her legacy and the discuss her legacy and the future of the royal family >> and stateside, nelson aspen will share the latest from the presidential race with us. camilla and trump . camilla and trump. >> i should start actually by saying bienvenidos a todos. a saturday morning live . saturday morning live. >> not again. not another one. >> not again. not another one. >> it wouldn't be right if i didn't. but we do want to start the show by asking you to send us pictures of your school children. yes >> lots of young little boys and girls, of course, have been starting school this week. so today we want your pictures. if you're proud parents, proud grandparents, sending your little ones off to school , send little ones off to school, send us your first day of school snaps and we will try our best to show them during the show. just give us their first name and roughly where you're from. the town maybe, or just the county gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we do anything else today, here's your news

headunes. headlines. >> thank you, ben and tatiana. now for your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. later today, prime minister sir keir starmer will meet with his irish counterpart, simon harris, as part of a commitment to reset relations between the uk and ireland. the pm will travel to dubun ireland. the pm will travel to dublin to meet mr harris, where the pair will also sit down with business leaders from across the country. it's expected that trade across the irish sea will be top of the agenda with that relationship with an estimated ,100 billion every year, as well as thousands of jobs. as supporting thousands of jobs. meanwhile, the has paid meanwhile, the pm has paid tribute to the legacy and devotion of the late queen elizabeth the second. ahead of the two year anniversary of her death tomorrow, sir keir has said a new memorial, which will stand in saint james's park in london, will give people a place to honour the late queen and connect with the shared history we cherish. britain's longest

reigning monarch passed away peacefully on september 8th, 2022 at balmoral castle . a royal 2022 at balmoral castle. a royal navy serviceman who was killed when a helicopter made a deliberate emergency landing over the channel on wednesday, has been named as lieutenant rhodn has been named as lieutenant rhodri leyshon . three people rhodri leyshon. three people were on board the merlin mk4 dunng were on board the merlin mk4 during a night exercise when it ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old. a statement from rodger's family described him as talented , family described him as talented, passionate, strong and loyal. it said we will always have him in our hearts. our wonderful boy . a our hearts. our wonderful boy. a pro—uk rally is scheduled to take place in glasgow later today, organised by edl founder tommy robinson, who has been warned that anyone engaging in disorder will be arrested and could face prosecution with scotland's first ministerjohn scotland's first minister john swinney stating there is no place for what he called right wing thuggery in scotland. meanwhile, a counter—protest has been organised by stand up to racism. a source for the royal family has said that the king's health is improving , stating

health is improving, stating that it's heading in a very positive trajectory. britain's monarch was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and has since been undergoing treatment. queen camilla seems to have confirmed this news of his of his improvements earlier this week, whilst opening a new cancer centre in bath. she commented that the king was doing very well. the snp has called on the prime minister to u—turn on plans to cut winter fuel payments. research has shown that close to a million pensioners in scotland received the payments between 2022 and 2023, but under new plans by the labour government , 87% of those labour government, 87% of those would lose that financial support. more heavy rain is expected across the uk today, with many still at the risk of flooding. the met office has said a new band of heavy and thundery rain will arrive on the south coast today and will make its way north overnight . its way north overnight. britains jack draper has crashed out of the us open after being

sick four times during his semi—final. the british number one had hoped to emulate the likes of andy murray and emma raducanu by taking the title, but was ultimately beaten by jannik sinner. draper cited issues with anxiety as the reason for his exit from the competition, describing it as the worst feeling ever . the worst feeling ever. >> had chances here and there and i didnt take them and obviously when you play the best players in the world, you need to do that. and yeah, i obviously wasn't wasn't feeling my best and struggled, at certain certain periods of the match, especially towards the end. but you know, yannick, yannick beat me fair and square. he was too strong for me today. >> and later today england will take on ireland in the uefa nafions take on ireland in the uefa nations league . this will be the nations league. this will be the first test for england's interim manager , lee carsley, following manager, lee carsley, following gareth southgate stepping down after defeats in the euros final this summer. carsley has faced criticism after he said he will not sing the national anthem tonight, although the former ireland player says he is respectful of the concept. elsewhere in the competition,

wales faced a goalless draw last night against turkey and on thursday night scotland lost three two to poland and northern ireland beat luxembourg two nil. those are your latest gb news headune those are your latest gb news headline for now. im sophie reapen headline for now. im sophie reaper. more from me 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 gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. very good morning to you, ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live this weekend on gb news. >> and we just gave a shout out, didn't we. for kids on their first days of school. of course. what's going on.7 later in the show is fairly relevant, isn't it? it.7 >> it it? >> it is.7 yeah. it? >> it is? yeah. we'll be joined by fashion designer donna ida, who will be talking about back to school fashion for mums. >> so when we first had this segment and the producers said, oh, we've got a back to school fashion guest on, i thought, i

thought being very stupid, that it was for kids going back to school. so fashionable school bags, fashionable . i was bags, fashionable. i was thinking, how much fashion can you get in a school uniform? but it's the parents of course. >> well, if we show pictures of my niece and your son, maybe that could come in. and so who's first? >> so that's my. that's my boy jude. oh, so he started reception on thursday. they start with i hour or 2 hours a day. and then next week, the first four days. and i think we've got one of your niece tatiana, as well . tatiana, as well. >> oh, and her little friend, this is ava and her little friend, and she's rocking the denim as well . so, you know, she denim as well. so, you know, she is. well, they both are, aren't they? yeah. >> i tell you what. some of the some of the school uniforms these days, what a sweetheart than what you can get on the catwalk. >> oh yes. yeah, yeah it can be. yeah. >> and there's been a big issue this week. you know, schools that make you have the logo on it. they're massively more expensive than the ones on the high street which hits parents. >> yes, definitely. >> yes, definitely. >> and if you didn't know, our panelis >> and if you didn't know, our panel is here as well. matthew laza candice holdsworth and aidan magee david starkey as well. so yeah, keep the pictures coming in. i did say gbnews.com/yoursay, but i think

it's a little bit difficult to send pictures over that format. so what's the old email ? so what's the old email? >> i think it's gb views @gbnews. com okay. >> send them there or twitter at 0444. and what's your twitter at tatiana. tatiana. yes i am tatiana. tatiana. yes i am tatiana. yeah okay. great stuff right. big story. this morning. it came out in the papers this morning and it kind of flabbergasted me. last night interim england manager lee carsley has announced he will not sing the national anthem at his first game, leading the team against ireland later today. >> well, carsley, who previously played 40 times for ireland, will be leading the england senior team for the first time even senior team for the first time ever. but has he gotten off to a bad start? well, we're joined now by sports broadcaster aidan magee, who's here with us to talk about this. has he got off to a bad start with this? >> actually, yeah, i think he has. i mean, look, i don't have a problem. and i think a lot of people in the game won't have a problem with him not singing the national anthem tonight. he said he didn't sing it even when he was a republic of ireland player. interferes with his fitual player. interferes with his ritual before every every player. you may have noticed if they when they step out, they some of them have superstitions.

they have a way of preparing. and for him , during his career and for him, during his career and during his coaching career, the national anthem has simply not been part of that. there were players last summer for england in the in the, the left to right pen picks that they do before the match and you know, the live national anthem who weren't singing and nobody batted an eyelid. now there's an element here of rabbit in headlights because he won't have been expecting that question. he wouldn't have been briefed on it. the fa clearly weren't anticipating anything like this. they certainly won't have been expecting it to get on the front page of any of the national papers, though they certainly wouldn't have expected jeff powell in the daily mail, the very senior jeff powell, to say that. well, he echoed ben lee's thoughts that he should be sacked before the game. so i think it's i don't think it should be a problem. but yeah, there's no doubt that it is. there'll be a line in the sand now where an england manager or england coach or any players, they'll be thinking, well, i better sing the national anthem now because if not, i'm going to be in trouble. >> well, it's kind of like like you said, though. you said he didn't used to sing it for ireland. no. so he's. i think in

his own words he said why would he start, why would he start now? >> there's another element to this as well. there is. there is a history, various flashpoints down the years of clashes between ireland and england. there was a famous riot in 1995 at at the old lansdowne road. the game was actually abandoned. i'd never known, never known an england match to be abandoned before in my life, before or since . so there's an incendiary since. so there's an incendiary element to this as well. tatiana because if a player who played in the world cup for the repubuc in the world cup for the republic of ireland won and 40 caps for that nation steps into the aviva stadium tonight and sings the english national anthem, when in football terms, he is irish, then he risks annoying probably 55 60,000 supporters. so i wouldn't . supporters. so i wouldn't. that's the kind of thing the police would advise on. mike parry was on the show on breakfast this morning. he was head of, he was head of the fa's communications department back in 95. he had to apologise the following day to the irish premier to because of because of events that had happened that night. so it can be difficult, it can be incendiary. he even

had to go down into the dressing room and get the players to come back out on the pitch, but they wouldn't do it because it was too difficult. so there is there's history to consider here as well. yeah. >> candace, i just think, you know, you're taking up one of the most important jobs in the country when it comes to sport. anyway. you know, you are flying the flag for football fans all oven the flag for football fans all over, not just england, but england fans all over the world. and even if you don't want to sing the national anthem or you don't agree with it, why would you come out publicly and say that it doesn't? it show a bit of naivety? or dare i say it a little bit, sort of, bit of denseness, yeah. >> oh, just, you know , >> oh, just, you know, self—involvement when that's not what it's about. it's a team sport . and i think that's what sport. and i think that's what people had a little bit with previous england managers that it felt like everything was getting too political and people just wanted to focus on the sport . and they're kind of sick sport. and they're kind of sick of football becoming a sight of everyone, sort of posturing politically. >> yeah, that's absolutely true. i would agree with that. but in addition to what we've already said, if england start winning matches or or if lee carsley can prove to be the man who takes england into the area, that gareth southgate couldn't get us

into probably the final third of the pitch. then who knows? i mean, i think it would all disappear in a puff of as though he can't win either way, to be honest with you, doesn't it? >> well, a little bit, no it does. >> and also, he won't have been expecting the question. so sometimes, you know, most managers now when they've you know, i've had situations where there were managers that were new in the job and i did them a favour by saying, look, i'll give you the questions up front if you want. nobody knows that. i said, that's a revelation. but i said, that's a revelation. but i did do it on occasion, you know, i wasn't meant to, but just to make them feel relaxed because i knew i'd get better answers from them. right. so there was there would have been none of that last night with the fa. that question came completely from left field. he was clearly unprepared. >> good way to get managers on side a to get to gossip. >> it was david moyes, david moyes i helped out at west ham. he was, he was. he was uneasy going into a club he'd never been been at before. the fans weren't necessarily having him first time around and i gave him the questions up front and we had a good press conference and i got much, much better and fuller answers. i only did it once, though. >> aiden, what if lee carsley takes the knee tonight instead and they lose to ireland? yeah, i know, definitely be done then. >> yeah, probably. i don't know.

>> yeah, probably. i don't know. >> okay aiden thank you very much. what time is the match tonight? >> it is 530. okay, great. no, 5:00 might might be 5:00. >> oh, no one cares anyway, because you'll be watching. you'll be watching gb news. of course. so i'm not going to watch. >> that's another interesting question, isn't it? does anyone really care about the international break, >> anyway. yeah, it's one for another day, right. >> let's catch up with our panel >> let's catch up with our panel. now. we've got candice holdsworth and matthew laza in the building. good morning to you both, lots of stories doing the rounds today. what should we start with, candice? you liked this one in the guardian? probation officers get just days to prepare for early release of prisoners. so about 2000 prisoners. so about 2000 prisoners are expected to be let out on tuesday amid warnings of a coming rise in crime. but the probation officers union is at napo. napo. they were only informed on the 3rd of september that serious offenders would be released into their supervision. >> yes, yes. and they're really concerned about this. and my first thought when i saw this headune first thought when i saw this headline was i thought of jordan mcsweeney. i mean, he was the guy who murdered zara aleena in that absolutely brutal way. and it turned out he'd missed loads of probation meetings before

that. and this is immediately what they picked up on this story that, you know, violent offenders, they're not necessarily going to be able to keep track of them. and it's a real problem. i mean, the whole system is under huge strain at the moment. and if a little bit buckles, you can get horrific incidents like that and you just wonder, you know, are people doing all these early releases, you know, do they know quite what constraints these probation officers have? i mean, they're already looking after a huge swathe of people, and now all these people are going to be coming out as well. >> what's the solution then? >> what's the solution then? >> yeah. well, i think i mean, the solution is more probation officers. and one of the things the new government did do is, put plans in place to recruit new probation officers because obviously they recognise there's a shortage right at the beginning. but obviously it takes time to train a probation officer. and on tuesday, those probation officers are not going to be in place. so this is a real crisis for the probation service. and as soon as anybody who's been released early commits a crime, we hope as few as possible do it, obviously. but, you know, naturally. some

will then that's going to become a huge, huge issue and public angeris a huge, huge issue and public anger is going to rise. the government would say there simply aren't enough prison places. we've got to prioritise new people coming into prison. and we've sort of you know, there's a system in place to get there's a system in place to get the least worst, as it were, out first. but that's not going to hold water with the public if, if a serious incident happens. >> yeah. i mean , what's what are >> yeah. i mean, what's what are you all up to, matthew? well, i mean labour are losing. i mean, it's argued a lot of goodwill in their first 60 odd days. >> yeah. i mean, the winter fuel cut, which the government which rachel reeves thought was going to be short, sharp, should get it out before the summer holiday. and everybody would forget about it. well, far from it, you know, parliament's come back this week. rumblings are happening, and we're seeing the first we're seeing the first briefings from from ministers saying that they're upset anonymously, as well as the question of who will rebel when the vote comes to the commons this week. and that's all fuelled by public anger. there's real anger out there. so all these new mps with majorities of one, two, 3000, in places they never expected to win. they're finding it ain't easy being an

mp. the fun is over for sure. yeah. as they go out, as they went back to big school this week i mean there's a lot, you know. >> is it is it an attack on on pensioners this winter fuel cut. and now on top of that we've got the. >> yeah also. so what are we going to say. >> well we've got the potential scrapping of the 25% for single person occupancy and households on their bills. >> yeah. so i think that, that i mean, i think that i think the government will be thinking twice about that now because they've seen the, the strength of the row. and i think the real concern is that because it's still going to be the winter fuel allowance is still going to go to the poorest pensioners, but the poorest pensioners are people on pension credit. and that's under kind of about £13,000. so if you're just, you know, surviving on 14, 15 grand a year, which as we know is not a year, which as we know is not a lot of money, you're just going to you're going to miss out. and this was something you were expecting to pay your fuel bills with the winter fuel payments . so i think that the payments. so i think that the angeris payments. so i think that the anger is going to go watch out for the government. they won't they won't u—turn, but watch out for them doing something like, trying to get more a big campaign to get more people to take up pension credit or a little sweetener for poorer people. >> okay, i mean, that could be a solution. is, is this is it on

labour? is it is it socialist? and do you think that there's an argument that could be said that perhaps it should be taken to parliament and should be voted on by mps ? yes. on by mps? yes. >> well, the thing is, is exactly what matthew says is what i have experienced. i mean, i know people who are involved in labour movements all around the country and they just say the country and they just say the anger at this from their constituents. they can't believe this. and these are people who have been labour all their lives and they say, this is just not what we stand for as a party. we look after the vulnerable and they've said, if i'm if i'm not mistaken, they're going to give mps a free vote on this. >> well, there's going to be a vote, but it's not clear at the moment whether it's going to be whether they're going to whip it or not, because it's possible that anybody who rebels will end up having their whip removed and won't be a labour mp. and if you only started in july, some of them weren't even labour mps for very long. >> why is there this disconnect? i mean, why such a huge disconnect? >> i think they thought that because because obviously one of the problems is it used to, you know, every pensioner got the winter fuel allowance. so it went to millionaires when i was a tv producer. remember william

g. stewart used to 15 to 1. he was passionate that it shouldn't go to people like him. so he made a little film for me, for the one show about how he, about how he , how he thought people how he, how he thought people like him shouldn't get it. and maybe people like him shouldn't get it. people at the top end of the spectrum. the problem is it's such a blunt instrument, either the very poorest or everybody. and that's what's got the money. >> so everyone says things should be means tested . i guess should be means tested. i guess it costs money to be means tested, doesn't it? yeah. >> and the problem is, of course, because a lot of pensioners don't pay tax. they're not doing tax returns. you can't do it through the tax system. so that's why the government thought it only had the option of the very poorest on pension credit, which is just, you know, the computer can cope with or everybody. the problem is, as you say, there's those people who are just just over the limit or in that 15 to 20, 25,000 bracket who are really worried about how they're going to pay their fuel bills. >> we never hear their voices. this is such a problem. we only hear the voices, like you say, of people who are very well connected, perhaps part of the elite, but those just about managing. no one ever hears what they have to say. >> labour were very good whilst in opposition, talking about how they've spoken to constituents about, you know, they're facing about, you know, they're facing a choice of heating or eating this winter. yvette cooper with

that infamous tweet saying that she met some lady from leeds who whose hands were blue because she couldn't heat her home. >> so they were giving these the manifesto, saying there's a picture of a guy in the manifesto. we don't know if he will still get it or not, but, yeah. and i think the big problem is, although there was a picture of a pensioner saying, i can't, i have to choose between heating and eating, i paraphrase, but effectively that there wasn't a mention of the winter fuel allowance is going to disappear. and i think that's what's got people really angry. they voted in july, but they weren't told this is what they weren't told this is what they were voting for, just very quickly. >> have we got enough time for one more? ian mckellen has been badmouthing our late queen elizabeth, saying that she, well, it's called a snide attack. i think he called her a bit mad or something akin to that. and also siding with prince harry and saying that prince harry and saying that prince charles was was it damaged? i think it was damaged . damaged? i think it was damaged. is he is mckellen just at the age now where he just doesn't care? >> well, maybe he maybe he's a bit, you know, maybe he's gone a bit, you know, maybe he's gone a bit doolally himself. serena, as they call him, as his nickname in coronation street. >> you. yeah. >> you. yeah. >> yeah, i mean, i mean, i'm a massive ian mckellen fan, but he's he's at home recovering from his injury when he fell off stage. so let's just hope that

it's the painkillers that are making him a little bit loose tongued. >> but i love it when people get to that age and they just stop caring and they say what they think. >> but is it a little bit distasteful? ahead of the two year anniversary, since it could have been timed better, couldn't it? >> i mean, you know, but ian likes to make a fuss and say, you know, it's going to get people talking, isn't it? yeah. >> all sorts of opinions. >> all sorts of opinions. >> it's absolutely got, it's got a show coming out isn't it. >> yeah. i mean so yes i think he's, you know when he's recovered from his injury they might go into the new lord of the rings, whatever it is, sequel, prequel, the next one. >> i know you love it, don't you? i've never watched it. >> the hobbit, lord of the fings >> so good, so good. >> so good, so good. >> have you watched aidan? >> have you watched aidan? >> no. >> no. >> not interested. no i can't, i'd rather see him in shame. >> if you can't live in, you can't live it. >> i don't watch it, i don't i don't do all this fantasy, all this . this. >> yeah. no, i read harry potter. >> what? >> what? >> no, i haven't, but as the oldest person on the sofas, i know it's hard to believe, but you know, it was just. >> just before my time. >> just before my time. >> i haven't seen ghostbusters. >> i haven't seen ghostbusters. >> oh, no. ghostbusters. classic part of my. >> have you seen the movies? >> have you seen the movies? >> yeah, yeah, i'm old enough to remember them first time round. >> are you a potter fan? >> are you a potter fan? >> yeah, i'm a potter.

>> yeah, i'm a potter. >> i'm a potter fan , too. >> i'm a potter fan, too. >> jeez. >> jeez. >> sounded like professor snape . >> sounded like professor snape. >> sounded like professor snape. >> i attempted it , >> sounded like professor snape. >> i attempted it, right. >> i attempted it, right. >> thank you very much. to our panel >> thank you very much. to our panel, and we will check in with all of the panel very shortly. but next, jean queen, fashion icon donna ida will be joining us on the sofa with her back to school fashion tips. stay with

us. hello. >> welcome back. 1024 ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live . lots of you morning live. lots of you sending your pictures in of your kids and your grandkids at school. thank you for those. we're putting them in the system right now and we will endeavour to show them in just a few minutes. but first, dropping your kids off at the school gates, of course, is a huge deal for them. and can be for parents too. our next guest, jean queen donna ida thornton, creator of the donna ida collection, knows all about ensuring great first impressions for fashion conscious and famous mums, so

we're delighted that donna joins us now. good morning to you. >> it's so lovely to see you both. and these outfits are stunning. >> well, we're excited to see you wearing jeans. it was a little loving moment there, wasn't it? >> i thought i should the jean queens coming in i'll pull out all the stops. you look gorgeous. >> gorgeous. we're all about the jumpsuit. >> what inspired your collection? >> well, it started really in 2006 when i couldn't find a place to shop for jeans. that made me feel happy and calm . and made me feel happy and calm. and it had a huge range, but with amazing service. so that's where it started. and then we and we were originally multi—brand retail, then when we'd been selling all of these amazing jeans to the gorgeous women of london for years, we started our own collection in 2012, and now it's just us and our brand, and yeah, that's what started it . yeah, that's what started it. but really, it's about the woman, the customer , making her woman, the customer, making her look and feel amazing and making

her feel really confident and recognising that we're all shapes and sizes. >> because i don't know how you feel about jeans, but they're not always. they're not always very comfortable. >> well, you and i are curvy and so for me, i'm for me. yeah, i love that. but i used to not like it for me. so when i started in 2006, it was very much still about the bumster jeans. alexander mcqueen had really showcased that look and the zips were that that long or that it was tiny for us, it's all about high waisted jeans, celebrating that silhouette, recognising we have a waist and a bum and we really want to embrace our shapes. >> so is this is this a thing? fashion conscious mums and i guess dads as well do they? i mean my kids just starting my child is just starting school this week and i dropped him at nursery and just some old trackies and an old t shirt . but trackies and an old t shirt. but is this an actual thing where people doll themselves up and look good for the school run?

>> absolutely. but you know, when you're young and gorgeous as you are, you can get away with the trackies and the t shirt and, you know, being a bit sort of on the fly, but i feel like really for me, especially as you get older , you do want to as you get older, you do want to look put together, look polished, and you want to do it in the most simple way possible. and like tom ford said, find your uniform. so if that's jeans or a jumpsuit, yeah, we can see the jumpsuits that you're both wearing. >> and tasha, you a model for the for the brand . is that the for the brand. is that correct? what's your role in donna ida's collection ? it's varied. >> okay, so i do lots of trying on working with the production team on fit and things like that. >> so there's a process from design production, and i help donna all the way through to sales the whole way. >> tasha has been with us since she was 19 years old as an intern , so she's been with us. intern, so she's been with us. she's over 30 now, so she's been with us the whole way and really knows the customer really knows

women's bodies. >> and we're having a nice look at looking gorgeous. >> why don't you do a little spin for us? >> yasmin absolutely spin these. >> yasmin absolutely spin these. >> these are stunning. and i can see i can tell how comfortable they are as well. >> and for us, it's all about the denim. it has to be the real thing with denim design is the fabric, the quality of it and the fit and the cut and the design. it is just really putting those things together. it looks flexible, but you've got you've got a story behind this as well. we think. ocean. yeah. so we're actually starting. yes i've become an ambassador for think ocean and we are really embracing sustainability now as we always have because with denim you can. so for example, with this that i'm wearing this is called smarter than you. this was i will never wash this. so i put it on. take it off. i'll never wash it. i want it to stay crisp and clean. i don't want it to be through the machine. other styles that that we wear. for

example, perhaps my cassandra in the lighter wash, i will wash it and wash it. and that's okay. but i would always wear something at least 4 or 5 times. >> can i ask you a silly question for the men out there who probably aren't that fashion conscious, how often should we wash our sort of everyday denim jeans? >> at least i would say wear them at least 4 or 5 times. i wear at least 4 or 5 times. i mean, how dirty does denim get, really? and the thing, the great thing about jeans is i used to always wipe my hands down the front of my jeans, and my mum would say to me, don't wipe your hands, don't wipe your hands on your clothes . but with jeans, your clothes. but with jeans, doesit your clothes. but with jeans, does it matter? it doesn't. and often if you know if you've got toothpaste on it or something, it actually it just blends in eventually. yeah. >> so it's normally my, my child's snot and toothpaste, but yeah. >> but also even if it's not, it scrapes off. >> yeah it's fine. >> yeah it's fine. >> it dries , it dries and you >> it dries, it dries and you can scrape it off. so you don't want to be a lot of things like t shirts . we do have to wash all

t shirts. we do have to wash all the time. and so if we're thinking about the planet with everything that we do , every everything that we do, every little action goes towards a sustainable planet. and that's what i'm doing with think ocean as well. so we're collecting the waste from the ocean. it is all then repurposed into fabrics, which we then will make into garments. >> i think that's a lovely idea . >> i think that's a lovely idea. >> i think that's a lovely idea. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> beautiful. >> beautiful. >> lovely, beautiful. >> lovely, beautiful. >> and you're walking a fashion show. yes. that next week that you're walking a fashion show. yes. exciting london fashion week. >> london fashion week for icons, so i have to then walk down the catwalk, i know, so a little bit. i'm actually a little bit. i'm actually a little bit. i'm actually a little bit nervous about that doing tv i don't get nervous about, but something like that with everyone watching me walking down a catwalk. oh please. no. but yeah. >> oh, that's really exciting. >> oh, that's really exciting. >> is that amanda holden there wearing your. >> yes. >> yes. >> that's she's wearing the cassandra. >> what is that the same piece. >> what is that the same piece. >> yeah. what tash wears and that has been. she's so much fun amanda and i, that is one of our longest standing designs. it's

classic. it's very iconic. it makes everyone look incredible. >> that's aunty anthea turner there. >> i wasn't sure if i'd be too short for the. no. the jumpsuit. >> how tall are you two? >> how tall are you two? >> i'm exactly the same height as me. >> you're five two as well. >> you're five two as well. >> exactly. i get so many people messaging me on instagram saying, but i'm only five two. i'm like , well, i'm also five i'm like, well, i'm also five two. my friend belinda always says to me, you're actually five foot one. and she measured me last time she saw me. i'm just five, five, just. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so you're not too short. >> so you're not too short. >> where can people find out more, >> on our website , donna >> on our website, donna ida.com. and we're. and our instagram and we're going to selfridges this afternoon for an event. we're going to be there all day. so if anyone's at selfridges, please come and see us and i can talk to you more about it. >> and just finally, for mums and dads who are just rushing out on the school run. yes. can you give them some very basic tips? if they haven't got enough time to properly get dressed and dolled up? maybe like me, what's some good basic tips to kind of, increase the gears a little bit? >> one and done. just throw on a

jumpsuit. one and done. keep it very simple. one and done for you. pair of jeans and just a clean t shirt. and just keep those jeans rolling. you don't have to wash them ever. and put on a clean t shirt. yeah i felt a bit shamed. >> but you said wash them every 3 or 4. every 3 or 4 uses. >> how often do you wash them? >> how often do you wash them? >> maybe like 30 or 40. >> maybe like 30 or 40. >> that's absolutely fine. it's absolutely fine. you don't need to. >> i mean, to.- >> i mean, i to. >> i mean, i don't walk around dirty stained jeans on, but but they're probably not dirty, so why would you? >> i think jeans are something that you can just keep rolling. >> yeah. cool. >> yeah. cool. >> great stuff. >> great stuff. >> thank you both. >> thank you both. >> thank you so much. and they're absolutely gorgeous. and we wish you all the best with the fashion show as well. and thank you for coming in to to talking us. >> thank you. thank you for having us. thank you so much. >> well, still, to come, we'll be hearing the latest from the us presidential race. >> but next tomorrow marks two years on from the passing of her majesty queen elizabeth ii, former bbc royal correspondent jennie bond will be with us to reflect on her amazing life and the future of the royal family. back in a

welcome back to saturday morning live. that was fun, wasn't it? yeah. >> very good. i felt a little bit out of my depth with the fashion. >> no. >> no. >> well, you've got some tips now, so. >> especially when she said you should wash your jeans every 3 or 4 uses. and i was thinking in my head, really? >> i was just thinking the whole time that you would. you'd have looked quite good in that jumpsuit. maybe a weekend that one. and done. >> yeah. >> yeah. interesting. >> yeah. interesting. no. >> yeah. interesting. no. it's okay. i just, >> yeah. interesting. no. it's okay. ijust, i >> yeah. interesting. no. it's okay. i just, i just in the morning when you're trying to get your kids to school or nursery, you're thinking about. well, for me, anyway, maybe it's different for different mums, but there we go. >> i sometimes think a nice little lounge loungewear set is good enough. >> i just frankly can't be bothered. i haven't got the time. i can't be bothered. >> brush your gnashers. it's all good. anyway, tomorrow marks two years since the death of queen elizabeth the second and our much loved monarch's influence remains evident in the next generation of the royal family

>> we're delighted to be joined now by royal correspondent jennie bond to reflect on her majesty's life. good morning jennie. thank you forjoining jennie. thank you for joining us. i can't believe in two years. i remember that day so vividly. i was here in the studio and the atmosphere changed. tell us what's changed since then when it comes to. i think we've got a problem with with ben's mic. >> so, you know, it's been two years since since she passed. what are your memories of that of that time and covering it so closely? jennie >> well, to my horror, i found myself on a cruise ship, which is not where you want to be after 35 years reporting on the royals and the biggest story of all time comes along, and i was i was lecturing on a cruise ship, but that's by the by, it was a momentous day. of course, a very sad day, but one which, you know, looking looking back, the transition to king charles was incredibly smooth. and i think that when the queen died, the late queen died. she felt probably quite, calm about the

future. you might remember there was a picture taken not that long before her death of herself. and the three kings. the three future kings , her son, the three future kings, her son, and then william and george, all alive and well. and it seemed that after the trials and tribulations which i'd reported on, that the monarchy had undergone in the diana years and subsequent years, everything was looking pretty good. and then as we all know, in these two years that have passed, there has been this this terrible cancer diagnosis for the king and for catherine, which shocked us all and which kept them both out of the public arena for some time and continues to keep catherine away from the public stage , but away from the public stage, but the king is getting better. but this i think, obviously, had the queen been alive , would have queen been alive, would have dismayed her and upset her enormously . but things are enormously. but things are looking pretty good now, charles. looking, looking ? well, charles. looking, looking? well, he's up in scotland, and that's where he will be commemorating

this momentous anniversary. two years since his mother died and he'll spend it quietly at balmoral, where she died , balmoral, where she died, probably go to church, probably greet some. well, certainly go to church. actually. probably greet some of the well—wishers who gather outside. so we probably will see him tomorrow. but today, anyway, they'll be at the braemar gathering, which is a joyous and joyful occasion. they go to every year, and where there are some wonderful pictures of the late queen and her family around her, roaring with laughter, and all the goings on at the braemar games. >> what did what did the late queen's passing mean for the nafion queen's passing mean for the nation ? because she was she was nation? because she was she was a steady presence for decades and decades for millions of people. and it kind of like, you know, although we didn't know the queen personally, it felt like we really did lose a family member, didn't it, jenny? >> yeah. well i met her many times, and she was very charming, actually. i'm rather surprised what sir ian mckellen

has been reported as saying. you were just discussing it, that she was rather rude to him. she had a very wry and dry sense of humour, and i think perhaps he didn't quite get it. i don't know, but to me anyway, she was always very charming, had a dazzling smile when i was asked to write a book about the queen years ago, a sort of coffee table book, i thought, oh, for goodness sake, what am i going to do? and i said, well, let's get all the pictures of the queen that i know. and that is a queen who is so often with a wonderful smile. it really was dazzling. and who saw the funny side of things, she she was a great person, a great personality. but for many of us, yes, she was a rather remote figure, i suppose. and i think with charles, he does seem a bit more in touch, closer accessible from that very first day. he came down to london after his mother had died. someone in the crowd said, can i give you a hug? and he said, certainly, now this is this is something small but significantly different to the way his mother liked to

behave. >> perhaps she just didn't take a liking to sir ian, but also jenny. the new government has announced a memorial in her name. what are your thoughts on this? >> well, lovely . obviously she >> well, lovely. obviously she has to be commemorated and it's taken a committee all these two years really to come up with a firm design and plan for a statue in saint james's park. so she'll be very close to statues of both her mother and father. she'll be facing. i think, buckingham palace. and there's said to they're, they're planning sort of an area for reflection. i imagine there'll be benches or something where you can sit and look at this statue, the design hasn't quite been finished yet, but the statue itself, i think should be unveiled in two years time, which, of course, is the year she would have been 100. so i'm sure i know the head of that committee, lord janvrin, who was her private secretary for many years. lovely, lovely man. and

he's been sort of in charge of all this, and he has wonderful taste. and i think it'll be a great statue. >> jenny, let me ask you then, what do you think was the late queen's, best moment, the one that really sticks out for you dunng that really sticks out for you during her reign, and also maybe the most challenging, i think i can probably answer the second question myself, but what's your thoughts on that ? thoughts on that? >> well, there were many, many challenging times for her, i think the diana years obviously were very difficult. the constitutional difficulties of a broken marriage, i mean, but she'd had to deal with her own sister margaret's divorce. that was another very difficult constitutional issue, so there were many, many, hurdles. she had to overcome during, during her reign , but i think for most her reign, but i think for most of us, she was just i always said it was that sort of imperceptible presence. she was there. she was there in the background of the fabric of our nation, and we probably didn't think about it, maybe not even once a week, maybe not once a

month. but she was there for all of our lives, and then suddenly she wasn't anymore. and i think that was quite shocking, to many, many of us, although obviously it had been expected , obviously it had been expected, but she certainly was a very, very wonderful, monarch who completely made her mark in her 70 year reign. >> and jenny, i was here i was here two years ago in the newsroom when the news broke. and then i found out that i was reading the headlines the morning after. i cried and cried , morning after. i cried and cried, and i think i looked an absolute mess the morning after. but she, for me, since i was born , she's for me, since i was born, she's been she was my queen. it's difficult. it's difficult to for that to change in someone's, you know, inner being. but she really was somebody that endured such a legacy of service. and i think that's what she'll be remembered for. >> i think you're absolutely right. but that's so interesting that you, a very young person in my eyes, felt it so, so deeply.

but and when you when these things happen, when diana died, the queen mother died. anyone died. you went to buckingham palace? i went to buckingham palace? i went to buckingham palace and people would look at me and burst into tears. i think, my gosh, this is extraordinary, as a journalist, you find yourself talking about it on air quite dispassionately, i suppose, and then you see the real, the visceral emotion of people. it is amazing how the monarchy can connect with one someone as young as you and jenny. >> i have to ask. of course. there's the mail on sunday front page a few weeks back about harry. potentially coming back to the uk in some capacity. do you think the late queen, if she were still with us, would be, delighted to see this happen? and you know, the first steps, i guess, towards some family reconciliation? >> well, it's not going to happen , first of all. i mean, happen, first of all. i mean, i don't think there's any way he's going to come back and he's going to come back and he's going to come back and he's going to take any on any royal duties. certainly not. william's got anything to do with it. there may be some reconciliation

with his father. i think that would be great. the queen obviously found it very difficult that harry and meghan had chosen to leave, and that william and harry had fallen out so badly . thankfully, she didn't so badly. thankfully, she didn't live to see the real criticism that harry and meghan started firing, across the atlantic. she didn't see all of that, and that's something we must be thankful for. >> okay, jennie bond, thank you for your expertise. this morning. it's been very emotional and poignant looking back on the late queen's legacy and long may we remember her too. thank you jenny, thank you . too. thank you jenny, thank you. okay, still to come? we're going to be going stateside, aren't we? we're going to be joined by our good friend nelson aspen for the latest from the us donald trump, kamala harris, the big debate is on september the 10th, i think. how many days away now? three days. are you excited? yeah i am actually yeah. >> very excited. yes. >> very excited. yes. >> and of course, donald trump's big court case in the us as well. nelson will be here after the break

tick. hello. welcome back , tatiana is hello. welcome back, tatiana is giggling at something. i might tell you what. 1048 ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live. thank you for all your pictures of your grandchildren and your children on their first days of school. we've got a couple here, marlene, this is a picture of your great grandson, dennis. >> oh , really? cool. >> oh, really? cool. >> oh, really? cool. >> love the cap. very cool. almost. dennis the menace esque. really love the hair as well. >> oh, surfer dude. >> oh, surfer dude. >> yeah, he does look very surfer dude , doesn't he? very surfer dude, doesn't he? very nice. and mark has sent a picture of his granddaughter victoria, looking beautiful in red. oh, i do miss the school uniform. >> you miss it? >> you miss it? >> you miss wearing them? yeah, yeah, there's lester. lester, think about you've just got one, one outfit to put on on in the morning . morning. >> i just think generally life was a lot easier and happier when you were at school. no parental responsibilities, no life responsibilities. >> how long did it take me and

you to coordinate today? oh, no. i had to sacrifice, didn't i? i had to make a sacrifice for you. >> yeah. life. yeah. what did you want to wear? well. oh, it's camel, wasn't it? >> camel. yeah. >> camel. yeah. >> and i said i don't really look that good in sort of like camel stuff . so you were. you camel stuff. so you were. you succumbed. thank you. >> so we've gone for. yeah. like navy, haven't we? >> anyway , should we move on to >> anyway, should we move on to more serious matters? because donald trump and kamala harris are locked in a tight race for keys to the white house ahead of their debates next week over to their debates next week over to the us presidential race with nelson. aspen, who is stateside, you're in new york. nelson. good morning. i think it's morning there, what's the latest in the presidential race? donald trump, of course. has he hasn't been in court, but his indictment has beenin court, but his indictment has been in court. he didn't attend. but we understand if he is found guilty, he won't be sentenced until after the election anyway. is that right? >> that's correct. the judge has delayed the sentencing in his new york criminal case, which trump referred to yesterday as he has in the past as a disgrace. he feels that the legal system is being weaponized

against him. and you're right, the race is tightening again. kamala harris enjoyed a brief burst of excitement and popularity in the polls after the convention, but that seems to have settled down now. my mother used to raise us, telling us, you can't get in trouble with your mouth shut . and that with your mouth shut. and that advice seems to be what kamala harris is following with her strategy of silence. she's given one interview, no press conferences, and we're just waiting anxiously for the debate to hear more about what she has to hear more about what she has to say about anything. we don't know what her policies are . and know what her policies are. and as opposed to her opponent, who seems to be always happy to talk to anybody anytime about anything without restriction. and one of the bombshells that he dropped this week, a bombshell for a lot of folks, was that he has teamed up with elon musk, the world's richest man, and for trump to have done this, saying that he would love to have musk in his

administration as an efficiency expert. so people are wondering if that would result in business conflicts or conflicts of interest, and why do we want elon musk involved in our political process? but elon's response is that he just is to happy serve america. he doesn't want any pay or recognition or title, so that remains to be seen. an interesting development . seen. an interesting development. >> yeah, ben and i were talking this morning and we were talking about kamala and her not speaking quite so much as the others we were saying could, could this actually work out in her favour ? her favour? >> it absolutely might. i mean, that that is a one way to go. you know, the whole theory that you can't get in trouble with your mouth closed. it seemed to work for biden during his covid campaign. we you know, he had the excuse of covid not to come out and about and be among the voters. and that seems to be a strategy that kamala harris has has embraced as well, picking and choosing very carefully what

scripted moments she's willing to share. >> yeah , i was going to say >> yeah, i was going to say donald trump. donald trump has done a podcast with elon musk on x. he sat down with lex fridman, who's another massive social media star. theo von again. likewise, he's been doing anything and everything with anyone who wants a chat, and it kind of feels like he doesn't really mind who gets to know him. whereas kamala did the one cnn interview with tim waltz by her side, which critics say absolutely bombs and nelson, it made me laugh because donald trump was asked how he's going to tackle the debates in three days time with kamala. they said to him, what's your strategy , mr to him, what's your strategy, mr president? and he said, i'm just going to let her talk. >> i guarantee you she's going to have a few laughs as well. >> but but she's a she's a ferocious lady. she can she can give it pretty well. so they're going to definitely be fireworks. she is said to be holed up and preparing for the debate, whereas, you know , debate, whereas, you know, trump, he'll just walk on stage

and start talking like his preparation is maybe putting on his tie. that's that's the sum total of it . so it's his tie. that's that's the sum total of it. so it's going to be a good show. get your popcorn ready and just before you go nelson. >> so harris has now agreed to a muted mic rule in the debate next week with trump. will she be able to challenge him effectively? >> i think so, because she's she's as i said, ferocious was the adjective that just came to mind. but that that really is part of her dna from her years as a prosecutor , as a district as a prosecutor, as a district attorney, as an attorney general, you know, she is she can be very ferocious when confronted or when trying to make a point. so it's going to be a battle for the ages. okay. >> nelson. aspen. thank you very much. i can't wait to chat to you next week. we'll have known the results of that debate. of course. thank you, very exciting. anyway, we'll be back in just a few minutes. lots more to come , including showbiz and to come, including showbiz and p0p to come, including showbiz and pop idol gareth gates. but first, here's your weather back in a tick.

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eastern parts of scotland. this just starts to feed a little bit further inland as we go through the evening. best of sunshine across the west. temperatures around 20 degrees as we head to around 20 degrees as we head to around 5:06 pm. well above where they should be for the time of year. similar for northern ireland, northwest england too, but for england and wales, turning increasingly unsettled. heavy showers, thunderstorms starting to develop. a met office warning in force across southern parts as we go through the evening and overnight. some torrential downpours developing, some thunderstorms could be some disruption, some localised flooding and this all pushing northwards as we head into the early hours. driest conditions northern ireland parts of scotland temperatures here around 1415 celsius, some places staying around 16 or 17. so a very unsettled day on sunday across england and wales, some heavy downpours possible, some brighter spells, but this will trigger some further thunderstorms into the afternoon across the east and southeast. best of the dry weather again

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>> very good morning to you. welcome back i'm ben leo alongside tatiana sanchez and this is saturday morning live. >> yes it is and welcome back. it's great to have your company this morning. we've got some action packed second hour for you. >> all of the day's top stories with today our great panel candice holdsworth and matthew laza and gillian ashcroft, the founder of exceptional care and social reform campaigner, will be here on the sofa to share with us why the first 100 days

of the labour government will be essential for social care reform. and i've just said hello to him in the green room. he's a lovely guy and i'm delighted he's with us. we're going to be joined in the studio by pop idol legend, singer, songwriter and actor gareth gates. you won't want to miss it. >> are you a fan of pop idol? well yes. >> i was just chatting to gareth backstage. i was saying i've been a big fan since the pop idol days. i was a wee nipper. it was, of course, gareth against will young at the time, andifs against will young at the time, and it's been amazing to see gareth's career since then. you know , a great singer taking it. know, a great singer taking it. >> sorry. well, i was having a chat to our our executive producer today and she said she was around 7 or 8 years old when she realised you don't always get your way in life. >> no. well because gareth lost. yeah, well he's done amazingly well since then. so talented, a great singer, a great actor , a

great singer, a great actor, a dancen great singer, a great actor, a dancer. he's got a new show that's touring. so we're going to be getting stuck into that. and of course his great career. but before we do anything else this morning, sophie reaper has your news headlines . your news headlines. >> thank you. ben and tatiana . >> thank you. ben and tatiana. now it's time for your latest headlines. in the last half an houn headlines. in the last half an hour, we've heard that police searching for a british man in majorca, in the same area where a british woman was found dead earlier this week, have found a body the spanish civil guard have said they believe the pair had been swept away in a flash flood after a storm hit the mediterranean island on tuesday. emergency services have been searching the area near the tramuntana mountains since wednesday . later today, prime wednesday. later today, prime minister sir keir starmer will meet with his irish counterpart simon harris as part of a commitment to reset relations between the uk and ireland . the between the uk and ireland. the pm will travel to dublin to meet

mr harris, where the pair will also sit down with business leaders from across the country. it's expected that trade across the irish sea will be top of the agenda with that relationship worth an estimated ,100 billion every year . a worth an estimated ,100 billion every year. a source for the royal family has said that the king's health is improving , king's health is improving, stating that it's heading in a very positive trajectory. britain's monarch was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and has since been undergoing treatment. queen camilla seems to have confirmed the news of his improvement earlier this week, whilst opening a new cancer centre in bath. she commented that the king was doing very well. a royal navy serviceman who was killed when a helicopter made a deliberate emergency landing over the channel on wednesday, has been named as lieutenant rhodri leyshon. three people were on board the merlin mk4 during a night exercise when it ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old. a statement from rhodri's family described him as talented, passionate, strong and loyal. it

said we will always have him in our hearts. our wonderful boy . our hearts. our wonderful boy. more heavy rain is expected across the uk today, with many still at the risk of flooding. the met office has said a new band of heavy and thundery rain will arrive on the south coast today and will make its way north overnight . britains jack north overnight. britains jack draper has crashed out of the us open after being sick four times dunng open after being sick four times during his semi—final. the british number one had hoped to emulate the likes of andy murray and emma raducanu, but by taking the title but was ultimately beaten by jannik sinner. draper cited issued with anxiety as the reason for his exit from the competition, describing it as the worst feeling ever. >> had chances here and there and i didnt take them and obviously when you play the best players in the world, you need to do that. and yeah, i obviously wasn't wasn't feeling my best and struggled. at certain certain periods of the match, especially towards the end. but you know, yannick, yannick beat me fair and square . yannick beat me fair and square. he was too strong for me today.

>> and later on today, england will take on ireland in the uefa nafions will take on ireland in the uefa nations league. this will be the first test for england's interim manager, lee carsley, following gareth southgate stepping down after defeats in the euros final this summer. carsley has faced criticism after he said he will not sing the national anthem tonight, although the former ireland player says he is respectful of the concept. elsewhere in the competition, wales faced a goalless draw last night against turkey and on thursday night scotland lost three two to poland and northern ireland beat luxembourg two nil. those are your latest gb news headunes those are your latest gb news headlines for now i'm sophie reapen headlines for now i'm sophie reaper. 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 forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> all right. >> all right. >> welcome back to saturday

morning live and lots of you have been sending in your photos of your lovely school children in their back to school uniforms . in their back to school uniforms. and we have got one from michelle. and she's sent in a lovely picture of their four year old grandson, roman, setting off for his first day at school. look at him there. oh, look. he's been seen off by his. are they power rangers? oh, that's power rangers. that's. >> i think you've got spiderman, batman, superman, thor and not sure who the other guy is. that's really cute. love that he—man. he—man. oh. thank you. matthew laza all waving roman off to school. very cute. very innovative as well. and colin has sent this picture in of jesse with a brolly on. it's a shame, isn't it? summer's gone. we're not even sort of halfway through september, and we're having to get the brollies out. >> he looks so happy. i've never seen a child going to school, looking so happy and so elegant with the brolly as well. yeah. good singing in the rain. >> thank you. keep those pictures coming in. it's the old email address, which is gb views @gbnews. .com. we've got more to show you as well. so thank you for those .

for those. >> absolutely. and now to look through the top stories of today. we're delighted to be joined once again by candice holdsworth and matthew laza. right. welcome back. and we have some quite interesting stories to pick through now. this one from spiked online. the shameful nazi apologism of the very online. right. what is going on? >> yeah. so this i think this is a brilliant article that sort of demolishes a trend that's sort of been developing , i think, on of been developing, i think, on the right wing of politics. it used to exist more on the left, but you're finding it on the right now, and it's this sort of self—hatred, and it's this rewriting of history and what has happened is this week, the former fox news host tucker carlson hosted someone who claimed to be a historian on his podcast who tried tried to falsely claim that churchill was the villain of world war ii. and a lot of people have sort of been nodding along to this as if it's true. and lots of historians have come in and said that just does not match with the facts. that is not how it is. you can't just make history up like this, but i think it is

something that is going on. i mean, we've seen it with people on the far left, you know, sort of destroying churchill's statue. and i think it's so wrong. and i think, i think that we really need to challenge it. and i think it also shows that it's not just one side of politics that is vulnerable to this, this sort of conspiracy mindset. it's both ends of the political spectrum. and i think we where we are right now as a culture, we really have to challenge this stuff. yeah. >> so this guy, he's a historian, darrell cooper, he went on with tucker on his podcast, and i think perhaps tucker's podcast is the most listened to and the most viewed podcast in the world, perhaps at least in the top three. i can guarantee that. and he was saying, look, i'm not an expert on history, but he was saying stuff like hitler was trying to make a peace deal in the 1940s. churchill rejected it and wanted to plough on with war. and he's been slammed by loads of other historians, particularly on x saying, this guy is just talking absolute bs. matthew laza. >> absolutely. well, maybe this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back, as it were, for tucker's reputation. i mean, after that sort of interview

with putin, which was pretty embarrassing, but i think you're absolutely right. what happens is, is people get so angry and the extremes of politics that they, they effectively, whether they're on the left or the right, they both end up hating their own country so much that they get into the view that anybody, any enemy of ours, must be right. you know, anybody who's questioning say, you know, whether it's people on the left who sort of end up, you know, jeremy corbyn or somebody who was not as condemning as he should have been over the salisbury poisoning or somebody, you know, on the right who ends up in they end up in the same place. it's like kind of that circle. i think it's very, very depressing. but hopefully the fact that tucker's been called out for having such an extreme and just, frankly, wrong person on, i think is a good thing. so hopefully, you know , it's the hopefully, you know, it's the having the conversation is a good thing. >> it's so it's so true. you know, give people enough rope and they'll hang themselves, let them reveal themselves. and we can challenge them. and it's so important to do that. >> and we need to do that wherever it comes from, whether it comes to the left or the right. we need to challenge nonsense. >> can i ask, though, of course, this was on elon musk's platform x, although people disagree with

it and they say the history was wrong, should it still be allowed to be on the platform and be debated? >> i would say so , yes. i think >> i would say so, yes. i think it's very i think ultimately these things are defeated by an absolute complete , refuted absolute complete, refuted refutation of what they claim. i think that then they sort of lose their mystique and their glamour. then it's not forbidden knowledge anymore. then you can just see it for the absolute nonsense it is. yeah. >> i mean, i'm not in favour of banning things generally. the issue with this is because tucker carlson has kind of got a deal with x, hasn't he? he's kind of promoted by elon. it's not just like it's out there on x, it's kind of being pushed by x. that worries me more than you know it being a platform where, you know, obviously millions, billions of people send you know, send, send messages on. so that worries me a bit a bit more. but as you say, the best disinfectant is sunlight. >> yeah. i think, i think there was a i'm just reading here again. i'm not a historian, but apparently hitler addressed the nafion apparently hitler addressed the nation and gave an appeal to reason to britain to avert destruction of a great world empire and made it clear that if

we did reject any peace deal, it would mean an attack with all the forces at their power. but this guy, this historian, was saying that it was churchill who was the main instigator of. >> i mean, yes, because the peace deal offered was basically peace deal offered was basically peace on hitler's terms. you know, we'd all we'd all be living very different lives now. >> and he broke every deal he made. >> exactly. yeah absolutely. which is why they originally went to war. >> you couldn't trust him? no ways. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> okay, interesting debate though. yeah. interesting to hear your thoughts about whether, you know, although many people say it is wrong. same with the climate debate. i guess most scientists agree that we are in a climate crisis. there are in a climate crisis. there are a handful who say we're not, but you know, do we still need that debate? >> yeah, i think certainly on something like something that's current issue like that. we need the debate and let's have an informed historical debate. but this guy is trying to twist the truth for an agenda which is worrying. >> got it. okey doke. why don't we move on to. oh, this is a good one, matthew . this is good one, matthew. this is yours. you picked up in the daily telegraph, the national trust are voting to make half of the menus in its cafes vegan. >> so that's people getting ready . if the sun

>> so that's people getting ready. if the sun is shining, it seems to be. it's going to be a reasonably pleasant day in most of the country. so people might be popping out to a national trust property. and of course, what's the best bit of a national trust property? it's the cream tea. afterwards well, there may be may be vegan cream if the charity has its way because it's putting a resolution to its annual general meeting that's coming up soon, that 50% of all menus. so not just a vegan option, but 50% of all menus in its cafes have to be plant based, have to be vegan. so not just vegetarian, but vegan . so, so effectively but vegan. so, so effectively you could argue they're coming for your cream tea. now it's 50% of the options. it doesn't mean, of the options. it doesn't mean, of course, that people will go for them 50% of the time. so it could be i mean, you could argue it's pretty virtue signalling . it's pretty virtue signalling. people are up in arms. i can imagine i can hear the i can sense coming through from viewers at home that they may well not be pleased about this. our own jacob rees—mogg has said surely beef and cattle are a source of plant based food as they eat grass. so i love that jacob is trying to claim that meat is plant based and gareth wyn jones, who we see on the

channel as well, the farmer has said it's hypocritical given the number of people who are national trust land. so raise, raise, raise animals of course. >> yeah. so this is the latest in national trust wokery accusations because last year, candace, the charity faced backlash for replacing the term ethnic minority with global majority. and they've also had projects where they highlighted their properties, links to slavery and things like that . slavery and things like that. and actually, a couple of days ago, a new story came out saying that membership of the national trust had declined, with numbers dropping by 89,000 to 2.6 million in the year to i think it was june. and people are blaming their so—called woke agenda. >> it's the same. i mean, we discussed it briefly with football. it just feels like every area of life is being politicised and the national trust is people don't want that. they really don't want that. i mean, the thing is, with veganism, only a very small proportion of people are vegan. so, i mean, this really does feel like an ideological imposition on on the other hand, as well, i would also say it's not necessarily even healthier. we don't. vegan food is not healthier than just standard

food. i mean, it's often full of preservatives. it's highly processed. you know, it really is. it's people who just have a very have a political perspective, and they're using the national trust as a conduit for it. >> and it's about i mean, i'm going i'm going on a holiday on monday for a few days to venice with my vegan pal. so i'm glad that their vegan options. but he always says, oh, well, you know, there's always there's always olive oil and bread, so i think 50% is it give people choice , 50% is it give people choice, but don't try and push it on them. i mean, some of the stuff that the national trust has done, which is labelled as woke, which is, you know, i think if a property was based on, you know, on was built with money from slavery, it's fine to explain, but i'm in favour of explaining rather than sort of banning and, you know, and so that you don't sort of say, well, you know, we're not going to celebrate history because it didn't meet our standards of today. i'm with you. >> i'm not vegan, but i do think there should be choice. so, yeah , there should be choice. so, yeah, but yeah, but 50% is a lot, a lot. >> i mean, the vegetarians are going to get angry, of course, because a lot of vegetarians like, you know, dairy products that vegans don't. >> and what, what will, what will that actually look like?

because my experience of vegan food is it's actually not that nourishing and it's not that nutritious. >> no. as you said, an afternoon tea is a big issue for vegans because my friend wants me to take him for vegan afternoon teas. >> polish wants classic. and he's saying, oh, i've heard there's some bad ones. >> this is ridiculous. all this vegan burgers and vegan afternoon tea if you want to, if you want to enjoy the proper thing, just enjoy it. don't try and try and replicate your own vegan versions of it. because as you said, kennedy's a lot of these high street vegan alternatives are so highly processed . they're not all these processed. they're not all these fake steaks and burgers. yes literally, you'd be better off. aside from the ethical side of it, if you've got a problem with killing animals, you'd be better off eating a steak. >> yes, yes. »- >> yes, yes. >> you know, when you go to a burger place and it's like, i like, you know, the old sort of, veg burger actually was veg. i don't want fake meat. i'm very happy to have, you know , a happy to have, you know, a burger made of education, you know, as a choice , but one know, as a choice, but one that's basically made in a factory, a chemical lab. >> yes. >> yes. >> i suppose it depends what the person's, reason for being vegan is. is it because is it a dietary thing? is it because they're animal lovers? i suppose

it's true. >> it's true. there's real ethical considerations people have about the farming industry. i do know there's things like lab grown meat. i mean, i don't know what the contents of that meat look like. is it also is it just so processed that it's bad for your gut and we're just we know so much more about gut health now and it's really important . health now and it's really important. like health now and it's really important . like fresh important. like fresh ingredients. we need to eat them. it's really, really vital. it's why they think there's also been this surge in younger people getting things like bowel cancer because of the diet. and that was i mean, that was just non—existent before. >> yeah. you know, something quite close to a vegan diet or a healthy and more healthy vegan diet. the alkaline diet. yes it's like eating lots of fruits and, and vegetables, raw fruits and, and vegetables, raw fruits and vegetables, fibre. >> so good for you. yeah, yeah. >> so good for you. yeah, yeah. >> a lot of sea moss is supposed to be very for good you. oh, yes. lion's mane. yes milk thistle. >> dandelion. >> dandelion. >> dandelion. >> dandelion . yeah. >> dandelion. yeah. >> dandelion. yeah. >> dandelion, dandelion and burdock. that always makes me think of my grandfather. he always used to give us that. well, the secret.

>> yeah. the secret to eternal youth. may. may hold in another animal. should we do the slug? because apparently eternal youth may. vegan diets may or may not contribute to it, but the slug it will. the slugs hold the key to eternal youth. so a boffin doctor neil of nottingham trent university, has said the slimy mucus from the much maligned slug has benefits to us all. it speeds up cell processes such as tissue regeneration and wound healing. sign me up. really? so, i mean, you know. so the daily star has got a hug a slug campaign. but the nation's favourite gardener, alan titchmarsh, is not signing up. never mind eternal youth. he wants to protect his plants. >> yes we do at home. my family, we go out every morning. well, not me, most of the time i can't be bothered. but the boys and my wife, they go out on slug patrol around the garden, around the tomato plants, and my 18 month old will go. he'll find a slug and say, slug , slug. and say, slug, slug. >> he's right. >> he's right. >> well, in fact , apparently >> well, in fact, apparently what you should be doing is putting the mucus. i'm not quite sure if you should use it as a

face mask, but it's ingredients are certainly going to be looked into. i imagine we'll be seeing slug based products soon. see, that's the only time you can maybe find find me having a bit of an ethical objection, because people talk about animals for animal testing, and when it's used for stuff like cancer research, i think, okay, there's a good justification for it . a good justification for it. >> but when animals are being used for testing beauty products, i'm not sure about that. >> i think slugs can be, there was a story a few years back where i can't remember the name or where it was, but they some lads went out on a stag do and a guy ended up eating a slug, and he became. it's a tragic story. he became paralysed from head to toe and he may have even died some years after. there's something in slugs if you eat them and snails if they're not cooked properly, which really is sort of neurotoxic. >> yeah. apparently it's not just ageing and it could actually help tackle deadly brain conditions. but clearly there's a long way to go. yes. but as you say, i mean, you know, please do people at home don't go and don't go slug crazy just because it's going to give you eternal youth. eternal youth at any price is not worth it. yeah, yeah. >> i think perhaps sticking to a good diet exercise, you know, i

was reading something quite interesting and it was giving a list of the top sports that prolong life. any guesses? don't you. don't. not yet. wait weightlifting? no, no no swimming. no come on in. that was another good. what is it? matthew was closest. it was tennis. tennis? oh, my favourite sport. >> really? >> really? >> favourite sport? yes, i love it. >> do you two challenge each? have you had a no . have you had a no. >> we only found out a few weeks ago when we did the show together. last time that we both play. so we need to sort a game out, don't we? yeah we do, but we saw, jack draper, of course. nice segue. jack draper, who was playing in the us open semi—final last night, i don't think we've got the pictures. we wouldn't want to show them anyway, but he threw up three times on court. anyway, but he threw up three times on court . yeah, yeah. times on court. yeah, yeah. >> it'sjust, i mean, the >> it's just, i mean, the pressure that the players are underis pressure that the players are under is just absolutely incredible now, isn't it? i mean , incredible now, isn't it? i mean, especially in a game like tennis where it's, you know, if you're in a team sport. yes there's, there's huge pressure on you if you're the star of the team or

whatever your million pound, multi—million pound footballer. but if it's all on you in tennis, it's just unbelievable. >> that's what i always loved about it though. like i could always manage my own mindset if i was playing a tennis match. but team sports, i really struggled with that. like, i just couldn't. i couldn't coordinate myself. i like to just be in full control of myself, and that's what i like about it. >> you wanted to be the star, but you are the star now. you are . you just need to boot me are. you just need to boot me off the sofa. then you'll be by yourself, you know? >> interestingly, his coach growing up said that he used to get very, very nervous. more nervous than than a lot of other tennis players. and so draper's. yes. draper's. >> and we've seen with emma radic . emma raducanu. i get my radic. emma raducanu. i get my teeth in as well. the pressure just is such a big thing, isn't it? in in tennis. and so, you know, i just don't know my, my old man used to work for fred perry and we used to just go and meet fred perry back in the day. no way. absolutely. really? when he was a player , he just kind of he was a player, he just kind of wandered on, you know, just played your match and came off and look at it now, because of all the sponsorship deals and everything, the pressure is just if you're a brand, you're not

just a player. >> it's the same for football. they said football. it used to be people used to drink beer. they used to eat pies. they'd have chips. and now it's i mean, you've got this whole training regimen. you have a very, very strict lifestyle. it's all changed. >> that's when football was good. when the arsenal players used to go down the boozer before a game and drink a couple of beers. tony adams and co. anyway, thank you. candy matthew. good stuff. right. still to come. we're going to be joined by the unchained melody singer gareth gates. and i'm very excited for that. i'm very excited. >> but next gillian ashcroft, the founder of exceptional care and social reform campaigner, will be here to share with us why the first 100 days of the labour government will be essential for social care reform. back in

tick. >> right . >> right. >> right. >> welcome back. bienvenidos a todos. a saturday morning live. >> lots of you have been sending

youn >> lots of you have been sending your. i'm not getting involved in that spanish again number goes to the espanol. lots of you have been sending your pics of your children going back to school and your grandchildren your first days at school. this week sarah has sent us this one of little charlie. oh bless you charlie. >> i like the hair. >> i like the hair. >> very smart , very smart. >> very smart, very smart. >> very smart, very smart. >> shiny fringe and barbara has sent us this picture of little ellie. gorgeous little ringlets. ellie. gorgeous little ringlets. ellie is what ira. >> ira. >> ira. >> oh, sorry. ira. ira. ira. >> oh, sorry. ira. ira. ira. >> i think it's ira. let us know. barbara. >> beautiful name . >> beautiful name. >> beautiful name. >> let us know and we'll clarify the name. what a cutie. thank you for those pictures. keep them coming in. and i will say, loads of you have been sending the pictures in and we are trying our best to get through them all. but if we don't show them, i'm so sorry. nothing personal. but anyway, we move on.the personal. but anyway, we move on. the first 100 days of any government, of course, can be a busy time for all departments and ministers, but our next guest has written an open letter to the health secretary , wes to the health secretary, wes streeting, to request that a detailed strategy for social care is published as a matter of urgency. >> yes. and we're joined now by

a long time campaigner for social care reform in the uk. entrepreneur philanthropist and founder and ceo of exceptional care and think tank academy. gillian ashcroft to talk with us about this. gillian, thank you so much forjoining us today. so much for joining us today. >> thank you for having me on the sofa. it isn't easy is and i'm very , very appreciative for i'm very, very appreciative for you to have me on the show. no, thank you. >> tell us, tell us why you do what you do and how it came about for you personally. >> because each day i work on the on the ground with the children and the social care sector , and i feel like the sector, and i feel like the government really needs to prioritise change for us and reform the health and social care sector. and i know the budget is coming on the 30th and i would like to have my say before that budget is written and delivered. i have got a lot of strategies that will bring positive change to the sector, and i need to be listened to. >> so take us back. why did you so your your story, why did you how did you get into this sort of line of work and why? if i

can get that's fine. >> i grew up in the inner city and i've been, i, i do feel like there's probably loads of time in my life where i could have easily have gone down the wrong route, and i do feel like we need to focus on investing in the families, because each child that goes into care a lifetime in care for a child cost the government about 1.2 million. and i don't think i think the system is disjointed. i really do for instance, and i'm going to give you an example. a lot of the children that come into mainstream residential around the ages of 14, any children before that, you know, we do get youngen before that, you know, we do get younger, but any children before that, they usually like to put them into the foster and placements. now it's all about money, and the foster placements don't always fit the needs of the child. and then we have placement breakdowns . so by the placement breakdowns. so by the time the children come to a residential, they've had multiple breakdowns. so the child's then got a lot of more trauma attachment breakdowns. then they do intensive support with residential care sector and

the intensive support because a lot of money. and i mean, if i actually say how much each child costs per week, i think you'll fall off the chair. we have the children for about 2 or 3 years, so about 17, 17.5. we do some really good work. we have therapeutic input and then they get moved to semi—independent. and then all of a sudden it's all put away and the children are too vulnerable. majority of the children are too vulnerable for to be in that situation. so then everything then goes backwards. so if you think about it , overall, we've got a system it, overall, we've got a system that's disjointed and i've got i've got lots of friends and family who work in social care, both with adults with learning difficulties in residential and children as well . children as well. >> and the staff graft so hard for their for their clients. they call them now and they work so hard with such little resources. and a lot of the time, you know, pay that they're not deserving of at all. they should be paid double if as far as i'm concerned, or even triple what they get now. so what did you write in your letter to wes

streeting? what are you actually are you asking for a meeting with him? >> i would love a meeting. yeah. and for me, everything i say is not. it's not an opinion. i've got factual evidence to back everything up, and i really want to touch. and i haven't got long on here, but i have got strategies that are really going to work because i'm doing them now in practice. so my points and i'll be very brief. one of my points is about funding, and i feel like the country is run like a bad business. it really is. and i've i've had businesses and i've run them badly. i think we need to work smarter, not harder. and i think what we're doing a bad business when it's starting to escalate down the wrong path, bad business owners throw more money on it and they put money into finding a new way is when we need to look at what we've already got. and this is what the government need to do . what the government need to do. they need to look at what we've already got. they need to invest in the people, and they need to get rid of what's not working and develop what we have got. and i want to move on to that because the third sector organisations bring a lot that the government are saying they're putting taxpayers money into, like the youth hubs, the mental health youth hubs, we've

got a lot of them in the third sector, but they're not getting utilised. that's just one of the points. you know, we've got a lot of services that will take away pressure from the nhs, but we're not working collaboratively . funding is collaboratively. funding is getting used in the wrong way. you know you've got workforce. they say they're going to be bringing in 8500 mental health workers. are they going to shake a tray. >> do you expect a good response from this labour government because of course labour are meant to be the party of, you know, social justice and caring for the underdog in society. are you have you got high hopes for to be honest, i have got no i don't support any particular political party. >> you know, i support the people and i want to be the voice of the people because i am them people. and i think i know i did see wes streeting does go into the hospitals, but it's the conversations that you haven't had the right conversations . and had the right conversations. and he's saying that he's going to be a ten year plan to fix the nhs because of the tories. and i do think we need to stop name blaming and blaming each other. this has been going on for

decades before tories for and me, it's like i have to work with what we've got, you know, all the different parties need to come together in a collaborative approach . we need collaborative approach. we need to stop blaming each other. we need to work with what we've got and the people of this country. another thing in terms of the workforce, the 8500, the 8500 mental health workers were a national crisis for staffing. and i know that because i'm a provider, i actually wonder where they're going to find these 8500 people. and that bnngs these 8500 people. and that brings me on to international recruitment. and i could talk all day long. >> and if you could just quickly maybe in a maybe in a minute or so maximum about your think tank academy and the and the aims before we let you go. >> it's on already. i think think tank academy is revolutionising the health and social care sector for training. and i work with most of the third sector now and i give all my training away for free because i feel like we need to increase the quality , because increase the quality, because one of the points on my letter was about quality and how we're going to we're going to increase that in the health and social

care sector. we need to use the third sector organisations. that is a big point for me and that's what i want to speak to. wes streeting there's one point that i want to make within two phone calls that i had with two, two charities and the probation service, i got £12.3 million worth of work that needed to be done for. absolutely for literally within two phone calls. we're not utilising what we've already got. >> amazing work. where can people find out more about the academy? what's the website address? >> it's on think tank academy .co.uk i'm gillian ashcroft and get me on jill ashcroft underscore. thank you so much. >> and thank you. if wes does happen to be watching i heard he does now and then tune in to gb news. let's get a meeting sorted with gillian. let's get the ball rolling. let's get your news headunes rolling. let's get your news headlines as well with sophie reaper. reapen >> thank you ben. now it's time

for your news headlines. police searching for a british man in majorca, in the same area where a british woman was found dead earlier this week, have found a body the spanish civil guard has said they believe the pair had been swept away in a flash flood after a storm hit the mediterranean island on tuesday. emergency services have been searching the area near the tramuntana mountains since wednesday, after they rescued ten hikers and found the body of the 26 year old british woman . the 26 year old british woman. later today, prime minister sir keir starmer will meet with his irish counterpart simon harris as part of a commitment to reset relations between the uk and ireland . the pm will travel to ireland. the pm will travel to dubun ireland. the pm will travel to dublin to meet mr harris, where the pair will also sit down with business leaders from across the country. it's expected that trade across the irish sea will be right at the top of the agenda with that relationship worth an estimated ,100 billion every year, as well as supporting thousands of jobs. meanwhile, the pm has paid

tribute to the legacy and devotion of the late queen elizabeth ii ahead of the two year anniversary of her death tomorrow. sir keir has said a new memorial, which will stand in saint james's park in london, will give people a place to honour the late queen and connect with the shared history we cherish. britain's longest reigning monarch passed away peacefully on september 8th, 2022 at balmoral castle , a royal 2022 at balmoral castle, a royal navy serviceman who was killed when a helicopter made a deliberate emergency landing over the channel on wednesday has been named as lieutenant rhodn has been named as lieutenant rhodri leyshon . three people rhodri leyshon. three people were on board the merlin mk4 dunng were on board the merlin mk4 during a night exercise when it ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old. a statement from roger's family has described him as talented , passionate, strong and talented, passionate, strong and loyal. it said we will always have him in our hearts. our wonderful boy . and later today wonderful boy. and later today england will take on ireland in the uefa nations league. this will be the first test for

england's interim manager, lee carsley, following gareth southgate stepping down after defeats in the euros final this summer. carsley has faced criticism after he said he will not sing the national anthem tonight, although the former ireland player says he is respectful of the concept. elsewhere in the competition. wales faced a goalless draw last night against turkey and on thursday night scotland lost and poland against poland and northern ireland beat luxembourg two nil. those are your latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me 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

hello. >> welcome back ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live. and we're also joined by showbiz juggernaut as i'm going to call you now steph for our

weekly dose of showbiz news. what's going on sir ian mckellen. >> he's definitely got a bit of a sharp tongue and it seems to be getting sharper the older he gets. obviously he had that horrific fall so the public were quite worried about him this week. i caught him up with him at the critic film premiere, which he's been promoting all week. oh, you spoke to him? yeah, yeah, yeah . but he'd done yeah, yeah, yeah. but he'd done an interview with the times where he hasn't been so kind about the royal family, you know, he said that the queen, the late queen, where tomorrow is going to be her second anniversary of her passing. he she said he he said he was quite she said he he said he was quite she was quite rude towards the end. a bit mad when she gave him an honour. the companion of honoun an honour. the companion of honour. he she must have just said to him, you've been in theatre for a very long time. does anyone still go to the theatre which he did take offence to? and now people are calling for him to give back his knighthood. he did also make some damaging comments about king charles and saying how he sides with prince harry, who he feels was in a royal prison, and said that i think he said charles was damaged and damaged

and a troubled soul. so, you know, for someone who's accepted a knighthood from the royal family, you would expect, even if you've got such opinions, you would expect to keep them private and not tell a national newspaper. >> also, the queen was known for her good sense of humour, wasn't she? she was. and i might be wrong, but she, you know, she was she was funny and she she could be, you know, pleasantly sarcastic sometimes. i don't know, i might be wrong, but i just remember her for being, you know, good sense of humour. she was the queen. >> she was the queen, and she gives out. well, she was given out so many honours. so i can imagine she has these brief interactions with people. she did have these brief interactions when she was giving out such honours . so she will out such honours. so she will probably say the first thing that comes to her mind, but i think it is a bit distasteful for ian mckellen to come out with this at such a public scale, and especially ahead of her anniversary tomorrow. >> okay, god bless the late queen. we miss you, ma'am. we really do. what else is in your box of tricks? >> elton john john came out with some. a health update this week. quite shocking. he says that he's lost almost all his vision

in one eye. he said that during the summer he had a very severe eye infection and he says it's been a slow journey while they've been treating it for him to get his eyesight since last yeah to get his eyesight since last year. of course, he retired at glastonbury, which was his last live performance. but, you know, there's always been a bit of hope that he will get back on stage. but unfortunately this week it sounds it's not too good for his eyesight, so he's still suffering with that eyesight problem. >> now he is. >> now he is. >> he says he still can't see out of one eye. he says he's got limited. and you know, elton john loves wearing his glasses when he's on stage. but for him to come out with that, it must be pretty serious. and he said it's going to be a slow road to recovery. >> how old is he now? >> how old is he now? >> i think he's about 73. i don't want to age sir elton john, but i think he's about 73. but obviously he retired last year because he knew that obviously all the touring was taking its toll on his health, but he still has a great voice. but, you know, seeing him last year at elton and glastonbury, i actually think he's. did you go? yes, i did, i go every year. you

go to all the good events. i do try. >> what's your favourite elton tunes there? >> oh, daniel. daniel. yeah do you know the song? >> no i don't, no, i know benny, benny, benny and the jets. >> i'm a fan . >> i'm a fan. »- >> i'm a fan. >> and sacrifice. that's another one. >> one. >> i like candle in the wind. >> i like candle in the wind. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind . bless my ears. wind. bless my ears. >> i did like that song that he sung with blue. sorry. seems to be the. >> that was a good song. as well. >> and he'd done the one with dua lipa recently, like a remix of i forgot the name of it, but he teamed up with a lot of the young artists. >> yeah he is. that blue song is a is a banger. sorry if i don't say myself. >> yeah, well, i am wishing him a speedy recovery. >> yeah, indeed . are you done? >> yeah, indeed. are you done? is that all? >> no. there's more. more? on oasis now liam gallagher. so obviously there's been a big fuss about the tickets, the ticket scams, and people are calling them the dynamic pricing. and now liam gallagher on x yesterday was hitting back at fans who were complaining .

at fans who were complaining. obviously i'm not going to say the words he was using, but he wasn't being told everyone to be quiet. >> yeah, he did say he told everyone to shut up. >> he wasn't being kind to fans who obviously have experienced the long waits and now looking to fork out about £1,000 just for a ticket to go see oasis. >> but the government are now intervening about dynamic pricing as sir keir starmer said in an interview earlier this week, he said it's not fair because most families can't afford it and they end up not going. >> there's the tweet on the screen. so a fan said i didn't expect oasis to rip off the fans as much as they have done. it's as much as they have done. it's a genuine shame and gallagher replied, shut up, shut up. >> that's very liam gallagher style. >> i don't know why i read that like this. i read that like, shut up, shut up, shut up. >> but i just find, like, you don't find artists actually responding to their fans like that, you know, they would usually have a bit of sympathy. and i think with oasis fans, the reason why they love them is because they can usually connect with the ordinary folk. but clearly not anymore as ever. >> thank you so much forjoining us. it's been lovely to have you.the us. it's been lovely to have you. the showbiz juggernaut,

juggernaut juggernaut will be joined in the studio by the pop idol legend gareth gates

let's welcome back 22 years from when he first graced our screens on pop idol. no other than gareth gates, the celebrated singer and entertainer is set to take to the stage. here he is at royal derngate on wednesday the 9th of october with his newly produced show gareth gates sings frankie valli and the four seasons, which promises to be an unforgettable evening of iconic music, and we are delighted to be joined by the one and only gareth gates. >> lovely morning gareth. morning. >> you've made me feel very old. 22 years ago. wow >> i remember being a wee nipper. i can't remember how old i was. maybe 9 or 10. and seeing

you on pop idol back in the day, where it all started with, you know, will young in the final. how was your journey and your life been since then? i'm very fortunate that i've continued to work. >> 22 years later, i'm as busy as ever. i'm about to go out on tour with a brand new show that i'm producing actually myself called gareth gates sings frankie valli and the four seasons. we start on the 29th of september and we toured the whole of the uk . places like whole of the uk. places like manchester, nottingham, birmingham , northampton, birmingham, northampton, aberdeen, glasgow , cheltenham, aberdeen, glasgow, cheltenham, lots and lots of venues around the uk. so it's exciting and we've got the poster on screen there. >> you're looking very, very dappen >> you're looking very, very dapper, very dapper. what can fans expect when they come and see the show ? see the show? >> it's a great show. i've i've been a fan of frankie valli for many years now. my parents were big fans, so it was drummed into me as a kid. so all those big

hits, you know, can't take my eyes off of you big girls don't cry, walk like a man, sherry . cry, walk like a man, sherry. the list is endless. and so to be producing a show with all those big hits in the in the same night is going to be great fun. >> so 22 years ago, let's go back. let's go back to 22 years ago. and you're the runner up of pop idol. did you have a dream back then? was it because i watched an interview of yours before? i think you sang one of in the auditions, and you said you wanted to help communities and struggling people. was was was that was that the aim to sort of give back , or was there sort of give back, or was there a bigger vision of being this sort of worldwide global star? >> well, i'd always wanted to sing and perform. you know, as a child, i couldn't speak at all because of my sir stammer. and so when i learned i could sing at the age of eight, it was a

real release for me because finally i could express myself. i could get out of my mouth, you know, kind of words that i hadnt know, kind of words that i hadn't been able to do before. theni hadn't been able to do before. then i learned to play the piano and the guitar again, because i could express myself. and so music was was everything. and that's why i entered pop idol. but i think my greatest achievement was that i heightened the awareness of stammering. and, you know , kind stammering. and, you know, kind of instilled in people that you can have an affliction, but you shouldn't let that ever hold you back. you know, you can achieve whatever you want to achieve. absolutely. yeah. >> and it's amazing how, as you mentioned yourself, it is such a release for you. when you perform that the stammer completely disappears, doesn't it? why do you think that is? >> yeah, there's no sort of scientific answers to that yet, but i think i adopt a different p persona when i'm singing or acting. i've done lots of west end shows where i've. i've had

to learn script and dialogue, and when i'm acting and speaking on stage, it isn't an issue. i think it's because i adopt a different persona. i wear a mask, i'm not gareth gates, i'm, you know, whatever role i'm playing. >> so you you did a celebrity sas who dares wins. i did and you won. >> yes. >> yes. >> that's incredible. tell us about that journey. >> it was the best. and worst experience of my life, you know, it was it was great because they push you to your limits physically, mentally , physically, mentally, emotionally. and, you know. and that was. that was hard . but you that was. that was hard. but you know what you get from that? you find yourself in there. and it was it was a great experience. and to be the last person sort of standing and beating people like matt hancock. yes. >> yes . getting gareth. >> yes. getting gareth. >> yes. getting gareth. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what did you what did you learn about yourself after that

then. >> just the we was in there and in, in the jungle in vietnam for like ten days, you know , things like ten days, you know, things like ten days, you know, things like not having your phone or contact with the outside world and just laying there in your bunk on a night, you know, even that alone, where you default back to your phone kind of scrolling, having that time just to be with yourself and just be like, wow, it was, you know, you really find yourself. and i really find yourself. and i really found how how resilient i am. i think the reason why i lasted until the end and was the only person that sort of passed, was because of the hardship i went through as a child. i was badly bullied because of my speech, and every time it got a bit too hard, i had to tap into that and think, well, these dean sills who are the strongest, biggest men you've ever met in your life? they were like pussycats compared to the bullies that you know, that i went through as as a child. >> it was another exciting

chapter of your life. let me give you a blast from the past, gareth. let me see. we'll show you a clip from from back in the day. have we got that clip? >> i'm gonna take this moment and make it last forever. >> i'm gonna give my heart away and pray we'll stay together . and pray we'll stay together. cause you're the one good reason . cause you're the one good reason. >> you're the only girl. why? how do you feel? >> how do you feel seeing that? >> how do you feel seeing that? >> well, i mean, look at the spiky hair. do you recognise yourself? >> but not just physically, but kind of , you know, emotion >> but not just physically, but kind of, you know, emotion as well. do you recognise yourself? yeah. >> it's you know, that brings back lots of lovely memories. you know , pop idol was the first you know, pop idol was the first of its kind. well before x factor and the likes and so, you know, nobody knew what it was that we were getting into and, you know, to kind of go in blind as it were was, was fun for me because i was that young. you know, and it's, it's served me

well now, is that something you'd recommend, a competition like that for upcoming singers and how has your relationship with simon cowell these days? >> do you still. yeah we bump into each other every now and again at events. >> i think as long as they're churning out good talent, then , churning out good talent, then, you know. yeah, keep them going. but, and it was perfect for me. per pop idol, because, you know, i had my journey with the whole stammering thing and the speech thing, and i think i'd have found it hard to become a pop star without that, because doing interviews is hard. and, you know, people see my story all in the one time was good for me. >> but i commend you for that. and we think you're incredible. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> no thank you, thank you. >> no thank you, thank you. >> fast. run out of time. thank you for being with us. you can catch gareth over the next coming months. frankie valli and the four seasons. google it. thank you for being with us and thank you guys at home. we're back next week. up next is darren grimes.

>> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news, weather forecast, low pressure, still in charge of our weather. best of the sunshine through saturday will be across the northwest of the uk . elsewhere fairly cloudy the uk. elsewhere fairly cloudy with increasing risk of showers , with increasing risk of showers, particularly through this evening and overnight as this area of low pressure brings heavy rain and thunderstorms. parts of england and wales. there could be some local disruption from this , but for disruption from this, but for saturday afternoon, best of the sunshine . northern ireland much sunshine. northern ireland much of scotland, perhaps northwest . of scotland, perhaps northwest. england too. temperatures rising into the mid 20s here, so well above average for the time of yeah above average for the time of year. england and wales generally cloudier with some showers around. could be heavy across parts of the midlands, wales and then later on southern coast of england. in any brighter spells. temperatures here reaching around 22 degrees now through into the evening

time we still got some low cloud affecting northern and eastern parts of scotland. this just starts to feed a little bit further inland as we go through the evening. best of sunshine across the west. temperatures around 20 degrees as we head to around 20 degrees as we head to around 5:06 pm, well above where they should be for the time of year. similar for northern ireland, northwest england too, but for england and wales. turning increasingly unsettled. heavy showers , unsettled. heavy showers, thunderstorms starting to develop. a met office warning in force across southern parts as we go through the evening and overnight. some torrential downpours developing. some thunderstorms could be some disruption, some localised flooding and this all pushing northwards as we head into the early hours. dry conditions, northern ireland, parts of scotland, temperatures here around 1415 celsius, some places staying around 16 or 17. so a very unsettled day on sunday across england and wales, some heavy downpours possible, some brighter spells, but this will trigger some further thunderstorms into the

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