have your company this great to have your company this morning. and of course, as always, we have an action packed show for you. all of the day's top stories with author and commentator nichi hodgson and tv personality ben ofoedu. >> and we'll be finding out just how these puppies are going to make experiences such as harry potter world more accessible to those with impaired bishop. >> and we'll be meeting this week's greatest britain, the man who's been helping people with their mental for health the past three decades. and i'm not sure if you know, but today is world gin day. how could you not know that at the end of the day, end of the show? rather, we're going to have a mixologist on the show making us a couple of drinks , you were a couple of drinks, you were dfink a couple of drinks, you were drink shaming me earlier, eddie, because i said my favourite gin was gin and pink lemonade. >> i said it was a very girly drink. is it not, it is, but. but then i said, i normally like

whiskies as well, so it came in very quickly with that. didn't you? >> and your favourite gin is, is a rhubarb gin okay with an elderflower tonic, to be precise, so let's see if the mixologist can can mix one of those up for us. yeah. >> and actually, i went out last night with my friends to a racing and a craig david gig. i didn't drink because i'm doing this show. it's very good. and i was saying that it's hilarious watching other people getting down that dark path of drinking on a night out when you're completely sober. so i didn't have a drink last night. i'm going to have a gin at the end of the show, so i'm looking forward to a well—deserved treat. >> so do stay tuned for that and don't forget, we also want to hear from you. the show is nothing without you. we'd love to hear what you think on any of the stories that we're talking about today. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but before we do anything else, tamsin roberts has your news headlines. >> ben and ellie, thanks very much and good morning from the gb newsroom. it'sjust after gb newsroom. it's just after 10:00. penny mordaunt says the prime minister was right to apologise for missing a d—day

anniversary event, but warned the issue shouldn't become a political football . the political football. the conservative leader of the house of commons took part in a televised debate last night, which featured representatives from seven parties. miss mordaunt clashed with labour's deputy leader over issues including nhs waiting lists. both were reprimanded for speaking over each other , whilst speaking over each other, whilst angela rayner received applause after claiming former prime minister liz truss had crashed the economy . the economy. >> keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week. they are going to put up your taxes by £2,000, a lie by £2,000 per working house anymore. >> you're using you're using a figure that's been criticised by the uk statistics watchdog costings and labour's own stand by your record and you'll see record levels of taxes on working people . working people. >> 26 separate tax hikes in the last parliament. >> well, a snap poll by more in common suggests viewers of last

night's debate were more than twice as likely to see penny mordaunt as a better prime minister than rishi sunak. but broader polls suggest she's also at risk of losing her seat in july's election. it comes as the prime minister unveils plans to boost home ownership, with a pledge to axe stamp duty for some first time buyers. shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds told gb news that housing affordability should be a bigger priority. >> what labour has put forward in this election are things that would make a meaningful change to people's lives, whether that is building homes so people have a decent place to live, giving more security to renters. so if you can't afford to buy your own home, you've got that security. at the same time, giving people a chance on things like the economy . so we use the economy. so we use the transition, the energy transition, the energy transition to get good jobs of the future. out of that, real differences in tax and spend between, say, higher fees for private education, to put that money into more teachers in the state, part of london's ultra

low emission zone could be scrapped if the conservative party wins next month's election i >> -- >> senior tories say they table a backing drivers bill, which would reverse the london mayor's controversial ulez expansion and rule out any blanket 20 mile an hour zones. the party says the plan would protect drivers from what they call the draconian policies of local labour politicians. latest figures show that 95% of vehicles in the capital are compliant with clean air standards, up from 39% in 2017. well, those are the top stories. and for all the latest, do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or simply go to gb news. common alerts. now, though, it's back to ellie and ben . back to ellie and ben. >> thank you tamsin, and welcome to saturday morning live. it is 10:04, and of course our top

story is the seven way election debate on the bbc last night. but don't worry because in case you missed it, we're going to give you a brief round up of what was said. well, the prime ministerial stand in penny mordaunt, joined in the criticism of rishi sunak for leaving the d—day commemorations in normandy early . in normandy early. >> what happened was completely wrong and the prime minister has rightly apologised for that , rightly apologised for that, apologised to veterans but also to all of us because he was representing all of us. >> i just want to have left d—day early. >> i didn't go to d—day. i think what happened was very wrong. i think the prime minister has apologised for that . but what apologised for that. but what i also think is important is we honour their legacy . honour their legacy. >> vie meanwhile, labour's deputy leader angela rayner accused the conservatives of 14 years of abstract thought. or did she mean abject failure? we've heard from the tories for 14 years that they were going to do something about skills and manufacturing in this country.

>> i asked the people to look at their record , and they their record, and they constantly spout these lies that we're going to stop people's cars, that we're going to do this, we're going to do that when really the reason they say thatis when really the reason they say that is they're 14 years abstract failure . and are you abstract failure. and are you agree you have failed the british people. you're. >> but amid the bickering and the talking over each other, plaid cymru renee purists found the time to highlight the lack of excitement surrounding laboun >>i laboun >> ibeueve laboun >> i believe that the real frustration in this election is the lack of change on offer from the lack of change on offer from the labour party, whether you like them or not. there was a feeling i was still working as a as a journalist back in the 90s when tony blair came in. at least there was a feeling of something different happening. >> and of course, never one to go amiss. reform uk party leader nigel farage spelt out his frustrations with today's political leaders . political leaders. >> i think this has been one of the worst general election campaigns so far between the two main parties i've ever seen in my lifetime . it isn't just that

my lifetime. it isn't just that their leaders are dull. don't play their leaders are dull. don't play well, very dull. in the case of labour, i mean sort of sort of blair without the flair. i mean, the real leader of the labour party is here tonight on the stage. at least she's got some personality , well, there's some personality, well, there's lots to get through. we're joined now by author and commentator, nichi hodgson and tv personality ben ofoedu. really good to see you both . really good to see you both. good morning. nikki, we'll start with you. what did you make of last night's debate? >> gosh, i don't even think this seven way debate formula works . seven way debate formula works. you know, there's just too much going on. it's like being in a weird pub with a group of friends that can't agree, and everybody's trying to chip in at the wrong point. i think it's actually really confusing to watch. but that said, i mean, it's kind of extraordinary, isn't it, that penny mordaunt took the gloves off and then had took the gloves off and then had to direct the punches at her own leader rather than at somebody else? >> you know, that was an interesting choice by her, right? because she could have just laid out the conservatives record on veterans. she could, but she decided not to. she decided no . decided no. >> and she's got a reputation for doing that, actually, you

know, several times in her career, she she has kind of gone for rishi sunak already. and that we know that's because she's got her own ambitions to be leader of the tory party. >> but surely, ben, she did that because what rishi sunak did was indefensible, right? yeah. >> you can't defend what rishi what rishi sunak did. i mean, i can't i mean, he was just following protocol. i'm sure he was advised to leave at that time. he's just following the schedule and not really thinking about it. and i think that it's sad that he didn't have his own mind to think, well, i can't leave this. why would i do that? >> it's a wonder that nobody in his team even realised i was thinking about it yesterday, even as he was flying out of normandy, you would think that someone in his team would think, oh, but wait, every other world leader is staying. so perhaps this isn't the best, but what is that about, right? >> because it does happen in teams. sometimes you get this kind of group thing where somebody says it's fine and everybody says it's fine too. and it's a really negative dynamic. >> a one off. we saw it with the lectern when he announced the general election, allowing him to go out there and get soaked in the rain. then he went to the titanic quarter, which people said they had, you know, symbolism of the sinking ship conservative party. so it's not

just this one off. >> i was canvassing for a party. i won't say which one yesterday. and sometimes you could be in a team that you didn't even know. and the team i was canvassing for, they some of them didn't even know that the debate was on. because you're so into the campaign and into what you're doing, you you know, it's like you can't see outwardly. yeah. so that that can be a thing as well. you can just be so stuck in. it's like being in a pop band and you don't really know how big you are because you're spending all the time together. do you know what i mean? you're in your own world. but it was a terrible, terrible. and he was doing so well because i think he battered keir starmer in the first debate. i mean, that's my personal opinion. and he was doing really well. and then that d—day thing was just what do you make of nigel farage's comments about, first of all, sir keir starmer saying he had no character, he was blair without the flair. >> but then lastly saying that angela rayner, you know, suggesting that she would be a better leader than him because she's got personality. >> i think a lot of people support that. you know, i think a lot of the reason, people who want to vote for labour this time will do so is not for starmer. it is for people like raynen starmer. it is for people like rayner. some of the more

interesting, personality like characters in the labour party. i do like blair without flat. i mean, look, farage is a consummate showman and he knows exactly what his strength is. his strength is those kinds of things. i mean, the other week i referred to keir starmer as a, you know, an office hole puncher that gets passed around because he does feel like that. he's got that lack of personality, this is also a piece kind of extolling the virtues of richard tice, which, i think has had something to do with him then leaving and farage becoming leader. well this is really interesting. >> it leads us very nicely on to the independent front page. thank you. nikki. yeah, it's a poll in the independent that suggested that reform uk is nigel farage is the most popular opfion nigel farage is the most popular option to succeed the prime minister, rishi sunak. the poll offered six other names. penny mordaunt was on 15, james cleverly on 6, kemi badenoch suella braverman, priti patel and robert jenrick also on there. but tory voters want farage to succeed as a leader. what do you make of that, ben? >> i think that our new leaders have to be showmen. i think we've just moved into that time of social media, and it's like that pop star time where everyone's just got to be famous and have some nice lines and stuff like that. and i think

that, you know, some of the even even with london mayor, he's from that school of, you know, bofis from that school of, you know, boris johnson and angela rayner kind of fits into that school. so they all went to the same school. do you know what i mean? >> just just briefly, what did you make of rayner's mistake? where she said abstract instead of abstract? i don't want to dig her for that, because it's the kind of thing i'd say on air and i've probably made many similar mistakes before. but i mean, is that a sign of anything or just that a sign of anything orjust a just an innocent mistake, you can't really tell with her. it's probably just an innocent mistake . mistake. >> yeah, she did get a bit of stick from trolls on twitter. >> i mean, it just happened. we've all been there. you go to say one word and another word comes out. it's just broadcasting to some extent. but it was, you know, it was ill timed and bad luck on her part. but there were far worse words she could have said instead. it wasn't kind of a 1000% removed from what she actually meant. >> so who do you think came out the best last night? who was the most confident orator? from what you could see? >> that's a really interesting question. it depends what you're rating them on. you know, farage is always going to just be so relaxed. he's so relaxed and at

the end he knows how to do that. >> i'm the only leader here who didn't use an autocue. yeah, that was interesting. >> well, he's obviously had a lot of practice hasn't he. but elsewhere he never used to do infamously his show here with autocue. >> and he was very proud of that . yeah. you know most other presenters use an autocue for intros and then just, you know, adding converse off their own back. but nigel, even with his introductions on his show, never used an autocue. he was always very proud of that. he's such a good communicator on that. >> yeah, he's very good. i mean, that's his strength. communication. you know, leadership is his strength. he's just one of those people like he's he's he has that going on, you know, let's have a look, shall we. at this horrific story on the front page of the daily mail. it is of course, the tv doctor, michael mosley, who is missing on the island of symi in greece. i mean, ijust can't stop thinking about his family and how they must be feeling, right? it's so, so sad . right? it's so, so sad. >> and he's so well loved. everyone really loves him and it's , i mean, i heard sort of it's, i mean, i heard sort of earlier on that because because he disappeared. he was wearing a hat and, and an umbrella and

stuff like that. but i think, you know, and whether that was a sign that he was kind of depressed or something like that, i don't think i think it was hot. and he was in greece and he was just kind of, you know, wearing the hat, just getting shade. yeah, just getting shade. yeah, just getting shade. yeah, just getting shade. that's what i kind of think. but i mean, these kind of think. but i mean, these kind of think. but i mean, these kind of things, they, they do happen every now and then and it's just like a total mystery of what happened. >> i mean, yeah, i mean, it seems there are so many different theories and obviously we don't want to speculate too much, but, you know, we're not talking about somebody a kind of naive person. we're talking about a very worldly person that was obviously very fit, very well, would have had, you know, would have would have a lot of resources, inner resources to draw on if he felt something was going wrong. so you do just wonder if he's not had an accident. and that's that's the issue. >> so the update this morning or overnight was that he apparently took another path, not the one that search and rescue teams were initially looking at. he apparently was caught on cctv in apparently was caught on cctv in a remote village taking a more sort of rugged, adventurous path. so that's where the search now focuses on today. >> yeah, i mean, we just have to

hope, don't we? you just have to keep hope at this point. yeah. keep everything crossed . keep everything crossed. >> well, of course we'll keep you updated on that developing story on gb news throughout the day. and of course, as we get any news on michael mosley of course, we hope that he is found safe and well, should we take a look at the daily mail? and this is the duke of westminster who got married. it was a society wedding of the year , wasn't it? wedding of the year, wasn't it? it was disrupted by just stop oil protesters . oil protesters. >> absolutely disgusting. i think that when they catch the people , they should pick their people, they should pick their special day. whether it's the birth of their children or whether they're getting married and come and chuck red paint all over their their day. i just think that there are no rules for this sort of thing. people just trying to, you know, garner attention. and they do things like ruining a wedding should be sacred. and it sounds like really weird, but there should be some sort of rules to things like that. >> it doesn't sound weird at all, because i think about if somebody i mean, i'm not interesting to anyone, but if somebody had done that on my wedding day, i mean, the stress that you already experienced on that you already experienced on that day to make it go right for people, i completely agree with

you. that is crossing the line for me. and actually i do have sympathy with environmental protesters, generally speaking, but not when they target people's personal celebrations. but nikki is over the line. >> they would argue, if they were here, that this guy is worth £10 billion. sure they need to make a statement about their claim that there's a climate emergency vie they need to do their part to save the future of humanity. so of course , a bit of smoke at a wedding procession. isn't that a big deal? >> no, but but i just think it's completely barbaric to somebody. you know, for me, this is, you know, if you if you take issue with him, go to his workplace and complain, camp outside somewhere where he's doing business because that's the issue. you know, his wedding day has got nothing to do with his wealth or his attitudes to the environment. so i just think it's too far. >> there are ways that you can protest that doesn't need to, you know, disrupt people's lives and, and upset people's weddings. there are ways. i mean, everyone sort of goes for the jugular, but i don't think you need to do that. and what it doesis you need to do that. and what it does is that it turns the public kind of against. >> that's always been my point as well. you're trying to win people onto your side of the argument, get them on board. you

know, make a good point. but all you're doing is just like mixing people off. yeah. and also i've always said that they put people off genuine or other environmental issues like water in plastic in the in the oceans or waterways , so on and so on, or waterways, so on and so on, because they see just stop oil or groups like extinction rebellion, and they just turn their heads completely against all other environmental completely. >> it's just too extreme for the majority of people that do want to help the planet and do want to, like, cut back on, you know, excessive energy use and all the rest of it. >> so many people making the point as well that this couple that got married were estranged target because they are both huge, hugely passionate about sustainability. i mean, their florist was using reusable flowers and pressed artwork in order to be sustainable. i think he works in biodiversity and making bioproducts and reusing coffee beans, all that sort of thing, so it's a strange target in that just a couple who actually are trying to be sustainable to target their . sustainable to target their. it's just for headlines for their life. >> yeah, yeah, that's the thing. it they just want attention. and they thought it would make programs like this and we'd be

talking about it. and they think that that brings attention. >> but it's i suppose in that sense they've got what they wanted. >> but for all the wrong reasons. >> so, you know, we've caved in to them. it was, did you see much of the wedding yesterday, any of the footage? it was the society wedding of the year, apparently, according to cameron walker. >> just saw the pictures. yeah and very glamorous. invited. >> really? >> really? >> well, although, although joe pubuc >> well, although, although joe public weren't invited, they did the bride and groom, the duke and duchess, now of westminster. they did pay for free ice cream for all of chester. so there were three sites across chester , were three sites across chester, one serving up single scoop, lemon cheesecake, ice cream and a nod to their wedding cake, which was quite nice. wow. so that's a sweet choice. i mean, he is worth £10 billion, so probably for that. >> yeah, my small change. >> yeah, my small change. >> they just say ahead of their wedding that they didn't want any gifts because they quite literally have everything that money. >> right. which is very. yeah. completely right on. i mean, maybe the right . maybe the right. >> yeah. say isn't it. well do get in touch with any of your views on the stories that we're talking about today. gbnews.com/yoursay really love to hear from you, really interested to get your thoughts on this story. we were talking

about this, weren't we, just before the show started, let's see the tv show. so this is the line of duty creator developing a drama based on the child serial killer, lucy letby. how do we feel about this? >> i mean, i was thinking , >> i mean, i was thinking, because i do a bit of acting myself, and i'm thinking , could myself, and i'm thinking, could i. i mean, yeah, i mean, i can't play i. i mean, yeah, i mean, i can't play lucy, but but play doctor . play lucy, but but play doctor. i could play a doctor, but, you know, would i play a real life killer? i know, you know, it's just it's a it's, i don't know, killer of babies, isn't it? >> it'sjust killer of babies, isn't it? >> it's just i killer of babies, isn't it? >> it'sjust i just killer of babies, isn't it? >> it's just i just for me, it's too soon. >> that's the issue with it. it's not that you shouldn't be able to dramatise these things, but i think you need one for certain things to, to move out of the public consciousness. to some extent, it's never going to leave because it was such a massive story and just such a horrific one. but, you know, this person has barely been in jail for what, a handful of months at this point. and we still don't know. we we've still got to the bottom really of what happened. >> i think they itv back in the day did a harold shipman one.

>> yes. >> yes. >> and that had a lot. i remember being very popular at the time. it was what year was it, 2002, 2002. so that was back in the day. i was probably about 14. >> but you still remember it? >> but you still remember it? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah, but maybe it is too soon. and isn't she also appealing certain aspects? >> yes. starting on monday. >> yes. starting on monday. >> so that's why i think it's a bit strange. like i don't know, that seems to be a bit of a conflict. >> well, apparently game of thrones, game of thrones star sophie turner and killing eve leading lady jodie comer are a handful of top actresses in the frame. i mean, that would be, from an actor's perspective, an extremely challenging role, wouldn't it, to take on. >> yeah , i'm i suppose, you >> yeah, i'm i suppose, you know, as an actor, thank god that there are people who would take on that kind of challenge and she'd probably be perfect to do it. and there were sort of people who were really kind of into their craft and stuff. i just don't know whether i could do it from the from the heart. you know? yeah, there's certain roles that i just think it's i suppose that's what makes great actors, i guess. >> you know, you are adopting the personality and the soul of a different person or a

character and. yeah, you know. yeah >> able to tap into feelings that you, you think you would never be able to have. right so yeah. well, there was all sorts of actors. >> there were method actors and there are people that just act. brad pitt once said, just get higher. you get higher, however you get higher. just do it. so you get higher. just do it. so you know, because some actors will say, oh, you know, i hang upside down from a tree and, and i meditate for 15 hours and some people just go, i just acted, you know, so there are different sorts of actors. so, you know, well, let us know what you think on that gbnews.com/yoursay. >> and let's wrap up, shall we, with hay fever. hell. oh, apparently it's going to be a nightmare this year. i've definitely felt it. i've really struggled with my i'm definitely struggling already. >> i can hear myself now, have you had it previously, nikki? no i haven't, it's something i've developed later in life. never had it as a child, and maybe that's to do with the strength of it. now that, you know, we were always borderline. we never kind of provoked by, you know, a certain pollens. but, yeah, so many people i know suffer from it now as well. >> yeah, i had it for four years. it's gone now actually. just disappears. yeah. it just i mean, i didn't have it all my

childhood. i think i got it when i was about 45 or something like that. >> i've just been sneezing non—stop for about the past 3 or 4 days. i didn't attribute it to hay fever, but then my eyes started itching. i've never had it before, so it must be. >> yeah, well, apparently it's really high pollen levels , it's really high pollen levels, it's orange and red alerts for the next few weeks . so yeah, 15 next few weeks. so yeah, 15 million britons are going to be affected , according to facing affected, according to facing weeks of tears streaming hay fever, apparently. >> so that's why. >> so that's why. >> yeah, i don't know what the best thing to take is when you're suffering with it. >> i there are so many different approaches now, aren't there? so when i was out in ireland, i used to have a place in cork. >> and when i was out there, the local honey. yeah is always really good for it. if there's, if you're. yeah. just the honey. just my mum says that and she says also getting camomile tea actually she says that for everything. >> just any, any ailment get a camomile tea teabag and apparently she says put them over your, your eyelids. >> yeah. very soothing . >> yeah. very soothing. >> yeah. very soothing. >> there's natural remedies kind of do work, though. the honey thing does really well. >> the honey thing does work. >> the honey thing does work.

>> any antihistamine. >> any antihistamine. >> but the idea is that you've got to source the honey from the area in which the pollen is. there you go. so well. >> very cork. >> very cork. >> that's the central london honey is a little bit difficult for us. >> very good, very good. manuka honey. and highly, highly rated. it's meant to be quite medicinal, isn't it? >> yeah, it's rather expensive, but. >> yeah, maybe not your sort of brand own squeezy honey antihistamine just doesn't seem to be touching the sides. >> do you get hay fever? yeah i mean, again, i didn't suffer as a child. i've suffered probably in the past 4 or 5 years. yeah, and i actually am really struggling this year to get a hold of it, so i might just look at the injection. >> you can get anything, but the body becomes immune to stuff like that. that's the thing i've been taking it for so long, you know. but honey. yeah, manuka honey , the 100, the guy's worth honey, the 100, the guy's worth 50 billion. he could buy it or whatever. he's. ali. >> we need to get a beekeeper in. we do for the end of get your own hives going. >> exactly. something. >> exactly. something. >> that's for sure. nichi hodgson and ben ofoedu. really good to see you this morning. you're with us in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. >> okay. we're going to be joined later on by our panel. they're going to return. but coming up, hogwarts might be turning into dogwarts to help

those who are visually impaired. but up next, it's time for our election quickfire. which moments have caught your eye this week from the campaign trail? can you think of any oh, you put on the spot. there's

break. >> hello. welcome back. 1026 ben and ellie with you on saturday morning live only on gb news. let's see what you've been saying on gbnews.com/yoursay say, ellie, i'll start with these couple. max says. well done, ellie, on your d—day coverage, professional, compassionate and deeply moving. and robert, he says credit where credit is due . ellie's coverage credit is due. ellie's coverage of the 80th anniversary was exceptional. the way she moved smoothly between different elements of the celebration was a masterpiece of professional commentary. well done ellie. how was your week? you've had a bit of a graph, haven't you know? >> it's been absolutely incredible. honestly, i've just had some lovely comments from the producers outside about our coverage this week. honestly i was honoured to be there and it was honoured to be there and it was such a privilege to meet those veterans. i met two this

week and they are just the most incredible men. and it was so right that all of the commemorative events that were taking place this week were centred on them , and it was just centred on them, and it was just so moving to be there on gold beach, which was a british beach that was stormed by 25,000 british troops and just to think about what happened there 80 years ago and what those men stormed into was just the bravery and courage you can't even comprehend , was it quite even comprehend, was it quite emotional for you? >> yeah, yeah. hugely emotional. i think i'm only just really soaking up what happened. as you say, it was a very intense five days, i'm only just really soaking up what happened there and what we saw and who we met. >> and i was, there was lots of, lots of stories i didn't know about d—day. lots of anecdotes, for example. i mean, maybe i should have. i've proven my ignorance here, but pegasus bridge pegasus, which you covered quite brilliantly. thank you, one of my favourite stories of d—day, because i did want to reflect kind of the two stories. obviously, we're talking about the loss of life, the horrific loss of life, on that day, on d—day and the days that followed in the battle of normandy. but then there's also the other side, which is liberation and freedom in europe , and

freedom in europe, and eventually the, the victory in the second world war. so i did want to reflect both sides. and i learnt so much, being away and meeting all those people, i did want to say as well, thank you so much for all of the comments that i've had on my twitter and my instagram. i've never had so many lovely, just really emotional, beautiful comments. so thank you so much . i was so thank you so much. i was really moved by it and thank you for you did that. >> you did a great job. sophie did a great job. all the producers, camera people, you know, not to pat ourselves on the back too much, but just from the back too much, but just from the volume of emails and the inbox, you know, showing your appreciation for the coverage, it was a good moment for the channel. >> yeah, it was a good team effort down there as well. everyone was working really hard. so thank you. yeah. >> all right. let's move on now. >> all right. let's move on now. >> every week between now and the election on the 4th of july, we are going to look through the top political viral moments of the week. and just to say, i've decided what it is because you asked me before. >> sorry i put you on the spot, was nigel farage. >> and of course being attacked by milkshake this week. and i think he handled that really, really well. yeah, with that viral moment. but we're going to

be going through the viral moments of the week with the chief political commentator at the times, aubrey allegretti. good to see you this morning, aubrey . and this comes in at aubrey. and this comes in at number one, actually. so should we look at this clip? this is nigel farage and the milkshake attack in clacton this week. oh it's only it's only a picture actually. let's get that picture up. here we are. so that is nigel farage being attacked with that milkshake in clacton. what did you make of it, aubrey? >> so, nigel, did i mean, he tookitin >> so, nigel, did i mean, he took it in good spirits. he made a video. have we got that video? he made a video responding to it. i think this is it. take a look. >> my milkshake brings all the people to the rally . people to the rally. >> so there we go. so a 25 year old woman has been arrested and charged for that incident. so we can't talk about that too much. but in the wider, conversation, aubrey , about the safety of mps aubrey, about the safety of mps or, you know, politicians , does or, you know, politicians, does this say something about, you know, maybe during election times, the leaders of parties need a bit more protection? do you think they certainly really vulnerable at this election? >> probably more than previous

ones. and it's not just party leaders as well, unfortunately, if you really look into it, lots of candidates standing across the country are being afforded extra security and protection and advice about how to protect themselves because of the growing risk , from people trying growing risk, from people trying to cause them harm. now, obviously, nigel farage is used to being a sort of marmite politician . and so i suspect politician. and so i suspect that, he managed to own the situation quite well. he sort of came out of it and made a joke of it. it obviously also does give him some attention as well. so at the start of the week, when he was announcing his candidacy to stand in clacton and running as leader for reform, it sort of probably had the opposite effect of maybe what some people might have intended to do to him and instead kind of elevated his profile, should we look at this next viral moment this week? it's ed davey playing jenga in the blue wall in greater

manchester. this week. >> we've got a picture of this, but i don't want to put ceiling on our ambition, so let the whole lot go. >> what do you make of this then, aubrey? >> not quite as fun as some of his previous other stunts, but, ed davey actually told me about a year ago that the liberal democrats , the main thing that democrats, the main thing that they wanted to do when they were out canvassing at an election campaign was to have fun, because i think they know they're a third place party at this election . they're going to this election. they're going to be quite squeezed to some extent because so much of the focus is always on the main two parties. we had the head to head debate between keir starmer and rishi sunak, which is all about a presentation of the next prime minister. but ed davey going about this campaign, trying to draw attention to himself, have a bit of fun and also raise some important issues. you just played some pictures of him there in a care home at davies. been talking this week about his story as a carer to two people, andifs story as a carer to two people, and it's actually really

effective . i've it means that effective. i've it means that people get to know him as a person. they don't see him as a slightly more stuffy politician. >> yeah, he got lots of stick at the start for the waterslide stunt and the bike ride . people stunt and the bike ride. people calling him juvenile, but, me included, he's kind of. i've warmed to him. i think he's it's nice to have a bit of fun and personality in what some people are calling a very dull election period. should we move on to sir keir starmer? so he said, well, he made these comments at the leaders debate about the nhs and using private health care. >> absolutely no. if your loved one was on a waiting list for surgery , no, thank you very much. >> i don't use private health. i use the nhs . that's where my use the nhs. that's where my wife works in one of the big hospitals as i say, it runs through my dna. okay >> thoughts, aubrey? >> thoughts, aubrey? >> well, i mean, i probably feel like he thought he had to give that answer, but it's not sort of technically labour's position because of course, labour is, allowing people to use private health care providers where the state can't help them quickly

enough. that is the position of the shadow health secretary, wes streeting . now, keir starmer streeting. now, keir starmer obviously got a background , a obviously got a background, a story to tell about his wife working in the nhs and his mum being a nurse. so he really wants to hark back to that sort of personal story and show his commitment to the nhs. but is it terribly practical in this election? people aren't looking for sort of ideologues. they want people who are going to put forward real plans to, to save the nhs because they look at the situation that it's in and wonder whether it's terribly sort of sustainable on its current footing . so i suspect current footing. so i suspect keir starmer could have handled that by talking a little bit more about his plans to improve it, by offering, for example , it, by offering, for example, 40,000 more gp appointments a week. he says by closing things like the non—dom loophole, i suspect that would have been a sort of better way to answer that question. >> yeah. and critics are saying that, you know, if you're a multi—millionaire like sir keir starmer, you should free up space in the nhs and go private. there's no shame in that. but reacting to the leader's debate at that debate where starmer featured was, the conservative party headquarters , who put

party headquarters, who put together a gogglebox style tv show , getting mp or former mps show, getting mp or former mps and ministers to react to what was going on. take a look at this. >> we're live in salford for the very first time in this election. it's sunak versus starmer. the itv debate . starmer. the itv debate. >> he looks better shirts behind. yeah it's a good start isn't it. >> okay. >> okay. >> well it looks like you know really sort of crisp. >> yeah. yeah. like his answers i expect. >> why are you talking about liz truss talk about yourself truss. >> we're talking about talk about yourself . about yourself. >> so that was mel stride and gillian keegan. there does that work mean , i sort of respect work mean, i sort of respect cchq for trying to have some fun in this election campaign because the mood inside the building has been pretty, pretty dour of a sort of funereal otherwise . i did wonder when i otherwise. i did wonder when i was watching it whether perhaps these two cabinet ministers were auditioning for a future potential podcast they might launch if, they don't manage to hold on to their seats at the general election. >> that's a really interesting

way of looking at it. and, aubrey, whilst we've got you, what are your thoughts on the debate that we saw last night? who came out as the clear winner for you? >> well, i mean, the clear loser was probably rishi sunak , the was probably rishi sunak, the man who wasn't really in the room because he was criticised on all sides at the top of the debate by people including one of his own cabinet ministers, penny mordaunt, and the winner, probably in a format like that. it's sort of nigel farage is for the taking because he is somebody who is there to sort of, say, a plague on all of your houses. of, say, a plague on all of your houses . and you have houses. and you have conservatives who are obviously in government in england, laboun in government in england, labour, in government in wales, in the snp, in government in scotland. so a sort of anti—politics kind of anti—establishment person like nigel farage is always going to thrive in that environment . thrive in that environment. >> okay. thank you, aubrey, for your thoughts on that one. do let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay say who won some plaudits was, penny mordaunt's hair hairstylist camilla tominey tweeting huge. >> someone give me the phone

number of penny mordaunt's hair and makeup lady and she actually she actually got it, didn't she? >> did she get it? >> did she get it? >> yeah, she said she heard it. i think it was lisa, who was the parliamentary hairdresser? >> apparently a parliamentary hairdresser. >> apparently they have a hairdresser and she worked on penny morton's hair yesterday. that's what i saw from camilla's twitter. anyway so she got to the bottom of that mystery. but it was very big, wasn't it? it was channelling thatcher, i think. i think that's what she was trying to convey. >> lots of comments about it. >> lots of comments about it. >> yeah, certainly was right. >> yeah, certainly was right. >> coming up, we'll be sitting down with this week's greatest britain plus later on, that mixologist who's going to be whipping us up some some gin, but first, hogwarts is becoming dogwarts. any idea what that means? this is saturday morning live on gb news. stay with

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of you getting in touch today on. of course, that debate last night. seven way debate on the election. lisa says i would love to just see nigel debate nigel farage. would sunak and starmer. now that is a debate worth watching. she says. chris, you say penny mordaunt has her sights set on being the next margaret thatcher, which she will never be. >> as much as i disliked mrs. thatcher, she was at least a proper statesman. that will not be matched by any of the current politicians, i don't know, chris. lots of people are big fans of penny, not least after the. is it the queen's funeral? yes. the queen's funeral. >> was it the king's coronation? it was the sword wielding. anyway it was very strong, yeah. do you keep your views coming in this morning? gbnews.com/yoursay. >> okay , here's one for you. >> okay, here's one for you. welcome to dogwarts. that's the new slogan for the warner brothers studios at harry potter world as they team up with guide dogs charity to make their visitor attractions more accessible. >> yes. as part of the initiative, three guide dog puppies in training have been named after the leading characters of the harry potter films harry ron and hermione. of

course they are. >> all team members will be receiving tailored training on how to support visitors with sight loss and studio tours will have changes including signage, ipads to improve the experience for visitors with visual impairment. >> well, joining us now to explain this further is head of children, young people and family service improvement at guide dogs uk. lisa petrie . guide dogs uk. lisa petrie. really good to see you this morning lisa. and this is such an important collaboration isn't it, between warner brothers studios and guide dogs uk. tell us a bit more about it. >> yes. morning. yes, this is a really exciting collaboration, with we have currently around 250 people in the uk every single day starting to lose their vision. so it is hoped that our partnership will improve the experience and make a difference to visitors with vision impairment. but not only that, we are really keen that this encourages change across the uk attractions industry, so venues are much more accessible for individuals of all ages,

with sight loss as well. >> so lisa, how many guide dogs are trained each year? is there enough going around? because i seem to remember some years ago there was a shortage . there was a shortage. >> yes, i think we're still recovering from covid where we had to pause our breeding programme for a period of time. and we are working hard. we are investing in our , our staff. we investing in our, our staff. we are, seeking to recruit more puppy are, seeking to recruit more puppy raisers, to support the dogs that we do have coming through, so that they can go on to be the life changing, animal that they are. >> oh, lisa, we're just looking at the footage now, if you're listening on the radio, you may want to tune in online or something and just see these gorgeous puppies. they are just beautiful and such important work that they do as well. can you describe the sort of work that they'll be doing at warner brothers studios? how will they be enhancing the experience , so be enhancing the experience, so the puppies, will be more, i

guess, raising the profile and the awareness of guide dogs and the awareness of guide dogs and the dogs have been named through our guide dog name a puppy scheme . so it's really exciting scheme. so it's really exciting that the studio is able to support that. and it means that they can, contribute the scheme means that they can, support with costs to that dogs journey to becoming a life changer and help with things like vet bills and food costs, that are involved in that journey . involved in that journey. >> okay, lisa, great work. thank you for doing all you do for those who are visually impaired and blind, it's sterling work indeed. and no doubt all the visitors at harry harry potter world will be taking right advantage of the new guide dog services you've got there. love those puppies. >> yeah, i love those puppies. i love those names. >> are they the andrex puppies? the labs? >> they look like it. >> they look like it. >> are more of a cat person, i must admit. but they're baby labs. are they puppy labs?

>> yeah. you like those, don't you? yeah, yeah. you're right. with those very cute. good. thank you very much, lisa, for telling us all about that coming up. stay with us. we're going to be meeting our greatest briton to hear about his endeavours to support those with poor mental health. this is saturday morning live gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back to saturday morning live. loads of you getting in touch. i love going through the views. sylvie says the amount of hairspray on on mordaunt's mop last night will have burnt a hole in the ozone layer. i should have very large hair both ways. >> so as a as a bloke, how do you achieve that style? is it lots of blow drying and lots of hairspray and a and a very bouncy blow dry. >> yeah, it would have taken hours. it's a lot of work, and joseph says penny mordaunt has a name that could be a teacher at hogwarts. >> yeah, not a bad shout, lizzie, you say no, no, no, the lucy letby drama is wrong on every level. a drama about

babies being murdered . what babies being murdered. what about the families of those babies? that's the point you made. and ruby, you said, good morning, ruby. well, said starmer , he should not have to starmer, he should not have to go private. >> yeah, and on the on the guide dogs, jane says this guide dog story is so heartwarming. they are just incredible animals. and heidi says such beautiful puppies. well, do keep reviews coming in on any of the stories that we're talking about today. gbnews.com/yoursay. yes always good fun getting stuck into those. >> the good ones and the bad ones. all the abuses are right now here on saturday morning live. we'd love to give a spotlight to amazing people who do amazing things. and today we've got a veteran who endeavours to help those suffering from anxiety in all its various forms and manifestations. >> yes, over three decades, simon lee has established himself as a pioneer , seeking himself as a pioneer, seeking new ways to coach personal development and mental strength. >> we're delighted to be joined in the studio now by simon lee. congratulations, simon. you are this week's good morning , this week's good morning, greatest britain. now look, there's this famous phrase , there's this famous phrase, isn't it? that hard times create weak men and weak men create

hard times. is that the kind of philosophy that your work is based on? >> absolutely, absolutely. because as a child, i received a masterclass in how weak men create hard times. >> did you go through hard times ? as a kid? >> we had three toxic men in the family and they caused the family and they caused the family no end of grief, trauma and hardship. so at the time when you're going through it, you think, well, you you can't help but fall into a victim mentality. you think, why me? why am i going through this? but actually, i couldn't do what i do now without that masterclass . do now without that masterclass. >> do you mind me asking who those men were? >> yeah, it's fine. one of them was my stepfather. yeah, one of them was my grandfather, and one of them was my uncle. right. so they're all. they're all in a family members. and without exception, all of them outside of the family doors . put wanted of the family doors. put wanted to put themselves across as moral pillars of society . always moral pillars of society. always the way. >> i'm so sorry to hear that you had that experience , simon. oh, had that experience, simon. oh, don't be. how do you. but how do you turn that story around and be the man that you are today and turn what you went through into a positive? how do you do that? >> well, i think my first mentor

was a guy. he's he's he's dead now called peter hudson. and when i was a teenager, i was i didn't know i was suffering from trauma because no one spoke about it in those days. and i met this first mentor. he was he was quite a prolific, mentor in those days. i think he saw a lot of the modern pop stars of rock stars .i of the modern pop stars of rock stars . i won't of the modern pop stars of rock stars. i won't name them just in case, but, i was talking to him about my experiences one day, and he was very cutting, and he said, you need to stop whingeing and whining about your background because you've got so much energy you can create with that story. you can go out there and do so much good. and i was really angry when i heard that from him. i was i even pulled over on the way home. i was so angry. i was really angry was i knew he was right. yeah, i knew he was right. and i knew i had to create something with this and that was the question, what can i do with this energy that i've got inside of me? >> so what do you do now to help other men? so you've established that pretty much you can, you know, choose to be a victim of your circumstance or use it as inspiration to do better and

say, you know what? when i'm older, for example, if you had a bad childhood, i want to make sure my kids get the kind of childhood i didn't have. so how do you relay that to your the people you mentor now, i guess, yes. >> i, i think one of the things i found out for men specifically is that therapy doesn't work. it's not just about talking about your feelings. i think that was supposed to be the panacea for men. was talk about your feelings and everything will be okay. >> why doesn't it work? >> why doesn't it work? >> because it keeps. because men want empowerment. they want action. they want to see something that's going to make them grow and feel powerful. that's just the way men are. so if you just talk about your feelings, if you're really vulnerable when you're talking about your feelings, it just makes them more vulnerable . and makes them more vulnerable. and so many men i coach said that therapy hasn't worked for them. so what we do, i set up something called unlimited courage. we talk about giving men a primary aim of courage. so we bring in philosophies such as stoicism , our own seven stoicism, our own seven carriages, bushido . and they carriages, bushido. and they love it. they love it. and i must admit, when i found it, i.

i felt like i'd found the holy grail. wow. because that is so interesting. >> so it's like a kinetic approach to therapy. and it's much more masculine, isn't it, in terms of approaching a problem and trying to develop as a person. and this is something that you specialise in, isn't it? >> absolutely, absolutely. and then they will talk about their feelings. if they're feeling empowered, they will talk about their feelings, but it won't happen the other way around. feeling really vulnerable. and then asking them to open up more and show their feelings. >> so we all know that men's mental health is a bit of a taboo. still, unfortunately, i think it's men's mental health week next week, starting on monday. on monday , what tips monday. on monday, what tips would you give people listening and watching this now ? the first and watching this now? the first steps, if they feel like they need to, you know, heal themselves. what are the kind of first steps they can do to start that path? >> i would certainly say to look at your life and see what your what you're not addressing. what are you keeping hidden? what are your habits behind closed doors? you don't want anyone else to see? what lies are you telling yourself? what lies are you telling other people? lying is such a big thing. i think men based lives around lying to themselves about who they really

are. >> is that a defence mechanism? >> is that a defence mechanism? >> absolutely . part of the >> absolutely. part of the armour that goes up. >> we're seeing some pictures of simon on the screen. if you are listening on the radio of mixed martial arts and boxing, there are lots of different exercises. where does this come into mental resilience and courage? >> well , jordan peterson, once >> well, jordan peterson, once made an amazing comment that he said the best men in society, the strongest men will be the ones that are capable of wielding the sword but choose to keep it sheathed. i love that comment because that's kind of like sums up my entire journey of teaching men that it's okay to be able to, to be able to handle yourself, to know you've got that capability for chaos. but you only choose not to do it. if you come from that position of confidence and the position of confidence and the position of confidence and the position of courage. yeah. if you feel insecure about yourself, it's as we just started the conversation with, it's the weak men that will be violent . it's the weak men that violent. it's the weak men that will lie, manipulate. >> i've heard many people say that even professional athletes

and sportsmen. wayne rooney infamously said that you need that capacity for aggression inside you, as long as it's used properly. well, look, simon, thank you so much for being with us today. pleasure. you are having me on what's the website ? having me on what's the website? >> it's unlimited courage comm, unlimited peerage.com . unlimited peerage.com. >> fantastic. please do check it out. of course. so important to talk to you about this with men's mental health week starting on monday. and david rafe has just been in touch saying simon lee is awesome. perfectly said simon lee. really good to meet you. thank you. thank you simon, very much. >> more to come , including >> more to come, including showbiz and lots of gin in the next hour. stick with us. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello! here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we hold on to rather mixed weather conditions across the uk this weekend. sunshine and showers and cool winds too. the reason for the call winds is down to low pressure being centred towards the north—east of the uk, high pressure further out towards the west, generating that northerly flow with weather

fronts embedded in the flow. enhancing showers at times looking at the detail for this afternoon now and we've got a fair bit of cloud still to clear from the far south of england. a legacy of some patchy rain here too, but skies will gradually brighten from the north as we go through the latter stages of the day. lots of sunshine developing across parts of wales, the midlands into parts of northern ireland, with sunshine and scattered showers further north and northwest, and quite a blustery wind towards the north—west of scotland, making it feel quite chilly here too as we go into the evening and through the overnight period . through the overnight period. lots of clear weather developing towards the south, so a legacy of clouds as they're clearing away first thing this evening and then lots of sunshine here to end the day. lots of sunshine to end the day. lots of sunshine to across wales, the midlands into parts of northern ireland. 1 or 2 showers across the far north of northern ireland, and 1 or 2 showers into the north—west of england. but the focus for the worst of the showers by this stage will be towards the north and west of scotland, some of them quite heavy, even locally thundery in nature, coupled with quite a gusty northwesterly wind to here so going through the rest of the evening and through the overnight period, those showers continue towards the

north—west of the uk, coupled with blustery winds, showers eventually merging to give some longer spells of rain across parts of northern ireland by the morning on sunday. further south and east, though, it's a clearer picture , cloud tended to melt picture, cloud tended to melt away so turning quite chilly here. towns and city temperatures holding up near double figures, but in some rural spots towards the south and southeast we could even see and southeast we could even see a touch of grass frost by sunday morning, with temperatures here into low single figures. as for sunday itself, well, a northwest southeast split developing in the weather across the uk , the weather across the uk, though showery outbreaks of rain towards the northwest started to slip their way south eastwards into northern england and parts of wales. as we head through into the afternoon further south and east, holding on to some sunshine although clouding over from the north, whereas towards the north of the uk there across parts of scotland, a mixture of sunshine and showers and staying chilly to that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sperm . inside from boxt boilers sperm. >> answers of weather on

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to get some rhubarb and gin . to get some rhubarb and gin. >> i feel like i need one. >> i feel like i need one. >> yeah, so do i. i think we both do today. don't forget, we want to hear from you. this show is nothing without you. please keep your views coming in to us. gbnews.com/yoursay we will try and share as many as we can throughout the programme. yes. >> and by the way, an update on michael mosley, the missing tv doctor in greece. a big development this morning. they're still looking for him, but there's a new piece of information which moves the search on and also not sure if you're a swiftae early, but it was taylor swift's first uk gig in scotland last night. edinburgh? >> yeah, and have you, have you seen the reviews this morning? >> wasn't it six star or five star? five star should have been. >> could have given her six. they would have done. >> i don't get it. they said it was like a religious experience and i agree with that. >> are you going to see her on the 22nd of june? yeah. in london. >> okay. >> okay. >> you don't want to know how much i spent on tickets. >> it's i just i just i've got the worst seat in the house as well, but i don't care. no. all right, well, maybe you'll be a reformed religious. maybe, i was about to say nuts, but probably

about to say nuts, but probably a bit offensive, but a big swiftae when you return. >> yeah, always have been, but yeah. good on her, though. it looks like a great show. so we're going to be going through all of that. but before anything else, tamsin roberts has your news headlines. >> thanks, ellie. and good morning from the gb newsroom. it's 11:02. penny mordaunt says the prime minister was right to apologise for missing a d—day anniversary event, but warned the issue shouldn't become a political football. the conservative leader of the house of commons took part in a televised debate last night, which featured representatives from seven parties. miss mordaunt clashed with labour's deputy leader over issues including nhs waiting lists and the economy. both were reprimanded for speaking over each other, whilst angela rayner received applause after claiming former prime minister liz truss had crashed the economy. >> keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week. they are going to put up your taxes by

£2,000, a lie by £2,000 per working house anymore. >> you're using you're using a figure that's been criticised by the uk statistics watchdog costings and labour's own stand by your record , and you'll see by your record, and you'll see record levels of taxes on working people to 36 separate tax hikes in the last parliament. >> well, a snap poll by more in common suggests viewers of last night's debate were more than twice as likely to see penny mordaunt as a better prime minister than rishi sunak. but broader polls suggests she's also at risk of losing her seat in july's election. it comes as the prime minister unveils plans to boost home ownership , with to boost home ownership, with a pledge to axe stamp duty for some first time buyers. shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds told gb news that housing affordability should be a bigger priority. >> well, labour has put forward in this election are things that would make a meaningful change to people's lives, whether that

is building homes so people have a decent place to live, giving more security to renters. so if you can't afford to buy your own home, you've got that security. at the same time, giving people a chance on things like the economy. so we use the transition, the energy transition, the energy transition to get good jobs of the future out of that, real differences in tax and spend between, say, higher fees for private education, to put that money into more teachers in the state. >> part of london's ultra low emission zone could be scrapped if the conservative party wins next month's election . senior next month's election. senior tories say they'd table a backing drivers bill, which would reverse the london mayor's controversial ulez expansion and rule out any blanket 20 mile per hour zones. the party says the plan would protect drivers from what they call the draconian policies of local labour politicians. latest figures show that 95% of vehicles in the capital are compliant with clean air standards, up from 39% in 2017. britain's high streets

could be in for a boost, with labour set to unveil a plan to breathe new life into shopping strips. it's expected to include an overhaul of the business rate system to help high street shops compete with online giants. it would also guarantee access to high street banking services by accelerating the establishment of banking hubs and there would be a crackdown on anti—social behaviour, which labour says would help revitalise local areas . the conservative party areas. the conservative party says the changes amount to what they call french style union laws, and pointed to its own record of supporting small businesses . three new national businesses. three new national parks would be declared as part of a manifesto pledge by the liberal democrats . the party liberal democrats. the party says it would spend around £50 million a year on maintaining the natural areas , with the the natural areas, with the chilterns in hertfordshire and buckinghamshire listed as possible. locations. there are currently ten national parks in england, and ed davey says the

government has failed on its 2019 promise to create a new one.the 2019 promise to create a new one. the mayor of the greek island where michael mosley went missing, says there's no chance the search will be called off until he's found. efforts to locate the tv doctor are entering their fourth day now. he was reportedly last seen in cctv footage in the village of peddie last wednesday. the mayor said the area where he is believed to have travelled through is difficult to pass and is only rocks . a search dog was is only rocks. a search dog was only able to work for an hour this morning due to extremely high temperatures, which topped 40 degrees on the day mr mosley disappeared . lord david cameron disappeared. lord david cameron has been targeted by a hoax video call by someone claiming to be the former president of ukraine. the foreign secretary shared messages and spoke to someone who said they were petro poroshenko. the foreign office says he became suspicious soon after the conversation, before an investigation confirmed it

wasn't genuine. officials say they're making the news public in case the video recording from the call is manipulated and used to spread misinformation . well, to spread misinformation. well, those are all the lead stories. do sign up for more on those by gb news alert. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now it's back to ellie and ben . to ellie and ben. >> thanks, tamsin and welcome to saturday morning live. the time is 11:07. loads of you are getting in touch with us this morning. thank you so much for sending us in your messages. david has been in touch on that election debate last night saying nigel is 100% correct. the political system is broken. simon. >> good morning. you say? simon lee, our greatest britain, who we just showed. he said. so true . i have complex ptsd, hidden wounds. that's a therapy service from help for heroes. charity, has been brilliant. they've

yeah. can you give them a shout out for supporting me during my surgery? of course. yeah. help for heroes. great charity. >> yeah, they really are . and on >> yeah, they really are. and on the election debate last night, jess says, wow. all of these promises coming from both the tories and labour. if either party gets in, they won't stick to a single one. john says labour has an invisible manifesto or empty promises , and manifesto or empty promises, and wendy says the debate sounded like a cat fight to me and told me nothing. >> yeah, that exchange between angela rayner and penny morden was quite hard on the ears. it was quite hard on the ears. it was quite hard on the ears. it was quite hard on the ears and lots of pointing as well. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. do let us know what you make. >> move on. ellie. yeah, yeah. >> move on. ellie. yeah, yeah. >> gbnews.com/yoursay now, of course, we are talking about the seven way election debate on the bbc last night, but in case you did miss it, we're now going to give you a brief round up of what was said. >> yes. so the prime ministerial stand in, penny mordaunt, joined in the criticism of rishi sunak for leaving d—day commemorations in normandy early happened was completely wrong and the prime minister has rightly apologised for that, apologised to

veterans, but also to all of us because he was representing all of us. >> i just want to have left d—day early. i didn't go to d—day. i think what happened was very wrong. i think the prime minister has apologised for that. but what i also think is important is we honour their legacy . legacy. >> well, meanwhile, labour's deputy leader angela rayner accused the conservatives of 14 years of abstract . or did she years of abstract. or did she mean abject failure? i've heard from the tories for 14 years that they were going to do something about skills and manufacturing in this country. >> i asked the people to look at their record and they constantly spout these lies that we're going to stop people's cars, that we're going to do this, i'm going to do that when really the reason they say that is they're 14 years. abstract failure. and are you agree you have failed . are you agree you have failed. the british people are your children. >> and just to share lie—ins

thoughts on this lie—ins been in touch. thanks. lynn saying, i do think that angela rayner meant the word abstract. the labour party don't have any physical evidence or existence whatsoever. their policies are abstract. there you go. that's lynn's thoughts. >> i'm not sure that's what she meant. >> but again, i say, i'm not going to have a dig at rayner for that because i've probably doneit for that because i've probably done it plenty of times now with lots of different words. but look, amid the bickering and the talking over each other, plaid cymru ryan up the ref. come on, help me out , cymru ryan up the ref. come on, help me out, yeah. cymru ryan up the ref. come on, help me out , yeah. lowith help me out, yeah. lowith i think lowith. >> yeah. apologies found the time to highlight the lack of excitement surrounding labour. >> i believe that the real frustration in this election is the lack of change on offer from the lack of change on offer from the labour party. whether you like them or not. there was a feeling i was still working as a as a journalist back in the 90s when tony blair came in. at least there was a feeling of something different happening. >> meanwhile, the reform uk party leader nigel farage spelt out his frustrations with today's political leaders . today's political leaders. >> i think this has been one of the worst general election campaigns so far between the two

main parties i've ever seen in my lifetime. it isn't just that their leaders are dull. don't play their leaders are dull. don't play well, very dull. in the case of labour, i mean sort of sort of blair without the flair. i mean, the real leader of the labour party is here tonight on the stage. at least she's got some personality , well, joining some personality, well, joining us now is gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson. nigel, what was your assessment of last night's debate ? debate? >> well, i mean, the trouble with with trying to do seven people at the same time is that you really didn't get to the bottom of any of the actual policies . now, polls immediately policies. now, polls immediately afterwards said that nigel farage was, had won the debate. obviously all eyes were on angela rayner and penny mordaunt and the particular bit is over. this tory claim that labour will raise taxes by £2,000. it's absolute nonsense . i think absolute nonsense. i think angela could have actually made that point, more , more strongly. that point, more, more strongly. >> so, nigel, in the battle of

the power women in politics, angela rayner from labour, penny mordaunt for the conservatives who did come out on top in that particular jul who did come out on top in that particularjul . particular jul. >> i'm not particularjul. >> i'm not sure there was someone who came out, came out on top because as you just said, come on, nigel, off the fence . come on, nigel, off the fence. well, if i was going for one side or the other, i go for angela rayner, but i'm not sure that that the viewers would have taken the same view. i mean, there was a lot of talking over each other and the basic points that were that they were trying to make never really came across. but i think i blame the format. i don't know how else you could do it, but i think it's very difficult to do 1.5 hours for seven people to get there or in, altogether . there or in, altogether. >> what did you make of nigel farage's performance , nigel? farage's performance, nigel? because in the telegraph, that poll said that he won the debate last night based on the poll in their paper . their paper. >> yes. i mean, the polls immediately afterwards that were taken after the debate said that that won , nigel the one the area

that won, nigel the one the area where i thought he was most tantalising about was on the nhs. now, there was a suggestion there. he would certainly reform it or even abolish it and introduce a kind of french style insurance system to replace it . insurance system to replace it. i would certainly like to have heard more about that idea , heard more about that idea, because, as we all know, that in the long term , a 1948 model of the long term, a 1948 model of the long term, a 1948 model of the nhs really isn't sustainable. so it's going to need reform. reform whoever is in charge. but i would like to have heard more about what nigel's idea was for that. >> yeah. nigel mr farage points was that in france, where they have a model that he was talking about heart attacks, strokes, cancer treatment, much better records compared to us for a similar amount of money and jazzy. one of our viewers says the nhs was set up to give poor people access to free health care. back in the 1940s. you paid to see a doctor, so only those that could afford it had

access to it. nothing has changed. so multi—millionaire starmer, sir keir starmer should pay starmer, sir keir starmer should pay for his own health care. when he was talking about the nhs and also immigration. i'm not sure if he saw nigel, but there was a shot of the crowd showing, particularly one young chap who was sat there shaking his head all the time, but two other people flanking him. did you see that? and what do you make of it? because it happens quite a lot. that shot. yeah >> i mean, i think that, obviously the, the audience found certain things, more attractive than others and certainly, i mean, the, the immigration we take separately, obviously, from what nigel was talking about with the nhs, but but we do have to actually consider what you do with the nhs going forward. i mean, the, the viewer who's just who's just written in is absolutely right. in 1948, the nhs was created to give universal health care to all free at the point of use. now it only stayed free. free at the point of use for three years. the charges began coming

in. the question obviously going forward is if you are, richer, should you pay something towards your treatment? >> yeah, that's the question. let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay nigel nelson, to good see you this morning. thanks so much for your time. now of course, gb news is the people's channel, isn't it? so throughout the election campaign, we are going to be heafing campaign, we are going to be hearing from people across the united kingdom about what really matters to you in this election . matters to you in this election. >> yes. so for today, for the first time, we meet anastasia from leeds, names anastasia tempest. >> i live in leeds at the moment. the reason why i use a wheelchair is because i've actually got a cerebral palsy, and if it wasn't for the wheelchair , i wouldn't be able wheelchair, i wouldn't be able to do anything. and i want them to do anything. and i want them to think about people with disabilities because rarely do they get even a thought of, let alone mentioned. and i am very, very concerned about the nhs. the waiting lists are high. i'm

also on the waiting list. waiting for a particular procedure. i've been on the waiting list for over three and a half years, and i got a phone call the other day saying i have to wait another 12 months. it really isn't on. i'm losing the will to live. previously, i have actually voted for labour, i was actually voted for labour, i was a member of the labour party, but this time i really don't know who to vote for. i'm inclined to vote for labour. labour because they seem more authentic than the conservatives. i don't feel heard and i, you know, it's gb news that have given me a voice, but nobody else has, and i just feel forgotten. i mean, if i why would anybody notice if i and drop dead? no, i don't think they would . they would. >> that's anastasia tempest

speaking in leeds to us here on gb news. we'll be sharing people's thoughts throughout the general election campaign, won't we? >> yes , right. we are welcomed >> yes, right. we are welcomed by our panel again. nichi hodgson and tv personality ben ofoedu. welcome back. i should have said welcome back, not welcomed by. there we go, right. let's get stuck into some more stories, what do you fancy? viral story . stormzy. stormzy. viral story. stormzy. stormzy. of course, if viewers don't know , massive is he's not a pop star, is it? he's a rapper. yes. right | star, is it? he's a rapper. yes. right i was gonna say grime artist, but. >> grime. >> grime. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> normally grime. yeah. >> normally grime. yeah. >> and then the rapper moved into the mainstream of popular artists. >> i think he falls under pop stars. he did a great track with uan stars. he did a great track with linkin park that i was listening to a bit earlier. >> if anyone knows linkin park. anyway, stormzy, he's opened his own bar in, the immersive house party in soho. >> yeah , amazing. i was there on >> yeah, amazing. i was there on thursday night. yeah, i was there. >> yeah . i wanted to talk about >> yeah. i wanted to talk about it. i check the papers. i was there , man. there, man. >> tell us what it's like because it's something that's never really been seen before.

>> it is a fantastic idea. so i have to salute stormzy, maya jama, it is house. it's like a house in the middle of the west end. all right? it's like based on an 80s house. so it's like terrible carpet and bad wallpaper. but, you know, downstairs there's a kitchen . in downstairs there's a kitchen. in fact, what people don't really know is that there's a basement. and in the basement there's a bar, and there's stormzy's first car and it's cemented to the ground. what was it with the lights on the bmw? >> it's first car was a beano. no i mean, it was like an old. >> wow. i think it's like an old school bmw, you know? it's not. it wasn't flashy, you know, but then that's that's kind of in then that's that's kind of in the corner. and then downstairs, i suppose, serves as the nightclub part of it. then you come upstairs and there's a kitchen area and so and that's where the dj was. so you dance around the kitchen table, there's tables and chairs and there's tables and chairs and there's like a hob in the middle where the dj stand is like a, you know, you know, like a kitchen ceramic like sort of table. so it's there and then you go upstairs and then there is a games room and then there's a bedroom, then there's another floor with, i think there's oh a

yeah. no, no, the first floor, sorry games room and a toilet and then, and then the next there is the games room and a and a bedroom. and they've got different characters. so there's a guy that's walking around in pyjamas constantly and there's an old, lady who sits in the toilet smoking cigarettes and, and she wasn't actually smoking and she wasn't actually smoking and stuff like that. and. yeah. so you know, it's great. and there's a roof terrace. it's a brilliant idea. nightclubs are dying out. and i think it's a great way to get people back into nightclubs, because now it's all about the glorified bar , why? i call them glorified pubs. but bars are taking over the bar licenses have gone later, so people don't go to nightclubs anymore. so i think to open a nightclub now, it has to open a nightclub now, it has to be special and he's done a fantastic job. >> yeah. sounds brilliant. nicky i've always preferred house parties, big nights out, but this kind of, i guess, sounds like it's the best of both worlds. >> yeah, it's quite tricky, isn't it? because, i mean, my husband was a bar owner for 15 years. we had five bars of different kind of bars. some of them were latin themed, and then one of them was kind of more 60s cocktail bar, but but, the house

party concept is interesting because i, i still get invited to house parties. i'm a mum, so i don't get to go out very much anymore . but i guess it's if anymore. but i guess it's if you're a celebrity, you can't really go to a house party anymore, can you? so i guess why you'd be nostalgic about those days of just going to your mates and never know, or going to somebody, mates for mates, for mate's house and never knowing who'd be there when you got there. so there's something, there. so there's something, there is something really appealing about it. well, it looks brilliant. >> should we stay with the musical theme and talk about taylorswift? >> your favourite? >> your favourite? >> my favourite lady. she is wowed the crowd. stay with us ben in edinburgh for her first irish show in the uk. i mean she is absolutely incredible. she's been doing this tour for months on end. it's a four hour show. it's a marathon. >> that's a whopper. yeah four hours. >> it's called the eras because it's her. all her albums. yeah and it's just her 17 year career. amazing >> 17 years. wow. she's been around a long time because you forget how long she's been around. i really got to know about her. when kanye west sort of raided the stage and sort of. yeah, but but he did, you know ,

yeah, but but he did, you know, it did. it did put her into the spotlight. i know she was winning an award at that time, but it made her even bigger than what she is. i am not a swiftae at all. i get out, i don't i'll i'll come with you, ben . let's i'll come with you, ben. let's leave early and i honestly, i don't i don't really get it. what i do think that she's an incredible businesswoman . she's incredible businesswoman. she's rerecorded all her stuff so that her old record company don't make noise, and signed a new deal with lucy grainge at universal . and so, you know, so universal. and so, you know, so the money. >> she owns her own music. >> she owns her own music. >> yeah . and that's that's >> yeah. and that's that's incredible. and she's always been a kind of business sort of person. even when she got with calvin harris, he sort of changed into like a supermodel. i forgot they were together. yeah. and all of a sudden calvin harris was like a i mean, he's a great musician, but he started looking like a supermodel, cut his hair, got the abs in and stuff like that. and i think that she influenced that as well. so but, but she's, she's an amazing songwriter. i do understand i just usually with people that are amazing i usually get it. yeah. >> ben but i'm, i'm struggling both that you need to take your

time now. >> there's a gateway song for everyone. at 17 years is back 17 years. you find a gateway song, you're there and it's different for everybody. >> i agree with you, but i can even music that i don't like, you know, to my taste i could still normally appreciate, you know, the, the talent and whatnot, but i just i can't get into it. >> yes , but she's a bit. >> yes, but she's a bit. >>— >> yes, but she's a bit. >> she's a billionaire, isn't she, she must be by now. i mean, she, she must be by now. i mean, she she doesn't worry about youn >> whether you're listening to her at this point. >> yeah. she's made a billion over £1 billion from this tour. yeah. and she is affecting the local economy of every city that she brings her tour to. because she brings her tour to. because she does a number of days. and the amount of money that is pumped into the hotels, the restaurants, it's very charitable apparently, as well. and she's so generous with their team. i think she was giving the men who were on the tour with her, driving the lorries and whatnot , the tech team as well, whatnot, the tech team as well, like someone like £10,000 each, just as bonuses. >> well, apparently, apparently as well. >> at the show in edinburgh beforehand, she put in a massive greggs order. so greggs has had a super boost . a super boost. >> i mean, don't you just want

to get on board just because she's a nice person? well, she's going to be getting £10,000 bonuses on there, you know? >> i mean, i love her, i love her. >> you've changed your tune. maybe more artists should be doing doing things like that. >> jason's just written in on your say says i think ben is a secret. swiftae even. even though linkin park's new divide is a masterpiece . is a masterpiece. >> you listen to like teenage boy music, though, don't you? >> because i still feel like teenagen >> like all the screamo stuff. >> like all the screamo stuff. >> i still feel like a teenage boy at heart. >> nostalgia as well. >> nostalgia as well. >> yeah, mock me for swiftae stuff. >> and then you're listening to leave off. >> honestly, i'd rather listen to blink182 or linkin park than taylor swift. me no no no, that's not what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay expecting lots of support for the punk rock era. >> get in touch with your swiftae even a secret one. we'd love to hear from you. gb news rock. promise that you'll say thank you nikki and ben. it's been lots of fun. this morning. thank you very much indeed. do stay with us still to come , stay with us still to come, we're going to be discussing how to break the taboos surrounding men's mental health issues. of course, it's men's mental health week starting on monday. >> plus, we'll sit down with showbiz journalist steph takyi

to find out all the latest in the world of showbiz. stick with

us. >> welcome back to saturday morning live. the time is 11:27. now starting on monday, it is men's mental health week . so we men's mental health week. so we are highlighting issues that affect men's specifically. and health amongst men can often be a taboo subject. one of the biggest issues impacting men's health is erectile dysfunction. >> yes. so according to a new report , around half of men over report, around half of men over 40.25 under 40 suffer from erectile dysfunction . so to erectile dysfunction. so to discuss this now, we're joined further by psychosexual therapist doctor catherine hood. hello. good morning to you. thank you for joining hello. good morning to you. thank you forjoining us, that's thank you for joining us, that's a massive number. 40% of men over 40. and quite surprisingly, the under 40 cohorts as well. i mean, it's i assume for a myriad

of reasons, but what is the main reason? first for off, men experiencing erectile dysfunction. >> so there can be multiple causes. cduses. >> causes. >> but you know, you can you can sort of divide them into psychological reasons and also physical reasons, although quite often they coexist. so some people, particularly in older men, you're likely to have a little bit of wear and tear on the body. so, you know, the nerves and the blood vessels don't work quite as well as they did when they were 18. yeah but then they develop quite a lot of psychological stuff on top of that, due to pressure, a feeling that, due to pressure, a feeling that they want to perform. and also it's so linked to how we feel about ourselves. and this came out in the eriksen report, you know, masculinity, how men view themselves and their self—esteem. so you know, in the eriksen report , 44% of men felt eriksen report, 44% of men felt their self—esteem was knocked out by having a there's a theory going around that modern man is emasculated. >> generally we've all become feminised a little bit, you know, sort of metropolitan. what do they call it, what's the word, a metropolitan man, something metro metrosexual man. thank you, sir, very . is there

thank you, sir, very. is there any truth to that? are we are men slowly being emasculated? because of course, the birth rate globally is falling . i rate globally is falling. i don't know if that has anything to do with it. >> i don't know that that that's not something we particularly see. i think men feel embarrassed about talking about this. and if you look at the eriksen report again, you know, two thirds of men felt ashamed and felt that, you know, embarrassed about bringing this up as a topic and 70% find it difficult to talk to their health care professional, their doctor. >> we're talking about men's mental health week starting on monday. and i'm sure you agree that progress is being made about men talking about their mental health. i think men feel like they can talk more than they could have done, perhaps 20, 30 years ago. but when they talk about their sexual health rather than their mental health, that hasn't improved at all, has it really? and that's interesting because there's such a link, isn't there, between erectile dysfunction, what we're talking about today and your mental health. it impacts on that. >> and we know that that there is a strong link between anxiety . and so people who suffer from anxiety, particularly in young

men and having erectile problems. but i do think as a society , we're very bad at society, we're very bad at talking about how our bodies work sexually and as a result, when things go wrong, we think we're the only person who's suffering from it. we think we're broken somehow , and it we're broken somehow, and it causes an awful lot of distress. and in the study , 50% of men and in the study, 50% of men were reduced to tears by the impact of actually having erectile problems. so this is huge. >> there was a stat that i saw saying that 90% of couples who experience erectile dysfunction with the man, what was the stat? they were they have some distress. >> it's put a strain on their relationship. and i do think it's really important to bear in mind partners , when you're mind partners, when you're deaung mind partners, when you're dealing with somebody who has ed, because it can have a lot of impact on them. often they feel rejected . they feel, you know, rejected. they feel, you know, that their partners aren't finding them attractive anymore , finding them attractive anymore, which is often completely the opposite of the guy is feeling. i'm really attracted. and actually that adds the pressure . actually that adds the pressure. if this isn't working, what about that 10? >> so 10% say that erectile

dysfunction doesn't have an effect on their relationship . i effect on their relationship. i mean, what's going on there? well, you know what i would have thought? yeah. you know, maybe ignorantly that it should have been 100. >> well, maybe people are not being totally honest in the thing. but i think actually, to be honest, what is good sex life? i think it really varies with people. some people it's more important than others. and it may be that they've got a relationship that's not based on on the penis working, and it may be based on other forms of intimacy. and that's what actually is most important with relationships is intimacy. >> so. so for anyone watching and listening this morning, what advice would you give? >> so i think the first thing is you need to start talking about it. if you feel you can. because the other thing about erectile problems, it can be an early sign of other health issues. so it's important to talk to your gp, particularly as you if you're getting older for prostate, for example, or things like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol . so pressure, high cholesterol. so it's an early indicator of those nerves and blood vessels not working quite so well. so it's important to talk to somebody . important to talk to somebody. but also, you know, talk to your partner. there are things you

can do. there's now an over—the—counter gel called a roxon that you can get, and you can go and buy that in the chemist. and that is nice because it builds intimacy. and as i say, that's often what people miss. and you can do that with your partner and you can get it works quickly usually within ten minutes. but then there are other treatments and it's and it's trying to understand, you know, if you come and see a therapist like me, we'll also talk about some of the psychological impact and try and help people reduce the anxiety and the stress because that's often making things w0 i'se. woi'se. >> worse. >> okay, doctor catherine howard, thank you very much. it is, of course, men's mental health week next week. so yeah, i'd encourage all blokes to, you know, shake off the taboo i guess, and get talking about what's going on in your life first. before we move on, let's get news headlines with tamsin roberts. >> ben. thank you. here are the headunes >> ben. thank you. here are the headlines at 1132. penny mordaunt says the prime minister was right to apologise for missing a d—day anniversary event , but warned the issue

event, but warned the issue shouldn't become a political football . the conservative football. the conservative leader of the house of commons took part in a televised debate last night, which featured representatives from seven parties. miss mordaunt clashed with labour's deputy leader over issues including nhs waiting lists and the economy. both were reprimanded for speaking over each other, whilst angela rayner received applause after claiming former prime minister liz truss had crashed the economy . had crashed the economy. >> keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week. they are going to put up your taxes by £2,000, a lie by £2,000 per working anymore. >> you're using you're using a figure that's been criticised by the uk statistics watchdog costings and labour's own stand by your record and your record levels of taxes on working people. >> 26 separate tax hikes in the last parliament. >> a snap poll by more in common suggests viewers of last night's debate were more than twice as

likely to see penny mordaunt as a better prime minister than rishi sunak, but broader polls suggest she's also at risk of losing her seat in july's election . meanwhile, the prime election. meanwhile, the prime minister is unveiling plans to boost home ownership with a pledge to axe stamp duty for first time buyers on homes up to a value of £425,000. the conservative party is due to unveil its full range of campaign promises with the launch of a manifesto next week , launch of a manifesto next week, and search efforts to locate tv doctor michael mosley have entered a fourth day. the mayor of the greek island where he went missing, says the area he's believed to have travelled through is difficult to pass and is only rocks . he was reportedly is only rocks. he was reportedly last seen in cctv footage in the village of pd last wednesday . village of pd last wednesday. well, those are the headlines and for all the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common

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welcome back 1138. >> ben and ellie with you on saturday morning. >> i've only on gb news some quick emails. shall we? one that might get you a bit riled . might get you a bit riled. ellie, lorraine, you say taylor swift in edinburgh , all homeless swift in edinburgh, all homeless people are put into hotels for seven days at a time. of course. she played in edinburgh last night. taylor swift because of the need for hotel rooms for the taylor swift concerts. the homeless people have been moved to either aberdeen or here, where i am in newcastle upon tyne. >> not good. >> not good. >> no, it's not good. but i would say you take that up with edinburgh city council, not taylor swift. i don't think she had anything to do with moving homeless people out of hotel rooms. in fact, she gives a lot to the local cities that she plays in. >> she is very charitable. >> she is very charitable. >> yes. and julie is a fan of

yours, i think, because you both love linkin park . she's yours, i think, because you both love linkin park. she's linkin park any day of the week. >> good on you, julie and john. you say. ben, have you ever thought of doing some gb news party on the beaches around the country in the summer with some of your saturday five guests, i haven't thought of it. sounds like a nightmare. so no. only joking. saturday five's on tonight. by the way. tune in at 6 to 8. i'm not there, but it's going to be a cracking show. >> cheeky plug. yep, yep, we love that. we're joined by showbiz journalist stephanie takyi who is here with us now. good to see you this morning. >> morning, ellie and ben, but unfortunately we are starting with such a sad story, isn't it, michael mosley still missing on the island of simi in greece. it's heartbreaking, the island of simi in greece. it's heartbreaking , ellie, it's heartbreaking, ellie, because it's now the fourth day of the search operation . and the of the search operation. and the mayor of simi said that no stone is going to be left unturned in this search. so we've had divers who are looking at the sea and we're having rescuers searching a mountainous area of 6.4km, and they're saying the area is infested with snakes. and, you know, there's just so much going on.and know, there's just so much going on. and but more than anything, i'm thinking of his children,

his four children, who have flown out there now to help with the search. his wife . it's just the search. his wife. it's just in this day and age, you always think to yourself how can someone just vanish into thin air? and with this, there's so many aspects to this story. the weather on the day almost reaching 40 degrees, we have those chilling cctv images of him with the umbrella. so it's a lot to dissect. and but the main thing is we're hoping that he's found safe and sound. >> yeah , yeah. the search, >> yeah, yeah. the search, moving on to a slightly new area today, as you mentioned, there's now this theory that he's moved. he took a hike on a more treacherous path, the normal sort of touristy one, tell us about dave myers, the hairy biker bike. >> well, today is dave day, and rightly so, because he's such a beloved fixture on tv. he died earlier of cancer this year. this this morning from 8 am. thousands of bikers are riding from london to barrow in furness, where dave came off from in his memory. they're doing this to raise money for

charities the nspcc, childline and the institute of cancer research. his partner, his tv partner si king, said this is all in memory of dave . he was all in memory of dave. he was a positive person and i think it's great to do that. actually because he affected so many lives just watching the show and people always remember them together on their bikes. so i think dave, i'm calling for dave day to be an annual theme. did they such a good cause? >> did they do a bike trip across africa or am i making that up? >> i remember seeing i don't remember seeing that, but i think that would have sound that sounds cool to me. >> anyway, there was such a great pair together, full of life, full of character. so he's going to be. >> i just love that all the bikers have come together to do this in his memory, and i think it's just a fitting tribute for him. >> what a lovely thing to do. good luck to them on that bike ride. as you talk about baby reindeer, because it's still going on, isn't it? this is a story that is not going away. >> it's not. and i think what's happened here, ellie, i think art's imitated life too much because now martha scott , who because now martha scott, who was the character, the woman

who's actually in real life, fiona harvey , she's suing fiona harvey, she's suing netflix for £133 million. she's saying that basically they fabricated a lot of the plotline, which they've sold as a true story. like she's saying, look, i didn't send him 41,000 emails, hundreds of voice notes or 106 letters. so now she's suing netflix for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. so it's a big thing for her because obviously she's come out and said, yep, this character is based on me. but there's so many elements of this show which is the most watched show in the uk right now, which is untrue . right now, which is untrue. netflix have come out, they said they're going to be standing by richard gadd's story of him being stalked by her, and they said he has every right to tell his story, but the claim from her is that they made it too easy for her to be identified. >> and of course , internet >> and of course, internet sleuths id'd her pretty sharply. >> they did come on in this day and age, you cannot get away with those kind of things. and again, with netflix, she's saying they didn't do. they done nothing in terms of trying to

investigate what the truth is. as we know, there's always two sides to a story. and it seems like they only got richard's stuff. well, apparently it has. >> in the series, she was jailed for her behaviour, but of course she went on piers morgan's show. she's done lots of media since and no journalist has yet been able to find any court records or anything. not to say it didn't happen, but just, you know , interesting. know, interesting. >> so i think she's got a really good case here. so i'm thinking what will happen if she is found, you know, in the court goesin found, you know, in the court goes in her favour. what's going to happen to the show? will it have to be taken off mega fee as well. >> what's the fee? 130, £133 million. >> she'll be all right living in the bahamas soon. >> she can cause some taylorswift tickets . taylorswift tickets. >> she probably could afford some taylorswift tickets. we're talking about the edinburgh show last night. >> stephanie swiftae mania is in edinburgh. you might as well call it taylor town, because everywhere in edinburgh is really reflecting that taylor swift's in town. you know, you're going to pubs, they've got cocktails named after her, everything she's managed for her first night, 73,000 people, which is the most ever that's

been brought to edinburgh for a concert. so she's already breaking records. she performed 46 of her songs yesterday over a three hour show, 12 outfit changes and the reviews have been amazing . you know, if been amazing. you know, if people could give her six stars, i think they would have given her six stars. and i think it's because taylor is ultimate performer and she can bring people together . her music performer and she can bring people together. her music is great. so i think the hype and the mania is well deserved for taylor. >> am i right in saying she's doing edinburgh four times? >> no, she's got another two more dates in edinburgh. so she's done yesterday, doing tonight and i think she's doing monday. right. and she's going to move to liverpool, london, cardiff. so she's got 13 dates altogether in the uk. so if you think i'm not going to be talking about taylor again, you guys are wrong conquering. >> we'll be back next week. >> we'll be back next week. >> we'll be back next week. >> we'll be back again. few of us are probably like oh no, i can't wait. but it's well deserved. >> i think i saw a friend last week and she wasn't even a big swiftae a bit like you, ben. yeah. didn't really get it. and then she somehow landed upon these tickets. don't ask me how

she managed that. lucky, lucky . she managed that. lucky, lucky. and she says she's a massive swiftae now she got it. she was mesmerised. it's the best show. so i've been to 3.5 hours and she said she's just incredible. >> that's how she converted me. i was at the british summer time probably about 5 to 6 years ago, and i wasn't a taylor fan, and as soon as i saw her perform, i was like, yep, you've got me, taylor. >> there you go, ben. >> there you go, ben. >> we just need to get your tickets, yeah, i'm just reading here. it says he's going to bfing here. it says he's going to bring the negativity now . bring the negativity now. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he is. what are you reading? >> he is. what are you reading? >> come on. >>- >> come on. >> just a review from, from somewhere. it says she smashed a triumphant set in front of an enormous crowd in edinburgh. >> that sounds good. >> that sounds good. >> it's $1 billion tour. >> it's $1 billion tour. >> yeah, and people have come from all over the world. canada, the states all just to see her in scotland. so goes to show there's no place too far. good. >> i don't i don't resent people's success. so well done taylor. good on you. >> oh, there you go, ben. very good, very good. >> sweet stephanie. >> sweet stephanie. >> to good see you. thank you for having me, guys. thank you very much. >> now, still to come. it's our favourite part of the show. we're very much looking forward to this. we'll be joined in the studio by a gin ambassador to

teach us all things about our favourite drink, which is of course, gin. this is saturday morning live on gb britain's news channel

>> welcome back. if you didn't know, today is world gin day. so this is my favourite part of the show. because i had a night out last night where i didn't manage to drink because i was doing this show this morning. so joining us now to celebrate world gin day and discuss the cotswolds brand, distillery, cotswolds brand, distillery, cotswold distillery, makers of gin and other liqueurs, is brand ambassador and mixologist fabio calocane. good morning to you, sir. i see you . good morning. sir. i see you. good morning. >> thank you very much for having us. >> with plenty of mixers, plenty of lovely gin. yes, what have you got here for us? just explain what you've brought in. >> so today, i'm going to be presenting the cotswolds dry gin and the cotswolds wildflower gin. so the first, the first one that was introduced into our market was the cotswolds dry gin. now we have nine types, different types of botanicals we

introduce into the into our pot. still we introduce, well obviously juniper berry because it's a london dry gin, angelica roots and coriander seeds, giving it that little limey flavour. and then the next morning we add the other botanicals, the lavender coming, like they go straight from the cotswolds . and, you have also, cotswolds. and, you have also, cardamom seeds. then and black peppercorn, giving it a little spice. and then the part that is more interesting that regards to the pouring, we have the grapefruit peel and the lime peel grapefruit peel and the lime peel, which are hand peeled. the whole time, and we leave it inside giving it all the oils. it is absolutely soft, isn't it? >> there's a lot behind so much . >> there's a lot behind so much. yes, behind just this dress, all the flavours that go into it, all the botanicals as it is. so can we get trying? >> yeah. come on. yes, please. >>— >> yeah. come on. yes, please. >> please, please. >> please, please. >> so what have we got here? talk us through whilst you make these. so what are we going to start with. >> we're going to start with the cotswolds dry okay. so the first one introduced. >> so ellie was taking the mick

out of me this morning because i said my favourite gin was, what is it? pink lemonade. >> you like a pink gin and lemonade? yes. >> you told me. i'm going to say what you said. you said that's a bit girly. >> girly. but then you said it's your wife's favourite drink. >> yeah. so she's influenced you? >> she likes it. but also to hit back at you. ellie, i also like a single malt on the rocks. a bit more masculine. yeah. >> you followed up very quickly with that. i also like a single malt on the rocks. >> that's a very good choice, actually. >> yeah, very, very good. so now, as you see, it turned into cloudy. >> those are the oils of the spices because we don't filter it. it's our gin is completely unfiltered okay. >> lots of ice fabio. is that what we should be doing with our gin? >> i would always recommend to put a little bit of ice in it. it allows you to mellow the burn that comes directly from the spirit. >> the burn that comes from the spirit. >> there is. yes, there definitely is. >> yes, lots of ice. >>— >> yes, lots of ice. >> then we're going to garnish that with our grapefruit. it as being part of our botanicals. >> which one is this. sorry fabio. >> these are this is the cotswolds dry gin. >> what would you prefer? >> what would you prefer? >> i'd like the wildflower. >> i'd like the wildflower. >> like the wildflower as well.

so i'll take one for the team. i'll have the london dry. >> okay. >> okay. >> maybe we could swap. you'll have the girly one. all right. and then we're going in with a bit of tonic. and this is the normal tonic, not the light one. yeah, that is correct. okay. i usually go live with it. >> it's fine. and here's the first one you guys enjoy. >> can i try this, please i love this, it's 1152. it's never too early. cheers. >> cheers . >> cheers. >> cheers. >> and would you have any. this sounds very juvenile. would you have any snacks with gin or does it ruin it? olives are you well your culture? >> it depends on how you're drinking it and where you are, like what you're actually going to do with it. but you can have pretty much all sorts as long as it stays on the salty side. that's what i would go for personally. >> salty snack. >> salty snack. >> yeah, that's what i would go for. >> so olives, would you say, is that a good choice or crisps? nuts. >> they're quite salty olives aren't they. >> it depends. it depends on your taste. really like personally i wouldn't go for it, but i am. i have seen and the popularity of gin has exploded, hasn't it. >> i've seen gin bars down where i live on the south coast just exploding. you've got just a myriad of different flavours,

you know exactly, exactly. >> do you think that's about where do you think this popularity has suddenly come from with gin? do you think there's the amount of flavours now that are available and how fun you can make gin? >> well, gin . cheers. you guys >> well, gin. cheers. you guys enjoy. well, gin is , like the enjoy. well, gin is, like the culture behind gin is drastically increased over the years. the flavours are all different. that's really good. exactly. you see what i mean? oh, very nice night then . the oh, very nice night then. the wildflower is. where our cotswolds dry gin meets the italian aperitivo. so you're going to have that, zesty floral kind of flavour coming through there. absolutely stunning, aren't they? actually, this one's really nice. >> really refreshing. >> really refreshing. >> i think the garnish makes a big difference. would you agree with that? i think the grapefruit i've always been an avid it recalls the actual peel so infused that the fruit part of the garnish will actually enhance the flavour of the of the gin. >> is that a bay leaf? >> is that a bay leaf? >> that is a bay leaf? yes. please have a have a little bit of peppery please have a have a little bit of peppery flavour that reconnects to to the the peppercorns that we put inside the you know what else you can

have that. >> oh thank you. >> oh thank you. >> oh thank you. >> oh because you're actually one over i prefer this one. >> oh there you go fabio. thank you so much. >> it was an absolute pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you for having. thank you for having us. thank you for having us. yeah. with the cotswolds. >> i'm going to enjoy this in peace after a long week. >> we're looking forward to these. thank you fabio. thank you.thank these. thank you fabio. thank you. thank you. and a quick question from leo who says ely versus ben who drinks who under the table. well, we'll find out, won't we. >> we'll get going in the privacy of the studio. thank you so much forjoining us today. so much for joining us today. we're back next week. for now, here's dawn neesom. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we hold on to rather mixed weather conditions across the uk this weekend. sunshine and showers and cool winds too. the reason for the cool winds is down to low pressure being centred towards the northeast of the uk, high pressure further out towards the west, generating

that northerly flow with weather fronts embedded in the flow. enhanced showers at times. looking at the detail for this afternoon now and we've got a fair bit of cloud still to clear from the far south of england. a legacy of some patchy rain here too, but skies will gradually brighten from the north as we go through the latter stages of the day. lots of sunshine developing across parts of wales, the midlands into parts of northern ireland, with sunshine and scattered showers further north and northwest, and quite a blustery wind towards the northwest of scotland, making it feel quite chilly too . here as feel quite chilly too. here as we go into the evening and through the overnight period. lots of clear weather developing towards the south, so a legacy of clouds as they're clearing away. first thing this evening and then lots of sunshine here to end the day. lots of sunshine to end the day. lots of sunshine to across wales, the midlands into parts of northern ireland. 1 or 2 showers across the far north of northern ireland, and 1 or 2 showers into the north—west of england. but the focus for the worst of the showers by this stage will be towards the north and west of scotland , some of and west of scotland, some of them quite heavy, even locally thundery in nature, coupled with quite a gusty northwesterly wind here too. so going through the rest of the evening and through the overnight period, those showers continue towards the

north—west of the uk, coupled with blustery winds, showers eventually merging to give some longer spells of rain across parts of northern ireland by the morning on sunday. further south and east, though, it's a clearer picture cloud tending to melt away so turning quite chilly here. towns and city temperatures holding up near double figures, but in some rural spots towards the south and southeast we could even see and southeast we could even see a touch of grass frost by sunday morning, with temperatures here into low single figures as for sunday itself, well a northwest southeast split developing in the weather across the uk, though showery outbreaks of rain towards the northwest started to split the way south eastwards into northern england and parts of wales . as we head through of wales. as we head through into the afternoon further south and east, holding on to some sunshine , although clouding over sunshine, although clouding over from the north—west towards the north of the uk, there , across north of the uk, there, across parts of scotland a mixture of sunshine and showers and staying chilly too. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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