is already marred in spectacle is already marred in controversy. many people are calling for israel to be booted out of the competition due to the ongoing conflict in gaza and the ongoing conflict in gaza and the dutch act has been axed due to an ongoing incident. could it all kick off in malmo this evening and spring is finally here. today is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, with high temperatures set to soar as high as 26 celsius in this south by this afternoon . this south by this afternoon. but this show is nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all of the stories. we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com for accuracy. join the conversation there or message me on our socials. we're @gbnews. first of all though, here's your news with sofia .

with sofia. >> darren. thank you. good afternoon. it's 12:02. i'm sophia wenzler afternoon. it's12:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the dutch act has been newsroom. the dutch act has been kicked out of eurovision song contest grand final. the european broadcasting union says us klein won't compete, while swedish police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew. meanwhile security has been tightened ahead of tonight's show following pro—palestinian demonstrations. demonstrators have been rallying against israel's participation in the event , with the country's eden event, with the country's eden golan qualifying for tonight's show . she's among the leading show. she's among the leading contenders to win, but bookmakers have placed croatia's baby lasagna as favourite . baby lasagna as favourite. here's what some of the fans had to say i understand it, i personally disagree with their involvement and a lot of the stuff that's happened in the past 24 hours, generally in

eurovision, like with the possible disqualification of the dutch representative or the videos coming out from inside the arena. >> in general, it has become a bit too much. >> we're here to enjoy the stuff , bambi is here to enjoy it and we're not bringing politics into it at all. >> i'm not particularly political, so i tend to stay out of it, and i think a competition like this, it's about bringing people together, not, you know, trying to cause a lot of diversity. so, you know, i'm sorry, division. you know, i just don't think that's the right kind of attitude to have about eurovision. >> we have managed to avoid most of anything that's going on. and i think, to be fair, it's been a little bit exaggerated by broadcasting nothing against you guys, but meanwhile, 1981 uk winnerjay guys, but meanwhile, 1981 uk winner jay aston from bucks guys, but meanwhile, 1981 uk winnerjay aston from bucks fizz winner jay aston from bucks fizz believes the contest has 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 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 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. >> meanwhile, the us says israel may have broken international law in its use of american suppued 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 also 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 other news, a police officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow in

buckinghamshire. the officer was responding to a report 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 life changing injuries. two women accused of targeting the magna carta have been charged with criminal damage. john stacpoole posted a video of the pair armed with a hammer and a chisel, breaking the glass around the historic document. yesterday the group says the women, both in their 80s, glued themselves to the display and held up a sign accusing the government of breaking climate laws. they've been released on bail and are due to appear in court next month . drivers are court next month. drivers are being warned to only travel if absolutely necessary following the unprecedented closure of the m25 . five the five mile stretch 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 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 . engineering works. >> 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 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 gb news. saturday >> thank you as ever, sofia. let's get stuck in to today's topics. the economy has grown at the fastest rate in two years, outpacing both america and the eurozone. that means that the uk is officially out of recession, with many hoping for tax cuts over the next few months. pretty good news for rishi sunak. after an abysmal performance at the local elections. but the good news for the prime minister doesn't stop there. former labour leader lord kinnock 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. now back

in 1992, kinnock lost an election that was thought to be unusable. well, joining me now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster now, catherine, at risk of asking you to play gb news very own mystic, meg, you sort of see where sir keir starmer, where lord kinnock rather is coming from on sir keir starmer and that a lot of voters just stayed home in those local elections. >> yes, that's absolutely right. i mean, it was a terrible night for the conservatives as they lost just shy of 500 council seats. but labour only picked up, i think, less than 200. the lib dems did very well. the greens did very well and this led to this national equivalent vote share, saying that if that were replicated across the country in a general election, it would lead to a hung parliament. now, of course , parliament. now, of course, people tend not to vote in local elections often the way they do in a general election, because they're voting for different

reasons often. so i think that is a bit of a leap. but rishi sunak has grabbed a hold of this and said, look, all is not lost. look at this. we could be heading for a hung parliament. stick with me. the plan is working. and of course, yes, he's had all this good economic news out of recession, the economy growing by 0.6. and for labour's part , you know, there's labour's part, you know, there's been an assumption with apple's 20 points ahead putting labour 20 points ahead putting labour 20 points ahead that they are. you know it's going to be a walk in the park to a big majority. but lord kinnock suggesting too, that that might not be the case. now, he has said that he thinks that labour will win , but he's that labour will win, but he's also admitted that people haven't sort of fallen in love with keir starmer and labour particularly . there isn't the particularly. there isn't the sort of energy that there was behind tony blair in 1997. now how much that matters, of course

we don't know because we do know that lots of people are very, very fed up with the government and it could just be that they have had enough with the tories and they will turn to labour, even though they're not wildly excited about them. >> all right. katherine forster, thank you very much. we'll be coming back to catherine shortly. that's gb news political correspondent. but joining me now in the studio was former labour adviser scarlett mccgwire and the broadcaster mike parry. mike, i'll start with you then , because i mean, with you then, because i mean, do you do you think there's an element of truth here with kinnock saying, well, hold your horses, let's not get too excited. >> i'm absolutely, impressed and amazed with lord kinnock's comments. now, i was around in 92 and he did get it wrong. >> then he said, well , romped >> then he said, well, romped home didn't he.7 >> home didn't he? >> not necessarily. the thing i remember is the morning after the election when all the reporters were standing outside his house to find out how he's going to react to losing an election. he thought he was going to win. and amazingly , he going to win. and amazingly, he came down, opened the door to pick up the milk on his doorstep

. and the only quote he gave was, it feels so bad to have lost everything i've worked for the last eight years. he'd been labour leader for eight years. he was convinced he was going to do it, but he lost it. some think , because he got think, because he got overconfident, but others are me included. think that the people of the united kingdom simply weren't ready to trust labour with the economy because john smith, who was the shadow chancellor, had given a crazy briefing to journalists and done a sort of faux , budget in which a sort of faux, budget in which he actually said he was going to put taxes up. and this completely spooked the country. honestly, to the extent where neil kinnock, lord kinnock now had to gather a load of political journalists around and take him to lunch in soho and say, look, you know, we're not going to do it. but some of his comments here, i think are so pivotal, he was asked, is the country deeply disillusioned with the tories, but not yet fully convinced or in love with to labour which he says, and

remember, he wants a labour government. he's still a huge supporter. i think that's fair and i think it's pretty natural. after 14 years of continuous conservative led and conservative led and conservative governments, they've got to watch out. he's actually giving the tories a warning sign about what they've got to do. you know what i mean? >> absolutely. i mean, there was that speech , scarlett wasn't that speech, scarlett wasn't there, where neil kinnock stood up and sounded maybe a little bit too overconfident. sheffield. >> yes. yeah. i mean, i think we have to remember. i remember like mike, i was there , i like mike, i was there, i remember being at labour party headquarters when the election was called and i said , we're not was called and i said, we're not ahead enough in the polls at that time we had a government that time we had a government that wasn't particularly popular, but but was was highly competent, right? thatcher had only just gone , but but had a only just gone, but but had a budget surplus, had left a legacy, john major was sort of trying to get was still in his slight honeymoon period. and i, i remember saying it's just not enough. right. we're talking five points here. we've got 20

points and we've got a government that is so unpopular that that interestingly so in richmond, which is basically lib dem territory, they, they, they're so clever that they voted lib in in the london elections, they voted lib dem for their assembly member and labour for sadiq khan because they didn't want the tories to win. and the problem is for labour for, for is i agree with neil kinnock that labour still has a lot of work to do right. but actually they hate the tories. i mean, we can see it over and over again and the, the sheffield rally that scott's talking about, that's when he was thumping the lectern. >> are we all right? are we all right? he thought he'd won it. literally. he was going to go into it. but you see the problem is and scarlett hit on this, what were you going to replace the tories with. is there anything as kinnock ism . and anything as kinnock ism. and this time people will be asking

is there anything such as starmer ism? thatcherism was a definitive political thinking tank. definitive political thinking tank . okay. is there anything to tank. okay. is there anything to replace that? on the other side, consider that the labour party is a very different beast from what? but nobody knows what beast it is. >> well, that's true, but nobody knows what beast it is. >> scarlett. he's flip flopping all over the place. look at taking on right wing tories. it's mad. >> i know why he took on a right wing tory. look, mike, the thing is, you talked. you talked about john smith, right? we have rachel reeves, rachel reeves . i rachel reeves, rachel reeves. i mean, you talk to any senior labour person and they they cannot move without rachel reeves saying you can't do this because it's going to it's going to cost too much money. i mean, we know exactly financially. i mean, the problem is, is, is how little labour will be able to do because of the fiscal rules, which is why i am really happy to see the economy improving. i think for most people, at 0.6% means nothing in their in their food budget . i mean, all it

food budget. i mean, all it means is and inflation coming down means that the prices are going up more slowly. so for most of us, 95% of us who are outside the westminster bubble , outside the westminster bubble, it is absolutely. >> what about the ons report from yesterday that is very, very good news. we've now overtaken countries in europe, we've overtaken america in growth. when is somebody going to give credit? >> look, i've just said i'm really glad the economy is improving. what i'm saying is two things is one is it's not improving for most people, but it's improving in the future. but if the when the ons says bad things, you go, oh no, they don't know what they're talking about. so in the future it might improve exactly . yeah. no hold improve exactly. yeah. no hold on. but i think you don't understand how much. i mean, you know, if you go on the doorstep, if you go on the doorstep in tory areas, they are furious. they're not going to vote. >> i know that, scarlett, because i know the campaigners in the local election said all that.

>> is there a problem here coming down the tracks for laboun coming down the tracks for labour, though, with the we've seen it play out at eurovision, right. with the gaza issue , right. with the gaza issue, actually playing out on the streets over there. >> i think it's minimal. i think people overrate the effect that could have on the labour party. yeah, i do, i do because i think it's happening, but it's happening in intense small pockets. i don't think it's a general trend , but compared to general trend, but compared to reform, come on, if we're really talking about local, about general election, the as mike says, the might be a few small pockets . pockets. >> yeah reform have said they're going to put up somebody against in every single constituency. now i will be mystic.meg . they now i will be mystic.meg. they will not win one seat but they will not win one seat but they will lose the tories. >> there's a report this morning saying the first rwanda flight will go on june the 24th. if that flight goes on june the 24th, it will be followed by other flights. will starmer then stick to his absolutely rigid view ? if it works, i'm going to view? if it works, i'm going to cancel it. i'm still going to cancel it. i'm still going to cancel it. i'm still going to cancelit.i cancel it. i'm still going to cancel it. i don't care if it works or people in the end are

going to say what? >> well, hang on a minute, because the one bloke that we have sent there has gone missing. yeah, he's probably on his way back . his way back. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but he went voluntarily the next, the next lot of people we 90, next, the next lot of people we go, look, this guy was clearly a chancen go, look, this guy was clearly a chancer. oh three grand rwanda. when i get there, i'll do a runner. but that's not going to be the first flight on june 24th. we'll take people who are currently in detention places and being told they could go to rwanda when they do, when those planes take off. i do think that will change the mood. >> actually, mike, again on the doorstep and i'm talking about tory areas here. what they're saying is why are we paying millions? why are we paying millions? why are we paying millions for a few people to go to rwanda? they they are as angry about the rwanda flights as anything else. they actually think that what we've got to do is sort out immigration here. you're right. they're very angry. 200. >> they're very angry about the number of people coming into the country, and they want to see an alternative . and keir starmer alternative. and keir starmer didn't exactly come up with an alternative. yes. this week did it. okie doke. >> folks will be coming back to you both very shortly . that's

you both very shortly. that's scarlett mccgwire and mike parry there. now for all the latest analysis and opinion on that story and more, go to our website gbnews.com. now folks, it's eurovision tonight. but some fear that the camp spectacle is already marred in controversy. many people are actually calling for israel to be booted out of the competition due to the ongoing conflict in gaza. now, eurovision's website states that peaceful protest is indeed allowed, stating that they are a firm advocate for freedom of speech and the right for people to express their deeply held views and opinions. and now the dutch act has been axed due to an ongoing incident. what on earth is going on? well, joining me now to explain is the gb news reporter, charlie peters. charlie, it looks like a lovely day in malmo, but it's not so lovely for the eurovision song contest. it sounds like a total headache . total headache. >> it's a bizarre mix of contrasts here. darren. there

are armed police officers patrolling the streets , looking patrolling the streets, looking down on us from the rooftops with their binoculars . and we've with their binoculars. and we've had news of a dutch contestant ditched just hours before the start of the grand final. and in a mere hours, we also will see a thousand strong pro palestine demonstration arrive at a park adjacent to the malmo arena, all while some of the continent's leading cheesy pop music is being blasted into the area outside the arena. it's a very strange atmosphere here and some people i've spoken to today outside while queuing for the afternoon session told me they did not want politics to interfere with tonight's contest i >> -- >> we're here to enjoy the stuff. bambi is here to enjoy it and we're not bringing politics into it. >> everybody has the right to protest . everybody has the right protest. everybody has the right to make actions whatever they feel is right. and it's not for me to tell them what to do or vice versa. >> a competition like this, it's about bringing people together, not, you know , trying to cause a not, you know, trying to cause a lot of diversity. so, you know,

i'm sorry, division . you know, i i'm sorry, division. you know, i just don't think that's the right kind of attitude to have about eurovision. it's about bringing everyone and enjoying each other. company. yeah. enjoying the day, having fun . enjoying the day, having fun. >> well, the dutch contestant, us klein has now been removed from the competition. the european broadcasting union, which runs the competition, said in a statement released in the last hour that he had made some verbal threats towards a female production member on thursday night. he did not rehearse twice yesterday and this came after an altercation at a press conference where he was sat alongside the israeli contestant eden golan. he wore a dutch flag over his face while she answered questions, and when a polish journalist asked her if she was concerned about safety members for others at the contest, the moderator said she did not have to answer it, but he interjected and said why not? now the ebu has clarified that his removal from the contest has nothing to do with any other contestants or

nafions do with any other contestants or nations present at this event. it is purely about this alleged incident on the thursday evening. so more drama as we prepare for that final tonight. controversy. certainly increasing as those concerns about those pro—palestine demonstrators also rise. we saw over 10,000 here on thursday, including greta thunberg, the leading environmentalist campaigner from sweden . here, of campaigner from sweden. here, of course, the swedish police i've spoken to today reckoned that similar numbers could arrive and i'll be here for all the developments throughout the day. >> i mean, just briefly, charlie , is there a increased security presence there? is it obviously visible? because, i mean, sweden , it hasn't been without its challenges in the eyes of terrorism . terrorism. >> that's right darren, and sweden has a four out of five on its internal terror threat level. that's its assessment of the plausibility of potential

terror attacks. at the same time, here in malmo in particular, has had a torrid time in the last decade with gang attacks, in particular with grenade attacks, which is quite unique to this area. and gothenburg further north in sweden. so those concerns will be at the forefront of the police and the security operation here. it's also worth noting that golan, the israeli contestant, as she faces calls for her removal from this competition due to the israeli war in gaza, sparked after the october the 7th attacks by hamas. she's also enjoying security protection from the head of shin bet, which is the israeli version of m15. he has flown to sweden this week to manage her security operation . manage her security operation. so serious, the israelis consider the security situation here in a 20 year old incredibly talented artist and she has to have the world's very best security in to order ensure her

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participate in the activities. well, joining me now is royal broadcaster and commentator and meghan markle's biggest fan, rafe heydel—mankoo harry rafe good to be with you, darren. now you have to laugh because i've just got this article up from the telegraph here and it says the telegraph here and it says the duchess of sussex thanks the people of nigeria for welcoming, welcoming me home. and i said, hang on a minute, right. welcoming me home. and i said, hang on a minute, right . what hang on a minute, right. what you've got here is she's found some ancient and history somewhere, and now she's claiming that, you know, this , claiming that, you know, this, this means she is able to take all these identity check boxes, i assume. yes. >> so, yeah, it's their first visit to nigeria, but apparently she's going back home nonetheless. and it's because on her podcast that her now cancelled podcast, she revealed that she had taken one of these online, you know, genealogy dna tests . and apparently she's 43% tests. and apparently she's 43% nigerian. according to this, although people have real genealogists have traced her ancestry actually to ghana actually. so how accurate this dna test is? we don't actually

know. and because of that, when she signed the guest book upon arriving in in nigeria, she did say thank you to the nigerian people for welcoming me home. what if she's actually gone in? it may make a bit, make it, make a bit of a nonsense about all of that. and she referenced it again when she spoke to a girls school, and she told the children that her three year old daughter, lilibet, looked into her eyes and said, mama, i see me in you. and she said, and likewise, i see myself in all of you too , make of that what you you too, make of that what you will. the fact is, they are getting well received by people this trip. as you know, a way to promote the invictus games, which are taking place in february of next year in in canada and is also a way for prince harry to highlight the work being done in nigeria to rehabilitate soldiers and through sports, but actually , to through sports, but actually, to all intents and purposes, this is a royal tour by any other name. when they arrive, they were greeted by traditional dancers and musicians. they had a military salute at the ministry of defence headquarters. they were wearing

the national colours of nigeria green suit for him and a white suit for her. all things we associate with royal tours and that's quite deliberate because whilst meghan has her lifestyle brand to promote, harry still lost for a role in america but puts him into this environment and he's like a duck to water, this is what he knows and does best and more importantly for him, i think he's able to cut out those things he doesn't like. so none of the stuffy formality, no british press pack following him around. and so it's a chance for us actually to get to see the harry that we once knew and loved. he's been really visible over the last few days, i would say being seen to be cheeky and fun loving and caring and passionate and i was just thinking what a great loss it was to us to lose him and meghan. you know, when they married there were so much goodwill behind them all and they were appointed as commonwealth ambassadors and i said at the time that meghan was like the heineken princess. they used to be a commercial heineken, the beer that reaches parts. other beers don't reach. and she was going to be our

heineken princess, reaching parts of the commonwealth that the monarchy perhaps had difficulty relating to . and we difficulty relating to. and we saw that in the initial time of the marriage, where she was actually connecting with young black youth in the caribbean and in africa and of course, we've seen the troubles in the canbbean seen the troubles in the caribbean with countries that are wanting to become republics. and if they hadn't turned their back on the monarchy and acted as they have acted, you know, we could have had a huge asset there, which would have been a great boost for the commonwealth. and i think this visit just reminds us of what a terrible situation we ended up with. all right. >> rafe, that's perfect. thank you very much for that update there. rafe heydel—mankoo always a pleasure. of course. royal expert like no other. now, folks, you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. lots more coming up on today's show. first of all though, we're going to get your news bulletins with sophia . sophia. >> darren. thank you. it's 1232. >> darren. thank you. it's1232. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your headlines. the newsroom. your headlines. the dutch act has been kicked out of the eurovision song contest grand final. the european

broadcasting union says used klein won't compete while swedish police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew . meanwhile, the production crew. meanwhile, security has been tightened ahead of tonight's show following pro—palestinian protests. demonstrators have been rallying against israel's participation in the event, with the country's singer eden golan qualifying for tonight's show. she's among the leading contenders to win , but contenders to win, but bookmakers have placed croatia's baby lasagna as favourite . a 54 baby lasagna as favourite. 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 wycombe. the suspect was shot by an armed police officer and is now in hospital under police supervision , with potentially supervision, with potentially life changing injuries. 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 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 atmosphere, they're only usually seen in the far north of the country. if you missed it, you're in luck because there may be another opportunity to see them. this evening. and for the latest stories , sign up to gb latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now it's back to gb news . saturday. to gb news. saturday. >> thank you sofia. now remember , you can let me know all of your thoughts on all of the stories we've been discussing today by visiting gb news. dot com forward slash tuc. you can join the conversation there or

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gbnews.com/yoursay kwasi. in order to actually access this page that i'm reading, or you can join the conversation on our socials. we're @gbnews now. today is set to be the hottest day of the year so far , with day of the year so far, with high temperatures set to soar as high temperatures set to soar as high as 26 celsius in the south by this afternoon . and now the by this afternoon. and now the met office predicts highs of 26 c today in london, with forecasters predicting the mercury could actually reach 27 in the south over the weekend. well, joining me now is gb news. news, east midlands reporter will hollis will thank you very much. i mean, you know, i was watching a bbc report from last month saying that actually april was the hottest on record. it didn't feel it to lots of people . so lots of people will be delighted that we've actually got a good weekend . got a good weekend. >> yes. well, the hottest temperatures we've experienced this year so far, that's what we're experiencing right now. this weekend in the south east,

26 degrees tomorrow, it might be even hotter. the clouds here haven't turned grey yet, so people are able to enjoy this summery sunshine here alongside the river trent . and i've been the river trent. and i've been speaking to them about how they're spending spending this unique, glorious spell, having some drinks and some food on the river. >> and then we're going to go for some pizza and enjoy the sunshine and give the dog a nice long walk so he can chill for the rest of the day. >> i'll just go for a stroll now, maybe a few beers in a bit. >> it's nice to get out . >> it's nice to get out. >> obviously, as you can see, it's not going to last long. i don't think lovely day for it. >> got plenty of water, keep me hydrated. having a few beers later, getting out by the embankment, enjoying the sunshine. it feels like it's the first good weather we've had about five months, so making the most of it. i think you do have to enjoy it when you can, and we only get a few days. it seems like we only get a few days each yeah like we only get a few days each year. oh, it's a ripper of day. >> the sun's out, yeah. get your guns out. all that sort of stuff. but yeah, making the most

of it. yeah. i'm from australia originally, but the. yeah, it's probably just a bit crispier in australia than it is here. >> yes. well, this is the enjoyable bit. the bit that comes afterwards won't be so enjoyable for many people across the uk. two yellow weather warnings are in place from the met office. now they bring those in when there are low levels of disruption expected. yellow being the lowest warning. now that means that there could be effects to traffic and travel. there is around 31 or so flood alerts in place urging people to be prepared. in some parts of the country, those two yellow weather warnings, they're in place on the western part of the uk for england and for wales. but there's a second one in northern ireland as well . i've northern ireland as well. i've got a quote here from the deputy chief meteorologist at the met office. that's dan harris. he says that intense downpours are possible hail, frequent lightning strikes and strong wind gusts will bring additional

local hazards . but that's local hazards. but that's tomorrow's problem, isn't it, darren? for today , people are darren? for today, people are just enjoying the sun. oh, absolutely. >> i wish we could just enjoy the weather. you know, it's become everything has to be scrutinised and all the rest of it. the lord giveth and the lord taketh away, right? that's what we get. good weather one day and then not so good the next. that's the way the world works. but gb news east midland reporter will hollister. thank you very much. joining me now is gb news scotland reporter tony maguire. now, tony, you cannot tell me that the weather is even nice in bonnie scotland . nice in bonnie scotland. >> good afternoon. yes. well, indeed. certainly the day started off quite well, but as is so often the case up here, you know, it's starting to get that little bit overcast now that's not doing anything to the temperature. we're looking at about 24 degrees currently here in glasgow, which you know is usually the shadow darting wetter weather where everyone north of carlisle has to jump from one shadow to the other for fear of burning up in the

daylight . but regardless, you daylight. but regardless, you know, i've been out and about here in glasgow today and talking to lots of people about our favourite sweet dairy treat ice cream, you know, and actually how much is too much for ice cream. you know, we've seen over the last few months a few reports from around the country . there was one in wales country. there was one in wales where a vendor of the classic 99 cone, you know, soft serve and a flake, and he actually went back to the 99 prices and result of our of our local poll. and then obviously in hyde park, we saw quite recently actually, that some vendors were selling it for upwards of £5, which is absolutely incredible. now the averages are kind of split out regionally for your old soft serve. this one here in glasgow would average about £3.30 and certainly the cheapest around the uk is where well was in the midlands. there around £2. so i went into the botanical gardens

in glasgow just to simply ask people how much would you be willing to pay for a classic 99? >> well, i got one yesterday. >> well, i got one yesterday. >> how much can i ask? how much it was? >> it's 350. >> it's 350. >> 350. i'd say £2. >> yeah, i would say £2. >> yeah, i would say £2. >> how much would you spend? >> how much would you spend? >> so i'm probably about, i don't know, three, £4. >> really. yeah >> really. yeah >> if you think about adult size. yeah, yeah. and for the kids one probably 199 i think in the summer it's just to be expected. >> you know people just talking about it here. >> one 5150 okay. well, if i told you the average in scotland was 330, i do, i do tric award £3 ice cream cone a i say two part max tric award. max. yeah definitely not 99, probably 8199 199. yeah what if i told you it was 330? was the average in scotland? is it 9990? >> now one of those gentlemen

there activated my trap card. >> he said £0.99. but, you know, it's quite a common misconception that the 99 refers to the original price. every day's a school day here in gb news. so the 99, according to cadbury , is at the very least cadbury, is at the very least relates back all the way to the italian royal family, where the king used to have 99 guards and therefore everything that was elite or of the highest quality was referred to as 99. so there you go. there >> didn't know that actually. so ihave >> didn't know that actually. so i have learned something new every day . it's a school day, every day. it's a school day, tony. you've been stood there with that ice cream all this time. it must have melted all over your hands. you must be stickier than goodness. all he knows what? >> i was listening to well. and he gave us a great, you know , he gave us a great, you know, report on the weather. but quite frankly, i think the pulitzers in the post for me, because i bought this coin at 12:15 there, andifs bought this coin at 12:15 there, and it's still going, i think that's worthy of that award more than anything.

>> it is. all right. get it down your gullet, tony. thank you very much. as ever. that's our scotland reporter, tony maguire. there now, folks , you're with there now, folks, you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. lots more coming up on today's show. french professional football wonderkid kylian mbappe has confirmed his exit from paris saint—germain at the end of the season, but which club is going to snap him up? all of that and more to come here with gb news, britain's news channel

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gbnews.com/win, slash your say. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv online and on digital radio. now, as i said before the break, there , the french break, there, the french professional footballer and wonderkid kylian mbappe has confirmed his exit from paris saint—germain at the end of the season with a blockbuster free transfer to real madrid expected and real madrid strongly expected to be his death termination. well, joining me now to discuss this and more is the brilliant sport broadcaster and journalist aidan magee eden. always a pleasure my friend. indeed. now mbappe has. well would you argue not fulfilled his full potential at psg ? his full potential at psg? >> i probably wouldn't go. yeah. full potential if we're talking full potential. they didn't sign him to win the league every yeah him to win the league every year. they were doing that every yeah year. they were doing that every year. every year from when they stopped before they signed him in 2017. the big money went into that club from qatar in what, 20 2011. so they're already on that, on that trajectory. they

were winning league titles. they brought a player like that to win the champions league. and yeah, unfulfilled would certainly be a good word in respect of what he achieved in europe. i mean, if you think there was one champions league final in 2020 with no fans there, they were comfortably turned over in the end by bayern munich. and apart from the odd semi—final appearance and the huge disappointment of the other night losing to dortmund and having had a chance to beat dortmund over two legs as well, losing both of them, he was bitterly disappointed at the end. i do think he has an affinity with the club. he is parisian, of course, having signed for monaco, but at european level i don't think it's unfair what you say. i think i think the word would be unfulfilled. don't forget against all this in the backdrop he's been playing very well for france. he won the world cup in 2018, scored a hat trick in the 2022 final in qatar and they still were on the losing side. so nobody can argue what he did at international level. but i think the reason you go to real madrid, they are serial winners at european level, not just european level but champions league level. they're in the final now. of course, they could do it again. and if he goes there next year, who's who's to say he can't help them. add to that number of champions league titles. >> there's a real magic with him. when you're in his presence at a game, right.

>> you've seen him? >> you've seen him? >> yeah, i was at the psg game at home at saint james's park and you feel it. you feel that magic. i mean, we won. thanks be to god. >> there are certain players like that, darren. you know, it's the aura around them . you it's the aura around them. you know, i used to find it with cantona when, when i used to watch, when i was with qpr watching man united play, you see the collars go up. roy keane to a degree as well, because you see the players lining up behind him, knowing that if we're going to win today, it's because everything's going to go through this guy. some players just maradona was like that when i was a child playing for argentina. the whole team was built around him, so some players just do. i remember some somebody saying to me at school they were a charlton athletic fan and alan shearerjust fan and alan shearer just completed his £15 million move to newcastle in 1996. they made a point of going to the fa cup tie in january 1997, which was one one draw at the valley just to see alan shearer. of course. i don't think you played in the end. >> no, i mean, what do you think's going to happen with jude bellingham? because he's been the star player really for real madrid? i think he's going to no longer be the star player. >> oh not necessarily i mean he's he's going so well there could be anything that he could achieve. he could even usurp . achieve. he could even usurp. we've we've seen big players go

to real madrid eden hazard in 2018 for example, go to real madrid and be overshadowed by what's already there. yeah. so for example , benzema kept for example, benzema kept scoring goals for real madrid. and so it could i think he'll withdraw slightly into into midfield to accommodate him slightly. but who's to say they can't all play well. >> yeah. well a quick update on the premier league then. >> eden where we're at manchester city are in action right now. don't have a score to hand but they kicked off about ten minutes ago. i saw a few of them on the tube a while ago and enjoying the hot weather with at craven cottage. arsenal in action tomorrow at old trafford at 430. some big games at the bottom of the league today. darren luton are at away to west ham where david moyes will probably have his last. he's going to be having his last home game there, his last hurrah at the london stadium, nottingham forest, 530 kicking off against chelsea. they can secure survival by winning that game, but you just don't know what chelsea are going to turn up. you really don't , mauricio you really don't, mauricio pochettino said yesterday. it could easily be him deciding on his future rather than the boss's. >> thank you very much, aiden , >> thank you very much, aiden, always a pleasure. now, folks, you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. first of all, we're going to get

a quick look at the weather with craig. >> 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. we're looking ahead to the rest of this weekend. a change is in store . we start to say goodbye store. we start to say goodbye to this area of high pressure and low pressure begins to take charge as we head towards next week. but back to the here and now. we still have some fairly fine and settled weather as we end at saturday, so a pleasant end at saturday, so a pleasant end to the day, some low cloud and mist just moving in from the east. but for many it's another fairly good chance to see the northern lights tonight, especially across more northern parts of the country . and for parts of the country. and for all of us, it's going to be a fairly mild night. most towns and cities staying firmly in double figures. so we do start off sunday with some low cloud and some mist across the east that will gradually burn its way back towards the north sea.

elsewhere, plenty of sunshine as we go through the course of the morning and then into the afternoon. we start to see some scattered showers develop, and these will then turn quite thundery and heavy in places. there are warnings in force from the met office as we go through the met office as we go through the course of tomorrow. so do watch out if you are travelling about but in the sunshine. highs reaching 26 or 27 degrees. then as we move into next week we start to see low pressure take charge. this band of rain will move in during the course of monday across the southwest, giving a very wet picture here. elsewhere, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. but as we go in towards the middle part of the week , temperatures will fall the week, temperatures will fall back down to where they should be for the time of year. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news as. >> thanks very much craig. lots more coming up on today's show. former labour leader lord

kinnock claimed that voters in britain are not yet in love with sir keir starmer. are you in love with concerns emerging of a shock result in the upcoming election ? what do you think of election? what do you think of that one? all of that and more to come. you're with gb news, britain's news channel .

>> hello. >> hello. >> and a very warm welcome back to gb news saturday, i'm darren grimes, and for the next two hours, i'll be keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. this show aims to keep you up to date on the stories that really matter to you. coming up this hour, former labour leader lord kinnock says voters in britain are not yet in love with sir keir starmer, with concerns emerging of a shock result in the upcoming election. could we see history repeat itself ? then it's eurovision

itself? then it's eurovision tonight. but some fear that the camp spectacle is already marred in controversy . many people are in controversy. many people are calling for israel to be booted out of the competition due to the ongoing conflict in gaza and the ongoing conflict in gaza and the dutch act has been axed due to an ongoing incident. could it all kick off in malmo this evening and spring is finally here. today is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, with high temperatures set to soar as high as 26 celsius in the south by this afternoon . as the south by this afternoon. as you know by now, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all the stories. we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say. join the conversation there or message me on our socials. we're @gbnews. first of all, here's your news with sofia .

with sofia. >> darren. thank you. good afternoon . it's 1:01. >> darren. thank you. good afternoon . it's1:01. i'm sophia afternoon. it's1:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the wenzler in the gb newsroom. the dutch act has been kicked out of eurovision song contest grand final. the european broadcasting union says us klein won't compete while swedish police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew . meanwhile, security has crew. meanwhile, security has been tightened ahead of tonight's show following pro—palestinian demonstrators . pro—palestinian demonstrators. 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. here's what fans had to say. i think it's great that they have that, the ebu didn't. >> they didn't back down cowardly from the protesters and they included israel and let and didn't like tamper with votes or

anything. >> they let them through the final. >> i understand it. i personally disagree with their involvement and a lot of the stuff that's happenedin and a lot of the stuff that's happened in the past 24 hours, generally in eurovision, like with the possible disqualification of the dutch representative or the videos coming out from inside the arena in general, it's become a bit too much. >> we're here to enjoy the stuff. bam is here to enjoy it and we're not bringing politics into it at all. i'm not particularly political, so i tend to stay out of it, and i think a competition like this , think a competition like this, it's about bringing people together, not, you know, trying together, not, you know, trying to cause a lot of diversity. >> so, you know, i'm sorry, division. you know, i just don't think that's the right kind of attitude to have about eurovision. >> we have managed to avoid most of anything that's going on. and i think, to be fair, it's been a little bit exaggerated by broadcasting nothing against you guys. >> and 1981 uk winner jay aston from bucks fizz believes the contest has become too political i >>i -- >>ido >> 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 mean, 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. >> meanwhile, the us says israel may have broken international law in its use of american suppued law in its use of american supplied weapons in gaza . the 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 obugafions. are inconsistent with israel's obligations . lie—ins it stopped obligations. lie—ins 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 findings come as israel warns residents in rafah

to evacuate more areas of the city. in other news, a police officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow in buckinghamshire. the officer was responding to reports of a stabbing in high wycombe last night . a 54 year old man has night. a 54 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. he was shot by armed officers and is now in hospital under police supervision, with potentially life changing injuries. now drivers are being warned to only travel on the m25 in surrey if absolutely necessary. it follows an unprecedented closure of the motorway, with five miles between junctions nine and ten closed to traffic until 6 am. on monday. it's created a 19 mile diversion which is causing delays. it's the first scheduled daytime shutdown of all lanes on the m20 five since it opened in 1986. brits heading to mallorca or ibiza this summer may be rethinking their holiday plans , rethinking their holiday plans, it says. authorities on the balearic islands cracked down on

excessive drinking in some tourist hotspots . the move is in tourist hotspots. the move is in response to complaints by locals who've been reporting unacceptable behaviour, including visitors climbing into people's homes. the sale of alcohol will be banned from 930 in the evening until 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, caused by charged particles hitting the different gases in the earth's atmosphere. they are usually only seen in the far north of the country and we're in luck, as the northern lights might be visible in other parts of the uk again tonight . and for the 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 gb news. saturday

>> thanks as ever, sofia . let's >> thanks as ever, sofia. let's get stuck into today's topics. the economy has grown at the fastest rate in two years, outpacing both america and the eurozone. we weren't expecting that one, were we? that means that one, were we? that means that the uk is officially out of recession, with many hoping for tax cuts over the next few months. pretty good news for rishi sunak after and it has to be said, abysmal performances at those local elections. but the good news for the prime minister doesn't stop there. former labour leader lord kinnock 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 . now, as the upcoming election. now, as some of you will remember, back in 1992, kinnock lost an election that was thought to be utterly unlosable . well, joining utterly unlosable. well, joining me now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. i mean, catherine, we had neil kinnock, of course ,

had neil kinnock, of course, remembered for saying we're all right. we're all right, stood up on stage with that sort of absolute confidence and determination that they were going to romp home in that election, and it didn't happen. do you think he's right to highlight that the same could happen this time around ? but happen this time around? but then again, it would be the biggest polling upset that we've seen since brexit. >> well, yes, it really would. i mean, the polls often do get it wrong. they got it wrong about brexit. they got it wrong in 2015. we were expecting a hung parliament. and david cameron got a majority. they do have a history of getting it wrong, but to get it wrong by 20 points i think would be beyond anything that we have seen. and i don't think it is terribly likely, but certainly, lord kinnock, i think right to be careful because of course, not a single person has voted in the general election, which so many people assume is a done deal. and things can always change and change fast. the

general election i expect to be probably at mid to late november after the american election , so after the american election, so still plenty of time for things to improve. the economy looks to have turned a corner. we're out of recession . growth of 0.6, gdp of recession. growth of 0.6, gdp . rishi sunak is clinging on to that and hoping that people will feel better off. but lord kinnock admitting that although people are very fed up with the current government, that doesn't mean that there's a wild enthusiasm for what labour are offering or for keir starmer. but he did say , first of all, but he did say, first of all, that he thinks, that labour will win, albeit possibly in a hung parliament. there might be the biggest party. but also, he said of keir starmer , keir sobriety, of keir starmer, keir sobriety, his maturity, his steadiness and his maturity, his steadiness and his dependability are really useful and essential features of the political landscape now. so i think the fact that , no, he's

i think the fact that, no, he's not wildly exciting, but he would bring a calmness, potentially a competence , in potentially a competence, in contrast to the sort of chaos we've had of the tories whistling through, well, three leaders in the space of a few months, the mini—budget debacle, etc. they think that a lot of people will be happy to go with that in preference to the conservatives. but of course things can always change and well, indeed, catherine. >> and surely though, we you know, it's not just sir keir starmer that would be elected in a labour party government, right? there would be the backbench. right? there would be the backbench . and of course, the backbench. and of course, the backbench. and of course, the back benches are arguing like rats, cats in a sack over the whole gaza issue . right. there's whole gaza issue. right. there's a real split there about what the labour party's actual response should be. so it's not going to be this nest of singing birds, is it ? birds, is it? >> no, indeed. and of course, the gaza conflict has and is continuing to cause real problems for sir keir starmer right back from him making that ,

right back from him making that, speaking misstep, if you like, on lbc shortly after the conflict began , right through to conflict began, right through to the local elections, losing councillors resigning and local independence councillors getting elected by majority muslim constituents. now, if there is not a ceasefire by the time of the general election, that could cause him further problems. and of course, george galloway with his workers party of great britain, making a lot of noise about that. and of course , the about that. and of course, the party. you know, when keir starmer came in, it was seen as a ten year project to make labour electable because they'd had their worst results since 1935 under jeremy corbyn. i think it's worth bearing in mind that what sir keir starmer has doneis that what sir keir starmer has done is quite extraordinary. in a short space of time he's made the party not scary to a lot of

people in a way that many people were genuinely frightened of a labour government under, jeremy corbyn. but yeah, the party may . corbyn. but yeah, the party may. many of the members, many of the mps, are still exactly the same as they were then. so the person at the top has changed. but that doesn't mean that everything about labour has changed. but he is trying to keep a fairly firm discipline and a lot of upset, of course, about the fact that natalie elphicke, a very right wing mp for dover , has gone wing mp for dover, has gone across to labour. plenty of labour mps very, very cross about that indeed. >> yeah, yeah . >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> i mean, yes, there's going to be lots more to come between now and the general election. right. this is not going to be plain sailing for anybody, i don't think. but catherine four fs today our very own political correspondent, thank you very much as ever. now folks, for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and more, you can go to our website where @gbnews .com . now, catherine touched on

.com. now, catherine touched on it there, but in welcoming natalie elphicke, has sir keir starmer ditched labour's morals in favour of winning a majority in favour of winning a majority in parliament? she becomes the third conservative mp to leave the party for the opposition benches under sunak. she defended her former husband, who was charged with three counts of sexual assault against two women. she had public spats with marcus rashford, the manchester united footballer. starmer and reeves of the footballer's free school meals drive for that was that was all that argument back then, you'll remember. but starmer defended her defection, saying that his new labour party needs to have a broad church of opinions to succeed. there was even hints of nigel farage at one point, but considering all of elphick's controversy is welcoming her into the labour party a good idea? well, joining me is political commentator kai willsher and gb news, host of

the saturday vie albie amankona rayneh the saturday vie albie amankona rayner. i'll be. i'll start with you then. are you very sad to see the back of natalie elphicke? >> never sad to see the back of a turncoat. >> i think both of them. keir starmer and natalie elphicke, have just shown that they have absolutely no principles whatsoever. >> natalie elphicke darren is probably about as right wing as you are . you are. >> she's one of the most right wing people in the conservative party she was very supportive of the rwanda plan. she's very anti the rwanda plan. she's very anti the boats crossing the channel. >> i think she has some views on issues such as abortion that the average labour voter member and mp would find very difficult indeed. >> i have absolutely no idea why she's decided to move to the labour party. we know she's standing down as an mp , but i standing down as an mp, but i just think the whole episode reeks of desperation for keir starmer. >> and do you agree with that? i mean , a lot of people would say, mean, a lot of people would say, well, hang on a minute. you know, it's a political party under a first past the post system. it has to encompass a

wide range of views, surely. >> yeah, yeah, i agree . i mean, >> yeah, yeah, i agree. i mean, look, political defections are catnip for geeks like like us three. >> i think that if, you know, if it was, a eurovision though, keir starmer would be getting nul points , right? it's really nul points, right? it's really gone down like a cold bucket of sick . he's gone down like a cold bucket of sick. he's got gone down like a cold bucket of sick . he's got criticism from sick. he's got criticism from his backbenches , from sexual his backbenches, from sexual assault victims, from the conservative party. i dare say a few weeks ago he would have been getting criticism from natalie elphicke herself. right? he was absolutely. but you can see some reasoning behind it, right? this strikes at the heart of dover and natalie elphick's constituency, which has been right at the heart of the migrant crisis, right at the time when rishi sunak seems to be turning some sort of corner, she has campaigned on rent freezes and homelessness. so there is some element of, you know, you can see why he might want to do this . but, you know, want to do this. but, you know, when you're when you're trying to argue for a broad church,

they begs the question, what party are you actually creating? you made a big song and dance out of kicking out lots of the leftists. rightly so. after jeremy corbyn's period , he had jeremy corbyn's period, he had an iron grip on the selection for the labour party in the upcoming election , but now he's upcoming election, but now he's completely gone the other way. it's another starmer u—turn , and it's another starmer u—turn, and lots of people are wondering what are we voting you for ? what are we voting you for? >> i mean, alby, do you think he's trying to establish a new sort of en marche in the style of emmanuel macron? is he trying to do a centrist sort of party that encompasses more of the views of those in the sort of centre ground of the conservative party over actually a corbynista old labour party? well, of neil kinnock and all the rest of it. >> but that is, that is a blairite platform. >> natalie elphicke does not fit in to a blairite platform. she doesn't. so we can talk about broad churches, but the church is so broad they're doing bar mitzvahs. i mean, it's just

doesn't make sense to have a church this broad in the labour party where you have zarah sultana on one side of the party and natalie elphicke on the other side of the party. how does that possibly work? a lot of criticism is put at the conservative party for having the one nation conservatives, and then the more right wing brexiteer , thatcherite brexiteer, thatcherite conservatives, and people say that's a criticism. now that is a broad church which works because, generally speaking, all conservatives , whether they're conservatives, whether they're one nation as or not, agree on the same principles . what the same principles. what principles do zarah sultana and natalie elphicke agree on? >> yeah, that's a very good question. do you think actually there's a problem here with, ultimately party politics and the command and control from the centre, from from a labour party headquarters or conservative party headquarters that actually the people who want certain candidates to represent them in parliament, there's too much control from the centre now . and control from the centre now. and actually the parties are changing beyond all recognition

because of the fact there is so much control from the centre. >> look, i think having a well—ordered political party is a good thing. >> of course, there's got to be for space political independence for space political independence for mps, but you can't have a political party that is going to succeed unless everyone is broadly singing from the same hymn sheet. and one of the criticisms that is levelled at the conservative party is that it's not unified enough, and people don't for vote disunified parties. >> i mean, alby's got a point there, kid , has he not? because there, kid, has he not? because there, kid, has he not? because the fact of the matter is , there the fact of the matter is, there are going to be a hell of a lot of disagreements within the labour party itself that just haven't come to the fore yet. >> yeah, we're going to see that in government. most likely. i doubt we'll see it before the election. as i say , he's got an election. as i say, he's got an iron grip on the party as it stands, especially lots of the candidates that are coming through. you're starting to see splits, though, with the israel—palestine issue in the labour party, and that's hit them in the polls as well. and

if that continues, as catherine was saying, i think that's going to start bubbling up into the open and seeing some backbenchers really upping their criticism of starmer, i don't know what other flashpoints there might be. i mean, he has already rowed back on lots of the left wing policies that he committed to, you know, things like welfare reform, workers rights, the green new deal, those kind of things were sort of left wing, left wing totems. and now those are all gone anyway . so it does seem like anyway. so it does seem like he's a bit of a weathervane, but i don't see how that's going to change radically up until the election. to be honest , chris election. to be honest, chris packard in an open flame springs to mind for me. but i'm worried about the gaza issue because i've just seen a video earlier of, sir lindsay hoyle. i think he got a knighthood. am i right in saying that? >> yes , sir. >> yes, sir. >>- >> yes, sir. >> lindsay hoyle, he, was being hounded by palestinian activists, by pro—palestine activists. i should say. and i think a lot of people , certainly think a lot of people, certainly those that are commenting on the gb news page, right now, are

saying, oh, i think labour is going to fold pretty quickly on issues like that. there'll be arms embargoes on israel, there'll be boycotts and all the rest of it . do you there'll be boycotts and all the rest of it. do you think actually there are a lot of issues where the labour party right now, their stance that they're taking will change in office. >> the stance that labour and keir starmer takes on almost any issue changes , whether they're issue changes, whether they're in office or out of office. i mean, we just heard kai there talk about several measures that the labour party proposed. they've u—turned on. so i wouldn't be surprised if as soon as they get into power, if they do get into power, their u—turn on everything. you cannot trust keir starmers labour with anything . and natalie elphicke anything. and natalie elphicke joining the party, i think just proves that rudderless and without principle. >> go on then, kai. >> go on then, kai. >> i think in the infinite wisdom, though, the conservative party and the labour party are basically elected to political weathervanes, right? they change their mind depending on polling and focus grouping all the time. i think that is going to continue. but still, i think the argument against re—electing the

conservative party remains strong. you know, we saw, yes, the labour party did well in the locals, not as well as they'd hoped. i'm sure that's going to continue, so no big upsets expected from this side. but i do hope that they actually get some, you know, get a grip. by the time they're elected. >> all right. dennis has commented, he says a broad church , more like a cesspool. church, more like a cesspool. yes. he didn't hold back . yes. he didn't hold back. anyway, we'll leave it there. that's a cable show there. and gb news, of course. saturday five's very own albie amankona . five's very own albie amankona. right. there's plenty of time to win our biggest cash prize so far. it's a whopping £20,000. imagine having that in your bank account this summer. but of course you've got to be in it to win it . course you've got to be in it to win it. here's how. >> don't miss your chance to win our biggest cash prize so far a totally terrific £20,000 in tax free cash to make your summer spectacular. you could use that cash to splash out on a holiday, make the garden glam by new car,

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>> welcome back to gb news saturday with me , darren grimes saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv, online and on digital radio. so now vladimir putin has admitted russia is going through a difficult period dunng going through a difficult period during a speech to celebrate its victory over nazi germany during the second world war. now, of course, russia honours its success every year with victory day. however the parade in moscow only consisted of one tank, a single tank. moscow only consisted of one tank, a single tank . while tank, a single tank. while joining me to analyse and discuss this is the former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram. philip always a pleasure. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> how serious do you think it must be for bad vlad to sort of say to his population , you know, say to his population, you know, things aren't going great at the minute ? minute? >> well, it's very serious indeed. he keeps trying to spin it, and in his speech he tried to spin, that russia's success and russia's place in the world, they parade in moscow was

embarrassing because, as you say, there was only the t—34 tank, one that was developed dunng tank, one that was developed during the second world war and actually built in ukraine. >> that led the parade, as it does traditionally , but there does traditionally, but there was no other tracked armoured vehicles that were there. and the number of troops that were on parade was lower than we'd see beforehand. but many other may day victory day parades were cancelled around the rest of russia. and that has only happened, i think, once before. and that was last year. >> yeah. that's why is that the one tank thing? because surely, you know, putin is a man no one renowned for wanting to show a show of strength . but actually show of strength. but actually that doesn't that doesn't really display a show of strength, does it not? >> not at all. you know , his all >> not at all. you know, his all of his armoured vehicles are committed to the frontline. you know, even his brand new tanks, the t—14 armata, which they got onto parade a couple of years ago, and hailed them as being unbeatable, they then broke down and they haven't been able to

put them out onto the frontline, and they clearly haven't been able to bring them out onto the parade . i think this is, you parade. i think this is, you know, the 14 armada was was the latest tank development , but latest tank development, but it's, you know, it's a clear sign that russia is having difficulty with its military capability and sustaining what it's doing on the frontline in ukraine. and it's just it's just started to open up another front in the last 24 hours. >> philip, we hired some interesting developments this week, of course, with the, the cyber attack on the british ministry of defence. how we sort of had this consensus that we'd moved away from the era of tank warfare. but now are we of the view that actually, you know, we we're still in an era of tank warfare, but also having to deal with these challenges of cyber warfare and other things to a warfare and other things to a warfare is becoming more complex. >> but at its very basic level, it is still guttural. it is

human being against human being. you know, being at charges, have happenedin you know, being at charges, have happened in just about every conflict we've been involved in. eveh conflict we've been involved in. ever, you know, there were bayonet charges in the, in the falklands war. there were bayonet charges in iraq where british troops had to attack the enemy with with knives stuck in the end of their rifles . that's the end of their rifles. that's what warfare is like. and ukraine is showing that, again, that, you know, heavy armoured warfare is something that is still out there. it suited our politicians and it suited our senior generals and admirals and air marshals who wanted to save money, to suggest that everything was going to go into cyberspace . but cyberspace is cyberspace. but cyberspace is important. and we saw what is likely to be a chinese attack against not the ministry of defence, but a supplier to the ministry of defence. so what's what's called a supply chain attack. but that's going on all of the time. so warfare has got so many different layers and components to it now. it is extremely complex, but the bottom line, it's a human being against a human being in a muddy

trench. >> yeah. philip, where do you think this ends then? i'm sort of asking you to look into the future here, but this this war is not showing any sign of ending any time soon, is it? >> no, not at all. in ukraine, you know, the russians have just opened up a new front trying to tack into kharkiv in the north—east, in the last, 36 hours, i reckon the next 2 to 3 weeks is going to be important to see what russia does , because to see what russia does, because it's having some small tactical successes on the frontline . but successes on the frontline. but whilst it's having tactical successes there, ukraine is having even more successes in attacking russian oil infrastructure , its air infrastructure, its air defences, its black sea fleet and hollowing it out from behind. and the reason why i say the next 2 to 3 weeks is because that's the length of time it's going to for take this new, aid coming from the united states and from europe with more ammunition , more weapon systems. ammunition, more weapon systems. and of course, we've got the long awaited f—16 aircraft coming in that will have an

impact on being able to support operations from the air. so russia is going for it at the moment because they know this is the only real time window that they've got. i don't think they've got. i don't think they've got. i don't think they've got the resources to properly exploit what they're going to do . going to do. >> well, i mean, just finally then, how long do you think actually the appetite of taxpayers in the west to, to keep funding ukraine and supporting ukraine will continue? >> well, i hope it will continue indefinitely , until this is indefinitely, until this is fixed and taxpayers in the west have to realise that the money thatis have to realise that the money that is being spent is not going into ukrainian pockets , it's into ukrainian pockets, it's going into pockets in this country. it's increasing our manufacturing capability and defence. it's getting more jobs in defence, it's getting more money paid back into the exchequer through taxes being paid. it's opening more bake and roll shops, coffee shops, little corner shops and all the rest of it because people in towns near where defence industry is have got more money in their pocket and can spend it. so it's good for us, right? >> okay . former senior military >> okay. former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram there . thank you very

ingram there. thank you very much for your time. right. you're with me, darren grimes on gb news saturday. lots more coming up on the show. first of all though, it's your news with sophia. >> darren. thank you. it's 132. >> darren. thank you. it's132. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. we start with some breaking news. two people have died following a house fire in wolverhampton in the early hours of the morning. west midlands fire service says three other people were taken to hospital , people were taken to hospital, and a sixth person was discharged at the scene in. investigators are working to establish the cause. we'll bring you more as we get it. and in other news, the dutch act has been kicked out of the eurovision song contest's grand final. the european broadcasting union says joost kleine won't compete, while swedish police investigator complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew. meanwhile, security has been tightened ahead of

tonight's show following pro—palestinian 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 the favourite . baby lasagna as the favourite. 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 they've been used in ways that are inconsistent with israel's obligations. the document also noted hamas uses civilian infrastructure for military purposes and civilians as human shields . a 54 year old as human shields. 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 wycombe. the suspect was shot by an armed officer and is now in hospital under police supervision, with potentially life changing injuries and the northern lights put on a rare

display across the night sky last night. as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms hit the planet in years, caused by changing particles hitting the different gases in the atmosphere. they're only usually seen in the far north of the country, and if you've missed it, you're in luck because there may be another opportunity to see them this evening . and for see them this evening. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you sophia. now remember you can let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we've been discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay join the conversation there or message us on our socials . we're @gbnews on our socials. we're @gbnews now. lots more coming up on the show. spring is finally here today , set to be the hottest day today, set to be the hottest day of the year so far with high

temperatures set to soar as high as 26 celsius in the south by this afternoon. all of that and more to come. and darren grimes and you're with gb news

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getting in touch, thick and fast with your thoughts. i thank you very much for doing so . now, very much for doing so. now, the. well, let's actually says that the blue red political flip flop has ruined this once great nation, she says. he says rather, we gave the world democracy, industrial wealth, computers, many great inventions , the jet engine, penicillin, etc, etc. now we just seem like the world's back of the class. and james says, get used to it folks. this country is about to go into recession again. a labour win will leave a dormant and declining uk. some disagreement there with that, and, well, i marion says , and i and, well, i marion says, and i think, i think there is an element of truth to this. marion says it will be the apathy of the electorate that will win labour the next election, followed by a deep regret. i think that apathy comes from politicians promising one thing and then not delivering . right. and then not delivering. right. we've been, i say , led up the

we've been, i say, led up the garden path by politicians over many years , but continue to let many years, but continue to let me know your thoughts on all the stories we've been discussing today. you visit gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation there or message me on our socials. we're @gbnews now. today is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, with high temperatures set to soar as high as 26 celsius in the south by this afternoon, the met office predicts highs of 25 celsius today in london, with forecasters predicting the mercury could actually reach 27 celsius in the south over the weekend . well, joining me now is weekend. well, joining me now is gb news. east midlands reporter will hollis will thank you for your time, it looks slightly cooler where you are than it did a moment ago, but you've still not got your jacket on, so i assume it still can warm . assume it still can warm. >> yes. well, if this was the depth of summer 26 degrees, we probably wouldn't be talking about it. but for the end of spring, these temperatures are very welcome across britain .

very welcome across britain. now, here we are in nottingham. there are lots of people that are enjoying the sun. 26 degrees today, 27 tomorrow. the hottest temperatures that we've seen so far this year. lots of people along the banks of the river trent enjoying picnics with their families. occasionally you might see somebody going along in a canoe on the river trent. and i've been speaking to people about how they've been enjoying this wonderful weekend weather, having some drinks and some food on the river, and then we're going to go for some pizza and enjoy the sunshine and give the dog a nice long walk so he can chill for the rest of the day . chill for the rest of the day. >> i'll just go for a stroll there, maybe a few beers in a bit , it's there, maybe a few beers in a bit, it's nice to get out. >> obviously, as you can see, it's not going to last long. >> i don't think it's a lovely day for it. got plenty of water. keep me hydrated. having a few beers later, getting out by the embankment , beers later, getting out by the embankment, enjoying beers later, getting out by the embankment , enjoying the embankment, enjoying the sunshine. it feels like it's the first good weather we've had about five months so making the most of it. i think you do have to enjoy it when you can and we only get a few days. it seems

like we only get a few days each yeah like we only get a few days each year. oh, it's a ripper of a day. >> the sun's out, yeah. get your guns out. all that sort of stuff. but yeah, making the most of it. yeah. i'm from australia originally, but the. yeah it's probably just a bit crispier in australia than it is here. >> well, darren, sadly, it doesn't last forever. we've had clouds rolling in over nottingham , so it's not quite so nottingham, so it's not quite so bright. a bit of a wind as well, so it's a little bit cooler. two yellow weather warnings are in place, one for the western parts of the country for england and for wales. that's for thunderstorms. a second one in northern ireland as well. now, while that is the lowest level of disruption expected, the met office is urging people particularly that might be travelling tomorrow to take a little bit of care. there are flood warnings, pardon me, flood alerts in place in parts of the country, meaning that flooding is possible. but for right now people are just happy to see the sunshine. >> indeed we are. well, hello

there in the east midlands. thank you very much. well joining me now is gb news scotland reporter tony maguire. tony, i see you have finally got round to demolishing that ice cream . cream. >> indeed. good afternoon again darren. it's i would say it probably took me the best part of 20 minutes there, but 19.5 of those minutes were certainly trying to clean my hands. after the fact. because of today. we're up here talking about the age old question of ice cream. ice cream ? you scream, we scream ice cream? you scream, we scream it. the astronomical price of ice cream these days. and of course, you know, to give you some thing of a sense of the regional, you know, breakdown of how much it costs for ye olde soft serve with your little flake. and at the top, you know , flake. and at the top, you know, one of the cheapest regions actually ends up being east anglia for £2, which isn't isn't too shabby here in scotland you're looking at about 330 for your mr whippy and, you know, all the way down, in the, the

midlands. well, it's looking at about £2 down at the cheaper end of the scale east anglia. sorry. 450 and indeed over the last month we've seen reports from hyde park and some vendors charging up to 575. a cone that breaks down to almost £25 for a family of four, just for your old soft serve, so you can understand why . if it's understand why. if it's especially if the good weather comes and goes as quickly as it is going to this weekend, that people come to, the more artisan outlets like loop and scoop, which is here up on great western road in glasgow. it's a bit like a churro and gelato bar, and certainly , you know, bar, and certainly, you know, 350 for a scoop, 450 for two. you know, kind of almost average with some of the prices down in england. but certainly, you know , i would say that the quality is better and that the experience and the overall flavour, however, to drag it back to the old soft serve. mr whippy, 99, with the flake . and

whippy, 99, with the flake. and i asked some people today, you know, with this cost of living crisis, with the rising prices, how much they would pay for their 99 cone, well, i got one yesterday. how can i ask how much it was ? much it was? >> it's 350. >> it's 350. >> 350. >> 350. >> i'd say £2. >> i'd say £2. >> yeah, i would say £2. >> yeah, i would say £2. >> how much would you spend? >> how much would you spend? >> so i'm probably about, i don't know, three, £4. really. yeah. if you think about adult size. yeah yeah. and for the kids one probably 199 i think in the summer it's just to be expected, you know people just talking about it early morning. >> one 5150 okay. well if i told you the average in scotland was 330, i do, i do £3, £3 ice cream cone , i say £2. max £3. max yeah. >> definitely not 99. probably 8199. >> 199. yeah. what if i told you it was 330? was the average in scotland? is it . sorry. so we

scotland? is it. sorry. so we were setting up at about 24 degrees earlier on today we're down by 1 to 23. and as you can see it's a little bit overcast . see it's a little bit overcast. but certainly the temperature remaining high due to , something remaining high due to, something of a football derby happening in the east side of the city. but for now, we're just hoping and holding to on the last of the warm weather. will it last? it looks like a couple of weeks of pretty bad weather in coming. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all right . good old glasgow >> all right. good old glasgow there. thank you very much as eveh there. thank you very much as ever, tony. right, folks, you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. lots more coming up on the show. it's eurovision tonight . but up on the show. it's eurovision tonight. but some fear that the camp spectacle is already marred in controversy. so do you think it's all going to kick off tonight in malmo? we've seen protests. we've seen threats. we've seen all of it. all of that and more

welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes . on your with me, darren grimes. on your tv, online and on digital radio. now it's eurovision tonight. but some fear that that camp spectacle is already mired in controversy . many people are controversy. many people are calling for israel to be booted out of the competition due to the ongoing conflict in gaza . the ongoing conflict in gaza. now, eurovision's website states that the peaceful protest is allowed, stating that they are a firm advocate for freedom of speech and the right for people to express their deeply held views and opinions. but could that get out of hand now? the dutch act has, of course, been axed due to an ongoing incident. well, joining me now to discuss this is gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie, what's the latest ? latest? >> well, it's all gone quiet here, darren. as the afternoon session has started in the malmo arena behind me, the loud music that was blaring out before has been turned off while that

concert starts. and at the same time , ahead of that expected time, ahead of that expected thousand strong pro—palestine demonstration. later this afternoon. we have seen some of those protesters begin to arrive at the area at the same time, we've also seen the police continue to bolster their significant presence here. counter—terrorism specialist officers and armed police patrolling the area. now, there will be 25 acts tonight when the competition starts at 8 pm. here in malmo, in the south of sweden, because you include the dutch act has been removed after that ongoing incident reported on thursday evening by a member of the production team here. we understand that the swedish police are investigating that incident and that the dutch broadcaster has issued some concerns about the booting of their contestant . but the good their contestant. but the good news for dutch fans, even though they won't be able to cheer on

their act tonight, they will be able to vote in tonight's performances. >> all right, charlie peters there. thank you very much. as eveh there. thank you very much. as ever. we'll join charlie a bit later. now joining me in the studio is the showbiz reporter ellie phillips. i mean, ellie, how much politics has always influenced eurovision? right. this isn't a new phenomenon , but this isn't a new phenomenon, but how serious is it this year? >> this is totally different because in previous years, when we talk about politics influencing the eurovision , it's influencing the eurovision, it's mainly all countries that are neighbouring countries are all going to for vote each other. >> it's who's going to get the deuce point. >> this year is totally different, and i think it's because the precedent was set in 2022, when russia was booted out of eurovision. that kind of was like, well, if they're not going to be in, why is israel in the competition this year after what's going on in gaza? and that's where the questions are at the moment. and putting that in a bit of context as well to add into the mix. the headline sponsor of eurovision is a brand called moroccan oil, which is an israeli brand . yeah. so they're israeli brand. yeah. so they're the biggest sponsor of eurovision as well? yeah because

the products, the moroccan products are sourced in morocco, but it's an israeli brand. so that adds to kind of another dimension into it. when you look at it as a whole. and but the thing is, with eurovision, the european broadcasting union say that, you know, when it comes to the flags being flown and things like that, that only flags are allowed. there are those of competing nations and lgbt flags. so that's why we see that mix in there, because people are like, well, why are we seeing a trans flag? but we're not seeing kind of flag for, you know, palestine , so that kind of adds palestine, so that kind of adds into all of that. now this that's happened today with juice klein being booted out from the netherlands , that makes a big netherlands, that makes a big difference, not politically in terms of what's going to happen tonight, but in terms of what's going to happen tonight, because those jury votes have already been selected. so for countries that have given the netherlands a high amount or any amount, what happens to them tonight and also when eurovision is saying that it's inappropriate behaviour, what is that inappropriate behaviour? because there have been videos circulating of the israeli delegation of some of their delicate delegates harassing press, harassing other artists. that's on video that's

circulating. so is that not inappropriate behaviour? it's adding into the mix of where are their lines being drawn , what their lines being drawn, what are the rules and what are their stance and why. some people are being treated differently to others and think that's where we're at with it. >> all right. it's going to get very messy indeed. ellie. thank you very much for that update, folks. you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. we've got lots more coming up on the show. first of all though, we're going to get a look at the weather with craig. >> 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. we're looking ahead to the rest of this weekend. a change is in store. we start to say goodbye to this area of high pressure and low pressure begins to take charge as we head towards next week . but back to the here and week. but back to the here and now. we still have some fairly fine and settled weather as we

end at saturday. so a pleasant end at saturday. so a pleasant end to the day. some low cloud and mist just moving in from the east. but for many it's another fairly good chance to see the northern lights tonight , northern lights tonight, especially across more northern parts of the country. and for all of us, it's going to be a fairly mild night. most towns and cities staying firmly in double figures. so we do start off sunday with some low cloud and some mist across the east that will gradually burn its way back towards the north sea. elsewhere so plenty of sunshine as we go through the course of the morning. and then into the afternoon, we start to see some scattered showers develop , and scattered showers develop, and these will then turn quite thundery and heavy in places. there are warnings in force from the met office as we go through the met office as we go through the course of tomorrow. so do watch out if you are travelling about, but in the sunshine. highs reaching 26 or 27 degrees as then as we move into next week we start to see low pressure take charge. this band of rain will move in during the course of monday across the southwest, giving a very wet picture here. elsewhere, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. but as we go in towards

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some fear that that camp spectacle is already marred in controversy. many people are calling for israel to be booted out, and the dutch act has been axed due to an ongoing incident. could it all kick off in malmo this evening and spring is finally here? today is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, with high temperatures set to soar as high as 26 celsius in the south by this afternoon . the south by this afternoon. now, as you well know by now, this show is nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all the stories. we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash york. join the conversation there or message us on our socials. where @gbnews. first of all, here's a news update with sofia . update with sofia. >> darren. thank you. good

afternoon. it's 2:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . we wenzler in the gb newsroom. we start with an update on the breaking news. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women died in a house fire in wolverhampton . west fire in wolverhampton. west midlands fire service says three other people were taken to hospital and a sixth person was discharged at the scene. investigators are working to establish a cause. we'll bring you more as we get it. in other news, the dutch act has been kicked out of the eurovision song contest grand final. the european broadcasting union says used klein won't compete while swedish police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew . meanwhile, the production crew. meanwhile, security has been tightened ahead of tonight's show following pro—palestinian demonstrations. demonstrators have been rallying against israel's participation in the event , with the country's eden 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 .

baby lasagna as favourite. here's what fans had to say. i think it's great that they have that, the ebu didn't, they didn't back down cowardly from the protesters and they included israel and let and didn't like tamper with votes or anything. >> they let them through the final i understand it. >> i personally disagree with their involvement and a lot of their involvement and a lot of the stuff that's happened in the past 24 hours, generally in eurovision , like with the eurovision, like with the possible disqualification of the dutch representative or the videos coming out from inside the arena in general, it's become a bit too much. >> we're here to enjoy the stuff, family's here to enjoy it and we're not bringing politics into it at all. >> i'm not particularly political, so i tend to stay out of it. and i think a competition like this, it's about bringing people together, not, you know, trying to cause a lot of diversity. so, you know, i'm sorry, division. you know, i just don't think that's the right kind of attitude to have about eurovision. we have managed to avoid most of anything that's going on. >> and i think, to be fair, it's been a little bit exaggerated . been a little bit exaggerated. and by broadcasting nothing against you guys .

against you guys. >> and 1981 uk winner jay aston from bucks fizz believes the contest has become too political i >>i -- >>ido >> 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 mean, 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. >> meanwhile, the us says israel may have broken international law in its use of american suppued law in its use of american supplied weapons in gaza . the 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

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 was responding to a reports of stabbing in high wycombe last night . a 54 year old man has 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. his drivers are being warned to only travel on the m25 in surrey if absolutely necessary . it follows absolutely necessary. it follows an unprecedented closure of the motorway, with five miles between junctions nine and ten, close to traffic until 6 am. on monday. it's created a 19 mile diversion which is causing delays. it's the first scheduled daytime shutdown of all lanes on

the m25 since it opened in 1986, and the northern lights lit up the skies across britain last night as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years hit the planet, caused by charged particles hitting the different gases in the earth's atmosphere. they're usually only seen in the far north of the country. if you missed tonight's display , you're missed tonight's display, you're in luck because there might be another visible in parts of the country again tonight . and for country 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 gb news. saturday >> thank you very much, sofia. let's get stuck in to today's topics . now, the economy has topics. now, the economy has grown at the fastest rate in two years, outpacing both america and the eurozone . that means and the eurozone. that means that the uk is officially out of recession, with many hoping for

tax cuts over the next few months. now that could be pretty good news for rishi sunak. after abysmal performance at the local elections. but the good news for the prime minister doesn't stop there, to according former labour leader lord kinnock, voters in britain are not yet in love with sir keir starmer, with concerns emerging of a shock result in the upcoming election . result in the upcoming election. now, as some viewers will be well aware, back in 1992, kinnock lost an election that was thought to be unusable. well joining me now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine, were we expecting this economic growth? because i was told that, you know, after voting for brexit, the uk would be moving along at snail's pace, certainly not beating the eurozone in america . america. >> well, yes, indeed. and in fact, we are doing better and actually have done better since brexit than many countries in europe, including germany and

france. but certainly this is really , really good economic really, really good economic news for rishi sunak and heaven knows he needs some. so we are out of recession. the chief economist at the office for national statistics, no less, says the economy is, quote, going gangbusters , growing 0.6% going gangbusters, growing 0.6% in the first quarter of this yeah in the first quarter of this year. so yes, of course , that's year. so yes, of course, that's very good news. inflation is falling, has fallen a lot. they expect it to go down further soon. interest rates not falling yet but indications that the bank of england may start to lower those come the summer. so lots of financial good news. and this is what rishi sunak has been banking on basically that the economy will start to improve and he can say, look, we've turned a corner, let's stick with the plan, don't take a chance and go back to square one by going over to labour. but the question is, will people

really be feeling much better off by the autumn by a potential general election, say, in november? it's not that clear that they will. and of course, the government have cut national insurance twice by £0.04 now. and each time that they've done that, the polls have not moved at all. now there's some talk that they might take another £0.02 off at a fiscal event in the autumn, but will it change the autumn, but will it change the government's fortunes? it's not very clear that it will. yeah. well catherine we shall see. we shall see indeed. thank you very much. as ever, the gb news political correspondent katherine forster there. now for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and more, you can go to our website. we're @gbnews .com now , the rwanda @gbnews .com now, the rwanda asylum policy that's due to end under labour, with sir keir starmer describing the scheme as an absolute waste of money. the party leader says he wants to

create a border security command fund to tackle the small boat crisis. sir keir unveiled proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists . it smugglers like terrorists. it will be supported by around 1000 additional officers recruited by mi5. additional officers recruited by m15. labour says it will spend £75 million on that plan. if it wins the general election, the equivalent of what would be spent sending migrants to rwanda for a year. well, joining me to discuss this is the former labour special adviser, paul richards, and the former leader of ukip, henry bolton. henry, i'll start with you , because i'll start with you, because we've spoken about borders and immigration a lot. are you sympathetic to sir keir starmer's proposals? >> from a political point of view, yes, i think he's he's playing quite a clever political trick. >> what he's trying to do is, appeal to the stay at home

voters. perhaps those wavering other wise or normally conservative voters who are highly concerned about immigration see the conservative party not dealing with it at all. and he might attract some of them, or at least stop them voting conservative with this policy. >> but it's not going to change. immigration figures at all. >> and the only way that this will stop the boats or dramatically reduce them is because with the plan that he's described, he's not told us all of it because it is going to require what he's suggested is going to require him to work, not just with the french, but with brussels. >> that will require him to agree to work with the european union immigration and asylum system. and that will require him to agree to the uk taking asylum seekers as part of a share of that system. so for example, if greeks or the hauans example, if greeks or the italians let people in, who then claim asylum, then those people will be shared around the european union . we won't get any european union. we won't get any say as to who they are really, but it may stop the boats

because there might be an arrangement whereby by the brussels will agree to send those people who want to come to the uk, to the uk, and so we won't see a reduction in the number of people coming to the uk. and that's the point here. i would have liked keir starmer to acknowledge the reality that immigration is a cost and a burden on society, and the or, you know, that he's going to deal with the economic migrants coming. that's not it. and there are a whole host of other things that he's left out which concern me. >> now , paul. i mean, a lot of >> now, paul. i mean, a lot of viewers who are watching in are saying, you know, things like, well, brendan says starmer calls it a waste of money. yet on day one, he'll squander all the taxpayers money already spent on it, any insight as to what's going to come under labour now? as henry said, it wouldn't be numbers coming down. right? because you're pooling resources with the european union and people actually want numbers to come down. >> well, immigration is not a burden on the economy. >> it's how you build an economy. and as our population

gets older, we need young people to come here to do the jobs, particularly jobs that people don't want to do, who live here to build the houses we're all going to have to live in to and contribute to growth. and in terms of his plan for two years, the political class and the journalists have been saying, where's your plan? where's your plan? we've got a plan. it's out there for all to see. now you can disagree with it and say, it would be better to send people off to rwanda. but starmer has decided that the money is better spent on m15, on disrupting the boats , smashing the gangs, then boats, smashing the gangs, then this gimmick of sending people to off africa. and i think when the public look at that plan, i think they'll like it. >> i mean, the public and i know for a fact there'll be people watching right now saying, hang on a minute, robert jenrick the former immigration minister, just put out this report through the centre for policy studies, which actually showed that immigration had been a massive impact on one, the housing deficit . and secondly, actually, deficit. and secondly, actually, there is no real evidence that suggests that the people coming here are actually massively benefiting the british economy .

benefiting the british economy. >> no, absolutely. >> no, absolutely. >> and if one looks at the data that the cps think tank put out in their report, well, let's deal with that. if you disagree with that startlingly clear evidence that the immigration is not costing or is costing the economy and society significantly, if you disagree with that point to what you disagree with, tell us why you disagree with, tell us why you disagree with, tell us why you disagree with that. but i don't see anybody doing that. robert jenrick is absolutely correct, and to say that when you import literally hundreds of thousands, actually millions of people, the equivalent population to leeds every year to say that that does not have an impact on housing, it , it not have an impact on housing, it, it beggars not have an impact on housing, it , it beggars belief, because it, it beggars belief, because if without that you wouldn't need so much housing. >> i mean, it's of course it's got an impact. >> we are all, we are all we are all the sons and daughters of immigrants, aren't we? whether you know how far you go back, it

doesn't matter. but the whole country is the son or daughter of an immigrant. when you go back in the history and the country's population has been growing since roman times , this growing since roman times, this is not something to fear, of course, but it's something you need a robust system to deal with it quickly now than it's grown in the last couple of hundred years. >> look, there is no doubt that even if and i would deny it, and the evidence of the cps has thinktank has produced denies it as well. but i would even if one accepts that there is an equivalence, people coming here contribute to the cost of looking after themselves and the additional housing and so on. even if that's the case, you have to acknowledge that there is a catch up before you can produce that million. the houses for that million people, you need a police officers or whatever. you have to get ahead of it. they they have to come in to contribute. so there's a lag. so there is a constant pressure on the services that every, every, every man woman in this child at the moment is suffering. yes. the economy is

going in the right direction, but no per capita gdp is going is not is lower. >> can't have it both ways. so people it's great that the economy's growing and then say these people are a lag on the economy. >> if the economy is doing well then that's under the numbers we've got now. >> they the economy has to support these people and get that's a cost. well, and if you can sit there really and anybody can sit there really and anybody can sit there and say that when whether it's 600,000 or 600,000 or 1.2 million who come across in a particular year, that that has no impact on the housing stock . i mean, come on. i mean, stock. i mean, come on. i mean, that's just not not credible . that's just not not credible. and we are not even able now to build the amount of houses that we want regardless of that. and is the point not it's all well and good to say, oh, we're an island of immigrants. >> but you know, if i go back through my family tree , it gets through my family tree, it gets to ireland. but that's a very different proposition than saying to someone culturally and

values wise and someone from somewhere else. >> nonsense. >> nonsense. >> and the way. >> and the way. >> is that true? >> is that true? >> how is that your ancestors from ireland would have been seen as a foreign people to the indigenous population back in the day. then they assimilated and they became part of british society. and that is the story for one, and that is the story of immigrants to this country going back centuries. >> most of my adult career working in peacekeeping, peace support and conflict prevention and it is a taken it is so startlingly obvious when you work across the balkans, across nonh work across the balkans, across north africa, when you work across central asia, so on that, that when you have a rapid and overwhelming change, cultural change in society, the, the it's not rapid, it's not overwhelming i >> -- >> it's rapid when it's 1.2 >> it's rapid when it's1.2 million, when it's it of course it's rapid . it's rapid. >> and people out there will listen to you and say, of course it's rapid. i feel it. and they feel insecure. it creates a sense of insecurity. change creates a sense of insecurity .

creates a sense of insecurity. now, i'm not talking about guns and bullets insecurity. i'm talking about the rapid change of an environment. and that is a problem so that none of that is managed. did you know there are 14 exemptions for learning engush 14 exemptions for learning english for people coming to this country who, given the right to remain 14 exemptions. there is no effort made by this country to integrate these people. if there was, then perhaps the impact the cultural and social impact? >> well , i and social impact? >> well, i think people should learn english and they should be integrated and assimilated . integrated and assimilated. >> and that's the story of immigration in this country. is it ? well, i worked for a labour it? well, i worked for a labour minister who said that very loudly. we need to teach english story of this country's immigration history in the past and recently and recently, i think it has recently, i don't i don't my wife teaches english to the immigrants who are in the hotels on the south coast. >> there are getaways and that's paid for through the home office. >> well, look, i, i think it is for the people out there to decide whether or not immigration is impacting on their day to day life. many communities in south wales in on the south coast across the country will tell you

unambiguously, unambiguously it is go out and speak to them. >> yeah, and steve has just commented saying the eu record on immigration is a joke. you know what's going on right now in greece and italy, for example, god help us if we're pulling resources with between. >> that's why starmer's planned there . and he's about a tough there. and he's about a tough approach to this. >> but it's sending in more people to disrupt the gangs. >> leave it there, sadly. but i mean, to be continued, i suspect on. yes, absolutely. thank you very much. that's a former labour special adviser, paul richards there. and the former leader of ukip, henry bolton. thank you to both of them. now, folks, as you well know by now, it's eurovision tonight and it's all kicking off some fear that that especially camp spectacle, is already mired in controversy. many people are calling for israel to be booted out of the competition due to the ongoing conflict in gaza. now, eurovision's website , of course, eurovision's website, of course, states that peaceful protesters are allowed, stating their ferm advocates of freedom of speech and the right for people to express deeply held views and opinions. but now a dutch act

has been axed due to an ongoing incident. what on earth's going on? joining me now is gb news reporter charlie peters. i mean, charlie, are you of the view that there's going to be people trying to sneak in palestinian flags? there's going to be people trying to get their two minutes of fame by, you know, marching upon the stage. it just it feels like the environment is really bubbling up . really bubbling up. >> well, the only palestinian protest we've seen inside the arena was during the semi finals on thursday night, where we saw some cheering and also some booing when the israeli act was on the stage, we also saw a man waving a small palestinian flag that was removed because as part of the ebu's rules and regulations for eurovision , only regulations for eurovision, only the flags of nations involved in the flags of nations involved in the competition are allowed to be brought into the arena. they also don't allow any political symbols to be displayed , and

symbols to be displayed, and some acts have worked around that. restoring fashion by wearing the keffiyeh. the pan—arab scarf of solidarity, while they've been on stage rehearsing or indeed performing dunng rehearsing or indeed performing during the semi—finals. we've also seen some jewellery in watermelons st giles, which is a symbol often co—opted by the pro—palestinian movement, but that signifies that protest is expected to take place here in the next 90 minutes. we saw over 10,000 people gather outside this arena on friday, according to the local police here. we've also seen protests outside the hotel where the israeli act has been staying. her team say that eden has not been able to leave the hotel while she's been performing here. she's been going between that location and the arena and nowhere else. israel has also said that they've flown in the head of shin bet, which is the israeli equivalent to m15, their security service has personally

flown in to head up her security section. and amid all of this controversy, i asked people on the streets here in malmo what did they think of the debate surrounding israel's involvement in eurovision? >> we're here to enjoy the stuff. bambi is here to enjoy it, and we're not bringing politics into it at all. >> i think there is a silent majority that are pro—israel. without the crowd we saw with is italy televote. that was the majority israel . majority israel. >> everybody has the right to protest. everybody has the right to make actions whatever they feel is right and it's not for me to tell them what to do or vice versa . vice versa. >> i think it's a very beautiful song, the tweaks that they've done are probably good. >> good. >> good. >> but it's still, i think, the meaning behind it. people can feel, the pain of the country. i think a competition like this, it's about bringing people together, not, you know, trying

together, not, you know, trying to cause a lot of diversity. so, you know, i'm sorry. division you know, i just don't think that's the right kind of attitude to have about eurovision. it's about bringing everyone and enjoying each other, enjoying . yeah. enjoying other, enjoying. yeah. enjoying the day, having fun. >> well, those protests are likely to take place now from 5:00 here local time before the start of the grand final at 8 pm, 25 acts will be competing, down from 26 after the dramatic removal of the dutch performer earlier today due to an allegation of threats issued towards a female member of the broadcasting team here on friday where that investigation took place. we understand that malmo police are also involved in that situation, but as people move on from the situation involving the dutch contestant, much of the debate and focus tonight will be around. the israeli contestant will that act shine? will it perform and could it win tonight's edition of eurovision? >> yes. well, that would be a

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me, darren grimes. on your tv, onune me, darren grimes. on your tv, online and on digital radio. now, drivers have been told to only travel if absolutely necessary. as a large section of the m25 in surrey has been closed for the weekend. what a weekend . the closure is to allow weekend. the closure is to allow for ongoing improvements , with for ongoing improvements, with the potential for long delays and congestion for motorists all around the capital and beyond. now considering, of course, it's the hottest day of the year thus far, you don't want to be stuck in your car today. far, you don't want to be stuck in your car today . joining me in your car today. joining me now is gb news reporter ray addison. rae, good to see you. have we got you there ? we've got have we got you there? we've got you. there you are right now. well, it's what's the latest ? well, it's what's the latest? >> well, it's very, very busy here, darren. i was here since about 7 am. this morning. we had a small amount of cars at that time. now it's a very steady flow, a crawling pace and

tailbacks, for several miles . i tailbacks, for several miles. i have to say, this is junction nine, at leatherhead , heading nine, at leatherhead, heading northbound on the m25. and i'm going to step out of the way. so you can properly see what we're deaung you can properly see what we're dealing with here. we're at junction nine. you can see on that right hand side there , the that right hand side there, the barrier that's been put in place across all of those lanes. and you might be able to see the smoke that's being kicked off by the various, heavy goods vehicles that that are coming along here, heading up, in heading towards the north. and they're working on a bridge there, lowering into place some concrete pylons which are involved in the construction of that bridge. concrete beams rather. and so that's what's going on at further down that road there. it's about five miles away. of course , the aa miles away. of course, the aa warning this was going to be incredibly busy . i went down to incredibly busy. i went down to junction ten as well of the m25 heading southbound. i have to say that was even worse than

where i am now. and it kind of makes sense if, as you were saying, darren, it's one of the hottest days of the year, people heading to the coast, going to some of those attractions, thorpe park, legoland in windsor as well, people, doing a bit of plane hopping. this is one of the main commuting commuting routes for people trying to get from heathrow to gatwick airports and vice versa, and so this has caused a major amount of disruption for people. what would be a five mile relatively quick journey on most days has become a 19.5 mile diversion through some pretty, small villages. now, as you were saying, darren, they're being urged, people are being urged to only travel if absolutely necessary, that diversion taking people through the a2 one seven, the a2 40 and the a3 as well, past chessington world of adventures in oxshott and also one of the key things darren people being warned , people

people being warned, people being warned to make sure that they take snacks, they take dnnks they take snacks, they take drinks because they might be stuck in traffic for a very long time. but when you do take that diversion , don't be tempted to diversion, don't be tempted to listen to your satnav go off that diversion and go other ways, because you could get stung for a ulez charge. if you follow the diversion , you won't follow the diversion, you won't be charged for ulez. if your car is not compliant. be charged for ulez. if your car is not compliant . so make sure is not compliant. so make sure you follow that diversion. otherwise you could end up with a hefty fine. >> yeah. all right, ray, thank you very much for that update there, it's it looks like that smoke's billowing, isn't it? from that building work going on. but, thank you very much to gb news reporter ray addison. folks, you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. i thank you very much for being so. lots more coming up on the show. first of all, though, we're going to get a quick update from sophia. >> thanks, darren. it's 232. i'm

sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women died in a house fire in wolverhampton. emergency services were called to a property in the dunstall hill area at 2 am. west midlands fire service says three other people were also taken to hospital , people were also taken to hospital, and a sixth person was discharged at the scene . in discharged at the scene. in other news, the dutch act has been kicked out of the eurovision song contest grand final. the european broadcasting union says used klein won't compete while swedish police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew . meanwhile, security has crew. meanwhile, security has been tightened ahead of tonight's show as pro—palestinian protests continue to. demonstrators are already gathering in malmo rallying against israel's participation. participation in the event after the country's eden golan qualified for tonight's show. she's among the leading contenders to win, but

bookmakers have placed croatia's baby lasagna as favourite . a 54 baby lasagna as favourite. 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 wycombe. the suspect was shot by an armed officer and is now in hospital under police supervision, with potentially life changing injuries. 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 changes in particles hitting different gases in the atmosphere, they're only usually seen in the far north of the country. if you missed it, you're in luck because there may be another opportunity to see them this evening . and for the them this evening. 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 gb news. saturday

>> thank you as ever, sofia. now remember folks, to let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we've been discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation or message me on our socials. where @gbnews lots more coming up on the show. spnngis more coming up on the show. spring is finally here. today is set to be the hottest day of the yeah set to be the hottest day of the year, so far, with high temperatures set to soar as high as 26 celsius in the south by this afternoon . all of that and this afternoon. all of that and more to come. i'm darren grimes and you're with gb news,

join me. camilla tominey from 930 on sunday morning when i'll be grilling. >> deputy foreign secretary andrew mitchell to find out if the government's stance is right on israel. i'll also be joined by labour's jonathan ashworth to find out if keir starmer can really stop the boats . and boris really stop the boats. and boris johnson ally conor burns will be

joining me in the studio to discuss whether the former prime minister may still stage a comeback. all that and more with me, camilla tominey from 930 on sunday morning. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes, on your tv, online and on digital radio. now, before we move on, nana akua has joined me in the studio. nana what have you got coming up? >> well, i've just made a very interesting observation that darren grimes has extremely long island long eyelashes. >> they're like tweety pie. yeah, yeah. >> do you know when i was a kid, apparently some woman said he was born to be a woman. these days, that actually means something, really, doesn't it ? something, really, doesn't it? >> well, listen, coming up, we're going to be talking about ozempic as oprah winfrey has come out and apologised for 25 years of lies telling everybody how she was going on these diets

and things. >> and the truth was that she was taking all manner of slimming tablets. >> so we're talking about some people, especially with the shortage of drugs as well. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> doctor renee hoenderkamp will be there. >> brilliant. >> brilliant. >> steve miller fat families lizzie cundy will be joining me slightly earlier and a mystery guest who will be discussing that in our round table discussion coming up, we're also talking about keir starmer. >> he's robbing peter to paul policies, his private school policy where he's thinking of charging 20% on on private schools, which is already starting to, well, bear fruit in a bad way. so we're doing all that. plus obviously eurovision will be popping live to sweden to have a chat, will be popping live to sweden to have a chat , with charlie peters. >> and that's good timing because it's going to kick off soon. they have the protests, the fight. >> yeah, yeah. not the contest. no, no no, not on air either. >> not on your show. i never know, never know. the night is young. all right, nana, thank young. all right, nana, thank you very much. we'll look forward to that. right today , forward to that. right today, folks, is set to be the hottest day of the year so far. and it's

not just because nana akua is on air, but temperatures are set to soar as high as 25 celsius in the south this afternoon. the met office is predicting highs of that 25 today in london, with forecasters predicting the mercury could actually reach 27 in the south over this weekend. well, joining me now is a very hot gb news east midlands reporter will hollis will 0 the jackets on will the jackets on. >> you just never know what it's going to be. the cloud keeps going to be. the cloud keeps going in front of the sun and then as soon as the clouds in front of the sun, it goes incredibly cold. and then as soon as the sun appears again, it's warm. so i've just decided to stick with it, hot temperatures for this time of the year. the hottest of the year so far. 26 degrees today. expected 27 degrees expected tomorrow . but expected 27 degrees expected tomorrow. but this expected 27 degrees expected tomorrow . but this really expected 27 degrees expected tomorrow. but this really is the enjoyable bit people out . here

enjoyable bit people out. here by the riverside in nottingham enjoying a bit of a picnic, some people having a few beers at the local pub, even going to see nottingham forest play at the city ground. but it doesn't last forever does it? we are expecting thunderstorms as there are two yellow weather warnings in place for tomorrow . the met in place for tomorrow. the met office says that those low levels there could be low levels of disruption. there's one yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in the western part of the country. that's for england and wales. and then a second one for northern ireland. as well. there are also a few flood alerts in place, meaning that flooding is possible. but for right now , people are just for right now, people are just enjoying the sun. a little bit of something that we haven't had so far this year, but not by any stretch. the best weather that we would like to expect, even here in britain . here in britain. >> yes. i mean, well, as it's starting to pick up where you are, is it looking busier ? are, is it looking busier? >> well, it's always busy down here at the embankment along the river trent, england's third biggest river. lots of people have been here today. i think

now that it does start to get into the throes of the afternoon , people are heading home for their early morning barbecues or straight into the pub ahead of nottingham forest versus chelsea this afternoon . this afternoon. >> indeed, that's going to be one to watch. all right, will hollis thank you very much. that's our east midlands reporter. well joining me now is gb news scotland reporter tony maguire. now tony the sun is always shining on glasgow. surely >> well let's see, it was maybe till about five minutes ago. it seems like the weather up here is doing much of the same as it is doing much of the same as it is for. well, where that those clouds just keep playing peekaboo in front of the sun, but nevertheless, the temperature remains high. we're still sitting at around 23 degrees here in glasgow in the west end . and certainly today west end. and certainly today there have been the gelato shop behind me. loop and scoop has been inundated with customers. it's safe to say now they sell a kind of an artisan kind of one upmanship and you're old mr

whippy classic soft serve, but certainly that hasn't stopped people queuing up for 350 a scoop or, you know, 450 for two. but, you know, in the conversations we've been having today, we've discovered that all around the country , you know, around the country, you know, the price of ice cream continues to go up and up. and it's not just a case of we're in the middle of a cost of living crisis. i mean, if we look at east anglia, there kind of top of the table, £4.50. would you believe , for an ice cream at the believe, for an ice cream at the local park and then over in the midlands, a little closer to. well, again, you're looking at about £2 for that. flake inside youh about £2 for that. flake inside your, your soft serve here in scotland. it's about 313. you know, earlier on i asked a whole bunch of people about, you know, earlier on i asked a whole bunch of people about , you know, bunch of people about, you know, what, what prices would they expect. and the range i got was quite interesting. some people hoping maybe £2, some three, 350, pretty much dead on the nose.i 350, pretty much dead on the nose. i had one person, only one, mind you. that said £0.99, you know, and as i was explaining earlier on today, well, there's that misconception

that the classic 99 has something to do with the original price, but actually that traces all the way back to the italian monarchy, for hundred several years, when they had a really elite guard of about 99 soldiers and therefore everything that was of the highest quality, everything that was superb was described as a 99. so there you go . that's why 99. so there you go. that's why that coin has that name . that coin has that name. >> all right. thank you very much. tony maguire there. gb news scotland reporter. now, folks, you're with me. darren grimes on gb news saturday. lots more coming up on today's show. the former adult film star stormy daniels has concluded her her well was a very dramatic testimony at donald trump's hush money trial. we'll bring you the very latest on all of that. now, all of that and more to

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and, tom says, oh, here we go. darren heading into summer and the warm weather becomes a thing . it's called summer. yes, i agree with you. enjoying the sunshine . i mean, agree with you. enjoying the sunshine. i mean, i'm agree with you. enjoying the sunshine . i mean, i'm not agree with you. enjoying the sunshine. i mean, i'm not in here, but you are at home and, stephen actually suggests that we need to invite those who are arguing about palestine in malmo in sweden right now, outside of eurovision, if they'd like to go do so in gaza with hamas , a less do so in gaza with hamas, a less receptive audience, and perhaps westerner western audiences. now folks continue letting me know your thoughts on all the stories we've been discussing today. you can visit gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation there, or message me on our socials. we're @gbnews now. as i said before, the break there, the former aduu the break there, the former adult film star stormy daniels, she's concluded what was a really dramatic testimony at donald trump's hush money trial

fighting off all kinds of inquiries into her account of the alleged sexual encounter between her and the former president, donald j. trump. now it follows a scathing attack by the judge, who blamed trump's lawyers for letting daniels describe lurid details as he denied trump a mistrial for the second time this week . well, second time this week. well, joining me is the us political analyst, eric ham. eric, a pleasure to be with you again, eric. how serious could this actually be for the former president , do you actually be for the former president, do you think actually be for the former president , do you think actually president, do you think actually the jail time is a genuine prospect that no many legal experts . actually believe that experts. actually believe that there won't be any jail time? >> because while these are, felonies, but they're the lowest type of felonies. class e felonies in manhattan. felonies are actually rated from a to e a, being the lowest type. and because this if donald trump is convicted, he would be seen as a first time felon. it's likely to involve more of a fine than it

is prison time. however, we are getting very salacious details from this trial . and of course, from this trial. and of course, it's continuing to rehash and replay . some of those really replay. some of those really dark moments from 2016. also from the political standpoint where this is becoming increasingly problematic for the former president, we're beginning to see joe biden actually, separate himself from donald trump in the polls, particularly in some of those key battleground states and in the all important money race. right now, we know that donald trump is haemorrhaging money, and right now he has less than half the amount that the biden campaign already has on hand. and so this is becoming an increasingly difficult problem politically for the ex—president. >> but, i mean, eric, we saw that in 2016, did we not, when donald trump won the presidential race against hillary clinton , hillary managed hillary clinton, hillary managed to fundraise a lot more than donald trump did . donald trump did. >> yes. but also, we know during the 2016 race, when donald trump

became the official nominee , we became the official nominee, we know that the donors opened up their pocketbooks to donald trump. and while he certainly did not raise as much money as hillary clinton, he was still competitive in the money race. right now, he's not even competitive. and just to give you an example already, we know the biden campaign has opened up statewide offices in key battleground states from michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. right now, they've got more than 60 offices open in those three states. in the state of michigan, they're expected to open a total of 450. right now. the trump campaign has zero offices open in any of these key battleground states . battleground states. >> yeah, i mean, what are the key issues then, eric, where biden is starting to pull ahead on, is it the economy ? on, is it the economy? >> well, i think what we're seeing is because donald trump is spending so much of his time in a new york courtroom, it's keeping him off the campaign trail and also unable to actually meet face to face with many of those deep pocketed donors that he has to actually engage, to try to bring in money

to be able to be competitive. in addition to that, again , i do addition to that, again, i do believe that what we're hearing every day from this trial is beginning to actually penetrate to more of those rank and file voters. and that's also a problem . in addition to that, we problem. in addition to that, we know that michael cohen is going to be testifying on monday. so if you thought the stormy daniels testimony was explosive, it's going to be, i think, downright nuclear when we see michael cohen on that stand beginning on monday. >> yeah. i mean, there's a fair few viewers of the view, eric, that actually, you know, this is deliberate to keep president trump off the campaign trail. >> well , even if that trump off the campaign trail. >> well, even if that is trump off the campaign trail. >> well , even if that is true trump off the campaign trail. >> well, even if that is true or if it's not true, it is beginning to actually have a debilitating impact on the former president, both in his political standing and in his ability to raise money. yeah, absolutely . absolutely. >> all right. eric ham there, us political analyst thank you very much for taking us to for you through the latest with donald

j. trump's explosive trial. now, you've been with me darren grimes on gb news saturday. i thank you very much for your company. don't go anywhere though because there's plenty more coming up on gb news today in just a moment. it's fiery debate with nana akua. and at 6 pm, i'm back for the saturday vibe. you won't want to miss that one, nor benjamin butterworth today. first of all, though, let's take a look at the weather with craig. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. we're looking ahead to the rest of this weekend. a change is in store . we start to say goodbye store. we start to say goodbye to this area of high pressure and low pressure begins to take charge as we head towards next week. but back to the here and now. we still have some fairly fine and settled weather as we end at saturday, so a pleasant end at saturday, so a pleasant end to the day, some low cloud and mist just moving in from the

east. but for many it's another fairly good chance to see the northern lights tonight, especially across more northern parts of the country . and for parts of the country. and for all of us, it's going to be a fairly mild night. most towns and cities staying firmly in double figures. so we do start off sunday with some low cloud and some mist across the east that will gradually burn its way back towards the north sea. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine as we go through the course of the morning and then into the afternoon. we start to see some scattered showers develop, and these will then turn quite thundery and heavy in places. there are warnings in force from the met office as we go through the met office as we go through the course of tomorrow. so do watch out if you are travelling about but in the sunshine. highs reaching 26 or 27 degrees now as we move into next week we start to see low pressure take charge. this band of rain will move in dunng this band of rain will move in during the course of monday across the southwest, giving a very wet picture here. elsewhere, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. but as we go in towards the middle part of the week , temperatures will fall the week, temperatures will fall back down to where they should

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meltdown will be live in sweden as israel's entry into the song contest prompts controversy. controversy, then . for the great controversy, then. for the great british debate this hour i'm asking, do you trust labour to tackle the immigration crisis? in his counter—terror plan? is that right then difficult conversations, hard gali x gambling addict will be here to tell me his story, his heartbreaking story, and in a few moments time, of course, we'll be mocking the week live in the studio with the fabulous one and only louis schaefer. but before we get started, don't forget spectacular scenes as well. the northern lights . they well. the northern lights. they lit the sky. did you see them? all the best pictures coming up in click bait. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, nana. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the dutch act has been kicked out of the eurovision song contest. grand

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