darius davis. hopefully you can determine just by looking at them which one is which. and of course, we want to know what you think about all of tonight's topics. plus i just completed dry january . have any of your dry january. have any of your wonderful viewers done the same thing? i wonder , or is the thing? i wonder, or is the thought of a whole month without a drink or two impossible to contemplate? do let know. gb contemplate? do let us know. gb views at gb news dot com. let us know your thoughts, your opinions, your feelings, your deepest inclinations. let's get the latest news headlines. in the latest news headlines. in the meantime from ray addison . the meantime from ray addison. >> thanks, simon. our top stories tonight. stormont's first nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as power sharing was restored two years after it collapsed . it follows an collapsed. it follows an agreement between the dup and the government over post—brexit

trade. the dup's emma little—pengelly has become the new deputy fm, a role that carries equal legal power. michelle o'neill is promising to be inclusive and respectful to all. >> we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress , a new and a moment of progress, a new opportunity to work and to grow together , confident in that together, confident in that wherever we come from, whatever our aspirations are, we can and we must build our future together . we must build our future together. i'm really delighted together. i'm really delighted to see every mla back in this chamber today, and i welcome the fact that the dup have decided to re—enter the democratic institutions, and that the outcome of last year's assembly election is now being respected . election is now being respected. police hunting a suspected chemical attacker have released new video of a home in newcastle being searched. >> two containers with potential corrosive lives were recovered. mornings can be seen on the labels and tests are now ongoing

to see if they held the substance used during an attack in south london. abdul ezedi has not been seen since an image of him was taken at king's cross station on wednesday night . 31 station on wednesday night. 31 year old mother remains in hospital with injuries believed to be life changing. her two young daughters were also hurt , young daughters were also hurt, but not as badly as first thought. scotland . yard say more thought. scotland. yard say more than 10,000 pro—palestine protesters have marched through central london. members of the stop the war coalition and palestine solidarity campaign, called for an end to the israel—hamas conflict. one woman was arrested on suspicion of setting off a smoke bomb or flare. these protesters explained to us their demands. people need to support palestine and stop what's going on because day to day, every day , more and day to day, every day, more and more horrific sights are seen. >> the people are talking and the government needs to listen. not only the uk, all governments needs to listen because the people have spoken. >> we are all humans. we all

should feel each other. we shouldn't be gaza shouldn't be like that. people shouldn't be killed and slaughtered like that. so i'm praying for a better world, a peaceful world. >> well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or simply go to gb news. carmel's hurts. now let's get back to . simon back to. simon >> welcome to saturday night's showdown. well it makes a change from knife crime, i suppose. by some distance, the most enraging incident on london streets in the last week has been that involving corrosive substances flung at a young mother and her two allegedly by the two daughters, allegedly by the afghani seeker abdul afghani asylum seeker abdul ezedl afghani asylum seeker abdul ezedi. the 31 year old woman is thought to have suffered life changing injuries. suspect azadi is meanwhile still on the run. as it happens, i was with some old friends enjoying a drink in

the prince of wales pub in clapham on wednesday night, barely a five minute walk away from where this attack was occurring. the pub is charming, familiar and eccentric and the conversation was at that conversation was also at that early still early part of the evening, still proceeding lines, proceeding along familiar lines, friends the common friends exchanging the common currency sport, wardrobe friends exchanging the common curren banter)ort, wardrobe friends exchanging the common curren banter and wardrobe friends exchanging the common curren banter and lamenting the based banter and lamenting the price of a pint. the usual reassuring chap with which old friends persuade one another that their country, their civilisation, is not presently teetering on the edge of a mudslide. we were still a couple of pints away from gaza vaping bans or the long firm viability of the pembrokeshire puffin colonies. lower on the way home that we had been so physically close to such an horrific attack was unsettling, to say the least. like the opening chapter in a disturbing novel. for in a disturbing novel. but for me, even more enraging the me, even more enraging than the attack the attack itself has been, the subsequent tendency among the professional of professional commentariat of which i am, i suppose, myself now a lonely, renegade specimen to also retreat to safe ,

to also retreat to safe, reassuring and impotent platitudes rather than address what everyone, literally everyone can see is actually going on to here watch them all tiptoeing around a stalled elephant where the coffee table is supposed to be an elephant. that it seems, is going to have to go into the full, terrifying, hormone driven rage known as must before anyone is willing to even acknowledge its presence is. of course, this is not new. it was strikingly evident in the despicable and cowardly attempt to use the islamist murder of sir david amess to curry favour for the utterly immaterial online safety bill, as if he'd been stabbed by a tweet. perhaps the most vivid, loathsome display was that by tory, chair of the women and equalities committee and former minister of state for immigration, caroline nokes, telling kirsty wark on the bbc's newsnight that these outrages were best understood as being on a spectrum they share with sexism in the workplace and specifically the micro aggressions to which she herself was subject from time to time.

though, to be fair, she was generous enough to acknowledge that women of colour do experience these nebulous affronts even more frequently. cowardice utter craven cowardice . both hers and that of wark, who could be heard murmuring her approval at this skilful manoeuvring of the topic into altogether less flammable territory. the same sort of smothering asbestos mitten discomfort greeted the announcement recently that tory mp mike freer would not be seeking re—election , fearing for seeking re—election, fearing for his life , not least because he'd his life, not least because he'd learned that amos's murderer, ali harbi ali, had also visited his office, but found him on that occasion absent mps of all stripes have no difficulty in denouncing the far right ideologies that animated jo cox's murderer , thomas mair, and cox's murderer, thomas mair, and quite right, too. but confronted with an alien ideology and regressive imported attitudes towards women and children that are so fundamental , interwoven are so fundamental, interwoven in the cultural and religious assumptions that prevail in many

parts of the world, from which millions are currently seeking asylum across the west. they remain dumb as x. formerly twitter user victoria freeman put it after watching noakes's contempt for her, viewers suspect azad's alleged victims and the truth . if you argue and the truth. if you argue against the blinding, and the truth. if you argue against the blinding , the against the blinding, the obvious in an imperious manner, you make people very angry. you create the conditions for exactly the kind of politicians you really don't want much . you really don't want much. moderates everywhere need to learn this lesson fast. they must. they really must. ideally before the coming of the must . before the coming of the must. now i'm joined tonight by the brilliant tv personality and broadcaster precious muir, and the fantastic comedians dianne spencer and darius davies . so spencer and darius davies. so folks . what do you think about folks. what do you think about that vitriol attack there on the

. on the harmless and defenceless noakes? dianne i don't think that it was , uh, i don't think that it was, uh, i think it was a very good attack because you raised such an important, potent note about these imported presumptions. >> ions of the attitudes towards women children that do women and children that do prevail in other parts of the world. uh, now i'm going to say something which is going to make a lot of people sort of jerk their teacups . so brace, brace, their teacups. so brace, brace, brace. okay um, things that are imported, such as honour killings, such as female genital mutilation. i do apologise if anybody's having their dinner, but the point is, in all seriousness, you're right. these are things that have into are things that have come into our never here our country that were never here in country, and they are in our country, and they are absolutely awful and surely, although we haven't, they haven't yet caught the alleged attacker , for we haven't attacker, for we haven't identified exactly what the motive was. we all seem . to know motive was. we all seem. to know where this is coming from

because we have seen this appear in the news before. >> it does seem, doesn't it, precious, that there is a kind of, uh, a reasonable presumption that this man reached for a means of expressing his anger or a desire for revenge in a means that was familiar to him. >> i think, personally, we just need to kind of maybe focus on the fact that we need to separate the two between a legal immigrants and obviously legal immigrants. is the thing immigrants. so this is the thing this obviously come this person obviously has come here. he's become here. he's done. he's become a criminal, he probably criminal, or he probably was a criminal, or he probably was a criminal before he arrived here. he then, uh, he tried to he was then, uh, he tried to seek asylum twice. and on the third he actually third time he actually got asylum . and was after third time he actually got asy|fact. and was after third time he actually got asy|fact that and was after third time he actually got asy|fact that held was after third time he actually got asy|fact that he actually'as after third time he actually got asy|fact that he actually was, ter the fact that he actually was, um, basically flee. you um, basically flee. uh, you know, he he sexually assaulted a woman absolutely already . so woman absolutely already. so he's a criminal, although he is now apparently a christian. >> so i don't know whether that mitigates it. >> i mean, we need to make sure that we focus separating the two because. >> but is it i mean, let me ask you, darius, do you think, i don't know, put words in your

mouth, but my suspicion is watching the way this kind of news gets covered, that people are really afraid, made of making there are really afraid, made of m no 1g there are really afraid, made of m no possibility there are really afraid, made of m no possibility of there are really afraid, made of m no possibility of integrating; is no possibility of integrating legal migrants certain legal migrants from certain parts world because they parts of the world because they simply come with too much cultural that will not simply come with too much culassimilated. that will not be assimilated. >> mean, think >> yes. yeah i mean, i think there slightly that there is slightly that possibility, but it's not helped by, by, uh, the mp going on television and talking about someone darling someone calling her darling in an office when, when, when there's a two there's a daughter and a two kids hospital with their face kids in hospital with their face changed for life. yeah. it's like when you do that and you ignore it, like you said, the elephant in the room, it causes resentment. people see what's happening, going to happening, and they're going to they're away they're going to vote this away and going and it's and they're going to and it's going incriminate all. going to incriminate all. >> that's i'm yeah, >> that's what i'm saying. yeah, that's what i'm saying. you have to sure we separate the to make sure we separate the two. legal immigrants two. there is legal immigrants that here their that are coming here with their passport, documentation, passport, their documentation, everything able everything they need to be able to become a uk citizen. right. my to become a uk citizen. right. my it. he didn't come my father did it. he didn't come on a boat. he didn't come in a lorry. came a plane with lorry. he came on a plane with his with his passport.

his ticket, with his passport. and he did the right thing and the procedure to be able the right procedure to be able to stay country. to stay in this country. >> lot of people who have >> and a lot of people who have followed those procedures are absolutely adamant that absolutely the most adamant that the prevention of illegal immigration and people abusing the harder for them to go through the process. >> yeah. i mean, but to be honest though, this is actually a legal i mean, immigrant status on this isn't actually an issue because this is a this is a cultural, cultural thing. i say this as someone who's from an iranian background, right? so i understand the way, you know, women treated this is women are treated and this is a this is a cultural thing that's being brought into, in, into the country to echo, um, of country to echo, um, and of course, in iran, more than anywhere in the world, anywhere else in the world, women asserting themselves anywhere else in the world, womebeen asserting themselves anywhere else in the world, womebeen forserting themselves anywhere else in the world, womebeen for a rting themselves anywhere else in the world, womebeen for a number mselves anywhere else in the world, womebeen for a number of ;elves anywhere else in the world, womebeen for a number of years have been for a number of years now, to like, uh, redress now, trying to like, uh, redress the horrific sick imbalance that's been imported quite recently, even into iran. >> 1978, things >> right in late 1978, things were going pretty well. >> with the islamic >> yeah, with the islamic republic. so there's big republic. so there's a big movement about that in iran. >> to you for the last >> go back to you for the last word, diane, before we go to the break. >> well, the last words are, let's say let's hope that they

catch him soon. >> yeah, absolutely. well he is only attacker. and only an alleged attacker. and that emphasise. that is important to emphasise. uh, i can go further uh, but i think i can go further than when say the than alleged when i say the culpability some of these culpability of some of these commentators and in particular mps, doubt coming mps, is not in any doubt coming up. we will assess the week's winners losers cursed or winners and losers in cursed or evans form under evans sent my adapted form under the this week. the the spotlight. this week. the sport rugby and whether or sport of rugby and whether or not it causes brain injury. elmo the muppet and his attempts to provide a little bit of moral support for the world and celebrity auctions . on the off celebrity auctions. on the off chance you have not seen it yet, we will also show you what happened next. when this lead, this lady rather needed to break into her own home. so let's take a look. i can't

last few months of her life, if many people have said that they were bullying her for money for this, for that, and yes, yes, yes . yes. >> on mark dolan tonight in my big opinion, the scandal of britain's potholes dangerous, unsightly and costing motorists millions . in

unsightly and costing motorists millions. in my take at ten, it's millions. in my take at ten, wsfime millions. in my take at ten, it's time for prince andrew to remarry . sarah ferguson. it will remarry. sarah ferguson. it will save his reputation , lift the save his reputation, lift the nafion save his reputation, lift the nation and reignite it. a royal love story. my mark meets guest is sean wilson . coronation is sean wilson. coronation street star turned award winning cheese maker. nothing cheesy about tonight's show. we're live at nine. >> and welcome back to the saturday night showdown. cursed or evans sent coming up. but first, i promised i would show you what happened when that lady had to break into her home. had to break into her own home. it go quite as planned. it didn't go quite as planned. and i can't film now. if you're listening on your smart speaker, a a black. don't know a lady in a black. i don't know what the kind of colour call what the kind of colour you call that, but she's trying insert that, but she's trying to insert herself a herself into the top of a window. it's down. come or rather, goes the dress out rather, up goes the dress out are blurred. the, uh, the elements of shot that have elements of the shot that have delighted twitter. she is

basically upside basically hanging upside down, naked and her naked to the waist now, and her friend, with laughter, friend, helpless with laughter, bent completely bent over double completely unwilling . person bent over double completely unwwondered . person bent over double completely unwwondered who person bent over double completely unwwondered who the, person bent over double completely unwwondered who the, uh, son bent over double completely unwwondered who the, uh, might has wondered who the, uh, might have been filming that . diane? have been filming that. diane? did you? what do you think? is that possible? that that was that possible? that that was that a stunt ? i mean, i that was a stunt? i mean, i don't know, you know, i think that's actually yeah that's actually real. yeah, yeah . nobody just gonna get their their boobs out for no reason. >> well, she. that was a genuine mistake. >> and it did work so beautifully. i mean, the timing and everything, it was so immaculate. the presentation, the reveal. was like the the reveal. it was like the masked or something. masked singer or something. >> wondering filmed >> i'm just wondering who filmed it. who we want >> i'm just wondering who filmed it. know who we want >> i'm just wondering who filmed it. know who who we want >> i'm just wondering who filmed it. know who filmed? we want >> i'm just wondering who filmed it. know who filmed? maybe 1t >> i'm just wondering who filmed it. know who filmed? maybe the to know who filmed? maybe the daughter. i expect they were to know who filmed? maybe the daughoping expect they were to know who filmed? maybe the daughoping theret they were to know who filmed? maybe the daughoping there would nere to know who filmed? maybe the daughoping there would bee just hoping there would be a catastrophe. >> one of them would, like, fall in undignified whereas in an undignified heap, whereas in an undignified heap, whereas in was quite dignified in an undignified heap, whereas in a was quite dignified in an undignified heap, whereas in a way, was quite dignified in an undignified heap, whereas in a way, wasn'tite dignified in an undignified heap, whereas in a way, wasn't it?dignified in an undignified heap, whereas in a way, wasn't it? dariused in a way, wasn't it? darius >> you know what it was. i didn't to this. i got didn't want to watch this. i got sent it a few times. i think i've been so ruined by the internet. i thought, oh, something terrible to something terrible is going to happen, actually, it was happen, but but actually, it was such a nice. i said, oh, it's it made funnier she made it even funnier when she was and she's not.

>> um, i mean, she's not in bad shape. she's fine. and shape. no, no, she's fine. and body not body shaming, is it? no. >> but even if it was, i mean, i think it might have made it funnier. yeah because she wouldn't have got through that. >> you ever slithered >> and have you ever slithered in up of in through an up and up of portion a window? have, but portion of a window? i have, but i am a lady who wears a bra, so i am a lady who wears a bra, so i would have been all right. >> yeah, but that's not an element that your mother ever impresses it? impresses upon you, is it? >> well, don't wear a bra. >> well, well, don't wear a bra. bra? when you go out. you never know whether you'll be trying to break in through the lavatory. time part of the time now for the part of the show usually called cursed or blessed. night only blessed. but for one night only with are with me in the chair, we are branding cursed or evans branding it cursed or evans sent. yes, you can decide how branding it cursed or evans sen' scent you can decide how branding it cursed or evans sen'scent y(spelt. decide how branding it cursed or evans sen'scent y(spelt. myide how branding it cursed or evans sen'scent y(spelt. my panelw branding it cursed or evans sen'scent y(spelt. my panel and the scent is spelt. my panel and i will be looking at three big stories deciding who are stories and deciding who are the week's winners losers. week's winners and losers. so we're the entire week's winners and losers. so we're of the entire week's winners and losers. so we're of for the entire week's winners and losers. so we're of for years. ntire week's winners and losers. so we're of for years. rugby sport of rugby for years. rugby union and league have been seen as a fairly healthy outdoor pursuit, with amounts of pursuit, with various amounts of cultural and degree cultural baggage and a degree of class implication in the two different but the different codes. but the historic six nations championship historic six nations champiorand» usually very weekend and is usually very popular. over 200 popular. however, over 200 retired players have recently

brought a legal case against the sport's governing bodies, alleging . that they suffered alleging. that they suffered brain injuries during their careers. it will be interesting to see whether legal case to see whether the legal case they shows evidence they have brought shows evidence of those brain injuries. anyway, with concerns over head with these concerns over head injuries in mind, a study this week said that playing rugby in schools is a form of child abuse and should be banned for under 18. diane shall we stop kids from watching? uh, not watching from watching? uh, not watching from playing, playing rugby? >> well, it's a very serious question if we stop all question because if we stop all children rugby, that children playing rugby, that means that we're likely to means that we're less likely to end with any professional end up with any professional rugby players. true. so rugby players. that's true. so if you're going to squash the sport at that level and you're going to stop the talent pool emerging, you might well stop emerging, you might as well stop the later on in life. you the sport later on in life. you know, you might tobacco ban where just to where they're just going to move it up year by year. >> and eventually they're going it up year by year. >> be1d eventually they're going it up year by year. >>be1d (yearually they're going it up year by year. >> be1d (year oldy they're going it up year by year. >> be1d (year old smokers going it up year by year. >>be1d (year old smokers andg to be 30 year old smokers and then year smokers and so then 40 year old smokers and so on. it out on. yeah, just phase it out if that's what want to do. that's what you want to do. >> do you think, darius? >> how are you? do you think

competitive sport is important at school? >> played at school and >> i played rugby at school and i've a short memory i've got a short tum memory loss, not, um. i think loss, so it's not, um. i think i think good kids. think rugby is good for kids. i don't it's 200 professional that have not school have sued them, not the school kids. think you know there's kids. i think you know there's opfions kids. i think you know there's options to do you know touch touch rugby as well. but i think rugby in general if it's done, you know refereed correctly, trained correctly it's pretty safe sport. and it it creates it's good for kids. >> it is i tell you what i played rugby at school . it was played rugby at school. it was just a company, an all boys comprehensive school in the 70s. i rubbish it, but not for i was rubbish at it, but not for like might think like the usual. you might think of you know, of cowardice or, you know, didn't want get muddy didn't want to get muddy or whatever. game when you're on complicated game when you're on the pitch, and i think in a way it does bring out certain talents in kids have the talents in kids that have the skill that don't skill set for that, that i don't remember else remember doing anything else that was quite difficult that was quite as difficult to master the, you know, the schematic was happening schematic of what was happening on any moment on the pitch at any given moment when school, though, i, when i was at school, though, i, i kickboxing and, and, uh, i did kickboxing and, and, uh, karate. >> so i was doing sports where you were getting hit in the head

on purpose . on purpose. but we on purpose. on purpose. but we were wearing head guards. so then you bring in the question of, you give of, well, do you give them protective gear? no because that doesn't nfl . doesn't work for the nfl. >> so there's lots of situations that occurs with contact that that occurs with contact sport. a lot of sport. so there's a lot of athletes that suffering from athletes that are suffering from dementia from all different types of like brain issues because of the contact sport that they've actually had throughout their career. you know, if they play, if you start a career at the nfl before you start playing, they give you essentially an iq test. >> give you serious >> they give you a serious cognitive test, and then you take it again when you leave to see suffered see whether you have suffered significant how, how, why significant how, how, how, why people like people don't just fake like getting all the answers wrong when leave. so that when they leave. so that they get compensation. get significant compensation. i don't know, i mean, i guess it's well, i don't know if they trying to do that now, but i mean, obviously them just being naturally, uh, basically going through an through these issues as an adult, many things adult, there are so many things that they like occur, you know, memory loss all of those memory loss and all of those things are actually early parkinson's.

things are actually early parkinson's . and so forth. parkinson's. and so forth. >> so it's i personally don't think that young children should be doing contact sport. we maybe can limit the contact or have no contact at all. >> but there's no need. there's no need to do it until they've got testosterone at the very least, you've at least least, you've got to at least wait until they've gone through 17. >> 18 is a good u 17. >> 18 is a good age. i will say there's bit off brand for me, there's a bit off brand for me, but i actually think the purpose of sport is much more of sport at school is much more to encouraging everybody to do with encouraging everybody to do with encouraging everybody to run around, of to run around, get lots of exercise like they've exercise and feel like they've had some of participation in. >> and my h- h— >> and my memories of sport at school were that it failed to do that out ten, that nine times out of ten, most of would be pareto of us, it would be the pareto principle 20% of the of the of the of the field would have a clue what was going on, and 80% of were standing around kind of us were standing around kind of us were standing around kind of we'd gardening of wishing we'd done gardening or people instead or visiting old people instead or visiting old people instead or no next up we have or something. no next up we have elmo from street. now, elmo from sesame street. now, it's see a total it's not often you see a total muppet gb news pause for muppet on gb news pause for laughter, but we may exception for elmo . elmo is just chicken. for elmo. elmo is just chicken. i can't do his voice. elmo is just checking in. how is

everybody doing? he asked on x this week. formerly twitter. the response was overwhelming and rather sad. hundreds of people responded with just how miserable they feeling. miserable they were feeling. things bad that the things got so bad that the official sesame street account sent out a link to mental health resources and adam biden, apparently oblivious of the role that he's probably played in this mental health crisis, also weighed in, saying, our friend elmo right . we have to be elmo is right. we have to be there for each other . elmo is right. we have to be there for each other. darius, what do you think? is elmo providing a service here? is he an important bellwether, or is this just take people taking the opportunity to moan to a puppet. >> i think it's people taking the opportunity to moan to a puppet and biden jumping on on the wagon. but interestingly, now to get biden's now we're now to get biden's attention . let's be good to get attention. let's be good to get our motor comment on you know, cultural . maybe biden cultural affairs. maybe biden will do something. i can imagine joe biden and elmo just settling down for a few whiskies by the fire, and that being a nice kind of off ramp for him in this, i can imagine. i can imagine biden

sniffing elmo's head. that's what i can imagine. >> elmo's well into his 30s now. >> elmo's well into his 30s now. >> he's waiting my god, what do you think is . this a bit tacky? you think is. this a bit tacky? >> and just, like, kind of undignified? i mean, as a red haired muppet myself, i find many people like to me many people like to tell me they're problems. >> but i think that the person who street who runs the sesame street account a lot of account maybe missed a lot of sarcasm. there . because when you sarcasm. there. because when you have, like elmo saying , hey, how have, like elmo saying, hey, how are you doing? then people were writing stuff like the world is on fire. >> well, there is a kind of flat i call it flat affect style. >> that's very popular on twitter among a certain generation, tend no capital generation, you tend no capital letters, punctuation the letters, no punctuation on the tweet ends a . and these tweet ends without a. and these are the kind people who just are the kind of people who just kind of go, yeah, no problem here. the world is on fire. i wish i was dead every day i wake up pistol under you up with a pistol under the you know, it's of comical know, it's a kind of comical style, like a pinch. >> it with a pinch of

>> you take it with a pinch of salt. yeah, it's not a serious, but i think was some but i do think there was some elements people took it elements where people took it very be very seriously. and to be honest, to realise that honest, they got to realise that it's a child's toy. toy. we used to that you wound up to have one that you wound up show children. yeah. so we show for children. yeah. so we kind things kind of got to put things in perspective uh, perspective and then also, uh, you somebody you you know, when somebody asks you how you do it, you don't necessarily well, this everything. oh, well, this is the english way. >> a very >> this is like a very multicultural, full life story. >> you just go, i'm okay. and then get with it. like >> you just go, i'm okay. and therdon't get with it. like >> you just go, i'm okay. and therdon'tget and vith it. like >> you just go, i'm okay. and therdon'tget and i'm it. like >> you just go, i'm okay. and therdon'tget and i'm likeike you don't go and i'm like depressed. no, you depressed. and i'm like, no, you just don't share that type of stuff think necessary. >> certainly don't. necessary. >> you certainly don't. necessary. >> you share nly don't. necessary. >> you share it. don't. necessary. >> you share it. if)n't. necessary. >> you share it. if you >> you don't share it. if you meet somebody in person, you? >> you don't share it. if you me how mebody in person, you? >> you don't share it. if you me how are )ody in person, you? >> you don't share it. if you me how are you? n person, you? hi, how are you? >> you never answer that. you're neven >> you never answer that. you're never, traditional never, you know, in traditional english. never, you know, in traditional englisthis, but traditional know this, but in traditional english, know this, but in traditional engthis like back a few >> this is like going back a few generations like generations and in, like clubland, the formal introduction is how do you do? and is and the response to that is how do even say, do you do? you don't even say, fine, don't answer it. it is how do . you do is you >> it is how do. you do is you respond with the exact how do you do? >> how do you do? right. and that's it. and it's gone. >> i'm bringing that back.

>> i'm bringing that back. >> absolutely good. >> absolutely good. >> do ? >> how do you do? >> how do you do? >> we had a toy elmo though, when my son was like, and it was called tickle me elmo. and i never used to watch sesame street, to be honest. um, because it seemed to be, you know , preparing me for know, preparing me for a multiculturalism. i was quite sure we'd never visit saint albans when i was growing up. but the idea of elmo then at that point was tickle that point was that you tickle him kind giggles insanely. >> that seems obvious >> that seems to me the obvious solution . if you're feeling down solution. if you're feeling down right? right. >> of course. and i think that obviously bringing elmo into the element of mental health is kind of like, what are we doing here? like, obviously we need to bring mental health awareness to certain people that really do need help, but i think elmo's not a therapist . need help, but i think elmo's not a therapist. no. so you should be actually speaking to someone who is qualified. >> and let's not try and pathologize the entire 21st twitter account. >> so yeah. >> so yeah. >> next up, the weird and

wonderful world of celebrity auctions. now the famous auction house sotheby's has reported that some trainers, some used training shoes worn by basketball legend michael jordan were sold this week for $8 million. would you believe ? and million. would you believe? and i don't think they've even been laundered. not to be outdone , laundered. not to be outdone, ageing rocker, they've put that in the teleprompter, but i certainly don't want to endorse that. he's just guitar genius. that. he's just a guitar genius. mark of dire straits mark knopfler of dire straits has been cashing in. he got has also been cashing in. he got more than £8 million for a collection of guitars and amplifiers. individually, they were totted than were totted up more than a quarter they're were totted up more than a quarter charity they're were totted up more than a quarter charity pressurethey're were totted up more than a quarter charity pressure .1ey're were totted up more than a quarter charity pressure . would going to charity pressure. would you rather spend 8 million on some or some decent some old trainers or some decent rock and hardware? rock and roll hardware? >> any >> i wouldn't spend it on any of that stuff. i would invest my money that makes more sense. yeah, to be honest . yeah, to be honest. >> like until you die or do you eventually buy some sort of, uh, no. 110. >> no. >> i think invest in your money in property is probably the best way to go. >> i don't think buying someone's old trainers is the right way of spending money. someone's old trainers is the rigididay of spending money. someone's old trainers is the rigidid you: spending money. someone's old trainers is the rigidid you buy�*nding money. someone's old trainers is the rigidid you buy an ng money. someone's old trainers is the rigidid you buy an old noney. someone's old trainers is the rigidid you buy an old rocker's >> did you buy an old rocker's

house shaun bailey? house from shaun bailey? >> if got a good view in a >> if it's got a good view in a pool >> if it's got a good view in a pool, then yeah. so why not? >> remember a few years >> i do remember a few years ago, eric clapton's car ago, darius eric clapton's car was up for sale. yeah, yeah , and was up for sale. yeah, yeah, and it was. it didn't have many miles it was, miles on the clock, but it was, uh, price. uh, it was a reasonable price. but it was a bit but it was. it was a bit thirsty. think that would but it was. it was a bit thi great. think that would but it was. it was a bit thi great. and hink that would but it was. it was a bit thi great. and hi have at would but it was. it was a bit thi great. and hi have at wouof be great. and i have a sort of blue plaque just drive it blue plaque on it. just drive it around for few months. around for a few months. >> fantastic. around for a few months. >> and fantastic. around for a few months. >> and see antastic. around for a few months. >> and see ifitastic. around for a few months. >> and see if he'd:. around for a few months. >> and see if he'd left >> and maybe see if he'd left a few envelopes tucked the few envelopes tucked down in the sort think? sort of what do you think? >> i mean, think souvenirs >> i mean, i think souvenirs like i think that's like this, i think that's actually your mistaken. >> that's going to be a fantastic that's >> that's going to be a fantasto that's >> that's going to be a fantasto and that's >> that's going to be a fantasto and up hat's >> that's going to be a fantasto and up and; >> that's going to be a fantasto and up and up and going to go up and up and up and up and up and up. >> guitars, guitars and the >> the guitars, guitars and the train jordan's train that michael jordan's trainers are going are just going to more and more . going to be worth more and more. >> they're £8 million now. today they're not going to go down trainers. >> well i mean they will literally rock. >> but no people keep them and they them as collection . they use them as a collection. they put them it's a big they put them up. it's a big thing. it's a big thing. there's a lot it's a big industry actually. now it's a growing industry in the uk. people bringing over these like exclusive stock exclusive trainers, their stock is are is a big thing. so people are buying heads. apparently my is telling heads. ipparently my is telling heads. i findently my is telling heads. i find ittly my is telling heads. i find it slightly, is telling heads. i find it slightly, uh, telling me i find it slightly, uh, disquieting. i think the foot is not fetishised. >> but not thinking

>> no, but you're not thinking about in the right about the foot in the right context. these trainers are a non—fungible token. they are absolutely non—fungible token. they are absolbeen worn by michael jordan have been worn by michael jordan himself. want them himself. you don't want them laundered. literally laundered. you literally want the fact that you have got something the fact that you have got son greatest the fact that you have got songreatest basketball the greatest basketball legend and of all and a sporting legend of all time, and the currency of these items, thousands of them over the his career. the course of his career. yes, of , he's worn many, many of course, he's worn many, many trainers, but this is a particular pair, and it's like art. i mean, if you like art, then you'll understand this because, well, art , what are you because, well, art, what are you willing to pay for? >> like art? it couldn't be less like art is. >> i can say yes. that's an investment. but a signature on a on a on a trainer? no. >> these are game worn stats to your game worn your opinion. game worn championship trainers. >> it's a little bit like buying the palette like picasso. his palette or picasso's like brush. >> simon, you're wrong, >> no, simon, you're wrong, you're wrong. you're massively wrong. simon. these exam , you're wrong. >> signature's actually worth money. it's not the signature you're paying. >> missing it. yes, but >> you're missing it. yes, but these yes state these are game worn. yes state game worn. championship winning trainers game worn. championship winning trainer�*for which jordan for nike, which has created industry. created $1 billion industry. these are a history of trainers or sneakers, want or sneakers, whatever you want

to going or sneakers, whatever you want to up going or sneakers, whatever you want to up in going or sneakers, whatever you want to up in hey, going to go up in price. hey, revolution . and have revolution. and they each have specific revolution. and they each have spe get paid. exactly. >> get paid. exactly. >> get paid. exactly. >> i think it's down to the individual. so if you're interested . in trainer jemmy interested. in trainerjemmy hill's shoes , if i was a jemmy hill's shoes, if i was a jemmy hill's shoes, if i was a jemmy hill fan and i had millions of pounds and i was like, wow , pounds and i was like, wow, jemmy hill then yeah , if it's my jemmy hill then yeah, if it's my money, i've got £1 million. >> i want to spend it. i'm going to do it. >> no, i'll just. >> no, i'll just. >> what about the guitars? you don't think they're as impressive? that impressive? you think that the shoes, because they they sort of spawned pound. shoes, because they they sort of spaw mean, pound. shoes, because they they sort of spawmean, dire pound. shoes, because they they sort of spawmean, dire straits.und. shoes, because they they sort of spawmean, dire straits. 11d. shoes, because they they sort of spawmean, dire straits. i like >> i mean, dire straits. i like dire straits, they're dire straits, but they're not exactly michael. they're not the michael jordan of the rock and roll to roll world. if you're going to give me slash. yeah mahyar tousi. >> no, there's currency because because less because as time goes on and less people remember the particular famous can famous person, the currency can also that's what famous person, the currency can alsc saying. that's what i'm saying. >> fm- e think the >> yeah, yeah. so i think the artist best artist is probably the best way to go. so like mr brainwash or, you more you know, just someone more memorable artist mr memorable as an artist who is mr brainwash, basically brainwash, he's basically a very, an incredible artist who does like pop art stuff. and, um, have you just um, and we didn't have you just bought some of his stuff. >> you trying to push >> are you trying to push his price ? price up? >> yeah. price up? >> no,�*|. he's he's he's

>> no, no, he's he's he's definitely one of artists on definitely one of the artists on the to watch. the radar to watch. >> next on the saturday >> okay. next on the saturday night show down it's culture corner. i be asking if only corner. i will be asking if only disabled actors should play richard whether richard the third and whether singer taylor swift hatched a dastardly plot to use the super bowl as a means of winning the election for joe bowl as a means of winning the election forjoe biden. time for election for joe biden. time for another . what election for joe biden. time for another. what happened election for joe biden. time for another . what happened next? election for joe biden. time for another. what happened next? in the meantime, if you enjoyed the woman climbing through a window earlier, don't forget to go back and interview and watch their interview from this with our very own this morning with our very own ellie and peter. next, i'll show you what happened next. when richard branson tried a vegemite sandwich. see you shortly . sandwich. see you shortly. >> we have now managed to get , >> we have now managed to get, uh, vegemite on exclusively on to, um

how now they're coming to an end . now they're coming to an end. join me. >> camilla tominey at 930 on sunday morning for a gb news

exclusive. >> when i will be speaking to former home secretary suella braverman. i'll be getting her reaction to the news that immigration is set to add 6 million people to the uk population by 2036. i'll also be joined by education secretary gillian keegan and labour's chris bryant for what is shaping up to be an unmissable show. all that and more with me camilla tominey from 930 on sunday morning . morning. >> and welcome back to the saturday night showdown. i'm simon evans, standing in for leo kursawe sitting really culture corner coming up . kursawe sitting really culture corner coming up. but kursawe sitting really culture corner coming up . but first kursawe sitting really culture corner coming up. but first i promised i would show what promised i would show you what happened when richard branson boldly to try vegemite boldly decided to try a vegemite sandwich , which we have now sandwich, which we have now managed to get vegemite on exclusively on to, um, uh, to virgin voyages in australia .

virgin voyages in australia. and he didn't want to follow. he's not a fan, obviously. i don't know whether he prefers marmite or just know whether he prefers marmite orjust doesn't like savoury or just doesn't like savoury spreads at all. >> what do you think? vegemite. it's very, very different to marmite. oh it. oh yeah. very marmite. oh is it. oh yeah. very different. um, and it is a staple of australia and new zealand and that's mainly where you'll get it. when try you'll get it. and when they try marmite they're like are they for them. marmite is more like bovnlis for them. marmite is more like bovril is for us. >> i like what do you think you like? like i >> i like what do you think you like?like i prefer >> i like what do you think you like? like i prefer bovril. >> i like mama, i prefer bovril. personally, never had personally, i've never had vegemite. different vegemite. it's just a different colour . vegemite. it's just a different colour. what? >> taste the same to >> they all taste the same to me. so wrong. me. yeah oh, that's so wrong. slightly different. i eat yeast extract asda. extract spread from from asda. genenc extract spread from from asda. generic non brand yeast extract. mama marketing policy a mama marketing policy for a number of years has been to emphasise number of years has been to em youise number of years has been to em you either or it >> you either love it or hate it right ? you can split it up. right? you can split it up. i have a joke, which i've which i've, , peddled number i've, uh, peddled for a number of i'd to hear of years, which i'd like to hear it. people like it. yeah go for it. people like to bit like marmite. to say i'm a bit like marmite. meaning love me or meaning you either love me or hate me. but fact, most hate me. but in fact, most people are like marmite inasmuch

as they are a by—product of the brewing industry. the joke it's not bad, is it? my new joke to think time for culture think about it. time for culture corner now and we're starting with the vexed issue of who should role in should play the lead role in shakespeare's richard the third. obviously, the artistic director of the theatre. that's been the rule at the globe for some time. it long been argued that it has long been argued that richard's disfiguring crookback might have been mere tudor propaganda . the modern analysis propaganda. the modern analysis of . discovered of his remains. discovered beneath a car park, of course, near leicester, suggest he had the relatively minor condition known as scoliosis, abnormal known as scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, which wouldn't have slowed him down much. michelle terry much. but actress michelle terry says she will not play the king with a visible or physical impairment. that's after her casting prompted an outcry with the disabled artists alliance saying this production cannot be successfully performed with a non—physically disabled actor at the helm . precious. the helm. precious. >> yeah, i think it's actually quite strange that they're not even going to include that in the actual performance at all.

they have taken the disability completely away from the story, not to mention the fact that he was a bloke in the original play. >> i think that nobody seems to be rewriting history. >> i don't think that it's fair. this opportunity this is a missed opportunity for a individual . who could a disabled individual. who could play a disabled individual. who could play this part, and they kind of just wrote this out of the script, don't think right. >> do think right. » no >> do you think that's the future though, that future, though, darius? is that the disabled actors the future for disabled actors only to be given disabled roles or maybe we'll be better off. there? henry the fifth a wheelchair? >> there >> i thought there was a disabled actor playing the role. it's 0h, disabled actor playing the role. it's oh, my. >> oh, my. >> oh, my. >> it's a little joke. it's a little joke. it is a little joke. little joke . um, joke. i it's a little joke. um, obviously, but i think if you're an actor, you should be able to play an actor, you should be able to play any role. i don't what they're going to have to find someone specifically with scoliosis or kyphosis. anyone can that person scoliosis or kyphosis. anyone cacapable that person scoliosis or kyphosis. anyone cacapable of that person scoliosis or kyphosis. anyone cacapable of actuallyiat person is capable of actually portraying the character correctly, then they should have given that opportunity, but not actually it entirely in actually having it entirely in the entire process of the show and showing the differences. and not showing the differences. >> it doesn't make sense for me.

>> it doesn't make sense for me. >> what do you think, brian? >> what do you think, brian? >> think that, i think >> i think that, uh, no, i think any actor can play most roles, and i think it comes down to the casting process. >> who delivers something exciting in the audition, who delivers that part for you? we have this wonderful thing now called blind casting , where called blind casting, where everybody can go for pretty much everybody can go for pretty much every role except this is at the globe theatre, where the artistic director, michelle terry, seems to play virtually every lead role in every production they put on since she took job. took the job. >> now, when say now, i >> now, when i say that now, i knew that she was the artistic director thought, right, director and i thought, right, that's bit that's that to me seems a bit weird because i know that actors have well and they have other jobs as well and they tend work the theatre. tend to work in the theatre. >> if she's this more tend to work in the theatre. >> once she's this more tend to work in the theatre. >> once ,1e's this more tend to work in the theatre. >> once , it's this more tend to work in the theatre. >> once , i would this more tend to work in the theatre. >> once , i would says more tend to work in the theatre. >> once , i would say that�*re than once, i would say that she's problem . and i'm going she's the problem. and i'm going to quite bluntly, to say that quite bluntly, because she's turning the globe in that case. now that you've said mind, she's said that in my mind, she's turning one of those turning it into one of those really parochial , like turning it into one of those really parochial, like am dram soc society movies where like, no one else can come in because

everybody's already got their roles allotted. that's bad. >> it sounds like a play in itself doesn't does itself doesn't it? yeah. does that your view? that does that change your view? no. is already that no. your view is already that she in there anyway. >> no, i don't think think anyway. >> no somebody |ink think anyway. >> nosomebody who think anyway. >> nosomebody who had|k that's somebody who had the disability. be in that disability. should be in that role. interesting. disability. should be in that role. iare'esting. disability. should be in that role. iare'estisorts of little >> there are all sorts of little subtle aspects to this. i know david baddiel little ago david baddiel a little while ago wrote don't wrote a book called jews don't count. one of positions was wrote a book called jews don't courif one of positions was wrote a book called jews don't courif there )f positions was wrote a book called jews don't courif there )f [jewish s was that if there was a jewish character a play that if there was a jewish charac'jewishness a play that if there was a jewish charac'jewishness wasa play that if there was a jewish charac'jewishness was significant whose jewishness was significant , they should be played by a jew. i think that's very jew. i think that's a very dangerous, slippery slope go dangerous, slippery slope to go down, you if down, because then you go, if they're a they they're not a jew, they shouldn't be played by jew. shouldn't be played by a jew. >> i think . i think that >> i think. i think that is a slightly different thing. i think there's roles think obviously there's roles now that, you obviously now that, you know, obviously we've just the little we've just seen the little mermaid being played by a mixed we've just seen the little merrwoman ng played by a mixed we've just seen the little merrwoman .g played by a mixed we've just seen the little merrwoman . yeah.'ed by a mixed we've just seen the little merrwoman . yeah. um,y a mixed we've just seen the little merrwoman . yeah. um, so mixed we've just seen the little merrwoman . yeah. um, so those! race woman. yeah. um, so those kind of roles can be kind of a little bit, you know, like it can change a little bit. but in regards to disability, it's actually a physical thing that you have to kind of show. and taking it away from the show is completely different, i think. >> but so is gender. so is skin

colour. physical things . colour. they're physical things. >> yeah. but also it's kind of like the viewing aspect of it. it's disney for children it's disney so it's for children and you're trying to portray to children that that doesn't matter . children that that doesn't matter. right. you're trying to say that is not say that colour is not necessarily a factor . necessarily a factor. >> so disability matters. >> so disability matters. >> but disability does matter. and colour does matter. but you don't want to actually exclude anybody . do you understand what anybody. do you understand what i'm saying. yeah. but having a diverse cast and then excluding a disability disabled person from the actual role is totally. >> how do you know they were representation in a minute? >> they weren't they didn't exclude a disabled person . exclude a disabled person. >> well, they didn't write it into story, which is into the actual story, which is the 2 billion people on this planet of them planet and only one of them played the role. >> say that >> so it's absurd to say that anyone from it. anyone was excluded from it. >> they should >> i think that they should have given the given it to someone who had the disability, but that's ever actually happened. >> the thing is. but are you gonna. someone gonna. yeah have to find someone with specific an actor with with this specific an actor with scoliosis. a pretty niche scoliosis. it's a pretty niche market. go on spotlight market. let me go on spotlight and find it's true . let me do and find it's true. let me do the drop down by scoliosis cis,

and then let me do the next one. let me do male scoliosis. and then let me do the next one. let me do male scoliosis . add let me do male scoliosis. add another down. let me another genre drop down. let me ask , would have more ask, would you have been more comfortable if they'd given it to somebody with a clubfoot ? to somebody with a clubfoot? >> i think that they should have given somebody who was given it to somebody who was capable role, who capable of doing the role, who had a disability. >> disability that >> but the disability that richard the third had, or any disability as well. >> i think it should be open to a person who has a form of disability. i don't mean necessarily has disability. i don't mean n

a clip of her arriving in true regal splendour with her entourage. um some of her security guards have gone on to uh, great riches and wealth themselves. she's obviously one of the world's absolutely elite celebrities these days. uh, a nice story, you may think, but the right wing media in the states are peddling the theory that going use the that swift is going to use the super bowl to endorse biden as the culmination of some grand plan that has been cooked up, possibly even without her knowledge. it's an absolutely fascinating postmodern . take on fascinating postmodern. take on celebrity culture. if travis kelce has been hoodwinked there there are probably worse things to go through in life with the dating taylor swift for a few months as part of some super national plan, national government plan, precious. can taylor swift single handedly this single handedly win this election joe that's election for joe biden? that's the think biden is actually >> i think joe biden is actually very smart because needs all very smart because he needs all the can get at the help that he can get at this point he's for point, and he's going for the young vote . so young young vote. so the young female vote and, uh, camilla harris is obviously she's doing a campaign

around the us trying to get the voters who who are who are for, um, getting back the fact that women should have the right to an abortion. roe v wade. right. so at the end of the day, i think he's doing the right thing, but i don't necessarily think that. i mean, taylor swift does have good following, but does have a good following, but are they voters? that's the big question. >> seem, as far >> she does seem, darius, as far as i understand to be. as i understand it, to be. absolutely the poster girl for that . uh, roughly 35 that demographic. uh, roughly 35 year old, uh, sexless , not year old, uh, sexless, not sexist, sorry, childless women. that was a genuine slip of the tongue. childless women were tongue. childless women who were activated beyond all expectation by that supreme court ruling and who were decisive in overturning the 2022 midterms. they they they basically won them for the democrats because they were so furious to an furious that their right to an abortion had been taken away. furious that their right to an abowell,had been taken away. furious that their right to an abowell, lad been taken away. furious that their right to an abowell, lad beerthat's| away. furious that their right to an abowell, lad beerthat's that's >> well, i mean, that's that's the theories that the conspiracy theories that she's going know, come she's going to, you know, come out biden . um, and out and support biden. um, and give . her you know, her give. her you know, her recommendation for biden . but,

recommendation for biden. but, i mean, she did it in 2020 when they weren't in the super bowl. so she wasn't dating someone from the super bowl. so i don't see what difference it makes. >> the >> uh, um, well, she gets the platform, the half time show at the the the super bowl is like the biggest year, biggest event of the year, right? biggest event of the year, rigii? it's massive. it's >> i mean, it's massive. it's really big. >> interesting thing. >> here's an interesting thing. the frankfurt school, i think, uh, intellectuals based the frankfurt school, i think, uh frankfurt intellectuals based the frankfurt school, i think, uh frankfurt shortly tuals based the frankfurt school, i think, thrankfurt shortly .jals based the frankfurt school, i think, uh frankfurt shortly . after ased the frankfurt school, i think, uh frankfurt shortly . after the! in frankfurt shortly. after the war, uh, they believe that the whole of western popular music was a psyop, that it was basically being to, uh, to basically being used to, uh, to rot . rot people's brains. >> that >> i have always said that taylor swift was a sleeper agent. i mean, you know, you agent. yes i mean, you know, you think about it. she's got enough time . it's not like she's time. it's not like she's writing musical albums, touring the world and doing pop concerts, you know. of course she's got time be a secret she's got time to be a secret agent working on biden's campaign. >> misunderstood it. >> misunderstood it. >> diana, the point is that they're manipulating her without her awareness. >> yes, because you know, of course. silly me, it's the record producers, the streaming services . they all want biden to services. they all want biden to win. >> isn't that the conspiracy? >> isn't that the conspiracy? >> on saturday night >> next on saturday night showdown a showdown is a dry january be a

good year or good way to start the year or a faddish load of nonsense? plus, i'll show you what happened when this brave lady ventured into the .

water and welcome back to the saturday night showdown for the final segment. now dry january discussion coming up. but first, i promised show you what i promised i would show you what happened diver decided i promised i would show you what hatake ed diver decided i promised i would show you what hatake ai diver decided i promised i would show you what hatake a plunge. diver decided i promised i would show you what hatake a plunge. or diver decided i promised i would show you what hatake a plunge. or didar decided i promised i would show you what hatake a plunge. or did shezcided i promised i would show you what hatake a plunge. or did she .:ided to take a plunge. or did she. are the lady was greeted? if you are listening on your smart speaker by a ravenous shark. unfortunately, the video cuts at that point . any swimming with that point. any swimming with sharks in your bucket list? >> no, but one time me and, uh, leo had a close encounter with a blue ringed octopus . which is

blue ringed octopus. which is one of the most deadly octopus known to man. yeah, one of the most deadly things of any kind . most deadly things of any kind. it was a tiny little octopus. and we're in the beach, and we picked that's cute. and we're in the beach, and we pickithen that's cute. and we're in the beach, and we pickithen startedthat's cute. and we're in the beach, and we pickithen started glowingte. and we're in the beach, and we pickithen i started glowingte. and we're in the beach, and we pickithen ithought,ilowingte. blue, and i thought, that's a bit there's bit weird. then there's always the scorpions. the little ones, like scorpions. >> see you've been the little ones, like scorpions. >> at ;ee you've been the little ones, like scorpions. >> at ;ee about 've been the little ones, like scorpions. >> at;ee about tonight's saying at home about tonight's topics. uh, some representative samples the the . samples from the email. the. type of people says, peter, that listen to taylor swift would do what she says if they were old enough actually knew who and enough and actually knew who and what about . what she was talking about. well, point view , well, it's a point of view, maria says . why are all the maria says. why are all the illegal immigrants on boats and backs of lorries? young men? where are the women? oh yes, of course the women and children will come later when the man has converted christianity after converted to christianity after committing crimes in uk. had committing crimes in the uk. had enough. she ends that with, which would probably be inadequate . and finally, matthew inadequate. and finally, matthew , i think speaks for us all. sesame street is purely for the little ones, not a free therapy session for adults losing the plot well , we have reached the

plot well, we have reached the start of february and i am one of many people who can smugly raise a glass or two to my lips this evening, after raise a glass or two to my lips this evening , after successfully this evening, after successfully completing dry january, i was always sceptical about dry january. it seemed to me, not only miserable and sadistic , only miserable and sadistic, that you should try and give up alcohol for an entire month, but the darkest, the longest, coldest, darkest, wettest, most relentlessly miserable month in the entire calendar, chiefly characterised by a credit card statement that appears about halfway through to remind much you're remind you how much you're spaffed the on in spaffed up the wall on you in great but never mind. great family, but never mind. the trend is a worldwide phenomenon, with thousands of people ditching the booze people now ditching the booze each we actually each year. are we actually better off cutting back all year round rather than doing this kind of fast and then kind of binge fast and then reverting old diane reverting to our old ways? diane >> yes, yes, that's no , no, i >> yes, yes, that's no, no, i do,— >> yes, yes, that's no, no, i do, you know, i don't drink . do, you know, i don't drink. that much. >> i am a very, very light drinker. i like the odd gin, though. you know, but i think dry january is fabulous. i think you've done a world of good. >> do you not see my skin glowing? >> do you not see my skin glowinglook radiant,

>> you look radiant, darling. i mean, halo mean, it's almost like a halo around a little bit of >> i do have a little bit of a glitter my eye now as well. glitter in my eye now as well. >> actually do feel better. >> that is the miserable truth. that disgusting, that is the disgusting, horrible, disappointing fact. i feel a lot better for it. i'm better feel a lot better for it. i'm bet i've got a good one you. >> i've got a good one for you. do sugar free do it with me. sugar free february free. >> sugar free. i'm doing. actually doing hamra area. >> no, no, i don't i don't i don't believe in removing anything. i think everything in moderation . so say that moderation. so if you say that you glass of wine moderation. so if you say that yo a glass of wine moderation. so if you say that yo a glass glass of wine moderation. so if you say that yo a glass of glass of wine moderation. so if you say that yo a glass of bubbles,ass of wine moderation. so if you say that yo a glass of bubbles, then wine moderation. so if you say that yo a glass of bubbles, then juste or a glass of bubbles, then just have glass instead of three. or a glass of bubbles, then just havyou'vejlass instead of three. or a glass of bubbles, then just havyou've obviously�*ad of three. or a glass of bubbles, then just havyou've obviously neverthree. >> you've obviously never encountered serious . the encountered a serious. the genius of alcohol is that the first drink is free. >> yeah, i mean, i'm not i'm not a big drinker , so dry january, i a big drinker, so dry january, i wouldn't to do it. but i'm, a big drinker, so dry january, i wou know, to do it. but i'm, a big drinker, so dry january, i wouknow, i'm to do it. but i'm, a big drinker, so dry january, i wouknow, i'm also3 it. but i'm, a big drinker, so dry january, i wou know, i'm also not but i'm, a big drinker, so dry january, i wou know, i'm also not just i'm, a big drinker, so dry january, i wou know, i'm also not just have you know, i'm also not just have one drink at a go. will you raised. >> forgive me if i'm being culturally insensitive, but were you drinking you raised in a drinking household or not? >> n household or not? >> idnnk >> not really. i drop, i drink now i'm not big now and then, but i'm not a big dnnken now and then, but i'm not a big drinker, dry. never drinker, so i dry. i've never had dry january so good. had to do dry january so good. good for doing it. how had to do dry january so good. good were for doing it. how had to do dry january so good. good were you�* doing it. how had to do dry january so good. good were you drinking, how had to do dry january so good. good were you drinking, though? much were you drinking, though? oh yeah. well, you much were you drinking, though? oh it.aah. well, you needed it. >> question is a lot, though. >> what is a lot? a good. >> what is a lot? a good. >> well, whatever we'd had when

simon know, it's simon says a lot, you know, it's a my wife i, the >> my wife and i, over the course evening course of the evening or whatever, always to course of the evening or wha about always to course of the evening or wha about 3 always to course of the evening or wha about 3 or always to course of the evening or wha about 3 or 4 always to course of the evening or wha about 3 or 4 al'before to course of the evening or wha about 3 or 4 al'before me bed about 3 or 4 hours before me because till about because i stay up till about 2 am. order to adapt you am. in order to adapt to, you know, demands and so on. know, gb news demands and so on. i have least i would have at least 3 or 4 large whiskies she to large whiskies after she went to bed whatever bed on top of whatever we'd already right up next, it's already had right up next, it's mark dolan . what have you got mark dolan. what have you got for us this evening? mark >> let me tell you, >> well, simon, let me tell you, i'll . the scandal i'll be unearthed. the scandal of britain's pot holes. and in my take at ten, i'm going to argue that prince andrew, the playboy prince, should remarry sarah ferguson. it will essentially save his reputation. it will lift the nation and rekindle a royal romance. plus, my mark meets guest is the coronation street star, who was on the show for 20 years, walked away and became a top chef. he tells his story shortly . tells his story shortly. >> fantastic. that sounds like unmissable television. i think the revisiting of the royal romance of . andy and fluky's romance of. andy and fluky's wonderful idea. thanks to my brilliant panel tonight, diane spencer . an unfortunate brilliant panel tonight, diane spencer. an unfortunate name given said. given what i've just said.

precious darius davis. given what i've just said. pre(will darius davis. given what i've just said. pre(will back darius davis. given what i've just said. pre(will back with'ius davis. given what i've just said. pre(will back with you )avis. given what i've just said. pre(will back with you next. leo will be back with you next week . health food giving leo will be back with you next week. health food giving and i will you for a look will be back with you for a look at tomorrow's papers in the headliners at 11 pm. see you later . later. >> there we go, guys. good hello . there. >> good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey here of your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. during the northern half of the that saw some half of the uk that saw some of the over half of the uk that saw some of the course over half of the uk that saw some of the course today over half of the uk that saw some of the course today into er the course of today and into this as well, you've got this evening as well, you've got the of seeing this evening as well, you've got the clearer of seeing this evening as well, you've got the clearer spells»f seeing this evening as well, you've got the clearer spells around; this evening as well, you've got the clearer spells around the some clearer spells around the start of the night. quite murky and across the southern and cloudy across the southern half, particularly western wales , southwest england. some hill fog outbreaks of drizzle around the cloud will tend to thicken in the north as we head throughout of throughout the second half of the eventually the night. some rain eventually arriving dawn, for arriving towards dawn, but for most of us it is going to be a very mild night. temperatures really normally very mild night. temperatures really during normally very mild night. temperatures really during daytimenormally expect during daytime at this point in february. quite a dreary, northern dreary, damp start for northern ireland. northern england and into head into into scotland as we head into sunday, of rain sunday, with outbreaks of rain spreading a touch spreading their way in a touch dner spreading their way in a touch drier south. still some drier to the south. still some drizzle watch out for and we drizzle to watch out for and we could odd sunnier break could see the odd sunnier break just perhaps for just develop, perhaps for eastern eastern england,

eastern wales, eastern england, perhaps eastern scotland as perhaps also eastern scotland as well, very well, but with some very blustery southwesterly winds coming in and that is a mild direction . of air. so it is direction. of air. so it is going to see temperatures widely above average for the time of yeah above average for the time of year. north year. that rain in the north eventually stalls where this frontal across frontal system lies across scotland , as it is pushing its scotland, as it is pushing its way some air. ahead way into some colder air. ahead of could some snow of it, we could see some snow over the far north, over the hills in the far north, maybe even into some lower levels caithness and orkney. levels for caithness and orkney. but a rain warning is in force for western scotland, where we could see some very persistent rainfall throughout monday . rainfall throughout monday. drizzle and cloud across the board really further to the south that. but the rain will south of that. but the rain will eventually across eventually arrive across southern as we head southern districts as we head towards tuesday and wednesday . towards tuesday and wednesday. enjoy the rest of your evening by by a brighter outlook with boxt weather boxt solar sponsors of weather on .

i >> -- >> i'm ray addison in the gb news room. headliners is up next. but first the headlines and we start with some breaking news. the defence secretary says the uk and us have launched a third wave of strikes against houthi targets in yemen , houthi targets in yemen, describing the attacks as proportionate and targeted. grant shapps shapps said they aim to protect international and commercial shipping . 36 targets commercial shipping. 36 targets were hit at 13 local towns, including buried weapons facilities, missile launchers and radars . facilities, missile launchers and radars. it's the facilities, missile launchers and radars . it's the second day and radars. it's the second day of operation following a deadly attack on american troops last weekend. the houthis have responded saying we will meet escalation with escalation . escalation with escalation. stormont's first nationalist first minister has pledged to work with unionists to build a better future for northern ireland. the historic appointment of sinn fein's michelle o'neill was confirmed as power sharing was restored two years after it collapsed . it

two years after it collapsed. it follows an agreement between the dup and the government over post—brexit trade. the dup's emma little pengelly has become the new deputy fm, a role that carries equal legal power. michelle o'neill is promising to be inclusive and respectful to all. >> we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress , a new and a moment of progress, a new opportunity to work and to grow together , confident in that together, confident in that wherever we come from, whatever our aspirations are, we can and we must build our future together . we must build our future together. i'm really delighted together. i'm really delighted to see every mla back in this chamber today, and i welcome the fact that the dup have decided to re—enter the democratic institutions , and that the institutions, and that the outcome of last year's assembly election is now being respected . election is now being respected. >> police hunting for a suspected chemical attacker have released new video of a home in newcastle being searched. two containers with potential corrosives were recovered.

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