Transcripts For GBN Saturday 20240703

Picking a tin of diet coke. Basically, it was a tin of diet coke from a self service fridge and taking up to a till where they scanned it. I was expecting a tip in a supermarket, you know, its one of those coffee bars america does coffee bars. Did you tip, did i . No, i asked for an explanation. It went down very well. Then i asked for an explanation as what they had done to deserve a tip. But all this is coming over here now. What was their reaction . What was their reaction . Its going to be punch ups. They thought i was very rude. British person didnt care. Sent you packing back across the atlantic. Yeah, well, thats why im here. Lets know what you think about that. Gbnews. Com yoursay. Ill be on there in a second. Dawn will as well. So well try and read your comments as they come in. But first, heres your News Headlines with sam. Ben and dawn, thank you very much. Good morning from the much. Good morning from the newsroom. Itsjust much. Good morning from the newsroom. Its just after 10 00. A look at the headlines this morning, and well start with some breaking news coming to us this morning out of east london, where two criminals have been sentenced for smuggling migrants into the uk. We understand , into the uk. We understand, using lorries and planes. Morteza hillage and kreshnik cadena are part of a major albanian crime network, arranged at least nine migrant trips in 2016 and 2017. The National Crime agencys eight year long investigation revealed the two men provided counterfeit documents and safe transport, charging £10,000 per migrant to make the journey. Theyve now received a combined sentence of five years and two months at Southwark Crown court. In other Southwark Crown court. In other news, israels Prime Minister is promising to return all hostages. He says, living or dead, after the bodies of three people were recovered yesterday in gaza, all of those three hostages recovered were thought to have attended the nova Music Festival on october the 7th last yeah festival on october the 7th last year. The father of one of the hostages says her return is a form of closure. Israel still thinks about 100 other hostages may be alive , while another 30 may be alive, while another 30 are understood to be dead. Are understood to be dead. Meanwhile, here in the uk, thousands of pro Palestinian Protesters are set to march through Central London this lunchtime. The demonstrators from stop the war and Palestine Solidarity Campaign are calling for an end to the conflict between israel and hamas and for a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel. Well, as we heard at to israel. Well, as we heard at the top of the programme from dawn, the number of cases of a waterBorne Disease in south devon caused by a microscopic parasite are expected to rise for at least another two weeks. Confirmed cases of cryptosporidium in the brixham area have more than doubled, with another 100 people reporting similar symptoms. People have been told to boil their tap water before drinking it and bottled water has been handed out at collection points well. South west water has now apologised and they are giving affected residents compensation of £115. Meanwhile, more than 30 protests are being held on beaches and rivers across the uk today to raise awareness of sewage pollution. Campaign group sewage pollution. Campaign group surfers against sewage are demanding more action to clean up the nations waterways. Theyre also calling on paddleboarders to join them at one of their paddle out protests across the country today, olympian and keen paddle boarder Dame Kelly Holmes is one of the famous faces set to join a demonstration. The triple lock demonstration. The triple lock on pensions will cost households an extra £10 billion a year by 2034. Thats according to reports in the telegraph. Reports in the telegraph. Pensions are raised every year by an amount linked to inflation in wages, or by a minimum of 2. 5. The obr predicts that spending on the state pension will exceed £150 billion annually in real terms, within the next decade. Economists, though, are warning this will place an unstable burden, they say, on taxpayers possibly forcing people to work longer and pay for the increase. Currently the full state pension is just over one £221 a week. That was following an 8. 5 rise in april. The health and social in april. The health and social harms caused by alcohol in england cost the taxpayer more than £27 billion a year, according to new estimates. According to new estimates. Thats a 40 increase in the last ten years. The institute of alcohol studies says the cost of crime and disorder linked to drinking costs more than £14. 5 billion alone, and on Health Alcohol related harm cost the nhs just under £5 billion. Thats enough to pay for the salaries of almost half of all nurses in england. However, the nurses in england. However, the dnnks nurses in england. However, the drinks industry says the data doesnt consider the £46 billion in direct economic benefits to the uk. And finally, if you didnt see the Northern Lights last weekend, well, there could be another chance on the way. The green, purple and blue scenes are expected to light up uk skies again in around a fortnight. The huge sunspot fortnight. The huge sunspot cluster that hurled energy and gas towards earth last weekend is now rotating back towards us, and that will release a solar flare towards us in about two weeks time. For the latest weeks time. For the latest stories do sign up to gb news alerts. You can scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Common alerts. Very good morning to you. 1006 ben and dawn with you on saturday morning live. We were just saying about the Northern Lights. I missed them because i was in bed. I missed them. You were in america, i was in america and they looked lovely and i did. I was lucky enough to see them once, actually, in the Arctic Circle are in an igloo. Well, i went to iceland in january to see them and i didnt see them, so thats my luck. Oh really . And i was asleep this time around. So there we go. Im never going on holiday with you, ben. Sorry. I know you kindly asked me, but its not happening. Right. Okay. Right, big show coming up, including lots of showbiz news. Can you guess which former queen of mean from a famous tv game show is now dating the queens ex husband . Let us know. Gbnews. Com yoursay. Dawn knows, but shes not going to be spinning the beans. Im not going to. Im not. No, no, im not going to give the game away because its quite a fun quiz to do, isnt it . Yeah, definitely a bit of a weird one, though. Strange, strange link up. Very strange. Quite a nice couple, though. Quite a nice couple, though. Yeah, yeah, well see what you guys think were going to reveal all very shortly with Eddie Phillips and showbiz. But for now, lets get to the top story of the day, which is new provisional data, which has just been released from the home office. It shows that the number of Illegal Migrants crossing the engush of Illegal Migrants crossing the English Channel has reached a new record, with 9861 attempting the crossing so far this year. Oh god, the 117 arrivals on thursday means that a new record has been set for the number of migrants arriving in the country in the first five months of any calendar year. Good start. Okay, so our Political Correspondent olivia utley is here with us in the studio. Good morning olivia. Nice to see you with us. What does this mean for rishi sunaks pledge to stop the boats . Because its not a good start for him, is it . Especially in what is a very pivotal couple of months coming up . I mean, this is an absolutely huge headache for rishi sunak. Sunak has been making the point for quite a number of months now that his stop the stop the boats plan is working, and actually until now, it looked like the data was backing him up. Last yean data was backing him up. Last year, arrivals on small boats were down 41 on the year before, and although the rwanda plan obviously hasnt yet been implemented , covid rishi sunak implemented, covid rishi sunak did manage to strike a deal with the albanian Prime Minister, which meant that all albanian migrants coming here got sent back immediately because albania is deemed to be a safe country. Is deemed to be a safe country. And for a while it looked like that strategy was working pretty well. But over the past five months of this year, that number has gone up and up. The Prime Minister says thats because were now seeing an influx of vietnamese migrants coming over here, which does , in a way here, which does, in a way underline exactly the point that rishi sunak is making in that you cannot make bilateral deals with countries over and over again, because whatever you do, there will always be there will always be a flow of people who desperately want to come for britain from countries all over the world. So you cut off one supply and another will just pop up in its place, which is why conservative politicians have been saying for such a long time now that we need a solution like offshoring migrants in rwanda or another third country. Obviously that plan hasnt worked yet. It has now got through those final stages in parliament after a lot of, ferrari and we can expect to see migrants taking off for rwanda in the next sort of 6 to 8 weeks. The problem is that makes it pretty late for the Prime Minister. He wanted flights off the ground by the spring. Well, its the 18th of may now. I think most people would say that spring ends on the 31st, and the longer he leaves it, obviously the closer we get to an election and the more unlikely it is that people will actually see the dividends of the rwanda scheme before they vote. And labour are trying to capitalise on that. This week, arent they . With sir keir starmer coming out with his labours first steps, which im assuming is just before labours first day at big school. Solid first day at big school. Solid food, who knows. But thats one of his 5 or 6 pledges. I lose the plot with how many pledges are actually making these days, but theyre trying to gain some ground on the migration situation, arent they . Situation, arent they . They are sort of. Quite belatedly, labour has seemed to realise that this is an issue which really, really resonates with the British Public so far. Labours plan essentially involves hiring 1000 new caseworkers in the home office to try and clear the backlog and get those migrants processed quicker. I mean, the Yvette Cooper has a nice way of phrasing. I think she calls it an army or something, some sort of similar military, simile , an of similar military, simile, an army of people clearing the backlog. It does really come down to more pen pushers in the home office. And i think there will be quite a lot of voters who arent really sure if that as a policy will cut the mustard. Okey doke. Shall we move on to some other stories in the papers doing the rounds today were joined by ceo and founder of youth vote uk, alex cairns. Good morning alex. Good to see you. Good morning. Rent controls, the shadow chancellor would give Councils Powers to cap rent rises. Good idea. Bad idea. I think its a good idea. Idea. I think its a good idea. So i think its a good idea. So a lot of people forget for a long time there was actually legislation that was put in place to actually cap rent, i think, to the late 80s. It was obviously changed. I know a lots happened since then, but actually were seeing now landlords really are kind of taking the mick with rent. You know, a lot of people that rent clearly cant afford to buy you know, its a very difficult situation. The average rent price in london is about £1,200. You know, for a lot of young people that i know every year its going up by, you know, seven, eight, 9 in some cases. And actually their wages arent going up in line with that. So actually i know, you know, a lot of people will argue, but landlords you know, its a free market. Landlords should be free to do what they want. But actually if its forcing people to have to move away, you could argue its kind of irresponsible to not have any legislation. So in defence of landlords, right. Interest rates have right. Interest rates have rocketed. We had years of nought percent, 0. 25, pretty much 0 free money. Now weve been at 4, 5, 6, even up to 8 in some recent times on buy to lets and yet wages havent gone up. But thats not landlords fault, is it . The landlords still have to pay it . The landlords still have to pay their mortgages and theres an illusion , i think, that an illusion, i think, that landlords are these rich barons with multiple homes. A lot of them have just inherited houses from dead parents. Theyre struggling to pay the mortgages on their own properties, let alone buy to let. So why should landlords subsidise tenants whose wages arent going up . Because i think, you know, were going to have a situation where if there isnt legislation, there, theyre going to constantly see tenants coming in, cant afford to stay and being moved out. Actually, to be honest, i think theres an argument to be said for both parties here because if there is some legislation put in place, i think landlords would actually look at, okay, you know, for example, if we cant put it up by more than 5, potentially, theres other ways that we can monetise it. But i think actually im not going to be sympathetic with landlords because i think im just not because i think im just not because i think a lot of stories ive heard, you know, a lot of people i know, you know, the work that organisation have said countless times that landlords arent interested in their, you know, their wage increase. Know, their wage increase. Theyre just interested in making more money. And i think its a tough time for everyone. Its a tough time for everyone. I think just, just ive covered this story before and i completely see where youre coming from, from from a sort of ideological perspective. But in ideological perspective. But in practice it doesnt work. Its been done in scotland. Nicola sturgeon introduced a very similar policy in 2022, and actually rent rises have gone up quicker in scotland than in the rest of the uk. Rent rises have gone up by 10. 8 since 2022, compared to 8. 6, and thats in london and londons pretty much the highest place in the rest of the highest place in the rest of the uk. Now why is that . Its because if you introduce a rent cap then landlords, they just leave the market. 17 of landlords have either sold in scotland in the last two years, or are planning to sell over the next year. And ideally, obviously, you get into a situation where those houses go on the market, they flood the market, meaning that the price of those houses goes down and people who were renting are able to buy in practice. We know that doesnt work because people just dont have the deposits. So instead what you get into is a situation where theres a smaller supply of houses and just as many people renting. And so counterintuitively , you get so counterintuitively, you get rent prices going up. This story comes from rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor has suggested that it might be applicable in some areas, but instantly it was cold water poured on it by the labour party, saying, this is not a labour policy. So there seems to be some division in the labour party as well as in the conservative party. Absolutely. And i think we should be a bit careful about that. Rachel reeves has suggested that she personally might be in favour of the idea, but what shes actually said is that she wouldnt rule out allowing councils to introduce rent control if they wanted to throughout the country, which obviously is a very different kettle of fish from what Nicola Sturgeon did, which was introduce rent controls herself throughout scotland. So its a very different situation. And as very different situation. And as you say, dawn, labour have already poured cold water on this. But if it is a sort of pet project of the shadow chancellor, you can see it happening anyway. But its interesting because actually, you know, we when we poll young people, a lot of young people are in favour of it. I think actually it polls well, and i think labour have actually got to look at this and think, can we sit down with landlords, can we sit down with potentially lets be honest, a majority of people that rent are tend to be younger because obviously, you know, theyve not got on the housing ladder. And actually theres got to be a way of finding a solution because at the moment there isnt a solution and people are having to move further and further away because they cant afford their rent price, and then people cant afford to buy. So, you know, they cant all move backwards. Mum and dad, theres no solution. Ive got, ive got, be well, yeah. Build more houses. I do have massive sympathy for the Younger Generation because they are not going to be owning their own homes, which means they wont have families. The birth rate is going to continue to fall, and unless youve got help from mum and dad or you get lucky with investments, youre just not going to own homes. So i do get it. But it also does make me laugh. You know, young people especially are all quite happy with open borders and uncontrolled mass migration, and yet they dont equate the two, you know, whilst were not building more houses and the government isnt, you know, Building Properties and homes for people, you cant then also be happy to have a lot of people come into the country. But should we move on to a very interesting story, to say the least, this teacher, rebecca joynes, whos been convicted of Sexual Activity with two teenage boys, 15 and 16 year olds, two lads, she taught it. Shes lads, she taught it. Shes probably going to get a prison sentence when shes sentenced in july. Is it different that its a woman and not a man . Should we be treating her differently . I mean, not really. Be treating her differently . I mean, not really. I dont think there is the argument that she has a baby and, you know, is it right to. She had a baby with one of the 15 year olds, which is not a great situation, but the situation now is that she is the mother of a small child. And you know, is it sensible to send her to prison . Perhaps there should be sort of clemency leniency on that front, but should she be treated any differently to a man in the same situation . I mean, probably not. Thatis situation . I mean, probably not. That is a 15 year old boy who has been groomed over a number of months. And then, absolutely bizarrely, while she was on bail, having been arrested for having a sort of affair with 116 year old boy, she goes and has an affair with another one. Alex. So there is this. There is this reaction out there that it would be worse if it was an older man grooming a teenage girl, then on, you know, a 15 year old boy having an affair with a woman in her early 20s, as she was. Yeah. As she was. Yeah. I think there is double standards sometimes on this. I think for whatever reason, the pubuc think for whatever reason, the public have a different perception. You know, as you say , they maybe have a little bit more sympathy for someone thats going to potentially be a mum. But what i would say and obviously, you know, i wasnt in school that long ago, you know, in classrooms, i think there needs to be more training around how teachers deal with so called lad banter , because actually the lad banter, because actually the story talks about a lot of the guys were saying , oh, miss, you guys were saying, oh, miss, you look so sexy today and making lots of comments. And obviously it kind of fed her ego. And actually there needs to be a way where teachers are trained to make sure that they can enjoy the compliments without engaging, because its a very fine line. And once you engage once potentially because ive seen it first hand, and even the school i went to, it just becomes a thing where youre tempted and temptation is a difficult thing, you know . I know we laugh about it, but he just confessed to being tempted by a teacher. Live on air. Yeah. Tell us more, alex. It is. It is every young lads dream. Im just going to say it now to get with their teacher. Why not . You fancy . Go for it. You fancy . Go for it. You fancy . Go for it. You fancy your teachers, right . But the thing that gets me with this story is that she made a father of one of those young lads and becoming a father. I speak as one of two young boys is a very special occasion. You want to do it with someone you love. Its something you dream of for many, many decades. Finally when youre youre ready, you do it and you do it with someone you love and you know youre in a solid relationship with, not your teacher whos sleeping with you and your mates because she just split up from her long term boyfriend. Thats the bit that gets me. No, i agree, i agree, and i think this this is where you know, you are in a duty of care. You need to understand that, you know, people will make comments to you, but you have to. Youre there to teach them. Theres a very fine line and you need to make sure that actually, if you think that there is too much banter in that class, youve got to go to the Senior Management and actually say that some of these comments are coming my way. How do i deal with it . Because i think sometimes teachers maybe, you know, its a difficult job. I dont know if theyre always equipped to deal with those situations. And then this happens if theyre not given the right training. I think thats quite a kind interpretation. Should we move swiftly on what, seeing as youve both confessed to fancying your teacher, and if you are a former teacher, and if you are a former teacher of these two, please call, olivia, are you a big tipper , well, im finding it tipper, well, im finding it quite annoying now in london. I think its very true that the American Culture has come over here quite often in restaurants. Youll see 15 immediately added to the bill without getting any say. Getting any say. You know, if theres been particularly good service, of course, im happy to tip , but course, im happy to tip, but sometimes you get sort of eight different waiters over the course of a meal. None of them have given you any kind of personal service, and then youre expected to pay another 15, presumably because the business doesnt want to pay proper wages. By the way, what is the tipping rate . Is it i normally tipping rate . Is it i normally tip 10, but people call me a cheapskate. Apparently. I think 10 is right. 10 now. It used to be 10 to 12. 5. Now it seems to be 12. 5. Yeah. And its sneaked up. But because were british, unless youre me in america, obviously , youre me in america, obviously, because were british, we dont like to say, you know, you its youve had okay service, but you get the bill at the end of it and you dont like to say, well, im sorry, im not putting a tip. It takes someone quite brave to do that. And that has been spectacularly bad service. I used to be very embarrassed when my mum would do that in a restaurant, and now im on the other side of it. And i do know my mum used to do. Wed leave a tip in a restaurant and my mum, i have vivid memories. Sorry mum, if youre watching she would scoop up the tip from the table and pocket it on the way out and id see her doing it. No, no, this is because she. But simply because she didnt believe in tipping. Not because they hadnt done a bad job, but it just wasnt in the culture, especially of, you know, older generations. Sorry again, mum, but, you know, i think its more of a younger thing, isnt it . This tipping. Yeah. I think, i think its interesting because, you know, i know people that work in hospitality. I think if you dont have a tipping system and you leave it to people to tip a lot of the data suggests a lot of people dont tip. So i think you can argue that maybe theres a way 12. 5, i think, is the standard rate that they put on bills and not restaurants. I think thats quite high. So maybe there should be a base rate where its 5 standard. And if you want to add more, you do. But i think we see the reason that theyre bringing it in is because a lot of people on minimum wage that work in hospitality, if there isnt a tipping system, people dont voluntarily, as you say, they dont want a tip because they they think, oh, you know, its such a i dont need to tip. But actually, if you look at it from the hospitality perspective, people actually dont earn a lot, you know . So would you, would you tip a takeaway guy that dropped a curry to your door . See, thats just what i was going to say. I dont really understand why hospitality particularly, you know, if you go into a shop and someone gives you fantastic service, theyre getting all your clothes in the right size and they say, you know, oh, that really suits your weight. I think you should you wouldnt think to tip them because that doesnt seem to be that Tipping Culture in retail. And i can understand people in hospitality arent paid. Yeah, im not suggesting its brought in, but it does seem to be a bit of a it does seem to be a bit unequal of a it does seem to be a bit unequal. I dont really know why hospitality is treated differently. People should just be paid an honest wage for doing an honest job, shouldnt they . Thats the bottom line here. Yeah, yeah yeah. Yeah, yeah yeah. Would you tip a takeaway driver that comes to your door . I asked this again because i always do. And my wife always says, why are you tipping them . But because they are very poorly paid. I mean, ive already spent £40 on a takeaway. Why are you tipping them another american story . That you meant to leave money for the cleaners . Housekeeping in your room. And ours was so bad they literally flew through a toilet roll at me when i asked for another one. And then they expected me to leave for money them. Maybe they thought it was halloween. Its halloween on a different date in america. Why would halloween . Why would halloween . You know, you lobbed toilet rolls over over trees. You referring to my looks . Oh no. No youre not. No. Beautiful dawn. No. Beautiful dawn. Thank you. Thank you. Most glamorous women gbnews. Most glamorous women gbnews. Shes going to go so well today, isnt it . There we go. Right. Olivia utley. Alicia kearns. Thank you very much. Good start, coming up. Is it time we started punishing parents for their kids bad behaviour in public . But up next is britains tap water toxic. And i want to know were going to be speaking to a water expert. Should we start looking into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into the pipes . You plug them in underneath the tap or even bigger, you get massive sort of steel filters that take away all the heavy metals and chemicals in the water. Is that something we need to look at . Were going to be speaking to a waterways expert who will tell us all about the dirty water infecting devon very shortly. This saturday morning, live on gb news, britains news channel welcome back. Good morning. Hope youre good morning. Hope youre having a wonderful saturday out there. Now, dont forget to keep sending in your messages and questions about the topics in the news this week. Were talking about. Were chatting with them with our panel guests later. But we have a look at what some people have been saying already. Yeah, we just on that one from your mum. No, as i said, hopefully shes not watching because ill be told off for exposing her for nicking tips in restaurants. Well i dont think she does anymore. She did certainly when i was a kid. Ian it is your mum, dean ben. Shut up. Ben. Shut up. No, its not, ian says. Why the hell should i tip a Delivery Driver . For example, from dominos, when the price of a pizza is more than enough for them to pay their drivers properly . Good point on dominos. Theyre not here to defend themselves, but goodness me, £20 for a pizza plus, michael good morning. You say i only tip if i know that it is shared with the kitchen staff. They work just as hard, if not harder than the waiting staff who carry the plates to the table. True. Yeah. I mean, a lot of people feel strongly about this. I do keep getting in touch. Thats how you do it on your screen. Now. Its too long for me to read out gbnews. Com forward slash yourself. And just one quick one from robert on. Rental prices, capping rents. This proposal from rachel reeves, which hasnt seem to be backed by labour at all, says ben. My friend rents one tiny room for £850 per month here in brighton. My neck of the woods all facilities are shared with others like kitchens and bathrooms. Yeah, i feel you, bathrooms. Yeah, i feel you, robert. As i said, i have big sympathy for especially the Younger Generation kids who just arent going to own their own homes and in turn, no families, no kids. Birth rate plummets where does it leave us . Big issue for the conservatives as well, because happy saturday morning everybody. Lets cheer you up even more now by talking about dirty water. If youre having your breakfast thats equally as cheery, by the way, if youre having your breakfast, apologies. Okay, were going to talk dirty water. Now, around 16,000 businesses and households in devon have this week been warned to boil their tap water before drinking it, or even cleaning their teeth due a parasite outbreak. Grimm , the uk Health Security grimm, the uk Health Security agency, announced yesterday that cases of the parasitic waterBorne Disease had doubled with the number of cases confirmed to around. Is it . Confirmed to around. Is it . I think its over 46 now. 46 . Yeah. Other cases of sickness and diarrhoea are also under investigation. Investigation. South west water have said that it was possible the contamination of the water supply was caused by cattle manure. After a damaged air manure. After a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cows were identified as potential source. So after a week where schools were closed in the local area and businesses were thrown into chaos, whats the situation now in the south west . Were joined by the founder of waterways protection, philip greenwood. Protection, philip greenwood. Good morning, philip. Thank you for joining us. Good morning. Forjoining us. Good morning. Whats going on then . Is it still safe to drink water in the southeast southwest yet, or is it still going on the problem . Well, the problem is still going on. Theyve not solved it. The breakout of, crypto spyridium. Its a bit of a tongue twister. Im glad you said that. One. Im dreading that coming up. You know, i had to practice the name. Actually pronounce a couple of times before it gone, but. But cryptosporidium. And theres a theres a whole bunch more. Weve got this cryptosporidium today, which it basically comes from, animal poo or human poo. So whats actually happenedis or human poo. So whats actually happened is the is our faecal matter or animal faecal matter. Theyre saying possibly they dont know for sure , has entered dont know for sure, has entered the clean water system. So now, you know, the people of , that you know, the people of, that area, devon, are now drinking their own waste or the waste of animals , which is really its animals, which is really its not a surprise. I mean, the not a surprise. I mean, the networks not only southwest water. Southwest water. Lets just get one thing straight southwest water doesnt exist. Its an operational name for lazard investments, for blackrock, for vanguard laser are the single largest shareholder , in southwest water shareholder, in southwest water in penang group, which owns south water. South water. Oh. Thats interesting. Theyre owned by blackrock, are a big shareholder. Are they. Yeah blackrock theyre a big shareholder. They own over 5. 1. Lazard is a single largest shareholder in pennon group. Pennon group owns southwest water owns bristol water. Owns Bournemouth Water i have a key question. Is this a example of britain in decline or is this does this happen elsewhere in europe now and then . I elsewhere in europe now and then . I mean, is it a particularly out of the norm situation . Okay. This is , this is a very okay. This is, this is a very out of the norm situation. I out of the norm situation. I mean, what we had, when brexit happened , the that we were happened, the that we were given, the Water Companies were given, the Water Companies were given a green light. Well, the european regulations are going to be going soon. So you know youre okay. They started to slide. Okay im not saying it was perfect before then, but it started to slide. And then when started to slide. And then when we had, the, you know, the virus, the covid 19 virus, then the Water Companies just saw that as a green light to pollute at will. And dont forget, weve got over 10,000 illegal sewage pipes from the, from the Water Companies up and down the country , pumping into every country, pumping into every single nook and cranny, including underwater aquifers. Okay. Which are pure , pristine okay. Which are pure, pristine and that they just simply dumping sewage in it is a it is a its beyond its not just the southwest. Southwest. This is happening all over the country. All had stories from windermere this week as well. And polluted water related well. And polluted water related hospital admissions are up 60 in ten years. Meanwhile, just picking out thames water because ihappen picking out thames water because i happen to live in the thames water area. Thames water, £18 billion in debt going to put their bills up to ordinary punters above by 40, potentially. Meanwhile, they paid 37. 5 million in dividends to shareholders. Why arent they fixing their pipes . Because they dont have to. Because the american institutions that own the companies have a fiduciary responsibility duty to their shareholders. And their shareholders. And their shareholders say you make profit at any cost. So if they can extract more money, they will. Thats they are financial pariahs. The only person with any authority in the uk to stop them doing this is the pm. Its not the water ministers, its not the water ministers, its not the water ministers, its not the epa, its not defra, its the pm currently rishi sunak. So rishi sunak right now is busy attacking disabled people , things like this. But people, things like this. But what he really should be focused on and on is stopping this biological warfare which has been happening to the uk because pretty soon what, what you need to understand is pretty soon is when all the rivers and the seas are completely polluted. Yeah, because of all the raw sewage, youre going to have things like super viruses that are going to come next. This cryptosporidium weve got now is nothing. Weve got so much more coming down the line, so forth than covid. So off what, philip, are completely useless. Basically theyre meant to be the watchdog looking after what the Water Companies are doing, but theyre completely useless. Well, what youve got to remember. Off. What off what are there to regulate the financial and the management aspect of the Water Companies and the epa and defra, theyre there to monitor the day to day physical activities. But yes, off what in terms of the regulation of the financial side worse than useless, less than useless . Okay, philip, very quickly, in 10s, should we look at buying water filters . Because i saw an advert for one on instagram yesterday. They looked very interesting. Do they work . I mean, literally, you dont have a choice if you. You cant keep having plastic water because its full of microplastics. So you need to get proper water filter, attach it to your tap, reverse osmosis. And thats the way youve got to do it, because you cant trust the Drinking Water in this country. Country. Thank you philip. Good stuff. If youre just enjoying a cup of tea in the morning from the tap, yeah. Enjoy. And good luck. Its been nice knowing you, philip greenwood, waterways protection. Thank you very much. There, right. Well, coming up, well be looking ahead to tonights big fight. And a little bit later, well find out which queen of mean is now dating the queens former hubby. Yeah. Some of you on gbnews. Com yoursay have already guessed it. You knew the story. But we will reveal all very shortly. But up next is it time we started punishing parents for their kids bad behaviour in public . This is saturday morning live on gb news, britains news channel hello. Welcome back to gb news saturday with him. Ben. Leo. Mish. Dawn neesom. And we hope youre having a wonderful weekend out there. And were just here to try and cheer you up, but i dont think were doing a great job so far. No, its been fun. A lot of, slightly grim stories with the water and whatever else. But now were gonna have fun because its all about your kids. My kids, and how well behaved they are, how good a parent i am as well. How a marvellous parent. Yes yes, im sure your wife would back that up too. Definitely. Who is currently at home with the kids . True. True. Well, someones got to work. Oh right. Okay, well, go on then. You can read this bit out now. Okay. This is about you. Well, look, weve seen in recent weeks and months several different examples of young people behaving badly on our streets. I mean, thats an understatement. So whats the answer . Well, one suggestion. It has been to fine the parents of those youngsters, who are antisocial and a bit for them to take responsibility, but in a cost of living crisis, our financial penalties, the best way to tackle bad behaviour. And at what age should children receive the toughest discipline. So joining us now is etiquette expert Laura Windsor. Good morning. Laura. Hi, laura. Hi. Whats the answer then . How hi. Whats the answer then . How old . Two questions, i guess. Should parents take responsibility for their kids behaviour and should they be fined . And then also, what age should kids reach before theyre absolved of all responsibility . Absolved of all responsibility . The problem is that if you fine the parents, some of them cant even afford to pay the gas bills. So what do you do there . Bills. So what do you do there . Second thing, for those parents who can afford the fines, okay, they pay it. And then what . We seem to be getting at the symptom and not the cause here. And i do agree that parents manners are beginning in the home. So so why laura, i cant get my head around recently is why have we not just in austria but lost responsibility for our own behaviour . So you know, when i was a kid, if you misbehaved, certainly at school, you know, you go home. Your parents would give you a clip around the ear and then march you back up the school to apologise to the teacher. These days, if a kid misbehaves in school, they blame the teacher. They blame the teacher. They blame the teacher. They blame the teacher. They go up to the school and take the teacher around the ear. Yeah, little johnny or johnny cant do any wrong. So why have we got into this situation where kids are behaving so antisocially . Well, obviously its the parents fault. Theyre not taught self awareness and the effect that their behaviour can have on other people if theyre aware of what their behaviours are actually doing to other people, then maybe vie they would feel a little bit more conscious of what theyre doing. Conscious of what theyre doing. And am i without getting too deep into this, is this a generational thing . Because youve got not necessarily kids of a young age having kids, but but mentally kids immature people having kids who maybe didnt themselves have the best childhood , werent taught childhood, werent taught manners and etiquette, then theyre having kids and they havent got the knowledge or the expertise to hand down to them. Thats right. They dont have the know how. So where where do they get their instruction from perhaps children when theyre very little up to about six years of age, they take in everything. Theyre like little sponges , arent they . Sponges, arent they . Incredible. Yeah. Incredible. Yeah. And theyre surrounded by behaviours from their parents, the schools, the peers. There doesnt seem to be enough role models as. Do you not think you talked about fines saying that, you know , whos going to be able to know, whos going to be able to afford a fine if you cant pay your gas bill, if youre middle class and youve got a bit of wedge in your bank, its not going to touch the sides. What about means tested taking fines out of, say , benefit payments . Out of, say, benefit payments . If youre earning 400 k a year, a certain percentage of your salary. But the thing is that even if you do pay fines, manners, you cant learn manners in a few minutes. It takes it takes a long time to instil what is right a respect, accountability in children. In children. I remember saying to my four year old yesterday, i picked him up from nursery and his routine is he comes home and thats when he watches his first bit of television and we chuck him a little bit of chocolate as a treat, just a tiny bit. And anyway, i gave him the chocolate or the sweet, whatever it was, and he didnt say thank you. I said sorry, i didnt hear what you said there, but just Little Things like that. And as you said, their brains are so like sponges that it drills it into them. Just, you know, common respect, manners takes practice. Practice, practice, practice. Practice, practice, practice. So, laura, what do we do about this situation though . I mean, i agree with you. I think fining parents is not going to help the basic problem here. But what about i mean, im not sure if etiquette lessons is the right word to describe it, but lessons in helping adults parents to learn how to be polite, to have manners, to treat other people with respect. Well, i do a lot of lessons on social skills. Thats what i teach children, and i think it would be a good idea to teach the parents as well. Can you give us some tips . Give me as a parent some tips on good manners and social skills that i good manners and social skills thati can good manners and social skills that i can pass on to my boys . Okay. In order to gain respect, you have to give it so those children need respect and love and understanding. If you want to teach them manners, you have to. You have to teach them why they have to do a certain thing, the accountability part of it. And when they understand that, then it filters in their brain and it becomes hopefully Second Nature in the long run. Second nature in the long run. So what advice would you give to people watching now, laura, who arent as good as dads as ben obviously come to my lessons. Yeah, exactly. Youre going to be very busy. But, you know, if their child is already fairly out of control, how do you deal with that . Its incredibly stressful when youve got a child throwing a tantrum to try and explain how, you know, basic manners and trying to be, you know, be nice to people, not throw paddies. Yeah. Its thats a very good question. And i cant really answer that in full. Obviously the child theres something wrong perhaps within the family unit itself, something that isnt being , i cant think of isnt being, i cant think of the word. Theyre not theyre the word. Theyre not theyre not helping the child. Theres something there that i think i can answer that door. Yes. Answer them. Yes. Answer them. Go on. Dad. And i think it all comes to down consequences. And if you dont deliver consequences for behaviour, not just bad behaviour, not just bad behaviour, but good behaviour with my two boys, if they are well behaved or they do something particularly good or theyre helpful around the house, i reward them. Im not house, i reward them. Im not saying they behave well because theyre thinking in their mind consciously. Theyre going to get a reward or a treat or something, but it does help. It starts to build the momentum and the idea that being a good person is beneficial, not just for yourself, because people will like you. They want to be around you, but it makes you their life. My boys life easier as well. So i think you need consequences for both good behaviour and bad behaviour. And also they need from an early age to get something back. As you said that mutual respect. Yeah. Yeah. But maybe i should be sitting there. Well maybe you should do my lessons for me. Exactly. Exactly. You can im sure. Here. Thatd be nice. Here. Thatd be nice. Im sure you can teach me a thing or two about manners. Well yeah, i was going to ask for a bit of personal advice, but i dont think weve got a long enough show. I think the americans would. I think the americans would. Oh, god. Yeah. Oh, god. Yeah. Ive not tipping. Not tipping in american supermarkets. Theyll give you. Move on. Lets move on, shall we . All right. Laura windsor, thank you very much. If people want to find out more about you and your services, where can they go, Laura Windsor etiquette. Com great. Great. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Not asking for advice. Not asking for advice. Right. Coming up were going to be getting the latest on the big boxing clash tonight between tyson fury and Oleksandr Usyk. The big ukrainian. Weve got its aidan magee i think aidan magee and weve got a boxing guest as well talking about it, someone who actually knows what theyre doing. Yeah. Yeah. Duke mckenzie former world heavyweight champion, a brit. This is saturday morning live on gb news, britains news channel stick with us. Double whammy. Double whammy. Good morning. 1048 ben and dawn with you on saturday morning live on gb news now. Big fight tonight in riyadh in saudi arabia , tyson fury, the british arabia, tyson fury, the british boxer facing Oleksandr Usyk , the boxer facing Oleksandr Usyk, the fierce ukrainian. Joining us now to preview the big bout is our resident Sports Correspondent aidan magee. And former professional boxer and World Champion duke mckenzie. Good champion duke mckenzie. Good morning to you duke, give us a flavour of tonight then what doesit flavour of tonight then what does it mean in terms of the legacy of tyson fury . Hes bidding to become the undisputed World Champion. Who last was, as far as i remember. Was it lennox lewis 25 years ago . Lennox lewis , lennox lewis 20 lennox lewis, lennox lewis 20 years ago. Over 20 years now. So in terms of magnitude, this is as big as it gets. Its this when the heavyweights fight for the undisputed championship of the world, its the biggest fight in boxing. So what were looking for obviously what everybody wants is, is a fury victory, couldnt have picked a tougher opponent in in Oleksandr Usyk is just about as good as it gets right across the board. Former cruiserweight World Champion, undefeated professional World Champion , former undisputed champion, former undisputed cruiserweight World Champion. I might add , so he brings so much might add, so he brings so much to this, to this fight. Its going to be an amazing fight. Im sure ijust going to be an amazing fight. Im sure i just hope the viewers get what they get. Value for money. Duke , its, aidan here. I duke, its, aidan here. I wondered if we might be guilty , wondered if we might be guilty, as we often are as a part of a british audience of underestimating Oleksandr Usyk. Hes highly skilled, isnt he . Yeah. Listen hes a southpaw. All right, hes a little bit on the small side, but when you. When. Sorry, guys. When youre. When, when you fight a bigger guy, if youre a smaller guy and youre fighting a bigger guy, then you set a really, really quick pace and you make the bigger guy fight harder. Pace. Im not so sure that tyson fury is going to have the engine to keep up with this guy, because hes lost so much weight, tyson fury coming into this fight, thats not a good thing. You know, his best weight is probably about 21, 22 stone. Thats his fighting weight. But thats his fighting weight. But i think hes going to be under that today. So that doesnt really bode too well. But i think for my money, its just its just a better all rounder. You know hes hes hes ring iq is brilliant. You know it doesnt get cut. It doesnt get doesnt get cut. It doesnt get knocked down. He knows how to win. He knows how to grind out a win. He knows how to grind out a win. And i just expect him to win. And i just expect him to win. I mean listen, id like to make a case for fury winning this fight, but if i was asked if i was going to fight one of these two guys, which one would i prefer . Id prefer to fight fury. Uk i often pay the subscription as you have to, to watch these boxing matches live in the middle of the night. This ones coming from saudi arabia, isnt it. How do you think this ones going to go the distance . Do you think itll be a knockout . Is it is it basically worth us paying to watch it tonight . Oh yeah. Listen, you got to pay to watch it. Its like i say, its not a fight. Its an event. It would have been great if the fight would have been over here at wembley arena in front of 90,000 100,000. But thats not the case. Its ended up in saudi because theyre paying the big bucks. And yeah, of course its worth staying up to watch. But i you know, i think that who wins the fight and i could see i could see him stopping fury late in the fight. You know, around round eight, nine, ten, somewhere around there because, you know, this guys got the world of his country. Hes got the whole country that hes fighting for. And some guy shnnk fighting for. And some guy shrink under that sort of pressure. But this guy still thrives to it and rises to it. So i would i would imagine hell set a really, really quick pace to get under them. Big long arms of fury and hell work him out on the inside. Of fury and hell work him out on the inside. And, you know, on the inside. And, you know, theres a bit of scar tissue floating around in furys. I am sure from his last fight he got quite got cut and sorry he got cut in training. They tell me. So that that could open up. That could be part of the part of the reason why the fights get stopped. But i just think its just got a little bit too much of everything. A good jab, good engine, takes a good shot, good ring iq, its going to take a very , very it will take an very, very it will take an exceptional tyson fury to beat him. This isnt the tyson fury were looking at that went to america and beat deontay wilder. You know this guys or that went to germany and beat, klitschko. You know theres a few theres a few miles on his clock now and, i just think, you know, its a much fresher younger i think hes 36, 37 years of age. Hes a youngen hes 36, 37 years of age. Hes a younger, fresher. Hes you know, his engines just far better for me. Jude, can i just ask you about the. You mentioned it just then you referenced it. The gash that opened up during training a few months ago. Are you concerned about that . I think well probably learn a bit about his stance, wont we . As regards whether hes prepared to protect it and if he if he is protecting it, then i suppose you will probably move in for the kill. Well, yeah, i mean, listen, he wouldnt be fighting if he never got medical clearance from the governing body. You know, as far as that cut is concerned, i hopeit far as that cut is concerned, i hope it doesnt open up because obviously what we dont want is a fight stopped on cuts. But you cant bear that out. You cant you cant rule that one out could get stuff stopped on cuts. And then were going to have a, itll be more controversial. Well have more controversial ending than what we first anticipated. But i think theres going to be controversy right across the board in this one tonight because, this is the this is tyson fury were talking about. He never knows what hes going to do when hes going to do it. You know, hes almost like a walking time bomb. They say that hes been quite calm in training. This is, sort of paramount, for him. But i mean, you know, listen, nerves can take a toll on any fight. It doesnt matter who you are, whether youre mike tyson or or, or a flyweight boxer, it doesnt really matter who you are. Nerves can take a hold of you. And maybe thats just his. His nervous side coming out a little bit. Because the reality is the fight is only a few hours away. Duke very quickly , one final duke very quickly, one final question. The prize tonight is £115 million prize purse. Is there too much money in boxing . Is it ruining it just very quickly. No, no , i dont think its no, no, i dont think its ruining the sport. This is, if anything else, its going to enfice anything else, its going to entice younger kids to get involved in sports because theyre going to see that as a as a bit of a golden carrot. So this, this and the fact that the fight has gone to saudi and theres a lot of money involved, i think its great for the sport. All right. Jake, thanks very much for being with us. Appreciate it. Enjoy the fight tonight. Thank you aidan. Thank you. Cheers guys. 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Sunny spells, low cloud lingering in the east of scotland but feeling warm in that sunshine with highs of 23 degrees. So through the rest of the day, heavy showers continuing across the across wales and southwest england. Wales and southwest england. With the weather warning in force until 8 pm. This evening. Cloudier conditions across the southeast, but plenty of sunshine across east anglia and Northern England. Some showers breaking out across dumfries and galloway and also the cairngorms , where these could also be heavy, containing some thunder heavy, containing some thunder heavy, some low cloud persisting across eastern coast. So feeling across eastern coast. So feeling cooler here but in the sunshine, feeling pleasant. So through this evening, heavy showers continuing across the cairngorms generally easing and the showers across the south west and wales also easing. Later in the evening. Elsewhere turning dnen evening. Elsewhere turning drier. Plenty of clear skies on offer, but once again we will see low cloud feeding in from the north sea and across parts of the southeast and that will keep temperatures up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So on sunday morning it is going to be a murky start out there. For some of us, that low cloud , mist, of us, that low cloud, mist, murk and fog should gradually lift and break by mid morning, and then many of us should see a pleasant sunday with plenty of sunshine on offer, remaining dry for most of us, a few heavy showers around and also holding to on a lot of low cloud across the north and east, but otherwise highs of 24. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news. Away. Away. Very good morning to you. Its 11 am. Im ben leo alongside dawn neesom. And this is saturday morning live. Is saturday morning live. Indeed it is. So we dont need a time check. Its a saturday morning. Happy weekend everybody. Enjoy it any other time. Its great to have your company this morning. And we have got an action packed show coming up for you. We do indeed all the days top stories with ceo and founder of youth vote uk, alex cairns, and a special guest broadcaster and a special guest broadcaster and former police chief peter bleksley, who they are looking gorgeous at. Now this is the biggie, which former queen of mean is now dating the queens ex husband and proof that youre never too old for love. Well reveal all. There we go. Well also go live to the beautiful seaside town of whitby, where theyre celebrating the 2024 fish and chips festival and oreilly will have the latest. Oh, he cant say chips. Did you say chips . Were thinking chips. It said chips in the auto. As in ships blowing on the sea. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Chips, fish and chips. Chips, fish and chips. Yeah. It wasnt going to be ships then, was it . Oh, it is ships. Its ships. Oh, it is ships. Its ships. It is ships. There we go, chips. Apologise, apologise i apologise profoundly. Its fish and chips. Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Chips. Okay. But its not all chips. Okay. But its not all about us. Its all about you. About us. Its all about you. And we want to hear what you think. What you think of all the stories were talking about this morning or evening. And chat with what you want to talk about. So weekend . Who cares . Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com. Your say . Yeah, but before we do anything else, sam francis has all your News Headlines. All your News Headlines. Very good morning to you from the newsroom. Its just coming the newsroom. Its just coming up to 11 02. A look at the top stories this morning. Israel says it does believe 100 hostages are still alive in gaza after recovering the bodies of three israelis yesterday whod been captured by hamas militants, the Israeli Defence forces says its been battling more fighters in the jabalia refugee camp overnight. Meanwhile, here in the uk, thousands are expected to take to the streets in Central London this lunchtime to protest about the war with hamas demonstrators from stop the war and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign are calling for an end to the conflict, and a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel. The sales from the uk to israel. The number of cases of a water Borne Disease in south devon caused by a microscopic parasite are expected to rise for at least another two weeks. Confirmed cases of cryptosporidium in the brixham area have more than doubled to now 46, with another 100 people reporting similar symptoms. People have been told to boil their tap water before drinking it. Bottled water has also been handed out at collection points. Southwest water have now apologised to customers and theyre giving affected residents compensation of £115. Well, meanwhile, protesters are demanding more action to clean up the nations rivers and coasts , calling on rivers and coasts, calling on the regulator to now step in Campaign Groups. Surfers against Campaign Groups. Surfers against sewage are paddling out from beachesin sewage are paddling out from beaches in more than 30 locations, from cornwall to edinburgh , demanding more action edinburgh, demanding more action to stop pollution in the waters. To stop pollution in the waters. Olympian and keen paddle boater Dame Kelly Holmes is one of the famous faces set to join a demonstration on the south coast. Well, weve heard this morning that a former church of england priest has been charged with child sex offences dating back to the late 1990s. Eight year old wilfred whitaker, who changed his name from Colin Prichard after he was convicted of a separate offence in 2008, has been charged with rape and gross indecency with a boy aged under 14. Now a man in his 30s, he was serving at a church in east sussex at the time. Hell appearin east sussex at the time. Hell appear in court on the 10th of june. Two east london criminals have been sentenced for smuggling migrants into the uk using lorries and light aircraft. Morteza hilal and kreshnik cadena, part of the major albanian crime network, arranged at least nine migrant trips in 2016 and 2017. The National Crime agencys eight year long investigation revealed the two men had provided counterfeit documents for safe transport, charging £10,000 per person theyve received combined sentences of five years and two months at court. Sentences of five years and two months at court. Almost 80 months at court. Almost 80 people over the age of 65 are dying each day in england, according to new figures , while according to new figures, while still waiting to receive social care, charity and campaigners are calling on politicians to address the problem , accusing address the problem, accusing the government of a lack of investment. However, the department for health and social care says that up to £86 billion has been made available in additional funding over two years. The leader of the liberal democrats claims the scottish governments neglected Mental Health Care Services there. Ed davey, who was in scotland to address his partys conference today, is calling for a tax paid by social Media Companies to be trebled to help fund services. He says this would raise an additional £9. 5 billion for the uk over the next five years, of which £770 million. He says he would allocate to scotland. And would allocate to scotland. And finally, some weather news. A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued by the met office for parts of wales and southwest england. Slow moving heavy showers and lightning strikes are expected to hit between 1 00 and 8 00 this evening, potentially triggering flooding across the country. Some areas we understand could see up to 4 or 5cm of rain. For the latest stories , you can sign up to gb stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen or go to our website gb news. Commerce. Now, though, its back to ben and dawn. Dawn. Good morning. 1105. Ben and dawn with you on saturday morning live. Two very quick emails. One from robert. Good morning robert. Emails. One from robert. Good morning robert. You say im one morning robert. You say im one of seven lads brought up in the 60s. We respected our parents. Not one of us has ever been in trouble. No benefits back then. So we all had to pull our weight with stacking shop shelves, paper rounds, etc. And cj you say regarding antisocial behaviour, it went wrong when children were given rights and smacking was banned. Interesting. There was now that early generation having children and not knowing how to behave. I mean, ive never smacked my kids and i wouldnt, but i did get a tap on the bum once or twice when i was a kid. And youre completely normal. Didnt do anything wrong with me. Nothing wrong with him whatsoever. Honestly vie, any case, lets move on, shall we . Now, the. Not that swiftly. I might come back to it. The metropolitan police are set for a very busy weekend in the caphal a very busy weekend in the capital, as two protests for premier League Fixtures and two finals at wembley are all taking place. Yeah, very busy day. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign have set up a march for today as well saturday. And the quote enoughis well saturday. And the quote enough is enough. Group will hold a demonstration at Piccadilly Circus in Central London at the same time , the met london at the same time, the met have set out an extensive, extensive policing plan for today and tomorrow, taking into account the routes and durations of the protest, and have once again outlined the conditions of the public order act. So after months of protest in london, how will the met police cope with this weekends events . Joining this weekends events . Joining us now is former met Police Detective peter bleksley. Good morning peter, and, the ceo of the youth vote uk, alex katz. Peter, what task have the cops got on their hands this weekend . And is there an argument still to be had about banning these palestine marches . Palestine marches . And the beat goes on again and again and again. Successive weekends or every other weekend since october of last year , a since october of last year, a huge drain on Police Resources and of course, they sometimes bnngin and of course, they sometimes bring in officers from other Police Services around the country. But when you factor in the football matches that theyve spoken about the playoff finals and Everything Else that goes on in london, the bottom line is these Police Officers have to be drawn from somewhere. Have to be drawn from somewhere. They cannot just open another box, another squad , another box, another squad, another vanload of cops and magic them out of out of nowhere. They come, a lot of them from the policing neighbourhoods, areas and communities across london and communities across london and into the home counties, which means in harsh reality that if somebody was a victim of crime last week, for example , crime last week, for example, and they recorded that crime and it was allocated to an officer to follow that up, if that officer intended following it up today or possibly tomorrow, in all likelihood , they might not all likelihood, they might not do because theyll be in Central London dealing with one of these events. And this is the thing, isnt it . As well as the cost involved in this, i mean, this is costing the taxpayer millions of pounds and weve had this conversation before, peter, the fact that there are so much big sporting events going on, the football, in particular football fans, you and i both go to away football games. Youre treated so differently than the kid gloves. And i have to say, the kid gloves that protesters on some protest marches are handled with. This is two tier policing, isnt it . Well, if you read the metropolitan polices own thread when they put this message out yesterday about their commitments today, its astonishing when you see the publics view of the metropolitan polices policing , metropolitan polices policing, because it is quite plain to see for many, many people that in regards to these pro palestinian marches, it appears like the police have taken a side and thatis police have taken a side and that is the side of facilitating obfuscate , dating, allowing and obfuscate, dating, allowing and perhaps turning a blind eye to some behaviour that if it was replicated in terms of chanting, for example, if you go to a football and chant something which is inappropriate , you will which is inappropriate, you will find you yourself getting your collar felt in pretty swift time. Whereas on some of these marches thats not been seen happen, my husband was actually told off and away football match in sheffield, a group of west ham fans out there for cheekily asking if there was a cathedral and the copper threatened to arrest him for being cheeky. Literally. When you consider some of the things being chanted on these marches. Oh, alex, can you go down to Central London today, to this pro palestine march intifada from the river to the sea, calling for the eradication of jews . Theyll say that it doesnt mean that. But were not stupid. Shouldnt these be banned by now . Weve got the point. Surely we understand what theyre calling for. But you know, their view is going to be that while theres a conflict and while innocent children are being killed, they want to protest. They want the uk that has a lot of soft power in the world to be taking a stance, getting involved. So, you know, its very easy for us on the sofa, you know, in our cosy, cosy studio in london to be having this perspective. But actually a lot of these people feel very emotional about it. But do they, do they really think Benjamin Netanyahu is going to be listening to rishi sunak or keir starmer or david lammy about how israel should react in the middle east . But but actually , its interesting but actually, its interesting because youve seen around the world of lots of different conflicts. We saw the same with conflicts. We saw the same with ukraine, you know, you saw the same situation with the arab spnngin same situation with the arab spring in 2011, 2012. You know , spring in 2011, 2012. You know, if enough people put enough pressure on over a period of time , eventually it should have time, eventually it should have some, kind of Foreign Policy impact. And if it doesnt, thats on the politicians. Its not on the people protesting. Theyre trying to make their point about a conflict where hundreds of thousands of innocent children are dying. Thats the arab spring uprising created more bloodshed than it ever solved. And talk about a comfortable sofa. Ill be travelling back through Central London via public transport whilst this protest is on, and quite possibly i will bump into on the tube quite literally. Many of the people making their way to that. Its not comfortable on the tube and whilst some will say that a call for jihad, of course is a moral forjihad, of course is a moral striving against failings and all that kind of nonsense , its all that kind of nonsense, its all that kind of nonsense, its a call for war. Its a call for bloodshed. And as long as those chants are allowed to go unpunished by the police, then and we see the evidence of it, other uncomfortable situations arising, its empowered those who want to seek bloodshed. And who want to seek bloodshed. And the situation aint getting any better. Any time soon. Id say the majority of people that go to the protests are peaceful. Theres going to be a minorities. Its the same way as you say. Dont want away. Football grounds is going to be minorities of people that cause trouble. But we cant just ban protest. We dont want to have a situation where a democracy, people are allowed to have their say on situation. Should they trash, you know, innocent civilians coming by . No. Should they trash, you know, coffee shops . No. But i think the vast majority of people were well behaved in my experience. Okay, shall we move on . Weve been teasing all show. A lot of you have guessed, actually, on gbnews. Com forward slash your say. Weve said who is the former queen of mean whos now dating the queen . Camillas ex husband. It is, of course, ex husband. It is, of course, former weakest link host Anne Robinson , who is in a robinson, who is in a relationship with Andrew Parker bowles. Peter bleksley. Bowles. Peter bleksley. Its a joyous story. This is because what it actually proves is youre never too wrinkly. A fall in love. And thats a great consolation to me. Although im very happily married, i think when two people fall in love, its a joyous thing to be embraced, to be celebrated. And embraced, to be celebrated. And if these two people have found love and happiness in later life, then all the best to them. I think its lovely that youre never too old. Honestly, ben, youre never too old. Why are you looking at me when you say that . Because youre young. Youre neven never. Neven are you trying to convince me . My mum fell in love, you know, in her 70s. And its lovely. Its good. I mean, its companionship more than anything, isnt it . Well, i wouldnt possibly comment on what they do behind closed doors. They may be able to disprove that its anything but company and companionship. But company and companionship. But but you know, either way, its lovely. And i know that many youngsters will probably be feeling ill at the very nauseating thought of old people falling in love. But let me tell you, youngsters, to fall in love at any age is a joyous alex. Are you feeling nauseous . Youre young , yeah. I mean, youre young, yeah. I mean, i dont know what to say, really. Dont know what to say, really. I think its nice. You dont know what to say. He literally doesnt know what to say. I dont know what to say. I dont know what to say. Yeah, i think its nice that, the older generations can feel confident to find new love and new relationships. Because loneliness, of course, is one of the biggest problems affecting not just older people, but lots of people, but older people particularly. And you know, i think its i think its very sweet. I think its nice. Yeah. No, i mean, would you would you be brave enough to that someone whose nickname was the queen of mean, though. Is she like that behind closed doors, though . I think shes meant to be quite nice. No, shes like that nice. No, shes like that nice. Oh, really . Oh, really . Shes shes very lovely, but she is very feisty. Yeah, well, thats what makes her great. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. I was a big fan of the weakest link and in fact, benjamin butterworth, yeah, hes been on it. Hes been on the weakest link. So he was the weakest link as well, wasnt he . I didnt watch it, was he . Theres no surprise. Hey, benjamin, if youre tuning in, no surprise. This end. Sorry, benjamin. Just out with you, lets move on to another story. So the uks most popular baby names have been revealed, with noah and olivia again topping the annual list, in at number two is mohammed for boys. List is on the screen here. Number three for boys is george, then it goes olivia , then its leo, arthur, olivia, then its leo, arthur, and so on. And for girls. So olivia is number one, then amelia, isla, ava. Lily. Ivy. Amelia, isla, ava. Lily. Ivy. Freya. There we go. Any of those names . Take your pick. Wheres names . Take your pick. Wheres dawn, by the way . Well, yeah, theres on the on the telegraph website. Right. Theres a really good way linked to in this where you can actually put your name into the Search Engine and these are names from 2022, by the way, and it tells you how common your name was. And i did put dawn and its never been that popular. I cant think why, and there were only five babies named dawn in 2022. Really . Its not a full confession here, right . My middle name. Mum, i hate you. Is maureen. Why is everyone maureen. Why is everyone laughing . Is it . My middle name is maureen , which is a good old is maureen, which is a good Old Fashioned east end name. And that has completely died out. There were no babies named maureen. Well, its interesting, isnt it . Names like keith, for example. Peter. Would you call a baby these days . Keith or ian . Baby ian. Without a doubt. I feel like im in a persecuted minority, you see, because later on, when im watching the boxing with terry, steve, mick, phil and kev, right. And peter, there are kev, right. And peter, there are no such names featuring in this list. We are. We are dying out. Our names will soon be gone forever and i feel victimised by it. Likewise , i should think we likewise, i should think we should start a Campaign Group and go on a protest march through london or have babies. But thats beyond both of us. But thats beyond both of us. Alicia kearns what do you make about, muhammad being number two for boys names . Number two for boys names . I mean, listen, like, you know, people are going to choose the name that they want for their child. And i think there are lots of beautiful names here. You know, my nephew is called leo. You know, ive got cousins. Ava lily. Im just a bit upset. Alex is not on there. I know loads of alexs. You do i know loads of alexs. You do so surely, dont you . Surely its 11th, im so surely, dont you . Surely its11th, im sure. Like it didnt make the top ten, but no. Lots of nice names. I think, you know, again, you know, im not going to comment on people you know, theyre going to call what they want to call, what i find interesting is people that do Double Barrel because they cant decide on, you know. Yeah. A lot of people do that. And thats a bit difficult because i think you should just pick a name, you know . Yeah, that is a bit of a cop out, i tell you. Names are falling down the list, though. Harry and meghan. Oh, really . Yeah. Theyre falling in popularity. Very interesting, well, benjamin is at number 51, dawn , benjamin is at number 51, dawn, where are you on the list . Youre not. Youre not on the list. Not on the list. Ive told you that already extinct. And alexander is 28, so not too far down the list. Not too bad. Peter is peter on there, peter . No, peter is off the list as well. So you two, were just dinosaurs. You two can hang out together, right . Peter, are you and me on the march . Save our names. Save our names . Exactly save our names . Exactly okay. Last story. Dawn, dont do the honours. Which ones this . Jazza. Yeah, as the only lady on the panel yeah, as the only lady on the panel, i use the word lady very loosely. Im surrounded by three very, very gorgeous young men , very, very gorgeous young men, and, but they havent been voted the most, sexiest because the most sexiest man in the uk at the moment, as voted for by a dating website, is that man on your screen , Jeremy Clarkson . Your screen, Jeremy Clarkson . Im sorry, peter, i know hes a man of a certain age, but im not getting this one. Are you not . No are you not . No this is another reason for an old wrinkly like me to be deeply joyous. Hope springs eternal. Joyous. Hope springs eternal. Hes grey haired, hes balding. Hes grey haired, hes balding. Hes got a bit of a pot belly. Hes got a bit of a pot belly. Hes quite tall, you know, i reckon i might be in for shower. As long as only hope springs. Eternal love. What do you make of this one . Yeah, i agree with you. The a lot of guys watching this will really be a bit befuddled as to how hes the sexiest guy. I think its a sympathy vote. No, i get it, i understand it. Hes got a sense of humour. Yeah and hes got plenty of money. Whats whats his to understand . How is he the sexiest man . Ill tell you why. Because hes a and i say this as a bloke. Hes a mans man. He gets stuck in. Hes involved. Hes practical. Hes physical, does that make him sexy, though . Hes got money. I think men these days, if you ask me to effeminate. And women dont want effeminate. And women dont want that. Women . Well, i dont know. Wouldnt want. Go on. go on. Just man nice to me what women want. Go on, tell us. Dont do that , thank you very much. No. This is voted for by its illicit dating website. Okay. Was it Affairs Website . Married women. Affairs website . Married women. So its married women who are getting a bit bored with their own boring middle aged, with their metropolitan men, their own moaning morning darling, their own moaning, middle aged bloke at home. So theyre fancying a bit of someone who knows what hes doing with the baby pig and the baby sheep. Its the farm thing, isnt it . I mean, and wellies. I mean, and wellies. Its fun. Yeah. Peter, do you want to tell me more about your love life and your wellies . I bet your wife shes lovely, but. Yeah. So, i mean, but idris elba came third. I just think, jez, hes a mans man. Like i said, hes physical, he gets involved. He likes a been he gets involved. He likes a beer, hes got plenty of money. How much did he get for the farm on amazon . So youre implying women only go for men with money . Well, no, but they. They and no , i mean, he did, didnt he no, i mean, he did, didnt he just said that . Yeah. Its got plenty of money. Its sexy. Its normal for women to want to be with a man who can look after them. No, no. Will you stop mansplaining what women want . But my mum had had an expression, man, she said, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. But trust me, if idris elba gets himself a pair of wellies, hell be second next yeah of wellies, hell be second next year. Oh, hes definitely sexier than Jeremy Clarkson. Im with you on this one. Give me idris elba. Thats crazy. In wellies or not. All right im going to dig myself out of this hole by going to a break. So, peter, alex, thanks very much. Still to come, were going to be joined by Eddie Phillips. For all the latest showbiz news, including Anne Robinsons latest romantic announcement with the queens ex husband. Oh, but up next how do you like your cuppa . Well be diving into the latest t census out of an International Tea day. This is saturday morning live on gb news. Put the kettle on, but dont go too far. Welcome back to gb news saturday with me. Anim. Heres ben. Im with me. Anim. Heres ben. Im dawn, just in case youre getting confused. Hope youre having a wonderful weekend out there. Its a lovely saturday morning. So make a nice cup of tea and put your telly on and listen to your radio and watch what were doing now, because its about to get very hot. Delicious. Yeah. Talking of tea. Oh, that was terrible. Tea. Oh, that was terrible. Well, delicious. Yes. Why . That was really dreadful. Why . That was a bad pun. Why . That was a bad pun. It wasnt great. It wasnt great. I ignore that. No, look, tea, of course. Its the quintessential british drink. But how do you take your cup of tea . Well, this tuesday, the United Nations, who else are dedicating one whole day to our beloved cuppa by marking International Tea day with a new survey, finding that a staggering 98 of brits drink tea every day and perhaps more shockingly, that 70 of brits now choose tea over alcohol. Hello. What do our brews have to say about our lifestyle habits . Were joined now by doctor tim bond from the Tea Advisory Panel. This is a thing. The Tea Advisory Panel. Welcome to the show. Thank you very much. What do you do exactly . Advise on tea . Basically, yes. The Tea Advisory Panel is all about were independent sort of dietitians and experts. Its really just anything that gets published, advertise and we have a take on it. So well actually either say this is accurate and it agrees with the prevailing science, or well say this is inaccurate. And here are the weaknesses. So this is this is what its confusing. This is International Tea day, okay. Not just a National Tea Day because ive just come back from america. I may have mentioned it once or twice. Ben and they cant do tea. They cant . No, they really cant do tea. So how is an International Day when most of the world doesnt do tea properly . Well, International Tea day is all about looking at the culture, looking at the heritage, looking at the health benefits. So positive impacts on cardiovascular disease, blood pressure, hydration, obviously fluoride for tooth health. But also looking at the cultural links we have with the countries that produce tea. So east africa, india, china and actually looking at Rural Development and Sustainable Livelihoods. So thats what International Day is all about. And just thanking everyone when we pick up our tea and have a have a swig of it, theres millions of people around the world that are involved in getting that tea to you. Not just the growers, not just the blenders and retailers, but all the people in between. Okay, can you do some real time advising how long should you leave your tea bag brewing for in the cup, black tea, normally 3 to 4. I leave mine for five. Ive really got to remember, colour is flavour. The colour is also health. Well, weve got a chart on that coming up on the screen. Sorry radio listeners, but its a, its a numbers and letters chart with different gradients of tea. So very, very weak. Lots of tea. So very, very weak. Lots of tea. So very, very weak. Lots of milk. And it looks like a, it looks like a cup of milk. Yeah. Yeah. Going from a six which is black. So theres no milk in it. So, dawn, which is your favourite . Favourite . I would, i do like it strong and dark. So i would probably go for an e4, which is quite dark. Is it i think. Yeah. What about you, slightly weaker, though fairly, you know. Still not too weak. D3 i think for me and tom is the expert, id say e3 looks about like mine. Oh, there we go. Oh, there we go. Okay. So yeah. So were okay. So yeah. So were pretty in in the right area. Pretty in in the right area. What does it say about us and the way we like our tea . Is there any research behind. You there any research behind. You know, if you like a builders tea or a milky tea, whatever. Theres lots of people that do. I mean, builders tea effectively was historically you have strong tea with sugar and milk. So almost its a bit like indian chai. Its almost like a meal, a pick me up. So if you are someone whos out and about are someone whos out and about a lot, you know, builders tea is fine. A lot of people, a lot of, work is done actually, by the tea blenders and brokers to actually give you the best tea that will deliver in 3 to 4 minutes, the best flavour. And really , it comes with health as really, it comes with health as well. So the more actually colour and flavour you get actually the more Health Properties youre getting out. So we would advise to just leave it a little bit longer. Dont be so impatient. I do two minutes. Is that to a green or black . Or herbal normal english breakfast tea. Okay. Would seem a bit light, but you might be in a hurry. Oh, really . I thought i was quite advanced doing two minutes. Theres people in the studio who make cups of tea who even put the milk in before the water. Thats a big no no. Thats wrong. Thats wrong. It doesnt really let all of the goodness infuse out. So yes, it sort of stops it. But a lot of people do it because they brew to colour. But tea is much more than having a cup of tea in this country, isnt it . We have you know, the first thing you do, whether its good news or bad news, is you put the kettle on. How has that become such an important part of british, british life . Almost. Well, i think its i think its fairly normal, actually. Youve got to remember sort of putting the kettle on and brewing the tea is a bit of a pause. So were also quite sociable over tea. We like to talk about the weather when we make tea at home, or actually in the office. You dont normally do it. Only about 25 of us do it sort of standing by ourselves. Its a time to sit, reflect, have a bit of a chat. So i think its that pause for thought thats come in now. A good point, but theres lots of theres lots of good science actually, that says tea actually is very good at reducing your stress levels, actually allowing you to sleep longer and actually make you feel less anxious. Because thats interesting, because it has got caffeine in it. Most teas have caffeine in the tea im drinking now. And you would you wouldnt associate that with good night sleep and being less anxious as well. Its interesting. There are studies out there actually in the last couple of years showing that actually if you drink tea throughout the day, it does not, in fact impact your sleep, okay. So theres lots of those things. But also tea contains something quite unique. It contains roughly half the, the, the caffeine of a strong cup of coffee. But its also got an amino acid in there called l theanine, which is its unique in the uk diet, which helps sort of modulate the effects of caffeine. And actually youve got a lot of phytochemicals. These beneficial plant chemicals. The big group of them is called flavan three ols. Dont worry too much about that. But theres a study that came out last year, a guideline from the us saying you should for optimal cardiovasc health, cardiometabolic health, you should have 400 to 600mg of these plant chemicals. What does these plant chemicals. What does that mean . Youll get that from fruits, vegetables. But four fruits, vegetables. But four cups of tea would give you that for optimal. Twice a lot of, how do you pronounce it . Flavonols flavan three ols or flavan three ols in green tea. Am i right in saying that theres an equal number in green and black. The issue is when you when you make green tea and you convert it to black in a factory, effectively youre just building it up like a series of bricks. Yeah. So youve got the same amount, but theyre more difficult to measure. So black and green are as healthy as each other. Can i just get one more quick question . Go on. Because it is a big football weekend and obviously a lot of football fans wont be happy. But we need you guys wont be having a cup of tea, will do a job. Okay, so what do you make of this . The fact that alcohol is dying out and were drinking more tea . I think it is a trend. I mean , were seeing the rise in the dry drinkers, our actually real world, real world survey showed that sort of 30 to 49 year olds are the most likely to actually substitute tea for alcohol, and its probably related to busy lifestyles. But, you know, if lifestyles. But, you know, if tea can actually de stress you and help you sleep and theres no residual hangover, why not . Yeah, i reckon tea. Tea over vodka for me. I cant deal with vodka for me. I cant deal with the hangover. Ill drink to that. And this is tea. Honestly and dickie on gbnews. Com yoursay you say rather than looking at tea, shouldnt the United Nations be concentrating on what they were set up for, which is defending world peace . Great job there boys. Why is in 10s . Why is the un involved in this , and its un involved in this, and its basically looking at Sustainable Livelihoods and culture, right. They have a global organisation. They have a global organisation. They focus on many things and have Many National and International Days. Got it. Oh, were having a cup of tea. Come on, lets get on with it, doctor tim bond, thank you very much for joining us. Afternoon thank you. All right, lets get your News Headlines with sam francis. Its world peace. Its world peace. Very good morning to the newsroom. Its 1132. Very good morning to the newsroom. Its1132. The newsroom. Its 1132. The headlines. Israels Prime Minister is promising to return all hostages, living or dead. He all hostages, living or dead. He says, after the bodies of three people were recovered in gaza yesterday, all of them were thought to have attended the nova Music Festival on october the 7th. Israel thinks about 100 other hostages may still be alive , while another 30 are alive, while another 30 are understood to be dead. Meanwhile thousands are expected to take to the streets here in the uk in Central London this lunchtime to protest about the war with hamas. Demonstrators from stop the war and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign are calling for an end to the conflict and a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel. In devon, the number of confirmed cases of a waterBorne Disease caused by a microscopic parasite has more than doubled. 46 incidents of the diarrhoea inducing cryptosporidium bug have now been confirmed in brixham. Thats up from 22 cases on thursday, around 16,000 households and businesses in the area have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling it first. We understand a tank at a reservoir where the parasite was found has now been drained before. Its being thoroughly cleaned. Thats according to south west water , according to south west water, but Health Experts say its likely that more people will still be affected. Meanwhile, still be affected. Meanwhile, environmental campaigners are taking to rivers and seas around the uk today to protest against sewage pollution. Brighton, falmouth, scarborough and edinburgh are among the places holding demonstrations. The surfers against sewage Campaign Group wants to highlight the failure to clean up our water, they say Water Companies, though, insist they are making improvements to Sewage Systems in the us. A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for trying to kidnap nancy pelosi , the former speaker of pelosi, the former speaker of the us house of representatives. David depape, also used a used a hammer to beat pelosis husband, whos now in his 80s, causing serious head injuries. The court in San Francisco heard the 44 year old was caught up in conspiracy theories and believed that news outlets were repeatedly lying about donald trump. And finally, if you trump. And finally, if you didnt see the Northern Lights last weekend, well, there could be another chance on the way. The green, purple and blue scenes are expected to light up the uk skies again in around a fortnight , with a huge sunspot fortnight, with a huge sunspot cluster that hurled energy and gas towards earth last weekend will rotate back towards us in two weeks time, releasing another solar flare towards us. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts good morning. This is gb news saturday morning. Live with him, ben, leo and me. Dawn neesom. Dont get that confused. It would be very, very wrong. Hope youre having a wonderful saturday out there. Thank you very much for joining us. Really appreciate your company. And lots of you have been getting in touch. Yes you have jacqueline. Good morning. You say talking about Jeremy Clarkson of course. Who was voted. Is it the worlds sexiest or the uk sexiest . The uk sexiest. It was just uk to be fair, Jeremy Clarkson, do none of you watch clarksons farm . He is just lovely and has the most gorgeous girlfriend, which says something. He has the greatest self depreciating sense of humour. Of humour. I think thats the point, isnt it . With Jeremy Clarkson, i think he is funny. Yeah, hes, you know, and he doesnt care what he says. And thats the rarity. And jane, good morning, you say ill explain exactly why women think hes sexy. Hes totally irrelevant, sorry. What totally irrelevant, sorry. What does that say . It doesnt say irrelevant, which is usually attractive. Hes damned funny, which is priceless. And hes comfortable in his own skin. Theres also nothing remotely feminine about him. Irreverent . Irreverent . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, so the lights reflect on the screen so he doesnt care what he says, basically. And we all like a man who says what he thinks. Ben. Yes yes, right. Time now for your weekly dose of showbiz news. And were delighted to have showbiz journalist Ellie Phillips back with us. Hey hey hey and baby phillips and big baby bum. Hey hey hey and baby phillips and big baby bum. Yeah, well, and big baby bum. Yeah, well, ill just go. Did this woman look so glowing . I dont know how shes doing it. Ill tell you. Its all makeup. Honestly it its all makeup. Honestly it is. Im glad youre doing it. Thank you so much for coming. Oh, youre so welcome. Talking about makeup. That leads me nicely into strictly because they have all the glitz. They have all the glam and big weakness. This is the big news this week is strictly so. Giovanni pernice has allegedly quit the show after eight years. Hes one of their very, very successful male dancers. He famously won the show back in 2021 with rose ayling ellis. When they did that beautiful dance where they took the music away and danced in silence , and away and danced in silence, and hes quit because hes come unden hes quit because hes come under, a bit of furore, his last dance partner , amanda abbington, dance partner, amanda abbington, she quit the show last season and later said that she had ptsd from working with him because of his his very intense way of training. Hes also had two other previous partners. He had Laura Whitmore and he had ranvir singh say that they cried when they worked with him because his methods were so, you know, intense and stuff. And now whats happened is the bbc are investigating long formal complaints by lawyers, by three previous contestants who worked with him. One of thems confirmed to be amanda. The other two, we dont know whove been named yet, but thats all come out this week. And like i said, theres been no response on whether he has or hasnt quit. But the fact there hasnt been a response kind of says a lot in that aspect of things. And its a real shame as well, because this is strictlys 20th anniversary year as well. Theyve Just Announced theyre doing this huge show at the end of the year. At some point, theyre going to do 75 minute special, celebrating 20 years of what is genuinely one of the best family shows out there to watch. I grew up watching it with my nan. I loved watching it every weekend, and so its really sad that this has happened. And, sources have said that when it comes to giovanni, hes saying that he doesnt think hes done anything wrong. He stands by how he behaved, but he said that he knows his his methods, his techniques are intense. And, you know, its not intense. And, you know, its not for some people. So i guess well see what comes of this. But there is now an investigation going on, given that lawyers are involved. So its had many partners in the show who have been very happy and working with him and absolutely sad that hes leaving. Hes been in a final four times, which is just so impressive. Hes had out of the eight partners. Hes had, apparently three are not happy, five were happy. Itll be interesting to see what comes of this and what the actual details of it are because, you know, behaviour in the workplace is something that is so, so intense at the moment to spoken about so much and it makes a difference to everyones lives. So its interesting. I dont know whats gone on there , but there is times weve there, but there is times weve had examples in the past where people like dominic raab, when he was in government, he was accused of bad behaviour. His defence was ive just got high standards. So who knows. Yeah. And the other story that moved me this week, was sarah harding. Yeah. So yeah. Girls aloud have reunited after 11 years. And this is in tribute to sarah harding. She died in 2021, sadly, of breast cancer. They reunited for the first time yesterday in dublin, performed, and they paid tribute to her singing ill stand by you, using her recorded vocals, taking centre stage as they were on stage and this is kicking off their reunion tour. Theyre going to do dates across the country liverpool, london, glasgow, edinburgh , and it was glasgow, edinburgh, and it was actually they were meant to reform for their 20th anniversary, which is going to be in 2022, because they actually formed 2002, which blows my mind that they formed so long ago makes me feel really old. The plans were they were actually going to do 20th anniversary tour. And when talks with it when sarah was alive, obviously that all got put away. They didnt want to do it straight away after she passed and then they thought, do you know what the fans really want this. We want to do this. Its brought the four of them back together. And yeah, they kicked it off last night and apparently fans are absolutely loving it already. Theres lots of lots of fuss on social media. I must confess, another show ive actually not watched at all is i know, shoot me now. Its bridget. Youve not seen any of them . No dawn, dawn, dawn, dawn. Its amazing. Have you seen any, ben . A few ive not sat down and watched episode after episode. Ive seen some when my wife has been watching it. Right. Okay, so im a huge fan of bridgerton. This is the third series. Theyve dropped it. Theyre doing two parts of it. Theyre doing two parts of it. So part one dropped this week on thursday, its four episodes. The next four episodes arent out until june, which is really annoying. Its really good. Nicola coughlan it focuses on her, the actress. She is the lead. You can see it here. Shes penelope in this bit and its an interesting one because she herself has said that shes surprised herself as a leading lady. You know, shes larger than you see, most leading actresses, you know, theyre usually really especially in bridgerton. Theyve all previously been very skinny and typical, if you will. And shes come through as this she is the star of these and its really good. And the story essentially follows the kind of idea of it is, can you fall in love with your best friend . If you have a solid friendship with someone, can that develop and be love and be romantic . Always risky . Yeah. So its really, really good. Its got the raunchy, which everyone loves, i love it. I binge watched the four episodes because i cant help myself, and icannot because i cant help myself, and i cannot wait for the next four to come out either, so definitely watch it. I just finally, very quickly, ellie, because weve been mentioning it and robinson and kimberlys ex husband, what do you make of that one . I love it, im all for it. I think its great because, you know, shes openly says, you know, im from a working class background. Shes like nowhere near like anything that you an idea of to do with like a toff or anything. And then hes obviously from upper echelons of society. Theyve come together. Society. Theyve come together. It seems like she can put him in his place , he can put her in his place, he can put her in a place and they have a laugh. Whats not to love . Brilliant. Having a laugh. Its what its all about. Lifes too short not to. Exactly. Ellie thank you very much. And thank you for so much for coming in and bringing baby along as well. Thanks, ellie. Thank you. Still to come . Were going to go live to North Yorkshire where whitbys fish and chips. Ships. Ships. Fish and chips festival is well underway. This is is well underway. This is saturday morning live on gb news, britains news channel welcome back. Happy saturday. This is gb news saturday with ben and me. Dawn neesom. Now, ben and me. 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Id probably buy 20 grands worth of fish and chips, which segues nicely into this next segment. So this weekend sees the return of whitby fish and chips ships festival, where the nonh chips ships festival, where the North Yorkshire seaside town celebrates its rich fishing heritage. Across today and tomorrow, a range of cookery demonstrations, Live Music Events and markets will take place to recognise the importance seafood plays in the local community. And were joined by gb News Reporter in yorkshire and humber, anna riley, who is joined in whitby by some guests from the seafood industry. Whats going on . Anna good morning. Yes, this event, as well as showcasing the maritime past of whitby, is also showcasing what whitby does presently in the fishing industry and how it can look in the future as well. So im delighted to be joined by arnold and also by dale. Theyre both from ipso. Just tell us a little from ipso. Just tell us a little bit about the organisation , we bit about the organisation, we represent east of england fish producers organisation. We producers organisation. We organise the quarters for the vessels , do meetings with defra vessels, do meetings with defra in london or even in york or wherever, just representing fishermen in general. And what are you getting out of this weekend, dale . What have you come to promote, well, were here to promote a new video and launch it at what better place to be in whitby . Great. Great. Great town. Established heritage in fishing and, were here to say, you know, fishing is here to attract new talent into it , to attract new talent into it, you know, sometimes the media gives a negative portrayal of the industry about crushing stocks, but in reality , the stocks, but in reality, the likes of, cod and haddock and whiting. For example, in, in ofsted, we havent seen at levels , for, for many, many levels, for, for many, many decades actually. So this is a great time to actually be coming into the industry. Its more vibrant than ever, not just not just on fishing boats, but also in the seafood supply chain and the various other industries that that make the industry, such a vibrant one. And like you say, this weekends a great way to showcase the fishing industry and what what are you going to be showing in this video and why do you think more people should get into the industry . Are you going to be showing all aspects of fishing . Its not just actually going to see on the boats for men or women, theres the office, office staff required. Theres auctioneers required. Theres auctioneers required to sell the fish. Theres a multitude of talent that were hoping to attract, today is fantastic. And it tastes delicious as well, doesnt it . Theres a lot going on here. Weve just in front of us. Weve got a battle re enactment, so stay with us on gb news throughout this afternoon, well be covering the whitby fish and ship festival all this afternoon. And if youre in the area, get on down. Its certainly fantastic. A lot going on and a great way to showcase whitby, its history, its future and its present. Anna, thank you so much. Very jealous. I should be there i think. I love fish and chips. Whats your order in the chippy . Im really hungry now. I just go for some chips with loads of vinegar on at the seaside. Loads of vinegar, no fish . No, no , i of vinegar, no fish . No, no, i dont like the battered fish thing. Sorry. Cod, cod and chips for me. Mushy peas, but a curry sauce. And i dont normally drink fizzy drinks, but maybe a can of coke. What about a battered sausage . No. Sausage . No. Definitely not. No, 100. No. Definitely not. No, 100. Never hate them. Hate sausages . Oh, okay. Right. Okay. Well, thats the end of that conversation on that bombshell. Quite like a sausage myself. Quite like a sausage myself. Sorry. Its a saturday. Come on, let me get away with that one. In any case, thats been the end of a wonderful show. Ive really enjoyed it. But up next is darren grimes, so dont go too far, but have a wonderful weekend. Thank you forjoining weekend. Thank you for joining us. Hes been ben leo ive been dawn neesom and enjoy the rest of your weekend. Of your weekend. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello welcome to your gb news Weather Forecast from the met office. Sunny spells for some today , but also some heavy some today, but also some heavy showers in the south and some of these could turn thundery as well. So looking at the bigger picture, weve got High Pressure situated out towards the west but low pressure in the east, and this has given a focus for some cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain across the southeast this morning. So through the rest of the afternoon we have got a heavy showers breaking out, especially across wales and the southwest of england. Here the southwest of england. Here the met office have got a yellow thunderstorm warning in force, so it could be some difficult driving conditions elsewhere. Sunny spells low cloud lingering in the east of scotland, but feeling warm in that sunshine with highs of 23 degrees. So through the rest of the day, heavy showers continuing across the across wales and southwest england, with the weather warning in force until 8 pm. This evening. Cloudier conditions across the southeast , conditions across the southeast, but plenty of sunshine across east anglia and Northern England , some showers breaking out across dumfries and galloway and also the cairngorms, where these could also be heavy, containing some thunder heavy, some low cloud persisting across eastern coast. So feeling cooler here but in the sunshine. Feeling but in the sunshine. Feeling pleasant. So through this evening, heavy showers continuing across the cairngorms generally easing and the showers across the south west and wales also easing. Later in the evening. Elsewhere turning dnen evening. Elsewhere turning drier. Plenty of clear skies on offer, but once again we will see low cloud feeding in from the north sea and across parts of the southeast , and that will of the southeast, and that will keep temperatures up at around 10 or 11 degrees. So on sunday morning it is going to be a murky start out there. For some of us, that low cloud , mist, of us, that low cloud, mist, murk and fog should gradually lift and break by mid morning, and then many of us should see a pleasant sunday with plenty of sunshine on offer remaining dry for most of us, a few heavy showers around and also holding on to a lot of low cloud across the north and east, but otherwise highs of 24. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on well. 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