>> it is indeed. it's fantastic to have your company this morning. we have got an action packed show for you lined up today. we do indeed all of the day's top stories with author and broadcaster nichi hodgson and broadcaster nichi hodgson and founder of the youth vote uk, alexander cairns. >> good stuff now a royal return relief across the nation this morning as the king is to resume pubuc morning as the king is to resume public duties after a positive response to cancer treatment. >> yes, very good news. >> yes, very good news. >> elsewhere, lazy civil servants. they've been asked to return to the office for two days a week, but they're refusing and instead they're going on strike. so should they get the sack.7 >> oh, you couldn't make it up. and our children getting naughfier. and our children getting naughtier . england's set for the naughtier. england's set for the highest number of school suspensions in a year. but what can we do.7 and suspensions in a year. but what can we do? and who is to blame? we've got a parenting expert with us later on in the show. >> so really good news about the king. he's going to be out and

about again next week. there was some great colour in the times newspaper this morning, explaining what he's been up to dunng explaining what he's been up to during his downtime , so i'm not during his downtime, so i'm not going to reveal it just yet. >> yeah, we get a little bit of insight into what he's been doing. >> very, very interesting. >> very, very interesting. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> at home. excuse me , but >> at home. excuse me, but please do get in touch with us. we want to hear from you , we want to hear from you, anything you want to get in touch with us about all of our topics today. send your views and post your comments. visiting gbnews.com/yoursay that's how you can get in touch. >> yes, and i'll be on there in a second. do you like to go on there during your shows? >> i do, sometimes i comment back so let us know what you think of the show. yeah. >> great stuff. all right, before we do anything else, here's your news with tatiana. >> ben, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories first to some breaking news this houn first to some breaking news this hour. a major rescue operation is underway after a small boat carrying up to 50 migrants ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. while gb news homeland security editor, mark white has the detail. mark, what is the latest ?

is the latest? >> well, this migrant boat ran aground on goodwin sands, which is a notorious sandbank a few miles off the kent coast near deal miles off the kent coast near deal. the coastguard helicopter and several lifeboats have been involved in this rescue, including some smaller rigid inflatable lifeboats that have been ferrying the migrants from that sandbank to the larger lifeboats. this boat that ran aground is one of four migrant boats that made it into uk waters today, as the people smuggling gangs take advantage of a change in the weather to push these flimsy boats out into the english channel in the hope of making it to the uk. >> gb news home and security editor mike mark white there with the detail well of course have more later. mark, thank you. in other news, a british tourist is in intensive care after being attacked by a shark in trinidad and tobago. the 64 year old is receiving critical care after serious injuries to

his left arm. his left leg and stomach, according to a local official. the attack happened at turtle beach along great colon bay on tobago yesterday . several bay on tobago yesterday. several beaches along the northwestern coast of the island have now been closed. the foreign office says it's supporting the victims family . the labour party has family. the labour party has warned the cost of tory chaos is hitting businesses hard, with new analysis from the party revealing just over a million businesses report economic uncertainty as the number one factor impacting their turnover. the analysis comes as the prime minister and other senior tories come under scrutiny for their claims that the economy is turning a corner. claims that the economy is turning a corner . shadow turning a corner. shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation sarah jones told gb news the instability within the conservative party is the reason for struggling businesses across the country . across the country. >> if he gets the backing of all his own party, then as you say, yes, he doesn't have to go and arguably he could lead a minority administration. but, you know, if you're a party

leader and you've had a vote of no confidence, go against you, that does put you in a very difficult position. and it gives you, of course, it gives you an opportunity for the rest of the government to continue to have something to beat you with. there's no doubt about that . there's no doubt about that. >> and the king is to return to pubuc >> and the king is to return to public duties with his medical team, saying they're very encouraged by the progress he's made in his cancer treatment. a palace spokesperson says king charles is greatly encouraged to be resuming some public facing duties, and very grateful to his medical team. buckingham palace says his majesty and queen camilla will visit a cancer treatment centre on tuesday to meet medical specialists and patients. prime minister rishi sunak also welcomed the good news, posting on six, saying that it was brilliant news to the end of the week. bought the latest stories? you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen . or the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news. carmelites now it's back to ben

and . emily. and. emily. >> welcome back. very good morning to you. so some good news. the king. he's to return to public duties next week after responding well to cancer treatment. >> yes, very good news. but it won't yet be a full return to official engagements for the king. but the palace sounds rather optimistic. >> yes, they've said , quote, his >> yes, they've said, quote, his majesty's medical team are very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the king's continued recovery . the king's continued recovery. >> well, joining us now is royal correspondent jennie bond. jennie, very good morning to you.thank jennie, very good morning to you. thank you forjoining us. you. thank you for joining us. lovely news. >> it is lovely news and it's very nice to come on television. have something to smile about at last. it's been, as we all know, a grim start to the year for the royal family , and we've all been royal family, and we've all been told that the king has been chomping at the bit to get back to work and sort of saying, well, can i do this? or surely i

could do that? and we saw him on easter sunday and to our surprise, doing a walkabout and, gladhanding a lot of the public who had gathered there, i was surprised by that . but that was surprised by that. but that was a marker towards this positive statement saying, no, it's not out of the woods. he's not clear of cancer . out of the woods. he's not clear of cancer. he's continuing his treatment, but he is well enough now for his doctors to say, yep, i think you can do this and can do that. but it's a cautious, step forward. i mean, they still will be reviewing, every engagement , will be reviewing, every engagement, pretty much every engagement, pretty much every engagement before it takes place. and they will adapt some so that he doesn't mingle too much with too many members of the public or too many people. inside, very difficult, conditions. it's much better. it's going to be outside. i mean, summer's coming, so lots of engagements can be outside, so it's all good news. >> yes. and jenny, there was some reports this morning suggesting that the king's return will ease the pressure on

prince william. and even catherine, who has been william at least, has been bearing, you know, i guess the weight of the world on his shoulders in recent weeks. >> i think it will. you know, i think catherine is very dedicated to her role , and she dedicated to her role, and she knows there's been this terrific gap in the ranks of the royal family. with her out of action, william out of action because of her and the king out of action. so charles stepping back into some public facing duties is definitely going to make her feel, i think, a little more relaxed about taking the time off that she so clearly needs and wants. >> and jenny, give us an idea of what sort of engagements the king will now be taking part in, what will he not be missing? >> well, they're going to kick things off on tuesday, actually, with a very appropriate visit . with a very appropriate visit. both he and the queen to a cancer centre and that is sending out big signals saying how important cancer treatment is, how important early diagnosis is. i think, the

indications we've already had will come true, that he will try to be trooping the colour. i mean, that is, after all, the birthday celebration of the monarch. little odd to have a birthday celebration without the king there. but it has to be. has to be. but i think he'll try to be there. i suspect he might take this opportunity to do what his mother did at age 60. and charles is in his mid 70s, which is to not go on horseback any longer. and take to a carriage. it would be much easier for him, clearly, so the trooping maybe royal ascot, we have told that definitely he is going to host an incoming state visit from the emperor , emperor and empress of emperor, emperor and empress of japan. that's a big number. it's pretty heavy on ceremony, as you'll know, very heavy on stamina actually, as well. but thatis stamina actually, as well. but that is definitely in the diary. and i think the other event he will try very hard to be at, but we've not had confirmation , is we've not had confirmation, is the d—day celebrations in normandy, the d—day commemorate in normandy. >> and jenny, there was some really interesting colour in the

times this morning saying that the king had been, getting stuck into his hobbies as a way of encouraging his recovery. for example, walking and gardening. and there's a nice little anecdote saying that he's been growing a healing garden in the garden of sandringham in norfolk, including for thousand herbaceous plants and bulbs, specifically chosen for their health benefits, such as lavender and delphinium. he's always been a keen gardener , always been a keen gardener, hasn't he? the king? >> oh my goodness me. yes. i mean, that's at sandringham , but mean, that's at sandringham, but i've been to highgrove a number of times and at highgrove he showed me he was so proud to showed me he was so proud to show me his herbal pathway and i think he called it basically walk along a pathway and all the smells of the herbs come up from beneath your feet. and they also have healing qualities, which he's very keen on. he's always been keen on alternative medicines , so that's kept him medicines, so that's kept him very focused. and the other thing is his his positive attitude about getting back to work. i was listening to an

oncologist yesterday who was saying that one of the best things you can do if you're suffering from cancer is concentrate and focus on what you want to be doing next and what the king wants to be doing next is getting on with the job of being king. he's waited a very long time to do this and now he wants to get on with it. yeah great. >> good news. okay, jenny, thank you for joining >> good news. okay, jenny, thank you forjoining us >> good news. okay, jenny, thank you for joining us this morning. very much. appreciate it. >> thanks, jenny. shall we have a little look at some of the other top stories today? we're delighted to be joined by the author and broadcaster nichi hodgson and the founder of the youth vote , alexander cairn. youth vote, alexander cairn. great to see you both. thank you for joining us this morning. forjoining us this morning. lots to get through. what should we start with? should we talk about everything that's been going for on mr humza yousaf, first minister of scotland? it's been a pretty rubbish week. i would say selfish , afflicted though. >> so humza yousaf of the snp, has ended a coalition with the scottish greens, which was very important for having the snp in power. it was called the bute

house arrangement, it's not unusual to end a coalition and it's not necessarily the wrong thing to do, but it's how he did it. and, he was very flippant and very quick and didn't talk to people and announced it because he's trying to be the powerful leader and it's backfired . so they've they are backfired. so they've they are very angry about it. backfired. so they've they are very angry about it . and they're very angry about it. and they're going to back the scottish tories, when it comes to having a no confidence vote in which will happen next week . will happen next week. >> and alex, where, where where did it all go wrong for humza yousaf. because there's been a few things. there's been the gender reassignment bill, which was torpedoed by westminster, there was the hate crime act , there was the hate crime act, which i think humza yousaf himself had more complaints about his own rhetoric than, anyone else in the first days upon the act being made law , upon the act being made law, where's it all gone wrong for him? >> i don't know where it went, right. to be honest. i think you know what? >> he actually had big shoes to fill coming into a role when nicola sturgeon had won multiple

majorities, it was always going to be difficult for him. i mean, eveni to be difficult for him. i mean, even i saw him on a podcast actually with, rory stewart and alistair campbell. he really was questioned quite hard about what are you going to do for scotland, you know, what are your plans and really, all of his answers were very vague. you know, i think he's just someone that's kind of he narrowly won obviously the contest . i don't obviously the contest. i don't think anyone in scotland is particularly that impressed by him. >> and actually he's a overpromoted . overpromoted. >> yeah, maybe. >> yeah, maybe. >> i think i think when it comes to the election, it'll be interesting. i do think that the snp have been very popular because the independent kind of question, i think now that that's slightly turning , it'll that's slightly turning, it'll be interesting to see come an election, because obviously they now have a working majority. >> i think they'll lose. >> i think they'll lose. >> i think they'll lose. >> i can't see them winning another election . another election. >> i mean, i think we're going to see the resurgence of scottish labour. i don't see how i don't see how not. i think people are. so, fed up of what happened with nicola sturgeon and that ongoing story, which i won't go into details because it's too complicated to talk about right now, but but they haven't really got much faith in that party anymore. and the other problem actually for the snp is who's the next leader? there isn't an obvious next

leader at all because actually humza yousaf has been so obsessed with being the man he hasn't cultivated any particularly close . staff. so particularly close. staff. so it's not like he's got a deputy that he can then go to and then he can get he can, you know, carry on working with them in some capacity. i don't know who is a contender. >> and he's certainly not mr popular, is he at the moment. >> shall we move on? someone who's had a better week, i would argue, is, rishi sunak the prime minister? of course. so aside from some big policy announcements , the defence, announcements, the defence, boost, budget, he's also been out and about with the hardest geezen out and about with the hardest geezer. you know , the guy who geezer. you know, the guy who ran the length of africa. what's her name? russ. russ cook, russ cook. her name? russ. russ cook, russ cook . so we're going to play you cook. so we're going to play you a little video, but basically they ran from downing street past, buckingham palace, hyde park, all in central london and had a nice chat on the way. so here's a little taste of it. >> one of the biggest challenges. yeah, it's not so much the hours . come challenges. yeah, it's not so much the hours. come on. we're all prepared to work hard. yeah everyone works hard. give it . everyone works hard. give it. the tricky thing is you're put you're going from thing to thing

to thing thing. all of which are different. >> like you were tory prime minister. you've kind of whatever you do is going to upset, like at least 50% of people. >> yeah, but you have to just you just have to accept that, as you just have to accept that, as you were saying, you, you have to accept that. i always say, like, at the end of the day, if i look myself in the mirror and know, look, i'm working as hard as i can. yeah doing what i believe is right for the country. yeah. and then you know what? the rest is? the rest. right >> so you're such a softie, aren't you? ben, i love you. look at that. and you're you're sold. >> i'm a i'm a sold. >> he's a nice guy. you're sucker. >> i'm a sucker for the content. no, he's had a pr blitz. >> and it is. it's nice. what can you say, really about that ? negative. >> oh, my god, it's so crazy. i only go on first. rishi sunak gives us his impression that he's so . kind gives us his impression that he's so. kind of gives us his impression that he's so . kind of california he's so. kind of california health conscious and that he's super fit. he obviously isn't super fit. he obviously isn't super fit. he obviously isn't super fit because he was so struggling to talk throughout that and keep up and do that thing where you go and they're like, wait for the person to

talk to, take a breath. i know, i know it, i've done that, i've done it, i've been there. but the other thing about it, the other thing about him is like maybe was that monday, you know, he fasts for 24 hours. can you imagine working with rishi sunak on a monday afternoon how hungry he must be at that point? >> i'm not eating this morning. >> i'm not eating this morning. >> i'm not eating this morning. >> i ate a lot last night too fast together. >> like only ten ish. ben. he's. i mean, you get 4 or 5 pm. with rishi sunak. he's still not had a morsel. i mean, ijust rishi sunak. he's still not had a morsel. i mean, i just want a morsel. i mean, ijust want i just want i want to work with the guy. so you wouldn't want to work with him or probably go for a run with him either. >> what about you, alex? >> what about you, alex? >> i have to agree. i'll be honest, i think the stuff that he does is just not normal. like, i can't think of anyone that goes for a run and a camera crew follow, and they're talking about how do you get into running to impress a girl? >> i mean, like, it's just so it's just not normal stuff. you talk about a run, you know what i mean? he doesn't have a kind of naturalness about him, no matter what he talks about, unless he's talking about unless he's talking about economics or silicon valley, which is this happy place. >> he can't. he's not good at being human. i'm sorry, but he isn't. >> well, what about the substance of this week? so he got his rwanda bill through. we're getting a cut in national insurance . if you're working, insurance. if you're working, you will feel that a little bit in your pay packet. this month.

what else is going well for him this week? >> i just love the content . the >> i just love the content. the content is great. >> i've been spending defence spending. yeah. >> defence spending. there are quite a few things that he's ticked off this week. yeah would it have an impact on the polls though? >> well, unfortunately at the moment, no. and i laugh because actually i do feel for him because i, you know, no one can question that. he's working very hard and i'm sure he's doing ridiculous hours. you know, he's he's definitely working with his cabinet to think, okay, like, let's think about really let's not let's not do a boris and just have like lots of like big, you know, like kind of crazy moments. let's think about substance and policy, which is what he's doing in fairness. you know, defence spending is important. we've got multiple wars in the world. you know, uk has to have a perspective on, you know, supporting ukraine, supporting the israel gaza situation. however i think from a polling perspective, i really don't know what's going to move the dial. like, you know, he could literally say to people, i'm going to give you like £5,000 bonus in your paycheque from the youth vote. >> yeah. so so are any youths going to vote for rishi sunak? >> not many . i going to vote for rishi sunak? >> not many. i don't think it's specifically about rishi. i think we do make it a very

presidential style election. >> the tory brand isn't painted in. >> yeah, it's not necessarily i actually think doesn't matter even if they replace him, which let's be honest, if they have a if they're a battering at the local election, i might see them. they literally would replace him. but who's going to come in and move the dial on the polls? >> i really don't know who penny mordaunt is. >> the person that's touted to be the next leader, but i don't think she's got i don't think she's got the people power. i don't think your young people will vote. >> i don't think the members like her. no. the problem with the conservative party from from what i've been told, is that there's just full of lib dems. there's no real conservatives. >> i don't know about that. >> i don't know about that. >> i'm very right wing. >> i'm very right wing. >> tory members are probably, i would argue , members have told would argue, members have told me that's why the tories are in the predicament they're in, because they're just there aren't any real conservatives left. >> penny morden is infamous, of course, for her comments on genden course, for her comments on gender, ideology and trans things, which has put a lot of her. >> she did clarify that. >> she did clarify that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and it seems like all of our politicians have got their, years later when she had , you years later when she had, you know, not over that one. >> maybe not kemi badenoch, though, who's also been touted as a possible leader at some point. >> she's maybe a lot of graft, isn't she? like she's running a presidential style campaign to

get elected? >> okay, well, look, nikki , >> okay, well, look, nikki, alex, thank you very much. feisty start. thank you. moving on. we do , sorry. i need a on. we do, sorry. i need a coffee. coming up. coming up . coffee. coming up. coming up. can a can a person be loyal and unfaithful at the same time? this is a really interesting story. i think it's ridiculous, but research says that apparently people are more loyal to their coffee brands and their football clubs than their partners, which i think is a bit ridiculous. >> but that's not the case. >> but that's not the case. >> yeah, we'll get stuck into it. >> oh, it.- >> oh, so it. >> oh, so don't forget to keep sending us your messages on gbnews.com/yoursay. we'll read them out very shortly, but for now we'll be back in a

tick. >> welcome back . now, please do >> welcome back. now, please do keep sending in your messages about all the topics we're talking about today. we've got a few that have come in already . few that have come in already. we were talking about rishi sunak. whether he's had a decent week in the grand scheme of things. you know, a few good announcements for him. the rwanda bill is now an act

defence spending pledges. national insurance cut, that sort of thing. >> great social media content, social media. nick says good morning. nick sunak is probably great. it's the mps in cabinet that are the problem. and jane says i thought rishi looked better in sports gear than he doesin better in sports gear than he does in a suit. >> yes, well, sometimes the suit trousers are a little. >> well he mixed it up recently didn't he, with those, was it the sambas, the trainers he wore with the suit, which caused a bit of controversy. >> he had to apologise to the samba trainer community, which was slightly awkward, megan says i like rishi. good family man supports freedom of speech, economy growing. well, the economy growing. well, the economy could be growing a little bit more, but yes, it is technically growing . it is technically growing. it is technically growing. it is technically growing. it is technically growing 0.1, 0.1 percent, you know. all right, look on the bright side, darren says , with regards to civil says, with regards to civil servants, the government should close all their offices and let civil servants work from home. the amount of money that is wasted on buildings and heating them, they all have laptops and able to work from home, yeah . able to work from home, yeah. maybe i just get the thing with working from home is i don't mind it now and then, but especially for junior staff members especially, i mean, my background is media and newspapers. if you had a junior

newspapers. if you had a junior newspaper reporter come into the office and you're mixing and rubbing shoulders and talking with veteran reporters of, say, 30, 40 years, you learn more in a five minute chat with them than you ever would, you know, five years on the job. >> it is worth pointing out, though, that in the express today, apparently there are some pretty decent figures for most government departments. now. it does seem like most civil servants are getting the memo, at least. apparently the cabinet office is the best in 96% of people in the building. >> well done then. >> well done then. >> it's the ons who are striking, isn't it? >> the ons because they don't want to come in for two days a week, which is, you know, come on, come on guys, get that bad two days a week, is it? >> well , though perhaps they'd >> well, though perhaps they'd argue with statisticians. we can do it anywhere. >> well, yeah, that's what they say. >> that's what they're saying. do we believe it? let us know what you think. but moving on. >> once a cheater, always a cheater. well, not in all aspects of life, because new research apparently shows 95% of unfaithful partners would rather cheat than change their regular coffee order utterly bizarre. >> and 86% would rather have an affair than cheat on their

political party. no way. no way. >> how can you change your political party? >> no way. well, here to talk to us is psychotherapist lucy beresford . lucy, great to see beresford. lucy, great to see you talk us through this. >> so the research was really trying to explore this age old conundrum , which is if you know conundrum, which is if you know that someone has cheated on their partner , does that mean their partner, does that mean that they could be unfaithful in all other areas of their life? so the study that's just come out, it's from ashlee good madison. they're the world's leading marriage and dating website people. and they suggested that no, actually 90% of people are way more loyal, for example, to their political party. although actually at the moment i think there is a certain amount of promiscuity going on in terms of what might be happening at that, if not the local elections and maybe the general election if it happens later. this year. but things like whether you would be loyal to your favourite coffee to your football team, for example , football team, for example, there are people who are loyal to their football team for the

whole of their life. >> there's also research from that website saying that ashley madison, ashley. yeah, it's an affairs website, isn't it? i mean, so it says that if you are, a cheater with your partner, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to be disloyal in other areas of life, which i find astounding, because if you can't stay loyal to the one person that matters, how are you going to stay loyal to something you know, trivial like a but that's a really interesting what people would argue that your football allegiance or your political party is not a trivial thing, but the idea that just because you are having an affair means that necessarily you are unhappyin means that necessarily you are unhappy in your relationship is also another myth that needs to be busted. >> i think because a lot of people really have affairs . people really have affairs. controversial take coming up, general, which is that you actually have an affair in order to stay married . it enables you to stay married. it enables you to stay married. it enables you to show up as a better spouse, as a less resentful parent, as someone who is not blown apart, honest about by the things. what do you mean? if you're honest

about why you're having the about why you're having the about the fact that you're going to have an affair , surely there to have an affair, surely there needs to be a conversation. >> if it's if you're going to come out the other side positively? >> not necessarily. >> not necessarily. >> even if you're hiding it. >> even if you're hiding it. >> i think the most i gave a ted talk on infidelity, whether to stay or to go, because this is the you know, if you discover that infidelity has has rocked your world, what are you actually going to do about it? >> and for a lot of people, the actual blowing apart of all of this information gives them a reset . it gives them an reset. it gives them an opportunity to reboot that relationship because couples get into grooves, couples get into ruts, and they and they kind of miss out on communication effectively. and they don't really understand how to woo their partner or to, i suppose, do things that make them feel loved and appreciated and are valued. and that's unfortunately what can often lead people. >> i just don't think sleeping with someone else is the remedy to that . to that. >> it's it might, but it may be. it is the moment at which it gets your relationship back on track. well, maybe. >> absolutely . and lots of >> absolutely. and lots of people will attest to that. lots of people will attest to that.

sure they would have having multiple affairs. >> they fill in their boots. >> they fill in their boots. >> but but it's true . couples >> but but it's true. couples can become more like housemates, can't they? and spend no time trying to actually take an interest in one another. after >> and also, you can become very competitive in terms of how you hurt each other. whereas actually and actually some interesting research from ashley madison, maybe about six months ago, was around the fluidity of relationships and how, for example, ashley madison, which as you pointed out, is a married dating website, actually has the highest sign ups from people who are not married. so men, for example, who are single, who want to get into a relationship , want to get into a relationship, but maybe not a completely committed one, and also generations z people under the age of 29 are they form the highest cohort of people signing up to this site. >> they're single men meet up with married women with married women, no strings attached. yes. >> what's the website name? sorry what's okay? just kidding. just listen to this one.

>> 87% of those surveyed would rather cheat on their partner than on their taxes. so it's interesting, isn't it? the idea of morality. that's an interesting and also interesting. >> there was one about whether you should quite low bar , but i you should quite low bar, but i think only 7% of men said that they would cheat in a race like a sort of, you know, dad's sports day type race, egg and spoon race. 11% of men said they would cheat on their psychotherapist. so i'm like, okay, how does that work? but the key thing is this overall message, which is can you extrapolate from the fact that someone has had an affair , that someone has had an affair, that somehow they're going to be untrustworthy in all areas of life if you were working with someone and you discover that your colleague was having an affair, would that actually change? would it make you reappraise ? was your interaction reappraise? was your interaction with them? and what this research is suggesting is that , research is suggesting is that, no, you don't have to do that. >> and in terms of getting over infidelity , is it worse when infidelity, is it worse when it's been a full on emotional affair rather than, just a bit of texting or something?

extracurricular activities? >> no, not necessarily. and i think that that goes to the individual that in terms of what constitutes cheating is very interesting in terms of micro cheating, for example, would yet offend you if you knew that your partner was still liking the instagram posts of their ex. for example . yeah, that's cheating, example. yeah, that's cheating, but and this is there a difference between a one night stand and a full blown 11 year affair with maybe some children on the site? you know , there are on the site? you know, there are different people, have different red lines and that's the extraordinary thing is that people do stay with the people who have perhaps betrayed them. but that's because by that stage, everything comes out in the open. absolutely. and you end up having conversations that you should have had 20 years earlier. >> really interesting. >> really interesting. >> yeah. i think it's just a real it's a real shame. you take you take marriage vows. i mean i've got zero tolerance for it. i've got zero tolerance for it. i mean, the and my wife does as well. you know, even the one little thing for me that would be it, i think one strike and you're out. one strike. >> strike and you're out . >> strike and you're out. >> strike and you're out. >> otherwise, why take the vows? i mean, just behave yourself.

just just behave yourself. control yourself. >> and telling you to behave yourself. this morning or watch my tedtalk. thank you so much. get through it. yes. thank you. we will do. thank you. i will actually watch. that sounds. it sounds very interesting indeed. lucy beresford, psychotherapist. right. >> coming up, find out who our greatest britain is this week. and it's a very, very worthy nomination. you won't want to miss it. this is saturday morning live on gb news, britain's news channel stick with

us. welcome back. it's 1033. you with ben and emily on saturday morning live. just a very quick comment on the gbnews.com/yoursay ferry. fitzy, you've said about having affairs. some women want their partners to go and find sex elsewhere. as long as they go home and pay the bills. i've been there . we do go off sex. it been there. we do go off sex. it becomes a chore. >> oh my god, ben , just goodness >> oh my god, ben, just goodness me. well, megan said, well said ben , why take your vows to love,

ben, why take your vows to love, cherish and be faithful? >> exactly. it's such meaningless. >> and she's put a little heart in a thumbs up. >> it's such a special day . you >> it's such a special day. you know, i got married in a church last year. it was amazing. it was. you know, it's a, you know, you know, what kind of a special day marriage is? why then just go back on all of that as if it's like. i mean, is it worth nothing? >> it's such a cutie pie. who you are i agree, i agree, but it is now time in the show where we will reveal who our greatest britain is. it's a person who shown courage and bravery in the face of adversity, and also can bnng face of adversity, and also can bring a sprinkle of joy to all of our lives. >> yes, and as you can see, he's on the screen now. it is his majesty, king charles. he is to return to public duties next week after responding well to cancer treatment . cancer treatment. >> yes, it won't yet be a full return to official engagements for the king, but the palace sound very positive. which is lovely to see. now we can't speak to king charles himself today, which is a little bit of a shame. but joining us is the next best thing, really. royal superfan anita atkinson. anita, thank you very much indeed for joining us today. really great

to get you on the show. so tell us, what did you make of this statement from the palace? are you delighted ? you delighted? >> oh, very, very much so . yeah, >> oh, very, very much so. yeah, excited as well to see him out and about. and and of course excited for the state visit of japan. excited for the state visit of japan . i'm excited for the state visit of japan. i'm hoping to be there to see that. so yeah, it's great news. it's brilliant news. >> anita, you've got lots of memorabilia around you. not least that's not the king in person, is it? or is it a cardboard cut—out , well, it's cardboard cut—out, well, it's the king in person, but don't tell anyone . yeah? tell anyone. yeah? >> when did you. when did you first start getting into the royals? and is it a particular affiliation with, charles himself or just the royals in general ? general? >> i'm a monarchist, you know. i'm not really a royal superfan. i'm not really a royal superfan. i support monarchies around the world, and in fact, this morning, i've just been speaking to a friend who's from here from the north—east of england, but who actually lives in japan. she's she has been a diplomat,

ambassador, coach . and she was ambassador, coach. and she was talking about the state visit of, the emperor of japan and the whole of, japan this morning when they've heard the news about the king, a very excited as well. so this isn't just for us. this is a this is a world, this is world news that everyone is watching. we waiting for the king to come out. but as for how long i've been a monarchist. i've been a monarchist. the whole of my life. even as a little girl. i mean, i didn't know i was a monarchist then, but i was, interested in the royals and especially , of royals and especially, of course, the queen. so i am a monarchist and i support the monarchy. >> that's very interesting. so it's not just about our royal family. it's about monarchies all around the world. what is it about monarchies, then ? what do about monarchies, then? what do you think? what does it for you ? you think? what does it for you? >> right. well, i'll tell you what it does, but it's pretty boring. so i'll try not. i'll try to make it a bit more exciting, i believe i fervently believe in a monarchy as a form

of government. and that the best form of government, because, the countries around the world that are monarchies are the most stable and their people are free. and i've made a study, a study of almost 50 years studying the monarchies around the world and the countries that used to be monarchies, as well. and, the countries that used to be monarchies, of course, have all gone through a very difficult times. in fact, just on thursday, gone it was the 50th anniversary of the carnation revolution in portugal. and, you know, portugal. and, you know, portugal rid themselves of their monarchy in 1910. and then became a dictatorship. so this is why i'm a monarchist. i'm not a royal superfan. i do enjoy the stories. you know, i enjoy all the theatre that surrounds it. but and i suppose all of this royal memorabilia that surrounds me, what i've got the biggest collection. >> anita, what would you say to, graham? he's got in touch. he

says, for goodness sake, why is it news that charles is going back to work? he doesn't do a huge amount anyway. what would you say to someone like graham? >> he doesn't do a huge amount anyway . he's >> he doesn't do a huge amount anyway. he's head of >> he doesn't do a huge amount anyway . he's head of state, head anyway. he's head of state, head of the nation, head of the commonwealth, head of the church. he's got, what is it, 2.1 billion people in the commonwealth that he that he oversees, most of them non—white . i mean, what a ridiculous thing to say. i tell you what, you should have gone to live in portugal, in 1910. and then seen what a monarchy can do. it keeps you free, graham. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> that got you riled, anita. have you ever met any of the royals or charles? >> well, i have, yes. the last time . well, i was at the time. well, i was at the coronation, of course. you know , coronation, of course. you know, sleeping in the mal, because that's what you have to do, that itook that's what you have to do, that i took my granddaughters in the absolutely loved camping out in london. i often tell people that the only place in there, the united kingdom where you can come for free, is in the mall.

so and i did see him there, but the last time i actually got close enough to speak to him and shake his hand was in april 2022, when he came to bishop auckland to open the spanish art gallery with the queen of spain. so that was the last time i saw him. but yes. >> did you speak to him ? >> did you speak to him? >> did you speak to him? >> yes. yeah. did he say , well, >> yes. yeah. did he say, well, the olives do the same things, you know . you know. >> have you come far? but i think he probably knows who am. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> every time he comes to county durham. of course i'm there, yeah. because ijust durham. of course i'm there, yeah. because i just it's my passion, yeah. i'm obsessed. well, that's fantastic . well, that's fantastic. >> anita, it's been so lovely to speak to you this morning . and speak to you this morning. and thank you for being our greatest britain in you of the man himself. thank you very much indeed , anita atkinson. have you indeed, anita atkinson. have you come far, superfan and monarchist? have you come far? it's a great question. >> it's like when you get you get into a taxi. i don't know about anyone else, but you always say, had a busy day, a busy day, been a been a busy night. and you know, the taxi

driver is just probably just sitting there thinking , shut up. sitting there thinking, shut up. >> i think that's quite possibly , quite possibly my taxi driver this morning he said, he said, i'm sure you're bored of speaking to taxi drivers who are always moaning about everything, always moaning about everything, always moaning. taxi drivers are i'm going to be positive. and he really put a spring in my step this morning. >> oh good, i love that anyway. >> oh good, i love that anyway. >> well, still to come. has pairings in parenting rather got a million times harder now. we live in a modern world and our kids naughtier these days i'd argue they are. but our guest who's coming up very, very shortly, is giving them a lot of generous slack , which we'll be generous slack, which we'll be getting stuck into. this is saturday morning live on gb news, britain's news channel .

>> right. it's 1044. welcome back to saturday morning live with me. emily and ben. leo.

now, you've been getting in touch on practically everything we've been talking about this morning. >> working from home, getting you riled up. mary says working from home is inherently unfair due to the millions who don't have that same opportunity . and have that same opportunity. and robert, good morning robert. you say brighton and hove city council , my neck of the woods say brighton and hove city council, my neck of the woods is still working from home and the service is dreadful. when you phone, you eventually get through, you can hear the tvs in the background. >> and we were having an interesting conversation about infidelity, which was , you know infidelity, which was, you know lucy beresford, she had a few controversial things to say about how affairs can actually be good for relationships . lots be good for relationships. lots of you disagree. druss. the legend, whoever you are. druss, he says, whatever happened to morals ? cheating is wrong in any morals? cheating is wrong in any aspect. betraying a sacred trust aspect. betraying a sacred trust as in an intimate relationship, is the most reprehensible thing a person can do. there's never an excuse. an excuse. >> an excuse. >> yeah, and just on rishi sunak, we said, well asked the question, has he had a good week with his policy announcements and some good social media content as well ? lee, you say

content as well? lee, you say rishi sunak will never win an election due to the way he ignored 3 million entrepreneurs and excluded us from any help dunng and excluded us from any help during the pandemic. >> it was true the self—employed did have a tough deal there. indeed, didn't get anything. no people. >> i guess people like lee furlough won't forget that, will they? >> they won't forget that. clearly well, shall we move on? this is going to be an interesting one. >> yep, has raising kids become harder than ever before? because apparently nearly nearly 1 in 5 teachers in england say they've been hit by a pupil this year as more children are on course to be suspended from school than ever before, 1 in 5 teachers in england say they've been hit by a pupil this year. >> i mean, that is crazy. >> i mean, that is crazy. >> that is crazy. who's to blame? >> but why is that ? and are our >> but why is that? and are our teens out of control? we've also had horror stories of stabbings. >> we had one this week, didn't we? the one in wales this week. >> awful, awful. are our teens out of control ? joining us now out of control? joining us now in the studio is parenting expert peiyi yang. thank you so much for joining expert peiyi yang. thank you so much forjoining us today. so

much for joining us today. so let's get back to the basics. our children getting naughtier. >> well i don't think so. no, no , not at all. i think it's just a society is changing and their needs are changing. and the people and the system around them are not changing fast enough to meet their needs . so enough to meet their needs. so i definitely don't think there are any. >> so what does that mean exactly ? exactly? >> so if you're thinking about let's start with the society in terms of social media right now, they have so much access to the social media. they get to know about themselves, their rights, other young people, what they're doing. so now they have a voice and they feel more empowered to know about their rights and what they're entitled to. back in my era, when i was a teenager , era, when i was a teenager, everything my parents or the teachers say goes, but now they have this. >> i think that's a positive change, though. >> i actually think it's a positive change, and i think it's a really think about what lens are you seeing through the teenagers behaviour . and if teenagers behaviour. and if you're thinking the children, teenagers, if you're saying the teenagers, if you're saying the teenage children's behaviours get naughtier, i think we're placing the blame on the

teenagers. but the problem is, well, 1 in 5 kids have been found to hit a teacher , found to hit a teacher, physically strike out. >> 1 in 5 teachers have been hit. yes. >> yeah, i mean that that doesn't. that's no excuse because the world is changing around them. >> absolutely. there's no excuse. and but we need to think about the organisational context and the pressure the teachers are going through and also the curriculum, the teachers , when curriculum, the teachers, when they went through the training. is there enough training, adequate training to teach them how to manage the difficulties, the changing needs of these children? >> are you blaming the you're blaming the teachers for? >> i am not blaming the teachers. no no no no , i'm not teachers. no no no no, i'm not blaming the teachers getting in class, being why? i'm saying the teachers are under a lot of pressure . there's not enough pressure. there's not enough support for them to support the changing needs of the children. the i would imagine the big increase in pupils in class. right. and then the children, there are a lot of neurodivergent children. the needs are, you know, they know about what they are, who they

are, what they want to become. but there's no curriculum for the teachers when they're going through training to say, right, these are the parts you need to think about. how do you meet these children's needs? how do you build a relationship? i think that's true. >> but anecdotally , from my >> but anecdotally, from my experience, i mean, we've all been children. it was the children who had. it was my friends who had strong discipline from their parents who were actually happier because they had boundaries. they knew expectations . they they knew expectations. they knew that if they stuck by the rules, things would be okay. is when parents. surely it's when parents take a completely lax approach that children get into trouble. surely there needs to be more discipline rather than less? >> i think we are going through one extreme to another. extreme is a balance of needs, right? when i say the children's evolving needs are changing, doesn't mean we don't put discipline in place. there needs to be boundary actually , the to be boundary actually, the research has shown young people want boundaries and they need boundanes want boundaries and they need boundaries to feel safe because they're going through a lot of changes just now in physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically . and it can be

psychologically. and it can be it can be really overwhelming for them. so they need that boundary to feel safer for them . boundary to feel safer for them. but what i'm saying is there's a lot of influences in the system around the young person that is changing the needs. that is. so then we need to think about how do we influence the people around them to support the young people to thrive? i think education system, i think if i'm lucky enough to have a child, i think i'll probably be quite strict. >> you have to be, but you also have to be. >> i grew up with i'm your mum, not your friend. >> well, i don't quite agree with that. i think you have to be strict, but also you have to be strict, but also you have to be a loving parent as well. i mean, my, i'm the parent of two young boys and i'm not going to name names, of course, but the kids whose parents are very slack and mollycoddle them and say , you know, if they kick off say, you know, if they kick off and have a tantrum, they say, oh no, no, come on. no, it's fine. no, come on, sweetheart, let's get in the car. those kids behave the worst out of any other children i've met. and they continually do it because they continually do it because the kids know that the parents are lightweights and they get away with it . away with it. >> yeah you do. you can be both, ben. you can be a loving parents, but also putting

boundanesin parents, but also putting boundaries in place. and i think a lot of parents think i have to be either or. you know, if i have to be a strict parent. so then i can't give in to my children. and i'm there's never the perspective of encouraging my parents, who i work to with think about it can be both. you know, my how you do it. >> my four year old refused to go to nursery for the first time even go to nursery for the first time ever. i was at last week or the week before, and we had this big sort of ferrari and he was kicking and screaming. we tried physically putting him in the car and he was just writhing around and, you know, being a nuisance. so i said, okay, don't go to nursery, but you're going to go home and you're going to sit in your room all day. we took away all his toys, no tv, no sweets, no chocolate, no treats, nothing. and for the whole day, of course we fed him. he came down for lunch and that. but the whole day he was peering out of his bedroom window, looking into the garden whilst i jet washed the patio and you know, he said the next day he said, sorry, i regret doing that. i regret my behaviour. i'll go to nursery and you know, you've got to discipline kids. you just can't use the word regret. he's i we had a chat and i said, how did that make you feel yesterday? all that commotion and he said, i felt

sad, i wish i didn't do it. >> can i ask, did you ask your wee boy why he didn't want to go to nursery? >> of course. yeah, yeah. he says he doesn't. he said he didn't quite know. i think there's one of our friends worked at the nursery who just quit, and she was very close to her. so maybe it was because of that. but but you trials and tribulations, you just you can't let kids get away with stuff like that because they'll just take an inch and take an inch and go a mile and you just highlight something so important here is the emotions i'm asking you about. >> i was asking you about what? why did your young boy, your wee boy didn't want to go to school? yeah. and it's the same for teenagers. there's a lot of feelings coming through, and it's that emotions you need to attain to, to be able to go right. what's going on here? how are you feeling? and you were afraid that actually really reassure a lot of young people. and i think the teacher, because they're so stressed, there's so many kids in class. how do you manage 35 or 40 kids emotions? i want to go back to what you said at the start, because i've you talked about how it's a potentially a good thing that children speak in terms of their rights. >> yeah . and they talk about,

>> yeah. and they talk about, yeah. just at that point really, because that's quite difficult, isn't it? because children will come across sometimes as rather entitled. and they don't know more about the world than their parents, and they don't know what the right thing to do is in certain situations. so surely that guidance has to come from the parent rather than the child. the child should not be telling their parent what they should be doing. of course not. >> i'm not saying that the parents listen to what everything their children were saying or detect how the household should be like or what how they behave in school. what i'm saying is the children now learn about how they feel, what their rights are, and they have a voice to talk about what can influence their life, affect their life. but that means the parents and the people around them start. learn to listen. but that doesn't mean you have to agree with them, but it's simply listening to what their perspectives are. and equally, for the parents, you want your teenager to be listening to your perspective. why am i putting the boundaries in place here?

why can't you go to party till 12:00 at night when you're only 13 years old? right? there's a different perspective here. it's about their listening. >> also, i was listening to a podcast the other day. i can't remember who it was talking a psychologist. i think saying how social media is , is just making social media is, is just making children and teenagers so anxious. well so worried, depressed and really causing a there was research out was it this week or last week about how children as young as three are on social media and using smartphones ? smartphones? >> and i think the percent what percent was it of 5 to 7 year olds? something like 40, which was us. i mean, i, i argue that adults shouldn't be on social media like that, let alone, you know, vulnerable kids whose minds are like sponges. >> absolutely. there needs to be boundanesin >> absolutely. there needs to be boundaries in place. and this is one area the parents always asked is, how do we boundaries that use of social media? because it does affect you and like you said, ben, we're adults. i could be like in my bed. i just want to watch one p0p

bed. i just want to watch one pop video and then later, two hours later, i'm still watching puppy hours later, i'm still watching puppy videos. >> i think they call it doomscrolling, don't they? yeah absolutely. >> so but definitely the social media has a lot of influence on the young people. but then again, it's coming to educate your young person. you know, what is appropriate, what is not appropriate , what the boundaries appropriate, what the boundaries are. how do you stay safe and be inspired by those who inspire you and, you know, avoid those like, yes, if social media was another addictive product, if it was an addictive substance , you was an addictive substance, you know, you would not allow children to have it. >> but for some reason , social >> but for some reason, social media is socially acceptable. >> there's a reason all the social media bosses, mark zuckerberg and so on don't let their kids on their own product. it's because it's toxic to their brains. >> thank you so much . no, thank >> thank you so much. no, thank you for having me. great to speak to you. we've got lots more coming up on the show, including our showbiz selection. >> looking forward to that. >> looking forward to that. >> yeah , definitely. and, yeah, >> yeah, definitely. and, yeah, a great story about declan rice. steve got us back in a sec . steve got us back in a sec. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news.

>> morning. we have some heavy, persistent rain arriving later today. meaning tomorrow is going today. meaning tomorrow is going to be pretty wet for some of us. however, before then, it's a rather showery day for many of us today. first thing, we do have quite a bit of cloud across southern areas and some outbreaks of showery rain pushing their way into parts of the midlands. more central parts as we go through the day across scotland, northern ireland, a touch of frost first thing this morning and then a scattering of showers developing as we head into the afternoon. and some of these could turn a little bit wintry over the higher ground. there will be some sunny spells around, but temperatures still a little bit below average for the time of year. some places staying in single figures. highs of around 14 or 15 celsius. further south, some heavy rain then feeding into southern parts as we go through this evening. so a pretty wet end to the day here and that rain. then continuing to push further northwards overnight, feeding in across much of central southern england into some northern parts of england, and perhaps into wales as well. first thing

tomorrow morning towards the northwest, though , some clearer northwest, though, some clearer skies. so again we could see a touch of frost . first thing. it touch of frost. first thing. it is going to be a wet start to the day across much of england and wales then tomorrow, but that rain , although will be that rain, although will be quite heavy and persistent for a time, is gradually going to clear its way northwards, could fringe into some eastern parts of scotland, but more western parts of scotland and northern ireland, going to stay largely dry. and we should see some sunshine also breaking out across parts of western wales and southwest england. two temperatures similar to today but obviously feeling a bit more unpleasant when it's going to be very wet. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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got an action packed hour ahead of us. yes we've got all of the day's top stories with author and broadcaster nichi hodgson and broadcaster nichi hodgson and founder of youth vote uk, alexander cairns. >> we have indeed and a royal return relief across the nation as the king is to resume public dufies as the king is to resume public duties after a positive response to cancer treatment elsewhere . to cancer treatment elsewhere. lazy civil servants. they've been asked to return to the office for just two days a week. yes, you got that right two days a week. but they refusing and instead going on strike. should they get the sack as a result and stamp out spiking ? and stamp out spiking? >> that's what apprentice star ryan mark parsons is urging after he was drugged and held hostage during a night out in soho. he joins us later in the show to discuss what turned out to be a horror of an evening. >> yeah, it sounds like a night to forget for ryan.

>> well, maybe he won't. his memory will probably be a bit fuzzy if he was spiked, but we'll be hearing all about the details on that one. i think he's got a policy pledge. he's campaigning for a change in government policy to deal with spiking . spiking. >> i think he wants a glasses or dnnks >> i think he wants a glasses or drinks that are served in bars to have special lids on, so they can't be reopened or tampered with. >> so there we go. >> so there we go. >> we'll find out how widespread this problem actually is , but we this problem actually is, but we want to hear from you to let us know what you think. send your views and post your comments. visiting gbnews.com/yoursay ben's always there, ready to type a reply, aren't you? yeah yeah, i'm i need to stop getting so involved. >> i like responding to your comments, but look before why not? yeah i don't know. dangerous game. but before we do anything else, here's your news headunes anything else, here's your news headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> ben, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. a major rescue operation is underway after a small boat carrying up to 50 migrants ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. gb

news home and security editor mark white has more. >> well, this migrant boat ran aground on goodwin sands, which is a notorious sandbank a few miles off the kent coast near deal. miles off the kent coast near deal . the coastguard helicopter deal. the coastguard helicopter and several lifeboats have been involved in this rescue, including some smaller rigid inflatable lifeboats have been ferrying the migrants from that sandbank to the larger lifeboats. this boat that ran aground is one of four migrant boats that made it into uk waters today, as the people smuggling gangs take advantage of a change in the to weather push these flimsy boats out into the english channel in the hope of making it to the uk. >> a british tourist is in intensive care after being attacked by a shark on a canbbean attacked by a shark on a caribbean island. the 64 year old is receiving critical care after serious injuries to his left arm. his left leg and stomach , according to a local stomach, according to a local official. he is said to be doing

well and is stable at this time. the attack happened at turtle beach along great portland bay in trinidad and tobago yesterday morning . several beaches along morning. several beaches along the northwestern coast of the island have been closed. the foreign office says it's supporting the victim's family. labour has warned the cost of tory chaos is hitting businesses hard, with new analysis from the party revealing just over a million businesses report economic uncertainty as the number one factor impacting their turnover. the analysis comes as the prime minister and other senior tories come under scrutiny for claiming that the economy is turning a corner. scrutiny for claiming that the economy is turning a corner . the economy is turning a corner. the shadow minister for industry and decarbonisation , sarah jones, decarbonisation, sarah jones, told gb news the instability within the conservative party is the reason for struggling businesses across the country . businesses across the country. >> first parliament in history, this parliament to see a fall in living standards and we've got the lowest business investment in the g7. these are decisions that have consequences that the

government is making. rishi sunak told us this week that we turned a corner, but of course pnces turned a corner, but of course prices are still rising and we're still in recession . and we're still in recession. and when he changes his ministers every five minutes is embroiled in internal battles. the whole time we've had ministers out this morning in the papers saying that backbenchers shouldn't revolt against rishi. when you have that level of chaos and in central government, it of course it has an impact on businesses . businesses. >> a pro—palestine march that could attract hundreds of thousands of protesters is to take place in london today , as take place in london today, as police say the risk of disorder is not high enough to ban it. the march, organised by the palestine solidarity campaign, is set to begin at parliament square at midday and end at hyde park, where speeches will then be given. the protest group says the event is in response to israel's brutal attack on gaza. this march will be its 13th national protest since the first was staged on october ninth. meanwhile, a demonstration organised by the campaign against anti—semitism was due to take place today, but that has

been cancelled, the organisation said the walk together event had received threats and identified hostile actors who posed a risk to the safety of jews . the king to the safety of jews. the king is to return to public duties with his medical team, saying they're very encouraged by the progress made in his cancer treatment. a palace spokesperson says king charles is greatly encouraged to be resuming some pubuc encouraged to be resuming some public facing duties, and very grateful to his medical team , grateful to his medical team, buckingham palace says his majesty and queen camilla will visit a cancer treatment centre on tuesday to meet medical specialists and patients. prime minister rishi sunak also welcomed the news, posting on x that it was brilliant to news end the week. former royal correspondent charles rea told us the good news gives so many others, especially cancer sufferers, much hope. >> the fact that he is produced this news, this great news gives hope to so many other cancer sufferers as well as as it did when he first announced in february that he has got cancer.

and we know that the very first thing he's going to do is on tuesday . he's going to a cancer tuesday. he's going to a cancer treatment centre where he's going to be meeting medics and, you know, people who are being treated for cancer. again, this will be this will be a great for people who are suffering from this dreadful disease . this dreadful disease. >> and a gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the titanic will be auctioned today in wiltshire. it could fetch £150,000. businessman john jacob astor, who was 47 when went down with the ship in 1912 after seeing new wife madeleine onto a lifeboat. rather than try his luck with another lifeboat . the luck with another lifeboat. the impeccably dressed businessman, a prominent member of the wealthy astor family, was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger . for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/

alerts. now it's over to ben and . emily. >> hello. welcome back. 1107 you're with ben and emily on saturday morning live on gb news. some good news on this gloomy saturday. the king is to return to public duties next week after responding well to cancer treatment . cancer treatment. >> he is indeed. it won't yet be a full return to official engagements for the king, but the palace sound rather optimistic . optimistic. >> they do. they've said, quote, his majesty's medical team are very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the king's continued recovery. well, joining us now is the royal commentator, richard fitzwilliams , richard, richard fitzwilliams, richard, it's been a bit of a tricky yean it's been a bit of a tricky year, let's say, for the king and the royal family. is this the good news? they needed ? the good news? they needed? >> this is certainly the beginning of what i hope will be a series of announcements, all of which i think that we're all

hoping will be good news. it's very encouraging. obviously, looking ahead, they very , very looking ahead, they very, very carefully balanced the statements because naturally his medical team must approve. but if you look forward , for if you look forward, for example, next week since engagement on tuesday to a cancer care centre, i mean, this is very important. and as has been pointed out in the news headlines, i mean, one of the things this does is it does give hope to millions who are suffering from this dreadful disease or affected by it in some way. the rather the same sort of line. for example, when he talked of his prostrate condition and that led to more awareness . but there's no doubt awareness. but there's no doubt also that we're looking towards anniversary as the birthday parade, royal ascot , and then, parade, royal ascot, and then, of course, the intended visit of the emperor and empress of japan and hopefully things will be back as near to normal as could

reasonably be hoped in the circumstances . circumstances. >> yes, richard, i have felt fairly sorry for the king because he's waited all his life to take the throne, and then within a year he, you know , gets within a year he, you know, gets a bit of ill health. there were some interesting colour in the times this morning saying that the king's hobbies, such as walking and gardening , have kept walking and gardening, have kept him in a positive frame of mind. so during his treatment at sandringham in norfolk, he's understood to have enjoyed time overseeing the progress of a health garden on the west lawn , health garden on the west lawn, a project he started before his diagnosis. and he's been growing 5000 healing yew tree hedges, hedging plants, sorry, and 4000 herbaceous plants and bulbs specifically chosen for their health benefits, such as lavender. he's always been a keen gardener, hasn't he? the king? >> well, he has very keen, on his garden at highgrove too, of course, famously and as we know, he's a workaholic, and we know from his nephew peter phillips, that he's found the recent, well, some three months now since the diagnosis of cancer, a

terribly frustrating. his continued, of course, with the essential duties as head of state, seeing the prime minister, signing bills into law and so forth . but obviously he's and so forth. but obviously he's not been able to, undergo or to, take up royal engagements . and take up royal engagements. and now we're hoping for something different. and of course, let's spare a thought for queen camilla. she's been his rock. she stood in for him and there's no question she's handled it terribly well. also, the palace have kept us informed and that's very important. it's essential since he's head of state. yes. >> and it's essential considering just how many rumours there are all the time about the king's health, about the health of other members of the health of other members of the royal family. so it's great to hear from the palace itself to hear from the palace itself to make sure we are up to date. i think it needs to happen in this day of social media. but thank you richard. we'll have to leave it there. richard fitzwilliams, who of course is a royal commentator. thank you so much for taking the time out of

your saturday morning. >> thank you richard. now let's look at the top stories of the day with our top panel, author and broadcaster nichi hodgson and broadcaster nichi hodgson and founder of the youth vote uk, alexander cairns , shall we uk, alexander cairns, shall we talk about, what do you want to do first, the civil servants. yeah. >> you guys want to? i knew unison. >> so basically, look, i cannot believe this story. so civil servants from the ons specifically, they've been ordered to come back into their work . it's a physical office in work. it's a physical office in whitehall, i suspect, for two days a week. the rest of the time, they can work from home. fine. no problem. but because they've been ordered in for two days, a week, they're now going on strike. they're saying we're not having it. we shouldn't be in the office at all. this is a joke, isn't it, nicky ? joke, isn't it, nicky? >> well, we were talking about this a couple of weeks ago because it's been brewing for a while and they're now promising, you know, promising to be on the picket lines. i am a bit confused by it because i don't really see how they can resist , really see how they can resist, because in any otherjob and definitely in the private sector in which i've worked for years , in which i've worked for years, you wouldn't be able to do that. you'd just be fired. actually, if you didn't turn up

consistently. i mean, i know that, for example, recently we've had this, you know , we've we've had this, you know, we've got flex flexible working is now enshrined in law. you can ask it, ask for it from the first day you go to work, but you don't have to have it approved necessarily. you know, your boss still has the right to say no if it doesn't suit the business, whatever business that is, i kind of get the impression that there's more going on here. actually and there's more that they're irritated about. i wouldn't be surprised at all if on the days that they strike, they present some kind of list of requirements that they now have about work, this is the headline, but there's more going on.and headline, but there's more going on. and actually, there's another story in the paper about the number of sick days that civil servants take off. and it's quite counterintuitive because, it's the highest it's been since 1995. it's 1.3% higher than the private sector, but the people that are taking the days off are the oldest civil servants, not the youngest. and it's for mental health reasons. >> that's very interesting . >> that's very interesting. yeah, because we talk a lot about how younger people are finding it tough and going into work and are taking lots of time off work and lots of people on

on benefits related to mental health. but the government are saying that actually it's looking pretty good in government departments at the moment. lots of people are back into the office. these orders do seem to be working on the whole is this are these ons workers perhaps on their own here now? >> yeah, i think to be honest, a thousand ons workers. you know, if you think about how many people work in the civil service is quite a lot. you know, a thousand is quite a small majority. clearly, as you say, there's probably more going on. and actually, you know, you know, a lot of people always say, oh, young workers, they're lazy, they don't do enough . lazy, they don't do enough. they're always strike. and actually, you know, it's probably the majority of young workers that are worried about losing their job. they're probably not going to strike, actually. so, you know, let's be clear. you know, the older workers that are a little bit more difficult, they've got their routine. you know, they're probably the people that are going to be striking. they're the younger workers are scared about losing their they're about losing their job. they're going to come in. and a thousand is, you know, let's not get carried away here. do think carried away here. i do think that civil that the whole of the civil service are not going to strike well. >> el!- e’- e sunak of course, he's >> rishi sunak of course, he's pledged to axe 70,000 civil service jobs to fund the defence

boost bonanza, some would argue that the civil servants have become a law upon themselves in recent years. briefing against ministers , making it hard work ministers, making it hard work for people like dominic raab. i mean, he was accused of being a bully, but others would say that he just had high standards and the civil service were a bunch of snowflakes. yeah, but the one thing about the civil service is, yes, they're meant to keep their political views out of their political views out of their physical work that they do and the reports they produce. >> but actually, if they've got different opinions and different intelligence, they should share that, because actually, if you know, if you're in government, what you want is always the opposing view and then you work backwards from that. >> if you've got a right of centre government who's trying to get, you know, right of centre policies through, but you've got civil service, who are, you know, left or even far left activists even that we've seen stories in recent years. how how's the country meant to operate? >> but if you've got a government that's trying to break the law routinely, as they did under boris johnson, then actually they're in the perfect position to push back on it and just advise them. actually, if you do that, it's illegal. >> what they can't do is block, and there is evidence that they have tried to do that, particularly in the home office in, in recent, in recent years,

the 72,000 jobs that are going to be got rid of in the civil service, i do wonder if there are 72,000 jobs that can just be chopped to fund defence spending. then why are they? why do we even have those jobs going? we're all paying for it, of course. >> well, one man who wants people will disagree with that one man who has ordered the civil service to get back into work in recent years. >> of course, jacob rees—mogg of this parish, he put notes on their desks and said looking forward to seeing you back in the office very soon. >> he of the sleeping in parliament. only, you know, but only once. doesn't matter. it's once too many. in any otherjob. you'd be fired if you were sleeping on the job. >> quite literally. you can get late, you know, late at night with those votes back. >> no, no, no, don't drive us falling asleep . falling asleep. >> exactly. but we have a story about jacob rees—mogg because he's been harassed. should we have a little watch? >> so he was i think he was giving a speech at the university of cardiff. and upon leaving, we can see that pro—palestine protesters bearing flags getting a bit rowdy and

surrounding him as he made his way out into a car. i mean, for me, this is far too much. it's unsightly scenes. you don't want to see your politicians subjected to this kind of hounding make your argument, of course, but this brings into question their safety, doesn't it, alex? >> yeah, it does. and i have to say, i do feel forjacob rees—mogg. you know, there's been quite a few situations. i mean, weirdly, actually, it's always university campuses . you always university campuses. you know, it doesn't it doesn't happen anywhere else. but you know, i feel for him because there's been some events where he's been even with his children and he's been harassed. and i think people have got to be able to make their views in a calm way. you know, you can't be jumping on the car. i know people are upset about things, but there's a much better way than making a guy feel really intimidated. and you know, he's there to make a speech. if you don't agree , protest, but don't. don't agree, protest, but don't. almost like i think there were some people there that were trying to almost hit him. >> yeah, it's not acceptable, nikki, but it's also labour politicians too that are on the receiving end of this. angela rayner gets screamed and shouted out by pro—palestinian protesters and other activists on the far left. >> i think i mean, just being an

mp is a very dangerous job these days. they're so public facing, they're so available to the public. you know, they don't have the kind of protection that celebrities have, but actually sometimes they have almost equivalent followings on social media. very well known, you know, obviously we had the terrible murder of jo cox , which terrible murder of jo cox, which is almost impossible to get oven is almost impossible to get over. and it's like, i don't i don't really see how we get around this problem apart from them stepping back. and the whole point is that they can't step back because then they're they're not in touch with the people. do you see what i mean? i mean, i think i think the kind of constituency question is really interesting. obviously there was the murder of david amess. you remember that again, somebody that came to his constituency and killed him there, i don't know what we do to protect them other than kind of move that element further back.i of move that element further back. i mean, does jacob rees—mogg need extra police protection? you know, maybe he does. >> i don't know if this upsets jacob. i'd like to speak to him about it, actually, and ask him. >> i think he takes it in good spirit. he seems to, he seems to and he believes in freedom of speech, and he believes you should be able to protest, and he believes you should be able

to come up and talk to a politician. >> but i do wonder when it's so mob like, yeah, i mean, as you said, he must he must feel, you know, sore from it . know, sore from it. >> and actually people watching that will be put off going into politics. that's the issue , politics. that's the issue, right. they'll be thinking i want to stand, but i don't want to have to walk down the street. and almost be worried that i'm going to be. it's happened to michael gove. i think he was going to get a prep and he got he got mobbed. i mean, it puts people off and you've got to be able to make your opinion without mobbing somewhere. >> it happens wes streeting. >> it happens to wes streeting. just two nights ago, when he was making his way question making his way into question time, a video doing time, there was a video doing the rounds twitter. again, the rounds on twitter. again, pro—palestine protesters. i've always made the argument that actually, this is probably a very unpopular opinion, but i think mps need to be paid more than they are. i agree, i know they had a pay rise, but if you want , the best people for the want, the best people for the job, the most competent people, and i'd argue we've got, you know, a lot of really incompetent mps at the moment, very average. but if you want the best people, you need to pay them top tier money. and also you need to entice them to put up with rubbish like that. >> well, actually, do you know what i would do? this is really radical, i would make it like jury radical, i would make it like jury service. i would just kind of spin the wheel and make everybody randomly an mp. and then do it. >> absolute madness. nicky, that

is absolute madness. >> what a bombshell. what on earth would our policy agenda look like? >> you know, i don't know, service. i wouldn't it wouldn't be any different to that. >> so you know what? it's a fun idea. i just thought we'd be in the cabinet. >> i think we could get views on that if. >> if you at home perhaps have a view on that. should we have a mps like jury service? it's duty. >> it should be seen as a. >> it should be seen as a. >> it's a civic duty. why not? you could just do it for a year. i don't know, give them a year. four years maybe to stand. nothing will get done. >> well, maybe four years and four years would be enough this year for one minister if we if we thought this lot were bad. imagine how bad it would be doing that. goodness. >> i mean, would you know, just doing that? would it be any worse? >> i'd argue not. >> i'd argue not. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> perhaps that's harsh. a lot of our politicians , you know, of our politicians, you know, have worked hard to be where they are. >> there are some good politicians , but some good ones, politicians, but some good ones, i just yeah, i don't think a politicians, but some good ones, ijust yeah, i don't think a lot i just yeah, i don't think a lot of them would get jobs in any decent corporate company in the city or, you know, i think that's true actually. >> you know, we always say, oh, you know, they could be earning the big bucks in the city. i'm not sure all of them could . not sure all of them could. anyway, thank you so much. nicky

and alex. thank you. coming up, we're going to be speaking to the apprentice star ryan mark parsons, who was held hostage on a night out after his drink was spiked. it's a shocking story. stay with .

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conversation a little bit earlier about parenting because 1 in 5 teachers in england have been, outrageous, been hit, been hit, been struck in the classroom. >> and actually, i know i, i was going to share a story, but it will give away people know where i live. so to give things away. but. >> oh. >> oh. >> we don't want to reveal your location. no, not home. >> there was an incident in a nursery somewhere with, kids and teachers. >> oh, gosh. throwing food at them? possibly, debbie says when my parents disciplined me like they did, i never loved them any less. and i didn't go out and slap someone else because they did it. to me, that's called respect. >> i learnt exactly, that's my big, irk every people blame bad behaviour on things that have happened to them. they say, oh, i've had a bad childhood or this person did this thing to me, so i'm going to behave like this. it's like, no, it's display the behaviour you would want to , you behaviour you would want to, you know, receive, receive it. just don't, don't has absolutely no sympathy. don't be a victim. don't you know , i think you're don't you know, i think you're quite right, and mark says, on the whole, children don't realise that their parents have been a child too, and made

mistakes along the way with wanting the best for their kids. children are not young adults. they need educating. yes, i do think the authority has to come from the parent. my children always banging on about their rights and stewart's human rights, my human rights, stewart says. >> years ago, my daughter , who >> years ago, my daughter, who was five at the time, threw herself to the floor kicking and screaming in a shop. so i did the same. as soon as i did, she stopped . i have no shame now. stopped. i have no shame now. >> that's creative. >> that's creative. >> that's creative. >> that is creative parenting. you know, i love that. no embarrassment, no embarrassment. just do it. >> just one. on civil servants, mary says these civil servants, we pay your wages, get to work. no ifs, no buts, just a lazy bunch. you think they have the right to dictate to the taxpayer? sack them all. say what you really think, mary. >> yeah, well, they're the older ons . statistical statisticians ons. statistical statisticians are pretty good, actually . i are pretty good, actually. i like their work. >> yeah, well, they've just changed the formula for excess deaths, which a lot of people weren't happy with. but there we go. >> oh, there you go. maybe always something. >> maybe they were doing it from a coffee shop somewhere. so always something. >> shall we move on? shall we move on. because our next guest is a star of the apprentice,

ryan mark parsons. and he's been through a pretty traumatic experience. >> yes. >> yes. >> i'm not talking about facing lord sugar in the boardroom ehhen lord sugar in the boardroom either, so this is quite serious. on a night out in soho , serious. on a night out in soho, he was spiked and held hostage in his attackers car, and he's now campaigning to make drink covers mandatory in all bars and nightclubs in britain to ensure it doesn't happen again. well ryan joins us now on the sofa, ryan, tell us a little bit about what happened to you on this night out. >> yeah. so it happened last yeah >> yeah. so it happened last year. thoroughly traumatic . i've year. thoroughly traumatic. i've only spoken about it this year. i did an interview with the daily mirror , and i just daily mirror, and i just explained exactly what happened. and in a nutshell, i've come on the channel before to speak about it. but i went to a nightclub in soho and i momentarily left my drink to the side, returned pretty much instantly, and then suddenly i just got this hot. i this horrible feeling just overcame me and it was complete delirium. i had to go back to the loo to

sit down. i had a pounding headache and then a symptom of spiking is complete memory fragmentation and i just can't piece together exactly what happened. i mean, my memory was just so foggy i can't remember leaving the club . i remember leaving the club. i remember hurting my leg. and then the next part of my memory that night was i ended up in a car and i couldn't leave the vehicle. and again, a part of the symptoms of spiking is that you lose all fear and rationality. and i was just screaming at, i'm not sure if it was to perpetrate from the car, but this person wouldn't let me leave and it just escalated. i was able to get out, thank goodness, but i had no fear whatsoever. i mean, this is what i said to the reporter from the mirror. i could have easily have jumped into the thames. that was like, no fear. >> so were they speaking to you , >> so were they speaking to you, this person? >> well, yeah, they were speaking to me, but what were they saying ? i can't remember they saying? i can't remember what they were saying. i mean, it's just so dazed. it's very,

like i said, fragmented recollection of what happened. >> and you don't know who he was? >> don't know who he was, and i didn't i didn't report it because i thought, what is actually going to be the result of reporting it? and since then i've now do you regret not recovered well , yeah, i regret recovered well, yeah, i regret not reporting it because the reports help the enforcement against spiking and that's essential to reduce the number, the incidence of spiking that's taking place around the uk. and i was looking into stats in 2023, 6700 reports were received by the police . but in order to by the police. but in order to get a successful a successful prosecution , you need to get prosecution, you need to get tested, ideally within 12 hours, which is such a short time span, there has been a growing trend of people waking up the next morning after a night out and saying, i feel so bad and i don't remember anything. >> i swear i had 2 or 3 drinks, which normally is okay for me. i fear i may have been spiked, but they'd never know, would they?

>> you'd never know and again, that's the trouble we're having here, is that you need to get tested. because if the cps have any chance of prosecuting someone that might have committed a spiking offence , committed a spiking offence, they need the evidence. and the only official route to get testing is the police testing. and that, like i said, the drugs can actually leave the body within 12 hours. you can theoretically get tested within seven days because there might be a presence of drugs in the body up to seven days, but it's crucial that's there to get the testing. >> i hadn't i hadn't heard about that at all. the process of actually finding out what's been in your body , in terms of your in your body, in terms of your you're a man. yes and we often talk about spiking in terms of particularly young women getting spiked on nights out by predators. predatorial men. we don't talk about it as much when it comes to men, but do you believe it's just as prevalent? >> well, in terms of the numbers, recent stats would suggest that is the majority of women. i think around 74% of reported cases involve women,

and yes, it is a majority. it's and yes, it is a majority. it's an issue affecting the majority . an issue affecting the majority. vie women is the majority. but again, it can happen to anyone. and that's because men are less . and that's because men are less. >> perhaps men are less likely to report it, maybe out of embarrassment, or they just don't see it potentially in the same way as as young women i don't know. >> well, i speak to a lot of friends and a lot of male friends, and they've come forward to me since i've spoken about this and they've said that they've been spiked. but because there's a certain stigma, i would say attached to men reporting spiking incidents, they're not coming forward. so that might suggest why the stats are are reflecting women coming forwards in the majority. but this is why i'm wanting to speak out about it. this is why i'm working with the amazing greg smith, who's the mp for buckingham, and we're working on this campaign to ensure that people can go to clubs or can go to bars or pubs or wherever it is. any place that serves alcohol and feel safe practically. >> how is that done ? i think you >> how is that done? i think you want to introduce drinks covers,

don't you? so how does that work? is it a device that goes on top of a glass? how does it work? >> yeah, so i've been to lots of clubs and bars and i've used these covers which are made out of aluminium and they're disposable. so you they've got an adhesive size. you can stick it on top of the glass and then it on top of the glass and then it just covers the drink. and you also know if it's been tampered with. and at the moment i've been going casually to different venues to serve alcohol. a lot of venues in london where i've been going haven't actually got these covers and what i'm working with greg smith on is to make sure that these covers are provided across the country, and it's mandatory as a condition of the licensing. if a venue is able to serve alcohol, licensing. if a venue is able to serve alcohol , they need to have serve alcohol, they need to have these. >> so you're not going to force everyone, every pub and every bar across the country to make their clients use these. it's just to have it on offer, on offer . offer. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> so that's i support that. >> so that's i support that. >> i think it won't be obligatory for people to use it, but obviously it's great to have the option because i just want to make sure that if you're going drinking, you can feel

safe . and at the moment, greg is safe. and at the moment, greg is negotiating with the tory whip to see if he can get a ten minute rule bill in the commons. and if that does happen, then and if that is successful, it could get a first reading and then we could see some traction and perhaps change it to legislation. so that's what i'm working on. and i'm going to keep charging forward with gregor to see some hopefully changes to the law . changes to the law. >> all right. ryan, listen, really sorry to hear about your, your nightmare experience , and your nightmare experience, and well done for speaking out about it and all your work trying to help others to stay parm sandhu stay safe. lots more to come , stay safe. lots more to come, including ellie phillips with lots of showbiz exclusives, but on to your news first with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> ben. >> ben. >> thank you. the top stories this hour. a major rescue operation is underway after a small boat carrying up to 50 migrants ran aground on a sand bank on goodwin sands off the kent coast . the ten mile long kent coast. the ten mile long sandbank is a notorious shipping hazard that's led to the loss of many lives and vessels over the years , gb news has been told

years, gb news has been told that a large group of migrants have left their boat and are now standing on the sand bank, waiting to be rescued. it's one of four small boats carrying migrants which have crossed into uk waters this morning . a uk waters this morning. a british tourist is in intensive care after being attacked by a shark on a caribbean island. the 64 year old is receiving critical care after serious injuries to his left arm , his injuries to his left arm, his left leg and stomach, according to a local official. he's said to a local official. he's said to be stable and doing well. the attack happened at turtle beach along great courland bay in trinidad and tobago yesterday morning. the foreign office says it's supporting the victims family . a pro—palestine march family. a pro—palestine march that could attract hundreds of thousands of protesters is to take place in london today, as police say the risk of disorder is not high enough to ban it. the march, organised by the palestine solidarity campaign , palestine solidarity campaign, is set to begin at parliament square in around 25 minutes time and end at hyde park. the

protest group says the event is in response to israel's brutal attack on gaza. meanwhile, a demonstration organised by the campaign against anti—semitism was due to take place today. but that has been cancelled. organisers said the safety of jews was at risk following threats made . and the king is to threats made. and the king is to return to public duties with his medical team, saying they're very encouraged by the progress made in his cancer treatment . a made in his cancer treatment. a palace spokesperson says king charles is greatly encouraged to be resuming some public facing duties, and very grateful to his medical team. buckingham palace says his majesty and queen camilla will visit a cancer treatment centre on tuesday to meet medical specialists and patients. the prime minister, rishi sunak, also welcomed the news, posting on x that it was brilliant news to end the week . brilliant news to end the week. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts

i >> -- >> it's 1138 hm >> it's 1138 in the morning. and lots of you have been getting in touch about those protesters on that student university campus harassing jacob rees—mogg. we're going to get to those very harassing jacob rees—mogg. we're shortly. >> but first, first. yeah, a business in the west midlands has been officially handed its king's award for enterprise in a ceremony at their factory yesterday. and the award is the highest official uk honour for british business, aiming to promote both small and large enterprises. >> yes, our west midlands reporter jack carson has the story for us. >> yes, for a business in the uk, it's the highest accolade achievable and the west midlands is not afraid to make its mark at a ceremony at their factory in smethwick, the lord—lieutenant of the west midlands, sirjohn lord—lieutenant of the west midlands, sir john crabtree obe, presented the team at remedy

health with the prestigious king's award for enterprise in the innovation category. we recognise in the outstanding achievement of the said award recipient as demonstrated in the application of innovation in our united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, our channel islands and isle of man and wishing to show our royal favour, confer upon it the king's award for enterprise innovation. the prize aims to reward both small and large businesses with an innovative product or service and recognise their contribution to enterprise , as with last year being the first awarded by his majesty king charles, remedy health and their nourished brand won the award for their 3d printed customisable nutritional gummies. the business has developed and innovated to be able to combine seven different active ingredients into one daily personalised stack. customers can choose their favourite vitamins and supplements and at their factory in birmingham, they'll 3d print the selection on demand. award winning female entrepreneur melissa snover is the brains behind the business. she describes what it means to be

honoured with the king's award for our business is really the highest honour that we could ever receive. >> we were really founded on the idea that innovation is going to be the single biggest factor in changing the world, and so you can imagine we're all overwhelmed with pride. >> the nourish brand was only one of ten west midlands winners out of the 262 rewarded in total, and the only winner in birmingham in the innovation category. but it isn't just about running a business. melissa says she's passionate about the next generation of female entrepreneurs and works with by women, built a platform for female owned businesses , is for female owned businesses, is less than 80% of young people can name a female entrepreneur, and that is something that we're really committed to changing the narrative on at bwb . narrative on at bwb. >> i think you can't be it if you can't see it and so myself and the other women involved in that cause are really trying to raise the profile of female entrepreneurs and make sure that young people are seeing them at the beginning of their career ,

the beginning of their career, where they're starting to think about what will i be having launched in 2019, this business has already had to navigate a pandemic and high inflation. >> but with its king's award for enterprise proudly on display, their future has the royal seal of approval. jack carson gb news smethwick . smethwick. >> oh, lovely report there from jack carson , shall we see what jack carson, shall we see what you've been saying at home then? i did say you've got a lot to say about jacob rees—mogg and the harassment. he's been on the receiving end of. >> yeah, that awful video doing the rounds of jacob leaving cardiff university. see if we can getit cardiff university. see if we can get it back up. the pro—palestine mob surrounding him, one man in the clip even having to be held back because he's trying to physically get to him wrong with these students, why do they think they have the right to do that? well, going back to our earlier segment, because the kids aren't being disciplined , i would argue. disciplined, i would argue. sandy, good morning to you. you say these so—called protesters are troublemakers and should be arrested for a breach of the peace. and mark says if pro—palestine mobs are attacking mps, how can the met justify not banning the marchers? >> it's interesting, sandy says they should be arrested for a breach of the peace, because we

do see the police using that to arrest people and to stop various protests. only and only scuffling only at saint george's day marches. >> they'd never use it for that sort of thing, would they? >> and karen says these students need throwing out of university for the attack on jacob. i don't think that will happen. >> no, just one on civil servants , ray says. these lazy, servants, ray says. these lazy, no good civil servants, they forget they're paid by us, the taxpayer. so we should decide their times and conditions. i suggest if they want to skive and work from home, then they have to have a 50% pay cut. >> gosh, ray, i'm not sure i'd want to work for you. you'd have me chained to the desk , but, me chained to the desk, but, still to come, we're going to bnng still to come, we're going to bring you the latest showbiz gossip. there's quite a lot going on in the old showbiz world, isn't there? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> one that's really caught my eye this morning is declan rice. the arsenal and england footballer. his girlfriend or partner has been subjected to really cruel trolling in recent weeks because she's just a normal, beautiful woman. she's a normal, beautiful woman. she's a normal girl, she looks great, but people aren't happy that she's not some plastic fake wag. so we're going to get stuck into

that with ellie phillips. she's here in just a second. this is saturday morning live on gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back. 1146 ben and emily with you on saturday morning. i've time now for your weekly dose of showbiz news with the brilliant ellie phillips . good brilliant ellie phillips. good morning. eddie. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> well, yeah, i'm really, really well, actually, i'm feeling good. >> you're looking very well . >> you're looking very well. >> you're looking very well. >> glowing, glowing. >> glowing, glowing. >> well, thank charlotte tilbury, but it's all good, i have lots of showbiz news for you this week, but what i have to start with is a really worrying one, because it happened last night, and it's to do with medical problems. so there's an itv news anchor called draghi omar, and he's a 56 year old somali born broadcast journalist, very talented journalist, incredibly talented journalist, incredibly talented . i mean, he's been talented. i mean, he's been doing this his whole life, and last night he anchored itv news at ten. shortly into anchoring.

definitely within five, ten minutes, his speech was slurred. he was struggling over the autocue, and at one point you could see that his his left eye started to droop slightly. these are all really , really worrying are all really, really worrying signs for anyone who we don't know what the medical issue is yet, but for anyone who has experienced someone having a stroke or a tia, these are some of the signs that you can recognise. and viewers are very, very quick to tweet in, call in and say this guy needs medical attention right now. itv kept him for on the whole 30 minutes of the programme, and that really worried viewers . and in really worried viewers. and in particular i want to read one tweet from a medical professional, she said. i called at 10:10. this was to itv. i told you it was an icu nurse who worked with stroke that draghi omar required an emergency ambulance. ambulance. he displayed fast symptoms and for anyone who doesn't know, that's face, arms, speech and time. so face, arms, speech and time. so face is that the face starts to droop. speech is that it becomes slurred, arms that you can't

lift your arms properly or sometimes it displays as not being able to write properly with pens. so sometimes it's not a full arm , it's just the hands. a full arm, it's just the hands. and time is that time is of the essence when it comes to anything like that, itv has said that since the show has finished that since the show has finished that he has received and is receiving medical treatment, and he thanks viewers for their well wishes. so it's good to know that he is getting treatment. but when it comes to potential tias or strokes, the first three hours are really, really crucial because if you can get to hospital within that time, you can actually have an injection which thins a blood clot because these are caused by blood clots stopping the flow of blood to the brain. so it's just really important. i think the message that come out of this is that if you see these signs, whether it turns out to be that or not, hopefully in this case, it's not that and it's something much less severe, but they are some of the signs . and so if you see of the signs. and so if you see them, you spot them. it is just best to get some medical attention straight away. yeah. >> poor guy. our thoughts go to omar . he's a >> poor guy. our thoughts go to omar. he's a great journalist. he's been with itv, itn for i think decades even. i remember him when i was a kid doing live broadcasts out and about, you

know, all across the world. so best wishes to you. >> yeah, lots of questions though, about itv's duty of care and whether they made the wrong call. >> they're allowing him to continue, aren't they? i think because the calls and texts came in quite early on in the show, you see people saying was in, you see people saying was in, you know, five, ten minutes of what was going on, perhaps something more could have been done. >> perhaps they could have replaced him quickly. i don't know what the situation was on the ground. maybe they were getting an ambulance out to him. maybe he said. >> maybe he said out a vision that he didn't want to . exactly. that he didn't want to. exactly. >> so i'm assuming he was asked, are you okay to continue? and he felt able to i'm assuming yes. >> don't want to jump to any any conclusions either. on his medical condition necessarily, or what itv were doing behind the scenes. but there are lots of questions. of course there are in a situation like this, should we move on to one? >> that's close to my heart, because i'm an arsenal fan and in recent weeks our star player, declan rice, he's been getting a lot of flak online because of the woman he has been with since he was a young teenager who arguably how to put this she's

just a normal, beautiful young woman. she's not your typical wag wives and girlfriend of a footballer, but she's been getting trolled really cruelly. yeah. >> so you can see her there. so that's lauren frayer. so that's declan's girlfriend. they're actually childhood sweethearts. they met back in 2016 at school. they met back in 2016 at school. they welcomed their first baby together, a son called jude, back in 2022. so two years ago. and what's happened this week is it kicked off actually last saturday, a viral video went round which was allegedly a deep fake of a press conference in which declan was asked, why don't you date glamour models and top pop stars like the typical kind of wag look ? and typical kind of wag look? and that kind of sparked this conversation about, well, you know, why ? why should he? you know, why? why should he? you know, why? why should he? you know why. what? you know, she's a beautiful girl . know why. what? you know, she's a beautiful girl. he know why. what? you know, she's a beautiful girl . he loves her. a beautiful girl. he loves her. they love each other. they have this beautiful family , that this beautiful family, that happened last saturday. and then on tuesday , arsenal played on tuesday, arsenal played chelsea and arsenal won five nil, five nil. wow, yeah. and as declan rice went to take a corner, which is where the chelsea fans were , they started chelsea fans were, they started chanting abuse about declan

rice's girlfriend . rice's girlfriend. >> horrible, horrible people. >> horrible, horrible people. >> the abuse was sexist and he heard it as well. it was he was close and it was body shaming. essentially saying that she's a larger woman and that why , you larger woman and that why, you know, and then essentially a lot of stuff in social media followed on from that. why would they look like a this is the thing. and also, i think in this situation, you can't win if you're a normal if you want to put it average looking woman dating a footballer because your childhood sweetheart , you know, childhood sweetheart, you know, they're like, why would you be with her when you can have, you know, a glamour model or a reality star? and then on the flip side, if they're dating a glamour model or reality star, it's like, well, they wouldn't be with you if you worked in lidl, would they? it's true, isn't it? so you can't win in those situations as a footballer . but i think the crux of the issue here is why is this woman who really doesn't live in the limelight at all, being targeted in this close down all her social media accounts? so she deleted all her posts , so she's deleted all her posts, so she's still got her accounts there. she's got about 76,000 followers on instagram. she's taken all her posts down because of the amount of trolling she's getting. >> awful people. i'll tell you. >> awful people. i'll tell you. >> i'll tell you what lovely looking young woman. really

lovely. she looks great. and all these all these losers chanting and sending her messages. they would they wouldn't get within an arm's length of her. exactly. >> or a bar . >> or a bar. »- >> or a bar. >> exactly. and it's sad because if you think about it, i mean, chanting of this nature maybe not necessarily body shaming, but just misogynist , sexist but just misogynist, sexist stuff harks way back to, like, victoria beckham, when she was, you know, in her prime as david beckham's wife. and also, if you think about danny dyer and her partner is west ham's jared bowen, and he gets a lot of abuse because of danny dyer. and again, it's very sexist. it's about , you know, what they do in about, you know, what they do in the bedroom. >> and just imagine these guys with their beer bellies shouting abuse about this beautiful young woman . yeah. woman. yeah. >> and they i mean, they probably seriously, they've probably seriously, they've probably not been with a woman in decades. >> lovely bunch of losers. low grade losers. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> last story for us. >> last story for us. >> last story . have you seen >> last story. have you seen baby reindeer? no, no. oh my gosh. baby reindeer? no, no. oh my gosh . okay. baby reindeer. it's gosh. okay. baby reindeer. it's on netflix. it's seven part series . and it's written by a series. and it's written by a guy called richard gad. and it's his true life story. it's about stalking. it's about sexual

abuse. stalking. it's about sexual abuse . it's a very harrowing abuse. it's a very harrowing watch. it's seven parts. it's not an easy one actually, yes i did. yes, the acting is phenomenal. but it's a difficult watch. and what makes it i think even more concerning is that all the tweets and messages and things that you see are real, and they were sent by his real life stalker. now he changed names and specific details about the people . so he plays himself the people. so he plays himself in this. so that actor there, that's richard gadd, he plays himself, but he calls himself donny. the two other main characters in it, one this woman here, you can see is his stalker, and then there's a sexual abuser. it's in it as well . now, internet sleuths, well. now, internet sleuths, sleuths, knowing that these people exist in real life, have tried to find them. the issue with that is now innocent people are being accused of sexual abuse and stalking. the police are now investigating someone who's been falsely accused of sexually abusing him because of this internet stalking sleuths, and they've had complaints come in and richard himself has spoken out, being like people who are completely innocent are being really wrongly tarnished here. please stop doing that.

that's not the point of the film. the tv series. sorry and the series is very, very powerful because you see, stalking and sexual abuse from his perspective. and also you understand a bit more about it's not just a random stalker. you understand a bit more of this story, how it develops and how you feel for them as individuals. >> it feels like a play, doesn't it? yeah, i've watched the first episode and it does feel like a very thin trickle of shots and the way it's yeah, it's a bit creepy . creepy. >> and today the interesting development and all this is that the real life stalker who's called martha in the in the show , she's spoken out anonymously, anonymously for the first time and said that she's been bullied. >> all right, well , thank you so >> all right, well, thank you so much for joining >> all right, well, thank you so much forjoining us and talking much for joining us and talking us through all of those big showbiz story. >> so that's it. that's it from us. yeah. >> thank you. and thank you at home for watching. we'll see you next week. darren grimes is with you next. have a good weekend . you next. have a good weekend. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb

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reaching the east and southeast of wales by the end of the night, turning quite chilly towards the north and northwest, we could see a touch of frost here. temperatures below freezing in a few spots but frost free towards the south and east. given that cloud and rain pretty wet across the east and southeast of the uk tomorrow, some heavy bursts of rain coupled with pretty strong winds too. it could brighten up briefly across east anglia, setting off some heavy showers here and generally brighter out towards the west and northwest with sunshine and scattered showers. once again, though, a pretty chilly day. temperatures no better than 9 to 12 towards the north, up to 13 towards the south—east looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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