>> great to have your company to this morning. we've got an action packed coming action packed show coming up, including. certainly do. including. yeah we certainly do. >> of the day's top >> well, all of the day's top stories with panel. we're stories with our panel. we're going the king going to reflect the king getting at his getting emotional at his well—wishes death of the well—wishes and the death of the great british all that and great british pub. all that and more author more with broadcaster, author and trent and life coach jenni trent hughes comedian bruce debbie. >> going to be sitting >> and we're going to be sitting down with the woman. and i love this story from the viral video, who matters her own who took matters into her own hands when firefighters on who took matters into her own h.fencevhen firefighters on who took matters into her own h.fence whileirefighters on who took matters into her own h.fence while watching. on who took matters into her own h.fence while watching a on who took matters into her own h.fence while watching a trapped a fence while watching a trapped driving instructors sink in driving instructors car sink in four of flood we'll four feet of flood water. we'll be all what on be hearing all about what on earth going on there, earth was going on there, and i want know how a driving want to know how a driving instructor instructor ended up want to know how a driving in:floodwater.ructor ended up in floodwater. >> you drive into a flood >> how do you drive into a flood 7 >> how do you drive into a flood .7 and week's greatest .7 and this week's greatest britain the lovely sebby's britain is the lovely sebby's corner paul, amazing young corner paul, the amazing young man who's been raising money through random acts of through daily random acts of kindness every day for the past three years. what a star. yeah. >> great story. and did you know that in the uk there are nearly 3 million single parent families ? 3 million single parent families .7 one of them is our guest .7 well, one of them is our guest this she's written this morning. she's written a book about how to master the book all about how to master the single parenting game. and to reclaim power

reclaim your power after separations . we're going to sit separations. we're going to sit down with her just after half ten. >> i really hope you're enjoying our uniform, by the way. we do look like we're sixth formers, don't we.7 >> don't we? >> you can tell. we communicate. before we came on air, i actually did try and communicate with yesterday. with you yesterday. >> was telling you i was >> i was telling you what i was planning wear, but i think planning to wear, but i think you other. you were other. >> i just love suit so >> i just love this suit so much. apologies. anyway much. so apologies. anyway >> brit school this show is nothing without do love nothing without you. we do love to from any of the to hear from you or any of the topics we are talking about topics that we are talking about today. gb views news. com but today. gb views gb news. com but before do that, let's get before we do that, let's get your news theo chikomba. your news with theo chikomba. >> good morning . >> good morning. >> good morning. >> it's 10:02. i'm theo chikomba >> it's10:02. i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom. the uk has reaffirmed its commitment to ukraine, promising £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the

package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as the royal air force completes a further delivery of advanced tank busting missiles . earlier tank busting missiles. earlier this week, the uk had delivered a further 200 brimstone anti—tank missiles to ukraine. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says that ukraine's steadfast determination and resilience is continuing to inspire the world. >> this is a package which will help to provide some of the artillery that's required, particularly on the front line, where russia has really boosted their production levels . so it's their production levels. so it's massively important now that we stop putin, it's . going to cost stop putin, it's. going to cost us more. if he came further , not us more. if he came further, not least, of course, being terrible for the ukrainian friends. but it would also be disastrous for the rest of the west. >> shadow defence secretary john healey the war in ukraine healey says the war in ukraine is a global fight. >> i think first to recognise that this isn't just putin fighting on the battlefield in ukraine. this is a diplomatic,

economic and industrial struggle against wider russian aggression and we've got to have a broader uk plan to help defend ukraine and defeat putin. so that does mean tightening sanctions, as you say, closing supply chain loopholes and looking to seize the direct the russian assets that have been stolen to reconstructing ukraine. it also means ramping up our military support . support. >> junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since march last year over a pay dispute . the british medical dispute. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unrwa easonable. more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or rescheduled since industrial action began . the health action began. the health secretary, victoria atkins , is secretary, victoria atkins, is calling for the strikes to end , calling for the strikes to end, saying she wants to see doctors treating patients not on picket lines . lines. >> i want for this to be resolved . i've come to these resolved. i've come to these negotiations with nothing but

good intentions and a genuine desire to find a reasonable solution for junior doctors, but also, importantly, for patients and the public and the taxpayer. so i still want to try and achieve that, but i can only do that if the junior doctors committee plays their part. walking out of negotiations in november was not reasonable. they know that i want to go further. in addition to the up to 10.3% that they have already received into their bank accounts , the defence secretary accounts, the defence secretary has defended tory mp lee anderson, who's under fire, for comments he made about protests in london. >> labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair after he said the mayor, sadiq khan, had given the capital away to islamist . grant shapps, says his islamist. grant shapps, says his comments were born out of frustration following months of demonstrations . shadow prime demonstrations. shadow prime minister general jonathan ashworth is also demanding for the whip to be removed from liz truss for using a talk in the us

to claim conservatives in the uk are now operating in a hostile environment . a second world war, environment. a second world war, world war ii bomb has found has been found in plymouth successfully and detonated at sea . the 500 kilogram device was sea. the 500 kilogram device was found in a garden in the same area and lifted onto a military vehicle . it forced thousands of vehicle. it forced thousands of residents to evacuate from their homes . the defence minister, homes. the defence minister, ministry of defence , says that ministry of defence, says that operation to remove it safely has led to one of the largest peacetime evacuations since the second world war. the lunar landen second world war. the lunar lander, dubbed odysseus, has become the first ever commercial spacecraft to touch down on the moon . it's said to be stable. moon. it's said to be stable. the craft, about the size of a london red phone box, landed in the moon's south pole region on thursday night. the co—founder said. the lander may have tipped on its side, but it is alive and well and in communication with

operators. it's the first us lander to successfully reach the moon in more than 50 years, since the last of nasa's apollo program . in 1972. the king has program. in 1972. the king has been pictured looking three thousands of cards sent by well—wishers. his majesty can be seen laughing at a card which shows a disgruntled dog recovering from treatment . many recovering from treatment. many have also shared their own experiences of cancer, with one of them telling him remain positive and never give up . for positive and never give up. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts now it's back to ellie and ben . it's back to ellie and ben. >> thanks , theo, and welcome to >> thanks, theo, and welcome to saturday morning live. the time is 10:07. now the uk government has pledged a further £250

million to help the war effort in ukraine, as today marks the second anniversary of russia's illegal invasion of the country , illegal invasion of the country, which prompted thousands of men and women to enlist to defend their country . their country. >> yes, and in that time, the uk has offered its support, providing not just billions of pounds worth of weaponry, but importantly, also vital military training and taking in 200,000 ukrainian refugees. >> but just how vital is this aid? at the start of the third yearin aid? at the start of the third year in this conflict ? well, year in this conflict? well, joining us now is the lecturer from of london's from university of london's department and department of practice and policy, oksana appg . really good policy, oksana appg. really good to see you this morning . oksana, to see you this morning. oksana, thank you for joining to see you this morning. oksana, thank you forjoining us. and thank you for joining us. and what is so interesting at this point in this conflict is that the fighting is, of course, taking place in ukraine, but the outcome of this war is so reliant on the western . world reliant on the western. world >> absolutely. we know that , uh, >> absolutely. we know that, uh, the russian army is larger than ukrainians army. we also know that they're illegally drafting from other countries and that

they are constructing, uh , they are constructing, uh, having some pretty unethical methods to get conscription and continuous happy to feed, uh , continuous happy to feed, uh, that, that war time machine . so that, that war time machine. so in that sense , uh, the west can in that sense, uh, the west can and has supported ukraine, but in a way that has made this war and today is a two year anniversary anniversary, uh, take much longer than i think it should have been. >> oksana, does ukraine feel betrayed at the moment about the arming and arring from particularly the us, where the republicans are stuttering over another $60 billion care package ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i think there's obviously , um, frustration as obviously, um, frustration as well as deep gratitude . it is in well as deep gratitude. it is in one sense, they do realise that without this weaponry , um, it's without this weaponry, um, it's you . crane would now be engulfed you. crane would now be engulfed in russia. and so that aspect means that they're, of course,

grateful for the aid received so far. but frustration in terms that the wider west has not necessarily realised the extent of which , uh, european security , of which, uh, european security, global democracy and even just fiscal responsibility means that as soon as ukraine wins, it saves everyone else, not only putting their own nato troops at risk, but it means that we can reduce that funding in the future. i think the bill to pay in the long run will be much higher. >> oksana, you're speaking to us in london this morning, but you are half ukrainian , aren't you? are half ukrainian, aren't you? how are the people of ukraine feeling on this second year anniversary ? how is morale in anniversary? how is morale in the country ? the country? >> i think , you know, very >> i think, you know, very emotional . >> i think, you know, very emotional. um, i think there have been lots of difficult emotions , lots of tears. uh, emotions, lots of tears. uh, also a lot of pride in the sense that many experts predicted that ukraine would fall in three

days. and here we are , or three days. and here we are, or three years later , uh, still standing. years later, uh, still standing. uh due to incredible resilience , uh due to incredible resilience, resolve and sacrifice , but resolve and sacrifice, but tremendous, tragic sacrifice that has cost ukrainian life . that has cost ukrainian life. and the youngest generation . uh, and the youngest generation. uh, so i think there's so much sorrow, but also still so much hope. um, and just this determination for freedom. so i think the full spectrum and oksana, just briefly , of course, oksana, just briefly, of course, money is going towards weaponry and shells and artillery and whatnot, but can you just touch on what else is needed in terms of education and health care and rebuilding the country? >> one once this war ends? so it's not really well recognised that more hospitals , health that more hospitals, health centres, clinics , um, medical centres, clinics, um, medical supply factories have been destroyed in ukraine in this war

than in any other war to date. >> so the who. has verified that the number of attacks on health care centres have been the highest in this conflict . the highest in this conflict. uh, and that's over 1500 dead. um health targets to targeting anything to do with health is a war crime. it's a breach of the international humanitarian law . international humanitarian law. and these are being documented and reported to the who. and we hope that in future there will be justice for this. uh, also education. we see that, uh, aboutin also education. we see that, uh, about in in kharkiv , for about in in kharkiv, for instance, they're building schools , um, under underground schools, um, under underground entirely. uh so deep that they could withstand a, uh, nuclear attack, essentially. so there have been really resilient and pivoting and creating, uh, quite innovative solutions to be able to withstand the reality that they're being shelled daily. so about, uh, half of kids are

affected by this in terms of , affected by this in terms of, uh, attending class remotely . uh, attending class remotely. many others have now gone to, uh, these days, depending on where you are in the region, how dangerous it is, there are different solutions for different solutions for different places. uh, but there has been the biggest slump in reading and literacy on record. according to the education ministry that's going to have a long terme effect, particularly affected are the age to 10 to 11 year olds, because they were first affected by covid, and then now the russian invasion. >> it's the, um , sorry, it's >> it's the, um, sorry, it's interrupt. it's the forgotten side of things, isn't it? we saw the effects covid had on education around the world, let alone an invasion alone dealing with an invasion as oksana, thank you as well. but oksana, thank you so much. university london's so much. university of london's department of practice and policy . such a point, isn't policy. such a good point, isn't it? you saw devastating it? we you saw the devastating effects pandemics effects here with the pandemics and let alone, let alone a war following that and two years of it at that. >> exactly. well, let's bring in our panel at this point, shall we're delighted to be joined today by broadcaster, author and life hughes

life coach jenni trent hughes and comedian devlin. life coach jenni trent hughes and good»median devlin. life coach jenni trent hughes and good morning devlin. life coach jenni trent hughes and good morning to devlin. life coach jenni trent hughes and good morning to you�*evlin. life coach jenni trent hughes and good morning to you both. very good morning to you both. you both and jenni. let's start with you, shall we? and i think that point that with you, shall we? and i think thatjust point that with you, shall we? and i think thatjust raised point that with you, shall we? and i think thatjust raised by point that with you, shall we? and i think thatjust raised by oksana: that with you, shall we? and i think thatjust raised by oksana about was just raised by oksana about education, actually in ukraine as, saying, it's not as, as ben was saying, it's not something that's often looked at, the children of ukraine at, but the children of ukraine who through who who went through covid, who had their disrupted for their education disrupted for a number years there, and now number of years there, and now two years a war. two years of a war. >> , i agree, but she said >> i yes, i agree, but she said two words to me that are finished . really important to finished. really important to describe what's going on in ukraine. hope and determination and one of the things that we cannot forget is the basic character of the ukrainian people. they are not the kind of people. they are not the kind of people who sit there and start complaining, people who sit there and start complaining , oh, covid, it's my complaining, oh, covid, it's my life is over . complaining, oh, covid, it's my life is over. there's a war. no, they deal with what has happened , what is happening that it's awful . and they do what we used awful. and they do what we used to do . they pull up their to do. they pull up their bootstraps and they keep going. and so those children, yes, it will be difficult, but they will

survive in the same way that children here survive after the war, they didn't complain . war, they didn't complain. there's been a world war. oh woe is me. they just got on with it. >> and our guest bruce, on the flip side, if you're going to take any positives from that, it's character building. you know, saw how people from the know, we saw how people from the second this country second world war in this country grew be resilient and grew up to be resilient and tough and stiff upper lip. >> was the word i was >> well, that was the word i was going to use. the resilience and resolve. i think that's resolve. and i think that's quite extraordinary. in wake of, resolve. and i think that's quit know, iordinary. in wake of, resolve. and i think that's quit know, iordi events wake of, resolve. and i think that's quit know, iordi events ofake of, resolve. and i think that's quit know, iordi events of the of, resolve. and i think that's quit know, iordi events of the last you know, the events of the last two years. well have two years. well let's have a look some other of the top look at some other of the top stories that are that are going on today. >> and shamima begum, >> and jenny, shamima begum, should talk about her because should we talk about her because she um, uk citizenship she lost, um, her uk citizenship appeal yesterday. but her lawyers have vowed to keep on fighting. >> can we not? because i promised all my friends i wouldn't talk about it with them. now i'm here on public television talking about it. um ihave television talking about it. um i have little to no sympathy. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> that's fine. i think most of the country would agree, you

know? >> i mean, i had a i had a conversation with my son when he was young, when he was like seven, and i said, if you ever do anything wrong , you're going do anything wrong, you're going to have to stand by it. so whatever you make in whatever decisions you make in life , think very carefully , not life, think very carefully, not about just what you want to do, but if it goes belly up, are you going to be able to deal with it? in her instance, it didn't go the way she thought it would, and i'm sorry that she's losing her citizenship , but it's her citizenship, but it's a valued thing and maybe she should have thought about that a little more. >> i mean, that's essentially what the judge said yesterday. she said that shamima begum was, oh, good of her own misfortune. so essentially on same so you essentially on the same line but really line as the judge, but really interesting. in the interesting. bruce in the telegraph, this morning, some bethnal residents, which bethnal green residents, which is begum was is where shamima begum was living was here in living when she was here in london, say that she was a scapegoat they say scapegoat and they say she should given second chance should be given a second chance and welcome her back and they would welcome her back into the community. well i suppose there aren't a lot of people think because she people that think because she was she did it and

was so young when she did it and essentially i think the word grooming as well, grooming had been used as well, that groomed and that she was groomed and all this of stuff. this kind of stuff. >> i do agree with you, though, this kind of stuff. >> i you gree with you, though, this kind of stuff. >> i you know, 'ith you, though, this kind of stuff. >> i you know, ultimately)ugh, this kind of stuff. >> i you know, ultimately she|, that, you know, ultimately she did decision that she did make the decision that she made. and, um, and that's great if want back in the if they want her back in the community. not trying to community. i'm not trying to trivialise for trivialise it. who's paying for her? lawyers legal aid. >> right. >> right. >> you and me. okay. >> you and me. okay. >> right . >> right. >> right. >> and you know what the bill is. well if they take it to the supreme court, which is the next level, the bill's to level, the bill's mooted to be something million. something akin to £5 million. and it can then go on to european judges following that. yeah >> and they are vowing to keep on fighting . so we can probably on fighting. so we can probably expect that, as you said, bruce, the argument is, i mean, i'm not a supporter of shamima begum at all, but the argument is that she was just a baby. >> she was 15. but i said yesterday, what were doing yesterday, what were you doing at thing i did was at 15? the worst thing i did was bunking off playing bunking off school, playing video thought i was video games and i thought i was pretty naughty at that. so i wouldn't go and join a terror cult. least i wouldn't even cult. at least i wouldn't even discuss did at 15 on discuss what i did at 15 on headune headline news. >> it's not even midday, so

>> and it's not even midday, so we'll move on. >> we'll leave at that, leave >> we'll leave it at that, leave it to the imagination. at this time morning, shall we time of the morning, shall we talk a happy story? shall talk about a happy story? shall we? the king being very emotional, reading emotional, actually reading through lovely letters and get well the and well wishes from the public. and he and he cried he said he laughed and he cried reading through his messages. really heartwarming to see, wasn't really no, wasn't it, jenny, i really no, i really like him. >> oh , i've always really liked >> oh, i've always really liked him . when i was a little girl him. when i was a little girl growing up in jamaica, i thought i was going to grow up and marry him. oh, so yeah, yeah, they make a good queen. there you go . make a good queen. there you go. >> you're very. >> you're very. >> and, uh, i think that he tends to show a human side for as much as how he was raised. and he's only human. people are being kind to him, and he's being kind to him, and he's being receptive to it. we've just seen the cards now on the screen for those listening at home. >> one of the cards had a picture of a dog with a cone around his neck. as they do after visiting the vets. so at least at least you're not wearing a cone. >> oh that's lovely, what i find, bruce, really struck find, bruce, what really struck me i think, jenny,

me was, and i think, jenny, you've just touched it, there you've just touched on it, there is queen, queen elizabeth. >> she was so adored and there was much outpouring of love was so much outpouring of love from charles now, from her. king charles now, i mean, he spent his whole life in the shadows, probably the shadows, really. probably never the never experience it. the outpouring of love, because it went mother. now, it's went to his mother. now, it's probably time he's probably the first time he's he's feeling that for him. >> yeah. and think he'll be >> yeah. and i think he'll be overawed that in a, in a overawed by that in a, in a positive way because i'm obviously he is obviously validates that he is doing good job in many doing a good job in many people's eyes. you have to people's eyes. and you have to remember, a tough remember, his mum was a tough act you know act to follow. so you know booster absolutely. yeah. huge. >> do you like fact he's >> do you like the fact he's been so open about his cancer diagnosis. because even that is a to what we've a stark difference to what we've seen before. >> think specifically >> yeah, i think specifically with cancers and men's with male cancers and men's attitude toward health and not going to the doctor and all that kind of stuff, i think, yeah, he's some positive he's drawn some positive attention to, you know, early diagnosis . go and see the gp. diagnosis. go and see the gp. you know, don't sit around and wait for something happen. so wait for something to happen. so and what do you think and jenny, what do you think about, queen because about, um, queen camilla because this going to really divide this is going to really divide opinion. this is going to really divide opinion she had a of a torrid

>> but she had a bit of a torrid time she met charles. there time when she met charles. there was, of course, the affair. um there was all the furore surrounding that. and she's kind of reinvented herself to become really polls. really according to polls. anyway one the more loved anyway one of the more loved members the royal family and members of the royal family and she's rock for she's been the king's rock for many, do think many, many years. do you think she some credit on that? >> i can't cope today. everything you're asking me about stuff don't like about is stuff i don't like talking about out. >> actually really like her. >> i actually really like her. yeah, i've always really liked her. i got into huge trouble once for saying on a different broad. well, yeah . no, i'm broad. well, yeah. no, i'm actually not going to repeat it. but anyway, i really, really like her a lot. and she was who he's always like, isn't it funny how we can't what we feel? >> um, you know, sort of ashamed or embarrassed to say that we like queen camilla these days. >> she the queen or the queen consort >> right. she's. >> right. she's. >> she's the queen. >> she's the queen. she's >> she's the queen. she's she's the proper. okay. the queen proper. yeah. okay. >> consort. >> not the consort. >> not the consort. >> real deal. >> real deal. >> i think well . all because >> i think as well. all because diana so and obviously diana was so loved and obviously the panorama interview and camilla was instrumental. well,

i don't think she named her by name, but everyone knew who we were talking about. so she's had a, like a full 360, hasn't she? she's been kind made she's really been kind of made oven she's really been kind of made over. it started when over. i think it started when donatella dressed her donatella versace dressed her for event. oh god. i know for an event. oh god. i know another person you don't want to talk about. >> yes. no. sorry. >> donatella . >> donatella. >> donatella. >> oh, but i do think that is what a lot of people do find difficult in britain. less so now because, as you say, i think she has come an awful long way. and i think she's really respected in her right now. respected in her own right now. but previously people but i think previously people have difficult have found it difficult because diana and adored diana was so loved and adored and people feel almost disloyal to that they actually really to say that they actually really like queen. to say that they actually really likeandeen. to say that they actually really likeand even despite prince >> and even despite prince harry's but we harry's recent attacks. but we won't that avenue. won't go down that avenue. >> anyway, jenny and bruce, >> but anyway, jenny and bruce, thank indeed, and thank you very much indeed, and you'll us throughout the you'll be with us throughout the show. >> great now don't >> great stuff. now don't go anywhere we'll meeting the anywhere as we'll be meeting the amazing week's amazing cv haul. this week's greatest britain, and we'll be finding out what was really going on in this final clip where a firefighter, i'll save it later, but the it for later, but the firefighter isn't helping someone we'll someone stuck in the car. we'll show happened next. show you what happened next. this morning live

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that you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to saturday morning live. >> really good to have you with us. now, i'm sure you have seen this video that went viral this week, and if you haven't, well, i think you're going to enjoy it. this is a firefighter leaning on a fence whilst watching a trapped driving instructors car sink in four feet of flood water. he looks very comfortable there, doesn't he? just leaning against the just chilling, just relaxing. >> yeah, there were two sorry. there in fact two essex there were in fact two essex fire and rescue crews. an ambulance and a police car parked near the sinking vehicle. but wouldn't the but they wouldn't enter the water they wait water because they had to wait for specialist crews were for specialist crews who were trained water depth . trained for the water depth. >> well, two people who weren't going back and watch were going to sit back and watch were these two, jack and danielle price, it upon price, who took it upon themselves to rescue the submerged driver. and danielle joins us now. very good morning

to you, danielle, and you are a hero now, an absolute hero . what hero now, an absolute hero. what happenedin hero now, an absolute hero. what happened in this video makes sense of it for us. >> so we were filming in the area for our youtube channel, and we've seen the fire brigade come through. i was actually out at 5:00 in the morning with my husband jamie. we know it always happens there. as you can see. um, and it was clear we've seen the fire brigade come through. we've followed them and they're just standing around as if nothing's happened. um, in the clip, it says, um, he's fine. he's he's he's on his phone. clip, it says, um, he's fine. he's he's he's on his phone . um, he's he's he's on his phone. um, and then sort of walked away, but what they failed to realise is when my partner actually opened the door, as you can hean opened the door, as you can hear, he's on the phone to the sort of the emergency crew in panic, thinking he's going to sink . um, so panic, thinking he's going to sink. um, so we could panic, thinking he's going to sink . um, so we could not just sink. um, so we could not just sit there and watch. um, he's absolutely terrified. yeah >> poor bloke. well done. you do you reckon this is health and

safety gone mad , mate? safety gone mad, mate? >> it is because , although i do >> it is because, although i do sympathise with them , they are sympathise with them, they are so red taped. >> but surely we sort of common sense has to kick in as open the doon >> well, i'm so glad that you were there to help. i mean, you can see him now. he's absolutely trembling. if you're listening on the radio. this man actually does look genuinely quite frightened. you what frightened. what did you what did from did you manage to gather from him? he manage to get in him? how did he manage to get in that situation, get into that water? >> this is the thing i'm not entirely sure. and this what makes of not funny, but makes it sort of not funny, but quite interesting. obviously . quite interesting. obviously. he's a driving instructor , he's a driving instructor, number one. um, and actually, as you come down this road, there are various signs saying ford water due to flooding, road closed signs. so i'm not entirely sure what he was thinking of at that time. but again, he's not the first for it to happen to. i see this all the time . time. >> i want to know what kind of driving instructor gets lost and

ends up in a massive, massive puddle like that . how was he puddle like that. how was he afterwards? are you still speaking to the gentleman now? no unfortunately not he was. >> he was sitting in the water for about 20 minutes before anyone got to him. um, um, so our main concern is the fire bngade our main concern is the fire brigade are sitting there watching waiting for these watching him waiting for these special to come, and they special crews to come, and they were um, so were quite a bit away. um, so our was getting our main thing was getting power and into and getting him into an ambulance because all he wanted to was turn around and video to do was turn around and video it. quite concerning it. um which is quite concerning . um, but he went into the ambulance, went off to the local hospital, and that's all we've heard. i'd to know if heard. but i'd love to know if he's okay. um, but unfortunately, we did an exchange . those details, was exchange. those details, it was held first, and daniel, you're a bit of a minor celeb this week. >> the video has been doing the rounds. it's viral. you've been all over the news websites. what are your friends and family think about it. >> my friends and family, they're supportive. um, and they're so supportive. um, and my supportive. my husband's really supportive. he with us he would have done it with us today, unfortunately he's today, but unfortunately he's he's poorly . um, so he's gone down poorly. um, so the case i've, i've had to sort

of jump in for him, but yeah, they're really supportive. and, um although fire brigade um, although the fire brigade were a bit. no, that didn't happen. it's not going to stop us from what we do if we us from from what we do if we see someone they're see someone there and they're standing we're still just standing by, we're still just going and rescue oh danielle. >> well, thank goodness you were there. much for there. thank you so much for helping gentleman. and lots helping that gentleman. and lots of love to husband as well. of love to your husband as well. i he feels better. yeah. i hope he feels better. yeah. >> done you both. thank >> well done to you both. thank you. essex fire rescue you. essex fire and rescue service statement. service said in a statement. crews arrived at the crews who arrived at the incident buttsbury, wash, incident in buttsbury, wash, found stuck in 1.2m found a car stuck in over 1.2m of flood water because of the depth, crews requested depth, these crews requested additional support our additional support from our specialist while they specialist water team while they remained scene ensure remained at the scene to ensure the driver was safe. >> the driver got out of the car themselves. advice themselves. our advice for motorists is not to drive through flood water, essex county fire and rescue service is committed to making essex a safe place to live, work and travel. we want to help prevent and reduce incidents like this from occurring again . jenny, from occurring again. jenny, jenny and bruce, what do you think stuck in a flood? >> no, but do you know what i

thought was interesting? that the firemen went in for the money show at the end, leading him by the hand when they'd him out by the hand when they'd done the rescue? yeah that was just something i thought of. >> i there's a lot of >> i think there's a lot of interesting questions to be >> i think there's a lot of intererand questions to be >> i think there's a lot of intererand answered, to be >> i think there's a lot of intererand answered, ande >> i think there's a lot of intererand answered, and i think asked and answered, and i think it was absolutely appalling. absolutely appalling. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, they would say that they, they needed the backup from oh they would say anything they want. >> they needed the and >> they needed the backup and they're trained . yet some weak they're trained. yet some weak woman and her husband charged in there because there was a man there because there was a man there in need of help who was frightened. >> and i suppose it comes to health and safety. i get it. i think it's bit ott in this think it's a bit ott in this country. sometimes but also, think it's a bit ott in this count does metimes but also, think it's a bit ott in this count does common but also, think it's a bit ott in this count does common sense so, think it's a bit ott in this count does common sense come into when does common sense come into play? that water didn't look that wouldn't have that deep. it wouldn't have taken suspect, but taken much, i suspect, but i guess the fire service are just sticking to policy and rules because . if anything did go because. if anything did go wrong, it would be on the firefighters. probably losing his job, probably lose his livelihood. so yeah . livelihood. so yeah. >> interesting one. well, let us

know what you think of that. >> you will certainly have an opinion at home. vaiews@gbnews.uk com but do stay us. coming up. we're stay with us. coming up. we're going finding out all going to be finding out all about latest on mastering about the latest on mastering the and the single parenting game. and we're be meeting we're also going to be meeting our briton of the week, our greatest briton of the week, cb is a star. don't cb hall. he is a star. don't want to miss that. >> hello . very good morning to >> hello. very good morning to you alex burkill here again with your latest gb news, weather forecast. but for many of us today actually going to be today it's actually going to be largely dry. but it is a bit chilly too. and that's the theme that we start off with a touch of frost perhaps some icy patches and also some fog and freezing fog. first thing, but any fog will clear away. and then, said, a largely then, like i said, a largely fine day for many places with a decent amount of sunshine, albeit scattering showers, decent amount of sunshine, albeit aroundring showers, decent amount of sunshine, albeit around western howers, decent amount of sunshine, albeit around western coasts, mainly around western coasts, perhaps the south as perhaps towards the south as well, may a bit well, and these may become a bit more widespread as go into more widespread as we go into the afternoon. temperatures more widespread as we go into the ibeernoon. temperatures more widespread as we go into the ibeernoon. average peratures more widespread as we go into the ibeernoon. average foratures more widespread as we go into the ibeernoon. average for the es will be around average for the time year, so just about time of year, so just about scraping into double figures towards a little bit towards the south. a little bit cooler this further north cooler than this further north

later today are going to later on today we are going to see of those showers easing see many of those showers easing and clearing away. again, for and clearing away. so again, for most going to be largely most it is going to be largely dry we'll have some clear dry and we'll have some clear skies once more towards the southwest. we are southwest. however, here we are going see some thicker cloud going to see some thicker cloud pushing its way through the pushing its way in through the early tomorrow morning pushing its way in through the earljsome tomorrow morning pushing its way in through the earljsome raintomorrow morning pushing its way in through the earljsome rain arrivingv morning pushing its way in through the earljsome rain arriving here rning and some rain arriving here later with clear later on as well, with clear skies many again, we're skies for many again, we're likely a touch of frost likely to see a touch of frost in places also some more fog in places and also some more fog and freezing fog. two through sunday and it is going to turn pretty and across pretty wet and windy across southern parts some heavy southern parts with some heavy rain, blustery winds, all rain, strong blustery winds, all of these unsettled conditions could lead to some localised impacts. further north. a drier and brighter picture, albeit a few showers dotted around, but most places staying largely fine. temperatures will be similar to today, so most places getting into mid to high single figures . obviously feeling figures. obviously feeling unpleasant in wind rain unpleasant in the wind and rain to south

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company and thank you so much for all the emails that you are sending in already. loads of you getting in touch on that viral video the, uh, how would video about the, uh, how would you describe it? a car that is sinking with man inside and sinking with a man inside and a firefighter is leaning on the fence. >> i hate the phrase same as woke. i hate that phrase, but it is health and safety conscious. >> yes, that's the question this morning. and safety morning. is it health and safety gone says this gone mad? jenny says yes, this is health and safety gone mad. gone mad? jenny says yes, this is he says, nd safety gone mad. gone mad? jenny says yes, this is he says, comeety gone mad. gone mad? jenny says yes, this is he says, come on, gone mad. gone mad? jenny says yes, this is he says, come on, thee mad. gone mad? jenny says yes, this is he says, come on, the water. brad says, come on, the water doesn't even look that deep. >> stephen says he a >> stephen says he wasn't a child, an old man. child, a woman or an old man. why didn't he get himself out? well, i think stephen, he thought you can hear on the thought as you can hear on the video, when you it, that thought as you can hear on the videwateren you it, that thought as you can hear on the videwater was )u it, that thought as you can hear on the videwater was )u lot it, that thought as you can hear on the videwater was )u lot deeper hat thought as you can hear on the videwater was )u lot deeper than the water was a lot deeper than it was. um, you can hear the guy who saved him and danielle, danielle's partner there, saying, not that deep. saying, no, it's not that deep. it's not deep. so um, we'll it's not that deep. so um, we'll give and did look really give him. and he did look really frightened, been sat give him. and he did look really frightfor d, been sat give him. and he did look really frightfor 20 been sat give him. and he did look really frightfor 20 minutes been sat give him. and he did look really frightfor 20 minutes shivering. there for 20 minutes shivering. he was wet to the waist. the he was wet up to the waist. the poor bloke. >> i did feel for him. >> yeah, i did feel bad for him. bernard says stop blaming the fire brigade. this was quite fire brigade. this man was quite capable out the car capable of getting out the car and out to safety. and

and walking out to safety. and just on shamima begum, just a couple on shamima begum, who lost uk who obviously lost her uk citizenship yesterday. citizenship appeal yesterday. uh, she is no uh, michael says as she is no longer british british longer a british british citizen, is she getting citizen, why is she getting legal aid? >> also asked what you >> and i also asked what you were doing 15 and is it were doing at 15 and is it malarkey? malarkey? i joined the army i was deemed army at 15 because i was deemed fit that decision. hmm. fit to make that decision. hmm. >> yes. >> interesting. yes. >> interesting. yes. >> well, do keep your views coming on any of stories coming in on any of the stories that are talking about today. that we are talking about today. vaiews@gbnews.com. that we are talking about today. vaiews@gian ws.com. that we are talking about today. vaiews@gian opinion on this might have an opinion on this next story. >> yeah. something that might seem of people seem daunting to a lot of people when through separation or when going through separation or divorce how keep things as divorce is how to keep things as normal as possible for any children involved. >> the uk there are 2.1 >> well, in the uk there are 2.1 million single parent families and our next guest has a personal experience with this herself. >> e her son, pierce >> as she raised her son, pierce as a single parent between the ages and ten. ages of two and ten. >> and she's now devoted >> yeah, and she's now devoted her life helping men and her life to helping men and women feel helpless and lost women who feel helpless and lost within toxic and abusive relationships their relationships to regain their power. and happily. relationships to regain their povwell, and happily. relationships to regain their povwell, an delighted pily. relationships to regain their povwell, an delighted piljbe >> well, we're delighted to be joined presenter and joined now by tv presenter and author melissa paul. really good to have you with us. this morning, melissa. morning. morning, melissa. good morning. and experience and what was your experience of raising pierce alone during those years?

>> so i, i have a little boy who's now 13 and we ended up together alone . um, from the age together alone. um, from the age of, between two and ten. >> um , the father, he's not here >> um, the father, he's not here to defend himself, to speak for himself. so i can only speculate and hypothesise. you know, he left the relationship emotionally, financially and spiritually . so it was the two spiritually. so it was the two of us for eight years. and then very recently, my partner of five years adopted . yes. five years adopted. yes. >> so it's a happy ending. oh it really, really is. >> but it was a good experience for us throughout. >> and for me, that's the message that i want to share with you, with your viewers, for pierce and i, i had a choice in every single moment to either make it a positive experience or a negative experience , and a negative experience, and that's something that i hope that's something that i hope that i've brought through in my book. it was a positive parenting experience for me. it book. it was a positive pare hard. experience for me. it book. it was a positive parehard. it.perience for me. it book. it was a positive pare hard. it wasence for me. it book. it was a positive parehard. it was financially�*. it was hard. it was financially a real, real struggle . but real, real struggle. but emotionally that was the aspect

that i was able to really work upon within myself to make sure that pierce would benefit from the best version of me . the best version of me. >> and actually, that's that's a great lesson you can apply to all strands of life, isn't it? you can choose to be a victim to your circumstance or use it to really inspire you to achieve more, or to want more. can i ask you, though, is it optimal to have two parents and to have a dad around as opposed to a single parent? >> that's that's a good question. i never had that privilege that choice. my privilege or that choice. my choices ended with pierce choices had ended with pierce and being alone. me, the and i being alone. for me, the value in the parenting unit, and i being alone. for me, the value in the parenting unit , the value in the parenting unit, the male, the female, the female, the female, you know, whatever the female, you know, whatever the configuration, there's 72 different genders. now, nowadays , you know, whatever configuration works for me, the value is not in the number of parents within the relationship that are parenting the child . that are parenting the child. for me, the value is are you instilling a sense of well—being

within of your child? are you able to emotionally regulate yourself so that you are not losing ? you know you're not losing? you know you're not losing. you're not becoming like an emotional roller coaster every day. can your child bank on after a really stressful on you after a really stressful day? you come home and you day? you will come home and you will be able to self regulate emotionally as opposed to the vomit . the problems of your day vomit. the problems of your day over an innocent child that's looking to . looking to. >> and if you don't do that, what kind of effect does that emotional baggage that you're dumping onto. emotional baggage that you're dumping onto . kids? such a young dumping onto. kids? such a young mind? how does that affect them and shape their future ? and shape their future? >> well, 20% of children are now being diagnosed with mental health challenges. adhd depression , or a behavioural depression, or a behavioural challenges. anxiety . 20. i mean, challenges. anxiety. 20. i mean, that there's another statistic. 1 in 9 children are experiencing mental wellbeing problems . you

mental wellbeing problems. you know, we're having we're seeing our children taking prozac , you our children taking prozac, you know, taking drugs to kind of enhance their well—being . enhance their well—being. there's adult children that are coming through that are experiencing relationship problems. i mean, you two have shared that you were were born to a single parent, not born well from from age from 9 or 10, i was alone with my mum. >> i'm so close to my mum now. i literally tell her everything. everything, every milestone and even the bad things i'd be straightaway on the phone to my mum. >> well, this is the positive because i have exactly the same sort relationship with my mum sort of relationship with my mum and want to ask you, and i did want to ask you, melissa, know, people melissa, you know, for people who home, who are watching at home, perhaps they're through perhaps they're going through a break—up, perhaps their break—up, or perhaps their relationship is breaking down right anybody wants >> it's not what anybody wants for themselves, but actually the message it happen to message is if it does happen to you, can. it can bring so you, it can. it can bring so much positivity into your life. actually, are some, some actually, there are some, some quite things that can quite nice things that can happen between parent and happen between a parent and a child it's just them at child when it's just them at home. child when it's just them at hori'm not going to look, >> i'm not going to lie. look, 50% of relationships shapps now

are divorce. so are ending in divorce. yeah, so it's something we just it's just something that we just have accept or not. can have to accept or not. you can blame, shame, you can blame, you can shame, you can judge the other judge yourself. the other partner, you know, we're all self—diagnosing. see all self—diagnosing. you see it all over media. i am over the social media. i am a narcissist. sorry. i have been date. am not a narcissist. date. i am not a narcissist. i've been dating dating a narcissist. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> um. but yeah, that for me there's . so many gifts being there's. so many gifts being a single parent. i mean, i had complete , uh, say over pierce's complete, uh, say over pierce's well—being , over his nutrition , well—being, over his nutrition, oven well—being, over his nutrition, over. you know, how how his time was spent. you know, every day. >> and are you two very, very close? we are close. >> but you know something? there's . a short chapter in my there's. a short chapter in my book. he's not my friend . um, my book. he's not my friend. um, my view , my view is that he's on view, my view is that he's on loan to me. ellie. and what i want to do is i want to inspire him through helping him cultivate his personality to be the best version of himself.

>> well , you the best version of himself. >> well, you are a wonderful mother, and pierce is very, very lucky to have you. this is the book, the ultimate rule book. mastering the single parent game by melissa porter. and where can people find this amazon? amazon? >> take that home. >> i think i'll take that home. >> i think i'll take that home. >> do. thanks, ben. >> please do. thanks, ben. >> please do. thanks, ben. >> very happily >> you're very happily married. >> you're very happily married. >> that you >> yeah, i interesting that you say about divorce rates. say that about divorce rates. >> i married few months >> i got married a few months ago, so it's kind of like a good thing to hear that everyone's getting divorced. yeah >> still oh, no. >> still time. oh, no. >> still time. oh, no. >> you two are lovely. they've been together they were 17. >> she was 17. >> uh, she was 17. >> i was 20, but it doesn't m atter. >> matter. >> enjoy the process. yeah, and be the best version of yourself. that's what the shares. that's what the book shares. yeah. >> oh, well, thank you much, >> oh, well, thank you so much, melissa. good have you >> oh, well, thank you so much, meli�*us. good have you >> oh, well, thank you so much, meli�*us. this good have you >> oh, well, thank you so much, meli�*us. this morning. have you >> oh, well, thank you so much, meli�*us. this morning. andre you >> oh, well, thank you so much, meli�*us. this morning. and letou with us. this morning. and let us know think of that. us know what you think of that. gb views at gb news. com >> yeah. don't go anywhere. lots more come, including we're more to come, including we're meeting britain meeting our greatest britain next. random next. who's been doing random acts kindness every day for acts of kindness every day for the past three years. he's a great lad, and i can't wait to speak to him. is saturday speak to him. this is saturday morning on gb news,

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to cheap . to cheap. >> welcome back to saturday morning live. loads of you getting in touch with us this morning. thank you so much for your company. we are still talking about that viral video of the car that was sinking in flood water, firefighter flood water, and a firefighter was against a fence. we was leaning against a fence. we wanted your on wanted to get your opinion on that it health and that one. is it health and safety gone mad? anita said. why didn't the driver just get out and himself? the and help himself? he caused the problem . he passively waited for problem. he passively waited for rescue, then wanted to video it. i'm not sure. i think he genuinely was by the looks of that video, was trembling. he that video, he was trembling. he actually scared. actually did look quite scared. >> we think he didn't >> yeah, so we think he didn't realise shallow the water realise how shallow the water actually realise how shallow the water actuethink he felt like he was >> i think he felt like he was in deep. well, that's what in quite deep. well, that's what tony says here. >> morning, tony easy's >> morning, tony says easy's criticised whilst criticised post event. whilst the look deep, you the water doesn't look deep, you don't what is underneath. the water doesn't look deep, you doryeah what is underneath. the water doesn't look deep, you doryeah that'sat is underneath. the water doesn't look deep, you doryeah that's true. inderneath. the water doesn't look deep, you doryeah that's true. and'neath. >> yeah that's true. and margaret says oh how i wish the gate that the firefighter was leaning had way. leaning on had given way. putting him the too. water putting him in the too. water i imagine his colleagues would have his aid.

have gone soon to his aid. disgusting his phone while disgusting on his phone while a man a couple man needing help just a couple of . of feet away. >> that would have made an even bigger viral video, sure. bigger viral video, i'm sure. >> definitely would. bigger viral video, i'm sure. >> a definitely would. bigger viral video, i'm sure. >> a couple afinitely would. bigger viral video, i'm sure. >> a couple one.aly would. bigger viral video, i'm sure. >> a couple one. yeah, uld. a and a couple one. yeah, and a couple of views on single parenting well. ijust couple of views on single parenting well. i just had parenting as well. i just had a discussion about uh, discussion about that. uh, adrian that men adrian says, remember that men can be single parents as well. and yes, can. uh, we had and yes, they can. uh, we had some statistics on little some statistics on that a little bit earlier, wasn't i think some statistics on that a little bit halfer, wasn't i think some statistics on that a little bit half a wasn't i think some statistics on that a little bit half a million i think some statistics on that a little bit half a million menthink some statistics on that a little bit half a million men in nk some statistics on that a little bit half a million men in this it's half a million men in this country single fathers. country are single fathers. >> actually, my was, >> and actually, my point was, i'm sure this is true, i'm not sure if this is true, but just for my own experience, |, but just for my own experience, i, women are more i, i reckon women are more maternal they can deal with maternal and they can deal with the trials and tribulations of, for babies better for example, babies better crying, if baby's crying, whereas me, if my baby's crying, whereas me, if my baby's crying , it give crying, whereas me, if my baby's crying, it give me crying, whereas me, if my baby's crying , it give me five minutes. crying, it give me five minutes. >> doesn't it kind of. >> doesn't it kind of. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> so let us know if you're a single father at home what single father at home and what your experience like . and your experience is like. and anna single parent who's anna is a single parent who's beenin anna is a single parent who's been in touch and she says she wouldn't way. wouldn't have it any other way. she says having two parents is great, as long as the child great, but as long as the child has one decent parent, they will always a really always be okay. it's a really lovely isn't it? lovely message, isn't it? >> this show, we're all >> now, on this show, we're all about news of

about spreading the news of amazing do amazing amazing people who do amazing things, and this week's greatest britain is the great sebby hall. now sebby is someone very special as he's the founder of the sebby hall kindness foundation. it's an organisation that aims spread kindness and that aims to spread kindness and to projects that combat to fund projects that combat loneliness disadvantaged and loneliness in disadvantaged and disabled people. well disabled young people. well sebby has a rare chromosome abnormality resulting in physical and communication difficulties . difficulties. >> together with moderate learning disabilities. this means that his family understands first hand the difficulties that people with disabilities face, both socially and when trying to gain employment. >> the sebby hall kindness foundation was set up by sebby himself and sebby's corner family in march 2022, and sebby is now even won a world compassion award due to his efforts to make a positive difference the lives of difference to the lives of vulnerable young people for and the past three years, sebby has been spreading joy with random acts of kindness every single day to raise money for disabled young people. >> i'm delighted to say that >> and i'm delighted to say that he us now with his mother,

he joins us now with his mother, ashley and sebby . ashley and sebby. >> massive congratulations to you . you. >> you are our greatest britain this week. how does it feel ? this week. how does it feel? >> how does it feel? tell me, how does it feel? >> oh, awesome. >> oh, awesome. >> awesome awesome. >> awesome awesome. >> oh sebby, you are an absolute star and your t shirt is star and yourt shirt is catching my eye as well . do you catching my eye as well. do you want show us what your want to show us what your t shirt says? >> what does it say? >> what does it say? >> is it is so power it. >> kindness is my superpower. i absolutely adore that message. actually you must be so proud. >> yeah, we are, we're very proud. but as well as proud, it's been a lovely three years, which is just the, the, the, um, the ripple of kindness. that's rippling out to everybody else and coming back to us, that's really refreshing. and that's something we didn't. you don't even think of . something we didn't. you don't even think of. um, something we didn't. you don't even think of . um, that something we didn't. you don't even think of. um, that might happen. and sebby is seeing a lot of kindness come to him as well. and one of the lovely things is we're getting of things is we're getting a lot of messages from other families with young people with, um,

disabilities or from disadvantaged to show that it doesn't matter what you are or what you can do , everybody can what you can do, everybody can be kind and sebes story is showing that , uh, anyone can showing that, uh, anyone can make a difference through kindness and can make an enormous difference. and what sebes doing and what he's done and achieved. just one boy. if other people then continue this ripple of kindness , just imagine ripple of kindness, just imagine what everybody could do. so that's been a really , really that's been a really, really lovely thing. >> and it's a great point about what you give out. you get back tenfold. i've always found that. and it's a really it's amazing. what things would you what sort of things would you do? can you do? ciebie to be kind. can you give some examples of an act give us some examples of an act of kindness? >> what you doing >> what have you been doing recently? what did you say the other give people well, other day? give people a well, a rose, give, give ladies roses. >> oh, what else ? >> oh, and what else? >> oh, and what else? >> a lot , a lot >> oh, and what else? >> a lot, a lot of >> oh, and what else? >> a lot , a lot of tickets. >> a lot, a lot of tickets. >> he buys a lottery ticket every week with his pocket money and gives it to a random stranger. >> why do you want to do that, seb? make somebody

millionaire. >> wow. i hope you take commission. 5. yeah, ts and c's. >> and on the planes this year. what summer when went what last summer when you went on holiday, did you want on on holiday, what did you want to do? make the aeroplanes the ha happiest plane the ha happy, happiest plane in the sky. oh, so he had an idea that he would, uh, buy everybody on the planes a scratch card to because the money's going to help organisation that look after children with disabilities . so the money's going there in the right place. that said, he's trying to raise for, money but also making everybody and the minute sebby did that, the planes atmosphere just changed. it was like the happiest plane in the skies. so he's done quite a few those, and we've had a few of those, and we've had a couple of people come back to us saying they've won some money. we've of people we've had a couple of people give scratch cards back give the scratch cards back and say, have oh, and then at say, have that. oh, and then at christmas you had an idea. what did at christmas? yes. did you do at christmas? yes. you wanted let disa you wanted to let disa disa advantaged children go to the pantomimes pantomime. yes. >> and you sold so many tickets for that, didn't you? how many did you sell, seb?

>> how many tickets did you give out? sebby? >> how many tickets did you give out one. by? >> one. >> one. >> one. >> one that wasn't 1000. >> one that wasn't 1000. >> a thousand. >> a thousand. >> you gave them away, didn't you? >> well, sebby provides over a thousand tickets for young people from disadvantaged and disability to to the disability to go to the pantomimes across the west midlands, birmingham hippodrome , midlands, birmingham hippodrome, the grand and the lichfield garrick this christmas. so and his ideas go a lot with the days. so i was just saying where does the ideas come from? >> so like every day it's bonkers isn't it? >> sebby every day is a day. so last wednesday or thursday was national popcorn day. who knew? so national so seb said it's national popcorn because he looks on popcorn day because he looks on social don't so gave social media. don't you? so gave out popcorn random strangers. out popcorn to random strangers. and what was national and then what was national cheese day ? so gave out mini cheese day? so gave out mini baby bells. so every there's baby bells. so every day there's a something . so this year seb is a something. so this year seb is doing whatever the day is. sebi's focus is if it's national rose day, give somebody a rose. if it's national hug day, give somebody a hug. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> so the acts of kindness just

continues. some of them cost nothing. some of them cost sebby his pocket money. oh but it's all about, say, who funds all about, say, who who funds this obviously it's so this because obviously it's so generous so kind. generous and so kind. >> but be honest, not >> but to be honest, there's not much involved in being kind. >> it doesn't have to be. um, so . so the lottery ticket sebby buys every week. one for a random stranger, every week. oh, but the money he's raised, he's raised, um , nearly £100,000 in raised, um, nearly £100,000 in three years. now wow. um. and what have you done with your money? sebby? >> well, bought 1000 tickets for the children at pantomime . the children at pantomime. >> what else have you done ? >> what else have you done? you've helped chas . you've helped chas. >> uh, charities. and what? >> uh, charities. and what? >> what charities do you like to help people that stop young people. disabilities. feeling lonely? >> lonely . >> lonely. >> lonely. >> okay, so any projects ? and, >> okay, so any projects? and, um, i'd . ideas that prevent um, i'd. ideas that prevent young people with disabilities or disadvantaged feeling lonely is what sebby is helping. so across the board there's been for the last two years. he's helped football kits uh, arts

hubs , um theatres . yeah. hubs, um theatres. yeah. >> absolutely incredible cause and just very quickly, because we are running out of time, where can we find sebby online? because he posts the most amazing videos, doesn't he? >> yeah. kev's on youtube. sebby hall to sebby 2003. he's on. uh sebby hall acts of kindness on facebook and his facebook. his website is sebby. >> halcom lovely. thank you so much. >> surbhi and ashley . >> surbhi and ashley. >> surbhi and ashley. >> an absolute honour to have you on today. >> you >> thank you sebby for everything you to make everything that you do to make the a kinder place and the world a kinder place and stay with us. we'll have loads more coming up. after a quick look the weather. a brighter look at the weather. a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello there and greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gp. >> news, weather. >> news, weather. >> we've got a mixture of sunny spells scattered showers across the uk today. temperatures near average but still feeling quite chilly . and then it's all eyes

chilly. and then it's all eyes on atlantic as this area of on the atlantic as this area of low pressure brings some and low pressure brings some wet and windy again to windy weather yet again to southern parts of england and wales. office warnings wales. met office warnings for the sunday and into the rain in for sunday and into monday. some gales around the coast too, but for the rest of today, sunny spells best of the sunshine across eastern parts of england, ireland and england, northern ireland and northwest scotland to elsewhere. >> cloud scattered >> variable cloud scattered showers, of the showers on showers, some of the showers on the side, some hail, some the heavy side, some hail, some sleet and snow over the highest ground as well, and temperatures well near average time well near average for the time of but feeling quite of year. but feeling quite chilly but not too bad in the sunnier spells through into the evening time. >> showers tend to fade >> those showers tend to fade away. >> cloud melts allows clear >> the cloud melts allows clear skies form , and with light skies to form, and with light winds we'll see some mist and fog forming and some fog patches forming and some frost well temperatures frost as well as temperatures fall close if not below fall close to. if not below freezing, temperatures freezing, but temperatures rising towards the end of the night the southwest . night across the far southwest. as this area of cloud rain and wind moves in. so a wet picture here for devon and cornwall first thing. elsewhere for generally a bright cold start . generally a bright cold start. some icy stretches, some mist

and patches slowly clearing and fog patches slowly clearing and fog patches slowly clearing and then you can see the heavy rain across wales , rain across parts of wales, south—west england. we could see 20 to 40mm elsewhere, a mixture of spells and scattered of sunny spells and scattered showers. of the sunshine showers. best of the sunshine across temperatures across scotland and temperatures generally near average for generally again near average for the time of year. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on

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death of the great british pub, all more with all that and more with broadcaster, author and life coach trent hughes and coach jenni trent hughes and comedian bruce devlin. yes and we'll be looking at the scale as ellie said of britain's pub crisis , which sees 29 boozers crisis, which sees 29 boozers close every week . close every week. >> a true british disaster if you ask me. that's where i met my missus. oh those years ago. we'll be seeing if there's anything we can do to save the pubs and rekindle romance. >> you and the >> you old romantic. you and the wonderful stephanie takyi who we love is joining us in the studio to talk us through all of the week's showbiz news. was week's showbiz news. she was with aloud this week. with girls aloud this week. would believe she looked would you believe she looked like the sixth member the like the sixth member of the band? news since the early band? best news since the early 2000. they could be getting back together. >> like to know what >> yeah, i'd like to know what cheryl's up to. she's cheryl's been up to. she's been sort of a well, she's been very quiet, hasn't she? we'll be quiet, hasn't she? we'll also be taking the, uh, a look taking a look at the, uh, a look back very best of british back at the very best of british fashion with 40 years of london fashion with 40 years of london fashion week. the question fashion with 40 years of london fas how week. the question fashion with 40 years of london fashow iseek. the question fashion with 40 years of london fashow is fashion the question fashion with 40 years of london fas how is fashion being uestion is, how is fashion being affected of the affected by the death of the high street? we're going to sit down with a former boss of asos

or asos to get to the bottom of it. outsourcer source asos, asos safe to say you haven't spent a lot of time shopping online? >> no no no okay, primark, primark that's a good one. yes, we love to hear from you. this show is nothing without you. so do keep your emails coming in. we've had loads this morning haven't we've had loads this morning haerah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> gbviews@gbnews.com >> gbviews@gbnews.com >> but before we do anything else, let's get your morning news headlines with theo . good news headlines with theo. good morning. >> it's 11:02. morning. >> it's11:02. i'm morning. >> it's 11:02. i'm theo morning. >> it's11:02. i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom. the uk has reaffirmed its commitment to ukraine, promising £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as the royal air force completes a

further delivery of advanced tank busting missiles. the defence secretary says he is proud that since the invasion, the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops , adding that no ukrainian troops, adding that no one else has done as much for kyiv than uk . grant shapps says kyiv than uk. grant shapps says the west will keep going for as long as it takes to fight russian aggression . russian aggression. >> this is a package which will help to provide some of the artillery that's required , artillery that's required, particularly on the front line where russia has really boosted their production levels. so it's massively important now. but we stop putin. it's going to cost us more. if he came further, not least of course, being terrible for the our ukrainian friends. but it would also be disastrous for the rest of the west. his shadow defence secretary, john healey, says the war in ukraine is a global fight. >> i think first to recognise that this isn't just putin fighting on the battlefield in ukraine, then this is a diplomatic, economic and

industrial struggle against wider russian aggression and we've got to have a broader uk plan to help defend ukraine and defeat putin. so that does mean tightening sanctions, as you say , closing supply chain loopholes and looking to seize the russian assets that have been stolen to reconstructing ukraine. it also means ramping up our military support . junior doctors in support. junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since march last year over a pay dispute. >> the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unreasonable . has described as unreasonable. more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or rescheduled since industrial action began . the health action began. the health secretary, victoria atkins , is secretary, victoria atkins, is calling for the strikes to end , calling for the strikes to end, saying she wants to see doctors treating patients not on picket lines . lines. >> i want for this to be resolved. i've i've come to

these negotiations with nothing but good intentions and a genuine desire to find a reasonable solution for junior doctors, but also, importantly, for patients and the public and the taxpayer. >> so i still want to try and achieve that, but i can only do that if the junior doctors committee plays their part. walking out of negotiations in november was not reasonable. they know that i want to go further in addition to the up to 10.3% that they have already received into their bank accounts , the defence secretary accounts, the defence secretary has defended tory mp lee anderson, who's under fire, for comments he made about protests in london. >> labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair after he said the mayor, sadiq khan, had given the capital away to islamic grant shapps, says his comments were born out of frustration following months of demonstrations. shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth is also demanding for the whip to be removed from liz truss for

using a talk in the us to claim conservatives in the uk are now operating in a hostile environment . a world war two environment. a world war two bomb found in plymouth has been detonated at sea . the 500 detonated at sea. the 500 kilogram device was found in a garden in the same area and lifted onto a military vehicle. it's forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes, the ministry of defence says the operation to remove it safely has led to one of the largest peace time evacuations since the second . world war. since the second. world war. thousands of cars to support what the king have been sent to king charles following his cancer diagnosis. the monarch laughed as he read one of them, which had a dog, a disgruntled dog on the front, saying at least you don't have to wear a cone. around 7000 cards were sent from around the world offering their good wishes, with one of the, with one child writing never give up, be brave, don't push your limits. others

share their own experiences of cancen share their own experiences of cancer, urging him to stay positive . a lunar lander dubbed positive. a lunar lander dubbed odysseus has become the first ever commercial spacecraft to touch down on the moon. is said touch down on the moon. is said to be stable. the craft , about to be stable. the craft, about the size of a london red phone box, landed in the moon's south pole region on thursday night. the co—founder said. the lander may have tipped on its side , but may have tipped on its side, but it is alive and well and in communication with operators . communication with operators. it's the first us lander to successfully reach the moon in more than 50 years, since the last of nasa's apollo program in 1972. for the latest stories , 1972. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to ellie and ben . thanks theo, and

ellie and ben. thanks theo, and welcome back to saturday morning live . live. >> the time is 11:07. and thank you so much for your company this morning, and for all of your emails that you're sending in. so many this in. we've had so many this morning. we're talking about single parents bit single parents a little bit earlier loads of earlier on, weren't we? loads of you getting in touch on that. uh, adrian every single uh, adrian says every single parent story and it's parent has a story and it's difficult and especially hard if you skinned. of the you are skinned. most of the time. finances does come time. yeah. finances does come into it can be really into it. it can be really challenging . yeah. into it. it can be really chamariana . yeah. into it. it can be really chamariana says,1. into it. it can be really chamariana says, as someone who >> mariana says, as someone who brought up two children on her own, easy. i also own, it's never easy. i also grew a single parent grew up in a single parent family. the most important thing grew up in a single parent fa to .y. the most important thing grew up in a single parent fa to try'he most important thing grew up in a single parent fa to try and nost important thing grew up in a single parent fa to try and maintain�*rtant thing grew up in a single parent fa to try and maintain aant thing grew up in a single parent fa to try and maintain a civil1ing is to try and maintain a civil relationship both relationship between both parents of the parents for the sake of the children i guess if the children that i guess if the i was about to say dads. but of course be mums if the course it could be mums if the other if the other parents aren't, you know, are there. >> yeah, no, that's good >> yeah, no, that's a good point. sandra i brought point. and sandra says i brought up two children alone when i was labelled an unmarried mum. all it common sense, lot it takes is common sense, a lot of love. to be really, truly awful. >> and just one more quick one for megan. morning megan. uh,

interesting point. she says sorry, children sorry, but all children ideally need male and a mum need a dad male and a mum female. good role models until adulthood, even if they split up, best. oh, up, both must do their best. oh, interesting. you need interesting. yeah do you need that male influence ? if it's that male influence? if it's just a single, single mum. if just a single, a single mum. if so, how does the mother sort of kind of, know, replicate kind of, you know, replicate the male didn't it male influence? i didn't have it growing but. growing up, but. >> well neither did i, but i >> no. well neither did i, but i think i'm all right. >> hopefully. yeah. think i'm all right. >> that's. lly. yeah. think i'm all right. >> that's. no.yeah. think i'm all right. >> that's. no. what you think. >> that's. no. what you think. >> no. you're doing great. and i think there are benefits to actually single parent. actually having a single parent. i you have very i think you have a very, very close relationship with the parent stay at home. close relationship with the paren'as stay at home. close relationship with the paren'as do stay at home. close relationship with the paren'as do keepstay at home. close relationship with the paren'as do keep those: home. close relationship with the paren'as do keep those viewse. yeah. as do keep those views coming gbviews@gbnews.com. coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. now the government pledged now the government has pledged £250 the war £250 million to help the war effort ukraine, today effort in ukraine, as today marks the second of marks the second anniversary of russia's illegal invasion of the country, of and women to thousands of men and women to enlist their country. enlist to defend their country. >> in time, uk >> yes. and in that time, the uk has offered support, has offered its support, providing not just billions of pounds of weaponry but pounds worth of weaponry but also training also vital military training too. ray addison also vital military training too. some ray addison also vital military training too. some ukrainian addison also vital military training too. some ukrainian soldiers| joins some ukrainian soldiers training british soil. smoke training on british soil. smoke rubble and destroyed buildings since russia's invasion, ukraine

soldiers have become used to scenes like this . scenes like this. >> for these recruits are a long way from their homeland . here at way from their homeland. here at a secret training camp in the west country, zelenskyy last line of defence is being taught the art of urban warfare. >> ukraine. >> ukraine. >> until three weeks ago, volodymyr was a taxi driver in western ukraine. he told me he gave that life up when he realised the military was desperately in need of more support. he's now urging everyone to enlist and fight. covid, dubbed operation interflex, the training is designed to give those with little to no military experience the skills they need to be effective in frontline combat . effective in frontline combat. >> there are friendly forces in the area as they move through battle scenarios . battle scenarios. >> drill sergeants urge them to attack the crack , clearing, attack the crack, clearing, holding, and defending

buildings. essential skills if they ever hope to rid their country of russian invaders . country of russian invaders. lieutenant colonel davidson is interflex deputy commander. he says the course has changed as the fighting evolves , so we're the fighting evolves, so we're now seeing uav and drone presence , a persistent presence. presence, a persistent presence. >> we're also seeing creative minefield, death and ieds being employed in those trenches . so employed in those trenches. so it's areas like that that we've concentrated on, and the ukrainians are bringing forward those lessons into our training . those lessons into our training. >> remember the door drills? i know the door drills are a bit tight. >> it's a big job involving hundreds of british military personnel, translators and 11 other partner nations, including canada and australia , for. canada and australia, for. vladislav has served in ukraine's national guard since 2013. he says when he joined, his training focussed on defending the country, but now in the uk he's learning how to attack. there are six training

camps like this across the uk , camps like this across the uk, and 34,000 soldiers have passed through their doors. but at this stage in the war with ukraine being forced to concede ground to russia, the skills the soldiers are learning have never been needed. more the ministry of defence says that after the us, the uk is the second largest military to donate to ukraine, providing more than £46 billion since the war began . and was the since the war began. and was the first country to donate western main battle tanks . it's hoped main battle tanks. it's hoped that these munitions , handled by that these munitions, handled by soldiers with british military training, will one day stop the russian invasion in ray addison, gb news . russian invasion in ray addison, gb news. news. >> now , something that was very >> now, something that was very close to my heart growing up is the great british boozer you were you fond of a pub you still love? >> a pub. you still do. >> a pub. you still do. >> still do? yeah >> still do? yeah >> i've kind of always find me in there. yeah, i've grown out a

bit these days. >> um, interestingly, though, the big story the is the big story of the week is that up 29 pubs a week are that up to 29 pubs a week are closing in britain. uh, partly because think of cheap because i think of cheap supermarket , but should we supermarket booze, but should we get, the thoughts of our get, uh, the thoughts of our panel jenni trent hughes panel now? jenni trent hughes and comedian bruce devlin. bruce, a boozer? and bruce, are you a boozer? and also, what you think about also, what do you think about the fact that our pubs are closing at a rate of knots? >> well, i think that's really sad because pubs great for sad because pubs are great for local community and gives people places all that kind places to go and all that kind of a friend of mine had of thing. a friend of mine had a bar edinburgh that he at bar in edinburgh that he ran at a for ages, because a lot a loss for ages, because a lot of his clientele slightly of his clientele were slightly older have family, older and didn't have family, you things easter you know, for things like easter and christmas and all that kind of so but what i am of stuff. so but what i am amazed at this is the resourcefulness, amazed at this is the resourcethingss, uh, diy turning things like, uh, diy stores mosques . and that's stores and mosques. and that's what pubs are becoming now. what the pubs are becoming now. um, , so well, we were um, so, so it's well, we were talking charity shop talking about charity shop clothing. kind of the, clothing. so it's kind of the, the recycling of the buildings, but no, of course sad, but but no, of course it's sad, but it's linked to the death of it's all linked to the death of the high street. >> and i was saying the other day, down kill day, going down michael kill high all coffee

high street, it's all coffee shops, shops. shops, charity shops. >> anywhere. yeah, >> you could be anywhere. yeah, that's thing. i think that's the thing. i think all high streets are pretty much the same, like in edinburgh, where i live. majority time. same, like in edinburgh, where i live disgracefulity time. same, like in edinburgh, where i live disgraceful that, time. same, like in edinburgh, where i live disgraceful that, youtime. same, like in edinburgh, where i live disgraceful that, you know, it's disgraceful that, you know, it's a unesco heritage site and you've for you or you've got phones for you or whatever. showing my whatever. i'm showing my age. but know, mobile, mobile but you know, mobile, mobile phone but i think phone shops there. but i think the thing with pubs is the other thing with pubs is because on, i can never because i was on, i can never pronounce at martin pronounce his names at martin daubney daubney and it was about the fact that they're trying to reduce of reduce the size of the glass of wine. so so, people will wine. so so, um, people will just stay in the house. >> haven't we just, um, change the law to have pints of wine? >> good pints of wine? >> good pints of wine? >> was that a winston churchill favourite? that was, i think, the tories, amongst other things, they've changed the law. so can now a pint of so you can now have a pint of wine really served in supermarkets, which won't do pubs >> i'm for are you. yeah. >> i'm for that. are you. yeah. >> i'm for that. are you. yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> like bottle bruce. >> like a bottle bruce. >> like a bottle bruce. >> well is that not a pint. because you kid yourself in the house. you. house. don't you. >> weigh than a >> do pints weigh less than a bottle, it? bottle, isn't it? >> it? >> is it? >> is it? >> is it? >> i think a bottle is something like two and a bit. pints. >> do them. yeah

>> do them. yeah >> oh, no, don't quote me on that. >> so it's meant to stop you from drinking the bottle, i think is the idea really? >> how are your glasses as >> how big are your glasses as well? indeed. >> is it. jenny. >> this is it. jenny. >> this is it. jenny. >> we at risk with with >> aren't we at risk with with closing aren't we at risk closing pubs? aren't we at risk of losing a bit of our national heritage? >> i'm not particularly a drinker. i can do do not drinker. i can do it. do it, not do most of the time do it. so most of the time i don't bother. but i actually do like the community feeling in a pub, which i didn't appreciate. now i live in a marina in the middle and there's middle of nowhere and there's nothing actually nothing anywhere and so actually we gravitate towards the pubs and what what i do think is good is when pubs start having other purposes or other activities . purposes or other activities. and i think that that's something that because then the punters come in and then they buy whatever there is pressure now on, on landlords and landladies, i think to kind of pivot and to be something other than a pub, there's a pub food or game nights . or game nights. >> yeah, yeah, i think is it the alexandria in wimbledon? and they're very famous for again, it's to do with pensioners coming and have like

coming in and they can have like a free cup tea toasty and a free cup of tea and toasty and all kind of stuff. if they all that kind of stuff. if they happen to live on their own and all that kind of stuff. so yeah, i'm people are doing a lot i'm and people are doing a lot of clothes pubs. of selling of clothes in pubs. >> a lot of no. >> yeah, there's a lot of no. and low alcohol now isn't there. have noticed that you're have you noticed that you're probably of these loves probably one of these that loves it? because was looking at i >> because i was looking at i really fancied a beer the other night, but i didn't want to dnnk night, but i didn't want to drink because i was working the next i was looking. i next day. so i was looking. i didn't pull the trigger in the end, looking at the 0% end, but i was looking at the 0% alcohol thought, alcohol beers and i thought, what's point? alcohol beers and i thought, whtthat's point? alcohol beers and i thought, whtthat's like nt? alcohol beers and i thought, whtthat's like margarine. eat >> that's like margarine. eat the butter eat the the butter or don't eat the butter. eat the margarine. butter. don't eat the margarine. yeah, no, 0% alcohol. no, ho. 110. >> no. >> go for it. »- >> go for it. >> do you think that is a part of people's move away from pubs? do you think it is this a lot of people are choosing to go sober or sober, curious is the is the sober curious that. >> oh, i am taking to the bank. >> oh, i am taking to the bank. >> or do you think do you think it's a money thing? it's very expensive to the pub and expensive to go to the pub and get rounds in. get a few rounds in. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> well, how are you for >> well, how much are you for a cocktail and a cocktail now in

london. >> about £15. >> about £15. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> really? >> really? >> absolutely. last night >> yeah, absolutely. last night where i was, it was 18, right. >> cocktail. >> for cocktail. >> for cocktail. >> far off the same >> probably not far off the same in edinburgh it. in edinburgh is it. >> well do you know, it's amazing everyone thinks amazing because everyone thinks because it's scotland so because it's scotland it's so much edinburgh much cheaper. edinburgh is as expensive probably expensive as london. probably not. yet with property not. there yet with property pnces not. there yet with property prices really not that far behind. but yeah, the price of a decent cocktail is pretty similar and all kind of thing. >> i rememberi remember getting >> i remember i remember getting a pint of wine and whatever in the pub, a monday. they the pub, £1.50 on a monday. they called mondays . where called it happy mondays. where was when i was 18. that's was that? when i was 18. that's in west sussex . in west sussex. >> there a pub at the bottom >> there is a pub at the bottom of leith walk in edinburgh that does a double gin for £3. oh, lovely. that's included lovely. and that's included with your be coming up to. >> i might be coming up to. >> i might be coming up to. >> there's a room . it's worth >> there's a room. it's worth more wahaca. more than wahaca. >> is . >> so is. >> so is. >> well, this leads us on very nicely, jenny. thank you very much. because much. to airlines because apparently airways isn't apparently british airways isn't even britain's favourite airline. no. anymore um, actually, i believe we are about to go to doncaster , actually, to go to doncaster, actually, because the reform uk party are

holding their spring rally . holding their spring rally. >> we. >> we. >> yeah, we are of course in an election year. so it's no surprise that the parties are having rallies, galvanising the pubuc having rallies, galvanising the public and trying to sway them ahead of the votes. later ahead of the big votes. later this year. ahead of the big votes. later thisyeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so is the reform party >> so today is the reform party rally. it's doncaster with rally. it's up in doncaster with richard the leader of richard tice, the leader of reform , who's going be reform uk, who's going to be speaking shortly. and he's speaking very shortly. and he's here let's in. here now. let's listen in. >> to see here in >> wonderful to see you here in sunny doncaster. >> sun shines on the >> yes. the sun shines on the righteous we are the righteous and we are the righteous. we the reformers . um, righteous. we the reformers. um, thank you so much to all of you for being here. it's absolutely fantastic . it's our biggest ever fantastic. it's our biggest ever conference so far . and my god, conference so far. and my god, don't we need it now before i go into this contract and various things that are winding me up and winding you up, just a few. thanks. because these sort of events, they don't just happen overnight , right? it takes a overnight, right? it takes a huge amount of organisation . and huge amount of organisation. and so massive thank you to our so a massive thank you to our chief exec paul , so a massive thank you to our chief exec paul, and so a massive thank you to our chief exec paul , and the whole chief exec paul, and the whole team at headquarters . they've

team at headquarters. they've done a brilliant, brilliant . job done a brilliant, brilliant. job and of course simon marcus and the people involved with piecing together this contract and the stage and everything is absolutely amazing. a huge thanks to ben moss and his team for that . three years ago when for that. three years ago when we launched reform uk, everyone laughed at me. the tories , they laughed at me. the tories, they laughed at me. the tories, they laughed at me. they said, richard, what are you doing? you're one of us. i said, no, i'm . not. and then. you're one of us. i said, no, i'm . not. and then . let me tell i'm. not. and then. let me tell you, three years later , with you, three years later, with your help , they're not laughing your help, they're not laughing now , that is for sure . i'll tell now, that is for sure. i'll tell you why they're not laughing because they've broken britain andifs because they've broken britain

and it's going to be left to us to save britain . we're making to save britain. we're making great strides as we've gone from o% great strides as we've gone from 0% in the polls three years ago. yougov this week, third 18. a mere 7. whilst we're soaring in the polls, so sunak is sinking in the polls . so i've rebranded in the polls. so i've rebranded him . i've rebranded him thinking him. i've rebranded him thinking sunak. him. i've rebranded him thinking sunak . that's the reality of sunak. that's the reality of where we are today . it's where we are today. it's extraordinary . and not only are extraordinary. and not only are we 12, 13% in the national polls , but we've now proved it in these recent two by elections in kingswood with the amazing being rupert lowe just over 10% from a standing start. a few weeks before, and the brilliant ben habib brexit ben in

wellingborough 13. our best two by elections . it reminds me of by elections. it reminds me of the late , great bruce forsyth the late, great bruce forsyth when he said didn't he do well . when he said didn't he do well. didn't he do well? didn't they do well? they really did fantastically and this , ladies fantastically and this, ladies and gentlemen, this is just the beginning. you've just heard from simon danczuk. i was in rochdale yesterday . today, the rochdale yesterday. today, the recognition of simon is fantastic. he's doing a brilliant job. i'm going to be talking later about what's going on to our democracy . simon on to our democracy. simon touched on it. i mean, this is serious stuff . when the second serious stuff. when the second favourite in the by—election is not allowed into a general hustings . just think what that hustings. just think what that says. i'll come back to that.

but simon is doing a fantastic job now. on the 3rd of january we had a press conference in london and i said to everybody, i said, you cannot grow an economy with the burdens that we currently face with record high taxes , record high wasteful taxes, record high wasteful government spending , daft nanny government spending, daft nanny state regulations from the eu that drive us all bonkers. my mass immigration, low skilled immigration. that's depressing british wages and then, of course, our favourite , our good course, our favourite, our good old friend . net zero. you cannot old friend. net zero. you cannot grow an economy with these burdens and just a mere four weeks later , i was proven right weeks later, i was proven right as we slipped into recession , as we slipped into recession, the whole economy into recession in sunak , just a few days before in sunak, just a few days before sinking man , he said he said the sinking man, he said he said the plan is working, to which i say

some plan . i quite like the old some plan. i quite like the old days in the 1980s, the 1990s. you'll remember we grew at two and a half to 3.5% you'll remember we grew at two and a half to 35% every single year. and a half to 35% every single year . we got worried if it was year. we got worried if it was below 2% and if it was below one. >> that's reform uk leader richard tice speaking at the spnng richard tice speaking at the spring rally in doncaster . and spring rally in doncaster. and we do have to mention now the candidates standing in the rochdale by—election, those are the rules. once one candidate has been mentioned, we do have to mention the others and they are azhar ali, who now are azhar ali, who is now standing as independent. he standing as an independent. he was, standing for was, of course standing for laboun was, of course standing for labour. coleman, labour. mark coleman, independent danczuk reform independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson , liberal uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat, and paul ellison , conservative. >> there's also george galloway of the workers party of britain, michael howarth, who's independent, william howarth, who's independent. guy otten from the green party, ravin rodent sabatina from the official monster raving loony party and david tully, who's also an independent. >> uh, well , well, let's go to

>> uh, well, well, let's go to our panel now. bruce devlin and jenni trent hughes, i think. >> sorry. so i think azhar ali is still standing for labour, but if he wins, he will become an independent because he doesn't have the support of the labour party of course. >> very important to make clear. um, jenny what did you make um, jenny lee, what did you make of what you heard on the stage there? richard tice he there? richard tice saying he was deemed a laughing stock 3 or 4 years ago. he's saying the tories aren't now i am. tories aren't laughing now i am. >> i was , uh, impressed with >> i was, uh, impressed with what i saw. okay the surprisingly now, um , i think surprisingly now, um, i think that it's very obvious that the political system needs to be reformed. so that's one of the things that i like about the name. um, i think that with him as the leader and people like david bull, who i know quite well, who i really think a lot of , um, and well, who i really think a lot of, um, and then you have a

little bit of ann widdecombe in there, you know, have all these different people in there. i think it could i think think it could work. i think that the reform party, the main thing, their biggest struggle is that it a lot of it up to now has depended on whether or not you, like nigel farage, if you like, because it's always been considered on certain levels. nigel's party. so if you like nigel, then it's fine. >> and it's funny. you say that because in the papers this morning, there's some new polling that basically says it's nigel farage who's biggest nigel farage who's the biggest draw uk. not draw for reform uk. not necessarily richard tice. i did just want to ask you on that point that you were making. there's a lot of strong rhetoric coming richard tice, coming there from richard tice, but it actually make its but can it actually make its way? can it transition into any seats because of first past the post system that we have ? they post system that we have? they can't. they probably won't can't. well, they probably won't win seats. so are they doing win any seats. so are they doing anything but just creating noise? >> well, it depends on, you know , that that's , there's that phrase that's quite annoying but does have validity and that's disruption .

validity and that's disruption. and that's what disruption has now become. being a disruptor has become a positive concept . has become a positive concept. and the reform party is disruptive. >> so bruce, some of their key policies include obviously bringing down migration, legal and illegal and of course net zero. richard tice has been quite vocal over the recent months about the need to scale back what he would call the deranged march to net zero. what's your thoughts on that? are they too slack on the environment, do you think? >> i just feel sorry for greta thunberg if she was watching this, basically she all this, because basically she all the aims and the environmental aims and targets is targets of this country is trying reach. kind of trying to reach. he's kind of like not a priority . i'm like it's not a priority. i'm sorry if that. and he wants to do things oil and gas in do things like oil and gas in the north sea and all that kind of stuff. um you want shale? shale yes. uh huh. >> are you against fracking? >> i think i am, yeah. >> i think i am, yeah. >> what did you make of richard tice saying that? on the subject of net zero, you can't grow an economy with those burdens , jenny. >> well, i don't think that that's true. i think that

there's, you know, there are other countries around the world that are and we do have to pay some attention to the whole climate question, the whole energy question . we can't just energy question. we can't just go back . go back. >> mm hmm. >> mm hmm. >> well, the argument is britain has done more than any other country in recent years, 40% drop in carbon emissions. our global carbon output is something like less than 1% or just so uh, has tice got just over. so uh, has tice got a point there? we're doing our unfair. he would say, our unfair share at the at the expense of ordinary brits like me and you who are choosing to eat or heat. you know, at a time when we're all, yeah , cash strapped. all, yeah, cash strapped. >> yeah, possibly. um, but the thing this is kind of off thing i this is kind of off topic. i got a courtesy car. the other day, electric car, but other day, an electric car, but a full charge only does 70 a full charge only does you 70 miles. i don't really see the miles. so i don't really see the point in them. if you what point in them. if you see what i mean. don't know where that mean. um, don't know where that came from. >> rishi sunak. he's >> rishi sunak. of course he's pushed ban on petrol pushed back the ban on petrol and diesel cars by five years. so even the tories are kind of

diluting this net zero charge. you'll see how you'll be interesting to see how if labour how if and when labour get in, how they'll react it. they'll react to it. >> i think his ideas and i think his ideas and the party's ideas on taxes are really brilliant. and that if they focus and i think that if they focus on that whole business of raising level you raising the level before you have taxes and small have to pay taxes and small businesses giving reform uk. yeah yeah, they're going to raise that to 20 grand only to 25, i think. and 20 to 25% income tax above 70. >> it's 20% above 20 k. so free up until 20 k i take it 40. anything above 70 k inheritance tax scraps below , uh, £2 million tax scraps below, uh, £2 million estates. no stamp duty under 750 k on houses and corporation tax. which businesses will be absolutely jumping for joy at which businesses will be absolutely jumping forjoy at if absolutely jumping for joy at if it ever happens? >> 15% on self—employed people. i think there was provision that they wouldn't have to pay tax or as much . as much. >> mhm. >> mhm. >> well i mean what's, what's not to like i guess . not to like i guess. >> well that bit makes sense. >> well that bit makes sense. >> some of the is some of the immigration, some of the

immigration, some of the immigration narrative is a bit, uh , and the, some of the climate uh, and the, some of the climate change stuff is a bit nana as well. they still but yeah, on the taxes to lots of people would say they're still very controversial party. >> and there has been some incidents this week of social media from would be candidates. richard tice did act very quickly on that. to be fair to him, but is going to be him, but it is going to be a challenge to them. um, in that sense, if they're putting canned it every single seat in the it in every single seat in the country, their for country, which their plan for the that's an the general election, that's an awful people to vet. um, awful lot of people to vet. um, do let know what you thought do let us know what you thought of you heard from richard of what you heard from richard tice vaiews@gbnewscom. of what you heard from richard tic�*we vaiews@gbnewscom. of what you heard from richard tic�*we (time ns@gbnewscom. of what you heard from richard tic�*we (time to ngnewscom. of what you heard from richard tic�*we (time to do»news.com. of what you heard from richard tic�*we (time to do one scom. of what you heard from richard tic�*we (time to do one more. do we have time to do one more story before go to the news? story before we go to the news? yes, do. wonderful. yes, we do. wonderful. jenny, let's that story let's go back to that story i was asking you about before we went to doncaster and went to richard britain, richard tice there as britain, britain favourite britain least favourite airline? uh have not done uh british airways have not done very well. apparently not very well. apparently it's not very well. apparently it's not very value money. very good value for money. >> value for >> it's not good value for money. i a lot of people say it's also not particularly reliable . so i go to france

reliable. so i go to france a lot , various reliable. so i go to france a lot, various places reliable. so i go to france a lot , various places knock wood. lot, various places knock wood. never a problem with easyjet at knock wood. never a problem with ryanair. british airways. any time i try to go somewhere with british airways , it is an british airways, it is an absolute. the flights cancelled, the flights late that they tell you one thing, it becomes something else. and i'm so old that i grew up on boac, which was the precursor to british airways best airline ever . airways best airline ever. >> it's such a shame, isn't it? it's our national carrier. >> it's embarrassing. it's absolute embarrassing. >> well, i will say i flew from city to edinburgh and there was a girl, charlotte roll , who a girl, charlotte roll, who moved me up the front and gave me five champagnes. so i'm for her. >> charlotte, roll , charlotte roll. >> shout out to you because i said roll. >> she went yes as in bacon. and i felt lovely, lovely love that girl. >> love that girl. well i will say about british airways was i went on a long haul flight, um, on a british airways flight and we half a sandwich . really? we got half a sandwich. really? yeah. just like a just i don't

know where the other half was. >> well, you look like a half a sandwich kind of girl. >> were you in the corner? me? you pate. >> yeah, i was in economy. oh, you pay, >> yeah, i was in economy. oh, you pay, i know you pay an absolute fortune for these tickets. starved. tickets. and you're starved. >> always give >> yeah. i've always had give you eat experience. you anything to eat experience. >> when i went to cover nigel in the australia, i flew the jungle in australia, i flew back half the leg. ba. and it was great. it was, you know, top service, friendly smiles, good energy, service, friendly smiles, good eneoh, a big fan of ba. >> oh, you're a big fan of ba. >> oh, you're a big fan of ba. >> i don't think you particularly when you're not paying particularly when you're not paying ticket. particularly when you're not paywell ticket. particularly when you're not paywell yeah. ticket. >> well yeah. >> well yeah. >> yeah did i went >> yeah yeah i did i went i won't explain it. i'll get i've graded on my own. >> my own on your own point. your own points. >> thought i can't fly 16 >> i just thought i can't fly 16 hours uh, where are we? hours from, uh, where are we? uh, to doha. no, had uh, brisbane to doha. no, i had to upgrade, unfortunately, but i paid it myself. paid for it myself. >> okay, good. >> okay, good. >> bruce and jenny, thank >> well, bruce and jenny, thank you good you very much indeed. very good to with us this to have you with us this morning. now, lots more come morning. now, lots more to come on the show today. do stay with us. but first, let's get the news with theo.

>> it's 11:31. news with theo. >> it's11:31. i'm theo chikomba in the gb newsroom. the uk has reaffirmed its commitment to ukraine, promising £245 million to produce artillery shells as the country's war with russia enters its third year. the package will boost critical stockpiles of ammunition as the royal air force completes a further delivery of advanced tank busting missiles. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says he's proud that since the invasion the uk has trained 60,000 ukrainian troops, adding that no one has done as much for kyiv than the uk . junior doctors kyiv than the uk. junior doctors in england are walking out for the 10th time since march last yean the 10th time since march last year, over a pay dispute. the british medical association has asked for a 35% pay rise, which the government has described as unreasonable , and more than 1.3 unreasonable, and more than 1.3 million appointments and operations have already been cancelled or reschedule since industrial action began in the

defence secretary has defended tory mp lee anderson, who's under fire, for comments he made about protests in london. labour is calling for the whip to be removed from the former deputy chair after he said the mayor of london, sadiq khan, had given the capital away to islamists . the capital away to islamists. grant shapps says it was born out of frustration following months of demonstrations. shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth is also demanding for the whip to be removed from liz truss for using a talk in the us to claim conservatives in the uk are now operating in a hostile environment . thousands of cards environment. thousands of cards of support have been sent to king charles following his cancer diagnosis. the monarch laughed as he read one of them, which had a disgruntled dog on the front, saying at least you don't have to wear a cone. around 7000 cars were sent from around the world offering their good wishes , with one child

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>> your listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back. it's 1137. you're with ben and ali on saturday morning live. time now for your emails. some on pubs, including from ray who says pubs are closing because they are closing too early and many drinkers come out for the last houn drinkers come out for the last hour. we need to have real landlords and not managers who don't care, as they get paid. >> you know, it's a really good point. it's about 11 pm. too early. >> yeah. what time you meant to leave? well, unless you have a lock in. >> well, i think like one, two. how many lock have you had how many lock ins have you had

in boozers? well, i'm not, in the boozers? well, i'm not, um. sorry >> what's question? >> what's the question? >> what's the question? >> just said, what pubs are >> they just said, what pubs are you to when? over here. you going to when? over here. yeah, two yeah, i'm being asked two questions at same time. questions at the same time. >> your question was. >> but your question was. >> but your question was. >> i said, how lock ins >> i said, how many lock ins have you had? >> been to any lock >> i haven't been to any lock ins, but that would be a very >> i haven't been to any lock ins, bidea.at would be a very good idea. >> no, haven't, have you >> no, i haven't, have you not? >> no, i haven't, have you not? >> guys home? >> have you guys at home? >> have you guys at home? >> let let us know. >> let us know. let us know. >> let us know. let us know. >> the tories. um, also loads of lovely emails about cb. uh, jess says what a gorgeous, kind hearted greatest hearted guy. he was our greatest briton a lovely briton this week. he is a lovely boy, really nice boy, isn't he? really nice doing random kindness every random acts of kindness every single seb is a single day. bertie says seb is a true britain and his mum true great britain and his mum is a close up. yeah, very is a close runner up. yeah, very well, said bertie. >> idnnk well, said bertie. >> i drink the lager >> alison says i drink the lager and at out in bars and wine at home and out in bars and wine at home and out in bars and sceptical and restaurants. sceptical at first, it's really first, but if it's really cold it good and you feel it tastes as good and you feel like having drink. like you're having a drink. i think that's of the think that's part of the problem. you can get cheaper booze and alcohol and plonk whatever to it. whatever you want to call it. >> pour a bit more. >> pour a bit more. >> yeah, that's the thing. it's a shame though, because pubs, you for of you know, especially for sort of older, lonelier people, wetherspoons, if you go down your lunchtime your local spoons on a lunchtime lots particularly who lots of particularly old men who like company with each like to have company with each other, find

other, each other find friendship and whatnot. so it'd be a shame to lose that no, it will be. >> and dan says we must protect the costs. they're a the pub at all costs. they're a big part of british culture. well, in. well, do keep reviews coming in. well, do keep reviews coming in. we love hear we do absolutely love to hear from vaiews@gbnewscom. we do absolutely love to hear froryeah, vaiews@gbnewscom. we do absolutely love to hear froryeah, especially�*gbnews.com. >> yeah, especially on those lock well. time now lock ins as well. right time now for weekly dose of show biz for your weekly dose of show biz news. delighted have showbiz news. delighted to have showbiz journalist takyi journalist stephanie takyi with us abundance of gossip. >> gee, i'm wearing skirts from the first of all, should kick >> first of all, should we kick off new itv drama on off with this new itv drama on infected blood? this hot infected blood? this comes hot off of course, of the off the back, of course, of the post , which post office scandal, which really the whole story really gave the whole story prominence. with prominence. what's going on with the ? the infected? >> realised how good >> well, itv realised how good that has done and now that series has done and now they're going to get viewers blood boiling because now they're new they're going to have a new series which going to be series which is going to be focussed contaminated focussed on the contaminated blood . it's considered blood scandal. it's considered one the biggest missed one of the biggest missed miscarriage of justice that ever rocked the nhs . tens and rocked the nhs. tens and thousands of people were given contaminated drugs or blood, which caused them to get higher v or hepatitis. so this has now been brought to the screens . at been brought to the screens. at the moment there is an inquiry

of blood inquiry, which is set to be released a report in may. so as you can imagine, this drama is going to unravel which doctors, which politicians, which big pharma ceutical companies knew about this blood? >> of course. sorry to interrupt the blood. just for context, if you're not aware, it came from the blood. just for context, if you'|rowt aware, it came from the blood. just for context, if you'|row in ware, it came from the blood. just for context, if you'|row in america,ame from the blood. just for context, if you'|row in america, from rom skid row in america, from prostitute and actually prostitute. and actually some evidence suggests that people this side of the pond knew that it infected and they gave it it was infected and they gave it to him. ophelia. it was infected and they gave it to iyeahuphelia. most of the >> yeah. and so most of the pubuc >> yeah. and so most of the public know about this public might not know about this scandal it was going on scandal, but it was going on from 1970 to 1991. so you can imagine tens and thousands of lives have been affected by this. so listers who were looking after people , victims looking after people, victims who've been affected by this, they are happy for this documentary to come out. they are happy for this docwell,tary to come out. they are happy for this docwell,tarcoursene out. they are happy for this docwell,tarcourse they jt. they are happy for this docwell,tarcourse they are. >> well, of course they are. because bates versus post because mr bates versus the post office actually real office has actually created real change, hasn't mean, paula change, hasn't it? i mean, paula vennells handed back and vennells handed back her cbe and of postmaster and of course the postmaster and post postmistresses are going to be cleared. >> well , you know, that's the >> well, you know, that's the good dramas , ellie, good thing about dramas, ellie, because exposes and it brings because it exposes and it brings to the public knowledge all of

these which we might not these things which we might not know so i think know, we know about. so i think a storm is going to be brewing with this. and think a lot of with this. and i think a lot of names are set to be named and shamed this. so it's going to shamed in this. so it's going to make gripping make for gripping viewing. >> this next story is very >> now, this next story is very interesting >> now, this next story is very inte|leo ng >> now, this next story is very inte|leo actually spent a lot of ben leo actually spent a lot of time under, didn't you? you ben leo actually spent a lot of time yes. under, didn't you? you ben leo actually spent a lot of time yes. covering didn't you? you ben leo actually spent a lot of time yes. covering i'm1't you? you did? yes. covering i'm a celebrity get me out here celebrity get me out of here with nigel farage was, of course, in jungle for three. course, in the jungle for three. uh, they're not uh, apparently they're not going to do that again. >> apparently itv >> well, apparently itv have told bookers no more told celebrity bookers no more politicians celebrity. politicians on. i'm a celebrity. now, there blaming because now, ben, there blaming because 2 million viewers. apparently he just off just switched off i'm a celebrity last year and they're blaming on nigel farage. they blaming it on nigel farage. they said he wasn't a good antidote , said he wasn't a good antidote, a person, a good booking to a good person, a good booking to have i find have on a show, which i find surprising. came you surprising. he came third. you said all, matt hancock. the said it all, matt hancock. the year before he finished third as well. so clearly people, the pubuc well. so clearly people, the public are interested in seeing politicians . and actually if you politicians. and actually if you look headlines that were look at the headlines that were generated celebrity , generated from i'm a celebrity, most was nigel farage. so most of it was nigel farage. so i think actually politicians do help the success. >> two points there. first of all, there was that big furore

about nigel being starved of airtime. kind of airtime. yes, i kind of admittedly um, which admittedly kicked off, um, which is true, though it was a valid story . and second point is story. and the second point is itv say, i remember in itv would say, i remember in their press releases can't their press releases i can't remember verbatim, but they would audience would say the audience share. yeah. still akin to either yeah. was still akin to either the year before or even bigger than the year before. so although viewing numbers although the viewing numbers were yeah share were down. yeah the share was still same the share still the same and the share being number of being of course the number of people generally telly, people generally watching telly, you see, they say things you see, they won't say things like that. >> just w.- >> they'll just kind of base it on headline things. so on the headline things. so 2 million switched off. million viewers switched off. maybe just bored of maybe people are just bored of watching in watching these celebrities in the jungle, but i think there's still interest in it. still a lot of interest in it. but why they're still a lot of interest in it. but no why they're still a lot of interest in it. but no politiciansrhy they're still a lot of interest in it. but no politicians thishey're still a lot of interest in it. but no politicians this year. saying no politicians this year. of course, it's an election year . it will be in autumn, . and also it will be in autumn, so maybe there could be a clash getting politician in. or so maybe there could be a clash gettingyou olitician in. or so maybe there could be a clash gettingyou won't|n in. or so maybe there could be a clash gettingyou won't be n. or sign maybe you won't be able to sign anybody. well, that time anybody. well, around that time makes more sense. >> because i actually >> yeah. because i actually think don't know about you. do think i don't know about you. do let think. gb let us know what you think. gb views com. but views at gb news. com. but i actually think quite nice actually think it's quite nice to see a politician in the wild and see bit more of their

and just see a bit more of their personality , not just their personality, not just their professional human. >> you like to in >> who would you like to see in their >> who would you like to see in the number one, would i like >> number one, who would i like to like jeremy to see someone like jeremy corbyn, jeremy corbyn, corbyn in there. >> suella braverman . yeah, >> suella braverman. yeah, there's so many good ones where you'd want to see almost behind , you'd want to see almost behind, behind the mask, because all we see them is parliament. see them is in parliament. >> see them all, you know, >> we see them all, you know, getting into arguments. let's see side see the human side of politicians. think works politicians. so i think it works . keep the politicians in on the celebrity now stephanie takyi , i celebrity now stephanie takyi, i need to talk to you about videos on your social media this week. >> just you just casually hanging out with girls aloud. yeah. best friends with cheryl cole, cheryl chezza. yeah. so what happened here? >> i had a real look at you two together. best of friends, rule. >> had a real fangirl moment because i've interviewed the rest girls aloud, but rest of the girls aloud, but i've up with i've never caught up with cheryl. this week was the closing party fashion closing party for london fashion week at dovetail london. and week at dovetail in london. and the girls aloud were there. and this is one the first this is one of the first appearances they've had as a four and ahead of their four piece and ahead of their world their nationwide arena

world and their nationwide arena toun world and their nationwide arena tour, and it was so to great catch up with them because they've been through a really rough time and they're really looking forward to get back together. so together. and cheryl was so lovely. was she too? i always thought, would a bit thought, oh, would she be a bit offish? no, she was lovely, offish? but no, she was lovely, down earth and i think down to earth and i think the girls just really excited to girls are just really excited to come together to obviously remember harding . remember sarah harding. >> i've seen cheryl about >> i've seen cheryl in about three where know well. >> last year she was in a theatre show, ghost story two, two, but before that, you two, two. but before that, you know , she's taken off know, she's taken some time off for motherhood . she had for motherhood. she had bear with payne from one with liam payne from one direction at one point. ben, she was the most famous woman in england. yeah. always in magazines, in newspapers . magazines, always in newspapers. and just got bored and i think she just got bored of limelight. and then of the limelight. and then emotionally, they've been heaung emotionally, they've been healing from sarah harding's passing. i think now is passing. so i think now is a good time for girls aloud to get back into the public periphery. and excited. need a ticket and i'm excited. i need a ticket for the reunion. >> i'm excited. >> i'm excited. >> you m >> i'm excited. >> you be in the >> i think you could be in the girl this stage. of girl band at this stage. of course. look great together. course. you look great together. >> guys do a tribute. >> you guys could do a tribute. >> you guys could do a tribute. >> we could make it >> yeah, we could make it happen. anyone sick in.

happen. if anyone gets sick in. >> well, look great with >> well, you look great with them, stephanie, love so them, stephanie, i love them. so good them, stephanie, i love them. so goothank you guys for having me on. >> on. >> do you stay with us still to come? >> we're going to be joined in the studio by one of the founding team for the brand, asos ben asos or asos. according to ben leo fashion week comes leo at london fashion week comes to we're to to an end, we're going to discuss importance of discuss the importance of british and the death of british fashion and the death of the british high street. this is saturday live on gb saturday morning live on gb news. new .

the king and say that you're listening to gb news radio . listening to gb news radio. >> welcome back to saturday morning live. thank you so much for all your emails. you're sending in right now. we've been talking about politicians in the jungle. apparently itv don't want politicians in the next want any politicians in the next series i'm a celebrity get me series of i'm a celebrity get me out of here! we asked what you thought about that. grace says, keep the politicians in the jungle. rishi will jungle. i wonder if rishi will be free come november. ben says , be free come november. ben says, get in jungle. that get boris in the jungle. that would a good watch. and would be a good watch. and michael says, uh, please tell

ben that my wife says he is far more handsome than peter andre, who usually sits in this very seat. there you go. >> good as singer, though. unfortunately, you don't think you're as good a singer. actually, pete's a very nice guy as him for the first as well. i met him for the first time a couple weeks back. time a couple of weeks back. i accidentally barged into his dressing knocked, accidentally barged into his dress i 1g knocked, accidentally barged into his dressi didn't. knocked, accidentally barged into his dressi didn't. i knocked, accidentally barged into his dressi didn't. i did|ocked, accidentally barged into his dressi didn't. i did that d, accidentally barged into his dressi didn't. i did that thing then i didn't. i did that thing where you don't wait and you don't wait. >> you barge in. >> you just barge in. >> you just barge in. >> it was like, oh, but >> yeah, it was like, oh, but he was nice he's very, was such a nice guy. he's very, very sweet. >> so lovely. think he's >> so lovely. you you think he's lovely you know him lovely because you know him from the screen and from social media and the rest. and he's just and all the rest. and he's just as lovely real and we as lovely in real life, and we miss very much. happy miss him very much. and happy birthday, pete. it's his birthday, pete. it's his birthday tuesday, that's birthday on tuesday, and that's why here. is why he's not here. emily is taking him away for a lovely weekend away. oh, isn't that lovely? a lovely? lucky boy. they're a lovely? lucky boy. they're a lovely as well. lovely couple as well. >> well, viewers were pleased to know back week and know he's back next week and i'll your screens, but i'll be off your screens, but then an islander at a wedding, >> i'm an islander at a wedding, so. weeks time, we'll so. but in two weeks time, we'll be. oh, who's covering you? i don't i'm don't know yet. not sure. i'm sure we're going to find out tba. space. keep tba. watch this space. do keep those coming in. gb views tba. watch this space. do keep th

th> seen. yeah, london fashion week certainly plays its part with british fashion with a recent british fashion council report confirming the significant contribution of the fashion economy. >> yes, in 2021, it was estimated . £28.9 billion estimated that. £28.9 billion was contributed to the economy through the fashion world, including alexander mcqueen, vivienne westwood , stella vivienne westwood, stella mccartney to name. but a few. we have so many great british names in this business. >> yeah, all your favourites, ellie. >> yeah, literally all my favourites. well, we're joined now by former head buyer at asos , mo oshodi, who is looking so glamorous on our sofa this morning. mo, really good to have you with us. morning. mo, really good to have youthank|s morning. mo, really good to have youthank you. i mean, we are so >> thank you. i mean, we are so lucky in this country, aren't we? >> you just listen to those names there. the stellar mccartney's of this world, the alexander the vivienne alexander mcqueen, the vivienne westwood. alexander mcqueen, the vivienne westwoc aren't we? fashion, aren't we? >> are. we are indeed. like >> we are. we are indeed. like we are seen as global leaders , we are seen as global leaders, especially when it comes to fashion , urban and fashion fashion, urban and fashion education. we have some of the best colleges in the uk, so we

have places like rca , london have places like rca, london college of fashion and central saint martins, which some of the designers you just mentioned , designers you just mentioned, alexander mcqueen, stella mccartney, they all attended central saint martins. so we're known for producing really talented designers who go on start as a new up and coming designer and move to on be really commercially successful and also really well respected within the fashion industry. >> and actually, i never knew this until this morning. but the fashion industry in the uk contributes something like £62 billion a year, which is an absolutely insane amount of money. it's not to be sniffed at, is it? >> and a lot of people do put their turn their noses up at fashion, don't they? >> fashion is a huge >> yeah, fashion is a huge contributor to our economy. >> something that >> it's also something that makes happy. like makes people really happy. like i think when people can express themselves or have a beautiful dress on or somebody wears a really nice suit, it instils us with confidence . with confidence. >> yeah, that instilled you with

confidence. >> so there's a lot of joy to be found in fashion. but yes , it is found in fashion. but yes, it is a business. it is a huge global business. but the uk is a really big player on that. >> and actually fashion isn't just confined to sort of, you know, the younger generation. i remember a couple of tv shows years back where they'd give makeovers to sort of, how do i say this politely? the sort of elderly people who had forgotten about their about fashion and actually their makeovers . they looked like, you makeovers. they looked like, you know, they look brilliant and their energy lifted and, you know, just look great. their energy lifted and, you know, so just look great. their energy lifted and, you know, so true. look great. >> it's so true. >> yeah. fashion is for everybody. i think sometimes it's tricky because when you're youngen it's tricky because when you're younger, shopping it's tricky because when you're younyour shopping it's tricky because when you're younyour friends. shopping it's tricky because when you're younyour friends. might ng with your friends. you might have you have a lot more influence and stuff on social media that can help you with your choices and understand what your choices and understand what your style is. i do think it gets a tiny bit trickier as you gets a tiny bit trickier as you get older, and maybe you don't necessarily always have the time to sit social media and see to sit on social media and see what the inspiration is . but what the inspiration is. but doesit what the inspiration is. but does it mean that you don't want to get dressed and look nice ? to get dressed and look nice? >> but it's so interesting that

you say that that go through you say that that you go through social to get your social media now to get your inspiration, brands must social media now to get your inspithat n, brands must social media now to get your inspithat so brands must social media now to get your inspithat so challenging.ds must social media now to get your inspithat so challenging. ds is ust find that so challenging. it is a changing world, isn't it? because previously you'd go past a get your a shop window and you get your inspiration outfits inspiration from the outfits from but know that our from there, but we know that our high are decimated. high streets are decimated. really of shops closing really lots of shops closing down and people shop now . down and people shop online now. >> so at the moment, 39% of fashion sales are actually dnven fashion sales are actually driven online. so it's a massive industry online and it's only going to continue growing . and going to continue growing. and obviously a lot of the brands as well are fully aware of the power of social media. hence why when you go to a lot of the fashion shows, you will see a lot of social media celebrities and influencers who will wear the brand, who will talk about the brand, who will talk about the brand, who will talk about the brand . it's a really good the brand. it's a really good way to communicate to people without it feeling like it's direct selling. but um, yeah, the whole landscape has changed and we don't necessarily always go into a store to shop. people will be shopping at 10 pm. at night. they'll be shopping on their phones, they'll be

shopping at all different times of the day. so apparently that's the that's probably why of the day. so apparently that's the just that's probably why of the day. so apparently that's the just said:'s probably why of the day. so apparently that's the just said it,probably why of the day. so apparently that's the just said it, but ably why of the day. so apparently that's the just said it, but that why of the day. so apparently that's the just said it, but that ist i've just said it, but that is the most popular time, isn't it, for their clothes? for people to buy their clothes? >> phone at about >> it's on a phone at about 10 pm. it's about 10:30 at night, p.m. it's about 10:30 at night, isn't it? and it's literally people dangerous isn't it? and it's literally people just dangerous isn't it? and it's literally people just lookingigerous isn't it? and it's literally people just looking out. us shopping, just looking out. >> i did that my gear the >> i did that my gym gear the other day. >> i did that my gym gear the oth did ay. >> i did that my gym gear the oth did you actually the danger >> did you actually the danger is can get next is that also you can get next day of course which you day delivery of course which you know isn't a new thing. know isn't isn't a new thing. >> day you'd >> but back in the day you'd have the high street. have to go down the high street. yeah, go and park car. so on yeah, go and park the car. so on and so on. but now you can just lay bed as you said, order, lay in bed as you said, order, and then you by, say, and then it's with you by, say, 10 the next day. can ask 10 pm. the next day. can i ask you quick question? you a very quick question? >> course you head buyer >> of course you were head buyer at the company. >> i've been laughed the >> i've been laughed at for the last hours by ellie and all last two hours by ellie and all the backroom team is it the backroom team here. is it asos or asos? >> i say asos asos. we used >> i say asos are asos. we used to it cos it stood for as to call it cos it stood for as seen screen. but you everyone seen on screen. but you everyone says differently but it's says it differently but it's stood what? stood for what? >> sorry. >> sorry. >> as as seen on screen. >> as as seen on screen. >> as as seen on screen. >> it's original day when we >> so it's original day when we first started. >> so you're not with them anymore. no. but you were head

buyer. buyen >>i buyen >> i was buyer with them >> i was head buyer with them for 12.5 years. head for nearly 12.5 years. so head of womenswear helping to of womenswear for helping to launch helped build the launch the you helped build the juggernaut see today. launch the you helped build the jug yeah ut see today. launch the you helped build the jug yeah .t see today. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> when started, there was >> yeah. >> wofn started, there was >> yeah. >> wof us started, there was >> yeah. >> wof us inarted, there was >> yeah. >> wof us in the i, there was >> yeah. >> wof us in the buying was >> yeah. >> wof us in the buying team three of us in the buying team and think i left there and i think when i left there was around 3000 people was probably around 3000 people in company. so incredible now. >> and you're a complete success story, as is the brand. moricotti really good to have you with us today. thank you so much for having me in, and thank you for joining much for having me in, and thank you forjoining us at home. and thank sitting thank you, ben, for sitting in for we'll be for peter andre today. we'll be back at the same time, same place next week. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there and greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news, weather, we've got a mixture of sunny spells, scattered showers across the uk today. temperatures near average but still feeling quite chilly . but still feeling quite chilly. and then it's all eyes on the atlantic as this area of low

pressure brings some wet and windy weather again to windy weather yet again to southern parts england and southern parts of england and wales . office warnings for wales. met office warnings for the in for sunday and into the rain in for sunday and into monday. around the monday. some gales around the coast too, but for the rest of today, sunny spells best of the sunshine eastern parts of sunshine across eastern parts of england, northern and england, northern ireland and northwest scotland to elsewhere. variable cloud scattered showers. some of the showers on the side, hail, some the heavy side, some hail, some sleet snow over the highest sleet and snow over the highest ground well , sleet and snow over the highest ground well, and sleet and snow over the highest ground well , and temperatures ground as well, and temperatures well for the time well near average for the time of year, but feeling quite chilly but not bad in the chilly but not too bad in the sunnier spells into sunnier spells through into the evening time. those showers tend to fade away. the cloud melts allows clear skies to form , and allows clear skies to form, and with light winds we'll see some mist and fog patches forming and some frost as well as temperatures fall close to. if not but not below freezing, but temperatures rising towards the end of the night across the far southwest. as this area of cloud, rain and wind moves in. so a wet picture for here devon and cornwall first thing. elsewhere generally a bright cold start , some icy stretches, cold start, some icy stretches, some mist and fog patches slowly clearing you can see

clearing and then you can see the heavy rain across parts of wales , south—west england. we wales, south—west england. we could see 20 to elsewhere, could see 20 to 40mm elsewhere, a of sunny spells and a mixture of sunny spells and scattered best of the scattered showers. best of the sunshine across scotland and temperatures generally again near average for the of near average for the time of year. yeah >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on .

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