Celebrate abbas 50th eurovision anniversary, well be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. Good morning in sport. Jurgen klopp has called on liverpool and Manchester United fans to show some class and end the tragedy, chanting when the two clubs meet at old trafford in the premier league tomorrow. Meanwhile their title rivals arsenal and Manchester City are in action today and protest Group Animal Rising have agreed not next weeks grand national. Ill be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very soon. 500. Soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon, and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Im a little bit gravelly this morning. You are a bit. Yes. Its sexy. Sounds quite good. So that wouldnt sound very good on me, but it sounds quite good on you. I dont know why. Are you so gravelly. 7 i dont know, youve been singing just that time of day. I did have a bit of a sing in the car this morning, actually. There you go. Keeps me going. Driving the m1, mind you, driving down the m1, mind you, i tell what irritates me, but tell you what irritates me, but do find this the m1. 7 do you find this down the m1. 7 theres do you find this down the m1 . Theres of roadworks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Of roadworks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Down|dworks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Down the� rks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Down the bottom end, the moment. Down the bottom end, 50 hour. It takes me 50 miles an hour. It takes me about an extra 25 minutes. Oh, is really . Yeah is it really . Yeah so how long did it take this morning . Its been there for months. Oh, hour and a half, oh, about an hour and a half, but the signs all the way but the signs up all the way that says you may not see us. Thats because were working overnight. Who overnight. Theres someone who drives middle drives down there in the middle of the night. Days a week. Of the night. Four days a week. Ive never seen anybody. Me tell you, theyre not let me tell you, theyre not about six months. Oh, no. oh, no. Must be doing something. They must be doing something. Oh, but just oh, at some point. But just never when im working. Well, thats very frustrating. Just irritating, isnt it . Just irritating, isnt it . Oh, dont know how. Oh, so i dont know how. You still have to very oh, so i dont know how. Evenu still have to very oh, so i dont know how. Even ifstill have to very oh, so i dont know how. Even if theyree to very oh, so i dont know how. Even if theyre not very oh, so i dont know how. Even if theyre not there. Ry slow, even if theyre not there. Well, yeah, because its, its of those average speed its one of those average speed camera check things, so you cant dodge it. Well, you shouldnt but shouldnt dodge it anyway, but youve but it youve got to be careful. But it is bit frustrating. So ill be is a bit frustrating. So ill be glad when all that works done. Yeah, well, im pleased youre here. Yeah, well, im pleased youthank e. Yeah, well, im pleased youthank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Pleased youre here, m1. Youre doing. I mean, considering the who considering im the one who sounded death up, sounded like death warmed up, youre whos on six. Youre the one whos on day six. Am seven at 3 am. I am of seven at 3 am. How are you coping with that, so i look like roadkill underneath all this hair and makeup, look horrendous. Makeup, i look horrendous. Were in there for 2. 5 hours. I was in there for a very long time this morning. Yeah, lenny worked very but im lenny worked very hard, but im here youre here, were here and youre here, so were going be were going to going to be fine. Were going to get it. Ive got lots of coffee. If youre a shift worker, youll. If youre not a shift worker and you just sort of happen to be up at this time of day, youll be wondering what were about it. If you were going on about it. If you are a shift you know it are a shift worker, you know it takes it out of you getting up in the middle of the night. Its not no its and then you no its not. And then you lose days as well because no its not. And then you lose spendiays as well because no its not. And then you lose spend the as well because no its not. And then you lose spend the wholell because no its not. And then you lose spend the whole time ause you spend the whole time napping. We should napping anyway. Padda spend a lot of sukh padda spend a lot of time. . What y . End up doing. Thats what we end up doing. Thats what we end up doing. Is. It is, it is, we it is. It is, it is, we better crack on with some work then, better crack on with some work the should. We here should. Shouldnt we sit here talking sleep talking about our our sleep schedule . Talking about our our sleep schedulianyway, nhs chiefs have yes. Anyway, nhs chiefs have warned royal mail warned that royal mail cuts could patient at could put Patient Safety at risk. New figures suggest that late cause of a late letters are the cause of a quarter missed hospital quarter of missed hospital appointments, quarter of missed hospital appointnoflts, quarter of missed hospital appointnof pounds as well, millions of pounds as well, while health have dubbed while Health Leaders have dubbed the worrying as 25 of the plans worrying as 25 of missed hospital appointments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen;pital appointments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen attributedintments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen attributed to ments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen attributed to those have been attributed to those missed letters. Lets talk to political commentator john oxley, whos here. Good to see you this morning, john. Good morning. Its one of those things you dont necessarily think of, but it is also interlinked. Not only is it bad for health if youre obviously missing your appointments, its bad as well. Bad for the nhs. As well. Yeah, absolutely. So if youre these people youre one of these people thats waiting for an appointment letter to come and it delayed and by the time it gets delayed and by the time it gets delayed and by the time it comes, your appointment has gone, come and gone. You gone, sort of come and gone. You have to into the queue have to go back into the queue and, and, you know, that just means the queues are going to keep getting longer, which we know a problem at the moment. Know is a problem at the moment. And resources for and its wasted resources for the because youre sat there the nhs because youre sat there not that youve got an not knowing that youve got an appointment, but the doctors, the nurses, the room are still operating and are still a cost to the National Health service. To the National Health service. And then they have to go through the extra burden of trying to get contact you again, get in contact with you again, to whatever it is to rearrange whatever it is youre waiting for. Youre being waiting for. Think the nhs should do you think the nhs should still sending appointment still be sending out appointment by it is costly by post because it is costly using the postal service, and we dont even know how effective its going to be now. Its going to be now. Yeah. Yeah. And thats one of the, the issues. But we have to recognise for certain groups of people that post is the best way to get in contact with them. The nhs have moved a lot of things onune have moved a lot of things online most people online that for most people nowadays is going to be the best way of handling things. But there are some people and particularly older, more vulnerable really Vulnerable People who really appreciate that letter. So its appreciate that letter. So its a difficult thing for the nhs to completely get rid of. But, you know, it gets increasingly know, as it gets increasingly expensive and increasingly disruptive , then its hard to disruptive, then its hard to see what the alternative is. But of course , what you cant do is of course, what you cant do is say to the royal mail, well, you cant cut second class deliveries because this is all about the second class stuff. You cant cut those deliveries just to keep the nhs going, somehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto somehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move somehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward omehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward and how weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward and find weve compromise. Yeah. And thats what the governments be working governments going to be working on. But this all goes back to when mail was privatised when royal mail was privatised just about ten years ago. The idea that the service would idea was that the service would remain the same, but the government would sell it off to someone else. And were someone else. And what were seeing time again seeing time and time again across this is royal mail are putting up their and putting up their prices and theyre scale back the theyre trying to scale back the service because as a company its service because as a company ifs and service because as a company its and loads of its losing loads and loads of money you have that money and you dont have that government anymore. And government control anymore. And its a bit like the water regulators. Its the same thing. Regulators. Its the same thing. The service is getting worse, the costs are going up and theyre making much money theyre not making much money and got to and somethings got to give there. Now i want to talk to you about the latest in this honeytrap scandal in westminster. Weve now got a second conservative mp coming forward luke evans, saying that he received explicit unsolicited messages and that hes actually reported this to the police. Yes. So this is the latest development. We had all the news development. We had all the news about will wragg yesterday, who seems to have been the first person in the plot, and now were getting bit of an idea were getting a bit of an idea of far its spread, what we of how far its spread, what we dont and whats really not dont know and whats really not coming who think might coming out is who we think might be this. You know, was it be behind this. You know, was it someone in politics trying to cause trouble . It someone cause trouble . Was it someone maybe to make money . Or maybe trying to make money . Or is it something more serious than that . And is a foreign than that . And is it a foreign power . Well , whats your power . Well, well, whats your gut on this . Gut tell you on this . What seems clear is because what seems clear is these were messaging, these people who were messaging, particularly whatsapp, particularly on the whatsapp, i know some were on dating apps, but a lot of them were on whatsapp as as luke evans situation was, they seem know situation was, they seem to know a lot about their targets, a lot of which a random of information which a random person wouldnt have known. Yeah, but this is potentially stuff you can gleam online. You know, some of its about where people used work, which people used to work, which linkedin whatever. Linkedin profiles, whatever. A lot people in politics are lot of people in politics are fairly unguarded about the things social media, things they say on social media, so what it shows is someones put effort into it, but that could be a fraudster, or it could be a fraudster, or it could be a Foreign Government or someone really trying to cause harm to the United Kingdom. At the moment, we know. And the moment, we dont know. And really much is being said really not much is being said about that at the moment. Dont actually i suppose we dont actually know how far this spreads. We dont mps have dont know how many mps have been on the receiving end of these of messages, you these sorts of messages, and you can understand , i mean, had can understand, i mean, we had will wragg yesterday will wragg talking yesterday saying he was absolutely mortified. So of them will mortified. So many of them will be embarrassed at this point mortified. So many of them will becomembarrassed at this point mortified. So many of them will be come forward. Ed at this point to come forward. Absolutely. What see absolutely. And what we see with, know, evans with, you know, luke evans coming basically coming out basically what appears got these appears is he got these messages, them. Messages, he ignored them. He told police , thats quite told the police, thats quite a good story youre mp to good story if youre an mp to come with. But we know come outwith. But we know certainly with wragg he certainly with will wragg he engaged people engaged with these people probably some of the others did. So there will be a more so yeah there will be a bit more reluctant to come and speak out. But i think the most but you know, i think the most important thing is that all of them are now hopefully speaking to parliamentary authorities to the parliamentary authorities and the security and the police and the security services, we can and services, so we can try and figure out whats actually driving yeah. Driving all of this. Yeah. John really good to see okay. John really good to see you this morning. Thanks very much indeed. Ill tell you what was sort of lucky for luke evans is these messages came is that these messages came through on his whatsapp. So itd be you dont be a number that you dont recognise. Obviously, coming through with saucy images, lets put it that way. Through with saucy images, lets put it that way. He was through with saucy images, lets put it that way. He was sat with put it that way. He was sat with his wife as he opened it. Oh my goodness no. Oh my goodness no. But thats good. But thats good. Is it . Is it . Thats good because you can 90, thats good because you can go, well whats this . Whats it. So it was like theres, theres can you imagine . I mean, i think its quite good of him to come clean. Hes got nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about. Of course someones trying to dupe him. E e. E mean, and he yeah, but i mean, and he reacted quickly by the sounds. Yeah, which is yeah, yeah, yeah, which is what to do. And what what youve got to do. And what will should have done . Will wragg should have done . I know slightly different circumstances, you can circumstances, but you can imagine its hard. Its hard. I do have some sympathy for the will wragg. No, i have some sympathy for him, too. And i feel really bad for, you know, how hes feeling about now , but just wish about himself now, but just wish that hed reported it a little bit sooner. You got do. Well, you got to do. Well, you got to do. Yeah. Rather than give the numbers of other mps out. Tell what just ill tell you what it just means. The of us. I know means. The rest of us. I know were not going to be targeted in way because of being in the same way because of being high or anything else, high profile or anything else, or power. But if you or having any power. But if you get dont get these messages, if you dont know if know who theyre from, if someone random someone sends you a random picture and the rest of it, picture and all the rest of it, just them. Yeah, might not just block them. Yeah, might not need police, but need to call the police, but just block them. Yeah. And you just dont engage. No. Youre sure. No. If youre not sure. No. If youre not sure. Tried that, but it i mean, i tried that, but it turned out they from you, turned out they were from you, so i mean, it was beaches of biscuits being baked things. Biscuits being baked and things. Its right now. The its all very odd right now. The met office has issued a danger to warning as storm to life warning as storm kathleen is set to batter parts of the uk. Well its set to bnng of the uk. Well its set to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. Well, joining us now is weather journalist well, joining us now is weatherjournalist nathan rau. Good to see you this morning nathan. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. But not good news. If youre in the eye of this storm. But not good news. If youre in tno eye of this storm. But not good news. If youre in tno i e of this storm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know,� |is storm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know, andtorm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know, and itm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know, and it always no i know, and it always seems that whenever im sat here with lovely people, theres with you lovely people, theres something horrific going on outside. In wind outside. And we are back in wind and rain and storm season again. Kathleen going to barrel kathleen is going to barrel in today, april. Dont today, its april. We dont really expect to see this sort of thing in april. She is number 11 storm of the storm season, which kicks off in september, and shes going to arrive in a pretty bad mood and shes going to stick around. I know that feeling. I know that feeling. Yeah, i know, 70 mile per hour gusts. You mentioned those are on the are going to be on the peripheries, the exposed peripheries, on the exposed areas down the west coast, which is the Office Warning is where the met Office Warning for 70 mile per hour gusts for up to 70 mile per hour gusts is today. Is the west coast is today. That is the west coast of england, scotland wales. Of england, scotland and wales. And going to stick around and shes going to stick around all day towards the east of the country. It wont be so bad. Its going to be wet and its going to be a wet and blustery pretty much blustery day pretty much everywhere. But to the east. Its bad as its not going to be as bad as it is, to the west. And it is, is to the west. And tomorrow a blustery again as tomorrow a bit blustery again as she moves northwards. And there we 11 storm kathleen. She moves northwards. And there we are 11 storm kathleen. She moves northwards. And there we are in 11 storm kathleen. She moves northwards. And there we are in 11 storseason. Een. We are back in storm season. Is when you say, the problem is when you say, well, its, you know, for some parts of the east or what have you, its not going bad you, its not going to be as bad andifs you, its not going to be as bad and its bit blustery. The and its a bit blustery. The trouble is any rainfall the trouble is any rainfall at the moment, the is just moment, the ground is just absolutely saturated. It takes nothing for the flooding to come back. Absolutely. And there are there are more than 100 environment flood alerts Environment Agency flood alerts in place and more serious in place and some more serious flood the problem is flood warnings. The problem is that the start the that since the start of the storm which in storm season, which starts in september, when they september, which is when they start storms, weve had start naming stor