donald trump. but again , with donald trump. but again, this is a case about falsifying business records. and so while we know that it was definitely a spectacle to hear from stormy daniels, stormy daniels , the daniels, stormy daniels, the central issue of this case is did in fact, donald trump actually falsify business records? it's clear that donald trump actually paid stormy daniels $130,000. but that's not what he's on trial for. and that is not actually what that is, not actually what he is he's being tried for and what he will being tried for and what he will be convicted for. ultimately. and right now, i think the prosecution still has this burden that they have to actually show that donald trump did, in fact, falsify these

records , why was there another records, why was there another call from his team for mistrial? >> well, again , i think that's >> well, again, i think that's pretty much par for the course for a defence that would actually ask for a mistrial. i think what we saw today was they thought that there were some holes and stormy daniels testimony, which is why they believe that much of the information that she provided, not only was prejudicial, but also, i think what we saw from them is that they think that she went over the line in describing this relationship. she had with donald trump and eric, just briefly, because we are running out of time. >> but how would you say this is affecting donald trump personally and in the polls ? personally and in the polls? >> well, in the polls, it's having a tremendous effect. we are now seeing that joe biden is leading in the polls. and another key battleground state of wisconsin. and so the more donald trump stays off the campaign trail, the more difficult it is for him to be able to find some distance

between him and joe biden. as we head into november. >> okay, 90 minutes past seven, let's take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. >> and it's breaking news this morning. official figures show the uk is out of recession. the economy returned to growth in the first quarter of this year after two consecutive quarters of decline. still pretty flat, though. gdp rising just 0.6 of 1% between january and march. it follows a 0.3 percent decline in the final three months of last yeah the final three months of last year, the chancellor said. it's proof the economy is returning to full health. the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, says people are still worse off israel's eden golan has qualified for the final of the eurovision song contest on saturday. >> that's despite being booed throughout the rehearsals and live events. protesters want israel banned in the same manner that russia was for its involvement in a controversial conflict. police managed to see off thousands of pro—palestinian demonstrators who were surrounding the stadium .

surrounding the stadium. >> and here's a lovely one for you, nine year old tony hudgell jul has been re—invited to buckingham palace. he missed the garden party on wednesday because they got stuck in traffic . he's because they got stuck in traffic. he's a double amputee. he's raised £2 million for charity and he spent much of his life getting specialist and life saving treatment . and as you saving treatment. and as you said, he's got a very special reason for wanting to go and see the king, hasn't he? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he was, he has apparently said he wanted to go and check that the king was all right, because he's heard that he's had some treatment . he was like, some treatment. he was like, i just wanted to check the king was okay. so sweet. and he's double amputee and he's only nine years old and he wants to check on the king. very sweet. so i'm sure, as you say , he's so i'm sure, as you say, he's going to have a very special invitation. maybe a one on one with the king. i hope so, anyway, he deserves it, i think. >> what a lovely little boy.

>> what a lovely little boy. >> i think that i think that'll happen. i think it'll be smashing. right. here's one from maureen and morning, maureen. i have some sympathy with you, maureen, because i get very annoyed whenever, they talk about shipyards and things and people go on about barrow in furness and it's furness . furness and it's furness. furness. and it drives us mad at maureen says please pronounce barnard castle properly, not barnard. barnard castle . it's barnard. barnard castle. it's single, flat, it's not elongated . ames, i'm ashamed of you, .ames, i'm ashamed of you, stephen, says. maureen as a northerner, we want as a northerner, we want as a northerner , you should know northerner, you should know better. we locals wonder where this place is. you don't say buckingham palace. all the presenters seem to do this. and it's awful for the people of barney. >> thank you. right. so it's barnard, barnard castle, not barnard, barnard castle, not barnard . barnard. >> arne slot. i was saying sorry. maureen barnard castle, is that right? let me know. >> maureen barnard barnard, not

barnard. barnard castle. barnard. barnard castle. barnard. maureen barnard. >> is that right? back in barnard. we'll get it right. barnard. >> castle. >> castle. >> barnard. >> barnard. that >> barnard. that sounds >> barnard. that sounds right >> barnard. that sounds right to me. now. now, i've said it like that. >> barnard, yeah, i only said barnard because everyone seems to say barnard. but if everyone's wrong , then we need everyone's wrong, then we need to know about it. >> we need to know from a local someone who's actually there. and helen's been in touch. saying blue and green should never be seen. is a colour saying that may have originated from yorkshire. stephen and ellie are breaking the rules this morning. you've got bear both on your tie. >> yeah. oh, no, not blue. >> no, because of the suit. blue and green should never be seen. >> well, it's a very dark blue. yeah. >> give over . sorry, yeah. >> give over. sorry, helen, are you talking about. >> we're in trouble today. stephen. >> no nonsense, that is there. that's what's wrong with that. >> it's lovely. >> it's lovely. >> lovely and green. >> lovely and green. >> oh, you can't suit some people. >> lucky jim says by george. i think he's got it. i think that's about. but. but barnard castle, barnard and jim says it's barnard castle. i don't

think . think. >> anyway, david says, is stephen wearing one of his dad's ties ? oh, so old fashioned. did ties? oh, so old fashioned. did not like him. how dare you? actually, no. you can tell if i was ever wearing one of my dad's ties. and of course, they come out here. you're a big kipper. >> i do. >> i do. >> yeah, of course they do. >> yeah, of course they do. >> yeah. big kipper ties. >> yeah. big kipper ties. >> no, this is new too. >> no, this is new too. >> it's cheeky. >> it's cheeky. >> don't upset him now. he really likes his ties. she's. he takes real pride in them . takes real pride in them. >> i can't say that on television. >> yeah, you can say anything , >> yeah, you can say anything, but i bought this to match your frocks. you did, you did. he's very good. he matches all of them. >> honestly, you've no taste. you look, david dodi. >> anyway, should we have a look at the weather? i think it's best we have a little, little break. >> i'm getting hot under the collar. we tie off. >> oh, let's have a look at the weather with alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you

by the met office. the fine and often sunny weather many of us have had recently will continue for a little while yet. yes, there are some mist and fog patches around first thing this morning, but these will quickly burn back because there'll be plenty of sunshine around. lots of bright blue skies on offer as we head into the afternoon. they're a bit more cloud towards shetland. a little bit of rain here and elsewhere. 1 or 2 showers possible. most places staying dry and in the sunshine. feeling even warmer than yesterday. highs of around 24 or 25 celsius. little change as we go through this evening and overnight it is going to stay settled. a lot of the cloud will actually clear away, so clear skies for many of us though some low cloud pushing in from the nonh low cloud pushing in from the north sea across some eastern parts and elsewhere. a few pockets of mist and fog are possible, temperatures generally dropping to high single figures or low double digits. we start saturday on a fine note for many places, though quite cloudy towards eastern parts. again, any mist and fog will quickly burn back and then once more, another largely fine day for many of us. just watch out for the potential for some showers

to develop over high ground towards northern england, and some of these could be heavy temperatures even higher than today for some of us, highs of around 25, possibly 26 celsius. on sunday. there's the risk of some showery rain, which could turn heavy, possibly thundery, developing across western parts. further east, however, it's likely to stay largely dry again. plenty of sunshine here and temperatures could get even higher, with highs of 26 or 27. >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> you've got to have some sympathy with miss costello because she's a southerner from essex.i because she's a southerner from essex. i mean, it's a shame , essex. i mean, it's a shame, it's a shame, but mr booker's beenin it's a shame, but mr booker's been in touch this morning saying so. barnard right is right , but not castle. castle right, but not castle. castle >> barnard castle. yeah. castle. >> barnard castle. yeah. castle. >> that's really difficult to say. barnard castle. right. so he went driving to barnard

castle. >> castle? yeah. >> castle? yeah. >> not castle . >> not castle. >> not castle. >> let me know if you like the sound of that. >> barnard castle. right. we're getting it right. >> we'll get there. but castle, castle . castle. >> all right. we're getting there. by the end of the programme, i'll be a fully fledged northerner. >> you will be. yeah. >> you will be. yeah. >> yeah, yeah, it's rubbing off on me. now. it's time for our giveaway now. and we want to say a big congratulations to jake from london, who won our last great british giveaway. here's the moment we called to tell him that he was a winner. >> jake, i've got some really good news for you. you're the winner of the great british giveaway. >> no i'm not. >> no i'm not. >> you are. you've won the cruise. the travel gifts , and cruise. the travel gifts, and you've also won £10,000. >> you know what? i'm i've never won anything like this in my life. >> well, congratulations. >> well, congratulations. >> yes. i wasn't expecting that. >> yes. i wasn't expecting that. >> how does it feel? i'm in shock. >> like i said, i've never won anything like this. and i almost didn't. it didn't pick up. >> you see, it's always worth answering your phone . yeah, answering your phone. yeah, obviously that cruises for two people, so i don't know who you're going to take. >> i think my partner will be quite annoyed if i didn't take

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>> welcome back to breakfast now, a cornish mp is calling on the government to pump more money into coastal communities across the united kingdom. steve double says funding currently earmarked for rural communities doesn't trickle down to coastal areas. he's now urging the government to recognise the need for better provision in our seaside towns. our southwest england reporterjeff seaside towns. our southwest england reporter jeff moody, seaside towns. our southwest england reporterjeff moody, has more tough the last few years. >> sam richardson is a singer songwriter from saint agnes in cornwall. much of his music reflects a sense of frustration with life in a coastal town. >> we've got a lot of empty shops, you know, a lot of our town centres, which is sort of causing a lot of death on the high street. i know that's a problem everywhere, but it is particularly bad down in cornwall, i think the infrastructure as well, for me is like a really big problem down here. our roads are just rammed all the time. >> similar problems across the border in devon . ilfracombe is border in devon. ilfracombe is the most deprived area in north

devon. twice the town has appued devon. twice the town has applied for levelling up funding , twice it's been turned down something north devon mp selaine saxby says is frustrating . saxby says is frustrating. >> it's very complicated. it's not as straightforward as just throwing money at the problem. they're very deep issues and i think, you know, the nick whitty report highlighted some of the health inequalities that you see around the coast, on top of some of the property challenges. i think you know, stood here today in this wind, you can see just maintaining properties in areas like this is significantly harder for several years, the government has acknowledged that rural areas need extra help, but so far that help doesn't stretch to our coasts. >> the mp for saint austell and newquay is pushing the government to change all this truly local people are finding it really challenging because we often have sort of low wage seasonal work, but very high house prices pull, you know, pushed up because of , second pushed up because of, second homes and holiday lets etc. and

also i think, the, the disparity review that theresa may carried out when she was prime minister highlighted that working class white boys in coastal communities are some some of the most disadvantaged people in the country struggling to get on the housing ladder, struggling to find work, struggling to be heard . heard. >> it's interesting that, a member of the party that's in government recognises that, which is great because it is a really important thing. but that government, for the last ten years has also cut half £1 billion in youth services around the country. so not only have you got disaffected young men searching for community, there isn't anywhere for them to go. they're finding these communities in dark areas of the internet. that's the only place that they're finding this . and that they're finding this. and when you're disaffected and you're disillusioned, it's so much more easy to become radicalised. if you imagine if we could raise all of our young men to be, look, life over the last, however many thousands of years has swayed towards the

benefit of, you know, white guys , and we need to make sure that we make this a more equal and progressive society. so it's your responsibility as a young male to bring people from the lgbt, q plus community into the fold and make sure that they feel safe and heard and understood. and it's your responsibility to do the same thing with women, make sure that they feel safe and understood and heard in these discussions and heard in these discussions and not say, there's no room for you in this conversation. we're going to speak to all of the people that it involves, which is obviously great that they have a seat, but i feel like a lot of young white working class lads don't feel like they have a seat at the table anymore. >> no one thinks the problem of coastal deprivation could be solved overnight. the issue of disaffected young white males is even harder. jeff moody, gb news right. >> lots still to come for you, including aidan magee, who's going to have all your support in a couple of minutes?

good. >> welcome back to breakfast. the time is 739. time to go through the sports now with aiden . good morning. aiden. good morning. >> good to see you both again. >> good to see you both again. >> yeah. good to see you. should we start with nadal? >> yes. >> yes. >> why not? look, he is somebody who suffered badly from injuries all over his body. actually, in the last couple of years since he won the australian open in 2022, coming from behind to beat daniil medvedev at that time . daniil medvedev at that time. he's 22 grand slams. he's since been overtaken by novak djokovic, but ominously, this was always the tournament he won on clay before he got to paris next month for the for the french open. that's where he's won 13 titles, won ten in in rome at the italian open. he came from behind yesterday to win in three sets against the belgian qualifiers. ayzenberg so somebody on paper you shouldn't really have had problems with. but these opponents now, even if they're quite lowly ranked, they'll look at someone like nadal and think this is a major scalp now, we're never going to have a better chance to beat him because let's face it, it looks

as if it's going to be nadal's last year on the tournament or on the on the circuit, and i think we're getting to the stage. well, i hope we're not in a way, because we seem to cheer every single andy murray victory because he has avoided injury and got through, but he never seems to get very far. i hope that's not going to be the case with rafa nadal as he winds down his career, because this is somebody got an injury. he's not right now. no, not not right now. but he has he has had back problems and knee problems. and he's had knee problems throughout his career. i mean you do wonder how many tournaments you would have won had he not been beset by injury for all those times . so look he for all those times. so look he looked good yesterday. he's still very early in the in the competition, but he looked on ominous yesterday that he could be ready for the, the french open next month where of course he's so dominant. he's known as the king of clay. and i've spent some time with him over there. a few years ago i remember being in a restaurant and he came over and chatted to me for five, ten minutes. he didn't know me, but he gave up his time and i just thought, well, fantastic guy. >> yeah, i hope he hasn't got restless leg. that would add to his problem. >> i've got loads of ways of

solving that anyway. yeah, we take one look at our yes, our forum, can we talk about todd boehly and chelsea? yeah >> why not? look, chelsea have had a very difficult season, but since christmas, i think they've shown more signs of, of positivity than, than negativity. they've had some bad results as well. 17 days ago, of course, they lost five nil at, arsenal. but since then they've beaten west ham five nil. they won against tottenham two nil before. then they're seventh in the table. they've got a fighting chance of getting into europe, which nobody really thought was possible. probably about a month ago. and mauricio pochettino, he didn't have a very good season in his first year at spurs, but they persevered with him because they know that some managers make an instant impact, know that some managers make an instant impact , steven, and instant impact, steven, and that's why you get them in to win four games out of six and steer you clear of relegation trouble or get you into the champions league or whatever. other managers need a bit more time and mauricio pochettino is definitely a project guy. project guys are going out of fashion because people want success instantaneously and so todd boehly said yesterday, look, we can see where the plan is coming. good. now we can see signs that what we're trying to do, don't forget, they spent £1 billion on this thing in the last 18 months, and they can see

where the green shoots of recovery are for chelsea. this is a club that they were serial winners. they won five premier league titles since abramovich bought the club in 2003, and two champions leagues, of course. and so there are signs and mauricio pochettino. for his part, he said you'll have to ask the club if they want me to stay next season. so it's still very much up in the air. but positivity there from pochettino signs that there might be some stability and as i say, chelsea have got some big games coming up. they could still get into europe and that might buy him some more time. yeah, and some more money. well yeah. well yeah he probably will probably because they've been there have been a lot of transfers there that have failed, aidan magee at a time, but we'll see a little bit later. thank you. >> do you stay with

next. >> let's have a look at the papers for you this morning. with former labour adviser mike buckley and political

commentator suzanne evans. good to see you both this morning. let's kick off with a bit of truancy on a friday. >> well, it's a bit more than a bit, actually, because truancy apparently has gone up, hugely since covid lockdowns when we were told not to send our children to school. and the thing is, it's up by a fifth on a friday. so there are 20% more kids, particularly at primary school age, not in school on a friday than there are on a wednesday. and so gillian keegan, the education secretary is now doing a big push to try and get children. look, for goodness sake, get your kids into school. she's written a piece in the times saying that's 5 or 6 lessons a day that they'll never get back. they miss all the social stuff and elements of school as well. so you've got to send your kids to school on a friday. but as i say, we had what the best part of two years being told that school was not essential. and interestingly, the centre that's not what they said. well, they told they kind of did. they might not have said school is not essential, but in effect, they said you can educate your

children just as well as home. that's fine. your children don't need to go to school. and interestingly, the centre for social justice studies has has done surveys of parents. and apparently three out of ten parents think that. yeah that was the message. basically, school isn't essential. so now of course, yet again at another another issue, covid lockdowns have led to another problem . have led to another problem. >> people use that as an excuse though . though. >> mike. mike, what do you make of it? because gillian keegan said we need to let go of this covid era expectation. >> i mean, we do, but i mean, and i'm not one often to kind of stand up and defend the government. but in the middle of covid, they had no option but to close the schools down and tell us all to stay at home. and we were people were dying horrendously from a pandemic and everyone was saying, oh, children are at risk. actually, children are at risk. actually, children were at risk, partly because they could still get covid and die and also because they could get long covid like anybody else. so they had to stay at home because of course, otherwise they could have transmitted it to parents or grandparents as well. so we had to deal with it. however, what the government excuse me, should

have done clearly is after lockdown, make sure that they were properly getting parents and getting kids back in school, which just hasn't happened. i mean, the rate of truancy climbed up to 7. it's still at 7. the government is saying , oh, 7. the government is saying, oh, we're doing things. but honestly, writing a piece in the times isn't going to change this . well, they could do something that's much more proactive, to be fair to them. >> and i'm not one to stand up for the government either. but to be fair, they have had a big campaign on this and trying to reduce absenteeism, but it's simply not working because, as i say, i think that that fundamental message is there. school is a lovely thing to have , but it's not absolutely essential. and you can educate your child at home, but they're not educating their children. >> well, of course they're not. they're probably going on houday they're probably going on holiday as of course they are, stephen. >> but you know, the fact, like gillian keegan in the times blames the pandemic. it wasn't the pandemic, it was the lockdown policies which other countries such as sweden didn't do, and their death rates been no different to ours . no different to ours. >> mike, let's take a look at the mirror, shall we? and this is a very distressing headline. almost one fifth of 16 year olds have felt that life is not worth living due to social media content. >> yeah, so there's a piece here

in the mirror and they're talking about, you know, various awful things that teenagers see online, whether it's self—harm or it's people talking about suicide or it's , you know, suicide or it's, you know, sexual content or violent content or whatever . obviously, content or whatever. obviously, on things like facebook, instagram, tiktok and, and we know this because this has been talked about so much in recent months, and i'm very glad that it's talked about so much in recent months. however, nobody's done anything. the government hasn't done anything. social media companies haven't done anything. everybody has acknowledged the problem. they're just carrying on regardless, something has to change here. i don't know what that is. change here. i don't know what thatis.i change here. i don't know what that is. i don't know whether it's saying that young people can't use social media until they're 16, or whether it's having phones introduced to a, you know, a later time in their development. but this current situation is unsustainable. huge harm is being done to these young people's mental health. some of them very sadly. i'm sure we'll be taking be taking their lives or self—harming or, you know, acting out in other ways . so, i mean, you know, acting out in other ways. so, i mean, i am not an expert on this. i don't know what the solution is, but i don't want things to stay as

they are. and what i do want to see from this government or the next government is a very credible plan to address this. >> i think, again, they are trying to do something. there's the online harms bill that's being brought forward. there was a talk a couple of weeks ago that they prevent children under 16 having a mobile phone or buying a mobile phone that was really kicked into touch, i think on personal freedom grounds, really. but i think the whole point about trying to crack down on this is the problem. what i think we've got here is a new addiction. i think social media use now has become an addiction, particularly for young people. and personally, i think that's the way we need to treat it . interestingly, the treat it. interestingly, the article in the mirror talks about how half of all children are still on their phones after midnight. now that's not healthy and that , i think, is a sign of and that, i think, is a sign of and that, i think, is a sign of an addiction. and i think that's what kids need to be told. it is possible to get addicted to these things in the same way that you need to put down the alcoholic drink or, you know, put down that extra chocolate biscuit or whatever it might be, or don't do drugs. you need to get a grip on that. and i'd argue that's the way the policy should be going myself.

>> maybe suzanne, let's stay with you, shall we? and should children pay rent ? with you, shall we? and should children pay rent? yeah. >> this is an article in the mail by tom utley, who's 30 year old son is still living at home. and he says, you know, he gets he gets to raid the fridge whenever he wants to. he gets his house cleaned, his room cleaned, he gets all his washing and ironing done. he doesn't have to lift a finger around the house, but he still cannot bring himself to charge him rent. >> well, he's weak and his parents? >> well, this is interesting, stephen, because this is a growing problem. you know, more and more, 20 to 37, 34 year olds are living at home now, up considerably in the last sort of ten, 15 years because obviously, for obvious reasons, we all know why, but yeah, the big question i think that's gripping the nafion i think that's gripping the nation is do you charge your grown up children rent or not? >> because otherwise you're doing your kids a disservice if your child stops education and goes into a job at 16, then you should be charging them board and lodgings. should be charging them board and lodgings . well, tom's and lodgings. well, tom's argument is often it's , you argument is often it's, you know, it's like peppercorn,

isn't it? you're not paying a huge amount. but certainly if there are, if there are full grown adult with a job, you need to be charging them proper money. >> well, what would you suggest as a proper money? >> well, you know, it depends what the job is, but, you know, at least £500 a month and £25 a week. i mean, it's peanuts . week. i mean, it's peanuts. >> that sounds a lot. >> that sounds a lot. >> that sounds a lot. >> that does sound like a lot. >> that does sound like a lot. >> if you think that sounds a lot. >> a room for 800. >> a room for 800. >> i must admit, i couldn't have done it. i couldn't have done it, i couldn't. i'm too much of a wimp. and tom argument is as he says, you know, i earn more than my son earns in one day than my son earns in one day than he does in a week. >> yeah, but so he says, i can't do it, but you don't do your kids any favour because then suddenly when they say, right, i'm going to move out and suddenly they find they've got no money and they're like, well, they've got nothing left. >> and then people turn round and say, what's the point in working? i haven't got any money. >> what about if they're pumping it all into their savings, though, in order to move out? would you support them in? no. >> i should still think you

should. i mean, there's an awful lot of people, a lot of parents who charge board and don't and actually put it to one side and then turn around and say, this is a deposit for your help. >> that's a good idea. this will pay >> that's a good idea. this will pay for your wedding or that's a very good idea. >> i like that idea. >> i like that idea. >> it's the way of northern ideas. is that what you do up in northern ideas? i mean, that's quite patronising. do you? >> yeah, i do what i take money and put it aside and then go, oh, you can have it back now. i just think that's quite. oh no, that's not retreat. i just think it's not really treating them as an adult. i mean, if i had kids, but you don't tell them that my kids are home. i wouldn't be charging them brain. i'd be like, you're my child. of course i'm not charging you rent. this is your home. you can be here any time. that's pathetic. >> no, i think that's nice. >> no, i think that's nice. >> if that's pathetic, i would be very happy to be pathetic. >> but you're not. you know, you're doing them a disservice. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> because, yes, you are, because you're saying, well, you're going to earn, you know, you're going to earn, you know, you're going to earn, you know, you're going out to earn, and then all of this money that you're earning is yours to play with, to do what you are. and that's not that's not reality, is it? >> i mean, i would advise them on what to do with their money.

i mean, i would say the best thing you can do if you want to move out of the family home, which you probably do, is put some aside and save it. but if you want to go, if you just want to go and splurge it, then i mean, it's just being a young person growing up, isn't it? i think, but i mean, anyway, young person responsibility. but the bigger, bigger picture is none of this is solving the housing crisis. we've got a housing crisis. we've got a housing crisis in this country because we haven't built up donkeys dodging the this is the real problem, isn't it? we want to move out. they can't move out because rents are sky high out. >> you haven't got enough housing in this country and they can't get on the housing ladder because house prices are sky high. >> well, you know, we're all talking around the actual crisis, which nobody's dealing with. >> would you charge your kids board and lodging or have you done it? gbnews.com/yoursay here's the weather. >> thank you. you too. >> thank you. you too. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news morning. >> here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. the fine and often sunny weather many of us have had recently will continue for a little while yet. yes, there are some mist and fog patches around

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weekend. i'll have more on that coming up. morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . gb news. oh, breakfast on. gb news. oh, you've got everyone on your side this morning with rent board charging your kids board and lodgings. >> yeah, sue says 100% agree with stephen. >> you should charge rent. your children do not benefit by not being given realities of life . being given realities of life. >> sheila says you definitely doing your children a disservice by not charging, not charging your child rent. by not charging, not charging your child rent . and taylor your child rent. and taylor says, my nan used to charge me board. she saved it and gave it back to me when i moved out to live with my husband. >> i quite like that. is that something that you would do, give it back to them? >> yeah, probably. i mean, i know, so would as well. >> i know he's a right big softie, aren't you? >> no. >> no. >> is that the other day? >> is that the other day? >> hard as nails, hard as nails.

>> hard as nails, hard as nails. >> he pretends like he is. but the other day we were going out for breakfast, weren't we? and i said i wanted to go to this really expensive place. and stephen said, no, no, no, it's too expensive. but then we, i left at about three seconds and he went, oh, go on then we'll go to the nice place for breakfast. >> yes. there you go, phil alexander says i charge my son rent when he's back in the house when he returns. but it soon gets into his pocket by magic. i often hear my own voice saying, here's £20 to go out. oh, yeah, but that's. but it's love. but it's not about the money. is it? it's about, it's about teaching them that a proportion of your income is not yours to spend. in that sense, it's not there to play that sense, it's not there to play at. you're to go down the pub with or go on holiday with, or you've got to put it aside for what matters in life, for bills and rent and all the rest of it. there's someone message. i can't find it now, saying £500. i was saying, well, oh, here we go. lesley i nearly spurted out my tea when stephen said £500 a month for board and

lodgings. that's for a full, you know, a proper grown adult . my know, a proper grown adult. my son, who is 22, pays £30 a week and think that's exorbitant. and he earns £2,000 a month. but apparently i'm the unreasonable one. two grand a month and he's paying one. two grand a month and he's paying £120 a month for board and lodging. see, i think 500 is quite steep. i don't know if you if you were out renting somewhere, it's going to cost you more, but you're not. >> you're living at home with mum or dad. >> yeah, but you're also getting all your washing done and the cleaning done. and probably the cooking done. >> i think. >> i think. >> and are you, are you even paying >> and are you, are you even paying for food? probably not. probably. mum goes and does the shopping. yeah. so actually it's a bargain 500 is quite steep. >> i just think you could be in a room by yourself. >> yeah. but then you'd have bills to pay on top of that. and your food bills and you council tax mark, you're not paying any of that mark shariq says my son still lives with us. >> he's 27. he earns around 25 k, we charge him £120 a month.

it's been like that for ten years. i'd feel mean to charge him any more. >> no, i think you should. i think you should. because otherwise, how's he going to learn? and if he does ever get his own, it's that thing going to get his own place. and suddenly what? 50% of his income is gone. he'll feel like he's really missing out on life. get him into the habit. it's about education. i'm tough on this one. it's he is very tough. >> he is very, very tough. yeah. do keep those views coming in. that was just something on dominic cummings here, mark riley, this is on, news that dominic cummings is unveiling plans for a new party to. he hopes replace the tories. mark riley's been in touch saying how on earth is dominic cummings going to form a new party? how could anyone work with this man? he can't be trusted with anything private. he's unloyal. how could anyone trust that man? >> well, there you go. you'll have to see. well, you perhaps some people would disagree with you on that one, just a couple. just i just got to say this, sue says my kids paid his rent. they both now have mortgages and

savings. i'm proud . and chris savings. i'm proud. and chris haggerston says i'm an adult child , and i pay £900 a month. child, and i pay £900 a month. well, good on you. >> good. £900 a month is a lot. >> he's paying his way. yeah. got to pay your way in life . the got to pay your way in life. the world doesn't owe you a living. that's one of my father's favourite. yeah. turns of phrase. >> oh, you are tough . you are >> oh, you are tough. you are tough. but yeah, everyone's on on your side. i think with that one. see? >> common sense. yeah. common sense prevails. that's what we like. yeah. oh who's that? angela stephen is 100% correct. well, i would leave it at that . well, i would leave it at that. >> that's all you need to know. >> that's all you need to know. >> first time for everything , >> first time for everything, but no, let us let us know what you think of that one. gb news commr. >> so, now labour is set to, to launch plans to tackle the small boat crisis today. let's speak to yvette cooper. now, the shadow home secretary. very good to see you this morning, yvette cooper. to see you this morning, yvette cooper . and, well, this is what cooper. and, well, this is what we've all been waiting for, isn't it? this is labour's plans

to tackle the small boat crossings. >> we're setting out a plan today for a new border security command to bring together the work of the national crime agency, the border force , m15 agency, the border force, m15 police forces and work with europol and police forces right across europe to go after the criminal gangs. they would have new counter—terror style powers and also new resources to be able to recruit many hundreds, up to a thousand new investigators, cross border police because we have to go after the criminal gangs. they are undermining border security and putting lives at risk with these dangerous boat crossings. and that's why this action is so urgently needed. >> right. and that may work. but if the rwanda plan is proving to work by the time you should, should you get into office by the time of a general election, why would you scrap it if it's

working ? working? >> well, the thing about the rwanda scheme is it's only likely to cover a few hundred people and more people arrived in the last week than that. we've seen nearly 9000 people arrive this year already on small boats. and yet they're only likely to send 300 people to rwanda. the rwanda scheme is a scheme just for 1% of asylum seekers. there's no plan for the 99. no. forgive me, it's costing the taxpayer for over half £1 billion. that is a huge sum of money for just a tiny billion. that is a huge sum of money forjust a tiny number billion. that is a huge sum of money for just a tiny number of people. and that's why we think that money should go into boosting our border security and going after the criminal gangs instead. >> but the whole point of the rwanda scheme is it might be costing 75 million a year or whatever the figure is, but it's a deterrent. so it would that cost would go down year on year, wouldn't it. it's the whole point of it is it stops coming people here. it's not about them all coming over and then

shipping them off. well, 1% of asylum seekers costing half £1 billion, that's half £1 billion is only to send a few hundred people. >> that's not a cost of if they were doing something different. thatis were doing something different. that is the cost of sending just 1. and that's the problem. there is a reason that home office officials themselves have said there's no evidence of a deterrent, because this is only applying for 1. that means 99% of people arriving on small boats . in practice, under the boats. in practice, under the way the government's doing this actually are able to go into asylum accommodation, into asylum accommodation, into asylum hotels and stay there indefinitely because nothing is being done . there's no proper being done. there's no proper program and there's nothing being done to tackle the criminal gangs. and we saw those awful scenes of people getting on to crowded boats. we saw that awful case of an eight year old girl being killed on these boats. the boat crossings are dangerous. they're undermining border security. they're putting lives at risk. you've got to go after the criminal gangs or they

will just find more people to exploit. they will just organise more crossings, whatever it is. and however many checks the government writes to rwanda. >> and what about those that are already here, those who have already here, those who have already made it here illegally on a small boat? can you confirm or can you rule out that you are not just going to declare an amnesty for those people and essentially wipe the slate clean ? >> 7- >> we 7_ >> we don't 7 >> we don't believe in amnesties. we think that's the wrong thing to do. rules need to be enforced. proper rules need to be enforced. the problem what we've got at the moment is the conservatives. rishi sunak is effectively operating an amnesty for those 99% of people who are arriving because they're not having any decisions made on their cases . that means those their cases. that means those who have not fled persecution, those who have no right to be here are not being returned to their home country. in fact, returns for failed asylum cases have actually dropped by nearly a half since the conservatives

first came to power. so those rules aren't being enforced . rules aren't being enforced. thatis rules aren't being enforced. that is a chaotic system. what you actually need to do is to properly clear the backlog, but we should be preventing the boat crossings in the first place, and that's why we set up. or we want to set up this new border security command. and the reason that's important is we're basically learning from what we did . on tackling terrorist did. on tackling terrorist networks. on the counter—terror work that took place after we had 9/11 and then the seven seven attacks. britain completely overhauled the way it dean completely overhauled the way it dealt with counter—terrorism, bringing all of these agencies and forces together with a comprehensive single strategy to go after terrorists and terror networks and extremists. we need to take the same approach now to our border security, because once again , it is putting lives once again, it is putting lives at risk and undermining the security of the country . security of the country. >> right. >> right. >> so you tackle the people behind this . that's behind this. that's understandable. you say no amnesty for those people who have come over here illegally .

have come over here illegally. so what do you do to track these people down and get them out of the country ? the country? >> so you have to have proper systems to go after those criminal gang networks. systems to go after those criminal gang networks . that criminal gang networks. that means you need proper intelligence networks. you need proper policing and so on. >> forgive me. i'm not talking about the criminal gang members here. i'm talking about the migrants. >> sure. well, we've now going to have to deal with the huge backlog that the conservatives have now created because what you have is we've now got around 100,000 people or more in the asylum system. they've arrived. they're now in the asylum system. they're in asylum accommodation , they're in asylum accommodation, they're in asylum hotels. we're going to have to clear up that mess and that crisis of that backlog that's been created. so we do have a plan to end asylum hotel use and to make sure that decisions are swiftly taken. we would fast track decisions on safe countries so you can fast track

those decisions and have proper returns. and also make sure that the uk has always done its bit for those who have fled persecution. for example, afghan interpreters who helped our armed forces, that's something that really all countries have to do their part on. but at the moment, no decisions are being taken, no rules are being enforced and we're not seeing those returns taking place. and what we're instead seeing actually is some really shocking exploitation going on. >> you're setting out your plans for tackling small boat crossings today. what about labour's plans for legal migration? net migration numbers at best part of three quarters of a million people. that's not sustainable, is it? >> so we believe that net migration should come down. you're right that the level has, i think, trebled since the last election. and one of the things that has been behind that has been a really big increase in work visas. now look, obviously the uk has always benefited from

people coming from abroad to set up businesses or to provide international top talent, but they had to have this huge increase in work visas we think is the wrong approach, and that's why we've said we've got to have a proper plan to tackle the skills shortages that lie behind it. we did propose a series of additional further changes for example, getting rid of the what used to be this 20% discount for overseas workers that the conservatives brought into the points based immigration system. we thought that was the wrong approach. what we should be doing instead is, is getting rid of that. that was a sort of incentive to undercut and to have the overseas recruitment, when actually what we really need is to have a proper plan for training and skills here in the uk . and that's why we've set out uk. and that's why we've set out plans about how we would do that. reforms to the apprenticeship levy and targeting the key areas where we've got shortages. >> can i just return to, to the,

the sort of major plan . if you the sort of major plan. if you like. i mean, how closely would you have to work with the eu on this and would they allow us to work more closely? i mean, in effect, it opens up the possibility of us working on other borders, doesn't it? and being being involved in policing borders, you know, around the mediterranean, around the balkans, where a lot of these people are coming from. it's more integration into the eu, isn't it ? isn't it? >> well, we're outside the eu and we're staying outside the eu, but we should be working with our neighbouring countries on issues around crime , on issues around crime, security, those sorts of things. that to me feels like that's a no brainer. of course, we should be sharing information on criminals across borders. we're not currently doing that properly. that's one of the things that wasn't sorted out as part of the brexit agreement. we think that should be sorted out. we should be getting fast information on people who might be wanted for crimes in other countries. we should know that as soon as they arrive at our

border, we should know, for example, if somebody has already claimed asylum and been turned down, for example in germany or in another country, as soon as they arrive at their our border, so that we can then fast track those cases as well. at the moment we're not sharing that information, so we do want to see that new security cooperation agreement on things like criminal information and intelligence that benefits everybody. it benefits european countries, it benefits the uk , countries, it benefits the uk, and it keeps all of our communities safe. before we let you go, i did just want to ask you go, i did just want to ask you about your new colleague, natalie elphicke, who's obviously defected from the conservative to labour. >> it's no accident, is it, that this speech today is going to be made in her seat in dover? you're capitalising on her defection, aren't you? and how do you feel about standing next to your new colleague today ? to your new colleague today? >> well, you're right, i'm in dover now speaking to you. we are in natalie elphicke's constituency . and i think it is

constituency. and i think it is significant that the dover mp, who has really seen the consequences of the small boat crossings, who has been following this policy issue in some detail over many years, has concluded not just that there are huge problems with the government's rwanda scheme, but also that our approach that that border security approach going after the criminal gangs in this coordinated way that that is the right way forward. and i hope that other people who may not have voted labour at the last election may have voted for many different parties will look at what labour is proposing, not just around our border security, but also around the national health service, around getting our economy back on track, around support for families, deaung around support for families, dealing with the cost of living crisis that has just had this shocking impact. after 14 years of the conservatives that's got the chaos has got worse and worse and worse. so i hope that we can welcome more people like natalie , who will have changed natalie, who will have changed their minds to the labour party. that's really important to us. >> okay, yvette cooper, really

good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. appreciate that. thank you, thank you. to know how comfortable that is , know how comfortable that is, for other members of the labour party. >> well, yeah, i mean, i mean , >> well, yeah, i mean, i mean, what is interesting in all of this is obviously these discussions have been underway for a while. so if these of these is this plan been put to natalie elphicke, i would say and she's said, oh, actually, yes. i think that is robust enough, but you know, she natalie elphicke hasn't had concerns about the rwanda plan. she's been pushing for the rwanda plan very strongly. i mean, it's just it's got to be uncomfortable. i think yvette cooper may be a little bit uncomfortable standing next to natalie elphicke. >> obviously she's not going to be not going to say it, saying that, but but many in the labour party have, haven't they? >> oh yeah. but what do you make of the scheme? i mean, it's an interesting one. it's about stopping it at source. well people have talked about that for a long time, putting that money into, you know, treating it like a sort of anti—terrorism

scheme and stopping these criminal gangs rather than just having a deterrent in rwanda, is that something that is going to work for you? love to know , work for you? love to know, gbnews.com/yoursay at least we've got some detail now. yes. >> well, it's what we've been waiting for, isn't it? the tories have been saying there's no plan. well, officially now there is. we've just heard it. so let us know what you think. now. official figures show that the uk is out of a recession. >> yeah, should we talk to, michael wilson? >> wilson ? >> wilson? >> wilson? >> yeah. who joins us now. good to see you, michael. well, look, we knew this was we sort of knew this was going to be pretty short, didn't we? but it's quite nice to have officially turned the corner, but we're still quite flat . quite flat. >> yes. i think bumping along the bottom sort of describes it , the bottom sort of describes it, really. i don't want to sound too curmudgeonly about these figures , but do remember the figures, but do remember the ons, the office for national statistics is the organisation that still fails to get the majority , to get some of its majority, to get some of its people back in the office after working from home and gdp

figures, whilst they are the most one of the most important snapshots of the economy, they do get revised year after year. i mean, they're still revising the very first figures from the 1960s. so having so said what it what's the importance of these? well, it's good that growth is back , if we were in a technical back, if we were in a technical recession, we appear to be out of it. that's no bad thing. but the big problem still with the uk, and it doesn't matter who is in which administration is in number 10, is getting britain back to work, because at the moment britain does not generally work. there are a huge proportion of people who are receiving disability benefits, for some for good reason. some may be not for good reasons. thatis may be not for good reasons. that is the thing. getting the country back to work. i would say that's a statistic. now the other thing, and i'm sure that you probably mentioned this yesterday , was the bank of yesterday, was the bank of england decision to leave interest rates on hold. however, a lot of people in the foreign

exchange markets and the people in the financial services sector are sort of placing their bets on maybe, maybe, just maybe , a on maybe, maybe, just maybe, a cut in interest rate, the interest rate in june. now, again, the bank of england was very pretty sceptical about the office for national statistics, where these these growth figures have just come from, by saying that they would much rather, have a look at wage growth , they have a look at wage growth, they would have a look at inflation in the service sector and the rate of unemployment before they make a decision . having so rate of unemployment before they make a decision. having so said that, i think probably is the good news from these two days. these figures are very welcome. but i think much more important is the bank's attitude towards it. and if they start and if they start cutting interest rates, again, the fed and the united states didn't do anything. bank of england very , anything. bank of england very, very keen to say, doesn't matter what they do. we make our own minds up about this. but if there is a general feeling that

inflation not the cost of living, not the cost of things, but the rise in prices , which but the rise in prices, which inflation is, if that is being seen to fall, generally throughout the world, then that's a good thing. and then the economy can really start to grow, i think, okay, michael wilson, good to see you this morning. >> thank you very much indeed. oh, the economy really starting to grow. >> sounds like a pipe dream. doesn't it? wouldn't that be nice? get everything back on track. >> it's good news for the tories because that's what they've promised haven't they. it's a nice picture in the telegraph this morning of prince william playing volleyball. i mean it's a little bit too energetic for me. it's very sporty. they're both very sporty. it was in newquay yesterday in the lovely weather. >> oh jealous. >> oh jealous. >> is it going to be nice today though. is alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. the fine and often sunny weather many of us

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next. >> now, are you up to scratch on the latest pet ownership laws? well, you might be forgiven for getting a new change. we require all cats to be microchipped. >> yes. there are at least 2 million furries running around unshipped , and many owners are unshipped, and many owners are unsure on where to start . unsure on where to start. >> where to speak to a visionary. >> we are going to speak to a veterinary surgeon. amelia battersby. good to see you this morning. amelia lots of people will be very surprised that this wasn't the law in the first place. >> yes, it's something we've been campaigning for many years . been campaigning for many years. it became the law for dogs to be microchipped in 2016, and we saw a significant increase in the number of times we were able to

successfully reunite missing dogs with their owners, and yes, it's about time we catch up for our for our feline pets because they're just as important. >> to be honest, i just don't understand why there would be any opposition to this. i mean, i know there is a cost, but, however, if you love your cat and they go missing, you want to get them back . get them back. >> absolutely. and i think there are a lot of misconceptions about microchipping. firstly, i think for a lot of people it just slips their mind. there's so much to think about when you get a new kitten. there's so much going on, and microchipping often gets forgotten , there's often gets forgotten, there's also a misconception that worries me personally that indoor cats or cats that only go out with supervision don't need to be microchipped or aren't at risk of going missing. and actually, the unexpected happens all the time. you get a visitor, they leave the front door open, a loud bang startles your cat and they shoot out the door, and

often it's those cats that are more at risk of getting lost because they just don't have the street smarts of our outdoor cats, so we would really urge everybody to, take heed of the new law, which is one month to go today and to really make sure that they get their cats microchipped and that they're microchipped and that they're microchip details are up to date as well on the database . as well on the database. >> and it is so important as well, amelia, isn't it, for cats that do go outside and they do have a tendency to wander, don't they? and sometimes they can forget their way home. >> absolutely. and we know from really interesting research that cats can have a huge territory area , that they go wandering, area, that they go wandering, some cheeky cats can even have multiple houses that they like to go into for food , and, and we to go into for food, and, and we do often see sad stories where cats are also brought into to our practice after an accident. and a kind member of the public has brought them to us, and we try and help them. but because the microchip isn't there, we

can't let their owners know what's happened . and that's what's happened. and that's that's really upsetting for everybody involved , and everybody involved, and obviously something we, we want to avoid at all costs , if anyone to avoid at all costs, if anyone is looking at this and going, oh, my cat isn't done, i need to get it done. from what age , how get it done. from what age, how much does it cost? and does it hurt , so the law requires every hurt, so the law requires every cat over the age of 20 weeks of age to be microchipped, but it can be done much younger than that, lots of people like to combine getting the microchip done with, when we get them neutered , at the vets, because neutered, at the vets, because that makes it nice and straightforward , we have put straightforward, we have put together, a website, a microchipping hub with loads of information on our pet health club website , and that has loads club website, and that has loads of questions answered for you about what to expect when you go to the vets, and our pet health club is a great way of, of

covering everything your cat needs really . we take care of needs really. we take care of all of that for you. and microchipping is one of those benefits, to answer your question, it it doesn't hurt. in my experience , it's a slightly my experience, it's a slightly bigger needle than the vaccination. and it's lightning quick. it's the same speed as giving a vaccination very, very quick, and they often don't noficeifs quick, and they often don't notice it's been done. and then the benefits last a lifetime . the benefits last a lifetime. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> amelia, good to see you. thank you very much indeed. i wouldn't have any animal that wasn't chipped. no, neither would i, because it's i mean, i don't know what it costs now. can't remember 35, £70 is in my head for some reason. but i mean, it's going to vary vet to vet anyway. yeah, but it's done then and then you see you've got then and then you see you've got the database you can get online and make sure all your details are up to date and you've got peace of mind then, haven't you really? once it's paid for, there's no ongoing costs or anything else. and then it's just done. and should they

wonder then you just scan them, the vet just scans them and away you go. and you're reunited. >> exactly. and how lovely was it to see all of the cat videos? oh, that's my favourite part of the interview. just watch cats all day. makes me miss mittens , all day. makes me miss mittens, who used to come and visit me last year. yeah. >> so you were a second home? i was a second home, yeah. >> and i really set up a good, good home for her. she had a bed, she had food, she had toys. ieven bed, she had food, she had toys. i even got her a stocking at christmas. >> soft. >> soft. >> she's yet to come back to me. >> she's yet to come back to me. >> i mean, honestly, i'm a proper cat man. and i've got the dog as well as a cat, but in my heart i am a cat. >> they are so cute, aren't they? >>i they? >> i love our timmy. he was very cuddly last night. >> oh, which is what you like . >> oh, which is what you like. >> oh, which is what you like. >> they are lovely, aren't they? and it means more from a cat because they're not always cuddly, you know. yeah. anyway, we're going to go to a short break, think about cats. and when we come back, aidan magee is going to be here with all of

news. >> at marksman. in touch. morning, mark. >> morning, mark. >> morning, mark. >> who says about the cats? >> who says about the cats? >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> he says i swallowed some tablets meant for the cat the other day. don't ask me how. very good. aidan magee like that one. >> yeah, it's aidan magee special. that one. >> i'm borrowing that one. definitely. >> it's very good, very good. >> it's very good, very good. >> well done. mark. well done. mark, shall we have a bit of football? >> yes. sorry. oh, yeah. >> yes. sorry. oh, yeah. >> i was going to say that that aston villa went to greece last night and their europa league conference challenge is in ruins, but i can't compete with. >> oh very good, very good. >> oh very good, very good. >> no, look, let's look at it. i mean, there were four two down from the first leg. steven. they went to greece last night. they lost two nil. there wasn't much of a hope they were going to turn it around, i don't think, but let's look at the season in its entirety. i don't think secretly that bothered that they got they got knocked out last night. it's extra games on the schedule. they've got liverpool this weekend. they've been in the top four in the champions

league they played better last night, but if they get into the champions league that'll be the first time they've gotten to the european cup since the since, well, the year after they won it in 1982 83. so that would be absolutely extraordinary for them. pity they didn't win a trophy last night. i didn't get to the final because they hadn't won trophies in 96. but overall i think i don't think there's any cause for worry at villa park. i think they're they're very satisfied with the season they are having, and i think they'll qualify for the champions league. i should talk about manuel. >> why not? >> why not? >> yeah. so, look, sir jim >> yeah. so, look, sirjim ratcliffe went into united a couple of weeks ago, did an audh couple of weeks ago, did an audit of all the facilities. he said that the it department and some of the training facilities were disgraceful. and that caused, according to the papers this morning, a bit of consternation within the club that people are looking for recriminations. they're pointing at each other saying, well, hang on a minute, you need to be doing your job properly and it doing yourjob properly and it probably isn't creating the environment that's going to be conducive to producing, producing champions. and this is all going on as well. while last night in manchester, you had a nice red carpet event celebrating years the celebrating 25 years of the treble. ole gunnar solskjaer and all that. david beckham was in attendance. gary neville, paul scholes, nicky, nicky butt and we saw some. well, in some ways, steven, it's not helpful because

although they've earned the right to celebrate that , it right to celebrate that, it doesn't look good in the in the context of what's going on. man united now, because the club is in a real mess and there are players. according to david mcdonnell in the in the mirror this morning who believe they may not win another game again this season. if you look at their fixtures, arsenal home on sunday at 430. big game that in the title race newcastle at home brighton away, man city at wembley in the fa cup final. now they could lose. if they lose that. that's two years in a row that. that's two years in a row that they've lost to manchester city. their bitter rivals. and that's the other thing. there's one thing contrasting with manchester city across the across the city. but if you're if you're contrasting with what you are achieving yourselves as a club 25 years ago, yeah, you're being exposed. you're being exposed and it's not good. >> let's have a quick look at nadal >> let's have a quick look at nadal. should we. yeah. french open. yes, absolutely. >> well i mean, well qualifying for the french open. well no it's not. well it kind of is. it kind of is. he's the italian open is a is it's not a warm up tournament. it's a big tournament. it's a big tournament. but he's won at ten times. and when he gets to the french open who knows. he could be timing his arrival in paris at just the right time. it's

going to be his last year on the touh going to be his last year on the tour. we believe he's had horrific injury problems in the last two years. in fact, he's been beset by injuries throughout his career, actually. but he's managed to win 22 grand slam titles. he came from behind yesterday, beating zizou bergs, the belgian qualifier. and it's still early yet at the moment. but if he can just navigate his way through that tournament, he's going to be in great shape by the time he gets to the french open. and he could win that for a 14th time. he's known as the king of clay, and he could cement that that title. >> okay, aiden, no. no, he's not his king of clay. >> yeah. no, it's the cementing the title. >> laughing. i didn't even know that one. >> no. aiden. >> no. aiden. >> thanks very much. good to see you. >> susan's been in touch saying microchipping a cat is only a money maker. the cat will be distressed at the vet . i don't distressed at the vet. i don't think they would be distressed at the vet. and even if they were, it's only momentarily, but as for money loads, have you beenin as for money loads, have you been in touch? actually, i was about 70. £70 is about what it costs to get the cats neutered. yes, i'm getting the two. microchipping is very, very cheap. >> it's about £15, 15 to £30. >> it's about £15, 15 to £30. >> it's about £15, 15 to £30. >> it's too not bad. so that's actually all right. in some places we'll do it for free.

like the. >> and amelia, our vet was saying that it didn't hurt at all. didn't she? no. so most of them don't even realise it's happening. i mean, they don't like injections and things. >> of course they don't. but, try being you and me, stephen. a oh, well, exactly . i have to oh, well, exactly. i have to inject constantly, don't we? absolutely. at least we know what's going on with cats. don't know what's going on, which is hard. oh, yeah, really tough. diabetics are really tough now. >> still to come, we'll be going through the papers with mike buckley and suzanne evans. that's . that's.

next. well, welcome back to breakfast time. it's 846. we're going through the papers now with labour advisor mike buckley and political commentator suzanne evans. good to see you both this morning. and, mike, let's start with our favourite story of the day. this is superstar nine year

old tony hudgell. >> so i mean this is a great heartwarming story. so nine year old little boy very sadly double amputee. both of his legs was meant to go to the garden party at the palace on wednesday , but at the palace on wednesday, but wasn't able to go because there wasn't able to go because there was an issue on the m20 , so he was an issue on the m20, so he wasn't able to make it. so we had to go turn tail and go home. it was quite sad about that. but happily, one of his parents, posted on social media that this had happened on on x, i think formerly twitter and the palace tweeted back to say, oh, sorry to miss you tony, but we'll find another day come another time. so he's going to go back to the palace and see the king and everybody else. so it's a great heartwarming story for all of your boy. and he was going because he's been given an award by the king. he's raised one foot, £1.4 million, this little boy to, you know, for a kind of activities against child abuse, which is incredible by the age of nine, it's phenomenal. >> is it? and also the fact he said he wanted to see the king because he wanted to check he was all right. >> i know, which is just really

sweet, isn't it? >> yeah. speaking a day after the disappointment, he said he was now excited to meet the king because he's always wanted to see him. i wanted to see if he's okay. i'd heard he'd had some treatment. it's wonderful , isn't it? >> this poor little kid has been through so much because he received his injuries as a result of appalling abuse. and yet there he is, wanting to check that our king is okay. what an absolute darling. yeah, wonderful. he gets the full red carpet royal treatment. >> i think he will. it will be waiting for another garden party. i think his majesty will have him in for a special. >> i hope so. >> i hope so. >> he needs an honour, doesn't he? well, he's got one. >> yeah, they're giving him go good on him. yeah, yeah. >> already raised £2 million. he's only nine years old. >> i just, he's only nine years old. >> ijust, i mean, what i say, what a little star. i'm thinking of others before himself. i have to say, after what he's been through. yeah. magic from the very young to the very old. suzanne looking in the mirror. >> yes . the suzanne looking in the mirror. >> yes. the mirror has got a lovely story about world war ii veteran ivor ward , who is 98 and veteran ivor ward, who is 98 and still working at the pharmaceutical factory he started work at when he was 80.

he said he retired when he was 79. he spent one day retired. it drove him nuts and he got straight back to work . oh, straight back to work. oh, great. yeah, he says. i couldn't stand being retired . he said. stand being retired. he said. i carried on working. he said i now meet lots of younger people and we drink, dance and create mayhem at the weekends . mayhem at the weekends. >> good on him. >> good on him. >> that probably keeps him young. yeah, absolutely . young. yeah, absolutely. >> well, you know, i think i think yeah, if he retired now, i think yeah, if he retired now, i think well he obviously did try when he was 79 and didn't work for him. >> finish him off. probably >> finish him off. probably >> you know i think probably yeah. there's people are like that. i think some evidence to suggest that the later you retire, if you retire earlier you tend to live longer. you're but you retire later, you don't. but if you keep on working, you do. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you think you'd have a job that's a little bit easier to do, though. you can imagine working in a factory would be tough. tough, i don't know. >> it depends what he does. i mean, i think, you know, if you're on a factory production line, you're doing the same thing. it's quite repetitive and maybe a bit dull, but you've got people around you, you can talk, you can have a you don't have to

think too hard. >> i used to work in a factory. in a shoe factory. did you, did you? it's. and it's all about the conversation. the work's dull, but the conversation is good. >> oh, but can you multitask ? >> oh, but can you multitask? >> oh, but can you multitask? >> oh, but can you multitask? >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> well, they're nice shoes. sorry, i like shoes . sorry, i like shoes. >> yeah, well, they were. >> yeah, well, they were. >> i think we made them for. it was an independent factory. i think we made a lot of them for clerks and things . yeah, it was clerks and things. yeah, it was nice. there was some lovely ladies i worked with there. >> oh , really? >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> were you one of the girls? >> were you one of the girls? >> one of the girls? no, but i was, but they were. they were the chatty ones. that's like a good chat. do like a good chinwag. >> so you'd be one of them for sure. >> well, it was good. >> well, it was good. >> oh, dear. mike, should we return to the king? he's happy to be out of his cage. >> he is. so obviously he's been having cancer treatment , as we having cancer treatment, as we all know, and it does seem like he's on the mend from the mood music that we're receiving, which is great news. so he's been allowed back to work basically. so he was out this week, said he was glad to be out of his cage, he went to visit a military establishment and had a great time chatting to people. do you can see by the images that we're seeing now. so it's great to see him back in work.

and i think after the worries that we've all had for his health and future, it's good to see him out and about and clearly heading in the right direction health wise. >> i don't know what he's going through treatment wise. no, no we don't or quite we know where he is at. i mean, he's it won't all be done and dusted by now. that's. >> no no, no i'm sure it won't. and you're right. we don't know. i mean clearly he's he's getting on i think he's 75 isn't he. so he's he's undergoing treatment. i'm sure he'll be getting the best, best treatment available. but the fact that he's out and about and looking as well as he looks is, you know, is hopeful for us all. but of course, we don't have a final , he hasn't don't have a final, he hasn't been given the all clear as yet, but what he is doing, which reminds me of tony hudgell, that little nine year old boy, is that despite what he's going through , he's putting people through, he's putting people before himself, which i think is . such a wonderful example. it is. it's wonderful. i would imagine, as well that probably i'm sure there have been studies done that showed that that correlates with higher survival rates and higher recovery rates

because, you know, we're all interconnected beings, aren't we? and our emotions and our our intentions are connected to our physical health. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> suzanne, can we talk about the new bridget jones film, please? >> we can indeed. the fourth bridget jones movie is being filmed. are you bored with this already? honestly? well, it's being filmed in london. renee zellweger's been spotted in london. it's due out early next yeah london. it's due out early next year. but now, are you listening carefully? because this is a bit complicated . so you know how complicated. so you know how daniel cleaver, played by hugh grant , died daniel cleaver, played by hugh grant, died in bridget jones's baby? yeah. i didn't , i haven't baby? yeah. i didn't, i haven't seen that, but apparently. spoiler. right. well, apparently now he's come back to life for this form. but mark darcy , this form. but mark darcy, played by colin firth, is dead in this one, so it's all a bit confusing, apparently bridget is now a single mum of two, but she turns out to be a bit of a cougarin turns out to be a bit of a cougar in this film. oh, family. yeah, she's dating a toyboy who's played by the british actor leo woodall, who's a bit gorgeous. he was the lead in one day, you might remember. hey dexter mayhew in one day. so, you're across the details. yes. so looking forward to this one. very much indeed. i suppose we

shouldn't be mad about the boy at school. >> shouldn't be. if people want to be cougars. all fair play to him, i guess. i guess i shouldn't be disapproving. >> i have never seen a bridget jones movie in all my life, so i'm really not the person to comment on this. rowan jones fans, this is happy news and i am happy for them. and that's that's the most i can say on the subject. >> i bet one thing you have had though is a bag of chips and suzanne, i know suzanne, you've put this one in the chips. >> so there's a survey reported in the daily star, but done by a french restaurant chain. i think this is significant. here we go. saying that 62% of brits now prefer french fries to chips. no, what a load of rubbish. i don't believe it for a minute, i prefer my big chip chunky chips, big fat chips. skin on, preferably with curry sauce from the chip shop. >> oh, yeah, you need chip shop chips ? chips? >> no, i prefer the curry sauce, but, mushy peas are okay. but it's also quite shocking. this survey also reckoned that most brits eat chips three times a week. really? yeah i don't eat chips anything like that much, but two thirds of people would eat them every day if they felt

it was good. >> they say, yeah, i do love chips, but i like chip shop chips, but i like chip shop chips . chip fries. chips. chip fries. >> i'm definitely a chip shop chip person. i've been often, but when i do, it's a great treat, you know? oh, smashing. >> what do you have on them ketchup, ketchup or gravy, mean. >> oh, you like gravy? gravy love gravy. >> lots of salt and vinegar. >> lots of salt and vinegar. yeah, yeah. >> you have gravy on them. >> you have gravy on them. >> yeah. oh, yeah. chips and gravy is amazing. >> i was in scotland, scotland once and i ordered chips and they said, do you want sauce with that. so i assume they meant vinegar. so i said yes please. and then it came in covered in gravy. i was oh horrified. oh no. >> no. well each to their own i am partial to a cheesy chip as well. oh, i like a cheesy chip melted cheese on your chips. >> do you ever try that? >> do you ever try that? >> that's very good. >> that's very good. >> i probably have, but i wouldn't. i wouldn't be my first choice. >> you like them? plain and simple, i do. >> yeah. i mean, ideally with some fish, you know, that's the ideal some fish, you know, that's the ideal, but it's not always available. >> that's the way to do it. but there you go. that's our straw poll. and we all like chip shop chips. so if you're out there, if you're one of the 60% that prefer a french fry, please let us know. why. >> don't believe it. >> don't believe it. >> oh no, i'm not sure i do ehheh >> no proper proper chip shop

chip. it's in my blood. my grandma and granddad had a chip shop. did they eat chippy? yeah >> coming out this morning to buy shoes and chips. >> shoes and chips. >> shoes and chips. >> man, i'm a northerner. she using chip, man, yeah . using chip, man, yeah. >> did you always get freebies? >> did you always get freebies? >> no, it was before my time. >> no, it was before my time. >> before i was born. it's annoying. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so my dad grew up above a chip shop that is the life. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what else could you want in life? >> all his mates used to get free chips. >> you weren't very good. business people keep the chips away to his mates. >> oh, well, that would be me as well. keith's been in touch saying proper chips, deep fry them in lard. that's the best. >> oh, nice. i wouldn't have the lard. >> mike and suzanne. thank you very much indeed. good to see you this morning. >> all right, here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. the fine and often sunny weather many of us have had recently will continue for a little while yet. yes, there are some mist and fog patches around first thing this

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gb news. >> good morning to you . it is >> good morning to you. it is 9:00 on friday, the 10th of may. today the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will unveil plans to use anti terror laws to combat small boat crossings . combat small boat crossings. >> we have to go after the criminal gangs. they are undermining border security and putting lives at risk with these dangerous boat crossings. and that's why this action is so urgently needed . urgently needed. >> as brexit architect dominic

cummings plans to create a new party that he hopes will replace the tories . the tories. >> yes, dominic cummings thinks the conservatives are dreadful and labour pretty much the same. he's expecting the conservatives to be eviscerated at the next general election , and he's general election, and he's thinking, possibly of starting a new party. i'll bring you the details. >> shortly after a judge denies donald trump's request for a mistrial in his hush money case, as stormy daniels concludes her testimony. >> three boeing plane crashes in just two days, calling into question the aircraft manufacturers safety record and your cat's feline chipper. >> a new change in the law could see owners fined if you don't get your pets microchipped . get your pets microchipped. >> morning. the fine weather's going to stick around for a little while yet, but it's not set to last through the whole weekend. i'll have more on that coming up. >> good morning to you.

>> good morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. >> chips have got you going. on yeah. >> apparently yeah. >> apparently they thought they would. >> this new survey saying 62% of us prefer french fries to chips . us prefer french fries to chips. >> we don't know who they were asking, to be honest. >> do we? rubbish anyway, mike johnson's been in touch. he likes his own air fryer, chunky chips, vinegar, salt and pepper , chips, vinegar, salt and pepper, lemon juice, olive oil. leave the skins on. >> oh , no. >> oh, no. >>- >> oh, no. >> i'll give you my recipe. so you get a bowl, you chop your potatoes , throw them in the potatoes, throw them in the bowl. olive oil, paprika , salt, bowl. olive oil, paprika, salt, pepper, bit of garlic . whisk it pepper, bit of garlic. whisk it all up in the air fryer 15 minutes stunning like a they're like a cajun chip . should not like a cajun chip. should not have to parboil them. no it works perfectly for me and they're quite healthy. you know you like slimming world chips. >> well yeah they're not quite fish shop chips, don't get me

wrong. >> but, they're good. so that's my recipe. yeah, we also had one from sharon who says, why is there so much horror at chips and gravy? it's a northern thing. you would have gravy with roast potatoes, wouldn't you? that's a fantastic point. yeah >> no, i mean i don't i wouldn't have it on chips though i don't. well i know i don't have it on chips. i like the curry sauce or mushy peas or even both. i'm going all out. both >> yeah. >> yeah. >> we've got to stop talking about food. >> i know , because this is what >> i know, because this is what happens when i go home. >> and then i want chips and chips for dinner. and that's what ends up happening. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> chips with mayo. yes that's a that's a real thing. i can't eat chips. >> that mayo now. >> that mayo now. >> oh really? yeah. i got into it in my first job i was a waitress actually. it was my second job. i was waitress and they used to serve chips with mayo and now i can't eat it without it. oh really? it's very bad for you. >> you were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when i first met you. >> and i met you anyway, that's another story entirely , right? another story entirely, right? >> let's crack on. should we, 9:03, labour is set to launch plans to tackle the small boat crisis today.

>> yes. >> yes. >> in a major speech, sir keir starmer will unveil proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorist . terrorist. >> well, the plan, supported by about 1000 additional officers recruited by wait for it m15. >> well to do this labour will spend £75 million equating to a year that would have been spent on sending migrants to rwanda. >> well, earlier we spoke to the shadow home secretary yvette coopeh >> grander scheme is a scheme just for 1% of asylum seekers. there's no plan for the 99, and it's costing the taxpayer over half £1 billion. that is a huge sum of money forjust a tiny sum of money for just a tiny number of people, and that's why we think that money should go into boosting our border security and going after the criminal gangs instead. >> well, joining us now is our political correspondent, katherine forster good to see you this morning, catherine. it's what we've been waiting for, isn't it ? it's what we've been waiting for, isn't it? this is labour's plan to tackle the small boats crisis .

crisis. >> yes. good morning, stephen and ellie. yes. the conservatives plan to stop the boats emblazoned on so many of rishi sunak lecterns is not going very well, is it? nearly 9000 people have crossed the channel illegally so far this yeah channel illegally so far this year, but the conservatives have been very fond of saying but labour have no plan. well today labour have no plan. well today labour are laying out their plan and basically it involves trying to crack down on the people smugglers. so stopping people making these, illegal crossings in the first place, rather than the conservatives attempt to round them up and pack them off to rwanda , of course. yvette to rwanda, of course. yvette cooper saying that that's a plan that will only apply to 1% of asylum seekers. rishi sunak has pledged to send multiple flights off to rwanda this summer. so let's see how that goes. labour are saying, that they will scrap

that plan if they get into power, but crack down on the people smugglers hiring a thousand new officers recruited by m15 , the national crime by m15, the national crime agency and the border force and working more closely with the european union , and i have to european union, and i have to say, there's quite a bit of support for this scheme. people like david neil, who was, until very recently the head of the uk borders watch dog, is behind it, as is david neil. now he is the head of uk counter—terrorism , head of uk counter—terrorism, police. and he's worked with labour on these plans. so some support , i think it will be support, i think it will be difficult if and when flights do go to rwanda. i think the optics of scrapping that might be problematic. but let's see what happens. but i think it just does emphasise how difficult this is. and you know, there's an election coming . the an election coming. the conservatives look set to lose it , very comprehensively at the

it, very comprehensively at the moment . labour say they have moment. labour say they have a different plan. but really you know people just want these crossings to stop all of this will take a lot of time to get into motion. and meanwhile people are crossing the channel, making those dangerous crossings , costing the taxpayers a fortune and no sign of that ending any time soon, talking about the election , catherine, about the election, catherine, i mean it polls suggest either from anything from a hung parliament to the conservatives being absolutely obliterated. and the big question is, does that leave room for a new party? because it seems dominic cummings fancies creating one? >> yes, indeed . remember dominic >> yes, indeed. remember dominic cummings, he of the cross, the whole country when he had covid with his family ? he then went to with his family? he then went to barnard castle to test his eyesight before journeying back. and that astonishing press

conference in the garden. there was so much outrage , wasn't was so much outrage, wasn't there? he didn't really apologise. but, you know , he was apologise. but, you know, he was apologise. but, you know, he was a huge figure behind the scenes. he is one of three people, along with boris johnson and he is one of three people, along with borisjohnson and nigel with boris johnson and nigel farage, that were crucial to people voting for brexit. he came up with that slogan take back control. and in the first months of boris johnson's government , there's many people government, there's many people say that he was the power behind the throne. they fell out very spectacular at the end of 2020, and they haven't spoken since. but he is very fed up with the conservatives. he thinks that absolutely dreadful , he's got no absolutely dreadful, he's got no time for labour either. he's given an interview and he said that labour will not alter the trajectory much and that everyone will be even more miserable by 2026 than they are now. so something to look forward to. and his answer potentially is a new party he

thinks that he might like to start a new party if the conservatives are reduced to having less than 100 mps after the next election , which he the next election, which he thinks is possible, and he promises that that would offer something completely different . something completely different. >> okay, katherine forster, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> now, the former porn star stormy daniels has concluded her testimony at donald trump's hush money trial, fighting off all inquiries into her account of the alleged sexual encounter between her and the man who would be president . would be president. >> well, it follows the scathing attack by the judge who blamed trump's lawyers for letting daniels describe lurid details as he denied trump a mistrial for the second time this week. >> well, earlier we spoke to us political analyst eric ham said. >> it was pretty striking, he says that, look, you actually brought this up when you said in your opening that donald trump did not have an affair with this

woman, so therefore it was only right for her to go into detail to describe her relationship , to to describe her relationship, to actually paint for the jury that in fact , this did happen. and he in fact, this did happen. and he did say that, and he admonished donald trump's lawyers that they could have actually objected to many of the things that were said by stormy daniels. i do believe that we depending on what happens with the verdict, i do believe that we perhaps will see a an appeal by donald trump's lawyers looking specifically at some of the things that, of course, we heard from stormy daniels during her time when she provided testimony i >> -- >> did we hear anything new from stormy daniels in this testimony, or was it more about adding context to this case? >> no, we did not. this was the first time, of course, that we actually heard her in a criminal trial under oath, actually testifying . and of course, testifying. and of course, again, the jury and i think that's the most important thing we have to recognise here. they actually got a chance to see

how, in fact, she would hold up to the scrutiny, being cross—examined by donald trump's lawyers about this relationship that she had with donald trump . that she had with donald trump. but again, this is a case about falsifying business records. and so while we know that it was definitely a spectacle to hear from stormy, stormy daniels, the central issue of this case is did in fact, donald trump actually falsified business records . it's clear that donald records. it's clear that donald trump actually paid stormy daniels $130,000. but that's not what he's on trial for. and that is not actually what that is, not actually what he is he's being tried for and what he will being tried for and what he will be convicted for. ultimately. and right now, i think the prosecution still has this burden that they have to actually show that donald trump did, in fact, falsify these records , why was there another records, why was there another call from his team for a mistrial ? mistrial? >> well, again, i think that's pretty much par for the course for a defence that would actually ask for a mistrial . i

actually ask for a mistrial. i think what we saw today was they thought that there were some holes and stormy daniels testimony, which is why they believe that much of the information that she provided not only was prejudicial, but also i think what we saw from them is that they think that she went over the line and describing this relationship that she had with donald trump and eric, just briefly, because we are running out of time. >> but how would you say this is affecting donald trump personally and in the polls ? personally and in the polls? >> well, in the polls, it's having a tremendous effect . we having a tremendous effect. we are now seeing that joe biden is leading in the polls and another key battleground state of wisconsin. and so the more donald trump stays off the campaign trail, the more difficult it is for him to be able to find some distance between him and joe biden. as we head into november. >> that's eric ham speaking to us a little bit earlier on in the program. >> all right. we've got a big show heading your way at half past nine this morning. ben and nana are poised and ready to go,

ready to pounce. what have you got for us today? youtube. >> we're going to be going live to sir keir starmer's big speech in dover about his plans to stop the boats . very interesting. the boats. very interesting. he's basically relying on the eu cooperation on and i argue that the eu hates us. why would they want to help? we already give france half a billion a year instead of stopping the boats. they go off and have shots at working men's clubs. and also it seems like the war on drugs, you're going to go after the gangs who are just going to replicate themselves and keep coming. all the while the small boats will keep crossing the channel. >> but i mean, look, he thinks this plan is going to work. i can't wait to hear him actually lay down some sort of proper ferm policy. he also said he's going to scrap rwanda even if it's working. although we know there are elements of rwanda that appear to be working and he will need deterrents. >> well, the irish are already saying it's working well. >> exactly. he will need a third country. so i'm interested to find out what he's going to do about that. >> and also surprise, surprise, the bank of england's chief economist , the bank of england's chief economist, hugh pill, the bank of england's chief economist , hugh pill, says that economist, hugh pill, says that migration is fuelling the

housing crisis, which i find totally ironic. you have all the young students who are open borders, pro mass migration , and borders, pro mass migration, and then the next day they complain about not being able to get houses or buy homes. >> so who would have thought a well, keir said he's going to build. i think it's a million homes. i think in their time in office, which is not that many. when you consider the numbers of people that are coming to this country, i think it was about 745,000 on the last count. so you know, millions are not going to cut it at all. >> oh, so is the police fit for purpose? this new evidence says that a third of its officers will have under four years of service next year. i don't know if you watch all these copper programs. there's one called night cops, based in brighton. they're all kids. they're all 19, 20 year old kids. so i've always said, how can you police or get a flavour for handling the public when you're fresh out your age? >> ben. >> ben. >> but then having said that , >> but then having said that, hey, not last week. >> the two officers that ran into danger essentially and were injured as a result were in their 20s. >> well, the ones on, you know, sort of what? i'm going home. on my way home, there's an m&s petrol station and they're all hanging out there. there's loads

of police cars and everything . of police cars and everything. they all come out of the cars and they come out to buy their stuff or whatever they're doing. it's like a social. they look so young and i thought i saw them the other week and i thought, oh my god, they look so young. but then is it just me? that's you? i'm an old bag. >> it is bad. >> it is bad. >> you are an old bag, nana. you're an old bag. and this. and this is what happens. i'm afraid i'm in the same boat as you now. policemen and doctors all look very young and dentists. >> we're old, isn't it? >> we're old, isn't it? >> yeah. it's terrible. it's terrifying. when you go into a dental treatment and your dentist comes in and he looks about 12. >> neither of you are old. stop. >> neither of you are old. stop. >> look at ben chuckling away in the corner there. >> yeah it'll come to ben as well. >> so young. he's baby faced isn't he. but he's not. he's not young. he's old ish. >> getting there. how old are you? i'm 35 in august. >> oh well it's not getting there. give over . there. give over. >> feels like it. i still feel like a 16 year old kid at heart, though. i'm still. you still look like one. >> this is a good thing. i think it's a compliment, mate. you've also broken. >> it just means. just means i get all the, you know, the what? >> i'd get to buy alcohol. >> i'd get to buy alcohol. >> where are you going? where are we going with that? >> sorry. >> sorry. >> where are you going with this? >> oh, no. no. don't worry.

yeah, let's move on. >> maybe we'll see you at 930, you two. thank you. could be disaster. wondering where i was going with that. definitely worth tuning in for. >> time for our giveaway now. and we want to say a huge congratulations to jake from london who won our last great british giveaway. mark dolan gave him a call. >> jake, i've got some really good news for you. you're the winner of the great british giveaway. no i'm not. you are. you've won the cruise, the travel gifts, and you've also won £10,000. >> you know what? i've never won anything like this in my life. >> well, congratulations . >> well, congratulations. >> well, congratulations. >> yes. i wasn't expecting that. >> yes. i wasn't expecting that. >> how does it feel? >> how does it feel? >> i'm in shock. >> i'm in shock. >> like i said, i've never won anything like this. and i almost didn't. it didn't pick up. >> you see, it's always worth answering your phone . yeah, answering your phone. yeah, obviously that cruises for two people, so i don't know who you're going to take. >> i think my partner will be quite annoyed if i didn't take it . it. >> well, actually. >> well, actually. >> oh yeah, i was going to say don't panic. i've had some people who are hard of hearing message today saying, does that mean if you don't pick up the

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next. >> now, cornish mp is calling on the government to pump more

money into coastal communities. steve double says funding currently earmarked for rural communities doesn't trickle down to the coast. >> yes. he's urging the government to recognise the need for better provision in our seaside towns. our southwest of england reporterjeff moody england reporter jeff moody reports tough the last few years. >> sam richardson is a singer songwriter from saint agnes in cornwall. much of his music reflects a sense of frustration with life in a coastal town. >> we've got a lot of empty shops and a lot of our town centres, which is sort of causing a lot of death on the high street. i know that's a problem everywhere, but it is particularly bad down in cornwall , i think the cornwall, i think the infrastructure as well for me is like a really big problem down here. our roads are just rammed all the time. >> similar problems across the border in devon. ilfracombe is the most deprived area in north devon. twice the town has appued devon. twice the town has applied for levelling up funding, twice it's been turned down something. north devon mp selaine saxby says is

frustrating. >> it's very complicated . it's >> it's very complicated. it's not as straightforward as just throwing money at the problem. there very deep issues and i think, you know, the nick whitty report highlighted some of the health inequalities that you see around the coast on top of some of the property challenges. i think, you know, stood here today in this wind. you can see just maintaining properties in areas like this is significantly harder . harder. >> for several years, the government has acknowledged that rural areas need extra help, but so far that help doesn't stretch to our coasts. the mp for saint austell and newquay is pushing the government to change all this . this. >> truly local people are finding it really challenging because we often have sort of low wage seasonal work , but very low wage seasonal work, but very high house prices pull, you know, pushed up because of, second homes and holiday lets etc, and also i think the, the disparity review that theresa may carried out when she was prime minister highlighted that working class white boys in coastal communities are some some of the most disadvantaged

people in the country struggling to get on the housing ladder , to get on the housing ladder, struggling to find work, struggling to find work, struggling to find work, struggling to be heard . struggling to be heard. >> it's interesting that, a member of the party that's in government recognises that which is great because it is a really important thing. but that government for the last ten years has also cut half £1 billion in youth services around the country . so not only have the country. so not only have you got disaffected young men searching for community vie, there isn't anywhere for them to go. they're finding these communities in dark areas of the internet. that's the only place that they're finding this. and when you're disaffected and you're disillusioned, it's so much more easy to become radicalised. if you imagine if we could raise all of our young men to be, look, life over the last, however many thousands of years has swayed towards the benefit of, you know, white guys , and we need to make sure that we make this a more equal and progressive society. so it's your responsibility as a young

male to bring people from the lgbtq+ community into the fold and make sure that they feel safe and heard and understood, andifs safe and heard and understood, and it's your responsibility to do the same thing with women, make sure that they feel safe and understood and heard in these discussions and not say, there's no room for you in this conversation . we're going to conversation. we're going to speak to all of the people that it involves , which is obviously it involves, which is obviously great that they have a seat, but i feel like a lot of young, white, working class lads don't feel like they have a seat at the table anymore. >> no one thinks the problem of coastal deprivation could be solved overnight. the issue of disaffected young white males even harder. jeff moody >> that's it from us. up next is britain's newsroom with ben and nana. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news. weather brought to you by the met office. the fine and often sunny weather many of us have had recently will continue

for a little while yet . yes, for a little while yet. yes, there are some mist and fog patches around. first thing this morning, but these will quickly burn back because there'll be plenty of sunshine around. lots of bright blue skies on offer as we head into the afternoon, though. a bit more cloud towards shetland . a little bit of rain shetland. a little bit of rain here and elsewhere. 1 or 2 showers possible. most places staying dry and in the sunshine feeling even warmer than yesterday. highs of around 24 or 25 celsius. little change as we go through this evening and overnight it is going to stay settled. a lot of the cloud will actually clear away, so clear skies for many of us, though some low cloud pushing in from the north sea across some eastern parts and elsewhere , a eastern parts and elsewhere, a few pockets of mist and fog are possible. temperatures generally dropping to high single figures or low double digits . we start or low double digits. we start saturday on a fine note for many places, though quite cloudy towards eastern parts. again, any mist and fog will quickly burn back and then once more, another largely fine day for many of us. just watch out for the potential for some showers to develop over high ground towards northern england, and some of these could be heavy

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gb news. >> good morning. it's 930. it's friday, the 10th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and ben leo. >> very good morning to you. labour's migration plan, sir keir starmer sets out his strategy to tackle the small boat crossings this morning. and it involves relying on closer eu

cooperation. wonder how that's going to go. we're going to have all the latest shortly. >> it feels like a little bit of naivety, but who knows now more tory turncoats. that's to according shadow health secretary wes streeting. he's spoken to other tory mps. that's what he said, who are considering defecting to labour, and warnings from the bank of england's chief economist, huw pill, that soaring migration is fuelling britain's housing crisis. >> well who knew? >> well who knew? >> and then there is some good news by the way, the uk is officially out of recession as the economy grew 0.6% between january and march. >> and who'd have thought nana mass, uncontrolled migration varne equals housing crisis. >> housing shortage? really >> housing shortage? really >> if you speak to the young students though, or the young gen z—ers one second, they're advocating open borders. anyone and everyone's welcome