i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast.ator ofgem. the average annual energy bill will increase to £1,849 from april. that's the third consecutive rise to the energy price cap. that new figure represents a 6.4% a year increase in the typical sum that most households are going to pay for gas and electricity, or fraser myers is with us now the deputy editor of spiked online. fraser, what do you make of these figures? >> well, this is going to deal a huge blow to people's household finances. it's actually larger than we were anticipating. most analysts were predicting 5%, which would have been damaging enough. and this comes amid other price rises, council tax, other price rises, council tax, other forms of taxes. people are being badly squeezed now. energy doesn't just affect consumers. of course. it affects the broader economy. this is going to be a big drag on growth. this is obviously the this on top of everything else. so obviously the price cap is for households. but britain is currently paying the highest energy prices

i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. i'm very worried about the pope this morning. >> well he's very this morning. >> dangere's very this morning. >> danger to very this morning. >> danger to life. weather >> danger to life. amber weather alert is issued for the uk as heavy rain and deep floods hit parts of wales overnight. here's what to expect for the rest of the day. >> after an unsettled sunday. monday promises sunny spells for many of us. i'll have all of the details coming up shortly. >> and in the sport this morning the premier league title is now liverpool's to lose with 11 games to go. they beat manchester city two nil. rangers have sacked their manager philippe clement, after 16 months in charge and 13 points behind celtic. and the son of an ex england footballer who has broken a british athletic record. >> i love their very good morning to you on this monday morning. i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. i'm very worried about the pope this morning. >> well he's very old and t

i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. py valentine's day everybody. >> nice day to you. >> nice day to you. >> and eamonn i really like your tie this morning. a lovely choice. >> i'm full of love. love hearts. >> are full of love. >> are full of love. >> are full of love. >> are on my tie today. oh, you didn't notice that? no i didn't. >> i just saw the red tie. yeah. that's lovely. >> can we get a close up on this? yes. lovely red tie covered in love hearts. did you already have this or a special purchase? >> no, i already had this. >> no, i already had this. >> oh. >> oh. >> it's lovely. this was. i do think if you've got love in your life for someone to love. it's a good day today. not a lot of people are cynical about it, and they criticise, you know, people being involved in it. but i just think it's a nice thing if there's someone and it doesn't matter if it's a child or a parent or whatever, just someone who you're really close to and you want to show love to. i think today is the day to do it. >> love is all you ne

you're starting your day and you're starting your week with me eamonn holmes. >> and i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast with eamonn and ellie. >> all this dilemma people have as to what to wear on the red carpet. i think somebody there last night cracked it. just got it right for all occasions. >> i know what you're talking about and i'm not sure i agree. this is kanye west's wife, bianca censori have we got? wear. >> what i wear a wear nothing. >> what i wear a wear nothing. >> that's what she decided. >> that's what she decided. >> she wore nothing. a sheer dress over her naked body. and she walked the red carpet like that. >> obviously we can't. >> obviously we can't. >> show you because it's 6:00 in the morning, but you can imagine a very curvaceous woman covered in just a sheer dress. >> he hasn't made an effort, has he? he hasn't really made an effort. >> he was in black jeans. a black t shirt. >> yeah. no, he's. >> yeah. no, he's. >> just standing there saying, yes, she is my wife, basically. but there's nothing really to imagine here. she's a beautifully curvaceous

halfway through the week you're watching gb news breakfast i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello. >> i'm ellie costello. >> 75 years of formula one. and there are those people who use there are those people who use the roads, ordinary people who believe they're on a formula one track. ellie. that's what they do. and you know what happens? the police get them, catch them, and they have to attend speed coui'ses. >> courses. >> they do speed awareness course. how was it? coyte? >> it was three hours. it was three hours of sitting on zoom. but the thing is, though, i did something that the instructor said they've never seen before on a speed awareness course. so they have like a round where you see a little video and you're supposed to have a little look. and so, right, where's all the dangers? can you see the dangers? can you see the dangers? exactly. and i'm looking i'm thinking there's a kid, okay, there's a dog there. so then it ends and it says, what happened next? and i'm like, i have no idea. so they had a, b, c or d. so and it's like, well what do you think happened next. do y

on this wednesday morning i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. >>on't know about you guys but when it comes to holidays now i get i think the world's become a much smaller place. you think of wildfires in greece and portugal and la and then earthquakes in the greek islands, earthquakes. >> in santorini at the moment. >> in santorini at the moment. >> yeah. so shocking. santorini. there is an evacuation going on there. you'll see from these pictures here. and people are getting on boats and getting on planes to head to athens. as the famous greek tourist island suffers from increased seismic activity. so my point is, paul, of all the things we're worrying about here, have you ever been involved in an earthquake? >> i don't think i ever have, actually, i tell a lie. yeah. when i was on the radio in peterborough years ago and i was about 21, 22, there was an earth tremor. yeah. and it was the biggest news that we'd ever had in the city. so the front page, i remember it now. the evening telegraph said quake rocks city. and the true thing is that i was o

i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast.now you two are any good at art? >> no. >> no. >> terrible. >> terrible. >> no. oh. >> no. oh. >> i thought you'd be quite creative. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> just . >> just. >> just. >> csa for in art. yeah. and you know what? i think the worst that is, that is just like just drawing a stickman. i was terrible at art. really? i'd love to be able to draw. >> i couldn't replicate, like. >> i couldn't replicate, like. >> facial features or anything like that. >> no, i couldn't even draw hose. >> nose. >> no, i could draw a house or something. >> okay. >> okay. >> a house is all right. yeah, i can do that. well, the princess of wales has been busy. she has been. maybe it's a half term activity. who knows? but she's been working with her three children, right? to create artwork, portraits, actually. and so let's take a look at what they've created and see if we can guess who the artist behind the portrait is. okay, so we've got the first one here. so who do we think? >> kirsty. who are we su

i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast.ow it's a big night for british film last night. yes. the awards in london. alex dai davies was there. >> yes i was. »- >> yes i was. >> like, all the glitz. >> like, all the glitz. >> and glamour was. yeah, it was actually, it was a bit more subdued than the grammys were. everybody kept their clothes on, which was very good for a start. >> that's a. >> that's a. >> relief to that one. but yeah, it was a good night for the likes of like the conclave and the brutalist as expected. they were pretty much tipped for glory. and it was it was it was relatively subdued. just quite a nice plain sailing evening, to be honest. >> with you. we'll have all the clips and all the, the gossip from it with you very shortly. alex. thank you very much indeed. are you moviegoer, paul? >> absolutely. i went to the baftas quite a few years ago. did you? yeah. yeah, yeah i did. yeah, it was, it was, it was interesting. it was an interesting. it was an interesting situation. how can i why do i say this? ther

on this tuesday morning i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. >> thed story this morning a 15 year old boy has died after being stabbed to death at a school in sheffield. >> the young man has been named as harvey willgoose, a student at all saints catholic school. >> a teenager has since been arrested on suspicion of murder. >> well, this comes as children as young as ten have been found carrying knives. this is according to stop and search data. >> well, last year alone, just over 100 cases of youths between 10 to 17 were found with weapons. >> i mean, this is every parent's worst nightmare, isn't it? children as young as ten years old carrying knives. and it begs the question, why? what is a ten year old looking to do with a knife? why are they arming themselves with the knife in the first place? >> well, i remember when i was a teenager, you carried some sort of weapon or defence simply against being attacked by by somebody else. i mean, i knew that was quite widespread, but i would say this, i mean, our school, i can't i just can't imagine how a sc

on this monday morning i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. >> paul it could be worse. it could be worse. you could have been beaten in the fa cup by plymouth. true. yeah. yeah. true. you know i mean man united. we were victorious on friday night. >> you were victorious. >> you were victorious. >> a magnificent. >> a magnificent. >> let go. yes. >> let go. yes. >> let on site. >> let on site. >> on site, of course. no var. but it was on site. of course it was. yeah. >> people a lot of people are saying why is there no var in the, in the fa cup? and is it because you've got lots of small teams? >> i think. >> i think. >> that's it. who wouldn't be able to afford it. >> so then they try and make it fair across the board. so if there's, there's no point having a couple of couple of games of a couple without you know, i watched on saturday which kept away from football. i watched doctor zhivago. have you ever seen doctor zhivago? >> never. >> never. >> you've never seen doctor zhivago? >> omar sharif. >> omar sharif. >> no interest in. >> no interest in.

this is gb news breakfast and i'm eamonn holmes. >> and i'm ellie costello.ow it's valentine's day on friday. i hope you have lots of plans. >> both of you. oh, yes. >> both of you. oh, yes. >> were you even aware it was valentine's day? >> yes. >> yes. >> i'm glad i'm here. >> i'm glad i'm here. >> to say. >> to say. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> anyway, there's a story in the daily mail this morning about the best cars to pick up your date in. >> to impress her. right. >> to impress her. right. >> and coming in bottom. maybe we should start. there is the white van. >> right. okay. >> right. okay. >> it's the least. >> it's the least. >> it's the least. >> i used to see. unlike eamonn, my dad had a van, and i used to love going in the van. you used to love the van, didn't you? yeah. love the van. >> our van was called the magic carpet. >> was it really? >> was it really? >> yes. it had. it had a sultan or whatever on the side on a magic carpet. and the magic carpet was flying. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so it was the magic carpet. >> so it was the magic carpet. >

wherever you're watching, however you're listening i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm ellie costello, and thiss gb news breakfast. >> so we're talking about all these new towns, these 12 new towns proposed for around the country. and i think that's very exciting. i think it's very exciting. >> and they're meant to be beautiful as well. >> well, hopefully they will be. and we're talking about architecture in general. we're also talking about the ugly ones, how we've got it wrong so often throughout the years. and cheap doesn't have to mean ugly, but so often it does. and but also the king yesterday visited the most beautiful football stadium i've ever been in. the team of mr paul coyte. and yes, of course you've been there. >> yes, absolutely. i don't think he was quite the same as you were yesterday, though he was. he did have a lovely time. >> i enjoyed the champagne at spurs. >> little bit too much. it was. look, they were. >> the tottenham hotspur stadium walking up the tunnel there. >> who is he with there? who's the tall one. >> that is i don't know. is it. it's an nfl thing going on ther

i'm eamonn holmes. >> and i'm ellie costello. >> and i'm ellie costello. >> i know it's only 6:00 in the morning, but seeing that deep fry going on their chips, there are there are chips in their chips and their fish. >> and chips. >> and chips. >> chips. you're so right. there's a hierarchy. >> they have to be crispy. they have to be. people say fat chips are the best. i'm not a fat chip person. not person, but i'm not a fat chip. >> not a fat person. you're fat chip person. what you like, you don't like the little itty bitty thin fries.7 >> crispy. yeah. >> crispy. yeah. >> you like it.7 >> you like it.7 >> no, no, i don't care if it's an— >> no, no, i don't care if it's an ordinary potato, but if it's if it's more shrivelled than than not. >> it has to be kind of a bronzed colour. is that what you mean? >> i don't like a big fat bit of potato. yeah. battered. >> do you like a wedge? >> do you like a wedge? >> no. >> no. >> i know what you're saying, but i like a proper chippy chip. >> yeah. fish shop chip and chip is the best chip. >> very nice. >> very nice. >> but you see, there