the >> we do indeed. all of the day's top stories. we'll be joined by our political correspondent, olivia utley and the ceo and founder of youth vote uk, alex cairns. >> very exciting, the story are dominating the headlines this week has been devon's dirty water, which has resulted in more than 20 people becoming ill with a parasitic disease . as with a parasitic disease. as a waterways expert will give us the latest. not while you're having your breakfast though, and elsewhere. >> should parents be fined for their children's anti—social behaviour? we'll be speaking to an expert who will share all of the tips and tricks when it comes to keeping your kids well behaved. and also, i'm not sure what you guys think about this, but what do you think about tipping in the uk? because apparently the culture from the united states of tipping for anything from dinner to a taxi drive is coming to britain. and dawn, you've just got back from the states. >> not just that, i actually was expected to tip someone for picking a tin of diet coke .

picking a tin of diet coke. basically, it was a tin of diet coke from a self—service fridge and taking up to a till where they scanned it. i was expecting a tip in a supermarket, you know, it's one of those coffee bars america does coffee bars. did you tip, did i? no, i asked for an explanation. it went down very well. then i asked for an explanation as what they had done to deserve a tip. but all this is coming over here now. >> what was their reaction? >> what was their reaction? >> it's going to be punch ups. they thought i was very rude. british person didn't care. >> sent you packing back across the atlantic. >> yeah, well, that's why i'm here. >> let's know what you think about that. gbnews.com/yoursay. i'll be on there in a second. dawn will as well. so we'll try and read your comments as they come in. but first, here's your news headlines with sam. >> ben and dawn, thank you very much . good morning from the much. good morning from the newsroom. it'sjust much. good morning from the newsroom. it's just after 10:00. a look at the headlines this morning, and we'll start with some breaking news coming to us this morning out of east london, where two criminals have been sentenced for smuggling migrants

into the uk. we understand , into the uk. we understand, using lorries and planes. morteza hillage and kreshnik cadena are part of a major albanian crime network, arranged at least nine migrant trips in 2016 and 2017. the national crime agency's eight year long investigation revealed the two men provided counterfeit documents and safe transport, charging £10,000 per migrant to make the journey. they've now received a combined sentence of five years and two months at southwark crown court . in other southwark crown court. in other news, israel's prime minister is promising to return all hostages. he says, living or dead, after the bodies of three people were recovered yesterday in gaza, all of those three hostages recovered were thought to have attended the nova music festival on october the 7th last yeah festival on october the 7th last year. the father of one of the hostages says her return is a form of closure. israel still thinks about 100 other hostages may be alive , while another 30 may be alive, while another 30 are understood to be dead .

are understood to be dead. meanwhile, here in the uk, thousands of pro—palestinian protesters are set to march through central london this lunchtime. the demonstrators from stop the war and palestine solidarity campaign are calling for an end to the conflict between israel and hamas and for a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel . well, as we heard at to israel. well, as we heard at the top of the programme from dawn, the number of cases of a waterborne disease in south devon caused by a microscopic parasite are expected to rise for at least another two weeks. confirmed cases of cryptosporidium in the brixham area have more than doubled, with another 100 people reporting similar symptoms. people have been told to boil their tap water before drinking it and bottled water has been handed out at collection points well. south west water has now apologised and they are giving affected residents compensation of £115. meanwhile, more than 30

protests are being held on beaches and rivers across the uk today to raise awareness of sewage pollution . campaign group sewage pollution. campaign group surfers against sewage are demanding more action to clean up the nation's waterways. they're also calling on paddleboarders to join them at one of their paddle out protests across the country today, olympian and keen paddle boarder dame kelly holmes is one of the famous faces set to join a demonstration . the triple lock demonstration. the triple lock on pensions will cost households an extra £10 billion a year by 2034. that's according to reports in the telegraph . reports in the telegraph. pensions are raised every year by an amount linked to inflation in wages, or by a minimum of 2.5. the obr predicts that spending on the state pension will exceed £150 billion annually in real terms, within the next decade. economists, though, are warning this will place an unstable burden, they say, on taxpayers possibly forcing people to work longer and pay for the increase. currently the full state pension

is just over one £221 a week. that was following an 8.5% rise in april . the health and social in april. the health and social harms caused by alcohol in england cost the taxpayer more than £27 billion a year, according to new estimates . according to new estimates. that's a 40% increase in the last ten years. the institute of alcohol studies says the cost of crime and disorder linked to drinking costs more than £14.5 billion alone, and on health alcohol related harm cost the nhs just under £5 billion. that's enough to pay for the salaries of almost half of all nurses in england . however, the nurses in england. however, the dnnks nurses in england. however, the drinks industry says the data doesn't consider the £46 billion in direct economic benefits to the uk. and finally, if you didn't see the northern lights last weekend, well, there could be another chance on the way. the green, purple and blue scenes are expected to light up uk skies again in around a fortnight . the huge sunspot fortnight. the huge sunspot cluster that hurled energy and

gas towards earth last weekend is now rotating back towards us, and that will release a solar flare towards us in about two weeks time . for the latest weeks time. for the latest stories do sign up to gb news alerts. you can scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . common alerts. >> very good morning to you. 1006 ben and dawn with you on saturday morning live. we were just saying about the northern lights. i missed them because i was in bed. >> i missed them. you were in america, i was in america and they looked lovely and i did. i was lucky enough to see them once, actually, in the arctic circle are in an igloo. >> well, i went to iceland in january to see them and i didn't see them, so that's my luck. oh really? and i was asleep this time around. so there we go. >> i'm never going on holiday with you, ben. sorry. i know you kindly asked me, but it's not happening. right. okay. >> right, big show coming up, including lots of showbiz news. can you guess which former queen of mean from a famous tv game

show is now dating the queen's ex—husband? let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay. dawn knows, but she's not going to be spinning the beans. >> i'm not going to. i'm not. no, no, i'm not going to give the game away because it's quite a fun quiz to do, isn't it? yeah, definitely a bit of a weird one, though. >> strange, strange link up. very strange. >> quite a nice couple, though. >> quite a nice couple, though. >> yeah, yeah, we'll see what you guys think we're going to reveal all very shortly with eddie phillips and showbiz. but for now, let's get to the top story of the day, which is new provisional data, which has just been released from the home office. it shows that the number of illegal migrants crossing the engush of illegal migrants crossing the english channel has reached a new record, with 9861 attempting the crossing so far this year. >> oh god, the 117 arrivals on thursday means that a new record has been set for the number of migrants arriving in the country in the first five months of any calendar year. >> good start. okay, so our political correspondent olivia utley is here with us in the studio. good morning olivia. nice to see you with us. what does this mean for rishi sunak's pledge to stop the boats? because it's not a good start for him, is it? especially in what is a very pivotal couple of months coming up? >> i mean, this is an absolutely huge headache for rishi sunak.

sunak has been making the point for quite a number of months now that his stop the stop the boats plan is working, and actually until now, it looked like the data was backing him up. last yean data was backing him up. last year, arrivals on small boats were down 41% on the year before, and although the rwanda plan obviously hasn't yet been implemented , covid rishi sunak implemented, covid rishi sunak did manage to strike a deal with the albanian prime minister, which meant that all albanian migrants coming here got sent back immediately because albania is deemed to be a safe country . is deemed to be a safe country. and for a while it looked like that strategy was working pretty well. but over the past five months of this year, that number has gone up and up. the prime minister says that's because we're now seeing an influx of vietnamese migrants coming over here, which does , in a way here, which does, in a way underline exactly the point that rishi sunak is making in that you cannot make bilateral deals with countries over and over again, because whatever you do, there will always be there will always be a flow of people who desperately want to come for britain from countries all over

the world. so you cut off one supply and another will just pop up in its place, which is why conservative politicians have been saying for such a long time now that we need a solution like offshoring migrants in rwanda or another third country. obviously that plan hasn't worked yet. it has now got through those final stages in parliament after a lot of, ferrari and we can expect to see migrants taking off for rwanda in the next sort of 6 to 8 weeks. the problem is that makes it pretty late for the prime minister. he wanted flights off the ground by the spring. well, it's the 18th of may now. i think most people would say that spring ends on the 31st, and the longer he leaves it, obviously the closer we get to an election and the more unlikely it is that people will actually see the dividends of the rwanda scheme before they vote. >> and labour are trying to capitalise on that. this week, aren't they? with sir keir starmer coming out with his labour's first steps, which i'm assuming is just before labour's first day at big school . solid first day at big school. solid food, who knows. but that's one of his 5 or 6 pledges. i lose

the plot with how many pledges are actually making these days, but they're trying to gain some ground on the migration situation, aren't they ? situation, aren't they? >> they are sort of. quite belatedly, labour has seemed to realise that this is an issue which really, really resonates with the british public so far. labour's plan essentially involves hiring 1000 new caseworkers in the home office to try and clear the backlog and get those migrants processed quicker. i mean, the yvette cooper has a nice way of phrasing. i think she calls it an army or something, some sort of similar military, simile , an of similar military, simile, an army of people clearing the backlog. it does really come down to more pen pushers in the home office. and i think there will be quite a lot of voters who aren't really sure if that as a policy will cut the mustard. >> okey doke. shall we move on to some other stories in the papers doing the rounds today we're joined by ceo and founder of youth vote uk, alex cairns. good morning alex. good to see you. good morning. rent controls, the shadow chancellor would give councils powers to cap rent rises. good idea. bad

idea. >> i think it's a good idea. idea. >> i think it's a good idea . so >> i think it's a good idea. so a lot of people forget for a long time there was actually legislation that was put in place to actually cap rent, i think, to the late 80s. it was obviously changed. i know a lot's happened since then, but actually we're seeing now landlords really are kind of taking the mick with rent. you know, a lot of people that rent clearly can't afford to buy you know, it's a very difficult situation. the average rent price in london is about £1,200. you know, for a lot of young people that i know every year it's going up by, you know, seven, eight, 9% in some cases. and actually their wages aren't going up in line with that. so actually i know, you know, a lot of people will argue, but landlords you know, it's a free market. landlords should be free to do what they want. but actually if it's forcing people to have to move away, you could argue it's kind of irresponsible to not have any legislation. >> so in defence of landlords, right . interest rates have right. interest rates have rocketed. we had years of nought percent, 0.25, pretty much 0% free money. now we've been at 4, 5, 6, even up to 8% in some recent times on buy to lets and yet wages haven't gone up. but

that's not landlord's fault, is it? the landlords still have to pay it? the landlords still have to pay their mortgages and there's an illusion , i think, that an illusion, i think, that landlords are these rich barons with multiple homes. a lot of them have just inherited houses from dead parents. they're struggling to pay the mortgages on their own properties, let alone buy to let. so why should landlords subsidise tenants whose wages aren't going up? >> because i think, you know, we're going to have a situation where if there isn't legislation, there, they're going to constantly see tenants coming in, can't afford to stay and being moved out. actually, to be honest, i think there's an argument to be said for both parties here because if there is some legislation put in place, i think landlords would actually look at, okay, you know, for example, if we can't put it up by more than 5, potentially, there's other ways that we can monetise it. but i think actually i'm not going to be sympathetic with landlords because i think i'm just not because i think i'm just not because i think a lot of stories i've heard, you know, a lot of people i know, you know, the work that organisation have said countless times that landlords aren't interested in their, you know, their wage increase . know, their wage increase. they're just interested in making more money. and i think it's a tough time for everyone . it's a tough time for everyone. >> i think just, just i've

covered this story before and i completely see where you're coming from, from from a sort of ideological perspective . but in ideological perspective. but in practice it doesn't work. it's been done in scotland. nicola sturgeon introduced a very similar policy in 2022, and actually rent rises have gone up quicker in scotland than in the rest of the uk. rent rises have gone up by 10.8% since 2022, compared to 8.6, and that's in london and london's pretty much the highest place in the rest of the highest place in the rest of the uk. now why is that? it's because if you introduce a rent cap then landlords, they just leave the market. 17% of landlords have either sold in scotland in the last two years, or are planning to sell over the next year. and ideally, obviously, you get into a situation where those houses go on the market, they flood the market, meaning that the price of those houses goes down and people who were renting are able to buy in practice. we know that doesn't work because people just don't have the deposits. so instead what you get into is a situation where there's a smaller supply of houses and just as many people renting. and

so counterintuitively , you get so counterintuitively, you get rent prices going up. >> this story comes from rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor has suggested that it might be applicable in some areas, but instantly it was cold water poured on it by the labour party, saying, this is not a labour policy. so there seems to be some division in the labour party as well as in the conservative party. >> absolutely. and i think we should be a bit careful about that. rachel reeves has suggested that she personally might be in favour of the idea, but what she's actually said is that she wouldn't rule out allowing councils to introduce rent control if they wanted to throughout the country, which obviously is a very different kettle of fish from what nicola sturgeon did, which was introduce rent controls herself throughout scotland. so it's a very different situation . and as very different situation. and as you say, dawn, labour have already poured cold water on this. but if it is a sort of pet project of the shadow chancellor, you can see it happening anyway. >> but it's interesting because actually, you know, we when we poll young people, a lot of young people are in favour of it. i think actually it polls well, and i think labour have

actually got to look at this and think, can we sit down with landlords, can we sit down with potentially let's be honest, a majority of people that rent are tend to be younger because obviously, you know, they've not got on the housing ladder. and actually there's got to be a way of finding a solution because at the moment there isn't a solution and people are having to move further and further away because they can't afford their rent price, and then people can't afford to buy. so, you know, they can't all move backwards. mum and dad, there's no solution. >> i've got, i've got, be well, yeah. build more houses. i do have massive sympathy for the younger generation because they are not going to be owning their own homes, which means they won't have families. the birth rate is going to continue to fall, and unless you've got help from mum and dad or you get lucky with investments, you're just not going to own homes. so i do get it. but it also does make me laugh. you know, young people especially are all quite happy with open borders and uncontrolled mass migration, and yet they don't equate the two, you know, whilst we're not building more houses and the government isn't, you know, building properties and homes for people, you can't then also be happy to have a lot of people come into the country. but should we move on to a very interesting story, to say the least, this teacher, rebecca joynes, who's been convicted of

sexual activity with two teenage boys, 15 and 16 year olds, two lads, she taught it . she's lads, she taught it. she's probably going to get a prison sentence when she's sentenced in july. is it different that it's a woman and not a man? should we be treating her differently? >> i mean, not really . be treating her differently? >> i mean, not really. i don't think there is the argument that she has a baby and, you know, is it right to. >> she had a baby with one of the 15 year olds, which is not a great situation, but the situation now is that she is the mother of a small child. >> and you know, is it sensible to send her to prison? perhaps there should be sort of clemency leniency on that front, but should she be treated any differently to a man in the same situation? i mean, probably not. thatis situation? i mean, probably not. that is a 15 year old boy who has been groomed over a number of months. and then, absolutely bizarrely, while she was on bail, having been arrested for having a sort of affair with 116 year old boy, she goes and has an affair with another one. >> alex. so there is this. there is this reaction out there that it would be worse if it was an older man grooming a teenage girl, then on, you know, a 15

year old boy having an affair with a woman in her early 20s, as she was . yeah. as she was. yeah. >> i think there is double standards sometimes on this. i think for whatever reason, the pubuc think for whatever reason, the public have a different perception. you know, as you say , they maybe have a little bit more sympathy for someone that's going to potentially be a mum. but what i would say and obviously, you know, i wasn't in school that long ago, you know, in classrooms, i think there needs to be more training around how teachers deal with so—called lad banter , because actually the lad banter, because actually the story talks about a lot of the guys were saying , oh, miss, you guys were saying, oh, miss, you look so sexy today and making lots of comments. and obviously it kind of fed her ego. and actually there needs to be a way where teachers are trained to make sure that they can enjoy the compliments without engaging, because it's a very fine line. and once you engage once potentially because i've seen it first hand, and even the school i went to, it just becomes a thing where you're tempted and temptation is a difficult thing, you know? >> i know we laugh about it, but he just confessed to being tempted by a teacher. >> live on air. yeah. tell us

more, alex. >> it is. it is every young lad's dream. i'm just going to say it now to get with their teacher. why not? >> you fancy? go for it. >> you fancy? go for it. >> you fancy? go for it. >> you fancy your teachers, right? but the thing that gets me with this story is that she made a father of one of those young lads and becoming a father. i speak as one of two young boys is a very special occasion. you want to do it with someone you love. it's something you dream of for many, many decades. finally when you're you're ready, you do it and you do it with someone you love and you know you're in a solid relationship with, not your teacher who's sleeping with you and your mates because she just split up from her long term boyfriend. that's the bit that gets me. >> no, i agree, i agree, and i think this this is where you know, you are in a duty of care. you need to understand that, you know, people will make comments to you, but you have to. you're there to teach them. there's a very fine line and you need to make sure that actually, if you think that there is too much banter in that class, you've got to go to the senior management and actually say that some of these comments are coming my way. how do i deal with it? because i think sometimes teachers maybe, you know, it's a difficult job. i don't know if

they're always equipped to deal with those situations. and then this happens if they're not given the right training. >> i think that's quite a kind interpretation. >> should we move swiftly on what, seeing as you've both confessed to fancying your teacher, and if you are a former teacher, and if you are a former teacher of these two, please call, olivia, are you a big tipper , well, i'm finding it tipper, well, i'm finding it quite annoying now in london. >> i think it's very true that the american culture has come over here quite often in restaurants. >> you'll see 15% immediately added to the bill without getting any say . getting any say. >> you know, if there's been particularly good service, of course, i'm happy to tip , but course, i'm happy to tip, but sometimes you get sort of eight different waiters over the course of a meal. none of them have given you any kind of personal service, and then you're expected to pay another 15, presumably because the business doesn't want to pay proper wages. >> by the way, what is the tipping rate? is it i normally tipping rate? is it i normally tip 10, but people call me a cheapskate. apparently. >> i think 10% is right. 10% now. it used to be 10 to 12.5. now it seems to be 12.5. yeah. >> and it's sneaked up. but because we're british, unless you're me in america, obviously , you're me in america, obviously, because we're british, we don't like to say, you know, you it's

you've had okay service, but you get the bill at the end of it and you don't like to say, well, i'm sorry, i'm not putting a tip. it takes someone quite brave to do that. and that has been spectacularly bad service. >> i used to be very embarrassed when my mum would do that in a restaurant, and now i'm on the other side of it. >> and i do know my mum used to do. we'd leave a tip in a restaurant and my mum, i have vivid memories. sorry mum, if you're watching she would scoop up the tip from the table and pocket it on the way out and i'd see her doing it. no, no, this is because she. but simply because she didn't believe in tipping. not because they hadn't done a bad job, but it just wasn't in the culture, especially of, you know, older generations. sorry again, mum, but, you know, i think it's more of a younger thing, isn't it? this tipping. yeah. >> i think, i think it's interesting because, you know, i know people that work in hospitality. i think if you don't have a tipping system and you leave it to people to tip a lot of the data suggests a lot of people don't tip. so i think you can argue that maybe there's a way 12.5, i think, is the standard rate that they put on bills and not restaurants. i think that's quite high. so maybe there should be a base

rate where it's 5% standard. and if you want to add more, you do. but i think we see the reason that they're bringing it in is because a lot of people on minimum wage that work in hospitality, if there isn't a tipping system, people don't voluntarily, as you say, they don't want a tip because they they think, oh, you know, it's such a i don't need to tip. but actually, if you look at it from the hospitality perspective, people actually don't earn a lot, you know? >> so would you, would you tip a takeaway guy that dropped a curry to your door? >> see, that's just what i was going to say. i don't really understand why hospitality particularly, you know, if you go into a shop and someone gives you fantastic service, they're getting all your clothes in the right size and they say, you know, oh, that really suits your weight. i think you should you wouldn't think to tip them because that doesn't seem to be that tipping culture in retail. and i can understand people in hospitality aren't paid. yeah, i'm not suggesting it's brought in, but it does seem to be a bit of a it does seem to be a bit unequal of a it does seem to be a bit unequal. i don't really know why hospitality is treated differently. >> people should just be paid an honest wage for doing an honest job, shouldn't they? that's the bottom line here. >> yeah, yeah yeah. >> yeah, yeah yeah. >> would you tip a takeaway driver that comes to your door?

i asked this again because i always do. and my wife always says, why are you tipping them? >> but because they are very poorly paid. i mean, i've already spent £40 on a takeaway. >> why are you tipping them another american story? >> that you meant to leave money for the cleaners? housekeeping in your room. and ours was so bad they literally flew through a toilet roll at me when i asked for another one. and then they expected me to leave for money them. >> maybe they thought it was halloween. it's halloween on a different date in america. >> why would halloween? >> why would halloween? >> you know, you lobbed toilet rolls over over trees. >> you referring to my looks? oh no. no you're not. >> no. beautiful dawn. >> no. beautiful dawn. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> most glamorous women @gbnews. >> most glamorous women @gbnews. >> she's going to go so well today, isn't it? >> there we go. right. olivia utley. alicia kearns. thank you very much. good start, coming up. is it time we started punishing parents for their kids bad behaviour in public? but up next is britain's tap water toxic. and i want to know we're going to be speaking to a water expert. should we start looking into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into the pipes? you plug them in underneath the tap or even bigger, you get massive sort of steel filters that take away all the heavy metals and chemicals in the water. is that something we need to look at? we're going

to be speaking to a waterways expert who will tell us all about the dirty water infecting devon very shortly. this saturday morning, live on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. >> good morning . hope you're >> good morning. hope you're having a wonderful saturday out there. now, don't forget to keep sending in your messages and questions about the topics in the news this week. we're talking about. we're chatting with them with our panel guests later. but we have a look at what some people have been saying already. yeah, we just on that one from your mum. >> no, as i said, hopefully she's not watching because i'll be told off for exposing her for nicking tips in restaurants. well i don't think she does anymore. she did certainly when i was a kid. ian it is your mum, dean >> ben. shut up. >> ben. shut up. >> no, it's not, ian says. why the hell should i tip a delivery driver? for example, from domino's, when the price of a pizza is more than enough for them to pay their drivers

properly? good point on domino's. they're not here to defend themselves, but goodness me, £20 for a pizza plus, michael good morning. you say i only tip if i know that it is shared with the kitchen staff. they work just as hard, if not harder than the waiting staff who carry the plates to the table. >> true. yeah. i mean, a lot of people feel strongly about this. i do keep getting in touch. that's how you do it on your screen. now. it's too long for me to read out gbnews.com forward slash yourself. >> and just one quick one from robert on. rental prices, capping rents. this proposal from rachel reeves, which hasn't seem to be backed by labour at all, says ben. my friend rents one tiny room for £850 per month here in brighton. my neck of the woods all facilities are shared with others like kitchens and bathrooms . yeah, i feel you, bathrooms. yeah, i feel you, robert. as i said, i have big sympathy for especially the younger generation kids who just aren't going to own their own homes and in turn, no families, no kids. birth rate plummets where does it leave us? big issue for the conservatives as well, because happy saturday morning everybody. >> let's cheer you up even more now by talking about dirty water. if you're having your breakfast that's equally as cheery, by the way, if you're

having your breakfast, apologies. okay, we're going to talk dirty water. now, around 16,000 businesses and households in devon have this week been warned to boil their tap water before drinking it, or even cleaning their teeth due a parasite outbreak. >> grimm , the uk health security >> grimm, the uk health security agency, announced yesterday that cases of the parasitic waterborne disease had doubled with the number of cases confirmed to around. is it ? confirmed to around. is it? >> i think it's over 46 now. 46? yeah. >> other cases of sickness and diarrhoea are also under investigation . investigation. >> south west water have said that it was possible the contamination of the water supply was caused by cattle manure . after a damaged air manure. after a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cows were identified as potential source. >> so after a week where schools were closed in the local area and businesses were thrown into chaos, what's the situation now in the south west? we're joined by the founder of waterways protection, philip greenwood . protection, philip greenwood. good morning, philip. thank you for joining us. good morning. forjoining us. good morning. what's going on then? is it still safe to drink water in the

southeast southwest yet, or is it still going on the problem? >> well, the problem is still going on. they've not solved it. the breakout of, crypto spyridium. it's a bit of a tongue twister. >> i'm glad you said that. one. i'm dreading that coming up. >> you know, i had to practice the name. actually pronounce a couple of times before it gone, but. but cryptosporidium. and there's a there's a whole bunch more. we've got this cryptosporidium today, which it basically comes from, animal poo or human poo. so what's actually happenedis or human poo. so what's actually happened is the is our faecal matter or animal faecal matter. they're saying possibly they don't know for sure , has entered don't know for sure, has entered the clean water system. so now, you know, the people of , that you know, the people of, that area, devon, are now drinking their own waste or the waste of animals , which is really it's animals, which is really it's not a surprise . i mean, the not a surprise. i mean, the network's not only southwest water. southwest water. let's just get one thing straight southwest water doesn't exist. it's an operational name for

lazard investments, for blackrock, for vanguard laser are the single largest shareholder , in southwest water shareholder, in southwest water in penang group, which owns south water . south water. >> oh. that's interesting. they're owned by blackrock, are a big shareholder. are they. >> yeah blackrock they're a big shareholder. they own over 5.1. lazard is a single largest shareholder in pennon group. pennon group owns southwest water owns bristol water. >> owns bournemouth water i have a key question. is this a example of britain in decline or is this does this happen elsewhere in europe now and then?i elsewhere in europe now and then? i mean, is it a particularly out of the norm situation? >> okay. this is , this is a very >> okay. this is, this is a very out of the norm situation . i out of the norm situation. i mean, what we had, when brexit happened , the that we were happened, the that we were given, the water companies were given, the water companies were given a green light. well, the european regulations are going to be going soon. so you know you're okay. they started to slide. okay i'm not saying it was perfect before then, but it started to slide . and then when started to slide. and then when we had, the, you know, the

virus, the covid 19 virus, then the water companies just saw that as a green light to pollute at will. and don't forget, we've got over 10,000 illegal sewage pipes from the, from the water companies up and down the country , pumping into every country, pumping into every single nook and cranny, including underwater aquifers. okay. which are pure , pristine okay. which are pure, pristine and that they just simply dumping sewage in it is a it is a it's beyond it's not just the southwest . southwest. >> this is happening all over the country. all had stories from windermere this week as well . and polluted water related well. and polluted water related hospital admissions are up 60% in ten years. meanwhile, just picking out thames water because ihappen picking out thames water because i happen to live in the thames water area. thames water, £18 billion in debt going to put their bills up to ordinary punters above by 40, potentially . meanwhile, they paid 37.5 million in dividends to shareholders. why aren't they fixing their pipes? >> because they don't have to. because the american institutions that own the companies have a fiduciary

responsibility duty to their shareholders. and their shareholders. and their shareholders say you make profit at any cost. so if they can extract more money, they will. that's they are financial pariahs. the only person with any authority in the uk to stop them doing this is the pm. it's not the water ministers, it's not the water ministers, it's not the water ministers, it's not the epa, it's not defra, it's the pm currently rishi sunak. so rishi sunak right now is busy attacking disabled people , things like this. but people, things like this. but what he really should be focused on and on is stopping this biological warfare which has been happening to the uk because pretty soon what, what you need to understand is pretty soon is when all the rivers and the seas are completely polluted. yeah, because of all the raw sewage, you're going to have things like super viruses that are going to come next. this cryptosporidium we've got now is nothing. we've got so much more coming down the line, so forth than covid. >> so off what, philip, are completely useless. basically they're meant to be the watchdog looking after what the water

companies are doing, but they're completely useless. >> well, what you've got to remember. off. what off what are there to regulate the financial and the management aspect of the water companies and the epa and defra, they're there to monitor the day to day physical activities. but yes, off what in terms of the regulation of the financial side worse than useless, less than useless? >> okay, philip, very quickly, in 10s, should we look at buying water filters? because i saw an advert for one on instagram yesterday. they looked very interesting. do they work? >> i mean, literally, you don't have a choice if you. you can't keep having plastic water because it's full of microplastics. so you need to get proper water filter, attach it to your tap, reverse osmosis. and that's the way you've got to do it, because you can't trust the drinking water in this country . country. >> thank you philip. good stuff. if you're just enjoying a cup of tea in the morning from the tap, yeah. enjoy. and good luck. >> it's been nice knowing you, philip greenwood, waterways protection. thank you very much. there, right. well, coming up, we'll be looking ahead to tonight's big fight. and a little bit later, we'll find out which queen of mean is now dating the queen's former hubby.

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>> hello. welcome back to gb news saturday with him. ben. leo. mish. dawn neesom. and we hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there. and we're just here to try and cheer you up, but i don't think we're doing a great job so far. >> no, it's been fun. a lot of, slightly grim stories with the water and whatever else. >> but now we're gonna have fun because it's all about your kids. my kids, and how well behaved they are, how good a parent i am as well. how a marvellous parent. yes yes, i'm sure your wife would back that up too. definitely. who is currently at home with the kids? >> true. >> true. >> well, someone's got to work. oh right. >> okay, well, go on then. you

can read this bit out now. okay. this is about you. >> well, look, we've seen in recent weeks and months several different examples of young people behaving badly on our streets. i mean, that's an understatement. so what's the answer? well, one suggestion. >> it has been to fine the parents of those youngsters, who are antisocial and a bit for them to take responsibility, but in a cost of living crisis, our financial penalties, the best way to tackle bad behaviour. >> and at what age should children receive the toughest discipline. so joining us now is etiquette expert laura windsor. good morning. laura. hi, laura. hi. what's the answer then ? how hi. what's the answer then? how old? two questions, i guess. should parents take responsibility for their kids behaviour and should they be fined? and then also, what age should kids reach before they're absolved of all responsibility ? absolved of all responsibility? >> the problem is that if you fine the parents, some of them can't even afford to pay the gas bills. so what do you do there ? bills. so what do you do there? second thing, for those parents who can afford the fines, okay,

they pay it. and then what? we seem to be getting at the symptom and not the cause here. and i do agree that parents manners are beginning in the home. so >> so why laura, i can't get my head around recently is why have we not just in austria but lost responsibility for our own behaviour? so you know, when i was a kid, if you misbehaved, certainly at school, you know, you go home. your parents would give you a clip around the ear and then march you back up the school to apologise to the teacher. these days, if a kid misbehaves in school, they blame the teacher. >> they blame the teacher. >> they blame the teacher. >> they blame the teacher. >> they go up to the school and take the teacher around the ear. yeah, little johnny or johnny can't do any wrong. so why have we got into this situation where kids are behaving so antisocially? >> well, obviously it's the parents fault. they're not taught self—awareness and the effect that their behaviour can have on other people if they're aware of what their behaviours are actually doing to other people, then maybe vie they would feel a little bit more conscious of what they're doing .

conscious of what they're doing. >> and am i without getting too deep into this, is this a generational thing? because you've got not necessarily kids of a young age having kids, but but mentally kids immature people having kids who maybe didn't themselves have the best childhood , weren't taught childhood, weren't taught manners and etiquette, then they're having kids and they haven't got the knowledge or the expertise to hand down to them. >> that's right. they don't have the know how. so where where do they get their instruction from perhaps children when they're very little up to about six years of age, they take in everything. they're like little sponges , aren't they? sponges, aren't they? >> incredible. yeah. >> incredible. yeah. >> and they're surrounded by behaviours from their parents, the schools, the peers. there doesn't seem to be enough role models as. >> do you not think you talked about fines saying that, you know , who's going to be able to know, who's going to be able to afford a fine if you can't pay your gas bill, if you're middle class and you've got a bit of wedge in your bank, it's not going to touch the sides. what about means tested taking fines out of, say , benefit payments? out of, say, benefit payments? if you're earning 400 k a year, a certain percentage of your salary. >> but the thing is that even if you do pay fines, manners, you

can't learn manners in a few minutes. it takes it takes a long time to instil what is right a respect, accountability in children . in children. >> i remember saying to my four year old yesterday, i picked him up from nursery and his routine is he comes home and that's when he watches his first bit of television and we chuck him a little bit of chocolate as a treat, just a tiny bit. and anyway, i gave him the chocolate or the sweet, whatever it was, and he didn't say thank you. i said sorry, i didn't hear what you said there, but just little things like that. and as you said, their brains are so like sponges that it drills it into them. just, you know, common respect, manners takes practice. >> practice, practice, practice. >> practice, practice, practice. >> so, laura, what do we do about this situation though? i mean, i agree with you. i think fining parents is not going to help the basic problem here. but what about i mean, i'm not sure if etiquette lessons is the right word to describe it, but lessons in helping adults parents to learn how to be polite, to have manners, to treat other people with respect. >> well, i do a lot of lessons

on social skills. that's what i teach children, and i think it would be a good idea to teach the parents as well. >> can you give us some tips? give me as a parent some tips on good manners and social skills that i good manners and social skills thati can good manners and social skills that i can pass on to my boys? >> okay. in order to gain respect, you have to give it so those children need respect and love and understanding. if you want to teach them manners, you have to. you have to teach them why they have to do a certain thing, the accountability part of it. and when they understand that, then it filters in their brain and it becomes hopefully second nature in the long run . second nature in the long run. >> so what advice would you give to people watching now, laura, who aren't as good as dads as ben obviously come to my lessons . yeah, exactly. you're going to be very busy. but, you know, if their child is already fairly out of control, how do you deal with that? it's incredibly stressful when you've got a child throwing a tantrum to try and explain how, you know, basic manners and trying to be, you know, be nice to people, not throw paddies.

>> yeah. it's that's a very good question. and i can't really answer that in full. obviously the child there's something wrong perhaps within the family unit itself, something that isn't being , i can't think of isn't being, i can't think of the word . they're not they're the word. they're not they're not helping the child. >> there's something there that i think i can answer that door. >> yes. answer them. >> yes. answer them. >> go on. dad. >> and i think it all comes to down consequences. and if you don't deliver consequences for behaviour, not just bad behaviour, not just bad behaviour, but good behaviour with my two boys, if they are well behaved or they do something particularly good or they're helpful around the house, i reward them . i'm not house, i reward them. i'm not saying they behave well because they're thinking in their mind consciously. they're going to get a reward or a treat or something, but it does help. it starts to build the momentum and the idea that being a good person is beneficial, not just for yourself, because people will like you. they want to be around you, but it makes you their life. my boys life easier as well. so i think you need consequences for both good behaviour and bad behaviour. and

also they need from an early age to get something back. as you said that mutual respect. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but maybe i should be sitting there. >> well maybe you should do my lessons for me. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> you can i'm sure. >> here. that'd be nice. >> here. that'd be nice. >> i'm sure you can teach me a thing or two about manners. >> well yeah, i was going to ask for a bit of personal advice, but i don't think we've got a long enough show. >> i think the americans would. >> i think the americans would. >> oh, god. yeah. >> oh, god. yeah. >> i've not tipping. not tipping in american supermarkets. they'll give you. >> move on. let's move on, shall we? >> all right. laura windsor, thank you very much. if people want to find out more about you and your services, where can they go, laura windsor etiquette. com >> great. >> great. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> not asking for advice. >> not asking for advice. >> right. coming up we're going to be getting the latest on the big boxing clash tonight between tyson fury and oleksandr usyk. the big ukrainian. we've got it's aidan magee i think aidan magee and we've got a boxing guest as well talking about it, someone who actually knows what they're doing. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> duke mckenzie former world heavyweight champion, a brit. this is saturday morning live on gb news, britain's news channel stick with

us. >> double whammy. >> double whammy. >> good morning. 1048 ben and dawn with you on saturday morning live on gb news now. big fight tonight in riyadh in saudi arabia , tyson fury, the british arabia, tyson fury, the british boxer facing oleksandr usyk , the boxer facing oleksandr usyk, the fierce ukrainian. joining us now to preview the big bout is our resident sports correspondent aidan magee. and former professional boxer and world champion duke mckenzie . good champion duke mckenzie. good morning to you duke, give us a flavour of tonight then what doesit flavour of tonight then what does it mean in terms of the legacy of tyson fury? he's bidding to become the undisputed world champion. who last was, as far as i remember. was it lennox lewis 25 years ago? >> lennox lewis , lennox lewis 20 >> lennox lewis, lennox lewis 20 years ago. >> over 20 years now. so in terms of magnitude, this is as big as it gets. it's this when the heavyweights fight for the undisputed championship of the

world, it's the biggest fight in boxing. so what we're looking for obviously what everybody wants is, is a fury victory, couldn't have picked a tougher opponent in in oleksandr usyk is just about as good as it gets right across the board. former cruiserweight world champion, undefeated professional world champion , former undisputed champion, former undisputed cruiserweight world champion. i might add , so he brings so much might add, so he brings so much to this, to this fight. it's going to be an amazing fight. i'm sure ijust going to be an amazing fight. i'm sure i just hope the viewers get what they get. value for money. >> duke , it's, aidan here. i >> duke, it's, aidan here. i wondered if we might be guilty , wondered if we might be guilty, as we often are as a part of a british audience of underestimating oleksandr usyk. he's highly skilled, isn't he? >> yeah. listen he's a southpaw. all right, he's a little bit on the small side, but when you. when. sorry, guys. when you're. when, when you fight a bigger guy, if you're a smaller guy and you're fighting a bigger guy, then you set a really, really quick pace and you make the bigger guy fight harder. pace.

i'm not so sure that tyson fury is going to have the engine to keep up with this guy, because he's lost so much weight, tyson fury coming into this fight, that's not a good thing. you know, his best weight is probably about 21, 22 stone. that's his fighting weight . but that's his fighting weight. but i think he's going to be under that today. so that doesn't really bode too well. but i think for my money, it's just it's just a better all rounder. you know he's he's he's ring iq is brilliant. you know it doesn't get cut . it doesn't get doesn't get cut. it doesn't get knocked down. he knows how to win. he knows how to grind out a win. he knows how to grind out a win. and i just expect him to win. and i just expect him to win. i mean listen, i'd like to make a case for fury winning this fight, but if i was asked if i was going to fight one of these two guys, which one would i prefer? i'd prefer to fight fury .uk i often pay the subscription as you have to, to watch these boxing matches live in the middle of the night. >> this one's coming from saudi arabia, isn't it. how do you think this one's going to go the distance? do you think it'll be a knockout? is it is it basically worth us paying to watch it tonight? oh yeah. >> listen, you got to pay to

watch it. it's like i say, it's not a fight. it's an event. it would have been great if the fight would have been over here at wembley arena in front of 90,000 100,000. but that's not the case. it's ended up in saudi because they're paying the big bucks. and yeah, of course it's worth staying up to watch. but i you know, i think that who wins the fight and i could see i could see him stopping fury late in the fight. you know, around round eight, nine, ten, somewhere around there because, you know, this guy's got the world of his country. he's got the whole country that he's fighting for. and some guy shnnk fighting for. and some guy shrink under that sort of pressure. but this guy still thrives to it and rises to it. so i would i would imagine he'll set a really, really quick pace to get under them. big long arms of fury and he'll work him out on the inside. of fury and he'll work him out on the inside . and, you know, on the inside. and, you know, there's a bit of scar tissue floating around in fury's. i am sure from his last fight he got quite got cut and sorry he got cut in training. they tell me. so that that could open up. that could be part of the part of the reason why the fights get stopped. but i just think it's

just got a little bit too much of everything. a good jab, good engine, takes a good shot, good ring iq, it's going to take a very , very it will take an very, very it will take an exceptional tyson fury to beat him. this isn't the tyson fury we're looking at that went to america and beat deontay wilder. you know this guy's or that went to germany and beat, klitschko. you know there's a few there's a few miles on his clock now and, i just think, you know, it's a much fresher younger i think he's 36, 37 years of age. he's a youngen he's 36, 37 years of age. he's a younger, fresher. he's you know, his engine's just far better for me. >> jude, can i just ask you about the. you mentioned it just then you referenced it. the gash that opened up during training a few months ago. are you concerned about that? i think we'll probably learn a bit about his stance, won't we? as regards whether he's prepared to protect it and if he if he is protecting it, then i suppose you will probably move in for the kill. >> well, yeah, i mean, listen, he wouldn't be fighting if he never got medical clearance from the governing body. you know, as far as that cut is concerned, i hopeit far as that cut is concerned, i hope it doesn't open up because obviously what we don't want is

a fight stopped on cuts. but you can't bear that out. you can't you can't rule that one out could get stuff stopped on cuts. and then we're going to have a, it'll be more controversial. we'll have more controversial ending than what we first anticipated. but i think there's going to be controversy right across the board in this one tonight because, this is the this is tyson fury we're talking about. he never knows what he's going to do when he's going to do it. you know, he's almost like a walking time bomb. they say that he's been quite calm in training. this is, sort of paramount, for him. but i mean, you know, listen, nerves can take a toll on any fight. it doesn't matter who you are, whether you're mike tyson or or, or a flyweight boxer, it doesn't really matter who you are. nerves can take a hold of you. and maybe that's just his. his nervous side coming out a little bit. because the reality is the fight is only a few hours away. >> duke very quickly , one final >> duke very quickly, one final question. the prize tonight is £115 million prize purse. is there too much money in boxing? is it ruining it just very quickly. >> no, no , i don't think it's >> no, no, i don't think it's ruining the sport. this is, if anything else, it's going to enfice anything else, it's going to

entice younger kids to get involved in sports because they're going to see that as a as a bit of a golden carrot. so this, this and the fact that the fight has gone to saudi and there's a lot of money involved, i think it's great for the sport. >> all right. jake, thanks very much for being with us. appreciate it. enjoy the fight tonight. thank you aidan. thank you. cheers guys. stick with us on saturday morning live. more to come including our showbiz back in. just a . tick. back in. just a. tick. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news is . hello. weather on gb news is. hello. welcome to your gb news weather forecast from the met office. sunny spells for some today, but also some heavy showers in the south and some of these could turn thundery as well. so looking at the bigger picture, we've got high pressure situated out towards the west, but low pressure in the east and this is given a focus for some cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain across the southeast this morning. so through the rest of the afternoon we have got a heavy showers breaking out, especially

across wales and the southwest of england. here the met office have got a yellow thunderstorm warning in force, so there could be some difficult driving conditions elsewhere. sunny spells, low cloud lingering in the east of scotland but feeling warm in that sunshine with highs of 23 degrees. so through the rest of the day, heavy showers continuing across the across wales and southwest england . wales and southwest england. with the weather warning in force until 8 pm. this evening. cloudier conditions across the southeast, but plenty of sunshine across east anglia and northern england. some showers breaking out across dumfries and galloway and also the cairngorms , where these could also be heavy, containing some thunder heavy, containing some thunder heavy, some low cloud persisting across eastern coast . so feeling across eastern coast. so feeling cooler here but in the sunshine, feeling pleasant. so through this evening, heavy showers continuing across the cairngorms generally easing and the showers across the south—west and wales also easing. later in the evening. elsewhere turning dnen evening. elsewhere turning drier. plenty of clear skies on

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thousands are expected to take to the streets in central london this lunchtime to protest about the war with hamas demonstrators from stop the war and the palestine solidarity campaign are calling for an end to the conflict, and a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel . the sales from the uk to israel. the number of cases of a water borne disease in south devon caused by a microscopic parasite are expected to rise for at least another two weeks. confirmed cases of cryptosporidium in the brixham area have more than doubled to now 46, with another 100 people reporting similar symptoms. people have been told to boil their tap water before drinking it. bottled water has also been handed out at collection points. southwest water have now apologised to customers and they're giving affected residents compensation of £115. well, meanwhile, protesters are demanding more action to clean up the nation's rivers and coasts , calling on rivers and coasts, calling on the regulator to now step in campaign groups . surfers against

campaign groups. surfers against sewage are paddling out from beachesin sewage are paddling out from beaches in more than 30 locations, from cornwall to edinburgh , demanding more action edinburgh, demanding more action to stop pollution in the waters . to stop pollution in the waters. olympian and keen paddle boater dame kelly holmes is one of the famous faces set to join a demonstration on the south coast. well, we've heard this morning that a former church of england priest has been charged with child sex offences dating back to the late 1990s. eight year old wilfred whitaker, who changed his name from colin prichard after he was convicted of a separate offence in 2008, has been charged with rape and gross indecency with a boy aged under 14. now a man in his 30s, he was serving at a church in east sussex at the time. he'll appearin east sussex at the time. he'll appear in court on the 10th of june. two east london criminals have been sentenced for smuggling migrants into the uk using lorries and light aircraft. morteza hilal and kreshnik cadena, part of the major albanian crime network,

arranged at least nine migrant trips in 2016 and 2017. the national crime agency's eight year long investigation revealed the two men had provided counterfeit documents for safe transport, charging £10,000 per person they've received combined sentences of five years and two months at court. sentences of five years and two months at court . almost 80 months at court. almost 80 people over the age of 65 are dying each day in england, according to new figures , while according to new figures, while still waiting to receive social care, charity and campaigners are calling on politicians to address the problem , accusing address the problem, accusing the government of a lack of investment. however, the department for health and social care says that up to £86 billion has been made available in additional funding over two years. the leader of the liberal democrats claims the scottish government's neglected mental health care services there. ed davey, who was in scotland to address his party's conference today, is calling for a tax paid by social media companies to be

trebled to help fund services. he says this would raise an additional £9.5 billion for the uk over the next five years, of which £770 million. he says he would allocate to scotland . and would allocate to scotland. and finally, some weather news. a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued by the met office for parts of wales and southwest england. slow moving heavy showers and lightning strikes are expected to hit between 1:00 and 8:00 this evening, potentially triggering flooding across the country. some areas we understand could see up to 4 or 5cm of rain. for the latest stories , you can sign up to gb stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen or go to our website gb news. commerce. now, though, it's back to ben and dawn . dawn. >> good morning. 1105. ben and dawn with you on saturday morning live. two very quick emails. one from robert. good morning robert. emails. one from robert. good morning robert . you say i'm one

morning robert. you say i'm one of seven lads brought up in the 60s. we respected our parents. not one of us has ever been in trouble. no benefits back then. so we all had to pull our weight with stacking shop shelves, paper rounds, etc. and cj you say regarding antisocial behaviour, it went wrong when children were given rights and smacking was banned. interesting. there was now that early generation having children and not knowing how to behave. i mean, i've never smacked my kids and i wouldn't, but i did get a tap on the bum once or twice when i was a kid. >> and you're completely normal. didn't do anything wrong with me. nothing wrong with him whatsoever. honestly vie, any case, let's move on, shall we? now, the. not that swiftly. i might come back to it. the metropolitan police are set for a very busy weekend in the caphal a very busy weekend in the capital, as two protests for premier league fixtures and two finals at wembley are all taking place. >> yeah, very busy day. the palestine solidarity campaign have set up a march for today as well saturday. and the quote enoughis well saturday. and the quote enough is enough. group will hold a demonstration at piccadilly circus in central london at the same time , the met london at the same time, the met have set out an extensive,

extensive policing plan for today and tomorrow, taking into account the routes and durations of the protest, and have once again outlined the conditions of the public order act. so after months of protest in london, how will the met police cope with this weekend's events ? joining this weekend's events? joining us now is former met police detective peter bleksley. good morning peter, and, the ceo of the youth vote uk, alex katz. peter, what task have the cops got on their hands this weekend? and is there an argument still to be had about banning these palestine marches ? palestine marches? >> and the beat goes on again and again and again. successive weekends or every other weekend since october of last year , a since october of last year, a huge drain on police resources and of course, they sometimes bnngin and of course, they sometimes bring in officers from other police services around the country. but when you factor in the football matches that they've spoken about the playoff finals and everything else that goes on in london, the bottom line is these police officers

have to be drawn from somewhere . have to be drawn from somewhere. they cannot just open another box, another squad , another box, another squad, another vanload of cops and magic them out of out of nowhere. they come, a lot of them from the policing neighbourhoods, areas and communities across london and communities across london and into the home counties, which means in harsh reality that if somebody was a victim of crime last week, for example , crime last week, for example, and they recorded that crime and it was allocated to an officer to follow that up, if that officer intended following it up today or possibly tomorrow, in all likelihood , they might not all likelihood, they might not do because they'll be in central london dealing with one of these events. >> and this is the thing, isn't it? as well as the cost involved in this, i mean, this is costing the taxpayer millions of pounds and we've had this conversation before, peter, the fact that there are so much big sporting events going on, the football, in particular football fans, you and i both go to away football games. you're treated so differently than the kid gloves. and i have to say, the kid

gloves that protesters on some protest marches are handled with. this is two tier policing, isn't it? >> well, if you read the metropolitan police's own thread when they put this message out yesterday about their commitments today, it's astonishing when you see the public's view of the metropolitan police's policing , metropolitan police's policing, because it is quite plain to see for many, many people that in regards to these pro—palestinian marches, it appears like the police have taken a side and thatis police have taken a side and that is the side of facilitating obfuscate , dating, allowing and obfuscate, dating, allowing and perhaps turning a blind eye to some behaviour that if it was replicated in terms of chanting, for example, if you go to a football and chant something which is inappropriate , you will which is inappropriate, you will find you yourself getting your collar felt in pretty swift time. whereas on some of these marches that's not been seen happen, my husband was actually told off and away football match

in sheffield, a group of west ham fans out there for cheekily asking if there was a cathedral and the copper threatened to arrest him for being cheeky. >> literally. when you consider some of the things being chanted on these marches. >> oh, alex, can you go down to central london today, to this pro—palestine march intifada from the river to the sea, calling for the eradication of jews? they'll say that it doesn't mean that. but we're not stupid. shouldn't these be banned by now? we've got the point. surely we understand what they're calling for. >> but you know, their view is going to be that while there's a conflict and while innocent children are being killed, they want to protest. they want the uk that has a lot of soft power in the world to be taking a stance, getting involved. so, you know, it's very easy for us on the sofa, you know, in our cosy, cosy studio in london to be having this perspective. but actually a lot of these people feel very emotional about it. but do they, do they really think benjamin netanyahu is going to be listening to rishi sunak or keir starmer or david lammy about how israel should react in the middle east? but but actually , it's interesting but actually, it's interesting because you've seen around the world of lots of different conflicts . we saw the same with

conflicts. we saw the same with ukraine, you know, you saw the same situation with the arab spnngin same situation with the arab spring in 2011, 2012. you know , spring in 2011, 2012. you know, if enough people put enough pressure on over a period of time , eventually it should have time, eventually it should have some, kind of foreign policy impact. and if it doesn't, that's on the politicians. it's not on the people protesting. they're trying to make their point about a conflict where hundreds of thousands of innocent children are dying. >> that's the arab spring uprising created more bloodshed than it ever solved. and talk about a comfortable sofa. i'll be travelling back through central london via public transport whilst this protest is on, and quite possibly i will bump into on the tube quite literally. many of the people making their way to that. it's not comfortable on the tube and whilst some will say that a call for jihad, of course is a moral forjihad, of course is a moral striving against failings and all that kind of nonsense , it's all that kind of nonsense, it's all that kind of nonsense, it's a call for war. it's a call for bloodshed. and as long as those chants are allowed to go unpunished by the police, then and we see the evidence of it,

other uncomfortable situations arising, it's empowered those who want to seek bloodshed . and who want to seek bloodshed. and the situation ain't getting any better. any time soon. >> i'd say the majority of people that go to the protests are peaceful. there's going to be a minorities. it's the same way as you say. don't want away. football grounds is going to be minorities of people that cause trouble. but we can't just ban protest. we don't want to have a situation where a democracy, people are allowed to have their say on situation. should they trash, you know, innocent civilians coming by? no. should they trash, you know, coffee shops? no. but i think the vast majority of people were well—behaved in my experience. >> okay, shall we move on? we've been teasing all show. a lot of you have guessed, actually, on gbnews.com forward slash your say. we've said who is the former queen of mean who's now dating the queen? camilla's ex—husband . it is, of course, ex—husband. it is, of course, former weakest link host anne robinson , who is in a robinson, who is in a relationship with andrew parker bowles. peter bleksley . bowles. peter bleksley. >> it's a joyous story. this is because what it actually proves is you're never too wrinkly. a fall in love. and that's a great

consolation to me. although i'm very happily married, i think when two people fall in love, it's a joyous thing to be embraced, to be celebrated . and embraced, to be celebrated. and if these two people have found love and happiness in later life, then all the best to them. >> i think it's lovely that you're never too old. >> honestly, ben, you're never too old. >> why are you looking at me when you say that? >> because you're young. you're neven never. >> neven >> are you trying to convince me? >> my mum fell in love, you know, in her 70s. and it's lovely. it's good. i mean, it's companionship more than anything, isn't it? >> well, i wouldn't possibly comment on what they do behind closed doors. they may be able to disprove that it's anything but company and companionship . but company and companionship. but but you know, either way, it's lovely. and i know that many youngsters will probably be feeling ill at the very nauseating thought of old people falling in love. but let me tell you, youngsters, to fall in love at any age is a joyous alex. >> are you feeling nauseous? you're young , yeah. i mean, you're young, yeah. i mean, i don't know what to say, really .

don't know what to say, really. >> i think it's nice. you don't know what to say. he literally doesn't know what to say. >> i don't know what to say. >> i don't know what to say. >> yeah, i think it's nice that, the older generations can feel confident to find new love and new relationships. because loneliness, of course, is one of the biggest problems affecting not just older people, but lots of people, but older people particularly. and you know, i think it's i think it's very sweet. i think it's nice. yeah. >> no, i mean, would you would you be brave enough to that someone whose nickname was the queen of mean, though. >> is she like that behind closed doors, though? i think she's meant to be quite nice. >> no, she's like that nice. >> no, she's like that nice. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> she's she's very lovely, but she is very feisty. >> yeah, well, that's what makes her great. >> yeah. exactly. yeah. >> yeah. exactly. yeah. >> i was a big fan of the weakest link and in fact, benjamin butterworth, yeah, he's been on it. he's been on the weakest link. so he was the weakest link as well, wasn't he? i didn't watch it, was he? there's no surprise. hey, benjamin, if you're tuning in, no surprise. this end. sorry, benjamin. >> just out with you, let's move on to another story. so the uk's most popular baby names have been revealed, with noah and olivia again topping the annual list, in at number two is

mohammed for boys. list is on the screen here. number three for boys is george, then it goes olivia , then it's leo, arthur, olivia, then it's leo, arthur, and so on. and for girls. so olivia is number one, then amelia, isla, ava . lily. ivy. amelia, isla, ava. lily. ivy. freya. there we go. any of those names ? take your pick. where's names? take your pick. where's dawn, by the way? >> well, yeah, there's on the on the telegraph website. right. there's a really good way linked to in this where you can actually put your name into the search engine and these are names from 2022, by the way, and it tells you how common your name was. and i did put dawn and it's never been that popular. i can't think why, and there were only five babies named dawn in 2022. really? it's not a full confession here, right? my middle name. mum, i hate you. is maureen . why is everyone maureen. why is everyone laughing? is it? my middle name is maureen , which is a good old is maureen, which is a good old fashioned east end name. and that has completely died out. there were no babies named maureen. >> well, it's interesting, isn't it? names like keith, for example. peter. would you call a baby these days? keith or ian?

baby ian. >> without a doubt. i feel like i'm in a persecuted minority, you see, because later on, when i'm watching the boxing with terry, steve, mick, phil and kev, right . and peter, there are kev, right. and peter, there are no such names featuring in this list. we are. we are dying out. our names will soon be gone forever and i feel victimised by it. >> likewise , i should think we >> likewise, i should think we should start a campaign group and go on a protest march through london or have babies. >> but that's beyond both of us. >> but that's beyond both of us. >> alicia kearns what do you make about, muhammad being number two for boys names ? number two for boys names? >> i mean, listen, like, you know, people are going to choose the name that they want for their child. and i think there are lots of beautiful names here. you know, my nephew is called leo. you know, i've got cousins. ava lily. i'm just a bit upset. alex is not on there. i know loads of alex's . you do i know loads of alex's. you do so surely, don't you? surely it's 11th, i'm so surely, don't you? surely it's11th, i'm sure. like it didn't make the top ten, but no. lots of nice names. i think, you know, again, you know, i'm not going to comment on people you know, they're going to call what they want to call, what i find interesting is people that do

double barrel because they can't decide on, you know. yeah. a lot of people do that. and that's a bit difficult because i think you should just pick a name, you know? >> yeah, that is a bit of a cop out, i tell you. names are falling down the list, though. harry and meghan. oh, really? yeah. they're falling in popularity. >> very interesting, well, benjamin is at number 51, dawn , benjamin is at number 51, dawn, where are you on the list? you're not. you're not on the list. >> not on the list. i've told you that already extinct. >> and alexander is 28, so not too far down the list. not too bad. >> peter is peter on there, peter? no, peter is off the list as well. so you two, we're just dinosaurs. you two can hang out together, right? >> peter, are you and me on the march? save our names. >> save our names? exactly >> save our names? exactly >> okay. last story. dawn, don't do the honours. >> which one's this? jazza. yeah, as the only lady on the panel yeah, as the only lady on the panel, i use the word lady very loosely. i'm surrounded by three very, very gorgeous young men , very, very gorgeous young men, and, but they haven't been voted the most, sexiest because the most sexiest man in the uk at the moment, as voted for by a dating website, is that man on

your screen , jeremy clarkson? your screen, jeremy clarkson? i'm sorry, peter, i know he's a man of a certain age, but i'm not getting this one. >> are you not? no >> are you not? no >> this is another reason for an old wrinkly like me to be deeply joyous. hope springs eternal . joyous. hope springs eternal. he's grey haired, he's balding. he's grey haired, he's balding. he's got a bit of a pot belly. he's got a bit of a pot belly. he's quite tall, you know, i reckon i might be in for shower. >> as long as only hope springs. eternal love. what do you make of this one? >> yeah, i agree with you. the a lot of guys watching this will really be a bit befuddled as to how he's the sexiest guy. i think it's a sympathy vote. >> no, i get it, i understand it. >> he's got a sense of humour. yeah and he's got plenty of money. >> what's what's his to understand? how is he the sexiest man? >> i'll tell you why. because he's a and i say this as a bloke. he's a man's man. he gets stuck in. he's involved. he's practical. he's physical, does that make him sexy, though? he's got money. i think men these days, if you ask me to effeminate . and women don't want effeminate. and women don't want that. women? well, i don't know. wouldn't want. >> go on. »- >> go on. >> just man nice to me what

women want. >> go on, tell us. don't do that , thank you very much. no. this is voted for by its illicit dating website. okay. was it affairs website? married women . affairs website? married women. so it's married women who are getting a bit bored with their own boring middle aged, with their metropolitan men, their own moaning morning darling, their own moaning, middle aged bloke at home. so they're fancying a bit of someone who knows what he's doing with the baby pig and the baby sheep. it's the farm thing, isn't it? >> i mean, and wellies. >> i mean, and wellies. >> it's fun. yeah. peter, do you want to tell me more about your love life and your wellies? i bet your wife she's lovely, but. yeah. so, i mean, but idris elba came third. >> i just think, jez, he's a man's man. >> like i said, he's physical, he gets involved. he likes a been he gets involved. he likes a beer, he's got plenty of money. how much did he get for the farm on amazon? >> so you're implying women only go for men with money? >> well, no, but they. they and no , i mean, he did, didn't he no, i mean, he did, didn't he just said that? >> yeah. it's got plenty of money. >> it's sexy. it's normal for women to want to be with a man

who can look after them. no, no. >> will you stop mansplaining what women want? >> but my mum had had an expression, man, she said, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. but trust me, if idris elba gets himself a pair of wellies, he'll be second next yeah of wellies, he'll be second next year. oh, he's definitely sexier than jeremy clarkson. >> i'm with you on this one. give me idris elba. that's crazy. in wellies or not. >> all right i'm going to dig myself out of this hole by going to a break. so, peter, alex, thanks very much. still to come, we're going to be joined by eddie phillips. for all the latest showbiz news, including anne robinson's latest romantic announcement with the queen's ex—husband. >> oh, but up next how do you like your cuppa? we'll be diving into the latest t census out of an international tea day. this is saturday morning live on gb news. put the kettle on, but don't go too far.

welcome back to gb news saturday with me . anim. here's ben. i'm with me. anim. here's ben. i'm dawn, just in case you're getting confused. hope you're

having a wonderful weekend out there. it's a lovely saturday morning. so make a nice cup of tea and put your telly on and listen to your radio and watch what we're doing now, because it's about to get very hot. >> delicious. yeah. talking of tea . oh, that was terrible. tea. oh, that was terrible. well, delicious. yes. why? that was really dreadful. >> why? that was a bad pun. >> why? that was a bad pun. >> it wasn't great. it wasn't great. i ignore that. no, look, tea, of course. it's the quintessential british drink. but how do you take your cup of tea? well, this tuesday, the united nations, who else are dedicating one whole day to our beloved cuppa by marking international tea day with a new survey, finding that a staggering 98% of brits drink tea every day and perhaps more shockingly, that 70% of brits now choose tea over alcohol. >> hello. what do our brews have to say about our lifestyle habits? we're joined now by doctor tim bond from the tea advisory panel. this is a thing. the tea advisory panel. welcome to the show. thank you very much . what do you do exactly? advise on tea?

>> basically, yes. the tea advisory panel is all about we're independent sort of dietitians and experts. it's really just anything that gets published, advertise and we have a take on it. so we'll actually either say this is accurate and it agrees with the prevailing science, or we'll say this is inaccurate. and here are the weaknesses. >> so this is this is what it's confusing. this is international tea day, okay. not just a national tea day because i've just come back from america. i may have mentioned it once or twice. ben and they can't do tea. >> they can't? no, they really can't do tea. >> so how is an international day when most of the world doesn't do tea properly? >> well, international tea day is all about looking at the culture, looking at the heritage, looking at the health benefits. so positive impacts on cardiovascular disease, blood pressure, hydration, obviously fluoride for tooth health. but also looking at the cultural links we have with the countries that produce tea. so east africa, india, china and actually looking at rural development and sustainable livelihoods. so that's what international day is all about. and just thanking everyone when we pick up our tea and have a have a swig of it, there's millions of people around the

world that are involved in getting that tea to you. not just the growers, not just the blenders and retailers, but all the people in between. >> okay, can you do some real time advising how long should you leave your tea bag brewing for in the cup, black tea, normally 3 to 4. i leave mine for five. i've really got to remember, colour is flavour. the colour is also health. >> well, we've got a chart on that coming up on the screen. sorry radio listeners, but it's a, it's a numbers and letters chart with different gradients of tea. so very, very weak . lots of tea. so very, very weak. lots of tea. so very, very weak. lots of milk. and it looks like a, it looks like a cup of milk. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> going from a six which is black. so there's no milk in it. so, dawn, which is your favourite ? favourite? >> i would, i do like it strong and dark. so i would probably go for an e4, which is quite dark. is it i think. yeah. what about you, slightly weaker, though fairly, you know. still not too weak. d3 i think for me and tom is the expert, i'd say e3 looks about like mine. >> oh, there we go. >> oh, there we go. >> okay . so yeah. so we're >> okay. so yeah. so we're pretty in in the right area .

pretty in in the right area. >> what does it say about us and the way we like our tea? is there any research behind . you there any research behind. you know, if you like a builder's tea or a milky tea, whatever. there's lots of people that do. >> i mean, builders tea effectively was historically you have strong tea with sugar and milk. so almost it's a bit like indian chai. it's almost like a meal, a pick me up. so if you are someone who's out and about are someone who's out and about a lot, you know, builder's tea is fine. a lot of people, a lot of, work is done actually, by the tea blenders and brokers to actually give you the best tea that will deliver in 3 to 4 minutes, the best flavour. and really , it comes with health as really, it comes with health as well. so the more actually colour and flavour you get actually the more health properties you're getting out. so we would advise to just leave it a little bit longer. don't be so impatient. >> i do two minutes. is that to a green or black? or herbal normal english breakfast tea. okay. >> would seem a bit light, but you might be in a hurry. >> oh, really? i thought i was quite advanced doing two minutes. there's people in the studio who make cups of tea who even put the milk in before the water. that's a big no no.

>> that's wrong. >> that's wrong. >> it doesn't really let all of the goodness infuse out. so yes, it sort of stops it. but a lot of people do it because they brew to colour. >> but tea is much more than having a cup of tea in this country, isn't it? we have you know, the first thing you do, whether it's good news or bad news, is you put the kettle on. how has that become such an important part of british, british life? almost. >> well, i think it's i think it's fairly normal, actually. you've got to remember sort of putting the kettle on and brewing the tea is a bit of a pause. so we're also quite sociable over tea. we like to talk about the weather when we make tea at home, or actually in the office. you don't normally do it. only about 25% of us do it sort of standing by ourselves. it's a time to sit, reflect, have a bit of a chat. so i think it's that pause for thought that's come in now. a good point, but there's lots of there's lots of good science actually, that says tea actually is very good at reducing your stress levels, actually allowing you to sleep longer and actually make you feel less anxious. >> because that's interesting, because it has got caffeine in it. most teas have caffeine in the tea i'm drinking now. and you would you wouldn't associate

that with good night sleep and being less anxious as well. >> it's interesting. there are studies out there actually in the last couple of years showing that actually if you drink tea throughout the day, it does not, in fact impact your sleep, okay. so there's lots of those things. but also tea contains something quite unique. it contains roughly half the, the, the caffeine of a strong cup of coffee. but it's also got an amino acid in there called l—theanine, which is its unique in the uk diet, which helps sort of modulate the effects of caffeine. and actually you've got a lot of phytochemicals. these beneficial plant chemicals. the big group of them is called flavan three ols. don't worry too much about that. but there's a study that came out last year, a guideline from the us saying you should for optimal cardiovasc health, cardiometabolic health, you should have 400 to 600mg of these plant chemicals . what does these plant chemicals. what does that mean? you'll get that from fruits, vegetables . but four fruits, vegetables. but four cups of tea would give you that for optimal. >> twice a lot of, how do you pronounce it? >> flavonols flavan three ols or flavan three ols in green tea. >> am i right in saying that there's an equal number in green

and black. >> the issue is when you when you make green tea and you convert it to black in a factory, effectively you're just building it up like a series of bricks. yeah. so you've got the same amount, but they're more difficult to measure. so black and green are as healthy as each other. >> can i just get one more quick question? go on. because it is a big football weekend and obviously a lot of football fans won't be happy. but we need you guys won't be having a cup of tea, will do a job. okay, so what do you make of this? the fact that alcohol is dying out and we're drinking more tea? >> i think it is a trend. i mean , we're seeing the rise in the dry drinkers, our actually real world, real world survey showed that sort of 30 to 49 year olds are the most likely to actually substitute tea for alcohol, and it's probably related to busy lifestyles . but, you know, if lifestyles. but, you know, if tea can actually de—stress you and help you sleep and there's no residual hangover, why not? >> yeah, i reckon tea. tea over vodka for me . i can't deal with vodka for me. i can't deal with the hangover. >> i'll drink to that. and this is tea. honestly >> and dickie on gbnews.com/yoursay you say rather than looking at tea, shouldn't the united nations be

concentrating on what they were set up for, which is defending world peace? great job there boys. why is in 10s? why is the un involved in this , and it's un involved in this, and it's basically looking at sustainable livelihoods and culture, right. they have a global organisation. they have a global organisation. they focus on many things and have many national and international days. >> got it. oh, we're having a cup of tea. come on, let's get on with it, doctor tim bond, thank you very much for joining us. afternoon thank you. >> all right, let's get your news headlines with sam francis. >> it's world peace. >> it's world peace. >> very good morning to the newsroom. it's 1132. >> very good morning to the newsroom. it's1132. the newsroom. it's 1132. the headlines. israel's prime minister is promising to return all hostages, living or dead . he all hostages, living or dead. he says, after the bodies of three people were recovered in gaza yesterday, all of them were thought to have attended the nova music festival on october the 7th. israel thinks about 100 other hostages may still be alive , while another 30 are alive, while another 30 are understood to be dead. meanwhile

thousands are expected to take to the streets here in the uk in central london this lunchtime to protest about the war with hamas. demonstrators from stop the war and the palestine solidarity campaign are calling for an end to the conflict and a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel. in devon, the number of confirmed cases of a waterborne disease caused by a microscopic parasite has more than doubled. 46 incidents of the diarrhoea inducing cryptosporidium bug have now been confirmed in brixham. that's up from 22 cases on thursday, around 16,000 households and businesses in the area have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling it first. we understand a tank at a reservoir where the parasite was found has now been drained before. it's being thoroughly cleaned. that's according to south west water , according to south west water, but health experts say it's likely that more people will still be affected . meanwhile, still be affected. meanwhile, environmental campaigners are taking to rivers and seas around

the uk today to protest against sewage pollution. brighton, falmouth, scarborough and edinburgh are among the places holding demonstrations. the surfers against sewage campaign group wants to highlight the failure to clean up our water, they say water companies, though, insist they are making improvements to sewage systems in the us. a man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for trying to kidnap nancy pelosi , the former speaker of pelosi, the former speaker of the us house of representatives. david depape, also used a used a hammer to beat pelosi's husband, who's now in his 80s, causing serious head injuries. the court in san francisco heard the 44 year old was caught up in conspiracy theories and believed that news outlets were repeatedly lying about donald trump . and finally, if you trump. and finally, if you didn't see the northern lights last weekend, well, there could be another chance on the way. the green, purple and blue scenes are expected to light up the uk skies again in around a

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good morning. this is gb news saturday morning. >> live with him, ben, leo and me. dawn neesom. don't get that confused. it would be very, very wrong. hope you're having a wonderful saturday out there. thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate your company. and lots of you have been getting in touch. >> yes you have jacqueline. good morning. you say talking about jeremy clarkson of course. who was voted. is it the world's sexiest or the uk sexiest? >> the uk sexiest. it was just uk to be fair, jeremy clarkson, do none of you watch clarkson's

farm? he is just lovely and has the most gorgeous girlfriend, which says something. he has the greatest self—depreciating sense of humour . of humour. >> i think that's the point, isn't it? with jeremy clarkson, i think he is funny. yeah, he's, you know, and he doesn't care what he says. and that's the rarity. >> and jane, good morning, you say i'll explain exactly why women think he's sexy. he's totally irrelevant, sorry . what totally irrelevant, sorry. what does that say? it doesn't say irrelevant, which is usually attractive. he's damned funny, which is priceless. and he's comfortable in his own skin. there's also nothing remotely feminine about him. >> irreverent? >> irreverent? >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> oh, so the lights reflect on the screen so he doesn't care what he says, basically. >> and we all like a man who says what he thinks. ben. yes yes, right. >> time now for your weekly dose of showbiz news. and we're delighted to have showbiz journalist ellie phillips back with us. >> hey hey hey and baby phillips and big baby bum. >> hey hey hey and baby phillips and big baby bum . yeah, well, and big baby bum. yeah, well, i'll just go. >> did this woman look so glowing? i don't know how she's doing it. i'll tell you. >> it's all makeup . honestly it >> it's all makeup. honestly it is.

>> i'm glad you're doing it. thank you so much for coming. >> oh, you're so welcome. talking about makeup. that leads me nicely into strictly because they have all the glitz. they have all the glam and big weakness. this is the big news this week is strictly so. giovanni pernice has allegedly quit the show after eight years. he's one of their very, very successful male dancers. he famously won the show back in 2021 with rose ayling—ellis. when they did that beautiful dance where they took the music away and danced in silence , and away and danced in silence, and he's quit because he's come unden he's quit because he's come under, a bit of furore, his last dance partner , amanda abbington, dance partner, amanda abbington, she quit the show last season and later said that she had ptsd from working with him because of his his very intense way of training. he's also had two other previous partners. he had laura whitmore and he had ranvir singh say that they cried when they worked with him because his methods were so, you know, intense and stuff. and now what's happened is the bbc are investigating long formal complaints by lawyers, by three previous contestants who worked with him. one of them's confirmed to be amanda. the other two, we don't know who've

been named yet, but that's all come out this week. and like i said, there's been no response on whether he has or hasn't quit. but the fact there hasn't been a response kind of says a lot in that aspect of things. and it's a real shame as well, because this is strictly's 20th anniversary year as well. they've just announced they're doing this huge show at the end of the year. at some point, they're going to do 75 minute special, celebrating 20 years of what is genuinely one of the best family shows out there to watch. i grew up watching it with my nan. i loved watching it every weekend, and so it's really sad that this has happened. and, sources have said that when it comes to giovanni, he's saying that he doesn't think he's done anything wrong. he stands by how he behaved, but he said that he knows his his methods, his techniques are intense . and, you know, it's not intense. and, you know, it's not for some people. so i guess we'll see what comes of this. but there is now an investigation going on, given that lawyers are involved. >> so it's had many partners in the show who have been very happy and working with him and absolutely sad that he's leaving. >> he's been in a final four times, which is just so impressive. he's had out of the

eight partners. he's had, apparently three are not happy, five were happy. it'll be interesting to see what comes of this and what the actual details of it are because, you know, behaviour in the workplace is something that is so, so intense at the moment to spoken about so much and it makes a difference to everyone's lives. so it's interesting. >> i don't know what's gone on there , but there is times we've there, but there is times we've had examples in the past where people like dominic raab, when he was in government, he was accused of bad behaviour. his defence was i've just got high standards. so who knows. >> yeah. and the other story that moved me this week, was sarah harding. yeah. >> so yeah. girls aloud have reunited after 11 years. and this is in tribute to sarah harding. she died in 2021, sadly, of breast cancer. they reunited for the first time yesterday in dublin, performed, and they paid tribute to her singing i'll stand by you, using her recorded vocals, taking centre stage as they were on stage and this is kicking off their reunion tour. they're going to do dates across the

country liverpool, london, glasgow, edinburgh , and it was glasgow, edinburgh, and it was actually they were meant to reform for their 20th anniversary, which is going to be in 2022, because they actually formed 2002, which blows my mind that they formed so long ago makes me feel really old. the plans were they were actually going to do 20th anniversary tour. and when talks with it when sarah was alive, obviously that all got put away. they didn't want to do it straight away after she passed and then they thought, do you know what the fans really want this. we want to do this. it's brought the four of them back together. and yeah, they kicked it off last night and apparently fans are absolutely loving it already. >> there's lots of lots of fuss on social media. i must confess, another show i've actually not watched at all is i know, shoot me now. it's bridget. >> you've not seen any of them? no dawn, dawn, dawn, dawn. it's amazing. have you seen any, ben? >> a few i've not sat down and watched episode after episode. i've seen some when my wife has been watching it. >> right. okay, so i'm a huge fan of bridgerton. this is the third series. they've dropped it. they're doing two parts of it. they're doing two parts of it. so part one dropped this week on thursday, it's four

episodes. the next four episodes aren't out until june, which is really annoying. it's really good. nicola coughlan it focuses on her, the actress. she is the lead. you can see it here. she's penelope in this bit and it's an interesting one because she herself has said that she's surprised herself as a leading lady. you know, she's larger than you see, most leading actresses, you know, they're usually really especially in bridgerton. they've all previously been very skinny and typical, if you will. and she's come through as this she is the star of these and it's really good. and the story essentially follows the kind of idea of it is, can you fall in love with your best friend? if you have a solid friendship with someone, can that develop and be love and be romantic? always risky? yeah. so it's really, really good. it's got the raunchy, which everyone loves, i love it. i binge watched the four episodes because i can't help myself, and icannot because i can't help myself, and i cannot wait for the next four to come out either, so definitely watch it. i just finally, very quickly, ellie, because we've been mentioning it and robinson and kimberly's ex—husband, what do you make of that one? i love it, i'm all for it. i think it's great because,

you know, she's openly says, you know, i'm from a working class background. she's like nowhere near like anything that you an idea of to do with like a toff or anything. and then he's obviously from upper echelons of society . they've come together. society. they've come together. it seems like she can put him in his place , he can put her in his place, he can put her in a place and they have a laugh. what's not to love? >> brilliant. having a laugh. it's what it's all about. life's too short not to. exactly. ellie thank you very much. and thank you for so much for coming in and bringing baby along as well. >> thanks, ellie. thank you. still to come? we're going to go live to north yorkshire where whitby's fish and chips. ships. ships. fish and chips festival is well underway . this is is well underway. this is saturday morning live on gb news, britain's news channel

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saturday. anything you want to chat about. and we will discuss them further. we've got some great messages coming in, so let's see what you've been saying. yes. >> good morning to you all, lesley. you say talking about the t, i used to have yorkshire t until they went woke and told us that if we didn't like their views then they didn't want to sell us their t, dickie says what happened with yorkshire? t can you remember? >> no, i can't remember. >> no, i can't remember. >> i remember something i can't remember the exact incident . remember the exact incident. dickie. you say the professionals on strictly come dancing have a short period of time to whip a sometimes totally inappropriate or inadequate celebrity into shape where they can perform a dance . well, these can perform a dance. well, these are highly competitive, professional dancers who want to win . of course, they have to be win. of course, they have to be tough on their celebrities and carolyn, good morning. you say it's about time we stopped the pro—palestine marches in whichever city they're doing it in the uk, our police are so stretched and it is, pandering to protesters . to protesters. >> yeah, lots of messages coming in on that one, but do keep them coming in. that's how you do it on the screen there. i can't be bothered to read out because it's too long. >> gbnews.com forward slash

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>> good morning. yes, this event, as well as showcasing the maritime past of whitby, is also showcasing what whitby does presently in the fishing industry and how it can look in the future as well. so i'm delighted to be joined by arnold and also by dale. they're both from ipso . just tell us a little from ipso. just tell us a little bit about the organisation , we bit about the organisation, we represent east of england fish producers organisation . we producers organisation. we organise the quarters for the vessels , do meetings with defra vessels, do meetings with defra in london or even in york or wherever, just representing fishermen in general. >> and what are you getting out of this weekend, dale? what have you come to promote, well, we're here to promote a new video and launch it at what better place to be in whitby? great. great. great town. established heritage in fishing and, we're here to say, you know, fishing is here

to attract new talent into it , to attract new talent into it, you know, sometimes the media gives a negative portrayal of the industry about crushing stocks, but in reality , the stocks, but in reality, the likes of, cod and haddock and whiting. for example, in, in ofsted, we haven't seen at levels , for, for many, many levels, for, for many, many decades actually. so this is a great time to actually be coming into the industry. it's more vibrant than ever, not just not just on fishing boats, but also in the seafood supply chain and the various other industries that that make the industry, such a vibrant one. >> and like you say, this weekend's a great way to showcase the fishing industry and what what are you going to be showing in this video and why do you think more people should get into the industry? >> are you going to be showing all aspects of fishing? it's not just actually going to see on the boats for men or women, there's the office, office staff required. there's auctioneers required. there's auctioneers required to sell the fish. there's a multitude of talent

that we're hoping to attract, today is fantastic. >> and it tastes delicious as well, doesn't it? there's a lot going on here. we've just in front of us. we've got a battle re—enactment, so stay with us on gb news throughout this afternoon, we'll be covering the whitby fish and ship festival all this afternoon. and if you're in the area, get on down. it's certainly fantastic. a lot going on and a great way to showcase whitby, its history, its future and its present. >> anna, thank you so much. very jealous. i should be there i think. i love fish and chips. what's your order in the chippy? >> i'm really hungry now. i just go for some chips with loads of vinegar on at the seaside. loads of vinegar, no fish? no, no , i of vinegar, no fish? no, no, i don't like the battered fish thing. sorry. >> cod, cod and chips for me. mushy peas, but a curry sauce. and i don't normally drink fizzy drinks, but maybe a can of coke. >> what about a battered sausage? >> no. sausage? >> no . definitely not. no, 100. >> no. definitely not. no, 100. never hate them. hate sausages? >> oh, okay. right. okay. well, that's the end of that conversation on that bombshell. quite like a sausage myself .

quite like a sausage myself. sorry. it's a saturday. come on, let me get away with that one. in any case, that's been the end of a wonderful show. i've really enjoyed it. but up next is darren grimes, so don't go too far, but have a wonderful weekend . thank you forjoining weekend. thank you for joining us. he's been ben leo i've been dawn neesom and enjoy the rest of your weekend . of your weekend. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello! welcome to your gb news weather forecast from the met office. sunny spells for some today , but also some heavy some today, but also some heavy showers in the south and some of these could turn thundery as well. so looking at the bigger picture, we've got high pressure situated out towards the west but low pressure in the east, and this has given a focus for some cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain across the southeast this morning. so through the rest of the afternoon we have got a heavy showers breaking out, especially across wales and the southwest of england. here

the southwest of england. here the met office have got a yellow thunderstorm warning in force, so it could be some difficult driving conditions elsewhere. sunny spells low cloud lingering in the east of scotland, but feeling warm in that sunshine with highs of 23 degrees. so through the rest of the day, heavy showers continuing across the across wales and southwest england, with the weather warning in force until 8 pm. this evening. cloudier conditions across the southeast , conditions across the southeast, but plenty of sunshine across east anglia and northern england , some showers breaking out across dumfries and galloway and also the cairngorms, where these could also be heavy, containing some thunder heavy, some low cloud persisting across eastern coast. so feeling cooler here but in the sunshine . feeling but in the sunshine. feeling pleasant. so through this evening, heavy showers continuing across the cairngorms generally easing and the showers across the south west and wales also easing. later in the evening. elsewhere turning dnen evening. elsewhere turning drier. plenty of clear skies on offer, but once again we will see low cloud feeding in from

the north sea and across parts of the southeast , and that will of the southeast, and that will keep temperatures up at around 10 or 11 degrees. so on sunday morning it is going to be a murky start out there. for some of us, that low cloud , mist, of us, that low cloud, mist, murk and fog should gradually lift and break by mid—morning, and then many of us should see a pleasant sunday with plenty of sunshine on offer remaining dry for most of us, a few heavy showers around and also holding on to a lot of low cloud across the north and east, but otherwise highs of 24. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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