gesture eggs. what and so—called gesture eggs. what is going on.7 are we sitting down with two members of the gb news family to get to the bottom of all the extraordinary news? and today is bipolar awareness day , today is bipolar awareness day, and i'll be meeting this week's greatest britain to hear about her story and experiences with the disorder. so i'm benny nomates today. it's just me going solo for two hours. so i need your company sending your tweets and your emails . and at the end of the emails. and at the end of the show, i don't know if you saw that nhs advice saying that you shouldn't sit and eat an easter egg in one go. i'm going to give that a crack. i reckon i can do 10 in i go, but we'll see how i get on before all that, here's your news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's 10:01. i'm sofia wenzler

>> thanks, ben. good morning. it's10:01. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a league table showing the nationalities of migrants with the highest crime rates has been proposed. a group of tory mps wants to see the statistics published annually for every offender convicted in england and wales. they say for every offender convicted in england and wales . they say the england and wales. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain countries . former immigration countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan . speaking behind the plan. speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how arrivals to the uk are impacting the country . the country. >> i want the most honest and transparent debate about immigration, legal or illegal, that we can possibly have, and it is wrong that the government or other agencies hide statistics . i have laid an statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin , sentences by country of origin, and by visa and asylum status. i

think that the public want to know who's coming into our country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is. >> now. counter—terrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an iranian tv journalist who was attacked outside his home in south—west london. priya zarati is a stay in a stable condition after suffering an injury to his leg. the attack comes after lord cameron's recent condemnation of tehran , accusing it of targeting tehran, accusing it of targeting journalists in the uk, including an alleged plot to kill two television reporters working for iran tv . welsh military camps iran tv. welsh military camps will be used to house afghans who risked their lives helping the uk . oeste camp and saint the uk. oeste camp and saint athan, vale of glamorgan, will house people who worked with the uk government in afghanistan. but fled after the taliban seized power. the site can host a maximum of 180 people, with 50

people expected to be there by the end of march and more arriving in april. those arriving in april. those arriving are eligible under the afghan relocations and assistance policy programme . the assistance policy programme. the ministry of defence says we owe a debt of gratitude to those brave afghans who risked their lives working alongside our forces in support of the uk mission . households should brace mission. households should brace for a host of essential bill increases from the 1st of april, but not all costs are going up. cuts to national insurance and increases in the amount people receive in benefits take effect in early april, but regular bills like council tax, broadband and water are going up. so experts say family budgets need to carefully plan the average annual council tax bill will rise by £106 this yean bill will rise by £106 this year, as local authorities seek to maximise revenue to pay for struggling frontline services. the average annual water and sewage bill will rise by 6% in

england and wales, up £27 to £473. some good news, though the annual energy bill for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall to just £1,690, which is the lowest for two years, and travel disruption is expected to continue in large parts of the uk today as the easter holiday gets underway. there were reports of long queues at dover last night as vehicles faced an hours last night as vehicles faced an hour's wait to be processed. rough weather from storm nelson remains , with flood warnings and remains, with flood warnings and alerts in place across england. network rail is urging train passengers to check their journey details before travelling, due to some major routes being closed for engineering works . and for the engineering works. and for the latest story, sign up to gb news. alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts .

news. com slash alerts. >> welcome back. now let me know what you're up to this easter bank holiday weekend. are you getting up to anything special tonight? maybe some farm days with kids? i did last with the kids? i did last weekend it was very, weekend and it was very, very good. working actually good. i'm working actually today. monday. but today. obviously monday. but tomorrow i've got a special easter breakfast, i'm easter breakfast, which i'm looking forward to anyway. let me you're up to. now. me know what you're up to. now. let's our top story let's move on to our top story of the day. it's the country's oldest sporting tradition. the oxford race. oxford and cambridge boat race. and underway just and it's getting underway just before today the before 3:00 pm today when the river thames at high tide. river thames is at high tide. speaking thames, though, speaking of the thames, though, the well, they've the labour party, well, they've been their war as been sticking their war in as well . thames water been sticking their war in as well. thames water is threatening to up by threatening to rack up bills by about they've said about 40, and they've said they'll measures they'll place tougher measures on water companies such as thames water to clean up waste. and elevated and that comes as elevated levels coli bacteria have levels of e coli bacteria have been detected in the thames. so it's prompted a warning to today's oxbridge rowers not to engagein today's oxbridge rowers not to engage in their traditional celebration of jumping in the river after the race. so joining me now is chief exec of river action campaign group james wallace . good morning james. is

wallace. good morning james. is this a sort of you know, how uncommon is this extraordinary level of e coli in the river? do we see it now and then? does it vary depending on the year, or is this a record high for e coli ? >> 7- >> good ? >> good morning ben. 7 >> good morning ben. thanks for having me on. well, this is quite shocking, isn't it? my organisation, action, organisation, river action, undertook a months worth of testing ahead of the boat race using some fancy new pathogen testing kit that's approved by the world health organisation. if only i could get it out. and we have discovered that there are times as much e coli in are ten times as much e coli in the water than is safe to swim in 10,000 colonies of e coli per 100ml. and the reason why this is shocking is because when that gets into someone's stomach, if you're a rower, a swimmer, and so on, that can make you very sick, possibly hospitalise you. and if it gets an open and if it gets into an open wound, which course rowers wound, which of course rowers have their hands the form have on their hands in the form of blisters and so on, it could seriously and seriously hospitalise you and possibly lead to sepsis. >> james, going to get >> james, i'm not going to get myself riled up about the water companies as did on the companies as i did on the channel yesterday , because, you

channel yesterday, because, you know, one of big know, it's one of my big bugbears. but the way pump bugbears. but the way they pump raw our seas, i live raw sewage into our seas, i live by the coast. they do it every now and then, and it means i can't take my kids into the water. and also the way they're polluting our river ways. do any other countries deal with this kind we, you kind of thing, or are we, you know, of the worst in know, sort of the worst in europe for it? >> well, it's funny you should ask a lot of people ask because a lot of people refer to us the dirty man of refer to us as the dirty man of europe. we are most polluted europe. we are the most polluted in terms of waterways in in the whole the whole the whole of the whole of the continent. we've seen continent. and what we've seen here water is a 162% here with thames water is a 162% increase 20 2022. rather, increase from 20 2022. rather, 2023, 162% increase to 200,000 hours of discharge. and that means that they have completely broken all records by even by their own low standards. and what's going on is i'm sure you're well aware and probably your listeners and viewers are too, that we've a too, that we've seen a deregulation of the water industry the 14 years or industry in the past 14 years or so, and it means that with the environment agency losing a lot of they of their funding, about 70, they can't they can't can't monitor, they can't enforce and in enforce the law. and in companies like thames water are

running to the hills with our money. bills is, quite money. so rising bills is, quite frankly, they've frankly, outrageous. they've already had our to fix the already had our money to fix the leaky pipes. they need get leaky pipes. they need to get investment in. and what we may well with thames water is well see with thames water is probably some sort of administration as administration because, as i think know, they've got think you may know, they've got about billion worth debt. about £18 billion worth of debt. they're due to pay back 190 in a few weeks time, 180 million. and they have so it's they don't have it. so it's quite possible they're going to go and we might have to go bust and we might have to bail out. i mean, imagine bail them out. i mean, imagine that just outrageous. that it's just outrageous. >> these shareholders, take >> these shareholders, they take millions dividends. millions of pounds in dividends. and look owns and when you look at who owns the companies, all people the companies, it's all people from, abu dhabi, from, you know, abu dhabi, china, not british china, they're not british companies. consumer, china, they're not british compimportantly, consumer, china, they're not british compimportantly, unlike umer, china, they're not british compimportantly, unlike umegas most importantly, unlike the gas and electricity, doesn't and the electricity, doesn't have shop around have the option to shop around and their water company. and choose their water company. so campaign group so what's your campaign group are for? do you want are calling for? do you want privatisation, nationalisation ? privatisation, nationalisation? >> well, the reason why this has all happened is since 1989, when margaret thatcher privatised the industry. it was done on a monopoly basis. but the problem is it's a geographic monopoly, so you can't choose. i mean, i'm a thames water customer , one of

a thames water customer, one of those 15 million people, and i can't go anywhere else. what we'd river action we'd like to see in river action is, of all, we're thinking is, first of all, we're thinking about races the about the boat races for the rowers to really careful to rowers to be really careful to follow guidance that we've follow the guidance that we've issued partnership issued in partnership with british rivers british rowing and the rivers trust organisation, river trust and my organisation, river action. jump in the water. action. don't jump in the water. and from and then secondly, from a viewer's point view, when viewer's point of view, when you're a race today, you're watching a race today, think about who you vote think hard about who you vote for in the next election. i'm not going tell who you not going to tell you who you should, river health should, but put river health and water at top of water security at the top of your voting priorities because frankly, is nothing more frankly, there is nothing more important clean, healthy important than clean, healthy rivers drinking water. important than clean, healthy riveyeah, drinking water. important than clean, healthy riveyeah, okay,(ing water. important than clean, healthy riveyeah, okay, james, ter. important than clean, healthy riveyeah, okay, james, i r. important than clean, healthy riveyeah, okay, james, i mean, >> yeah, okay, james, i mean, if that i wouldn't that was me, i wouldn't even bother doing i'd stay bother doing the race. i'd stay well from it. but you well away from it. but thank you for your appreciate it. for your time. appreciate it. this let's go to my this morning. let's go to my panel for morning. former panel for this morning. former advisor gove, charlie advisor to michael gove, charlie rowley and writer and commentator holdsworth. commentator candice holdsworth. charlie, oxbridge? commentator candice holdsworth. cha iie, oxbridge? commentator candice holdsworth. cha i right oxbridge? commentator candice holdsworth. cha i right in oxbridge? commentator candice holdsworth. cha i right in saying oxbridge? commentator candice holdsworth. cha i right in saying that,»ridge? commentator candice holdsworth. cha i right in saying that, no, |e? am i right in saying that, no, i didn't didn't? 0h, am i right in saying that, no, i didn't didn't? oh, sorry. didn't you didn't? oh, sorry. they wouldn't let me in. oh, i'm afraid, but, i went to york. okay but, do follow the boat okay but, i do follow the boat race. >> em- e m make this? >> what do you make of all this? this pollution and the this river pollution and the fact you know, they can't

fact that, you know, they can't even jump in as they do traditionally in the water now? >> well, i'm. i currently live in putney, so the boat race will come where i live to come through where i live to putney and it putney bridge. and it is a tradition at the end of boat tradition at the end of the boat race hold of the race that you get hold of the cox and chuck them in a minute. charlie. >> so you were a former adviser to michael gove, who of course is still in government. isn't this fault , well, i this partly your fault, well, i don't personal responsibility for it, but he was the environment secretary. you were absolutely right. yes. and dunng absolutely right. yes. and during that time, when he was environment you know, during that time, when he was envircwasent you know, during that time, when he was envircwas at you know, during that time, when he was envircwas a bit you know, during that time, when he was envircwas a bit of you know, during that time, when he was envircwas a bit of deregulation w, there was a bit of deregulation that place. but it was in that took place. but it was in order to that you can get order to ensure that you can get a better deals for ratepayers to make actually the make sure that actually the water companies with that deregulation deal with this deregulation can deal with this problem. but as michael was saying other day, for saying just the other day, for far long, thames water in far too long, thames water in particular, other water particular, but all other water companies the country companies across the country haven't the problem, haven't dealt with the problem, and absolutely need be and they absolutely need to be held account. there's held to account. there's absolutely taxpayers absolutely no way taxpayers should this. this should pick up this. this funding black hole that they. >> 30s we'll move on to today's papers. but 30s on the facts that our nation is literally

swimming its filth. swimming in its own filth. >> mean, this is this >> yeah. i mean, this is this this i love what a unifying issue this is. left to right, everyone is of this and everyone is sick of this and wants to see it sorted out. yeah. >> okay. let's move on to the first story in the papers today. what we've got? is it what is it we've got? is it a migrant crime league table? yes, yes. >> that's the top story of the houn >> some would say that sounds a bit bigoted. >> think what it's been >> well, i think what it's been amendment forward the amendment put forward in the criminal justice bill by robert jenrick, was, as know, jenrick, who was, as you know, used to home office used to be a home office minister but resigned from rishi's government over the rwanda policy. he's now basically data basically trying to ask for data to be published the home to be published by the home office an annual basis to office on an annual basis to make that public are make sure that the public are aware that who comes into the country, are and what country, if they are and what nationality they are, there's a league those league table of those nationalities who are the most who commit the most crimes. so he wants uk public to know he wants the uk public to know which nationalities do come which nationalities that do come into whether it's into the country, whether it's legal well, it'll have to be legal or. well, it'll have to be legal or. well, it'll have to be legal because you're a legal legal because if you're a legal immigrant, not immigrant, you're probably not going about. but going to be known about. but people public to people he wants the public to know nationalities are know what nationalities are coming country are the

coming to the country are the most, offensive, i suppose. >> idea . a&e. >> good idea. a&e. >> good idea. a&e. >> difficult. i mean, yes, >> it's difficult. i mean, yes, i think the first thing people think when they see something like is, no , this is like this is, oh, no, this is going be so prejudiced. but going to be so prejudiced. but i think the current context think in the current context where we've seen some utterly bizarre decisions the bizarre decisions made by the home you know, looking home office, you know, looking at ezedi, for instance, at abdul ezedi, for instance, you he given asylum you know, he was given asylum even committed crimes. >> f- f— >> convicted sex attacker. >> convicted sex attacker. >> . and it's such an opaque >> yes. and it's such an opaque process and we don't really know what's going on. so maybe a bit of transparency would be good. so public put more so the public could put more pressure office to pressure on the home office to make decisions are make better decisions that are in the interest of the public. i mean, you've seen the albanian drug gangs you've usurped almost every the drug in every area of the drug market in england over past few years. england over the past few years. i think people are i don't think people are necessarily that, and necessarily aware of that, and i think do need to become more think we do need to become more aware it. aware of it. >> charlie, you're going to get some the side of some people on the left side of the argument say, you know, the argument who say, you know, this just racist dog this is just a racist dog whistle and demonising migrants, right? >> well, there is an issue because there might a league because there might be a league table, for example, whereby, well, name a country, well, i won't name a country,

but is at the top but if a country is at the top of the league table, the home office then think to office will then think to itself, will or itself, okay, we will block or we will scrutinise applicants from than from that country more than a country that might be lower down the yeah. the league table. yeah. you can't, person's can't, judge one person's application on back of application just on the back of everybody else. you have to take it by case because it might it case by case because it might be someone that genuinely does have a claim to this country, but they're being discriminated against because there's just so many are, and many other people that are, and i'm committed crime. i'm sorry, have committed crime. >> other country does >> every other country does it and behaves in normal way. and behaves in a normal way. it's always britain that gets lambasted with these, you know, racist we racist labels because just we just behave like any just want to behave like any other , you know, other country, you know, australia does it. but anyway, let's move on, next story. labour trusted on labour is more trusted on defence tories . defence than the tories. >> so this i mean, this is just fascinating. you see it in so many areas now. it's almost like perception is reversed on how labour versus tories is perceived the public. i mean, perceived by the public. i mean, there's this big childcare issue now where the conservatives are funding for two year olds, 15 hours childcare. but labour wants to balance books on wants to balance the books on it. then you look at defence

it. and then you look at defence spending. people think that the tories behind the army, tories aren't behind the army, but think that the labour but they think that the labour will fund beards will labour will fund our beards to regrowing. to be regrowing. >> haven't the army? is >> haven't they in the army? is that going to go way to that going to go any way to towards boosting recruitment numbers? >> no. >> no. >> oh, i might join not to grow a beard. >> how long would it take you to grow a beard? >> oh, too long. i don't >> oh, far too long. i don't think anybody wants see think anybody wants to see me on the front. >> the rule is you have >> i think the rule is you have to be able to grow it within two weeks of full beard. and it's very a certain very precise a certain millimetre. the sergeant millimetre. i think the sergeant major and major will come round and measure your your goatee and make it's all up make sure it's all up to scratch, but it's absurd. >> i mean, they've had so many problems with recruitment, they're successfully problems with recruitment, they're people.|ccessfully problems with recruitment, they're people. yeah.:ully recruiting people. yeah. when you warfare you think about the warfare of the future, is going to the future, which is going to require lot more intelligence, require a lot more intelligence, a more looking ai a lot more looking into ai deception, fakery, you think there so many young people there are so many young people who've total who've grown up online, total digital would digital natives, that would actually to them, that actually appeal to them, that sort that sort of very sort of thing, that sort of very cerebral solving, cerebral problem solving, thinking way. thinking about war in that way. but no seems to want to use but no one seems to want to use that these sort that approach. it's these sort of like, you can of token things like, you can grow beard.

of token things like, you can grobut beard. of token things like, you can grobut there. of token things like, you can grobut there was that theory for >> but there was that theory for years that wars wouldn't be fought anymore. it fought on the ground anymore. it would and, you know, would be drones. and, you know, cyber attacks and so on. but actually red sea, we've actually in the red sea, we've you had our down. you know, had our pants down. basically, we've not got enough aircraft there's aircraft carriers. there's no jets. rebels have jets. the houthi rebels have been running riot. there is been running riot. so there is a case really, i think, for increased to spending case really, i think, for incijets, d to spending case really, i think, for incijets, hardware, to spending case really, i think, for incijets, hardware, moreanding for jets, hardware, more soldiers. it's not soldiers. however, it's just not a winner, it, charlie, a vote winner, is it, charlie, well, focus groups it doesn't well, in focus groups it doesn't appear at the top. you know, it's always the cost of living in the nhs. know, schools. i in the nhs. you know, schools. i think crime and defence think crime and then defence does come the bottom of those does come at the bottom of those focus groups. i think focus groups. but i do think it's you're it's important. and you're absolutely because absolutely right, ben, because you there was an you know, i think there was an idea that war had shifted from, you being boots on the you know, being boots on the ground and to ground to technology and to drones intelligence. but drones and to intelligence. but now absolutely right, now you're absolutely right, as you in the red sea, as you you see in the red sea, as you see ukraine, ukraine, you see see in ukraine, ukraine, you see in know, it is a boots in gaza, you know, it is a boots on the ground warfare that we're, facing. but i think we're, we're facing. but i think the biggest to the is the biggest threat to the uk is still and china, is still russia and china, which is cyber technology. and spying and all rest of so you can't all the rest of it. so you can't rule it out. those are the

biggest threats to the uk. so you've got to maintain funding on fronts. you've got to maintain funding on maybe)nts. you've got to maintain funding on maybe the beards will help. >> maybe the beards will help. should we move on to our third story, the so apparently story, the nhs. so apparently thousands out the thousands of patients out the country's performing country's worst performing hospitals given hospitals are going to be given access private health access to private health care. is good way to get down is this a good way to get down the astronomical waiting list, candice, so candice, well, it's so interesting because, you know, you hear about waiting you talk, you hear about waiting lists, then when you lists, but then when you actually dig down into data, actually dig down into the data, it's like 15 trusts out of, it's only like 15 trusts out of, i think maybe 200 that are i think maybe about 200 that are having problems with their waiting others are waiting lists. the others are actually just actually managing them just fine. to know is fine. and i want to know what is going on in these trusts. is it a problem of management? because i that is i think ultimately that is always goes on in these always what goes on in these very dysfunctional nhs trusts. and never, ever hear and you never, ever hear anything the the anything from the ceo of the nhs, amanda she's nhs, amanda pritchard. she's always i mean, if this always so quiet. i mean, if this was a private company, she would be held to account so much more . be held to account so much more. but never, ever, ever, nary a word about it. with the nhs, i think they're not going to have a choice. they're going to have think they're not going to have a

months and having months and months and having their absolutely ruined. their lives absolutely ruined. but we do need to dig but i think we do need to dig and dig in a bit deeper and scrutinise these trusts and find out is going on. out what exactly is going on. why not manage their why can they not manage their waiting lists? >> well, they're all >> well, i mean, they're all hiring diversity and inclusion managers and managers at 150 k a pop and spending my local trust. i won't name because to get name it because i have to get a reply from them, but they spent hundreds of thousands on a monument front a&e. monument for the front of a&e. just statue. so just some stupid statue. so charlie, the tories would say there's funding for the there's record funding for the nhs the then, as nhs isn't the problem then, as some argue, there's just some would argue, there's just too here, well, too many people here, well, i think there's many middle think there's too many middle managers in the nhs and managers and too in the nhs and too much bureaucracy, which sort of the heart of of doesn't get to the heart of what actually everybody wants is when you turn and present when you turn up and present yourself a&e you've yourself at a&e or you've got a routine appointment or whatever, you're the service you're not getting the service that you should have. that you that you should have. and interestingly, two and interestingly, the two trusts to be the trusts that do appear to be the worst north and east worst are north and east hertfordshire, followed by sussex. those are areas sussex. now, those are not areas that out to you as places that scream out to you as places of or where you're of depravity or where you're sort you know, there's , you sort of, you know, there's, you know, high unemployment or high employment there employment in those areas. there

are wages it is are high wages, but it is probably it's ageing probably because it's an ageing population . there's an elderly population. there's an elderly population. there's an elderly population. the population. and that's the problem nhs at the problem with the nhs at the moment is that we are living longer, we're getting older, there people that are there are more people that are going to need to use the nhs. how do you sustain a how do you actually sustain a funding for the nhs? fit funding model for the nhs? fit for future, because is for the future, because that is only be a growing only going to be a growing problem it's not going to be problem and it's not going to be solved throwing money solved just by throwing money constantly at the nhs. you've got at the reforms, got to look at the reforms, you've got to look at using the private sector, you've got to have very, very serious have a very, very serious conversation with public conversation with the public to say, continue in say, can the nhs continue in its current last word, current form? last word, and maybe further down the line? >> i think people need to be personally empowered to take care their health so that care of their health so that when older they in when they're older they are in a better state. i mean, ijust think that's a fact. >> definitely. mean, >> yeah, definitely. i mean, i've a long time, i've said for a long time, people sounding, you people without sounding, you know, people go around know, arrogant people go around thinking pasta salad a is a thinking pasta salad is a is a healthy know, healthy lunch, you know, and actually, into the actually, when you dig into the things carbohydrates and things about carbohydrates and insulin so on, i insulin spikes and so on, i mean, it gets very complex. i just we should be teaching just think we should be teaching kids and people a lot more about

health and nutrition, just the basics like food basics of even just like food groups, fats, carbs groups, proteins, fats, carbs and but anyway, great and so on. but anyway, great stuff. stuff. thank you so stuff. good stuff. thank you so much. crack on. coming up, much. we'll crack on. coming up, i'm going sitting down i'm going to be sitting down with week's greatest with this week's greatest briton. up next, the on briton. but up next, the war on easter. you have seen easter. you must have seen it. there been some there have been some extraordinary week, extraordinary stories this week, including gesture including the so—called gesture eggs. we're going get eggs. so we're going to get cracking on that in just a bit. this is saturday morning live on gb

welcome back. it's ben leo, 1022 saturday morning live only on gb news. let's get stuck into some of your emails, sean says the process of a migrant offender's league table shouldn't be prejudiced because it will be based fact . if there are based on fact. if there are a majority of offenders from one particular then of particular country, then of course should be cautious course we should be cautious around and barry around their claims. and barry says, what's the use of a league table? most people aware of table? most people are aware of the criminals their the criminals and their countries origin. countries of origin. i'm not sure about i mean, it'd be sure about that. i mean, it'd be good have it in sort of raw

good to have it in sort of raw data so you could hit back against lefties when they against the lefties when they say know, you're say that you know, you're peddung say that you know, you're peddling mac the peddling myths, mac says the water company farce is failure is of those who are is a failure of those who are supposed to monitor and report into companies. i think into water companies. i think he's ofwat. so he's talking about ofwat. so the regulator, they doing? regulator, what are they doing? why allowed this why have they allowed this situation water situation with thames water to happen? also, way, happen? and also, by the way, i'm to say it again, why i'm going to say it again, why have they water have they allowed water companies sewage companies to pump raw sewage into the sea? i would quite like to go swimming with my boys at some right. let's get some point. right. let's get cracking next story. some point. right. let's get crackinthis next story. some point. right. let's get crackinthis month, ext story. some point. right. let's get crackinthis month, ramadan some point. right. let's get cracki|ares month, ramadan some point. right. let's get cracki|ares ndisplayamadan some point. right. let's get cracki|are s ndisplay in adan lights are on display in london's end , funded by london's west end, funded by muslim billionaire to muslim billionaire expected to step over easter weekend. step up over easter weekend. people have been asking where are the lights ? celebrating are the lights? celebrating christian traditions and our beloved buns. you beloved hot cross buns. you might have seen this had their crosses removed and replaced with a tick, which actually looked like a nike tick. so with certain supermarkets changing the a tick and the symbolic cross to a tick and also various shops, changing the meaning of easter eggs, changing the signs to gesture eggs. so this one retailer, if you can see on the screen in lincolnshire, received a massive

backlash from christians after they ditched the term easter. cadbury's by the way, they said this wasn't their packaging, this wasn't on their packaging, it was just the shop. i believe it was just the shop. i believe it was just the shop. i believe it was a corner shop in a local neighbourhood. but is there a war on easter? and christianity has this censoring of religious traditions gone a step too far? joining me now to get to the bottom of all this gb bottom of all this is, gb news family. grimes, host of family. darren grimes, host of the five and also the saturday five and also charlie rowley, is staying charlie rowley, who is staying with us for this. darren, let's start with you. bet you've got start with you. i bet you've got something to say about the erasure christianity, erasure of christianity, have you? erasure of christianity, have youabsolutely. i think, you >> absolutely. i think, you know, whilst country may no know, whilst this country may no longer spiritually christian, know, whilst this country may no l

we're actually seeking to appease certain faiths, minority faiths, or are actually championing our own because of the fact that i think it's easier for businesses , it's easier for businesses, it's easier for businesses, it's easier for, public bodies to actually champion this one religion. charlie >> well, we are a christian country, and the head of state, king charles, will be head of the church of england. he'll give an easter message. he'll give an easter message. he'll give an easter message. he'll give a christmas message. you know, these fundamentally know, these are fundamentally christian, but is there an agenda for the erasure of christianity and our faith? well, i think there's certainly i think danny's got a point. there is a dumbing down of our traditions and certain things. you see, you send a season's greeting card as opposed to a christmas card. that is just ridiculous. you know, not sending you're having gesture sending you're having a gesture 999 sending you're having a gesture egg to an easter egg. egg as opposed to an easter egg. >> ridiculous. just >> it's ridiculous. just as a reminder, right? we had the passenger board at passenger information board at king's station showing king's cross station showing ramadan . we had

ramadan scriptures. we had westminster council yesterday who had a ramadan display, and when they were quizzed by the daily telegraph about where their christian easter display was, scrambled put one was, they scrambled to put one out. hours later you had out. some hours later you had the albeit it was the gesture eggs, albeit it was just shop. it just an independent shop. it wasn't but we the wasn't cadbury's, but we had the gesture eggs and what else was there? there was something else. >> kitkat announced it was in australia, albeit, but kitkat had a ramadan sort of ramadan 999 had a ramadan sort of ramadan egg charlie ? egg thing, charlie? >> well, think there's some >> well, i think there's some there two things here there are two things here because dumb because obviously you can't dumb down to dumb down down or continue to dumb down easter, a christian easter, which is a christian celebration. but what can do easter, which is a christian cemakeion. but what can do easter, which is a christian cemake sureiut what can do easter, which is a christian cemake sure that'hat can do easter, which is a christian cemake sure that you're, can do is make sure that you're, celebrating easter. the christian faith, the christian traditions, in the same way as you would any other religion. we are a multicultural society. we are a multicultural society. we are a multicultural society. we are a very diverse society, particularly in london. you know, there are, different religions and cultures . so religions and cultures. so i don't think there's a problem with actually having a set of lights that celebrate ramadan, that celebrate eid, that celebrate any other cultural or

religious, society. but as long as you maintain that with . the as you maintain that with. the christian faith, well, the problem is people feel like that's not happening. >> so linda's emailing. good morning. linda. linda. she says the being the easter message is being removed easter food items. removed from easter food items. if doesn't say easter on if an egg doesn't say easter on the package, i won't buy it. do the package, i won't buy it. do the manufacturers know something we erased. we don't? we are being erased. darren erased. i mean, that's darren is erased. i mean, that's a a is that doing some a bit of a is that doing some heavy lifting that word? >> look, think that >> look, no, i think that i think there's a fair point to be made people made there where actually people are of being are so scared now of being accused being tolerant accused of not being tolerant and now, i think and inclusive. now, i think tolerance so broad a term. tolerance is so broad a term. these days. right? what does tolerance it mean tolerance mean? does it mean that have to forego one that you have to forego one religion in particular in order to appease all the to actually appease all the others? never saw, actually, others? i never saw, actually, dunng i others? i never saw, actually, during i see any festival, i didn't see any lights in central london or whatever up decking the streets and all the rest of it. so it strikes me that there's one religion in particular, and why

is that? and i think it's because people feel genuinely quite scared. not to. people feel that they have to do this in order to prove their stripes, to and diverse. to look progressive and diverse. that's the word charlie used there, and all the rest of it . there, and all the rest of it. london is the capital city of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland has an established church. that is, the of england have we the church of england have we forgotten that? i think we probably have. >> charlie . well, i don't think >> charlie. well, i don't think we've forgotten it, but, you're but you're you know, you are right. we must make sure that every is maintained. every religion is maintained. but obviously, you it but obviously, you know, it is a christian country and easter shouldn't erased as, as your , shouldn't be erased as, as your, your viewer suggested because of, of . other religions. of, of. other religions. >> so, darren, let me take you to task. you're banging on about keeping up traditions of christianity and, you know, our culture. so what are you doing to celebrate easter this weekend? >> well, have been to church tomorrow? >> you'll be at church tomorrow?

>> you'll be at church tomorrow? >> i'm working right now, >> yes, i'm working right now, so not right now. ben. so i'm not there right now. ben. yes, that is correct. >> you going out me? >> are you going out with me? well afternoon. well in the afternoon. >> afternoon? >> in the afternoon? >> in the afternoon? >> you going an easter >> are you going to an easter service together? >> oh, no. »- >> oh, no. >> think we'll be going to >> i think we'll be going to a service of a different kind, but we'll bunny hop it. >> it involves a pub, but. >> it involves a pub, but. >> well, so you are putting your money where your mouth is. you're to church? yes. and you're going to church? yes. and it's yes. but it's an easter service. yes. but what? it's a ramadan what? no it's a ramadan service, right? people need right? what do other people need to do then? because all these emails now saying, emails are flying in now saying, oh, is being erased, our oh, culture is being erased, our traditions being but traditions are being erased. but i guarantee just playing i can guarantee just playing devil's half of devil's advocate, half of you are in won't be doing are emailing in won't be doing anything to proactively celebrate anything to proactively celebra apart maybe anything to proactively celebraapart maybe eating easter, apart from maybe eating chocolate, but that's nothing to do really? do with it. really? >> i think actually >> yeah, but i think actually that fact of matter is that the fact of the matter is there many traditions that there are many traditions that we no longer actually celebrate as we did. change, as we once did. things change, but still have but you still we still have those traditions, we those very traditions, right? we no are a multitude no longer there are a multitude of things where past we of things where in the past we would gone hell for leather. >> but but my point is, charlie again playing devil's advocate, people banging and people weren't banging on and moaning we saw

moaning about this until we saw the ramadan messages. the islamic ramadan messages. >> oh no, i think they were, you know. >> really? yeah. yeah, definitely. the i mean, the eggs, for example, that comes around every year now. >> final word. >> final word. >> well, there's oh gosh. well >> well, there's a oh gosh. well there's a growing, divide within there's a growing, divide within the country. that's why, you see maybe reform doing in the maybe reform doing well in the polls. why you've seen polls. that's why you've seen people and people like lee anderson and suella about suella become very bolder about their messaging about, their sort of messaging about, you we want our country you know, we want our country back. country back. now, back. our country back. now, there be people have there will be people who have lots questions about what lots of questions about what that but there is a that means. but there is a problem in society whereby because forcefulness because of an over forcefulness of particular religion , over of a particular religion, over and above what is fundamentally christian, it means that you don't call things out for what they are, so you don't call out things like a rochdale grooming gangs. you don't call out specific things in society that obviously feel less obviously make us feel less safe. feel disempowered. safe. we feel too disempowered. yes, be. yes, to have control and to be. >> way, where's my easter >> by the way, where's my easter egg? you two have rocked up onto the show with, oh dear, empty hands. >> well, i got you a gesture, egg. >> you've got. you've got an houn >> you've got. you've got an hour. an hour a half to go.

hour. an hour and a half to go. >> i'll get you a tick, crossbone. >> i'll come back to you. >> i'll come back to you. >> literally a diversity check box. >> i'll get you a nice bun. thank you. >> sounds ominous. right, just beanng >> sounds ominous. right, just bearing in mind i did say cadbury's, wasn't them cadbury's, it wasn't them who were responsible for that gesture. the gesture. egg. it was the independent retailer. so just to stress that. but coming up, i'll be meeting this week's greatest briton. be meeting this week's greatest britoieggs in the morning. fried eggs in the morning. poached please. but what poached for me please. but what about creme eggs? i used about fried creme eggs? i used to battered. mars bars and to get battered. mars bars and fried bars in high school, fried mars bars in high school, so of familiar with so i'm kind of familiar with this process. but don't this process. but if you don't know what is, stay tuned. know what it is, stay tuned. i'll reveal all in just a minute. this is saturday morning live gb news, britain's news live on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. 1035. you're with ben leo on saturday morning . live emails flying in. morning. live emails flying in. steve says if the taxpayer needs to bail out any of the utility companies, be it water or power,

we should take shares in that company. similar to what happened with the banks. and there dividends there should be no dividends until here. here, until debt paid here. here, steve says good morning, until debt paid here. here, steve perhapsts good morning, until debt paid here. here, steve perhaps instead morning, until debt paid here. here, steve perhaps instead oforning, until debt paid here. here, steve perhaps instead of being, carol. perhaps instead of being made to pay ludicrous tax made to pay this ludicrous tax to who are obviously to councils who are obviously squandering it, it should be used more staff to get used to get in more staff to get the waiting list is that the waiting list down. is that to talking about the to that's talking about the hospital, patients who are going private courtesy of the government and councils, because the nhs waiting lists are too much. are hospitals much. since when are hospitals a business? it's a scandal. and linda says the easter message is being from easter food being removed from easter food items . being removed from easter food items. linda, i've read that. so i'll go to cheryl, he says. i respect religion's right to respect any religion's right to follow its traditions, but this is are is a christian country, as are hundreds of other nations. if you to call it something you want to call it something else, bank holiday else, work on the bank holiday as dissect way, as you clearly dissect the way, of land you live in. okay, of the land you live in. okay, there we go. strong stuff. so i'm quite excited about this next is upon next one. easter weekend is upon us, most of us have polished us, so most of us have polished off an easter egg or two already. in actual fact, i think you're to start them you're not meant to start them until but, chocolate you're not meant to start them until they've but, chocolate you're not meant to start them until they've been, chocolate you're not meant to start them until they've been on|ocolate you're not meant to start them until they've been on sale ate you're not meant to start them until they've been on sale in eggs. they've been on sale in shops for weeks now, but

customers gosport customers in gosport in hampshire, buying hampshire, have been buying their the local their eggs from the local fish and shop, dipped in batter and chip shop, dipped in batter and chip shop, dipped in batter and deep fried to perfection. so we sent our south west of england reporterjeff moody we sent our south west of england reporter jeff moody to try one. and by the way, there was some nhs advice this week. nanny state advice that people shouldn't be eating easter eggs in one go. so for the duration of this package, which i think is a couple of minutes, i'm going to see if i can crack this open and devour it. by the time jeff moody has finished. ready, steady, go! >> customers at scott's place in gosport are queuing out of the doom gosport are queuing out of the door, but it's not a battered sausage that's bringing them out on easter weekend. it's a creme 999 on easter weekend. it's a creme egg rubbed in flour , dipped in egg rubbed in flour, dipped in batter and deep fried in oil. sounds disgusting. >> wow, you say that. but they do come out quite nice . they are do come out quite nice. they are a peculiar taste, but it's very tasty. what's nice about it? it makes the chocolate go gooey and

like , brownie like. and then it like, brownie like. and then it makes the filling nice and hot . yes. >> scott turner sells deep fried mars bars too, and he just can't fry them fast enough . he sold 48 fry them fast enough. he sold 48 deep fried battered creme eggs on day one, and that number has been rising by the day . been rising by the day. >> absolutely amazing. people love them. people are trying them that don't like the idea of it, but saying, oh my god, how amazing mean, it's amazing they are. i mean, it's something that you are going to love mostly people love or hate, but mostly people love or hate, but mostly people love absolutely loving love it. absolutely loving it. yeah >> e“ en— yeah >> of combining batter >> the idea of combining batter and chocolate isn't really for the faint hearted. there are two flavours that many would say don't go together particularly well . time to don't go together particularly well. time to try it don't go together particularly well . time to try it. well. time to try it. >> they go together really, really well . it's delicious really well. it's delicious.

>> but don't take my word for it. what do the good people of gosport think? >> it sounds very strange . >> it sounds very strange. personally, i wouldn't go for it normally , but i'm willing to normally, but i'm willing to have a try . have a try. >> it's quite good. oh dear. >> it's quite good. oh dear. >> that's good. that's actually got sort of a brownie texture type to it . that that couldn't type to it. that that couldn't be good for the waistline . be good for the waistline. >> it smells good. >> it smells good. >> what, is he good? he's just doing. all bakhmut . doing. all bakhmut. >> that's really . good. >> that's really. good. >> that's really. good. >> i don't know how to describe it, but it's just really, really good. >> it's actually really good. it's 0h, >> it's actually really good. it's oh, my god, it's actually really, really good. it's not

good though, because it's so unhealthy . unhealthy. >> so if you're bored with ordinary easter eggs, you know what you can do? batter them, stick them in the chip pan confection. perfection. jeff moody gb news. >> no. go dumb. >> no. go dumb. >> finished easy nhs stick it. i could do ten at a time. mind you, i gave one little bit to charlie rowley, who was sitting, sitting close by. how big was it, charlie? that big, yeah. >> love it. there we go. >> okay , there we go. >> okay, there we go. >> okay, there we go. >> but listen to the nhs nanny state. if you want to sit there and munch an easter egg in one go or ten, do it right. what do we reckon about battered creme eggs the fish and chip shop? eggs at the fish and chip shop? >> well interesting. it >> well it's interesting. it seems like you could just batter anything. but want to know, anything. but i want to know, though, dissimilar mortar? >> producers please, >> can the producers please, deliver of water, deliver me gallons of water, please? to wash this down. >> how dissimilar is that to a

chocolate it's not that chocolate eclair? it's not that different. sorry, different. i mean, sorry, so a chocolate eclair. you know, because the sort of like because you get the sort of like pastry which of deep pastry which is kind of deep fried. inner bit is chocolate. >> so i used to get these at high school when i was a kid. at lunch we'd venture lunch time, we'd all venture down local fish and chip down to the local fish and chip shop, get battered mars shop, and we'd get battered mars bars £0.90, and we did that bars for £0.90, and we did that for about years. so no for about four years. so no wonder we're all in terrible shape. but apparently charlie, the scots it a lot with the scots do it a lot with burgers and pizzas. i it burgers and pizzas. i mean, it sounds it's sounds disgusting, but it's a delicacy, up there. delicacy, i'm told up there. well they would that, well they would say that, wouldn't they? >> mean, let's be perfectly >> i mean, let's be perfectly honest. mean, careful honest. i mean, i'm very careful what my ben. and what i put in my mouth, ben. and i'm sure going north of the i'm not sure going north of the border not even north of the border or not even north of the border, it it the border, was it was it the lincolnshire? lincolnshire, nonh lincolnshire? lincolnshire, north enough, i'm not sure i'd be into a fish chippy be going into a fish and chippy and for a deep fried mars and asking for a deep fried mars bar. like a fish and chips, bar. i do like a fish and chips, ihave bar. i do like a fish and chips, i have say, which most people i have to say, which most people would have eaten yesterday, i'm sure for friday. yes, good sure for good friday. yes, good friday, a battered, deep friday, but a battered, deep fried bar something i'm fried mars bar is something i'm sure once, you sure i'll try it once, but you know, should try it. try know, you should try it. try everything once. >> i'd probably. i'd probably

find disgusting now, but find it very disgusting now, but when kid, it was great when i was a kid, it was great candy , let me just get your candy, let me just get your thoughts that. you weren't in thoughts on that. you weren't in when talking about it, when we were talking about it, but apparent erasure of but the apparent erasure of easter, mean? is easter, what do you mean? is that a thing? is it just people getting upset about getting a bit upset about nothing? don't know. nothing? well, i don't know. >> thing is, it does seem >> the thing is, it does seem strange that was these strange that there was these decorations were put to decorations that were put up to celebrate but then celebrate one religion. but then no to the other no thought as to the other religion. and, know, religion. and, you know, i've got problem like got no problem with like celebrating lots different celebrating lots of different religions ramadan religions and sometimes ramadan will with easter and will coincide with easter and that's it just seems that's okay. but it just seems like the council really like the council hadn't really given thought to it at given much thought to it at all. and you think, why was that? you know, mean, there's such a know, i mean, there's such a major a major major event, such a major cultural they to cultural event, and they seem to have it to have gone have just it seems to have gone under radar them. under the radar with them. >> a loaded question. >> this is a loaded question. does london feel like an english city anymore ? city anymore? >> to it does. to me, it >> to me it does. to me, it still does. i think it's changed a lot. but i mean, i remember when i first moved here in the 2000, it felt super international, felt like people were coming all over the were coming from all over the world work in a bit world to work in banking a bit less now. i mean, i've

less so now. i mean, i've noficed less so now. i mean, i've noticed that people don't. you know, stay here as much. they sort go abroad they work sort of go abroad and they work in york or they go home. in new york or they go home. people seem very home focused these days. i think are a these days. i think people are a lot nomadic they lot less nomadic than they were when younger. lot less nomadic than they were wh> well, it's not, a home county, it's not, you know, county, so it's not, you know, you're what you would see traditionally it's traditionally as england. it's a multicultural, traditionally as england. it's a m brings ural, traditionally as england. it's a m brings inal, traditionally as england. it's a mbrings in a lot tourism. it brings in a lot of tourism. it brings in a lot of tourism. it brings in a lot of tourism. it brings a lot of people it brings in a lot of people from from all over the world. so by its very definition as being the capital the global the capital and the global capital world, going capital of the world, it's going to than, than, to be more global than, than, than english sort of setting. than an english sort of setting. yeah. that you'd expect, but it doesn't it any less of doesn't make it any less of england, you know, i wouldn't have thought. >> okay thank you. >> got it. okay thank you. charlie. candice. appreciate that. go and throw that. i'm going to go and throw up in the bathroom. i think after that coming up, i'll be sitting down with this week's greatest briton, who very appropriately , the studio appropriately, is in the studio today because bipolar today because it's bipolar awareness day. she's going to be telling me about her story and

experiences with the disorder. this is saturday morning live on gb britain's news channel

welcome back. now, on this show, we're all about shining a light on amazing people who do amazing things. and this week on world bipolar day, we're meeting the author who's raising awareness for bipolar janey robins. author who's raising awareness for bipolarjaney robins. so for bipolar janey robins. so janey's husband, simon, unfortunately took his own life after years of battling the illness and following his death, janey gave up her in janey gave up her career in nursing to embark on a full time , year university course , three year university course in journalism photography. in journalism and photography. and on to publish and she's now gone on to publish a here is black a book. here it is black confetti my bipolar marriage, and i'm delighted to say janey joins me now. good morning to you.thank joins me now. good morning to you. thank you so much for being with us. and congratulations for being greatest britain this being our greatest britain this week. look, tell me it's week. now, look, tell me it's a very long story , isn't it? very long story, isn't it? there's a lot of, lot of there's a lot of, a lot of avenues and. but essentially,

your ex—husband, simon, everything was fine. it was great. you were together, you were married, and then he went to glastonbury. what happened ? to glastonbury. what happened? >> he had, the tendency to suffer with depression. but after glastonbury, he came back in a very heightened state. he was agitated and talked very fast, had lots of ideas and spent lots of money. and he was just really, really on a high. >> so what was he like before glastonbury? >> he was quite lively personality anyway, and he was quite funny and animated , but quite funny and animated, but there was a normal level. >> whereas after glastonbury he went to kind of plus ten and before that glastonbury trip, how long had you been together, 13 years. >> and there was nothing of this at all before that depression. >> definitely. he'd had quite a bit of depression before. >> so he then developed , i mean, >> so he then developed, i mean, i'll let you tell the story, but he then developed what, you know now as bipolar. can i ask if he

and excuse me for asking this, if he did drugs at glastonbury, that may have, because there's a theory that these conditions can possibly lay dormant and they're triggered certain did triggered by certain drugs. did he glastonbury he do drugs that glastonbury trip? he did and did. do you equate that to his subsequent. >> i think it was probably a major trigger for his first mania. yes. i do. >> so what was life like after that trip? >> crazy. >> crazy. >> we had three years of cycles of mania, followed by a deep depression and then some normality. and then as each glastonbury occurred, he can go up again, he did have a hospital admission where he was diagnosed bipolar. and in the third year was his worst mania. and he had a psychosis and lost touch with reality . and the problem was reality. and the problem was that he didn't think anything was wrong with him. he didn't believe he was ill. and it wasn't until the third year after this psychosis that he came home one day and said, i

think you're right. i've got bipolar and i need help. and i was delighted because i thought, brilliant, with help, you've got an answer. we'll be okay. everything will be fine. >> as his wife, obviously you love, know, you him love, you know, you loved him very much. did you deal with very much. how did you deal with that emotionally? that that emotionally? what does that do kwarteng? that emotionally? what does that do yeah,arteng? that emotionally? what does that do yeah, obviously, it tore >> yeah, obviously, it tore me to pieces. yes, i struggled to cope it, but i also tried cope with it, but i also tried very hard to make sense of what happened.soi very hard to make sense of what happened. so i did a lot of research. i looked into why people commit suicide and tried to understand it, so yeah, very difficult. >> is there enough coverage of bipolar in the media? do you think people understand the condition enough? are we sympathetic and empathetic enough to people with mental health conditions? >> i think mental health is very much out there today, as it wasn't kind of 25 years ago, but i think bipolar is misunderstood, it used to be called manic depression . and i called manic depression. and i think you understand what manic and mania means , and what and mania means, and what happens, you know, people can be

very depressed, but then they can go to such a high they feel amazing and they quite like being in that state. they don't want to return to kind of normality and depression and what did writing this book we got to hear black confetti, my bipolar marriage. >> how was that for you? was it therapeutic documenting your experience? >> hard because >> it was very hard because i really dug deep and i looked very deep into suicide and things like that, but it has been extremely cathartic, but my main aim of doing it is that i will hope that perhaps it might save one person's life. or maybe , be helpful for a family who are going through that situation . asian, and particularly for survivors of bereavement by suicide, like me and crucially, simon did end up taking his life. sadly, did . life. sadly, did. >> after how long had you been married? >> 13 years. no longer than. >> 13 years. no longer than. >> we've been together about 20 years. >> so where are you now? so you

went through that experience. you've processed it in this, you know, quite amazing and thoughtful book. where you thoughtful book. where are you now? what your life look like? >> i'm happily married . you >> i'm happily married. you remarried, i remarried. oh, fantastic. the book ends on a very happy note. giving very happy note. without giving it met my husband, ben , it away, i met my husband, ben, in a swimming pool and. yeah, life is good. i live in the country. i've got a little dog, five, 25 chickens and. >> i'm okay. >> i'm okay. >> how did you go about the recovery process for yourself after not only simon's bipolar, but his eventual, you after not only simon's bipolar, but his eventual , you know, the but his eventual, you know, the quite tragic conclusion? >> well, i went off the rails a bit, honestly, burnt the candle at both ends, got pneumonia, pleurisy, fractured four ribs. and how did you do that? crashed just by not looking after myself. lots of coughing . myself. lots of coughing. fractured the ribs. wow. and i kind of had an epiphany once i recovered and said, i'm going to give up my nursing job. and i went to university and did a degree in journalism . so, yeah,

degree in journalism. so, yeah, that's the silver. >> you know, the light at the end of all this, you went back to university. how long did you study journalism? for three years. >> four years. >> four years. >> and why? journalism and photography in particular? i'm so shallow. you. you so shallow. thank you. thank you jane. >> truth is, because >> the truth is, because i wanted to go and do a degree, and i thought i'll do an arty, kind of degree. i just fancied that. and, i went to the local university prospectus open and it said journalism. and i thought, oh, i can interview people. yeah i like writing. >> do you think that helped you grieve , simon and get over that grieve, simon and get over that experience, taking your mind off something and doing a degree? >> i think it did. but interestingly, with the book, i thought grieving, thought i'd done my grieving, but i hadn't. and since writing the book, people in the book, my loved ones, my dad, my sister in law, simon's sister and brother in law have all died and it was then when they all died. my grief for simon came back. wow, do you still think about simon now? yeah yeah. very much.

>> i guess it's something you'll never forget. >> not at all. >> not at all. >> no. >> no. >> and just briefly , for anyone >> and just briefly, for anyone watching now who may be suffering from bipolar and their families or, you know, any other associated mental health condition, have you got any advice for them or words of wisdom to help them deal with it? >> yeah, i would just say go to your gp, there's lots of things online, lots of, charities that you can phone up . there's often you can phone up. there's often people at the end of the phone, but it's so important to get the right treatment because it's about balance , you know. about balance, you know. >> and just briefly, why is bipolar awareness day important? >> because i think it raises awareness that i think people don't understand what bipolar is , and i think the message needs to be out there because often it's just an exaggeration of somebody's personality . somebody's personality. >> well, look, thank you so much. >> you really are an inspiration. and i was flicking through your book earlier and, you know, at points, parts of it, i was welling up with emotion, and i can't imagine

what to be with what it's like to be with someone love them and be someone and love them and be married and then, you married to them and then, you know, lose them essentially both through suicide, also, through suicide, but also, you know, essence. know, them and their essence. anyway, the next anyway, we're back for the next houn anyway, we're back for the next hour. more coming hour. lots more coming up, including chocolatier the including a chocolatier in the next where he's going to next hour where he's going to share us all the delicious share with us all the delicious easter don't go easter treats. don't go anywhere. saturday anywhere. this is saturday morning me, ben lio on morning live with me, ben lio on . gb news. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news is . weather on gb news is. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. as we go through the next few days , many through the next few days, many of us will see some sunshine, especially today , but we also especially today, but we also see some rain that will be particularly noticeable as we come into easter monday. but for now , we've still got low now, we've still got low pressure, generally in charge, so there will be some showers around, especially across scotland northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. some heavy with maybe

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beyonce's new country album has been released after five years in the making, but who she collaborated with this time ? collaborated with this time? also, do you like her new country song? i don't think i'm a fan. ellie phillips will be here to share all the latest. and of course, it wouldn't be easter weekend unless i was joined by a chocolatier live in the studio to talk all things easter eggs. how good does that chucky look? i've already demolished 1 in! chucky look? i've already demolished 1 in 1 sitting against all nhs advice, i could probably do ten. i'm not going to do any more. i know some of you on the emails have asked me to but are not happening. don't forget i want to hear from you. email me gb views gb news. com but before anything sophia but before anything else, sophia wenzler your news wenzler has all your news headlines. >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's 11:01. >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's11:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your top

in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. a league table showing the nationalities of migrants with the highest crime rates has been proposed . a group rates has been proposed. a group of tory mps wants to see the statistics published annually for every offender convicted in england and wales. they say for every offender convicted in england and wales . they say the england and wales. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain countries . former immigration countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan . speaking behind the plan. speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how rivals to the uk are impacting the country. >> i want the most honest and transparent debate about immigration, legal or illegal, that we can possibly have, and it is wrong that the government or other agencies hide statistics . i have laid an statistics. i have laid an amendment to the upcoming criminal justice bill, which tackles one of these issues, and it says that the government must pubush it says that the government must publish statistics on crimes and sentences by country of origin and by visa and asylum status . i

and by visa and asylum status. i think that the public want to know who's coming into our country and what the economic, the fiscal and the societal impact of immigration is. >> now. counter—terrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an exiled iranian journalist in south—west london, pouria zarati, who was targeted outside his home in wimbledon, is said to be in a stable condition after suffering an injury to his leg. london based tv channel iran international says the attack follows a regime's plot to kill two of its presenters in 2022. police say they're keeping an open mind regarding a motive . an open mind regarding a motive. political leaders are working to maintain stability in northern ireland after sir jeffrey donaldson quit as dup leader. he stepped down after being charged with historical sex offences. it's understood, he told party officers in a letter that he will strenuously contest the allegations against him. gavin robinson, who's been appointed

the dup's interim leader, described the charges as a devastating revelation . and in devastating revelation. and in other news, two security sources have accused israel of striking a car carrying un observers in southern lebanon. the un peacekeeping mission says four people were injured in what it says was an unacceptable attack. the israeli military has denied any involvement , saying contrary any involvement, saying contrary to the reports, the idf did not strike the vehicle . police in strike the vehicle. police in the netherlands are dealing with a hostage situation at a nightclub. three people who were being held in the cafe petticoat have reportedly been released, but police say the situation is still ongoing and it's unclear how many are still inside . how many are still inside. around 150 nearby homes have been evacuated in the town of ede, while authorities deal with the incident. it's believed there was no indication of a terrorist motive . welsh military terrorist motive. welsh military camps will be used to house afghans who risked their lives helping the uk, east camp in the vale of glamorgan will house

people who worked with the uk government in afghanistan, but fled after the taliban seized power. the site can host a maximum of 180 people, with 50 expected by the end of march and more arriving in april. those arriving are eligible under the afghan relocations and assistance policy programme . assistance policy programme. households should brace for a host of essential bill increases from the 1st of april, but not all costs are going up . cuts to all costs are going up. cuts to national insurance and increases in the amount of people receiving benefits take effect in early april, but regular bills like council tax, broadband and water are going up . so experts say family budgets need to be attention carefully. the average annual council tax bill will rise by £106 this yeah bill will rise by £106 this year. the average annual water bill will rise by 6% in england and wales. some good news, though the annual energy bill for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall to £1,690, which is the lowest for two years, and

travel disruption is expected to continue in large parts of the uk today as the easter holiday gets underway. there were reports of long queues at dover last night as vehicles faced an hours long wait to be processed. rough weather from storm nelson remains, with flood warnings and alerts in place across england . alerts in place across england. network rail is urging train passengers to check their journey details before travelling. due to some major routes being closed . and travel routes being closed. and travel journalist simon calder warns about unforeseen travel issues. >> the real serious issue , >> the real serious issue, though, is actually for the things we weren't expecting and that includes you mentioned storm nelson , huge amounts of storm nelson, huge amounts of disruption right across the great western region. we had on thursday, friday, for instance, big problems on the lines to south wales from london paddington and to bristol. now it looks like the main line from london to devon and cornwall is blocked. there are workarounds, but again everything going very,

very slow . very slow. >> and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now it's back to ben . alerts. now it's back to ben. >> all right, let's get some more on our top story. labour. they've pledged to put failing water companies under tough special measures to force them to clean up their toxic mess and protect people's health. so the number of people admitted to hospital borne hospital for water borne diseases has in recent diseases has surged in recent years. and that's as it looks like thames water could be nationalised amid the rising e coli in london's famous river. all this by the way, just ahead of the oxford and cambridge boat race on the thames today. will hollis, down hollis, our reporter is down there. good morning to you. there. will good morning to you. is it all kicking up a stink. this e coli situation in. >> yes. well for almost 200 years, competitors from oxford

and cambridge universities have been coming down here to compete in one of the most fiercely fought sporting competitions, not just here in britain, but across the world. this is a four and a quarter mile stretch of the river thames between putney bridge and mortlake, and on average it takes the athletes around 20 minutes to complete the course , the fastest in 1998 the course, the fastest in 1998 by the men's team for cambridge , by the men's team for cambridge, who managed to complete it in a record 16 minutes, but the only record 16 minutes, but the only record that's been making headunes record that's been making headlines this week is the record levels of sewage that has been discharged in 2023 into england's rivers and waterways. this is new data that came out earlier in the week from the environment agency, showing that double the levels of river pollution are in place for 2023 compared to the year before 2022. now, this is specifically worrying for this part of the thames because river action, as

well as the fulham reach boat club, assessed part of the river for dangerous levels of e.coli and they recorded an alarming rate. now e.coli is the bacteria that's found in our intestines. it can be related to all sorts of illnesses, but most severely sepsis and blood poisoning. and in a stretch that is just over my shoulder, actually around the corner hammersmith bridge, they found that ten times the safe level of e coli was found. now, how is this going to affect the race? well, is it going to make it any slower? probably not. but it any slower? probably not. but it does make it more dangerous for the health of the athletes and anybody that might be getting a little bit closer to the seen pictures the water. we've seen pictures this of the athletes this morning of the athletes getting into their boats. usually do it usually they would do it barefoot, but they've been strictly instructed to wear wellington and waterproofs wellington boots and waterproofs and to make sure that they're wearing any sort of blisters with plasters on them. the key thing as well, that is going to be making headlines later when

the competition ends, is that the competition ends, is that the winners have been instructed not to jump into the river thames like they usually would to celebrate, because it could really harmful for their health. >> okay, well, great fun down there today and we'll be back with you on the channel later this afternoon . i just wouldn't this afternoon. i just wouldn't bother doing the race in that situation. so let's get the expertise now of the boat race from british rower and olympian alex storey, the man who said to have the difference in have been the difference in cambridge's winning boats of 1997 and 1998, and part of the team that completed the course in record time, as will hollis just alluded to. good morning. alex, are you there? good morning. there you are . let's morning. there you are. let's forget the e—coli and the rancid forget the e—coli and the rancid for water a second. how gruelling is the boat race for these athletes? can you hear us, alex? okay, we'll try and get alex? okay, we'll try and get alex back there. but as will said, it's going to be 16

minutes of all out hardcore rowing. charlie rowley have you ever been down there? i mistakenly thought you were from oxbridge. you went to oxbridge ? oxbridge. you went to oxbridge? >> that's quite all right. you can make that mistake. >> it was the voice in my ear told me that. so i'm gonna i'm going to blame that on them. but have you ever been down to the boat race, i haven't, but i do live in putney and it's live in putney now, and it's taking place afternoon, taking place this afternoon, just i think. just just after 3:00, i think. just before 3:00. and so i might head down this and see soak up down after this and see soak up the atmosphere. weather was the atmosphere. the weather was great i was coming in this great as i was coming in this morning. could morning. so it could be a perfect for what perfect conditions for what could another great and could be another great race. and if the teams are as good as i hear that they are, could hear that they are, they could be record 90, be breaking that record of 90, 96, 98, whatever it was 16 96, 97, 98, whatever it was 16 minutes. it could be it could be a day to remember. >> candice, do you do you care about the boat race? isn't it a bit elitist? >> yeah. i mean, i would years ago , years and years and years ago, years and years and years ago. it was a good, fun day. i don't remember being able to see much all, i just felt much at all, and i just felt like it was a social occasion.

you know, people sort of go there see other and there to see each other and catch up one another. catch up with one another. >> never been. so maybe i'm >> i've never been. so maybe i'm just being bit ignorant, but just being a bit ignorant, but it just kind of feels like it's not my kind of scene, you know? yeah. never even yeah. i mean, i never even i mean, viewers would mean, some viewers would probably can, you probably say that you can, you know, very telling. but i know, it's very telling. but i never university. never went to university. i mean, some of the abuse i'll get in emails will probably be celebrating that. yeah, celebrating that. but yeah, i never to university. so i, never went to university. so i, you know, i don't think we're going get alex, going to get alex, unfortunately. we're to going to get alex, unfortto ately. we're to going to get alex, unfortto only. we're to going to get alex, unfortto on our we're to going to get alex, unfortto on our papere to going to get alex, unfortto on our paper review, to move to on our paper review, shall this front page of the shall we, this front page of the guardian schools fuelling guardian schools risk fuelling hate of the hate by avoiding talk of the gaza so schools in england gaza war. so schools in england are closing down legitimate debate gaza war debate about the israel gaza war because ill because teachers feel ill equipped it are equipped to discuss it and are concerned about political impartiality. from concerned about political impgovernment's from concerned about political impgovernment's independent the government's independent adviser cohesion. adviser on social cohesion. should discussing in should we be discussing wars in school? charlie well, historically, think have historically, i think you have got to discuss because got to discuss war because that's where get our history that's where we get our history from from. so from and our freedoms from. so the war, the second the first world war, the second world it's important to world war, it's important to talk war conflict and talk about war and conflict and the revolution and the the american revolution and the civil american civil war civil war, american civil war and of it. so, yes.

and all the rest of it. so, yes. but, in this particular case, it's hugely challenging for teachers because there is so much information out there. a lot of it is misinformation , and lot of it is misinformation, and the situation itself is very sensitive. and so i think it's very difficult if you are a teacher trying to articulate the challenges of the history of that particular region, because there's always been an ongoing conflict within the middle east. lots of different countries, but particularly between israel and palestine. ever since the second world war or the end of the second world war, it's led to obviously constant division to a point where a terrorist attack took place and those are the facts. it is a terrorist attack that took place in israel on behalf of or at the hands of hamas. hamas are the government in in palestine, in gaza. and this is where israel has responded , obviously, to try and responded, obviously, to try and defend itself as it is absolutely right and legitimate to do so. but what you see on social media, and then obviously since then, israel has obviously

entered into, gaza. there are too many palestinian innocent civilian lives that are being lost. aid needs to get into the in rafah. >> but charlie, the point is this. i mean, i completely agree that we should be teaching about the wars. they were you the world wars. they were you know, that does it says on know, that does what it says on the tin. it's world war, but the gaza war is so complex it gaza israel war is so complex it dates back decades and decades. it's a bit more intricate, isn't it, candace, than than teachers are equipped with, don't are equipped to deal with, don't you think? >> and the problem is this >> and the problem is, is this this is this story is about report by sonia khan, who's just come with a whole thing come out with a whole thing about people feel about how people don't feel they're able express their they're able to express their opinions and she says opinions anymore. and she says it's all areas all it's in all areas and all spheres of life. people kind of self—censor because they're afraid of intimidation. and i know teachers say that in know that teachers say that in schools, a problem kids schools, this is a problem kids don't know how to express don't know how to self express anymore, express opinion. anymore, express their opinion. they'll find a teacher they'll try and find a teacher or who think agrees or someone who they think agrees with was a particular with them. that was a particular thing brexit. if knew thing with brexit. if you knew your teacher supported brexit, then be more then you would be more open about you thought. if your about what you thought. if your teacher you'd keep teacher didn't, you'd keep quiet. i want to why

quiet. and i want to know why schools can't facilitate debate. obviously with very young children like my five year old, i don't want him learning about this. need to know this. he doesn't need to know about either. but and 13 about this either. but 12 and 13 year might want to talk year olds might want to talk about it, and we have to figure out way to help do that. about it, and we have to figure out okay,’ to help do that. about it, and we have to figure out okay, talking) do that. about it, and we have to figure out okay, talking of do that. about it, and we have to figure out okay, talking of brexit, that. about it, and we have to figure out okay, talking of brexit, good >> okay, talking of brexit, good segue. for that, tory segue. thank you for that, tory mps warning this is on the mps are warning this is on the front the daily express. tory front of the daily express. tory mps are warning that voting for reform charlie will kill brexit. >> yes. >> yes. >> well it you agree with >> well it will you agree with that do you? >> do because if you vote >> i do because if you vote reform you're more likely to end up with a labour government and they will want closer ties with they will want closer ties with the eu that will undermine all of the hard work that's taken place over the last few years. to get a brexit deal, to get the windsor in place, to windsor framework in place, to allow to take ourselves out allow us to take ourselves out of the eu, cut our ties and take back control our money and back control of our money and borders laws. what borders and laws. that's what the in was all the campaign in 2016 was all about. that all at risk at about. put that all at risk at your peril by voting reform is what iain duncan smith is saying. many other leading saying. and many other leading tory thing is tory think. the thing is charlie, labour

charlie, because it lets labour in the door. in through the back door. >> lot apparently delivered >> your lot apparently delivered brexit, we've got brexit, but we've got uncontrolled migration, brexit, but we've got uncon'got ed migration, brexit, but we've got uncon'got illegal migration, brexit, but we've got uncon'got illegal boats'ation, brexit, but we've got uncon'got illegal boats coming we've got illegal boats coming that can't stop. it's that they can't stop. so it's argued you've betrayed the argued that you've betrayed the conservatives, have betrayed brexit . brexit voters. >> well, because brexit was about immigration, i mean mainly amongst other things. yeah, totally. you know, the campaign was to take back control of your money, your borders and laws, andifs money, your borders and laws, and it's gone the other way. >> turned its head. >> well, i wasn't on that campaign. funny enough, if you're a conservative, i voted and remain and, you and i voted remain and, you know, there are always there were be were always going to be challenges. absolutely support challenges. i absolutely support brexit. is what brexit. you know, that is what the voted for. but of the public voted for. but of course they're going to be challenges ties challenges if you cut ties with your counterparts, your european counterparts, including france, who you do need work with. now, i'm not need to work with. now, i'm not a defending defending france. we've a hell of a we've bunged them a hell of a load cash try and help load of cash to try and help stop the boats. they're not pulling their that's for pulling their weight, that's for sure. is no surprise sure. but there is no surprise really to anybody if you vote to leave the eu. the french are not going be the helpful going to be the most helpful when it to dealing with

when it comes to dealing with this number one issue. so i think people needed to be a bit more smart about that before. before involved in before getting involved in today's uk today's is a vote for reform uk just wasted one? just a wasted one? >> problem is with our >> the problem is, is with our electoral system first past the post. there are hard post. there are just hard realities third realities there and third parties punished. parties often get punished. i mean, is the problem mean, this is the problem that ukip they've something ukip had. they've got something like votes, not one like 4 million votes, not one single you need a very single mp. you need a very concentrated vote to actually make perhaps in the make any impact. perhaps in the red wall, if we a total red wall, if we see a total collapse of the conservative vote some extent vote and maybe to some extent the labour vote, then reform can start becoming a second party. and then maybe at some point in the future, winning outright. but i think those numbers and that hard reality of the that hard reality just of the kind system we have, are kind of system we have, are going impede them. going to impede them. >> it. i mean, argument >> got it. i mean, the argument is got was it 4.5 million is ukip got was it 4.5 million votes in 2015 one seat, but votes in 2015 and one seat, but actually, i don't think reform care that much about getting seats. think they want to seats. i just think they want to obliterate the tories. we've managed alex story back. managed to get alex story back. the who was the the olympian who was the difference cambridge's the olympian who was the differen(boat cambridge's the olympian who was the differen(boat racesridge's the olympian who was the differen(boat races inge'sand 98. winning boat races in 97 and 98. can hear me alex. good can you hear me alex. good morning. okay. fantastic i was

asking you, how gruelling the boat race is for an athlete. just what kind of test is it for the human body? >> well , it's the human body? >> well, it's something close to. to dying and staying alive at the same time. i think the difference between the olympic games and the boat race is that it's a one on one race and all the focus is really on yourself, but also the paranoia of your crew next to you not doing as you fantasised about. and i think in 97 when, when we did the boat race, we were length and a half behind, just before hammersmith, and it felt as though it was going to be a very long way home. and then just suddenly between hammersmith bridge and barnes bridge, the heavens opened , the skies went heavens opened, the skies went blue, the noise from the crowd died down. and suddenly we just rode the perfect race. and we just went from a length down to a length up . and of course, a length up. and of course, that's the that's the real joy

of it. but of course, when you are, when you achieve perfection, which is very, very rare in a race, but when you achieve perfection in a race, you don't realise quite how quickly you go through, your, your tank, your reservoir of, of power. and of course, just after barnes bridge, i ran out of juice, we had the cox who was telling us to increase the race up to 40 strokes a minute. and the oxford guys were coming back, and we still had 3.5 minutes and minutes to row. so it was absolute agony, and when the final post was crossed , i the final post was crossed, i can tell you i wasn't really of this planet. i was somewhere else, and i was spitting blood and all my aches , whether there and all my aches, whether there were, there were, broken ribs or anything or broken backs came out, but at least i. and the crew had our name etched in eternity in the boards of our club , which is the only thing club, which is the only thing you get in rowing is a little

bit of fleeting glory. >> you know, you mentioned when the noise of the crowd died down and you kind of got tunnel vision. is that what athletes call getting in the zone? >> yeah. i mean, of the, one >> yeah. i mean, one of the, one of reasons why we're saying of the reasons why we're saying that very rarely reach that you're very rarely reach perfection a race is perfection during a race is because obviously of the tension, but boat race has tension, but the boat race has the quality of being relatively long. so we had a, we had a first five minutes that wasn't great. and then some. we got the boat was on, on, on rail tracks . boat was on, on, on rail tracks. it was unstoppable. the momentum was great. and that's really when you get in the zone. and of course when you're in the zone , course when you're in the zone, the danger is that you don't realise quite how much energy you're burning per stroke. and of course, that's the reason why , the of the race, , towards the end of the race, we, or at least physically, we, we or at least physically, i was just hanging on to dear life i >> fascinating. i love sport and sport science and the psychology behind it. just very briefly. it's meant to be quite stormy conditions today down at the boat race. how will that change

things ? things? >> well, the thing is, of course, because it's a meandering river. the the, the cox is going to have a great deal to say about the race a little bit like last year when you have difficult conditions, the cox becomes the driver and the cox becomes the driver and the path he takes or she takes is going to be a real determinant. and of course, that means you have to gamble sometimes when the conditions are a little bit tougher and the water is a bit choppier, you have to do away with the, the usual, the usual path of the race, because what you're trying to do during the race, in the boat race is you're trying to get to the centre point of the river where the tide is strongest because you're going against the stream, but with the tide. so there is a narrow path in the middle where the tide, the tide is strongest. and you want try and stick to that want to try and stick to that when weather is good. but when the weather is good. but when the weather is good. but when conditions are choppy, when the conditions are choppy, you try and gauge that you want to try and gauge that against the wind is going against where the wind is going to you first. to hit you first. >> impressive . i'm looking >> impressive. i'm looking forward on. thank

forward to later on. and thank you story for being with you alex story for being with us, olympian winner, us, former olympian and winner, double boat race . double winner of the boat race. thank you so much. thanks very much. have a good one. right. still come, i'm going to be still to come, i'm going to be joined ellie phillips for all joined by ellie phillips for all the showbiz news. but up the latest showbiz news. but up next, you your kids next, should you send your kids to school, be to boarding school, i'll be settling with settling that debate with my next guest. saturday next guest. this is saturday morning on gb news, morning live on gb news, britain's channel

welcome back. ben leary with you on saturday morning live . some saturday morning live. some emails flying in. jacqueline says eat your easter egg in one 90, says eat your easter egg in one go, ben. great to see it, yeah, it was nice, but i'm feeling a bit woozy now. jim says we may be a less christian country now, but we still primarily but we still have primarily christian values, does the but we still have primarily chriandi values, does the but we still have primarily chriand actually, does the but we still have primarily chriand actually, that es the but we still have primarily chriand actually, that was1e but we still have primarily chriand actually, that was my us. and actually, that was my point night i covered point last night when i covered mark show. i said, i'm mark dolan's show. i said, i'm not emphatically religious or, you don't go to church, you know, i don't go to church, but do try heed the values

but i do try and heed the values and lessons of jesus. and joy says children be taught says children should be taught to in secondary schools to debate in secondary schools and taught to defend themselves and their beliefs. otherwise they'll for the they'll be ill equipped for the real thank you joy, good real world. thank you joy, good morning to you and thank you for watching. right, so this week, a really intriguing story, actually, from princess diana's brother, spencer, spoke brother, earl spencer, who spoke about he faced about the challenges he faced whilst boarding school. so whilst at boarding school. so for going boarding for some, going to a boarding school seem like a great school may seem like a great adventure. get to be adventure. children get to be away parents and live away from their parents and live with friends, but with their friends, but is it a good thing and does it build character as have character or as some have suggested, earl spencer? is suggested, like earl spencer? is it cruel and can it result in a significant negative effect on children ? joining me now to children? joining me now to discuss this is councillor amelia white and professor of education policy, tom buick. amelia, good morning to you, let's get straight to it. let's just get straight to it. boarding school good thing or boarding school a good thing or is completely subjective ? is it completely subjective? >> it is something that causes a lot of difficulties for adults who have gone to boarding school. so primarily they say the main thing that we see is

difficulties in relationships . difficulties in relationships. so they really don't learn how to regulate their own emotions. and therefore it's really hard when you're in relationship . as when you're in relationship. as an adult to be able to express yourself and show your vulnerability and connect with others and that's one of the main things see. main things that we see. >> so what does boarding >> so why what does boarding school to children to cut off school do to children to cut off that you know, that emotional, you know, ability? happens ? ability? what happens? >> well, if you imagine yourself and seven years old and and your seven years old and you've spent seven years with your family, and then all of a sudden you're drifting even to an institution in the middle of nowhere, and you very quickly have to say goodbye to your mum , have to say goodbye to your mum, and you're with a group of strangers, a complete like people who were there to attempt to look you. but there's to look after you. but there's one adult, generally for 50 children, so they can't. if you cry, you may be picked on or bullied, and therefore you learn

very quickly to shut that down. ihear very quickly to shut that down. i hear people all the time saying they actually remember consciously thinking, right, i'm going to stop feeling now because painful and my because it's too painful and my mum isn't going to come back. >> tom buick, that sounds that sounds pretty brutal. tom >> of course, you've got to recognise for some children boarding school, just like all sorts educational settings , sorts of educational settings, can be quite a psychological challenge. as it happens, i send my kids to the local state comprehensive, you know, sometimes that's challenging. i think really get think we've got to really get this perspective of ben. this into perspective of ben. there's about 13,000 pupils that are boarding school here in the uk. it's less than a percent of the schooling population as a whole. we've got to whole. and we've got to understand why parents feel they need to send their kids to boarding school . they may be boarding school. they may be diplomats, they may be in the armed forces, you know, they may work all over world. there work all over the world. there are good reasons why, are very good reasons why, parents families feel they parents and families feel they need their children to need to send their children to boarding school. and think boarding school. and i do think actually, whilst course, it's

actually, whilst of course, it's terrible what happened to earl spencer in the 1970s. i do think it's, it's worth, highlighting that, you know, we've banned corporal punishment in all schools. state and private schools. state and private schools since the late 1990s in england. a bit later in scotland , wales and northern ireland. so i think a lot of the stories that we're seeing now in the media really reflect a bygone era. i don't think they're a fair reflection, actually, of the support and the nurturing that children get in boarding schools today. >> so, emilio, corporal punishment, of course, is gone. good thing. yeah. of course. yeah. please. >> well, it's really it's the abuse or the bullying or the violence that happens is on top of the trauma about being left on your own. so every child. so i currently run a course and i have people from all over the world different age ranges. youngest in their 20s, eldest in their 70s. so they've gone through different decades , but through different decades, but they all have the same wounding, which is having to become an aduu which is having to become an

adult at a really young age. without that parental support and guidance, they bring each other up . and where in the world other up. and where in the world do we learn that psychologically , that's the best thing for children to not grow up with parents. >> okay, tom, last word. >> okay, tom, last word. >> love them. who are there to look? >> the research doesn't really back up, the claim that's being made, professor penny kavanagh, produced a very comprehensive report last august, actually, that showed. yes, of course, for some students fact she renamed this so—called boarding school syndrome. boarding family syndrome. boarding family syndrome. causes syndrome. often the causes of some these psychological syndrome. often the causes of some for|ese psychological syndrome. often the causes of some for young ychological syndrome. often the causes of some for young people, cal syndrome. often the causes of some for young people, starts issues, for young people, starts with the family, not necessarily, in the boarding school. and i think that was a very important piece of research , on that subject, okay. >> councillor amelia white and professor of education policy, tom buick, thanks so much , i tom buick, thanks so much, i know a few people actually, who have quite deep mummy problems after being packed off to boarding school from a young age , so i've seen first hand the effects it can have on kids and actually, tom mentioned there

about diplomats and people working . as a parent working abroad. as a parent myself, i would never put my career above seeing my kids because those years don't last very long. anyway, very long. but anyway, fascinating us know fascinating debate. let us know what think. gb views at gb what you think. gb views at gb news. more to come on news. com lots more to come on the today, but first, let's the show today, but first, let's get news headlines with get your news headlines with sophia. >> thanks, ben. it's 1130. sophia. >> thanks, ben. it's1130. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a league table showing the nationalities of migrants with the highest crime rates has been proposed. a group of tory mps wants to see the statistics published annually. for every offender convicted in england and they say the rules and wales. they say the rules will help the home office impose stricter visa and deportation policies for certain countries. former immigration minister robert jenrick is behind the plan. speaking exclusively to gb news, he said the public wants to know how arrivals to the uk are impacting the country. >> it is wrong that the government or other agencies

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it's saturday morning. >> live at 1135. it's time now for some emails on boarding school. kathy says i went in the 60s and loved it. i wouldn't have done as well in my education if i'd gone to a day school. everyone's different. boarding school isn't for everyone, but certainly lot of everyone, but certainly a lot of children from children gain enormously from it. said. i'd never send it. sarah said. i'd never send my child to boarding school. it's and grace it's lazy parenting, and grace said, got sent to boarding said, i got sent to boarding school and now have a very fractured relationship with my family. help but feel

family. i can't help but feel like they neglected in the like they neglected me in the years needed them most. as years i needed them most. and as i previous i mentioned to our previous guests, have first hand i mentioned to our previous guests, ofave first hand i mentioned to our previous guests, of thatirst hand i mentioned to our previous guests, of that withiand i mentioned to our previous guests, of that with aid i mentioned to our previous guests, of that with a couple of account of that with a couple of people, right. let's get stuck into of your weekly showbiz into some of your weekly showbiz news. i'm delighted to be joined by journalist ellie by showbiz journalist ellie phillips. ellie, good morning to you. a lot you. what's been going on a lot in hip hop world? in the hip hop world? >> a lot the hip hop world, a >> a lot in the hip hop world, a lot in the music world. so the big, big story of the week has got be about p diddy. puff got to be about p diddy. puff daddy by many names, but daddy goes by many names, but his real sean combs and his real name is sean combs and his real name is sean combs and his two of his homes were raided this week by authorities. he's got house here and one this week by authorities. he's go miami.se here and one this week by authorities. he's go miami. herere and one this week by authorities. he's go miami. he wasn't and one this week by authorities. he's go miami. he wasn't therej one this week by authorities. he's go miami. he wasn't there when in miami. he wasn't there when they were two of his they were raided. two of his sons though, and they sons were, though, and they were, during process, were, cuffed during the process, which see there. polly which you can see there. polly middleton actually middleton itself actually was detained the detained momentarily at the airport in miami on his way to bahamas, where he handed over electronic devices , keys. and electronic devices, keys. and now this is all part of an ongoing investigation into multiple so essentially, multiple claims. so essentially, since november, december, what's happenedis since november, december, what's happened is he's seen there with his ex—girlfriend cassie in this picture. she's the first person

who, took who filed a lawsuit against him . he settled that against him. he settled that lawsuit after day saying he , lawsuit after one day saying he, you know, denies everything he's accused of what? >> trafficking girls. >> trafficking girls. >> so with cassie, she accused him. that's him. so that's his ex—girlfriend. were ex—girlfriend. they were together from 2008 for about five she's accused of five years. she's accused him of sexual assault, physical assault, sorts really assault, all sorts of really grim things. and he settled a day after she she filed that suit but said, you know, i deny everything. but they settled out of court. kind of, lawsuit of court. her kind of, lawsuit brought forward other claimants. so since then, there have been three more women who've come with claims against him, including ex—girl other ex—girlfriends. including ex—girl other ex—girlfriends . and, last month, ex—girlfriends. and, last month, a male music producer came forward and filed. so they've all filed suit. so these are a male producer, a male producer who's accused p diddy of abusing him. so, yeah. so they're all very different in what they accuse. the male producer who accuse. so the male producer who filed so his name filed in february, so his name is jones jones jr. he is rodney jones jones jr. he alleges that pgd made unwanted sexual advances. contact groping, unsolicited touching of

his anus. and he actually said he feels feels rape, that he was drugged and woke up and doesn't really know what happened in that instance, he also said that he was forced to hire prostitutes for pgd and engage in sexual acts. >> and what years were all these claims from? so this one, this male producer, this is from 2022 to 2023. >> so really, really recent . >> so really, really recent. you're talking just a couple of years ago. whereas the women who've made these claims there's a more historic. so there's in the early 1990s, which is when his career just blew up over the world, became this hip world, you know, became this hip hop seeking and making artists. >> viewers don't know puff >> if viewers don't know puff daddy diddy, he changes his daddy p diddy, he changes his name. he really exploded with every you take, taking the every step you take, taking the sample from that sting song and it was in tribute to biggie smalls, who had been murdered. yeah, as was it with faith evans i >> -- >> that's lam >> that's right. yeah. and it was the first. that was the kind of thing that put him on the map in terms of his own music. but before that, broken so many before that, he'd broken so many artists. why seen as artists. that's why he's seen as artists. that's why he's seen as a mogul. he's worth hundreds of

millions of pounds. so millions of pounds. and so that's you he was that's why, you know, he was able pay off, cassie, who was able to pay off, cassie, who was his so it's his ex—girlfriend. and so it's been a messy, messy been it's been a messy, messy week. him his week. obviously, him and his legal team completely deny everything. there is everything. but then there is this happened this this raid that's happened this week, and information that's been people are been given over. so people are like, okay, is it going to like, okay, where is it going to go next? because seems that go next? because it seems that more more is coming out as more and more is coming out as things carry the details shocking. >> e he's w- w— e he's got, a lot >> it looks like he's got, a lot on his plate, to say the least. should we move on to beyonce? she's got a new album out. >> yes, this is beyonce. it's actually solo studio actually a eighth solo studio album, her first album, but it's her first country we call it country. >> i didn't like this. let me just say, before you get stuck into it, i am quite fond of country music. you know, i love america. and then i heard this song thinking, what song and i was thinking, what right star beyonce have right does pop star beyonce have to just into the to come and just muscle into the country scene? well, i mean, she is born in houston, texas, right? >> she's born bred in >> so she's born and bred in houston. why why shouldn't houston. so why why shouldn't she way, and, you know, she she in a way, and, you know, she it's called cowboy carter, the album. she has said album. but she herself has said this isn't a country album, this is album. when you

is a beyonce album. and when you listen to it, it's definitely not just a country my not just a country album. my husband huge country fan. husband is a huge country fan. we to country, like we go to country, country like whenever yeah when it's whenever we can. yeah when it's here, within album. so here, but within this album. so it's 27 tracks and kind of interludes all intertwined, which she loves do. so this which she loves to do. so this is second of a three part is the second of a three part album, the first, which was released 2022, was kind of released in 2022, was kind of dance music and kind of reclaiming that. is more reclaiming that. this is more country focused, but there's opera in there, there's rap in there, there's pop in there. >> so you can't just say, well, maybe, maybe i'm being a maybe, maybe i'm just being a bit of a music nazi because, you know, i just that if you know, i just think that if you like a brand you want like a brand of music, you want to it. and when people to protect it. and when people from genres muscling from other genres come muscling in. guess that's what pop in. but i guess that's what pop stars do, isn't it? they reinvent themselves, they change their definitely done >> and she has definitely done this. you look at her last this. if you look at her last three albums, you're like, what? where are you? what are you? i think that. i think think she likes that. i think she's don't put in she's like, don't put me in a box. i'm just playing around doing music. people are loving it. people kind of 5050 it. some people are kind of 5050 about and interestingly, about it. and interestingly, when two when she released the first two

singles which singles from this album, which she month in she released last month over in america, out of 150 america, only eight out of 150 country radio stations played them. others wouldn't play country radio stations played them. whyothers wouldn't play country radio stations played them. why is|ers wouldn't play country radio stations played them. why is that?ouldn't play country radio stations played them. why is that? because lay country radio stations played them. why is that? because they were it. they're like, were against it. they're like, no, isn't, you know, no, beyonce isn't, you know, isn't country. we put her isn't country. we can't put her on, she's put now. on, but she's put this out now. people it people are loving it individually within album individually within the album there tracks, there are brilliant tracks, there are brilliant tracks, there amazing tracks. is she there are amazing tracks. is she going tour? going on tour? >> see her in the uk? >> can we see her in the uk? >> can we see her in the uk? >> she will go on tour with this. absolutely. no doubt she hasn't forward. i'm not hasn't put it forward. i'm not sure any of the collaboration sure if any of the collaboration artists in there because artists will be in there because she's got like willie nelson, she's got like willie nelson, she's got like willie nelson, she's got dolly and she's she's got dolly parton and she's got cyrus, dolly parton, got miley cyrus, dolly parton, a dolly on with her doing dolly on a track with her doing jolene. they've redone jolene, but spice. but added it a lot of spice. jolene begging anyone but added it a lot of spice. jolene joleneging anyone but added it a lot of spice. jolene jolene isg anyone but added it a lot of spice. jolene jolene is human.e anymore. jolene is human. >> sounds good, sounds good. should we finish very briefly with the titanic? >> yes. so an auction took place this in america, and this week in america, and it's called heritage called the heritage auctions treasures hollywood treasures from planet hollywood auction, seen the auction, and if anyone seen the film titanic, they will know that the door, bit of that the, the door, the bit of door that kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio clung to at leonardo dicaprio clung on to at the end the film was a huge the end of the film was a huge bit of debate that for bit of debate that went up for auction. eight foot

auction. it's an eight foot prop, it went for £718,000. prop, and it went for £718,000. it's even the full door. it's not even the full door. it's not even the full door. it's just a bit of the frame at the top, but yeah, that went. >> and her dress dollars or sterling, that's dollars $718,000. >> do you know what that is in pounds, are you gonna do the seven, 87 eight? seven, seven, 87 eight? >> about 640. yeah. so >> probably about 640. yeah. so still a lot of money for a bit of a door off, but yeah. >> so that's crazy. that went and her dress at the end went for $112,000. >> who won item. for $112,000. >> don't noi'i item. for $112,000. >> don't know. item. for $112,000. >> don't know. who n. for $112,000. >> don't know. who won. >> don't know. who won. >> don't know. probably some >> don't know. no. probably some mega fan. yes. mega titanic fan. yes. >> i mean you'd have to be, wouldn't you. >> yeah. cracking >> yeah. great film cracking ellie. much. ellie. thank you so much. appreciate still to appreciate it. right. still to come, to be joined in come, i'm going to be joined in the by luxury chocolatier the studio by luxury chocolatier to things easter eggs. to talk all things easter eggs. lots of treats on standby for to talk all things easter eggs. lots this eats on standby for to talk all things easter eggs. lots this ists on standby for to talk all things easter eggs. lots this is saturday|dby for to talk all things easter eggs. lots this is saturday morning me. this is saturday morning live news. stay with

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. she said our daughters went to board at a convent at 12 years old. they were given the choice as to whether they wanted to board or be day girls. they opted to board. they absolutely loved it and have lifelong friends from that period, mona says. went to boarding school says. i went to boarding school aged and bullied aged eight and was bullied occasionally , but was all occasionally, but it was all about growing and prepared me about growing up and prepared me for i look for the real world. and i look back my time there with pride back on my time there with pride and says, i'm not anti and mary says, i'm not anti boarding school. and i think boarding school. and i do think both sides or both sides are pro or anti boarding have valid boarding schools have valid points. kid's points. however from a kid's perspective, nowhere perspective, there's nowhere to escape. if at school they're having difficult time with having a difficult time with kids i kids or teachers. so yeah, i mean of experience, mean lots of varied experience, there's doubt, personally, there's no doubt, personally, i wouldn't i don't think, wouldn't do it. i don't think, you know, have many years you know, we have many years left our kids before they left with our kids before they grow up and they move out and start hating you. so i'd rather them be home with me. but them be at home with me. but we're on to my we're going to move on to my favourite of show. favourite segment of the show. i've looking forward to i've been looking forward to this. it's of course. this. it's easter, of course. easter tomorrow. and it's easter sunday tomorrow. and it's only to end the show with only right to end the show with chocolate. so who better join chocolate. so who better to join me chocolatier william me than chocolatier william curley, whose passion is

creating products creating high quality products with natural with fresh and natural ingredients? with fresh and natural ingredierbooks, own shop multiple books, has his own shop in soho, central london, and his chocolate is sold at chocolate is also sold at harrods. and i understand. william, good morning to you. good you have a good morning. you have a guinness of records guinness book of world records title for what? >> yes. so i guess it must be about ten years ago now. we made about ten years ago now. we made a chocolate egg that was about four feet tall and 50kg in weight, which was auctioned by sotheby's, and it went for around 7500 pounds. and it's still to this day , the most still to this day, the most expensive, egg sold seven and a half grand for an easter egg. indeed, indeed . indeed, indeed. >> 50 kilos indeed. >> 50 kilos indeed. >> yes, yes. »- >> yes, yes. >> who ate it? was it shared around? >> yeah. well, they actually did. the person who actually bought it. >> it's on the screen now. so why was it so special? was it jewelled. >> no not jewelled. it's a non jewelled, i guess it just made the beautiful chocolate from tuscany. it was filled with her handmade or sea salt handmade truffles or sea salt caramels. truffles. and the caramels. love truffles. and the person bought it, caramels. love truffles. and the pers(actually bought it, caramels. love truffles. and the pers(actually gave bought it, caramels. love truffles. and the pers(actually gave it bought it, caramels. love truffles. and the pers(actually gave it away |t it, caramels. love truffles. and the pers(actually gave it away tot, they actually gave it away to charity. so nice little touch.

charity. so a nice little touch. >> oh, wow. fantastic. right. so what you got here? this what have you got here? this is from your boutique in soho. >> boutique in harrods? yes. we've got couture chocolates. we've got a couture chocolates. we've got a couture chocolates. we've got a couture chocolates. we've got berry filled egg. so we've got a berry filled egg. so inside raspberry inside you've got raspberry truffles. little sea truffles. we've got a little sea salt, caramel eggs or sea salt caramels inside. and a caramels inside. and he's a little crispy. fountain milk chocolate look comments. >> wow. look at the comments. going grab this one. what is going to grab this one. what is this one with red. this one with the red. >> yeah. so it's a berry >> yeah. so it's a bit a berry egg. and inside there's raspberry truffles. egg. and inside there's ras|so rry truffles. egg. and inside there's ras|so it'struffles. egg. and inside there's ras|so it'struffll'm not sure if >> so it's like i'm not sure if you can see from camera, but you can see from the camera, but it's quite a crispy, crispy coated. what's on outside. coated. what's on the outside. yeah. it's freeze dried berries. >> so it's freeze dried berries. so berries. yeah. >> sure about >> i'm not sure about that. charlie rowley. you charlie rowley. what do you think? freeze berries think? freeze dried berries coating egg. coating an easter egg. >> well, i slipped myself in and announced i have to notice that. >> yes. >> yes. >> i couldn't resist the temptation for chocolate. and >> i couldn't resist the tenl'mtion for chocolate. and >> i couldn't resist the tenl'mtion foachocolate. and >> i couldn't resist the tenl'mtion foa chocoholic..nd >> i couldn't resist the tenl'mtion foa chocoholic. id >> i couldn't resist the tenl'mtion foa chocoholic. i do no, i'm quite a chocoholic. i do like chocolate. it would be. like a chocolate. it would be. who like a chocolate? who doesn't like a chocolate? well, coming down well, quite. i'll be coming down to after this. to your store after this. >> that's nice. william, just tell us over easter much tell us over easter how much does business surge? >> oh, is this like your. >> oh, is this like your. >> yeah. yeah. christmas and easter huge for us. would

easter are huge for us. i would say that there are 4 or 5 fold on a normal kind of period in the month, like. it the month, if you like. it really of shoots us for us. really sort of shoots us for us. and the great thing about easter and christmas, you get sort of and christmas, you get a sort of runway it just picks runway towards it. it just picks up and gradually. then up gradually and gradually. then it you know, the it kind of peaks, you know, the thursday, friday, saturday. >> only that >> right. it's only polite that we stuck into these then. so we get stuck into these then. so i'm going a look at i'm going to have a look at these ones. what are these. >> are just handmade fresh >> these are just handmade fresh chocolates. of chocolates. so there's lots of different flavours there. there's japanese. >> make them. >> did you did you make them. there we go. >> yes. all hand. yes indeed. >> yes. all by hand. yes indeed. >> yes. all by hand. yes indeed. >> you personally your >> so you personally not your staff. i'm. i'm part of >> yes. yes, i'm. i'm part of the yes. i cook as much as the team. yes. i cook as much as everybody else. >> let's and get this one >> let's try and get this one out what's this? out here. what's what's this? can that guy? can you see that guy? >> picked raspberry one >> you picked a raspberry one again? yes. you again? raspberry? yes yes. you want something a little want to try something a little bit go. want to try something a little bit right. go. want to try something a little bit right. raspberrygo. want to try something a little bit right. raspberry one. >> right. raspberry one. charlie, stuck in. you go. >> let me you some go. » let go. you some of the >> let me tell you some of the flavours. this is this >> let me tell you some of the fltaours. this is this >> let me tell you some of the flta bread this is this >> let me tell you some of the flta bread chocolates is this >> let me tell you some of the flta bread chocolate from1is is a bread chocolate from poland. little bakery poland. the little bakery in belgravia. and belgravia. this is rose and raspberry. black raspberry. japanese black vinegar. peruvian vinegar. this is a peruvian blanco. pure ganache, coconut praline, maple, pistachio, hojjati, yuzu, japanese citrus fruit muscovado honey. >> i will. emu- emu— p“ to insult you by >> am i going to insult you by saying it reminds me of turkish

delight? >> well, it's got a jelly on the base, so packed for you on base, so i packed it for you on the base. so you're absolutely right. >> you're not offended by that? >> you're not offended by that? >> all. people want >> no, not at all. people want hazelnut, rosemary, olive oil. 0h. hazelnut, rosemary, olive oil. oh. orange and oh. gosh. gosh. orange and orange and mint orange and almond and fresh mint . please try one oh so fresh. >> charlie. get stuck into >> charlie. you get stuck into to want in—depth to that. we want a nice in—depth review in a second. >> me get what what what is >> let me get what what what is the popular egg. you. the most popular egg. thank you. >> most . probably the two >> the most. probably the two most would be our most popular eggs would be our sea salt caramel filled. actually, we actually fell so in the uk a year, there's 80 hollow eggs, 80 million. sorry. hollow eggs, 80 million. sorry. hollow eggs made, not many have fillings in them, but also have fillings. so sea salt caramel is very popular and house truffles are very popular. >> and this week, william i saw stories chocolate prices >> and this week, william i saw storierthrough:hocolate prices >> and this week, william i saw storierthrough the olate prices >> and this week, william i saw storierthrough the roof! prices >> and this week, william i saw storierthrough the roof .3rices >> and this week, william i saw storierthrough the roof . yes.s going through the roof. yes. what's going on? and have you been what's going on? and have you beeyeah. everyone's to what's going on? and have you be

weather, there's been a lack of investment put into cocoa production facilities. so demand is outstripping the amount, if you like . so it's pushing it up. you like. so it's pushing it up. no, i haven't as yet as yet. most of the beans that make the chocolate that we have comes from the indigenous part of the world. so if you want the higher quality cocoa beans , so quality cocoa beans, so venezuela, colombia, quality cocoa beans, so venezuelthose colombia, quality cocoa beans, so venezuelthose ccofnbia, quality cocoa beans, so venezuelthose ccof nations , ecuador, those sort of nations, andifs ecuador, those sort of nations, and it's not being impacted in the same way. however, demand will know, impact it some will you know, impact it in some sort form. will you know, impact it in some sonwhat rm. will you know, impact it in some sonwhat isi. will you know, impact it in some sonwhat is this this one is >> what is this one. this one is insane, that is, is that yuzu? that's a fresh yuzu chocolate. yes. so it's very, you know, punchy fresh , bursting with punchy and fresh, bursting with flavour in my mouth. that's exactly how it should be. >> wouldn't get that with, >> you wouldn't get that with, say, cadbury, would you? yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> not for elm-l elm-— >> that's not for me to comment on. mean , i mean, on. no, i mean, i mean, historically wise, those companies, you know, done amazing . but i guess over amazing things. but i guess over time, they're bit bigger time, they're a bit much bigger than once were. we are a than they once were. we are a very small artisan producer. we only have 15 guys that only have about 15 guys that work so handmade in london. >> charlie, thoughts on that?

delicious. which one did you have? >>i have? >> i think i've just had the hazelnut, planning the beast. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yes. nice. >> yes. nice. >> delicious texture >> yes. nice. >> the delicious texture >> yes. nice. >>the base. delicious texture on the base. >> lovely. >> em- em— >> how does the uk fare compared to, rest of the world? to, say, the rest of the world? chocolatier i mean, the belgians. they? yeah. belgians. are they? yeah. >> historically wise >> well, historically wise belgians first, you belgians were the first, you know, fresh or to know, nation to make fresh or to make not necessarily fresh to make not necessarily fresh to make you want that make chocolates if you want that was in the beginning of the 19005. 1900s. historically wise britain, a great britain, britain has got a great history. so fries, rowntree, cadbury much front cadbury were very much front runners in the chocolate market and the mid 1800s. in fact, joseph in bristol, and the mid 1800s. in fact, joseph in bristol , they joseph fry, in bristol, they were the first company to, if you want, make a bar of chocolate. as we know now. and fry the first company fry was also the first company to easter egg, a hollow to make an easter egg, a hollow 999, to make an easter egg, a hollow egg, that makes sense. egg, if that makes sense. although wise although historically wise easter eggs go back thousands of years. >> you've got so @—- >> so you've got so many, many eggs here. are these just standard chocolate eggs? >> standard eggs. >> these are not standard eggs. they've beautiful praline they've got a beautiful praline centre. bit like centre. it's a little bit like the had, charlie. the chocolate you had, charlie. so hazelnut so you got that sort of hazelnut almond wafer in almond crispy fountain wafer in the centre. >> crack them open. >> crack them open. okay. >> crack them open. okay. do >> crack them open. okay. do you

know what? i don't if you know what? i don't know if you saw, already devoured a saw, but i've already devoured a whole easter egg on this show because nhs, nhs dish because the nhs, the nhs dish that saying do that advice out saying do not eat eggs sitting. eat easter eggs in one sitting. 0h which eat easter eggs in one sitting. oh which you know, a lot oh really? which you know, a lot of people were a bit miffed about. said the nanny about. they said it's the nanny state. as i would, smashed state. so i, as i would, smashed one bit earlier. me one a bit earlier. let me interact and tell you something. >> problem with chocolate, interact and tell you something. >> chocolate,n with chocolate, interact and tell you something. >> chocolate, real:h chocolate, interact and tell you something. >> chocolate, real chocolate.a, real chocolate, real chocolate. you'd cocoa you'd only have cocoa mass cocoa butter, and a bit of butter, sugar and a bit of vanilla. a lot of chocolate that you'll buy commercial chocolate. >> and i'll take the white one. yeah >> has other fats in the chocolate, if you like. so vegetable fats and soya fats, that type of thing. and that's a big issue. and also a lot of the if commercial chocolate if you want commercial chocolate is sugar . so if you want commercial chocolate is sugar. so hence is loaded with sugar. so hence why nhs is kind of putting why the nhs is kind of putting that eating fine that out. if you're eating fine art it's not art that chocolate, it's not such an issue. >> you much >> thank you so much for bringing all in. what bringing all these in. what a treat. you're welcome. i'm sure the production backstage, the production crew backstage, we're of these. >> yes. >> yes. >> william kedjanyi no worries. and if people want your chocolates where can they go? >> shop in >> so a little shop in soho, smith's off brewer smith's court, just off brewer street, shop in street, i also got a shop in harrods department store, and

you can of course, buy online. just william khalife .co.uk. great >> good stuff. thank you guys. enjoying charlie. enjoying that charlie. >> thank you . right. that's all >> thank you. right. that's all for today. you much. for today. thank you so much. devon up next. really devon grimes is up next. really appreciate devon grimes is up next. really appr

around, especially across scotland and northern ireland. some heavy with maybe some will be heavy with maybe the rumble of thunder. the odd rumble of thunder. better across better brightness will be across england and wales, but even here there few showers there will be a few showers around . but there will be a few showers around. but in there will be a few showers around . but in brightness, around. but in the brightness, temperatures reach around temperatures will reach around 14 or 15 degrees across the southern half of the uk into the evening , we start to see the evening, we start to see the cloud begin to clear across many parts of the country. exceptions really down towards the far south—west of the uk. we'll see some heavy showers here. they will move their way up towards south—west wales and eventually into northern ireland too. and at the same time we start to see some misty low cloud just beginning in from the some misty low cloud just begin|sea. in from the some misty low cloud just begin|sea. but in from the some misty low cloud just begin|sea. but where from the some misty low cloud just begin|sea. but where we�*n the some misty low cloud just begin|sea. but where we do he some misty low cloud just begin|sea. but where we do see north sea. but where we do see the clearest of the skies, we will a touch of frost as we will see a touch of frost as we start easter so a bright start easter day. so a bright start easter day. so a bright start many central areas, start for many central areas, but the misty low cloud across the east will spread its way westwards as we go through the course day. the course of the day. so come the afternoon . quite picture afternoon. quite a grey picture for of england and wales. for parts of england and wales. a few spits and spots of rain to the west of the brightness will be and northern be across scotland and northern

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