Reveals that half of teenagers say that their parents are too distracted by their devices , and distracted by their devices, and we meet the lady whos been crowned britains biggest collector, victoria mclean has more than 9000 pieces of harry potter memorabilia, worth more than a quarter of a million pounds. And in the sport. Everton beat liverpool for the first time in 14 years at goodison park. Manchester united have a scare against Sheffield United and Emma Raducanu goes from her best performance of the year to her worst. Oh, and one more thing in ski jumping news a new world record has been set. Good morning. Its a bit of a cloudier day today and some of us will see some showers. You can find out all the details with me a little later on. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Breakfast on. Gb news. Well, as lovely as it is to be with you here on a thursday morning, it was very, very special to be out and about on tuesday, covering Saint Georges day. Wasnt it just yet. 7 a day. Wasnt it just yet . A day we wont forget. It was so, so special to be there. It was lovely to be together. Actually, it was on a tuesday, which doesnt usually happen. No. And actually so many of you, if you were there on the day, thank you very much indeed. If you came over and said hello because it was an endless stream, it actually was. Stream, it actually was. It was lovely, wasnt it . It was constant. There were people actually waiting outside the pub, to say hello to us, but really sorry for a lady. I think your name is debbie, who actually had a photo with you. And then i dont think she realised she could come in the pub to say hello to me. So she just waited outside in the cold. And then when i stepped outside about an hour later, she was like, ellie, ive been waiting out here in the cold for an houn oh no. Oh no. Yeah. And i said, its a pub, come in. But so there you go. Yeah. So, debbie, thank you for waiting. But honestly, for us it was lovely. Its one of the nice things about this job and this place that although we have our detractors because people i dont know just wouldnt like to have a go at people. We get stopped by so many more people. You wont believe the difference, actually. And its really, its always lovely to say hello to you so if you see us out and about, come and say hello. But thank you for tuesday. It was really lovely. Yeah. And its so nice to see you as well, because to us we just feel like we talked to each other in an empty room. Theres nobody else here, so its nice to actually put a face to a name, isnt it . Isnt it just. And to see you all. So thank you so much. It was very special, wasnt it . Very gb news. Yes, absolutely, and if you were out and about or if you just want to say hello to us this morning, or if youve got anything that you want to talk about, then you know how to do it, dont they, ellie . Yes. And do you gbnews. Com yoursay. Yeah, thats what i was i was looking for this morning. Thank you very much. Yeah, its our new forum, so if you havent got involved yet, do join. Its very easy to do so. And then you can see everybody elses messages and you can reply to things. Its very nice. Now to our main news this morning labour. Labour have been accused of failing to keep britain safe in a ever increasingly dangerous world. Yes, sir Keir Starmers party has come under fire for not backing the governments boost in defence spending. The Prime Minister promising £75 billion more in new funding that will show our enemies. We are resolute and determined. Well, a shadow ministers declined to promise the same. Johnny mercer, the veterans minister, says it showed labour could not be trusted on defence. He said labour again refused to back our plan to spend 2. 5 of gdp on defence, instead , they gdp on defence, instead, they want to spend Years Holding a review as the world gets more dangerous while refusing to act to keep the british people safe. Well, johnny is now is Political Correspondent for the spectator. James heale good to see you this morning, james. Is it too much, actually, realistically, to ask the labour party to outand out back something which they havent costed for . Yeah, i mean its a very difficult thing. Pledge to kind of match. If you look at for instance, just how much labour is willing to be very fiscally reticent in certain areas and reticent in certain areas and reticent about, like talking about things like Health Spending for instance. I think its very difficult for the labour party, which are traditionally obviously referred money on things like welfare spending to come out and back. This kind of increase at a time when every labour shadow cabinet member is going around saying to Rachel Reeves can have some more money for this, more money for that, its difficult for them to come out and match this kind of spending given as you say, 75 billion by 2030. And of course, you know, one person would have to ask how many votes are going to ask how many votes are going to be in it from kind of the Labour Party Point of view. So i think that for them its a bit of a being, a sort of their initial reaction has been a bit sixes and sevens perhaps, in responding to that. And thats why youve seen, say, steve reid, the shadow environment secretary, saying slightly Different Things to the shadow attorney general, Emily Thornberry, on the media round. So i think labour are yet to come up with a kind of fully responded on this. And, and thats why Johnny Mercer is out there saying labour cant be trusted on defence. I mean, how many votes do you think could be in this though, because as Johnny Mercer says, as as the tory party is saying, we are in a much more dangerous world. You would think that defence is actually going very quickly up peoples priority list. And what do you think the opfics list. And what do you think the optics look like when youve got people like Johnny Mercer saying, well, labour are going to dither around on this whilst the world gets more dangerous. Well, thats some context to this. I mean, over the last two years ago there was basically labour was 20 points behind on the conservatives on defence and over the past two years theyve got much better and now actually are ahead on this as an issue. So i think this is an attempt to kind of open up a bit of clear blue water and then trying to tie this into other things as well, saying labour cant be trusted on taxation. Labour cant be trusted on security. And i think thats where theyre going to be trying to do. Obviously, its very difficult for the conservatives to kind of 20 points behind the polls overall right now, but i think that this is an attempt to kind of both unite the party behind a pro spending message and also try and put the fight towards laboun try and put the fight towards labour, because labour, of course, every time theyve had things like the 28 billion Green New Deal on this, theyve theyve actually really suffered to kind of get their figures out. Right. So i think that for the conservatives there is a bit of heart to be taken from this. And, you know, i think youve seen that in the response so far. People like Mark Francois critique of sunak coming out and supporting this. So i think the opfics supporting this. So i think the optics are about, you know, they would like to present it. As you know, the conservatives are finally taking National Security seriously. Yeah. And its all well and good. And i know this is the most stupid point to make because everyone plays politics with everything, especially in an election year. It just never seems right to me to be playing politics with our defence. Yes, quite. And i think we also see a general trend every election where you have a five Year Parliament and in year four, year five, they start spending more money, having cut it earlier in the parliament and i do think the defence has suffered over the past sort of ten, 14 years or so, which is that, you know, of course, you know, im surprised, you know, David Camerons a foreign secretary. Well, when he was Prime Minister, the number of in the military, i think, had dropped by about a third or so in terms of the armed forces headcount. So i do think that there are questions to answer. I mean, you know, sunak and his government would say, look, you know, the nature of threats has changed. Weve known this for the past sort of 2 or 3 years or so. Ukraine has shown that. And so. Ukraine has shown that. And so i think now they say better late than ever. And the question is whether labour will match that given how so far in the past 48 hours theyve been a bit all over the place. With this, there is some scrutiny still for the tories, though, isnt there, about how this uplift is going to be fully funded. Weve talked about cuts to the Civil Service, havent we . But we dont know where theyre going to be. And thats still not enough, is it . Yes. Im old enough to remember two years ago and Boris Johnson made this exact same pledge in madrid at the 2022 nato summit. And back then , of nato summit. And back then, of course, there was talk that they were going to cut 91,000 Civil Service jobs that came to nought. So i think from looking at the kind of early costings of this proposal, they say 75,000 Civil Servants will be out, 70,000 Civil Servants. I would struggle to see where those are going to fall, particularly if you think now that health and the schools and defence are all protected, where are you going to find those kind of big budget savings . Is it going to fall, for instance, on justice departments . Is it going to fall on, say, transport . And so all these different areas have a special case. So i would think that a lot more detail needs to be found out about it. But for now, the initial reaction, i think the government can be happy with how thats gone down. Yeah. In terms of labour, though, on this, there may not be saying any confirming anything yet. I mean, theyd be anything yet. I mean, theyd be crazy not to find a way to do this ultimately, wouldnt they. Yeah, i think so. And i think that people who are more pro of defence, being in the labour party have made the case to me that , you know, you can party have made the case to me that, you know, you can tie this into Something Like levelling up, for instance, you can look at barrow and furness, the jobs that youve created in kind of industrial areas. And i think in sectors. And so i think that they can tie this into the wider message that Rachel Reeves has been talking about in terms of security, in terms of making sure that supply chains are safe terms, that making sure that our economy is sort of waterproof against the shocks. The Financial System , there is Financial System, there is a potential way to do this in a certain way. So i think that they ought to be looking at this. Certainly. And im sure that this work is going on behind the scenes right now. You know, anyone who mentions barrow in furness is good in my books. Thats my hometown, lovely stuff , james. Thanks very lovely stuff, james. Thanks very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Do let us know what you make of that gbnews. Com yoursay yeah, its interesting, isnt it . Because, as i say, labour and were talking to labour a little bit later on this morning, so well ask them about it, but cant make a commitment yet. Well, no, because its very yet. Well, no, because its very difficult to when they say everything is fully costed, which of course has got to be. Yeah, so its probably difficult for them at the moment, but are they, theyre going to have to match it. Theyre going to have to work out arent they. They really are. Yeah. Because any, any party coming and the main, the main purpose of any government, and the main, the main purpose of any government , the main role of any government, the main role of any government, the main role of any government is defence of the realm, isnt it. Defence of defence of the british people. And so theres got to be tied in. Yeah. And i think in the world that we are currently living in, i think to a lot of People Defence spending is going to be very important at the next general election. It may be one of the key factors in who they decide to vote for. So it is something that sir keir starmer will have to think about quite seriously. I think, yeah, i think he will now a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers, teachers and a teenage student were stabbed at a school in wales. Yes, a man Valley School was put into lockdown shortly after 11 am. Yesterday after three people were injured. Emergency services responded, including wales air ambulance. Police say wales air ambulance. Police say the injuries are not life threatening. Forensic teams have been on site and a knife has been on site and a knife has been recovered and the suspect remains in custody. Well, superintendent ross evans spoke to the media. Im aware that there is footage circulating on social media and i would ask that this is kindly removed to preserve the integrity of the Ongoing Investigation and to avoid further distress to those involved. This was a very distressing incident, and our thoughts are with the victims. Thoughts are with the victims. Well, joining us now is former Police Officer oliver laurence. Good to see you this morning. Oliver. I mean, this is a truly shocking story, isnt it . It certainly is. Similarly, you know, we see violence on our streets across the country. And streets across the country. And when we see it inside our schools, its something that really hits home and is truly troubling. But i think youve got to sort of celebrate the bravery of the teachers getting involved in this matter and disarming this alleged offender , disarming this alleged offender, you know, three people with with terrible injuries, but thankfully non life threatening. And hopefully now the school will start to come back together, start to understand whats occurred. Obviously, the police will run a very complex investigation like we would expect them to. But a highly distressing situation for the community of south wales. Yeah, in terms of the investigation , oliver, i mean, investigation, oliver, i mean, presumably comparatively straight forward in a in a situation where theres going to be a lot of witnesses. Yeah. You know, the police will always be mindful not to call anything simplistic. Its still quite complex in terms of gathering witness statements very, very quickly. Obviously a flick knife was recovered at the scene, which is quite distressing to hear that obviously a young person is allegedly in possession of such allegedly in possession of such a weapon, but you know , the a weapon, but you know, the police will move very, very quickly. Obviously there will also be support networks in place because obviously this is quite a distressing incident inside a school and also the community will be very, very worried. Obviously an isolated incident, but still people need support getting through this to make sure that they recover not only physically but also emotionally. Emotionally. Oliver, how rare is this sort of incident . Because we really dont hear about this sort of thing happening very often. And thing happening very often. And how do we prevent it from happening again . Happening again . Thankfully, we dont hear very often of incidents inside our schools. I think, tragically, we hear a lot about it out in the public. We obviously weve seen a lot of young people affected by knife crime, particularly in Central London, over the last couple of years, and education is the key, really, to sort of giving kids and young people an insight as to sort of the ramifications of their actions. These lives , their actions. These lives, these actions change lives forever. And not only the victims , but the offenders, victims, but the offenders, their families. And these are young people that really dont understand the contextual piece around sort of these ramifications. The fact they have such a huge impact not only on their victims but themselves and their families. Its something that police and the communities need to work hard on. You know, police and Crime Commissioners are coming up for re election next week and something they focus on as part of their sort of anti social behaviour. Models and fundings going forward. You dont want the problem is you look at Something Like this and you think, heck, i really hope we dont end up going the way of america with with airport style security needed at schools and that sort of thing. And that sort of thing. Yeah. Its interesting, steve, you know, we do often associate School Violence with the states. You know, i think weve all become slightly, tragically , quite numb to when tragically, quite numb to when we hear of mass incidents in the us because they seem to appear and happen quite regularly. You know, we are very thankful here in the uk that it doesnt happen regularly. And i suppose that the key to that is, i suppose, you know, the education, the environment our kids are brought up in. You know, there is a it is hard to get hold of weapons in society, but thankfully we dont see too many of these. And hopefully this is an isolated incident but still has rocked a south Wales Community wholl be waking up this morning wondering how this all transpired. Absolutely, truly shocking incident. Oliver laurence good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. You very much indeed. Okay, lets have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom as we approach 6 15