>> stay tuned for that. and i'm not sure if you guys at home have seen or you olivia, but philip schofield of this morning fame, apparently he's plotting a big tv comeback. he was snapped out and about with declan donnelly over the past couple of nights. elsewhere, wes streeting the shadow labour health secretary. he's done a big interview in the sun this morning saying he's anti—woke. would you believe that changed his tune a little bit. >> i think wes streeting there. >> i think wes streeting there. >> he's he's the guy who said, of course that trans women are women, etcetera , etc. supported women, etcetera, etc. supported black lives matter. tell us what you think about that, about that. plus a big weather weekend, balmy hot weather, still expected today and tomorrow and last night's spectacular for northern light show. >> philip sent us this photo from wakefield. and please do keep sending in your pictures. ben and i were asleep and we are very jealous. so we want to hear from you. send your views and posts by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but before we do anything else, sophia wenzler has all your news headlines .

your news headlines. >> ben. thank you. good morning . >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's 10:01. i'm sophia >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's10:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . as the us in the gb newsroom. as the us says, israel may have broken international law in its use of american supplied weapons in gaza. american supplied weapons in gaza . the state department says gaza. the state department says it's reasonable to assess that they've been used in ways that are inconsistent with israel's obligations. it stopped short of a definitive assessment, saying the chaos of war made it difficult to verify alleged violations. the document also noted hamas uses civilian infrastructure for military purposes and civilians as human shields. the findings come as israel warns residents in rafah to evacuate more areas of the city. a police officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow in buckinghamshire . the officer in buckinghamshire. the officer was responding to reports of a stabbing in high wickham last night. a 54 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of

attempted murder. he was shot by an armed officer and is now in hospital under police supervision, with potentially life changing injuries. now drivers are being warned to only travel if absolutely necessary following the unprecedented closure of the m25. the five mile stretch in surrey between junctions nine and ten is now shut until 6 am. on monday, causing delays and a 19 mile diversion. this is the first scheduled daytime shutdown of all lanes on the m25 since it opened back in 1986. travel journalist simon calder has a warning for travellers . warning for travellers. >> big worry today and tomorrow and this continues until 6 am. on monday morning, is that people will just think, well, it was fine last time so we won't change our plans, if that were to happen it would be, quite messy. not least because they're saying go by other forms of transport and you think, okay, well, i will go from london to

portsmouth by train. then which you can't do because there's engineering works . engineering works. >> a former leader of the labour party has claimed voters aren't in love with sir keir starmer. lord kinnock says voters in britain are not yet in love with the current labour leader, with concerns emerging of a shock result in the upcoming election. it could be a repeat of the 1992, when kinnock lost an election that was thought to be unusable. shadow minister nick thomas—symonds says he doesn't agree. >> but what we need for 2024 is a different type of leader. we need a leader like keir starmer , need a leader like keir starmer, who frankly understands the scale of the challenges and is a serious figure for serious times , who is willing to put in that hard and difficult work that is required to tackle the profound challenges we face and we are aiming to win. we do not go out there aiming for anything less

than a labour government with a working majority , and that's working majority, and that's absolutely what our focus will be. >> in other news, the eurovision final kicks off tonight , with final kicks off tonight, with sweden ramping up security amid pro—palestinian protests. it comes as ireland's entry bambie thug , cried after comes as ireland's entry bambie thug, cried after finding out israel had made it to the final . israel had made it to the final. the 31 year old, who is non—binary and uses the pronouns they and them, also said demonstrations are completely overshadowing the contest. there were more pro—palestinian protests planned in malmo to coincide with the song contest final . the 1981 eurovision final. the 1981 eurovision winner with bucks fizz , jay winner with bucks fizz, jay aston, says it's the contest has become too political . become too political. >> i do feel very sorry for her because she's 20, you know, she's to me, she's a young girl or young woman and she'll have all of this conflict . so she's all of this conflict. so she's going on stage and she's got cheers and boos and it will, in a way tarnish her career . i a way tarnish her career. i mean, i'm sure she'll be very

successful in her homeland, but it's just really difficult. it does seem to be that eurovision, which is meant to be a bringing together of people to just listen to music and to be a happy event is more and more often being taken into a political arena. and it's being used for that purpose . used for that purpose. >> now. brits heading to majorca, ibiza, this summer may need to rethink their holiday plans. it's as authority in the balearic islands are cracking down on excessive drinking in some tourist hotspots. it's after locals complained of poor behaviour, including climbing into people's homes. the behaviour, including climbing into people's homes . the sale of into people's homes. the sale of alcohol will be banned from 930 in the evening till eight in the morning , and the northern lights morning, and the northern lights lit up the skies across britain last night as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years hit the planet. usually they're seen in the far north of they're seen in the far north of the country and are caused by charged particles hitting the different gases in the earth's atmosphere . and we're in luck, atmosphere. and we're in luck, as the northern lights might be visible in parts of the uk again

tonight . and for the latest tonight. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to ben and olivia . ben and olivia. >> very good morning to you. welcome to saturday morning live. i'm a bit gutted, liv, because we missed the northern lights last night. >> someone i saw someone tweeting about it and i thought, nah, i'm never going to see. >> oh, so you knew? >> oh, so you knew? >> actually knew, but i didn't really believe it. so i went to bed. >> well, i didn't even know. and ispent >> well, i didn't even know. and i spent a couple of grand in january going to iceland to see them, and i didn't see them. so there we go. but apparently sofia just said, they're on tonight, so hopefully if we stay up. >> no, i'm very excited for that. i'm definitely staying up. >> sync a couple of red bulls or some coffee, stay up and then hopefully fingers crossed we get a repeat of last night. anyway, lots coming up in today's show. let's start with some politics, because former labour leader lord kinnock has claimed that voters in britain are not yet in love with sir keir starmer, with concerns emerging of a shock

result in the upcoming election. >> well, back in 1992, kinnock lost an election that was thought to be unusable and labour party chairman anneliese dodds has echoed these concerns, saying this morning that labour can be very good at losing elections. people thought we would win. >> interesting. so is this a surprising twist for the tories? yesterday rishi sunak, of course, celebrated the uk officially climbing out of recession, with many hoping for further tax cuts over the next few months. joining us now is gb news political correspondent katherine catherine is it all said and done, he's really obliterated , as people have been obliterated, as people have been saying, or have they got a slight chance of a comeback here? >> well, rishi sunak certainly thinks there is hope of a hung parliament. he latched on to that after those very , very bad that after those very, very bad local election results which projected that if people voted in the same way as they had in the local elections right across the local elections right across the country, it would result in a hung parliament. of course, people don't normally vote in the same way. people that would

have voted green last week or lib dems or anybody else , voters lib dems or anybody else, voters minds tend to be focused in the general election rather differently. but rishi sunak wants people to think and his mps, particularly , that there is mps, particularly, that there is still hope of a hung parliament and now lord kinnock has come out and said that, yes , he also out and said that, yes, he also thinks that that is possible. and of course , he spectacularly, and of course, he spectacularly, back in 1992, was expected to win and then didn't. and he's admitted basically that, yes, people are very fed up with the tories , but that keir starmer tories, but that keir starmer doesn't inspire them , doesn't doesn't inspire them, doesn't excite them, that people aren't in love with labour. so to speak. but he did say keir , speak. but he did say keir, sobriety, his maturity, his steadiness and his dependability are really useful and essential features of the political landscape now. so yeah, sure, he might not be very exciting, but

somebody who sort of solid, dependable and crucially, not not scary to voters in the way that jeremy corbyn was frightening as a potential prime minister to many voters, that that might well be enough to take him into office. >> the thing is, catherine, that we keep hearing you and i, >> the thing is, catherine, that we keep hearing you and 1, these rumours in westminster that maybe we're heading for a hung parliament. and i think it's quite useful to, to for labour to say that . so no wonder to say that. so no wonder anneliese dodds are suggesting there might be a hung parliament. lord kinnock two. but really, it doesn't really matter how much people like keir starmer does it if they hate rishi sunak. as we saw in the local elections, then labour's kind of come to power. perhaps not. not on a kind of swell of enthusiasm like in the 1997 blair election. but labour's going to win. aren't they? >> yeah, i think you're right, olivia. it may not matter in the end how much people like or aren't fussed about keir starmer because they are so fed up with the conservatives. and i was looking at a jl partners had done word clouds asking people

for their sort of top word. they associated with prime ministers going back to margaret thatcher. so just to give you a few of those for rishi sunak , the top those for rishi sunak, the top words were rich, weak and posh. for liz truss, the word was useless. for boris johnson . useless. for boris johnson. funny idiot and liar. and for theresa may, useless and weak. david cameron posh . so not a lot david cameron posh. so not a lot of love there. so you can see that even if people are not wild about keir starmer armour, it's about keir starmer armour, it's a pretty low bar, in terms of the popularity of the last few prime ministers we've had. and, you know, things go in cycles, don't they? you start with a new government. there's a lot of excitement, there's a lot of optimism. and then over time, that excitement fades. people become disillusioned, and then eventually they reach a tipping point where they think, we've had enough of this law. it's time for a change. and it does feel like that's where we are now. but of course , you know,

now. but of course, you know, not a vote has been cast. things can always change. >> all right, catherine, great stuff. thank you very much, yeah. you've dashed my hopes. we had a slither of hope for 30s. and then you said you got real. i got real with reality. yeah. we're joined now by our panel today. political commentators joana jarjue and alex armstrong . joana jarjue and alex armstrong. good morning to you both. morning in 20s. just a quick reaction to that. is olivia right. is it the case that labour are just going to storm in anyway. yeah >> and we also forget that john major didn't have reform to , to major didn't have reform to, to a, you know, a political party. that reform on its heels , you that reform on its heels, you know, sucking up those extra votes that he would desperately need to win that majority. so yeah, he's absolutely right. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, i think that even if we get to a point where labour don't win the majority that we expected them to win, they are still going to win. expected them to win, they are still going to win . and i think still going to win. and i think that it kind of echoes, even with theresa may, everybody thought she was going to have a landslide. and then she ended up having to do deals with the dup. so i think either way, the tories just need to kind of, come to terms with the fact that it's not going to be them. you know, even if labour edged through slightly, it's not going to be you. sorry. >> most conservatives i've spoken to have already

completely accepted defeat . completely accepted defeat. >> well, a lot of them obviously have said they're not going to stand at the next election. so that says a lot, isn't it? >> sinking ship, sticking with laboun >> sinking ship, sticking with labour. let's get stuck into one of our first stories today. this is in the it's the sun, the sun newspaper. my old paper. is in the it's the sun, the sun newspaper. my old paper . they've newspaper. my old paper. they've done a big interview with shadow health secretary wes streeting where he reckons, amongst other things, that he's anti—woke, which , by the way, for the which, by the way, for the viewers at home, let me remind you, this is a guy who supported black lives matter. he worked for stonewall. he thinks anyone who voted for susan hall, the london mayoral candidate, was a white supremacist, and of course, he reckons that trans women are women. so this is some reinvention. alex >> i mean, it's bonkers, isn't it? i mean, how quickly the labour party seem to be trying to move to the right to suck up votes. they need to get this majority because, you know, we might be looking at a hung parliament. so maybe they are thinking, my goodness, we really do need to win those tory votes back. and we have to start stop calling men, women and women men and start living in reality. and all of a sudden for him to say, oh, because i had this

experience in the nhs. now i'm not woke is no one's buying it, are they? joanna, come on. >> i'm not sure that that's what he's saying. and to say that, you know, because of this piece in the sun that he's saying that he's anti—woke specifically was talking about if his grandad was at the doctors and he was asked, you know, could you give birth, you know, could you give birth, you know, could you give birth, you know, really ridiculous type of things like that. that's what he's talking about. i don't think he's going on this massive campaign. i think even with the people in the left, there is some nuance in terms of what we think is acceptable and what we think is acceptable and what we think is acceptable and what we think is ridiculous , even if we think is ridiculous, even if we do support the trans community. and i think that that's what he was trying. >> how can he say then that a man is a woman and a woman is a man, a trans man is a trans woman? whatever it is, how can he say that? then say, oh, well, |, he say that? then say, oh, well, i, i can't, i have to ask, are you pregnant to a man like, how can he? that's a very big difference in the nuance there. >> he has changed his tune a little bit on this over recent weeks. i mean, he was very much of the trans women are women, no question about it, no nuance at all. and since the cass report came out. yeah. is there a little bit of a shift there? is it a bit of a u—turn, i wouldn't

say it's a u—turn. i think that they're influenced by the data and the professionals and things like that. the cass report and actually , yesterday, when keir actually, yesterday, when keir starmer was doing a completely different speech about rwanda , different speech about rwanda, he was talking about people, obviously from the tory party moving to labour and saying that he welcomes, you know, for other people to kind of see labour as a home for them as well, potentially. so i think that the party maybe have changed strategy in a bit and just tried to be a bit more broader rather than alienate people, obviously, who might have trying to , yeah, who might have trying to, yeah, trying to woo nigel farage, aren't they? >> nigel and the party that will be a vote winner for them. >> i think that would be a bit far fetched. >> talking of woke, there was obviously this, huge furore over the past couple of weeks about women not being allowed to join the garrick club. all sorts of men suddenly realising that it was a men's only club and stepping away, resigning their memberships in total horror, the garrick has now said that it will admit women in and judi dench is going to be the first one. what do you make of that?

would you would you want to be a member of the garrick club? i'm not sure i would be. >> i think i would, you know, i think i would not for fun, i must admit, it's not something it's not like other members club that you might kind of join. just to socialise. but i think from a business perspective, if it was right for me in that context, because let's not forget that these members clubs are there for a purpose and these men end up networking and you end up getting jobs through it. so when you've got people who are, you know , really high who are, you know, really high up at the opera house and different institutions, that's how people get opportunities. so i think for most women, they'll be happy to be able to get through the door, but it will be, important as well . how much be, important as well. how much the men kind of embraced them and embraced this change. >> what about safe spaces for men? joanna we know that safe spaces, women's safe spaces. you laugh about it, but male suicide is the biggest killer of. >> was it men under 50? >> was it men under 50? >> it is, it is. that's correct. yeah. >> i mean, there are women's only groups out there aren't there? there is a women's only club that your bright club and there's institutions like the women's institute where men be joining that soon. >> well, you know what with this and when the conversation

started about the garrick club, i really didn't think it was that necessary . it's not some that necessary. it's not some it's not something that you would catch me kind of protesting about . i don't care, protesting about. i don't care, you know, if there's a men's only club, like you said, there's women's only, but i think at that level, i think it was important because of the level of influence, maybe of the people in that room. and obviously we talk about diversity and inclusion and women kind of breaking the glass ceiling . maybe it did kind of ceiling. maybe it did kind of hinder women, getting, i mean , hinder women, getting, i mean, spaces professionally. >> i will say this. dame judi dench is a brilliant person and she she's fantastic. so if anyone's going to join, i won't i won't turn a blind eye to her because i think she's she's great. so people like her will be will be more than welcome. i think she'd had a lot of value to a society like that. however, i do think it's really important that if you i think women could come together and make a good club themselves, you know, in which case i'd like to join. yeah, yeah. >> you're not allowed. >> you're not allowed. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> exactly right . identifiers. >> exactly right. identifiers. how you want alex? >> absolutely, ben. >> absolutely, ben. >> that's right . if >> absolutely, ben. >> that's right. if this was all came about as a result of the guardian investigation , you guardian investigation, you know, no one else cared about it

apart from the wokester at the guardian. and then all of a sudden, all the higher up garrick club members were saying, oh, yeah. no, maybe we should allow women. no, you only think that because you've just been exposed in the guardian. exactly. so stick to your principles. talking of elitist members clubs, apparently soho house. and if you guys don't know if you're outside the m25, i realise this is very london centric. but soho house, which is a very posh , string of is a very posh, string of members clubs across london, they've got one in oxford soho farmhouse, where all the posh london metropolitan elitist frequent their membership waiting list is at record highs . waiting list is at record highs. i'm not a member, alex. are you know who frequent that place so absolutely not surprised. actually, no. >> it's first of all, it's ridiculously overpriced. i mean, i've been. so i've been a guest . i've been. so i've been a guest. i've been. so i've been a guest. i've actually guest of, you know, some of the champagne socialists that we sometimes come on air of love, actually to go to soho house and spend all their money on these ridiculous memberships clubs. but it's about two grand a month or something ridiculous like that. it is the drinks are overpriced. it's crowded. there's too many people in there. i mean, i'd ratherjust people in there. i mean, i'd rather just go to the

people in there. i mean, i'd ratherjust go to the pub a bit as well if you're like over 25. >> what are you saying? >> what are you saying? >> well, you know, we've hit the third floor now, so, you know, people charge us more. >> but i'm so surprised that you're not a member. >> no. >> no. >> never would have thought that you would have been the london tech bro poster boy said soho house. it's not actually an insult, but it's like, you know, not my cup of tea. i kind of cool. >> so once. yeah, it's not really my kind of place either. crowded. >> what did you think? >> what did you think? >> have you been? you've been, haven't you been? i've never been to soho house. >> no. sorry. i've been once. but let me tell you something. there are people in this building who rail against the elite and the establishment. yes there is. there are members of soho house. they're down there every week. every weekend, sinking drinks and fancy cocktails. and. right, they are getting close to home. they are not my people. it's not my scene. i always scuttle straight back to west sussex, down by the seaside. i get a 1999 with a flake. that's for me. thank you very much. right right, thank you guys. joana jarjue alex armstrong. great start . you have armstrong. great start. you have been sending us your pictures of the amazing northern lights from

last night. so let's take a quick look, claire from telford sent us. oh, look at that. that's amazing . beautiful that's amazing. beautiful colours. you've got the purple, shades of green in there. and is it the case that the pictures always come up better than real life people saying that they couldn't see it with their naked eye? >> in places like london, where there's lots of light pollution, but on a camera, it looked amazing. and it really, really does.i amazing. and it really, really does. i can't believe we missed it. love that. >> love the stars as well . >> love the stars as well. >> love the stars as well. >> this one is from roy from barnsley. oh i love that one. i like the, looks like an angel in the sky. yeah. for an eagle. >> they were saying an eagle in my ear. eagle angel. yeah. great stuff. yeah. keep sending them in. and, fingers crossed we're going to be able to see them ourselves tonight . ourselves tonight. >> yes, we're going to stay up late tonight, but coming up, we're going to be joined by a meteorologist who predicted what is going to be the hottest day of the year so far. how are you all coping at home? yeah. >> how are you coping in 21 degree heat? sweltering >> so hot for me. >> so hot for me. >> stick with us. this is saturday morning live on gb

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>> welcome back. and don't forget to keep sending us questions about the topics in this week's show. and we'll chat through them with our panel and guests. >> okay, let's see what you've been saying on the emails and gbnews.com/yoursay. andrew, good morning . you say, ben, the soho, morning. you say, ben, the soho, club membership is more than my monthly wage. wow. so i think it's two grand a year for soho house or something akin to that, but, yeah, i mean, it's a lot of money. touker. yeah. and that's. >> i mean, then you get there, and you obviously have to pay for your food. it's not cheap, and you're not an all inclusive no, no, no, it doesn't include dnnks no, no, no, it doesn't include drinks or anything like that. >> and valerie, good morning. you say wes streeting anti—woke. is this the same man who was calling london tory voters white supremacists and islamophobes? >> and that was just last week as well. it's pretty abrupt about turn there, isn't it? and guy says labour will say

anything to gain power. no real right leaning voter is going to switch to labour. i'm not so sure about that. you know, i know a few right leaning voters switching to labour. switching to labour. >> yeah, but then how i argue they were never a right wing in they were never a right wing in the first place or conservative. >> so fed up with the conservative party, i really don't believe you can one minute, especially as an adult, be a conservative or a socialist and then just switch like natalie elphicke did. i think people who aren't that political, i mean, natalie elphicke is a bizarre situation, but people who aren't that into current affairs aren't that into politics. think of themselves as small status, but fed up with the conservative party. okay, that makes sense. >> okay. and one last one, ron says i still can't believe the tories think tax cuts are the way they can win an election when every one of our services is up. the swanee right now, most of us will be happy to see that the sun is shining. yes, i am, and britain's finally starting to get some good weather with temperatures set to soar up to 26 degrees this weekend. >> however, it might all be good news as a survey published this week has revealed . that hundreds

week has revealed. that hundreds of the world's top climate scientists predict we will see global temperatures rise to at least 2.5 degrees above pre—industrial levels this century. yeah, okay. >> they've estimated that this figure far exceeds internationally agreed targets, which they predict could lead to devastating consequences for the planet . joining us now to get to planet. joining us now to get to the bottom of this is meteorologist and former weather presenter john kettley. meteorologist and former weather presenterjohn kettley. good morning john, john, i always say, i always say when it comes to the climate debate and the discussion that we've had so many literally decades of warnings. for example, in 2000, one of the most senior research scientists in the uk, david viner, he said kids in the uk weren't going to know what snow was. by the year 2000, the un was. by the year 2000, the un was predicting an ice age in 1978. so how can we take these kind of predictions seriously ? kind of predictions seriously? >> well, i'm not going to sit on the fence with this one. i do agree with you, actually, ben, i do agree with you totally, because we've seen all sorts of weird and wonderful variations in prediction for the next century . and obviously some of

century. and obviously some of them are going to be spot on because we are in a warming world at the moment. there's no question about that. the world is warming up, but how it's going to change climatically as we go through the coming decades is still open to question, i think. and you're right, going back to the early 1970s, we're in a period of global cooling . in a period of global cooling. and in that period, we actually saw two of the hottest summers everin saw two of the hottest summers ever in this country in 75 and 76. and that was in a period of global cooling. and then things changed once again . and we've changed once again. and we've had some pretty rotten summers. it has to be said in this period where we're supposed to be warming up all the time. i mean, if you go back to 2003 and 2006, we had some fantastic heatwaves . we had some fantastic heatwaves. but the summers of two thousand and seven, 12 nine, several of them were absolutely diabolical . them were absolutely diabolical. so, it just depends which way the coin falls, really, because we are going to see completely different types of weather in different types of weather in different years. and it doesn't mean to say that that's a change in the climate. it just means that we're seeing huge variations from year to year and from decade to decade. >> so what's this 2.5 degrees?

because the target was 1.5 degrees, wasn't it? what's the significance of that? or are these just experts pulling numbers out of a hat? >> yeah, i think they are. in my opinion, i'm not a climate expert by any means. i like to talk about the weather. there's plenty of that going about and it's difficult to get it right day to day. so when you're talking about 2.5 degrees, i don't think that's any big deal. i mean, if you go back to 2000, as ben intimated earlier on, there were talk in 2000 that we were going to see a rise in temperature in this century somewhere between two degrees and six degrees. and that's been modified markedly in the past ten years. and now they're just talk about figures like one and a half to two and a half. that's the sort of thing which seems much more realistic, i've got to say, in this world, which is warming up all the time. >> well, john, apparently last month was the hottest april in so many years, but as far as i remember, it was just raining all the time, every day. exactly. it was rubbish. >> it wasn't. no, i mean, if you look at england last month, it was about the 30th warmest since

1659. it was nothing special. it was raining all the time , as you was raining all the time, as you say, and in fact it started off pretty warm and got much, much colder in the final week. >> what about the weather this weekend? today and tomorrow? what can we expect, well, to say we've got some higher temperatures coming and the hottest weather is not where you'd expect it to be. somewhere in london, where it often is. it was 25 degrees in london on thursday . that's the hottest so thursday. that's the hottest so far this year. yesterday, lots of places got 24. today. the hottest weather will be over north—west england up into scotland, where you'll probably see 26, maybe 27 degrees. that's just about right for nice for initiating triggering 1 or 2 thunderstorms in that part of the world. >> all right, john, great stuff. thanks very much. i'll just say i'll play devil's advocate and just repeat the information here from the news story about the climate. it says almost 80% of respondents from the authoritative internet intergovernmental panel on climate change, the ipcc , climate change, the ipcc, foresee at least a 2.5% of global heating, whilst almost half anticipate at least a 3 degrees rise . and they are

3 degrees rise. and they are warning that that rise to two and a half degrees will be catastrophic and semi dystopian. so yeah, make of that what you will. happy weekend . let's move will. happy weekend. let's move now to our reporter will hollis. our east midlands reporter who is in nottingham i think. well the sun's already shining. it's basking your face. is it hot in that suit . that suit. >> yes. quite warm . not the >> yes. quite warm. not the warmest i've ever been. while reporting for gb news. but it is bright, clear blue skies here in the centre of the country, as it is in most parts of the uk right now. and while we know that those thunderstorms, two yellow weather warnings are in coming tomorrow, tomorrow is another day . but for tomorrow, tomorrow is another day. but for right now we're experiencing temperatures of up to 26 degrees here in the uk . to 26 degrees here in the uk. and what do we know happens when the sun's out in the uk? well, brits love to get out in it and enjoy it. now the obvious thing is to get an ice cream, maybe

going sunbathing if you're lucky enough to live by the coast, go swimming and while right now the temperatures are not hot enough for the uk, h.s.a, the health security agency to issue a heat health alert , there are some health alert, there are some warnings from the met office around being a little bit more careful with traffic and travel. we know that there could be disruptions. the general advice still applies when it starts to get a little bit warmer, particularly things like making sure that if you are in the sun for long periods of time , that for long periods of time, that you are wearing sun cream, and that you occasionally go into the shade, that you are drinking water and staying hydrated . one water and staying hydrated. one of the biggest risks to people that are in the sun enjoying it a little bit too much is heat stroke, which can make people quite sick. dehydration as well. but the big thing, particularly for a quick and sudden loss of life, is the risks from drowning by being in an open water swimming area where you really shouldn't be. now, this is one

of those areas where it is advised never to go swim . umming advised never to go swim. umming this stretch of the river trent, the third longest river in the country, you'll see people in there rowing from the local rowing club. you'll see people in their for the canoes. but what you definitely shouldn't see is people swimming in there . see is people swimming in there. there are designated places for open water swimming across the country . this isn't one of them. country. this isn't one of them. >> well, thank you very much for that, will it? doesn't it looks like a lovely place for open water to water swimming, but i imagine it's a bit grubby. there but coming up, we will be discussing this week's royal news. is prince harry and king charles's relationship well and truly done for this is saturday morning live on gb news, britain's news

>> welcome back. 1035. you're with ben and olivia on saturday morning. live on gb news. some emails are flying in. christine, you say with regards to the hot

weather, sick of these warnings about climate change. it may happen. it may not. either way , happen. it may not. either way, i can't change it. very good point. i mean, in the uk anyway, when china is building two coal power stations a week and our global emissions are less than 1, you do wonder why we brits are bearing the brunt. and on wes streeting jim says wes streeting. of course , the shadow streeting. of course, the shadow labour health secretary, he said this morning in an interview with the sun that he is anti—woke despite clearly being very woke, jim , you say you very woke, jim, you say you can't be a true conservative one minute and be willing to give socialism a go the next, which is exactly what you said, ben. >> and still on the general election, marge says neither sunak or starmer have a plan . sunak or starmer have a plan. certainly don't trust either party and won't vote for either, which i do think is actually how a lot of people are feeling in my job. i go out and about speaking to people on the streets, and there's a lot of apathy at the moment . apathy at the moment. >> you'd know, yeah, you are out and about. >> i am out and about, right. >> i am out and about, right. >> your pictures of the northern lights are coming in as well. let's take a look at this one. this is lee from saint austell in cornwall , lovely. in cornwall, lovely. >> wow.

>> wow. >> all the way down in cornwall. >> all the way down in cornwall. >> looks like a field of lavender in the sky. >> oh, we're so poetic, aren't we? angels fields of lavender. >> that's what you get from an educated man. i'm just joking. i didn't actually go to university, what's this next one? olivia and alex from winchester sent this one. >> oh. beautiful colours there. that's fantastic. >> we keep seeing that green, don't we? i wonder how that works . works. >> yeah, yeah, i know someone who's in sweden at the moment to see the northern lights. can't see the northern lights. can't see them there and in your back garden . typical. garden. typical. >> i keep seeing loads of tweets about it. people going to iceland as i did in january, paying iceland as i did in january, paying thousands of pounds to go and see the northern lights. i never saw them in iceland. we saw a very thin film, but it was pretty lame to be fair. anyway, let's move on. some royal news now. prince harry. he was back on home soil this week for the service of thanksgiving to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his invictus games project . of his invictus games project. >> his mother, princess diana's siblings, earl spencer and lady jane fellowes, joined him at the service at saint paul's cathedral. however, members of the royal family were notably absent , with the the royal family were notably absent, with the king hosting the first buckingham palace garden party of the year. >> at the same time, harry's

spokesperson said that charles, his father and his son have not met during harry's brief uk visit due to the quote king's full program sounds ominous and it's day two of the duke and duchess tour of nigeria, in what many are calling a royal tour on their terms. >> it's really interesting this, isn't it, because it does look like a royal tour. but of course they're not royals anymore. no it's a fake royal tour. >> some are saying common commentators have already noted that nigeria is the 12th most dangerous country in the world. and the military base harry travelled to. there is somewhere the foreign office advises against all travel too. so here to give us the verdict on the royal feud is royal reporter and correspondent sarah—louise robertson. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> what's going on here that harry and meghan they're gallivanting across nigeria. it's not an official royal tour, but it's being dubbed somewhat of a faux or a fake royal tour. is that a bit harsh on them? >> no. this is like, well, they're setting themselves up to be the alternative royals. this is another stab at making it for the sussexes and redefining their brand again . we see this.

their brand again. we see this. they just put different hats on, for different things. and meghan's now put her nigerian hat on. so she recently started saying how she found out she had 43% nigerian heritage. so now she identifies with them. they've gone on this tour to nigeria. she was heard telling some children that, her little girl, lilly, when she looks at meghan, she says, i see me in you. and then meghan, then imparted to the schoolchildren, l, imparted to the schoolchildren, i, you know, you see me in you as well. so she's she's setting herself that this is her rebranding herself. and harry is obviously part of that. so what harry gives is, is the weight of the, of the royal because he's duke of sussex. so he brings that into the mix. but it's this rebranding trying to do this quasi royal tour going on. it's almost like presidential style. he's got a four man security team which again sticks in the throat over here of people because he was bleating, trying to sue us to say that he. >> well, i wanted to ask you about security. we wanted security paid for by the

taxpayer when he comes to the uk, but he is willing to go to nigeria, which obviously is a pretty dangerous country with a very dangerous country, 34 and a very dangerous country, 34 and a very dangerous country, 34 and a very dangerous country. >> he really is a very for security. he is extremely he's a real high risk over there and it just sticks in the throat of people here. the way that he's gone and made such a fuss about how britain wasn't safe for him to bring his wife and children to. yet him and meghan are gallivanting away over in nigeria with not a care in the world. when actually they are at risk of kidnap threat. now they're saying they're being given protection from the government as though they're still working royals. but even so, it's not it's not our level of government protection as as what would be, i think, deemed as safe. so he has taken a massive risk. but all it just shows is again, is just more hypocrisy from the sussexes in terms of how they carry out themselves, the way that they act, what they say . it's do as act, what they say. it's do as i say, not say as i do. that's how

it is with them. and you just can't keep up with them because they're changing the goalposts all the time. so one minute they want privacy , then they're want privacy, then they're screaming take around nigeria , screaming take around nigeria, look at me, look at me, bring in cameras. harry's just been at the bedside side of a poor man. former soldier who's who's injured. and he's they're telling him be strong. and this has been dressed up in the american press as harry is now the new diana . so this is how the new diana. so this is how they're rebranding. and it's very interesting that there's this split as well. more than ever , between our royal family ever, between our royal family and those two. and it has these echoes back to the times of when princess diana, harry's mother, and king charles separated and you were either in diana's camp or you were in the king's camp. >> familiar doesn't it? >> familiar doesn't it? >> it's exactly like that. and this is what we've seen with the, the service at the invictus service at saint paul's cathedral that divide. the thing is, harry's echoing his mother

again or trying to impersonate her. did you . her. did you. >> did you see that story? it very, very briefly. we pushed for time. did you see that story about meghan? apparently. i'm not sure if it's true, so i'll just say that. but meghan apparently she, was rumoured to be, saying that she gets messages from princess diana like spiritual. >> nothing surprises me when i. >> nothing surprises me when 1. nothing surprises me when it comes to meghan. she will say and do literally anything if it's going to get her. what she wants. >> and also was was harry snubbed by his dad ? snubbed by his dad? >> he was. yes. >> is it as simple as that? >> is it as simple as that? >> yeah . it's. yes. >> yeah. it's. yes. >> i just can't believe that you'd come all the way to because there had been contact and harry had been putting the sussexes side, had been putting out that he, he was set to have some time with, with king charles. >> so we were, we were being fed, stories were coming through, from, shall we say, friends and associates on the sussex side to say that there was a real attack, basically oven was a real attack, basically over. now i think at the moment it is because the thing with king charles is obviously he does love harry dearly, but he's so hurt. and it's the trust. the

trust has just gone . and when he trust has just gone. and when he did see harry, when harry flew in, when he got his cancer diagnosis, the king, it was so emotional and upsetting for the king. and camilla is very protective. she can't have anything upset king charles right now. it's just too much for him until harry can prove that he can be trusted and stories won't be leaked out. the king i don't think , could see him. >> great stuff. thank you very much. the key difference between harry and his mother, of course, is that princess diana was loved. and harry, as far as i can see, is generally quiet. >> but diana was popular in the us . sincere? us. sincere? >> yeah. there we go. right. great. thank you very much. now there's still plenty of time to win our biggest cash prize of the year so far. a whopping £20,000. what would you do with that? >> ooh, £20,000 is very boringly i'll get a new kitchen. >> actually, that's not boring. >> actually, that's not boring. >> that's not boring. keep saving though, wouldn't i? >> yeah, yeah, you know, maybe. yeah. well, imagine what you could do with that in your bank account. i'd go on a cruise personally, but you've got to be in the draw for a chance to win it. of course. and here's all the details. how >> don't miss your chance to win our biggest cash prize so far. a

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now. every week on saturday morning. live we shine a light on amazing people who do amazing things. and this week, we're joined by atiq rahman, who two years ago founded his charity, unspoken. >> and in those two years, atiq has gone on to do something pretty extraordinary. the charity runs an event called good deeds 24, and it's where people from all over the country come together to help those in need. for 24 hours. >> this includes feeding the homeless on the streets of london, helping people in retirement homes and refuge centres, dog rescues and for the next event in june , they'll be next event in june, they'll be doing things like revamping the garden of a local hospital . they garden of a local hospital. they also have plans to deliver as many toys as possible to local hospices , hospitals in the hospices, hospitals in the country as they can at christmas i >> -- >> its ethos m >> its ethos is simple he wants to help make the world a better place. unspoken is all about

unity, love and kindness and providing a voice to those who need it. and he's here with us now to tell us all about it. good morning to you. congratulations. first of all, for being our greatest britain this week. >> fantastic. thank you so much for having me. thank you. >> and i've got to say, there's nothing really to critique about what you're doing. it's just good vibes. you're helping people just explain when it started. when did you found unspoken? and what are you getting up? >> so , i've been in the charity >> so, i've been in the charity sector for about ten years now, and i was born in this country, and i was born in this country, and i was born in this country, and i thought it's about time we gave back to home again. right. so we set up a company called unspoken. unspoken means giving a voice to people who are vulnerable. it doesn't matter if you've lost your dog. it doesn't matter if you've hurt yourself doing something. offloading. and i found that a lot of people don't have the ability to talk through networking and stuff. so i started myself , motivational i started myself, motivational speaking, by the way. i just want to put it out there. i am the best motivational speaker on the best motivational speaker on the planet i can imagine. and i wake up every morning and i

thank a lot of the most kind, the most merciful, for giving me the most merciful, for giving me the opportunity through religion to learn so much about good deeds. to learn so much about good deeds . so because of my deeds. so because of my religion, i thought you were a muslim, right? i'm a muslim . i'm muslim, right? i'm a muslim. i'm a proud muslim, and through the teachings of our prophet, beloved prophet muhammad, islam. good deeds is very important in my religion and that means to every race, every religion, every race, every religion, every creed. it doesn't matter who you are. through the teachings, we are told to love people, all of mankind. so with the project of good deeds 24, it started , beautiful memories just started, beautiful memories just there right now in homes and stuff, where we united all religions and faiths together . religions and faiths together. >> it was an idea and it doesn't matter who you're helping, they can be christians. they can be white. they can. >> oh my god, that's what we want to do. that's what we want to do. >> refreshing message. >> refreshing message. >> and we want to do that. that's the point, man. we want to help anybody. don't care what religion or race you're from. my job is to love you, care for you

, and make you part of the family. so good deeds 24. >> basically, you're running around the uk over a 24 hour penod around the uk over a 24 hour period helping as many people as you possibly can. >> and i'll tell you what, it was a little bit of an eye openen was a little bit of an eye opener. when we all set it up. we had a beautiful donation come through for ppv , they donated through for ppv, they donated a coach. oh, they donate a coach. somebody else said, we'll give you this, we'll give you our time . you gotta imagine, these time. you gotta imagine, these people are from all different backgrounds and statuses. and when we get together, we're all just one. we break bread together. it's our brothers and sisters together. and when you see it, i call it the colourful family. because you got people with tattoos. you got people with tattoos. you got people with different races and religions and creeds and that's what islam is all about, uniting people together, right ? people together, right? >> tell us what you're doing next month with this hospital. >> so what we're doing i've been doing with the local hospital with amazon ward. they want their garden redoing. so we do a toy drop normally, this time they need a garden revamping. so we're going to do the garden. we're going to be going up to manchester, we're doing the local homeless there , dog local homeless there, dog shelter, you know, they're all

sorts of, all sorts of things. yeah. and also, how many volunteers have you got at the moment? we've got, on board this yeah moment? we've got, on board this year. we've got about 70. great normally it's going to hit this this year it's going to hit over 120 people at least we've got priests involved . we've got priests involved. we've got imams involved. oh, fantastic. we've got people from we've got a couple of doctors on board this time. >> so you make a conscious and concise effort to involve everyone. you're not you're not islam exclusive . that said, as islam exclusive. that said, as olivia alluded to already, how do you what do you make of the tribal and toxic and divided times we've we see today, particularly with the israel—gaza situation. look everything everything i believe is hate is hate killing is killing. >> whichever side is doing it, it's plain wrong . you understand it's plain wrong. you understand me? so my stand is we pray for everybody. what's happening in palestine? it's horrific. it's horrific . i'll go to sleep horrific. i'll go to sleep crying because nobody should be able to witness such horrific stuff that's happening in palestine right now. >> what you're doing feels like a real antidote to what's going on. >> so let's not face this

negativity of the world's press and let's, let's get together and let's, let's get together and let's, let's get together and let's save the children. yeah, let's be positive about what's going on and help the people around the globe . people around the globe. >> 24 hour projects. do you do you stop? do you eat? do you sleep or is it 25? >> of course we do. of course we. we share food. we share love. we share kindness for 24 hours. but the rule is we don't sleep. you know, i like to sleep. >> i take by the way, normally you shave your head, don't you? >> yes i do, yeah. >> yeah, but you are growing your hair out. why? >> i'm growing my hair for a little girl , for, she's got little girl, for, she's got cancen little girl, for, she's got cancer. so this is going to go towards a wig. oh, amazing. i hate having this. >> give us a twirl of your head. >> give us a twirl of your head. >> i hate this, by the way. and honestly , i just. there was honestly, i just. there was something going on, and this little girl needs a wig , and i little girl needs a wig, and i thought, you know what? i'm gonna.i thought, you know what? i'm gonna. i can grow my hair. so why not? let's do it. >> what do you get out of doing this? why? what why? you know what motivates you to do it? what inspired you? what do you get out of it? >> everything that i do in my life . it all boils down to my life. it all boils down to my religion. my religion is probably the most. i knock on

god's door five times a day. when i pray, it's a check in for me, a communication iron and what the teachings of the prophet peace be upon him has taught us. and that is my buzz helping people. i don't want to return back because i've got health. let me tell you something now, before i give you a scenario, i'm going to ask you a scenario, i'm going to ask you a question. there's two pictures. one, there's a child with a full cake and there's a piece missing beside . and the piece missing beside. and the second picture is a child with one piece. but it's really happy. one piece. but it's really happy- why one piece. but it's really happy. why why is the guy on the top and happy? because he's focusing on that missing piece. wrong mindset, perspective . and wrong mindset, perspective. and that's the whole world right now. we're focusing on on the most negative stuff. i wake up in the morning no matter what happens, i'm going to turn this around. >> yeah, yeah, well , it's >> yeah, yeah, well, it's a message that all to think a bit more like that. >> exactly. it's a message that we can all get behind. and you are a deserving and worthy winner of this week's world. if people want to find out more about unspoken, where can they go? if you follow us on, unspoken underscore atik on

instagram , everybody is welcome. instagram, everybody is welcome. don't worry about your religion, race, creed. if you're big, fat, skinny, smelly or not, come along, man, come along and join the vibe. >> that's great stuff. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. god bless you.thank >> thank you so much. god bless you. thank you. >> lots more coming up on today's show, including phillip schofield. did you see those pictures of him in the sun with declan donnelly? apparently he's making a tv comeback. more of that in our showbiz section in the next hour. stick with us. we'll be back in just a . tick. we'll be back in just a. tick. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there! >> hello there! >> welcome to your latest dup news, weather forecast from the met office. well, for the rest of today, many of us is largely dry and fine. there will be a few showers across the north, but with high pressure remaining in charge for most of us, we should see some sunny skies and in the sunshine. feeling fairly warm once again. so for many, as i mentioned, a dry day, but some

eastern coast just hanging on to some low clouds and mist and fog. so feeling quite cool here. and a few showers just developing during the heat of the day across the north. could even hear a few rumbles of thunder, but in the sunniest spots we'll see highs reaching 2425 degrees. so into this evening, many areas remaining dry and clear. any showers fading away across scotland and northern england. so another fairly good chance to see the northern lights tonight, especially across more northern parts of the country. however, some eastern coasts just hanging on to some low cloud here, so it may be a bit more of a struggle here. but for all of us, it's going to be a fairly mild night. most towns and cities staying in double figures . so a dry and double figures. so a dry and bright start for many. again, some eastern coast on sunday morning remaining quite murky and quite disappointingly actually staying that way across some eastern coast of scotland, north eastern england, elsewhere, lots of sunshine, but that will trigger some thunderstorm s, that will trigger some thunderstorms, especially as we go into the afternoon. warnings are in force across parts of the

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gb news. >> good morning. i'm ben leo, alongside olivia utley. and this is saturday morning live. and it's great to have your company this morning. >> we have got an action packed hour left for you. >> yes, absolutely. bursting with stories, from , all across with stories, from, all across the world and our political commentators, our panel today, joana jarjue hugh and alex armstrong, are riled and raring to go to get stuck into them. >> and it's eurovision day . >> and it's eurovision day. tonight is the much anticipated final of the eurovision song contest . but are the protests contest. but are the protests planned against israel's involvement in the competition stealing the spotlight? we'll be going live to malmo very soon.

>> and would you share your food with your neighbours? that's your food, your breakfast, your lunch, your dinner. we'll be talking to a former great british bake off winner about how he's hoping to encourage sharing in order to help each other and the planet. so i'm not sure about sharing my grub with my neighbours, but on monday, it's world cocktail day. did you know that? >> now you're talking? >> now you're talking? >> no, i didn't know that. >> no, i didn't know that. >> so we've got a mixologist with us at the end of the show. who's going to be rustling up some refreshing drinks? what's your favourite cocktail? >> probably an old fashioned. >> probably an old fashioned. >> oh, okay. yeah, yeah. nice, nice, nice, maybe an espresso martini for me or mojito. >> oh, that's that's the big talk. >> yeah. let us know what your favourite is. gbnews.com/yoursay for now, though, is your news headunes for now, though, is your news headlines with sofia .

headlines with sofia. >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's 11:00. >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's11:00. i'm >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's11:oo. i'm sofia >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's 11:00. i'm sofia wenzler >> ben. thank you. good morning. it's11:oo. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the us says israel may have broken international law in its use of american supplied weapons in gaza. the state department says it's reasonable to assess that they've been used in ways that are inconsistent with israel's obligations. it stopped short of a definitive assessment, saying the chaos of war made it difficult to verify alleged violations. the documents also noted hamas uses civilian infrastructure for military purposes and civilians as human shields. the findings come as israel warns residents in rafah to evacuate more areas of the city. in sweden , security has city. in sweden, security has been tightened ahead of the eurovision song contest final following pro—palestinian protests . demonstrators have protests. demonstrators have been rallying against israel's participation in the event, with the country's eden golan qualifying for tonight's show. she's among the leading contenders to win, but

bookmakers have placed croatia's baby lasagna as favourite. 1981 uk winner jay aston from bucks fizz says the contest has become too political. >> i do feel very sorry for her because she's 20, you know , because she's 20, you know, she's to me, she's a young girl or young woman and she'll have all of this conflict. so she's going on stage and she's got cheers and boos and it will in a way tarnish her career. i mean, i'm sure she'll be very successful in her homeland, but it's just really difficult . it it's just really difficult. it does seem to be that eurovision, which is meant to be a bringing together of people to just listen to music and to be a happy event is more and more often being taken into a political arena, and it's being used for that purpose . used for that purpose. >> now. two women accused of targeting the magna carta have been charged with criminal damage. just op oil posted a video of the pair, both in their 80s, armed with a hammer and a chisel, breaking the glass around the historic document yesterday, the group says they

glued themselves to the display and held up a sign accusing the government of breaking climate laws. in other news, a police officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow in buckinghamshire . the officer was buckinghamshire. the officer was responding to reports of a stabbing in high wycombe last night. a 54 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. he was shot by an armed officer and is now in hospital under police supervision , with potentially supervision, with potentially life changing injuries. supervision, with potentially life changing injuries . drivers life changing injuries. drivers are being warned to only travel if absolutely necessary following the unprecedented closure of the m25 . five the closure of the m25. five the five mile stretch in surrey between junctions nine and ten is now shut until 6 am. on monday, causing delays and a 19 mile diversion. this is the first scheduled daytime shutdown of all lanes on the m25 since it opened back in 1986. travel journalist simon calder has a warning for travellers. >> big worry today and tomorrow

and this continues until 6 am. on monday morning, is that people will just think, well, it was fine last time so we won't change our plans, if that were to happen, it would be, quite messy, not least because , as messy, not least because, as they're saying, go by other forms of transport and you think, okay, well, i will go from to london portsmouth by train then, which you can't do because there's engineering works . works. >> brits heading to majorca or ibiza this summer may be rethinking their holiday plans. it says authorities in the balearic islands are cracking down on excessive drinking in some tourist hotspots. it's after locals complained of poor behaviour, including climbing into people's homes. the sale of alcohol will be banned from 930 in the evening to eight in the morning, and the northern lights lit up the skies across britain last night as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years hit the planet. usually

they're seen in the far north of they're seen in the far north of the country and are caused by charged particles hitting the different gases in the earth's atmosphere and we're in luck, as the northern lights might be visible in parts of the uk again tonight. and 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. now it's back to ben and olivia . to ben and olivia. >> welcome back. 1106 ben and olivia with you on saturday morning live. we're going to be joined by very exciting guests later in the show to teach us all about the history of cocktails. i'm going to have a mojito, i think. i don't care what time it is, but for now, we are going to head to malmo in sweden, where the hotly contested eurovision final takes place this evening amid some confusion after the dutch act . i confusion after the dutch act. i don't know if you saw this. he was banned from rehearsals as officials launched an investigation into his behaviour

backstage . backstage. >> absolutely bizarre. it comes as pro—palestinian demonstrations continue to surround the event, calling for israel to be banned in the same way russia was gb news reporter charlie peters. >> who else? he's live in malmo. this morning. >> who else? he's live in malmo. this morning . charlie, good this morning. charlie, good morning to you. what's going on in sweden, my friend? >> good morning, both of you. well, the theme for this year's competition in malmo and sweden is united by music. but it seems that the prevailing mood here is one of division. because, of course, behind me, while there is a great sense of fun and flags and partying as people queue up to go into the arena, there is also this anticipation of a thousand strong pro—palestinian demonstration adjacent to the arena later this afternoon, ahead of the grand final this evening, a wild all that goes on. we have seen a significant security and police presence here outside the malmo

arena . armed police have been arena. armed police have been patrolling the area. we've even seen specialist counter—terrorism officers on motorbikes conducting their own patrols. people i've spoken to here, though, are not deterred by that scene and by the perceived terror threat. they say there is in sweden a four out of five threat of a terrorist attack here in the country. malmo in particular, has seen a sharp rise in grenade attacks in the last ten years, but the prevailing mood here is about tonight's party. people i've spoken to in the last hour about the upcoming eurovision contest did not want to answer questions about eden golan , the questions about eden golan, the israeli entrant who has been the source of so much controversy over the last week. even in the last 12 hours, we've seen more contestants speaking out and slighting the israeli contestant here. last night, bambie thug, the irish contestant at eurovision, said that her team cried when even when eden

garland was put through to the final. we also saw the greek contestant shaking her head and rolling her eyes during a press conference. and as you said in your introduction, the dutch the dutch act just klein is currently being investigated and is prohibited from rehearsing amid an unspecified incident following a press conference on thursday evening. after that semi—final . will he compete semi—final. will he compete tonight? will this event go ahead properly without so much of the division we've seen over the last couple of days? stay with me throughout the day as we find out . find out. >> do you think there's a chance, charlie, that israel might end up doing rather well? there seems to be quite a lot of sympathy for the for the israeli act. who it feels is, is almost being bullied, not quite often by people a lot older than herself. >> significant sympathy, but at the same time, also quite a lot of people trying to avoid the topic entirely, especially many

of the people attending here. some of them have referenced to me russia being blocked in 2022 after the invasion of ukraine, trying to make a comparison, perhaps between the israeli response to october the 7th and russia's invasion, full scale invasion of ukraine in february of two years ago, but also at the same time, there has been that undercurrent of sympathy because eden gillen, according to her team, has been stuck in her hotel room, ordered to remain there by shin bet, which is israel's m15. the head of that organisation actually has flown into sweden to manage her security arrangements while she's in the country now. is that an accurate representation of the threat that eden golan faces, or is it a pr move designed to attract more sympathy for the israeli contestant? well, it's not entirely clear, but one thing is for certain is that she will, when she arrives at this venue later today, be attending with a ginormous security convoy. we saw armoured cars taking to her

and from the venue for press conferences and her rehearsals , conferences and her rehearsals, andindeed conferences and her rehearsals, and indeed her competition in the semi—final. earlier in the week. so those tensions are high. significant sympathy , but high. significant sympathy, but also quite a lot of silence on that issue. okay charlie peters in malmo, sweden at eurovision, thanks very much . thanks very much. >> stay safe and have fun if you can. i'm not sure i'd be having fun at eurovision. not a massive fan , right. we're going to be fan, right. we're going to be joined now by our top panel political commentators , joana political commentators, joana jaflue political commentators, joana jarjue and alex armstrong. let's get stuck into more stories of the day. this one particularly. i like, philip schofield. he was snapped out and about with declan donnelly, his former itv colleague. and rumour has it. so he had a four hour dinner. that's a fact. they pictured him at dinner, but rumour has it that he's plotting a big tv comeback. >> alex arm strong comeback. >> alex armstrong well, it might be the abysmal ratings . think of be the abysmal ratings. think of this this morning are going through since him and holly have departed. not saying that i'm a fan personally, i don't think that he should be back on tv. i

think his career is finished. do you feel sorry for him? >> what happened to him? >> what happened to him? >> no, no, i absolutely do not feel sorry for him. i feel sorry for his wife, francie and his family who he dragged through it, but no, i don't think many people want to see him back on here. i think it's over for him. i think you've just got to leave it in the past. he's had a great career, he's made a lot of money, and he's a bygone now. and i think the public want to move on and have new talent. >> well, i don't really actually think that this means anything. obviously, they've known each other for years. they've basically the biggest stars of itv for so long, ant and dec obviously we're all familiar with and can't seem to get rid of on our screens , yeah, but i of on our screens, yeah, but i don't think that this actually means anything. i just think that it's basically a friendly dinner, and i can't see itv after going through all the investigations. >> all. >> all. >> do you remember last summer ? >> do you remember last summer? yeah, it was extraordinary. it was the story of a of a decade, a showbiz story of the decade, at least in my book, but also the worst kept story of amongst, you know, sort of media people. >> it was widely known that it was it was widely known that he

was it was widely known that he was homosexual. and so for him to come out all of a sudden make this big furore about it was quite bizarre . and, and i feel quite bizarre. and, and i feel like he did that to cover up the allegations that are going to be used against him. i think he wanted to use his sexuality as a shield against those allegations and delay that as long as possible. so he he's a very successfully at the time. >> he said last may when he stepped back from itv that it was an unwise but not illegal affair with a younger member of staff. friends now, though, have been pushing for phil to return to the spotlight, restarting the career that saw him become one of the country's most recognisable stars. a source said since he left this morning, phil has been held up by the support of friends like ant, dec and alison hammond, whether he makes a comeback, whether it's on tv or radio is still undecided. but the offers are there. if he wants to pursue them, he's got offers. joanna i can't believe that because i was there actually , in this there actually, in this morning's studio doing the paper review with bev turner, actually, obviously your colleague. >> and it was just such a big deal on the day, on the day you were there, on the day of his

big reveal. yeah. what was it like paper review. and really intense. we were obviously in the green room waiting and like you were saying about this potentially being a pr cover up at the time , you know, coming at the time, you know, coming out in the time that he did, it was very intense. we kind of saw him walk down the hall with his big kind of pr machine and agents, and it was all very kind of, career graft. yeah, so if i wasn't there on that day, i would have probably been a bit, you know, cynical and saying, you know, cynical and saying, you know, cynical and saying, you know, he's entitled to obviously come out and be honest about his sexuality. and on that day, i was one of these people that was saying, well, how brave, you know, and what did bev say? >> i want to know what bev said. >> i want to know what bev said. >> bev said his poor wife. >> bev said his poor wife. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> yeah. similar to alex, which , >> yeah. similar to alex, which, you know, in that situation, we're all shocked. you know, i was expecting that maybe he was going to announce a terminal illness or something like that. and we literally found out as the nation found out as well. so. >> well, he sold it like a terminal illness to the nation . terminal illness to the nation. and people feel deceived. they don't. the public don't like being deceived. they saw this man who sort of two faced he famously he gave that that that

piece of paper to david cameron with all the list of potentially gay tory mps on it. i mean, come on, he should never be back on air on in this day and age as well. >> you can't come back from something like that with social media, because i think that the rumours were out there anyway on social media. tiktok was going mad and even before social media. exactly. and i think that i don't think that people would welcome him and also his, his personal brand was kind of this cuddly type of person. if he was a hard hitting kind of news, current affairs, then maybe he could have got away with it. you know, a bit of controversy, but he's phillip schofield. he was supposed to be the one giggling. >> he is uncontroversial i do, i do from a just from a human perspective of what he did was, you know, morally and societally not right. >> of course we get it. but from a human perspective, just looking at someone's downfall like that, i do have some sympathy for him. yeah. you know, i'm not saying he should be back on our tvs , but just, be back on our tvs, but just, you know, it's not nice seeing the real life , termination of the real life, termination of somebody's career. >> i completely i don't agree

with cancelling anybody, frankly, but i think what the circumstances that followed his resignation were because he was deceitful and rather than him, you know, as joanna said, pretending to be this lovely, friendly, welcoming person, that's not the reality of who he was . and i think people want to was. and i think people want to watch people on tv and just see the true character and not this deceitful. >> maybe i'm hard hearted. i don't feel that sorry for him. i mean, he had a very long, very successful career. he's got a lot of money in the bank. yeah, yeah. >> i kind of felt sorry for holly . holly. >> i know that, obviously some people say that she isn't necessarily what we see on screen, and she's not as kind of cute and cuddly , but it seemed cute and cuddly, but it seemed as if obviously she lost the opportunity with this morning through that. i know that obviously she gave different reasons when she resigned, but but alex, alex, look, slope. >> after that, alex looks like he's got plenty to say about holly willoughby. >> i've heard plenty of stories about holly not being a very nice person and being all this lovely, friendly person on tv, but then behind the scenes, extremely rude, extremely arrogant, making lots of demands to her staff, making people cry on set. >> say that, well, you know,

these are allegations. i'm not accusing her of anything. >> these are things i've heard. >> these are things i've heard. >> holly. holly people have told me holly, of course, isn't here to defend herself and her mates , to defend herself and her mates, of course. >> and her family probably say she's a, you know, a very lovely, wonderful person, but very interesting. yeah. i mean, some say that holly should have or could have known about philip's behaviour over the years. who knows, he would have done, let's move on to this other story. and this is actually quite, quite a funny one. so, cherries are selling at £84 a punnet, and this is funny at this precise moment because sophia wenzler, who of course reached the news, she came in dunng reached the news, she came in during the break and said, ben, you've eaten my cherries from the fridge. you've stolen them . the fridge. you've stolen them. and hands up i did before we came on air. >> any old cherries as well? they were m&s cherries. they were probably more than £84. >> they're probably , they're >> they're probably, they're probably about £150 a punnet. >> but before we came on air, i hadnt >> but before we came on air, i hadn't had breakfast and i said, oh no, i need a banana or some fruit or something. i'll just open the star fridge in agreement and swipe the cherries. and it turns out they're sophia wenzler. so sorry to fear i will replace them after the show, i promise, but £84 for luxury cherries. alex

from harrods . who the hell are from harrods. who the hell are buying these cherries? >> the people who go to soho house every weekend. we talked about story earlier on. i think it's the same people who are paying it's the same people who are paying £84 for every y. >> cherries are so expensive because they grow in the uk. >> yeah, well, frank, i mean, it's nuts , isn't it? i mean, i'm it's nuts, isn't it? i mean, i'm actually allergic to cherries, so i can't touch him anyway, even if i wanted to. >> you're missing out. >> you're missing out. >> clearly. yeah, but they better be something exceptional. you know, they really. i hope once you've had a few of those, ben, you'd be. you'd be on air for the next 24 hours. >> apparently, they're selling, though. joanna harrods say that they are flying off the shelves and customers , quote, don't and customers, quote, don't care. >> i mean, it's probably a bit of a flex , isn't it? of a flex, isn't it? >> it shows that you're rich. >> it shows that you're rich. >> yeah, that's what it is, isn't it ? and i'm sure that isn't it? and i'm sure that there is a particular demographic that kind of just loves this. i don't think cherries are particularly that nice. anyway but this kind of reminds me of, you know, the, the steak salt bay guy who sells steaks . you know, the guy who steaks. you know, the guy who went viral for, like, sprinkling salt on his steaks a particular way. yeah. he sells steaks for hundreds, like, nearly £1,000. >> and people go, really about

that steak in london, we've got a punnet of the harrods cherries on the screen. >> now for radio listeners, they look like they're too pale. they look like they're too pale. they look like they're too pale. they look like tomatoes . look like tomatoes. >> yeah, i prefer darker cherries. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> not sure about that. oh, they're only £83 though, our producers pointing out. oh, at £0.82. so not exactly a bargain, is it? look if i'm buying those £83 cherries, i'm eating the stalk. >> i'm eating the pip , i'm >> i'm eating the pip, i'm eating the plastic punnet box, everything. >> i mean, as a business person, i'm thinking, how did they calculate the price? >> why did it get to 83, £82? like how precise ? like how precise? >> add the profit. >> add the profit. >> the same people who buy £83 cherries are the same people who frequent soho house. let me tell you. that's it. right. thank you guys. joana jarjue alex armstrong, there's still plenty of time to win our biggest cash prize of the year. so far. we've already told you about it. so if you haven't entered yet, make sure you do. today. a whopping £20,000 is up for grabs. imagine having that in your bank account . here's all the details. how? >> don't miss your chance to win our biggest cash prize so far. a totally terrific £20,000 in tax

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great british baker winner giuseppe dell'anno will be talking to us about his involvement in the big lunch project. i'm very excited about that. i'm a you're a bake off fan. yes. >> i'm obe in particular. oh, okay. >> interesting. all right. yeah, i'm i'm a bit of a bore, really. i'm i'm a bit of a bore, really. i don't really like any, like, fluffy saturday night tv, eurovision bake off. >> oh , you're really missing out. >> i did an italian baking course a couple of weeks ago, actually, inspired by elianne baken >> oh, nice. >> oh, nice. >> happy days in your element, then. all right, we'll stick with us. we'll be back in just

tick. welcome back. 1120 for you with ben and olivia on saturday morning live only on gb news, don't forget to keep sending us your pictures of the northern lights. we're going to show you some in just a second. first, though, some emails, debbie says from the expensive cherries, the £83 punnet of cherries from harrods . if £83 punnet of cherries from harrods. if you pay that for cherries, you've got more money

than sense. sad really? do you know what? even if i had £20 million, i would not be spending £83 on cherries. how stupid do you have to be? >> especially as the colours hadnt >> especially as the colours hadn't even look that good. they look like like pale , anaemic tomatoes. >> doesn't even look ripe to me anyway, harry and meghan doris says the trip to nigeria was supposed to be about nigeria getting the invictus games. so me again has come to make it all about her by saying nigeria feels like home. me again for megan. that's really good. i like that doris. thank you. i'll be using that. >> i guess the link is that she did that ancestry test and found that she was, what, 43% nigerian or something . or something. >> so she did. >> so she did. >> i kind of understand it, right. your pictures now of the amazing northern lights from last night. me and olivia missed it. we were tucked up in bed, but apparently they're on tonight, so if we stay up only in the north of the uk, though. >> oh, really? yeah i'm afraid so. 50. >> so. >> who said that? the weather guy earlier. oh, no , i know, all guy earlier. oh, no, i know, all right, well, look, this is sonia from northern ireland. >> she sent this in. >> she sent this in. >> wow. >> wow. >> northern ireland looked like it had it really, really good. i saw a few of those on twitter. >> yeah, these.

>> yeah, these. >> look, i'm sure they're not. but they are so incredible. they look photoshopped. >> they do, don't they? everyone's saying there's no no, filters on them at all though . filters on them at all though. >> sonia. >> sonia. >> sonia, where are you getting this camera from? it looks like some sort of professional piece of kit with, you know, after effects . effects. >> and this is donna in bedford. 0h >> and this is donna in bedford. oh wow. fantastic. i'm from bedford as well. i mean, no offence to bedford, but you wouldn't expect such a stunning show with the northern lights , show with the northern lights, over there. >> amazing. that's incredible. and this is freddie and flo. ready for the heatwave. oh there we go. shades on, hat on, matching outfits. >> and of course, the name . >> and of course, the name. well, yeah. >> so if you're listening on the radio, it's two. what breed of dog are they? live? >> yorkshire terriers. >> yorkshire terriers. >> border terriers. >> border terriers. >> i'm being told on my ear two really cute dogs, shades on, sun hats on. ready to go for the heat. good stuff . heat. good stuff. >> and we've all been guilty of buying food and not eating it well. new research conducted by the big lunch has revealed that 1 in 6 of us feel guilty when throwing away food. >> yes, but just 57% of us have

admitted to not sharing food with our neighbours in the past yean with our neighbours in the past year. i mean, who does share that? >> i'm very surprised. i'm surprised. yeah, exactly. >> i'm surprised it's as high in london. >> oh, well, you're not a londoner, but we're southerners . londoner, but we're southerners. >> maybe. yeah. >> maybe. yeah. >> rude southerners, rude southerners, northerners probably. >> i expect you do do that. well, look, 1 in 4 of you say that you don't know your neighbours well enough to share your grub. so with the aim of tackling issues of food waste and bringing communities together, the eden project, big lunch is on a mission this year, for the biggest celebration yet of communities and neighbours and fronting the project is former great british bake off winner giuseppe delano, who joins us now to tell us more. >> giuseppe, it's a real treat to see you. you are my favourite bake off winner. i'm a huge bake off fan. love your italian baking, absolute pleasure. just fangirling a bit there. but yeah. please tell us more about the big lunch project. >> well, first of all, thank you, olivia. i mean, it's always a great even three years down the line to hear those comments . the line to hear those comments. i feel myself like i'm a vintage bake off by now. it's been so long that i'm not sure i belong

anymore. anyway, going back to the point, yes, absolutely . i the point, yes, absolutely. i think i'm very, very proud to be, behind this initiative of, the, eden project. they are effectively inviting the community to, get closer together. you know, it's astounding the amount of food that we end up wasting . some that we end up wasting. some statistics say that even up to a third of all the food that is produced ends up in the, in our recycling green bins, which is shameful, to say the least, especially in this day and age. you know, with the cost of living crisis and everything the people that tend to give you advice on how to tackle that , advice on how to tackle that, say, you know, just you should go to the supermarket with a shopping list, which makes perfect sense. and, you know, chapel,if perfect sense. and, you know, chapel, if you can do that. personally, i struggle to have, you know, a meal plan for the forthcoming, week , driving my forthcoming, week, driving my shopping on a weekly basis. so it's natural that we tend to

overstock so that we our fridges are always full of stuff, you know, ready for any, emergency and need. but the reality is that then a lot of that doesn't make it to our table. and even if it does, maybe it's too much . if it does, maybe it's too much. we tend to cook in batches. so what do we do ? the idea behind what do we do? the idea behind this initiative of the big lunch is extremely simple, very simple, almost mundane , but it's simple, almost mundane, but it's very effective. they are just suggesting , why don't you just suggesting, why don't you just knock at the neighbour's door and see whether they can make good use of this? yeah. my, from my perspective , i mean, the, my perspective, i mean, the, environment i come from and where i grew up, i'm lucky enough to have , you know, all enough to have, you know, all my, parents, family extended family in the same village. so for me, it was very easy. and it is still very easy to these days, to do that, my great aunt calls my mom on a on a on a regular basis and goes, oh, maria, i've made some extra lasagne. do you want do you want a serving? you know, they share

food that way. admittedly, in this day and age it's more difficult to do that. i've moved to a new town here in charlton. i'm only in september and i don't know anybody how you know, it's you know, there is also that level of britishness, politeness. you. yeah yeah, yeah, it's kind of, you know, we i guess we don't know how to approach people. >> we'd probably be scared that if you knock on someone's door randomly. i mean, i get it in the street, i say good morning to people or give them a nod. and yeah , sometimes they look at and yeah, sometimes they look at me like i'm an absolute weirdo. so how would you how would you suggest that we go around initiating that first step? give us some tips from, say, italy and your family. >> well, you've got to break that down. that mental block in my case, it has worked wonders. i mean, i do that for a living now , and it is admittedly a very now, and it is admittedly a very wasteful business when you're testing eight, ten recipes a day, you end up with lots of food at the end of the day. i've

got three young kids, but there is only so much they can go through. although they are eating a lot. so i mean, literally all i've done is just introducing myself to the neighbours and, it is it is understandable that you, you, you're thinking, oh my god , will you're thinking, oh my god, will they be offended if i'm offering them food even when what? what will they be thinking? but i kid you not, i've done that many, many times. never once. i was not welcomed with a massive smile or a surprised smile because people don't expect that. and there is nothing more welcome that a positive than a positive surprise like that. and you know, it doesn't have to look perfect either. we see all these things on instagram that make us think that food always has to be pristine, beautifully looking. oh my gosh, the cakes have to be covered in these sculptures made of fondant. how silly is that? there is nothing better than something rustic prepared with love and, you

know, shared with, with as much love as well. >> yeah , i have to say, i mean, >> yeah, i have to say, i mean, i love that idea. i would be nervous about bringing food around to a neighbour, but if a neighbour brought me the end of a homemade cake, i'd be over the moon. it would be so nice. yeah. >> okay. giuseppe. >> okay. giuseppe. >> yeah, that. yeah. and just one thing before i, i go to end this on a positive note, the stats show that the people that are more willing to do this and more happy to share their food is the younger generation, those between the age of 18 and 24. >> so gen z, those that take get a very bad press, usually for many, many other reasons. in this case should be held as a model to , you know, to follow. model to, you know, to follow. >> oh, that is really nice gen z getting a love it. >> such a great idea. thank you giuseppe. i guess we're also we live in, you know, more transient times. people are coming and going. they're stuck in their phones and it's hard, isn't it? but great idea. i'll definitely back that. >> yeah. love it, right, more to come on saturday morning live stick with us. but first, here's

your news headlines with sofia . your news headlines with sofia. >> ben. thank you. it's 1132. >> ben. thank you. it's1132. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the us says israel may have broken international law in its use of american supplied weapons in gaza. the state department says it's reasonable to assess that they've been used in ways that are inconsistent with israel's obligations. it stopped short of a definitive assessment, saying the chaos of war made it difficult to verify alleged violations . the document alleged violations. the document also noted hamas uses civilian infrastructure for military purposes and civilians as human shields . the purposes and civilians as human shields. the findings come as israel warns residents in rafah to evacuate more areas of the city. in sweden, security has been tightened ahead of the eurovision song contest final following demonstrations against israel's entry. pro—palestinian protesters want the country to

be excluded from the competition over the war in gaza . a 54 year over the war in gaza. a 54 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a police officer was shot in the leg with a crossbow in high wickham. the suspect was shot by an armed officer and is now in hospital under police supervision, with potentially life changing injuries and two women accused of targeting the magna carta have been charged with criminal damage. just stop oil posted a video of the pair armed with a hammer and a chisel, breaking the glass around the historic document yesterday. they've been released on bail and are due to appear in court next month. and the northern lights put on a rare display right across the uk last night. as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms hit the planet in years, caused by charged particles hitting the different gases in the earth's atmosphere, they're only usually seen in the far north of the country. and if you've missed it

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programs like this, there is artistic license, but it was written by a man called richard gadd, who stars as himself in it. although he's renamed himself donny done, and it's about how he was stalked a penod about how he was stalked a period of stalking in his life by a woman who he, he named martha. and internet sleuths went on their journey and they found the real martha. so they outed her online and this week she did an interview with piers morgan on his youtube channel. and i do think that we have a clip of this, which came out this week. i might lie to you, but i do think and, we've had no apologies from netflix or him or nothing. >> i mean, for someone who says he feels sorry for me, i've had no apology and i have this martha character seems to have smashed up a bar and sexually assaulted him in a canal. been to prison, there are a number of other allegations there, and none of that is true. that's not true . true. >> okay, some big breaking news from malmo, where our man charlie peters is. can you

believe it? we had that situation with the dutch entrant who was in a bit of trouble for some incident backstage, apparently breaking. now he will not be performing tonight. charlie peters, what's the latest ? latest? >> hi there ben. well, eurovision has kicked out just klein, the dutch contestant from tonight's final following an alleged incident between a female production member earlier this week . they've issued this week. they've issued a brief statement to say that they want to make it clear. contrary to some media reports and indeed some social media speculation , some social media speculation, that this incident did not involve any other performer or delegation member. i think they're referring to the israeli contestant, eden golan , because contestant, eden golan, because dunng contestant, eden golan, because during a press conference on thursday night, after their semi—final, just klein was seen with the dutch flag draped over his head while she answered questions . and he also questions. and he also interjected when a polish radio

journalist asked her a question, the moderator said she didn't need to answer it, but just, klein said, why not loudly interjecting there? he had been suspended soon after , but the suspended soon after, but the ebu, the european broadcasting union at the time , did not offer union at the time, did not offer an explanation as to what occurred and why they had gone through with that suspension. he didn't rehearse yesterday. he will not compete tonight. eurovision is . down to 25 finalists. >> he very much charlie rowley. so what do we make of this? what impact is that going to have on the contest this evening? >> this is huge news because joost klein was actually, you know, bookies odds to be in the top five. he was going to do really well. europa or is he sings it. europa was a banger. i'm not going to lie. like. and it went off really well. what doesit it went off really well. what does it mean, it's just like daddy of europe, essentially. it was like daddy? yeah, the daddy you like, you know, but it's so eurovision. he went down a storm with, reporters backstage who were over there. the delegations . and so this is huge. and obviously we've been waiting to find out what's been going on because the final is tonight. and so to have him acts at the

last minute is crazy. but it's right that they've done their due diligence and investigated this properly. but, like our reporter said out there, there was so much rumour going on that it had to do with israel because obviously the big thing at the moment about eurovision is why are israel there? why are they involved? and a lot of people thought, has this incident come off the back of that? apparently not. and i think more will come of this specific incident. i'm certain we'll get to the bottom of it. >> it's all a bit mysterious for the moment, isn't it? well, apparently. >> apparently the reports are from, reuters and elsewhere that the dutch entrant was accused of being intimidating to a female staff member backstage. who knows? just allegations. but what a mess. what a complete mess. you've got this incident with the dutch guy , he's out on with the dutch guy, he's out on his backside. you had the incident with the israeli contestant? yeah, you've got the protests. >> there's a lot going on. >> there's a lot going on. >> so also, by the way, sorry to interject early. this one gets me riled, particularly olly alexander saying that the union jack flag is somehow offensive or what did he say? >> oh, i missed that. divisive, divisive. i let eurovision.

>> then you have the irish entry bambie thug with her satanic . bambie thug with her satanic. >> and i'm not gonna lie, i've got demonic like bambie thug like bambie thug because if no one's seen this. >> so this is the irish entrant and she's actually now tipped to be top five when they weren't even on the radar. and you know, the beginning of the competition began because obviously it goes on all week with semi—finals. she's now tipped to be top five if not top three. and the performance is odd . and i say performance is odd. and i say she has to correct myself because, bambie thug is actually non—binary and identifies as a witch, right, so the performance is satanic, but it is a performance , like there's performance, like there's nothing like you've ever seen before. it's like when you go to the theatre and you get transported to another world. that's what that's what the performance is like. by bambie thug, so yeah. and also you know, they've not even met ireland, haven't been in the eurovision final for years. so this is huge for ireland. might get top three. i do like bambie thug, but i do think croatia are going to take the crown on this one, especially now that the netherlands are out. you know, juice klein is no more. >> what about the uk? olly alexander . alexander. >> so he researched his odds and

he's got 1% chance of winning. i wouldn't be surprised if we get nil. i'm not gonna lie. i actually do quite like the song. his performance is very homoerotic . i his performance is very homoerotic. i love his performance is very homoerotic . i love that because homoerotic. i love that because it's very eurovision, but his vocals have not been strong in his rehearsal performance. that was put out live and his mic pack fell off, which he handled brilliantly. but his vocals were pitchy odd, not great, but he was so good at he was , of was so good at he was, of course, from the band years and years. >> he had massive hits in the uk. i've seen him live at a festival and i loved years and years. it's a shame that he's incredible, but i'm sure there are times that you've seen him perform live or and been like, it's a little bit pitchy there. >> we're not doing great on the vocals , so i don't know about vocals, so i don't know about that one. >> but obviously as all this is unfolding out there, we've got protests going on. you've got greta thunberg there who's protesting at all, so it's a very political eurovision. >> i mean, eurovision is always political, but more than usual. >> i'm ready for graham norton to bring some fun. >> absolutely. you know what i mean? well, thank you very much. thanks ellie. ellie. good stuff. >> still to come, we'll be joined in the studio by a

mixologist who's going to be demonstrating how to make the perfect cocktail. >> yeah, a bit dangerous, i think. not even midday, but i'm going to be sinking a few cocktails. so let's see how we get on. this is saturday morning live on gb news. stick with

us. judhh us. judith raanan . welcome back. judith raanan. welcome back. 1147 with ben and olivia on saturday morning live on gb news. and we have, of course, moved. i don't know if you can tell that our environment has changed, because coming up in just a few seconds, we have a mixologist with us who's going to be making us some tasty drinks. very favourite cocktails live. >> favourite cocktail is probably an old fashioned, but i really like the sound of the, spnng really like the sound of the, spring flower cocktail that i'm getting today to go with my dress. >> well, there we go. so the reason for this is that, on monday, it's world cocktail day. >> did you know that i didn't? >> did you know that i didn't? >> i did this morning when i woke up. anyway, the first cocktail, if you don't know, it dates back to 1806, when a journalist first coined the phrase in response to a reader's

question in a new york tabloid, stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind sugar, water, and bitters was first acknowledged as what is commonly known nowadays as the cocktail. so whether you prefer a mojito like me or a cosmo or even a mocktail, lots of gen—zers are loving the mocktails these days. no alcohol. it's time to grab your shakers because monday, as i said, is world cocktail day and we're joined now by global brand ambassador and head mixologist at cotswold distillery, ollie morris. pleasure. morning, ollie. >> this looks fantastic. lovely to see you. >> what's going on here then? >> what's going on here then? >> so . >> so. >> so. >> well, it's world cocktail day, isn't it? on on monday, 1806. you're right. absolutely >> i didn't know that before i read. i'm not some cocktail expert . expert. >> 13th of may. and of course we've got to make you a sazerac. so this is . well, traditionally so this is. well, traditionally it was cognac, right. but long story short, all the grapes in france or the majority of the grapes in the cognac region ,

grapes in the cognac region, ended up dying. oh, okay. >> well, let's raise a glass to that, then. come on. i've been i've been waiting two hours for this moment. i've been sweating away in this desperation . away in this desperation. >> what we've got here is we're using our cotswolds english whisky, cotswolds single malt. just a bit of lemon on there. freshness, i guess. >> ladies first. live. sorry, i was about to steam into that, think. >> i think that was yours. sure. >> i think that was yours. sure. >> that's it? that's the cocktail of the of the national cocktail day. and this one. >> oh that's delicious . >> oh that's delicious. >> oh that's delicious. >> it's pretty punchy. really punchy with absinthe. oh wow. then it's got the peychaud's bitters. okay right. which is, fantastic flavours that come from kind of mint, barks , well, from kind of mint, barks, well, it's not even. >> it's not even my diet, mate. >> it's not even my diet, mate. >> just keep going . >> just keep going. >> just keep going. >> keep going. am i going to be okay with this? yes. i've got a show to do tonight. saturday five. tonight 6 to 8. i may be absolutely trollied, but that one. >> cheers. cheers is the wallflower spritz . so that's wallflower spritz. so that's using our cotswolds wallflower. it's a bit like italian aperitivo meets gin botanicals

and then blood orange . so really refreshing. >> i'm going to be honest, i'm not a fan of that. >> it's have you tried this? >> it's have you tried this? >> it's have you tried this? >> it's not it's not awful. it's a bit too bitter for me. i like something a bit sweeter. yeah. i'm a, i'm a i'm a proper worst. maybe pina colada. >> so no, i really like that. you would like the most floral . you would like the most floral. yes. yeah. >> very floral. and would you believe we, we've teamed up with highgrove and we've got wildflower seeds on there teaming up with highgrove. >> that's classy. yeah. >> that's classy. yeah. >> isn't it . oh that's so. >> isn't it. oh that's so. >> yeah, that's english whisky. >> yeah, that's english whisky. >> i much prefer that this is one of yours. yeah, i much prefer this . prefer this. >> lovely. this one here. yeah. beautiful, and what i thought would be really fun is create you my almost signature cocktail. now for spring. this is beautiful . is beautiful. >> beautiful? it's strong, isn't it? so what we're going to do is we're going to muddle. >> muddle some, cucumber in there and then we've got some mint, and then you'll like this one, because you've got to give it a little spank. >> i used to have a oh, a spank.

0h >> i used to have a oh, a spank. oh yeah. there we go. well, it's eurovision day. why not? oh, absolutely. i used to have a mint, my mum had a mint bush in her garden, and. and it was just amazing. just grabbing big cloves of mint, eating them. >> well, actually . >> well, actually. >> well, actually. >> and everyone else's garden, it grows beautifully. >> never works for us. yeah. >> never works for us. yeah. >> and we're using the cotswolds dry gin. right. nine botanicals, delicious london dry style citrus spice, floral . so citrus spice, floral. so absolutely delicious. >> that sounds really good. i love your bottles as well. what beautiful. >> what does it mean? non—chill filtered . what does that mean? filtered. what does that mean? >> really good question. so, basically it means we don't filter the gin, right? okay. the gin is unfiltered , so all of gin is unfiltered, so all of those oils still resonate throughout that product. so the terminology is often used in whiskies . okay. for that whiskies. okay. for that mouthfeel, the oil, the base of it once it goes cold, so yeah. delicious. so we've got that in a double major cucumber mint. we're going to use elderflower syrup. so if you hadn't noticed already , the elderflowers are already, the elderflowers are just coming out with the last couple of days of sunshine , so

couple of days of sunshine, so that's the elderflower syrup. we've got a bit of lime. >> do you grow any of your own, for example, mint or elderflower? >> i mean, we go foraging along the hedgerows. really? we've got everything going on there. amazing. yeah all made in britain. >> yes. fantastic. absolutely all the cotswolds barley is from the cotswolds. oh, the local botanicals we get. >> yeah. it is. >> yeah, absolutely. the local botanicals from that one's , a botanicals from that one's, a place called broadway near snow's hill. the lavender we get from there. so it was quite floral. so we're going to give this a shake. do you want to. yeah. let's do it. so one hand. all right. >> yeah. just like that. yeah >> yeah. just like that. yeah >> shake a face as your happy face. >> you can do more than that. >> you can do more than that. >> come on. all right. >> come on. all right. >> once i get brilliant, once i get cancelled from broadcasting, i can get myself a job in a bar. >> right ? the i can get myself a job in a bar. >> right? the higher i can get myself a job in a bar. >> right ? the higher life. i can get myself a job in a bar. >> right? the higher life. yeah. >> right? the higher life. yeah. >> so give it a good shake . get >> so give it a good shake. get all those lovely ingredients, cool down, aerated, delicious.

and then we're going to just fine. strain this into our glass. here like so. >> i'm a bit worried because all i've had today is sophia wenzler. two cherries, stolen cherries from the fridge. and now i'm thinking some pretty heavy whisky cocktails. so that olivia is your delicious springtime flourish . springtime flourish. >> look at that. >> look at that. >> delicious. >> delicious. >> it should be as cool as that spnng >> it should be as cool as that spring air. it's fresh, all with that cucumber mint in there . i that cucumber mint in there. i like the line. yeah. really limey. >> really, really good. >> really, really good. >> beautiful. and that's obviously using the cotswolds. right. so there's some great ideas for the, national cocktail day . you've got this, you've got day. you've got this, you've got your first ever cocktail. that was recorded, the first ever cocktail. >> they knew what they were doing back in 1806, didn't they. yeah. that's more more . yeah. that's more more. >> you have served up a blinder here. >> thank you. sir. is that sweet enough? >> no. it's delicious. really refreshing. just remind the viewers what's in this one. >> so we've got muddled cucumber spanked mint. we've got a large measure of the cotswolds dry gin, elderflower syrup and lime juice. >> delicious. and if our viewers

want to grab hold of your products, cotswold distillery, where can they head? >> yeah, go online e—commerce. we've got a lovely shop online. even better, come and see us. we're just at the north tip of the cotswolds, between moreton in marsh and shipston on stour , in marsh and shipston on stour, and then obviously around the city. you can get it pretty much anywhere . waitrose, tesco's, anywhere. waitrose, tesco's, nice, and all of the department stores. >> great. that's all for today. i'm going to get stuck into this, darren grimes is next. thanks for watching. see you next weekend. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. well, for the rest of the today, many of us, it's largely dry and fine. there will be a few showers across the north, but with high pressure remaining in charge for most of us, we should see some sunny skies. and in the sunshine feeling fairly warm once again. so for many, as i mentioned, a

dry day, but some eastern coast just hanging on to some low clouds and mist and fog. so feeling quite cool here. and a few showers just developing dunng few showers just developing during the heat of the day across the north. could even hear a few rumbles of thunder. but in the sunniest spots we will see highs reaching 2425 degrees. so into this evening, many areas remaining dry and clear, any showers fading away across scotland and northern england. so another fairly good chance to see the northern lights tonight, especially across more northern parts of the country. however some eastern coasts just hanging on to some low cloud here. so it may be a bit more of a struggle here, but for all of us it's going to be a fairly mild night. most towns and cities staying in double figures, so a dry and bright start for many again. some eastern coast on sunday morning remaining quite murky and quite disappointingly actually staying that way across some eastern coast of scotland, north eastern england , north eastern england, elsewhere, lots of sunshine, but that will trigger some thunderstorms , especially as we thunderstorms, especially as we go into the afternoon. warnings

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