ina in a bid to secure michael boumendil, who's created some of these infamoussecures . that's right. in a bid to secure covid 19 vaccines and also that's right. in a bid to secure covid 19 vaccines and also opening up about partygate , he opening up about partygate , he opening up about partygate, he insists i saw no cake, i ate no opening up about partygate, he insists i saw no cake, i ate no blooming cake. we'll have plenty blooming cake. we'll have plenty more from the former prime minister's new book very shortly . more from the former prime minister's new book very shortly . minister's new book very shortly. minister's new book very shortly. >> also this morning, brianna >> also this morning, brianna ghey courageous mother has ghey courageous mother has forged an extraordinary forged an extraordinary friendship with the mother of the girl who savagely murdered friendship with the mother of the girl who savagely murdered her last year. remarkably esther her last year. remarkably esther ghey refuses to be broken by ghey refuses to be broken by grief , ghey refuses to be broken by grief, instead using the grief , ghey refuses to be broken by grief, instead using the unspeakable tragedy as a force unspeakable tragedy as a force for good. and it's almost 100 for good. and it's almost 100 years since the first british years since the first british jingle. well, they've come a jingle. well, they've come a long way since then. we've had long way since then. we've had the likes of gocompare the likes of gocompare gocompare. i'm loving it. maybe gocompare. i'm loving it. maybe it's maybelline. i had to. i it's maybelline. i had to. i couldn't help it. well done. couldn't help it. well done. we'll be joined by sound pioneer we'll be joined by sound pioneer michael boumendil, who's created michael boumendil, who's created some of these infamous jingles. some of these infamous jingles.

>> yes, tatiana, ten out of ten. there was no way i was reading that segment. all down to you. good effort. what's your favourite from them? mcdonald's. maybelline. >> i have to be honest. obviously everyone loves the mcdonald's. other brands are available. guys but maybelline, the advert made me buy their concealer and i stuck to that concealer and i stuck to that concealer for years. >> you're a sucker for marketing. yeah, i guess so. me too. me two. also in the show. not sure if you've seen this, but on monday night, phillip schofield of formerly itv this morning fame, he makes his big comeback and it's revealed that he has a swipe at his old presenting partner holly willoughby, accusing her of throwing him under the bus amid his scandal at the network. and he also talks about his ambitions for a future back on television . tatiana, do you television. tatiana, do you reckon he deserves another chance in tv? >> oh, it's a tricky one, isn't it? i guess i think we'll have to ask the viewers on that one. i mean, he's got nothing to lose. you could say.

>> gbnews.com/yoursay. what do you think about that packed show coming up? but before we do anything else, lewis mckenzie has your news headlines

anything else, lewis mckenzie has you victims1eadlines anything else, lewis mckenzie has you victims of dlines anything else, lewis mckenzie has you victims of mohamed al alleged victims of mohamed al fayed say that they are now 60 survivors, and they have credible evidence of abuse at fulham football club. the former harrods and fulham fc owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation was published last week. one of the alleged victims spoke exclusively to patrick christys on gb news last night. >> he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you . you get what i want from you. you know, i don't care how you feel . know, i don't care how you feel. and i do think because it was in a public place, so to speak , he a public place, so to speak, he he would have gone further had he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in or i might have started screaming or something like that . so he made something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly , and i his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance. 100%.

>> well, the king has led tributes for national treasure dame maggie smith after she passed away yesterday at the age of 89. in a statement, the king praised her warmth and wit, while the prime minister remarked she was beloved by so many for her great talent. colleagues and fans from across the world have taken to social media to share their own tributes . at least 43 people tributes. at least 43 people have been killed in hurricane helene as it makes its way across the southeast of the united states, leaving millions without power. emergency crews are racing to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after the category four hurricane struck the coast of florida last night . just stop oil have night. just stop oil have targeted van gogh's sunflower paintings again. three climate activists targeted the artworks just an hour or two after more

activists were jailed for a similar protest back in 2022. the national gallery says the two paintings targeted yesterday were removed for examination and were removed for examination and were found to not have any damage . and it's been revealed damage. and it's been revealed that boris johnson considered raiding a dutch warehouse over a vaccination row with the eu. at the time , the astrazeneca the time, the astrazeneca vaccine was at the heart of the cross—channel row, with the former prime minister claiming that eu was slowing down the pace of the rollout in the uk. according to an extract from his memoir. mrjohnson convened a meeting of senior military officials back in march of 2021 to discuss the plans , which even to discuss the plans, which even he admitted were, quote , nuts . he admitted were, quote, nuts. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mckenzie. more from me in an hours mckenzie. more from me in an hour's time for the very latest

gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> very good morning to you. thanks for joining >> very good morning to you. thanks forjoining us. this morning. some breaking news in the last 30 minutes or so in the middle east. the israeli defence force claims to have killed hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. >> it follows israel's targeting of beirut overnight with a series of attacks claiming to have struck the central headquarters of hezbollah. >> israel claims that nasrallah was the intended target, and initially there were reports that he was fine and had survived. >> however, after several hours of confusion, his death was confirmed by israel, and a tweet from the idf reads hassan nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world. >> and joining us now is defence editor at the evening standard , editor at the evening standard, robert fox. good morning, robert. thanks for joining robert fox. good morning,

robert. thanks forjoining us. excuse me if i'm being naive on this front, but what does it actually mean when the leader of actually mean when the leader of a military group or a terrorist group dies? does it mean that group dies? does it mean that group is, you know, is nullified? i guess, or can they continue operations? how significant is the death of a leader of nasrallah's type? >> it's very significant. it's more than symbolic. and, the main sponsors and allies of hezbollah , namely iran, are hezbollah, namely iran, are taking it very seriously indeed because the supreme leader there, ayatollah khamenei, has been holding special emergency meetings. but the circumstances of the attack, it was a big strike which took down six apartment blocks. they knew that the hezbollah headquarters was there. they were pretty sure i'm talking about israeli intelligence in its signal intelligence in its signal intelligence that really counts here. that they knew he was there, but he was there also for a specific purpose. meeting

southern commanders. and this is why i think from what the army has been saying, why they decided to do it, because they are very worried about the medium range missiles, which can travel up to 200km. the new sophisticated two brands of chinese missiles and an iranian, category , recently supplied to category, recently supplied to hezbollah in southern lebanon . hezbollah in southern lebanon. and they were about to use them. and they were about to use them. and that's why there was a meeting of commanders, apparently meeting the main leader, political and spiritual leader, political and spiritual leader of hezbollah. and mr nasrallah, and they decided to strike. it was obviously very much the kind of thing you would have seen in the war room, the action room. you may remember at the time of those pictures of obama when they decided to strike to take out osama bin laden because netanyahu gave the go signal only less than an hour or so after he'd been speaking at the un, and the go signal was

given from a secure room , either given from a secure room, either in a hotel or in the israeli consulate or mission, in and around new york. >> and , robert, this this, of >> and, robert, this this, of course, comes just hours after the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, gave quite an emphatic speech and expressive speech at the united nafions expressive speech at the united nations general assembly in which he said that israel would would vow to get rid of the terror group hezbollah. so. so what what happens from here? are we expecting retaliation? >> well, what? yes, you must indeed expect retaliation. but also from where? not just southern lebanon , because southern lebanon, because they're they're already alert signals about rockets being fired from there all across the west bank and in northern israel. so there will be a reply from them. what what about it? has to will iran respond? this is the big question how, where and when. and they have got a

few quite a few options, including the houthis in yemen who've been firing missiles not very effectively, but long—range sophisticated missiles from the south into israel . so it looks south into israel. so it looks as if they've got the israelis a multi—front challenge from the north, from the east, and from the south. >> yes. and israel stressed that the strike on the hezbollah leader had been a precise strike. preliminary figures suggest that at least six other people were killed, 91 wounded. is it the case that iran is perhaps reluctant to respond, robert, because they haven't responded over the course of the summer to various other attacks? the elimination of certain revolutionary guard figures? and i was hearing some analysis. the other day that suggested, because they fear mossad is so deeply embedded in both their countries and in their institutions. and of course, we saw the situation with the walkie talkies and the pages .

walkie talkies and the pages. they just don't know who to trust. so is it the case that iran are just so paranoid and so scared of mossad and israel's capability, that they may continue this theme of not retaliating , retaliating, >> they are retaliating , but >> they are retaliating, but they've been very careful, as you rightly say, as to a precision strike, do you call it a precision strike when you knock out a huge area of the of the very densely populated southern suburb of daraya? it was a big, big bomb attack. iran has responded but responded very, very carefully , they've very, very carefully, they've selectively responded to assassinations of leaders and particularly the hamas political leader. you may remember who was a guest of, of iran, but they did launch a retaliatory strike of up to 230, 240 missiles and drones on the night of april the 13th. most of them were thwarted

were stopped, some of them even before they got to israeli territory, not only with the iron dome, the israel's own, anti—missile defence system, but with the help of the americans andindeed with the help of the americans and indeed the brits and to some extent, the french. now that was seen to be a great success for israel and would have put iran off. but iran has a great many missiles and a great many options, and one wonders at what point they will try and test the system again, because there is great concern as to how much the sheer effort that was required to thwart the attack on april the 13th. how much? how many times that kind of effort can be mounted all over again. and by the way, don't think it's just a remote possibility or whatever for this country. the uk is deeply involved because it's got forward troops and they've been helping the to protect shipping against the houthis and of course, and are well prepared

and poised to help up to 7 or 8000 british citizens get out of lebanon. it's very, very fragile. but to the main point, though, which i should have stressed is why is iran cautious? yes, you're quite right that they have been penetrated and israel signals intelligence is getting there. but they are very wary about an all out full front war. israel against iran , because there is against iran, because there is an assessment even in israel, with the more moderate, political class of political advisers, former chiefs of staff, that that will end badly. there can be no winner from that. so we are poised at a very, very delicate , moment very, very delicate, moment because does it mean all out war as netanyahu seemed to be declaring in challenging iran and the sponsors of hezbollah when he was, at the at the united nations, as you rightly say? or will they pull back? >> robert, just in a couple of

words, we're running out of time. but is an all out war between iran and israel. is that the start of world war iii? >> i think there will be a great deal of difficulty because one has to worry iran's new best friend, as we know, is putin, because putin is taking a lot of iranian equipment, missiles and drones. but the key figure that comes into this, because america hasn't been able to exercise leverage, is going to be china. if china says enough already, then china will get the eastern world, india, pakistan to say no, i don't think it means world war iii, but i do think it's one of the most tense moments in global conflict. potential for global conflict. potential for global conflict. potential for global conflict since 1945. >> thank you very much. that's the defence editor at the evening standard, robert fox. of course, on that breaking news that the leader of the terror group hezbollah, nasrallah, has been killed. that's according to the idf . the idf. >> indeed, some cheery news to kick off the show on your

saturday morning. it is a concern. is it? you know, if robert talks about all out war between iran and israel, i dread to think what that looks like, he says. robert says that that's not necessarily the start of world war iii, but we wait with bated breath. yes. anyway, elsewhere this morning have you seen the serialisation of boris johnson's new book, doing the roundsin johnson's new book, doing the rounds in the mail? he's on gb news with camilla tominey. i think it's next sunday, sunday, october the 6th, for a big sit down interview. but the former prime minister has revealed that he considered get this invading holland during the covid pandemic. in an extract of his new memoir in the daily mail. >> the former prime minister claims he asked senior armed forces members to devise a plan to liberate 5 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine. >> yeah, so boris reckoned the doses had been, quote, kidnapped by the european union and stored in a warehouse on the coast of holland, which was depriving millions of brits from receiving the jabs. we're joined now on the jabs. we're joined now on the panel by matthew laza and sandi bogle. good morning to you both. >> good morning. good morning, >> good morning. good morning, >> a bit lighter this after the,

you know, the threat of. >> well, it's extraordinary this story. so yeah, it seems that, that we sort of thought at the time there was some sort of vague talk when these 5 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine. so it was developed in britain, but it was made on the continent. so this therefore, there will be the big question became is how do you divvy out the doses that have been manufactured? did britain get them first? because it's because it invented it as it were. or did the eu get to keep them because they were made in the eu territory ? so 5 million were territory? so 5 million were stuck in a warehouse in leiden, just off the dutch coast, just near the capital, the hague . and near the capital, the hague. and at the time there was some kind of, you know, more wild columnists were saying, oh, maybe we should invade. well, it turns out the prime minister, who was himself a world columnist, is again now, was saying just that. and apparently he developed a detailed plan. he asked the military, but the great quote in the story for me is when the military, the chief who we were speaking to, said , who we were speaking to, said, yes, prime minister, we can do it, but we won't go unnoticed. they might see us if we start

invading, not least because the streets were empty, because they were on lockdown too. so, you know, you can sort of british, british forces wouldn't be walking through the streets of leiden unnoticed. it's incredible, isn't it? >> i mean, there's lots more in this memoir, but i mean, boris is a said to me. he's known to be quite a funny writer, isn't he? so how much of what he says do we have to take with a pinch of salt? >> i think you're absolutely right. and i think we need to take quite a lot of it with a pinch of salt. whether i think he obviously had the conversation, but whether he seriously contemplated doing it, i think is another question. but can you just imagine? you know, it could. and of course, i mean, on a serious level, there's obviously the netherlands, rotterdam, which is just down the road, is europe's biggest port, major trade centre, and we rely on things that pass through that , rely on things that pass through that, including things like ppe, which were coming through from from the far east. so i mean, obviously there would have been repercussions. it was just daft. and i think it's boris trying to get his, his story. he's trying to write history first. i think. yeah. >> sandy, what do you reckon about the other revelation from bofis about the other revelation from boris that he talks about partygate? when he was accused of partying in downing street

dunng of partying in downing street during covid and eating crusty m&s sandwiches, which pretty much brought his government down. he said i saw no cake, i ate no blooming cake. if this was a party, it was the feeblest eventin was a party, it was the feeblest event in the history of human festivity. do you believe him ? festivity. do you believe him? no, no, really. >> i mean , come on, it's plain >> i mean, come on, it's plain sight . they were all partying. sight. they were all partying. >> you can't deny it . like you >> you can't deny it. like you know. and obviously, i sure know a lot of others were doing exactly the same thing, you know ? exactly the same thing, you know? so, yeah, you know, he was trying to your point. >> do you think that him saying he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, do you think that possibly could stir up a lot of anger in, in the public's eyes who were actually. >> well, i was angry. >> well, i was angry. >> celebrate . >> celebrate. >> celebrate. >> i was angry myself. i mean, literally like my grandkids, like, you know, there's few birthdays during that period of time and we couldn't celebrate, their, their parties or anything like that. and other people had, you know, we was locked. it's locked down, is locked down. and that was to do with everybody.

and he overstepped the mark. they all did. but sandie vara bofis they all did. but sandie vara boris writes in the mail, he says, here's what actually happened. >> all you really need to know about this miserable and wildly inflated affair. over the course of about two years of fighting covid, there were about 15 occasions when officials in downing street briefly slackened the tempo of their work and raised a glass to a departing colleague, or held a quiz, or marked a birthday in the way that all officers do . most of that all officers do. most of them then got on with trying to get the country through covid. at the time, we believed all these events were in accordance with the rules, and i still think they were. i only went to a handful, almost always to make a handful, almost always to make a quick speech of thanks. i still went even in the brief time i was there. i saw enough to say parties is simply too festive a word for what went on. i mean, can you blame him? i mean, it was that that occasion he got fined for during covid. i think it was rishi sunak's birthday or was it boris's birthday? he went he walked into the cabinet office, where he has been had meetings day in, day out. matthew laza you probably agree with this meetings day in, day out during covid and there

was a piece of cake there, which apparently he says he never ate and he just lifted a glass and said, happy birthday rishi. and that was about it. and then he walked out and that's what he got fined for. >> yeah, but i think the issue is, isn't it, that, as you say, people, people, he says it's what offices or offices do. well, that's what all offices do in normal times. >> absolutely normal everyday working times or whatever. they, you know, but not in lockdown, like lockdown is lockdown. we were all locked down. we all are supposed to do what was supposed to be doing, not just because of who you think you are. you you know, you can go and do whatever and you got caught. bang to rights. people were videoing and taking pictures and everything . taking pictures and everything. everything like that. >> sorry. you know, lead by example . yeah, exactly, exactly. example. yeah, exactly, exactly. >> and we certainly do know that he may not have been directly involved, but his staff were were bringing wheelie cases of wine down from the co—op and the strand. i was in that co—op last night and it reminded me , come night and it reminded me, come on. seriously, i think it's the question generally is boris needs to take responsibility, not just for this, of course, but as the rest of the memoir comes out, is he going to actually admit ever that he was

wrong, which is the sign of a good leader? >> okay. elsewhere, the allegations against mohamed al—fayed, the former harrods boss, keeps swirling. i think yesterday the solicitors representing victims said that 60 more , or 60 in total had now 60 more, or 60 in total had now come forward. a massive deluge of people saying they were assaulted by al—fayed. i think we've got a quick clip. can we play we've got a quick clip. can we play this ? play this? >> i just thought was it what i was wearing? why did he do that to me? was it because i looked back at him when he kept staring at me in the restaurant? i was making all these excuses , almost making all these excuses, almost sort of blaming, blaming myself for the incident, for the assault. he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it . eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you. you know, i don't care how you. you know, i don't care how you feel. and i do think because it was in a public place , so to it was in a public place, so to speak, he he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come

in or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance. 100%. >> it's rather harrowing , isn't >> it's rather harrowing, isn't it? we were just hearing from sarah savage, one of the another one of the alleged victims of mohamed al—fayed . i mean, it's mohamed al—fayed. i mean, it's extraordinary, isn't it? and the barristers of those representing the victims say there are lots more to come and it's become a global issue. >> yeah, i do believe he he wasn't in it alone. i do believe that a lot more of, wasn't in it alone. i do believe that a lot more of , the people that a lot more of, the people who worked for him are involved too, as well. obviously they knew who was coming in the doors, who was leaving out them doors. i worked in harrods for nearly nine and a half years . nearly nine and a half years. back in the day, back in. yeah, back in the day. and that was before he. so he he took over, when i worked there, it was amazing. i mean, i enjoyed working there. i worked there for a very long time, and i chose to keep working there because i enjoyed the atmosphere. everybody was very nice. and with me . but, with this

with me. but, with this situation here now with him taking over from from then and that, i believe it was started from very, very as soon as it went in there , i did hear a few went in there, i did hear a few things i was going to ask you, did any of you i did hear i did hear a few a few things which went on in there and, i do believe them every single one of them women that has come forward, that has spoken up and i believe there is more and they should come forward and speak up because it's supposed to be professional. when you're working for a big company like that, especially harrods, do as well. any company, anywhere, any business that you work for or, you know, you sign up to work for, it should be professional and nothing like that should be. it's appalling. yeah, it's literally quickly running out of time, unfortunately. >> matthew, i was going to get your thoughts on that, but i just couldn't believe yesterday the revelations that al—fayed made some of his staff members go through health checks to get tested, amongst other things, for stis. >> there's a lot of people with a lot of questions to answer. >> just i mean, when i heard

that my mind exploded. i mean, getting getting your victims checked for health before you abuse them. it's just. absolutely. yeah, it just blew my mind. sandy matthew. thank you. you'll be back with us very, very shortly. but still to come, we'll be joined stateside to hear how starmer's trip went down across the pond . but next, down across the pond. but next, maybe it's maybelline jingle creator michael boumendil will be with us to share why there are some tunes we just can't get out of our head back in

tick. hello. welcome back. 1027 ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live only on gb news, what do you reckon about catchy jingles ? so we've got, papa, jingles? so we've got, papa, pick up a penguin, washing machines live longer with calgon , remember? >> i know that one. >> i know that one. >> yeah, and one for may day. where in the world? >> pc world, pc world.

>> pc world, pc world. >> we've also got. i'm loving it. what's that from? i'm loving mcdonald's. yeah, and. oh, i feel like chicken tonight. how does that go? i don't know, i feel like chicken tonight. like chicken tonight? is that the one i don't know, and of course, that one. this is your best one. oh this one. >> you have to do an american accent with it. you have to say maybe you're worth it. can you do, like, a zoom in? i'm joking. maybe you're worth it. maybe it's maybelline. yeah. very good. >> okay, well , look, we're >> okay, well, look, we're talking catchphrases and jingles, because, of course, instantly recognisable and sometimes a little annoying. in the case of the gocompare one, perhaps an iconic advertising jingle can stay in your head all day and sometimes stand the test of time. >> it's almost 100 years since the very first jingle. can you believe it? and that was. have you tried wheaties? no, not familiar with it, i don't know. yeah. me either. that hit the uk on christmas eve in 1926, and since then commercial jingles have become part of everyday life, embedding themselves in our minds. yes. >> and brands and yeah , indeed.

>> and brands and yeah, indeed. and new research has found that over half of us find it hard to get jingles out of our heads, and a good jingle can have us singing along all day. sound expert. our music designer for some of the world's most renowned companies, michael boumendil joins us now. good morning michael. thank you for joining us, first of all, what is the secret ingredient, the secret recipe for a hit jingle that stands the test of time over the decades. >> well, i have to say, the secret. well 100 years ago is now the secret today. because today, all the brands are using music. so the first secret is to stand out is to make something different, something to do, something interesting . the other something interesting. the other thing, i believe, is to do something that is true to the brand that is talking to you. you know, it's not only about the memorability, but it's about, telling something about the brand. you know, when i hear you, your voice, your tone of voice says not only who you are, i can recognise your voice, but it says a lot about your mood, your personality. so the other reason why we make successful

jingles is because they are catchy. because they are different, but also because they say something to us that is interesting. and finally, keeping this link between the brand and the customers. >> michael, tell us about your involvement in the new maybelline jingle. this makes me i haven't heard it, but it makes me a little bit sad because i was an avid maybelline concealer user for many years. other brands are available, but the jingle was the was the main reason why i bought into it. so why are we changing it? >> first, i have to say that i've been listening to you like the last 30 minutes, and i know it's not a lot of good news that we're sharing, and i have good news for you. you don't have to be sad because we kept most of the legacy. i mean, you know , the legacy. i mean, you know, maybelline is an iconic brand and it was 30 years ago, 40

years ago, it was like when you maybe heard this jingle for the first time. and, you know, it's never a good thing to destroy when you have a fantastic legacy like this. so what we wanted to do is keep something, and you will first, we keep the words, which is exactly what you have in your mind. and we created something that is not linked to the past, but to the present and the past, but to the present and the future. maybelline, maybe 30 years ago, was talking about the beauty of 30 years ago, and there was a kind of sensuality in this approach . maybelline is in this approach. maybelline is not only a an american brand. of course, new york is key, but it's a global brand. it's a brand of today. what is new york today? today in new york is a blend of so many different influences. we wanted that to be clear in this new jingle, new, you know, new york is a lot about energy. it's a lot about. and maybelline is about energy. so we wanted to enhance this energy in this reinvented jingle .

energy in this reinvented jingle. confidence energy. i i want to say diversity . and finally, say diversity. and finally, we're projecting the brand in, i hope maybe in the next 40 years. >> so last question, because we're running out of time. but if you were going to create a jingle for uk plc for great britain, what elements would you take for inspiration? what would it be included in your jingle it be included in yourjingle and why? >> that's a tricky question , but >> that's a tricky question, but you're going to be disappointed. there's no recipe, so i will not tell you in fact, you know, it's just like you go to a hotel and say, i want i want a new suit. but for what? every brand has a challenge. maybe this is understood. maybe this is not understood. maybe this is not understood. what are the competitors doing? what are my customers expecting? and this is from this analysis. the analysis of the environment that you create the right vocabulary . create the right vocabulary. maybe the suit that you're having yesterday will work or will not work, but i'm sure that

the day you got married, or if you get married, you will not exactly have this shirt, maybe. yes. okay, so you know, this this is not a question i can answer like this . it's answer like this. it's a strategic asset, and it's an asset for the success. so you need to understand the environment okay michael, thank you so much forjoining us this morning with your expertise . morning with your expertise. >> great to have your company. yeah.i >> great to have your company. yeah. i wonder i wanted to ask we're running out of time but i wanted to ask how he does it. has he got a studio in his house and he sort of course. >> well, maybe we should ask the gb viewers what's their favourite jingle? >> yes. gbnews.com/yoursay, yeah, i'm loving it. i feel like chicken tonight. a mars a day helps you work, rest and play any more that we haven't got, the go compare one. yeah. and what was the other one? >> car insurance one is the cornetto one a jingle? is that just a song? oh, yes. >> give me one. it's like an operatic, isn't it? to me. yeah yeah. all right, let us know. let's move on. what's coming up next? >> tatianna, i think we'll be talking about some bubbly, some prosecco, won't we? getting boozy ? yeah, we're getting boozy boozy? yeah, we're getting boozy next. so stay with and also,

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>> hello. welcome back. 1037 ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live on gb news. somebody on your say mentioned the fudge. a finger of fudge is just enough . remember that. just enough. remember that. i think it's from 1973. i just googled it and watched it on youtube a bit before our time. any good, it's quite a catchy tune. yeah. i'll see if we can get it on the on the telly for you to have a listen elsewhere. let's go stateside, shall we? because the for race the white house is hotting up, to say the least, because donald trump and kamala harris are both at loggerheads with each other ahead of the november election, with the democrat nominee apparently slightly nudging it. >> okay. well, to tell us more, we're delighted they were neck to neck, but now we are joined to neck, but now we are joined to tell us more by nelson, aspen, journalist and author, live from new york. good morning or good afternoon , wherever you are

afternoon, wherever you are while you're in america, aren't you? but it's the wee hours here in new york city. >> and yeah, ben, you're right, they are neck and neck. but most of those the advantages in the polls are within the margin of error. so it really it's anybody's guess at this stage of the game. >> yeah. nelson i want to play you a quick clip because donald trump met zelenskyy yesterday. the president of ukraine. and i mean, some people are suggesting that he really sort of enforced his masculinity over zelenskyy, not least because he's about double his height, but just look at this clip where trump is talking about his friendship or relationship, at least with vladimir putin and zelenskyy interrupts him to say, yeah, but we've got a good relationship. and trump kind of says, yeah, whatever , it takes. two to whatever, it takes. two to tango. look at this clip . tango. look at this clip. >> we have a very good relationship . and i also have a relationship. and i also have a very good relationship, as you know, with president putin. and i think if we win , i think we're i think if we win, i think we're going to get it resolved very quickly, very worried . i really quickly, very worried. i really think we're going to get it. i

hope we have one more good relations with. >> oh, it's so awkward, isn't it , nelson? >> well, president zelenskyy is in a very difficult position because he doesn't know who the president's going to be. so he has to play both sides very carefully. in the event that trump wins in the event that harris wins, he has to make sure he's friends with both. what i think is interesting is that trump feels at least so he claims that he can have the conflict resolved if he is elected president before he's even sworn into office. he's that confident that he can fix the problem. similarly, with everything exploding in the middle east, he claims that that conflict wouldn't even be going on if he had been in office. >> i mean, there's a lot of, there is a lot of division between the two. and one of the main topics is immigration. so if we're talking about public confidence in both kamala harris and donald trump, i think it's important to not only mention kamala's interview, latest

interview that she's done, which we'd like you to go into a little bit. but also, she made her first visit to the border since 2021. is anyone going to fall ? that's right. quote fall? that's right. quote unquote fall for that visit. >> well, she is the so—called border tsar. and you're right, she has not made a visit to a border town in almost three years. so she did go to a town in arizona yesterday. and the timing was very interesting because donald trump gave a pre—emptive speech warning people that not to believe anything she has to say about the border, because she's been in a position to do something about it for three and a half years. and hasn't. so anything she says would be hollow or empty. her new favourite word seems to be holistic , so she's seems to be holistic, so she's talking about a holistic approach to everything. but the border situation is a major issue for most american voters, and the timing may or may not be suspect that yesterday we had a bombshell report about the numbers . aside from the millions

numbers. aside from the millions of people that have poured across the borders, specifically 13,000 plus of those migrants and people that have come across the border illegally are convicted murderers and almost 16,000 are convicted rapists and criminals . so these are the criminals. so these are the people that are coming across the border and of course, the republicans are seizing on those numbers now. >> so those numbers are crazy. where are they from? >> that's from the ice. the immigrations and customs enforcement. so you know, it's that sort of without the ice pun. that is the tip of the iceberg. we are we are in trouble and we need the border fixed and kamala harris claims that donald trump has sabotaged their efforts and that he would, quote, rather run on a problem than fix a problem . than fix a problem. >> well, if their official government figures, you could probably double or triple them, to be quite honest with you. and i'm guessing those figures aren't doing kamala harris any

favours at all, as the apparent borders are absolutely not. >> and a lot of people are calling her out yesterday for her visit to the border town in arizona as being a photo opportunity . so we'll see if it opportunity. so we'll see if it has any traction in the polls. but i don't know. the polls are suspect themselves because it depends. i can't imagine that anybody's undecided at this point . and if they are, it point. and if they are, it wouldn't be over immigration. >> nelson i reckon i mean, call me naive. i reckon that sways it. if trump hones in on those figures and makes the point that it's probably double that for me anyway, that is an absolute clincher . if that. i anyway, that is an absolute clincher. if that. i hadn't heard that before, and it's really stunned me to the core, actually, so yeah, my money now , actually, so yeah, my money now, if i'm going to bet on it, is donald trump in the wake of those figures, if your issue is immigration, then then that is correct for you. >> for some people, it might be the economy. we haven't heard anything about climate change in weeks. nobody seems to be talking about the environment. it's all economy and border at the moment . yeah.

the moment. yeah. >> well, you know, notwithstanding, if we're going to give a little bit to kamala harris and give some balance, if you could say that there's a trio of, kansas republicans who have now thrown their support behind kamala, one of those being a one time chair of the senate labour committee, where does that put things in terms of number one voter confidence and number one voter confidence and number two, the polls? >> i'm not sure. a lot of everyday american voters are swayed by three republicans from kansas, former senator and insurance commissioner and a retired judge . we you know, we retired judge. we you know, we talk about this when taylor swift gives an endorsement or george clooney, you know, that's nice and it's nice press. and every candidate wants an endorsement. you know , give me endorsement. you know, give me an endorsement i'll take it. but for the average voter, does it have any sway? i don't think so . yeah. >> oh, now, sinner dusty old kansas republicans or stunning immigration figures that show tens of thousands are rapists and murderers? i don't know, thank you , nelson, forjoining

thank you, nelson, for joining us. appreciate your time. have a great weekend, well, i tried yeah. >> good job. and still to come we'll be meeting prosecco producer ed and he'll be here share why brits love italian

welcome back to saturday morning live. now our next topic. as a nation, we import the most booze after the usa. apparently the united kingdom is a key market for the global wine trade, including the italian one. >> well, that's a start, isn't it? the second biggest importer of booze in the world. never knew that. well, italian wine in britain is worth a whopping £891 million and can be described as a prosecco phenomenon, apparently. so joining us now to tell us more about why these italian bubbles are so popular. is ed smith, the founder of the emissary, a british based prosecco brand. good morning. good morning guys. thank you for coming in. and you've done just

as we asked. you've come laden with booze and bottles and glasses. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> so the definition of prosecco. tatyana, you were saying earlier , is sparkling saying earlier, is sparkling wine that's been made in certain areas of italy. which areas? exactly. >> so the prosecco region is north—east italy, it's about sort of an hour north of venice foothills, the dolomite mountains, very, very beautiful . mountains, very, very beautiful. part of veneto. veneto. exactly. well done . show off. yeah, i'm well done. show off. yeah, i'm half italian, so . well, there we half italian, so. well, there we go. okay. you should be teaching me. know about it. so. yeah. so like champagne? that has to come from the champagne region in france. prosecco has to come from the prosecco region in italy. and it's different to champagne and other sparkling wines. so english sparkling wine in that geography, like we just mentioned, has to come from that region in italy, the grapes that are used are different. so prosecco has to be at least 85% glera, which is the native grapes of the region, and it's most importantly the method. so champagne and english sparkling wines used the traditional

method where second fermentation which produces the bubbles, happensin which produces the bubbles, happens in the bottle, whereas prosecco uses what's called the charmat method. so the second fermentation happens in steel vats. it's a much quicker process and that's why prosecco is a bit more affordable. >> so the ms3 is a british based prosecco brand? yeah. so so is it made in the uk? >> no, no. made in italy . yeah. >> no, no. made in italy. yeah. >> no, no. made in italy. yeah. >> that's why you can call it prosecco. >> exactly. yeah. >> exactly. yeah. >> you can't call it prosecco unless it's made in those two regions. and i forget the second region. it's veneto and. >> yeah. so the veneto i did write it, the main region and the second region is next door, friuli venezia. >> exactly . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay, great. so can we get stuck into some of these? that's the most important absolutely thing this morning. >> so we have three proseccos, the reason i started the emissary, which is what we're tasting today , tasting today, >> so i butchered the pronunciation of that, didn't i? >> no . don't worry. easy >> no. don't worry. easy mistake. the emissary is fine, but emissary , i think, is but emissary, i think, is emissary okay, a little bit better, so i've partnered with a

family run, third generation vineyard out in italy. i started the brand because i just felt there was a lot of prosecco in there was a lot of prosecco in the uk. as you mentioned, it's a huge market for prosecco, but it had just been flooded with really poor quality products. yeah. brand prosecco has taken a bit of a hammering just because there's as production goes up, quality often comes down and they fill it with sugar. >> we've got four minutes. so sorry . let's get talking. sorry. let's get talking. >> and so what are we tasting first. >> so this is our doc treviso extra brut. so this is 85% glera blended with a pinot grigio grape, >> and is there a, is there a proper and posh way of tasting and smelling prosecco etiquette? >> well, no. you just have a little, little sniff so you get a bit of the bit of the nose and a bit of the bit of the nose and a bit of the bit of the nose and a bit of the aromas. >> it reminds me of a ward dos award ceremonies. >> absolutely. so technically we should be drinking out of a slightly bigger glass, so you get the get the aromas as you're

sipping. >> okay, so £891 million. that's the italian wine market in the uk. how does that fair to say home grown sparkling wine? because the uk is doing very well, isn't it? >> absolutely . yeah. which is >> absolutely. yeah. which is great. and obviously i'm a big supporter of all the english wine brands that are coming through. and, it's great that that's doing well. but prosecco is, is a totally different dream to, to the english sparkling wines. yeah, that's much more akin to champagne and to the grapes used. and the method used to produce it. that's delicious. >> it reminds me of being hungover at a wedding. that is absolutely delicious. >> well , this is ben. that's >> well, this is ben. that's because you're drinking bag prosecco , right? prosecco, right? >> i like to know what kind of notes are in. are in drinks as well. so i'm going to try it. so it's a little bit fruity. >> yeah. so the first one is it's an extra brut. so it's very light very dry. it's got some citrusy notes minerally notes. this is our docg superior. so it's from the best grapes in the vineyard. steeper slopes and it's blended with the chardonnay. so it's a little fuller bodied, very, very fine bubbles, and it's got this docg

appellation. so it's got, it's basically recognised as this a guaranteed best grapes in the region . region. >> and what would you say is best to eat with this first prosecco? >> so they, they all i was going to say they both, they all pair well with sort of shellfish fish light appetisers, not so much with the sort of heavier dishes like steaks and stuff, but but the docg pairs better with, with if you are going to drink with a heavier foods, you want to drink the d.o.c.g because it's a little fuller bodies. >> and you mentioned bad prosecco is more sort of hangover inducing i guess. why is that? what is it? >> well, because if the mass produced on poor quality wines and they fill it with sugar and sulphites to sort of mask the poor quality of the wine , ours poor quality of the wine, ours are much lower sugar. they're all sustainably produced and they're just they've got three generations of wine growing , the generations of wine growing, the poor into into every bottle . and poor into into every bottle. and these guys just put a lot of passion into making the wines. >> we have one minute left. okay. should we try this last one?is okay. should we try this last one? is this the rose? >> this is our rose. yeah. so

this is i love a rose. >> this is again 85% glera, but it's blended with a pinot noir or pinot nero . or pinot nero. >> cheers. big ears. >> cheers. big ears. >> this is this is usually a favourite among the ladies. exactly. >> this is a bit of a new thing. cheers, rosa, prosecco is only allowed granted. production by the italian authorities in 2001, i think. but this has got sort of red berry fruit. >> i think that's my favourite, >> i think that's my favourite, >> i think that's my favourite, >> i would say the first. they're all delicious, by the way. thank you. oh, they're stunning, i would say the first and the third are my favourite. >> okay. that's i mean , >> okay. that's i mean, literally it's so weird because whenever i do these sort of tastings, people just have different opinions. you probably like the first one because it's very light and dry. yeah, a lot of people prefer the slightly more complex of the delicious one. >> but where can where can people find out more? >> very quickly, so just head to our website if you want to buy some or to our instagram at the ms3 prosecco , yeah. but if you ms3 prosecco, yeah. but if you want to, if you want to have a little try, try, try on the website. great. >> thank you very much. and i'll

make one of those to take home to my wife tonight. >> absolutely. these are for you guys. so you enjoy joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> stick with us on saturday morning live. we'll have all the showbiz news next including phillip schofield's big tv comeback on monday. back in just a tick. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. hello! >> welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office through today. we'll see some showers in the north—west. sunny spells elsewhere before turning more unsettled from the west on sunday. looking at the bigger picture, then we've got a ridge of high pressure extending across much of the uk. there is across much of the uk. there is a frontal system across the north—west of scotland, so here we are going to see some cloudier skies across scotland with some outbreaks of rain and showers affecting north western parts of england and also parts of northern ireland. as well, but on the whole further towards the south across wales and much

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killed hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. that's breaking over the past hour or so. >> boris johnson has revealed he planned to invade the netherlands. yes, that is correct. in a bid to secure covid 19 vaccines, that is, and opening up about partygate as well, he insists. i saw no cake. i ate no bloomin cake. we'll have plenty more from the former prime minister's new book shortly. >> and comedian and beautiful good friend of tatiana sanchez, francine lewis, will be here to share with us her upcoming book and competition with simon cowell to find the next big comedian . comedian. >> and this thursday was known as baby boom day, with the most babies in the uk born each year. we'll be joined by mum to be and former x factor contestant and businesswoman gemma burke to share her motherhood journey. so far . far. >> and i was asking why this

week was baby boom week and a producer off air said to me, well, because babies who were conceived over new year and christmas are being born now. of course it's september october time, so people are trying to have babies more in the festive season. i'm not sure if they're particularly trying intentionally, but i guess they're. the booze is flowing, everyone is off work and you never know. you never know what happensin never know. you never know what happens in households and wherever else. >> certainly no judgement over here. so indeed, let us know what you think. >> gbnews.com/yoursay are you a september or october autumnal baby? have you got plans for any more babies? let us know. before anything else this hour , anything else this hour, including phillip schofield's big return on monday night, he's blamed holly willoughby for throwing him under the bus. does he have a point ? he have a point? >> possibly. he could have a point. >> diplomatic as always. tatiana. yeah, that's coming in the showbiz section with steph takyi. but first, your news headunes takyi. but first, your news headlines with lewis mckenzie .

headlines with lewis mckenzie. all of a sudden, very much looking forward to christmas. good morning. it's 11:00. looking forward to christmas. good morning. it's11:00. i'm lewis mckenzie here in the gb newsroom . now, the israeli newsroom. now, the israeli military say they have killed the commander of hezbollah in strikes in southern lebanon. in a tweet, the idf claimed that hassan nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world, saying he was killed in the strikes. the lebanese health ministry is reporting that at least six people have been killed and 91 wounded in attacks on central beirut. on your screens now are live pictures of where that missile strike happened last night. where that missile strike happened last night . soldiers happened last night. soldiers and aid workers are currently taking part in the rescue operations, looking for survivors and the victims in the rubble , and the reuters news rubble, and the reuters news agency are now reporting that iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah, has been transferred to a secure location in his country with heightened security measures in place . barristers

measures in place. barristers representing alleged victims of mohamed al fayed say they are now 60 survivors, and they have credible evidence of abuse at fulham football club. the former harrods and fulham fc owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults after a bbc investigation was published last week. one of the alleged victims spoke exclusively to patrick christys on gb news last night. >> he had this look in his eyes and i'll never forget it. it was like a monstrous i'm going to get what i want from you, you know? i don't care how you feel. and i do think because it was in a public place. so to speak, he he would have gone further had he would have gone further had he could. i think he was worried somebody might come in or i might have started screaming or something like that. so he made his exit pretty quickly, and i think he would have definitely raped me if he'd had half the chance, 100%.

>> now, at least 43 people have been killed in hurricane helene as it makes its way across the southeast of the united states, leaving millions without power. emergency crews are racing to the rescue of people trapped in flooded homes after the category four hurricane struck the coast of florida last night. four hurricane struck the coast of florida last night . and the of florida last night. and the king has led tributes for national treasure dame maggie smith after she passed away yesterday at the age of 89. in a statement, the king praised her warmth and wit, while the prime minister remarked she was beloved by so many of her great talents , colleagues and fans talents, colleagues and fans from across the world have taken to social media to share their own tributes . just stop oil own tributes. just stop oil activists have targeted van gogh's sunflowers paintings again. three climate activists targeted the artwork just an hour or so after two activists

were jailed for a similar protest back in 2022. the national gallery says the two paintings targeted yesterday were removed for examination and were removed for examination and were found not to have any damage . and finally, it's been damage. and finally, it's been revealed that boris johnson considered raiding a dutch warehouse over a vaccination row with the eu. at the time, the astrazeneca vaccine was at the heart of the cross—channel row , heart of the cross—channel row, with the former prime minister claiming the eu were slowing down the pace of the rollout in the uk . according to an extract the uk. according to an extract from his memoir, mrjohnson convened a meeting of senior military officials back in march of 2021 to discuss the plans , of 2021 to discuss the plans, which even he admitted were, quote, nuts . well, those are quote, nuts. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mckenzie. 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 alerts . slash alerts. very good morning to you. 1106 ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live. and the big story of the day, and indeed the weekend, is bofis day, and indeed the weekend, is boris johnson's serialisation of his new book , unleashed, which his new book, unleashed, which is due out in a week or so. camilla tominey, by the way, on this channel next sunday. is it? yeah october the 6th. we'll have a big sit down interview with the former prime minister, amongst other things, he reckons that he considered invading holland during the covid pandemic. in an extract of his new memoir detailed today in the daily mail. >> funny you say he reckons, because we were talking earlier about, you know, could his words just be a little bit inflated? anyway, the former prime minister claims he asked senior armed forces members to devise a plan to liberate 5 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine, and

bofis of the astrazeneca vaccine, and boris said that the doses had been kidnapped by the european union, who he claimed were being spiteful and vengeful in the wake of brexit and stored in a warehouse off the coast of holland, which was depriving millions of brits from receiving the jabs . it millions of brits from receiving the jabs. it sounds a millions of brits from receiving the jabs . it sounds a little bit the jabs. it sounds a little bit like it's from a movie, doesn't it really? >> well , joining us bond esque, >> well, joining us bond esque, maybe it does. >> joining us now for more on this is political commentator matthew stadlen. what do you make of this? >> well, it's quite extraordinary, isn't it? i mean, some would say it's not particularly extraordinary because it's coming out of the mouth or the pen of boris johnson. part of me hopes and wants to believe that this is clickbait . it's splashed across clickbait. it's splashed across the front page of the daily mail, which is serialising his book. he's desperate to sell books, no doubt, but if he really did have these conversations , and if the these conversations, and if the deputy chief of the defence staff actually had to say to him, prime minister you know, this might be noticed and we then have to explain why we are effectively invading a nato ally. i mean, if these

conversations really did happen, then it seems to me he was completely unfit to be prime minister. but then i thought he was completely unfit to be prime minister. anyway, it's not helpful on one analysis, when our current prime minister, keir starmer, is trying to reset relations with the eu and for us to be taken seriously as a country for this sort of story to emerge. but there is another view. >> oh come on, how's boris scuppering any current day relations with the eu? >> because he's a former prime minister. but that was about to say there is another view, which is that it might remind the eu and remind all of us how far we've come by. no longer having bofis we've come by. no longer having boris johnson as prime minister. oh yeah. i'm sure you'll come back to me on that. >> and yeah, amazing. not even 100 days in government. and keir starmer is absolutely deluged in scandal from, you know, donors. is it a scandal though? >> it is scandal because why is it scandal? >> because they spent matthew the last 4 or 5 years calling the last 4 or 5 years calling the tories corrupt, full of sleaze and cronyism. what do they do within the first week? they appoint swathes of politically appointed civil

service appointees, ian corfield in the treasury, who gave five grand to rachel reeves. he had to step down because, of course, the appointment was an absolute joke. other people, donors , joke. other people, donors, aides who worked for the labour think tank in politically neutral civil service roles. if the tories had done that, there would be absolute uproar from labour and there has been criticism. there has been criticism. >> are you suggesting that keir starmer is corrupt? because i was very careful during the tory governments there were allegations of corruption flying around on social media. are you concerned about that? hang on. let me just come back to it. and i was relentless, as i'm sure you know, on social media, on television, on radio, in holding that tory government to account. but i never made allegations of corruption because i think if you make allegations, some people did, labour did. if you make allegations of corruption, you have to be incredibly sure of your facts. >> okay. so you were very vocal dunng >> okay. so you were very vocal during the tory years. well, there were some allegations that that david cameron did a similar thing , but i don't know. thing, but i don't know. >> but that's not the point.

>> but that's not the point. >> that is not the point. >> that is not the point. >> keir starmer getting a bit of a harder time. >> somebody said that the mirror released a story today saying cameron and his his wife received free clothes at the time . that's not the point. the time. that's not the point. the argument isn't whether they receive gifts or not. and is it morally right to receive political gifts and donations? it's the fact that labour did it after accusing the tories of being full of sleaze, and they shouldn't have been doing it in the first place. >> i think there are a couple of conversations there. well, and you can absolutely make that allegation. i think there are a couple of conversations. one is should the rules on donations and perhaps particularly gifts , and perhaps particularly gifts, change because the rules are the same for everyone. and that's a perfectly reasonable, i think, conversation to have. i do also actually think it's reasonable to for journalists to ask why it is that the prime minister, largely as leader of the opposition, took so many freebies. i think that is a reasonable conversation to have. do i think the optics are good? no. do i think it's highly unfortunate that this is a major

distraction at a time when our country is, as i've described before, on a precipice, because we have so many issues facing all of us and all of our viewers. i think it's deeply regrettable, but you haven't said whether he's corrupt yet. >> starmer . yeah, well, i think >> starmer. yeah, well, i think i think it is. i think it is corrupt when you're taking donations and money and you know , donations and money and you know, criminally corrupt. no, don't don't try and back me into a corner. i'm just asking you accuse me of being criminal. of course not. i don't, i think morally, i don't think politicians should be taking donations and gifts from people know that the rules should change across the board, not just for starmer, but for everyone lobbying, its lobbying and its cash for access. >> and i think that's a perfectly reasonable conversation to have. >> yeah, but but the point is, you said that you were very vocal during the tory years about this, and i've noted you've been very quiet about it online. >> i haven't been i haven't been quiet about it. i've said two things. >> and you've also said, by the way, i'll let you finish in a second, but you've also said that it's nice to have. you didn't say this verbatim, but something similar to it's nice to have proper politicians back in charge trying to reset relations with the eu. when you've just admitted yourself that it's regrettable what's happened with labour. >> so i didn't i didn't actually

at that moment say proper politicians. i said that starmer was trying to reset our relationship with the eu, which i think boris johnson did very serious damage to. we can't confine keir starmer to one story. i mean, i don't know how defensive or not you were of bofis defensive or not you were of boris johnson. i think it's perfectly reasonable that you are asking these questions. do i think it's a major distraction? of course i do . and do i think of course i do. and do i think that the optics are good? no, i don't , but i'm not sure that don't, but i'm not sure that it's quite the story that journalists are building up. because don't forget these . because don't forget these. these are all declared interests. the gifts have been declared, maybe not specifically. and i think the prime minister's office has gone back to be more specific . that's back to be more specific. that's why we're hearing about this second tranche of for money clothes, which hadn't been specifically declared for clothes. but there are there is a wider conversation to be had, and starmer is by no means the only person to benefit. >> it was also declared late, wasn't it? >> so i mean, yes, and it seems to be and they've gone back to try and rectify that . look is try and rectify that. look is this do i want to be here

talking about a story where starmer has taken freebies? i don't think that there is any suggestion that he has broken the rules. you rightly point out that some declarations have been made late, but they've been rectified. i understand the point about hypocrisy, and if i were in his position , i very were in his position, i very much hope i wouldn't have done some of the things that he's done. does this mean that he's going to be he should be sacked or stood down as prime minister? no. are there very serious these are quite extraordinary developmentsvery j these are quite extraordinary issues facing our country? yes. developmentsvery serious no. are there very serious issues facing our country? yes. yeah. yeah. >> he's been taking two and a >> he's been taking two and a half grand spectacle donations half grand spectacle donations from lord alli at the same time from lord alli at the same time as stripping pensioners of their as stripping pensioners of their winter fuel allowance. winter fuel allowance. >> those are the optics, those >> those are the optics, those are the optics. are the optics. >> and they're not great >> and they're not great whacking 20% on private school whacking 20% on private school fees, disrupting the education fees, disrupting the education to thousands of people when at to thousands of people when at the same time getting 20 grand. the same time getting 20 grand. >> he's trying to improve state >> he's trying to improve state school. he's trying to improve school. he's trying to improve state school education for 93% state school education for 93% of children who go to state of children who go to state schools. okay. >> all right . we're running out schools. okay. >> all right . we're running out >> all right. we're running out of time. apologies, matthew >> all right. we're running out of time. apologies, matthew stadlen, thank you very much for stadlen, thank you very much for the constructive debate and the constructive debate and conversation. >> well, moving on, we're going conversation. >> well, moving on, we're going

to go to the middle east and the to go to the middle east and the conflict there where the israeli conflict there where the israeli defence force claims to have defence force claims to have killed the hezbollah leader. killed the hezbollah leader. that's the terror group, that's the terror group, hezbollah leader hassan hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. >> yes. and it follows israel's nasrallah. >> yes. and it follows israel's targeting of beirut overnight targeting of beirut overnight with a series of attacks with a series of attacks claiming to have struck the claiming to have struck the developments. central headquarters of iranian central headquarters of iranian backed hezbollah. >> israel claims that nasrallah backed hezbollah. >> israel claims that nasrallah was the intended target , and was the intended target , and was the intended target, and also that initially there were reports that he was fine and had survived. however, after several hours of confusion, his death was confirmed by israel. >> yeah, a tweet from the idf reads the following . hassan reads the following. hassan nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world, and there are also reports separately that iran's supreme leader has been moved to a secure location under heightened security. i guess tatiana over fears that he, too, is going to be next in the sights of the idf. >> yes. well, joining us now for more on this is the former head of the royal prosecution at scotland yard, dai davis. dai, thank you very much for joining us on saturday morning live. these are quite extraordinary

were killed a year ago. >> i mean, the world is a crazy place. >> yeah, the world is a crazy place. i like that, di. very true indeed . whilst you're here, true indeed. whilst you're here, do you want to talk about al—fayed swathes of new allegations coming , were allegations coming, were emerging yesterday. the solicitors for victims saying that there's been an enormous deluge of people coming forward. is this london's worst kept secret? how many people knew about this alleged behaviour? >> well, once again, you're quite right. and fired seem to have rules. a bit like our prime minister. really? he had rules. i wonder who wrote those rules. certainly as far as fired was concerned, he wrote his own rules and others seem to follow in the wake as it were, i'm really concerned as to now the allegations that were published yesterday in the mirror by their chief crime reporter , alleging chief crime reporter, alleging that over 19 victims actually went to the metropolitan police and actually made allegations. didn't anyone connect this

dreadful man? and these incidents? so the question have to be asked are, what on earth was going on? what evidence was actually put forward to the crown prosecution ? who were the crown prosecution? who were the investigators, and why didn't they link all these allegations? i'm merely asking, as an investigator now, with half a century around the world and in this country investigating crimes, i always say, if you don't investigate properly, you won't find evidence. so i'd like to know who was in charge of these investigations . was there these investigations. was there any influence, brought to bear by the former detective chief superintendent who was head director of his security? a man called mcnamara, and many others who were very close to him and were very quick to spout the nonsense about the allegations about the conspiracy . okay. about the conspiracy. okay. diana and his son, they were absolute nonsense and so forth . absolute nonsense and so forth. >> dai davies, thank you very much for joining

>> dai davies, thank you very much forjoining us on the much for joining us on the latest on the alleged allegations against mohamed al fayed. and of course, we're not just talking about allegations with harrods staff. we're talking about allegations at fulham football club as well, where he was the owner of. so and you know, we're talking about as the lawyers representing the alleged victims have said, many more coming forward. >> yes, indeed. we're joined now by sandi bogle and matthew lazar back on the panel. matthew very quickly, of course, who was the head of the cps in 2009 when one of the victims of al—fayed drops on the cps desk? >> yeah, it was it was it it was keir starmer. we have no evidence that it went across his desk. >> well, number 10, number 10 say it didn't know. yes. it went across the desk of the cps high profile division , which, yeah. profile division, which, yeah. al—fayed was being scrutinised by and i just i mean, can you believe that as the head of an organisation, you wouldn't know who was currently? >> yeah, actually, i had a friend who was very senior in the, in the cps at the time, and there was just such a volume of cases.i there was just such a volume of cases. i think that what they didn't do then at the time is get the chief prosecutor to look

at the all the high profile ones, which seems jolly sensible. i don't think that was the practice beforehand. i hope they've changed things so that so that the so that ones that are going to of this magnitude do land on the death of the desk of the chief prosecutor, who then makes the decision and can carry the responsibility. >> okay. seems crazy. >> okay. seems crazy. >> why you wouldn't look into all the high profile ones. yeah. >> i mean, if, you know, we'll have to take him at his word that unless evidence to the contrary emerges, that that it never came across his desk. >> well, he also, of course, infamously was in charge when savile was . i think it was the savile was. i think it was the same thing. >> i mean, effectively, because the, the cps, such a big organisation, most of the time the person running it is actually running the organisation. you know, as an organisation. you know, as an organisation rather than individually prosecuting cases. >> can you not see a scenario where maybe, you know, just from a curiosity point of view, you're at the coffee machine or having lunch? well, they're not allowed to discuss things at the coffee machine because there's strict protocols in place. >> i mean, i don't know what you mean, but do you know what mean? >> like, you know, you're the boss of the organisation. maybe just saying. oh, i wonder who's in in the high profile division. yeah.

>> i mean, you know, perhaps i mean, lawyers have a way of doing things where they try and where they put walls up and, you know, they're not like us. we certainly discuss things over the coffee machine here, but thankfully, we're not dealing with issues of that magnitude . with issues of that magnitude. >> okay. what stories do you fancy getting stuck in to? >> shall we talk about the, this this? yeah, this story obviously caught both sandy and my eyes, which is that the parents of a teenager who was stabbed to death by the youngest killers since the bulger case, has been speaking out because the two guys responsible, got sentences yesterday, but they were only given a minimum of eight and a half years. and because they're so young, they potentially are going to be out in their 20s. so she has said , his mum masca she has said, his mum masca zahawi. she said, yeah, i'm not happy. all the children in the uk will see that they only get eight years and they will do the same thing. >> yeah. i mean, eight, eight years. is it 18 years? >> is that justice? >> is that justice? >> that's not justice. i mean ,

>> that's not justice. i mean, it's eight years. eight and a half years. yeah. >> so they got life sentences, but eight and a half years is the recommendation. yeah. >> this is why we're having problems. i believe this is why we are having problems. because the sentencing or the crimes that they are doing , the that they are doing, the sentences are not strict enough . sentences are not strict enough. i to me personally, i sentences are not strict enough. ito me personally, i think if you're taking a knife out with you're taking a knife out with you carrying whatever it is out with you onto the streets, even thinking about before you leave the house to put it in your pocket, to walk out onto the streets, you're committing a crime. i believe you should be punished straight away for it, and i don't think the sentences are long enough. strong enough, or positive enough to deter them from doing what they're doing. this is why it's recurring. recurring and then you're going to prison and it's like one day. i don't mean to be funny. i keep it 100 as i do. it's not it's not right. and they're only 13 how. >> now. >> and apparently the time they've already spent in secure it's already they've already knew enough already counts. so they could actually i mean i mean i suppose technically they

could be out in their teens. >> now another interesting question that's been going around regarding this. do you think parents should be held accountable for crimes their young ones commit, even at such a young age? >> look, you can say we can say, i always say it takes a community to build a child. yeah, it takes a village. it takes a community to build a child. yeah at the same time, you can't keep an eye on your child every single second of the day, but at the same time, you know, you can't tell them. you don't know that your child is unruly. i don't care if your child is answering you back. disrespectful disrespecting you in your house, your child is being rude, which means your child is capable of doing something which you do not like. so you can pull your child up from the very beginning. don't forget , children have brains from the very beginning. don't forget, children have brains and sponges. they educate . it's sponges. they educate. it's education. it's all to do with educating from their very young. once you lose that , then it's a once you lose that, then it's a biting point and then it's put onto the schools, the colleges, the that kind of system to kind

of like be responsible. so yes, we are responsible parents are responsible. teachers are responsible. teachers are responsible. the community is responsible. the community is responsible. we need more role models. it's not always about these big stripping. whatever video, music videos saying that you can get rich on it all adds up to influences. it's all to do with. it's to all do with the same thing. and being thinking that you're, you know , you're that you're, you know, you're big and or mighty and you're not. good point. >> yeah. good points. >> yeah. good points. >> thank you sandy. thank you matthew. sorry to cut you short, short and sweet. sorry for your expertise today and your pleasure. >> always love to be with you. yeah. >> up next, stephanie takyi showbiz juggernaut, as i call her, will be here with all the latest showbiz news, including, as i keep saying, because i love it. i'm absolutely here for it. phillip schofield's big comeback on monday night. see you in three

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place. we're on our way there with toys in the millions. all under one roof available everywhere . everywhere. >> well, yes. well, that little voice that you just heard is stephanie takyi, our showbiz juggernaut . juggernaut. >> juggernaut? >> juggernaut? >> take us through a dose of showbiz news this week, and we're going to start with a sad bit of news this week. that happened just yesterday, aren't we, steph? >> dame maggie smith, her sons, came out yesterday in a statement and said that she passed away peacefully at westminster and chelsea hosphal westminster and chelsea hospital, and she is one of the titans. she was one of the thans titans. she was one of the titans of the acting industry eight decades career. like the stats are impressive 63 films, 78 stage roles and 88 television appearances. that was the magnitude of dame maggie smith's acting career. she was one of those actors who had the ability to make any viewer who's watching her pay attention to her, and intently because sometimes it will be the words or the witty lines, she would

say. but also she was one of those actors as well. she wouldn't need to say anything. and she her body language was just so impressive and she just captured so many generations through both young and old. this is a woman who has been in the acting game since the 1950s, but then she enjoyed a resurgence when she got onto downton abbey. sister act, all those incredible things and the prime minister has paid tribute. his majesty's paid tribute and said that he she is actually a national treasure and i know that term gets used, used loosely. quite a bit. but she actually was. >> yeah. didn't he? harry potter star harry potter daniel radcliffe also paid tribute, didn't he? yeah. something quite is said to me. lovely about, but interesting as well. yeah. >> because she was in all eight films. sharp tongued, both on screen and off screen. and you know, she was in all eight movies. so for them, they've also grown up with her. and to be working like a side a legend like that is something you would not forget in your career. and

even though she's gone, she will never be off our screens. >> we're squeezed for time, but can we get stuck into phillip schofield? >> oh my gosh. phillip schofield is going to be back on our screens after a 16 month exile . screens after a 16 month exile. he's going to be in phillip schofield castaway next week a three part episode on channel five. it's going to be him stranded off the coast of madagascar in africa, and he's going to have to fend for himself for ten days. obviously, we know he's had this scandal where he had to quit his job at this morning so very much. this is going to be a personal redemptive case. i personally feel for phillip schofield where he's going to be talking about life since the scandal and what's next for him. he says he will never go back to itv, so that's why he's on channel five. >> oh really? yeah, itv. >> oh really? yeah, itv. >> i'm sure if the price is right he would . right he would. >> there's a breaking news story. >> who would have thought schofield never coming back to itv? yeah he talks about he lebanese health ministry is rep0|yeahthat at least lebanese health ministry is rep0|yeah he: at least lebanese health ministry is rep0|yeah he talks ast lebanese health ministry is rep0|yeah he talks about he suggests holly willoughby his itv? yeah he talks about he suggests holly willoughby his long time on air partner, threw long time on air partner, threw him under the bus and also i him under the bus and also i guess very sadly he suggests guess very sadly he suggests

that well said that he was that well said that he was readying himself to take his own readying himself to take his own life. >> yeah , because can you imagine life. >> yeah , because can you imagine >> yeah, because can you imagine at that time, at that last, when >> yeah, because can you imagine at that time, at that last, when it happened, he was the most man it happened, he was the most man that was on front of the that was on front of the newspapers. his career had gone newspapers. his career had gone out the drain and for him, holly out the drain and for him, holly was like his best friend. so i'm was like his best friend. so i'm sure we're going to hear more sure we're going to hear more about this in the show. about this in the show. >> and that starts monday, >> and that starts monday, monday to wednesday. monday to wednesday. >> right. tune in. ben. >> right. tune in. ben. >> right. tune in. ben. >> i will, i'll be there. >> right. tune in. ben. >> i will, i'll be there. >> i will, i'll be there. >> i will, i'll be there. >> for me, it was one of the >> for me, it was one of the biggest stories last year. it biggest stories last year. it was yeah. great. thank you was yeah. great. thank you steph. steph. >> thank you guys. >> thank you guys. >> thank you guys. >> thank you guys. >> lewis mckenzie is on standby >> lewis mckenzie is on standby with all your news headlines. with all your news headlines. good morning . it'sjust good morning . it'sjust with all your news headlines. good morning . it's just after with all your news headlines. good morning . it's just after good morning. it's just after 11:30. i'm lewis mckenzie here good morning. it's just after 11:30. i'm lewis mckenzie here in the gb newsroom. the israeli in the gb newsroom. the israeli military say they have killed the commander of hezbollah in strikes in southern lebanon last night in a tweet, strikes in southern lebanon last night in a tweet , the idf night in a tweet, the idf claimed that hassan nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world, saying he was killed in these strikes. the lebanese health ministry is

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for king has led tributes for national treasure dame maggie smith as she passed away yesterday at the age of 89. in a statement, the king praised her warmth and wit, while the prime minister remarked she was beloved by so many for her great talent, colleagues and fans from across the world have been taken to social media to share their own tributes . just stop oil have own tributes. just stop oil have targeted van gogh's sunflower paintings again. three climate activists targeted artwork just an hour after two other activists were jailed for a similar protest. back in 2022. the national gallery says the two paintings targeted yesterday were removed for examination and were removed for examination and were found not to have any damage . and it's been revealed damage. and it's been revealed that boris johnson considered raiding a dutch warehouse over a vaccination row with the eu. at

the time, the astrazeneca vaccine was at the heart of the cross—channel row, with the former prime minister claiming the eu was slowing down. the pace of the rollout in the uk. according to an extract from his memoir, mrjohnson according to an extract from his memoir, mr johnson convened according to an extract from his memoir, mrjohnson convened a military meeting of senior officials back in march of 2021 to discuss the plans, which even he now considers as nuts . well, he now considers as nuts. well, those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mackenzie. 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 slash

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now delighted to be joined by comedian and my beautiful friend francine lewis, who's here to share with us her upcoming book, the last laugh and an exciting competition in collaboration with none other than that mean simon cowell. >> francine, it's not so mean anymore, is he not? he's not. and you know what? >> having a child. is it? maybe. >> having a child. is it? maybe. >> definitely. it's really weird because i really like simon. he was nasty. i just found that, i don't know , quite sexy. now. don't know, quite sexy. now. he's way too nice . way too nice. he's way too nice. way too nice. >> that's what they say, isn't it? you get all the nice guys say, i never get any luck with women, and they always say i'm too nice. >> do you know what the truth is? i've always thought simon was lovely. he's such a nice guy . was lovely. he's such a nice guy. like when i was doing britain's got talent and i was very, very excited, you know, to meet simon again, because it was the second time i had actually met him. and i always thought he was such a charming, lovely man. so it was

all the persona, isn't it? it's just he had that. but i do like i think it is more fun watching him nasty. i said, go back to being nasty , simon nasty. being nasty, simon nasty. >> simon cowell . well, francine, >> simon cowell. well, francine, it's been a while since you were on in the studio here @gbnews and you've got a lot going on. you've got a new book coming out. tell us about about this book and also what you've been up to in the meantime. >> well, i am very, very excited to be able to write this book because i feel it's like a long time coming. and i've been in the industry like i feel forever. a lot of people who saw me on britain's got talent, which is a nice younger generation that i've obviously got of fans now, but i was also like doing so much in the late 90s and doing shows like obviously generation game with jim, night fever. i was team captain with the likes of amanda holden and claudia winkleman, davina mccall, you know, we used to have such a great kind of line—up. every single week on that show. and i was i had my

own show on capital radio, a lot of people don't realise the sort of people don't realise the sort of stuff i'd done before, you know? and not only does it show all the great things i've done in my life and my career and how lucky i've been, but also my struggles. no one has a perfect life and i certainly haven't. and it will all be in the book, so i'm very excited about it. >> of course you are more recently well known for bgt and your impressions and whatnot. i have to ask, have you got any impressions up your sleeve of this current labour government? maybe sir keir starmer are you even working on impressions recently? is that in your repertoire? >> well, i always do. you know what i do watch a lot of reality tv, a lot of that sort of stuff. what do you watch? oh, i love towie, love island. so seriously. dan azeez haniyeh anneliese you lot. you've got to watch her. she's so back josh howie love it. seriously, so i'm always doing, you know, whatever the new reality shows are, the favourite is katie price and we've got a video. >> i think we've got a selfie

video of us doing have we? we have. >> i'm showing tatiana katie perrior, which she does amazingly, come on tatiana, let's no, i don't i don't i don't tatiana katie. >> it's a mixture between katie price and tatiana. >> come on, let's hear it. tatiana. >> no, no i can't. >> you do well , what can >> no, no i can't. >> you do well, what can i >> no, no i can't. >> you do well , what can i say? >> you do well, what can i say? i love it. what do you think? i love when people take me off at shows. what a big star i am. >> it's the lick of the lips. it's those little things. >> isn't it essential to how her character is kind of, like portrayed in the way you do her? that that little lick of the lip is just. yeah. yeah, genius. >> it's funny because when i do an impression, i get the mannerisms first, no matter who it is, you know, like, it can be audrey from corrie, and it's like, soon as you do the first, you know that the voice is just going to follow. it's always , going to follow. it's always, that's what's up. and then, you know, even with cheryl , it was

know, even with cheryl, it was always, i kind of like , always, i kind of like, pretended. i just thought, it's so calm. she does everything with a real calm sort of look, you know? so i totally, utterly loved her. in her turn . loved her. in her turn. >> she's my favourite, by the way. she's my absolute favourite and in this book. so i want to go back to, to your book called the last laugh. you talk about your experience in the industry and as you've shared with us, you've done a lot more than people might realise that you've done being in the limelight and seeing all the behind the scenes stuff in this crazy industry. i like to say what kind of what can you share with us that people may not, may not realise and understand about you? >> well, the reason why i do call it the last laugh is because i've always, i don't know if any of you have watched the programme mrs. maisel, which i absolutely loved, it's an amazing series. it's series. if you haven't on amazon prime. and i related so much to it because it was about, a female who was i

hate saying it, but glamorous, you know, who didn't like, you know, look like a typical comedian . and i never forget my comedian. and i never forget my very first tv appearance when i did sky star search with keith chegwin all those years ago. i think i was like 18 or something. and one of the judges said, you know, you're amazing, but you should be in a trouser suit, you know, and i thought to myself, no, like, this is me, this is my image. and i don't want to change that . and, and want to change that. and, and i think, i think years ago , think, i think years ago, comedians did have a persona of looking a certain way, you know, our typical joe brands and, you know , people like that. and i know, people like that. and i think men with scruffy hair and glasses. exactly. you have to look funny to be funny , but, you look funny to be funny, but, you know, and i just feel like, no, i wanted to be me in every tv show. i did, i had the stylist trying to style me in a certain way, but i had my own image and my own style. i mean, i looked very smart today, but, you know, generally i like to look like,

you know, a little bit of a little dolly kind of look, you know, i like a little dress and cutesy look. >> we're fast running out of time, unfortunately. but just tell us about this competition with the show, right . with the show, right. >> really excited because i'm working again with simon cowell . working again with simon cowell. we're both, collaborating on a brand new streaming channel called lounges. i'm looking for the next comedic impressionist i will be mentoring them. and what the amazing thing is, the prize will be that they go straight to the auditions in front of the famous judges and gets to be on britain's got talent, britain's got talent, and i will be mentoring. >> amazing. and where can people find out more if they want to enter? >> all they have to do is go to the lounges app and you can enter the competition. please do, because impressions are so hard to come by. we are a bit of a niche, you know we are quite unique and it's always hard. i know for britain's got talent every year to find impressionists. so come on guys, get on this app and let's let's

get on this app and let's let's get you in front of those judges. it'll be amazing. >> i love it. well done . >> i love it. well done. francine, i'm so proud of you for everything that you're doing. and you're an author. you've already got a children's book out and. yeah, and you're doing amazing. and i will be reading that book. >> thank you. and last laugh is out now. >> it's going to be out at the end of october, right? >> good stuff. francine lewis, thank you so much for being with us this morning. still to come, we'll be joined in the studio by businesswoman and former x factor contestant gemma burke. see you in just

tick. welcome back. 1149 ben and tatiana with you on saturday morning live only on gb news. and this past thursday was the day that the most babies were born in the uk. wow. apparently i think because people were quite frisky, shall we say, over christmas and new year, perhaps . christmas and new year, perhaps. and i just have to say, my wife

just texted me and said my own baby, my 18 month old zach says zach doesn't understand. you can't talk back through the tv. he's trying to talk to you. he's showing his toys to the tv. so i have to say hello. zach. love you very much. hi, zach. hello. our next guest is nine months pregnant and is here to explain why and share her story on why hydration has been a key part of her pregnancy. >> welcome to gemma burke. hi, gemma. hi. how are you? good. how are you doing? how far along are we now? yes. >> so i'm nine months. yeah. 35. just gone. 35 weeks. 36 weeks on wednesday. so. wow. we're reaching the end. >> how are we feeling? >> how are we feeling? >> slowing down. i'm finding it really hard to slow down. that's the hardest part of it. you know, not doing everything that i want to do or used to doing. and being on the go all the time, but yeah, you still are . time, but yeah, you still are. >> yeah. businesswoman on the go. yeah. and you're talking about hydration we've got here, haven't we. we've got a little can of something called true sport hydration that you've brought in for us today. yes.

this packaging does actually look quite nice. it's yummy. yes. tell us more about about this and your kind of journey. yeah. >> so i originally got into, everyone's like, how did you get into hydration? so i run a lovely boutique spa in northamptonshire and, and one of these products that we have three brands. so there's true sports, true hydration and natural glow. so natural glow is the way that i kind of came into this, we sell them or saw them originally, mainly through spas and salons. and then adopted, this, this brand as well, and refreshing actually, it's very refreshing. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's light. so this one's still the other two brands are sparkling, actually, which is nice to mix. it up. so. yeah. so i got into it through through my current, my other business, and then had the opportunity to, to put that side a little bit and have other people run it and, and really help out with building this brand. >> so it might seem like a silly question and an obvious question,

actually, but why is hydration so important for mothers in pregnancy? >> so, i mean, we lose a lot of our goodness to our baby, which obviously is fine , but we need obviously is fine, but we need to find and get it back through other sources. now that doesn't mean then drinking an extra litre of water a day , because litre of water a day, because going to the toilet is quite, it happens quite a lot through pregnancy. so if you then add more water, it's not necessarily going to hydrate you and it's just going to go around your body and out into the toilet. so it's not just about hydrating yourselves, it's about optimal hydration. so making sure the hydration. so making sure the hydration that you put into your bodyis hydration that you put into your body is optimal. so our water goes into your cells. we actually don't call it water. we call it hydration because it's completely different. >> yeah, because hydration i play >> yeah, because hydration i play a lot of sport. hydration isn't just water, is it? it's electrolytes. it's minerals and salts. you can drink a lot of water and still be, i find, hydrated, especially after, say, i don't know, a sauna where you lose a lot of salts and electrolytes. >> yeah. i mean, the other thing to think about is if you're

drinking so much water, it can actually have a negative effect. so it passes through your body and it can take your actual electrolytes out of your system. if you're drinking too much water. now what the aim of the game is with hydration is finding a hydration that has the perfect osmolality. now what? that means it hasn't got all of the other chemicals that you find in even bottled water. and then if you can get the perfect osmolality, which again, like i say, is really hard to find if you can get it, it will work in the cells. so what that means is and i don't want to get too technical because i don't want to scare people off it, but at the same time , you know, it has the same time, you know, it has to work intracellular if you can find the osmolality that is perfect and why it's intracellular, then all the other goodness that's in the drink, like the electrolytes, we're also going to cellular. >> and also is sport for good pregnancy. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so i've tried my intense sport though. yeah. >> you have to be careful. but as long as you're keeping active, being active is actually really for good you, across the board, of course. >> what do you do to keep active dunng >> what do you do to keep active during your pregnancy? >> so i do a lot of walking, i

was very heavily into running around some marathons before i was pregnant, and i did have to slow that down slightly again , slow that down slightly again, which i said was one of the hardest things for me. i was doing weights, and, you know, it's just keeping active is really, really important, so yeah, just be very careful and not lift too heavy towards the end of your pregnancy. >> yeah. i've always wondered whether the your current level of fitness when you conceive both as the mother and the father, whether that passes on to the baby having sort of some natural athleticism, i think so i think that there must i mean, i'm not a scientist, so i wouldn't want to give the answer for someone probably watching and going, shut up. >> you don't have a clue. >> you don't have a clue. >> but there's got to be something. there's got to be something. there's got to be something in it. >> you're trying to claim that for yourself. yeah my son is going to be a runner. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, because i tennis i go in, i go in peaks and troughs. some years i'm super fit. i go in peaks and troughs. some years i'm super fit . other years years i'm super fit. other years i'm well off the wagon. but yeah, we'll see. >> i'm the same. >> i'm the same. >> well well done. and this is delicious. so thank you very much. >> thank you gemma. appreciate you being with us. and thank you at home for being with us. this

morning. dawn neesom is up next and we're back same time next week. >> yes we are. see you then . >> yes we are. see you then. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office through today . we'll see office through today. we'll see some showers in the north—west. sunny spells elsewhere before turning more unsettled from the west on sunday. looking at the bigger picture then we've got a ridge of high pressure extending across much of the uk. there is across much of the uk. there is a frontal system across the north—west of scotland, so here we are going to see some cloudier skies across scotland , cloudier skies across scotland, with some outbreaks of rain and showers affecting north western parts of england, and also parts of northern ireland as well, but on the whole further towards the south across wales and much of england. a fine day to come with some sunny spells too. we've got lighter winds out there today, but despite that, still temperatures a little bit below average highs of 11 in the

north, up to 15 in the south. now, as we go through this evening, cloudy conditions remain across much of scotland , remain across much of scotland, especially western areas and across parts of orkney where we've got further outbreaks of rain. temperatures will quickly fall away once again tonight. further across northern ireland again, a few showers remaining and across northwestern england coming down into wales as well, but largely dry. further to the south, you go with some early evening sunshine as well. now as we go through this evening, cloud and rain persisting across parts of scotland. but elsewhere a largely fine dry night to come with some clear spells as well. we've got light winds as well and that will help temperatures drop away so we could still see a touch of frost tonight, but perhaps not quite as low as what we saw in the previous night. further towards the south, though, we will see the winds increasing. it's going to be a mild start here, but a windy start with outbreaks of rain as the next area of low pressure moves through. so we have got a

met office wind warning in force for some strong gusty winds of 50, possibly 60mph across the southwest and into parts of wales as well, but further towards the east. a drier day with some bright sunny sunshine by by looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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