polls continue to head to the polls today. but after recent incidences , will there be more incidences, will there be more protests? >> a shocker weekend for the nation's supermarkets as sainsbury's and tesco both face huge tech issues . huge tech issues. >> and there's a new exhibit at the victorian albert museum in london that has labelled margaret thatcher a villain. oh, we, we are going to be debating. is that really fair ? is that really fair? >> good morning. there were six nafions >> good morning. there were six nations heartache for england last night as they lost out to france late on in lille . wales, france late on in lille. wales, meanwhile, earned the dubious distinction of a first wooden spoon in 21 years and on a day of high drama in the fa cup. find out which manager had to apologise for goading a ballboy after a wet start this morning, there will be a bit more sunshine on offer this afternoon. >> join me later for the full forecast with all the details . forecast with all the details. >> good morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news . and poised

gb news. and poised with a bit of paper. what have you found? oh i wondered what you thought of more in royal news. >> oh, prince william has been talked into getting and is now agreed to. in fact, i think we know his name , into having a know his name, into having a valet, his own personal valet. apparently, prince charles always did , and i think prince always did, and i think prince philip before him. but william has always really not liked the idea very much, because if you let somebody too close, they get to know you too well. and then years from now, they sort of write a book and become tv commentators and things like that. >> you could be taken to know too much about your life. >> so he's always resisted it. but he has now gotten himself a personal valet . and i just personal valet. and i just wonder what you know. would you have one? >> no, no, i did a gentleman's gentleman , i didn't i didn't

gentleman, i didn't i didn't know someone years ago who worked as a valet for very rich people, and the stuff he used to come out with there was he knew too much. oh yeah. there was no, there was no discretion amongst so, so any of your secrets are going to get out, but somebody to sort all your wardrobe and always something for you always have something for you to, so that you don't to, you know, so that you don't have to sort through that yourself, things dry cleaned have to sort through that yo timef, things dry cleaned have to sort through that yo time , things dry cleaned have to sort through that yo time , havehings dry cleaned have to sort through that yo time , have a1gs dry cleaned have to sort through that yo time , have a whole' cleaned have to sort through that yo time , have a whole outfit|ed in time, have a whole outfit planned for you. >> mean, would nice. >> i mean, that would be nice. that would be nice. >> i brush your teeth for >> but i brush your teeth for you. that was always the you. well, that was always the thing, wasn't it? >> said about prince >> they said about prince charles's. >> yes, had his two. his >> yes, they had his two. his toothpaste applied his brush toothpaste applied to his brush and that sort of thing, and and all that sort of thing, and various other personal requirements apparently. >> oh, very strange. >> yeah. oh, yes. very strange. >> yeah. oh, yes. very strange. >> don't believe. >> i don't believe. >> i don't believe. >> would you. well, that's what they used to do didn't they. yeah, they used to have you wonder what we're talking. valets. yeah. to do all sorts of amazing things for them. very, very personal things. >> but you wouldn't want that, would you? >> i wouldn't want that at >> no, i wouldn't want that at all. but like somebody to all. but i'd like somebody to just organise everything. yeah

>> laughing at? >> what are you laughing at? i'll do it for a very reasonable fee. really? >> okay , well, you know, i don't >> okay, well, you know, i don't know. i just think it would be nice to have a valet. >> yeah. it's not. it's not my cup of tea. i've got to be honest. no >> all right. okay. all right. well, how about you want valet? >> let us know. >> let us know. >> if you are a valet. let us know. tell us your secrets, how about this? if the entire cooked. if the entire cooked length of instant noodles sold all over the world in a single year were laid out in a line, how far would it go ? well beyond how far would it go? well beyond pluto, apparently. >> what i was going to say. the moon, well beyond pluto , well moon, well beyond pluto, well beyond pluto. >> 3.8 billion miles. apparently. that's how much instant noodles we in the world eat, because , i mean, they're eat, because, i mean, they're hugely popular in china and popular here sort of thing. but you can get a supermarket to deliver them to you. and king charles's reign has been the soggiest on record and rainier

than that any of his than that of any of his predecessor since 1800. that's according to research by reading university. >> i just thought, i'm glad >> ijust thought, i'm glad they're keeping some amazing facts. >> yes, that's right, well done reading . yeah. amazing facts to reading. yeah. amazing facts to just cling on to. >> aren't reading meant to be one of the top universities, howard group and all that sort of thing? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and that's what they're doing with their time. >> well, you never know do you? and the other thing is, of course, it's saint patrick's day today. >> it is so happy marking it by wearing birthday to my youngest >> happy birthday to my youngest son. he's it's his birthday today. >> how old. oh come on. >> no, it makes me feel terrible if i say it. oh no, you don't want to know. >> is this connor ? >> is this connor? >> is this connor? >> see, that's why he's got an irish name. >> oh, there you go. >> oh, there you go. >> he was born on saint patrick's day. i don't know whether he'd want to say, but whether he'd want me to say, but he's. older wants he's. he's older than he wants to and he's older than to be, and he's older than i want him to be. really, i suppose give over. >> well, bear in mind, i was 50 a couple of weeks ago, and i'm, i'm my. and i'm my mother's

baby. >> do you feel different? >> do you feel different? >> no. >> do you feel different? >> no, no. well, connor's not 30 yet. let put it that way. yet. let me put it that way. >> well, there you go. it's my baby. >> yes, he's still my baby. >> yes, he's still my baby. >> you just wait till your youngest then will i youngest is 50 and then will i still be around then? >> mathematically, is that possible? >> then cry with my mother. >> yes, i, i can get how your mother must be feeling. you know where you say happy birthday to your son. but he's that your son. but he's 50. that means get with means you can't get away with telling you're can telling people you're 49, can you? no no no no. okay. >> she looks it though. she looks it did you did you get i didn't i wasn't here. >> what did you get for your birthday? i yes. birthday? anything i well yes. >> husband took me to paris. >> my husband took me to paris. >> my husband took me to paris. >> rather fabulous. >> oh that's rather fabulous. >> oh that's rather fabulous. >> had a few days in >> so we had a few days in paris, which was lovely. yes. very very very yeah. good, very very very nice. yeah. good, good. so there's loads and loads of nice little bits and bobs. it's really well, if it's really nice. well, if anyone else is celebrating saint patrick's birthday patrick's day birthday today, get touch and we'll give you get in touch and we'll give you a out. a shout out. >> we'll you a happy birthday. >> we will. and mind you, if you're staying in bed looking at the sunday papers, well, they

are with are all awash this morning with speculation over rishi sunaks time as prime minister rishi sunak. i think it's all going very well. rishi sunak anyway. is he going to be prime minister much longer? because there are fears in number 10 of a penny mordaunt ascendancy ? mordaunt ascendancy? >> yes, in the telegraph today. and it's reporting that right wing tory mps are using penny mordaunt as a stalking horse, a way to oust rishi, using her as a ploy. if you like to start a leadership contest and then put in their own candidate . so in their own candidate. so basically she's not their number one candidate, but she would be somebody who might be influential enough to cause change. >> she wouldn't want to be a stalking horse. >> so she she wants to be leader. yeah. >> however, senior conservatives like jacob rees—mogg and david davis are rallying behind the pm, calling the idea mad and bonkers. david davis said i think all this mordant stuff is put up by her enemies, not her

friends , which is an interesting friends, which is an interesting point, actually, when you think about it. >> we're joined now by political commentator jack rowlett and a very good morning to you, jack. yeah.i very good morning to you, jack. yeah. i mean, do we believe any of this or is this just the press going mad because there's a vacuum of real facts ? a vacuum of real facts? >> oh, i think the plot is real. whether it's going to work or not is quite another question. i think the one thing people hate more at the moment than the conservative party is the conservative party is the conservative party, when it's most divided. we know that their poll ratings, their approval ratings, fall whenever there's all this infighting. frankly, the tory party had the opportunity to put penny morton in place as leader if they wanted to. two years ago, the so—called tory right torpedoed our chances of becoming prime minister over the trans rights issue and instead decided to put forward its most visionless candidate in the form of rishi sunak and its weakest communicator and leader in the

form of liz truss. i don't think this is going to work, even if they were to move forward with this coup, whether it's using pettibon as a stalking horse or as is being suggested, actually, the left and the right of the tory party might be able to unite around her. i don't think it's going to change anything, really. the public have made their mind up, and actually the best thing for the conservative party to do damage limitation really would be to do as david davis, as rees—mogg are saying in today's papers, and to stick with sunak . we know sunak is with sunak. we know sunak is hoping that this week there's going to be better news in the form of inflation figures that he's going to be able to see off amendments to the rwanda bill. so i think really the best thing to do is to stick with rishi sunak, hope the economy turns a corner and hope that they can limit the scale of their losses to the tories , to the labour to the tories, to the labour party in the general election later this year, because i just don't think the public are going to forgive fourth prime

to forgive a fourth prime minister years. minister in so many years. >> this is where it falls >> but this is where it falls apart a little bit. for me, the idea of her being a stalking horse most stalking horses when they people who know they arise are people who know they're not going to get the job, don't particularly want the job, don't particularly want the job, but they are there to perform a role get the ball perform a role to get the ball rolling. if you like penny mordaunt, she wants the job. she doesn't want to be a stalking horse, so if she's being set up as one, she won't be very happy . as one, she won't be very happy. >> yeah, i completely agree. i think everything we know about penny mordaunt suggests that, that she wouldn't want to be a stalking horse, and certainly wouldn't want to be used in that way, and it certainly seems like the other major candidates, here, kemi badenoch doesn't want to move forward with a coup right now . that's certainly what right now. that's certainly what is being suggested in today's papers. so it's kind of unclear who the candidates who the actual candidate would be if penny mordaunt were the stalking horse. although of course, there is the suggestion as well that

actually the party may just be able unite around her. that's able to unite around her. that's the rather, bizarre suggestion, in today's that they're in today's papers that they're going to lock all the tory mps in a room in the same way that they, decide on a new pope , are they, decide on a new pope, are they, decide on a new pope, are they going to lock them all in a room and not let them out until they've decided on a new leader? of course , popes these days tend of course, popes these days tend to last rather a long time, and tory leaders don't even seem to last until christmas. so i'm not sure whether that method is going to work very well, but yeah, i just i going to work very well, but yeah, ijust i don't going to work very well, but yeah, i just i don't think this changes anything , i think even changes anything, i think even if sunak is deposed and it's seeming more likely than not that we are going to see some form of challenge, but i think this, this will just damage the conservative brand more. it doesn't change the fundamentals of the fact that i think most people across the country, for better or worse, have decided that they want a change. >> but when you have, you know, day after day after day of these very damaging headlines about rishi sunak , hold onto power, as

rishi sunak, hold onto power, as it were, in the end, it's like when you become the story, you just have to go, because the story is that nobody has any faith in him. >> that's the story. so suggested . anyway, when that is suggested. anyway, when that is just repeated, so often, it becomes the truth, doesn't it? and you wonder how on earth he can hang on in there seeing these awful headlines every day . these awful headlines every day. >> yeah. and look, i think if we hadnt >> yeah. and look, i think if we hadn't had, kind of a saga with partygate and boris johnson and his very public, deposal, and then liz truss, i think it would be right for the tory party to maybe have one last roll of the dice and ditch sunak, but but the problem is they've already done this. they've already tried getting rid of their leaders and installing a new one. so i think, yeah. sunak, he's a visionless prime minister. he's weak . i think visionless prime minister. he's weak. i think time after time, week after week, we're seeing more stories about sunak's loss of control. but actually , if it

of control. but actually, if it doesn't change the, the kind of fate of the tory party, there doesn't seem to be much point because you'd have to do a whole lot of very public, bloodletting , so to speak, in order to get rid of sunak. i certainly don't think he would go quietly, for very little real gain, in the medium tum, i think really , he medium tum, i think really, he they've got to they've got to stick with sunak and just and just wait and hope something comes up. but of course, the local elections are coming up too. we know that's going to be a massacre for the conservative party. the chances of party. so i think the chances of a challenge are going but a challenge are going up. but the chances of a challenge, succeed , in turning around the succeed, in turning around the fate of the tory party are very low, though . yeah. low, though. yeah. >> meanwhile, i mean, there's plenty criticism keir plenty of criticism about keir starmer the uninspiring starmer and the uninspiring labour party at the minute, to be perfectly honest. and yet this is this is a blessing, isn't it? i mean, quite literally, all they have to do is sit back and say virtually nothing . nothing. >> yeah. i mean, there's the old

adage, isn't there, that , adage, isn't there, that, oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them. and i think that's very, very true in this case. i mean, the labour party doesn't really need to do much , as you say. i think that much, as you say. i think that once the country has decided it wants a change, it's sort of set in stone, and it feels very much like we are moving towards definitely a comfortable labour majority , if not a landslide. majority, if not a landslide. and actually, i think that for any potential leadership candidate in the conservative ranks , there would be much ranks, there would be much better thinking. well, we're going to lose later this year. there's going to be a big battle for soul the tory party for the soul of the tory party overits for the soul of the tory party over its future direction. actually, keep powder dry, actually, keep your powder dry, wait for that time and try and rebuild the party from the ashes later on. that's going to be a much better way of actually making your case. and potentially moving the conservative party towards your sort of, ideological direction. and there's going to be plenty that the labour party is going to do in government, that the labour party is going to do in government , that there to do in government, that there needs to be a strong centre

right party to oppose . and i right party to oppose. and i think really now the tory party and the potential successor to sunak need to be thinking about opposition . opposition. >> okay. jack rowland, good to see you this morning . thanks see you this morning. thanks very much indeed. >> and of course, there's lots more speculation as there almost is every single sunday morning, isn't there, about what nigel farage is up to. and whether or he or not he's going to. but you see, i need reform . see, i need reform. >> well, i find very difficult. >> well, i find very difficult. >> oh, there you are. it's the front page there in the express. >> yes. farage plot sunak's demise , but you see, i have to demise, but you see, i have to say, i think reform could be in for a bit of a tumultuous time because everyone talks about it being farage's party. well, he's the, honorary honorary chairman. yeah richard tice is the leader now . at what point does richard now. at what point does richard tice get fed up of everything being about farage? because i would if i was the leader and i was being ignored. yeah. >> he's not the sort of man to

be ignored, though. i mean, and he himself has said in the past he's not interested in titles. he just wants change. >> oh, taiseer farage. >> oh, taiseer farage. >> yeah, well, and then then of course, there's the ongoing rumbling all the time about whether farage and boris johnson will get together and do some sort of a deal which would annihilate the tories. isn't it ? annihilate the tories. isn't it? who may well be annihilated anyway? >> yeah. i mean , the thing, the >> yeah. i mean, the thing, the thing to do with all of that would be boris joining reform. now, that would make a big difference. i bet they're talking away like mad about that. but. but but then, that. but. yeah, but but then, of course boris wouldn't want to be in anything where he wasn't leader. >> he's already been leader. he's already been prime minister he's already been prime minister he wouldn't want anything other than that. no job again. >> no. it's interesting times . >> no. it's interesting times. it's interesting times. if i was a betting man, which i'm not, i wouldn't want to put any money on anything at the moment. >> no, because you. i mean, everybody's predicting a massive labour at the next election,

labour win at the next election, but things be overturned but things can be overturned almost overnight sometimes. >> meanwhile, of course, lib dems, their spring conference is underway. ed davey i don't think he said it yesterday. i think he said it today. and the leaking, the of speech they do, the sort of speech as they do, you it's going to be you know. so it's going to be the the lib dems will the biggest the lib dems will make it the biggest election for a generation. must say one a generation. i must say one doesn't get that feeling yet, not from davey . no, daisy not from ed davey. no, daisy coopen not from ed davey. no, daisy cooper, the deputy is actually very strong. we had her on the show the other day. she's a very strong sort of person. ed davey just to me, especially with the post office scandal and all that going all that hoo ha. going on and all that hoo ha. >> and that's the trouble that that the prediction is, it that the other prediction is, it will the lowest voter turnout will be the lowest voter turnout , you know, ever, because people are so fed up with of are just so fed up with all of the politics moment. the politics at the moment. >> very bad for democracy, >> it's very bad for democracy, which very yeah. which is very yeah. >> because if don't vote, >> because if you don't vote, you somebody else's choice, you get somebody else's choice, don't or you get some sort don't you? or you get some sort of washy mish by of wishy washy mish mash by default. yeah. >> you've got >> anyway, if you've got thoughts, you have let thoughts, sure you have let us know. gb gb news.com. know. gb views gb news.com. >> now it's been a nightmare.

>> now it's been a nightmare. >> 24 hours for two of the nation's largest supermarkets . yeah. >> technical difficulties. putting it lightly means sainsbury's were unable to fulfil online deliveries and contactless payment systems in stores were shut down, leaving thousands upon thousands of customers either unable to buy groceries or having to queue for cash machines. >> sainsbury's says it was caused by an overnight software update . not a very good one by update. not a very good one by the sound of it. and then tesco experienced similar problems, but on a smaller scale. well, both chains have apologised to customers and they say the unrelated issues have been resolved. and that though isn't it ? joining us now is gb news it? joining us now is gb news reporter theo chikomba . hello, reporter theo chikomba. hello, theo, where are you? is it is anything happening where you are at all? are people able to buy things now? is it all resolved ? things now? is it all resolved? >> well, customers up and down

the country, like some of those here in saint albans, have been left disgruntled after this technical issue. we saw taking place yesterday. now, starting off with tesco's , they say off with tesco's, they say a small number of the deliveries that were expected to arrive at people's properties weren't able to be fulfilled. but they have gone on to say this has now been solved and they are working through that. and then we move on to sainsbury's. as you mentioned, there was an overnight software update friday going into saturday, and that then had a knock on effect on then had a knock on effect on the deliveries that were meant to be delivered yesterday. now we spent some time at a sainsbury's superstore yesterday and some people were coming out of the store empty handed because there was an issue with contactless payments, which has now been resolved though. but people are going inside there who didn't have cash, were expecting to be able to use their contactless cards as they normally do but they normally would. do but they weren't able to. and outside the store well, there was atm store as well, there was atm which couldn't withdraw which said you couldn't withdraw cash time . so of course,

cash at the time. so of course, in context actually these superstores are so sainsbury's and tesco's, they have around hundreds of thousands of deliveries every single week. so it's unclear at the moment how many people have been affected. but if they are doing hundreds of thousands of deliveries a week, it's certainly a large number. now there are questions , number. now there are questions, of course, about the financial impact, people have impact, as people would have gone other shops instead of gone to other shops instead of going and tesco's going to sainsbury's and tesco's . and of course, the other question is nowadays we are so reliant on technology ordering online, our phones and things like that to get our shopping delivered to our front door, is there a question that maybe cash should be the incentive for supermarkets to use , rather than supermarkets to use, rather than relying on only contactless and chip and pin? so those people who aren't able to use technology in that way, or if it does break down in the situation we've seen this weekend that this situation doesn't occur, but issue now is the

but the issue now is the backlog. all of those people who are expecting to have their deliveries, when will they receive them ? but for others, receive them? but for others, though, they were hoping their food would be delivered yesterday for plans that they had the weekend. had over the weekend. >> theo, thanks very much >> okay, theo, thanks very much indeed. >> n indeed. >> i think it's the >> exactly. i think it's the backlog that's going cause backlog that's going to cause a real because you real problem, because if you if you rely your groceries you rely on on your groceries being delivered and it's very difficult for you get out difficult for you to get out and, do a big shop, you were and, and do a big shop, you were relying on the weekend's worth, weren't ? probably something weren't you? probably something you today for you were going to cook today for family sunday lunch or something. and, you know, if they can't deliver, i mean, it's difficult enough to get a delivery slot on ordinary days, but how would you get it redelivered or know you've had it? i should think you've had it for a whole weekend. >> you're gonna have to just go out and buy it. >> so >> so but >> so but not >> so but not everybody >> so but not everybody can >> so but not everybody can you know. >> no not everyone can. and the whole cashing well supermarkets all take cash but it does make you realise that cash is king. at least it, it's, it's not going to i mean i don't use cash

but even so under the, under the circumstances as you know, this is where this is where cash works . yeah. there you go. works. yeah. there you go. tricky isn't it? it's tricky . tricky isn't it? it's tricky. it's a tricky one. >> it shows how systems, it's like computer systems hold us to ransom. sometimes when they go wrong, don't they? ransom. sometimes when they go wro they on't they? ransom. sometimes when they go wrothey do. they? ransom. sometimes when they go wrothey do. and'? ransom. sometimes when they go wrothey do. and it's only going >> they do. and it's only going to get worse. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so the minute that goes. >> so the minute all that goes. oh we've had it. all right. it's 621. let's have a look at some of the other stories heading into newsroom morning. of the other stories heading intcnational sroom morning. of the other stories heading intcnational highways morning. >> national highways has said good underway as good progress is underway as they continue work on the m25 in surrey, engineers are surrey, where engineers are bringing down a bridge. >> the unprecedented move marks the motorways first ever planned daytime closure, and it's a five mile stretch between junctions ten and 11, and it's been shut in both directions since 9:00 in the night on friday and won't reopen again until six in the morning. monday, tomorrow if works finish on time. >> we better had a new government guidance from the ministry of transport. means

councils in england will now have to consider local residents views before introducing low traffic neighbourhoods. a draft guidance due to come into force in the summer, reveals councils will need to be confident that a low traffic neighbourhood has the support from most of the community, and a volcano in iceland has erupted overnight, the fourth time since december. >> residents of grindavik, just south of iceland's capital reykjavik, are evacuated again and authorities had warned for weeks that another eruption was imminent . very worried there, as imminent. very worried there, as i was reading out what was coming out. yes, that i might have to say the name of the volcano because even if i could remember it, i don't think i could say it. no no, the low traffic neighbourhoods thing is interesting though, isn't it? >> really is because councils apparently about apparently kicking off about this , well, you're

this saying, well, you're interfering with local decisions. i thought the decisions. but i thought the councils were meant to reflect reflect what people wanted . reflect what people wanted. >> yeah. and a lot of residents are really fed to suddenly are really fed up to suddenly find were never consulted find they were never consulted and of almost overnight , and sort of almost overnight, their whole traffic system around, around them has been affected. >> drives me mad. >> drives me mad. >> and apparently it is driving some people completely bonkers and very hot under the and getting very hot under the collar. so. but if a council now has to take into account the residents views how how do they do that? and at what stage? at what stage do they say? is it 80% of the local residents? well, apparently there's got to be online consultations, but also face to face meetings . also face to face meetings. >> so it's so it's up to you then to get involved. but they're going to have to notify you that there are consultations. yeah. >> but at what point do they do they say, well we're going ahead with it anyway. does it is it, doesit with it anyway. does it is it, does it have to be 51% does it have to be a 51% agreement know, well, does it have to be a 51% agreeorent know, well, does it have to be a 51% agreeor what know, well, does it have to be a 51% agreeor what if know, well, does it have to be a 51% agreeor what if you're»w, well, does it have to be a 51% agreeor what if you're the vell, does it have to be a 51% agreeor what if you're the one 80% or what if you're the one person or there are just a few

of you who would be very affected by an ltn and feel very strongly it, at what point strongly about it, at what point do they have give in to your feelings? >> yeah, don't know that. >> yeah, i don't know that. >> yeah, i don't know that. >> i don't know. apparently they're also looking 20 mile they're also looking at 20 mile an bits. yeah. and to sort an hour bits. yeah. and to sort of say they should really only be consultation. but only be with consultation. but only be with consultation. but only be sort of schools and be around sort of schools and hospitals and all the rest of it. so the very opposite of what's happening in wales. >> these low traffic and, >> yes, these low traffic and, and 20 mile an hour things sound good paper , don't they. good on paper, don't they. >> or look good on paper, but they, they have an incredible effect on the traffic moves . effect on the way traffic moves. >> yeah. it's ridiculous. >> yeah. it's ridiculous. >> it's the whole physics of the way traffic moves around. >> so common sense, common sense is good. >> what do you think? i mean, have you just had an ltn imposed on you? how do you feel about it? we'd to love know. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> anyway , let's see what the >> anyway, let's see what the weather's going to do for you today. ellie glaisyer has the details . details. >> a brighter outlook with boxer

, sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so today has started quite cloudy and damp for some of us, but that will gradually be turning brighter as we head through the afternoon. the area of rain that we can see across much of england and wales eventually pushes its way eastwards latter eastwards through the latter half morning, some half of the morning, with some brighter developing brighter spells developing behind. however, northern behind. however, for northern ireland it has ireland and for scotland, it has been a of a drier and been a bit of a drier and brighter start this morning. plenty around here plenty of sunshine around here and through afternoon, that and through the afternoon, that sunshine more widely sunshine developing more widely across wales. we across england and wales. we will showers bubbling will see some showers bubbling up they be heavy in up and they could be heavy in places, another really mild places, but another really mild day or 17 degrees in the day 16 or 17 degrees in the south through sunday evening. any of those showers across much of england , northern ireland and of england, northern ireland and in scotland will gradually start to so turning to ease overnight. so turning a little for most of us by little drier for most of us by the of sunday. but another the end of sunday. but another band of rain then pushes in from the spreading its way

the west, spreading its way eastwards through the early hours away hours of monday morning. away from of rain, though, from this area of rain, though, it will be a cloud free night. so those clear skies, so under those clear skies, temperatures dropping into temperatures dropping down into the figures perhaps the single figures perhaps as low 3 in some rural low as 2 or 3 in some rural spots into the start of monday, that band rain pushes its way that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. gradually starts eastwards. it gradually starts to ease through early hours to ease through the early hours of morning, leaving quite of the morning, leaving quite a dry and bright for most of dry and bright start for most of us. of sunshine through us. plenty of sunshine through the part the day, but the first part of the day, but for northern cloud does for northern ireland, cloud does start turning much start to build, so turning much greyer we head through the greyer as we head through the afternoon outbreaks afternoon with further outbreaks of from the west of rain pushing in from the west through afternoon, through monday afternoon, but staying with staying dry elsewhere and with temperatures 16 temperatures around 15 or 16 degrees, it'll feeling very degrees, it'll be feeling very pleasant that sunshine and pleasant in that sunshine and that feeling inside . that warm feeling inside. >> from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> so do you think spring is in the air? it is milder , although the air? it is milder, although really horrible in dank and wet where i was this morning . where i was this morning. anyway, if spring is in the air, so is your chance to win a garden gadget package, a

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break. >> 631. time for the sports news this morning with aiden on saint patrick's day. what could be more fitting for ireland? >> well, sensational. yesterday,

i mean , scotland have been very i mean, scotland have been very up and down in this in this tournament. and you never know which one's going to turn up. they play so well in wales for the first half. they beat england of course, but they lost to italy last week as we know. and ireland swatted them away and so ireland swatted them away . they that . yes they had that disappointment losing to disappointment of losing to england at twickenham england later on at twickenham last with the with late last week with the with the late kick. but the ones kick. but they're the ones walking away with a fifth six nafions walking away with a fifth six nations 2014. are the nations since 2014. they are the eminent team now in europe i would argue, they will have huge regret in their heart. i would imagine they didn't win the world just a months ago. world cup just a few months ago. they're good. they're that they're that good. they're that talented and that's why they're walking six walking away with the six nafions walking away with the six nations trophy. >> to this weekend is >> but to do it this weekend is just fabulous for them. it is absolutely. >> i only thought about it this morning, when morning, actually, when i was i was too focussed england was too focussed on england winning england losing and winning it. england losing and wales the getting wales winning. the getting the wooden but yeah, wooden spoon. but yeah, sensational. for them. and of course suffered some course england suffered some late heartache in lille as well. they well they played very very well actually. they played some brilliant attacking rugby, some bad defensive errors as well bad bad defensive errors as well and lost it late on to a ramos

kick . wales you have to give kick. wales you have to give italy a little bit of credence here actually , and because we've here actually, and because we've been ridiculing them for some years now and yet they beat scotland last week they ran england very close in the first match they ran france close. and yesterday course they beat. yesterday of course they beat. they beat wales to leave wales with their first wooden spoon in 21 mean wales , wales 21 years. i mean wales, wales won this tournament two years ago. much a fall ago. that's how much of a fall from grace they yes, from grace they have. and yes, it comes goes and it ebbs it comes and goes and it ebbs and flows and get teams. and flows and you get teams. it's not it's not quite as predictable as some sports where the two teams win it all the same two teams win it all the same two teams win it all the get passed the time. it does get passed around bit. around a fair bit. >> unpredictability of it >> the unpredictability of it makes more exciting. makes it more exciting. >> yeah, and good that it's >> yeah, and it's good that it's good. italy been ridiculed over the why are in the the years. why are they in the six they shouldn't six nations? they shouldn't really they never really be there. they never do anything. finally, anything. and finally, finally there are that they're there are signs that they're coming. remember back in coming. good. i remember back in the well, the bottle. yeah i know well, no, still won two no, but they still won two matches they, they they matches and they, they ran. they didn't disgrace themselves in any the other three games as any of the other three games as well. this an elite level well. and this is an elite level of rugby. i remember back in the

80s, remember in football turkey were losing 8—0 twice to england. they england. a few years later they were the fa cup, the fa cup. were in the fa cup, the fa cup. no, that's that's that's a different sport. >> they're they're in >> i think they're in they're in the semi—finals. the world cup semi—finals. >> about progress. it's >> so it's about progress. it's about what sport's about. about that's what sport's about. it's about improving and look the weekend set us the results last weekend set us up yesterday at least it was up for yesterday at least it was a bit more interesting. it was a bit that bit processional before that and at few upsets and at least we saw a few upsets and we saw a bit of entertainment yesterday. >> you see i know why you mentioned fa cup because you're still by still shocked aren't you, by that coventry yesterday. that coventry win yesterday. >> a fantastic >> well it was a fantastic win. but what. been but you know what. it's been overshadowed mark overshadowed sadly because mark robins very is the robins was very this is the coventry manager, man with a coventry manager, a man with a real with the real love affair with the fa cup.he real love affair with the fa cup. he rumoured to or cup. he was rumoured to have or reported alex reported to have saved alex ferguson's goal ferguson's job with a goal he scored united in 1990. scored for united back in 1990. now he takes coventry back to wembley for the wembley and fa cup tie for the first 37 years first time in 37 years yesterday, they were losing first time in 37 years yesterinto they were losing first time in 37 years yesterinto addedzy were losing first time in 37 years yesterinto added time re losing first time in 37 years yesterinto added time at losing first time in 37 years yesterinto added time at wolves. going into added time at wolves. this sensational, match at this was a sensational, match at molineux. was. it was this was a sensational, match at moliof ux. was. it was this was a sensational, match at moliof the was. it was this was a sensational, match at moliof the early was. it was this was a sensational, match at moliof the early kickas. it was this was a sensational, match at moliof the early kick offs was this was a sensational, match at moliof the early kick offs and one of the early kick offs and he is upset with the with the conduct of the ball he's conduct of the ball boy. he's smirking. smirking. smirking. he's smirking. apparently all right. so it's a real real offence. and real real serious offence. and he away with the ball and

he walks away with the ball and then it. didn't. so then dropped it. he didn't. so hang who was smirking, the hang on, who was smirking, the ball ball boy. hang on, who was smirking, the bal ball ball boy. hang on, who was smirking, the balball boyl boy. hang on, who was smirking, the bal ball boy wasy. hang on, who was smirking, the balball boy was smirking. yeah. >> ball boy was smirking. yeah. >> ball boy was smirking. yeah. >> he's 13 years older >> so i know he's 13 years older and know better this. know and know better this. i know he should. this thing. should. but this is the thing. when the home club , there when you're the home club, there are. i know for a fact there are instructions to ball boys instructions given to ball boys and if and ball girls by the clubs. if we're winning, be in a we're winning, don't be in a hurry the ball to hurry to give the ball back to the opposition because they could robins got could score. so mark robins got frustrated . gary frustrated with this. gary o'neil of the match, o'neil at the end of the match, the wolves said. brian the wolves manager said. brian said a young said to celebrate in a young boy's that because boy's face like that because mark celebrated in front mark robins celebrated in front of boy's face. he said of the ball boy's face. he said to celebrate young boy's face to celebrate a young boy's face like disgusting. the like that was disgusting. the boy upset. it boy is really upset. it shouldn't mark shouldn't happen. mark robins then issue grovelling then had to issue a grovelling apology . all apologies the apology. all apologies in the media are grovelling, media terms are grovelling, aren't that. aren't they? we all know that. but robins said i've got an but mark robins said i've got an apology because just apology to make because just before young kid, before our winner, a young kid, a boy, had the ball in his a ball boy, had the ball in his hand. dropped ball hand. he's he dropped the ball and away smiling. and was and walked away smiling. it annoyed me. and it really annoyed me. and he said, he's kid. i've said, but he's a kid. i've reacted. we've scored a goal and i've celebrated in front of him. i've celebrated in front of him. i apologise, don't show i apologise, i don't show emotion often in football,

emotion very often in football, but is what fa does but this is what the fa cup does to you. but this is what the fa cup does to ywell, what a lot of fuss. >> well, what a lot of fuss. >> well, what a lot of fuss. >> i think it's a lot of fuss. >> i think it's a lot of fuss. >> do you think so? >> do you think so? >> yeah. you can't, you can't grow up everybody. >> it's a blinking game. >> it's a blinking game. >> it's a blinking game. >> i know. i know and that's only 13. well, that's what mean. >> i mean, just look, everybody gets caught up in the excitement. >> is in his 50s. >> robins is in his 50s. >> robins is in his 50s. >> excuse me. mark. steven. so the ball. all right. the the ball. yes. all right. the ball. the ball boy ball. but the ball boy had dropped ball at robin's dropped the ball at robin's feet, believing that wolves feet, believing that the wolves had , no, i wouldn't say had won, no, i wouldn't say that's where the smirk and probably smirk . probably the smirk. >> yeah, because the coventry, having dominated game, having dominated the game, having dominated the game, having of the game, having had the best of the game, we're losing and that's what we're now losing and that's what was expected happen. but this was expected to happen. but this was expected to happen. but this was shock. this was was a huge shock. this was a championship to championship club going to a premier league side. they scored two added time. was two goals in added time. it was absolutely cup all about. what the fa cup is all about. i moan about this. the fa cup is, you know, it's a bit predictable. do the clubs predictable. do the big clubs take wolves take it seriously? wolves had a big yesterday big opportunity yesterday and frankly a frankly they blew it against a very championship side. frankly they blew it against a very bloodied npionship side. frankly they blew it against a very bloodied theiriship side. frankly they blew it against a very bloodied their nose.ide. they bloodied their nose. >> i don't i think >> well i don't know i think i think probably, maybe that lad was a bit cocky.

was a bit too cocky. >> was a great story of >> there was a great story of about years ago, eden about ten years ago, eden hazard, chelsea hazard, a very famous chelsea player, a player, wrestled a ball off a ball swansea and issued ball boy in swansea and issued an afterwards . and some an apology afterwards. and some ten later, it emerged that ten years later, it emerged that that a that young boy is now a multi—millionaire. tek tek, captain of injury. yeah. >> who last laugh ? exactly. >> i think he's even richer than that. >> e- >> lovely, lovely. >> lovely, lovely. >> brilliant, right. can we have >> lovely, lovely. >.looklliant, right. can we have >> lovely, lovely. >.look at.1t, right. can we have >> lovely, lovely. >.look at. oh �*ight. can we have >> lovely, lovely. >.look at. oh no.t. can we have >> lovely, lovely. >.look at. oh no. no. n we have >> lovely, lovely. >.look at. oh no. no. youe have >> lovely, lovely. >.look at. oh no. no. you want; a look at. oh no. no. you want to talk about djokovic, don't you? yeah, but you don't. you? well yeah, but you don't. well no no no you don't like it i don't know i just again i don't like cocky people . it's don't like cocky people. it's strikes me as a bit cocky is he's a bit. >> no he's too deadly serious. he's, he's he's divisive . he's he's, he's he's divisive. he's divisive. but you can't you can't ignore his talent. no no no no no. but he did lose two one. yeah. if you if you're going to if you're going to have your cockiness kept in your your cockiness kept in check it helps lose to check then it helps to lose to the world. number 123 at indian wells . now decided pull wells. he's now decided to pull out miami open this week. out of the miami open this week. now a cynic would suggest especially djokovic detractor especially a djokovic detractor like that that this is like like u2 that that this is about this is something there's

something different behind this. he wants to manage his schedule because we've the saudi because we've got the saudi onslaught coming into tennis. that's the next in the eye that's the next sport in the eye line of the saudi investors, and he wants to be on standby. he wants to prolong his career enough benefit from that enough to benefit from that cash windfall it makes why windfall. it makes sense. why not? a long time retired. not? you're a long time retired. why some money in your why not get some money in your back i say, a little back pocket? as i say, a little bit cynical. maybe just bit cynical. maybe he is just managing bit cynical. maybe he is just manag doesn't think >> he doesn't need to think financially though. >> he doesn't need to think finewell,.y though. >> he doesn't need to think finewell, i'veough. >> he doesn't need to think finewell, i've known >> well, i've known so many football people sports football people and sports people thinking, wow , people who retire thinking, wow, we've million in my back we've got £12 million in my back pocket. can't adjust pocket. when you can't adjust your , it's very, very your lifestyle, it's very, very difficult. money, difficult. and that that money, once the tap off, once you've turned the tap off, that money soon evaporates. i'll tell boris was tell you, boris becker was a fantastic case point. fantastic case in point. >> well, very yeah. >> well, that's very true. yeah. >> well, that's very true. yeah. >> true. £12 million >> that's true. £12 million doesn't go as far as really doesn't go as far as it really does. >> $- fi-l >> djokovic would have a lot more actually. he'd more than that, actually. he'd have over have close. he'd have over a hundred. he's oh, so he hundred. he's got oh, so he should be all right. he should. that in prawns that should keep him in prawns on friday night. on a friday night. >> makes him so rich >> but what makes him so rich isn't just winning, these, these big it's big championships. it's, it's the tennis, academies. >> yeah, but to be >> yeah, but he wants to be everything else also.

>> of course, that would that would just go like that . well it would just go like that. well it would just go like that. well it would yeah. >> just it just goes. this >> just it just goes. and this is the problem sports is the problem with sports people when the tap is turned off, to adapt off, they have to then adapt their adjust their lifestyle, adjust their lifestyle . very, very difficult lifestyle. very, very difficult things to do. i've known footballers in footballers who lived in alderley get alderley edge. you used to get a helicopter to battersea to helicopter down to battersea to go harrods once go shopping in harrods once they stopped getting grand stopped getting paid 50 grand a week has to. they have week that soon has to. they have to maybe shop more locally. it's a in alderley edge to a nice place in alderley edge to be deliver maybe >> sainsbury's deliver or maybe not. no no, maybe not at the moment. >> tesco tesco's value range. yeah that's good. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> reasonable. >> reasonable. >> well i don't know i where to park helicopter. park your helicopter. >> buy the baked >> no i used to buy the baked beans though was beans there though when i was a student. they were student. and they were different. they weren't just the same no, no, very different. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the sauce was a bit runny. >> the sauce was a bit runny. >> and beans make >> and the beans don't make beans >> and the beans don't make beais that right? yeah. i always >> is that right? yeah. i always thought i didn't i thought that was i didn't i didn't think that they didn't think that was they bought anybody bought making for anybody else. yeah i just thought they just did lower quality version. you know a quality >> you know a lower quality version well on the version didn't work well on the jacket potato in 1997, i'll tell you sauce, you that. a less saucy sauce, nothing worse. >> hummus, hummus,

>> whereas hummus, hummus, you know, buy know, wherever you buy your hummus, to a posh hummus, if you go to a posh supermarket wherever just hummus, if you go to a posh sup garagezt wherever just hummus, if you go to a posh sup garage shop,iherever just hummus, if you go to a posh sup garage shop, hummus just hummus, if you go to a posh sup garage shop, hummus is ust hummus, if you go to a posh sup garage shop, hummus is made the garage shop, hummus is made by is it by the same people. is it really? yeah. it's a company of i it's owned by two i think it's owned by two brothers they've this brothers and they've had this company, they've built it up from and it's from almost nothing, and it's all made an enormous factory somewhere on the m25. no. yeah. >> a quiet day >> we've had a quiet day yesterday they do posh. yesterday and they do posh. >> do, package it >> they do, they package it poshly waitrose and they poshly for waitrose and they package more, you know package it more, you know fundamentally but package it more, you know fun the entally but package it more, you know fun the same.' but package it more, you know fun the same. it's but package it more, you know fun the same. it's made but package it more, you know fun the same. it's made by ut package it more, you know fun the same. it's made by the it's the same. it's made by the same people. >> oh you go. i knew a guy >> oh there you go. i knew a guy who fruit. he was the first who put fruit. he was the first guy to food on on passenger guy to put food on on passenger planes in the late 70s. planes back in the late 70s. really? he £35 million. >> oh, bert doing that. >> oh, bert doing that. >> yeah, yeah, i try, i to >> yeah, yeah, i try, i try to keep on his good side, but you did. >> let's $- %-l >> let's not talk about all these loads of these people with loads of money, isn't it? >> it dreadful? >> is isn't it dreadful? >> is isn't it dreadful? >> depressing though. >> very depressing though. i mean, the lottery tonight. mean, for the lottery tonight. bought you. oh, mean, for the lottery tonight. bolthat you. oh, mean, for the lottery tonight. bolthat last you. oh, mean, for the lottery tonight. bolthat last night,. oh, mean, for the lottery tonight. bolthat last night, wasn't it? >> oh, did you win? >> oh, did you win? >> might not need to be here. >> oh, clearly i didn't win. no, they rung you. they would have rung you. >> what they do? >> is that what they do? >> is that what they do? >> you win the jackpot, you >> if you win the jackpot, you get call. get a call. >> yeah. oh you. >> yeah. oh do you. >> yeah. oh do you. >> yeah. oh do you. >> yeah. you, if you've, if

>> yeah. if you, if you've, if you've it online. yeah you've done it online. yeah okay i'll i wouldn't i'll knock on your i wouldn't know sadly. oh well there you go. that's another down the go. that's another £2 down the swan. much swan. adrian. thanks very much indeed. later on. coming indeed. see you later on. coming up. have a at the up. we'll have a look at the newspapers you with tom newspapers for you with tom slater emma woolf

i >> right, 642. let's cross to russia now . and the final day of russia now. and the final day of voting in their presidential election is taking place today. vladimir putin, of course, set to secure another six years in power through an election that not everybody is terribly impressed with. yeah, it's fairness . fairness. >> no. well, i mean, he just faced three candidates who have voluntarily abstained from criticising him . it's criticising him. it's interesting way of putting it, isn't it? two antiwar opposition

candidates have already been disqualified from the race and his counterpart in the eu, the european council president charles michel, has already sarcastically congrats president putin. >> he took to twitter saying no opposition, no freedom, no choice. >> well , former adviser to the >> well, former adviser to the clinton and bush administrations, steve gill, is at a polling station in samara in russia. it's about 1000km from moscow or thereabouts. morning steve. what's going on? because, i mean, there have been a number of protests over the weekend. >> yeah, nothing really significant . and basically you significant. and basically you can see behind me this is the polling place in samara, and polling place in samara, and polling turnout has been very high. about 80 to 85% is what they're predicting at the end of they're predicting at the end of the polling. so people are turning out despite, as you said, the anticipation and the expectation that vladimir putin will win and win handily. i was talking to one of the polling observers earlier today who said that voters are telling them that voters are telling them that they are voting, not just because they think that it's a

close race, but because they want to send a message that they support putin. and there's a lot of reasons to they have 2.6% gdp, they have 7% inflation. it was 1,500% when he first took office. and you know, they're happy with where the economy is. they're happy with his leadership. and one of the voters told me today that by voting, even though they think he's win handily, it's he's going to win handily, it's like his and saying like shaking his hand and saying , thank you're seeing some , thank you. you're seeing some of you vote, by by of the ballots. you vote, by by party, and then you put it into either a electronic counting machine that counts it and then holds it below, or you put it in a transparent box so there is not only transparency in where the ballots go, but they also have video cameras in every precinct. so anybody in russia and the political parties and the observers in moscow can watch in real time, live time , watch in real time, live time, the vote and the count. >> so what are you doing there? i mean, are you there in in some sort of official capacity to observe? or is it just because you're curious about this sort

of thing? >> well, i am curious because, you know, there's so many people that are opining about this election without actually seeing it and being here. >> i'm not seeing anybody from cnn or fox or the washington post, they're there post, but they're there declaring opinions about the election. i'm one of about 100 international election observers , there in our group of ten, there's a woman from bulgaria . there's a woman from bulgaria. there are three from venezuela, there's another american . so there's another american. so it's a it's a diverse group just in our group. and there are groups like this going to polling stations all over russia. been to about 15 russia. we've been to about 15 polling stations in the last three days. >> yeah. and you look you make a valid point when you say what people are turning up. the boxes are . there are are transparent. there are cameras everywhere. the electronic seems electronic voting system seems to . so the result in to be fine. so the result in itself may be valid . the itself may be valid. the question around whether the election is fair or not is about the pressure applied from the kremlin, and whether people are too frightened to do anything other than vote for putin.

>> well, again, they're not going to have their votes revealed. and you just had back in september , the mayor of in september, the mayor of moscow got re—elected with 75, 85% of the vote because the streets are clean, they're safe. there's buildings going up everywhere . a lot of people have everywhere. a lot of people have this impression of russia from, you know, their visuals of back in the 60s or 70s in the cold war, where it's these cinderblock buildings, moscow itself is as vibrant of a of a skyscraper city that is, booming. and i think people are voting what they're seeing and what they're feeling, not because they're intimidated or being told they have to vote for vladimir putin. >> fascinating. that's one of the main reasons you're there officially observing. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. >> thank you guys. >> thank you guys. >> always good to talk with you . >> always good to talk with you. >> always good to talk with you. >> all right. 647 let's have a look at some of the newspapers this morning. sunday times. has the defence secretary forced to abandon the trip to odesa in ukraine fears he could be

ukraine over fears he could be targeted in a russian missile strike. >> and the sunday telegraph leads with claims that right wing tory mps are using penny mordaunt as a stalking horse to get of the prime minister. get rid of the prime minister. >> mail on sunday has friends of diana, princess of wales, expressing anger after an advert used her fatal crash to promote euthanasia and nigel farage plots sunak's demise is the headune plots sunak's demise is the headline on the front of the sunday express. all right, let's see what emma wolf, the writer and journalist tom slater make of all of this morning to you. morning. just just very briefly. what did you make of the russia thing? you know, moscow's lovely i >> everyone's going to say it sounds better than the uk. i wanted to move there. suddenly things are happening. buildings are mean , look, are being built. i mean, look, we know it's not much of a contest. in fact, anything contest. in fact, it's anything but. the that the three but. and the fact that the three opponents kind of opponents are kind of not refraining from criticising him, it's rubber it's clear that putin is rubber stamping his next six years, isn't he? yeah. but yeah, really

good to hear from that, from that guy that kind of that guy to get that kind of footage the ground where what footage on the ground where what are the polling stations actually aren't actually like? people aren't being marched them actually like? people aren't be handcuffs. marched them in handcuffs. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> but when only one >> but when there's only one real candidate vote for, no, real candidate to vote for, no, but don't need to. but we don't need to. >> i with but we have >> i agree with you, but we have our opinions of what we think, and actually to hear and it's actually good to hear what it's actually. >> i suppose the >> and i suppose when the biggest confronting >> and i suppose when the biggcountry confronting >> and i suppose when the biggcountry is confronting >> and i suppose when the biggcountry is the confronting >> and i suppose when the biggcountry is the co and 1ting >> and i suppose when the biggcountry is the coand the] the country is the war and the fact that you can be locked up almost instantly protesting almost instantly for protesting that gives bit of a that war gives you a bit of a sense of how much thumb sense of how much a thumb on. >> literally >> well, and we've literally seen who've been brave seen people who've been brave enough to do that. >> to protest. and >> absolutely. to protest. and we know what's happened we don't know what's happened to them. they're very them. but yes, they're very brave it. brave to do it. >> right. tom, talking about leaderships, the leaderships, in front of the observer morning, they're observer this morning, they're talking to talking about the plot to replace rishi sunak. >> yes, course you've been >> yes, of course you've been talking it all morning, talking about it all morning, the supposedly cooked up by the plan supposedly cooked up by right wing tory mps in conversation with moderates to install penny mordaunt either as a stalking horse or as a caretaker of different cliches, have been recycled this morning , have been recycled this morning, what if this plan is real? it

would be one to try and not probably win the next election, but just sort of stem the bleeding. it's not obvious to me that rishi sunak can do particularly well tory leader particularly well as tory leader at election, but at the next election, but i don't any tory leader don't think any tory leader could well the next could do very well at the next election. damage is already election. the damage is already done, to done, it's not entirely clear to me plot is me that this plot is particularly credible. i mean, if get penny if the plan was to get penny mordaunt onside, a string of headunes mordaunt onside, a string of headlines that headlines saying that she's basically going to their basically just going to be their puppet going to puppet is probably not going to endear to that particular endear her to that particular plan. it has shot down plan. and it has been shot down even quite prominent even by some quite prominent allies of hers, david davis being i'm sure being one. so i'm not sure if this be taken this is something to be taken completely seriously, but it's a it's of the mood it's an indication of the mood and the conservative party at the they the moment, which is they finally realised probably about at months after at least six months after everyone in the country has everyone else in the country has that and they are that they're toast and they are just thrashing looking just thrashing around looking for try. for any possible way to try. >> the don't >> and so why the heck don't they election now they just call an election now and just, know, get it over and just, you know, get it over and just, you know, get it over and with then start to and done with and then start to rebuild? maybe in opposition. >> well, why not? well, june hasn't ruled out. may is obviously ruled out. now, the front page of the mail on sunday has this devastating poll for front page of the mail on sunday has tories. evastating poll for the tories. >> but tom says, i mean, most

>> but as tom says, i mean, most of us knew this six months ago, penny was kind empty penny mordaunt was kind of empty vessel put. but vessel that they can put. but who lead party, who wants to lead their party, you certain you know, and be into certain defeat? don't they get it defeat? why don't they get it over with now, anne? well, actually, i think lot of actually, i think a lot of ministers quite keen on ministers are quite keen on having six months having another six months of salary drivers. salary of drivers. >> you really think it's that >> do you really think it's that cynical? when you are facing >> i think when you are facing defeat, facing the defeat, when you are facing the fact will in fact that you will not be in power, like that actually power, things like that actually are think what what are relevant. i think what what benefit do they get? i mean, there are other things, whether whether small boat crossings go up massively over the summer, whether better now than, whether it's better now than, you the other the you know, the other side of the summer, kind of stuff. summer, that kind of stuff. whether to clash with whether we want to clash with november elections november and the us elections and that. i think and all of that. but i think also the practicalities, you know, really want to know, do you really want to vote yourself yourself yourself out to make yourself jobless, the next jobless, unemployed in the next couple of months, or do you want to wait until the autumn? >> i suppose it's a fair >> yeah, i suppose it's a fair point in a way. which it is. >> suppose the other >> yeah. i suppose the other thing is, given the dire state of economy, of of the economy, the idea of the tories election, tories going to an election, a situation could say situation where labour could say we're in a recession we're technically in a recession or like that, seems

or anything like that, seems like of non—starter. like a bit of a non—starter. i think is that desire to think it is just that desire to say hopefully something will turn up, anything will turn up to try shift dial. to try and shift the dial. i mean, gives an indication mean, that gives an indication of bad things are, but it's of how bad things are, but it's an understandable calculation, i suppose, because suppose, at this point, because surely get any more surely it can't get any more dire than this. but said dire than this. but we have said that dire than this. but we have said tha the tories are concerned. >> the tories are concerned. the current secretary grant current defence secretary grant shapps made the headlines shapps he's made the headlines a fair over last couple of days. >> yeah, well he was the other day calling for 3% to spent day calling for 3% to be spent on was, i think on defence. so this was, i think the 6th of march. i'm trying to i can't establish the exact date. i think i can't establish the exact date. ithink was i can't establish the exact date. i think was the 6th or i can't establish the exact datiofi think was the 6th or i can't establish the exact datiof march was the 6th or i can't establish the exact datiof march andas the 6th or i can't establish the exact datiof march and he he 6th or i can't establish the exact datiof march and he wasth or 7th of march and he was visiting. he was on a three day visiting. he was on a three day visit ukraine with his visit to ukraine with his officials and it was just the day shortly after that, day after, shortly after that, near miss on zelenskyy and the greek prime minister, mitsotakis, actually and mitsotakis, which actually and this was in odesa, and there was a huge explosion just a few hundred metres from their motorcade, killed motorcade, which actually killed five people. you know, it was a big that was right big explosion that was right close to zelenskyy. and from that of there was a sense that sort of there was a sense there was a credible threat to there was a credible threat to the safety of shapps grant

shapps and his, people. and shapps and his, his people. and so forced to abandon his so he was forced to abandon his visit to odesa, the southern port city, and didn't go. but yeah, he's been he's been around and about and as you say, calling for more money for defence. so we shall see because we've got loads of money to spare going spare in this country as you know. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> rolling with it. >> rolling with it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> onto express and nigel >> yeah. >> ont again.express and nigel >> yeah. >> ont again. what'sand nigel >> yeah. >> ont again. what's he nigel >> yeah. >> ont again. what's he nito. farage again. what's he up to. are there, is there any plotting. you think so? stephen thinks that he's definitely on the phone to boris and they're talking. >> i think so, but this story says farage plots sunaks demise. >> it's the it's the kind of perennial will he won't he come back to frontline politics, which has been going on for quite some time now, and it's a combination of things, isn't it, because reform aren't doing very well , you know, relatively well, you know, relatively speaking, course, on speaking, of course, they're on about in polls, roughly about 12% in the polls, roughly speaking, got speaking, they have now just got their in the form their first mp in the form of lee hanson, which a very lee hanson, which will be a very significant kind of boost to them their ability them in terms of their ability to through the media and to cut through on the media and

things this, and are things like this, and they are clearly benefiting from the demoralisation of the tory vote, the sense of what was the point? we voted for a of brexit we voted for a kind of brexit bofis we voted for a kind of brexit boris johnson figure, and we've ended this sort slick ended up with this sort of slick technocrat who doesn't set anyone's the anyone's pulses racing. and the question is, is he going to come back terms of the express back in terms of the express story? bit thin on story? it's a little bit thin on the details, but what you seem to will be kind of to hear is he will be kind of leading the campaign. we're not talking replacing talking about him replacing richard tice leader, who he was very, praise very very, concerned to praise very much quotes that he was much in the quotes that he was giving the sunday in giving to the sunday express in order clear that that's order to make clear that that's not but it not what's going on here, but it is that in terms of is a reminder that in terms of various iterations of this party, whether reform party, whether it's the reform party, brexit ukip , party, the brexit party, ukip, they struggled at points they have struggled at points in which take which farage decided to take a step back from the limelight in terms of having that of terms of having that level of cut through. he regardless cut through. he is, regardless of think of him, a very of what you think of him, a very gifted communicator, better politically speaking. and it's hard not to conclude that their fortunes would be significantly boosted if he did decide to take on that bigger will he? on that bigger role. will he? given that he seems given the fact that he seems quite be quite enjoying quite to be quite enjoying himself, role at

himself, both of his role at this particular parish, also this particular parish, but also going covering politics going out and covering politics in being in television, in america, being in television, going, you know, going the going, you know, going into the jungle he really jungle and so on. does he really want kind of step back into want to kind of step back into the fray? that's entirely the fray? that's not entirely clear, think it's clear, but i think it's unbelievable wouldn't clear, but i think it's unbeisomele wouldn't clear, but i think it's unbeisomele prominentn't clear, but i think it's unbeisomele prominent role have some quite prominent role in election. in the election. >> what, if, if, if a >> i tell you what, if, if, if a few more mps crossed the floor, that would that could significantly change this election. couldn't it. >> and look, i mean >> yeah. and look, i mean as reform look viable. >> yeah. and look, i mean as rechell)ok viable. >> yeah. and look, i mean as rechell and'iable. >> yeah. and look, i mean as rechell and they�*. >> yeah. and look, i mean as rechell and they do look viable >> well and they do look viable if you've the conservatives if you've got the conservatives you the worst polls you know the worst polls are showing conservatives on showing the conservatives on 20 and ten. and reform on ten. >> that is significant. they've come start. come from a standing start. i agree with you know it's agree with tom. you know it's great going. great that it's lee is going. lee anderson going to raise lee anderson is going to raise their they've got their profile. they've now got an the chamber. but i an mp in the chamber. but i still think that nigel is nigel farage is probably keeping his powder dry. don't think ben powder dry. i don't think ben habib and richard tice were saying a big saying there's a big announcement coming from reform and was rubbing and everyone was sort of rubbing their i think it's their hands, but i think it's more, you know, nigel sort of putting his support behind them rather actually taking on rather than actually taking on that or any kind that leadership role or any kind of problem. i think he wants to

wait see the next wait and see how the next election shakes works out. >> well, don't we all? emma. tom, very much indeed. tom, thank you very much indeed. here's weather. here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so today has started quite cloudy and damp for some of us, but that will gradually be turning brighter as we head through afternoon. area through the afternoon. the area of rain that we can see across much england and wales much of england and wales eventually its way eventually pushes its way eastwards the latter eventually pushes its way east'of'ds the latter eventually pushes its way east'of the the latter eventually pushes its way east'of the morning, e latter eventually pushes its way east'of the morning, withter eventually pushes its way east'of the morning, with some half of the morning, with some brighter developing brighter spells developing behind. for northern behind. however, for northern ireland has ireland and for scotland, it has been a bit of a drier and brighter start this morning. plenty sunshine plenty of sunshine around here and the afternoon, and through the afternoon, that sunshine widely sunshine developing more widely across england and wales. we will some showers bubbling will see some showers bubbling up could be heavy up and they could be heavy in places, another really mild places, but another really mild day or 17 degrees in the day 16 or 17 degrees in the south through sunday evening. any of those showers across much of england , northern ireland and of england, northern ireland and in scotland will gradually start

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well -- well . well. >> good morning to you. it's 7:00 on sunday, the 17th of march. today. growing pressure on the prime minister as senior tories rally behind rishi sunak over a growing plot to replace him with penny mordaunt. >> a shocking weekend for the nation's supermarkets as

sainsbury's and tesco both face tech issues . tech issues. >> a shocker weekend for the nation's supermarkets, as both sainsbury's and tesco's face tech issues . tech issues. >> and just after seven, a new exhibit at the victoria and albert museum in london has labelled margaret thatcher a villain . but is that really fair ? >> 7- >> it's a ? >> it's a happy saint patrick's day to you from us. stay here on with us to gp news. we'll bring you all the festivities that are happening throughout the day . happening throughout the day. >> good morning. it's an fa cup weekend with manchester city remaining on course for back to back trebles . next up, it's the back trebles. next up, it's the turn of their rivals manchester united, who host liverpool this afternoon at old trafford. and that's where i'm heading straight after this show. >> a wet start this >> after a wet start this morning, there will be a bit more sunshine on offer this afternoon. join me later for the full with all the full forecast with all the details .

details. >> good morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news . diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. i noticed today on the front of the sunday people. i don't know if the birthday is actually today, or whether it's just this weekend or something . just this weekend or something. diana ross yeah, 80 or 80. >> wow . >> wow. >> wow. >> how is that possible? >> how is that possible? >> i know, i mean, she's always been an amazing person because she's looked incredible throughout her whole life and career. but she's got six children and i think all sons, hasn't she? has she had. yes, six. i mean, i used to look at her mother of six. that's not fair because she's got more. well exactly. no no, i don't want more. just she sets the bar so high. you're meant to look that glamorous, and you're a mother of something like six. you want to? oh, no. magazine. magazine. and they don't give us the magazine? >> i haven't got the

>> no, i haven't got the magazine, she is absolute magazine, but she is absolute incredible. diana to look incredible. diana ross, to look that be very active that good and be a very active mother apart from anything else. >> tell you it >> but i'll tell you what it goes to you. and that's the goes to show you. and that's the age changing. yes i mean, age is changing. yes i mean, it's starting to change quite rapidly now. i think . i mean, rapidly now. i think. i mean, the talk about people who are who are born now could live till they're 120, 130, sort of quite normally . normally. >> but i mean, are you, are you happy with that? i mean , happy with that? i mean, obviously we all want to live healthy and fulfilled lives for as long as possible. i would have thought. but when . but when have thought. but when. but when you have, when we all have to accept that we're probably going to into our 80s, that is to work into our 80s, that is actually completely acceptable and almost common, but would be fitting 90s, but would be fitter then. >> i mean, the whole point is you'd have to be much fitter and better and all the rest of it. but but yeah, you would be starting a career at 23 or thereabouts and, and going for thereabouts and, and going for the next 80 years maybe . yeah, the next 80 years maybe. yeah, 30 years of retirement. >> and the point is you're going

to be expected to as well, isn't it. and i wonder if that's a bit stressful thinking. oh, you know, people of my age know, i think people of my age group already are talking about oh i'm going to have to i'm going to have to work into until i'm 80. and who was it we were talking to from, the plumbers. charlie. >> oh, charlie mullins. >> oh, charlie mullins. >> charlie mullins. yeah. >> charlie mullins. yeah. >> he's 71. >> he's 71. >> i know, and but he said he knows people in their 80s who are constantly working . and one are constantly working. and one in and he said he had a driver who was 90 a car washer. that's right. something like that. yeah. so i mean do you i mean as you're sitting and watching us now hopefully, you know you're lovely and comfortable in bed and your husband's just brought you nice of or you a nice cup of tea or something like that. but you know, look at us, you know, as you look at us, do you think i'm to have to keep think i'm going to have to keep going work until i'm 80 or going into work until i'm 80 or 90? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and then how on earth do we, as a society afford to afford for anyone ever to be able to retire, especially if they're

going to live till 120? >> yeah, i know it's unsustainable. we need to reassess things, but it's an interesting concept. yeah. all right. at least you can still keep making great music when you're 80 like that. >> well it isn't that look. yes okay. she's got five children. yeah.i okay. she's got five children. yeah. i was just going to read out their names, but i've lost it now. oh. but five. yeah. here we are. tracy ellis, rose, evan ross, rhonda ross , chudney ross, ross, rhonda ross, chudney ross, ross, rhonda ross, chudney ross, ross nash and kendrick scott. >> they're done with a bit of assistance. maybe she's had several spouses. several spouses. >> several spouses. >> yes, exactly. anyway, yeah, but , she's still >> yes, exactly. anyway, yeah, but, she's still i mean, she was headlining at, glastonbury not so long ago, wasn't she? that is amazing though. happy birthday, diana ross. wow, you look good. but you set the bar far too high. >> if you are opinion, if you are in bed lazing about and having a swish through the sunday papers this morning, you will noticed they are awash will have noticed they are awash with speculation the prime

with speculation over the prime minister's . has he got much minister's time. has he got much time left, as there are moves, talks, speculation about a penny mordaunt ascendancy and in the telegraph today it's been reported right wing tory mps are using penny mordaunt, or at least they're planning to, as a stalking horse, a way of getting rid of rishi and using her as a ploy rid of rishi and using her as a ploy to start a leadership contest, when they will then insert their own real candidate. you see, that's where it falls apart for me because she is someone. >> she is the real candidate, isn't she ? isn't she? >> yes, she is the real candidate. and, she also she's been working over the last few months walking the corridors of power, seeing how much support she's got out there so she won't want to be a walking, walking, walking horse, a stalking horse. no won't. she really? no she won't. she really? >> well, she wants to be the real candidate. >> the real candidate. but probably imagine after probably you would imagine after the election, it will be what

they're thinking . so that's an they're thinking. so that's an a change of leadership. now crackers, isn't it? doesn't that guarantee oblivion at the polls? well, senior conservative mps like jacob rees—mogg and david davis are saying just that really. they're rallying behind the pm and they call the idea of a change at the top mad and bonkers. david davis says. i think all this mordant stuff is put up by her enemies and not her friends. >> well, we'll be talking more about this obviously, throughout this morning. however, if you're waiting for your groceries, you might have a long wait because so far it's been an absolute nightmare weekend for two of the nation's largest supermarkets . nation's largest supermarkets. >> yeah, they've been tech difficulties, and a number of them actually , which have meant them actually, which have meant sainsbury's couldn't deliver onune sainsbury's couldn't deliver online orders. but the contactless payment systems in stores also shut down. so that left thousands of people queuing, couldn't , unable to buy

queuing, couldn't, unable to buy the groceries or indeed going outside and then queuing for cash machines . cash machines. >> and sainsbury's says it was caused by an overnight software update. tesco, though, experienced similar problems but on a smaller scale. >> yeah, well, not surprisingly , >> yeah, well, not surprisingly, both chains have apologised to customers and they say the issues have been resolved. but have they? let's find out from theo chikomba who's outside a tesco express for us in saint albans. morning. theo >> yeah. well, as you've been mentioning , >> yeah. well, as you've been mentioning, hundreds or even thousands of customers across the country have been left disgruntled following the tech issues that sainsbury's and tesco have been experiencing this weekend. now, let's start with tesco. they are dealing with tesco. they are dealing with a slightly smaller problem. they've said in their statement that a small number of deliveries weren't able to be fulfilled across the weekend yesterday, mainly because of the tech issue that they experienced

yesterday. and then we go on to sainsbury's, who were doing an overnight software update. and that, of course caused a disruption to the online orders that had been made and were due to be delivered yesterday. so people ended up going into shops. but again, there was an issue there with contactless payments , people coming out of payments, people coming out of the store, out of the store. when we were in, in south london and they were saying we went in there, wanted to pay, but we couldn't use our contactless payment method. and of course the atm outside well was the atm outside as well was having issues at the time. but sainsbury's have gone on to say that has now been resolved. now, of course, many people rely on deliveries, particularly on the weekend . saturday is a big weekend. saturday is a big shopping day as most people will be off work as as they would have been busy during the week and they would have been preparing for meals, maybe having maybe just having visitors or maybe just having visitors or maybe just having food for themselves and they weren't able to have that yesterday. and of course, both sainsbury's and tesco have apologised for the inconvenience

caused and they're hoping that problem is going to be solved today and tomorrow , as well as today and tomorrow, as well as those people who are expecting deliveries can hopefully get them in the next 24 hours. and of today as well. but of course, today as well. but there are questions now about there are questions now about the scale of this , the financial the scale of this, the financial implications this and how implications of this and how this will cause these supermarkets to think about cash . should cash be more incentivised for customers to come in and use it? as a lot of people now rely on using contactless payments? so when we do see situations like this that people can still have access to cash, but of course, going forward it is that backlog as well for those people who will be hoping to get their deliveries. but of course we'll be hoping to speak to some customers as people begin to wake up as it's still early, very early on a sunday morning. >> very much >> theo, thanks very much indeed. if that's not indeed. now if that's not controversial enough, how about low traffic neighbourhoods drive so many people bonkers, though

some people like them has to be said, but they are a pain to many drivers. could be a many drivers. could now be a problem for councils, but new framework department of framework from the department of transport is making sure that people will have a say on whether ltns are introduced. so councils are going to have to really find out whether residents in an area actually want them or not. let's talk to former racing driver and motoring journalist amanda stretton. amanda, good to see you as always this morning, i'm surprised , ed, that councils surprised, ed, that councils were introducing them without any sort of consultation already. to be honest , i know already. to be honest, i know it's an absolute mystery, isn't it? >> because, certainly in the area that i live, the, implement, which is in oxford , implement, which is in oxford, the implementation of the low traffic neighbourhoods has been absolutely chaotic, it has meant that businesses are suffering. i mean, the report that we've seen today talks about the challenge that emergency services are getting are having, getting to

people who actually need them. it's also impacting, all the local businesses because people are being forced onto these main arterial routes. those routes are now absolute gridlock. all the sort of small roads in the area as well, which have now been blocked off, can't be used. people simply cannot get about. and what's been happening in these low traffic neighbourhoods have been decided by people who don't live in the area. they don't live in the area. they don't understand the way traffic moves, the times of day. and it has therefore just led to absolute chaos. so it makes perfect sense that, if these schemes are going to be introduced, they're actually introduced, they're actually introduced with the support of the people who it's going to affect . affect. >> well, and that's going to be problematic, you think ? problematic, don't you think? because once everybody has talked, discussed it, and talked, it discussed it, and maybe consulted other ltn areas, most residents are not going to want it in their backyard. >> well, i mean, you're never going to get 100% consensus on

anything . i mean, i think we all anything. i mean, i think we all know that that's going to be the case, but it has to be looked at in balance, and i think you've got to understand, you know, if the vast majority of people are rejecting the, the proposal of a, of a, of a scheme that's due to be implemented, you've really got to question the viability and the sense in doing so. now, there is no question that we've got an air a clean air problem. and these low traffic neighbourhoods are part of the problem. part of solution to problem. part of the solution to solve that. but the problem is air moves. so if the arterial routes going into a town are just even more congested than they would be cars are sat idung they would be cars are sat idling with their engines running. it's actually causing the problem isn't going away, it's just being moved into a different road. and of course the air moves. so actually it's not benefiting anybody . we, we not benefiting anybody. we, we want to encourage people to cycle. but actually cycle. absolutely but actually by causing these, these huge congested blocks, these arteries, i really don't think that that's necessarily the,

the, the, the way forward. and then you just have to look at then you just have to look at the penalty charge, notices , the penalty charge, notices, because these in some cases can because these in some cases can be significant . they're around be significant. they're around 36,000 on average in areas where, these, these these , ltns where, these, these these, ltns have been implemented and as many as 170,000, i think that goes to show that it's not been well thought out, and people are really being forced with no choice . choice. >> why are we having this conversation, amanda? because anyone with any question. well, yeah, because anyone with any common sense would have looked at this from day one and gone, this this isn't going to work. this isn't the right idea. >> the idea was to reduce as the name suggests, these low traffic neighbourhoods to encourage people to cycle and walk and all the other road users to safely use the roads. the problem is we have too many cars, too many people, and our towns , which are

people, and our towns, which are basically designed on medieval principles because many of them are, with these main arterial routes going in and out, simply don't work any other way. if you want to have a town that is totally car free, well then that's great. that'll be fine. but if you actually have businesses in towns who rely on people being able to drive in and drive out, it's going to be and drive out, it's going to be a struggle because people need to get to where they want to go. so they're now, as i say, being forced onto these main arterial roads in and out. oxford is absolute gridlock most of the time. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> amanda, can i ask you something that's, obviously about motoring, but nothing to do with that. >> there's a report in one of the papers today saying that manual cars are dying out, and that we in britain are doing more and more passing our tests and becoming drivers who only drive , either electric cars, drive, either electric cars, which i gather typically don't

have gearboxes or just automatic cars where in fact, you know, learning how to do the stick shift and everything, as they call it, is dying out. is that a problem , well, is it a problem, problem, well, is it a problem, it really depends on which which end of the telescope you're looking at. the problem , i mean, looking at. the problem, i mean, what's happening is we are seeing many, many more young people learning how to drive in automatics . that's because automatics. that's because they're looking ahead and they're looking ahead and they're saying, well, in the future i'm only going to be driving an electric vehicle. and as correctly said, electric as you correctly said, electric vehicles don't have manual gearboxes. therefore they're gearboxes. so therefore they're looking at what lies ahead. and they're saying, well , i only they're saying, well, i only need to learn to drive an automatic. the downside of that is, there are going to still be many countries which don't have the same implementation of evs as we have here. so perhaps if you're hiring a car abroad, you may have a problem there as well. learning to drive in a manual can be more complicated .

manual can be more complicated. obviously you've got more. there's more to learn. so the lessons you potentially could need more lessons. driving in a manual car , which of course adds manual car, which of course adds some extra cost as well. so i think this is a sort of general shift because people are looking ahead at what the future is going to look like in terms of mobility and saying, well, why do i need to drive a manual? i mean, that doesn't go anywhere to say the joy of driving old cars, which of course are all manual, which would can wax manual, which i would can wax lyrical about for a time. lyrical about for a long time. but we go . but there we go. >> yeah. and racing. good to see you well. you as well. >> very much indeed . >> thanks very much indeed. after mean, i haven't driven a after i mean, i haven't driven a manual for time . manual for a long time. >> no i haven't, and when my, my boys learned to drive, i said to all of them, there's no point in learning to do a gear, learning how to do a gear, gearshift, car or whatever, but they still did. actually, they still did that test, but i, you know, is there really a point or. i mean, i don't know, people like amanda, they enjoy the control it gives you over a car.

but when you think of the average kid now who's probably spent far too many years, you know, doing computer games and things they already know how to drive. it'sjust things they already know how to drive. it's just a question of, you know, doing the test, the highway code and everything. yeah, it is it silly to continue this dependence that we have on gean this dependence that we have on gear, gearbox, cars? >> i think if i was learning now, i think i'd still want to do a manual car. why? just in case. just in case. and i do like driving a manual. but you see, day to day now i just don't do it because automatics are so, especially if you're it doesn't apply to me now where i live now. but when i lived in london, the driving from across london to go to work was so much less stressful in a in an automatic. automatic. absolutely. otherwise you are constantly , constantly you are constantly, constantly going from first to second, back to first. >> you know all the rest of it. yes. absolutely ridiculous. but i america, just i mean, in america, they just don't it. don't think about it. >> no, they just don't have manuals. just don't. manuals. they just don't. >> the occasional

>> they think the occasional little sports they little british sports car they might buy as a quirky thing. yeah, with stick shift, but no yeah, with a stick shift, but no , they they don't bother. they're doesn't it they're not. and it doesn't it doesn't stop them being successful. and. yeah, everything everything they everything doing everything they want to do. so there you go. >> i don't know, you've always got your paddles. you got your flappy paddles. if you want gear yourself. got your flappy paddles. if you warthe gear yourself. got your flappy paddles. if you warthe flappy gear yourself. got your flappy paddles. if you warthe flappy paddles. jrself. >> the flappy paddles. >> the flappy paddles. >> got flappy paddles on >> you've got flappy paddles on yours . no. behind the steering wheel. >> oh no they're flappy paddles. >> oh no they're flappy paddles. >> so you can. well, jeremy clarke, i've got an automatic . clarke, i've got an automatic. >> i've always driven an automatic. i haven't got flappy paddles, i haven't. yeah >> want flappy do with >> oh, you want flappy do with them. change gear them. well you can change gear in so you can effectively in them so you can effectively drive as manual. but drive it as a manual. but obviously you haven't got a clutch so just flick to clutch so you just flick to change on well if you just change gear. on well if you just suddenly wanted to do a turbo boost. >> yeah . oh boost. >> yeah . on like nightrider >> yeah. on like nightrider maybe i have got flappy paddles. you have flappy paddles. you might have flappy paddles. >> i'll have a >> yeah, i'll have to have a look at your car and see if you've flappy paddles. you've got flappy paddles. >> have flappy >> oh, have you got flappy paddles the way home. paddles to do on the way home. i haven't radio works haven't got a radio that works properly. still no, i don't i

don't hold out much hope of your flappy paddles. >> no they're having. >> no, no, they're worth having. >> no, no, they're worth having. >> well, us >> interesting. well, let us know you think. do you know what you think. do you think it's worth learning anymore? to drive a gearbox anymore? how to drive a gearbox car? or should we just give in to the automatic? especially since electric cars are going to be non gearbox already . be non gearbox already. >> i might be wrong. i don't think they have a gearbox. >> no they don't. i think, i think they just, they just don't need them faster. yeah that's right. >> anyway this f anyway this >> but anyway this is what you think. >> but anyway this is what you thirgb gb news. >> gb views gb news. >> gb views gb news. >> com talking of cars and >> com and talking of cars and things , national highways has things, national highways has said good progress is underway as they continue work on the m25 in surrey, where engineers are taking down a bridge. the unprecedented move marks the motorways first ever planned daytime closure . a five mile daytime closure. a five mile stretch between junctions ten and 11 closed in both directions since 9:00 friday night, won't reopen until 6:00 tomorrow morning if the work finishes on time, and that volcano in

iceland has erupted again overnight. >> that's the fourth time now since december. the residents in nearby grindavik, just south of iceland's capital reykjavik, are evacuated again and authorities have warned for weeks that another eruption were would be imminent . imminent. >> i'd love to see an actual volcano , you know, like erupting volcano, you know, like erupting an active one. it must be incredible. in the pictures there. if you watch, if you're listening on the radio, it looks terrifying . but but it's terrifying. but but it's a beautiful. it's a terrifying. >> it's a question of how close you can get before because the they give off emissions, don't they? they give off toxic fumes . they? they give off toxic fumes. so i don't think you can't i mean a the heat and the danger obviously, but also the toxic fumes . fumes. >> you do get these people who are like volcano chasers who try and get up close and personal. >> but i must say, to watch from

a distance, terrifying but amazing. >> it's honestly, it's that raw power of nature that i love. absolutely stunning . have you absolutely stunning. have you ever seen one? let us know! i've been up a few dead ones. >> oh, i've been up a few dead ones. yeah, they're not very interesting, really. they? interesting, really. are they? quite the same. no but thank goodness and goodness they were dead and stayed too. yeah i was stayed that way too. yeah i was just also looking at the pictures the thing. i can pictures of the m25 thing. i can can we see the bridge? yes. it's that they are going demolish. that they are going to demolish. >> it's there. yeah. >> it's there. yeah. >> well it shouldn't be, should only be half there by now. >> there it is. which middle. in the bit where. >> that's one they're taking >> that's the one they're taking down. i see, yes of course down. yeah i see, yes of course there's there. there's a crane there. >> yeah. so you go. but >> yeah. so there you go. but apparently the you see apparently all the did you see the reports obviously we the reports because obviously we had about yesterday had people out about yesterday and it going to be and say is it going to be gridlock on the, the, all gridlock on all the, on the, all the diversions and all that? apparently it's been apparently not. oh, it's been lovely people lovely because that people have just stayed and driven anywhere. >> that's probably the best thing . thing to do. >> it's been apparently just >> so it's been apparently just really all these really nice and all these little small have small towns and villages have had roads. so had really clear roads. so i hope continues for you hope that continues for you today. the most it while

today. make the most of it while you because it'll soon be you can, because it'll soon be back to normal. yes it will. >> and the weather is back to >> and if the weather is back to normal well. a wet and normal as well. a bit wet and windy and miserable today. actually just wet and actually not windy, just wet and oh dear, and miss. oh dear, wet and miss. >> miss. yeah. let's see what miss glaser has to say. >> oh, a nice one. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so today has started quite cloudy and damp for some of us, but that will gradually be turning brighter as we head through the afternoon. the area of rain we see across of rain that we can see across much england wales much of england and wales eventually pushes its way eastwards latter eastwards through the latter half morning, with half of the morning, with some brighter developing half of the morning, with some brighterhowever,eveloping half of the morning, with some brighterhowever, foroping half of the morning, with some brighterhowever, for northern behind. however, for northern ireland and for scotland it has been a bit of a drier and brighter start this morning. plenty around here plenty of sunshine around here and afternoon , that and through the afternoon, that sunshine more widely sunshine developing more widely across wales. we across england and wales. we will see some showers bubbling

up could be heavy in up and they could be heavy in places, another mild places, but another really mild day 17 degrees in the day 16 or 17 degrees in the south through sunday evening. any of those showers across much of england, northern ireland and into scotland will gradually start overnight , so start to ease overnight, so turning drier for most turning a little drier for most of the of sunday. but of us by the end of sunday. but another band of rain then pushes in from west, spreading its in from the west, spreading its way through the early way eastwards through the early hours morning. away way eastwards through the early hoursthis morning. away way eastwards through the early hoursthis area morning. away way eastwards through the early hoursthis area of morning. away way eastwards through the early hoursthis area of rain,|ing. away way eastwards through the early hoursthis area of rain, though, iy from this area of rain, though, it will cloud free night. it will be a cloud free night. so under those clear skies, temperatures into temperatures dropping down into the perhaps as the single figures perhaps as low 2 or 3 in some rural low as 2 or 3 in some rural spots into the start of monday, that band of rain pushes way that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. starts eastwards. it gradually starts to through the early hours to ease through the early hours of leaving quite of the morning, leaving quite a dry and bright start most of dry and bright start for most of us. of sunshine through us. plenty of sunshine through the the day, but the first part of the day, but for ireland, cloud does for northern ireland, cloud does start to build, so turning much greyer we through greyer as we head through the afternoon further outbreaks greyer as we head through the aft rainon further outbreaks greyer as we head through the aft rainon �*inther outbreaks greyer as we head through the aft rainon “in from >utbreaks greyer as we head through the aft rainon “in from the reaks greyer as we head through the aft rainon “in from the west of rain pushing in from the west through afternoon. through monday afternoon. but staying dry elsewhere, and with temperatures around 15 or 16 degrees, it'll be feeling very pleasant sunshine , that pleasant in that sunshine, that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

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next. >> now, the victoria and albert museum in london has been accused of calling the former prime minister margaret

thatcher, a villain. a visitor to the museum was shocked. apparently to read a caption next to some punch and judy puppets, and the caption read over the years, the evil character in this seaside puppet show has shifted from the devil, which it was originally apparently to unpopular public figures, including adolf hitler , figures, including adolf hitler, osama bin laden and margaret thatcher. >> she wouldn't want to be in amongst those names, would she? no. is it fair, though, to cast margaret thatcher as a villain ? margaret thatcher as a villain? >> well, let's talk to political commentator and housing expert russell quirk and former miner david craddock. good to see you both this morning. russell, what do you think ? i mean, i know she do you think? i mean, i know she was a controversial figure, a divisive figure , but his villain divisive figure, but his villain the right the right way to frame her. >> no, of course not. she's probably one of the two best prime ministers that this country has ever had. alongside winston churchill, she was a woman of conviction , of proper woman of conviction, of proper ideology, and she literally

pulled britain up by its bootstraps. so, no, she's a hero. she's an icon. in fact, look , i have a picture of her on look, i have a picture of her on my desk. oh look, i have a picture of her on my desk. on right. >> that's brave . david, you were >> that's brave. david, you were a miner. i think so, do we assume that there's nothing about margaret thatcher that you would find admirable as a person? >> she. she's okay. i have no problem with her being having a different ideology from me, but it was a methods. and what she stood for at the time of the miners strike that i take issue with. >> i mean, but but in in that sense, although obviously what she did in relation to that did not did not sit right with you, david. how do you balance that out against the idea that she did, as russell said, pull britain up by the bootstraps who were the sick man of europe, and she pulled us out of that.

>> where the sick man of europe , >> where the sick man of europe, as russell says, would, her methods were not the means of getting out of trouble , all she getting out of trouble, all she did was turned , finance towards did was turned, finance towards the private pockets rather than to services. and as a result, britain suffered in the long term. you only have to look at what's happening to society now in britain , where, again, the in britain, where, again, the poor man of europe and if not the poor man of the world. >> it's interesting that you bnng >> it's interesting that you bring that up, though, because, a lot of people do look at the sort of perilous state our politics is in at the moment. and they, they quote people like margaret thatcher. they say, if only we had people who were a bit more like margaret thatcher, we wouldn't be in the trouble we're in now. russell, what do you say to that ? you say to that? >> i absolutely, i mean, we should cloned her. we should have cloned her. we should have cloned her. we should taken of hair should have cloned her. we shotsomehow,|ken of hair should have cloned her. we shotsomehow,|ken that hair and somehow, ensured that margaret thatcher and her way of

doing things lived on forever. look the problem with miners now kind of lamenting what margaret thatcher did was that they failed to recognise the fact that the mining industry was dead margaret thatcher dead and all margaret thatcher did was to rise up against the unions that had already killed the car industry and many other manufacturing industries in britain, just ensure that it britain, to just ensure that it closed on the basis of it not being economic anymore. but let us not forget what margaret thatcher did . she created big thatcher did. she created big bang the which allowed bang in the city, which allowed many to buy shares to many of us to buy shares to become she allowed us become wealthy. she allowed us to our own house. to buy our own council house. she's the mother of entrepreneurship, opinion, she's the mother of entthe'eneurship, opinion, she's the mother of entthe basisship, opinion, she's the mother of entthe basis that opinion, she's the mother of entthe basis that she opinion, she's the mother of entthe basis that she created on, on the basis that she created that wealth, so you know how we can say that she was a villain when, as i say, she's one of political histories , heroes political histories, heroes without any shadow of a doubt. she had conviction and as famously of course, was the woman not for turning as it's just unfortunate she's not around now because i think she put current politicians to shame. don't you? >> yeah, but but the reality with this russell and you only

have to look at david to, to epitomise that really is the fact that. yes, i mean she, she did turn things around for this country. i think it's very, very hard to argue that . but hard to argue against that. but to that, she was quite happy to do that, she was quite happy to do that, she was quite happy to break of eggs , and, to break a lot of eggs, and, and, and she did that without a lot of remorse , it would seem. lot of remorse, it would seem. and that's the problem. she stood up. and that's the problem. she sto

should be, she she should be heralded as a hero ,100. i mean, heralded as a hero, 100. i mean, there is no debate in my mind whatsoever for. >> i mean, the two of you will probably never, ever agree on this. isn't that right, david? no. >> she was a demagogue , if you >> she was a demagogue, if you look at, records of how she ran a government, she was like violet elizabeth bott . she violet elizabeth bott. she screamed and screamed until they all took notice , that's no way all took notice, that's no way to run a government. that's a way of running your own ideology for your own purposes , how is for your own purposes, how is there anything, though, david, that she did that you would like to see implemented now? >> and i don't know what your your politics are, but, you know, i mean, what would you what what would you say to those people say we need someone people who say we need someone strong? we're lacking strong leadership . leadership. >> now, i have no problem with strong leadership . it's the strong leadership. it's the direction the leadership took us in. it took a lot of money out

of society and put it in the private pockets of shareholders and people like that. which led to the trickle down economy, economy, where nothing trickled down, the rich get richer, companies . down, the rich get richer, companies. his the things down, the rich get richer, companies . his the things she companies. his the things she pushed industry gets richer to now where they're making billions profit in a quarter isn't enough. it has to be more each year. and that's the type of greed politics we're in at present. >> well, we'll leave it there. as i said, i don't think i sort of predicted that you might not agree totally with each other on this , thanks very much indeed, this, thanks very much indeed, though, both of you, forjoining though, both of you, for joining us. that's russell quirk and david craddock . david craddock. >> i just if david's still there just because david, you're from my neck of the woods. i just wondered what the weather's like in whitehaven this morning. have you got a spot sunshine ? you got a spot of sunshine? >> misty and grey this morning? sunshine yesterday. >> oh, right. oh, well, fingers crossed that that that greyness

burns off for you, david. it's just beautiful place. >> the sun shines. >> the sun shines. >> it is. it just saves me. >> it is. it just saves me. >> it just a thatcherite type of climate at the moment. misty and grey, are you where are you going? >> to get the last word in david. that's lucky much indeed. yeah. oh, dear. well, it's lovely whitehaven. >> yeah. yes, it is, isn't it. i tell you what, on that margaret thatcher thing, i think the v&a museum , i mean it's the, it's museum, i mean it's the, it's the plaque next to the punch and judy puppets that says over the years the evil character in this seaside puppet show has shifted from the devil to unpopular pubuc from the devil to unpopular public figures, including adolf hitler , margaret thatcher and hitler, margaret thatcher and osama bin laden. i think that margaret thatcher would be deeply wounded at being put in the same bracket as adolf hitler and osama bin laden , and to call and osama bin laden, and to call them merely unpopular public figures. yeah, really, i think that's the difference. >> i mean, she was she was a punch and judy puppet, and she was unpopular. yeah. amongst a lot of the country. >> was an unpopular public

>> she was an unpopular public figure as well as being popular. but to put hitler , i know but to put adolf hitler, i know osama bin laden as unpopular pubuc . osama bin laden as unpopular public . they were an public figures. they were an awful lot more than that, weren't they? >> i think i think that's that's the reword. >> reword the plaque, please. vienna museum. >> you think vienna i >> why do you think vienna i don't head ? do don't know, do they head? do they agenda? i don't they have an agenda? i don't know these museums like know what these museums are like . i know caroline says she had a backbone. the liberals backbone. unlike the liberals that are in the conservative and labour governments now . labour governments now. >> well, she certainly had something that we're lacking at the she? but the moment, didn't she? but whether it or not, i whether you like it or not, i don't know. you've got very don't know. you've also got very strong or strong views on whether or not to automatic or gear to drive automatic cars or gear shift cars . and rosemarie says, shift cars. and rosemarie says, oh dear anne, nothing oh dear anne, there is nothing more pleasurable than driving a gear shift car. it's wonderful. yes, we must continue with them. i think everyone who just wants to drive automatic or electric is which unfortunately is going to happen. i think they are lazy drivers. >> i'd have to disagree. do you know when i first bought a car where where automatic was an

opfion? where where automatic was an option? and i said and it was the standard really ? and i said, the standard really? and i said, no, no, but i don't want an automatic car. he said, well, that's fine, you can get it in a manual. but for the test drive we've only got an automatic, so we'll out an automatic and we'll go out in an automatic and it changed my mind. on really. test because just test drive. because it was just so there was more pleasure so much there was more pleasure in yeah. because you you in it. yeah. because you you don't have to do all that silly work. enjoy the driving. >> corinne . morning. corinne >> corinne. morning. corinne says we live spain, in says we live in spain, in a mountain village with a winding road. an automatic car is a definite no brainer. with a manual, we'd be changing gear every few yards. >> yeah, that's what. if you live in a city, it's like that as well , live in a city, it's like that as well, right. let's live in a city, it's like that as well , right. let's what's as well, right. let's see what's happening world of sport happening in the world of sport this aiden what's this morning. aiden what's coming this morning. aiden what's conwell, an cup weekend. >> well, it's an fa cup weekend. as touched on earlier on as we touched on earlier on manchester city remaining on course back trebles. course for back to back trebles. next up afternoon their next up this afternoon their neighbours united neighbours manchester united face liverpool and we'll be looking ahead to

break. interesting. we were talking about margaret thatcher and the. that. what? the v&a museum . the that. what? the v&a museum. the victoria and albert museum has sort of put her in the same category as osama bin laden, and adolf hitler, but interestingly, suella morning suella says, and i appreciate that we don't have a statement from the v&a themselves, but suella says the v&a has a vendetta against her. they apparently refused to have her outfits in their fashion section . section. >> oh yeah. >> oh yeah. >> interesting isn't it? >> interesting isn't it? >> like, oh, there are lots of people saying that they're not a fan. so it's a good mix. a good mix, which is, you know, interesting and important actually. but we had a actually. right. but we had a rattle the sport. aidan rattle on with the sport. aidan magee poised ready to go. magee is poised ready to go. let's have look what's let's have a look at what's going on the fa cup. going on in the fa cup. >> we. yeah well >> should we. yeah why not. well look should look we should mention manchester the manchester city. they are the treble winners. year the treble winners. last year the holders fa cup. and holders of the fa cup. and they eased through newcastle eased through against newcastle besieged injuriesthroughout besieged by injuries throughout the think

the season. newcastle i think they're going to make a change in summer. i think eddie in the summer. i think eddie howe much longer howe hasn't got too much longer in spite the decent job he's in spite of the decent job he's done last two years. we done in the last two years. we saw jose mourinho at the boxing last in saudi, to last week in saudi, speaking to newcastle's they newcastle's owners. have they got their sleeve to got a trick up their sleeve to get in premier get him back in the premier league over the summer? we'll have and see on that league over the summer? we'll have but and see on that league over the summer? we'll have but nonetheless on that league over the summer? we'll have but nonetheless manchester league over the summer? we'll havethroughletheless manchester league over the summer? we'll havethroughlethele semi—finalter city through to the semi—final along coventry we along with coventry yesterday we mentioned the ballboy issue yesterday. interesting yesterday. now it's interesting we mark we mentioned mark robins. mark robins important robins scored a very important goal for sir alex ferguson back in away to nottingham goal for sir alex ferguson back in it way to nottingham goal for sir alex ferguson back in it was to nottingham goal for sir alex ferguson back in it was to i\goalgham forest. it was the goal that many it's not been many in football, it's not been confirmed but many in confirmed by anybody but many in football it sir football believe it saved sir alex ferguson's was alex ferguson's job. he was going had they lost going to be sacked had they lost that game. he was involved yesterday ball yesterday with the ball boy incident. we mentioned last hour today face a today manchester united face a pivotal game against liverpool. i'm going to be i'm going to be there in hospitality. as i mentioned i'm looking mentioned yesterday i'm looking i'm forward which how i'm looking forward which how many i'm to get many courses i'm going to get later watching, watching many courses i'm going to get latewaistline watching, watching many courses i'm going to get latewaistline asitching, watching many courses i'm going to get latewaistline as well, ], watching my waistline as well, it's always you . i always hospitality with you. i know you bad hospitality sometimes, but it's a big game today because they're out of the carabao cup, right? they're

nowhere in the they're nowhere in the league. they're something like i they're something like i mean they're they're place. they're they're in sixth place. they're eight aston villa eight points behind aston villa in they finished in fourth place. they finished bottom this is their last league. this is their last chance yield trophy . he's chance to yield a trophy. he's got owners to impress erik got new owners to impress erik ten hag. been saying in ten hag. and he's been saying in his press conferences every week now him. got now to stick with him. i've got the lads my side stick with the lads on my side stick with me i can deliver success. me and i can deliver success. he's somebody been he's somebody who's been sounding desperate he's somebody who's been sound quest desperate he's somebody who's been sound quest to desperate he's somebody who's been sound quest to get desperate he's somebody who's been sound quest to get a desperate he's somebody who's been sound quest to get a job. .perate he's somebody who's been sound quest to get a job. now e in his quest to get a job. now or to keep his job. the problem is they face liverpool. liverpool going liverpool are going for not a treble but a quadruple, and these two teams, we always say these two teams, we always say the fa cup. is serious? well, the fa cup. is it serious? well, yes, serious anyway. yes, it's serious anyway. irrespective yes, it's serious anyway. irrespec involved, yes, it's serious anyway. irrespecinvolved, who's involved playing involved, who's involved in teams here. you in the two teams here. but you know you're from the north know if you're from the north west, manchester west, liverpool play manchester united. they cannot afford to take lightly . no. and take each other lightly. no. and that's i think to that's why i think it's going to be cracking game this be a cracking game this afternoon. kicks off. it afternoon. and it kicks off. it kicks at 330. you know kicks off at 330. and you know what fa throwing what the fa cup's throwing up some we'd to some stories and we'd love to see don't we. we do. see it don't we. we do. >> do. mind you the six >> we do. mind you the six nafions >> we do. mind you the six nations stories over what a perfect the eve of perfect ending on the eve of saint patrick's day. brilliant >> oh, without a doubt. well, they're celebrating with the

with today. they are. with the trophy today. they are. they i believe. i they will i still believe. i mean, they be kicking mean, they must be kicking themselves winning that themselves over not winning that world months ago. world cup a few months ago. they're of the big four now they're part of the big four now established france, established alongside france, south zealand, south africa and new zealand, they lost to they i mean, they lost to england last week. so they avoided the clean the clean sweep. but were worthy as winners. i would say the best team europe by a little team in europe by by a little bit a distance right now. bit of a distance right now. france england france overcame england yesterday kick prevailed france overcame england yestengland kick prevailed france overcame england yestengland about:k prevailed france overcame england yestengland about finishing ed but england about finishing third in the in the group of six. i think that's about where we're expecting them to be making progress under steve borthwick. losing borthwick. wales though losing to italy, give italy enormous credit. two wins for them when normally they're the perennial wooden winners. wooden spoon winners. that dubious goes to wales dubious honour goes to wales this time. yeah. >> okay look aiden, we've got to leave there because you've leave it there because you've got you've got get up to, got a, you've got to get up to, old trafford . old trafford. >> champagne's waiting for me. >> champagne's waiting for me. >> go. thanks >> well, there you go. thanks very indeed. it's tough very much indeed. it's a tough job. tough job. we've got job. it's a tough job. we've got the papers heading our way with tom woolf in tom slater and emma woolf in just moment

749. -- 749. time for the papers. this morning. with the writer emma woolf and the editor of spiked, tom slater. morning to you both. can we have a look, emma, at royal stuff? because the sunday times says the princess of wales is going to speak out. >> yes. and as usual with news stories, when we drill into this, it's a little bit less certain than than the headline might suggest. so a royal source we know about the furore over the photograph on the edited photograph on mother's day and the fact that kate, said was going kate, it was said she was going to two in hospital to have two weeks in hospital and be off sort of public and then be off sort of public dufies in and then be off sort of public duties in the public eye duties and not in the public eye until around april the so until around april the 17th. so after easter holidays? yeah after the easter holidays? yeah a royal source is now saying, and obviously we knew that she had abdominal surgery, we had abdominal surgery, but we weren't specific weren't given the specific details surgery and what details of that surgery and what it involved. so now a royal source saying , i can see a

source is saying, i can see a world in which the princess might discuss recovery while might discuss her recovery while out on engagements. so that's about as we've in about as much as we've got in terms actually kate terms of actually kate discussing know, and it discussing her, you know, and it may be that in advance of the procedure, she was feeling worried and anxious and nervous and didn't want go into and didn't want to go into specifics. that after specifics. and that after afterwards, after recovery, afterwards, after her recovery, she to maybe open up to she is able to maybe open up to specific charities or to, i don't know, women in general or whatever it is, but i don't think that we have any guarantee actually, from this news story. >> the speculation has >> i mean, the speculation has always that it's something always been that it's something quite delicate , but if you put quite delicate, but if you put it in those terms, quite personal, quite serious . yeah. personal, quite serious. yeah. so, so she shouldn't have any obugafion so, so she shouldn't have any obligation to discuss. no i don't think so. >> i think the problem they're facing is that they've been open to a certain point. so we have the pretty much within i the king pretty much within i think was day or think it was the same day or within days. opening up within days. also opening up about not about his cancer battle, but not what of, but not what he's got cancer of, but not telling the specifics . so telling us the specifics. so this kind of fuelled this thing about, come can about, well, how come they can tell but not, you know, tell us this, but not, you know, that far, but no further. i

mean, with steve, mean, i agree with you, steve, and i think it's absolutely valid well, that's kind valid to say, well, that's kind of personal. i'm having surgery. it clearly serious. she was it was clearly serious. she was in hospital for a fortnight. she's for a good few months. she's off for a good few months. i don't know why we can't just leave it. i you know, all leave it. i mean, you know, all we want to see is her really in in real, in the flesh, as it were. >> she really exist. being okay, that's all right. we don't need her to go into detail or make statements . well, i mean, that statements. well, i mean, that was their mistake over this silly well no, but silly photograph. well no, but it like once you give it seems like once you give people they do people a little bit, they do demand more. >> she has she been >> i mean, she has she has been open. she's doing open. she's they're doing exactly what said they exactly what they said they would which is that would do, which is that she wouldn't pictured public. wouldn't be pictured in public. she appease by or, she tried to appease fans by or, you know, just cheer people up by releasing photo. and by releasing a nice photo. and instead it's been instead of which it's been massively it's massively scrutinised. it's really conspiracy theories really the conspiracy theories have gone crazy. >> yes, they have , and i think >> yes, they have, and i think that's really unfortunate. i think it's unpleasant, actually . think it's unpleasant, actually. it is like bullying and what's happening on the sunday telegraph , tom, about, mps in telegraph, tom, about, mps in gaza, activists . yes.

gaza, activists. yes. >> so this, is a story about a dossier which has been compiled of various different incidents involving mps. it could be them doing public engagements. it could be them going and meeting in their constituencies where they've been by they've been targeted by pro—palestine activists. and obviously this is coming off the back of michael gove's intervention this week about the new definition of extremism , and new definition of extremism, and i think it's really important here we kind of separate here that we kind of separate out parts a little bit, out the parts a little bit, because i think there is a danger that, given the that danger that, given the fact that in recent particularly on in recent weeks, particularly on those demonstrations, those saturday demonstrations, which everyone knows has got quite hamas or quite a visible pro hamas or hamas apologist element within them, that we don't use that to dam everyone or even to criminalise people who are protesting. i understand that many of these protesters who incidentally, i disagree with, can engage in some quite unpleasant accusing unpleasant rhetoric accusing people of being genocide supporters, baby killers and whatever . i supporters, baby killers and whatever. i think that's ridiculous, asinine political critique. same critique. but at the same time, they should be allowed to protest. should allowed protest. they should be allowed to am worried to demonstrate. i am worried about a bit of a about there being a bit of a suppage about there being a bit of a slippage between of slippage between saying, of course, there's

course, if people there's a big difference people difference between people inciting violence, chanting jihad in the streets and so on, and just engaging in protest and agitation against their mps, and i do worry that there's going to be a kind of slippage between those two things in this debate, which think important to which i think is important to maintain distinction. maintain that distinction. >> emma , >> yeah, a valid point, emma, tell about this, this tell us about this, this advertising campaign for assisted dying, is it or for euthanasia? that's used an image of princess diana. >> really appalling. actually. there's the image, in the past kwasi summer in 2024 on dover, avril, la croix. and they're talking it's a euthanasia campaign in france. they're using the death of diana as a way to say she didn't choose her death in 2024. we should have the right to choose this has been branded absolutely appalling. the queen's former press secretary, dickie arbiter, said. this is off the scale of obscenity . you know, people are obscenity. you know, people are saying she's been. >> plus there's no there's no passion, no, none at all. >> there's no parallel. >> there's no parallel. >> didn't want to die. no >> she didn't want to die. no one involved in that crash

wanted euthanasia is wanted to die. euthanasia is about having the right to choose. it's completely i choose. so it's completely i mean, exploitation in death mean, it's exploitation in death as that's people as in life. that's what people are saying . it's extremely are saying. it's extremely tasteless. it's shocked, obviously shocked. many of her family and friends. and actually this image has very quickly this image has been very quickly withdrawn by the ad agency because absolutely because it's absolutely disgusting it really disgusting. it really is disgusting. it really is disgusting. it really is disgusting. i don't disgusting. i mean, i don't think seeing he was think we should be seeing he was sat around a meeting and thought, this is a great idea. >> honestly, you every level, >> honestly, you on every level, it work, it doesn't make sense. >> and also , yeah, the >> and also, yeah, the tastelessness is really it's awful. >> awful . all right. tom emma, >> awful. all right. tom emma, thank you very much indeed. thank the weather. thank you. it's the weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so today has started quite cloudy and damp for some of us, but that will gradually be turning brighter as we head through the afternoon. the area

of we see across of rain that we can see across much of england and wales eventually way eventually pushes its way eastwards latter eastwards through the latter half morning, some half of the morning, with some brighter developing brighter spells developing behind. northern behind. however, for northern ireland has ireland and for scotland, it has been a bit of a drier and brighter start this morning. plenty of sunshine around here and afternoon, that and through the afternoon, that sunshine widely sunshine developing more widely across england wales. across england and wales. we will showers bubbling will see some showers bubbling up could be heavy in up and they could be heavy in places, but another really mild day 17 degrees in the day 16 or 17 degrees in the south through sunday evening. any of those showers across much of england , northern ireland and of england, northern ireland and in scotland gradually start in scotland will gradually start to so turning to ease overnight. so turning a little drier for most of us by the end sunday. but another the end of sunday. but another band of rain then pushes in from the spreading way the west, spreading its way eastwards early eastwards through the early hours monday away hours of monday morning. away from of rain, though, from this area of rain, though, it will be free night. it will be a cloud free night. so under those clear skies, temperatures into temperatures dropping down into the perhaps the single figures perhaps as low as 2 3 in some rural low as 2 or 3 in some rural spots into the start of monday, that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. starts eastwards. it gradually starts to through early hours to ease through the early hours of leaving quite of the morning, leaving quite a dry bright start for most of dry and bright start for most of us. of sunshine through

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to replace him with penny mordaunt . mordaunt. >> now, of course, it might be a predetermined outcome, but russians will continue to head to the polls today. but after

recent incidences and protests. will things only get worse? >> well, it's been a terrible weekend for the nation's supermarkets. >> two of the big ones, at least . sainsbury's and tesco, both facing huge tech issues . facing huge tech issues. >> we'll have the latest from saint albans , as customers right saint albans, as customers right across the countries have been having issues with their deliveries. following the technical difficulties at sainsbury's and tesco , and a sainsbury's and tesco, and a really happy saint patrick's day to everyone . to everyone. >> stay tuned to us here on gb news as we bring you festive cities such as they are throughout the day . throughout the day. >> good morning. talking of which, it's six nations joy this morning for ireland on saint patrick's day . england suffer patrick's day. england suffer heartache last night as they lost out to france late on in lille, while wales take the wooden spoon in the fa cup , wooden spoon in the fa cup, there were wins for coventry and manchester city, while manchester city, while manchester , their manchester united, their neighbours liverpool neighbours and liverpool go head to old trafford later today. >> after a wet start this

morning . there will be a bit morning. there will be a bit more sunshine on offer this afternoon. join me later for the full forecast with all the details . details. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. >> margaret thatcher, those emails are coming through. i'm intrigued and sort of relieved, actually , that there are views actually, that there are views on all sides of this because, i mean, that's healthy . and it mean, that's healthy. and it shows actually that people of all sorts of different colours are watching us. and gary and langham says, ask people in scotland what they think of thatcher, and it would have to be broadcast after the watershed. she and johnson tied for worst pm in our history. for the worst pm in our history. >> well, margaret , from >> gosh. well, margaret, from manchester, says during mrs. thatcher's time in office, most people in the north west detested her. my mum used to say that she closed down 20

engineering works all the way down to manchester centre. never allowed to be on our family television are philip, from cleckheaton, says i dread to think what state the country would be in if we hadn't had margaret thatcher. >> turned us from being >> she turned us from being a strike bound country into a successful nation. >> we did have an awful lot of strikes and we did. there was this growing feeling that the unions everything, and she unions ruled everything, and she did and did break the strikes. and i suppose she would she saw it as, you know, if you're going to break that strike, then people are going to hate you. but she was prepared to be hated. >> do it, trudy says , and this >> do it, trudy says, and this is a bit more balanced. trudy lover or hater? margot thatcher was a conviction politician. you knew what she stood for and what you were getting. if you voted for her. i wish you could say the same for the current shower in all parties. well, yeah. you want to know what you're voting for, don't you? >> brian says. good morning alan. stephen, to good see you back. stephen. i trust you're feeling better. maggie was a strong woman, a great woman. all

thatis strong woman, a great woman. all that is great in great britain . that is great in great britain. pity there's no one like her today sort our government out i >> michael. 5mm hm >> michael. it is, says maggie, caused thousands to be out of work, she told farmers not to produce food. she stopped schoolchildren having milk. she sold our food to europe , then sold our food to europe, then bought it back. what would you call her? >> she was margaret >> yeah, she was margaret thatcher, snatcher, thatcher, the milk snatcher, wasn't ? but, i mean, if wasn't she? but, i mean, if you're going to be strong and you're going to be strong and you're going to make strong decisions in government, you're going . i decisions in government, you're going. i mean, decisions in government, you're going . i mean, that's why going. i mean, that's why i wonder why people want to do the job. because you're going to end up with at least half the country hating you. >> you yeah. >> well, you are, yeah. interestingly, paul says margaret a margaret thatcher inherited a basket of economy and basket case of an economy and turned it into the fourth richest economy on earth in just 11 well, i think it's the 11 years. well, i think it's the economic situation you need to look at. but as you say, she did it. she wasn't afraid to break eggs. and of course, if you're one of those eggs that got broken, then you'll never be happy. >> never forgive her. >> you'll never forgive her. >> you'll never forgive her. >> i can understand that >> and i can understand that when first introduced to

when i was first introduced to her do, said, oh, her at a do, she said, oh, breakfast television . breakfast television. >> i never watch it, but i'm on it a lot . which was true. true. it a lot. which was true. true. but then true. it got to interview her quite a few times later on in, in that her career and mine, and she was, you know, you were terrified of getting something wrong. yeah. if you were going to interview her. but then it was equally terrifying to interview arthur scargill in those days. oh, yeah. the miners leader. so know, tempers ran leader. so you know, tempers ran high, both were very strong, high, but both were very strong, whether you liked them or not, actually. >> well, keep your thoughts coming through on that. gb views gb news. com talking of politics today, the sunday papers are awash this morning with speculation over rishi sunaks time as prime minister as fears, well, fears in number 10 at least of a penny. mordaunt ascendancy grow . ascendancy grow. >> and in the telegraph today it is being reported that right wing tory mps are going to use penny mordaunt as a stalking horse. that's a way to get rishi

out and using her as a ploy to start a leadership contest and then they would craftily insert their own candidate, but it doesn't say who their candidate would be. >> no, never mind though , about >> no, never mind though, about all of that, because senior conservative mps like jacob rees—mogg and david davis are rallying behind number 10 because they say the idea of throwing him out at this stage is mad and bonkers. >> well, earlier on we spoke to political commentator jack rowlett . rowlett. >> i think the plot is real. whether it's going to work or not is quite another question. i think the one thing people hate more at the moment than the conservative party is the conservative party is the conservative party, when it's most divided . we know that their most divided. we know that their poll ratings, their approval ratings, fall whenever there's all this infighting. frankly, the tory party had the opportunity to put penny mordaunt in place as leader if they wanted to. two years ago, they wanted to. two years ago, the so—called tory right torpedoed her chances of

becoming prime minister over the trans rights issue and instead decided to put forward its most visionless candidate in the form of rishi sunak and its weakest communicator and leader in the form of liz truss. i don't think this is going to work. even if they were to move forward with this coup, whether it's using pettibon as a stalking horse or as is being suggested, actually, the left and the right of the tory party might be able to unite around her. i don't think it's going to change anything, really. the public have made their mind up, and actually the best thing for the conservative party to do damage limitation really , would be to do as david really, would be to do as david davis as rees—mogg are saying in today's papers, and to stick with sunak. we know sunak is hoping that this week there's going to be better news in the form of inflation figures that he's going to be able to see off amendments to the rwanda bill. so i think really the best thing to do is to stick with rishi sunak, hope the economy turns a

corner, and hope that they can limit the scale of their losses to the tory to the labour party in the general election later this year, because i just don't think the public are going to forgive minister, forgive a fourth prime minister, in years. in so many years. >> but this is where it falls apart a little bit. for me, the idea of her being a stalking horse, most stalking horses when they arise are people who know they're not going to get the job. don't particularly want the job, but they are there to perform a role to get the ball rolling. if like penny rolling. if you like penny mordaunt , she wants the job. she mordaunt, she wants the job. she doesn't want to be a stalking horse, so if she's being set up as one, she won't be very happy. >> yeah, i completely agree. i think everything we know about penny mordaunt suggests that, that she wouldn't want to be a stalking horse, and certainly wouldn't want to be used in that way, and it certainly seems like the other major candidates, here, kemi badenoch doesn't want to move forward with a coup right now. that's certainly what is being suggested in today's

papers. so it's kind of unclear who the candidates, who the actual candidate would be if penny mordaunt were the stalking horse . horse. >> fascinating. the whole concept of a stalking horse. >> yes, yes, we're just john redwood was a stalking horse. >> i thought he was a stalking horse for an attempt to get rid of margaret thatcher. >> yeah, i think it i think it was to get rid of john major because there was a there was a leadership challenge, but he won it. john major john leadership challenge, but he won it. john majorjohn major won it. john major john major won it. john major john major won it. but thought i thought it it. but i thought i thought it was set him up was john redwood that set him up for that. was john redwood that set him up for but. was john redwood that set him up for but interestingly, remember >> but interestingly, i remember i'd john redwood i'd never heard of john redwood before. no, no, but mean, he's before. no, no, but i mean, he's a well known name a very well known name now. >> well known now, isn't it? >> yeah, he is. that's how times change. gosh, right from the world of politics or the world of shopping. yes. >> it's really important , >> and it's really important, isn't it? it is. if you've been waiting for a delivery and it's just not come because it's been a nightmare. for two of a nightmare. 24 hours for two of the largest the nation's largest supermarkets . supermarkets. >> well, technical

>> yeah, well, technical difficulties sainsbury's difficulties meant sainsbury's couldn't fulfil online deliveries yesterday. contactless payment systems were also down in stores, so that left thousands of people queuing and then finding themselves either unable to buy their groceries, or then going outside and trying to queue again , but and trying to queue again, but this time for a cash machine. >> cash? what's that? same kyrees says it was caused by an overnight software update. tesco experienced similar problems, but on a smaller scale. >> well, they're apologising to customers , they say. the customers, they say. the unrelated issues. well, you do wonder, but apparently unrelated. seems very coincidental. doesn't it? isn't it? anyway, they have now been resolved. >> yeah. well, joining us to explain all this hopefully, is gb news reporter theo chikomba. what's latest? theo what's the latest? theo >> yes. well, people right across the country use saturdays as an opportunity to get those deliveries in. perhaps having planned an event at their home or simply it's the day that they are available . but of course,

are available. but of course, sainsbury's and tesco, both of them having technical issues. unrelated, they say, but we'll start with tesco. they say a small number of deliveries were affected yesterday, and they're hoping those people can start to get those deliveries today and their website working for their website is working for those who are wanting to have their deliveries come to their homes, but then on to sainsbury's, they were having an overnight update on their system from friday into saturday. and then this caused issues for them as they wanted to deliver those orders that people had placed for yesterday. and of course, what we do know is that both of these stores deliver hundreds of thousands of parcels every single week . but at the moment, single week. but at the moment, it's unclear how many people have been affected . but when we have been affected. but when we look at the context of those numbers, it's clear that a lot of people will have been affected. we've also seen a statement from sainsbury's chief executive, says people who executive, who says people who had placed orders will be

receiving vouchers as part of their apology, actually, but it might be a little too late , might be a little too late, especially if you had plans for this weekend . now, this does beg this weekend. now, this does beg a question about whether or not this will have huge financial implications, particularly for those people who had ordered. maybe they went on to shop at other stores and of course, cash. lots of people these days are using contactless payments. we saw that issue at sainsbury's yesterday, which has now been resolved, but lots of people are using contactless. a lot of people carry cash. the people didn't carry cash. the ones we spoke to yesterday and they were leaving the shop empty handed. so of course that does raise the question how important is cash in this society, considering lots of people are now contactless now relying on contactless payments ? payments? >> okay, theo, thanks very much indeed. >> i have to say , if something >> i have to say, if something like that, if i'd been involved in that yesterday, i wasn't . but in that yesterday, i wasn't. but if i was and then they turn round and say, look, here's some vouchers, here's ten quid's worth of vouchers. i'd be quite happy with that. >> yeah, i would have thought

so, you just said, well, so, because you just said, well, they deliberately. they don't do it deliberately. >> we know know it's only >> we know i know it's only about shopping and a lot of people might what, you people might think so what, you can to a different shop if can go to a different shop if you can get out. but i think it's issue again that it's just this issue again that a update or something a software update or something like bring company like that can bring a company like that can bring a company like as big as sainsbury's almost its knees for 24 almost to its knees for 24 hours. it's and people are unable pay in store using unable to pay in store using contactless and things like that. why why are we continuing to get our techie stuff wrong in big corporations and companies ? big corporations and companies? and doesn't it make you realise how, vulnerable we might be? >> that'll be the warfare of the future? >> well, that's what they've always said, and maybe that would be the way to do it. >> yeah. you only need one of these. oh, i can't for the life of me remember what you call them now. but, you know, these, electro pulses, thingy, pulses, electromagnetic pulse. yes that's one. and that's it. that's the one. and blast of over london blast one of those over london and everything goes down. then do. >> we must have protection against things like that? >> because. because the sun

>> no, because. because the sun emits these as well. and there has been concern for long time has been concern for a long time that sun could at some point that the sun could at some point wipe out all technology, even if only know, a few only for a, you know, a few weeks whatever. but the weeks or whatever. but the chaos it would it does seem. it would cause, it does seem. >> i mean, that's the real issue , that we're very vulnerable all over again. i tell you what, for some odd reason, my sister is researching why , in the olden researching why, in the olden days, you could get, sent to australia . what sort of. oh, australia. what sort of. oh, yes. what sort of crimes you had to commit. i think she's looking into family history, which suggests that maybe you were quite few diamonds, think quite a few diamonds, i think were to australia for doing were sent to australia for doing bad things. not surprised. so what crimes that could what are the crimes that could get you on a boat to australia? apparently one one grand larceny, which is theft above the value of one shilling. two petty larceny, which is theft of something under one shilling, goes on buying and receiving stolen goods. number four is stealing lead, or copper ? stealing lead, iron or copper? number five is impersonating an egyptian . egyptian. >> that's very specific. why would that be?

>> why be a crime that would get you to australia ? you to australia? >> yeah, i know, i know, if my sister's watching, can you research that a bit more, please? >> bigamy is on the list. >> bigamy is on the list. >> bigamy is there. >> bigamy is there. >> yes. there might be a relief, frankly. >> assaulting, cutting or burning clothes. clandestine marriage. on it's practically anything looking at that list. yes, actually, anything that gets, you know, on the wrong side of a magistrate. but why impersonate an egyptian would get fast boat to get you on a fast boat to australia. or maybe a very slow one that you had to row yourself . i don't know, that's odd, isn't it? don't know. we'll have to look into that. very strange. sorry about that. thought sorry about that. i thought you'd that little bit you'd enjoy just that little bit of no. it's good. yeah. of random. no. it's good. yeah. >> it's good. you, i'll >> it's good. mind you, i'll tell you what. because it is saint patrick's day. happy saint patrick's before you patrick's day. and before you all messaging in saying, all start messaging in saying, well, why aren't you wearing green? watching green? if you were watching yesterday with eborn on yesterday with andrew eborn on his fake thing, really? his fake or fat thing, really? you be wearing blue? you should be wearing blue? that's right, saint patrick's blue is the traditional colour , blue is the traditional colour, always green. so there you go. so we're actually wearing the

right colour. you're just all wrong. >> that's nice. >> that's nice. >> it's all right. put it. anyway. today is the day for parades, irish music and of course, plenty of green. yes. >> they're going to go for >> and they're going to go for it in ireland, aren't they. up and the country. people and down the country. people will celebrating the national will be celebrating the national houday will be celebrating the national holiday even now that holiday and even more now that they've six nations they've won the six nations rugby they've won the six nations rug yes. they've won the six nations rugyes. let's talk to our >> yes. let's talk to our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, who's in belfast and hopefully still slightly soben and hopefully still slightly sober. dougie. sober. morning, dougie. >> . >> morning. >> morning. >> good morning stephen. good morning on. yes, welcome to belfast. and of course, the minute we go to set up for a live, a fella decides to test the sound system behind us, which isn't very good because this is belfast city hall. this is where the parades in belfast will start this afternoon. it is a marvellous carnival to watch. there's one in dublin as well, one in new york, one in london. i mean, it's celebrated the whole way across the world. and that's because us irish, that's simply because us irish, we're marvellous. we've proved that cheltenham, proved that in cheltenham, we've proved it in the six nations and we're

celebrating today and tomorrow . celebrating today and tomorrow. we'll be hangover monday, i suspect, because it is a national holiday tomorrow. and of course the schools cup rugby is on tomorrow. ballymena v and thatis is on tomorrow. ballymena v and that is played for the whole way through the year and the finals are in saint patrick's day. so quite a good day ahead of us. quite a couple of good days ahead us and quite a couple ahead of us and quite a couple of good behind us. so there of good days behind us. so there is a lot runners taking place is a lot of runners taking place here at the moment. they're running ormeau but running towards ormeau park but they've to arrive they've only started to arrive and it looks far too energetic for this morning and i'm for me this morning and i'm surprised in surprised that anybody in ireland night's ireland after last night's performance get performance can actually get up and anywhere. and run anywhere. >> yes, absolutely . i'm >> well, yes, absolutely. i'm sure that's very true. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> brilliant stuff dougie. thank you. gon get a swift guinness and we'll see you in an hour or so. >> yeah. that'll cheer you up. yeah. isn't it? this is the day when they put the dye in the in the river liffey, don't they. and they turn it green. do they do do boston don't they. i think they healthy. they found a sort of good way to it in chicago.

of good way to do it in chicago. i mean, there are huge irish communities, as dougie was saying in, in cities saying there in, in cities throughout the world, but certainly boston, chicago, massive, rallies, they massive, massive rallies, they all have, brilliant. yeah. >> i've never i've never been in ireland, the island of ireland. >> you've never been in ireland on saint patrick's. >> well, on saint patrick's day. >> well, on saint patrick's day. >> it must be quite >> no, it must be quite something, i'll bet. >> yes. >> yes. >> dougie's gonna have a great day. >> yeah, yeah, it's fantastic. >> yeah, yeah, it's fantastic. >> you i've been to. i was >> you know, i've been to. i was in once during in san francisco once during saint day. saint patrick's day. >> my heart there. >> i left my heart there. >> i left my heart there. >> a wonderful. yes, indeed. there are wonderful irish pubs there. were people there. and they were people were just everybody. just going mad. everybody. everybody was everybody wearing green. it was just gorgeous. absolutely lovely. however lovely. so wherever and however you are going to celebrate saint patrick's day, do it in style. let us know, get in touch with us and tell us how you're going to do it. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> now, if you want to go anywhere today, if you're in the sort south of the country, sort of south of the country, it's south round here. this bit, national highways has said good progress is underway as they

continue work on the m25 in surrey, where engineers are taking down a bridge. the unprecedented move marks the motorways first ever planned daytime closure. it's a five mile stretch between junctions ten and 11, closed in both directions since friday night until monday morning. >> new government guidance from the ministry of transport means that councils in england will now have to consider local residents views before introducing new low traffic neighbourhoods. a draft guidance , which is due to come into force this summer, reveals that councils will need to be confident that a low traffic neighbourhood has the support from most of its community and the most beautiful pictures of the most beautiful pictures of the day, and the most terrifying. >> a volcano in iceland has erupted again overnight. fourth time since december. people living in nearby grindavik , just living in nearby grindavik, just south of the capital reykjavik, have been had the area evacuated again, authorities had warned for weeks that another eruption was imminent.

for weeks that another eruption was imminent . it. for weeks that another eruption was imminent . it . at least it's was imminent. it. at least it's not a great big job. >> no, it's not one of those, is it? no. it's more like opening a crack in the earth. >> yeah, very frightening though, because you know what kills people with volcanoes and like pompeii and all the rest of kills people with volcanoes and likythismpeii and all the rest of kills people with volcanoes and likythis isyeii and all the rest of kills people with volcanoes and likythis is all and all the rest of kills people with volcanoes and likythis is all ofd all the rest of kills people with volcanoes and likythis is all of these he rest of kills people with volcanoes and likythis is all of these things. of it, this is all of these things. the that's the one. >> the big word . pyroclastic cloud. >> it's a pyroclastic flow. >> it's a pyroclastic flow. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> that's right, because it's incredibly hot gases and ash that go like miles into the atmosphere. and then they cool just off and they go bang right down. and then that's. you've finished. yeah. >> why you can't get >> and that's why you can't get away from sadly, as the away from it, sadly, as the people it's one of pei and heraklion. heraklion that's how they learned. >> it's one of those stupid things that i was told years ago as a child, and it stuck in my brain. and the other thing is, when i was at primary school, i was taught the geography sort of

thing. lake district geography and, glacial valleys and all that sort of thing. so the one thing you don't need to remember is that's called an alluvial fan. alluvial and i've remembered alluvial fans ever since. >> but what's an alluvial fan when you see, like on the side of a hill or something, a mountain and you see like it's a waterfall or flow. >> yeah. and then it fans out at the bottom like that. and that's where debris gathers and it builds up in a fan shape . and builds up in a fan shape. and that's called an alluvial fan. and i have no need to know it and never needed to know it. >> but it's a you never know when it might come useful. when it might come in useful. >> the same with stalactites >> i'm the same with stalactites and stalagmites. >> oh and stalagmites. >> on which is which? >> oh yeah. which is which? >> oh yeah. which is which? >> a tight comes from the >> well, a tight comes from the top a mite like top and a mite comes like a mountain from bottom. mountain from the bottom. >> how you tell the >> yeah, that's how you tell the difference. there you go. >> and join for >> and then they join up for fabulous things, aren't they? oh, stalagmites where oh, incredible stalagmites where is it? it's got very good ones. wookey hole in somerset hole i've to very famous i've never been to very famous caves somerset. they have caves in somerset. and they have the fantastic stalagmites the most fantastic stalagmites and tights.

>> walkie talkies though. >> get walkie talkies though. >> get walkie talkies though. >> do. >> yeah. you do. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's about cheese. >> yeah. >> i'll about cheese. >> yeah. >> i'll know: cheese. >> yeah. >> i'll know itheese. >> yeah. >> i'll know it .aese. >> i'll know it. >> i'll know it. >> yeah, well, there you are. >> yeah, well, there you are. >> you've learned a lot today. thank you very much. >> right. >> right. >> let's see what weather's >> let's see what the weather's going here's ellie. going to do. here's ellie. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so today has started quite cloudy and damp for some of us, but that will gradually be turning brighter as we head through the afternoon. the area of rain that we can see across much of england and wales eventually its way eventually pushes its way eastwards latter eastwards through the latter half of the morning, with some brighter developing brighter spells developing behind. for northern brighter spells developing behind. and for northern brighter spells developing behind. and for for northern brighter spells developing behind. and for scotland, hern brighter spells developing behind. and for scotland, itern brighter spells developing behind. and for scotland, it has ireland and for scotland, it has been a bit of a drier and brighter start this morning. plenty sunshine around here plenty of sunshine around here and through afternoon, that and through the afternoon, that sunshine more widely sunshine developing more widely across wales. we across england and wales. we will some bubbling will see some showers bubbling up could in up and they could be heavy in places, another really mild places, but another really mild day or 17 degrees in the

day 16 or 17 degrees in the south through sunday evening. any of those showers across much of england , northern ireland and of england, northern ireland and in scotland gradually start in scotland will gradually start to so turning to ease overnight. so turning a little for most of us by little drier for most of us by the end of sunday. but another band of rain then pushes in from the spreading its way the west, spreading its way eastwards the early eastwards through the early hours monday away hours of monday morning. away from rain, though, from this area of rain, though, it will be a cloud free night. so under clear skies, so under those clear skies, temperatures down into so under those clear skies, temsingleres down into so under those clear skies, tem single figures down into so under those clear skies, temsingle figures perhapsyn into so under those clear skies, temsingle figures perhaps asinto the single figures perhaps as low 2 or 3 in some rural low as 2 or 3 in some rural spots into the start of monday, that rain pushes its way that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. starts eastwards. it gradually starts to the early hours to ease through the early hours of the morning, leaving quite a dry start for most of dry and bright start for most of us. plenty of sunshine through dry and bright start for most of us. plentpart sunshine through dry and bright start for most of us. plentpart ofnshine through dry and bright start for most of us. plentpart of the ne through dry and bright start for most of us. plentpart of the day,|rough dry and bright start for most of us. plentpart of the day, butjh the first part of the day, but for northern ireland it for northern ireland cloud, it does build, so turning does start to build, so turning much greyer as we through much greyer as we head through the afternoon further the afternoon with further outbreaks of rain pushing in from through monday from the west through monday afternoon. dry afternoon. but staying dry elsewhere, with temperatures elsewhere, and with temperatures around degrees, it'll elsewhere, and with temperatures arofeeling degrees, it'll elsewhere, and with temperatures arofeeling pleasant it'll elsewhere, and with temperatures arofeeling pleasant in.l elsewhere, and with temperatures arofeeling pleasant in that be feeling very pleasant in that sunshine , that warm feeling sunshine, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news .

news. >> i was just being reminded. it's herculaneum, isn't it? the other place like pompeii, not heraklion, but i nearly got there, right? >> very close. >> very close. >> and we've also discovered, though in wookey hole caves you can get married there. it's a married location, wedding location. >> fair, the pictures do >> to be fair, the pictures do look good. they do look look good. yeah, they do look quite astonishing. >> good. >> good. >> yeah, no i know. oh, well, there you right. spring there you go, right. spring is in saw from ali. in the air, as you saw from ali. so is your chance to win a garden gadget package, a shopping and an incredible shopping spree and an incredible one, two, three four, £5 in tax free cash . here's how you could free cash. here's how you could make all those prizes yours. >> we've got cash, treats and a spnng >> we've got cash, treats and a spring shopping spree to be won in a great british giveaway. you could win an amazing £12,345 in tax free cash. plus there's a further £500 of shopping vouchers to spend at your favourite store . we'll also give favourite store. we'll also give you a gadget package to use in your garden this spring. that includes a games console, a pizza oven and a portable, smart speaker so you can listen to gb

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out rather a lot of fixed penalty notices for people who, for instance, are caught having a quick wee in a layby. so we're going to be debating all of that

next. >> now i hope you use the last couple of minutes just to pop to the loo. if you needed to go. because a council that has issued hundreds of fines to people urinating in a lay by has stopped giving out the penalties. this is, believe it or not, the oddly named dacorum borough council. it's near hemel hempstead. >> we had to check that. that was real, real not because. >> not because we've got anything against where you live. it's when we're it's just that when we're talking something which talking about something which is a politeness and a matter of politeness and manners and decorum and decorum, to find that it's to actually find that it's dacorum council that has dacorum borough council that has been out apparently 762 been sending out apparently 762 fixed notices for people fixed penalty notices for people who were caught having a quick

wee by on the a 41, or at least on a layby in the a41 in hertfordshire. >> yeah. the council says that they won't issue any new tickets while they review enforcement in the area. must be a bit of a grim job for the police. yeah, so should people be fined for what we're terming wild weeing ? what we're terming wild weeing? >> i don't know what to say to that. joining us now, though, to debate this, two etiquette experts, actually, diana mather and social behaviour and etiquette expert liz brewer . now etiquette expert liz brewer. now where do we start? liz i mean, it's something that's even difficult to talk about, frankly , when is it acceptable to have a quick wee on a layby on the a41 if you're caught short, then obviously there's not much you can do . can do. >> if you have a problem, maybe you've got a prostate problem or something. normally, if you're going on a long journey, then you take something with you, you know, you've got some sort of portaloo with a layby.

>> good. if you're driving well, you have to stop, you have to stop and you have to go into layby. >> now the problem is about the layby. it is a public place. and in uk in i think it was 1986, a law was passed that it is a criminal offence to either pee in public or spit when you've got a layby, if they've actually managed to catch 700 people that means they are using this. in other words, as a public loo. you know, recently, i don't know if you've ever been to the imax, but recently i went to the imax in london, in london and it was a premier so i was all dressed up and in order to get to it, you, you have to go in under an underpass. yes. whether you're by car , train, whatever, by car, train, whatever, underpass, the stench in those underpasses from people peeing was disgraceful .

was disgraceful. >> that's the difference. that's what the law in 86 was passed for. it's to stop people weeing in back alleys or or underpasses or , you know, against people's or, you know, against people's walls in places where you know, they could pop to a pub or pop to a mcdonald's or, or desperately. well, it might not have stopped them, but it's for not people who need to pull into a lay by and have a quick way. >> but a layby is for people. it's lay by, it's for somebody to have a rest, somebody to have a cup tea . i to have a rest, somebody to have a cup tea. i mean, to have a rest, somebody to have a cup tea . i mean, what they a cup of tea. i mean, what they really do is put public really should do is put public conveniences in laybys you conveniences in laybys do you realise since covid 50, i gather of our public convenience buses have closed. now the government has just agreed to spend 7 million on opening new ones. and i gather at london bridge, they're spending 4.5 million to open , you know, public loos. but open, you know, public loos. but so what this problem is, and where i do have a problem is with this particular council, they actually subcontract they

they actually subcontract they they employ a company because you've got the inspectors, you've got the inspectors, you've got the inspectors, you've got to have an inspector to be able to give a fine, you've got to have two. so they've got two guys. >> well i'll tell you what, two guys sit sitting there all day long waiting . long waiting. >> i mean it's another way of making money as well that i have an objection to diane. >> diana, what do you make of it all then ? all then? >> well, i think, if you're discreet. i mean, i quite agree with liz that , in towns, it's with liz that, in towns, it's a health hazard, and it's also disgustingly smelly. but if you are caught short and let's face it, it's much more difficult for ladies than it is for men to do wild weeing. but if you are caught short in a layby, try and go into the bushes. >> be discreet, keep out of the way, to have i agree also that to have people actually paid to , to have people actually paid to, to have people actually paid to, to see what's happening and then collect the fines , those people

collect the fines, those people or that council could be spending its money in much better and more profitable ways, also doing potholes , for also doing potholes, for instance, i would much prefer than stopping people peeing, but , be discreet about it, you know, don't don't be too obvious. >> no, there's something almost quite sinister about the idea of having two inspectors, sort of hanging around waiting for it. >> not only that , they get 78% >> not only that, they get 78% of the fine, whereas is, well, that's why they decorum was only getting 22. it's ridiculous. and that again , that's what a waste that again, that's what a waste of public money. >> but but diana , there is a >> but but diana, there is a i mean there is an issue. >> i mean, that law was brought in in 1986. i mean, it's not particularly nice , but we all particularly nice, but we all see it. we all see it sometimes necessary. so it's how do we find that balance ? how do we find that balance? how do we find that balance? how do we find that balance? how do we find that line? >> well, hopefully i mean i haven't actually been i do live near the a41, but up in cheshire and shropshire, so i haven't actually been to that part of

the a40 one. but most laybys do have a bit of woodland on them. some have a seat drop, which can be difficult, but if you've got a bit woodland, just walk a bit of woodland, just walk into wood and, you know, be into the wood and, you know, be as get behind bush. it as i say, get behind a bush. it is more difficult for is much more difficult for ladies. so i know some people, some friends of mine have been caught do caught in traffic jams do actually particular actually carry a particular thing can wee in in thing that they can wee in in the car. that's not very nice enhen the car. that's not very nice either. so i think that if you're going to have to do it, then just go into the bushes as far as you can. >> but you've no objection to that. there's no objection. nobody has any objection to that. >> no, i know, but too you're lovely, ladies. and you're actually specialise in etiquette matters. but i mean, there are people out there who just don't see it as important as you do. i remember going for heaven's sake, to royal ascot, and i was in a queue of cars , because you in a queue of cars, because you can be for so long, and there was a great stretch limo just ahead of me, and all the ladies got out in their refinery three and went in somebody's front

lawn , i have to say. lawn, i have to say. >> and they were definitely not ladies . definitely not. ladies. definitely not. >> but they were, you know, they had the high heels on and the hats and everything else. but i thought that was they might have been desperate. but to do it on somebody's front lawn, that's disgraceful. and then about then about all the about ten minutes later, all the guys out of the same car and guys got out of the same car and did the same. i mean, please, that's point, is that some that's the point, is that some people just don't see it people don't just don't see it as they see it as a natural function. just get on with it. >> well, very often they had quite a lot of alcohol when they do this. and in those stretch limos, they certainly are bottles there. they're bottles there. so they're probably, wear by the probably, worse for wear by the time they get up for the race is not often they were tanking up on the way. >> oh dear . on the way. >> oh dear. well, on the way. >> oh dear . well, there on the way. >> oh dear. well, there you go. >> oh dear. well, there you go. >> it's a fascinating debate. >> it's a fascinating debate. >> it's a fascinating debate. >> it is actually weirdly. and the other thing it brings up is, well, just as diana was saying, that, you know, it's more difficult for us ladies. and it is. so why aren't why can't men just contain it for a bit longer than women? like women . hold it

in. >> well, we've got stronger bladders , i think, haven't we? bladders, i think, haven't we? i think so, it's all to do with the makeup inside and bearing babies. and i think we've got stronger pelvic floor. >> your pelvic floor. that's right. >> i'm tensing mine as we speak. i think we've had it i have mine i think we've had it i have mine i think we've had it i have mine i think men last as long as they can. >> but once you fall, you fall. oh, there you go. diana. liz, thank you both very much indeed. i'm glad we've stopped talking. >> it was enlightening, wasn't it? yes. oh. i'm trying. >> i'm trying to do my pelvic floor now. >> it's not as easy as it looks, is it? >> should we take a quick break? so you can go for a wee. >> i don't need one. okay >> i don't need one. okay >> i don't need one. okay >> i tell you what. we're going to be looking at what's happening in in russia at the moment as they're voting the

do you remember a few minutes ago we were talking about crimes that would get you, sent off to australia in victorian times or whatever, and. yes. and that number five, i think, on the list of important crimes that would get you sent off to australia was impersonating an egyptian. can't figure out why . egyptian. can't figure out why. david says. morning, david. obviously you could be sent to australia for impersonating an egyptian because that meant you would be involved in a pyramid scheme. >> very good, very nice, very good. aidan magee sent that one in, did he? >> no, no, no, it's one of his joke types. >> very much his sort of thing. david says. i'm now 72 and i can still recollect at early school being threatened with being sent to one or sent to australia in a laundry basket if we misbehaved. oh, happy days. yeah. and then pauune oh, happy days. yeah. and then pauline , particularly lovely pauline, particularly lovely one. pauline. thank you, she says. what a joy to wake up to

you two and your chatter about something and nothing . something and nothing. >> how dare you? >> how dare you? >> jolly soft power, she says . >> jolly soft power, she says. i've stopped flicking the remote at weekends. well, that's. >> that sounds brilliant. thank you, let's talk about you, now let's talk about russia. should we? because it's the final day of voting and the presidential election. then vladimir putin, of course. almost guaranteed. definitely guaranteed. >> think of any other way to secure another six years in power. he faces three candidates, apparently, who have voluntarily abstained from criticising him. two anti—war opposition candidates have been disqualified from the race. >> well, his counterpart in the eu, the european council president charles michel, has already sarcastically congratulated vladimir putin. he took to twitter to say no opposition, no freedom , no choice. >> well, earlier we spoke with the former adviser to the clinton and bush administrations, steve gill, who joined us from a polling station in samara in russia . it's about

in samara in russia. it's about 1000km from moscow . 1000km from moscow. >> the turnout has been very high. about 80 to 85% is what they're predicting at the end of they're predicting at the end of the polling. so people are turning out despite, as you said, the anticipation, the expectation that vladimir putin will win and win handily. i was talking to one of the polling observers earlier today who said that voters are telling them that voters are telling them that they are voting, not just because they think that it's a close race, but because they want to send a message that they support putin and there's a lot of reasons to they have 2.6% gdp, they have 7% inflation. it was 1,500% when he first took office. and you know, they're happy with where the economy is. they're happy with his leadership. and one of the voters told me today that by voting, even though they think he's going to win handily, it's like shaking and like shaking his hand and saying, you're saying, thank you. you're seeing some ballots. you vote, some of the ballots. you vote, by by party, some of the ballots. you vote, by by party, and then you put it into either a electronic counting machine that counts it and then holds it below, or you

put it in a transparent box. so there is not only transparency in where the ballots go , but in where the ballots go, but they also have video cameras in every precinct. so anybody in russia and the political parties and the observers in moscow can watch in real time, live time , watch in real time, live time, the vote and the count. >> so what are you doing there? >> so what are you doing there? >> i mean, are you there in in some sort of official capacity to observe? or is it just because you're curious about this sort of thing? >> well, i am curious because you know, there's so many people that are opining about this election without actually seeing it and being here. i'm not seeing anybody from cnn or fox or the washington post, but they're they're declaring opinions about the election. i'm one of about 100 international election observers , there in our election observers, there in our group of ten, there's a woman from bulgaria . there are three from bulgaria. there are three from bulgaria. there are three from venezuela, there's another american . so it's a it's american. so it's a it's a diverse group just in our group. and there are groups like this going to polling stations all over russia. we've been to about

15 polling stations in the last three days. fascinating though, isn't it? >> well, it's fascinating , but i >> well, it's fascinating, but i don't know. >> i mean, there are elections in north korea. >> not today. >> not today. >> not today. >> no no no no no, but but but generally speaking, i mean, steve tuckwell the turnout is very high and people have been very, very enthusiastic about vladimir see it as vladimir putin and see it as a way of shaking his hand and congratulating well, the congratulating him. well, the turnout north korea is 100. turnout in north korea is 100. well, it's not because people are that it's because people are terrified . terrified. >> i would have thought so. and what i do find amazing is that that some people have had the courage to protest that as well. we've seen instances of that being put up quickly on social media before anyone could take them down. and i think that's, that's interesting, but, well, in this wonderful country with 2.6% growth and lovely high rise flats, i wonder what happens to those people who who protest. >> will we ever hear hear of them again ? that's the worry. so

them again? that's the worry. so i think we've got to be got to be a bit careful with it all. >> talking of volcanoes. oh, janet says, i went to the greta lighthouse in reykjavik with my son nathan and grandchildren, isabel and thomas, on the 18th of december. >> my niece and nephew. >> my niece and nephew. >> really? coincidence? nick 20 2200. so 10:00 at night to hopefully see the northern lights. that's why we were there. we didn't see them, but we did watch grindavik volcano erupt. the dark sky slowly grew brighter, just like the sun rising, until eventually we could see the flames and then the smoke and then the lava. it was amazing. >> oh, johanna . >> oh, johanna. >> oh, johanna. >> something you'll never forget. >> that sounds absolutely incredible, look, we're going to take you through the papers in just a couple of minutes. we've got tom slater and emma woolf desperate to get on set, so

all right. papers for you. now with the writer and columnist, emma woolf. and editor of spiked. tom slater. morning to you both. oh, what should we start with, children at risk of blindness? >> yes, that's a worry. that's emma's story in the mail. >> yeah, well, i think this one's really, really concerning. basically, sort of top opticians and eye surgeons are saying they're seeing more and more short sightedness and myopia amongst very young children. children as young as four are being forced to just spending way too much time staring at screens, staring at their phones. it is not enough time outside with natural daylight. natural daylight. i didn't know this, necessary to this, actually is necessary to develop your eyeballs and to develop your eyeballs and to develop your eyeballs and to develop your eyesight when you're little. regulates the you're little. it regulates the growth of eyeballs. i just took my three year for an eye my three year old for an eye test yesterday, which was pointless they can't pointless because they can't really but anyway , really test a lot. but anyway, it's so crucial. and these opticians saying because of opticians are saying because of the, because of the phone the, well, because of the phone addiction, of addiction, but also because of the pandemic when people were

forced indoors, they forced to stay indoors, they weren't outside lots of children and of teenagers for the and lots of teenagers for the first they're sort of first time, they're sort of achieving worst possible achieving the worst possible scores for short sightedness, which worry if you which is a real worry if you think about that. you know, you're not doing the distance vision. you're basically staring at , staring at at a screen, staring at a tablet. >> that's i had no idea it >> that's what i had no idea it could actually have wrong could actually have a lot wrong with with smartphone addiction. >> but this is just another layer of that. >> and it's all these things about we're kind about lockdown that we're kind of discovering of slowly discovering what a terrible idea it was, particularly that kind of initial phase where people were so do things so petrified even to do things within rules, you could within the rules, like you could go even some people go outside, but even some people were too worried about that. so yeah, tale these yeah, long tale of these kinds of things. yeah, long tale of these kinds of tbut|s. yeah, long tale of these kinds of tbut funnily enough, the covid >> but funnily enough, the covid inquiry any of inquiry isn't asking any of those questions at all. >> course not. no, it's >> no, of course not. no, it's all just about any other who called someone mean names in whatsapp. >> yeah, well, maybe we need a glorious shake glorious revolution to shake things top. things up top. >> this is fascinating. >> yes, this is fascinating. >> yes, this is fascinating. >> just stop changing >> just stop oil are changing their tack. >> yes. so the mail on sunday, they've sent one of their kind of reporters a of undercover reporters into a

just meeting at which just stop oil meeting at which they, discussions weren't just stop oil meeting at which they, toiiscussions weren't just stop oil meeting at which they, to climate ns weren't just stop oil meeting at which they, to climate change,|'t just stop oil meeting at which they, to climate change, shall limited to climate change, shall we there talk of we say. there was talk of stepping theircampaigning we say. there was talk of stepping their campaigning to stepping up their campaigning to target institutions of target the institutions of capitalism. and so capitalism. banks and so on. also talks linking up with also talks of linking up with pro—palestine activists, as if that has anything to do with the climate and with nature. i mean, if you know the politics of these people, isn't really these people, this isn't really particularly these people, this isn't really partic aren't kind of off duty these aren't kind of off duty tory councillors who are getting involved in just stop oil protest. at the same time, i think almost calling it anti—capitalist is almost, overdoing slightly. they're overdoing it slightly. they're kind of pro feudalist. kind of sort of pro feudalist. they just want to kind of go back to an age in which we didn't have industrial society, back to an age in which we dirwhich ve industrial society, back to an age in which we dirwhich ve icouldn't. society, back to an age in which we dirwhich ve icouldn't produce the in which we couldn't produce the amount things that we can amount of things that we can produce days. and it's all produce these days. and it's all hairstyle politics. no, exactly. apparently not. >> or washing machine. >> or washing machine. >> and especially when you know the people who are involved in this i know it's been this stuff. i know it's been said a million but indigo said a million times, but indigo rumbelow, who's one of the oh, indigo, she's again in indigo, she's popped up again in this reporting. >> she was, we like indigo >> she was, oh, we like indigo rumbelow she's good rumbelow for a laugh. she's good for a laugh. >> just name.

>> just for a name. >> just for a name. >> but many of them fit that kind of profile as far as immaculately, privately educated, well often, educated, very well off. often, in know, it in indigo's case, you know, it doesn't for to doesn't take long for them to find a bunch of foreign holidays and on. have these and so on. so to have these people only posing as kind people not only posing as kind of anti—capitalist but of anti—capitalist warriors, but also everyone also suggesting that everyone else have to put up else is going to have to put up with less because they've decided world's going decided that the world's going to makes them look even to end, it makes them look even more ridiculous than they already are. >> well, no, she's great. >> yeah, well, no, she's great. indigo sense indigo shocked. a lot of sense when time to to when she's got time to talk to us in between flights to indonesia whatever she wrote. us in between flights to ind andia whatever she wrote. us in between flights to ind and yet whatever she wrote. us in between flights to ind and yet they tever she wrote. us in between flights to ind and yet they want she wrote. us in between flights to ind and yet they want to e wrote. us in between flights to ind and yet they want to crack:e. >> and yet they want to crack down on families who are having one, maybe foreign holiday one, maybe one foreign holiday a yean one, maybe one foreign holiday a year, you know, somewhere local that saved for and that they've saved up for and want instead of want to enjoy, and instead of which to you which they want to cause, you know, just oil wants to know, just stop oil wants to cause havoc across the airports doing illegal things. mean, doing illegal things. i mean, literally things, doing airfields and things, doing illegal the illegal things all through the summer, all right, well, perhaps we relax and discuss we can all relax and discuss this our easter break. this over our easter break. >> yeah, whatever that is this yeah >> well, the thing about easter is it does move around a lot. >> and year the. is it does move around a lot. >> you year the. is it does move around a lot. >> you neverear the. is it does move around a lot. >> you never know the. it is, do you?

>> but i didn't realise quite how much it moved. so this year it's the end of march really early. but two years ago it was april 17th. so really is april the 17th. so it really is a moveable anyway, this a moveable feast. anyway, this former minister, greg, former industry minister, greg, sir knight has saying sir greg knight has been saying actually, fix actually, he wants to fix easter. so he, he says the sunday after the second saturday in he just in april, why doesn't he just say second sunday in say the second sunday in april anyway? somewhere the anyway? so somewhere between the 9th 15th of april. so 9th to the 15th of april. so it'd be much later. it would be a sort of fixed at that late date. >> got to do with him. >> got to do with him. >> it would help businesses, it would help schools, would would help schools, it would help would help help families, it would help a lot people actually be able lot of people actually be able to plan. >> a religious festival. >> it's a religious festival. >> it's a religious festival. >> so why it i don't >> it's a religious festival. >> soyeah. it i don't know, yeah. >> no, answer no. >> no, the answer no. >> no, the answer no. >> too. >> me too. >> me too. >> i know being able to plan and being able i mean for schools, for example, it would help them to set their school holidays, to set holidays set their easter holidays for businesses. them businesses. it would help them to they need all their to know when they need all their chocolate it would help chocolate eggs in. it would help families be able to families to be able to plan ahead might get away. >> well, yes, in that practical sense. but you know, it's down to church to decide when to the church to decide when easter knight.

easter is not sir greg knight. >> i just don't understand why it move around this. it has to move around like this. all place. it's like, all over the place. it's like, imagine christmas could all over the place. it's like, im.in ne christmas could all over the place. it's like, im.in the christmas could all over the place. it's like, im.in the middlenas could all over the place. it's like, im.in the middle of; could all over the place. it's like, im.in the middle of january uld all over the place. it's like, im.in the middle of january ori be in the middle of january or it in. it could be in. >> wouldn't that add to the excitement, excitement of it >> wouldn't that add to the excthe|ent, excitement of it >> wouldn't that add to the excthe eggs excitement of it >> wouldn't that add to the excthe eggs andexcitement of it >> wouldn't that add to the excthe eggs and the ement of it >> wouldn't that add to the excthe eggs and the excitement? all the eggs and the excitement? >> would get nicer >> and we would get nicer weather if was a bit later in april? >> well, there's a there's proposal. >> yes. >> yes. >> don't know, i just, >> yes. >> don't know, ijust, i >> yes. >> don't know, i just, i just >> i don't know, ijust, ijust say we'll whatever the church say we'll do whatever the church wants on that one. i sort of think just briefly, we've wants on that one. i sort of think jurunning)riefly, we've wants on that one. i sort of think ju running rage /, we've wants on that one. i sort of think jurunning rage charme got 10s running rage charm joggers yes. joggers are angry. yes. >> you want to improve >> so if you want to improve your mood, don't because your mood, don't jog, because apparently, according to a survey of 10,000 people, it actually very angry actually makes people very angry because it's very repetitive and that take up aerobics because it's very repetitive and th.yoga take up aerobics because it's very repetitive and th.yoga instead. take up aerobics because it's very repetitive and th.yoga instead. it'se up aerobics because it's very repetitive and th.yoga instead. it's actuallybics or yoga instead. it's actually top tip morning that's my top tip this morning that's my excuse not running. excuse for not running. >> quite right. >> yeah. quite right. >> yeah. quite right. >> to see you >> it's been good to see you both this morning. thanks very much here's your weather. looks things heating weather. boxt things heating weather. boxt thiisponsors eating weather. boxt thiisponsors of ing up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so today has started quite cloudy and damp for some of us, but that will gradually be turning brighter as we head

through the afternoon. the area of that see across of rain that we can see across much of england and wales eventually way eventually pushes its way eastwards latter eastwards through the latter half morning, with some half of the morning, with some brighter spells developing behind. northern behind. however, for northern ireland has ireland and for scotland, it has been a bit of a drier and brighter start this morning. plenty sunshine around here plenty of sunshine around here and the afternoon, that and through the afternoon, that sunshine widely sunshine developing more widely across england and we across england and wales. we will bubbling will see some showers bubbling up could be heavy in up and they could be heavy in places, another really mild places, but another really mild day 16 17 degrees in the day 16 or 17 degrees in the south through sunday evening. any of those showers across much of england , northern ireland and of england, northern ireland and into scotland will gradually start ease overnight. so start to ease overnight. so turning drier most turning a little drier for most of by the end of sunday. but of us by the end of sunday. but another band of rain then pushes in from the west, spreading its way early way eastwards through the early hours monday away hours of monday morning. away from rain , though, from this area of rain, though, it be a cloud free night. it will be a cloud free night. so those skies, so under those clear skies, temperatures dropping into temperatures dropping down into the as the single figures perhaps as low as or 3 in some rural low as 2 or 3 in some rural spots into the start of monday, that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. starts eastwards. it gradually starts to ease through early hours to ease through the early hours of leaving quite of the morning, leaving quite a dry bright start for most of

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news. >> good morning to you. it's 9:00 on sunday, the 17th of march. today growing pressure on the prime minister as senior tories rally behind rishi sunak over a growing plot to replace him with penny mordaunt . him with penny mordaunt. >> a shocker weekend for the nation's supermarkets . nation's supermarkets. sainsbury's and tesco, both

facing tech issues . facing tech issues. >> we'll have the latest from saint albans, as customers all across the country didn't get their orders from sainsbury's and tesco's following a technical difficulty that they had at both stores . had at both stores. >> well, it's a happy saint patrick's day to you all. stay with us as we'll bring you all the festivities throughout the course of the day. >> after a wet start this morning, there'll be a bit more sunshine on offer this afternoon. join later for the afternoon. join me later for the full forecast with all the details . details. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. >> we've been talking about margaret thatcher. yeah, because of the v&a museum has described her as a implied she was a villain. and that's upset a lot of people. but the dynamic. isn't it interesting how it very

marmite and always, i guess always will be. rhiannon says she was the most cruel and evil prime minister ever, destroying communities. steve says maggie put the respect back in the uk. most of those who hated her didn't realise how bad the state of the country was under the labour party, who were giving our wealth away. >> i think that's very true. we forget, don't jane, forget, don't we, jane, from nonh forget, don't we, jane, from north morning, north yorkshire, says. morning, stephen see north yorkshire, says. morning, sterback see north yorkshire, says. morning, sterback in see north yorkshire, says. morning, sterback in your see north yorkshire, says. morning, sterback in your position see north yorkshire, says. morning, sterback in your position , see you back in your position, stephen. hope you are better. on stephen. hope you are better. oh thank i had the privilege thank you. i had the privilege to a day in margaret to spend a day in margaret thatcher's back in the thatcher's company back in the 19805. thatcher's company back in the 1980s. was intelligent, a 1980s. she was intelligent, a leader and above all, my abiding memory of our conversation. she was ordinary, caring and fun. i asked her what she missed most, and she said she missed being able to go out into a supermarket and being able to see ordinary people . she was not see ordinary people. she was not a villain. she was remarkable and a hero for me and many others. as you say, marmite , marmite. >> well, you know, i tend to think she did what was necessary at the time , but she did it in a

at the time, but she did it in a she did do it in a brutal way. yeah and, and that's what people can't forgive her for. and if you were affected by that directly, well, you'd never forgive her, i suppose. >> no, no, i can understand that. i mean , it was it was that. i mean, it was it was terrible. what the effect that closing the mines had, particularly in the north and not understanding the effect, the terrible effect it had on communities and not providing an alternative . if you're going to alternative. if you're going to close a mine, don't you try and think of putting a different form of employment there. >> but, you know, it's about she looked at the big picture and ignored the little picture, ignored the little picture, ignored the little people. if you like . whereas i think i you like. whereas i think i think a lot of the problems with politics now is they spend too much time trying to appease individuals, trying to please everybody, which means you never get anything done. there's got to be a middle ground somewhere . to be a middle ground somewhere. i don't know where it is. >> and we do forget how strong the unions were back in the 80s. they sort of stopped the

they almost sort of stopped the country achieving or doing anything. in the anything. certainly in the television industry. it was absolutely appalling. couldn't do anything, couldn't get anything done. everything would get by the unions. get blacked by the unions. >> really. >> really. >> yeah. and yeah. so it was, it was difficult. but it was a very, very unhappy time when she actually sort of sort saw her mission as smashing the unions. and she did do that. and a lot of people in the television industries, too , will never industries, too, will never forgive her for what she did there. and, tv am, the breakfast channel that i worked for was very much part of the way we smashed the unions. i was sent to australia to do programs from australia because we couldn't use union workforce in london. >> yet another diamond sent to australia . australia. >> i was sent to australia. >> i was sent to australia. >> yes, she's been looking it up. there are loads of diamonds sent to australia, including in anne diamond, who went there anne diamond, who went out there for petty larceny. >> sent out petty >> she was sent out for petty larceny 1874. can >> she was sent out for petty larcyimagine 1874. can >> she was sent out for petty larcyimagine how 1874. can >> she was sent out for petty larcyimagine how roughi874. can >> she was sent out for petty larcyimagine how rough it'4. can >> she was sent out for petty larcyimagine how rough it mustn you imagine how rough it must have been? but a of women have been? but a lot of women were out to australia for

were sent out to australia for the very small, sort of petty sort of crimes, and it is thought it's because they needed women out there, so if you nicked anything you got done, you got sent on the next ship to australia. >> well, it was a tough life. >> well, it was a tough life. >> bring it back. >> bring it back. >> no, i'm only joking. >> no, i'm only joking. >> no, i'm only joking. >> no, we'll be joking. >> no, we'll be joking. >> we'd like to go to australia, though, anyway, we've been though, anyway, look, we've been discussing talking though, anyway, look, we've been disold sing talking though, anyway, look, we've been disoldsing ministers talking though, anyway, look, we've been disoldsing ministers tinewg of old prime ministers to new ones, rishi sunak, is he done as prime minister? there does seem to be this ongoing plot to get him out of number 10 and replace him out of number 10 and replace him with penny mordaunt . is that him with penny mordaunt. is that going to work? i don't know, let's say. >> why would she want the job at the moment? >> well, that's a very big question. camilla tominey is going at 930, of going to be here at 930, of course, all your politics course, with all your politics and this is look, and camilla, this is look, this is rumbling on in a way that has got to be, damaging to number 10, hasn't it ? 10, hasn't it? >> is there anything that isn't damaging to number 10 at the moment in the morning papers. the mail on sunday is running with the new polling, which

suggests that the tories are facing their biggest electoral defeat history. talk of defeat in history. talk of labour having a 250 seat majority. would you believe, as you say again there, stephen, there's speculation about rishi sunaks future in the sunday times main read. there's talk about sunak himself resigning himself to maybe having to step down in june and july. he doesn't know if the party can go the distance to the november election that's now seemingly being planned , as you say, talk being planned, as you say, talk of penny mordaunt replacing him. i mean , these are not the i mean, these are not the headunes i mean, these are not the headlines that the conservative party needs when it's already more than 20 points behind in the it's quite the polls. it's quite unbelievable, really . but then unbelievable, really. but then many watching and many people watching and listening will be listening to this will be thinking the idea thinking that the idea of replacing the minister replacing the prime minister again after everything that's gone on in the last three years is madness anyway, so i is complete madness anyway, so i shall be quizzing the transport secretary, harper , about secretary, mark harper, about all this. he's a very fierce rishi sunak loyalist, but at the end of the day, with the polling looking so dire, can are the likes of mark harper and others

really stick by the prime minister i mean, looks as if minister i mean, it looks as if he heading them to electoral he is heading them to electoral calamity. perfectly honest calamity. to be perfectly honest , former tory leader, i think in the studio as well, haven't you, who may well give us an insight ? who may well give us an insight? >> i don't know, i don't know if anyone knows what's going on. do you know? >> indeed. i'm really intrigued to hear from sir iain duncan smith about all of this . i mean, smith about all of this. i mean, obviously he's been a leader in opposition. he knows what it's like . i think opposition. he knows what it's like. i think he finds the idea of some tory mps saying, well, maybe need period in maybe we need a period in opposition anathema, really. opposition as anathema, really. i into opposition, i mean, you go into opposition, particularly has a particularly if labour has got a stonking majority , if it is stonking majority, if it is going to be predicted to be over 100, over even 200. i mean, that's taking the tories back to a worse situation than post 1997. so i'll be very interested to hear what sir ian thinks. also, i'm going to be speaking to the labour's shadow. he's the shadow paymaster general. jonathan ashworth. now he's the man who was putting a bet on the

idea of the election being in may. clearly it's not going to be in may. rishi sunak ruled that out last week. so we are looking perhaps autumn . looking at perhaps the autumn. some are even thinking the tories drag it until tories might drag it out until next january. i think they've got that january the 25th, 2025 deadline, but we'll be speaking to ashworth asking to jonathan ashworth and asking him, know, why are labour him, you know, why are labour lobbying early election lobbying for this early election ? i agree, because the ? i agree, it's because the polls favourable towards polls are so favourable towards them . but what's the policy them now. but what's the policy platform? actually platform? what do they actually believe in? do they believe in tax and spend? what are they going plan to do about this going to plan to do about this green prosperity pledge that's been ? so i'm going to been abandoned? so i'm going to try and get some answers from him, i think it's him, because i think it's probably time probably high time the electorate exactly electorate found out exactly what that labour for. >> yeah. will we find out? i >> so yeah. will we find out? i mean, i'm always by mean, i'm always intrigued by that camilla. what mean, i'm always intrigued by that always camilla. what mean, i'm always intrigued by that always saynilla. what mean, i'm always intrigued by that always say is, a. what mean, i'm always intrigued by that always say is, well, what mean, i'm always intrigued by that always say is, well, look, they always say is, well, look, we a great deal of we don't release a great deal of policy detail until the manifestos . so in the end, manifestos out. so in the end, will we get any answers ? will we get any answers? >> i mean, i get the whole let's wait for the manifesto to come out, but we might not see that

manifesto until october if it's a november election. and in the meantime, people are legitimately asking the labour meantime, people are legitirwell,’ asking the labour meantime, people are legitirwell, didzing the labour meantime, people are legitirwell, did you the labour meantime, people are legitirwell, did you agree bour meantime, people are legitirwell, did you agree with party, well, did you agree with what in budget? i mean, what was in the budget? i mean, people thought the was people thought the budget was labour to ask labour lite. so you want to ask ashworth and co and indeed rachel what do you rachel reeves. well what do you stand don't support stand for if you don't support the budget? thought was the budget? i thought there was an interesting the an interesting piece in the sunday times by jason sunday times today by jason cowley, editor of the sunday times today by jason cowlstatesman, editor of the sunday times today by jason cowlstatesman, whichyr of the sunday times today by jason cowlstatesman, which is )f the new statesman, which is obviously a left leaning magazine. was asking magazine. and he was asking of the shadow chancellor, rachel magazine. and he was asking of the sha(isv chancellor, rachel magazine. and he was asking of the sha(is thisancellor, rachel magazine. and he was asking of the sha(is this justllor, rachel magazine. and he was asking of the sha(is this just bidenichel magazine. and he was asking of the sha(is this just biden ism? reeves, is this just biden ism? but without the money? and that's the other problem for labouh that's the other problem for labour, it? how are they labour, isn't it? how are they going pursue a sort tax going to pursue a sort of tax and agenda when there's and spend agenda when there's nothing the coffers for nothing left in the coffers for them? of interesting them? talking of interesting articles, i mean, it's your articles, i mean, it's your article got us talking article that got us talking about whether margaret thatcher should called villain , should be called a villain, which is something the victoria and albert museum have sort of done, haven't they? >> and they almost, almost likened her. they put her in the same sentence anyway as adolf hitler bin laden . hitler and osama bin laden. >> yeah. a reader came to me

with this from the telegraph, so i wrote it up for my column . i i wrote it up for my column. i just find it unbelievable, really, that you would put thatcher in the same sentence as hitler and bin laden, you know, sort of two mass murderers. i appreciate that you've just appreciate that as you've just discussed, the lady was marmite and some people loved her and others loathed her, but even those that didn't like her, i think, respected her for having that vision and clear that clear vision and clear policy platform. you know the irony least when we're irony here, not least when we're talking about all of the woes that the tory party are going through right now, that total through right now, is that total lack vision from lack of clarity of vision from rishi sunak . and maybe the rishi sunak. and maybe the tories whole problem, frankly, is they're constantly is that they're constantly harking back to the past, constantly harking back to a time where they had clear leadership in the form of thatcher. and actually you're never any one of never going to see any one of her like again. you made the point, anne, that these days, politicians are sort of far too keen pleasing everybody. you keen on pleasing everybody. you know, all things all know, being all things to all men and then ended up men and women, and then ended up being anybody because men and women, and then ended up bei|hard anybody because men and women, and then ended up bei|hard to anybody because men and women, and then ended up bei|hard to find anybody because men and women, and then ended up bei|hard to find out ybody because men and women, and then ended up bei|hard to find out exactly ecause it's hard to find out exactly what for . it's hard to find out exactly what for. stand but then what they for. stand but then you could also argue, would

thatcher survive in 2024? could she politician? as she was she be a politician? as she was back in the and 90s in the back in the 80s and 90s in the age social media, she would age of social media, she would have undoubtedly been torn to shreds, wouldn't she? >> well , no, it's a valid >> oh well, no, it's a valid point. it's a it's a valid point . look, camilla, we look forward to seeing you at, 930, 20 minutes or so away , it should be minutes or so away, it should be an interesting show, as always. >> of course. yeah yeah, the whole the whole thatcher thing. >> i just of course, i was a student during that time. i was, i was my first election was 1992. was it, which was, was, i mean, she, she was out by then, but i'd been sort of growing up in that. so everyone was very anti anti thatcher because it was trendy. >> it was cool in, in school, in school and sixth form, it was very trendy to be very of course it was. >> yes. >> yes. >> but then as you get older and you sort of realise you understand where the country was and what she did, i don't know, you look at it differently, even though my was made though my father was made redundant result of a lot

redundant as a result of a lot of changes, and caused of these changes, and it caused us of problems. us a lot of problems. >> as i was saying, >> but, well, as i was saying, i felt i felt what it was like to be up against the unions on, you know, because were know, frontline because we were trying were to keep trying to we were trying to keep a station going . we a television station going. we were reports, and were trying to make reports, and the stopped that the unions stopped us doing that again and again and again and again and again and again and again and, it it was relentless, this feeling that , unreasonable this feeling that, unreasonable unionism had taken over the country and was preventing anything happening . and it felt anything happening. and it felt very, very bad. and everybody thought how are we ever going to have any sense? and then it came in the form of margaret thatcher and as you say, pretty brutal . and as you say, pretty brutal. >> but that's the thing. >> but that's the thing. >> the argument would be that it had to be the time. yeah. had to be at the time. yeah. >> can you imagine things grinding a halt oh, grinding to a halt now? oh, let's talk shopping. grinding to a halt now? oh, let'ohilk shopping. grinding to a halt now? oh, let'oh yes hopping. grinding to a halt now? oh, let'oh yes .opping. grinding to a halt now? oh, let'oh yes . absolutely. just try >> oh yes. absolutely. just try shopping. oh, it's been an absolute terrible 24 hours for two of the nation's biggest supermarkets. so when it happens to them you think what on earth .

to them you think what on earth. >> yeah, and it seems to be sorted out thankfully. but it was technical difficulties. it meant sainsbury's couldn't fulfil online deliveries and neither could tesco's . and also neither could tesco's. and also within sainsbury's contactless payment systems were shut down. so? >> so if you wanted to pay for your shopping then and there, your shopping then and there, you couldn't. >> you couldn't do it unless you queued at the cash machine. cash >> what's that? >> what's that? >> apparently it was software update. >> yes, but then coincidentally, it at the same time to it happened at the same time to tesco . they're saying that the tesco. they're saying that the two incidents are linked , two incidents are not linked, but you almost ask, how can they not be? yeah. >> you do wonder, don't you? let's the from theo let's get the latest from theo chikomba, of chikomba, who's outside of tesco's for us this morning. first and foremost is everything back , but is there back on track, but is there going be big backlog for going to be a big backlog for these customers ? these delivery customers? >> everything >> well, for now everything seems to be working again as it as they wanted it to be. but it is that backlog which is now a concern for people who have been waiting for their deliveries. now on the weekend is when many

people are off work and expecting to have those online food deliveries in time for their dinner party. or maybe just simply, that's the time they are available. but let's start with tesco though. first of all, they had a small number of all, they had a small number of deliveries which weren't able to be fulfilled because of a technical difficulty that they had. this issue is not related, though, to sainsbury's issue, but they are saying they are working through that. and today though we've been inside there, everything be working everything seems to be working and online orders are and the online orders are happening. so it is that backlog now, people who are now, those people who are waiting their orders waiting for their orders hopefully receiving hopefully should be receiving those. on those. and then to on sainsbury's. they were doing those. and then to on saiovernight they were doing those. and then to on saiovernight software were doing those. and then to on saiovernight software update oing an overnight software update from friday into saturday. and of then had an issue of course this then had an issue yesterday as those deliveries were meant to be made , but they were meant to be made, but they weren't able to, as a result of this issue. now, what we do know is that both of these big superstores carry out hundreds of thousands of deliveries, which have been made online every single week. and but at

the moment, we don't know the specific number of how many people have been affected. but when you hear like that when you hear numbers like that certainly point and certainly does point and indicate lot of people indicate that a lot of people were affected by this. now, this does raise questions , though, does raise questions, though, about the importance of cash, particularly when lots of people now rely on contactless payments. we saw that issue at sainsbury's yesterday, although it sainsbury's yesterday, although h been sainsbury's yesterday, although it been fixed. we saw some it has been fixed. we saw some people who came out of the shop empty handed saying weren't empty handed saying they weren't able purchase what they able to purchase what they wanted contactless wanted because the contactless machine working and the machine wasn't working and the atm outside but now we atm outside as well. but now we do have to think about what financial implications will this have on both of those superstores, particularly as other people would have probably gone to other stores as well, just so that they can get those food orders that they had been waiting iceland . waiting for to iceland. >> might result for that, >> you might result for that, i think it might have been. >> thanks very much indeed . it's >> thanks very much indeed. it's not, is it? >> is it? >> is it? >> is it? >> is that the is that the right one or is it should have gone to specsavers or specsavers? i think i got these, sorry about

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>> happy saint patrick's day! yes, indeed. >> yeah , well, wearing the right >> yeah, well, wearing the right colour we are apparently, because although it's traditional to wear green on saint patrick's day, apparently it all started off with saint patrick himself wearing blue, blue, blue? >> yes. so there you go. today, though, is the day. whatever colour you're wearing for parades is plenty irish music colour you're wearing for paragallonslenty irish music colour you're wearing for paragallonslenty gallonsmusic colour you're wearing for paragallonslenty gallons of sic guinness. >> absolutely up and down ireland people will know how to celebrate today. oh, they really will. and especially so after they won the six nations rugby last night. >> yeah, let's head to our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, who is who's in belfast getting into the spirit of it are we do elton john. >> yeah i was i was guilted into this after the half marathon just started off about ten minutes ago and so many thousands of really fit people decided to get underway for the saint patrick's day

celebrations. and i thought, no, no, i've got have to do something here. i couldn't have done that, you know? so here i am. here we are dressed to the t, looking the part. what do you think? get with think? would i get away with some you don't think? would i get away with someto you don't think? would i get away with someto touch you don't think? would i get away with someto touch the you don't think? would i get away with someto touch the green ou don't think? would i get away with someto touch the green beehn't think? would i get away with someto touch the green beer. by want to touch the green beer. by the way. definitely stay away from no, stay away it from it. no, stay away from it by the next day. but nevertheless, celebrations all over the world. today we have them in america . we have them in them in america. we have them in london. we have them in australia. why? because the irish were immigrants and they were immigrants. they were economic immigrants. they paddled their own canoe, but they built most of the world's cities and they brought their culture them. so as they culture with them. so as they had that sense belonging and had that sense of belonging and community them and it's community with them and it's celebrated all over the world for that very reason. and of course, to and today in dublin is of the biggest parades is one of the biggest parades and then this parade here in belfast taking off at about belfast is taking off at about 130. and i'm sorry for laughing, but i can't i've just but i can't actually i've just caught sight myself standing caught sight of myself standing with like elton and with looking like elton john and thought, myself thought, i can't take myself seriously. the half seriously. but yes. so the half marathon coming past us,

marathon will be coming past us, we hope shortly again. and then at in around midday everybody will start to gather in belfast city hall to get ready for the main parade . and it is. it is a main parade. and it is. it is a great day. if you're ever in holidays, make sure you come to ireland to witness saint patrick's day because it is a fabulous place to be on that day. >> it is yes. >>- >> it is yes. >> how messy is it going to get dougie ? dougie? >> oh, we've had cheltenham gold cup on friday. the irish did quite well then. we've had the six nations rugby, we've done extreme well. then we have saint patrick's day, then we have a national holiday tomorrow. it's going to be hangover tuesday by the time it gets there. i mean this is going to get really, really messy and you'll have earned it because you'll need it by then, fabulous. you can put the glasses on again. now we won't hold them against you. >> on. before we. there >> yeah. go on. before we. there you go. you may as well join in. >> it's amazing. it's amazing. there's no glass in them, but it actually makes you feel quite

disoriented . disoriented. >> no, you proper beer goggles, dougie, i could wear these all day. >> yeah, a nice traditional weather there in ireland. >> thanks very much indeed. >> thanks very much indeed. >> but wherever you are and however you're celebrating , have however you're celebrating, have a wonderful, happy saint patrick's won't you? patrick's day, won't you? >> is here next. >> camilla tominey is here next. >> camilla tominey is here next. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so today has started quite cloudy and damp for some of us, but that will gradually be turning brighter as we head through the afternoon. the area of we see across of rain that we can see across much of england and wales eventually its eventually pushes its way eastwards latter eastwards through the latter half with some half of the morning, with some brighter spells developing behind. however, for northern ireland it has ireland and for scotland, it has been a bit of a drier and brighter start this morning. plenty sunshine around here plenty of sunshine around here and afternoon, that and through the afternoon, that sunshine widely sunshine developing more widely across england wales. we across england and wales. we will showers bubbling will see some showers bubbling

up be heavy in up and they could be heavy in places, another really mild places, but another really mild day or 17 degrees in the day 16 or 17 degrees in the south through sunday evening. any of those showers across much of england , northern ireland and of england, northern ireland and into scotland will gradually start overnight. start to ease overnight. so turning little for most turning a little drier for most of the end of sunday. but of us by the end of sunday. but another band of rain then pushes in the west, spreading its in from the west, spreading its way through the early way eastwards through the early hours away hours of monday morning. away from area of rain, though, from this area of rain, though, it will be a cloud free night. so those clear skies, so under those clear skies, temperatures dropping down into the perhaps the single figures perhaps as low 2 or some rural low as 2 or 3 in some rural spots into the start of monday, that band of pushes its way that band of rain pushes its way eastwards. gradually starts that band of rain pushes its way ea ease ds. gradually starts that band of rain pushes its way ea ease throughadually starts that band of rain pushes its way ea ease through the lly starts that band of rain pushes its way ea ease through the earlyarts that band of rain pushes its way ea ease through the early hours to ease through the early hours of morning, leaving of the morning, leaving quite a dry bright for most of dry and bright start for most of us. of sunshine through us. plenty of sunshine through the part of the day, but the first part of the day, but for ireland, cloud does for northern ireland, cloud does start turning much start to build, so turning much greyer head through greyer as we head through the afternoon further outbreaks greyer as we head through the aft rainon further outbreaks greyer as we head through the aft rain pushingfurther outbreaks greyer as we head through the aftrain pushing inther outbreaks greyer as we head through the aftrain pushing in fromyutbreaks greyer as we head through the aftrain pushing in from the reaks greyer as we head through the aftrain pushing in from the west of rain pushing in from the west through afternoon , but through monday afternoon, but staying elsewhere. with staying dry elsewhere. and with temperatures around 15 16 temperatures around 15 or 16 degrees, feeling very degrees, it'll be feeling very pleasant sunshine . pleasant in that sunshine. >> it looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers

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>> good morning. welcome to the camilla tominey show. it's been another terrible week for the government. with a race row plaguing the tories. should government. with a race row plaguing the tories . should they plaguing the tories. should they hand back the money donated to them by frank hester ? meanwhile, them by frank hester? meanwhile, there are calls for diane abbott

to have the labour restored to have the labour whip restored . but should she be allowed back into former tory into the party? former tory leader sir iain duncan smith will be in the studio will be here in the studio discussing future of the discussing the future of the west and, of course, the west briton and, of course, the conservatives. i'll be speaking to transport secretary mark harper the government's to transport secretary mark harpe for the government's to transport secretary mark harpe for net the government's to transport secretary mark harpe for net zero government's to transport secretary mark harpe for net zero electric ent's plans for net zero electric vehicles, and suggestions that penny mordaunt should be leading the tories rather than rishi sunak. the tories rather than rishi sunak . i'll also be joined by sunak. i'll also be joined by the shadow paymaster general, labour's jonathan ashworth, and stop the press. actually have stop the press. we actually have a liberal democrat on the show this morning. the party's chief whip , wendy chamberlin, will whip, wendy chamberlin, will join from spring join us from their spring conference and author and commentator rob henderson will join me to chat about his new book, troubled, a memoir of foster and social foster care. family and social class. don't go anywhere because we've got 90 minutes of fun packed politics coming right up. this . well, to go through the

this. well, to go through the papers this morning, i'm