i'm ben leo. >> and i'm ben leo. >> and i'm ben leo. >> now, millions of brits head to the polls today to vote in the general election. don't forget your voter id polls close at 10:00. >> and of course, it's a massive weekend for british sports as well. we'll be live at the henley royal regatta, the british grand prix at silverstone , wimbledon, of silverstone, wimbledon, of course, for the tennis and the very latest on the euros too. >> and we'll be heading stateside for the latest on president joe biden's future. kamala harris is now a favourite to replace him, and it's all a bit awkward for prince harry, as tens of thousands sign a petition to stop him receiving a sports award for veterans. >> mbe . >> mbe. >> mbe. >> well, as you know, it's a big day. everyone's going to the polls for the general election. we can't talk politics today. we can't talk politics. those are the rules . but what we can talk the rules. but what we can talk aboutis the rules. but what we can talk about is dogs. dogs? the rules. but what we can talk about is dogs . dogs? woof. dogs about is dogs. dogs? woof. dogs

at polling stations, please do send, here we go. here's a picture. >> she looks familiar. here's she, he looks. >> that's bob, that's bob the cockapoo. he's. i think he's about 14 years old now, actually. but he looks you know, very young indeed. pooch, this is my pooch at the polling station exercising his democratic right to a vote. he wasn't sure. he's not particularly political. is bob . particularly political. is bob. >> we have three hours of this. three hours of poor puns. >> and here's a pug at the polling station. someone sent that one in. >> nice, nice. one more. and what's this one? you're. i'm more of a cat person. i'll be honest. you're more of a cat person breed. is this. >> i have absolutely no idea. and i will not guess because i don't. don't want to insult that lady there, nor do i want to insult. >> i mentioned it in the handover with andrew. there are some pictures online of cats at polling stations. i'll see if i can find them and do my bit for the cat brigade. but yes, please do send in any pictures you have. >> if you're bringing your dog along to the polling station, or

your cat, or your ferret, or your cat, or your ferret, or your hamster, or your pet rat, someone's hedgehog, someone sent in a picture of their cockatoo as well a cockatoo. well, send them in gbnews.com/yoursay breaking tradition a little bit as well . as well. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> actually you can't send them in on gbnews.com/yoursay send them in on gb views @gbnews, .uk or on twitter. them in on gb views @gbnews, .uk or on twitter . tweet us. we're or on twitter. tweet us. we're there too, so do get in touch . there too, so do get in touch. >> yes. also go on gbnews.com/yoursay for all your comments. we'll try and read them out during the show. but first, your news headlines with sophia. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom. at 12:02, your top story this houn at 12:02, your top story this hour. polls are open across britain as millions of people cast their votes to choose the next government. the first voters were up bright and early as stations opened the doors at 7:00. this morning. they'll remain open until 10:00 tonight, giving a chance to around 46 million eligible voters to have their say on who forms britain's

next government. a total of 650 parliamentary constituencies are being contested across the uk, but this is the first general election to require photo id and voters are being reminded to bnng voters are being reminded to bring their driver's license, passport or other id or risk being turned away . a woman has being turned away. a woman has admitted to murdering her parents in chelmsford in june 2019. the bodies of john and lois mcculloch were discovered by police at their daughter's house after concerns were raised over their welfare. virginia mcculloch, who's 36, pleaded guilty today before being remanded in custody . forensic remanded in custody. forensic police in tenerife are focusing their efforts on an airbnb property where missing teenager jay slater reportedly stayed before he vanished. it comes after one of the last people to see the 18 year old insisted he was alive and well when he left his holiday rental to catch a bus back to his own accommodation. police have described the individual as

irrelevant to the ongoing investigation . the search for investigation. the search for jay has now concluded, but police are continuing to look into his last known movements and why he travelled to a location so far from his accommodation. former police officer oliver lawrence told gb news the investigation has been inconsistent. >> definitely shows maybe the level of dysfunction in this investigation. you know, we, as you said quite rightly pointed out, what we last knew 16 days ago was jay made contact with his friends late one evening to say that he had 1% of battery left, that he was running out of water and that he was lost and disorientated and we had a full blown search carried out by local spanish authorities in tenerife that hasn't obviously gained any results whatsoever. two individuals that were in known to be in the company of jay, were returned back to the uk after a short level of questioning. so one has to start beginning to ask sort of what is the investigation plan? what is the investigation plan? what is the hypotheses of the investigators now in the us state governors who met with president biden last night say

he's fit for office and he has their backing. >> the president faced a grilling at the meeting of democratic governors, which many saw as a test of his ongoing support within the party. among those signalling their support was governor of california gavin newsom, who some see as an alternative for the democratic ticket. but the united front, among many of those in attendance, unsettled some, with reports suggesting there was little effort to gauge the group's private degree of support for the president . support for the president. politics professor scott lucas says the coming days will be crucial tomorrow. >> he has a rally in one swing state in wisconsin. on sunday, he has a rally in another swing state, which is pennsylvania. if biden can make it through that interview and those rallies and instil some confidence, then maybe he stays in the race. but if biden stumbles in any of those appearances, then i think next week is the critical time when you will see, not publicly , when you will see, not publicly, but privately, the pressure build on him to leave gracefully

for the sake of america. given the threat of donald trump. >> meanwhile, donald trump claims president biden is quitting and believes he'll face kamala harris at the us election in a video posted to social media, the former president can be seen in a golf buggy speaking to an unidentified person. despite the white house insisting president biden will remain in the race, mr trump can be heard saying they've just announced he's quitting, though it's unclear what the claim is based on quitting the race. >> is that right? yep. i got him out of the race and that means we have kamala . i think she's we have kamala. i think she's going to be better. she's so bad. but can you imagine that guy with the dealing with putin and the president of china, who's a fierce person? he's a fierce man, right? very tough quy- fierce man, right? very tough guy. and they see him, they probably care, but they just announce he's he's probably quitting. >> good. very good times coming . >> good. very good times coming. >> good. very good times coming. >> in other news, the prince and

princess of wales are understood to be donating to hurricane beryl relief efforts after the storm tore through islands in the south—east caribbean . at the south—east caribbean. at least six people are known to have been killed in grenada , have been killed in grenada, venezuela and saint vincent and the grenadines . the storm was the grenadines. the storm was expected to be close to major hurricane strength when it passed overjamaica hurricane strength when it passed over jamaica yesterday. it's heading towards the cayman islands today and into mexico's yucatan peninsula , and police in yucatan peninsula, and police in australia have recovered the remains of a 12 year old girl who was attacked by a crocodile while swimming in a creek in a remote part of the country. the unnamed child was reported missing on tuesday. she'd been swimming with family in mango creek , around 225 miles from creek, around 225 miles from darwin in the northern territory. the area is to home around 100,000 saltwater crocodiles , which is more than crocodiles, which is more than anywhere else in the world, though attacks on people are not common. those are the latest tv news headlines. for now, i'm

sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> hello. welcome back. it's 1208. you're with emily and ben leo on good afternoon britain. >> yes, ben . leo. not tom >> yes, ben. leo. not tom harwood. sometimes you get confused. >> exactly the reason i emphasise that is because sometimes people will say, oh, tom, what are you talking about? last week, your views on the trans debate was completely opposite, confusing me with tom. and i say, yes, i'm not tom. we look similar, but trust me, we are very different in many ways. >> anyway, andy murray is back in action after pulling out of the wimbledon singles. yes, go on andy, the two time champion, is pairing up with his brother tonight . tonight. >> jamie in the doubles this afternoon before joining up with former us open champion emma raducanu this weekend. so let's cross there to wimbledon live

now with our very own olivia utley. hello, olivia, first question, how many punnets of strawberries and cream have you had? and elsewhere? what's on the cards today? >> well, i'm not allowed in yet, so none yet. but i'm looking forward to some later if i possibly can. it is a really, really big day in british tennis today. not only is andy murray back this afternoon for what might be his last ever match at wimbledon and the men's doubles with his brother jamie murray, with his brotherjamie murray, but we've got emma raducanu playing later in the week. we've got jack draper and cameron norrie, two up and coming british stars playing each other on court one later this afternoon, and we've got fernley , afternoon, and we've got fernley, also of great britain, facing djokovic at 130 to kick everything off. things are looking pretty promising. i was actually here at wimbledon as a punter on tuesday and i watched the jack draper get through his first round at wimbledon. he was on very, very good form. and as for radacanu, who's obviously struggled through all sorts of

injuries and fitness problems since her spectacular us open win in 2021, she too seems to be back on form. she absolutely thrashed her belgian opponent yesterday, beating her six two, six one in just 75 minutes. so that's pretty exciting too. today all eyes are really on andy murray and that's what punters are really excited about. i spoke to a few of them earlier. here's what they had to say. >> i think he should keep going until he can't look. he's got he's got the willpower, so he's good for trying and who knows? you never know. you might get lucky and make it further than you think. >> i think he made a good decision to play the doubles and be here, maybe go out on a high, you know, the doubles. >> i think he's playing the mixed doubles as well, probably with his fitness level. he just didn't have enough for the singles. >> and that's why, you know, he opted out of the singles, but i think, he's got every, every chance in the in the doubles . chance in the in the doubles. >> so a lot of excitement about

andy murray there. and it seems everyone here is very much behind him. there was a bit of a question over whether he should sort of be struggling on to do this final wimbledon, or whether he should have bowed out on a high a while ago. but everyone here is very, very excited to see him play later on today. >> fantastic stuff. and of course, andy murray is going to be playing with emma raducanu as well. i'm reading that they're they're likely not going to have much time to practice, are they, if at all. >> no. and this is i mean, this is very, very big for emma raducanu. she said that it was her childhood dream to play the mixed doubles with andy murray and that childhood dream is coming true. but she is very inexperienced when it comes to doubles playing. in fact, she's only played one professional round before and she was knocked out immediately. so of course britain is really, really excited to see that match. let's see how it goes. she is on the best form that we've seen her on in quite a few years now, so that bodes well. >> oh, fantastic. well thank you very much indeed, olivia, for being there at wimbledon for us.

ihope being there at wimbledon for us. i hope you get to see a little more tennis as well later today. thank you very much. >> andy. fan andy murray, >> andy. fan andy murray, >> you know what? i always used to find him, perhaps a little bit grumpy, but i think his personality is starting to shine or has done for the last few years. what do you think? he's my hero. >> when he won, he's your hero. >> when he won, he's your hero. >> oh, well, there we go. >> oh, well, there we go. >> i grew up playing tennis. my boys now play tennis, and andy was always there at the top. and you know, when he lost that wimbledon final against i think it was federer in 2012, then came back to win the olympics a couple of weeks later. he won gold, then he won two wimbledons after that. i just think he's got guts. he's got character and yeah, i've always loved him. >> well, you clearly know a lot more about the tennis than i do, but you're a bit of a tiger, dad, aren't you? >> what does that mean? >> what does that mean? >> well, you know, you've got your little kids out there playing tennis already. >> yeah. so my boy jude. good morning. jude. good afternoon, he's he's only four, but he's very good at tennis. that's amazing, and my mum says to me, you can't live your dreams through your children. i said, well, i'll try my hardest. >> i feel like everyone does a little bit, don't they? >> i think you've got to. you've got to risk sacrificing your relationship with a child if you

want true success. look at the williams sisters. look at max verstappen's dad. they've all had fractured relationships with their fathers. so if it means jude getting to wimbledon one day and you introducing to olivia and saying, how's jude getting on in centre court, olivia? then i'm up for it. >> well, you never know, do you? yes children do need a bit of pushif yes children do need a bit of push if they're going to go to stardom, a bit of a shove, they're going to make it. i believe we're now going to the henley royal regatta. this is one of the biggest events in the british sporting calendar. of course, more than 300,000 spectators are watching the rowers, but we have bev turner there of course, reporting for us live. bev, how is your day going ? going? >> oh it's awful. emily, can you imagine? i'm having to sit on a boat, sip champagne and look. look at lots of very tall men in lycra. it's really. it's a very tough job, but somebody has to do it, and i am. i'm putting it, giving it my all. so listen, just have a look here, guys, dozens and dozens of boats now taking to the water as we move

towards lunchtime. actually, the activity here is really picking up.and activity here is really picking up. and for a lot of people here, of course it is social. it's incredibly civilised. there are picnics, there are pimms, there are lots of people walking around holding on to their hats. let me tell you, on a day like today, it's a little breezy down here, but for these athletes it is a serious competition. as you just said, 300,000 spectators come here across five days, a record number of entries , record number of entries, actually about 800 entries this yeah actually about 800 entries this year. people come from 27 different countries. i've heard all sorts of boats being announced over the tannoy. we've got boats here from australia, from america , from canada, from from america, from canada, from bermuda in fact. and we're just going to now move over and talk to one man who's already been successful this morning. this is oliver zeidler. who has very kindly joined us. now you've you're a single sculler, oliver. so just to explain to our viewers who may not be experts on the sport of rowing, what's the difference between the

rowing and the sculling, >> well, rowing is with one or so, you can only do it together because otherwise you would, do circles and sculling is with two oars, and it's, like, more a kind of art, i would say, of rowing, because you really need to balance the boat on your own, especially in the skiff, in the, in the single. so it's a bit more technical. >> and you were an olympic, you were an international swimmer before you moved to rowing. why did you make the transition exactly . exactly. >> so i didn't made it to the 2016 rio olympics as a swimmer. >> and then my team, just a lot of people retired. >> so there wasn't a fun left. >> so there wasn't a fun left. >> and then i decided to join my family, >> we have a big, big rowing history in our family and yeah, just try out rowing. and i think this was one of the best decisions i ever made in life, really. >> but how is it? how is it different? i mean, you're a single sculler, so it's still quite a solitary sport when you're swimming, you're looking

at the bottom of the pool for miles and hours and hours, and obviously rowing. you're outdoors. it's very different, but you're still on your own . but you're still on your own. >> yeah, but there's a lot more going on, as you said, you're only, like, counting the metres in the pool , only, like, counting the metres in the pool, looking down. and here something is going on and especially here in henley with the crowds around, it's, it's a great place to be as a rower because you're never alone. basically. >> how many henley regattas have you done now, >> this is my fourth regatta here and i'm always enjoying to come back. >> yeah, it just for people who are watching at home who maybe haven't been here, just describe how impressive this event is and how impressive this event is and how different it is to normal regattas. >> so usually at the international regattas we are racing, you have like six lane racing, you have like six lane racing here. >> it's always man versus man. so it's a very gladiatorial event. >> i would say. >> i would say. >> then the crowd is very, very close here. >> here. >> here. >> as i said here always people around cheering you all the way,

usually at international regattas, you maybe have a bit of a crowd at the last 250 here. it's a completely different game andifs it's a completely different game and it's a lot more fun. and it's a it's a bigger event here. yeah >> oliver, can i ask how tall you are, >> i am two metres and four centimetres. >> what's that in feet and inches, >> that's a good question. i think it's six foot seven, six foot eight, something like this. >> i was going to say i used to work on the nba coverage, and i've interviewed some very tall basketball players. >> but you must be up there six, seven, six eight. why is that an advantage when you're a rower? >> well, i think you need to just need to find the right boat to carry you. and that's the. that's the more the challenge. otherwise, i think it's a big advantage to just use your body, your mass , especially to move your mass, especially to move the boat forward. and it can be an advantage, but it can also be an advantage, but it can also be a disadvantage because the centre of gravity for me is pretty high. and in a single to balance this small shell, it's not that easy. so you need to get used to it and need to practice a lot. but if the boat runs, it really starts to fly. i

think . think. >> and paris will be your second olympics. you came seventh at last time. how are you hoping to do this year, >> well, i don't want to come home without a medal. this would be nice. last year was the big favourite. last time i was the big favourite for gold. but yeah. didn't made it in the a final. won the b final in the end.soi final. won the b final in the end. so i hope to be do better in the semi—final this year. that's the first task and then everything else will be a bonus. but, i'm in good shape. i'm getting there and let's see. >> fantastic. all right, well , >> fantastic. all right, well, thank you so much, oliver, for joining us on gb news, >> fantastic . emily, thank to you. >> brilliant interview. thank you very much indeed. have a fabulous time. bev. if we don't catch you again, have a fantastic afternoon and we'll see you later on the telly. thank you very much indeed. >> not sure who's got the best job, bev down at henley or olivia at wimbledon . olivia at wimbledon. >> i know we're the losers here in the studio today, aren't we? >> someone bring you some

strawberries and cream and then we'll call it quits, right. it's a massive weekend of sport elsewhere. of course, on top of wimbledon and henley, not least the british grand prix at silverstone and england playing the switzerland in the euros on saturday night. so gb news sports presenter paul coates joins us now to break and expert in the pedlow classification. >> by the way, henley, which i'm still waiting for. >> pedalo world champ. >> pedalo world champ. >> yeah i think so. that's what i'm hoping for but i don't think they've actually included that yet. but there's always the future, isn't it? >> there's always the future. anything's an olympic sport now. skateboarding. >> all of it. well that's it. we had a skateboarder on this morning on on breakfast 630 this morning. he's lives in california . and andy mcdonald california. and andy mcdonald his name is. and he is 50. so it's incredible. and so he's he's the great british skateboarding team. no word of a lie. a girl who's 16, a girl who's 15 and andy, who's 50, who turns out he's one of the world's greatest skateboarders and has been he's won medals at the x games. i mean, we didn't expect to be talking about this, but, he's so successful and he's he's got, i think his father was

born here, so he's he's lived in california all his life, lived the skateboarding life. so we're like, welcome. of course, you're british. so he'll be competing for britain. well, there you go. >> you're never too old. >> you're never too old. >> that's the definition of a cool dad right there. just. >> isn't it just. just walking everywhere with his skateboard takes the kids to school. the thing is, they walk and he goes on the skateboard, so. but anyway. >> well, maybe that would be a bit embarrassing. >> well, there's not some else going on, a lot a few bits and pieces and of course, not least the british grand prix at silverstone, which i'm you're not keen to talk about because you think f1 is not a sport. >> well, that's not necessarily true. that's well, if there was any motorsport that was throwing under the bus is one of those which is just done to me there. but but, but motorsport, i know you love, i love i've just got back from the austrian gp this weekend, but this weekend is particularly interesting because lando norris and max verstappen, they had a massive crash in austria. >> i was there yards away. it was very, very good. >> so you just like the crashes? >> so you just like the crashes? >> oh yes, that's part of it. yeah, >> there's so much of it's like

this though, isn't it? so i enjoy watching f1. of course, i love all sport, but i like something which is a little more physical, that has a little bit more of everything. >> come on, paul, they're pulling 4 or 5 g's around some of those corners. >> well, they just do that, don't they? just do that. easy, easy. everybody's going to kill me. >> well, paul, let's get you on to safer territory and talk about. should we talk about the tour de france or should we talk about the euros? what do you fancy? >> you choose it. well let's talk about the let's talk about the tour de france, because mark cavendish, who when we talk about great british sportsmen and, and we're agreed, aren't we, that andy murray, i know you said he was your hero. and for me as well, when it comes to great british sportsman of all time, he's up there. i mean if not number one. and then you've got mark cavendish. now they're both knighted, of course, sir andy and sir mark as well. now mark cavendish, the manx mish, the manx missile, they call him because he's from the isle of man and it's been his won 34 stages before yesterday of the tour de france. he's a sprinter. so there's a difference between the grand classification, which

is when you get the yellow jersey, etc. so he's a sprinter and he's all about winning different stages in this sprint stages . so he won yesterday. and stages. so he won yesterday. and i mean what he's been through over the years i mean he's 39 years old for a start. so for such a physical sport like cycling and sprinting, you'd think of power, speed, etc. you'd think by the time you get to about 30 it's going to go slightly on the slide. but he's kept going. >> it's well done for. it's >> it's well done for. it's >> but how do you think i feel talking about this? you know skateboarding chopper yeah that's true. skateboarding still chance for me but but mark cavendish he's had illness. we've had depression. he's had horrendous injuries. but still keeps going. and there's something about this magical 35th stage win. eddy merckx , the 35th stage win. eddy merckx, the great belgian cyclist . he shared great belgian cyclist. he shared that record with mark cavendish. so mark went to the to the tour de france last year, hoping that he was a possibility that he could win that 35th stage horrendous accident, broke his collarbone and even now come

back again to do it. and he won it yesterday. yeah, a real idol of british sport, as you said. >> we should really celebrate these people. >> i mean this guy is incredible and that's a big record. it really is. and so who knows. he's he's going again today. so after that and he could then make it 36. it's every possibility. >> i'd probably pack it in after making a record. >> i think there's something in these athletes that they just find it so hard to pack it in. you're right. you've been living your whole life for a sport. >> well, you need with any top sports person, there's that will to win, which is absolutely more than i imagine. you're a bit like that, are you? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i'm very i know you're i love you, but i imagine when you play your kids you want to win, right? definitely >> you wouldn't let them win. >> you wouldn't let them win. >> you wouldn't let them win. >> you can see i can see it in your eyes. >> well, that's another conversation. they need to learn how to lose because i saw you talk about my boys all the time. but, jude, i don't mind losing. he lost a little tennis tournament. it was just a friendly thing where he won lots of sweets. he lost it. refused to have the team picture at the end of the thing with all the

other kids, and the coaches refused to take a cheeky for taking part. he stormed out and i said well done son. well, i kind of do like that. he needs to kind of manage it in the future, but i kind of like that competitive. >> well, this is this is what we have when it comes to top line sport. if you speak to footballers, one of my favourite stories is where a friend of ours, clive allen, who's a legendary striker, played for england as well, played for many london clubs and he told me about when he'd be on a holiday. and he's probably going to thank me for telling you this. and he came back and he said, oh yeah, i won the family table tennis tournament. i said, did you really? and he said, yeah, i beat my 12 year old niece in the final. but that's but that's top sports. >> oh my god, that reminds me. >> oh my god, that reminds me. >> i'd be like, yeah, whatever you know, it's fun. >> that reminds me of a family houday >> that reminds me of a family holiday that does it really does it family. did you win it though? >> emily? that's the thing. >> emily? that's the thing. >> no, i don't think i won, but there was a lot of anger, a lot of strops joy. strops crying, kicking. you know, sorts. but there you go. that's what happens when you stick a family together for, for a long time. >> the difference is that's great sports people. they have to win. and there's that will to

win against all odds. whereas a lot of us would go, you know what? it doesn't really matter. ihave what? it doesn't really matter. i have to do it. >> i think we need more of it. more of it in britain. well, there we go. >> do we need more? do we need to be more competitive as a nafion? to be more competitive as a nation? why don't we ask our viewers and listeners, maybe, maybe why don't we ask, do we need to be more competitive, be more like ben leo, get the kids out there playing tennis from the age of two. anyway, we're going to be discussing england in the next hour, coming up, a petition against prince harry receiving an award for his work with veterans has now reached over 50,000 signatures. it's a bit awkward, isn't it? >> apparently he's meant to be popular in the us, according to the sussex squad, but this says otherwise. >> we'll have the latest shortly. this is good afternoon on gb

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politics. but the polling stations are open. and do remember your voter id. but over stateside, president biden, he insists he's not going to drop out of the us presidential race. yes. >> and that, of course, comes after a video of donald trump, the former president, claiming biden had secretly quit was leaked online. so the former us president was caught on camera on a golf course, of course, saying he thinks come kamala harris, the vice president at the moment , harris, the vice president at the moment, will be the new democrat nominee. >> so there he is out playing golf and gossiping about the politics. did you see there biden and trump's role in the debate about golf ? debate about golf? >> no, about 3 or 4 minutes. they were talking. everyone onune they were talking. everyone online was saying, this is the, you know, the epitome of us politics, arguing about who's got the biggest handicap, who's got the biggest handicap, who's got the biggest handicap, who's got the best swing, it was, goodness me, it is wild. >> these tv debates, but yes, biden has admitted that he, quote, screwed up that debate that he didn't put his best foot forward. there's been multiple excuses , hasn't there? travel excuses, hasn't there? travel exhaustion? jet lag? what else i

mean? >> well, yeah, he said that he was just jet lagged. he said he travelled the world 3 or 4 times overin travelled the world 3 or 4 times over in the days leading up to the debate. but i mean, you just need to look at as far as i'm concerned, the years leading up to that debate. i mean, we could have a litany, we could have a compilation of gaffes that he made, i'm sure there are many out there, some accusing him that he can't even walk properly anymore. in the early days of his presidency, you had that really now infamous clip of president biden trying to get up the stairs of air force one, slipping 3 or 4 times other videos where he's shuffling. shuffling along the white house lawn trying to get to his helicopter, mumbling, not finishing sentences coherently. i think it is. do you know, i think it's widely accepted now that he it's widely accepted. >> it's no longer controversial. people on all sides of politics will say the same about about president joe biden. there's been so much discussion about whether he , you know, has some whether he, you know, has some cognitive issues , whether even cognitive issues, whether even dementia is on the cards. lots of people discussing this very openly now, it's no longer a controversial issue, but he insists that he's going to keep

carrying on. but kamala harris waiting in the wings , it seems. waiting in the wings, it seems. >> i mean, i think she'd be worse than biden because she's been almost absent for the past four years as a vp. and she again, i'm quite into my us politics. you've probably not seen it, but she did a clip with some, famous us rapper, female rapper, the other day, it was so cringeworthy. it was . so it was cringeworthy. it was. so it was just she was talking about . just she was talking about. yeah, girl, i'm from the streets. this and that. it was just. it was excruciating. maybe we can find it to show you a bit later on, but that's probably the highlight of her last four years. >> what sort of down with the kids? yeah, and the youth. >> completely inauthentic. >> completely inauthentic. >> oh, gosh, that is a bit cringeworthy. >> but i guess i guess from a democrat point of view, what she does have is she's a woman of colour. so, you know, they've never had a female president before. yeah. >> yes. and of course, that will be a plus to some people within the campaign. but, yeah, it's not looking great for president joe biden. it would be quite something if they did decide to oust him and put forward kamala harris . oust him and put forward kamala harris. instead. >> i want to see a trump . not >> i want to see a trump. not because i like trump, but a

trump presidency working with whoever wins the elections today, whoever that might be. we can't talk about it too much. >> but but, later, actually, we're going to be speaking to someone working on biden's presidential campaign. so that's going to be very interesting to see whether she acknowledges, let's say, joe biden's difficulties and how, obvious they've been in recent debates and in recent appearances and what exactly their plan might be for the rest of the presidential campaign . so definitely stay campaign. so definitely stay tuned for that. >> can't keep toeing the party line? surely we shall see. >> but keep the dog picks coming in. we want to see them, of course, outside polling stations this is a thing some of you have been asking. why do you want to have pictures of dogs? they can't vote. we want them because it's a meme . people like to see it's a meme. people like to see dogs outside polling stations. i've shown mine . so show us i've shown mine. so show us yours. it's the headlines with sophia now . sophia now. >> emily. thank you. it's 1232. >> emily. thank you. it's1232. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb

news room . your headlines. polls news room. your headlines. polls are open across britain as millions of people cast their votes to choose the next government. the first voters were up bright and early as stations opened their doors at 7:00. this morning. they'll remain open until 10:00 tonight, giving a chance to around 46 million eligible voters to have their say on who forms britain's next government . but this is the next government. but this is the first general election to require photo id and voters. voters are being reminded to bnng voters are being reminded to bring their driver's license, passport or other id or risk being turned away . a woman has being turned away. a woman has admitted murdering her parents in june of 2019. the bodies of john and lois mcculloch were discovered by police at their daughter's house after concerns were raised over their welfare. virginia mcculloch, who's 36, pleaded guilty today before being remanded in custody . being remanded in custody. forensic police in tenerife are focusing their efforts on an airbnb property where missing

teenager jay slater reportedly stayed before he vanished. it comes after one of the last people to see the 18 year old insisted he was alive and well when he left his holiday rental to catch a bus back to his own accommodation. police have described the individual as irrelevant to the ongoing investigation in the us state. governors who met with president biden last night say he's fit for office and he has their backing. the president faced a grilling at the meeting of democratic governors, which many saw as a test of his ongoing support within the party. those are the latest news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour.

>> hello. welcome back. 1238.

you're with ben and emily, not tom on good afternoon. britain only on gb news. lots of pictures coming in from your doggos at the polling stations. this little cutie is willow standing next to some very colourful flowers. there summer indeed. >> very cute. very cute . with >> very cute. very cute. with a polling station sign slap bang in front of those beautiful flowers. lovely to see. we've got parker and maud here in their matching bandanas. they seem to be staring up at the sunny sky. or have you got a treat there? >> looks like a nice day out there, doesn't it? it is like a lovely day from the. from the studio. >> yeah, we wouldn't know down here, but it is a beautiful day in some parts of the country. >> and this one here, this little pooch is our political edhon little pooch is our political editor, christopher hope's dog. it's the fifth time he's been at a polling station, so he's a he's a regular, a veteran. he's jack russell. emily, >> it looks like one. it looks like one. correct us if we're wrong, but it does look like a little tiny jack russell. another beautiful shot there in the sun. so. yeah, do keep them coming. it doesn't have to be dogs. doesn't have to be dogs. perhaps you've taken another

animal down to the polling station. i mean, weirder things have happened. someone's got in touch with me on twitter and said that once, when he was working at the, volunteering at the polling station, someone turned up on horseback, but they couldn't allow the horse to get in, obviously, so he must have. >> we've had lots of other pictures birds, cockatoos, some cats, but none at the polling station. so crucially, this is a bit of a meme, a tradition. it's pets, dogs, mainly at the polling station, not just on your sofa. >> yes, hashtag pets at the polling station. yeah. so yes, please do keep them coming in. we'll let you know if there are any more of our of our team here @gbnews with their dogs. yes. >> i'm trying to get my mother in law. she's been down. she got rejected for not having proper id. oh, no, she's an nhs worker. she thought the nhs card would have worked. she's been whatsapping me furious. and i said, look, get your id, go down and take brody, your dog and get us a picture. so hopefully we get that one. >> if at first you don't succeed, try again, anyway, moving on a petition against prince harry receiving an award for his work with veterans has now reached over 50,000 signatures.

>> yeah, so the controversy is around the duke of sussex receiving the pat tillman award for his work with the invictus games, which is typically given to individuals with a, quote, strong connection to sport . yes. strong connection to sport. yes. >> so pat tillman, a former american footballer who gave up his work in the sport to join the armed forces in the wake of 9/11, was killed sadly in afghanistan in 2004. >> his mother, mary, believes there are more deserving recipients of the award than the duke, who she described as controversial and divisive . controversial and divisive. >> she doesn't hold back, does she? should we speak to former bbc royal correspondent michael cole, michael, this sounds all a little bit awkward for prince harry. do you think it's justified, this petition . justified, this petition. >> good afternoon, emily. >> good afternoon, emily. >> good afternoon . >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> ben, lala. is sometimes described as, discretion. and perhaps this is a case where, the prince could very politely decline this important award because he would not want to be booed when accepting it, because

this is controversial. i hear that, the signatures are piling on. i've even heard the figure of 60,000. and why this is important is that the americans take the pat tillman award very, very seriously. as you just outlined. he gave up a $3 million football contract to serve his country, and he went to afghanistan and iraq, and he was killed there , tragically, by was killed there, tragically, by friendly fire. but he was awarded the silver star for valour, the what? the people feel and that it was expressed by his mother was that, prince harry has said things and done things recently, which make him unworthy of receiving this award . unworthy of receiving this award. actions have consequences, as we all know now. i would commend and i think most people would commend , his two tours of duty commend, his two tours of duty in afghanistan. he served this country well as an apache.

commander, a helicopter attack, commander. and also the fact that he set up the invictus games. he saw the warrior games in america, and he modelled the invictus, which means undefeated, on those games. but all of that was done pre meghan. and of course, we all know what's happened since his wedding in 2017. to meghan markle. there have been repeated attacks on senior members of the royal family and in america. and i'm quite sure many of these signatures are american. the royal family is and remains very popular. the late queen was very popular. the late queen was very popular and the prince and princess of wales, william and kate are extremely popular in america. so maybe if he's being advised properly , prince harry advised properly, prince harry may reflect that discretion is the better part of valour and politely decline , politely decline, >> there's an exclusive polling for newsweek, which is the us publication. typically, i guess,

described as kind of a mouthpiece for harry and meghan. but their new polling from a few weeks ago says that the duchess of sussex was liked by 36% of us adults and disliked by 24. and that gives her a net approval rating of 12, which is equivalent to king charles's. do you believe that? yeah, i well, that's interesting, but i believe that one of the most recent, popularity polls showed that, kate, the princess of wales, had a popularity rating of something like 60% or more than that. >> so almost double the meghan rating. of course, polls are very much on our mind today , very much on our mind today, although we don't mention them anymore. and it will be interesting to see. but what is interesting to see. but what is interesting is that the public perception of the prince, who was the happy prince, the warrior prince, the man who served his country very well from the front seat of an apache attack helicopter , is now attack helicopter, is now a controversial figure as, as, pat tillman's mother so eloquently put it. it's a great shame. and

it's a great shame to see what this country has lost, because i was only thinking recently the duchess of cambridge, sophie, duchess of cambridge, sophie, duchess of cambridge, sophie, duchess of edinburgh, sophie went to, went to, went to kyiv and did a good job there, with all the people who are suffering in ukraine. but that's exactly the job that had he still stayed as a working member of the royal family, that prince harry should have been doing, working with people who've been in the combat zones and have suffered as a result of it. it's all a great big pity, we'll have to see whether he wants to accept this award, but it can be nothing less, emily than controversial. >> yeah , that's how i feel about >> yeah, that's how i feel about about the whole thing. it is all rather sad. prince harry could have done such a fantastic job as a royal. as a working royal. but, michael, just very quickly, do you think prince harry is the type to politely decline this award with this, petition, or do you think he'll still go ahead? >> well, i'm sure he'll listen to what his wife says. i wish he

was listening to good public relations people who would guide him on these things, because pubuc him on these things, because public perception is very important, particularly in his role. and he has to live by the marketplace now he and his wife have to, get their their income, and they have a very expensive lifestyle by appealing to the pubuc lifestyle by appealing to the public and people get turned off quite quickly by the wrong sort of actions. and i think showing a little bit of discretion, showing a little bit of nobility, shall we say, some princely behaviour might, might be important here. he might issue a good statement, praising the valour of pat tillman and leave it at that and say, we'll leave it at that and say, we'll leave this for another occasion on the other hand, he should continue with his work with invictus and make sure that that's his life's work, because that's his life's work, because that is, in anybody's book, highly commendable . highly commendable. >> yes. >> yes. >> he needs to make sure that, he doesn't appear as though it's all about him, doesn't he, when it's about these matters. thank

you so much, michael cole. always fantastic to talk to you. former bbc royal correspondent, good stuff . good stuff. >> i think it's important not to forget harry's service to this country. of course, i know he's not very popular. i'm his, you know, one of his biggest critics of recent years. but i think sometimes we do forget, as michael alluded to, his service in, in afghanistan, he's a chopper pilot, etc, etc. >> yeah. which is more than a lot of people have done. exactly, so there you go. let us know your thoughts, do you think he should politely decline this award on this occasion? anyway, coming up, we'll be getting the latest on the search for missing teenager jay slater. the police teenagerjay slater. the police in tenerife are focusing their efforts on an airbnb property, where he reportedly stayed before he vanished. we'll get the latest.

well. good afternoon. britain 1250 is the time. you're with me , 1250 is the time. you're with me, emily. and, of course, ben. leo. two. now, this is phoebe. we can see here. phoebe either a. let's have a little look. oh either a rather hairy baby or a lovely pooch. they're being pushed to the polling station in what looks like a pram, another sunny day there. apparently it's not so sunny up north, though. had a few comments saying it's not sunny everywhere. it's not sunny everywhere. >> when i go up north, whenever i go to scotland. i've not seen the sunshine in scotland once. >> sometimes it's absolute. when it does shine, it's absolutely stunningly beautiful. you have very long days. yeah up in scotland, >> i've just. i've never been . i >> i've just. i've never been. i can't this is no exaggeration. i can't this is no exaggeration. i can't remember going north of, say, oxford and seeing the sun out. >> same when i go, same when i've been to manchester or the surrounding area. always raining, always raining. but it makes you more grateful when the sun does eventually come out. but anyway, keep your dogs at polling stations coming into our inbox please. >> loving all the pictures at the polling station . the polling the polling station. the polling station? oh yeah, very good.

>> very good. >> very good. >> right. okay, elsewhere, on a more sombre note, it's day 18 of the search for missing teenager jay slater, forensic police in tenerife are focusing their attention now on an airbnb property where he reportedly stayed before he vanished. >> yes. so the search has been called off, but the police are still trying to track down the movements of the 19 year old. >> joining us now from marbella is the latest, for the latest or with the latest, rather. there we go, journalist gerard cousins. good morning gerard. nice to see you again. lots of developments in the last couple of days, not least overnight. the police of course, have stopped their search, but attention is now focused on this airbnb, >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> yes, the as you say, the search, the visible search has stopped, but, police were seen coming out of the or going in and coming out of the airbnb earlier this week, >> i think it was 16, 17 days on. so what exactly they are hoping to find, after the airbnb has been thoroughly cleaned. >> i'm not quite sure,

>> i'm not quite sure, >> but obviously it has been the focus of, of part of the investigation this week. >> it's all very odd reading reports also about a, a rolex . reports also about a, a rolex. >> yes. joey. according to mark williams—thomas confessed to a friend in a snapchat video that he'd stolen that that watch a watch outside a nightclub in the south of tenerife before he headed up north with the two men who had rented the airbnb , and who had rented the airbnb, and police were aware of this, they they know about it, but they have said that the two men that jay was with have been ruled out as suspects that they they're not relevant to the inquiry . so not relevant to the inquiry. so there are a lot of unanswered questions. there's a lot of mystery surrounding surrounding all of this. >> gerard , i remember traipsing >> gerard, i remember traipsing through portugal with you back in the day for madeleine mccann's stories. now, of course, there's really there's a clear difference, to this story. you know , who knows? but in

you know, who knows? but in terms of the media attention and the mystery of it, do you think we hope jay returns safe and well? but do you think if this drags on, it could morph into something akin to the madeleine mystery , mystery, >> i don't see it ever getting as big as as the madeleine mccann case. obviously very different scenario, we're talking about a teenager, madeleine was a young girl, it was, but it's every parents, obviously. obviously, it's every parent's holiday nightmare that, you know, you go on holiday, your child goes on holiday or your child goes on holiday or you go on holiday with your child. they don't they don't they don't come back, but it certainly has got, you know, world media attention. i mean, i keep a good eye on, on, on papers, you know, in many parts of the world. and this story has featured not just in, in the uk, but, but also in, in, in of course, tenerife, spain and beyond. and beyond. >> so yes, it's certainly, struck a chord with the millions of people i would say, thank you

so much for bringing us that update . gerard cousins, you're update. gerard cousins, you're in marbella. thank you very much indeed.the in marbella. thank you very much indeed. the mystery the mystery deepens. it's hard to know really what is relevant and what is it and why have the police stopped this investigation? we've got lots more coming up though. we're going to be back at wimbledon. a huge week of sports, a huge weekend of sports coming up too. so we'll bring you the very latest. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office . it's to you from the met office. it's going to be a breezy day, especially across the north west, but there will be some sunny spells across the south. however to the north where that windier weather is through the day , we've also got an occluded day, we've also got an occluded front and that's going to bring some persistent heavy rain and showers , particularly to western showers, particularly to western areas of scotland, but also into

some northwestern areas of england and parts of northern ireland as well. elsewhere, we should stay dry through the rest of the day. mix of sunny spells, the longest lived sunshine likely across southeastern areas where the winds will be the lightest this afternoon, so highs of around 21 degrees here. but further north and west closer to the lower teens. so a fairly fresh feeling day and some of those showers could turn quite heavy and possibly thundery. the winds will be particularly strong through this afternoon across western areas of scotland. we could see gale force gusts and some very heavy bursts of rain down towards parts of northern ireland, less of a risk of the heavier showers, but a mix of sunny spells and showers and still pretty breezy here into the afternoon. the winds will slowly start to ease as we head into the evening further south. however, the next batch of rain is arriving from the west, so skies will cloud over across parts of south wales and south western areas of england. and this is the next front , arriving this is the next front, arriving for thursday and into for thursday evening and into

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>> well. >> well. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 on thursday, the 4th of july. i'm ben leo, and i'm emily

carver. millions of brits head to the polls today to vote in the general election. don't forget your voter id. of course . forget your voter id. of course. polls close at 10 pm. yes. >> don't forget . and it's >> don't forget. and it's a massive week for british sport. we're live at the henley royal regatta, the british grand prix at silverstone, wimbledon for the tennis and of course we're going to have the very latest on the euros and we'll be heading stateside for the latest on president joe biden's future. >> kamala harris is a favourite to replace him. >> and, new this hour. there's been a bit of controversy over the team gb women's rugby team. >> i'm not sure i want to get involved in this one. >> yeah, it's probably a bit difficult for you as a man, they've essentially been posing in what one could describe as quite racy lingerie, we'll show you a picture a little bit later. >> sharon davies called it porn

underwear, which was an odd choice of words, >> but yeah, racy underwear. anyway, this has sparked a debate over whether this is feminism in action. you know , feminism in action. you know, why shouldn't the rugby players get their kit off? you know, the men sometimes do for calendars and whatnot. or whether this is, you know, women once again being oversexualized in the media, you know, why do they need to strip off? why do they need to be pictured in their underwear? i could see it from both sides. this one, but personally. personally, if you did ask me, ben , what i thought. and you ben, what i thought. and you didn't. but i'm going to tell you anyway, i think it's a bit much. >> see , my point is, my argument >> see, my point is, my argument is that we have this campaign, this body positive campaign with larger women, larger ladies, even larger men. you know, i can remember off the top of my head, say dove, for example, the skincare you had, you know, larger models. so why can't we have the same thing for larger athletic women? they're not fat, they're muscular . that's the they're muscular. that's the whole point. they're muscular women posing in underwear.

>> so you think it's good for sort of seeing all sorts of bodies and celebrating strong athletes? >> i think so, and i think that's the idea behind the organisers of the campaign as well. and also going back to maybe the page three debate as well. everyone says it's demeaning for women , etc. well, demeaning for women, etc. well, i think it's more demeaning to tell women what they can do with their bodies. >> and the women at the races, the grand prix, what are they called? >> well, they don't do those anymore. >> what were they called? >> what were they called? >> the grid girls. the grid girls? >> yeah, they got the boot, didn't they as well? anyway, are too we puritanical? we're going too we puritanical? we're going to speak to the director of no women, no try, who's doing a documentary on women's rugby. but first it is your headlines with sophia. >> emily. thank you. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom at 1:02, your top story this houn at 1:02, your top story this hour. polls are open across britain as millions of people cast their votes to choose a next government. the first voters were up bright and early as stations opened their doors at 7:00. this morning. they'll

remain open until 10:00 tonight, giving a chance to around 46 million eligible voters to have their say on who forms britain's next government. a total of 650 parliamentary constituencies are being contested across the uk, but this is the first general election to require photo id and voters are being reminded to bnng voters are being reminded to bring their driver's license , bring their driver's license, passport or other id or risk being turned away . a woman has being turned away. a woman has admitted murdering her parents in june of 2019. the bodies of john and lois mcculloch were discovered by police at their daughter's house after concerns were raised over their welfare. virginia mcculloch, who's 36, pleaded guilty today before being remanded in custody . being remanded in custody. forensic police in tenerife are focusing their efforts on an airbnb property where missing teenager jay slater reportedly stayed before he vanished. it comes after one of the last

people to see the 18 year old insisted he was alive and well when he left the holiday rental to catch a bus back to his own accommodation. police have described the individual as irrelevant to the ongoing investigation. the for search jay has now concluded, but police are continuing to look into his last known movements and why he travelled to a location so far from his accommodation in the states. the state governors, who met with president biden last night say he's fit for office and he has their backing . the president their backing. the president faced a grilling at the meeting of democratic governors, which many saw as a test of his ongoing support within the party. among those signalling their support was the governor of california, gavin newsom, who some see as an alternative for the democratic ticket. but the united front, among many of those in attendance, unsettled some, with reports suggesting there was little effort to gauge there was little effort to gauge the group's private degree of support for the president. politics. professor scott lucas says the coming days will be crucial .

crucial. >> tomorrow he has a rally in one swing state in wisconsin. on sunday, he has a rally in another swing state, which is pennsylvania. if biden can make it through that interview and those rallies and instil some confidence, then maybe he stays in the race. but if biden stumbles in any of those appearances, then i think next week is the critical time when you will see not publicly, but privately, the pressure build on him to leave gracefully for the sake of america. given the threat of donald trump. >> meanwhile, donald trump claims president biden is quitting and believes he'll face kamala harris at the us election in a video posted to social media, the former president can be seen in a golf buggy speaking to an unidentified person. despite the white house insisting president biden will remain in the race, mr trump can be heard saying they've just announced he's quitting, though it's unclear what the claim is based on quitting the us is that right? >> yep. i got him out of the

race and that means we have kamala. i think she's going to be better. she's so bad. but can you imagine that guy with deaung you imagine that guy with dealing with putin and the president of china who's a fierce person? he's a fierce man, very tough guy. and they see him, they probably care, but they just announce he's he's probably quitting. good. very good. >> in other news, royal navy warship hms trent is being deployed to the cayman islands to offer support following the devastation from hurricane beryl. it's understood the offshore patrol vessel will arrive in the cayman islands this weekend, where crew will be ready to help communities affected by flooding and storm damage. the hurricane could bnng damage. the hurricane could bring winds of more than 155mph. at least six people are known to have been killed in grenada , have been killed in grenada, venezuela and saint vincent and the grenadines . the storm was the grenadines. the storm was expected to be close to major hurricane strength when it passed overjamaica hurricane strength when it passed over jamaica yesterday , passed over jamaica yesterday, and a new superman film

currently in production is welcoming a familiar face as the world's first superhero prepares for lift—off . easy, miss. i've for lift—off. easy, miss. i've got you . got you. >> you. you've got me. who's got you ? you? >> it's been nearly half a century since christopher reeve first took flight in a thrilling hollywood epic that proved comic books could bring in a serious box office. now, after several false starts , warner brothers is false starts, warner brothers is working on recapturing the iconic character's golden age with a new film and they've enlisted the late christopher reeve's own son. the television journalist will reeve. he'll make a cameo appearance in the upcoming blockbuster the new superman, which stars david corenswet as the man of steel, is due for release in july next yeah is due for release in july next year. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> hello! welcome back. 1308 ben and emily with you on good afternoon britain. now my hero andy murray, he's back in action after pulling out of the wimbledon singles. the two time champion is pairing up with his brotherjamie in champion is pairing up with his brother jamie in the champion is pairing up with his brotherjamie in the doubles this afternoon before get this. also very excited about this one before joining up with former us open champion fellow brit emma raducanu at the weekend. >> it's all very exciting. it's all heating up at wimbledon, so let's cross over to our very own olivia utley, who is basking ? olivia utley, who is basking? she's basking in the south london sun. is that so, olivia? >> i reckon it , yeah, it's >> i reckon it, yeah, it's absolutely beautiful here. >> not too hot either, which is pretty nice too. and it is a really big, exciting day in british tennis. we've got fernley kicking things off british fernley against djokovic

on court one. that's at 130. then of course we've got the big thing, which is andy murray playing doubles with his brother jamie in what might be his last ever match at wimbledon. he had to pull out of the singles because he had an operation on his back not very long ago and his back not very long ago and his fitness just wasn't up to it. but he is playing in the doubles today. everyone is really, really excited about that. i spoke to some punters a little bit earlier. here's what they had to say. >> i think he should keep going until he can't look. he's got he's got the willpower, so he's good for trying and who knows? you never know. you might get lucky and make it further than you think. >> i think he made a good decision to play the doubles and be here. >> maybe go out on a high, you know, the doubles. i think he's playing the mixed doubles as well, probably with his fitness level. he just didn't have enough for the singles. and that's why, you know, he opted

out of the singles, but i think, he's got every, every chance in the in the doubles. >> so everyone here really, really excited about andy murray. thrilled to be seeing the legend play in action, possibly for the last time at wimbledon. the other excitement, of course, is emma raducanu, who is playing at the weekend in those mixed doubles with andy murray. she absolutely stormed through her first round match yesterday against the belgian opponent. she won six two, six one, in just 75 minutes and that is a really big comeback for her, obviously, since she won the us open back in 2021, she's really struggled with injury with fitness. she was down at number 301 in the world. she now looks set to enter the top 100 again for the first time in quite a few years, and she really was on fantastic form yesterday, so that does feel like another big, big excitement for britain and as if that wasn't enough, you've got jack draper up and coming british star, just 22 years old, playing cameron norrie , also british

cameron norrie, also british today on court one. a little bit later on. >> battle of the brits. looking forward to that. olivia, thank you so much. one quick question. have you had your strawberries and cream yet ? i'm still itching and cream yet? i'm still itching to know it's still no strawberries and cream. >> i can't get inside so i might have to go to tesco and get what else. >> you'd have to get a punter to bnng >> you'd have to get a punter to bring you some out. you can't be at wimbledon without having strawberries and cream. we'll come back to you later. thanks, olivia. >> thank you. olivia, well, in the studio with us now is gb news sports presenter paul coyte, who joins us, paul , now, coyte, who joins us, paul, now, before we get into everything, you had an interesting comment, didn't you, ben? >> oh, i had an email from a viewer, so we were talking earlier about how competitiveness and drilling it into your kids and, you know, being a pushy father. and i said that my boy jude, we had a very fun tennis tournament with other parents. and we didn't win, mostly because i let the other team win because i wasn't. yeah, yeah, i could have won if i wanted. yeah yeah, of course you could. it was a friendly game anyway. >> could have won. could have won it. >> i could have let them win. i just want you to know right

there and at the end, jude was so upset, he refused to have a group picture to celebrate the day. >> refused to take a trophy for coach. he stormed out. and graham, you have said my lad would have gotten a clip around the ear if he'd lost a tennis game like ben's son, and then refused to be a good sport about it and take part in the group photo. he knows that behaviour is not acceptable. graham to ease your concerns, i gave him a, a rollicking for it, but i do like his essence of competitiveness. >> yeah, it's it seems that this is this is where we are. it's. you need to have that competitiveness to win, to be a professional that needs to be there. but also it's a very fine line as well, because like you say, you need to be a decent sport about it as well. so i, you know, i'm, i'm not one of the oh that's, that's it. you know, you win it all costs. i'm not i don't have that in that. but then again it's hard to lose. not going to be a professional sports person. >> it's hard to lose when your child is very hard to lose. oh i remember games of trivial pursuit that ended in tears. oh,

yeah. pursuit that ended in tears. oh, yeah . flipped board monopoly yeah. flipped board monopoly money everywhere. chess boards, you know, over silence when tennis rules have to be looked to at every nth degree. >> it's christmas evening. it's 10:00. hold on. this is not what it says in the rules. you can. yeah. >> tennis rackets , you know, >> tennis rackets, you know, across the court. >> can you imagine what it's like at christmas at the murray's house then? can you imagine what that's like? oh my goodness. can you imagine if they play cluedo on fireworks? i know it would be. but listen, as far as the as wimbledon goes today, there was one that that, l, today, there was one that that, i, you know, i know olivia is extremely busy there and mentioning all the excitement that's going on, but katie boulter versus harriet dart, that's something if we look at the time now . so we're just the time now. so we're just after 1:00, that's the first game on centre court and we've got the british number one against the british number two. and they are so alike because they're both 27 years old. they're actually born within four days of each other, and they've gone through the ranks right from the bottom right up

to now being number one and number two. so that's going to be a huge game. >> i saw katie training at eastbourne. was it last week or the week before in the tournament in the run up to wimbledon? she looked very good on form, yeah, it looks really, really fantastic. she won an atp. >> well, a wta title recently and she a huge leicester city fan as well. oh, is she a huge leicester city? >> oh, that's a shame. we can't all be perfect. >> well, there you go. what about the football against harry? >> the football. the football, the football. switzerland england . what's happening? england. what's happening? >> are we going to tell you the weather? we're going to win. this is the thing i don't know. it's we spoke to ramon vargas, former swiss defender and captain. just a couple of hours ago, who's extremely confident about switzerland. it's the first time, i think, that i can ever remember that england are going to play switzerland and go in as underdogs, because everybody seems to think switzerland are going to win this game, which goes i mean, if you look at the evidence and look at how england have been playing, it's not really a surprise. but the big news,

which is all over the papers today and this is the word that we're getting out of germany as well , is that we're getting out of germany as well, is that he's we're getting out of germany as well , is that he's going to well, is that he's going to change the defence to go to three at the back instead of four, which basically means it's going to be more attacking. we expect that the shackles are going to be taken off a little bit, because we've got amazing players, but they're not playing together as a team. you look at switzerland and it's all about the sum of their parts, etc. and the sum of their parts, etc. and the thing is , england seem to be the thing is, england seem to be the thing is, england seem to be the opposite of that because if it was the sum of the parts and then they should be amazing, but they seem to be lesser when you see them together, when you see the amount of talent that's on show. whereas switzerland don't have the talent that we have, but they're playing extremely well as a team like austria as well. >> i think southgate's time is ticking. >> there's no doubt about that. >> there's no doubt about that. >> we have. we should have won the euro 2020. yeah which went to penalties. of course we should have at least got to the world cup final. yeah we lost against croatia. we were in that final. the euros, we went one nil up and he panicked. he

parked the bus for 90 minutes. it was atrocious. we did the same against slovakia the other night. well this is what i think. he's been found out and i think. he's been found out and i think this is what this is what we're seeing. >> we're trying to work out whether this is actually gareth southgate or or whether this is the players. when england go one up, you expect, oh we're going to go on, we're going to get another one. but then the up then see the thing is you've also got to look at the other side as well because they're probably cautious about when they play england, whoever it is. and if they're one down of course they need to score. so they're going to go forward. so it's a bit of, you know, six of one half dozen of the other. but i'm afraid i'm with you that southgate it's gareth southgate is the one that's calling the tune here. he's i think that he now knows that he has to roll , now knows that he has to roll, roll the dice. >> he's properly getting a kicking isn't he. this tournament. >> yeah. but you know what happens though. it's three games. three games. if england win the next three games they win the next three games they win the next three games they win the euros. so even if they play win the euros. so even if they play not the way we'd want and then win , he comes back a hero. then win, he comes back a hero. >> i'm hopeful. but then i always am . always am. >> but the problem is you've got to be hopeful.

>> you've got to be hopeful. why not? >> it's the hope that kills you, emily. >> that's the whole problem in the end, if he was like jose mourinho in his prime at chelsea, you know, one neil park the bus, you could maybe forgive it. >> but he's playing like that and then we're drawing or scraping wins or losing finals. you should have won. >> so and you look at the talent that england have. yeah. and that england have. yeah. and thatis that england have. yeah. and that is forward players strikers. we've got a great and we've got midfielders. we've got fantastic footballers that are great going forward. quick football. but it seems to be i think everybody's saying it's bonng think everybody's saying it's boring this, you know it's like they're walking along past back to you. pass back to me okay. maybe we'll get it for it needs to be quicker. >> it's not going to change this weekend. >> he's all going to change this weekend. >> emily. exactly. thank you very much indeed. >> it's a pleasure. it's going to be thoroughly boring. don't watch it. saturday fives on gb news at the same time. so forget the football. >> it's going to be, there's going to be a press conference in an hour's time actually an england press conference, that is. but in other news, president joe biden crossed the pond. >> he insists he's not dropping

out of the us presidential race. it comes after a video of donald trump, the former president, claimed biden had secretly quit the former us president trump. he was caught on camera saying he thinks kamala kamala harris will be the democrat nominee. she, of course, is the current vice president. >> how does he have time to be out and about? you know, playing golf, you know, why not? >> for his love of golf. >> for his love of golf. >> anyway, the white house press secretary has hit back at all the speculation, adding that the president is clear eyed and is staying in the race. >> okay, we're joined now by political psychologist doctor jan halper hayes, who also served as part of donald trump's transition team and 2020 campaign. good morning. good afternoon to you. thank you for joining us. let's have it out there. let's be frank . is biden there. let's be frank. is biden going to last the course and is there an issue with his health? do you think , or do we believe do you think, or do we believe his excuse is that he was just jet lagged in that debate? >> we have known for a long time that he has been suffering from dementia. >> it just seemed to have shown up markedly in this debate. >> honestly, i was sad to see

him that way. >> the white house, of course , >> the white house, of course, denies, denies that, denies he has any form of dementia. >> i lost, you know . >> i lost, you know. >> i lost, you know. >> can you hear us, doctor? jan, can you hear us? i think we may have lost doctor jan halper have lost doctorjan halper hayes there, we'll come back . hopefully. >> so, doctor jan was saying i lost you . lost you. >> yes, i think you have. sorry, that was a shame. >> yes. she was saying it's long been known, apparently, that joe biden has dementia. >> the white house continues to deny it. the white house continues to deny it. but something that, certainly people are talking about is his, well, his condition, his cognitive ability. >> i guess the problem for the democrats is who would replace biden if it came to it. of course , kamala harris, the vice course, kamala harris, the vice president, has been mooted. i think there's better options because she has been notably absent over the past four years. she's not really done anything of note. i think first port of call, you'd look to the governor of california, gavin newsom, who, i mean, i went to san francisco a few years ago. and to say that place is a bit of a

dump is an understatement, but, he is. >> sorry. if you're out there. >> sorry. if you're out there. >> he is revered by democrats. he he looks the part and he speaks. well, he could potentially be replaced. >> and trump is polling higher and trump is polling higher, it's difficult to not feel sorry almost for president joe biden at this stage. it is very difficult for him to continue with this campaign. it's clear to see now. it's not controversial to say. i mean, stumbling over words, forgetting his trail of thought. talking about things that appear to be nonsensical . nonsensical. >> we saw at the d—day commemorations when jill biden, his wife, had to guide him away. there was the, the parachutist who came in all the world leaders there was at the g7. maloney, justin trudeau, etc, all applauding. this parachutist who was coming in, joe biden, meanwhile , let's see if we can meanwhile, let's see if we can get the clip a bit later. but joe biden turns around and starts wandering off and clapping into thin air and grinning like a cheshire cat. >> and it's not as though donald

trump is a spring chicken ehhen trump is a spring chicken either, sometimes it's not as bad as biden. sometimes his speeches go off on all all directions, but, but yes, joe biden, what are what is the is the democrat campaign going to do about this because it's not going away. will they end up ousting him, removing him, putting someone else in there. >> biden as a as an orator, i think trump is years ahead of joe biden in terms of just being able to communicate. i mean, he's, doesn't use autocue. yeah he's, doesn't use autocue. yeah he can he can fire off the hip. i mean, he's infamous for that. of course. yeah, you just i mean, some people with regards to joe biden, some people call it elder abuse, some people call it elder abuse, some people call it elder abuse. continue continually allowing him to be out there. >> i mean, it does look like that at the moment. i mean, the whole world can see that joe biden does not appear to be in peak condition, let's say. and sometimes it does just feel a bit cruel, which isn't a very

nice way to think about the leader of the free world is it? >> no, but i think his time is ticking. >> his time is numbered, anyway, coming up, we're going to be discussing the backlash against what's being described as a regressive campaign . oh, sorry. regressive campaign. oh, sorry. we've just got some breaking news just in. we've got some news just in. we've got some news just in. a 30 year old teacher, rebecca jones, has been sentenced to six and a half years after she was found guilty for six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child. >> gb news, northwest of england correspondent sophie reaper has the story. >> you are under arrest at the moment on suspicion of sexual activity with a child, a maths teacher at a school in greater manchester, rebecca joynes was in a position of trust, a position of power . she chose to position of power. she chose to abuse that power. in may, a jury at manchester crown court heard details of how she had groomed two teenage boys in her class ,

two teenage boys in her class, the first of which boy, a, she took shopping and bought him a belt worth £350. she then took him back to her flat where they had sex twice. joynes denied it, but his semen was later recovered from her bedsheets. the jury later heard that while suspended from her job, joynes then began a sexual relationship with another teen boy, b. she would go to on become pregnant with the 16 year old. in a letter to the teenager, she said every inch of you is perfect . every inch of you is perfect. you are all i ever dream about. the jury ultimately found joynes guilty on six counts of sexual activity with a child, two of which, whilst in a position of power, rebecca joynes is a sexual predator. >> she was their teacher and they rightfully put their trust in her. but joynes decided to abuse her position and used it to groom two teenagers. we now wait for joynes to face the

consequences of her actions . consequences of her actions. >> sophie reaper gb news. well, there you go, six and a half years. the teacher sexual activity with a child. we're going to be outside the manchester crown court with sophie reaper very shortly, so stick with us. we'll find out more details

right. welcome back to good afternoon, britain. it's now 127. and a reminder that the polling stations are open. they don't close until 10:00. get your voter id ready if you haven't been already. but in other news, the hurricane beryl has hit the cayman islands after 145 mile per hour winds left parts of jamaica without any power. >> so grenada was also hit hard by the storm, which killed at

least ten people across the caribbean. >> some truly shocking images there that you can see. and this comes as greece battles wildfires . heavy lightning wildfires. heavy lightning triggered two fires on the island of thasos. hundreds of tourists were evacuated from kos over the weekend. >> so i was in, so the big debate about this is going to be is it climate change driven? is it not? my family. are greek. they live on greek island every every summer from lesvos. yeah. so, every summer over in greece and the greek islands, especially on lesvos, every summer is 38, 39, 40 degrees. in recent years, the last five years, any time we see these wildfires and we've had them in lesvos, people say, oh, it's climate change, it's climate change, we saw the same. i went to the austrian grand prix over the weekend. it was 32, 33 degrees. in vienna. >> that's hot for vienna, isn't it? >> that was hot. yeah. granted so that was hot for austria. i think they'd never experienced temperatures like it at this time of year. and actually, at

the grand prix by the track, there was no shade anywhere. so i had to fork out £70. >> that's why you've got such tan. >> well, yeah. exactly. yeah. if anyone's looking, wandering, making me look rather pasty. donald trump this morning, because i was sat in 30 degree, i'll have to slap on some fake tan tonight, >> but yes, truly shocking scenes. and of course, the hurricane, too. i remember when i was in south of france, actually, there was a fire nearby and the planes were coming overhead to drop water to try and put out the flames. it got it got very terrifying, actually. it got rather, rather close. >> so is it climate change? let's ask the independent's travel correspondent, simon calder. simon, good afternoon. thanks for joining calder. simon, good afternoon. thanks forjoining us. first of thanks for joining us. first of all, just run us through what's going on, where and when in these different countries with these different countries with the islands in greece and is it climate change? >> okay. >> okay. >> well, if i may just run through what we're seeing here, i'm speaking to you from the beautiful greek island of zante, also known as zakynthos . also known as zakynthos. >> and it was sunday night when we had the biggest wildfires. i've seen it as a patch, probably about a 500m square on

a mountainside towards the north of the island, >> absolutely burnt through . but >> absolutely burnt through. but the greeks were extremely good at dealing with it. what they've got is basically sea planes which go and scoop up loads of water, fly two minutes to the hillside, drop the water and carry on like that. so that was fairly well subdued right across on the other side of greece, very close to the turkish coast , very close to the turkish coast, the islands of chios and the island of kos. the islands of chios and the island of kos . we have seen some island of kos. we have seen some really more serious wildfires, to the extent that we saw an evacuation earlier this week of thousands of british holidaymakers and the resort of kardamena in, in kos , and they kardamena in, in kos, and they were basically sort of kept up all night, found a bit of room in a in a hotel lobby, given some breakfast and then allowed back to their hotels . but it's back to their hotels. but it's really, really, a dreadful situation. and of course, across in the caribbean, we're seeing terrible devastation caused by

hurricane beryl. is it climate change? i don't know, it's certainly very alarming. >> yes. terribly alarming. we're just looking at footage there of the wildfires in particular and a scene there of people being evacuated to what looked like a football pitch. people just sitting there on the grass, i guess, waiting it out. do we know how much destruction there's been? has there been destruction of private property or just the just the wildlife in the nature? >> yes, i think mostly just wildlife. >> and we've seen precautionary evacuations now that's critical because of course, it was last july. we saw really the start of the main school summer holidays, at least for people in england and wales on the island of rhodes. we saw absolutely massive, wildfires. tearing down from the hills in the centre of the island, down towards the east coast, causing vast amounts of destruction, and being

extremely scary for a lot of people who were staying there. they were evacuated, but it was very, very messy , very very, very messy, very disjointed. and i think the civil protection authorities are really just trying to get ahead of this. but, yeah, we've had, the prime minister mitsotakis saying this week, we've got to get used to this, and we've got to get better at handling it. >> simon, if anyone's booked a houday >> simon, if anyone's booked a holiday to mainland greece or the greek islands or they're thinking of doing so, what would your advice to them be? >> well, you kind of know what you're getting, it's not quite yet the peak season for extreme heat or for, the potential of wildfires . yet we're still in wildfires. yet we're still in the first week of, july. of course . but if you are, if you course. but if you are, if you are going to a resort, that was closed because of the wildfire, then the holiday company really has to offer you a refund. we have actually seen a few people who were booked to travel out to

kardamena and kos being told, sorry, your holiday is off, but flights still going in and out and you haven't actually got any legal rights to change at the current situation. what you could do is have a word with the houday could do is have a word with the holiday company and say, look, i've just been seeing on the gb news, i'm seeing all these, fires. i'm a bit worried about it. can you send me somewhere? yeah. like portugal. where you've got the atlantic breezes and hopefully on the algarve. too many problems, but it's entirely at their discretion. >> well, thank you very much indeed. >> well, thank you very much indeed . simon calder, always indeed. simon calder, always fantastic to speak to you , fantastic to speak to you, travel correspondent, of course, at the independent. i love how simon stays true to his name. >> whenever we speak to him. he's on some yacht somewhere or some fantastic holiday island. he's never, you know, just in his his house in slough. he lives in slough. but, you know, he's always living up to his name. >> he's still there. well, we're talking about him. >> sorry, simon. talking about you by simon. >> have a lovely afternoon. anyway, coming up, we'll be live outside manchester crown court because a 30 year old teacher, rebecca joynes , has been

rebecca joynes, has been sentenced to six and a half years. we'll let you know the details after your headlines with severe. >> emily. thank you. it's11. it's 134. i'm sophia wenzler >> emily. thank you. it's11. it's134. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a former school teacher has been jailed for six and a half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child. rebecca joynes , who's 30, had rebecca joynes, who's 30, had sex with two teenage schoolboys after grooming them from the age of 15. she was on bail for one offence when she committed a second offence with another boy, with whom she had a child . polls with whom she had a child. polls are open across britain as millions of people cast their votes to choose the next government. the first voters were up bright and early as stations opened their doors at 7:00 this morning. they'll remain open until 10:00 tonight, giving a chance to around 46 million eligible voters to have their say on who forms britain's next government. this is the

first general election to require photo id and voters are being reminded to bring their driver's license, passport or other id or risk being turned away . a woman has admitted to away. a woman has admitted to murdering her parents in june 2019. the bodies of john and lois mcculloch were discovered by police at their daughter's house after concerns were raised over their welfare . virginia over their welfare. virginia mcculloch, who's 36, pleaded guilty today before being remanded in custody . forensic remanded in custody. forensic police in tenerife are focusing their efforts on an airbnb property where missing teenager jay slater reportedly stayed before he vanished. it comes after one of the last people to see the 18 year old insisted he was alive, and well when he left his holiday rental to catch a bus back to his own accommodation. police have described the individual as irrelevant to the ongoing investigation in the us state. governors who met with president biden last night say he's fit

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>> well, a very good afternoon. britain it is. what's the time? one 4140. thank you very much . one 4140. thank you very much. well, let's get more on the news. that 30 year old teacher rebecca joynes has now been sentenced to six and a half years after she was found guilty for having sex with two pupils. >> let's cross live two gb news north—west of england reporter sophie reaper. who's outside manchester crown court. sophie, what's the latest ? what's the latest? >> well, rebecca, rebecca joynes sat in the dock today as she awaited her fate. here at manchester crown court this morning. the court heard a victim impact statement read out on behalf of boy b, whom had a sexual relationship with joynes, lasting around 18 months and starting while he was just 15 years old in his gcse year at

the school where rebecca joynes had been teaching. now the statement outlined difficulties faced by boy b. he's now 18 years old but has been afforded lifelong anonymity. >> the statement recalled how when he had originally given evidence he was still in love with rebecca jones, he said i was in total denial. i felt as though i had betrayed someone i loved. i was coerced and controlled and sexually abused. he also said how it was difficult to co—parent alongside rebecca jones. she, of course, became pregnant with him during the course of their relationship , the course of their relationship, ultimately having the baby, he said it was difficult to have a child with his abuser. he said our child comes home smelling of their mum. they completely freaks me out and that the child now will not have their mum present like a normal child should. at the mention of their child they have together. rebecca jones, in the dock began to sob silently into a tissue . to sob silently into a tissue. now, after a short break, the

sentencing officially began. rebecca jones in the dock, standing as she heard the sentence passed by judge kate cornell . the judge told her, you cornell. the judge told her, you brought this on yourself, stating both boys were very much victims . they were vulnerable to victims. they were vulnerable to advances from an older and attractive woman. the judge then passed that sentence across those six counts that rebecca jones was found guilty of in may of this year, she passed six and a half years across those all those six counts, telling her she would spend half of that time in prison and then would be let out for the other half on licence. she also told her that the time she had already spent in custody would count towards that sentence. as that sentence was passed, rebecca joynes in the dock, crying as she was stood there, her father, just beyond the glass , also beyond the glass, also incredibly moved by the fact that his daughter will now be spending half of six and a half years in prison and the other half out on licence, jones, crying as she was then taken, taken away to begin serving that

sentence. >> okay, sophie, thanks very much for that, for me, emily, the worst part of this story is the worst part of this story is the fact that she made a father of a young boy and stripped him of a young boy and stripped him of the magic and the love that that process should normally bring. when you become a father or a mother or a parent should be with someone you love, you've been with for a while, ideally, you know, a friend. you're a friend with your your lover and your partner, and the fact that she just had a kid with a kid for me is the worst part of that. and that trust you're supposed to have in that relationship with a teacher, >> it's a it's a it's a truly shocking, shocking case when you hear of these stories of teachers abusing their position. as if a school is somewhere to meet , do you as if a school is somewhere to meet, do you think a partner, sexual partner. >> there's an argument from some quarters that because it's a female teacher, not a male, that

it's slightly different? maybe, you know , some i don't agree you know, some i don't agree with this at all, but some have said that, you know, it's every teenager's dream to have, you know, they fancy their teacher is there any difference? >> yeah. i just think that's i just think that's totally wrong. i think, you know, boys just as much as girls can be groomed , much as girls can be groomed, can be then abused, can have their relationships taken advantage of, truly shocking. but there you go. six and a half years for sexual activity with a child, but on the way, we're going to be discussing a study which has found that a commonly known and used weight loss drug may be linked to a condition that can cause blindness. >> i think i can guess which drug it is, but we'll find out after the break. stick with us. this is afternoon, britain. back in

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afternoon. britain. now slimmers have been warned that weight loss jabs could trigger a worrying eye condition, causing blindness. >> so semaglutide, available as the brand name ozempic. and how do you say that? >> wegovy . wegovy. >> wegovy. wegovy. >> wegovy. wegovy. >> wegovy. wegovy. >> wegovy. sorry, he said i've used them had been hailed as a monumental breakthrough in the war on obesity. but experts in the united states have now warned that people with diabetes prescribe these drugs were four times more likely to be diagnosed with the worrying eye condition, >> interesting . so it's people >> interesting. so it's people with diabetes rather than those necessarily just using it for weight loss. anyway, let's find out . let's now speak with out. let's now speak with pharmacist and health expert darren govan. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. explain this story to us because everyone seems to now know someone who's using this drug to lose weight. it's widely available, how strong is this link now between between blindness. >> okay, so they've been linked to an eye condition that can

cause blindness. and let me just get into that eye condition. it's, non arthritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, which is a mouthful. so we'll we'll shorten that to n i o n, and this is a study that's looked into it and it found that those who were overweight or obese, who were prescribed the drugs were more than seven times as likely to develop the condition as those on other weight loss medications. now, i think we need to look at this in the context that it is, with any medication. as we start to use it, as it gets a bit older, we learn more about the drug, and we're always balancing the risk of prescribing a medication, versus the reward, so to speak. but i think really at this stage with these studies, we need to sort of take them into account and ensure that we're having discussions with health care professionals and with our health care professionals if we're taking them, and i wouldn't advise anyone to just be stopping them. if you are

prescribed them. >> and thorin, just explain about ozempic. we hear about it everywhere. i mean, i've met loads of people now using the drug and it's worked wonders for a lot of them. is it available on the nhs? can you get it privately? i mean, it must be legal, i guess. just explain for us the state of play. >> okay, so we've got snp and we've got wegovy and ozempic is licensed to treat diabetes . licensed to treat diabetes. wegovy is to help with obesity. what they contain the same active ingredient which is semaglutide. and they obviously impact your weight. so what we are saying to patients is, is please make sure that you only get these from a regulated source. only from and only speak to a regulated health care professional, because what we do know is that people are trying to access these from social media marketplaces, and other sources. so please only take them as prescribed. >> and, so this link between the drug and a potential eye

condition that can cause blindness, is it not the diabetes itself, that might make you more likely to get that eye condition . condition. >> so i think we've got to think about diabetes as a condition. it can have an impact on all of your organs. so i would be taking that into account, in terms of this, these studies, what we're saying is we need to have more studies to look into this, and we need to obviously do more investigation. but for patients who are taking this, this drug. right now, i will be saying if you are concerned, have a, have a consultation with your health care professional, explain to them your concerns and discuss this with them in your context, because it's all very well. one study, you know, some studies, it was a six year study and it was relatively small. we need to look at how your condition as an individual. and i always say to people it's about quality of life, isn't it,

whenever we're taking medications and also even with our intake of food, please don't think these are a quick fix drug. you've got to be doing those lifestyle and looking at your lifestyle, the diet, the exercise as well. >> okay. pharmacist and health expert thorne gavin, thank you very much. thank you. appreciate your time, let's go to the us now, where donald trump claims president joe biden has secretly quit the campaign. >> yes, it's all in a leaked video, the former us president is caught insulting president biden , saying that he thinks biden, saying that he thinks vice president kamala harris will become the democrat nominee. >> okay, well, let's get the lowdown now in the us with our us correspondent steve edgington, who's in washington dc for us. good morning steve. i think it's morning where you are. good afternoon. from our end, joe biden has admitted today he, quote, screwed up the presidential debate against donald trump last week. some would argue he's been screwing up in that fashion for the last four years. no i don't think you can underestimate the impact that this debate had on american politics. >> it seems to have shaken up

the presidential election campaign like no other debate has done in history. >> joe biden's performance was seen as so bad that he is now admitting that he really didn't have a great debate. they're blaming the fact that he maybe had a cold. he said that he had jet lag. >> but i think to many americans and this is what the republicans are certainly saying, he certainly seems too old to be president. >> and there have even been reports in the new york times that biden has been discussing with allies that he may suspend his presidential campaign. he may step down. so trump is seen in this leaked video, caught on a on a golf course where he's basically saying that president biden , he's dropped out of the biden, he's dropped out of the race and his new rival will be kamala harris. and he's not very nice about kamala. he says he thinks she's going to be a great opponent for him. she's so bad. she's so pathetic, and he uses some rather profane language as well. so i think this is typical

trump. the democrats are trying to seize on this video, saying it shows how crass donald trump is. i think many voters in the us probably already know that the president or former president is pretty crass. so that's the latest of what's going on here in dc. there >> very interesting. president joe biden, he has become a bit of a liability to the democrats chances. of a liability to the democrats chances . why do you think he's chances. why do you think he's lasted this long? why hasn't he been, you know, quietly removed ? been, you know, quietly removed? >> i think there's a real loyalty in the democratic party to their president. i think that many people have overlooked some of his gaffes on the world stage, and sort of hoped that perhaps he is still there mentally, but sometimes he stutters, or sometimes he just has a bit of a mix up. i think now it's got to the point where the american people saw the state of the president's mind on this debate, stage. and i think the democrats are really starting to worry and panic. and the problem they've got is who do they replace biden with? is

it kamala harris who polls even worse in some cases than biden does against trump? she's seen as inauthentic and strange. she's not a great media performer, is it? gavin newsom, the governor of california, very charismatic man, but he has governed over a state which has huge issues with homelessness, with crime. deficits and so on. or is it maybe michelle obama? she's the one who polls best against donald trump and is seen as probably the democrats best weapon to win in november. so i think the democrats have a real problem discussing who they can replace. biden with. >> okay, steve, lots of twists and turns to come , no doubt. and turns to come, no doubt. we'll catch up with you very shortly. steve edgington in washington, dc. thank you. >> good stuff. now, a few minutes moments ago, we were discussing weight loss drug and a spokesman for novo nordisk, which makes wegovy and snp, said there were limitations to the study, adding patient safety is a top priority for novo nordisk and we take all reports about adverse events from use of our medicines very seriously . nana medicines very seriously. nana is not listed as a known adverse

drug reaction in the summary of product characteristics for the marketed formulations of semaglutide for type 2 diabetes and wegovy for weight management. as per the approved labels . as per the approved labels. >> there you go, there you go. how are you feeling after that? >> i said it a little bit too quickly actually, like some water. didn't need to rush it . water. didn't need to rush it. >> it's a very long statement. very long statement. some of the things we have to do, unfortunately, to give balance and the other side of things, but we always strive to do that, of course, interesting. steve edgington saying that the democrats always support their president, but the new york times, the washington post, left leaning msm newspapers all now leaking stories about the fact that biden could potentially, be on the way out. but anyway, lots more to come on. good afternoon britain. not least a petition to strip prince of an award back celtic

>> good afternoon. britain. it's now 2:00 on thursday, the 4th of july. i'm emily carver , and i'm july. i'm emily carver, and i'm ben leo.

>> very good afternoon to you. >> very good afternoon to you. >> now, it's all a bit awkward for prince harry, as tens of thousands sign a petition to stop him receiving a sports award for veterans. >> and it's the 4th of july, so we'll be heading stateside for the latest on president joe biden's future. apparently vice president kamala harris is a favourite to replace him . we're favourite to replace him. we're joined by someone from joe biden's presidential campaign . biden's presidential campaign. >> that'll be interesting. and it's a massive week for british british sport. we'll be live at wimbledon for the tennis. we'll be looking ahead to england's quarterfinal against switzerland at the euros . at the euros. >> and of course, keep your views and comments coming in. gbnews.com/yoursay some of you saying we've not mentioned the formula one, it's the british grand prix at silverstone this weekend. i have because i absolutely love formula one, but we had paul coyte on in the last two hours, so we did did mention it. but yeah, it's a big weekend

for sport. we've got the f1, which i'm very excited about. england are playing switzerland saturday night. >> is there any cricket on? >> is there any cricket on? >> i'm not sure. i could never get into cricket know. what's your sport? you were rowing class, aren't you? >> i was a ski champion. >> i was a ski champion. >> oh, okay. champion >> oh, okay. champion >> well, i competed in champions. okay championships. i should say i've never skiing. and i did my knee in and gave it all up, you know. >> well, i think a good swap. you've got a glittering tv career. i've never skied. i went to verbier once for a job for my old newspaper, but i had, i had hip surgery and i couldn't ski. oh, no. so the only chance i could get to ski, i took the ski lift up to the top. oh, wow. >> a few not quite the same as, you know, carving it out. that's why they call me emily carver. >> there we go. >> there we go. >> how many times do you ski? carving out the slalom. >> how many times have you dropped that joke, >> that's the first time, ben. just especially for you, seeing as you're presenting with me. it doesn't happen very often. thank you. but you're here in this seat with me, so there you go. but, yes. so much sport. you were in vienna for the grand prix? >> yeah, i was at the austrian grand prix. i was there when max verstappen crashed or norris crashed, depending on which side

of the argument you're on into each other, actually, the first 40 laps of that race, it was so boring. and f1 these days can be like this. it was so boring. i went to lie down. i got my £70 umbrella that i bought to shield me from the sun, lay down for 40 laps.i me from the sun, lay down for 40 laps. i got up and i timed it divinely, divinely. when i went to my friends and said anything going on. and at that very moment, that's when all the drama started , drama started, >> well, you know, one of the england matches was on, on our wedding day, so there were quite a few people with their phones having a little look, having a little look, which i don't mind. i don't mind, you know, it's an important match. england. slovakia wasn't was your wedding day? was it good? yeah. wonderful. wonderful, wonderful. but let's get the headlines with sofia . sofia. >> emily. thank you. good afternoon . from the gb newsroom. afternoon. from the gb newsroom. at 2:02, your top story this houn at 2:02, your top story this hour. a former school teacher has been jailed for six and a half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child. rebecca joynes, who's 30, had sex with two teenage schoolboys

after grooming them from the age of 15. she was on bail for one offence when she committed a second offence with another boy with whom she had a child . with whom she had a child. parents of both of her victims watched as she broke down in tears while her sentence was read out at manchester crown court. polls are open across britain as millions of people cast their votes to choose the next government. the first voters were up bright and early as stations opened their doors at 7:00 this morning. they'll remain open until 10:00 tonight, giving a chance to around 46 million eligible voters to have their say on who forms britain's next government . but this is the next government. but this is the first general election to require photo id, and voters are being reminded to bring their driver's license, passport or other id, or risk being turned away. a woman has admitted to murdering her parents in june of 2019. the bodies of john and lois mcculloch were discovered by police at their daughter's house after concerns were raised

over their welfare . virginia over their welfare. virginia mcculloch, who's 36, pleaded guilty today before being remanded in custody . forensic remanded in custody. forensic police in tenerife are focusing their efforts on an airbnb property where missing teenager jay slater reportedly stayed before he vanished. it comes after one of the last people to see the 18 year old insisted he was alive, and well when he left his holiday rental to catch a bus back to his own accommodation. police have described the individual as irrelevant to the ongoing investigation. the search for jay has now concluded, but police are continuing to look into his last known movements and why he travelled to a location so far from his accommodation in the us state. governors who met president biden last night say he's fit for office and he has their backing. the president faced a grilling at the meeting of democratic governors, which many saw as a test of his leadership. among those signalling their support was the governor of

california, gavin newsom, who some see as an alternative for the democratic ticket. politics professor scott lucas says the coming days will be crucial. >> tomorrow he has a rally in one swing state in wisconsin. on sunday, he has a rally in another swing state, which is pennsylvania. if biden can make it through that interview and those rallies and instil some confidence, then maybe he stays in the race. but if biden stumbles in any of those appearances, then i think next week is the critical time when you will see, not publicly, but privately, the pressure build on him to leave gracefully for the sake of america. given the threat of donald trump. >> meanwhile , donald trump >> meanwhile, donald trump claims president biden is quitting and believes he'll face kamala harris at the us election , kamala harris at the us election, despite the white house insisting president biden will remain in the race. mr trump can be heard in a video posted onune be heard in a video posted online saying they've just announced he's quitting, though it's unclear what the claim is

based on quitting the race. >> is that right ? based on quitting the race. >> is that right? yep. based on quitting the race. >> is that right ? yep. i based on quitting the race. >> is that right? yep. i got based on quitting the race. >> is that right ? yep. i got him >> is that right? yep. i got him out of the race and that means we have kamala. i think she's going to be better. she's so bad. but can you imagine that guy with dealing with putin and the president of china who's a fierce person? he's a fierce man, very tough guy. and they see him, they probably care, but they just announce he's he's probably quitting. good. very good times coming. >> royal navy warship hms trent is being deployed to the cayman islands to offer support following the devastation from hurricane beryl. it's understood the offshore patrol vessel will arrive in the cayman islands this weekend, where crew will be ready to help communities affected by flooding and storm damage . the hurricane could damage. the hurricane could bnng damage. the hurricane could bring winds of more than 155 miles an hour. at least six people are known to have been killed in grenada, venezuela and saint vincent and the grenadines . saint vincent and the grenadines. the storm was expected to be close to major hurricane strength when it passed over

jamaica yesterday , and a new jamaica yesterday, and a new superman film currently in production is welcoming a familiar face as the world's first superhero prepares for lift—off . easy, miss, i've got lift—off. easy, miss, i've got you. >> you . you've got me. who's got >> you. you've got me. who's got you ? you? >> it's been nearly half a century since christopher reeve first took flight in a thrilling hollywood epic that proved comic books could be a big success. now, after several false starts, warner brothers is working on recapturing the iconic characters golden age with a new film, and they've enlisted the late christopher reeve's own son.the late christopher reeve's own son. the television journalist will reeve, who'll make a cameo appearance in the upcoming blockbuster. the new superman , blockbuster. the new superman, which stars david corenswet as the man of steel, is due for release in july of next year. those are the latest gb news headunes. those are the latest gb news headlines . for now, i'm sophia headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to

news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> 1408 208 with ben and emily on good afternoon britain, we have more doggie pictures. you'll be pleased to know they've been flying in. this is andrew with his dog freddie outside the polling station again. what breed is that anyway? he looks cute. i don't know what breed it is, but he looks. >> it's cute. it's fluffy. it's got four legs. so there you go. beautiful little dog. and we've got a picture of andrew as well. so there you go. >> we're talking about the dog around you then he's fluffy. >> both of course eleanor's taken her poodle teddy to the polls. here he is standing outside the red door , looking outside the red door, looking very gorgeous, looking very well—behaved as well . well—behaved as well. >> i bet he's hot in that black coat. >> yes, he could be quite warm, actually. the sun is clearly out

wherever that is . wherever that is. >> and what's next? we've got audrey from worthington. she leaves the polls with her dog, ruby. leaves the polls with her dog, ruby . ruby looks very keen to ruby. ruby looks very keen to get out of there. >> oh, they let you take the dog in? some of the polling stations don't allow you to do that for some reason. only if it's an assistance dog are some of the places which i seem as a bit mean. >> i love those dogs. are they the labs? the labradors, the assistance dogs? >> the guide? yeah, they usually labradors. i love those, yeah, especially when they're puppies. >> the andrex puppies. yeah. >> the andrex puppies. yeah. >> so you're allowed to bring your assistance dog, but not your assistance dog, but not your cockapoo. okay. or whatever else you've got. >> no, i am pug in. i am more of a cat man, but, you know. okay, i've never had a cat. >> but yes. royal news a petition against prince harry receiving an award for his work with veterans has now reached over 50,000 signatures. we saw earlier. perhaps it's 60,000 now. >> yeah, lots of apathy for him. so the controversy is around the duke of sussex receiving the pat tillman award for his work with the invictus games, which is typically given to individuals with, quote , strong connections with, quote, strong connections to sport. yes. >> so pat tillman, a former

american footballer, gave up his work in the sport to join the armed forces in the wake of 9/11. but he was very sadly killed in afghanistan in 2004. >> yeah, and i think he was earning something akin to $3 million a year at the time as an nfl player. so it was a very big move for him to do that. so his mother, mary, she believes that there are more deserving recipients of the award than the duke who is described. she describes him as controversial and divisive. well let's now speak to the former royal correspondent at the sun , correspondent at the sun, charles rae charles. good afternoon. is that a fair assessment of our prince harry? he's controversial and divisive. >> well, he's certainly controversial and divisive, there's no doubt about that. >> but whether he deserves this award is a different kettle of fish. >> now, i've been quite critical, particularly on gb news of both harry and meghan, but you cannot take away from harry the work he has done with the invictus games since 2014, when it was set up, and the very fact that he fits the criteria because he was a serving soldier and did two tours of afghanistan, now that said, he

fits the criteria for the award, >> i question as to why espn gave it to him , i suspect it's gave it to him, i suspect it's because they knew there was going to be controversy and therefore publicity for the award. >> and i've done some little bit of research . of research. >> and two previous winners of the award , a guy called jake the award, a guy called jake wood and israel del toro both support prince harry getting the award. now, there is an argument that says having set up the invictus games, it's got an organisation behind it. it's doing quite well. why not give it to someone who's less well known, who's been doing this work selfishly behind the scenes, >> you know, it's six of one and a half a dozen of the other. >> i, i think harry would be best to sort of say at the end. look thanks very much for this, but i cannot accept it. you have to give it to someone else . to give it to someone else. >> i mean, you've given quite a quite a lot of justification, though, for why he should

receive the award in what you just said. why do you think so many people have signed this petition ? why do you think petition? why do you think there's such a level of, well, disagreement here, if not anger? >> well, we have what? we don't know . know. >> emily, is where the disagreement comes from, you know. >> is it america? is it britain? is it other places in the world? >> because it's unchanged or or or whatever, whatever it is, and i just go i or whatever, whatever it is, and ijust go i think it just goes i just go i think it just goes to show that there is a lot of dissatisfaction with prince harry, particularly in america now, because they see him as entitled and not doing very much, which i think is a great shame. as i said right at the start, he he is a hero, a soldier, hero himself. there is no question about that. and he does deserve the award . but, you does deserve the award. but, you know, i say i question espn's decision to give it to him . decision to give it to him. >> charles watts, harry, well. and meghan as well. what's their plans for the imminent future in the us? because there was some

exclusive polling for the us publication newsweek out, i think, about four weeks ago saying that meghan was now as popular as king charles. so according to the sussex squad, you know, the group we see online, they're incredibly popular. what plans have they got? do you reckon in the coming weeks or months that we know of? >> i think that i think that meghan is very, very popular with the sussex squad, all six of them or whatever . of them or whatever. >> they'll be on your back now, charles, for that. careful >> but she's not, i cannot believe any poll or any survey that shows that she is this popular. as the king, certainly it wouldn't be a poll that's been done in this country. it may be done in america. who knows? but you know what they're going to do in the future is the, you know, to use the old fashioned phrase, $64,000 question because they've been losing a couple of their contracts that they've got, they're still trying to pump up, you know, things that they've got, but we haven't seen anything. all they've been all

the contracts that they had involved criticising the royal family and their time within the royal family. now once you've said all that you can't keep going on about it. you've got to change the act. a bit. >> yeah. i guess their problem is the only thing that really makes them special is their royal connection. and as you say, you can't keep milking revealed all all the dirty laundry. >> emily, if they were just plain ordinary harry wales and meghan wales, nobody would be really caring. >> all that much. >> all that much. >> get up to, you know, the fact that they get they've got a lot of money and they've got that royal connection, that royal connection is worth its weight in gold as they have proved. yeah. >> but the problem is, charles, i think they've spilled the beans. they've run out of ammunition on, you know, their dirty laundry when it comes to the royals. i mean, what else is there to say? but charles rea, former royal correspondent at the sun, thank you so much for joining us. >> great to speak to you. have a great afternoon. thank you. now, sports from royals to sports. yes, of course. the general election is on but we can't talk

politics. so but there's lots of other lovely things to talk about. interesting things andy murray back in action after pulling out of the wimbledon singles. >> yes, come on andy, the two time champion is pairing with his brother jamie in the doubles his brotherjamie in the doubles this afternoon. before and this will be great as well. joining up with former us open champion emma raducanu at the weekend. >> i loved mixed doubles. yeah, i find it really fun to watch because women and men, they play differently, you know , complementary. >> i don't think emma's ever played. i mean a doubles before, let alone mixed doubles. she must be nervous. >> she must be nervous. should we cross over to olivia utley, who's still taking in the sun down in south london? olivia, tell us what's on the cards today. >> well, it is a really huge day for british tennis at the moment. kicked off at 130. there's a match going on between fernley of great britain and djokovic. djokovic has just won the first set but only six three, so it's not the end of the road for poor old fernley, but up against obviously world number three. back from surgery

after just three and a half afterjust three and a half weeks, stormed through his first match on tuesday, which i was lucky enough to see. then. as you said later in the day, there is the big attraction, which is andy murray's probably last ever match at wimbledon. he's playing in the doubles with jamie murray, the men's doubles with jamie murray, his brother. a bit later this afternoon, we spoke to a few punters a little bit earlier about that match. here's what they had to say. >> i think he should keep going until he can't look. he's got he's got the willpower, so he's for good trying and who knows? you never know. you might get lucky and make it further than you think. >> i think he made a good decision to play the doubles and be here. >> maybe go out on a high, you know, the doubles. >> i think he's playing the mixed doubles as well, probably with his fitness level. he just didn't have enough for the singles. and that's why you know, he opted out of the singles, but i think, he's got every, every chance in the in the doubles. >> and then of course, the other big excitement , as >> and then of course, the other

big excitement, as you mentioned, there is emma raducanu, who's back in the game after a long on and off period out because of injury, out because of fitness issues, got down to number 301 in the world after making it, of course, to world number one when she won the us open back in 2021. she is back on fantastic form . stormed back on fantastic form. stormed through her first round match yesterday. she won six two, six one, in just 75 minutes. she'll be playing with andy murray in the mixed doubles. also, of course, she'll be carrying on in the ladies singles, but that mixed doubles match is going to be fascinating. raducanu has said that it's a childhood dream of hers to play mixed doubles, with andy murray. but as you said there, ben, she's very inexperienced when it comes to doubles. she's played one professional doubles match before and was knocked out immediately. but she is on fantastic form, so maybe it's going to be completely different this time around. >> okay. olivia utley in wimbledon enjoy the sunshine and the fun and the frolics of course, as well , the fun and the frolics of course, as well, emma raducanu paul coyte is with us now. yes

emma raducanu. i've been her biggest critic in recent years. she.she biggest critic in recent years. she. she won the us open. yep. amazing. out of nowhere, everyone was so happy with her, you know. delighted. then as far as i was concerned. then she started doing these vogue shoots and brand deals and, you know, maybe arguably concentrating more on the celebrity and the money than getting her head down. but now i'm happy to see her. arguably, she's in great form in that first round match. she was great at eastbourne the week before. fingers crossed she's shaken off all her. >> she'll be pleased to hear that you're now behind her here. i'm sure she would. >> yeah, she's been waiting for that endorsement. she's been waiting. >> she's now got your approval. it's the thing. she was a kid . it's the thing. she was a kid. she's a teenager. she goes into the us open. let's not forget what happened in the wimbledon before that. so it was just a few months before where she'd got through a few rounds, and then her star started to rise. and people are thinking, who is this new young girl? this new british girl? and everybody puts so much pressure on her. then she got, then she got to the point where they put her on centre court. and if you remember, for the first time they cancelled eastenders. they said we're not going to put,

we're going to put emma raducanu. so she played and then she had to stop through breathing difficulties, as we well know, i think. and i'd said it at the time and people were going, oh no, it's not that. and she'd had a, she'd had a panic attack because it was so much for a youngster to take. so anyway , then she moved on from anyway, then she moved on from there, goes to the us open, plays amazingly well, but she was lucky because the draw went with her. she never had to play anybody in the in the top five, went right the way through and won that. now it's a really difficult place to go. so she's gone from nowhere to the seemingly the best in the world to win the us open. and then it's then she started having injuries. she's operations on wrists, on legs, on arms, you name it. she's had every operation. so finally, for the first time in 2 or 3 years, she's fully fit now. i mean, i know what you're saying, and i felt the same way. you think this is just a flash in the pan, but i'm so glad that now we're seeing a play. >> do you know what my thoughts on that isn't exclusive, i mean. oh, no, that's a common theme. you're not the only one, john.

john mcenroe said it. he said he didn't think emma had the bottle to compete at the highest level , to compete at the highest level, despite, of course, winning a grand slam, but yeah, i mean , i grand slam, but yeah, i mean, i it's because people like me criticise her because we knew how good she is. yeah. and i just wanted her at the time to focus more on i mean she changed coaches about 3 or 4 times a lot. she, i just, she focused too much in my opinion , on the too much in my opinion, on the glitz and the glam and the brand deals, i don't know, i mean, if vogue comes up to you and says, you know, we'll pay you £1 million to just do a quick photo shoot, i mean, you'd be mad not to, wouldn't you? >> you would. and i don't think i think it's a matter of the balance. it's getting the balance. it's getting the balance right. every single star going back to the 60s and 70s look at chris evert and then we've got navratilova. we can think of all these great players. there's always going to be companies that are going to want you to publicise what you sell, and they'll they'll offer a lot of money because they want you associated with that. now you're right to say, how much of that affected her tennis. we don't know. i don't know whether it truly did because you've

still you can't say no because all these opportunities are coming your way, but also concentrate on your tennis. they might not come next year, right? >> of course they might. yeah. should we, just quickly about the football. there's an england presser, what should we expect from that? >> well, i think what we're going to expect from that is gareth southgate talking a very good game. and you're not going to get anything out of the blue. there's nothing that's going to surprise you in it. but what may be a surprise, if anything, is the fact and whether he's going to admit to this is that it's going to change the defence, whether he's going to go to a back three instead of a back four, which is going to make it more attacking, which we hope happens. and maybe people like trent alexander—arnold is actually going to make another appearance playing at right back, which is his proper position instead of the experiment that was him playing in the midfield, which then didn't work . so that would be didn't work. so that would be interesting to see. i don't think we're going to hear any fireworks. we're not going to hear anything out of the blue. nothing's going to really surprise us. but if anything is going to be a slight surprise, is that maybe he'll go back on what he first thought and change

the line up. >> who do you reckon our best player has been, old jude, i think. hey, jude, see, it's difficult to say. >> you've got big players that turn up at the right time. we've got harry kane scored, which is there to do. jude bellingham, by there to do. jude bellingham, by the way. it was very moving. well, i was going to go no, no no no no. but jude bellingham has been good. who's the best i think oh my goodness me. it's really tricky to tell because there hasn't been any great stuff. >> i love jude's passion. you know when he scored that goal, he turned to the crowd and said, who else? who else? there was a well and then the grabbing of the crotch. yeah, i like that as well. >> that was the thing which could have landed him in hot water. >> that's fine. i like the passion because we've seen too many times. >> rooney. he only mimicked it. he didn't actually, it wasn't a full grab. >> it was a pretend of a grab. >> it was a pretend of a grab. >> exactly. nothing to see here, lads. >> just a kid saying cojones. that's what i've got. oh, there you go. >> shown. but do you know what? >> shown. but do you know what? >> it would be fantastic. if not more entertaining, really, to see them on the offensive, that would be great. >> it ain't over yet. it ain't oven >> it ain't over yet. it ain't over. he's writing them off. it's not over yet. three games to win. i don't know why we

always write our team off too early. >> you know, as you said, hope, hope, hope. it's the hope that kills you. no, we don't need to say that either. just hope. hope and pray will do very well. thank you so much. thanks paul coyte always great to speak to you. good stuff. >> right? it's coming up. we'll be heading stateside for the latest on president joe biden's future. is he going to stand? is he not? is he going to be replaced? we're going to be joined by someone who may know best from his presidential campaign. this is good afternoon britain on gb news. with us back the

tick. >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's 226. and the us president, joe biden, has admitted he, quote, screwed up last week's debate against donald trump. but he vows to fight on in the election race, despite rumours swirling that he's given up. >> it comes after a leaked video of donald trump has gone viral, where the former us president

claimed joe biden had secretly quit and that vice president kamala harris will become the new democrat nominee. >> well, we're now joined by us senior political adviser pablo ohana, who's working on biden's presidential campaign. pablo, thank you very much indeed. how do you think it's going , do you think it's going, >> well, listen, i think the elephant in the room of this debate, it was clear that the debate, it was clear that the debate last week was, a struggle and it wasn't, biden's best performance. >> but i think the thing to remember here is that this is not just about one debate or one election. this is about safeguarding a future where democracy, truth and justice are not at the mercy of trump's division. and falsehoods. so every action, every word, every vote counts. conversations that entertain doubts about biden serve trump's campaign every word that doesn't actively support biden helps trump. every time someone hurts biden, they help trump. it's that simple . help trump. it's that simple. and so that's where i stand on this. >> okay, but pablo, we can't all for americans anyway. they can't have a situation where they're

voting somebody in really who? i mean, let's just say now he is in cognitive decline. joe biden, you can't just vote for him and have him the leader of the free world because somebody doesn't like, you know, orange man bad who's done a few things that people don't like. i mean, for example, it's not just that debate we had with trump last week that's been catching attention. he i mean, in a utany attention. he i mean, in a litany of gaffes falling up, the stairs to air force one, confusing the american war in iraq with the russian war in ukraine, confusing the all blacks with the black and tans in ireland. and we've got some footage now of the well, now infamous incident at the g7 with all the world leaders, where they're clapping a parachutist who comes down, maloney is there. trudeau rishi sunak biden just wanders off and has to be escorted back. i mean, look, giorgia meloni here clocks in with emmanuel macron, has to escort him back. so i understand your argument that donald trump, in your opinion, you know, he's bad. we can't let him back in. he's a threat to democracy, allegedly. but surely we can't have your man as the leader of the free world in the states .

the free world in the states. >> he's in quite the opposite in a lot of those clips, including the one you just saw. there is context on the outside. you can't see if you can just see it at the end of that clip that he is actually speaking to someone off camera. there were an awful lot of clips like that that go around. i think we need to be really clear that there are things happening on the outside that you can't see there, and we can't just. >> sorry to interject. what about saying that his son beau died in iraq when nothing happened of the sort? >> i think there are moments like this and there are moments like this and there are moments like that on trump's side as well. i'm not going to argue that trump i mean, listen, trump and biden in comparison to uk politics is extraordinary. their ages, you know, that that i totally accept. but in this debate, even in the context of what we're talking about here and that, as i say, it was it was a slow start for biden in that debate. but everything he said was true. and yes, there were a few stumbles, stumbles. but he didn't lie to the nation on everything from abortion to democracy . trump was on the democracy. trump was on the wrong side of history, on the wrong side of history, on the wrong side of the facts. and we can debate all day about biden, who by the way, has a diagnosed

speech impediment that we all tend to forget about. and he sounded a bit hoarse, and he tripped up a few, things. but the alternative is a 34 time convicted felon who lies for a living. he enjoys sowing division . he enjoys chaos and is division. he enjoys chaos and is responsible for attack on american democracy, which, by the way, that doesn't matter just at home in the uk, but it matters around the world. of course, in the us as well, the contrast could not be clearer. >> it's pablo you're putting up, but you're putting up a good defence. good on you. he's your man, but what do you prefer, genuinely, to have a different candidate for the democrats? i mean, lots of talk about kamala harris taking the job. what do you think? you must prefer to have someone , perhaps a little have someone, perhaps a little younger. someone who doesn't have all these gaffes behind him? >> well, i actually, i mean, i would love for politics to be youngen would love for politics to be younger, just in general, i think. i mean, someone like kamala harris, i think is a fantastic candidate, genuinely. i think she was an excellent

pick for vp. i think actually she's been kind of overshadowed a little bit in her vice presidency. but i think she's i think she would be an excellent candidate if, if it went to that stage, i think at the moment, as i say, we have to rally around biden. >> but if she's not very popular, though, is she? pablo >> well, she's a divisive person, but that's because she's a woman, you know? and the truth is, i think it's because she's woman. >> woman. >> seriously, in this day and age, you think it's because she's a woman? >> okay, let's let's be really, really clear about something here. in 2016, when hillary clinton entered the race, she was exceptionally popular. and then people decided that they didn't want that woman. they had no rationale for it . they were no rationale for it. they were like, oh, no, we're happy to have a woman in president pablo, sorry to interrupt again. >> woman hillary came a cropper because there was controversy over her 33,000 deleted emails, her links to bill clinton, of course, being her, his wife, the fact, you know, benghazi, another another litany of controversies, >> something there. so sorry. so the issue here was what, that

hillary clinton had a husband and that she's responsible for his actions. they're totally different people. >> hillary clinton, let's be honest, the clintons don't bill clinton, pablo, the clintons don't have a good reputation. let's agree on that at least. hell hillary clinton is undoubtedly the most qualified person to have ever run for president. >> why did she lose then? well, for a number of reasons. one, trump lied throughout the entire campaign that was written interference. no. i'm sorry. these are absolutely proven facts. >> there was no russian interference. we know that that russian collusion hoax has been completely debunked. we know that. >> no, no it hasn't. there were there are conspiracy theories around hillary clinton's campaign, which are overwhelmingly proven, backed up by evidence. and it is staggering the root cause of women like kamala harris and hillary clinton not being taken seriously is the fact that they are just a woman. and we have seen similar things in the uk with people like jo swinson . with people like jo swinson. women in politics are held to a much higher standard . they face much higher standard. they face

scrutiny and criticism that men simply don't get. that is fact. >> okay, well, we'll end on that. thank you. so much. really appreciate your time. very interesting to get your view on all of this. pablo wahaca, us senior political advisor who's working on biden's presidential campaign. good stuff. well, you got a little bit heated there, didn't you, ben? no, i love us. >> politics. always nice to have a good debate. yeah. it's great. i just don't buy that. it's that hillary lost because she's a woman. i mean, it's just i don't buy it either. >> but, you know, you know, it's a view she wants a view on the popular vote. >> but, you know, when it comes to the us elections, you know, it's all done on, on, i mean, there are still a lot of sexists out there, but, you know, i'm not sure that was what, what did it anyway? >> don't go anywhere because up next, we'll be outside manchester crown court because a 30 year old teacher, rebecca joynes, has been sentenced to six and a half years after being found guilty for having sex with two pupils. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with sophia .

sophia. >> emily. thank you. it's 233. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a former school teacher has been jailed for six and a half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child. rebecca joynes , with a child. rebecca joynes, who's 30, had sex with two teenage schoolboys after grooming them from the age of 15. she was on bail for one offence when she committed a second offence with another boy, with whom she had a child . polls with whom she had a child. polls are open across britain as millions of people cast their votes to choose the next government. the first voters were up bright and early as stations opened the doors at 7:00 this morning. they'll remain open until 10:00 tonight, giving a chance to around 46 million eligible voters to have their say on who forms britain's next government. this is the first general election to require photo id, and voters are being reminded to bring their driver's licence, passport, passport or other id or risk being turned away . a woman has being turned away. a woman has admitted murdering her parents

in june of 2019. the bodies of john and lois mcculloch were discovered by police at their daughter's house after concerns were raised over their welfare. virginia mcculloch, who's 36, pleaded guilty today before being remanded in custody. forensic police in tenerife are focusing their efforts on an airbnb property where missing teenager jay slater reportedly stayed before he vanished. it comes after one of the last people to see the 18 year old insisted he was alive and well when he left his holiday rental to catch a bus back to his own accommodation. police have described the individual as irrelevant to the ongoing investigation . in the us , state investigation. in the us, state governors who met with president biden last night say he's fit for office and he has their backing. among those signalling their support was gavin newsom, their support was gavin newsom, the governor of california, who some see as an alternative for the democratic ticket . those are the democratic ticket. those are the democratic ticket. those are the latest gb news headlines.

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>> all right. well, welcome back. it's 239. now let's get more of the news that 30 year old teacher rebecca jones has now been sentenced to six and a half years after she was found guilty of having sex with two pupils. >> let's cross alive to gb. news northwest of england reporter sophie reaper who's outside manchester crown court. sophie, what's the latest ? what's the latest? >> well this morning here at manchester crown court we heard a victim impact statement read out on behalf of boy b whom

rebecca jones had an 18 month long sexual relationship with starting when he was just 15 years old. and in his gcse year at the greater manchester high school , where rebecca jones was school, where rebecca jones was his maths teacher. the pair began seeing one another while she was out on bail and suspended from her job for having sex with another 15 year old pupil, known in this case as boy a. now in that statement, it recalled that when he originally gave evidence, boy b was still in love with his former teacher. he said i struggled to come to terms with my abuse. i was in total denial. i felt as though i had betrayed someone i loved . i had betrayed someone i loved. i was coerced and controlled, manipulated and sexually abused. now, jones ultimately became pregnant with boy b's child. she gave birth to it earlier this yean gave birth to it earlier this year, and in the statement, it also described the difficulty boy b has faced having a child with his abuser. both emotionally and financially. the statement said . our child comes

statement said. our child comes home smelling of their mum. this completely freaks me out. now at the mention of their child, rebecca jones, who sat in the dock, began to sob . now judge dock, began to sob. now judge kate cornell then began the sentencing, telling jones, you brought this on yourself. she said you were the adults. you were the person in control, the person who should have known better . and yet you chose to better. and yet you chose to abuse that position of trust. the judge then passed that sentence of six and a half years. that's for all six counts. she was found guilty of earlier this year by a jury here at manchester crown court. she also told jones that those would be served concurrently, half in prison, half out on licence, and that any time she had already spentin that any time she had already spent in custody would count towards that sentence. now, throughout the entire process of this in the dock, rebecca jones sobbed and she continued to do sobbed and she continued to do so until she was taken away to start serving that prison sentence .

sentence. >> well, thank you very much indeed. >> well, thank you very much indeed . sophie reaper outside indeed. sophie reaper outside the manchester crown court for us, a shocking story. >> yes, indeed. right now, this weekend is set to be a scorcher on the sporting front. isn't it? not long away from the big event on saturday afternoon, where england's euros quarter final against switzerland , with gareth against switzerland, with gareth southgate's men hoping to put in a significantly better performance than the one against slovakia in the last 16 on sunday. they're still one. >> they still one question marks poon >> they still one question marks poor, though, wasn't it? yeah. question marks remaining over any potential changes southgate could make , with one rumoured could make, with one rumoured line—up suggesting he could revert to a back three and start ivan toney up front with harry kane. there we go. there we go. >> well done . let's speak now to >> well done. let's speak now to sports broadcaster chris scudden sports broadcaster chris scudder. good afternoon chris, thanks for joining us. scudder. good afternoon chris, thanks forjoining us. are we thanks for joining us. are we going to see a change of mentality. >> good knowledge. they're picking the team already. >> are we going to see a change of mentality from southgate this weekend? chris >> i think we will. >> i think we will. >> and you know, the only reason

why is because the reason you've just given, they've got to have to change the personnel because of that, suspension for mark gay. >> so i think, i mean, the word is that they have been training with, with a different look at the back three players at the back, which means the whole team will have a different look. >> really? i heard you mention ivan toney there, i'm sure harry kane might be more effective if he does play, but there's a possibility that phil foden might play alongside harry kane and the whole the whole team would look very different because if they do play with three at the back, that means they play with two wing backs. that would probably be trent alexander—arnold playing in the position. he often plays for liverpool on the right side and, probably, on the left hand side. bukayo saka, who generally plays on the right for arsenal but could well play as a left wing back so you know, it is square p99s back so you know, it is square pegsin back so you know, it is square pegs in round holes to a certain extent. but you know, such has been the outcry , that people been the outcry, that people want to see more positivity from

england. and it just might be that that enforced change will mean that gareth southgate does turn things around , change turn things around, change things around, and that might make it much more entertaining and positive on on saturday. >> and chris, just briefly, what's the atmosphere like in dusseldorf? are there lots of england fans enjoying themselves still , still, >> not yet, to be honest. i'm about to get run over here. >> i'm standing outside one of the fan zones. we're expecting. >> i mean, the official allocation is only 7000. just under for the in the 47,000 capacity stadium here in dusseldorf. but, it doesn't work out like that, fans get their tickets by hook or by crook. >> i think there'll be about 20,000 england fans inside the stadium. >> and probably another 10,000 or so, outside. i've just been speaking to the football supporters association here. and they tell me that it's very expensive to get out. now for the group stage, it's easy because everyone knows where they have to go and all the rest of it. but when the knockout

start, the movement becomes more difficult. and those who want to come out for the knockout stages, you know , it's going to stages, you know, it's going to cost them an arm and a leg. >> so, you know, i'm sure they will. >> it's early yet. it's two days away. but it's going to be terrific here. i'm expecting it to be pretty, pretty mad here by the weekend. >> fantastic stuff. have a great time. chris skudder sports broadcaster. thank you for reporting to us live from dusseldorf, not dusseldorf. say it again. it's got an umlaut. dusseldorf. >> sorry, it's all right. i'm a commoner. that's all right. not as posh as you. >> well, let's just say i had a german grammar. dusseldorf. >> what's the difference between what i said? >> you said dusseldorf. >> you said dusseldorf. >> dusseldorf? dusseldorf >> dusseldorf? dusseldorf >> oh, anyway, it's an education. coming up at 3:00. is martin's unpatronising is martin daubney. and he joins us now, martin, what's coming up on your show? what have you got for us? >> dusseldorf. there we go. now, did you love this pronunciation? oh, fantastic. so well of course, i've already done the breakfast show today, but after

a cat nap and a chinese, i'm back for round two, and we're kicking off about the football of course, gareth southgate. as you know, emily, i've been saying for weeks he deserves the chop. he should never have been the england gaffer. he's got one match now or he's a dead man walking. can they finally pull something out of the bag, or will the three lions be the only thing? once again coming home of course we can't talk about our favourite topic today politics, because of the election this side of the pond. but let's look at that video sting again. yet another undercover attempt to derail donald trump . we saw it derail donald trump. we saw it in 2016 when he spoke lewdly in locker room talk on a coach. they're at it again now. he's had a pop at joe biden and kamala harris. many people saying he's just saying the quiet part out loud. i will explain why this won't work once again, every dirty trick in the book expect to be thrown at donald trump. and we've still got four months ago, and we've got four months ago, and we've got the world snail racing

a quiet news day. that's all coming up between 3 and 6. >> thanks, martin. good stuff. >> thanks, martin. good stuff. >> oh, the snail racing championships. there is something for everyone, isn't there? >> oh goodness me, i wonder if you can play some wagers on that. >> maybe i'll put a bet. yeah, i'll put a bet on the snail racing, see if i come out on top. anyway, coming up we're going to be discussing netflix because they're romantic. series bridgerton has sparked a row about mixed weight couples on screen, so i guess when one party is much slimmer than the other, oh dear, that's grounds for trouble, isn't it? >> this is. good afternoon, britain gb news. stick with us. back in

tick. >> all right. coming up to 251. this is good afternoon, britain now. netflix romance series bridgerton sparked a row about mixed weight couples on screen .

mixed weight couples on screen. so—called. many have taken to social media calling those comments , calling it a mixed comments, calling it a mixed weight couple, noting it is fatphobic and ridiculous. let's get the thoughts of former presenter of fat family, steve miller. steve, interested to know what you make of all this? do you think it's something that should even be commented upon? >> i can't even believe we're talking about it, to be quite honest. >> i mean, what's fatphobic is just the truth, isn't it really? >> i mean, you know, if one person is fat and the other one isn't, then then you're just giving an accurate observation. >> i mean, it's just common sense . sense. >> and the key thing here is, i mean, the i'll tell you one thing, though, i've got this headune thing, though, i've got this headline on this article mixed weight couples on screen only seem to be a problem when women aren't thin, and i actually think there is a bit of truth in that because we seem to go, you know, we seem to talk about it more when the woman, my god, my face is looking a bit fat on your screen as well, i tell you, no it's not. >> i'd be getting fat shamed or in tears anyway. but coming back to this, i mean, when the, when it's a woman, we do seem to

become a bit more obsessed with it. >> and i think that is a bit unfair on women, if i'm honest. >> so i think there is some something to be said there. the key thing is though, you know, and if your partner is too fat, they're overweight, then it is important to have a discussion with them about it, not telling them , not by telling them that, them, not by telling them that, you know they're not attractive , you know they're not attractive, but by telling them that you're concerned about their health unless you want them, you know, to potentially end up on death row too early. >> so, steve, you think we need some more societal pressure on, you know , people of a larger you know, people of a larger size because of course, it's healthy for them. they'll live longer, their families will enjoy them more. but also it's a burden on the nhs and our public services. why are you why are you saying larger size? >> why aren't you saying the word fat? are you becoming all woke? >> i don't want to get cancelled, steve. >> exactly . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> you won't be cancelled. it's crazy. do do we need to have more pressure ? yes, of course we more pressure? yes, of course we do. but not in a cruel way. in a in a, you can be very kind to

people like i am. and just say it bluntly and have a sense of humour with it all. steve >> well, steve, i don't like the assumption. there seems to be an assumption. there seems to be an assumption that, oh, he would never be with her because she's a little got a bit of weight on her. i mean, that's an outrageous thing to say. that's really nasty. so if you're if you've got a few extra pounds, no one's going to fancy you. >> oh, well, there are a lot of people around that are chubby chasers. i mean, that is the truth. and actually, what makes someone really attractive, i believe, is actually their personality and their sense of humour and their confidence and their intelligence and their ability to hold a conversation. so i would say to anyone, it is a bit shallow to say, oh, you're a bit shallow to say, oh, you're a bit shallow to say, oh, you're a bit of a podge, so i'm not going to fancy you. i mean, my fella's quite podgy, you know. yeah. oh. >> really? now the truth comes out. >> oh yes, yes, he's a right chubster. but and he would laugh at he would laugh at me saying this. however however, may i say he's, i've we've been together 26 years, and i absolutely adore him and love him to pieces, but i do wish he'd lose a bit of

weight because of his health. right. >> well, i could see some arguments over the dinner table later. thank you very much indeed. steve miller of course, a former presenter of fat families and a friend of the show. i think it's fair to say, right. that's it from us. yeah. >> hope you've enjoyed yourselves. i have martin daubney up next, bringing you all the latest. don't forget, polls close at 10:00 pm tonight. bnng polls close at 10:00 pm tonight. bring your id, see you . soon. bring your id, see you. soon. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . solar sponsors of weather on gb. >> news. hello. solar sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . hello. welcome to your >> news. hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. it's going to be a breezy day, especially across the north west, but there will be some sunny spells across the south. however to the north where that windier weather is through the day, we've also got an occluded front and that's going to bring some persistent heavy rain and showers , heavy rain and showers, particularly to western areas of scotland, but also into some northwestern areas of england

and parts of northern ireland as well. elsewhere, we should stay dry through the rest of the day. mix of sunny spells, the longest lived sunshine likely across southeastern areas where the winds will be the lightest this afternoon, so highs of around 21 degrees here, but further north and west closer to the lower teens. so a fairly fresh feeling day and some of those showers could turn quite heavy and possibly thundery . the winds possibly thundery. the winds will be particularly strong through this afternoon . across through this afternoon. across western areas of scotland. we could see gale force gusts and some very heavy bursts of rain down towards parts of northern ireland, less of a risk of the heavier showers, but a mix of sunny spells and showers and still pretty breezy here into this afternoon. the winds will slowly start to ease as we head into the evening. further south, however, the next batch of rain is arriving from the west, so skies will cloud over across parts of south wales and southwestern areas of england and this is the next front arriving for thursday and into for thursday evening and into friday. we'll bring quite a lot of wet weather to many central

and southern areas of england and southern areas of england and wales, but further north of continued risk of some heavy showers overnight, there will be some clearer skies for some parts of northern ireland and northern england. here, temperatures could dip down into the lower single figures for some of us, but most of us it will be a fairly mild start to the day and as i said, it's going to be a damper day for southern and central areas. the rain will likely come and go. there could be a drier spell through the middle of the day. we will see the return of that rain from the south and west once again into the evening. but in any sunshine, temperatures climbing to around 21 degrees. but for most of us, a little below par for the time of year. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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