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Paul coyte is here with the latest from the world of sport and some canoeing work, canoeing news, i cant say canoeing news, Rugby World Cup last night england saw off japan. It wasnt down to hands, wasnt down to feet. It was actually down to joe millers head. Actually down to joe millers head. But ill tell you more head. But ill tell you more about that. Okay, look forward to that. Okay, look forward to that. And as always, you can join in any our discussions, email in any of our discussions, email us gb gbnews. Com you us gb views. Gbnews. Com or you can at. Gb news. Well can tweet us at. Gb news. Well the top story this morning is urgent investigations are being launched by the bbc and channel 4 in the wake of allegations of Sexual Assault, including rape against Russell Brand. But concerns have also been raised over how long the broadcasters knew about the allegations. Owns knew about the allegations. Owns the comedian and actor has been accused of attacking women between 2006 and 2013. On when he was at the height of his fame, now launched their own investigation. The metropolitan police has asked victims to come forward and speak to them if they believe theyve been assaulted. No how long ago , how well no matter how long ago, how well their interviews were voiced by actors in the channel programme. You may find some of the content distressing. Content distressing. Hes grabbing at my underwear , pulling it to the side. Im telling him to get off me and he wont get off. Im like holding me up against the wall, pushing himself in me. He grabbed me and got me on the bed. I was fully clothed and he was naked. At this point i was like, oh my god, he raped me i i i was m i was crying. And he said, i was crying. And he said, oh, i only want to see your mascara run. Anyway i phoned and somebody asked what it was regarding and i said, thats regarding and i said, thats regarding Russell Brand being a sex offender. Now sex offender. Now now social media brand has denied these allegations. He said his relations ships have all been consensual. All been consensual. Well, midst this litany of astonishing , rather baroque astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations , ones that i allegations, ones that i absolutely refuse suit these allegations pertain to the time when i was working in the mainstream, when i was in the newspapers all the time when i was in the movies. And as ive written extensively in my written about extensively in my books, i was very, very promiscuous. During that promiscuous. Now, during that time the time of promiscuity, the relationships i had were absolute always consensual. Absolute, always consensual. I was always transparent about that. Almost too that. Then almost too transparent. Im being transparent. And im being transparent. And im being transparent about it now as well. Well lets speak to the host of protect and serve podcast and former Police Officer oliver lawrence, who joins us in the studio. I mean, you only have to look at the front of the newspapers. This and once again, he this morning. And once again, he is splashed over them, is splashed all over them, i suppose whats different in this particular sex particular kind of celebrity sex scandal as he says, scandal is that, as he says, there he was well known to be a lothario. He was well to lothario. He was well known to have a a drink a have a sex, a drink problem, a drug problem. This may not come drug problem. This may not come as a huge surprise, but nevertheless, theres too many people coming out with the same story. Now, isnt there . Now, isnt there . There is very much so. And i think as we see the metropolitan police have asked for victims to come can be come forward so this can be investigated and investigated robustly and allegations looked allegations can be looked in, because moment, these because at the moment, these are allegations he allegations is so obviously, he has an entitlement to a presumption of innocence at this moment in time. Obviously, moment in time. But obviously, its for now, its important for victims now, hopefully, empowered hopefully, to feel empowered that have come that other women have come forward, come forward, that they may also come forward, that they may also come forward similar forward and report maybe similar or like stories. But as say, or like stories. But as you say, the front papers dont the front page papers dont paint a very good picture this morning for sure. Paint a very good picture this mo um, for sure. Paint a very good picture this mo um, and sure. Paint a very good picture this mo um, and are. Likely to see um, and are we likely to see an in the coming days . An arrest in the coming days . Why do you think this will play out . I think were quite away from that i think that at the moment. I think theres areas here, victims theres two areas here, victims may actually come forward to may not actually come forward to police. Two things here. Police. Theres two things here. Theres justice and theres criminal justice and then justice then theres social justice victims at moment will feel victims at the moment will feel empowered. Control of victims at the moment will feel em|situation. Control of victims at the moment will feel em|situation. This control of victims at the moment will feel em|situation. This is control of victims at the moment will feel em|situation. This is partntrol of victims at the moment will feel em|situation. This is part ofol of the situation. This is part of the situation. This is part of the healing process for them coming weve got coming forward. Weve got to remember our criminal remember that our criminal justice a very poor Justice System has a very poor reputation convicting reputation in convicting people of this type. So of allegations of this type. So they may see that this is what theyre pursuing. Is this social justice, recognition theyre pursuing. Is this social justithis recognition theyre pursuing. Is this social justithis pointcognition theyre pursuing. Is this social justithis point of|nition theyre pursuing. Is this social justithis point of being this this point of being listened public about listened to by the public about allegations which theyve been silent for a very long time. Some of the allegations relate to incidents happening in another here in the relate to incidents happening in anotwhat here in the relate to incidents happening in anotwhat happens here in the relate to incidents happening in anotwhat happens in1ere in the relate to incidents happening in anotwhat happens in ine in the relate to incidents happening in anotwhat happens in in thatthe uk. What happens in in that case, are there sort of rules around statute of limitations or any of that impact on on this particular person . Yeah, no limitation of time with this. And i think most important thing is obviously the metropolitan if they are metropolitan police, if they are the Police Service which takes this work this forward, can work for organisations united organisations in the United States allegations to states where allegations seem to be from can can be coming out from and can can collate statements , collate witness statements, victim statements, various different parts of the investigation any investigation and support any investigations which happen outside the country. So can very much in that full, much support in that full, complex environment. I what we know i suppose what we know historically , whether somebody historically, whether somebody is celebrity not, is that is a celebrity or not, is that actually allegation of actually from an allegation of rape or whatever it might be to conviction is very, very low conviction is a very, very low rate. And thats often for rate. And thats often for a number of reasons, victims often rate. And thats often for a nunwantingeasons, victims often rate. And thats often for a nunwanting to ;ons, victims often rate. And thats often for a nunwanting to go ;, victims often rate. And thats often for a nunwanting to go through; often rate. And thats often for a nunwanting to go through the en not wanting to go through the whole of a trial. And whole process of a trial. And i suppose, you know, you can look at the whole Cross Section of other big names that have been in kind of sex scandals. In similar kind of sex scandals. And cases have all been and those cases have all been dropped. There a big dropped. So there is a big question be asked about question to be asked about whether or people be whether or not people should be so publicly have these so publicly named. Have these trials media before the trials as by media before the evidence presented a Court Evidence is presented in a court of law. And just to go through those big names, were talking about paul Cliff Richard, paul gambaccini, Cliff Richard, kevin , john leslie and kevin spacey, john leslie and Harvey Proctor, who will be speaking to later in the programme this morning without doubt, one of the greatest challenges this generation is challenges in this generation is social and the 24 hour social media and the 24 hour news media cycle terms of news media cycle in terms of facing allegation allegations like and being to like this and being able to respond in of what respond to them in terms of what we say now is around the world very, very quickly. As youve pointed out, and as as youve pointed out, there been number of there have been a number of individuals profile who individuals of high profile who have of very have been accused of very serious equally have been accused of very seriouhave equally have been accused of very seriouhave gone equally have been accused of very seriou have gone through ally have been accused of very seriou have gone through the those have gone through the court havent reached court or havent even reached court or havent even reached court because theyre quite complex. The elements are significant and sometimes victims ability victims dont have the ability or through that or they fear going through that entire so it is entire process. So it is important that people are entitled that presumption of entitled to that presumption of innocence things to innocence before things go to court and they are found guilty through our judicial system, which important. Which is critically important. People are critical a lot of people are critical about Investigative Journalism in and what role in all of this and what role does Investigative Journalism have to play . Channel 4 cleared the schedule on saturday Night Entertainment night for a 90 minute docu commentary. For instance , before the sunday instance, before the sunday times and every other newspaper in the land printed headlines on the sunday. The media has a very important part to play in this, not only in communicating and empowering victims to have that control and power over particular matters , but to be particular matters, but to be able to get these stories out, which in the publics which are in the publics interest. Important get interest. It is important to get these to be able to these stories out, to be able to demonstrate what is going on, because broader issues because there are broader issues here is aware of here in terms of who is aware of these going on. Is there these issues going on. Is there allegations against broadcasters where were working . Where people were working . There are here to be are broad subjects here to be covered, i think its really covered, and i think its really important these do important that these stories do get that we can have get out so that we can have these discussions can these discussions and we can look into them with greater detail now. Its worth always hm well, its worth always reiterating course, reiterating that, of course, russell does these Russell Brand does deny these allegations. At moment allegations. And at the moment the bbc indeed channel 4 and the bbc and indeed channel 4 and a number of other newspapers and organisations all doing their own investigations at this time, including i should say, the metropolitan police. Metropolitan police. Lawrence, thank you oliver lawrence, thank you very indeed, sir. Keir very much indeed, sir. Keir starmer has said he will attempt a major rewrite of our brexit dealif a major rewrite of our brexit deal if labour wins power in the next election. Speaking to the financial times, the labour leader said that he would put closer relationships with brussels at the heart of his plans for government. Well, lets go to gb news Political Correspondent olivia utley. So correspondent olivia utley. So doesit correspondent olivia utley. So does it really matter what keir starmer wants . What does Europe Starmer wants . What does europe want . Well , i want . Well, i think thats a very, very important question. Its not a huge surprise that keir starmer has come out and said that he wants to renegotiate britains relationship with the eu. We know that as soon as britain voted for brexit, keir starmer essentially wanted to rejoin fronted a big rejoin the eu and fronted a big campaign arguing forthat. Campaign in arguing for that. Hes obviously backtracked from that since he now says that he wouldnt want rejoin the wouldnt want to rejoin the customs wouldnt Customs Union, he wouldnt want to Single Market, but to rejoin the Single Market, but he would want to renegotiate the deal Boris Johnson struck deal that Boris Johnson struck in 2021. Well thats all very well, but brussels interested well, but is brussels interested in renegotiation . It is true that Boris Johnsons brexit deal comes up for review , as they comes up for review, as they call it, in 2025, but as far as the eu concerned is concerned , the eu concerned is concerned, thats just a matter of sort of ironing things out. Whether they would prepared the would be to prepared open the negotiation again when of negotiation up again when of course in 2021, when the negotiation was being made. Eu businesses across the whole of the states had a lot of the 27 states had a lot of uncertainty. Be waiting to find out what that deal would be. Would they prepared to would they be prepared to go through that in through all of that again in order for starmer to get a new deal . At all. Deal . Its not clear at all. And i suppose its interesting that he feels bold enough to sort of tie his colours to the mast or pin his colours to the mast or pin his colours to the mast or pin his colours to the mast as were, colours to the mast as it were, because of because he will have lots of people conservative at people who voted conservative at the election the last election for traditional voters, but traditional labour voters, but they voted specifically on a brexit he now saying brexit issue. Is he now saying that thinks a lot of people that he thinks a lot of people think that brexit isnt working and has been a failure . Well i think essentially what and has been a failure . Well i thinisaying essentially what and has been a failure . Well i thinisaying andentially what and has been a failure . Well i thinisaying andertiesy what and has been a failure . Well i thinisaying anderties into at hes saying and it ties into what he saying last week, what he was saying last week, last he was saying that he last week he was saying that he wanted have a new migrant wanted to have a new migrant deal with the eu whereby britain would in a quota would take in a quota of migrants from eu, which migrants from the eu, which would essentially signing up would essentially be signing up wholesale eus deal on immigration. So it is a clear sign that that he seems to think that the electorate believes that electorate now believes that brexit was mistake. Is he brexit was a mistake. Is he right about that . I mean, presumably he the people around him have been doing lots and lots focus groups, and lots of focus groups, lots and lots of focus groups, lots and lots of focus groups, lots and lots of polling, etcetera. But i wonder if thats going to play well country. The well in the country. The conservatives will be conservatives certainly will be quite it. Quite gleeful about it. Its a good question. Again, its a good question. Olivia to put that to olivia wed like to put that to our viewers and listeners today. Youre ready for. Do you think youre ready for a change in the brexit rules . Gbp views a gbnews. Com let us know throughout the programme this morning and we will reflect those. Those. And just lastly, olivia, you know , are we seeing the sort of know, are we seeing the sort of head of steam being built up by sir keir starmer . Hes been on a sort of global stage the last few he seems to be doing few days. He seems to be doing sunday newspaper exclusive. Last weekend tim shipman weekend it was tim shipman in the times. Today, down the times. Today, big sit down with and obviously weve with the ft and obviously weve got the labour conference coming up. Making up. But i mean, hes making headunes up. But i mean, hes making headlines never before. It headlines like never before. It could be argued. Certainly absolutely. Hes certainly trying himself as a trying to portray himself as a prime in waiting. And Prime Minister in waiting. And it be working. It really seems to be working. Hes this meeting hes had this meeting in montreal with leaning montreal with with left leaning Party Leaders from around the world. Hes meeting Emmanuel Macron next week, which is pretty astonishing, really, given that macron only ever meets with people from his own centrist family. As he puts it, opposition leaders from his own centrist family. Making centrist family. So hes making headway the international headway on the international stage. You say, back stage. And as you say, back home, conference is home, labour conference is getting attention than it getting more attention than it ever before. It really feels ever has before. It really feels as though were gearing up to a general and it feels general election, and it feels as people at home as though people both at home and rightly or wrongly, and abroad, rightly or wrongly, think they know the result think that they know the result of election. Of that general election. An believe that he to an i believe that he wrote to president requesting this president macron requesting this this its not as if this visit. So its not as if macron had gone, oh, lets have a chat. But certainly, you know, as they were in europe as you say, they were in europe last he and shadow last week. He and his shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper meeting europol definitely trying know, improve trying to you know, improve relations the eu. Do you relations with the eu. Do you think that they will warm to sir keir starmer, given that hes gone these efforts of writing gone to these efforts of writing to macron, visiting them, sort of you know, dont know, of you know, i dont know, bringing them or sitting at the table with them again, in a way that happened a while that hasnt happened for a while for britain. That hasnt happened for a while for britai|i think that, yes, its well, i think that, yes, its quite possible that they do warm well, i think that, yes, its qu him ossible that they do warm well, i think that, yes, its qu him a. Sible that they do warm well, i think that, yes, its qu him a little that they do warm well, i think that, yes, its quhim a little bit, they do warm well, i think that, yes, its quhim a little bit, buty do warm well, i think that, yes, its quhim a little bit, but that warm to him a little bit, but that said, they have warmed to rishi sunak. Britains sunak. But britains relationship at relationship with france was at an low under boris an all time low under Boris Johnson, who said he couldnt. I cant the exact cant remember the exact wording, that he wording, but it implied that he didnt whether france was a didnt know whether france was a friend or a foe. And rishi sunak has lot work to repair has done a lot of work to repair that relationship. Weve that relationship. And weve talked about bromance talked a lot about the bromance between of them. So yes, between the two of them. So yes, keir starmer is sort of carrying on in that tradition. But whether the eu being warm to him and the eu being to prepared open this huge renegotiation of a deal really, really complicated diplomatic deal which was agreed two years ago, i think those are two very different things. Okay, olivia, thank you as always. Well there are four of us on this table this morning, andifs us on this table this morning, and its highly likely that one of us has a condition called misophonia, which means they get easily irritated through noise and sound. And i know who that one person is on this table this morning. So, like, things like morning. So, like, things like breakfast, cereal, popcorn, any thing, crisps, none of that annoys me. What annoys me is being deafened, but other than that, i dont. I dont have a food aversion. You would find that youre sensitive to noise. I definitely dont like loud noise. Yeah every time. Noise. Yeah every time. So anyway, this is called my wife has this terrible and it means that if you excuse me, if was very irritating, i think youre the one with ms dhoni. I actually think youve got misophonia, which is whats so ironic, you know, when people identify your and people identify your flaws and then theyre their then actually theyre their flaws, thats a thing, isnt it . But things if you say , but things like if you say, for instance, i cant drink tea , i am accused of slurping tea, slurping soup. Well , your slurping soup. Well, your table manners are fairly undesirable. Fairly undesirable. Most of it goes down your tied. You see . You want to start on me so. On me 50. On me so. So anyway, this is an incredible condition. This lady, this professor has brought out a book on all of this. And it is more complex than being annoyed. People feel trapped and helpless heanng people feel trapped and helpless hearing these signs. Things like clocks annoy her pigeons cooing, annoy her, all sorts of my children squabbling. That annoys me intensely. Yeah so, children, what were trying to do, well run this well talk about this throughout the program this morning. But basically gb views the gbnews. Com what signs annoy you . Are you easily set off by the sound of guarantee . The time being . 615 lots of people will be waking up to their alarm clocks this morning. I hate that sound. How many times ive changed the sound of my alarm clock because i think this less offensive this will be less offensive every i just want to chuck every time. I just want to chuck it across the floor. Awful. Its a ghastly. A no, its a ghastly. Its a ghastly sound, alarm clock at ghastly sound, an alarm clock at 615 is the time. Ghastly sound, an alarm clock at 615 is the time. If youve just 615 is the time. If youve just joined us, a reminder of the top stories on this monday morning. The Metropolia Police calls for potential victims to come forward after a documentary accuses Russell Brand of sexual crimes , which hes denying the crimes, which hes denying the labour leader says he will try to rewrite the uks brexit deal if his party wins the next general election. General election. And coming up, as the rspca releases figures showing one dog is abused every hour of every day in britain , our reporter day in britain, our reporter sophie reaper visits the charity to find out more. To find out more. See, this is the mixed message we get about animals. Last week it was kill all dogs. Basically all dogs are killers. Basically all dogs are killers. It was very threatening situation last week about dogs now this week were the aggressors in all of this. I mean and the situation is just speaking from experience. Speaking from experience. Anybody whos bad to a dog just deserves to go to jail and probably be tortured dead or Something Like that, because dogs are only capable really, of giving love. These breeds which are aggressive and bred deliberately to be aggressive, that as a whole other story. So again , we will take your calls again, we will take your calls and comments on that throughout the programme this morning. The programme this morning. In other news, Prince William is on a two day visit to new york to promote his earthshot prize an ambitious environmental award , as some previous winners award, as some previous winners , we came up with bold ideas to tackle Climate Change. Join him on stage. Will join him on stage. Will join him on stage. And the prince of wales will also hold talks with the un secretary general antonio guterres. Guterres. News royal correspondent gb news royal correspondent Cameron Walker is travelling with the prince and has just sent us this update. Kate sent us this update. Kate well, Prince William is a man on a mission and the timing of his second visit to the United States within the space of a yearis states within the space of a year is very deliberate because it is the start of new york climate week and it is also the 78th session of the united nafions 78th session of the United Nations general assembly. And he nations general assembly. And he has been dubbed in the papers recently as a global statesman in the making. And a recent poll for gallup suggested that Prince William is the most popular pubuc william is the most popular public figure amongst americans. Hes way ahead of donald trump and way ahead of President Biden as well. And the whole theme of his engagements this week is this week is really about the environment and particularly Climate Change as well. The highlight , i Climate Change as well. The highlight, i suppose, is the earthshot prize Innovation Summit happening on tuesday, where the 15 finalists of this years earthshot prize will be unveiled. The different categories are protect and restore nature, clean our air, revive our oceans, build a waste free world, and fix our climate. And these 15 finalists are going to unveil and showcase their solutions to repair our planet over the next decade. And the earthshot prize is a prize that Prince William founded a few years ago. Theres also expected to be some very high profile guest speakers , including bill guest speakers, including bill gates, michael bloomberg, who sponsors the event and also former Prime Minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern. Now Prince William is, as i said , Prince William is, as i said, dubbed as a global statesman, very famous on the world stage. He is expected to take part in a number of diplomatic meetings here in new york. He will be meeting the United Nations secretary general antonio guterres, and hes also expected to meet other world leaders. Now, earlier , later on today, now, earlier, later on today, even the prince of wales is expected to visit a local organisation helping to restore the new york harbour and bring life back into the new york harbour with some conservation work. Its an organisation that involves young people in particular the next generation to show them and educate them about how to look after nature. In new york. Also this week is expected to away from the environment side of things, spend time with First Responders and firefighters here in new york and talking about Mental Health in particular. Of course, this is happening just a week after the 22nd anniversary of the 9 11 terrorist attacks here in new york. So stay up to date by watching gb news and keeping up to date online as well. Im Cameron Walker, gb news from new york city. You come wet looking new york there. Yeah. And i would suggest that if anybody wants to do anything about climate whatever, about Climate Change, whatever, why turn out lights . Why not turn out a few lights . There in times square and just coming into work today , the coming into work today, the amount of Office Lights that are on, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands. And you think, why , why, why, why you think, why, why, why, why did we do before it suddenly came to a trend where people turned lights on. But before that, it wasnt like that . That, it wasnt like that . Well, you know, it goes right across the board. I think about it in schools. Look at my childrens classroom. Dont childrens classroom. I dont understand need understand why they need a projector and screen to write projector and a screen to write stuff the wall. We used stuff on the wall. When we used to chalkboard. And we know to have chalkboard. And we know that this power is that you think all this power is not hugely expensive now, not only hugely expensive now, but using up vital resources. Yeah. Understand. Yeah. Why . I dont understand. Up at night. Why are it lit up at night. Why are their playing fields lit up and why are they inside of the classroom . I tell you what was lit up last for me in the middle last night for me in the middle of night, my bedroom, of the night, my bedroom, thunder lightning, thunder and lightning, very, very frightening. Lets find out from so lets find out from Jonathan Vautrey now just what we can expect weather wise. A little unsettled, suspect little bit unsettled, i suspect that feeling from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. There good morning to you. Im Jonathan Vautrey who of your gb news Weather Forecast provided by the met office. Quite an unsettled autumnal week of weather to come. Weve got low pressure in charge for monday, bringing these systems that these frontal systems that are sweeping their way from west to east. A heavy band of rain east. Quite a heavy band of rain associated that front associated with that cold front most persistently for parts of north east scotland could see some thunderstorms as some isolated thunderstorms as well as all shifts its way well as that all shifts its way over towards east. Behind over towards the east. Behind that starting to that in the west, starting to see drier, brighter see some drier, brighter intervals developing still intervals developing, but still with scattering showers. With a scattering of showers. Quite well for many quite blustery as well for many of us. Temperatures. Ranging of us. Temperatures. Ranging between 14 and 21 c feeling fresher compared to some recent days, at least. Generally, areas days, at least. Generally, areas to the east should see the showers fading off a touch more dunng showers fading off a touch more during the evening and overnight, for overnight, allowing for some clearer intervals further west likely persisting likely to see them persisting for scotland and for western scotland and Northern Ireland before this band of more persistent rain arrives dawn. And arrives towards dawn. And certainly Holding Temperatures up touch more here further up a touch more here further towards east where hold towards the east where you hold on clearer skies, a bit on to the clearer skies, a bit of a chillier, fresher night there. That band of rain is there. That band of rain then is going moving its way in going to be moving its way in throughout tuesday. Most persistent heaviest rain persistent and heaviest rain possible england, persistent and heaviest rain possiiof england, persistent and heaviest rain possiiof Northern England, persistent and heaviest rain possiiof northern wales,1gland, persistent and heaviest rain possiiof northern wales, partsi, parts of northern wales, parts of the far south and far north may hold with some drier may hold on with some drier intervals, still relatively intervals, but still relatively unsettled for many unsettled day for many of us. Coastal gales for of coastal gales for much of Northern Ireland, england and wales, ranging wales, temperatures ranging between 15 and 20 c. That area of low pressure is sticking with us, though, as we head throughout the middle part of the week. So further unsettled weather on the cards by that, a warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news 0 keir starmer and planning to renegotiate brexit with europe. Sean says the brexit deal bofis sean says the brexit deal boris got was awful, but the last person in the world who should be allowed to renegotiate is starmer. Is starmer. Kristina says starmer can meet as many heads of state as he wants. Hes known by all leaders as flip flop man or captain. Hindsight janice says , captain. Hindsight janice says, we have never really got brexit. Definitely not renegotiate with europe. Why would we want to be ruled by unelected bureaucrats who despise us . Sydney has to come. Good morning. Go on then. Good morning. Go on then. Good morning. Go on then. Up next, weve got paul coyte with us to break down englands scrappy win against japan in the Rugby World Cup next its coming up to 6 26. Welcome to breakfast in gb news with eamonn and isabel. Lets bring you up to date with the rest of todays top stories. Exeter airport is set to reopen this morning after flash flooding caused all flights to be cancelled. And flights to be cancelled. And thunderstorms saw torrential downpours entering the main terminal , downpours entering the main terminal, leading to closure terminal, leading to a closure as try to remedy the as staff try to remedy the situation. The airport says passengers are advised to check with for the with their airline for the latest before their latest information before their flight. It. Former nurse lucy flight. It. Former nurse lucy letby may have murdered three more babies , according to an more babies, according to an expert witness. Concern have been raised about the deaths of several children who were not part of the prosecution. Lucian letby was convicted of murdering seven infants in the attempted murder of six others and a yougov poll has found that the majority of voters in scotland support proposals to allow terminally ill people to end their lives through approved medication. Through approved medication. This comes ahead of a proposed assisted dying bill, which could see Scotland Join australia, zealand and ten australia, new zealand and ten us states with similar legislation. Legislation. Sometimes i feel as if i could die. Amen. Amen. With the system, im not assisting. Just so you know. No, no. My mum said this. Shes like, if i ever get in a right state, i want you or your brother. No, absolutely not going to take you to whatever that place is, dignitas or whatever. And you wouldnt want somebody to it to you, probably. But i could not do it to my beloved mum. I just couldnt. And i dont know if i could ask another. Theres a huge debate, but dont if could ask but i dont know if i could ask another person to do that. Very true. But yeah, very true. But suffering its unnecessary suffering when its unnecessary free. What . What free. Just you know what . What is the point . And i were going to have to through sport to have to suffer through sport for the next few minutes with mr paul for the next few minutes with mr pali wondered how you were going i wondered how you were going to move to me here. Really . Obviously i was almost going to make the call there for a second. Ill do the segway, the segway. Theres absolutely no suffering or for england suffering or pain for england fans here we go. We beat fans because here we go. We beat japan night. Japan in this last night. Not completely well, thats not completely true. A bit tricky. True. Its a bit tricky. There was bit suffering. It was a was a bit of suffering. It was a bit tricky. I mean, they did win. I mean, on paper, 34 to 12 against japan, all very good. But its just just a little but its just its just a little bit scrappy at the moment. Bit too scrappy at the moment. It first half, far it really is. First half, far too errors. I mean, im too many errors. I mean, im trying to look getting the points, you know, thats the important is it points important thing is it points make thats it. Make prizes. Thats it. The points make prizes. And the points make prizes. Yes. Yeah. There we are. Yes. Yeah yeah. There we are. That was good to see. Tobi so basically its, its going to be okay. I do actually feel quite positive about it. I think theres a few situations where its like, oh yeah, were not getting forward and were not score points, not score enough points, were not making of it , score enough points, were not making of it, but i making the best of it, but i think it may be okay. I think its the its that old momentum thing. I always everybody thing. I always bore everybody about cups and, and, about with world cups and, and, and also tournament rugby or tournament football, anything. So close to 13, 12 so japan got close got to 13, 12 and then Going Forward the ball is thrown and it bounces off joe millers head. So its which is actually not a knock on which everybody assumed it would be which then would be a penalty japan its allowed so he sort of nodsit japan its allowed so he sort of nods it on although actually hits him although hed been saying before that they actually been practising headers. So i dont think he did that on purpose knocks it on and then it was everything was it was all everything stopped. Courtney lawes didnt seem know what do and seem to know what to do and george ford just shouts, you know, the ball under the know, touch the ball under the post, takes the makes the try, which then given in. Which is then given in. Everybody looks bit confused everybody looks a bit confused for but then england for a moment but then england come through dont think come through so i dont think the boys the south africa the big boys the south africa boys at ireland are boys and looking at ireland are going be looking at that, going to be looking at that, losing sleep over it. But losing any sleep over it. But i still a feeling that things still have a feeling that things will , that will will progress, that things will look but thats just my look better. But thats just my ridiculous. Well, its a big weekend next weekend, isnt it . Some big you know, the all some big games are to be had there. Theres loads there are i mean i should mention fiji. I mean fiji beat australia yesterday which was very enjoyable. A soft spot enjoyable. Ive got a soft spot for actually. For fiji actually. Yeah. Really enjoy have you . Yeah. Really enjoy watching theyre just watching them and theyre just really so youve got really likeable. So youve got soft, soft spot for fiji. Soft, soft spot for fiji. Im my australia. Finn is quite the opposite. So thats why i enjoyed it so much. First time 1954, south africa time since 1954, south africa thrashed romania 76 nil. But i should mention ireland who will then play south africa next, which is going to be a hell of a game next week. They beat tonga 5916. Wales because i did get people saying, youre not mentioning the other home nafions mentioning the other home nations enough. I think nations enough. And i think thats else thats fair enough. Why else beat but then again, beat portugal . But then again, wed portugal. Wed probably beat portugal. Yeah, three of us. 28 eight. Yeah, the three of us. 28 eight. Were talking about people who allergic signs who are allergic to signs and there are certain signs that dont them. And dont agree with them. And before i go into what the viewers and listeners are saying, yeah, something i find very appealing is the anthem that the Ireland Rugby Team sing irelands call right . Its very irelands call right . Its very good, very good. Just gets everybody all riled up, especially if youre irish. It does, yeah. Do you have any noises that annoy you . Still . It back a very still . It goes back a very long record us remember long time. Record us remember recorders Primary School . Recorders at Primary School . Yeah. I think they yeah. Yeah. And i think they still do it. Kids going walking down the street playing the down the street all playing the recorder. I dont think they recorder. So i dont think they play recorder. So i dont think they play recorders used play recorders like they used to. I dont think any theres ever a professional recorder player is there . Dont go player is there . You dont go into career playing recorder player is there . You dont go intoyouareer playing recorder player is there . You dont go intoyou remember1g recorder player is there . You dont go intoyou remember the recorders but you remember the recorders like used to like the old flute you used to play like the old flute you used to play blind mice on that. Play three blind mice on that. Was it . And then the thing was it . Yeah. And then the thing that annoys that, so still that annoys of that, so still its fingers down. Its like fingers down. Says people eating brian says people eating apples, sound of crisps, apples, the sound of crisps, chomping jack chomping food in general, jack says , im an ex gunner. I served says, im an ex gunner. I served 27 years, so im used to very loud noises except politic missions. I find most of them very annoying and v says when guests are allowed to talk all over one another on gb news and you cant hear what anybodys saying annoys her and says people chewing ice who choose who choose ice. My kids chew ice. My kids chew ice. They literally chew ice. They literally chew ice. They literally chew ice. Is it the crunch of the ice . Is it the crunch of the ice . They just love raiding the freezer and chewing on it. But everything, every noise my kids make is pretty annoying. Is it because you dont allow them food . That what them any food . Is that what it is . The ice chew on it, is . Have the ice chew on it, cant eat anything. Weve got to have ice. It says, i hope their and it says, i hope their teeth shatter. Thatll make them stop. And ryan about two and ryan talks about two dogs, sized rottweilers dogs, two full sized rottweilers kept up cooped up inside a mason net during the day while the owners go to work. Yeah, and a lot of people are saying foxes getting outside your getting noisy outside your window when youre about to sleep. Did the thunder the sleep. Did the thunder the thunder wake you up last night . You know what everybody was talking about the thunder. Didnt hear the thunder at i didnt hear the thunder at all. It. Did you all. I didnt hear it. Did you do to wake you up . Do you to wake you up . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. My whole lit up with the my whole room lit up with the lightning. It was bright overhead. The way through slept right the way through and funny way. It and lit up in a funny way. It was like a sort shutter. The was like a sort of shutter. The light was. It was hard to describe. It like flashing. It was like flashing. It was like flashing. Yeah, it was. It was exactly like flashing your bedroom like flashing in your bedroom last steady on. Like flashing in your bedroom last it steady on. Like flashing in your bedroom last it was. Steady on. Like flashing in your bedroom last it was. Andidy on. Like flashing in your bedroom last it was. And thenl. Like flashing in your bedroom last it was. And then the dog. The it was. And then the dog. The dog frightened, she went dog was so frightened, she went upstairs she hides herself upstairs. I had a little visitor, and my little boy climbed in. Mommy, im scared. Hows your . My little kitten your . Oh, my little kitten arrived love of arrived on friday. Love of my life. Him hector at. Life. We called him hector at. And honestly, my hunter, the protector. The protector. My husbands protector. The protector. My huslwere all besotted. He and were all besotted. He literally fits in my hand like this. Hes laid back. Hes this. And hes laid back. Hes friendly. He. Hes hes friendly. He. Hes hand. Hes just. Just the fluffiest cutest thing in the world. Well, im glad youre kind to hector, because were now going to talk about the rspca releasing figures showing one dogs abused every hour , every dogs abused every hour, every hour of every day in this country. Yeah , we look at that story yeah, we look at that story and more in headlines makers next breakfast time on television, on radio, online with eamonn and isabel here on gb news. A reminder of our top stories. The metropolitan police is calling for potential victims to come forward after a documentary accused Russell Brand of sexual crimes, which hes denying. Crimes, which hes denying. The labour leader says he will try to rewrite the uks brexit deal of his party wins the next general election and coming up, as the rspca releases figures showing one dog is abused every hour of every day in britain, gb news visits the charity to find out why. Into charity to find out why. Into headune charity to find out why. Into headline makers. Charity to find out why. Into headline makers. Lets look at headline makers. Lets look at those headlines on the front pages as and this is first of all, the telegraph. If the bbc all, the telegraph. If the bbc forced into urgent inquiry over brand after bosses were accused of ignoring complaints against him , sir keir starmer has him, sir keir starmer has proposed to seek a major rewrite of Britains Brexit deal in 2025. If labour win the next general election. In an general election. In an exclusive interview that hes done for the ft today, more on Russell Brand daily express sex assault claims may be the tip of the iceberg , theyre saying. And the iceberg, theyre saying. And heres the daily mail. It says heres the daily mail. It says evil nurse killed several other infants and tried to harm as many as 15 more. Now, this, of course , in relation to lucy course, in relation to lucy letby. Letby. Daily star, britain on the lush hurricane lee to batter britain with 60 miles on the lash. On the lash. I think. I think. I think somebody its funny how people write things they dont understand and what they mean. Britain is on the lash. Joining us here to go through the headlines, olympian Kriss Akabusi whelan. Good akabusi and ella whelan. Good morning to both of you. Morning guys. Very hard to ignore the Russell Brand situation on chris. What have you got to say on it . Well i mean, the paper that weve all over most of the papers , the Daily Telegraph is papers, the Daily Telegraph is one that ive been encouraged to talk about, which is the bbc are forced into urgent inquiry over brand. And you know, basically brand. And you know, basically the gist of the article is that weve had a plethora now over the last sort of 20 years of. The last sort of 20 years of. High profile media personalities, whether theyre newscasters, djs whove been brought up in the public court as having contravened in certain ways and now, as has already been said, you know, all over the weekend now weve seen this article with brand, and hes denied all allegations us. To be very so weve got to be very careful we are not saying. Careful what we are not saying. But it appears that it was it was is an open secret. Hes been very vocal about his promiscuity. Alongside his drug addictions in the past. And, you know, its now come to light over the last three years. The times and the channel 4 have been doing this work and expose their findings. And the bbc have been asked to make sure that the inquiry is robust and that they come clean with they did and didnt with what they did and didnt know and things werent put know and why things werent put in i guess its a very in place. I guess its a very difficult question once you know, sort of closing the door, once and once the bolt horses bolted and its they putting in its what are they putting in place as a result of some of place now as a result of some of these allegations . Ella. Well, these allegations . Ella. Well, it seems to me that there are several things going on in this story. One of which is obviously whether or not there are theres allegations made of a criminal nature and whether or not they can be proven true. The can be proven to be true. The met quoted in front page met is quoted in the front page of saying that of the telegraph saying that they havent had any official cases brought to them or anything like that. This is still conversation thats still a conversation thats happening in the media. Thats one of another side of one side of it. Another side of it as chris we it is that, as chris says, we are aware Russell Brands are all aware of Russell Brands behaviour past. I would behaviour in his past. I would call rather than call it degraded rather than promiscuous, but that is something part his something that was part of his appeal his shows at a. Appeal and with his shows at a. Particular time in the sort of 2000 and in the 90s and then on the other side there is this which i think is probably the most interesting, if you can put it that way, is this question of how institutions dealt with him and it and whether or not whether it was the channel 4 and was the bbc or channel 4 and whether Senior Executives knew about his behaviour allegations whether Senior Executives knew aborpickingzhaviour allegations whether Senior Executives knew aborpicking individualsegations whether Senior Executives knew aborpicking individualsegatof|s like picking individuals out of audiences their escapades like picking individuals out of audieon,s their escapades like picking individuals out of audieon, and their escapades like picking individuals out of audieon, and whether apades like picking individuals out of audieon, and whether apacwas later on, and whether that was happening and whether that was something these something that the that these institutions happen something that the that these inssacrifice happen something that the that these inssacrifice the happen something that the that these inssacrifice the basis appen something that the that these inssacrifice the basis of en to sacrifice for the basis of keeping talent happy. To sacrifice for the basis of keeand talent happy. To sacrifice for the basis of keeand i talent happy. To sacrifice for the basis of keeand i knowalent happy. To sacrifice for the basis of keeand i know there1appy. To sacrifice for the basis of keeand i know there wasy. To sacrifice for the basis of keeand i know there was there and i know there was there was a production was one quote that a production. Manager said when a complaint was brought to them, they said, look, boys will be boys. Thats thats what talent do. Thats thats what talent do. Yeah. Yeah. Which is i think we again, i think actually, isabel, you said earlier, which is that this necessarily is that this doesnt necessarily come surprise, which is it come as a surprise, which is it doesnt any doesnt make it any less shocking this of shocking that this kind of horrible behaviour goes on. But this said, a bit a this is, chris said, a bit of a pattern. Know that a lot this is, chris said, a bit of a pathem know that a lot this is, chris said, a bit of a pathem blind know that a lot this is, chris said, a bit of a pathem blind eyes|ow that a lot this is, chris said, a bit of a pathem blind eyes getthat a lot this is, chris said, a bit of a pathem blind eyes get turned ot this is, chris said, a bit of a pathem blind eyes get turned to of them blind eyes get turned to talents, maybe you talents, behaviour and maybe you know i think know the question, i think these women these women who are involved in these allegations to answer is allegations have to answer is whether just put that whether or not you just put that down rubbish behaviour down to rubbish behaviour that happened whether happened in the past or whether you forward to criminal you take it forward to criminal proceedings. Proceedings. So i think there is also another interesting element to this story, and that is that people seem to have made up their minds whether they think hes or not, not having hes guilty or not, not having spoken of those spoken to a single one of those involved seen a shred of involved or seen a shred of evidence themselves. And whether thats whether evidence themselves. And whether thats people whether evidence themselves. And whether thats people home. Atherthis evidence themselves. And whether thatsjt0 ple home. Atherthis evidence themselves. And whether thatsjtmplea home. Atherthis evidence themselves. And whether thatsjtmplea home. Athertin; seems to be a growing trend in society world, society around the world, whether its from politicians, whether its from politicians, whether its from superstars that can whether its from superstars the no can whether its from superstars the no theyre can whether its from superstars theno theyre almost|n do no wrong. Theyre almost above that do no wrong. Theyre almost abov believe that do no wrong. Theyre almost abov believe no that do no wrong. Theyre almost abov believe no matterthat they believe them no matter what. Think thats a what. And i do think thats a fascinating kind of change in society. E difficult g difficult to yeah, but its difficult to say of cap on. Say this this sort of cap on. Saturday and sunday and monday, the papers are everywhere with opinions everywhere. So as a bog standard member of society, you cant but take some sort cant help but to take some sort of taking innocent of position. Im taking innocent until im until proven guilty, and im suspicious why in the suspicious of why why in the here but im you here and now. But yeah, im you know, you know, ive got daughters you know, ive got daughters you know, a sister. The know, ive got a sister. The allegations of whats happened id be my sister or id hate that to be my sister or daughter and i would hope that it happened they could it happened to them. They could bnng it happened to them. They could bring forward. Know, bring it forward. So, you know, im not really on either side. Im not really on either side. Save for i dont like this way that its just so public and its hung on and quartered, almost hung, drawn and quartered. Hes big boy. I mean, hes a big boy to defend but, you know, defend himself. But, you know, its unsafe. Mean, this is this he has i mean, this is this weird world we live in which he has i mean, this is this weiralready we live in which he has i mean, this is this weiralready we live sortin which he has i mean, this is this weiralready we live sort of which you already have a sort of almost quasi criminal defence put his social put forward from his own social media even the but even before the allegations broke. Is kind of exactly. Which is kind of trying mean, trying to pre empt it. I mean, russell wanted, Russell Brand hasnt wanted, i think, sort of think, to be in the sort of mainstream media, hollywood or elsewhere so elsewhere for quite a while. So whether this will affect whether or not this will affect his im not it his career, im not so sure. It seems as you said, he seems seems as as you said, he seems hes much support. Seems as as you said, he seems hes much support. Online hes got as much support. Online as as has people gunning for him. But obviously, the you know , like i said, i think we all know that his behaviour wasnt exactly, you know, pg to it exactly, you know, pg to put it that way. And hes certainly not someone to have someone i would like to have gone a drink with. The gone out for a drink with. The question not its question is whether or not its criminal and chris, youve got a video, video gone viral video, a video thats gone viral now well. Now as well. This in china. Tell us more. Yeah, so yeah, the asian yeah, well so yeah, the asian games are happening and im as ignorant the as many people. Ignorant as the as many people. You know, i was. You know, i was. Unaware until i got into this piece the asian games and youve got like india, china, vietnam, indonesia, south korea. I its massive korea. I mean its a massive games with population of games with Huge Population of the competing for the the earth competing for the title asian games and the title of the asian games and the viral Shows Incredible viral video shows the incredible lock and synchronicity of lock step and synchronicity of athletes for lock step and synchronicity of ath|games for lock step and synchronicity of ath|games now, for lock step and synchronicity of ath|games now, i for lock step and synchronicity of ath|games now, i suspect for lock step and synchronicity of ath|games now, i suspect itfor lock step and synchronicity of ath|games now, i suspect it is the games now, i suspect it is put on for the rest of the media to see how meticulous. To see how meticulous. Let me describe it for people who are listening on the radio. Lots of. Lots of. Gb news radio listeners. This is basically goose step, but in a sort of what would you describe it as well . Its like lunges position, but going succession its like lunges position, bua going succession its like lunges position, bua long going succession its like lunges position, bua long line. Ng succession its like lunges position, butthelgline. Ng succession its like lunges position, butthe physicality succession its like lunges position, butthe physicality of uccession its like lunges position, butthe physicality of beingion its like lunges position, butthe physicality of being able its like lunges position, buttithat ysicality of being able its like lunges position, buttithat ascality of being able its like lunges position, buttithat as an ty of being able its like lunges position, buttithat as an athlete, ng able its like lunges position, buttithat as an athlete, couldle to do that as an athlete, could you do that . Not that just to do that as an athlete, could you long at . Not that just to do that as an athlete, could you long do not that just to do that as an athlete, could you long do you that just to do that as an athlete, could you long do you think just to do that as an athlete, could you long do you think theyre how long do you think theyre doing is what doing this so that that is what wed gymkhana is wed call gymkhana gymkhana is the and the the type of exercise and for the military you can imagine military men you can imagine like crawling that like leopard crawling that that is amazing. Is just amazing. What ive witnessed what ive just witnessed there. A long mean, it there. A long line. I mean, it looks like. Looks like. 200, 400, 800 yards worth of people dressed in their sports kit doing like a goose step action with the arms and feet in a sort of a forward lunge. I mean, i couldnt do that for a hundred yards. They look theyre going look like theyre going for miles miles. That is miles and miles. That is absolutely incredible. Miles and miles. That is absso tely incredible. Miles and miles. That is absso tely inasian le. Miles and miles. That is absso tely inasian games are so these asian games are getting underway, delayed due to covid china, and covid in hangzhou in china, and they 23rd they will take place on the 23rd of september. They will take place on the 23rd of septetimer. They will take place on the 23rd of septetime is 645. Breakfast the time is 645. Breakfast and gb news with them and isabel if youve just joined us, a reminder of our top. Reminder of our top. Stories. The metropolitan police is calling for potential victims to come forward after a documentary accused russell sexual accused Russell Brand of sexual crimes, denying the crimes, which hes denying the labour leader says he will try to brexit deal to rewrite the uks brexit deal if next if his party wins the next general election. Coming up general election. And coming up on the programme as the government announces plans to help into help millions save more into their the their pension, we quiz the minister pensions. Now ella minister for pensions. Now ella and chris, i want you to watch this report. This report. And give us your opinions on this. This is dog cruelty. Reports this is dog cruelty. Reports of dog cruelty have increased by more than 25 in the last few years with at least one dog being abused in britain every single hour of the day. J says single hour of the day. J says the and this report the rspca and this report brought to us this morning by sophie reaper, to see sophie reaper, who went to see the and just to the Animal Charity and just to warn might of warn you, you might find some of the images distressing. Say mans best they say a dog is mans best friend, sometimes man can be friend, but sometimes man can be a dogs worst enemy. A dogs worst enemy. In new research, the rspca has found that right now in the uk a dog is abused every single houn if houn if| houn if i go and have a lunch break, i know that in that lunch break, i know that in that lunch break somewhere theres been a dog cruelly ill treated in that it doesnt sit very nice to me at all. Its 27 dogs a day. It breaks down to that is huge. You know, ive never known ive done this job nearly 15 years and ive never known it to increase. So dramatically that so dramatically within that time that period. Come on. Sadly, this isnt a new problem, but as the years pass by, its become an ever growing concern for the rspca. Concern for the rspca. Even in the last two years. Statistically were seeing an increase of 27. Calls made to our cruelty line about cruelty , our cruelty line about cruelty, specifically to dogs. So its unprecedented and its were really stretched at a breaking point really, because we want to try and get to the dogs that need us most in a timely manner. But its just its so difficult with how much the figures are increasing. Increasing. Its estimated that around 10 million uk households have a dog as a pet , but million uk households have a dog as a pet, but most of them are part of loving, caring families who would do anything for their canine companions. Sadly, though , that isnt always the case. Last year, the rspb investigated over. Last year, the rspb investigated over. 65,000 complaints paints over. 65,000 complaints paints of animal cruelty just one of those was dotty. She was just those was dotty. She was just days from death when anthony rescued her from her then owner email waited an week. She was brought in for emergency treatment at the rspca. I was quite shocked at first when i first when i saw her. Obviously over the years ive been here, ive seen a lot of dogs , but she was one of the dogs, but she was one of the worst cases seen and dealt worst cases ive seen and dealt with. Upsetting. But it got with. Very upsetting. But it got a to so when she first a job to do. So when she first came was touch go came in, it was touch and go because she wouldnt eat properly very weak. Properly and she was very weak. She which was very she was anaemic, which was very worrying animals are she was anaemic, which was very wor best animals are she was anaemic, which was very wor best ever. Mals are she was anaemic, which was very wor best ever. Dogs are the best things ever. Dogs especially. Just they especially. Theyre just they just give you so much and seeing like now is just like the like this now is just like the reward for the hard work reward for all the hard work everyones put in. Dotty come here, daddy. Come come. Here, daddy. Come here. Come. Kelly , dotty has a new kelly now, dotty has a new chance at life with a family who will give her the love and attention she deserves. But as it stands, there are still thousands of other dogs in the uk who may not be as lucky. Sophie reaper gb news is well done. Some people , honestly. Some people, honestly. Some people, honestly. Yeah. Yeah. But well done to people are working at the rspca and wolseley there and all the other centres around the land and if it emphasises one thing it is there are dogs that need homes adopt , dont shop, dont go out adopt, dont shop, dont go out looking for all these little designer mutations and whatever. There are plenty of dogs that need, need homes. Ella youre a pet owner , a cat in your case. Pet owner, a cat in your case. Can you imagine someone carrying out cruelty like that . No. Its a horrendous case. And i mean, obviously , i cant and i mean, obviously, i cant imagine that all of what the rspca is reporting is the kind of extremes of , you know, things of extremes of, you know, things like starving dogs or hitting them or things like that. But theres also been i mean, over theres also been i mean, over the lockdown period , i know that the lockdown period, i know that at least where live, theres at least where i live, theres been a massive increase in ownership of pets of dogs. Yeah people kind think a lot of people kind of i think a lot of people kind of i think a lot of people are getting them and not realising what it takes to look after and not after an animal and not necessarily then abusing them, but neglecting them. And but perhaps neglecting them. And so think theres quite need so i think theres quite a need to talk more about the responsibility pets. Responsibility of owning pets. I mean, im a dog lover yeah, i mean, im a dog lover and ive had a series of dogs and ive had a series of dogs and ive had a series of dogs and i took in one. Then i called him because he was a very peaceful dog, but hed been traumatised and his his owner had a bunch of dogs that. He had a bunch of dogs that. He would leave in their for house days on end and he would just chucking the food. The dogs would fight for the food. And then there defaecating then there was defaecating faeces everywhere. It was in very i got very bad shape and when i got him all this pacing. Hed him he did all this pacing. Hed go pacing, pace and go around pacing, pace and pacing, had two other dogs pacing, and i had two other dogs at time. Roxy and sheba at the same time. Roxy and sheba. But then never ever really became part of the pack. Its always, always an outsider and it took him a long time to understand that he didnt need to fight his grub , that to fight for his grub, that he was get individual was going to get fed individual easily. So yeah, there is a lot of as you said, of it around. And as you said, you know, i took zane in because the rspca said theyd have to put him down and it was a Beautiful Boy and i had him for eight years. They say theres a link well they say theres a link dont they, between those people who and go on to who abuse animals and go on to abuse partners. Abuse partners. Domestic abuse usually starts with mistreatment of animals. So theres many reasons why it should be absolutely , you know, should be absolutely, you know, really, really rigorous. Really, really rigorous. I mean, if you have a dog and you see how loyal they are and how loving they are, youd wonder how someone can do that. So yeah, if somebody can abuse a dog, im not a cat, then they can abuse anything. We have a rescue dog and shes 14 now, but if you were to by accident, like i have my crotch or whatever and you sort of go towards her, anything that looks like a stick. Yes. She immediately cowers back from it, which suggests to me that someone has been very bad to her in the past. It sticks. Yes. Yes. Well, im telling was one of my dobermans and i got him and he was exactly the same. And as much as. But if you ran with a stick, he will jump at you. Yeah. So again , it seemed that yeah. So again, it seemed that hed been exposed to either a beating or something that he didnt like with a stick. So if you move too quick with a stick, he will jump at you. So you know, different dogs act differently. So, you know, weve been talking about this xl bullies, theyve bullies, you know, if theyve been to react been trained to react to violence , they will be violent. Violence, they will be violent. And even if youre not being violent, look like you violent, but you look like you are,. Are, they act. We go to the yeah. Ella, can we go to the daily star front page britain on the lash. Mean, i dont know the lash. I mean, i dont know how sleep but how your night sleep went, but eamonn both were woken eamonn and i both were woken up by thunderstorms last night. By the thunderstorms last night. Well, all of us have yeah, well, all of us have had our windows all the had our windows open all the time, it was time, havent you . So it was like the middle of like sleeping in the middle of a storm. Um. Change of storm. Um. What a change of fortune i mean, i was fortune for us. I mean, i was just at in the sea in the isle of on saturday, and of sheppey on saturday, and now weve of a week of weve got ahead of us a week of horrendous. And as horrendous weather. And as youre reporting, Exeter Airport now completely flooded now open, but completely flooded and lots of parts of somerset and lots of parts of somerset and devon hit really badly. There is, you know, this hurricane lee is coming across from canada and whats classified as an tropical storm. So is going to bring a lot more rain and potentially flooding. Rain and potentially flooding. And i suppose the question for us, this perennial question we have in this country, which is that its a bit a pattern now that its a bit of a pattern now that its a bit of a pattern now that have big spells hot that we have big spells of hot weather and dry and, you know , weather and dry and, you know, the potential for flooding , the potential for flooding, massive spells of rain. And we massive spells of rain. And we need to start thinking about putting in place a little bit of infrastructure to prepare ourselves this rather than ourselves for this rather than just year reporting about just every year reporting about how miserable flooding yes. How miserable flooding is. Yes. Also, perhaps we could and also, perhaps we could try build reservoirs try and build some reservoirs and take the water that and take some of the water that would be novel idea, wouldnt would be a novel idea, wouldnt it . It . Yeah, em have have done it . Yeah, have done that for yeah, we have done that for decades havent decades and we havent we havent built havent actually built a reservoir for very time. Reservoir for a very long time. Well, we would the Water Companies havent. The Utility Companies havent. The Utility Companies havent. The Utility Companies havent. Another one, they get off with as well. But i noficed they get off with as well. But i noticed coming in today, there were just so many he there was what would you call it . It was floodwater. Was it floodwater or surface water . Yeah, the surface water in the same places as you went along roads. Water in the same places as you went along roads. And you just went along roads. And you just think, well, why isnt something done about that . Why isnt the drainage better . Or whatever . Drainage better . Or whatever . I tell you, the whole country has gone to pot. Nothing is maintained, cleaned. Gone to pot. Nothing is mai|newed, cleaned. Gone to pot. Nothing is mai|new thing cleaned. Gone to pot. Nothing is mai|new thing is, cleaned. Gone to pot. Nothing is mai|new thing is, chris cleaned. Gone to pot. Nothing is mai|new thing is, chris iszaned. Gone to pot. Nothing is mai|new thing is, chris is weeds the new thing is, chris is weeds everywhere. Weeds, the councils dont clean the side of the motorways. They dont clean up pavements and random bouts, all sorts of things. And were led to believe its this foolery that all this is good for the environment, but it just means they save money or not having to send crews out to cut weeds down. Was it last week, though, we heard that Birmingham Council they were in deficit. So they they were in deficit. So i mean , theyre saving money and mean, theyre saving money and they decided this is this is something that they can save money on. Money on. Money on. One thing, theyre not saving money on in wales, this 20 money on is in wales, this 20 mile hour zone thats come in mile an hour zone thats come in and were going to be talking about this later. And were going to be talking about this later. Later. And were going to be talking about this later. Later. But this is costing millions to implement. So it is what do you implement. So it is what do you think about 20 mile per hour zones. Its you know i dont think anyone is going to come on here or anywhere else and say that people should be driving 30, 40 miles hour through places people should be driving 30, 40 miles there ur through places people should be driving 30, 40 miles there are 1rough places people should be driving 30, 40 miles there are schools,. Aces people should be driving 30, 40 miles there are schools, places where there are schools, places where there are schools, places where there are high density area housing, suburban, area of housing, suburban, things like that. But, you know , the places , there are some of the places where this new restrictions are being put in. You wouldnt meet another soul on the road at 3 00 in the day. A lot the time, in the day. A lot of the time, yeah. It is just its a naked attack on its an attack. Its a desire and drive down desire to try and drive down driving rates, which is a big problem you live in two things. Its also a cash cow because thats it. Thats all. Yeah, thats thats what i gonna say. Thats what i was gonna say. Okay. Youve got, youve got thats what i was gonna say. Ok exactly. Youve got, youve got thats what i was gonna say. Ok exactly. Thatsgot, youve got it. Exactly. Thats it. It on that note. Well leave it on that note. Yes. A cash cow. Its been a pleasure. Chris, its been a pleasure. Well more just well have more from you just after lets after 7 30. 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Behind well as that all shifts its way over in the west, startingehind well as that all shifts its way over in the west, starting tord that in the west, starting to see some drier, brighter intervals developing, but still see some drier, brighter intera ls developing, but still see some drier, brighter intera scatteringing, but still see some drier, brighter intera scattering of|, but still see some drier, brighter intera scattering of showers. L see some drier, brighter intera scattering of showers. With a scattering of showers. Quite blustery as well for many of ranging of us. Temperatures ranging between 14 and 21 c. Deus feeling fresher compared to some recent days, at least. And recent days, at least. And generally areas to the east should see the showers fading off a touch more during the evening and overnight, allowing for intervals for some clearer intervals further to see them further west, likely to see them persisting western scotland persisting for western scotland and northern before this and Northern Ireland before this band persistent rain band of more persistent rain arrives and arrives towards dawn and certainly Holding Temperatures up a touch more here further towards east you hold towards the east where you hold onto the skies, a bit of towards the east where you hold 0|chillier skies, a bit of towards the east where you hold 0|chillier , skies, a bit of towards the east where you hold 0|chillier , fresher warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hey, please do stay with us. Well have the latest on the Russell Brand situation and the accusations being made against him. And if youre looking to catch the 7 00 bus, remember , catch the 7 00 bus, remember, you can play us in your ear on your earbuds or whatever it happens to be with gb news radio oh, hello there. Good morning. Its 7 00 on monday, the 18th of september. Youre watching breakfast on gb news with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster leading the news on this monday morning. The metropolitan police calls for potential victims to come forward after a channel 4 documentary accuses the comedian and actor Russell Brand of sexual crimes. He denies the allegations amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that i absolutely refute. Refute. The government announces plans to help millions save more into their pension. We quiz the minister responsible. Minister responsible. The governments tweaking the rules around pensions to give more rights to younger workers. But could there be unintended consequences for small businesses. Businesses. 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Well, im pleased to say we can speak now to the minister for laura good for pensions, laura trott. Good morning to you. Just explain this auto enrolment scheme that you have set up. So when people you have set up. So when people talk about pensions, sometimes they assume that theyre talking about the state pension, but actually your private pension saving is really important , saving is really important, isnt and back in 20 2012, the government brought in something called enrolment, called automatic enrolment, which you and your which means that you and your employer are crucially both pay into a pension, which means that you have a greater chance of getting the retirement that you want. And what were doing today is set will set out some changes which will help the poorest people, the lowest earners , you know, women lowest earners, you know, women particularly save more into their pension and it will mean that someone on the living wage will about 93 more when will get about 93 more when they come to retirement. Its they come to retirement. So its a really important change. Its important. Laura but ive been faced with this in the past. When i was when i was younger. Its a choice between what you take home in your pay packet and what youre putting into your pension pot. So will this be an employee contribution which they may not be able to afford . Or will this be a afford . Or will this be a business and employer contribution, which incidentally they may not be able to afford . They may not be able to afford . So its a really important question. And the answer is its question. And the answer is its a mix of both. So the way it a mix of both. So the way it works with automatic enrolment is your employer contributes a bit 3 of your and you bit 3 of your salary and you contribute a bit 5 of your salary. Its really important to say that this is being taken in over number years. Were over a number of years. Were consulting exactly its consulting on exactly how its going work. So were very going to work. So were very mindful the impact. Going to work. So were very mindful the impact. But mindful of the impact. But obviously saving into your pension really important pension is a really important long and actually at long term thing and actually at the moment when its been really difficult, a of pressure on difficult, a lot of pressure on cost of living for cost of living and for employers, weve seen opt out rates automatic enrolment to rates of automatic enrolment to be low. So im confident be really low. So im confident that we can do this a gradual that we can do this in a gradual way will make sure that way which will make sure that we minimise impact minimise the impact both on employees employers, but employees and employers, but help ultimate help people with their ultimate pension. Pension. Aiden i wonder if youll be taking notice advice taking any notice of advice being today by liz truss, being given today by liz truss, former Prime Minister , no less. Former Prime Minister, no less. Shes be giving advice shes going to be giving advice to on pensions to the government on pensions and this comes on the same day that Governor Bank that former governor of the bank of talks about her of england talks about her disaster at the helm, saying those with little experience in the private sector with lifelong politicians masquerading as free marketeers, grossly undervalued , the importance of mission of institutions and the discipline to a strong economy. Who do you to a strong economy. Who do you agree with . Mark carney or liz truss in all of this . Well truss in all of this . Well i think who i agree with is rishi sunak, who since hes taken over as Prime Minister, has restored that vital fiscal credibility , that vital fiscal credibility, has put a plan in place so that we are cutting inflation, were growing the economy , cutting our debt. And thats whats really vital that we see what the government is doing. Fiscal government is doing. So fiscal policy working really closely with what the bank of england is doing. So Monetary Policy because that way we will get inflation down and that is vital for every single household across country. Theres no across the country. Theres no doubt, this is when doubt, laura, this is when you look its good look at this, its Good Housekeeping all round. Housekeeping all round. Have you any idea where that money that pension pot would be invested . Have you got plans for invested . Have you got plans for how you would invest that money to make it grow so this is the vital thing because we know, as you said earlier, eamonn , every you said earlier, eamonn, every single penny that people put into their pension is really valuable. Now more ever. And its now more than ever. So need to make sure is so what we need to make sure is that that money is working really people so that really hard for people so that when their when they put it into their pension, its really pension, they know its really growing the chancellor growing. And the chancellor announced the so called announced at the so called mansion reforms, is Mansion House reforms, which is this fancy dinner that this big fancy dinner that happened this year. But happened earlier this year. But what means is, is that were what it means is, is that were introducing some changes to make what it means is, is that were introthat1g some changes to make what it means is, is that were introthat people� changes to make what it means is, is that were introthat people areanges to make what it means is, is that were introthat people are getting make sure that people are getting good returns for their money. And if theyre not getting good returns from their money, from their to their Pension Scheme, were to going force that Pension Scheme to down, to either close down, consolidate or to change the way it works. So were really focussed not only on the money going what people are going in, but what people are getting coming well. Getting coming out as well. Were talking getting were talking about getting good cates good returns. Miriam cates has been political been speaking to our Political Editor Christopher Hopes editor here. Christopher hopes shes been talking about the need breaks for parents need for tax breaks for parents as they go on to have children. Lets have a listen to what she has to and then to has to say. And then i want to know whether support know whether or not you support that. I asked a written parliamentary question recently, which is where you ask a department and they department in writing and they send you a formal response and i asked whether theyd look at re reading , asked whether theyd look at re reading, attributing this money so more so that it was much more flexible so family could flexible so each family could have decide how they have a budget, decide how they want money, want to spend that money, pay granny, home, granny, spend more time at home, go work , have more go to work, but have more flexible childcare. Flexible childcare. Theyre interested in but theyre not interested in that at the moment. That policy at the moment. And as think this as i said, i think this this policy fixed this policy is fairly fixed for this parliament. I havent given policy is fairly fixed for this parhopeent. I havent given policy is fairly fixed for this parhope for i havent given policy is fairly fixed for this parhope for the i havent given policy is fairly fixed for this parhope for the manifesto. |iven up hope for the manifesto. Refused to look it, they refused to look into it, not the cost benefit not even way up the cost benefit analysis. What the analysis. Well, thats what the written said , but written answer said, but obviously pushing and written answer said, but othink;ly pushing and written answer said, but othink we pushing and written answer said, but othink we do pushing and written answer said, but othink we do need pushing and written answer said, but othink we do need pushimore|d i think we do need some more evidence, particularly in this country, about whats for best children. So do you support miriam cates. Cates. Well, look, marian cates is a brilliant mp. I know her very well. Shes a friend. I think what the governments focussed on at the moment is cutting inflation. I spoke earlier about how that total focus for how that was a total focus for everybody government the everybody in government at the moment the biggest moment and that is the biggest tax that family get tax cut that any family can get right. Now in addition to right now. Now in addition to this, would seen this, you would have seen earlier this year, weve done a lot childcare so lot on childcare reform. So trying sure that it is trying to make sure that it is easier to go out to work if thats what you want to do. So those are the kind of two things that the government is focussed on the but respect on at the moment, but i respect that is going to be that miriam is going to be pushing, further pushing, you know, further things wants do. Things that she wants us to do. And finally, to okay. And finally, we have to ask brand. Ask you about Russell Brand. Here are with another here we are with another superstar and lots of sexual allegations. Obviously, we cant talk specifics of his talk about the specifics of his case, but i just wonder whether you think there is a wider question asked about question to be asked about perhaps way big media perhaps the way big media corporations or indeed talent agencies operate when it comes to people who are seen to be given special treatment at. Yes, of course. Of course. There are questions that need to be asked after this. I think any woman reading the allegations over would have felt over the weekend would have felt a down their spine. And a shudder down their spine. And i a shudder down their spine. And l pay a shudder down their spine. And i pay tribute to all the women who forward these kind i pay tribute to all the women wicircumstances. | these kind i pay tribute to all the women wicircumstances. And hese kind of circumstances. And journalists who spend a lot of time and effort and, you know, take lot legal risk to take a lot of legal risk to bnng take a lot of legal risk to bring of allegations bring these kinds of allegations forward. But would urge forward. And but i would urge anyone who has gone through anything they anything like this that they they must go to the they must please go to the police. Will be listened to police. They will be listened to and they will heard. Okay. And they will be heard. Okay. Laura trott is the minister for thank for your for pensions. Thank you for your time good luck time this morning and good luck with your pension advice. I wish with your pension advice. I wish when i was younger i just never i thought the money was better to me now so i could make more use of it, you know, and buying a house, whatever, whatever. And a house, whatever, whatever. And i wish i had a house, whatever, whatever. And iwish i had saved a house, whatever, whatever. And i wish i had saved money and pensions. I just couldnt understand them. I think im the same as you. I was lucky to be surrounded by people who kind of forced me into thinking about but i into thinking about it. But i remember straight out of remember being straight out of university why do university and thinking, why do i saving my i want to be saving for my pension did. I want to be saving for my peryou did. I want to be saving for my peryou do. Did. I want to be saving for my peryou do. You did. I want to be saving for my peryou do. You do. Did. You do. You do. You do. You do. Must, because were all you must, because were all going forever. Going to be living forever. Lets some analysis and lets get some analysis and all of political stories of the political stories doing the rounds today, utley the rounds today, olivia utley joins studio this joins us in the studio this morning. All, your morning. First of all, your thoughts heard thoughts on what we heard there from trying to from laura trott trying to talk about landmark plan from about this landmark plan from the government on pensions. I mean its mammoth to try mean, its a mammoth job to try and by of and sort this out by the end of next year. Its a huge yeah. So its a huge job. Yeah. So what government has what the government has announced plan to announced today is a plan to basically of basically extend the rights of younger and those who younger workers and those who are earning very little. So at are earning very little. So at the moment everyones automatically enrolled in a Pension Program when they start at work. Unless youre under 22 or you earn under £10,000 a yeah or you earn under £10,000 a year. Now, as the minister said, theyre obviously bringing more people into the auto enrolment system , which will mean that system, which will mean that more people have more money saved pensions. But saved for their pensions. But but there probably will be some unintended consequences. I mean, as said, everyone can as eamonn said, not everyone can can afford to save money for their people, if their pensions. Some people, if youre might desperately youre 22, you might desperately want buying a house. You want to be buying a house. You might saving that might want to be saving for that should given the should you not be given the opfion should you not be given the option want to, to do option if you want to, to do that money into that rather than put money into your. As for businesses your pension. As for businesses themselves , there is a danger themselves, there is a danger which weve before which weve seen before when, for example, the living wage came you have the came in that you have the unintended consequence of employers just not employing some of the people who they might employed so might have employed before. So some on on very low wages some people on on very low wages , unskilled jobs would , unskilled jobs who would rather have a job than not have a but to business, a job, but to the business, the decision between, you know, employing them and employing them with 3 added to pay for their pensions could be the difference between employment and employment at all. So and not employment at all. So there some unintended there could be some unintended consequences , as its also consequences, as its also possible. Think should possible. I think we should always this mind that always bear this in mind that the is desperately the government is desperately looking for looking at the moment for a loophole to the triple , triple loophole to the triple, triple lock on pensions. Loophole to the triple, triple lock on pensions. And weve lock on pensions. And weve heard some rumours about what they might be trying. They might be fiddling with the numbers to tie the triple lock to a different figure, which would mean could raise pensions different figure, which would meslightly could raise pensions different figure, which would meslightly lessd raise pensions different figure, which would me slightly less this se pensions different figure, which would me slightly less this se perand s by slightly less this year. And i think when we hear announcements this, announcements like this, we should mind should always bear in mind that its possible the its possible that the government softening government is softening the ground for less ground, ready for a less desirable pensions announcement, if you like. Interesting. Also, big news interesting. Also, big news coming from labour. Finally, a position from their leader of the party, sir keir starmer, on brexit. Whats he been saying . Yeah so keir starmer has been saying that he would like to renegotiate britains deal with the eu trading deal with the eu if he becomes Prime Minister. Now hes made clear that he wouldnt rejoin customs wouldnt rejoin the Customs Union the Single Market, union or the Single Market, which is a change his policy which is a change of his policy position 2016. He was position from 2016. He was leading the campaign really to rejoin those institutions. A rejoin those institutions. A really interesting that he feels that he can say this because as previously he has been desperate to prove himself to labour voting brexiteers who have mistrusted him for obvious reasons. But now he feels able to say that yes, he would be prepared to open up this talk with the eu. Now the really interesting question here is whether the eu would be interested in renegotiate in that negotiation with Boris Johnson in 2021 took months and months. And while it was happening, eu businesses in all 27 Member States suffered all sorts of uncertainty. Would they sorts of uncertainty. Would they be to prepared go through all of that again just for keir starmer to get what he wants . The eu might quite like keir starmer, like the noises that hes making like the noises that hes making like that hes prepared to be friendly with them, but would they be prepared make that they be prepared to make that sort sacrifice for him sort of sacrifice for him and for interesting for britain . Interesting would the electorate be on board that either . Olivia, board with that either . Olivia, weve got to leave it there. Thanks very much. Time. At 7 12, our with the time. At 7 12, our top , urgent investigations top story, urgent investigations are by the bbc are being launched by the bbc and channel 4 in the wake of allegations of Sexual Assault and these investigations are being launched against Russell Brand. But concerns have also brand. But concerns have also been raised over how long the broadcaster was knew about these allegations. Well, the comedian and actors been accused of attacking women between 2006 and 2013 when he was at the height of his fame, now launching their own inquiry, the metropolitan police has asked victims to come forward and speak to them if they believe they have been assaulted no matter how long ago it happened. And interviews in it happened. And interviews in this channel 4 documentary were voiced by actors. As you may voiced by actors. As you may find some of the descriptions distressing. Hes grabbing at my distressing. Hes grabbing at my underwear pulling it to the side i im telling him to get off me and he wont get off like holding me up against the wall, pushing himself in me. He grabbed me and got me on the bed. I was fully clothed and he was naked. At this point, i was like, oh my god , he raped me was like, oh my god, he raped me i i i was m i was crying and he said, oh, i only want to see your mascara run. Anyway i phoned and somebody asked what it was regarding and i said, thats regarding and i said, thats regarding Russell Brand being a sex offender. So sex offender. So so Russell Brand has been having his own say on social media, obviously denying the allegations. And he said all allegations. And he said all these relationships have been consensual amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that i absolutely refute these allegations pertain to the time when i was working in the mainstream, when i was in the newspapers all the time, when in movies and as when i was in the movies and as ive written about extensively in i very, very in my books, i was very, very promiscuous. Time of now, during that time of promiscuity , the relationships i promiscuity, the relationships i had absolutely always had were absolutely always consensual. Always consensual. I was always transparent about that. Then almost to transparent. And im being transparent about it now as well. As well. Well, lets speak know if you watch the documentary on saturday night, you will have come away with a different opinion about how consensual those relationships would have been. Mark Williams Thomas , mark Williams Thomas, investigative journalist, sexual abuse Victim Advocate and former Police Officer , joins us now. Police officer, joins us now. Mark, what im getting to is theres the investigations and theres the investigations and theres been a lot of them. Theres been a lot of them in the past six months or so of tv personnel, a of personnel, cities. And a lot of people will say, oh, this is wrong. And the what would it be . Wrong. And the what would it be . The victim is not the wrong. No, its not the victim. The person being accused should remain anon , famous and Investigative Journalism. And all of this is wrong. Whats your view on how these stories are exposed . Well these stories are exposed . Well these stories are exposed . Well the Program Brought up some very serious allegations from individuals. Of course, the sad thing is, is those individuals werent in a position where you could physically see them. And thats because as those people who make allegations are very fearful of the backlash , there was the backlash, there was obviously five separate women who gave their accounts. And who gave their accounts. And those accounts were were fairly consistent in the manner in which they talked. There was some compelling evidence that connected all of them. There is connected all of them. There is always an issue, of course, is when an allegation is put forward and that allegation hasnt been tested through a court of law and through the process there. What now needs to happen, of course, is some confidence for those young ladies to go to the police and the police to be able support the police to be able to support them. We did our them. You know, when we did our savile investigation , i totally savile investigation, i totally understand. And for long years now, in the police , now, being in the police, etcetera, you know, i understand that police have on that the police have failed on so occasions with victims. So many occasions with victims. And of course, as a result of that, theyre very fearful sometimes forward. We sometimes of coming forward. We have confidence have to give them the confidence now that will come forward now that they will come forward and make those allegations to the police. Yes, of course, the police. Yes, of course, brand is very clearly saying that he no nothing. He does. That he had no nothing. He does. Hes done nothing wrong and very clearly his position is that this matter of consent. This is a matter of consent. Were not talking about underage, one of the underage, although one of the allegations is a 16 year old, which would be determined under the being the childrens act as being a child. What he is saying is very clearly is that all of those were consensual contact that he had with young women. Had with young women. What happens now . Because obviously the metropolitan police say they havent received any to coincide with any reports to coincide with these allegations made in the papers and in this documentary at the weekend. Thats not to at the weekend. Thats not to say there a case to be say there isnt a case to be made here. And as you say, a lot of victims be reticent of victims will be reticent to come low come forward because of the low conviction comes to conviction rate when it comes to sexual crimes and the whole process of having sit in process of having to sit in court. Will all the court. This will have all the glare of the media on the courtrooms. Are legal courtrooms. Yes, there are Legal Protections its say protections, but its not to say that it be an unpleasant that it wont be an unpleasant process victims , those process for those victims, those alleged victims. No, its really its a really difficult time. I mean, im difficult time. I mean, im quite different in my role. Of quite different in my role. Of course, being a former detective turned reporter. Turned investigative reporter. My is very much being to my role is very much being to get the police to be involved at very stage and communicate very early stage and communicate with to make sure that the with them to make sure that the evidence is collected correctly and then is applied through a court of law. What we have to do court of law. What we have to do now and the television makers, those people that are involved both in times from both in the times and from channel 4 dispatches, give channel 4 dispatches, is give the ladies confidence to be able to go to the police, support them. The police now have changed attitude changed their attitude completely. I would expect that there senior officer there will be a senior officer appointed the press can appointed to this. The press can make contact with them and try and now coordinate to make sure that these young women come forward those forward and make those allegations, what cant allegations, because what cant be just simply this be allowed is just simply this to just sit on record without some kind of finishing aspect to it. I understand why the media have put this programme out, and i think theres a real power behind invested journalism. Dont forget, this isnt just one person. This is five separate women. What we now need separate women. What we now need is to be able to conclude this in a manner thats appropriate for all parties and mark, as you say, 5 5 women with very compelling accounts and the times today reporting that more and more claims , other women are and more claims, other women are coming forward. Coming forward. And the more that happens as and the worse it has to look for Russell Brand and yeah, absolutely. I mean , i can tell you after i mean, i can tell you after savile programme broadcast, i was absolutely inundated not just in relation to people that were victims of savile, but relation to victims of other people. And of course thats why rolf harris and max clifford ended up being prosecuted as a result of information coming to me. Ive already had one person whos contacted me talk to me about brand. There will be about brand. There will be numerous other people who are contacting either the authorities , parties or other authorities, parties or other individuals. Russell brand individuals. Russell brand himself has been very clearly saying that there are things that happened the past. That have happened in the past. He puts to down a promiscuous he puts it to down a promiscuous relation that hes had. You know, there is obviously an issue where consent is the question at a point now. So question at a point now. So i think the following days and weeks as this unfolds, whether or not the police start an investigation and dont forget, they have to have a complainant for that. So its all well and good a programme going out. But one of those individual girls needs to go to the police and make complaint. Make a formal complaint. Saint Williams Thomas, saint mark Williams Thomas, thank you very much for thank you very much indeed for that. Thank you, this is gb news. Thank you, this is gb news. Lets bring you some other stories into the newsroom stories coming into the newsroom this and a 25 year old this morning. And a 25 year old man has been charged with trespassing climbing trespassing after climbing a wall near buckingham palace. The man , awad robalino, has also man, awad robalino, has also been with attempted been charged with attempted theft from a Motor Vehicle dunng theft from a Motor Vehicle during the incident and is due to westminster magic to appear at westminster magic states court. States court. Exeter airport set to reopen after flash floods caused all flights to be cancelled yesterday. Thunderstorms saw yesterday. Thunderstorms saw torrential downpours enter the main terminal and that led to a closure as staff tried to remedy the situation. The airport says passengers are advised to check with their airline for the very latest information before their flight and bear with them as they attempt to return all airport operations to normal. Airport operations to normal. Former Prime Minister liz truss is to make a speech today claiming that the british economy would be much better off at the end of the decade if her economic were being economic policies were being followed. Speaking ahead of the one Year Anniversary of her mini budget truss will take a swipe at her critics , saying swipe at her critics, saying just werent just because they werent popular mean they popular doesnt mean they werent right. All theres so werent right. All theres so much in the news there to talk about. Lets look at Exeter Airport , for example. So when airlines and airport source say the following thing, airports dont want to handle your calls, right . Airports and airports. Theres nothing to do with us. We run the building, you know, but nothing to with us. So but nothing to do with us. So Contact Airline or good contact your airline or good luck one. Good luck luck with that one. Good luck with wonder whos with that one. I wonder whos sitting man all phone sitting man in all the phone lines on that. Hello, everybody. You know, well tell you whats happening here. Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Youll get no, you might as well just whistle window. Really . Whistle out the window. Really . Its not a really at least its not a really busy know, its not busy airport, you know, its not hugely. But if you hugely disruptive. But if you were flying in and out of exeter, would you two in the last 24 hours let us know if youve all of youve been affected by all of this and you know, youve this and you know, if youve been affected weather as been affected by the weather as well. Got woken in well. We both got woken up in the the thunder the night with the thunder and lightning. Has lightning. Jonathan vautrey has the can the details on what we can expect week ahead. Expect for the week ahead. Feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Very good morning to you. Im Jonathan Vautrey who of your gb news Weather Forecast provided by the met office. Quite an unsettled autumnal week of weather to come. Weve got low pressure in charge for monday, bringing these frontal systems that are sweeping their way from west to east. Quite heavy band of rain east. Quite a heavy band of rain associated that cold front, associated with that cold front, most persistently for parts of north east scotland see north east scotland could see some isolated thunderstorms as well that shifts its way well as that all shifts its way over east. Behind over towards the east. Behind that west, starting to that in the west, starting to see brighter see some drier, brighter intervals still intervals developing, but still with of showers, with a scattering of showers, quite blustery as well for many of us. Temperatures ranging between 14 and 21 c feeling fresher compared to some recent days, at least. Generally areas to the east should see the showers fading off a touch more dunng showers fading off a touch more during the evening and overnight, allowing for some clearer intervals west clearer intervals further west likely persisting likely to see them persisting for and for western scotland and northern before this Northern Ireland before this band persistent rain band of more persistent rain arrives towards dawn. And certainly Holding Temperatures up a touch more here further towards the east where you hold on to the clearer skies, a bit of fresher night of a chillier, fresher night there. Band of rain then there. That band of rain then is going moving its in going to be moving its way in throughout tuesday. Most persistent heaviest rain persistent and heaviest rain possible north west england, possible for north west england, parts northern wales and parts of northern wales and parts of northern wales and parts of northern wales and parts of the far south and far north may hold on with some dner north may hold on with some drier still drier intervals. But still relatively unsettled day for many of us. Coastal gales for much Northern Ireland, many of us. Coastal gales for much and hern ireland, many of us. Coastal gales for much and waleseland, many of us. Coastal gales for much and wales , land, many of us. Coastal gales for much and wales , temperatures england and wales, temperatures ranging between 15 and 20 c. That area of low pressure is sticking with us, though, as we head throughout the middle part of the week. So further unsettled on cards unsettled weather on the cards by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news right. If you havent heard this Russell Brand news where have you been . We are debating the rights and wrongs of naming people. Russell brand obviously strange , denying those strange, denying those allegations made against him. But others are saying, you know what, he shouldnt be named before charged with before hes been charged with any views welcome. Any crime. Your views welcome. We it next look, this whole Russell Brand situation, which has got you talking today, were going to ask the question, should people be named publicly before being charged with a crime . Well, this, of course, comes in the wake of all of the allegations that weve seen. And heard the weekend, as heard over the weekend, which as weve saying all morning. Weve been saying all morning. Russell denying. Russell brand is denying. But there lots of people in the there are lots of people in the pubuc there are lots of people in the public faced public eye who have faced a trial by media Cliff Richard, for example , or indeed paul for example, or indeed paul gambaccini, investigated as gambaccini, both investigated as part of operation yewtree , but part of operation yewtree, but were not with any were not charged with any offence. And Cliff Richard successfully later sued the bbc for a large sum over the whole handung for a large sum over the whole handling of that. Were going to get two stories now. People who are for stories now. People who are for or against being named. First of all, former conservative minister Harvey Proctor , who minister Harvey Proctor, who thinks you should withhold world judgement , thinks you should withhold world judgement, and the author and psychotherapist madeline black, who says its fair to name the accused. Even without charges. Good morning to you both. Madeline why do you say that . I mean , i know your story, but mean, i know your story, but could you possibly recount your story and your opinion as to the why people should be should be named. Named. Yeah. So i am a survivor of rape. I was gang raped when i rape. I was gang raped when i was 13. And i think every woman has the right to share their story if they want to because i know what not sharing your story does to you. It really holds you back. And sadly, i think that the Justice System lets so many survivors down. You know, we know that the conviction rates, as mark was saying earlier , your as mark was saying earlier, your guest previously, its such a small percentage of prosecutions were cases will end in a prosecution. So i believe that prosecution. So i believe that this is maybe the only way that many survivors can get justice is by going onto a show like dispatches and sharing their story. Except Harvey Proctor. When that goes wrong and people who are innocent get embroiled in horrendous witch hunts or trial by media, the likes of which weve seen of course, with Cliff Richard and paul gambaccini. Richard and paul gambaccini. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. First of all, let me say that i was never a minister. I was a humble backbench member of parliament for eight years with regard to the Russell Brent case, can i say that i always found russell . Brent and his alleged sense of humour. Do detestable. However, he is detestable. However, he is entitled to two be presumed innocent and until until found otherwise. Hes certainly not otherwise. Hes certainly not judged in the court of public opinion. Now in my own case, the police went to a news agency who were publishing stories by someone who made allegations which were completely false as a result of that, and subsequently my house was raided. By 20 metro my house was raided. By 20 metro police and Police Officers with with illegal search warrants as an and during the course of the search of my house, a Police Officer made contact with the person making the allegations who they knew was in contact with the media and before the police left , the media knew that police left, the media knew that my house was being raided. And my house was being raided. And the following morning i woke up to find my face on bbc television. Well , harvey, there would be well, harvey, there would be a lot of people, you know, political enemies , people who political enemies, people who just dont like the look of your face. Who would who would like it to be otherwise . They would like you to suffer and they would like you guilty no would like you to be guilty no matter what the law says. And what were the consequences is on your life through being named it is well known that i lost my job, my home, my repute. I received death threats. I felt for safety. I had to leave felt for safety. I had to leave the country for approximately one year as. And the effects one year as. And the effects continue now in an emotional sense. So it is, in my case, never ending. Okay, well , lets get okay, well, lets get madeline blacks thoughts in all of this. I mean, if as you say, the only hope for victims is a trial by media, what about those who get caught up wrongly , as weve get caught up wrongly, as weve heard here from from Harvey Proctor and also in the cases that i mentioned earlier , i that i mentioned earlier, i guessin that i mentioned earlier, i guess in every situation, there will be people that are falsely accused. I dont know too much about harveys case to be able to speak to it that much, but i still strongly believe that women survivors have the right to share their story, and already this morning, were heanng already this morning, were hearing that courage is contagious. And even though these women were anonymous for fear of backlash, other women have now come forward to also share their experiences with Russell Brand. So i think it is Russell Brand. So i think it is important to allow people to share their stories if they want to, because it will change their life so much, because i know what being raped did to my life. It impacted on me. What being raped did to my life. It impacted on me. The effects it impacted on me. The effects lasted for decades and its taken me many, many years to show my face and to speak publicly. But i know many people publicly. But i know many people cant share their face and speak publicly because of the shame thatis publicly because of the shame that is riddled in society and the backlash and the victim blaming, you know, were already seeing how divisive this situation currently is. And its not for me to say hes innocent or hes guilty, but i do believe the women that came forward on dispatchers because , believe me, dispatchers because, believe me, you wouldnt want to make this up. I mean , thats the point, i mean, thats the point, isnt it, in all of this , isnt it, in all of this, harvey, you know, we need to listen to victims. And why would somebody make something up . Obviously, perhaps politics is different. But in cases around these big showbiz superstars that have all this power, this imbalance of power with often these younger people, why would these younger people, why would these younger people, why would these young women be making things . Im sorry to hear the things up . Im sorry to hear the story that weve just heard in my case, i think the simple answer was money. But of course, this will change from story to story from person to person. I have no criticism of ladies who think back and know that they have been raped. Coming forward to share their story, i think its the actions thereafter. I think the actions thereafter. I think the media, particularly the times, the sunday times and channel 4, are at fault for not saying in their program and not acting upon it that they have put the file of evidence to the police. It took the police to go to the media that was wrong. Now what i would say in the brownite case, as i said in my own , if case, as i said in my own, if there are any genuine victim is in inverted commas, complainants , those who have suffered at the hands of mr brandt or indeed anybody else , they should go to anybody else, they should go to the police immediately. Okay, Harvey Proctor, madeline black, weve got to leave it there. Thank you both for recounting your stories and editors debate whether the accused should be named or not. Before convicted in a court of law. Thank you very much indeed. 7 36. Thank you. And do let us know your views in all of that. This morning. In the meantime, though, lets get a check on sports news. Check on the sports news. Broadcaster coyte joins us. Broadcaster paul coyte joins us. And good news for england in the rugby night, but Rugby World Cup last night, but god, hard work. God, they made it hard work. Did make hard did they did make it hard work beat work 3412 they managed to beat japan night. Work 3412 they managed to beat japan night. It was work 3412 they managed to beat japan night. It was tricky. Japan last night. It was tricky. It scrappy. It wasnt it was scrappy. It wasnt perfect. It wasnt what we want to see into a world cup. To see going into a world cup. But thing but the most important thing is that you know, im trying that this you know, im trying to any cliches whatsoever to avoid any cliches whatsoever , there points on the , but there are points on the board and so they managed to win the it actually down the game. It actually went down to head. It was to joe marlows head. It was very bizarre. Ball was passed and it came off the top of joe malas head. Instead of malas head. Then instead of being knock on which a lot of being a knock on which a lot of people thought actually people thought because actually heading legal heading a rugby ball is a legal thing, anybody to try thing, if anybody wants to try it forward. Courtney laws it Going Forward. Courtney laws thought, okay, ill move forward then and ill just touch the ball under the post. And although looked very although everybody looked very confused at the time, it was given as try. So everything given as a try. So everything worked out fine. Mean, i did worked out fine. I mean, i did say earlier, i dont think many of the big boys are going to be losing sleep over this, its losing sleep over this, but its all momentum. All about the momentum. All the momentum, its all about the momentum, all the other teams its all about the momentum, all faring. The other teams its all about the momentum, all faring. And he other teams its all about the momentum, all faring. And australiateams its all about the momentum, all faring. And australia hadis are faring. And australia had a bit a whipping yesterday, bit of a whipping yesterday, which the home nations. First time since First Time Since 1954. Lost since 1954. Theyve lost to fiji. And us fiji. Excellent. And it makes us feel about to fiji feel better about losing to fiji now. Jones now. And eddie jones is obviously its obviously really unhappy. Its just said. Jones just not he said. Eddie jones been to be not such been proved to be not such a great coach that he thinks he been proved to be not such a grebutoach that he thinks he been proved to be not such a gre but australia he thinks he been proved to be not such a gre but australia notthinks he been proved to be not such a grebut australia not good. He been proved to be not such a grebut australia not good. 1e been proved to be not such a grebut australia not good. So is. But australia not good. So that was 2215 south africa who ive now probably looking at thinking theyre the ones that are going to win it again. Theyre already the champions. France i was thinking before, but i think are pretty but i think ireland are pretty dangerous looking. Well, of course. Well, of course. I mean, can out i mean, who can call out ireland . Ireland ireland . I mean, ireland are looking well. Its looking fantastic as well. Its really africa, france , really south africa, france, ireland and south africa ireland and then south africa thrash nil and they thrash romania 76 nil and they will then play ireland on saturday. So that will be a ding dong baek tonga ding dong matches the English Premier League over the weekend. Man city sit tall and pride at the top of the table spurs should i say two points behind city in a second place. I tell you what they put the mockers on it. We get a bit excited about it, you know. So im at spurs. Come on. I was im at spurs. Come on. I was waiting by a lift at tottenham. Fella comes up. Pull, pull. I look over and i think its a spurs fan. So i said, oh, hi, how are you . And he went, i obviously didnt recognise him. And he went, kenneth brenner. And he went, kenneth brenner. And i went , hello, ken and he went, kenneth brenner. And i went, hello, ken. And he went, kenneth brenner. And i went , hello, ken. Northern and i went, hello, ken. Northern irelands second most famous person was there. Ken brenner. Person was there. Ken brenner. Would ken brenner know you . Would ken brenner know you . Would ken brenner know you . What do you mean . Why would are you saying, man, you know, he is the face of spurs. Paul coyte you looking at me through well i think through gb news . Well i think its a bit of both. And my leanings towards and also my leanings towards shakespeare. Obviously he loves shakespeare. Obviously he loves me of my shakespearean me because of my shakespearean quotes. I know what laugh. Quotes. I know what your laugh. Ill tell you. I dont know what laughing what youre laughing at. Its a tragedy. Tragedy. Tragedy. Its a tragedy. A shakespearean tragedy. Trafford. At old trafford. At old trafford. Is. Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. I ive really credit brighton. I want to say this, you i just want to say this, you know, very side, think. Know, a very good side, i think. Brighton very good side, very good. Manager they good. Manager and you know, they have sell and yet have to sell players and yet they survive sitting in fifth place, they survive sitting in fifth pla absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Bournemouth yesterday nil nil against chelsea and bournemouth havent won in nine. You think. No its not going well. But look at. £1 billion theyve at chelsea. £1 billion theyve spent not going well there although with Mauricio Pochettino it will take time. It will take time. Singapore grand will take time. Singapore grand Prix Max Verstappen did not win. I mean its the first time we can actually talk about someone that didnt win instead of win. It but it was it was won by carlos sainz from ferrari lando norris. Brit came second. Your norris. Brit came second. Your favourite lando good, good. I know you love the name lando. Know you love the name lando. I love orlando lando, especially on a friday. Lando lewis hamilton. Lando lewis hamilton. Lando lewis hamilton. Lando oh, right, right, right. Okay. Very good. Paul thank you very much indeed. Congratulations to thank congratulations to him. Thank you. Do stay with us as you. Please do stay with us as we ask , is it last orders for we ask, is it last orders for britains pubs. This is a series , this situation. The figures are showing the number of pubs closing has jumped by over 50 in the first three months of this year. In the first three months of this year. Why is in the first three months of this year. Why is that happening this year. Why is that happening . Your theories very much welcome. Get in touch. Back welcome. Get in touch. Back after this in the headline makers now, we are speaking to the olympian, Kriss Akabusi and of course, ella whelan regular is on our show. And chris, lets start with you. And this is the actually daily mail online story. Airbnb guests baffled by bizarre list of kitchen rules shared by neurotic host tell us more. Yeah, so. So initially , yeah. Yeah, so. So initially, yeah. It is an erotic host who is very clear and concise about what is in and out. You know , you can in and out. You know, you can only use one spoon and one and one glass, but actually there are four in here that i want to point out. And i understand where the host is coming from. Where the host is coming from. So, for example , she says four so, for example, she says four please do not bend our spoons. So shes obviously had a series. Oh, i say, she sorry. They they have obviously had a series of guests that have been less then then. Good. Please dont then then. Good. Please dont bend spoons. Spoons are for eating with not fixing your bike or fixing your bicycle pump. And you can imagine get that, you can imagine if you get that, but say one dish and but you cant say one dish and one glass per meal. No. Well, no. Well, no. Well, no, that that yeah. Well, no, that that i get unless shes walked in and shes saying when theyve left theres been just a litany of suffered otherwise. But okay, okay that one i agree but tap water is okay but im scared of being litigated. Caveat emptor if you go home, youve got delhi belly. Can i say i dont know if belly. Can i say i dont know if i can say that, but you know, if youve got a funny belly, dont say because of my water. It say its because of my water. It is okay. But caveat emptor, i dont want to be litigated by you. And the last one. Do not keep food in the refrigerator for more than 16 hours. Again some people got strong, strong spoons. Theyre there for a week and the next guy goes in the day after and im not happy with it. So i understand where they are coming from. However, i could imagine the uproar on line. If you want to put the thing, i wont go there, see . Or they are too strict. Yeah. Yeah. Ella pubs. Yeah. Yeah. Ella pubs. I dont know if you use the pub or but you like the idea of using the pub. Pub or but you like the idea of using the pub. I pub or but you like the idea of using the pub. I mean, pub or but you like the idea of using the pub. I mean, i pub or but you like the idea of using the pub. I mean, i cant using the pub. I mean, i cant really complain about this story. I think. I think i think pubs are great social hubs and centres and whatever, but im not a particularly frequent pub is a trouble isnt it . User youre part of the problem. Eamonn i which is. Well thats not fair. This particular story that the evening standards got online is that official government statistics have released data that says that. Have released data that says that. 383 have released data that says that. 383 pubs have released data that says that. 383 pubs have been that. 383 pubs have been demolished or converted between january and june. Thats a huge amount, right. And its a mixture of things that are happening. You know, are happening. You know, there are high energy bills, costs. That high energy bills, costs. That means that its too expensive for a lot of them to stay open. People like yourself, ehm, and others they dont others who maybe they dont drink, you know, drink, maybe they, you know, its expensive drink, its too expensive to drink, they or maybe they do it at home. Or maybe they do it at home. Or maybe they know why theyd they just dont know why theyd go pub. Less go to the pub. Theres less footfall there less footfall and so there are less profits going pubs able to profits going in, pubs able to stay so this story stay open and also so this story reports there lot of reports that there are a lot of greedy , so lets put greedy landlords, so lets put it that way, who are realising that its much better for them to cash in and sell pubs for. They go on to be, you know, a lot of them luxury flats and housing to sell the sites. And obviously you obviously this, you know, you dont have to be a drinker to know has a knock on know that this has a knock on effect communities, effect on communities, pubs often used often or at least they used to or as meeting or they should serve as meeting places for people not just drinking holes, but also a lot of them, you know, food. You go on a sunday for a roast, its a lot of them have family areas, all the rest of it. Its a place where people come together where people can come together and less and socialise. And the less we have that, the more have of that, i think the more isolated atomised we become isolated and atomised we become. That cant be good for the health of society. There often the there are often some of the nicest buildings as well, arent they . Then they get they . Pubs and then they get lost down or just left lost and worn down or just left derelict , which is such a blight derelict, which is such a blight as a young man in the 70s it was seen as a rite of passage actually to be able to get to 16 to, to go in the pub, be with all the working men whod be in there from 7 or 8, have a couple of jars. Im thinking you know, i hate the taste of the beer, but all the taste of the beer, but all the ale, the tale , but pretend the ale, the tale, but pretend youre enjoying it and find out the gossip and the local stuff thats going on. And then get back place before back to your place before bedtime. But thats changed drastically. And more pubs have changed into gastronomic places where do you know what i think the key in this is . I remember as a child having to wait car while my to wait in the car while my parents into the to parents went into the pub to have drink children have a drink because children were allowed. Now theyve were not allowed. Now theyve become places you go as a family. You meet the grandparents, has to grandparents, so no one has to cook its full of children. Cook and its full of children. But thats turnoff for but perhaps thats a turnoff for people who would the pub people who would go to the pub just drink. Just for a quiet drink. I think i have sort of mixed feelings on that. I mean, you know, think nice to be know, i think it is nice to be able and have drink and able to go and have a drink and have keep control of have if you can keep control of your with your kids and have them with you. Remember being you. But i also i remember being sat outside with coke and a bag of there of crisps. And, you know, there is to said for is something to be said for having adult spaces in society where to where you dont have to deal with, tripping with, you know, tripping over children you children running around. And you can obviously, we also can i mean, obviously, we also havent mentioned the smoking ban, which think has had an ban, which i think has had an effect on whether youre it effect on whether youre pro it or had a knock on or not. It has had a knock on effect how are effect on how many pubs are open. Talk as a child not you talk about as a child not being into a pub, i can being allowed into a pub, i can remember women not being allowed into a pub. Oh really . Oh really . Oh really . Gosh yes. Gosh yes. I mean, there was the mans the mans bar. And then there was this concession that eventually happened. There was a sort of snug or what was called the lounge. Lounge. The lounge, exactly. The lounge, exactly. Lounge. Women could the lounge. The women could go but they go into the lounge, but they were in the pub , were never allowed in the pub, the spit and sawdust was where the spit and sawdust was where the willies were. Yeah. Yeah yeah, i remember that. But it was like the mens working club. Working club. We used to be sent up to lock the side door and say , is my the side door and say, is my daddyin the side door and say, is my daddy in there . The guy would daddy in there . The guy would say, leonard. Your kids are say, leonard. Your kids are here. What do they want . Your dinners ready, daddy. You and then my mother would smell his breath things. She said, go and find out if hes in the pub. The pub. Those were the days they never get away with that now. Well, no, no. Well, no, no. Where should we go . Where should we go . Where should we go . Where we should go . I where we should go . I definitely know where we should go. Corner go. Theres a Little Corner somewhere. I do believe theres somewhere. I do believe theres a Little Corner somewhere thats talking about some skydiving activity. On talking about some skydiving activity. Oh thats a good idea. Thats a good idea. Oh, you thats a good idea. Oh, you know newtons law of gravity. You know, its defied here. You know, its defied here. Now, you did a very lovely thing, isabel, yesterday. You went and you took up an experience with your family. Oh, experience with your family. Oh, about skydiving. Except you dont jump out of a plane. Well, tell us what goes on here. So you go to the door. So you go to the door. Thats isabel. Thats isabel. Thing there. Its that blue thing there. Its that blue thing there. There i am, and then there i am, being suspended air. Tell suspended by the air. But tell you cant suspended by the air. But tell you cant it. You what, you cant see it. Maybe show the video maybe well show you the video a little later good. Little bit later on. Oh, good. My family teasing me my whole family are teasing me because acted like because my nostrils acted like parachute almost parachute and i was almost suspended by the width of my nose. Suspended by the width of my nose. So they all thought that nose. So they all thought that was but im to was hilarious. But im not to blow trumpet. The blow my own trumpet. But the instructor a natural instructor said i was a natural au natural , instructor said i was a natural au natural, and the instructor said i was a natural au natural , and the others were au natural, and the others were all off walls and all bouncing off the walls and i was floating in the air. Was just floating in the air. So i had a great time. We went up and and even five and down and so even my five year it. Year old did it. I have then , isabel, i have to ask then, isabel, would that you to jump would that encourage you to jump out a plane . Out of a plane . Have never wanted jump out of a plane . Of ave never wanted jump out of a plane . Of ae never wanted jump out of a plane . Of a planezr wanted jump out of a plane . Of a plane before ed jump out of a plane . Of a plane before in jump out of a plane . Of a plane before in my ump out of a plane . Of a plane before in my life out of a plane before in my life and after yesterday, probably still wouldnt. I go still wouldnt. But i will go back. And next time im going to wear vr goggles. You wear the vr goggles. So you have the jumping out of wear the vr goggles. So you have tiplane jumping out of wear the vr goggles. So you have tiplane whilst jumping out of wear the vr goggles. So you have tiplane whilst you jmping out of wear the vr goggles. So you have tiplane whilst you fly. Ing out of a plane whilst you fly. Oh, why wouldnt you do the real thing . I mean, gosh, thats, know. Real thing . I mean, gosh, tha well, know. Real thing . I mean, gosh, tha well, because its probably well, because its probably more it . No, more dangerous, isnt it . No, i mean, get mean, yeah, maybe ill get there, i never thought i was there, but i never thought i was interested or bothered. It a christmas it was a Christmas Present from father for the from my father in law for the whole you very whole family. Thank you very much. Was brilliant. Much. And it was brilliant. Recommend yeah. Much. And it was brilliant. Being recommend yeah. Much. And it was brilliant. Being weightless, d yeah. Much. And it was brilliant. Being weightless, d y being weightless, was it kind of. Quite physically, like it was quite physically, like strong on my ive actually got achy shoulders this morning because of the of the air. Because of the push of the air. But was it was incredible. A but it was it was incredible. A lot people came out with lot of people came out with dribble mouths dribble down their mouths because is blowing because the air is blowing so hard. Size hard. My nostrils were the size of know , i mean, hilarious. Of you know, i mean, hilarious. Ill find video and ill try and find the video and show nostrils later on. Show you my nostrils later on. But really fun. Great but no, it was really fun. Great fun. Was pouring with fun. And it was pouring with rain yesterday. So great indoor activity. When activity. So i recommend it when your bit older. Your little ones a bit older. Yes, definitely. Yes, definitely. Brave enough and ella, if im brave enough and ella, the Guardian Charities told they can run politically divisive campaigns. So this is really interesting. I mean, some of you at home listening or watching will remember or have seen on social media. Theres row over the rspb tweet about how basically ministers being liars. Thats the Royal Society for the protection of birds. And they protection of birds. And they were pulled up on that and got into trouble and there was basically a bit of a there has been an row about how been an ongoing row about how far charities can wade into political rows and whether thats on a lot of the time, the allegation is that charities are going too woke. So having strong opinions on things like. Racism, opinions on things like. Racism, sexism, conversations about colonialism, conversations about metoo , whatever it is, and the metoo, whatever it is, and the there is guidance going to be issued by the charities commission, but theyve come out and been quite robust said and been quite robust and said that will defend charities that they will defend charities rights to campaign lawfully , rights to campaign lawfully, even when such campaigning covers sensitive or politically divisive ground. Thats a quote in the guardian today. And you know, its an its an interesting conundrum because obviously there is, you know , obviously there is, you know, whats political. I mean, you could argue that all things are political. And charity is political. And if a charity is particularly say, particularly involved in, say, conversation about race or conversation about race or conversation about race or conversation about womens rights or womens spaces , rights or womens spaces, theres always someone thats going to accuse you of being overtly political on the other hand, think there have been hand, i think there have been quite the quite a number of cases at the moment charities moment where charities have crossed particularly crossed the line, particularly with their use of social media and have lost that sense of not necessarily impartiality. Thats the but a sense of the wrong word, but a sense of restraint when it comes above Party Politics in a way. Party politics in a way. So just, you know, morality was kind of where charities lie and then Party Politics is where you of , you know, do what you kind of, you know, do what you kind of, you know, do what you do when you come to voting. But yeah, its a difficult well, i think theres there is this issue is a lot of issue which is a lot of charities seem to be particularly on issues of decolonisation or sort of the politically fashionable issues there seems to be a kind of consensus in one direction, which they are being which is why they are being called too woke on the other hand, there is this tendency to just sort charity. Just sort of charity. So , you know, the bash so, you know, the guardian has quoted, for example, Suella Braverman calling charities calling Refugee Charities politically active politically motivated, active lists masquerading as humanitarian. Now, theres a row humanitarian. Now, theres a row to be had about, you know, charities and lawyers. Charities and lawyers. And hold that thought. 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And certainly Holding Temperatures up a touch more here further towards the east where you hold up a touch more here further towaithe he east where you hold up a touch more here further towaithe clearer where you hold up a touch more here further towaithe clearer skies,e you hold up a touch more here further towaithe clearer skies,e ybit hold up a touch more here further towaithe clearer skies,e ybit ofld onto the clearer skies, a bit of a chillier, night there. A chillier, fresher night there. That of rain then is going that band of rain then is going to be moving its way in throughout tuesday. Most persistent rain persistent and heaviest rain possible northwest england , possible for northwest england, parts wales , parts parts of northern wales, parts of the far south and far north may hold on with some drier intervals, still relatively intervals, but still relatively unsettled many of us. Unsettled day for many of us. 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Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that attacks are some very serious cates, speaks to us about her belief that the tax system is putting people off from having children. Our Political Editor has that exclusive interview. Thats right. Is it time to pay thats right. Is it time to pay stay at home parents to look after their children for most of their early years . Well be their early years . Well be talking to tory mp miriam cates i first london and other cities now the whole of wales is introducing 20 mile per hour limits on roads that were set at 30 miles an hour. A life saving move, or is it insane , as the move, or is it insane, as the commons leader put it . Well be debating it. Debating it. The latest weather updates. The latest weather updates. It certainly was a stormy night last night. Jonathan vautrey and unsettled autumnal all week of weather to come for many of us. Join me later for all the details. Details. And as always, paul coyte is here with the latest from the world of sport. Yeah, its a bit scrappy from england yesterday. Just managed to get past japan in the world cup. Max verstappen does not win in singapore and also the question that a whole sporting world has been asking both of you and that is what does lionel messi have on pizza . Really . Messi have on his pizza . Really . Yes why do we knew he had a pizza . Because 7 because ive . Because ive seen it and 7 because ive seen it and ive seen the pizza. And i will seen the pizza. And i will reveal whats on the pizza. So was this during like after a match or it was post match pizza. Post match pizza. Post match messi pizza. Messy so go with that. What did that . I cant say anything. Okay i cant say anything. Okay thank you. Thank you very much indeed. Join in any of our discussions. We were talking about people who suffer or are intolerant of any sort of noise. Its called misophonia. Apparently 1 in 5 of you have it. Whether youre aware of it or not. So someone supping tea or not. So someone supping tea or eating soup or cereal, anything , just anything annoys anything, just anything annoys certain people. Gb views the gbnews. Com. Or you can tweet us at. At. Gb news. Russell brand leading the news this morning. Urgent investigations are being launched by both the bbc and channel 4 in the wake of allegations of Sexual Assault against him. But concerns have also been raised over how long broadcasters knew about those allegations. The allegations that the comedian and actor has been accused of attacking women between 2006 and 2013 when he was at the height of his fame. Meanwhile, the met police have asked victims to come forward and speak to them if they believe they have been assaulted. No matter how long ago it happened. Well, brand has taken to social media to deny the allegations and said his relationships have all been consensual. Earlier on this program, the former Scotland Yard detective and investigative tv journalist mark Williams Thomas told us more women claiming to be victims of brand have already come forward. I had one person come forward. I had one person whos contacted me talk to me about brand. About brand. There will be numerous other people who are contacting either the authorities or other individuals. Russell brand individuals. Russell brand himself has been very clearly saying that there are things that have happened in the past. He puts it down to a promiscuous relationship that hes had. Know relationship that hes had. Know there is obviously an issue where consent is the question at know point. Now that were telling us that exclusively this morning. Lets get some reaction to all of this from our showbiz reporter, ellie philips, who joins us. Look, the Times Newspaper in this joint investigation, sunday times and channel 4 this morning channel 4 saying this morning hes more and hes facing more claims. And obviously up by our obviously that backed up by our guest there. Could this be a guest there. Could this be a sort of me to a movement in terms of camille aliens and actors in this case . I think so. Definitely and i think one of the interesting things about this is that it looks at all different sides of the media because its not just, um, you know, how we how he, as a comedian spoke about women on screen and kind of pushed the messages about women out there. But behind the scenes but its also behind the scenes and how hes alleged to have been treating women, which is now coming to and lot now coming to light. And a lot of the documentary of people like the documentary was plain sight was called in plain sight and everyone saying, oh, know, everyone saying, oh, you know, because this persona that because he had this persona that you there kind of you put out there that kind of helped to get away with helped him to get away with these crimes. And so these alleged crimes. And so its of an interesting mix its kind of an interesting mix of the two and some of the things that out now, um, things that came out now, um, from was that one from the times was that one woman said that behind the scenes when kind of brought woman said that behind the scewhatrhen kind of brought woman said that behind the scewhat had kind of brought woman said that behind the scewhat had happenedyf brought woman said that behind the scewhat had happened toyrought woman said that behind the scewhat had happened to her,iht up what had happened to her, what she claims happened to her to channel 4, that they said, oh, well, rather than removing him from potentially fronting a show, well just make sure that no women are around him and so youre punishing people in the industry, women in particular. Um, in order to help a man whos had these claims surface around him. So thats really concerning as well. And i think the thing hopefully that will come out of all of this, in my opinion , is all of this, in my opinion, is that think there is a need for that i think there is a need for an independent Standards Authority for television in particular, think the particular, because i think the safeguarding policies and whistleblowing support is clearly ineffective. You know, channel 4 know this is to do with channel 4 and bbc, but channel 4 have speak up and it just isnt fit for purpose because in an industry thats predominantly full of freelancers or short Term Contracts , the fear contracts, the fear of repercussions is, is overwhelming. And its so easy to say, oh, the women should speak up, the women should call it out. Actually the men shouldnt it. If they have shouldnt do it. If they have done it. And in the current until the current systematic kind of walls of silence are broken down, then nothing will change and women still wont feel able to speak up. Well , thank you for speaking well, thank you for speaking up very, very well said. But you know , tv companies will say that know, tv companies will say that they dont encourage this behaviour. I mean, already this year had men preying on year weve had men preying on other men. Weve had men preying on women in the case of Russell Brand here. And there is no doubtin brand here. And there is no doubt in my mind that certain people are tolerated and theyre treated differently. They get treated differently. They get away with behaviour that no other member of staff in any other member of staff in any other position would be allowed to get away with. To get away with. Absolutely powerful figures being held to account for abusing their position of trust is so important and weve seen more of it come to light and hopefully like youve said, weve had phillip schofield, weve had phillip schofield, weve now got these claims against Russell Brand. There are others. I mean, if you look back at 2017, Harvey Weinstein more and more were finding that they are being held account, but are being held to account, but its late because this has its too late because this has been going so long. You been going on for so long. You know, like i said, this is systematic with claims systematic with these claims against brand. They go against Russell Brand. They go back to and think people back to 2006 and think people are saying , back to 2006 and think people are saying, oh, back to 2006 and think people are saying , oh, you know, are saying, oh, well, you know, hes completely now. Are saying, oh, well, you know, hes thispletely now. Are saying, oh, well, you know, hes this wellness now. Are saying, oh, well, you know, hes this wellness guru. Now. Are saying, oh, well, you know, hes this wellness guru. Hes. Hes this wellness guru. Hes got account got this youtube account where he, know, million he, you know, with 11 million followers or whatever, where he promotes ways of living and stuff, almost like cult. Stuff, its almost like a cult. But being good person now but being a good person now doesnt absolve if doesnt absolve from crimes. If any crimes were committed in the past. And i think, um, some past. And i think, um, some times it does for take someone to no longer be in that position for the women to feel able to speak up because then they wont fear the repercussions. And thats not good enough when people positions of people are in these positions of power, theyre , you power, whether theyre, you know, presenter or the know, the lead presenter or the fronting a Television Show or even behind the scenes, you know, very senior in of know, very senior in terms of producer , i think there needs to producer, i think there needs to be better systems place be better systems in place so that they can be called out much more quickly and behaviours, whether its toxic work environment, its you environment, whether its you know, sexual abuse, any of those things that completely things that are completely unacceptable that they get dealt with early on. And its no longer okay to just say, oh, well, thats just the way it is. Turn just keep them turn a blind eye. Just keep them happy. Ones that happy. No ones that good. Theres always replacements available. And so i think that hopefully people will be less scared to say , actually, we can scared to say, actually, we can find someone else to do this instead. If you are causing the problem and the problem isnt being whistleblowers, being caused by whistleblowers, the being caused by the problem is being caused by the problem is being caused by the men who are acting inappropriately. Inappropriately. Well said. Okay, ellie phillips, thanks very much indeed for your take this morning. Showbiz reporter. Thank you. Thank morning. Showbiz reporter. Thank you. Thank you. The backbench conservative mp miriam cates has spoken exclusively to us about her belief britains tax system is putting people off, having children. Well, our Political Editor Christopher Hope has the interview. Interview. Miriam cates, why should the state reward state home parents with childcare money . Well, i dont think its about rewarding any particular type of parent. I think its about giving parents choice. So we know that some parents really want to go back to work and resume their career as soon as possible after having a child. Some parents want to stay at home as possible and home for as long as possible and make most of those make the most of those very precious and very quick few years. And think as a years. And i think as a conservative, that we should be in business giving people in the business of giving People Choice. One the things choice. And so one of the things that the chancellor did in the budget to spend an budget was to spend an additional a year on additional £4 billion a year on the years. That sounds the early years. So that sounds great ways, but the way great in some ways, but the way its to be spent is its going to be spent is incredibly restricted. Youve got go to work at got to go back to work at a certain point. Youve got to work number of hours. Work a certain number of hours. You have to put your child in formal only formal childcare for it only is formal childcare for it only is for 39 weeks a year for the year between particular hours. And its flexible. And its just not very flexible. And so people, particularly so many people, particularly mothers, have under fours about two rather work mothers, have under fours about two if rather work mothers, have under fours about two if they rather work mothers, have under fours about two if they have rather work mothers, have under fours about two if they have the ier work mothers, have under fours about two if they have the choice. Less if they have the choice. Well, that was announced by the chancellor. You said before you did you cry . You cried. Why did you cry . Did actually. And i think i did actually. And i think thats the time in my time thats the only time in my time in when policy in parliament when a policy announcement me cry. Announcement has made me cry. I think cried because partly think i cried because partly because mother myself. And because im a mother myself. And i fortunate to have i was very fortunate to have those early years with my children. I did work part time some i was stay some of the time i was a stay at home mum. Others at the time, and i think those years are so quick and precious that quick and so precious and that bond you have bond as a mother that you have with your child in the first two years particularly is irreplaceable. Why the state so keen to why is the state so keen to reward mothers or fathers who go who their children who put their children into childcare . Who put their children into chi|well, . Who put their children into chiiwell, . Think who put their children into chi|well, . Think the treasury well, i think the treasury operates very particular operates on a very particular grid, about gdp. Grid, which is all about gdp. And course, gdp. Really and of course, gdp. Really all that means much money the that means is how much money the country making as a whole. Country is making as a whole. And more people you have and so the more people you have in workplace, better in the workplace, the better your looks. But it doesnt your gdp looks. But it doesnt actually how happy actually measure how happy people gdp per people are or what the gdp per capha people are or what the gdp per capita is. So how money capita is. So how much money each person family each individual person or family is. Theory, if you get is. So in theory, if you get 110,000 parents back to work, which is what the government expects do, youve expects this to do, then youve got the workplace got more people in the workplace and gdp is bigger. If and your gdp is bigger. But if youre also employing lots more nursery very nursery workers on very low wages, per capita is wages, your gdp per capita is lower potentially got lower and youve potentially got a unhappy children a lot more unhappy children and families whod rather be together. Now youve raised this, havent with the havent you, with with with the government. They government. And what have they told you parliament . Told you in parliament . Well, ive raised it several times because, said, times because, as i said, i think be much more think it should be much more flexible. And i asked written flexible. And i asked a written parliamentary question recently, which is where ask which is where you ask a department writing they department in writing and they send formal response. And send you a formal response. And i theyd look at i asked whether theyd look at redistributing i asked whether theyd look at redisitibuting i asked whether theyd look at redisit was ng i asked whether theyd look at redisit was much more flexible. That it was much more flexible. So each family could have a budget, decide how they want to spend pay granny, spend that money, pay granny, spend that money, pay granny, spend at go to spend more time at home, go to work more Flexible Work to have more flexible childcare. Theyre not childcare. But theyre not interested that policy at the interested in that policy at the moment. I think moment. And as i said, i think this policy is fairly fixed this this policy is fairly fixed for this parliament, but i havent up for the havent given up hope for the manifesto, refused to look into it, even way up the cost it, not even way up the cost benefit thats benefit analysis. Well, thats what answer said, what the written answer said, but am still pushing but obviously i am still pushing and need some more and i think we do need some more evidence, particularly in this country, about whats best for children. Country, about whats best for childrdoes elsewhere in country, about whats best for chilworld. Elsewhere in country, about whats best for chilworld. Other elsewhere in country, about whats best for chilworld. Other countriesere in country, about whats best for chilworld. Other countries do in the world. Other countries do it. Mean, our country is yes. I mean, our country is really outlier the way we really an outlier in the way we treat families. And one of the one reasons for that is one of the reasons for that is our taxation we dont our taxation system. So we dont recognise or households recognise families or households in the taxation system. So its actually disadvantageous have actually disadvantageous to have children, whereas in other countries recognise countries they recognise how important future important it is for the future of society to have children and bnng of society to have children and bring recognise bring them up so they recognise families families a tax families and give families a tax boost in the tax system. We just dont do here. Dont do that here. You think stay at home do you think stay at home parents not seen valid, parents are not seen as valid, as valid working parents . As valid as working parents . By by the treasury by the government . I absolutely think that. But i think its more about not valuing because valuing children, because i think you ask nine month old think if you ask nine month old baby, you want to go into baby, do you want to go into nursery with these other nursery with all these other children do you want children or do you want mummy . I think we probably know what that baby daddy daddy. Now, baby might daddy or daddy. Now, thats say there arent thats not to say there arent brilliant childcare providers thats not to say there arent brilliant cand are providers thats not to say there arent brilliant and itre providers thats not to say there arent brilliant and it does viders thats not to say there arent brilliant and it does work; thats not to say there arent brilliant and it does work for out there and it does work for many, but theres out there and it does work for mgood but theres out there and it does work for mgood biological but theres out there and it does work for mgood biological reasont theres out there and it does work for mgood biological reason whyres a good biological reason why babies are very attached, particularly to mummy those particularly to mummy in those first of life. First couple of years of life. And we working against and why are we working against biology . Just help biology . Why not just help people that choice if people to have that choice if thats what want be thats what they want to be flexible enough to have those first of years time first couple of years more time with the government says well, the government says 4 in 10, i think of working mothers under 14 seconds mothers of under 14 seconds would they could would give up work if they could afford this may be way to afford it. This may be a way to help them afford it. Exactly. If you just redistributed that money to give people tax break or People Choice in a tax break or a then people could a voucher, then people could choose when they choose how much and when they wanted to work. And remember, were only nought were only talking nought to four. Amount of four. Its a very tiny amount of years before children start school. Really have school. When you really have that to spend time school. When you really have that them. To spend time school. When you really have that them. Its to spend time school. When you really have that them. Its not spend time school. When you really have that them. Its not forznd time school. When you really have that them. Its not for theirme with them. Its not for their whole childhood. Do whole childhood. So we could do much the flexibility front. Well, miriam cates, the tory mp for penistone and stocksbridge, you stocksbridge, thank you for joining news. Joining us today on gb news. Thank thanks, chris. Thank you. Thanks, chris. Speak to the man and we can speak to the man himself, hope, himself, Christopher Hope, who did interview for good did that interview for us. Good morning christopher. Morning to you, christopher. Look, resonates with look, im a mum resonates with me. This speaks lot sense me. This speaks a lot of sense to of who are trying to to those of us who are trying to raise kids. Ever raise kids. Its ever so important. More important important. No more important job,thats right. Live thats right. Its a live issue certain parts the issue in certain parts of the tory backbenches. Kate tory backbenches. Miriam, kate is for the future is one to watch for the future of the tory party. And she asked the government, wont the government, why wont you look look at look at this, even look at the idea giving money idea of rather than giving money to mothers, give it to to working mothers, give it to any parents who want to stay at home them to be home and then allow them to be at raise may be happier at home and raise may be happier children. Governments own children. The governments own figures, are figures, as we said there are 4 in mothers of 0 to 14 year in 10 mothers of 0 to 14 year olds want to spend more time at home. Why cant they . Other countries offer family tax credits to france , allow you to credits to france, allow you to move your tax allowance to your partner if your partner isnt working in estonia, they give you , i think its 300 or so you, i think its 300 or so euros for the first baby, and then ,30 per month for the second baby up to a certain age. So it happens elsewhere. But the so it happens elsewhere. But the government appears to be set on getting working parents, moms or dads back to work as soon as they can. Well, lets have a listen. When we spoke to the pensions minister , laura trott, this minister, laura trott, this morning it , minister, laura trott, this morning it, she was really morning about it, she was really saying, look, like miriam saying, look, i like miriam a lot, unfortunately, all lot, but unfortunately, all were or thinking were talking or thinking about at is reducing at the moment is reducing inflation. Listen in. I think what the governments focussed on at the moment is cutting inflation. I spoke earlier about how that was a total for everybody in total focus for everybody in government the moment government at the moment and that biggest cut that that is the biggest tax cut that any get right now. Any family can get right now. Now addition to this, you now in addition to this, you would have earlier would have seen earlier this yean would have seen earlier this year, lot on year, weve done a lot on childcare so trying to childcare reform. So trying to make it easier to make sure that it is easier to go out work if thats what go out to work if thats what you want to do. So those are the kind of two things that the government is focussed on at the moment, but i respect that miriam is going to pushing, miriam is going to be pushing, you further things that you know, further things that she do. She wants us to do. What do you make of that, christopher . Christopher . Well, there we have it really from laura trott , a minister. I from laura trott, a minister. I mean, its clear, isnt it, that the government doesnt want to look at this idea and yet some while, some tories think its time it came , a conservative time it came, a conservative approach would be to give the actual power to how you spend your time as a parent. In the early years to you rather than being get to work. Being told to get back to work. They example, the state they say, for example, the state pension money you are pension is simply money you are paid given to. If you go paid and given to. If you go over the state pension age, youre not told how to spend it. The case in. Why . Why is that the case in the early years of being parent . Okay, christopher. Okay, christopher. Christopher, thank you very much indeed. Youre tuned into gb news with the time at 815. 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Weve got low pressure in charge for monday , bringing charge for monday, bringing these systems that are these frontal systems that are sweeping way from west to sweeping their way from west to east. Quite a heavy band of rain associated with that cold front most persistently for parts of north east could see north east scotland could see some isolated thunderstorms as well shifts its way well as that all shifts its way over the behind over towards the east. Behind that west, starting to that in the west, starting to see brighter see some drier, brighter intervals , but still intervals developing, but still with scattering showers. With a scattering of showers. Quite well for many quite blustery as well for many of us. Temperatures ranging. Of us. Temperatures ranging. Between 14 and 21 c feeling fresher compared to some recent days, at least. Generally, areas days, at least. Generally, areas to the east should see the showers fading off a touch more dunng showers fading off a touch more during the evening and overnight, some overnight, allowing for some clearer further west, clearer intervals further west, likely to see persisting likely to see them persisting for scotland and for western scotland and northern this Northern Ireland before this band persistent rain band of more persistent rain arrives dawn and arrives towards dawn and certainly Holding Temperatures up a touch more here further towards the east where you hold onto the clearer skies, a bit of a fresher night there. A chillier, fresher night there. That rain is going that band of rain then is going to its in to be moving its way in throughout most throughout tuesday. Most persistent and heaviest rain possible north west england, possible for north west england, parts wales , parts parts of northern wales, parts of the far south and far north may hold on with some drier intervals, relatively intervals, but still relatively unsettled for many of us. Unsettled day for many of us. Coastal gales for much of Northern England and Northern Ireland, england and wales , temperatures ranging wales, temperatures ranging between 15 and 20 c. That area of low pressure is sticking with us, though, as we head throughout the middle part of the so further unsettled the week. So further unsettled weather cards by that weather on the cards by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Still to come on the program this morning, well have all the latest sports stories with paul coyte very interesting thing. Very interesting thing. We are going to debate now. If you live in wales, you dont need me to tell you that youve become the first country in the uk to rule out a 20mph speed limit for rest, uk to rule out a 20mph speed limit for rest , residential limit for rest, residential roads and in built up areas. And the majority of roads in wales that were 30 miles an hour have now become 20 miles an hour. Although councils do have the discretion to impose some exemptions. Well, i have to say i drove through cardiff recently and you would be lucky to get to 20 miles an hour. It was good luck i yeah, thats fine. In the middle of the day. But as weve discussed previously. No, no, no. But what saying no. But what im saying is. So theyre to put a 20 theyre going to put a 20 mile an hour maximum on that anyway. The what an hour maximum on that anyway. The saying. What an hour maximum on that anyway. The saying. So what an hour maximum on that anyway. The saying. So anyway, what an hour maximum on that anyway. The saying. So anyway, heresiat im saying. So anyway, heres amy nicole turner. Im saying. So anyway, heres amy nicole turner. Amy believes amy nicole turner. Amy believes its not drivers. That 20mph its not drivers. That 20mph will help. Its children , dog will help. Its children, dog walkers, cyclists and Natasha Asghar says the blanket speed limit is beyond crazy. Limit is beyond crazy. Lets start with you then, natasha. What you know, a lot of natasha. What you know, a lot of people really upset about this. People really upset about this. Yeah , without a doubt. Its yeah, without a doubt. Its definitely caused a huge roar here in wales. It wasnt a brainchild of the labour party. Brainchild of the labour party. They initially it started off as something they were going to bnng something they were going to bring to help bring out to help the environment. Bring out to help the environment. But when bring out to help the environment. But when the environment. But when the research was research came back, it was proven actually driving proven that actually driving at slower would increase slower speeds would increase pollution the air. So then pollution in the air. So then they changed it and said actually, okay, going to actually, okay, were going to now out this policy actually, okay, were going to no save out this policy actually, okay, were going to no save lives. Out this policy actually, okay, were going to no save lives. Now,t this policy actually, okay, were going to no save lives. Now, ive s policy actually, okay, were going to no save lives. Now, ive always to save lives. Now, ive always been saying from day one, not a single politician, not a single conservative ever, ever be conservative will ever, ever be against anyone doing anything in order save lives. However, order to save lives. However, there multitude of options there are multitude of options that posed in front the that i posed in front of the welsh example, welsh government. For example, gosafe. There gosafe campaigns. There were other opportunities them to other opportunities for them to do would eventually do things that would eventually promote safety people, promote the safety of people, pedestrians on the roads. And weve always said having 20mph outside places where its needed , such as outside hospitals, outside schools, playgrounds, places of worship, etcetera, have them by all means, give the power to the council. But the way the welsh Labour Government has gone about has been has gone about this has been nothing short of harebrained nothing short of a harebrained exercise and quite frankly, its rather sanctimonious when those who it out driven who brought it out are driven around in ministerial cars all day long. So natasha, just explain to me brought it me the way they have brought it out, i thought it was out, because i thought it was just outside schools hospital walls built up walls and in built up residential areas. So the fact is, is that weve actually had confirmation from a council. I live in south east wales, i represent south east wales, and we were sent a letter from a constituent whereby 20mph. Yes, its been introduced in all residential areas , surrounding residential areas, surrounding areas, etcetera. However the welsh Labour Government is now going to be looking into introducing to crack introducing policies to crack down on 40mph, 50mph and now 70mph. It seems like theyre going to go completely out of balance with this and start becoming a nanny state becoming a bit of a nanny state when it comes to speed limits. Well, lets get the thoughts then nicole turner. You then of amy nicole turner. You welcome but are you in welcome this. But are you in favour of a nanny state . No, id just like to address a couple of points that were brought up. So its really important that this isnt a blanket ban. Its just a blanket ban. Its just a swapping. So before it was the roads are 30 miles an hour and then the local authority, we can make them 20. Now it will be there 20 miles an hour. And the local authority can can apply for exemption to make them for an exemption to make them 30. Happens really, really 30. This happens really, really successfully in edinburgh. It successfully in edinburgh. It happens really successfully in spain. But i happens really successfully in spain. But i think the happens really successfully in spain. But i think the really spain. But i think the really key is this isnt a new key thing is this isnt a new thing. Its been in its been in development for the last four years. And during that time it had Cross Party Consensus that this was the way to go forward. So its really disappointing now to hear a conservative using it predictably, perhaps as a bit of a wedge issue to piggyback on the whole ulez and the whole ulez furore and kind of capitalise on this faux war against motorists , which when we against motorists, which when we look at the facts, if youre hit by a car at 20mph, youre five times less likely to die than at 30 miles an hour. Now the other commentator brought up the idea of having 20 miles an hour outside schools , outside areas outside schools, outside areas of faith and 80 of children who are hit by cars are hit by cars in residential areas. So so this is supported by Public Health wales because the biggest cause of childhood injury in wales is road traffic accidents and they estimate there will be a 40 reduction supported by the trials that have already taken place and it pays for itself in the fact that were not going to be paying as much for the nhs and were protecting our children. Weve already said that thats something we can all agree thats something agree on and thats something that on. So just that we did agree on. So it just baffles that being baffles me that this is being misrepresented in the way it does. But it doesnt actually, because it shows the do you how do know going to pay do you know whats going to pay for the nhs . Do you know whats going to pay for you the nhs . Do you know whats going to pay for you havehe nhs . Do you know whats going to pay for you have no nhs . Do you know whats going to pay for you have no idea. Its going you have no idea. Its going to pay for itself in the nhs. You do. Its been yes, you do. Its been trialled successfully over the past four years. Well, see, i think its like the emissions argument as well and cars that go slower give out more, pollute stance and theres signs up all over london. Dont idle your engine. Signs up all over london. Dont idle your engine. But signs up all over london. Dont idle your engine. But here we idle your engine. But here we are going slower. And what about are going slower. And what about i mean i just put put this to you as well natasha what about people like delivery drivers who are up against the clock doing things or people who i dont know , community nurses, for know, community nurses, for instance, whove got to get run and see so many patients in a day. This is not going to do a lot for them, is it . No, its not, amy. And youre absolutely right. And ive spent the best part of my research us literally meeting with taxi drivers who actually are responsible for funding, paying for their families, their for their families, for their responsible for their partners, for children, etcetera. For their children, etcetera. Its have impact its going to have an impact on their to their earnings. Ive spoken to firefighters. In fact, a retained firefighter got in touch and spoke with touch with me and i spoke with him. He said, look, natasha, it is going impact regardless him. He said, look, natasha, it is what impact regardless him. He said, look, natasha, it is what people act regardless him. He said, look, natasha, it is what people act saying. dless him. He said, look, natasha, it is what people act saying. And; of what people are saying. And for example, if there is a fire, let me explain you how it let me explain to you how it works. My home. My works. I live in my home. My home between between 8 to 10 home is between between 8 to 10 minutes the fire minutes away from the fire station. Get a 999 or station. If i get a 999 page or for example , a call, i have to for example, a call, i have to make it from my home the fire make it from my home to the fire station at 20mph. Theres no way that i station at 20mph. Theres no way thati can station at 20mph. Theres no way that i can have an exemption or get there quicker. So when it comes to for example, a house on fire, are going to get fire, they are going to get there slower. And in there slower. And just in relation to what the lovely lady mentioned earlier, with due mentioned earlier, with all due respect, member respect, since becoming a member , in favour , i have never voted in favour of this. Welsh government , i have never voted in favour of thissayingwelsh government , i have never voted in favour of thissaying itssh government , i have never voted in favour of thissaying its going ernment , i have never voted in favour of thissaying its going err bring keeps saying its going to bring health benefits, just to be health benefits, but just to be clear, according labour clear, to according the labour party, Research Research party, his own Research Research and own papers , its going and their own papers, its going to have a detrimental effect to the welsh economy, up to the sum of £8. 9 billion. And as someone who lives in wales, we have a crumbling Health Service as it is. Weve got rac issues just as much else around much as everyone else around the country. And also i would country does. And also i would much rather money be spent. Much rather that money be spent. Its to be frittered away its going to be frittered away in the economy based on 20mph, on health, on education, on those issues here in wales actually matters. A final thought then from you, amy, with that allegation that go on. I mean, you want to come back, but it was things when went through welsh when this went through Welsh Parliament four years, it parliament over four years, it had the support of the police, it the support delivery it had the support of delivery drivers all consulted drivers who were all consulted dunng drivers who were all consulted during time. During this time. Also has the of it also has the support of the welsh fire and rescue services. People estimate that an average journey the time that would be added would be would be about one minute to say a ten minute journey. So its been addressed , its been addressed addressed, its been addressed andifs addressed, its been addressed and its been thats why its gone through Welsh Parliament. Okay, amy, natasha, weve got to leave it there. Thank you both much indeed. Locking both very much indeed. Locking bumpers there over the 20 mile per hour limit in wales. Thank you very much indeed. What i can say to this is and im im reading your mind, i think youll back me up on this , the youll back me up on this, the most irritating part of my journey into work in the morning at 4 00 in the morning. Whatever it is, the 20 mile an hour strip there is that on the westway in london, which is empty right . And you sit at 20 mile an hour just looking and its designed for speed. And theres no houses either side of it. Its utterly bonkers. But, you know, probably can. But, you know, i probably can see the middle ground because in residential areas , as amy was residential areas, as amy was saying this the saying there, this is the biggest cause injury to biggest cause of injury to little should be no little ones. This should be no question, there question, although, again, there i possibly it only needs i think possibly it only needs to rush hour to be in place during rush hour or opening hours. Or School Opening hours. Be exemptions there should be exemptions for Police Officers, for firefight, Police Officers, all of thing that you all that sort of thing that you can do a cool you just stick your blue light on the top. You know, i kid, my first know, when i was a kid, my first car, to get a magnetic car, i used to get a magnetic light. You got a fake one. You got a fake one. You got magnetic light that you got a magnetic light that you top. You stuck on the top. You would. I imagine you would. I imagine you would. Just dont think fiat. I just dont think a fiat. I just dont think a fiat. Two, cut it. Im one, two, four. Cut it. Im not sure it can. I did put a starsky and hutch. I did, but i put School Faster stripes it. Faster stripes on it. Makes you go fast. That makes you go fast. That makes you go fast. I had a siren. Did you flick a switch and it would go. You did illegal. Went. Illegal. Yeah. And it went. Illegal. Yeah. And it went. Illegal. Yeah. And it went. I cant do the whistle. I i cant do the whistle. I cant really whistle very. Cant really whistle very. No, no, no, no, no. The no, no, no, no, no. The american way. No, the american. Did you no, the american. Did you have a cb as well . One a copy. You got one for a copy. Theres some smokies on my tail i i i was only 18 at the time, but it was. It was great to do. Ill tell you what. Ill tell you what. Its nothing like a magnetic light. Kojak used to do that. But i do, baby. And i used to put the light on. I mean, they. They . I mean, did they. Did they . Nick, you the nick, you in the end . Sebastian . Sebastian . Get nicked . Huh . Did you get nicked . I bet you did. No, no, he was all right. You just saw sense. You just saw sense. And they were too busy catching terrorists. Okay, fine. Okay, fine. Crime. Okay, fine. Normal sort of crime. Okay. Thats then. Thats all right, then. What are you here for . Ive just thought id just do a sport. A bit of sport. Just thought id a i just thought id do a little bit, you if theres little bit, you know, if theres anything on england anything going on england against think we should against japan, i think we should mention that because world mention that because the world cup another weeks. Cup still got another six weeks. So wales 12 weeks. So england 34, wales 12 weeks. Whats one, ill tell you what, this one, ill tell you what, im rugby six weeks. I im a rugby widow. Six weeks. I mean, love it everything, mean, i love it and everything, but. M but. Do get a break in the middle. Its not like the football world cup was every day you get a because the a little break because until the demand bodies. A little break because until the derisnd bodies. A little break because until the deris that bodies. A little break because until the deris that why bodies. A little break because until the deris that why thatdies. A little break because until the deris that why that is . ;. Is that why that is . Is that why that is . Is that why that is . I think its demand on on isabelis i think its demand on on isabel is that thats one of the reasons just going reasons is that its just going too there breaks too on long but there are breaks no right. No youre right. Breaks. So it it there are breaks. So it it was from england, but was scrappy from england, but england get through, was scrappy from england, but englaris get through, was scrappy from england, but englaris the get through, was scrappy from england, but englaris the main get through, was scrappy from england, but englaris the main thing. Through, was scrappy from england, but englaris the main thing. Uh, ugh, which is the main thing. Uh, fiji australia, which had fiji beat australia, which had us First Time Since us all smiling. First time since 54 south africa. Looking good. Ireland beat ireland and at the weekend beat tonga so ireland also one tonga 5916. So ireland also one of the favourites and wales beat the rugby powerhouse of portugal. Itsjust the rugby powerhouse of portugal. Its just its just me that i find that navy blue kit of englands a bit off putting. Of englands a bit off putting. So do i. Do you think im looking at scotland or the all blacks if im not looking properly . I totally agree. I miss the all kit and im not into all white kit and im not into this navy blue, although they still look very handsome. Do quite like the navy i do quite like the navy blue, is a bit blue, but i do. It is a bit crazy youve got a team crazy when youve got a team called the all blacks and they dont wear that is kind dont wear black. That is kind of confusing but know of gets confusing but you know away talking blue away kit i talking about blue kits chelsea they kits you know chelsea they they release kits release one of their new kits because theres all these different trying different kits. Theyre trying to buy their away to get people to buy their away kit. I think its their third kit. I think its their third kit is blue. Home kit is kit is blue. Their home kit is blue. Sense does that blue. Oh, what sense does that make away kit, which make to have an away kit, which is colour home is the same colour as your home kit . You know, theyve got well, you know, theyve got a green stripy thing is green stripy thing which is just, you know, like the green stripy a bit too stripy thing looked a bit too much newcastle much like newcastle united, didnt it . No no, no. No. No no, no. No. No no, no. Right. Yeah. Okay. Thats right. Yeah. Okay. Thats right. Yeah. Okay. Friend, were out time. My friend, were out of time. My friend, were out of time. Are we fine. Are we okay . Fine. Are we okay . Fine. We were about whizzy cdls. Cars. Whizzy cars . M whizzy cars . Yeah. When youre on top, what youre on the top, thats what it was. Thank you. Thank you. Bye thanks. Bye bye. Thanks. Still to what bye bye. Still to come, what are sounds that you are some of the sounds that you find actually, i do find unbearable . Actually, i do find unbearable . Actually, i do find noises quite annoying find unbearable . Actually, i do fiwell noises quite annoying find unbearable . Actually, i do fiwell read oises quite annoying find unbearable . Actually, i do fiwell read somejuite annoying find unbearable . Actually, i do fiwell read some ofte annoying find unbearable . Actually, i do fiwell read some of yournoying find unbearable . Actually, i do fiwell read some of your viewsi find unbearable . Actually, i do fiiathat. Sad some of your viewsi find unbearable . Actually, i do fiiathat. Sad swere f your viewsi find unbearable . Actually, i do fiiathat. Sad swere f yorjoined si on that. And were also joined by akabusi and ella whelan on that. And were also joined by go akabusi and ella whelan on that. And were also joined by go through usi and ella whelan on that. And were also joined by go through ourind ella whelan on that. And were also joined by go through our headline ilhelan welcome back. Were going through the papers this morning. Kriss akabusi and ella whelan journalist and author and where should we start . Should we start with this on the front of the feet . I think its a really big story this kriss. Youve chosen story this kriss. Youve chosen it. This is starmer it. And this is keir starmer really finding his voice on the issue of brexit. Obviously, we know in the immediate aftermath of he very much wanted of that vote he very much wanted to and get us back into the to try and get us back into the eu. Then backtracked on that, eu. Then he backtracked on that, went very quiet and he seems went very quiet and now he seems to found his confidence in to have found his confidence in coming saying actually, to have found his confidence in com know saying actually, to have found his confidence in com know weing actually, to have found his confidence in com know we do actually, to have found his confidence in com know we do wantilly, to have found his confidence in com know we do wantillytry you know what, we do want to try and renegotiate a decent or a better deal the eu. In his better deal with the eu. In his view. Why better deal with the eu. In his vieiwell,y better deal with the eu. In his vieiwell, look, so its true for well, look, so its true for review anyway. In 2025, and it will be very prudent to look at how things have gone and ask yourself, well, whats working . And whats not working . Its what its not saying is renegotiate to come to get back in, to be in the Single Market and to do all the Customs Unions know there saying are there any loopholes , are there unintended loopholes, are there unintended unintended consequences . Are unintended consequences . Are there any stumbling blocks . You know what, things can be done better. The trading agreements, for example, how can we make them free so that some them friction free so that some of the things like food and border controls . So i actually border controls . So i actually think its taken a very sensible line that after nine years, im going to be looking at it and make sure that we get the best deal for britain. Were still one of the largest trading partners for the european union, so they dont want to lose the money that we put in over there. So we can make it all alarmist and be scared the deal is done. We are in, but its actually making sure that we get the best out of it. But the question is really whether or not the eu has any appetite to renegotiate. Any appetite to renegotiate. You know, pretty fed you know, theyre pretty fed up us. A lot of uncertainty up with us. A lot of uncertainty over the last few years and indeed whether labour indeed whether or not labour voters supportive voters would be supportive of this starmer. This move from keir starmer. Think that the eu i dont think that the eu does. Mean, dont to does. I mean, you dont have to be of paid up brexiteer , be a kind of paid up brexiteer, which i am to, you know, know that a huge part of the problems with the creation of the deal was okay, inadequacies on our part , but it was a wilful, part, but it was also a wilful, you know, obstinance from the european union. And because there was the kind of big political question at play, which was, you know, if this is made too easy for the uk, then theres the potential for it to be replicated in other countries across europe. So there was a desire to make brexit be as difficult and as awful and as sort of and to make us sort of regret it as much as possible because they didnt want a frexit, a grexit and all the rest of it. But, you know, the problem with keir starmer is one, i think a lot of people still dont him. Whether one, i think a lot of people still dfair him. Whether one, i think a lot of people still dfair not, m. Whether one, i think a lot of people still dfair not, who ihether one, i think a lot of people still dfair not, who knows, thats fair or not, who knows, on the other hand. But the other reason is that people dont seem still dont seem to get this. Brexit is not a tick box policy issue. Its not something that issue. Its not something that you can approach of you can approach with a kind of technocratic means of sort of tightening this trade deal and making this better. And then its all, all it was its all, all right. It was a its all, all right. It was a its all, all right. It was a its a much bigger question about this country about democracy in this country. To questions around. It links to questions around immigration, around the European Convention on human rights, all of of the rules that are of so many of the rules that are happening the happening in politics at the moment are to our moment are related to our inability to deal with what happenedin inability to deal with what happened in 2016, and that cant just be ushered away by kirsten saying, dont worry, im going to cross all the ts and dot all the is. So its pretty annoying the is. So its pretty annoying. Well, whether that will be good sound to hear or see. And there is a story about which is in the front page of the guardian, and its why1 in the guardian, and its why 1 in 5 people have what is termed misophonia and how to manage it. Now, what is ms phobia . So its something thats been well popularised as someone whos looked into a dr. Jane gregory, whos a clinical psychologist at university of oxford, has written a book about it. And its somewhat its someone whos not just annoyed by sounds like her triggers are pigeons and popcorn, but its pigeons. I know. Bizarre she actually cant she says she doesnt know why its pigeons. But anyway. But the but its and debilitating in the extreme allegedly so it sounds i mean i live with someone who has this and it is it is scandalous because what they do is theyre irritated by so many noises around them and they have to have somebody to blame for these noises. So i get the blame for absolutely dont generate themselves. Themselves. I have to say theyre not irritating noises. I think its probably i dont i dont want to jump ahead and sort of pre empt the data on this. But i can imagine that theres many women who have a misophonia smacking and misophonia for smacking and slurping around dinner time, of which of and many which i am one of them. And many men think its a conspiracy. Men who think its a conspiracy. So that. So you tell me about that. Well , i so you tell me about that. Well, i would never slap or smirk is slurp his. I just i just dont see what the issue is. Everything. Everything at first materialised to me when i was dating her. And i had a new apartment, a brand new glass table in it. And i had cutlery and i made her a meal and whatever glass tables. Whatever glass tables. Oh, see, i could not have a glass table for that. She would need to me. Oh, no. Oh, no. We had this fight and everything. She, she, she and she made me get rid of the table and you know that that wasnt going so glass going to happen. So glass cutlery, one of noises cutlery, one of the noises you make thats is all make thats annoying is all morning , especially when im on. Morning, especially when im on. Yeah, usually say, yeah, thats usually say, will shut up and move on . Will you shut up and move on . Really what that will you shut up and move on . doing. Really what that will you shut up and move on . doing. Reait what that will you shut up and move on . doing. Reait is hat that will you shut up and move on . doing. Reait is aat that will you shut up and move on . doing. Reait is a source that will you shut up and move on . doing. Reait is a source ofat is doing. But it is a source of conflict. Well theres a theres a serious scientist which is that for example , people who you know for example, people who you know people autism might. People who have autism might. Yeah. Someone in my Family Member has it sound is incredibly sensitive and can be you know people have to really block it out. I dont think this is what misophonia is about. Well, i think that can be on the same spectrum. You know, there can related. There can be related. Yeah. Yeah. Thats i mean dr. Gregory but thats i mean dr. Gregory goes into links to whether or not this is triggered by childhood trauma all the childhood trauma and all the rest im mildly sceptical rest of it. Im mildly sceptical about tend to about this. I think we tend to medicalize normal all the time. Well, the thing youre well, the thing is, youre not alone. 4 people have not alone. 1 in 4 people have it. Misophonia. Look it up. It up. Yeah. Even when look it up. Yeah. Even when my come to dine my in laws come to dine with us at to turn the at home, i have to turn the background music up to cover their open mouth sounds their open mouth smacking sounds when with when eating. I cant deal with it. People, but it. Theyre lovely people, but it. Theyre lovely people, but it insane. No name it drives me insane. No name on that. E them or you. Email them or you. Email them or you. John says on well, exactly. John says on the misophonia. The topic of misophonia. I find it noise when my wife it irritating noise when my wife starts nagging. Ha ha and starts nagging. Ha ha ha. And david laura trott, she was david says, laura trott, she was the pensions minister. We had this shes highlighted this morning. Shes highlighted one most offensive one of the most offensive things to starting a to my ears. People starting a reply question or reply to a question or a statement so its a statement with. So its a meaningless verbal tick. She was. Love be irritated was. So we love to be irritated. Dont everything. Dont we find everything annoying . Annoying . Yeah, find everything annoying. Heres a noise annoying. Now heres a noise that think will maybe be good that i think will maybe be good memories for people. Yeah. No neighbours. Neighbours. Everybody needs Good Neighbour neighbours. And then it goes to this when Good Neighbours become good friends. But then its history. Thats it. Its gone. Scrapped nobodys interested anymore except good news. Yes , its beginning streaming yes, its beginning streaming on amazon. Freeview today after being cancelled last year. Stock taking your pen. Lets have a quick watch. Quick watch. Whats happened in the last two years . Is it free or free view all roads lead back to ramsay street. Ramsay street. So with this great news, lets hear more about it. Joining us this morning, neighbours legend alan fletcher, doctor carl kennedy there in the soap and who became the longest serving character in the shows history. Lovely to see you, my friend. Friend. Hello, emma. Hello, isabel. Lovely to talk to you soon. I. Im not up to date. Are you still in the soap or are you just talking historically about the soap . Oh, no, im still there, sir. You cant get rid of me. I was you cant get rid of me. I was thrilled to find out last year that i was one of the first cast ianed that i was one of the first cast invited to come back to neighbours when amazon revived the show, which was just the best news possible. And of course, people course, the millions of people who episode in who watched the last episode in the hopefully have just tuned the uk hopefully have just tuned in on amazon freevee and they can of course tune in all day to watch the very, very First Episode of the reboot. Neighbours 3. 0. Well, this is amazing. Alan. This is the soap that will not die , correct . Die, correct . Correct. Of course. Way back correct. Of course. Way back in 1985, Channel Seven inches australia axed the soap after about four months. But it was revived by channel ten to then run for 37 years. Of course last year the neighbours passed away not through want of audience. I have to say, but through lack of funding. And amazon have stepped funding. And amazon have stepped in fill that breach. So we in to fill that breach. So we were to start again were able to start up again with, i have to say, a bigger, better, beautiful, most beautiful show with some fantastic storylines as well. What can we expect from karl kennedy . Because we know there was of, you know, all the was sort of, you know, all the dramas with over the years dramas with susan over the years and a bit of a bad and youve been a bit of a bad boy at times. Are you going to be a good now or what can we be a good boy now or what can we expect you . Expect from you . Karl will be good i think karl will be as good as possibly be, um, to as he can possibly be, um, to two years has passed since neighbours last finished, which has given us wonderful storylines for backstory and weve opened our First Episode with a with a wedding , with with a with a wedding, with a wedding, with a twist. And wedding, with a twist. And people are already filling up social media about this twist and my inbox is filling up rapidly with people who are watching the very First Episode and loving it, which is wonderful. So weve got some wonderful. So weve got some wonderful new storylines and for karl kennedy, susan, theres a little bit of trouble at mill. Little bit of trouble at mill. Theres susans a little disgruntled about something. When we come back after two years. Yeah. And in that time, while yeah. And in that time, while youve been away, youve been turning your hand to music. And were going to were just going to preview. This is your new single, which is ive got a crush on susie k. Lets hear it. Crush on susie k. Lets hear it. Here it is. Its my its my fan tribute to the queen of ramsay street, susan kennedy. And the fans loved it. So much when we toured earlier this year, they asked if i could record it and release it, which ive dutifully done. It, which ive dutifully done. Lets have listen. Lets have a listen. Lets have a listen. When i was growing up, i fell in love with a girl, when i was growing up, i fell in love with a girl , not when i was growing up, i fell in love with a girl, not a supermodel or glamour at all. The man with the most from an aussie telly soap did you have a crush on susie . Ever have to ask . Many people have. Well, susie k has been my beautiful screen wife for 28 years, and Jacqui Woodburne and i share the most wonderful working relationship. Its been an absolute career. Joy for me. In fact, one of the reasons i think ive stayed on neighbours so long is the pleasure of working with jacqui. We think the same and audience the same way and the audience has seemed respond to us as has seemed to respond to us as the kennedys. So, you know, we wouldnt want to break up a perfect, perfect perfect, a perfect screen wedding, we . Wedding, would we . Yeah, absolutely. We know all about tv marriages, dont we, eamonn . We we do indeed, we do we do. We do indeed, we do indeed. Welcome back. Indeed. But welcome back. Welcome anyway. Alan really welcome back anyway. Alan really good. Good to know. And where do good. Good to know. And where do we find this . Where do we find. Oh, its on amazon. Its a funny name. Amazon freevee today. Freevee. And you can get that out today. That out today. And its an app that you can download to your smart tv, your phone, your tablet. So its easy phone, your tablet. So its easy to course it is to watch. And of course it is free, but in fact its free. Is it cheaper then . Is it the same standard . Are you back where youre seeing production values . Yes. Values . Yes. Back with higher were back with higher production values. I mean, everythings been upgraded. The sets have upgraded. You sets have been upgraded. You will now see neighbours differently because youll see the of the the fourth wall in many of the sets. Youll see weve got better cameras and weve also brought in a new stimulus in the crew in terms of expertise as neighbours. Now is better than its ever been. Good man. Dr. Karl kennedy. He should know. And alan he should know. And alan fletcher, thank you very much indeed. Much appreciate it. And good luck with it all. Good luck. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Its exciting to think what new stars will come through this new season. Dont through this new season. I dont know about ellen. Was know about you, ellen. This was this viewing when this was daily viewing when i got school. Stick on, got home from school. Stick on, neighbours i can tell you all neighbours. I can tell you all the stars that have gone on to be their seem be celebs from their and we seem to particularly in the to love it, particularly in the uk, dont we. Yeah. Mean theres a huge yeah. I mean theres a huge Fan Following and theres you know talking about, know as alan was talking about, theres mischa coming theres Mischa Barton coming back on board and thats very exciting. People will know. I know her from o. C. But know her from the o. C. But theres, know, the great theres, you know, the great history soaps is that there history of soaps is that there is ending. Can is never an ending. It can always be re, you know, and it doesnt matter if and we know that season tied up that the last season tied up with sort of a lot of a lot of neat neat little bows they can always be undone. Always be undone. Ive been in them all. Ive beenin ive been in them all. Ive been in them all been mentioned three times in coronation street. Ive been mentioned in eastenders. Ours appeared in eastenders. Ours appeared in hollyoaks , i appeared in what hollyoaks, i appeared in what was the brookside on channel 4 as well which was your, which is your favourite. Who did you murder. Thats the thats the question. No youre in a soap. No youre in a soap. I appeared as myself in holyoke , not hollyoaks, and in holyoke, not hollyoaks, and in brookside and somebody won a lottery competition and i awarded them with the prize and it changed their life. Not for the better. I was the milkman in last of the summer. Wine good. Oh, good. Oh, good. I was the milkman in the last of the summer wine. I was a celebrity cameo. I was a celebrity cameo. Yeah. Just as a cameo yes. Yeah. Just as a cameo piece delivering milk. Yes. Yeah. Just as a cameo piece delivering milk. Ernie . No they didnt do the ernie song, but , yeah, i they didnt do the ernie song, but, yeah, i was the they didnt do the ernie song, but , yeah, i was the fastest but, yeah, i was the fastest milkman up there with all those boys up in last summer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Holmfirth is a lovely holmfirth, wasnt it . Holmfirth was. Yeah. Holmfirth was. Yeah. Holmfirth was. In holmfirth the ive been in holmfirth in the snow, to be recommended. Oh, right. Very high oh, right. Okay. Very high up. Well, the dales and the up. Yeah well, the dales and the valleys and the. Yeah, absolutely. So. Yeah. So thats my to fame. Last of the my claim to fame. Last of the summer , is it not . Summer wine, is it not . I forgot. I dont know the peoples names, but theres a very famous guy there who in that show that i had to interact with. Yeah. There you go. Its called acting or interacting. Interacting. Oh, john called it reacting. Yeah i used to like dallas and dynasty , so. Dynasty, so. Oh, so my grandmother used to watch those when i was really they were powerful, powerful shows. Yeah. Well, i remember spending a day with linda grey, who played sue ellen at one is a lovely woman. Absolutely lovely woman. And j. R. Was very nice. Oh, really . Got to wear his stetson. So were got to wear his stetson. So were you interviewing for the tv for, like , morning . Just interviewing like, morning . Just interviewing them and doing another program. I was doing a Christmas Program with linda grey and we just spent the day in this house. It was very nice, very. Dont ask was very nice, very. Dont ask me why i the tories just brilliant. Brilliant. And what about you . Did you like dynasty and dallas and all of those . Or a bit sexist for you . No, i mean all of that. I dont wouldnt be opposed to it on the basis of that. In fact, theres an fact, actually theres an argument the argument to be made for all the sort power shows being quite, sort of power shows being quite, you powerful being sort of power shows being quite, yotthose powerful being sort of power shows being quite, yotthose powerrful being sort of power shows being quite, yotthose power shows. Being sort of power shows being quite, yotthose power shows. I being sort of power shows being quite, yotthose power shows. I wasyeing on those power shows. I was a religious eastenders fan and that was enough for me. That was that was enough for me. And amazing that and hollyoaks was amazing that hollyoaks going. Hollyoaks is still still going. Know people of my of my i know people of my of my teenage years. Yeah , very good guys. Yeah, very good guys. Yeah, very good guys. Thank you very much indeed. Been a pleasure to have you today. Ella and chris. Heres your Weather Forecast with Jonathan Vautrey that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Very good morning to you. Im Jonathan Vautrey who of your gb news Weather Forecast provided by the met office. Quite an unsettled autumnal week of weather to come. Weve got low pressure in charge monday, charge for monday, bringing these systems that are these frontal systems that are sweeping their way from west to east. Quite heavy band of rain east. 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Coming up here on gb news, well have all the latest on the channel 4 documentary on the comedian Russell Brand, whos accused of sexual crimes. Stay with us good morning. It is 9 00 on good morning. It is 9 00 on monday, the 18th of september. Im Isabel Webster. And im Eamonn Holmes. And im Eamonn Holmes. Here are the stories weve been covering on breakfast this morning. Morning. The tax system is putting people off, having children. People off, having children. Conservative mp miriam cates tells gb news government policy on childcare has made her cry. Our Political Editor has that interview. Interview. Thats right. Is it time to pay my thats right. Is it time to pay my stay at home parents to look after their children for most of their early years . Well be talking to tory mp miriam cates. Cates. The metropolitan police calls for potential victims to come forward after a channel 4 documentary accuses the comedian and actor Russell Brand of sexual crimes. Hes denying the allegations. Amidst this litany of astonishing in rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations , ones that i allegations, ones that i absolutely refute. More on this gb news mark white well , here at Russell White well, here at Russell Brand, oxfordshire home, no sign of activity this morning as both the metropolitan police and the Los Angeles Police department say they havent as yet received any complaints from members of the public. Sir keir starmer says hell try to rewrite Britains Brexit dealif try to rewrite Britains Brexit deal if labour wins the next general election in the rsp , rca general election in the rsp, rca releases figures showing one dog is abused every hour of every day in britain and Prince William is on a two day visit to the big apple to promote his environmental award where hes also due to meet the un secretary general. Well tell you why and the latest weather updates. Updates. Jonathan vautrey on duty today. And unsettled autumnal week of weather to come for many of us. Join me later for all the details and you can join in with your details. Your details. Gb views gbnews. Com or you can tweet at. Gb news. Can tweet at. Gb news. Well are urgent investigations are being launched by the bbc on channel 4 in the wake of allegations of Sexual Assault that have been levelled at Russell Brand. But concerns have also been raised over how long the broadcaster was knew about these allegations. Allegations. The comedian and actor has been accused of attacking women for seven years between 2006 and 2013, when he was at the height of his fame. Meanwhile the metropolitan Police Service have asked victims to come forward and speak to them if they believe theyve been assaulted no matter how long ago it happened. No matter how long ago it happened. Now, Russell Brand has happened. Now, Russell Brand has taken to social media deny taken to social media to deny the allegations. He said his relationships have all been consensual. Consensual. Well, earlier on this programme, the former Scotland Yard detective and investigative journalist to expose Jimmy Savile Mark Williams Thomas, told us that more women claiming told us that more women claiming to victims brand have to be victims of brand have already come forward him. Already come forward to him. Ive already had one person whos contacted me talk to me about brand and there will be numerous other people who are contacting the authority contacting either the authority parties or other individuals. And Russell Brand himself has been very clearly saying that there are things that have happenedin there are things that have happened in the past. He puts it down promiscuous down to a promiscuous relationship that hes had. You know, there is obviously an issue where consent is the question at any point. Now and heres the front page of the times today reads, brand faces more claims. More claims. Other women come forward after sex allegations. Bbc launches investigation into comedian and the metropolitan police begin enquiries. Lets go to our Home Security editor mark white, just across from where brand lives in henley on thames. Mark good morning. Mark good morning. Good morning to you. Eamonn yeah, here there is no activity this morning. Russell brand was seen out at the weekend at a gig that he was performing at, but really nothing other than that statement that he released on social media completely denying the allegations as yes, admitting, of course , that very admitting, of course, that very publicly he has had issues with promiscuity and was treated for sex addiction , but denies any sex addiction, but denies any criminality here. And that is , i criminality here. And that is, i guess, the next stage that were looking at here. Does this move from allegations made in a newspaper and on a Television Programme about Russell Brand towards a criminal investigation . Well, as far as thatis investigation . Well, as far as that is concerned, at the moment, at least, the metropolitan police say they have received no complaints from members of the public in relation to Russell Brand, nor has the Los Angeles Police department , because the department, because the programme that aired at the weekend did specify two allegations that are alleged to have happened while the actor and showbiz celebrity was was in la. At that time. So the l. A. At that time. So the metropolitan police for one has renewed a sort of agenda , an renewed a sort of agenda, an appealin renewed a sort of agenda, an appeal in terms of for members of the public to come forward if they have any information, if they have any information, if they have a complaint to make and it says it will be reaching out again to the sunday times and to channel 4. With regard. And to channel 4. With regard. To the evidence that they may have amassed. In the meantime, a big sort of debate about whether or not people should be named until any charges have made. Charges have been made. Obviously, we went through very similar incident far from obviously, we went through very simila you ident far from obviously, we went through very simila you are |t far from obviously, we went through very simila you are with far from obviously, we went through very simila you are with cliffrom obviously, we went through very simila you are with Cliff Richard i yeah, i mean , this is always yeah, i mean, this is always a really big issue of concern about the privacy that people are entitled to with unproven allegations. Now, if this had been, i think, reported parts of the arrest that of an individual, a high profile individual, a high profile individual, then yes , the there individual, then yes, the there would be a very significant onus on the press not to reveal that identity until or unless that individual is charged. This has come about in a different way. Its a result of an investigation by the media. So investigation by the media. So in that sense, of course, in doing a story about the allegations , theyve got to name allegations, theyve got to name him for those purposes. Allegations, theyve got to name him for those purposes. And now, him for those purposes. And now, of course, it is open debate on this subject, as everyone is talking about it, even though , talking about it, even though, as i stress Russell Brand completely denies the allegations that have been made against him. Mark, thanks very much indeed for bringing us up to date live from henley on thames there. The backbench miriam backbench conservative mp miriam cates has spoken exclusively to gb news about her belief. Britains tax system is putting people off, having children. People off, having children. Our Political Editor Christopher Hope has the interview. Miriam cates, why should the state reward award stay at home parents with childcare money . Well , i childcare money . Well, i dont think its about rewarding any particular type of parent. I think its about giving parents choice. So we know that some parents really want to go back work and resume their back to work and resume their career soon possible after career as soon as possible after having some parents having a child. Some parents want stay at for long want to stay at home for as long as possible make the most of as possible and make the most of those precious very those very precious and very quick think as quick few years. And i think as a that we should quick few years. And i think as a in that we should quick few years. And i think as a in the that we should quick few years. And i think as a in the businesst we should quick few years. And i think as a in the business 0er should quick few years. And i think as a in the business of givingild be in the business of giving People Choice. And so one of the things the chancellor did things that the chancellor did in budget was spend in the budget was to spend an additional on additional £4 billion a year on the years. So that sounds the early years. So that sounds great in ways, but the way great in some ways, but the way its to be spent its going to be spent is incredibly restricted. Youve got to go back to at got to go back to work at a certain point. At youve got to work a certain number of hours. You put your child in you have to put your child in formal for formal childcare. It only is for 39 weeks year, for the year formal childcare. It only is for 39 weeksparticularyr the year formal childcare. It only is for 39 weeksparticular hours. ear formal childcare. It only is for 39 weeksparticular hours. And between particular hours. And its not flexible. And its just not very flexible. And so many people, particularly mothers, under fours about mothers, have under fours about two thirds would rather work less if they have the choice. Well, that was announced by less if they have the choice. Chancellor. as announced by less if they have the choice. Chancellor. Younnnounced by less if they have the choice. Chancellor. You said|nced by less if they have the choice. Chancellor. You said beforey less if they have the choice. Cried ellor. You said beforey less if they have the choice. Cried , llor. You said beforey less if they have the choice. Cried , wthou said beforey less if they have the choice. Cried , why did said beforey less if they have the choice. Cried , why did saidcry . rey you cried, why did you cry . I did, actually. Think i did, actually. And i think thats only in time thats the only time in my time in parliament when a policy announcement has made me cry. I think cried because think i cried because partly because im a mother myself. And i fortunate to have i was very fortunate to have those early years with my children. Did part time children. I did work part time some time i was a stay at some of the time i was a stay at home at the time and home mum. Others at the time and i those years are so quick i think those years are so quick and and that bond as and so precious and that bond as and so precious and that bond as a that have your a mother that you have with your child years child in the first two years particularly, is irreplaceable. Is the state keen to why is the state so keen to reward or fathers who reward mothers or fathers who put children into put their children into childcare care . Well, i think the treasury operates a particular operates on a very particular grid, which is all about gdp. And of course, gdp. Really all that means is how much money the country is making as a whole. And so more people you have and so the more people you have in the workplace, the better your looks. But doesnt your gdp looks. But it doesnt actually happy actually measure how happy people what the gdp per people are or what the gdp per capha people are or what the gdp per capita so how much money capita is. So how much money each person family capita is. So how much money ea they send you a formal response. And i asked whether theyd look at money at re redistributing this money so it was more so that it was much more flexible family could flexible so each family could have how they have a budget, decide how they want spend money, pay want to spend that money, pay granny, time at home, granny, spend more time at home, go work, but have go to work, but have more flexible but theyre flexible childcare. But theyre not interested in that policy at the i said, i the moment. And as i said, i think this policy is fairly think this this policy is fairly fixed for this parliament, but i havent given up hope for the manifesto, into manifesto, refused to look into it, cost it, not even weigh up the cost benefit well, thats benefit analysis. Well, thats what the written answer said, but am still pushing but obviously i am still pushing and need more and i think we do need some more evidence, particularly this evidence, particularly in this country, for country, about whats best for children. Children. E elsewhere in does it happen elsewhere in the other countries the world . Other countries do it, yes. Gm gm e our country is really i mean, our country is really an outlier in the way we treat families of the of families and one of the one of the reasons is our the reasons for that is our taxation system. So we dont recognise households recognise families or households in system. Its in the taxation system. So its actually disadvantageous to have children whereas other children, whereas in other countries recognise how countries they recognise how important for the future important it is for the future of society to have children and bnng of society to have children and bring them they recognise of society to have children and bringfamilies they recognise of society to have children and bringfamilies give recognise of society to have children and bringfamilies give families se of society to have children and b|tax amilies give families se of society to have children and b|tax boost s give families se of society to have children and b|tax boost in give familiesse of society to have children and b|tax boost in the give families se of society to have children and b|tax boost in the give system sse a tax boost in the tax system and we just dont that here. And we just dont do that here. Stay at home do you think stay at home parents are not seen as valid, as valid as working parents by by treasury or by the government . I absolutely think that. But i its more about i think its more about not valuing children, because i think ask month old think if you ask nine month old baby, you want to go into baby, do you want to go into nursery with these nursery with all these other children mummy . Children or do you want mummy . I think probably know what that think we probably know what that baby or daddy. Now, baby might say or daddy. Now, thats say arent thats not to say there arent brilliant childcare providers out work for out there and it does work for many, families but theres out there and it does work for mgood families but theres out there and it does work for mgood biologicallies but theres out there and it does work for mgood biological reasoth theres out there and it does work for mgood biological reason whyares a good biological reason why babies are attached , babies are very attached, particularly to mummy in those first couple of years of life. And why are we working against biology . Help biology . Why not just help People Choice if people to have that choice if thats what to thats what they want to be flexible have those flexible enough to have those first couple years more time first couple of years more time with baby . Well, the government says 4 in of working in 10. I think of working mothers would mothers of under 14 would give up they could afford it. Up work if they could afford it. This be a way to help them this may be a way to help them afford this may be a way to help them affc exactly. This may be a way to help them afchxactly. You just exactly. If you just redistributed that money to give people a tax break or People Choice in a tax break or a then people a voucher, then people could choose and they choose how much and when they wanted and we remember wanted to work. And we remember were to not four. Were only talking to not four. Its tiny amount years its a very tiny amount of years before school, before children start school, when have that when you really have that opportunity spend with opportunity to spend time with them, whole them, its not for their whole childhood. Could do much childhood. So we could do much better flexibility front. Better on the flexibility front. Well, mp well, miriam cates, the tory mp for penistone and stocksbridge, thank today thank you for joining us today on gb news. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, chris. Thanks, chris. Cross now to well, we can cross now to christopher who joins Christopher Hope, who joins us this morning. Christopher, we spoke government about spoke to the government about this but they seem quite this issue, but they seem quite dismissive honest. Dismissive, to be honest. Yeah, and thats quite odd that isnt it . I think as well, because if you look at the even the own the governments own Research Shows that 4 in 10 working have nought to working mothers have nought to 14 olds would like to look 14 year olds would like to look after their children. 58 would like to work fewer hours. Like to work fewer hours. Theres out there, i theres a need out there, i think parents not theres a need out there, i thihave parents not theres a need out there, i thihave to parents not theres a need out there, i thihave to go parents not theres a need out there, i thihave to go back parents not theres a need out there, i thihave to go back toyarents not theres a need out there, i thihave to go back to work. ; not theres a need out there, i thihave to go back to work. The to have to go back to work. The group called the institute for family studies, they say that a one year old to nursery one year old goes to nursery only six hours less than an aduu only six hours less than an adult works in a week. So theres a feeling out there that why cant parents be given this choice . Why are they almost told to to or to get back to work or incentivised to do so by the by to get back to work or incetreasury . O do so by the by the treasury . Christopher, thank you. Okay, christopher, thank you. Okay, christopher, thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Up appreciate it. Thank you. Up next here on breakfast on gb news, why is Prince William heading to the big apple . This is his first foreign trip since the queen passed away. Our royal correspondent is there with him and hell tell you why Prince William is on a two day visit to the big apple , visit to the big apple, otherwise known as new york, to promote his earthshot prize. Yes, this, of course, is his ambitious environmental awards and previous winners have come up with lots of ideas to tackle Climate Change, and they will be there with him. So the prince of wales will also hold talks with un secretary general news secretary general and gb news royal cameron royal correspondent Cameron Walker, not talks walker, who will not hold talks with, is travelling with the prince he sends this report. Prince and he sends this report. Well Prince William is a man on a mission and the timing of his second visit to the United States within the space of a yearis states within the space of a year is very deliberate because it is the start of new york climate week, and it is also the 78th session of the united nafions 78th session of the United Nations general assembly. And he has been dubbed in the papers recently as a global statesman in the making. And a statesman in the making. And a recent poll for gallup suggested that Prince William is the most popular public figure amongst americans is way ahead of donald trump and way ahead of President Biden as well. And the whole theme of his engagements this week is this week is really about the environment and particularly Climate Change as well. The particularly Climate Change as well. The highlight, i suppose, is the earthshot prize Innovation Summit happening on tuesday, where the 15 finalists of this years earthshot prize will be unveiled. The different categories are protect and restore nature, clean our air, revive our oceans, build a waste free world, and fix our climate i and lets speak to vanity fair , royal editor and author of fair, royal editor and author of the new royals, katie nicholl. The new royals, katie nicholl. Good morning. He joins us now. And how important is this earthshot prize to him . Earthshot prize to him . Its massively important. Its massively important. Its massively important. Its massively important. I think you see a pattern here. You know, the royals tend to follow traditions and when you think back to the duke of edinburgh, the late prince philip, and course, king philip, and of course, the king i the of their i think at the heart of their sort raison decker has been sort of raison decker has been safeguarding the planet for future and is future generations. And that is exactly what earthshot is about. Should say that. Of funny you should say that. Of course, that course, people forget that prince was he not the prince philip, was he not the first of wwf. First president of the wwf. He was, i think, people dressler he a wildlife, dressler he was a wildlife, definitely wildlife, not wrestling. But, you know, he really championed that. And i think actually, in fact, in the new royals , i reveal how charles new royals, i reveal how charles was very much behind the earthshot prize. He supports william on this drive. Its now in its i think its in its third yeah in its i think its in its third year. This is this is not the annual prize giving thats going to happen in november in singapore. But this is a summit, to happen in november in singinauguralt this is a summit, to happen in november in singinaugural summit. A summit, to happen in november in singinaugural summit. A suwasit, the inaugural summit. He was meant to go out last year, but because the queens death, it was is his was postponed. This is his second the a year, second trip to the us in a year, which pointed out. And which cameron pointed out. And i think fascinating. Think thats really fascinating. And this poll and when you look at this poll of public figures that america are leaning towards to see william at the top, aides at Kensington Palace must just be delighted. Because when you think oprah and you think think about oprah and you think about spare the fallout about spare and all the fallout and have suffered as and the waless have suffered as and the waless have suffered as a result of that, to be top of those polls is brilliant. You this fascinates me, you see, this fascinates me, katie, would he not katie, because why would he not have held this in london . Why would have come to would people not have come to him . To them . Him . Why is he going to them . Its interesting that he goes on the with this. The road with this. Well, its new york climate the road with this. We so its new york climate the road with this. We so its neobviouslyimate the road with this. We so its neobviously whye week, so thats obviously why hes york. But hes going to new york. But i think were seeing, eamonn, think what were seeing, eamonn, is will sort being is will is sort of being established as well as a diplomat for britain, as a as a statesman on the world stage. Now, we havent seen him do an International Tour on behalf of the king yet. That will come later. Are seeing is him later. What we are seeing is him going and promoting going out and promoting earthshot for earthshot globally, because for him not about britain. Him its not just about britain. This a global campaign. I this is a global campaign. And i think to your point, he is absolutely passionate about it. This will be his legacy. This will be safeguarding the planet for children and their for his children and their children to come. And of course, hes looked to his father and his grandfather following in his grandfather and following in their absolutely. Their footsteps. Absolutely. Hes this big couple so hes got this big couple of in new york. And of days in new york. And meanwhile, the king also is a big, big week really for the royalty paris on this royalty of paris on this postponed mind because, of postponed mind trip because, of course, were those course, there were all those riots which meant the riots in paris, which meant the king his new queen couldnt king and his new queen couldnt cross over to capital there. Cross over to the capital there. Heading to well, theyll be heading to paris on wednesday. Its short paris on wednesday. Its a short trip. Friday, trip. Wednesday to friday, as you pointed out, is meant to happen, i think before the germany place germany trip. Its taking place now. Going to have well , now. Its going to have well, its a itinerary. Its its a busy itinerary. Its going kick off a state going to kick off with a state reception, a banquet. But reception, a state banquet. But theyll going to the palace reception, a state banquet. But th she spoke in irish. That was a real wow moment. And when the queen french queen addressed the french parliament, she didnt address both charles will, both chambers, as charles will, but spoke in beautiful but she also spoke in beautiful french. Fact, was french. In fact, i was revisiting footage on revisiting that footage on youtube was youtube and her french was exquisite. Yeah. Exquisite. So yeah. Charles is french good. Charles is french good. Is excellent. His his french is excellent. His french german. I french and his german. So i think again , seeing seeing them think again, seeing seeing them out the world stage is really out on the world stage is really important. I think first important. I think this first year for king charles has been very seen very defining. Weve seen them focus uk , weve seen focus on the uk, weve seen william visit wales , kate visit william visit wales, kate visit wales. Were seeing out wales. Now were seeing them out in new york. Were seeing charles paris, charles and charles in paris, charles and camilla so i think charles in paris, charles and cam isa so i think charles in paris, charles and cam is important. o i think charles in paris, charles and cam is important. They1ink charles in paris, charles and cam is important. They are that is important. They are sending message sending out their message that they International Global they are International Global figures with real the real ability to harness that soft power in a way that politicians cant. And whether thats environment, cant. And whether thats environment , whether thats environment, whether thats sustainability in the queens case, there will be some engagements promote her engagements to promote her Campaign Violence campaign for Domestic Violence against of against women. All of these passions are worked into these very important state visits which post brexit are incredibly important for britain and the earthshot. It is not the only cause, obviously , that william is obviously, that william is supporting and hes made a big play supporting and hes made a big play about ending homelessness. He has, yes. He has, yes. Which seems like an Impossible Task and it would be an amazing task if he could pull that off. Well, i think hes looking to other countries like sweden and finland, which have managed to tackle homelessness. This home bound is his is new Bound Project is his is his new initiative , and i think that is initiative, and i think that is hugely important. Of course, Princess Diana really put that on the map with her work with centrepoint. William is the centrepoint. William is now the patron that. Patron of that. I didnt i didnt know she i didnt i didnt know that that it had been in that that it had been ended in sweden and finland. That that it had been ended in swetheyand finland. That that it had been ended in swethey haveinland. That that it had been ended in swethey have managed to a they have managed to find a solution. Not solution. There is not a homeless. You happen know solution. There is not a hom theyve you happen know solution. There is not a homtheyve ended1appen know solution. There is not a hom theyve ended itppen know solution. There is not a hom theyve ended it oren know solution. There is not a hom theyve ended it or getting ow how theyve ended it or getting them out of shelters into permanent homes, them on permanent homes, getting them on the ladder . And you the employer ladder . And you know, again , it goes back to know, and again, it goes back to charles, when you think about his work with the Princes Trust and or and helping impoverished or vulnerable , and vulnerable young people, and youre at the root of youre starting at the root of society, do that society, we see kate do that with early years project. We society, we see kate do that witiwilliam ly years project. We society, we see kate do that witiwilliam doings project. We society, we see kate do that witiwilliam doing it project. We society, we see kate do that witiwilliam doing it with ct. We see william doing it with homelessness which has homelessness, which has addiction their joint addiction and all of their joint projects i think projects wrapped in. And i think its i think what were seeing is all coming very, is it all coming together very, very all that very beautifully, all of that being we havent being said, because we havent seen a while, i have to seen you in a while, i have to just say, you know, invictus games, that was harrys big passion. Fie wi wonderful to see. I would i think fair to say it was think its fair to say it was a big success for i think it was a big success for i think it was a big success, still, you big success, but still, you know, snub from the royals know, a snub from the royals when he was in london. And no official and not just when he was in london. And no of1london, and not just when he was in london. And no of1london, but and not just when he was in london. And no of1london, but atand not just when he was in london. And no off london, but at windsor,jst in london, but at windsor, where, course, the is buried. I mean, he was seen there going own private going to pay his own private respects. Think for there respects. But i think for there to have been no meeting, mean, to have been no meeting, i mean, it been much it wouldnt have been that much for flown up to for him to have flown up to balmoral where king is, was balmoral where the king is, was in yes. I think in residence. Yes. I think it speaks volumes about the relationship. Course, speaks volumes about the relat wilhiip. Course, speaks volumes about the relat with william course, speaks volumes about the relat with william overjrse, speaks volumes about the relat with william over in e, speaks volumes about the relat with william over in new with with william over in new york. There be a trip to york. There could be a trip to montecito. But we know its montecito. But we just know its not its the not going to happen. Its the second william will have second time william will have been america. There been in america. And for there not meeting with not to have been a meeting with his brother. Nicholl, thank well, katie nicholl, thank you visiting us today. Well, katie nicholl, thank youits visiting us today. Well, katie nicholl, thank youits always| us today. Well, katie nicholl, thank youits always a|s today. Well, katie nicholl, thank youits always a pleasure. Its always a pleasure. Its always a pleasure. The royal roundup there. Thank you. Appreciate very much. Thank you at home for and thank you at home for your company. Weve loved having your company. Weve loved having you in again you with us. Tune in again tomorrow for more of tomorrow from 6 00 for more of the same. Indeed, warm feeling indeed, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Very good morning to you. Im Jonathan Vautrey, who of your gb news Weather Forecast provided by the met office. Quite an unsettled autumnal week of weather to come. Weve got low pressure in charge monday , bringing charge for monday, bringing these systems are these frontal systems that are sweeping west to sweeping their way from west to east. Quite a heavy band of rain associated with that cold front most persistently for parts of north east scotland could see some isolated thunderstorms as well as that all its way well as that all shifts its way over the behind over towards the east. Behind that west, to that in the west, starting to see some drier, brighter intervals developing, but still with of showers. With a scattering of showers. Quite as well for many quite blustery as well for many of ranging of us. Temperatures ranging between 14 and 21 c. Deus feeling fresher compared to some recent days, at least. And recent days, at least. And generally areas to the east should see the showers fading off a touch more during the evening and overnight, allowing for clearer intervals evening and overnight, allowing for west,irer intervals evening and overnight, allowing for west, likelytervals evening and overnight, allowing for west, likely to lals evening and overnight, allowing for west, likely to see them further west, likely to see them persisting for western scotland and Northern Ireland before this band persistent rain band of more persistent rain arrives and arrives towards dawn and certainly Holding Temperatures up touch more here further up a touch more here further towards where you hold towards the east where you hold onto skies with a onto the clearer skies with a chillier , fresher night chillier, fresher night there. That band of rain then is going to be moving its way in throughout tuesday. Most persistent and heaviest rain possible england, possible for northwest england, parts northern wales , parts parts of northern wales, parts of the far south and far north may hold on with some drier intervals, relatively intervals, but still relatively unsettled of us. Unsettled day for many of us. Coastal gales for much of Northern Ireland, england and wales,. Ranging wales, temperatures. Ranging between 15 and 20 c. That area of low pressure is sticking with us, though, as we head throughout the middle part of the week. Further unsettled the week. So further unsettled weather by that weather on the cards by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Its monday morning and nearly 930 not quite yet. Were going to be here in just a minute. Weve got Jonathan Ashworth joining us this hes a lot to this morning. Hes got a lot to talk about. Paymaster, general shadow paymaster, general minister radio shes minister for radio and tv. Shes going to talk to him about labours for year olds labours plan for 16 year olds to also, theyve to have the vote. Also, theyve u turned their for u turned all over their plan for asylum also they u turned all over their plan for asyluto also they u turned all over their plan for asyluto block also they u turned all over their plan for asyluto block liz also they u turned all over their plan for asyluto block liz trusss they want to block liz trusss resignation honours list, which could members could include four members of the lords. Thats right. And of course we will be discussing the very sticky situation russell situation that is the Russell Brand scandal speech in a bit good morning. Its 930 on good morning. Its 930 on monday, the 18th of september. This is britains newsroom with gb news, with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Blind to eye brand questions being asked this morning whether tv executives turned a blind eye to Russell Brands alleged sexual crimes. Sexual crimes. A Transparency Matters rhotacized into something criminal that i absolutely deny makes me question is there another agenda at play, particularly when weve seen coordinated media attacks before accused of rape and Sexual Assaults, allegations he strenuously denied. Were going to have all the latest. We writing brexit. Sir keir starmer has finally come out and said it. He wants to renegotiate Britains Brexit deal with the eu. What do you make of that . Make of that . And last orders. The number and last orders. The number of pubs being closed across england and wales increased by 50 over the last four months. 50 over the last four months. Thatis 50 over the last four months. That is such a sad story about it. I cant bear