donald trump. will this also be the weekend the president biden bows out of the election rate.7 >> yeah, lots of pressure on him to do so elsewhere. we'll meet this week's greatest briton. he's the man with the help of an engineered electric mobility chair scaled mount snowdon. it's the first time this has been attempted, and it really is a truly amazing story . truly amazing story. >> and we love this story about trendy toad in the hole. apparently gen z, gen z , they're apparently gen z, gen z, they're really into the old time classics now . they've re found classics now. they've re found the likes of the shepherd's pie , the likes of the shepherd's pie, apparently the toad in the hole, the prawn cocktail, the jam roly polies. >> they've just discovered these amazing dishes that, you know, our grandparents used to pretty much live off. i guess they've ditched the avocado on toast and all the other nonsense. and, yeah, the sushi shepherd's pie, toad in the hole, jam roly polies, all of it. >> apparently they're really trendy again. i didn't realise

they have one out fashion. i don't think they've ever stopped using them. no. >> have you.7 no, using them. no. >> have you? no, no. my wife batus cooks shepherd's pie. yeah, i love it. very. especially in the winter. nice winter warmer. oh, they are a winter warmer. oh, they are a winter warmer. >> and this is what i say to you, eliot. they are really good meals. they're healthy, you know, they're simple, usually very nutritious, very healthy, so do get in touch. did you ever stop? are those the sorts of foods that you still enjoy? do let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but before we get into the toad in the hole here, tamsin roberts has all the news headlines. stop . headlines. stop. >> ben and ellie, thanks very much and good morning from the gb newsroom. it'sjust after 10:00. >> flight delays are expected to continue this morning as airports and other businesses slowly get back online. >> after yesterday's global outage. the problems were first noficedin outage. the problems were first noticed in australia when screens at sydney's airport went blank . thousands of flights blank. thousands of flights across the world were soon grounded , with airlines unable grounded, with airlines unable to complete check ins. some delays are expected throughout the weekend, while staff work to

clear the backlog. banks supermarkets, most gp clinics and even major tv and radio broadcasters were among the many others who were also knocked offline , while those travelling offline, while those travelling by rail were also affected. with most of britain's rail companies reporting disruption. the glitches were caused by a security update deployed by a company called crowdstrike, which affected users of microsoft's windows software . microsoft's windows software. pay increases in the public sector could cost around £10 billion, according to the institute for fiscal studies. independent pay review bodies are reportedly set to recommend pay are reportedly set to recommend pay rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs staff. pay rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs staff . schools and and nhs staff. schools and hospitals are unlikely to be able to meet the increase with their existing budgets without making cuts. it's thought to be more than the government had been preparing for, which could represent a significant challenge for rachel reeves first budget. the race is on to

become the next tory, the next leader of the conservative party, with two senior figures putting their weight behind tom tugendhat, steve baker and damian green lost their seats at the election, but they remain influential within the party. in a joint article published in the telegraph today, they warn the tories mustn't be tempted to veer towards the hard right and should instead select a unifying figure to lead them back into government. former cabinet minister steve baker told gb news why he thinks tom tugendhat is the ideal candidate. >> we have to build a broad coalition which is on board for some robustly conservative things and tom, as somebody being seen from the left, is, i believe, the right person to do robustly conservative things with a tone that can attract everyone . but you're right, he's everyone. but you're right, he's going to need to prove to everyone that he is a true blue conservative willing to press in the direction of freedom under the direction of freedom under the law . the law. >> the home secretary says violent disorder that erupted on the streets of leeds was

audacious criminality. five people have now been arrested in connection with the angry scenes of the harehills area. on thursday. vehicles could be seen on fire while a police car was overturned. the riots are believed to be linked to a case involving local children, who were taken into care. yvette cooper says those responsible will be brought to justice. >> been talking to west yorkshire police officers and also local community leaders about the action they are now taking in response to those unacceptable scenes of disorder and criminality that we saw last night. the community is working very closely together in response to what was a local child protection incident, but it's really important that the community can feel safe on the streets , and also that the streets, and also that the perpetrators feel the full force of the law . of the law. >> clouds and cooler weather are back this weekend after yesterday's sweltering conditions brought the hottest day of the year so far. the met

office says temperatures reached 31.9 degrees in central london. however heavy rain and bursts of thunder are forecast to hit wales and south—west england today. but if you weren't able today. but if you weren't able to get to the beach yesterday, some good news. meteorologists say the warm weather could be back just in time for the end of july . and a new report by july. and a new report by a think tank is calling for britain's old and neglected phone boxes to be removed, create street says there's little need for the old phone boxes with their use having fallen by 99.5% since 2002. it found the majority of the boxes now attract vandalism and a poorly maintained, creating what it's called box blight across britain's streets. the think tank says laws should be changed to make it easier for councils to make it easier for councils to remove them, but the report is careful to draw a distinction between the old boxes and the classic red booths, many of which are listed . well, those which are listed. well, those are the latest gb news

headlines. for now, i'm tamsin roberts and i'm back 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. >> thank you, tamsin, and welcome to saturday morning live. the time is 10:06 and experts have struggled through the night to solve the global tech outage issue that sparked chaos worldwide. the cyber security firm crowdstrike has said it could take weeks for a full recovery . full recovery. >> crowdstrike blamed a faulty software update, so apparently a lone tech engineer on i think it was friday night. saturday night. yeah. updated the software with a single bit of code and something as simple as a. in a line of code caused the chaos. so it managed to knock

out broadcasters, disrupt global travel, and cripple health care systems. meanwhile, some workers could now face payment delays from their employers as payroll systems were also affected. >> well, the crowdstrike ceo has said, we understand the gravity of the situation and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption that was caused. >> let's speak now to travel correspondent at the independent, simon calder. good morning. simon in terms of flight delays, ferry delays and so on, is it still chaos? what's it like at the moment? and which areas and airports are worst affected? >> really good questions. >> really good questions. >> thank you for that. if i can just put things into context from yesterday, this was going to be the busiest day for five years with more flights from uk airports than since 2019. didn't end up like that. i'm afraid. we had 300 flights to, from and within the uk cancelled. that means 50,000 people waking up where they didn't intend to be this morning. today things are much better, but i'm still counting at least 45

cancellations. that's affecting 7 or 8000 people. that's in addition to the cancellations yesterday. and in terms of where the worst hit places are, well, inevitably i guess britain's busiest airport, heathrow, has got the largest number and most of those are on british airways, both short haul and intercontinental flights. but there's many other problems elsewhere in the uk, for instance, at edinburgh you've got a combination of klm to amsterdam, easyjet to dubrovnik, british airways to heathrow and united airlines to chicago all cancelled today. and i'm afraid we will probably see a bit more of that before everybody gets where they need to go. but honestly, my heart goes out to people who are maybe watching, they're sitting at home wondering where they're going to get on their holiday because their flight was cancelled yesterday . yesterday. >> as you say, simon, this could take a little while to sort out for people that have been

affected. are they able to claim compensation? what are their rights when it comes to something like this? >> okay, you're not going to get cash compensation, although there is a little bit of talk in america about, possibly, beginning class actions against the people responsible. i mean, under air passenger rights rules, you're technically entitled to hundreds of pounds in compensation for a cancellation or a long delay unless the airline can say it's not our fault, on this occasion, well, certainly easyjet, for instance, the very first flight they cancelled yesterday, gatwick to berlin , they said gatwick to berlin, they said this is a general. it problem. it's not our specific responsibility. so you're not having any compensation. however the airlines have absolutely strict duties of care to look after you, to make sure that if you your flight is cancelled, that you are rebooked as soon as possible and that can be on any airline, if they say, oh, we haven't got a flight until

wednesday , you just say, right, wednesday, you just say, right, well, put me on an airline which has got a flight and get can get me to my destination. and while you're waiting, they are supposed to provide hotel rooms and meals if they fail to do that, then you if you've got a robust enough credit card, can do that and then claim back from them . them. >> okay. simon calder, good to see you this morning. thank you so much for giving us that update. well, it's now two weeks. would you believe since the general election it feels like a lifetime, doesn't it? >> i know it feels like a such a gruelling election campaign. >> it was pretty gruelling, wasn't it? that's when new and returning mps, of course, were elected in their constituencies in dewsbury and batley. >> it was a historic win for iqbal muhammad as he became the first independent mp in a general election seat in yorkshire for the first time since, well 1907. >> well, he campaigned heavily for a ceasefire in gaza, but said that his win was due to a combination of several things. >> our reporter anna riley visited the constituency and has the full story . the full story. >> paul mohammed, dewsbury and batley and would you like to swear or affirm a fair ?

swear or affirm a fair? >> iqbal muhammad won 41% of the vote in the dewsbury and batley seat, with labour coming in second place, followed by reform uk . the newly formed uk. the newly formed constituency combined the former tory led constituency of dewsbury , with labour held dewsbury, with labour held batley and spen echoing the push for change. five independent candidates won seats on kirklees council in the may local elections. the labour party lost overall control, citing huge financial pressures and the national leadership stance on gaza. >> it's a bit of a concern, you know, with israel, hamas, gaza and the whole middle east and situation. i just hope we will be represented suitably in parliament. you know , with parliament. you know, with boarded up shops and dilapidated buildings. >> urban decay has set in within parts of dewsbury. the town is parts of dewsbury. the town is part of kirklees, one of the

most deprived boroughs in yorkshire, with 1 in 3 children living in poverty. investing in dewsbury and its people is a top priority for those who live and work here. >> it's a very asian community, so i appreciate that's the kind of the direction of travel, the votes gone in. i mean, in terms of dewsbury itself, it has been lacking for quite some time, i mean it's betting shops and vape shops. there's no real sort of independent shops here or anything like that. the market is ridiculous. >> i've never seen it as silly . >> i've never seen it as silly. nobody. nobody's coming to dewsbury anymore like they used to do. it has deteriorated greatly in the last 20 years. >> you look around and the number of shops that are now empty, there's no incentive for people to come into dewsbury whatsoever. i doubt very much whether an independent person will be able to affect that . at will be able to affect that. at the end of the day, dewsbury is

on its knees. >> people just don't really take care of it. they just throw the rubbish on the floor. it just needs sorting out really. >> it's all about integration andifs >> it's all about integration and it's all about bringing the communities together. they need to have, like people from each community form a lovely group and get the communities together and get the communities together and keep it on. because dewsbury is the most deprived area you can ever go to right now. >> so it seems the voters here are hoping for a prosperous and unhed are hoping for a prosperous and united future under their new historic mp , anna riley gb news, historic mp, anna riley gb news, dewsbury . dewsbury. >> such a shame isn't it? seeing those high streets deserted. i mean it's happened in my hometown down on the south coast. it'sjust hometown down on the south coast. it's just you walk past shops, they're boarded up, they're empty, right. so labour are getting their act together, it seems, or at least claiming they are. we're joined now by former conservative special adviser charlie rowley and the writer and podcaster lewis oakley. good morning to you both. thanks for joining oakley. good morning to you both. thanks forjoining us. morning morning, morning. so labour getting a move on or they claim they are anyway what about the tories. they need to regroup

don't they. and there's lots of rumours about well for example suella braverman defecting to reform. meanwhile they need to pick a new leader, don't they, charlie? >> they do ben and that is true. and they will win. that will happen. we're not quite sure, because the tory hierarchy have got to work out between themselves what the timetable will be, what the rules might be, you know, is it going to go to the membership, is it not? is it just going to be for the mps, the ones that were lucky enough to be re—elected? we'll have to wait and see. but there are a number of names that get thrown out there, including suella. as you say, but we'll just have to. >> so are they actually considering ditching the members approval or the choice for leader? >> i don't think they'll ditch them entirely, but there's still a conversation. there seems to be a conversation around whether or how it will be whittled down to maybe a final two. traditionally, it's mps that decide the final two through a series of rounds, and then that goes to do you not trust your your members, charlie? i of course i do. i think our membership is well, you did you did have some. >> you did have some tory grandees suggesting that they would scrap the membership

choice completely because they elected liz truss against their wishes, i guess. rishi sunak was drafted in. yes. >> yeah. well, look, there's been a series of, conversations and, you know, ways in which you can elect the leader. i mean, when you were, you know, electing a when you're in office, when you're in government and then you're electing a new leader who ultimately automatically becomes the prime minister, there's always been a conversation around whether that should just be for the mps in parliament, because that's how you get business done. but i think if you're electing the leader of the opposition, it's you've got to involve the members, you've got to have their say. that's what keeps the party ticking. and look, it shouldn't take too long. i know, i know, lots of people want it to go out until october, maybe the party conference season, but i think we've got to get somebody in, short shrift to stop labour getting ahead of themselves when they seem to be having quite a nice time. >> well, that's really interesting, louis, because there does seem to be two schools of thought at the moment, doesn't there? in terms of the timetable of all of this, there are some mps who are saying you can't allow labour to go unchecked. we need a labour

by next week. we need a new leader by next week. but then you've got others who are saying, look, we're in absolute chaos and disarray. we need to take our time now, actually do a post—mortem if you like, of what went wrong, and choose the right candidate who can bring some stability. >> yeah, and i would agree with that second train of thought. take your time. i mean labour are in for five years. there's no need to rush. you've got to get this right. you've got to get this right. you've got to get a leader in there that a can command the party and b can, you know, balance the threat from reform and balance what the labour party are doing and really, you know, come up with a, with a plan that people can get behind, you know, people and i think quite rightly say, you know, labour didn't win the election, the tories lost it. so it's on you to get a leader in there that can actually lead and command respect and put people in their place and say, no, we're going with this and this is why. so i think they should take their time in doing that. and there's no there is no point rushing. you've got five years of labour government anyway. take your time. >> did you see that clip doing the rounds last night of kemi badenoch giving a long speech in

to parliament angela rayner saying that, you know, she's been there before. it's all very well being in the opposition and cheering from the sidelines. but now you're in government, you're going to have a really tough time. did you see that, charlie? >> i didn't, but i think, okay, i bookmarked it on my twitter. >> well lots of people saying that. kemi really showed her leadership credentials there. >> well, look, there'll be lots of people doing lots of events now and trying to sort of, you know, command authority and give a sort of steer a direction of what they think the party and rishi should help with that. >> i think rishi should be, you know, in prime minister's questions, giving every one of the contenders a chance. stand at the despatch box, you know, go for it. let's see what you're made of. so i think we need they probably need as many opportunities as possible to show what they're made of. so people know what they're going to be voting for before we move on, i need a name from both of you. >> if we're going to put our money behind somebody who should be the next tory party leader, charlie. >> ben. leon. why do you keep saying that i liked it. >> stop saying it. that's the second week you've said it. >> is it really? oh, well, you'd be very good. >> i think maybe in a few years.

>> i think maybe in a few years. >> that's very kind. that's very kind. but i think it's a i think i'd enjoy my life a bit too much. but but i think, look, there are lots there's lots of talent in the conservative party. tom tugendhat has obviously been mentioned. robert jenrick has been well, rob jenrick has been well, rob jenrick has been doing, i think, a lot of work to articulate the problem. >> can i just clarify tom tugendhat, he is a one nation tory. >> anyone that is a member of the conservative party is a conservative first and foremost. whether you believe this left or right sort of nonsense, some would disagree with that. charlie. it's about the thing is also just very quickly, it won't take that long, by the way, to work out what went wrong. you know, the tory party failed to deliver on things that it said it was going to do. it didn't cut immigration, taxes didn't fall as quickly enough as they should have done it doesn't take that long to work out. what you've got to do, though, is, is find someone that can actually then bring the party together. i'm afraid people like suella won't be able to do that. >> well, she might she may be going to reform, who knows. so your pick is who? tom? >> tom, i would say tom, i would say robert jenrick. >> i would stop being politician. >> cleverley is named kemi badenoch, as you said. is there are there are there are too many talented members of to

parliament mention. >> he's going to give a politician's answer. >> lewis, i don't actually want any of them, but i've got a feeling it's going to be kemi. i've just got a feeling it's going to be kemi because of the reform element. okay >> thank you very much. you too, let's have a look at this story, shall we? this is, boris johnson saying trump can end the war in ukraine. >> yes. he's written his, saturday essay column for the daily mail. and someone who once criticised donald trump before, but then that's, you know , does but then that's, you know, does it make much difference these daysif it make much difference these days if you criticise donald trump, you could be the next running mate if you are so. so that doesn't hold much. but he's basically come out to say, look, you know , forget everything you know, forget everything that's happened in the past. the election was won on the back of president trump , arising from president trump, arising from that failed assassination attempt to punch the air, the image of him defying his security detail, taking command of the situation and saying, fight , fight, fight to the crowd fight, fight, fight to the crowd that was out there. that is the image that is now captivated america against the backdrop of a not very well, obviously. yeah, joe biden at the moment,

through i lewis, i don't know what you think . what you think. >> i find this new found support from for trump for people like bofis from for trump for people like boris who previously criticised him, even mark zuckerberg in america, he gave an interview last night saying that he was, i won't repeat the words, but he really, you know, enjoyed his the fact that he's shown that he's manly and masculine, he's going to be a new leader. years ago, zuckerberg was, censoring republican content on facebook. i think all this new found support for trump when it's clear, according to the polls, that he's going to win the presidential race is a bit disingenuous, don't you think? >> it's definitely disingenuous. they they can see what's about to happen and they want to be on the right side of it, and i think also that, you know, with joe biden, they realise their sort of fighting for a lost cause, their, you know, their own credibility. i think this is what a lot of the democrats in america are kind of feeling at the moment is you. are you telling me this person should be leader really? because your credibility is on the line? so i think that's what we're seeing. and you know, it was going trump's way before the shooting, then after the shooting and how he bounced back and put his fist

in the air. i think people saw that as a sign of strength. and so now everyone's saying, look, we need to prepare for a second trump presidency. we need to start saying some nice things. >> yeah, he watched a lot of things last night. didn't you? >> well very busy. >> well very busy. >> i, i have a lot of time on my hands. >> i'll take you out. you must come out with me one time. >> i don't really i don't have a lot of. >> you got the. i got a wife and two kids. have you got the time to watch everything? >> i put the kids to bed at half six last night, and i woke up to my wife coming in the bedroom at ten. i just. my wife coming in the bedroom at ten. ijust. i my wife coming in the bedroom at ten. i just. i was knocked out on the bed. i'd fallen asleep putting the kids watching. >> too many, too many money.co.uk and kemi badenoch videos. yes, louis and charlie, thank you very much. >> you're with us in the next hour as well. we'll catch up with you later on in the show. >> yes, lots more coming up, including this week's greatest britain. he's a guy who scaled mount snowdon in an adapted wheelchair. really interesting story, isn't it? >> yes. well, it was going to be heading stateside to the latest from what's at the rnc of course, the race

next. welcome back to saturday morning live. now, it's been another busy week stateside with the republican national convention in full swing. former president donald trump made a speech accepting the party's nomination to run as their candidate in november's presidential election. he's also been reflecting on the assassination attempt last week that he faced in pennsylvania. >> it comes as pressure builds on joe biden to drop out of the race. but as recently as last night, he insists he will stay and fight. and that's despite over 30 democrats, including, quite crucially , barack obama quite crucially, barack obama and nancy pelosi, urging him to quit. >> well, let's speak now to journalist and author nelson aspen for his view on this. good to see you this morning, nelson. and reports in the papers here in the uk this morning that joe biden is angry with barack obama for calling for him to step out of the presidential race. >> thanks for having me, guys. and yes, you're right, the biden

family completely the whole family. biden, his wife, his son, his closest allies are definitely feeling a sense of betrayal from barack obama. of course, joe biden was his number two for eight years in the white house. and for him to be turning on him, and that's the perception definitely feels like a betrayal. and joe biden seems to be remaining defiant. when we sat here talking last week at this time, it seemed impossible to believe that biden would still be in the top job, or even the nominee, come november. we would never have believed that trump would survive an assassination attempt, so it just goes to show you how much can change day by day, minute by minute. it's part greek tragedy and part soap opera. guys. >> yeah. nelson, this american election cycle really is like a soap opera, isn't it? so many twists and turns and big stories in terms of the trump campaign. i guess it's good news for them that biden , you know, there's that biden, you know, there's all this infighting from the democratic side, but actually,

is there a bit of a wild card potentially, from, joe biden's replacement, potentially, from, joe biden's replacement , potentially replacement, potentially michelle obama, for example. >> i do think so, because obviously trump has so much momentum right now. in fact, somebody that used to work on the obama campaign was saying that he hasn't seen this kind of groundswell of support and momentum for a candidate that we're currently seeing for trump. since obama ran in 2008. so what does biden or the democrat party, for that matter, what are they going to do to counter that momentum? well, you got to give the people some shiny new object to look at something new to get excited about. and that has to be a new nominee. and whether that is vice president kamala harris or someone new altogether remains to be seen. but the democrats are in trouble and they need they need to pique the interest of the voters. >> and, nelson, what are the opfions >> and, nelson, what are the options here in terms of getting a potential replacement forjoe a potential replacement for joe biden ? is that something? could

biden? is that something? could he be forced out of the race? what are the options on the table? >> the easiest option would be for him to resign that would be the easiest thing. and that what? that's what his closest allies are trying to cajole him into. and actually, it's gone from cajoling to pressure. if he doesn't resign and turn the presidency, let alone, come november, the nomination over to kamala harris, then they would have to, at the convention, pick a number two. but the convention is coming up in mid—august, so time is of the essence now. >> so what did you make of donald trump's speech at the republican national convention? some said it was unifying. in the speech, he said, you know, i want to be a president for all of america, not just half of america , commentators, america, commentators, columnists, commentators such as tucker carlson were saying they sensed a change after that assassination attempt in donald trump. his aura, the way he speaks may be a bit more humility. are they right? do you think? >> i think they are right about the fact that we are seeing a changed donald trump, whether or

not that's genuine remains to be seen, but a change indeed more subdued, more statesman like. and that may be also in addition to the fact that he survived the assassination attempt, that it may be confidence. and he's he's been down this road before. he feels confident against joe biden, although he's been clear to say he doesn't care who he's running against. he'll take on whoever it is and is confident that he can beat whoever it is how. >> now. >> so what do you make of melania trump's appearance at the rnc this week? very rare display of affection between the couple and also the granddaughter of donald trump, which has become a bit of an overnight star, kai trump as well. speaking at the rnc. >> that's right. his granddaughter, she made quite an impression, quite lovely. quite. well spoken. and her father said he was already putting out the warnings to guys to stay away from his little girl. but we saw trump's, the little girl in our former first lady looking smashing and coming out there

and showing a rare sign of pubuc and showing a rare sign of public affection, which means the game is definitely on. they're taking this very seriously. and as for melania, that may also be a case of the family's been shaken up by what happenedin family's been shaken up by what happened in pennsylvania with the with the shooter. so those kinds of things, no matter how serious you take, how serious you take them, the families certainly takes it very seriously. scary >> okay, nelson, thanks very much for your insight. much appreciated. i can't wait till november, yeah, it's going to be so. i said, it's like a soap opera. it's like an american version of eastenders, albeit a bit more serious, i guess. >> what do you say it was a soap opera. and he said something else, i'll have to watch. i didn't catch that ourselves, but i thought it was a very good line, which i've forgotten now. but it was very good. thank you. nelson, good to see you. >> did you see, by the way, all the. actually some journalists over here did it. they're wearing bandages on their ear in tribute to donald trump. yes. >> very funny. yeah do get in touch with any of that. should biden step down, do you think he will step down this weekend?

there are people on resignation watch so far. he's saying he is the presidential nominee for the democrats. should that be the case? >>i case? >> i think when obama steps in, because lots of people say obama really is kind of the guy pulling the strings behind the scenes. and when he's ignoring obama, it's kind of like, wow, where's this going ahead? >> you can also see why the bidens feel betrayal about that. you know, they've worked together for years. let us know what you think. >> okay. coming up we'll meet this week's greatest britain. but up next, can you make toad in the hole trendy. you. ayou. pparently you you. apparently you can. you can. >> apparently z gen z, i

tick. hello. welcome back. it's 1035. i was about to say 25. >> wishing the struggling with that one. >> yeah. ben. ellie with you on saturday morning live on gb news. just a very quick view from jack jones. you say ben a bit before your time, i realise, but i think you should watch dallas as that is what the us election is getting like. so we were talking about how the us election, with all the twists and turns and the drama. i mean,

i described it as a bit like eastenders, but over in america. but yes, of course, dallas, the 19705 hit but yes, of course, dallas, the 1970s hit american tv show. obviously, i wasn't alive then. no. >> maybe we should watch that. yes as homework. >> binge watch it. there you go. yeah. >> now, when you think of the latest culinary trends, it might not be prawn cocktail, toad in the hole or a jam. roly poly that springs to mind. but it's not for gen z or gen z tiktokers who are determined to make a comeback for these british classics. i do love a jam. >> roly poly. me too. up until recently, those nostalgic meals have been largely forgotten and overlooked by the popular trends such as avocado on toast, kimchi or variations kimchi for good your gut kimchi. is that the one? kimchi? oh, kimchi . sorry. one? kimchi? oh, kimchi. sorry. there you go. that shows how i'm old school. i don't get involved in you like all this health stuff. >> this woke this woke kimchi. >> this woke this woke kimchi. >> yes. all variations of beans for the vegetarians. yes. >> now, two thirds of gen z now rely on tiktok for cooking ideas. so is it time for the revival of the best of british dishes? well, joining us now to discuss this is the telegraph's

restaurant critic, william sitwell. good to see you. this morning, william. i think for lots of people watching the programme this morning, they'd say, well, for us these things never went out of style. they've always been eating the prawn cocktail , the toad in the hole, cocktail, the toad in the hole, the cottage pies . it's the best the cottage pies. it's the best kind of food . kind of food. >> well, life for a lot of people never changes . and people people never changes. and people sort of watch these trends and they wonder what on earth's going on in the world, because they've never stopped eating prawn cocktail and toad in the hole and a big fried up breakfast. i think the main thing is, in terms of trends, we've seen this for not decades, but literally centuries. the trends in food publishing. and it doesn't matter if it's on digital in a book, always goes the swing is from complicated modern faddy to traditional, simple and so on, there's a book, a royal cookbook written in 1500 that promises plain , in 1500 that promises plain, simple food. there was a book in 1823 by called the cook's oracle, by a man called william

kitchener, who said that all other cookbooks are as useless about as useful as going from sort of africa to india, without a compass. so there's been this thing in, in publishing for, for literally centuries where you go from, for example, you know, jamie, jamie oliver's sort of 15, seven minute, is it three minute meals to the next trend, which is that's too simple. you know, we need to take time and we need to get back to a traditional food. so i think that's the first thing. it's this typical pendulum swinging for a to modern traditional. the other thing is, and i think, you know , if you are a food faddist, know, if you are a food faddist, if you are obsessed with fermented cabbage and putting kimchi on everything, then you might have missed out on some of these wonderful traditions. and when you discover it and you're discovering it for the first time, like you might discover, for example, if you're gen z , for example, if you're gen z, that the fact is the music in the 1970s was better than in to the 1970s was better than in to the the 2000, then you'll relish it. you'll come across it as the

for the first time, and then you'll discover the absolute joy in a jam roly—poly or an eton mess , or the joy of a proper mess, or the joy of a proper sunday roast, or indeed, toad in the hole with a with a good slathering slathering of colman's english mustard and some good thick gravy and a glass of claret, you know. so these things, you know, good food exists because it nourishes the soul. good traditional recipes, british recipes are not impossible to cook, so even the loonies on tiktok. i'm so glad i'm as ignorant as tiktok as you guys are of kimchi , so it's guys are of kimchi, so it's passed me by. thank thankfully, these dishes are not impossible to cook, you know, if you can whip up , a bit to cook, you know, if you can whip up, a bit of batter for your for your toad in the hole, you'll discover it's a, it's a hugely warming and it's an inviting and a crowd pleasing dish. if you're a student and you know, you're struggling, potatoes in batter with a bit of veg is not hugely expensive. so

some of these ancient dishes, these traditional dishes, particularly this time of year when people are going back to school, students going to university for the first time, parents packing up their kids, and they might give them a pot and they might give them a pot and a pan and maybe a simple recipe book and look, there you on the screen, the beginnings of one of the greatest dishes in the world, which is which are perfect roast potatoes, right ? perfect roast potatoes, right? which you boil until they're they're crumbling. you shake in they're crumbling. you shake in the pan, put a bit of flour on, roast them in hot oil. what can be more satisfying than that? >> yeah . and william, actually >> yeah. and william, actually this this kind of food is so comforting as you said. and it's satiating, full of nutrients. i was saying to ellie off air, you know, our grandparents lived on this stuff. meat, potatoes and veg. it was quite simple, but it kept you full. it was good for you. do you think there's any sort of economic part of this where the cost of living is going through the roof, dishes like shepherd's pie, cottage pie. you can batch cook that kind of stuff, can't you? whereas i guess with, say, avocado on toast, it's nigh impossible. >> it is. it's economic. you only have to look back to the

generation our grandparents great grandparents who went through a war, who went through rationing. and guess what? they survived economically because the food they ate wasn't ridiculously expensive. but also the food that they ate was healthy, was nutritious, and you can spend your whole life chasing trends around the block, but actually, good, plain, simple british food, meat and two veg. now there's a reason why some simple things like that work. you know, they are nutritious and they they make economic sense. and as you say, you batch cook these things, there's something wonderful. you discover that you can use a freezer, you can get stuff out of the freezer , reheat it. the of the freezer, reheat it. the miracles that are the students are going to discover of the joy5 are going to discover of the joys of some of the most simplest tricks in the culinary cookbook. you know, they're tantalising. yeah. >> william, you've successfully made us very hungry this morning. thank you very much. thanks. really, really good to see you. >> pete just said very quickly, toad in the hole is the epitome of britishness. sausages swimming in batter, zero health, maximum indulgence. it's amazing. i'm with you. >> i know none of this food went out of style for me. love it

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>> hello. welcome back. it's 1048. ben and ellie with you on saturday morning live. now it's time for my favourite part of the show, where we celebrate amazing people who do amazing things in this week's greatest britain. and this week, it's disabled adventurer nick wilson. yes. >> earlier this month , nick >> earlier this month, nick wilson summited mount snowdon unaided, the first time this has been attempted with the help of an engineered electric mobility chair called the rock climber. >> nick's climb aims to raise greater awareness towards current accessibility and independence challenges faced by wheelchair users every day. and i'm delighted to welcome nick wilson to the show. now and rock engineering director elliot dyson. barber from the institution of engineering and technology. guys, what a pleasure. morning, morning. have your company. how are we? >> good morning. very well. cool. >> i'm feeling a bit a bit lazy when it comes to listening to your feet on snowdon. just tell us what you did when you did it and why it's so amazing. because it's the first time this has

been done. >> as you feel lazy, you should try being me, going up a mountain and just pressing the accelerator. >> these these poor buggers had to go and come up behind me, it was. it still hasn't sunk in properly, you know, and to be the first disabled person to do it during disability pride month is . i it during disability pride month is. i couldn't of asked for anything else , but it's all anything else, but it's all possible because of rock engineering. you know, they've been working on this for the past two years to create this machine , and if it wasn't for machine, and if it wasn't for them , that wouldn't have them, that wouldn't have happened. and i wouldn't be here because i was struggling a lot with loneliness and isolation, and i was very suicidal. and they literally saved my life with this project . with this project. >> oh, and elliot, you're one of the designers of this , aren't the designers of this, aren't you? yeah. tell us what's so important about this electric mobility chair. what makes it so different, >> i think really? well, the whole thing came around by by accident, you know , me meeting

accident, you know, me meeting nick, and. and he kind of highlighted some issues to us in terms of his accessibility and he, you know, he lives in towcester, near where we're based. and he came down the high street and sort of said, i can't even get into the shops in the high street. and, and, and it was actually spending time with him and we made a few other little bits and pieces for him just trying to help him out, where we realised actually there's a there's a real issue here and, and it's not a case of, it can't be done. it just hasn't been done. nobody's actually spent the time we think of, and spent the time just understanding what the problem is and trying to solve it. so, you know, it wasn't just me. there's six of us. we're a little company, but we thought, yeah, we'd love to take on that challenge and just highlight those issues for him. >> so, nick, you just mentioned that the kind of place you were in before doing this, you were lonely, suicidal . what was it lonely, suicidal. what was it like when you finally managed to scale snowdon ? because i've done scale snowdon? because i've done it on foot and just being in the in for anyone being in nature and fresh air is so, you know, it's liberating , isn't it? it's liberating, isn't it? >> it is. i mean, the one word that i think i've used

throughout this is freeing. it is when you're so reliant on drop curves, you know , like drop curves, you know, like i said, just before we went on air, ironically, i got stuck on air, ironically, i got stuck on a pavement after coming back from west because there was no drop kerb, there was overgrown bushes, and i was stuck on this pavement and i've just gone up a mountain. but i can't get off a pavement kerb, so it's freeing that you're not relying on a hard standing path or drop kerbs wherever you can. in rock climb, you can literally go anywhere you can literally go anywhere you want. and freeing is the big word and it's amazing. >> and what were the conditions like on snowdon for the two of you? because in some of these videos it looks pretty sketchy . videos it looks pretty sketchy. >> it's pretty awful. yeah, yeah, yeah. i mean it was well we tried, we tried two times on on that particular time. and the first day was completely rained off. the second day was a little bit better. i think we'd all got to the point where we thought, we're just going to go for it. we'd we tried before we'd made

some upgrades to rock climber. we were quite confident in those, those upgrades and we went for it. and you know, nick did it completely unaided, if you also see in the videos, andrew and i are spending most of our time massively out of breath trying to keep up with him. i mean, we got to the, you know, the top point after just over three hours. wow and so you flew up there. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> and that was me having to rein it back trying to just keep the momentum going because otherwise i would have left the least way behind. so i could have done it quicker. but yes, it was extremely sketchy . i it was extremely sketchy. i mean, you've seen some of the videos, they're playing them now. and that particular point that it's playing at the moment, there came a couple of steps a bit further up from that where it it tried flipping me over and you just had a sheer drop on the right hand side. so it was i wouldn't recommend it to, to anyone. i've had a lot of training and testing in this machine. i know it inside out, but yeah, it was, it was. and

that was the point where i actually said to elliot, we looked at each other and went, this is , you know, risk of life this is, you know, risk of life thing. that was that was dangerous . dangerous. >> yeah. is there any plans to kind of build more rock climbers for other people or extend it. >> yeah. i mean, i mean, we'd love to, i think it's an investment thing , obviously. investment thing, obviously. i think we've got some great support from people like the it, as you mentioned at the beginning. and but we have some plans. i mean, we, we are, we're needing to bring costs down. we're needing to make it more accessible for people. and it's all about inclusive design. it's, you know, rock climbers are a big machine. you can't take it indoors. but we've got some ideas to be able to bring the similar technology indoors . the similar technology indoors. yeah. and make it more available for more people. you know, other people aren't able to use their hands. so we want to be more inclusive with the with the design. >> if we can be well look amazing piece of engineering. i'm so happy for you as well that you were able to experience that you were able to experience that and get outside and, you know, improve your mental health. thank you so much. you're our greatest briton this week. >> thank you. thank you.

appreciate you guys. thanks very much. >> do stay with us. we're going to have all the showbiz with stephanie takyi coming up for you shortly. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb. news weather on. gb. news >> hello and welcome to your gb news. weather update brought to you by the met office. well, after a taste of summer to end, the week is gradually going to be turning more unsettled from the west. and the reason for this is we have a waving frontal feature draped across the western parts of the uk, which is gradually moving its way eastwards, bringing in some outbreaks of rain. and through the course of the day this is gradually going to move its way eastwards, with some quite heavy downpours at times across wales and parts of the south—west. but the further east you are, that's where the best of the weather is going to be. some hazy, sunny spells though we might just start to see some heavy showers break out across east anglia, and these may be a little bit thundery. generally a cooler day on offer, but still feeling

pleasant where you catch the sunshine. still quite hot across parts of east anglia and then through the course of the evening we'll continue to see this rain push its way eastwards. still, with some heavy downpours across parts of devon, cornwall and wales. so do take care if you are travelling that rain gradually clearing northern ireland and pushing into parts of lancashire and cumbria, and quite a damp evening on offer across most of scotland, away from the very far east, where it may just be a little bit drier, but this will be fairly brief before that rain continues to move its way eastwards through the evening. now, eventually that rain will ease asit now, eventually that rain will ease as it pushes its way into the northeast. still could see some heavy downpours on this as it does so, but generally turning largely dry overnight. but a fair amount of cloud around , with some drips and around, with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle. it is going to be turning clearer, though across northern ireland and parts of scotland , just with and parts of scotland, just with and parts of scotland, just with a few showers feeding in. and that's where it's going to be feeling cooler. but elsewhere it's going to be another quite sultry night on offer. now through into sunday, we'll be

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>> good morning. i'm ellie costello, alongside ben elliott, and this is saturday morning live. >> very good morning to you. hope you're well. great to have your company this morning. and we have an action packed show for you coming up, all of the day's top stories with former conservative special adviser charlie rowley and the writer and podcaster louis oakley . and podcaster louis oakley. >> the strictly scandal has been rumbling on for weeks now, with reports that professional dancers have been mistreating

the show's stars, including kicking an alleged spitting. incidents will be joined by former contestant john sergeant to get his experience. >> and as we approach the start of the 2024 paris olympics, we'll be joined by british olympian kriss akabusi to hear all about his incredible career. >> i'm so excited for that chat with kriss akabusi because he's always on to review the papers, isn't he? and did you know fun fact he always carries his silver olympic medal pocket. yeah it's true. we'll have to double check when he comes in, but i think it's so he can always remind himself that anything is possible. >> well, we have it on him today. of course he will. >> it always has it on. >> it always has it on. >> is it rude if i ask him to put it on, or is that kind of not done? i'm sure you can ask. >> i hold it all the time. it's very heavy crown myself. >> yeah. so you want a silver in

the three medals in his career ' 7 m. again? >> we'll have to double check with him. but it's the silver one that he carries. i believe it's from the la olympics. >> yeah. i'm so excited for the paris games. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all kicking off next month. >> all kicking off next month. >> next week? yeah >> next week? yeah >> next week? yeah >> next week. >> next week. >> yeah, there we go. it's fri day. >> friday. >> shows how much i'm interested in. >> you're not that excited, are you? you're not even across the dates. anyway. do get in touch. are you excited for the olympics? do let us know. gbnews.com. you'll see before we do anything else. >> tamsin roberts has all your news headlines. >> bethany elsey, thanks very much and good morning from the gb newsroom. it'sjust after gb newsroom. it's just after 11:00. flight delays are expected to continue. this morning as airports and other businesses slowly get back onune businesses slowly get back online after yesterday's global outage. the problems were first noficedin outage. the problems were first noticed in australia when screens at sydney's airport went blank. thousands of flights across the world were soon grounded, with airlines unable to complete check ins. some delays are expected throughout the weekend . while airlines the weekend. while airlines clear the backlog, banks , clear the backlog, banks, supermarkets, most gp clinics and even major tv and radio

broadcasters were among the many others who were also knocked offline. those travelling by rail were also affected, with most of britain's rail companies reporting disruption. the glitches were caused by security update deployed by a company called crowdstrike, which affected users of microsoft's windows software . pay increases windows software. pay increases in the public sector could cost around £10 billion, according to the institute for fiscal studies. independent review bodies are reportedly set to recommend pay rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs staff, but schools and hospitals are unlikely to be able to meet the increase without making cuts. it's thought to be more than the government had been preparing for, which could represent a significant challenge for rachel reeves first budget. the race is on to become the next leader of the conservative party with two senior figures putting their weight behind tom tugendhat, steve baker and damian green

lost their seats at the election, but they remain influential within the party. in a joint article published in the telegraph today, they warned that the tories mustn't be tempted to veer towards the hard right and should instead select a unifying figure to lead them back into government. former cabinet minister steve baker told gb news why he thinks tom tugendhat is the ideal candidate. >> we have to build a broad coalition which is on board for some robustly conservative things and tom, as somebody being seen from the left, is, i believe, the right person to do robustly conservative things with a tone that can attract everyone. but you're right, he's going to need to prove to everyone that he is a true blue conservative, willing to press in the direction of freedom under the law. >> the home secretary says violent disorder that erupted on the streets of leeds was audacious criminality . five audacious criminality. five people have now been arrested in connection with the angry scenes in the harehills area on thursday. vehicles could be seen

on fire while a police car was overturned . the riots are overturned. the riots are believed to be linked to a case involving local children who were taken into care. yvette cooper says those responsible will be brought to justice. >> i've been talking to west yorkshire police officers and also local community leaders about the action. they are now taking in response to those unacceptable scenes of disorder and criminality that we saw last night. the community is working very closely together in response to what was a local child protection incident, but it's really important that the community can feel safe on the streets, and also that the perpetrators feel the full force of the law . of the law. >> a new report by think tank is calling for britain's old and neglected phone boxes to be removed. create street says there's little need for the old phone boxes, and they're rarely used at all over the past 20 years, it found the majority of the boxes now attract vandalism and are poorly maintained, creating what it's called box

blight across britain's streets. it says laws should be changed to make it easier for councils to make it easier for councils to remove them, but the report is careful to draw a distinction between the old boxes and the classic red booze, many of which are listed well. clouds and cooler weather are back this weekend after yesterday's sweltering conditions brought the hottest day of the year so far . the met office says far. the met office says temperatures reached 31.9 degrees in central london. however, heavy rain and bursts of thunder are forecast to hit wales and south—west england today. wales and south—west england today . but if you weren't able today. but if you weren't able today. but if you weren't able to get to the beach yesterday, some good news for you. meteorologists say the warm weather could be back just in time for the end of july , thank time for the end of july, thank goodness. well, those are the gb news headlines for now. i'll be back 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 .

slash alerts. >> very good morning to you. hope you're well. it's 1106 annual with ben and ellie on saturday morning live. we were talking in the previous hour about the resurgence of sort of traditional british dishes. toad in the hole, sticky toffee pudding , jam, roly poly and so pudding, jam, roly poly and so on. apparently gen z—ers have only just discovered these things, but who knows what they've been up to. susan, you have written lovely to hear the younger generations are discovering the joys of cooking. yes, i'm of the older generation and can make a meal out of any combination of ingredients. i love to bake cakes and pudding. my love to bake cakes and pudding. my sticky toffee pudding is the best and tomorrow, sunday lunch is hereford roast beef . is hereford roast beef. everything from scratch, including the yorkshire pudding and gravy . including the yorkshire pudding and gravy. sounds delicious. susan? susan, you're getting me quite hungry. >> please, can we come round? feel free to drop an invite to your address. yes, please. gbnews.com/yoursay. we will be coming round for sunday lunch and el tel has been in touch saying my mother, who's 92, said her generation after the war had the healthiest diet fresh grown veg, small portions of meat,

some carbs , butter and just a some carbs, butter and just a few sugary cakes at the ultra processed things like spam were not eaten often enough or quantity enough to affect anyone's health. there you go. there's so much processed food now, isn't there? >> that's part of the problem. and it makes me laugh. all these vegans going around eating these fake meats and so on, they're so highly processed and they think they're being healthy by eating it. actually, you're probably better off eating a slab of steak or some nice mince. >> just simple good food. >> just simple good food. >> beef and tatties. yes, any day of the week and keep those views coming in. >> gbnews.com/yoursay now , >> gbnews.com/yoursay now, experts have struggled through the night to solve the global tech outage issue that sparked chaos worldwide. cybersecurity firm crowdstrike has said it could take weeks for a full recovery . recovery. >> it was blamed on a faulty software update, and the firm managed to knock broadcasters offline, disrupt global travel and cripple healthcare systems. meanwhile, workers can now face payment delays from their employers as payroll systems were also affected. >> while the crowdstrike ceo has said we understand the gravity of the situation situation and

we are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption that's been caused. >> well, that's right then all said and done, gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie is with us now . are you there, is with us now. are you there, dougie? good morning. maybe we've suffered our own tech problems because of the crowdstrike issue . crowdstrike issue. >> oh, there he is. hello dougie. so tell us how it's affected things. northern ireland and especially the healthcare sector . healthcare sector. >> well, northern ireland in some ways is blessed that it doesn't have that big a population. and in fact, we only have three airports here, two regional airports, city of derry and george best airport that i'm standing overlooking now. and of course aldergrove, which is the international airport and both are all three of those yesterday weren't that badly affected, because they managed to get up and running again by about midday. the real problem comes with the delayed flights is flights that are somewhere else meant to be coming here. so

coming in from majorca or lose those holidaymakers and of course our holidays, our main holidays started on the end of june here, same as the scottish holidays , so it wasn't that busy holidays, so it wasn't that busy of a day when this actually occurred. but you're right, our main problem will be in the health service because that is an it system that is a massive system . it has really affected system. it has really affected bookings, it's affected digital imaging and mostly gps, getting prescriptions, etc. and in fact, yesterday i was in a chemist myself yesterday morning and, you couldn't take cod. they could only take cash. so that obviously is a problem there because their stock will of course, every time you buy something out of the shop, it's, registered. not only that, you've bought it, but the stock is now going out of the system, so that will take a while or to getting that back to normal. but i did spend last night trying to speak to some of the commercial

manufacturers in northern ireland. now they would be unked ireland. now they would be linked to much bigger systems across the uk, especially into the supply chain . now they're the supply chain. now they're unwilling to tell us how much it did affect them , but they are did affect them, but they are saying it did, hurt them in some ways, especially with goods coming in and out of northern ireland. of course, that dreaded, framework document or protocol really, really does need an awful lot of computer paperwork with it. and it will be really next week before we see that coming back. and with the health service, the main the main thing that it hit was the routers in there. so you can imagine staff not really knowing where they're going and when they're meant to be. that could also affect and come out in the next week. but we are assured, we are assured that it will not be that long until it's back to normal. >> okay, dougie, thanks very much. looks a bit cold and miserable there, doesn't it? >> in belfast we always wrapped up warm is gb news jacket is our dougie. >> if there's one, one thing

that's come from this tech outage. i mean, so many different strands of to talk about, but not least the cash situation. so many. i mean, gail's bakery for example, they had to turn away hordes of customers because they're giving away free coffees. are they really? yeah. not here. did you feel your boots? >> no, i didn't, i was in waitrose yesterday. same thing. no card, no, no cards being accepted there and i thought i might get a freebie. no, i had to go get cash out. maybe we're too reliant on tech or. >> yeah, definitely. i'm a big advocate of cash. keep cash in your wallet even if you don't think you're going to spend it. because when something goes wrong, like we saw yesterday, it's going to be most important. yeah. >> certainly is. let's speak now to our panel, former conservative special adviser charlie rowley and the writer and podcaster louis oakley. good to see you again, gents. and louis, let's start the story in the daily mail, shall we? and this is from our new labour government saying you should ignore all work calls after the hours of nine till five. >> yes, staff are going to be allowed to ignore messages and emails and phone calls from their bosses during evenings, weekends and holidays. and for some reason, people are outraged. i think it's an

interesting one now. it's hard for me to maybe talk about this because i'm someone that has about five different jobs, and if i'm not in the office, then i'm in a tv studio, then at a podcast or writing articles and doing books . podcast or writing articles and doing books. but that's all my choice. but actually what we need to recognise is that work doesn't stay in the office anymore because of the technology . your emails are technology. your emails are following you home. you're being expected to do things , and i expected to do things, and i actually do think it's right of actually do think it's right of a government to come in and say, look, we need to get a hold of this and we need to put some clear lines and boundaries in place. that's not to say that there aren't going to be issues with particular jobs, where that's not going to be able to be the case, or with particular projects you might be working on. i'm sure in an election period, if you're a charlie rowley, you've got to work a little bit out of the hours. but that that is your choice and that that is your choice and that that is your choice and that that should be, you know, in those periods. but this normalising of responding to emails at 9 pm. at night and then you think, oh, well, i bet it needs to respond at 9 pm. at night. and i do think it's something that it's right that a government should look at. just to talk about my own story with this, i am someone who touchwood

doesn't struggle with their mental health, but the only time i've ever had an anxiety attack, i've ever had an anxiety attack, i remember it so clearly. my phone was on the table and it was vibrating as though it was ringing. and it wasn't a call. it was. the emails were coming through that fast and i was getting, oh my god, i can't respond to all these emails and i've got to go and do this thing for work. this is in a previous job, and ever since that, i've never had email alerts for work on my phone. i won't join whatsapp groups for work things. and you have to kind of. i've had to put those boundaries in place to say, look, if i choose to look at my emails out of office, that is my choice. but i'm not going to have them having notifications at me. and i think it's right that the government comes in because not everyone is empowered enough to do that and say, look, you've got to leave people alone. just because you can email them at 9:00 doesn't mean you should. >> do we need government intervention over this, though? or do you just have something like louis where you just say, i won't be responding after 8 pm. or something? you set your own rules? >> well, i didn't really answer calls or texts during working hours anyway. so i think when you're being bombarded by sort of other backbench mps, you think, no, no, i think we'll just leave that until you know,

another another day. what have they got? >> that's why we've got nothing done. when you're in government, charlie. well, oh we'll come back to that. does this have anything to do with. do you remember sir keir starmer's comments before they won the election, saying he wouldn't work past six on a friday? there's anything linked to that. >> yeah. i mean he said have said you know, he wanted to spend time with with kids and family and that's that's sort of, you know, on one level, obviously understandable. but when you're the prime minister, it's a 24 hour job, seven days a week. you can't really clock off. i mean, i think that there are i don't think you need government to come in, actually to sort of, you know, set this out for what it's worth. i mean, l, out for what it's worth. i mean, i, i don't think anyone's under any obligation to reply to an email. yes, it might be a bit annoying that they're coming through, but for me, for example, i mean, i quite i quite actually like to send emails, rather later at night because but you could get clarity. >> why would you not schedule them so they come through at a reasonable time? i think that this is the thing to make it look like you're up and working late in the early hours. >> yeah, some people like that, but this is but this is the thing i think there is a there's been a real shift, a

generational shift. >> because if you'd said to, you know, an older person, my grandfather, for example, a much older generation, if the phone fings older generation, if the phone rings or if the door answers, there's no inertia to sort of, you know , rush for it. he'll you know, rush for it. he'll just say, oh, no, that's far too late. who's calling me at this hour? i'm not going to bother. he takes he's got full control of that situation. whereas i think nowadays we feel as though if someone's calling us, there's a state of panic or we've got an email, we must respond. no, no, it's about individual, you know, you've got to you're absolutely right. there isn't this sometimes this power as the employee to have the strength to say, no, no, i'm not answering that. >> so we agree. >> so we agree. >> but we very nice. but you can still send an email after. >> does it not depend what industry you're in. because i when i worked at a tabloid newspaper, it was just expected of you to be ready to go at all hours in case a news story broke and say, i don't know, poland or thailand, you'd be on that plane within a couple of hours. >> well, i think this is the thing they're saying, that it's not going to be sort of enforceable, but the legislation will still be there. so we've we've, you know, doctors on call or journalists on call, of

course, you know, taking that job that's what you're signing up for. but i think the problem is so many jobs where that is not what you're signing up for. you're not signing up to be on call every hour. you're not paid enough to do it, that those jobs can. those employees can say, look, no, i'm not doing it, or you can't fire me for not doing it. >> well, do keep your views coming in on that one. we know you're going to have an opinion. gbnews.com/yoursay. charlie, let's look at this story in the mirror. it's making headlines all over the papers today. it's about, ben needham. would you believe it's at the 33rd anniversary of his disappearance on the greek island of kos. but now a man has come forward, a danish man saying that he believes he is ben . believes he is ben. >> yes. it's not the first time that someone's come forward to claim that they are ben. who went missing, as you say, 33 years ago. >> and three men, i believe now have come. >> three men have now come forward. exactly. and there's a brilliant piece in the mirror by the mum to sort of say they don't get their hopes raised too much because of the amount of people that have come forward. but it may be the case that this is a breakthrough. so excuse me, south yorkshire police, who actually the mother has praised knowing and i know we criticised

the police a lot for their failings, but they have kept hold of the dna from when ben was obviously born in the hospital. they are trying to get hold of what is a through interpol dna from this danish individual who claims that his grandparents told him that he was taken away in cause he just remembers being in an outside in a garden somewhere. i think it was. but people screaming his name. ben. ben, as he was being dragged away somewhere. so this is obviously haunted. this danish potentially haunted, this danish potentially haunted, this danish individual who has now come forward to say that he thinks he is the missing, missing ben needham. and the police are trying to corroborate that through through dna. so let's hope that it might be the breakthrough, that it might be the breakthrough. >> so he, young ben, went missing in 1991. and i can't imagine as a parent i mean mum kerry has i've spoken to her a few times previously in yesteryear. she just hasn't given up. can you imagine as a parent just i, you know, i can barely read the story as a parent. >> you just since becoming a dad, you read these stories. i

almost can't get to the end of the article. you just cannot think of anything worse happening. and even if it is him, which you know is, i guess people would see as a nice end to the story. you've still missed 30 years of their life. >> i wonder what kind of relationship they have. the mum and if it is ben, would there be that kind of maternal relationship or does it disappear after all that time ? disappear after all that time? >> no, exactly. still be that connection? >> i think there would be. but it wouldn't be, you know, your classic parent child relationship because you just weren't there for the formative years. they're going to be a completely different person. so, you know, an awful story. i hope that there's some glimmer of a sort of happy ending, but it just, you know, i this is why i'm such a big believer that i know people don't want them in schools, but always making sure my teenager has his mobile phone so i can track him constantly. and you've got these air tags now. and i think that parents are because of stories like this, like hypochondriacs of just, oh my god, i've got to keep them safe. i need to know where they are at all times, just because it gives you some sense of having some power over the situation, that this won't happen. the situation, that this won't happen . because if that just happen. because if that just happened to you, i just don't

know that that was me a few weeks back looking at air tags and gps tags for school bags and things, i went down a bit of a rabbit hole. >> i didn't pull the trigger in the end. >> oh, i'm all for that. yeah, you have to write one last quick one. >> yesterday was apparently the hottest day of the year. and ellie, you had fun on the roof of gb news towers. >> i did, i did. it was glorious, basking in the sunshine. there was not a cloud in the sky today, though, a bit more miserable is that it, then? >> that's the end. >> that's the end. >> end? that's. yeah. >> end? that's. yeah. >> which i think is very. that feels about right though for us brits. right. we moan about it's not hot, it's not hot. then suddenly it gets hot and you think, oh, we're actually not built for this. it's too hot. we need to cool the day and that's what we've got. so this feels about right? >> yeah. one day, 24 hours. how did it feel for you, charlie? you were in the park yesterday having euros. >> oh, i was, yeah, something. >> oh, i was, yeah, something. >> how did you know that? something i told you earlier. >> something i told you in confidence . confidence. >> but i'm the one who's meant to be in the office. >> it was? yes. >> it was? yes. >> i was answering emails in the park on a gloria after hours on a glorious day. no, it was beautiful. but you're right. it's a it's a traditional,

traditional british thing where we moan about the weather. it's either too cold or miserable that we've not had the summer that we've not had the summer that we've not had the summer that we wanted and how one day andifs that we wanted and how one day and it's just too hot. i mean, but let's hope we get a bit more better weather. yeah in the weeks i think, i think from next weeks i think, i think from next week perhaps or latterly in the week, it's meant to get a little bit more hot. >> but yeah, it's funny isn't it? we long for summer and then as soon as it comes, it's, we were so smug because i was like, oh, we've got fans in the loft, like. >> so i got the fan down, plugged it in there because. no, because you're ready. >> all your fans. well, anyway . >> all your fans. well, anyway. >> all your fans. well, anyway. >> and it was broken . oh, no. >> and it was broken. oh, no. >> and it was broken. oh, no. >> oh, god, i thought i was being clever. >> that's manifest some more of that sunny weather. it was glorious up there on that roof. >> thank you both . >> thank you both. >> thank you both. >> speaking of fans, oh, i know we're not over yet, ben. we're not? >> yeah. continue on. >> yeah. continue on. >> what have you got in store for fans because of the weather was so nice. >> i have got friends coming up this afternoon from from i said will go to the river, but the weather isn't as nice. but i think i'm now going to cook inside. i'm just going to say i

won't be going to gail's or waitrose like you both obviously go to. i'm a bit more man of the people myself. >> are you going to make a toad in the hole? >> i'll be. >> i'll be. >> i'll be. >> i could do that. i won't, but i could. i'll take inspiration from susan, who has any old leftovers in her fridge by the sound. >> well, if you're making a sticky toffee or spotted dick, let me know because i'll be around. >> well, well, will you? >> well, well, will you? >> my door is always open. all right. >> on that bombshell. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> yes. and susan said we're both welcome at the dinner table, by the way. oh thank you. susan. set two extra places for us. >> us. >> that's nice. >> that's nice. >> if you if you live down south, i'll probably come. but if it's a bit of a mission, i probably won't travel to you. >> there you go, susan. it's rude, isn't it, charlie lewis, thank you very much. it's been fun. still to come. we're excited for this. we're joined by olympian kriss akabusi ahead of the paris games. >> excited now. but up next, we'll be speaking to former strictly contestants contestant rather john sergeant yes about his time on the show and get his thoughts about the abuse scandal that's plunging the bbc into crisis. this is saturday morning live on gb back in

tick. >> welcome back to saturday morning live . susan's just been morning live. susan's just been in touch again. i feel like we're just chatting with you, susan. today are ben and ellie. i live in the welsh countryside. that's you out. >> that'll do. no, no, no. it's fine. >> are you all right with that? are you? >> it's only a few hours from london, is it? >> oh, right. >> oh, right. >> there you go, susan. >> there you go, susan. >> two, three hours. >> two, three hours. >> i'm there. susan there you go. let's pick a date. yeah. >> do keep your views coming in this morning on any of the stories that we are talking about. gbnews.com slash your say okay right now the big story in the showbiz world. >> it's been rumbling on for a few weeks now hasn't it. but the family of favourite bbc show strictly come dancing has been engulfed in scandal in recent weeks, with reports that professional dancers have mistreated their celebrity partners. yes, gina giovanni pernice was the first answer to face such allegations, with actress amanda abbington saying her time on the show resulted in her time on the show resulted in her having mild ptsd pennies

strenuously denies all wrongdoing, but it also emerged this week that another professional dancer, graziano di prima, has been let go by the bbc after he admitted to kicking the tv star zara mcdermott in their rehearsals. so can the bbc shining jewel of a show recover from this scandal? and also, what's it like to be part of the glitziest program on tv? well, one man to answer that question is former contestant and friend of the channel, john sergeant. hello, john. hello, john. what do you make of all this? is it. you know, obviously kicking and spitting and so on is has to be condemned. but is it much to do? >> no. it's like it often happens, you know, in show business it's tense. it's difficult. these things are not. oh, it's all lovely and all. we'll sit around and be glamorous. no, it's how are you going to work it out? how are you going to make sure that the people who are dancing have got to get on well together, but also they've got to learn all these steps. it's a very rigorous pattern. and the for the people involved, you suddenly realise when you start strictly that your professional partner is, you know, she's got

to she's got to do well. meaning you've got to do well so that you've got to do well so that you suddenly think, wait a minute, there's two unlikely people brought together. how are you going to form a partnership? and that the nice thing about it is that they're so professional, these dancers, they've been at it for so long in their lives from the age often of about 4 or 5. kristina rihanoff, who i danced with, had started her career, i think aged four. wow so they know a great deal about forming these partnerships, but they certainly don't involve kicking and you've got to respect the other partner. you've got to do that. and kristina was wonderful. >> so what do you make then of all of the news stories in the past few weeks with these allegations of kicking? >> no. at some people, some people abuse the system, some people abuse the system, some people are bully, other people and they shouldn't. but it's very it's a stupid thing to do because you've got to you've certainly got to present to the pubuc certainly got to present to the public a picture of two people who are enjoying dancing with each other . and the best way to each other. and the best way to do that is to enjoy dancing with

the other person. we like dancing with each other. yeah, the public could see that. we enjoyed that even though we were tremendous gap in ages. i was more than twice kristina's age . more than twice kristina's age. but i mean, the point is people thought, oh, that's an odd couple. >> how many hours a day do you train? yeah. >> how many days? >> how many days? >> well, we would train for about. we trained for a minimum of three hours a day. gosh and then in the end then i would say to kristina, what are you doing this afternoon? and she said, i think i'll go to the gym. so for her, she was complete full time athlete and i was part time, but i was doing other work. you see, all the celebrities so—called have got their normal jobs. so i was appearing on other programmes . i was hosting a programmes. i was hosting a comedy series on the dave channel at the same time i was giving talks. i was giving out inner speeches. so all these things are going on at the same way. and that that's hard. >> one question i had about this scandal was surely the bbc producers who were there. you don't just train alone, do you? sometimes there's cameras there. >> you're all miked up. the whole time. the cameras, when

you're done. >> so surely, surely they would have seen these incidents play out. >> yes , i'm surprised about it. >> yes, i'm surprised about it. >> yes, i'm surprised about it. >> why is that only just come out now? yeah but i mean, obviously there are lots of times when it's just you and your partner, you're practising and you're practising all the time. >> so if you so to have the whole cameras and miked up and all the rest of it. oh here's a shot there you i'm, i love this clip of , you know, just show clip of, you know, just show this one what dance was this john. this is the pasodoble. and it's to make it funny. people think all you've got to do is to be a bad dancer and you'll be okay. but to make this funny, it takes a lot of work. >> yeah. you're really stomping. >> yeah. you're really stomping. >> i think that's what makes it so funny. >> yes, len goodman said i shouldn't stamp, and i thought, i'm going to stamp. and i did. >> did you get quite athletically fit during the show? >> i lost two and a half stone, really. so two and a half stone, sort of a sign of it. and it's, but it was fun. and you see, christina can do both. she's she's trained me. she knows all the steps both ways. but, i mean, that's a partnership. but

that but the idea. oh just wander on or relax or enjoy yourself . no, no, no, that's yourself. no, no, no, that's hard. hard work. yeah. >> what would you say to people who are accusing these celebrities of being snowflakes, of being woke or of being moaning minis that this is a grown, a gruelling schedule ? grown, a gruelling schedule? it's meant to be. there is going to be pain, it is going to be difficult. and they just need to crack on with it. you know what the show is about? >> i mean, that certainly would be my general view. but if someone is really i mean, i when i was doing it, there were people who got on so badly with their partner, their dancing partner that the training one, the professional dancer would just get so cross with the celebrity. they said, well, dance on your own then. i mean, and once you've got that, like in any relationship, it's just that isn't going to work, is it? it must be gutting when you're paired with someone who you probably realise straight away you're not going to get on with knowing you've got to spend weeks and weeks and hours and hours with them. well, yes. i mean, just as well you got on with christina. well, and obviously i was always worried

that people were longing to have her say, if only i had a really tough rugby player was attractive instead of john, but she wouldn't. and of course, part of the thing is that you pledge yourself pretty early on, don't you criticise me. and i won't criticise you. we because and you, it's you as a partnership against the world. that's how you do it. >> yeah, well, look, we did reach out to christina to see if she could join us on the show this morning, but she sadly judging a dance contest elsewhere. but she did say this. please give my best wishes to john.i please give my best wishes to john. i really wish i could be there on the programme with him. so to continue the trip down. oh, was that the message? that was it. >> no, no, it's coming now. >> no, no, it's coming now. >> carry on. >> carry on. >> so, continued the little trip down memory lane, we thought we'd take a look at one of john and christina's dances.

>>i >> i mean, is my microphone. now, what's interesting is that it was christina who said, now don't smile. don't look happy, look serious, and it'll be funnier. and she had a very good she had a very good style of knowing what the audience would, what would amuse the audience. it's meant to be funny. it's meant to be. oh you were brilliant. you really were. you know how to do it. but. and she was the one controlling. and she knew that obviously, that routine she'd learned in america. so people didn't know the routine. >> john, just before we let you 90, >> john, just before we let you go, because we are almost out of time, do you think the show can survive this? >> certainly. oh, no. it'll it's a very easy formula. it's on for dozens of countries have it. but of course the personnel have got to make it work. so it's always going to depend upon. well, who are the people this year? who are the people this year? who are the people this year? who are the professional dancers ? are the professional dancers? can they work well together? and if they do, bang, you've got the

great show. of course you have, john. >> sergeant, thank you very much for your inside scoop. interesting. here's what giovanni pernice had to say about the accusations. he said to my dear fans, you will be as surprised as i am that allegations have been made about my dance teaching methods in the media this week. of course, i reject any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour and i look forward to clearing my name. meanwhile, the bbc have said they are announcing additional steps to strengthen welfare and support on strictly come dancing concerns that have ansen come dancing concerns that have arisen in recent months have been fundamentally about training and rehearsals. >> the actions we announced today are designed to address that, and that's things like chaperones in rehearsals. we'll see if that makes a difference. thank you john. really good to see you. lots more to come on the show today, including the controversial adidas marketing campaign with bella hadid . we'll campaign with bella hadid. we'll be talking about that next. >> first, let's get your news headunes >> first, let's get your news headlines with tamsin roberts. >> thanks very much, ben. here

are the headlines at 1134. well, those heading off on holiday are being warned to expect disruption as the fallout from yesterday's global it outage continues . flight delays are continues. flight delays are continuing this morning as airports and other businesses are slowly getting back online. it comes as thousands of families start their summer holidays as schools break up. the glitches were caused by a security update deployed by a company called crowdstrike, which affected users of microsoft's windows software . microsoft's windows software. pay increases in the public sector could cost around £10 billion, according to the institute for fiscal studies. independent pay review bodies are reportedly set to recommend pay are reportedly set to recommend pay rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs staff, but it's thought to be more than the government had been preparing for, which could represent a significant challenge for rachel reeves first budget. the race is on to become the next leader of the conservative party, with two senior figures putting their weight behind tom tugendhat,

steve baker and damian green lost their seats at the election, but they remain influential within the party. in a joint article published in the telegraph today, they warned the tories mustn't be tempted to veer towards the hard right and should instead select a unifying figure to lead them back into government clouds and cooler weather are back this weekend after yesterday's sweltering conditions brought the hottest day of the year so far. but heavy rain and bursts of thunder are forecast to hit wales and south—west england today. but if you weren't able to get to the beach yesterday, some good news. meteorologists say the warm weather could be back just in time for the end of july. weather could be back just in time for the end of july . those time for the end of july. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tamsin roberts more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com

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hello. welcome back. >> 1139. you're with ben and ellie on saturday morning live. >> and it's time now for your weekly dose of showbiz news. and we're delighted to have. who else of course. >> showbiz reporter stephanie takyi are you doing? steph takyi. not too bad. >> lovely show. as per usual. >> lovely show. as per usual. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good to have you. >> good to have you. >> check out survivor later. >> check out survivor later. >> oh , yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now this is one that's got ben going this week. yes. the controversial adidas campaign with bella hadid. tell us a bit more about this. >> i know how they got this wrong, to be honest. they really didn't read the room. so they've released a new trainer called the sl 72. actually, it's a revamp of a timeless adidas trainer, but it was dedicated to the munich olympics in 1972, where sadly, 11 israelis were killed by a palestinian terrorist, bella hadid. she's been quite vocal, she's

pro—palestine, she's half palestinian herself. so the israeli, the official israeli account, they've now said to adidas , why have you picked her adidas, why have you picked her as the face of this campaign? it's very tasteless. it doesn't make sense. i don't. adidas are saying they didn't put two and two together, but now they've now revised the campaign and they've dropped the pictures of bella in it. to be honest, anyone knows anyone who follows bella hadid? she's been quite vocal about the war between israel and gaza. so for adidas to be living under a rock to and miss this, especially in this day and age, you know that people are going to put 2 to 2 and two together and it's a controversial move. and now you have to take these image images down. but what i'm quite surprised is obviously bella's previously been accused of being anti—semitic , which she's anti—semitic, which she's denied, but she obviously put herself forward for the campaign as well. >> so it's remarkable people on huge salaries, won't it, who just simply haven't put two and two together? >> well, this happens so often with these big browns. i don't

get it. >> i don't understand because especially in this day and age, there's been so many campaigns, whether it's balenciaga or whoever, they do stuff and they know that it's going to get picked up in the media and people are going to put two and two together. public at home is none the wiser, but once it hits the newspapers or wherever people are going to be like, why did this even come together as a campaign? who thought of this? so unfortunately for adidas, they've got this wrong and it's bad timing because obviously they wanted to pay homage to the olympics ahead of the paris olympics, but it's just all gone wrong here. >> yeah, and i think bella hadid, or at least her family had donated, i think maybe $1 million or something to the pro—palestine they have. >> and she's been quite vocal. she hasn't been one of those celebrities that have been on the fence about this. >> so maybe, maybe if i'm going to put my tin foil hat on, maybe it was all just a plan to generate, you know, headlines or news stories. >> i think it is. but then it doesn't look it doesn't make adidas look in a great light because they already had this controversy been a few months ago with kanye west, who also made anti—semitic remarks, and they had to part ways with him.

so now, second time, again, not really a good look for adidas. >> what a clanger. >> what a clanger. >> what a clanger. >> well, it also hasn't been a good week for many showbiz couples. >> it's been the week of splits. >> it's been the week of splits. >> it's been the week of splits. >> it hasn't been about summer loving this week at all. it's been about the splits. first we had maya jama and stormzy, who put out a statement earlier this week, said that they tried to rekindle their romance. they tried to make it work. rekindle their romance. they tried to make it work . they were tried to make it work. they were together for five years previously and they broke up in 2019, got back together last yeah 2019, got back together last year. so this year, this week it was a bit of a shock when they came out and said that they are splitting. they said it hasn't worked, they have been seen recently in places like glastonbury looking quite loved up. but you never know what's happening behind closed doors. speculation has been that stormzy wanted to settle down, have a family where maya's at the height of her fame, height of her career and maybe they were on separate paths, but they put the statement out. they said we don't want to be that couple that does that, but you can imagine with the papers, when they see them together, people are going to think, oh, stormzy and maya back together. >> is there an age difference? i

think stormzy's 30. yeah, she's going to be 30 as well this month, same age, so maybe she's just not ready. >> but you know how it is. if you're on two separate pages about when to have a family, it can be a deal breaker. >> look, i'm not an expert in celeb relationships, but aren't these two always on and off? on and off. >> and i think they will get back together. i have a feeling ihave back together. i have a feeling i have a feeling, but. but stormzy might find his wife have kids and maya will go onwards and upwards. but then also we've had a strictly split, we've had nadiya bacheva and kai widdrington, they've been together for two years. the strictly curse has turned back on them. they were touring the uk with their dance tour behind the magic, and it seems the magic has gone for them because they said they were with each other 24 over seven. it was quite full on, quite intense, but i guess all eyes will be looking back on them when they come for the next season of the show, because how awkward is it to be working with your ex on a dance show? >> but the timing of it is interesting as well. with everything going on with the show at the moment, strictly, do you think anything related or do you think anything related or do

you think anything related or do you think that just happens to be well, i've interviewed nadia many times and she got a lot of flack when her and kai went pubuc flack when her and kai went public with their relationship. >> and i think, you know, she felt like she wasn't picked as a professional dancer last year. so i think maybe this year she wants to concentrate and be a professional dancer on the show. and not have the relationship hanging on them. >> did they meet on the show? yeah they met on the show. it's a bit of a nightmare, that show, isn't it? either you're having affairs or cheating or there's abuse allegations. >> stay clear. yeah i'd say ben, third split of the week is luke littler and his girlfriend, eloise milburn. >> but he was forced to defend her last night on instagram. he said, look, i'm the one that split up with eloise. can you trolls stop messaging like that? no. who would want that? like i don't her and apparently he dumped her over text. but he's only what, 18 or something. so he's probably. >> is he 17 now? >>— >> is he 17 now? >> he's 17 and she's 21. so. so yeah, i think obviously he's still a teenager. he probably doesn't know how to handle all these kind of break—ups. so it has been a week of splitsville are really has we're out of time with you. >> i'm afraid for having me on

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hello. >> welcome back. now, it's the olympic games in paris, kicking off next week. so who best to talk us through all that's going on? and of course, his own illustrious history than three time olympic medal winner kriss akabusi . hello, chris. hey, akabusi. hello, chris. hey, guys. are you excited for next week? >> oh, really am. i love the olympics. it's the pinnacle of the sporting calendar as far as

i'm concerned. it comes around every four years and the very best young people on the globe answer the clarion call. if you think you're good enough, turn up this time. this place do or die. there is no try. >> now you are a decorated british olympian. you have a great history and an amazing story as well. you won silver in 84 1984, in los angeles. talk us 841984, in los angeles. talk us through it . through it. >> so fantastic moment as a young sergeant got into the team gb and with the 4x4 relay team, we came second to the mighty americans. i couldn't believe it. when you go to the olympics, your very first olympics, and when i was enamoured. america la. check out many flying jackets. and here i was, all of a sudden on the podium. phil brown, todd bennett, r.i.p and gary cook. what a phenomenal introduction into world class athletics . and you know it's athletics. and you know it's been a moment that's really signified the rest of my life. >> i think we've got a clip i'm hoping we can show it. but it's that moment in the in that final stretch where you take over the

americans and it's literally that last few seconds that you're making it. >> what was your discipline? >> what was your discipline? >> sorry. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> so you're talking about the world championships. if you've got the clip, it sounds like, yeah, we've got the world championships clip. >> yeah. let's talk about this moment okay. >> okay. this was incredible. >> okay. this was incredible. >> this is chris coming down in the blue shorts. yeah. >> exactly. right at this moment, i think we're jogging. this is antonio pettigrew, the world champion. i think we're jogging. i look up the screen, i look back, and i can see how far everyone is behind me. okay? it's just you and me, mate . two it's just you and me, mate. two dogs fighting it out into the last hundred metres . he kicks in last hundred metres. he kicks in his turbocharger. i said gas, gas, gas , gas. i got up onto his gas, gas, gas. i got up onto his shoulder. i'm now pushing towards the line . the three guys towards the line. the three guys have done the job for me. it's me and a baton. all of a sudden. whoo whoo whooi i can hear the flu. we stumble across the line. fantastic champion demons. we are world champions. that was tokyo, 1991. that was tokyo. >> that's my favourite moment of yours. oh. >> that's amazing. yeah, yeah, i mean, yeah, in fact, i wouldn't be here today if it hadn't been there with roger black. jonny

touches regis captain craig redmond myself. if we hadn't had that moment, i wouldn't be here with you. you still speak to those boys now? oh, gosh, mate, we're best friends. so, like with roger, i'm godson to his boys, derek and john play golf with those boys. derek's up the road. yeah, absolutely. we are tired, chris. >> what's. what's more, even amazing is you didn't discover your athletic abilities until very late. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. so, i mean, i joined the army and met a guy called simon mckenzie. he got me into things when i was 19. it took me five years to win the olympic silver medal. and actually, my maturing years , 30 actually, my maturing years, 30 to 34. so i was a real late, mature, but, you know, i was one of those athletes who could train year in, year out, didn't get injured. so my superpower was my strength, my body and those last four years i was at the pinnacle of my career. >> wow. and what do you think it is? i mean, having known you and in the newspaper review with you for, for years now, what do you think your time in the army did for you and your mindset that made you such good athlete? and actually, your view of the world is very much down to that

discipline that you got. >> absolutely. so dedication, discipline, commitment every single day. the all little layering of training and perspective that is a thing that over time gives you that little bit ahead of the rest. now, clearly, when you're an athlete, when you get to olympic games, you're all good. you don't get there unless you're good. what actually separates is we see your medal. >> oh yeah, you've got 30s so we've got 30s to carry on talking. >> so here we go. here we go. olympic silver medal. no chocolate in this one baby. check you out. how do you keep it . so. yeah. always in your it. so. yeah. always in your pocket isn't it chris i've had it in my pocket for the last 40 years and, it tells me with the right people on my side. commitment, dedication. i too can be involved in doing great things. >> amazing. amazing story. and so inspiring to hear. you're a late bloomer, ellie. hope for us yet? yeah there's still time. >> keep going down the gym, ben . >> keep going down the gym, ben. there's still time. it's always good to see you. thank you so much. all of you, for joining good to see you. thank you so much. all of you, forjoining us much. all of you, for joining us at home. we'll be back same

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through the course of the evening we'll continue to see this rain push its way eastwards. still with some heavy downpours across parts of devon, cornwall and wales. so do take care if you are travelling that rain , gradually clearing rain, gradually clearing northern ireland and pushing into parts of lancashire and cumbria, and quite a damp evening on offer across most of scotland, away from the very far east, where it may just be a little bit drier, but this will be fairly brief before that rain continues to move its way eastwards through the evening. now, eventually that rain will ease asit now, eventually that rain will ease as it pushes its way into the northeast. still could see some heavy downpours on this as it does so, but generally turning largely dry overnight. but a fair amount of cloud around, with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle. it is going to be turning clearer, though, across northern ireland and parts of scotland just with and parts of scotland just with a few showers feeding in. and that's where it's going to be feeling cooler. but elsewhere it's going to be another quite sultry night on offer. now through into sunday will be quite a cloudy start still with some drips and drabs of rain and drizzle, but generally

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