a labour sir keir starmer sacks a labour minister and we take your questions. oh, it's 8 pm. and this is the saturday five. we'll also bring you our highlights of the week in high five plus. >> does the panel believe that keir starmer will finally understand that the eu is defunct? >> well, i mean, that's an interesting question because jeremy clarkson has just come out and said brexit makes him want to sit in a gutter and weep. i wonder if he'd say the same thing if he actually looked at what the eu are trying to do to farmers. goodness me. but we'll be answering all of your questions first. first of all, though, it's the saturday night news with sam francis.

>> very good evening to you. it's just after 8:00. a recap of the breaking news we brought you in the last hour or so. that health minister andrew gwynne has now apologised after being sacked by sir keir starmer over what he described as badly misjudged whatsapp messages. the labour mp for gorton and denton is accused of insulting constituents and colleagues in a group chat, reportedly saying he hoped a 72 year old woman would soon be dead. gwynne says he understands the decision and will support. despite being suspended. the party says it's investigating and will take swift action if rules were breached. clashes have broken out between police and protesters today at a demonstration in london against plans for a massive new chinese embassy. scuffles saw police wrestling protesters dressed in black, with officers retreating as masked demonstrators linked arms and moved towards them. two

people were arrested for breaching public order conditions. former security minister tom tugendhat has called the development of that embassy a grave mistake, accusing the government of ignonng accusing the government of ignoring lessons from the past decade. the family of released hostage eli sharabi say they are relieved he's. >> free. >> free. >> but left heartbroken at how frail he looks. they've described him as confused, gaunt and missing the spark in his eyes. his wife and two daughters were killed by hamas militants dunng were killed by hamas militants during the october the 7th attack. he was paraded by gunmen in gaza alongside two other captives in televised event. meanwhile, all 183 palestinian prisoners due to be released in exchange have now been freed today, and the process is part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal between israel and hamas that started last month. the parents of a 15 year old boy stabbed to death at a school in sheffield have been leading a march today in his memory. caroline and mark willgoose walked with hundreds through the city holding banners

calling for an end to knife crime. earlier, a mass was held in the city to remember young harvey and the vicar at saint joseph's catholic church spoke to our reporter, anna riley. >> it was a very moving service. sometimes simplicity is the best, and it came across very well. and people held the family very much in their prayers. one quote i will give from the service is this that we cannot suffer as harvey's family are suffering, but we can suffer with them. walk with them. >> well, the day of remembrance culminated earlier with fans at sheffield united's match clapping in tribute. we've also heard a boy, aged 15, has been charged with harvey's murder, with a trial set for the 30th of june.the with a trial set for the 30th of june. the king and queen welcomed celebrities, chefs and diplomats to their highgrove estate last night to celebrate italian slow cooking. if, like me, you don't have a clue what that means, we'll stick with us.

the dinner included dishes such as crab ravioli and pork, along with the english and italian wine specials coming ahead of their italian state visit later on in the year. among the guests were charles and camilla, of course, and victoria and david beckham, dame helen mirren and stanley tucci. and the menu honoured that cause. close to the king's heart. it is, of course, slow cooking, promoting the right to good, clean and fair food for all, and strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine. apparently it's also championed by the italians. let's just bring you a breaking update before i hand you back to darren and the panel you back to darren and the panel. we're hearing tonight that belfast boxer john cooney has died today, days after suffering a brain injury during a fight earlier this week. the 28 year old underwent surgery after his first defence of the celtic super featherweight title was stopped in the ninth round. his family says they are devastated by the loss of a much loved son, brother and partner. they thanked hospital staff for

their tireless efforts to save him. sadly though, as i say, john cooney died today at the age of 28, his promoter announcing that news saying he battled for his life a week before passing away today. those are the latest headlines a full roundup at the top of the hour. now, though, it's back to the saturday five xtra. >> 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/alerts. >> thank you very much, sam. yes , >> thank you very much, sam. yes, you are with gb news and we are saturday five xtra where anything can happen. will has just downed a full pint. we've had to top up. >> his class. are you saying gb news in such an odd way tonight? >> because to be honest with you, i didn't have anything in

my autocue so i. >> was making it up as i. >> was making it up as i. >> but thank you very much for calling me out with that. right. okay. now, health minister andrew gwynne, he's been sacked over comments posted on a whatsapp group. as you'll know, if you've been watching over the last hour. and if you haven't, where have you been? mr gwynne reportedly made anti—semitic comments and joked about a pensioner constituent saying he hoped she died before the next election. that's according to the daily mail. now, a government spokesperson said this the prime minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office and lead a government in the service of working people. he will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards, as he has in this case. andrew gwynne said this i deeply regret my badly misjudged comments and apologise for any offence i've caused. well, to discuss this,

i'm pleased to welcome the former labour adviser, matthew lazan former labour adviser, matthew lazar. matthew, thank you very much for your company in this scenario. in this situation, what would your advice be to sir keir starmer? because right now a lot of our viewers are quite upset by the idea that pensioners should just go ahead and die. >> oh. >> oh. >> i assume matthew's frozen. unless unless this is him speaking through. >> i didn't think it was that. >> i didn't think it was that. >> hard a question. he didn't. >> hard a question. he didn't. >> get his winter fuel payment. >> get his winter fuel payment. >> all right. we'll come back to matthew laza once we've got that connection issue sorted out. i thought he was just doing a sort of dismayed look at. >> yeah, this. >> yeah, this. >> has hit. >> has hit. >> him hard. nothing to say. >> him hard. nothing to say. >> well, i mean, i wonder what that advice would have been, nicky. we might never find out. i assume to say he's done the right thing. >> i think he has done. and also thinking about the context of anti—semitism in the semitism in the labour party and how quickly keir starmer has to step on that

after what happened with jeremy corbyn. so i think he has done the right thing. >> immediately jules's messaged him saying don't they normally sit on the sofa for the extra part? now that jul said it's very well spotted, but doctor renee is wearing a floor length ball gown. and she can't make it over to the sofa. >> no. darren. >> no. darren. >> do you think that these scandals hit the labour party particularly hard because starmer has made such a big deal out of this sort of pearl clutching moralising, in the same way that someone like a bofis same way that someone like a boris johnson didn't. >> yes, 100%, because he, you know, i'll never forget the way he went on over boris johnson having a piece of birthday cake. and now we find out all of this stuff about the. >> vocals, the voice. >> vocals, the voice. >> coach, the essential worker, vocal coach. well, the only way that a vocal coach is an essential worker. well, i could yeah. >> i mean, look, to be fair, and to answer your question, this should hit anyone hard. and it should, of course, because it's absolutely disgusting. but the problem labour really do have now is they have set themselves up as these pious working for us

in our service, and yet we have seen hand over fist that there just aren't those people. so yes, it hits them hard, but they're just demonstrating to us that they don't really know what the working person is, let alone be working in thei