gb news. >> morning. 930 on tuesday. the 18th of june. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so is brexit in peril? senior tories warn that brexit is at risk after shadow chancellor rachel reeves called for a reset of the uk's relationship with brussels. >> and isn't he extraordinary ? >> and isn't he extraordinary? sir ian mckellen, 85, rushed to hospital after falling off stage dunng hospital after falling off stage during a fight scene in the west end last night. they say he's going to make a full recovery and could even be back on stage tomorrow. >> boris versus farage the conservatives are turning to bofis conservatives are turning to boris johnson to combat the threat of reform. uk leader nigel farage. is that a good idea ? idea? >> and breaking the rules again? >> and breaking the rules again? >> gary lineker seems to have smashed through the bbc

guidelines by wearing his own range of menswear while presenting the euros. well, the broadcaster take any action. i think we know the answer to that i >> -- >> and trapped in turkey, the family of a british pensioner claimed they're being forced to pay a claimed they're being forced to pay a £40,000 to free their father from a turkish hospital after he fell ill on holiday. he didn't have travel insurance . didn't have travel insurance. >> and we're going to have a we are going to have a discussion about that because he tried to get travel insurance and was turned down because he had got health issues. >> yeah, it's really it's tricky. it's tricky. it's tempting if you think, well, i'll probably be all right. it's only a week in the sun. yeah. and things go wrong. the bill can be enormous. gb news. >> and he was in a coma for two weeks in the hospital. >> poor thing. but, you know, it's difficult. we're going to talk to simon calder about that

gbnews.com/yoursay say to let us know your thoughts this morning. first, though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom. today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming general election, which takes place in around two weeks time. a social media campaign is urging first time voters to ensure they're on the electoral roll . celebrities, including the roll. celebrities, including the actor michael sheen, have lent their voices to the call. recent figures show voter turnout among 25 to 34 year olds has dropped sharply below 60, according to the resolution foundation . the resolution foundation. around 8 million people are estimated to be unregistered to vote in elections . the labour vote in elections. the labour party says it'll bring face to face banking back to the high streets, with 350 banking hubs in towns and villages, it would see staff from several banks sharing the same space, helping

fill gaps left by branch closures. labour says it's part of its broader plan to revive britain's high streets , which britain's high streets, which also includes cracking down on anti—social behaviour and support for small businesses. consumer group, which says more than 6000 bank branches have closed since 2015. shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds told gb news the hubs will bring banks back to the high street by sharing the costs of that premise . of that premise. >> that's obviously a much lower cost to them than their individual bank branches. and what you see a lot of at the minute is banks exiting high streets. they don't want to be the last bank left on the high street, because they think that will put them into a position where they won't be able to be undue pressure to keep that bank branch open by coming together, delivering it in that way, it reflects how things have changed, but it keeps that essential service in there. and of course, high streets and town centres are changing, but they're still a really important part of people's local economy. their sense of identity in a place. we've got to do more to make sure they're vibrant

places, centres of civic life and access to financial services and access to financial services and banking services is a really important part of that. >> and sir ian mckellen is said to be in good spirits after he fell off the stage during a performance in london's west end last night. the 85 year old acting veteran was performing a fight scene in player kings at the noel coward theatre when he lost his footing and stumbled off the stage. the theatre was evacuated while sir ian was taken to hospital, but he is expected to be back on stage tomorrow in time for another matinee performance . for the matinee performance. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. carmelites. now back to andrew and bev . andrew and bev. >> fay. >> fay. >> good morning. it's 934. it's only tuesday. >> certainly is two weeks and two days till the election. counting the minutes . welcome

counting the minutes. welcome the hours? >> yeah, two weeks and two days. that's that's gone quite quickly, actually. i thought we were going to have a long kind of six week run in. >> well, a campaign used to the campaign used to be three and a half weeks. but we somehow i think about 2010, we got into a position where it was between 6 to 7 weeks. it's too long. do you think so? well, the french would do it much quicker. they've started later than us, and the first round of the presidential election will be over before ours. yeah, they do incredible quicker than us. >> don't. yeah. >> don't. yeah. >> people make their mind up. most people. >> yes they have. well have they?i >> yes they have. well have they? i don't know if. let us know this morning. have you made your mind up? i still think there are a lot of people who don't quite know yet where to vote. i think there's a lot of floating voters. yeah, probably is out there at the moment, just waiting for something to swing your decision. maybe. what might that be? gbnews.com/yoursay say now, sir ian mckellen was taken to hospital last night after falling off a stage during a performance of player kings at the noel coward theatre in london. >> he is extraordinary, isn't he? he's 85. he's playing full staff, that great shakespearean character from henry the fourth,

and he fell off stage during a fight scene when he lost his footing. the play's producers say he was in good spirits and is expecting to make a full and speedy recovery. you know, extraordinary, bev. so as because of the election, i'm doing a bit of extra good morning britain. so each morning they whizz me here on a motorbike across london. it takes 14 minutes. i hadn't been on a motorbike since i was 15 and i actually fell off it when i was on a motorbike. it was my brother's motorbike. i didn't have a crash helmet on. don't tell mother. that's what my brother said. don't worry about whether i got brain damage. but i was as shocked to discover the guy who brings me over every day picks up 85 year old sir ian mckellen from his place in limehouse in east london, takes him to the theatre and picks him up and takes him back. extraordinary character. i can't imagine, at the age of 85, getting on one of these roads and they are big. yeah, and they're powerful. and then he's on stage for three hours. shakespeare. phenomenal. could you remember words for three hours? >> that's the thing i find most impressive about that age. and

that job is the memory, the retention for the. >> yeah. and he's on stage for most of that productional. >> but it also just shows you, doesn't it, that if you keep your brain active, he's always learned lines. and so he's , he's learned lines. and so he's, he's exercised that his brain like a muscle. and so he can still be cognitively that switched on and retain all that information is phenomenal. >> and because it's him the play has had it's been on for eight weeks, huge huge crowds and apparently people often turn up outside with a poster of gandalf the grey because he was the wizard in lord of the rings and want him to sign the poster. and he says, have you been to see the show you've been to see the show. i'll sign your poster. does he? >> quite right. i'm going to the theatre tonight, andrew. i'm going to go and see drop the dead donkey at richmond theatre, which i have a feeling might be a little close to the bone. apparently, gb news does get quite a few mentions. i'm sure it does let you know based in a newsroom, and i remember it from a few years ago, and 1 or 2 people who knew me said, i rather recognise your character

in that drop the dead donkey, do you? >> now i'm looking forward to it now. how. >> now. >> moving on. the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, has pledged to forge closer ties with the european union if labour wins the general election. >> she wants to improve the uk eu trade deal agreed by boris johnson's government in 2020. >> so is brexit in peril with a labour government? >> well, let's talk to the former labour adviser, mike buckley, and the former leader of ukip, henry bolton. gentlemen, good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> henry, can you explain what exactly it is that's causing people like you to have a fit of the vapours here? what is she saying she will do? because let's be honest, it wasn't the. it wasn't a perfect trade deal that boris struck when we left the european union. isn't she right to try and make things better ? better? >> andrew? yes? look, you know, i and i think most sensible brexiteers are absolutely comfortable with us having good relations and cooperation, collaboration with friendly states. there's no you know, that's a good thing, whether it's on trade or whether it's on

security or anything else, but the problem with the european union is that they have their structures, their mechanisms, their , their processes for their, their processes for achieving cooperation on, on just about every topic you can think of. and rachel reeves is talking about, chemicals , talking about, chemicals, trading chemicals. she's talking about veterinary procedures or veterinary exchanges and so on, you know, they've got all of the systems for this. but the problem is that if you want to be part of that, they require you to plug it into that system. and that system then requires you to be a rule taker. so you are therefore collaborating with somebody. not any longer as, as, you know, on a voluntary basis. but in a partnership, but as actually a subordinate element of an existing supranational set of an existing supranational set of rules. >> i was going to say, mike, that's the point, isn't it? we become suddenly again, it looks like we're going to be rule takers and that's why we left. we don't want 27 other countries meddling and telling us to how

run our affairs. and if that appears to be what exactly what rachel reeves is going to sign up to ? up to? >> well, of course, when we were a member of the eu, we were not rule takers. >> we were rule makers along with all the other constituent members of the eu. and now we're out of the european union. things have got very, very difficult for business and industry here. it's much more expensive to trade. and of course business is producing here largely have to produce to eu standards anyway because they want to sell into the eu, which is still our biggest market. so regardless of whether a member or not or whether we have good trading relationships, whether we don't, businesses, manufacturers here are still producing to eu standards because that's what they need to do. if they want to sell their goods to people who want to buy them. what rachel is talking aboutis them. what rachel is talking about is the fact that the brexit deal that we have, that bofis brexit deal that we have, that boris johnson put together, is costing us about 4 to 5% of our productivity. so that makes us all poorer, makes the country poorer in the end, harms public services and the ability of government to improve public services. so she's talking about making sensible measures to improve trading relationships. nobody's talking about undoing brexit. there has been very

clear they're not going to rejoin the single market or the customs union or rejoin the eu, and they have no plans for that in the future either. on the specific of chemicals, there's a system called rafe , which which system called rafe, which which is a which is joined by, i think all other european countries, eu and non—eu, and that regulates the standards for chemicals. now, this is nothing to do with the eu. we did leave it when we left brexit, but actually it isn't an eu system. it's just a european system so we can rejoin reach without having any impact on brexit. because as i say, it's got nothing to do with the eu and it's systems and structures and regulations are not set by the eu. so that's a very good example of something we can do that has nothing to do with brexit at all, but would make things significantly better for an industry that's actually very important for the uk economy. >> henry, i've said at the beginning of the show that i think there are still a lot of people who are undecided where to place their vote, actually. and we're watching labour do what might be described as the ming vase run into the election, which is every interview. they're trying not to smash the potential victory on the horizon. this issue is so

controversial that this could be whether we go back into the eu, and it could be one of those issues which affects people's votes. do you think the electorate are hyper vigilant when it comes to the eu and what the plan might be from labour, i think they are concerned a lot of people are concerned, but they don't really understand it because it is quite complex. and, you know, in a five minute programme, ten minute interview, whatever, it's very difficult to explain it, i was chief planner for eu common security and defence policy in brussels for for, three years. and labour is also talking about a security and defence pact with the european union. i can tell you, as somebody who planned the development of eu common security and defence policy , security and defence policy, thatis security and defence policy, that is simply impossible unless you, you enter into, under the, under the lisbon treaty. there's an element there that requires the member states to coordinate their foreign and defence policy

. we would absolutely have to be part of that mechanism. and that then places a severe constraint . then places a severe constraint. and i don't care whether labour says otherwise. i know that's the case because i was part of the case because i was part of the planning for it. if if labour brings us into a pact with the european union , we are with the european union, we are going to have to do that. and that means that we lose autonomy in many respects regarding our policy, foreign policy and defence policy, including deployments . we've just had the deployments. we've just had the sort of the anniversary of the surrender of the argentinian forces in the falkland islands. i as a as a as a former eu defence and security planner would say to you, i would doubt very much that we would be able to launch operation corporate, which was the taking back of the falkland islands. if we were part of that, that framework that now exists, it didn't exist in 82. so, these are the sort of things that i, i'm seriously concerned about. also on immigration, yes, i suspect and keir starmer and the rest of the

top team of the labour party are simply not going there and answering this question. are you intending to stop the boats by joining the eu's asylum and immigration pact? because if so, the country needs to know that that's how you're going to do it , because you are going to open up the borders to those people who would come otherwise. come here by boat. sure, mike. >> mike, your. sorry. henry. mike. last word to you just to respond to that? >> well, i can guarantee that labour will not give away our rights to have autonomy in terms of security and defence or foreign policy. there's no chance of that. and were we to enter a security and forensic agreement with them as a nation , agreement with them as a nation, we would of course, do that as two sovereign equals. and without that, that being given away. i mean, i do know that the eu are interested in security and defence pact with the uk, and defence pact with the uk, and i believe that labour have said clearly that they want to have that with the eu as well, but that will be on certain terms. but of course, we are living in an uncertain world and

we are living in a world where the conservatives have devalued and reduced our armed forces and our military capability over the last 14 years. so we do need to take action to keep the country safe, particularly given given russia the aggression and on asylum. i'm sure that labour will come to a sensible agreement with the eu, which is the only way forward. i mean, clearly what rishi sunak has been trying for the last few years has got absolutely nowhere in terms of reducing boat numbers. in fact, they've gone up numbers. in fact, they've gone ”p by numbers. in fact, they've gone up by about a third, i think, this year as compared to last yeah this year as compared to last year. so this problem has to be addressed because we're losing lives with the channel. smugglers are getting away with what they're getting away with. labour will take action, but meaningful action in cooperation with the eu again is two sovereign equals to address this problem. and i think we can all celebrate that okay. >> all right gentlemen it is a complex topic. thank you so much for kicking us off on the show this morning. former labour adviser mike buckley and former leader of ukip henry boulton. i just don't think labour can say that they wouldn't take us back in. >> i just they can't take us back into the eu, but they can take us back into a lot of the rules and regulations, that's all. and it's the end of the

wedge. >> that's what i mean. i think particularly when it comes to the migration issue, forget that keir starmer was the architect of labour's second referendum plan. >> so to hell with the fact we voted to leave. no, we wanted a second referendum. yeah, we shouldn't forget it. he was he was the brexit spokesman in jeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet and that was his policy. >> and never underestimate the influence of tony blair behind the scenes. we know what tony blair was on the phone right up next, the whole time a british grandfather is trapped in a turkish hospital with an unpaid bill of £41,000 falling ill on holiday. he did

welcome back, 950. almost. you'll be getting in touch at home. gbnews.com/yoursay. adrian, who is a gb news member. thank you. adrian says labour will take us back into the eu in all but name. the lefties will make sure of that. it will be an open door policy in asylum seekers coming here. >> and if we do sign up to any

common asylum policy with the eu, we they will then dictate how many we have to take. >> hungary have got an interesting situation at the moment whereby viktor orban is being told he has to take a certain number of migrants. he's being he's being fined $1 million a day and but euros don't pay the fine would be my view. >> yeah. he's the prime minister yeah. but see that's i know people say oh, brexit hasn't worked. look, we don't get these diktats from brussels telling us how many we can and can't take, and, and look at the vote last weekend in the european parliament elections, massive vote against the establishment. >> i've never been happier to be out of the eu than i'm at the moment. key messages coming, won't you now, british grandfather, who fell into a coma whilst on holiday, is being held hostage, according to his family, by a turkish hospital until he's paid his £41,000 medical bill. >> so malcolm stocker, who's 68, he's a retired pub landlord from weymouth, was denied medical insurance for the holiday but he decided to go anyway. let's talk to the travel journalist simon calder. simon morning to you , calder. simon morning to you, good morning from beautiful macclesfield , where i'm living

macclesfield, where i'm living the dream once again. anyway, very nice to see you, us. you have such an exotic life. terrible story of malcolm. >> yeah, i mean, simon, is this a modern should we? >> story of malcolm. so there he is. he goes on holiday. he doesn't take out travel insurance, even though he's got pre—existing medical conditions. one report i saw said that he'd actually, not been able to get insurance . i find that quite insurance. i find that quite surprising, because actually travel insurance, anybody can get travel insurance. you just might not like the premium price of the policy . so he fell into of the policy. so he fell into a coma, his family , of course, coma, his family, of course, absolutely distraught, because turkey is outside the european union . it therefore doesn't union. it therefore doesn't count under the global health insurance card scheme, which means that he is liable for these costs. and they're being these costs. and they're being the family say that he's being

held there for, until they pay at least half the £41,000 that is owed . is owed. >> it's tempting, though, isn't it, simon? i'm just looking there was a message from one of our viewers here saying their premium because they have health conditions can be as much as £1,000. but if they're going to go overseas to a, as you say, a non eu country, they still should take it. that's the message here isn't it. don't take the risk . take the risk. >> absolutely. now if you do have lots of pre—existing medical conditions or you're an older person, my, lovely mother in law is going to be 95 this week. she's still travelling, but only within europe, and only because the cost of insurance is going to be many times the cost of the trip. and she just thinks , okay, well, i'll get emergency medical treatment free if i'm in the european union and i've got that ghic card . but beyond that, that ghic card. but beyond that, absolutely not. it's not worth the risk . the risk. >> you have to have your card, do you, simon, to get treatment within the eu? you should just apply for that online. >> you should certainly apply for it online. don't go to any

of the scam sites that want to charge you money for it, because it's a free card, but actually, if you haven't, it's absolutely not a huge problem. yes, you have to go through a bit of rigmarole, or at least your family do to sort it out, but in general, if you go to a public hospital, they will treat you first and ask questions later. in the european union . and if in the european union. and if you're a british resident, you should get it for free, even if you forgot to get the gift card, they will sort it out eventually i >> -- >> no, if we could ask you as well, the much, probably a lot of us have forgotten about the lost malaysia airlines flight mh370 disappeared ten years ago. nobody. a complete mystery , nobody. a complete mystery, apparently. underwater microphones. simon have picked up a six second signal off the australian coast. are we closer to getting to solving this mystery ? mystery? >> i think we might be. and this is an extra ordinary piece of research by a british researcher, which basically he

realised that if you've got a 200 ton aircraft, this boeing 7777, which very sadly disappeared in 2014, with 239 people aboard somewhere over the indian ocean, he realised that thatis indian ocean, he realised that that is actually going to make quite a noise. and there are , quite a noise. and there are, unbelievably, these so—called hydrophones underwater microphones, and they are designed to make sure that people are abiding by the nuclear test ban treaty, he reckons that he's picked up a six second burst of sound, which could be mh , 370 plunging into could be mh, 370 plunging into the indian ocean, he knows which one it is, and that could help the investigation to narrow down the investigation to narrow down the search area. and at last, extraordinarily sorry we had to cut you off, simon. >> i could listen to simon calder talk all day. we've run out of time. here's the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on .

solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on for gb news many a fine day today, there will be a few showers around, but many places won't see them and stay dry. also just a little bit of rain working its way up towards kent so we could see some rain here for a time, particularly later this morning. a scattering of showers already across scotland, 1 or 2 more developing through the day over northern england, perhaps northern ireland, maybe down into the midlands. but i'd say they'll be somewhat hit and miss. many places will stay dry, certainly across wales and southwest england. dry and fine. and here 21, maybe 22 c cooler. further north. temperatures struggling a little bit in the teens with the breeze still coming down from the north. now the patchy rain across parts of kent might just graze into parts of east anglia. should scoot away through the afternoon. so turning brighter here to end the day. still a few showers scattered across the midlands, drifting south over northern england as well. maybe the odd

heavy one to parts of southern scotland, also susceptible to some heavy showers, but i suspect any showers over northern ireland fading pretty quickly. a cool feel though, with that breeze across the northern isles. temperatures only 10 or 11 celsius at best through the afternoon. as we go through the afternoon. as we go through the afternoon. as we go through the evening and overnight, we should see the showers tending to fade away fairly rapidly through this evening , so some decent clear evening, so some decent clear spells developing. still a bit of a breeze. being a bit more cloud into east anglia and potentially of course into kent also. but elsewhere the winds falling fairly light, some mist and fog is possible. temperatures will dip down to single figures across the north, double digits certainly in urban areas further south. to start tomorrow . and for most, tomorrow. and for most, tomorrow's looking like a fine day could start a bit cloudy over the southeast. the cloud will increase across the northwest. a bit of rain likely to trickle in here, but late in the day. again, the small chance of 1 or 2 showers, but most places will be fine tomorrow. some lengthier spells of sunshine feeling a bit warmer as well. the winds will be lighter and temperatures generally creeping up a little higher or

widely over 20 celsius across

gb news. away. >> good morning. 10 am. on tuesday, the 18th of june. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce >> he's 85. sir ian mckellen. he's a national treasure. rushed to hospital after he fell off stage during a fight scene in the west end last night. get this he's expected to make a full recovery and could even be back on stage tomorrow and backing british banks. >> labour have pledged to bring back banks to the high street with a promise of 350 banking hubs over five years, breaking the rules who are we talking about? >> yeah, gary lineker again. of

course, he appears to have smashed bbc guidelines by wearing his own range of menswear while presenting the euros. do you think the broadcast is going to do anything about it ? anything about it? >> and missing mh370 zero mystery a newly detected sound signal could finally solve the mystery of the plane that went missing ten years ago, and doctors are calling for the dnnk doctors are calling for the drink drive limit to be cut to one beer or single glass of wine. >> you see time actually to ban alcohol behind the wheel altogether . altogether. he's a shocker. lineker rules don't apply to him, do they? he gets away with what he likes every day . the telegraph have every day. the telegraph have doneit every day. the telegraph have done it today. they've got hist shirts, his trousers. they're all stuff. he's being paid to promote by, shall we say, the retail chain next. it's an outrage. it drives a coach and horses through guidelines

because effectively it's he's getting an endorsement worth worldwide. >> well, we probably wouldn't know unless we were talking about it. to be fair, i just think, you know, he hasn't got if the thing is with sportsmen, if the thing is with sportsmen, if you're covered in like adidas karrimor, nike, that's against the bbc rules. he would say there's no logo on there , so there's no logo on there, so maybe it doesn't matter. he's just wearing a green t shirt. >> he's just making even more money. >> oh, your heart ipp just takes the mick out of us. >> a good on nigel farage and his reform manifesto. say get rid of that tv licence. why should our tv licence pay for flipping? gary lineker's overinflated football commentary and his next outfits? >> one of the many things in that contract, not manifesto that contract, not manifesto that reform announced yesterday. right? lot more to come this morning. gbnews.com forward slash yourself first though. here's tatiana with your. slash yourself first though. here's tatiana with your . news. here's tatiana with your. news. >> bev thank you very much and good morning . the top stories

good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom. today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming general election, which takes place in around two weeks time. a social media campaign is urging first time voters to ensure they're on the electoral roll. celebrities include including the actor michael sheen, have lent their voices to the call . recent voices to the call. recent figures show voter turnout among 25 to 34 year olds has dropped sharply below 60, according to the resolution foundation . seen the resolution foundation. seen around 8 million people are estimated to be unregistered to vote in elections . labour says vote in elections. labour says it will bring face to face banking back to the high streets, with 350 new hubs in towns and villages, it would see staff from several banks sharing the same space, helping fill gaps left by branch closures. the party says it's part of a broader plan to revive britain's high streets, which also includes cracking down on anti—social behaviour and support for small businesses. consumer group, which says more

than 6000 branches have closed since 2015. shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds told gb news the hubs will address the changing role of the high street by sharing the costs of that premise that it's obviously a much lower cost to them than their individual bank branches, and what you see a lot of at the minute is banks exiting high streets. >> they don't want to be the last bank left on the high street, because they think that will put them into a position where they won't be able to be undue pressure to keep that bank branch open by coming together, delivering it in that way. it reflects how things have changed, but it keeps that essential service in there. and of course, high streets and town centres are changing, but they're still a really important part of people's local economy, their sense of identity in a place we've got to do more to make sure they're vibrant places, centres of civic life and access to financial services and access to financial services and banking services is a really important part of that. >> the prime minister will continue his election campaign in the southwest of england today, reaffirming an increase today, reaffirming an increase to the farming budget. it would

see £1 billion dedicated to farming communities, with a pledge to continue inheritance tax relief. the conservatives are accusing labour of having a secret plan to abolish the exemption, after it wasn't included in the party's manifesto . farming minister mark manifesto. farming minister mark spencer told gb news that tax relief is important for farmers. >> one of those challenges that they face is, is how they then pass that down the generations without being overtaxed . without being overtaxed. >> so one of the commitments we're making is not to increase , we're making is not to increase, or to introduce inheritance tax on, on agricultural holdings so that those farms, family farms can be passed down the generations so they can carry on with their family expertise in producing food and managing our landscapes . and interesting that landscapes. and interesting that other political parties seem reluctant to rule out those sorts of tax increases to those family farms. and certainly we're calling on those other political parties, especially the labour party, to rule that out. and they seem reluctant to do that at this moment in time.

>> meanwhile, the liberal democrats are promising to spend £10 million a year to tackle sewage dumping by water companies. new water quality inspectors would work as part of the newly created clean water authority , which would have authority, which would have powers to forcibly enter sites if water companies are too slow to grant permission. the party's leader, sir ed davey, says the companies have been allowed to mark their own homework, which he called a national scandal. more than a thousand steelworkers started industrial action today over the closure of action today over the closure of a furnace in port talbot . a furnace in port talbot. members of the unite union working for tata steel will observe an overtime ban and work to rule, which means they'll refuse tasks that are optional in their contracts . tata says in their contracts. tata says the industrial action is unlawful and it's offered workers what it calls generous redundancy packages . redundancy packages. international news now to north korea, where the russian president is due to arrive for his first state visit in 24 years. vladimir putin travelled

through the north of russia early this morning, where he's due to continue his journey to pyongyang. he's to hold a meeting with kim jong un, who he's praised for firmly supporting the invasion of ukraine. in a letter published by north korea's state media, mr putin promised to build trade and security systems with the isolated country that are , isolated country that are, quote, not controlled by the west . and sir ian mckellen is west. and sir ian mckellen is said to be in good spirits after he fell off the stage during a performance in london's west end last night. the 85 year old acting veteran was performing a fight scene in player kings at the noel coward theatre when he lost his footing and tumbled off the stage. the theatre was evacuated whilst irene was taken to hospital. he's expected to be back on stage tomorrow in time for another matinee performance . for another matinee performance. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news common alerts. now back to andrew and . bev.

back to andrew and. bev. >> 1007 britain's newsroom in gb news andrew bupa and bev turner, thank you for getting in touch this morning. you know, this labour bringing back the banks story? >> well, what a load of rubbish in a form . in a form. >> yeah. so the idea is they're going to have these banking hubs that's not bringing back banks, that's not bringing back banks, that's having like a lorry that will drive into your village one day a week where you've got to be there to fill out your paperwork . you know, what they paperwork. you know, what they could do if they really wanted to keep banks is just say, we commit to never having a cashless society. if keir starmer said we will always have cash, then we will always need to have banks because people would have to take the cash. you won't say that. and he definitely won't say that because tony blair is absolutely on board, that we're not having that, anyway, i just wanted to get that off my chest. >> yeah, well, as you know, tony blair speaks a lot to keir starmer. hence why people think they're going to slide and slide and slide on brexit. >> yeah, absolutely.

>> yeah, absolutely. >> because blair thinks brexit was the worst thing that ever happened to this country. >> there's a lot that i just feel is going on behind the scenes in labour that they're not being completely frank and honest with us about. i really do, you have all been getting in touch at home. tug has said that labour plan is simply so. once in power, they have more control over your money. you can almost guarantee they have control plans already in place to control those banks. exactly. tug that's what we've just kind of been saying. and malcolm says to banking hubs are not already exist. leslie has replied on our comments page saying yes they do. we have one in our village . do. we have one in our village. dickie said yes, the tories have already set up 75 of this. these banking hubs yet more proof they're one off the same. this isn't a new policy. i can totally understand why labour have announced it, but it isn't going to offer to you what you think it is, which is to keep your banking service on your high street. >> and so many banks are disappearing. they're just vanishing all over the place because they want people to go onune because they want people to go online and they want people to give up their chequebooks. i'm not giving up my chequebook. i know i'm old fashioned and they want me to give up cash, and i've got cash in my bag, in my

pocket, and i've got my chequebook in my bag. >> and aneurin has got in touch this morning. good morning. saying how much will labour pay the banks out of our tax money to encourage them to put the promise of banking hubs back in town. you can't just tell a private business you've got to do this. we insist you do it. >> i think perhaps labour think they can and that's the difference. you can't can't you can't tell. >> the state should not be telling business or individuals if they run. >> and if they run the hub at a big loss, they'll pass that cost on to their customers. >> they will right. >> they will right. >> go on. a couple of weeks ago, was it last week in fact, wasn't it? was it two weeks ago, the 80th anniversary of d—day? as we remembered the debt we owe our war heroes, but our our veterans for today and we've got this general election going on. are the other veterans getting support. >> so the charity help for heroes say that no party's manifesto goes far enough. and they've called on leaders to sign their pledge. >> so let's hear more about this pledge from the chief executive of the organisation, james needham. james, morning to you. i think your organisation does great work for an often forgotten part of society. our

veterans and i was at a garden party recently, and i met some of the older ones and you just feel humble when you're in their presence and in this election, the only time we've really heard about the veterans was d—day. and because of the prime minister's wrecked decision to leave the d—day commemorations early. but i don't think we've heard very much more about what any of the main political parties say they're going to do for veterans . for veterans. >> yeah, well, thanks for saying that. firstly, about our charity, andrew. and i agree with you. actually i think we have got a group of veterans who are somewhat out of sight and out of mind, and this is our opportunity as a charity to say veterans, the armed forces community really matters. here's our view on what we think is important and to really set that out. so we're calling on all political parties to sign up to our veterans pledge . that pledge our veterans pledge. that pledge is about three things, and we've distilled it to try and make

this really simple and accessible. we've distilled that to maintaining the office of veterans affairs led by a cabinet attending minister. we'd like to see an independent review into the medical discharge process . and discharge process. and ultimately, we believe , we want ultimately, we believe, we want some firm commitments around making sure that unfair barriers don't stand in the way of benefits and compensation for those who deserve it. so that's the pledge. that's what we're asking all parties to sign up to. no one has yet done it. so i think i'd say to any of you is if a campaigner knocks on your door or if you're in touch with your local parties, do you please ask them the question if they've signed up to the help for heroes pledge and ask them what they will do to support our armed forces community. that's the that's the most important message here. >> james. just elaborate a little bit on that review of the medical discharge process. what's currently wrong with it? >> yeah, it's really important, beth, to frame this to just frame this. so if you don't

mind, i'll just take a minute. you know, because we talk about veterans. i mean, there's over 2 million veterans in this country. the armed forces community is probably 6 million strong. but there is a small group of people who are medically discharged, and it's about 1500 people a year. and their experiences and we represent mostly those that are stepping forward, seeking support from us, are from this community. and they are often something has happened, some traumatic incident or experience has happened, and they found themselves leaving service very quickly and by very quickly i do mean very quickly. and it's hugely variable . they leave hugely variable. they leave sometimes without knowing, often in fact, without knowing what their compensation might look like, without knowing what their plan is, and without sometimes having the time to consider how they transition well back into society. and i think we'd agree services are unique occupational experience. and so, however, that concludes that can be a challenging time for those

leaving service when something's happened and you're leaving quickly , that's a really quickly, that's a really difficult time. and in and of itself causes a huge amount of harm and anxiety. so we hear testimony vie time and time again from this group and we believe that process, just whether it's the process not that's not working or the application of that policy , application of that policy, something's not right. that's what we sense. that's what we see. and we believe the next government could make a really big difference by commissioning an independent review on that to really bring forward all of that evidence and testimony. >> is that part of the reason, do you think, james, why so many veterans are homeless and sleeping rough, have drink problems and other drug related problems? >> they've lived in a community for a long time. then they're thrust out of that community, and if they've not got a family, and if they've not got a family, a lot of them end up, in these poon a lot of them end up, in these poor, poor, straitened circumstances . circumstances. >> yeah. i mean, i don't think thatis >> yeah. i mean, i don't think that is a medical. i don't think that is a medical. i don't think

thatis that is a medical. i don't think that is and certainly we don't hear evidence that that is from a medical discharge process. i certainly think that transition can be very challenging. and you for, for, for many people, and when you have joined the army, taught you to put your team first, to really put your own expectations and hopes on the back burner , work to the team. back burner, work to the team. give everything that you have to king and country. i think when you when you leave that and you walk, you leave that experience. as i say, even normally that's thatis as i say, even normally that's that is very difficult for people. and i think there's lots of military charities that do great work here. ultimately the important part is the next government really recognising that, recognising the work, not just that we do, but the work more broadly and, and sign up to the, to the pledge and say actually these things are important. we recognise that we'll sign on the dotted line. >> okay. fascinating. thank you so much. chief executive of help

for heroes james needham there. how interesting that you've got an organisation like that. who's saying none of these parties? none are offering what our veterans need? >> yeah. and one of the defences made of rishi sunak leaving d—day so early was that they, his ministers were saying nobody's done more for veterans. well, they haven't even signed up to that pledge, have they? no, which is a fundamental thing they could do. and we do have a veterans minister in the form of johnny mercer. he's an ex—military man. but again , it's ex—military man. but again, it's just it's like the cinderella , just it's like the cinderella, isn't it? they, behind the behind the scenes, behind the stairs and nobody's paying any attention. i think it's very sad. >> right. still to come this morning, doctors are calling for the drink drive limit in england to be cut to one beer or a small glass of wine. or maybe we should stop alcohol behind the wheel completely. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 19. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> our panel are with us now . >> our panel are with us now. now, luciana berger is here. and also piers pottinger . good to also piers pottinger. good to see you both. good morning. luciana. let's start about, shall we, with eu fishing wars and the fact that labour are going to walk us straight back into a closer relationship with the eu. >> oh, no. »- >> oh, no. >> well, let's just let's just take a step backwards and kind of examine where this has all come from. and firstly , let's i come from. and firstly, let's i think i think it's fair to i think i think it's fair to i think it's important for the context of this conversation that we kind of say from the outset what labour's been very, very clear about. >> it's been very, very clear that it's not looking to reopen the wounds of the past. it's committed to making brexit work. it has some very strong red lines. the labour party does not want to return to the single market. the labour party does not want to return to the what they do, but they're just saying they do, but they're just saying they they said they call them red lines. they've been very,

very clear. and they've also said we're not going to see a return to freedom of movement. i think it's really important that your viewers are aware of that. and the party's been very, very clear for a good number of years on that point. this discussion has really surfaced as a result of an interview from the shadow chancellor, where she was talking about what a very, very real issues for businesses in this country of the red tape and specifically the challenges that the city of london faces. so our financial industry sector, it's really important for our economy . and when i meet them and chat to them, i hear first hand about the challenges that we're facing and that we might lose our competitive edge, or we're starting to lose it and we're losing people out of london to go work in other economic centres, particularly in germany. and the other issue she talked about was about the chemicals industry. now i was formerly a member of parliament in liverpool and the chemicals sector there was really very, very important. it's a massive export, sector for us here in the uk . and the sector's really the uk. and the sector's really struggling and they're really, really struggling because of this red tape. we are all paying the price of the increased cost

of living crisis because of the red tape, with things coming in and out of this country, the increased checks, it's a real burden to business. i was at something called the founders forum last week, and hearing people that are creating businesses in this country, their frustration that having to spend money setting up, you know, additional offices in the european union because of the additional burden and cost of business here in the uk, we should be as much as possible generating that growth. and it's about making those things eafien about making those things easier. so interestingly, this story comes with what is, you know, the eu are saying and they can say whatever they want. you know what they would push for in the future. they can say whatever they'd like to push. it doesn't mean we're going to see it in this country. >> but these two fishing waters appears totemic issue in the referendum campaign. we want to keep these spanish fishermen out of our waters and the french fishermen. and now it seems that labour are going to let them back in. >> well, starmer and his bunch are clearly have made a lot of noises about getting closer to europe. and the only problem is that europe looks like distancing itself further from starmer, because it's going if you look at what's happened with the french elections, you have

the french elections, you have the wonderful meloni, giorgia meloni, rishi is little squeeze perhaps? yeah, anyway, if you looked at her, she's certainly keener on him than mr macron and the eu is going the other way. so i think that it's all very well. starmer hinting at this . well. starmer hinting at this. and i'm sure with tony blair in the background who's obsessed with with the eu, thinks it's wonderful . i with with the eu, thinks it's wonderful. i actually with with the eu, thinks it's wonderful . i actually think the wonderful. i actually think the best policy on it is count binface , who suggests that eu binface, who suggests that eu countries might like to join the uk as part of his manifesto. he would invite them to do so. >> i think it was quite a good idea. >> turn it the other way around because. but fishing is absolutely a fundamental right for our fishermen around. we are an island surrounded by sea, and fishing is an absolutely vital industry for this country. and of course, the eu will do their

best to get as many fish off us as they can. i mean, in madrid, the capital of spain, the most landlocked european capital, the furthest from the sea, they eat more fish and seafood . british more fish and seafood. british fish and seafood, i may say, than any other country in europe, but i mean , i'm sorry. europe, but i mean, i'm sorry. this again is a bit of a, dare i say it. red herring. >> red herring knew that was coming. >> the real issues are much more about starmer. and of course, i'm afraid i disagree with luciano there because the labour party are going to introduce so much more red tape , so much more much more red tape, so much more regulation, because all they want to do is control us like the communists. they really are. oh, come on, it's going to be very, very disastrous when labour get in and the british public, when they see what starmer starts doing for real, rather than all this wishy washy manifesto where they don't answer any of the questions because they're scared to, because they're scared to, because when people realise what labour are really planning,

they'll be terrified and horrified . they voted them in. horrified. they voted them in. >> well, listen, we've seen 14 years of tory chaos, 14 years of it. we are paying the highest levels of tax in this country in 70 years, and we are all paying the cost via either our mortgages. you know, we're all paying mortgages. you know, we're all paying so much more in terms of like our weekly food bills. i think, you know, this country is crying out for change and desperately needs it. >> and that's the change, is there? >> i mean, it's clear it's nigel farage. >> i mean, he has you can't take what he's he has serious. >> yesterday it was a breath of fresh air because he talked sense. he talked straightforwardly but not realistically people's questions. >> nothing was realistically costed but he would admit that. >> care about that. if you read, for example the times today , he for example the times today, he makes a very good point in their leader page. they say starmer. farage is fans don't care if it doesn't add up. no, because actually what they care about are the big issues, which starmer is so sorry farage is so strong on, namely immigration,

mission and defence and also general prosperity and growth. the labour party manifesto has absolutely nothing to generate any kind of growth or prosperity. the labour party hates prosperity, it trades on poverty. >> let's bring so. >> let's bring so. >> so there's a few things to say. i mean, you cannot be a credible alternative in this country if you don't set out an economic plan which is fully costed, which nigel farage essentially admitted yesterday was the case, they say he knows he can't form the next government. >> he's thinking about five years time. >> indeed. but this is an aspiration. >> but the overwhelming majority of people in this country, when they vote, do look at economic credibility. and on every single measure, what was set out yesterday fails. and even nigel farage himself, you know , admits farage himself, you know, admits that. and you can be, you can be, it can be as ambitious as you want. but if it's not realistic and if it's not going to deliver, then it doesn't mean anything in terms of what the labour party is offering. the labour party is offering. the labour party is offering. the labour party has been consistent in saying, like we have seen

flatlining growth in this country. we've seen stagflation, we've seen no growth whatsoever. and unless unless we have this growth in this country, we cannot achieve the things that will make such a difference to people up and down the country, whether it's contending or tackling. with the cost of living crisis, which i know is really, really significant for the majority of your viewers. but whether it's the creation, for example, of a £73 billion national investment fund, a sovereign wealth fund, many other countries have them. we don't have one. why don't we have one? i think it's really important that the labour party is sitting that out and talking about the 600,000 plus jobs that that will create as a result of it. again, we've got a massive challenge with employment in this country. you've got fewer people that are economically active than since before the start of the pandemic. and it's the labour party that's setting out really ambitious and bold plans, creating great british energy. so in the wake of geopolitical issues like we've seen from ukraine, you can laugh who's paying the energy bills up and down this country ? i don't and down this country? i don't think the viewers watching this will find that very, very funny. >> why were you why were you laughing extra? >> why are you laughing at great british energy, of course, is

being run by that great loser, ed miliband, i mean, he's a complete farce and noticeably being kept very much as far away from the airwaves as possible. >> he was all over the airwaves because he's a loser, and the general public all know miliband is a loser, and that as for gb energy, what is it? actually, it's not going to do anything. it's just a quango that's going to cost the taxpayer a huge amount of money. and again, it's labour coming up with fanciful stuff that is more bureaucracy , stuff that is more bureaucracy, more legislation and more cost for the taxpayer . i have to for the taxpayer. i have to challenge that. >> please forgive me, but it's just this is just nonsense. okay we import so much energy in this country when we could and should be creating it ourselves. we should be harnessing as an island so much more power that comes from the wind and the sun. do you want a wind turbine farm near where you live? i would, i'd welcome any form of renewable energy, which means i don't have to pay for it. absolutely. >> the labor party, we've got tax. >> all the energy companies to

stop. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you guys. we have. we have to. first of all, we mentioned count binface. so we have to give you the candidates for richmond and northallerton. jason barnett, independent count binface, count binface, daniel callaghan , binface, daniel callaghan, liberal democrats angie campion, independent louise dickens, workers party of britain kevin foster, green rio goldhammer , foster, green rio goldhammer, the yorkshire party niko omilana, independent brian richmond , independent. sir richmond, independent. sir archibald stanton, monster raving loony party, rishi sunak , raving loony party, rishi sunak, conservative. and lee taylor for reform uk. tom wilson for laboun reform uk. tom wilson for labour. yeah >> breaking news, breaking news police have issued an urgent appeal to help locate three young missing children in surrey. they're candy , 14, surrey. they're candy, 14, amelia, nine, and malik, seven, who reported missing up to 7:00 yesterday. all three were last seen to walking towards staines town centre. police said they may have travelled to london. >> oh dear. yeah. >> oh dear. yeah. >> so you looking if you're watching on tv? we're looking for those three children 14, nine and can we just talk very briefly about ascot peers because you've got a hunch that

there might be a rather important visitor at ascot. >> well, i think the clue is in one of the races, which is the king charles. >> the third stakes is that today? that's today. and it's a relatively new race, obviously, because and it's a group one, today is the best racing day for purists in the week. it's got three group ones , and i'm sure three group ones, and i'm sure prince charles will be there today to present, and i suspect he'll be there on thursday to present the gold cup, as the monarch traditionally presents the gold cup. >> okay . luciana pearce, thank >> okay. luciana pearce, thank you so much. for now, it's the news headlines, though, with tatiana. >> beth, thank you very much. the top stories from the gb newsroom. today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming general election, which takes place in around two weeks time. a social media campaign is urging first time voters to ensure they're on the electoral

roll. figures from the resolution foundation show turnout among younger voters has dropped sharply below 60, while around 8 million people are estimated to be unregistered to vote. labour says it will bring face to face banking back to the high streets, with 350 new banking hubs in towns and villages , it would see staff villages, it would see staff from several banks sharing the same space, helping fill gaps left by bank branch closures . left by bank branch closures. consumer group, which says more than 6000 branches have closed since 2015. the prime minister will continue his election campaign in the south—west of england today , reaffirming an england today, reaffirming an increase to the farming budget. it would see £1 billion dedicated to farming communities , with a pledge to continue inheritance tax relief . inheritance tax relief. meanwhile, the liberal democrats are promising to spend £10 million a year to tackle sewage dumping by water companies. new water quality inspectors would work as part of the newly created clean water authority ,

created clean water authority, which would have powers to forcibly enter sites if water companies are too slow to grant permissions . and the russian permissions. and the russian president is due to arrive in nonh president is due to arrive in north korea for his first state visit in 24 years, vladimir putin travelled through the north of russia early this morning, where he's due to continue his journey to pyongyang. he'll hold a meeting with kim jong un, who he's praised for firmly supporting the invasion of ukraine. for the latest stories , sign up to gb latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . news. common alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . the pound will today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2685 and ,1.1830. the

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election here @gbnews. >> so today we're going to great manchester in the world. >> hi. i'm natalie and i live in south manchester. >> so the most important issue for me in the upcoming general election is that the next government sort out and get stability on housing, property and the economy. our work as a landlord and i have done for 25 years, and it's just a mess at the minute. so as a voter in south manchester, i have floated between the lib dems and labour and those few choices in south manchester. the conservatives never get in in this area. don't stand a chance on a national level. the conservatives, for me as a landlord and a property owner, have been unbelievably disappointing . i think they've disappointing. i think they've been disappointing for landlords and tenants, to be honest . they and tenants, to be honest. they have not got their act together. what they've promised hasn't materialised . they've chopped materialised. they've chopped and changed their mind. they haven't followed through on their promises , they've made it their promises, they've made it confusing for everybody. so they've been useless actually, on every front. the problem is, as landlords who are traditionally been supported by the conservative party, when labour gets in, you think, oh

god, because they talk about rent controls, they talk about the fact that they don't like landlords . landlords have got landlords. landlords have got a really bad rap, so it makes me really bad rap, so it makes me really nervous. so it's quite confusing and i just who do you vote for as somebody that owns property i really like don't know who to vote for because i don't know who will be the worst. and that's to not say i don't know who would be the best, because i don't think either of them will be good. >> isn't that fascinating? love a woman with a saw? >> but, you know, there's this idea that landlords are all rogues and they're big and wicked, and they've got hundreds and hundreds properties. most landlords own two properties, and they're good landlords , and and they're good landlords, and they respond to their tenants. that woman, conscientious and getting screwed over by all of them. >> yeah, it does feel like that, doesn't it? and the idea that getting a and if a place to rent out might not be a way of investing your money anymore, and if they then sell the property, it will be bought up by a big company, which means the choice is restricted and the rents will go up. >> that's what will happen. >> that's what will happen. >> that's what will happen. >> that's exactly what's

happening. and i thought what was so interesting, there was this idea that i don't want to really vote for any either of the major parties, because i just don't know where to put my vote. >> well, and that's, of course, what reform is tapping into, isn't it? yeah. a sense of disenfranchisement with the main political parties and the lib dems as well. yeah. and so vote for us because we are doing it differently . differently. >> andrew and i were actually just looking at a fantastic article in the daily telegraph written by janet daley, and she talks about the fact that it feels as no, neither of the two main parties are being honest about why we are where we are and relating it to events of the pandemic in terms of money printing , inflation and also the printing, inflation and also the war in ukraine, energy prices , war in ukraine, energy prices, they're all ignoring the elephant in the room. >> she's also saying in janet daley's pithy terms, i've known janet for a very long time. she's saying that effectively we hate the political, the main political parties. yeah. and she's and she's accusing reform. she said they should be renamed revenge. yeah. because you hear

richard tice saying he wants to destroy the tories. >> that's right. and she says this about the fact that labour is a blunt instrument with which to hit the conservatives. that's how it feels to a lot of people. and there's so much exasperation and anger and rage out there and frustration that just like our gb news viewer landlady there, yeah, we don't want to necessarily. people feel, i don't necessarily want to vote for the conservatives. what we've been through, i don't necessarily want to vote for labour because they didn't hold them to account during that penod them to account during that period of time. so where do i place my vote? i still think there's a lot of people haven't decided. >> yeah, possibly. well, and of course that's what the tories are clinging to. yeah. but but whether anybody's listening to them so. but anyway more more manifestos there . it's like a manifestos there. it's like a wafer that you wait for their six come along. so we had the manifesto launch yesterday in merthyr tydfil for reform . merthyr tydfil for reform. scottish labour are about to launch their manifesto in edinburgh . but we're going to edinburgh. but we're going to see what's happening for the other parties on the campaign

trail. >> we're joined by our political edhon >> we're joined by our political editor, christopher hope, and our political correspondent, olivia utley. good morning to you both , olivia. if we've got you both, olivia. if we've got your signal, i'm not sure whether your screen has frozen there. chris, let's go to you while we reconnect to olivia. chris, where are you and what's happening ? happening? >> well. morning, andrew. morning. yeah, i'm in north devon, rolling through the beautiful north devon countryside. we're on the way to meet some fishermen with the prime minister, rishi sunak. and then also a q&a question and answer with farmers , the tory answer with farmers, the tory party is pushing today their support for farmers. they say that if you vote tory of election on the 4th of july, this the next tory government will protect the rights of farmers , not to pay more farmers, not to pay more inheritance tax when they leave their farms to other people in their farms to other people in their family. they say labour can't offer that same guarantee. so it's a protection for farmers. it's the idea being pushed today by rishi sunak. he

may not want to talk about the blonde bombshell boris johnson, who the telegraph report is looking to see how he can help the tory party with its with its stuttering campaign to win support back from the reform uk party support back from the reform uk party by support back from the reform uk party by supporting individual candidates . and they need some candidates. and they need some support because the poll today from delta poll, a new poll is alarming. a 4% jump, a four point jump for reform to 16 points, one , just just three points, one, just just three points, one, just just three points behind the tories on 19. so there are lots of pollsters, but this one on delta poll has been quite bearish on support for reform. but they are seeing the farage effect really count. and that's the worry i think, for the tory party how do they get those voters out from 2019 and vote again for the tory party and that's why some are saying let's stand for boris johnson.i saying let's stand for boris johnson. i should say, though, that mrs. johnson, carrie johnson, his wife , has posted johnson, his wife, has posted a very timely photograph on instagram overnight out of the family on holiday in sardinia.

so i do wonder whether back at the johnson's house, whether bofis the johnson's house, whether boris johnson is saying, how can i help? and his wife saying, boris, you're on holiday. >> very interesting. that's chris hope, of course, that poll coming straight after the manifesto launch, which will should give the party's brit school. but let's go to olivia utley. our political correspondent olivia, where are you? who are you with? >> i'm on the labour battle bus . >> i'm on the labour battle bus. i'm somewhere between bristol, where we've just been heading towards the south—east of england . we're not being told england. we're not being told exactly where for security reasons. >> so we're just going to turn up somewhere and find out what labour want to be talking about today is their 350 new banking hubs. now the idea behind that is that in countless high streets across the country , streets across the country, countless communities, banks have had to close down and there has been nothing to replace them. so as us gb news, presenters, reporters and viewers all know, there are lots

and lots of people who rely on cash, who rely on physical banks , who are currently being really, really underserved . now, really, really underserved. now, this idea from labour isn't new. the conservatives have already talked about the idea of banking hubs, and actually they've set up about 50 banking hubs and have another 76 in the pipeline. labour basically wants to turbocharge this idea and get their banks set up. this is a week where labour is focusing as much as it possibly can on the economy. but of course the press are asking about other issues . are asking about other issues. keir starmer is still facing questions about that two child benefit cap. he said so far that he can't commit to getting rid of that two child benefit cap that was brought in by the conservatives. that's meant a lot of pressure from the left of his party who think it's essentially a tory austerity measure and ends up with children being plunged into poverty simply because they have multiple siblings at the moment.

keir starmer, i spoke to him about it yesterday, is standing firm and saying that he can't commit to scrapping that cap. but i think that possibly in the next two and a half weeks, with all this pressure from his backbench and possibly some pressure from the frontbench too, we might begin to see a bit of movement on that. on fuel duty. two, we're not quite sure what labour's plan is. wes streeting has heavily implied that the fuel duty will remain frozen , but other cabinet frozen, but other cabinet ministers are suggesting that we can't rule out a possible rise in fuel duty . can't rule out a possible rise in fuel duty. i think that might be a bit of a focal point for the campaign over the next few days, as motorists try and get to the bottom of what labour can offer for them. >> okay. thank you olivia. from the labour battlebus and chris there with the conservatives. thank you both . right up next, thank you both. right up next, burnout and stress. just two of the symptoms of working with andrew pierce. our next guest will have some tips. >> i could sue over that . >> i could sue over that. >> i could sue over that. >> you wouldn't sue. you're not

that woke. i'm not. you know, our next guest going to have top tips for anyone

gb news. welcome back. now we're all familiar with first aid in the workplace. what about mental health? first aid. >> so there's now a new initiative to help businesses train staff to spot signs of stress, burnout or anxiety at work. so is this a quite. actually, we're catching up with what we should have been doing a long time ago. or as my mum or dad might have said, come on, just pull yourself together. >> let's talk now to the director of mental health first aid, sarah mcintosh . good aid, sarah mcintosh. good morning sarah. i mean, we're having a bit of fun about this that our colleagues can stress us out at work and we might have to spend time with people in the office that we don't want to, but where does it go into more serious territory that we should be aware of ? be aware of? >> thanks for having me on, it's

a really difficult 1 in 4 of us will experience mental ill health, every year. and so from a workplace perspective , you a workplace perspective, you know, that can range from, just struggling with workload or experiencing anxiety and stress and mental health. first aid is are trained to spot the signs of someone who may be struggling with their mental health, and they're designed to open up a conversation with them about their mental health and wellbeing. so they can understand what's happening for that person and signpost them appropriately to, support and where necessary, gp's professional support , mental professional support, mental health support as well. and what we do know is the earlier that people have conversations around their mental health, the more successful their recovery will be, the quicker their recovery will be and the more likely that their longer term mental health outcomes are going to be positive as well. >> where do you get the figure 1 in 4 from sarah. >> it's actually from the charity mind and their research. so it's quite extensive research from our colleagues over in the mind charity.

>> and so when you say, you know that interventions early are going to have a better outcome, that makes complete sense. but what a difficult conversation to have with somebody at work, like, how do you broach that. because some people could get quite prickly if you say you just seem a bit down or you don't seem like yourself, like, what would your advice be in terms of that initial contact ? terms of that initial contact? >> well, most people would welcome a conversation. i think if there are people who are more closed off or not wanting to open up a conversation on mental health, first aid is a trained sort of be supportive of that and respect that, but to continue to keep an eye on them and make sure that they're okay and make sure that they're okay and perhaps, you know, signposting to their line manager or their hr teams, have a conversation with them. if they continue to be worried and sorry. >> karen. >> karen. >> no, no . go on. >> no, no. go on. » i— >> no, no. go on. >> i was just going to say so you'd like what sort of level of training to be offered for people in the workplace and who would do that training. >> so we'd love there to be

mental health first aiders in every workplace, but only as part of wider workplace legislation where employers really have to think about their overall holistic approach to mental health and wellbeing, and the wider support that they can offer people when they're struggling as well. so, we offer training to lots of people who want to become mental health first aiders. we work with over 20,000 workplaces, who've trained with us and put mental health first aider networks in place. it's a two day course. they're trained on a range of things, from understanding what good mental health looks like, why some people have a higher prevalence of mental ill health and other mental health conditions. and the signs that you may notice in someone , if you may notice in someone, if they are struggling around some of those conditions as well. and how to open up a safe and structured conversation. that's very centred around the person and the support that they need to get them signposted to either help themselves or to signpost them to relevant professional services. >> is it part of the problem as well, sarah, that, by by its

very definition, a lot of people are going to bottle up whatever it is that's causing the anxiety and the stress and the strains and the stress and the strains and therefore, how do your first aid, practitioners unbottle it? >> it can be really hard for some people who have got, you know, bottled up concerns. i think there's a couple of things that workplaces and society generally can do is we need to remove the stigma around talking about mental health, and that contributes to people perhaps not wanting to be as open about their mental health with people. the good thing about our mental health first aiders is once they leave the workplace, they go home and they can talk to their friends, their family members, their people in their local community, vie and people that they might know a bit better and a little bit closer their relationships with. and they can really open up powerful conversations that are life changing and life saving for those connections. at home, as well as in the workplace. >> people might be concerned, of course, about their jobs. sarah, course, about theirjobs. sarah, and thinking, if i tell somebody at work that i'm not feeling great when the next, you know,

round of people, the cuts come , round of people, the cuts come, maybe i'm going to be on the list . list. >> yeah. mental health first aiders are trained to be completely confidential , so completely confidential, so discussions are confidential unless there's a risk of harm to an individual where obviously we would need to involve other people to protect them and protect them from harm. but, yeah, it's confidential and people can kind of be anonymous with the information that they give as well. >> okay. thank you. sarah. really interesting. sarah mcintosh there, director of mental health at first aid, gives you food for thought, doesn't it? does, actually. now, next, we're gonna be crossing over to royal ascot for racing's glitziest festival of the year. don't look so excited, andrew, i don't think. >> i don't think it's glitzy . >> i don't think it's glitzy. >> i don't think it's glitzy. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of whether on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your

latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. for many a fine day today there will be a few showers around, but many places won't see them and stay dry. also just a little bit of rain working its way up towards kent so we could see some rain for here a time, particularly later this morning. a scattering of showers already across scotland, 1 or 2 more developing through the day over northern england, perhaps northern ireland, maybe down into the midlands. but i say there'll be somewhat hit and miss. many places will stay dry, certainly across wales and southwest england, dry and fine. and here 21, maybe 22 c cooler, further north. temperatures struggling a little bit in the teens with the breeze still coming down from the north. now the patchy rain across parts of kent might just graze into parts of east anglia should scoot away through the afternoon. so turning brighter here to end the day. still a few showers scattered across the midlands, drifting south over northern england as well. maybe the odd heavy one to parts of southern scotland. also susceptible to some heavy showers, but i suspect any showers over northern ireland fading pretty

quickly. a cool feel though , quickly. a cool feel though, with that breeze across the northern isles, temperatures only 10 or 11 celsius at best through the afternoon. as we go through the afternoon. as we go through the afternoon. as we go through the evening and overnight, we should see the showers tending to fade away fairly rapidly through this evening, so some decent clear spells developing. still a bit of a breeze. bringing a bit more cloud into east anglia and potentially of course into kent also. but elsewhere the winds falling fairly light, some mist and fog is possible. temperatures will dip down to single figures across the north, double digits certainly in urban areas further south to start tomorrow. and for most, tomorrow's looking like a fine day could start a bit cloudy over the southeast , but the over the southeast, but the cloud will increase across the northwest. a bit of rain likely to trickle in here, but late in the day. again, the small chance of 1 or 2 showers, but most places will be fine tomorrow. some lengthier spells of sunshine feeling a bit warmer as well. the winds will be lighter and temperatures generally creeping up a little higher or widely over 20 celsius across the south. goodbye >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of

gb news. >> at 11 am. on tuesday, the 18th of june. britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning to you. so, 85 year old sir ian mckellen was rushed to hospital last night after falling off stage during a fight scene in the west end. he's expected to make a full recovery. we'll be we're going to be talking to an audience member to hear exactly what happened. >> he's a great man. ian mckellen and labour's banking hub. labour is now pledging to bnng hub. labour is now pledging to bring banking back to high streets with a promise of 350 banking hubs over five years and sticking with that theme, contactless card surge the number of contactless cards in the uk has topped a milestone of 150 million. >> do you use contactless or are you still a fan of cash? yes,

cash. >> doctors are calling for the dnnk >> doctors are calling for the drink drive limit to be cut to one beer or a single glass of wine. we're asking, isn't it now perhaps just time to bamboos behind the wheel altogether . behind the wheel altogether. >> and royal ascot begins today. the glamorous racing festival is kicking off and we've got a report looking at the ongoing drug problem at racing venues , drug problem at racing venues, which can ruin the atmosphere at the races. you don't want to miss that. it's a bit of a surprise. i think that drink driving story is very interesting and actually full of common sense. just keep it simple. one small glass of wine or one pint of beer because it's the units. how many units is a glass of exactly. >> and it also affects some people differently. i can remember i hadn't had a drink for a week. i was it was this was a few years ago. i got in the car. yeah. and i had one

pint of beer. come out of the pub and my lights weren't on to the police stopped me. they breathalysed me. it was nearly over the limit, really. >> on one pint. >> on one pint. >> but you had a meal. no, no. you see, and this is the thing, isn't it? >> and hadn't had any alcohol for a week, but i was nearly over the limit. so that's why i think sometimes it's just easier to say, don't have anything at all. >> maybe. absolutely. let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay first though, the very latest headlines with tatiana. >> beth, thank you very much. the top stories from the gb newsroom . labour says it will newsroom. labour says it will bnng newsroom. labour says it will bring face to face banking back to the high streets, with 350 new hubs in towns and villages , new hubs in towns and villages, it would see staff from several banks sharing the same space, helping fill gaps left by branch closures. the party says it's part of a broader plan to revive britain's high streets, which also includes cracking down on anti—social behaviour and support for small businesses. consumer group, which says more

than 6000 branches have closed since 2015. the shadow business secretary, jonathan reynolds , secretary, jonathan reynolds, told gb news the hubs will address the changing role of the high street by sharing the costs of that premise. >> that's obviously a much lower cost to them than their individual bank branches and what you see a lot of at the minute is banks exiting high streets. they don't want to be the last bank left on the high street, because they think that will put them into a position where they won't be able to be undue pressure to keep that bank branch open by coming together, delivering it in that way, it reflects how things have changed, but it keeps that essential service in there. and of course, high streets and town centres are changing, but they're still a really important part of people's local economy. their sense of identity in a place. we've got to do more to make sure they're vibrant places, centres of civic life and access to financial services and access to financial services and banking services is a really important part of that . important part of that. >> the prime minister will continue his election campaign in the south—west of england today, reaffirming an increase today, reaffirming an increase to the farming budget. it would see £1 billion dedicated to

farming communities, with a pledge to continue inheritance tax relief. the conservatives are accusing labour of having a secret plan to abolish the exemption after it wasn't included in the party's manifesto. farming minister mark spencer told gb news that tax relief is important for farmers. >> one of those challenges that they face is , is how they then they face is, is how they then pass that down. the generations without being overtaxed. so one of the commitments we're making is not to increase, or to introduce inheritance tax on, on agricultural holdings so that those farms, family farms can be passed down the generations so they can carry on with their family expertise in producing food and managing our landscapes and interesting that other political parties seem reluctant to rule out those sorts of tax increases to those family farms . increases to those family farms. and certainly we're calling on those other political parties, especially the labour party, to rule that out. and they seem reluctant to do that at this moment in time. >> meanwhile, the liberal

democrats are promising to spend £10 million a year to tackle sewage dumping by water companies. new water quality inspectors would work as part of the newly created clean water authority , which would have authority, which would have powers to forcibly enter sites if water companies are too slow to grant permissions. the party's leader, sir ed davey, says the companies have been allowed to mark their own homework, which he called a national scandal. homework, which he called a national scandal . today is the national scandal. today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming general election, which takes place in about two weeks. a social media campaign is urging first time voters to ensure they're on the electoral roll . celebrities, including the roll. celebrities, including the actor michael sheen, have lent their voices to the call. recent figures show voter turnout among 25 to 34 year olds has dropped sharply below 60, according to the resolution foundation . the resolution foundation. around 8 million people are estimated to be unregistered to vote in elections . more of that vote in elections. more of that breaking news that you've been heanng breaking news that you've been hearing in the last half an

houn hearing in the last half an hour. three young children are reported missing after they failed to return from a day out at thorpe park . surrey police at thorpe park. surrey police are looking for 14 year old candy amelia, who's nine, and malik, who's seven. they were reported missing just after 7:00 last night. the three children were last seen walking towards staines town centre just after a 3:15 yesterday afternoon . police 3:15 yesterday afternoon. police believe they may have travelled to london. they're urging anyone with any information to contact them or crime stoppers to north korea now, where the russian president is due to arrive for his first state visit in 24 years, vladimir putin travelled through the north of russia early this morning, where he's due to continue his journey to pyongyang. he'll hold a meeting with kim jong un, who he's praised for firmly supporting the invasion of ukraine. in a letter published by north korea's state media, mr putin promised to build trade and security system with the isolated country that are, quote, not controlled by the

west . and sir ian mckellen is west. and sir ian mckellen is said to be in good spirits after he fell off the stage during a performance in london's west end last night. the 85 year old acting veteran was performing a fight scene in player kings at the noel coward theatre when he lost his footing and tumbled off the stage . the theatre was the stage. the theatre was evacuated while sir ian was taken to hospital , but he evacuated while sir ian was taken to hospital, but he is expected to be back on stage tomorrow in time for another matinee performance . for the matinee performance. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now back to andrew and . bev. to andrew and. bev. >> 1107 finishing our biscuits. >> 1107 finishing our biscuits. >> 11:00 digestives, of course. plain, always plain boring , but plain, always plain boring, but nice. britain's news tom moore gb news andrew pierce and bev turner, now one of racing's biggest fixtures, begins today royal ascot. >> but with drug use, an ongoing

problem, this isn't the athletes we're talking about social drug use . a sports venues are working use. a sports venues are working alongside police to try to keep them out. >> so beginning of june, our very own ray addison went to the epsom derby festival to investigate. this is what he found. >> the city of troy is waking up marijuana lead. >> they call it the greatest show on turf. the thrill of the hill. but gb news can reveal for some racegoers , the horses some racegoers, the horses seemingly aren't enough and they may be creating their own buzz. >> there you go. in the men's toilets, you know what's going on. there's a bigger queue for the cubicles than there is for the cubicles than there is for the urinals, you know? so it's happening. we all know it's happening. >> surprisingly, i have seen things that you think you wouldn't see, considering that there are sniffer dogs. so. yes. which is it's just one of those things, unfortunately, doesn't it? you get lots of younger people that are about to have a good time, and they do it in different ways. following an article written for the telegraph by former jockey article written for the telegraph by formerjockey and telegraph by former jockey and trainer charlie brooks, where he complained about an influx of young men attracted to the sport by the bbc's peaky blinders and

subsequent indications of positive tests for cocaine by that newspaper at aintree. >> grand national gb news decided to carry out our own tests over the two day derby festival at epsom downs racecourse , and we can reveal racecourse, and we can reveal racing's drug problem is seemingly not just limited to cocaine. using a surface wipe screening kit, which tests for residue left by ten individual drug groups, we found indications of the presence of several narcotics in epsom's toilets . although cocaine was toilets. although cocaine was the most prevalent class a, which appeared to be present, our tests also indicated the presence of crystal meth, both drugs with a possible penalty of up to seven years in prison for their possession. benzos diazepam or benzos also appeared to be present, an opioid often associated with cases of drink spiking and date rape, and we also found indications of drugs used to stave off withdrawal from drugs such as heroin . from drugs such as heroin. buprenorphine was the most common, along with methadone ,

common, along with methadone, although tests like this can only provide at best a preliminary analytical result, 47% indicated at least one controlled substance. despite our findings , surrey and sussex our findings, surrey and sussex police forces say they arrested just one person for suspected class a drug possession across the two day event, suggesting much more needs to be done. a spokesperson for the jockey club, which operates epsom, aintree and cheltenham racecourses, said we at the jockey club are passionate about providing safe and enjoyable experiences for all those who visit our venues and tens of thousands of people who joined us over the two days at epsom downs did so while behaving in a considerate and responsible manner. unfortunate drug use is an increasing societal problem, and this is something horse racing in britain has been working hard to combat, with the jockey club taking a zero tolerance approach to illegal substances across all of our racecourses. a range of measures

racecourses. a range of measures were racecourses. a range of measures were put in place at epsom downs, including detection dogs, bag searches and pat downs in operation at all entrances, as well as amnesty bins. anyone found to be attempting to access the site in possession of illegal substances was denied entry and given no refund on their ticket purchases, with such instances also reported to the police. in addition, we would always urge anyone who has reason to suspect any form of anti—social behaviour to contact our teams or police on site as soon as possible. despite what our findings indicate , there is our findings indicate, there is absolutely no suggestion that any of the people we filmed for this report were doing anything at all illegal or wrong. >> it's a widespread issue. it's not the normal racegoers. if you come to epsom in two months time, not on derby day, it'll be completely different. it's the social side of things which it's going to happen. we just have to know how to deal with it and it's not the majority. that's what i want to express. it's not the majority, it's the minority. >> ray addison gb news.

>> ray addison gb news. >> well, i thought i'd heard it all. >> i know it's the middle class drug problem. oh, sure. you know, when we talk about kind of drug issues, gangs. >> oh, yeah. i always say it's the users. >> it's the people in islington. dinner parties taking cocaine who are keeping the gangs in our inner cities, who often end up being shot and knifed . they're being shot and knifed. they're keeping them in business. but i'd never thought of it at racing. i don't go to horse racing. i don't go to horse racing very often, but i've never noticed. i've got to say, a sniffer dog. no, they must be there. >> well, they clearly are extraordinary. well done ray. great, great report that, ray. addison. >> yeah, well, we're going to talking. we're going to ascot. we're better, of course, because it is the glamorous ascot festival. it's not glitzy at all to our royal correspondent cameron walker, who is looking very, very formal in your top hat. >> very dapper and tails. >> very dapper and tails. >> cameron, a big day today, ascot. very popular with the royals, which is why i assume you're there . correct you're there. correct >> thank you both. yes, it certainly is extremely popular

with the royals. started by queen anne in the 1700s. they've got the official day one program in my hand, and in it, the king and queen have written a message for the 47 estimated 47,000 estimated guests for day one of ascot. in it they welcome all the guests , of course, to the the guests, of course, to the area and look forward to rerunning the king charles the third stakes. now that's been renamed because it was formerly known as the king's stand stakes, but with the king's permission, that has changed. that's a greek one five furlong , that's a greek one five furlong, sprint run that's happening today. on the first day of royal ascot . he also spoke about ascot ascot. he also spoke about ascot sustainability. as you could probably expect with king charles and the net zero village enclosure, the royal drawing school here for the first time. that's the charity king charles set up back in 2000 when he was prince of wales, trying to champion drawing. they've done some equine related art work, which is going to be on display in the royal enclosure and also spoke of the immense pleasure and joy of the king and queen's horse desert hero winning last yeah horse desert hero winning last year. now you may remember those

fantastic images from the royal box, where i think the king and queen probably thought that forgot that they were on camera. they were so excited that their horse was winning. it was bred by queen elizabeth ii , who of by queen elizabeth ii, who of course won over 20 races during her long reign. when she attended royal ascot . desert attended royal ascot. desert hero running again on saturday. but water their other horse, is the one to watch because it has the one to watch because it has the same trainer and the same jockey that desert hero had last yeah jockey that desert hero had last year. now earlier i spoke to nick smith. he's royal ascot's director of racing and public affairs. he spoke about the tradition of ascot, as well as why the king and queen find it just so exciting. >> thank you so much, cameron. thank you so much. you do look fabulous there. what a sunny day as well. >> lovely, great great day for it. and i suspect we're going to see the king there. if there's a charles the third, king charles iii charles the third, king charles ii! stakes, his piers pottinger iii stakes, his piers pottinger said he knows everything about horse racing. must ask him about the drug taking that's going on. they're not suggesting he was anything to do with it, but he

would know. >> yeah. what a revelation. right? let's go now to the liberal democrat leader, ed davey, who's been speaking to reporters in hampshire. here he is near enough sewage monitors. >> we're calling them sewage busters . busters. >> we want to provide £10 million in our cost to manifesto. so our new regulator, the clean water authority, has the clean water authority, has the resources because we do need a tough regulator , as we're a tough regulator, as we're proposing, with powers coming from other regulators . from other regulators. >> so we have a much stronger regulator, but they need the resources to do the job. and we've seen on the conservatives cutting back the environment agency, where some of these monitors were, and we want to make sure the resources are there as well as the rules. >> and it seems that rishi sunak grant shapps think that the tories won't win this election , tories won't win this election, and that they're just trying to limit a labour seat majority. >> are you worried about a labour supermajority, my job is to make sure we beat as many conservative mps as possible, and snp mps in scotland, liberal democrats, i think, are getting

our messages over in this campaign on health and care, on sewage. we've just been talking about and on the economy and the more liberal democrat mps we have, the better . the truth is have, the better. the truth is the conservative party have failed in government. they'd failed in government. they'd fail in opposition. they're a divided party. and i think the liberal democrats could be very important in the next parliament. >> you know, you slam the tory party. >> so that's the lib dem leader , >> so that's the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, of course they've been making a big issue and with some justification, i would say, about the levels of pollution in our rivers. they've pretty much owned that as an issue. >> and somebody won on it. >> and somebody won on it. >> and somebody won on it. >> and i know he's looked a complete clown, hurling himself in and out of water just about every day, but it's getting him on the news bulletins. and the point he's making is the water levels. pollution levels are unacceptable. totally shame. shame on the water companies and the fat cat directors and their huge bonuses. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> still to come this morning doctors are calling for the dnnk doctors are calling for the drink drive limit in england to be cut to one beer or a small glass of wine . would that glass of wine. would that simplification make it easier,

do you think, to still enjoy a dnnk do you think, to still enjoy a drink but also drive without the risk of harming someone? that's next on britain's don't go anywhere.

>> 1120 britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. the panel is back. former labour mp luciana berger, political commentator piers pottinger pierce. we took that, that bev and i were fascinated by that stuff about the from ray addison at epsom. now you've been a racing man for years, and i know you actually ran a race. >> well, i was a director of a race course group, northern racing, which was headed by the great stan clarke, the late, great man and he stood no nonsense on race courses. and we had people who would go into the lavatories. and if they saw any evidence of drug taking, they'd physically remove the people and, and take them straight to the police . and that's what you

the police. and that's what you have to do. >> so this has been going on for a while. >> i'm afraid so. and it's i mean, like anywhere where there's booze and entertainment. any nightclub in london, you go into any lavatory, there's going to be someone. >> i think we're just terribly naive, you and i. i think we're very naive, andrew, you and i. well, i've never surprised you, luciano , because you were luciano, because you were obviously in liverpool for a while. you were there. aintree? >> yeah, i've been to aintree. >> yeah, i've been to aintree. >> i've been to lots of other race courses and, and certainly saw signs of. >> did you. >> did you. >> i just assumed people were drunk. >> no i, you know we there's , >> no i, you know we there's, there's more to do. i mean it's not just about. >> yeah i mean i've seen, i saw i remember being at, ascot before and these women on these huge heels staggering and falling , and i just assumed it falling, and i just assumed it was booze. >> perhaps it was possibly, i guess. look it's this this sort of high rolling, risk taking behaviour, isn't it? a lot of people are there to gamble and. yeah. and i guess it comes with the territory, but. yeah. >> revelation. >> revelation. >> i go to have a nice day out and, and i pick the horse on the

basis. i think the horse looks nice. >> i go for the basis of the name. >> yeah. or the name or. i like the jockeys colour shirt or something. >> pearce is the great expert, so i am going on saturday and you're going to give me some tips. >> have owned a horse that won at royal ascot. wow did it really still i hold the record. he was the. he's the oldest horse ever to win at royal ascot. he was 12 years old. good lord caracciolo, you won the queen alexandra and trained ironically by nicky henderson, who's much more known as a jumps trainer. right? >> but how exciting is it to win a race at ascot ? a race at ascot? >> it was wonderful. yeah, at royal ascot. yeah, yeah, it was. it was, it was a marvellous day because we saw that image of family there. >> we saw the image of the king and queen camilla last year, really getting excited because the late queen's horse was winning. >> there's no thrill to match it in my view. really wonderful. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> luciano, can we talk about keir starmer wanting votes at 16 to entrench his power for years? according to the mail? is that his motivation? >> well, this is this has been a campaign running for many, many years. i've been involved in the campaign for votes at 16 for

well over a decade, and the being a grassroots movement largely driven by young people themselves , young people in this themselves, young people in this country from the age of 16 pay tax, they've arguably got the greatest stake in our future . greatest stake in our future. and they should have a say in who governs this country. and i think it would be a really positive change also to bring us in line with the changes that we've seen to national elections in both scotland and wales. >> but did many 16 year olds vote in when the vote the vote was extended to them in scotland? i don't think many of them bothered with it, did they? is that the evidence? >> i can't say i've looked at the evidence specifically in those elections, but certainly when you speak to young people and i've done many a talk in a college, a fe college or to a sixth form, young people want to express that vote. and if they're paying tax, you know, from the age of 16, if they're working, then they should have a say in how that money. >> i have to say, i think this is a good idea. i mean, my, my middle child is 15 now and she's just at that age, peers where she wants to talk about the election and she's got questions about the political parties. and

i think unless we get kids engaged at that age, by the time they get to 18, that's sometimes they're at uni or they're at work and their their interest is gone. we need to grab them, don't we? into the political sphere? >> well, i'm all for educating them and engaging them in democracy and politics and understanding how the world goes. but at 16, you can't, for example , buy a lottery ticket, example, buy a lottery ticket, you can't buy a drink in a pub, you can't buy a drink in a pub, you can't buy a drink in a pub, you can't drive a car , i'm you can't drive a car, i'm sorry, i think 16 is far too young to give the vote. i mean, obviously the labour party think that the young will for vote them more naturally than they would the conservatives and that's why they're doing it. and in fact, and you look at their, their manifesto, an awful lot of stuff they've got there is to try and nail them. the whole manifesto is about them and power. they just want power. they've got no real vision for britain. they've got no real principles. they're dodging all the questions about tax. >> we'll bring you in, don't worry. we'll bring you

baptising, penalising people because they hate success. >> and what they want to do is keep themselves in power for as long as possible. >> well, they wouldn't be the first political party that would want to stay in power for as long as possible . long as possible. >> and we're having this conversation after 14 years of a conservative government and a conservative government and a conservative government and a conservative government that has ensured that this generation is not going to do what's happened to previous generations. we've now got a young generation of young people who are not going to do as well as their predecessors, and i think that's a problem. i think that any government that comes into office should leave a legacy that's better than what they inherited, and that is not the case in terms of what that partly because of this moment, is that partly because of what happenedin is that partly because of what happened in covid and all those kids who lost so much important education. i think there's very many things that we can point to in terms of whether it's the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training in this country, the challenges that we see again, the kind of cost of living opportunities to get on the housing ladder, we've got one of the oldest ages of the average

age of people owning a home in this country. compared to other nafions this country. compared to other nations and countries that should concern us all. so to have a vision where actually this generation should do at least as well, if not better than the one before it, i think is really, really important and is really, really important and is an aspiration for this country that actually do it though, because isn't there far more important things for keir starmer to be getting on with, like getting the nhs sorted out, getting our prisons? certainly law and order, you can have a really ambitious programme for government in the first year, which the labour party has set out, which is great. you know, it's not either or you can do both at the same time. you absolutely we need to tackle the nhs. but, you know, this has been a long term commitment, not just from keir starmer, from from many others, myself included, and have campaigned for this within the labour party. and i do think, you know, we've seen a story earlier on this channel about how we need to encourage people to vote. we've got the deadline because we've seen fewer younger people participate in elections. i think we should be doing everything possible to engage them in our democratic process. and i come back to the point, if you are working at 16 and you're paying you are working at 16 and you're paying tax at 16 from the age of

16, you should have a say in how that money is spent. i think it's absolutely. >> and i think it's a bit of a i think it genuinely think it's a myth that young people were more inclined to vote labour. now, you know, if you look at nigel farage going around with his enormous tiktok following, yes, having been on i'm a celebrity get me out of here, there's a young generation who are much more right politically right minded. >> well, terrific. >> well, terrific. >> yeah. i mean, that's encouraging, but, you know, the labour party , i mean, on the one labour party, i mean, on the one hand they talk about education, yet they're trying to penalise middle class people who've saved money to send their children to decent, really good schools and a lot of public schools or private schools, if you want to call them that, are actually excellent schools and to deprive people of sending their children there, which should be their right of choice after all, they pay right of choice after all, they pay tax anyway. they're paying these fees out of taxed income on that issue. >> that story's moved on a little bit. luciana let me just tell you, because what's happening now in a lot of

private schools is the heads are going to the parents and saying, if you want to pay your fees up front now, you can avoid the 20% vat, you can pay your fees for ten years. and this is what we've always said, the super, super rich who can just access that sort of money are going to get around this tax. >> it's not going to be it's not going to be the mums and dads from eton, is it? >> well, i actually had some parents raise this with me the other day and they, they told me actually their school said that they couldn't do that. so, and that they've been advised by hmrc. oh they're doing that, that, that if they were to do that, that if they were to do that they'd be penalised. so i'm unclear of kind of exactly what the rules are. but i'm concerned about how all children in this country should have a good education. and over 93% of children in this country do not go to a private school. >> that's not all children, though. that's 93. >> i'm saying, i'm saying, i'm saying and we've got an issue where we don't have enough maths teachers and actually, you know, making sure that we do fully fund and we have 6500 extra teachers in our school will make a massive difference. >> but your colleague education and aspiration, which we're talking about, your colleague emily thornberry, your ex colleague emily thornberry, when

you were in the house, she let the cat out of the bag, didn't she, when she conceded, of course it is going to mean certainly in the short term to medium term, we're going to have bigger stakes classes because 40,000 kids probably are going to be taken out of private schools because mum and dad can't afford it. >> where are you going to put education? >> well, we know that we've got to educate them. >> we know that that doesn't help a 14 year old, does it? >> a falling birth rate. >> a falling birth rate. >> no, no, i'm answering your question. we've had a falling birth rate, which means we've got plenty of schools, not good schools. we've got plenty of schools. we've got plenty of schools that have got capacity in this country. that's absolutely the case. we've got vacant classrooms. we've got we've got schools that are struggling to meet their their roles in terms of making sure that they've got full classrooms. so there's a job to be done. >> but that's, that's saying those 660,000 children who are currently in private school, well, we'll just change your life and we'll just move you into a school that has spaces, which is probably an underperforming school. >> certainly it's callous, but there's a few things i'm challenging. the idea that there isn't there isn't capacity. there is capacity . there is capacity. >> there's a separate in the rubbish schools. there's capacity. >> there's a separate issue. you know, we've heard a lot of concerns raised by the private

schools themselves, but they have consistently and constantly for more than a decade increased their prices by way above inflation. so they were they were prepared to do that and people were paying it. >> and all of a sudden now 20% in one go is a huge amount compared to 3% in a year. >> you've got two kids, pure spite. >> i mean, there's no other reason for it. there's no ideology that other than a sort of communist or we'll just shove all the children like cattle into just schools . there's no into just schools. there's no question about the quality of education here. i mean, you were at a private school, you were educated at a private school. so was i, and it was the quality of the education in. that's why my parents, who saved and went through quite a lot of personal sacrifice to afford the fees even then, and, you know , the even then, and, you know, the point is, and i'm very, very grateful i went to my school fees today in private schools are way, way, way above. >> they're not in any way comparable to the fees that are paid 20, 30, 40 years ago. and i was with actually a teacher , a

was with actually a teacher, a head teacher from a non—state school only last night. it was really, really interesting heanng really, really interesting hearing from her. she has taken students from these private schools and said that they have had to catch up because the level of education in her school is better, which your private school didn't, you didn't do, which is badly, did it? >> which is which is probably true, but it's still the parents choice. >> it's still the labour party taking away choice and saying we know what's best for your children. that's what worries me. >> we've we've run out of time. >> we've we've run out of time. >> brazier piers pottinger brilliant to have you here this morning . right. the very latest morning. right. the very latest news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth thank you and good morning. the top stories. three young children are reported missing after they failed to return from a day out at thorpe park. surrey police are looking for 14 year old candy amelia, whose nine and 14 year old candy, nine year old amelia and malik, who's seven. they were reported missing just after 7:00

last night. the three children were last seen walking towards staines town centre just after a quarter past three yesterday afternoon. police believe they may have travelled to london. they're urging anyone with information to contact them or crime stoppers . labour says it crime stoppers. labour says it will bring face to face banking back to the high streets, with 350 new banking hubs in towns and villages, it would see staff from several banks sharing the same space, helping fill gaps left by branch closures. the prime minister will continue his election campaign in the south—west of england today , south—west of england today, reaffirming an increase to the farming budget. it would see £1 billion dedicated to farming communities , with a pledge to communities, with a pledge to continue inheritance tax relief . continue inheritance tax relief. meanwhile, the liberal democrats are promising to spend £10 million a year to tackle sewage dumping by water companies. new quality inspectors would work as part of a newly created clean water authority . sir ed davey water authority. sir ed davey says it's crucial that britain's

water is cleaned up . water is cleaned up. >> there's nowhere near enough sewage monitors. we're calling them sewage busters. we want to provide £10 million in our cost of manifesto. so our new regulator , the clean water regulator, the clean water authority, has the resources because we do need a tough regulator, as we're proposing , regulator, as we're proposing, with powers coming from other regulators. so we have a much stronger regulator , but they stronger regulator, but they need the resources to do the job. and we've seen on the conservatives cutting back the environment agency, where some of these monitors were, and we want to make sure the resources are there as well as the rules . are there as well as the rules. >> and today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming general election, which takes place in just over two weeks time. a social media campaign is urging first time voters to ensure they're on the electoral roll. figures from the resolution foundation show turnout among younger voters has dropped sharply below 60, while around 8 million people are estimated to be unregistered to vote for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by

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like he's being roped back in to the campaign now. he's been holidaying in sardinia with his family and brood. he's still there , but they're going to be there, but they're going to be using him on their campaign literature in those seats where people backed him previously. >> do you think they'll get him out on the campaign trail? because that's what you want, don't you, boris? the best campaigner the tories have got who will make rishi look like an amateur? >> well, isn't that the problem? because i remember back in 2017 when boris was theresa may's foreign secretary. yeah, he wasn't allowed to do any of the media. she kept him back from the campaign because she wanted it to be her victory. do you remember she was going to win a 200 seat majority? that's going to be the biggest tory majority in generations, but of course, in generations, but of course, in the final week of the campaign , there'd been a couple campaign, there'd been a couple of polls that had showed a hung parliament territory. people forget those, but there were polls showing it by the end of the campaign, and suddenly boris johnson was wheeled out to do media to do sort of debate, spin room stuff. and that was but but by the end, it was the last week

of the campaign. it was all too late . yeah. late. yeah. >> the thing is, do people want bofis >> the thing is, do people want boris back? no. is he a vote winner? no. has he let you know? conservatives down? yes. for him. >> but is rishi sunak open? >> but is rishi sunak open? >> well are any of the winner? would boris johnson add to the votes or would it make no difference at all? or would it actually lose votes? >> i think they'll be thinking in some of the red wall seats. he will help. >> i think it's the same appeal as nigel farage. yeah. we've been looking at the sort of viral moments of nigel farage where he just doesn't really care about what people think about him , and he's willing to about him, and he's willing to sort of say non—politically correct things . he has a laugh correct things. he has a laugh with the audience. he's an engaging public speaker. and if we sort of step aside from policy and the management of the office of the prime minister and everything else, i think there is something in politicians being able to be related , jul being able to be related, jul and enigmatic. >> well, perhaps it can't hurt. perhaps it can't hurt if you reach a few more voters through bofis reach a few more voters through boris johnson . boris johnson. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> then, you know. but whether he'd want to, would he want to? i mean, lots of people say, you

know, if he stabbed him in the back, if it shows him again in a very positive light and crowds flock to see him, it shows boris has still got drawing power anymore . anymore. >> have you all forgotten the pandemic? >> have you all forgotten? >> have you all forgotten? >> have you all forgotten? >> have many people won't have? that's the thing. >> people, regardless of where you sat in that if you thought we needed more lockdowns, you crossed with boris johnson because of partygate, you'd be cross. if you are my side of the fence, you cross with him because he's locked you up in your house so he doesn't please anyone. >> you see a man who, through an unprecedented crisis , has tried unprecedented crisis, has tried to keep the uk open as much as possible , actually resisted possible, actually resisted pressure. and do you remember there was going to be a fourth lockdown? keir starmer called for it. there was going to be no freedom day. he pushed against all of the institutional weight to make sure that we could open despite omicron. i mean, there were some big moments there where big calls were made well and labour are getting away scot free on that issue. >> yeah, we're everybody's also forgiving labour. the fact that they cheered it all on and they wanted more schools closed and they wanted more people and wales stay at home. >> it was most draconian part

isaac kenyon was labour controlled . wales. controlled. wales. >> right. emily and tom will be here from midday and we're going to be talking in just a moment with an audience member who saw ian mckellen fall off the stage last night. stay here to find out what happened. this is britain's newsroom

gb news. >> 1041 you're with britain's newsroom. it's 1141, actually, on gb news with andrew. bev turner. there's a lot of noise. >> we wish we had another hour here. >> what are they doing in that gallery? can you roll that racket going on in there? >> anyway? this is a serious story, but i'm glad we've got an eyewitness. sir ian mckellen was taken to hospital last night. he fell off a stage during a performance of player kings at the noel coward theatre in london. >> he's 85. he is remarkable. he's playing falstaff. he's on stage for best part of three hours full staff. >> he's playing the right character, wasn't it? >> yeah, but how would you remember the words for three hours? apparently he's in good spirits , making a speedy spirits, making a speedy recovery and could even be back

on stage tomorrow. joining us now is charlie johnson, who was actually there at the noel coward theatre last night and can tell us what happened. good morning charlie. look, i speak as a huge, huge fan of syria . as a huge, huge fan of syria. mckellen. i've known him for a very long time. to all his work for stonewall and gay equal rights for gay people and stuff. but he's a brilliant actor and quite a commanding performance on that stage . on that stage. >> oh, he's a fantastic actor, and like you say , he's he's a and like you say, he's he's a he's an icon both on and off the stage . i mean, his work for stage. i mean, his work for stonewall and, lgbt causes, in addition to the fact that, you know, if someone my age, i pretty much grew up on lord of the rings and, x—men. you know, gandalf, and of course, you know, his acting repertoire stretches far, far more than that, you know, on both stage and on film. so, so , yeah, i was and on film. so, so, yeah, i was really looking forward to seeing him. and, you know, even more shocked when, he fell off.

>> what happened? charlie? what happened? how how far through the play was it? >> it was almost at the interval. so i don't know how. well, you know, henry the fourth, but hal was fighting henry percy, and there was sort of strobe lights going off, and it all went black for a second, and you kind of see the silhouette of a very fat, ian mckellen playing falstaff coming out from the wings, at which point on the stage there was sort of a step down, just as the stage meets the audience. and i think what happened was he sort of misplaced his foot, lost his balance, and pretty much , i balance, and pretty much, i mean, what it looked like from my angle. and i was sitting on the front row just to the right of where he fell off, he sort of dove head first. oh my god. landed on an audience member , landed on an audience member, and within seconds, you know, was was screaming in in agony. >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> so he landed on a member of the audience in the front row.

>> that's what it looked like, from my angle. but, well, that presumably charlie broke his fall, but that would have helped break his fall , i imagine. yeah, break his fall, i imagine. yeah, you're probably right. >> ironically. and so the production was then presumably cancelled very quickly. and, did they manage to walk him out of they manage to walk him out of the theatre or did he have to go out on a stretcher? >> i didn't see him exit the theatre, but we were told, within ten minutes that he was being sent to hospital. it was an ambulance coming, and because it was quite busy on the street at the main entrance, i think he was whisked away at the, at the back, so i didn't manage to catch a glimpse of him actually leaving. but so, charlie, just go back a bit. >> so he falls off the stage. he lands on the lap of somebody on the front row, presumably he the house lights go up and then what? >> well, it was sort of a moment of confusion , you know, i wasn't of confusion, you know, i wasn't sure if it was part of the play. i wasn't sure if, you know, he's

breaking the fourth wall or anything like that. you see a lot of that in theatre these days, and, yeah, a lot of confusion. i thought that , confusion. i thought that, maybe, you know, he was going to get up and get back on stage, but, i mean, within seconds, he was screaming. he was screaming, help me! oh, my arm, help me! oh, dear. in a way that i've sort of never heard anyone say before . so it was it was before. so it was it was difficult, obviously, to hear that and to hear it happen and see it happen to such a fantastic person. >> it was it was he was he he wasn't bleeding or anything from what you could tell. did did this assistance come to take him backstage ? backstage? >> yeah. i mean, within the first 10s we were we were ushered out of the first. the first two rows were ushered out really quickly, and then within 30s, the rest of the auditorium was was emptied out. so i didn't really manage to catch more of them other than the initial fall. >> must have been very

distressing. >> charlie. must have been very distressing to hear sir ian mckellen, a man of 85 who's clearly in a lot of pain . clearly in a lot of pain. >> yeah, exactly. and as we were leaving, people were crying. people were in tears because people had come, you know , people had come, you know, probably across the world to come and see him act in this play, and clearly looked up to him. so to see that happen to, to someone that they admire, someone they look up to, someone, who's a fantastic person. >> well, he's the reason. yeah. >> well, he's the reason. yeah. >> and campaigner , you know, it >> and campaigner, you know, it was. yeah. it was shocking. >> charlie. you were there, i presume, for one reason, to see sir ian mckellen . sir ian mckellen. >> yeah. i mean, i was there because my aunt dragged me along. oh, right. >> what was the reaction, charlie? >> what was the reaction from the other cast members as ? the other cast members as? >> i think they were kind of in disbelief as well. they they did sort of help him pretty quickly. there was a cluster of actors around him on, on the stage and i think they got off stage with

helping him, but it was mainly the ushers and i believe there were two members of the audience who were doctors, who also came and performed first aid on scene and performed first aid on scene and just the one thing i think we haven't mentioned, how how far was the fall, how high was the edge of the stage from the front row? >> i mean, it's quite high. >> i mean, it's quite high. >> i mean, it's quite high. >> i probably, probably around three feet, something like that . three feet, something like that. >> it's a long way to go. >> it's a long way to go. >> head first took you in your 85. >> exactly, exactly. but well, i think it was a good thing initially that he was so vocal because it meant, you know, he hadn't. >> yes. of course. yeah. >> or something . >> or something. >> or something. >> yeah. it wasn't unconscious. >> yeah. it wasn't unconscious. >> yeah. it wasn't unconscious. >> yeah. well, look, thanks for sharing that . and maybe the sharing that. and maybe the rumour is charlie, he's going to be back on stage as early as tomorrow. maybe you can get back in there and see the end of the show. >> yeah, i'd love to. i mean, i was really enjoying it, so. yeah, i think i might take them up on that offer. >> all right. charlie. >> all right. charlie. >> thanks. >> thanks. >> charlie johnson, who's at the noel coward theatre. just remind you again, he is remarkable. he shares. he goes to the theatre every day on a back of a

motorbike. pillion passage. amazing. 15 minutes. amazing. at the age of 85, he's extraordinary. >> right up next, the parasport athlete, a masterchef winner. kadeena cox . obe is joining us kadeena cox. obe is joining us to look ahead to the olympics and in paris. you're with britain's newsroom

gb news. right 1151. it's not just the euros . this summer of sport. euros. this summer of sport. we've got the olympics and paralympics to look forward to in paris. >> of course, there'll be more interesting than the euros. >> well they will. well, joining us now is paralympian kadeena cox obe, who competes in the t38 para athletics sprint events and also para cycling. but as well, you're the winner of celebrity masterchef, and you want to talk to us today about being a bit more adventurous with our healthy cooking. what tips can we take from you, i just say just branch out, you know, grab different fruits and veggies that you wouldn't normally grab , that you wouldn't normally grab, grab, like, you know, different like cuts of meat, like, you know, that's not the norm, like

the standard, you know, just like a little bit of beef and a little bit of lamb, or some cod, like, you know, cod and, salmon are over fish, like, let's go for different fishes, you know, have a little bit of mackerel, which is a good oily fish, you know, make sure you're getting the veggies in, play around with different, you know, like, foods like, you know , you can have like, you know, you can have a little bit of thai food this week, a little bit of mexican like, you know, you can mix it up, i'd be making sushi, which is, you know, really good. like, because there was some research done by yutaka that found that, you know, like 85% of us, i think , don't we're not creative. think, don't we're not creative. we have the same thing all the time. so i think, you know, you've just got to branch out and just have something a little bit different. is it also for you, kadeena as an athlete, food is fuel, so you can get into really boring , like having to really boring, like having to eat loads of calories and not really making any effort with it. yeah, no, it can be very, very monotonous and like, you know, for me, like i've got to make sure that i've got the right fuel to be able to train, you know, because if i don't train well then i'm not going to perform well, and also, like, you know, if i'm recovering from

any injury or if i'm trying to avoid illness, i've got to make sure, you know, i'm having, like, the right foods to make sure, like, my immune system is good and it can get pretty salesy and boring. and i'll be honest , like when salesy and boring. and i'll be honest, like when you're this close to, like, you know, the olympics or paralympics, you are very, like, careful. and you do like have the same things over and over. like, you know, i will have the same like salmon dish like every week and, you know, the same chicken dish, but like, you can still be a little bit adventurous, you know, put a different sauce, like add like a little bit of different seasoning, you know, try different veggies. i get a fruit and veg box that sends me different fruits that i would never like necessarily have . and never like necessarily have. and that makes me, you know, branch out, you know, have different vegetables and you know , i know vegetables and you know, i know like, i don't know, like i don't really like courgettes, but, you know, i started eating courgettes, so . and with kale courgettes, so. and with kale though , we've run out of time. though, we've run out of time. >> but will you come back and talk to us nearer the olympics, please, and tell us how we're going to do kadeena cox obe. they're giving us some cooking tips and you see, if you cook better, you can end up being olympic athlete andrew pierce. >> that's why i don't think i could ever be an olympic athlete on a bike. high jump.

>> what really? artists she. she's a great inspiration, isn't she? >> she's brilliant. she's brilliant. right. >> we are, by the way, are very nice. we do lots with courgettes. >> we're done for the day . we >> we're done for the day. we are. we have been bev turner and andrew pierce. emily and emily and tom are here with. good afternoon, britain. have a lovely day. >> we are here. we are here. could we be about to see a whole lot more of mr boris johnson? rumours are he's on holiday at the moment , rumours are he's on holiday at the moment, but rumours are that he could be making a return to the campaign , trying to get some the campaign, trying to get some of those reform votes, perhaps, and stick with us, because dunng and stick with us, because during the show we'll be breaking the very latest number of small boat crossings. >> you'll be shocked . >> you'll be shocked. >> you'll be shocked. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. for many a fine day today there will be a few showers around but many

places won't see them and stay dry. also just a little bit of rain working its way up towards kent so we could see some rain here for a time, particularly later this morning . a scattering later this morning. a scattering of showers already across scotland, 1 or 2 more developing through the day over northern england, perhaps northern ireland, maybe down into the midlands . ireland, maybe down into the midlands. but i say ireland, maybe down into the midlands . but i say there'll be midlands. but i say there'll be somewhat hit and miss. many places will stay dry, certainly across wales and southwest england, dry and fine. and here 21, maybe 22 c cooler, further north. temperatures struggling a little bit in the teens with the breeze still coming down from the north. now the patchy rain across parts of kent might just graze into parts of east anglia. should scoot away through the afternoon. so turning brighter here to end the day still a few showers scattered across the midlands, drifting south over northern england as well. maybe the odd heavy one to parts of southern scotland. also susceptible to some heavy showers, but i suspect any showers, but i suspect any showers over northern ireland fading pretty quickly. a cool feel though, with that breeze across the northern isles. temperatures only 10 or 11

celsius at best through the afternoon as we go through the evening and overnight, we should see the showers tending to fade away fairly rapidly through this evening, so some decent clear spells developing. still a bit of a breeze being a bit more cloud into east anglia and potentially of course into kent. also but elsewhere the winds falling fairly light, some mist and fog is possible, temperatures will dip down to single figures across the north. double digits in urban areas further south to start tomorrow and for most , tomorrow's looking and for most, tomorrow's looking like a fine day could start a bit cloudy over the southeast. the cloud will increase across the northwest . a bit of rain the northwest. a bit of rain likely to trickle in here, but late in the day again , the small late in the day again, the small chance of 1 or 2 showers, but most places will be fine tomorrow. some lengthier spells of sunshine feeling a bit warmer as well. the winds will be lighter and temperatures generally creeping up a little higher, more widely over 20 celsius across the south. goodbye that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

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