and we company this morning. and we have plenty to get through as well. not least with our panel. this morning. the ceo of youth vote uk , alex cairns, and vote uk, alex cairns, and broadcaster and life coach jenni trent hughes as well. >> yes, we're also going to be talking about the future of british food, our foreign imports of vegetables, a thing of the past. while pop star turned farmer jls , very own jb turned farmer jls, very own jb gill would join us to discuss sustainable farming. >> lucky me, i'm a big jazz fan as well. happy to. also, we'll sit down this week with the greatest britain. the amazing young woman who's beaten the 45 year old world record for the fastest woman to complete the uk three peaks challenge. it's very i >> -- >> and she is very impressive. actually wasn't she, because you did the very same challenge and almost didn't make it.7 >> well, i didn't do the three peaks. i just tried one of them, which was a very paltry effort. my which was a very paltry effort. my friend and i. carl. hello,

carl. we tried to scale scafell pike. yes. ended up camping in some boggy, ditch or swamp like venture. and a big storm arose and we had to escape the mountains. so, yeah, it wasn't very impressive. >> it wasn't very good. you managed not even one peak of the three. >> well, how many have you done.7 >> well, how many have you done.7 >> none. none. there we go. >> none. none. there we go. >> didn't even bother. >> didn't even bother. >> i'm not really an outdoorsy type, but i admire people who are so well done imo. we can't wait to meet you later. and don't forget, we want to hear from you. this show is nothing without you . so do send in your without you. so do send in your views on any of the stories that we're talking about today. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> yes, look forward to getting stuck into those . but before we stuck into those. but before we do anything else, tatiana sanchez has all your news headlines. >> very much. and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the search for a british teenager who went missing after a night out in tenerife has entered a sixth day. tenerife has entered a sixth day-jay tenerife has entered a sixth day. jay slater travelled to the spanish island for a music festival on his first holiday

without his parents. but the 19 year old has not been heard from since . he called a friend since. he called a friend shortly before 9:00 monday morning, saying he was lost and needed water. jay was last seen in the northwestern mountain village of masca, spanish police rejected an offer of support from lancashire police to assist in the search. former police officer oliver lawrence told gb news tough as the situation has been, every police force has the right to assess the situation in their own right . their own right. >> they believe they've got the resources to carry out the search and rescue operation. it is an incredibly vast area which needs to ultimately be grid searched very painstakingly dunng searched very painstakingly during daylight hours, because after night you're you're going to miss things. obviously they're using helicopters and dogs and resources that we've seen been used in other search and rescue operations in the last few weeks overseas with other cases. but these are very protracted investigations . and protracted investigations. and obviously what doesn't help is the size and scale of the area. and 11 hour walk mr slater was looking at. and to get disorientated in such a complex

area means the task is even greatly difficult for police to try and identify where he is . try and identify where he is. >> in other news, the conservatives say they're going to focus on the night time economy and secure the future of britain's pubs, bars, restaurants and music venues in its first 100 days of government. the tory party says a comprehensive review would be launched to look at licensing laws , planning rules and other laws, planning rules and other enforcements they say is holding back growth . it says the sector back growth. it says the sector was disproportionately impacted by the covid pandemic and the war in ukraine, which drove up food, drink and energy prices . food, drink and energy prices. meanwhile, labour is pledging to put water companies under special measures as over 10,000 people have been hospitalised due to water borne diseases under the conservatives rule . under the conservatives rule. labour says they'll give the water regulator powers to block the payment of any bonuses to polluting water bosses until they've, quote, cleaned up their filth. they've also vowed to make water bosses who continue to oversee lawbreaking face

criminal charges, as well as end self monitoring , and force all self monitoring, and force all companies to accept independent monitoring to stop companies covering up illegal sewage dumping . shadow environment dumping. shadow environment secretary steve reed says the tories have for too long let water bosses get away with it. >> there are beaches in bournemouth that get closed on some days in the summer because the level of sewage, raw sewage, is so high, it's dangerous. it's dangerous to go in the water over the whole country. levels of raw sewage and our water are at record levels , the highest at record levels, the highest ever recorded. and yet the conservatives have let the water companies who are responsible for this just get away with it. so if there's a labour government elected on the 4th of july, what we will do is put the water companies under tough special measures . special measures. >> meanwhile, reform uk leader nigel farage is facing criticism for suggesting the west provoked russia's invasion of ukraine by expanding nato after missing out on the bbc question time this week. leader's special , the week. leader's special, the reform leader, took part in an

interview with the bbc's nick robinson. he said the expansion of the eu and nato gave him a reason to tell the russian people they're coming for us again. home secretary james cleverly says mr farage was echoing mr putin's vile justification for the war, and labour branded him unfit for any political office. the liberal democrats are setting out a plan to save chalk streams from environmental disaster. it comes as analysis by the party found over 48,500 hours worth of sewage, was discharged into chalk streams last year. that's more than double the previous yeah more than double the previous year. the proposals would see a pubuc year. the proposals would see a public consultation launched within the first 100 days of a lib dem government, in which rivers and lakes could be awarded new blue flag status to protect them from sewage dumping , and households should brace for a £600 rise in annual council tax bills regardless of who wins the election. that is coming from a report in the

times, which points to figures from the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank says the failure of all parties to set out detailed plans on how they'd pay out detailed plans on how they'd pay for social care proposals would force councils to drastically raise taxes . drastically raise taxes. increasing council tax by £0.05 per year would raise the average band d properties annual bill by £600.by band d properties annual bill by £600. by the end of the next parliament, while 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 it's back to ellie and ben . back to ellie and ben. >> thanks, tatiana, and welcome to saturday morning live and already you are delving into the inbox this morning. ben, you can't help yourself. it doesn't take me long. does it take you long? no. >> so someone. graham. good morning. graham. it appears you're in a very good mood. you said this guy ben is nearly on ellie's lap. he's also done the same with bev turner. previously what's his problem? fyi, this westminster studio. so

paddington is getting refurbed. we're having a spring makeover from next week. it's going to look sparkling and, you know, brand new. but for the moment we are in westminster, which to say the least, is quite intimate . the least, is quite intimate. >> so very small room. >> so very small room. >> yeah, there's your answer, graham. elsewhere ellie. one for you. oh, yeah, they say mel. good morning. mail morning mail. gb news. in the interest of your contributors and viewers , not contributors and viewers, not mine, obviously. can we have pics of ellie in her swiftae gear later ? yes. gear later? yes. >> i promise i will put them on instagram. when are you going again? >> are you wearing a choice of two outfits? >> i've got a velour pink sparkly number. i'm going to wembley tonight to see taylor swift. if you're just tuned in, you're like, what are you talking about? velour number? and then i've also got a tiered hot pink fuchsia mini dress and a cowboy hat. a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and elton john glasses with pearls on them. >> so you're not changing halfway through, are you? >> i'm considering it, actually. really considering an outfit change. okay, maybe one of the songsi change. okay, maybe one of the songs i don't like so much. i can go change my outfit because she has 13 outfit changes, so i thought it was time for me to perhaps give her a run for her money. >> little nod. yeah well, elsewhere i'm on saturday five tonight, so, probably not as

exciting as taylor swift. actually, it will be as exciting as taylor swift. five of us going at it on all today's news topics. so there you go. >> so you've got a choice. you can watch taylor swift at wembley or you can be watching saturday five on gb news. yeah, that's where he wants you to be now. as they say a week is a long time in politics isn't it. well how about 24 hours? it's been busy, hasn't it? well, let's take a look back on yesterday on the campaign trail. >> i pay for private health care to effectively jump the waiting list . yes, i wouldn't the idea list. yes, i wouldn't the idea of the prime minister of the united kingdom who is responsible for bringing waiting lists down. yes then saying to the public. but as far as i'm concerned, i'm going to jump the shark. but you can afford to. >> most people on a good wage do afford it and pay for it. >> if i, you know, elected him to serve as prime minister, my job is to bring those waiting lists down. and i'm not going to at the same time say, but for me, i'm going to jump the queue. >> this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy corbyn prime minister and who

ran on a series of pledges to be labour leader that he cynically then abandoned. my friends because he has such a past he doesn't deserve to decide your future. >> if people know the outcome of something and they bet on it, i think that's immoral. >> we've provoked this war. it's, you know, of course it's his fault. he's used what? but we provoked the invasion of ukraine. and very interestingly, once again ten years ago when i predicted this. by the way, i'm the only person in british politics that predicted what would happen. and of course, everyone said i was a pariah for danng everyone said i was a pariah for daring to suggest it. george robertson, former labour cabinet minister who went on to become the secretary general of nato, has in the last couple of weeks said the war is a direct result of eu expansion . of eu expansion. >> well, i can't work out what's been more boring the election so far, or england's performances at the euros . far, or england's performances at the euros. but far, or england's performances at the euros . but anyway, at the euros. but anyway, missing out or after missing out on the bbc question time leaders special, nigel farage remember

him? he's taking part in an interview with the bbc's nick robinson, where the reform leader suggested that the west provoked russia's invasion of ukraine by expanding nato. so we're joined now by gb news political correspondent katherine forster to help us unpick this. good morning, catherine. first of all, let's start with mr farage's comments. how's that gone down? >> yes. good morning, ellie and ben. well, it's led to quite a lot of negative headlines for the leader of the reform party. bearin the leader of the reform party. bear in mind, of course, that there's been now several polls putting reform ahead of the conservatives. quite an astonishing place for nigel farage to be after this unexpected comeback less than two weeks out from the vote. so he's come in for a huge amount of criticism because, of course, the opposition , both labour and the opposition, both labour and the opposition, both labour and the conservatives, have taken this as a good opportunity to

take a pop at him. so james cleverly, the home secretary, has said that his echoing of putin vile justification for the war, totally indefensible . and war, totally indefensible. and shadow defence secretary john healey has said that he is unfit for any office. and nigel farage himself, of course , is saying himself, of course, is saying that he is being consistent and honest. and i think worth stressing that he did, of course , in that interview, say, look, this is of course , vladimir this is of course, vladimir putin's fault, but also saying that russia had been provoked by this eastwards expansion of nato . now, of course, there's not much space for nuance in a general election campaign. so i do wonder there'll be plenty of reform voters saying, look , he's reform voters saying, look, he's only speaking the truth, but there may be others. and this is a position that nigel farage has

held for a long time. there may be other voters who perhaps hadnt be other voters who perhaps hadn't heard this before, who might be slightly concerned about it, because, of course, nigel farage is putting himself forward , saying that ultimately forward, saying that ultimately he wants to be the leader of the opposition and ultimately beyond that, perhaps 2029 or later , he that, perhaps 2029 or later, he really seems to see himself going into number 10. so i think there'll be a lot of questions about this. of course, nigel farage would say that this has all been sort of oversimplified and misinterpreted , but and misinterpreted, but certainly labour and the conservatives enjoying attacking him over this. catherine i also wanted to ask you about the harry potter author j.k. wanted to ask you about the harry potter authorj.k. rowling harry potter author j.k. rowling . she's a long time, isn't she? labour voter and donor. but she has said, writing in the times that she would struggle to support sir keir starmer with his stance on gender. >> yes, big headline this today ,

>> yes, big headline this today, isn't it? jk rowling was a big donor of the labour party. but coming out in this opinion piece highly, highly critical of the labour leader and specifically referencing, what he said a couple of years ago when labour mp rosie duffield said that only women can have a cervix at that time, he said no, that's wrong. that shouldn't be said. but then just very recently, when former labour leader tony blair says us men have a penis, women have a vagina, he's. men have a penis, women have a vagina, he's . well, i agree with vagina, he's. well, i agree with tony and i would think lots of women questioning why when a very powerful man says something, sir keir starmer finds it to easy agree with him. but when a less powerful woman says effective , the same thing, says effective, the same thing, thatis says effective, the same thing, that is that is not acceptable at all. so i think still some difficult vie for sir keir starmer on this issue. and not

just sir keir starmer, but there's been quite a number of members of the labour party have really tied themselves in knots over the last few years of the issue. what is a woman ? issue. what is a woman? >> okay, catherine, thanks very much for that. appreciate it. we're joined now by the ceo and founder of youth vote uk, alex cairns, and broadcast our jenni cairns, and broadcast ourjenni trent hughes. good morning to you both . you both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> what did you make the last 24 hours of whirlwinds, 24 hours in politics. just briefly. yeah. i mean i actually agree with you. i think the election has been pretty dull compared to the previous elections. i think everyone knows labour are going to win. i think it's just about how much. and i actually think i don't really understand what rishi sunak strategy is, i think he just wants to basically be in california on the beach, pretty much. what about these, jk rowling comments today about sir keir starmer saying that labour has turned its back on women? yeah, i think, i think it's a difficult one because for a long time, obviously jk rowling has had her opinions about this whole topic. i can't actually

remember where it started. i think for some time she had strong opinions. you know , to strong opinions. you know, to defend women. it's a very, very difficult issues. i think on both sides it's become potentially heated. it doesn't need to be. i think her point is that actually, you know, you need to make sure that women's rights are respected. i know there's lots of debates about whether, you know, trans women should be able to compete in certain sports , you know, mixed certain sports, you know, mixed bathrooms, etc. so i think on both sides there's a lot of debate. i actually agree with your reporter there. i think, your reporter there. i think, you know, when jk rowling makes a point and then keir starmer dismisses it, but then tony blair makes it, i think there needs to be some consistency here. right. because that's not going to look good. and i think it can't look like keir starmer is being tony blair's fan boy because actually that's going to look even worse. >> jenny, what do you make of it? it is the question that's plaguing the labour party, isn't it? what is the woman , it's it? what is the woman, it's a tough one because i really do believe that whatever you genuinely feel, you should be

able to say. and one of the things that i think is wrong in politics now is that you're not allowed to say what you really believe in. so whatever jk believe in. so whateverjk rowling believes in, whether or not we agree she should be allowed to say it and whatever keir starmer feels he should be allowed to say or not say. >> do you think he feels as though he can say what he believes? >> well, i don't think he does. i but then i don't think he does in general. he does. i'm not overwhelmed with his presence. i don't feel that he always says what he feels and i think that a lot of the times he says what he feels will get him in the least amount of trouble. >> what do you make about jk rowling stance on the trans debate ? debate? >> once again, sorry, i can't. this thing is doing something. >> you don't need it. don't worry. take it out , once again, worry. take it out, once again, i think one of the things that i think is wrong with the world is that we're not allowed to say what we feel anymore. you get branded immediately , you're

branded immediately, you're transphobic, you're homophobic, you're racist , transphobic, you're homophobic, you're racist, you're all these different things, and you should be allowed to have a different opinion, because if people aren't allowed to express their opinion, then there is no narrative, there is no dialogue , narrative, there is no dialogue, and we have to have a dialogue. so whether or not we agree with her is not the point. she has the right to express herself, let's talk about taylor swift, shall we? because i'm very focused on do we have to tonight? yeah, we do actually on the people's list. i'll have you know this as well, this one, because the prince of wales reported he took his children last night was his 42nd birthday. yesterday took his three children to see taylor swift at wembley. and isn't that lovely ? lovely? >> it is lovely. you know, i think everyone is obsessed with taylor swift at the moment. i mean, i'm probably i like some of her songs. i wouldn't say that i'm a swiftae , i haven't that i'm a swiftae, i haven't listened to her new album yet. i'm sorry to offend you and anyone, anyone watching, but i think in general, you know ,

think in general, you know, taylor swift, the broader point here is very, very important to the uk economy . we know that the uk economy. we know that actually, you know, a lot of people have been going along to the concerts and more broadly, taylor swift does actually do a lot of important work. she speaks up for, you know, women's rights. you know, she's done a lot of charity work. so you know the music, you know, you can have your opinion about that. but i think it's really good to see her touring the uk as well. >> yeah. and on the family, i think it is so lovely to see prince william out with three children. i think it does show that they are in some way trying to get back to having a normal family life. it's been a really difficult six months for them. >> did you see the, the birthday picture on the beach? >> we've got it. >> we've got it. >> yeah. front page. that was nice. >> i mean, just a normal family. taking a beautiful family picture on the beach, jumping up in the air with their father. we can see it on the front page of the times. there. it looks beautiful. >> where they live, where they. their norfolk, aren't they? yeah, where it is. >> what do you make of it, jenny? >> well, i am all for taylor swift. >> i think taylor swift is wonderful. if i knew i liked, you know, if i had a daughter , i you know, if i had a daughter, i would be piping it into her ears while she's sleeping , i like the while she's sleeping, i like the music. i used to work for a

record company, and i liked the music, and i think it's good. but more importantly , i think but more importantly, i think she's good. i think that she's a wonderful role model, i know. what is it? >> what is it about her that's so great? i mean, look, she's she's making money. i really respect that people love her, but is she not? i love michael jackson. i think michael jackson was , you know, the king of pop. was, you know, the king of pop. >> she's this generation's michael jackson. really? >> we will, we will. >> we will, we will. >> we will have to do a special program just about that . program just about that. >> i might be sick that day. i might be off because, you know, our boy, that he. >> do. >> do. >> you know what he listens to jenny, so don't listen to her. he listens to screamo music. you know, all the heavy metal. >> but i also have a i also like will young, so i have a vast array of music. >> oh, i don't know which is worse . woi'se. >> worse. >> i like metallica a lot. beekman 82 chilli peppers. but then i like neil young, i like musicals. >> les miz, you can open yourself up. okay, maybe. >> should we move along to farage and his comments, which has drew some criticism, shall we say, from the labour party

and the conservatives, is that the west provoked putin? what do you make of it, alex? >> yeah. so i saw this interview , i think, with nigel farage when he makes a point and it's interesting that he wants to become leader of the opposition. i think firstly, he i think he, you know, the polls have probably gone to his head. i think everyone needs to understand how in what way. well, in the way that, you know, he the next election, he's not going to become leader of the opposition. you know, he thinks, okay, let's say the tories get 50 seats, for example, very unlikely in my mind. are the tories going to decide, you know what the mp from clacton, nigel farage, let's make him the leader . you know, farage, let's make him the leader. you know, i don't think he wants to be leader of the tories. he says the conservatives are dead . he conservatives are dead. he argues there are no conservatives left in the conservative party. and you say he's not going to be the opposition, but there's 4 or 5 polls now with reform polling above the conservatives. yeah. you know, under this electoral system, okay, reform may not get as many seats as the tories , but as many seats as the tories, but his goal over the next five years, he says, is to become the official opposition. but but i think where nigel farage is quite effective is, you know, he's a one man band. i actually

think he would really struggle at having to lead a big team of people and having to be very serious, you know, leader of the opposition or, you know, whatever you want to call it is a lot different to what nigel farage does, where he's a very good campaigner. you know, someone that speaks his mind, but he he isn't someone let's say, you know , the future who's say, you know, the future who's prime minister. he's not someone that could be the g7 or could be doing, you know, the serious, you know, nitty gritty policy details exactly like boris johnson. we have too many people in this country that basically make massive points with no facts. do you think joe biden, for example, gets into the nitty gritty of policy ? and i mean, gritty of policy? and i mean, let's be frank, he doesn't even know what day of the week it is. half the time. i think they're very, very different people. i think one person well, yeah, one one person. okay. yeah don't get me wrong, i think the age of joe biden is an issue, but actually, you know it. you know, for many years he was vice president. he was in the you know, he was in congress and senate. you know, it's very different, completely different to nigel farage. and i think the point here is i

actually don't necessarily disagree with him. i think, you know, a lot of people can agree that the west did, you know, push putin into a perspective of , you know, saying, don't do this, don't do that. and putin doesn't like to be told to what do. however, we can't say that the united kingdom is to blame or the west is to blame. you know, only one person is to blame for invading a sovereign country, and that's putin. jenny one, two three, i do i do agree, i think that it's nonsense about , you know, anything to do with the west made putin do anything. nobody makes putin do anything. but back to something that's more interesting to me is this whole nigel farage question, because nigel farage has the power five years from now to be prime minister, you would not believe how many people i speak to who say and i listen to the radio a lot, who say, you know what, i'd vote for farage. and there middle of the road people, it's the same thing like trump

in america where nobody thought that trump would get elected and he did. and nobody thought that anybody other than wackadoo crazy people would vote for trump. and the fact of the matter is that there's lots of middle of the road people who vote for trump. >> that's the thing. i mean, a lot of the ideas being floated around today by people like nigel farage and donald trump ten, 15 years ago, these were widely accepted common views. it's only now, in this modern day and age, that some of the things, for example, the conversation about what is a woman, i mean , it's just a woman, i mean, it's just a completely absurd conversation where 15 years ago, you would have just been like, what are you talking about? but, you know, things have changed so much. so i think you have a point there where people who are middle of the road, quite hard working people just go out to work, want to feed their families. they're just, you know, it's common sense thinking. so i think that's probably the allure with someone like nigel farage, alex and jenny, we're out of time for this hour, but you'll be back with us in the next hour. >> we have mentioned the constituency seat of clacton on sea, so we'll now read you out. the candidate list, which is yovan owusu naipaul, who's standing for the labour party . standing for the labour party. >> giles watling from the

conservative party, matthew benson from the liberal democrats, nigel farage from reform uk , natasha osborne, reform uk, natasha osborne, green party, craig jamieson from the climate party, tony mac, independent, tasos papanastasiou from the heritage party, andrew pemberton, ukip. >> and that's it. >> and that's it. >> did i get that one right? you did. >> papanastasiou i should know . >> papanastasiou i should know. i don't know if that's right or not. >> my family are half greek, so i should have nailed that. we should have asked eleni. >> we had lovely greek makeup. we should have asked her. thank you, alex and jenny. >> you'll be back with us very shortly. we'll catch up with you later in the show. but coming up, we're going to meet this week's greatest briton. but first we're going to sit down with pop star turned farmer to discuss the future of the food trolley. jls star jb gill. discuss the future of the food trolley. jls starjb gill. this is saturday morning live on gb news, britain's news channel. back

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>> i mean, he's actually had a very good campaign, i think, so far, because it's balanced with some of the more, serious, videos that he's put out being a carer. but he's grabbed attention, he's grabbed the headunes attention, he's grabbed the headlines and, you know, so let me ask you, as a political mastermind is the fact is all the, you know, this, you know, going down waterslides, bike rides and so on and so on. >> what else has he done, yeah. well he's been on water rafts. he's done all of that. >> oh, paddle boards falling into the rivers . into the rivers. >> he's on a bike, wasn't he, with his legs apart. i mean, you know, i know goodness me, is all that to make up for a lack of policy? >> dare i say it, i think what he's been able to do is tap into where this election is so depressing because it's all negative. >> he has been the light, you know, when there's been so much shade , being thrown by the shade, being thrown by the political leaders. okay. >> well, someone else feeling the shade was the prime minister, rishi sunak. this is the moment he was shunned by a flock of sheep .

flock of sheep. >> what are your thoughts, charlie? >> well, luckily, they're not voting. so? so i think it's okay to be shunned by sheep. but. but what is more important is that the voter, which i think is coming back to really in the final two weeks now, focus their minds on the actual campaign that the leader is putting out as a conservative. >> are you worried about reform yet? no, no, you've been quite violent in your your staunch defence of violent . defence of violent. >> i mean, you know, you can't disguise the fact that they've gained some momentum in the polls. but i think what you saw yesterday was a bit of a slip up from farage. and, you know, some of the candidates that they seem to recruited, i think the public are probably starting to see that actually, when it comes to serious politics, if you've , serious politics, if you've, decided that previously that you might support might not support conservatives and might go to reform, i think you'll probably see those people coming back. >> okay. well talking about farage and talking about the reform party , there was a moment

reform party, there was a moment this week, did you catch the england game? >> do you like your footy? >> do you like your footy? >> i did, yes, yes. >> so does nigel farage. the pub he was watching the euros but accidentally cheered for the wrong team. let's take a look . wrong team. let's take a look. shall pray to pray to . shall pray to pray to. >> did he though did he? or was that just a selfie? >> and he's cheering for the selfie. >> yeah , i think it's probably a >> yeah, i think it's probably a selfie. i think that's probably oven selfie. i think that's probably over, over, over written. but the interesting thing is he was the interesting thing is he was the only leader to wear an england shirt . euro 96 shirt. do england shirt. euro 96 shirt. do you know what that what? that is a nod to. well the euros in 1996. no, but no, quite interestingly so. gareth southgate infamously missed the crucial penalty at euro 96. and that was the moment in that kit. so that kit is now synonymous with gareth southgate and of course mr southgate getting a lot of stick this week after england's lacklustre performances. well there you go. but could you imagine , by the but could you imagine, by the way, could you imagine keir starmer or rishi sunak going to

a pub, being greeted like that, being applauded and jumped on and sharing pints of beer with revellers, no , because it's not revellers, no, because it's not their style boris would have done and boris could have done. but, but it takes the horses for courses and it's different kind of, you know, leaders, but you know, the two others. sir keir starmer and rishi keen, probably not to wear an actual england shirt because they recognise that if you're going to become prime minister of the united kingdom, you do represent scotland and wales as well, and scotland, who are still in the euros. and so i think nigel clearly isn't going to pick up any votes in scotland, recognises that and is focused fully squarely on england. okay. starmer here, you got some flak for watching the england game and sharing that picture. angela rayner had an england top on. some other aides did, but he chose to wear a plain white t shirt, accused of not wanting to show loyalty to england. >> but he did say to christopher hope last night in the interview on gb news that he's very patriotic and he also spoke about private health care and that he'd never use it . so let's that he'd never use it. so let's take a listen to that. >> i, you know , elected him to >> i, you know, elected him to serve as prime minister. >> my job is to bring those

waiting lists down, and i'm not going to the same time say, but for me, i'm going to jump the queue. >> that would be if you can afford, you can take the pressure off the waiting list by paying pressure off the waiting list by paying for it yourself. that's what margaret thatcher was said. >> no, look, i'm not going to jump >> no, look, i'm not going to jump the queue when others awaiting that you're going to reduce the queue. >> the other thing i should say is this because there are different ways this question is put on acute care. >> people say, if your child was really ill on acute care, the nhs is absolutely the best. so much so the private hospitals refer into the nhs. so what did you make of it charlie? >> well, i don't think anybody believes it, look, you know, if you are in a position of, wealth because he is a wealthy man and you do get paid rather a lot if you're an mp or the prime minister and your kids are ill and you need to get them into hospital, you do what any parent would do is to get them there as quickly as possible, whether it's private, whether it is the nhs, whatever is available . nhs, whatever is available. well, no. but charlie, he's so virtuous. he's saying that no, there's no way i'd jump the queue. of course i wouldn't. well, he would, because i think the country, frankly as well,

you know, i would encourage him as a conservative to skip the queueif as a conservative to skip the queue if he becomes prime minister. i want our prime minister. i want our prime minister to actually be firing on all cylinders as healthy as possible. and i think whatever your views on boris, for example , when it came to covid, i think the whole country wanted him to get the best care to get better because he's the leader of the country. i don't care what their party political persuasions are or whether if you're the prime minister of the united kingdom, i want you actually to be fit and healthy. and if it means going private, you know, go private, get well, get back to work. >> and maybe the public would appreciate the honesty. >> just saying, look, i'm in a position of wealth and privilege , and if i needed to, i'd go private. and that would help to ease the burden on the nhs. perhaps that would be the way to go. i think directly after the interview, charlie head down to wembley as it appeared everyone did last night. prince william also there with his three children, sir keir starmer. there with his wife vic. we haven't seen much of in this campaign . she's been busy campaign. she's been busy working in the nhs. don't you know? >> i hadn't heard , i hadn't >> i hadn't heard, i hadn't heard she is, she's very busy and. well that's a lovely picture, actually, of the two of them, to give them credit. but, a little bit of flack, i think, on twitter, because, you know,

most people are out and about still campaigning on a on a friday evening, but he is at taylor swift and he's allowed a break, isn't he? well, even if it is taylor swift and he's appealing to he's appealing to obviously a younger a younger audience , a voter much like audience, a voter much like yourself. ellie. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> ellie, just a quick one. natalie on your site says, i agree with ben. i don't understand the taylor swift hype. michael jackson still the king, especially if you're a dancer . dancen >> look, i will say she's not the most natural dancer, but she's very tall. i can relate to that problem. >> yeah. me too. well, she want she want to be starting something and that that email. do you see what i did there? he can't help himself. charlie get out. thank you. charlie. charlie. culture for you to stay with us. coming up, we're going to be meeting our greatest britain. >> you don't want to miss it. but of course, we're also going to be sitting down with jls star jb gill. he has now turned into a farmer . jb gill. he has now turned into a farmer. he's going to be discussing sustainable food with us this saturday morning live on gb news

welcome back to saturday morning live. the time is 1040, and this is really interesting. 60% of young shoppers are now willing to pay more for products that are sustainable. >> yeah, but equally , older >> yeah, but equally, older shoppers are concerned about not just that , but about the just that, but about the importance and quality of buying british over, say, quality. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so what does this mean? our imported vegetables, imported foods, a thing of the past. well, we're joined now by a member of boyband jls. he's now a farmer. jb gill really good to see you this morning jb. >> thank you guys. good morning . >> thank you guys. good morning. >> thank you guys. good morning. >> what do you make of this then. young people are willing to pay more for their food if it's sustainable. >> well it's all been brought about by responsible retailing report which they've just released . released. >> and actually they were one of the first in their class really amongst retailers to do this research, but also to be able to feed back, not just to other retailers, but of course to consumers as well. and what its effectively shown and raised is that our tastes have changed.

you know, the things that we do, the way that we shop, the way that we consume food has all changed over time. and i think in the last five years or so, you've seen a real big shift. you know, i can think back to when i was growing up, you know, my children's age, you know, i'd go into sort of brixton, which is where we lived, and go to the market, go and pick up fruit, go to the butchers, go to the fishmongers , you know, go to the fishmongers, you know, go to the supermarket as well. whereas now we all tend to do most of our shopping at a supermarket or a retailer , you know, it's more of retailer, you know, it's more of a weekly shop rather than sort of an extended bi weekly or monthly shop. so all of those things, as i say, are coming to light. and it's helpful for the retailers, of course, because they can then supply demand, but then also helpful for consumers as well. >> i've got two young kids and they and their peers at nursery, they and their peers at nursery, they all don't know, for example, where beef and meat comes from . they don't know that comes from. they don't know that there's farms exist. and, you know, fruit grows on trees . very know, fruit grows on trees. very elementary basic stuff. but a lot of kids, we grow up these days in supermarkets, buying things in packages, or they get delivered straight to your door. and we've kind of lost that essence of farming and real

food, haven't we? yeah. >> which is a real shame, because i think, you know, one of the things that i love about it, you know, you sort of got me into, into farming in the first place, is that connection with food. you know, i come from the caribbean, you know, although i was born here, you know, i've got family. i've still got relatives that live over there. and so for me, that connection to where my food comes from is, you know, very strong. whereas as you say, again, it's down to sort of the lifestyle and how the family is structured now. typically you know, sort of well, again, i look at my parents generation, you might have had two parents in the family working, but you definitely have that now, you know, pretty much. and so that shift has meant that actually people are having a full working day and then having to do their shop or, you know, prepare their food or whatever when they get home after a long day at work, nursery, whatever , you know what nursery, whatever, you know what i mean? so the family dynamic has shifted as well. and that all takes a toll and a food security. >> i mean, in the past few years has become so important. it should be at the forefront of all of our minds. so buying british and buying local is so important . i british and buying local is so important. i imagine that you feel really passionate about that now. running a farm of your

own. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, we sell turkeys , in a seasonal sell turkeys, in a seasonal market. so for christmas, and for us, you know, it's really important, of course, that we have a good connection and a good relationship with our local community, you know? but for me, i think people are starting to think about, okay, what actually goes into my food, you know, i want to be healthier or, you know, we want the family certainly to be healthy, and, you know, those sorts of things. i think are really important, you know, and worth bearing in mind because that is effectively how the rest of our society works. and one of the things i'm passionate about is passing that information down to the next generation, because, you know, they'll be sat in our positions here in, you know, ten or 20 or 30 years. and actually, how will they approach it? you know, and it's not just about saying, we want more kids into farming. we want more kids into farming. we want more kids into farming. we want more younger people coming into that industry. actually, we need to, you know, talk of the hot topic at the moment, politics. we need politicians who are going to be keen for, you know, passing legislation that affects the food and the way it's grown. you know, we want to have people in entertainment for to be able to speak with authority on certain situations and influence people, because ultimately that's part

of what they do . you know, we of what they do. you know, we want to have lawyers, whatever educators, people who are going to be able to explain and give the information to the kids that actually this is where your food comes from and it's important. >> yeah, yeah, it's a challenge. just tell me, jb, about, what do the boys in jls think of your farming exploits and what's a bigger challenge being a pop star or being a farmer, well, i mean, they've always been very supportive of me. they're probably not very happy with me because i don't give them discounts. >> you know, you're a business mate throughout the day. >> well, i'll tell you what. if they come and do a day on the farm with me working and working out, then maybe i will consider it. but no, i mean , give me a name. >> who's going to be best on the farm from the band ? oh, aston. farm from the band? oh, aston. >> aston or irish, i'd say. yeah. richard we've met irish. >> he's a lovely. >> he's a lovely. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> but i mean obviously, you know, got a great relationship with the boys and, and yeah, they're incredibly supportive. >> and you're still doing both aren't you. >> you're farming and you're still performing. so you a couple of weeks ago performing. how are you finding the stress. because it must be stress of a different dimension now, yes . different dimension now, yes. >> i mean, it's just added to

the stress of life, you know , it the stress of life, you know, it looks like with a young family and so on, but, but, yeah, i mean, i love it, you know, for me, especially when you go into, you know, the summer months now, you know, the summer months now, you know, the summer months now, you know, it's hopefully good weather outside, you know, and it's a great time to get the kids, you know, for my kids anyway, they've got such a long houday anyway, they've got such a long holiday over the summer. so to actually do things as a family and be at home and experience thatis and be at home and experience that is fantastic. >> we went strawberry picking the other day in a local farm. it was amazing. you get to pick the strawberries, fill up a punnet. it's very wholesome. >> it's so nice for children to understand where their food comes from. it's a great education. jb we run out of time. i'm afraid, but so lovely to meet you. thank you so much. >> thank you. you too. thank you. >> and do you stay with us? coming up, we're going to be meeting the incredible woman who holds two guinness world records for ultra running . and she is for ultra running. and she is this week's greatest britain. that's

next. >> hello. welcome back. 1049 ben and ellie with you on saturday

morning live. now, my favourite part of the show, british endurance athlete mo body has recently smashed the 45 year old world record as the fastest woman to complete the notorious uk three peaks challenge. >> yes, covering more than 680km and over 10,000m of elevation , and over 10,000m of elevation, mo smashed absolutely. the previously held record time of seven days and 31 minutes, which was set back in 1979. she completed it in an incredible six days, five hours and 43 minutes. well imo body well come to saturday morning live. you are this week's greatest britain and you truly are great. i've got your guinness world record certificate here actually, which is brand new. you have not only smashed this record, but you smashed this record, but you smashed it with loads of room to spare. you had an extra day on your hands . spare. you had an extra day on your hands. extra spare. you had an extra day on your hands . extra day? your hands. extra day? >> not sure we'll see her like that, but yeah. thank you for having me. it was. yeah, it was brutal. it's. it feels very weird . back to being back to

weird. back to being back to normal life, i must say. >> but anyway, so traditionally, when people do the three peaks, they. i mean, i was considering doing it at one point, and i saw how, a graft it was, and i thought, no, you're okay. but traditionally, don't they drive to each mountain. so if anyone's not aware of it's, scafell pike , not aware of it's, scafell pike, ben nevis and snowdon. >> snowdon. yeah, we started in ben nevis. then we actually started in sea level in scotland, in fort william and then ran to ben nevis, summited ben nevis , ran to scafell, ben nevis, ran to scafell, summit, scafell, ran to snowdon and then finished sea level in carnarvon in wales. >> so just i guess the first question is why? what? >> yes, why? i feel like that's everyone asks at the moment. >> why? why do you do it? i love it. i it's, a career for me now and i just kind of i love the performance side of it and kind of seeing where i can go and pushing your body, i imagine. yeah. >> what's the training like for something like this? >> so obviously being london based and actually the whole challenge was quite road dominant despite the peaks, so a lot of road running, i did two

training weeks, one at ben nevis, one at scafell, but other than that, it was just a lot, of lot of miles, a lot of boring miles. >> so what was the hardest part? did you get to a point where you thought, i really can't do this anymore? i call it the wall. don't they? yeah. >> i mean, there were a lot of pretty dark parts. i, i actually finished on the tuesday and i went, i spoke on, a programme on the wednesday morning and they're like, what was the hardest part? and i just burst into tears because i was like, you know, you're like, i literally like the whole thing was impossible. but, anyway, i can talk about it now. hardest part was probably, i had a 32 hour stint basically when i finished. so we kind of went through the night rather than having a night sleep, and we're doing catnaps. so we were having like one hour on and then kind of one hour napping and then kind of going again and i had two, one hour naps. and then i was about to have my third nap, and i broke down the floor and i was like, what am i doing? i can't do this. what i wanted to do was sleep, and my coach was like, you can either have a nap on the road for ten minutes or we can keep going. anyway, i

continued going and it was a two hour power nap a bit after, but, that was quite a dark part. >> wow, you are absolutely incredible . and you knew you incredible. and you knew you wanted to beat this time, didn't you? you knew you had to do it in a shorter period of time than seven days and 31 minutes. so you just had to keep pushing through. where do you find that strength from? >> i don't know, ijust just gnnd >> i don't know, ijust just grind it out. i quite a lot of people have said that i'm like, i wasn't really thinking about much. just grind it out. yeah, it was a massive goal of mine and. yeah. >> and what did it, how did it feel when you completed that third peak? >> yeah, that was quite something, i think, until i got down to the bottom trawlers of snowdon , because i still had 15 snowdon, because i still had 15 k to go to carnarvon, which in reality, in comparison to the whole challenge, is nothing . but whole challenge, is nothing. but i think i just wanted to get to the bottom of snowdon. all the peaks have been completed and there was no chance of kind of rolling my ankles or injury on the peaks, and i kind of then had 15 k to go. >> can i ask as a runner, what's harder going up a mountain or down? because when i walked, snowdon going down seemed to be like going down. >> like, without a doubt. >> like, without a doubt. >> why is that? i don't know, i

think, it's, it's if it's technical, i think it's kind of trust and having the faith and going down, when my legs were obviously very tired and battered, going up was a lot eafien >> and going down was. >> and going down was. >> yeah. and is there, is there an olympic category for this kind of thing? >> no, there's kind of, you can do like nationals, world champs. sorry, i, i hopefully would like to , represent gb in ultra to, represent gb in ultra distance at some point. that was my next question . my next question. >> what's next for you? because this is a crazy challenge. but there must be more that you want to do. >> yeah, i'd like to, hopefully go for some 24 hour running and qualify for gb, at some point, but yeah , put us to shame emma. but yeah, put us to shame emma. >> you put us to shame and actually just just to share with the audience as well. >> you actually haven't been running for very long. >> have you know about four years solely. it's incredible . years solely. it's incredible. >> so yeah, just you are our greatest britain this week . you greatest britain this week. you are an inspiration. you're brave. you're full of guts . and brave. you're full of guts. and we'll keep a keen eye on your future endeavours. well done. thanks for having me representing gb news in no time. >> i'm sure gb news gb news. gb

news. well, yes, gb news. >> but i'm be on the world stage. >> i'm sure. thank you very much. so lovely to meet you. you are an inspiration. are this week's greatest britain do stay with us. lots more to come on today's top stories. we're also going to be sitting down with a missing persons expert, jay slater, that search for him in tenerife. now on day six. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of whether on . gb news. whether on. gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. it's a fine day for most of us. variable amounts of cloud, not entirely sunny everywhere, and that cloud will give a few light showers. for example, this week. front clearing the southeast , a few clearing the southeast, a few light showers here, and then a thickening of the cloud towards the northwest later to give some patchy rain. but elsewhere it's mostly fine. the cloud coming

and going at times and thick enough there for parts of the southeast to give the odd shower. but for the vast majority it's dry. increasing spells of sunshine later in the day and where we've got that sunshine temperatures in the low 20s feeling perfectly pleasant. a bit of a breeze towards the northwest that freshens towards the evening , northwest that freshens towards the evening, and thickening cloud arrives into the northwest of scotland with outbreaks of rain for the outer hebrides. but that rain tending to be light. it'll be on and off, and eastern and central scotland keeps the sunshine into the evening, thickening cloud there for northern ireland, some outbreaks of rain in the far west belfast 19 celsius during the evening. so perfectly pleasant. plenty of sunshine . meanwhile, across sunshine. meanwhile, across england and wales, apart from west wales, parts of devon and cornwall, where lower cloud will arrive through the evening and overnight, that will tend to result in mist and drizzle, particularly around coasts and hills of wales in the southwest.

meanwhile, the week front that crosses scotland pushes into parts of northern england where we've got the cloud overnight temperatures staying up at 13 or 14 celsius. otherwise some spots could dip into the single figures. there could be a few mist patches around first thing, but for many it's a largely fine start to sunday. we've got this area of cloud across northern and western england . it'll be and western england. it'll be low and it will be drizzly in places as well. some mistiness remaining around the coasts of the south—west of england. otherwise, for the vast majority it's a fine, bright day and it's increasingly warm as well . increasingly warm as well. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers spot of weather on

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panel for today. all the top stories they'll cover. ceo and founder of youth vote uk alex cairns and broadcaster and life coach jenni trent hughes. >> as the search for missing british teenager jay slater enters its sixth day, we'll speak to a missing persons expert to try and piece together evidence in a case that is gripping the nation , and gripping the nation, and following the very sad news that hollywood icon donald sutherland has died, our showbiz journalist steph takyi will join us to discuss the tributes that are pounng. pouring. in. well, do keep reviews coming in to us this morning. gbnews.com slash your say yes. >> and if you've wondered why we are in a slightly different environment. yes, we've already covered it in the first hour. but paddington, our studio, our original studio is having a bit of a spring or summer makeover. so for today we are in here morning show style. have you seen the morning show? >> i have seen the morning show on apple tv. >> yeah, i can't watch too much

fixture. >> reminded me too much of work. >> reminded me too much of work. >> i feel a bit serious with my papers so the sofa's not here. we're stuck here for the day, but we're back on monday. the whole channel is back on monday in paddington, sparkling new furniture , new graphics, i furniture, new graphics, i think, as well. so you're in for a treat on monday. >> it's gonna look great. but before we get into anything else here today, tatiana sanchez has all your news headlines . all your news headlines. >> ellie, thank you very much. the top stories this morning. the top stories this morning. the prime minister says nigel farage's comments suggesting the west provoked russia's invasion of ukraine by expanding nato were completely wrong. after missing out on the bbc question time leaders special this week, the reform uk leader took part in an interview with the bbc's nick robinson . he said the nick robinson. he said the expansion of the eu and nato gave him a reason to tell the russian people they're coming for us again . labour branded him for us again. labour branded him unfit for any political office. rishi sunak says the comments play rishi sunak says the comments play into the russian president's hands and what he said was completely wrong and

only plays into putin's hands. >> this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets of britain, who's doing deals with countries like north korea and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain's security, the security of our allies that rely on us and only emboldens putin further , the emboldens putin further, the conservatives say they're going to focus on the night time economy and secure the future of britain's pubs , bars, britain's pubs, bars, restaurants and music venues. >> in its first 100 days of government. the tory party says a comprehensive review would be launched to look at licensing laws , planning rules and other laws, planning rules and other enforcements they say is holding back growth . it says the sector back growth. it says the sector was disproportionately impacted by the covid pandemic and the war in ukraine, which drove up food, drink and energy prices . food, drink and energy prices. sir keir starmer will today pledge a fundamental reset to respect and dignity for the windrush generation . the windrush generation. the windrush generation. the windrush scandal refers to migrants from the caribbean who

started to arrive to the uk in 1948 to help rebuild britain after the war. sir keir says the conservatives have presided over a failing compensation scheme, and the scheme has only paid out 2500 claims out of an estimated 15,000 of people who originally considered eligible for that compensation scheme . meanwhile, compensation scheme. meanwhile, labouris compensation scheme. meanwhile, labour is pledging to put water companies under special measures as over 10,000 people have been hospitalised due to water borne diseases under the conservatives rule. labour says they'll give the water regulator powers to block the payment of any bonuses to polluting water bosses until they clean up their filth . they clean up their filth. they've also vowed to make water bosses who continue to oversee lawbreaking face criminal charges, as well as end self monitoring and force all companies to accept independent monitoring to stop companies covering up illegal sewage dumping. a shadow environment secretary, steve reed, says the tories have for too long now let water bosses get away with it .

water bosses get away with it. >> there are beaches in bournemouth that get closed on some days in the summer because the level of sewage, raw sewage, is so high, it's dangerous. it's dangerous to go in the water over the whole country. levels of raw sewage in our water are at record levels, the highest ever recorded . and yet the ever recorded. and yet the conservatives have let the water companies who are responsible for this just get away with it. so if there's a labour government elected on the 4th of july, what we will do is put the water companies under tough special measures . special measures. >> the liberal democrats are setting out a plan to save chalk streams from environmental disaster. it comes as analysis by the party found over 48.5 1000 hours worth of sewage was discharged into chalk streams last year. that's more than double the previous year. the proposals would see a public consultation launched within the first 100 days of a lib dem government, in which rivers and lakes could be awarded new blue flag status to protect them from sewage dumping. sir ed davey has

ensured it won't cost the general public to set up that new system. >> actually, it's really, really quite cheap and we do a public consultation to start off so the pubuc consultation to start off so the public can be involved in it, and the blue flag status , the and the blue flag status, the applications are really quite cheap. i think it's about 425 from from memory pounds. so we're not talking a lot of money. what we're we have put investment because you need to get behind it is in a new regulator. we've called it the clean water authority. we're not happy with the way the regulators have been monitoring and enforcing the law on the water companies. they've been allowing them to get away with this filthy sewage dumping and the search for a british teenager who went missing after a night out in tenerife has entered its sixth day. >> jay slater travelled to the spanish island for a music festival on his first holiday without his parents. but the 19 year old has not been heard from since. he called a friend shortly before 9:00 monday morning, saying he was lost and needed water. jay was last seen in the northwestern mountain

village of masca. spanish police rejected an offer of support from lancashire police to assist in the search. >> we believe they've got the resources to carry out this search and rescue operation . it search and rescue operation. it is an incredibly vast area which needs to ultimately be grid searched very painstakingly dunng searched very painstakingly during daylight hours because after night you're you're going to miss things. obviously they're using helicopters and dogs and resources that we've seen been used in other search and rescue operations in the last few weeks overseas with other cases. but these are very protracted investigations . and protracted investigations. and obviously what doesn't help is the size and scale of the area. and 11 hour walk mr slater was looking at and to get disorientated in such a complex area means the task is even greatly difficult for police to try and identify where he is . try and identify where he is. >> former police officer oliver laurence there for the latest story , sign up to gb news alerts story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news .com/ alerts . now it's back to .com/ alerts. now it's back to ellie and ben .

ellie and ben. >> thank you tatiana and welcome to saturday morning live. the time is 11:07. now they say a week is a long time in politics. well, how about 24 hours? >> yes. >> yes. >> let's take a look back on yesterday on the campaign trail. >> i pay for private health care to effectively jump the waiting list. yes, i wouldn't the idea of the prime minister of the united kingdom who is responsible for bringing waiting lists down. yes then saying to the public. but as far as i'm concerned, i'm going to jump the queue. you can afford to. >> most people on a good wage do afford it and pay for it if i am, you know, elected to in serve as prime minister, my job is to bring those waiting lists down and i'm not going to at the same time say, but for me, i'm going to jump the queue. >> this is a man who tried to overturn the result of the brexit referendum, who twice urged everyone to make jeremy corbyn prime minister and who ran on a series of pledges to be labour leader that he cynically then abandoned. my friends

because he has such a past. he doesn't deserve to decide your future. if people know the outcome of something and they bet on it , i outcome of something and they bet on it, i think that's immoral. >> we've provoked this war. it's, you know, of course it's his fault. he's used what? but we provoked the invasion of ukraine and very interestingly , ukraine and very interestingly, once again ten years ago when i predicted this. by the way, i'm the only person in british politics that predicted what would happen. and of course, everyone said i was a pariah for danng everyone said i was a pariah for daring to suggest it. george robertson , former labour cabinet robertson, former labour cabinet minister who went on to become the secretary—general of nato, has in the last couple of weeks said the war is a direct result of eu expansion . of eu expansion. >> okay, there we go. we joined tom harwood now gb news deputy political editor, who, tom, what are you up to? >> please explain. why is he kneeling with chickens ? kneeling with chickens? >> i have to say, yes, i'm perhaps used to be surrounded by politicians, but at the moment,

these are , rather more. i don't these are, rather more. i don't know the metaphor, but yes, i'm with lots of chickens here in lewes. we've just been with the liberal democrats . this is the liberal democrats. this is the latest stunt on the liberal democrat campaign trail. actually, let me see if i can just feed some of these chickens. oh, it's grabbing my bag. right. okay, the liberal democrat leader, ed davey , is democrat leader, ed davey, is here today to talk about rivers and pollution, but we have ended up on a farm. and i have to say, ed davey was just here a second ago, picking up some of these chickens . he seems to be quite chickens. he seems to be quite a natural with them. whilst the sheep the other day ran away from rishi sunak, today the chickens were running towards ed davey. i'm not quite sure what that says about the state of the campaign , but clearly the lib campaign, but clearly the lib dems wanting to talk about the rural economy , wanting to talk rural economy, wanting to talk about the countryside, and most importantly today , their big importantly today, their big announcement on what's known as blue flag status. hello for rivers, for chalk streams in and around the south—east of england. do you know what? you're very, very hungry. i'm just gonna. don't bite me. oh. i'm being i'm being absolutely accosted by chickens, but but

such is the nature of the campaign trail. of course, the other party leaders have been, doing things today. keir starmer is in london, not surrounded by chickens. he's made an announcement on windrush , and of announcement on windrush, and of course, nigel farage has. oh my goodness me, nigel farage has got into a bit of trouble there. just perhaps as much as trouble as i've, been with my bag and my chickens, but, nigel farage has , chickens, but, nigel farage has, has been talking about ukraine, and sticking to a line that he says nato expansion encouraged the invasion of ukraine. now, whether or not that's true, it's certainly a contentious issue. and many people would suggest that nato is a defensive, voluntary alliance. but that does seem to be the state of play does seem to be the state of play in the election campaign. the polls haven't been shifting all that much, but something that might be shifting might have to be me just to escape the wrath of these hundreds of , very wrath of these hundreds of, very hungry chickens. >> tom harwood props to you, my

friend, for being able to deliver that while surrounded by a flock of chickens, bring me back some eggs, will you, please ? >> 7- >> that is ? >> that is arguably one of the best things i've ever seen. >> i want to see his shoes. >> oh, dear. he's actually such a natural. who knew tom harwood was so outdoorsy . was so outdoorsy. >> maybe we can link him up with jb gill from jls and they can, you know, get some farming together. >> anyway, that was worth the time. i wish we had a whole hour to spare tom. just watching. >> you did very well, very well, very good. >> and now we're going to look through the top stories of today. we are delighted to be joined by life coach and author jenni trent hughes and the ceo and founder of the youth vote uk, alex cairns. very good morning to both of you. thank you for joining morning to both of you. thank you forjoining us. and let's talk let's talk about this really peculiar story. actually it's about the uk's richest family who've been convicted of exploiting their servants. alex. >> yeah. so there was a there's been lots of actually reports into modern day slavery over the last few years. and actually because of that, we actually seeing a lot more prosecutions happening, you know, this is a really, really awful story. and

we see it too often, not just in this country, but lots of countries around the world where, you know, people in, you know, various kind of third world countries are extremely , world countries are extremely, exploited. they're absolutely desperate to come to the uk . you desperate to come to the uk. you know, they're kind of promised a better life, you know, accommodation, you know , jobs accommodation, you know, jobs that will be within a family. and actually, it turns out to basically be modern slavery, you know, the government, whoever the government will be after the 4th of july really needs to look at this because it happens too often. you know, we see it in countries like india, sri lanka, the philippines, lots of people being brought to the uk and essentially exploited. and it really breaks my heart to see it still happens in 2024. so this family, the hinduja family, prakash, who was the father, he's the big businessman. he's chair of the hinduja group in europe. he's worth £37 billion. so the richest family in the uk, he's indian born, but he's a swiss businessman who lives in the uk . the uk. >> yeah, i grew up in a culture

where it's about taoiseach. >> and if you do the same for me. yes. check that off. yes. >> thank you , i grew up in >> thank you, i grew up in a culture i grew up with household stuff. and lots of things you just take as read. you accept that this is how things are. and i moved away . and then when i i moved away. and then when i went back a couple of years ago, i was absolutely shocked at how the whole setup was. and i always thought it was okay. and when you go away, you realise it's not okay. and i think that that's the whole issue around the world. it isn't only that these people are billionaires, it's the whole idea to of having, quote, servants . there's having, quote, servants. there's a big difference between people who help you order your lives and people who you consider servants and in certain cultures like india , it's they don't like india, it's they don't consider these people as equals, and they consider quite often

how they're treating them. they consider they're being very kind to them. and if they weren't giving them, you know , $11 a giving them, you know, $11 a month, then they would be, you know, eating dirt in the hinterlands, which of course is not true . but i'm proud of the not true. but i'm proud of the swiss for actually putting their feet, you know, putting their foot down and saying this is no longer acceptable. but it happens all around the world. >> well, the family, the mother, the father, as well as their son, aj and his wife, they've been handed sentences ranging from four months to four and a half years. they were acquitted on the more serious charge of human trafficking. >> we've had cases of it here. it happens in the middle east. it happens in the middle east. it happens in the middle east. it happens all around the world. and it's one of those things that we pretend is not happening. so we do, you know , happening. so we do, you know, maximum respect to the swiss for making it an issue. >> yeah , definitely, let's talk >> yeah, definitely, let's talk about this story , shall we? about this story, shall we? which is all over the tabloids this morning. but we've picked one from the evening standards. this is about kyle walker ,

this is about kyle walker, england's kyle walker. he has four children with his wife , but four children with his wife, but he also has two children with his lover. and they were both at the england game this week. alex. yeah, very awkward , very alex. yeah, very awkward, very awkward, i think it's one of those situations where you'd hope they're not they're not sitting next to each other , sitting next to each other, especially, you know, watching the england game. it was kind of depressing anyway. i mean, kyle walker played well in fairness. so probably they'd both be happy for him. >> but i'm surprised he wasn't distracted by all the children. >> well, you know what i think actually the first half he wasn't. but the second half, the whole team probably were distracted. and i actually think that this is the sort of situation where, you know, the poonl situation where, you know, the poor. i actually feel for the son in this situation because the son wants to go and watch his, you know, his dad or, you know, the children want to go watch their, their, their dad play watch their, their, their dad play football, you know, especially at an international tournament and unfortunately, quite often, quite often the papers talk about, you know, the awkwardness and the, the complication of kyle walker. you know, he's been very well known to not necessarily behave. it's quite surprising he's vice

captain. i think there's actually a lot better people in the squad that should be vice captain, actually. you know, there's a lot of people that are, you know, jude bellingham's are, you know, jude bellingham's a good example. you know, you always make sure that his mum and his family can come on to the pitch and, you know, he's a much better role model than kyle walker. so that might be controversial. but yeah , i think controversial. but yeah, i think i'm not surprised that this has happened. no, there was a very interesting story related to this in the tabloids that the kyle walker's team , or at least kyle walker's team, or at least england, had put on separate security to make sure kyle's, former partner, lauryn goodman , former partner, lauryn goodman, didn't come across, his wife, annie. so there were deliberate efforts to keep them apart at the euros. >> why do we care? yeah, and i'm using the royal. we. why do we even care what these people are getting up to? yeah. you know, and the fact of the matter is that they should be there together because these children are related to each other. or have we forgotten that? >> i guess the argument is, as alex touched on, that these players are role models. they're england football players, as alex has mentioned. you know , alex has mentioned. you know, kyle's got some history, but

that i get not have anything to do with the children. >> the children should all be there together watching their father get caught up. you know ? father get caught up. you know? and who cares what one random woman versus another random woman? they're not important. those women, the children are what's important. yes. >> the children. i feel sorry for the tabloids today, writing that all of them are in their kits, and they all had daddy on the back . and lauryn goodman the back. and lauryn goodman actually did an interview, i believe, in the daily mail this morning, and she's essentially saying she took her child because he has a right to see his father. i don't know if they're seeing them in their personal lives , but he has personal lives, but he has a right to see him play football, and she didn't want to be on the sidelines. >> and actually, you know, she's got a right to be there. you know, actually the mother of the children, she's you know, they want to go and support and actually the papers really need to be careful here because we saw a situation with declan rice's, girlfriend where she was absolutely abused beyond belief. and she's beautiful as well. yeah. and to the point that she, she and declan rice had to delete lots of things from social media. you know, people need to understand that there

are going to be, you know, individuals around the football player, whether it's the girlfriend , the sons, the girlfriend, the sons, the daughters, the mums, grandmas, etc. they're going to go and watch and support. and there shouldn't be this obsession with absolutely saying, what do they look like? what are they wearing? do they have daddy written on the side? i really feel for people that have anything to do with footballers because they're given a hard time. >> yeah, no. well said , let's >> yeah, no. well said, let's talk about dame esther rantzen, shall we? yes celebrated her birthday. >> yes, i was lucky enough to meet her and work with her a bit years ago , so. and i always had years ago, so. and i always had a lot of time for her, and i liked the way that she's handled this whole health situation that she's going through. but what's really important is that it was just her birthday, and she says that i have the chills now, but she was she was saying that she never thought that she would be here now and that it's completely changed. her attitude towards life. and now every single moment is important. and i think that we all need to be

more like that. instead of constantly whining about what's wrong with our lives. this is wrong. that's wrong. every day. look at some of the things in your life that are good and say thank you to whoever you believe in. >> very good point. and all it takes is a little bit of perspective. a few minutes to just appreciate the things you've got. because actually, i was thinking about this the other day. we are some of the most privileged people in the world. we are the richest people in the world. maybe not by our own metrics where we have, you know, £37 billion families, but compared to the rest of the world, you know, we live pretty privileged lives, to say the least . least. >> it does give you some perspective, isn't it? when you think about someone like esther rantzen, who was battling just such a horrific illness and still doing so much for other people and to raise awareness, it's incredible , really, isn't it's incredible, really, isn't it? jenny and alex, we are out of time. i'm afraid . i've been of time. i'm afraid. i've been so good to see you both today. thank you very much. stay with us still to come, we're going to be hearing all the latest showbiz news, including how taylor swift's gigs are boosting the economy. so you should be very grateful you'll be contributing to that tonight. >> well, remind us again where

are you going? >> wembley? see you. taylor, how many outfits? >> two outfits and a cowgirl hat and cowgirl boots and the viewers want some pictures of your outfits? >> i promise i'll post on instagram. >> i promise, i promise. >> i promise, i promise. >> okay. >> okay. >> all right. good stuff. like this is saturday morning live only on gb news, britain's news channel. back on the

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ben and ellie with you this morning on saturday morning live. let's see what you've been saying @gbnews. com forward slash your say lynn good morning to you lynn. you say nigel farage bashing by all the usual media. the interview with the bbc was so biased. and danny you say in the interview nigel wasn't supporting putin's actions in russia. he was just giving the reasons why he invaded ukraine. but the mainstream media spin it because they're scared of him. i knew this would happen, mark says the closest nigel farage is going to get to downing street, as if he takes the open top bus tour of london. very good. also, lots of you getting in touch on tom harwood, who is on the lib dem campaign trail today following ed davey. he was surrounded by chickens. he was feeding them. it was all a bit chaotic. great telly, loads of you getting in touch, jack jones says tom gets all the chicks, mick smith says tom harwood surrounded by loads of chicks. i mean , it writes of chicks. i mean, it writes itself doesn't at this point, howard with his his actual fans, the little chicken emoji. >> and just one for you, ellie.

oh, yeah, clive says you are right, ben . i would rather watch right, ben. i would rather watch saturday vie on gb news than the woman who has called a singer taylor swift at wembley. now i think we need to move on. i think we need to move on. i think that's a bit mean. >> it's a bit mean. >> it's a bit mean. >> taylor's great. i just don't get it. i bet she is great. and i respect the hustle. >> she's not here to defend herself. it's a great point. and 17 years she's been singing for it's called the eras tour because there have just been so many genres of music from one, she doesn't really need to defend herself sing because her record speaks for itself. >> the money she's made, the fans she attracts, the audiences. >> and even if you don't like her singing, she's pumping millions of pounds into the uk economy this weekend by playing in london 300 million. she's pumping into the uk economy this week, so my only point is very welcome. >> my only point is she's no jacko, so let's just get that straight. >> i think she's this generation's michael jackson . generation's michael jackson. let us know what you think. gb news .com/ usa right. >> the search is continuing in tenerife for british teenager jay slater . the 19 year tenerife for british teenager jay slater. the 19 year old man who went missing on the canary island on monday. >> yes, according to his mother, jay was last heard from at around 8 am. on monday morning

when he called his friend to say that he was lost without water and that his phone was on just 1% battery. >> joining us now to discuss this is missing persons expert charlie hedges. good morning charlie. thanks for joining charlie hedges. good morning charlie. thanks forjoining us. what's the latest on jay slater this morning. do you know please. and also am i right in saying that the longer a missing person isn't found, the lower the chance that we're going to get a good ending ? get a good ending? >> yes. first of all, on the progress of the investigation , progress of the investigation, i've not been there directly involved . so i'm just picking up involved. so i'm just picking up what's going on in the in the media. so there seems to be continuing search activity at a high level and concentrating on particular areas which is all good, yes. as time passes , good, yes. as time passes, particularly if you think about the circumstances here, the most likely thing at the moment is that he's wandered off and, succumbed to lack of water in the difficult terrain would make it more difficult for him to survive . but we mustn't close survive. but we mustn't close our minds to other scenarios as

well . well. >> charlie. because, jay's mother spoke about a snapchat that she received saying saying that she received saying saying that her son owed somebody money or something like that. there has been conspiracy theories surrounding this case as well, hasn't there ? hasn't there? >> yes. unfortunately, that seems to be the trend with these things now is for a lot of people to make assumptions and create ideas about what might have happened, but i would never speculate on something that i'm not directly involved in, and i would urge other people not to do the same because it's damaging to the family, and it's just pure speculation because there are no you can only you can you can only imagine, can't you, what jay slater's mother is going through. >> but there have been just the cruellest conspiracy theories going around online. what do you think it is about the british public? you alluded to it there. now when we see these cases of missing people that we do see

these facebook groups and whatsapp groups crop up where people are wanting to be the inspectors or the detectives themselves . themselves. >> yes. i think when someone goes missing, i >> yes. i think when someone goes missing , i also refer to it goes missing, i also refer to it as the classic mystery. there are so many unanswered questions. people want to find those answers and questions , and those answers and questions, and the being safe on the internet means you can say all sorts of things without direct criticism , things without direct criticism, and certain cases attract more attention than others. this one seems to have generated a huge amount of attention. >> so charlie, as a missing persons expert, what's your i know you can't speculate. you know, per se , but what do you know, per se, but what do you think is the most likely outcome here? >> well, the search must continue. we should always keep hope. and in the eventuality, we are going to find him. but after six days missing in this sort of terrain. it is looking bleak. but as i say, we must also keep our minds open to other options. so that we are pursuing all

options. and yet all sorts of different outcomes. >> and does this have any similarities to, doctor michael moseley, who of course, went missing and was tragically found deadin missing and was tragically found dead in greece a couple of weeks back?is dead in greece a couple of weeks back? is there any similarities there ? there? >> well, the fact that he went walking in rugged terrain with very high temperatures, yes, there are similarities. but, and there's been a few other cases in greece recently where people have wandered off and had come to unfortunate ends. so yes, i think there is a bit of a similarity between all of those cgses. >> cases. >> yeah. is that just people underestimating the terrain and the foreign countries? perhaps >> yes. i mean, it's very easy to wander off and get caught out by difficult terrain, the high temperature, if you haven't got sufficient water, all these things can have a significant impact on the body's ability to deal with the terrain. plus, there's a high risk of tripping and falling in this sort of rugged area . so they all rugged area. so they all contribute together to towards

that. so yeah. difficult situation. okay, charlie hedges, missing persons expert, thanks very much for your insight. >> it's an extraordinary story. of course, he was wearing a shirt short and at of course, he was wearing a shirt short and a t shirt. after being at that music festival. people were saying that in the mountain area where he was last thought to have been the temperature in night time is 1 degrees and even colder during the daytime. it's quite warm. and his mother, debbie, who's on the island now , she was speaking the island now, she was speaking to the daily mail yesterday. we had nick pisa, the reporter from the mail on our show on britain's newsroom, and he was saying that she now fears potentially, that he's come to some other kind of harm. maybe he's been she said the word kidnapped. i mean, i don't know what evidence she has for that, but that was her sort of growing fear as the days go on, i can only imagine what she's going through. >> absolutely. beside herself. well, let's hope that he's found safe and sound. we, of course , safe and sound. we, of course, will bring you any update that we have on gb news. okay let's get your news headlines with tatiana sanchez .

tatiana sanchez. >> ali. ben, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. the prime minister says nigel farage's comments suggesting the west provoked russia's invasion of ukraine by expanding nato were completely wrong. after missing out on the bbc question time leaders special, the reform uk leader took part in an interview with the bbc's nick robinson . he said the expansion robinson. he said the expansion of the eu and nato gave him a reason to tell the russian people they're coming for us again . labour branded him unfit again. labour branded him unfit for any political office. rishi sunak says the comments play into the russian president's hands , as the conservatives say hands, as the conservatives say they're going to focus on the night time economy and secure the future of britain's pubs, bars, restaurants and music venues. in its first 100 days of government. the tory party says a comprehensive review would be launched to look at licensing laws, planning rules and other enforcements they say is holding back growth. it says the sector was disproportionately impacted by the covid pandemic and the

war in ukraine, which drove up food, drink and energy prices . food, drink and energy prices. sir keir starmer will pledge a fundamental reset to respect and dignity for the windrush generation. the windrush scandal refers to migrants from the canbbean refers to migrants from the caribbean who started to arrive to the uk in 1948 to help rebuild britain after the war. sir keir says the conservatives have presided over a failing compensation scheme, and the scheme has only paid out 2500 claims out of an estimated 15,000 people originally considered eligible for that compensation . in the liberal compensation. in the liberal democrats are setting out a plan to save chalk streams from environmental disaster. it comes as analysis by the party found over 48,500 hours worth of sewage, was discharged into chalk streams last year, more than double the previous year. the proposals would see a public consultation launched within the first 100 days of a lib dem government, in which rivers and lakes could be awarded new blue

flag status to protect them from sewage dumping and the search for a british teenager who went missing after a night out in tenerife has entered its sixth day. tenerife has entered its sixth day-jay tenerife has entered its sixth day. jay slater travelled to the spanish island for a music festival on his first holiday without his parents. but the 19 year old has not been heard from since. he called a friend shortly before 9:00 monday morning, saying he was lost and needed water. jay was last seen in the northwestern mountain village of masca. spanish police rejected an offer of support from lancashire police to assist in the search. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites

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you know , these the repeated you know, these the repeated protests and marches and certainly, you know, if you think about it, in the last two months, you know, we've had a new first minister, a new snp leader, and now an election. and i will say that, you know , i will say that, you know, independence was played a very low key role in the first four weeks or so of this election. and then all of a sudden last week, it just exploded onto you know, the front of people's minds. we saw that snp manifesto , which page one, line one, a vote for the snp , aim for vote for the snp, aim for scotland to become an independent country . now you independent country. now you know that then has got people talking about it again. and interestingly, although the polls over the last four weeks has shown a decline for the snp , has shown a decline for the snp, support for independence is still within that 45 to 50% ratio. and i am, of course, here in bannockburn. and it's no coincidence that the two sites for the start and end of today's march are stirling bridge, which

of course, in the first scottish wars for independence, a huge battle won by william wallace . battle won by william wallace. and here that man you can see in the statue, towering behind my right shoulder, robert the bruce won a decisive victory here. but of course, you know, as the centuries went on, the question, has it ever been settled and will it ever be settled? well, all under one banner is the group behind today's march , and group behind today's march, and all under one banner. sounds quite nice, doesn't it? all friends together. but the truth is, they're not the yes movement is, they're not the yes movement isindeed is, they're not the yes movement is indeed fractured, and because due to the gender ideology disputes over the last six months or so, the greens will not march with alba. and of course, along with the snp, they're the three pro—independence parties up here in scotland . so deputy first in scotland. so deputy first minister kate forbes was doing the rounds in glasgow yesterday. so i put to her, you know, first minister john swinney, he came ministerjohn swinney, he came in and after two weeks said that he healed all of the rifts of the snp. will he do the same for

the snp. will he do the same for the yes movement? here's what she said. >> i joined john swinney's government because i was inspired by his vision to heal rifts, to reach out and to unite not just the party or the movement, but indeed the country . at a time of polarising toxic discourse. we were then plunged within a matter of weeks, within, into an election. and so i accept that an election is not the ideal time to try and work together and to create that sense of unity. but in the scottish parliament and outside the snp is a minority government. we will only be able to work together and deliver change if we reach out across the yes movement and then across the yes movement and then across the constitutional divide itself. but my hope is that after the 4th of july, with a strong group of snp mps in westminster, we can restart that work to reach out across the

movement and across the country . movement and across the country. >> now over the summer months, when the weather is good, you know, there's arguably very little to argue about. that is usually what we like to complain about up here in scotland. so maybe over the next few months with keir starmer seeing if he becomes the next prime minister, he won't grant a section 30 to allow another referendum. well maybe independence will be another point of contention over the next few months . the next few months. >> okay. tony mcguire, good to see you this morning. thank you very much. >> it is interesting that indyref debate, nicola sturgeon. indyref debate, nicola sturgeon. i was just googling it, googling it back in the day, 2014, said it back in the day, 2014, said it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. alex salmond, the then snp leader, said it was a once in a generation opportunity. he said that a simple majority, however close, would be accepted by both sides and that would be that so well , and that would be that so well, it's still ongoing. >> just saying it's not going anywhere. that's clear . thank anywhere. that's clear. thank you, tony, for that report. still to come. we're going to be joined in the studio by the

wonderful stephanie takyi, all things showbiz . this is saturday things showbiz. this is saturday morning live on

gb news. >> 1146 ben gb news. >>1146 ben and ellie gb news. >> 1146 ben and ellie with you on saturday morning live only on gb news. let's see what you've been saying on your. say. lots of comments. i can't read out, by the way, so we'll just leave it at that. but julie , you say it at that. but julie, you say how cheering to see jb gill from jls this morning cheered. my day speaks such good sense too. i'm a massive jls fan and when they said we had jb on the show today in the production meeting yesterday, i said yes, get in. so i had to try very hard. not to fanboy it up. >> i thought you played it very cool actually. >> i was like, who are you from? okay, who are you? >> yeah, but you were secretly very excited, weren't you? >> we took we took a selfie picture, didn't we? yeah. and how did i look? >> you weren't very happy with the outcome. i thought you look fine. but you said you look like a goober, a goomba. goombah >> yeah, it's a phrase. i heard that phrase.

>> no, it's a phrase we had at high school. basically. it wasn't a very flattering picture, and it's probably the one picture i wanted of somebody, you know, a celebrity. >> he wanted to put it on his wall. now he can't. it's a real shame. but jb gill really knew his stuff, actually. yeah, he was really passionate about it. really good to see. and he's still performing . so he's a man still performing. so he's a man that can do both. get your man that can do both. get your man that can do both. get your man that can do both. very talented and somebody who's made a lovely comment about tom harwood, who was with the chickens earlier on the lib dem campaign trail. nick says tom was absolutely brilliant. you've got some great fans. there was brilliant, wasn't it? seeing him with all those chickens. >> should we have a self—congratulating message ? self—congratulating message? >> oh, have we got one of those? >> oh, have we got one of those? >> there's one from jill. i don't like reading these out because it's a bit narcissistic, isn't it? but anyway, jill says i'm loving ben and ellie together. great chemistry and letting their guests speak and not talking over them. >> oh, mostly it's all about, isn't it? having our guests and we've got some great guests on this morning. it's been wonderful. and just one more from jack jones, who says ellie is like a bottle of swiftae pop . is like a bottle of swiftae pop. she's so excited. can you tell? absolutely. beside myself . absolutely. beside myself. >> aren't i looking forward to it? i am, yeah , taylorswift it? i am, yeah, taylorswift tonight at wembley. >> if you didn't know, showbiz reporter steph takyi is with us. isn't it just amazing?

stephanie? it's like christmas day. >> swiftae mania indeed. and she's bringing cash to london. london is not cash strapped at the moment. if taylor's coming to your city, she's going to boost the economy. guess how much the economy is going to boost from eight shows that she's doing in london? it's millions, isn't it? we're talking about £300 million. >> i can't deny that's impressive. >> that is the taylor effect. the greater london authority are saying that on average, each concertgoer is going to spend about £471. sorry to ask , ellie. about £471. sorry to ask, ellie. do you think that sounds about right? yes. yeah. tickets are extortionate. >> i got a very rude comment on my instagram earlier saying, oh, eddie's probably going for free andifs eddie's probably going for free and it's probably vip. no, no no no, let me tell you, i paid a small fortune for these tickets and they're in the nosebleeds in the back row at wembley, and they were extortionate that is what we call dedication. >> that is also at wembley. >> that is also at wembley. >> i've been there for football. even a box of chips or something is like £9. it's about £15. >> so people are really spending

money, but it's worth it. it's not every day we're going to get taylor swift into town. and you know what? all the reviews have been good. it's going to be three hours of pure swiftae mania . so i think you're in for mania. so i think you're in for a treat. >> was it her first gig last night? >> it was her first gig in london yesterday and she's done. she's in today and she's doing tomorrow. then she'll return back in august. she had some special guests yesterday. prince william apparently is a swiftae. he celebrated his 42nd birthday there yesterday in a private box with his three children and sir keir starmer was there as well with his wife, victoria. he said it was a part of a swift campaign chain. so, you know, if you want to get those votes in, go to a taylor swift concert. so but yeah, taylor swift does do great when she comes to london. >> is she what's her fella's name ? the nfl football player. name? the nfl football player. >> is it trevor. is it trevor? travis travis. are they still together? yeah, he was there as well. he's been apparently she's not dumped him yet. >> written a song about him. >> written a song about him. >> not yet. she's probably writing her new album, but apparently i think they're going to get married. i think i think they're going to go the distance. she seemed really loved up with him, but she. i really hope he's there tonight.

>> i just want to read the body language. >> yeah. same here. >> yeah. same here. >> but apparently you were saying she's not actually staying in london. she might be contributing. >> actually, i was reading the papers today that apparently she's hired out this £15 million cotswold cottage because she likes to feel like she's at home when she's on tour. so this cottage has got a tennis. it's got a tennis lawn. it's got, what else? a swimming pool. so i think taylor's all kitted out dunng think taylor's all kitted out during this time. >> the beckhams have a very posh pad in the photos , so maybe pad in the photos, so maybe they'll be bumping into them. >> yeah, yeah, but she's a billionaire, so this is nothing to her. yeah. whatever taylor wants, taylor gets. of course. >> yes, should we talk about justin timberlake? what, a week he's had? >> oh, gosh, it's been a tough week. that's what he said on stage when he returned on stage back in chicago. unfortunately for justin timberlake, he was arrested for driving with under the influence earlier this week. yeah. he he told a police officer he only had one martini. oh, but by the by the sounds of it, he was a bit more intoxicated that that than that .

intoxicated that that than that. a lot of people thought that he would cancel his shows, but actually, the show did go on for him in chicago, where he opened up to fans and he said, it's been a tough week. he said, i know i'm very hard to love sometimes, but keep loving me back. >> well, props to him for carrying on because lots of people would go into rehab. they'd cancel their tours. i'm a massive justin timberlake fan. >> well, yeah, that's the thing . >> well, yeah, that's the thing. you know, driving recklessly unden you know, driving recklessly under, you know, whether he was drinking or whatever it was, it doesn't set a good example to your young fans. and, you know, you're putting public lives in danger here. but clearly for justin timberlake, he's realised actually it's better for me to keep on going and talk about it with my fans when i can. >> i think we've got some footage of a previous. this is pnor footage of a previous. this is prior to his arrest of justin timberlake performing. if you just look at his , i guess his just look at his, i guess his eyes are the biggest teller. if you're listening on radio, his eyes, i mean, he looks like he's had a few very bloodshot hair. >> well, you see, that's what happens when you do get arrested for things . people are going to for things. people are going to start going back into the archives. this was at a concert in las vegas. and, you know, people are going to start

questioning, was he drunk here? was he on something here? which is sad because justin timberlake has always had this golden boy image. and now that's been destroyed. but he has he's had a tough year. >> yeah, but then someone else did make a good point. i think it was on your side. gbnews.com forward slash your side. they said show me any rock star or p0p said show me any rock star or pop star who hasn't performed, you know, with a drink under them or whatever else . them or whatever else. >> i think the problem with justin timberlake, he's he has this clean boyband image from nsync. so people , you know, nsync. so people, you know, mickey mouse club. yeah. so, you know, people don't expect it from someone like justin timberlake. but you know what? he's human and luckily no one was endangered from that. so yeah, he lives on. >> let's talk about donald sutherland. and what a loss this week of just such a great actor. >> you know, we tend to say the word legend all the time. but he was actually a film. great. you know, he had 200 film credits under his belt. the thing about him, he just had this charm and charisma to any role that he did, and he connected with so many audiences . i think a lot of

many audiences. i think a lot of younger audiences will know him as president. snow from hunger games. but, you know, film buffs have probably watched his stuff over seven decades on screen. and each character he did, whether he was a villain or whether he was a villain or whether he's a hero , he done it whether he's a hero, he done it in his own way, and his work was really a work of art. >> he had such versatility, didn't he? as an actor, he really could apply himself to any role. >> and that's why people have been like, so devastated about this loss to the acting industry. because, you know, most actors get typecasted where for him he could do any different role. you know, he had this film called ordinary people back in the day, where he played the father of a suicidal teenager. the father of a suicidal teenager . and again, that's teenager. and again, that's really gut wrenching. and you get something like hunger games where he's president snow. so his son keith , keith sunderland his son keith, keith sunderland mentioned it in the right way. he said , we have really lost he said, we have really lost a really good actor who contributed to the history of film. >> it's just such a loss. >> and jenni trent hughes is just saying she just wish she'd had the studio that when , donald had the studio that when, donald sutherland found out that his wife was pregnant, he learnt from a midwife how to deliver a

baby. so helpful during the labour of his children. and that is a great man as well. >> you don't hear that often. >> you don't hear that often. >> you don't hear that often, stefan. >> thanks. fabulous guys. that's all for us this week, ellie and i are back next week, i think, or the week after we're off on we. >> we're off next week. >> we're off next week. >> enjoy. swiftae tonight. i'm only joking. we'll see you next week. take care . week. take care. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. it's a fine day for most of us. variable amounts of cloud, not entirely sunny everywhere and that cloud will give a few light showers. for example, this week front clearing the southeast, a few light showers here and then a thickening of the cloud towards the northwest later to give some patchy rain . but elsewhere it's patchy rain. but elsewhere it's mostly fine. the cloud coming and going at times and thick enough there for parts of the

southeast to give the odd shower, but for the vast majority, it's dry enough , majority, it's dry enough, releasing spells of sunshine later in the day. and where we've got that sunshine. temperatures in the low 20s feeling perfectly pleasant, a bit of a breeze towards the northwest that freshens towards the evening and thickening cloud arrives into the northwest of scotland with outbreaks of rain for the outer hebrides. but that rain tending to be light. it'll be on and off, to and eastern and central scotland keeps the sunshine into the evening, thickening cloud there for northern ireland, some outbreaks of rain in the far west belfast 19 celsius during the evening . 19 celsius during the evening. so perfectly pleasant, plenty of sunshine. meanwhile across england and wales, apart from west wales, parts of devon and cornwall, where lower cloud will arrive through the evening and overnight, that will tend to result in mist and drizzle, particularly around coasts and hills of wales in the southwest. meanwhile, the week front that crosses scotland pushes into

parts of northern england where we've got the cloud overnight temperatures staying up at 13 or 14 celsius. otherwise, some spots could dip into the single figures. there could be a few mist patches around first thing, but for many it's a largely fine start to sunday. we've got this area of cloud across northern and western england. it'll be low and it will be drizzly in places as well. some mistiness remaining around the coasts of the south—west of england. otherwise, for the vast majority, it's a fine, bright day and it's increasingly warm as well . as well. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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