relief as they survive a vote of no confidence. winning it 70 to 58. >> former us president donald trump's hush money trial continues today after being held in contempt of court. fined over £7,000 and threatened with jail if he continues to break gag orders. >> princess charlotte , third in >> princess charlotte, third in line to the throne, celebrates her ninth birthday today. >> you might have been woken up

to thunderstorms as weather warnings are extended by the met office across a large part of southern england that came after the hottest day of the year so far . far. >> after some big thunderstorms last night. still a few showers across the south today, but for many there will be some pleasant warm spring sunshine, especially so in western scotland. could last into tomorrow as well. join me later for a full forecast . me later for a full forecast. and the sport this morning. >> jadon sancho may have been a little bit rubbish at manchester united. sorry jadon, but he's flying back again at dortmund as they beat paris saint—germain in they beat paris saint—germain in the first leg of the champions league semi—final. rocket ronny is knocked out of the world snooker championships and the olympic flame. he's on board a ship somewhere in the mediterranean bound for france . mediterranean bound for france. >> good morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news .

on gb news. the weather is terrible today. if you're in the south, just be warned, you may have seen there was plenty of warnings last night, and i thought, well, it was quite when i our place. it was very. it was quite nice this morning . lovely. quite nice this morning. lovely. in fact heading down the mi, quite nice this morning. lovely. in fact heading down the m1, the thunder and lightning was unbelievable. it was actually a little bit scary. >> it is quite scary, actually. i got out of the taxi this morning, walked across there were lightning strikes and thunder and it fell at the end of the world. and at that time it was pitch black and there's no one else around. yeah, i was a bit worried about my safety, and i was also a bit worried that my umbrella might be a conductor for something, yeah. safest place you can be is in a car, you know. oh, really. >> they call, they form what they call a faraday cage . oh they call a faraday cage. oh they call a faraday cage. oh they go so the lightning might hit you but it'll go all around the car. >> oh that's okay then. so it's

all right in the taxi. it was just when i got outside of my brolly i didn't feel too safe. >> then you were walking target. yes. at that point. >> i'm glad we're both here safe and sound. i was a bit worried about you on the mi. first person i thought of, actually. yeah, that's very nice. i was like, i hope stephen's okay on the mi. >> yeah. so if you are going out and about today or this morning, at least just be careful. i don't know at what point it peters out, but we shall get a full weather forecast a little bit later on for you with all the details. and we're talking to nathan rowe about it actually in a few minutes as well. >> so he'll be able to tell us a bit more about it. i think it's lasting until tomorrow morning. oh is it.7 that's my understanding. yep. today's a write off. you might be better to, stay at home. yeah, stay warm and cosy if you can. that'll be nice or not. if you're heading out to vote today because you can head to the polls in a series of local elections in the uk, in scotland, its government has survived a confidence vote at the scottish parliament. scottish labour's anas sarwar tabled the motion after the collapse of the power sharing deal between the snp and the

scottish greens , let's talk to scottish greens, let's talk to benedict spence , the political benedict spence, the political commentator who joins us now. good to see you this morning. benedict, i mean, i have to say it's a little bit surprising. someone clearly came to the aid of the snp yesterday who decided to do that, well, it was the green party, predominantly the people who have, if you like, collapsed the power sharing agreement , they're, you know, agreement, they're, you know, they're the ones obviously the beach house agreement was signed in the snp, but were very upset about , the removal of climate about, the removal of climate change targets and other. issues that they were in agreement on with the snp. they are the ones that have decided actually to come to the aid of the incumbent scottish, scottish government. they said that the, motion of no confidence was chaos for chaos sake. and so they were the ones that supported the snp and gave them, you know, a relatively healthy, majority. in the end , healthy, majority. in the end, and i suppose that all of that

comes from the fact that if you are the green party, you're looking at the prospect, if there were, say, an early election for bute house, of potentially losing what influence you have, you know, the greens have been able to strike a deal. they've been able to get things, across the table that they wanted as part of that power sharing agreement, were there to be, you know, a fresh attempt at constructing a new scottish government. they might not actually find themselves with a seat at the table. so i suspect that's probably what motivated that, what do you think? why do you think the labour party pushed ahead with this motion? there's no confidence vote. despite the fact that humza yousaf had already announced that he was going to stand down as snp leader. what do you think they hope to gain from that, because it did look as though the greens were always going to side with the snp. they described it as a this vote was chaos for the sake of chaos. yeah >> i think if you are the labour party across the united kingdom, where they're standing at the moment, they are in the

ascendancy, there is a sort of a i wouldn't say triumphalism, but there is a quiet confidence in labour that there hasn't been for a very long time. i think mentally scotland is very important for the labour party. you know, it is traditional heartlands and it collapsed, in the aftermath, of gordon brown's government, that support in scotland, i think getting scotland, i think getting scotland back therefore in sort of by hook or by crook in all shapes and forms is very important. i also think that at holyrood, rather than, you know, in terms of the more national picture at westminster, because of the relative failures of the snp when it comes to all manner of things, be it ferry procurement or getting them from a to b, or be it things like literacy rates compared to england, albeit things like drug addiction, there is a sense that the wheels are beginning to fall off the snp, that their period in government has not been particularly successful. so i think if you are the labour party, you want to be doing what they're doing to the to the tories as well, which is putting that pressure on putting the irons to the, putting their feet to the fire and saying, well, come on, if you if you're that

confident, let's go. let's have a go at this. so you know that that's the behaviour of, i think of a much more confident opposition party. i wouldn't say, you know, absolutely certain of being able to win majorities, north of the border or the, you know, the wipe—out thatis or the, you know, the wipe—out that is being talked about in westminster, but nonetheless , westminster, but nonetheless, yes, they feel that they're in that on that direction. and that is the behaviour of a confident party is to call for the end of the incumbent government, on other matters , what are we to other matters, what are we to make? how concerned should we be, benedict, about these, university protests over the gaza situation? understandable to some degree. but these students now taking over university campuses, it started off in the states . it seems to off in the states. it seems to have spread to a number of universities here in the uk today, how problematic is that, if at all? >> well, i mean, in the united states they have a bit of a history of, of, of quite militant student activism . and i militant student activism. and i think you've already seen in

certain campuses the reaction of local police forces, which has beeni local police forces, which has been i wouldn't say i wouldn't actually even say by us history standards, particularly heavy handed, but as much as anything else, you know, we've also seen in the united states, increasingly at a lot of these private universities, the backlash has begun, not so much in the form of the authorities, but in terms of, donors and alumni, over the issue of gaza, it's obviously we all know that it's obviously we all know that it's incredibly divisive. it can't be allowed to proliferate, though. it can't be allowed to continue. it cannot be the case. i'm afraid that, an international issue is able to bfing international issue is able to bring the learning, of, of just about anybody who's out of the university or is able to bring research at a world leading university to a halt. i think that, you know, that's very different from a democratic, protest through the streets of london or manchester, wherever it would be, actively disrupting, the activities of, in some cases, private companies. but also universities, people learning their access to learning. that's something that can't be

tolerated. it needs to be nipped in the bud. as i say in the united states, it's got a little bit more out of hand because they have a bit more of a history of that sort of thing, but as we've already seen, that's being attempts are being made to curtail that. and i suspect if you if you don't want things to escalate, i would hope that it'll happen here. but i also don't think we're going to have activists. there isn't quite the same network of activism in the uk as there is in the us, but is it just before we let you go, i did want to ask you about the situation in ireland, because there is this tension brewing, isn't there, between rishi sunak and the irish prime minister. it's over, migrants heading into the repubuc migrants heading into the republic , reportedly, because of republic, reportedly, because of rishi sunak rwanda policy working as a deterrent . there's working as a deterrent. there's now talk of ireland sending police to the border, and there's obviously a trouble with that, isn't there ? that, isn't there? >> there is, especially seeing as the uk government was informed for so long by the irish government that any form of a hard border in the island

of a hard border in the island of ireland would be disastrous. it would, you know, of course, and to the good friday agreement that it would cause there to be violence. and so now to hear that actually there can be one imposed, because of, migrants coming from the uk who we were told by the rest of europe, you have to take it's the morally upstanding thing to do. and for the irish republic to turn around and say, oh, no, actually we don't want to do that. it does seem a little bit rich. i mean, ultimately, i don't think that this is because the rwanda plan is working per se. i think it's because actually people like to try their luck, and i think the republic of ireland, you know, it has a lot of the things that the uk offers. it's an anglophone country. the language is spoken by many people, around the world. the issue with this is i think the irish government simply wasn't prepared for the political backlash that has been faced in the uk. there has been a backlash, but it's been relatively a lot less angry and a lot less vociferous than what you're currently seeing on the streets of ireland, they have not, had a history of, of mass migration to their country for economic reasons. you know, it's a it's a country that exports people rather than imports them. and so i think culturally, it is

something that a lot of irish voters, a lot of ordinary irish people were not prepared for. and i think that the government is really struggling to find a way of dealing with it, and it needs to find somebody to blame, and that ultimately it's very easy for the irish government to blame the english, the british government for this. but as a result of the rwanda scheme, i don't think so. somehow okay. >> benedict spence, thank you very much. good to see you this morning for that political roundup. thank you very much indeed. >> now, former us president donald trump has been threatened with jail as he returns to court. another hearing on the alleged breaches of his gag order is on the agenda. earlier in the week, he was fined over £7,000 for multiple breaches of another gag order, with the judge suggesting he could be jailed if further breaches took place . place. >> well, us political analyst eric hamm joins us now. good to see you this morning, eric. this hush money trial continues today. what can we expect going forward ? forward? >> well, i think many people will be will be watching to see

if, in fact, this judge is not only going to impose stiffer fines, but will he actually incarcerate donald trump. we know just a few days ago that was actually on the table , was actually on the table, suggesting that perhaps if donald trump continued to cross that line, he could actually move forward with this ultimate penalty , a penalty of actually penalty, a penalty of actually putting him in jail for violating the gag order. >> i mean, it just adds fuel to the fire of the trump base , the fire of the trump base, though, all of this, doesn't it? because he's seen increasingly as a victim of a political witch hunt with all of this? >> well, i think that level of rage is already baked in. we know that donald trump has been deaung know that donald trump has been dealing with these legal entanglements now going back for months. and now that he's actually on trial , i don't know actually on trial, i don't know if we're going to see donald trump's base become even more hardened, beyond beyond the fact that now we're seeing a judge actually implementing fines and we know that donald trump was spying during his civil trial as

well . i think spying during his civil trial as well. i think what will certainly send many people in a tizzy is, in fact, if there's a way to actually jail donald trump, there are many who believe that it's nearly impossible to actually place a former president in jail because of the fact that there is a secret service, a duty to actually to protect him. so of course, many people would be watching to see if , course, many people would be watching to see if, in course, many people would be watching to see if , in fact, the watching to see if, in fact, the judge is willing to go that far. and i think what we're seeing here is donald trump and this judge in a, in a face off to actually determine who actually wins, because i think what we're seeing take place is a game of chicken between both of these men right now. >> i mean, you've alluded to it there, eric, but how do you think trump is dealing with all of this? how is his mood? because we've seen reading of private messages, haven't we, in the past few days. there's accusations in there that he's allegedly cheated on his wife. i mean, how does he appear to be taking it all? >> well, i think we heard from

donald trump where he said that he is bothered by the fact that he is bothered by the fact that he has to sit here all day. he actually made the statement that there was someone who said to him that this is the first time they've ever seen someone who had who had to sit in a trial all day. this is what happens when you are in fact, a criminal defendant. you actually have to be in court every single day, andifs be in court every single day, and it's required for you to be there for the entire time. and i think what we're seeing here is donald trump is struggling with that. it keeps him off the campaign trail. and also, even though there are violations to this gag order, it is in fact keeping donald trump from, i think, saying a lot of things that he wants to say. we know that he wants to say. we know that michael cohen has certainly been pushing his buttons. and i think what we're seeing is just the frustration that donald trump is feeling because he can't be on the campaign trail, because he can't push and fight back like he would want to. >> okay, eric, good to see you this morning. thanks very much indeed. and ian's been in touch already. gbnews.com/yoursay says love him or loathe him, donald

trump is being targeted by the judicial system. the court should be about right and wrong and not used to imprison political opponents . of course, political opponents. of course, democrats would say that isn't happening and is simply they're being tried for things he has allegedly done wrong. but it's, you cannot because it is. the judicial system is politicised in a way. i mean, certainly in a way that you'd never see over here, it does raise those questions. can't ignore it, but it's not doing his campaign any harm, is it? well, no. >> and it hasn't so far. if anything, it positively impacts him in the polls, doesn't it? whenever we see trump in court. but i think this is the first time we've actually seen it negatively impact his mood. yeah. he does not look happy. >> so the idea that he's got to sit there. yeah and put up with it. well as eric said that's what happens . of course he what happens. of course he doesn't think it should apply to him. no but there you go. any

views on that? gb views. no. vaiews@gbnews.com. slash yourself. of course. three weeks in, i'm still struggling. >> we will get there. well, it used to just roll off the tongue, didn't it? but we'll get used to it. now at 6:15. let's take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. and voters go to the polls for key council and mayoral elections . today. police mayoral elections. today. police and crime commissioners will also be chosen . there is also a also be chosen. there is also a by—election in blackpool . by—election in blackpool. >> students have set up a sit ins at some universities in the uk to protest against israel's war against hamas in gaza. yesterday saw violent clashes between the police and protesters at universities in the united states . the united states. >> the 14 year old boy stabbed to death in north—east london on tuesday, has been named as daniel andrew gwynne marcus andrew gwynne monzo will appear in court charged with murder. >> the uk's biggest indoor venue

. manchester co—op live arena off well , well, it's never out off well, well, it's never out off well, well, it's never out of the headlines. this one forced to postpone its opening event again when a us rapper's concert was halted literally at the last minute because of technical issues, adding to the list of events that haven't gone ahead, us musician olivia rodrigo's latest gig has also been postponed , and a group of been postponed, and a group of more than 10,000 black cab drivers is suing uber after accusing it of breaching taxi booking rules in london between may 2012 and march 2018. >> if successful, it could cost the cab giant more than £250 million. now we've been talking about the weather this morning, haven't we? i think lots of people are calling me very pathetic for saying that. it was, it was scary this morning. well, no. >> and there are 1 or 2 people

saying you need to get a grip, but i said it was scary first and foremost, because it really, i mean, driving through it, it really was bearing in mind we're driving in at about 3:00 in the morning. >> so we are the only people on the road. >> it really it really was scary. yeah. it was all right for you, sarah. oh, whoever he was. yeah. >> you were getting or having a night or sleeping in your beds because you may have been woken up to thunderstorms. it's all because yellow weather warnings remain in place across large parts of southern england today. but this all comes after the hottest day of the year so far. >> yeah, the met office said it could bring difficult driving conditions. yes. and some flooding. yes >> well joining us now is weather journalist >> well joining us now is weatherjournalist nathan ray. weather journalist nathan ray. to weatherjournalist nathan ray. to good see you this morning nathan. >> good morning. good morning. good morning. >> what's going on out there? it was quite scary. i was scared as well this morning when i left. oh, there you go. >> it's not just us. >> it's not just us. >> no. and if you're waking up this morning, you are going to be waking to some bangs and clatters. because, yes, we have thunderstorms across the south of the country. if you take sort of the country. if you take sort

of south wales and the south of the midlands all the way downwards, the southeast, the southwest, the west country, wales, kent , sussex, essex, all wales, kent, sussex, essex, all of that area is under a yellow met office warning for thunderstorms this morning. the southeast up until 10 am. and the southwest up until 8 am, and there are some pretty lively eruptions going on. i was looking at the lightning trackers this morning . around trackers this morning. around 540 lightning strikes an hour. when i was heading in this morning. so it's going to be a very, very explosive, massive morning up until about 10:00 as those thunderstorms roll in from normandy in france on an area of low pressure. >> and so they're going to last till about ten. where do they how far up the country will it go? >> that goes up until the south midlands. so if you take the midlands. so if you take the midlands and go downwards that is the risk area. southeast england, south—west england the thing with thunderstorms. thunderstorms is they're very difficult to pinpoint where exactly they're going to happen. so the met office warning this morning is a risk area that doesn't mean that everywhere within that area is going to get

them . as i said, these are not them. as i said, these are not home—grown thunderstorms. if you think during the summer months when we get very hot weather, we get an eruption of thunderstorms as hot air rises, these thunderstorms are being brought in from the continent where there is a big area of low pressure and a warm front which is coming into the country. if you've noticed over the last couple of days, it's got very warm. that's what's bringing in. the thunderstorms are well, it's a very different picture, isn't it? >> across across the country. >> across across the country. >> oh yeah. there you go. sasha says forecasts may be bad where you are, but in cheshire we've got wall to wall sunshine and no rain today. >> absolutely. and to the north, if you are north of the area i've just mentioned, you're going to be wondering what on earth are they talking about? because they're going to get much, much drier and calmer bright weather. >> as i mentioned, always better in the north it is, and the north northwest scotland going through the next couple of days, they're going to get the sunshine as this area of unsettled weather moves across the rest of the country. >> but saying that we were talking a couple of days ago when i was in about how it was freezing cold and it was going

to get warmer, it is now going to get warmer, it is now going to get warmer, it is now going to get much warmer. and if you've noticed, over the last couple of days it's been feeling muqqy' couple of days it's been feeling muggy, warm. that is warmth coming in from the continent and bringing in stability. >> i say i wonder about that because it was muggy, but it's so it's that muggy walk because often when it's muggy, you get thunderstorms afterwards. >> there are two real types of triggers for thunderstorms in the summer. we get thunderstorms because the sun is beating on the ground and that causes air to rise and rising. warm air is always going to cause instability. or we can get what we're getting now. and this is a warm front coming in from the continent, a big area of low pressure over the mediterranean. a warm front is really another word for an area of warm air coming into the country. and when you get warm air coming into a country which has had cold air over it, that warm air rises. and whenever you get rising, warm air, you get eruptions. and that's what we're getting. so these are sort of like thunderstorms and instability coming in from the continent up until around 10 am. this morning. the worst of it should be over. as i said in the south, if you're further north, you can ignore everything we're saying because you won't be getting any of it. but up

until 10 am. and then going forward, there might be some more eruptions this evening because we're in an instability at the moment. but getting better, it is getting better and we could see up to 22 degrees this week. >> yes, yes we could. >> and that is again because of this low pressure to the south bringing in warm air. and towards the end of the week we're going to get higher pressure. now when we're at this time of the year, higher pressure. whenever you hear forecasters talking about higher pressure in summer, that means clearer skies and sunshine, the warm weather we're getting at the moment as you will have noticed, and as i mentioned, is a muggy, cloudy sort of warm weather. we're going into higher pressure, which could be sunnier, but as a point of interest, i wanted to ask you both if you have enjoyed the warmest april since 2020, no, very wet. >> it has actually been the warmest april since 2020. >> since the lockdown, hot weather. april. can you believe that? no. >> why doesn't it feel like that? is it because it's been quite windy? is that the. there's a couple of reasons. >> and the met office have explained this very well. the first half of april was actually unusually warm. we got 21.8, i think, during the first half of april, and that pushed the

pushed the averages up the second half of april, which is actually quite rare to have a second half of april cold. but the second half of april was cold, but the average was nevertheless quite warm. the second thing is it's been very dull. it's been one of the dullest aprils for about 25 years, and the dull weather means cloud and cloud keeps warmth over the country. so if you've got cloudy nights, the warmth doesn't doesn't radiate off into the into the into the, into outer space. and so therefore the overall average temperatures for the month are actually coming in a bit higher than, than average, even though it feels like we've just come out of an arctic start to spring. so it's very, very weird. the other thing to point out is because we're getting used to warmer springs, which are quite unusual. the last warm spfings are quite unusual. the last warm springs we've had over the past few years have been unusual. when we get an average spring average april like we've had now, it feels worse than it actually is. but no 0.4 degrees sees above average. the warmest april for four years. >> would never believe it, would never think it. >> you never ever would.

>> you never ever would. >> well, long may it continue. well, that's probably not pc thing to say, is it? i think warmer weather. well, you know, i want a warm summer , that's for i want a warm summer, that's for sure. nathan rafe, thank you very much. >> pleasure. thank you very much. >> lovely. melanie davis, says it's a beautiful sunny morning here in southport. may have breakfast outside. >> oh. can we come and join you, please ? it's horrible here. please? it's horrible here. >> wouldn't that be lovely? >> wouldn't that be lovely? >> and there was another one just to go. oh, just share steven's laptop here, linda day says steven. thunder and lightning. very, very frightening. mamma mia. >> yes, well, there you go. >> yes, well, there you go. >> i bet you're not the first person to think of that one. yeah, it's very good, let me just have a look. oh, jules says i do love a decent thunderstorm, this morning in andover. it was a bit lame, to be fair, i tell you what i mean. i'm like you if you're if you get one in the middle of the night, it's quite nice. watch it. it's lovely driving through. it's another kettle of fish. >> or if you're on holiday, if you've ever been on holiday, and it's kind of like a tropical

storm. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> now that is a good show. >> now that is a good show. >> that is very nice. >> that is very nice. >> very good. you get a nice dfink >> very good. you get a nice drink on the side. >> mother nature, you know, very powerful. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> certainly is for you. >> certainly is for you. >> yeah, exactly. you never know what's coming next. oh you don't. >> that's true. when they get mad, it's true. >> let us know if you're enjoying the thunderstorm. this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. right. we've had a look at the weather. let's look in a bit more detail, shall we? on our thursday morning. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. some places seeing some pleasant warm may sunshine today, but staying fairly cloudy in the south and in eastern areas. a chilly breeze off the north sea had some big thunderstorms through the night across the south. still a few heavy downpours here and there this morning. parts of southern england, the midlands and south wales in particular. the rain will ease a little bit through the day, but staying fairly dull and damp across the

southwest. some brighter skies for east anglia, northern england, northern ireland and a good chunk of scotland, western scotland in particular. 21, maybe 22 degrees, but much cooler on these eastern coast with that breeze coming in from the sea and cooler with the cloud and the showery rain across the southwestern quarter that rain will continue well into this evening as well. and then later in the night, we need to look at further pulses of heavy rain, potentially further thunderstorms coming into parts of east anglia further north. it generally stays dry. there'll be some clearer spells, but quite a bit of cloud that'll keep the temperatures up 9 to 11 celsius. on to tomorrow and it's a similar story. we're going to start pretty grey over the midlands and wales, with some outbreaks of rain, but heavier rain coming into parts of eastern england. so a different feel across northeast england in particular. again the potential for 1 or 2 thunderstorms. brighter day in southwest england again, chilly on some of these north sea coasts with temperatures really struggling under the cloud. but yet again, if you like warm sunshine, western scotland will be the

place to be that warm feeling inside. >> from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news now sean weather on. gb news now sean cooper's been in touch . cooper's been in touch. >> oh, what sean cooper said. >> oh, what sean cooper said. >> but sean, you make our point for us in a way, he says, i don't know what your weatherman is talking about. this was the coldest april i've known for years , but the point is, it felt years, but the point is, it felt cold. we all think it was a cold april, but the reality was on average, it wasn't. >> but i think that's just because we had a few hot days at the start. >> two hot days of summer at the beginning bumped it up, but then and then we had we had the wet and then we had we had the wet and we had a lot of wind which made it feel colder. >> yeah, it felt a bit miserable to me. >> so there you go. so you saw it, right? it felt horrid and cold, but in fact wasn't. >> it's the law of averages. >> it's the law of averages. >> thankfully, summer is just around the corner. yes. so we're going to make it sizzle for you with an incredible £20,000 in cash up for grabs in our latest great british giveaway.

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closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck . watching on demand. good luck. >> yes, good luck indeed. now do stay with us still to come. chelsea hosts tottenham this evening in the big london derby. we'll be talking to paul coyte all about that

next. >> paul coyte. here with all your sports news. good morning. >> good morning. i do have a weather question, though. maybe weather question, though. maybe we can put this to nathan. >> were you scared of the thunder? >> well, it's funny you say that because. well, no, but i do remember. i do remember when i was in primary school and it wasn't quite as long ago as maybe you think it was, but i remember sitting in a class and i remember it really well, and i remember the teacher saying, because there were a couple of kids that were crying, that were very scared during a thunderstorm, and she sat down and she said, now we look at the

lightning, and then you wait for the thunder, and then you count. each second is how many miles away the doing that and the taxi this morning, did you do that? >> and did you count three miles away? >> so is that nonsense, do we think, or is there anything in that speed of sound? >> oh i see, yeah, yeah, the speed of sound isn't it. so do you reckon that's what it is, three seconds per mile. >> so, so i'm being my ear. really. >> there's really, really technical. >> let's ask nathan. yeah. nathan will know when he's next in. >> better than the old nonsense. he used to say. it's the clouds bumping together. >> some people used to say, oh, the angel, it's the angels making their beds. oh, that was the other one. yeah, yeah, the angels making their beds. no wonder i so yeah, i was, i was terrified. what's going on? yeah yeah. it's all right. >> let's talk champions league semi—final. should we. >> dortmund against paris saint—germain yesterday. so the last champions last time the champions league final was in was at wembley in london was 2000 and 2003 and it was dortmund against bayern munich. and amazingly, that could well

happen again because that was the last time they actually played each other. there's dortmund there, jadon sancho now jadon sancho, we know about jadon sancho, we know about jadon. jadon sancho, we know about jadon . he english player very jadon. he english player very good came up there. he came oven good came up there. he came over. that's that's kylian mbappe came over to the manchester united and it just didn't work for him. you remember it was a disaster. he'd had arguments with eric ten hag and then he was sent back on loan to dortmund, and it worked for him and he was brilliant yesterday. so you've got kylian mbappe, arguably the world's finest player, and jadon sancho taught him a lesson too. i mean, he he why has he found his form now again? because it's confidence and it's personal. it's like if i mean you've got a lovely boss, but if you had a boss that you didn't like, he was giving you all this steve, and you're not doing this. steve. well, okay, that does happen, but that's not the case. steve, you're not doing this. you're not doing that. and it would start getting to you. and this is the problem. and then there was stuff on social media where and then erik ten hag had

come out and said, well, you know, he's he's not doing this and he's not doing that and he's not turning up for training. and then then jadon sancho went back on social media to complain about that. so it's how can you be expected to go out and perform? so now he's gone back to dortmund, where he came up from, where he was very young and it feels right again. and now he's comfortable. he's playing with confidence and it's working. so whether he's actually going to end up going to the euros with england, i still think it's doubtful because it's probably too late now. but he was very good, good on him. how are you feeling about tonight, paul? >> i'm feeling a little nervous. are you? and a little uncomfortable? okay. chelsea, how are you feeling about tonight? >> i also feel the same way. >> i also feel the same way. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> do you really? yes >> do you really? yes >> is that because it's jared's birthday, or is that because it's both? >> well, we need to time it perfectly, so, we can be back for the restaurant in time for the kick—off. so what time of year? what time? the >> the kick—off is at 730. >> the kick—off is at 730. >> right. >> right. >> so it's going to have to be an early dinner. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so what time have you booked the restaurant for? >> 730. >> 730. >> yeah, but it's kick—off at 730.

>> that's never gonna work. >> that's never gonna work. >> no, i'm in trouble. >> no, i'm in trouble. >> so how so? >> so how so? >> have you thought about maybe buying an ipad and putting it on the ipad so you can see, like, a toddler putting the. >> because i could tell you for my wife's birthday on the 28th of december, spurs were playing brighton and i was sitting there with with my wife and daughter and son and me and my son found herself with an ipad. >> we were watching and it wasn't the right thing to do. >> oh, you did that on her birthday. >> really in trouble? >> really in trouble? >> well, no, it was okay, but i know it. i know it wasn't the right thing to do. but seeing as it's his birthday. but he did it anyway. i did it anyway. i couldn't help it. i had to find out. i just had to keep an eye on it. but anyway. spurs. chelsea after the first spurs chelsea after the first spurs chelsea game, which happened at tottenham earlier in the year, it was spurs were playing great and then they ended up getting two players sent off and they went. they had this full press where they were going forward and chelsea ended up scoring four. and it was just it was a game that pretty much turned the season. so mauricio pochettino of course, ex—spurs manager now at chelsea, not what he's you know, he's walking a bit of a

tightrope at the moment where he's actually going to stick around there because he's not getting the results they want. so anyway, you know what? it's london and it's going to be a ding dong. it's going to be a london ding dong. it's a local derby at 730 tonight. and ellie is going to be. >> and i'll have to watch the whole table. yeah, yeah. >> she's having to. >> she's having to. >> you're in so much trouble ehhen >> which way i think frankly, aston villa taking on olympiacos. >> yes. olympiad coach of greece. that's in the semi—final of the europe of the, the europa conference league. so they're doing okay. and this one of us knows. i'm glad one of us is there, thank goodness. but anyway, so confusing. >> champions league, premier league, europa conference league. it's all happening at once. >> it is all happening at once. but the thing is, that's the only chance that any english team has got a european trophy and that's aston villa. and that then affects the coefficient. and we don't want to get to the coefficient and then the everything. so forget that. so yeah. what else you want to do. do you want a little snooker. oh yeah ronnie o'sullivan rocket ronnie is out of the world championships. he was going for his eighth and seven and he'd already he was going for the

triple crown. he's already won the masters. he's already won the masters. he's already won the british there. he is. that's a really nice picture of him with his tongue sticking out. that's that's a bit more like it, but he was knocked out. lost 13, ten to stuart bingham yesterday, also another former champion who's the world number two judd trump. also out beaten by jack jones. not the singer that did the theme from the love boat. that's another jack jones. oh right. yeah 13.9. so for the first time since i think it's 1977, there were three players in the semi—finals that had to qualify to get in there. unprecedented in the snooker. stephen is what it is, so the sukhis stephen is what it is, so the sukh is hotting up . sukh is hotting up. >> it is hotting up, isn't it? >> it is hotting up, isn't it? >> yeah, yeah, yeah, a few years of being a bit on the dull side. >> yeah, well they're trying, they are trying. >> see, it's a really tricky thing because back in the day when it was really popular, there was, you know, there was no sky sports, there was only certain sports. it was only on national tv that you'd be able to see any sport. so everybody would gravitate to that. but now

there's so much other sport. yeah that's why they're suffering. that's why they're having trouble, you talk about f1. >> yeah. adrian newey. yeah we did mention him last week didn't we. do you remember chief designer for red bull. wasn't happy with the whole christian horner situation and wanted out away from red bull. so they've agreed that he is going to leave. he's now talking to ferrari . they've probably got an ferrari. they've probably got an open chequebook and just say , open chequebook and just say, well, you name your price because he is so important to the team . there he is talking to the team. there he is talking to christian, who put a lovely tribute to him. but i wonder what he really, really thinks because he's so important. he's the man that designs the cars that are so successful . and when that are so successful. and when he's been, for example, at mclaren, after that, the team has not done so well once he's left. but is he? >> has he left because of this whole scandal? >> we believe that to be the case. he's unhappy with the way whole things, the whole thing was handled. so if he goes to ferrari, which is also where lewis hamilton is going to be next year, and he designs a new car , it looks like ferrari is car, it looks like ferrari is going to be the place to be over the next couple of years. that's

why i'm probably leaving for ferrari. oh yeah. yeah, that's. but i'm keeping that under. yeah >> and i have a quick look at the olympic flame. >> oh yeah. >> oh yeah. >> i like to keep you updated with the olympics just to keep us excited because it's coming up at the end of the summer or end of july. the olympic flame is on board. belen. belen i. >> oh, there it is, belem. >> oh, there it is, belem. >> oh! it's time. there it is. there's the olympic flame. look at that tiny little olympic flame. is it fair? i don't know whether there's gas involved in that, because. is that fair to keep it alive with gas? >> oh i didn't well, apart from. >> oh i didn't well, apart from. >> well, that's what they keep it alive with anyway. >> well, i suppose so. but you know what? it's just that little tiny flame. if it goes out, will they just go quick? just light it up and someone's having a watch. oh, there we are. that's like. like lighter fluid, isn't it? they're putting in there. but anyway, it's on an 11 day voyage across the mediterranean. it's heading towards marseille in the south of france. look at that. be careful. don't swing that. be careful. don't swing that thing too much. because if that thing too much. because if that goes out, look that man probably has to sleep alongside

it to make sure it stays alive. >> is it right that it's lit from the rays of the sun and wherever that is , what's wherever that is, what's supposed to happen? >> yeah. in olympia. and so they , they, they have the race. it's like when you would have a magnifying glass and set fire to ants. so, so, so sit there like that and then they'd light it. but apparently it was too cloudy. so they couldn't they actually needed a little bit of help so they could actually light it from the sun when it happened.so light it from the sun when it happened. so when they did light it, then they took it to athens, and then it's gone off in this ship, which was actually, was actually built the same year of the first olympics in 1896. right. goes across the mediterranean. am i boring you yet, or are you still with me? no. >> i just think the crux of it all is it was actually lit with all is it was actually lit with a match that. >> yes, but it was a greek match. it's a greek. >> it was a greek match. so now it goes to france and it's going all around the world to all the french territories. 68 day french territories. 68 day french torch relay and will arrive in marseille on may the 8th. and we're expecting about 150,000 people to welcome the

little lantern as it's lit. and then eventually we'll end up in paris and like the good stuff, it is a bit odd. >> it's an odd tradition, but i do, because i was in beijing for the closing ceremony. yeah, in 2008. >> and was this when you were the olympic high jump champion? was it then? yes. well, yeah. >> yeah, but when the olympic flame went out at the very end, yes, it was really emotional . yes, it was really emotional. was it. >> oh yeah. but they were giving you the music. they were giving it. it takes it. it's it is. i know what you mean because that's it . it's gone. know what you mean because that's it. it's gone. yeah. for another four years it was considering i'm not a huge, you know, sports nut. >> the whole thing was a really emotional experience being there for a week. yeah. >> stephen. >> stephen. >> it was, it was i love the whole thing with the flame. i mean , that's it. we laugh about mean, that's it. we laugh about the flame and how are they going to do that. what are they going to do that. what are they going to do that. what are they going to do with it on a plane. how are they going to fly it. >> but but it's i like it. it's very symbolic. >> and then eventually the flame will reach paris. so and don't

forget, there's often secrecy that surrounds who's going to light the flame. so who do you fing? light the flame. so who do you ring? gerard depardieu or who do you reckon could be a famous french person? i don't know, maybe. yeah. if she's dead. >> juliette binoche . >> juliette binoche. >> juliette binoche. >> oh, yeah. juliette binoche. yeah, she'd be very good. yeah. you never know. >> right. we'll see you a little bit later on. okay. >> good stuff for you. thank you. >> we'll go be going through the papers shortly,

soon. >> 644. morning to you. let's have a look at some of the newspapers today. the daily mail leads with the day that rwanda became reality after the first migrants earmarked for removal were detained yesterday day, the guardian leads with labour facing criticism over a loophole in the plan to ban zero hour contracts. the i has the uk's rwanda plans being delayed, apparently as civil servants sue

the government. >> the telegraph leads with the repubuc >> the telegraph leads with the republic of ireland sending police to the border of the uk over a migrant row. >> all right, let's see what our guests make of it all this morning. lucy beresford and charlie rowley are here. good to see you both this morning. morning, charlie. let's start with this supposed delay. well, another one to the rwanda plan. as reported in the i. well, saddle up and strap yourselves in, because this is what's going to be the dividing lines of the next general election. and it is the general election where these two parties have clearly a divide over who , effectively divide over who, effectively runs britain. and, you know , the runs britain. and, you know, the conservative government has put forward a around a plan. it's now on the statute book that is in law . and here you have the in law. and here you have the unions ramping up the rhetoric again to suggest that actually, no, no, we can't implement the policy because it might break international law. and the question is, who runs britain? is it whitehall civil servants that have constantly frustrated

and delayed any kind of process in this country , whether it was in this country, whether it was brexit, now it's rwanda? or is it uk ministers , whoever they it uk ministers, whoever they are, could be labour uk ministers in government. but the civil servants run the show or is it the government? and i think people will be up in arms this morning that yet again the chairman of the fda, paul dave pennum, who i know very well, obviously, is threatening to challenge the government. who is he? who are these? you need the government. >> well, if you ever watch. yes, minister. you know full well the civil service does run well, but. >> well, they try. they certainly try. but it is not for civil servants to decide a uk government policy. they are there to implement it. what ministers have decided? it is now clearly a legal the rounded policy that's on the statute book. that's what should be implemented. lucy. >> well, it definitely is going to be the dividing line at the next general election. the question is whether it should be because the polling does suggest that it's not necessarily in the top three of the concerns of the

majority of voters. maybe that will change. maybe the more that we talk about the rwanda policy, the more that we see people being given £3,000 to get on a commercial flight to go to rwanda , maybe that will change rwanda, maybe that will change people's minds, but it'll be very interesting to see whether it could ever eclipse really big things like cost of living crisis, cost of living economy in general or the nhs, lucy, let's stay with you shall we. and look at the front page of the times this morning. and this is pro—palestinian groups to see them set up at universities across the us haven't we. and now it's come over here to, to uk campuses. >> yes. so what we saw overnight was really big clashes in america. and you know the police getting involved and the police actually talking about how there are outside guide agents perhaps stirring up trouble. so it's not just students fighting students and human beings are very imitative creatures. we learn about the world by copying other people, and one can't help feeling that what's happening is that america, america has had this issue . and what is

this issue. and what is happening in the uk is that some of the university campuses are saying, oh, we better do something similar. so we are seeing certain russell group universities, leeds, sheffield , universities, leeds, sheffield, bristol, maybe newcastle. we also saw a few things happening in glasgow a few months ago, but the idea that actually now this kind of protest, pro—palestinian but very specifically anti —israeli but very specifically anti—israeli protests happening on the campuses in the uk, do you know whether that's a good idea. >> well, well, i just think there's a total lack of leadership on behalf of the university uk sector where are the chancellors, where are the vice chancellors of the universities to say actually this is a place where you can have debate. universities are there to, challenge people's opinion to come with an opinion , opinion to come with an opinion, but to, you know, be challenged and be open to new ideas, university is need to create the space for people and speakers of all kinds to turn up, to give a view. you can reject that view, but you can do so in a way that is academic, not through protest

and through intimidation and allowing students on campus . allowing students on campus. whether it's a particularly with your jewish, whether it's a particularly with yourjewish, perhaps on campus your jewish, perhaps on campus to feel isolated or feel as though that you can't turn up to your lectures or feel as though that you are living in fear. thatis that you are living in fear. that is totally wrong. but there is a total absence, absence of leadership. i think. >> oh, well, i think the chancellors would argue that actually this is part of their remit to allow the protest to take place, that actually you don't want to stifle dissent. you don't want to cancel free speech. the question is, is it going to turn violent like it did in the states? what are they asking for? >> i heard one of the protesters this morning saying, you know, we're going to keep doing this till our demands are met. this is what they're demanding. >> well, some of their demands are to do with the investment that the universities are making in companies, for example, that send arms to israel. so it's quite convoluted. you'd have to try and find out how universities are funded and what they're doing with their share portfolio. but it's it reminds me of the old barclays protests in back in the sort of 80s where

you'd get students insisting that their universities didn't buy their oranges from south africa. and whether that was actually enough to change the regime in south africa, clearly to not get, in universities to stop banking with barclays, for example, who was felt to be a bank that had too much exposure in south africa. so a similar thing is happening here. but again, all of that's fine. let's hopeit again, all of that's fine. let's hope it doesn't get violent. >> no. well, let's hope not. i mean, part of it, apart from the bit that is anti—israeli , which bit that is anti—israeli, which which concerns me, that concerns me . but the idea of students me. but the idea of students protesting and having a sit in generally, although i'm not sure if it's peaceful. yeah, i'm not for it. but part of me thinks , for it. but part of me thinks, well, the students, you know, it's they're going to jump on a bandwagon, let them play it out. but it's , it's the anti—semitism but it's, it's the anti—semitism elements which seem to be developing , which elements which seem to be developing, which is the elements which seem to be developing , which is the worry. developing, which is the worry. totally, totally. >> and look, no one is saying

that you can't protest and no one is saying that you can't have an opinion about something, and it should be organised in the usual way. but what you can't do and what protests should not be there for, is to ride roughshod over people's liberties and to cause intimidation and fear , intimidation and fear, particularly amongst the jewish community and jewish students, where you're seeing a particularly in the us, you know, students barricading themselves into the libraries because of a protest that is taking place where police have had to intervene in the us. we don't want to see that in the uk. i mean, i remember the last sort of student, sort of protests and rallies all the way back in 2011 where somebody broke into, i think it was actually cchq conservative central headquarters and threw a fire extinguisher , a fire fire extinguisher, a fire extinguisher off the top of the building so things can escalate if protests become violent. we don't want to see that in the uk . but of course, you know, the universities are there to, to challenge people's views, but it has to be done in a way in which is academic and appropriate and doesn't incite fear or intimidation. >> okay. can we have a look at

some beds. yes charlie. this is in the daily mail. oh dear me, a lot of people do like to go a bit orange on the old sunbeds don't they. but they're not the safest way of doing it. they're absolutely not. >> and i'll be jetting off this afternoon straight after magaluf afternoon straight after magaluf after this. do you do? two. palmer. two. palmer. i'm with your factor 50. with my factor 50. exactly. i'm because that is the best way, i think to pick up a healthy tan. but there is a serious point to this because there are too many people that are using sunbeds who know of the impact, the negative health impacts of causing a melanoma, skin cancer, 60% of people who do use sunbeds when polled, over 2000 people are aware of it, 40% were not. but there is a younger person sort of approach to it. so you can't use a sunbed if you're under 18. that's been banned, but between 18 and 24 there's a huge increase in the number of people that are using it because they want to, look

like the people that they see on love island or what they see on tiktok or social media. it is very glamorous. it's very tanned. it's very, very nice. but they feel as though the quick fix is going on a sunbed even. >> it's fine to use a sunbed, isn't it, if you're just using it very occasionally. no, i don't think. >> i don't think any use for sunbeds safe. really? yeah, i think it's. >> no, because i think it's a gateway drug in a way. you use it once. yeah. you use it once and you think it's okay, and then you end up being the 1 in 4 that uses it all the time. and there are fake tan products. the problem is, how come nobody has ever developed a fake tan product that doesn't smell really rank? and someone really look into that, please? because i would cure this immediately. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i think a lot of us. >> and i think a lot of us. >> well, how many people put fake tan on and then it all goes streaky and horrible or orange. are you looking at me specific? i'm not. no, no no no, i'm thinking about am i looking streaky? i'm thinking about my brother in law, actually, who's just put a load of fake tan on and has gone. he looks he looks like a chocolate orange. >> oh, and is he watching now?

>> oh, and is he watching now? >> very possibly. morning. >> very possibly. morning. >> morning, david. >> morning, david. >> orange devil. >> orange devil. >> yeah. according to a doctor dermatologist, there's no such thing as a safe tan on a sunbed. no such thing. they are very, very bad for you. i'm surprised 1 in 4 are still using it. actually, i thought people didn't do that anymore, okay, lucy, let's have a look at smacking children. most people want smacking children to be bannedin want smacking children to be banned in law. this is in the telegraph today . telegraph today. >> yeah. almost three quarters of the public that were polled said that they thought this was true, that actually they we're now beginning to really equate it with violence to children . it with violence to children. and when you frame it in those terms, actually, that seems really abhorrent. now, the difficulty is that children don't know right from wrong. they don't know that you mustn't put your finger in a plug socket. they don't know that if you run out in front of traffic that you might die. so that sense that you're trying to correct behaviour is really important. but the problem is there are too many people who have, you know, we grown ups, we have, you know, we grown ups, we have lots of issues going on in

our lives and sometimes inadvertently, we get very frustrated or we take things out on our kids and we're there really to try and protect children. and i've had so many people come to see me clinically where one of the features that they remember about their childhood is that inappropriate smacking. it felt very unjust . smacking. it felt very unjust. it felt like a really big person taking it out on a small person . taking it out on a small person. and i think if we can correct that and try to, you don't necessarily have to reason with your kids at all. i'm not one of these people that thinks that you should treat your children like like mini grown ups. i think you do still have to treat them as children, but sending a child to the naughty step is a completely different way of trying to correct their behaviour instead of smacking them. i love you. i love your facial expressions when i talk to you because i think you think most of the things i say is completely bizarre. >> yes. i don't agree with that. i think there is a, a minority of people who use smacking against children in a totally inappropriate way. but i think for most, for the vast majority,

then you've got parents just wanting to discipline a child, often for safety reasons . and often for safety reasons. and but they're being having that outlawed the sake of a minority who are misbehaving. yeah. i don't know that that's right. >> do we need a ban? do let us know what you think. gb news comments slash your say. charlie. lucy. thank you. >> we are out of time . >> we are out of time. >> we are out of time. >> indeed we are out of time. i'm afraid we're going to look at the weather now with alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. some places seeing some pleasant warm may sunshine today, but staying fairly cloudy in the south and in eastern areas. a chilly breeze off the north sea had some big thunderstorms through the night across the south. still a few heavy downpours here and there. this morning. parts of southern england, the midlands and south wales in particular. the rain will ease a little bit through the day, but

staying fairly dull and damp across the southwest . some across the southwest. some brighter skies for east anglia, northern england, northern ireland and a good chunk of scotland. western scotland in particular. 21, maybe 22 degrees, but much cooler on these eastern coast with that breeze coming in from the sea and cooler with the cloud and the showery rain across the southwestern quarter that rain will continue well into this evening as well. and then later in the night, we need to look at further pulses of heavy rain, potentially further thunderstorms coming into parts of east anglia further north. it generally stays dry. there'll be some clearer spells, but quite a bit of cloud that'll keep the temperatures up 9 to 11 celsius. on to tomorrow and it's a similar story. we're going to start pretty grey over the midlands and wales, with some outbreaks of rain, but heavier rain coming into parts of eastern england. so a different feel across northeast england in particular. again the potential for 1 or 2 thunderstorms. brighter day in southwest england again, chilly on some of these north sea coasts with temperatures really struggling under the cloud. but yet again, if you like warm sunshine,

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gb news. way. >> very good morning to you. it is 7:00 on thursday, the 2nd of may. today, islands government says no police will be sent to the border after an increase in asylum seekers crossing following the passing of the rwanda bill, the scottish government breathes a sigh of relief as they survive a vote of no confidence, winning it by 70 votes to 58. donald trump's hush money trial continues today after being held in contempt of court. find more than £7,000 and threatened with jail if he

continues to break gag orders. >> princess charlotte, who's third in line to the throne , third in line to the throne, celebrates her ninth birthday today. happy birthday , princess charlotte. >> now, you might have been woken up by thunderstorms. weather warnings are being extended by the met office apart across a large part of southern england, and that came after the hottest day of the year so far . hottest day of the year so far. >> after some big thunderstorms last night. still a few showers across the south today, but for many there will be some pleasant warm spring sunshine, especially so in western scotland . could so in western scotland. could last into tomorrow as well. join me later for a full forecast. >> and in sport, jaden sancho cut through the paris saint—germain defence last night like a german zweihander sword through french camembert . what through french camembert. what do you think about that? what do you think? that's very not bad, is it? that's very poetic. did you write that? yes i'm working on that one, anyway, paris saint—germain lost to dortmund

one nil in the champions league semi—final first leg. there's london derby tonight as chelsea play london derby tonight as chelsea play spurs and ronnie o'sullivan is knocked out of the world snooker championship like ain't no, no no no . no, no no no. >> he's getting too clever. where are you going now? >> that's it. you know what? it's the sword. it's this right hand.the it's the sword. it's this right hand. the sword. it's just too much for me. >> is that enough? >> is that enough? >> i'm really impressed. he's going for a quick lie down. >> thanks, paul coyte. >> thanks, paul coyte. >> hi, i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. i mean, why you could. why you couldn't just say, like, a hot knife through butter? i don't know, but you see, that's paul coyte. >> he has to get poetic, doesn't he? he does. he's a funny man. >> i was very good. >> i was very good. >> i was very good. >> i was very impressed with him for that. for this time of day. >> he's good at accents. is our paul coyte can do all the all

the good. >> you're very good. he is. he is very good actors. >> oh, this is a nice one from anne, anne jeffreys says morning. my two favourite presenters. going to be a lovely day here in new york. >> i haven't been to york in ages, i love york, york's a lovely part of the world. >> yeah , loads of you getting in >> yeah, loads of you getting in touch on tans , warwick says touch on tans, warwick says spray tan. very simple . no spray tan. very simple. no problems. warwick b but is that do you not have to forgive me? do you not have to stand there being sprayed by someone as you wear paper underpants? >> yes. that is true. >> have you done it? yeah >> have you done it? yeah >> there's no i don't think there's no grace in it. >> i don't think i could bring myself to. >> do you have to be quite brave. you have to like your tanning person. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> not great. >> not great. >> i think women are better at that sort of thing. women are better at that sort of thing. but there you go. i just. i just find it very strange. yeah that's all. that sort of thing.

yeah.i that's all. that sort of thing. yeah. i couldn't bring myself to do it, but then i don't know if i could do the whole fake tan where you rub it on and then see what colour you turn out to be in the morning. >> you're probably betterjust >> you're probably better just to book a few nice holidays, i think, and then maintain maintain your tan. that's probably the way to go. >> but then is that not as bad as going on a sunbed ? as going on a sunbed? >> no, it's a lot worse going on a sunbed. it's concentrated. it's a lot more uv. i don't quite understand it. it's not something that i do , but it's something that i do, but it's not very good for you. i know that much. there's no safe amount of sunbeds, but people still do it . interesting on the still do it. interesting on the smacking thing. loads of you getting into us and sort of similar views to me really. i've got to say, that's not to say that i'm right, john says you shouldn't ban smacking children, but it should only be used as a last deterrent. like if your child runs into a road sort of thing. stephen says on smacking children. prior to the 1990s, children. prior to the 1990s, children and youths behaved far better in society than they are to do today, could it be the

psychologists have got it wrong about lovingly disciplined children with the use of a tap, too often referred to as a smack 7 too often referred to as a smack ? i see that's an interesting one, a tap, you know, at what point how do you define what? where's the line? yeah, that's what my mother used to do. what she did. she was a teacher. well, we just keep going. yes. our parents were teachers. >> we don't have the same parents. >> but if i did it. no, no, they won't say that. what she used to do is she'd. she'd hold my hand like that. yeah. and then smack her own hand. oh, and then apparently i would cry my head off because you'd be upset about her. no, because i'd be upset because you still get the shock of the smack. but it hasn't actually hit you. >> it's hit her. >> it's hit her. she's >> it's hit her. she's such a good mum. >> that's what she did, would that end up being banned? because if anyone saw you do it, it would be like, oh, she smacked her child. so it's common sense, isn't it? but then you have got to protect those children who are being, frankly,

abused by violence. so how do you do it? i don't know, yeah . i you do it? i don't know, yeah. i just don't think blanket bans are the way, i don't know. >> but we were talking to someone the other day because neither of us are parents, but we were talking to someone the other day. we said, do people smack their children now? because when i was growing up, they still did, and apparently, no. yeah. apparently it's not a thing anymore. >> so it's the threat of a smack. was is you probably don't need to do it the once, don't you. >> and then it's just a threat. >> and then it's just a threat. >> you've got to there's got to be some consequences, anita says sometimes you have to smack your child to show them there's consequences to their behaviour , consequences to their behaviour, that's exactly why kids today have no fear for their actions and walk over parents. teachers are not scared of authority , and are not scared of authority, and i do think there is a real issue with that. actually, it's complete lack of concern for authority . yeah. you know, i authority. yeah. you know, i mean, heck, if a teacher told you to stop doing something and take your hands out your pockets, whatever it was, you did it. >> you would do it, wouldn't you? well do you keep those views coming in on smacking

children? also the weather, lots of you getting in touch on that. talking about a tan, patricia just says you could just stand in a field in barrow when spreading is happening. >> oh, someone else in barrow. yeah. oh, hello . yeah. oh, hello. >> that's patricia in your neck of the woods. >> yeah. orbit. muck spreading a bit. >> muck spreading exactly that. yes, so do keep them coming in. >> you're saying there's no finer smell ? really? oh, yeah. finer smell? really? oh, yeah. >> oh. you're mad. >> oh. you're mad. >> it's a sort of feeling like you're back in the country. i was. if i smell it anywhere, i was. if i smell it anywhere, i was like, oh, it's like being back home. oh. muck spreading puts hairs on your chest. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, it wouldn't be for me to keep reviews coming in. just last one. sorry from grant, indulge me on this one. good morning, ellie and stephen. you two are an absolute ray of sunshine. the way you bounce off each other is just wonderful. have a great day and have a great day to grant. oh, hope it's not raining where you are. >> i like it when we get nice comments. >> that's nice, isn't it? >> that's nice, isn't it? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> very nice, right. island's government has confirmed there will be no irish police deployed to the border with northern

ireland. while tensions between london and dublin have increased over recent days. after ireland's justice minister claimed there had been an upsurge in asylum seekers crossing the border as a result of the rwanda bill being passed . of the rwanda bill being passed. >> well, let's speak now to benedict spence, who joins us this morning. he's a political commentator. good to see you this morning, benedict. so we see this tension rising, don't we, between dublin and london. where do you think we go from here, well i suppose that's very tricky. it's i mean, it's a bit of a godsend, i suppose, for rishi sunak to actually have, non—british politicians coming out and suggesting that his policy, might be having some sort of impact, policy, might be having some sort of impact , because sort of impact, because obviously then he can turn around and say to all the naysayers in this country, well, you see, here's a respected european politician saying, actually that it is having a deterrent, even if it's forcing people , into, into another people, into, into another country. the irish government is, i think, in a very difficult situation in that it hasn't really prepared for any sort of influx of migrant numbers,

because it has never considered itself a country to which many people, a net number of people would move to. it's always been a net exporter of people, very famously , you combine that, i famously, you combine that, i think, with the anger that there has been growing in parts of the repubuc has been growing in parts of the republic over large numbers of migrants arriving and the behaviour of some of those migrants and the resources that are being given to them. and i think you can see that it's a rather difficult situation. and blaming the british government is a very easy way, i think, to curry favour in the republic, at the best of times, certainly on this. but the, you know, the efforts to move people back to the uk, efforts to put people you know, police on the border, the irish government has been gone to great lengths to say that, that a hard border on the island of ireland would be unacceptable, for various different reasons. they can't in all good conscience turn around now and say a hard border is unacceptable, except for this very limited and specific thing that is, you know, now beginning

to affect us. which should be an eu wide issue, in terms of returning people. the uk government has been very, firm on this, which is that they're not going to accept people who have arrived in ireland and have claimed asylum there, or at the very least, they're not going to do that until there are reciprocal agreements with other countries specifically france, of course, election year in france, emmanuel macron is not polling particularly well. migration is a very serious issue there. that's not going to be a thing either. so i imagine, actually that the irish government finds itself in a very difficult situation where it is going to just have to, i think, suck it up a little bit and take a lot more people than it expected. it's also going to have to hope that rishi sunak is, in fact, right, and that the rwanda scheme does prove a deterrent, and that the british government is able to limit the numbers of people crossing illegally into the uk via the channel because ultimately that is how people are going to get to the republic via that northern irish border. it's going to have to hope that sunak is right and that they are able to stem the tide, because otherwise there will continue to

be, it must be said, not a particularly large number compared to other european countries, but still a large enough number to cause real political pain in ireland, i think. >> yeah, but it is fascinating. i mean, you touched on it there, but this idea that the irish government is saying we're enacting emergency legislation, so we can send these people back to britain, where britain can't send them back to france. i mean, the hypocrisy is quite something. >> it is. and it's actually it flies in the face slightly of what a lot of people, a lot of commentators say in this country, which is that britain is almost alone in its desire to be beastly towards people who are coming and, you know, and that the rwanda scheme is sort of uniquely awful, actually, european countries in general are struggling with this issue . are struggling with this issue. lots of them are trying to come up with solutions to the problem. the danish government came up with a hilarious wheeze a couple of years ago, where it decided that even though it didn't legally recognise the government of syria, it was going to decide that certain parts of syria were safe so that it could deport people back, you know, there have been other agreements or attempts at agreements or attempts at

agreements with other countries, to try to expatriate people to third nations for processing a lot of european governments are looking at the rwanda scheme rather carefully, because they want to be able to weigh up the political cost to it, to see whether or not they can implement something themselves. now the republic, as i say, it's never really faced this issue before , but countries like before, but countries like germany and france are absolutely interested in seeing how this goes, as you say, the hypocrisy there with a lot of, commentary saying that these sort of repatriation schemes are awful is tempered by political reality , which is that the reality, which is that the numbers of people coming are proving incredibly unpopular in a lot of european countries , and a lot of european countries, and the resources are being stretched too thin. there has to be a solution to this beyond simply let people in and put them up at the taxpayers expense, because increasingly, a lot of people are not happy to put up with that , but we can see put up with that, but we can see that this is causing tension in the republic of ireland. we've seen protests there for the last week or so. how much do you believe in what the government

is saying here, that this is because of the rwanda scheme, andifs because of the rwanda scheme, and it's working as a deterrent ? and it's working as a deterrent? >> i don't actually believe that. that is why people are going to the republic of ireland. ultimately, the repubuc ireland. ultimately, the republic of ireland is it's a safe country. people speak engush safe country. people speak english there. so it has many of the benefits that the uk does. but actually you don't have the same drain on resources relatively as you do in the uk . relatively as you do in the uk. there hasn't been this sort of ongoing, process of people coming, to the republic. so it's sort of seen as slightly more fertile ground. we also have to remember, actually, that this uptick, it's not just happened in the last couple of months. it has been a gradually increasing process since 2021, 22, it's only now that it sort of reached a critical mass. ireland, i suppose, therefore, is paying the price for its own success. and we also have to remember, you know, if you're a migrant and you're you're coming to europe and you're trying to think, right, well, where would be a good place for me to be economically vie ireland has ireland has massaged its economic figures for some time via the fact that it is

effectively a tax haven. many large international corporations that want to operate in the eurozone and the european union base themselves in ireland because of favourable tax situations that boosts ireland. the performance of ireland's economy, its gdp appears to be doing a lot better than it actually is. why wouldn't people look at the republic of ireland and think financially? that's not a bad place. it seems like a very wealthy country. why have i never thought of this before ? never thought of this before? >> okay. well, interesting. >> okay. well, interesting. >> benedict, good to see you this morning. >> thank you. thank you very much indeed. >> now, the scottish government has survived a confidence vote at the scottish parliament. >> yesterday, scottish labour tabled the motion after the collapse of the power sharing deal between the snp and the scottish greens. >> well, it was defeated by 58 votes for to 70 against. >> okay, let's talk to the political editor of huffpost uk, kevin schofield , himself a proud kevin schofield, himself a proud scot, of course. kevin, good morning to you, i have to say, i was a little bit surprised that this motion was defeated in the sense that the snp seemed to be

very much on its own. so who's rallied to support them? because, i mean, they won it quite comfortably. >> yeah, it was the greens who, supported them. they said once their beef was with humza yousaf after he dumped them last week. obviously they were very angry. the greens, they said that they would have supported a confidence motion in against humza yousaf, but obviously he resigned earlier in the week so that didn't go ahead, but labour continued with their own motion of no confidence in the scottish government as a whole . but the government as a whole. but the greens said well look, humza yousaf is gone. we actually quite like the scottish government. we don't want the scottish government to fall. we certainly don't want an election in scotland, so therefore we will support the scottish government. but i mean, it doesn't mean that the snp are out of the woods, far, far from it, so, so why do you think laboun it, so, so why do you think labour, scottish labour actually pressed ahead with that motion , pressed ahead with that motion, despite the fact that humza yousaf had actually already offered his resignation , said he offered his resignation, said he was going to step down. >> that's a that's a really good

question. i mean, they could easily just have pulled it as well because it was always going to they were always going to lose it. actually, it was pretty obvious that they were going to lose it. i think it was just a bit of parliamentary theatre as much as anything else. i think they wanted to get on the record. their opposition to, the scottish government and basically embarrass the snp by rehearsing all the failures of the scottish government, because the scottish government, because the record is pretty poor, to be honest, when it comes to education, nhs, public services, things like that. so if you leave the snps on internal problems aside for one moment and the actual scottish government performance hasn't been great. so i think labour just wanted to have a day or have an afternoon where they could give the scottish government a kicking. but as i say, it was never really on the cards that they were going to bnng cards that they were going to bring the government down over this, it's going to be difficult to pull the snp up by its bootstraps , whoever takes the bootstraps, whoever takes the helm. and that's i think, what is it about a month or so till till the new leader is in place. what are we to make of john

swinney , who's been around for swinney, who's been around for a very long time? it looks like he's going to throw his hat into the ring today. >> yeah. i think if john swinney wants it then john swinney will get it. he's very popular with the snp grassroots. i think it all hinges it could all be over very quickly actually, if kate forbes, who's the other main challenger, if she was to decide not to put her name forward and she's yet to declare, then i think john swinney would get it without a contest, in which case it would all be over very quickly. i mean, he's very experienced. he's been in and around, frontline of scottish politics for many decades, i remember when he was leader before, from 2000 until 2004, before, from 2000 until 2004, before being dumped. he wasn't a very good snp leader then, but that was a very different time. they were in opposition, when they were a bit of a rabble to be honest with you. that was before alex salmond came back and got them back into government. since then he's had, several very high profile jobs in government finance secretary, education secretary deputy first minister, and i think he was

looking forward to a quiet life. actually, he moved back to the backbenches. actually, he moved back to the backbenches . i actually, he moved back to the backbenches. i don't actually, he moved back to the backbenches . i don't think he backbenches. i don't think he had any major ambitions. and lo and behold, this opportunity has presented itself. and the snp hierarchy have decided that they need someone with experience , a need someone with experience, a steady hand at the helm to try and get them through these, choices. >> and just very briefly, kevin, do you think this means that the snp, if they can install a new leader quite quickly, they could be out of the woods ? be out of the woods? >> well, i mean, i wouldn't say they would be out of the woods. i mean, they're still, neck and neck with labour in the opinion polls. not doing that. well, i think they're going to lose a lot of seats in the general election. there's no doubt about that. then all all eyes in scotland will be on the 2026 scottish parliament election , scottish parliament election, where they will be hanging, trying to hang on to power. but they've been in power for a very long time. 17 years. it'll be nearly 20 years by the time that election comes around. and usually, you know, as we've seen at westminster, governments eventually just run out of energy. they run out of ideas, and the public get a bit sick of

the sight of them. so i think they'll have a real challenge on their hands to hang on to power. then >> yeah. well, i mean, interesting times north of the border, kevin, for now, thank you very much indeed. if you're watching in scotland this morning, what do you think? gbgb news.com slash your. so yeah. on that one. and i have to say john swinney i've i've met interviewed john swinney quite a few times. i was up in for the it wasn't it was the 2017 general election. i was up in glasgow and he popped along for a chat. is it ? i mean, it's a chat. is it? i mean, it's a really nice fella, actually. i've got a lot of time for him, as a, as a person, i think nothing to do with his politics, but but he's also got a bit of charisma about him. >> yeah. i heard him speaking this week and he was up being asked if he'd go for snp leader, and he said he needs to think about it because he needs to think about his family first. i thought that was quite a nice answer. yeah. >> he didn't say no, no, it didn't say no. >> and i think we're fully expecting him to launch his

campaign today. >> but he walk it though or not i don't know. >> and would he be a continuity candidate, which is what humza yousaf was meant to be. and that obviously hasn't worked out for him. i think you do wonder if it is you know, running out of steam a little bit. the snp. >> yeah, let us know what you think. >> keep them coming in now at 7:19. let's take a quick look at some other top stories this morning. and voters go to the polls for key council and mayoral elections today. police and crime commissioners will also be chosen. there is a by—election in blackpool to 14 year old stabbed to death in north—east london on tuesday has been named as daniel anjorin . been named as daniel anjorin. >> marcus arduini monzo will appearin >> marcus arduini monzo will appear in court charged with murder. >> the uk's biggest indoor venue, manchester's co—op live arena , was forced to postpone arena, was forced to postpone its opening event yet again . us its opening event yet again. us rapper's concert was halted at the last minute because of technical issues, adding to the list of events that haven't fully gone ahead. >> the group of more than 10,000 black cab drivers suing uber

after accusing it of breaching taxi booking rules in london between may 2012 and march 2018 if they were to win , it could if they were to win, it could cost uber more than £250 million. >> now students in america are continuing pro—palestinian protests at the university of california . california. >> yesterday, violent scenes broke out. 300 people or thereabouts were arrested during police crackdowns on some of those protests in the early hours of wednesday, police were called to columbia university in new york. >> well, these are the scenes now. got live pictures at ucla in california. we can see that the palestinian flag being waved is pitch black there, obviously the middle of the night and

looks as though there is a sit in taking place. lots of tents have been erected as well, i guess the key question is how much is legitimate protest, right. and showing concern for what is happening in gaza and how much is there is, is just becoming anti—israeli sentiment with the potential of becoming anti—semitic. that's the concern. plus it's everything, of course, is grinding to a halt at the university, so it's preventing anything else from happening. there's also been comments about saying they don't want to be taught by israeli lecturers and issues like that. so that is hugely problematic. but the police seem to be weighing in. should should the police weigh in on these sort of things, or should it be left to sort of fizzle out really well, you'd imagine it would do eventually. >> well, we know that a number of arrests have been made. almost 300 of arrests have been made of students at the moment. the scene at ucla does look quite peaceful, doesn't it? but it is vast that is a large part

of the campus there, taken up many of these students are wearing face masks, aren't they, they have been for several days now, so do let us know what you think about that. is it right that the police are arresting students , like you say, it's students, like you say, it's that line, isn't it? when it becomes anti—semitic or anti—israel . and we're also anti—israel. and we're also seeing these sorts of scenes starting to come over to uk universities. leeds, newcastle , universities. leeds, newcastle, bristol, those sorts of russell group universities are starting to see smaller but similar themed protests. >> yes, jumping on the bandwagon a little bit. i think it's very difficult because in a way students will be students. it's a time when you can be sort of very vocal about things and debate things, and if you want to protest, and i'm not necessarily sure that is a bad thing, but it it obviously becomes a bad thing if it becomes a bad thing if it becomes anti—semitic . and becomes anti—semitic. and that's, that's the line that

can't be crossed, i think a student protest. well, student protests have happened for time and memorial, protests have happened for time and memorial , that's what and memorial, that's what students like to do. >> yes , it's true, but this is >> yes, it's true, but this is the largest university that we're looking at now, in california. and classes there have been cancelled for the foreseeable. so it's causing a lot of disruption bringing those live pictures there from ucla campus in california . campus in california. >> just a quick one on the snp. gary's been in touch saying morning, you too. i voted snp at every election since 1987, but can no longer support a government that has clearly lost its way. alba party for me next time, there you go . yes. time, there you go. yes. >> how much damage has been done by this whole debacle? i don't know, i suspect quite a lot . know, i suspect quite a lot. >> oh, another one if you're. if gary, get back in touch. let me know because we see alba party. it's spelt alba ba, but i've

heard several scottish people reporters say alba. >> yeah i've heard that as well. this week we were talking about it weren't we. we should have asked kevin schofield. >> yeah. alba so is it are you meant to say alba or just alba ? meant to say alba or just alba? if you know gary or anyone else north of the border, let us know. >> yeah, gary, let us know what you think. should we have a look at the weather now with alex deakin? >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. some places seeing some pleasant warm may sunshine today but staying fairly cloudy in the south and in eastern areas. a chilly breeze off the north sea had some big thunderstorms through the night across the south. still a few heavy downpours here and there this morning. parts of southern england, the midlands and south wales in particular and south wales in particular and rain will ease a little bit through the day, but staying

fairly dull and damp across the southwest. some brighter skies for east anglia, northern england, northern ireland and a good chunk of scotland . western good chunk of scotland. western scotland in particular, 21, maybe 22 degrees, but much cooler on these eastern coast. with that breeze coming in from the sea and cooler with the cloud and the showery rain across the southwestern quarter. that rain will continue well into this evening as well. and then later in the night, we need to look at further pulses of heavy rain, potentially further thunderstorms coming into parts of east anglia and further north. it generally stays dry. there'll be some clearer spells, but quite a bit of cloud that'll keep the temperatures up 9 to 11 celsius. on to tomorrow and it's a similar story. we're going to start pretty grey over the midlands and wales with some outbreaks of rain, but heavier rain coming into parts of eastern england. so a different feel across northeast england in particular. again, the potential for 1 or 2 thunderstorms, brighter day in southwest england again, chilly on some of these north sea coasts with temperatures really struggling under the cloud. but yet again, if you like warm sunshine, western scotland will be the

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>> welcome back to breakfast. should we look at the sport? paulis

should we look at the sport? paul is with us. morning. >> good morning. dortmund. one paris saint—germain . nil, nil. paris saint—germain. nil, nil. he's right. excellent in the champions league first leg semi—final two two. the day before between bayern munich and real madrid, dortmund then one nil up against paris saint—germain and then the return leg is going to be next week and the talk is jadon sancho. he's on fire. he is on fire. i mean he's not actually on fire. he is. but the way he's playing, i mean he's he's unbelievable. he's he's a really good player. and he was fantastic at dortmund. young engush fantastic at dortmund. young english player of course. and then went to manchester united. huge transfer fee and it didn't work out. and if him and the manager don't get on, which is what happened with erik ten hag, he was frozen out of the team. so sent back to dortmund on loan , which is where he feels comfortable. and now things are working out very well for him. so kylian mbappe playing for psg , it's like 4 or 5 out of ten. he was not the guy yesterday .

he was not the guy yesterday. >> he's meant to be the best in the world. >> exactly. whereas jadon sancho looked like he was the world beater. it's like it's the old thing. impressive world beater to panelbeater. it's that thing. yeah. you know, but nothing against panelbeaters. but but anyway. but he but but it's always about the next leg first. you know, it's always the first when you get two leg games like that first leg is okay, but it's the second leg. that's when it gets very, very exciting. so we'll find out who's going to be in the champions league final. >> now, how are you feeling about tonight, i'm not sure really, to be honest with you. spurs, you're a bit away at chelsea. yeah. because spurs have got a very bad record against chelsea. chelsea have been very hit and miss as well. it's whether they're coming into form too . and it's mauricio form too. and it's mauricio pochettino of course, who was spurs manager for six years and then so far one year at chelsea. so we're not sure whether he's going to stick around. he wants he obviously wants success and wants to stay, but i know that he's nervous about the fact he's just not going to get backed and he's not going to get the time he's not going to get the time he needs because that's what people need and that's what managers need these days. but in

football , i don't like to, you football, i don't like to, you know, coin a phrase, but there's no such thing as having time. you know, it's there's no such thing. >> i've seen you since, your arsenal clash. >> no, it wasn't good. >> no, it wasn't good. >> go. well. >> go. well. >> no, no, it wasn't good. no it was, it was. it was a tricky game to be involved in. it was a tncky game to be involved in. it was a tricky game to be at. and just as i got closure from it, you have to bring it up. >> this one and this one spins around which you're a bit worried about as well. but it's all going to be fine. >> yes. >> yes. >> anyway, aston villa playing olympiakos tonight. that's in the conference league europa conference league. so they're the only british team still left in europe. semi final against olympiakos. it was 42 years ago i think it was that aston villa last won a european trophy with european cup. so anyway, good luck to them. might be their time. great. let's hope so. >> let's hope so. now i know you're something we like to do almost every day. yes. is baseball. >> you know what? i did a bit of baseball yesterday. funny you should say. yeah, i did, actually did good because we were talking about a baseball

uniforms yesterday and the fact that baseball uniforms were ripping. so baseball. well, i've got another bit of baseball. do you remember? i think it was a few months ago. we did the miami open. and do you remember there were the bees? there was a swarm of bees. yeah. yeah. well, it's happenedin of bees. yeah. yeah. well, it's happened in arizona, we've got a swarm of bees. and it was, the arizona diamondbacks were playing the la dodgers at chase field in phoenix. hopefully, hopefully we'll be able to see this, and then all these bees and if we don't have this, i'll have to demonstrate the whole thing. yeah. go on. i feel like marcel marceau. it's like this . marcel marceau. it's like this. and then then the bees descended on the net, which was above home plate. and home plate is where the batter will be facing the pitcher. so obviously you can't have bees there and a swarm of bees. so the bees swarm around . bees. so the bees swarm around. guy comes in and they think, well, we can't play. what are we going to do? what do you do? you, you call a beekeeper, don't you? yeah >> you would think, how did they get rid of him any. on we've got

it. let's have a look. here we go. >> there he is. he's over. i think he's over. >> oh, he's loving it. he's over again. >> there we are. that's his job, for crying out loud. so anyway, there we are. there's all the bees. they're just above home plate. his name is matt hilton. what a hero he is. >> but oh, he's lapping that up. i mean, he'd be a hero if he didn't have that hat on. >> oh, look at this. oh, no. so, matt, who do you think you are? >> oh, that's too much. >> oh, that's too much. >> i know i wasn't happy about that. so anyway. and you know what they did. they actually played holding out for a hero by bonnie tyler as he comes and does his job, they renamed what he does for a living holding the ball anyway. typical. well this is five minutes of five minutes of fame. give it to him. honestly. i mean, good on him. you want to do some birthdays? we've got time for a couple of birthdays. >> love this game. >> love this game. >> sporting birthdays. first one. who is this? how old are they? we do have one for you. who on earth could it be? it's not me. it's not me. oh, david. well, you know who that is. >> it's david beckham. >> it's david beckham. >> he's 49. >> he's 49. >> yes, i would today. i would say 49. that was really quick.

>> do you know a year younger than victoria beckham? >> that's the only reason i know. >> correct. >> correct. >> 49 today david beckham. should we go again. do you want to go again. yeah. okay. next one, snooker hero there he is. >> jemmy white, jemmy white, the greatest player probably never to win the world championship. >> many times . the bridesmaid. >> many times. the bridesmaid. never the bride. >> is that modern picture? yeah >> is that modern picture? yeah >> i'm not. i'll tell you what. if he's not well, yes, it's a piece of work. that is. >> he's very. yeah, yeah, it's very manchester. yeah it's. >> well it's very well. it wasn't with him for most of his life. so there he is. >> oh i'm going to say jemmy white 64, 64 for jemmy white. >> i'm going 58, 58. >> i'm going 58, 58. >> if you sort of went pretty much in the middle, 6162, yeah. 62 nice though. >> yeah. i guess we guessed that. well, yeah. >> good game, good game . >> good game, good game. >> good game, good game. >> okay. >> okay. >> was that it? say it. >> was that it? say it. >> well, i've got some more for you later if you want. i thought you'd just go with the two. oh, yeah. it was just that david beckham was done so quickly. it was all over. i thought he'd

take at least five minutes to get that one. no, i was going to say 49 or 48. >> i wasn't sure which what david beckham. yeah. because i knew he was never mine. posh i knew he was never mine. posh i knew he was 12 months or so younger than me. and victoria, of course. >> yes. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yes. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> stephen dixon is more important. >> yeah. oh, yeah. >> yeah. oh, yeah. >> right. yeah. i did meet david beckham once when they were, doing, you know, rebuilding the wembley stadium. yeah. and why? >> what were you working on? the stadium? >> i was working on the stadia and they put all the sand down. they hadn't turfed it. right, and then the whole england squad came right to have a look round. >> and did you. what did you go. >> and did you. what did you go. >> so i got to, i got to meet beckham. and i did think it was a long time ago now, but i was like, you're a really nice fella. oh, he was quite wrinkly, though. surprised how how lined he was. yeah. close up really? lines. >> no lines now? >> no lines now? >> none now. funny but even with the lines, i mean look good. i mean, he looks the part. michael owen was there and yeah, other people. >> but he's. yeah. i think everybody i've known that's known. david never heard a bad word against him. >> no, no .

>> no, no. >> no, no. >> very nice man. >> very nice man. >> no. just seemed to be it just came across considering what a massive superstar is, you could be a complete pain in the rump, couldn't you? >> but he wasn't nice to be important. but it's more important. but it's more important to be nice. yeah. you get those people that get certain stars, though. they get the. it's the way it works in in music, films, sport, anything at the start. always very nice. then get that first taste of it. get a bit big for the boots, then get out of the other side. and then generally the real big ones. always the nice ones. yeah. like yourself steven. oh yeah. >> right. yeah, exactly. >> right. yeah, exactly. >> he does seem really down to earth though. david beckham and i like the fact he queued, remembering that when the queen was lying in state and he was in the queue for about 12 hours or something, i thought that was really clever. >> do you think that was a plan? >> do you think that was a plan? >> no, i don't, do you don't you think that was just genuine? >> he loved the late queen. he's a real royalist, isn't he? yeah >> so a lot of times no pictures were ever taken of him and nobody knew that he was in there. oh. give over. no, i'm david right? >> no, no.

>> no, no. >> apparently people in the queue though, didn't realise it was him. that's right. make a fuss about it. that's right. >> but he's pr people around the outside. no no no no. that's it. no, i'm with you. no, i think david, i agree you suck. i know, i know, i know very sinner. >> happy birthday david i didn't mean yes, happy birthday doesn't mean yes, happy birthday doesn't mean anything. he says don't listen to him. no, do you stay with us? because charlie rowley and lucy beresford are going to be going through the papers with

soon. well, you might have been woken up to thunderstorms as yellow weather warnings remain in place across large parts of southern england today. that came after the hottest day of the year so far. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the met office says it could bnng >> the met office says it could bring difficult driving conditions and some flooding. >> well, earlier we spoke to weather journalist >> well, earlier we spoke to weatherjournalist nathan rao. hey there was quite scary. >> i was scared as well this morning when i left . oh, there

morning when i left. oh, there you go. >> it's not just us. >> it's not just us. >> no. and if you're waking up this morning, you are going to be waking to some bangs and clatters because, yes, we have thunderstorms across the south of the country. if you take sort of the country. if you take sort of south wales and the south of the midlands all the way downwards to southeast, the south west, the west country, wales, kent, sussex, essex, all of that area is under a yellow met office warning for thunderstorms this morning. the southeast up until 10 am. and the southwest up until 8 am, and there are some pretty lively eruptions going on. i was looking at the lightning trackers this morning. around 540 lightning strikes an hour when i was heading in this morning, so it's going to be a very, very explosive morning up until about 10:00 as those thunderstorms roll in from normandy in france on an area of low pressure. >> and so they're going to last till about ten. where do they how far up the country will it go that goes up until the south midlands. >> so if you take the midlands and go downwards that is the

risk area. southeast england, southwest england. the thing with thunderstorms. thunderstorms is they're very difficult to pinpoint where exactly they're going to happen. so the met office warning this morning is a risk area. that doesn't mean that everywhere within that area is going to get them. as i said, these are not home—grown thunderstorms. if you think during the summer months when we get very hot weather, we get an eruption of thunderstorms. as hot air rises, these thunderstorms are being brought in from the continent where there is a big area of low pressure and a warm front which is coming into the country. if you've noticed over the last couple of days, it's got very warm. that's what's bringing in the thunderstorms are well, it's a very different picture, isn't it? >> across across the country. >> across across the country. >> oh yeah. >> oh yeah. >> there you go, sasha says forecasts may be bad where you are, but in cheshire we've got wall to wall sunshine and no rain today. >> absolutely. and to the north, if you are north of the area i've just mentioned, you're going to be wondering what on earth are they talking about? because they're going to get much, much drier, calmer, bright weather. >> as i mentioned, always better in the north it is. >> and the north northwest

scotland. going through the next couple of days, they're going to get the sunshine as this area of unsettled weather moves across the rest of the country. but saying that we were talking a couple of days ago when i was in about how it was freezing cold and it was going to get warmer, it is now going to get much warmer. and if you've noticed, over the last couple of days it's been feeling muggy, warm. thatis it's been feeling muggy, warm. that is warmth coming in from the continent and bringing in stability. >> i say i wonder about that because it was muggy, but it's so it's that muggy walk because often when it's muggy, you get thunderstorms afterwards. >> there are two real types of triggers for thunderstorms in the summer. we get thunderstorms because the sun is beating on the ground and that causes air to rise and rising. warm air is always going to cause instability. or we can get what we're getting now. and this is a warm front coming in from the continent, a big area of low pressure over the mediterranean. a warm front is really another word for an area of warm air coming into the country. and when you get warm air coming into a country which has had cold air over it, that warm air rises. and whenever you get rising, warm air, you get eruptions. and that's what we're getting. so these are sort of

like thunderstorms and instability coming in from the continent up until around 10 am. this morning. the worst of it should be over. as i said in the south, if you're further north, you can ignore everything we're saying because you won't be getting any of it. but up until 10 am. and then going forward, there might be some more eruptions this evening because we're in an instability at the moment. but getting better, it is getting better and we could see up to 22 degrees this week. yes, yes, we could. and that is again because of this low pressure to the south bringing in warm air. and towards the end of the week we're going to get higher pressure. now when we're at this time of the year, higher pressure whenever you hear forecasters talking about higher pressure in summer, that means clearer skies and sunshine, the warm weather we're getting at the moment, as you will have noticed, and as i mentioned, is a muggy, cloudy sort of warm weather. we're going into higher pressure, which could be sunnier, but as a point of interest, i wanted to ask you both if you if you have enjoyed the warmest april since 2020, no . very wet . . very wet. >> yeah, we weren't sure what to make of that, were we? >> no, it didn't feel very warm,

but apparently was based on averages. >> so there you go. oh, do you know what? >> i had something because they had a view ready on that, didn't you? >>i you? >> ihad you? >> i had a view and i've lost it. yeah. never mind. it doesn't matter because we're. >> stay tuned and we'll

>> let's see what's in the papers, then, with charlie rowley and lucy beresford, we're looking at some slightly lighter stuff this time around. lucy in the mail, baby reindeer. it's this netflix show . this netflix show. >> netflix. so, bingeable that people are watching it straight through. maybe twice, it's about a stand up comedian who was stalked. it happened in real life. and so what people are now doing is they're watching the show, trying to work out what's truth and what's fiction . many

truth and what's fiction. many internet sleuths reckon they've worked out who the stalker is. her name in the show is martha. they reckon they've identified the real martha. the real martha is saying it's not me and i'm going to give an interview to the daily mail to prove that it's not me. and then everyone is trying to work out is who is the victim here? because in some sense, the lead character, who's played by the person who wrote the show, richard gadd, he is saying, actually , maybe i did saying, actually, maybe i did encourage her. maybe i kind of could have nipped it in the bud really early on. how many relationships have you been in where you could say that it all spiralled out of control, but i let it go on for too long. >> that's what that's what was so interesting, lucy, when i was watching, when i was watching baby reindeer, is he, i don't want to say encouraged it because it's almost like victim blaming, isn't it? >> but it's like he he could have stopped it, but there was a part of it. i think he was very empathetic towards his stalker. correct. and he felt very sorry for her and allowed it to go on longer than it should have done. >> and i think that just

highlights, i think, the reason why this has been so successful and so relatable is because so many people have been in relationships where it hasn't been perfect, but they haven't walked away . yeah, because some walked away. yeah, because some needs are still being met. >> oh it is very good. >> oh it is very good. >> i do recommend we watched the first i think 45 seconds of it and then it was like no not for us. >> us. >> it's very good. >> it's very good. >> it's very good. >> it'sjust >> it's very good. >> it's just very different. i haven't watched anything like it before. >> it's very good. >> it's very good. >> well i'll tune in. >> well i'll tune in. >> you should tune in. you have to give it to charlie for that. >> charlie, i know this is more your cup of tea. going to watch the orchestra, in the times. but you can get your phone out and record it now for posterity. >> apparently so. and, there is a conversation to be had about etiquette, particularly at theatres, but particularly what this classical musical movement is trying to do. it was encouraging people actually to go and film it, because, you know what? people take on their phones now ends up on instagram, on twitter, on tiktok, and all the rest of it. free

advertising, free publicity. it's free advertising, it's free publicity. but there's a whole debate around whether actually because some of it's, still, the license doesn't allow you to then sort of broadcast some of then sort of broadcast some of the music, but it's about trying to get younger audiences into particularly orchestras and classical music. so if you go to a taylor swift concert, as i'm sure you will both at some stage, no doubt you've been there are you are. oh, well, i'll clear my diary. and but you know, people no end will be sort of filming and they'll be singing along and they'll be partying and it'll be a gig. and they're trying to say that actually, if you go to just to listen to the music, actually, it can be more of a gig field. but of course, you would never get your phone out at the theatre. if you're going to see a play or a musical or anything like that. >> well, you say that i've in the last couple of musicals that i've been to see in the west end, people are getting their phones out at the end, which i've never seen before. yeah, but they are doing that kind of the standing ovations. >> so they allow you, i think

now. yes. when it's the sort of the curtain call to sort of, you know, and the finale to sort of just film because then again, that just builds publicity and people tweet it and retweet it and all the rest of it. but but i think you know, i can't stand, you know, someone behind me, humming along, singing, singing. you wonder where that was going for a second, didn't you? i can't stand somebody behind me sort of humming along or singing along completely out of tune to mamma mia! or to, you know, a mama mia. >> you love to sing along. >> you love to sing along. >> we're out of time. >> we're out of time. >> oh, thankfully, his weather. >> oh, thankfully, his weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. some places seeing some pleasant warm may sunshine today, but staying fairly cloudy in the south and in eastern areas. a chilly breeze off the north sea had some big thunderstorms through the night across the south. still a few heavy downpours here and there this morning. parts of southern england, the midlands and south wales in particular. the rain will ease a little bit

through the day, but staying fairly dull and damp across the southwest. some brighter skies for east anglia, northern england, northern ireland and a good chunk of scotland. western scotland in particular 21, maybe 22 degrees, but much cooler on these eastern coast with that breeze coming in from the sea and cooler with the cloud and the showery rain across the southwestern quarter. that rain will continue well into this evening as well. and then later in the night, we need to look at further pulses of heavy rain, potentially further thunderstorms coming into parts of east anglia further north. it generally stays dry . there'll be generally stays dry. there'll be some clearer spells, but quite a bit of cloud that'll keep the temperatures up 9 to 11 celsius. to on tomorrow and it's a similar story. we're going to start pretty grey over the midlands and wales with some outbreaks of rain but heavier rain coming into parts of eastern england. so a different feel across northeast england in particular. again, the potential for 1 or 2 thunderstorms. brighter day in southwest england again, chilly on some of these north sea coasts with temperatures really struggling under the cloud. but yet again,

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increase in asylum seekers crossing following the passing of the rwanda bill. >> the scottish government breathes a sigh of relief as they survive a vote of no confidence, winning it by 70 votes to 58. >> donald trump's hush money trial continues today after he was held in contempt of court, fined more than £7,000 and threatened with jail if he continues to break gag orders. >> princess charlotte , who's

>> princess charlotte, who's third in line to the throne, celebrates her ninth birthday today. happy birthday, princess charlotte . third in line. charlotte. third in line. >> now, you might have been woken up through the night with thunderstorms. weather warnings are extended by the met office across a large part of southern england. that came after the hottest day of the year so far . hottest day of the year so far. >> after some big thunderstorms last night. still a few showers across the south today, but for many there will be some pleasant warm spring sunshine, especially so in western scotland, and could last into tomorrow as well. join me later for a full forecast and in the sport , jadon forecast and in the sport, jadon sancho may have been a bit rubbish when he was at manchester united, but he's flying again as dortmund beat paris saint—germain in the first leg of the champions league semi—final last night. >> rocket ronnie o'sullivan is knocked out of the world snooker championships and anything else. we've got tiger woods and his new golf, where a morning to you

7 ? >> 7- >> i'm 7 >> i'm stephen dixon. i'm losing my voice. >> just speechless after that performance. and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . gb on. gb news. >> oh. >> oh. john >> oh. john andrews >> oh. john andrews has >> oh. john andrews has said >> oh. john andrews has said i'm surprised tom harwood isn't doing the show this morning . no doing the show this morning. no he's not. >> he's been doing everyone else's . he goes on to say, yeah, else's. he goes on to say, yeah, he has been busy, but he's doing an all nighter tonight. >> he is. >> he is. >> but can i just tell you something about tom harwood? he absolute. he loves it. he loves it. he'll be delighted to be here tonight, won't he? yes. we'll be very excited . we'll be very excited. >> he will, he will. it'll be great. it'll be a great show to watch. >> all that. yeah. and even at 6 am. and we take over tomorrow morning, he'll be still buzzing. >> oh, on baby reindeer, jenny

says i did the same with that because i. i'm just, i, i couldn't watch it after more than about a minute. anyway, jenny says, she's going to try it again. >> you have to stick with it. so it's a bit strange because the main character narrates the whole thing, but if you get into it, it's very, very good. and it's. i've never seen anything like it before . it's about a man like it before. it's about a man being stalked by a woman. i've never seen a drama series like that before, so i do recommend your binge it. it won't take you very . long very. long >> no? well, if you don't want a binge that you may want to binge our coverage tonight is tom gb news is britain's election channel. >> and from tonight the people decide, as the country has the polls in a rush of elections, we'll take you through the night as the first results come in, and we'll pick up at breakfast with the very best guests and analysis. >> and on the weekend, the results won't stop and neither will we. >> we'll explore what it all means for you as we look ahead

to the general election. >> continuing coverage live from tonight at midnight on gb news. >> i didn't realise you were so pint sized. well, i'm not tiny in that, am i? six foot eight. >> i think you are very, very tall. very tall man. but no, that does amuse us, doesn't it? because we filmed that, election promo. it took us about an hour. >> i'd say about an hour, because we filmed the whole thing. and i thought they should just all be just because we thought it would just be us. >> and then we'd get about five seconds, and i'm tucked into your armpit down here. yeah. so i don't really know what happened there. but anyway, thank you. >> i think i may launch a formal complaint. >> well, i always say to the promo team, i was like, you always do me dirty. you always put me here. yeah, but anyway , put me here. yeah, but anyway, they do. >> never mind. seems to be continuing. >> but anyway. tom harwood tonight, isn't it? from midnight? >> yeah, it should be great. should be great. oh, excuse me, i don't know what. oh, you've got a frog in your throat. >> read another tea in. in here,

please. >> connor. >> connor. >> that would be nice. >> that would be nice. >> yes. now, the scottish government has survived a confidence vote in the scottish parliament. yes. >> scottish labour tabled the motion after the collapse of the power sharing deal between the snp and the scottish greens. >> it was defeated by 58 votes to 70. so actually , you know, to 70. so actually, you know, pretty comfortable. >> well, joining us now from grassmarket in edinburgh is our scotland reporter tony maguire . scotland reporter tony maguire. good to see you, tony. tell us what happened yesterday. >> good morning. good to catch up with both of you again . well up with both of you again. well yesterday was certainly an eventful day in scottish parliament, we saw anas sarwar, leader of the scottish labour party. he brought his motion of no confidence against the scottish government. just three, two days actually , after the two days actually, after the resignation of first minister humza yousaf . and all while we humza yousaf. and all while we wait on tenterhooks for the first signs of candidates in order to replace him. and now, as you said, that vote was defeated 72, 30, 58. and it

looks very much like the green party, which of course was part of that green . a bute house of that green. a bute house agreement which humza yousaf torpedoed , late last week. well, torpedoed, late last week. well, they voted with the government . they voted with the government. however, we know that ash regan, scotland's only alba msp. well, she voted to have no confidence in the government, which certainly was a turn up for the books. if you were following events, you know, over the weekend as to who would support the government or not, but as i kind of mentioned yesterday, it all feels somewhat of a distraction while we wait for news of humza yousafs potential replacement, news of humza yousafs potential replacement , it's. news of humza yousafs potential replacement, it's. and i've news of humza yousafs potential replacement , it's. and i've got replacement, it's. and i've got good news for you both this morning. it looks like we're actually going to get the first announcement this morning. john swinney, obviously he was nicola sturgeon's deputy first minister. will just one of the buildings behind me here in grassmarket in edinburgh, he is going to be having an event at

around half past ten this morning and we are likely in the press link up here to hear him make his pitch to replace humza yousaf. now he would indefinitely be what the party would describe as a safe pair of hands. he has been with their scottish nationalists for decades by this point , scottish nationalists for decades by this point, and certainly as they go through this tumultuous period , not this tumultuous period, not least with a minority government as of the thursday last week and the ending of that bute house agreement , it the ending of that bute house agreement, it seems like the ending of that bute house agreement , it seems like even agreement, it seems like even almost the entire of humza yousafs cabinet has lined up behind john swinney . and of behind john swinney. and of course, on the other side, we're also expected to see kate forbes show her hand later on today. she is once again, like clockwork, unfortunately come under fire for her religious views. but interestingly, this time a lot of people are pointing out that john swinney is also a man of faith. so will we see a cleaner, more relaxed

campaign, or will we see a campaign, or will we see a campaign at all? will john swinney be coronated, interesting to see how this day progresses here in edinburgh . progresses here in edinburgh. >> okay, tony, thank you. let's talk to political commentator and former member of the snp, stuart crawford. stuart good to see you this morning. good morning. it does feel a little bit like the snp is imploding even if they do get a new leader at the helm pretty quickly . at the helm pretty quickly. >> yes indeed i think that i mean the party's fortunes have beenin mean the party's fortunes have been in decline for a couple of years now with all the scandals oven years now with all the scandals over, missing funds and so on and so forth , and my impression and so forth, and my impression is that the, the party will do anything to stay in power and is, if you like, scared of going to the electorate , and asking in to the electorate, and asking in a scottish election and asking for confirmation that they should be the party in power. a friend of mine said yesterday when it was appeared that swinney was going to announce

his running for first minister, which i think is going to happen in about 2.5 hours, that he was yesterday's man for yesterday's, party, which i thought was a bit cruel, but maybe he accurate. and we have to remember that that swinney has been first minister before, back in, the sort of, turn of the century where i, in fact, was a was a, snp member and parliamentary candidate on two occasions, both of which i withdrew from. and there were three elections in his last tenure , one general his last tenure, one general election, 2001, scottish elections in 2003. and the european election in 2004, in all of which the snp lost seats. so i don't have any great enthusiasm for him as a leader. and i think what we're looking at is if he becomes a leader, a penod at is if he becomes a leader, a period of managed decline. >> okay, so you don't have a lot of confidence, confidence in john swinney. what about somebody like kate forbes or

maybe somebody else? who would you like to see as leader of the snp? >> well, i mean, i think kate forbes is the is the obvious candidate for me anyway because she's bright, she has a broad appeal she's bright, she has a broad appeal, not just within the snp but across the wider electorate. but but, she has much opposition within her own party because of her conservative small c conservative, views and fundamentalist, religious views, all of which, at least she believes in some things the way i look at it. but it's, you know, her time will come. she's only 34. maybe not this time, but sometime down the line, she'll be first minister. but if i were to choose. i mean, she's head and shoulders above all the other members of her party intellectually, and she is the person that i would go for , okay. >> stuart, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, how it all plays out with the electorate is another

question entirely. yes well, we shall wait and see. >> and we could hear from john swinney as we just heard there in the next two hours or so. >> now there is a very special birthday today, isn't it? >> there certainly is. yes. princess charlotte celebrates her ninth birthday today. the prince and princess of wales are expected to release a new image of their daughter on social media to mark the occasion, just like they did for prince louis birthday last week. >> well, charlotte's big day comes as the family navigate the princess of wales's cancer treatment. she's away from official duties, of course at the moment. >> well joining us now is former royal correspondent for the sun newspaper, charles rea. very good morning to you, charles. good to see you. and a lovely celebration for little princess charlotte. >> yeah. good morning . good >> yeah. good morning. good morning. stephen. yes, the family will be celebrating, this afternoon when she comes home from school with the, with her brothers, great day for her nine years old. oh, god. oh, to be nine again. wouldn't it be fantastic. and i think,

charlotte's going to have a, you know, a nice day as you quite rightly said. you know, this comes as, her mother is fighting cancen comes as, her mother is fighting cancer, but this is going to be, you know , a great moment, you you know, a great moment, you know, bring some smiles to the family again , i have to say, family again, i have to say, i know it's like, really , really know it's like, really, really obvious, charles, but until we said it this morning, i sort of hadnt said it this morning, i sort of hadn't realised she was third in line to the throne. i mean, yeah, i mean, it's remarkable. it's remarkable. we've got all these royals who've worked their whole lives and are really stepping up to the plate, but actually they're way behind the waleses children when it comes to, you know, who who would, head to the palace if necessary? >> well, it's a few years ago that they changed the rules where, you know, the women could then actually take the proper place in the line of succession. and, of course , charlotte was and, of course, charlotte was one of the first beneficiaries of that. and she , of course, is of that. and she, of course, is third in line to the throne. she's not only third in line to the throne, but she's quite a

feisty little girl and she, at times does put her brothers, including george, who one day will be king, in his in their place, you know, she tells them off when she needs to. she has been dubbed at nursery school when she was at nursery school as the warrior princess, you know, she's, all sweet and nice and everything else, but, she can she she can't tell them off if she wants to. >> you can see, i think the family genes coming through. i mean, i think she looks the picture of the late queen elizabeth. i think she's really got that look about her. and she does have that kind of no nonsense that you just alluded to there, where she'd tell her brothers off on the on the balcony , very like princess. and balcony, very like princess. and she just gets on with things, doesn't she? she she likes, she likes to get on with things. and she's very natural in her role. >> she is. and i think she has got a few mannerisms of, princess. and you're quite right. she's she's definitely no nonsense. i mean , who can forget nonsense. i mean, who can forget when she's sort of been ticking off george, for apparently not paying off george, for apparently not paying attention that at various events and louis, too, but .

events and louis, too, but. yeah. no, no, she's very natural. she's, she's a lovely girl. and i'm looking forward to seeing the picture later on today. that's that, the wales is released. >> yeah , it will be nice. it's >> yeah, it will be nice. it's interesting, of course, that they are releasing as we saw with louis. they're releasing them on social media rather than providing them to the news agencies , which is what agencies, which is what traditionally they've done. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the thing is, stephen, that there was such a furore over that mother's day picture and i think it was a mountain out of a molehill, and i think it was disgraceful. the attacks that were made on catherine, william had taken the picture and, you know. okay. so louise sleeve was altered . who cares? the actual altered. who cares? the actual essence of the point was that it was a lovely mother's day picture, and i don't blame them at all to, you know, to release these pictures on social media. it'll just stop the idiots having to dissect, you it'll just stop the idiots having to dissect , you know, is, having to dissect, you know, is, is one thread out of place or

whatever else , you know, best of whatever else, you know, best of luck to them, i think. i really do think it was appalling the attacks on her. >> no. charles rae really good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. and a very happy birthday to you, princess charlotte. i've got a lot of time for her. i think she's great. >> yeah. she's good. she's got a bit of princess anne about her. and i hope she learns from princess anne about, you know, her role moving forward . her role moving forward. >> you can't go too far wrong, can you? >> she'll be the princess royal as well, won't she, charlotte? she will be right, charlotte. it. but yeah. learn. learn from aunfie it. but yeah. learn. learn from auntie anne. yeah. >> princess anne and the late queen elizabeth. i think she takes after both of them. >> i love princess anne. >> i love princess anne. >> i love princess anne. >> i know we all do, don't we? but don't you think that she's got a look of them? >> yes. yeah, that she is that side of the family. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. she's great. she's a bonny little thing, isn't she? >> oh, she's beautiful. >> oh, she's beautiful. >> yeah. there you go. >> yeah. there you go. >> no, she's so natural in her role as well. i think george looks a lot more nervous sometimes. i think so maybe i'm reading into it too much, but i just think george maybe looks a

bit more nervous when he's in the crowd. she's very, very relaxed. >> as long as she can be happy little children. >> that's the main thing. >> that's the main thing. >> that's the main thing. >> that's all that matters. >> that's all that matters. >> well, louis certainly is, isn't he? oh, yes. >> his own thing suits himself dope. don't blame him either, you know, i love talking to charles rae, do you? he's one of my very, very favourites because he's a man who's been there, doneit he's a man who's been there, done it and then just says it. how it is. >> yeah, he knows his stuff. >> yeah, he knows his stuff. >> doesn't he like that? yeah he's smashing fella. right. it's 6:18. >> no 8:16. >> no 8:16. >> why do i keep doing this? >> why do i keep doing this? >> because you need a cup of tea, darling. we'll get you one. don't worry, it's fine. do you want me to do this? >> no, i'll do it. i'll do it every couple of weeks. is this because i'm now in my 50s? >> this is what happened. you've turned. there was something i read the time. >> there was something on my computer this morning. and i've always been known as the techie one. he is. the tech sorts out the problem. >> he's the tech wizard. >> he's the tech wizard. >> and there was something on my whatsapp on the computer and i said, why is he doing this? and

she had to come in and me, of all people, had to try and fix it. >> and i did actually. >> and i did actually. >> so i wonder, is this the beginning of the decline when it comes to tech? is it now video calls where my video isn't on? i don't know what button to press. you know, like your parents, you're all mute. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> is this it now? >> is this it now? >> oh, dear. it's not. i think you'd be very harsh. >> i think i've been overly critical of my parents over the years. >> this is karma coming back to get you. >> she's karma. >> she's karma. >> oh, but it is now almost 8:17. there you go. let's take a quick look at some other top stories coming in this morning. >> voters off to the polls today for key council and mayoral elections. police and crime commissioners will also be chosen. and there's a by—election in blackpool . by—election in blackpool. >> the 14 year old stabbed to death in north—east london on tuesday, has been named as daniel anjorin . marcus arduini daniel anjorin. marcus arduini monzo will appear in court charged with murder. >> the uk's biggest indoor venue, manchester's co—op live arena, has postponed its opening event again, this time it was a

us rapper and his concert halted right at the very last minute because of technical issues. adding to the list of events that just haven't gone ahead . that just haven't gone ahead. >> a group of more than 10,000 black cab drivers are suing uber after accusing it of breaching taxi booking rules in london between may 2012 and march of 2018. if successful, it could cost the cab giant more than £250 million. right. shall we have a look at the weather now? because it's been a bit miserable out there. if you're down south, apparently it's beautiful. if you're up north. >> north, someone of melanie, i think, was having a breakfast outside in stockport. this morning. >> well, we're very southport. >> well, we're very southport. >> southport? >> southport? >> yeah. do keep your views coming in if you're having a lovely day we'd like to hear about that. if you're sat in the garden, we're very jealous. alex deakin has all the details now for you.

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go. >> if you're old enough to remember . and deborah, bette remember. and deborah, bette says you need a holiday. stephen. somewhere nice, not venice . venice. >> oh, didn't love that he was moaning about you can't please him. >> and i got in real trouble over that, did you? because i saw my friend mary at church yesterday who's just come back from her golden wedding anniversary, and he went on the fancy train. what's it called? the orient express and all that to venice. and she said, but i know you don't like venice, do you? >> because i heard you didn't like it. >> he said it was done in an afternoon. nothing to see there. >> she had a lovely time with her husband. >> yeah, well, i think most people do when they go to venice. but not not you. >> sir keir starmer, another one from. let me find it. david, who says sorry? stephen. yes. turn 50 and forget everything. on it's not looking good. >> no, it's not, is it? >>— >> no, it's not, is it? >> writing's >> no, it's not, is it? >> writings on the wall or on the gb views. >> i've got a slightly arthritic finger. he does? >> that's true. >> that's true. >> do you know i booked it into the doctors just to get it confirmed. that's what it is. yeah, because, you know, and they haven't seen it, but they've booked me in for

physiotherapy. >> oh , so. >> oh, so. >>- >> oh, so. >> so what did you have to do to them ? them? >> well, i haven't had the appointment yet. i literally just emailed them to say, can i have an appointment? you've got to say what it's about. yeah. and they booked me in for physiotherapy without seeing a doctor. so what are you going to doctor. so what are you going to do with the physio? i'm going to do with the physio? i'm going to do this. >> do just that. >> do just that. >> yeah. well it's good that you can do that. that's a good start. >> i just want to know what it is. therefore, i can take the i'm going to say are. it's really sore on the joint. >> i'm going to say arthritis. >> i'm going to say arthritis. >> i'm going to say arthritis. >> i think it's osteoarthritis which is perfectly normal. >> well it shouldn't hurt that much. >> it is very bad hurt. >> it is very bad hurt. >> oh, sorry. sorry to hurt your finger. >> that's right . >> that's right. >> that's right. >> get yourself seen, sport. >> get yourself seen, sport. >> coming up next with paul, who

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that's that's what you don't want to do is catch the edge. >> and what about if you were doing fingerbobs. is that you're going to have all trouble? >> no. >> no. >> yoffy lifts a finger and a mouse is there? you won't be able to do that either. >> fingerbobs career is over. assist me. punch and judy saying ellie, any idea about fingerbobs? >> does that make any sense to you whatsoever? >> absolutely none. no that's okay. >> okay, i'll tell you about that one. should we talk about football? yeah. >> let's. please. >> let's. please. >> okay. let's move away from your finger to dortmund, who beat paris saint—germain yesterday. paris. >> she is. >> she is. >> i like to call him psg. yeah, exactly. the thing is they're desperate to win the champions league. desperate to win the champions league more than anything else. and if they get beaten by dortmund you know it's only the first leg of the semi—final. so dortmund are one up.jadon semi—final. so dortmund are one up. jadon sancho of course we know jadon there is. he's in there. and jadon sancho who was who was not good when he moved to manchester united, has gone back on loan to dortmund, which is spiritual. look kylian mbappe, they're not looking very happy. didn't play very well but trust me , when it gets back to

trust me, when it gets back to paris i think we'll see a performance from that man. but anyway, jadon sancho did very well. one nil to dortmund going into the next leg, which is next week. that will be next tuesday . week. that will be next tuesday. >> all right. nice. >> all right. nice. >> well first chelsea spurs chelsea spurs. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let's talk about that. >> let's talk about that. >> how are you feeling about that. >> i'm not as nervous as you are. right. how do you like. >> you're quite nervous in fact. you see the way i'm shaking when i think. >> well, i asked you before we came on air tonight, i said, how are you feeling about tonight? because arsenal. spurs did not go too well. >> no. and i did ask you particularly please do not bring up arsenal. spurs again. sorry. and here we are. and here we are. third time again for the third time. well chelsea it's a london derby. so you know it's a mauricio pochettino. of course. who was spurs manager for many years now at chelsea. people wondering whether he's going to last much longer. but managers need time. i don't know whether it is going to work out for him, but it would certainly carry a lot of favour with him. for the chelsea fans, if he does manage to beat spurs tonight. so anyway, that's 730, that game is tonight. aston villa playing

olympiakos . i know what you were olympiakos. i know what you were about to say, right. yeah. in the in the conference league. europa conference league. >> excellent. now . i need to >> excellent. now. i need to know because i know you're a fashion guru. >> yes, i am paul. >>— >> yes, i am paul. >> tiger woods has launched a new clothing range. >> yeah. he has. we did mention this a little while ago but now this a little while ago but now this is it's now all coming out. it's called sunday red. any idea why? >> no. >> no. >> he wears red on sundays. correct. >> very good. it was because it would be the final round. he would be the final round. he would always wear red. and now look here we are. this is, this is some of the stuff there. the gear that he's got. right, right. the leather glove. 36. that's not bad. >> that's not bad. that's not bad. >> £36 for leather leather glove. the ball marker. the ball marker is that. that's when you're on the on the green there. and you're someone else is about to part and your ball is about to part and your ball is in the way you put your little tiger marker down £40 for a ball marker. >> that sounds a lot . >> that sounds a lot. >> that sounds a lot. >> seems a little expensive. what about the polo shirt that's extortionate . extortionate. >> yeah, 100.

>> yeah, 100. >> that's extortionate. >> that's extortionate. >> and £40. tiger says it's all about athletes being first and designing something for the athlete. so that we can perform athlete. so that we can perform at a higher level. right. okay yeah. whatever. it's a shirt. it's a polo shirt. it's £140. and also when you see the design , which is the tiger and all the different stripes, the stripe, each stripe is each major that he's won. right. >> that's the reason he hasn't designed any of it as it he don't these celebs, someone else doesit don't these celebs, someone else does it and they just put their name on it. >> the thing is and tiger woods do they need the money i mean does he really need the money. is he doing it. because then you'll see the interviews and it's like, well, i'm doing this to improve the lives of the athletes so they can have. but it's like, come on. >> well, maybe he's planning to retire mint jones clothing ranges. >> he's sure of a few hundred million probably. you know, i don't know, money makes money, tiger red. and the thing is, i've been out on the golf course and you get some people, they wear the they put a whole gear on, you know, they've got the matching bag. they're dressed

exactly like tiger woods really. and then you say, oh yeah, you know, and it's so many different sports and there's only one sports and there's only one sport that i know of where you get people don't actually wear the and that is cyclists. and you know, because you can't wear a yellow jersey. i was told, can you imagine wearing it if you're out cycling you know, you see cyclists and they've got everything and they look like no, you'd look a bit of a. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and then but they can't wear a yellow jersey because that is seen as like, you can't. are you kidding me? yeah. >> people wear polka dot, you know, in which is like king of the mountains. >> yeah, yeah yeah yeah. >> yeah, yeah yeah yeah. >> well round your way or milton keynes. >> no no no no no they do it. >>— >> no no no no no they do it. >> well there's a lot of cycling up north. >> but anyway that's. >> but anyway that's. >> i know all about king of the mountain. i my dad and my brother are huge cyclists. >> and do you know why i know, i know we're going off on one here. but the king of the mountains shirt in cycling, which is white with red spots. do you know why it's white with red spots? >> no, i do not, because back over 100 years ago, it was

sponsored by a chocolate company and their wrapper was white with red spots. >> and because they sponsored that award, that is the reason that award, that is the reason that the jersey is white with red spots. on right. and tiger woods has got nothing to do with any of it whatsoever. no but if he got into that, then you never know. there could be another few million. >> there you go. well, you see, you're full of interesting information. i mean, useless, completely useless. but going off on a tangent coin. yeah, but it's interesting nonetheless. i quite fancy a pair of those gloves of £30 for the netflix quiz. >> not too bad. >> not too bad. >> no, you can't. it's one glove, though. >> oh, it's one glove. >> oh, it's one glove. >> because if you're playing golf, you only wear one glove. i'm not mine. >> it's not. not michael jackson. >> i know, i know, but you can't wear a pair of golf gloves. it's just, honestly, we're going to have to go out the golf course. i'm going to have to teach you a few things. no wonder it's only £36. >> 36. it's not only for one glove. yeah, that's that's. >> so you were thinking £36 for a pair. for a pair? of course. now £36. sounds like a lot of

money. yeah it does. >> yeah too much, too much. >> yeah too much, too much. >> so thanks. >> so thanks. >> paul coyte wondered why they were different colours. the pair. that's it? >> yeah. that's why you think. why they look a bit match on that one. >> oh, you live and learn don't you? there you go. better grip. paul you? there you go. better grip. paul. thank you. if you can. >> thank you. i'll see you tomorrow. >> oh, maisie. oh, god. >> oh, maisie. oh, god. >> should things go well, should i be able to get out of the building without being called into the bosses? are. >> yeah, i doubt it. >> yeah, i doubt it. >> yeah. thanks. paul coyte do you stay with us? charlie rowley

welcome back to breakfast now, students have set up a sit in as some uk university to protest israel's war in gaza, yes. but, following on from what's happenedin following on from what's happened in the united states,

of course, where 300 people were arrested during police crackdowns on university protests there in the early hours of yesterday, police were called into columbia university in new york. >> yes, these are the scenes live now at ucla in california . live now at ucla in california. we can see it's a very large gathering of people, tents , lots gathering of people, tents, lots of tents and people sitting out in the grounds of the campus as well . it's a in the grounds of the campus as well. it's a sign, isn't it? really the strong sentiment. let's welcome in charlie rowley and lucy beresford, who are here with us now . charlie, what do with us now. charlie, what do you make of the scenes that we're seeing here in ucla? >> well , we're seeing here in ucla? >> well, alarming i mean, how people feel that they can, set up camp in this way, which causes huge amount of disruption. i would have thought not just to universities or but to the police. this is a policing operation now where tensions are obviously going to be very, very high on those grounds, as you say, you know,

look, looking like a huge number of people sitting out there, you know, you just hope that the situation, it looks quite calm , situation, it looks quite calm, even though there are large numbers of people there. you just hope that that situation doesn't escalate in terms of what we've seen previously in the last few days, that's the worry, isn't it? >> these are students. i'm not saying i agree with what they're doing, but they are students . doing, but they are students. aren't they? meant to be a bit sort of protesting and lefty and well, that was not necessarily about their politics, but it's about their politics, but it's about their politics, but it's about their brain development because the there are fluctuations in the brain development, which means that they get very passionate about causes, very enthusiastic , like causes, very enthusiastic, like the if you like the executive functioning , the ceo part of functioning, the ceo part of your brain dwindles a little bit dunng your brain dwindles a little bit during adolescence and late adolescence. >> and that's why they get very enthusiastic about topics and run around trying to change the world. whereas the rest of us think, oh well, you're just wasting your time. so it's really a bit through. it's really a bit through. it's

really no. and that's why because they don't have the ceo function that says that's probably not a good idea. you should be studying. you might get a cold if you're in your tent for 20 days. they don't think it through in that regard. but what they're thinking through is maybe the longer term project. more worrying for me is the fact that there are going to be copycat protests in british universities. >> well, we're seeing already, aren't we? we're seeing certain russell group universities already having some protests, some campsites being erected . some campsites being erected. >> but what we haven't had is the sort of dramatic input of the sort of dramatic input of the police. but because of what's happening in the states , what's happening in the states, we are, if nothing but imitative creatures. so there is a concern that this could escalate in the uk as well , that this could escalate in the uk as well, because fundamentally they're talking about the same issue. yeah, well, let's hope that it doesn't turn violent in the uk because so far, as you say, we've seen demonstrations haven't we, at sheffield, bristol, leeds, newcastle all but so far they have been peaceful , sit ins newcastle all but so far they have been peaceful, sit ins and demonstrations. >> but it hasn't turned to violence. >> no . >> no. >> no. >> and that's obviously, you know, what nobody wants to see.

but i've also got to question, you know, whether people who are part of these protests because i think stephen was making a good point, that people sort of jump on the bandwagon half the time. and i would actually challenge some of these students and ask them, do you actually know what it is you're protesting about because of the copycat nature of it? do you actually understand and the history of about the region, the conflict that's currently underway ? why do you currently underway? why do you take such a particular position, such a strong position to go and camp out in a university or pitch up there for hours on end? do you actually know what it is that you want to get out of? you might want a resolution to a situation we all want that, if it's to do with the middle east. but do you know what you're actually protesting for or against and what impact that's having on your fellow student or the local community, or the situation that you're supposedly purporting or are campaigning against? >> well, that's exactly what the mayor of new york is highlighting, that his concern is that it isn't just students that it's activists coming from outside who are agitating this and escalating it in a way that the students themselves wouldn't

. yeah. it's, it's a, it's a, ifs— . yeah. it's, it's a, it's a, it's a difficult one. so you've got to have a right. and in a way students need to be students. it's just when it crosses that line in, you know, into something much more. >> most of the students i know just either stayed in bed or did stand up comedy shows. they didn't go around waving placards, i guess. >> well, no. >> well, no. >> i guess the issue is if you're a jewish student, you feel unsafe. do you feel intimidated, and do you feel intimidated, and do you feel intimidated by it? can you go to class, a protest? >> or maybe, you know, one afternoon? or maybe there's a big, big march in the town where the university is, but setting up a campsite, it has all the hallmarks of sort of greenham common, and we know how long that lasted. but it was a way of kind of. yes. making your point. but in a way, also doing it in a very obstructive way that you're not really allowing the other person to have a different point of view. yeah. >> it's everything with this debate you get well, you get it with a lot of things, particularly with the young. and maybe because of that brain

development thing, you're talking about, is it everything is black or white, and that isn't the reality now. it's never the reality it has to be. >> but you could argue that the world never changes if it's only left to the mature adult brain that actually what you need are people who are going to push the envelope, reinvent the wheel and all those other cliches. but they are trying to do things differently. >> yeah, it's a fair point, right? interesting to talk about that with you too. but we're going to go through all the papers with charlie, and lucy

yet? so we're going through the papers with charlie and lucy. let's get all romantic . should let's get all romantic. should we? oh. >> softy, i am a big softy, but i don't know if i'd want to know. >> well, bumble isn't really designed. well, it is designed for men and women, but the original usp of bumble was that it was the woman that made the first move. but what they've

decided to do is to drop that completely, because the relationship model that it was setting up was women doing all the work for the relationship, not just in the original approach, but actually subsequently. and there was some very interesting research out from ashley madison which showed that single men are signing up to ashley madison, which is this married dating website, because they want to woo the married woman that actually women are now saying, does it have to be all about me? i want to actually get sorry. does it have to be about me doing all the work i want to get my needs met. i want to be courted. i want to be wooed. i want someone to chase me. there's a beautiful phrase which i gather sounds a bit better in italian than in english, but it says, let the man who loves me follow me. and that's that should be the relationship. >> but not in a creepy way. >> but not in a creepy way. >> yeah, but not in a stalker way. in a baby reindeer. bad. yes, but if it's the other way round, don't men end up having to make all the effort? >> wasn't the question.

>> wasn't the question. >> what? what would be wrong with that? stephen actually, maybe that might be a really good thing that actually the man chases you, hypocrisy chases you , woos you, supports you. yeah. and actually , charlie was and actually, charlie was reading about a very different app reading about a very different app which has a very similar flavour, which is trying to educate men to be more successful and better in relationships, like showing up on time , remembering on time, remembering anniversaries and birthdays. >> well, >> well, that's >> well, that's the >> well, that's the story. you've said it now ngannou. no no, no, it's you're right. but look, i think the thing about bumble is it was set up. you're absolutely right. because it was sort of supposed to be, i think slightly more protectionist of women. so women, you know, it will be the ones to decide whether they're being approached by a man, whether they want to go through with it. you can't just have a random sort of, you know, slip into your dms. i think it's called. yes. and so, so but that does then my dream. but it does. then put the, you know, the man on the back foot because if you think. right, okay, i can only, be approached

or, you know, the woman would decide on bumble whether she wants to go on the date with that guy or not. then you, for, you know, from the off you are, you know, from the off you are, you know, from the off you are, you know, second to that relationship in terms of the decision making. >> well, maybe that's why ashley madison is better, because at least everybody who's on that site knows what they're there for. >> yeah, but there's no second guessing. >> i'd shut that one down. >> i'd shut that one down. >> right. >> right. >> because i think it's immoral that there's a dating app for people who are married and want to have extramarital relationships . relationships. >> well, like i said, the highest cohort of people who are signing up at the moment are generation z under the age of 29. and they're not married. >> yes, but it's what it's been designed for, isn't it? and i absolutely , fundamentally absolutely, fundamentally disagree with that. >> but there is that's just me. >> but there is that's just me. >> i'm old fashioned, you see. >> i'm old fashioned, you see. >> you want a courtship? >> you want a courtship? >> i believe in i believe in in monogamy. and marriage and all that sort of thing. >> i, i agree, i've never been kissed, steve. believe it. no one's ever asked me out. >> so jolly people believe you when you say these things.

>> my mum messaged me last week saying i'm so sorry for charlie. he hasn't been kissed. i was like, mum, please. >> oh well. hello mum. if you're watching. >> yes. >> yes. >> don't worry about charlie, he's fine. >> but. >> but. >> but. >> but yeah, i'm doing okay. >> but yeah, i'm doing okay. >> yeah, you're doing all right. >> yeah, you're doing all right. >> but, in order to ensure that men do pick up the, the pace a bit to make sure that they don't forget things and that they actually make a contribution to relationships. there is an app that they can call, they can download called angry gf for £6.99. and it does help them with little tips to sort of remind you of birthdays, anniversaries, but also if you've upset your partner in any way, things you can do to sort of, you know, get out of it and make it better. >> so it's called angry girlfriend. >> effectively. yes. yes. but again, not something that, i need or would want, i don't think because i think you should be able to the girlfriend or the app. i wouldn't want either ehhen app. i wouldn't want either either, but i think you can you should be able to have a, a conversation with your partner all about communication. >> but it's very interesting that stephen was talking about monogamy, because i think that

relationship fluidity is the way that a lot of people are going. we have another story that we might talk about in a moment about a celebrity who who's single at the age of, oh, this is anita rani , mid—forties, is anita rani, mid—forties, doesn't have kids, doesn't have a husband, and is enjoying the single life. and i think, again, a lot of people are saying maybe monogamy for the duration of your adult life is nonsense. is not. is that sustainable? yes. if you live to 120, you might be with someone for 100 years. >> it is sustainable if you are actually in love with each other. i think the problem with thatis other. i think the problem with that is that a lot of people get married and they're not in love, you know, it's the best around at the time or they do. now's the time. i need to have children. i know loads of people have done that. >> i know people who've done that. again, we're imitative creatures, so i know there's a whole cohorts of friendship groups can all start to get engaged at the same time. so, yeah, there are different reasons why people get together. but does that mean they have to stay in unhappy relationships if

they've made if they've changed, made up, and then you do what you want. >> but i'm with stephen on this, and i have to say, i can't believe that, you know, you can still sort of pretend that you're in some sort of happy relationship and loving relationship and loving relationship if you want to be sleeping with someone else or go off with someone else, if you want to separate and have a happy 90 want to separate and have a happy go lucky life, it will do it. but don't. don't fool yourselves or kid yourselves into believing that you are in a happy, in a happy sort of marriage. >> so some people, they don't want to rupture their marriage. they don't want to leave their children. they don't want to maybe even change their lifestyle, which is a questionable point you've got. having an affair might enable some people to show up as a better spouse because they're less resentful. >> oh no, they are. >> oh no, they are. >> they've getting their needs met elsewhere. so they don't have to feel that they can take it out on their partner. >> oh no, i don't believe. >> oh no, i don't believe. >> i love our debates. >> i love our debates. >> i love our debates. >> i don't believe in that. you've just got to oh, you've got one minute. tell us about cold beer, charlie. >> well, yes. scientist arts have obviously been spending a lot of time and i wish i was part of this research team,

drinking beer because they have discovered that the best pint is served at five degrees, which is about temperature that you put in the fridge . i'm sure i'll be in the fridge. i'm sure i'll be having a few on my holiday, which i'll be taking undertaking very shortly after this. >> the research purposes, the research work, i'll let you know. >> i'll be tasting the, the outcome of the local elections , outcome of the local elections, whatever they are. >> yeah. presumably this means lagen >> yeah. presumably this means lager, though . yes and no, lager, though. yes and no, because it says brits are often mocked for their room temperature ales. if it's an ale, you don't want it at five degrees, do you? >> well, some ales are chilled, but then, of course, you know the australians apparently like warm beer. so it's all, you know, it's horses for courses, different strokes for different folks. what about , different strokes for different folks. what about, right. >> stephen butler says i've already got an angry girlfriend. i don't want an app to go with it. >> fair point. >> fair point. >> is the weather. >> is the weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news news. >> good morning. welcome to your

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good morning to you. oh, excuse me . i don't know what's up with me. i don't know what's up with me. i don't know what's up with me at the minute. >> he's got a frog in his throat. you want me to carry on? >> i'm gonna say no. all right? no, i'm gonna manage it. i'm going to soldier on. good morning. it's 9:00 on thursday, the 2nd of may. i've run out of tea today. the scottish government breathes a sigh of relief as they survive a vote of no confidence, winning it by 70 votes to 58. >> university students in america continue pro—palestinian protest , as some students in america continue pro—palestinian protest, as some students in uk institutions begin to follow suit . suit. >> princess charlotte, who's third in line to the throne , third in line to the throne, celebrates her ninth birthday today.

>> now, you might have woken up to thunderstorms as weather warnings are extended by the met office across a large part of southern england that came after the hottest day of the year so far. >> after some big thunderstorms last night. still a few showers across the south today, but for many there'll be some pleasant warm spring sunshine, especially so in western scotland. could last into tomorrow as well. join me later for a full forecast . me later for a full forecast. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on gb news. am on that whole dating app thing and all the rest of it. theresa beenin and all the rest of it. theresa been in touch. she says men get a bad press and women should be gentle in their rejection of a man, but ferm as well. we should get to know them by talking more . so. get to know them by talking more .so.and get to know them by talking more . so. and charles mcdonald says, i agree with stephen on the

marriage thing, you should be faithful in a marriage. and sascha anderson, i think we should possibly send the men in white coats round. sasha charlie is a lot of women's ideal man. he's funny, bright and smiley. can he put a shelf up? if so, he's perfect, and that wouldn't make him perfect. >> sasha, i'm going to say he probably wouldn't put up a shelf. and i don't think he's your type, and sue ryder says i'd kiss charlie. he's a bit posh. and class bless him that he is. we love charlie. we've got a lot of time for charlie. >> elena fisher says she thinks my finger problem is gout. oh gout. i thought you got that by drinking port. well like tudor times, do people still get gout? oh, no , i don't think it can be oh, no, i don't think it can be gout. i don't drink , no. gout. i don't drink, no. >> do you eat pringles and cheese? >> pringle related gout . is that >> pringle related gout. is that a thing? now? are the crisps are available? i can feel a court case coming on. i'm going to

sue. >> yeah, but maybe cheese causes gout. dawn neesom or sheep. you do like your crisps and your cheese. but you wouldn't eat that much? >> no . >> no. >> no. >> anyway, let's. should we? i just want to tell you, just in case you weren't aware, polls opened at 7:00 this morning for elections around the country . elections around the country. and we're going to have a special programme tonight . special programme tonight. >> gb news is britain's election channel. and from tonight, the people decide as the country heads the polls in a rush of elections, we'll take you through the night as the first results come in and we'll pick up at breakfast with the very best guests and analysis . best guests and analysis. >> and on the weekend the results won't stop and neither will we. >> we'll explore what it all means for you as we look ahead to the general election. >> continuing coverage live from tonight at midnight on gb news. >> now, the scottish government has survived a confidence vote in the scottish parliament. yes scottish labour tabled the

motion after the collapse of the power sharing deal between the snp and the scottish greens. how many times can we say scottish? do you think it was defeated by 58 votes to 70, with no abstentions? >> well, joining us now from grassmarket in edinburgh is our scotland reporter, tony maguire, and the snp . they're breathing a and the snp. they're breathing a sigh of relief this morning. tony >> good morning. yes, certainly. i mean i think to be fair there was probably very little chance of, of that vote, of no confidence achieving what anas sarwar, scottish labour leader, had set out to do and certainly this all really stems back to last thursday, when humza yousaf, the outgoing first minister, essentially torpedoed the bute house agreement just at the bute house agreement just at the last minute and a very strange sequence of events led to some very unhappy scottish green party members, because

they lost their cabinet positions and the scottish government, as we have known it for the previous 970 odd days, was no more . so the snp are left was no more. so the snp are left with that minority government. yesterday anas sarwar from laboun yesterday anas sarwar from labour, he gave all he could to convince the parliament. but as we're about to hear humza yousaf, well, he was not ready to give up just yet . to give up just yet. >> we will never do anything other than stand by our values, stand by scotland's values . the stand by scotland's values. the true vote of no confidence that the people of scotland really need and they deserve is a vote of no confidence in this failing, miserable union that is holding scotland back and inflicting damage on the people and the economy of this country. the cosy westminster alliance represented here today are terrified of such a vote. why? because they know what the result will be. so i urge the chamber presiding officer, to reject this motion and let's start focusing on the real

priorities of the people of scotland. >> so that was definitely the vote of no confidence. that wasn't. and certainly today, it seems to be that the distractions are now over, because this morning we are finally on the precipice of getting our first candidate to replace humza yousaf. and that will be john swinney. he's called an event here at grassmarket in edinburgh, you know, one of the oldest parts of edinburgh. this actually , edinburgh. this actually, reliable buildings here. and thatis reliable buildings here. and that is definitely the message that is definitely the message that he's going to be spending sending to supporters today. pretty much all of humza yousafs cabinet lining up behind him to be the next leader. meanwhile we're expecting to hear something or some kind of signal from kate forbes. there has been quite a lot of talk that they've perhaps done a backroom deal. you know, john swinney as first minister, kate forbes by his side and a and a high cabinet position, perhaps a return to

finance secretary. and together they would certainly present some kind of problem for anas sarwar. the scottish opposition parties. but they would have to, you know, get back to the drawing board and reconfigure how they would go about attacking the snp at the next election. nevertheless there's load will be no return to a bute house agreement, although john swinney, kate forbes or whoever will replace humza yousaf , will replace humza yousaf, they'll have to rely on those green votes in to order get things like budgets, legislation, etc. pushed through. so this morning it seems very much like we're about to turn the chapter here, but we still don't know whether this is going to be a contest or a coronation. a lot of people think that john swinney will just take this into the next scottish election in 2026. >> okay, tony, for now, thanks very much indeed. now, special birthday today. it is very special birthday for princess

charlotte , nine today. charlotte, nine today. >> yes, the prince and princess of wales were expected to release a new image of their daughter on social media to mark the occasion, just like they did for prince louis birthday last week. >> do you remember being nine? vague recollection? yeah, a vague recollection . vague recollection. >> varne. >> varne. >> yeah. anyway, sort of nice. >> yeah. anyway, sort of nice. >> it's a good age . a good age >> it's a good age. a good age for like, you're growing up. >> yes, well, as you do, but anyway, charlotte's big day comes, of course, as the family and navigating the health around princess catherine and of course, she is away from official duties for the time being. >> well, earlier we spoke to former royal correspondent for the sun newspaper, charles rae . the sun newspaper, charles rae. >> yes, the family will be celebrating this afternoon when she comes home from school with the with her brothers, great day for her nine years old. oh, god. oh, to be nine again. wouldn't it be fantastic? btec, and, i think, charlotte's going to have a, you know, a nice day as you quite rightly said. you know, this comes as, her mother is

fighting cancer, but this is going to be, you know, a great moment, you know, bring some smiles to the family again , i smiles to the family again, i have to say, i know it's like, really , really obvious, charles, really, really obvious, charles, but until we said it this morning , i but until we said it this morning, i sort of but until we said it this morning , i sort of hadn't morning, i sort of hadn't realised she was third in line to the throne . i mean, yeah, i to the throne. i mean, yeah, i mean, it's remarkable. it's remarkable . we've got all these remarkable. we've got all these royals who've worked their whole lives and are really stepping up to the plate, but actually they're way behind the waleses children when it comes to, you know, who who would, head to the palace if necessary ? palace if necessary? >> well, it's a few years ago that they changed the rules where, you know, the women could then actually take the proper place in the line of succession and, of course, charlotte was one of the first beneficiaries of that. and she, of course, is third in line to the throne. she's not only third in line to the throne, but she's quite a feisty little girl and she, at times does put her brothers, including george, who one day

will be king, in his in their place, you know, she tells them off when she needs to. she has been dubbed at nursery school when she was at nursery school as the warrior princess, you know, she's, all sweet and nice and everything else, but, she can she she can't tell them off if she wants to. >> you can see, i think the family genes coming through. i mean, i think she looks the picture of the late queen elizabeth. i think she's really got that look about her. and she does have that kind of no nonsense that you just alluded to there, where she'd tell her brothers off on the on the balcony , very like princess balcony, very like princess anne. she just gets on with things, doesn't she? she she likes, she likes to get on with things. and she's very natural in her role. >> she is. and i think she has got a few mannerisms of, princess. and you're quite right. she's. she's definitely no nonsense. i mean , who can no nonsense. i mean, who can forget when she's sort of been ticking off george, for apparently not paying attention that at various events and louis too, but. yeah. no, no, she's very natural. she's. she's a

lovely girl. and i'm looking forward to seeing the picture later on today that, that, the wales is released . wales is released. >> yeah, it will be nice. it's interesting. of course , that interesting. of course, that they are releasing as we saw with louis, they're releasing them on social media rather than providing them to the news agencies, which is what traditionally they've done . traditionally they've done. >> yeah. the thing is, stephen, that there was such a furore over that mother's day picture and i think it was a mountain out of a molehill, and i think it was disgraceful. >> the attacks that were made on catherine, william had taken the picture and, you know . okay. so picture and, you know. okay. so louise sleeve was altered. who cares? the actual essence of the point was that it was a lovely mother's day picture, and i don't blame them at all to you know, to release these pictures on social media. it'll just stop the idiots having to dissect, you know , is, is one thread out you know, is, is one thread out of place or whatever else , you of place or whatever else, you know, best of luck to them, i think. i really do think it was appalling the attacks on her,

well, happy birthday to princess charlotte . charlotte. >> yes, lots of people enjoying a special birthday today. and if you were one of them, we'd love to hear from you. gb news .com/ >> your say now coming up at 930 is britain's newsroom and andrew pearson bev turner here to tell us all about it. morning, morning morning. >> how are you. we're good. how are you. all right. we're okay. well, we're going to our universities because there's worrying signs that the terrible things we've seen in america with pro—palestinian protesters objecting to jewish students going to university , vie police going to university, vie police have been involved. >> is that the rhetoric involved 7 >> is that the rhetoric involved ? because it's one thing if people are protesting, i understand people wanting to protest. it's when it when it then becomes anti—semitic, they're blocking jewish students from going to university. >> so what's happening now in britain? a number of universities leeds, bristol, newcastle, manchester, sit ins are starting pro—palestinian demanding that universities end their links with israeli

universities , demanding that universities, demanding that they disengage with the arms trade. what have universities got to do with the arms trade? so is this all going to kick off here? that's the worry. >> this topic is very much front and centre actually. even at schools , i would say at the schools, i would say at the moment my 13 year old, just 13, came home the other day and she said, mum, we just explained the palestine thing to me and i thought, oh, how long have we got? this goes back a few decades. and then she said, but palestine are the side we have to be on, aren't they? on palestine are the side we have to be on, aren't they? oh yeah. and then i said, why do you think that? and she said, well, because people at school are wearing free palestine badges. that's the problem. so that's just a state, a high school. so it's interesting because there's so much i don't think a lot of these i would argue that perhaps some of the students maybe in this country as well, don't really understand the depth of history with this topic. >> i mean, you could argue it goes back thousands of years. >> of course. >> of course. >> i mean, that's the point. so i mean, i hope it does if they're just sit ins, that's okay, isn't it? to a point. but

if they try and block jewish young jewish men and women going to, that's appalling . to, that's appalling. anti—semitic. yeah, absolutely. and of course we will be looking for that photograph of your favourite princess or princess. is it coming today ? is it coming today? >> oh, do we know what time they're going to pop that out? well, we don't know. >> well, i mean, last time they kept us waiting with louis, didn't they? they did. and it was a lovely photograph of louis, wasn't it? yeah. >> and there's a rather interesting bbc story that's going on at the moment, which is that there are four newsreaders who are taking bbc to tribunal for sexist behaviour against them, particularly the older women. >> it's funny that you don't see older women on the bbc, but you can see older men, you see older women here. >> yeah, but one of them is 48. >> yeah, but one of them is 48. >> well, is that too old for you? >> no, that's that's not old. >> no, that's that's not old. >> that's positively young. >> that's positively young. >> well, i would agree with that. but i would say their point of view, you can't argue ageism at 48. >> maybe they just because i mean they had a big reshuffle. they basically said everyone's got to reapply for their jobs and they didn't get their jobs back. >> but it's quite a lot. i think the majority of those who didn't

get their jobs back were women who were over 40. >> yeah, the women aged 48 to 54. familiar faces from the bbc news channels, and they are complaining that they were unfairly dismissed. >> i don't know, i don't know what to. >> we'll have a look. look into the detail. >> the tribunal will resolve it. and of course, there's more rwanda, because the unions are trying to stop that. of course they are. >> we'll see. yeah yes. that's the civil servants. yeah, of course it is. >> yeah, yeah. defined saying that civil servants cannot follow the political will of their ministers. disgraceful and outrageous . yeah. outrageous. yeah. >> so way we're going. thank you both very much indeed , bev. both very much indeed, bev. >> thank you very much indeed. now, summer is just around the corner, isn't it? and we want to make it sizzle for you. >> we really do. with £20,000 in cash up for grabs in our latest great british giveaway. >> yes, it's our biggest cash prize to date and it could all be yours. so here's how you could be a winner. >> we've blown the budget by giving you the chance to win a totally terrific £20,000 in tax free cash to make your summer spectacular. you could use that

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most talked about tv sensations of the year. it's all about struggling comedian in london who is targeted by an obsessed female stalker. we're going to be to talking showbiz reporter ellie phillips all about that

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andifs stir. it's called baby reindeer and it's become the most talked about tv sensation of the year, apparently, where a struggling comedian is targeted by an obsessed stalker. >> yeah, you're not too much of a fan, are you? well, no. >> we watched the first couple of minutes and then i was told no, you switched off. this isn't for us. well, i turned it off. >> i binged the whole thing. i've never seen anything quite like it. so i'll pack it all with us now. is showbiz reporter ellie phillips. good to see you this morning, ellie. so for those who haven't seen baby reindeer, what's it all about? >> okay, so baby reindeer tells the true life story of a guy called richard gadd. he plays himself in the series. the netflix series, but he uses a different name. he calls himself donny done. but it's his story. it's from his experiences. and obviously within that , it also, obviously within that, it also, got artistic license. so most of it, as he says, most of it's true, but there are certain elements where they've been embellished, which is usual for an entertainment programme, it

follows his journey as someone who has been sexually abused and then becomes stalked by someone else. so there's. as well as him , richard gailey plays himself. there are two other main characters in it mark to his stalker, who's played by an incredible actress called jennifer gunning, and his rapist is a guy called darian. in the in the show, who's played by an actor called tom goodman. hi. now it's gone down incredibly well for netflix because they didn't put much marketing behind this. and actually it came out on april 11th and already in less than a month, it's had over 22 million views. and that's purely because of word of mouth, because we've never seen anything like this. like you said, it's very different from anything we've seen. it's, a very kind of introspective version of what's happened to him. he doesn't come out looking, you know, like a complete victim , if i'm honest, complete victim, if i'm honest, he is. but it's not what we typically would kind of associate with. he plays himself and shows himself as someone who

made mistakes along the way. in terms of how he reacted to situations. and now what's happenedis situations. and now what's happened is , sadly, people happened is, sadly, people internet sleuths have got on this hunt to try and find out who the real life people are , who the real life people are, whether that's his stalker or his rapist. and, fortunately, a west end theatre director called sean foley has revealed that police have been investigating defamatory abuse, accusing him of being richard gadd's rapist. now, richard himself, richard gadd, the writer and the guy who stars in this, has made it clear that he changed names, specific details for the story in order to protect the identities of those involved. but it hasn't taken long for people to actually find the real martha. so his stalker and what's happened now of all this, the weeks of this rolling on and kind of the sleuths doing their work is that she's come out and done an anonymous interview with mail online saying, essentially, she's being bullied online for

fame and fortune, and that she potentially plans to sue netflix and richard gadd for defamation . and richard gadd for defamation. >> oh, so it could all get very, very messy. >> it could do. >> it could do. >> absolutely. but i've got to say, i don't think that netflix would have gone ahead with something like this without being very sure. we know they have very good lawyers. they'll have very good lawyers. they'll have looked into this and what's come out in kind of terms of the interviews that richard gadd and others have done is that, according to him, the majority of what we see on screen is true . the only bit we don't that isn't true is that she didn't go to jail, she wasn't put behind bars for this because he says he decided it wasn't right for someone with this mental illness to be put behind bars. but there are police reports and stuff to verify what happened to him. >> okay. ellie phillips, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> up next, britain's newsroom we'll see you tomorrow . we'll see you tomorrow. >> that warm feeling inside from

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protests starting at our universities leeds, manchester, bristol , sit universities leeds, manchester, bristol, sit ins now universities leeds, manchester, bristol , sit ins now objecting bristol, sit ins now objecting to the university's links with universities in israel, are they going to do like they do in america? >> try and stop jewish students from going to study. that's outrageous. >> also, civil servants trying to block the rwanda plans. how angry are you about that? >> because who governs britain, the civil service or the government? >> don't go anywhere. >> don't go anywhere. >> gb news is britain's election channel, and from tonight the people decide, as the country has the polls in a rush of elections, we'll take you through the night as the first results come in, and we'll pick up at breakfast with the very best guests and analysis. >> and on the weekend the results won't stop and neither will we. >> we'll explore what it all means for you as we look ahead to the general election. >> continuing coverage live from tonight at midnight on