5th of february and you are tuned into breakfast with eamonn holmes and isabel webster, and you're very welcome. chemical attacker at large. the manhunt for abdul ezedi enters its sixth day as the metropolitan police offer a £20,000 reward for. >> an historic day for northern ireland. the prime minister is in belfast to meet with the newly formed stormont executive, promising billion for the region for a number of months now i've had a lot of people waiting, telling me they're waiting to for stormont to reform because they want that foundation of solid government. >> and then money will come . >> um, and then money will come. >> um, and then money will come. >> the northern ireland secretary of state, chris heaton—harris, will be speaking to him shortly. milly cooke will

have the latest on what's happening . happening. >> rishi sunak will meet with northern ireland's first national first minister at stormont later today. but the meeting comes amid mounting speculation , mounting speculation, mounting speculation, mounting speculation that further escalation is in the middle east, as jeremy hunt is expected to bolster defence spending in next month's budget . next month's budget. >> a dramatic grammy awards last night. taylor swift breaks a record and one winner is escorted out of the venue in handcuffs and in the sport. >> um, asked by the way, i've never been dragged anywhere in handcuffs. arsenal beat liverpool, but they're still two points behind them. england are on a record run chase to beat india kong is snubbed india and hong kong is snubbed by lionel messi . by lionel messi. >> it's a blustery but mild start to the week for many of us, though something a touch colder looks set to arrive as we head over the next few days. i'll have the full weather details a little later .

details a little later. on. >> if you're up and at it and heading out to work are respect, because today a lot of people aren't heading out to work because isabel well, apparently this is the biggest, most popular day of the year for people to call in sick. >> the legitimately or not, >> may the legitimately or not, you decide . but if you are going you decide. but if you are going to work well done. you we've decided haven't we.7 decided to show up, haven't we.7 we've decided to show up, haven't we? we've done our telepathic thing in our pink without even planning . planning it. >> i always say pink makes >> well, i always say pink makes the girls wing. anything else is a bonus. minutes the a bonus. two minutes past the hour reward of up to hour and a reward of up to £20,000 is being placed by police for information leading to the arrest of chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi . suspect abdul ezedi. >> well, investigators believe people know the location of the suspect and have not yet come forward . forward. >> now, the woman who was attacked in clapham on wednesday is believed to have suffered life changing injuries , while

life changing injuries, while her two daughters were also hurt in the attack . attack. we'll in the attack. attack. we'll have more on this throughout the program as the morning continues, but meanwhile , in continues, but meanwhile, in other news, yes , we can focus other news, yes, we can focus this morning on what's happening in northern ireland. >> and the very latest is the prime minister is in belfast. planning to meet with the newly seated and sitting stormont administration. a historic visit for the prime minister after the return of power sharing over the weekend . weekend. >> now it comes after the dup ended its boycott following a new deal on post—brexit trade rules. this allowed a first minister to be selected . sinn minister to be selected. sinn fein's deputy leader, michelle o'neill , made history as the o'neill, made history as the first national and first woman to hold the role. >> the question now is will we see a referendum? any time soon? as she is agitating already for let's get the views of our digital political editor, millie cooke. good morning. good to see you, millie . what do you make of you, millie. what do you make of all of this? i mean, this is a

historic moment and, you know, huge see sharing huge relief to see power sharing restored . but there's got to be restored. but there's got to be some concern hasn't there, some concern, hasn't there, about a national leader who, quite frankly , don't have the quite frankly, don't have the same strategic interests for great britain as we do ? great britain as we do? >> yeah, absolutely. there's a huge amount of relief when it comes to the return of stormont, because there's been two years of major disruption no of major disruption with no political input, there's political input, meaning there's been stalemate when been an absolute stalemate when it public sector pay it comes to public sector pay and health social care. and health and social care. waiting there is waiting lists. so while there is massive government massive relief in government and also country that we also across the country that we do have a functioning devolved executive northern ireland, executive in northern ireland, there's of concern there's also a lot of concern because the first time because it's the first time we've seen nationalist first we've seen a nationalist first minister office and within minister take office and within just hours taking just a few hours of taking office, we saw michelle o'neill float the of a referendum float the idea of a referendum in the next ten years. asked about prospect, she about the prospect, she described decade as described the next decade as a decade of opportunity. so it really is a slightly concerning time for the integrity of the union, and it's almost paradoxical for the government because the deal was signed paradoxical for the government becealle the deal was signed paradoxical for the government beceall around al was signed paradoxical for the government beceall around safeguarding gned was all around safeguarding the union. title of the union. that was the title of the deal the entire command

deal and the entire command paper that sets the deal is deal and the entire command pararound. sets the deal is deal and the entire command pararound. it's the deal is deal and the entire command pararound. it's really1e deal is deal and the entire command pararound. it's really centred s all around. it's really centred around northern ireland's place in union and how integral it in the union and how integral it is. but obviously with that deal that allowed the executive to be functioning again, which brought in as the first in michelle o'neill as the first minister. it's slightly minister. so it's slightly paradoxical because that because that which is really that deal, which is really focussed protecting focussed on protecting the integrity union, also integrity of the union, also comes a first minister comes with it. a first minister who's long time goal really is to reunite northern ireland with the of ireland. so it the republic of ireland. so it is concerning is a slightly concerning position, it's also one that position, but it's also one that the government's keen the government's really not keen to sunaks to talk about. rishi sunaks very much keen to stress the role that played in safeguarding that he played in safeguarding this deal, getting the deal across and really across the line and really getting done. so the getting brexit done. so the government's keen steer government's very keen to steer clear talking about any clear of talking about any prospect a referendum and prospect of a referendum and we're much more likely in his meeting michelle o'neill meeting with michelle o'neill later more later today. we're much more likely to see really optimistic language and sort of warm words between the two sides. yeah but millie, i mean, all of this going on, you say the government aren't keen to talk about any of the, you worries that they the, you know, worries that they might yet might privately have and yet

publicly , sir michael a publicly, sir michael fallon, a former conservative defence secretary, robertson , a secretary, and lord robertson, a former labour defence secretary to two people who held the post on the front of the papers this morning, having written for a think tank saying that they are no friend of the united kingdom, sinn fein . sinn fein. >> absolutely . >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i mean, obviously sinn fein's goal at the moment is to break northern ireland away from the uk. so while michelle o'neill, when she took office, she said she's looking to serve everyone and looking heal and she's also looking to heal the the past, so she the wounds of the past, so she was quite language was using quite warm language when to taking office when it came to taking office and she taking the very and she taking the role very seriously. obviously can't seriously. obviously you can't ignore that sinn fein ignore the fact that sinn fein is a nationalist party, and it's the we've seen this. the first time we've seen this. so is. it's an almost so it is. it's an almost unprecedented situation in unprecedented situation we're in at obviously at stormont. but obviously with the power, sharing the return to power, sharing is a for the union. a good thing for the union. we've got michelle o'neill standing emma standing alongside emma little—pengelly, the little—pengelly, who's from the dup, i think a lot of dup, so that i think a lot of people will see in unionist will see a positive thing that see as a positive thing that we've got a return to power sharing. yeah, it's hard

sharing. but yeah, it's hard to ignore fein's ultimate ignore sinn fein's ultimate identity party. yeah but identity as a party. yeah but it's about these checks and it's all about these checks and balances . balances. >> little—pengelly , um, >> and emma little—pengelly, um, is a member of the dup and therefore she shares the post with michelle o'neill. does she not? >> yeah. so the two leaders, while we've got a first minister and a deputy first minister, the two of them have equal power and one minister can't make a decision without the support of the other one. however, the symbolism of the first minister being first rather being the first minister rather than deputy, obviously is than the deputy, obviously is important as the first time we've seen a nationalist hold this stormont's history . this post in stormont's history. >> millie, thank you very much indeed. a reward of up to £20,000 has been placed by police for information leading to the arrest of the chemical attack suspect, abdul ezedi . yes. >> so as we've been reporting this morning, investigators believe that they know that people know the location of the suspect, but they've not yet come forward. >> the woman attacked in clapham on wednesday, is believed to

have suffered life changing injuries, while her two daughters are also severely hurt in attack. in the attack. >> well, joining us to >> well, joining us now to discuss further the discuss this further is the former detective superintendent martin morning former detective superintendent mtyou, morning former detective superintendent mtyou, look, morning former detective superintendent mtyou, look, sixnorning former detective superintendent mtyou, look, six daysng to you, martin. look, six days on, no less shocking, frankly, to rehear what happened on wednesday night. to rehear what happened on wednesday night . and quite wednesday night. and quite extraordinary that with all the resources that the police have , resources that the police have, we still haven't managed to find abdul ezedi. do you think we ever will? >> oh, i think he'll be located eventually. um, i would have supreme confidence that that will occur. um i think we've got to accept that this is someone who has resources, um, to be able to evade capture for this long. um, the format that takes, um, is, is up for debate, but he certainly got resources . certainly got resources. >> um, and just give us an idea of what sort of resources will be chucked at this. i mean, there's cctv being used. we've

all seen the last known sighting of him . i think it was tower of him. i think it was tower hill tube station. um, we are obviously aware that a huge reward is being offered. what more is being done behind the scenes ? scenes? >> well, i think there'll be a lot of them work going on round about the networks that exist around people, traffic , because around people, traffic, because the resource to get into the uk illegally . so we have to take illegally. so we have to take the hypothesis that he could have the resources to get out of the uk illegally. so that's certainly one avenue that we being explored . in addition to being explored. in addition to that, it's a network he's acquired while he's in the uk who may be assisting him and allowing him the possibility to remain hidden in a safe house or similar. and it certainly won't be walking about the streets and the appearance he has at the moment, because he's very, very distinctive. so the two might be linked. distinctive. so the two might be unked.the distinctive. so the two might be linked. the network that got him into the uk might be linked to where he is just now, or they may not. there might be something that he's acquired since arrived. since he's arrived. >> he's certainly very

>> well, he's certainly very distinctive injury. distinctive with that injury. martin uh, what would your guess be to where he is or what be as to where he is or what he's moment if at he's doing at the moment if at all, if he is alive. live. >> well, well, that's a very good point, eamonn . and, um, you good point, eamonn. and, um, you know, i've not heard that made yet. i mean, when you look at our health station, where is he going from there that no other pick up his same movements pick up of his same movements has been released yet. but down next to the thames. and i think that's a consideration that's got to be a consideration as well . so it's a point well as well. so it's a point well made, but if he still alive made, but if he is still alive and let's, let's take it that he is, he's obviously in some sort of safe location , either one of safe location, either one that organised himself, that he'd organised himself, which i think is unlikely given the the or the nature of the attack. or he's got assistance and someone's helping him. um, and hiding them at the moment. i don't know. i'm not a medical doctor. the extent of treatment he would require for those injuries . but he would require for those injuries. but i he would require for those injuries . but i would he would require for those injuries. but i would imagine it's extensive and it'll be in quite considerable pain. should he not have received any medical treatment up to now? >> martin, there's a story that lead in the daily telegraph

today. uh, 40 barge migrants convert to christianity and they're saying that the laws around the role of the church in asylum claims may be tightened in the wake of, uh , zadie's in the wake of, uh, zadie's attack. um, so , so basically, he attack. um, so, so basically, he he was granted asylum on the bafis he was granted asylum on the basis that he converted to christianity despite having been convicted of two sex offences, three years earlier . so three years earlier. so basically, out of 300 migrants in portland on that barge, we've got 40 of them saying, hallelujah , praise the lord. we hallelujah, praise the lord. we are christian as well. >> i wouldn't want to get between a man and his. god came in, you know, that's their decision is their decision perhaps. what is a worthwhile point to make is that , you know, point to make is that, you know, when these claims are being considered, that religious leaders have a duty to their

congregation as well as those who are seeking to convert it or purporting to seek to convert. and that's a balanced view that has to be taken. that's from one point of view. i wouldn't like to be involved in those same those discussions, obviously, with, um, religious leaders. but i think that, uh, you know, between them and the parishioner and that wants to become a parishioner, um , but but you get parishioner, um, but but you get what i'm coming from . that's what i'm coming from. that's that's a consideration that has to . now obviously, you to come. now obviously, you don't want to assume anything, but the telegraph reporting that azad's friends have given them a quote that he was a good practising muslim who continued to buy half a halal sheep every fortnight despite his apparent conversion . conversion. >> what about this row that seems to be happening within the cabinet? you've got james cleverly home office cleverly at the home office saying absolutely dismayed cleverly at the home office sayirthe absolutely dismayed cleverly at the home office sayirthe british olutely dismayed cleverly at the home office sayirthe british public dismayed cleverly at the home office sayirthe british public were ayed cleverly at the home office sayirthe british public were puti that the british public were put in this position, and the judge made decision somebody made this decision for somebody who'd committed a sex offence. then got education then you've got the education secretary coming yesterday secretary coming out yesterday saying about asylum, saying this isn't about asylum, you think? is you know, what do you think? is this asylum? is there an this about asylum? is there an

asylum here? asylum issue here? >> i think that it's been >> well, i think that it's been raised in that this is an raised in public that this is an asylum issue. so and the problems eamonn problems you know, eamonn just raised issues that raised these are issues that have to be considered for the future terms of the its future in terms of the its practices and still eating as he did before he converted. well you think if you if you move to a new country would you not retain some of the, you know, the customs that you had before and the practices you had before? think that's a bit of before? i think that's a bit of a red herring. um, because we all have our desires that are enters from children. so i wouldn't there. the wouldn't be going there. the discussions i discussions for the cabinet, i think discussions the think the discussions for the cabinet. eamonn pointed cabinet. but as eamonn pointed out, has been raised. out, the issue has been raised. uh interesting numbers. and i think that discussion around about needs of the about the needs of the parishioners, as well as the needs person who's needs of the person who's wanting have to be wanting to convert, have to be taken account. okay taken into account. okay >> thank you very much indeed. good to get perspective good to get your perspective this that martin this morning. that was martin gallagher, detective gallagher, former detective superintendent and specialist in counter—terrorism . counter—terrorism. >> um, at the time , i3 counter—terrorism. >> um, at the time , 13 minutes >> um, at the time, 13 minutes past the hour. let's have a look at some of the other stories.

making the news this monday making the news on this monday morning and the prime minister has defended uk airstrikes in yemen, the houthis yemen, calling the houthis actions red sea illegal actions in the red sea illegal oil. it comes as the independent reports that chancellor jeremy hunt is expected to boost defence spending in his upcoming budget next month to bolster the uk's international standing. we'll be speaking to lord dannatt, former senior army officer in the next 45 minutes. >> welsh rugby legend barry johns died at age 79 over the weekend. he played in five lions tests and was nicknamed the king after inspiring their 1971 victory over the all blacks . his victory over the all blacks. his family says he'll be remembered as a loving grandad to his 11 grandchildren. >> parking in paris is set to become a lot more expensive. the city held a referendum yesterday to increase the price of parking for suvs and cars weighing over one and a half tons. for suvs and cars weighing over one and a half tons . the cost to one and a half tons. the cost to

park will now triple to ,18 or £15 per hour, just 5.7% of eligible parisians took part in the vote, which was billed as a way to make this year's olympic games greener and friendlier for pedestrians and cyclists . it's . pedestrians and cyclists. it's. >> so what do you make of that? the life of me for the life of me doesn't make anything greener and friendlier. >> if your car goes from that size to that size , it's still size to that size, it's still a car. maybe people won't come into the city centre because of the cost of parking and therefore it becomes greener. >> but you know what? >> but you know what? >> it's not. it wouldn't stop me parking. what is it, ,15 an hour or whatever it was there. £15 an houn or whatever it was there. £15 an hour. i mean , that's affordable hour. i mean, that's affordable at the end of the day is affordable for anybody who's driving a range um, driving a range rover. um, i presume . i don't really see presume so. i don't really see what it does. what's the deterrent? one way or the other, but it's, you it's, um,

but it's, you know, it's, um, it's , uh, what's the terme? it's it's, uh, what's the terme? it's flag waving or symbol waving or something that i can't think of. waving? um but but i don't think it makes a darn bit of difference, really? uh, let us know what you think . know what you think. >> gbviews@gbnews.com but in the meantime, it's really windy. where we live morning. where we live this morning. i don't know it like don't know what it was like where were overnight. where you were overnight. jonathan the jonathan vautrey has all the details, because think we're details, because i think we're going quite a few going to have quite a few seasons in one week. >> hello there, there. good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. there's quite a blustery, windy start to the new week for many of us. a lot of isobars tightly packed together on the pressure chart here, indicating winds. indicating those strong winds. we stalling warm we also have this stalling warm front across areas of scotland that has provided persistent rainfall throughout sunday, sunday and continue sunday night and will continue to provide very wet conditions, particularly highlands , particularly for the highlands, argyll the rain argyll and bute. and the rain warning force. potential warning is in force. potential for snow as well. on for a touch of snow as well. on the leading of this for the the leading edge of this for the likes caithness and likes of caithness and sutherland. elsewhere, a reasonably with reasonably cloudy day with

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big day in northern ireland. >> the prime minister has already landed in belfast, and we now have the secretary of state for northern ireland, chris heaton . harris. mr chris heaton. harris. mr heaton—harris, very good morning to you . to you. >> good morning to you. i've just done the stormont steeplechase to get here. so it's been a bit entertaining here. >> well listen credit where credit is due a lot of people are getting slaps in the back oven are getting slaps in the back over. um, what is what is happening and what what people

should just be taking for granted in northern ireland. but your work, um, obviously you worked really, really hard to pull this together and that was no mean achievement. so congratulations to you on that . congratulations to you on that. how difficult was it ? how difficult was it? >> um, yeah. well, i sound like a football player, but actually it was a decent team effort from a lot of people who spent hours upon hours upon hours in, in talks and negotiations and designing a plan, and then execute a plan which ended up in a command paper that we all saw published last week with a whole host of, um, a package of policies that were enough to get the democratic unionist party to come back to stormont and restore this place to what it should be. the, you know, the functioning government for northern ireland, um, historic weekend, we saw the first minister, o'neill, not minister, michelle o'neill, not only first woman to take only the first woman to take that obviously that post, but obviously a nationalist in power there, and she will be power sharing with the emma little pengelly,

the dup's emma little pengelly, who'll be her deputy. >> um, how how difficult was that negotiation ? i mean, that negotiation? i mean, obviously there are serious concerns about having a nationalist in that position for the first time. >> um, well, it's actually been set out in the belfast good friday agreement for the last 25, nearly 26 years, that there will be a first minister from the largest party and a deputy first minister from the second. they're actually of equal standing, um, and so and, and i think they demonstrated on saturday that they are willing and able to work together in a very positive way to do all the things that northern ireland needs. northern ireland needs. i mean, northern ireland hasn't government needs. i mean, northern ireland hastwo government needs. i mean, northern ireland hastwo years. government needs. i mean, northern ireland hastwo years. it government needs. i mean, northern ireland hastwo years. it was government needs. i mean, northern ireland hastwo years. it was twoernment needs. i mean, northern ireland hastwo years. it was two years tl for two years. it was two years to the day on saturday, actually . and i mean , you could say . um, and i mean, you could say the previous two were lost the previous two years were lost to wasn't long before to covid. it wasn't long before that didn't devolved that it didn't have devolved government for three years because sinn fein stayed out. so there's really big of there's a really big list of things that to be done. things that need to be done. pubuc things that need to be done. public reform public services need reform and transformation. of the transformation. and part of the

package put in is over £3 package we put in is over £3 billion to help that happen. >> yeah, a number of things >> um, yeah, a number of things to deal about there. first of all, £3 billion, um, you all, the £3 billion, um, you don't need me to tell you about the state of disarray that pubuc the state of disarray that public services are in, in, in northern ireland. how soon will that £3.3 billion be available and what would it be used for? >> yeah, it starts flowing immediately. um, you know, the package is on the table for an incoming executive. and what's it for? well, i mean , there's a it for? well, i mean, there's a big chunk of it for public sector pay who are public sector workers who've been continuing to make sure that public services do function here, even though they've had no real direct political direction. um, from the executive, because it wasn't it wasn't around. um, there's a whole host of i mean, there's a whole host of i mean, the health service needs transformation. everybody, uh, you won't find anybody across the political divide out here who doesn't believe that, um, there is a report back in 2016 that, uh , called the bengoa that, uh, called the bengoa report out here that went into

great detail as to how it should be transformed. and nothing has happened. so, uh, you know, a lot of there's a lot of things to be funded, but £3 billion is over £3 billion is a big chunk. big fair and generous sum of money. secretary of state, money. so secretary of state, you did mention , uh, how little you did mention, uh, how little the executive has been sitting over the past five years. >> i think it's, uh , it's sorry, >> i think it's, uh, it's sorry, the past seven years, five of those years. the executive hasn't sat, which is a disgraceful situation . listen, disgraceful situation. listen, is there anything that can be built into a framework or going ahead that would ensure the that the executive , um, has to sit or the executive, um, has to sit or they can't just throw their toys out of the pram when they want to . to. >> um, so, to.- >> um, so, i to.— >> um, so, i mean , that's to. >> um, so, i mean , that's a very >> um, so, i mean, that's a very a good question. quite a coded question which talks about which and the basis of which behind it is do can you reform the belfast good friday agreement and um, you know, that's there's a

couple of political parties that have started talking about that out here. i think, you know, that sort of debate is wonderful. this place to have the elected representatives , um, the elected representatives, um, of the people of northern ireland and the people of northern ireland themselves, because, as you the because, as you know, the belfast good friday agreement actually this actually brought peace to this place. 30 place. 25 years ago after 30 years troubles, thousands of years of troubles, thousands of deaths tens thousands of deaths, tens of thousands of terrible injuries and families affected in such a terrible way. so toying with it without actually proper thought and debate is, is, uh, i'd say, um, uh, not the wisest thing to do, but you've got elected people here now sitting in stormont, um, from today debating all these, all these issues and more and they're the right sort of people to have that debate and is a referendum on northern ireland's membership of the uk the thing to do? the wisest thing to do? >> as sinn fein's pushing for in the next ten years? >> um, well , i the next ten years? >> um, well, i so you've you've kind of got me there because i have to be completely independent in this because it's

the secretary of state at the time who, uh, decides whether the, uh, the conditions are correct. um they're certainly not correct. and uh, i would be generally surprised to see that in my lifetime. i mean, there's so many other issues for an executive to be getting on with anyway, um, as as we've talked about the state public about the state of public services, there's a whole host of things in, in education, in health that i suggest that in the in—tray , um, they would the in—tray, um, they would massively outrank any sort of debate on constitutional change. >> um, just finally, i'm reading that some michael fallon and lord robertson , both former lord robertson, both former defence secretaries of different colours, one conservative, one laboun colours, one conservative, one labour, uh, writing for a think tank on the front of a broadsheet this morning saying that they are concerned about seeing sinn fein in this position, saying that the endunng position, saying that the enduring anglophobia and ambivalence towards transatlantic and european security means an irish government could lead to be to be no friend to british strategic interests. do you

share those concerns ? share those concerns? >> um, so , no, i mean, to be >> um, so, no, i mean, to be honest , um, >> um, so, no, i mean, to be honest, um, it's a bit early for me to have read a broadsheet, and indeed, i haven't read the policy exchange paper, uh, that i believe it comes from. i'll read but, uh, you know, we read it, but, uh, you know, we need the, the united kingdom benefits from northern ireland's , uh, extra help for us in our security services and for our, you know, in fact, harland wolff, they're going to start building some of the royal navy ships again, which is fantastic news for belfast and northern ireland. um, but i'll read that report, seen it. report, but i've not seen it. i know there was another defence select report the select committee report over the weekend know, our weekend about, you know, our future . um, and that's future defences. um, and that's the one i've read so far. chris heaton—harris, thanks for your time morning. time this morning. >> day for you. let's >> be a busy day for you. let's hope it's fruitful and hope it's a fruitful and productive historic day. productive and historic day. thank thank you very much thank you. thank you very much for time. for your time. >> now it's been a dramatic >> uh, now it's been a dramatic evening at the 66th grammy awards that took place overnight . taylor swift breaking a record i >> -- >> she won album of the year

four times and what do you mean she won it four times? i think i think this was the fourth time she's won it, breaking a record could be said that and rapper killer mike got all his stuff. so have was arrested after winning three awards. let's go to ellie phillips now who was monitoring all this? well killer mike, he sounds like a character i >> -- >> does he live up to his name of his rap music in particular? no, no no, no. do you know the odd thing about killer mike is he's actually a 48 year old man who only started rapping at the age 45. and to look at him, age of 45. and to look at him, he like a big, cuddly he looks like a big, cuddly teddy bear. and yeah, he won three awards, but they three major awards, but they were given ahead of were actually given out ahead of what as the grammy what we know as the grammy ceremony that's aired and streamed online. and we see on tv. and there are 94 tv. and because there are 94 categories total. so they do categories in total. so they do get through quite a lot of them before even the red carpet begins. he'd won three begins. so he'd won three categories, three major categories, three major categories category . categories in the rap category. and then was video of him. and then there was video of him. you he was in you can see here he was in handcuffs being walked away. and police won't confirm his identity, but they said that

yes, an individual is in custody after a physical altercation at the crypto arena, which is where the crypto arena, which is where the awards were held last night, and that they're investigating it as battery. this incident it as battery. so this incident did the grammys. it's did happen at the grammys. it's a as well, isn't it? a shame as well, isn't it? people on big nights. >> having a flashback now of will smith the oscars, and will smith and the oscars, and maybe ceremonies, maybe these award ceremonies, that gets bit too that all just gets a bit too much pressure. the alcohol, i don't the cameras. much pressure. the alcohol, i dordo the cameras. much pressure. the alcohol, i dordo you the cameras. much pressure. the alcohol, i dordo you know:ameras. much pressure. the alcohol, i dor do you know theeras. much pressure. the alcohol, i dor do you know the interesting >> do you know the interesting thing? i think this is fascinating to me, especially because, um, killer mike, he's part run the part of this duo, run the jewels. a political jewels. but he is a political activist democratic in his activist very democratic in his views, peaceful , views, very kind of peaceful, loving, has admitted a of loving, has admitted a lot of regret his and kind of regret in his life and kind of overcame and used music to overcame it and used music to that. see what comes that. so we'll see what comes out this. you know, out of this. you know, information still out information is still coming out on one. i think this on this one. so i think this will roll on, um, falling out from itself. from the night itself. >> so taylor swift, you would agree she's as brilliant the agree she's as brilliant as the awards is? awards say she is? >> i think so, yeah. so she's now broken records. she's now broken records. so she's beaten stevie beaten frank sinatra stevie wonder simon. they all wonder and paul simon. they all have three, um, best album awards at the grammys each. she

now has four. she's the first artist to ever do that. so i think that is a really phenomenal achievement. some people oh, are people say, you know, oh, are the but when people say, you know, oh, are the look but when people say, you know, oh, are the look at but when people say, you know, oh, are the look at an but when people say, you know, oh, are the look at an artist's but when people say, you know, oh, are the look at an artist's career,hen you look at an artist's career, when sadly passes when an artist sadly passes away, of the first things away, one of the first things you say is ten time grammy winner, you know, 40 time nominee. it kind of that nominee. so it is kind of that benchmark of how you are. benchmark of how good you are. and voted for by the and it's voted for by the academy. it's peers academy. so it's their peers have said, you know what, we really respect what you do and we that and we applaud you for that and celebrate it. >> billie eilish been >> billie eilish has been interesting. she's been talking >> billie eilish has been irdon'tting. she's been talking >> billie eilish has been irdon'tting. sifa's been talking >> billie eilish has been irdon'tting. sif it been talking >> billie eilish has been irdon'tting. sif it wasn talking >> billie eilish has been irdon'tting. sif it was onalking >> billie eilish has been irdon'tting. sif it was on the|g i don't know if it was on the red carpet saying that she basically dried up creatively, completely and thought her career until barbie completely and thought her careeralong until barbie completely and thought her careeralong and jntil barbie completely and thought her careeralong and resurrected her came along and resurrected her songwriting abilities. and suddenly creative again. suddenly she got creative again. >> weren't even meant to be >> they weren't even meant to be involved at all. it was involved in it at all. it was kind discussion kind of like this discussion like, oh, barbie, maybe. maybe not. um, and her brother, who she and kind of she writes with and kind of reached to them and said, do reached out to them and said, do you actually should we you know what actually should we get? involved. we get? we should get involved. we should and that sparked should do it. and that sparked this she said this creativity. and she said when accepted award when she accepted the award because they the best because they want the best record the year, which is

record of the year, which is for, best song of for, oh, um, sorry, best song of the year, which is for kind of the year, which is for kind of the songwriting, the lyrics and things. said that she was things. she said that she was not at all. she not expecting it at all. she was like, this ridiculous. this like, this is ridiculous. this is, you for a barbie film, is, you know, for a barbie film, and i've this. but i think and i've done this. but i think it with quite lot of it resonated with quite a lot of people. did really well. people. so she did really well. and her is that she and i love about her is that she defies and i love about her is that she defies all red carpet standards. and she's like, i'm just going to turn up in trackie and to turn up in my trackie and a jacket, but it's a barbie on. so, know, is this the red so, you know, is this the red leather coat sort of leather trench coat with sort of bullets on? >> she just on the red carpet jacket? >> no, she on the red carpet. she was just in a bomber jacket. she was just in a bomberjacket. oh, rocking it. just, you oh, just rocking it. just, you know, doing did. um, know, doing what she did. um, but it was great, but but yeah. so it was great, but it great her win it was great to see her win because, you know, that was the only one that we kind of knew was really well was going to do really well because it's because of the success. it's done because of the movie. you know, that it's won know, the fact that it's won major outside the major awards outside of the grammys yeah. grammys is incredible. yeah. well an awards ceremony >> i love an awards ceremony myself. you think? >> i love an awards ceremony my�*ielf. you think? >> i love an awards ceremony my�*i can't you think? >> i love an awards ceremony my�*i can't stand you think? >> i love an awards ceremony my�*i can't stand them.1ink? >> i love an awards ceremony my�*i can't stand them. oh,’ >> i love an awards ceremony my�*i can't stand them. oh, if >> i can't stand them. oh, if i find anything is boring as. >> sorry i asked. it's >> i'm sorry i asked. it's absolutely true. over the weekend, actually you weekend, i can actually say you

sit say, oh, there's sit down, you say, oh, there's an ceremony and watch sit down, you say, oh, there's an but ceremony and watch sit down, you say, oh, there's an but ieremony and watch sit down, you say, oh, there's an but i likeiony and watch sit down, you say, oh, there's an but i like toy and watch sit down, you say, oh, there's an but i like to see d watch sit down, you say, oh, there's an but i like to see who's h them. but i like to see who's won i like to see i love won and i like to see i love taylor i'm delighted. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> love award ceremonies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> just love award ceremonies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> just won'ta award ceremonies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> just won't watchd ceremonies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> just won't watch them?ronies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> no.t won't watch them?ronies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> no. it's n't watch them?ronies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> no. it'sjustvatch them?ronies. taylor swift, so i'm delighted. >> no. it's just like| them?ronies. >> no. it's just like awards been who deserve awards. >> yeah, but you don't watch them. >> i'll watch some of them. >> i'll watch some of them. >> and out. and i >> i'll dip in and out. and i like seeing the highlights. the highlights especially like seeing the highlights. the hig the hts especially like seeing the highlights. the higthe grammys, especially like seeing the highlights. the higthe grammys, becauseally for the grammys, because the performances are amazing. >> the performances are amazing. >> time the performances are amazing. >> time performed the performances are amazing. >> time performed agede first time she performed aged 80, bring out 80, and they do bring out megastars and 80, and they do bring out megnotars and 80, and they do bring out megnot like and 80, and they do bring out megnot like 1 and 80, and they do bring out megnot like 1 or and 80, and they do bring out megnot like 1 or 2 and it's not like 1 or 2 performances. like every performances. it's like every five putting five minutes they're putting a superstar on and you're like, hello, a mental hello, i'm having a mental block of that's it, carey mulligan i was the weekend was reading over the weekend that that that that she said that any star that says care about says they don't care about awards is 100% lying. >> know the only person? >> do you know the only person? >> do you know the only person? >> interesting >> this is really interesting because in memoriam because they did an in memoriam to um, sinead to her. um, with sinead o'connor. she's the only person ever down a grammy. >> god her soul. grammy. >> yeah. her soul. grammy. >> yeah. and er soul. grammy. >> yeah. and so soul. grammy. >> yeah. and so they gave her one dead and couldn't one when she's dead and couldn't refuse it. >> no, no no, she actually >> no, no no, no, she actually went back when her career went way back when her career started and she, she won an album year award back when. and, and actually refused it, >> and, and actually refused it, which is very rare. i mean , i which is very rare. i mean, i think in other awards ceremonies sometimes you hear of it, people say, i'm giving my statue back

and grammys and all that. the grammys isn't really much. really like that. as much. no. so her do that says lot. >> well, ellie, stick around. we're going to be debating whether award ceremonies whether or not award ceremonies have we know eamonn think we know where eamonn stands on that. be stands on that. i'd be interested to hear what you think we'll with you think and we'll be back with you a later on. a little bit later on. >> thank ellie. >> thank you. ellie. >> thank you. ellie. >> paul coyte with >> um, here's paul coyte with the you remember the sport. do you remember the last you have last record that you would have bought ? bought? >> e“ n w- em- >> oh my goodness, i think it was for me. >> it was moody blue elvis that's going back a bit. 78 well, i've got a huge collection of vinyl which i've got in the garage, which i'm now sort of like moving through. >> so i've got a, a record player, which was lovely old player, which was a lovely old techniques where i say lovely old. about 30 years old. it's like about 30 years old. it's like about 30 years old. but yeah, old. yeah, but yeah, i'm bringing vinyl and bringing all the vinyl back and now everybody's buying vinyl and hmv in in oxford street is now reopened , which is the oldest reopened, which is the oldest record anywhere . so record store anywhere. so they've reopened everybody's back . back into vinyl again. >> i used to be a dj. >> i am when i used to be a dj. yes i have all this choice of all the vinyl , whatever it is, all the vinyl, whatever it is, but somebody threw them all out. oh really? yeah very annoyed. very annoyed at all of that.

>> so i got really told off when i was a kid because my parents had these old 78 seconds, and i remember treading on the ying tong song by the goons and an original of rock around the clock, because i decided to play stepping stones on them. so even now, could have been now, they could have been worth a but have been, a few quid, but could have been, could have been, could have been a absolutely. and a few quid. absolutely. and by the mike second the way, killer mike came second in you won the trick in your when you won the trick award. way, did you know award. by the way, did you know that one that was that he was the one that was runner that year? he was runner up that year? he was runner up that year? he was runner the he was so runner up at the sky. he was so unhappy that. still unhappy about that. it's still annoyed unhappy. right. liverpool are unhappy. >> right. liverpool are unhappy. arsenal the business against arsenal did the business against them yesterday. >> and arsenal looked >> they did. and arsenal looked like they won the title yesterday. getting yesterday. everybody was getting very but it's very very excited but it's a very good result for arsenal. but everybody we go oh yeah, the press is saying that now that the whole title race is open again, it's blown wide open but still . arsenal are two points still. arsenal are two points behind liverpool, manchester city, manchester city still have two games in hand. yeah, play brentford tonight. so really i

think it's manchester city who will be more happy with the result yesterday. yes, than anybody else . anybody else. >> my money's still on man city i think so title i mean it makes a it makes a lot of sense. >> um horrendous mess up between alisson and van dijk yesterday. i you that. i don't know if you saw that. did it was a comedy did see it. it was a comedy of errors. like alisson. errors. it was like alisson. >> alisson not have >> alisson just did not have a good game. no. >> didn't think. yeah. no one through his legs as well. now talk about bad though i mean chelsea having a horrendous chelsea are having a horrendous time and pochettino lose time and pochettino so they lose .four time and pochettino so they lose . four two at home to wolves. it's the second time in a row now that four goals have been scored against them. every again , and now it seems that the fans are turning against pochettino, which was probably only a matter of time. well, you know , what of time. well, you know, what can you say. >> i mean the team that he's got, the results that he's giving . yeah, i at molineux giving. yeah, i was at molineux on thursday night and watched them put wolves put three goals past man united , sure, but still past man united, sure, but still not enough for them . still they not enough for them. still they were at home. they scored three goals. scored four. so

goals. united scored four. so then go to chelsea and score four goals. amazing. and even the wives of some of the players i mean thiago silva legendary thiago silva, his wife tweeted this. >> i don't know if we've got the tweet here basically saying it's time. there we go. this is this is thiago silva's wife saying it's is thiago silva's wife saying wsfime is thiago silva's wife saying it's time for a change. if you wait any longer, it will be too late. so what will pochettino say to thiago silva this morning. you know, have a word with the wife i don't know. what would you do . no you can't. it's would you do. no you can't. it's unbelievable . unbelievable. >> could you could you see i'm saying have a word with the wife i >> -- >> yes. >> yes. >> quite right. what would you do. >> you think so though i mean really, let's be honest. >> at the end of day, who >> at the end of the day, who wears the trousers? >> i know. >> i know. >> well, that's it. so anyway, we're the pochettino is going to be much be sticking around for much longer. he's in sorts of longer. um he's in all sorts of trouble. manchester united beat west nil. west ham three nil. >> it was good performance . >> it was a good performance. >> it was a good performance. >> it but did you see. >> yeah it was but did you see. interesting in the interesting advert in the programme. that.

programme. did you see that. no, no if, if you were no no i mean if, if you were going to have anybody that you wouldn't want advertise wouldn't want to advertise alcohol , um, alcohol in the programme, um, who would that be after what happened week, happened in the past week, george best, marcus rashford, rashford he's advertising alcohol. >> look at this. >> look at this. >> they've after everything that's happened after his night out . out. >> is it tequila. >> is it tequila. >> it's a whisky. >> is it tequila. >> it's a whisky . oh and they've >> it's a whisky. oh and they've got a picture of. it's like you know what. maybe it's not a good idea to have marcus on their athletes associated with. i think it's i do i think it's strange anyway. yeah. and sorry. go ahead. no, no. >> go ahead, go ahead. >> go ahead, go ahead. >> i was just going to say in bournemouth forest. bournemouth one notts forest. one forest one bit one nottingham forest one a bit of dull but that was. yeah. >> forest got back e forest got back >> so forest got back into that. um john yes. um um barry john rugby. yes. um another one. do you know the thing about the thing about barry is his career wasn't barry john is his career wasn't that long. >> no, it really wasn't. he was. >> no, it really wasn't. he was. >> he was very young they >> he was very young and they called the king. called him the king. >> yeah they did. they called him the phrase him the king. the phrase the kick playing kick that came from playing for the british lions was at the british lions as it was at the british lions as it was at the and he was playing out the time. and he was playing out in zealand was

in new zealand and he was nicknamed the king. and it was in new zealand and he was nici> -- >> stay with lam >> stay with us. coming up we're

going take a look at the going to take a look at the front pages and making front pages and what's making the morning with the news this morning with christopher dawn christopher biggins and dawn neesom .

>> uh, we've got dawn neesom and we've got christopher biggins, uh, going through stories in the papers and things that are making the news today and, don, i started off talking about, um, this conversion to christianity for people who have arrived and are who are staying in the, the barge in portland. >> yes . obviously, this comes barge in portland. >> yes. obviously, this comes on the back of the abdul ezedi story. the acid . story. the acid. >> so he's one of them who was allowed to stay in the country because he gone all seen the because he had gone all seen the light turned for down asylum twice. >> and then converted to christianity . >> and then converted to christianity. um, and was allowed to remain in this country and then went to on horrifically injure that poor woman and her two children. um, he should not have been here. so

this story moves that that line on, um , and it is like 40 asylum on, um, and it is like 40 asylum seekers on the bibby stockholm . seekers on the bibby stockholm. um, i'm not quite sure how many there are on there at the moment. yeah um, yeah. moment. 300, 300? yeah um, yeah. so it's 1 in 7 of the 300 migrants on this barge in portland in dorset are now converting to christianity. right. >> so here's my point . right. so >> so here's my point. right. so do you arrive in the country and then there's somebody happy clappy standing there waiting for you to say, come and talk to us. i mean, if they were if they were converting you to any other religion, it would be outcry religion, it would be an outcry sort thing. so. so what is sort of thing. so. so what is the deal? well, odd look, the deal? well, the odd look, call me a cynic, but i think what happens here they're what happens here is they're from countries where christianity is punishable often by death, like afghanistan, which it was a case in the yazidi case. >> um, so if they convert to christianity, it helps their asylum claims. they are not going to get sent back to countries like iran, syria, iraq, afghanistan . iraq, afghanistan. >> oh, hang on, i do think look,

we spoke to the former detective at the top of the hour and he said, far be it for from for him to between a man and his to get between a man and his god. and i think we need to god. and i do think we need to be careful. mean, well, be a bit careful. i mean, well, are i'm clearly are you kidding? no, i'm clearly no, saying clearly there is no, i'm saying clearly there is a strategy. >> let's let's all >> hallelujah. let's let's all going on. >> perhaps some them are >> but perhaps some of them are seeking salvation. >> . all right. >> okay. all right. >> okay. all right. >> but also it's an excuse though. >> it's an excuse, of course it's. >> and people who are taking advantage of it and they're >> and people who are taking advant'will)f it and they're >> and people who are taking advant'will be. and they're >> and people who are taking advant'will be. but they're >> and people who are taking advant'will be. but i hey're >> and people who are taking advant'will be. but i do "re >> and people who are taking advant'will be. but i do feel always will be. but i do feel a bit saying bit uncomfortable about saying people can't convert to christianity effectively. >> course. >> no, no, of course. >> there a of >> why is there a sort of a judge differentiate? is judge differentiate? why is there an industry? why is there an to convert you an offer set up to convert you to christianity? you to christianity? when you come through holy water on through to throw holy water on your head and get you on your head and get you down on your head and get you down on your knees? your head and get you down on youit> it happens, but it shouldn't be . be happening. >> you think >> that's what do you think begins i agree. mean, begins i agree, i agree. i mean, l, begins i agree, i agree. i mean, i, of you i, i agree with both of you because you know, there because i think, you know, there are people who want be are people who really want to be christians find a lot christians and they find a lot of faith in god. i believe in god. >> i only escaped this horrible country in to get to the country i was in to get to the uk. i could become a uk. so i could become a christian prostrate myself.

christian and prostrate myself. >> i'm i'm with isabel on >> i'm sorry. i'm with isabel on this with eamonn on this one with with eamonn on this one with with eamonn on this sorry um, and you this one. sorry um, and you know, what me was in know, and what struck me was in 2016, we've had 2016, because we've had this before, the, the before, haven't we, the, the odious creature that blew himself the liverpool himself up outside the liverpool women hospital and women and child hospital and then the another odious piece of scum who killed those three men in reading , both of them had in reading, both of them had converted to christianity and in 2016, the dean of liverpool cathedral, um , said he had cathedral, um, said he had converted 200 asylum seekers in four years. but added i can't think of a single example of somebody who already had british citizenship , um, converted from citizenship, um, converted from islam to christianity. and i think that says it all, to be honest with you. >> i think it's an excuse. it's an excuse for people to think they can do things that they wouldn't necessarily be able to do. >> i just i just wonder, how do you prevent that from happening? do you then have people of the cloth turning away? people don't offer the service. >> why is the service even being offered? >> do you then judges >> or b do you then have judges saying, i don't believe you, you're not a christian?

>> i wish was a judge. >> well, i wish i was a judge. hello? you hear you. here >> well, i wish i was a judge. hello? the you hear you. here >> well, i wish i was a judge. hello? the judge. rear you. here >> well, i wish i was a judge. hello? the judge. rear yo holmes comes the judge. judge holmes in session. don't session. you're a liar. i don't believe you. forget it. that's that's what i'd have that's exactly what i'd have been that's exactly what i'd have beeanswer at pearly >> answer to that at the pearly gates yourself. >> okay. that's >> yeah. that's okay. that's fine enough , as it were. fine enough, as it were. >> some of them actually >> some of them are actually going having going as far as now, having crucifixes , um, tattooed on crucifixes, um, tattooed on their you know, their bodies. so you know, wonder how many of them actually go well, sure i'm go to church. well, i'm sure i'm sure the congregations yesterday were packed out with them. >> well , anyway, i just want to >> well, anyway, i just want to make a point about that. that was story that was getting was the story that was getting under morning . under my skin this morning. headune under my skin this morning. headline in the daily telegraph >> let's talk about gp digital passes begins. this is all part of the times health commission. they and fix the nhs they want to try and fix the nhs for all here. all ears. for us. i'm all here. all ears. >> well, i think it's a brilliant idea because think, brilliant idea because i think, you know, the trouble is we were talking at dawn and i were talking at dawn and i were talking earlier before we came on. mean, she's been in on. i mean, she's been in hospital recently for her mother's , uh, father, father mother's, uh, father, uh, father , her mother's husband, who had to go to hospital. and there were people there who gave all

their details , and they they had their details, and they they had nothing. they had to repeat themselves about 8 or 9 times in a visit to the hospital . whereas a visit to the hospital. whereas if they could put your name and age in, it would be so easy, you know, and also abroad , you know, know, and also abroad, you know, these these could be and i don't came up with an idea which i think wouldn't really happen necessarily is the fact that then they would have all your information and that could go against the system . um, but i against the system. um, but i think it's worth it because i think it's worth it because i think if you get really ill, it's much better to go immediately and for them to find out what drugs you're taking, what's going on with you, how ill you are, how perhaps you're you know, not so ill as you think you know, i think it has a lot of positives as well. >> begins. um, i've been in and out of hospitals for , for quite out of hospitals for, for quite a lot, a few times over the past two years, and the amount of times i've had to fill in the same form or to confirm my details, find my glasses . yes,

details, find my glasses. yes, do do what i've got to do . so do do what i've got to do. so we're all agreed this is a good idea. >> very good idea. in this poll that the paper mentions as well, i think most people think it's about of people think it is about 86% of people think it is about 86% of people think it is a good idea. >> and balance. there are some people but there's >> and balance. there are some prsecurity but there's >> and balance. there are some prsecurity issue. but there's >> and balance. there are some prsecurity issue. don't|ere's a security issue. we don't know how secure the systems are. people your very people accessing your very personal information is the risk factor, but i think the benefit is probably outweigh that. i think they do. >> um, dawn, what about this band? dogs? oh yeah. of a grandmother. and eamonn was pointing out to me that in this house they had eight dogs. ridiculous. i have to ask questions about how you can possibly be in control of that number of dogs. >> impossible. >> impossible. >> it was. it two and >> it was. it was two adults and a happened in a puppy. this happened in jaywick sands, which is in essex on the essex. i used to go there as holiday. this is a as a kid on holiday. this is a grandmother called esther martin. visiting her 11 martin. she was visiting her 11 year grandson, um , who lived year old grandson, um, who lived with his dad and as you say, isabel, there were eight. we don't know for sure, but they look like xl bully dogs, which are now obviously illegal unless

they are muzzled and chipped and registered. we know registered. we don't know whether dogs actually whether these dogs actually were, but was visiting the were, but she was visiting the danger amount of dogs. >> dogs are pack animals and they to act like a pack they begin to act like a pack when they're others . when they're with others. >> and said, there were two >> and as i said, there were two adults at and puppies in the adults at and six puppies in the house. you know, bully house. but you know, xl bully puppies huge. i mean, they puppies are huge. i mean, they can some as well, can cause some damage as well, but just sounds absolutely but it just sounds absolutely horrific. 4:00 horrific. happened on 4:00 on saturday afternoon after she arrived london to visit her arrived from london to visit her grandson it's a grandson. um, it's just a horrific story. and you would have thought the introduction of the laws would have maybe changed things, but it doesn't seem that's the case. >> also, it's their >> i think also, it's not their breeding. well, i do think it's necessary the fault. i necessary. the dogs fault. i think breeders or the think it's the breeders or the people who own the dogs, who influence the dogs do to influence the dogs to do to a certain extent, to cause these terrifying, terrifying things to happen. i mean, this poor woman is just it's just appalling. and we keep hearing about this time and time again. >> is the law doing anything to make it safer? >> country, think, is the >> no country, i think, is the answer problem answer is, well, the problem with the is, is people that

with the law is, is people that are going to break the law will take no notice of it in any case. >> so it will affect good law abiding dog owners. but the people are using these dogs abiding dog owners. but the peiattack are using these dogs abiding dog owners. but the peiattack animals;ing these dogs abiding dog owners. but the peiattack animals andthese dogs abiding dog owners. but the peiattack animals and literallygs as attack animals and literally as attack animals and literally as weapons, which is what they are, going to take are, they're not going to take any law, they? any notice of the law, are they? and the owner of these dogs was breeding as allegedly breeding him as allegedly advertising for sale in november. >> um, the weather makes a headune. >> um, the weather makes a headline . um, >> um, the weather makes a headline. um, this is from page of the star. they're talking about three seasons in one week. i i just i tell you what annoys me about this, that people get so annoyed about the weather. yeah, right. it's snowing yeah, right. so it's snowing today. raining tomorrow, today. it's raining tomorrow, it's the next day. i can it's sunny the next day. i can handle that . handle that. >> my eyes all over the place . >> my eyes all over the place. and i have to say, i don't know about talk about you. you know, you talk a lot litter on verges or lot about litter on verges or the driving the motorway, driving quite a lot and just seeing the motorway, driving quite a lotmuch and just seeing the motorway, driving quite a lotmuch detritus and just seeing the motorway, driving quite a lotmuch detritus from ust seeing the motorway, driving quite a lotmuch detritus from the seeing the motorway, driving quite a lotmuch detritus from the recent so much detritus from the recent storms comes, it's like storms comes, and it's like nobody it up nobody bothers to clear it up along motorway. it'sjust along the motorway. it's just tree everywhere and tree limbs mess everywhere and it like we're just sort of it feels like we're just sort of going crazy spell going through this crazy spell of well, i think is crazy , >> well, i think it is crazy, but agree with with but i sort of agree with with eamonn because think, you

eamonn because i think, you know, there is weather, know, where there is weather, especially country . we especially in this country. we know. i mean, we were driving yesterday and neil said to me, oh, , the blossoms coming out. >> yes, i've seen daffodils. absolutely, . absolutely, absolutely. >> you know spring is sprung but there's then we have torrential rain, wind , we have rain, we have wind, we have everything we that's everything else. but we that's what us so british is we what makes us so british is we can cope with it all because we talk about it. >> we talk weather >> we talk about the weather because that's because we're british. that's what because we're british. that's whtyes . >> yes. >> yes. >> isn't ea“ e the weather >> dull isn't it? the weather over cup of tea. yeah. do over a cup of tea. yeah. we do need, need to get a life need, we do need to get a life begins, be honest begins, don't we? to be honest with this week , we'll have, >> so. so this week, we'll have, uh, on seasonally high temperatures. we'll then have rain and then we may have snow. uh, thursday into friday. uh back into the subzero again . back into the subzero again. >> you just never know what to wear, do you? isabel it's like, you know, i just never leave the house now without a cardigan, sunglasses, umbrella, thermals, bikini. case. just in bikini. just in case. just in case. sure you're same. case. i'm sure you're the same. eamonn. case. i'm sure you're the same. eani've|. case. i'm sure you're the same. eani've just been on a cruise, >> i've just been on a cruise, like i told you last week. and uh, inside cabin uh, people have an inside cabin and they come out in the morning

all sun, and all dressed for the sun, and it's pouring rain . i know, it's pouring with rain. i know, it's pouring with rain. i know, it's they no it's wonderful. they have no idea. >> inside cabin means they don't have window. they just all you >> no window. they just all you have is feel should put have to do is feel i should put on their plasma tv. >> a from the deck . >> a camera from the deck. >> a camera from the deck. >> there is one, i think, but i check the deck cam. >> i know, but it's . >> i know, but it's. >> i know, but it's. >> i know, it's rather >> i don't know, it's rather exciting. going and exciting. i think going up and finding wrong finding her in the wrong clothes, maybe. yeah >> , don, uh, the situation in >> uh, don, uh, the situation in the middle east, um, white house national security adviser has warned that us airstrikes , um, warned that us airstrikes, um, on militia there , there were on militia there, there were just the beginning. yeah well, we saw two attacks over the weekend, didn't we, on friday? >> um, the americans attacked on their own, attacked targets in syria and iraq . um, and last syria and iraq. um, and last night, saturday night, was it then the brits and americans again , um, hit back at the again, um, hit back at the houthi rebels . but again, um, hit back at the houthi rebels. but this is the americans saying this is just the beginning, this we are not going to give up. we've seen three american soldiers repatriated in their coffins.

heartbreaking young men, two young men, a young woman and the americans is a bit like the israelis. they're not going to give up, are they? you know, we are defending our rights. so it is getting scary . is getting scary. >> but it's scary because we're so near due to all of this going on. i mean, it's not it's nowhere in america millions of miles away . we're just around miles away. we're just around the corner. yeah very worrying indeed. >> today, uh, on this, uh, monday, the, uh, 5th of february. is it today ? february. is it today? >> yes. it is. »- >> yes. it is. >> yep. um so today is known as sticky monday. and, uh, if you're going to, to be sick or think about dodging work today is going to be that day. were you ever were you one were you you ever were you one were you ever you ever were you one were you ever much into throwing sickies begins . no, no and ever much into throwing sickies begins. no, no and i can i can neveri begins. no, no and i can i can never i can tell you why. because you do a job you love. yeah. and therefore you do. you're very lucky. you love. you never work in your life. never work a day in your life. >> no you're absolutely

>> exactly. no you're absolutely right. and i feel sorry for people have into people who have to go into offices. to offices. uh, they may have to have a long journey, i think, um , fortunately, i think when , fortunately, i think that when we had the pandemic, people then stayed at home, which i think was was wrong, do was that was wrong, because i do think important get think it's important to get together, discuss together, to be able to discuss things , to be able talk over things, to be able to talk over things. but by the same token, i can understand why people take sickies jobs . sickies in boring jobs. >> why it this monday in particular? >> don't >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> it's the catch up. you >> well, it's the catch up. you realise you've no money after christmas. >> maybe everybody's weather's rubbish january. rubbish by january. >> yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah say yeah . how yeah i was gonna say yeah. how is your head, isabel. is it. how's your head, isabel. it's today. is it. how's your head, isabel. it's was>day. is it. how's your head, isabel. it's was aay. is it. how's your head, isabel. it's was a bit delicate on >> it was a bit delicate on february the i must admit. february the 2nd. i must admit. um, well , anyway, have we got um, well, anyway, have we got time to talk about this story or have we got to move on? we've got 120. oh, great. well, let's talk the first sighting of talk about the first sighting of the his surgery the king post. his surgery begins it's great to see begins because it's great to see him out about. sandringham him out and about. sandringham over it looks terrific. >> yes, it looks terrific. i mean, absolutely marvellous. but mind you, i suppose , you know, mind you, i suppose, you know, if you've got that sort of status in your country, people

look after you. >> yes, but no sickie day for him. he could quite easily have been able to bed, tucked been able to stay in bed, tucked up and coast. >> no, but you're right, he could easily done that. but i think man, actually. think he's a good man, actually. and to show, know, and he wants to show, you know, waving to the crowds as he is and pictures that see and the pictures that we see today papers, mean , i today in the papers, i mean, i and you know , i think and i think, you know, i think he realises too, he's 75 years old and he needs to show people that he's with us and going to be with us for a long time, like all of us. >> if you are into a career, you're into a job, duty, a service, dedication . yeah, service, dedication. yeah, enthusiasm. for example . well, enthusiasm. for example. well, there's all these sort of things that should go with you and your profession or whatever , whatever profession or whatever, whatever your profession. >> i'm lucky. i'm very lucky enough. like, you know, all of us have job really us here to have a job i really love. i be getting up love. i want to be getting up and ditches whilst and digging ditches whilst feeling weather. and digging ditches whilst feelthe weather. and digging ditches whilst feelthe thing weather. and digging ditches whilst feelthe thing is, weather. and digging ditches whilst feelthe thing is, what weather. and digging ditches whilst feelthe thing is, what ineather. and digging ditches whilst feelthe thing is, what i would r. but the thing is, what i would say is the say about king charles is the fact raising awareness fact that he's raising awareness about prostate. about prostate and prostate. yeah, done great with him. >> okay, may he stay fit and well thank you. see you well guys thank you. see you again minutes. now the

again 45 minutes. now the weather update. we go live via satellite to jonathan vautrey . satellite to jonathan vautrey. a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. there's quite a bluster re windy start to the new week for many of us. a lot of isobars tightly packed together pressure chart together on the pressure chart here, indicating strong here, indicating those strong winds we also this stalling winds we also have this stalling warm front across areas of scotland that provided scotland that has provided persistent throughout persistent rainfall throughout sunday sunday night and will continue to very wet continue to provide very wet conditions , particularly for the conditions, particularly for the highlands, and bev turner highlands, argyll and bev turner rain warning is in force. potential of snow as potential for a touch of snow as well the leading this well on the leading edge of this for caithness and for the likes of caithness and sutherland. elsewhere, a reasonably with reasonably cloudy day with outbreaks mr outbreaks of drizzle. some mr murk could see some murk around, we could see some brighter across central brighter slots across central eastern generally eastern areas, but generally mild around ten 12 c. feeling a bit colder than that in those

blustery winds. though it is finally into monday evening where we'll finally see that rain band push its way southwards, clearing off western scotland but eventually arriving into and into northern ireland and northern as well, northern england. as well, remaining reasonably cloudy, blustery to the south of that ten nine degrees celsius is the overnight lows, but something cooler in cooler and colder arriving in the touch of frost to the north. a touch of frost to start off tuesday morning here the north. a touch of frost to stanthroughouty morning here the north. a touch of frost to stanthroughout y morninwe ere the north. a touch of frost to stanthroughouty morninwe will and throughout tuesday we will eventually see that rain band push further southwards. some mountain possible for mountain snow also possible for northern into the northern ireland into the pennines well. some pennines as well. some brightness in far brightness possible in the far south—east of england. the south—east of england. but the best sunshine tuesday south—east of england. but the best arriving;hine tuesday south—east of england. but the best arriving forie tuesday south—east of england. but the best arriving for scotland;day south—east of england. but the best arriving for scotland asy will be arriving for scotland as skies brighten snow skies brighten up some snow showers well, and also some showers as well, and also some very strong winds across the northern cold northern isles. and that cold air dig in and it air beginning to dig in and it will spread down into will eventually spread down into other areas of the uk as we head throughout rest the throughout the rest of the week as day by by as well. enjoy your day by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler . boxt boiler. >> as sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> good morning. it's just gone 7:00 and it's monday the 5th of february. >> uh, good morning to you. this is breakfast here on gb news with eamonn holmes and isabel webster leading the news. >> an historic day for northern ireland. the prime minister's in belfast to meet with the newly formed stormont executive , with formed stormont executive, with a new first minister from sinn fein will see united fein. will we see a united ireland any time soon? the government doesn't think so . government doesn't think so. >> i would be generally surprised to see that in my lifetime. i mean, there's so many other issues an many other issues for an executive getting on with executive to be getting on with anyway, but suggest that in anyway, but i suggest that in the would the in—tray, um, they would massively outrank any sort of debate on constitutional change. further escalations rishi sunak will meet with northern ireland's first nationalist, first minister at stormont later today , but the meeting comes today, but the meeting comes amid mounting concern that the historic appointment could lead to could threaten the

to the could could threaten the long integrity of the union. long tum integrity of the union. >> bring you details >> i'll bring you more details in moment . in a moment. >> further escalations the >> further escalations in the middle east jeremy hunt expected to bolster defence spending , and to bolster defence spending, and we'll be speaking with former army chief lord dannatt shortly . army chief lord dannatt shortly. >> and a dramatic grammy awards. taylor swift breaking a record and one winner escorted out of the venue in handcuffs . we'll be the venue in handcuffs. we'll be debating this hour whether award shows have lost their meaning , shows have lost their meaning, and in the sport, arsenal blow the title race, open england on a record run chase to beat india and lionel messi causes an international incident in hong kong. >> it's a blustery but mild start to the week for many of us, though something a touch colder looks set to arrive as we head over the next few days, i'll have the full weather details little later. details a little later. on to our top story this hour.

>> and the prime minister is visiting northern ireland to mark the return of power sharing over the weekend. >> yes, he's waking up there this morning. last week, the democratic party ended democratic unionist party ended its two year boycott following a new deal on post—brexit trade rules. >> sinn fein's michelle o'neill made history when she was appointed first minister as the first nationalist to hold the role. the question now is will we be seeing a referendum on a unhed we be seeing a referendum on a united ireland anytime soon? well earlier we asked just that to the northern ireland secretary of state, chris heaton—harris . heaton—harris. >> kind of got me there >> you've kind of got me there because i have to be completely independent because independent in this because it's the state at the the secretary of state at the time decides whether time who, uh, decides whether the, uh, the conditions are correct. um they're certainly not correct. and uh, i would be generally surprised to see that in my lifetime. i mean, there's so many other issues for an executive to be getting on with. anyway, um, as as we've talked about the state of public services, whole host of things services, a whole host of things in education, in health that i suggest that in the in—tray , um,

suggest that in the in—tray, um, they would massively outrank any sort of debate on constitutional change. >> let's bring in, uh, our political editor, milly cooke , political editor, milly cooke, on this one. tell us more, milly i >> -- >> yes. so rishi sunak will be meeting with leaders at stormont later today, after we've seen michelle o'neill appointed as first minister. she's the first ever nationalist first minister we've seen in northern ireland, and it is raising questions about the integrity of the union. of being union. within hours of being appointed, she was suggesting that see referendum appointed, she was suggesting théa see referendum appointed, she was suggesting théa united see referendum appointed, she was suggesting théa united ireland. referendum appointed, she was suggesting théa united ireland. when 1dum appointed, she was suggesting théa united ireland. when asked on a united ireland. when asked about it, she refused to rule it out and she said the next decade is a decade of opportunity and so really is leaving open so she really is leaving an open end possibility a end on the possibility of a referendum. obviously, we referendum. but obviously, as we just saw, chris heaton—harris was conditions are was saying the conditions are not mood in the not right. the mood in the government sort government at the moment is sort of avoiding discussing the idea of avoiding discussing the idea of avoiding discussing the idea of a referendum when pushed of avoiding discussing the idea of it,aferendum when pushed of avoiding discussing the idea of it,afer

we'v unlikely to scotland, it's like a referendum. obviously, as we'v unlikely to be otland, it's like a referendum. obviously, as we'v unlikely to be something very unlikely to be something that's just laid to rest because they so. um so later today they say so. um so later today we'll see. rishi sunak meet with leaders at northern ireland. it's we're very likely to see very warm words exchanged from both sides also mood of both sides and also a mood of optimism. we saw optimism. last night we saw rishi sunak very rishi sunak speak very optimistically northern optimistically about northern ireland. at the moment he's very excited. an executive excited. we've got an executive back functioning after excited. we've got an executive baciyears functioning after excited. we've got an executive baciyears of functioning after excited. we've got an executive baciyears of effectively] after excited. we've got an executive baciyears of effectively aifter two years of effectively a stalemate without any government, which has been extremely difficult for northern ireland, the public ireland, especially the public sector. last month we saw the biggest walkout in northern ireland's with ireland's ever seen, with 150,000 public servants. um, take strike action as a result of unresolved pay disputes which have really difficult to have been really difficult to resolve because there's been zero input. so despite zero political input. so despite concerns over the future of the union, there certainly a lot union, there is certainly a lot of stormont that of relief at stormont that they've this executive they've got this executive back up surprise were you to hear >> surprise were you to hear from the secretary of state that he hadn't read this policy exchange forward being written by one of his colleagues, former conservative defence secretary, as well as a former labour defence secretary, both saying

they are concerned about sinn fein's long time ambitions. i mean, he might say, look, i don't think there's going to be a referendum in my lifetime . but a referendum in my lifetime. but they've today, they've been writing today, talking about sinn fein's endunng talking about sinn fein's enduring anglophobia at odds with britain's strategic interests. and i quote that they would be no friend to the uk . would be no friend to the uk. >> mhm. exactly i mean, chris heaton—harris sort of avoided talking about it. he said he hadnt talking about it. he said he hadn't read the policy document yet. um, he did say that the yet. um, but he did say that the uk and england and great britain specifically benefit lot from specifically benefit a lot from northern ireland's strategic interests. so he was interests. so he really was avoiding going into much detail on this. but obviously he was very on the fact he very clear on the fact that he wasn't referendum to wasn't keen for a referendum to take anytime soon, and he take place anytime soon, and he was saying are was just saying conditions are not so he much not right. so he very much avoided any specific or avoided any specific outcome or any verdict on that any specific verdict on that policy . um, but he was policy paper. um, but he was sort of keen to avoid the fact that sinn fein itself, it really is. and it's very core. it wants to bring northern ireland back, to bring northern ireland back, to reunite it with the republic of ireland. you can't really of ireland. so you can't really ignore that sinn fein

ignore the fact that sinn fein itself, goals of the party, itself, the goals of the party, are so chris are to reunite it. so chris heaton—harris, he wants to avoid talking about but it is talking about it, but it is quite one. quite a tricky one. >> okay , millie with your >> okay, millie cooke, with your analysis, this analysis, thanks very much this morning. >> no . have you gone work >> no. have you gone to work today or have you called in a sickie? today is the first monday in february that makes it national sickie day. it's statistically the day most likely for anyone to call in sick. >> well, over the years, it's been estimated that over 375,000 british workers put in a sickie on this day. whether that's down to real sickness or something a little more fictional, well , all little more fictional, well, all our reporter anna riley, with the story she didn't report in sick. >> it's getting pretty tough coming up with new illnesses . coming up with new illnesses. >> it's a little childish, but then so is high school. >> anna, you're not going to school like this . call if you school like this. call if you need us. >> oh. oh god . >> oh. oh god. >> oh. oh god. >> skiving off was a concept rooted in the film. ferris

bueller's day off. but since 2011, the first monday in february known as national sick day , has infectiously become day, has infectiously become part of british culture. i think the reasons behind it are possibly because it's the first pay day possibly because it's the first pay day after christmas , so pay day after christmas, so people maybe have a hangover. >> having gone out and had that night out that they haven't had since christmas . as the since christmas. as the weather's rubbish, everyone's a bit fed up and down, so they're going to be more susceptible to depression and anxiety or stress. those sorts of things , stress. those sorts of things, um, feels like summers are mile hundreds of miles . off um, hundreds of miles. off um, i think it's just post—christmas blues probably make , um, all blues probably make, um, all ailments seem perhaps worse with more than 350,000 potential absences today, it could cost the uk economy up to £45 million in wages lost hours and overtime as the cost to the business from

the bottom line. but there's also the effect on the company's reputation, potentially because if you've got to cancel meetings or deadlines and missed or , or, or deadlines and missed or, or, um, the services that provide that you've committed to providing , then you're going to providing, then you're going to have dissatisfied customers in britain, there's no legal limit on the amount of sick days we can take. >> but here's what people in hull think to the concept of throwing a sickie. >> if you pull a sickie for being hungover, it's your fault. um and you shouldn't really do it. but people are going to do it. but people are going to do it you work a lot of it because you work a lot of hours there. yeah. i think hours there. yeah. so i think it's sometimes it's fair enough sometimes if you're then fair enough. but i mean, done enough. but i mean, >> but i mean, we've all done it when haven't really been when we haven't really been sick, haven't we discussed in real they real life, you know, they shouldn't be doing that. >> fine. i've >> it's absolutely fine. i've doneit >> it's absolutely fine. i've done it so many times and i think if people just need that day, they can have it. think if people just need that daywell, can have it. think if people just need that daywell, i:an have it. think if people just need that daywell, i don'tve it. think if people just need that daywell, i don't agree with it >> well, i don't agree with it really. think you go to really. i think that you go to work the pennies are not. i work when the pennies are not. i mean, i've never it, but mean, i've never done it, but i'm now. mean, i've never done it, but i'm definitely now. mean, i've never done it, but i'm definitely not. ow. mean, i've never done it, but i'm definitely not. ov know about >> definitely not. i know about it yeah. >> definitely not. i know about it surveys suggest top reasons

>> surveys suggest top reasons for calling in sick include flu , for calling in sick include flu, back pain and stomach bugs . or back pain and stomach bugs. or perhaps the dog just ate your work shoes and a riley gb news just really irritates me. >> this story. >> this story. >> i'm a terrible sore throat swabs any excuse. >> and do you know what? it's awful because when i have called in sick with a genuine problem, i've always thought, bet they in sick with a genuine problem, i've ai'mys thought, bet they in sick with a genuine problem, i've ai'm cool, ught, bet they in sick with a genuine problem, i've ai'm cool, you , bet they in sick with a genuine problem, i've ai'm cool, you know? they in sick with a genuine problem, i've ai'm cool, you know? and think i'm cool, you know? and i feel give more details feel i have to give more details than would give. than i would like to give. sometimes being sometimes i'm like, i'm being sick. i've been sick in the last 40, or i start 40, you know, or i start coughing that coughing to demonstrate that i'm ill think don't want ill because i think i don't want them know, them to think i'm, you know, swinging . i would swinging the lead. i would literally call in literally never, ever call in sick. and i think if you are on a sickie today, you need to have sick. and i think if you are on a long, today, you need to have sick. and i think if you are on a long, hard y, you need to have sick. and i think if you are on a long, hard looku need to have sick. and i think if you are on a long, hard look atieed to have sick. and i think if you are on a long, hard look at yourself. ive a long, hard look at yourself. i think you should at work . think you should be at work. that's what i think your throat will be sore. >> all that talking you do . >> all that talking you do. >> all that talking you do. >> um, you you say you've never seriously failed at school? >> no. >> no. >> a sick day, not at school. i

loved school , you know me just loved school, you know me just like you. but um. no, i i've wanted to not go places. i've certainly woken up in the morning and thought i could do without this. and i've been miserable while i've been there, but i've always turned up, especially paid especially if you're being paid to something , not just be to do something, not just be paid stay at when you paid to stay at home when you don't feel like going to work. that's problem with this that's the problem with this country. get country. we people need to get out what's right out and do what's the right thing, the right thing, even when watching . yeah, yeah. >> so , yeah. > so , um , yeah. >> so , um, are you going to do >> so, um, are you going to do the right thing or not do the right thing, get in touch with us today. gb views gb news. com um, to give us um, you don't have to give us your uh, won't tell your name. uh, but we won't tell on you what your what you're planning or , um, or if or planning to do or, um, or if or you would you be up this early? you're more likely to asleep you're more likely to be asleep if you in sick. if you're if you phone in sick. you and they you had phone in sick and they put down or until put the phone down or wait until they're sick. put the phone down or wait until the sorry, sick. put the phone down or wait until the sorry, i'm sick. put the phone down or wait until the sorry, i'm si> sorry, i'm back on my soapbox now. about calling now. the thing about calling in sick people that it sick is the other people that it lets down. so say you're a nurse and you call in sick. there's all the patients are left all the patients that are left or staff picking or all your staff picking up, having extra you having to work extra hard. you call sick means that

call in sick here, it means that someone else to do a double someone else has to do a double shift, after shift, or they can't go after their pick up their their shift to pick up their kids. it always has. your job kids. it always has. if your job is import, you know is of any import, you know it has impact somebody else , has an impact on somebody else, so it's just selfish. >> get through it. they'll >> it'll get through it. they'll get through it . stop it. get through it. stop it. >> are you encouraging it, not encouraging might have encouraging it? you might have called sick 1 or 2 if called in sick 1 or 2 times if it did , i've forgotten it. it did, i've forgotten it. >> and if it did, it would have been ican >> and if it did, it would have been i can never been at school. i can never remember sick with remember calling in sick with work . work. >> what's it called in northern ireland skipped school? >> what's it called in northern irelit's skipped school? >> what's it called in northern irelit's called skipped school? >> what's it called in northern irelit's called self—employment.? >> it's called self—employment. that's going? that's what keeps you going? >> exactly . >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> no, no, what we call it bunking off. >> we call it bunking. hiking >> we call it bunking. hiking >> yeah. hiking. >> yeah. hiking. >> what we call it? um. >> what else do we call it? um. yeah. bunking. hiking. yeah. yeah bunking. hiking. >> tell us your bunking off stories. if you've skipped school . skipped what was school. skipped work? what was your justification? school. skipped work? what was yourjustification? i'm on to you. >> 11 minutes past the hour of 7:00. america has carried out further strikes against the houthis in yemen after the uk joined in on a fresh wave of attacks earlier in the weekend. >> well, the us solo strikes hit four anti—ship missiles with the

central command forces claiming us navy ships were under imminent threat . imminent threat. >> well, let's go to the former chief of general staff, lord richard dannatt, this morning for his take on all of this. sir, very good to talk to you today. um over the weekend , um, today. um over the weekend, um, you were talking about how if it went to a full scale war, britain as a country may not be prepared to do that. and what do you mean by that, sir? >> well, what i mean by that is that we have underfunded our overall defence capability for very many years. really effectively since the end of the cold war, when, um, the chancellor and the prime minister of the day chose to take a large piece dividend and, and that has gone on, um, really every defence review, every defence review, um, successively , um, to the point that our armed forces are not as capable and as strong as they should be. that's not to any criticism to

the men and women in uniform, or indeed to the military leadership. but frankly, the consequence of underfunding means that we don't have the capability that we would require if were to get dragged into if we were to get dragged into a major conflict . major conflict. >> and sure during your time >> and i'm sure during your time serving lord dannatt, you , you serving lord dannatt, you, you were able to express your view on this. and when you did express your view to the politicians . owens, what was the politicians. owens, what was the response? what was the reason given ? given? >> well, you'd have to think back to the days when we were involved in iraq and afghanistan 2005 6789 when i was chief of the general staff , i was the general staff, i was constantly had my horns locked with tony blair and gordon brown to argue the for case increased defence funding, and particularly increased funding for the army and our land forces conducting the campaigns in iraq and afghanistan . and frankly, and afghanistan. and frankly, it's a pretty bruising experience . and it's continued experience. and it's continued now , of course, people would now, of course, people would say, well , the top generals and say, well, the top generals and admirals and air marshals will

always say they want more. and frankly, we do always want more because we want the best for our people. and the best is usually at cutting of at the cutting edge of technology, which that technology, which means that it's fairly risky and it's probably fairly risky and probably expensive . but probably fairly expensive. but we want it not for our own vainglorious reasons. we actually want it to make sure that this country is as well prepared for major prepared as possible for major conflict. and when you look around world you look around the world today, you look around the world today, you look around situation in the around at the situation in the middle look around middle east, look around the situation ukraine europe . situation in ukraine and europe. and frankly, of those two, the one that worries me most continues to worry me most is, frankly, going on frankly, what's going on in ukraine. directly ukraine. because this directly affects the security of europe and directly affects our own security. and there is a very strong case to increase our defence spending , not just to defence spending, not just to the 2.5% or 3. that's being talked about. but frankly, to get back to the kind of levels that were spending during that we were spending during the cold which was gdp , cold war, which was 5% of gdp, if we want to take security of this country seriously . this country seriously. >> well, except that, you know, the dilemma for the government is that if they were spend 5%

is that if they were to spend 5% of on defence, you could of gdp on defence, you could argue it would be at the expense of other public services, whether that's education or health. and, you know , we've got health. and, you know, we've got an election this year and we've also got public services that are frankly, struggling in a cost of living crisis. and a lot of people would say it would bankrupt the country to give the kind of defence spending that people calling for. people like you are calling for. >> well, it wouldn't the short answer, but the duty of government is to decide its priorities, to make its allocations where it wants to putits allocations where it wants to put its funding. and there is a very strong case to say when you look around the world today, that we need to spend some more money. um, as i said , two and a money. um, as i said, two and a half, 3, maybe up to 5% of gdp. uh, on defence, yes, it would mean another 20 or £30 billion a yeah mean another 20 or £30 billion a year. um, but if you look at, for example , the health and for example, the health and social security budgets , they social security budgets, they are enormous. um yes. of course. uh savings would have to be made

somewhere else . but the first somewhere else. but the first duty of government is to provide for the security of the territory of this country. and the security of individuals in this country. yeah. and you can't get away from that responsibility to be placed on government. so we don't like the look of the world at the present moment. but we've got to make sure that we keep our people safe. >> g in your >> obviously, in your professional >> obviously, in your profe but nal >> obviously, in your profe but could i >> obviously, in your profebut could i ask >> obviously, in your profe but could i ask you, >> obviously, in your profebut could i ask you, lord bad, but could i ask you, lord dannatt, which branch of the armed forces the services are worst affected ? i mean, if you worst affected? i mean, if you were to look at the army, the navy, the air force , who are navy, the air force, who are there? is there one of those thatis there? is there one of those that is worse affected than the others ? others? >> well, i would i would make a case for an increase in defence in the round. but what i would point to is the underfunding of our land forces, our army , in our land forces, our army, in recent years and in a sense that wouldn't have mattered so much if there was not a very ugly and disaster land war going on in europe at the present moment. um we have given a tremendous

amount of support to ukraine, but it's left us in a weakened position . um, yes. there are position. um, yes. there are some programs for funding later in the decade , but most of those in the decade, but most of those are not out to contract at the present moment. so they are vulnerable to being cut themselves. so to answer your themselves. so so to answer your question, it's our land forces that have been most underfunded in recent times . and yet just in recent times. and yet just look again at the navy . in recent times. and yet just look again at the navy. um, they're struggling to man some of their ships. they're struggling enough struggling to produce enough ships. so i'm afraid whichever way you look at it , ships. so i'm afraid whichever way you look at it, our defences are not as strong as they should be. and that's a result of being serially underfunded for decades. >> yeah. and i just wanted to, to finish by asking if you look at this escalation we're seeing in the middle east and the government's resolute refusal to link these houthi , iran backed link these houthi, iran backed houthi attacks to what's happening in gaza, do you think actually a better way , perhaps, actually a better way, perhaps, than increasing our spending on defence would be to acknowledge the role of gaza in all of this and perhaps more calls, as some

people are saying, for a ceasefire could end a lot of this escalation that we're seeing . seeing. >> um, i personally fail to understand why there is no willingness by the government to link the various events going on in the middle east. as far as i'm concerned, they are all indeed linked . and the common indeed linked. and the common factor is iran . frankly, iran factor is iran. frankly, iran can dial up or dial down this crisis, but , can dial up or dial down this crisis, but, um, i'll just make one final point. um, whether we get involved in a greater scale in the middle east is a matter of discretion, but if russia was to attack another european country , almost certainly a nato country, almost certainly a nato member, we would be obliged by treaty to get involved. so i worry most about ukraine and the security of europe, and i worry less about what is going on in the middle east. as concerning as that is, lord richard dannatt, thank you very much indeed for your analysis. >> it's very much appreciated from a former chief of general staff. thank you . staff. thank you. >> okay, let's take a look at some of the other stories making

the headlines this morning. and a reward up to £20,000 has a reward of up to £20,000 has been placed by police for information leading to the arrest of the chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi . suspect abdul ezedi. investigators believe people know the location of the suspect and have not come forward. the woman attacked in clapham on wednesday, is believed to have suffered life changing injuries, while her two daughters were also attack . well, also hurt in the attack. well, we former police we spoke with former police detective martin gallagher earlier . earlier. >> he's obviously in some sort of safe location, either one that he'd organised himself, which i think is unlikely given the nature of attack . or the nature of the attack. or he's assistance and he's got assistance and someone's him. and someone's helping him. um, and hiding them at the moment, i don't know . hiding them at the moment, i don't know. i'm hiding them at the moment, i don't know . i'm not hiding them at the moment, i don't know. i'm not a medical doctor. the extent of treatment it would require for those injuries. but i would imagine it's extensive marking in paris is set to become a lot more expensive. >> the city held a referendum yesterday to increase the price of parking for suvs and cars weighing over 1.6 tonnes. the cost to park will now triple to

,18. that's £15 per hour. just 5.7% of parisians took part in the vote, which was billed as a way to make this year's olympic games greener and friendlier for pedestrians and cyclists . pedestrians and cyclists. >> all lots of people getting in touch about sickies. i've never pulled a sickie , although pulled a sickie, although i don't get paid if i'm off or poorly. there must be a correlation there that's correlation there and that's exactly saying exactly what you were saying about self—employed. i'm about being self—employed. i'm with if you're being with isabel if you're being paid, you need to turn up, be responsible have integrity. paid, you need to turn up, be resp

bit too much of the weekend. >> i think duty is unfashionable now. sense of duty and doing the right thing . people have right thing. people have replaced sort of morals with worshipping social media, so they don't really know to how behave anymore, but that's a whole nother topic. anyway, we're going to get a check on the weather now. jonathan vautrey details. as the star's reporting today, seasons reporting today, several seasons in one week. >> hello there. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. there's quite a bluster . a windy start to the bluster. a windy start to the new week for many of us. a lot of isobars tightly packed together on pressure chart together on the pressure chart here, strong here, indicating those strong winds we also have stalling winds we also have this stalling warm front across areas of scotland provided scotland that has provided persistent rainfall throughout scotland that has provided persistersunday ll throughout scotland that has provided persistersunday nightyughout scotland that has provided persistersunday night and)ut scotland that has provided persistersunday night and will sunday, sunday night and will continue provide very wet continue to provide very wet conditions, particularly for the highlands , argyll and highlands, argyll and bute. and the is in force. the rain warning is in force. potential for a of snow as potential for a touch of snow as well. leading edge well. on the leading edge of this likes caithness this for the likes of caithness and sutherland. elsewhere, a reasonably with reasonably cloudy day with outbreaks mr outbreaks of drizzle. some mr murk could see some murk around, we could see some brighter across central

brighter slots across central eastern generally eastern areas, but generally mild around ten 12 c. feeling a bit colder than that in those blustery winds. though it is finally into monday evening where we'll finally see that rain band push its way southwards, clearing off western scotland eventually arriving scotland but eventually arriving into northern ireland and northern as well, northern england. as well, remaining cloudy, remaining reasonably cloudy, blustery to the south of that ten nine degrees celsius is the overnight lows, but something cooler in cooler and colder arriving in the of frost to the north. a touch of frost to start tuesday morning here start off tuesday morning here and tuesday we will and throughout tuesday we will eventually see that rain band push southwards. some push further southwards. some mountain possible for mountain snow also possible for northern ireland the northern ireland into the pennines as well. some brightness far brightness possible in the far south—east of england. the south—east of england. but the best sunshine tuesday best of the sunshine on tuesday will scotland as will be arriving for scotland as skies snow skies brighten up some snow showers well, and also some showers as well, and also some very across the very strong winds across the northern isles. and cold northern isles. and that cold air to in and it air beginning to dig in and it will eventually spread into will eventually spread down into other of the uk as we head other areas of the uk as we head throughout the of the week throughout the rest of the week as your day by as well. enjoy your day by by competition time. >> the great british giveaway and you could bank £18,000 in tax free cash .

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evening at the grammy awards. but do award shows still matter anyway , we're going to be anyway, we're going to be debating that

next >> well, as i'm sure you're aware, the grammys took place overnight. >> see, nobody's aware. nobody knows. if it wasn't for us killing the story , saying hello. killing the story, saying hello. >> very exciting. >> very exciting. >> these . >> these. >> these. >> what's exciting? well, that's a lie . that's a lie. look, a lie. that's a lie. look, swifties around the world are very numerous , and they'll be very numerous, and they'll be delighted with what happened because she broke records last night getting her fourth grammy. >> an arrest on the >> yeah, we had an arrest on the red carpet. we have billie eilish , who's probably eilish, who's probably our biggest recent . biggest export in recent. >> it doesn't matter to any one of them. >> affect their ticket >> it won't affect their ticket sales their concerts sales any of their concerts will still popular. still be as popular. >> one's ever heard of what >> no one's ever heard of what they've last night, nor do they've won last night, nor do they've won last night, nor do they care. the question we're they care. so the question we're asking is still relevant? >> well , whether it's the

>> well, whether it's the grammys or the oscars, both generate more headlines for scandals or fashion than the awards themselves . awards themselves. >> that's true. that did happen last night . there was >> that's true. that did happen last night. there was a man arrested, for instance , will arrested, for instance, will tell you about that shortly . so tell you about that shortly. so have grown out of the grammys have we grown out of the grammys or are they as important for nada's as ever? i put it nada's success as ever? i put it to you not and agreeing with me. music journalist mick wall there, he says awards are totally irrelevant, but showbiz journalist ellie phillips couldn't disagree more. so mick, why are they irrelevant ? it. why are they irrelevant? it. >> well, i mean , you kind of >> well, i mean, you kind of summed it up. i mean , you know, summed it up. i mean, you know, uh, does anybody think about the grammys outside the business? not at all. i think, uh, for most fans, it's an opportunity to see one of their favourites perform . um, um, but but other, perform. um, um, but but other, you know, you can find all that on youtube. if it was any other event involving taylor swift, they'd watch that just as avidly. uh, in terms of the

career boost , avidly. uh, in terms of the career boost, winning a grammy used to be. that's gone. uh that just isn't there anymore . um, just isn't there anymore. um, the show itself, you know, it was televised for the first time this year. this is kind of where it now finds itself. it used to be an industry only event. now it's, uh, another strand in popular entertainment and an opportunity to get the biggest artists before even more eyeballs , uh, if they happen to eyeballs, uh, if they happen to watch it. and of course, there's always a conversation the next day. but as you said , it day. but as you said, it affects, uh, well , there are no affects, uh, well, there are no record sales. you know , taylor record sales. you know, taylor swift. swift might still sell some, but most artists don't. it's streams. it's tickets for shows. it doesn't affect those. what so ever. no one buys a ticket because, oh , look, it's ticket because, oh, look, it's last year, mick, would you apply would you apply the same criteria to say the brits ? criteria to say the brits? >> yes. yeah absolutely. >> yes. yeah absolutely. >> can anybody here right now

tell me who won the most important awards at the brits last year . last year. >> got me there man. i give in. yeah. >> but lots of the breakthrough artists in recent years have been recognised at the brits. i'm thinking of ed sheeran and ellie goulding over the years. i can't what the is can't remember what the award is called, identifies called, but it often identifies the thing. i'm the next big thing. but i'm ellie, want to bring you ellie, i just want to bring you in was saying in because he was saying it's just popular just another strand of popular entertainment. the clue's entertainment. well the clue's in word. popular i just in the word. it's popular i just spotted, which i hadn't realised last the pictures we last night in the pictures we were showing there. blue ivy were showing there. um, blue ivy , beyonce's child, and i'm like, oh, it's exciting. people like a bit of glitter and showbiz in their lives. it isn't all about whether it boosts their sales or not. it's for us, the people as well. >> definitely. i think it's it also, what i really like about it and it is that those winners and those performers on the night, it's kind of snapshot time, it's kind of a snapshot in time, culturally, we're at culturally, of where we're at with whether it's with the music, whether it's music or film, whatever the awards and um, awards might be, and also, um, just point there just drawing on the point there that he made about, um, the way basically sales basically that records sales just don't exist anymore, that

makes awards kind of even more important, because with the digitisation of music, there is so there. there are so so much out there. there are so many there is so much many artists, there is so much kind like if you will, kind of like noise, if you will, on internet and the likes on the internet and the likes of the grammys and these, these award kind award ceremonies, they kind of cut through that and say, no, this is the industry this is what the industry recognises is , you recognises and this is, you know, them on a pedestal recognises and this is, you kncthe them on a pedestal recognises and this is, you kncthe night them on a pedestal recognises and this is, you kncthe night ticelebratepedestal recognises and this is, you kncthe night ticelebrate that.tal recognises and this is, you kn

not really to showcase talent. the grammys is the industry voting for itself. so i could have told you this time yesterday that absolutely. taylor swift was going to win album of the year. billie eilish would win an award. uh, like last. you know, whoever happens to be the big person of the moment, what i do like about the grammys , uh, and these are grammys, uh, and these are things you can watch on youtube any time because i doubt any of us here watched it live . um, us here watched it live. um, billy joel , you know, performing billy joel, you know, performing his first new song for 17 years in. it sounds like every other song he's ever done, but it's nice to see that sort of thing going on. but, i mean, as for the actual award , you know, the actual award, you know, you've got album of the year, right ? record of the year, song right? record of the year, song of the year, pop vocal performance of the year , the performance of the year, the tail wags the dogs , they get tail wags the dogs, they get together, who are we promoting? who's available ? how does it all

who's available? how does it all going to fit together ? and then going to fit together? and then they build the awards around it. so taylor swift used it as an opportunity to announce her forthcoming album. it's all very disingenuous cos i think she said something along the lines of, i've been keeping this secret for two years. what? that you're going to make another record one day? how is that a secret? so i think it's all very secret? so i think it's all very secret and disingenuous and ultimately very yeah, showbiz is all about. >> and i think if the question is like, have they lost their meaning? don't you can meaning? i don't think you can say the have lost say that the grammys have lost their artists, which their meaning for artists, which is because is who they're for, because when you at an artist's success, you look at an artist's success, a lot of them use grammys as a benchmark. they've had 32 wins, like beyonce or this many nominations or they won this best album this many times . so best album this many times. so it's always used when you look at an artist's career to add in to kind of the package of what they were in many ways. and it's always the grammys is specifically the grammys. you don't really hear people saying, oh, know , how many

oh, well, you know, how many vmas they win ? it's not. vmas did they win? it's not. they're grammys is the they're the grammys is the pinnacle you know, you pinnacle. and, you know, if you look artists that won last look at artists that won last night for the first lot night for the first time, a lot of put there. when of them have put out there. when they careers, that they started their careers, that their was get the their goal was to get to the grammys, recognised by grammys, to be recognised by their the industry . so their peers, by the industry. so i think it still has meaning i do think it still has meaning in that okay. in that way. okay. >> word , mick. >> final word, mick. >> final word, mick. >> i mean, i've been in the business years and i've business for 40 years and i've with the brand new artists , with the brand new artists, legacy artists, no one ever talks about winning the grammys. it's not a thing. talks about winning the grammys. it's not a thing . what they talk it's not a thing. what they talk aboutis it's not a thing. what they talk about is being number one in the charts, even that's gone now because i challenge any of you to tell me what number one in the charts is, right now. pass. these are all these are all things that are fun , popular things that are fun, popular entertainment. things that are fun, popular entertainment . absolutely. enjoy entertainment. absolutely. enjoy them. do they mean anything ? no them. do they mean anything? no more than an appearance . any more than an appearance. any late night tv number one is a rehash of gangsta's paradise. >> i couldn't tell you who the female duet is. i heard it on the radio as i was driving home

last night. anyway thank you. and agree to disagree , mick. and we agree to disagree, mick. thank you. i appreciate your time you, you . so time. thank you, thank you. so you would have watched the grammys? >> not that you did. watched couldn't even tell you what channel were on because channel they were on because blue ivy is there. yeah so what is blue lives nodding beyonce's child beyonce. how old, how old is this sprog? >> she's i don't know 1011. something like that. and we don't see her very often, but that's watch it. that's not why i would watch it. but things like that. but it's things like that. that's why people see the red carpet. to what carpet. they want to see what taylor they taylor swift is wearing. they want beyonce's up to. >> naive. you're so naive. you are going in my life. and >> lots going on in my life. and this is a little bit of, you know, sparkle to distract. and that's all all that's what showbiz is all all about. we're talking about. escapism. we're talking about. escapism. we're talking about sport after the break. >> paul coyte sprinkling the showbiz on that . after

an update now from england's

second test match with india. paul with that. >> oh you know, it looked hopeful earlier on but i think , hopeful earlier on but i think, uh, our hope is beginning to fade slowly. day four second test in vishakhapatnam . uh, in test in vishakhapatnam. uh, in india. so england are chasing a record 399 runs to win . and record 399 runs to win. and they're currently 232 now for seven down. so need 179. ben stokes was just run out. it was ben stokes and ben foakes run the chance. both of them batting together. ben stokes and ben foakes . foakes still together. ben stokes and ben foakes. foakes still in foakes. ben foakes is still in uh, stokes has just been uh, ben stokes has just been run out. so 232 for seven. oh, it's going to be tough. you know you can't anything this can't put anything past this england think they england side. but i think they are struggle okay. are going to struggle okay. that's going on. >> we move from to hong >> we move from india to hong kong and the officials there, the government there have expressed their their dismay. yes. and their extreme disappointment. they've spoken about why they i think there's an international incident here. >> yes. inter miami okay. um,

david beckham's side , lionel david beckham's side, lionel messi, they've gone over to play in hong kong and a friendly pre—season friendly. now the thing is, now you can see messi there sitting on the bench and there's the fan is sold out 38,000 tickets in hong kong in less than an hour because they wanted to see lionel messi play. >> well, they hardly wanted to see whatever they're called, miami. what do they call inter miami? >> the rest of the miami team? yeah, because that's who they that's they're paying that's who they're paying to see. all desperate that's who they're paying to see. him all desperate that's who they're paying to see. him . all desperate that's who they're paying to see. him . but all desperate that's who they're paying to see. him . but itill desperate that's who they're paying to see. him . but it wasasperate that's who they're paying to see. him . but it was decided to see him. but it was decided that he had a slight hamstring pull and would not be able to play pull and would not be able to play . so now the authorities in play. so now the authorities in hong kong are demanding explanations, not a refund . no. explanations, not a refund. no. yeah. well, that's what the fans well, the fans are saying we want refund. you've got, uh, government officials are saying we'd like an explanation to exactly why. i don't know whether they need, um, x rays or anything but , whether they need, um, x rays or anything but, yeah, all anything else, but, yeah, all hell's because hell's broken loose because messi did not play. he was there training and they sold out training. people were there training, watching train. training, watching him train. but couldn't

but the fact that he couldn't play but the fact that he couldn't play well, all kicked off. play well, it's all kicked off. it's all kicking off, it's all kicking, gone. pete it's all kicking off, it's all kickirkicking gone. pete it's all kicking off, it's all kickirkicking offjone. pete it's all kicking off, it's all kickirkicking off in|e. pete it's all kicking off, it's all kickirkicking off in hong e it's all kicking off, it's all kickirkicking off in hong kong. tong kicking off in hong kong. but quick, quick thing about, um, liverpool should um, arsenal, liverpool i should mention because mention did you see because there's . furore, there's a little furore. furore, rory furore . um, anyway , that's rory furore. um, anyway, that's happened because of the photograph that martin odegaard was taking . did you see that? was taking. did you see that? no.and was taking. did you see that? no. and this is, uh, jamie carragher. look, there he is . carragher. look, there he is. >> oh he took this off arteta. >> oh he took this off arteta. >> that's it. no was he >> that's it. no no he was he actually took well this is actually took it. well this is what happened. he took photographs of the photographer. and cheering and fans are all cheering because they've just beaten liverpool. but there is a picture. he did take some pictures we have pictures of arteta which we have now. pictures he now. this is the pictures he took. we can see took. um, hopefully we can see there. so there's martin, there we there's the first we are. there's the first one. do do man. there's one do do do do man. there's one that took there. that's and that he took there. that's and there's another there's there's another one. there's the other that took. is other one that he took. it is mikel arteta. >> have rumbled >> and we have rumbled this. we have we have. he is, there. >> he even changed his shirt as he was taking that photograph. so the photograph so there's the photograph captain go. captain black there you go. >> from captain scarlet >> yeah. from captain scarlet the same man . the same man. >> yeah it's the same man .

>> yeah it's the same man. >> yeah it's the same man. >> um but you see what happened ? >> um but you see what happened? that black became a baddie when he died and the mysterons hovered over the top of him , and hovered over the top of him, and he came back as a baddie. but yet captain scarlet, who also died , did he? yes. scarlet died. died, did he? yes. scarlet died. scarlet died. do do do do do do do what? >> things. >> things. >> for the reason he's got a superpowers, captain scarlet. captain scarlet is that he came back from the dead but didn't go to the dark side . to the dark side. >> is that right? >> is that right? >> yeah, but i don't know why he didn't go crazy. religious story. >> isn't it really so? so there's. there's more in captain scarlet , i there's. there's more in captain scarlet, i imagine there were. yes. so what are the rings? are they like cigar rings? because you see, mysterons . but you see, the mysterons. but what? so every time something bad happened, see these. bad happened, you'd see these. what are you talking about? >> from >> they are the mysterons from planet mars . well, the circles planet mars. well, the circles are circles. ah, you just are the circles. ah, so you just see and they're just circles. >> i always want to be the mysterons. >> can see you, earth man . oh, >> can see you, earth man. oh, we know what you are planning. they know everything, right? okay, fine. yeah, but then the whole skill about the mysterons

is that they can take over somebody's body, but they can't kill because they kill captain black because they can't captain black. but can't kill captain black. but they . and they can't they can't. and they can't kill captain either , thank captain scarlet either, thank goodness. he's goody goodness. but he's a goody in black's . yeah, black's abadi. yeah, that's right black's abadi. yeah, that's rigiokay, that's sorted out. >> did you follow us for that? out. >> lid you follow us for that? out. >> i did,)u follow us for that? out. >> i did, yeah. ow us for that? out. >> i did, yeah. andis for that? out. >> i did, yeah. and i for that? out. >> i did, yeah. and i also hat? >> i did, yeah. and i also quickly tapped out because a very email has just very interesting email has just come whether or come in. i'm debating whether or not him and shame not i should name him and shame him. know who you are. i'm him. you know who you are. i'm having a off today having a day off today recovering birthday on recovering from my birthday on saturday. anyone . i saturday. don't tell anyone. i turned 52. i'm not going to out you because i'm a nice person. but is he somebody we know, or did name there? yeah, did he put his name there? yeah, he put his name on it. but i'm okay. i'm too nice to that. okay. i'm too nice to do that. anyway. getting anyway. lots of you getting in touch about sick days. keep those in. having a those coming in. we're having a quick we'll be talking. >> says. wait a minute. >> sharon says. wait a minute. >> sharon says. wait a minute. >> go there >> go on. there >> sharon says come on, >> sharon says no. oh, come on, everybody quite everybody does it. and quite often simply as often it's needed simply as a mental lift . mental health lift. >> well, thus i rest my case. um, vicky, i have never pulled a sickie. although i don't get paid if i'm off poorly. some correlation few correlation there and a few people i'm sick of people saying that i'm sick of my calling sick,

people saying that i'm sick of my just calling sick, people saying that i'm sick of my just for calling sick, people saying that i'm sick of my just for one:alling sick, people saying that i'm sick of my just for one day.ig sick, people saying that i'm sick of my just for one day.ig have:k, people saying that i'm sick of my just for one day.ig have to not just for one day. i have to pick their work. that's the pick up their work. that's the point. selfish . point. it's just so selfish. >> you've got to put your voice on, though, haven't you? >> ever called in >> nobody has ever called in sick and not an extra sick and not give an extra voice. you're right. >> you're right. >> you're right. >> i'm not feeling very well. >> i just i come in, i don't >> ijust i come in, i don't know what it is. yeah i'll be i'll be okay. i think i'll come in. >> no, no. in.— >> no, no. you stay. you in. >> no, no. you stay. you can't sound perky when you're calling in sick, can you? >> there i am. >> hi there i am. >> hi there i am. >> any chance you got to >> well, any chance you got to sound ill? >> sound ill. >> you don't sound ill. >> you don't sound ill. >> oh , yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> well, coming we're >> right. well, coming up, we're talking don't need talking about why you don't need scrap from your diet to scrap carbs from your diet to lose weight. that's in making the news with dawn neesom and christopher that's

next. dawn and christopher going through the papers today. and christopher, we want to begin with, um , a delivery food bike with, um, a delivery food bike rider. right. so somebody that does justeat or deliveroo or

something and he came into a bit of luck. tell me what happened and what he did with it. >> well, david clark , uh, who's >> well, david clark, uh, who's from ? uh, he is from liverpool? uh, he is a rider on a bike, uh, to get, uh, you know, food to people. you know, he does all those sort of things. and he was given inherited from his mother £100,000. yes yes. and so what does he do? he decides to give it away and he approaches people to see if they would like it or if they would like to suggest people who he could give it to. and it's, it's a wonderful story. >> this was a dozen random strangers. yes exactly. >> which i think is fantastic . >> which i think is fantastic. nick. but he's going to live to regret it, right? >> why? well, one day he's going to want to buy a house or he's going to have children. to want to buy a house or he's goiiwell,have children. to want to buy a house or he's goiiwell, he e children. to want to buy a house or he's goiiwell, he may ldren. to want to buy a house or he's goiiwell, he may have. to want to buy a house or he's goiiwell, he may have a house already. >> hs2, a deliveroo driver. >> hs2, a deliveroo driver. >> well, you his mother >> well, you know, his mother had we don't had 100,000 anyway. we don't know that, we? i mean, know that, do we? i mean, i think it's lovely gesture. know that, do we? i mean, i thiri. it's lovely gesture. know that, do we? i mean, i thiri think lovely gesture. know that, do we? i mean, i thiri think it's ely gesture. know that, do we? i mean, i thiri think it's fantastic. 'e. know that, do we? i mean, i thiri think it's fantastic. but >> i think it's fantastic. but i do know, maybe he was do think, you know, maybe he was acting a bit in haste here. >> so, know, it's one

>> well, so, you know, it's one of nice stories in the of the few nice stories in the papen >> exactly . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> so you wouldn't give >> doing it so you wouldn't give it no, mean, i'd give a >> no, i mean, i'd give a percentage of it away, but not all of it away. no i wouldn't give anything away . give anything away. >> you know what? i'm pretty much with begins on this one. it will talk talking about the cost of things. >> valentine's day. right. which is, um, which is fast approaching less than two. it's what, ten days away? nine days away? and so 1 in 20 people away? um and so 1 in 20 people believe the cost of valentine's day is too expensive to celebrate. i can see the sense of that, don. >> it'sjust, of that, don. >> it's just, well, of that, don. >> it's just, well , the problem >> it's just, well, the problem with valentine's day is you feel like you've got to be romantic. >> which is why you get the cliche of couples staring at each other over restaurant tables, not saying anything , but tables, not saying anything, but they've paid a fortune for it . they've paid a fortune for it. and it's just, i think it's just marketing gone mad . i mean, you marketing gone mad. i mean, you have to pay so much for a box of heart shaped chocolates or pink. not that i mind none of that in mind, but think it's for fresh

love. >> new love. oh well it's bubbly. well it's bubbling away. you can't. it's where you run out of conversation is when it's, you know, going on it's, you know, been going on for 25 years. >> you old cynic, you i, i it's we've been married. we've been together 41 years this year and i still love him as much as i did back then. the problem i have with valentine's day is it's the husband's birthday. the day whatever day before. so whatever you want to do , you. everything is up in to do, you. everything is up in price. you know, everyone thinks you're, hotel you're, you know, a hotel is suddenly more expensive. you know, romantic night know, for that romantic night away. eamonn remember, you know, when first love is bubbling away. when first love is bubbling awebut you surely what you >> but you surely what you should then say we are should do is then say we are going to really locate your birthday to being in january or being in march . being in march. >> doesn't quite work like that, doesit >> doesn't quite work like that, does it really? >> just the cost of going out ? >> just the cost of going out? anyway, went on thursday anyway, i went out on thursday night , two drinks for my husband night, two drinks for my husband and me , and a bowl of chips with and me, and a bowl of chips with parmesan on top because we didn't want to be, you know, at parmesan on top because we ditreat.rant to be, you know, at parmesan on top because we ditreat.rargirl be, you know, at parmesan on top because we ditreat.rargirl we you know, at parmesan on top because we ditreat. rargirl we weren't ow, at parmesan on top because we ditreat. rargirl we weren't going a treat. a girl we weren't going out later for dinner. guess how much came to £30.

much that came to £30. >> £70, 70. »- >> £70, 70. >> just literally in the bar opposite the theatre that we were going to afterwards, west end theatre area. yeah, i thought we just people can't afford £70 on a pre—drink before they go to. but you know what? >> theatres are now £300 for some shows. yes. we're going to the cirque du soleil next week and the friend of ours is taking his suddenly let rip that he actually paid £300 a ticket at the albert hall . so that's the albert hall. so that's £1,200. they spent. i'm embarrassed. >> yeah, and the trouble is, it means that only those people who can afford it will go . can afford it will go. >> exactly. and then eventually, those people run out of interest. so if they price interest. well, so if they price themselves out, you say that. >> but all these theatres at £300 are full. >> that's all out. but the thing is, it's not just the theatre. it's even things like going it's like even things like going to these days , £55, £60 to football these days, £55, £60 a ticket. by the time you bought a ticket. by the time you bought a programme , you brought some a programme, you brought some food for the kids. a programme, you brought some foo�*but' the kids. a programme, you brought some foo�*but it'se kids. a programme, you brought some foo�*but it's good value you go >> but it's good value if you go and team wins nil. and your team wins three nil. >> oh, what did i do that

there's a football fan for you . there's a football fan for you. >> he's been dying. >> he's been dying. >> oh, i know began. >> oh, i know began. >> let's talk about wrinkles . >> let's talk about wrinkles. >> let's talk about wrinkles. >> you know i always look at you begins and think are no begins and i think there are no wrinkles balloon. wrinkles on a balloon. >> going to fat >> yeah i was going to say fat helps , but were this. helps, but we were talking this. no he's absolutely right. i mean , dawn and i were talking about this said fat because if this and i said fat because if you're fat, you have you're fat, you don't have any wrinkles. it's as simple as that. >> i work hard at keeping it up. you're looking well. you're fading away to nothing. >> well, thank you very much. that's very kind of you. >> do do what you did >> do not do not do what you did earlier were how earlier when you were asked how you do earlier when you were asked how youdo not do that. earlier when you were asked how you do not do that. all earlier when you were asked how youdo not do that. all right. >> do not do that. all right. okay. no. >> so research has found that people believe if you have wrinkles, you're less pleasant and trustworthy . and trustworthy. >> oh, i would have thought. >> oh, i would have thought. >> i don't know where they get that from. >> lines. yes kind and smiley. yeah >>i yeah >> i think, you know people have to now make comments about everything. >> and i think this is a ridiculous comment to make the psychology behind it, though, with linking wrinkles within less trustworthy.

>> i mean , i'm obviously deeply >> i mean, i'm obviously deeply untrusting . so i have a fringe . untrusting. so i have a fringe. >> stop it. >> stop it. >> and what you're not you're not in agreement with that. no, i'm not at all. >> eamonn do you avoid becoming i'm not at all. >.balloon|n do you avoid becoming i'm not at all. >.balloon and» you avoid becoming i'm not at all. >.balloon and being|void becoming a balloon and being untrustworthy? you don't shun carbs. dawn's according to greg wallace. >> yeah, this is an interview that our greg wallace, presenter of martin, have said that of bbc's martin, have said that people do not to shun pasta people do not need to shun pasta and potatoes to lose weight . he and potatoes to lose weight. he has stone recently, has lost five stone recently, which is good going. has lost five stone recently, whihe's good going. has lost five stone recently, whihe's a good going. has lost five stone recently, whihe's a gastricoing. has lost five stone recently, whihe's a gastric band or >> he's had a gastric band or something , surely couldn't something, surely i couldn't possibly comment. he's eat potatoes and carbs and lose his citing the italians and the spanish who you know , i mean the spanish who you know, i mean the spanish who you know, i mean the spanish with their paellas rice, potatoes, italians, pasta and the and the pizzas. >> and he goes and he goes. they are, on the whole quite slim nations. problem i have with nations. the problem i have with this story it's like it's not this story is it's like it's not one size fits all and with carbs , and we have huge increase in , and we have a huge increase in type 2 diabetes in this country. and are like toxic. if you and carbs are like toxic. if you are on the verge of diabetes , are on the verge of diabetes, it's not it's not so much carbs .

it's not it's not so much carbs. >> it's processed food and it's the that we have had the junk that we have had imposed on us from america who have bought up all our food companies . and the fact that's companies. and the fact that's the way more processed food is , the way more processed food is, is going. there's just not good processed food. >> and we be fair to be fair. >> and we be fair to be fair. >> you've nailed it as >> eamonn you've nailed it as well, because greg does also say he goes, the he he goes, one of the ways he lost weight was to stop buying pre—packaged, processed food and to more at home to start cooking more at home himself with ingredients . himself with fresh ingredients. >> there go. >> there we go. >> there we go. >> and also helpings you get >> and also the helpings you get in america are ridiculous. i mean, can have a meal you in america are ridiculous. i mean,eat can have a meal you in america are ridiculous. i mean,eat that have a meal you in america are ridiculous. i mean,eat that forve a meal you in america are ridiculous. i mean,eat that for the meal you in america are ridiculous. i mean,eat that for the restal you in america are ridiculous. i mean,eat that for the rest of you could eat that for the rest of the week. >> well, i think that's the european thing, isn't we european thing, isn't it? we look these italians, look at all these italians, whatever. vast whatever. they don't eat vast quantities little of quantities. a little bit of everything goes long everything goes a long way without okay without being excessive. okay supersizing everything, guys. >> you very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. we're you again in we're going to see you again in about minutes. thank you . don about 40 minutes. thank you. don and let's get and chris. uh, let's get a weather update now because it's a bit of a mixed bag this week. it's to off quite it's going to start off quite mild. it's to get rainy. mild. it's going to get rainy. then get snowy as we head then it may get snowy as we head towards the weekend. jonathan

vautrey will put you in the picture . picture. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there! very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met there's quite met office. there's quite a bluster re windy start to the new week for many of us. a lot of isobars tightly packed together on pressure chart together on the pressure chart here, those strong here, indicating those strong winds we also have this stalling warm front across areas of scotland provided scotland that has provided persistent throughout persistent rainfall throughout sunday sunday night and will continue to provide wet continue to provide very wet conditions , particularly for the conditions, particularly for the highlands, bute . and highlands, argyll and bute. and the warning is in force. the rain warning is in force. potential snow as potential for a touch of snow as well leading edge this well on the leading edge of this for caithness and for the likes of caithness and sutherland. elsewhere, a reasonably cloudy day with outbreaks some mr outbreaks of drizzle. some mr murk we could see some murk around, we could see some brighter across central brighter slots across central eastern areas, but generally mild around ten 12 c. feeling a bit colder than that in those blustery winds. though it is finally into monday evening

where we'll finally see that rain band push its way southwards, off western southwards, clearing off western scotland eventually arriving scotland but eventually arriving into ireland and into northern ireland and northern as well, northern england. as well, remaining reasonably cloudy, blustery to the south of that ten nine degrees celsius is the overnight lows, but something cooler arriving in cooler and colder arriving in the of to the north. a touch of frost to start tuesday morning here start off tuesday morning here and tuesday we will and throughout tuesday we will eventually see that rain band push southwards. some push further southwards. some mountain possible for mountain snow also possible for northern into the northern ireland into the pennines well. some pennines as well. some brightness possible the far brightness possible in the far south—east but the south—east of england. but the best sunshine tuesday best of the sunshine on tuesday will scotland as will be arriving for scotland as skies some snow skies brighten up some snow showers and some showers as well, and also some very strong across the very strong winds across the northern isles. and that cold air in and it air beginning to dig in and it will spread down into will eventually spread down into other the uk as we head other areas of the uk as we head throughout the rest the throughout the rest of the week as day by by as well. enjoy your day by by that feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

ireland. the prime minister is in belfast to meet with the newly formed stormont executive, with a new first minister from sinn fein . will we see a sinn fein. will we see a referendum on a united ireland any time soon? the government doesn't think so. i would be generally surprised to see that in my lifetime. >> i mean, there's so many other issues for an executive to be getting on with anyway, but i suggest that in the in—tray, um, they would massively outrank any sort of debate on constitutional . change. >> that's right. i'm here in belfast for the return of the stormont government. the pm is about to arrive. let's hear what he might say shortly . he might say shortly. >> further escalation in the middle east. the chancellor is expected to bolster defence

spending in the budget next month . but are we ready for any war? >> we have underfunded our overall defence capability for very many years. really effectively since the end of the cold war. but frankly, the consequence of underfunding means that we don't have the capability that we would require if we were to get dragged into a major conflict with botched surgeries , making the headlines surgeries, making the headlines again, costing the nhs millions of pounds. >> this morning we're debating whether surgery is cheating your way to beauty and in the sport. >> england struggling on a record run chase to beat india, the usa world cup venues have been announced. how exciting . been announced. how exciting. and wales, though, lose their great ever player. >> it's a blustery but mild start to the week for many of us, though something a touch colder looks set to arrive as we head over the next few days. i'll have the full weather details a little later . on.

details a little later. on. >> now , just before we get >> now, just before we get underway, we have a very exciting announcement moment here on gb news in relation to the station . yes. the station. yes. >> let's speak to our political edhon >> let's speak to our political editor, christopher hope, who can reveal all the details. good morning to you, christopher. >> good morning. good morning. good morning amy. that's right. we're seeing exciting news here at gb news. the start of the election campaign. this year is going to start here on gb news. we're launching what's called the gb news people's forum . the the gb news people's forum. the prime minister, the first major election event of 2020. for a live one hour q&a with you , our live one hour q&a with you, our viewers, with rishi sunak, the prime minister, on february the 12th at 8 pm. here's a message from the man himself. hi rishi, here as prime minister i'm focussed on delivering on your

promise . promise. >> i hope your sound wasn't as bad as it was in our ear. was that did that go out as badly as it hurt? oh it did very sorry about that. >> out. we'll sort that out. >> out. we'll sort that out. >> do you want to recue it and see if it works this time? no, they're not taking that chance. chris will tell us what the prime minister was supposed to have he was saying, have said. well he was saying, come, to website at come, go to our website at eamonn . eamonn. >> uh gb news.com eamonn. >> uh gbnews.com forward slash pm to sign up to get your chance to put your questions to the prime minister i can see flashing blue lights behind me here at stormont. he's about to arrive. the prime minister shortly think. but shortly behind me, i think. but it's been presented by our gb news host, a colleague. forgive me, stephen so a real me, uh, stephen dixon. so a real moment for gb news. we think . moment for gb news. we think. and we know that the election campaign starting our campaign is starting and our channel next week. >> interesting. okay we look forward to that. thanks very much and just much christopher. and uh, just in context of why you are in in the context of why you are in stormont, we've been speaking to the northern ireland secretary this um, him, this morning, um, asking him,

well relief well, obviously about the relief that must be feeling about that there must be feeling about the restoration of power there, but about the reports this morning , former defence morning, former defence secretary his own party and secretary from his own party and indeed from labour, both warning about sinn fein is no friend about how sinn fein is no friend of the united kingdom . this is, of the united kingdom. this is, uh, we've heard from michelle o'neill. she'd like see o'neill. she'd like to see a referendum in the next ten years. chris heaton—harris significantly playing that down. what hearing ? what are you hearing? >> that's right . that referendum >> that's right. that referendum can be held when he's ready for it. when he thinks that that's the secretary of state thinks there might a majority for it there might be a majority for it or a close polls say not or a close vote. polls say not at moment, but i think this at the moment, but i think this the stormont today is what place of almost celebrating two years after having no , uh, sitting after having no, uh, sitting parliament behind me, the stormont building, it will be finally sitting and it's really needed.the finally sitting and it's really needed. the local reporter i heard last night here of a ten year wait for a hip operation in five years to see an nhs consultant. this talk of £34 million being ploughed straight into the nhs, 3.3 billion being

offered to this region by the by the uk government over five years to try and get this place working again for the people of northern ireland over the past two years, you might be asking how has it been running itself? well, it's been official civil servants running it and we have our complaints about mps across the country , don't we? but in the country, don't we? but in a sense it's the best option or the other ones. because when you've got mps in listening to local people, make sure local people, they can make sure that priorities are that their priorities are listened where, how, how listened to where, how, how money is spent. there's all sorts reporting of how things sorts of reporting of how things have been slipping here on pubuc have been slipping here on public services. think it's have been slipping here on p|real services. think it's have been slipping here on p|real moment think it's have been slipping here on p|real moment for think it's have been slipping here on p|real moment for people it's have been slipping here on p|real moment for people ofs a real moment for people of northern ireland get their northern ireland to get their get back but get their region back here. but as they're about sinn as you say, they're about sinn fein. that will be concerns if sinn fein do win. uh, the elections probably next year in the republic of ireland, you could have the same party running and south, and running north and south, and that could be an issue if we do go towards some of war go towards some form of war like state few years time. and state in a few years time. and that's that's definitely a security concern. >> you. christopher we'll >> thank you. christopher we'll leave it there. uh, the time

8:05. transport for the north and their annual conference takes place today. uh, together , takes place today. uh, together, bringing together the region's political and business leaders . political and business leaders. >> well, the event will discuss key transport issues affecting the region across a series of debates. and the question on everybody's mind going into it all is how soon until they mention hs2? of course, the government weren't able to deliver will the private deliver it. will the private sector be able to go where the government simply could not? we hope having ? hope to be having? >> talking about >> well, we're talking about you're about private >> well, we're talking about you're and about private >> well, we're talking about you're and the about private >> well, we're talking about you're and the public private >> well, we're talking about you're and the public sector. ate sector and the public sector. there the situation we were there and the situation we were talking about today, being sick on monday and the civil service there, sick days have soared . to there, sick days have soared. to 1.8 million per year. hours. right. that's up by a third. so um, more than 1.8 million days were lost to long terme sick leave in the civil service in just one year. and this has been a warning that's been issued to mps and data discovered via the

parliamentary questions , um, by parliamentary questions, um, by the lib dems also found the total rose by a third in four years. so just just bear that in mind when we're talking about people who have phoned in sick today. apparently they don't do it , uh, as today. apparently they don't do it, uh, as well as the civil service, they do it by far and wide . wide. >> so now we are talking about this transport for the north annual conference. it brings together the north's political and business leaders, government and business leaders, government and representatives to and industry representatives to discuss and among discuss key issues. and among those attending will be andy burnham, the mayor of london, as well as , uh, transport for the well as, uh, transport for the north's chief executive , martin north's chief executive, martin tugwell, pleased to say tugwell, who i'm pleased to say joins morning. good joins us this morning. good morning you. presumably morning to you. look, presumably quite a lot to talk about at your conference today, but we're all very keen to hear what you think you might able to do to think you might be able to do to possibly resurrect hs2. now, the government of wash their hands of it . of it. >> well , good of it. >> well, good morning and welcome from liverpool . welcome from liverpool. >> and it is an important day because transport out north is

very much bringing together , as very much bringing together, as you say, the political and the business leaders and the ambition that the north has remains undiminished . but we remains undiminished. but we know that if we get the investment in the big infrastructure , we can deliver infrastructure, we can deliver over 118 billion extra to the economy by 2050. so investing in the big infrastructure, investing in the capacity to connect our big cities is absolutely on the front of our agenda today. >> and what about hs2 and where any surplus , anything to be any surplus, anything to be gained or gleaned from the abandonment of hs2 or indeed, is it abandoned ? it abandoned? >> well, i think what we know is that there are problems and issues that we need to address. we still have to think about how do we get extra capacity on the west coast main line. we need to think about how we solve rail access in and around manchester, how hs2 was going to help us with that now, because the government has curtailed the later stages of it, it doesn't

mean that we don't have to find solutions and that's where initiatives by mayor burnham and mayor street are to be welcomed, because actually, let's be honest, this is about is an investment is going to be both the and the private the public and the private sector. so these initiatives are important. but what remains undiminished ambition undiminished is that ambition about north about unlocking the north potential and we've seen it in places birmingham , where places like birmingham, where you're the regeneration you're seeing the regeneration around curzon street, because the coming . we want the railway is coming. we want that happening in the that to be happening in the nonh that to be happening in the north for . that to be happening in the north for. martin. but north pairs for. martin. but could you repeat the question? >> i was saying who pairs for it ? >> well, 7 >> well, there's an investment that from both the public and the private sector. now, we know that the investment by the pubuc that the investment by the public sector is actually going to return things, not just in terms of the economy, but also in terms of improving equality and reducing the and also reducing the environmental impact. if we think about the investment that made in our northern rail services, every pound and

invested in our services delivers over £4.50 in terms of the wider economic, social and environmental benefits. it's not just about the economy, it's about improving equality in the north. we have over 3 million people in the north are living in areas where they don't have access to transport. at the moment, or they can't afford transport. so it's about the big investment. but it's also about working our metro mayors working with our metro mayors and our local leaders to deliver improvements at a local level as well. >> i mean, there is lots of pubuc >> i mean, there is lots of public money sloshing about, isn't there? after hs2 was axed, the government promised that they would redirect it. lots of those funds into into infrastructure projects in the region. are you feeling those promised benefits of cancelled hs2 ? promised benefits of cancelled hsz ? well promised benefits of cancelled hs2 ? well we're starting to see hs2? well we're starting to see some of the big investment happening. >> we've got a major project in the north called the transpennine route upgrade, over £10 billion worth of investment to improve the core route

between man , chester and leeds. between man, chester and leeds. and that's a really important investment. but let's be honest, we got to do things better. it took us over ten years to get the remit for that project. agreed ten years of delays, ten years of extra costs and what we're about here at tfn conference today is not just saying, what's the ambition, but how do we work to do things differently, how do we be more efficient at using the money thatis efficient at using the money that is available to deliver things sooner? because if we deliver it sooner , it'll be deliver it sooner, it'll be cheaper and it will also bring benefits and benefits to people and businesses faster. benefits to people and businesses faster . so businesses faster. so >> so transpennine okay, so just for people who don't know, that would be linking what leeds, sheffield right across through manchester to liverpool . am manchester to liverpool. am i assuming . assuming. >> it's the core of it is about improving it in extra capacity. extra trains between manchester and leeds. but you're right, we've also got to see improvements at sheffield. we

want to improve the southern route across the pennines from sheffield to liverpool. we want to see that connection to hull and the east coast. we need to see improvements on the east coast main so are coast main line, so there are still challenges across the north where we need to work together as a political and business leaders to have the ideas, have the plans and then work with government and the private sector to make them happen and make them real on the ground. okay, martin tugwell, thank you very much indeed. >> martin will speaking at >> martin will be speaking at that for the north that transport for the north annual together with annual conference, together with the greater manchester, the mayor of greater manchester, the mayor of greater manchester, the region mayor, the liverpool city region mayor, the liverpool city region mayor, the west yorkshire , the the mayor of west yorkshire, the transport the north, chair transport for the north, chair transport for the north, chair transport for the north, chair transport for the north, chief executive, which is what martin is there . so big hitters at that is there. so big hitters at that conference today. let's hope they come up with something which is beneficial to people. let's take a look now at some of the other stories coming into the other stories coming into the newsroom. >> a reward of £20,000 has been placed by police for information leading arrest of the leading to the arrest of the chemical attack suspect abdul

ezedl chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi. investigators believe people location of the people know the location of the suspect and have not yet come forward. woman attacked in forward. the woman attacked in clapham on wednesday, is believed have suffered life believed to have suffered life changing injuries, while two changing injuries, while her two daughters hurt in the daughters were also hurt in the attack. spoke with former attack. we spoke with former police martin police detective martin gallagher . gallagher earlier. >> he's obviously in some sort of safe location, either one that he'd organised himself, which i think is unlikely given the of the attack. or the nature of the attack. or he's got assistance and someone's helping and someone's helping him, um, and hiding them at the i hiding them at the moment, i don't know. i'm not a medical doctor. the extent of treatment that he would require for those injuries. but i would imagine it's extensive . the prime it's extensive. the prime minister has defended uk airstrikes in yemen, calling the houthis actions in the red sea illegal. >> it comes as the independent reports that chancellor jeremy hunt is expected to boost defence spending in his upcoming budget next month to bolster the uk's international standing. we'll be lord dannatt spoke on the program earlier this morning i >> parking in paris is set to

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sophie goodman , though she's sophie goodman, though she's been there, done it, got the t shirt in her case, the gastric sleeve. and she thinks, well, this is good, this is good. so how does it how does it feel like what does it feel like the whole honestly , it's life changing. >> i had weight loss surgery at 23 years old and i can confidently say that i don't think i'd be seeing my 30s if it wasn't for weight loss surgery. i think you reach a point where you just hit that level of morbidly morbid obesity, you morbidly morbid obesity, and you need some form of medical intervention. it's a lot more than just going to your local dietician and telling you dietician and telling her you need him her, that need to lose him or her, that you to 10 or £15. you need to lose 10 or £15. >> now, let's just spell it out to people you have lost an amazing eight stone. yeah right. thatis amazing eight stone. yeah right. that is is life changing. that is that is life changing. you know, that can a whole you know, that can be a whole person's . um. of person's body weight. um. of course. so how long ago was that? >> so i had surgery in december of 2019. so just over four years ago. wow. yeah >> and has it been difficult to keep it off? >> so i've tried to maintain >> um, so i've tried to maintain a good, uh, routine with

exercise and fitness and playing netball. so, um, i had an accident last year, which meant i couldn't exercise for the yean i i couldn't exercise for the year, i gained ten kilograms year, and i gained ten kilograms back. but now in a good back. um, but i'm now in a good fitness again, i'm fitness routine again, and i'm able the weight that. able to lose the weight that. >> look do you >> well, you look well. do you feel do you feel happy? feel well? do you feel happy? >> amazing. >> amazing. >> okay, so why, from >> honestly. okay, so why, from your point of view, uh. and would you worry about this? >> um, i worry about it. not because it's something bad. so for some people, it is an add on tool, but at the same time, you absolutely have to keep on with the specific eating requirements and the small meals and the exercise and the drinking regularly throughout the day. so unless you also change your lifestyle and your habits, well, you are going well. >> let's find out if that is actually what happened to sophie. the lifestyle habits, the eating . the eating. >> yeah, there's a lot of change that's involved. and weight loss surgery. as anne correctly said, is not an easy way out in the

sense of you still have to adapt to a brand new lifestyle. so for example, if we to go to example, if we were to go to a restaurant now, i would maybe have starter or a child's have a starter or a child's portion opposed a full portion as opposed to a full meal, you have commit meal, and you have to commit to the lifestyle eating a lot the lifestyle of eating a lot smaller. look, it's no great smaller. and look, it's no great secret that the secret to losing weight is to eat smaller, but some people, like myself, didn't have that self—control. they didn't that ability to didn't have that ability to whether it's binge addiction, binge eating, whether food binge eating, whether it's food addiction. didn't have that addiction. they didn't have that ability to control it. and it's simply tool helps you to simply a tool which helps you to eat less. were you given the surgery the nhs ? um, it was surgery on the nhs? um, it was an option, but i decided to go privately just because the waiting list was three years at the time. >> because suppose >> okay, because i suppose that's becomes a bit that's where it becomes a bit questionable, it? if questionable, doesn't it? if people themselves people can't control themselves and expense to the and then at vast expense to the taxpayer, have to have the surgery to, to help them stop eating so but is eating so much. but there is this market, this huge growth in the market, whether the injections or whether it be the injections or the epic. we were talking about gastric bands and all all these weight loss tricks. now, um, do

you think people should just actually tackle the problem of why they want to overeat rather than such drastic measures ? than take such drastic measures? >> first of all, the >> well, first of all, the measures are very invasive. so unless you are also committed to looking at why you're doing it and how you can overcome those issues. um, long terme, it's not going to help. so i've unfortunately know a lot of people that went through those invasive issues or methods and then put all the weight back on and then what? >> yeah. and would you be against things like botox or lip fillers, whatever people might be choosing to do to make themselves feel better? well even after, you know , a lot of even after, you know, a lot of weight loss, if you then have to go through skin, remove or whatever, why not? >> because obviously you've gone through all that work. um, let's , you know, enjoy it to the to the most. but also change your lifestyle otherwise. >> well, let's let's find out from sophie how invasive it was. anne's talking about invasive surgery. so just explain to

people what a sleeve is . people what a sleeve is. >> okay? so not a medical professional, but i'll try. >> you've had it done. yeah. >> you've had it done. yeah. >> so they basically go in through a keyhole procedure. um, there's five sort of passageways within your stomach. they go in, they cut away 80% of the stomach and you're left with a sleeve like feature. hence why it's called a sleeve. um, and then your stomach is smaller right from the start. >> it's reduced. >> it's reduced. >> reduced. it's cut as >> it's reduced. it's cut as though you're cutting a piece of cake. 80% taken away cake. it's cut 80% is taken away and with this banana and you're left with this banana shaped as opposed shaped stomach as opposed to a full stomach. >> so there's going back, not >> so there's no going back, not with sleeve with gastric with a sleeve with a gastric band, it reversed. band, you can have it reversed. >> you can have it adjusted. sleeve permanent. okay. sleeve is permanent. okay. >> and i go out for >> now say you and i go out for a meal and we sit and we have a go for a three course meal and so there's the starter and prawn cocktail and you say, right, that's okay. yeah, i'll go with that. yeah. so then we go to the main course. so you say you'll have a child's portion on. >> i think i'd probably stick with the starter and that would

be sufficient. >> that would sufficient. so >> that would be sufficient. so would be good company. does would you be good company. does it i mean, it affect you socially? i mean, you eating you know, so i'm eating three courses you're eating the starter. >> all the entertainment as long as you don't watch what i'm eating, we're right. eating, we're fine. right. >> um, so what if you were >> okay. um, so what if you were to overindulge ? does your body to overindulge? does your body physically allow you to overindulge? would you be sick or just overindulge? would you be sick orjust does it not allow you to or just does it not allow you to get that stage? or just does it not allow you to get so that stage? or just does it not allow you to get so earlierage? or just does it not allow you to get so earlier on ? or just does it not allow you to get so earlier on? my journey, >> so earlier on in my journey, if i was if were to if i was if i were to overindulge, i would vomit physically vomit. whereas now i just a sick feeling and i just get a sick feeling and i know fact there's been know for a fact there's been times where sorry, there's times where sorry, but there's been pve times where sorry, but there's been i've had a bite times where sorry, but there's beeat i've had a bite times where sorry, but there's beeat and i've had a bite times where sorry, but there's beeat and i've i've had a bite times where sorry, but there's beeat and i've physicallyd a bite times where sorry, but there's beeat and i've physically spat ite to eat and i've physically spat out in a tissue because i know that i physically can't eat anymore. it's like trying to push into a funnel that's push food into a funnel that's already filled. it's just physically impossible. you can make yourself really ill. there's which there's dumping syndrome, which is sugar goes is where too much sugar goes into body and you're left into your body and you're left sweating and your nose is running. >> you were to have loads of ice cream or something like that. that be a problem. but that could be a problem. but actually ever go on actually and if you ever go on to yourself, if you've ever said, i'm really sorry that i

tried i'm really sorry tried this, i'm really sorry that i've gone down this road. >> maybe occasional roast >> maybe the occasional roast dinner my mum's house or dinner at my mum's house or something. the something. exactly but on the whole, i genuinely have never regretted it. >> think interesting, >> i do think it's interesting, the whether you view the idea of whether you view this as cheating in some way, because i don't think it's a fair line necessarily. fair starting line necessarily. i my brother and me. we i think of my brother and me. we had the exact same upbringing. he liked food. he he just never liked food. he literally to live, whereas literally eats to live, whereas i frankly love my food and have always taken great pleasure in cooking and eating and socialising it. so that's socialising with it. so that's not a level playing field to start people need start with. so some people need to, know , cheat to and to, you know, cheat to try and get to the stage that get them up to the stage that other people are at. that's just life. >> it it can be. the question is, um, you know, what caused you to get to that stage? and that's what people need to work on um, and you know, to on as well. um, and you know, to find out why they got there in the first stage and how they can make sure that they don't go back to it. okay. >> so do you go through the day, sophie, do you go through and think , um, i'm going to eat a

think, um, i'm going to eat a certain amount or i can only eat a certain amount. >> do you ever lick your lips and think, gosh, i wish i could have a massive chinese meal later on in the day? >> there have been times where my family will sit around for a chinese, and i think, god, i love this food. i wish i could eat more, but i know for a fact that i would have that beforehand i would have eaten portions and nothing eaten three portions and nothing could ever possess to want to could ever possess me to want to go to where was before. go back to where i was before. i mean, it's 21 years old, 20 stone. no clothes fit. i had no self—confidence . that's it self—confidence. that's it really shapes your really like shapes your childhood and your your early stages of development. so no stages of development. um, so no , for me, no amount of food is worth going back to what i was and i also think it's worth noting that when you have weight loss surgery, depending where loss surgery, depending on where you with you go, you're provided with a cycle wokeist you're provided with nurse, provided with a nurse, you're provided with a nurse, you're provided with because people with a dietitian because people and surgeries understand and the surgeries understand that it's a life commitment and you need that support. you can't just your stomach cut and just have your stomach cut and then and happy . then go away and be happy. >> unfortunately, that go >> unfortunately, does that go to the nhs? we don't have all

that support and that is the issue. yeah, yeah . issue. yeah, yeah. >> and sophie, thank you both very much indeed. certainly , very much indeed. um, certainly, if nothing else, food for thought. thank you, thank you. >> we're going to take a look at the weather forecast now. jonathan vautrey has all the details. morning jonathan. details. good morning jonathan. >> things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boilers as sponsors of up. boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> hello there. there good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. there's quite a blustery, windy start to the new week for many of us. a lot of isobars tightly packed together on the pressure chart here, indicating those strong winds. we also have this stalling warm front of scotland front across areas of scotland that has provided persistent rainfall throughout sunday sunday and will continue sunday night and will continue to conditions, to provide very wet conditions, particularly for the highlands, argyll and bute a rain argyll and bute and a rain warning is in force. potential for a touch of snow as well on the leading of for the the leading edge of this for the likes caithness and likes of caithness and sutherland. a sutherland. elsewhere, a reasonably with

reasonably cloudy day with outbreaks some mr outbreaks of drizzle, some mr murk around, we could see some brighter across central brighter slots across central eastern generally eastern areas, but generally mild feeling mild around ten 12 c, feeling a bit colder than that in those blustery winds, though is blustery winds, though it is finally into monday evening where see that where we'll finally see that rain its way rain band push its way southwards, clearing off western scotland but eventually arriving into and into northern ireland and northern well , northern england as well, remaining reasonably cloudy, blustery south of that blustery to the south of that ten nine degrees celsius is the overnight lows, but something cooler colder arriving in overnight lows, but something cooinorth. colder arriving in overnight lows, but something cooinorth. aolder arriving in overnight lows, but something cooinorth. a toucharriving in overnight lows, but something cooinorth. a touch ofiving in overnight lows, but something cooinorth. a touch of frost in overnight lows, but something cooinorth. a touch of frost to the north. a touch of frost to start tuesday morning here start off tuesday morning here and tuesday and throughout tuesday we will eventually band eventually see that rain band push southwards. some push further southwards. some mountain snow also possible for northern ireland into the pennines well. some pennines as well. some brightness possible in the far south—east but the south—east of england, but the best the sunshine tuesday best of the sunshine on tuesday will be arriving for scotland as skies some snow skies brighten up some snow showers also some showers as well, and also some very winds the very strong winds across the northern cold air northern isles and that cold air beginning to dig in and it will eventually spread down into other as we head other areas of the uk as we head throughout rest the week throughout the rest of the week as well. enjoy your day by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news.

sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> we've got paul, paul has got the sport. a bit of a cricket update for you not going so well , or is it for really no day for second test in vishakhapatnam ? second test in vishakhapatnam? >> um, england chasing which would be a record 399 runs to beat india currently 279 for eight, so need 120. only two wickets left. it's not going to be long. so i think india have walked away with this one. unfortunately, talking about not going to be long, i'm just looking at the football results over weekend. over the weekend. >> mauricio pochettino was >> uh mauricio pochettino was going to be long for him at chelsea. >> i don't know, i don't know. it's always worry when the it's always a worry when the fans start to turn. then you know that there's going to be trouble. i mean, they've had some results. they've some horrendous results. they've conceded four goals last two games and last time chelsea conceded four goals last two ganthat nd last time chelsea conceded four goals last two ganthat was last time chelsea conceded four goals last two ganthat was likeist time chelsea conceded four goals last two ganthat was like in time chelsea conceded four goals last two ganthat was like in thee chelsea conceded four goals last two ganthat was like in the 80s. lsea conceded four goals last two ganthat was like in the 80s. um did that was like in the 80s. um they conceded four goals quite a few times . it's their 10th few times. it's their 10th league defeat of the season . league defeat of the season. they've got a billion. they've spent a billion on

spent over a billion pounds on their players. so it should be coming at moment. coming together at the moment. but isn't. so there's potch but it isn't. so there's potch and they were even calling for mourinho to come. i mean for crying out loud . so desperate to crying out loud. so desperate to get mourinho to come back get jose mourinho to come back because looking a job. because he's looking for a job. so who knows. i do worry for pochettino. >> there are people at man u calling for mourinho to come back as well. >> you are kidding me. >> you are kidding me. >> yeah yeah. really. i >> yeah yeah. really. yeah i don't, think, i don't don't, i don't think, i don't think it'll happen at all. people people have got to remember was very remember that he was very successful. i mean he won trophies, did play in a trophies, but did he play in a style that the fans liked ? style that the fans liked? answer no, we didn't. things are changing. >> you know, it seems like there's a fifth. read there's a fifth. i read somewhere about a 15 year shelf life of managers, and it seems that if you look at great managers, they don't go and managers, they don't go on and on know, with great on forever, you know, with great success. did 50. yeah, success. fergie did 50. yeah, he's he's an exception to pretty much everything . how long did he much everything. how long did he go it was about 28 go on for. it was about 28 years. long time. yeah. long time. but knew when to walk time. but he knew when to walk away didn't he. that the away didn't he. that was the that great things that was one of the great things about ferguson. he went

about alex ferguson. he went absolutely right time. absolutely the right time. i think decided maybe like think he decided maybe like klopp that's i klopp. exactly. and that's i think klopp's done as well. think what klopp's done as well. exactly. posh . it's not going exactly. so posh. it's not going to his hands though this to be in his hands though this one. so we'll see how things go. their cup 2026 the stadia their world cup 2026 the stadia have been announced for the world cup 2026. i don't know how interesting this is, so we're talking about the football world cup. yeah, yeah, football world talking about the football world cup.and h, yeah, football world talking about the football world cup.and where 1, football world talking about the football world cup.and where isootball world talking about the football world cup.and where is itytball world talking about the football world cup.and where is it being alorld talking about the football world cup.and where is it being held? cup and where is it being held? usa, and mexico. oh yeah. usa, canada and mexico. oh yeah. it's the final being held in it's the final is being held in new jersey's stadium , new jersey's metlife stadium, the home of new york jets and new york giants. the opening game is going to be at the azteca stadium in mexico, which is hand of god is the famous hand of god stadium, maradona scored stadium, where maradona scored that but what that goal. all right. but what i like about fifa is that they announced it without too much hoo—ha, without two, you know, and they kept away from celebrities. so gianni infantino , there he is. what's that hood? what's that hoodie thing? , there he is. what's that hood? wh what|at hoodie thing? , there he is. what's that hood? wh what is hoodie thing? , there he is. what's that hood? wh what is thatiie thing? , there he is. what's that hood? wh what is that about?g? >> what is that about? >> what is that about? >> the hoodie thing all about, really? no. so does he have? >> who does he think is? >> who does he think he is? >> who does he think he is? >> i know he looks a bit like

the he looks like the world cup. >> actually he does. yeah, he does. drake. does. that's drake. >> drake there. so >> see there's drake there. so he doesn't. >> see there's drake there. so he maybe. trying to get down >> maybe he's trying to get down with with and with drake with drake and there's drake saying that canadian he's canadian people, because he's from the greatest from toronto, are the greatest people world. people in the world. >> why? >> why? >> there's kardashian. >> and there's kim kardashian. >> and there's kim kardashian. >> and there's son >> oh, look. and there's her son kim kardashian with the kim kardashian there with the world cup. >> i mean, and kevin >> i mean, really. and kevin hart well . and there he is, hart as well. and there he is, infantino. he loves it doesn't he. not my favourite person he. look not my favourite person in the world. i'm sorry, but no no no birthdays today. yeah. would you like some. yeah. we have two. right. football legends and isabel i've got a very good feeling for you on these. let's go with the first one, shall we? he's proper name. there is cristiano . cristiano there is cristiano. cristiano ronaldo dos santos. aveiro. what's his birthday? born in funchal, what's his birthday? born in funchal , madeira, now plays for funchal, madeira, now plays for al—nassr in saudi arabia. do you want an invite for portugal? how old is he today? please please feel free to play . six cs 36. feel free to play. six cs 36. >> i'll say 3739.

>> i'll say 3739. >> whoa, whoa . >> whoa, whoa. >> whoa, whoa. >> well done, old boy. >> well done, old boy. >> for another one. >> for another one. >> well done with him. >> well done with him. >> want to go for another one? >> want to go for another one? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> how about neymar da silva another santos involve neymar da silva santos junior neymar junior plays for al—hilal now barcelona psg uh brazil legend how old is name? 727 for neymar. >> um 35. okay somewhere in between i'm gonna let you go again. >> 32. >> 32. >> 32. >> 32 is the correct answer? it's the correct answer. nailed it. very good. total guess neymar and ronaldo, two legends both birthdays today . both birthdays today. >> very good. and can we just say quick goodbye to rugby welsh rugby legend barry john barry john and i did say the greatest welsh rugby player . welsh rugby player. >> it's arguably you know we've got the he played in the same team as gareth edwards back in the day. jpr jpr williams who we only lost a few weeks ago and barry john um a true two great

name but retired so early at the age of 27. um, an amazing fly half and it was almost the celebrity . i think it actually celebrity. i think it actually was his own celebrity that made him actually retire, because there was so much fuss around him. and it was when there was a girl that was curtseying in front of him, and he's thinking, this is insane. i just play rugby. and he could have been so much better and so much bigger. but retired 27. um, passed but retired at 27. um, passed away yesterday, but a true great of welsh rugby, so lost of welsh rugby, so i've lost another one. may he rest peace. >> absolutely. thank you very much indeed, paul. still to come, be talking about why come, we'll be talking about why motorists to motorists are being forced to pay motorists are being forced to pay potholes . pay out for potholes. >> up next in >> that's coming up next in making news dawn, and making the news with dawn, and begins

you can hear the giggles. there begins. it must mean it's time to be going through the papers. this morning we're joined by begins the former for begins and the former editor for the daily star. dawn neesom.

>> have you got a list of what's in the papers? because i don't possibly. >> somewhere our pile here. >> somewhere in our pile here. >> somewhere in our pile here. >> you very much indeed. >> somewhere in our pile here. >> while ou very much indeed. >> somewhere in our pile here. >> while ago.ery much indeed. >> a while ago. >> a while ago. >> okay. >> a while ago. >> what's coming up for you? >> what's coming up for you? >> i tell you, they have my list. so you got yours. falls in, uh, the number of metropolitan police officers and firearms officers. >> this our, >> this is our, um. >>— >> this is our, um. >> yeah. front page of the times today. the metropolitan today. um, the metropolitan police's is in police's firearms unit is in crisis after hundreds of officers have left. um amid anger over resourcing and disciplinary procedures , powers disciplinary procedures, powers and the decision to charge one of their colleagues with murder. a member in september , the army a member in september, the army had to be placed on standby after dozens of armed officers handedin after dozens of armed officers handed in their weapons after the death of an unarmed black man, chris kaba , was struck in man, chris kaba, was struck in the head by a single gunshot fired by a police officer. an i think what you've got to remember about the armed officers is they are not paid any more than ordinary officers on the beat . they've volunteered on the beat. they've volunteered to do this , and a lot of them

to do this, and a lot of them feel that they are literally thrown under as soon as they're discharged, they soon as they're discharged, they soon as they're discharged, their weapon, they're suspended. yes, exactly . they're suspended. yes, exactly. that would do it basically. and enquiries go on. and a lot of the ordinary women who the ordinary men and women who do feel that they're do this job feel that they're not after those in not looked after by those in charge of them. so but yes, i mean numbers are falling and it's worrying considering crime in london is on the increase. >> um , um, because you've chosen >> um, um, because you've chosen this story in the mirror about living on the edge and this is a bunch of homeowners who have what they describe as a billionaire's view. >> the view is >> but actually the view is getting bit closer the getting a bit closer to the house they might like due house than they might like due to erosion. house than they might like due to i erosion. house than they might like due to i know,erosion. house than they might like due to i know, i)sion. house than they might like due to i know, i mean, i had my >> i know, i mean, if i had my way, i love water and i'd like to be ideally on ocean would to be ideally on the ocean would be or or on a river. be fantastic or or on a river. well, both are disastrous. i mean, now , you know, but this mean, now, you know, but this particular story , the, uh, the particular story, the, uh, the erosion is terrifying . i mean, erosion is terrifying. i mean, you know, it's getting closer and closer of cliffs and closer and bits of cliffs are just falling away 30 foot closer to the sea than they were two weeks ago. two weeks. i

know, it's unbelievable and terrifying because , as you know, terrifying because, as you know, you suddenly see your land is disappearing and then you disappearing and then you disappearing with all your , disappearing with all your, youn disappearing with all your, your, uh, you know, all your goods. i mean, it's a horrible feeling. and i'm sure they can't get insurance , you know, i'm get insurance, you know, i'm sure they can't. >> no. >> no. >> so there's a, you know, an area which is really bad. >> yeah. best view in the world and of no value. no, no value at all. >> cliff collapse is a really frightening. i covered one as a reporter down on the south coast of and the people were of england, and the people were on beach and a girl just got crushed. >> yeah, terrifying. >> yeah, terrifying. >> and the family were there and it was a dreadful. >> just happened so >> and it just happened so quickly as well. and one of quickly as well. and i'm one of those people that be those idiot people that will be standing cliff look standing on the cliff and look at it's lovely. and at the view. it's lovely. and it's boom! it's like, boom! >> yeah, off it goes. >> yeah, off it goes. >> i know, um, right. >> i know, um, right. >> something which not >> something which has not happening um don is happening at all. um don is erectile and a very, erectile dysfunction and a very, very innovative and interesting way of dealing with this. >> yes . the way of dealing with this. >> yes. the sun's reporting. >> yes. the sun's reporting. >> it is. yeah. bionic willies are on the rise. that's their

headline, by way. it's very, headline, by the way. it's very, very yes very good. yes >> not very good. it's not. >> it's not very good. it's not. it's no it's not it's not it's not. no it's not very good. >> because if this was to do with a woman, you'd all be saying oh and low and whatever it it's a really it is i think it's a really serious problem . serious problem. >> actually a serious, >> it's actually a serious, clever headline there on the it's clever headline. it's a clever headline. >> it's tasteful headline. anyway, in case, i'm trying anyway, in any case, i'm trying to do a serious journalist. i'm reading the story right. more than men were given a bionic than 550 men were given a bionic willies on the nhs last year. >> could i ask you what a bionic willy is? >> do you want me to get. if you're having your breakfast, close your battery part is an electric be electric part. it can be flexible . rods inserted and they flexible. rods inserted and they can be used , operated by a water can be used, operated by a water pump that is also inserted. so you squeeze one bit and it works another bit. that's not being too i can't think of any thing worse. >> oh, you'd rather do without. >> oh, you'd rather do without. >> i'd rather do without . i'm >> i'd rather do without. i'm sorry. but i mean, you know, the fact you've got to get down and pre—empt when you're going to make by pressing this bulb

make love by pressing this bulb rather austin powers it is. it is . is. >> yeah. i is.— >> yeah. i mean, is. >> yeah. i mean, the thing is. but eamonn is right. um, to be fair, um, there is a very serious side to this. i mean, there's lots of men who have suffered from cancer and are suffering erectile suffering from erectile dysfunction and also, well, the prostate cancer is the one that spnngs prostate cancer is the one that springs to mind if you have your prostate then face prostate removed, then you face all sorts of difficulties but still it checked. by the still get it checked. by the way. um, and the other point of this, it's like it's on the nhs andifs this, it's like it's on the nhs and it's costing each, and it's costing £9,000 each, and it's costing £9,000 each, and there's hint in this story and there's a hint in this story that's aren't there that's like, well, aren't there more for money more important things for money to be spent on in the nhs? but i mean, you know, it is important and, you know, it affects so much. i mean, mental ill health as well as physical health. obviously of men obviously but some of the men having surgery in their having this surgery are in their 30s 40s. so what are they 30s and 40s. so what are they telling us? >> telling that it >> are they telling us that it that works, that it's that it works, that it's a success or. >> i mean, it is >> yes, i mean, it is absolutely. i mean, it's it it is a successful operation . it's is a successful operation. it's quite rare. i mean, it's only 556 men last year. um, but it is

an operation that is on the rise because prostate cancer, more and more people are getting, thankfully, getting prostate cancer diagnosed and are undergoing this surgery. so it's a good thing. but i mean, it is written to in son style. yeah, very good. >> which that's that's funny. paying for potholes begins. this is in the star and motorists are being driven round the bend by damage caused by potholes as payouts from skint councils have stopped. >> i know it is. everybody gets very, very annoyed. anybody who drives a car, potholes are unbelievable. they cost a fortune. they're everywhere . fortune. they're everywhere. nobodyis fortune. they're everywhere. nobody is doing anything about it. if i had my way, i'd take all the politicians and reduce them to some sort of filling that i could put them into the potholes and make them. you know, realise that, you know, they have to do something about this. it's a appalling situation. we pay so much as a motorist , you know, to be on the motorist, you know, to be on the roads and the roads are just not fit for anything. >> there's one near my house and

i live on a narrow lane, and i swerved around it just instinctively i saw it and i swerved and i realised there was a car coming. >> oh my goodness. >> oh my goodness. >> quite easily caused serious accidents. >> yes. um, but it's rotten that they don't anything about it, they don't do anything about it, because where's all because where's the where's all this money gone? >> well, it doesn't go to motoring issues. >> it certainly does. >> it certainly does. >> no, it goes into a general pot, doesn't it doesn't go to specific motoring concerns. right. which i think is right. which is which i think is wrong because they give you the illusion motor tax does illusion that motor tax does what it says on the exactly. >> look after the motorists. it doesn't at all. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, but that's not the case. um, new record for the most time spentin um, new record for the most time spent in space. that's you begins . begins. >> i know, boring, isn't it . >> i know, boring, isn't it. i mean, honestly, i mean , i mean, mean, honestly, i mean, i mean, what a story . i mean, honestly, i mean, i mean, what a story. i mean, there's this man, this russian has been up in the for air the longest time ever. hooray for how wonderful. >> 278 days. >> 278 days.

>> yeah, poor thing. >> yeah, poor thing. >> well, it will have terrible consequences for him, for his bone density. you age rapidly when you're in space, don't you? yeah. >> you might do one of those implants. >> yes , he might need more than >> yes, he might need more than an implant. >> on the other hand, he's avoiding all the stuff that's going on down here. so it might be a better place to be at the moment, to be honest with you. >> i mean, honestly, >> yeah, but i mean, honestly, i have no interest all in this. have no interest at all in this. i mean, i think the whole business you business about country, you didn't story. i didn't didn't pick this story. i didn't pick at all. no, but i mean, pick it at all. no, but i mean, the thing that's another complaint. >> the thing is that, you know, we spend a fortune. >> i mean, you look at india. india. why spends india. why india spends a fortune space thing when they fortune on space thing when they have dying in their have people dying in their country. it'sjust have people dying in their country. it's just ridiculous. it is immoral. country. it's just ridiculous. it is immoral . so i have no it is immoral. so i have no interest in this story at all. but i can say that i went last night to the london palladium to see fascinating aida and. oh, it was fantastic. i mean, dillie keane, who is just wonderful , keane, who is just wonderful, and adele anderson and liza pearlman, three wonderful singers being witty, bright, uh,

topical as well . topical as well. >> you quite like their political insults. oh the political insults. oh the political side of it is just we should bring them on this show, you know. well, let's do that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> cheer everybody up begins. >> cheer everybody up begins. >> week we'll have fascinating. >> aida was brought out of the job. guys. thank you both job. love, guys. thank you both very, very much indeed. >> pleasure . >> it's a pleasure. >> it's a pleasure. >> christopher biggins. thank you very much indeed. >> all right. stay >> thank you. all right. stay with coming up, labour has with us. coming up, labour has vowed boost apprenticeships vowed to boost apprenticeships and if and training opportunities if it wins general election. wins the next general election. we're details we're getting all the details from labour ellie reeves

next. >> and right . well, i'd like to >> and right. well, i'd like to be able to say by popular demand with dawn neesom and christopher biggins here we haven't really, because just our next guest hasn't turned up. so we thought, why not? why not? we've paid for them. dawn. >> enough. well why don't we >> not enough. well why don't we talk about the carpet that a

certain person is going to buy later on? >> me? no, i think because >> about me? no, i think because you're. i you're making a you're. i think you're making a big though. big mistake, though. >> so do i. actually in the factory? yes. greg wallace it's all was about carpet, all about was about carpet, carpet making and enactment. all about was about carpet, car|andnaking and enactment. all about was about carpet, car|and i'mng and enactment. all about was about carpet, car|and i'm from d enactment. all about was about carpet, car|and i'm from a enactment. all about was about carpet, car|and i'm from a carpet|ent. all about was about carpet, car|and i'm from a carpet family. >> and i'm from a carpet family. are you? yeah my father was a carpet fitter. my two brothers are carpet fitters. as well. hard graft. >> yeah. i'm sure. >>— >> yeah. i'm sure. >> what are you going for? >> what are you going for? >> sort of. i want a sisal >> what sort of. i want a sisal carpet. ridiculous. everybody's saying but. and saying don't do it. but. and that's cross with you, that's why i'm cross with you, biggins. because i was about to do telling my husband. >> well, i feel, but i like your husi and. your husband. i feel >> i like your husband. i feel he should i mean, i think he should know. i mean, i think the is it's a it's odd the problem is it's a it's odd that you should have that. i mean, sorry, what is it? >> seagrass. >> it's seagrass. >> it's seagrass. >> it's seagrass. >> it's grass. >> it's like grass. >> it's like grass. >> it's like grass. >> it's very hard. no. and it also stains very but also stains very easily. but then have then why have it? >> because very pretty. >> because it's very pretty. >> because it's very pretty. >> had interior >> it's. we had interior designer carpet of choice. we had our many, many had it in our house many, many years ago . and, um. and you just years ago. and, um. and you just get water on it and you can't get water on it and you can't get off. get it off. >> it's not like i have children or cat. >> it's not like i have children

or not. >> it's not like i have children or no no no no no, it's fine. >> no no no no no, it's fine. completely free. >> what about a nice bit of wilton? >> it's got to be. it's got >> no, it's got to be. it's got to be sisal. i actually just put faux sisal upstairs, i don't faux sisal upstairs, but i don't like so that's why i want to like it, so that's why i want to go for the real deal. it's an old house, so it needs the old country. feel anyway, one country. feel anyway, no one else cares this. else cares about this. >> but aren't you telling >> but why aren't you telling your husband? >> this is very unfair >> i think this is very unfair to him. >> shouldn't you be sharing this with him? >> shouldn't you be sharing this witibecause he won't let me get >> because he won't let me get it. you're going to get it. >> you're going to say i want it. are going do it. what are you going to do with it? >> throw it away. >> throw it away. >> always remember my father. >> i always remember my father. people him and people coming and asking him and saying, i want saying, right, leonard, i want you to put down a carpet there in loo in my bathroom. in my loo or in my bathroom. >> not your. no, my >> oh, not in your. oh, no, my father no, no no, no, father said, oh no, no no, no, no, can't that. no, you can't do that. >> and i used to be with him as a kid when he would rip things >> and i used to be with him as a kfrom,an he would rip things >> and i used to be with him as a kfrom, oh, ie would rip things >> and i used to be with him as a kfrom, oh, how uld rip things >> and i used to be with him as a kfrom, oh, how disgusting.gs up from, oh, how disgusting. absolutely disgusting. there are terrible this terrible people. i mean, this quite seriously. we're talking about implants about these bionic implants and things earlier. the people that go loo. man, i'm not go to the loo. man, i'm not talking women. talking about women. we're talking about women. we're talking men. and there's talking about men. and there's somebody word somebody i have to have a word with not related, with who's not related, but a

friend the family, he who friend of the family, he who goes the and just goes into the loo and just piddles over floor. goes into the loo and just pid okay. over floor. goes into the loo and just pid okay. whyer floor. goes into the loo and just pid okay. why do floor. goes into the loo and just pid okay. why do you.oor. goes into the loo and just pid okay. why do you do. goes into the loo and just pid okay. why do you do that, >> okay. why do you do that, boys? well, it's a thing boys? why well, it's a thing because can you? it's because how can you? it's a blooming great hole. how do blooming great big hole. how do youit's not that a hole. think. >> just sit down. >> just sit down. >> we're talking about. i think i think sitting down is the ideal i think sitting down is the ideal. agree, you ideal. i agree, you know, i don't agree. >> everybody's positioned or >> not everybody's positioned or made fabricated like a woman. made or fabricated like a woman. you can't sometimes it depends on the angle . on the angle. >> it's a well you can tuck it away though can't you. >> loo. >> into the loo. >> into the loo. >> this is too much begins. >> oh this is too much begins. >> oh this is too much begins. >> it's i don't i think women have an unfair advantage with that , i i do have an unfair advantage with that, i i do think that that, but i do i do think that you can aim a bit straighter and better. >> exactly. yes. >> exactly. yes. >> you can. yes. i mean, it's good to have some sort of advantage in life, isn't it, isabel i thank you for isabel? i mean, i thank you for that. there are all sorts of things that prohibit man being things that prohibit a man being able to do that. >> know, if you've been >> you know, if you've been circumcised and things like that, can't down. that, you really can't sit down. no, but no, no, you can sit down, but you aim i think i you can't aim. i think so, i think aiming is, is a matter of, you know. >> yeah. got it. >> yeah. got it. >> yeah. got it.

>> yeah . having all the >> yeah. having all the amenities. yeah. exactly >> i have to have this conversation . when i went in conversation. when i went in after someone last week and they'd piddled all over the floor and to i had clean it up, right. and yeah. and i thought to myself and i wasn't going to make an issue of it until other people mentioned it to me as well. now have to approach well. so i now have to approach this person and can i have this person and say, can i have a about your yeah. a word about your toilet? yeah. >> ruth talking about? >> i do this and clean. >> i do this and clean. >> i do this and clean. >> i think it reflects on their parents. yes, yes, yes, yes. did you not get taught to leave the loo? >> exactly as you would like to find it? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> like leaving the loo roll at the angle . the wrong angle. >> no, i do, you know, when people put the loo on the people put the loo roll on the wrong it's hanging, i wrong way. so it's hanging, i 90, wrong way. so it's hanging, i go, have it round. go, i have to swap it round. i go, i have to swap it round. i go people's houses and go in people's houses and do that. wrong it ? that. that's wrong isn't it? none of my business. what way you to hang your loo? roll really? >> think you can. you >> well, i think you can. you can people by doing can help people by. by doing that, though. then proving that, though. and then proving that, though. and then proving that right, know, that you're the right, you know, educate them exactly. >> toilet roll etiquette. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> well that's good. isabel,

>> um. well that's good. isabel, would you please stop panicking and moving on? you are on the toilet roll. you're a sharp intake of breath . intake of breath. >> here, let me tell you some more. >> newspapers in the newspaper section. from labour's section. move on from labour's carry they've gone. section. move on from labour's car|yeah. they've gone. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the labour politician will not up. oh so this not be turning up. oh so this leads to one minute 39 of more talk with begins and dodi. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> what should we talk about? um spending on travel. but not down the pub. >> so what i was about. >> so what i was about. >> have i saved you nicely there? it's about all right. >> this is a new survey that more brits jetted off abroad last month. >> why are fewer of us spent money in pubs at home now? you might it's dry might think, oh, it's dry january. obviously pubs january. so obviously pubs takings because isabel january. so obviously pubs takings dry because isabel january. so obviously pubs takings dry january:ause isabel january. so obviously pubs takings dry january singlesabel was doing dry january single handed, responsibly. but no, this is compared to year on yeah this is compared to year on year. it's just the year. so it's not just the month, year on year. and month, it is year on year. and evidently us are, you evidently more of us are, you know, 12, uh, are jetting off more and we're just not going out to bars and clubs as much as we used to, which is a sad

thing, because we really need to be supporting our hospitality. well, this, was well, you say this, i was talking to today , um, in talking to someone today, um, in the building here, and they said they went out over the weekend and ordered a coca cola at and she ordered a coca cola at this restaurant. >> how much was the coke? >> how much was the coke? >> i dread think probably >> i dread to think probably about . about fiver. >> six. ten. yeah. ten, ten in london. >> in london, i said, surely this is. that had to be. >> that must be a mistake. >> that must be a mistake. >> yes. um she said no, not, not the case. >> £70 for two drinks and a plate of chips for us the other night. >> so the drinks. >> so the drinks. >> so the drinks. >> so yeah. so the problem is how can you support something when expensive? that's when it is so expensive? that's the this is however , we the thing. this is however, we will that question will leave that question dangung will leave that question dangling bit a dangling there a bit like a bionic willy or not like a bionic willy or not like a bionic and you complained bionic willy. and you complained about me reading headline about me reading the headline out , actually. out, actually. >> you, thank you is what >> thank you, thank you is what i call that right? >> still come, we'll have a >> still to come, we'll have a special announcement to make. you won't want miss it. you won't want to miss it. you're tuned breakfast with you're tuned into breakfast with eamonn

good. >> good morning. it is fast approaching 9:00 on monday, the 5th of february, and you're tuning in to breakfast online, on tv, on radio. >> eamonn holmes and isabel webster a historic day for northern ireland. >> the prime minister is in belfast to meet with the newly formed stormont executive, with a new first minister from sinn fein. will we see a referendum on a united ireland anytime soon? the government doesn't think so . think so. >> i would be generally surprised to see that in my lifetime. mean, there's lifetime. i mean, there's so many other issues an many other issues for an executive getting on with executive to be getting on with anyway i suggest anyway that i suggest that in the interest, um, would the interest, um, they would massively outrank any sort of debate on constitutional change. >> that's right. the prime minister rishi sunak, is meeting with first minister, sinn fein, first minister michelle o'neill very shortly after a two year break as the stormont parliament behind up running .

behind me gets up and running. >> chemical attacker at large . >> chemical attacker at large. the manhunt for abdul ezedi enters its sixth day as the police offer a £20,000 reward. we'll be to talking an acid attack victim in a few moments time . time. >> further escalations in the middle east, as jeremy hunt is expected to bolster defence spending in next month's budget . spending in next month's budget. but are we ready for another war? >> we have underfunded our overall defence capability for very many years, really effectively since the end of the cold war. but frankly, the consequence of underfunding means that we don't have the capability that we would require if we were to get dragged into a major conflict . major conflict. >> it's a blustery but mild start to the week for many of us, though, something a touch colder looks set to arrive as we head over the next few days. i'll have the full weather details a little later .

details a little later. on. >> all right labour, want to bnngin >> all right labour, want to bring in plans to revolutionise apprenticeships in this country? let's speak to their deputy national campaign coordinator ellie reeves, this morning, who joins us from westminster. good morning ellie. what is it that you're suggesting that the conservative lives aren't already pushing because gillian keegan's been on the airwaves this very weekend and discussing her to see more her desire to see more apprenticeships ? well we've apprenticeships? well we've called for a growth and skills levy to replace the apprenticeship levy , which apprenticeship levy, which businesses say is inflexible . businesses say is inflexible. >> it isn't working. it's not enabung >> it isn't working. it's not enabling them to skill up the workers for the future . workers for the future. apprenticeships are . down apprenticeships are. down 120,000 over the course of this parliament, and it's crucial if we're going to grow our economy, that the workforce have the skills that we need. so that's why we would introduce a growth and skills levy. so half of it could be spent on apprenticeships , but the other apprenticeships, but the other half could spent on training

half could be spent on training up the existing workforce and new starters in the skills that they need. might be shorter they need. it might be shorter courses or things that need courses or things that they need for the business to adapt to new science and technology and this will enable businesses to get the skills that they need, and it will be done in conjunction with skills at england, so that every region of the country can look at what skills that they need for the jobs in that area . need for the jobs in that area. so partnership working to make sure that the right skills are in place and businesses have the flexibility to train up workers in the skills that they need . in the skills that they need. >> well, gillian keegan, just this weekend was talking about seeing maths teachers being rolled out in apprenticeships that involved 40% of their time being spent actually working on the job. i think we can have a listen in to a clip of gillian keegan talking about this on gb news with camilla tominey yesterday. let's take a listen in about 70% of all the occupations in this country now you can access through an

apprenticeship scheme. >> so we have complete revolutionised apprenticeships in this country and they're also available to people of all ages. so if you want to be a space engineer an account or a engineer or an account or a medical doctor or almost any job you can think of, you can now do it apprenticeship . it via an apprenticeship. >> is this one of these >> so is this one of these policies that, you know, you can put cigarette between put a cigarette paper between you conservatives on you and the conservatives on this? is this? so gillian keegan is really apprenticeships really big on apprenticeships because herself was an because she herself was an apprentice . yes apprentice. yes >> well, apprenticeships are down under this government. in 2010 there was 457 apprenticeships starting today, that figure is . 337,000. so that figure is. 337,000. so a big drop in the number of apprenticeships. but you know also businesses are saying that they can't get the skills that they can't get the skills that they need which is why the system needs reform to give employers and businesses more flexibility in getting the skills that they need. and on the point about teachers , you

the point about teachers, you know, this doesn't solve the issue that teachers are leaving in their droves. that's why labour have committed to a 6500 new specialist teachers. so that every school is an excellent school. >> reeves. we'll leave it there. thank you very much indeed . from thank you very much indeed. from westminster to belfast, no prime minister in downing street or westminster today . and that's westminster today. and that's because he is there. christopher hope will tell you why and what's going on and what's on. the prime minister's agenda today. we can't go to him, right. we can't go to him. what can we do ? right? christopher can we do? right? christopher hi. eamonn here in london. we're just asking you what's on the pm's agenda for today. >> eamonn. hi morning. again. from here, from stormont and belfast. that's right. the pm is meeting with michelle o'neill, the sinn fein first minister. stormont gets up and running the. it's been not working here for two years of the dup . the for two years of the dup. the democratic unionist party walked

out. now it's starting again with £3.3 billion being spent here in the region over the next five years. so a big moment here. hopefully we'll get democracy working again for the people of northern ireland and they things working they can get things working again. year for a hip again. a ten year wait for a hip operation, told, a five operation, we're told, a five year wait to see a consultant. so it's going to be a big day here in belfast. >> but the cash isn't . >> but the cash isn't. >> but the cash isn't. >> he also announcing today on gb news that's right. he's throwing cash around but it's quite important. i think there's a feeling here that that's money which has been up by the which has been held up by the lack of, of stormont sitting. so it's that money being it's vital that money is being spent here. it's vital that money is being spent he christopher, you were >> now. christopher, you were beginning tell your beginning to tell us your exciting news about a people's panel tell us more . panel tell us more. >> that's right. isabel that's right. we're launching today a shout out for people who want to join our people's panel. it's exciting , exciting. gb news exciting, exciting. gb news people's forum with the prime minister that's next monday at 8

pm. that's february the 12th. we'll be hosting our colleague stephen dixon is hosting a q and a question and answer with the prime minister. we want your best questions. as gb news viewers to put to the prime minister. liz live. if you want to apply for that, please go to gbviews@gbnews.com for slash pm. there should be a qr code on screen. scan that sign up and bnng screen. scan that sign up and bring us your best questions. screen. scan that sign up and bring us your best questions . we bring us your best questions. we know, don't we? eamonn isabel. the best questions come from our viewers and our listeners ways and fantastic to see the prime minister appearing on gb news just the other day, we had him drinking a gb news mug. >> now in a people's forum for the channel. great news. we look forward to it. thanks very much christopher. in christopher. have a great day in northern ireland. >> a man who had sulphuric acid thrown over him is calling on the government to take a tougher stance on chemical attacks . stance on chemical attacks. >> andreas, christoforos >> yes, andreas, christoforos was left blind in one eye after the attack in december 2014. as you can imagine, he has something to say about last

week's attack in london week's chemical attack in london and he joins us now. >> so, um , angela, andreas , what >> so, um, angela, andreas, what about when you when you heard of this attack in clapham last week? how did it make you feel? >> good morning. um, it's always distressing to see such attacks. this one in particular, when there's children involved. um it's harder, harder to read and it's harder, harder to read and it's shocking. we're having these level of attacks still in these level of attacks still in the uk. why were you attacked ? the uk. why were you attacked? um, i was attacked in 2014. in a case of mistaken identity, when my attacker, david phillips, drove from hastings to cornwall. um knocked on my front door and threw a pint of sulphuric acid in my face. once he said this is for you, mate. um, he did turn up at the wrong house. >> and then do you live with >> and then how do you live with that? especially me. andreas, knowing meant be. knowing it wasn't meant to be. you um. >> it it's not been easy. uh i've been known to deal with it fairly well. i haven't let it beat me. um i have very much a

different life now than i did before. it affects every waking and sleeping aspect of my life. there's no getting away from it. there's no getting away from it. there's no getting away from it. there's no hiding from it. >> and can a picture >> and we can see a picture of you the ministry >> and we can see a picture of yojustice. the ministry >> and we can see a picture of yojustice. you've the ministry >> and we can see a picture of yojustice. you've turned nistry >> and we can see a picture of yojustice. you've turned youry of justice. you've turned your sort of positive attitude in into action, want to see into action, and you want to see tougher for anybody tougher sentences for anybody carrying any sort of substance. in your case, it was acid in the case last week in clapham, it was but was alkaline, but but effectively the same effect effectively has the same effect on the skin. what do you want to see change terms of the law . see change in terms of the law. >> so i've been campaigning now for, for many years. uh, my attacker had sentence attacker had his sentence overturned at the appellant court. he originally had life with a minimum tum eight with a minimum tum of eight years. but at the court of years. um, but at the court of appeal years. um, but at the court of appeal, three judges deemed him not dangerous man and not to be a dangerous man and lifted from sentence . lifted life from his sentence. following that, have been following that, i have been campaigning, uh, following that, i have been campaigning , uh, ultimately . campaigning, uh, ultimately. for, for will. i feel the flaws in the justice system and better powers for the police. and recently, the last few years, i've teamed up with katie piper and campaigning i've teamed up with katie piper and um, campaigning i've teamed up with katie piper and um, we ampaigning i've teamed up with katie piper and um, we are aigning i've teamed up with katie piper and um, we are asking! i've teamed up with katie piper and um, we are asking for together. um, we are asking for tougher sentences. we don't feel

the sentences that are given for these crimes match the severity of the injuries. um, we also would like to see a decanting legislation where it's an offence to decant. um uh, concentrated , uh, acids and concentrated, uh, acids and alkalines into an unmarked bottle. we'd also like to see the, uh, see the government aboush the, uh, see the government abolish their two strike policy, where you will face jail time if you caught carrying for a second time. um out in public. why do you need to carry acids out in public? don't . uh, we'd also public? you don't. uh, we'd also like see judges have a better like to see judges have a better understanding of injuries. i think situation , the think in my situation, the judges did not understand the long time implications of an acid attack. and i don't think they. i don't think sentence yet has been given, um, to a perpetrator that really fits the crime. >> andreas can i ask you to speculate? just given your unique experience of this? i mean , nobody has seen this guy mean, nobody has seen this guy abdul ezedi since, uh, when ? abdul ezedi since, uh, when? day, night. two hours after the attack . from the pictures that attack. from the pictures that we can see, it looks like he

suffered injury to his suffered serious injury to his eye. not dissimilar to the to the injuries that you suffered . the injuries that you suffered. i mean, what sort of, um, image will that have on his health if he hasn't sought medical attention ? i mean, do you think attention? i mean, do you think he can survive that without a doctor, especially given the area of his face around his eye? i area of his face around his eye? | , area of his face around his eye? i , presumably could be i mean, presumably that could be terribly infected very easily. >> . i'm not an expert. >> yeah. i'm not an expert. i can't can't talk as a doctor would. but you know, the biggest risk of any injury, especially when you're dealing with, with burns and whether, whether that's a burn, i don't know. um, is risk of infection. if is the risk of infection. and if he's get medical he's not going to get medical medical assistance, then yeah, that infection is that risk of infection is getting higher all getting higher and higher all the you for talking >> well, thank you for talking to andreas. good luck to us, andreas. and good luck with continuing campaign. >> appreciate thank you. >> appreciate thank you. >> andreas. christoforos uh, there a victim of an acid attack, a mistaken victim as well. at 9:30 bev turner. andrew, let's find out what they are debating today. good morning guys. >> morning, morning. how are you ? >> 7- >> we're so ? >> we're so interested 7 >> we're so interested to see in

that interview there because of course, as you say, this guy is still on the run and we've got £20,000, um, bounty . now for any £20,000, um, bounty. now for any information, the police information, suggest the police think he's being hidden. >> i think yeah. think he's being hidden. >> it'sink yeah. think he's being hidden. >> it's organised. yeah >> it's organised. yeah >> yeah, it would, it would reward um, and on the back reward um, and also on the back of that course converted of that he of course converted to christianity . to christianity. >> yeah. to try to stay here to avoid deportation. and we now see front page of the telegraph today. 40 on the three stockholm. they've all seen the lord. praise the lord. my word. conversion to christianity falling all over the country, but not on. you see, andrew, i just want to know what this would have to do with your asylum application. >> anyway , no matter what >> anyway, no matter what religion you are . i mean, religion you are. i mean, they're not. >> we can't go back to afghanistan. we can't go back to iran. we'll be persecuted because we're christians. how. >> 9 how. >> we are now. >> we are now. >> yeah, yeah, the gaming, >> yeah, yeah, it's the gaming, the the lawyers are the system. the lawyers are going along. the system. the lawyers are goiithelong. is to blame for >> the church is to blame for this as well. whoever's lined up, whichever of the up, whichever members of the clergy, christian clergy, whichever christian religions these guys , i mean,

recruiting these guys, i mean, do they not realise they're being taken for a fool? >> well, show me a christian clergyman turn someone clergyman who would turn someone away convert. away that wants to convert. >> mean, that's really, i >> i mean, that's really, i think put it on. think it's hard to put it on. >> think a christian >> you'd think a christian clergyman want have clergyman would not want to have kept his head in this country for faux christianity, for his faux christianity, who then attacks mother then goes and attacks a mother and children with with acid. >> how would they have known? >> how would they have known? >> the dilemma. >> well, that's the dilemma. >> well, that's the dilemma. >> the church has got >> i'm sorry. the church has got a lot answer in this, a lot to answer for in this, because there's a document knocking around which we think we've got access to, where they are encouraging these are actually encouraging these refugees so they can refugees to convert so they can beat system. beat the system. >> apparently very few >> and apparently very few who've already got asylum. granted then granted in this country then convert. to be just convert. it happens to be just particularly conversion, just particularly a conversion, just before been allowed before they've been allowed into the . before they've been allowed into the do . think they go to >> do you think they go to church of church on a holy day of obugafion? church on a holy day of obligation? eamonn will know what obligation? eamonn will know thum, we're going to be >> um, we're also going to be talking this another xl talking about this another xl bully death in the just immediately after , um, you know, immediately after, um, you know, the band. so okay, a lot more, a lot more going peace to love and serve the lord. >> the both of you. thank you very much indeed. the great very much indeed. uh, the great british have go .

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from the queen wanting diana to marry prince andrew to the late monarch's concern over how white meghan's wedding dress was . meghan's wedding dress was. okay, joining us now, royal biographer andrew levan, to tell us in this. what's the us more in this. what's the problem, andrew? angela with white, first of all, how why was white, first of all, how why was white to white? >> well, i think it's sort of vaginal , >> well, i think it's sort of vaginal, isn't it? you don't. you're very pure and you haven't had lots of affairs or been married before or anything like that. married before or anything like that . and i think it's for the that. and i think it's for the first marriage that you have as well . and i think she didn't well. and i think she didn't like it that meghan was dressing up as if she was, you know , a up as if she was, you know, a very virginal. she didn't like that because she knew it wasn't true . she'd been married. um, true. she'd been married. um, how do we know that the queen didn't like it? >> what was said? did she express her dismay to somebody ? express her dismay to somebody? >> yes. i mean, she would. you could see it on her face, though, in church she was looking with a very cross sort of face and, um, she always expressed herself off very, um,

clearly she. and she just didn't like it. she didn't like it that the then prince charles walk her down the aisle. she thought that was completely unnecessary and wrong . um, whereas he did it wrong. um, whereas he did it very generously. she didn't want it to be made as as really proper royal, um, wedding. i think . and afterwards, of think. and afterwards, of course, meghan said megan said, oh, i, you know, she said that they were married three days before with the archbishop of canterbury saying she didn't want a huge fuss. but of course she did want a huge fuss. £31 million are spent on the wedding i >> -- >> well, you could argue from from what we're hearing from ingrid's book that she didn't want charles and diana to be made as well as as one, but she did have other ideas how credible do you think it was that she thought that that diana would have been a more suitable partner for prince andrew? well i'll tell you, because i wrote a book about ,

i'll tell you, because i wrote a book about, uh, diana's, uh, parent and things. >> so, um, i know quite well her father , the, um, earl spencer, father, the, um, earl spencer, was an equerry to the queen. and the spencer name was going a bit downhill. people weren't inviting him to places and all that. so so he decided to really go to try and get diana married to prince william. but prince andrew, and because he said that it that way, he would be she would be right in the royal family. but she wouldn't have all the stress that you would have if you married the king, the future king. so he really pushed it. and i was told that he asked the queen if she would help get this sorted . um, and help get this sorted. um, and there had, uh, combat it because there had, uh, combat it because the queen elizabeth the queen mother and diana's grandmother , mother and diana's grandmother, lady fermoy, was wanted her to marry prince charles because

they thought that it would be very good for both families and the queen mother, who adored um, charles and he adored her. um felt that she he deserved a very nice girl who was very pretty and sweet and, you know, charming, but she was so, so, so , um, naive. and it was very difficult for her. she used to read barbara cartland all the time , and she felt that her time, and she felt that her prince, when she started going out with charles, would be just like the princess she reads in the book. i know it sounds very naive, but that's what she felt. and the fact that he didn't eat with her every evening and that he wasn't always there . he was he wasn't always there. he was very busy because he's always been a workaholic . um, was been a workaholic. um, was desperately unhappy for them. but she was also so, um, quite damaged already because her, her mother left her. she was six and her brother was four, and she felt it was her fault. her two

older sisters were managed it much better, but she felt that it was something that she could manage, and she used to get up in the night and look after her brother. um, so it's always a very , very difficult situation . very, very difficult situation. um, and her father wasn't a kind man. the spencers going back three generations was used to hit their wives. if they didn't behave. and, um, i think it was very, um, a difficult home to, to live in. so she was very sensitive and it didn't, didn't work for her that she wasn't that he didn't spend hours talking with her and in no way was camilla's name popping up in any lists of preferred partners or anything like that. well, you see, they knew that, um, the queen wouldn't appreciate camilla because at the time . and camilla because at the time. and it's not the same now that they had to be virgins. it's all maybe to do with the white dress. i don't know, but they

had to be virgins if they married the heir to the throne. that was absolutely complete. and charles knew that . that's and charles knew that. that's why he didn't actually propose to her much earlier, because he knew that that was, um, not going to work. and it did in the end. but the queen actually really liked camilla. she would go really liked camilla. she would 9° up really liked camilla. she would go up to scotland with her first husband, and they would talk, um, horse and dogs, and they had a lot in common and a very good sense of humour. but once she started going out with charles, absolutely, she couldn't do that. and her mother, angela, i'm afraid we're all out of time. >> um, okay. but really lovely listening to you. thank you very much indeed. and hopefully we'll see you again. same time next week. thank you very much indeed. >> cheerio . >> cheerio. >> cheerio. >> cheerio. >> cheerio and cheerio to you at home as well. we'll be back bright and early from 6:00 tomorrow morning. up next it's britain's newsroom with andrew and bev. >> so whatever doing on >> so whatever you're doing on this we hope

this sticky monday, we hope you're you're well i hope you're working. and we hope you're in good form. thank you for your company today. we'll you in company today. we'll see you in the bye bye . the morning. bye bye. >> hello there. there. good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met . this quite met office. this is quite a blustery, windy start to the new week for many of us. a lot of isobars tightly packed together on chart here, on the pressure chart here, indicating strong winds. on the pressure chart here, indialso g strong winds. on the pressure chart here, indialso have strong winds. on the pressure chart here, indialso have this:rong winds. on the pressure chart here, indialso have this stallingids. on the pressure chart here, indialso have this stalling warm we also have this stalling warm front areas of scotland front across areas of scotland that has provided persistent rainfall sunday rainfall throughout sunday sunday will continue sunday night and will continue to very wet conditions, to provide very wet conditions, particularly the highlands, particularly for the highlands, argyll and bute. and the rain warning force. potential warning is in force. potential for of snow as well. on for a touch of snow as well. on the of this for the the leading edge of this for the likes of caithness and sutherland. elsewhere, a reasonably day with reasonably cloudy day with outbreaks some outbreaks of drizzle, some mr murk . we could see some murk around. we could see some brighter slots across central eastern generally eastern areas, but generally mild around ten 12 c, feeling a bit colder than that in those blustery winds, though , it is blustery winds, though, it is finally into monday evening, where we'll finally see that rain band its way rain band push its way southwards, off western southwards, clearing off western

scotland arriving scotland but eventually arriving into northern ireland and northern england. as well, remaining cloudy, remaining reasonably cloudy, blustery to south of that blustery to the south of that ten nine degrees celsius is the overnight lows, but something cooler and colder arriving in the a touch of frost to the north. a touch of frost to start off tuesday morning here and we will and throughout tuesday we will eventually band eventually see that rain band push southwards. some push further southwards. some mountain possible for mountain snow also possible for northern the northern ireland into the pennines well . some pennines as well. some brightness in the far brightness possible in the far south—east england. the south—east of england. but the best sunshine tuesday best of the sunshine on tuesday will be arriving for scotland as skies some snow skies brighten up some snow showers also some showers as well, and also some very across the very strong winds across the northern that cold northern isles. and that cold air to in it air beginning to dig in and it will eventually spread down into other uk as we head other areas of the uk as we head throughout the rest of the week as your day . by. as well. enjoy your day. by. >> very good morning monday morning we are raring to go. we are. >> we're going to talk about extraordinary how many asylum seekers you think on the what's it stock bibby stockholm have discovered to mean discovered christianity to mean they can't be deported. 40 of them. really. they're gaming the system brianna ghey brianna system and brianna ghey brianna ghey awful case ghey mother this this awful case of this trans girl who was

murdered and her mother has said some pretty surprising things. >> want to miss it

well -- well . 930 on monday, the 5th of well. 930 on monday, the 5th of february, this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. good morning to you. so christianity converts for 80 asylum seekers on the bibby stockholm barge are converting to christianity in an attempt to stay in the country . attempt to stay in the country. is this assimilating into a british way of life or lying to stay in the uk? hmm >> and the clapham chemical attack is still on the run. after almost a week , someone after almost a week, someone must know something . is that why must know something. is that why scotland yard is now offering a £20,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of abdul ezedl on the whereabouts of abdul ezedi, while gillian keegan, the education secretary, says the attacker's story is actually not really about asylum and mauled to death. >> an essex town is in huge

shock after a