injuries. >> less than a month after appearing in court, the metropolitan police are investigating the unexplained death of a man charged with spying for hong kong . spying for hong kong. >> and could the shetland islands be the new centre of the european space agency? we'll look at that shortly . look at that shortly. >> and in the sport, mauricio pochettino leaves chelsea by mutual agreement. pochettino leaves chelsea by mutual agreement . you know what mutual agreement. you know what that means, don't you? gareth southgate has chosen his provisional england squad and it's without him and whether trouble at the giro d'italia heavy, persistent rain is going to cause some major problems for quite a few of us today. >> there are a number of warnings out. i'll have the details coming up . details coming up. >> now, do you ever think the place you work is boring? >> well, no i don't. >> well, no i don't. >> it's not boring here. it's definitely not boring here.

>> suffer with. >> suffer with. >> but anyway, ovo energy has become one of these places where it's very trendy to work, apparently. and their head office in bristol, apparently. and their head office in bristol , they've built office in bristol, they've built a tree house in the fire. oh brilliant. with a complete with a slide, of course . a slide, of course. >> is there a ball pit at the bottom? >> there should be, shouldn't there. and it's come to light because someone's someone's complained because they were taken into the tree house for a dressing down. oh, and then the boss then got on the slide to exit the meeting. i mean, i have to say, i think this sort of thing is absolutely ridiculous. i guess it depends on the job. >> i mean, for some sort of creative industries, i guess, like advertising, where you're trying to like, inspire people and get all the juices flowing, have been beanbags to sit on bags and dart boards and foosball, and you can see people trying to sort of find their inner child. but for an energy company , tree house, really company, tree house, really a tree house and slide , what sort tree house and slide, what sort of workplace do you work in? is it boring or do you have some

crazy wacky slides here and there? let us know. >> i think it's i think it's weird. it's a bit strange. >> yeah. let us know, right. moving on. conservative mp craig mckinley returns to parliament today after a dramatic battle with sepsis. >> it's an incredible story. he had extreme surgery that removed both his hands and feet, and he's replaced those now with prosthetics. >> well , mckinley prosthetics. >> well, mckinley and his wife spoke to our political editor, christopher hope , about his christopher hope, about his journey. but just to warn you, the following report does contain some sensitive images . contain some sensitive images. >> but one day, his life changed. suddenly. it was one of those days that will be etched on craig's memory for life . it on craig's memory for life. it was the end of september 2023. he was getting ready to go on houday he was getting ready to go on holiday with his family. he started to feel unwell and unexpectedly , craig had unexpectedly, craig had contracted sepsis. >> so the grim reaper let me survive. but he's taken his payment in four of my limbs. but that's the way it is. plenty of

worse things happening. >> that is it. no way back. and, yes, he was very matter of fact. he accepted that they black. they're not any use anymore . and they're not any use anymore. and that's it. so he had a very long, a very long operation . and long, a very long operation. and he did come back , without those he did come back, without those black arms and legs. and by then i was fine. i just knew that is it. that's the new, new future. new life begins when your body just isn't doing something you want it to do, and you think you can do it. >> i mean, when i had the skin grafts and they're very painful. funny how skin grafts been more painful than anything else. more painful than anything else. more painful than anything else. more painful than the amputation , and painful than the amputation, and just trying to transfer off the bed onto a wheelchair and you're

sort of bouncing across and it's sort of bouncing across and it's so painful and you are in tears of frustration that this is just why is it so bad ? why isn't this why is it so bad? why isn't this getting better? but now i've been pretty much cheerful throughout. i just think i'm probably coming into my tether of being under the care of an institution of the nhs for so long. big sadness to me is holding little one's hand going to school . can't do that to school. can't do that anymore. we can hold sort of hold hands, but i can't feel that she's holding. that's a little specialness that's never coming back . you know that touch coming back. you know that touch of hands where it's gone? it's being an mp. at the end of the day, i hope it's about where you got up here rather than. yeah, knocking on every door, much as i'd like to, but. yeah, life will have to change. and if it means more time with family, that has got to be a change for the absolute good. and i'm looking forward to that. >> wow, remarkable readable story. >> and that really hits me

because this little one's about the same age as my little one. and oh, i was almost in tears then, but it's an inspiring story. let's talk to our political correspondent, olivia utley, about what is going to be a monumental day for him today, and an inspirational one as well i >> absolutely. i mean, hugely inspirational day. craig mckinley will be at pmqs today and his daughter, little, five year old olivia, is going to be in the public gallery watching him, this is an incredible comeback. and as you can see from chris's interview there, he seems to be taking it all in his stride in the most remarkable way. he says that he's been surprised , really cheerful surprised, really cheerful throughout, and all he misses really is holding his daughter's hand. now. he wants to be the first bionic mp. he says he's planning to fight the next election for south thanet , his election for south thanet, his constituency. he's got quite an interesting background . craig interesting background. craig mckinley. he was the founder of the anti—federalist party, which was the precursor to ukip, and he was actually a ukip

politician before moving over to the conservatives in 2005, when he didn't like the direction that ukip was going in, and he ended up winning his seat in south, south thanet over nigel farage. that's the seat that nigel farage fought for again and again and again. he's been a very eurosceptic force in the conservative party as you might expect, he was one of the leading conservative voices behind vote leave. he's been on the european scrutiny committee and he's, i think, as you'd expect, sided with the brexiteers on every occasion. i'm sure in parliament, his brexiteer colleagues will be thrilled to have him back. he's defending a majority of just over 10,000 in south thanet. i mean, in normal times that would be considered a pretty safe seat, but obviously these days we've seen the labour party overturn majorities far bigger than that in by elections. so it might be quite tough for him. but i think having this incredibly inspiring story and the inspirational way that he's dean the inspirational way that he's dealt with what's happened to him will hopefully give him a bit of a boost.

>> okay, olivia . thank you, >> okay, olivia. thank you, let's talk to founder and joint ceo of the uk sepsis trust, doctor ron daniels . very good to doctor ron daniels. very good to see you this morning. why is it with sepsis ? we sort of hear with sepsis? we sort of hear very little about it in day to day life until there's a either a big story or a big tragedy. why is that. is it common. >> well it's astonishing, isn't it? we have a condition here that affects nearly a quarter of a million people across the uk each year, and claims 48,000 lives. and just for context, breast cancer and i'm not diminishing how horrible that can be. claims 11,000 lives. so sepsis is four times more prolific as a killer. i think the reason we don't hear about it is because it doesn't really belong to any particular speciality of doctors. it touches every aspect of health care and therefore there's no professional group to be championing it, which means it needs an advocacy organisation like ours. >> is it also just incredibly

hard to spot and often creeps up on people with very little warning? i mean, my understanding is that it's when your own immune system starts to attack the tissues, but by the time people realise that their temperature isn't just flu or something, they can often be quite a perilous state. yeah that's absolutely right. >> and my professional background is an intensive care doctor, and i do empathise with the view that it can be really hard to spot. it arises in people , of any age, people with people, of any age, people with whether or not they've got underlying illness, and it can arise as a consequence of any infection. so it presents hugely differently . to get this right differently. to get this right demands not only that we have health professionals who are well trained and have access to the right diagnostics to make the right diagnostics to make the diagnosis, but also members of the public who've heard of sepsis know it's an emergency and know when and how to access healthcare . healthcare. >> so what do we do? i mean, what do we look out for? and at what do we look out for? and at what point do you say this needs to be looked at urgently ?

to be looked at urgently? >> well, you mentioned that in the early stages it can look a bit like flu. and in that situation it's trust your instinct. you've probably had infections before . you know what infections before. you know what it feels like. but if something doesn't feel right , it feels like. but if something doesn't feel right, and particularly if you've never felt so unwell before, go to 111, make an appointment to see your gp and just ask, could it be sepsis ? but if you're be sepsis? but if you're concerned something is devastatingly wrong, there are six key symptoms to look for, and they spell the word sepsis s for slurred speech or confusion, e for extreme pain in the muscles or joints, p for passing no urine , no water in a day, s no urine, no water in a day, s for severe breathlessness . if it for severe breathlessness. if it feels like i'm going to die and people really do say that. and then the final s for skin that's mottled or discoloured or very pale, any one of those six, in the context of infection, it's go straight to a&e . go straight to a&e. >> excuse me. >> excuse me. >> it's worth knowing. doctor daniels, good to see you.

>> thank you much . >> thank you much. >> thank you much. >> heck, my goodness me, i interviewed jason watkins once . interviewed jason watkins once. the oh yes, i had his two year old daughter maude, and he tucked her up into bed. they thought she had a horrible cold. she had a bit of a temperature and in the morning they found her in a bed and she passed away. and he's been incredibly brave only in 2011, but he's been incredibly brave talking about it and trying to raise the profile of sepsis. but for any parent, you know, we've so often had kids with high temperatures. it is so frightening, isn't it? but good advice. there spells out the word sepsis. any concerns? just go straight to one, one, 1 or 2 a&e right jeff kitchen has been named as the british man who died when the aircraft he was on was hit by severe turbulence that was on a flight from london to singapore airport officials believe the 73 year old man might have suffered a heart attack. more than 50 people were hurt, seven of them critically, after mostly sustaining head injuries. >> let's talk to travel correspondent for the

independent, simon calder. good to see you, simon. this morning, though it's awful to be talking about such a situation, i mean, is it very unusual to have turbulence this , this severe ? turbulence this, this severe? >> it certainly is now turbulence which can happen either because you're flying somewhere near some storm clouds or because you are simply in an area which suddenly has some very violent updraughts and downdraughts is a very worrying phenomenon. it happens about twice a day on average , to the twice a day on average, to the extent that a passenger will be injured , i was actually i'm injured, i was actually i'm speaking to you from seoul in korea , and on my flight over korea, and on my flight over here, we're just passing over nean here, we're just passing over near, beijing in china, when suddenly the aircraft lurched. now, because they weren't in the middle of the meal service or anything, there weren't people moving around, but even so, they had to appeal for medical, people on board to treat somebody, a passenger who was injured . this particular event,

injured. this particular event, you have a combination of extremely violent turbulence. although any reports you've seen that the aircraft plummeted 6000ft in two minutes are wrong, yes. there was a lot of movement. yes. it was extremely distressing . and, so many distressing. and, so many injuries as well as the sad loss of mr kitchen, but the accommodation of that and the fact that it was 90 minutes out of singapore as a result of which the crew were up and about, dealing with breakfast, people were getting up, going to use the washrooms or whatever. an awful lot of people there. so tragic circumstances and, well, clearly , it needs to be properly clearly, it needs to be properly investigated to find out what, the sequence of events were. and i think it could also lead possibly to some rather different ways of flying. i mean, you'll be aware that generally pilots might say, or keep your seat belt loosely fastened while you're, we advise you to do that when you're

seated. and of course, when the seated. and of course, when the seat belt light actually goes on, you have to put your seat belt on. but, i think we could get to a point where it is absolutely normal. as with a car, to be wearing your seat belt at all times , unless you belt at all times, unless you are getting up and, stretching your legs or going to the washroom or whatever, so that , washroom or whatever, so that, you would always assume that everybody is not going to be, particularly harmed during clearer during, severe turbulence, even though it is, of course, very, very distressing. yeah >> i don't know if either of you have ever experienced sort of moderately severe, turbulence. i have over the andes in south america where my bottom left the seat. and that was frightening enough. but i just, to be honest, assumed that was because it was a mountainous region and, you know, hot air. but i do believe that the number of incidents that this has doubled since the 70s and that, sort of severe turbulence is on the rise as we're seeing temperatures rise as well. so i suppose

people do need to think twice about all of this. and interesting. again about the head injuries in this. i mean, my, my instinct was do we need to be wearing helmets, you know, does there need to be more serious questions about safety on board planes ? on board planes? >> well, no, i mean, a lot of the damage on those, very shocking images that you've been showing, to the ceilings. and so on were caused by people flying out of their seats , because the out of their seats, because the aircraft suddenly drops people. you know, inertia means that you stay where you are, which means that you're going to shoot upwards, which is partly why there's so much damage that aircraft . but this there's so much damage that aircraft. but this is happening at a time when aviation has never been safer. last year, there were no fatal accidents involving passenger jets in normal scheduled service, so amazingly safe out outside at the aircraft and turbulence is never going to bring down a modern plane. but i think attention will now shift to what

happens inside the aircraft. also with the cabin crew. i mean, this is, you know, this counts as serious industrial injuries. so they will they will need to be, an awful lot of studying about what exactly was known about the weather. and also you could see different, procedures where, for example, not all the cabin crew are out and about at the same time because obviously their job is to help people out of the aircraft in an emergency . and aircraft in an emergency. and from what i've been reading and heanng from what i've been reading and hearing and viewing , it seems as hearing and viewing, it seems as though a lot of them were simply not able to do that because they were badly injured, too. awful circumstances . and all we can do circumstances. and all we can do is what, aviation always does, which is learn from past tragedies and try to make flying , that, that bit safer, yeah, absolutely . simon, thanks very absolutely. simon, thanks very much indeed, it is terrifying. i was on a plane once. it took off in a storm, every other plane had been grounded in our

airline, decided they were going to take off, and we got to 4000ft and dropped 2000ft in the air pocket. i mean, and i was i was actually sat next to a pilot who said helpfully, i thought we were going to die. oh, that's good. >> i think as i've got older, i've become a more nervous flyer. i don't know if that's just getting older and you become more aware of your mortality or if it's the job and that we see all of these horror stories all the time. but i definitely like flying less and less. and all this talk of more turbulence is not encouraging. but apparently if you're a nervous flyer, just as simon was saying, it's never been safer, you don't need to panic yet, but, you know, always. >> well, you see, i have to say i always wear my seat belt. always keep it fastened. >> don't you well know. and especially because until your child is two, they sit on your lap and you've seen the size of my boy. when william was crying around on top of me. you know, if we didn't need the seat belt on, i didn't use the seat belt. well, i might have done if i'd have seen this story. but it's difficult for little ones and the children, if they didn't

have seat belts on in that situation. must have just been like footballs. >> yeah, yeah, just awful. >> yeah, yeah, just awful. >> it's it is scary. but as simon says, you've got to learn from it and we've got to learn from it and we've got to learn from it and we've got to learn from it as passengers as well. and just do whatever we can to be aware of what could happen. right. it's 6:17. let's have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. >> a former royal marine has been accused who was accused of spying for the hong kong intelligence service, has died in unexplained circumstances in a park in berkshire. 37 year old matthew trickett was charged with offences under the national security act and appeared in court last week . court last week. >> police officers were called to grenfell park in maidenhead at about 5:15 on sunday. a police cordons in place as police cordons in place as police continue to investigate the death , which is, as isabel the death, which is, as isabel said, being treated as unexplained . unexplained. >> ex post office boss paula vennells is set to begin giving evidence at the post office inquiry today. she was chief executive there between 2012 and 2019, and will be speaking

publicly about what happened to her for the first time in almost a decade and is expected to reveal what she knew about the wrongly accused subpostmasters and the foreign secretary, lord cameron set to go to albania today to highlight the key role played by the uk in tackling illegal immigration. >> he is set to hold talks with albania's prime minister, president and foreign minister to discuss initiatives to help albania crack down on gangs smuggling people across the channel and fuelling drugs. crime in the uk. >> now this one's for you, stephen. yes, it is absolutely . stephen. yes, it is absolutely. love this story. there's some good news for all space geeks and for the future of britain's space industry, because a rocket test firing on the shetland islands has been hailed as a major success. >> yeah, in fact, it's gone down so well that the uk apparently could soon become a european leader when it comes to the launching of small satellites .

launching of small satellites. >> well, the rocket was launched from the saxavord spaceport last week, and who better to speak to the saxavord very own head of operations, debbie strang? >> yes . good operations, debbie strang? >> yes. good morning debbie. how did it go ? did it go? >> we were really delighted, actually. it was an extremely successful, very exciting for all of us watching. and another milestone in this journey that we're on at the moment, explain to explain to us what happened, because it was a sort of hot rocket test, wasn't it? >> yes. so this is rocket factory augsburg, the client we're working with at the moment. their rocket, obviously, as you can see, that's one stage is upright on their launch stool .launch is upright on their launch stool . launch stalls, 12m high. that's about another 18m. and they're firing four of their engines in there testing in the build up to launch . build up to launch. >> goodness me. and what will it take for us to become a european leader in this field? i mean, you know, we seem to be going in

the right direction, but how close are we to that title? well we are the first, spaceport vertical launch spaceport in europe already. >> so we are the first licensed spaceport in europe. so to a certain extent, you could say we're already leading the way in launch terms in europe. we will be the first to launch. and when that happens later this summer. >> oh, well, in terms of that timetable , i mean, how happy are timetable, i mean, how happy are you?i timetable, i mean, how happy are you? i mean, obviously this was a you know, the, the testing of a you know, the, the testing of a of a stage one part of a rocket. but at what point do you then do a test launch , then then do a test launch, then actually start sending things up. so so this is, really for the rocket company to answer because we're providing the expert support , launch services, expert support, launch services, the security, all those things are absolutely vital for this launch to take place. >> that's our role . but rocket >> that's our role. but rocket factory augsburg are really keeping to the timetable that they've set. so, once the bird

nesting season is complete, because we won't be doing anything and too noisy to disturb the wildlife. they will do some more testing. the actual rocket when it launches will have nine engines on board. so they need to now put the engines while that stage is vertical into place. they'll do another test. we're hoping in july and really looking for that first launch in august. really looking for that first launch in august . wow, that's launch in august. wow, that's good luck. >> good luck in august. let us know how it goes. we will watch with interest and we hope it all goes to plan . thanks very much. goes to plan. thanks very much. debbie strang there, speaking to us. >> us. >> fascinating stuff because there's a huge market for it getting these i mean these small satellites really are very small. a lot, a lot of them, but if you know, they pay good money, be great for the economy. yeah. >> be fantastic. >> be fantastic. >> well, there we go. good for the economy. good news all round , will it be good news in the weather? it was a bit of a washout yesterday, and i think it might be more of the same

today. here's alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. on this rather wet wednesday . heavy this rather wet wednesday. heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country and that does bring the risk of some flooding. it's already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. as we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. there will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but the sunshine is going to be relatively limited. temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather it's going to feel pretty unpleasant. like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. some frequent

lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. the greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales, and into southern scotland. two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow. in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it. towards the north—west of scotland. there will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times. two through the evening and overnight. the rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why we're going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. as we go through the night. it should turn largely dry. there may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture and that

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>> hello. >> hello. >> no. yes. you've just posted something, but i'll come back to you. kellogg. i'll come back to you. kellogg. i'll come back to you in a little. >> okay . elianne. >> okay. elianne. >> okay. elianne. >> kellogg's been in touch. >> kellogg's been in touch. >> oh, okay. >> oh, okay. >> do you want to do that? well she likes my typal. oh, does she really? >> well, i didn't want to do it in front of you, because obviously you're not wearing cos i'm tireless. you are tireless. >> but the thing is, you haven't got a pocket square today. no, no, no i haven't. >> you go pocket square. no tie. you go tie. no pocket. >> i normally have a pocket. >> i normally have a pocket. >> it's like donny and marie, a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. that's exactly what it was anyway. >> kellogg, thank you very much indeed. >> you remember donny and marie, donny osmond and his sister marie? of course i do. at the end of the show, they do a song and he'd be all rock and roll because that's donny osmond, and then she'd be all country. he'd be all be fair. >> he was all teeth. he was all he was. >> and let's face it, donny wasn't a lot of rock and roll. really? not really, not really. >> it wasn't really. anyway, we better talk. chelsea? >> yes. mauricio pochettino. yes. now, is this a huge shock?

i think it's a mistake. i think it's a really bizarre decision. now. mauricio pochettino then who was spurs manager for a long time? went to chelsea. he was at p56 time? went to chelsea. he was at psg and then he went to chelsea and things had not got off to a good start to be honest with you. they spent £1 billion on players and this is todd boehly, the american owner, who had been just splashing the cash left, right and centre pochettino and it's taking a while now . i've it's taking a while now. i've said right here as well, a lot of times that it takes pochettino a while to get settled and for players to understand how his system works. now, i remember speaking to kyle walker when he was playing at spurs this a few years ago, and i'll never forget it . and this i'll never forget it. and this is things weren't working out at the start. and he said, you know, i've got to be honest with you, i we can't quite get a handle on this. it's just not working the way we want to. and then it clicked and then it started working. now with chelsea, they've won the last five games of the season. so although they'd had a bit of a tncky although they'd had a bit of a tricky start finally it's like you're looking at them. they're playing well, they're doing really well. but it's almost

like the decision was made a little while ago. now i know that ratio wasn't very happy there. there was things that he wasn't too happy about. so it's by mutual agreement, it's issued the statement is issues were philosophical and related to the dynamics of working within a club structure. that doesn't make any sense to me. >> i don't know, they're just basically his personality clash. i would read that as, but he said he's going to leave his phone open and he wants to stay in the london area. >> is that what he said? >> is that what he said? >> is that what he said? >> i heard that on the radio this morning. >> oh, really? in the london area. but where else would that possibly be? i don't know, i mean, he he even lived in london when he was working in paris. he still had his house in london. oh did he, but there are jobs that are available now. brighton. this possibility. what are we interested in? brighton. i don't know, manchester united. then he was linked with manchester united before but he's a very good manager. but chelsea i think have made a huge mistake because they're going to go back to the drawing board and then they said, oh, we want a young manager. it's just it i

think it's craziness, absolute craziness to get rid of maurizio. although it may be six and a half dozen of the other 24 managers since 2000. >> yes. >> yes. >> i mean high turnover. >> i mean high turnover. >> did you see that? did you see the thing about the pope's? >> no, no. go on. >> apparently there's more been more chelsea managers than popes since 1770. something i got, i comes up with these statistics. >> they go , oh i know, yeah >> they go, oh i know, yeah i see i there was the two john paups see i there was the two john paul's and that was quite a quick one in the 80s. >> so that that turned around quickly. but there are also a couple of quick chelsea man, i don't know who would come up with that and go man, what are the more popes since the 1770s? but apparently that's the case. >> very good. >> very good. >> oh, there you go. >> oh, there you go. >> should i use that again or should we ditch that face? >> i once was enough. i think i liked it, but the thing is, now there's going to be white smoke over stamford bridge when the new manager comes in. >> maybe that would be a nice idea. a little blue smoke maybe, i don't know, gareth southgate, is he being ruthless? >> yeah, i think you know what i

think he is. and i think it's about time, because often he would stick with players even though. are they in form. should they be there now the players that have been dropped them from the england, the england squad, it's 33. i was mentioning this yesterday. it was going to be around a provisional squad of around a provisional squad of around 30. it's 33, which will then drop to 26 on the 8th of june, just before the euro. so marcus rashford is out now . it marcus rashford is out now. it would be unthinkable maybe a year ago, but he's had a bad season , and there's been better season, and there's been better players in the position. so marcus rashford has been left out. cole palmer, phil foden, bukayo saka all been better. jordan's henderson now i can't understand how jordan henderson is still been even around the squad because he left liverpool. he went to saudi arabia still playing for england when he's in saudi arabia. whereas the let's face it, the quality is not going to be that good. then he's left there, gone to ajax in holland. not done very well there either. so finally he's been told, look, you're 33 years old and so he's going to be he's left out. >> so is that it for him. is he

done? >>i done? >> i think he is. yeah. he's done coming back from that 33. yeah i mean raheem sterling is out. kalvin phillips is out. but there are five new caps as well curtis jones adam walton from crystal palace james trafford, jarell quansah from liverpool, everton's gerard braithwaite but there's no guarantee that they are going to be going to germany. but he's going in with new talent, which is good, which is good and exciting and being a little more ruthless. so i think it's pretty exciting and i think we'll win the euros i do. oh, look at your surprise. yes i do, i do. i'm all about i'll still stick with it. >> momentum , that's exactly what >> momentum, that's exactly what it's about. let's see. >> but that's the thing about chelsea, you know, the momentum was there and then that's it. it's all gone. and off goes. mauricio pochettino . mauricio pochettino. >> all right, but we have a bit of cycling. >> yeah. you like cycling? i do like cycling. >> and giro d'italia bosses are under fire. >> well, yeah, the giro d'italia. now, this is, this is going on at the moment in italia of all places , who would have of all places, who would have thought? it's the tour de france of italia. the giro d'italia . of italia. the giro d'italia. now this chaos. it was awful weather conditions. now we're

looking at, it looks pretty bad. now look at that then. now this is where they've got a cycle. it was a three hour delay to stage 16. now teams refused to start at the scheduled 202 kilometre route, which is livigno, to val gardena, which is ski resorts . gardena, which is ski resorts. >> that was for you as a thank you. >> so they go around the umbrail pass, which is into switzerland, but to be honest, cut a long story short, it's snowy and it's like two degrees. it's a ski resort. yeah. so the cyclists having to go down this mountain, just saying. well, this is crazy. we can't. this is too dangerous. whereas the organisers are going, well, that's what we do. so they're australian. ben o'connor called the organisers dinosaurs says it's absolutely crazy. so all the teams agreed to say we're not going to do this because it's too dangerous. quite right. we should. it's madness. >> if they want to do that, do it at peak summer season. but if you're going up and people were skiing just a few weeks ago, i know, can you imagine skiers going and then you're riding bicycle? >> yeah. i'm sorry, is it like

that? yeah, i'm like that. you're on your own. i'm still on the front. i know, and then they they have to ring ding ding as they're going round people stopping. >> it's crazy because they've got hellish speed goodness down the mountains. >> can you imagine this. >> can you imagine this. >> and so what's happening. >> and so what's happening. >> so they're just boycotting that stage . that stage. >> yeah that's it. they did it so they missed. it's about 80km. they said look we'll start further down. yeah. and everybody's agreed to that. so the teams have had to say fine. so tadej pogacar pogacar from slovenia, he leads the general classification . garrett thomas, classification. garrett thomas, our boy of course, former sports personality of the year currently in third. >> all right. good. still do it okay. >> fantastic. >> fantastic. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> i'll ride off on my bike with my little bell and my basket. >> some charades as well with the actions i love it. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> my hands on sit like this. >> my hands on sit like this. >> no, no, we're talking about italy. you've got to move your hands if you're italian. >> exactly. i went to the mummy. >> exactly. i went to the mummy. >> i went to the dentist last on friday. yeah, to get a new crown. yeah. oh, gosh. teeth are

still a bit sore. but my dentist, the guy doing it very good, but was italian. oh. was it? so he's. >> had to pull the tooth out. the drills are going in i think i've got a bit of italian in me. >> just because i'm quite like this, you know, i'm quite a gesticulate a lot. >> yes, yes , i've noticed your >> yes, yes, i've noticed your articulations, latin temperament. >> you know, i can get cross quickly, but then i'll cry. and i've got lots of love. quite italian, i think. maybe i'm italian. >> guys, it's all. >> guys, it's all. >> it's all tears and fury in this studio. >> it's all drama and you're a particularly good footballer as well. exactly. yeah. >> no, it's more the pasta eating. that's my specialism. right. that's enough from for us now. i'll have a quick break. >> normal stereotyping by any chance? >>i chance? >> i just got that going on, is there? no, i hope not. >> i'm renee hoenderkamp. they'll be here to talk some sense and take us through what's making the news. in just a moment.

>>i >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> let's take a look at some of the wednesday newspaper front page. well done. flab. on which day of the. >> he said, what day is it? >> he said, what day is it? >> because you're in and, you know, we're all over the shop. no. >> our normal days, anything could be happening. >> here's the daily telegraph leading with our top story this morning. the conservative mp craig mckinlay, who's been opening up about his incredible journey telling versus having his hands and feet amputated but remaining undeterred to continue in public life at the times, leads with the police being told to make fewer arrests to free up overcrowded prisons. here's the guardian it's leading. with the rise in under 40 being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with reported cases going up by 40% in the last six years. >> the are this morning leading with the former royal marine, who's been charged with spying for the hong kong intelligence service. he was found dead in a park in maidenhead on sunday, and the daily mail is leading with the british grandfather from bristol, who died on

yesterday's storm lashed plane journey from london to singapore. >> seven other passengers are in a critical condition, all right, let's talk through those then. >> with norman baker and renee hoenderkamp. good to see you both this morning. morning renee. let's start with you. should we and craig mckinley. because whatever your politics, actually, this is an inspirational story. >> it really. >> it really. >> so i listened to this last night quite accidentally . you night quite accidentally. you know, when we have to go to bed early and it actually gave me goosebumps because for so many reasons. firstly, what an inspiration that he has come through. you know, a life challenging event that most people would just give up and die. but he didn't. he's lost all of his limbs. he has a very small child and he's determined to get back in the house of commons to get back working. he wants to be known as the bionic mp, and the bit that reduced me to tears is when he said he could no longer feel his daughters hand in his exactly the same. it's giving me goosebumps now. >> god bless them both. >> god bless them both.

>> and does, does it not show you that the small things in life that we don't actually even think about, we take for granted and we should grasp every day because we never know what's around the corner? >> absolutely . and sepsis really >> absolutely. and sepsis really frightening. and we were talking about a number of people we've talked to over the years who've had tragic losses from this. and it does have some of the symptoms overlap with quite common symptoms. it's the temperature thing and the feeling drowsy . how do you know feeling drowsy. how do you know when it's sepsis? you don't want to be the person that's ringing one, one one every time you've got no and for doctors it's equally, you know, terrifying. >> i mean, my friends who work in hospitals say they could never be a gp because they couldn't live with this degree of risk every day not knowing. but i guess it's just being ultra aware when things deteriorate rapidly, when it just doesn't look normal. but i think, you know, it is very rare. let's not scare people. this doesn't happen very often and there are four times more common than breast cancer. >> the experts of the deaths in terms of the deaths. >> but again, it's about early treatment and very early treatment and very early treatment and very early treatment and recognising it. well, oddly enough, we had oh

no, i bet i can't find it now because i've shut the page down. >> but someone got in touch on gbnews.com/yoursay saying they had it, but it was caught or they fell down the stairs. their daughter was there. they felt like they were dying, but it got they got them to hospital and, three days later they were fine. >> yeah, it's about you get that early treatment really early. and it's even if, if a gp expects sepsis in their surgery, they've got a protocol to administer really hardcore antibiotics there and then on the spot and we have them in our emergency box. >> what causes it. because it's this autoimmune response that starts attacking your tissues. but can it be triggered just by, a septic thing, any, any infection. >> so he had a bit of a cold, you know, and obviously his immune system, rather than getting on top of it and killing it, actually went into overdrive. >> gosh gosh gosh gosh , norman, >> gosh gosh gosh gosh, norman, let's talk about this story, which is equally shocking , which is equally shocking, frankly, we've been talking for the last few weeks about this

crisis in our prisons, people being released, being full up by the end of june. the warning shot. well, today, front of the times . and they're saying police times. and they're saying police are being told to make fewer arrests . arrests. >> they are being told that. and they're also being the system is being instructed, as it were, to release people up to 70 days early from prison to make space. there's a conflict between what the government wills and what the government wills and what the government wills and what the government pays for. ultimately, it's what it comes down to. we have, as a society under various governments, now got the highest prison population in europe per head of population in europe per head of population apart from the us, which is much higher, but compared to other european countries. that's a figure . and countries. that's a figure. and yet the government, successive governments have not made provision for prison places to deal with that. and it's not simply that there are no places which there aren't any places, but it means that the government is now willing people to be arrested. all sorts of new laws to arrest people, and there's no provision for them in the system. so it's completely chaotic . and frankly, the chaotic. and frankly, the government's failed totally on this front. and it's not just the prisons itself, because if you look at the reports in the

guardian this morning online, don't think it's in the paper. this is about inmates in winchester prison breaking through walls with plastic cutlery. yeah. and you just think , well, you know, the whole think, well, you know, the whole country is falling to bits under this government. if you can get through a wall in a prison with plastic cutlery, what kind of state are these prisons in? >> and there's a crisis with the staffing because we know not only have lots of people left, but also people don't want to work there. it's incredibly dangerous. why would you want to work in our prisons, actually, i can't remember which minister we had on last week, but i was picking up this point about the prisons being overcrowded and being and prisoners being released, violent criminals often being released before the end of their sentences. it's only a few days, as if you're really just sweeping it under the carpet. only a few days short of their sentence. >> i guess if you were the. >> i guess if you were the. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> yeah, if you were the relative of somebody who was then attacked by said criminal in that few days, you would feel very differently about, well, you've got to hope they've been rehabilitated. >> i mean, that's the idea of prison. it's what's meant to happen but not happen.

>> but you don't happen because today, half of them it does with some people, not enough. not enough by any stretch of imagination. some are in their cells 23 hours a day. that's the reality at the moment. >> yeah, but you know, in in terms of this, what i'm slightly intrigued by is the answer cannot simply to be build more prisons, have an even bigger prisons, have an even bigger prison population. it has to be about prevention and stopping people offending in the first. totally. >> that's totally right. speaking as a former crime prevention minister, that's exactly right. you have to prevent people from creating crime in the first place. for example, there have to be alternative provision for youth to get involved in sports and other activities to get them off the streets. that's one thing you can do sensibly. secondly, you can do sensibly. secondly, you have to make sure that people who shouldn't be in prison aren't there and there are people in there who should be in the mental health system, actually. and there are people there who have committed very, very small crimes who shouldn't be there. and if you manage to do that, then you can make sure the dangerous people aren't released early with people who are seriously dangerous prisoners released from lewes pfison prisoners released from lewes prison in my town in the last couple of weeks, who should have been released early and i was heanng been released early and i was hearing about a prison. >> is it in lancashire?

lancaster prison, which was closed fairly recently. it's been turned into a museum, so you can go and view what a museum is like, what a prison is like, and actually there's these overcrowding issues going on. surely we repurposed that one immediately. you can't stop it. >> not you don't have any prison officers . officers. >> interesting isn't it, what's the guardian saying, renee, about type 2 diabetes. >> so i found this really interesting . i told norman this interesting. i told norman this earlier because we've we're seeing this all the time. obesity is the biggest problem that we face. and when you put on weight , that we face. and when you put on weight, you quite often that we face. and when you put on weight , you quite often drive on weight, you quite often drive yourself into a beat. diabetes, which is a really dangerous condition, which will ruin the rest of your life and shorten life. now i well, if it's not properly if it's not treated properly if it's not treated properly , but even when it's properly, but even when it's treated properly, properly, it can still be doing damage slowly, quietly. and people do find it very, very hard to keep their sugars in range even when they're on treatment. so i did my health check this year in january, and i was one point away from being pre—diabetic.

goodness me. and i couldn't work it out. i don't eat processed food. i exercise two times a week. vision of health. so i examined my diet and i was eating a handful of soft prunes a day and having sugar in my coffee. i cut out the soft prunes and i cut out the sugar, which was the hardest thing i have ever done because i'm such a sweet tooth and i retest it this week and i'm now in optimal sugar range at 34. and i thought the message from that is not look how well i've done. it's actually the changes don't have to be huge. and i think for people that are obese and overweight, sometimes it's so overwhelming that you think the changes you have to make to your lifestyle are so massive, but they're not. >> but there's a there's a big difference between being type two diabetic and being pre—diabetic . i mean, i mean, pre—diabetic. i mean, i mean, this is where it does get a bit confusing. i mean, the idea that someone like you should even be worried about being a type two diabetic, unless it was a genetic or genetic predisposition for you, is properly crackers actually? >> well, it was properly

crackers . that's why i was so crackers. that's why i was so interested about it. but i managed to identify my diet. stephen, what was pushing me there? and i think this is what people why don't we make small changes rather than to have to cut out prunes, though, because they're so good for you and lots of other ways . so i replaced of other ways. so i replaced them with a fibre supplement, a natural fibre supplement like a fibre gel or something like that. >> yeah, yeah. so can i just ask? sorry, i'm taking advantage of the doctor here today, but were you noticing any of the symptoms like extra thirst or that you wouldn't notice that? i'm thinking of people at home in this age bracket have any? >> so i just did a health check. so maybe encourage people to go forward to their gp. might just have some food noticed. >> if they are, they wouldn't that nothing. >> they wouldn't notice anything. >> no but but the issue with here you talk about small changes and fine. if someone identifies as being pre—diabetic . but the problem with this is this isn't people who are pre—diabetic. these this is about people who are properly overweight, possibly type two with not getting any treatment for it. right >> and so the big problem here, the thing that's driving this is

ultra processed food. ultra processed food is the evil of our society now and is driving people's weight because it doesn't fill you up. giving you give us examples of what ultra processed. so almost everything that you buy that's pre—prepared in a package is ultra processed now, microwave meals. but biscuits , breakfast cereals, cereals. >> yeah, things like this. so what we need to do is go back to buying things from scratch as much as we can and cooking. but for that, we need education on. we need to teach people what's bad, what's good, how to cook. we need to start in schools. well, it needs to happen. or people are not going to live. >> but it's never going to happen now. people are not going to go to the supermarket and not buy biscuits, bread, cereal. >> it does make me think though, about cereal my kids eat. i mean, we have a whole array. we have all of the high in fibre, we have oats do a lot of porridge at the weekend, but for speed sometimes. so do you know what i'll have? >> no. >> no. >> alice now has cheerios and things like that, but they're processed and really bad.

>> there's a direct link to cancer up to 30 cancers. we're driving cancer and we're driving obesity. alice. now, she used to have porridge. she's now switched to plain rice. that's what she has for breakfast. >> plain rice. >> plain rice. >> wow. she wanted it. >> wow. she wanted it. >> that's what she has. >> that's what she has. >> what about plain sorry. plain rice is good isn't it. >> no. >> no. >> weetabix is not good. >> weetabix is not good. >> no weetabix. >> no weetabix. >> none of the cereals visitors told us to give our none of the cereals. we were weaning them. oh dear. right. or porridge or nothing. >> well no porridge. porridge. porridge is good. >> it's not good. >> it's not good. >> it's not good. >> it is if you buy it organic. so there's no pesticides. >> no, no, no, it's forget all that. >> but porridge actually forces your blood glucose up very, very quickly. and that's, that's without any sugar on it. without. i have it with salt porridge. >> with salt porridge is actually a low glycemic food . actually a low glycemic food. >> no no no no no no no no. everyone's everyone says everyone says porridge is a low glycemic food. how often do you eat porridge? >> i don't eat porridge. >> i don't eat porridge. >> right. but how often? if you would eat porridge, how often would eat porridge, how often would you eat it? or all the people who say it's low glycemic and actually monitor their blood glucose as they eat it? well,

nobody. >> nobody? no. >> nobody? no. >> but i do. >> but i do. >> yes. >> yes. >> and you eat porridge with just a little bit of salt on skimmed milk. >> that might be, you know, it happens every day. >> every type. one diabetic who's on cgm, who monitors it, it happens. your bloods go through the roof like a rocket. okay so the idea that it's low glycemic right is nonsense . glycemic right is nonsense. >> but what i'm going to say is it's not processed, so it's not processed. so it's not going to give you cancer. >> no, but it will give you a sugar boost. >> it might give, but so does banana. >> oh yeah. exactly a banana. but you'd expect a banana to. people eat. people eat porridge thinking well this is good. my bloods are going to be nice and level with porridge. it's going to enter my system very slowly. nonsense. it's absolute nonsense. >> yes, guys, i'm going to talk about this. this death in a maidenhead park. not just of any person, but somebody who was in court last week. norman, accused of spying on behalf of beijing for anyone who was a sort of hong kong , pro—democracy, hong kong, pro—democracy, someone who was potentially facing porridge at some point in

the in the future , this royal the in the future, this royal marine, who has been charged as an officer, which is probably the more shocking. >> yes, indeed. >> yes, indeed. >> and there's two other people who were charged with him , who were charged with him, including a uk border force officer and mr trickett now has been found dead in a park in in maidenhead, there's not quite clear what's happened . it's just clear what's happened. it's just important to perhaps note that in last week's hearing, important to perhaps note that in last week's hearing , the in last week's hearing, the prosecutor said mr trickett had attempted suicide before being charged and asked for the defendant to be remanded in custody for his own welfare and he didn't seem to be remanded in custody, which may be linked back to the previous story about shortage of places to keep people. but in any case, there'll be a full, post—mortem, there'll be a full, post—mortem, there'll be a full, post—mortem, there'll be toxicology tests and examining data from mobile phones and all the other aspects which you would expect to be carried out. >> i mean, this is absolutely tragic for his family. >> really is. >> really is. >> yes, of course it is. i mean, n-s— >> yes, of course it is. i mean, it's unexpected. and his death like this is unexpected. he's quite young. he's 37, so it's

very sad for them. but it does suggest that the system has not been followed properly. if the man was allowed to be in that situation. >> very dear. no, it's not good. >> very dear. no, it's not good. >> oh, dear. let's have a look. we've got time out of time. >> we've got time. oh. minute 45. let's talk about this. >> this flight. >> this flight. >> yes. renee. >> yes. renee. >> which i mean, honestly, i know it's they're they're quite rare for stuff like this to happen, but absolutely terrifying. >> terrifying . and i mean, the >> terrifying. and i mean, the fact that the 73 year old gentleman had a heart attack, i think, speaks to how terrifying it clearly was , i mean, i fly it clearly was, i mean, i fly often, and i never have my seatbelt undone for this reason because i read about a case about 20 years ago very similarly, and they're completely unpredictable. and these poor passengers, it must have been they must have all believed they were going to die. that's that's the fear that they must have had. and the injuries , must have had. and the injuries, the head injuries. >> it really does make you think twice about the safety of having even shoes taken off and

floating about on the floor, laptops, hot drinks. i mean, are they safe on flights? it's just beggars belief really does make you think twice about, you know, whether or not we need to change our behaviour on board flights. but then apparently it's one tenth of a percent chance that you will hit this in the atmosphere when you're flying . atmosphere when you're flying. so it's highly unlikely that you will. and you know, the woman who was, one of the air hostesses on board, said she'd been flying for 30 years and never encountered any extreme turbulence at all. >> this is a different hazard and risk . the >> this is a different hazard and risk. the risk of something happening on an airline is very low indeed . it's a very safe low indeed. it's a very safe form of transport. but the hazard, if it does go wrong is quite significant. >> well, that's that's well said. >> that's that's the problem isn't it? >> if something goes wrong you're basically toast . you're basically toast. >> but i think it comes back to that. we can't mitigate all risk from raisi. >> no. yeah. >> no. yeah. >> no. yeah. >> no we can't. >>— >> no we can't. >> do you fly if you have a heart condition on you know. >> yes. because you must live your life as if today is the last day, right? >> living our lives. we've got

to go and check on the weather. >> yes we do. >>— >> yes we do. >> that will be. >> that will be. >> here's alex. >> here's alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news morning. >> here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country and that does bnng of the country and that does bring the risk of some flooding. it's already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. as we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. there will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather it's going to feel pretty unpleasant. like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. some frequent

lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. the greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland. two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow. in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it towards the north—west of scotland. there will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times, two through the evening and overnight. the rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why we're going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south as we go through the night, it should turn largely dry. there may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be

quite a wet picture. and that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather, drier and perhaps brighter towards the south. so temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> at morning to you 7:00 wednesday. the 22nd of may. >> thank you for your company. you're tuned into breakfast this morning with stephen dixon and isabel webster. lovely to have you with us. >> well, today, an inspiring return. tory mp craig mckinlay reveals all about his sepsis battle, which has left him without hands or feet as he plans to return to parliament today. >> i'm hoping people might give me the benefit of the doubt and say that man's been a fighter for himself. he's damn well going to fight for me. i'm going to give him my support. the

bourbonic mp bionic mp is what i want to be any minute now. >> we are expecting the latest inflation figures. liam halligan standing by to break down exactly what this means for you. >> the cost of living crisis has impacted us all. will today's inflation number mark an end to all that and better times ahead ? all that and better times ahead? >> terror in the skies, turbulence on board a singapore airlines flight from london leads to one death and dozens of injuries . injuries. >> a week after appearing in court, the metropolitan police are investigating the unexplained death of a man charged with spying for hong kong. >> and in the sport. chelsea and mauricio pochettino have parted company vie, just as he's managed to get a tune out of his billion pound team. i don't think chelsea fans can be too happy about that. gareth southgate showed his ruthless side by axing marcus rashford and jordan henderson from his england euro squad, and england cricket is back. we could tell by the weather that england

cricket's back as they take on pakistan in the first t20 at headingley later tonight . headingley later tonight. >> heavy, persistent rain is going to cause some major problems for quite a few of us today. there are a number of warnings out. i'll have the details coming up . details coming up. >> loads of you been in touch on prisons , dave says a long prisons, dave says a long overdue rethink is needed about who we send to prison. this means spending money on other options, like funding agencies to help people instead of locking them up. it also means adequately funding the police and better pay for the probation staff at probation is really struggling at the moment. so there you go. it's it does need a wider range of thinking. you can't just lock everybody up. clearly, something's going very wrong. >> can't not arrest people . >> can't not arrest people. >> can't not arrest people. >> oh, no. exactly. >> oh, no. exactly. >> fear of not having any space. i think this could become a really big issue in an election

yeah really big issue in an election year. yeah, the conservatives really want to be seen as the party of law and order. there's an opportunity there, probably, for labour to expose this. if they wanted to , but it'll be they wanted to, but it'll be interesting to see what the government says in relation to all of this. >> if we're locking more people up than western europe , but per up than western europe, but per head of population than the rest of europe , then then something of europe, then then something something's going wrong and it needs to be. the answer will be very complicated , right? very complicated, right? >> breaking news, leading our program this hour and in the last few moments we have been heanng last few moments we have been hearing inflation has fallen again to 2.3. now it's down from last month's rate of 3.2. it didn't quite hit the bank of england's 2% target, which i know would have been really key for the government. we're not knocking it 2.3% not to be sniffed out. >> it's not far. i'll tell you what should we just instead of us waffling on, let's talk straight to liam halligan. who's here? who actually knows what he's talking about? good to see you, liam. >> it's all relative, steve. >> it's all relative, steve. >> yeah, i'll tell you this. this isn't far off the bank of england's inflation target.

>> it isn't. it's 2.3. so over the last 12 months, prices have gone up on average by 2.3. that doesn't mean they've come down. they've gone up. but just less than they were going up . back in than they were going up. back in october 2022, annual inflation was 11.1, a 50 year high. as you say. it has now come down towards the bank of england's 2% target. why has it come down? it's come down because we've had lower utility bills or we've had fewer increases in utility bills. we've had a reduction in the ofgem energy price cap, food price inflation has come down as post lockdown . supply chains post lockdown. supply chains have managed to reboot themselves . it's still above the themselves. it's still above the bank of england's 2% target. and that's why, when the monetary policy committee meets on june the 20th, the nine economists at the 20th, the nine economists at the bank of england who decide whether interest rates are going to move or not, i think they're going to keep interest rates,

stephen, at the current 16 year high of 5.25. so no interest rate cut next month in my view. >> right . interesting. that >> right. interesting. that would be disappointing i suppose, for a lot of people. but i mean the year's not done. maybe we'd see them later in the yeah maybe we'd see them later in the year. who knows. what's the sort of mood generally economic sort of mood generally economic sort of picture wise, we had a very short, sharp recession, which the chancellor will be pleased about. we've had economic growth better than , america and germany better than, america and germany in france. so lots for the for the government to be crowing about. will they be happy with this this morning? >> the government will be happy because it shows that inflation is definitely on a downward trend from 3.2% last month to 2.3% this month, is a big sort of proportionate fall in inflation. but then the opposition will say, well, what's inflation got to do with you? inflation is all about how the bank of england sets interest rates. that's why the bank of england is independent, because politicians aren't meant to mess with inflation, because they always mess it up. that's been the history. that's why

we've got an independent bank of england. and as you say, isabel, there have been estimates coming out most recently from the international monetary fund that rarely does the uk any favours when it comes to forecasts. they are actually saying that the uk economy is outperforming some of the other large g7 economies, not least germany. italy growing about the same as france. look, but these are still tiny numbers. the economy has still not really got out of second gear since lockdown . indeed, i gear since lockdown. indeed, i would say since that global financial crisis back in 2000 and 809, we seem to be stalling . and 809, we seem to be stalling. the government obviously will be hoping for more better economic news in the run up to an election this autumn, and i'd say that they'll be hoping for at least 1 or 2 interest rate cuts yet before a november election, as well as another tax cut. >> but is there a sense with this that the monetary policy committee are going to be looking at other factors, rather than just inflation, sort of more underlying factors? >> absolutely right. they'll be looking at wage inflation. and

wage inflation is still high. real wages. that is wages after inflation are now growing quite strongly. and they'll be worried because high wages of course that's great news if you're at work. but that increases the costs of firms. firms pass on those costs of course. and then that feeds through into the pnces that feeds through into the prices that we pay in the shops for our goods and services , as for our goods and services, as well as wage inflation. the bank of england will also have its beady eye, or nine of its beady eyes, or 18. right. a nine strong monetary policy committee on global energy markets. commodity markets, particularly oil and gas, as i often say here on gb news, geopolitics is really important. all that turmoil in the middle east, ongoing turmoil between russia and ukraine, it spooks oil markets. it spooks gas markets. any flare up in geopolitics, you can see that feeding into energy prices, they could spike and that would feed into inflation. so this interest rate cut i

think it is on the way. it is on the way. i don't think it will happen next month because we're still above target and we may yet get 1 or 2 interest rate cuts before an election. >> but is there still is there still an issue with the monetary policy committee in the sense, i mean, they can turn around. >> they say, well, our plan has worked. then we've kept prices high. everyone's been squeezed. some people you know, squeezed till they squeak and all of this. yet there's still that big argument to say, actually, this hasn't been the right policy. this this high level of base rate is not what's brought inflation down. will that are we sort of feeding the beast with this? >> there's definitely , >> there's definitely, definitely a debate going on about the bank of england . about the bank of england. nobodyin about the bank of england. nobody in government, nobody in authority wants to have a debate about the bank of england. when the bank of england is trying to get inflation down, because it looks as if you're trying to move the goalposts, you're trying to blame the bank of england, and that will be a kind of downward spiral. but there's definitely a debate ongoing . definitely a debate ongoing. should the bank of england stay

independent? did the bank of england was it asleep at the wheel? was it too slow to raise interest rates? well putting my reporter hat to one side and being a columnist and analyst, i've been writing, you know, throughout 2020 and 2021, people like me, there were a few of us were saying, you have to raise interest rates sooner. inflation is coming down the track. post lockdown, the bank of england didn't listen. inflation will be transitory or boy, don't worry about it. that turned out to be wrong. the federal reserve and the states got that wrong as well. and because they were too slow to raise interest rates when inflation was going up, i personally think they've been too slow to lower interest rates with inflation coming down. we've had 13 interest rate rises. they take months and months and months to feed through the impact of previous interest rate rises is still in the system even though inflation is coming down. if i was on the monetary policy committee , i'd monetary policy committee, i'd have cut months ago. okay. >> interesting. well, this is at 2.3, the lowest it's been since july 2021. and don't forget when rishi sunak became prime

minister inflation was at 11% and he did manage to achieve . and he did manage to achieve. and it wasn't his work solely but the pledge hitting his back into it. yeah, he has 100% and he wanted to halve it by christmas. and he did. we've got comments in from the treasury and from rachel reeves this morning, the treasury saying we rightly protected millions of jobs during covid and paid half of people's energy bills after putin's invasion of ukraine sent bills skyrocketing. but it wouldn't be fair to leave future generations to pick up the tab. that's why we must stick to the plan to get debt falling. the economy is turning a corner with strong growth. this quarter and inflation close to target, allowing us to cut taxes for the average worker by £900 a year. >> well, as political messaging goes, the key phrase there that will be repeated ad nauseum by conservatives up and down the country, the economy's turning a corner . corner. >> the real important aspect here for politics and for the lives and livelihoods of gb news viewers and listeners and indeed all of us here in the uk, is are we going to feel that the economy is turning a corner ?

economy is turning a corner? that's the crucial thing. and i have to say, when i talk to lots of people, get lots of emails, lots of messages, many , many lots of messages, many, many people out there do not feel any of this recovery . they are still of this recovery. they are still struggling and that is the challenge for the government . challenge for the government. it's the ronald reagan question. do you feel better than you did five years ago? and for a lot of british people, i'm afraid they're going to say, no, no, interesting . what's your view on interesting. what's your view on this? rachel reeves, who's the shadow chancellor, has has made a statement, but it's just politics, really. unfortunately she says inflation has fallen. she says, but now is not the time for conservative ministers to be popping champagne corks. after 14 years of conservative chaos, families are worse off. pnces chaos, families are worse off. prices have soared, mortgage bills have risen, taxes at a 70 year high and rishi sunak is now putting family finances at risk again, with the £46 billion unfunded policy to abolish national insurance. it will mean higher borrowing, higher taxes and the end of the state

pension. labour's first steps will be to deliver economic stability, so we can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible. >> well, shadow chancellor rachel reeves, she's got to tread a fine line here. on the one hand, she wants to do her politicking and keep whacking the tories over the head. on the other hand, she doesn't want to come across as churlish. she doesn't want to be seen to be talking down the british economy . if you're running a small business, you know, out the back of a van, you're trying to get business going, you're trying to you're trying to drum up, business for yourself . you want business for yourself. you want firms, you households to feel better. the last thing you want is a leading labour politician on seeing to be negative on the economy. when we're trying to get things moving. economics is all about human nature and sentiment. the trade off between fear on the one hand and greed on the other, as they say in financial markets. i do think rachel reeves has to be careful here. she's got a point, of

course, though, that the tories this is not down to them. inflation falling is not down to them. >> well that's interesting because the prime minister has just released a statement saying this is proof that the plan is working and the difficult decisions we've made are paying off. >> well, his argument would be that because the tories have shown relative constraint with spending that has helped to get our arms around inflation, i think there's something in that, but it's been a lot more, in my view, about those sky high punitive interest rates which have basically throttled the economy, you know, interest rate rises are a very blunt instrument. you are deliberately making life more difficult for people who want to borrow firms or households . yeah, and that is or households. yeah, and that is what lowers demand and brings down pressure for price rises. it's painful, but it seems for now to have worked well. >> liam, we're lucky to have your excellent analysis. >> thank you very much for making that all understandable for us this morning. and we'll see more of you a little bit later on. and we've got another

incredible story for you this morning. this one about inspiring conservative mp craig mackinlay . he's returning to mackinlay. he's returning to parliament today after a phenomenal battle with sepsis. >> yeah, he's had extreme surgery removing his hands and his feet . his feet. >> yes. he's replaced those with prosthetics. and mckinley and his wife spoke to gb news political editor, christopher hope, about his journey . just hope, about his journey. just a warning. the report contains some sensitive images . some sensitive images. >> but one day, his life changed. suddenly it was one of those days that will be etched on craig's memory for life. it was the end of september 2023. he was getting ready to go on houday he was getting ready to go on holiday with his family. he started to feel unwell and unexpectedly, craig had contracted sepsis . contracted sepsis. >> so the grim reaper let me survive . but he's taken his survive. but he's taken his payment in four of my limbs. but that's the way it is . plenty of that's the way it is. plenty of worse things happening. >> that is it. no way back. and, yes, he was very matter of fact.

he accepted that the black day. not any use anymore . and that's not any use anymore. and that's it. so he had a very long, very long operation . and he did come long operation. and he did come back , without those black arms back, without those black arms and legs. and by then i was fine. i just knew that is it. that's the new, new future. new life begins when your body just isn't doing something you want it to do, and you think you can do it. >> i mean, when i had the skin grafts and they're very painful. funny how skin grafts have been more painful than anything else. more painful than the amputation on and just trying to transfer off the bed onto a wheelchair and you're sort of bouncing across and, and it's so painful and you are in tears of frustration that this is just why is it so bad? why isn't this

getting better ? but no, i've getting better? but no, i've been pretty much cheerful throughout. i just think i'm probably coming into my tether of being under the care of an institution of the nhs for so long. big sadness to me is holding little one's hand going to school. can't do that anymore. we can hold sort of hold hands, but i can't feel that she's holding . that's that she's holding. that's a little specialness that's never coming back . you know that touch coming back. you know that touch of hands where it's gone? it's being an mp at the end of the day, i hope it's about what you got up here rather than. yeah knocking on every door, much as i'd like to, but. yeah life will have to change. and if it means more time with family, that has got to be a change for the absolute good. and i'm looking forward to that. >> well, let's bring in olivia utley who can tell us more about all of this? olivia. really, really incredible story. and actually we were discussing it in the newspaper review and how it touches us in so many ways, not only sort of overcoming

adversity, but also that sort of father daughter thing. very very moving . moving. >> it's such an inspiring, incredible story , the way that incredible story, the way that craig mckinley has almost taken this all in his stride. >> he said. he's been pretty cheerful throughout, although he talks about that sadness about not being able to feel his daughter hold his hand. he'll be back in pmqs today and his daughter olivia, who's going to be five tomorrow, will be watching from the public gallery. i'm sure she'll be very proud of him. he wants to be the first bionic mp , he said, and first bionic mp, he said, and he's planning to fight the next election in south thanet. he'll be back in parliament today, just six months after that major, major surgery . now, he major, major surgery. now, he said in that interview with chris hope there that he is hoping that people will give him the benefit of the doubt in south thanet and they will think, well, he fought for himself, so hopefully he'll fight for me too. he's got a majority of about 10,000 in south thanet now. normally that

would be a pretty safe seat, but in these times there is no real conservative safe seat. we've seen labour overturned much, much bigger majorities, but perhaps this is going to give him that boost that he needs to win the seat of south thanet. that's the seat that he's fought very, very hard for over the years. he began life as a ukip mp. he founded the anti—federalist party, which was a precursor to ukip, and then he changed to the conservatives in 2005 because he didn't like the direction that the ukip party was going in. in the end , he was going in. in the end, he ended up fighting the election against nigel farage in south thanet, one of the seven times i think it is that nigel farage has failed to get a seat in parliament, but yeah, craig mckinley has been in parliament ever since as the conservative mp for south thanet. he's been a very, very strong brexiteer. he was one of the biggest conservative voices behind vote leave . and even since brexit, leave. and even since brexit, he's been on the european scrutiny committee, making sure that what happens in brussels gets some robust eyes on it at all times. i'm sure his

brexiteer colleagues will be delighted to have him back in parliament today. >> it's going to be quite a moment, olivia, thanks very much indeed. and now a former royal marine and border force official, matthew trickett , has official, matthew trickett, has been found dead in a park in berkshire just a week after appearing in court accused of spying for the hong kong intelligence service. >> yes, police were called to grenfell park in maidenhead on sunday and set up a cordon whilst their investigations continue. >> let's talk to defence editor at the evening standard, robert fox, good to see you. this morning, robert, i mean it. we talk about china here and what they're doing. and of course that's obviously now hong kong is part of china. but with a slightly different relationship. why would the hong kong intelligence service be having such an interest in what we're doing? >> this is quite difficult because it's a difficult to report because co—defendants of trickett, i presume , who are

trickett, i presume, who are one, has dual citizenship at least , are one, has dual citizenship at least, are going to be charged, on similar charges that he had been, brought up on, on accused of which is spying on, freedom movement, chinese supporters. so it's directly related to hong kong. this isn't high level, security espionage, but in the background of trickett, there is such an extra ordinary entanglement with, immigration from hong kong. the immigration authorities in hong kong, the hong kong police and hong kong intelligence . the charge is, was intelligence. the charge is, was that he was gathering information for a foreign intelligence agency . so at one intelligence agency. so at one level it is quite serious. it is interesting that he was given bail. so it isn't. he wasn't seen as the highest security, risk and that the authorities,

the, the, the crown prosecution service has been so open with the background to this story. >> yeah. there's so many elements to this story, not only his own background, a former royal marine, then he was, i believe, a uk border force at heathrow, official. and then he moved in february to the home office as an immigration enforcement officer . but the 37 enforcement officer. but the 37 year old, because he was released on bail last week and has had contact with the authorities before his death, the police have now referred themselves to the independent office for police conduct. now that's normal procedure . but that's normal procedure. but there's also a story we're talking about today about not enough space in custody at the moment. and you wonder if the two are perhaps related on that level as well . but i suppose on level as well. but i suppose on a wider on a wider scale. lots to answer. there but just also talking more widely, we are heanng talking more widely, we are hearing increasing numbers of stories relating to china and espionage, aren't we? possibly more than any other time i can remember. >> well, i think that, those,

looking at particularly cyber espionage and a whole spectrum of, of cyber and other security threats, there is a view that we while we are for obvious reasons, ukraine very much focused on russia, that in some ways public awareness of the threats from china have been underestimated. and this is part of the message . but relating to of the message. but relating to the long part of your question, no, you're absolutely right. the intriguing part, the personal level, of this story is the man, allegedly attempted to take his life while he was in custody waiting to be charged. and had said that he would take his his life. so he was at risk to himself. but the authorities knew that this part, this is part of why they've referred themselves to the police authority. i think . but to go to authority. i think. but to go to your other point, yes , there are

your other point, yes, there are 150,000 chinese students in in this country and they're seen as targets , particularly what are targets, particularly what are what are they doing? there have been questions , as you know, been questions, as you know, about the confucius institutions, the so—called two, fake police stations. and we are under chinese surveillance, and we are under a tremendous number of cyber attacks. and a lot of those come from china, a large part related to, unfortunately to ransomware, okay, robert, sadly, we're out of time. >> good to see you, though. >> good to see you, though. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> at the time of 723, let's take a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom. jeff kitchen has been named as the british grandfather who died when a singapore airlines flight was hit by severe turbulence on a flight between london and singapore. airport officials believe the 73 year old may have suffered a heart attack. more than 50 people were hurt, seven of them critically, after sustaining head injuries. the travel

correspondent for the independent, simon calder, had this to say there are a lot of the damage on those very shocking images that you've been showing, to the ceilings and so on, were caused by people flying out of their seats, because the aircraft suddenly drops people, you know, inertia means that you stay where you are, which means that you're going to shoot upwards, former boss of the post office, paula vennells, is set to begin giving evidence at the post office inquiry today. >> she was the boss between 2012 and 2019, and she'll be talking about what happened to her for the first time in almost a decade and is expected to reveal what she knew about wrongly accused subpostmasters . it'll be accused subpostmasters. it'll be fascinating to hear what she has to say, right? >> drama? i would say lots of suggestions. there is a smoking

gun in her case. we'll be talking about a little bit later on. we'll be right outside that inquiry with our reporter this morning for you. >> now, if you're thinking of going out today, i wouldn't bother. let's get all the details from alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> this morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country and that does bring the risk of some flooding. it's already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. as westwards across many areas. as we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. there will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. temperatures not as high as they

have been recently, and under the wet weather it's going to feel pretty unpleasant. like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. the greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland. two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places , excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it. towards the northwest of scotland, there will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times, two through the evening and overnight. the rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why we're going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. as we go through the night. it should turn largely dry. there may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy.

temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture and that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather, drier and perhaps brighter towards the south. so temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news. >> could be really annoyed about the weather actually . yeah, the weather actually. yeah, partly because celebrity chef everyone's favourite tv chef, kevin woodford, has literally just messaged me saying watching u2 is out on a cruise with mrs. w as we add the sun cream sailing into mallorca. oh thanks for that. >> well, the sun is coming back and we're going to have a heat dome next week, aren't we? >> we're having a heat dome, kevin. >> yeah, next week. so when you're back from mallorca you can enjoy it. >> or maybe you're not coming

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>> now city life is often seen as the way forward. but do we have this all wrong ? yes we do. have this all wrong? yes we do. >> well, it's been revealed that

life expectancy in devon is one of the highest in the country. with locals there crediting the slower pace of life. >> glorious . yes. sounds lovely. >> glorious. yes. sounds lovely. lovely. >> so is city life harming our health? >> we need to make this balance. >> we need to make this balance. >> we need to make this balance. >> we can't balance this out. and does it cause early deaths? is it time to go rural and ditch the city? >> well, you can see which side of the fence we're sitting. and the host of field sports channel tv, charlie jacoby, also agrees. he says cities are indeed harming us. good morning to you. but london's life coach , nina but london's life coach, nina owrk says that the countryside and i hope i got that right is not always as idyllic as it seems. good morning to you both, nina. come on then, why would you say that city is preferable to country ? to country? >> well, as the saying goes, when a man is tired of london, he's tired of life. i lived 23 years in a very rural, rural area, and it doesn't necessarily mean i was living. i was existing, having moved to london. i have flourished and

i've just been living in a totally different life. i would say my best life. >> how, how and why, how and why? >> well, there's a there's a certain lack of opportunities when you live in a small town , when you live in a small town, small mentalities, you come across the same sort of thing, small people. but when you move into a large city, you are actually , mixing with a whole actually, mixing with a whole load of different people, different backgrounds, a lot more opportunities. you don't feel so isolated and also you're learning so much more about different cultures, different , different cultures, different, opportunities, as i said, and i have nothing but flourish since i've moved. i can be. >> so, charlie, it sounds like she's painting a picture of a sort of middle england where you're all a bit parochial. you're all of one race and you're all quite small minded. does that sound fair ? does that sound fair? >> not really. no. i think we have pretty wide horizons . i have pretty wide horizons. i think cities are crowded in by walls and i think there are there are things that we just do better. and it feels like cities are a kind of thousand year experiment that are going wrong. you know, we have a social

contract out here in the countryside, which works. we have a sense of belonging, so , have a sense of belonging, so, for example, you know, it is it is impossible. i would say , in is impossible. i would say, in the uk countryside to die unnoficedin the uk countryside to die unnoticed in a remote farmhouse, whereas it is possible to die unnoficedin whereas it is possible to die unnoticed in a block of flats. >> yeah. well i get the point you're making. it's rather a grim, rather a grim one. but, nina, what about the pace of life? because i mean, one of the criticisms of living in a city is that that, you know, it never stops. life never stops in a city. whereas at least in, in the countryside, things are quieter. you can switch off. it's all a lot calmer. >> i mean, like i said, i've had that personal experience . so that personal experience. so i know that, yes, you can switch off, but there's nothing wrong with you switching off in a city. it's your mindset, so it's how you bring that forward into your own life and also the opportunities, as i said of you, mixing with different kinds of people where you are restricted, mixing with people in a small town as i was. now i've got lots

of different friends from different backgrounds , and on different backgrounds, and on a business level it's so much better as well because the opportunity is there for what you want to achieve, i know a lot of people that still live in the same town that i lived for a long time doing the same thing, and they often look at me and say, oh, you're doing so much now. but the opportunity is there when you move out of your comfort zones. and a lot of people stay in these small towns because it is comfortable. >> i wonder, charlie, if are we being a bit unfair in having the debate? if you like pitching one against the other? because it would seem to me some people are city folk, some people are country folk. we wouldn't want the country full of city folk, would we? >> oh no, we certainly . >> oh no, we certainly. >> oh no, we certainly. >> we certainly wouldn't want the country full of city folk now. and i saw the city probably feels the same way about the countryside. but if you're talking about, you know, different kinds of people, we have we have a sense of tolerance out here that that perhaps doesn't exist in the city. i mean , i'm going to go as city. i mean, i'm going to go as far as to say we're just we're just better, nicer people. and

that's probably why we live longer . longer. >> nina, can i make a suggestion that maybe it was the time in your life that you were in the country that maybe makes you not like it? i do think that to be young and to be in a city, there is a time and a place for me. having my children in a city was fabulous. i could walk everywhere with a pram. there was. it was described as nappy valley where we lived. everyone had children in every house around us, but now we've moved out. we don't need that sort of cheek by jowl existence anymore. the kids actually need space, but do you think maybe, you know, as you get older, you might seek the countryside ' 7 m. again? >> i am older, you know, it's not an age thing. i don't think age comes into it. i think really what comes into it that a lot of people are living long lives in the countryside, no doubt. but are they actually living or are they existing? and this is the thing i'm trying to get across, that when you are in a city, there's no no opportunity of not living your life because there's so many opportunities to make new friends, do different things. whereas in the small amount of people, there's only so much you

can do. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> look, we're going to leave it there. charlie. nina, good to see you both. never the twain shall meet with you, too, i think, so many comments coming in on gb views. >> lisbie. i grew up in a village. too much interest in others lives and gossiping. give me a city any day, john says i'm doing both central london and hampshire, but london's not what it used to be, keep your thoughts coming in this morning. we're both converts, aren't we? we're both converts, aren't we? we both. >> well, well, i, i grew up in in the country. i'm from the lake district, so it's just i only lived in the city because i had to. but i can't stand. i mean, i hate london, i hate london, yeah, but it's drag myself . it's just too crowded myself. it's just too crowded for me as well. but that's why i think you're either city people or you're not. >> well, i was born in london, stayed in london until i was little, grew up in a town, but for me, i want to see fields and i want to see nature and wildlife and space. space >> lots of space. let us know what you think. >> birdsong. >> birdsong. >> all that well, there you go.

i'm a country bumpkin. always have been, right . let us know have been, right. let us know what you think. >> gbnews.com/yoursay is town or country? >> i think it's town. >> i think it's town. >> okay. >> okay. >> let's

paul coyte got your sport . good paul coyte got your sport. good morning. hello. let's talk about unexpected departures . should unexpected departures. should we? yes. >> goodbye. what are you going on? holiday. thank you very much. i'll be off and i'll see you. all right. mauricio pochettino, i think it really is a surprise. i really do think it's a surprise. the mauricio pochettino, whether he's given his marching orders or not, it's by mutual consent that he's leaving chelsea. he's been there for just under a year. it was a tough start. i mean, that's the truth. and people are thinking, what's going on with chelsea? and it's not working. there's the new owners. they've spent over £1 billion on players, which just just isn't seeming to working. but the thing is, when

mauricio pochettino, it takes a while for players to understand the way he works and the way he wants them to play, etc. and this is the weird thing. it's beginning to click. it's just been the last month or so. they've won five on the trot. finally, chelsea fans are thinking, yes, this is it. and then, just as things are about to work, then the old elbow and they said it's all about philosophy, a philosophical difference or something, which to me just sounds like personalities. it really is. i mean, i was looking at the quote , i mean, it really is bizarre. i think the quote, it was, issues were philosophical and related to the you wouldn't believe these were american owners, would you? the issues were philosophical and related to dynamics of working within a club structure. so yeah, they didn't like each other any old nonsense, i think. i think it is. i know that maurizio was not happy there, and i think it was the way the philosophy was at the way the philosophy was at the club that things would just not work. >> what is the chelsea philosophy? >> i have no idea whatsoever. and unfortunately i don't think maurizio was too sure about it enhen maurizio was too sure about it either. but. but it's the old merry go round. we were talking

about yesterday. so where's that going to go? we've got roberto de zerbi, who left brighton, so he's available, possibly thomas tuchel, who has left bayern munich. well, he was the chelsea manager before pochettino . so manager before pochettino. so anyway we'll see where that goes. but it is a huge surprise and i think a huge mistake. >> gareth southgate's been giving a few people the boot. >> there's been talk about he's not been overly bothered about club performance and he's shown loyalty to the squad. yeah. in the past that seems to be changing. >> yeah it does because jordan henderson surely i think everybody agreed that it was time for jordan everybody agreed that it was time forjordan henderson to go. time for jordan henderson to go. he showed extreme loyalty to him. he left liverpool, went to saudi arabia and then went to ajax. it just hasn't worked out for him here. 33 years old. so it's for him here. 33 years old. so wsfime for him here. 33 years old. so it's time and there's better midfielders. it's time that he went raheem sterling is out marcus rashford is out. there's one that maybe some people would be surprised at. if you look at the way he's been playing though the way he's been playing though the season, it's probably a good decision and he's brought five new players in. so this is a squad of 33, which will then be cut down to 26 before the euros

begin. so they've got two friendlies and the scottish team is going to be announced or the scottish squad is going to be announced. >> but england's, england's going to win. is it. >> you know what? i did say this about six months ago that i think they're going to win this. you said it an hour ago. >> well i did have you changed your mind? >> it seemed like six months ago. i seem like no, i'm going to stick with it. i really am. they are the favourites. they are the favourites to win it. i know with history tournaments it's never worked out so well. but i do believe we will win the euros this year. yes >> sounding less convincing than last hour. >> oh, now that's not fair. you sound we. we will win the euros. all right. fair? absolutely perfect. >> katie. thank you. by the way, are you a town person or a country person? >> a town person? i'd like to be a country. the older i get, the more country i like, right? yeah. more of a town person. >> perfect, katie. love it. thanks very much indeed. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> right. still to come, we're going to take you through the papers with norman baker and renee hoenderkamp. that's in

just. you. all right. let's see what's in the papers this morning with norman baker and renee hoenderkamp . oh, tell me, what hoenderkamp. oh, tell me, what does honda camp mean ? chicken farm. >> chicken farm? you did say that. and i was like , no, she's that. and i was like, no, she's told me leg chicken from under is a chicken in in dutch. oh, oh. >> camp farm. >> camp farm. >> yeah. there we go. that's not fascinating. oh wait . >> yeah. there we go. that's not fascinating. oh wait. name? >> it's like helmut kohl. you used to be the chancellor of germany. of course, that means cabbage. yes it does, prime minister cabbage, basically. >> you're a baker? >> you're a baker? >> of course. so you're a baker. >> of course. so you're a baker. >> all the skills here. chicken farmer in a baker. >> anyway, to more important matters, renee, inflation has fallen . fallen. >> well, this is good news, isn't it? great news? it is good news. it's going to affect people's mortgages, which is then going to put money in their pocket. anything that puts money in people's pockets right now has to be welcomed. obviously it's great news for rishi

because it gets him closer to his, one of his pledges , which his, one of his pledges, which was to halve inflation. >> well, it's more than halved it though. he did that. he's beaten that. and for his statement today he says today marks a major moment for the economy. with inflation back to normal. it's not quite back to normal. it's not quite back to normal very low though isn't it? >> i mean i think once you get to 2.3, i think the problem that we had is it was so ridiculously low, the interest rates were so low, the interest rates were so low that people got very blase about money and borrowing money. >> that leads on to graeme le saux to the pace and the times. sorry, the telegraph and the financial times about the imf. two stories there. it refers to inflation having been 11.1% actually, which is a huge drop to where we are now. that was only in 2022. but the imf is calling for three rate cuts by the end of the year as inflation falls, which is a very specific demand of the british government by an unaccountable international body. well, the british government can't do it anyway. well, they can't because bank of england, but they're calling it a bank of england to do it, to be fair. but the other

story in the ft is about the imf warning the chancellor against further tax cuts and saying that the 2% cut in national insurance was irresponsible and saying you shouldn't cut any more this yeah >> well, i was saying it's in relation to the problem that the uk specifically has with worklessness and this rise in people who aren't working. and in order to sustain the economy. yes, because of that problem, it either has to be tax rises or, well, what's the opposite? >> they've called for measures to include reforms to vat, capital gains and inheritance tax , as well as charging for tax, as well as charging for a wider range of public services. i mean, there is an issue about democracy here as to whether or not this body is accountable to us. >> us. >> yeah, well, and also, this is a body the imf, who every single forecast and prediction that they've made in the past in the main has been wrong. so why would we listen to these people, to our forecasts, to be fair? >> you know, our forecasts, they're just that aren't they? they often get it wrong, but they're there to try and help and they get revised. but you know, it's certainly questions about, you know, how much notice we take of the imf and what role we take of the imf and what role we want them to have.

>> if you go back far enough in time. the imf caused major disruption to the labour government in the 1970s, when jim callaghan, i think it was, was chancellor and called in the imf, and that caused a lack of complete lack of confidence in labour government, which probably led partly to their demise in 79. >> yeah, yeah, can we have a look at electric cars? oh, go on then.in look at electric cars? oh, go on then. in the guardian. renee. >> yes. >> yes. >> so i thought this was a really interesting story. so there's been a massive study and it is really big. 32 billion electric car miles and trillions of diesel and petrol car miles and in a rural area, it's less likely to happen. but in built up areas, electric cars are three times more likely to hit pedestrians and they think it's a combination of younger drivers with less experience tend to have electric cars, that they have electric cars, that they have a swift, swift acceleration and a longer stopping speed as a result , but also that they are result, but also that they are much quieter and in built up areas. the main reason surely, and built up areas with higher levels of background noise. people can't hear them. and this

is close to my heart because, as isabel knows, i've lost two cats to the road in two years. after not that not happening in 25, and i'm convinced it's because animals pets can't hear these cars. it's not just animals, of course. >> it's blind people as well, and others who are vulnerable pedestrians. as i dealt with this matter, actually, when the transport minister and the department of transport and we're having international discussions about what should be done about this, i was very firmly of the view that there should be sound added to electric cars when they're travelling, perhaps less than 20mph in urban areas, because people expect that and otherwise you've been kept, you can be caught unawares . you've been kept, you can be caught unawares. i almost you've been kept, you can be caught unawares . i almost got caught unawares. i almost got hit by an electric car the other day trying to cross the road because i wasn't looking carefully, i heard nothing, so my natural sense of where traffic was was, was limited . traffic was was, was limited. >> i've done it in the supermarket car park. >> i've done it in the school car park with the kids everywhere. you know, we stepped out and did not see a car coming. the good side to quiet electric vehicles is if you live near a motorway, which again, i do.the near a motorway, which again, i do. the theory is that motorways will soon become much, much quieter. although you still have

the tire noise. yeah, but wouldn't that be wonderful if we didn't have such noisy roads? >> it would be wonderful. but not for pedestrians and pets and children under 20 miles an hour, i think. >> yes, it's europe, it's a yes, it's a, it's a europe and areas you have to look at. >> yeah. so apparently as we're going to have more and more electric cars, we surely need to find a solution. yeah. >> yeah. well it's interesting because a lot of sporty cars which are petrol or diesel have have high revs built in on speakers . you can just turn it speakers. you can just turn it on because it sounds better. >> well they should do that shouldn't they? i mean, my son's got a big sporty car because he's so into cars and i can hear him coming from about a mile away. yeah, i really can. i can, i'm coming. >> well, he's the cat. can't blame your son then. that's good. that's good news. and we're out of time. it's a short one this time. we'll have more from both renee and from norman just after 8:30 this morning. >> yes, because i want to hear about anne robinson. >> i want to hear about anne robinson and her. >> well, it's not tax dodging, is it? trying to avoid inheritance tax. more on that a little bit later on. but for now, as stephen says, it's going

to be wet today. here are all the details. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country , and that parts of the country, and that does bring the risk of some flooding. it's already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. as we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. there will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather it's going to feel pretty unpleasant. like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for

here. the greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales, and into southern scotland. two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it. towards the north—west of scotland. there will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times. two through the evening and overnight. the rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why we're going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. as we go through the night. it should turn largely dry. there may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture and that still brings the risk of some

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uninspiring return. the tory mp craig mckinley is revealing all about his sepsis battle, which has left him without hands or feet as he plans to return to parliament today. >> i'm hoping people might give me the benefit of the doubt and say that man's been a fighter for himself. he's damn well going to fight for me. i'm going

to give him my support. the vibronic mp, bionic mp is what i want to be. >> in just a moment, we'll be talking through the latest inflation figures with liam halligan. he's going to break it all down. find out what it means for you. >> inflation is down sharply dunng >> inflation is down sharply during the year to april 2.3, close to the bank of england's 2% target. the cost of living crisis is now easing. but in my view, no interest rate cuts for a while . a while. >> the former post office boss, paula vennells, is set to begin giving evidence at the post office inquiry today. >> de terror in the sky is turbulence on board. a singapore airlines flight from london leads to one death and dozens of injuries , and a week after injuries, and a week after appearing in court , the appearing in court, the metropolitan police are investigating the unexplained death of a 37 year old british man charged with spying for hong

kong and sport this morning. >> well , i'm kong and sport this morning. >> well, i'm surprised, but chelsea have decided to part ways with mauricio pochettino just as they won their last five games. so it's now back to the old drawing board for them. the europa league final is tonight as unbeaten bundesliga champions by leverkusen take on italy's atalanta in dublin and in leeds tonight , atalanta in dublin and in leeds tonight, england play their first t20 game of the season against pakistan, with the return of the ever injured, although hopefully not this time bowler jofra archer. >> heavy, persistent rain is going to cause some major problems for quite a few of us today. there are a number of warnings out. i'll have the details coming up. interesting a lot of you getting in touch on the inflation situation. we've got the figures out an hour ago, down to 2.3, it's a significant drop from last month. it's very, very

nearly at the bank of england's target rate of 2. and we're going to get the latest from liam halligan, who sat here. just want to put this to you first, liam, because keith garland's literally just messaged saying but what about food inflation then? >> okay, food price inflation has actually come down a bit. it's around 3.5% during the year to april . that means that, to april. that means that, that's it's still adding to inflation, but not nearly as much as it has in the past. where is this lower inflation coming from ? it was 3.2% during coming from? it was 3.2% during the year to march, 2.3% during the year to march, 2.3% during the year to april. what's come down above all is energy prices . down above all is energy prices. they're not reported specifically by the ons, which, by the way, i think is a mistake. they should change that. it's contained within a section called household and housing costs and household services. that includes energy prices, gas bills, utility bills and so on. and that's down 5% dunng and so on. and that's down 5% during the year to april. so

that's really helping to drag inflation down. petrol is also cheaper than this time last yeah cheaper than this time last year. just half a percent cheapeh year. just half a percent cheaper. even though in the last month from march to april this year petrol prices have gone up. if you look at petrol prices in april, they're down slightly. on april, they're down slightly. on april 2023. so this is where the lower inflation is coming from. food prices, petrol prices, utility prices, not least because that ofgem energy price cap was lowered. but we are still above the bank's 2% target at 2.3. that's why when the bank of england's monetary policy committee next meets on the 20th of june, i don't think they're going to lower interest rates from their current 16 year high of 5.25. they're then isn't an mpc meeting in july. the next mpc meeting in july. the next mpc meeting in july. the next mpc meeting afterjune is august. so it strikes me on these numbers. unless things change, the first interest rate cut won't be before august .

cut won't be before august. >> okay, good to know the prime minister when he took charge following on from liz truss, was greeted with inflation at 11. it is now, as you say, 2.3. that's the lowest since july 2021. understandable he is rather pleased this morning. here he is with his thoughts on the latest figures, hard work and resilience . resilience. >> today we reached a major milestone and inflation is back to normal. and that is an important moment for our country. for the economy and shows that our plan is working now . whilst i know people are now. whilst i know people are only just starting to feel the benefits and there is more work to do, i hope this gives people confidence that if we stick to the plan, there are brighter days ahead. >> can you claim any credit for it or is it all down to the bank of england? yeah >> when i came into this job, i made it a priority to halve inflation. we've delivered on that. and now as i said, it's back to normal. that's not just because of our plan that is working. it's because of everyone's collective hard work and sacrifice. and it shows what is possible when we put our minds to it. but i am conscious

as well that there is more work to do. people are only just starting to feel the benefits, and that's why it's important that we do stick to this plan so that we do stick to this plan so that we do stick to this plan so that we can continue to deliver a secure future for everyone. but these things don't happen by accident. i came into office with a plan to bring down inflation. that plan is working and if we stick to it, there are brighter days ahead. >> the truth is, prime minister though, is that prices are still absurdly high. people's mortgages are still going up, and the public services are in crisis. when will people really start to feel better in this country? >> yeah, i understand that people are only just starting to feel the benefits of the improvements and the improvements and the improvements that we've made, and that will take time for people to really feel them. but what we are now seeing is that everything is heading in the right direction. the economy grew in the first quarter of the year faster than france, germany and america. wages have been rising faster than prices for almost a year now. energy bills are down hundreds of pounds from where they were. mortgage rates are down from the peak in today's news on inflation. being

back to normal is very welcome . back to normal is very welcome. so if you put all of that together that shows that we've got momentum. it shows that the plan is working. but of course there's more work to do for people to really feel the benefits of all these things. that's why it's important that we stick to the plan. as i said, these things don't happen by accident. i came into office with a plan. that plan is working, and if we stick to it, i can give everyone the peace of mind that there's a secure future ahead for them and their families. >> some of your colleagues are worried that your plans to crack down on graduate visas will actually. >> all right, let's, leave the prime minister there. what did you make of that? liam because actually, she was pushed a lot on the idea that, yes, the plan, his plan is working. he's enacted it. but, you see, people aren't feeling the benefits yet, and that's the key to this, isn't it? it's the intangible. well what was it that bill clinton's top political adviser said as he was bidding for the white house in the 1990s? >> he said it's the economy, stupid. and that was the phrase he used to clinton's campaign team. the people bashing the

phones, talking to swing voters across the american heartlands, tell them about the economy , tell them about the economy, because that's what people really, really, really care about. and that's, you know, thatis about. and that's, you know, that is just the way it is. a lot of people vote in on the bafis lot of people vote in on the basis of whether or not they and their families feel better off, and the problem that the tories have, stephen, is that the economy has been pretty lacklustre in recent years, not just in the uk, but across europe and across much of the world. as we've come out of that lockdown, the tories are trying desperately to put clear blue water, if you like, between themselves and labour on the economy, just as they are on immigration and defence and so on. they're lowering taxes. we've had two reductions in national insurance employer, employer, employee national insurance contributions . that's insurance contributions. that's about £950 a year reduction in tax for the average worker. and inflation is significantly down. not that that's anything to do

with the government. that's because of the bank of england's interest rate rises. but a lot of people out there are still struggling. and i'm very conscious when i say, look, inflation is 2.3, down from 3.2, down from 11% back in october 2022. the cost of living crisis is over. no, it isn't over because when inflation comes down, it doesn't mean prices come down. it means they they go up come down. it means they they go ”p by come down. it means they they go up by less than they were going up by less than they were going up . and for years we've had up. and for years we've had wages lagging . inflation only in wages lagging. inflation only in recent months have wage increases started to outpace price rises. and that is the reality for many uk families who aren't yet feeling any benefit from this economic recovery. >> liam, thank you very much indeed. well, let's stick with this topic and get the thoughts this topic and get the thoughts this morning of the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, darren jones. good morning. welcome to the program. thank you for putting up with the rain there. i hear it's raining cats and dogs out there, your reaction first of all, to this 2.3, inflation figure. it's a

significant drop and i'd be interested to hear what you attribute that to . attribute that to. >> well, it's attributed predominantly to the energy price cap change that came in recently and actually core inflation. so the rate at which pnces inflation. so the rate at which prices are increasing for other goods and services continues to be between three and a half and 4, which is much higher than we would like it to be and higher than markets were expected doing. so there's much more work to be done of course we welcome it coming back down towards target, but that is the bare minimum that the public should expect. and so with the greatest of respect to my colleagues on the other side of the house, we don't think conservative ministers should be starting the victory lap and popping the champagne today. they've got more work to do so that people at home start to feel the benefit of an economy that we obviously think should be back on track. >> to be fair and to be fair, they acknowledge that, but is this a sense of the economy turning a corner, because if it

is, that poses a potential danger to you, doesn't it become a general election ? a general election? >> well, we don't think people at home think the economy is turning a corner because quite frankly, it isn't. i mean, the fact that we've come out of complete and utter chaos, with the mini—budget that sent markets spiralling with inflation spiking at 12, with people really suffering and paying people really suffering and paying the cost of tory chaos, the fact we've gone from that to, you know, a bit more of normality, you know, is welcome . normality, you know, is welcome. but actually our ambition in the labour party for the economy is much greater than that . we don't much greater than that. we don't just need to be into a period of bumping along the bottom. we need to get the economy growing and back on track so that people's pay is increasing so that they have some spare money at the end of each month because of the cost of living, crisis is tackled and people have some hope once again in the future of the british economy. >> well, yeah, but to pick up on what stephen's, you know, hinting at there, you know, your poll lead is narrowing as the economy is improving. and that's borne out in the latest ipsos

poll that came out in the last couple of days. you can't afford to be complacent, can you ? to be complacent, can you? >> well, we're not complacent either on the economy or indeed the general election campaign. polls always narrow as we get closer to a general election. we've been saying that for some time, whilst people keep going around saying they think the labour party has got the next election in the bag, we've been very, very clear that's not the case. not one vote has been cast and we're going to work really, really hard to continue to listen to people across the country, to set out our first steps of an incoming labour government and to hope to secure the support and trust of voters in every constituency across the country when polling day comes. >> and yeah, but you have got a bigger fight on your hands, haven't you? if the economy and we believe we understand the economy is growing better than we're seeing in in a lot of european countries at the moment. i mean, this isn't a uk problem. it's a it's a global issue. so labour is going to have to come to the fore if you want to win the general election, say, well, this is how

we're going to really boost the economy. this is how we're going to kick start growth in the country from something which is there but sluggish at the moment. and you haven't really delivered on those details yet . delivered on those details yet. >> no, i think we have. i mean, only i think it was it last week or the week before we set out our first six steps that a labour government would take to turn the country around, and all of them will help on the economic growth mission. so the first, of course, is that we need to bring stability back to the economy after years of chaos that costs us all from the conservatives, the clearing, the backlog in the nhs is important in itself, but it also means that people who are out of work , that people who are out of work, either because of mental health challenges or musculoskeletal problems , will be fit and able problems, will be fit and able to get back to work. we want to hire more teachers for our schools so that young people are coming out of school able to forgive me that were available. forgive me going through the other three, if you wish me to do so. >> no, no we don't because it's all well and good. and those pledges, i got that impression. the those pledges are fine. they say, what you would what you would want to do. what i'm

saying is we don't know. how are you going to do it? >> oh, no, we've set that out, too. i mean, this is the reason they're six steps, because they are six practical steps for delivering on our bigger, bigger missions for the country. and all of them are fully funded and fully costed. and they set out clearly about how we will go about delivering them straight away if we're elected into government later this year. >> and finally, before we let you go, i just wanted to bring up the story, incredible story that we're covering here on the channel of the conservative mp craig mackinlay, who will be returning to westminster to attend prime minister's questions for the first time after having suffered seriously from sepsis, having to lose both his hands and feet. an inspirational story he's pledging to campaign to enable other people , other amputees, to other people, other amputees, to access prosthetics more easily, as he was told you'd have to wait two years. your thoughts about that ? about that? >> i mean, it's a remarkable story . and when i heard craig's, story. and when i heard craig's, interview last night on the tv, you know , i was i was just

you know, i was i was just amazed by his , the positivity amazed by his, the positivity that he's bringing back to parliament, wanting to be the first bionic mp in the house of commons. he's been through, a heartbreaking trauma . but it's heartbreaking trauma. but it's great to see him back in the house of commons today. and wanting to be able to get on with his job, even though he suffered those horrible consequences. >> it's nice to see a bit of cross—party support on that. thank you very much indeed. good to see you this morning, darren jones, actually it was our political editor, christopher hope, who got that exclusive interview, with craig mckinley. and christopher is here. good to see you. and i mean, what is striking with all of this is even that video that you got hold of, of him in his hospital bed , he's being positive. he's bed, he's being positive. he's this incredibly whatever you think of his politics as an individual, what? what an incredible positive attribute. he's got such a shock. >> i've been going to see him in hospital since december and raise the issue of telling a story through gb news, and it's

a great honour for us to broadcast that last night, and it's available to watch on, on our youtube site and on the website , because i think and you website, because i think and you heard darren jones there giving praise to somebody who and he's nowhere near the politics of craig mckinley. no, no, i mean, he founded ukip, right? craig mckinley. he's an officer of the erg. he runs the net zero scrutiny group. he's not happy about net zero and 2050 targets. but aside from that, you have a guy there who just wants to, be give back to his public life. and when you're with him and he's missing his arms and his feet within five minutes, you don't even see that you see the face and the guy shining out from inside. it is deeply moving when you're with him. and his passions are extraordinary . and passions are extraordinary. and guess what? he's going to fight the election as a tory candidate in south thanet, the seat he held with a majority of around 10,000 in 2019, you know, a lesson for other tory mps mumbling and groaning about politics and legging it from the field when the polls go badly. if the tory party here's a bloke

without arms and legs who's going to fight for the tory party, it's quite interesting lesson. yeah. >> and you get the sense he really will fight. he's got that fighting spirit. i mean, your vote was so moving for so many reasons. inspirational as well. the bit about his daughter and not being able to hold her hand touches the hearts of every parent, i'm sure, but i wonder if for you as well, talking about daughters, i know that your own daughter lost her leg, and i wonder if the fact that he's taking up the fight for amputees is something that has resonated with you. and whether you think there is a genuine problem in in in serving the people who have lost limbs as well. >> yeah. my daughter pollyanna has lost a leg aged two and i that's why i was so moved by it. as soon as i heard what had happened to him, i was keen to help see how i could help get his story out there. absolutely. and it's very hard to get the necessary, legs and arms you need. he's getting legs on the nhs and arms privately. £100,000. you'll see them later on in the film. he only had these kind of black, black lumps of plastic used for moving around , but i've seen him drink,

around, but i've seen him drink, dnnk around, but i've seen him drink, drink a cup of tea with them. i mean, it's amazing he shaves himself. he's got all sorts of issues about, you know, he can't enter a pin number. yeah. you know, all the things you have to relearn, rethink about when he walks back into parliament today. i think in pmqs it'll be a real moment. but yeah, provision by the nhs, the nhs has a legal duty to get you moving. they'll give you crutches, give you a wheelchair but not necessarily the best way of moving. so my wife sarah campaigned, for example, for running blades for amputee kids and got a fund out of george osborne, went back in the day and that's still going. so children now can get amputee blades. but it's difficult. and i think he'll become a real campaigner for this. >> i mean obviously there's some some pictures in the papers of him with, with sort of silver hands , i don't know, i don't hands, i don't know, i don't know if they're so they're the actual sort of bionic ones and they're got them on monday. >> so when we finish making our film he hadn't got them yet. the things you see in the film are these black lumps of plastic, these black lumps of plastic, the silver hands you're seeing there, which are now which will see today when we're interviewing for gb news were around since monday, they and the biggest blow to him, i think

he said to me is the hands, his feet. as a guy, you can wear trousers and you can't see anything. but when you shake someone's hand and it's not a real hand, you might get a reaction. so i think that's part of the of the challenge he's got. >> it's interesting though, the reaction because again , and i reaction because again, and i keep saying this because it's, you know, it's not about pushing someone's politics. this is about an individual. and the fact that it is highlighted in such a big way is, does that help change our attitudes? when you i know i've met people before who've had disabilities and fingers missing, and when they put a hand out to shake, you've got to steel yourself in a way to go. i'm not going to react to this and just make it as normal as possible. >> i met him, i didn't want to do with him. >> so yes, exactly. i thought, what do you do? >> you hug him, shake his hand, fist bump or something. by then it was a kind of fist bump, i suppose, he has to get around that probably needs to be. you know, i'm. and he's called the bionic mp. that's an idea he's adopted for himself. i mean, looking at the figures on sepsis. so it does kill 40,000 a

yeah sepsis. so it does kill 40,000 a year. yeah. >> and the numbers, the number of people who die from breast cancer. >> canceh >> we were told this morning it's more than lung, bowel and breast cancer combined. 48,000. and if you think of the profile it gets with all the campaigning and the fund raising and the cancer care, we don't even talk about sepsis. and we should do. >> but to be frank, what is also wonderful about this story is it reminds us that in public life we have these sorts of people because too often we've been talking about people who are leaving public life for some sort of, you know, indiscretion, the sleaze era coming back, this is fantastic because this guy is full of positivity, a great role model, and, you know, as as stephen says, totally aside from party politics, it just goes to show we do still have honourable people, and people do go into politics for the right reasons. >> let's let's not forget that we get brought down by the kind of making money for themselves and the rest of it. but there is this happy story, and in a week when it's been started, this dreadful infected blood story today, paula is in the process of inquiry. it's a spark of a bit of brightness in the week. >> yeah, chris, good to see you.

thank you very much indeed. and i look forward to seeing what you deliver later on today when you're in parliament with him. of course. be fascinating to see. >> okay. the time 820 let's take a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom this hour. >> breaking news for you in ireland, norway and spain have officially recognised palestine as a separate state, and that's prompting israel to recall its ambassadors from the european nations. speaking this morning, the irish premier, simon harris, said today ireland, norway and spain are announcing that we recognise the state of palestine. each of us will undertake whatever national steps are necessary to effect that decision. >> in other news this morning, the x post office boss paula vennells, has arrived at the inquiry where she's set to begin three days of evidence. the chief executive between 2012 and 2019 will be speaking publicly about what happened to her for the first time in almost a decade, but is also expected to reveal what she knew about those wrongly accused subpostmasters. >> a former royal marine and

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with our reporter there in just a moment.

now, just a few moments ago, the former post office ceo paula vennells arrived ahead of giving evidence at the post office inquiry. >> over the next three days, she's going to give her version of events. but what might she actually say ? actually say? >> well, our reporter, ray addison is there. presumably you saw her arriving. something of a media scrum this morning . what media scrum this morning. what can we expect to hear from inside the walls behind you? >> yeah. police were forced to make a kind of corridor for miss vennells as she arrived this morning and escorted her into the building. media shouting questions at her. but no comment from miss vennells at this stage, however, she now faces three full days of questioning

and she will have to give some answers that will certainly be expected during this inquiry. of course it the cases there will be asked about her role in this honzon be asked about her role in this horizon it scandal, which unfolded during her watch while she was chief exec of the post office from 2012 to 2019. and yesterday a major development emails emerging which seem to suggest that she knew about the wrongful convictions in october of 2013, just over a year before she spoke and gave evidence to mps where she said that there was nothing wrong with the honzon was nothing wrong with the horizon system and she had seen no evidence of miscarriages of justice, so that will be one of the key areas of focus , no the key areas of focus, no doubt, over the next three days. now former chancellor nadhim zahawi has said that he believes the email will be seen as the smoking gun in that a cover up

did take place, and he said he hopes miss vennells will finally admit the truth. now more as we know, more than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the post office. many handed criminal convictions as well that's between 1999 and 2015, because fujitsu's horizon it system made it appear as though money was missing at their branches when there had been no criminality at all. now the prosecution has continued under miss vennells despite her repeatedly being told that this simply did not make any sense. now she was made a cbe back in the 2019 new years honours list for her work for the post office and contribution to charity as well, but she volunteered. she handed that back when 1.2 million people signed a petition saying that she should do so . so

saying that she should do so. so far, she hasn't spoken in detail about her role in this scandal, but she has previously apologised for the devastation caused. and we also heard that she was set to release 50 additional documents, which no doubt will be pored over and will form part of the questioning here over the next few days . so questioning here over the next few days. so in questioning here over the next few days . so in particular, few days. so in particular, she's going to be quizzed on her knowledge of the ability for fujitsu employees to remotely access the horizon it system and of course, any alleged false evidence that was given by expert witnesses during the post office prosecution. and also, another key thing that we also saw in that itv drama series, which seemed to bring all of this to the attention of the general public and the media, to the behaviour of the post office's investigators. so a

tough three days ahead for miss vennells. >> okay , ray, thanks very much >> okay, ray, thanks very much indeed. worth remembering. you know, she's she's an ordained priest in the church of england. she was she was touted to be bishop of london, not very long ago, so i can only hope with that in mind. she speaks the absolute truth. little bit of humility. and if she's got something, you know, if there's something, you know, if there's something unsaid that she should have said, i hope she's got the guts to be honest about it. >> i also want to bring to everybody's attention the met office. they've been issuing a few weather warnings this morning. we've got a yellow warning in place for the southern part of the country, but actually an amber warning, which includes a threat to life across wales and north—west england. from midday today, we are expecting a significant amount of water. we'll have a forecast a little bit later on in the programme, but that is the latest from the met office today. >> if you don't need to go out, just don't. today it's really

not worth it. the roads as a roads are really waterlogged. it's been raining all night so it's dangerous on the roads. just be careful. >> flower show keeping all of those flowers nice out in the pounng those flowers nice out in the pouring rain. what a shame. it may not it a bit too much. >> a bit too much water today, right? we've got the sport with paul coyte in just a couple of minutes

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channel. >> time now to go through all the sports. paul coyte is in the studio. welcome back. thank you. confident about the euros ? just confident about the euros? just checking in on you. >> what? my percentage of england. the chance of england winning the euros. i'm going to go in. i'm going up to about 90. is that okay? come on. is that good enough? >> sent in the six. >> sent in the six. >> i've never been 100. okay. but 98 ish. i do think we will win. i do, i think, but oh god. but now the more i question myself. all right, well, we'll keep checking in on that. absolutely. because the new squad was announced. well i see the 33. so they're going to knock 33 down to 26 for june the 8th which is just before. so then there's going to be a few that are going to be disappointed. so there's probably been a couple of the new ones because there's some debutants that have been involved. so there may be a couple of those. but then the main story is marcus rashford, who's got the elbow because he's not had a good season and it makes sense. you know you can't just rely. >> it does. but why the change in tactics. >> well i don't know whether

it's the thing is you can rely on so many people. you can't just take everybody that's played well for you over the years. age and also it just is he going to deliver? probably not. and there's also there's other players that have played better in those sort of positions, like cole palmer for chelsea who's been terrific, whereas cole palmer i will move on beautifully beautiful segway there to cole palmer, who has sent a text or sent a tweet or an x or whatever you would call it. this days about mauricio pochettino . so, wishing him well pochettino. so, wishing him well because mauricio pochettino has now left chelsea and i think he, cole palmer, would probably find mauricio pochettino instrumental or had a lot to do with the fact of his success this year. now he's an excellent young player, but that's what mauricio pochettino does. he's works well with young players, so he's been let go by chelsea. just as things are beginning to click five games they've won on the trot. honestly, i just think it's madness. i think there's probably part of maurizio that thinks this is not really the place i want to be, so maybe

manchester united, because of the managerial merry go round , the managerial merry go round, whether erik ten hag is going to stick around, maybe he could go there. he's always going to play there. he's always going to play there. i yeah, i think poison chalice. well is it a poisoned chalice. it's almost a new start though. this is the thing with jim ratcliffe coming in and saying, right, we're going to start all things again. let's start all things again. let's start with a new manager. maybe maurizio maybe is going to stick with erik ten hag. but. but mauricio pochettino, i just think it's a very strange decision by chelsea . even if decision by chelsea. even if maurizio wanted to go try and convince him to stay because he is a very, very good manager and it's just beginning to click. and now chelsea fans are going to have to think right, here we go again. we'll have to start again and build. okay >> oh dear me. >> oh dear me. >> so for fans of other other clubs, who's thinking well yeah. >> yes. please have some of that manager who's going to be manager who's going to be manager of the season or who is manager of the season or who is manager of the season. >> well ace pep guardiola. oh i think it's a bit of a, a bit of a damp squib. it is really because, you know, they won okay. won the premier league

again for the fourth time. but yeah there's other managers that you think could possibly have done something or they could give it to. i just thought i'm just what do you think they think possibly they think, well i don't know i don't know, but i'm all i'm all for matt beard matt beard matt beard is the liverpool women's manager. yeah. now they've come fourth but they were doing very they they were good. and now he's turned things around. so maybe that's what they should be looking at at other managers. maybe like unai emery possibly aston villa who's done a great job and but it's only seems to be awarded to the manager that wins the premier league, which pep guardiola seems to do. gotcha yeah. do you know what i'm saying? yeah. >> you know, sometimes maybe an award for effort. >> well no because they don't have an award for effort. >> i'm sorry. oh just because they're nice. >> how about an award because they're quite nice. >> yeah. they should all be given awards. >> everybody give an awards. >> everybody give an awards. >> yes. just just just for having a go. yeah, just for trying hard. >> oh, no, not this sake , >> oh, no, not this sake, cricket. jofra archer. archer.

he is of course, our super speed bowler. tell us about him. >> yeah. jofra has had injuries over the years, the thing is he hasn't played a lot . had hardly hasn't played a lot. had hardly played at all for england. so england play pakistan tonight at headingley in leeds. so they're back again. so it's a t20 because the t20 world cup is this year. now jofra archer is an amazing bowler but he's had a lot of injuries because he's so fast. he's so quick. he's look you see yeah he got to do that. that's the grip, that's the grip. so he he's he's had problems with his elbow. so every and it seems to i'm going to say oh there we are. that raises her head but raises his elbow. but the thing is it's caused him a lot of problems. but if you think the speed and the velocity and what he's doing, that's caused him a lot of problems, he also had a bad injury from a fish tank. did you know about that? >> what? >> what? >> he had a horrendous fish tank injury in 2021. >> how's that work? >> how's that work? >> well, because he was he was cleaning the fish tank and

apparently he got glass in his feet. i don't know whether the fish tank because i'd be more worried about the fish. >> if the fish are a world class bowler, you worry about your hand. >> yeah, well, the fish was worried, but then three seconds later, the fish forgot all about it. >> so, it.- >> so, so it. >> so, so then it.— >> so, so then it it. >> so, so then it got glass and he got glass in his finger, which is what you don't want if you're a world class bowler. so you're a world class bowler. so you had to have an operation that he's been unlucky. but anyway, that is more than i mean, i'd say that's reckless. >> it is reckless. what from the fish or from jofra if you're a world class bowler. but by the way, the fish is, is not available for the t20 series this year unfortunately. >> okay. right. >> okay. right. >> so we'll have a finals tonight. it's europa league finals isn't it? >> it is the europa league final tonight which happens in dublin, which is by a leverkusen who will play atalanta. do you know where atalanta is ? where atalanta is? >> it's a football club. >> it's a football club. >> yes. whereabouts? >> yes. whereabouts? >> greece isn't it . >> greece isn't it. >> greece isn't it. >> yeah. italian from bergamo, north of milan. that's where. that's where. >> atalanta. it's not bergamo. >> atalanta. it's not bergamo. >> very like georgia , usa. yes. >> very like georgia, usa. yes. not to be confused with. >> not to be confused , but >> not to be confused, but anyway, bayer leverkusen, who

have been unbelievable this year , they haven't lost all season in the bundesliga , so they've in the bundesliga, so they've beaten by munich. they were in the final of the german cup. they have been magnificent. now bayer leverkusen, they're going to be hot favourites to win that tonight. so it's in dublin. but the other thing is jeremy frimpong, who plays for bayer leverkusen . no not me ping pong. leverkusen. no not me ping pong. no no frimpong. frimpong. he's don't we won't get the sports mixed up here. so jeremy frimpong has bought all the other players that play for bayer leverkusen . matching nngs >> oh no. look at that. >> oh no. look at that. >> oh no. just beautiful matching rings for everybody. >> oh god. >> oh god. >> and it's got the night. has the name i mean they're not small are they. on no. they're very, very american. yeah. yeah. and cost a few quid as well i'm sure, i'm sure. name and number on one side of the ring it says factory 11 football passion, which is bayer leverkusen's motto carved on the other side. and the thing is, though , if you and the thing is, though, if you know, if, let's face it, if you

have taste, you're not going to really want to wear one of those, are you? so if you're going into training and jeremy's going, where's your ring? i left it at home. but you know, it's like all these matching. >> oh it's horrid. >> oh it's horrid. >> it's like alvin stardust used to wear, you know. on no, it's not nice. >> i mean, he does have giant diamond earrings, so he's obviously into the bling bling. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> would you wear one, though, if you got one for your anniversary? if giant maybe. liam. but. but if it was all diamond that it was big. yeah. and it was, but it was all big and diamond. >> yes. of course. >>— >> yes. of course. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> are we talking about. that wasn't big. >> a diamond number on the side. no, no, gb news on the other side. >> would you wear that. >> would you wear that. >> oh absolutely. >> oh absolutely. >> okay. good. right on that note, we're going to take a little break. thank you very much to paul coyte. >> slightly slower. >> slightly slower. >> come on. you love a diamond. don't give me all that nonsense. i want to be branded just because we haven't bought you one as well. that's it. me and isabella got matching rings. we'll buy you one as well. >> we'll let you in on the club.

don't you worry about that. right, norman baker renee hoenderkamp there. joining our club this morning. they're going to be going

>> at 846. let's see what's making the news this morning . making the news this morning. with norman baker and renee hoenderkamp, good to see you both once again. let's have a look. norman at the front of the times. should we? yes. number 10 is being accused of trying to placate the prime minister. shock, horror. yes part of the job of this. >> this is, this is an interesting story here for three reasons. johnny mercer, the veterans minister, wrote to number 10 to say they were giving too much attention to the prime minister, and they should be prioritising what he called more popular colleagues. kemi badenoch . amongst them. and badenoch. amongst them. and that's one interesting aspect that's one interesting aspect that the prime minister was able to corral so much attention. of

course, the prime minister does. on the other hand, there are other cabinet ministers who might be more popular and it might be more popular and it might be more sensible. the tory party to use those, johnny mercer says that, the average performance shouldn't be used . performance shouldn't be used. he calls that mark harper an average performer. i think mark harper is quite good, actually . harper is quite good, actually. it's transport secretary. he's one of the better members of the government, in my view. anyway that's one aspect of the story. the second aspect was, how do we know about this? because johnny mercer was writing this on on his laptop on a train, and somebody took a picture of it and sent it to the times? no. which suggests that, i don't know how he managed to do that, but clearly the ability of cameras to capture things from some distance isn't that astonishing? >> an invasion of privacy? >> an invasion of privacy? >> of course it is. i'm sure you could. >> so the guy who took the picture? not. >> well, maybe it's committing an offence. >> well, i don't know, but committing an offence isn't an offence to use your camera on train. >> probably not. but in any case, i mean, we've had these stories before. someone coming out of number 10 with a piece of paperin out of number 10 with a piece of paper in their hand. yeah, yeah,

journalists capture it. so people should be very, very careful with cameras these days. >> what caught my eye about this story was they said that they're acting as though sunak were still as popular as when he took office. i'm not sure he was ever popular. >> no, he wasn't . he was. he >> no, he wasn't. he was. he lost to liz truss first time round, and he was put in there because there was no alternative. and he's never been very popular. >> yeah. no. >> yeah. no. >> but with who i suppose is the question popular with the membership, popular with the country as a whole? i don't know, i think if popular with anybody particularly, to be honest about it, renee, this story is really interesting . it story is really interesting. it caught our eye last time. i'm going to get it in before we run out of time, because, you know, we were talking about whether or not this is i don't think it's tax evasion necessarily, but anne robinson is so fed up with, with inheritance tax that she is giving a lot of it away. >> yes. so she is estimated to have a £50 million nest egg. and she says that she's not sure if that's true, but it doesn't matter because she's decided that so much money she doesn't know where it it doesn't know where it is. and she's giving it to her children and her

grandchildren. and she would much rather live a healthy, happy life. she says she doesn't need much money and see her family happy in so doing. and i actually think there's a lot to this. you know, i often say to my mum who tells me that you do. she's no, no, she tells me she's got this squirrelled away. >> give me the money. >> give me the money. >> i tell her to spend it. you know, i say, don't keep it, spend it, enjoy life. and i think that's what you were saying to me, stephen. you just rather just really have saying to me, stephen. you just ratherjust really have a great time. and i think we should worry less about what we're going to leave, because lots of it's going to go to the tax man and found a way to avoid that. and i think it's if you give gifts seven years, seven years, seven years and you survive seven years and you survive seven years, there's no inheritance. >> give away early, give away a lot. but the danger is once you've given away a lot, you really can't afford to die. so then there's that anxiety for seven years. yes, but also make it. >> plus you need. >> plus you need. >> you need the people you give it to be trustworthy enough not to just spend it. in case you needit to just spend it. in case you need it back. >> do you think? yeah. no. so it's only a semi gift. >> so it's a semi gift. so say well it's technically yours but i'll just hold that money for

me. if you've got £50 million to give away and you keep £5 million yourself, you've got plenty of money for yourself and you can feel, yeah, without worrying about it. >> and of course, if you're the member of the royal family, the queen or whatever, she paid. no, there was no inheritance tax paid on her estate at all. and they're exempt from inheritance tax. >> i do think it's a pernicious tax. i really do. i think it's the worst thing in the world that you lose somebody and then someone who's worked really, really hard. and we know that particularly the older generation, often socially, the mobility socially was was much more extreme. they would often come from nothing and end up with quite a lot. and then to have to give half of that away almost straight away upon death. >> it seems a lot. so let's say it was your family home that you grew up in. all your memories are there and you can be forced by inheritance tax to sell it when you might not want to do that. yeah. >> i'm going to take a different view on that, which is that, tax money has to come to the government from somewhere. it's probably better to tax someone who's no longer with us and someone who is still alive. >> but yes, except it's the people who were alive who are actually being taxed. well, yeah i >>i >> i mean, because they didn't have it, it was what they're not getting is a gift that they

would have otherwise have had. yeah. >> but in the great scheme of things as well, inheritance tax doesn't bring in that much revenue. well, well in that case why worry about it. >> well, the inheritance tax appues >> well, the inheritance tax applies to people who have got quite a lot of money. most people will not pay inheritance any more. >> not any more. yeah >> not any more. yeah >> you know, now most people's property will hit that bracket . property will hit that bracket. >> so in london, yeah. when not many properties. >> so that argument used to stand. but i don't think it stands anymore norman. well i think do at home what you think it does divide opinion. >> but to be honest there doesn't seem much appetite from any political party. every now and then when things are going badly, the sort of gets briefed out from hq that they might tinker with this. but i don't think that's because it applies to so few people. >> the basic problem is with political parties is that if you do, roll back on inheritance tax, absolutely. the people who will benefit most are the richest. and that's why it's not being done. >> okay. let's have a look at, labouh >> okay. let's have a look at, labour. norman, this is in the daily mail. they want to build more new towns . more new towns. >> yes. this is angela rayner saying that they want to build a

whole string of towns. gordon brown actually promised a whole series of towns in the two thousand and seven, which never got built. they got cancelled by david cameron, but there's an issue , of course, we know there issue, of course, we know there aren't. there isn't enough housing. we know there are people who are struggling to find somewhere to live. but we also know that the idea of dumping a whole lot of housing on areas is deeply unpopular with the areas in which it's been identified. >> interesting element of this. i think , is the fact that she i think, is the fact that she has promised. i don't know if this is going to happen or not, but she has promised that they will not be these kind of mono buildings that will all look the same, that you could see the same, that you could see the same in leicester as you would see in newport. all the same developer. it would try and embrace the kind of, dare i say, king charles approach to housing estates where there's a bit more architectural interest and diversity. >> yeah. and also some of this will be controversial because it's allegedly going on to greenbelt, but it's not proper greenbelt . so it's old petrol greenbelt. so it's old petrol stations and things like that. and actually we need housing, we need new towns. i think i think this is more likely to get

approval if it's in an area where they can justify that the land is not beautiful, you where they can justify that the land is not beautiful , you know, land is not beautiful, you know, idyllic countryside, then building blocks of flats here and there and everywhere. >> yeah. i think the real issue, however, is does it meet local needif however, is does it meet local need if it meets local need, people are far more supportive of it than if it's people coming in from whoever. >> for those local people does it like on my lane, £23 million given to the farmer soldiers field, huge housing estate, no new schools, no new doctor's surgery. that's all. no new facilities or parking at the local station. so it's actually not benefited the local people. >> if you get a big new town, then you can actually build an infrastructure for difficulty bits here and there. you don't get that. but the issue is there's a whole lot of housing going up in not far from me, three and four bedroom executive houses. that's not for local people. they're not going to buy it, but the local the local need is people who've lived in the area forever, young people who want to get on the housing laddeh want to get on the housing ladder, they want cheap housing, flats and so on. they don't want these three. >> maybe new towns are the way forward. we shall see. norman

baker renee hoenderkamp, good to see you. thank you very much indeed. >> let's get a check on the weather. here's alex. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news morning. weather on. gb news morning. >> here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country, and that does bnng of the country, and that does bring the risk of some flooding. it's already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. as we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. there will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather it's going to feel pretty unpleasant . but like pretty unpleasant. but like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. some of these could turn heavy

and thundery as we go through the evening. some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. the greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland . two here the southern scotland. two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it . see some impacts from it. towards the north—west of scotland. there will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times. two through the evening and overnight. the rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why we're going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. as we go through the night, it should turn largely dry. there may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be

quite a wet picture and that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather. drier and perhaps brighter towards the south. so temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> it's 9:00 on wednesday. the 22nd of may. >> you're tuned into breakfast this morning with stephen dixon and isabel webster. thank you for your company. well today, an inspiring return. >> the tory mp craig mckinlay reveals all about his sepsis battle, which has left him without hands or feet. and he plans to return to parliament today. >> i'm hoping people might give me the benefit of the doubt and say that man's been a fighter for himself . say that man's been a fighter for himself. he's damn well

going to fight for me. i'm going to give him my support. the bourbonic mp bionic mp is what i want to be. >> uk inflation has dropped to 2.3% in april. that's down from 3.2% back in march. so does it lessen the chance of a june interest rate cut? >> there's much more work to be done. of course we welcome it coming back down towards target, but that is the bare minimum that the public should expect . that the public should expect. >> the ex post office boss, paula vennells, arrives at the inquiry as she begins to give three days of evidence today, heavy, persistent rain is going to cause some major problems for quite a few of us today. >> there are a number of warnings out. i'll have the details coming up. >> it's been a fantastic programme this morning. to be able to lead on a story that is about a politician with a really inspiring story. this is about

the conservative mp craig mackinlay, who today returns to parliament after a life threatening battle with sepsis. >> yeah, it's been so bad that he's had to have both his hands and both feet removed and been replaced with prosthetics . yeah, well. >> mckinlay and his wife spoke exclusively to our gb news political editor, christopher hope, about his journey. a warning , though, that this warning, though, that this report contains some sensitive images, but one day his life changed suddenly. >> it was one of those days that will be etched on craig's memory for life. it was the end of september 2023. he was getting ready to go on holiday with his family. he started to feel unwell and unexpectedly, craig had contracted sepsis . had contracted sepsis. >> so the grim reaper let me survive . but he's taken his survive. but he's taken his payment in four of my limbs. but that's the way it is . plenty of that's the way it is. plenty of worse things happening. >> that is it. no way back . and, >> that is it. no way back. and, yes, he was very matter of fact ,

yes, he was very matter of fact, he accepted that the black dan wootton was anymore . and that's wootton was anymore. and that's it. so he had a very long, very long operation . and he did come long operation. and he did come back , without those black arms back, without those black arms and legs. and by then i was fine. i just knew that is it. that's the new, new future. new life begins when your body just isn't doing something you want it to do, and you think you can do it. >> i mean, when i had the skin grafts and they're very painful. funny how skin grafts be more painful than anything else. more painful than anything else. more painful than anything else. more painful than the amputation , and painful than the amputation, and just trying to transfer off the bed onto a wheelchair and you're sort of bouncing across and it's sort of bouncing across and it's so painful and you are in tears of frustration that this is just

why is it so bad ? why isn't this why is it so bad? why isn't this getting better? but no, i've been pretty much cheerful throughout. i just think i'm probably coming into my tether of being under the care of an institution of the nhs for so long. big sadness to me is holding little one's hand going to school. can't do that anymore. we can hold sort of hold hands, but i can't feel that she's holding . that's that she's holding. that's a little specialness that's never coming back . you know that touch coming back. you know that touch of hands has gone. it's being an mp. at the end of the day, i hope it's about what you got up here rather than. yeah, knocking on every door much as i'd like to, but. yeah, life will have to change. and if it means more time with family, that has got to be a change for the absolute good. and i'm looking forward to that. >> heck, i mean, it's quite it really is quite something, and it's it crosses party lines on this one. there'll be there'll be support from across the

house, which is important, i think. let's talk to our political correspondent at olivia utley, who's in westminster for us this morning . westminster for us this morning. this is the most remarkable tale of someone fighting through against the odds, but also determined to get back to what is, you know, a difficult life. being an mp . being an mp. >> well, absolutely. i mean, it's incredible that he's going to be back in parliament just six months after having this enormous operation which robbed him of all of his limbs. enormous operation which robbed him of all of his limbs . just to him of all of his limbs. just to put it in perspective, there are only half a dozen people or so in the uk every year who have to have all of their limbs amputated and still manage to survive. so this is really , survive. so this is really, really extraordinary surgery that craig mckinley had to go through . and as you can see, i through. and as you can see, i mean, he's almost taking it in his stride. he said he's been cheerful throughout. or although he does talk about that sadness of not being able to feel when his daughter is holding his hand anymore. and i think, as you say, it's going to be hugely

inspiring on all sides of the house. he's going to be in prime minister's questions today at 12:00, and his wife katie, and daughter olivia, who's going to be five tomorrow, will be watching him from the gallery and i'm sure they'll be very proud indeed . and as you say, proud indeed. and as you say, stephen, it's a very difficult life for an mp. and a particularly perhaps for someone like craig mckinley. he has a majority of about 10,000 in south thanet that would normally be quite an easy majority to defend. but we are living in quite extraordinary times and labour have overturned far, far bigger conservative majorities. craig mckinley has been a very active mp since 2005. he was a is a staunch eurosceptic, a really big voice on the vote leave campaign, still a member of the european scrutiny committee, and i'm sure his brexiteer mps in parliament will be very pleased to have him back i >> -- >> okay, olivia, thanks very much . much. >> well, earlier we spoke to the ceo of the uk sepsis trust, doctor ron daniels .

doctor ron daniels. >> it's astonishing, isn't it? we have a condition here that affects nearly a quarter of a million people across the uk each year, and claims 48,000 lives. and just for context, breast cancer and i'm not diminishing how horrible that can be. claims at 11,000 lives. so sepsis is four times more prolific as a killer. i think the reason we don't hear about it is because it doesn't really belong to any particular speciality of doctors. it touches every aspect of health care and therefore there's no professional group to be championing it, which means it needs an advocacy organisation like ours. >> is it also just incredibly hard to spot and often creeps up on people with very little warning? i mean, my understanding is that it's when your own immune system starts to attack the tissues, but by the time people realise that their temperature isn't just flu or something, they can often be quite a perilous state. >> yeah , that's absolutely >> yeah, that's absolutely right. and my professional background is an intensive care doctor, and i do empathise with the view that it can be really hard to spot. it arises in

people , of any age, people with people, of any age, people with whether or not they've got underlying illness, and it can arise as a consequence of any infection. so it presents hugely differently to get this right demands not only that we have health professional who are well trained and have access to the right diagnostics to make the diagnosis, but also members of the public who've heard of sepsis know it's an emergency and know when and how to access health care. >> so what do we do? >> so what do we do? >> i mean, what do we look out for? and at what point do you say this needs to be looked at urgently? >> well, you mentioned that in the early stages it can look a bit like flu. and in that situation it's trust your instinct. you've probably had infections before. you know what it feels like. but if something doesn't feel right, and particularly if you've never felt so unwell before , go to felt so unwell before, go to 111, make an appointment to see your gp and just ask, could it be sepsis ? be sepsis? >> from just we keep saying all

morning it's remarkable . morning it's remarkable. actually loads of you getting in touch, duncan says. craig is in my opinion, the shining example of courage and determination . of courage and determination. wish him all the best for the future. hope he gets a standing ovation at question time today. keith says he's an absolute hero. how he can be so upbeat. what an example to us all. >> and obviously a lot of the focus being on raising the profile of sepsis and the alarm for how you can spot it. but it'll also become something of a campaigner for amputees and getting access to prosthetics and that will make him incredibly important to have that role in parliament as well. so lots of you commenting about that as well . keep your thoughts that as well. keep your thoughts coming in in all of that. and we're just flagging as well a little bit about the weather. we've been seeing updates from the met office this morning, a rare amber warning, which includes a threat to life, has been issued from midday for the north—west of england and north wales, and this means that, well, 70 to 90mm of rain is

likely on the hills and 100 and 150mm on the mountains of north wales. so flooding is likely and disruption as well. >> i mean , heck, that's what, >> i mean, heck, that's what, 15cm? it's a lot. >> it's a lot of rain. >>— >> it's a lot of rain. >> it's a lot of rain. >> it's an awful. and i'll tell you what, if you've been, well, anywhere where you've been in the country overnight and it's really just really put it down overnight . and that means, as overnight. and that means, as unpleasant as it is, that if you're driving on the sort of main roads, motorways, that sort of thing, there's a lot of surface water. so you've got to drive carefully . there's all drive carefully. there's all that aquaplaning can happen. well, exactly. >> very dangerous travelling conditions. and we should point out a yellow warning for the south of england. but it is just this rare amber warning for the north—west of england and the nonh north—west of england and the north of wales. >> yeah. so be careful. right should we just cheer you up a little bit? >> yes. >> yes. >> let's do it. because it's time for the giveaway. it's the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. it's £20,000 that you can spend however you like. >> yep, you get to keep every single penny totally tax free.

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forward slash win please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck . watching on demand. good luck. right. | watching on demand. good luck. right. i tell you what, i'm always entertained by bev turner. you know, often the other week she came in looking like a charlie's angel, and i mean, it looked fabulous. this isn't any criticism. it looks fabulous today. karen carpenter i'm going. karen carpenter, she's got flowery trousers on. they made me sing. >> it didn't end well for karen carpenter. oh, no. oh, come on, look at her off already. >> look at the positive . she's >> look at the positive. she's looking absolutely sensational. thank you , karen carpenter. thank you, karen carpenter. >> sensational. the voice of fantastic . oh, yeah. fantastic. oh, yeah. >> i actually might put my jacket on by the time i come on the telly. it looks a little informal, doesn't it? >> no. you look lovely. really look lovely. right. what have you got in store for us at 9:30? >> importantly mentions what i wear. does he. >> well, this is the pain of being. being a man. in today's world, we just wear a suit. >> so obviously paula vennells is giving her evidence at the

inquiry this morning. >> it just feels like the net is closing in on her as an individual a little bit. i mean, did you see the mob around her? >> the police are trying corridor and she could barely walk. >> she checked off her cv. dragged off her. exactly. yeah. >> and if you remember , we >> and if you remember, we spoke. i think it must have been about ten days a week ago. the mother of the boy that was killed in the manchester arena bombing , she killed in the manchester arena bombing, she is going to be arriving at downing street in our time. that will no doubt be an emotional arrival in downing street. she must be exhausted. >> and we've got chris hope's interview with, craig mckinley coming up at 1030. the bionic mp. i've been working in parliament since 19. i've only ever known one mp in a wheelchair. de—man. never known an mp with four limbs. >> well, well , it is >> well, well, it is extraordinary. we look forward to that. see you at 930. we're going to touch on one of those stories you mentioned now, actually, because it is the seventh anniversary of the manchester arena attack, where 22 people lost their lives . 22 people lost their lives. another 1017 were injured.

>> well, the mother of martyn hett, who died in the attack, has been walking to downing street demanding stronger protections against terrorism. >> well, let's head over to our reporter sophie reaper , who's reporter sophie reaper, who's been following fegan's journey. morning to you , sophie. morning to you, sophie. >> very good morning to you both. yes. that walk, the final leg is about to set off from here at marble arch all the way to downing street. and joining me now is the woman of the hour, figen murray, very good morning to you. how are you doing? first of all, i'm okay. >> i'm glad it's only 2 or 3 miles today because my hips are killing me. my blisters are only just healing and yeah, i'm ready for this to come to an end. the walk? well it's been an incredible journey. >> almost 186 miles now we more than that. yeah. of course. when we joined you at the very start at the arena, you said to me that you wanted to send a message to the pm. do you think you've done that? >> well, yes. because, you know, walking all that distance is hard work. and i was very

serious to see it right through the end because the message behind this is i'll do anything to get the point across to you, even walk halfway across the country. >> well, of course, the message was all about martyn's law and improving security at uk venues. do you want to just talk to our viewers a little bit about how important it is that we improve security, especially on the seventh anniversary of the arena attack? >> yeah, i mean , the seventh >> yeah, i mean, the seventh anniversary feels like it's happened yesterday, to be honest , but it is important because we've had since 2017 when the attack happened, we've had over 40 attacks that were stopped just on time before they were about to happen. so to me, the law of averages dictates that sooner or later, an attack is not going to be able to be stopped. and i don't want this to happen because the effects of a terrorist attack on families are life changing and devastating. so if they can be stopped, they should be stopped. and martyn's law inevitably, undoubtedly will save lives.

>> if martin were here today, what do you think he would say about this? well i hope he'd be proud of what we achieved . and proud of what we achieved. and he'd also smile , but he'd be, he'd also smile, but he'd be, i think, very pleased that something positive came out of his death. >> and when you get to downing street later today, what are you hoping the pm's going to say to you, well, i'm going to ask him to give me a firm date, or a promise. it's going to be introduced in this parliamentary session into parliament. but it is really important that he commits to a date now because 18 months ago, in a phone call, he promised me he will see this through as soon as possible. he said he fully supports it . i said he fully supports it. i need him to keep to his promise. >> well, fegan , thank you so >> well, fegan, thank you so much for joining >> well, fegan, thank you so much forjoining us. you're an amazing woman and it's an amazing woman and it's an amazing achievement. so thank you so much. we'll be following fegan today and meeting her later on to find out exactly what rishi sunak says about

martin's law. >> okay, sophie, thanks very much indeed. such an important thing that she's that she's trying to achieve there. and anyone. trying to achieve there. and anyone . i told you this before, anyone. i told you this before, my niece was at that concert and it took her a long time to. she wasn't injured , but it took a wasn't injured, but it took a long time to get over the shock. and with my brother and sister in law, sat outside waiting to pick her up to take her home. well, they must have been heanng well, they must have been hearing all that go off. >> i mean, how do you ever get over that, i suppose, and it's still just. it blows my mind, really, that that happened here in this country and that children largely suffered as a result of that really , really result of that really, really sad but fantastic that she's made her way all the way to downing street now, still to come for you. >> i don't know whether to apologise or not. it's double andrew pierce today . he's apologise or not. it's double andrew pierce today. he's coming back to talk about his new book, finding margaret . we'll tell you finding margaret. we'll tell you

>> now, when i was told that andrew pierce was writing a book called finding margaret, you'd forgive me for thinking. actually, this was a book about margaret thatcher. >> yes, because we all know you as tory boy. >> and, you know, she's my favourite person. i love her, and it took me quite a while to realise this was actually about a very personal story about finding your birth mother. yeah it's been serialised in the mail. of course you are. consultant editor. there and it's been incredibly moving, reading those extracts to the point where i've had tears in my eyes. but your book is now out. it is . it is. >> and, yeah. and it's my first book. i've never written a book before. >> well, you should do more. it's very good. >> yeah, i didn't i didn't find her till i was nearly 50 because i agonised over my own mum, who adopted me, who loved me, i loved her, i didn't want to do anything that could ever make her think that her love hadn't been enough. yes that's the that's the issue. it's a terrible dilemma, but i just thought in the end i'm going to find her. i didn't tell mum what i did. i'm going to find her because she needed to know my birth mother, that i was okay

because i laboured under the illusion that every birthday she'd be thinking, how is that little boy? because she put me in the orphanage. when i was five weeks old. she kept visiting me for until i was two, when she finally decided she had to give me up for adoption. not quite sure why , so i did find quite sure why, so i did find her. when i was nearly 50. i met up with her. it was an extraordinary meeting. she didn't ask me a single thing, not one question about where i was brought up. who brought me up. i thought, perhaps she's. it's too distressing for her to find about how happy a life i'd had. and i then subsequently arranged to see her three more times and she didn't show up, which was very hard, very difficult. so why saying she would come? >> yes, she kept coming. >> yes, she kept coming. >> and i'll see you there. and she would. i think she panicked. she was terrified about people finding out. she kept this secret. she got married while i was still in the orphanage . to was still in the orphanage. to a man who never knew about me. she had four children who never knew about me. they only found out a few weeks ago. had to have that conversation with them. i think

it's fair to say they're in a state of shock. right, but they understood why i had written this story because, look, if you are adopted, you should try and find your birth parent, i think, because it helps you sort of know who you are. >> but even when , because >> but even when, because obviously people will have this idea that they're going to find a birth parent and it's going to be, you know, this sort . be, you know, this sort. >> mccall. well, yeah. >> mccall. well, yeah. >> but in fact, you see, like that. no. but does it still make it worthwhile doing it? >> does , because i'm glad i did >> does, because i'm glad i did it. because don't forget objective was to let margaret know i was okay. and she saw that for herself . and she was that for herself. and she was very taken by how handsome i was. she said she had a lovely voice, a lovely voice. and i asked her, do i look like my birth father? she said, i can't remember. she couldn't remember about the birth father. >> any details about him. >> any details about him. >> she couldn't remember why i was in that orphanage for two and a half years. it's an extraordinary story, actually. it's a bit like a thriller because there's twists and turns every stop and i'm and i and i

found the so called the family of my so—called birth father. if that's true, because he was killed just a few weeks after i went into the orphanage. was that convenient or was he a totak father? >> a toe tag father ? but the >> a toe tag father? but the idea of finding in the hospital where your mother worked , where your mother worked, suddenly body came in and he'd been hit. >> struck by a van and killed instantly. extraordinary thing about my birth. when i started, i thought she'd have been 17 or 18. 19. she was three weeks from her 35th birthday when she had me . me. >> 35th. >> 35th. >> 35th. >> 35th birthday. yeah. so you didn't get single mothers of 35 in 1961, but has this left you with more answers, more, more questions and answers ? so maybe questions and answers? so maybe there's another book. >> is that but is that frustrating at a time? it is. but is that frustrating? >> it is frustrating. that's my great frustration about meeting margaret that she didn't tell me even any of the answers i wanted, but that was her choice. >> yeah. andrew is fascinating.

thank you . congratulations. but thank you. congratulations. but don't move because obviously you're back with britain's newsroom in just a couple of minutes. i'm going to be back 6:00 tomorrow morning. you'll get the day. >> i'm not. i've got a day off. yes. so i'll see you next week. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news, weather update brought to you by the met office. on this rather wet wednesday. heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country , and many parts of the country, and that does bring the risk of some flooding. it's already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. as we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. there will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but the sunshine is going to be relatively limited. temperatures not as high as they

have been recently and under the wet weather it's going to feel pretty unpleasant. like i said, some showers developing , some showers developing, especially towards the south. some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. the greatest cause for concern, though , will be the concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland. two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales , we are likely to of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it towards the north—west of scotland. there will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times, two through the evening and overnight. the rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why we're going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south as we go through the night, it should turn largely dry. there may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. temperatures for most not

dropping a huge amount. thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. perhaps the rain, not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture. and that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather, drier and perhaps brighter towards the south sea temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning. 930 on wednesday, the 22nd of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> thanks for joining turner. >> thanks forjoining us. so, the bionic rempe, the conservative mp for south thanet, craig mckinley, returns to parliament for the first time today since his battle with sepsis left him without any hands or feet. we're going to

follow his journey all morning and the under—pressure former post office chief, paula vennells, is before the inquiry . vennells, is before the inquiry. >> public inquiry for the first time this morning. what did she know? >> and the turbulence? tragic 73 year old granddad geoffrey kitchen died yesterday on board a singapore airlines flight from london. six people remain in a critical condition. the horror stories like this put you off flying at all and inflation is falling to 2.3. >> lowest level in almost three years, but not as low as the government and all of us wanted . government and all of us wanted. >> anne robinson, tv presenter for many years worth £50 million. so she's going to do with it. give it to her children before she dies because she wants to avoid inheritance tax. >> some people will say unethical. i say good on her.

>> absolutely. it raises interesting issues though, doesn't it, about