something she's denied. sir keir starmer says he's confident she hasn't broken any rules. i'm satisfied with the answers that she has given repeatedly. >> now on this, she will cooperate with the investigation . as you would expect, washington deploys additional military assets to the middle east over the threat of an

iranian strike that could come in the next 48 hours. >> the state of california could make it legal for workers to ignore messages from their bosses after hours. so should we follow suit? >> an 89 year old care home resident makes her teenage dreams come true by getting her first tattoo. so we're asking , first tattoo. so we're asking, can you be too old to get inked? >> good morning. it's all eyes on the grand national this afternoon on the track. organisers insist there's still a small risk of fatalities to horses off it. security has been ramped up to fend off protesters. will be live from aintree throughout the morning. >> marked contrasts in our weather across the uk today. warm and bright for some, blustery and showery for others. i'll have the full details in the forecast coming up shortly. morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . gb news.

breakfast on. gb news. >> i come bearing good news. >> i come bearing good news. >> oh, well, good. we need some of that in this world for the ladies out there watching, tell me and some gentlemen as well. >> well, it could be good news for gentlemen, actually . oh, for gentlemen, actually. oh, there you go. what is it? high heels. yeah are good for you. why? this is in the sun this morning. it gives you a good workout. and this is to according scientists, who says people who wear high heels, to improve their looks . but improve their looks. but actually, it does more. it makes your ankles and calves tougher. it makes your leg muscles more powerful and more efficient, and it makes it easier. powerful and more efficient, and it makes it easier . so if you it makes it easier. so if you wear high heels for 1500 steps for 99 days, then you've got the benefits of the last walking aboutin benefits of the last walking about in normal shoes for ages. and apparently it says, men could benefit from wearing them

too. you could. but i always thought, have you ever worn high heels? no, i wear high heels for just for the fun. i i do like a boot, though. i like a cowboy boot. or do you a boot with a big. yeah. i mean, i have got a pair of cowboy boots. >> and do they have a little heel on? >> they do have a cowboy boots. have got quite a big heel on do they. but the problem is where can you wear them? i bought them when bootleg jeans were a thing . when bootleg jeans were a thing. >> oh right. yeah. >> oh right. yeah. >> but obviously we're just now that they've gone of that they've gone out of fashion. so need to take you fashion. so we need to take you to a country music to like, a country music festival or something. yeah. festival or something. oh, yeah. i'd love that. >> come taylor with me >> come to taylor swift with me in summer. you can them in the summer. you can wear them then. all right then, then. oh yeah. all right then, because in the market a because i'm in the market for a pair boots for that pair of cowboy boots for that exact reason. oh, right. and but this is great because i'm this story is great because i'm always in heels. >> always heels. >> you are always in heels. >> you are always in heels. >> and have a long day in >> and when i have a long day in heels, really hurts. if heels, it really hurts. if you've worn heels, i'm you've ever not worn heels, i'm telling now, they're telling you now, they're very painful, so that makes sense, because doing workout.

because i'm doing a workout. >> damaged your feet. >> well, em- feet. >> well, if you wear them >> well, yes. if you wear them too small, you can get bunions and things. >> but i thought just >> yeah, but i thought it just i thought i thought, don't think thought i thought, i don't think the very good, it? thought i thought, i don't think the yeah, very good, it? thought i thought, i don't think the yeah, but very good, it? thought i thought, i don't think the yeah, but itary good, it? thought i thought, i don't think the yeah, but it is good, it? thought i thought, i don't think the yeah, but it is definitely t? thought i thought, i don't think the yeah, but it is definitely a >> yeah, but it is definitely a workout i wore the last time i had very long day in heels. had a very long day in heels. was year, and i wore was ascot last year, and i wore them whole it's them for the whole day. it's kind until p.m, them for the whole day. it's kind until pm, and them for the whole day. it's kind in until pm, and them for the whole day. it's kind in so until pm, and them for the whole day. it's kind in so muchitil pm, and them for the whole day. it's kind in so much pain pm, and them for the whole day. it's kind in so much pain for], and them for the whole day. it's kind in so much pain for daysi afterwards. >> yeah, see, i don't see how that can be. >> tottering around, >> you're tottering around, aren't this. but is the >> but this. but this is the writing in the of writing in the journal of applied physiology, and professor suki suki saying, habitually wearing high heeled footwear habitually wearing high heeled footmuscles, and leg muscles, tendons and improves . improves walking economy. >> well, i think that's a so there you go. >> so i think that makes sense. it's not bad. you do. you're doing yourself a favour. and so they recommend men wear them too. i'm not getting pair too. but i'm not getting a pair of stilettos because you've got your which we're your cowboy boots, which we're going use out of. your cowboy boots, which we're goiidon't use out of. your cowboy boots, which we're goiidon't panic. use out of. your cowboy boots, which we're goiidon't panic. also,a out of. your cowboy boots, which we're goiidon't panic. also, you've f. >> don't panic. also, you've really the side down. really let the side down. i wanted to tell you this morning oh yes. because oh have i why, yes. because you've had a big birthday this yeah you've had a big birthday this year. sorry tell everyone, year. sorry to tell everyone, but a big birthday this but he's had a big birthday this yeah but he's had a big birthday this year. and where your party

year. and where was your party and why wasn't i invited? >> well, i just had a little family do. well, exactly. >> you've let side so >> you've let the side down. so posh. beckham, beckham , posh. beckham, victoria beckham, she's five. oh, she's turning the big five. oh, right. she's saying right. yeah. and she's saying one enough. need one party isn't enough. you need two. big and only two. oh big ones. and you only had little soiree. had a little soiree. >> she can afford it though, can she? presumably. sure. you have two big for two parties. i'm two big for two big parties. i'm not a party person i don't like. no. >> you said yesterday you said too i'm old for parties i don't like. >> well, i've never liked parties. when i a young parties. even when i was a young man, liked parties . so man, i never liked parties. so it's just. man, i never liked parties. so it'sjust. i like to have man, i never liked parties. so it's just. i like to have spent birthdays. i like to just spend with the family. >> you prefer a small meal ? an >> you prefer a small meal? an intimate meal? >> yeah. 20 of us. >> and he had a harpist. >> and he had a harpist. >> very posh. it's a harpist who played at our wedding, which was actually romantic. actually very romantic. >> yeah, yeah. >> i thought. yeah, yeah. so yeah , i feel like you've let the yeah, i feel like you've let the side down. oh, i do apologise. i've big party i've had a big party right. >> if you'd to >> well, if you'd like to organise for maybe for organise one for me, maybe for the next big birthday, maybe that'll retirement party. that'll be my retirement party. oh, yeah. there you go. and then you can have your big you can have your two big parties right .

parties done right. >> sorted. i'm glad discussed that. >> i'm glad let the >> i'm glad i didn't let the side we want to hear from side down. we want to hear from you morning you, you this morning whether you, you this morning whether you, you those you know, want to get those heels or thing in the heels on or first thing in the morning whether you want morning or whether you want to plan party anything plan a huge party or anything else talk about this else you want to talk about this morning. there's way else you want to talk about this m> you're going to be across it. >> i'm just logging in now. oh, people talking about tattoos already. malcolm likes our colour selection. anton deck .

colour selection. anton deck. >> you can do your own name. >> you can do your own name. >> you can do your own name. >> come on, it says i have too much self respect to get a tattoo . so whether, if you can tattoo. so whether, if you can be too old to get a tattoo . and be too old to get a tattoo. and lots coming through about angela rayner as well, which is interesting because that's our main story this morning. >> certainly angela >> certainly is. yes. angela rayner she'll down if rayner says she'll step down if it's that it's determined that she committed a criminal offence over her tax affairs. it's all over her tax affairs. it's all over the sale of her council house in stockport a decade ago , house in stockport a decade ago, questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and if it was, at the time, her main home. >> well, in a statement, she said the questions relate said the questions raised relate to time before she was an mp to a time before she was an mp and she has taken expert tax and legal advice. well, sir keir starmer says labour welcomes the investigation. we welcome this investigation. we welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter . relation to this matter. >> i am fully confident that

angela rayner has not broken the rules. she will cooperate with the investigation , as you would the investigation, as you would expect, and it's really a matter for the police . for the police. >> joining us now is political author owen bennett. good to see you this morning. owen. and this is just something that is not going away for the labour party . going away for the labour party. >> exactly. and the thing is, it could have gone away, right? if angela rayner was so confident she'd wrong had she'd done nothing wrong and had this, watertight legal this, this watertight legal advice, have published advice, she'd have published this on day one, then it would have gone away, would have been a non—story. i mean, i know she was you i'll show was saying, you know, i'll show you me mine to you yours if you show me mine to members government in members of the government in terms of their legal advice. but why that? why not say, why not do that? why not say, here's mine now on, here's mine now, now come on, i've you out the i've called you guys out the fact that she hasn't done this has allowed this to rumble and rumble and rumble. and when something you something rumbles on, what you generally get is you get people who aren't even into who aren't even that into politics. hearing about politics. start hearing about it. what get is the kind it. and what you get is the kind of tone set , it. and what you get is the kind of tone set, an image is of a tone is set, an image is set, then it sort set, and then it sort of becomes, regardless almost becomes, regardless of almost whether you did anything wrong

or becomes this or not, there becomes this nofion or not, there becomes this notion you at least try to notion that you at least try to do something or you were do something wrong, or you were deceptive you weren't deceptive or you weren't anything completely anything other than completely honest. i think that's a honest. and i think that's a problem for someone like angela raynen problem for someone like angela rayner, been used by the rayner, who has been used by the labour party because her labour party because of her background as a kind of authentic voice of the working class , attack, particularly class to, attack, particularly bofis class to, attack, particularly boris johnson over partygate and matters of that ilk. so i think this is a huge problem for her, not just the substance of what's happened, but also the way it's been handled by the labour party i >> -- >> well, yes, m >> well, yes, i think a lot of people would agree with you on that. however, the fact she's come out and said, you know, if i'm, if i'm if it's found that i've done anything wrong . well, i've done anything wrong. well, in a, in a criminal sense, we have clarify, i will go which have to clarify, i will go which would imply at least that she's got a lot of confidence that she really hasn't done anything wrong . wrong. >> yes. and you just heard the clip there from keir starmer. he was pretty robust, wasn't he? saying he's very confident. she's nothing wrong.

she's done nothing wrong. i don't think people would be coming saying that if coming out and saying that if they absolutely sure, they weren't absolutely sure, there's two issues at there's sort of two issues at play, there? there's the play, isn't there? there's the capital gains tax issue and then there's the was she registered to vote at the wrong address? i think the second of those issues, i think due to the time that's passed, not that's passed, i'm not sure there'll action that there'll be any action in that regard. capital gains tax, regard. the capital gains tax, it might be that they say that, you chefs will pay the you know, chefs will pay the money and she'll write the check and look, happy money and she'll write the check an do look, happy money and she'll write the check an do this look, happy money and she'll write the check an do this because

minutes and talking about angela rayner as his best friend. do you think that delay suggests that perhaps this isn't going down quite so well in labour hq, and they are about this ? and they are worried about this? >> i'm sure labour hq are furious. you've rachel furious. you've got rachel reeves, shadow chancellor, reeves, the shadow chancellor, who's the centre of, who's made the centre point of, labour's economic plans going into the election about clamping down on people who, you know, on tax loopholes. that's where she's trying to the money she's trying to find the money that tories have sort of that the tories have sort of taken changing the taken away from changing the rules labour taken away from changing the ruletrying labour taken away from changing the ruletrying to labour taken away from changing the ruletrying to fight labour taken away from changing the ruletrying to fight this labour are trying to fight this battle over how people should pay their taxes. and if you've got your deputy leader , who there's deputy leader, who there's questions around, then it makes it very, very difficult because every press conference is going to be okay. well, i've got this conversation deputy conversation with the deputy leader the leader about, making sure the right is paid, we know that right tax is paid, we know that keir and starmer and angela keir and keir starmer and angela rayner are not, are not bosom buddies. so maybe that's why keir starmer hasn't come out full throttle earlier on. but now he's come out and he's really nailed himself to this. you know , he nailed his colours you know, he nailed his colours to the on one that he

to the mast on this one that he believes done nothing believes she's done nothing wrong. very, very wrong. he's very, very confident. notice confident. although i did notice in interviews you confident. although i did notice in i'm interviews you confident. although i did notice in i'm confidentviews you confident. although i did notice in i'm confident in ws you said i'm confident in the answers. rayner has given answers. angela rayner has given me, give slight me, which does give me a slight little of room there. little bit of wiggle room there. just if she has just saying. look, if she has done told me, she's done what she's told me, she's done, there's no problem. if she hasn't, course is hasn't, then of course there is a problem . a problem. >> yeah, well, well, it's understandable himself understandable to give himself a little bit of wiggle room on that. it begs the question, though, this had been anyone though, if this had been anyone else the the shadow else in the cabinet, the shadow cabinet, would they have been persuaded to step down, you know, take a back seat or whatever ? i mean, the issue with whatever? i mean, the issue with angela rayner is they say they might not be bosom buddies, might not be bosom buddies, might not be bosom buddies, might not get along with her that a but she's that well, in a sense. but she's the one person he can't get rid of . of. >> yes. i of.— >> yes. i mean, of. >> yes. i mean, due of.— >> yes. i mean, due to of. >> yes. i mean, due to the rules around the labour party , she's around the labour party, she's voted in as deputy leader. she has own, sort of backing in has her own, sort of backing in that regard. you know, the relationship between, rayner and starmer is very reminiscent of blair and prescott. if tony blair and prescott. if tony blair was is seen as this lawyer , this figure who was perhaps

not of the labour movement , not of the labour movement, instinctively. and then you had john prescott there , who could john prescott there, who could be the voice of the north of the working class. and that's very much the role that angela rayner fits. it's and it's a fits. and it's and it's a formula know, formula that, you know, proved to got labour to work. you've got new labour into think that that into power. so i think that that keir starmer understands why he needs angela rayner there. because she communicate in because she can communicate in ways perhaps members ways which perhaps other members of cabinet and keir of the shadow cabinet and keir starmer so there starmer himself can't. so there is a thing about, you know, there's a slight sort of roy keane element to this, that you love like on your love a person like this on your team, now and then you team, but every now and then you accept they're going pick accept they're going to pick up accept they're going to pick up a yeah. well a yellow card or two. yeah. well perhaps , well perhaps keir perhaps, well perhaps keir starmer should have out starmer should have come out with a, angela will be angela line, which is what, tony blair always said about john prescott isn't it. well, john will be john, and, and accept it for that. so it's not going to wash with this, is it? >> no. well, it's not going anywhere, is it, owen bennett? good to you this morning. good to see you this morning. thank much indeed. thank you very much indeed. >> , angela rayner has said >> well, angela rayner has said i've repeatedly said i would

welcome the chance to sit down with appropriate authorities with the appropriate authorities , including the police and hmrc, to out the facts and draw a to set out the facts and draw a line under this matter. i am completely confident i've followed the rules at all times. i've always said that integrity and accountability are important in politics. that's why it's important that this is urgently looked at in dependently and without political interference . without political interference. >> s now washington is deploying extra military assets near israel amid reports that iran is preparing to launch a missile attack in the next 48 hours. >> well, it comes after two iranian generals were killed in an airstrike in syria, an attack that tehran has blamed on the israeli defence force . israeli defence force. >> well, iran's supreme leader issued a chilling warning that israel will be punished, as one of his advisers claimed that no israeli embassies are safe. >> let's talk to defence editor at the evening standard, robert fox. morning, robert. is this

inevitable now? >> i hate to use the word inevitable, but the temperature has gone up, quite considerably over the past ten, 12, 14 hours, particularly as the news cycle was closing down, in the evening in america, that it's interesting that just prior to that, biden's team had been suggesting that there were back channels. they were talking to tehran , and they'd asked them to tehran, and they'd asked them to delay, and there seemed to be, even the israeli commentary suggesting strategic patience, which means we're holding off for a bit. then suddenly it has changed. we've heard that these assets, by the way, unspecified, the americans are observing very tight operational secrecy. i suspect there's a further carrier group on the way moving up into the mediterranean. and by the way , cyprus will be by the way, cyprus will be involved because the thing they seem worried about now is, seem to be worried about now is, as said in the introduction, as you said in the introduction, as you said in the introduction, a missile strike. look, we haven't been having missile strikes , we've been having

strikes, we've been having rocket and there were lots of rockets from hezbollah, the proxy in south lebanon , into proxy in south lebanon, into northern israel. but then there was an ominous upgrade yesterday in that they're using these sophisticated drones that we've seen, deployed in ukraine by the russians, iranian. and they're getting better and better. there's a lot of improvement which has taken western, western observers by surprise, dropping bombs, small bombs and must be an unspoken fear that the air defence system very famous, one of the best, most effective in world arms, the iron dome could be overwhelmed, could be swamped. and that's why america has made it absolutely clear that they're right behind israel. the commander, central command , he's gone in and said command, he's gone in and said that he will direct operations if there are direct attacks. >> what do you think a strike could look like? i mean, we're being told that it's going to

happenin being told that it's going to happen in next 20, 24 to 48 happen in the next 20, 24 to 48 hours. would we know that? hours. how would we know that? why would we have such a specific time frame? and then what do you think those strikes would look like? are we talking about military targets? we're talking about civilian. >> talking israeli >> we're talking israeli intelligence, which has been very specific. the reason very specific. and the reason why sorry to go back up again, why sorry to go back up again, why they killed mohammed assad today, as well as the other commanders, particularly he commanders, but particularly he andifs commanders, but particularly he and it's quite clear from the briefings from israeli intelligence, from shin bet as well as mossad , that he is well as mossad, that he is thought to have been the man who said, yes, sorry , i'm holding up said, yes, sorry, i'm holding up my thumb to hamas. go ahead . my thumb to hamas. go ahead. with the massacre of october the 7th, the netanyahu coalition government is specifically blaming him. so this is it's going to be reciprocal . so the going to be reciprocal. so the supreme leader, ali khamenei , supreme leader, ali khamenei, the grand ayatollah, has the ayatollah has said it will be embassies that is now looking less likely. the really nightmare scenario is a strike

on an israeli city. then it will be war. well, yes. >> i mean, this is that's when the americans will come in to defend israel and at that point, is it just going to escalate? i mean, because this is the this is the huge concern. i have to say, when i heard this, i just thought they're going to go for a big a big civilian strike. and then all hell breaks loose. >> well, the day before yesterday, know , we were yesterday, as you know, we were the defence editors and correspondents were down at porton down looking at the direct energy weapons for o dragonfire. and we talked to grant shapps there and he was absolutely on the record and he was very clear. he said, i don't want to go on. he said, why? why iran? he said, all roads in this lead tehran . that's a quote lead to tehran. that's a quote from him. and the other thing that he was very cool about and very he is very very calm about, he is very worried calculation. worried about miss calculation. and that's your, that's your

problem, stephen, that you realise that there playing, we're jiggling around, as you say. you know , massive, rocket say. you know, massive, rocket attacks which they've been doing for a long time. so they've more or less had to empty out whole parts of northern israel. now we're getting explosive drones , we're getting explosive drones, those missiles, you see, even hamas doesn't use missiles. but if it's a big missile and it's probably wouldn't be launched from south lebanon, could be launched from as far away, as far away as iran itself, then we're in it. and that could be that could be the strange game of brinkmanship going wrong. what concern me is i think the military know what they're in for. and the military even in in iran, know how far they go. iran, know how far they can go. iran, know how far they can go. i don't think that the council of supreme guidance, i don't think that the as it were, mullah power fully appreciates how dangerous it is. >> okay, robert, good to see you

.thank >> okay, robert, good to see you . thank you. >> thank you very much. i could talk to robert all day. it's really very concerning. yeah, very interesting as well what biden had to say. joe biden in the us. dodi what was his message to iran? don't don't do it . i'm not message to iran? don't don't do it. i'm not sure if message to iran? don't don't do it . i'm not sure if that's going it. i'm not sure if that's going to be strong enough rhetoric to stop. >> it's very direct, though. >> it's very direct, though. >> you know what? politicians are normally a more fluffy are normally a bit more fluffy around the edges, aren't they? but well , we have to but on this, well, we have to hope pray that doesn't hope and pray that it doesn't happen. actually >> right. it'd be a much wider regional conflict, wouldn't it? yeah. right. yeah. all right. >> it's 6:20. let's have a look at of other stories at some of the other stories heading this heading into the newsroom this morning. heading into the newsroom this mo and|. has been ranked >> and gatwick has been ranked britain's airport for britain's worst airport for flight data from the flight delays. data from the civil authority shows civil aviation authority shows departures were nearly 27 minutes behind schedule on average in 2023. luton airport had the second poorest record, with an average delay of almost 23 minutes, and in third place was manchester airport. at almost 22 minutes. >> social media giant meta, under fire for lowering the

minimum age for whatsapp from 16 to 13. campaigners say the move is tone deaf and irresponsible. meta says the change brings the app's age limit in line with most countries , and giorgio most countries, and giorgio armani has paid tribute to fellow italian fashion designer and true artist roberto cavalli , and true artist roberto cavalli, who has died aged 83. >> cavalli reportedly died at his home in florence after a long illness . the fashion guru long illness. the fashion guru founded his company in 1975, quickly becoming known for his animal print designs. >> what is it about these fashion designers? oh, i mean, no offence . you know, if you're no offence. you know, if you're a fashion designer, they all have a certain look . have a certain look. >> oh, it's a great look. >> oh, it's a great look. >> have you seen emily in paris? yes and there's a fashion designer they get it. designer there. and they get it. they it absolutely right in they nail it absolutely right in how he looks. but they all look the that age. there's

the same at that age. there's something i quite like it. slightly unusual, slightly eccentric. >> their creator says they are eccentric. they are creative types and somewhat creative . a types and somewhat creative. a mile off, can't you? >> yeah, yeah, i suppose so. you she and great hair. >> very trendy. >> very trendy. >> and yes, i'm smart. >> and yes, i'm smart. >> i'm definitely not a creative as far as that goes. >> neither am i. >> neither am i. >> but anyway, there you go. >> but anyway, there you go. >> but anyway, there you go. >> but i admire creatives. >> but i admire creatives. >> do you? yeah. >> do you? yeah. >> yeah. wish i was a bit more >> yeah. i wish i was a bit more creative. yeah. oh. oh, well , creative. yeah. oh. oh, well, can't be everything. >> no. now, here's an interesting one for you. this will probably get you talking. the weather's getting warmer. of course, so and it won't course, so it will. and it won't be we're in festival season. >> are you going to get your cowboy boots out? >> oh, well , yeah. go to cowboy boots out? >> oh, well, yeah. go to a festival. beer, tents, music and as you would expect, huge queues for the toilet . for the toilet. >> always in the women's toilets as well. it's an age old problem for women who invariably find they spend more queuing for they spend more time queuing for they spend more time queuing for the they do at the the loo than they do at the event enter women event itself. enter two women from bristol who have invented what they say is a revolution in

female toilets. >> who better to send to check it than our south—west of it out than our south—west of england reporterjeff it out than our south—west of england reporter jeff moody? >> yes , it's all right for us >> yes, it's all right for us blokes . blokes. >> we can be in and out of the loos in a matter of seconds, but not so for women . not so for women. >> it's very frustrating having to queue, seeing men coming and going, and we have to wait to go in here, also, there's a thing about men can just do it and not have to sit on anything or hover in an uncomfortable position. introducing hazel and amber. >> after spending too much of their lives in lieu queues, they've invented a toilet that lets women spend a penny as quickly as you can. say, ladies urinal . urinal. >> and so we were really propelled forwards by women saying this must happen. so we made prototypes, we gained investment, we manufactured the product in the uk , and then we product in the uk, and then we started, we actually launched in

2022 at glastonbury. so that was like we went to the most influential event. so it would trickle down to all the other events trickling down. >> is the key to the success of the girls invention. but i'm not sure i'm the best one to explain all this. let's ask a festival goer who is their number one fan, but recently i went to glastonbury festival a couple of years ago and they had these these new pickle pickles, i think they're called. and they're more of a cabin. they're very comfortable to be able to squat down and they're just a much better setup. no paper, cardboard bits that can go horribly wrong and much less margin for error, it's really nice. it's in a big open space. so everyone's kind of chatting away about how brilliant this is , that we've got a new innovation to help us go to the toilet without getting dirty and queuing everything. yeah , queuing and everything. so yeah, it is a really, really nice experience. i wish they had them more often . i've ever more often. i've only ever seen them glastonbury festival . them at glastonbury festival. >> i really need to pee.

>> i really need to pee. >> it's called pickle equal rights for people that pee and the girls think with a change of mindset. this could make them flush . flush. >> it's almost, driven by ease of use because instead of going for a 30 minute toilet queue, you can use a pickle and you're in and out. it's almost driven by convenience, is the word i was going for. >> it's the i'd go for to >> it's the word i'd go for to this writes itself. this script writes itself. >> we did actually just win the best toilet of the year award and it felt good. dream come true. blunderbuss. >> yeah, it is very funny. my parents do say, i never thought you'd be going into this, full time advert, but. okay, but, you know, it isn't just a toilet. it is this movement is this whole movement movements, though, are an entirely different matter. >> the pickle is only set up for tinkles. the girls are now looking for investment abroad and hope their invention will keep them engaged for years to come . jeff moody talking toilets come. jeff moody talking toilets

for gb news pop it in the bin provided . provided. >> yeah, i'm not sure i'm sold on that one. >> well, we didn't really get to see one, only what was in that cartoony advert thing. >> i think we got the idea. >> i think we got the idea. >> you sort of get the idea. >> you sort of get the idea. >> squat, squat. >> squat, squat. >> well, look, it's quick and easy. >> oh , yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> i'm not sure i'd be sold on that one, but, the queuing is bad. i'll say that much. well, you know, i don't know what it is about women. i think we must spend too much time faffing in the loo. the men's queue is neven the loo. the men's queue is never, long. it's never, never that long. it's always the women. what do we get up to? i don't know, maybe we talk too long in the loo, but it does. it is a problem that needs solving. i'm sure that is solving. i'm not sure that is the answer. >> well, well, that's not >> well, no. well, that's not what i wouldn't know. no. >> gbnews.com tuc right now. >> gbnews.com tuc right now. >> aidan mcgivern has the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt

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england and wales, eastern scotland as well. showers continuing for much of the rest of scotland, as well as northern ireland, along with a gusty wind where we've lighter winds where we've got lighter winds elsewhere, going elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly night, certainly a cold night the last few night compared with the last few nights, with temperatures dipping in dipping below five celsius in places. start to places. but a bright start to the we've got the day on sunday, we've got plenty for england, plenty of sunshine for england, wales , southern and eastern wales, southern and eastern scotland. showers from word wales, southern and eastern sc(across showers from word wales, southern and eastern sc(across centrals from word wales, southern and eastern sc(across central and m word wales, southern and eastern sc(across central and western ord go across central and western scotland, as well as parts of northern ireland and those northern ireland and then those showers develop more widely across into across the rest of scotland into northern wales northern england. parts of wales stays bright, though, towards the south—east. here we'll have highs 15 celsius. feeling highs of 15 celsius. feeling cooler enough . cooler but pleasant enough. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news. >> now it's time for our biggest giveaway of the year so far. it's your chance to win £10,000 cash luxury travel items and a 2025 greek cruise worth £10,000. and if that confuses you, miss

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on the 26th of april. full terms and privacy notice at gbnews.com. forward slash win please check the closing time if listening on demand. please check the closing time if listenluck on demand. please check the closing time if listenluck i on demand. good luck! >> loads of you talking about these loos. >> how are they? >> how are they? >> jane says squat toilets are used worldwide. many countries used worldwide. many countries use them. they're also used in india. helen louise says says squatting a hole in the ground is nothing new. croatia and italy have been doing this for a millennia, well, yes , yes, millennia, well, yes, yes, christopher townsend says have you got any happy and uplifting news this morning? >> well, we've been talking about big birthdays and big birthday parties. quite a few of you have been in touch with that. victoria beckham that. so victoria beckham is saying she's about turn the saying she's about to turn the big doesn't she look big five. oh, doesn't she look great, she's saying one party isn't two. so isn't enough. she needs two. so i said, stephen set the team down because you've just had a big birthday. down because you've just had a big iiirthday. down because you've just had a big i didn'ty. down because you've just had a big i didn't have any. >> i didn't have any. >> i didn't have any. >> there was no big birthday party to had. sorry. party to be had. no, sorry. you did fancy dinner. did have a nice, fancy dinner. >> yeah, was >> dinner party? yeah, that was nice . anyway, look. to nice. anyway, look. still to come? national come? it's grand national day today. >> a cheery.

>> a cheery. >> yeah,

right at 632. time for the sport with aiden. good morning. of course. one big story today. >> is there ? >> is there? >> is there? >> giddy up, giddy up. yeah, exactly. well, look, i mean, there are issues on and off the track here. i mean, i remember a time when not so long ago, actually, when the the focus actually, when the all the focus around race would be about around the race would be about the riders, the the runners, the riders, the odds, all the horses the runners, the riders, the oddswere all the horses the runners, the riders, the oddswere going|ll the horses the runners, the riders, the oddswere going to the horses the runners, the riders, the oddswere going to break rses the runners, the riders, the oddswere going to break records that were going to break records and outsiders, etc. who and all the outsiders, etc. who might cause, a shock or and all the outsiders, etc. who might land cause, a shock or and all the outsiders, etc. who might land windfall shock or and all the outsiders, etc. who might land windfall forock or maybe land a windfall for somebody account somebody in their bank account on but on national day. but increasingly years increasingly in recent years it's horse safety. it's been about horse safety. it's been about protesters off the track as well . merseyside the track as well. merseyside police have promised a ring of steel around the racecourse , and steel around the racecourse, and animal rising said last week that the animal welfare charity , that the animal welfare charity, they said that they wouldn't be disrupting year's race as disrupting this year's race as

they because they they did last year because they felt, and i think they made a reasonable point here actually, they they've they felt they've already started conversation started a conversation around horse. safety. so this is horse. horse safety. so this is the 176th edition of the race. we're underway at 4:00 this afternoon, £516,000 for the winning winning rider as well. >> right. so there are these concerns. yes. so what have they done about it? >> quite a few different changes actually. stephen. so they have introduced a standing start. so that will reduce the reduce the run up to the first fence which has also been brought back as well. so it means the horse will not have as much time to build up speed in order to take the first they'll reduce up speed in order to take the first of they'll reduce up speed in order to take the first of the hey'll reduce up speed in order to take the first of the heights reduce up speed in order to take the first of the heights of reduce up speed in order to take the first of the heights of the jce up speed in order to take the first of the heights of the of�* some of the heights of the of the fences as well. they've reduced the number of horses from down to sorry. down from 40 down to 32. sorry. down to 30 for the start. time has also been brought forward early by about an hour and a quarter, just because that ensures better likelihood of a softer ground or better ground, which is safer for the horses as well. so there have been changes, changes made .

have been changes, changes made. i've doubted a moment i've never doubted for a moment that in horse that those involved in horse racing other racing have had anything other than horses in than the welfare of horses in the uppermost in their mind, but there are still concerns on and off the track. >> yeah, lots of people talking about the masters as well. >> they are indeed. well, it's been interesting day yesterday. i to talk about tiger woods i want to talk about tiger woods because consecutive because for the 24th consecutive year hit way cut. year, he hit the half way cut. >> that a record? >> is that a record? >> is that a record? >> is that a record? >> i think it is a record. >> yeah, i think it is a record. yeah. it was previously held by fred couples i believe. and somebody else on 23. so that's absolutely outstanding from him. he time he hasn't. the last time he didn't cut the at didn't make the cut at the at augusta for the masters. he was an amateur. and it's a great quote yesterday because he was battling a sandstorm. been battling a sandstorm. it's been very the very inclement weather over the last of as well. it last couple of days as well. it was yesterday. this was day two yesterday. this is his this very his i think this is very relatable. this quote, said, relatable. this quote, he said, i'm i'm really hungry. i'm tired and i'm really hungry. i'm tired and i'm really hungry. i with some food and i could do with some food and some . we've all felt some caffeine. we've all felt like that at certain times, haven't we. >> yeah, but the >> every morning. yeah, but the top at the moment scottie top three at the moment scottie scheffler, dechambeau and scheffler, bryson dechambeau and max scheffler, bryson dechambeau and ma:but bryson dechambeau >> but bryson dechambeau is interesting live interesting because he's a live golfer and it was thought that

he bit undercooked he might be a bit undercooked because have not been because they don't have not been competing as often as some of the who still on the on the guys who are still on the on the guys who are still on the on the dp tour, tiger woods the guys who are still on the on the now. dp tour, tiger woods the guys who are still on the on the now. so tour, tiger woods the guys who are still on the on the now. so he's, tiger woods the guys who are still on the on the now. so he's doner woods the guys who are still on the on the now. so he's done doingis is 48 now. so he's done doing well to keep in contention. tommy fleetwood in terms of the british interest, is a little bit further back, as is danny willett, rory mcilroy not faring particularly well. he's four oven particularly well. he's four over. 77. and again it over. he shot 77. and again it looks like the psychological hurdle is still there. he hasn't won a major now in ten years. he hasn't been able to add to the four. he's won previously and it's he's going it's the 10th year he's going for grand slam. this for his the grand slam. and this is the only one he hasn't won. and just doesn't seem be and he just doesn't seem to be able that , that able to surmount that, that particular hurdle of yet. but able to surmount that, that partnever hurdle of yet. but able to surmount that, that part never know. of yet. but able to surmount that, that partnever know. he'sf yet. but able to surmount that, that partnever know. he's still. but you never know. he's still young. have time? young. yeah have we got time? i'm going look at, i'm going to. yes. look at, chelsea and their feet. because there's all this. i don't know what you call it now. fair play. >> financial fair play. oh this is all in with it. yeah, yeah. >> £75 million. chelsea paid out to football agents and intermediaries. yeah. >> as intermediaries. >> the known as intermediaries. some good friends of mine who are and, they've are football agents and, they've made they are football agents and, they've macwell, they're they are football agents and, they've macwell, they're officially they do? well, they're officially

referred intermediaries referred to as intermediaries now and that's i think that was a stipulation. but yeah , a fifa stipulation. but yeah, £75 million. i mean, look, the more you spend, the more you pay on i you know, on agents. i mean, you know, they sometimes, they are vilified sometimes, but they are vilified sometimes, but the ones who pay the clubs are the ones who pay the clubs are the ones who pay the money and it's absolutely for birds. if anyone thinks for the birds. if anyone thinks that old footballer that a 21 year old footballer can negotiations with can go into negotiations with multi—billionaires like todd boehly without some kind of professional representation, it's simply won't happen. it's up the clubs, what they pay . up to the clubs, what they pay. it's the agent to it's up to the agent to negotiate can get out negotiate what they can get out of i think there are of the deal. i think there are bigger problems in football in relation to where spend our relation to where we spend our money. mean, look at the fees relation to where we spend our m> it certainly is. yeah. >> all right aiden , thank you >> all right aiden, thank you very much indeed. and i'll tell you these female toilets

you what these female toilets have you going. they really have got you going. they really have, heels. have, as have high heels. >> debbie. >> yes, just one from debbie. debbie >> big bird. i'm enjoying the names. yes. >> she says it's going to stink. no, thanks . it's a good point. no, thanks. it's a good point. all i can say to you, debbie, is well, welcome to our world. that's what urinals are like. >> oh, is it? it stinks, doesn't it? yes. disgusting. oh >> oh, you have to know when you have to pay. >> no, no. you pay no victorian mainline stations. you have to pay mainline stations. you have to pay out these days. >> i just 20. >> oh, i just duck 20. >> oh, i just duck 20. >> the thing do, i do. >> the thing you do, i do. i never any cash . never have any cash. >> 20. >> 20. >> sorry, guys. and i duck unden >> sorry, guys. and i duck under. get with it . under. i get away with it. >> no, you've got. >> no, but you've got. >> no, but you've got. >> your cards now. >> you can use your cards now. >> you can use your cards i'iow. >> can you. >> oh can you. >> oh can you. >> you go. i've got no >> oh there you go. i've got no excuse now. excuse how. >> excuse now. >> yeah, but no. welcome to a man's >> yeah, but no. welcome to a ma i s >> yeah, but no. welcome to a ma i don't want to in a man's world. >> oh suit yourself. >> oh suit yourself. >> can't have it all ways. >> you can't have it all ways. oh, linda, quality or not, linda j i recommend the shibui. j says i recommend the shibui. >> car, >> i always keep it in my car, just case. you've got to just in case. when you've got to 90, just in case. when you've got to go, go. is shibui? >> oh, i've seen those advertised, you know, like those saturday . don't

saturday magazines. i don't know, on you know, i'll explain it on the you show in break. show me in the break. >> i'm show me in the break. >> going i'm show me in the break. >> going to i'm show me in the break. >> going to show i'm show me in the break. >> going to show you i'm show me in the break. >> going to show you right] show me in the break. >> going to show you right, not going to show you right, we're going to about gordon we're going to hear about gordon ramsay's kitchen ramsay's latest kitchen nightmare

i >> -- >> we've lam >> we've just been looking up the shibui because you've never heard of them . never heard of heard of them. never heard of one? never seen one at google. if know a bit more, if you want to know a bit more, if you want to know a bit more, i i'll be using one i don't think i'll be using one any but anyway, funny any time soon. but anyway, funny , talking about that , we've been talking about that because morning , we've been talking about that beca|which morning , we've been talking about that beca|which is morning , we've been talking about that beca|which is a morning , we've been talking about that beca|which is a showmorning , we've been talking about that beca|which is a show afterng , we've been talking about that beca|which is a show after us live, which is a show after us at the inventor of the at 10 am, the inventor of the shibui is on the show. it's going to be on the show. >> who knew? and the best part is name. is her name. >> don't the mickey out of her. >> sorry. >> p- >> it's samantha. samantha fountain , the adventurer. you fountain, the adventurer. you can't make up, can you? >> fantastic. so you don't want to miss that . to miss that. >> honestly, talk about a weird coincidence, but there you go .

coincidence, but there you go. right? time for the newspapers. at 641, the telegraph says angela rayner will step down as a deputy leader of the labour party if found guilty over a house row. >> the times says that sir keir starmer is under renewed pressure after the police opened an investigation into labour's deputy leader. >> the guardian reveals the prime minister has been urged to launch an inquiry after the cruel prosecution of unpaid carers. >> the independent leads with the nhs chiefs saying that they must stamp out a surge in sex assaults on staff. >> and the independent has jeremy hunt saying the government's ready to cut taxes and bet on growth in the run up to an election . to an election. >> well, joining us now to go through the papers this morning is showbiz reporter stephanie takyi political takyi and political editor for huffpost schofield . huffpost uk, kevin schofield. good to see you both this morning. and kevin, we're still talking about the honey trap sex scandal, aren't we? on the front page of time, instead page of the time, but instead it's chinese spies. it's from chinese spies. >> yeah. >> yeah.

>> so honey trap stories are all the rage at the moment, and every paper, i think is trying to get their own angle on it, obviously, i'm. but this is about a curious story because, it's saying basically that, spies are being targeted by honey traps in china. but i would be surprised if they weren't. i mean, that's the whole. well, yeah. isn't it? i mean , that's surely it's a well mean, that's surely it's a well known fact. it says there's a little sidebar that says it's this tactic was formulated for the honey traps in the sixth century. so it's been gone for known for being gone on for quite a while, and it also says that none of the attempts that they referred to in the story were successful, because obviously the intelligence services train their spies to look out for attractive women coming up to them in bars and trying to own well, they wish . trying to own well, they wish. >> well, i mean, i think with all these things, we, we, we all have this outrage, don't we? when people try, honey traps or people do this, or we find a spy

or they're outraged and we or they're all outraged and we do it to other countries. yeah. well, exactly. >> mean , because they do >> i mean, because and they do it works. >> i mean, because and they do it that's works. >> i mean, because and they do it that's why orks. gone >> that's why it's been gone since century, you since the sixth century, you know, it usually know, because men and it usually is men are stupid when it comes to like that . you know, to things like that. you know, it's good to get your enemy. so, so, yeah, i mean, it's a it's a reasonably interesting story, but say, it's like bit but as i say, it's like a bit like, is catholic, like, pope is catholic, you know, that of know, it's not that much of a surprise , is it, that spies are surprise, is it, that spies are being by from being targeted by spies from other countries? >> , should we have a look >> yeah, should we have a look at the roberto cavalli ? i have at the roberto cavalli? i have to say, i'm not familiar with this gentleman, but i'm not a, you know. >> you know, his prints. yeah. >> you know, his prints. yeah. >> you know, his prints. yeah. >> you would, fashion has lost one of its greatest. because when you say roberto cavalli, there is just this image , a there is just this image, a plethora of images that come up of print design . so, of animal print design. so, like, he first founded his house in 1970, and since then, he's he's styled some amazing icons from brigitte bardot, sophia loren down to naomi campbell.

and, you know , when we think of and, you know, when we think of like, fashion, he is definitely one of the ones that was at the top of game . and i think top of his game. and i think what it is about roberto cavalli is that his designs stood the test of time, but as well he was a than life character , right? >> he certainly was. i'm just showing steven and kevin some of the designs here. it is. a lot of leopard print is how you describe it. >> and then you also have just a renaissance paintings and things he did because did come. he did because he did come. >> from a family of >> he came from a family of artists, so he much got artists, so he very much got that. >> you see, i'm looking at what looks like a very lightweight slip dress, it's. yeah, slip on dress, and it's. yeah, £2,000. yeah. slip on dress, and it's. yeah, £2,�*and yeah. slip on dress, and it's. yeah, £2,�*and yeéworth every pound. i >> and it's worth every pound. i think . really. >> and it's worth every pound. i think. really. yeah. think think. really. yeah. i think because designs do once, because his designs do once, once you invest in a roberto cavalli piece, i do think it lasts in your wardrobe for a very long time. so i can imagine a lot of the fash pack are going to be mourning his death today. he leaves behind six children and he welcomed one just last yeah and he welcomed one just last year. really? yes. yep yep yep.

oh, that makes going sad. >> that is sad. yeah. that's sad 83. >> yeah. think of the kids. yeah he won't have a noise. >> well there'll be minted. there'll be, there'll be none. >> that makes soften the blow a little bit i suppose. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> oh, dear, kevin, we'd better talk a bit of angela rayner, telegraph and the times this morning. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, what do you make of all of this. >> well, the obviously tried to stick their head in the sand and hopeit stick their head in the sand and hope it goes away , and it's not hope it goes away, and it's not going away. and now we have to stress , obviously, angela rayner stress, obviously, angela rayner insists that she's not done anything wrong, that she's got legal advice and tax advice was that everything that she done everything properly. has been reluctant properly. but has been reluctant to show that evidence or show that advice that that she received . now, as i say, the received. now, as i say, the line all along has insisted that she's done nothing wrong. and it's a smear. it's a tory smear. there's nothing to see here that they're targeting me because i'm a working class single mother,

as was, and, you know, she wasn't at the time , though, was she? >> no. well, married. >> no. well, married. >> yeah. well, yeah, that's. well, that's the whole. that's the kind of crux of the story, isn't it? but clearly, labour strategists have decided that tactic now tactic is not working. so now they've upped the ante by saying that she will quit if she's found guilty now, or if she's found guilty now, or if she's found to have done anything wrong was the same wrong now. and this was the same tactic you tactic employed, if you remember, keir starmer over remember, by keir starmer over the remember beergate when he was accused of breaking covid lockdown . yeah. so that was lockdown. yeah. so that was another one that the tories really ran very hard with because they thought that they might actually get him over that. turned out the police that. it turned out the police took action, he took no further action, so he obviously still leader. so you know, this is high stakes stuff for angela rayner. the one thing i think that has helped her to a certain extent is it's such a complicated story. yes it is. it's not really hard to cut through. >> and the other i'll ask you about cut through. >> do you think this is what people are talking about down the think so. for the >> i don't think so. for the very we, you know,

very reason that we, you know, we see all you've seen this story about rayner. oh story about angela rayner. oh what's you try what's that? and then you try and and people just, and explain it and people just, you talking you know, start talking about it's ward. you know, start talking about it's no, ward. you know, start talking about it's no, taxard. you know, start talking about it's no, tax law, the >> no, it's tax law, the stupidity it all. stupidity of it all. >> frankly , in sense if >> frankly, in the sense that if i was angela rayner, i would either just pay the money. yeah. because you're not telling me she can't find £1,500. >> £1,500. yeah. >> £1,500. yeah. >> so pay the money or you know, she's release release the, the tax advice she's been given and she says it's got personal information about her children. redacts that easily done. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> redact that and publish the rest. and then it's end of. yeah. and it's the that yeah. and it's the fact that that hasn't been done. that just hasn't been done. >> well that's the problem because think because because i think basically this emanated basically so this story emanated from of her written from a biography of her written by lord ashcroft, former tory party chair , treasurer, now, party chair, treasurer, now, this this came out recently, maybe the last month or two. and in that there is a lengthy statement from her reacting to the comments. now, they were obviously would have gone to a

long, long time ago when the book was being written. and that is locked her into is almost locked her into a position. you know, that as we've said, it's always been about i've done wrong. about i've done nothing wrong. it's above the book, all it's all above the book, all above and you have above board, and you just have to take on it. so to take my word on it. so there's no it's difficult for her to back on that without her to roll back on that without being accused of a of a u—turn. but you're right, would be but you're right, it would be much easy. and we're not much more easy. and we're not talking of here. talking millions of pounds here. it's £1,500. and think people it's £1,500. and i think people would fair play to would have said fair play to you. made little you. you know, you made a little mistake, rectified it mistake, but you've rectified it in terms of paying back the money. let's just move on. i don't think it would have been, but because failed to but it's because it, failed to answer question and just let answer the question and just let it continue. and it it may well be, in the grand scheme of things, a relatively minor mistake that she's made. if she has made a mistake. but the fact that it's been going on and on on makes people think, hang on a minute, maybe there's more to this meets the this than actually meets the eye. worse it eye. so it looks worse than it actually and i think the actually is. and i think the thing angela the thing with angela rayner, the reason a reason why it's turned into a bigger story is because she's

always been someone who's been very to criticise the very quick to criticise the conservatives, was very quick to criticise the consejohnson was very quick to criticise the consejohnson or was very quick to criticise the consejohnson or anything was boris johnson or anything they've done wrong. >> she's been quite a vocal person . so now i think the person. so now i think the tories have just seen this as a way in for them to also make sure that she's been made an example of whether she will actually quit, if is found actually quit, if she is found of anything wrong. i doubt it very much, but she says she will. >> it was bad news for labour if she does have to, obviously, because it's not a good look if you lose your deputy leader. but the her to be very the plan was for her to be very prominent general prominent in the general election alongside election campaign, alongside keir starmer rachel reeves. keir starmer and rachel reeves. so has to so obviously if she has to resign in disgrace, then, you know, a real blow to the know, it's a real blow to the election campaign. >> well, we shall see. >> well, we shall see. >> she, she says she's done nothing wrong. and i mean, just just to sort of go through the gist of what she says in her statement. she says she wants to sit down with the authorities and draw a line under and completely draw a line under under matter, and she's glad under the matter, and she's glad that it's being looked at independently without any political interference, which is, you know, fair enough. and

we will now, i mean, frankly, we've just got to wait and see now. how. >> now. >> yeah. that's all you can do. >> yeah. that's all you can do. >> we do. stephanie, let's talk about shall we? about gordon ramsay, shall we? and gang of squatters have and a gang of squatters have invaded one of his restaurants. >> a happy bunny right invaded one of his restaurants. >> becausea happy bunny right invaded one of his restaurants. >> because he appy bunny right invaded one of his restaurants. >> because he has bunny right invaded one of his restaurants. >> because he has ayunny right invaded one of his restaurants. >> because he has a £13y right invaded one of his restaurants. >> because he has a £13 million now because he has a £13 million pub. well, he did well. and the regent's park in central london, which has been taken over by six professional squatters earlier this week, gordon tried to phone the police. he did phone the police to try evict them, which has proven very difficult now because these squatters are actually legal actually threatening legal action it's now action and saying that it's now their property. and if anyone tries to trespass it, they will take legal action. so can't work. it's really bad actually, but they they do have some squatters rights and so it's quite annoying for gordon because he was actually in the midst of selling this property over which he can't do at the moment. so in central london right now, there's a group of squatters who've taken over

gordon's pub. >> so i don't understand squatters . squatters rights. >> well, i thought you had to be in a property for ten years before you could claim squatters, right? >> their is really. >> is right? >> is that right? >> is that right? >> that's what thought it was. >> that's what i thought it was. >> that's what i thought it was. >> would make sense, >> one that would make sense, wouldn't their that >> one of their legs that they're standing they're they're standing on is they're saying was not saying the property was not designed before the designed or adapted before the time entry into the time of their entry into the property as a place to live. so again, that goes over my head. >> but, so they clearly know what they're on about doing their research. >> well, professional >> well, the professional squatters and they've put a nofice squatters and they've put a notice know, if squatters and they've put a noti do know, if squatters and they've put a noti do try know, if squatters and they've put a noti do try and know, if squatters and they've put a noti do try and trespass, ow, if squatters and they've put a noti do try and trespass, youf you do try and trespass, you know, they threaten legal know, they will threaten legal action. but don't know with action. but i don't know with what they're to what money they're going to take legal action. what money they're going to take leg yeah. on. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i wonder become >> i wonder how you become a professional squatter. >> . bit of career choice. >> £30 million pub near regent's park . it's a nice spot to find. park. it's a nice spot to find. >> yeah, that's true, that's true. >> probably have their it >> probably have their eye on it for a while. >> probably have their eye on it for well, le. >> probably have their eye on it for well, they could well >> well, they could well have done ifs >> well, they could well have done it's that, done heck, it's worrying that, let's look at the let's have a look at the guardian. should we? what's this about ? the prosecution of carers about? the prosecution of carers 7

about? the prosecution of carers ? the prime minister is jumping on. >> yeah, so this is , a story >> yeah, so this is, a story that the guardian uncovered yesterday. >> i think it was , whereby >> i think it was, whereby people who are carers, inadvertently, cross an earnings threshold and then the dwp come after them to basically repay the carers allowance that they've received. now, in most of these cases, people , as of these cases, people, as i say, it's inadvertent that they mistakenly they might take on a part time job, for instance. yeah, and because they get carer's allowance, they end up being tax liable. well, no, they end up having a well being helped massive to helped with massive bills to repay allowance . so repay the whole allowance. so they've got one. they've got one case here of poor case study here of this poor woman who, was told that she owed them £11,292, 75, which she's been looking after. her daughter, who is on the autistic spectrum, has a range of medical problems anyway. so while she also had a part time job, this woman in tesco and despite her

best efforts, she would occasionally , go over the occasionally, go over the earnings threshold, which is £127 a week. if you earn more than that, then you don't get the carers. >> what i don't understand with that carers allowance that is carers, carers allowance wouldn't have been given to her. it given to her daughter. >> well, exactly. >> well, exactly. >> to then pay for the carer. >> to then pay for the carer. >> well quite. but they come after her because she's the one basically who's, who's ultimately receiving the money. >> that's a disgrace it >> oh that's a disgrace as it turns out here, that she had only it was £800 or in only i think it was £800 or in total she received. total she had received. >> gone over the threshold >> she'd gone over the threshold by £800 over the course of three, and a half years, £800. and she said, well, i'll repay the £800. and dwp said, no, we don't want that. we want their living grand carer's allowance. >> ridiculous . >> that's ridiculous. >> that's ridiculous. >> so this poor woman is, you know, understandably distraught . know, understandably distraught. and she's not the only one. >> so that is hard. >> so that is hard. >> it is heartless , like most of >> it is heartless, like most of these carers don't have enough financial anyway . they financial support anyway. they then the trust, you know, the people are supposed be people that are supposed to be you them you know, help support them

financially and absolutely take them further. >> and they've been told that they'll have a criminal record unless back. they unless they pay it back. they get she's had get taken to court. so she's had this has had to, this poor woman has had to, agree it at £60 agree to repay it at £60 a month, which means it should be 73 by the time it's repaid in 2035. and she says, i'm going to have to keep working. >> i'd let them. i'd go to court. i'd let them, because i can't jury . can't imagine any jury. >> actually, i wouldn't have thought so through. >> and no , you know, the >> and but no, you know, the follow story here that follow up story here is that they've former , home they've got former, home secretary or former tory work and pensions secretaries iain duncan smith, alan johnson, david blunkett, all on board, saying this is a disgrace. so hopefully enough political pressure and i know it might be different for different people, but in this case £800, you don't even whatever your even have even whatever your salary is, if you earn in additional work under £1,000 in additional work under £1,000 in a financial year, you don't even have to declare it . have to declare it. >> no, no, you'd have to pay tax on that. yeah. so why then would £800 on that affect over over three half years, three three and a half years, three

and years mean makes no and a half years i mean makes no sense and a half years i mean makes no sen no. so yeah it's an you >> no. so yeah it's an and you would think in the dwp the civil servants would be like hang on a minute. yeah. why are we pursuing woman this minute. yeah. why are we pursuirwhen. woman this minute. yeah. why are we pursuirwhen. yeah. n this minute. yeah. why are we pursuirwhen. yeah. you this minute. yeah. why are we pursuirwhen. yeah. you know, she money when. yeah. you know, she clearly isn't. >> know, a heartless is the >> you know, a heartless is the right heartless . right word is heartless. >> so that gets sorted out. >> so that gets sorted out. >> kevin and stephanie, thank you indeed. you in >> kevin and stephanie, thank you next indeed. you in >> kevin and stephanie, thank you next hour. indeed. you in >> kevin and stephanie, thank you next hour. and aed. you in >> kevin and stephanie, thank you next hour. and aidan you in the next hour. and aidan mcgivern has weather for mcgivern now has the weather for you. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office. there'll be some fine weather in the south and the east today, with even a few warm sunny spells elsewhere. it's going to be increasingly blustery and increasingly showery. some low cloud at first across western parts, and we've got this area of rain moving into northern and western england as well as wales. tend to wales. and that'll tend to fizzle as we go into the afternoon as it approaches the midlands . meanwhile, scotland

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>> good morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . breakfast on. gb news. >> oh noes , are you talking >> oh noes, are you talking about angela rayner? >> oh yes. >> oh yes. >> this morning. >> oh yes. >> this morning . and i'm quite >> this morning. and i'm quite enjoying this new forum that we have gbnews.com. >> you're safe, you're safe. >> you're safe, you're safe. >> thank you, because you can all talk to each other. so bertie pool has just said, lay off angela, but tony d has replied, just lock her up. job done. >> so we haven't done anything wrong. >> as far as we know, you're innocent until proven guilty, which is very important for all of us, but as i say, if the documentation clears it, why was it not released ages ago? yeah, just just get on with it. >> yeah, well, she says she's completely confident. >> she's followed all the rules. and said and the labour party have said they until we're they support her. so until we're told otherwise, they seem quite

determined on that fact. >> oh, just clarification, because a few of you are getting in touch about carer's allowance. we're just doing that story papers. now because story in the papers. now because i well, allowance i said, well, carer's allowance goes being cared goes to the person being cared for. apparently, no. two of you, oh. scattergood patricia and i all get in touch. the last few seconds. carer's allowance goes to the carer attendance allowance. that's what i was thinking of, because my grandma got attendance allowance. got that attendance allowance. goes person then goes to the person to then provide to pay for things provide for to pay for things like a carer, so there you go. so it's anyway the idea that people are getting carer's allowance, but then over earning allowance, but then over earning a few quid over the limit of what you're then legally allowed to earn, and they're trying to claw it all back, just doesn't seem right. >> no, it doesn't at all. >> no, it doesn't at all. >> we're talking about gordon ramsay's squatted in. ramsay's pub being squatted in. >> yes. >> yes. >> and they're claiming squatters all the squatters rights and all the rest of it. tom says if the squatters can take legal action, if anyone trespasses in what

they're now viewing as their property, then surely gordon ramsay has the same rights. >> yes. and somebody else has written i can't find right written which i can't find right now, saying, just send gordon in to sort them out. when he's quite feisty, isn't he? he is. if can sort it it if anyone can sort it out, it would be gordon . would be gordon. >> can you sort of think, how could for could he be done for trespassing? property could he be done for tre owns?|g? property could he be done for tre owns?|g don't property could he be done for tre owns?|g don't know. operty could he be done for tre owns?|g don't know. it'sty could he be done for tre owns?|g don't know. it's very he owns? i don't know. it's very difficult . i mean, you couldn't difficult. i mean, you couldn't do it. you're a landlord, you do it. if you're a landlord, you can't barge can't just barge in. >> just go in. >> you can't just go in. >> you can't just go in. >> have got right to >> so people have got a right to privacy. they're privacy. but if they're squatters, a right squatters, do they have a right to don't understand to privacy? i don't understand squatters, right? >> don't, i honestly >> no, i don't, i honestly thought you had to be in the building for ten years in order to claim squatters. >> right. us know if you >> right. but let us know if you if actually know anything if you actually know anything about be about that, that would be very helpful and we're helpful right now. and we're also victoria beckham is because victoria beckham is turning this yeah >> same as you. >> same age as you. >> same age as you. >> there go. you see. >> well there you go. you see. >> well there you go. you see. >> oh, and don't you look great as she, she's older as does she, she's she's older than david. yes. than david. oh, yes. david. yes. i who's david? david i was like, who's david? david beckham, yes. is beckham, right, yes. she is by two years. beckham, right, yes. she is by tonou rs. beckham, right, yes. she is by tonou see, he's a toyboy . >> you see, he's a toyboy. >> he is. she looks great. >> he is. but she looks great. and said that she's not

and she said that she's not having party. she's having and she said that she's not havibig party. she's having and she said that she's not havibig ones.|rty. she's having and she said that she's not havibig ones. so she's having and she said that she's not havibig ones. so ishe's having and she said that she's not havibig ones. so i said having and she said that she's not havibig ones. so i said stephen, two big ones. so i said stephen, he'd let the team down because he's the big oh, he's turned the big five. oh, and been no party in and there's been no big party in sight, has there? >> no, i'm a big party person. >> well, but hq little voice . >> well, but hq little voice. stokes has been in touch saying good morning to you both. i have a party arrange for this year for 80th, daughter for my 80th, and my daughter is 50. having western theme. >> oh , with country and western >> oh, with country and western group barbecue. group and a barbecue. >> really looking forward to >> i'm really looking forward to it. it's in june. my. >> oh, we see now that sounds good. it's good hoedown. yeah. good. it's a good hoedown. yeah. >> . oh that'll be >> hoedown. oh that'll be that'll be fun. actually. i'll come your party. how about come to your party. how about that? i don't really like being centre of attention . centre of attention. >> i know you actually don't. you with your you'd you think with your job you'd really but you are really enjoy that. but you are quite, retiring. is . quite, shy or retiring. he is. you wouldn't believe it. no. it's true, it is true. >> everyone's laughing in my ear now. is actually. now. but it is actually. >> actually true. >> it is actually true. >> it is actually true. >> tripp says this is >> and scott tripp says this is his first time using the platform. welcome. his first time using the pla welcome welcome. his first time using the pla welcome along.me. >> welcome along. >> welcome along. >> also, the first time i've logged in this morning, i wasn't brave before, so, scott

brave enough before, so, scott says i my short length says i love my short length cowboy boots, and i'm going to be buying a full length pair in the because you were the future because you were talking cowboy boots. talking about your cowboy boots. >> wear them >> but what do you wear them with? my oh, now this is >> but what do you wear them witissue my oh, now this is >> but what do you wear them witissue for my oh, now this is >> but what do you wear them witissue for you oh, now this is >> but what do you wear them witissue for you theniow this is >> but what do you wear them witissue for you then god,his is >> but what do you wear them witissue for you then god, some an issue for you then god, some of to be going. of you are going to be going. what on if what is he going on about? if you wear bootleg jeans you can't wear bootleg jeans because fashionable because they're not fashionable now, cowboy now, how do you wear your cowboy boots ? because you can't shove boots? because you can't shove them your but then do them in yourjeans. but then do you jeans? it's you put you put yourjeans? it's very you've got your very obvious. if you've got your trousers the boots. trousers inside the boots. >> no, you can't that. >> no, you can't do that. >> no, you can't do that. >> no, you can't do that. >> no, can't do that. so >> no, no, no, can't do that. so i-a_ >> no, no, no, can't do that. so i a line there so i don't i draw a line there so i don't know i'm meant to them. know how i'm meant to wear them. >> think to wait >> so i think you have to wait for flares to come back. and for the flares to come back. and then mean, as then if not shorts, i mean, as a girl, a dress like a girl, i'd wear a dress like a short dress. >> could get away with that. >> yeah, obviously, but i'm not wearing and boots. wearing shorts and cowboy boots. can laughable can you imagine how laughable that be? that would be? >> well, you could go along to scott tripp's western party. oh, no. no. h—k little boys. stoke's party in june. yeah, you've got the outfits, ken . oh, it's from the outfits, ken. oh, it's from ken. ken, yeah . well, you know, ken. ken, yeah. well, you know, there you go. anyway, if you want to get involved in this

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expert tax and legal advice. sir keir starmer says he supports her. >> we welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter. i am fully confident that angela rayner has not broken the rules . she will broken the rules. she will cooperate with the investigation as you would expect , cooperate with the investigation as you would expect, and it's really a matter for the police . really a matter for the police. >> all right. oh, sorry. >> all right. oh, sorry. >> go on. no. you go. oh, go on then. >> i'll talk to former labour adviser kevin maher was both desperate to chat to you, kevin, on this one. this is one of those typical political situations , isn't it, where it's situations, isn't it, where it's a small issue actually , in the a small issue actually, in the great scheme of things, this is small fry , but it's just the small fry, but it's just the fact there has been no clarity from anybody . from anybody. >> you're right, it is often these, these kind of slightly obscure issues which, which cause politicians big, big problems. it's you know, angela rayneris problems. it's you know, angela rayner is certainly not the first to realise that actually

the interrogation of, of aspects of your private affairs is actually very, very difficult to deal with because, i mean, you know, for any politician, it cuts you to the quick when you're talking about issues related your personal related to your personal affairs, personal finances, affairs, your personal finances, your all all your family life and all the all the of it. so it's very the rest of it. so it's very difficult to deal now. now, difficult to deal with now. now, this has trundling as this has been trundling along as a several weeks. a story for several weeks. there's a new, biography of angela rayner, which apparently is uncovered, this, this, this allegation that she wasn't allegation that, that she wasn't resident, in the property that she said she was resident in for electoral purposes. and that's what the police , greater what the police, greater manchester police have said yesterday that are going to yesterday that they are going to invite it now. i mean, it bears saying that angela rayner is strenuously denying that she's done anything she done anything wrong. and she said night, which said obviously last night, which is bombshell really, is quite a bombshell really, that quit, if she that that she'll quit, if she is, found guilty. no, no. i think what tends to happen in these situations is that your colleagues at this colleagues look at this situation and start to think, is there something in this? if

there something in this? if there is, i'm going to start to sort of delicately kind of inch away from you, and leave you kind of slightly on your own. that isn't happening, with angela keir starmer has angela rayner, keir starmer has been, i think, pretty straightforward in backing up his deputy all the way, as, as have other members of the shadow cabinet and other mps have spoken to labour mps as well, who who like angela rayner and think whether whether think that whether whether anybody else likes angela rayner or not, she's a pretty straight shooter, she's pretty shooter, and she's pretty effective, as an opposition politician. and, you know, for that reason, they think that a lot of this is, is a is a cooked up smear campaign against her. and it's politically motivated. that's the that's the kind of the , i think, within, the mood, i think, within, within the labour tribe, which is you know, i've looked is that, you know, i've looked i've looked this morning to try and figures for the number and find figures for the number of prosecuted for similar of people prosecuted for similar offences. it offences. now, i've only done it for ten minutes internet. for ten minutes on the internet. so, i stand to be so, so, you know, i stand to be corrected , but i find very corrected, but i can't find very much so. so whether much at all. so. so whether anything actually ever happens with never convicted anything actually ever happens wi'charges never convicted anything actually ever happens

wi'charges are never convicted anything actually ever happens wi'charges are evener convicted anything actually ever happens wi'charges are even ever1victed anything actually ever happens wi'charges are even ever brought or charges are even ever brought i think is a moot point. in i think is a moot point. but in politics it's all about it's all about perception. and the conservatives are fairly gleeful this morning that they they this morning that they can they can around that the can go around saying that the deputy leader of the labour party is under police investigation. i think that's what really. what this is about, really. >> mean, kevin, you've said >> i mean, kevin, as you've said , the party have come out , the labour party have come out in has sir in support, as has sir keir starmer . starmer. >> f— e you think this is >> but how do you think this is going behind closed doors. going down behind closed doors. because angela rayner is sir keir hand woman. keir starmer's right hand woman. she was meant to be front and centre in this general election campaign pain. they must be quite that a quite concerned that this is a story that isn't going away. >> it isn't. i mean, in a sense, i mean, it's high stakes stuff because of course, once the police announce they're going to investigate you, one of two things happens. either they bnng things happens. either they bring or they don't bring charges or they don't bnng bring charges or they don't bring charges. and if they bring charges , you know, it's bad news charges, you know, it's bad news for angela rayner. if they for angela rayner. but if they don't , and, you know, and don't, and, you know, and i would, i wouldn't i would never bet on these, on these situations. but it would strike me the of evidence me that the balance of evidence would things are

would suggest these things are fairly to prove, that fairly difficult to prove, that if charges are not brought, i think angela rayner can hold her head up high. and i think i think the conservatives will will her a big will will owe her a big apology because of money because a lot of public money will wasted will have been wasted for nothing. yes. will have been wasted for nothing. yes . except well, that >> well, yes. except well, that bnngsin >> well, yes. except well, that brings in my next point to a sense. there's she could have killed this straight away. i mean, does it does it raise questions about her in public life because she refused to kill this straight away ? she could this straight away? she could have released the tax advice. she got redacted . any personal she got redacted. any personal stuff about the kids or whatever that she's raised that could be in there, and this would have gone away. if she's nothing to hide, it would have gone away . hide, it would have gone away. and it hasn't. she hasn't done that. so, i mean, she's wasted the public money hasn't she. >> well, it's one it's one of these kind of chewing gum on the bottom of your shoe kind of issues really, that it's just very, very persistent . and of very, very persistent. and of course, this story has gained

kind a lot you know , kind of a lot of, you know, terminal velocity, like, terminal velocity, if you like, over of weeks, over the last couple of weeks, because easter and it's because it's easter and it's pretty in terms pretty quiet in terms of domestic stuff , but domestic political stuff, but but it's very difficult to prove a and in a sense, if a negative. and in a sense, if people have got allegations that angela rayner has done something wrong, you know, take them to the . that's, that's the authorities. that's, that's the authorities. that's, that's the that's the place where and ultimately now this what's ultimately now this is what's happening . you know, not in happening. you know, it's not in a to her to prove her a sense up to her to prove her innocence against against charges politically charges which may be politically motivated . and it's and as i motivated. and it's and as i say, it's very difficult when these issues are about you personally. it doesn't matter what what what party badge you've you know, i do you've got on you know, i do have some sympathy for anybody in these in politics in the in these situations, because ultimately politics , politics does not prosper when, when we fight in the gutter. and i'm afraid that's that's what's going on here. you the going on here. you know, the tenor conservative tenor of the conservative party's, to the police party's, response to the police and the announcement of the police investigation yesterday , police investigation yesterday, i think, fairly unwise, that i think, was fairly unwise, that they be fairly gleeful they seem to be fairly gleeful about this, which i, i think kind of shows what what the motivation here is. >> kevin maher, good to

>> okay. kevin maher, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> i mean, quite kevin's quite right. it normally isn't up to anyone prove a negative , but anyone to prove a negative, but i think if you're in public life and politically and especially in political life, perhaps you do just have to accept that is what you have to do . and this what you have to do. and this could have been resolved more quickly , anyway, angela lorraine quickly, anyway, angela lorraine has released a full statement. she said, i've repeatedly said i'd welcome the chance to sit down with the appropriate authorities, including the police and set out the police and hmrc, to set out the facts and draw a line under this. i'm completely confident i've followed the rules at all times. i've always said integrity and accountability are important in politics, and that's why it's important that this is urgently looked at in dependently and without political interference . this . political interference. this. >> now washington is deploying extra military assets near israel amid reports that iran is

preparing to launch a missile attack in the next 48 hours. >> well, this comes after two iranian generals were killed in an airstrike in syria, an attack that tehran has blamed on the israeli defence force. >> well , israeli defence force. >> well, iran's supreme leader issued a chilling warning that israel will be punished as one of his advisors claimed that no israeli embassies are safe. >> earlier, we spoke to the defence editor for the evening standard, robert fox . standard, robert fox. >> i hate to use the word inevitable, but the temperature has gone up , inevitable, but the temperature has gone up, quite considerably over the past ten, 12, 14 hours, particularly as the news cycle was closing down, in the evening in america , that it's in america, that it's interesting that just prior to that , interesting that just prior to that, biden's team had been suggesting that there were back channels. they were talking to tehran, and they'd asked them to delay . and there seemed to be, delay. and there seemed to be, even the israeli commentary suggesting strategic patience, which means we're holding off for a bit. then suddenly it has

changed. we've heard that these assets, by the way, unspecified . assets, by the way, unspecified. the americans are observing very tight operational secrecy . i tight operational secrecy. i suspect there's a further carrier group on the way moving up into the mediterranean. and by the way, cyprus will be involved because the thing they seem to be worried now is, seem to be worried about now is, as you said in the introduction, as you said in the introduction, a missile strike. look, we haven't been having missile strikes. we've been having rocket . and there were lots of rocket. and there were lots of rockets from hezbollah , the rockets from hezbollah, the proxy in south lebanon, into northern israel. but then there was an ominous upgrade yesterday , today, in that they're using these sophisticated drones that we've seen, deployed in ukraine by the russians, iranian. and they're getting better and better. there's a lot of improvement which has taken western, western observers by surprise, dropping bombs , small surprise, dropping bombs, small bombs, and must be an unspoken fear that the air defence system

very famous, one of the best, most effective in world arms, the iron dome could be overwhelmed, could be swamped . overwhelmed, could be swamped. and that's why america's made it absolutely clear that they're right behind israel. the commander, central command. he's gonein commander, central command. he's gone in and said that he will direct operations if there are direct operations if there are direct attacks. >> what do you think a strike could look like? i mean, we're being told that it's going to happenin being told that it's going to happen in the next 20, 24 to 48 hours. would we know that? hours. how would we know that? why would we have a why would we have such a specific frame and then specific time frame and then what do you think those strikes would are talking would look like? are we talking about military targets? we're talking about military targets? we're taliwe're talking israeli >> we're talking israeli intelligence, which has been very specific and the reason why sorry to go back up again, why they killed mohammed zahawi as well as the other commanders, but particularly he and it's quite clear from the briefings from , israeli intelligence from from, israeli intelligence from shin bet as well as mossad, that he is thought to have been the man who said, yes, sorry, i'm

holding up my thumb to hamas. man who said, yes, sorry, i'm holding up my thumb to hamas . go holding up my thumb to hamas. go ahead. with the massacre of october the 7th, the netanyahu coalition government is specifically blaming him. so this is it's going to be reciprocal. the supreme leader, ali khamenei, the grand ayatollah, has set the ayatollah has said it will be embassies thatis has said it will be embassies that is now looking less likely. the really nightmare scenario is a strike on an israeli city. thenit a strike on an israeli city. then it will be war. >> well, yes . >> well, yes. >> well, yes. >> i mean, this is that's when the americans will come in to defend israel. >> and at that point, is it just going to escalate? i mean, because this is the this is the huge concern. i have to say, when i heard this, i just when i heard this, ijust thought they're going to go for a a big civilian strike and a big a big civilian strike and then all hell breaks loose. >> the day before >> well, the day before yesterday , as you know, were yesterday, as you know, we were the defence editors and correspondents were down at porton down looking at the

direct energy weapons 0 dragonfire. and we talked to grant shapps there and he was absolutely on the record and he was very clear. he said, i don't want to go on. he said, why? why iran? he said, all roads in this lead to tehran. that's a quote from him. and the other thing that he was very cool about and very about, is very very calm about, he is very worried about miscalculation. and that's your, that's your problem, stephen, that you realise that they're playing with jiggling around, as you say, you know , massive, rocket say, you know, massive, rocket attacks , which they've been attacks, which they've been doing for a long time. so they've more or less had to empty out whole parts of northern we're northern israel. now we're getting drones, getting explosive drones, missiles. you see, even hamas doesn't use missiles. but if it's a big missile and it's probably wouldn't be launched from south lebanon, could be launched from afar, away as far away as iran itself. then we're in it . well, it's fascinating

in it. well, it's fascinating and hugely concerning. >> no, it's really concerning and interesting that joe biden said don't to iran. that was his message to iran . don't do it. is message to iran. don't do it. is that rhetoric going to be strong enough ? i mean, as you said, it enough? i mean, as you said, it was no nonsense rhetoric. >> yeah, yeah . >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> but is that going to be enough to stop what robert fox says is probably inevitable? says is probably the inevitable? >> whether the >> well, it's the whether the ayatollah, robert was saying ayatollah, as robert was saying there, whether the ayatollah realises just what this would lead to. i mean, heaven , said lead to. i mean, heaven, said bob, you'd think they they think they would. but i mean it would just be panda monium because the minute israel gets involved to start defending america starts getting involved to defend israel. yeah then america becomes a target and all i mean oh this could be you don't even want to think about it do you? >> a big conflict. >> a big conflict. >> yeah. so i'll tell you what. >> yeah. so i'll tell you what. >> keep your fingers crossed. and if you go to church tomorrow morning, in mind . yeah.

morning, bear it in mind. yeah. and, know, because it's and, you know, because it's things things like things like it's things like this which are properly worrying, actually. >> well , the united states has >> well, the united states has now restricted travel for its embassy personnel in israel, amid fears of an attack by iran. they feel as though it is imminent . yeah. out of abundance imminent. yeah. out of abundance of caution. that's what they've said in a statement, as we will, of course, keep you abreast of all of that and hopefully no more developments. >> no, hopefully not. >> no, hopefully not. >> but do let us know what you think about that. gbnews.com/your say . gbnews.com/your say. >> now, post office >> now, former post office managing director alan cooke has said he deeply regrets sending an email where he accused subpostmasters subbies as he called them of having their handsin called them of having their hands in the till. >> yes, the email in question was sent in 2009, where he described the horizon it system as stable and reliable. >> well, we now know that more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to the faulty software .

faulty software. >> well, joining us now is national officer of the communication workers union andy fury. good to see you this morning andy. i mean it is just awful to hear the rhetoric, the comments made by senior people in the post office. as we now know in hindsight, the truth of what was really happening with the horizon it system. it comes after we also heard this week about a senior person at the post office celebrating a pregnant woman who was sent to prison over shortfalls in her accounts. it's difficult to heahisnt accounts. it's difficult to hear, isn't it? >> well, i think this comes to the very hub of the cultural problems of the post office. so those two examples, you've got the former managing director of the former managing director of the post office, alan cooke, who who's claiming that postmasters have got their hands in the till and then you've got his, successor, dave smith, who is then, you know, saying that, you know, it's just outrageous, really. i mean, it's part of the

dna, the culture. it's toxic at the very top of the company, and then it flows all the way down to everybody else, including the investigation team. so, i mean, these two people are very, very culpable for their actions , and culpable for their actions, and they are to blame as much as, many of the other senior people, including paula vennells in this travesty of justice, does it add anything to it when someone like alan cooke says , i wasn't aware alan cooke says, i wasn't aware that the post office was bringing even capable of bringing even capable of bringing their own prosecutions, i wasn't aware of the complexity of what was going on, but he says that's my fault. i you know, he did acknowledge he should have looked into it further. now, look, it doesn't help anybody out. now but at least he's not trying to pass the buck . the buck. >> well, i knew alan very well when he was in post. and, you

know, i take that as a sincere position that he's, he's he's given in his evidence the fact remains, though, he was an exceptionally well paid senior leader of the post office, and he should have known better . he should have known better. it's inconceivable that the senior leader of the post office was ignorant to the fact that his team, his managers, were pursuing vigorously, private prosecutions against postmasters. i mean, it just just beggars belief, to be perfectly honest, because it's been known by everybody in the post office that the internal investigation team has those powers, i mean, alan cooke, who said the subbies with their hand in the till. he says now that is an expression that he would regret for the rest of his life. and apologised to the and he has apologised to the subpostmasters that he was talking about. do you think for those subpostmaster heirs and subpostmistresses, an apology is enough ? enough? >> no. absolutely not. i mean,

look , there's definitely been a look, there's definitely been a conspiracy, where people were trying to cover up the truth. they allowed people to go to be taken to court, prosecuted on on some occasions, imprisoned when they knew there was bugs , they they knew there was bugs, they knew there was flaws and they knew there was flaws and they knew there was remote access from from the fujitsu, head office. so no apologies are fine, but they don't go far enough , they need to sort out enough, they need to sort out all these compensation schemes, but you see, here's the point. once alan cooke realised that they could do internal prosecutions and that that was happening to the scale, it was he should have brought a stop to it and called for an internal investigation. didn't . it and called for an internal investigation. didn't. he was investigation. he didn't. he was investigation. he didn't. he was in post for another year. and those prosecutions continued , those prosecutions continued, andy, we've got to leave it there. but it's really good to talk to you. thanks very much indeed.thank talk to you. thanks very much indeed. thank i'll tell indeed. thank you. and i'll tell you mean . i think i think you what i mean. i think i think apologies matter. >> they matter , but >> no, they do matter, but they're not enough. >> people made >> but other people have made this point . they're apologising

this point. they're apologising at an investigation . they at an investigation. they haven't apologised. and we've known there's been a problem now for a long time , they haven't for a long time, they haven't apologised until they've sort of had . yeah, if that had to apologise. yeah, if that makes any sense. >> that pregnant lady that >> and that pregnant lady that we spoke about earlier, i mean, she has said she doesn't accept any apology. she can't forgive. no, she says she's just looking ahead to that compensation deal which she hasn't yet got. but for her, an apology just doesn't doesn't do half as much as it, as it needs to do for her. >> the post office, fujitsu and in the interim, the government needs to put their hand in their pockets and get this, get these people paid. so substantially. yeah. >> absolutely shocking. it's a scandal , >> absolutely shocking. it's a scandal, isn't >> absolutely shocking. it's a scandal , isn't it? scandal, isn't it? >> it really is. let us know what you think. gbnews.com slash your say you've got the hang of that now i do now. >> yeah. excellent >> yeah. excellent >> right. let's what >> all right. let's see what the weather's with aidan weather's going to do with aidan mcgivern. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers. sponsors of

weather on gb news is . weather on gb news is. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office. there'll be some fine weather in the south and the east today, with even a warm, sunny with even a few warm, sunny spells elsewhere. it's going to be increasingly blustery and increasingly showery. some low cloud at first across western parts and we've got this area of rain moving into northern and western england, as well as wales. that will to wales. and that will tend to fizzle go the fizzle as we go into the afternoon as approaches the afternoon as it approaches the midlands. meanwhile, scotland and northern ireland will be very unsettled with gusty wind. areas followed by areas of rain followed by showers and sunny spells. some of will be lively of these showers will be lively but ahead of all that, east anglia and the south—east keep the sunny spells and of 19 the sunny spells and highs of 19 or 20 celsius into the evening, and the showers and longer spells of rain tend to push eastwards. and actually it turns mostly dry once again across england and wales. eastern scotland as well. showers continuing for much the rest continuing for much of the rest of scotland, as well as northern ireland, along with a gusty wind

where we've got lighter winds elsewhere, it's going be elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly night, certainly cold chilly night, certainly a cold night the few night compared with the last few nights temperatures dipping nights with temperatures dipping below five celsius in places but nights with temperatures dipping b 7- >> oh well ? >> oh well why not? >> oh well why not? >> it's on gbnews.com/your say , >> it's on gbnews.com/your say, nick f says morning stephen and ellie anneliese a member and isa member. very good to, says morning stephen and ellie just to say you're a perfect way to start the day. oh, love the way

you chat. and don't take yourselves too seriously, but then yourself very seriously . he then yourself very seriously. he does take himself. no, just not at all. but then switches straight to uber professional mode for discussing serious subjects. >> by the way, there we go. did you get around to making those mini egg cookies, ellie? oh yes she did. and i have to say, they were very, very, very nice. >> and also a quick one because we're talking. >> oh, you didn't finish that story, very story, did you? you moved very swiftly did. story, did you? you moved very swi yeah. did. story, did you? you moved very swi yeah. come. story, did you? you moved very swi yeah. come on, tell the story i >> -- >> she brought me two in at one to take home to my much better half , i to take home to my much better half, i ate to take home to my much better half , i ate both of them to take home to my much better half, i ate both of them in the studio , and he doesn't know studio, and he doesn't know about it within minutes. >> well, he does now. yeah >> well, he does now. yeah >> might still be asleep. >> might still be asleep. >> anyway, it was a testament to how yummy you thought they were. so you on now. so i'll let you get on now. >> really, going to talk >> really, we're going to talk about tattooed. about getting tattooed. is it too get tattooed too old to get tattooed when you're in your. >> don't know when you're in >> i don't know when you're in a care home. >> i don't know when you're in a car> what age? i don't know, a lady got her first lady of 89 has got her first tattoo, we're debating tattoo, so we're debating that in but basil figura has

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now, workers in california could become the first in the united states to get a legal right to ignore their boss. after office hours . hours. >> yes. employees would be able to ignore all calls, texts, and emails from their employers. and we're asking this morning, should britain do the same? >> sounds heavenly. doesn't star. >> ryan—mark parsons joins us now , along with broadcaster and now, along with broadcaster and relationship coach fahima mahomed . good to see you both mahomed. good to see you both this morning. good to see you, bnan. this morning. good to see you, brian . mark, what's going on? brian. mark, what's going on? should i mean this sounds lovely and sensible and gives us all the chance for a good work life balance. >> no , no i disagree. i think >> no, no i disagree. i think it's a thing to work all it's a great thing to work all the i was just malta, the time. i was just in malta, i was getting was on holiday, was getting i was on holiday, i was getting i was on holiday, i was my 24th was celebrating my 24th birthday. birthday. thank birthday. happy birthday. thank you i was having you very much. and i was having the best time, but i was getting calls from work. i was getting calls to go on shows, and i loved it. think people loved it. and i think people should working outside should embrace working outside of working hours. >> you're young . >> yes, but you're young. >> yes, but you're young. >> well, so what? i mean, you need to step it up, then . if

need to step it up, then. if you're if you're slightly older and think this comes with a and i think this comes with a host of issues, first of all, small businesses are already struggling with a lot of restrictions. imagine enforced these regulations. it just adds to stifling their growth and their competitiveness. i think we need to be supporting people in allowing them to work the hours they want to work. instead of placing all these rules on of placing all of these rules on them. a total overreach . them. it's a total overreach. >> we need to be stepping up, stepping up . stepping up. >> yeah. now, i understand what you're saying. in certain industries, call for it. industries, do call for it. however, studying neuroscience and psychology and just with my second degree and coaching clients and working in the city, when was in my early and when i was in my early 20s, and now coaching burn now coaching clients who burn out so it is really out very easily. so it is really important for the brain to be able to maintain homeostasis so that we can have that optimal level. and you might not feel it now, but trust me, when you get older or even in a very young age, you will burn out if you continue in that way because

it's not healthy for your it's really not healthy for your mind, body and even physically. >> so what you're saying we >> so what you're saying is we need you've got to be need to point. you've got to be able off. absolutely. able to switch off. absolutely. >> fact, brain actually >> in fact, the brain actually works when switch works better when you do switch off that time and off and you allow that time and even with sleep and all these business people and gurus will have this great have all of this great advice. but the i know when i but in the end, i know when i coach clients who are in coach these clients who are in high and whatever coach these clients who are in hi may and whatever coach these clients who are in hi may be, and whatever coach these clients who are in hi may be, and and whatever coach these clients who are in hi may be, and the and whatever coach these clients who are in hi may be, and the actual atever it may be, and the actual consequences is dire, think how good you could be if you'd actually enjoyed that holiday. >> i'm not experiencing any of that. i think if you enjoy work, ultimately, if you enjoy work and you enjoy what you do, i'm assuming enjoy you assuming you guys enjoy what you do. calls from do. you'd love to get calls from the bosses and gb news and we have need have to switch off. i still need a nap. >> right? >> right? >> exactly. >> exactly. >> it's great. and look, >> i think it's great. and look, it comes with a host of issues. number one, how are you going to enforce this bill is enforce it? this bill is currently being proposed in california. to california. $100 is a threat to businesses. negligible businesses. that's so negligible , they don't even care if they're going to get fined a hundred that they hundred people so that they don't have to rely on just, you know, particular people with only amount

only having a small amount of pool take that on. pool to actually take that on. >> but the thing is, ability what about they go at home? they they go on holiday, they can switch does, switch off. it really does, you know, impact your relationships. it health. it impacts your health. it impacts . look at the impacts. look at the practicalities and the logistics of enforcing this, because long if you've got a thousand employees and they're working around world, are you around the world, how are you going these personal going to enforce these personal hours operating from hours when you're operating from different time zones? it's just life. >> too difficult. >> it's too difficult. >> it's too difficult. >> just like when you >> but that's just like when you switch off most people, most people companies, switch off most people, most pylotle companies, switch off most people, most pilot of companies, switch off most people, most pilot of organisations panies, switch off most people, most pilot of organisations d0|ies, switch off most people, most pilot of organisations do have a lot of organisations do have lots offices lots of international offices and they're working from different time zones. >> we're talking about >> so if we're talking about large would >> so if we're talking about lar operating would >> so if we're talking about laroperating california/ould >> so if we're talking about lar operating california for d be operating in california for of course, that's applicable to those it's not those companies, but it's not saying , is it you can't email, saying, is it you can't email, call or text. >> it's just saying as an employee, you've got the right to ignore it. >> you have the right to ignore it. but there is a caveat where if there's an emergency, the company actually get in company can actually get in touch with the employee, and if they violate that rule three times, they get fined $100 at least. i mean, what's that to a

massive organisation? it's so negligible. i think if you're actually going to enforce this, you need to have larger fines. but i think great thing. but i think it's a great thing. just embrace outside of just embrace working outside of your personal time. >> not like said. give >> not like i said. give yourself a years. you'll be yourself a few years. you'll be coming from coming to coaching from me because burnt out. coming to coaching from me becchoose burnt out. coming to coaching from me becchoose a burnt out. coming to coaching from me becchoose a job burnt out. coming to coaching from me becchoose a job that nt out. coming to coaching from me becchoose a job that nt 0|love. >> choose a job that you love. that's what say. that's what i say. >> what do you think about out of would you of office messages? would you put you go to put them on when you go to malta, example? malta, for example? >> didn't put anything >> no, i didn't put anything on. i said, well, actually as normal. yeah, absolutely. i think anything think if i were to put anything on, i think say i'm in on, i think i'd say i'm in malta. call me any time malta. please call me any time i'm probably by the pool. i'm in the sunshine. give me call . the sunshine. give me a call. here's my number. here's my email. dial me up. here's my number. here's my em i l. dial me up. here's my number. here's my em i think dial me up. here's my number. here's my em i think you're dial me up. here's my number. here's my em i think you're bonkers.e up. really? >> you have family you've >> you have family and you've got an actual life outside of work. then it would actually be. >> i do have an actual life. i just enjoy what i do. that's what i'm saying. maybe finally what? i find a job that you enjoy. >> i actually got a job >> i actually have got a job that enjoy. that i enjoy. >> you don't to be enjoying it. >> absolutely do. but i maybe embrace outside, maintain, embrace it outside, i maintain, i exercise, i meditate, i exercise, i travel. >> seem p seem sad in your >> you seem very sad in your job. very happy job.

job. i'm very happy in my job. >> believe not sad. >> believe me, i am not sad. >> believe me, i am not sad. >> look, love working and >> look, i love working and i love working and i love working and healthy and i'm and i'm very healthy and i'm twice your age. >> well, there go. >> oh, well, there you go. >> oh, well, there you go. >> there go. right. >> well, there you go. right. lovely >> shall leave it there. >> we shall leave it there. >> we shall leave it there. >> say, you're all entitled >> as i say, you're all entitled to your views. i think you might change yours right, mark? >> maybe. maybe when as old >> maybe. maybe when i'm as old as guys . as you guys. >> oh. >> oh. but >> oh. but to >> oh. but to be >> oh. but to be fair >> oh. but to be fair , >> oh. but to be fair , you've >> oh. but to be fair, you've got a world to go for. >> well, i do, i do have a long time. >> yeah, i'm the oldest. >> yeah, i'm the oldest. >> i'm the oldest one. give >> i'm the oldest one. and give it years. it another six years. >> like, me >> you'd be like, leave me alone. yeah. right on saturday. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> welcome. >> oh, welcome. >> oh, welcome. >> you have an opinion on >> you will have an opinion on that one. tell me the address. >> gbnews.com your say. >> gbnews.com your say. >> there you go. >> there you go. well, >> there you go. well, it's >> there you go. well, it's nice to be young and enthusiastic. well, yes. >> and the passion is good. >> and the passion is good. >> for that. very >> thank you for that. very good. right. >> f- right. >> grand national >> it's the grand national today. all the tips today. aidan's got all the tips plus the other sports plus all the other sports for you. minute.

still just calming down from that last debate . that last debate. >> very lively. >> very lively. >> jane mardell says wait until he gets older. that's ryan—mark parsons. no experience of life at 24. >> i enjoy the enthusiasm, though , yes. a clash of though, yes. a clash of generations, says stephen warden. that was there. well, you know, it's good to be young and enthusiastic. i can't knock that. >> no, and just one on tattoos, because this made me laugh . because this made me laugh. david says. my wife, on hearing about the 89 year old getting a tattoo for first time. she tattoo for the first time. she says regret it when she's says she'll regret it when she's older . but says she'll regret it when she's older. but you says she'll regret it when she's older . but you enjoy that. older. but you enjoy that. >> very good, very good, very good. >> aiden's got the sport. good morning. good morning. >> i'm the most tattooed footballer in the game. about 15 years ago. well, i thought it was. anyway, a guy called darren curry. i went to his house and my the world days. we my news of the world days. we did all photos and everything. and are did all photos and everything. and the are did all photos and everything. and the most are did all photos and everything. and the most tattooed are did all photos and everything. and the most tattooed footballer did all photos and everything. anthee most tattooed footballer did all photos and everything. anthe country?ittooed footballer did all photos and everything. anthe country? and ad footballer did all photos and everything. anthe country? and ad 1saidaller did all photos and everything. anthe country? and ad 1said to er in the country? and he said to me, do i know?

me, how the hell do i know? that's a good point, isn't it? >> but how would you know? >> but how would you know? >> left a permanent >> yeah, but he left a permanent mark the game, that's sure. >> oh for sure. >> oh for sure. >> get off there's one big >> get off now. there's one big story in town. >> absolutely. we've >> absolutely. yeah. we've got the grand national later the 176th grand national later today. aintree starting at 4:00. 16 fences, four and a half miles. huge controversy , though, miles. huge controversy, though, surrounding the build up to this race. like i've never seen before, i have to say. i mean, it was fairly , fairly recent it was fairly, fairly recent event that, you know, we'd look back on and or look ahead to back on and say or look ahead to and to ourselves, well, you and say to ourselves, well, you know, the winners? know, what about the winners? what about the tips? what about the riders? what about the horses? a few horses? who can win us a few quid? the narrative has quid? but the narrative has switched markedly switched quite markedly in recent towards animal recent years towards animal safety, animal rising said last week the animal welfare charity or a pressure group. rather, they said that they would not be disturbing year's race. disturbing this year's race. they started they feel they've started a conversation enough around this, this point. having said that, merseyside police have promised a ring steel the track a ring of steel around the track beyond that, we're talking about last night or yesterday we had ladies day. we saw two

fatalities. the rspca have called on the british horse racing association to launch an investigation into that. so there's just controversy wherever you and i just wherever you go. and i just wonder whether there's a future for this, this for for this, for this race for much, much longer . for this, for this race for much, much longer. how long much, for much longer. how long before sponsors please no, i agree, i agree i'm with you. agree, no, i agree i'm with you. but i just look at sponsors and think, how long before it becomes a toxic event which they can't, don't feel they get can't, don't feel they can get involved because involved in because certain organisations on involved in because certain organ not ons on involved in because certain organ not to; on involved in because certain organ not to not on involved in because certain organ not to not to on involved in because certain organ not to not to advertise. them not to not to advertise. that's what but that's what i fear. but nonetheless, is a nonetheless, there is still a race place . i'm going to race taking place. i'm going to say my tip now, actually. and oh, remember the rules for my tips as well, right? you if i get them right, i'll remind you of and we'll cut up and of them and we'll cut it up and we'll, play them tomorrow we'll, we'll play them tomorrow if in then we if they don't come in then we don't don't mention don't we don't mention them again. but going for again. okay. but i'm going for 50 gooley. that's 50 to 1. glenn gooley. that's the i found. the one i found. >> gooley gooley. >> glenn gooley when gooley. >> glenn gooley when gooley. >> this glenn . >> yeah, i'm riding this glenn. glenn gilhooley. >> glenn yeah, not >> glenn gooley. yeah, it's not one mates had it. one of my mates had it. >> thank you . >> right. thank you. >> right. thank you. >> it. right. >> love it. right. >> love it. right. >> gooley gooley >> len gooley glenn gooley confidence in which you corrected me. >> bully cor scrambler is >> cor xl bully cor scrambler is the favourite. he's this. this horse going be the

horse is going to be one of the ganguly. that could be one of the to win back to back. the few to win it back to back. following the footsteps of following in the footsteps of red rum. look it should be a red rum. so look it should be a fantastic race. still we're hoping, we're hoping. but as i say, just martin controversy these days. sadly, yeah. >> okay, aidan, we're out of time . oh, no. time. oh, no. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> ganguly you , watcher, >> ganguly to you, watcher, right. we've got the papers heading your way in just a moment. go anywhere

i >> -- >> it's time exam >> it's time for the papers now. >> it's time for the papers now. >> stephanie takyi and kevin schofield are here. good morning. both. all right. kevin liz truss was not happy with her downing street flat, according to the daily mail. thank heavens she didn't have to stay in it. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> yes. yeah, well, fortunately for tory party kicked for her, the tory party kicked her out before things too her out before things got too bad her. yeah. she was only

bad for her. yeah. she was only there for 44 days, but she's managed to get a book deal out of unsurprisingly and, so of it. unsurprisingly and, so that's been serialised in the daily mail. and among her complaints about the flat above number 11, where she very briefly lived, she says that the place was infested with fleas, which she suggests was down to bofis which she suggests was down to boris and carrie's dog, dylan, which isn't true. there was no conclusive evidence, but, you know, putting two and two together. there was a dog here not so long ago. so whole together. there was a dog here not schadg ago. so whole together. there was a dog here not sc had tongo. so whole together. there was a dog here not sc had to be so whole together. there was a dog here not sc had to be sprayed whole together. there was a dog here not sc had to be sprayed with; place had to be sprayed with flea killer , and she spent flea killer, and she spent several weeks itching. oh. yeah, maybe that's why. maybe she . maybe that's why. maybe she. >> that's why she looks. i've never known a prime minister look. so uncomfortable in a role. yeah, i know some of you may like it. it's. she's just never looked comfortable . never looked comfortable. >> it wasn't a great fit in many ways. but you're right. she did always seem a bit, kind of out of really? yeah but, no,

of place. really? yeah but, no, i mean, she just been the flea infestation. well, that might i mean, she just been the flea infestbeen. well, that might i mean, she just been the flea infestbeen her,.l, that might i mean, she just been the flea infestbeen her, but1at might i mean, she just been the flea infestbeen her, but she's.]ht i mean, she just been the flea infestbeen her, but she's. she have been her, but she's. she complains everything. complains about everything. the megaphones protesters . megaphones from protesters. whitehouse, have you that whitehouse, have you heard that all day and night, all hours of the day and night, the on guards chimed the clock on horse guards chimed every an hour . every quarter of an hour. >> it kept her awake at night, and said she to organise and she said she had to organise her own and makeup appointments. >> how can she respected imagine the country's having to organise your own hair and makeup appointments? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> does she sound out of touch with this, do you think? >> stephanie, i was just reading. she felt like she was being prisoner in this flat. >> i flat. »i >> i think from the get go, she was of her depth and i think was out of her depth and i think she realise all that she didn't realise all that comes with being the prime minister this country. and minister of this country. and it's those where it's one of those things where be you wish for. be careful what you wish for. and i think for her she just had this opener of what it is to this eye opener of what it is to be at number 10. yeah, but she's not going quietly, you know. no she hasn't. she still has the political career. so. and one thing like about liz is that thing i like about liz is that despite all the criticism, she still manages speak her truth still manages to speak her truth and she's still a public figure. so kudos to her in that sense.

>> as much as the tories would probably like her to go away and shut up, or certainly the prime minister would her to minister would like her to because she's in the because every time she's in the papers, party. papers, labour throw a party. they just oh yeah, they try to remind the public of liz truss this is what happens. it's good for them. definitely, we for them. definitely, can we have look the rspca's? have a look at the rspca's? stephanie, i like the rspca . stephanie, i like the rspca. yeah, i've always been a supporter. you know, i like to protect animals, but they say we can't kill snails. >> yeah. so they've just released a new video over the top. it really is . they've just top. it really is. they've just released a new video which has been branded because been branded woke because they're doing a rebrand, for this hear a aretha this video, you hear a aretha franklin's respect, but it's got images of such as someone killing a spider with a newspaper , someone stepping on a newspaper, someone stepping on a snail, which they are all saying is animal cruelty. a lot of critics are coming out and saying, actually, you know, the rspca are going away from what they're supposed to be doing, which is concentrating on the welfare domestic animals. but welfare of domestic animals. but the chris sherwood,

the executive, chris sherwood, he's saying actually, every animal deserves respect and deserves to have a fulfilling life, but it's so hard if you're trying to, you know, if you accidentally step on a stone, well, if you do it accidentally, you can't be, then don't feel bad . bad. >> if i do that and you hear it crunch or you terrible, you crunch or you feel terrible, you do for killing a spider do feel bad for killing a spider in your room. >> i am going to >> i'm sorry. i am going to whack i not want. whack it. i do not want. actually. might actually. people might come after me. sorry, just after me. sorry, but i just don't like in my room. don't like them in my room. >> have to say, i did >> yeah, i have to say, i did let out of the window. let one out of the window. >> did that's kirsty >> did you? that's why kirsty gallacher. no, was, i, i gallacher. yeah, no, i was, i, i don't them . don't like them. >> yeah, i try it if they're really big. yeah i maybe use a bit of toilet roll or something to pick them up. i'd rather have it on my hand and then i'll. i'll try to not kill them. >> i just get sometimes all over the place while i'm sleeping, so i'm like. anyway. i'm just like. anyway. >> apparently you eat like >> well, apparently you eat like seven a year or something. >> or is it seven in your lifetime? >> that sounds like seven a yeah >> e yeab e" e tbeyjust >> yeah, yeah, because they just crawl mouth. crawl into your mouth. >> trying to

>> yeah. i am trying to readdress relationship with readdress my relationship with animals, week saw readdress my relationship with anin documentary week saw readdress my relationship with anindocumentary . week saw readdress my relationship with anindocumentary . i week saw readdress my relationship with anindocumentary . i couldk saw readdress my relationship with anindocumentary . i could neverv this documentary. i could never go vegan. and then you see some horrific scenes of how people treat animals. so i do think you do. you're re—addressing it respecting them. yeah. >> okay. well there's a thought you can get in touch on that one if you would like to gbnews.com/yoursay, kevin. >> very >> stephanie, thank you very much indeed. aidan mcgivern now has weather. has your weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office. there'll be some fine weather in the south and the east today, with even a few warm sunny spells elsewhere. it's going to be increasingly blustery and increasingly showery. some low cloud at first across western parts , and we've got this area parts, and we've got this area of rain moving into northern and western england as well as wales. and that'll tend to fizzle go into the fizzle as we go into the afternoon it approaches the afternoon as it approaches the

midlands. scotland midlands. meanwhile, scotland and northern ireland will be very unsettled, with wind very unsettled, with gusty wind areas of rain followed by showers and sunny spells. some of showers will be lively, of these showers will be lively, but that, but ahead of all that, east anglia the southeast keep anglia and the southeast keep the sunny spells and highs of 19 or 20 celsius into the evening, and the showers and longer spells of rain tend to push eastwards. and actually it turns mostly dry once again across england and wales, eastern scotland as well. showers continuing for much of the rest of scotland, as well as northern ireland, along with a gusty wind where we've got lighter winds elsewhere, going to be a elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly night, certainly a cold elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly comparedtainly a cold elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly compared with! a cold elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly compared with the :old elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly compared with the last few night compared with the last few nights, with temperatures dipping below five celsius in places. start to places. but a bright start to the day on sunday, we've got plenty of sunshine for england, wales , southern and eastern wales, southern and eastern scotland. showers the scotland. showers from the word go across central and western scotland, as well as parts of northern ireland. and then those showers develop more widely across rest scotland into across the rest of scotland into northern england. of wales northern england. parts of wales stays towards the stays bright, though towards the southeast. here we'll have highs

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the defence, something she denies. sir keir starmer says he's confident she hasn't broken any rules . any rules. >> i'm satisfied with the answers that she has given repeatedly now on this, she will cooperate with the investigation. as you would expect , washington deploys expect, washington deploys additional military assets to the middle east over the threat of an iranian strike that could come in the next 48 hours.

>> the state of california could make it legal for workers to ignore messages from their boss after hours. we're asking today if britain should follow suit . if britain should follow suit. >> an 89 year old care home resident makes her teenage dreams come true by getting her first tattoo. but we're asking this morning, can you be too old to get inked ? to get inked? >> and it's one of the big sporting calendar days at aintree with the grand national. sophie reaper is there for us today. >> a historic race at a historic racecourse . the countdown to the racecourse. the countdown to the grand national is well and truly on. we'll be bringing you all the atmosphere here from aintree i >> -- >> what a wonderful hat. anyway, away from aintree, it's another huge weekend of sport. tottenham travel to newcastle in the 1230 premier league showdown and in golf it's been called the tiger feet. tiger woods sets a record by making the halfway cut for the 24th consecutive year at the

augusta masters , marked augusta masters, marked contrasts in our weather across the uk today. >> warm and bright for some blustery and showery for others. i'll have the full details in the forecast coming up shortly. >> good morning to you . >> good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. >> what are people saying, miss costello? because my computer has just crashed. >> oh, well, that's not good, is it? no. debbie. big bird really enjoying these names. says if you get a tattoo at 20, you've still got it as 70, so it doesn't make any difference. surely when you get it. well isn't your skin thinner when you're older? i would worry about how painful it would be and also what it would look like on older skin. >> well, it doesn't matter as long as it's all about the joy. no, it's all about the joy of

having it. and if you've got too many people, get tattoos and they're a for a whim, and they're out of a for a whim, and then of course, you've got to live with it. you've got to get if you're going to get a tattoo, you've got to be something you want. wants at 89, want. this lady wants it at 89, so why wow i took anne so why not? wow i took anne diamond of this parish. you did take anne diamond. >> i took anne diamond to get her first tattoo. you did. well i got my first tattoo at the same time we went together. did you? yeah. now i didn't know that. >> i thought you were tattooed for years. no. >> so it was about 7 or 8 years ago. >> that's so cute. so we went and had them done together. >> yeah. oh, so there you go. >> yeah. oh, so there you go. >> and i'd use both. thought about a long time before. about it for a long time before. yeah. about it for a long time before. yeawe fancied one and we >> we both fancied one and we got it done towcester . got it done in towcester. >> it always surprises me that both of you have got tattoos, i think. i don't know why people are always very surprised at my tattoos. >> i've got. yeah, it's got a few tattoos, very tattooed. >> it's all here. >> it's all here. >> oh well actually this arm actually. there's, there's

actually. oh there's, there's none on this harp at all. but thanks for anyway. >> get idea. thanks for anyway. >> i've get idea. thanks for anyway. >> i've got idea. thanks for anyway. >> i've got themiea. thanks for anyway. >> i've got them all over now. oh, yeah. i've got one here. >> would you say they're addictive? >> i can see how they would get addictive. i quite fancy some more, actually. >> is in case >> you see, this is in case you've got to make you're you've got to make sure you're getting know, you're getting the, you know, you're getting the, you know, you're getting something you want getting something that you want to i wonder what getting something that you want to lady i wonder what getting something that you want to lady the vonder what getting something that you want to lady the vonyyear'hat getting something that you want to lady the vonyyear old. that lady got. the 89 year old. >> got a snoopy >> oh, she got a snoopy a snoopy, snoopy. you know, the cartoon character. >> do know the snoopy character. >> that's she had. character. >> snoopy? she had. character. >> snoopy? sh i'm id. character. >> snoopy? sh i'm not sure >> snoopy? yeah. i'm not sure about that one. >> it. why not? 89? do >> she wants it. why not? 89? do what you like. anyway, we're debating that little later debating that a little bit later on because we've got someone on who you shouldn't who thinks you shouldn't kill and spiders thinks and just on the spiders thinks you really make me laugh on this forum. just talking about >> we're just talking about spiders. was, i was spiders. and i was, i was suggesting, think there's suggesting, i think there's seven your lifetime. suggesting, i think there's sever be your lifetime. suggesting, i think there's severbe in your lifetime. suggesting, i think there's severbe in your your lifetime. suggesting, i think there's sever be in your lifetime.time. suggesting, i think there's severbe in your lifetime. climb must be in your lifetime. climb into mouth you're into your mouth and you're sleeping brown's. be sleeping at charlie brown's. be in touch saying, i'd like to know the know who's sitting up in the dark watching seven spiders a year lifetime being eaten year or a lifetime being eaten by sleepers . but ellie knows by sleepers. but ellie knows about. >> yeah, i imagine someone just

sat there with a torch. >> that's a very good point. how do we know that could be total lies? >> yeah, and david says , thanks, >> yeah, and david says, thanks, ellie. i was eating my porridge when you mentioned eating the spiders. thanks for that. porridge is not very tasty now. yeah, especially if it's a crunchy porridge. sorry. >> anyway , there you go. if you >> anyway, there you go. if you want to get in touch. and actually, a lot of you getting in touch on serious stuff, but actually it's quite nice to have actually it's quite nice to have a bit lighter as well. a bit of lighter chat as well. oh, need it. we need the oh, we need it. we need the light shade, so you light and shade, anyway, so you go gbnews.com/your say and go to gbnews.com/your say and then here's all the details. >> are proud to be gb news >> we are proud to be gb news the people's channel. and as you know, always love to hear know, we always love to hear your now a new your views. now there's a new way getting in touch with us way of getting in touch with us at gbnews.com/your say by commenting, you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. you can even talk to me bev turner or any of the members of the gb news family. simply go to gbnews.com/your say . gbnews.com/your say. >> oh, and, livvy wilkes says,

you look like you're off to the races today. oh. do we? oh, we're not. >> well, i'd be in a much bigger hat. would i be in a hat to start with? actually, if i was off to the races. >> yeah. do. you've been to >> yeah. you do. you've been to the races before? i have. you had a that looked like had a bag that looked like a glitter disco glitter ball. i see a disco ball, a disco ball. >> ooh. times. and >> ooh, ooh. good times. and shoes that look like little cinderella anyway cinderella slippers. anyway sophie reaper looks fabulous this going to be this morning. i'm going to be heanng in this morning. i'm going to be hearing in a few hearing from her in a few minutes. she's got lovely big blue somebody's blue fascinator. somebody's been in looks fabulous. >> she does look fabulous. >> she does look fabulous. >> now lost because >> but i've now lost it because there's of you there's just so many of you getting in touch. >> get that dressed up for work. does making special does she's making a special effort it's effort today. i know, it's great. >> catherine white wow, wow >> oh catherine white wow, wow wow. wonderful this wow. sophie looks wonderful this morning. there you go, should we talk our story this morning? >> we better crack on with it, haven't about haven't we? it's all about angela deputy angela rayner, the labour deputy leader. has leader. she will say she has said she will step if it's said she will step down if it's determined that she's committed a criminal offence over her tax affairs. all over the sale of a council house in stockport, a decade ago. so questions being asked about whether she paid the

right amount of tax, all based on whether or not it was her main home. >> yes. well, in a statement, angela rayner said the questions raised relate to a time before she was an mp and she's taken expert tax and legal advice . sir expert tax and legal advice. sir keir starmer says labour welcomes the investigation . welcomes the investigation. well, let's get the thoughts now of former special adviser to michael gove . charlie rowley michael gove. charlie rowley good see you this morning good to see you this morning charlie. morning . and this charlie. good morning. and this is just not going away is it for the party . it's become the labour party. it's become somewhat of a headache. >> the rain around rumbles >> yes. the rain around rumbles on and on doesn't it. i've had lots of time to think about that. yes. all that chatter of the being inked by anne diamond gave me enough time to think of a probably few a few things. probably a few slightly things slightly more interesting things myself to say this morning. >> is this a storm in a teacup, or does does this have a serious point to it? do you it point to it? do you think it could? big implications. >> got huge >> i think it's got huge implications, actually. know implications, actually. i know it's, a that labour party it's, a story that labour party are prepared just are quite prepared to just sort of you know, away and think of you know, wish away and think it's, that's being

it's, something that's being fanned by the tories. but it's all fairness and, you all about fairness and, you know, if you are an incoming government or you want to be seen as an incoming government that does things differently from past , you that does things differently from past, you want to from the past, you want to be transparent. to be transparent. you want to be open, want be straight open, you want to be straight with public. when these with the public. when these kinds questions are asked . kinds of questions are asked. and the reality is, even if it is found that angela rayner has done something wrong where she hasn't paid capital gains tax on the sale of her right to buy home a policy, by the way, which she opposed. so there's a level of hypocrisy there. but, you know, it's a rule. it's a rule for us. and, and well, it sounds like angela rayner didn't understand either some of the rules were going on. rules that were going on. >> watch going for >> that's my watch going up for some reason. >> then, you know, >> but then, you know, whether it's electoral where she it's the electoral law where she was registered in two different properties, she properties, whether she was claiming single person's benefit , benefit , a discount, a housing benefit discount brother discount when her brother was allegedly at one of the allegedly staying at one of the properties. there's so many things in this story things wrapped up in this story where are questions to ask where there are questions to ask to dismiss it, to simply just dismiss it, i think has been an error of

judgement on behalf of angela rayneh judgement on behalf of angela rayner, not least of all because she's had to allow every other shadow cabinet minister that's appeared on your brilliant breakfast programme to just be asked questions about angela rayneh asked questions about angela rayner, rather than focusing on the the labour party the issues that the labour party want to talk about. the issues that the labour party wari to talk about. the issues that the labour party wari mean,: about. the issues that the labour party wari mean, it'sout. the issues that the labour party wari mean, it's at. the issues that the labour party wari mean, it's a lot of people >> i mean, it's a lot of people saying, you know, i'm getting in touch saying, i mean, it's split between sort of lock her up and leave alone. really. the leave her alone. really. the issue is the problem with this issue is the problem with this is and what i think damages her reputation is that even if it is found that she has done nothing wrong at all, she could have cleared this up ages ago . cleared this up ages ago. >> totally. totally, totally. and, you know , again, it will be and, you know, again, it will be raising questions about the labour party operation. you know, sir keir starmer has staked his reputation on being the former director of public prosecutions and yet has failed to even look at the advice that angela has received. he's given her, what he described as her full support and his full support to her, but even if, you

know, i would have thought that he'd want to look at that advice. and if he concludes differently to what angela rayneris differently to what angela rayner is saying, where she's saying that she's taken advice and though she's and she feels as though she's done if the done nothing wrong. if the leader the labour party felt leader of the labour party felt otherwise, have otherwise, then she could have easily to say, well, easily come out to say, well, i interpreted it in one particular way. my boss, the of the way. my boss, the leader of the labour has interpreted it labour party, has interpreted it in different way. in a slightly different way. he needs slightly more probably in a slightly different way. he need angela, |tly more probably in a slightly different way. he needangela, and nore probably in a slightly different way. he needangela, and i'm probably in a slightly different way. he needangela, and i'm tacklingy than angela, and i'm tackling the being open about the issue. i'm being open about it with the public. it would be a small to pay, or it's a small fee to pay, or if it's capital gains she capital gains tax that she hasn't which the hasn't paid, which is the allegation, you could easily say, mistake. my say, i've made a mistake. my life complicated . i'm life is quite complicated. i'm paying life is quite complicated. i'm paying it back versus all the other issues that you may hear about other politicians not paying about other politicians not paying tax at she paying their tax at all. she could owned she could could have owned it. she could have it. she could have dealt with it. she could have dealt with it. she could have got more respect have actually got more respect from public by open from the public by being open and and transparent, and honest and transparent, which claim. the which is what they claim. the labour are claiming that labour party are claiming that they want to be, as a government, more transparent, more it just allows more open. and so it just allows there to be the question of a cover up . and it's always a

cover up. and it's always a cover up. and it's always a cover up, never the crime that gets you in the end. >> the problem is though, that it's a it's a stick they've given they've given the tories a stick to beat the labour party with in an election year. and so they're not going to let go of that, are they. i mean that's the problem. they're quite right when they say, well the tories are all this. are jumping all over this. well of course they are. >> right too, as >> well quite right too, as you'd expect , but not least of you'd expect, but not least of all because angela rayner, at any given opportunity, has called of called for a series of conservative ministers to resign at opportunity. it at the first opportunity. so it just it smacks of hypocrisy. it hasn't been handled in terms of communications in the right way and the most serious thing about it, i think, which doesn't always get, the limelight, is that if the labour party are going to come into government, she would not only be the deputy prime minister, but she has another role shadow secretary another role as shadow secretary of the department for of state for the department for levelling up, housing and communities, as the allegations labelled do labelled against her are to do with housing. obviously paying capital gains tax, opposing the right to buy a home that she

bought in the first place, claiming single persons discount, allegedly when her brother living of brother was living in one of those properties being a those properties and being a victim being a convicted victim of or being a convicted potentially of electoral fraud. when she would be the secretary of state running the department that oversees all of those areas. so it is, i'm afraid, a very, very difficult situation for her. and i think the labour party have somehow, you know, felt as though that they can just whack this away as it's sort of a wing media. sort of a right wing media. story and not something that they should actually front up because it is now cutting through very much to the public. okay charlie, we'll see you a little bit later on for now. >> thank you very much indeed . >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. >> angela rayner, who is the deputy leader of the labour party, has given this party, has given us this statement, i've statement, saying, i've repeatedly said i would welcome the sit down with the the chance to sit down with the appropriate authorities, including and hmrc, including the police and hmrc, to out facts draw to set out the facts and draw a line this matter. i'm line under this matter. i'm completely confident i've followed at all times. followed the rules at all times. i've always said that integrity and accountability are important in politics. that's why it's

important that this is urgently looked at independently and without political interference. >> right? it's the grand national today. let's head up there to aintree. should we cause sophie reaper is looking fantastic this morning. ready to roll? it looks like you're going to have a great day, sophie. >> well, very good morning to you both. i hope that is indeed the case. the weather as it stands is holding out for us. they're just getting ready over there now. of course, less than eight hours now until the historic grand national will be run. we're here at aintree, and joining is one of the joining me now is one of the jockeys who will running in jockeys who will be running in this grand national. this year's grand national. patrick good patrick mullins, very good morning thank you so morning to you. thank you so much us. talk to me much forjoining us. talk to me about this year's race. i know you've run in the national before, but talk about before, but talk to me about this year, and what this year, your horse and what you your will like. >> e- e“ like. >> well, ride stattler >> yeah well, i ride stattler and had a win together two and we had a win together two years ago cheltenham, so we years ago in cheltenham, so we know her well, know watching her very well, look , obviously the is look, obviously all the rain is a of a negative for a little bit of a negative for him, he's a fantastic him, but he's a fantastic jumper. and you know, i think

he's be a great spin he's going to be a great spin in, really can't in, in the race. i really can't wait for it. >> talk me about aintree in >> talk to me about aintree in the grand national. obviously there are other very very famous horse races, but is there something special something particularly special about in the grand about running in the grand national aintree, is, i national at aintree, there is, i mean, is the pinnacle of, mean, this is the pinnacle of, of sport, you know, it's, of our sport, you know, it's, it's unique course . there's no it's unique course. there's no other course like this in the world, you know, the history behind is a race that behind it. this is a race that started in the late 1800s. i think liverpool england think liverpool and england should proud of the should be very proud of the tradition, i would tradition, you know, i would have in the sport and have grown up in the sport and watching black white videos watching black and white videos of you of red rum and crisp and, you know, reading horses know, reading about horses winning at troytown, the first irish winner. and back in the early 1900s. it's just there's nothing like in nothing else quite like it in our sport . our sport. >> you can tell when you speak about it's something you about it that it's something you really we were really passionate about. we were speaking on, speaking just before we came on, actually, said to you, actually, and i said to you, didn't you're quite tall didn't i, that you're quite tall for so is it that for a jockey. so what is it that made you want to get into it? talk to me a bit about your history, father my history, well, my father and my grandfather and both grandfather both road and both trained aunts trained horses and my aunts and uncles, and ride. it's all

uncles, train and ride. it's all our family. we do. our family. it's what we do. it's lifestyle. and you it's our lifestyle. and you know, father won the national know, my father won the national in 2005 with hedgehunter. and he's eight runners this he's got eight runners this yeah he's got eight runners this year. and i think maybe we have two ones with very good chances. mister incredible and meeting of the so hopefully the waters, so hopefully we might to get number two might be able to get number two on the board. >> sounds like racing's absolutely in your blood, what do you think we should be expecting here at aintree today? do you think the crowds will be really getting behind riders really getting behind the riders , yeah. every we come , yeah. look, every time we come to you know, the city to liverpool, you know, the city embraces braces, jockeys and trainers and everyone. so well. we love coming here. it's great fun, great racing. there's fun, it's great racing. there's great prize and you know, great prize money, and you know, every come here, every year you come here, there's history is made. so i know there's a few changes this year , there's less runners and year, there's less runners and the start is a bit closer. but i don't think that'll away don't think that'll take away from race. think that's from the race. i think that's just race evolving. and just the race evolving. and i think be a great day out. think it'll be a great day out. >> brilliant. thank you much. >> brilliant. thank you so much. and we you the and of course we wish you the best luck @gbnews. thank you and of course we wish you the be�*much uck @gbnews. thank you and of course we wish you the be�*much for @gbnews. thank you and of course we wish you the be�*much for yournews. thank you and of course we wish you the be�*much for your time. thank you and of course we wish you the be�*much for your time. we nk you and of course we wish you the be�*much for your time. we willou so much for your time. we will be bringing you all of the

latest of course, latest atmosphere. of course, it's rather quiet aintree latest atmosphere. of course, it's now, rather quiet aintree latest atmosphere. of course, it's now, butar quiet aintree latest atmosphere. of course, it's now, but asjuiet aintree latest atmosphere. of course, it's now, but as thet aintree latest atmosphere. of course, it's now, but as the punters right now, but as the punters start be start to arrive we'll be bringing the atmosphere bringing you all the atmosphere here from aintree, wonderful stuff, blue. sophy, stuff, beautiful in blue. sophy, thank much . thank you so much. >> now on to more serious matters for you this morning because washington is deploying more military assets near israel amid reports that iran is preparing to launch a missile attack, potentially in the next two days. >> well, this comes after two iranian generals were killed in an air strike in syria, an attack that tehran has blamed on the israel defence force. >> well, iran's supreme leader issued a chilling warning that israel will be punished as one of his advisors claimed that no israeli embassies are safe. >> well, earlier we spoke to defence editor for the evening standard, robert fox. >> his word inevitable, but the temperature has gone up. quite considerably over the past 1012, 14 hours, particularly as the news cycle was closing down, the evening in america that it's

interesting that just prior to that , interesting that just prior to that, biden's team had been suggesting that there were backchannels. they were talking to tehran, and they'd asked them to tehran, and they'd asked them to delay . and there seemed to to delay. and there seemed to be, even the israeli commentary suggesting strategic patience, which means we're holding off for a bit. then suddenly it has changed. we've heard that these assets, by the way, unspecified . assets, by the way, unspecified. the americans are observing very tight operational secrecy . i tight operational secrecy. i suspect there's a further carrier group on the way moving up into the mediterranean. and by way, cyprus will be by the way, cyprus will be involved the thing they involved because the thing they seem to be about now is, seem to be worried about now is, as said in the introduction, as you said in the introduction, as you said in the introduction, a missile strike. look, we haven't been having missile strikes. we've been having rocket , there were lots of rocket, there were lots of rockets from hezbollah , the rockets from hezbollah, the proxy in south lebanon, into northern israel. but then there was an ominous upgrade yesterday in that they're using these sophisticated drones that we've seen, deployed in ukraine by the

russians, iranian. and they're getting better and better. there's a lot of improvement which has taken western, western observers by surprise, dropping bombs , small bombs, and must be bombs, small bombs, and must be an unspoken fear that the air defence system very famous, one of the best, most effective in world arms, the iron dome could be overwhelmed, could be swamped . and that's why america's made it absolutely clear that they're right behind israel. the commander, central command. he's gonein commander, central command. he's gone in and said that he will direct operations if there are direct operations if there are direct attacks. >> what do you think a strike could look like? i mean, we're being told that it's going to happenin being told that it's going to happen in the next 20, 24 to 48 hours. how would we know that? why would we have such a specific time frame? then specific time frame? and then what think those strikes what do you think those strikes would like? talking would look like? are we talking about we're about military targets? we're talking about military targets? we're taliwe're talking israeli >> we're talking israeli intelligence, which has been

very specific. and the reason why sorry to go back up again, why sorry to go back up again, why they killed mohammed aslef today, as well as the other commanders, but particularly he andifs commanders, but particularly he and it's quite clear from the briefings from israeli intelligence, from shin bet as well as mossad , that he is well as mossad, that he is thought to have been the man who said, yes, sorry, i'm holding up my thumb to hamas. go ahead . my thumb to hamas. go ahead. with the massacre of october the 7th, the netanyahu coalition government is specifically blaming him. so this is it's going to be reciprocal . all going to be reciprocal. all >> that more on that throughout the morning. of course. now let's have a look at the weather for you with aidan. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office. there'll be some fine weather in the south and the east today, with even a few warm, sunny

spells elsewhere. it's going to be increasingly blustery and increasingly showery. some low cloud at first across western parts, and we've got this area of rain moving into northern and western england, well western england, as well as wales . and that'll tend to wales. and that'll tend to fizzle as we go into the afternoon. and as it approaches the meanwhile, the midlands. meanwhile, scotland and northern ireland will unsettled with will be very unsettled with gusty areas of rain gusty wind, areas of rain followed showers and sunny followed by showers and sunny spells. some of these showers will lively but ahead of all will be lively but ahead of all that, east anglia and the south east keep sunny spells and east keep the sunny spells and highs of 19 or 20 celsius into the evening, and the showers and longer spells of rain tend to push eastwards and actually it turns mostly dry once again across england and wales, eastern scotland as well. showers continuing for much of the rest of scotland, as well as northern ireland, along with a gusty wind where we've got lighter winds elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly night, certainly a cold night compared with the last few nights, with temperatures dipping below five celsius places. but bright celsius in places. but a bright start day on sunday, start to the day on sunday, we've got plenty of sunshine for

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emergency room , i believe emergency room, i believe allegedly the mother of that baby has been announced dead as well , which baby has been announced dead as well, which is very unfortunate. people running everywhere seeing horrendous footage. these types of scenes, you know , people of scenes, you know, people associate normally in the middle east, which shouldn't have been there. people need to stand up and take note that this type of terror is not okay. and and, you know, it's horrendous , also know, it's horrendous, also reports of, of shots being fired, adrian, we're hearing but that that might be down to the police dealing with a suspect. have you heard anything on that on that front? >> yeah, i've seen photos of the suspect walking around with a massive knife and then people, you know, running in fear, even , you know, running in fear, even, you know, running in fear, even, you know, running in fear, even, you know, reports actively that one no junction, which is literally just metres away, that is still an active scene. there's police helicopters flying around as we speak. and

the whole, you know, the whole of australia. and i think the world is waking up to tragic news that unfortunately, these types of terrorist scenes can be happening in anyone's backyard at any time. and this is something that the world needs to stand up and take note of. >> i mean, adrian, we've just seen across our screens tiktoks, panic, tiktoks being made of people evacuating that shopping centre for this. this is a saturday afternoon in sydney, isn't it? lots of people would have been out just shopping with their friends and family. you can only imagine the scenes of panic inside that that shopping centre. >> it's literally a place i frequent many times a day. my office where i work from is situated metres from westfield bondi . it's packed with gyms, bondi. it's packed with gyms, school kids day is the first day of school holidays here in sydney as well . so young kids, sydney as well. so young kids, teenagers, families are just out and about enjoying their daily

lives and fortunately they shouldn't be confronted with these scenes of terror having i've heard, you know, family , i've heard, you know, family, friends, was just metres away where the where the attacker was actually shot. so, you know, the post—traumatic stress disorder of so many involved, it's not just the casualties, but the aftermath and what this is going to play on people's mental health is horrendous. >> i it certainly will have a big effect on anyone involved involved in this. >> what what can you tell us about the threat, the terror threat levels in australia at the moment? i mean, was was there a sense that people were on alert for something or has this come absolutely out of the blue? >> look, i think since, the 7th of october attacks are definitely here in the eastern suburbs, we've, felt an increased threat amongst, i guess , the community and what's guess, the community and what's going on. even though we seem so

far away as we know, eric can strike anywhere. and it's really sad to see that this is now may have happened. and you know, even whether this may not be deemed a terrorist attack or not.even deemed a terrorist attack or not. even so, that the level of threat that currently is happening within our community is horrendous . and i don't think is horrendous. and i don't think anyone or any culture or any religion should ever have to put up with this. >> no, absolutely not, adrian, good to see you this morning, thank you very much indeed. thanks for the update on that. thanks for the update on that. thank you. we will keep you across that. but obviously, as it was, we've you've got to be clear with this sort of thing happens. we don't know if this was a terror attack at this stage. we don't know what the motive was. we understand from the police that they have shot someone to be the someone they believe to be the perpetrator but perpetrator of this. but there are reports that people are reports that four people have died a result of this have died as a result of this knife attack at the westfield

bondl knife attack at the westfield bondi. so hugely disturbing . and bondi. so hugely disturbing. and that information will be coming through. we'll get more and bnng through. we'll get more and bring it to you as soon as we get our hands on that. yeah,

break. >> dear me, loads of you are getting in touch on. on what's going on in australia. we're going on in australia. we're going to get , going on in australia. we're going to get, as much information on that as we can. at the moment, it looks like four people have died. and it also so seems that police may have shot the person behind this attack as well. so the westfield shopping centre in bondi, bondi corner, i think they call it, hugely , hugely disturbing, but hugely, hugely disturbing, but obviously very, very early , obviously very, very early, early days on that. but we

believe there are four fatalities so far. but we will of course bring you more information as soon as we get it. >> yes, it.- >> yes, we it. >> yes, we certainly will. aidan magee is with us now to run through all of the sports news. there's one big story in town, which, of course, the grand national. aden. >> yeah, and i've not remembered. i've not. i can't recall ellie as much of a fuss around one race, which certainly doesn't concern what's actually going field of play, going on on the field of play, my tip , though, is going to be my tip, though, is going to be glen gully for those who are interested, 50 1, i think you interested, 50 to 1, i think you said you got 66 1 on one of said you got 66 to 1 on one of these. >> f one and one of the >> six for one and one of the sites, and you're gonna have a flutter, apparently so i've been told. oh, i don't i wouldn't know a place about to be fair. >> no, it's quite easy on >> no, no, it's quite easy on online, but, no, but in terms of what's rising what's going on, animal rising said the said last week they're the animal pressure group. animal welfare pressure group. they not going they said they're not going to disturb they believe disturb the race. they believe they of they generated enough of a conversation around and conversation around this, and i think probably made a think they've probably made a good on that. but the good point on that. but the winner gets £516,000. this is the 176 race. it's 400. it's 4.5 miles long. and we're underway

at aintree. so we're at 4:00 at, aintree. so we're looking ahead to that one in a big, big way. the rspca, though , big, big way. the rspca, though, have called for an investigation because there were two deaths on ladies day yesterday to fatalities of horses. the fatalities of horses. and the organisers today have said that, yes, they've, they've done as much as they can to, to mitigate any kind of losses. but there are no guarantees in, in the sport and we'll just have to see what plays out. yeah, yeah we will. >> should we talk about emma raducanu. yeah it's about time we spoke about emma raducanu, i think, isn't there. >> yeah there is. she was a brilliant comeback victory against garcia the against caroline garcia in the billie king now, this billie jean king cup. now, this isn't biggest, cup trophy isn't the biggest, cup trophy you award. you win in in you can award. you can win in in tennis, it's not a major. it's not even the davis cup. but nonetheless, you came from behind to do the business. and, you know , it's two and a half you know, it's two and a half years now since she recorded that slam win in flushing that maiden slam win in flushing meadows in york in back in meadows in new york in back in september 2021. she was 17 years old at the time. she did not even drop a set. stephen, that

was an extraordinary feat that we really speak about we don't really speak about enough. but the time since enough. but in the time since she's been beset by injuries, there have been criticisms that she has engaged too much in media activity, perhaps even enjoyed the spotlight. i'm sure that counter that. that she would counter that. and i you have to look at i think you also have to look at what mentally or psychologically, when psychologically, it can do when you achieve that level of success such young age. success at such a young age. yeah. that . yeah. i mean, i yeah. is that. yeah. i mean, i think that's a fair point. i think that's a fair point. i think that's a fair point as well. i think we now understand more about than we did more about that now than we did maybe ten years ago. maybe five, ten years ago. but i've clung the fact that i've also clung to the fact that the talent is clearly there. you cannot unless you are cannot do that unless you are a genuine top level elite contender. i think back to pete sampras won the sampras back in 1990, he won the us didn't win anything us open. he didn't win anything again three years because he again for three years because he had make some some changes to had to make some some changes to his game. different problems his game. so different problems than talking about than what we're talking about with raducanu. with emma raducanu. but nonetheless unusual for nonetheless it's not unusual for a stand out to through, a stand out act to come through, achieve a stand out act to come through, achithen repeat it again for but then not repeat it again for 2 or 3 years after that. so that's what we're hoping with emma raducanu and this the emma raducanu and this is the first quite a while that

first time in quite a while that i've her achieve something i've seen her achieve something great court. let's hope great on the court. let's hope it continues. >> well, she's still very young. there's time. there's lots of time. >> doubt, without >> oh, without doubt, without doubt. tennis these days, doubt. and in tennis these days, i seen certainly i mean, we've seen it certainly in men's section. and in the men's section. we've and in the men's section. we've and in women's as well, players in the women's as well, players are on until they're are going on until they're touching there you go. >> so ancient. ancient. >> so ancient. ancient. >> all right, aidan, thank you very much indeed. cheers. >> thank you. now, still to come, paris gets taste of come, paris gets a taste of delicious i wonder delicious english pies. i wonder what that. what they make of that. >> i don't tell you >> i don't know, i'll tell you in a minute.

time for a bit of politics. we are in an election year. of course. so let's talk to shadow levelling up minister jim levelling up ministerjim mcmahon, who joins us now. very good to see you this morning. look, can we kick off? i know there's lots of to talk there's lots of things to talk about, but can we kick off with your deputy leader angela rayneh is

your deputy leader angela rayner. is in some rayner. because this is in some respects a teacup. respects a storm in a teacup. but the problem seems to be the fact that she could have cleared this up months ago and didn't. is it? was that a mistake? do you think ? you think? >> well, i think angela had been transparent from the offset. she had answered the questions that have been put to her on every occasion , as all of us as have occasion, as all of us as have been out on the airwaves and the question has been posed, and obviously now we, are looking at the police investigation. we hope going to conclude hope that's going to conclude sooner . and my sooner than later. and my expectation that won't expectation is that it won't find, wrongdoing . it should find, any wrongdoing. it should draw a line under this because, as you referred to, i think a lot of people will see this as a storm in a teacup. but there is a contradiction, really, that people want politicians to act in the public interest, to act with and we've been in the public interest, to act with clear and we've been in the public interest, to act with clear that and we've been in the public interest, to act with clear that overve've been in the public interest, to act with clear that over thee been in the public interest, to act with clear that over the lasten in the public interest, to act with clear that over the last 14 very clear that over the last 14 years, tories have eroded years, the tories have eroded standards in public life. they've eroded trust in politics, want people politics, and they want people to that all politicians to believe that all politicians are and this are the same. and so this attempt to throw mud to drag us all into the gutter is part of

that cynical attempt, i that very cynical attempt, i think, undermine politics think, to undermine politics more broadly, which is why angela has taken the moral high ground on this. and i think she does no high ground. does no moral high ground. >> fine. and you can say she's been transparent and she's answered and she answered the questions and she hasn't from that. so hasn't shied away from that. so fair to her on that front. fair play to her on that front. but the point is she's she said she advice, she received expert advice, expert tax advice expert legal and tax advice release it. i mean, you can redact bits if it involves your children or people or exes or anything else. redact that information, but release what you given. at least then we you were given. at least then we know where playing know where we're playing from. >> a matter >> well, it's a matter for individuals about they individuals about whether they choose or not to release private tax advice and i know that i don't need to see it. the matter for me looks minor , clearly, you for me looks minor, clearly, you know, there's interest in it. and questions get asked, and and the questions get asked, and that's why the that's why we answer the questions. but, you know, people will to the polling will be going to the polling stations a of only a stations in a matter of only a few weeks , and they'll be making few weeks, and they'll be making decisions about their local pubuc decisions about their local public you know , the public services. you know, the state of the roads, the state of

the whether they can the local park, whether they can get to good public get access to good public services nhs. what's services like the nhs. what's the their local the condition of their local school quality of school and the quality of education provided within education that's provided within it? are big issues that it? these are big issues that are people on top of the are facing people on top of the cost of living crisis, where people still people are really still struggling ends meet struggling to make ends meet and pay you struggling to make ends meet and pay you eyewatering pay in, you know, eyewatering amounts interest amounts in mortgage interest payments of the payments as a result of the conservatives mismanagement of the these are the economy. and so these are the economy. and so these are the big issues that country the big issues that the country are grappling and they are grappling with, and they expect be expect politicians to be addressing them. >> you're absolutely >> yeah, well, you're absolutely right. requires right. but all that requires money, requires to pay money, which requires us to pay the taxes , doesn't it? the right taxes, doesn't it? >> and should >> absolutely. and people should pay >> absolutely. and people should pay their fair amount of tax. and we expect that , but to be and we expect that, but to be absolutely clear on this as far as i can see, there is no wrong doing. isn't working class people. and angela is a working class champion , a decent woman, class champion, a decent woman, working class people work hard . working class people work hard. they keep their head down, they play they keep their head down, they play fair, and they do what's required of them. but what we don't have are teams of expensive accountants behind us, telling us move our telling us how to move our incomes offshore the cayman incomes offshore into the cayman islands . we to do the best

islands. we try to do the best that we can and angela has always done that. so i have no issue at all with coming on here and saying how much, you know, we support angela, that we don't believe that this is the type of issue that is being made. and there's reason and one there's one reason and one reason only why this is blowing up.and reason only why this is blowing up. and it's because the conservatives know that as a decent working woman from decent working class woman from the she was born the estate where she was born and raised, coming into the house commons, the for house of commons, making the for case in her case investment in her communities, she's a real communities, that she's a real risk them. that's the risk to them. that's the only reason we're getting reason why we're getting embroiled circular embroiled in this circular debate about what is, in the end, quite a minor issue as far as i'm concerned. but it's optics, it? optics, isn't it? >> this looks like in >> it's what this looks like in an we've got an election year. and we've got to ourselves, this is to remind ourselves, this is a woman that called publicly for bofis woman that called publicly for boris resign, who's boris johnson to resign, who's asked number of tory mps asked for a number of tory mps to publish their tax affairs. but she won't publish her own tax advice, legal advice that she completely exonerates she says completely exonerates her. she says completely exonerates heh do she says completely exonerates her. do you think that she does look like a hypocrite to the electorate? >> not at all. there's a world

of difference between saying to the chancellor of the exchequer, if you benefited from any offshore arrangements or tax avoidance schemes, you ought to declare that's pretty declare them. that's pretty obvious most working people. obvious to most working people. the chancellor should do that, and the prime minister as well. and the issues that and those are the issues that were raised on the issue were being raised on the issue of boris frankly, i am of boris johnson. frankly, i am staggered the two are being staggered that the two are being put side. boris johnson put side by side. boris johnson dunng put side by side. boris johnson during global pandemic, when during a global pandemic, when we all sacrifices in we were all making sacrifices in terms loved ones that we terms of the loved ones that we didn't people were didn't see when people were dying mass rate every dying at a mass rate every single having single day was busy having parties in downing street. the photographic evidence was there. he to rights, witness he was bang to rights, witness statements were there, and he rocked up to parliament to mislead parliament. the idea that near that that is anywhere near comparable with the issue that we're talking about with angela rayneh we're talking about with angela rayner, frankly, is for the birds. >> the issue with this, and i can tell you getting a bit frustrated by it, and i bet she is too. the problem is, i mean, you'd understand from our perspective and indeed from the perspective and indeed from the perspective who perspective of people who are watching listening watching and listening now, is that sort of just let that you can't sort of just let this go. you can't we can't say,

well, right, just just get well, all right, just just get on it, know, until we on with it, you know, until we get a clear answer, which now is going to come from, from the police, it seem, we've police, it would seem, we've still to look at it, haven't still got to look at it, haven't we? you'd understand that. >> and you're >> no. and listen, you're absolutely right to ask the question, and hopefully you'll know time the know that every time the question been asked. an question has been asked. an answer has been provided by angela repeatedly and angela herself, repeatedly and by countless that by countless frontbenchers that have on the airwaves to have come on the airwaves to answer the question. we don't want questions like this at all, because we do believe that transparency in politics is important in terms of rebuilding trust in politics. but that's exactly why angela has welcomed the police investigation. how many tories would welcome a police investigation the police investigation when the reason welcoming reason why we're welcoming it is that do want draw a line that we do want to draw a line under this and talk about the that we do want to draw a line undissues and talk about the that we do want to draw a line undissues and are. about the that we do want to draw a line undissues and are facing the country. >> all right. one of those >> all right. and one of those issues, i know you wanted to raise it today. and sometimes when political parties when you when political parties put out a press release, we don't really to talk about don't really want to talk about that it's not very that because it's not very relevant people. this is relevant to most people. this is actually about potholes, actually it's about potholes,

you're about you're very concerned about potholes, aren't you? and frankly, most of most of us. >> us. >> well, for a number of reasons, really. i mean, even if you're not a motorist, you know, we look down the road and it looks tatty. it looks uncared for. it's a symbol of decline in a way. frankly, after 14 years is quite symbolic. and people don't like the places where they care about where they're invested cells and invested in their cells and their to be treated their families to be treated with type of disrespect. with that type of disrespect. but motorist, if you but if you're a motorist, if you own van that you've invested own a van that you've invested in, takes to and in, that takes you to work and your that your vehicle's damaged, that you can't that's can't get to work, that's a direct hit on your livelihood. if you've worked hard for a car for family and it's damaged for your family and it's damaged , that's direct cost to you , that's a direct cost to you that shouldn't have bear. that you shouldn't have to bear. if motorcyclist or a if you're a motorcyclist or a cyclist potentially could cyclist that potentially could be threatening. if you go be life threatening. if you go over a pothole and it becomes fatal. and so, know, people fatal. and so, you know, people have expect that the have a right to expect that the government would not allow that type deterioration the type of deterioration into the billions over 14 billions of pounds over 14 years. the reason why we are where are is because year where we are now is because year after year, the tories have failed invest those failed to invest in those

frontline that frontline public services that people taxes for . but people pay their taxes for. but this is about councils, isn't it? and about funding of councils. what the labour party do to fix that, because we know that's been problematic in recent months. >> yeah. well i won't go into the complexities of council finance, but headline finance, but a headline level councils doing and more councils are doing more and more for less and less. they've got far more social care responsibilities. of course, people are living longer, which is news. but they need care is good news. but they need care in rage that costs money in all the rage that costs money and is very expensive to administer. that falls on administer. and that falls on local child local councils. child safeguarding big issue and safeguarding is a big issue and a issue that councils a growing issue that councils need respond to, and the cost need to respond to, and the cost to with that is increasing to deal with that is increasing all time, including all the time, including placements private sector placements in the private sector and homelessness and also the homelessness crisis. how many people crisis. just how many people can't a secure home and are can't get a secure home and are faced temporary faced with temporary accommodation and that cost then goes to the local council. so all those competing factors, means frontline means that the frontline services that people do rely on are being degraded every single year because government year because the government haven't underlying haven't addressed the underlying faults in public services. and in the end, people will find and

you'll see this when you get your tax bill, that your council tax bill, that you're paying and for you're paying more and more for less and less, and it's just not on. >> okay, jim mcmahon, we've got to it there. but we to leave it there. but we appreciate your transparency today. thank you very much indeed. stephanie indeed. thank you. and stephanie takyi and kevin schofield are here take us through the here to take us through the papers. actually lot papers. it's actually on a lot of the pages this morning. of the front pages this morning. kevin, did you reckon to kevin, what did you reckon to what shadow minister had to say? >> well, i think you hit the nail on the head when you said that was clearly getting that he was clearly getting frustrated that is frustrated by it. and that is the frustration, think, that the frustration, i think, that labour right labour are experiencing right now. middle now. they're in the middle of a local election campaign. they want talking about things want to be talking about things like potholes all other like potholes and all the other issues people , you know, issues that people, you know, affect about the local affect them about the local authority but the angela authority areas. but the angela rayner thing is dominating it. it won't go away. and that is why we saw this last night where she changed strategy to say that she changed strategy to say that she will quit if the police find that she's guilty any that she's guilty of any wrongdoing. i can wrongdoing. so. so yeah, i can understand why labour are desperate to make this story go away. but the way they make it go is answer the

go away is to answer the questions which are remaining outstanding. yeah >> you make >> stephanie, what do you make of it? >> well, i think, you know, >> well, i just think, you know, it's everything's up grabs it's everything's up for grabs in terms like going in terms of like who is going to win election year and win this election this year and the are going to the conservatives are going to do best to, you know, do their best to, you know, criticise labour with such scandals. apparent scandals. well, apparent scandals. well, apparent scandals concerning scandals like this concerning angela rayner. and i think it's for her. she's very quick to criticise people. so i think it's just, you know, people are now taking their turn and taking their shots at her. but again there are issues which we should they should be focused on and unfortunately they can't focus on that due to things like this , on that due to things like this, okay, let's lighten things up a bit as we're entering the last few minutes. stephanie. yeah. victoria who is about victoria beckham, who is about to turn 50, the big five. >> oh, spice. posh. yeah. well if people think she's going to do a spice girls reunions, apparently that's not going to be happening. and she's actually going for something more subdued for her celebrations. she's doing parties. but on two doing two parties. but on two parties, only two, but on the

actual day, she's just going to have a small, intimate, private dinner. and then a second one that she and then the second one will be a sit down dinner for 40 people, where apparently they're going to be drinking wine that costs about £3,000. but i think it's been quite good to see the evolution of victoria beckham over the years from a spice girl to marrying david beckham, to now owning a successful business. so i think in that sense, posh has become a bit of a british icon. >> some may say, well, yeah, she has in her own way, hasn't she? well, all power to her elbow, kevin. >> absolutely, yes. >> absolutely, yes. >> she's older than you, well, is she i mean, we're talking months. october. i'm 50, so. yeah all that generation, they're all getting old and you're going you're going to have a big party, well, my wife wants me to have a big party. yeah. good. yeah. i'm not really a big a big party. no. >> you like me? yeah no. >> you like me? yeah no. >> have some quiet. >> have some quiet. >> yeah. don't like being the >> yeah. i don't like being the centre of attention. >> you'd rather have dinner

>> you'd rather have a dinner like maybe nice dinner, like posh? maybe a nice dinner, maybe not. >> bottles of wine? >> any 3000 bottles of wine? 10,000 of wine? not 10,000 bottles of wine? not unless the lottery in the unless i win the lottery in the next six months. >> maybe you should head to paris. >> yeah. paris. >> have an english pie. well. cuisine absolutely >> have an english pie. well. cui�*vie. absolutely >> have an english pie. well. cui�*vie. i absolutely >> have an english pie. well. cui�*vie. i mean, absolutely >> have an english pie. well. cui�*vie. i mean, this, .olutely >> have an english pie. well. cui�*vie. i mean, this, it's:ely >> vie. i mean, this, it's tempting, actually. so the french famously not big fans french famously are not big fans of but the man of british cuisine, but the man who jamie oliver has nicknamed the pie king. calum franklin has opened a british brasserie in the heart of paris called public house. there's a painting, i think it is of it, and it does look like a bit like a pub, actually, from the outside, seven things like scotch eggs, braised beef pie, fish and chips, sticky toffee pudding , a chips, sticky toffee pudding, a little posh versions, right little bit posh versions, right enough french , to see enough to the french, to see whether it will go down. >> well, that scotch egg looks really good. >> if you're listening on the radio. >> that does look very posh looking. >> scotch egg and a sticky toffee pudding well. toffee pudding as well. >> are quite proud of >> the french are quite proud of their culinary skills, so i just i know how this is going

i don't know how this is going to go down for them, to be honest. i know they've always been english food been critics of english food trying food trying to brand our food as greasy. i he has got greasy. so i think he has got a tough job on his hands. >> they'll be queuing up for a scotch egg or even a fancy one. >> i love a scotch egg. >> i love a scotch egg. >> oh me too, but they do like the pastry, don't they? yeah. maybe you could win them over with a pie. >> pie? >> pie? >> maybe with some french ingredients. maybe he needs to do of both. oh, do an amalgamation of both. oh, maybe. >> em- em— >> oh, no. go on, let's keep it sensible, stephanie, let's have a look. we're down to a quick look. we're down to about can we have a look about 40s. can we have a look at, that queen b at, the impact that queen b beyonce having fashion? beyonce is having on fashion? >> there's been >> apparently, there's been a surge wearing double surge of people wearing double denim. to beyonce's new denim. thanks to beyonce's new rebrands as a cowgirl, so basically, levi have seen that their footfall of customers coming into their shops have increased since she released a song called levi jeans. so it is the power of queen beyonce, isn't it? >> well, maybe it's the power of stephen dixon. >> yes, you were talking about your cowboy boots earlier. >> well , yes.

your cowboy boots earlier. >> well, yes. yeah. do you have cowboy boots? he does? yes. >> he's not sure how to style them. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i don't know how to wear them because i haven't got your bootleg jeans in there. >> i'll buy you some. oh, you have to have those. i because you want them tucked in you don't want them tucked in the boot. the cowboy boot. >> you can't have that happening. >> i said, women can get away with that. shorts yeah. >> chaps. little denim shorts. yeah. >> let's it there, you two. >> it's been a pleasure. >> it's been a pleasure. >> thank you, thank you. >> looks like things are heating up. boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you . welcome to the latest you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office. there'll be some fine weather in the south and the east today, with even a few warm, sunny spells elsewhere. it's going to be increasingly blustery and increasingly showery. some low cloud at first across western parts, and we've got this area of rain moving into northern and western england as well as wales, and that'll tend to fizzle go into the fizzle as we go into the afternoon it approaches the

afternoon as it approaches the midlands. scotland midlands. meanwhile, scotland and ireland will and northern ireland will be very with gusty very unsettled, with gusty wind areas of rain followed by showers and spells. some showers and sunny spells. some of showers will be lively, of these showers will be lively, but that, east but ahead of all that, east anglia and the southeast keep the sunny spells and highs of 19 or 20 celsius. it's the evening and the showers and longer spells of rain tend to push eastwards and actually it turns mostly dry once again across england and wales. eastern scotland as well. showers continuing for much of the rest of scotland, as well as northern ireland, along with a gusty wind where we've got lighter winds elsewhere, it's going to be a chilly night. certainly a cold night compared with the last few nights temperatures dipping nights with temperatures dipping below celsius places. below five celsius in places. but bright start to the day on but a bright start to the day on sunday, we've got plenty of sunshine for england, wales, southern eastern scotland. southern and eastern scotland. showers go across showers from the word go across central and western scotland, as well parts of northern well as parts of northern ireland. and then those showers develop more widely across the rest of scotland northern rest of scotland into northern england. wales stays england. parts of wales stays bright, though towards the southeast. here we'll have highs

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gb news. >> good morning. 9:00. saturday, the 13th of april. today, a major incident declared in a shopping centre in sydney. after reports multiple people have been stabbed . been stabbed. >> i didn't see him properly. i was running, but. it's just. it was running, but. it's just. it was insane. it was insanity. i wasn't expecting it . wasn't expecting it. >> well, police in sydney have . >> well, police in sydney have. confirmed that one man has been shot dead by police . multiple shot dead by police. multiple other people stabbed, including a nine month old baby . a nine month old baby. >> deputy labour leader angela

rayner promises to step down if she is found to have committed a criminal offence, something she denies. sir keir starmer says he is confident that she hasn't broken any rules. >> i'm satisfied with the answers that she has given repeatedly now on this she will cooperate with the investigation. as you would expect . expect. >> washington deploys additional military assets to the middle east over the threat of an iranian strike that could come in the next 48 hours. >> the state of california could make it legal for workers to ignore messages from their bosses after hours. so we're asking this morning, should britain follow suit? >> and an 89 year old care home resident has made her teenage dreams come true by getting a tattoo? we're asking, can you too be old to get inked ? too be old to get inked? >> and it's one of the big sporting calendar days. the aintree today with the famous grand national. our reporter

sophie reaper is there for us. >> preparations are now well underway as we are just hours away from the famous grand national. we'll have all the latest here at aintree. >> marked contrasts in our weather across the uk today. warm and bright for some blustery and showery for others. i'll have the full details in the forecast coming up shortly. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . this is breakfast on. gb news. all right. we're starting with breaking news this morning and a major incident declared in a shopping centre in sydney after reports that multiple people have been stabbed. >> well, gb news home and security editor mark white joins us now. very concerning news out of sydney. mark, what do we understand has happened ? understand has happened? >> well, a critical incident has now been declared by police in

sydney. it's still very much an ongoing incident in that they still don't know that all of the attackers in this incident have been accounted for. they are confirming that one man has been shot dead by police . there are shot dead by police. there are multiple people that have been stabbed. sadly including a nine month old baby . i was listening month old baby. i was listening to some of the reports and i witnessed it. spoke to nine news in australia as he came out of the westfield shopping centre in bondi junction, saying that he had cared for this baby for a while . a mother and the baby had while. a mother and the baby had been stabbed, by an attacker. they came towards him. the mother handed the baby. he did his best to stem the bleeding on the baby, he said, until the paramedics arrived , we are paramedics arrived, we are heanng paramedics arrived, we are hearing of potentially multiple fatalities, but that is not yet confirmed by the police. as you

can understand, panic and confusion in this main shopping centre in bondi junction . this centre in bondi junction. this is what some of those who were caught up in these events told us earlier. >> i didn't see him properly , i >> i didn't see him properly, i was running, but, it's just it was running, but, it's just it was insane. it was insanity. i wasn't expecting it . wasn't expecting it. >> some guy running around stabbing people seems pretty random . probably a terrorist random. probably a terrorist attack. >> we saw all these people running towards us, and then we heard a shot. >> and as i say, that search of the westfield shopping centre still very much underway . what still very much underway. what the police have to do with these armed units is go effectively shop by shop, because there will be people hiding in place in these shops very worried that this incident might not be over. so they've got to search this building of multiple shops shot by shop, to try to ensure that they have accounted for all

those involved in the attacks. there are some cctv images that have been posted on social media purporting to show the alleged attacker, he looked to be a man, possibly in his, 30s to 40s, with a beard, swarthy complexion, wearing a football shirt and a pair of shorts and very clearly on the cctv image, carrying a large knife . carrying a large knife. >> what do we know, mark, about the sort of terror threat, security threat level that australia was operating under ? australia was operating under? >> well, australia operates a five level terror threat assessment just like the uk. they have different , terminology they have different, terminology for the threat levels , and where for the threat levels, and where we are at the moment, certain is the very top rung of the ladder, which effectively means that a terrorist attack is underway or

imminent, we are at the second lowest position, actually in australia at the moment, at the possible level, meaning that there are elements in australia that would be willing to carry out an attack. and it is possible that might happen, but not necessarily very likely. and thatis not necessarily very likely. and that is one rung below where we are in the uk in our terror threat level. we are currently at substantial, meaning that a terror threat , terror attack is terror threat, terror attack is likely, now, it may be that in the coming hours, that terrorist threat is reassessed. if they have established a terrorist motive to this particular attack, we're not getting reports out, suggesting that this individual , was shouting. this individual, was shouting. we often hear, especially in these , multiple knife attacks these, multiple knife attacks that, quite often , the that, quite often, the perpetrator shouts slogans like allahu akbar and are like, there have been no reports that i've seen so far suggesting that it

doesn't mean that that didn't happen, but in the fullness of time, clearly , the police in time, clearly, the police in australia will give us an indication of just exactly what the motivation for this attack was , but absolutely horrific. as was, but absolutely horrific. as i say, multiple people stabbed. there's, again, video that's on social media, quite disturbing in nature, showing people in the shopping centre bent down over people lying on the ground giving cpr when people are clearly giving, cpr, those individuals are not in a good place at all, and as i say, although it's not been confirmed by the police, there are reports of multiple fatalities. >> what about the impact over here, mark? it's i mean, it's half a world away. obviously, the problem is, as as you well know, that whether this was an organised, coordinated terror attack or simply a lone wolf or even someone who wasn't, well, i mean, we just don't know at this

stage. but these sort of incidents do tragically inspire others. don't they ? others. don't they? >> they absolutely do, we live in very worrying times at the moment because of the fact that we are seeing, a resurgence in the way in which the terror group isis, isil , daesh, group isis, isil, daesh, whatever you want to call them, that emanated , of course, out of that emanated, of course, out of iraq and syria, was largely degraded by coalition forces , a degraded by coalition forces, a few years back, but has been regrouping both in syria and iraq and further afield in particularly in afghanistan. isis k the khorasan group, is at the moment thought to be behind the moment thought to be behind the terrorist attack at that theatre and shopping centre in moscow last month, is also believed to have been behind threats to target champions league quarterfinal games, that took place in spain , france and

took place in spain, france and the uk, just during the week in which there was clearly a lot of concern about what might happen there, and factor into that the ongoing conflict in gaza, which the police and security services in many countries have said could well be a trigger for extremists. willing to enact that extremism in a violent way, so security services and police right around the country and right around the country and right around, the world are on high alert at the moment for the potential of, terrorist activity and terrorist attacks. as i say, we've got to always caveat this with the fact that there is no indication yet as to what the motivation for these attacks, in sydney, in the bondi junction area of sydney, were but clearly very worrying for people , in new very worrying for people, in new south wales at the moment as they watch these scenes and a very active scene in sydney,

with that area sealed off as those specialist firearms officers continue their job of trying to ensure that everyone that's injured clearly, has been accounted for, but also that they make sure that whoever was responsible for this attack, if it was a lone individual, that's the only person, if there are others involved, that's clearly what they're hunting for at the moment. >> okay. mark for now. thank you. now, mark's going to keep us up to date on that throughout the course of the day here on gb news. >> now, angela rayner says she'll step down if it's determined that she committed a criminal offence over her tax affairs. it's all over the sale of council house in of her council house in stockport ago , and stockport a decade ago, and questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and was her amount of tax and if it was her main home at the time. >> in a statement, she >> well, in a statement, she said the questions raised relate to time before she was an mp to a time before she was an mp and she's taken expert tax and legal advice. sir keir starmer says labour welcomes the

investigation. >> we welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter. i am fully confident that angela rayner has not broken the rules. she will cooperate with the investigation, as you would expect, and it's really a matter for the police . for the police. >> the thoughts now of former special adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley. this is a real headache for the labour party, isn't it? charlie and it's not going anywhere. >> you're absolutely right. and questions continue be questions will continue to be asked angela rayner, of the asked of angela rayner, of the way which been handled way in which it's been handled by leadership the labour party. >> sir keir starmer there saying he has a confidence in angela rayneh he has a confidence in angela rayner. has not been rayner. but has not been prepared to look at the advice himself, allowed this story himself, has allowed this story to and run, has been a to run and run, which has been a huge distraction for them. i would have thought in the run up to the local elections , because to the local elections, because why you think? why do you think? >> me, but why you >> forgive me, but why do you think hasn't looked at the think he hasn't looked at the advice? mean, he's someone who advice? i mean, he's someone who would advice would understand that advice better most of us. better than most of us. >> and that's the

>> exactly. and that's the question, you would have question, because you would have thought found something thought if he'd found something within advice or that within that legal advice or that tax at angela says tax advice at angela rayner says that received, and if he'd that she's received, and if he'd come a different conclusion come to a different conclusion to then would been to her, then it would have been perfectly within his right to say, well, angela, say, well, hold on, angela, i think you might be a problem here and you need to front here and you now need to front it and own the story and say that it was a difference of opinion. but you are now paying back some money if need to back some money if you need to pay back some money if you need to pay that capital gains tax back or back or whether you are or tax back or whether you are had committed any other offence , had committed any other offence, just apologise and the story can can on. but the fact that can move on. but the fact that that hasn't happened, i think shows that he probably doesn't want get involved, probably want to get involved, probably just there something just in case there is something not right. and he's therefore able distance himself to say, able to distance himself to say, well, never to the well, i never looked to the advice. i trusted angela in full faith. there something faith. and if there is something obviously faith. and if there is something obviouslor he'll take further decided or he'll take further action should it be needed. >> well, on that point, very interesting he he's interesting that he said he's confident in the answers that angela has given me. he's angela rayner has given me. he's allowing himself that wiggle room there, isn't with that? room there, isn't he? with that? >> is. but he, which is

>> he is. but he, which is interesting because you would have thought, you know, the comparisons made or comparisons have been made or angela has tried to make angela rayner has tried to make the between that the comparisons between that with issue issue of with her issue and the issue of nadine you remember, nadine zahawi. if you remember, he chancellor time he was chancellor at the time and had some hmrc issues and he had some hmrc issues himself. now rishi the himself. now rishi sunak, the prime minister criticised prime minister was criticised for the length of time it might have come to have taken to come to a conclusion that nadine zahawi couldn't in post. but the couldn't remain in post. but the difference rishi sunak, the difference is, rishi sunak, the prime said. i've asked prime minister said. i've asked for that report will for a report. that report will land on my desk. i will look at it and i will make the decision. and he ultimately did. now, the criticism the of time criticism of the length of time that is one thing, but he that took is one thing, but he actually took decision actually took that decision himself. upon himself himself. he took it upon himself to, to leadership and to, to, to show leadership and to, to, to show leadership and to he was to make sure that he was bringing integrity to the government. starmer has government. sir keir starmer has just nothing to do with the just want nothing to do with the angela i think angela rayner case. and i think he looked even he would have looked even stronger leader to be able stronger as a leader to be able to say yes, i'm looking into it and if i find that there is anything contrary to what anything wrong, contrary to what angela has then angela rayner has said, then obviously the obviously he would take the appropriate action that appropriate action and that could asking her step could be asking her to step down

something already something that she's already said would do today. yeah. >> well, now the fact that she said that you could look at that and well, she's clearly very and go, well, she's clearly very confident she's to be confident that she's going to be all all of this. and all right in all of this. and she may very frustrated that she may be very frustrated that she's nothing wrong. it's she's done nothing wrong. it's all cleared legal all been cleared by the legal and tax experts . it's and so do and tax experts. it's and so do they have a point in saying which have done. well, this which they have done. well, this is this mudslinging is frankly this is mudslinging by the tories in the run up to general , very by the tories in the run up to general, very important by the tories in the run up to general , very important local general, very important local and then general elections . and then general elections. >> i don't think so. no, because it's about integrity. it's about integrity and it's about hypocrisy. you know, angela has been the very first, i think, labour politician to out of the traps to ask for others to resign should there be any kind of, suggestion of wrongdoing, not even conclusive wrongdoing, but just the suggestion. she's the first to call for ministers to resign. so you'd expect that to resign. so you'd expect that to be something that's label against that she's in against her now that she's in the limelight herself, but the reality is, you know, the police are looking into it. you know,

stockport council, where she was a former employee. this is where the case will started, are looking themselves. the looking into it themselves. the fact police the fact that the police dropped the case picking it up again case and now picking it up again shows they didn't shows perhaps that they didn't do job in the first do a thorough job in the first place. and there is no political pressure put on the police. the police they police are independent and they are pick this up are deciding to pick this up again because the said again because the police said there nothing there was nothing to investigate. >> it was after >> and then it was after political pressure from tory political pressure from a tory that they've it. well that they've reopened it. well i mean, if you're the victim of a burglary and the police turn up and say, oh, sorry, you know, we can't do anything about it, you're perfectly entitled to write the police say, write to the police and say, well, hang actually, you well, hang on, actually, you know, neighbour next door, know, my neighbour next door, my neighbour got a neighbour opposite has got a ringo doorbell something. ringo doorbell or something. >> evidence. could >> there is evidence. could you please police please follow up? and the police are able to look at it to are then able to look at it to again choose to. in this again if they choose to. in this particular case, police particular case, the police perhaps do thorough perhaps didn't do as thorough job as might have wanted to job as they might have wanted to have because obviously a have done because obviously a letter from, right, the letter from, your right, the conservative james, daily, conservative mp, james, daily, daily james daly for bury, he wrote to the police to say that i think they need to look into

it again. and the police have obviously concluded internally that there might be a case to answer because they didn't ask the right questions in the first place. perhaps neighbours, place. perhaps of neighbours, perhaps that perhaps of other people that would well. and would know angela well. and that's decided to that's why they've decided to reopen investigation. reopen the investigation. okay. >> rowley, thank you >> charlie rowley, thank you very thank well, very much. thank you. well, angela rayner given us this angela rayner has given us this statement. says, statement. she says, i've repeatedly welcome repeatedly said i would welcome the down with the the chance to sit down with the appropriate authorities, including and hmrc, including the police and hmrc, to set out the facts and draw a line matter. i'm line under this matter. i'm completely i've completely confident i've followed rules at all times. followed the rules at all times. i've always said integrity i've always said that integrity and accountability and accountability are important in politics. why it's politics. that's why it's important that this is urgently looked at independently and without political interference. >> okay , we'll keep a close eye >> okay, we'll keep a close eye on that. in the meantime, let's tell you about the biggest giveaway of the year so far. you could win £10,000 in cash. luxury travel items and a greek cruise next year worth ten grand. yeah, it's worth £20,000.

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very unsettled with gusty wind, areas of rain followed by showers sunny spells. some showers and sunny spells. some of showers will be lively, of these showers will be lively, but of all that, east but ahead of all that, east anglia and the south east keep the sunny spells and highs 19 the sunny spells and highs of 19 or 20 into the evening, or 20 celsius into the evening, and the showers and longer spells of rain tend to push eastwards and actually it turns mostly dry once again across england and wales, eastern scotland as well. >> showers continuing for much of the rest of scotland, as well as northern ireland, along with as northern ireland, along with a gusty wind where we've got lighter winds elsewhere. it's going to be a chilly night, certainly a cold night compared with the few nights, with the last few nights, with temperatures five temperatures dipping below five celsius a bright celsius in places. but a bright start the day on sunday, start to the day on sunday, we've got plenty of sunshine for england, wales, southern and eastern scotland. showers from the central and the word go across central and western as well as western scotland, as well as parts ireland. and parts of northern ireland. and then develop more then those showers develop more widely of widely across the rest of scotland northern england . scotland into northern england. parts of wales stays bright, though the south—east though towards the south—east here we'll have highs of 15 celsius feeling cooler but pleasant enough. >> a brighter outlook boxt

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>> welcome back to breakfast. today is the big race at aintree, the grand national at 4:00 this afternoon. >> all right. >> all right. >> so who better to send there than our most glamorous of northwest of england reporter sophie reaper. and does she sophie reaper. and boy, does she scrub well. morning, sophie. scrub up well. morning, sophie. >> very good morning. thank you very much for that, steven. that's just the ego boost i needed this morning, we're here at aintree. joining me now is the ceo of the jockey club, nevin truesdale. he's going to talk to us about the today's

events. we're getting close to the national. it's nearly the grand national. it's nearly time . obviously, the ceo of time. obviously, as the ceo of the club, you can't be the jockey club, you can't be too biased. is there too biased. but is there something special about aintree and national? and the grand national? >> morning, this is >> sophy, good morning, this is an special place on an incredibly special place on this race. i guess it's an iconic race. it's actually, you know, one the know, i think it's one of the biggest and best sporting events in , never mind in this country, never mind racing. you know, it's got the magic fa cup, the magic of the fa cup, the prestige wimbledon, the prestige of wimbledon, the thrill british thrill of the british grand prix, know, rolled into thrill of the british grand prix, and know, rolled into thrill of the british grand prix, and it'sw, rolled into thrill of the british grand prix, and it's somethingd into thrill of the british grand prix, and it's something the to one. and it's something the nafion one. and it's something the nation for. new nation really stops for. new design. i used say when he design. i used to say when he was presenting it years and years ago, it's the day the nafion years ago, it's the day the nation goes racing and the, you know, excitement know, the sense of excitement here this morning here as it builds this morning and comes life is and the site comes to life is palpable. and it's one of the big jumps races the big jumps races that the jockeys, owners, trainers all want and immortality want to win and immortality awaits. certainly corach rambler if can win two years in a if you can win two years in a row and become only the second horse win back to back since horse to win back to back since since rum so really looking since red rum so really looking forward fantastic for forward to it. fantastic day for ayat nouri. day for ayat nouri. brilliant day for liverpool a city as well. liverpool as a city as well. >> it's obviously a historic event. is it 1839 it first

started. yeah that's right. >> think this is 176th running >> i think this is 176th running and obviously evolved . it's and obviously it's evolved. it's changed lot in that period, changed a lot in that period, but it's always been one of the, you know, iconic sporting events. i think as guardians events. and i think as guardians of event, we've always of the event, we've always wanted evolve it, change wanted to evolve it, to change it, make sure that it, you it, to make sure that it, you know, that it that it moves with the times and but also that it retains sense of uniqueness retains its sense of uniqueness as and it a unique race as well. and it is a unique race even by racing standards. there aren't races that go aren't many, many races that go over fences, over these, these big fences, and our job has been always been and ourjob has been always been to evolve it, to change it. this year reduced the field year we've reduced the field size 34. that makes size from 40 to 34. that makes it safer, less scope for the horses to bump each other, especially on the first circuit. we've the position we've changed the position from the so they're the first fence, so they're accelerating that into that slower closer to the slower 660 yards closer to the start, also we've changed start, and also we've changed the time. that's less the start time. so that's less time the ground to dry out. the start time. so that's less tirite the ground to dry out. the start time. so that's less tirit happensground to dry out. the start time. so that's less tirit happens to und to dry out. the start time. so that's less tirit happens to bei to dry out. the start time. so that's less tirit happens to bei to dry

softer, the horses are going slower. about evolving slower. it's all about evolving the make safer. based the race to make it safer. based on detailed data analysis of what from year to year, what happens from year to year, well, it's rarely ever a warm day liverpool, it? day in liverpool, is it? >> i we may be able to >> so i think we may be able to cross that off. you mentioned those obviously last those changes. obviously last year the protests year we saw the protests by animal those animal rising. do any of those changes have are anything changes have are they anything to those protests? to do with those protests? >> no, mean, ultimately, as i >> no, i mean, ultimately, as i said it's our job to said earlier, it's our job to evolve the race over time as we see fit. and done on, you see fit. and that's done on, you know, a five, ten year cycle. it's it's not in it's done and it's not done in reaction anything reaction to anything that happened you know, happened last year. you know, the, the protests that happened last year broke the law. people are absolutely entitled their are absolutely entitled to their view horse racing is view on whether horse racing is a we believe a safe sport or not. we believe it very sport, safer it is a very safe sport, safer than ever been, and than it's ever been, and probably sport that looks probably a sport that looks after superstar athletes after its superstar athletes better any other sport. you better than any other sport. you know, horses get five star know, these horses get five star treatment on and off track. treatment on and off the track. you 99.82% of horses treatment on and off the track. you go 99.82% of horses treatment on and off the track. you go out 99.82% of horses treatment on and off the track. you go out to 99.82% of horses treatment on and off the track. you go out to race .2% of horses treatment on and off the track. you go out to race andyf horses treatment on and off the track. you go out to race and come.es that go out to race and come back perfectly safe and sound. and what happened last year was regrettable. what happened last year something we year was certainly something we don't to see repeated, but don't want to see repeated, but we're ready for anything that

might and will might happen, and we will respond on the day respond on the on the day accordingly . accordingly. >> finally, obviously, yesterday was day. i saw 45,000 was ladies day. i saw 45,000 people came down to aintree. what should be what should we be expecting today? >> plenty of excitement on and off the track today. we've we've got the fashion. we've got the style awards. we've got the, the red garden , plenty to do in red rum garden, plenty to do in between races and plenty to between the races and plenty to keep people amused, but also on the track, some fantastic racing. it looks a brilliantly set up, very open grand national and we've got six other brilliant races as well , so brilliant races as well, so plenty to enjoy and we're really looking forward to it . looking forward to it. >> brilliant. thank you so much for your time this morning. less than seven to go now till than seven hours to go now till the grand national. we'll be bringing you all the latest at hopefully a aintree . hopefully a dry aintree. >> oh fingers crossed, fingers crossed it stays dry for you, sophie. thank you very much indeed. >> i'd love to see, our ladies at the races. oh, yeah . he at the races. oh, yeah. he always make a real effort. yeah, he just looks brilliant . whereas

he just looks brilliant. whereas the fellas just shook a jacket on, don't they? >> and i bet you can't really do the same thing, can you? >> no, it's not quite the same. it's nice to see. >> yeah i love the racism. >> yeah i love the racism. >> getting all glammed up doesn't wonderful today doesn't she look wonderful today in does. our in blue. she does. does our sophie reaper very nice too. >> it's nice to have >> and it's nice to have something forward to. something to look forward to. i know lot of you put in touch know a lot of you put in touch saying, you know, it's not anything to look forward to because of problems with the because of the problems with the horses. that was horses. i mean, that was addressed sophie her addressed by, by sophie and her guest then. whether you guest just then. whether you agree or not, of agree with that or not, of course, is another matter. but most forward to it most people look forward to it anyway. that anyway. we've got, more on that coming throughout the day, coming up throughout the day, but we're to be but of course we're going to be back more on the breaking back with more on the breaking news. dreadful of news. that dreadful news out of sydney, in a shopping sydney, an attack in a shopping centre . it's believed four centre. it's believed four people have died, a baby injured, the attacker. we think , injured, the attacker. we think, shot dead. but there's a lot more to uncover. we'll talk to our, security editor in just

all right. the breaking news this morning is that attack in sydney, where we now believe five people have died . an five people have died. an attack. it's reported by a man with a knife , and it's believed with a knife, and it's believed that someone has died . the a that someone has died. the a potential possible attacker has died as a result as well in all of this, but the details still a little bit sketchy. >> yeah. a major incident has been declared in that shopping centre in sydney. reports multiple people have been stabbed . at least five people stabbed. at least five people now believed to have been killed. let's hear now from assistant commissioner anthony cook from new south wales police i >> -- >> 3:10 this afternoon, a male walked into westfield bondi junction. he left the centre very shortly after and returned about 3:20 as he moved through

the centre, he engaged with about nine people. it is clear that during that engagement he caused harm to those people. we believe by stabbing them with a weapon . he was carrying very weapon. he was carrying very clearly a range of reports were made of the incident. police attended promptly. a single unit officer, inspector of police, was nearby, attended , went into was nearby, attended, went into the centre, directed by a range of people . she confronted the of people. she confronted the offender who had moved by this stage to level five. as she continued to walk quickly behind him to catch up with him , he him to catch up with him, he turned, faced her, raised a knife. turned, faced her, raised a ane.she turned, faced her, raised a knife. she discharged a firearm and that person is now deceased. i'm advised that there are five victims who are now deceased as

a result of the actions of this offender. there are more than several other people who have been conveyed to hospital . a been conveyed to hospital. a number of those are in serious and or critical conditions at this stage, and i do not have further information in relation to, descriptions of those people. i know. one of them is a small child . as is the case in small child. as is the case in in these incidents, a critical incident has been declared and investigations in relation to the matter have commenced. and are continuing both at the scene and a number of hospitals in the nearby area . from preliminary nearby area. from preliminary inquiries, it would appear that this person has acted alone . i this person has acted alone. i am content that there is no

continuing threat . our police, continuing threat. our police, as i've said, have commenced investigations into the matter which will continue through the evening. as i have said , i do evening. as i have said, i do not have details of victims who have been killed by this individual , have been killed by this individual, nor those who have been conveyed to hospital for treatment. so i cannot provide you further information in relation to them, only to say that very clearly our hearts go out to all of them, as they do to anyone touched by this terrible incident this afternoon . i do terrible incident this afternoon .i do not terrible incident this afternoon . i do not have information in relation to the offender. i do not know at this stage who he is. you would be. you would understand and this is quite raw. inquiries are very new and we are continuing to make attempts to identify the offender in this matter. that is

it for the moment in terms of information that i have for you, brent from new south wales ambulance. thank you, tony. >> good evening everyone. shortly after 3:00 today, new south wales ambulance received multiple 000 calls for persons stabbed within westfield bondi junction. we've responded a total of 40 resources to the scene who remain on scene . scene who remain on scene. still, that included a total of four medical teams new south wales ambulance was assessed and transported eight eight patients to various facilities. hospital facilities across sydney, and assessed a total of six patients who have been deemed deceased on scene . thank you questions ? scene. thank you questions? >> yes. >> yes. >> i'm sorry i didn't catch that . there's nothing that we are aware of at the scene that would

indicate any motive or any ideology . ideology. >> so are you ruling out terrorism at this stage? >> we're not ruling anything out. >> you said he went into the centre, went away and came back? yes. what went on there? do you know where he was? >> we do not know. do >> we do not know. what i do know is he did enter the know is that he did enter the centre at 3:00. he left for a short period, returned at 320. >> and what is that weapon when it's a knife some description. >> i don't have those particulars. >> what's the period of time between when these attacks were first between when these attacks were firs between situation was >> between the situation was brought >> between the situation was bro this happened very, very >> this all happened very, very quickly. officer was in the quickly. the officer was in the near vicinity, her near vicinity, attended on her own, guided to the location own, was guided to the location of offender by people who of the offender by people who were centre. and she took were in the centre. and she took the actions did saving the actions that she did saving a range of people's lives. did i hear you correctly before you said was an inspector? an said she was an inspector? an inspector? that's right. very senior police. senior police senior police. a senior police officer. go out officer. how did she go out alone? she was on her own. and how between when she how long between when she arrived on the scene? >> till she had left. >> till she had left. >> she engaged immediately on her arrival to the scene with

the effect. >> would you say you didn't shout anything or did? was there any force? >> pretty much shouting. i don't have any indication of any motivation coming from the senate, or you must appreciate things very raw at things are very, very raw at this we the very this stage. we are in the very early stages of investigations, tony. >> we heard we know there's one baby that has been stabbed . of baby that has been stabbed. of the five dead or the others injured, do you know if the remainder are adults or are there any other children? >> i don't have that detail at the moment. i'm sorry. have you ever seen anything like this in your career? this is a really difficult circumstance. >> no, it's a very big crime scene here. what's the police investigation going to be like over the next couple of days? >> a lengthy, lengthy and precise . precise. >> there were reports of people still hiding in stores. >> there were reports of people still hiding in stores . what's still hiding in stores. what's the process now in terms of checking? >> we are. we are working through the crime scene to retain control and you would understand that. you know, first and this is about and foremost, this is about deaung

and foremost, this is about dealing this terrible dealing with this terrible situation, sure that all situation, making sure that all people are safe and then working through and returning to normalcy. how do you know that he was innocent and turned back? >> is that from cctv or did he interact with someone? >> from monitoring of cctv. >> no. from monitoring of cctv. ladies gents, i'm sorry. ladies and gents, i'm sorry. it's really difficult this it's really difficult at this very stage to give more very early stage to give more information. i'll be briefing our shortly, and our executive shortly, and i understand there be understand that there will be further briefings later. >> a number of witnesses jumped in and tried assist some of in and tried to assist some of the victims. >> what do you have to say to some of those people who tried to help? >> well, i'm not sure of the detail, but there are obviously people who become very brave in circumstances. >> thanks, everybody. circumstances. >> thank ;, everybody. circumstances. >> thank you erybody. circumstances. >> thank you veryydy. circumstances. >> thank you very much . >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> well, that is assistant commissioner anthony cook from new south wales police updating the press after that shopping centre stabbing in sydney, where it's believed five people have now been killed. >> well, let's talk to our security editor, mark white, who joins us now. i mean, one thing that i mean, obviously they're

scant on detail. surprising , scant on detail. not surprising, mark, but does seem like this mark, but it does seem like this was lone attacker . was a lone wolf attacker. >> yes. i think that's one of the most significant elements to come out is the fact that this person appears to have acted alone. so there is currently no wider threat in this incident, which is , from the policing which is, from the policing point of view, clearly good, and from the members of the public caught up in this as well, it means effectively we've gone from quick time reaction in which the police and emergency services are arriving, dealing with casualties, looking for possible attackers to now entering that more sort of protracted, slow time investigation into exactly what happened and who this individual was. and you heard from assistant commissioner cook there that as yet they have not, they say, established an identity. they have not yet established a motive . they say

established a motive. they say there was nothing at the scene that they've recovered that indicates a motivation. however, he is not, he said, at all, ruling out terrorism as a potential motive for this attack. it was a scene of absolute chaos, as you would imagine, when this individual entered that shopping mall. according to the assistant commissioner, about 3:20 in the afternoon and began stabbing multiple people . this is what multiple people. this is what some of the eyewitnesses told us about what they saw . about what they saw. >> i didn't see him properly. i was running, but, it's just it was running, but, it's just it was insane. it was insanity. i wasn't expecting it. >> some guy running around stabbing people seems pretty random. probably a terrorist attack . attack. >> we saw all these people running towards us and then we heard a shot . heard a shot. >> so what? the assistant commissioner said was really a confirmation of just how, concerned and significant , this

concerned and significant, this incident was in terms of the number of people caught up and indeed dead. we'd heard initially about four. but of course, he's now confirming five people have died, other people, multiple individuals, he said, in hospital with serious or critical injuries, including a child, we'd heard a nine month old baby who was being treated for stab injuries. just utterly shocking . shocking. >> on this, i'll tell you what is clear, mark, from from social media and some of the stuff that's been portrayed that's been posted on there , there have been posted on there, there have been posted on there, there have been some real acts of bravery. i've seen pictures of one man holding, holding the attacker back , back, on an escalator back, back, on an escalator using a you know, sort of like a long piece of metal and holding him back. i mean, stuff like that.in him back. i mean, stuff like that. in the midst of this sort of incident, stuff like that is quite remarkable . quite remarkable. >> yeah. and although it's, you know, very dangerous for anybody

to intervene in such situations, there will always be those brave individuals who are willing to put their own life on the line to save others. we saw it with the london bridge attacks, when multiple attackers were on the loose there, with members of the pubuc loose there, with members of the public and police officers confronting those individuals with knives. and again, as you say, absolutely remarkable footage there on that escalator of the man who's picked up that object and is just using that to try and fight the attacker back on the stairs . and also images on the stairs. and also images that show this inspector , this that show this inspector, this lone policewoman, a senior officer who was on patrol and was the first to arrive on scene. she went up to the fifth level of the shopping centre, caught up with the attacker when he turned round. he raised his knife, came towards her. she opened fire. and again there are cctv images of her, leaning over this lifeless body, of the

alleged attacker at that point . alleged attacker at that point. so clearly, you know, very brave actions of a single officer to push forward as they do in such situations . as they know, times situations. as they know, times have changed where you try to negotiate with an attacker and talk them down, the modus operandi of terrorist attacks that we've seen in the past is to cause as much harm as possible, to kill and injure as many people as possible, so the police will push forward and try to deal with an individual as soon as they to can stop that person causing any more harm. and this is what this police inspector appears to have done here. incredibly brave actions of this lone officer. >> yeah, incredible acts of bravery. mark white, do stay with us. we're going to go to a short break, and then we'll be back with you for more developments on this

>> so, the breaking news this morning is that critical incident in sydney at the westfield bondi junction shopping centre, where there has been a knife attack and a number of fatalities. let's talk to our security editor, mark white. give us a full recap. mark of what we know at this stage . what we know at this stage. >> well, we heard in the press briefing a fairly lengthy and detailed press briefing , detailed press briefing, considering this incident really unfolded, not that long ago. assistant commissioner cook from new south wales police telling us that this attacker entered this westfield shopping centre at bondi junction in sydney, mid afternoon around about 3:00. he left. he came back in, according to the assistant commissioner, about 3:20 in the afternoon and began , according to the

began, according to the assistant commissioner, to engage with a number of people. what he means is to stab multiple people. now, the assistant commissioner said nine people, it appears, were stabbed . he has confirmed, sadly, our worst fears that five people have been killed by this knife attacker, multiple other people in hospital, some in critical condition, some in serious condition. so if nine people have been stabbed, then you've got four people, potentially in hospital. but these numbers often do change. we're still early on in the aftermath of this particular incident, the assistant commissioner confirmed that the first officer on scene , that the first officer on scene, was a police inspector, a female officer on her own who ran in to the westfield shopping centre, tried to get a handle on where this attacker was and managed to

catch up with him on the fifth level of the westfield shopping centre. at that point, the man turned around, raised the knife and the officer opened fire. there are some images, on social media as well, of this officer in the immediate aftermath of this, bent over the lifeless body , of the alleged attacker, body, of the alleged attacker, and there's more, i mean, there's an awful lot of video that's coming out on social media, a lot of it just too graphic, to show you, sadly , but graphic, to show you, sadly, but the individual officer here, the inspector, is seen on this video clearly just moments after the, attack, having neutralised the attacker , giving cpr to one of attacker, giving cpr to one of the victims. so an incredibly brave officer doing what? police officers are trained to do, which is to push forward and try to deal with the threat and

ensure that no other people are killed or injured and multiple other people, not just this police officer showing acts of bravery , heading in and dealing bravery, heading in and dealing with casualty ses, trying to stem the blood flow. we heard from one man who was interviewed on nine news in australia, who said that he had been handed this nine month old baby by the mother of the child who had been stabbed. the baby had been stabbed. the baby had been stabbed. he tried to stem the blood flow until paramedics arrived at the scene . and arrived at the scene. and according to the assistant commissioner, it seems that that child is one of those seriously or critically injured in hospital at this hour, and the other important information to come out of that briefing from the assistant commissioner was with regard to the attacker . with regard to the attacker. they say they have not yet established a motive , if they established a motive, if they have identified him, they have not revealed any details on the identity of this man as yet. but

the assistant commissioner was asked if he has ruled out terrorism as a potential motive. he said absolutely . we have not he said absolutely. we have not ruled anything out as a motive for this attack, although as yet they have found nothing at the scene, that gives an indication as to the motive for the attack. >> i mean, as you were just describing there, mark, we have seen in all of this the best of humanity at the worst of times. we've also seen really panicked videos on social media of the moments where obviously shoppers out with their friends and their families are found out that there was an attack happening in that shopping mall. this is a saturday afternoon in sydney, wasn't it? i mean, this wasn't what anybody was expecting . what anybody was expecting. >> no, of course not. and this is sad , charlie, where we are in is sad, charlie, where we are in the modern world, where attackers who want to cause maximum harm to people choose these crowded places, crowded

places are always a potential risk. but of course, everybody wants to go about their normal everyday life . and the chances, everyday life. and the chances, we have to say, of being caught up in an attack are low. but it still, when you see incidents like this unfold, it brings it home to absolutely everyone. many people, as their daily or weekend routine are out with their children in shopping centres. and we saw again some of the video that has come out that media have managed to get a hold of from some of the shops in the westfield shopping centre showing this alleged attacker running around with a knife and people scattering all around. and among the people, lots of children with their families . on children with their families. on a saturday afternoon in sydney, and so no surprise that families and so no surprise that families and young people should be caught up in in this in a popular shopping centre like the westfield centre in, bondi and on bondi junction , but as i say,

on bondi junction, but as i say, with regard to other individuals who showed bravery, we saw the most amazing footage of a man standing at the top of an escalator. the escalator had been stopped , possibly by the been stopped, possibly by the man with the emergency stop. he got hold of one of these, bollards that they use at the top of the stairs when they closed them off, and they put the tape across the top of the stairs, that, just to try stairs, using that, just to try to push the attacker back. and from the short clip of video that we see, he certainly managed for a while to stop that attacker from going further up the escalator . so incredibly the escalator. so incredibly brave. but obviously, you know, also very dangerous taking on someone who is armed with a knife . this police officer knife. this police officer clearly was armed with a firearm , unable to deal with that threat. but when all you've got is some kind of, bollard, then you know, it's very, very dangerous, but incredibly brave . dangerous, but incredibly brave. >> okay, mark, thank you very much indeed. mark's going to be

keeping us abreast of things throughout the course of the morning here on gb news. but just to recap, that critical incident in sydney, an attacker, and, five people, it's believed to have been dead. an unknown number being treated in hospital. dreadful situation in australia. >> and there'll be more on that developing news on saturday morning live, which is . next. morning live, which is. next. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsored de—man. >> glad you are here on gb news. >> glad you are here on gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office. there will be some fine weather in the south and the east today, with even a few warm sunny spells elsewhere. it's going to be increasingly blustery and increasingly showery. some low cloud across western cloud at first across western parts , and we've got this area parts, and we've got this area of moving into northern and of rain moving into northern and western england as as western england as well as wales, and will tend to wales, and that will tend to fizzle we go into the fizzle as we go into the afternoon as approaches the

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