now here to tell us more is the best selling author jeffrey archer, who wrote author jeffrey archer,morning. now >> morning, andrew. >> morning, andrew. >> this this expedition of mallory and irving has triggered all sorts of books and tv dramas and plays. this is another twist in the extraordinary tale, because a we don't know if they got to the peak and were on their way down, or they perished on their way up, but now there's another twist in the tale, because it appears certainly mallory's body has gone well. >> now you have to think chariots of fire, because it's exactly the same year as that mallory attempted to conquer everest as harold abrahams won the 100m in paris in 1924. now this young man was at magdalene college, cambridge, and he wanted to conquer the highest mountain in the world. frankly, very few people in england or the rest of the world, for that matter, knew about mount everest. this was, for him, an obsession. he made three attempts on the third attempt. we do not know if he got to the top. we do know that his body was found 702ft from the top, and to pick up you

and we're talking to jeffrey archer about the enduring mystery about mallory's attempt to climb everestis britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning to you. so a new week begins. tributes continue to flood in for rob burrow, the former rugby league star who has sadly died aged 41 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. five years ago . neurone disease. five years ago. >> and should it be called britain's knockout talent? the itv talent show. facing criticism over the amount of non—british acts in the final and sex is a biological fact, stop the press prime minister rishi sunak claims the conservative manifesto will include a pledge to rewrite the equality act to make clear sex, make it clear that sex means biological sex and keeping britain safe. the labour leader, keir starmer, will set out his plan for national security this morning. we'll bring that to you as it happens. >> and experts are warning that cancer cases are rising more quickly in the young than the old because of diet and an obesity epidemic.