. we'll join demonstrations. we'll join katherine forster in just a moment. meanwhile, there's a damning new opinion poll revealing a large number of people don't trust either the tories or labour to handle the economy . economy. >> the republican president tells putin, quote , do whatever tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want . that's the hell you want. that's a quote. a former president actually said that bowing down to a russian leader , i think to a russian leader, i think it's outrageous, it's dangerous andifs it's outrageous, it's dangerous and it's unacceptable. all . and it's unacceptable. all. >> president biden takes a swipe there at donald trump during his state of the union speech, and he addressed the attacks on his age. >> i know it may not look like it, but i've been around a while. >> protesters are set to demonstrate against the government's decision to house 2000 asylum seekers at raf scampton. and that's one year on since the plans were actually

revealed . revealed. >> people are really worried and they feel like they haven't got a voice because the home office keeps saying we're engaging with the locals, but they're not. >> while meghan allegedly is preparing to relaunch her image in the uk with reports suggesting the duchess of sussex is looking to hire british pr gurus , but can she ever win back gurus, but can she ever win back the hearts of the nation .7 the hearts of the nation.7 >> good morning. it was a dramatic night for british clubs in europe liverpool, west ham, aston villa, brighton and rangers were all in action as the latest on the christian horner fi controversy and in the cricket, india have the upper hand over england on day one of the fifth test. >> good morning . there's plenty >> good morning. there's plenty of dry and bright weather around for many of us today, but there is some rain due tonight. you can find out all the details with me a little later on. >> hello again! i'm anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news

. well, i'm all on my tod at the moment because ellie is going to be joining me in a few moments time, she'll be in a bit later, but there's lots to talk about, i've been away, as you might suspect, for about three weeks now, it was going to be the houday now, it was going to be the holiday of a lifetime. hawaii it turned out to be very, very cold, wet, miserable. and it really, it was just one of those things that you have to put down to experience. it should have been the holiday of a lifetime, and it wasn't. and i just wondered if you could cheer me up. please by telling me any stories you might have of holidays from hell. i mean, it wasn't a holiday from hell. let's talk about a first world problem. when you're sort of moaning your holiday and moaning about your holiday and you're on cruise you're stuck on a luxury cruise ship, but wasn't what i'd ship, but it wasn't what i'd planned, i know once i went to

venice and everybody said to me, you'll love venice. venice is the most splendid, wonderful place world. and was place in the world. and i was really looking forward to being knocked it. again, knocked out by it. but again, the was appalling. it the weather was so appalling. it rained rained and rained and rained and rained and rained and it was cold and wet and windy. and i don't ever want to go to venice again in my life. and people can't understand that. but sometimes it goes wrong. but sometimes it all goes wrong. so would you please cheer me up with your stories of maybe a houday with your stories of maybe a holiday that didn't really work out.7 i'd love to hear from you. vaiews@gbnews.com. cheer me up! do lots to talk about . happy, do lots to talk about. happy, international women's day. does it make any difference to how you feel about things? i wonder ? you feel about things? i wonder? anyway, we'll talk more about that a bit later on too, now it was all going on overnight because last night, american president joe biden took aim at his republican rival, donald trump, during his state of the union address to congress. >> former republican president tells putin, quote, do whatever

the hell you want . that's the hell you want. that's a quote , a former president quote, a former president actually said that bowing down to a russian leader, i think it's outrageous. it's dangerous, andifs it's outrageous. it's dangerous, and it's unacceptable . and it's unacceptable. >> he was on fighting form, and he also , of course, faced he also, of course, faced accusations of being too old. so he hit back at his critics. >> i know it may not look like it, but i've been around a while . when you get to be my age, certain things become clearer than ever. whether young or old, i've always been known. i've always known what endures. i've known our north star, the very idea of america is that we're all created equal and deserves to be treated equally throughout our lives. we've never fully lived up to that idea, but we've never walked away from it either . and i won't walk away from it now . i'm . and i won't walk away from it now. i'm optimistic. >> well, it happened while we

were all asleep, and i only caught a little moment of it this morning as i was getting up . but it did seem to me to be on extremely good form . let's see extremely good form. let's see what the us thinks of it and talk to us. political analyst eric ham. good morning eric. what did you think? i thought he was on very, very good fighting form. >> well, i thought joe biden was fiery. he was energetic. he was engaging . he was all of the engaging. he was all of the things that i think he needed to be. but more importantly , we be. but more importantly, we know that there have been an enormous amount of criticism over joe biden's level of fitness to serve as president of the united states. what we saw tonight, i think, helped erase a lot of those concerns. the question going forward is , are question going forward is, are we going to see this joe biden over the next eight months through november ? through november? >> and will it be enough, even if he is on good form ? and he if he is on good form? and he was full of humour, even about things like his age, which is

clearly a bit of a problem. would it ever be enough to beat trump at the moment, who is doing very, very well in the polls , i think if we see that polls, i think if we see that joe biden over the next eight months, i think it will be a fairly easy contest to defeat donald trump. i think what we saw tonight was somewhat one who spoke about america in glowing terms, spoke about america in terms, spoke about america in terms of where america is headed, not where america is coming from. and he gave a vision for the nation. but he also spoke about the enormous amount of achievements that his administration has accomplished . administration has accomplished. but also what he did was he spoke directly to his critics . spoke directly to his critics. he leaned into the issue of age. he leaned into the issue of age. he leaned into the issue of age. he leaned into the issue of the israel—hamas conflict and those who don't support his policy. he also leaned into the issue of immigration, and also many of those republicans who don't want to see him as commander in chief. and so i think we saw a

president tonight who spoke to his base, who spoke to the american electorate , who's very american electorate, who's very wary, but also spoke to the opposition . and i think he did opposition. and i think he did it in a way that was that was refreshing, that was creative. and in many ways it was funny and reassuring. >> yes. and it ended not so long ago. has there been very much time yet to sort of gauge what the people think in america at the people think in america at the moment? were they impressed? >> well, many people, particularly if you speak to the base, they were they were saying, this is this is a good start, a good start to see the president and this type of form there. of course , are those on there. of course, are those on there. of course, are those on the right who believe that he was yelling at republicans who felt his speech was too political. in fact , i do believe political. in fact, i do believe that this state of the union was comparable to the state of the union that we saw from donald trump during his last year in office when he delivered his final state of the union. it was a very political speech, no doubt about it. i mean, he went

after his political opponents. he went after donald trump, you know, by name. he know, and, you know, by name. he went after the supreme court that sitting right there, that was sitting right there, this something that we had this is something that we had never president joe never seen from president joe biden . and i think what we saw biden. and i think what we saw was a president who was clearly on a political and campaign footing and what of his stance when it comes to gaza and the israeli president? >> i mean, what do you think he was saying in that? he announced andifs was saying in that? he announced and it's had time to make the front pages of some of the newspapers today. the us is going to build a port on the shore of gaza to allow aid delivery . how will that go down delivery. how will that go down in israel ? in israel? >> well, i think what we're seeing between the united states and israel, certainly they are not on the same footing. they are at odds. and we know that the united states is israel's biggest ally in the region. but what we are seeing here is an administration in the united states and in israel that simply

are at loggerheads, particularly over this two state solution. president biden actually called for that tonight in his speech. we knew that he would. in fact, we saw that being telegraphed earlier this week from the vice president, kamala harris. but also, i think what we're seeing here is what we what we heard was a president who was also imploring congress to pass that multi—billion dollar aid package that includes resources for israel as well as ukraine. >> very interesting times. thank you very much indeed for joining us.thank you very much indeed for joining us. thank you, thank you. it's 6:09. you're watching gb news. now to our top story. actually pro palestinian demonstrations are apparently turning london into a no go zone forjews. that's according to the counter extremism tsar rob simcox said that whilst the government had the necessary powers, it had failed to act on groups that came just below the extremism

threshold . meanwhile, march threshold. meanwhile, march organisers have claimed their events are peaceful and said the slogans used during demonstrations are not anti—semitic. however if you look at the front page there of the telegraph, the front page lead there, london is now a no go zone for jews. well, let's get a bit more on this from our political correspondent katherine forster, who joins us from westminster. hello there. catherine. this is going to be a very, very big problem indeed for actually any potential government in the next general election isn't it. what what they are going to do about this now that this extremism advisor has been so blunt? >> yes, indeed. and good morning , anne. and particularly while this horrific war is continuing doing in gaza. and there is another big pro—palestine march happening in central london

tomorrow and michael gove is going to unveil the government's new definition of extremism next week, because what this independent adviser is saying basically, is that, they haven't been tough enough on groups that are not terrorist groups, but are not terrorist groups, but are still extremist. and he's saying to the government, don't be afraid to take legal action, if necessary, to clamp down on these groups to withdraw funding, to ban them from speaking at universities , etc. speaking at universities, etc. and it's also understood that he would be supportive of the police . and bear in mind, it is police. and bear in mind, it is a decision for the police and taking slightly different action with some of these marches, perhaps, saying that going forward after tomorrow, pro—palestine marches should not take place in central london, but rather in a different part of the city. or perhaps they

should be static protests, because of course , what we see because of course, what we see week after week after week in the capital is these huge marches, hundreds of thousands of people in central london and jewish people . we know there's jewish people. we know there's been rocket in the number of , been rocket in the number of, anti—semitic attacks and incidents since october the 7th. and, many jewish people simply feeling that they can no longer go into central london, which is a very sad reflection on where we are now, of course. following the election of george galloway in rochdale last week, we had the quite extraordinary sight of the quite extraordinary sight of the prime minister coming out and making a speech outside downing street and saying not to, quote, let the extremists huack to, quote, let the extremists hijack your marches. also stressing to the police that we will back you when you take action. the police trying to

tread quite a difficult line, i think, but many people were absolutely outraged to see the from the river to the sea, a phrase which is considered by many to be anti—semitic, to be beamed on to big ben, in the last few weeks . so tensions last few weeks. so tensions running very high, difficult for the police. and, people have been feeling that the police are not coming down hard enough on some of the banners. the slogans, the chanting in these marches . sir mark rowley, in marches. sir mark rowley, in response, would say that we have to police the law as it is, not as others would wish it to be. >> and it's a very, very uncomfortable issue , isn't it? uncomfortable issue, isn't it? while politicians are trying to fight an upcoming general election, can i take you to the gb news people's poll today, which shows that only 47% of 2019 conservative voters are planning to vote conservative

next time . next time. >> yes. and i think that's the most worrying statistic here of many worrying figures in our people's poll today. for the government , that's pretty much government, that's pretty much half of the people who gave their vote to the conservatives in 2019 led boris johnson to get that 80 seat majority , are that 80 seat majority, are saying that they would not vote for them again, and support for the party's, labour 46% conservatives way back on 18 reform on 13 lib dems on just ten. and if we can take a look at, who they trust to lower taxes , i'm laughing because we taxes, i'm laughing because we know that there's very little money around the tax burden, despite those national insurance cuts, is still rising, the conservatives with chancellor jeremy hunt just 15, not much better for labour with rachel

reeves at 17, but none of the above. the outright winner on 44. and i think it speaks , 44. and i think it speaks, doesn't it, to really the level of disengaged moment with politicians. voters are not stupid , and they know that stupid, and they know that things have got much tougher over the last few years. they know that they've been given a tax cut in national insurance, but also that the tax burden is still rising. public services are not in a good state, so we're paying more than ever. and many people feel getting less and less in return. so these are really worrying figures and worth saying to. this poll was taken yesterday . so after that taken yesterday. so after that budget, if the government thought that was going to change the weather, it doesn't seem like it's happening. and 1700 people polled. and in terms of the cost of living crisis, 24%

think we're over the worst of it. 42, unfortunately feel that the worst is still to come. so very, very bad for news rishi sunak this morning with those numbers. >> and finally , when's the next >> and finally, when's the next general election going to be held? what do our people say , held? what do our people say, well, they are, they, most of them, 37. the biggest number said they would like it to be as soon as possible. 11% for may, 16% for the autumn and 5% for january. i'm not quite sure who would want to go to the polls in january. my personal view is that it will be the autumn, but nevertheless, rishi sunak hasn't quite shut down. persist rumours that it could be may. we will know by march the 26th. that would be the latest . they could would be the latest. they could announce a general election if they wanted to go to the polls they wanted to go to the polls the same day as the local

elections, but with the polls as they are, why would they want to do that? i'm not convinced. no absolutely. >> oh, dear. it's months more of agony, catherine. thanks very much indeed. thank you. it's 6:17 now. would you believe it's been a year since plans to house 2000 asylum seekers at raf scampton were leaked to the press as the home office tried to reduce reliance on expensive hotels and since then, west lindsey district council and community groups have fought to prevent progress at the historic site , which they say puts a £300 site, which they say puts a £300 million regeneration on at risk. and now , despite the high court and now, despite the high court ruling that government plans are lawful , the people of scampton lawful, the people of scampton are once again preparing to fight. our east midlands reporter will hollis has the story for you . save our story for you. save our scampton, save our scampton for a year now. a year how. >> a year now. >> the future of britain's most iconic airbase has been in

doubt. a £300 million regeneration deal at risk . sarah regeneration deal at risk. sarah carter is from the save our scampton campaign . scampton campaign. >> people are really worried and they feel like they haven't got a voice because the home office keeps saying we're engaging with the locals , but they're not. the locals, but they're not. >> one year ago, media reports began to circulate that thousands of asylum seekers would be coming to scampton. this led gainsborough mp sir edward leigh to raise the issue in parliament. >> west lindsey district council has not still been informed officially that the home office is planning to place migrants in raf scampton months of protests and a spate of police incidents punctuate rated a difficult year for the tiny community. >> 2023 ended with the council losing a judicial review, the high court ruling home office plans are lawful. few air bases hold the prestige of scampton.

the men of 617 squadron flew the danng the men of 617 squadron flew the daring dambuster raids from its runway during the second world war. >> they are sure to be remembered in all histories of the war. >> now west lindsey is preparing a new legal challenge as the home office pushes to secure the site for three more years. >> there's portacabins that have just been stuck there for months on end . on end. >> councillor roger patterson represents scampton at west lindsey. >> unless there's a compromise or unless they backed down, we have no future so it's complete and utter despair. >> a home office spokesperson said we understand the concerns of local communities and are liaising with councils and local services to manage the impact of using these sites on a temporary bafis. using these sites on a temporary basis . a year on and the home basis. a year on and the home office vision for scampton is in limbo. the persistent council here in west lindsey is hoping planning law can prevent any

further progress. meanwhile, a defiant community says they will continue to protest even if legal challenges fail. not a single asylum seeker has moved into scampton. >> i don't believe they'll ever get here, we're trying damn hard to make sure it doesn't happen . to make sure it doesn't happen. >> the community is dug in deep, will hollis gb news in scampton scampton being a limbo ? scampton being a limbo? >> is that how you see it? well, let's ask human rights lawyer shoaib khan, who joins me now. a very good morning to you. it seems that anything the government tries to ends up government tries to do ends up being limbo . so how do you being in limbo. so how do you see ending up ? see things ending up? >> hi. good morning, yes. i mean, i think that's the problem here, isn't it? and already we've seen, obviously , like you we've seen, obviously, like you said, it's been a year since the plans were leaked, there's already been a judicial review, you know, more legal action is being contemplated. i mean, on

both sides. really either sides from the government, in terms of pubuc from the government, in terms of public consultations , the legal public consultations, the legal action, the planning there, you know, it's just hundreds of thousands, millions of pounds of taxpayer money being spent. and like we just said, not a single asylum seeker has been sent there. i mean, you know, it's obviously, probably , you know, obviously, probably, you know, comparable to, for instance, the rwanda scheme, other rwanda scheme, so many other schemes the government schemes where the government comes these ideas and comes up with these ideas and spends fighting them spends years fighting them through very of through courts, and very few of them actually materialise , and, them actually materialise, and, you know, so that's it. it is a complete waste of money, going through things without actually having any legal recourse, without having the legal grounds in place before hand to ensure people that what they're doing is lawful . is lawful. >> but something's got to happen in the end, hasn't it ? i mean, i in the end, hasn't it? i mean, i don't know what it's like for you at the moment being described as a human rights lawyer, because some people will see as problem every see you as the problem every time tries to put time the government tries to put asylum anywhere, it asylum seekers anywhere, it seems that their human rights

trump the human rights of people who object , well, it depends who object, well, it depends what you mean by with. i mean, obviously it depends where they're being put. the point is, you know, if by being put, we mean they're being put in rwanda, then of course, yes, you know, i think anyone who understands the implications of that the situation that understands the situation has spoken to an has ever met or spoken to an asylum seeker, understood their problems, situation, why problems, their situation, why and how they're in the uk would object to that, but even in terms of this, you know, we're using these raf bases. we previously used former army barracks , all kinds of barracks, all kinds of situations. the point is, you know, even if we do keep someone there for six months, a year and so on, at some point we have to, you know, let's say let them out, let into the wider out, let them into the wider community. when these community. and that's when these problems because they've problems happen because they've been long, they been locked up for so long, they don't access to the wider don't have access to the wider community, wider facilities. they've not been allowed to integrate within the society. and the asylum seekers are and then the asylum seekers are the who get criticised for the ones who get criticised for that. how are they supposed to learn english? how are they

supposed to learn the british way life? if we're doing way of life? if what we're doing is six months or is the first six months or a year or two years, of their time in the uk, then being locked up somewhere separately, they are the you know, the, the the ones, you know, the, the government, you parts government, you know, parts of the blame the media, politicians blame asylum ghettos, asylum seekers for ghettos, segregation . they don't want to segregation. they don't want to mingle. how on earth are mingle. how how on earth are they supposed to mingle? they're mingle. how how on earth are they slocked d to mingle? they're mingle. how how on earth are they slocked d t(or1ingle? they're mingle. how how on earth are they slocked d t(or1ingleifthey're mingle. how how on earth are they slocked d t(or1ingleif notl're being locked up or even if not locked basically with locked up, but basically with almost no proper almost no money, no proper transport being sent to transport links being sent to these, former army barracks or raf bases. how on earth are they going to be allowed to mingle? they have their own doctors, their own facilities. they just don't share facilities with anyone. but in terms of a solution or in terms of the main point is yes. i mean, just like we do with other population, other people are already here. some of you know, health some of them, you know, health problems, other problems, they have supported by the have to be supported by the government the taxpayer, government or the taxpayer, you know, whether it's know, through, whether it's local government or national government, of course, for some people . but like the rest of us people. but like the rest of us do, many of us, the vast

do, so many of us, the vast majority of us, we go out and we earn living . why are these earn a living. why are these people not allowed to do that? they not allowed to work in they are not allowed to work in the uk. so many of them, of course. and i get, you course. and i know i get, you know, criticised for saying things this all the time things like this all the time because people well, because then people say, well, all aren't, you know, all of them aren't, you know, educated, of them aren't educated, all of them aren't qualified. but so many of them are, know, we've had are, you know, we've had refugees in the past, few refugees just in the past, few years from , ukraine, years from, ukraine, afghanistan, know, sadly , afghanistan, you know, sadly, it's probably going to be lots of palestinians coming up, so many other countries are obviously in those countries. we do we have do have doctors, we have engineers, we have people, you know, doing all sorts of work, all qualifications know, doing all sorts of work, all bring qualifications know, doing all sorts of work, all bring over. lifications know, doing all sorts of work, all bring over. anditions know, doing all sorts of work, all bring over. and so ns know, doing all sorts of work, all bring over. and so many of can bring over. and so many of them be allowed, you them should be allowed, you know, be able to take on, know, would be able to take on, proper work, actually pay taxes. and that's the biggest and i think that's the biggest problem here. >> it brings us back to that terme limbo doesn't it? it's a limbo was never a good place for any human being to be. shoaib, thank you very much for joining me. this morning. thank and me. this morning. thank you. and do know your views on do let us know your views on that. how solve what

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heanng from hell. it's cheered me up hearing that you also have had, from time to time holidays that didn't work out so well. mine was to hawaii and i have never had such bad weather on a houdayin had such bad weather on a holiday in my life . in three holiday in my life. in three weeks, eight minutes of sunshine, that's all there was. rough seas was really nasty , rough seas was really nasty, craig says, i've been to vegas three times and been dumped twice whilst on holiday. there so i'm not going back, and there's another lovely story from dave in luton. hi. dave says we had a holiday in italy a few years back. we hired a car and we went touring around, and my wife and i stopped at a motorway service station and we went to the cafe there. we were in the queue these women in the queue and these women behind started pushing us towards front. we didn't towards the front. we didn't understand happening understand what was happening until wife realised the until my wife realised that the rucksack my back was open. rucksack on my back was open. somebody had taken out our passports and the foreign currency all gone. we had to get a replacement passports and luckily our bank cards were still wallet . be very, still in my wallet. be very, very careful, yeah. you probably

won't want to go back there ehhen won't want to go back there either. so yeah. please keep any stories. you've got to cheer me up of holidays that really didn't work out and maybe were more of an ordeal than a holiday . oh. exactly. help us. six. we better get on. still to come, we'll have the latest on meghan markle's plans to relaunch her image in the uk. that's next. you're watching breakfast on gb news

welcome back. you're watching and listening to breakfast with anne and ellie. nice to see you. morning. yeah. good to see you, too. did you haven't heard my story? i'm not going to. i'm not going to tell you too much. but my holiday was the holiday from hell. no, because the weather was so appalling . i never want to go appalling. i never want to go back to hawaii in my life. isn't that awful? and just reminded me

the only time i've been to the only time i've ever been to venice and people have said, oh, you'll love venice. it's so wonderful. oh, no. i've been to venice once and the weather was so appalling. want to go so appalling. i never want to go to either. to venice either. >> you poor thing. >> oh, you poor thing. >> oh, you poor thing. >> but apparently i'm not >> so. but apparently i'm not the only because i've the only person because i've been people, lovely been asking people, lovely people, holidays people, for their holidays from hell has, which hell stories, which has, which is up. and is meant to cheer me up. and there are cheering me up. there you are cheering me up. just been given some breaking news, and obviously we will find out very much more in the next couple of moments, yes, but theresa may has just resigned. now, what does that mean? she's stood down as an mp. she's standing. she's standing down at the next election. that's what she's doing . sorry. just just she's doing. sorry. just just finding out about it. now she is standing down at the next election. she will not be standing to be an mp. yes, we all heard her constituency, isn't it? >> it certainly is. we'll >> yeah, it certainly is. we'll get more for on that in the get more for you on that in the next few moments. that breaking news past few minutes news in the past few minutes that may will be that theresa may will not be standing as mp at the next standing as an mp at the next general election. gosh

>> the general election, >> well, the general election, whenever happens, going whenever it happens, is going to be interesting because there will a conservative will hardly be a conservative face know. face that we know. >> well. this is it >> well. yes this is it happening very regularly at the moment, will moment, isn't it? there will seem stepping down. we'll seem to be stepping down. we'll get for that. get more for that. >> meanwhile, meghan, the duchess of sussex , is looking to duchess of sussex, is looking to sort of improve her image here in the uk because apparently she's looking for a british pr guru to take on her image. and of course , this comes what, four of course, this comes what, four years now after the duke and duchess of sussex stepped back from royal duties. >> but will meghan be able to win the brits over? well, let's speak now to royal expert and journalist pandora forsyth. very good morning to you, pandora. so what's this all about? meghan markle planning to relaunch her image in the uk. >> yeah morning ladies. happy international women's day two female anchors. we love to see it. yeah. so this is the first time that meghan will have a uk based employee. well, meghan and

harry will have a uk based employee since they left , for employee since they left, for sunny california, which is definitely going to, cause, headunes definitely going to, cause, headlines as it already has done. because what does this mean for them now they've obviously tried to relaunch, that their brand, their website, and it obviously is going to lead to questions as to why now, why the business plan change. well, apparently they're launching a very new, exciting project, whatever that means , i project, whatever that means, i can imagine people are saying it's similar to, gwyneth paltrow's goop , lifestyle brand, paltrow's goop, lifestyle brand, but we know as well that harry and meghan are struggling with popularity in the uk, and that's just a fact . i mean, the polls just a fact. i mean, the polls do say that as soon as i say that, i seem to have people saying, oh, no, everyone loves them here. well, that's just not them here. well, that's just not the case, unfortunately, anymore, because are anymore, because people are confused them because they confused by them because they don't know what they're doing from the next. so

from one day to the next. so it'll be interesting to see what this, pr , will be able to do for this, pr, will be able to do for them in the uk. yeah be interesting to see who they get. >> but i mean, if i were a pr guru in britain, i would say the first thing you've got to do is occasionally spend some time in britain . britain. >> yes. well, you would think so, wouldn't you? i think that would probably be the first, bafis would probably be the first, basis here. but of course, you know, want to know, they don't want to be stepping the and stepping on the prince and princess wales shoes, seeing princess of wales shoes, seeing as they've taken up a lot of their work since they left, which totally understand. which i can totally understand. then also , everything then there's also, everything we've discussed over the recent years with security , etc. years to do with security, etc. and then their just their view on the uk in general. they've been so open about how they think they were treated here by the royal family how they the royal family and how they wanted to be a complete wanted it to be a complete success, but unfortunately it wasn't. i it was, you wasn't. i mean, it was, you know, a few years ago, to this day three years ago, i think to this day where they had that oprah interview, they, oprah interview, didn't they, and and they sort of and they and they sort of slammed britain , quite slammed britain, quite spectacularly that interview.

spectacularly in that interview. and honest about it. and they were honest about it. and, you know, everyone's got freedom of speech and, and that's exactly what they did. but people that, and but people remember that, and the are stubborn, we're the british are stubborn, we're known for being quite stubborn . known for being quite stubborn. so i'm, i'm not sure how this will help them, but, you know , will help them, but, you know, kudos to them for at least trying to win us back over , trying to win us back over, it'll be interesting to see what happens next. watch this space as they say. pandora forsyth, really you this really good to see you this morning. you very much. morning. thank you very much. >> apology would help >> an apology would help wouldn't they're never wouldn't it. but they're never going to. >> , maybe think maybe, >> well, maybe they think maybe, lee mended . lee said, soonest mended. >> think william will want an >> i think william will want an apology . apology. >> i think he certainly will. and we are expecting to see prince william today, aren't we? yes. the oval. yes. at the oval. >> doing something at the oval to do with earthshot prize. to do with the earthshot prize. so be nice to see him out so it'll be nice to see him out and about again as well. >> yeah, it'll be nice see >> yeah, it'll be nice to see if he anything the he addresses anything about the princess probably not, princess of wales. probably not, i but it will be i would expect, but it will be good to see him at the very least. >> okay. shall we catch up on the aiden is with us. hi, aiden. >> good morning to you both.

good to see you. >> good to see you. what do we kick off with? >> i would say let's look at the european football at the moment, because rare that the because it's quite rare that the europa league throws up stories. and conference and the europa conference league, the champions league normally league, the champions league normalisaw excellent but we saw some excellent stories night. games stories last night. five games in total involving british clubs. villa got a nil nil clubs. aston villa got a nil nil draw in ajax. not particularly a great game, but let's look at the game because two the game in rome because two brighton were stabbed brighton fans were stabbed yesterday. they yesterday. yes. and they recovered to game recovered to go to the game which was was fantastic which was which was fantastic news. the evening. news. later in the evening. unfortunately they unfortunately when they got there, their team were absolutely four absolutely hammered by four goals it was brighton's goals to nil. it was brighton's first to in in their first trip to rome in in their history. their history. it's their first european these two european jaunt. these are two legs. there's game to legs. so there's another game to come in the home leg. i think it's next week. possibly some of them be the week, the week them might be the week, the week after, they've left after, but they've left themselves a hell of a lot to do with four nil deficit. glasgow with a four nil deficit. glasgow rangers as well. they in scotland they to benfica scotland they went to benfica who got a very creditable two two draw. that gives them a fighting chance. coming back to ibrox, their manager says that the the territory the home, the home territory will be, or the home occasion

will be, or the home occasion will be, or the home occasion will be a deciding factor, possibly leg we possibly in the second leg we saw, liverpool rattling saw, we saw liverpool rattling five goals in a to prague five goals in a trip to prague and sparta , jurgen klopp saying and sparta, jurgen klopp saying afterwards that he, you know, he was marvelling at some of the, some of the performances of his, of his players and just continues their brilliant form. and i said to a few weeks ago, didn't i, i was worried that liverpool would the that liverpool would the fact that jurgen he's jurgen klopp has announced he's leaving, we might see jurgen klopp has announced he's ledrop], we might see jurgen klopp has announced he's ledrop off we might see jurgen klopp has announced he's ledrop off in we might see jurgen klopp has announced he's ledrop off in performance ht see a drop off in performance because that's sometimes what happens. seeing happens. but we're not seeing that at they're going from that at all. they're going from strength strength the strength to strength in the premier doing premier league as well, doing very got a three very well. we've got a three horse very exciting horse race, very exciting and west ham another var controversy. how many controversy. i mean, how many times sit here it's times do i sit here an it's bonng times do i sit here an it's boring doesn't does it boring doesn't it. it does it really. really does. and really. it really does. and another last night five another one last night five minutes. it took the referee minutes. it took for the referee and var officials to decide and the var officials to decide yesterday the freiburg yesterday that the freiburg defender handle defender didn't, in fact handle the ball a penalty. as the ball for a penalty. as a west ham, it was clear and obvious who could obvious to everybody who could see that hit the see it that the ball hit the player's hand and it wasn't given, but nonetheless another another in in another leg. next week in in london and ham will be london and west ham will be hoping turn that round.

hoping to turn that one round. >> right. just about to >> right. we're just about to run time, but i came out run out of time, but i came out of i haven't of the country and i haven't followed christian followed the christian horner story well that's story very well. well that's a oh me. another oh goodness me. yet another thing goodness thing happening. goodness me. >> yeah. i there's >> yeah. i mean, there's tentacles here. tentacles everywhere here. i mean, a that's got mean, this is a story that's got that's got everything. we haven't much of an update haven't had much of an update since but since for the last 24 hours. but christian said, christian horner has said, predictably, again, predictably, in fact, again, that to underline, that it's time to underline, underline, draw line under underline, draw a line under underline, draw a line under under we've also under events. yeah. we've also seen red bull have, announced that departure woman that the departure of the woman who complaints against who made the complaints against curt first place, curt horner in the first place, she's gone. she she's she's now gone. she has she's not identified. bull not been identified. red bull have not said why the bbc are claiming it's of claiming that it's because of an act i said act of dishonesty. and i said something that i think something last week that i think that's back to prominence that's come back to prominence this week. other sponsors are going at this around going to look at this now around the sport and say, this isn't good the sport, and this good for the sport, and this is really interesting. honda are the engine partner red bull, the engine partner for red bull, clearly massive global entity. clearly a massive global entity. and they're saying they want more not more details on this. not satisfied with how being satisfied with how it's being handled. and that might handled. and i think that might be worm turns and be when the worm turns and i might it's all very well. might look it's all very well. any any person in the any politician any person in the senior position is very well senior position is all very well to to draw a line. to say it's time to draw a line.

we'd all like to say that whenever get in trouble. whenever we get in trouble. exactly. think that exactly. but i think that something happen there something might happen there that exposed. that needs to be exposed. doesn't help as well. and ellie, that sport dull on that that the sport is dull on the track at the moment. verstappen who's the bull verstappen who's the red bull driver winning last week at a canter. he's probably going to win as well in saudi . win this week as well in saudi. and know it's a bigger and so, you know it's a bigger story to be. story than it needs to be. >> okay thanks so much. >> okay thanks so much. >> aiden yeah , we'll be back >> aiden yeah, we'll be back with you in just a couple of moments talking about international women's and international women's day and all the women who are apparently world moment . world leaders at the moment. that's coming up in our paper review, which is

next. >> welcome back to breakfast with anne and ellie. we've had breaking news in the past few moments that theresa may, the maidenhead mp. the former pm, is going stand down at the next going to stand down at the next general election. we now have a

statement from her saying she's taken a difficult decision to step down from her position after 27 years. she says that she doesn't feel that she's able to represent her constituents with the commitment that they deserve . she says she's very deserve. she says she's very proud of her accomplishments as their time as prime minister and she has enjoyed being a backbencher again . but she has backbencher again. but she has decided to take the very difficult decision to step down at the next general elections . at the next general elections. that breaking news in the past few moments . we can now go to few moments. we can now go to westminster. let's speak to the exchequer secretary to the treasury, gareth davies. really good to see you this morning. that breaking news in the past few moments that theresa may, the former pm and of course, maidenhead mps to stand down after 27 years, what's your reaction to that , well, i'm reaction to that, well, i'm learning it through you. i'm so disappointed to hear this. she's, somebody who served this country with great skill and

dedication, as you say for many years. she's known around westminster as somebody that is completely dedicated to her constituents. despite the significant responsibilities that she's had in government. and i just want to pay tribute to her today for all that she's done, not just for her constituents, but for the country as well. >> i mean, we don't fully understand yet. maybe the statement hasn't given us enough detail about why she's decided whether it's a political decision, whether it's a personal thing, but it does mean that, i don't know, it just struck me that there are fewer and fewer recognisable faces in the tory party at the moment to stand in the next general election. it's not looking good, is it , well, the election. it's not looking good, is it, well, the more we do shows like this, the more recognisable we become. but you're right, it's a shame when we lose. when we lose talent from the house of commons. it's always obviously a shame for us in the country , particularly

in the country, particularly when former leaders and former prime ministers decide to stay in the house of commons, which is quite unusual, but, you know, i think it's fair to say she's done a tremendous amount and it's been quite a significant amount of time , in that, in, in amount of time, in that, in, in that role as a member of parliament. and so she's fully entitled to make this decision today. entitled to make this decision today . and as i say, i pay today. and as i say, i pay tribute to all that she's done over the last 27 years. >> it's international women's day today, and it comes in the same week as sir mark rowley said, violence towards women and girls is a national security threat and it needs to be treated in the same way as terrorism and organised crime. so i did want to ask you on international women's day what your reaction to that statement is. quite shocking rhetoric there from sir mark rowley. and how do tories to keep how do the tories ensure to keep women girls safe in this women and girls safe in this country ? country? >> well, we take the violence against women and girls incredibly seriously, as you

would expect. that's why we launched the women and girls violence against women and girls strategy in 2021. we continue to work on this to ensure that we are taking as many measures as possible to reduce the prevalence . it's one of the prevalence. it's one of the things that i know the home office are working on is to reform the way in which police investigate crimes such as rape, and that's already, as i understand it, having an impact. but obviously this is an issue that we need to keep live in our minds and continue to try and focus on. we had the police, crime and courts bill, recently , crime and courts bill, recently, which increased sentences for very serious crimes again, such as rape. and so we need to be very vigilant to legislation as well and keep making sure that that the laws are strengthened. the police have what they need to be able to do to hold perpetrators and criminals to account. and that, as i say, this strategy that we launched

in 2021, remains as live and strong. >> okay. well, we'll leave it there with you at the moment, but thank you very much for coming on the programme. as you say , evermore a recognisable say, evermore a recognisable face, thank you, gareth davies there. thank you. >> thanks. see you . >> thanks. see you. >> thanks. see you. >> but meanwhile, we're joined by. well, our guest paper reviewers today who were going to talk about lots of things in the papers, but i guess we've got what their got to ask them what their reaction to theresa may reaction is to theresa may standing down at the next election. emma burnell andy election. emma burnell and andy williams are with emma, williams are with us. emma, first of what do you think? first of all, what do you think? >> i think really >> i think it's really interesting . interesting. >> we talking in the green >> we were talking in the green room the minister, as room of the prime minister, as we've i think we've had since 2010. i think theresa may is the one i respect the most. i think she was the most. i think that she was deau the most. i think that she was dealt very, very difficult dealt a very, very difficult hand, i've always thought, hand, but i've always thought, despite our very different political outlooks , that she was political outlooks, that she was someone with a real sense of pubuc someone with a real sense of public service , she's a serious public service, she's a serious person. >> she's a serious person who tookit >> she's a serious person who took it seriously. we disagreed on a great many things,

particularly when she was in the home office. but i never felt that she was politicking as much as she was, you know, really had just a different, different type of politics than i do. i think this says interesting things about the future of the tory party in particular. i think that, they are losing more and more of those patrician , more of those patrician, centrist, old school, one nation tories and i, we don't know what her reasoning is for stepping down, but i think it might be part of her calculation is the change in the party and is it a party that she still feels able to serve? yes. >> you can't help however much it's changed. she must be feeling that. what do you think, andy? no i completely agree with that. >> i mean, it's been very interesting the last interesting to see in the last few she on in the few years. she stayed on in the house she's been house of commons. she's been very of boris johnson. very critical of boris johnson. she , really couldn't she really, really couldn't stand let's be she stand him. let's be honest. she didn't even hide it.

didn't even try to hide it. she's very critical of liz truss, think she was truly truss, and i think she was truly concerned about the direction that has that the conservative party has been in, because she is been going in, because she is basically a, as emma said, a pubuc basically a, as emma said, a public servant, a centre ground, middle of the road. tory and she's seen a party that's basically been radicalised over the last few years. and i wouldn't be surprised if she's looking at it. you know, she's not that old. she's in her late 67, 67, and she's probably thinking, why would i put myself through this? you know, what's going to be a dreadful election for people standing as conservative mps? and she probably thinks enough's enough. >> you can't help but think it's almost like rats fleeing a sinking ship. it's almost as though the writing is on the wall. and slowly but surely, these traditional tories are realising that. >> i think that's that's absolutely right. and if you think about i mean, she's maidenhead's that's in berkshire. i don't think maidenhead is in the top 400 possibly of labour target seats , possibly of labour target seats, it the lib dems might give it a

bit of a run. i don't know. but there are so many of those traditional tories that are both looking at losing their seats, but also looking , as andy was but also looking, as andy was saying, at losing their party, and i think that that is a real that should be a concern both to, the tories in the immediate electoral terms, but also for all of us who would prefer to have a rational and sane , you have a rational and sane, you know, two sides of the same coin in the same way that i think that that more sensible tories looked at when labour went, you know, to left and said, know, to the far left and said, well, okay, that, you know, it may be good us in the may be good for us in the immediate terms electorally, but actually terms of our long actually in terms of our long terme politics, so terme politics, it's not so good. >> interesting you're >> it's interesting you're saying constituency, saying about her constituency, windsor , very windsor and maidenhead, very sort of tory. very, very. >> so windsor council went, went to didn't it. but to the lib dems didn't it. but but that's my point. >> is there any such thing in this next year as a safe tory

seat? >> hardly. i mean really hardly . >> hardly. i mean really hardly. it's, it's everything is up for grabs , unless you're in sort of grabs, unless you're in sort of deepest essex, which i think is kind of the most conservative county in the country in terms of and ellie, your, your stomping ground, but pretty much everywhere else, i mean, even people like jeremy hunt in surrey, he's at risk. grant shappsin surrey, he's at risk. grant shapps in hertfordshire, he's at risk. these are places that are that should just be absolutely straightforward. conservative holds. the other thing i just want about theresa may want to say about theresa may that really that i think is really a really commendable she commendable quality is she really, unusually in politics, lacks ego. she was she's very much some very true. yes. she really is somebody who is just she's she's sort of the epitome of keep calm and carry on. and i think, you know, she was criticised a lot for maybe being a bit boring. not my words, but that's sort of how she was described a bit. yeah. the maybot since she became a backbenchen >> no, exactly. she's had a sort of second, second spring of life

isn't she? it's been amazing. >> and what really struck me was we're seeing the pictures now, if you're watching on television, resignation television, was the resignation speech outside downing street. it was emotional, it really was quite emotional, wasn't voice was wasn't it? and her voice was breaking she said, i have breaking and she said, i have tried times and this tried several times and in this country the country country i love the country i love. and you know what? reading this now, the this statement now, the resignation as an mp now standing the next standing down at the next general talks general election as she talks about of sense, about that, that kind of sense, again, of maidenhead, the again, proud of maidenhead, the constituency. she's to constituency. she's so proud to call her home. and she thanks people for their support for 27 years. she does seem to really care about her job. >> i can't see moving out of >> i can't see her moving out of maidenhead that i think, is maidenhead and that i think, is always a barometer for, always kind of a barometer for, i think, for how connected an mp is to their constituency is that you sort of think they'll stay there after they leave. yeah i know a lot of people who live in that constituency and they love her. >> they really do, really. they trust her, i think, and that's and that's because even when she was prime minister, she was turning fetes and turning up at school fetes and village openings and, you

village hall openings and, you know, day day know, all of the day to day constituency that look constituency work that can look really quite mundane do kind really quite mundane and do kind of yards. of the hard yards. >> she actually loved doing that. really did that that. she really did that, that was that was kind of her. she's sort the archetypal sort of the archetypal constituency mp. and you know, as emma said, she was dealt a bad and she was wasn't as emma said, she was dealt a b.brilliantand she was wasn't as emma said, she was dealt a b.brilliantand sh minister. wasn't as emma said, she was dealt a b.brilliantand sh minister. she ;n't a brilliant prime minister. she wasn't she wasn't wasn't terrible, but she wasn't brilliant either. in ways. brilliant either. in many ways. >> talking four >> we're talking about four people whom she was the one people of whom she was the one that wasn't terrible. yeah. >> andy, how do you think tory hq is going to be feeling as a result of this news this morning? because she joins a list of very high profile mps that are stepping down at the next general election. ben wallace, sajid wallace, ben wallace, sajid javid, kwasi javid, dominic raab, kwasi kwarteng the kwarteng and they're just the former minister. former cabinet minister. >> that's after >> absolutely. and that's after we've already lost a ton we've we've already lost a ton of from conservative of talent from the conservative party or 6 years, party in the last 5 or 6 years, partly because some them have partly because some of them have been others have been pushed out, others have just enough. just gone. i've had enough. i mean, obviously hq will will brush it off and the prime minister will brush it off and say good run. she's say she's had a good run. she's been for 27 years, but you been an mp for 27 years, but you can't escape fact that

can't escape the fact that people are looking at the political weather and going, this doesn't look great. >> and one thing that is worth commenting was commenting on, there was a deadune commenting on, there was a deadline set. i think it was some time in the middle of last year all supposed year when they were all supposed to whether were to tell cchq whether they were standing down or and it standing down or not, and it just breezed past and nobody paid the slightest bit of paid it. the slightest bit of attention. now that's that's a very inside westminster kind of way of thinking. but on the other hand, i think it does tell us something about how little discipline there is in the party that they didn't you know, that they didn't go, you know, i should be a bit more helpful to the party. give them time to set up, a new candidate embedded up, get a new candidate embedded in, they're all thinking, in, and they're all thinking, you going to the you know, i'm going to make the decision i make the decision when i make the decision, do we think a decision, when do we think a general election is going to be? >> now, that's a big question. >> now, that's a big question. >> i'm going to. well i think we were talking about this the other week. so i know stephen dixon is big on may. may i just don't i just don't think so. i've never thought so. i think the logic, if the most compelling logic, if there politics,

there is any logic in politics, is you're the prime is that if you're the prime minister, you're not going to give job easily . give up that job easily. >> well, not even if the rats are deserting the sinking ship. i mean, it will to look i mean, it will start to look worse worse, won't it? worse and worse, won't it? >> i think you're when >> i think when you're 20, when you're or 26 points you're 27 points or 26 points behind polls, you don't behind in the polls, you don't call a general election unless you have so you absolutely have to. so i think october, november, maybe even think that even january, i think that be a mad thing to do. but it's possible. >> so i think really that's the reason for january. >> if what looks better on your cv? i was prime minister from 2023 to 2025 or i was prime minister, sorry, 2022 to 20 25 or 20 22 to 2024. yeah, we all know that it may be a month in it, but that is what. and ultimately it's one person's decision. that's the crazy part of this. this this particular bit of our democracy that nobody else has the power to make that decision prime decision except the prime minister actually just on minister and actually just on that, danny finkelstein in that, danny finkelstein i was in the other day, he was the times the other day, he was saying, actually, the thing is, rishi sunak probably doesn't even when rishi sunak even know yet when rishi sunak is going to call an election, because of a human,

because it's a kind of a human, instinctive decision. >> think would make >> you'd think it would make sense the rwanda will that sense with the rwanda will that you would try and get a plane off the ground, which, yes, would mean you'd need the summer, wouldn't you? that's what would . what you would. >> the problem with >> i mean, the problem with that, let's get that, though, let's say they get a plane the ground and the a plane off the ground and the boats coming. boats still keep coming. >> well that's it, isn't >> yeah. well that's it, isn't it? will. when it it? they will. that's when it happens. yeah, andy,

good morning. it's 7:00 on friday the 8th of march. today, the former prime minister theresa may announces she's going to stand down as an mp at the next general election. >> yes, she was elected 27 years ago, way back in 1997, when labour swept to victory. now theresa may is standing down. i'll bring you more details

shortly . shortly. >> and the man who advises on counter—extremism , to the counter—extremism, to the government has today claimed that london is turning into a no go zone for jews that london is turning into a no go zone forjews amid that london is turning into a no go zone for jews amid those large pro—palestine demonstrations , a damning new demonstrations, a damning new opinion poll reveals a large number of people don't trust either the tories or labour to handle the economy . handle the economy. >> republican president tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. that's a quote a former president actually said that bowing down to a russian leader, i think it's outrageous , leader, i think it's outrageous, it's dangerous and it's unacceptable . unacceptable. >> president biden there taking a swipe at donald trump during his state of the union speech. and he addressed the attacks also on his age. >> i know it may not look like it, but i've been around a while i >> protesters are set to demonstrate against the government's decision to house

2000 asylum seekers at raf scampton. one year on, since the plans were actually revealed . plans were actually revealed. >> people are really worried and they feel like they haven't got a voice because the home office keeps saying we're engaging with the but they're not. the locals, but they're not. >> meghan markle allegedly prepares to relaunch her image in the uk, with reports suggesting that the duchess of sussex is looking to hire british pr gurus . but can she british pr gurus. but can she ever win back the hearts of the nafion? >> good morning. fight night is the friday night in the desert as anthony joshua takes on francis ngannou in saudi. we'll wrap up all the night's football action in europe and in cricket. it's bad for news england on day one of the fifth test in india. >> good morning. there's plenty of dry and bright weather around for many of us today, but there is some rain due tonight. you can find out all the details with me a little later on. >> very good morning to you. i'm anne diamond and i'm ellie

costello and this breakfast costello and this is breakfast on . on. gb news. well, it's all go today because we have breaking news that theresa may has just announced that she is going to stand down at the next election. she's been an mp for windsor and maidenhead for 27 years. and of course, during that time she's been a home secretary for a great many of those years. it was about or 7, wasn't it? and was about 6 or 7, wasn't it? and then prime minister so what do you of that? let's talk you think of that? let's talk now to labour's shadow women and equalities secretary, anneliese dodds, a very good morning to you. this has been a bit of a surprise . what's your view on surprise. what's your view on theresa may deciding to stand down in. good morning. >> well this is obviously a really significant decision from theresa may to stand down at the next election. as you said, it is a surprise. but of course,

we've heard this from a large number of conservative sitting mps. they've decided not to stand for the next election. and i think that does reveal that , i think that does reveal that, frankly, there is no confidence in rishi sunak nor indeed in the conservative party, to be a party of government for the future. i think this really strengthens those calls for change and those calls for a general election . general election. >> you are labour's women and equalities secretary. i wanted to ask you on international women's day what make of sir women's day what you make of sir mark rowley's comments this week that women that violence towards women and girls is a national security threat, and it needs to be treated in the same way as terrorism. how would the labour party ensure that women and girls are kept safe in this country? we >> well, it should be taken incredibly seriously , but incredibly seriously, but unfortunately it hasn't been over recent years. and we've seen, for example, the charge rate and prosecution rate for rape really falling through the

floor. that's absolutely appalling. the same has happened with domestic abuse as well. when we've seen prosecutions falling precipitously. so we do need stronger action on, you know, labour quite frankly we're fed up of so much rhetoric on this and not delivery. we've set out really clear plans based on what we know works. so, for example , we would have example, we would have specialists on domestic abuse on sexual violence in every 999 control room. we'd have specialist courts for rape in every area . and we would make every area. and we would make sure also that we were tackling the roots of this with, for example, in our schools proper education around misogyny. this needs to cut right across every government department because i'm afraid we're seeing an epidemic of violence against women and girls in our country at the moment. >> and we're also seeing, according to the counter—extremism tsar, to the government, we're also seeing that london is apparently a no go zone for jews. i that london is apparently a no go zone forjews. i mean, that london is apparently a no go zone for jews. i mean, what sort of country have we come to?

>> well, everyone has to feel safe everywhere in our country, and that's got to include the capital city as well. and i've been really concerned to see the increase in anti—semitic incidents that it's taken place over recent months. we've seen an increase also in islamophobic incidents. all forms of hate are unacceptable. they need to be prevented , and they also need to prevented, and they also need to be tackled down and prosecuted by police when they take place. and certainly that's been labour's approach. we've got to be absolutely firm on this because, as i said , and everyone because, as i said, and everyone should feel safe in our country. that has got include jewish that has got to include jewish people as well. >> tories rather took the >> the tories rather took the wind from your sails, didn't they? on wednesday when they announced that they are also going to scrap non—dom tax status. that's something you've been talking about for several months. it was actually the flagship policy. i'm flagship labour policy. so i'm now sure many people out there will be wondering how you're

going to cost, how you're going to fund your plans. >> well, we always will cost our plans. that's, of course, a big difference between labour and the conservatives. and people are still paying the price in their mortgages for the fact that liz truss out those that liz truss set out those unfunded tax cuts and sent our economy into a tailspin, labour will set out all of that detail. i think this has been a really humiliating week, frankly, for the conservatives because for so long they argued against labour's plans to make sure that people who live here pay tax here, scrapping that non—dom tax status. and if the conservatives had adopted labour's plans when we first called for them, we could have seen them paying for 3.8 million more appointments and procedures in our nhs . i and procedures in our nhs. i think the question is what took them so long? >> when are you going to outline those plans? because at the moment that leaves a £27 billion black hole in labour's plans, because you were hoping to scrap the non—dom tax status

in order to raise those funds. well, the tories have beat you to it . to it. >> well, we of course, will set out all of our plans and make sure that every single plan is fully funded. as i said, we've always been clear about that. we would be making a number of changes to taxation . for changes to taxation. for example, we have said that we don't believe that we should be leaving that money from no vat or rates on private or business rates on private schools on the table. when the schools on the table. when the schools that 90% of our kids attend are not well funded. so we would be changing tax there. for example, we have set out those changes and we will be setting out the detail . but i setting out the detail. but i would say when it comes to black holes , worth looking at what holes, worth looking at what jeremy hunt said national jeremy hunt said about national insurance , he flew a kite of insurance, he flew a kite of completely scrapping that tax . completely scrapping that tax. that would be £46 billion of a black hole. so labour will always make sure we don't have any black holes, that we set everything out. i'm afraid the conservatives seem to have a much blase attitude to the

much more blase attitude to the pubuc much more blase attitude to the public finances than we do laboun >> we're going to have to hike taxes, aren't they? reading between the lines, there? >> well, quite the opposite, actually. what we've seen, actually. and what we've seen, sadly, under the conservatives is taxes rising to their highest level in 70 years. we've had 25 tax rises under the conservatives. labour always wants to see taxes on working people reducing over time. and what i just talked about there was about being really clear and upfront about how we would pay for the additional teachers that we would put into the schools that 90% of children attend . you that 90% of children attend. you know, we're being very upfront about those figures about where we would obtain that money. as i said, cancelling that removal said, by cancelling that removal of vat and business rates for private schools . i think it's private schools. i think it's quite right that labour is being upfront about how we would pay for those promises. as i said, quite a big contrast with what we've the we've seen from the conservatives months conservatives over recent months and conservatives over recent months anc okay conservatives over recent months ancokay , well we'll move on now. >> okay, well we'll move on now. thank you very much, anneliese dodds, us this

dodds, for joining us this morning. to our morning. let's go to our political correspondent, katherine forster, who's there in westminster , and give us the in westminster, and give us the lowdown on the theresa may news that she is going to stand down at the next general election . at the next general election. >> yes, quite a moment. this isn't it, because, of course, theresa may, beside being britain's second female prime minister, an international women's day today, represented her constituency of maidenhead very faithfully for 27 years. she came in in 1997 when labour won that huge landslide. and i think really significant that she chose to announce that she's not standing in the next election, not in the time , not election, not in the time, not to a big broadcaster, but to her local paper , the maidenhead local paper, the maidenhead advertiser, to whom she gave this exclusive statement. and that story was published in the last half hour or so. and she

has said that, she launched this global commission on modern slavery and human trafficking , slavery and human trafficking, and she's saying that that's taking up, so much of her time that she no longer feels that she's able to represent her constituency with the commitment that they deserve. and she said being an mp is about service to ones constituency . and i think ones constituency. and i think that's quite telling, isn't it? because of course, she, well, she, she had to give over to bofis she, she had to give over to boris johnson in the end to get brexit done as he said she got into rather a state with brexit trying to please everybody and in the end pretty much pleasing nobody and the european union, the issues with europe brought her down as they did many prime ministers before her. but at her heart, she has always been first and foremost a constituent

constituency mp. and of course, after, she was no longer prime minister, she continued going out on the weekends. it's what she loved and it's what she felt was at the core of what being an mp was about. whereas, of course, david cameron said he would stay on and, didn't take very long until he was off. she is unusual and i think whatever criticism you could make of her, she was very much a public servant. and i think nobody could dispute that she was in it for the right reasons. >> but catherine, i'm mystified as to why she's done it today. why she hasn't made a political statement of it. you know , if statement of it. you know, if she'd said, i think the country is going to the dogs or i don't like the leadership of the tory party, or we're going to lose anyway or something. she hasn't made political point, but she anyway or something. she hasn't macsaidoolitical point, but she anyway or something. she hasn't macsaid that cal point, but she anyway or something. she hasn't macsaid that she:)oint, but she anyway or something. she hasn't macsaid that she can't but she anyway or something. she hasn't mac said that she can't give she anyway or something. she hasn't mac said that she can't give the has said that she can't give the commitment her constituents commitment to her constituents that would be want give. that she would be want to give. now, what that all mean , really? >> well, she's saying that's

because she's spending so much of her time working on modern slavery and human trafficking, and that is her modern slavery act is sort of her one of her proudest achievements. i think that she would say, and she takes her commitments very seriously. of course, there's now over 60 conservative mps not standing in the next election, including sajid javid, kwasi kwarteng , nadine zahawi etc. so kwarteng, nadine zahawi etc. so there's plenty of them. her constituency was, just shy of 20,000. it would seem to be a safe seat, but maidenhead council did go to the lib dems last year. but, you know, she is 67. she was home secretary for many years . she held the highest many years. she held the highest office in the land . so i think office in the land. so i think you couldn't say that she's bailing . and one other thing bailing. and one other thing i think worth saying, she did say in the statement she's committed to supporting rishi sunak and the government , to supporting rishi sunak and the government, and she believes that the conservatives can win

the election. >> okay. katherine forster there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. >> it's funny, people have occasionally called her boring, but i think since she since she stood down as prime minister, she has become more and more interesting. i mean, her speeches from the back benches have been riveting, some of them. and do you remember the lovely speech she said about about queen the queen? about the queen when the queen? yes. was lovely. and she yes. that was lovely. and she showed she'd got real showed that she'd got a real sense as well. i don't sense of humour as well. i don't know, think she has a sense of know, i think she has a sense of humour, i think you can humour, and i think you can really about theresa may really tell about theresa may that cares. that she really cares. >> and think it was >> and i think whoever it was this said she this morning that said she is a politician without ego, yes, i think it was a&e is totally correct even the fact i correct and even the fact i think that has just think that catherine has just highlighted was highlighted the statement was not the big not in one of the big broadsheets. it not on her broadsheets. it was not on her own social media accounts. it was exclusive to was an exclusive statement to her it's class, her local paper. it's class, isn't very classy. isn't it? very classy. >> to for >> yeah, i used to work for local that and i local radio in that area, and i did an outside broadcast from bray once all morning. lovely part of the world. oh, it was

gorgeous. and michael parkinson and we had rolf harris there. oh, and the vicar of bray and theresa may came along and she stayed the whole morning. did she. she got on with everybody. it was it was a lovely morning, but she, she really was a constituency mp in the true meaning of the word. >> and you said she was very popular with people. she's very, very there. very popular there. >> well, if you're living in that windsor, that constituency, windsor, maidenhead, do let us know what you this news this you think of this news this morning mp of 27 years morning that your mp of 27 years stepping do you think it's stepping down, do you think it's still tory seat it still a safe tory seat or it could be a major scalp for somebody to get couldn't it. could it be the lib dems could it be reform. do you let us know what think it could be? what you think it could be? >> see >> boris johnson. well you see he'd be looking. >> he that wouldn't >> yeah he would that wouldn't he. home. yeah. let us he. close to home. yeah. let us know what think. gb views at know what you think. gb views at gb news. >> com now. it's been a year since plans to house 2000 asylum seekers scampton were seekers at raf scampton were leaked to the press as the home office tried to reduce reliance on expensive hotels. >> well, since then , west >> well, since then, west lindsey district council and community groups have fought to

prevent progress at the historic site, which they say puts a £300 million regeneration at risk . million regeneration at risk. >> and now, despite the high court ruling that government plans are lawful, the people of scampton are once again preparing to fight well. are. >> east midlands reporter will hollis has story. >> east midlands reporter will hollis has story . save >> east midlands reporter will hollis has story. save our hollis has the story. save our scampton . scampton. >> save our scampton for a year now, the future of britain's most iconic airbase has been in doubt. a £300 million regeneration deal at risk. sarah carter is from the save our scampton campaign. >> people are really worried and they feel like they haven't got a voice because the home office keeps saying we're engaging with the but they're not. the locals, but they're not. >> one year ago, media reports began circulate that began to circulate that thousands of asylum seekers would be coming to scampton. this led gainsborough mp sir edward leigh to raise the issue in parliament.

>> but west lindsey district council has not still been informed officially that the home office is planning to place migrants in raf scampton. >> months of protests and a spate of police incidents punctuated a difficult year for the tiny community. 2023 ended with the council losing a judicial review, the high court ruling home office plans are lawful. few air bases hold the prestige of scampton. the men of 617 squadron flew the daring dambuster raids from its runway dunng dambuster raids from its runway during the second world war. >> they're sure to be remembered in all histories of the war. >> now west lindsey is preparing a new legal challenge as the home office pushes to secure the site for three more years. >> there's portacabins that have just been stuck there for months on end . on end. >> councillor roger patterson represents scampton at west lindsey. >> unless there's a compromise or unless they backed down, we

have no future , so it's complete have no future, so it's complete and utter despair. >> a home office spokesperson said we understand the concerns of local communities and are liaising with councils and local services to manage the impact of using these sites on a temporary bafis. using these sites on a temporary basis . a year on and the home basis. a year on and the home office vision for scampton is in limbo. the persistent council here in west lindsey is hoping planning law can prevent any further progress. meanwhile, a defiant community says they will continue to protest even if legal challenges fail. not a single asylum seeker has moved into scampton . into scampton. >> i don't believe they'll ever get here, we're trying damn hard to make sure it doesn't happen. >> the community is dug in deep. will hollis gb news in scampton . will hollis gb news in scampton. >> well, let's speak now to the councillor for west lindsey

district council, councillor roger patterson, who we just saw there in that report . very good there in that report. very good morning roger. year morning to you, roger. so a year on, still not a single asylum seeker has moved into raf scampton. do you think they'll ever get their i'm not sure the home office have told us my word. >> no , come last july, august, >> no, come last july, august, september. they keep saying they're coming and still haven't anybody here. they, they've as i said in the piece there, they've dumped portacabins on the hardstanding where scampton holdings want to build our £300 million development. they've not been touched , the stop order been touched, the stop order that west lindsey district council's got prevents them from digging down so they can't lay water mains, sewage or anything else in there , so they're just else in there, so they're just basically just stuck there . basically just stuck there. nobody's turned up, so i'm not sure whether anybody will ever turn up .

turn up. >> and it must be so unnerving. i think for all the locals not knowing whether it's ever going to happen. and also not knowing how long to keep fighting. yeah. >> i mean, we've been we've been working on this plan for 15 years, for the eventual closure of the base, which is where the scampton holdings deal comes from, and we're not going to give up fighting for that deal till we. i've lost everything, it's about our future. and, without the deal, we haven't got a future, so we'll keep fighting and fighting and fighting until we actually get the deal that we. we've been working for on 15 years. >> are you all going to keep fighting? aren't you? tell us about this new legal challenge . about this new legal challenge. >> yeah. the councils, we've got a legal stop order in place which the home office are ignoring. they're not doing the portacabins, but they are building on the accommodation

blocks, and they've been doing it openly , in breach of the stop it openly, in breach of the stop order for months , we've lost order for months, we've lost a judicial review, but we have a we've been able to appeal the judicial review . so we're going judicial review. so we're going to appeal the judicial review. and the council is also going to launch another legal challenge over the stop, the development order. >> roger patterson, very good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> and of course, raf scampton was home of the dambusters was the home of the dambusters squadron . and then think squadron. and then i think later, red arrows were based later, the red arrows were based there a time as there for quite a long time as well. so i think local people feel strongly about feel very, very strongly about it. yeah. >> i that's why they feel >> i think that's why they feel so about it. so passionately about it. exactly. so many exactly. yeah and so many of them will been speaking to them will have been speaking to them will have been speaking to them of them for the best part of a yean them for the best part of a year, have camped year, have been camped out regularly they regularly outside. i mean, they do very passionately about this. >> people are wonderful actually, aren't they, when they feel strongly enough, whether you support you whether you actually support them not. in their view, them or not. in their view, i think the people of britain , think the people of britain, will they actually like a protest, a sort of gentle

protest, a sort of gentle protest like that, to feel so passionately about something that you'll camp outside there for over a year is pretty, pretty amazing. >> it's very british, isn't it? it's very british, yeah, especially when it comes to your home and your community. do let us know if you're from there. gb views at gb news. com i bet they've had to put up with some pretty weather last pretty bad weather in the last year well. year as well. >> we find what it >> shall we find out what it looks for them today? looks like for them today? >> hello there. good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather update. dry weather for many of us through the rest of the day, but there'll still be cloudier cooler conditions cloudier and cooler conditions across the north—east coast. there's an easterly breeze still dragging on, quite a lot of cloud, and some drizzly rain that will fall as snow over the high ground of north eastern scotland. though , scotland. further south, though, to be a dry day across to be a fairly dry day across the south and east, be the south and east, there'll be more the sunshine more in the way of sunshine throughout today we've got drier air continent , so air coming off the continent, so that's bringing that brighter weather for areas across weather for those areas across many parts of western england and and scotland. there'll

and wales and scotland. there'll be plenty of sunshine and through this afternoon it's going day though going to be breezier. day though than days, but it'll than recent days, but it'll still fairly pleasant still feel fairly pleasant in the . tonight we start the sunshine. tonight we start to see cloud from to see the cloud thicken from the south and west as some drizzly rain starts to arrive across parts of devon and cornwall, and further east across the south coast by the early hours. so there'll be quite a lot more cloud around by the start of the day of on saturday. further north, though, it will stay fairly dry and clear, across clear, particularly across the north—west, so there risk north—west, so there is a risk of touch frost to start the of a touch of frost to start the weekend but that keen easterly weekend. but that keen easterly breeze will continue for many northern areas throughout the weekend. will weekend. as a result, it will stay cloudier across eastern areas of scotland, north eastern england too, but across north western areas of scotland and parts of northern ireland, it should stay fairly and should stay fairly dry and bright. rain , bright. that drizzly rain, though, will come and go for more areas with a risk more southern areas with a risk of some heavier showers in any brighter breaks the south brighter breaks in the south later on. that's for now. later on. that's all for now. bye bye , the good old british bye bye, the good old british weather, yes, it's time now for

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welcome back. now, how do you feel about single use plastic? >> well, i am very, big on single use plastics. you big words. i don't like them. oh, you don't like it because. well, now it's. it's when you get on an aircraft or something like that and served that that and you're served that little yes. and it's all little meal. yes. and it's all single use plastics or something. i've noticed that something. and i've noticed that really over last year, really over the last year, things changing. are. things are changing. they are. there's more bamboo there's a lot more bamboo cutlery, instance, and you cutlery, for instance, and you sort of start to notice these things. they're still serving dnnksin things. they're still serving drinks in little plastic cups, which you then just get rid of . which you then just get rid of. but i think they're trying. they are because that's interesting. >> it is. it certainly is. and the eu has just announced a ban on all single use plastic packaging in hotels . it's going packaging in hotels. it's going to come into effect from 2030. >> gosh, that's going to be quite something. it's going to range from mini toiletries, which love, which i love a which you love, which i love a little always steel, little plastic, always steel, which you can which are stupid because you can never out of never get the shampoo out of them never get the shampoo out of the it's true. >> it's true. >> it's true. >> a really they're >> that's a really they're really stupid. they're so little there's actually there's no way of actually squirting shampoo

squirting the shampoo out of them that's mini toiletries them. so that's mini toiletries are individual milk are going to go, individual milk portions. yes. >> the milk? you get the >> is that the milk? you get the uht milk? >> yes. >> yes. >> maybe. maybe for the best. yeah >> well, exactly. it's disgusting stuff. anyway. yeah, so you've got to take your so maybe you've got to take your own supplies with you. you'll have to start thinking about it. so think is right for so do you think it is right for that ban on all plastic packaging? >> well, joining us now to discuss this is journalist mike buckley who is against the ban and ceo and founder of climate explorers isaac kenyon, who thinks it's a great idea. isaac, let's start with you. good morning to both of you. but, isaac, you think it's a great idea. why? >> well, it's a great idea because we do need to move away from plastic. >> we do need to get away from these environmentally damaging and damaging , forever and also damaging, forever chemicals that sometimes plastic has and most, most of the plastic that we're dealing with that's in food packaging now has maybe endocrine and disrupting chemicals within them that rubs

off into our food. so it's quite dangerous for the human health system disrupting hormones. so we do need to start very urgently moving across because there health crisis coming there is a health crisis coming from just plastics. but i mean , from just plastics. but i mean, we see it all the time in pictures of birds choking on plastic and things like this. it's awful to see. and you know , it's awful to see. and you know, it's a no brainer. we do need to move away from this into a more circular economy model and perhaps bio based and perhaps some other bio based and packaging sources. >> yeah. mike how can you possibly defend the use of single use plastics now ? single use plastics now? >> no, i'm not against the ban. i'm not defending the use of single use plastics. i'm only i'm only against this in the sense i just don't think it goes far enough or fast enough. so they're talking, for example, about reducing in total the use of packaging by so one 5. so of packaging by 15. so one 5. so only a very small reduction really by the year 2040 that's 16 years away. so while this sounds like a great policy, it's

not going anywhere near far enough. and by the way, the law we have in the uk doesn't go anywhere near far enough either. we're talking about getting rid of all possible waste by the year which is nearly 20 year 2042, which is nearly 20 years so both in the years away. so both in the uk and in years away. so both in the uk andin eu years away. so both in the uk and in eu , we've got and in the eu, we've got governments talking about this, but they're not going fast enough reduce packaging enough to reduce the packaging that reduced. that we need to see reduced. >> then what would >> okay then mike, what would you to see instead ? we've you like to see instead? we've still got mike. or is mike? >> well, i'd like to see both in the eu and in the uk. >> well, i'd like to see both in the eu and in the uk . yeah. can the eu and in the uk. yeah. can you hear me? okay. >> yeah, we've got you now, mike. carry on. sorry. >> great. good stuff. sorry about that, i was just saying what i'd like to see in both the eu and in the uk is a much swifter move to remove plastic from system, particularly from our system, particularly single because single use plastic, because otherwise keep otherwise we're going to keep putting into system. putting plastic into the system. and gentleman was and as the other gentleman was just saying , there's a lot of just saying, there's a lot of single use plastic in the single use plastic still in the system. causing damage to system. it is causing damage to wildlife environment. it wildlife and the environment. it is us. there's is causing harm to us. there's microplastic in of our microplastic in all of our

bodies. are read recently bodies. they are read recently that every birth that was monitored, they found microplastics in the placenta of the baby of the birth. this is this is the world we're now living in. and we should be seeking swiftly move seeking to very swiftly move beyond seeking to very swiftly move beyind seeking to very swiftly move beyi mean, i right in >> i mean, am i right in thinking, isaac, that they're going to airlines for instance, are going to drop the 100 mil rule, which means that even in your hand luggage on an aircraft, you'll be able to take bottles of shampoo with you. for instance . instance. >> and i haven't actually covered that specifically myself, so i'll be able to come in on that. but if that is the case, then, you know, that is a slight move forward. i think all of these decisions that are being made on the eu law, around, you know, banning single use plastics and also reducing plastic waste packaging is that step forward. i mean, you you take an inch, you start moving forward from that, and then suddenly maybe next year the target will be stretched. and

then the next year the target is stretched more so only stretched even more so it's only the beginning, to a more the beginning, really, to a more circular model. so although there are small changes, does there are small changes, it does feel really insignificant, at the moment, because you the moment, because it's you know, not all of the forever chemicals, not all of the single use plastic is being banned. and, and any only applies to sort of larger businesses. not all small businesses are included. so although, you know, it is very small and marginal, it's still something that will lead to a bigger a bigger impact later, and you know, we've got to take these wins as they come. >> okay . isaac kenyon really >> okay. isaac kenyon really good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. and thank as well to mike thank you as well to mike buckley, journalist we buckley, the journalist who we appear lost . buckley, the journalist who we appear lost. but thank appear to have lost. but thank you much indeed. you very much indeed. >> been checking that >> i've just been checking that apparently the 100ml liquids rule luggage to rule in hand luggage is going to end, end of end, they think, by the end of this year. >> well, that's exciting. this year. >> been'ell, that's exciting. this year. >> been trialled:'s exciting. this year. >> been trialled in exciting. this year. >> been trialled in some|g. it's been trialled in some airports. i flew back from west ireland. aidan magee you'll be familiar with this knock . familiar with this knock. airport? best airport in airport? yes. best airport in the there at the the world was there at the weekend and they didn't. you

didn't get your liquids didn't need to get your liquids out bag. out of your bag. >> in the world. are you >> best in the world. are you sure? yeah. >> well, it's tiny, you >> okay. well, it's tiny, so you just literally walk through. but that was great. >> it did. >> but it still did. >> but it still did. >> flying from the states, i must say. oh. >> did you. they they >> did you. and they still they still oh, still had the 100 million. oh, yes. did. but, the passengers >> they did. but, the passengers were take up to two were able to take up to two litres of liquids and gels, apparently. >> excited about that. >> i'm very excited about that. take toiletries with take all my toiletries with me. >> you to take all >> well, you like to take all your all your shampoos. >> get very stressed when >> i get very stressed when i can't take my hair cut. can't take all my hair cut. >> you liked the little hotel, i know, then like to get my know, but then i like to get my money's worth. >> anyway, very complicated >> and anyway, very complicated person. aiden is here. person. but aiden is here. hello. what have you got coming person. but aiden is here. hello.theiat have you got coming person. but aiden is here. hello.the sport?a you got coming person. but aiden is here. helplenty;port?a you got coming person. but aiden is here. helplenty;port?a yoearly. coming person. but aiden is here. helplenty;port?a yoearly. noting >> plenty going on early. not least dust up in the desert least the dust up in the desert tonight. anthony joshua is aiming for his fourth win in just months he takes on just 11 months as he takes on the former us sea fighter francis who huge francis ngannou, who gave huge problems to tyson in problems to tyson fury back in october. we'll ahead to october. we'll look ahead to that and in the cricket. england in trouble in india. more that and in the cricket. england in the rouble in india. more that and in the cricket. england

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break. hello. welcome back . hello. welcome back. >> we were just talking about yesterday's program, actually, because i was watching you yesterday. you were talking yesterday. and you were talking about international book day. >> book day. yes. >> yes. world book day. yes. world book day. >> and all the lovely >> yeah. and all the lovely pictures you of children pictures you sent in of children going to school in their in going off to school in their in their various outfits. >> i thought you. i thought >> i thought of you. i thought anne would this . anne diamond would like this. >> it >> oh, absolutely. well, it bnngs >> oh, absolutely. well, it brings many happy brings back many, many happy memories because i. there are some times i had four, some times when i had four, i had to do outfits. you had your hands full. yeah, all boys . all hands full. yeah, all boys. all boys. yeah. and they all wanted to something lord of the to be something from lord of the fings to be something from lord of the rings potter. it was rings or harry potter. it was always two things, really. always those two things, really. they the two books they were the only two books they read. >> you couldn't just a bow >> you couldn't just stick a bow on a little girl and say, on a on a little girl and say, oh, we did papier mushi helmets and that. and swords and things like that. >> good. >> oh, you're very good. >> oh, you're very good. >> hope you all had >> well, i hope you all had a lovely, good world day lovely, good world book day yesterday, international women's

day theme. day today. so a similar theme. any messages to your mother, your your your grandmother, your grandchildren daughter? us grandchildren, daughter? let us know. some know. we'll read some out throughout today . throughout the program today. >> woman. >> woman. >> oh, yeah, a >> woman. >> oh, yeah, 5 one. >> oh, yeah, that's a good one. yeah. very good one. so keep those coming in. views at gb those coming in. gb views at gb news. but it is now time to news. com. but it is now time to go through sports with a go through the sports with a man. aidan magee is here with us. hello. nice to have you us. hello. it's nice to have you with to you. it's with me. nice to see you. it's still nice to see you on international women's day. still nice to see you on internat it1al women's day. still nice to see you on internatit1alindeed.i's day. still nice to see you on internatit1alindeed. should still nice to see you on internat it1alindeed. should we >> yes, it is indeed. should we get just get into some boxing? just briefly. to touch on it briefly. i want to touch on it because we've a in the because we've got a guest in the next so we'll go into it next hour, so we'll go into it in more depth but anthony in more depth then. but anthony joshua up against francis joshua is up against francis ngannou it's been ngannou tonight. elie, it's been called in desert. called a dust up in the desert. the happening the reason it's happening tonight we've got tonight is because we've got the saudi happening over tonight is because we've got the sauweekend. happening over tonight is because we've got the sauweekend. nowappening over tonight is because we've got the sauweekend. now bigening over tonight is because we've got the sauweekend. now big fight over tonight is because we've got the sauweekend. now big fight forer the weekend. now big fight for anthony is aiming anthony joshua tonight is aiming for win in just 11 for his fourth win in just 11 months. kind rebuilding months. he's kind of rebuilding his his career his reputation his career after a unsteady years tyson a very unsteady few years tyson fury easily moved out in fury is easily moved out in front, although he's had some problems well. and not least problems as well. and not least with ngannou in in with francis ngannou in in october. he's a ufc fighter. he's professional boxing he's had one professional boxing fight his entire fight in his in his entire career, and it's it makes a

mockery that he gave tyson fury so many problems and he could really give problems to anthony joshua this evening. he's come in at the weigh in yesterday, one and a half stone heavier, and he's a big puncher. one and a half stone heavier, and he's a big puncher . and i and he's a big puncher. and i think the winner of this, i think the winner of this, i think can probably assume think we can probably assume that to face the that they're going to face the winner tyson fury against winner of tyson fury against oleksandr usyk, which i is oleksandr usyk, which i think is going in in may, which going to happen in in may, which if usyk win that and if usyk was to win that and joshua to win tonight, that joshua was to win tonight, that means third they means it's the third time they fight. so all eyes on that, this evening keeping eye evening i'll be keeping an eye on but i said, the on that. but as i said, the reason it's happening tonight is because we've got the saudi grand weekend, and grand prix over the weekend, and goodness been goodness me, we've been discussing week. i can't discussing it all week. i can't remember a time when f1 remember a time when i mean, f1 has so dull on the track has been so dull on the track that barely gets the back that it barely gets on the back pages, makes pages, let alone makes an incursion. pages incursion. on to the front pages we've front us all we've seen in front of us all around the papers on the around all the papers on the available to the desk available to us on the desk right now. there's been an right now. but there's been an update last 24 red update in the last 24 hours. red bull have said that they have suspended employee, suspended the female employee, made complaint. the made the original complaint. the bbc although bbc are saying that although the red have specified red bull have not specified exactly dispensed exactly why she's been dispensed with, saying it's a it's

with, they're saying it's a it's about an issue of dishonesty . about an issue of dishonesty. now, predictably, christian horner, who said yesterday , i'm horner, who said yesterday, i'm not going to comment or say last week. rather, he said, i'm not going to comment on unfounded allegations an unknown allegations from an unknown source. it's time to source. he said it's time to draw a on i mean, we it draw a line on it. i mean, we it was wonderful. we all was wonderful. if we could all do that every time we got in trouble. look, time to trouble. so look, it's time to move on. i think unluckily for him, not going to like him, it's not going to be like that. and i think now we're seeing where with seeing a situation where with honda, partner honda, the engine partner of red bull, saying that they want more detail it's very detail on events, it's very unlikely unusual, unlikely that it's very unusual, rather that a company like that would say something would come out and say something like a sign that some like that. it's a sign that some of sponsors it's of the sponsors and it's a hugely commercialised sport. elliott very elliott really is. it's a very glitzy, it's glamorous. glitzy, it's very glamorous. reputations and reputations do matter, and i think that be the point think that could be the point where worm turns. it's where the worm turns. it's a sign that sponsors are sign that the sponsors are getting nervous and i have to say with this story first develop probably about a month ago, you'd said me it's ago, if you'd said to me it's still going be running for still going to be running for four on from now, have four weeks on from now, i'd have said highly unlikely. said that was highly unlikely. >> do you think he's going to stay because, as you stay in his job? because, as you say, mean, he was obviously

say, i mean, he was obviously hoping storm would hoping that the storm would pass. but a month on, we've still all over front still got it all over the front pages. everybody's going down. >> it's dying down at all, >> it's not dying down at all, really. a really good point really. it's a really good point because everything almost because everything it's almost like on him like the net is closing on him and assuming and i'm assuming he's guilty here. this here. we should say at this point nothing's been point that nothing's been proven. all proven. he's always denied all the allegations, sometimes the allegations, but sometimes there's that there's more to it than that because about how the because it's about how the sponsors feel. look at jos sponsors feel. you look at jos verstappen, father max verstappen, the father of max verstappen, who's the driver of the. and obviously christian horner principal. horner is the team principal. he's saying that his dad he's saying that that his dad isn't liar. he speaks the isn't a liar. he he speaks the truth. and what he's talking about is that it's tearing about there is that it's tearing the now they're the team apart. now they're winning. wrong. winning. don't get me wrong. verstappen won 22 out of 23 races last season . he won easily races last season. he won easily last week. he'll probably win this weekend as well. that's part of the problem. what's happening on track is dull. happening on the track is dull. this why this story this is why this story is achieving much prominence. achieving so much prominence. and think i think in and so yeah, i think i think in a week's time he's going to have to out a hell of a storm, i to ride out a hell of a storm, i think. we're closing think. i think we're closing in on now. i think i'd be on a point now. i think i'd be surprised we could see him surprised if we could see him there this next week. there this time next week. >> cling on, >> yeah. kenny, cling on, because the bosses surely don't

like all the front page. >> not doesn't, doesn't. page. >> not forioesn't, doesn't. page. >> not for the 1't, doesn't. page. >> not for the sport,!oesn't. page. >> not for the sport, isn't 't. page. >> not for the sport, isn't it? >> not for the sport, isn't it? >> can just give you an update >> can i just give you an update on the cricket quickly? not great an england great for, from an england point of india currently of view, india currently 315 for three. they lead 97 runs on three. they lead by 97 runs on day and the session end of day two. and the session end of the end of the first day session is just. the end of the first day session isjust. it's the end of the first day session is just. it's coming to coming to a head now. >> okay. thanks, aiden . good to >> okay. thanks, aiden. good to see you. okay. >> and be looking through >> and we'll be looking through the just moment.

>> welcome back to breakfast with anne and ellie. really good to have your company this morning. we are going through the this morning with the papers this morning with political andy political commentator andy williams and political consultant . very consultant emma burnell. very good to see you both this morning, andy. let's start with you, shall we? the front you, shall we? and the front page of telegraph, london is page of the telegraph, london is now a go zone for jews.

now a no go zone for jews. >> this is robin simcox, >> so this is robin simcox, who's the home office's independent adviser on extremism. and he says that, if the, pro—palestine protests that are going on in london have been going on for many months, if they continue that london will have turned into a no go zone for jews. i think this is just forjews. i think this is just so overblown. i think it's completely wrong. i think it's divisive rhetoric . we've seen divisive rhetoric. we've seen lots of it recently. one of the really i mean, the everything that's going on in gaza at the moment is obviously an absolute tragedy. of the less tragedy. and one of the less important but really sad consequences that we've seen here in britain in london, here in britain and in london, division open up between people of different faiths, different ethnicities. i think it's a real shame. but this kind of extreme over the top rhetoric, it's just i think it's just absolute nonsense. >> do you think it's over the top to say that, that london is now a no go zone? >> i absolutely i think on a saturday i do i think i understand why people might feel uncomfortable in those

situations. and situations. absolutely. and i think large group of think like any large group of people, like any large protests, there will be a minority of people who are aggressive, who might who behave might be violent, who behave badly , who language is, badly, who use language that is, is inappropriate. but i don't think it's right to say that london is a no go zone for anyone. really. >> okay. yeah, i mean, i a i absolutely agree. >> there are signs on those marches that are unacceptable and they should be dealt with, but the marches themselves are not anti—semitic. and that's it's really important to make that point, also those marches are in a really small area of a really big city. when you say london is a no go area, i mean, which bits are you talking about? because it ain't golders green or stamford hill where i grew up, and quite frankly , i grew up, and quite frankly, i grew up, and quite frankly, i grew up, and quite frankly, i grew up in a house in stamford hill. i had muslim neighbours on one side, orthodox jewish neighbours other side. neighbours on the other side. everyone along fine. and everyone rubbed along fine. and i suspect that stamford i strongly suspect that stamford hill is exactly that way,

hill is still exactly that way, yeah. hill is still exactly that way, yeah . i just think it's it isn't yeah. i just think it's it isn't fair to say the whole of london is, and i don't know who it helps because i don't know that that's going to make jewish people who do feel uncomfortable and do feel, you know, bad, feel any safer. that's what's the any safer. if that's what's the rhetoric coming from government. >> having said that , though, is >> having said that, though, is a lot of this to do with optics? i mean, we've just seen there the on the elizabeth the projections on the elizabeth tower. can get them up tower. i hope we can get them up again river the sea. again from the river to the sea. >> is completely wrong. >> that is completely wrong. totally . totally agree. >> in heart of westminster >> in the heart of westminster and jew in for and for any jew in london, for any jew the country, you must any jew in the country, you must not welcome when you can not feel welcome when you can see that. >> absolutely. mean, wrote >> absolutely. i mean, i wrote a long newsletter this weekend about hugely in about protests. i am hugely in favour of the right to protest, being told not to do it makes me want to do it more. but i haven't gone on any of these protests and i actually walked past the other day thought, past the other day and thought, i'd in and have a i'd like to go in and have a look, see what this is all about. it was that about. it was actually that protest, thought, i'm not protest, and i thought, i'm not going to do that, because i don't to be photographed

don't want to be photographed there, no, that for there, frankly. no, and that for me says that they, the people leading the protest are getting it wrong because best it wrong because the best protests inclusive and that protests feel inclusive and that you want to be a part of and welcoming to anyone who has even say, you know, 60% of agreement with you. and i think what they've done is narrowed down they've done is narrowed down the welcoming to people who are only 100% on that side. they they must deal with things like that projection. they must deal with things like anti—semitic signage that are on those marches . but the majority of marches. but the majority of people on those marches are not doing so because they hate jews, or even hate the state of israel are they could certainly hate the current israeli government. an awful lot of the british jews i but they are doing it i know do, but they are doing it because they are absolutely heartbroken the tragedy heartbroken for the tragedy that's unfolding in gaza. we cannot forget what happened on october the 7th and that tragedy too. there are two groups of very hurt people at the moment, and both of them have a right to their say. and i think that's

what's needs to be held on to here, emma, let's stick with you . chamoy in the front page of the guardian are quite extraordinary, joe extraordinary, actually. joe biden in state of biden announced in the state of the speech in the last the union speech in the us last night that the going to night that the us is going to build fort port. build a temporary fort port. sorry on the gaza shoreline. yeah, quite important yeah, quite an important distinction there. temporary port on the gaza shoreline to allow delivery of humanitarian aid. >> yeah, this is really important point, we are looking at an absolute horrific crisis in gaza. we're looking at famine, this is , you know, famine, this is, you know, that's the word that's not a word that's being bandied about lightly. that is what the un are saying. if things continue, there is a famine gaza and there is a famine in gaza and aid not getting in by road, aid is not getting in by road, and that's partly because there's been an overzealous blockading of that from the israeli forces. and the americans have been trying and trying to do this diplomatically, to say , you diplomatically, to say, you know, you've got to you've got

to open up more. and i think they've they've cut reached breaking point. >> is that in the way that they are to do is that, are planning to do it? is that, american aid will be able to be delivered to gaza from from the sea to the shore, but they an american foot won't have to tread on. >> exactly. so it's a very, very clever workaround. that means that they're not putting boots on the ground, which is the phrase that we always use in terms of sending troops in. but they are making sure that that those convoys are fully those aid convoys are fully protected get to people protected and get to the people in desperate need. >> m is right about how stark it is. i mean, if you've seen those satellite images the gaza satellite images of the gaza strip and how many hundreds of thousands people have moved thousands of people have moved south right down to the border with i mean, the mass with egypt, i mean, the mass movement of people in such a short time just shows the scale of of the crisis. of the of the crisis. >> what is netanyahu to >> what is netanyahu going to say have we had any say to this? have we had any we haven't had a reaction. >> think we've had >> i don't think we've had a response netanyahu yet. but response from netanyahu yet. but again, this is where the cleverness of plot comes, cleverness of the plot comes, because believe the

because it's i believe that the answer there will be, answer is that there will be, israeli checks, but it will be an american led aid convoy. and frankly, the israelis are rapidly losing allies, and they really can't afford to stop the americans from getting this much, much needed aid into gaza. >> it's a terrible situation, isn't it ? isn't it? >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> certainly is. emma burnell andy williams, thank you very much indeed. and we'll be back with after the weather with with you after the weather with annie shuttleworth . annie shuttleworth. >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there. good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather update. dry weather for many of us through the rest of the day, but there'll still be cloudier and cooler conditions across the north—east coast. there's an easterly breeze still dragging on, quite a lot of cloud and some drizzly rain that will fall snow over the high will fall as snow over the high ground north scotland ground of north eastern scotland . further south, though, it'll

be day across the be a fairly dry day across the south and east. there'll be more in of sunshine in the way of sunshine throughout. today got throughout. today we've got dner throughout. today we've got drier the near drier air coming off the near continent, that's bringing continent, so that's bringing that weather for those that brighter weather for those areas across many of areas across many parts of western and wales and western england and wales and scotland. there'll be plenty of sunshine. through this sunshine. and through this afternoon going to be afternoon it's going to be breezier though than breezier day though than recent days, still feel days, but it'll still feel fairly pleasant sunshine. fairly pleasant in the sunshine. tonight see the tonight we start to see the cloud thicken from the south and west as some drizzly rain starts to arrive across parts of devon and cornwall and further east across the south coast. by the early hours . so there'll be early hours. so there'll be quite a lot more cloud around by the start of the day of on saturday. further north, though, it fairly and it will stay fairly dry and clear, particularly the clear, particularly across the north—west, risk north—west, so there is a risk of touch of frost to start the of a touch of frost to start the weekend. that easterly weekend. but that keen easterly breeze will continue for many northern areas throughout the weekend . as a result, it will weekend. as a result, it will stay cloudier across eastern areas of scotland, north eastern england too, but across north western areas of scotland and parts of northern ireland, it should stay fairly dry and bright. that drizzly rain,

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the house of commons. it's always obviously a shame for us in the country . in the country. >> the former prime minister, theresa may, is to step down at the next general election . the next general election. >> yes, this was announced in her local paper , the maidenhead

her local paper, the maidenhead advertiser. see, she says that she's spending so much time working on modern slavery that she cannot represent her constituents as she would wish. i'll bring you more details shortly . shortly. >> the man who advises the government on counter extremist them has claimed that london is turning into a no go zone for jews. that's after large pro—palestine demonstrations means a new damning opinion poll reveals a large number of people don't trust either. >> the tories or labour to handle the economy . handle the economy. >> republican president tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. that's a quote a former president actually said that bowing down to a russian leader, i think it's outrageous, it's dangerous and it's unacceptable . unacceptable. >> that's president biden there taking a swipe at donald trump dunng taking a swipe at donald trump during his state of the union speech as he addressed the attacks, also on his age.

>> i know it may not look like it, but i've been around a while. >> protest is the set to demonstrate against the government's decision to house 2000 asylum seekers at raf scampton. one year on, since the plans were actually revealed . plans were actually revealed. >> people are really worried and they feel like they haven't got a voice because the home office keeps saying we're engaging with the locals, but they're not. >> and meghan is allegedly preparing to relaunch her image in the uk with reports suggesting that the duchess of sussex is looking to hire british pr gurus. but can she ever win back the hearts of the nafion ever win back the hearts of the nation ? nafion? >> good morning. there is a dust up in the desert tonight as anthony joshua takes on former ufc fighter fighter francis ngannou. we'll hear from gareth davies later on this hour. >> good morning. there's plenty of dry and bright weather around

for many of us today, but there is some rain due tonight. you can find out all the details with me a little later on. >> and it's lovely to be with you this morning . you this morning. >> i'm anne diamond and i'm ellie and this ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . gb news. breakfast on. gb news. >> well, i've been moaning this morning. it's a very first world sort of moan, though, isn't it, when you're on a luxury cruise ship moaning about the weather. but i went to hawaii and it should have been outstanding . should have been outstanding. and it was, but for the wrong reasons, really. just was so unlucky with the weather. it was really bad . really bad. >> yeah. to the point where it actually ruined your trip. you were saying that the pools on the ship were closed to drain the ship were closed to drain the pools? >> oh, because the water sloshing around was, you know , sloshing around was, you know, actually quite dangerous, i suppose. and on one night, the entertainment had to be completely cancelled because you can't dance on a stage that's

going like that, can you? so yeah, it was. on going like that, can you? so yeah, it was. oh dear, it wasn't. it was meant to be. no. and it's such a shame because you look forward to a holiday so much, don't you? and what i'm having to do now is look forward to one. to the next one. >> oh, i'm so sorry. >> because you just have planned yet, i've been going to plan it. >> i've been it.— >> i've been so it. >> i've been so jealous of anne diamond for the three diamond for the past three weeks, hawaii, weeks, saying you're in hawaii, living i'm really living it up, and i'm really sorry that it turned out to be sorry that it turned out to be so horrible. >> wales, wales because the one really brilliant was we really brilliant event was we went whale watching in maui, which particularly famous which is particularly famous place for whale. humpback whales go there to have their calves and we so many. i was hoping and we saw so many. i was hoping to see one. we saw something like 200 are there were there were male whales showing off doing all their breaching and everything else there were mum and baby whales. it was just fabulous . fabulous. >> well, that's a memory for a lifetime. >> that is the memory of it was a long way to go there for three hours of whale watching, but it

was brilliant. >> three weeks for three, three good hours. but anyway, it has got us started this morning on holidays hell and holidays from hell and it appears lots you have been in appears lots of you have been in the same position as an yes. >> sometimes, matter what you >> sometimes, no matter what you think and you're going somewhere wonderful, it should be brilliant doesn't work. brilliant and it doesn't work. it work out that way. it doesn't work out that way. >> sandra says she just got back from india night. from a tour of india last night. oh, just got back oh, you've both just got back from trips, she says. from horrible trips, she says. it amazing some ways, but it was amazing in some ways, but it pour with rain the day it did pour with rain the day that she went to the taj mahal. then went down badly with then she went down badly with delhi belly and instead of seeing lovely of seeing the lovely city of jaipur, all i saw was my hotel room. especially the bathroom. >> all >> yes, i think we've all had a few holidays like too, few holidays like that too, haven't we i mean, you haven't we not? i mean, you can't blame anything, except it's bad luck. but it's just bad luck. yeah, but like, i said, you just have to put it down. the cruise put it down. what the cruise directors always say on the last day your is that. day of your cruise is that. yeah. it's the last day. yeah. oh, it's the last day. it's very, sad. but you're it's very, very sad. but you're one nearer your next. one day nearer your next. >> oh, well, that's that's the only to say it as well, only way to say it as well, isn't it. >> it's a very good sales pitch. yeah. >> well do keep those coming in

today, those holidays. >> news actually, as >> breaking news actually, as well the former well today because the former prime theresa has prime minister theresa may has said announced it just in said she's announced it just in the of hours that the last couple of hours that she's standing she's going to be standing down at election. at the next election. >> elected as >> yes. first elected as maidenhead mp in 1997, she joins a growing of conservative a growing list of conservative mps announce that will mps to announce that they will not as the polls not be standing as the polls indeed to turn against them. >> we've already had some reaction to the news. here's the exchequer secretary, gareth davies . davies. >> i think it's fair to say she's done a tremendous amount andifs she's done a tremendous amount and it's been quite a significant amount of time , in significant amount of time, in that, in, in that role as a member of parliament. and so she's fully entitled to make this decision today . this decision today. >> but shadow women and equality secretary anneliese dodds said it's becoming a common sight. >> this is obviously a really significant decision from theresa may to stand down at the next election. as you said, it is a surprise. but of course , is a surprise. but of course, we've heard this from a large number of conservatives sitting mps. they've decided not to

stand for the next election. and i think that does reveal that, frankly , there's no confidence frankly, there's no confidence in rishi sunak, nor indeed in the conservative party, to be a party of government for the future. i think that was anneliese dodds there. >> well, let's get more from our political correspondent, katherine forster. it does not look like rats deserting a sinking ship. catherine >> well, indeed. yes, there's now i think, over 60 conservative mps that have announced that they will not be standing in the next general election. people like kwasi kwarteng and sajid javid , kwarteng and sajid javid, dominic raab, etc. so some very big beasts. but theresa may, of course, the biggest of all, given that she was britain's second female prime minister and served as home secretary for years under david cameron in the coalition government. so a big moment. and i think it really says a lot about her that she

chose to make the announcement as an exclusive statement given to her local paper , the to her local paper, the maidenhead advertiser, you know, she is at heart a constituency mp . and after she was prime mp. and after she was prime minister, she went back to the backbenches and served for seven years. that's something that david cameron said he would do, but very quickly found it didn't agree with him. most former prime ministers have not, found it within themselves to be able to go back to being a constituency mp in that way. and she said basically that , she, is she said basically that, she, is spending a lot of time working on modern slavery, on human trafficking. she set up a global commission on these, and she says it's taking up so much of her time that she's no longer able to represent her constituencies constituency with the commitment they deserve. and she said that being an mp is

about service and ones constituency . so yes, of course, constituency. so yes, of course, laboun constituency. so yes, of course, labour, as we heard anneliese dodds , they're framing it as, oh dodds, they're framing it as, oh look, this is another side in the conservatives are on a sinking ship heading for the rocks. time for change, time for a general election. and the conservatives, of course , conservatives, of course, saying, well, she's been 27 years. she is, after all, 67. she's held the highest office. who could really begrudge her going at this point? but interestingly, i think she is getting a lot of credit for the fact that she was truly a public servant. and people like jess phillips , a labour mp, tweeting phillips, a labour mp, tweeting out this morning saying that it's class she thinks to make the announcement in the maidenhead advertiser and that she was indeed a proper constituency mp. >> yes, that she was . catherine, >> yes, that she was. catherine, whilst we've got you, i wanted to ask you about the front page of the daily telegraph this

morning. this is from the counter—extremism tsar saying that is now a no go zone that london is now a no go zone for jews. he's warning of risks from those pro—palestinian protests that we've been seeing on saturdays. tell us a bit more about this. >> yes. so we've seen at these protests in central london and elsewhere around the country , elsewhere around the country, happening many saturdays since october the 7th. it's costing the police a lot of money, putting huge pressure on resources and the next one is coming round tomorrow in central london. so this man, robin simcox, he's a independent adviser to the home office on extremism and he's basically saying that he feels that the government has not been tough enoughin government has not been tough enough in cracking down on extremism. and he says there's a permissive environment for radicalisation, has been allowed to come. and he's saying that they need to be tougher, that they need to be tougher, that

they need to crack down on extremist groups . he says, extremist groups. he says, groups who propagate extremist narratives but who lurk just below the terrorism threshold. now there's a new extremism definition. we're expecting to hear from michael gove early next week. some of the suggestions we believe he's keen on and it's up to the police, ultimately include things like, not allowing these protests to continue every time in central london, maybe having them in a different part of the city or making them static protests . making them static protests. because, of course, as we've seen, hundreds of thousands of people on the streets, many in the jewish community feeling massively threatened and really feeling that central london is no longer a place for them. >> okay, katherine forster there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. >> now, it's been a year since plans to house 2000 asylum seekers at raf scampton were leaked to the press as the home

office tried to reduce reliance on expensive hotels. >> well, since then, west lindsey district council and community groups have fought to prevent progress at the historic site, which they say puts a £300 million regeneration at risk. >> and now, despite the high court ruling that government plans are lawful, the people of scampton are once again preparing to fight. >> well, our east midlands reporter, will hollis has the story . save our scampton. story. save our scampton. >> save our scampton. >> save our scampton. >> for a year now, the future of britain's most iconic airbase has been in doubt. a £300 million regional deal at risk sir carter, is from the save our scampton campaign . scampton campaign. >> people are really worried and they feel like they haven't got a voice because the home office keeps saying we're engaging with the locals , but they're not. the locals, but they're not. >> one year ago, media reports began to circulate that thousands of asylum seekers

would be coming to scampton. this led gainsborough mp sir edward leigh to raise the issue in parliament at west lindsey. >> district council has not still been informed officially that the home office is planning to place my migrants in raf scampton. >> months of protests and a spate of police incidents punctuated a difficult year for the tiny community. 2023 ended with the council losing a judicial review. the high court ruling home office plans are lawful. few air bases hold the prestige of scampton. the men of 607 squadron flew the daring dambuster raids from its runway dunng dambuster raids from its runway during the second world war. >> they are sure to be remembered in all histories of the war. >> now west lindsey is preparing a new legal challenge as the home office pushes to secure the site for three more years. >> there's portacabins that have just been stuck there for months on end. council clr roger

patterson represents scampton at west lindsey . unless there's west lindsey. unless there's a compromise or unless they back down, we have no future so it's complete and utter despair. >> a home office spokesperson said we understand the concerns of local communities and are liaising with councils and local services to manage the impact of using these sites on a temporary basis. a year on and the home office vision for scampton is in limbo. the persistent council here in west lindsey is hoping planning law can prevent any further progress. meanwhile a defiant community says they will continue to protest even if legal challenges fail. not a single asylum seeker has moved into scampton. >> i don't believe they'll ever get here, and we're trying damn hard to make sure it doesn't happen. >> the community is dug in deep. will hollis gb news in scampton .

will hollis gb news in scampton. >> well, let's talk now to sarah carter, who you saw there in that report from the save our scampton campaign. hello there. sarah. what's it like being under this constant pressure of not knowing whether you've won your battle or whether you've just got to go on fighting at infinitum ? infinitum? >> it's extremely stressful. put it that way. that the community around here are sort of like trying to keep the spirits up whilst sort of waiting to find out what's going to happen. but a year we never, ever would have dreamt that this would have been the case anyway. but to be held up for a year and still nothing . up for a year and still nothing. you know, we've got nothing concrete. they're still working on there, but we've got the legal the stop notice, legal cases, the stop notice, and just everybody's in limbo. >> but sarah, tell us a little bit more about the community, because anna and i were discussing this earlier. people have been outside raf scampton, they've camping, they've they've been camping, they've been there and honking been standing there and honking

their with flags for their horns with with flags for a year now. and their fight continues. i mean, there is something beautifully british about it really, that people feel so passionately about their local community. >> we we've sort of given it a nickname , the dunkirk spirit. nickname, the dunkirk spirit. it's like, yeah, need to pull it's like, yeah, we need to pull together and we need to fight this, and we've been really lucky that we've had support from not just over the from not just all over the country, other countries as country, but other countries as well, you know, the well, because, you know, the dambusters so , sort of dambusters are so, sort of critical to you know, world war ii. and it wasn't just british people. we had canadians, americans, new zealand, australia and so, you know, the it rippled out across the whole world, the support that we've had, which is just i mean, when you're having a bad day, it just helps to get a message in someone completely random on the other side of the world saying, you know, my grandfather, my great grandfather, you know, helped fight in world war ii. and, know, we can do what and, you know, we can do what you're doing. and it is just amazing to have that sort of

support . support. >> something should be done with it, shouldn't it? it, though, shouldn't it? >> with the raf base . yeah, we >> with the raf base. yeah, we have a an amazing deal that, you know, that's been worked on. like roger said earlier for, for 15 years to make sure that, you know, the history and the heritage wasn't left, you know, to decay or you know, i mean, lincolnshire is former county. so you know, the amount of ex raf bases that have been turned into housing estates, industrial estates and this has got so much history and heritage, we can't just let that happen. so this deal with scampton holdings limited is, is just, you know, a dream come true. the fact that we can preserve that history, that heritage, but also, you know, create 1000 jobs for the community and that will just ripple out across the county. and it would bring more tourism to the area. so it's £300 million of private investment. it's not government money, it's

private investment. and the home office of to say, well, you know, we're not that bothered really . really. >> okay. sarah carson from the save our scampton campaign. really good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> now let's talk about meghan, the duchess of sussex, she is apparently . and you never know apparently. and you never know quite how much to believe all of this, but apparently she wants to revamp her public image in the uk , and she has reached out the uk, and she has reached out to a load of the absolutely top pr gurus here. >> wow. that says prince william is set to visit the earthshot prize winner at the oval in london later on today . london later on today. >> it'll be nice to see him out and about again, won't it? joining us now, our royal correspondent cameron walker. hello there cameron . oh, is that hello there cameron. oh, is that the oval behind you ? the oval behind you? >> yes, it certainly is. anne and prince william has a very busy day ahead actually. but one

of the questions i get asked a lot is after where is kate? it's actually. where is william? we haven't seen him out and about very often recently. and today we might get the answer to that, you know, because he's been working, i've been told, on a new strategy which could, i think , kind of revolutionise how think, kind of revolutionise how the monarchy works in the country. and it's all about stepping away from so—called traditional royal engagements, where he's out and about in pubuc where he's out and about in public for an hour or two, a couple of times a week, and focusing a lot more on his behind the scenes work to try and have a real impact on ordinary people's lives. and, for example, he wants to support projects. as i said, that has an impact. but his earthshot prize, which he set up in 2020, finding solutions to repair the planet over the next decade, kensington palace this morning has announced a new deal with one of the earthshot prize winners, notlar, which is a start up based here in london, which has found a way to create food packaging using seaweed rather

than plastic matching them with the uk's leading food , food the uk's leading food, food caterer for sporting and entertainment venues. and that's why prince william's at the oval here today. prince william actually owns the land i'm stood on because he owns the duchy of cornwall, which is where the oval ground is built on and more than 50 sporting stadiums and venues around country are venues around the country are now to have this now going to have this sustainable packaging, used sustainable food packaging, used for cleaning up the oceans. and i understand that prince william was pivotal this was actually pivotal in this behind scenes deal. working behind the scenes deal. working on this deal with them, because he really wants to scale up these solutions. so told these solutions. so he i'm told he's working seven days a week on on supporting earthshot winners. but is this going to be palatable with the with the public? it's a big, big mood move, a big gamble. the late queen always said that members of the royal family have to be seen be believed. if seen to be believed. and if prince is loads of prince william is doing loads of work the scenes and not work behind the scenes and not being seen in public, that often, there could often, then perhaps there could be issue there with the be an issue there with the public. aides that

public. but aides insist that it's in addition to his work in public. it's replacing it. public. it's not replacing it. and fans hopefully will and so royal fans hopefully will not disappointed. but not be too disappointed. but i guess have wait and see guess we'll have to wait and see if this gamble pays off. and there is a true impact on people's and people do people's lives, and people do really to as well. really want to see him as well. >> we can feel that appetite now that he's had a quiet a few weeks while in the public eye, at very least, obviously a at the very least, obviously a lot at home. look, lot on his plate at home. look, we need to ask about meghan we need to ask you about meghan or duchess of sussex. or the duchess of sussex. apparently looking her apparently looking to revamp her image tell bit image in the uk. tell us a bit more this can she more about this and can she really change her image and the perception that many people have of in this country ? of her here in this country? >> yes. >> yes. >> so this is an exclusive in the mail this morning. it's not been confirmed why meghan and harry's team, but if true, it does fit with this narrative that seen over the last that we've seen over the last few weeks, haven't of first, few weeks, haven't we? of first, the of their sussex.com the rebrand of their sussex.com website. of we had website. then of course, we had prince harry and meghan doing some philanthropic work in the mountains in canada for the invictus games and at the same time, we've got their opinion

polls on both sides of the atlantic. let's be frank, not very good. meghan is only one above prince andrew in terms of members of the royal family popularity ratings, according to the latest yougov poll. so she does an image problem here does have an image problem here in kingdom. i don't in the united kingdom. i don't think public cared think the british public cared too meghan and indeed too much for meghan and indeed harry complaining about their time members of the time as working members of the royal family. so it looks like that meghan is wanting to really, create, create a better image for herself here in the united kingdom at the same time that the king's obviously been diagnosed with cancer, kate is out of action. william is clearly not doing as many public engagements for reasons i've just discussed, and the rest of the working royals are ageing and thought , according to and it's thought, according to a source speaking mail, source speaking to the mail, that and meghan could fill that harry and meghan could fill that harry and meghan could fill that void of facing royal that void of public facing royal engagements here in the uk. but as i said, nothing has been confirmed so we'll have to wait and and indeed, if it does and see. and indeed, if it does improve their image, it's a bit of a gamble , isn't it? of a gamble, isn't it? >> cameron, thank you very much. enjoy the cricket or whatever's

happening in there today, i is going to i'm surprised she cares about her. >> i think she does care a lot about her image and her reputation around the world. i don't i didn't think she cared so much about what the british people thought. >> you know, i think we'd forgive her if if they came forgive her if she. if they came back and did the right things, you brought the children, you know, brought the children, did of waving and did a bit of waving and apparently a chance that apparently there's a chance that the games is to the invictus games is going to come to britain next time. come back to britain next time. really? going to really? yeah so we're going to see more of prince harry see a bit more of prince harry around doing that. i think around doing that. so i think we'd forgive them if they just did right things. do they did the right things. do they have say sorry, though? i have to say sorry, though? i don't they're to do don't think they're going to do that. they? they're that. are they? they're expecting sorry, frankly. expecting a sorry, frankly. >> maybe that's >> well, yes. and maybe that's what to know. what people want to know. i think people definitely forgive harry. there's harry. i think there's still a lot of and affection there lot of love and affection there for people especially for harry. people especially after his after what happened to his mother. have a soft spot mother. do you have a soft spot in hearts for harry? in their hearts for harry? >> i think people would forgive her brought the children her if she brought the children and showed what they looked and showed us what they looked like, family they are. and like, the family they are. and yeah, we to see a happy

yeah, we want to see a happy family, don't we? >> and think the >> we do. yes. and i think the british are very british people are very forgiving, actually. let us know what think about that. gb what you think about that. gb views news. com views at gb news. com >> it time for the weather? >> is it time for the weather? it is, it is. here's annie shuttleworth. >> hello there. good morning and welcome news welcome to your latest gb news weather weather for weather update. dry weather for many through the rest of many of us through the rest of the day, there'll still be the day, but there'll still be cloudier cooler conditions cloudier and cooler conditions across the northeast coast. there's breeze still there's an easterly breeze still dragging on, quite a lot of cloud and some drizzly rain that will fall as snow over the high ground of north eastern scotland. further south, though, ground of north eastern sc beand. further south, though, ground of north eastern sc be ad. further south, though, ground of north eastern sc be a fairly:her south, though, ground of north eastern sc be a fairly:her day:h, though, ground of north eastern sc be a fairly:her day acrossrgh, to be a fairly dry day across the south and east, there'll be more in way of sunshine more in the way of sunshine throughout we've got drier throughout today we've got drier air off the near air coming off the near continent, bringing continent, so that's bringing that weather those that brighter weather for those areas across parts of areas across many parts of western england and wales and scotland. there'll be plenty of sunshine. through this sunshine. and through this afternoon it's going be afternoon it's going to be breezier day than recent breezier day though than recent days, it'll still feel days, but it'll still feel fairly in the sunshine. fairly pleasant in the sunshine. tonight see the tonight we start to see the cloud thicken from the south and west some drizzly rain starts west as some drizzly rain starts to arrive across parts of devon and cornwall and further east

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good morning again. and welcome back. you're watching and listening to breakfast with anne and ellie this morning. we've been talking about theresa may's sudden announcement this morning . that she is going to stand down before the next election . down before the next election. she will not be seeking re—election. and we were sort of generally sort of paying tribute to her. but you don't like her? no. john says she's a complete disaster as far as policing is concerned. she drastically cut police numbers. she chastised the police federation for telling her what the results of her cuts would be. and look what's happened. >> yep, lots of you agreeing with that, david says. this is a retired police officer. i've got no sympathy or feelings for theresa may. our police is theresa may. our police force is now due to her. now a laughing stock due to her. >> peter also agrees. said

>> yeah. peter also agrees. said all i'll remember her for is getting of 10,000 policemen. getting rid of 10,000 policemen. >> hillary i live in her >> hillary says i live in her constituency, is windsor. constituency, which is windsor. maidenhead, voted maidenhead, i've always voted conservative, but all she did was get her photo in the paper. we wouldn't have voted for her. a terrible pm, didn't believe in brexit and cost us a fortune. >> and steve says, why are there so many tributes to theresa may? she failed home secretary she failed as a home secretary and destroyed policing because she and do the she wouldn't stand up and do the right police numbers right thing. when police numbers were she failed as were being cut. she failed as a prime minister because she wouldn't stand and be robust wouldn't stand up and be robust with eu during brexit. she's with the eu during brexit. she's only ever succeeded at failure. >> yeah, and gordon says she will only be remembered for screwing up brexit. a silly walk, p45 and screeching walk, a p45 and screeching nothing has changed. good riddance to her, says gordon. well you don't mince your words. no. clearly not. do keep your feelings coming in on theresa may and indeed any of the stories that we're talking about this morning. gb views gb news. >> com now , do you remember the >> com now, do you remember the budget? when was it? yesterday, day before wednesday? yes. right

hmm'hmm the chancellor, jeremy hunt, delivered his spring budget on wednesday. >> yes. but one department that was was the was not mentioned was the ministry of defence. well, this comes as the gap between what the government wants to do and the government wants to do and the ministry's budget ballooned to nearly £17 billion. >> well , let's to nearly £17 billion. >> well, let's find out what he thinks from the former head of counter—terrorism at the ministry of defence, major general chip chapman. it's lovely to see you this morning, and i don't know if you've seen the front page of the daily mail, but the mail is really worried about the fact that, well, there money for well, there was no money for defence. yes, they say not for decades has the world felt so dangerous. yet the budget didn't give an extra penny to defence. what do you think? >> well, i don't think the budget is the place to give money to extra or extra money for defence. that's really about fiscal and monetary policy. and currently the defence budget is set by the comprehensive spending review 21 to 25. so you might see an uplift, at the end of that period, i.e. when

there's a new election . what is there's a new election. what is true is there is a problem in the gap that particularly the rhetoric reality gap in the equipment plan , not only that equipment plan, not only that 16.9 billion that ellie mentioned is there, but that is a figure which also came out last year from the national audit office when it said that the ministry of defence are currently talking about fantasy numbers. and what that really means in reality is that you get less kit bought or less equipment for the amount of money you've got in the budget. so, for example, the t—45 destroyers that we see in the red sea at the moment, the original aspiration was for 12. that was then cut to eight. we ended up with six at the other end.the ended up with six at the other end. the f—35bs , the six end. the f—35bs, the six generation fighters that used by both the royal air force and go on the aircraft carriers . at the on the aircraft carriers. at the moment we've ordered 48. we have an aspiration for 138. most people think the final fleet will be 60 to 80. so there is

this rhetoric, reality gap. it is a unsafe world. but the russians are suffering. of course, at the moment they've lost 2900 main battle tanks. their fielding t—55 and t—62, that is, tanks built in 1955 and 62. so it is an unsafe world. but that doesn't mean the russians are going to come across any border. it's also worth just ending on that. on saying that , chief of defence saying that, chief of defence staff from the 27th of february said that the talk that britain is undefended and an armed forces chronically imperilled is way off the mark. there are things that the british armed forces still do very well. it could still be bigger and have more equipment in certain areas. >> i wanted to get your thoughts on the comments of the ex armed forces minister, francois, forces minister, mark francois, who the defence secretary who said the defence secretary recently are moving recently warned we are moving from a post war a pre—war from a post war to a pre—war world, but nobody seems to have told the treasury does russia have to get to warsaw before we start spending what we need to

on defence now? there's a school of thought, isn't there? that defence, especially in an election year, is not a vote winner and do you think there is perhaps a point there from mark francois that unless you are in the throes of war, that it's not a priority? >> i don't think it is >> well, i don't think it is a priority if you're geographically separated from russia you mentioned russia because you mentioned warsaw which is warsaw there, which of course is in poland. poland's defence budget is 3.8 to 3.9. budget this year is 3.8 to 3.9. those which border russia , those which border russia, latvia, lithuania, estonia. their budget is also bigger. now the pre—war talk in my view, is dangerous . we are actually in dangerous. we are actually in the longest peace period since 1945. the best way to preserve that peace , in my opinion, is to that peace, in my opinion, is to support ukraine so that it succeeds militarily on the battlefield and ultimately that leads politically to the removal of putin. >> okay, major—general chip chapman, really good to see you today. thank you so much for your time. >> and aidan is here at the end of the studio. don't know why he's over there, actually. but what's coming up in the sport?

>> a matter >> well, there's a small matter of stop in the desert this of a stop in the desert this evening, and anthony joshua takes on former fighter takes on former ufc fighter francis ngannou saudi arabia. francis ngannou in saudi arabia. we'll be hearing from boxing journalist gareth a davies after the .

break. >> welcome back. you're watching and listening to breakfast with anne and ellie. >> can i just apologise if you can hear my stomach rumbling, i could hear it rumbling. no it was having a go, wasn't it? i think you get when you go away for a while, you get into a different routine of eating and it's expecting breakfast. >> was it all inclusive? yeah. yes. you could do. yes. it's all you could do. couldn't you see the weather was so on for england. couldn't you see the weather was so goodbh for england. couldn't you see the weather was so good for for england. couldn't you see the weather was so good for fodid|gland. couldn't you see the weather was so good for fodid my1d. couldn't you see the weather was so good for fodid my bit. oh, good for you. i did my bit. that's what you have to do on your holiday. it's good for you to starve. >> there you go.

>> there you go. >> oh, dear. i have to get back into a routine now. dear. into a routine now. oh, dear. well, go through well, it's time to go through all latest sports news now all the latest sports news now with aidan magee. who's going to cheer up and distract from cheer us up and distract us from our rumbling this our rumbling tummies this morning? aren't you? >> i so, yeah. >> well, i hope so, yeah. a feast football last of feast of football last night. of course, europa league. course, in the europa league. lots british clubs in action. lots of british clubs in action. aston villa, rangers, brighton, west liverpool amongst west ham, liverpool all amongst them mixed them with various mixed mixed results. the i results. but it's the boxing i want i to concentrate want to, i want to concentrate on in this, this hour, ellie, because francis ngannou takes on anthony tonight in anthony joshua tonight in riyadh. this riyadh. it's happening this evening. for boxing evening. it's unusual for boxing to at such big to take place at such a big fight as on a friday, as fight as this on a friday, as opposed but it's opposed to a saturday, but it's because saudi, saudi because of the saudi, saudi grand and i'd like to grand prix. and i'd like to introduce, if i could, gareth a davies, the journalist davies, the boxing journalist who riyadh. who joins us now, from riyadh. i think right. i'm right in think that's right. i'm right in saying first all, saying, gareth, first of all, welcome news. how much of welcome to gb news. how much of a challenge this be for aj a challenge will this be for aj tonight? he's he's going tonight? because he's he's going for win in 11 months. for his fourth win in 11 months. but terms of re—establishing but in terms of re—establishing his reputation as an elite fighter, if that's fair to say , fighter, if that's fair to say, he's got a little bit of work to do. >> indeed. good morning. aiden

from riyadh here, a sunny riyadh, yeah, he's got a lot of work to look. he's getting a boatload of cash for this fight, of course, against francis nana, who shocked the world in his first, kind of major boxing match against tyson fury last october. knocked tyson fury down in the third round and kind of beat him up in the eighth round in a very close fight that was scored a split decision, of course, by the by the judges. but now that he's a player in the division, anthony joshua really lose his legacy if he loses this fight, it's unthinkable for him to lose in many ways, even though there is genuine jeopardy in the fight. eamonn and aiden. and i think the key for joshua tonight is that he just starts with all the momentum that he showed here in december against otto vallin, and bust him up and stopped him in the in the fifth round. there's always pressure on anthony joshua. he's a superstar. we expect so much from and if he's to be a from him and if he's to be a third time, three time heavyweight champion of the world and fight tyson fury, or the winner of fury and

the winner of tyson fury and oleksandr usyk, got to get oleksandr usyk, he's got to get the done. but nagano's the job done. but nagano's dangerous the entire time he's in there. >> we read too much into the >> can we read too much into the weight difference because he's giving away aj ? this is about a giving away aj? this is about a stone and a half in in weight, isn't he? >> yeah. 20 odd pounds. no. nakano's the same way as when he fought fury. so he's going to be up for ten rounds, i mean, it really is a rumble in rio. they're calling it knockout chaos here, by the way. and, it's two giant men. it's been an amazing build up all week. we've beenin amazing build up all week. we've been in a greek amphitheatre all week and part of the riyadh season in the boulevard here, they're both brilliant characters. tyson fury was here as well, by the way, kind of stirring it and arguing with francis and keanu and. but joshua and nagano, two giant men, flying fists. it really will be knockout chaos tonight, as you say, a friday fight night . joshua has just got to get the job done. no matter how he gets it done, he's got to get it done. otherwise, i say, as i say, the legacy is dented in a

huge way . huge way. >> and gareth is the reputation of boxing as a sport at stake to some degree tonight. i mean, as you said in ghana, he's only had one fight as a boxing, as a boxer. i think there was a there was some rankings published before if i remember before christmas, if i remember rightly he was number rightly saying he was number 10th in the world on the 10th or 11th in the world on the back of one fight. i mean, where does that leave boxing as does that leave the boxing as a sport? been quite sport? because it's been quite tough couple years for tough for a couple of years for it a sport, hasn't it? it as a sport, hasn't it? >> yeah, i know, i think the, the injection of investment from the injection of investment from the saudi arabians really the saudi arabians has really brought heavyweight brought all the heavyweight fights together, where guys weren't fight on, weren't agreeing to fight on, on the kind of the purses and all those kind of things. really ignited things. and it's really ignited the got the division. we've got like a super league of heavyweight fights. the picture of fights. we see the picture of anthony joshua great anthony joshua and the great gentleman each other this gentleman with each other this week. way. no, think week. by the way. no, i think ngannou has an extraordinary ngannou has got an extraordinary story . loads of intangibles in story. loads of intangibles in his life. he's an anomaly as a boxer , there he look i mean boxer, there he is. look i mean what what physicality on the two guys, both foot five, six guys, both six foot five, six foot six, 200 and as you say, 200 and, £52. anthony joshua ,

200 and, £52. anthony joshua, £272. francis ngannou , it really £272. francis ngannou, it really reminds me of the rumble and the jungle with, ali and foreman all those years ago. cameroon versus nigeria here. and obviously, anthony joshua, a british, nigerian . but i think boxing's nigerian. but i think boxing's not under under scrutiny in many ways because ngannou has got an incredible story came out of africa in his mid—twenties, won the ufc heavyweight title, an incredible journey to become imprisoned in spain. six times he tried to cross the mediterranean in a dinghy from morocco to spain. and, you know, he had to sleep on the streets of paris, found an mma gym, wanted to be a boxer, found a mixed martial arts gym and ended up as the ufc heavyweight champion. he's an extraordinary man. he's had an incredible , man. he's had an incredible, difficult life, so this is just a bonus for him. >> i'm going to have to stop you there, i'm afraid, because we do need to go to, to a break. but thanks very much indeed for, for

joining us. you call it knockout chaos or the rumble in riyadh? i call it the dust up in. in. no. what do they call it? dust up in the desert. that's it. yeah. >> well, i'm glad remembered >> well, i'm glad i remembered it. very much. it. aidan thank you very much. >> you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> do stay with us. next >> okay. do stay with us. next up, be into the up, we'll be delving into the papers.

you >> welcome back. you are watching and listening to breakfast with anne and ellie. and we've had some breaking news in the past few moments. this is from the us embassy in russia. thatis from the us embassy in russia. that is warning of a terrorist attack that could take place in moscow within the next 24 hours. it's been repeated by the uk embassy there, and it urges citizens to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours. it says it's monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in moscow , to include

gatherings in moscow, to include concerts and the russia's federal security service said that its agents have thwarted a potential islamic state terrorist attack on a moscow synagogue, with russian media reporting that militants behind that plot were killed , so that that plot were killed, so that breaking news from uk and us embassies in russia of a potential terrorist attack taking place in moscow within the next 24 hours, that has just emerged . and we are joined now emerged. and we are joined now by political commentator andy williams and political consultant emma burnell. andy, let's start with you and your reaction to this news. >> yeah. so not long after alexei navalny's funeral, obviously turmoil going on in russia. i think the concern is , russia. i think the concern is, excuse me, how might vladimir putin and the kremlin exploit a situation like this? might they crack down further, further erode people's civil liberties in russia? really, really worrying time? >> emma. yeah, i couldn't agree more. i mean, obviously you have to address terrorism, threats,

whoever they are against, wherever they're happening. but we are we know we're dealing with a very repressive state in russia and these terrorist threats can easily become a threats can easily become a threat to the to the citizens of russia and their right to stand up to putin, even even more of a threat. >> it does feel like an increasingly dangerous world that we're living in at the moment, doesn't it? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, i'm i'm old enough to remember 911. i'm old enough to remember 911. i was in fact, i was in america on 911, and the, the aftermath of that and i don't think that the world has felt this unstable since that moment, since that time, and i'm also because i really am quite old, old enough to remember when, the berlin wall came down, and the hope of freedom that that followed, that followed that. and the idea that that terror was, you know, and that terror was, you know, and that bipolar world was over and i'm afraid that was a very, very

naive hope. well on that note, did you find it curious that defence was not mentioned in the spnng defence was not mentioned in the spring budget on wednesday , spring budget on wednesday, yeah, i did, because we need to be funding not just traditional defence things like the army and the navy and what have you, but also we need to be looking really seriously at investing in things like cyber security hacking and these sorts of aspects are massive threats to the countries like the uk from countries like russia, from china, who are investing a lot of money in some very clever people who can do a lot of damage by getting into the sort of the, the systems of the, of the british state. so, yeah, absolutely. i wanted to make one point about, geopolitics security geopolitics and security generally, is what happens generally, which is what happens in america in november is going to be hugely significant. absolutely. and when you have , absolutely. and when you have, you know, joe biden delivered his state of the union address last night, by all accounts delivered, actually quite a good performance. i haven't seen it yet, apparently he did, and yet, but apparently he did, and he made the point that donald

trump , was saying vladimir putin trump, was saying vladimir putin has the right to do whatever he likes. and no us president in, i think, in american history would ever have said anything like that. and that is a really worrying, dangerous thing. if donald trump becomes president again, which is maybe more likely than not. >> indeed, absolutely. i couldn't agree more. >> don't you think? putin might actually be more wary of trump? no, because he too will do what the heck he likes. >> he will what the heck he >> he will do. what the heck he likes, but what he likes is vladimir putin. and that's the problem. >> well, we don't know that he likes him. well, he just knows that we do because we saw him in finland saying this guy is great, i can totally work with this guy. >> em- this guy. >> is amazing. w—n this guy. >> after is amazing. that this guy. >> after a is amazing. that this guy. >> after a lot amazing. that this guy. >> after a lot of|azing. that this guy. >> after a lot of the1g. that was after a lot of the repressive crackdown in russia. it was before ukraine, but it was think it was after the was i think it was after the first incursion into ukraine says that to infer says things like that to infer that he get on with that he can get on with somebody, he talk them somebody, he can talk to them and see his point of and get them to see his point of view. yes no. i think he view. yes or no? no. i think he just likes strong men. yeah. the strong type of leadership,

strong man type of leadership, and i think that he has so little understand of geopolitics that who will or that it's all about who will or will not kiss the ring for trump. >> but then we had a very cunous >> but then we had a very curious incident, didn't we, andy? in february, when president putin was asked who he would back in the us election, and he said biden , because he's and he said biden, because he's predictable, which perhaps links into that idea that at least you know biden stands. know where biden stands. >> quite possibly. i mean, >> yeah, quite possibly. i mean, i think trolling. i was i think he's trolling. i was going say i tend i tend to going to say i tend i tend to think he's just taking the mic, actually, just winding actually, and just just winding people. i think he was trolling us i think was definitely us and i think he was definitely trolling, what's name? trolling, oh, what's his name? that interviewer that terrible interviewer who just a carlson. just made such a tucker carlson. tucker carlson you , yeah. tucker carlson thank you, yeah. i think putin ran rings around him and was clearly just by the end of it having a laugh. just when you think it might be safe to go out there talking about liz truss making a comeback. >> oh my goodness. we've only got about 40s. but give us your lowdown on can i say that on international women's day? >> i rather celebrate >> i would rather celebrate anybody british politics

anybody else in british politics than okay. than liz truss. okay. >> andy, well, all i'm going >> and andy, well, all i'm going to say is that new poll this morning, on morning, concern lives on 20. >> according yougov, down to >> according to yougov, down to 18% in another poll, lowest since polling began in the 19405. since polling began in the 1940s. and that is in no small part due to the damage that liz truss caused. >> oh gosh . >> oh gosh. >> oh gosh. >> okay, well, let us know what you think of that. do you think liz truss should make a comeback? >> did you say liz truss then? truss cross red like cross. >> what we wanted to hear perhaps annie shuttleworth has your you . your weather for you. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather update. dry weather for many of us through the rest of the day , but there'll still be the day, but there'll still be cloudier and cooler conditions across the north—east coast. there's an easterly still there's an easterly breeze still dragging on, quite a lot of cloud, and some drizzly rain that will fall as snow over the

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good morning. it's 9:00 on friday the 8th of march. today >> shame when we lose, when we lose talent from the house of commons. it's always obviously a shame for us in the country. >> well, the former prime minister, theresa may, has announced that she's going to stand down as an mp before the next general election . next general election. >> yes, britain's second female prime ministerjoins around 60

conservative mps who say they're not standing in the next election. i'll bring you her reasons shortly . reasons shortly. >> the man who advises the government on counter—extremism has said that london is turning into a no go zone forjews amid large pro—palestine demonstrations . demonstrations. >> there's a damning new opinion poll reveals a large number of people don't trust either the tories or labour to handle the economy . economy. >> publican president tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. that's a quote a former president actually said that bowing down to a russian leader, i think it's outrageous, it's dangerous and it's unacceptable . unacceptable. >> that's president biden there taking a swipe at donald trump dunng taking a swipe at donald trump during his state of the union speech, which happened overnight . and the white house has now warned that a terror attack is apparently likely in moscow

dunng apparently likely in moscow during the next 24 hours. >> meghan markle is allegedly preparing to relaunch her image in the uk, with reports suggesting the duchess is looking to hire british pr gurus . but can she win back the hearts of the nation ? hearts of the nation? >> good morning. there's plenty of dry and bright weather around for many of us today, but there is some rain due tonight. you can find out all the details with me a little later on. >> good to be with you. >> good to be with you. >> i'm anne diamond and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . gb news. breakfast on. gb news. >> a little bit later on, we're going to be talking to our royal correspondent, cameron walker about meghan and about william as well, who's out and about today. but we were saying maybe the british public would forgive meghan if she just came. and as a family, they started to be part of britain again. you don't think so? no in fact, you were

pretty tough on theresa may about an hour ago, and now you are being on. meghan carroll says, i'm sorry, but i could never forgive her. not after that when she laughed that curtsy when she laughed about disrespectful to about it. so disrespectful to our late queen. and if harry had been man, he would have told been a man, he would have told herthere much been a man, he would have told her there much love, >> there is so much love, really, for the late queen. and that's what what's coming out here emails that was terrible. >> that it wasn't good. >> that it wasn't good. >> curtsy. >> curtsy. >> it was awful. >> it was awful. >> that wasn't good. leah says she will be forgiven for she will never be forgiven for the our late the hell that she put our late queen whilst grieving queen through whilst grieving for and whilst for her husband, and whilst she suffered with health. suffered with her own health. the curtsy again , the lies about the curtsy again, the lies about racism, the stories, no. racism, the fake stories, no. take one look on social media if you think she'd be forgiven i >> -- >> that's interesting, robert says. forgive and meghan says. forgive harry and meghan never. says. forgive harry and meghan never . they are for never. they are only for themselves and their popularity in is dropping in the us is dropping drastically. and now they want our sympathy. no , dorothy our sympathy. but no, dorothy simply makes the point. >> meghan should make peace with her own father before expecting us accept her. us to accept her. >> interesting. >> interesting. >> isn't it? very do keep your

views. >> you watch social media a lot. i don't engage with it as they say. is it? what are the feelings about it? i feel like it's very divisive, as are most things these days. >> but yeah, with harry and meghan, there is a lot of hatred on things x, but they also on things like x, but they also have a very , very supportive have a very, very supportive fans as well. >> so you don't talk about it in our household because it tends to divide opinions. yeah. quite fundamental ali. it does. some people totally for her and people are totally for her and totally see it her her from her perspective i do with other members family don't. members of the family don't. >> it's probably >> yeah. no it's probably wise isn't it? >> marmite or, or monopoly. >> like marmite or, or monopoly. there certain that there are certain things that have banned in our house, have to be banned in our house, probably for the best, but i do think divisiveness of it all think the divisiveness of it all does come down to her. >> think generally with >> i think generally with british and british people, when i'm out and about people on about speaking to people on stories, still lot of stories, there is still a lot of love and affection for prince harry. think because of lot harry. i think because of a lot of been through and of what he's been through and his mother. i think there his late mother. i think there is of love there. is a lot of love there. >> i think since he lost his mum, been looking for mum, he's been looking for a strong woman and he's found one and don't know, maybe we were

and i don't know, maybe we were never going to like who he picked, we did picked, although i think we did very the beginning. i really. >> oh, she welcomed with >> oh, she was welcomed with open arms. yeah. i mean the scenes on wedding day were scenes on the wedding day were just wonderful. >> were, it was brilliant. >> and that is what is such a shame really, isn't it? i mean, they had just a they could have had just a wonderful within the wonderful role within the commonwealth very, commonwealth and been very, very popular. >> they would be >> yeah. and they would be needed wouldn't they? needed now wouldn't they? especially shall especially now. anyway, shall we get what's become the get on with what's become the top when the announcement top story? when the announcement was about hours was made about three hours ago now, minister now, the former prime minister theresa said was. theresa may has said she was. she not standing in the she will not be standing in the next election. she is standing down mp. down as an mp. >> yeah. she was first elected as maidenhead mp in 1997 she as maidenhead mp in 1997 and she joins a growing list of conservative to announce conservative mps to announce that not be standing that they will not be standing as the polls against the as the polls turn against the conservative party. >> some >> well, we've already had some reaction news. >> well, we've already had some reaihere's news. >> well, we've already had some reaihere's the news. >> well, we've already had some reaihere's the exchequer >> here's the exchequer secretary, davies. secretary, gareth davies. >> it's fair to say >> i think it's fair to say she's done an a tremendous amount and it's been quite a significant amount of time in that, in, in that role as a member of parliament. and so she's fully entitled to make

this decision today. >> but shadow women and equalities secretary anneliese dodds says it's becoming a common sight. >> this is obviously a really significant decision from theresa may to stand down at the next election. as you said, it is a surprise, but of course, we've heard this from a large number of conservative sitting mps. they've decided not to stand for the next election. and i think that does reveal that , i think that does reveal that, frankly, there's no confidence in rishi sunak nor indeed in the conservative party, to be a party of government for the future, i think. >> well, let's get more now from our political correspondent, katherine forster catherine, how do you think this is going to go down with conservative central office ? office? >> well, this is quite a moment, isn't it? we've had now around 60 conservative, mps say they won't stand in the next election. some big beasts among them, like sajid javid, kwasi

kwarteng, dominic raab. but theresa may, of course, the biggest of them all, only our second female prime minister in this country and also she was home secretary for many years under david cameron. so yes, it's quite a moment. i'm sure the conservative powers that be would prefer that she was not going, and will be concerned about the signal this may send as anneliese dodds the labour chair, said. of course labour will frame it as look , they will frame it as look, they realise the way the wind is blowing. time for a general election. time for change. but the way the conservatives will frame it is rather different . of frame it is rather different. of course, i think worth looking at what she said in this statement, which she gave notably, not to the big broadcasters or to a big, broadsheet , but to the big, broadsheet, but to the maidenhead advertiser at her local paper, she said since

stepping down as prime minister, ihave stepping down as prime minister, i have enjoyed being a backbench archer again and having more time to work for my constituents and championing causes close to my heart , including most my heart, including most recently launching a global commission on modern slavery and human trafficking . she goes on human trafficking. she goes on to say these causes have been taking an increasing amount of my time because of this. after much careful thought and consideration, i've realised that looking ahead, i would no longer be able to do my job as an mp in the way i believe is right and my constituents deserve . i have therefore taken deserve. i have therefore taken the difficult decision to stand down at the next general election . and i think whatever election. and i think whatever you may think of theresa may and her failure to get brexit done as boris johnson ultimately did, she got into a terrible mess over brexit, didn't she? she basically tried to please

everybody and ultimately pleased no one. and we got a real deadlock in parliament as a result . but nobody would doubt result. but nobody would doubt that she was a true public servant and a real constituency mp. and after her, no longer being prime minister but spent seven years as a backbench mp , seven years as a backbench mp, that's something that david cameron said he would do, found he didn't last very long, though. of course he's back as foreign secretary. he and former pms generally can't take that blow to their ego, but to razer, may could. so i think , sad news. may could. so i think, sad news. most people will say that she's going. she will see the modern slavery act as one of her greatest achievements. this is something she feels closely, about and wants to keep working on, worth noting, i think that her constituency, maidenhead, she has a majority of just under 20,000. in normal circumstances ,

20,000. in normal circumstances, it should be a safe conservative seat. but who knows now that she's not standing, who knows whether ultimately that might potentially fall to the liberal democrats. >> catherine, whilst we've got you, i wanted to ask you about the front page of the daily telegraph this morning. comments from the counter extremism tsar warning that london is now a no go zone for jews. tell us a warning that london is now a no go zone forjews. tell us a bit go zone for jews. tell us a bit more about this. >> yes, these are comments made by robin simcox. he's the extremism tsar for the home office, he's written in the telegraph today, and it makes the front page basically saying that many jews feel now that they can't go into central london. they don't feel safe because we've seen these protests , these pro—palestine protests, these pro—palestine marches, many , many saturdays marches, many, many saturdays since the atrocities of october 7. the next one is coming round tomorrow, starting at 12:00. and they have been controversial

because of course, people have the right to protest. but sometimes there are slogans, banners, chanting , which some banners, chanting, which some people feel crosses the line. and robinson cox has basically said that we have allowed this country to develop a permissive environment for radicalisation. he's saying that the government needs to come down tougher on groups who propagate extremist narratives, but who lurk just below the terrorism threshold , below the terrorism threshold, suggesting a withdrawal of funding bans on speaking, etc. also potentially , the idea that also potentially, the idea that it might be smart to relocate some of these marches away from central london and or perhaps to make them static marches . but make them static marches. but that ultimately is a matter for the police to decide. and of course, the police do have operational independence. so

let's see how this march goes tomorrow. but lots of concerns of course, because a huge rise in anti—semitic attacks and incidents since october the 7th. >> okay, katherine forster there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. >> now you're going to find this next story absolutely fascinating, but it's also going to behove prove to be incredibly controversial. in fact , that's controversial. in fact, that's a real understatement. there's a major report now on an m15 agent, and apparently he was embedded inside the ira during the troubles , as this the troubles, as this investigation has taken seven years and has cost £40 million. >> well, joining us now is our northern ireland reporter , northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, who's actually in the studio with us this morning. and dougie, this is operation canova, isn't it? it is about this. >> it is this, as you say, this operation has been ongoing through many years. and it is it has quite high quality and

credibility in it because none other than john bucha , he is the other than john bucha, he is the current chief constable of the psni, was at the head of this the beginning. it's now gone to sir ian livingstone, who is looking after things, but really what this is, is looking at how the state ran informers, ran double agents inside paramilitary groups and they had them in both sides . unionist and them in both sides. unionist and nationalist organisations . and nationalist organisations. and it's really taking an in—depth look at that and seeing did british citizens get killed in order to protect the identity of informers and that's really where this is going, because these operations happen all over these operations happen all over the world, you must understand. but when it's uk soil that it's actually happening on with uk forces in there, it becomes a whole different ball game . whole different ball game. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so because what you're talking about here is an m15 mole who is placed inside the ira , we don't fully know do we, ira, we don't fully know do we, what he did there , whether he

what he did there, whether he was responsible for anyone's deaths or , or or whether people deaths or, or or whether people died because he was there in order to protect his identity. we. >> well, i mean, the ira at one point were the belfast brigade were so heavily infiltrated, by intelligence that most of that went to fermanagh and south tyrone brigades. and they they were very , very effective at how were very, very effective at how they carried out terrorist attacks. but of course, then you had the loch gall massacre, where the sas was standing winning, and had every escape route completely covered. that didn't happen by accident. somebody at a very high level in, say, the ira told them what was happening. and that plan, was happening. and that plan, was executed by the sas and stopped. it basically brought the ira to the table at that stage of the game. and then that starts making you wonder in the 1998 good friday agreement, we had, side deals done with and you keep on hearing me saying

that about legacy letters of comfort queen's pardons and mercies, etc. if canova can get to this information and there is list of informers and there is double agents, surely they can be published and those that are looking for their day in court saying , we want to know what saying, we want to know what happened inside northern ireland. we want to know what happened to loved ones. happened to our loved ones. well, appears that m15 well, it now appears that m15 probably has most of that information there, and that possibly is more down the road of why legacy. this legacy bill is coming into the northern ireland to shut down any of these, future prosecutions. >> and do think that will >> and do you think that will happen ? i mean, the first happen? i mean, the first minister of northern ireland is sinn fein. >> well , well, they are in sinn fein. >> well, well, they are in sinn fein and actually in this if canova actually to show canova actually starts to show as is showing of, of ira as it is showing of, of ira links and cooperation and collusion. well, sinn fein will probably be the most embarrassed by this particular, report because it's these are ira nodding squads for want of better taking out nationalist people. some of them might have

had nothing to do with the troubles, but it was for the protection of those that were involved inside the ira that were passing information back to mi5 were passing information back to m15 and the report will be released at 11:00 this morning. we'll be having a look through it today to see what, and we'll have to see how many redactions, etc. have been in this report. this could be politically explosive. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> dougie beattie really, it's going to be an enormous it is enormous story, isn't it? >> a huge story. and you'll have it for us across the day on gb news really good to see you dougie beattie. thank you very much. >> okay. >> okay. >> it's time for the latest >> 915 it's time for the latest great british giveaway. first winner was from west winner was phil from west yorkshire we our yorkshire and now we have our latest from latest winner, charles from stoke who won 18 grand stoke on trent, who won 18 grand in cash. here's the moment he found out, carlos, i have some really good news for you. >> you're the winner of the great british giveaway savinykh . great british giveaway savinykh. >> oh, dear. you've won £18,000.

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ellie. welcome back to breakfast. you are watching and listening to us. and an early this morning on international women's day, lots of you getting in touch on the prime minister, theresa may, ex prime minister, theresa may, ex prime minister, theresa may, ex prime minister theresa may, who's standing down before the next general election , barbara next general election, barbara says the thorn in boris's side is finally going for me. >> thank goodness some people will not forgive . yeah, and will not forgive. yeah, and shelly makes an interesting point about meghan and harry saying, i personally think meghan and harry are looking for a way back because their money is running out. and their ways of earning out of the royal connection. maybe they're coming back to sort of strengthen the royal connection. >> on theresa may, celine says, what a farce of her decision to stand down at the next election. she was the worst pm ever.

crafty and menacing. she knows that if she does stand, she will lose by a huge majority. and it is a safe tory seat. so what she doesis is a safe tory seat. so what she does is step down and hopefully hope to be given a place in the lords. the other decadent waste of in space institution of money in space institution where she can a regular nap where she can have a regular nap and it. and get paid for it. >> oh, really harsh, but >> oh, that's really harsh, but alison, on the other hand, says overblown left wing nonsense. all that. if she'd been allowed to get on with her plans, it would have been fine and we would have been fine and we would have been fine and we would have growth. 1922, though, wanted and now look at the wanted sunak and now look at the state of tory party, dave state of the tory party, dave says a conservative to the says i'm a conservative to the core. however, she will go down in as possibly the worst in history as possibly the worst prime minister. she is responsible waving responsible for waving through of the 2008 climate change act without or due without scrutiny or due diligence. this single act will be responsible for the total destruction of the uk economy, says dave , yes. says dave, yes. >> actually, i'm beginning to wonder whether alison's point about being overblown left wing nonsense and if she'd been allowed to get on with her

plans, things would have worked. it's actually more about liz truss than theresa may. yes i think that is more about this truss, actually. >> so do i in the times online today saying that she might be set for a comeback, so do let us know what you make of that. >> i think the press just do that, don't they? >> yeah, they do. >> yeah, they do. >> you know, they're saying could could windsor and maidenhead be a great constituent, see for boris to make a comeback. but you know, really is that to happen. really is that going to happen. >> like you were saying >> but like you were saying earlier interesting see earlier very interesting to see how go with tory hq how this will go with tory hq because we're seeing a list of high mps aren't you. high profile mps aren't you. just oh no, wallace just think, oh no, ben wallace kwasi kwarteng javid, kwasi kwarteng sajid javid, dominic major dominic raab's major, major names real experience. >> the party is going to look very, very different, isn't it, come the next general election. but thank you for your company today on this international women's it's been great to women's day. it's been great to be you. be with you. >> yeah, it's been good, actually. >> you're back tomorrow together? it been together? yeah. it has been lovely to be together. >> tomorrow with martin. >> yeah. and then we're back together on sunday. what a treat. up is britain's

treat. next up is britain's newsroom >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. good morning and welcome to your latest gb news, weather update, dry weather for many of us through the rest of the day, but there'll still be cloudier and cooler conditions across the north—east coast. there's easterly breeze still there's an easterly breeze still dragging on, quite a lot of cloud and some drizzly rain that will fall as snow over the high ground of north eastern scotland. further south, though, it'll day across it'll be a fairly dry day across the and east. there'll be the south and east. there'll be more in the of sunshine more in the way of sunshine throughout today we've got drier air off the near air coming off the near continent, that's bringing continent, so that's bringing that for those that brighter weather for those areas many parts of areas across many parts of western and wales and western england and wales and scotland. there'll be plenty of sunshine. through this sunshine. and through this afternoon it's going be afternoon it's going to be breezier day than recent breezier day though than recent days, it'll still feel days, but it'll still feel fairly in the sunshine. fairly pleasant in the sunshine. tonight see the tonight we start to see the cloud thicken from the south and west some drizzly rain starts west as some drizzly rain starts to arrive across parts of devon

and cornwall, and further east across the south coast by the early hours. so there'll be quite a lot more cloud around by the start of the day of on saturday. further north, though, it will stay fairly and it will stay fairly dry and clear, particularly across the north—west, there is a risk north—west, so there is a risk of a touch frost start of a touch of frost to start the weekend. easterly weekend. but that keen easterly breeze continue for many breeze will continue for many northern areas throughout the weekend. as a result, it will stay cloudier across eastern areas scotland, north eastern areas of scotland, north eastern england two but across north western areas of scotland and parts northern ireland. it parts of northern ireland. it should stay fairly dry and bright. drizzly rain, bright. that drizzly rain, though, will come and go for more southern areas with risk more southern areas with a risk of heavier showers in any of some heavier showers in any brighter breaks in south brighter breaks in the south later on. that's for now. later on. that's all for now. bye bye. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. we stop. weather on. gb news. we stop. good morning. it's the bev and ben show. this morning, we are going to be here from 930. the nhs is going to save your life because now they'll be able to

see how many steps you've done on your app. is my idea of on your app. that is my idea of hell. the cost your privacy, though. >> do you want the government intruding on your mobile phone and your data? no. and all your data? no. >> that, no, i'm not happy >> with that, no, i'm not happy with at all. and it's with that at all. and it's international women's day. you're excited, about you're very excited, ben, about a tribute all the mums a pay tribute to all the mums all including all around the world, including my i have a caution >> however, i have a caution about vocal feminists. they about vocal male feminists. they always out to be the always turn out to be the biggest so we'll discuss biggest creeps, so we'll discuss that

>> good morning. it's 9:30 on friday, the 8th of march. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and bev turner. >> very good morning. thank you for joining us. so, a new nhs forjoining us. so, a new nhs app forjoining us. so, a new nhs app is going to monitor your step count . that's right. to step count. that's right. to just see how unhealthy you're being and get you back to work. are you on board with that . are you on board with that. >> oh i wonder what could go wrong. a labour government looms

. or does it a gb news people's poll shows 46% of you voters plan to vote for labour at the next election, dwarfing just 18% for the tories. and by the way, you trust neither party to handle the economy. is it time for change? >> mps are warning that the ministry of defence has no credible plan to fund the armed forces, that the government wants, leaving the uk increasingly reliant on its allies. are we taking defence seriously enough? >> and she's back again. meghan's uk relaunch the duchess of sussex looks set to hire british pr gurus to improve her popularity here in the uk . popularity here in the uk. >> good luck. and the former prime minister theresa may is going to step down as an mp at the next general election . she's the next general election. she's represented the maidenhead constituency for 27 years. we're going to be joined by her former political adviser .

political adviser.