fri day friday the 5th of april. today the westminster honey trap scandal. tory mp will wragg admits his involvement after leaking colleagues numbers to a man he met on a dating app . man he met on a dating app. >> yes, another mp behaving badly. william wragg, a senior conservative, says that he is mortified and apologises profusely after admitting sending explicit images to someone online, and also passed on phone numbers of other mps who were then targeted are bringing more shortly . bringing more shortly. >> us president joe biden tells benjamin netanyahu to stop killing civilians in gaza. begging the question will

washington withhold arms sales to israel? >> could a new activist group bnng >> could a new activist group bring more disruption to our streets this spring? just stop oil and the controversial group pro—palestine action have joined forces. we have a gb news exclusive of charlie peters has the latest. >> find out why policing minister chris philp has issued a fresh warning this morning about criminality having no place on our streets. i'll have the exclusive this hour . the exclusive this hour. >> a survey reveals a record number of police officers are now turning to food banks in order to stay afloat. is it time they get a pay rise ? they get a pay rise? >> should we put fillings before fillers? dentists have come under fire after apparently providing patients with botox treatments. that comes, of course, amid a backlog of dental appointments and in the sport this morning, all manchester united fans look away . united fans look away. >> so manchester united snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

against chelsea. liverpool go top again as they beat sheffield united and max verstappen is the fastest in practice in the japanese grand prix. fastest in practice in the japanese grand prix . rain, hail. japanese grand prix. rain, hail. >> snow 20 celsius possible tomorrow and some very strong winds from a storm system. there's lots going on with the weather over the next couple of days. join me later for a full forecast. >> moulding to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on gb news. now, i've got to talk to you about biscuits this morning. it's very important for a number of reasons. apparently there's a new survey saying hobnobs are the ultimate biscuit to dunk in your tea. well, we sort of knew that. yeah, but also the daily stars put a lovely biscuit quiz in this morning. yes, yes, yes. so there's two for you. >> okay. yeah, i know my biscuits very well. oh do you.

okay. i would say i'm a biscuit connoisseur. >> so fig rolls were invented as. what a health food. an aphrodisiac or a sleeping boost . aphrodisiac or a sleeping boost. >> health food , that is correct. >> health food, that is correct. ding ding ding ding ding. digestives everyone likes a digestive. yeah. buttered buttered. digestive. >> no. on the. you know, on a buttery base or a cheesecake maybe. >> oh that's true. yeah. anyway, they were made to cure. what? gout, wind or toothache? >> gout . >> gout. >> gout. >> wind? >> wind? >> wind, wind. >> wind, wind. >> the reason i bring up biscuits, and you may well ask. yes, yes, is because someone promised me today that they were going to bring it. oh yeah. about that, mini egg cookies. i was told this was a promise. i think she said on the phone on wednesday. yeah, i'm going to make mini egg cookies and bring them in as a special treat on fri day. >> friday. >> as of friday, treat. >> as of friday, treat. >> and i did notice this morning your handbag was empty.

>> did you go rooting through my handbag again? of course. >> i was looking for biscuits. >> i was looking for biscuits. >> he's like a raccoon. >> he's like a raccoon. >> where are they ? >> where are they? >> where are they? >> well, no, that could be explained. so i went out last night, to see the scoop film, which actually out on netflix today. it's about the prince andrew documentary. so i would say was actually technically say i was actually technically working because we're going to be about later today. be talking about it later today. are we? so technically, i was working night. so are we? so technically, i was vicouldi'i'l night. so are we? so technically, i was vicouldi'i'l bake. night. so are we? so technically, i was vicouldi'i'l bake. butjht. so are we? so technically, i was vicouldi'i'l bake. but i|t. so are we? so technically, i was vicouldi'i'l bake. but i am so i couldn't bake. but i am working with tomorrow and working with you tomorrow and i am with you sunday, so i am working with you sunday, so i thought you'd forgive me because then whip up batch then i could whip up a batch this afternoon you'll have this afternoon and you'll have them your saturday treat them as your saturday treat instead. is okay? instead. okay is that okay? >> that'll of. >> that'll sort of. >> that'll sort of. >> does that suffice? >> does that suffice? >> will of suffice, but >> it will sort of suffice, but it is awkward because it's not only promised said only you that i promised said biscuits it's it'd biscuits to. no it's not. it'd be the. it'll be the better half is it. >> no. e no. the is it. >> no. the management. >> no, no. the management. >> no, no. the management. >> they be in over the weekend. >> no, i said to them i'd bring them in today. this is what i'm saying. >> oh, jesus. >> oh, jesus. >> things are more awkward than you think. >> it's been nice working with you. >> i know i'm going to be so

fired. know, so fired. fired. fired. i know, so fired. fired. >> but you'll get some tomorrow. good >> well, i'll keep you on for the weekend. >> oh, maybe leave some on >> oh, maybe i'll leave some on the then you're out the doon >> frankly. sorry, right. let's crack with main news this crack on with the main news this morning. a lot of papers morning. so a lot of the papers today were talking about that honey yesterday, well, honey trap yesterday, well, we now detail. now know a bit more detail. conservative mp will wragg has admitted that he's been involved in of this, and he's handed in all of this, and he's handed out personal phone numbers of colleagues met on a colleagues to a man he met on a dating app. >> yes, hazel grove mp said >> yes, the hazel grove mp said he provided the details after sending intimate pictures of himself . himself to the user. >> wragg said he was scared that the man had compromising things on him. >> let's talk to our political correspondent katherine forster, who's in westminster for us this morning. i mean, there's lots of elements this. catherine, elements to this. catherine, first foremost , this sounds first and foremost, this sounds like blackmail . like blackmail. >> yes it does. and concerns, of course, about, what the mps put online. but yes, this story

broke yesterday, but more details have emerged, overnight specifically that , william specifically that, william wragg, who's a senior conservative, represents hazel grove in greater manchester since 2015. he's vice chair of the 1922 committee. he has admitted that basically he fell foul of this sixteen scandal. he met a man on grindr, the dating app.he met a man on grindr, the dating app. he sent a compromising photograph. this person then pressured him into giving the numbers of up to a dozen other mps and parliamentary staffers that this person then contacted them, pretending to be either a man called charlie or a girl called abby, pretending to have met them, gave them information which made them think like they knew them. and most of these mps ignored these messages. but two

others we understand did also send a compromising pictures. now, william wragg, for his part , says that he says i've hurt people by being weak. i was scared i'm mortal fide. i'm so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt, lest ayrshire police are now involved investigating what they call malicious communications , sir malicious communications, sir lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house, has written to mps emphasising good practice in in keeping safe. but my goodness . keeping safe. but my goodness. yet bought more bad news for the government. they want to be talking about cuts to national insurance, but instead here we are talking about another mp behaving badly. he's not the first. he won't be the last. but goodness, the government doesn't need this at the moment. worth saying william wragg is standing

down at the next election , down at the next election, despite the fact that he's only quite young , he is indeed. quite young, he is indeed. >> i mean, this is going to bnng >> i mean, this is going to bring up huge questions about security, isn't it, catherine? especially in westminster, some mps think a foreign power could be behind this cyber attack . it be behind this cyber attack. it could also just be an individual. we're not quite sure on the details just yet, are we? >> no we're not. we don't know who is behind this. this person claiming to be either charlie or abby could potentially be foreign involvement. we simply do not know at this stage . but do not know at this stage. but clearly there is a general election looming. there are countries, russia, china, others that would like to destabilise us. so it is important that mps are mindful of this. and you know, what they put online is important and it can come back to bite them. and it is surprising in some ways, that

mps should behave like this, given that they must know the risks. you know, children are taught at school, fairly basic stuff about online safety. don't send compromising images to people that you don't know. and be very careful , people that you don't know. and be very careful, about what you put out there. it seems like some mps could do by learning those lessons as well. >> okay, catherine, for now, thanks very much indeed. >> now, us president joe biden has called for an immediate ceasefire following a tense phone call between the israeli prime minister and the american president . president. >> well, during the conversation, netanyahu also promised to open two new aid corridors into gaza. in the first such talks since israel killed seven aid workers on monday. >> well , let's get the thoughts >> well, let's get the thoughts of former adviser to the clinton and bush administration, steve gill. good to see you this morning, steve. steve, good morning. what do you make of this tense 30 minute phone call between joe biden and benjamin

netanyahu ? netanyahu? >> well, first of all, i think the fact that joe biden is calling for a ceasefire from israel without issuing a similar call to hamas, who are continuing to hold hostages from that atrocious attack on israel, would make for a tense conversation. and second, you've got joe biden calling for the political ousting of netanyahu by israel, if somebody was calling for joe by israel, if somebody was calling forjoe biden to get calling for joe biden to get defeated in the election, a foreign power, i think he'd be a little testy when they had their first conversation as well. >> yeah, but you know , you raise >> yeah, but you know, you raise a perfectly valid point, steve. of course you do , but with all of course you do, but with all of this, the international community has turned against israel now in all of this, hasn't it? i mean, not because of what they went through in october, but because of how absolutely brutal the response has been. now, the big question is, is israel really going to listen to what america is telling it? >> i think there's pressure on

them, particularly since joe biden and the administration are threatening to cut off arms shipments. you've got the uk threatening to cut off arms shipments to israel to try and force their hand to be much more soft in dealing with with gaza at this point. but you're exactly right. i mean, the world community is starting to turn their attention to israel as they fight in this extremely tight environment . and it is tight environment. and it is almost impossible to hit targets without having some level of civilian casualty. and the question is , can they just leave question is, can they just leave hamas in place with hamas threatening that they will do again what they've done to israel , they're not backing off israel, they're not backing off at all. so, israel is really in at all. so, israel is really in a hard place. they have to eliminate hamas as a threat. a hard place. they have to eliminate hamas as a threat . and eliminate hamas as a threat. and while trying to, to virtually eliminate any possibility of civilian casualties, i don't think anybody seriously thinks that israel intentionally was hitting these aid convoys, even though some are claiming that, i think it's just in in war, in

tight confines, there will be civilian casualties, and at some point you've got the hamas terrorists that are continuing to attack these convoys , steal to attack these convoys, steal the food and medicine that's intended for civilians . so it's intended for civilians. so it's a difficult situation all around. and i think you have to give israel some latitude, while at the same time demanding they be very, very careful about civilian casualties . civilian casualties. >> steve, just how likely do you think it could be that joe biden would consider limiting arms sales to israel or limiting intelligence sharing, because both of those options are on the table. but he's been criticised for that being simply just threats, just words . threats, just words. >> well, i think the intelligence capabilities are more important than ever. you need to be giving israel everything that that we have, that the west has of, of where targets are appropriate and those that are not, to try and make better lines between what would be a legitimate target and what might put civilians at risk. at the same time, joe biden is playing a political calculus. he has real issues

with the muslim community in the us, in key battleground states like michigan and minnesota, that he has to carry in november to win re—election. and you have a lot of protest at free palestine, kinds of protests and even heckling at his own events. he's playing that political calculation in calculating that the jewish vote in the us is not as significant to him in those states as trying to make sure that the muslim vote in those states stays sided with him. so he's playing a political calculation and cutting off arms may or may not help him or hurt him. in november. >> okay, steve, good to see you this morning. thanks very much indeed. we'd love to know your thoughts today. vaiews@gbnews.com. whatever america does, should we stop arms sending arms over there if they're being used and killing civilians in that to the level they are at the moment in gaza? it's a hugely difficult and complex situation where people have got every sympathy with

what israel went through. have they responded appropriately or not? the fact that, what is it, six, seven months on? yeah. now and this is still this is still happening. >> it's over 30,000 dead now, isn't it, yes. >> which seems to be talking to robert fox yesterday. i mean, that's that figure comes from hamas. that's 30, 2000, i think, isn't it, which some will be hamas fighters, but a lot the majority of civilians. but robert fox was saying, well, that seems to be a pretty accurate figure, actually. you know , again, question what hamas know, again, question what hamas says, i don't know. it's a it's a it's a very difficult one, very difficult one. >> do let us know what you think about that story or indeed any of the stories we're talking about today. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> could new activist >> now, could a new activist group bring more disruption to our this spring? well, our streets this spring? well, the policing minister, chris philp, has issued a warning after gb news revealed that just stop youth movement has stop oil youth movement has joined forces with the controversial activist group

palestine action for a so—called resist peace campaign. >> well, together they are calling for an end to oil and gas licences and an embargo on arms deals with israel. youth demand is planning marches and unspecified action next week, while our reporter charlie peters has the story. >> new environmental group youth demand is advertising upcoming marches and activities in collaboration with palestine action. the group started as just stop oil students and is asking volunteers if they are willing to risk arrest . asking volunteers if they are willing to risk arrest. i met with chiara sarti , an organiser with chiara sarti, an organiser with chiara sarti, an organiser with the group. >> we're a new campaign that is demanding that the tories and the labour party commit to stopping all tory oil in the stopping all tory oil in the stop , selling weapons with stop, selling weapons with israel and buying weapons from israel. >> but you're also saying that they're driving another genocide

by virtue of links with oil and gas. >> they're allowing this fossil fuel projects to go through . fuel projects to go through. when that carbon gets put in the air, it will result in the deaths of millions of people. >> why do you think that the pro—palestine environmental causes are linked ? causes are linked? >> if you look closely, it is the same broken political system thatis the same broken political system that is driving genocide on both fronts . the tories and labour fronts. the tories and labour are are driving these policies that are going to kill millions of people . they basically place of people. they basically place no value whatsoever on human life. and we can clearly see this in gaza. i think this is this in gaza. i think this is this clearly goes to show just how little value they place on human life, how cheap palestinian blood is into those people. >> we've also seen some signage , >> we've also seen some signage, soledar protests and clashes, shutting down factories . and shutting down factories. and what do you make of that sort of behaviour, particularly shutting down factories associated with elbit systems? >> we absolutely need to

>> yeah, we absolutely need to do everything we non—violently can to sever the links , between can to sever the links, between the, the uk and the israeli war machine. absolutely unlikely, especially our factories blocking suez. yeah. breaking windows . do you support all of windows. do you support all of that action? >> i think we need to emotionally connect with what is happening here, 12 000 kids have been brutally murdered. i think if that's not, if that's not going to get you on the streets, you basically have no values whatsoever . and it's 1000 whatsoever. and it's 1000 generations are going to spit on your grave . your grave. >> well, charlie's here in the studio. i mean, look, they're uncompromised . they've got their uncompromised. they've got their own, you know, they're determined to get their voices heard. but in a sense , that's heard. but in a sense, that's youth, isn't it? twas ever thus . youth, isn't it? twas ever thus. >> well, potentially, because youth demand is a spin off from

just stop oil. it's associated with the larger organisation, which been extremely which has been extremely disruptive in recent years, but it's always been non violent. and lord walney, the government's political advisor on political violence and disruption, has said that this represents an unholy alliance of militant gaza protesters and environmentalists because he fears, like many others , that fears, like many others, that this could be the start of a new process of radicalisation where some people involved in the environmental cause are latching on to this crisis in the middle east to get their message back into the public consciousness. we've also heard since we've revealed these new links between these groups , from the policing these groups, from the policing minister, chris philp, who said that criminality has no place on our streets and that the police have been given new powers to take a look at these issues and they won't stand by if groups such as just stop oil and palestine action combine for protests coming up now, as you were saying , just stop oil and were saying, just stop oil and associated groups disruptive,

but not necessarily violent. palestine action, by contrast, have been much stronger in their protests. and it was interesting heanng protests. and it was interesting hearing from chiara sarti , who hearing from chiara sarti, who we just heard from, saying that while she said her movement was non—violent and believed in protest, peaceful protest, she did also say that she agreed with some of the actions of palestine action which was seeing your screen now, which seeing on your screen now, which is destruction factories. is the destruction of factories. several incidents to several incidents related to that the group was founded that since the group was founded in 2020. they are particularly keen on targeting businesses associated with israeli military technology firms, and that has led to these concerns now that some of those environmental groups, in collaboration with with more, let's say, direct pro—palestine groups, could see that sort of disruption coming onto the streets of britain soon. we do know that they're meeting from sunday for the first time. this is a new group that we're revealing, and this collaboration palestine collaboration with palestine action occur in action is set to occur in central wednesday. central london on wednesday. what they won't what it will include, they won't tell me. funnily enough, they don't want to give away their

plans. but did say that plans. but they did say that hundreds be involved. hundreds would be involved. >> what do think >> okay. and what do you think the response will be on the police response will be on wednesday? they're wednesday? presumably they're prepared. it very much prepared. well it very much depends sort of protests depends on the sort of protests we see. >> if it's just a march some >> if it's just a march and some degree then degree of disruption, then i think it'll replicate some of the some of the police action we've far with other we've seen so far with other just oil related activities . but just oil related activities. but we do have new police powers coming in today. and so this could be a first major test of what policing minister chris philp is describing as those new powers that they have to take them on. if that direct action is some of the kind we are used to seeing with palestine action. >> okay, charlie, thank you. well, demand has told well, youth demand has told us in statement, philp is in a statement, chris philp is right criminality has no right that criminality has no place in our streets, but it also should have no place in the corridors of power. sadly that's not the case at the moment . not the case at the moment. >> people of all political persuasions are seeing that politics is failing us and that our leaders are more interested in enriching themselves rather than protecting ordinary people .

than protecting ordinary people. young people are not content to have criminals running the country . the palestine action country. the palestine action yet to get back to us. yeah you can see what they're saying . but can see what they're saying. but they're not criminals in westminster, are they? i mean, that's that's the point. there's a difference between calling someone a criminal because you don't like what they're doing to actually engaging in criminal behaviour. >> yeah, the worry is, i think the youth, as we have seen with just stop oil, are almost the most disruptive of these groups because they're the most willing to engage in, in disruptive behaviour. you know, they're the ones scaling the gantries on the m25, for example. so having this alliance, it will be very interesting see what they're interesting to see what they're planning next week. yeah, it'll be disruptive . okay. be very disruptive. okay. >> let's change tune. give you something to smile about this morning and tell you about the biggest giveaway of the year so far. biggest giveaway of the year so fan your biggest giveaway of the year so far. your chance to win far. it's your chance to win a £10,000 greek cruise for two. but that's not all, is it, miss

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gb news. now 625 seven men and women guilty of heinous offences are to be sentenced today. in what many believe to be scotland's world worst child abuse case. >> yes. from 2012 to 2019, four children were subject to depraved acts of sexual violence in what became known as beasty

house in glasgow. >> well, the monks, the crimes, the attempted murder of a baby girl, a scotland reporter, tony maguire , reports. maguire, reports. >> last year the high court in glasgow oversaw what many believe to be scotland's worst ever child abuse trial. it was a case so gruelling that jurors were offered counselling and a senior detective described the depravity as unprecedented . depravity as unprecedented. seven members of the child sex ring were told by judge lord beckett they face possible life sentences for preying on four children, three accusing them of gang rape and sexual abuse, and a dank glasgow drug den between 2012 and 2019. >> you should understand that each of you faces a very substantial prison sentence and that, at the very least, it is likely in each of your cases to be extended. >> ian owens, elaine landy , john >> ian owens, elaine landy, john clarke, paul brennan, barry watson , scott forbes and lesley watson, scott forbes and lesley williams were found guilty of a

utany williams were found guilty of a litany of charges in november, including the rape and sexual assault of children . five were assault of children. five were found guilty of the attempted murder of a baby girl in a microwave . she was forced to eat microwave. she was forced to eat dog food and was chased around by people wearing a devil mask. another two were found guilty of neglect and wilfully exposing children to harm. an eighth defendant, marianne gallacher , defendant, marianne gallacher, was convicted of assault and three others were acquitted dunng three others were acquitted during the trial. minister for children, young people in the promise, natalie don, said she hoped that the verdict would bnng hoped that the verdict would bring some small comfort that those found guilty would soon face justice. she told stv news that child sexual abuse and violence is abhorrent, and my thoughts are with the children involved in this case at what must be an unimaginably difficult time . detective difficult time. detective superintendent nicola cobain said the courage of the victims was essential in securing this conviction . conviction. >> this has been a horrific ordeal for the young victims ,

ordeal for the young victims, who were subjected to years of unimaginable abuse . unimaginable abuse. >> the ruling is believed to be the largest prosecution of a child sex ring in scotland, following what he described as a harrowing trial with the most distressing evidence. judge lord beckett excused the 15 jurors from ever serving on a panel again . tony maguire, gb news again. tony maguire, gb news glasgow . glasgow. >> absolutely shocking, absolutely shocking . absolutely shocking. >> very, very upsetting. >> very, very upsetting. >> okay. at the time , at what is >> okay. at the time, at what is it? 6:28. let's have a look at the weather for you today with alex deakin . alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news and other wet starts for many out there today, but it should get a bit brighter through the day. some

wet across scotland with wet weather across scotland with some hill snow here. some pretty grim on the roads grim conditions on the roads with of hill and with a mixture of hill snow and heavy rain low levels. not heavy rain at low levels. not very pleasant at all. that wet weather clearing away, as is weather is clearing away, as is the from eastern england, the rain from eastern england, so certainly in so brightening up certainly in the sunny spells the south. some sunny spells developing through this afternoon, still afternoon, but there will still be few showers chug be a fair few showers to chug through on fairly brisk wind . through on a fairly brisk wind. that window is bringing relatively mild air, so temperatures sunny spells temperatures in the sunny spells 16, 17, 18. it feels cold, 16, 17, maybe 18. it feels cold, though. still across scotland , though. still across scotland, single digits likely here, and another rain cross another pulse of rain will cross scotland through this evening and overnight. it will chiefly be rain, though tonight, rather than a hill snow we've seen through last night. another area of rain then works up across the rest of the uk and the winds continue to strengthen, particularly the west , particularly in the west, through early hours. but through the early hours. but again, that mild again, bringing that mild air out mild night lows of 10 out very mild night lows of 10 to 12 celsius in the south. so a warm start to the weekend. but a windy one as well, particularly so in the west around western coast . we have a met office

coast. we have a met office yellow warning in place. storm kathleen named by the irish weather service because they will bear brunt of the will bear the brunt of the strongest winds, but nevertheless unseasonably gusty for on saturday. those winds for us on saturday. those winds could cause some travel disruption. there will be some showers, many places will showers, but many places will be dry some and it dry with some sunshine and it will still be very warm, particularly in the east. over 20 for first time 20 degrees for the first time this year . this year. >> em- this year. >> feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt sponsors of weather boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> time for the sport this morning. paul coyte is here. >> good morning to you. oh good morning. oh what a game yesterday at stamford bridge it was. yeah, yeah. there's was. yeah, yeah. and there's a few manchester united fans around this building around this area that are shifting uncomfortably every time i talk about this . so anyway it was about this. so anyway it was chelsea versus manchester united. shall i go through it very quickly. go on. because there's a lot to go through. chelsea after 19 minutes go to up. you're thinking you know this is incredible chelsea.

things are turning around for chelsea. things are looking good. so early who would good. so early on. who would have that then united have expected that then united then a comeback. 34th then make a comeback. 34th minute, 39th minute bruno fernanj. >> oh, he's my fernandez. >> oh, he's my fernandez. >> i prefer to call him because that's just nonsense, so it's two two at half time. so all to play two two at half time. so all to play for. very exciting game then manchester united pretty much complete the comeback after going two nil down. go three two up after 67 minutes. right. garnacho scores. >> garnacho scores. >> garnacho scoi'es. >> garnacho scores. >> then it looks like that's where it's going to be. so we're into 90 minutes. games should be all over chelsea fans are leaving thinking manchester united have done a smash and grab . we were two nil up and go grab. we were two nil up and go and lose three two. then it goes on ten minutes added time. chelsea then get a penalty . cole chelsea then get a penalty. cole palmer scores from the penalty. second penalty, by the way, scores and then it's like hell

for leather and manchester united. you know they're on the back foot. and then it's another goal back foot. and then it's another goal. it's the latest goal that we've ever seen in the premier league. 100 minutes and 39 seconds. and then manchester united then capitulate. and it's four three to chelsea. so many chelsea fans had left because they thought it was all over. can you imagine what it's like when you're leaving? i know people that have done that. and then you hear the yell and you can tell the difference outside the stadium, what is a good can tell the difference outside the �*and um, what is a good can tell the difference outside the �*and an, what is a good can tell the difference outside the �*and a bad what is a good can tell the difference outside the �*and a bad yell.t is a good yell and a bad yell. >> and so i left early. >> and so i left early. >> yeah. and they'd left early. and no has ever been and so no team has ever been leading so late to go on to lose. that's for all the manchester united fans. i'm so sorry, it's sorry, manchester united, it's their of the their seventh defeat of the season, which is the worst record that they've had since 1990. and erik ten hag, i think is in a whole heap of trouble, to be honest with you. >> yeah. he is. what about liverpool ? liverpool. liverpool? liverpool. >> they won. well anyway, >> okay. they won. well anyway, that's liverpool .

that's the other liverpool. liverpool. it was you know they're sheffield they're playing sheffield united. united are united. so sheffield united are bottom thinking well united. so sheffield united are bott and are they top of the. >> they are. so liverpool are top on 70. we've got arsenal on 68 and then manchester city on 67. all right. it's very tight at the top steven should we look at the top steven should we look at f1. yeah just briefly. it's the first practice session in suzuka in japan. both red bulls are the fastest i mean it's not really a surprise to be honest with you. max verstappen fastest again sergio perez, carlos sainz for ferrari and then the two mercedes of george russell and lewis hamilton right after that. >> okay, i like a bit of a bus stop. what have you got? >> i know you do. >> i know you do. >> i know you do. >> i know, i know, i seem like a very placid, you do character. but you know, i'm like, i'm up for a bit of a bus stop. >> i'll be honest with you, in sport, when you hear people say, oh, it's a fight on the pitch or

something happens and they go, oh, you don't want to that oh, you don't want to see that actually you do a lot. actually is yes, you do a lot. so hang on a second. let me tell you about this. this was ice hockey. now ice hockey of course. ice course. it's almost like ice hockey in middle hockey breaks out in the middle of fight usually. so this is of a fight usually. so this is overin of a fight usually. so this is over in the states. and this is a huge game. so this is new york against it's new york rangers against it's new york rangers against devils. against it's new york rangers agai|happened devils. against it's new york rangers agai|happened otherevils. against it's new york rangers agai|happened other night. this happened the other night. so how long do you reckon so anyway how long do you reckon until a fight broke out. broke out. it actually involved out. it was actually involved every single player. oh wow. they so how long from the they all. so how long from the beginning i don't know, five minutes. five minutes. what are you going to go for? really >> two minutes. >> two minutes. >> how about two seconds? no. oh, have a look at this. look at this. two seconds from the start of the game. there we are. the lights are on. everybody's excited. great local excited. we got a great local derby. one, two. and there it goes. and the fight breaks out. so that's two of them. oh that's rangers matt renee and new jersey's curtis mcdermott . jersey's curtis mcdermott. >> oh then they're all kicking

off and they all start. >> but the thing is it's like going to a dance. they've all decided the other one they're going to pick on. so it's like well going to dance well okay i'm going to dance with i'm going dance with you. i'm going to dance with you. i'm going to dance with you. i'm going to dance with you. then away they go. with you. and then away they go. >> oh dear. >> oh dear. >> and then you've got the coaches that are coming afterwards. yeah. i'm very afterwards. go. yeah. i'm very proud stuck, proud about the way they stuck, stuck other. i think stuck up for each other. i think it's the only sport where everybody, you go along and everybody, you go along and everybody sees fight as part everybody sees the fight as part of it. >> very e— e very odd, isn't it? >> it's very odd, isn't it? >> what? >> what? >> it's really, really is brilliant. entertainment. >> it's really, really is brilli hate entertainment. >> it's really, really is brilli hate to entertainment. >> it's really, really is brilli hate to sayntertainment. >> it's really, really is brilli hate to say it, rtainment. >> it's really, really is brilli hate to say it, but1ment. >> it's really, really is brilli hate to say it, but inent. >> it's really, really is brilli hate to say it, but i love it. >> okay, i know, me too. isn't it terrible, paul, thanks very much indeed. >> thank you very much. now, the secretary to the treasury, gareth be gareth davies mp, will be joining shortly to talk joining us very shortly to talk about government's national about the government's national insurance stay

us. >> all right. at 637, time to get some politics for you with

the exchequer. secretary to the treasury, gareth davies, who joins us now. really good to see you this morning. i know there's lots to talk about in regard to national insurance we get national insurance before we get to i want talk to that, though, i want to talk to that, though, i want to talk to you about this trap to you about this honey trap business. this business. and now this confirmation vice chair of confirmation from, vice chair of the 1922 will wragg that he's handed over a load of personal information of mps. i mean, this this is hugely concerning, isn't it , well, good morning, this is hugely concerning, isn't it, well, good morning, and thank you, as ever, for having me on your show. yes, it is extremely troubling , and extremely troubling, and worrying for anybody to hear this kind of activity takes place, will wragg has as you, referred to, apologised for the action he took but took in, a set of circumstances that i think many could potentially sympathise with in that he felt compromised and acted in a way that , he compromised and acted in a way that, he thought appropriate, but has clearly , apologised for

but has clearly, apologised for that activity. i would just say to anybody watching that feels that they're in a similar position , if they ever feel like position, if they ever feel like they're being compromised or blackmailed, they should report that to the police. and in this case, there is an investigation going on by the police and parliamentary security . and so parliamentary security. and so it's difficult for me to comment beyond what i've just said. but it's clearly a very troubling situation . situation. >> but, gareth, what advice is being given out to mps at the moment? because of course, this is heightened concerns about the vulnerability cyber vulnerability of mps to cyber attacks is very attacks and it is very concerning that we don't actually know how many mps have been targeted in this attack. there could be many more than we know of, and there could be many more compromising pictures and details that have been shared with with this person. >> well, you're right to raise the concern about mps , cyber the concern about mps, cyber security. generally. but what i would say is that we do have

pretty robust system of checks in place . we have a very well in place. we have a very well resourced parliamentary security department who are constantly providing advice to members of parliament as well as services, to , to us. so there are to, to us. so there are processes in place , there's processes in place, there's resourcing and there's a department dedicated to this. but clearly when certain situations happen like this one in particular, you know , there's in particular, you know, there's only so much you can do. >> yes . and mps, frankly, should >> yes. and mps, frankly, should know better than to put compromising pictures of themselves or send them to anyone. we know that. however, we've got to ask with this, and i know we haven't got a clear answer as yet, but there's got to be a concern either a malicious person, but this could be a foreign actor , couldn't it? be a foreign actor, couldn't it? there's a potential at least that this this could be someone like china, someone like russia involved in this sort of thing .

involved in this sort of thing. >> we i'm not going to speculate on this particular case, but we do have a very like i said, a very good parliamentary security department. the police are investigating this particular incident and situation . and so incident and situation. and so it's you're you know, you'll accept that hopefully. i can't comment further on that because of those reasons. but we are alive to any threat that happens that can occur against mps. and we have resources in place to tackle that. i wanted to talk to you about, reports we're hearing of joe biden having a very tense phone call with benjamin netanyahu about civilian deaths in gaza. >> it's his strongest indication yet that he is considering limiting arms sales to the country. also reports this morning that he's considering limiting sharing intelligence with israel as well with 32,000 people dead now in gaza, some of

those hamas fighters, but amongst them as well, innocent civilians , aid workers and civilians, aid workers and israeli hostages . there are some israeli hostages. there are some people who think that too many mistakes are being made. should we, as an ally of israel, be considering limiting arms sales and intelligence as well ? and intelligence as well? >> well, look, prime minister's been clear. too many civilians have been killed and not enough aid is getting through. and that's a message that he delivered directly to prime minister netanyahu on tuesday . minister netanyahu on tuesday. when he spoke to him, i think he described the situation as increasingly intolerable, now , increasingly intolerable, now, increasingly intolerable, now, in terms of our export controls, we do actually in the uk have incredibly robust, arms export control mechanisms and a system . control mechanisms and a system. it's enshrined in law, thanks to the export control act of 2002. and that places on the government a series of responsibilities to ensure that any export licenses that are

granted by the government are assessed constantly as to whether they are contributing in any way or facilitating the violation of international humanitarian law. that's an ongoing process. it draws as evidence from a series of sources and as i say, this is constantly reviewed by my colleagues in other departments. >> can we ask you then about national insurance? because i know you're here to sort of push the idea that the cut in ni, which was announced , you know, a which was announced, you know, a month or so ago now is coming into force tomorrow, i think . i into force tomorrow, i think. i mean, the government's saying it rewards hard workers . it's going rewards hard workers. it's going to end double taxation on work and all that sort of thing, labour says, because you're not adjusting the tax thresholds that actually people are going to be £870 worse off under the government. so whatever money they're getting back, they're still going to end up paying more tax , well, you're right to

more tax, well, you're right to highlight national insurance contributions. it does come into effect tomorrow. this is the second time in six months that we've cut national insurance contributions. so it's down by some 30 odd percent in just the last half a year. and we want to go further. we've said that, you know, if you've got a job, you pay know, if you've got a job, you pay two types of tax. you pay income tax and you pay national insurance. and we think insurance. and so we think that's fundamentally that's a fundamentally unfair thing. over time, thing. and eventually over time, we have an ambition to remove that unfairness . we're that unfairness. and we're making progress already making good progress already on the thresholds , this is a the thresholds, this is a government since 2010 has doubled the point at which you start paying income tax . we've start paying income tax. we've doubled that, threshold. so in this country now, i think you can earn almost £1,000 a month without paying any tax at all. and so that's the statistic i would put back at you . we have would put back at you. we have supported earners through income tax by increasing the thresholds. but i make no

mistake, i'm first to state that we've had to make some very difficult decisions in recent years because the debt has increased so high, because we stepped in with so much support dunng stepped in with so much support during covid and the war in ukraine pushed up energy prices, which that we to which meant that we had to effectively pay 50% people's effectively pay 50% of people's energy inevitably, if energy bills. so inevitably, if you're going to manage the economy sustainably , you need to economy sustainably, you need to balance these things. but we have been very clear that we want to reward work. want want to reward work. we want work and that's why work to pay. and that's why we're cutting , national we're cutting, national insurance contributions. >> , then, that >> but no denial, then, that some people are going to end up paying some people are going to end up paying more in tax as a result of, of the threshold situation . of, of the threshold situation. >> well, the lowest earners in our country, as i say, you can earn £1,000 in this country without paying any tax because we've doubled the threshold at which you start paying tax. and we're supporting people in in other ways. but we have had to make difficult decisions, as i say, since, the covid pandemic . say, since, the covid pandemic. and i think most people understand that. >> okay. and just finally,

because you mentioned well, because you mentioned as well, the long term plan to the sort of long term plan to end national insurance contributions, well , all well contributions, well, all well and good. but what do you do about that? i mean, how big is the black hole that leaves? is it as high as 60 billion? i don't know, but it's a very big black hole that it leaves. how do you fill it? >> well, we wouldn't do it overnight. right. so these reports that suggest that we're going to do it overnight, based on comments by the opposition, are obviously completely incorrect. we would we would do this over time. it's a long time ambition. it's quite right that government sets out a long term, direction and message to the british people as to where we want to go. but we're not going to do it by compromising our fiscal responsibility. we're not going to borrow to do it. we're going to borrow to do it. we're going to borrow to do it. we're going to do it when economic conditions allow. and if you just look at what we've done over last six months because over the last six months because we've in we've turned a corner in inflation, got down from 11 inflation, got it down from 11 to on a downward trajectory to 3.5% on a downward trajectory towards the target of 2. we can do these things. we can cut

taxes. we're only going to do it though when it's responsible to be able to execute on it. >> okay . gareth davies, we've >> okay. gareth davies, we've got to leave it there. good to talk to you. thank you. >> us now to go >> well, joining us now to go through papers morning through the papers this morning is government adviser is former government adviser claire showbiz claire pearsall and showbiz reporter takyi . really reporter stephanie takyi. really good to see you both this morning stephanie. let's start with and this with you, shall we? and this honey sex photo scandal in westminster. >> yes, it's quite unfortunate for william bragg, who is the vice chairman of the 1922 committee, he's come out and said that he felt weak, that he that this person who was blackmailing him had compromising things on him , but compromising things on him, but due to that, he gave out the numbers of at least 12 people, including mps and some of their staff members and other journalists as well, the problem with something like this , it with something like this, it just goes to show how online is

could be deadly and can be quite dangerous in a way , when you are dangerous in a way, when you are on these dating sites, you never know who you're actually talking to. and for him, it just seems like he's just had a moment of poor judgement here, you know, as this story develops, you can imagine , i can imagine imagine, i can imagine parliament had things in place where he could have actually gone to them first. maybe instead of giving out people's, personal details, but to be honest, you know, trying not to give him the hard line here because when you're in that kind of situation, you kind of think in short terms, probably not long. term, so it's quite sad the way things have ended for him. but again, when you are a pubuc him. but again, when you are a public figure, you do need to be careful when you're on such sites. >> eau claire, i mean, it's a it's a mess, isn't it? and you've got to have some sympathy for him to a degree, and yet, frankly, mps should know better , frankly, mps should know better, shouldn't they? >> they should. >> they should. >> and i think it highlights,

you of dating apps. we all need to be careful. but i think those in the public eye need to be more careful. there are a lot of things, as steph has said, there are a lot of things that parliament does. national cyber security centre will put secure devices together for you. we'll look at the information you hold on devices, whether it be a phone or an ipad or a laptop. so there are certain things and realistically will should have gone to the parliamentary authorities first. however, i can see that if he's in that space where he's being essentially blackmailed by somebody, he's going to be very worried and he wants to be able to cover yourself. yeah, but it does also highlight the question that some of his colleagues got these unsolicited messages and still sent photographs or images across. i think we all should learn. don't do that. really don't . and especially if you're don't. and especially if you're an mp, you have to be doubly careful. >> i mean, even in schools,

children are taught, aren't they, about online safety and not giving out personal information, not sending explicit photos all explicit photos and all that sort of stuff. sounds as sort of stuff. it sounds as though mps in westminster might need in online safety. >> is true because it >> well, it is true because it baffles me how, you know, public figures are not thinking that photos like this can get leaked out to the newspapers or on online. it's so easy, but it's nothing new, is it? >> because you had you've had all bryant's back in the day? exactly. it's something that has gone on for the dawn of time . gone on for the dawn of time. even before you had mobile phones with cameras, photographs were taken by long lenses . phones with cameras, photographs were taken by long lenses. mps had been caught in all sorts of different positions. so realistically , yes, they should realistically, yes, they should have learnt and it's been one of those issues over the years that sometimes they forget who they are, where they are and what their behaviour should be. clare what's the express saying about rwanda flights. >> well what the express believe is that migrant flights will take off soon.

>> what do you think. >> what do you think. >> i think that no flights will take off. i mean the daily express really, really desperately wants this to happen. i think the prime minister really, desperately, desperately wants this to happen. and it's quite interesting. in the first piece of the express article where it says, since easter, there has been a real step up in preparation as well. that was a week ago, so what haven't they been doing prior to this? still doesn't take away that fact. there are no physical planes willing to take people to rwanda, so unless the government has magic, those up, we are still in the same position that you may well have your plan in place. but if you physically cannot transport people then it isn't going to happen. >> yes. >> yes. >> it's a bit of a basic. >> yeah . i feel like this will >> yeah. i feel like this will continue to be a pipe dream for rishi sunak, especially in what will be an election year. there's so many issues for him

to deal with and i think you know, he's put so much focus onto rwanda and it's not moving anywhere. so he eventually he's going to have to place his focus on other things or come up with a back up plan. because if this does fail, which sad to say, i feel like it will. what? how are we going to deal with this situation? and what else has rishi got to offer the public? >> yeah, well, it's not good. i very much doubt it's going to be his problem for much longer. >> is it? i mean, it does feel a little like the way it's looking. stephanie. >> a positive sign, isn't it? that king charles wants to tour australia in october? that king charles wants to tour ausyes.a in october? that king charles wants to tour ausyes.a in owe yer? that king charles wants to tour ausyes.a in owe saw king >> yes. well, we saw king charles week for easter. charles last week for easter. and, you know, he did look like he's in spirits and it he's in good spirits and it seems like the king is still keen to get back out there in october and head to australia for a two week state visit. australia is quite important place for the monarch to visit the late queen visited there 16 times. wow and king charles has

yet to go there on an official state visit , so the plan is that state visit, so the plan is that he will go there in october for two weeks, so i think this is like a good sign that he is responding positively to his cancer treatment and that hopefully things will get back on track. but i do think, you know, king charles is 75 years old. i do believe he can have energy at any age, but they are saying in this story here that it will be quite scaled back. he would have to have a lot of downtime. he won't be doing the full works as he usually does , full works as he usually does, but before that he's hoping to do come out for the trooping of the colour in june. >> yeah. oh well, good on him. >> yeah. oh well, good on him. >> oh, i just hope he doesn't take on too much. >> he won't. >> he won't. >> they'll be watching him. oh, ihope >> they'll be watching him. oh, i hope so. >> yeah. one thing that was quite over the easter quite obvious over the easter weekend, was how much he weekend, claire, was how much he is the by the crowds, is buoyed by the by the crowds, by he really by the walkabout. he really enjoys course. enjoys it, of course. >> and that sense of duty >> and it's that sense of duty that he's got. he really wants to get out there and get back on with job that he there to

with the job that he is there to do, he loves to meet the do, and he loves to meet the crowds. and i think that was evident at the service to evident at the easter service to go speak to people, go around and speak to people, shake and just meet the shake hands and just meet the pubuc shake hands and just meet the public that put so much love into him . and people come from into him. and people come from all over the country to come and get a glimpse of the king and queen. yeah, and that is part of his life, let's just finish off with the star, should we? >> because the moon's going to get the moon's going to get its own time zone. steph. >> yeah, like around the world, we can know what time it is. but for these astronauts in moon, they do know what the time is. >> is $- $— >> is their time in space? >> is their time in space? >> well, apparently in space, it's seconds ahead it's almost 56.4 seconds ahead of it's less of earth because it's less gravity there. so the white house are putting pressure on these nasa geeks to find out how what time it is on the moon when they're out there. i don't know what relevance this is going to be to us on earth, unless we're travelling to the moon. >> but there's got to be if you're on the moon. the idea is obviously that we're going to

have stuff on the moon on a more permanent basis. so there's got to be lunar time. >> yeah, sounds lunar >> yeah, it sounds lunar insanity to me, but hey, of course it. >> yeah, mean, it's doesn't >> yeah, i mean, it's doesn't have a day such, does it? have a day as such, does it? >> no. >> no. >> and you sort of wonder how much time it's much relevance time has. it's not you can go catch a bus not as if you can go catch a bus or a train or. and what are they going to different like going to have different like daylight are they daylight savings time? are they going go and change going to have to go and change the clocks twice a year? >> times quite i mean, times quite important when you're launching claire. launching a rockets, claire. >> nasa has that they i >> but then nasa has that they i mean, if you're on the moon, do you need to know exactly what time it is? yes. can you not just wait back to base? >> of course. you need to know what time it is you are mad. >> i would feel claustrophobic on the moon. i would feel claustrophobic rocket. claustrophobic in a rocket. i just to come back to earth. just want to come back to earth. yeah, i don't know. yeah, yeah, i don't know. >> asking you. >> asking you. >> i i'm too fabulous to go >> i know i'm too fabulous to go to the moon. >> no, you've got it. yeah. luna. luna. time is important, think. >> okay. >> okay. >> and is there time in space? >> and is there time in space? >> there's no no, i meant, you know, the day, space time. such

a thing as day, i know. anyway, stephanie and claire, thank you very much indeed. shall we take a look at the weather here on earth with alex? >> brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news and other wet starts for many out there today, but it should get a bit brighter through the day. some wet weather across scotland with some hill snow here, some pretty grim conditions on the roads with of hill snow and with a mixture of hill snow and heavy rain at low levels. not very pleasant at all. that wet weather clearing away, as is weather is clearing away, as is the from eastern england, the rain from eastern england, so in so brightening up certainly in the spells the south. some sunny spells developing this developing through this afternoon. still afternoon. but there will still be fair few showers to chug be a fair few showers to chug through on fairly brisk wind. through on a fairly brisk wind. that is bringing that window is bringing relatively mild air, so temperatures the spells temperatures in the sunny spells 16, 17, maybe 18. it feels cold though. across scotland, though. still across scotland, single digits likely here, and another pulse of rain will cross

scotland through this evening and overnight chiefly be and overnight it will chiefly be rain , though tonight, rather rain, though tonight, rather than hill we've seen than a hill snow we've seen through last night. than a hill snow we've seen through last night . another area through last night. another area of rain then works up across the rest the uk and the winds rest of the uk and the winds continue to strengthen, particularly in the west, through the hours. but through the early hours. but again, that mild air again, bringing that mild air a very mild night lows of 10 to 12 celsius in the south. so a warm start to the weekend, but a windy one as well, particularly so in the west around western coast. we have a met office yellow warning in place. storm kathleen, named by the irish weather service because they will bear the brunt of the strongest winds but nevertheless unseasonably gusty for us on saturday. those winds could cause some travel disruption . cause some travel disruption. there will some showers, but there will be some showers, but many places be with many places will be dry with some sunshine and it still some sunshine and it will still be very particularly in be very warm, particularly in the over 20 degrees for the east. over 20 degrees for the east. over 20 degrees for the first this year. the first time this year. >> feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt as sponsors of boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> morning to you. 7:00 friday the 5th of april. today, the westminster honeytrap scandal. tory mp will wragg admits his involvement after leaking colleagues numbers to a man he met on a dating app . met on a dating app. >> yes. senior conservative william wragg says that he is mortified and apologises profusely for giving phone numbers of fellow mps to a sting operation trying to compromise them. i'll bring you the details shortly , us president joe biden shortly, us president joe biden tells benjamin netanyahu to stop killing civilians in gaza , killing civilians in gaza, begging the question will washington withhold arms sales to israel? >> could a new activist group bnng >> could a new activist group bring new disruption to our streets this spring? just up oil and the controversial group pro—palestine action have joined

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possible tomorrow and some very strong winds from a storm system. there's lots going on with the weather over the next couple of days. join me later for a full forecast . for a full forecast. >> good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and is ellie costello, and this is breakfast on news . breakfast on gb news. >> loads of you getting in touch this morning, stevie says. can you wish my mum jane, a very happy birthday. she watches the show every morning without fail. can you also wish her a happy birthday before 8 am, please? oh, we've managed it. >> well done. happy birthday. >> well done. happy birthday. >> happy birthday jane. >> happy birthday jane. >> hope you have lovely day, >> hope you have a lovely day, john only watch the show john can only watch the show till past eight today, and till half past eight today, and he's having swanning off to different he's different places today. he's having his two digestives. he's on way leicester on his way to leicester glenfield hospital, where they're going to. he's always had one of these radiation check things. look at his, his bones

in regard to his arthritis. so best of luck to you, john. hope that goes well. >> yeah. best of luck to you. >> yeah. best of luck to you. >> we're also talking about the honey trap scandal in westminster. loads of you getting in touch on that. joe says call the man out for being an idiot. what did he expect? if you're going to play with fire, you're going to play with fire, you get burnt. you will get burnt. >> to be fair. will rag has basically called himself an idiot for that . it is a stupid idiot for that. it is a stupid thing to do . it's a stupid thing thing to do. it's a stupid thing to do. but people get carried away. mark says if he wasn't doing anything wrong, then why is he worried about someone blackmailing him? because he sent explicit compromising pictures. >> photos? >> photos? >> so that's what he was worried about, so it would seem from from the details he's given, i think what you do need to bear in mind is he's stepping to he's stepping down anyway, but he's , stepping down anyway, but he's, he's had some pretty serious mental health problems over the last few years, and this isn't going to help . going to help. >> it's not. no. and he said so himself. he's absolutely

mortified , lied about this. mortified, lied about this. >> you will be. >> you will be. >> but of course, what it does is it? and what i what you suspect is it's a foreign actor, as they say. basically means someone like russia who's who's doing this to try and get information. if they go through enough people, will they get the right numbers of those people who really matter ? can they do who really matter? can they do something with the phones? i don't know, it's i mean, it's concerning whichever way you look at it, but it will rag who is the mp who's, who's sort of behind this, if you like, has admitted to handing out those phone numbers of colleagues to someone he met on a dating app. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> the hazel grove mp said he provided the details after sending intimate pictures of himself user. rag said he himself to the user. rag said he was scared that the man had compromising things on him . compromising things on him. >> let's talk to our political correspondent katherine forster, who's in westminster, catherine, what mess . what a mess. >> what a mess. indeed. yes, william wragg clearly a hugely

embarrassed by this because he met somebody on grindr. the dating app sent a compromising picture and was then pressurised, stroked, blackmailed. into giving the phone numbers of up to a dozen other mps and parliamentary staffers , this person then, sent staffers, this person then, sent them flirty messages, gave them to believe that they'd met previously or whatever. pretended to be either someone called charlie a guy, or abby a girl , and called charlie a guy, or abby a girl, and asked for called charlie a guy, or abby a girl , and asked for explicit girl, and asked for explicit images. now most of the mps contacted, ignored this , but two contacted, ignored this, but two others did send explicit fit images. now, william wragg, has come forward and he said they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me alone. he goes on to say i was scared. i mortified. i'm so sorry that my

weakness has caused other people hurt . so a really heartfelt hurt. so a really heartfelt apology . but hurt. so a really heartfelt apology. but of hurt. so a really heartfelt apology . but of course, apology. but of course, questions around , well, first of questions around, well, first of all, the wisdom or otherwise of putting compromising images onune putting compromising images online when you are a public figure, something that clearly wouldn't be seen as as a good idea, but also who might have done this? now there's a police investigation going on. now, leicestershire police involved , leicestershire police involved, investigating what they call malicious community action. so we don't know. but yes, it is possible that a foreign actor is involved. there is, of course, a general election looming, countries like russia, like china, were very happy to try to destabilise destabilise us here in the west. meanwhile, of course, parliament is in recess for the next couple of weeks. it is possible that, william wragg, who is a pretty well respected

conservative mp, vice chair of the 1922 committee, will lose the 1922 committee, will lose the conservative whip. he is standing down, not standing for his seat of hazel grove in the next election anyway. but now a big cloud hanging over his career as a result of this. >> i mean, catherine, the concern is we don't know how many mps have actually been targeted, in this way . and you targeted, in this way. and you would think that if there are more, they could be too embarrassed to come forward. do we know what kind of digital safety advice is being given to mps safety advice is being given to mp5 ? mps? >> well, we don't have the specifics, but certainly we know that sir lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, has written to mps stressing to them if they have concerns, if they've done anything that they now realise was unwise to get in touch with the parliamentary security department for advice. they've also reissued guidance on, you know, what should or

should not be put out online. i think plenty of gb news viewers will think it's fairly clear that if you are a public figure, if you send explicit images, you put yourself in a very vulnerable situation. now, of course, mps, i think it's worth saying they got a they get a lot of bad rap, but they are ultimately only human. they all make mistakes. but this, a really pretty big one for william wragg. and yes, we don't know the identities of at least two other mps who have done the same. those may emerge, of course, in the coming days. >> okay, catherine, thanks very much indeed . it's, it's worrying much indeed. it's, it's worrying . it is it's worrying for a whole host of reasons, actually, because you never know, especially in this day and age, whatever the particulars of this case, you don't know if just what these big foreign states are trying to do. now, i was always a bit sceptical about the idea that, you know , russia idea that, you know, russia would want to interfere and

stuff. but what we've seen over the past two years with ukraine just make you think, i don't know what they actually think they achieve through any they would achieve through any of that what they're of that. is that what they're doing in the states? >> they just hope that >> well, they just hope that they types of they get certain types of information individuals, information from individuals, don't they? they think they contact they'll contact enough people. they'll get the there is get there in the end, there is a sense of alarm amongst some tory mps that it is china and russia who are behind this , but to be who are behind this, but to be fair to those who've been targeted, i have been reading this morning that apparently they they had very detailed knowledge of the people that they were messaging. knew they were messaging. they knew their names of their their names, the names of their partners. bars partners. they talked about bars that before. so that they'd been in before. so it sound to those who it did sound to those who received those messages did sound though they knew that sound as though they knew that person it sort person well, not that it it sort of there's been a lot of of means there's been a lot of digging or lot of digging or a lot of surveillance, doesn't it? >> which it sound more >> which makes it sound more like actor than just like a foreign actor than just an individual. >> sophisticated when >> it sounds sophisticated when you that that you when you hear that that level of detail that might help you, us to understand why they're trusting this person and

perhaps them things perhaps sending them things they shouldn't yes. shouldn't be sending them. yes. >> more that >> okay. look more on that throughout the course of the morning. look now at a new morning. let's look now at a new activist bring activist group that could bring disruption streets this disruption to our streets this spring. well, the policing minister, philp, has minister, chris philp, has issued warning after gb news issued a warning after gb news revealed that just stop oil revealed that a just stop oil youth movement has now joined forces with the controversial activist group palestine action for what they're calling a resistance campaign. >> yeah, together they are calling for an end to oil and gas licences and an embargo on arms deals with israel. youth demand is planning marches and unspecified action next week. our reporter charlie peters, has the story. >> new environmental group youth demand is advertising upcoming marches and activities in collaboration with palestine action. the group started as just stop oil students and is asking volunteers if they are willing to risk arrest . asking volunteers if they are willing to risk arrest. i met with chiara sarti , an organiser

with chiara sarti, an organiser with chiara sarti, an organiser with the group. >> we're a new campaign that is demanding that the tories and the labour party commit to stopping all tory oil in the stop, selling weapons with israel and buying weapons from israel. >> but you're also saying that they're driving another genocide by virtue of links with oil and gas. >> they're allowing this fossil fuel projects to go through. when that carbon gets put in the air, it will result in the deaths of millions of people. >> why do you think that they're pro—palestine? and environmental causes are linked? >> if you look closely, it is the same broken political system thatis the same broken political system that is driving genocide on both fronts. the tories and labour are are driving these policies that are going to kill millions of people. they basically place no value whatsoever on human life, and we can clearly see this in gaza. i think this is this in gaza. i think this is this clearly goes to show just how little value they place on

human life, how cheap palestinian blood is into those people . people. >> we've also seen some signage soledar protest , and this is soledar protest, and this is shutting down factories. and what do you make of that sort of behaviour, particularly shutting down factories associated with elbit system? >> yeah, we absolutely need to do everything we non—violently can to sever the links, between in the, the uk and the israeli war machine. absolutely. >> and actually , especially our >> and actually, especially our factories blocking sewers. >> yeah. breaking windows. you support all of that action. >> i think we need to emotionally connect with what is happening here, 12,000 kids have been brutally murdered. i think. if that's not, if that's not going to get you on the streets , going to get you on the streets, you basically have no values whatsoever . and it's 1000 whatsoever. and it's 1000 generations are going to spit on your grave.

>> well, charlie is here in the studio this morning . i mean, studio this morning. i mean, it's trying to get that balance right, isn't it, charlie, between those groups who just want to protest and those who are threatening levels of criminality. >> that's the concern that's >> and that's the concern that's been about this new group been raised about this new group that we've and the that we've revealed and the collaboration planning collaboration they're planning with palestine action, with the policing chris philp, policing minister, chris philp, saying criminality no saying that criminality has no place streets and he's place on our streets and he's issuing that concern because of the group that youth demand is collaborating with. palestine action . several of their members action. several of their members have been in and out of courts. there have been dozens of arrests in the last year on some of the direct action that they've conducted. that's included smashing and included smashing up windows and infiltrating factories typically associated with military technology companies that have a relationship with israel. now this new group, youth demand, say that they are non—violent, but they are now collaborating with this group from next week . with this group from next week. the advertising that that link will take place formally on wednesday. as you can understand, they're not giving

away any details of what that will involve. but there are also other concerns about the nature of this relationship. does this represent a broader growing link between pro—palestine groups and environmentalists? because this group , youth demand, they're group, youth demand, they're calling for an end to genocide as they put it, from the rosebank oil fields to the west bankin rosebank oil fields to the west bank in palestine. they are connecting those two perspectives in their activism and many of the critics that i've spoken to about this new group and this collaboration say that they're actually latching on to the crisis in the middle east to get their perspective back on the airwaves. but regardless of how they're how they're campaigning or the nature of how they're getting their message out there, there are these concerns about the new links that they have with this group, which is currently being assessed or not it assessed as to whether or not it could be extremist. >> are you noticing a growing >> so are you noticing a growing trend environmental trend between environmental groups and pro—palestinian protesters? seems that quite outsiders, it seems that quite a random alliance with quite broad

political aims, you know, stopping oil and gas licences is very different to stopping an arms deal in israel. >> so i'd say this is the main new link between these groups. but there are several other broader trends taking place here between what lord walney, the government's independent adviser on political violence and disruption, has said is an unholy alliance between militant gaza protesters and environmentalist groups. now as part of this trend i've been looking into, we're going to release a documentary for the membership on the gb news website later today, which will be looking into links between the left in the eco space the far left in the eco space andindeed the far left in the eco space and indeed on the pro—palestinian cause. looking at to what extent those connections could radicalise and see fresh disruption, or possibly also violent vandalism taking place this spring, later into the summer. >> okay, charlie, for now, thank you. >> thank you very much. now, youth demand have told us in a

statement that chris philp is right, that criminality has no place on our streets, but it also should have no place in the corridors of power. sadly, that is not the case at the moment. they say people of all political persuasions are seeing that politics is failing us, and that our leaders are more interested in enriching themselves rather than protecting ordinary people. young people are not content to have criminals running the country. palestine action are yet to get back to us now. >> president biden has called for an immediate ceasefire following a tense phone call between the israeli prime minister and the american president . president. >> but yes, during the 30 minute conversation, netanyahu also promised to open two new aid corridors into gaza . in the corridors into gaza. in the first such talks since israel killed seven aid workers on monday. >> let's get the thoughts of us political analyst eric ham, who joins us now. morning, eric. obviously, the united states is a key ally of israel . how likely

a key ally of israel. how likely is it now that president biden has had this conversation that that will affect what is going on in israel and gaza ? on in israel and gaza? >> well, i think for the first time, we're beginning to see a dramatic change in the biden administration, particularly how it speaks of israel. we've already seen and heard president biden call for an immediate ceasefire, something that we know has already been a complete 180 from this administration, as we know that there have been a number of un security council memorandums that they have actually vetoed or would not support because of that call. but now we see this killing of seven aid workers is clearly a bndge seven aid workers is clearly a bridge too far. and now with a tremendous pressure, particularly on president biden, we're now seeing a massive change as the president of the united states is now finally confronting benjamin netanyahu on their continued adjudication of this war. >> eric, this is a sign of a

growing chasm, isn't it, between israel and its closest ally. how much of this do you think is just rhetoric from biden? that's what he's being criticised of doing . or do you think this is doing. or do you think this is genuinely a turning point in this relationship ? this relationship? >> well, that's a really good question because we know that the biden, the biden administration has said or else or else. but of course, there have been growing questions about what does or else mean and what role is the united states prepared to play. we know that there have been threats that there have been threats that there will be a change in us policy. but of course, we know that just recently there was a sell of $3.5 billion in military aid to israel. and we know that just in addition to that, there has been an additional $18 billion of weapons that the united states is prepared to send to israel. so it doesn't appear as though there's an actionable change. but now we see there has blend. there has been actually blunt talk that

has actually taken place between the two principals. and clearly it's enough to have actually moved benjamin netanyahu . but of moved benjamin netanyahu. but of course, we still have not seen an actual noticeable policy difference from the biden administration. but clearly , administration. but clearly, israel has actually gotten the message. apparently >> okay, eric, really good to talk to you this morning. thank you. oh, dick, i thought everything's a mess. everything is just a mess at the moment. it's is it does it get you down? i've had so many people say to me lately, i'm so fed up with the news. everything's negative. everything drags you down at least we've got the benefit of observing most of it and not being. we're not in a war zone. we're not having to cope with the reality of those situations. but it is just grim. >> it really is, becomes relentless. actually, i think it really, is . oh, dear, really, really is. oh, dear, well, would you try and offer you something else as well, as well as all the grim news? we do have our lovely paper reviewers with us today. we've got

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now. this is 5mm now. this is a new one. talking about setting up food banks for police recruits. as 1 in 10 admit to relying on handouts. yes. >> figures show that record numbers of police are struggling with food poverty and turn to food banks. last year, as wages stagnated . stagnated. >> well, according to a survey of more than 6000 serving police officers, 1 in 5 have to miss meals. >> so we're asking this morning, is it time to pay the police more? well, joining us now is former police officer and host of the protect and serve podcast, oliver laurence and former metropolitan police detective chief inspector mike neville. very good to see you

both this morning, oliver. let's start with you, shall we? and you think that we should pay police officers more in order to retain them? >> yeah. good morning. good morning. stephen. yeah. retention and recruitment is one of challenges facing of the biggest challenges facing policing nation . policing across the nation. unless having serious unless we start having serious discussions, mike discussions, which mike and i have in the past and paying have had in the past and paying our properly, we're our officers properly, we're going struggle to recruit, going to struggle to recruit, we're to struggle we're going to struggle to retain, going to lose retain, and we're going to lose good will good people, which will ultimately impact our communities. and communities. as crime soars and we struggle to get police to deal with these significant issues, our communities face. >> you think of that, mike? >> well, i think when you join the police, of course, the wages aren't a secret. you're told what you're going to get paid. and i don't think anybody joins the police to become rich. you joined the, you joined the police to serve the community like you become a nurse. i think one of the problems here is when i was a young recruit is it was like the army. you went to a sort of training centre, and every day you had three square meals. so when you were paid the

least amount money, the food least amount of money, the food was free. and when you when you got out to the police station, of course, your money went up and was opportunities to and there was opportunities to earn overtime , which when i was earn overtime, which when i was in the police was a sort of obsession with with many officers and with the officers and with all the demonstrations we see there's lots of overtime available now of course, we all want everybody to be paid the right amount . but to be paid the right amount. but as i say, when you join the police, it's all about serving the community. if you've got enough money, then if people need to taught how to use need to be taught how to use that money. do think it's that money. but i do think it's a problem at the lowest level where, no, don't go to a big where, no, you don't go to a big training centre and get your three meals, you're three square meals, you're expected it yourself. expected to buy it all yourself. and is probably an and that that is probably an issue, what do you make issue, oliver, what do you make of that? mean, being a police of that? i mean, being a police officer a vocation, like officer is a vocation, like being teacher being a teacher or being a nurse. none of those jobs, nurse. and none of those jobs, unfortunately, are not paid well. no i totally agree with that, ellie. >> and, you know, there are sayings service sayings such as service over self that on self and i take all that on board that's all important. board and that's all important. but know, policing and the

but you know, policing and the and in amongst that and the officers in amongst that vocation are not immune to the cost of crisis. they have cost of living crisis. they have bills have mouths bills to pay, they have mouths to you know, with poor , to feed, you know, with poor, with poor also comes the with poor pay also comes the inherent challenges and the dangers of officers then pursuing accruing money pursuing lines of accruing money into their lives, which could be seen as illicit. so it does increase several other risk factors in the community. if we don't start looking properly at paying don't start looking properly at paying our police officers. you know, i see it every day, sadly, with some of the welfare groups that i'm part of up and down this country, officers reaching out, know, tragically, in out, you know, tragically, in circumstances where they worry, pay circumstances where they worry, pay how they're going pay for pay, how they're going to feed families, how to feed their families, how they're pay their bills they're going to pay their bills and looking at jobs outside and then looking at jobs outside of pay far more. of policing, which pay far more. and will be an absolute and it will be an absolute tragedy don't have don't tragedy if we don't have don't start serious start having serious conversations much conversations about how much we pay conversations about how much we pay police officers, we pay our police officers, and we can respect for the type of can respect them for the type of work they're doing. work that they're doing. >> just looking , though, >> and i'm just looking, though, and you can tell me if and looking. you can tell me if i'm on this. mike you'll i'm wrong on this. mike you'll you'll this, online, the you'll know this, online, the met says starting salary of

36,775. going up £1,000 at week 30, going up to nearly £40,000 after two years, salary will increase each year up to over £54,000 within increase each year up to over £54,000 within seven years. but does that sound about right? because that's not a low wage . because that's not a low wage. >> if that's a question for me, stephen, of course, that isn't a low wage. you know, my wife, my daughter, they're both nurses and they're on comparable money. that's london, of course, and out in the counties that . out in the counties that. >> we've lost mike, unfortunately. >> oliver. oliver, what do you think about that? >> yeah. you know, those wages are comparable. we're talking about the entry level wages coming into policing here. they are challenge terms of are a huge challenge in terms of how they are. and think how low they are. and i think that's where we really need to be capturing the thoughts and the of young people who the insights of young people who then as an then see policing as an attractive vocation. if we see the in not only police pay,

the loss in not only police pay, but also pensions, since, you know, for 14 years ago, know, ten for ten, 14 years ago, when theresa may made some significant cuts policing the significant cuts to policing the dynamics vocation has dynamics and the vocation has changed dramatically in changed quite dramatically in the was once the sense it was once an incredibly attractive 30 year career. have having career. we now have having people join for less than five years and then moving on to something far more attractive in the private sector. we do the private sector. so we do need have a serious need to have a serious conversation those early conversation about those early level people come level ranks. when people come in to more attractive salary to a far more attractive salary to a far more attractive salary to keep them for the long term, because retention and consistency people that consistency in the people that we our front lines are we have in our front lines are incredibly ensuring we have in our front lines are incrcommunity ensuring we have in our front lines are incrcommunity the suring we have in our front lines are incrcommunity the service the community gets the service that deserve . that they deserve. >> oliver laurence good to talk to this morning. mike to you this morning. mike neville, were to neville, who were chatting to before his went. thank you before his line went. thank you both much indeed . love your both very much indeed. love your thoughts oliver thoughts on that. yes, oliver makes really good point, you makes a really good point, you know, and it sounds when you listen to him, it sounds great. i just, i just, listen to him, it sounds great. ijust, i just, i listen to him, it sounds great. ijust, ijust, i mean, i and i would have, i would have agreed with him if i hadn't looked up the figures. yeah. which and this is according to the met police website, starting salary

nearly £37,000, on promotion to the next rank , sergeant, you can the next rank, sergeant, you can earn over £57,000. most officers, it says apply for sergeant after five years as a constable, at which point you'll be on between 39 and £41,000. >> yeah, that's that's not a small salary. >> it's not too bad, is it? and you get good benefits as well. in terms of free transport in london you get a good pension. there are all those things to consider as well, but should we be, you know, seeing our police officers go food banks , we've officers go to food banks, we've heard it being done with teachers haven't we? and nurses going banks. going to food banks. >> why they're >> i don't know why they're going food banks. if they're going to food banks. if they're earning 37 grand a year, when as a are you going a starting salary, are you going to on on that or not? to food banks on on that or not? it's not. i know it's london, accommodation is expensive and all the rest of it. i know i'm not sort of saying it should never happen the food banks thing with that, but it's not like they're on 20 grand a year

and having to fund everything out of that. they're on very nearly double that. yeah. so if you're a police officer, let us know. i do wonder if people these days and again, is this me being totally unreasonable. but people these who expect to people these days who expect to earn sort of huge sums of earn these sort of huge sums of money, but do you need to earn those huge sums of money now to live in this economy? >> no you don't. >> no, no you don't. >> and i think a lot of people have these high expectations. they say, well, of course i've got they say, well, of course i've 9°t pay my, they say, well, of course i've got pay my, you know, £60 got to pay my, you know, £60 a month for sky and i might be paying month for sky and i might be paying £70 a month for a mobile contract with all the guest boxes and all that. what happened to cutting your cloth? yeah, a little bit. >> if you don't have a choice, though, what if your rent is £2,000 a month? well find somewhere cheaper. oh, it's a very tough this morning. >> i mean, i wouldn't pay it no, i wouldn't have a choice. >> well, i can't get housing in one, especially in this part of the country. >> i'd find somewhere cheaper. >> i'd find somewhere cheaper. >> all right , well, let us know

>> all right, well, let us know what you think. we're being shouted move on. shouted at to move on. >>

next. paul coyte is here. take us through all the sport. >> my goodness, what a game it was yesterday. oh, yes. >> very good. >> very good. >> it was a cracker. in fact, i'd say it was a humdinger. oh, i'd say it was a humdinger. oh, i would, i would, and i never used that very often. no. chelsea four, manchester united three, you know , man united fans three, you know, man united fans obviously just hate this today because it should have been manchester united three, chelsea two. so chelsea went two up there. manchester united came back in the first half, two all after the first half. then man united score. so you thinking there's a lot of chelsea fans were leaving towards the end because they're thinking you know we were nil up for know we were two nil up for crying out loud. now we're through three down and through to three two down and it's over until well the it's never over until well the fat lady sings i was going to

say larger large say a larger, larger a large boned start doing boned woman would start doing songs but because you have to songs, but because you have to be careful these days. but anyway, 90th minute. i mean, anyway, 90th odd minute. i mean, it actually the longest it was actually the longest woman i think i'd have to say now. yes. yeah, okay. but anyway, 90 it went to 90 plus ten, then there was a penalty. cole palmer scores the penalty to make it. then three all. and then one minute later chelsea score again. so that's it. it really was i mean it's those old cliches for the neutral for a manchester united fan. it was horrendous for chelsea fans, especially the ones that were walking down the kings road thinking, oh god, we lost again. and then they the cheers. and then they hear the cheers. but an incredible game. but it was an incredible game. cole , does cole palmer, he does this celebration, also cole celebration, and also cole palmer, terrific young palmer, who's a terrific young player . but palmer, who's a terrific young player. but mean two penalties player. but i mean two penalties and a deflection. it's a hat trick. you know a hat tricks a hat trick. but even so and he does this this celebration which is like cold. it's cold. palmer

oh it's a bit lame, isn't it? >> what's wrong with these cold palmer. >> so that's his. he's shivers . >> so that's his. he's shivers. yeah. and it's. oh cold palmer i think needs some work, don't you i >> -- >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but anyway it was a they need a bit of they need, they need someone with a bit of artistic thing to go. oh no i'm useless. >> no. like that. >> no. like that. >> they need someone anyway. >> they need someone anyway. >> liverpool. they beat sheffield united three one. so they're again. and we go they're top again. and so we go into weekend as we were. so into the weekend as we were. so liverpool then arsenal then man city okay. >> whereas spurs, spurs are in fifth. >> that's not too bad. and aston villa and manchester united eight points below them. so or actually nine points. >> now i just like to check in. and how is nadal talking about nadal >> he is crocked. >> he is crocked. >> yes. it's not looking so good for rafa nadal. that's the thing with tennis players of a certain age. we know who we're talking about. but 37 year old rafa nadal about. but 37 year old rafa nadal, 14 time french open champion, pulled the monte champion, pulled out the monte carlo masters, which is on clay, which favourite surface,

which is his favourite surface, fourth tournament. which is his favourite surface, fourt pulled tournament. which is his favourite surface, fourt pulled you're1ament. which is his favourite surface, fourt pulled you're goingt. which is his favourite surface, fourt pulled you're going to he's pulled out. you're going to worry. i think he's going to retire certainly by the end of the season, but it's just how many tournaments he's going to be able to play in. >> he's still young, isn't he 37. >> yeah 30. no. age. >> yeah 30. no. age. >> yeah. we are. that's him. he's not actually laying down for photograph. he's laying for the photograph. he's laying down injured. down because he's injured. that's he's that's actually what he's doing there. >> i love the fact i love the fact he says his body simply won't him play. i know won't allow him to play. i know the feeling. >> i as well. yes, i do, but >> i do as well. yes, i do, but the thing is, we need to talk about olympics. olympics about the olympics. the olympics are very excited about are coming up very excited about the have at the olympics. have a look at this. we have the olympic pool. let's have a look the pool. let's have a look at the pool. the aquatic centre, which the new aquatic centre, which is just paris. i can look just north of paris. i can look at that. >> oh, beautiful. >> oh, beautiful. >> i you love an aquatic >> i know you love an aquatic centre. it's 5000 spectators opened by president macron yesterday, have yesterday, but they have a little had little demonstration. they had some thing is, some divers. and the thing is, olympic diver alex zanardi. oh, here we go. oh, look on the right. oh he have right. there he goes. oh he have another go. i want to see this

100 times. he represented france in the tokyo olympics. oh alex, what's going on? >> gotta hurt. he hit the board on the way down. >> what hurt more? is it easy, bubba or his ego? here he goes again in his new olympic class. >> oh, dear. oh what a ricochet. >> oh, dear. oh what a ricochet. >> 1.0 for effort there. oh must be easy done, though. >> there must be wet straight off to the guillotine. >> i think he probably will be. and he's never going to live that down, is he? oh, what a shame. i know god love him. >> the president watching? >> was the president watching? >> was the president watching? >> watching. >> the president was watching. the watching someone. >> well, it's one of those other lads. the buttered that lads. yeah. the buttered that board they. do you board didn't they. do you reckon. did. they reckon reckon. they did. they reckon they buttered the board. >> i didn't board. >> i didn't know the board. i didn't know they did board buttering. they do do they really. >> i bet that's what. poor lad. >> i bet that's what. poor lad. >> oh yeah. yeah very very very very unfortunate. but i hope he gets to compete in the olympics and we him well. but and we wish him well. but obviously not as good as some of our divers. >> but probably a bit sore >> but he's probably a bit sore this morning. someone got a tub of president.

>> very oh ball >> very good. oh trey ball steven's out the supermarche . steven's out of the supermarche. >> oh very good. >> oh very good. >> yeah, yeah. le carre is la tabla. that's the exercise book is on the table . it's the only is on the table. it's the only bit of french i know. i've never had to use it, but i was hoping that maybe one day. formidable. >> oh, now's your moment. >> oh, now's your moment. >> to le monde grand bouffon. >> to le monde grand bouffon. >> le monde de la piscine, none of that language here. thank you very much, excellent. >> oh, it's a nightmare. oh, we've got another hour. >> you. yeah. i'll tell you what. >> i'll tell you what. you wait till the olympics start. i'm going to be a nightmare. >> really brilliant. i'll be moving that way. >> really brilliant. i'll be mostay that way. >> really brilliant. i'll be mo stay withat way. >> really brilliant. i'll be mostay with us vay. >> really brilliant. i'll be mostay with us next week. >> stay with us next week. making the news with claire and stephanie. that's

next. >> oh. so i thought it was you, doll. >> i was looking at you.

>> i was looking at you. >> i was looking at you. >> i thought you could lead us. >> i thought you could lead us. >> oh, well, i will. i'll lead you and guide you with claire pearsall former government adviser and showbiz reporter, stephanie here stephanie takyi, who are here to take the papers take us through the papers this morning. starting with? >> well, this one's caught my eye. stephanie, mother and father are now seen as oppressive words. >> oh, my don't know >> oh, my gosh, i don't know what kind of world we're kind of heading there's this heading to, but there's this taxpayer aid organisation taxpayer funded aid organisation called scotland's international development alliance , and development alliance, and they're saying that we should avoid using words such as mother , father, girls, guys and they're saying that these terms are quite oppressive. they said they reinforce existing power structures that have to convey respect and also in our households was definitely mothers in charge. thank you. and they're saying that we should be using words instead, such as parent or guardian. there's no way i could call my mum. >> parent would be, oh, is it me? no, i apologise, we've got a load of tone . try and ignore the

load of tone. try and ignore the tone. okay, we're getting rid of them. but yeah, there's no way i could call my mum or dad. parents come here. i just think why waste taxpayers money into things like this? >> it'sjust things like this? >> it's just making things like this? >> it'sjust making a problem >> it's just making a problem where there is no problem. you know, i think it's actually good to have that respect of calling your mother, mother or your father father. yeah. so it makes no sense. and i think , i mean, i no sense. and i think, i mean, i tend to say mother and father, do you you do actually you do. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it was, it was always one of those as you grew up. so i always say mum . and then as you always say mum. and then as you grow up you say mother and you do it as slightly jokey way. and that my child has picked up on that my child has picked up on that as well. i used to be mummy for years and years and now i'm not. i am just mother. >> i sort of look, i like it mother's day. >> we're not allowed mother's day anymore father's day day anymore than father's day and don't understand why and i just don't understand why there's this, you know, almost conspiracy to conspiracy or this campaign to get gender terms. get rid of gender terms. >> i think it's sometimes there's of there's signs of words of endearment, but the, the company

organisation they're not organisation says they're not trying to ban these words, but they just want to think of terms which are more appropriate. >> . >> right. >> right. >> you all have an opinion on that one. yeah. >> how much more appropriate it is mother or father. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> or girl or boy? >> or girl or boy? >> girl or boy in descriptive terms that we're going to ban now. i mean, it's just that is ridiculous. >> frankly , claire, what's going >> frankly, claire, what's going on in terms of misogyny and sexism in boys and young men ? sexism in boys and young men? this is in the guardian this morning. >> yeah, i think this is quite interesting. this is the leader of the largest education union, has called for an independent inquiry into, the rise in misogyny in boys and young men. but saying it should, should not be left to parents and schools, to police . now, i disagree with to police. now, i disagree with that part of it, because i think pride, primarily this stems from behaviour in the home and how somebody is brought up as to how

they behave. but also, i think that schools really do have a place because children will always act differently when they're away from their parents, when they're with friends , when they're with their friends, or when they're in those kind of really high stress environments , really high stress environments, such as a school. and their behaviour is sometimes appalling and it needs to be called out. so, i mean, i don't know if this is necessarily a rise in misogyny or we're just better at noticing it. >> know there has been that. >> i know there has been that. it's that the andrew tate thing. >> i know a lot of people >> yeah, i know a lot of people talk about andrew tate and some people defend him. >> i decided to investigate myself and a look at it. myself and have a look at it. well, just by looking at his twitter feed. yeah >> i mean, did he put him on did he put him on mute? i mean, honestly, i was appalled by some of the things was saying of the things he was saying about women, but he's got loads of the things he was saying abwomen1en, but he's got loads of the things he was saying abwomen who but he's got loads of the things he was saying abwomen who support got loads of the things he was saying abwomen who support him. oads of women who support him. >> is what i find >> yeah. this is what i find totally confusing. >> definitely. but i agree with claire. think it stems from claire. i think it stems from what are seeing at home in what boys are seeing at home in terms know, as an older terms of, you know, as an older woman, i do meet a man who woman, when i do meet a man who

i is quite aggressive i see is quite aggressive towards or is sexist, towards women, or is sexist, i realise it probably stems from his childhood and how his mother, how his interactions were with his mother , or how his were with his mother, or how his father treated his mother. and i think as well, in the classrooms. it's not in the curriculum where we examine that interaction between boys and girls, because that's where it all stems from as well. how boys are treated , how are taught how are treated, how are taught how to respect women. you're not an older woman. >> yeah. don't describe yourself i >> -- >> oh, silly. >> oh, silly. >> stop it. >> stop it. >> i'm a medium chicken. >> i'm a medium chicken. >> another point to make here is that we do know that. >> that children, young boys, especially, they are accessing with smartphones porn at a really young age. i mean, you're heanng really young age. i mean, you're hearing of boys as young as nine, ten accessing explicit photos and videos online. and that will be feeding into this misogyny that they are digesting it well. >> and there is a place for a clamp down with the big tech firms as to how they manage their platforms, what content

they have available. but again, this comes back to the fact that parents are putting a phone into a young person's hand. are they putting parental controls? and trust me, that's not easy. and you're really, really, seriously unpopular with your child. when you do it. but there has to be a sense of responsibility being taken. you can ask the government to do some stuff. you can look at big tech, but really, if you're the parent that's down to you. >> yeah, and children are just too smart these days. i think from the age of about 6 or 7, they can work out how to get rid of those parental locks and just figure out to access the content they want. so this is where, you know, i think fathers need to have that really good conversation with their sons and daughters to see how they are both interacting with both sexes as they're growing up. >> now, here's something for you, stephanie. >> here's question for >> ooh, here's a question for tonight. stephanie you tonight. stephanie will you choose from cumbria? tonight. stephanie will you choorfrom from cumbria? tonight. stephanie will you choorfrom essexfrom cumbria? tonight. stephanie will you choorfrom essex or�*n cumbria? tonight. stephanie will you choorfrom essex or claire|bria? tonight. stephanie will you choorfrom essex or claire from ellie from essex or claire from kent? >> can i have all three? okay.

>> can i have all three? okay. >> because blind date is coming back. >> blind date is back. so, you know, we've seen on tv , there's know, we've seen on tv, there's just been this revival of shows coming back such as gladiators. and behind this has been dan baldwin, married to holly baldwin, who's married to holly willoughby. and he'd done a recent and he said recent interview and he said that the next thing on his list is blind date, and he's hoping it wouldn't come back to itv, where cilla black hosted it for 18 years. it was such a classic show, absolutely loved it. it was more likely we'll be going on to bbc and maybe with claudia winkleman presenting the show, it did come back about, i think came back in 2017 on channel five, when paul o'grady hosted it for two years. so i think it will be a good show to have back on. i that sounds great. >> i'd watch that. >> i'd watch that. >> it's saturday night entertaining, and i think, you know, a lot tv execs are know, a lot of tv execs are finding that the old stuff works with viewers home. you know, with viewers at home. you know, it broke. it ain't broke. >> except i don't know because because bradley walsh and i think it's bradley walsh doing it. love bradley walsh, but

it. i love bradley walsh, but they're bringing blankety they're bringing back blankety blank . and i saw them. they did. blank. and i saw them. they did. they did like a pilot series of that. they did like a pilot series of that . it was awful. that. and it was awful. >> and the problem is >> and that's the problem is that when something was such a favourite and mean i remember favourite and i mean i remember watching years and years watching that years and years ago and terry wogan. ago and you had terry wogan. >> yeah. ago and you had terry wogan. >> it yeah. ago and you had terry wogan. >> it wasah. ago and you had terry wogan. >> it was just one of best, >> it was just one of the best, just the ultimate presenter of that show. yeah. and, there had been a sort of a number of different people, but they've all sort of put their own spin on it. and i'm not sure that you can bring that back. it's a little bit nostalgic. yeah. and then when you, you don't want somebody to spoil and i do somebody to spoil it and i do worry bit with blind date. it worry a bit with blind date. it was one of those programmes. cilla programme cilla black programme isn't it. >> cilla was sort of made >> cilla black was sort of made that show we all tuned in that show and we all tuned in and we all watched it and it was the conversation of the day following, it going to following, but is it going to ruin and i really worry me. ruin it? and i really worry me. >> i don't know. we shall >> yeah, i don't know. we shall see. you know. see. you never know. >> see. you never know. >> it might a huge hit with >> it might be a huge hit with a new generation. >> well, this new >> well, this is a new generation. to see generation. i'd like to see celebrity back , but. oh,

celebrity squares back, but. oh, that was oh, i was like celebrity squares. anyway right. see two a little bit later see you two a little bit later on.thank see you two a little bit later on. thank you very much indeed. >> here's your weather. at >> here's your weather. look at the weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news and other wet starts for many out there today, but it should get a bit brighter through the day. some wet scotland with wet weather across scotland with some here. some pretty some hill snow here. some pretty grim conditions on roads grim conditions on the roads with mixture of hill snow and with a mixture of hill snow and heavy rain levels. not heavy rain at low levels. not very pleasant at all. that wet weather is clearing away, as is the from eastern england. the rain from eastern england. so in so brightening up certainly in the spells the south. some sunny spells developing this developing through this afternoon, will still developing through this aft a noon, will still developing through this aft a fair], will still developing through this aft a fair few will still developing through this aft a fair few showersvill still developing through this aft a fair few showers to still developing through this aft a fair few showers to chug be a fair few showers to chug through on a fairly brisk wind. that window is bringing relatively mild air, so temperatures in sunny spells temperatures in the sunny spells 16, 17, maybe 18. it feels cold though. still across scotland, single digits likely here, and another of rain will cross

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involvement after leaking colleagues numbers to a man he met on a dating app . met on a dating app. >> yes, william bragg says he is mortified and apologises profusely , but concerns around profusely, but concerns around security. i'll bring you the details shortly. >> us president joe biden tells benjamin netanyahu to stop killing civilians in gaza, begging the question will washington withhold arms sales to israel ? to israel? >> could a new activist group bnng >> could a new activist group bring more disruption to our streets this spring? just stop oil and palestinian action join forces we've got the gb news exclusive with charlie peters .

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costello, and this is breakfast on gb news . on gb news. all right, we're talking about food banks . and talking about food banks. and the police earlier on. should be getting in touch. yeah >> should we pay police more? was the question. lisa says it's a vocation. their pay is above national average, and they contribute to a great pension, with the treasury paying in a huge chunk that kicks at 55. huge chunk that kicks in at 55. perhaps they just need lessons in money management, john says, i thought you had to be on benefits to claim food at food banks. how come police can claim food at food banks when they're earning pensioners on the low state income? state state income? a low state pension can't. >> yeah, loads of you making the same point. sandra says pensioners are living and paying bills less than the bills on far less than the average police wage. we don't have to food banks. are you have to use food banks. are you kidding here that's what she kidding us? here that's what she says. >> yeah, carol says whilst i agree people need a cost of

living rise. or because people think they've just paid too little. but where is all this money coming from? and that's a really valid point. and they always say to people, well , always say to people, well, nurses need to be paid more. well, that comes out of our pocket. or, even in, in private businesses . well, they all need businesses. well, they all need to be paid more. businesses. well, they all need to be paid more . well, okay. to be paid more. well, okay. we'll all have to pay more for our goods then and pay more in taxes. but it's all never ends . taxes. but it's all never ends. i mean, i'm not saying they shouldn't necessarily be paid more, but i'm just saying you can't just say it. yeah, it's got to be budgeted for. >> hasn't it got to come from somewhere? >> yes it has. that's all to down politicians, of course, and business leaders and politicians . that . lines aren't always that sensible. sadly no, well, that leads us on to our our next story. well, our top story this morning, conservative mp william wragg has admitted to handing out personal phone numbers of colleagues to a man that he met on a dating app. >> yeah, the mp said he provided

the details after sending intimate pictures of himself. mr wragg said he was scared that the man had compromising things on him. >> well, earlier on we got the thoughts of the secretary to the treasury. >> gareth davies is extremely troubling, and worrying for anybody to hear this kind of activity takes place, well , activity takes place, well, wragg has, as you, referred to, apologised for the action he took but took in, a set of circumstances that i think many could potentially sympathise with in that he felt compromised and acted in a way that , he and acted in a way that, he thought appropriate, but has clearly , apologised for that clearly, apologised for that activity. i would just say to anybody watching that feels that they're in a similar position , they're in a similar position, if they ever feel like they're being compromised or blackmailed, they should report that police . that to the police. >> let's talk to our political correspondent, katherine forster, who's in westminster

for us this morning. and this is unfortunate on a whole host of levels. i mean, you also got to say, this looks like out and out blackmail. >> yes, it does. really doesn't it? and william wragg, who's been quite a senior conservative mp, he's vice chair of the 1922 committee, is clearly mortified and has apologised profusely, basically he met somebody on the dating app grindr. he later sent them an explicit image and then further down the line, they pressured him into sending the phone numbers of up to 12 other mps and parliamentary staffers. this unknown person then contacted them, posing as either a man called charlie or a girl called abby, and making out . called abby, and making out. that they'd met previously, exchanging flirty messages and

trying to get explicit images sent in return. now, most of the mps batted these away, but another two, we understand did send explicit photographs back . send explicit photographs back. so william wragg, for his part, saying , they had compromising saying, they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me alone. i told them to stop and goes on to say, i've hurt people by being weak . i was hurt people by being weak. i was scared, i'm mortified. i'm so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt. now. william wragg mp for hazel grove in stockport since 2015, is in fact one of the dozens and dozens of conservative mps standing down at the next election, questions now whether he may lose the whip over this. there is a police investigation going on. leicestershire police are investigating what they call malicious communications. parliament's in recess for a week or two, so we wouldn't

expect anything to happen any time soon. but, you know, it is worth bearing in mind of course it was foolish. people in the pubuc it was foolish. people in the public eye need to be extremely mindful of what they put out , mindful of what they put out, but they are all people. of course, mps , just like the rest course, mps, just like the rest of us, william wragg has had struggles with mental health in the past, so this is obviously an extremely difficult time for him personally . him personally. >> certainly is. catherine. and we were hearing this morning that whoever this person was, whether it was an individual or a foreign actor or a foreign body, they did have detailed knowledge of their target's personal that might knowledge of their target's perscto l that might knowledge of their target's perscto explain that might knowledge of their target's perscto explain why that might knowledge of their target's perscto explain why these might knowledge of their target's perscto explain why these mpst help to explain why these mps were so trusting and sending over things that perhaps they shouldn't have been. but it does. does raise questions, does. it does raise questions, doesn't it, catherine, about who is behind this, whether it be a foreign body, an actor or an individual, and how many mps have actually been targeted by this? because we can hear william wragg talk about how how

embarrassed he feels. and we can imagine that if other people have been targeted, they might be too embarrassed to come forward. >> we don't really know at >> yes. we don't really know at this point how far this goes. we know that he's said about 12 people, but as you say, there could be many more involved who've also effectively been blackmailed . now the blackmailed. now the parliamentary authorities , they parliamentary authorities, they have a security department. lindsay hoyle, the leader of the house, has written to mps saying if they have concerns , contact if they have concerns, contact the security department. they also give guidance , guidance on also give guidance, guidance on what mps should or should not be sharing on social media. so no, we don't know how far this goes and we don't know ultimately who this person or persons alleging to be. charlie or abby are. and some concerns, of course , that some concerns, of course, that this could be hostile, states china , russia interfering in our china, russia interfering in our democracy , trying to destabilise democracy, trying to destabilise

the united kingdom ahead of the looming general election. we don't know, but i imagine there'll be quite a bit more of this story, still to come . this story, still to come. >> yeah, i think you're probably right. katherine forster there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. >> now there's concern about a new activist group and the potential of more disruption on our streets this spring. the policing minister, chris philp, has issued a warning after gb news revealed that the just stop oil youth movement has joined forces with the controversial activist group palestine action for a so—called resistance campaign. >> well, together they're calling for an end to oil and gas licences and an embargo on arms deals with israel. youth demand is planning marches and unrwa specified action next week. our reporter charlie peters has the story. >> new environmental group youth demand is advertising upcoming marches and activities in

collaboration with palestine action. the group started as just stop oil students and is asking volunteers if they are willing to risk arrest . asking volunteers if they are willing to risk arrest. i met with chiara sarti , an organiser with chiara sarti, an organiser with chiara sarti, an organiser with the group. >> we're a new campaign that is demanding that the tories and the labour party commit to stopping all toil in the stop, selling weapons with israel and buying weapons from israel. >> but you're also saying that they're driving another genocide by virtue of links with oil and gas. >> they're allowing this fossil fuel projects to go through. when that carbon gets put in the air, it will result in the deaths of millions of people. why do you think that they're pro palestine and environmental causes are linked? if you look closely, it is the same broken political system that is driving genocide on both fronts . the genocide on both fronts. the tories and labour are are

driving these policies that are going to kill millions of people. they basically place no value whatsoever on human life. and we can clearly see this in gaza. i think this is this clearly goes to show just how little value they place on human life, how cheap palestinian blood is into those people. >> we've also seen some silage soliga protests and clashes shutting down factories. and what do you make of that sort of behaviour , particularly shutting behaviour, particularly shutting down factories associated with elbit systems? >> , we absolutely need to >> yeah, we absolutely need to do everything we non—violently can to sever the links , between can to sever the links, between the, the uk and the israeli war machine . absolutely. machine. absolutely. >> and actually , especially our >> and actually, especially our factories blocking suez. yeah. breaking windows. you support all of that action. >> i think we need to emotionally connect with what is happening here, 12,000 kids have

been brutally murdered. i think . been brutally murdered. i think. if that's not, if that's not going to get you on the streets , going to get you on the streets, you basically have no values whatsoever. next 1000 generations are going to spit on your grave. >> charlie's here in the studio for us this morning. i mean, look how much real concern should there be about this new group ? or is it just because group? or is it just because it's a new group forming that people are just a little bit on edge? >> well, i think the concern that's been raised in particular surrounds this collaboration with palestine which with palestine action, which is set london set to occur in central london on wednesday. the reason why on wednesday. and the reason why there so much apprehension there is so much apprehension about link with this just about that link with this just stop oil protest movement is because palestine action has been involved in several extremely controversial protests since it was founded in 2020. it has had its members in and out of the courts and prison for issues surrounding direct action as they describe it, which is mostly vandalism, the destruction of factories and

even sometimes premises associated with businesses that have links to israel. if you're watching, you know you can see on your screens right now some vandalism that took place last year at factory in newcastle, year at a factory in newcastle, people smashing up items on the roof there. now when they defend this action, they say that they're doing this in order to break britain's links to what they describe as a genocide ongoing in gaza and the to support the pro—palestinian cause in general. so support the pro—palestinian cause in general . so the concern cause in general. so the concern that's been raised is because most of these environmentalist groups are disruptive. sure, but they're generally non—violent . they're generally non—violent. they slow down traffic. they will block roads, but they don't tend to do some of the action that palestine action get involved with. and so this collaboration has been described as an unholy alliance by lord walney, the government's independent adviser on political violence and disruption. when we revealed this new link between youth demand and palestine action, he said it's part of a

broader connection that they're tracking between far left environmentalist groups and pro—palestinian , he said. pro—palestinian, he said. militant gaza protesters that connection has been described as a potential risk for further radicalisation for both elements as they combine their causes. >> okay, charlie peters, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed . very much indeed. >> now, youth demand has told us in a statement that chris philp is right, that criminality has no place on our streets, but it also should have no place in the corridors of power. sadly, that's not the case at the moment. people of all political persuasions are seeing that politics is failing us and that our leaders are more interested in enriching themselves, rather than protecting ordinary people. young people are not content to have criminals running the country. we also approached palestine action directly. they're get back to us. they're yet to get back to us. >> now. us president joe biden has immediate has called for an immediate ceasefire following tense ceasefire following a tense phone between the israeli phone call between the israeli prime minister and the american

president. well during that conversation, mr netanyahu also . conversation, mr netanyahu also. promised to open two new aid corridors into gaza. >> in the first such talks since israel killed seven aid workers on monday. >> well, earlier on, we got the thoughts of us political analyst eric ham and a former adviser to the bush and clinton administrations. >> steve girl feels really in a hard place. they have to eliminate hamas as a threat. and while trying to virtually eliminate any possibility of civilian casualties. i don't think anybody seriously thinks that israel intentionally was hitting these aid convoys , even hitting these aid convoys, even though some are claiming that i think it's just in in war, in tight confines, there will be civilian casualties , and at some civilian casualties, and at some point you've got the hamas terrorists that are continuing to attack these convoys, steal the food and medicine that's intended for civilians. so it's a difficult situation all around. and i think you have to give israel some latitude while at the same time demanding they

be very, very careful about civilian casualties. well, i think the intelligence capabilities are more important than ever. you need to be giving israel everything that we israel everything that that we have west has of, of have that the west has of, of where targets are appropriate and those that are not, to try and those that are not, to try and make better lines between what be a legitimate what would be a legitimate target and what might put civilians risk at the same civilians at risk at the same time joe is playing time, joe biden is playing a political calculus. he has real issues with the muslim community in in key battleground in the us, in key battleground states like michigan and minnesota, that he has to carry in november to win re—election . in november to win re—election. and you have a lot of protest free palestine, kinds of protests and even heckling at his own events. he's playing that political calculation, calculating that the jewish vote in the us is not as significant to him in those states as trying to him in those states as trying to make sure that the muslim vote in those states stays sided with him. so he's playing a political calculation and cutting off arms may or may not help him or hurt him in november.

>> well, i think for the first time, we're beginning to see a dramatic change in the biden administration , particularly how administration, particularly how it speaks of israel. we've already seen and heard president biden call for an immediate ceasefire something that we know has already been a complete 180 from this administration, as we know that there have been a number of un security council memorandums that they have actually vetoed or would not support because of that call. but now we see this killing of seven aid workers is clearly a bndge seven aid workers is clearly a bridge too far. and now with a tremendous pressure, particularly on president biden, we're now seeing a massive change as the president of the united states is now finally confronting benjamin netanyahu on their continued adjudication of this war. >> well, let's take a look at the weather now for you with alex deakin . alex deakin. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news.

>> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news and other wet starts for many out there today, but it should get a bit brighter through the day. some wet weather across scotland with some snow some pretty some hill snow here, some pretty grim roads. grim conditions on the roads. the hill snow and the mixture of hill snow and heavy rain at low levels. not very at all. that wet very pleasant at all. that wet weather is clearing away, as is the rain from eastern england. so brightening up certainly in the south. some sunny spells developing through this afternoon, developing through this aft anoon, developing through this aft a fair], developing through this aft a fair few showers to chug be a fair few showers to chug through a fairly brisk wind. through on a fairly brisk wind. that is bringing that window is bringing relatively mild air, so temperatures in sunny spells temperatures in the sunny spells 16, 17, maybe 18. it feels cold though. still across scotland, single digits likely here, and another pulse of rain will cross scotland through this evening and overnight. it will chiefly be rain, though tonight, rather than hill snow we've than a hill snow we've seen through area through last night. another area of works up across of rain then works up across the rest of the uk and the winds continue to strengthen, particularly the west , particularly in the west, through hours. but through the early hours. but again, that air

again, bringing that mild air out very mild night lows of 10 to celsius in the south. so to 12 celsius in the south. so a warm start to the weekend. but a windy one as well, particularly so in the west around western coast. we have a met office yellow warning in place. storm kathleen, named by the irish weather service because they will the brunt of the will bear the brunt of the strongest winds but nevertheless unseasonably for us on unseasonably gusty for us on saturday. those winds could cause some travel disruption. there will be showers, but there will be some showers, but many will be dry with many places will be dry with some sunshine and will still some sunshine and it will still be warm, particularly be very warm, particularly in the for the east. over 20 degrees for the east. over 20 degrees for the first this year. the first time this year. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar spot hours of weather on . solar spot hours of weather on. gb news. >> now this is very exciting . >> now this is very exciting. it's our biggest giveaway of the year so far. your chance to win a £10,000 greek cruise for two. but that's not all. no, stephen. >> no no no. because you can also get your hands on £10,000 in cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts. >> yes, your 2025 holiday could

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gbnews.com/win. please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck i watching on demand. good luck! >> now you need to go to the dentist. that's a question for you this morning. not necessarily to get anything done with your teeth , but to go for with your teeth, but to go for a bit of botox. maybe a filler. >> yeah, dentists are >> yeah, well, dentists are facing backlash selling facing backlash for selling botox and lip fillers when there's huge backlogs in the system. talking about that system. we're talking about that . next. >> 2024 a battleground year, the year the nation decides as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election, who will be left standing when the british people make one of the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives? >> who will rise and who will fall? >> let's find out together for every moment. >> the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. >> gb news is britain's election

channel. >> now. welcome back. nhs dentists are facing backlash for selling botox and lip fillers . selling botox and lip fillers. >> yes. practices have been found right across the country flogging aesthetic treatments, including one that offered a facial slimming treatment. i could do with that myself. to be fair. >> stop it. don't be so nasty to yourself. well, the campaign group toothless in england, which is advocating for an nhs dentist for everyone, said the situation was unfortunate but inevitable. >> well , let's talk to doctor >> well, let's talk to doctor serena seagal, who's also known as the foodie, dentist and lifestyle journalist annette kellogg. good to see you both this morning, serena, what do we make of dentists doing this on the side, as it were ? the side, as it were? >> it's a really interesting question to be honest. i mean,

dentists are taught facial anatomy . we are taught the heavy anatomy. we are taught the heavy neck and quite a bit of detail dunng neck and quite a bit of detail during our undergraduate training. but dentists have gone out on their own and they've got specific training done, additional courses for injectables. so fillers and botox and actually it's not just for cosmetic reasons, botox, it's also for functional reasons. people who have , reasons. people who have, something called tmj disorders, which are essentially jaw aches and jaw tension, botox can actually be used to relieve this. so it isn't forjust actually be used to relieve this. so it isn't for just the cosmetics. how we think botox is useful. it can actually be used to relieve pain, but i don't think banning nhs dentists from injectables , in my opinion, injectables, in my opinion, doesn't really solve the nhs crisis because there are some benefits to it also. >> okay, annette, what do you make of it? >> well, i think one's about skin, one's about teeth. you need to decide whether you're arthur or martha. if you are going down the aesthetics route,

that's a whole different look . that's a whole different look. it's, you know, i worry as well when young girls go to the dentist and see. ooh, have you filler here, have your botox. it's everywhere already on social media. and i feel it's one extra place where it shouldn't be needed. now there's 12 million people needing dentistry at the moment who have unmet needs. and i also feel i've seen it on tiktok. even with doctors advertising . oh, with doctors advertising. oh, don't bother doing doctors, going down that route. just do aesthetics. and i think, where is this all going to end? it sounds a bit bananas. and i associate the dentist with pain, but annette isn't going to a dentist. as serena says, they they've studied facial anatomy. isn't it better for patients to go to a dentist, a professional rather than these back street clinics that we've seen pop up, up and down the country? >> i do agree that doctors and dentists are the best people to

do that, but i also think there's a moral compass to it where i think , you know, nurses, where i think, you know, nurses, for example, when i was pregnant , i went to have my bloods taken and the nurse said to me, oh, after the baby's come out, do you fancy a bit of botox? and i was like, pardon? and then he gave me his card. now i think, where's this upsell going to end? and whilst i do appreciate they know anatomy and that's great, i do think just having an aesthetics clinic just if you want the big bucks have the aesthetics clinic. in fact even train further and be a plastic surgeon. that's where the mega bucks are. but i think dentistry and oh, the lines crashed a little bit there. >> serena. i mean, she annette raises a really valid point, doesn't she? and although botox may be may be used by dentists for jaw pain and something which forjaw pain and something which is sort of related to dentistry, the idea that and we struggle to get a dentist appointment as it is the idea that that actually

half the time is going to be taken up with, in effect, beauty treatments. just just frankly seem ridiculous at the moment. >> i do understand this point of view, but i think that dentists are trying to promote a more kind of comprehensive care because i have personally seen them benefit of forgive me, forgive, forgive me, but it isn't comprehensive care, is it? >> beauty treatments is not about care. it's a different industry. it's not about most people don't need beauty treatments for their well—being , treatments for their well—being, do they? >> oh, sure. >> oh, sure. >> and i think beauty and doing botox for functional reasons are two kind of separate conversations. so i've personally seen the benefit of people getting botox to relieve their jaw people getting botox to relieve theirjaw pain . and that can be their jaw pain. and that can be transformative for some people , transformative for some people, but i understand in terms of the cosmetic side of things that maybe dentists should differentiate, but also botox as botox. it's an injectable, and i think that it should be provided

as a sort of comprehensive care to alleviate patients pain, because it really does help. >> yeah. well, under those under having people that understand it under circumstances, it's under those circumstances, it's the, the rest of it really. i think serena seagal good to see you.thank think serena seagal good to see you. thank you very much indeed. annette keller, who signalled dropped out just a moment ago, we were talking to her as well. she was a lifestyle journalist. i i've got to say, i find it concerning, know, especially concerning, you know, especially if a dentist if you can't get a dentist appointment, we know appointment, which we know people appointment, which we know peowe've seen 4 am. >> we've seen those 4 am. queues, haven't we, in bristol? people to. yeah. trying people trying to. yeah. trying to signed to an nhs to get signed up to an nhs dentist. 4 am. people started queuing. yeah. >> given up all >> i mean, i've given up all hope of an nhs dentist. i mean, i go private because i don't know what else do i do know? but then again, even with that, i mean, i've got i need a new crown because i pulled out crown because i pulled one out last week, remember. >> see the video of >> yeah. do you see the video of that ? i was >> yeah. do you see the video of that? i was very bad on instagram, so i've had it put back have you. i haven't back on. oh have you. i haven't actually asked i feel like actually asked you. i feel like actually asked you. i feel like a no. a bad. no. >> you haven't. it's very bad friend. got back on that

friend. so i got it back on that day. but it is slightly fractured so it's got to be replaced. but they can't see me to crown on till, end to put a new crown on till, end of may. >> that's no good is it? >> well, that's no good is it? >> well, that's no good is it? >> so? but at least this is back on now. so it's doing most of the job. >> this is the thing about dentistry it's urgent. dentistry is often it's urgent. it's care. it's people it's urgent care. it's people with and if you've it's urgent care. it's people withtoothache, and if you've it's urgent care. it's people withtoothache, youi if you've it's urgent care. it's people withtoothache, you knowu've it's urgent care. it's people withtoothache, you know it's the had toothache, you know it's the worst can't you can't worst pain. you can't you can't do anything for it unless you see dentist. see a dentist. >> need dentists . we do. >> we need more dentists. we do. and a i mean, it's and it's a i mean, it's a especially if you're a private dentist. of course, it's a well paid job. so it was always thought of as a really high when i was young. if you became a dentist or an optician, it was like, they're a dentist. i like, wow, they're a dentist. i went with someone who went to school with someone who became dentist. yeah, was became a dentist. yeah, it was like impressive . yeah. like really impressive. yeah. >> job. yes. well, >> respectable job. yes. well, let know what think about let us know what you think about that one. let us know if you're struggling to get a dentist appointment botox appointment or a botox appointment, go appointment, or do you go to your dentist get botox ? let your dentist to get botox? let us you do. yeah. do you us know if you do. yeah. do you do gbnews.com or lip fillers? >> or as you get your teeth and your lips done, that's together.

>> well, is better than that. >> well, it is better than that. those backstreet clinics must be. >> we need to get rid of it all. >> we need to get rid of it all. >> all together . we don't need >> all together. we don't need it. nobody botox . it. nobody needs botox. >> gb views at gb news. >> gb views at gb news. >> com now. paul coyte is going to be with

next. >> time for the sport this morning. paul coyte is here as always. good morning. morning >> good morning to you. the both of you. >> should we talk? about what? as you said earlier, it was a real humdinger. it was a humdinger . humdinger. >> now, ellie, what's the cole palmer celebration on. >> she not remember? >> she not remember? >> do you not remember ? yes. >> do you not remember? yes. which is the cold? the cold? >> we did that with me around. i think that might have been without. >> no, no, it was on air. >> yeah, it's on air. >> it's. you zoned out last houn >> it's. you zoned out last hour. no, you cannot get the

professionals work. >> i know i feel bad. i thought you were there for the hall of fame . fame. >> really threw me under the bus. i'm so sorry. >> i really didn't mean to. i'm so sorry. but the cold. the cold palmer, which. and he got himself hat trick. two himself a hat trick. two penalties deflection penalties and a deflection as well. it counts. it's well. but it all counts. it's still a hat trick. but anyway. chelsea four, manchester united three. man united three two three. man united were three two up. right to wire up. went right down to the wire 90 minutes. then another ten minutes the so chelsea minutes on the top. so chelsea get penalty . everybody get a penalty. everybody celebrating thinking whoa we got a out of this manchester a draw out of this manchester united are as sick as dogs thinking how could we have thrown away. then thrown this away. and then chelsea goal with thrown this away. and then che cold goal with thrown this away. and then che cold palmer. goal with the cold palmer. >> he threw it away last time. yeah. you remember it? were yeah. do you remember it? were they the other week. and they playing the other week. and then they it away at the then they threw it away at the last minute. there another one. >> working, fl- g working, i can't >> i'm working, i can't remember, all week , you remember, i work all week, you know. you know, this is as bad as this is. and my son, you know, we go spurs every week know, we go to spurs every week and see loads of football. and he'll that result last he'll say, dad, that result last week i'll go , no, it's gone. week and i'll go, no, it's gone. i'm always can't retain it

all. >> you're always looking ahead . >> you're always looking ahead. >> you're always looking ahead. >> yeah, what i am. >> yeah, that's what i am. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> age i, i was hoping you weren't going to say that, but i know that's exactly what it is. >> true. tell us about >> it's true. tell us about alexis mcallister. what goal alexis mcallister. what a goal he scored. >> alexis, what are you doing? good boy. done the good boy. done good. the argentinian world cup winner, a fantastic go. two one up fantastic shot to go. two one up for liverpool. they went three one up and then they won the game united. game against sheffield united. although sheffield united bottom club and i predict they club and i did predict they don't an earthly. they'll don't stand an earthly. they'll be absolutely by be absolutely destroyed by liverpool. did liverpool. it was one they did put up fight. they did. i liverpool. it was one they did put up fight. they did . i know put up a fight. they did. i know you enjoy that game one one. it was for quite a while until they came back and won three one in the end. so liverpool huge game and then manchester united for the that's they're the weekend. so that's they're back. for you. >> yeah yeah they're back at the top though. >> liverpool now liverpool are back then just back at the top. and then just below arsenal. and then below them arsenal. and then manchester city. so it continues to be three horse race. to be a three horse race. >> very the top >> it's very tight at the top there it. it is as we talk there isn't it. it is as we talk about the gulf. >> yeah i do want to. on no. >> oh well go on f1 go on.

>> oh well go on f1 go on. >> oh well go on f1 go on. >> oh you want f1 or golf. are you telling me i do request you tell me what fancy. tell me what you fancy. >> i just want you to say, you know who am . oh >> i just want you to say, you know who am . on max verstappen. >> oh, you want to talk about max verstappen? >> love it way you do >> oh i love it the way you do it. thanks for shopping. >> well the first day of >> is well it's the first day of practice at the japanese grand prix in suzuka . there he is just prix in suzuka. there he is just knocking back. you're just your regular bottle of champagne there just before. never drink and drive everybody, especially on suzuka, especially a on the suzuka, especially on a japanese motor track. japanese motor racing track. there's there's lewis hamilton and there's verstappen again . he and there's verstappen again. he was fastest, but it's only the first practice. second practice going on at the moment. but horrendous rain at the moment. so then we have qualifying and then then the race will be on sunday morning. >> right. >> all right. >> all right. >> do want to do that little >> do you want to do that little bit of yeah yeah yeah bit of golf. yeah yeah yeah we've it's the thing is it's we've got it's the thing is it's about justin thomas about caddies. justin thomas former world number one, has dispensed with gyms . jim bones dispensed with gyms. jim bones mackay who was his caddie. and

it's whether they haven't . got it's whether they haven't. got on. but i'm not really sure exactly what's happened. but now he's looking for another caddie. but what i find really interesting in caddies is how much money caddies so they much money caddies make so they make lots of money. >> had on the show billy >> we had on the show billy foster, billy foster, billy. >> when were talking about >> when we were talking about the weren't he the ryder cup, weren't we? he was, he'd been he'd done 20 was, and he'd been he'd done 20 ryder it's if you're a ryder cups. so it's if you're a top caddy and obviously if you're with golfer, you you're with a top golfer, you can very, very well. so what can do very, very well. so what would and i always would you say? and i always tend to do a quiz, but what sort of percentage would a caddy percentage would you say a caddy would out of the winnings? would make out of the winnings? >> the winnings? >> out of the winnings? >> out of the winnings? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> tip correct. >> 10% tip correct. >> 10% tip correct. >> no, absolutely. >> 10% tip correct. >> but absolutely. >> 10% tip correct. >> but there utely. >> 10% tip correct. >> but there were millions. exactly >> so there's a guy called steve williams. steve williams williams. now, steve williams new tiger woods new zealander was tiger woods caddy. now you can imagine how well he's done. there's steve there on the left obviously with tiger there on the right hand side. in 2011 steve williams

side. now in 2011 steve williams earned $57,000. not great. you would imagine in two thousand and seven because it was a more successful year for tiger, he won or earned $1,086,000, but steve williams, in all working with tiger woods, has earned $8.8 million from carrying the bag, which made him new zealand's richest sports person. above rugby players. anything else? >> yeah, good on him. we're in the wrong game . the wrong game. >> him start carrying the bags? yeah. money's going to start. i need to start practising. >> that's fight. >> that's your fight. >> that's your fight. >> let's do it shall we? >> yeah. let's do it shall we? are you it's a good ol are you good? it's a good ol youtube star don't you. will you get. will pick on me again? get. will you pick on me again? >> i've your mic off now >> i've pulled your mic off now go on, talk us through this. >> okay. ice hockey. >> okay. ice hockey. >> we're going to ice hockey . >> we're going to ice hockey. we're to new york. new we're going to new york. new york against new jersey york rangers against new jersey devils. you know what? you really there, really rough me up there, mister, you? you're both really rough me up there, mis breasts. you? you're both really rough me up there, mis breasts. history,’ou're both really rough me up there, mis breasts. history, i'm'e both our breasts. history, i'm slightly out of and slightly out of breath and winded a little everything.

anyway, history between of anyway, history between two of the matt and the players, matt rempi and curtis mcdermott. now, look, that's the darn that's the start of the darn game seconds. all get game. two seconds. they all get involved . rempi refused to fight involved. rempi refused to fight mcdermott during a game before . mcdermott during a game before. he wasn't happy about it, so he started on him. mass brawl. he wasn't happy about it, so he started on him. mass brawl . all started on him. mass brawl. all ten players involved. there were five fights in this and everybody had a lovely time. and the thing is, they pick their partner. it's like, okay, yeah, i'm going after you. you're going after me, and then we get it on. and that's what they did and they all got into look at him. love unbelievable. it him. love it. unbelievable. it was violent as what was almost as violent as what you put me through. just a moment. >> so do we have an hr. department? >> is there an hr department? >> is there an hr department? >> well, well okay. >> well, well okay. >> fine. of sorts. >> fine. of sorts. >> okay, i'll take your get out. >> okay, i'll take your get out. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i throw you out. >> before i throw you out. >> before i throw you out. >> out? oh, ellie, >> throw you out? oh, ellie, help out with out . help me out with crying out. >> sit there for. >> sit there for. >> leave him alone. he ain't worth it. she shouts. >> get out, get out! >> get out, get out! >> get out, get out! >> get yourself to safety. >> get yourself to safety. >> okay. >> okay. >> god. thanks, paul. >> god. thanks, paul. >> oh, i'm exhausted. >> oh, i'm exhausted. >> stay us. where? we're >> stay with us. where? we're going the papers. that's

next. >> time to see what's in the papers this morning with former government adviser claire piersall. i bet you're glad you're advising the you're not advising him at the minute absolutely. showbiz minute. absolutely. and showbiz reporter takyi good reporter stephanie takyi good morning. good morning. good morning. good morning. good morning. glamour. this morning, claire. let's start with the guardian. should we, players and women . i don't understand. it's women. i don't understand. it's just a shocker that women are drinking beer. >> it's, stout. oh it's the rise of popularity of stout. other brands are available exactly like guinness. but there has been increase in been an 11% increase in the global consumption . of stout. global consumption. of stout. yeah.i global consumption. of stout. yeah. i love driven by women. they are an increasingly large

audience . but also because of audience. but also because of the, o% audience. but also because of the, 0% that they now sell, the o% the, 0% that they now sell, the 0% guinness. >> yeah. you cannot tell it's not the ordinary. oh that's good.i not the ordinary. oh that's good. i always have some of that in the fridge. it's because i don't drink anyway nowadays. but it says it's just as good as the original. >> we have it at home. my husband drinks it all the time. it's the 0. and apparently the taste is exactly what you would expect as to guinness would be. so yeah, no, i'm absolutely all for that. and it's also down for that. and it's also to down things like the pandemic. guinness was guinness advertising was far superior everybody else's. superior to everybody else's. but craft beer, but the rise in craft beer, where people wanted some actual taste and flavour , and not just taste and flavour, and not just a generic sort of fizzy drink in a generic sort of fizzy drink in a in a pint glass, i can see you with a pint of guinness. >> oh gosh, my auntie. when i was about four years old, she used to give me sips of guinness. so like one of my first early was first early memories was drinking guinness. never drinking guinness. i've never

been beer drinker. pint. been a big beer drinker. pint. no champagne. i no more champagne. i know, i know, but the thing with beers, i find them. make me i just find them. they make me feel bloated. there that feel bloated. and there is that connotation you just think connotation where you just think beers being a man's drink. beers are being a man's drink. but guess that there is but i guess now that there is these 0% available on the market, more women market, i think more women are inclined i inclined to drink it. when i give up drinking. about give up drinking. for about a year a half, i was drinking year and a half, i was drinking all these 0% non—alcoholic drinks, and they do taste the same. can the same. so i can imagine the market's only going to increase for that. >> my mother had to drink guinness when she was pregnant with me. >> yeah, it's a good source of iron. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> not a lot before anyone panics, but but they do say that. >> yeah, a half pint of guinness was meant to boost your iron levels for pregnant ladies. used to give it to horses. really yeah, absolutely. because it shines up it's shines their coat up and it's actually very them with actually very good for them with the yeah. absolutely is so the hops. yeah. absolutely is so it's one of those drinks that throughout the years has always been used, always been around, but is sort of fell out of popularity because people felt it was too heavy. >> wasn't that wasn't the

advertising back the day. advertising back in the day. guinness for you or guinness is good for you or something that. something like that. >> . it was. yeah. health benefits. >> she'll be knocking it back now. >> what are you coming tomorrow with a mane of shiny hair? >> yeah. i'll do anything to help. my hair look nice and shiny, but i did actually buy some guinness the other day to put in my guinness cake. ooh. put it in my guinness cake. ooh. and lovely. i a and it was lovely. i made a chocolate guinness i do chocolate guinness cake. i do like, oh, that sounds nice. and it really cuts through the chocolate. it really cuts through the cho ooh,e. it really cuts through the choooh,e. is that i recommend. >> ooh, so is that i recommend. >> ooh, so is that i recommend. >> i gonna say, where's cake? >> there's no cake, there's no cookies. >> no, you have to blame my mother for one. she took mother for that one. she took the cake, but will. the guinness cake, but i will. i will bring in joe. oh. >> sounds nice. >> sounds nice. >> sounds nice. >> so it was very good. she's been handing it out to everyone at church, and they apparently are. coming in are. my reviews are coming in very in rural essex, so very well out in rural essex, so i'm you're enjoying that, i'm glad you're enjoying that, stephanie, caught stephanie, this picture caught my morning, and it's my eye this morning, and it's this property that falling this property that is falling into sea. into the sea. >> what we call >> yeah, this is what we call a cliff hanger, because this 18th century farmhouse trimingham century farmhouse in trimingham in is basically on in north norfolk is basically on the verge of collapsing due to

heavy rains last week. all the soft rock has eroded , and the soft rock has eroded, and the owner bought this for 132,000. five years ago, £132,000 five years ago, and unfortunately, they're going to have to evacuate the property because it's now going to be demolished because it's very at risk of falling down. >> the conservatory hanging >> the conservatory is hanging off the yeah, i can imagine it seems like it was going to be a good buy when they bought it five years ago, because there was much distance. >> nice views. yes, very good views. and you know, it's tempting to buy places like that. but then, you know, unfortunately, mother nature can have its way even with its with your property. >> couldn't sleep in it. you'd never get. >> no, no, not at all. but i do wonder if they were aware that this was going happen. they this was going to happen. they probably it was going to probably knew it was going to happen, soon. within happen, but not so soon. within five the person is of five years. and the person is of retirement age. so kind of sad that they're now going to have

to think about finding a new property. >> would you get just insurance coven >> would you get just insurance cover, that sort of thing? cliff erosion? i know it erosion? i don't know if it does. you know, all the time. >> i think it depends what the risk when the bought risk was when the survey bought it, the survey was it, where when the survey was done, there had been done, if there had been no history of no real risk history of it and no real risk factors involved, you factors involved, then you should covered. but suspect should be covered. but i suspect if something that if there was something that showed up then, then it wouldn't be, oh, we have kent be, oh, we have that in kent with erosion. be, oh, we have that in kent witiyou erosion. be, oh, we have that in kent witiyou knowzrosion. be, oh, we have that in kent witiyou know what?. be, oh, we have that in kent witiyou know what? you're bang on >> you know what? you're bang on the about sleeping. i've the money about sleeping. i've just been reading into this the money about sleeping. i've just hand reading into this the money about sleeping. i've just hand apparentlyo this the money about sleeping. i've just hand apparently theis the money about sleeping. i've just hand apparently the owner story and apparently the owner decided that even if he was in the room furthest away from the edge cliff, he would be edge of the cliff, he would be losing moved out, losing sleep. so he moved out, no even lives in the no longer. even lives in the property. real he property. real tragedy. he bought retirement to bought it in his retirement to enjoy. he's had to move. enjoy. yeah, he's had to move. very biscuit . claire. very sad, fancy biscuit. claire. >> gotta love a biscuit. >> gotta love a biscuit. >> i love a biscuit. >> and this is regarding hobnobs being voted the ultimate biscuit. now, i think everybody's got a view on favourite biscuits and hobnobs. yeah, i mean, they're nice. >> they have to be the ones with

chocolate on them. >> yeah they do. i mean i like chocolate hobnobs great. but the, the real winner is the jammy dodger. no they're my favourite you know. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> cream's my favourite. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i'm saying do you >> well i'm saying do you like a custard cream? i like the fact that inflation hasn't come that food inflation hasn't come for yet. for them yet. >> they're still about 30. >> they're still about 30. >> yeah, i can eat a whole packet of jammie dodgers. they're guilty pleasure. they're like my guilty pleasure. just jam middle just a little jam in the middle and heart shaped. and the heart shaped. >> it's because there aren't many in a packet. yeah, so therefore be. it's only therefore it can't be. it's only really of mouthfuls. really a couple of mouthfuls. there's only 20. >> are the best ones to >> what are the best ones to dunk though. that's dunk though. because that's a different story. >> jammie are told >> well jammie dodgers are told quite for, for adults. quite well for, for adults. >> i think do. i mean >> well i think they do. i mean it depends what you're it depends you're to depends what you're drinking to your coffee. i know some people. it tea. it has to be tea. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, no. see you need coffee and then can dunk. and then you can dunk. absolutely anything in cup of absolutely anything in a cup of coffee. irrespective it coffee. it's irrespective if it sinks bottom, it just sinks to the bottom, it just adds the flavour. adds to the flavour. >> digestive i think >> digestive biscuits. i think that's a classic for a classic dunker. yeah. you see, i digest lives are like either with

cheese. >> he's a savoury or buttered. >> he's a savoury or buttered. >> buttered. yeah. and i think that's family thing that's a real family thing because remember because i remember my dad teaching me that, which his parents, who from cumbria. parents, who hail from cumbria. oh, a time treat. oh, and it was a tea time treat. oh, and it was a tea time treat. oh, yeah. digested. yeah yeah, yeah. >> you've just got such a savoury tooth. >> i think i am more cheese on anything. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> cheese and peanuts . >> cheese and peanuts. >> cheese and peanuts. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's true. that's what now i like a chocolate round to dunk. nobody else. but i'll tell you anyway . anyway. >> and i had it the other day andifs >> and i had it the other day and it's a lovely dunking biscuit. the chocolate melts . biscuit. the chocolate melts. >> i don't know what a chocolate does, it's a round that's made of chocolate. is it round biscuit made chocolate ? yeah, biscuit made chocolate? yeah, it's a fun chocolate. it's. it's. i guess you'd call it kind of like a shortbread middle with a thick chocolate edge. >> oh, that sounds nice. >> oh, that sounds nice. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay, i'll bring you in a packet. stop promising your biscuits. >> not showing up. >> not showing up. >> never turn up. >> never turn up. >> it feels like a british thing, though, because i don't know if other countries do the

dunking biscuits. >> must do no, i think >> i they must do no, i think you're right. >> i don't other >> i don't like it. other countries >> i don't like it. other coubiscuits as >> i don't like it. other cou biscuits as much >> i don't like it. other coubiscuits as much we do. >> biscuits as much as we do. >> biscuits as much as we do. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no they do like wafers and things. yeah. >> no they do like wafers and thirit's yeah. >> no they do like wafers and thirit's yeaithe same. >> it's not the same. >> it's not the same. >> need a properly soggy, >> you need a properly soggy, soggy biscuit. >> yeah. it's like how. >> yeah. it's like how. >> oh shut up sorry >> oh shut up now. sorry >> oh shut up now. sorry >> yeah. >> yeah. >> that's how we from that to >> that's how we go from that to talking dirty in the toilet stephanie. which i think is sounds disgusting, but actually we need to know this. >> we need to know because we know we take our phones everywhere with us, but apparently we taking our phones to toilet puts us risk of to a toilet puts us at risk of getting infection because we don't know, our phones don't wipe. you know, our phones and, able to and, you know, you're able to kind get all this bacteria kind of get all this bacteria onto onto your onto your mouth and onto your face. so health experts are saying, leave your phone out of the toilets because you are picking infections just picking up infections by just carrying there. it's carrying it in there. so it's a bit of a dirty talk , but yeah, bit of a dirty talk, but yeah, leave it out the toilet. yes >> because it's like those. >> because it's like those. >> well, it makes me feel ill. >> well, it makes me feel ill. >> i don't, i don't yeah. >> no, but you do . get those

>> no, but you do. get those hotels where they've always got one in a, they've always got a phonein one in a, they've always got a phone in the toilet. >> i never understood why you would need to have a conversation whilst using the facilities. don't get that. facilities. i don't get that. i mean, surely this is your your facilities. i don't get that. i meantime.ly this is your your facilities. i don't get that. i meantime. but is is your your facilities. i don't get that. i meantime. but also your your facilities. i don't get that. i meantime. but also i)ur your facilities. i don't get that. i meantime. but also i haveyur facilities. i don't get that. i meantime. but also i have to quiet time. but also i have to say that in the bottom of say that mine in the bottom of my handbag probably equally my handbag is probably equally as i'll tell you as covered in. i'll tell you what can buy ultraviolet what you can buy ultraviolet phone sanitisers. what you can buy ultraviolet phone thatisers. what you can buy ultraviolet phone that sounds. >> oh that sounds. >> oh that sounds. >> should all buy the little >> we should all buy the little box plug it in and you box and you plug it in and you should put it in, and it sorts your phone out about your phone out in about a minute. yeah, yeah, i like that. i should do that. i want one of those. but it's, you know, £50 i could do without spending. those. but it's, you know, £50 i couwell without spending. those. but it's, you know, £50 i couwell clubbed spending. those. but it's, you know, £50 i couwell clubbed together|. we >> well clubbed together and we can it. can all have it. >> we should have one in the office or something. >> yeah, but that's >> yeah, yeah, but that's horrible. shouldn't horrible. you shouldn't be taking phone into the taking your your phone into the toilet. no, i've thought about that, actually, but is. that, actually, but that is. there important. there you go. important. >> some all bear in mind >> some things all bear in mind on of that thank you on all of that one, thank you ladies much indeed. ladies very much indeed. >> been a pleasure. ladies very much indeed. >> thanken a pleasure. ladies very much indeed. >> thank you. pleasure. ladies very much indeed. >> thank you. it'sasure. nice to >> thank you. it's been nice to smile. needed it. smile. we needed it. >> we did. >> yeah. we did. >> yeah. we did. >> the news is very, very heavy time. >> and we bring you some light

and joy. yeah, that's what we aim for. >> toilets, biscuits. we aim to please. >> we aim to do every time. >> we aim to do every time. >> thank you very much indeed, stephanie. >> thank you. all right. let's take a look at the weather now with alex deakin. >> like things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers as sponsors of weather gb news. weather on gb news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news and other wet starts for many out there today, but it should get a bit brighter through the day. some wet weather across scotland with some some pretty some hill snow here. some pretty grim the roads grim conditions on the roads with mixture of hill snow and with a mixture of hill snow and heavy low levels. not heavy rain at low levels. not very pleasant at all. wet very pleasant at all. that wet weather is clearing away, as is the rain from eastern england, so up certainly in so brightening up certainly in the sunny spells the south. some sunny spells developing this developing through this afternoon, will still afternoon, but there will still be few showers to chug be a fair few showers to chug through on a fairly brisk wind . through on a fairly brisk wind. that window is bringing relatively air, so relatively mild air, so temperatures sunny spells temperatures in the sunny spells 16, 17, maybe 18. it feels cold, though. across scotland , though. still across scotland, single digits likely here, and another rain will cross another pulse of rain will cross scotland through this evening

and overnight it will chiefly be rain , though tonight, rather rain, though tonight, rather than a hill snow we've seen through last night. than a hill snow we've seen through last night . another area through last night. another area of rain then works up across the rest of the uk and the winds continue to strengthen, particularly in the west, through hours. but through the early hours. but again, that mild air, a again, bringing that mild air, a very night lows of 10 to 12 very mild night lows of 10 to 12 celsius the south. so a warm celsius in the south. so a warm start to the weekend, but a windy one as well, particularly so in the west around western coast. we have a met office yellow warning in place. storm kathleen, named by the irish weather service because they will bear the brunt of the strongest winds but nevertheless unseasonably gusty for us on saturday. those winds could cause some travel disruption. there will be some showers, but many places will be dry with some sunshine and it will still be warm, particularly in be very warm, particularly in the east. over degrees for the east. over 20 degrees for the east. over 20 degrees for the first time this year. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar on .

good morning to you. it's 9:00 on friday the 5th of april. today, the westminster honeytrap scandal . and tory mp will wragg scandal. and tory mp will wragg admits his involvement after leaking colleagues numbers to a man he met on a dating app . man he met on a dating app. >> yes. william wragg has apologised profusely and said that he is mortified after leaking the numbers of up to 12 other mps and parliamentary staffers . questions over staffers. questions over security. i'll bring you the details shortly . details shortly. >> us president joe biden tells benjamin netanyahu to stop killing civilians in gaza , killing civilians in gaza, begging the question will washington withhold arms sales to israel? >> more travel misery for commuters as train drivers start a new wave of strikes over pay . a new wave of strikes over pay. >> travel chaos once again, the

first of three strike days as rail passengers are urged to check before they travel. >> a survey reveals a record number of police officers are now turning to food banks in order to stay afloat. is it time they got a pay rise ? they got a pay rise? >> and do you ever pop to the dentist for a filler in your face? that is. yeah anyway, dentists are under fire after providing patients with both treatments and fillers amid a backlog of dental appointments. >> rain. hail. snow. 20 celsius possible tomorrow and some very strong winds from a storm system. there's lots going on with the weather over the next couple of days. join me later for a full forecast. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news

i >> -- >> hello. >> hello. >> i was trying to find some views, but i think they've all been whisked away. >> oh, i've got some here on police pay. >> oh, this has got you going. >> oh, this has got you going. >> yeah. john says i thought you had to be on benefits to claim food at food banks. well, no, i just threw it at food bank last yeah just threw it at food bank last year. i think it was. and the lady who was running it was saying two thirds of people coming in now actually have jobs, many them zero hour jobs, many of them on zero hour contract jobs. to be fair, but she was saying it's really shocked a shocked her. she works at a food bank. >> @ says e’- bank. >> says the wheel has gone >> steve says the wheel has gone full circle again. in the late 70s, police were leaving in droves pay. now droves because of low pay. now it's happening well, it's happening again. well, well, is an issue. well, i retention is an issue. they said the low pay are the metropol police, which presumably weighted presumably is weighted because it's london and all the rest of it, but it's £37,000 was the starting pay 37 grand? well, just just under 36,775 to be exact. >> you remember things very well. >> that's not low pay. and within five years you can apply

to be a sergeant, which starts at £57,000 in the metropolitan police . police. >> it's not low pay and then you get good benefits, good pension or other things to factor in as well. i think a few of you have made that point. yeah. so do keep those views coming in. vaiews@gbnews.com now main news today. >> and the conservative mp will wragg has admitted to handing out phone numbers of out personal phone numbers of colleagues to a man he met on a dating app . dating app. >> well, the hazel grove mp said he provided the details after sending intimate pictures of himself to the user. wragg said he was scared that the man had compromising things on him. >> well earlier we got the thoughts of the exchequer secretary to the treasury gareth davies troubling , secretary to the treasury gareth davies troubling, and davies extremely troubling, and worrying for anybody to hear this kind of activity takes place, well, wragg has , as you, place, well, wragg has, as you, referred to, apologised for , for referred to, apologised for, for the action he took but took in, a set of circumstances that i think many could potentially

sympathise with in that he felt compromised and acted in a way that, he thought appropriate, but has clearly , apologised for but has clearly, apologised for that activity. i would just say to anybody watching that feels that they're in a similar position , if they ever feel like position, if they ever feel like they're being compromised or blackmailed, they should report that to the police . that to the police. >> well, let's speak now to our political correspondent, katherine forster good to see you this morning, catherine. and now there are going to be great concerns about security and mps safety in westminster . safety in westminster. >> yes, indeed. because, of course, mps, they're human, like the rest of us. they make mistakes as we all do. but of course they are public figures and there is concern. we have no idea who is behind these messages, but questions over security of mps. some suggestions, perhaps that there could be hostile states behind

this. russia or china. we simply do not know at the moment. but the mp william wragg , at the the mp william wragg, at the centre of this storm, apologising and absolutely mortified. what happened is that he was on grindr, a dating app , he was on grindr, a dating app, he was on grindr, a dating app, he met somebody, down the line. he sent an explicit image further down the line , he was further down the line, he was then pressured to give , the then pressured to give, the phone numbers of mps and parliamentary staffers over, he did that. this person masquerading as either a man called charlie or a girl called abby. then got in touch with those people, flirty messages, etc. ultimately asking for explicit images . the majority of explicit images. the majority of mps and staffers contacted batted these away, but we understand that two other mps did send images. now william wragg, he's a vice chair of the

1922 committee. he's very well respected and liked in westminster , i would say, but he westminster, i would say, but he is saying they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me . leave me alone. i told leave me. leave me alone. i told them to stop . i've hurt people them to stop. i've hurt people by being weak. i was scared , i'm by being weak. i was scared, i'm mortified. i'm so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt. now leicestershire police are investigating what they call malicious communication. sir lindsay hoyle, the leader of the house of commons, has advised mps to get in touch with the security department , if they security department, if they have any concerns, but a very difficult day for william wragg. certainly. okay >> katherine forster there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. >> well, let's talk to labour's deputy national campaign coordinator, ellie reeves, who joins us now. good to see you this morning on this issue. and

away from what is a personal tragedy, frankly, for will wragg in all of this, how concerned are you that there is someone out there, whether an individual or perhaps a foreign actor, who is targeting members of the house of commons? >> i think it's deeply concerning . it's subject to a concerning. it's subject to a police investigation now, so it's difficult to sort of cut across that and say too much. but what i would say is that anyone that thinks they might have been a victim of this scam should report it to the police and the parliamentary authorities, and i think the advice from the speaker, lindsay hoyle, for mps that are concerned to seek advice from the security team is really good advice , has heightened concerns, advice, has heightened concerns, hasn't it, about the vulnerability of mps to cyber attacks, especially in an election year ? election year? >> what support, what advice is being given to mps? because we don't actually know how many

people have been targeted. it's thought that some labour mps have also been, victim to this. >> yeah, that's right. we don't know much about this at the moment in terms of the numbers of people that have been targeted, nor do we know the nature of it. and where this has come from. so i don't know how helpful it would to be speculate, but mps can get briefings on their security if they're concerned. i receive briefings on security, and i think that's that's really important , think that's that's really important, particularly as you say, during an election year , say, during an election year, we've got we spoke to the government earlier on this morning, celebrating the fact that what we saw in the spring budget, the, the spring statement, national insurance is coming down for a lot of working people tomorrow, down from 10 to 8% money in our pocket, says the government. what's wrong with that ? that? >> well, the tax burden is at a 70 year high. despite the

changes to national insurance, and families are typically £870 worse off. that's because of fiscal drag, people being dragged into higher tax brackets . but also people also be facing increases to their council tax bills this month. so despite what the government says, people are worse off under after 14 years of conservative government >> yeah, we're going to see rachel reeves later unveiled your party's latest attack advert. it is very easy to attack, isn't it, when you're in opposition. but what will the labour party actually do to help working families ? working families? >> well, what we've seen under this government is a mismanagement of the economy. people still remember that liz truss budget that crashed the economy spent sent the markets in to, into a spin. people are still paying hundreds of pounds more in their mortgages as a

result of that. that's why under laboun result of that. that's why under labour, we've made growth. our number one mission. the way that you you , you ensure people are you you, you ensure people are better off is by growing the economy . and growth has been economy. and growth has been staggeringly low under the conservatives, but also financial stability. we can't have a repeat of that mini—budget, which has left people worse off. that's why everything that labour does will be fully costed and financial stability will be at the heart of a labour government. but you forgive me, but then you. >> but you said the big problem here is fiscal drag. but you're not, you're not. you're not saying in any, in any sense that laboun saying in any, in any sense that labour, if you come into into power, are going to get rid of that fiscal drag . that fiscal drag. >> well, we want to see the tax burden on working people lower. but you can only get there if you grow the economy, which is why growth is our number one mission. there are a number mission. but there are a number of that can do

of things that we can do straight away to make the tax system for example, system fairer. for example, ending tax breaks that ending the tax breaks that private currently enjoy private schools currently enjoy and putting that back into the state sector where the vast majority of people go to school , majority of people go to school, introducing a proper windfall tax on the energy giants, closing the private equity tax loophole. these are all fairer tax decisions that could be made that a labour government would do to make the tax system fairer. >> well , yes, fairer. >> well, yes, fairer in one sense, you could argue. but what it's not going to do is have any impact on us paying our taxes. and that's what people want in a cost of living crisis, don't they? they want to be paying less and you're not offering less tax and you're not offering you the government for you criticise the government for the high tax bands, the high tax rates that paying at the rates that we're paying at the moment, you're offering moment, but you're not offering any that . any solution to that. >> but the reason the tax burden is so high is because the government has failed to grow the if you look at the the economy. if you look at the uk compared to other countries, our staggeringly low.

our growth is staggeringly low. that's why we've set out our plan to grow the economy, for example, through our national wealth fund , through setting up wealth fund, through setting up gb energy, by reforming skills and the apprenticeship levy so that we can grow the economy . that we can grow the economy. and that's how people will be better off. the tories have completely failed on all of that. >> look, we're hearing about a tense phone call between joe biden and benjamin netanyahu, joe biden, warning that israel needs to take immediate action to stop civilian deaths in gaza, an indication that he is considering stopping arms sales to the country . what's the to the country. what's the labour party's stance on this? would you consider , in light of would you consider, in light of monday's missile attack? would you consider limiting intelligence sharing and arms sales to israel? >> well, i've got serious concerns around arms sales to israel. that's why we have repeatedly called for the government to publish the legal advice that they have received

in relation to arms exports. now if that advice shows that there is a clear risk that uk arms could be used to facilitate or commit breaches of international humanitarian law, then arms exports to israel should stop immediately. but the government hasn't published that advice . hasn't published that advice. they'd had it for almost a month now, but haven't done anything with it. and if the advice does show that there's a clear risk that international humanitarian law is being breached, then it does ask questions about why the government hasn't acted sooner, can we just finish off? i want to talk to you about the water situation because it's causing a lot of concern up and down the country and so many people have messaged us when we've talked about it, saying it needs to be nationalised who nationalised and people who would all of would vote for all sorts of different parties. said different parties. labour said that looking at that you were looking at nationalised water, then you seem to row back on that. what's your current stance ?

your current stance? >> we don't have plans to renationalise water the billions and billions of pounds that it would cost, and the time it would cost, and the time it would take to unpick the current structure would mean that we'd see further delays for the infrastructure investment that we desperately need in water. but there's a number of things that we would do in relation to water. first of all, communities are fed up of being blighted by sewage being poured into rivers and seas. that's why we would ban bonuses for water companies that that are dumping sewage. we'd also introduce criminal sanctions for water bosses who repeatedly oversee the illegal dumping of sewage. we also need a tougher regulator for an end to self—monitoring for the water companies, and proper fines that act as a deterrent for water companies who dump sewage. >> okay , ellie reeves, it's good

>> okay, ellie reeves, it's good to talk to you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well , i >> thank you. >> well, i think it's a it's a it's a tough call that because talk about being a cross. >> she's no idea what we're going to ask her. we asked her about a lot of different stuff. >> loads different things. >> loads different things. >> it's going to be across it all got to be across your briefs. that was impressive because they're not always actually, with actually, whether you agree with what or not is another what she says or not is another matter. but certainly had matter. but she certainly had answers everything. answers for everything. >> across across >> yeah, she was across across the wasn't she? the brief wasn't she? >> always bev turner. >> it's always bev turner. >> it's always bev turner. >> yes. and ben leo for sure i am. >> this is my ninth show of the week for gb news this week, so i'm very much relying on ben to know this week. know what's going on this week. oh, demand, aren't oh, you're in demand, aren't you? our coffees. i'm you? we've had our coffees. i'm a everyone else on a mug. everyone else is on holiday. it's week, but holiday. it's easter week, but this developing think this developing story, i think is mps is interesting about the mps and this that's is interesting about the mps and this it that's is interesting about the mps and this it is. that's is interesting about the mps and this it is. do that's is interesting about the mps and this it is. do you that's is interesting about the mps and this it is. do you feel that's is interesting about the mps and this it is. do you feel a1at's is interesting about the mps and this it is. do you feel a bits what it is. do you feel a bit sorry for him? i do will rag. >> yeah, yes i do i think i think foolish but it's think he's been foolish but it's a human mistake. a human. it's a human mistake. >> yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and i also think if you look into the detail this,

into the detail of this, whoever this was this person or this body was very personal that very personal information that they message this they were using to message this person, the names of person, they knew the names of their they shouldn't person, they knew the names of their gone they shouldn't person, they knew the names of their gone to they shouldn't person, they knew the names of their gone to the ey shouldn't person, they knew the names of their gone to the police. ldn't have gone to the police. >> instead of giving his colleagues away. foolish >> instead of giving his colas|gues away. foolish >> instead of giving his colas anes away. foolish >> instead of giving his colas an isolated away. foolish >> instead of giving his colas an isolated incident.yolish >> instead of giving his colas an isolated incident. yesh on as an isolated incident. yes escalating other escalating it by sharing other people's goodness me , people's details. goodness me, you're an mp. >> yeah, very scared. >> yeah, it was very scared. >> yeah, it was very scared. >> well, but if you've got >> well, yeah, but if you've got compromising out there, compromising pictures out there, you worried you go to the. you're worried about coming out, aren't about them coming out, aren't you?i about them coming out, aren't you? i ultimately that's you? i mean, ultimately that's the you're worried the thing. you're worried about those you those images coming out. you should them in should never have taken them in the place. should never have taken them in the don't)lace. should never have taken them in the don't send x—rated pictures >> don't send x—rated pictures to randoms who you on whatsapp. >> should a good >> should be a very good advertisement it? >> it really poorjudgement on >> it really poor judgement on his i you know, it is his part, but i you know, it is as old as time. of course it is behaving a manner that i like behaving in a manner that i like to why mps politicians to know why mps and politicians have sexual baggage. have so much sexual baggage. >> seems to be one >> i mean, it seems to be one one, not the debate one doing. >> let us know your >> but do let us know your thoughts home. they don't. >> don't you think they don't? well, they don't. >> don't you think they don't? weitherethey don't. >> don't you think they don't? we|theretheplenty:. it. but >> there is plenty of it. but it's than anybody else. it's no more than anybody else. it's seems like there is it's just seems like there is more than it's because. because they're spotlight they're in the spotlight with this and, and this sort of thing and, and anything with sexual anything to do with sexual baggage around always

baggage around an mp is always a scandal. yeah. and so it makes the . the headlines. >> all right. elsewhere we're discussing, have their discussing, seem to have their heads , don't they, heads easily turned, don't they, maybe way maybe that's a better way of putting maybe stress. putting it. maybe it's stress. maybe elsewhere, we're discussing views. discussing opposing views. >> somebody who >> would you date somebody who is of a different political, you know, persuasion to you? >>i you? >> i think that's a great debate. >> and lots, lots, lots, lots more. don't go anywhere. >> you very much, two. >> thank you very much, you two. >> thank you very much, you two. >> right importantly, >> right now, importantly, it's our the year >> right now, importantly, it's ou1far. the year >> right now, importantly, it's ou1far. it's the year >> right now, importantly, it's ou1far. it's your the year >> right now, importantly, it's ou1far. it's your chance the year >> right now, importantly, it's ou1far. it's your chance to re year >> right now, importantly, it's ou1far. it's your chance to win. ar so far. it's your chance to win. and we're very jealous. a £10,000 green cruise for two. yes but there's also £10,000 worth of cash and a whole host of luxury travel gifts. >> so your 2025 holiday could be on us. here's all the details you need to enter. >> you could win our biggest prize giveaway so far . first, prize giveaway so far. first, there's an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend. however you like. plus, courtesy of variety cruises, a bespoke seven night small boat cruise for two worth £10,000 with flights, meals , excursions and drinks

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well, this isn't what you want to hear more travel misery for commuters as train drivers start

a fresh wave of strikes over pay- >> let's head to manchester piccadilly. should we? our northwest reporter sophie reapen northwest reporter sophie reaper. is there for us this morning. hi, sophie. >> good morning to you both . as >> good morning to you both. as you say, i'm at manchester piccadilly this morning. and the situation here on the ground is thus. i suddenly decided thus. if i suddenly decided i wanted to head down to birmingham, say today, then this is what i'd be met by on the train line up. no trains whatsoever are available. and it's similar if it's a similar story. if i decided, for example, that i wanted to head down to london this weekend, once again, there are no there available . are no results there available. and the reason for that is because once again, we are seeing train strikes. the aslef union are walking out for three days. today we're seeing five rail companies where their drivers are walking out and no services whatsoever are being provided . those services are provided. those services are avanti west coast, east midlands railway, west midlands trains, london northwestern railway and cross country. all five of those

will be providing no services today , and rail passengers are today, and rail passengers are being urged to check before they travel anywhere. now. aslef union members voted last month to continue this strike action and in response to that, their general secretary, mick whelan, had to say those votes show yet again a clear rejection by train drivers of the ridiculous offer put to us in april last year by the rail delivery group , which the rail delivery group, which knew that the offer would be rejected because a land grab for all the terms and conditions we have negotiated over the years would never be accepted by our members . now would never be accepted by our members. now he would never be accepted by our members . now he refers there to members. now he refers there to a ridiculous offer , which a ridiculous offer, which actually is a pay rise of 8, which a representative from the department of transport has said would mean the average train driver's salary would be raised from £60,000 a year, up to £65,000 a year. the spokesperson from the department of transport also said aslef is the only rail union continuing to strike,

targeting passengers and preventing their own members from voting on the pay offer. that remains on the table. however as it stands, we're now entering the 20th month of rail strikes, so as it stands , unless strikes, so as it stands, unless they can get round the table and come to some kind of offer that everyone is happy with, for now at least, it seems that it's the rail passengers who are the ones who are going to continue to suffer. >> yeah. isn't it always the way 7 >> yeah. isn't it always the way ? sophie, good to see you. thank you very much indeed for the update . it's so depressing update. it's so depressing trying to get a train at the moment. >> i know it feels relentless, doesn't it? >> and after last weekend were driving anywhere was a nightmare. it'sjust driving anywhere was a nightmare. it's just crazy. >> don't go anywhere . it's the >> don't go anywhere. it's the tip. and if you. well, if you have to somewhere, check have to go somewhere, check before it's very, before you travel. it's very, very advice because quite very good advice because quite often , especially monday, often, especially on monday, many will be many train services will not be running . no. so do check it out. running. no. so do check it out. >> you know, i can understand though, why so many people at the are going. i've never the minute are going. i've never known so want to known it so bad. want to emigrate, the way at

emigrate, feel the same way at the but things will the moment, but things will always better. always get better. >> will and they're going >> they will and they're going to tomorrow because to get better tomorrow because we're 6 am. on breakfast we're back 6 am. on breakfast and ben and britain's newsroom with ben and britain's newsroom with ben and next. and bev is up next. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of whether on gb news. >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news and other wet starts for many out there today, but it should get a bit brighter through the day. some wet across scotland with wet weather across scotland with some here, pretty some hill snow here, some pretty grim conditions on roads grim conditions on the roads with hill snow and with a mixture of hill snow and heavy at low levels. not heavy rain at low levels. not very pleasant at all. that wet weather is clearing away, as is the from eastern england, the rain from eastern england, so certainly in so brightening up certainly in the south. some sunny spells developing this developing through this afternoon, still afternoon, but there will still be fair few showers to chug be a fair few showers to chug through fairly brisk wind. through on a fairly brisk wind. that is bringing that window is bringing relatively air, so relatively mild air, so temperatures in the sunny spells 16, 17, maybe 18. it feels cold though. still across scotland, single digits likely here. and another pulse of will cross

another pulse of rain will cross scotland this evening scotland through this evening and . but it will and overnight. but it will chiefly be rain, though tonight, rather than a hill snow we've seen through last night. another area rain then works up area of rain then works up across the rest of the uk and the winds continue to strengthen, particularly in the west, early hours. west, through the early hours. but mild but again, bringing that mild air, mild night, lows of air, a very mild night, lows of 10 to 12 celsius in the south. so a warm start to the weekend, but a windy one as well, particularly so in the west around western coast. we have a met office yellow warning in place. storm kathleen, named by the irish weather service because they will bear the brunt of the strongest winds, but nevertheless unseasonably gusty for on saturday. winds for us on saturday. those winds could some travel could cause some travel disruption. there will be some showers, but many places be showers, but many places will be dry with some sunshine it dry with some sunshine and it will very warm, will still be very warm, particularly east. over particularly in the east. over 20 for the first time 20 degrees for the first time this year . this year. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> very good morning to you. it's half nine on friday, april the fifth. this is britain's newsroom. i'm ben leo, standing in for andrew pierce and this is bev turner. >> very good morning. a happy new tax year day. right. so honeytrap that is not honeytrap scandal that is not going away tory mp william wragg leaked colleagues numbers to a man that he met on a dating app. he's admitted last year. the hazel mp to gb news hazel grove mp spoke to gb news about the mental health challenges of his job, where the expectation , of course, is that expectation, of course, is that you will remain impermeably strong and set an example. >> i wouldn't necessarily say that politics is conducive to having your mind in a happy sense of equilibrium. all of the time, though. >> some good news. king charles is raring to go on the tour of australia in october after a positive start to his cancer

treatment