more decades than you care to tell. >> more decades than either of us care to admit. >> yes, yes, i sort of know what you mean. you mean. >> you mean. >> it's been so wonderful to have you with us. >> in the colour together won't be the last. no, it's been wonderful, hasn't it.7 >> we sat here next to you, old royal correspondent of how many years? >> i did the royal beat for 15 years. yeah. times first and five years on the telegraph. >> oh, amazing . and it all came >> oh, amazing. and it all came through today. thank you so much. lovely to be with you so much. lovely to be with you so much. yes. thank you so much for joining us for this special program of trooping the colour. here's sam with the . news. here's sam with the. news. >> well, a very good afternoon to you. it's just after 1:30. the top stories from the newsroom this lunchtime . as newsroom this lunchtime. as we've been hearing, the princess of wales has been cheered by crowds as she appeared with other members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. earlier, she sat beside her children prince george, prince louis and princess charlotte in a carriage procession along the mall for the king's birthday parade.

trooping the colour, a 41 gun salute and an raf fly—past marked the occasion . it was the marked the occasion. it was the first time princess catherine's resumed public duty since her cancer diagnosis was revealed. she says she has made good progress, but admits that her treatment has led to some bad days. treatment has led to some bad days . post office campaigner sir days. post office campaigner sir alan bates, former prime minister gordon brown and actress imelda staunton are among those recognised in the king's birthday honours list today. the former subpostmaster says his newly awarded knighthood is recognition of the sheer hell that hundreds of post office workers went through. leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey has praised his efforts to expose the horizon it scandal. >> i want to congratulate adam bates. this is thoroughly deserved. and he said it's not just for him, but on behalf of all subpostmasters and that's really good news. he fought the system sometimes single handedly before it bravely. and he won. and that's all to his credit. and that's all to his credit. and i think we need now to get

the compensation. he's talked about. >> meanwhile, the liberal democrats leader has been tackling a racetrack and a trampoline on the election trail today. sir ed is pledging to scrap elected police and crime commissioners to boost frontline policing . the prime minister policing. the prime minister says he'll stay on as an mp if the conservatives lose the general election in july. rishi sunak says he'll fight to the last day as he responded to a question about a yougov poll which shows that reform uk has now overtaken the tories for the first time. the party's leader, nigel farage, has suggested that he can be the voice of opposition to labour. however, veterans minister johnny mercer told us this morning that a vote for reform is a vote for a labour government. do you want to pay more in tax, or do you want to vote for a party that has tax reduction in its dna to try and improve public services and, and, you know, fight these challenges around migration and the economy that we know are ongoing? >> or are you going to write a

blank cheque to a massive majority for keir starmer to have unchecked power , dealing have unchecked power, dealing with, yet again, a guy who believes in absolutely nothing at all and will say anything to gain power ? gain power? >> elsewhere on the campaign trail, labour is promising 40,000 extra nhs appointments each week, but experts are questioning the details behind the funding . sir keir starmer the funding. sir keir starmer was asked if the plans would leave staff unable to cope if the list was too increase at the same rate as it's increased since rishi sunak has been prime minister. >> we would get if we had more, five more years of the to tory 10 million on that waiting list. that's why it's so important that this election is seen as a change election. the opportunity to turn the page on that usher in a labour government that is absolutely committed to rebuilding our country. >> that's the latest from the newsroom. for now . for more and newsroom. for now. for more and the breaking stories, you can scan the code on the screen for gb news alerts or go to our website, gb news .com/ alerts. and dawn will be right back after this

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visiting gbnews.com forward slash your sale. remember it one day. don't worry. and join the conversation or message me on our socials @gbnews i can remember that bit. okay . remember that bit. okay. okay, we're going to go there people. i know we've had a lovely roll morning . it's all been lovely, morning. it's all been lovely, kate. it's amazing. but now we have to talk a little tiny weeny bit of politics. sorry, just a tiny bit, now, tory parliamentary candidates are already trying to gain support to become the next leader of the conservative party. i know, shoot me to . this comes amid shoot me to. this comes amid fears that sunak could face a total election wipe—out on july the 4th. meanwhile reform uk leader nigel farage demands to participate in a bbc election leaders debate after his party overtook the tories in an opinion poll. farage then declared to be the official opposition, claiming a vote for sunak's party should be considered a wasted vote.

blimey. but before we get stuck in, let's have a look at some of those very special key political moments that we've seen recently. and i'm putting it to you that i believe i can be that voice of opposition. >> i would also very much like to do a debate head to head with keir starmer. and the reason is very simple . we think that this very simple. we think that this should be the immigration election . election. >> but crucially, as i've said very clearly, and you're going to be hearing a lot from us for the whole rest of this election campaign. if you vote for reform, that is a vote to put keir starmer in number 10 and it is a vote to put your taxes up. >> you've seen labour genuinely win support from a whole range of different quarters, whether that's conservatives switching to us, whether it's people who were labour but then felt they couldn't support us and they've come back to us. so look, there's a there's always a lot going on in british politics. but the job for us is can we convince people, can we ask them to put their trust and support in to us have a mandate for

change, to form the next government? and i feel very confident in the arguments we're putting forward on that. >> well, a gb news deputy political editor, tom harwood, joins us from the labour battle bus no less. sir tom, hello. good to see you, on the bus. how's it going for you this afternoon ? afternoon? >> good afternoon. dawn. yes hurtling through the british countryside on the labour battle bus . i countryside on the labour battle bus. i thought i'd just show you a little bit around. first of all, because it's not just the red tabletops, red awnings, and indeed , red cups that we've been indeed, red cups that we've been given that, say, change. but this battle bus is a special battle bus because it's the euro's themed bus. there are flags that adorn the inside of this bus. here not just of england and scotland, but of all of the teams competing in this year's euros. make of that what you will, clearly it's, perhaps celebrating every participant. one might thought. might have

thought it might be a bit more patriotic than that, but you know who's to say? but of course, we've been , visiting course, we've been, visiting a hospital in, in sort of the midlands part of the country. i'm not sure that we're quite allowed to say where we've been yet, but we were with wes streeting and keir starmer there talking about nhs waiting lists today, because according to them , they're at record highs. now, if we dig into the numbers a little bit, that's true. last year of course they did reach record highs , although rishi record highs, although rishi sunakis record highs, although rishi sunak is correct when he says they did start to fall this yeah they did start to fall this year. so i suppose a point to each team there. although it might not feel like that way, for the average british voter . for the average british voter. but the labour party say they've got a plan to get waiting lists falling . it includes more falling. it includes more weekend working and a bit more pay weekend working and a bit more pay for those that do extra shifts within the nhs using more capacity , the question is, will capacity, the question is, will it actually go far enough to make substantial differences? some experts question that . but some experts question that. but of course, as you were saying, there's much more going on in

there's much more going on in the wider general election at the wider general election at the moment. reports that there are some tory candidates who are looking to what life in opposition will be like to looking like , how they're going looking like, how they're going to prepare for a brave new world where the conservative party could even come third in terms of parliamentary seats and maybe even third in terms of the number of votes, although that looks a little less likely. the question mark is who might then take on the mantle as the sort of standard bearer of conservative, in the next parliament? nigel farage wants you to think it's him , although you to think it's him, although with only a couple of seats in the offing, if reform do as well as they could, well might not be able to take over that rump in parliament, then the question turns to some of the more famous faces on the conservative benches. penny morden looks like she'll lose her seat, so perhaps that won't be one for her enhen that won't be one for her either. frankly, it's going to be a very messy parliament if the polls are anywhere near correct . correct. >> but just quickly, i mean,

the, lord cameron, as we have to call him now, gave a very, very interesting interview today on the threat from nigel farage and literally accusing him of dog whistle politics and some would say almost, compare bring him to our, at a mosley and racism. what do you make of that, tom? >> when he was leader of the opposition, he used that famous phrase , oh, am i, am i breaking phrase, oh, am i, am i breaking up? am i breaking up? we'll try and we'll try and persist if we can. but of course , we've got can. but of course, we've got you, tom. famous phrase. okay, okay. use that famous phrase about that, of course. was chasing him . chasing him. >> unfortunately, i've saved. my best question to last is that lettuce still in the fridge? we knew it had one with googly eyes on it, and we never got to find out. i'm thinking it might actually be right, unfortunately, we can't get tom

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so a lot of people were watching it . it just went from bad to it. it just went from bad to worse to the scots, didn't it , worse to the scots, didn't it, whereas the germans have gained a major confidence boost as a tournament kicks off, england prepared to face serbia tomorrow , and the match has been designated as high risk and will be the only one in the tournament at which there will be alcohol restrictions , with be alcohol restrictions, with fans served only low strength 2.8% beer. that's not beer. i'm sorry. joining me now is sports broadcaster aidan magee. i'm with you on that. not to talk about beer, but to talk about the football last night. i know as an england fan, i'm not meant to support scotland , but i to support scotland, but i wanted them to win. >> nothing wrong with her supporting the home nations, you know. >> i know, but they don't. someone said they don't support us, do they? well, i don't know. >> no, no, that's not the case with all of them. no, i mean sometimes, sometimes in scotland you get people who actually support england because they're that's just the way they feel kicked out of the country straight afterwards . straight afterwards. >> possibly wrong last night. >> possibly wrong last night. >> i mean, lots of things, lots . >> i mean, lots of things, lots. you know, they need they need to be aggressive. they need to have a tactical plan straight away. germany picked them off at the beginning. there was a problem

between the two the defence and the midfield. the attackers got in between there and created all sorts of problems for them. i didn't think the goalkeeper had a particularly good game, got a strong hand to the first, to the first one and you've got to think about goal difference as well. i mean, you know, there has to be there has to be in a way that they could have kept the score down because as they've got games coming up against switzerland and hungary, which are going to be far more decisive in terms of their fate in this group and in the second half it didn't help. the scotland had a man sent off just before the interval at two nil. >> when you say be more aggressive, not that aggressive . aggressive, not that aggressive. >> oh no, no. yeah. well yeah. but that that's a good point actually because he broke the quy's actually because he broke the guy's leg. >> i know that was a that was a bad tackle. >> it was indeed. it was indeed. and so the second half they they made a few changes with a, with a view to preserving bodies. but germany did as well. so it wasn't really representative of the first half. german side musa qala was absolutely outstanding. interesting story about him. dawn grew up in new malden in surrey on the but in greater london on the books at chelsea and southampton . now, before and southampton. now, before everyone says oh, the fa have missed him, the fa tried really hard to get him into the england set up just a few years ago, but

he opted for germany because that was a country of his birth and lo and behold, he's pulling up now for, not just for bayern munich, but also for germany. >> right. and i'm not going to ask you about england. we discussed that when we played, but kevin campbell, we had some sad news. >> yeah, 54 years old. he has been announced this morning by his club, arsenal, his former club that he sadly died. kevin was a guest on gb news just over a year ago. in fact, he remember. yeah, he contributed a few times i worked with in my previous job as well, yeah . previous job as well, yeah. fascinating insight he used to offer because he played for great clubs. he played for us. i mean, i remember him coming through at arsenal and he had the build of a heavyweight boxer. he really did 1991 back, back end of that 1990s 91 season. the second george graham title winner arsenal. he was outstanding. contributed a few goals there, stayed in the team. ian wright and alan smith were up the front were at the front. but he still managed to edge in there. he won the in 1993, the fa cup and the league cup. added to that, he won the cup winners cup in 1994, moved to nottingham forest in 95, he when they got relegated he came, they came back and he also kept he kept

they kept everton up after a spell in turkey back in 1999. so. well respected figure in the game right. >> well thoughts were obviously . >> well thoughts were obviously. >> well thoughts were obviously. >> absolutely. yeah. >> absolutely. yeah. >> thank you very much aidan magee i'm dawn neesom gb news. there's loads more coming up on today's show, but it's the all important weather with the lovely honour. let's see what's doing this weekend. don't hold your breath. by the way . your breath. by the way. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. >> well, it's been an unsettled weekend. plenty of rain and showers, even some thunder at times in the north. and it's all because of this area of low pressure which we currently have swirling across the uk, which is sticking with us through sunday and also saturday. now through into the evening, we'll continue to see plenty of scattered showers, these heavy and thundery at times across the north and southern parts of scotland, but moving through

fairly quickly across the south where we have some fairly brisk winds and some longer outbreaks of rain, will start to move their way into northern parts of scotland too, and plenty of cloud overnight, which means it's going to be a fairly mild night on offer. now through into the second part of the weekend. we will continue to see those unsettled conditions, those outbreaks of rain will slowly sweep their way southwards across parts of scotland, and these could be a little bit heavy at times, particularly as it pushes up over hills and there is still a chance we could see some heavy showers move their way into northern ireland and northwestern parts of england. to those brisk winds will generally ease away across southern parts of the uk, which means those showers are going to be fairly slow moving, but generally through the course of sunday, we should see a few more of those sunnier spells in between those showers in the south, and it will feel a little bit warmer too . here but across bit warmer too. here but across the northwest, those blustery winds will continue as that rain sweeps its way southwards, but it should generally break up into the afternoon. we should

see a few more of those sunnier spells , which means it's going spells, which means it's going to be a little bit warmer here on sunday. highs of 21, perhaps even 22, in those prolonged penods even 22, in those prolonged periods across the southeast now through into the afternoon, then still plenty of showers across the north as well. these merging at times to bring those longer spells of rain. still a little bit heavy too, but it is generally going to be turning dner generally going to be turning drier across the south. now for the outlook. it is still a little bit unsettled. some rain and showers at times, but from wednesday onwards things generally a little bit drier , generally a little bit drier, but temperatures remaining around average. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> thank you very much. on a kind of now there's lots more coming up on today's show, speaking of weather, after the uk experienced the warmest may on record , allegedly not march. on record, allegedly not march. that's the met office. many across the country will have been dusting off the outdoor barbecues and refreshing their summer wardrobe. but when will

uk weather actually get warmer? all of that and much more to come . i'm dawn neesom. this is come. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news, britain's news channel and hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there

hello and welcome to gb news saturday. hope you're having a wonderful day out there. i'm dawn neesom for the next hour by keeping you company on telly, onune keeping you company on telly, online and on digital radio. keeping you up to date on stories that really matter to you. cracking show coming up now. the king's official birthday was celebrated today with a trooping of the colour. brilliant show earlier on with andrew and ellie, an impressive display of pageantry taking place with his majesty's personal troops. the household division on horse guards parade and the princess of wales made her first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis. then we have tory treachery. well, why wouldn't we? our

conservative parliamentary candidates attempting to whip up support to become the next party leader amid worries of a catastrophic loss in the upcoming election. and after the uk experienced the warmest may on record, according to the met office. not me. many across the country will have been dusting off the outdoor barbecues and refreshing their summer wardrobes . not. refreshing their summer wardrobes. not. but when will the when will the uk weather get warmer ? but this show is warmer? but this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash yourself and join the conversation or message me on our socials. very simple @gbnews but first it's the news headunes @gbnews but first it's the news headlines with sam . headlines with sam. >> dawn, thank you very much and good afternoon to you . it's just

good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 2:02 and we'll start with a round up of today's royal celebrations in london. the headline moment, of course, the princess of wales being cheered by crowds as she appeared with other members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. earlier, she sat beside her children prince george, prince louis and princess charlotte in a carriage procession along the mall for the king's birthday parade , the king's birthday parade, trooping the colour, a 41 gun salute and an raf fly—past marked the occasion. it's the first time the princess catherine has resumed public dufies catherine has resumed public duties since her cancer diagnosis was revealed, and she says that she has made good progress, but that she admits treatment has led to some bad days. treatment has led to some bad days . post office campaigner sir days. post office campaigner sir alan bates, former prime minister gordon brown and actress imelda staunton are among those recognised in the king's birthday honours list. the former subpostmaster says his newly awarded knighthood is recognition of the sheer hell

that hundreds of post office workers went through. leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey has praised his efforts to expose the horizon it scandal. >> i want to congratulate adam bates. this is thoroughly deserved. and he said it's not just for him, but on behalf of all subpostmasters and that's really good news. he fought the system sometimes single handedly , be fought it bravely and he won. and that's all to his credit. and i think we need now to get the compensation he's talked about. >> meanwhile , the liberal >> meanwhile, the liberal democrats leader has also been tackling a racetrack and a trampoline today on the election campaign trail. trampoline today on the election campaign trail . we have lift—off campaign trail. we have lift—off the bounce in the polls coming well, campaigning in surrey, sir ed hopes that blue wall gains will keep the party in the running for the opposition . sir running for the opposition. sir ed is pledging to scrap elected police and crime commissioners to boost frontline policing . the to boost frontline policing. the prime minister says that he will

stay on as an mp if the conservatives lose the general election. rishi sunak says he'll fight to the last day as he responded to a question about a yougov poll, which shows that reform uk has now overtaken the tories for the first time. the reform uk leader , nigel farage, reform uk leader, nigel farage, has suggested that he can be the voice of opposition to labour. however, veterans minister johnny mercer told us this morning that a vote for reform is a vote for labour. >> do you want to pay more in tax or do you want to vote for a party that has tax reduction in its dna to try and improve pubuc its dna to try and improve public services and, and, you know, fight these challenges around migration and the economy that we know are ongoing ? or are that we know are ongoing? or are you going to write a blank cheque to a massive majority for keir starmer to have unchecked power, dealing with, yet again, a guy who believes in absolutely nothing at all and will say anything to gain power? >> elsewhere on the campaign trail , >> elsewhere on the campaign trail, labour is >> elsewhere on the campaign trail , labour is promising trail, labour is promising 40,000 extra out—of—hours nhs appointments each week, but experts are questioning the funding details behind that

pledge. sir keir starmer was asked if those plans would leave staff unable to cope if the list was to increase at the same rate as it's increased since rishi sunak has been prime minister, we would get if we had more, five more years of the tory to 10 million on that waiting list. >> that's why it's so important that this election is seen as a change election. the opportunity to turn the page on that usher in a labour government that is absolutely committed to rebuilding our country. >> in other news, specialist teams are beginning a fresh search for the body of a man whose torso was discovered in salford in april. body parts of 67 year old stuart everett were found at kersal dale and three other locations. police say they're now searching an area of worsley woods. two men have been charged with the 67 year old's murder. and finally , some news murder. and finally, some news from the sporting world. former former arsenal and everton striker kevin campbell has died at the age of 54 after a short

illness. his former team—mates are paying tribute to the ex—striker, saying that he was adored by everyone. everton have described their first black captain as not just a true hero, but a giant of a man. campbell also played for nottingham forest, west brom and cardiff . forest, west brom and cardiff. forest, west brom and cardiff. for the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gbnews.com slash alerts. now though, it's back to dawn . now though, it's back to dawn. >> thank you very much, sam. let's get straight into today's story . surely the biggie of the story. surely the biggie of the day. obviously, the king's official birthday was celebrated today by with the trooping of the colour, an impressive display of pageantry taking place with his majesty's personal troops. the household division of horseguards parade and the princess of wales making her first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis , i

since her cancer diagnosis, i have got, i'm pleased to say, a wonderful expert on this. rafe heydel—mankoo joins me now in the studio. thank you. rafe. now you've been watching this as i have today. the one thing i'm taking away from it is the fact that catherine was there. and to me, that was so important . i me, that was so important. i mean, i think it really made a difference to everyone watching , difference to everyone watching, whether you're a royalist or not. >> yes. i think underneath this, of course, is the king's day. but i think absolutely the star of the show, or at least had equal billing, was was the princess of wales. and i think it warmed the cockles of the british hearts to see both his majesty and her royal highness looking in such good condition, given what they've been been going through. and, you know, of course, last year they were both in fine fettle at the at the trooping the king on horseback , trooping the king on horseback, and the and the princess of wales was down on the parade ground . obviously, this time ground. obviously, this time there's still not 100. the king was in a carriage and her royal highness was was viewing from a balcony, but nevertheless we didn't know if they were going to be there at all this time.

and the fact that they are there, i think, would have been a huge source of comfort for so many. and it was so important for the her royal highness to be present , because of course, present, because of course, she's colonel of the irish guards, who were the guards regiment who were trooping the colour. i was with the guards twice the last week, actually, and they were hoping that she would have been there last week for the colonel's review. and because she wasn't there, they weren't that confident that she would be there today . but she would be there today. but she was, and she looked absolutely resplendent . she, you know, this resplendent. she, you know, this wonderful white haute couture dress and it reminded me of audrey hepburn in the my fair lady, very much, who was that very 1950s style, even 1930s style elegance about her and with the children as well. and then that final balcony scene, finally back to full strength to see the royal family. there was really encouraging. of course, we don't know that we're going to see the her very much in the next few weeks, but at least maybe for the states to visit from japan. the emperor. but at least we know that things are getting better. >> rafe stay with me. we are joined now by millom historian peter caddick—adams. peter are

you there? yes you are peter. thank you . i can say you very thank you. i can say you very well. thank you so much for joining me this afternoon. now it's amazing. pomp and ceremony. we do it so, so well. but it is quite a complicated ceremony to actually understand what's going on. >> on. >> yeah. i mean , the troops on >> yeah. i mean, the troops on parade have rehearsed for months beforehand, but this is a sense of continuity. >> the british army have been doing this for 250 years, and the date of some of the ceremony , bits and pieces go back to the reign of , , bits and pieces go back to the reign of, charles , bits and pieces go back to the reign of , charles the second. so reign of, charles the second. so 350 years. so there's an element of continuity . and, i mean, in of continuity. and, i mean, in the middle of a general election where politicians come and go, this gives us a sense that, actually , nothing's changed. and actually, nothing's changed. and there's that deep sense of, the monarchy always being there with the, the, with, with the traditions . traditions. >> so it's obviously it is, it is very important to the royals.

but what does it actually mean to them? i mean, why is it so important to them ? important to them? >> well, most of the royals are , >> well, most of the royals are, are colonels in chief of different regiments in the british army and particularly, all the guards regiments who were on parade today. so they go and visit them often, and they have of, i mean, some, you know, a lot of personal friends, they've grown up in that environment. and of course, there is tradition that they've all served. they've they've been to sandhurst or they've been to dartmouth in the royal navy. but the, william and harry, of course, to sandhurst . so a lot course, to sandhurst. so a lot of these are on parade. these the sort of . the sort of. >> the dodi. >> the dodi. >> peter, peter, .i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. peter. we are seem to have lost you there. very. we're not having much luck with

our connection today. let's go back to rafe about this. i mean, you know, it was important for many reasons today, not least because of the important message for other people suffering from cancer that both the king and catherine were both there. and i thought catherine's statement was particularly emotive, especially as lots of people have.if especially as lots of people have. if you have cared for someone or you know someone that's going through cancer, it was we're not out of the woods, but this is reality of what it's like. so that was a very positive message. how important do you think it was for everyone watching today to see that ceremony and to see that the royal family at the slimmed down version were actually there? >> i think it's hugely important because of course, as the queen said, i have to be seen to be believed and the importance of the monarchy is actually, you know, in this country, we don't have an annual independence day like france does, or an anniversary of a revolution to celebrate . so one of the celebrate. so one of the disadvantages of being the world's longest, oldest continuous, unbroken democracy is that we don't have an annual celebration . so for us, it's

celebration. so for us, it's things like trooping the colour and royal weddings and coronations that provide those rare opportunities for us to come together. >> and obviously we've talked about catherine a lot, and you can see our the king and queen camilla there. i mean, also looking absolutely stunning, but what happened? we've watched the ceremony. we've watched the pomp and circumstance , as it were. and circumstance, as it were. we've seen little louis, only five blessings, a little bit naughty on the on the balcony, but not too bad. what i really want to know now is when they go off that balcony, what do they do? is there going to be a large gin and tonic or something or other? >> absolutely. definitely a gin. gin. i mean, a few, a few of the royals enjoy gin as their favourite tipple. i would imagine some champagne as well. and a good lunch. i mean, you know, it's been a long day. they've been they've been at it. and, i'm sure there are going to be reminiscing about what happened and any, any mishaps. i'm sure the weather will be a great source of discussion, but yes , i mean, they had a they had yes, i mean, they had a they had a dinner last night as well, but there are family at the end of there are family at the end of the day, you know, and like anybody they would just be saying, did it go well. what

what happened. >> you know, you just see our balcony scenes there. and actually considering what he is being through, i mean, being treated for cancer as well as catherine the king did look quite happy. he looked like he was actually really enjoying it. >> yes, i was with the king on monday of this week when he was presenting this to the to the irish guards, but i was within. irish guards, but i was within. i was within about 20ft of him and just the same thing. he seems so content now and is really he's really fitted into his new role as king. and i think, you know, having gone through this experience, i think he's just happy to be able to go to these events now because of course, he wasn't sure when he would next be able to attend one of these events. he's been in normandy . he of these events. he's been in normandy. he was doing the ceremony at windsor castle today. we have this , we hope to today. we have this, we hope to see him at ascot as well next week . monday see him at ascot as well next week. monday is garter day as well. hopefully we'll see him there. we don't know yet. and then we have the state visit of then we have the state visit of the emperor of japan . so it's a the emperor of japan. so it's a very busy time. but i think he i think he's up for most of it. and yes, he did today. look to

be in his element and it means a lot to him. his connection . he's lot to him. his connection. he's colonel in chief of all of those regiments. and i think he was just delighted to be able to pay his respects to them. and we know he does have a very warm relationship with catherine. >> what do you think it meant to him that catherine was able to be there today with the grandchildren? >> yeah, well, he said of course, that today, didn't we hadnt course, that today, didn't we hadn't we hadn't confirmation that he was delighted by her being there. and i think they must have grown closer, even more closer because of the shared, the shared, the shared problem that they're going through. and of course, remember when he was in hospital in hospital, he went to visit her in his dressing gown and everything. >> i imagine the king shuffling down the corridor in his slippers, his dressing gown. >> so i think, yeah, i think absolutely. and of course he recognises that she is the future of the monarchy. she is the strength and stay. all kings need to have a strong woman behind them . king george the behind them. king george the sixth had the queen mother. he's got camilla without whom i don't think he would be able to do the role. and absolutely, you know, really, william needs to depend on this very strong woman who is actually a breath of fresh air,

as well as a reminder of the continuity and constancy we expect from monarchs. >> do you think some people are surprised by the strength catherine has demonstrated in, obviously, you know, some of the more traumatic times the royal family have been through recently with the family breaking down and obviously her diagnosis with cancer, but she just seemed to be coming through it very together , very strong, it very together, very strong, very, as you say, there . for, very, as you say, there. for, you know, the men doing the important jobs in that family. >> yes , she understands her role >> yes, she understands her role and that's so important. and of course , she had a long period course, she had a long period before she got married, which was of course, the period of for her training and also to decide whether or not she wanted that role. so she knew what she was getting into. she's taken to it like a duck to water. i think, you know, she much like the queen mother. she'll prove to be the iron fist in the velvet glove . and i think, you know, we glove. and i think, you know, we can look to her as being every bit the successor to all of those wonderful concerts , those wonderful concerts, concerts, consorts of generations past . generations past. >> okay. right now, it's not

just the birthday of the official birthday of king charles was celebrating today, alan bates , the former sub alan bates, the former sub postmaster who successfully campaigned to highlight the post office horizon scandal, has been knighted in the king's birthday honours. the king also honours his royal doctors for personal service amid cancer treatment and here's what some members of the public thought about that. >> i think it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do , maybe a reasonable thing to do, maybe a little bit of bias behind it, but i feel like it's a nice gesture. >> i'm sure they've treated lots of people and, my mum's dealt with cancer and yeah, it's, you know, it's not a pleasant thing. and the care that people give and i'm sure it's just a nice gesture to really, you know, help out and show appreciation for someone that's given care . for someone that's given care. >> i think that's a fair yes. i think they've done a good job. >> but, i'm not i'm not necessarily in favour of the

honours system. >> i think it's a good thing for anybody, not just the king. >> i think it's a really good, good thing because it gives other medical professionals that inspiration. >> they've done something very specific for his majesty, and yet it inspires so many others . yet it inspires so many others. >> inspires. i think that's the word a lot of people very sneery about the honours system, a lot of criticism. it's outdated, etc. and obviously, you know, the birthday honours are particularly important, certainly for the king. what do you make of some of the people who's nominated? it's doctor i thought was incredibly moving. >> yeah. well the important thing to remember is that there are about 3000 honours awarded every year. and the media obviously focus on the celebrities. yes. and we have to remember that actually the vast majority of honours are going to the unsung heroes of britain volunteers, people working in soup kitchens , nurses, people soup kitchens, nurses, people who make up the backbone of british civil society. and it's andifs british civil society. and it's and it's the happiest day in their lives for many of them, apart from getting married, i imagine. but that audience with the king and the investiture

ceremony, it's so important . and ceremony, it's so important. and so every country in the world, apart from ireland and switzerland , has an honours switzerland, has an honours system. and what i think is great about this particular birthday honours is that, for once, we're not focusing on the celebrities, we're focusing on sir alan bates and we're focusing on the doctors. and i think that's great. and of course, the you know, it's a great way to say thank you to those who've been caring for his majesty and for her royal highness, for them to get honours like this. so i think it's excellent. >> now. alan bates, infamously turned down an obe not so long ago because our own paula vennells, the boss of the post office at the time , had her. office at the time, had her. she's now given it back. so he has now accepted his knighthood, how much do you think ? how much how much do you think? how much does the king personally get involved in? who gets these nominations and who gets the awards? >> well , there are the there are >> well, there are the there are honours within the king's personal gift, the order of the garter, the order of merit , and garter, the order of merit, and the and the thistle. but the

other honours are really designed by the government going through special specialist subcommittees and so forth. so the king doesn't have control over knighthoods like knights bachelor, for example, which is what has happened to sir alan bates. it would have been a government, not a governmental decision, but it would have been a civil service decision. >> right? okay rafe, thank you so much for coming and explaining. rafe heydel—mankoo now on on a wonderful day. i think a heartwarming day, whether you're a royalist or not. but now time for our giveaway and your chance to win over £16,000 worth of prizes. that's £15,000 cash, a whole host of summer treats and it could be yours, but you've got to be in it to win it. i said it again. here's all the details you need. don't miss out on your chance to win our summer spectacular . spectacular. >> and have we got a prize for you? first, there's a totally tax free £15,000 in cash to make your summer spectacular. spend that extra cash however you like. you'll also win a brand new iphone apple airpods. and if that wasn't enough, a £500 voucher to spend at your

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conservative party. this comes amid fears that sunak could could face a total election. wipe—out on july the 4th. meanwhile, uk leader meanwhile, reform uk leader nigel farage demands to participate in a bbc election leaders debate after his party overtook the tories in an opinion poll. farage then declared to be the official opposition , claiming a vote for opposition, claiming a vote for sunak's party should be considered a wasted vote. well, whoever said politics were daily. joining me now is former labour adviser scarlett mccgwire and president of the primrose league, henry bolton. thank you so much forjoining me. what is actually started off as a quite warm, fuzzy day, i think, with catherine and the cancer thing, but now we have to talk about politics again. lucky, right? okay. now in my opinion, this is, this is a poisoned chalice of a job from hell. but evidently people are battling scarlet to be the next leader of the conservative party. >> yes they are. >> yes they are. >> you don't put your name forward then yet. >> guess what i sort of think i

might not get a vote. >> and? and you do ? i mean, >> and? and you do? i mean, there's nigel farage doesn't know. you do actually have to be a member of parliament, a conservative member of parliament. >> i trust you to i know pick, but i think i think it's sort of there are three different ways of looking at it. >> one is, is who is going to who's going to run for it. so the first problem, if a grant shapps and possibly penny mordaunt is are they still going to be mps afterwards? we have no idea quite what's going to happen, but that's it. >> then the second thing is obviously the make up of the parliamentary party that we don't know is, is it going to be very right wing? is it, is it going to be sort of centre centre. >> right. >> right. >> we have no idea. >> we have no idea. >> and that will make . but the >> and that will make. but the third thing is, is, is, is in the end the people who do the voting are the members of the conservative party. and they gave us liz truss and we knew we knew liz truss made no secret of what she was going to do. the only surprise , was that she did only surprise, was that she did it right. was that everybody ? i

it right. was that everybody? i mean, you know, i, i remember having dinner with with two really good, centre left , a really good, centre left, a think tank, people who said, no, no, no, no, she'll compromise when it comes to it. >> you know, she won't do it. >> you know, she won't do it. >> she didn't. she did exactly what she said she would do . and what she said she would do. and you know, and we know it was a total disaster. so you know, and we know it was a total disaster . so the you know, and we know it was a total disaster. so the real problem is, is between those three, how do we know who's going to do it? but we can then get onto onto runners and riders . henry. >> henry. yeah. priti patel suella braverman robert jenrick , suella braverman robert jenrick, kemi badenoch, penny morton. grant shapps. nigel farage possibly. i mean, you know, if you're a betting man, who would you're a betting man, who would you put your money on? >> none of them. i mean , i mean, >> none of them. i mean, i mean, it would be silly, actually , it would be silly, actually, scarlett's entirely right. we just have. it's almost impossible to predict what the shape of the parliamentary party is going to be. and therefore, what who? who the candidates who go through to a vote from the

members. would you know who who are they going to be? very difficult to tell. what we're seeing at the moment is people looking forward to post—election, in case they've retained their seat, are they interested in going for it? what sort of support do they have? there are conversations ongoing that's natural , that's normal. that's natural, that's normal. but there are there are two real sort of takeaways , maybe from sort of takeaways, maybe from this, the fact that the right of the party absolutely seems dead set on ensuring that sunak is not the leader going forward , not the leader going forward, that's that's the thing here, the second thing is, as scarlett, quite rightly says, depending on what the makeup of that of the parliamentary party, conservative party is post—election rather depends on which way the party goes. is it going to remain ? i, i've going to remain? i, i've described it as as rather wet , described it as as rather wet, centrist, ineffective or is it going to go right, a bit more sort of dynamic? try to be a

little bit more, headline grabbing, grabbing, and indeed basing it on more social and cultural conservatism, now what the big question for me is, interestingly, what happens then? because if it remains centrist , right, then farage then? because if it remains centrist, right, then farage is going to be in there like, i don't know what, trying to rat up a drain. he said he's made no, no secret of it either, has he, scarlett? you know, he's going to be a bloody nuisance if he gets elected , and he wants to he gets elected, and he wants to drive a wedge between those two elements of the conservative party. the interesting thing would be if the right turns around and says, right, the left of the party, the centrists dominate. they're they're going nowhere because they've got 14 years of going nowhere. we're going to go in a different direction. what if there was another party coming out? if the conservative party split , i'd conservative party split, i'd just throw that out there as a thought, you know? just to which bnngs thought, you know? just to which brings us very neatly on to lord cameron of chipping norton , who cameron of chipping norton, who gave a very interesting interview to the times today, warning that nigel farage is

intent on destroying the conservatives and you'll be going. >> good thing i know that channel, but his says his inflammatory language and dog whistle politics should be rejected and are dangerous . he rejected and are dangerous. he even didn't say it in so many words. but when as far as to compare enoch powell to, nigel farage to enoch powell, what do you make of what. >> well, i mean, nigel farage makes no secret that, that, that, that when he was at school, enoch powell was, was, was one of his heroes. so i mean, i, i although i agree with henry's analysis, i don't agree with his adjectives. so i mean, i wouldn't call sunak a, you know, a sort of left wing conservative or whatever. i mean, i think he's fairly right wing. he's just his problem was, was he got landed with covid and he had to do against all his instincts is he had to do furlough and all of those things which which meant that he had spent a lot of money on the

state and, and the i mean, we do have to remember that before that, boris had expelled boris johnson , the then prime minister johnson, the then prime minister leader, leader of the conservative party had expelled a lot of people forjust a lot of people for just thinking the wrong thing. people like david gauke and dominic grieve, who actually are very, very unlike , henry says, very very unlike, henry says, very effective. but i think that was it, that i mean, david cameron is absolutely right . and if you is absolutely right. and if you don't understand that nigel farage is out to absolutely destroy the conservative party he wants to be leader. he couldn't. i mean, honestly , couldn't. i mean, honestly, nigel farage is a one man band. the thought of him leading anything, i just think it's a joke. >> i we've got a little disagreement. that's good, that's good. look, i think, nigel is going to war on all elements of the conservative party that's clear. david cameron's right about that, and scarlett's right about that . he scarlett's right about that. he wants to destroy the conservative party. he is no

friend of the conservative party he wants to divide and rule literally. and that that does worry me for all sorts of reasons, which we could get into . but david cameron, i think actually this is where we disagree , scarlett, because i disagree, scarlett, because i think the problem the conservative party has got and the reason why is so low in the reason why it is so low in the reason why it is so low in the polls is, is precisely because the conservative government for 14 years has paid absolutely no attention to the fact that ordinary people are suffering , are anxious, feel suffering, are anxious, feel that immigration, the rate of immigration, is unsustainable and puts pressure on their housing, on the economy, on henry, immigration is not apart from people who want to vote reform >> immigration is not in the top five. i mean, i disagree. >> i'm well, you know, you know, you might know better, but the pollsters say the pollsters say, i mean, i'm sure that the viewers of gb news feel very strongly about about immigration, but the rest of the country, it's not in the top five. and what they i mean, and labour's going to sort of win this election probably on on 30,

40% of the vote. how does 30 or 40% of the vote. how does 30 or 40% of the country have a concern about immigration? i would say it's a great deal higher. it may not be 90% or 80, but it's high and there are various elements of immigration that concern different people as a rule of law. and we don't know who some of these people is, it's the significance of the fact that we can't secure our borders. it's the significance of the fact that the high unfortunately, i could listen to you both all day on this one. >> is it is it is an eternal debate. and we'll certainly be talking about it much more. but we've run out of time for now. unfortunately, already both very much. i know it's going very fast today, for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and more, go to our website, gb news for.com. now, website, gb news for.com. now, we evidently need to. right. we need to read out the clacton candidates here, which i actually can't write, james, i can't read them . oh, right. can't read them. oh, right. okay, they are, jovan akua,

nepal labour party. charles watling, conservative party. matthew bensalem, liberal democrat , nigel farage, reform democrat, nigel farage, reform and, natasha osborne for the green party. craig jamieson , the green party. craig jamieson, the climate party, tony mac, independent, tasos papageorgiou, heritage party and andrew pemberton for ukip. thank you very much for putting in writing. i could actually read middle age reading glasses , middle age reading glasses, honestly. tell me about it, i'm dawn neesom this is gb news saturday and there's lots more coming up on today's show. but first, it's a news headlines with sam, who doesn't need reading. >> dawn, thank you very much. just after 2:30, the top story from the newsroom this afternoon. the princess of wales has resumed some public duties as she continues her cancer treatment. crowds cheered as princess catherine appeared with the king and other members of the king and other members of the royal family on the balcony at buckingham palace earlier this afternoon . an raf fly—past

this afternoon. an raf fly—past marked his majesty's official birthday following the trooping of the colour parade. the 41 gun salute and an raf fly past as i mentioned, that you just saw there on the screen, marked the occasion . post office campaigner occasion. post office campaigner sir alan bates, former prime minister gordon brown and actress imelda staunton are among those recognised in the king's birthday honours list. the former subpostmaster says his newly awarded knighthood is recognition of the sheer hell that hundreds of post office workers went through . meanwhile, workers went through. meanwhile, the liberal democrats leader has been taking a tackling, a racetrack and a trampoline on the election campaign trail. racetrack and a trampoline on the election campaign trail . we the election campaign trail. we have lift—off the bounce in the polls coming well. campaigning in surrey, he hopes that blue wall gains will keep the party in the running for the opposition . sir davey is opposition. sir davey is pledging to scrap elected police and crime commissioners to boost frontline policing . the prime

frontline policing. the prime minister says that he will stay on as an mp if the conservatives lose the general election . rishi lose the general election. rishi sunak says he'll fight to the last day as he responded to a question about a recent yougov poll, which shows that reform uk has now overtaken the tories for the first time. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has suggested that he can be the voice of opposition to labour and elsewhere on the campaign trail today, labour is promising 40,000 extra out of hours nhs appointments each week, though experts are questioning the details behind that funding pledge. sir keir starmer was asked if the plans would leave staff unable to cope. he said it wouldn't . that's the latest from wouldn't. that's the latest from the gb newsroom for now . your the gb newsroom for now. your next update at 3:00. in the meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts or go to our website gb gbnews.com/alerts. it's. >> thank you very much, sam . and

>> thank you very much, sam. and there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but before i tell you what, we've got lined up for you, nana akua has joined me in the studio and we're doing the matchy thing again. i know it's brilliant . she always has a bit brilliant. she always has a bit of me nana, but you're going to have a brilliant show coming up. i know i can feel it. and your hair looks amazing as well. i'm going to shut up now. what? >> i've copied it completely. i've gone. i've gone blonde , i've gone. i've gone blonde, blonde, brown. but you know, i couldn't really go blonde on the boss. i'd look like vincent at beauty and the beast. many years ago, this thing that travelled on a tube train, or the guy off the hitman and her. i don't want to look like that blonde. >> i think you look blonde. highlights for summer. for summer . summer. >> i'm calling out the sun, sun, sun, please. right now. so coming up in my show, we have an amazing paralympian . okay. this amazing paralympian. okay. this guy has got, you know, so many different disabilities, but one of them is that he is blind and he is an incredible athlete. we'll be speaking to him during my difficult conversation . plus, my difficult conversation. plus, we're going to be talking really about some of the sounding that's been happening with regard to reform, whether they are actually about to become the

official opposition. you know , official opposition. you know, one poll has put them as ahead of the conservative party and, you know, the question is, it does feel as though there is a change of mind, a change of heart, and then we'll talk about the nhs. because remember when sir keir starmer said that, you know, he would absolutely use the nhs? rishi sunak said he wouldn't . the nhs? rishi sunak said he wouldn't. i'm asking if you can afford it. surely you should pay for it. should people pay for their health care if they can afford it? >> interesting. that's going to be a very hot topic of debate at nana.thank be a very hot topic of debate at nana. thank you very much. that's coming up very soon. so don't go too far. now remember, let me know your thoughts on all the stories we've been discussing today by visiting gb news. com forward slash yourself and join the conversation or message me on our socials. we're @gbnews now. there is loads more coming up on today's show, so stay tuned! i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back to gb news. saturday, beth mead dawn neesom on your telly. online and on digital radio. hope you have a wonderful weekend out there. now, the orgreave truth and justice campaign is holding its annual rally to mark the anniversary of the battle of orgreave, a confrontation on a picket line at a south yorkshire coking plant in 1984. joining me now is gb news reporter will hollis. hello, will. there you are. will. will, what's this about? what's happening ? about? what's happening? >> yes. >> yes. >> well, it's 40 years since one of the most ferocious clashes on the picket line. a year of miners strikes. but it was here in sheffield in nearby orgreave, that the biggest clash took place when some 8000 demonstrating miners were head to head with 6000 police from

south yorkshire police force and ultimately what happened was one of the most violent things that happened during the period of the miners strike. some 100 or so people arrested , almost 200 so people arrested, almost 200 or more violently attacked on both sides from the police and the demonstrators . but the demonstrators. but ultimately, what's happening here is a demonstration calling for a public inquiry. for 12 years, the orgreave truth and justice campaign has been campaigning in places like sheffield and other relevant miners sites for a full public inquiry . today. they say in 12 inquiry. today. they say in 12 years they've had more people than ever, and part of that is spurred on by the labour manifesto promise to ensure that there would be a thorough investigation, an inquiry into what happened 40 years ago, the conservative party in the past have said that they do not think there is enough public, public, pubuc there is enough public, public, public requirement to have a

inquiry. the lib dems say that they would be supportive, as would the reform party, depending on the extent of the framework. but here what i've been hearing from the people that have been speaking is that there is still very open wounds from the people that were affected by the miners strike and the orgreave clashes, not just the sense of justice and feeling that an inquiry needs to happen so that those responsible could be held accountable, but also to heal emotional wounds that have been cut and open for some 40 years. we do have a statement from south yorkshire police, who said that it would not be appropriate for the police today to seek or explain or defend the actions of the force in 1984, as everyone involved in policing the miners strike has long since retired and the information we hold has not been properly assessed . but not been properly assessed. but they are now in a period for the next two years of going through some of that evidence soon to release it to the public.

>> thank you very much. that's will hollis in sheffield for us. there on the orgreave truth and the appeal for justice, there on the orgreave truth and the appeal forjustice, i'm dawn neesom this is gb news saturday and there's lots more coming up on today's show. now after the uk experienced the warmest may on record. not me, the met office, by the way. many across the country will have been dusting off our outdoor barbecues and refreshing our summer wardrobes. not. but will the weather actually get any all of that and much more to come. this is

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gbnews.com/yoursay say . gbnews.com/yoursay say. >> welcome back to gb news today with me dawn neesom on your telly, online and digital radio. right? brace yourself people, we're british. we're going to talk about the weather. okay where has the sun gone? that is the question. after the uk experienced the warmest may on record. more of that coming up. many across the country will have been dusting off the outdoor barbecues and refreshing their summer wardrobes as a kind of. but when will the uk weather get warmer? when will we have summer ? joining me now is summer? joining me now is weather journal journalist and nathan to explain what have you done? what have you done with summer? nathan? i'm actually slightly nervous because i think some of this blame is coming on to me . to me. >> your fault. i actually haven't done anything, but i don't know what everyone's complaining about. we've had the warmest spring on record. >> it's the summer solstice next week, which is going to mean the nights are going to start drawing in.

>> what's everyone moaning about? >> really cheering. >> really cheering. >> i was lying on you. so look what's going on. the met office are gaslighting us, right? the warmest may on on record. well, it has actually been the warmest spnng it has actually been the warmest spring on record and the warmest may on record. >> if you look at the averages now, they're playing around with statistics. so it's actually quite interesting because in scotland, where the temperatures are usually lower than they are in the rest of the country, they've had slightly above average temperatures through spnng average temperatures through spring and the night—time, temperatures have been slightly above average. and all of that is just lifted up the overall average from spring. so it's been a warmer than average spring, but you probably slept through it and that's what's happened. that's why you've not noticed. but yes, the statistics do come in that it's been the warmest spring on record, not that you'd notice looking outside, because it looks like the middle of october. it is absolutely diabolical. and to be fair, you have absolutely every right to be miffed about the weather because it's horrible . weather because it's horrible. >> it really is. every day you get up and you look out. i mean, look, look at that look at that weather on those. i mean, that could be november. that could be good. so i mean, what what

what's going on? summer. yeah. i hate to ask this because i know what you're going to say. actually, summer is it going to happen right now? >> first of all, let's let's sort of look at what's going on at the moment. whenever we're at this time of year and you're watching the met office, you're watching the met office, you're watching the met office, you're watching the weather forecast. what you want to hear is the two words high pressure, right. because high pressure always means good clear skies, sunshine, warm air up from the south. and what we've had over the past really ten days, week and a half is high pressure to the west of the uk, but not quite close enough and low pressure to the north—east and that's been pulling in an arctic air flow. that's why it was so cold last week. now high pressure is trying to nudge its way in, but unfortunately it's not going to succeed, at least for the next week . so what we're for the next week. so what we're looking at really is more low pressure, which is what you don't want to hear with the jet stream south over the uk. we like to see the jet stream nicely tucked up by the polar front. at this time of year. it's not. it's over us pulling low pressure towards us and that's going to bring more unsettled weather in a in a slight sort of little bit of better news. it does mean the

temperatures are going to rise a little bit. and saying that i don't want to paint an overall picture of gloom, because if you are in a place where you get a little bit of sunshine and the skies are blue and you miss the showers, it's going to feel quite nice. temperatures are recovering to average next week around 20 degrees, which is where we sort of like them a bit higher, but that's about average . so it's not overall horrible, but really vie that is pretty much the best i can do. i'm sorry. that's it. that's the best i can do. one settled. and if you get a bit of sunshine, run out, enjoy it and then go back in again. >> right okay. well what about i mean, i was looking at i have i don't know about you, but i have several weather apps. right and the one that's most optimistic is the one i take notice of. i know it doesn't work like that, by the way, and there was one on there that said it was going to get to 25 degrees as , oh god, get to 25 degrees as, oh god, no, go on, go on, go a bit further on. >> i think 25 degrees next week might be stretching it. >> no, they said 25 degrees on the 25th of june. >> yeah. might do actually that's that's not far off what's going. but you know i have to sit here and tell you i have been known to be wrong before not to rub it in. high pressure,

as i just mentioned. now, the azores high again, we always talk about the azores high, which is a big area of high pressure over by the tropical azores that sometimes moves towards the uk. and in summer, that's what we want. that brings the very, very hot temperatures around that time. the 25th of june, the last week of june, the azores high is showing a smidgen of a hint of moving towards the uk . now, if that happens, the uk. now, if that happens, the weather will change overnight, so we'll keep our fingers crossed. but if i'm back in here at the end of june and it's pounng at the end of june and it's pouring down outside, i don't want you to hold that against me. >> right. i am holding i'm holding everything against you at the moment, to be honest with you. so, i mean, is this unusual? i mean, it really does feel unusual. it's. >> no, i mean, the temperatures are the temperatures are about six degrees below average at the moment. and as i mentioned, we like to see the jet stream slightly further north than it is at the moment. it's actually the wavy position right over the uk, a bit like it would be in autumn . it's not unheard of and autumn. it's not unheard of and there's nothing i can't really say . there's something say. there's something drastically unusual going on. it's just a pretty miserable

start to summer. >> okay. is there any look just quickly running out of time? unfortunately. is there anywhere i can go to escape the miserable weather and potentially the election ? election? >> benidorm. >> benidorm. >> right. is that good? >> right. is that good? >> i think so, it's very actually no , it's raining in actually no, it's raining in spain at the moment. the hot weather in europe is moving over to the east of spain. so if you like the balkans, you could go there, but it's very, very hot there, but it's very, very hot there in greece and serbia. and that's a lot of places. i would say if you're going to stay in the uk and you want to enjoy some nice warm weather, just grit your teeth for a bit more about ten days and then probably hang around the south—east of the country. and that might be where you'll get the best weather, by the way, thunderstorms as well. today >> nathan. you're cancelled. i'm sorry. thank you so much for coming in and depressing us even more. well, i'm. i'm in dawn neesom . it's gb news saturday. neesom. it's gb news saturday. thank you so much for joining me. but don't go anywhere, though, because there's plenty more coming up on gb news today. in just a moment, it's nana akua at 6:00. it's the saturday five. but hey, we've just been talking about it, haven't we? let's look at the weather with honour. take it away, honour . it away, honour. >> a brighter outlook with boxt

solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. hello and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, it's been an unsettled weekend. plenty of rain and showers, even some thunder at times in the north. and it's all because of this area of low pressure which we currently have swirling across the uk, which is sticking with us through sunday and also saturday. now through into the evening, we'll continue to see plenty of scattered showers, these heavy and thundery at times across the north and southern parts of scotland, but moving through fairly quickly across the south where we have some fairly brisk winds and some longer outbreaks of rain, will start to move their way into northern parts of scotland too, and plenty of cloud overnight, which means it's going to be a fairly mild night on offer. now through into the second part of the weekend. we will continue to see those unsettled conditions, those outbreaks of rain will slowly sweep, sweep their way southwards across parts of

scotland, and these could be a little bit heavy at times, particularly as it pushes up over hills and there is still a chance we could see some heavy showers move their way into northern ireland and northwestern parts of england. to those brisk winds will generally ease away across southern parts of the uk, which means those showers are going to be fairly slow moving, but generally through the course of sunday, we should see a few more of those sunnier spells in between those showers in the south, and it will feel a little bit warmer too. here but across the northwest, those blustery winds will continue as that rain sweeps its way southwards, but it should generally break up into the afternoon. we should see a few more of those sunnier spells which means it's going to be a little bit warmer here on sunday. highs of 21, perhaps even 22, in those prolonged penods even 22, in those prolonged periods across the southeast now through into the afternoon, then still plenty of showers across the north as well. these merging at times to bring those longer spells of rain. still a little bit heavy too, but it is generally going to be turning dner generally going to be turning drier across the south. now for

the outlook. it is still a little bit unsettled. some rain and showers at times, but from wednesday onwards things generally a little bit drier , generally a little bit drier, but temperatures remaining around average. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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