11 at boarding school. The us election begins in earnest as a biden v trump rematch kicks into gear today, with both campaigning in georgia i hollywoods night of nights its the oscars all stars from hollywood will gather to celebrate the best in film. Well be looking ahead to the likely big winners, and its mothers day, of course, so do get in touch and tell us how you are celebrating today, or how you are expecting to be celebrated. Celebrated. Maybe. Maybe. Good morning. It was a thrilling day of upsets upsets in the six nations, with england dramatically beating ireland at twickenham while scotland were stunned by italy in rome in the premier league, the title race is hotting up. Its liverpool against Manchester City from anfield this afternoon. Anfield this afternoon. Hello there. Good morning. It is a cloudy, damp start for many of us. First thing, will it improve at all. 7 will of us. First thing, will it improve at all . Will there be some sunshine . Find out all the weather details coming up soon. Well its lovely to be with you today. Im anne diamond and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Well, happy mothers day, anne. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Very happy. Mothers day to you. Yeah, were having a lovely day so far. Well , day so far. Well, yeah, day so far. Well , yeah, well, day so far. Well, yeah, well, is well, yeah, well, it is early, isnt it . Is early, yes. It is early, yes. And i doubt any of my sons are up yet, but no doubt actually, have i any actually, have i had any messages from, have you had messages from, say, have you had any messages . I think my any lovely messages . I think my whatsapp going ding whatsapp has been going ding a couple times, so maybe some couple of times, so maybe some of them are but we are doing of them are up. But we are doing a later. Of them are up. But we are doing a are later. Of them are up. But we are doing a are your. Of them are up. But we are doing a are you are they taking you out . We dont know whether were going out or staying in yet. Its a surprise. Well, i hope theyre cooking for you. Well. Well, i hope theyre cooking for oh. Well. Well, i hope theyre cooking for oh no,ell. Well, i hope theyre cooking for oh no, im not expected to oh no, im not expected to cook. In i cook. Good. Yeah in fact, i dont think like my cooking dont think they like my cooking that anyway, so they all that much anyway, so they all think theyre cooks than me. Oh, that would be lovely. Oh, that would be lovely. No, will be. No, it will be. No, it will be. Itll be all of them coming over. Oven yes, yes. yes, yes. Well, that. Isnt that a treat to have all together. Treat to have them all together. How do you get them all how often do you get them all together now. Less and less often. Oh, less and less often. Oh, less and less often. Do. We do we do but we do. Do we do we do important and important days. Yeah. And then when we havent met when we realise we havent met up while, then thats just up for a while, then thats just an as well. Oh, an excuse for it as well. Oh, they like eating in they all like eating in restaurants, that makes restaurants, so that makes it quite too. Quite nice too. It nice and easy that makes it nice and easy when all get together. When you all get together. You what, mothers tell you what, mothers day is day well. Is a difficult day as well. I think who think for some people who are not who want not mothers and who maybe want to there just to have been there was just a lovely piece the telegraph lovely piece in the telegraph today. Just reading it today. I was just reading it a minute that for women who minute ago, that for women who got mutual got together over their mutual loss kept loss of babies, they kept miscarrying so on miscarrying each of them. So on mothers used to go mothers day, they used to go out for lunch together and for a girlie lunch together and just friendship. Just celebrate their friendship. But they persevered. And as it says, there , we lost 14 babies says, there, we lost 14 babies between us. But now we are mothers. Oh, isnt that lovely piece. Oh, isnt that lovely piece. And i think their message is that miscarriage is a terrible tragedy because it people dont talk about it very much. In fact, it often because it happens before your friends or even relatives know youre pregnant, but its terribly, terribly painful, and mother mothering sunday must be very difficult for some people. I think it must be very difficult, especially for those who lost their mothers. And who have lost their mothers. And its the first without its the first year without their think must their mothers. I think that must be difficult. And for those be very difficult. And for those whove lost babies, as you say, and theyve got babies in heaven, thats difficult as well, right . Yeah. Well, right . And|. Well, right . And youd be thinking of those so is those on this day. So it is a very difficult day for those, but its also a joyful day if you blessed with still you are blessed with still having your mum or you are a mum , how are you planning to spend it . Do let us know and also if you just want to send a message, yes to a very wonderful mother, then do it through us. Get in touch today gb views at gb news pochettino. Com. Now thats it. Thank you. Yeah, and that would be nice. Yeah, and that would be nice. That would be our honour actually morning share actually this morning to share those keep them those messages. So do keep them coming those messages. So do keep them conabsolutely brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. And its well. And i its crufts today as well. And i do just be bit controversial. Yes you do. Yes you do. Because, you know, it was miss world. Last night and we were one of the few countries that didnt. We decided not to that didnt. We decided not to show it. And i applaud that because i think its dreadful way in the 21st century, we shouldnt be judging people on their looks in the way that we do. Its terribly patronising and horrible, but i also think the same of dogs and i think crufts , although its sometimes crufts, although its sometimes quite cute to look at it y now you see, thats the part of crufts i like. Were showing the crufts i like. Were showing the sort of, you know, agility. Yeah agility and obedience. And i think theres, theres nothing more wonderful than a dog who has been trained well. But its the all the primping and preening and making dogs look not like dogs. Thats what i really dont like. Really dont like. Interbreeding. That often leads to. Yes. And pedigree breeds. Yes. And pedigree breeds. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That is the dogs that really have squashed in noses or have such squashed in noses or funny little legs that they cant a proper life. But i cant live a proper life. But i mean, at the moment were seeing the sort of dogs you would be proud of wagging tails proud of and the wagging tails that i know that shows they that yes, i know that shows they they enjoy but, you they enjoy the fuss, but, you know, the primping and know, all the primping and preening dogs are preening and the no dogs are silly the inbreeding, the silly and the inbreeding, the interbreeding. Interbreeding is. Yes, its very i. Yeah, but think crufts is yeah, but i think crufts is very cute , but thats just very cute, but thats just because dogs much. So because i love dogs so much. So id them all and i love id watch them all and i love watching it. I understand watching it. But i understand what yes. Watching it. But i understand whtl yes. Watching it. But i understand whtl mean, yes. Watching it. But i understand whtl mean, im yes. Watching it. But i understand whtl mean, im not yes. Watching it. But i understand whtl mean, im not saying it of i mean, im not saying it of all the at all. No. All of the breeds at all. No. And think a lot the and i think a lot of the breeders would, would feel the same they like same way. They think they like the they the intelligence thing, they like agility and like the agility thing. And i mean, a dog can be a total mean, and a dog can be a total pleasure real of pleasure and a real member of the family. But , pleasure and a real member of the family. But, but all the family. Yeah, but, but all the family. Yeah, but, but all the primping and preening and making stupid , please making them look stupid, please dont no crufts. Dont do it. No crufts. Hope that the dogs are and i hope that the dogs are happy as well, because thats. That the concern, that would be the concern, wouldnt wagging tail wouldnt it . The wagging tail usually shows. Usually shows they hope they dont they are, but i hope they dont find. Find it distressing. Anyway, wed your view anyway, wed love your view on you think im on that. Maybe you think im just harsh. Just being too harsh. Yeah. Do let us know. Gb views at news. Yeah. Do let us know. Gb viecom news. Yeah. Do let us know. Gb viecom now news. Yeah. Do let us know. Gb viecom now to ns. Yeah. Do let us know. Gb viecom now to our top story this com now to our top story this morning. Thousands morning. Tens of thousands of pro palestine demonstrators have filled streets the filled the streets of the capital and elsewhere again. Well, despite the met police revealing there were no significant public order disturbances, its actions disturbances, its the actions of the metropolitan police which are coming under scrutiny today. Yes. A counter protester who displayed a hamas is terrorism placard was arrested after protesters turned on him and that led to a brawl. Well, police said he was arrested for assault before being de arrested after officers reviewed the footage. Dear rested. However, after his arrest, he spoke and this is what he had to say. He told me , is it a danger he told me, is it a danger for your life and for the people when they see maybe attacked you . And what did you sign say, exactly . How much is terrorist . This is. Yeah no, that was the police. No, that was the police. And thats what your sign said. Said. I told to police. They attacked me and i want to complain. He said go to Police Station near your home. In a Statement Released after his arrest and arrest, the met clarified the initial arrest was not made in relation to his placard, well, lets speak now to nathaniel ogunye, who joins us live this morning. Very good to see you this morning, nathaniel. So what did you make of the scenes that we saw yesterday . Yesterday . Good morning. So it was a bit of a disaster. I think the metropolitan police, who are responsible for policing in london, i think if you look at the policing of the protests yesterday and you look at the policing of the illegal protest that took place on tower bridge last week , they set off flares, last week, they set off flares, they blocked traffic. And so i think the met police do have a few questions to answer. You might remember , last friday, the might remember, last friday, the Prime Minister set out that hed be issuing , Prime Minister set out that hed be issuing, in Prime Minister set out that hed be issuing , in collaboration be issuing, in collaboration with the home secretary, new guidance forces guidance for Police Forces up and the country. And down the country. Yeah, i mean, it just seems to the average onlooker as though the police simply dont know what to do. Thats right. Know what to do. Thats right. And you can only surmise that theyre not getting the right sort of leadership that they they each individual policeman deserves, let alone what the pubuc deserves, let alone what the public deserve. Public deserve. Right. And within london, thats an issue for the police and crime commissioner, who of course is the mayor yes. Of course, when were talking about the cabinet, it does feel as though the home secretary, James Cleverly, and the like they are losing patience with the scenes that were seeing on a saturday. James cleverly last week saying, i think youve made your point now and then weve got michael gove this week the the gove this week in the in the telegraph, telling good, willing people his message, good, willing to not march willing people to not march alongside extremists. Alongside extremists. Well, its not only cabinet ministers that are losing their patience. I think many people in london are losing it too, you find that former cabinet minister Robert Jenrick wrote last week in the daily mail discussing the impact of these protests. I think you find that actually a lot of jewish people feel unsafe in the city at the weekend, and thats an unacceptable outcome. Okay. Well, no doubt were going be seeing more of this going to be seeing more of this as the weeks go on. Nathaniel, thank indeed for thank you very much indeed for joining you. As you joining us. Thank you. As you look back on what happened yesterday. But my goodness, in the newspapers today, its all royal stories. Yes. Were reflecting that yes. Were reflecting that this morning. Theres a lot a lot going on. So lets go to our royal news now. And the big sort of bombshell thing thats landed, is the memoir thats been written by earl spencer. Thats of course, the brother of Princess Diana and the mail on sunday is running it today. And reading it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end, because in it he talks about how he was sexually abused as a child and at boarding school. Well, in an extract of his to soon be released memoir, serialised in the mail on sunday today , earl spencer reveals he today, earl spencer reveals he was targeted by a female member of staff at Maidwell Hall in northamptonshire in the 1970s and this abuse, he says, began at when he was just 11 years old. Yeah, and the abuse went on from the headmaster as well. Its just spine tingling to read it. Hes now 59, of course, and earl spencer alleges all that abuse began when he was 11 years old and has damaged him ever since. In a statement, the school has now said it is difficult to read about practices which were sadly sometimes believed to be normal and almost acceptable at the time. Almost every facet of school life has evolved significantly since the 1970s. At the heart of the changes is the safeguarding of children and the safeguarding of children and the promotion of their welfare. The promotion of their welfare. Well, joining us now is royal correspondent michael cole. Good to see you this morning, michael. And this is a very distressing read, isnt it. From earl spencer. Good morning. Good morning. An absolute appalling. And, his late father, johnny spencer, who i knew very well , late father, johnny spencer, who i knew very well, and his stepmother, raine spencer, who i knew for 48 years and gave the eulogy at her memorial service. They would have been appalled had they known this was going on so close to all thought the stately home of the Spencer Family. Shocking and when i think how diana protected her, her little brother, he was only four. And she was six when their mother, frances, walked out. And ever after she looked after him. Diana, fortunately had a happy time at her prep school, riddlesworth hall, near thetford in norfolk, but this is shocking and disgraceful. And the people , and disgraceful. And the people, most of those people, neither of them alive, still should, hang their heads in hell or wherever they are. There we see earl spencen they are. There we see earl spencer, who has made a good career for himself as a as an author and historian and a very clever guy. He could have got a first at, oxford and but hes come through a lot and, fortunately in recent years by people like matt ridley, son of , people like matt ridley, son of, nicholas ridley, the politician, theyve got done a lot to expose this sort of thing that went on at that time. I think its shocking, actually, to hear the school say it was regarded as normal. Well, it wasnt normal. What i live. Im so glad that what i live. Im so glad that i didnt have an expensive education, because my parents and those around us and my family would have been shocked by such things. And of course, as, Charles Spencer says, its left a scar on his life. And i think thats without doubt that that must do. Appalling. And, that must do. Appalling. And, that must do. Appalling. And, that such things were regarded as normal at the time is awful. And, of course, he went on to eton , and i think he had a much, eton, and i think he had a much, much happier time there. And hes, carried on and hes carried on the tradition of the Spencer Family at althorp ever since. Its worth pointing out, though, as well, michael, isnt it, that while some people heanng it, that while some people hearing this for the first time and reading it today may think, oh, here weve got another royal whingeing and blaming everybody else, he has done Extensive Research and has found that that so many of his contemporaries at the school were too ashamed to say anything at the time, but are quite happy to corroborate what went on there. Its not what went on there. Its not just him. In other words, this is huge problem and is clearly a huge problem and his telling of it is truthful. His telling of it is truthful. Terrible. Yeah, it was a pattern that went on at these these sort of schools. You read about it in the evening or you get hints of it elsewhere. But it is vile elsewhere. But it is vile because children are vulnerable. They are in the power of these people. There is no escape. Youre within the bounds of that school. What says theyre school. What says theyre regarded when you start as gods and then you finally, suddenly find the gods have absolutely not only feet of clay, they have evil intentions. And i think evil intentions. And i think Something Like that happening, whether its a little girl or a little boy, it can scar them for life. So its deplorable, its contemptible. And if we can root out that in our present society , out that in our present society, well have done a very, very good thing indeed. Yeah, absolutely appalling. Michael. In happier news, i did want to reflect on Prince Edward at 60, because there have been some really beautiful words exchanged between himself and his wife, sophie, this week. Hasnt there . Hasnt there . Yeah, absolutely. He he got quite emotional and he didnt mind showing it. I think it was when she said, youre my best friend. I think that was it. In fact, quite a rare public showing of emotion in the royal family. There we are, Prince Edward. He was of course, i remember very well on 60 years ago, the newspaper bulletins were printed in blue and in savoy, we were, of course, 38, which was then considered, quite an advanced age to give birth to an advanced age to give birth to a new, new baby, i knew edward. I mean, he hadnt didnt have a terribly easy time of it. He had to struggle. He had to try harder than the rest. And i. Harder than the rest. An