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There today than august as storm anthony brings widespread heavy rain, a risk of gales and disruption. Ill have the full details coming up soon. Yeah, well be telling you everything you need to know about that. Good morning. Im anne diamond. And im Martin Daubney and this breakfast on gb news. This is breakfast on gb news. Its going to be a very stormy , very nasty weather wise. Stormy, very nasty weather wise. This weekend, isnt it . Where did Global Warming go . Where is august gone. Yeah, well, its like were writing it off already. Its gone down the pan and. And, of course, it coincides with the school holidays. My family are in scotland. Hello. If youre watching, youre probably going probably not. Theyre going to miss think first its miss it. I think at first its going batter into the going to batter into the south west up way. South west coast up that way. But what a british but yeah, what would a british summer be without terrible weather . I know. I mean, ive just recently been on holiday and we had some really weather on had some really bad weather on houday had some really bad weather on holiday then i wasnt in holiday and then i wasnt in europe, canada and it europe, i was in canada and it was fog, fog. You couldnt see to of your arm. But to the end of your arm. But i mean and i mean that literally. I thought ever really i never thought id ever really mean literally, but it was mean that literally, but it was pretty weather. But and pretty awful weather. But me and my were on holiday my sisters were on holiday together we all thought, my sisters were on holiday togetimind, we all thought, my sisters were on holiday togetimind, whenll thought, my sisters were on holiday togetimind, when we fought, my sisters were on holiday togetimind, when we get|ht, my sisters were on holiday togetimind, when we get home. Never mind, when we get home. Theres and september theres august and september ahead know, so were ahead of us, you know, so were bound to have some lovely weather stretching before us weather stretching out before us when home. Its sort when we get home. And its sort of happening. Of not happening. And of the fog, youve and short of the fog, youve brought weather with brought that weather back with you. The person, you. So maybe youre the person, but looking like its going but its looking like its going to quite a arhoolie. We have to be quite a arhoolie. We have to be quite a arhoolie. We have to batter down and sort of get get ready for it. I think its going to kick in later on today. Well have full update well have a full update throughout show. Of course. Throughout the show. Of course. But now theres something wrong so rather wrong with my mic. So rather than to yours. Yeah, you than talking to yours. Yeah, you take it away. Ill pick up. Okay. The environment secretary has ordered her department to cut all ties with greenpeace today as the government reacts to the eco groups invasion the prime groups invasion of the Prime Ministers home. They draped his house in black sheeting and a protest against his approval of new oil and gas licences in the nonh new oil and gas licences in the north sea. Five protesters were arrested and later released as nonh arrested and later released as North Yorkshire police opened up an investigation into the affair. Well, seeing how they like it, gb news sent contributor ben leo to invade their islington headquarters as well , but has their islington headquarters as well, but has their latest stunt left them hanging out to dry . Left them hanging out to dry . Well, lets now speak to political commentator andy williams. Good morning to you , williams. Good morning to you, andy. I understand youre in the south of france, so youre having Better Weather than having much Better Weather than we are having here. How significant, andy, is this . Its a story thats greatly divided the nation. It really got people going on gb news yesterday , the going on gb news yesterday, the feeling of the invasion of someones private home, the place where rishi sunak children live. It really got people shackled. But this this latest development, its quite dramatic , the idea that greenpeace has a place at the top table in Central Government. Now, those ties have been severed. How ties have been severed. How significant is this, do you think, charity . Well think, for the charity . Well i think, for the charity . Well i think in some ways, greenpeace have got what they wanted here. I mean, the purpose of these stunts is to create as much press coverage and controversy as possible and to get a conversation going. And while , conversation going. And while, you know, a lot of people find their tactics distasteful, certainly not to not to my taste, not to your viewers tastes and what theyre trying to achieve here is to make a statement. And theyve certainly done that in getting tyrese coffey, the environment secretary, to engage with the terms of their debate. Theyve they they have raised awareness of their issue. Now, whether or not you think its right that the government should be engaging with with greenpeace, thats a different question. But as you say, i think your your viewers have spoken in terms of their response to the discussion , but it cant be very good , but it cant be very good, really, can it, if they reflect back on this, theyve lost a seat at the table and surely the whole point of them is to have some influence on what government is looking at and deciding theyve lost that chance now, havent they, by alienate getting everybody, by making them angry . Well, i think making them angry . Well, i think theres a lot of symbolism going on here. Right. So the reality is that the government wont completely excommunicate greenpeace from their discussions. They just they will discussions. They just they will have to engage with them. Theyre in enormous, very powerful group, whatever you think and as much as think of them. And as much as tyrese coffey , she she is tyrese coffey, she she is committing a stunt here just as greenpeace where she is making a statement. I think the reality is that behind the scenes, she will continue to engage with them, even if in the short term she theyre cutting ties. She says theyre cutting ties. You think, though , the dont you think, though, the nofion dont you think, though, the notion he might be quite surprised that somebody, a group like greenpeace , have a like greenpeace, have a table, a seat at table at all in seat at the table at all in terms of their ability to lobby government . There hugely government . There are hugely well funded charity. Its not pubuc well funded charity. Its not public money, of course. Its public money, of course. Its private donations. But the fact private donations. But the fact that they are sat at a table trying to influence a policy, clearly they oppose the government on the central premise of more north sea oil and gas licences. So they find themselves at absolute loggerheads with the government. Do they even deserve a place at the table if theyre campaigning for political change, which is completely the opposite of what the government want . I think the government want . I think they do, actually. I think its really important that the government engages with a of organisations a wide range of organisations with voices who come with different voices who come from perspectives. You from different perspectives. You know, my job at penta know, in in my job at penta a communications firm, we work with company businesses, charities, all sorts of organisations who have a different point of view from government. And its not right that government should simply engage with businesses and charities who share their exact point of view. So i have to say , whether or not you agree with greenpeace on this issue and whether or not you think this is the right the right way of going about of your about raising awareness of your issue, important issue, i think its important that that government engages with with organisations across the political spectrum and with a different range of views on this particular issue. So i think its i think its important for democracy that they they continue to speak to and have a dialogue with these sorts of organisations, even if they dont agree with them. I think most people watching would with their right to would agree with their right to protest. Basic right protest. Its a very basic right that we all hold dear in britain. But if you were advising them , would you have said that this stunt was a suitable way to get people talking about their issue . 7 no . No, 7 no,i 7 no , i well, 7 no , i well, lets take two things. First, are people talking about it . Yes, clearly, by by definition, were talking about at the top of the hour on gb news. So in that respect, theyve theyve done their job of putting it on the agenda. People personally, if i was advising them, i would say you want to be evidence led. You want to be evidence led. You want to be evidence led. You want to take your argument to the government in a way that that very factual and is that is very factual and is persuasive, but also know is within democratic norms. So theres always a balance to strike here. And like i say, if i was advising them, i would be going a different way about it. Andy, the key question now , andy, the key question now, though, is that net zero is pure politics and net zero is big business. Were seeing people like dale vincent, you know, from ecotricity donating £i. 5 from ecotricity donating £1. 5 million to the labour party with the inference that over the years hes been handed £110 million in government subsidies to put into his company. So theres a feeling that you want something for what you put in. Do you think the next part of this is people are going to start looking at whos funding greenpeace, putting the greenpeace, whos putting the money and what money into greenpeace and what do want and do they have do they want and do they have a direct lobbying involvement in getting eco power down as a priority as opposed to north sea oil. And in that sense, have greenpeace created a headache for themselves in terms of journalists nosing around about who their donors are . Look im who their donors are . Look im sure im sure that there will be a people asking greenpeace to open up their books and all sorts of Charitable Organisations are under pressure to raise awareness of sorry, not raise awareness to be more open about who is who is funding them i um, um, this 5mm hum um, this is a wider conversation about how organisations are funded and transparency and perhaps it would be better for democracy if we could see who is pumping money into these organisations. Money into these organisations. What i would say though, martin, just to pick up on your point there, where you say net zero there, is where you say net zero is big business. Yes, it is. And in fact it be. It should in fact it should be. It should be for the private and be for the private sector and for organisations can for organisations who can develop solutions develop the Technology Solutions to towards net and to take us towards net zero and to take us towards net zero and to decarbonise us and continue to decarbonise us and continue to investing so that so that we can do things in a greener and cleaner way. And i think that is cleaner way. And i think that is the route towards is a more a cleaner and Better Future for the climate. The climate. Well, andy, thanks very much indeed for getting up early to join us. And i hope you enjoy the rest of your day there. I think in france. Arent you . Think in france. Arent you . Thank you very much for making time for us at the top of the houn time for us at the top of the hour. Thank you. And i was just going to say, i hope youre enjoying weather in france, enjoying the weather in france, but dont know quite what the but i dont know quite what the weather is like in france at the moment. Depends you are. Moment. Depends where you are. Than its going to be better than its going to be here better than its going to be herwell, yeah. Yeah. Because the well, yeah. Yeah. Because the first office storm first met office named storm of the uk this the year will hit the uk this weekend. Today with gusts of up to 65 miles an hour expected to batter our coastlines. Lets speak to weather. Lets speak to weather. Joining nathan row with joining us now, nathan row with more extreme weather more on that extreme weather thats travelling. Its going to thats travelling. Its going to impact on those outdoors. Impact travel on those outdoors. Its british summer. Were its the british summer. Were used to bad weather. Whats a significant so north of this storm actually receiving a name whats the threshold for getting a name right so the this is the first named storm by the Uk Met Office for its actually the 20 2223 storm season. So its actually about a year late. But the met office name these storms on the impacts theyre likely to have so even though the wind speeds of this storm storm anthony are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55 mile per hour in that its not the stronger storm that weve seen, but because of the time of year, the leaves, the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The schools are and season. The schools are off. And where going hitting where its going to be hitting the this storm hitting the impact of this storm hitting today is likely to be greater than had same sort of thing than had the same sort of thing happened year. So happened later in the year. So this is probably whats triggered met to name triggered the met office to name this first one of the this storm the first one of the yean this storm the first one of the year, the first uk named on, weve two named storms this weve had two named storms this year that earlier in year already that was earlier in the they were named the the year. They were named by the danish and french danish and the french meteorological agencies. But the impacts this storm impacts today from this storm pretty windy. Take pretty wet and windy. So take care out and about. Care if youre out and about. And really what the and thats really what the storm warnings about. Warnings are all about. Yeah, and suppose the yeah, and i suppose the impact feels greater impact of it feels greater simply because in august simply because were in august now shouldnt be now and it shouldnt be happening. And im coming in wishing i could and could bring you sunshine and blue but looking blue skies. But its looking grim. It pretty grim. I mean, it is pretty early. Its unheard of to early. Its not unheard of to have sort of weather at have this sort of weather at this time of year in fact, in 2014, if you can remember far back, had storm bertha, back, we had storm bertha, which was that hit in was a big one that hit in august. Big bertha, big bertha. Yes, in august. That was the sort of tail end of a hurricane. This its this one isnt, but its slightly early the season. This one isnt, but its sligiknow,irly the season. This one isnt, but its sligiknow, were the season. This one isnt, but its sligiknow, were still;eason. This one isnt, but its sligiknow, were still;eathe you know, were still in the last month of summer and the autumn storm season usually picks up about september starting now, before. But its not of weather not the ideal sort of weather that to be coming and that id like to be coming and talking to you about on a saturday morning. Of the issue, and part of the issue, nathan, course, so nathan, of course, has been so ruddy wet so long. The ruddy wet for so long. The ground is saturated, its boggy, almost thats in lots of almost. Thats right. In lots of places Northern Ireland and places like Northern Ireland and ireland west. So ireland and the south west. So when its got nowhere when it drops, its got nowhere to go, increasing the risk of flooding. Right. In northern thats right. And in Northern Ireland, there is a rain warning out today. Thats all day for up to two inches of rain there. And there. Is wet. The there. Ground is very wet. The environment flood Environment Agency has 18 flood alerts today. Thats mainly alerts out today. Thats mainly across and across the south. And the South West England because of south west of england because of this of where the heavy this issue of where the heavy rain comes. Theyre expecting about two of rain today. About two inches of rain today. So not quite the monthly so its not quite the monthly average, going to be average, but is it going to be sort all once this rain or sort of all at once this rain or spread across the the spread across the day . The problem it comes all at once. Problem is it comes all at once. The rain warning is throughout the but you get these the day. But when you get these heavy, get sort flash heavy, you get sort of flash floods. Thats right. It floods. Yeah, thats right. It comes down the comes straight down on the ground, had a ground, actually, had we had a very, very hot, long, dry summer, it might be a bit worse because when get the ground because when you get the ground is compacted just is very dry, it compacted just yeah, washes off. But yeah, it just washes off. But there flood alerts out in there are flood alerts out in place and its coastal place today and its coastal areas is always the risk, areas as is always the risk, high tides as well at this time of year. So big winds of year. So the big winds bringing waves over the coasts, stay indoors. Be quite yeah, it can be quite frightening a flash frightening seeing a flash flood. Ever seen one . Flood. Have you ever seen one . Yeah, one of those yeah, i mean, just one of those silly. I remember being in birmingham gas birmingham once and in gas street, which was where itv studios there were and studios were, and there were and that goes downhill. There that goes downhill. And there were cars parked at the top of the of rainwater. The hill and loads of rainwater. And all these cars and suddenly all these cars started floating down the hill and quick. It was and its so quick. It was literally quick. Literally as quick. Yeah. Yeah. And all yeah. And n yeah. And yeah. And and they all ended up in a heap at the bottom of the hill. It extra ordinary. And as it was extra ordinary. And as you say, happened over about you say, it happened over about a period five minutes. You say, it happened over about a pit od five minutes. You say, it happened over about a pit literallye minutes. You say, it happened over about a pit literally does. Utes. You say, it happened over about a pit literally does. Theres it literally does. Theres intense get intense deluges. You get straight off in floodwater and its pointing out its always worth pointing out the when the seas the darwin awards when the seas are and those waves are are up and those waves are crashing people always crashing in, people always go out its like, out for a selfie and its like, dont near the edge of the water. Youre going to get swept out to sea. Know what . Every year we people like me, you know, journalists about journalists writing about stories, who run stories, about people who run into trouble doing this of into trouble doing this sort of thing. What the warnings thing. This is what the warnings are know, take are all about, you know, to take care walkways and, care on coastal walkways and, you know, near the coast and that sort of thing, because thats where big waves come. Thats where the big waves come. Thats winds thats where the strongest winds are. Danger is. Are. Thats where the danger is. I lets be careful in i mean, lets be careful in those sort of areas. But yes, there are always at this time of yean there are always at this time of year, see, and every year, year, you see, and every year, as say, broadcasters like us as you say, broadcasters like us always the warnings always give out the warnings that told to give that were told to give out. Every you get and every year you get a flood of complaints coming back saying, were saying, dont nanny us. Were not, know, were sensible. Not, you know, were sensible. We need to be told. Im we dont need to be told. Im glad there are always those sadly, always incidents. There mean, the met there are. I mean, the met office are doing a good job in, you in raising this alert you know, in raising this alert and these warnings out. And putting these warnings out. But i mean, but youre so right. I mean, i will go out now and my twitter feed will be a deluge of stop telling us what to do. Its just a warning. You know, be aware telling us what to do. Its just a wetake]. You know, be aware telling us what to do. Its just a wetake care. Know, be aware and take care. Well look, thanks very okay. Well look, thanks very much and much indeed for warning us and thanks nothing. Thanks for nothing. Nice day. Have a nice day. Have a nice day. Thanks for nothing. Yeah but at shall we actually go to at 6 15, shall we actually go to our report now, which our Weather Report now, which will you all of that in will give you all of that in much more detail for where you are that warm feeling inside from boilers. From boxt boilers. Weather on proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello. Good morning. Its hello. Good morning. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Very unseasonal out there this morning. Storm anthony is morning. Storm anthony is beanng morning. Storm anthony is bearing upon us, bringing a bearing down upon us, bringing a spell of heavy rain initially to Northern Ireland, then across much of england and wales through rest of the day and through the rest of the day and strengthening winds , really the strengthening winds, really the most clears most persistent rain clears through into central and through wales into central and northern england. By the afternoon, heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland as well some central and well as some central and southern parts. But the skies southern parts. But as the skies brighten across wales in the southwest, thats when winds southwest, thats when the winds really with widely gale really pick up with widely Gale Force Winds and 65 mile per hour gusts around coastal areas. So that could cause some significant disruption in particularly later in the day if youre camping, caravanning , youre camping, caravanning, travelling down towards the south west or heading to the beach , some very hazardous beach, some very hazardous conditions. Thats why storm conditions. Thats why storm anthony has been named because its such busy day in the its such a busy day in the summer holidays. Now as that pulls away overnight, it does eventually calm down and clear spells are expected through the night time with just a few showers remaining across some western and eastern parts , but western and eastern parts, but plenty of sunshine as we start off sunday with that sunshine, its going to feel considerably more pleasant, i suspect, than today. More pleasant, i suspect, than today. But therell still be today. But therell still be a few showers developing initially across Western Areas and then more centrally, those showers p0p up more centrally, those showers pop up into the afternoon. I think some coastal areas avoiding the showers and staying largely sunny. Its a cool day. However, with highs of 19 celsius , that warm feeling celsius, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Well, there you are. Theres plenty of weather about and well be telling you all about it because you need to know. Yeah, i want to actually. Have you ever witnessed, i was you ever witnessed, as i was saying, flash flood that . Saying, a flash flood like that . Um, is quite um, because it is quite alarming. Yeah. When start moving. When things start moving. When things start moving. You know , totally yeah. You know, totally against how things should be. Ill never forget seeing that flash flood that i saw, and ill bet youve seen worse. They do actually get in touch. Tell us your story, your weather story this how to this morning. Remember how to do it. Gbviews gbnews. Com of couise. Course. And also , im very interested and also, im very interested in the number of people taking selfies where the weathers bad , we get swept away. Im sure there has to be an uptake, a correlation in people getting swept to get that swept away, trying to get that ultimate weather selfie. Well, people do things well, people do silly things trying to selfies, dont trying to take selfies, dont they . Its not worth they . And yeah, its not worth it. It isnt definitely it. It is. It isnt definitely not worth it. There will be a correlation between selfies and accidents. I bet you theyre guaranteed. Because we guaranteed. Yeah. Because we take of absolutely take pictures now of absolutely everything, anyway everything, dont we. Anyway lots to talk about. So do join us again in a couple of moments. Its in welcome back. Lovely to be with you this morning. Youre watching and listening, of course, as you know, to breakfast with anne and martin. Yeah. Yeah, its got some very interesting views on the greenpeace protest. Again, um , i greenpeace protest. Again, um, i mean, liz says ive been a greenpeace supporter all my life. Im 56. And after this stunt on rishis house, i have no respect for them any longer to scare his family is not right. I know theyre on holiday, but his wife and kids will seen it. Theyll know will have seen it. Theyll know all about it, wouldnt they . Yeah. Theres e theres a lot of yeah. Theres a lot of fallout and theres a lot of fallout about we have about that. Yesterday we have peter who talking peter blenkiron, who was talking about that cause, about the trauma that can cause, particularly on children, even though didnt go the though they didnt go into the house, the house, that they were on the roof, know, is its like roof, you know, is its like being burgled, think. Roof, you know, is its like beiiyeah,gled, think. Roof, you know, is its like beiiyeah, iled, think. Roof, you know, is its like beiiyeah, i do, think. Roof, you know, is its like beiiyeah, i do think1k. Roof, you know, is its like beiiyeah, i do think your gut yeah, i do think your gut reaction to being burgled is you never really want to go. You dont safe in your home again. And lot of people, of and a lot of people, of course, want move home after course, want to move home after Something Like that. Is Something Like that. And this is the prime his his the Prime Minister. His his Properties Identified to properties been identified to potential burglars, even terrorists. And how much of a risk its a huge, risk is it now . Its a huge, huge talking on the weather. Were also, you know, expecting bad weather today, as weve john has got weve been hearing. John has got in morning, john. In touch. Morning, john. And says hosepipe ban in says weve got a hosepipe ban in cornwall. Cornwall. Well, theres fruit flies are back again. I suspect there will back again. I suspect there will be no host. Well, there probably will be a hosepipe ban for weeks and though and weeks, even though its about are lots of about there are exist lots of existing bans at the existing hosepipe bans at the moment, arent there . And we havent even weve not got going summer at all. So got going on summer at all. So if have a hosepipe ban while if we have a hosepipe ban while the is falling down us the rain is falling down on us from the goodness knows from the sky, goodness knows what of a August September what sort of a August September its going indeed. Okay, its going to be indeed. Okay, lets on. 621 good morning. Lets move on. 621 good morning. Campaigners have branded the governments decision to ignore the advice of its post brexit green watchdog as a clear example of direct violation. An environment secretary, Therese Coffey, has recently rejected a proposal from the office for environmental protection, which suggests the core parts of the National Emissions ceiling regulations be kept. Unlike other emissions ceiling regulations be kept. Unlike other eu emissions ceiling regulations be kept. Unlike other eu laws. Kept. Unlike other eu laws. Its all a bit complicated, but joining us now from sheffield is senior lecturer in sustainable construction and Climate Change. John grant. A very good morning, john. As i said, it sounds it all sounds very complicated. How do you very complicated. How do you read it at the moment . Is the government just rowing back very gently on its green policies. Gently on its green policies. Simply put, yes , thats what simply put, yes, thats what i would say. Its quite i would say. Its quite complicated and they have an agenda now and that seems to be clear that that they they sort of think they they see an opportunity. The air quality has opportunity. The air quality has been weaponised. I know its quite an extreme word, but you know, especially when it comes to car usage and they see votes there and unfortunately, it is there and unfortunately, it is the working people, the you know, the less well off that that suffer the most from poorest air quality because of where they live. And those tend to be the worst air quality. So yeah, i think this this sort of shift in in in the regulations and it is very tiny like you said, and quite complicated. But said, and quite complicated. But you know, the movement of this, this this clean air regulator is just a tiny bit and you know, weve seen the impacts on that. There are literal hundreds if not thousands of people who are affected in terms of their health and, you know, especially those very tiny , what are called those very tiny, what are called. 2. 5 particles, which your lungs dont even register when you breathe them in. They can cause a lot of damage in your lungs and if you have a breathing problem, whatever that thatis breathing problem, whatever that that is , it can really that is, it can really exacerbate that. So yeah, its a huge concern for me. Well, john, you say that the poorest people are affected by bad air. Theyre also the most affected by bad policies as such as ulez, where theyre being forced to pay £12. 5 as ulez, where theyre being forced to pay £125 a day to drive. But i digress. This is the conversation about the uk dropping eu laws. Now, some might say weve brexiteer why are we following eu laws at all . Well, i think , you know, to well, i think, you know, to follow a law that protects its people is a good idea. You know, the idea we have borrowed laws from from around the world before and this idea that that ulez affects poorer people. It you know im not here people. It you know im not here to promote the ulez. However for you know and i am here to say that less car is on the road is better for people and an easier way of creating environments where its cheaper and easier to use active transport or public transport. So you know if it was me i would have had a different strategy before the ulez came in. But i fear that local authorities have got their hands tied because weve got private bus services and the like. Its very im in sheffield here and weve got just introduced a clean air zone and because the buses are private , we cant buses are private, we cant enhance public the, the public transport before the car use. And so you know you get this quite draconian idea but rest assured you know we have to come up with a plan that reduces the amount of cars on the road and other polluting you know pollute using outputs that exist out there. So its the strategy thats actually giving the idea of it a bad name in it would work. And i think we all want cleaner air, dont we . A lot of people suffer from breathing problems at the moment , but from breathing problems at the moment, but its the from breathing problems at the moment , but its the way that moment, but its the way that ulez has been. Strategies used in a way that seems to punish people who cant afford to buy a new car and obviously the same thing thats happening as you described in sheffield , described in sheffield, everybody wants cleaner air there , but its being there, but its being strategized in a way thats impractical. Is that the problem . Well, 7 well, from 7 well, from a 7 well, from a personal point of view, if youre going to start telling drivers that they its going to cost money, then then you must in my opinion, uplift the quality of public transport first with a serious warning to people that at some point in the future, theyre going to get, you know, a charge for using their vehicles. But but what must be shown and it has been shown in so many pieces of research where where youve got these lower, lower car usage zones that that peoples lives do improve. And, you know, but do improve. And, you know, but if you design an environment where you have to have a car, then then then that thats thats the nightmare. And i know, you know, when it comes to commercial, um , activities that, commercial, um, activities that, you know, youre white vans are absolutely required. But you know, i was to talking a builder the other day and they regularly drove their car backwards and forwards to the local diy store every morning. But now theyre every morning. But now theyre being charged coming into sheffield. They work out what they need. At the beginning of they need. At the beginning of the week, get what they need, and so there are less movements and so there are less movements and i wish there was another way other than a big stick to get people to make those kind of changes. People to make those kind of changes. And if youve got any changes. And if youve got any ideas about how you could do that without a stick, im im all ears. You know, i really am. Well i wonder, john, if we even needit well i wonder, john, if we even need it when we look at the data, the uk has cut emissions by 48 between 1990 and 2021, adjusted for population. Were actually the 10th biggest polluter in all of the european bloc. Biggest polluter in all of the european bloc. Luxembourg biggest polluter in all of the european bloc. Luxembourg is biggest polluter in all of the european bloc. Luxembourg is the european bloc. Luxembourg is the worst. Germany is far ahead of us. Were on parity with italy and were phasing out cars, diesel and petrol five years ahead of anybody else in the European Union. And we have the most ambitious net zero targets for 2050 of anybody in the eu bloc. So ill put my original point to you. Why should we follow eu laws when the uk is already exceeding them . Well you know that 48 reduction is a is a is a great you know , achievement. However , you know, it should however, you know, it should be you know, we should remember that a significant proportion , that a significant proportion, the majority of that 48 was closing down our coal fired power stations. And you dont power stations. And you dont get to do that twice. So the idea that were ahead is just because because we were quite committed to coal usage and we withdrew from that. So, you know that that massive reduction in carbon, which is great. Im not saying its a bad thing and just saying its a bad thing and just saying that, you know, weve got to be careful that that isnt government policy that achieved that. That was cold, hard economics. The coal industry that. That was cold, hard economics. The coal industry is a, you know, not only an environmental disaster, but economically makes no sense. But economically makes no sense. But but the other the other policies , you know, the idea of should we wait until you said we wait until the rest of the world catches up with us or do we sort of lead the way as one of historically the largest carbon emitters and take advantage of many of those Economic Opportunities when you are first to deliver this kind of this kind of policy, you get those industries that come in to take advantage of that , that, you advantage of that, that, you know, i mean, im this Carbon Capture thing that came in a couple of days ago. You know, couple of days ago. You know, its a very interesting bit of science. There is a lot of money being thrown into it. Im concerned that the oil and gas industry are going to use that technology to as an excuse to carry on rather than pull back. But its an its an essential technology. And weve had it since the 70s. But weve been unable to make it work economically. And so being first in there gives us a huge advantage. And thats what we do here in the uk. Advantage. And thats what we do here in the uk. We invent stuff here in the uk. We invent stuff and we thats our economy. Were and we thats our economy. Were a tiny little country. What is it between 1 and 3, depending on how you calculate our Carbon Emissions and having that opportunity to export our industry and stuff, will more than offset the losses, which is a real concern on the losses of jobs that when we when we move away from the oil and gas industry, you know, and to other things, if we wait until somebody else does it then then thats when our fantastic people in scotland or whatever from the oil and Gas Industries will be made unemployed. Much better to begin an industry that that promotes a tidal and wave as well as wind and solar. Promotes a tidal and wave as well as wind and solar. And well as wind and solar. And those men and women can pivot their skills to delivering that rather than wait for the rest of the world to do it, because were great engineers, weve got some opportunity there. Oh, absolutely. Im totally with you on that. Im not sure whether martin agrees, but well leave it there for moment. Thank you for the moment. John, thank you so joining us. You see, so much forjoining us. You see, i dont see anything wrong in following eu laws if theyre good ones. Well, i was just trying to lay out the case that we actually our targets. We actually surpass our targets. We are more ambitious than the eu provably. And therefore why be provably. And therefore why be tethered to something thats less efficient . Tethered to something thats less effwere tethered to something thats less effwere not tethered to it, but were not tethered to it, are we . Well, thats thats the story. Not refusing to. Were not were refusing to abide just abide by them. Im just surprised. Think a lot of surprised. I think a lot of people will be out there that were abiding by these rules. Anyway, left the european anyway, we left the European Union absolutely anyway, we left the european uni but absolutely anyway, we left the european unibut thats absolutely anyway, we left the european uni but thats why;olutely anyway, we left the european uni but thats why were. Y anyway, we left the european uni but thats why were not but thats why were not tethered them. If we want to tethered to them. If we want to go we can. And if go our own way, we can. And if we want be better, why not . We want to be better, why not . My we want to be better, why not . My only bugbear is that. Is that it it . Its the strategy. It will it . Its the strategy. Its the way been brought its the way its been brought in to bash the wrong in is going to bash the wrong people its just. Its people or. Or its just. Its just too much of a stick. As john said. Yeah, much of a john said. Yeah, too much of a harsh stick. And wonder and you know, and i wonder and you know, how much would be enough for the zealots . Because we have a zealots . Because we have a zealot want a clean air city. Zealot to want a clean air city. If its if its making but if its if its making working class people all, you know, impoverished coal and hungner know, impoverished coal and hungrier and poorer, which it is , because they are the most impacted by like ulez and impacted by things like ulez and the schemes dont the scrappage schemes dont touch the sides. For a new van versus 30 grand for a new van versus five grand for a scrappage. Thats going to enough thats not going to be enough for decorator a plumber. For a decorator or a plumber. But you buy new van . Do but would you buy a new van . Do you way if one of you think that way if one of your children had very bad asthma was no way you asthma and there was no way you could move out of the city because your job there and because your job is there and youre in in other words, youre living in in other words, in a city which harming your in a city which is harming your child the air, theyre child simply by the air, theyre breathing. In breathing. Well, i live in central london. My daughter has asthma. School where asthma. She goes to school where theres the theres a playground near the main we deal with main road, and we deal with it in our way. I dont expect in our own way. I dont expect the poorest people in society to pay the poorest people in society to pay 12 and half quid. They dont stop their they stop driving their car. They just still drive just pay £125 to still drive the so dont think this the car. So i dont think this solves pollution. It just taxes the car. So i dont think this s pollution ution. It just taxes the car. So i dont think this s pollution and]. It just taxes the car. So i dont think this spollution and all just taxes the car. So i dont think this s pollution and all those axes , pollution and all those vehicles london that are no vehicles in london that are no longer suitable. Theyre moving out like nottingham out to places like nottingham where or black where im from, or the black cabs london now in cabs in london and now in nottingham. Is that right . Yeah. So not being so theyre not being decommissioned, theyre just being i think being moved. So i think its pressure get. Pressure you dont get. Oh im not arguing greenpeace but im just saying you dont get anywhere if you dont apply a bit of pressure. I think its too much pressure in this case in, and it certainly in, in ulez and it certainly turned vote loser or turned out to be a vote loser or a vote winner in in uxbridge. Didnt it . Certainly people didnt want it because its just too harsh. But its still got to too harsh. But its still got to happen. Too harsh. But its still got to happen. Yeah, but maybe more happen. Yeah, but maybe more gently, thats all im thinking. Just think a bit more i just think a bit more carrot, less stick, less carrot, a bit less stick, less punishment bring people punishment to bring people along with just my with you. Thats just my opinion. Sadiq khans trying opinion. But sadiq khans trying to do that. If you hear him speak and hes written a about it, hes written a book about it, hes written a book about it, hes reminding you that hes just reminding you that the reason and its reason ulez is there and its expanding across the country is because asthma can be a killer. An and if our cities are polluted , then why shouldnt we polluted, then why shouldnt we strive to make them cleaner . Well, theres half a billion reasons that sadiq khan likes ulez and its half £1 billion he takes from motorists every year. Have to move on, okay, we have to move on, dont next, a look dont we . Up next, a look through newspapers. Through saturdays newspapers. This gb news at 636. Welcome back. Youre watching and listening to breakfast with anne and martin. Yeah, lets take a look now at todays newspapers and children as young as seven will get transgender treatment on the nhs, and thats according to plans seen by the Daily Telegraph in the times. Were told middle class students have been warned they face losing out on places at top universities that have recruited increasing numbers of foreign students instead. And the guardian draws attention to englands child care sector being at risk of becoming a playground for private equity. The mail leads on a very interesting story. Albanian interesting story. Albanian gangs advice , devising escape gangs advice, devising escape routes in lorries for people who have problems and want to leave england as soon as possible. So theyre smuggling people in and theyre smuggling people in and theyre smuggling people in and theyre smuggling criminals out i look forward to doing that in the paper soon. But before that, finally, the star says a moose stabbed me in skeggy as its revealed that joe pasquale narrowly avoided death after impaling himself on a moose antler. Now that falls into the realms of you couldnt make it up in skegness in skeggy a moose in skeggy a loose moose. In skeggy a loose moose. A moose attached to the antler. I think the antler was just lying there. Something like that. Well find out, shall we . Yeah. So well go through the papers and joining us this papers now and joining us this morning writer and morning weve got writer and journalist emma and a warm journalist emma wolf and a warm welcome author welcome back to author susan holder. Lovely you welcome back to author susan holder. Lovely you both. Holder. Lovely to see you both. To see you okay. Great to see you both. Okay. Why we kick off emma with why dont we kick off emma with that just talked about that story we just talked about there, page the there, the front page of the telegraph. Children as young as seven trans treatment seven will get trans treatment on nhs. On the nhs. On the n hs. First on the nhs. First let me yeah, well, first let me explain. Headline is quite explain. The headline is quite misleading the actual misleading because the actual story nhs is taking story is that the nhs is taking oven story is that the nhs is taking over. This treatment is taking over. This treatment is taking over which we the over this area which we know the tavistock clinic , which was tavistock clinic, which was controversially down last controversially shut down last yean controversially shut down last year, was that they were in charge of they were treating children as young as three. I think this whole situation is an absolute scandal. I think that it is absolutely ludicrous that we have children of three, four, five, six, even seven, even up to ten saying, you know , mummy, to ten saying, you know, mummy, im a girl, mummy, im a boy and we are allowing them to go into treatment and to begin things like irreversible treatments, like irreversible treatments, like puberty blockers , you know, like puberty blockers, you know, like puberty blockers, you know, like treatments that they will may be come to regret in later years anyway. The nhs are now taking over this area. They are going to have a minimum age, at least of seven, which i mean is still to seems. Still to me seems. And not, its not for and its not, its not for invasive treatment is it . They will not be allowed. They will not be they will be limiting of puberty limiting the use of puberty blockers. Will banning blockers. They will be banning activists from activists and teachers from referring directly to referring children directly to treatment to sorry, to treatment. I mean, weve had this schools this situation where schools where children are socially transitioning and i know teenagers who in their class are socially transitioning , choosing socially transitioning, choosing their other gender, choosing another pronoun, changing their name, and parents are not being informed. How can this be informed. How can this be a situation that is acceptable that you dont even get the parents into the school and its not about pro or anti trans at all. As adults, we have the right to make that choice. But as children, children love to role play. Children to love dress children to dress up. Children love to pretend that theyre somebody else their names or else or change their names or whatever. All of that should whatever. And all of that should be allowed and young be allowed if families and young people in distress, they people are in distress, they should good should be given good psychological support all the way particular headline way through particular headline is is misleading is misleading. It is misleading because actually saying because what it actually saying when they call it trans treatment, theyre saying it wont treatment wont actually be the treatment that fearing. That youre fearing. Be talking. It will it will be talking. It will be psychological about psychological counselling, trying find out why the child trying to find out why the child is distressed in the first place so that their gender theyre trying to put them to bring susan in on this. Theyre to the theyre trying to put the brakes on this, arent they . Because than because ostensibly, rather than going to tavistock or going externally to tavistock or have an teacher from have an activist teacher from outside come in and more outside schools come in and more or hold sort of or less hold this sort of conversation in secret, theyre trying mainstream it and trying to mainstream it and theyre to, i guess, talk theyre trying to, i guess, talk kids the question id kids out of it. The question id like you, though, like to put to you, though, susan, should this susan, is should this conversation happening at conversation be happening at all . A seven year olds. All . Well, a seven year olds. I think it should, no, i dont think it should, because i do think you cant possibly think that children in seven, eight, nine, ten even, you know, even a little bit older are able have that older are able to have that conversation. If you put theyre conversation. If you put theyre very suggestible. And emma just very suggestible. And emma just said the play and imagination that children i mean, i taught children for years. I taught drama. Know brilliant drama. I know how brilliant children are taking on children are at taking on different roles and playing make believe, which is an essential part of development and an essential way that children have always developed into adults and find their place in the world, which all children go through. It doesnt that theyre in it doesnt mean that theyre in the wrong body. It doesnt mean that they want to be something else. Unlike emma, i do of else. Unlike emma, i do know of people who are whose children are schools people are at schools where people are adopting different or adopting different pronouns or are claiming they are a different species. I mean, it is ridiculous. I do worry that ridiculous. And i do worry that if you start to have that conversation with with with conversation with with a with a small person who cant quite conversation with with a with a smallthat on who cant quite conversation with with a with a smallthat youre cant quite conversation with with a with a smallthat youre bringing|ite conversation with with a with a smallthat youre bringing ins grasp that youre bringing in things that puts pressure on them to think, yeah, we are imposing. We firstly Young Children are being rushed down these medical pathways were pathways and secondly, were imposing confusion imposing all our adult confusion and our ideologies onto and lots of our ideologies onto children about i dont understand. Let them be understand. Let them be children. Dont understand whats i dont understand whats going on with all this. So how on a seven year on earth could a seven year and the thing im seeing in my childrens peer groups, theyre going through this at the moment and living kids and theyre living amongst kids who autistic and or who are autistic and or identifying as trans. Theyre changing their and theyre changing their minds. Changing their minds. Theyre changing their minds. Theyre changing their minds of years. Minds after a couple of years. Oh, just phase. Went oh, its just a phase. I went through. But the wrong through. But in the wrong school, that child could have been fast tracked puberty been fast tracked into puberty blockers you will then blockers and that you will then be there is a chance will be be there is a chance you will be infertile the rest of infertile for the rest of your life if things ovaries, life if things like ovaries, breasts, the rest of it breasts, all of the rest of it dont the crucial stages. What happens to you adult what happens to you in adult life . And are people who life . And there are people who regret it. Yeah. Moving on to the times, susan, when foreign students are taking the majority of places, it middle class brits are it seems middle class brits are being forced unit. Being forced out of unit. Yes, is a its a worry yes, it is a its a worry that in tried to try and keep universities going to try and kind of find the money that they need to carry on in the world. We are now finding ourselves in that they want to rely more on bringing in foreign students, because if you thought your student fees were high at capped at £9,250 a year, it is nothing compared to what they can charge for foreign students, which can be up to £40,000 a year, which obviously you can understand from a business point of view why a university would need that foreign students to come in. They obviously do need that. But its whether there is and theyre saying decide advantaged students because they make up certain points on the on the tick boxes will be given places the foreign students will give them places and the people who miss out. Therefore are are the middle class students in the middle. Here, middle. It does say here, because big story in the because its a big story in the times last year there were times that last year there were places on offer for clearing last year for International Fee paying last year for International Fee paying students , but none for uk paying students, but none for uk fee paying students. So how are we meant to resolve this . Because the universities have to have money. They dont keep going. Dont. Is but why . Going. They dont. Is but why . Why should anyone be discriminated against . Because of that . No. Well, places like the ucl and lsc up to half are International Students. So youve got all these International Students who come london and parts of the come to london and parts of the uk expecting the british experience actually experience and are actually saying a minute, im saying, hang on a minute, im surrounded other surrounded by other other international its International Students and its worth pointing out quickly that 400,000 student visas, the granted per year, about a quarter of those stay on annually and become residents of the uk. This is a huge part of the immigration issue. People are buying their way into university i those two year courses where you can you can bring your spouse your children over as spouse and your children over as well. E do have to earn they do have to earn a certain amount of before certain amount of money before they here, though. They can stay here, though. I know when my son was at university, an american student came married to one of came and got married to one of the that theyd met the students that theyd met there, genuine marriage. But they stay this they couldnt stay in this country because they earn country because they didnt earn enough but if you had enough money. But if you had children, unlikely youd be deported. If you had children in britain, hadnt got around britain, they hadnt got around to has to that. Its basically has become a huge talking point about legal immigration. But nevertheless, those Illegal Immigrants who are highly educated. Yeah, but theyre also educated. Yeah, but theyre also bringing lots of dependents in. Its just places pressure on things like public housing, you know, just facilities in general. Itsjust know, just facilities in general. Its just an issue. Its one of the strands of the immigration conversation. Well, talking about immigration, then, emma, us immigration, then, emma, take us on to mails front page, on to the mails front page, which quite dramatic front which is quite a dramatic front page, talking about page, basically talking about albanian gangs , isnt it, albanian gangs, isnt it, bringing smuggling people in illegal immigration in and also offering then taking good money from british, from criminals to actually escape them. This is the most daily mail headline ive ever seen in my life. 2500 people smugglers are cashing in twice by bringing migrants into britain and helping criminals flee across the channel. So this is brazen. Albania and gangs and their words, not mine , who are words, not mine, who are advertising , words, not mine, who are advertising, uh, words, not mine, who are advertising , uh, people who have advertising, uh, people who have problems and want to leave england as soon as possible. So do you have a problem . Do you need to flee quite quickly . Its serious issue, well, its a serious issue, actually. Course it is, actually. Of course it is, because if its a brilliant business model, youve empty boats. Youve got to give marks youve got to give them marks for entrepreneurship. There havent mean, they havent you really . I mean, they get they you out. Get you in, they get you out. Criminals are being but if criminals are being smuggled in then being smuggled in and then being nicked offending nicked in britain or offending in and then plan a is in britain, and then plan a is chokey her, his majestys pleasure, plan b is pay three grand to jump the country again and maybe come back again in the future. Serious issue. Future. Its a serious issue. It is. And 1 1 of the daily mail reporters posed as a relative of a killer on the run and was told that he could escape continent this tonight. There go, straight away. I know that there will be a lot people watching wholl lot of people watching wholl say, great, lets get rid of criminals if they want pay criminals if they want to pay good people smugglers, good money to people smugglers, get then isnt get out of britain, then isnt that that you that isnt that good . You wouldnt been wouldnt think if youd been a victim of one of these criminals. Thats it. But its i mean, its just extraordinary. It really is. It is. It really is. It is. Theyre paying £3,000 to evade justice. I think the fact that theyre advertising openly and that their adverts have been seen tick tock things, seen on tick tock and things, where getting the where are they getting the £3,000 from. Well thats thats another question because the albanians know, have albanians have, we know, have taken the cocaine racket in taken over the cocaine racket in britain. They are britain. Right. They are importing criminal fraternities precisely to have criminal activity here. And then theyre paying activity here. And then theyre paying money to escape justice. So its almost the perfect racket. It is. It is. It is. As you say, weve got the empty boats. Youve you know, youve dropped your people off. Use them on the way back. Dont want you way back. You dont want you dont empty planes dont want empty planes and you dont want empty planes and you dont empty do dont want empty dinghies do you. Yeah. Susan on a more sobering note, high street banks must do more savers. Agree more for savers. Wed all agree with that. Well, yes. And in the eye today, there is an exclusive q a with andrew bailey, the governor of the bank of england, which i turn to excitedly to find out, although i had trouble because it says inside on page eight, and then you open it and its not on page eight, its on page six. So they werent very good with the numbers right from the beginning. Thats a worry. I know, eventually i found it know, but eventually i found it on page six and looked for all the answers was going to the answers that he was going to give all very give for all the very interesting questions. And actually bit actually reading it was a bit disappointed because guess what . He didnt really give any answers and there was answers at all. And there was quite lot of quite theres quite a lot of back and forth with questions about Mortgage Rates and housing. Hes kind of batting it back to the government. The government, therefore, the chancellor, jeremy hunt says, is pointing the finger at the bank of england for additional of england for any additional financial households financial pressure on households and between kind of two kind and between the kind of two kind of camps as you can just feel like a tennis ball in the middle, you really . Like a tennis ball in the micit. E, you really . Like a tennis ball in the micit sounds you really . Like a tennis ball in the micit sounds aou really . Like a tennis ball in the micit sounds a biteally . Like a tennis ball in the micit sounds a bit like 1 . It sounds a bit like a politician, just absolutely. Did you not feel for you . I know its going hurt. Yes. But its going to hurt. Yes. But this is still what im going to do. And it is quite a campaign, actually, the way the way hes talking though he wants to be talking as though he wants to be elected its all like, elected because its all like, well, you our job is to well, you know, our job is to get inflation to target get inflation back to 2. Target doesnt quite how his doesnt quite explain how his point the point point mate, thats the point doesnt hes to going do that. Hes got a cheek saying this. The headline on high street banks do more for savers. Banks must do more for savers. What the bank england what about the bank of england getting control of who has created this situation . Thats their one job. Thats their one job. One is to keep their one job is to keep inflation at 2. And he has failed abjectly for years now. And is and guess what . Andrew bailey is blaming i just blaming everybody else. I just thought article made me thought this article made me really , actually. Really angry, actually. Yeah. Because lets not forget england forget that the bank of england printed like £875 billion during lockdowns and pandemic quantitative easing, they call it. Its basically furlough and giving money away. Guess what . Giving money away. Guess what . It gave us a spiral of inflation is inflation. But guess what . But guess what . It . Its not the who pays for it . Its not the bank england. Not him. Bank of england. Its not him. In salary either, is it . In his salary either, is it . Its us taxpayers and the bank of england had its fingerprints on spiralling inflation rates, and now it feels like were being punished the other end being punished at the other end as by spiralling interest as well by spiralling Interest Rates. fi you wonder how it makes you wonder how people keep their people like this can keep their jobs. Does, really. Jobs. It does, really. But least they are talking but at least they are talking about now putting Interest Rates up savers, which they up for savers, which they havent even been mentioning before. Saying before. And they are saying that and that a list and they are saying that a list of a list will published of of a list will be published of every lenders saving rates ranked to worst every ranked from best to worst every six months. So people can keep a check that. But, i mean, check on that. But, i mean, i really dont think i mean, is it like swapping your kind of Energy Provider . It isnt really swapping from one bank to another. Make another. Does it really make that a box to that much difference a box to make good . That much difference a box to ma yeah, good . That much difference a box to ma yeah, absolutely. |ood . That much difference a box to ma yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Are meanwhile youre are we meanwhile well, if youre trying to child care so trying to afford child care so you go out to work , you can go out to work, apparently privatising it is just to going cause problems. I was going to be all calm and rational now and im in the thick of this getting my three year old into a decent pre school for september. And honestly, child honestly, honestly, the child care absolute mess care sector is an absolute mess in country. Everythings a in this country. Everythings a mess. Child you know, mess. The child care, you know, anybody who has Young Children will tell you you know, will tell you that, you know, finding provision, finding a nursery a that is nursery or a school that is reliable, that doesnt decide that theyre going to close because of staffing issues, that doesnt that isnt losing their staff constantly, that is properly has enough properly funded, that has enough provision for places for the children area. Anyway, children in their area. Anyway, it turns out the guardian worried about guardian worried about well, the guardian is that there are a lot is worried that there are a lot of Investment Funds have been doubung of Investment Funds have been doubling know, doubling their you know, theyre investing in the investing in private in the childcare because guess childcare sector because guess what . A very lucrative what . Its a very lucrative business. Its a huge to business. Its a huge cost to people across the country. In london, the costs are staggering. More it would cost me more than private school to have my son in in full time nursery, more than private school. When you say full time, is that sort of 9 to 5 . Anything . Anything . Yeah, yeah. I mean five days a week. Yeah exactly. And much would that and how much ish would that come to. F come to. Its thousands of oh its, its thousands of pounds month. Of pounds a month. Thousands of pounds a month. Thousands of pounds than private pounds a month more than private schools. Just think the schools. And i just think the early years sector, on early years sector, we focus on schools its great at schools and its great at schools, know, free school schools, you know, free school lunches, all of that free School Provision obviously for everybody if you everybody over four. But if you are from the age sort are looking from the age of sort of 1 to 3, its absolutely staggering the cost. People who to and the people who are to going out on this. Think going lose out on this. I think if struggle get if you struggle to get childcare, people who step childcare, the people who step back decide not work and back and decide not to work and stay home women and it is it stay home are women and it is it really hasnt on to the workforce. You know, youve got a lot thousands of people who cannot get back work and it is get back into work and it is women who are always it seems to be ones have got be always the ones who have got the burden of trying to source the burden of trying to source the childcare. If they you and and if they you know, and until it becomes more a until it becomes more of a conversation the board until it becomes more of a conparentsn the board until it becomes more of a conparents and the board until it becomes more of a conparents and not the board until it becomes more of a conparents and not just board until it becomes more of a conparents and not just for rd for parents and not just for mothers, i do think weve got a problem as the token bloke on this panel, id just like to say that a stay at home dad that i was a stay at home dad for quite a period of time. I pulled my bit. I couldnt get days a week, childcare, get five days a week, childcare, nowhere. It was impossible. It was and so expensive. Was so hard and so expensive. I basically life until my basically had no life until my kids school. And since kids started school. And since they school, its like, they started school, its like, phew, ive got some money back. I am. I am. Was that. . Am. Was that. It . Am. Was that. It was i am. Was that. It was that so it was that. It was that draining. But would like to draining. But i would like to say part of the inequity of say this part of the inequity of the the of man and the the of the of the man and the woman is that is that woman thing is that is that women often get nice maternity packages. Men get £128 a week for weeks. Lot of men for two weeks. And a lot of men would to get involved in would like to get involved in childcare. A load of work childcare. I did a load of work on this, sweden progressive on this, like sweden progressive societies are societies where men are empowered with empowered and treated with eqtu h empowered and treated with equity if the equity often step up if the incentive is there. In britain, however, we still are locked into of and i think into this kind of and i think the paternalistic think the paternalistic yeah, i think it and i think conversation and i think the conversation did i mean, i had my son did change. I mean, i had my son 28 years ago, so this is not a new kind of situation. And this just seem to progress just doesnt seem to progress that much. And husband, who that much. And my husband, who is somebody who would is not somebody who people would have have done have thought would have done this, think because this, i dont think because he was was older dad. Hes 20 was he was an older dad. Hes 20 years than worked years older than me. He worked in the business. He in the music business. He stepped from his job when stepped back from his job when our child was because i was working. Would take one working. And he would take one day so i could go day a week off so i could go because i was still working part time. And so we didnt put him into whole time. We into nursery the whole time. We just did a couple of days and so that and that was that. That that was and that was that. That was and not now, but but was then and not now, but but recently, government, recently, when the government, because injecting because they are injecting 4 billion they but billion a year they say but recently jeremy recently when jeremy hunt announced extra childcare hours from 2025, i literally spoke to the nearby and they were the nursery nearby and they were saying, where is this going to come from . Wheres provision going wheres the provision going to we dont have the to come from . We dont have the staff. We nursery staff so staff. We pay nursery staff so poorly on this. Im being im okay, guys, im being im being there screaming being workers there screaming in my move on. And my ear. We have to move on. And fascinating stuff. Look forward to seeing you again in the next houn to seeing you again in the next hour. You very much. Hour. Thank you very much. Talking about little from talking about little ones look them, ones and to how look after them, the life. Were the beginning of life. Were going now about the end going to talk now about the end of life, because this is truly fascinating a of people fascinating and a lot of people dont its called dont understand it. Its called water its going water cremation. And its going to available to families in to be available to families in the first time later the uk for the first time later this year. Process of been branded the process of been branded as more sustainable as a more sustainable option will take approximately four hours. Is it . Hours. But what exactly is it . Understand it yet. To dont understand it yet. To tell us more, Julian Atkinson is the reservation the director of Reservation Services at kindly earth and a very good morning to you. We havent long, sadly, but can havent got long, sadly, but can you water cremation you tell us what water cremation is . Is . Well, its a choice. Is . Well, its a choice. So is . Well, its a choice. So if a well, its a choice. So if a families arranging a funeral at the moment they choose between burial and cremation. This is a third choice. It uses water and a small amount of alkali , and a small amount of alkali, and that naturally breaks down the deceased after the four hours you mentioned, the bones are left, which are then presented back into family in a powder like form , just like ash from like form, just like ash from a cremation. So its a third cremation. So its a third choice and we think theres a pubuc choice and we think theres a public appetite for this given its eco credentials and the concern over Climate Change. What is the waste product . What is the waste product . Because obviously if the family get an urn very similar to what they will nowadays with ordinary cremation , then what is ordinary cremation, then what is the other waste product . I mean, the other waste product . I mean, there must be one. Were about 65 water, so we dissolve into water. Were made up of natural elements like nitrogen , hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon. And those elements carbon. And those elements returned back to nature. Thats whats dissolved into the water and thats water is safely discharged. Discharged. And this technology is currently available in canada, in south africa and many us states. But its coming to the uk. Where is it coming to in britain . Britain . Yeah, weve developed a new centre. Centre. Were working with the Funeralcare Co op at the moment. They dont want to announce the area because you dont want to raise expectations of when and what with obviously families considering wishes. But considering funeral wishes. But it will be in the in the north of england. Of england. Okay. I think julian axon , we okay. I think julian axon, we have to leave it there. Thank you. Got to leave it there. Sadly but i think therell be a lot of curiosity about it. And its something that we will be looking at later on, maybe subsequent on, maybe in subsequent programmes. With us. Programmes. Do stay with us. Lots talk about, lots more to talk about, including the weather , the including the weather, the temperatures rising , boxt solar temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast very unseasonal out there this morning. Storm anthony is beanng morning. Storm anthony is bearing down upon us, bringing a spell of heavy rain initially to Northern Ireland, then across much of england and wales through the rest of the day and strengthening winds, really the most persistent rain clears through central and through wales into central and northern england. By the afternoon, heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as some central and southern parts. But as the skies brighten across wales in the southwest, when winds southwest, thats when the winds really with widely gale really pick up with widely Gale Force Winds and ad 65 mile per hour gusts around coastal areas. So that could cause some significant disruption, particularly later in the day. If youre camping caravan , if youre camping caravan, meaning travelling down towards the southwest or heading to the beach, some very hazardous conditions. Thats why storm anthony has been named because its such a busy day in the summer holidays. Now as that pulls away overnight, it does eventually calm down and clear spells are expected through the night time with just a few showers remaining across some western and eastern parts, but plenty of sunshine as we start off sunday with that sunshine. Its to going feel considerably more pleasant, i suspect, than today. But therell still be a few showers developing initially across Western Areas and then more central. See those showers more central. See those showers p0p up more central. See those showers pop up into the afternoon. I think some coastal areas avoiding the showers and staying largely sunny. Its a cool day. However, with highs of 19 celsius, the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Its 7 00 on good morning. Its 7 00 on saturday, the 5th of august. Today no more meetings with greenpeace and the environment secretary, Therese Coffey has told her officials to cancel engagements with greenpeace after activists climbed onto the roof of rishi sunak house in yorkshire. Yorkshire. And typical british weather, the first met office name storm anthony will hit the uk today. Gusts of up to 65 miles an hour are expected to batter our coastlines. Coastlines. And heres a weird one to ask you. How fast do you think you could get from london to istanbul using only public transport . Well, a hundred self confessed travel nerds are going to set out to discover that with the inaugural race across europe. Across europe. But its all about the storm today weather wise. And heres Aidan Mcgivern with an update. Its more like autumn out there today than august as storm anthony brings widespread heavy rain, a risk of gales and disruption. Ill have the full details coming up soon. Yeah, well keep you up to date with everything you need to know about the dismal weather thats going to hit us today. So a good morning you. A very good morning to you. Despite that, im anne diamond and Martin Daubney and this and im Martin Daubney and this is on. Gb news. Oh, is breakfast on. Gb news. Oh, well, ive really upset everybody this morning, havent l, everybody this morning, havent i, by showing any sort of empathy with sadiq khan and ulez carroll says, i know you will not read this out. As stephen said yesterday, if you if you write in saying, i know you wont read this out and you will try very hard to actually. Yeah, i agree with martin about ulez sadiq this wrong. Sadiq khan has got this wrong. Anne not everyone get a anne not everyone can get a brand car. I anne not everyone can get a brand car. I never said they brand new car. I never said they could. I remember years ago, carol said with coal fires and fog in london, it doesnt make sense to penalise people who are trying to work. But you trying to work. But if you remember years ago with coal fires fog in london, fires and fog in london, something to be done and something had to be done and they had to in a clean air they had to bring in a Clean Air Act and solved the problem. Act and it solved the problem. Yeah, i think the difference then was, is that people werent directly being taxed £12. 5 then was, is that people werent directly being taxed £125 to then was, is that people werent dire� theireing taxed £125 to then was, is that people werent dire� their coal taxed £125 to then was, is that people werent dire� their coal fired £125 to then was, is that people werent dire� their coal fire. They 5 to then was, is that people werent dire� their coal fire. They were use their coal fire. They were encouraged through incentives to make a switch to a cleaner fuel. They were scrappy schemes, boilers. It. They were scrappy schemes, boilers. It was subsidised, people were helped. Now the people were helped. Now the scrappage scheme badly. Would agree with there. I would agree with you there. I if you want make i think if you want to make a change, youve got to be subsidising a bit more subsidising people a bit more carrot, bit stick. Kev carrot, a bit less stick. Kev says. And very disappointed says. And im very disappointed to hear you promoting mayor khan this ordinary to hear you promoting mayor khan this people ordinary to hear you promoting mayor khan this people or� facing working people are facing financial ruin and punishment of this highway robbery tax , in this highway robbery tax, in other words. Ulez well , other words. Ulez well, and its very charitable of to Read Charitable of you to read out two that have puppet two comments that have a puppet usen two comments that have a puppet user. Heres one that doesnt steve on ulez also why steve on ulez also says, why not, polluting not, assuming that the polluting vehicles are truly killing thousands people . Some would thousands of people . Some would disagree with that. Simply charge mot standard charge change the mot standard for emissions. The for exhaust emissions. The vehicles involved would then be scrapped, perhaps with a six month grace period. Month grace period. It means youd still have to fork out to get something done about car. But i like this about your car. But i like this one. You see, i always think throw science at it. Sue in cheshire would prefer cheshire says, i would prefer to see National Competition for see a National Competition for engineers innovators engineers to be the innovators and invent a filter for and to invent a filter for exhausts that can be fitted to current cars. They need to be affordable so we can improve the air quality instead of getting stealth taxes on motorists. And dave in dartford raised an interesting point. Bit of a curveball. So when they banned smoking in pubs, they did not say give give a fiver and say give her give us a fiver and you can still smoke. Say give her give us a fiver and youson still smoke. Say give her give us a fiver and youso theyl smoke. Say give her give us a fiver and youso they just oke. Say give her give us a fiver and youso they just brought in so they just brought in a ban. Yeah £12. 5 you can still so £125 and you can still pollute. I think thats pollute. I think thats thats what people dont see the logic in. Its like its not stopping it, its making it expensive encouraging. Encouraging to do its encouraging you to do something your car. Yeah something about your car. Yeah whipping. Well, yeah. By by whipping. Well, yeah. By by whipping. Well, yeah. Right but ban smoking in all right but ban smoking in pubs people just had to stop smoking in pubs. Went outside. They went outside. They went outside. They outside but yeah, they went outside but they get caused this huge they didnt get caused this huge problem in where you problem in pubs where you couldnt breathe. Fairplay. Mm anyway, lets move on to our next story. Anyway, lets move on to our nexi story. Anyway, lets move on to our nexi agree. I agree. I agree. Its great. Weve bickering all about this. All morning about this. Its superb. Our next now the superb. Our next door now the environment secretary has ordered her department to cut all ties with greenpeace today as reacts to the as the government reacts to the eco groups invasion of the Prime Ministers home yesterday. Know, of course, now, as you know, of course, by draped his house in by now, they draped his house in black sheeting in a protest against approval new oil against his approval of new oil and licences in the north and gas licences in the north sea and five protesters were arrested. And later released as North Yorkshire police opened up an investigation into the affair, seeing how they like it done to them, gb news sent contributor ben leo to invade their headquarters as well. Headquarters as well. But it was a bit of a stunt of course, but it was trying to show them that they didnt like their the rest of the country didnt like their latest stunt. Has worked it make has it worked . Does it make a difference . Lets speak to conservative columnist ben absurdity. No, ive not said it right. Ive got it right, suggested objekte objekte. Ive been practising it all morning, but i knew i wouldnt get on the night. Get it right on the night. Its interesting, it . Its interesting, isnt it . Whats happened at greenpeace . Are suddenly jealous of the are they suddenly jealous of the way just stop . Oil has made all the headlines and suddenly become a bit more active . Become a bit more active . Well, i think theres certainly an element of that. I think greenpeace obviously being so well established and having been around now for a few decades, like any anybody approaching middle age, theyre radical teenage years are perhaps perhaps behind them slightly. And i think theyve been looking at the sort of the platform that organisations like extinction bellion Just Stop Oil have managed to achieve and the coverage that theyve received and have looked to that and probably looked at with a little bit of jealousy. But we wondered, were but we wondered, we were wondering yesterday it still wondering yesterday why it still doesnt theyve doesnt mean that theyve necessarily sort necessarily got the right sort of because we havent of publicity because we havent been talking about their issues , their concerns. Weve been talking about them and the way theyve gone about this. And i wonder whether somebody somewhere in greenpeace isnt just counting the number of likes on twitter. The you know, the number of people whove been just receiving or just been watching the news rather than getting real positive support . Well, i think i think this probably goes back to greenpeaces change of leadership. So october last yean leadership. So october last year, two new co execs came in in a joint sharing role. Will mccallum and areeb hamid. They mccallum and areeb hamid. They have pledged to foster deeper engagement with radical protest groups and have looked to areeb hamid in fact, said herself that greenpeace now potentially looks very tame. And that was something that they need to look at. So they came in on the 1st of october. May remember on of october. You may remember on the of october, prime the 5th of october, the Prime Ministers speech was interrupted conservative interrupted at the conservative party greenpeace Party Conference by a greenpeace activist. Greenpeace activist. That was greenpeace was november, they was it. In november, they projected onto the side projected a film onto the side of rishi sunaks house, the same house in North Yorkshire house in his North Yorkshire constituency that very sort constituency that very much sort of aped the tactics used by by donkeys when they project things onto the houses of parliament. So targeting individuals is not not above them. And they have not above them. And they have certainly shown this activity before. This this move is the before. So this this move is the latest in that that change of tactics. I wonder, ben, if this more anarchic streak, call it a midlife crisis for greenpeace, has been worth it because theyve lost their place at the top table in Central Government. Depher to the department for fishing , fishing and rural fishing, fishing and rural rights is where they can directly influence policy, particularly on things like drilling sites, things like that. Now theyre outside the tens. Now theyre outside the tens. Is that worth it . I i dont think it is. I think they they would given that they are so well established and they are no longer seen as a as a radical fringe group, i think the ability to influence policy from from inside tent, as you from inside the tent, as you say, is surely to be worth say, is surely going to be worth it. Than than effectively it. More than than effectively chasing and chasing likes on twitter and instagram performing stunts instagram by performing stunts that the public. And that alienate the public. And i think you have to spare a thought for those moderates, greenpeace , greenpeace greenpeace, greenpeace supporters work has supporters whose lifes work has been pushing for greater access to government and greater influence in the environmental space, find themselves space, who now find themselves associated fringe protest associated with a fringe protest group the likes of which are deeply unpopular. So i think the sacrifice that mccallum and hamid are making by changing the putting putting greenpeace on the front foot is probably to going be outweighed hugely by their inability to then lobby a group like defra, who are the very people that they should be working with in order to extend that influence. Yeah. That influence. Yeah. Theresa coffey has kicked them out defra meetings, them out of defra meetings, hasnt she . Do you think thats a move on her part . A wise move on her part . I think given the change of tactics that theyve employed, i think were no longer in the process of liaising with the organisation that had reached that moderate stage and that that moderate stage and that that maturity. I think were now looking at a group thats going back to performing and back to performing stunts and potentially i dont think they can any longer be trusted. And so with them is always so liaison with them is always going to have its potential risks. And i wonder , ben, now if risks. And i wonder, ben, now if the next battle of the so called culture war is going to be the Charities Commission, because no doubt flooded doubt theyll be flooded with complaints greenpeace did. And and when you look at the charity commissions guidelines, it that it quite clearly states that when campaigning, when youre campaigning, Charity Trustees not trustees must, must comply not only with charity law, but also the civil and criminal laws. Now, we spoke to Peter Bleksley yesterday, former met cop, and he was saying if detective find any damage and house and any sort of damage and house and that could be a criminal or a civil case, theyd have violated that. And then will there be a battle between Central Government and the Charities Commission . Back commission . Because going back to nigel farage, cootes to the nigel farage, cootes story, this mindset seems story, this this mindset seems to have captured big finance. We to have captured big finance. We know a similar mindset has definitely captured the charities sector. Definitely captured the charities sector. Is this going to be now log aheads between the Charity Sector all over and Central Government . Central government . I mean, in terms of greenpeace , i think their greenpeace, i think their ability to garner donations from from individuals is certainly going to be impacted by this. I suspect that there are far more individuals whod be willing to donate to a moderate organisation than a radical one. Weve had a few weve had quite a few messages from people messages already from people saying ive always supported greenpeace going to now. Greenpeace not going to now. I i think, you and i think i think, you know, were talking about the impact of civil and criminal law sitting on somebodys roof is, is undoubtedly trespass is undoubtedly illegal trespass. Whether theres any damage or not, i think were going to find that that greenpeace, five that that greenpeace, those five individuals certainly individuals are almost certainly going be prosecuted for going to be to be prosecuted for their actions. And weve already seen Extinction Rebellion , just seen Extinction Rebellion, just two poor protesters go to prison, whether thats going to be the case here, i dont know, given that you just said that theyve protested at theyve already protested at rishi by putting, rishi sunak house by putting, you know, shining messages up on rishi sunak house by putting, you wall. , shining messages up on the wall. Why werent the police there, if that was known to be a target for greenpeace statements of sorts, why wasnt anyone there . I suspect that this is going to be the aspect of the story that rumbles on for the longest in terms of the internal inquiry as to why there was no Police Presence at the residence of the Prime Minister. I appreciate that hes on holiday, but at the same have a property same time, to have a property that he frequents that has zero protection and effectively anybody wander up and get anybody can wander up and get onto the roof, it makes you wonder whether anybody has previously property previously been to that property and doesnt it doesnt and it doesnt it doesnt overstate it to suggest that this is an issue of national security, that any Foreign Agent or neer do well may have terrorists may have had access to that property to plant anything , be to that property to plant anything, be it be it a to that property to plant anything , be it be it a device anything, be it be it a device of whatever. So i think thats an important aspect. And the fact that the royal and vip executive committee who governs protection for royal residences and vip residences is sat on by all of the chief constables i think the North Yorkshire chief constable is going to have some explaining to do as to why he doesnt have the resources to protect protec this in any form whatsoever. Its got to be discussed hasnt it . Yeah, really has. Yeah, it really has. Yeah, it really has. Roll, heads may heads might roll, heads may well roll some. Got to be done. Somethings got to be done. Its not enough and, its just not good enough and, and you cant help think of and you cant help but think of the upon rishi sunak and the impact upon rishi sunak and his his and his family, his, his wife and daughters and how theyre going to feel about the fact that their home so easily their home can be so easily invaded even if theyre not there. Still impacts there. Its still impacts you, doesnt it . Think, you know, the i think, you know, the justification from will mccallum, director at mccallum, the director at greenpeace, wasnt greenpeace, was that he wasnt there therefore was there and therefore this was a proportionate because proportionate response because effectively a victimless effectively it was a victimless crime. Anybody whos crime. But i think anybody whos been tell you that been burgled will tell you that the sense of violation of having had in around your had somebody in or around your home, just creeping home, even just creeping around in is one of in your back garden, is one of violation. And thats precisely what greenpeace have here. What greenpeace have done here. So i dont think you can claim that this is a completely victimless that this is a completely victwell,s that this is a completely victwell, ben, greenpeace have well, ben, greenpeace have lost their place the top lost their place at the top table. Well have to if they table. Well have to see if they felt that worth it. Thanks table. Well have to see if they feltcoming worth it. Thanks table. Well have to see if they feltcoming today. H it. Thanks table. Well have to see if they feltcoming today. Get thanks table. Well have to see if they feltcoming today. Get it . Anks for coming today. Get it . Yes, indeed. Let us know what you think as well. In fact, theres an amazing story in one of this of the newspapers this morning about of 70, 78 year about about sort of 70, 78 year old woman, i think, america old woman, i think, in america who woke up and found a burglar in her home. He was just at the end of the room and he threatened her badly. He said he was going a knife on her, was going to use a knife on her, but she to grab a chair but she managed to grab a chair and walloped him with the and she walloped him with the chair fight went on for chair and the fight went on for quite while, she managed quite a while, but she managed to injure him quite badly in to injure him quite badly and in the sort of ran off and the end he sort of ran off and went into the kitchen. She followed him there, determined went into the kitchen. She folgeted him there, determined went into the kitchen. She folget him m there, determined went into the kitchen. She folget him outhere, determined went into the kitchen. She folget him out ofe, determined went into the kitchen. She folget him out of the etermined went into the kitchen. She folget him out of the house, |ed went into the kitchen. She folget him out of the house, and to get him out of the house, and he to go a bit weak and he started to go a bit weak and wobbly. He was clearly under an influence something and so influence of something and so she sat him down and fed him and then called police. Then called the police. Extraordinarily, all right. Extraordinarily, she absolutely, she battled, but absolutely, people involved and people like that involved and rishi private security detail. Well, yeah , actually, they well, yeah, actually, they could do with their advice. Certainly certainly. Lets move on then. At very nearly 7 14, up to 1100 amazon workers have walked out in a long running pay dispute , a full year since dispute, a full year since a series of strike actions began. The gmb union said its members at the coventry and rugeley Fulfilment Centres are not happy with the latest deal, but the onune with the latest deal, but the online retailer said it offered competitive wages and benefits. Competitive wages and benefits. Yes. Well joining us now live from coventry is our West Midlands reporterjack from coventry is our West Midlands reporter jack carson from coventry is our West Midlands reporterjack carson. Midlands reporter jack carson. Hello there, jack. Give us the latest on whats going on at present. Well its quite busy this morning. This is very much the active part of the of the picket line this morning. Were going to have a rally in about 20 minutes time where you might be able to see the hundreds people that see the hundreds of people that are currently stopping are behind me currently stopping every car thats trying to get into the amazon Fulfilment Centre, the centre, telling them about the strike action today, asking you if want to join the picket. If they want to join the picket. You hear for over the you might well hear for over the next minutes. A few next couple of minutes. A few cheers they manage to get cheers as they manage to get another and few more another car and a few more people join this picket line people to join this picket line this here this morning. I was here yesterday where was yesterday where there was hundreds that marched. Of course, this long running course, in this long running dispute pay. Its dispute over pay. Its been going for months. I first going on for months. I first covered strike here in covered the strike here in coventry back in january. Now this is a Fulfilment Centre, so its not a distribution centre. So amazon have managed to reassure that these reassure customers that these strike, this strike action isnt going to necessarily disrupt their service and customers wanting packages. Its very much the middle point between its very much supplies the distribution centres which of course then distributes those packages to people when they purchase them online. So amazon trying to reassure customers that strike is not that this strike action is not going impact any of their going to impact any of their orders. Course , this orders. But of course, this dispute over pay. Its the dispute is over pay. Its the gmb with amazon gmb union in dispute with amazon. They want £15 an hour. Amazon say they offer competitive benefits and including discounts at amazon and say that since 2018 that workers have had a 37 pay 2018 that workers have had a 37 pay rise. But firdous sara uddin, whos a regional organiser at the gmb , says that organiser at the gmb, says that that says that 30 figure is misleading. Misleading. When you talk about percentage, it sounds like a huge amount. Theres still between £11 and £12. And this is coming from a company that makes billions. So if youre saying the percentage that theyre using sounds significant, theyre still below £12. Some of them are just above minimum wage. And that comes from a company thats made over 200 billion. This year. We have members everywhere and thats the exact same voices that were heanng the exact same voices that were hearing is theyve all had enough. They cant carry on living the staining on the living in the staining on the wages that they are at the moment. They refuse to recognise us okay . They refuse us as a union, okay . They refuse to listen to their workers. Its been a since their strike been a year since their strike andifs been a year since their strike and its the same message they want better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre not asking for as that. Theyre not asking for the millions. Theyre asking for a living wage , which a Sustainable Living wage, which. Well amazon say that they work hard to provide great benefits , hard to provide great benefits, a positive work environment, excellent career opportunities. They say they regularly review their pay and ensure that they offer competitive wages and benefits. They say theyve had a 10 rise in the last year. But of course, its not just always about pay with these strikes. Its very much also about working conditions , as the working conditions, as the unions say that the stress and the pressure in terms of coming and working to time scales is one of the things that they want to negotiate with amazon. But the fact is negotiate arent underway. There are no negotiating sessions. So when this dispute end, of course we dont know. But the gmb dont really know. But the gmb union very favourable that they think theyve got momentum now because of course yesterday and thursday we had rugeley in staffordshire that Fulfilment Centre also going on strike the gmb Union Yesterday telling me that they feel theyre gaining some momentum now and it could not be, might not be too long before other centres across the country, workers within amazon, across country also also across the country also also decide to down tools and join the picket line in this dispute over pay. Over pay. Okay, jack, well leave it there for the moment. In the midlands. Thank you very much for that. And as you say , it for that. And as you say, it could spread even further. Could spread even further. Right. Shall we move on . Its 717. Youll be wanting to know about the weather thats going to hit us today. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello on. Gb news. Hello hello. Good morning. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Very unseasonal out there this morning. Storm is morning. Storm anthony is beanng morning. Storm anthony is bearing down upon us, bringing a spell of heavy rain initially to Northern Ireland then across much of england and wales through of the day through the rest of the day and strengthening really strengthening winds, really the most persistent rain clears through wales into central and northern england. By the afternoon in heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as some central and southern but as the skies southern parts. But as the skies brighten across wales in the southwest, thats when the winds really widely gale really pick up with widely Gale Force Winds and 65 mile per hour gusts around coastal areas. So that could cause some significant disruption, particularly later in the day. If youre camping caravan , if youre camping caravan, travelling down towards the southwest or heading to the beach and some very hazardous conditions. Thats why storm conditions. Thats why storm anthony has been named because its such a busy day in the summer holidays. Now as that pulls away overnight, it does eventually calm down and clear spells are expected through the night time with just a few showers remaining across some western and eastern parts , but western and eastern parts, but plenty of sunshine as we start off sunday with that sunshine, its going to feel considerably more pleasant, i suspect, than today. More pleasant, i suspect, than today. But therell still be today. But therell still be a few showers developing initially across Western Areas and then more centrally, those showers p0p up more centrally, those showers pop up into the afternoon. I think some coastal areas avoiding the showers and staying largely sunny. Its a cool day. However, with highs of 19 celsius, a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Well , i weather on. Gb news. Well, i hope weather on. Gb news. Well , i hope storm anthony well, i hope storm anthony doesnt affect you too badly. I was talking earlier about the fact that there could be flash floods in certain places and if youve ever seen a flash flood , can very alarming. Flood, it can be very alarming. Beth in dorset says, my late husband was caught up in the lynmouth floods of 1953. He used to talk about the event only when we saw the 2004 floods in boscastle on the news that i realised how hed been affected and he broke down in tears because its a very stunning thing to witness, even if youre not hurt. I think philip says. I lived in south asia for 27 years. Flash floods were a very common occurrence. One minute, bright sunshine, 20 minutes of an absolute deluge. Many regional absolute deluge. Many regional towns had poor or no drainage. I lived in bangkok for a number of months and it would just come down like buckets and everyone just parked under a bridge had a wait for it to go and moved on. They to just deal with it. Whereas in england, britain we just seem to be. Thats funny because the flood, the flash flood i remember there i was talking remember there was i was talking about the fact that it was in birmingham of all places, but it was on a hilly street and the cars that were parked at the top of washed of the hill were just washed downwards. But there was a bndge downwards. But there was a bridge at the bottom and they all the under all got trapped under the under the which was, i the bridge. Yeah. Which was, i mean, astonishing to witness. As mean, astonishing to witness. As rosie says, i still remember years ago, whilst shopping in a supermarket in alton alton in hampshire. I think the inspection covers around the stores floor door suddenly lifted up on fountains of water. And then we were up to our ankles in water. If youve ever beenin ankles in water. If youve ever been in a flash flood, get in touch, wont you . Tell us your story . Vaiews gbnews. Com. Now theres a certain person whos been signed up for strictly already and even though shes only just been announced, she is clearly the hot favourite to win. And it would be lovely. Can you guess who she is . Well, well be telling you 725 welcome back. Youre watching and listening to breakfast with anne and martin. Now, just a couple of moments ago, i said that strictly has signed up somebody who has only just been announced and actually is going to be the hot favourite , probably the one to put your money on, although the odds may not be good. And who is she . Well, stefan is here to tell us. Its only Angela Rippon, and its so exciting because theres been. Her names been floating around for the past few weeks that she be joining that she would be joining strictly. And shes making history. Ballroom history for the because shes going to the show because shes going to be oldest contestant in be the oldest contestant in october. Angela turns 79. She said yesterday when she was approached by bbc bosses, she said, why didnt you approach me ten she is no ten years ago . She is no stranger to the show because obviously shes hosted come dancing before. It was only, dancing before. It was only, well, not only 47 years ago on the Christmas Special of morecambe and wise, she came up and shed done that high kicking dancing routine. So angela is very ambitious. Im placing my bets on her. What happened . Bets on her. What happened . Shes not just shes professional. She wouldnt do it professional. She wouldnt do it unless she was confident. She would be brilliant, ambitious. And the thing is, and martin is that they people always say when the older when they get the older contestants strictly, they contestants on strictly, they tend be like comedy acts. Tend to be like the comedy acts. People they can, you know, people think they can, you know, make fun of them or theyre out in the first week. But i think angela, shes been such an advocate people trying advocate for people trying to stay through sing stay young through dance, sing through fit through keeping their brain fit. I dont think shes just. So i dont think shes just doing for herself ,. So i dont think shes just doing for herself, but i doing it for herself, but i think shes doing it the think shes doing it for the older to think shes doing it for the older that to think shes doing it for the older that actually, to think shes doing it for the older that actually, you to think shes doing it for the older that actually, you can to think shes doing it for the olderthat actually, you can be show that actually, you can be taken seriously once get on taken seriously once you get on the dance floor. Yeah, i think thats a really key point because audience key point because the audience tends more mature. Tends to be more mature. The watch it. She still got it. She has physically, shes absolutely. She looks fantastic i she em read together. She still read together. I remember that. Morecambe and wise one earliest wise was one of the earliest things that kind of made me think, oh, anyway i digress. Know, will be a you know, there will be a generation of who generation of people who are fans strictly wont fans of strictly who wont actually know angelas backstory that she she that well because she was she wasnt the first female wasnt actually the first female newsreader on british television, but she was the main first. There were others there were other women who read the news before her, but only once or twice. She was the first big name character. Female newsreader and she was very bbc and, and of course, you know, it was , it was even more important was, it was even more important then than now. The bbc has to be news has to be read by somebody very authoritative. And she was and then she pulled a blinder by going on morecambe and wise and they introduced her. I dont know if you remember the sketch they introduced her by saying, you know, heres the news and she was sitting at a news desk and she sort of said, here is the then the news desk the news and then the news desk split into two and she walked out there with these amazing legs went into a legs and she just went into a dance number. It was quite an arrival. And i think this is another great arrival. I i think this is another great arrival. I think youre dead right. I think youve nailed it. You know, the audience will look to as a standard bearer to her as as a standard bearer for people of a certain age. Ill tell you what, she sets the bar a bit too high. She says, i mean, are we all at 79, expected to look that good and dance . I mean, for heavens sake . I mean, for heavens sake . And, you know, shes hoping that sus and she can that she can sus and she can learn that argentine tango. Thats says shes thats the dance she says shes really excited about doing. She says she can only kick up to her waist im when she waist now, but im sure when she does shell get a bit does strictly shell get a bit more because more flexibility because they are their paces are put through their paces through starts in through strictly. It starts in september. She goes through september. If she goes through the full hog, itll be a three month so you go through month show. So you go through quite dramatic transformation month show. So you go through quite youre tic transformation month show. So you go through quite youre ontransformation month show. So you go through quite youre on strictly,1ation month show. So you go through quite youre on strictly, its n when youre on strictly, its really its really really testing, its really pushing, about the pushing, but its all about the votes. I think because shes votes. And i think because shes a character, a well loved character, hopefully than hopefully shell go further than what older what usually the older contestants is around contestants do, which is around week three, week four. And you know, ann widdecombes, dear friend of and you know, ann widdeasmbes, dear friend of and you know, ann widdeas well,. , dear friend of and you know, ann widdeas well, butiear friend of and you know, ann widdeas well, but she friend of and you know, ann widdeas well, but she she1d of and you know, ann widdeas well, but she she shef mine as well, but she she she moved with the grace of a sack of spuds. Yeah has to be said. So. So i do think that angela is a fantastic signing for this show. I wonder who theyll pair her with. I mean, as you know, i dont watch strictly that much, but obviously theres an array of professional dancers, but they need somebody who need to give her somebody who can show her off. Can absolutely show her off. Well, i think thats the good thing anton beck being thing about anton beck now being a judge, they always a judge, because they always used him with the older used to pair him with the older contestants lovely, but contestants and hes lovely, but he didnt he hasnt got the that thing dance floor thing on the dance floor anymore. So i think with the other younger male dancers, theyll her and theyll be able to help her and really let her shine. But really let her shine. But theres two other names that have announced, amanda have been announced, Amanda Abbington, starred abbington, who starred in sherlock she shes sherlock. She says shes interested doing the show interested in doing the show because very self because shes very self conscious. She said very conscious. She said shes very shy, thats a good thing shy, so thats a good thing about helps you about dancing. It helps you express yourself a bit of controversy. Theyve signed layton a theatre layton williams, whos a theatre star. Hes been dancing since the age six. So can you the age of six. So can you already know theres going to be already know theres going to be a storm about him . A strictly storm about him . Because to be because people are going to be asking already dance. The asking he can already dance. The thing about strictly is you want to a novice and you to go there as a novice and you want to learn how to dance. But i think the audience factor that in though, dont they, vote, i think they, when they vote, i think theres leveller. They theres a great leveller. They they guys a pro they go, okay, this guys a pro and think theres a fairness and i think theres a fairness to the voting which they find that equilibrium. I think it works. Works. And i think what the strictly boxes they do the strictly boxes do, they do the strictly bosses the boxes. Bosses do they tick the boxes. So you will that tiktok so you will get that tiktok influencer , layton williams, influencer, layton williams, hes gay. So more than likely we might get another male partnership the dance floor partnership on the dance floor again. So what the bosses are doing, theyre ticking the boxes to different to know that different audience members find someone members will be find someone that they can connect with and appeal to the superb rating youve got something us on madonna. Madonna. Madonna. Madonna. So it was only a few months ago she was hospital sized for a life threatening bacterial infection. Cannot infection. You know, you cannot keep good woman down. And keep a good woman down. And madonna refused to give madonna refused his not to give up celebration tour. Up on her celebration tour. Shes 64 years old and shes announced that she will be rescheduling dates for that toun rescheduling dates for that tour. You know , what landed tour. You know, what landed madonna in hospital was that she was overexerting herself. The was overexerting herself. The doctors at the time said she had become shed had no energy whatsoever. But her family were worried about her. She was going to do like 78 dates she still persistent dates and she still persistent that she wants to do it. I dont that she wants to do it. I dont know thats good thing for know if thats a good thing for madonna, it seems getting madonna, but it seems getting back on tour is what makes her feel says she feels feel alive. She says she feels so grateful to be able to dance again to and be able to get back on stage again. Were going on stage again. So were going to watch this space and to have to watch this space and hopefully shell it a bit hopefully shell take it a bit more this time. More easier this time. Superb. Superb. She just to be a bit she just needs to be a bit more sensible. She does. Family yes, she does. Family yes, she does. Family okay, great and youre okay, great stuff. And youre going back a bit later going to come back a bit later on with some more gossip news. Meanwhile, be looking meanwhile, well be looking through newspapers in meanwhile, well be looking thro a|h newspapers in meanwhile, well be looking thro a couple newspapers in meanwhile, well be looking thro a couple of newspapers in meanwhile, well be looking thro a couple of moments. Apers in meanwhile, well be looking thro a couple of moments. Nots in just a couple of moments. Not the sundays yeah so youre wondering why were giggling. Its because i did a very straightforward film review there. I went to see oppenheimer the other day. You didnt like it . I thought it was three hours. Ill never get back. Yeah, well, i thought that dunng. Yeah, well, i thought that during the first hour, i thought, no, itll warm up, itll warm up. But, i mean, its such a brilliant story. Am such a brilliant story. Why am i going about im so sorry. Going on about it . Im so sorry. Its 735. Youre watching and listening to breakfast with anne and take a look at and martin. We take a look at whats in todays papers. The telegraph. Yeah, and to the telegraph. Children as young as seven will get treatment the get transgender treatment on the nhs, and thats going to the front plans seen front page. Plans seen by todays Daily Telegraph in the times. Were told that middle class students have been warned that theyre to face losing out theyre going to face losing out on universities on places at top universities because they recruited because they have recruited increasing of foreign increasing numbers of foreign students and the male leads on an extraordinary story that albanian gangs are advertising escape routes in lorries with people who have problems and want to leave england as soon as possible. The guardian draws attention to englands child care sector being at risk of becoming a playground for private equity. Private equity. And finally, the sensational daily star says, a moose grabbed me and schaggi as its revealed that joe pasquale narrowly avoided death after impaling himself on a moose antler. As you do, i wonder how they find these stories anyway , its time these stories anyway, its time to go through the papers now. To go through the papers now. Seriously, with emma wolf and suzanne holder and its lovely to see you both again today. And were starting with you, suzanne. I always call you suzanne. Call anything you like. Call me anything you like. You call me anything you you can call me anything you like, suze . Like, will you, suze . Me suze. Yeah, call me suze. Yeah, call me suze. Thats what most people do, right in the mail. Youre talking about the extraordinary of david extraordinary story of david hunter. Extraordinary story of david hunterdavid hunter the man. So david hunter is the man. He released from prison on he was released from prison on monday after serving months monday after serving 19 months following mercy killing of following the mercy killing of his janice. Following the mercy killing of his janice. Hes following the mercy killing of his janice. Hes 76, and his wife, janice. Hes 76, and his wife, janice. Hes 76, and his wife, janice. Hes 76, and his wife had blood cancer. They lived in cyprus , obviously. And lived in cyprus, obviously. And it was december 2021 when he after weeks and weeks of her begging him and if you read the its a heartbreaking article. It really is. He eventually really is. He eventually suffocated her and then downed a bottle of brandy and swallowed a cocktail of pills. So he could go with her. And the one thing i will say before i go on, though, is that he also describes her and this is what im sure he would want everyone to remember as beautiful, vibrant and full of is the key of life. And this is the key thing, because that is what she wasnt right at the end. And i, i feel very strongly that we dont talk about this enough. And talk about how and we dont talk about how people die sometimes. And i have experienced myself a friend who died. He had pancreatic cancer. He didnt want anybody at the hospice to see him or be with him. But his wife needed support, so i had to be there for her and i witnessed things that in this day and age, you should never have to see. And i apologise to deb that im talking about this because hes not mine. He was hers. And but it was like he was being forced to experience every last moment of life. And i know life is precious, but when you know there is no hope and you literally would not treat an animal the way people are forced to, to live out their last moments , we have to. And for moments, we have to. And for david. Um, for david hunters sake, the fact that hes done this, this, this, this interview and is now kind of talking about it , he said we and is now kind of talking about it, he said we need to talk about this. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. And we dont and we dont talk about it. And until youre faced with that situation, you dont know how you would feel. And you love somebody, you and if you love somebody, you would them to suffer. Would never want them to suffer. And dont it should be and i dont think it should be up ones to have to deal up to loved ones to have to deal with this. I think it should be something in place something that we put in place that are situations to that there are situations to help people these sorts help people through these sorts of whats the legal situation whats the legal situation that hes now in . Well he well, hes been released. Been released, yeah. He has been released, yeah. As far as its clear as far as i know, its clear hes they they have released him and hes clear and hes hes hes been kind of vindicated in his situation. But we all know, i mean, he said he would have gone to dignitas in switzerland if they could have afforded it, but they couldnt do that. So he he did. I mean, he and he did. I mean, obviously, nobody wants do obviously, nobody wants to do this. Is this is a terrible this. This is this is a terrible situation for anyone to be forced with. And theres no one theres nobody there you theres nobody there for you if youre in that situation. The moment it is there is at the moment it is illegal somebody. Illegal to help somebody. I watched somebody it is. And i watched somebody who was not getting enough pain relief were leaving relief and they were leaving tablets the as long as tablets by the side. As long as he can take tablets by mouth, he needs to take them himself off. But he couldnt even reach them. It unbeliev achievable. It was just unbeliev achievable. The situation that he was he was in. And i and i feel very strongly i would never want strongly that i would never want anybody else to have to go through that. Its a conversation were and its a conversation were going to have more and more often because were living longer curses of longer and one of the curses of humanity we know were going longer and one of the curses of hudie. Ity we know were going longer and one of the curses of hudie. Yes. We know were going longer and one of the curses of hu die. Yes. And know were going longer and one of the curses of hudie. Yes. And often were going longer and one of the curses of hudie. Yes. And often timesgoing to die. Yes. And often times were were were all in denial. Yeah. Were diagnosed when we know we have long time left. Know we have a long time left. And think this sort of thing and i think this sort of thing is going to happen more and more unless a conversation unless we have a conversation about dying, which a about assisted dying, which is a huge political hot well, huge political hot potato. Well, it its not just a political its not just a political its a sociological hot potato, isnt everybodys religious its a sociological hot potato, isyeah. Everybodys religious its a sociological hot potato, isyeah. Everyandrs religious its a sociological hot potato, isyeah. Everyand religious. |s. Yeah. Yeah. And religious. Course, everything. Yeah. Yeah. And religious. Everybodysverything. Yeah. Yeah. And religious. Everybodysveryth different everybodys got a different view to try and encapsulate view. And to try and encapsulate a law or change a law to suit everybody, youre not going to do it. It doesnt suit everybody how. Now. No, no, i agree completely. We need a grown up conversation about euthanasia, which is such we need a grown up conversation aidifficult1anasia, which is such we need a grown up conversation aidifficult subject. Which is such we need a grown up conversation aidifficult subject. But h is such we need a grown up conversation aidifficult subject. But also such we need a grown up conversation aidifficult subject. But also we] a difficult subject. But also we dont death. We just dont talk about death. We just dont talk about death. We just dont who whove dont for any of us who whove lost someone that we that we love, an elderly parent, someone whos very ill. Death whos very, very ill. Death changes watching someone changes you watching someone go through is through that . I think death is like hard. Its like birth. Its hard. Its difficult. Its a beautiful difficult. But its a beautiful its beautiful be its a beautiful process to be with someone. I think if with someone. And i think if love means anything, its what david hunter did for his wife. David hunter did for his wife. Yes. Such difficult thing to yes. Such a difficult thing to do. But need to grow up do. But we do need to grow up about this. And talk about death. Its a shock when it happens. A change of pace now. Gb news viewers favourite celebrity. Viewers favourite celebrity. Gary lineker. Gary lineker. We dont. We love him. We dont. We love him. Gary lineker has done an exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph, and according to him, im putting this down to things never but things that never happened. But according to him, he got a standing ovation in marks and spencers being handed by spencers after being handed by the well, ill say to you , the bbc. Well, ill say to you, well, ill Say Something nice about well, ill Say Something nice abo hes wearing quite a dashing hes wearing quite a dashing Midnight Blue corduroy Midnight Blue velvet corduroy suit on the front of the telegraph. I think for 62 year old. I think hes looking pretty hot. Is he 62 . Is he 62 . 62. And he looks great. But thats where it ends. Lets move on to the boat. Lets move on to the boat. Show everybody at home, though. So hes whining. He went into he was just doing a shopping in barnes barnes, by the way, ill come back in marks and back to that in marks and spencers leafy, affluent back to that in marks and spencer he eafy, affluent back to that in marks and spencerhe walkedfluent back to that in marks and spencerhe walked into it back to that in marks and spencerhe walked into marks and barnes. He walked into marks and spencers, he got a standing spencers, and he got a standing ovation. Was really ovation. He said it was really cnnge. Ovation. He said it was really cringe. Just them to cringe. I just wanted them to stop. I was really embarrassed stop. I was really embarrassed by that. Why is he telling everyone in the telegraph . Its the absolutely definition of something you dont tell people about, standing about, isnt it a standing ovation that youre a genius or that the sas . That youre in the sas . If anybody ever approaches you says, i was in the sas, you and says, i was in the sas, they if they tell you they werent. If they tell you theyre a genius, theyre not. And they got a standing and if they got a standing ovation, you wouldnt mention it. Maybe he just thinks everywhere gets everywhere he goes, he gets a standing ovation. Everywhere he goes, he gets a sta|and] ovation. Everywhere he goes, he gets a sta|and by ation. Everywhere he goes, he gets a sta|and by then. Everywhere he goes, he gets a sta|and by the way, the fact that and by the way, the fact that people agreed with and by the way, the fact that peop it agreed with and by the way, the fact that peop it was agreed with and by the way, the fact that peop it was the agreed with and by the way, the fact that peop it was the immigrationh him, it was the immigration issue. About the small issue. It was about the small boats policy of the government. 1930 germany. No in barnes 1930 germany. No one in barnes is affected slightest is affected in the slightest by the issues. Suspect the small boat issues. I suspect if hed gone into i dont know if hed gone into i dont know if they have down on the if they have m s down on the south coast, but if hed gone into lidl or any place into aldi or lidl or any place where normal not in where normal people shop, not in leafy, barnes in leafy, affluent barnes in west london, might have been london, he might have been approached saying, do approached by people saying, do you know, there you know what, you know, there are things to discuss here. Anyway so hes whining. Its got pay anyway so hes whining. Money its got pay anyway so hes whining. Money for; got pay anyway so hes whining. Money for hist pay anyway so hes whining. Money for hist paor his cleaners. Hes terribly embarrassed. It was just really cringe. And i wanted stop him. Well, wanted them to stop him. Well, our heart bleeds for you, gary. Yeah. Yeah. Dont were getting i dont think were getting much in gb news land. Much sympathy in gb news land. I mean, if you have any sympathy for the devil. Sorry gary, for the devil. Sorry for gary, drop us message. Drop us a message. Hey, hey, hey. Hi. Hey, hey, hey. Hi. A blooming good he was a blooming good footballer, very good footballer, and hes a very good commentator. Exactly. Commentator. Well, exactly. And be a footballer and a commentator stop into commentator and stop wading into politics. Commentator and stop wading into politithink his, you know, stick i think his, you know, stick to the crisps. Im very heartened to see that he his own shopping thing. Isnt that lovely . Isnt that lovely . And youd think hed have people that. Yeah. People that did that. Yeah. A refugee or something. Anyway, susan, lets move on to times. Getting told to the times. Im getting told off ending for the off here. Happy ending for the solo show. This is the Edinburgh Festival who sold one festival lady who sold one ticket. Theres a happy ending. Yeah. Yeah. So and ive skin the game so and ive skin in the game here because my son up in here because my son is up in edinburgh at the moment with his girlfriend who is stand up girlfriend who is a stand up comedian and they started their show two nights ago and they sold 15 tickets the first night and sold out last night. So theyre doing really well. So theyre doing really well. So yeah, a comedy called yeah, with a comedy show called its so thats going its all gravy, so thats going on. Gravy. Its all gravy. The yorkshire comedians beth fox, ollie burchell , the yorkshire ollie burchell, the yorkshire comedians and theyre doing yorkshire comedy and its yorkshire based comedy and its called havent it yet, called i havent seen it yet, but im sure its very funny. But this is a story about Georgie Greer, who has a self written show called sunsets, which apparently is it sounds great. Its one womans obsession with romantic comedies. And as a rom com writer myself, that is something that i would probably put on my list go see. And im list to go and see. And im going edinburgh next week. Going up to edinburgh next week. However, i might not get a ticket because she went on twitter. Georgie sold twitter. Poor georgie sold one ticket opening night, ticket on her opening night, which that unusual when which is not that unusual when youre to get something youre trying to get something away a big name. Away and youre not a big name. And was bit upset and and she was a bit upset and she went on twitter said, she went on twitter and said, im fine, but i only im fine, im fine, but i only sold one ticket with a picture of herself crying and it went a bit and people like Jason Manford and people like Jason Manford and Darren Obrien involved and people like Jason Manford and sentzn obrien involved and people like Jason Manford and sent herybrien involved and people like Jason Manford and sent her messages involved and people like Jason Manford and sent her messages of rolved and sent her messages of support, i is support, which i think is absolutely amazing. And that is what about what edinburgh is all about actually. Are up there actually. People are up there putting on shows and the support that from other people that you get from other people just down the mile and just walking down the mile and everyones flyering, everyones out there flyering, trying people to come trying to get people to come and see them and everyone is see them and what everyone is dreaming is the phoebe dreaming about is, is the Phoebe Waller bridge moment. So Phoebe Waller bridge moment. So Phoebe Waller bridge in 2013 up waller bridge in 2013 went up there as unknown and did there as an unknown and did fleabag and yeah, we all know where shes ended up. So shes, you know, she obviously got it away on television. She ended up writing a huge tv series, whats it called . It called . The one on bonds as well. The one on bonds as well. Yeah. And bonds. Whats the whats the big murder show that she wrote . My husband is now streaming. She wrote . My husband is now stretheng. She wrote . My husband is now strethe Indiana Jones isnt she . She wrote . My husband is now streand Indiana Jones isnt she . She wrote . My husband is now streand shes. A jones isnt she . She wrote . My husband is now streand shes. Yeahzs isnt she . She wrote . My husband is now streand shes. Yeah jones. She . She wrote . My husband is now streand shes. Yeah jones. Yeah. And shes. Yeah jones. Yeah. So i mean all all of that kind of great stuff and thats killing eve. Killing eve. Exactly so, so yeah. So yeah. Exactly so, so yeah. So yeah. Well done. One of us. Its just not that time of the morning to kind of bring things from the back of your mind. Yeah. So i just think this is a very, very good the fact that, good story about the fact that, i im sure everybody in i mean, im sure everybody in edinburgh, however, looking edinburgh, however, is looking at and thinking, at Georgie Greer and thinking, well, could have well, we all could have done that because sold one that because we only sold one ticket. They didnt. She did. Thats what dyer obrien said to as well. He said in his to her as well. He said in his message to her, he said, its a right of passage. Actually, we all start out with, you know, all start outwith, you know, only one person coming your only one person coming to your show it show and you have to grow it from there. Dont despair. From there. So dont despair. But course, word around. But of course, word got around. Remember signings many i remember book signings many years ago. My first second book, where a train all where id gone on a train all the up to manchester for the way up to manchester for a book signing in a big bookshop chain think one chain store. And i think one person turned up and they werent even coming to the signing. Just signing. They were just wandering around bookshop. Wandering around the bookshop. So staff had so all the bookshop staff had kind down listened to kind of sat down and listened to my talk and my signing, and no one the book. One wanted to buy the book. Absolutely brilliant. And you realise people are realise that the people who are there literally have just kind of be nice of walked and theyll be so nice to you because that. To you because of that. Its a real kind of community thing. Rite of passage. Its a rite of passage. Its a rite of passage. People like you will talk people like you two will talk about playing to six people in a pub some point in their pub at some point in their career. Is a rite of passage, career. It is a rite of passage, but but good for her that shes now i think ill get now i dont think ill get a ticket for this next week when i go because i think its going to be out. Be sold out. Recipe for success is the recipe for success is crying and putting social media. It would seem. Emma talking about and putting on about crying and putting on social markle is social media. Meghan markle is back the news. Been back in the news. Shes been snubbed family on snubbed from the royal family on her 42nd birthday. Yeah well, are they surprised having launched vile and possibly untrue royal untrue attacks on the royal family relentlessly last family relentlessly for the last yean family relentlessly for the last year, having published that nasty, harrys nasty, nasty book of harrys spare beginning of the spare at the beginning of the yean year, theyre now surprised. Apparently, that on her 42nd birthday apparently, that on her 42nd birthd. Receive good wishes didnt receive any good wishes from the royal family. Did himars . Unsurprisingly public . We dont know if they didnt say. People always say. I mean, people always expect be public, expect everything to be public, dont that if dont do dont they, that if you dont do it twitter, it cant happen. It on twitter, it cant happen. That people actually that people dont actually communicate. They think famous people only communicate with each unlike social media. I think quite unlikely i think its quite unlikely that kate and wills were sending private last year. They that kate and wills were sending priv send last year. They that kate and wills were sending privsend a last year. They that kate and wills were sending privsend a public last year. They that kate and wills were sending privsend a public last year. On ey did send a public message on twitter from kensington royal. Same with same thing with with with camilla and charles. Sent a camilla and charles. They sent a pubuc camilla and charles. They sent a public this is seen as camilla and charles. They sent a pubmost this is seen as camilla and charles. They sent a pubmost public this is seen as camilla and charles. They sent a pubmost public sign is seen as camilla and charles. They sent a pubmost public sign of seen as camilla and charles. They sent a pubmost public sign of the1 as the most public sign of the bitter rift between the royals. They also didnt wish archie and lilibet their lilibet happy birthday on their public, on their social media. They have pointed out, the royal family that family have pointed out that they the that they they dont that the that they mark birthdays of working mark the birthdays of working members of royal family and members of the royal family and look, and meghan have look, if harry and meghan have decided to be decided they dont want to be part royal family theyve part of the royal family theyve made it very clear they dislike the family. Theyve made the royal family. Theyve made all accusations. All sorts of accusations. Meghan did coronation of did not attend the coronation of king. Is she expecting king. Why is she expecting birthday wishes anyway . Lovely birthday wishes anyway . A lovely photo and of harry. Photo of her and of harry. But there is a Relentless Campaign against them in the daily mail, isnt it . I mean, honestly . Well, i would say the eight stories a day about how i love a meghan story. I would say the Relentless Campaign has come from side, from the other side, a Relentless Campaign against the royal meghan and royal family from meghan and harry. Yes. I mean, can certainly i mean, you can certainly argue that theyve asking argue that theyve been asking for have. Shouldnt for it. They have. Shouldnt be surprised it. Surprised that they get it. They to get Meghan Markle and gary lineker paper review. Its almost like, yeah, all of our gb news yeah of our gb news bingo. Yeah city. Com were city. Com we had earlier, we were ticking all the boxes today. Im to have to be put im going to have to be put in position of defending in the position of defending them cant either. Them and i cant do that either. Good with it. Good luck with it. Good luck with it. Cant bear that either. So emma and susan, thank you so much moment. Well move much for the moment. Well move on were talking, actually, on as we were talking, actually, the edinburgh on the Edinburgh Fringe is on at the Edinburgh Fringe is on at the moment, everythings in the moment, so everythings in real edinburgh. Its real swing in edinburgh. Its wonderful like that. Wonderful when its like that. Its fantastic atmosphere and you are lots and you know, there are lots and lots plays every night in lots of plays every night in front castle as front of the Edinburgh Castle as well. Yeah and year more than 800 and this year more than 800 international serpents International Parties serpents bnng International Parties serpents bring carnivale and bring americana, carnivale and the electro pipes to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, electro pipes, avoiding the twirling bayonets and the flame spitting demons. Scotland reporter tony mcguire brings us this report. Mcguire brings us this report. This august legends, myths and folklore from around the world coalesce on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle and an explosion of colour, music and dance , saying nothing of dance, saying nothing of outpourings , steel drums and outpourings, steel drums and fire. This can only be the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and this years show is stories. Let this years show is stories. Let the story begin. This years the story begin. This years military bands hail from far and wide from the usa and trinidad and tobago to norway, switzerland and of course our home grown, scottish talent tattoo chief executive of Major General buster howes tries to put his finger on exactly what makes this annual occasion such a spectacle. A spectacle. It is a wonderful setting. It is the heart of scotland. And is the heart of scotland. And then this. This auditorium which we conjure out of nothing every year from 30,000 pieces which are all dragged into a building which is designed to keep people out. Its a which is designed to keep people out. Its a bit like the colosseum. Its very steep. Its colosseum. Its very steep. Its very intimate. Youre not going to come to this event if you dont like it, and if you do like it, it puts the hair on the back of your neck up like a little closer in the elaborate formations , choreography and multimedia. Tell another story to elevate their performance. The dedication and precision of the 800 plus International Cast is responsible for drawing the audience in close. Chief operating officer Lieutenant Colonel Jason Barrett pays tribute to the emotional investment made by this cast from around the world. The feedback we get from them is for many and this may sound like an exaggerated way to put this, but these are the words they use that its a the best thing theyve ever done in their life, the most memorable thing theyve done in their life, life changing experience. These are changing experience. These are things that are fed back to us because they come here and theyre exhausted because the theyre exhausted because of the work to put in at work theyve got to put in at the of it. By the time the start of it. By the time they though, they they leave, though, they have friends life and lot of friends for life and a lot of tears are shed when its over. The best stories happen to those the skills to tell those with the skills to tell them. This one yarn well them. And this is one yarn well all be spinning for time to all be spinning for some time to come ashore unlike any other playing in edinburgh this summer, the royal edinburgh military surprise military tattoo will surprise and delight audiences from now until the end of august. And delight audiences from now until the end of august. Tony until the end of august. Tony mcguire gb news is. Mcguire gb news is. Oh, itll be brilliant. I do hope the weather stays good for you, though. I really do. Weve been talking about ulez. This is the ultra low emissions zone thats being expanded now further out from central london. And of course, it caused a bit of an upturn in events at the uxbndge of an upturn in events at the uxbridge by election byelection because the tories managed to hold on to that seat by opposing ulez. Thats right. And it seems ulez. Thats right. And it seems their votes in this because people dont like what ulez is bringing , even though its bringing, even though its bringing, even though its bringing clean air or i believe it will eventually result in cleaner air, it is very difficult to get your car if its an old one, compliant it with the ulez thing. Otherwise you just have to pay an awful lot to drive it. Jerry in bristol says, and you just read out an email from a viewer about a competition to develop a filter for exhaust systems. Did filter for exhaust systems. Did you know that several such systems are currently being developed in europe . Your viewer is right. The future lies developed in europe . Your viewer is right. The future lies in making the Combustion Engine dramatically cleaner through new technology, which can then be retrofitted to existing vehicles. Sounds a great idea. Yeah that would be something that people would like. You know, make my existing vehicle comply rather than forcing me to scrap it. Carl, a few people. Its it. Carl, a few people. Its fair to be to be sad and have had a bit of a dig at you for supporting con, but here is somebody carl is weighing in with a bit of support. I have to write to him to show you my support and it seems suddenly the world is driving old the entire world is driving old cars, cars first cars, petrol cars first registered the dvla after registered with the dvla after 2005. Cars first 2015 are 2005. Diesel cars first 2015 are mostly compatible with ulez. How mostly compatible with ulez. How on earth do your viewers suddenly all need to change their cars . Their cars . And we talked about the Clean Air Act following all the terrible fog and smoke in london, and val says, we did actually have to pay when the Clean Air Act was introduced, burning was banned and burning of coal was banned and we had to use anthracite, which was much more expensive. Having experian boost smog, it was experian boost the smog, it was a thing to have better air a good thing to have better air quality. But i do totally disagree with way is disagree with the way ulez is being expanded. Yeah. Is it being expanded. Yeah. Is it coming to where you live and are you about it . Get in you worried about it . Get in touch. Views at gb news. Com. Touch. Gb views at gb news. Com. Weve got lots more to talk about, including the weather that really do need to know that you really do need to know about. Looks like things are heating up, boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Its hello. Good morning. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast very unseasonal out there this morning. Storm anthony is beanng morning. Storm anthony is bearing down upon us, bringing a spell of heavy rain initially to Northern Ireland, then across much of england and wales through the rest the and through the rest of the day and strengthening , really the strengthening winds, really the most rain clears most persistent rain clears through into central and through wales into central and northern england. By the afternoon, heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as some central and southern parts. But as the skies brighten across wales in the south west, thats when the brighten across wales in the southreally thats when the brighten across wales in the southreally picks when the brighten across wales in the southreally pick up hen the brighten across wales in the southreally pick up with the brighten across wales in the southreally pick up with widely winds really pick up with widely gale winds and 65 mile per Gale Force Winds and 65 mile per hour gusts around coastal areas. So that could cause some significant disruption, particularly later in the day. If youre camping caravan , if youre camping caravan, meaning travelling down towards the southwest or heading to the beach, some very hazardous conditions. Thats why storm anthony has been named because its such a busy day in the summer holidays. Now, as that summer holidays. Now, as that pulls away overnight , summer holidays. Now, as that pulls away overnight, but it does eventually calm down and clear spells are expected through the night time with just a few showers remaining across some western and eastern parts, but plenty of sunshine as we start off sunday with that sunshine. Its to going feel considerably more pleasant, i suspect, than today. But therell still be a few showers developing initially across Western Areas and then more central. See those showers pop central. See those showers pop up into the afternoon. I think some coastal areas avoiding the showers and staying largely sunny. Its a cool day. However, with highs of 19 celsius looks like things are heating up. Like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Climbed onto the roof of rishi sunak house in yorkshire and typical british weather because the first met office name stormed. Stormed. Anthony will hit the uk today with gusts of up to 65 miles an hour are expected to batter british coastlines. British coastlines. And how fast do you think you could get from london to istanbul using only public transport . At 100 self confessed travel nerds will be setting out to discover that very conundrum with the inaugural race across europe. Europe. And its all about the storm today weather wise. And heres Aidan Mcgivern with an update. Aidan mcgivern with an update. Its more like autumn out there today than august as storm anthony brings widespread, heavy rain, a risk of gales and disruption. Ill have the full details coming up soon. Yes well bring you up to date with everything you need to know wherever you live today, im anne diamond. And im daubney and and im Martin Daubney and this is breakfast on. Gb this is breakfast on. Gb news. Yes, very good morning to you. I hope the weather treats you. I hope the weather treats you well today, but its just as well that were all warned about it. I suppose. Storm and its not just storm anthony its storm. Anthony well, its like its like an italian version of exotic. Dont know why exotic. Anthony i dont know why there you yeah, its funny there you go. Yeah, its funny because we were talking earlier about the fact that Angela Rippon, whos very well known here on gb news, she has just been signed up by strictly come dancing. And we think that from dancing. And we think that from that moment theyve announced her, shes actually the hot one to win, isnt she . In fact, you were going to dash off and put some money on her, werent you . Im going to put £100 on angela. I think shes the big ticket. You know, i really wish her it could a few quid her well. It could be a few quid in it, too. Yeah. I mean, shes already been a big, big deal dancer. Heather orpington heather in orpington says, i remember a teenager the remember as a teenager in the 19705 remember as a teenager in the 1970s my grand 1970s listening to my grand parents their friends being parents and their friends being very of this very dismissive of this new Angela Rippon the news Angela Rippon reading the news on saying she was on television saying she was a nine day wonder wouldnt nine day wonder and wouldnt last. Is that . Last. How hilarious is that . Yeah, well. Well, youre definitely wrong on one. Going to be on that one. Shes going to be doing when shes 79. Doing strictly when shes 79. Shell be the oldest ever competitor. That really is quite something. And an inspiration to and i think an inspiration to the entire nation the the entire nation in the process. Greenpeace process. On the greenpeace protest, were to come on protest, were about to come on to topic in a moment at to that topic in a moment at barry kingston says isnt the barry in kingston says isnt the real problem. Greenpeace go to these extremes because one these extremes because no one takes notice of polite takes any notice of polite letters to your mp anymore. That is a very good point. That is a very good point. Up in the game to get the headlines. I mean, have you ever tried complaining about anything or noting anything about with your mp . You get a response . Mp . Did you get a response . I have couple times. I mean, have a couple of times. I mean, nothing to with being me. Nothing to do with me being me. But know, i know people. But you know, i know people. Yes, i people whove yes, i know people whove managed quite a lot of managed to get quite a lot of support mp, support from their local mp, whether actually you know, whether actually ever, you know, delivers, i dont really know. Weve talking about ulez weve been talking about ulez and going to and whether ulez is going to expand into wherever you live in the country. The its the country. At the moment its very controversial issue in and around uxbridge, for instance , around uxbridge, for instance, around uxbridge, for instance, around greater london, because thats where its expanding out to. And it means that if you to. And it means that if you live in that area , if you have a live in that area, if you have a car thats not compliant with those ultra low emission zone rulings, then youll have to pay, rulings, then youll have to pay, what is it, £12, 50 . £12. 5 . Yeah. £12. 5 . Yeah. Yeah. To continue driving your car or scrap your car and get a new one. Wendy says , i get a new one. Wendy says, i live in havering and our air is clean. This £12. 50 to drive a car that isnt compliant is going to crucify so many poor people. It is causing stress , people. It is causing stress, depression and extreme hardship. Yeah. And john, in my home city of nottingham where they tried to get ulez in or clean air zone and it was knocked back because the air was already clean enough. John is saying this most people live in the real world and struggle make meet. And struggle to make ends meet. How everything that is good how come everything that is good for us money and for us costs us money and financially benefits only the state. Thats interesting. You said about nottingham and theyve managed to knock it back even though it was it was considered it was proposed by the local authority and an independent study showed actually they dont needit study showed actually they dont need it and on that basis Nottingham Council dropped it. Of people power but so a bit of people power but they might need it soon because earlier said that all of the earlier you said that all of the black cabs london that arent black cabs in london that arent compliant are being shipped up to nottingham. Is to nottingham. That is happening. The, happening. Yeah. So the, the, the kind of demobbed cabs in london just being off london are just being sold off to cities and towns to other cities and towns and are there. So not are appearing there. So its not actually removing its actually removing them, its just them and its not just moving them and its not just moving them and its not just happening in britain. In i dont elaine in france, i dont know france , she says. Know where in france, she says. Here car is going to be here every car is going to be issued a sticker by the french equivalent of dvla with a colour and number coded system. It costs around ,5. Your car will be ranked from 1 to 5 five being the most polluted ones. When you drive through cities with restrictions, therell be signs showing cars under which ranks can enter. And if your car is not under the required rank , or not under the required rank, or if you forgot the sticker, youre going to be fined about ,68. So i think that is absolute big brother nonsense. Yes, that big brother nonsense. Yes, that is basically shaming you about your car, nicking you via cameras and it prohibits your movement. It adds cost to the poorest. I think its a terrifying way of where were heading. Its in the pursuit of clean air. Can that be wrong . Well, more tax or clean air . More tax. More tax. Why . See the downside of it . Why . See the downside of it . There has to be an upside. If the air is cleaner. Well, if your pocket is emptier , then i think a lot of emptier, then i think a lot of people have an issue with that. Thats the balancing act at the moment. I just dont think weve got balancing act right. Got the balancing act right. I think too punitive, theres think its too punitive, theres too much stick, sort of too much stick, not sort of carrot, enough carrot, not enough incentivization, but too much penalty. Penalty. Well, its one of those issues, isnt it . Its one of those green issues. And i suppose you could say the next one is as well. Or was it . And thats greenpeace. Thats greenpeace. Yeah, because the environment secretary has ordered her department cut all ties with department to cut all ties with the greenpeace today as the government reacts to the eco groups invasion of the Prime Ministers home. Yes, youll know by now they draped his house in black sheeting in a protest against his approval of new oil and gas licences in the north sea, and five protesters were arrested and later released of North Yorkshire police opened up an investigation into the affair. Investigation into the affair. Well, seeing how they would like to be invaded , gb news sent like to be invaded, gb news sent ben leo in to their headquarters as well. He just walked in and said , i he just walked in and said, i didnt have to be invited. You didnt have to be invited. You didnt have to be invited into rishi sunak house to invade it. But you have to ask, has greenpeaces latest stunt left them hanging out to dry and lets speak now to the leader of the Climate Party, ed gemmell, who joins us in the studio. Ed, so a dramatic stunt here. We are talking about it, but it seems to have backfired. Tyrese coffee has kicked them out of their chance to be at the top table of defra where they could presumably influence climate policy. Was the stunt worth it . Policy. Was the stunt worth it . Well i think the stunt was was worth it from the point of view of greenpeace. Im not saying that i would do it. Thats a very different thing. Thats why we have a Political Party to take action. But i think it got them into the newspapers. Your reporter but i think it got them into the ne comeers. Your reporter but i think it got them into the ne comeers to your reporter but i think it got them into the ne comeers to theiryour reporter but i think it got them into the necomeersto their hq. Reporter but i think it got them into the necomeersto their hq. Itporter to come up to their hq. It certainly created a stir. Exiles been out news for exiles been out the news for the six months because the last six months because theyve quiet. Theyre theyve gone quiet. Theyre not doing these stunts anymore. So its created the kind of its clearly created the kind of action they wanted in action that they wanted to in just the way that your own just the same way that your own reporter stir reporter going in created a stir when into offices. When he went into the offices. Tyrese coffees reaction it, tyrese coffees reaction to it, though, is so utterly pathetic. I absolutely ridiculous. I mean, absolutely ridiculous. Throwing pram. Throwing a toys out the pram. I mean, first thing is, is these people been arrested. People have been arrested. Theyre being theyre not actually being convicted. Havent, convicted. The police havent, you pressed charges. You know, pressed the charges. And the bit is you and the second bit is you havent jury thats havent had a jury thats actually them, actually going to convict them, whether this country whether a jury in this country would even convict them for it. These days, having seen whats happened cases happened in Previous Court cases where out where juries have thrown out some these action some of these direct action claims direct action claims and direct action accusations but next bit accusations. But the next bit about is, is does tyrese about it is, is does tyrese coffee cancel with coffee cancel meetings with shell if do shell and bp if they do something wrong . She cancel something wrong . Does she cancel meetings with the Water Companies 300,000 companies when over 300,000 times effluent into companies when over 300,000 timyrivers . Effluent into companies when over 300,000 timyrivers . No, effluent into companies when over 300,000 timyrivers . No, sheffluent into companies when over 300,000 timyrivers . No, she doesnt. |to our rivers . No, she doesnt. Ridiculous she is she ridiculous what she does is she sees a problem, engages more sees as a problem, engages more and tries to fix the problem. Um, what should um, thats what she should be doing that theres doing here. Seeing that theres a lets see how we a big problem. Lets see how we can fix it. Yeah, but what i was going to probably what you were going to say that they invaded the say is that they invaded the Prime Ministers private residence. Prime ministers private residence that Prime Ministers private residencethat probably admitted that probably you wouldnt them do wouldnt have wanted them to do that. Was just a step too that. It was just a step too far, wasnt it . It wasnt serious. Debating it wasnt as they didnt attack the problem seriously. They sort of produced a stunt. And isnt maybe she a stunt. And isnt maybe she right to actually say, if youre going to behave like kids, ill throw you out of an adult conversation . Conversation . Well, i think that she doesnt need to behave like a kid just because somebody else is behaving a begin with. Shes not behaving like a kid. Shes behaving like a headmistress, isnt she . Yes. Think well, yes. I think a headmistress would actually call them and say, come now, them in and say, come on now, whats problem . Why did that whats the problem . Why did that problem in the playground start and solve it rather than and try and solve it rather than the round . Mean, the other way round . I mean, that would the way to do that would be the way to do it. Youre right, that you and youre right, anne, that you and i wouldnt it. You know, i wouldnt do it. You know, were and stick were not going to go and stick ourselves raids were were not going to go and stick ourrgoing raids were were not going to go and stick ourrgoing to raids were were not going to go and stick ourrgoing to invadeis were were not going to go and stick ourrgoing to invade somebodye not going to invade somebody elses they elses property. The way they did they to do it and did it. They tried to do it and to make sure that it wasnt as disruptive as it could be. So they sticking themselves they werent sticking themselves there. Smashing they werent sticking themselves there. Like smashing they werent sticking themselves there. Like people mashing they werent sticking themselves there. Like people mash in| windows like people have in shells whatever shells offices or whatever it would very, very would be. So it was very, very calm, probably calm, admittedly, probably breaking is breaking the law if it is breaking the law if it is breaking law, though, will a breaking the law, though, will a jury jury think that as well . Well, think youre all well, i think youre all brushing as something brushing this off as something thats clearly now thats accessible. Clearly now the sitting Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is now open to risk. To an enhanced security risk. Its clear no security its clear theres no security at his place. He may be on holiday, but a Foreign Agency , a holiday, but a Foreign Agency, a foreign government, a terrorist organisation, could have done the same thing. So i dont think its just brush this its fair just to brush this off. Also think that could off. And i also think that could well criminal well be a criminal investigation. For example , if investigation. For example, if criminal been put in criminal damage has been put in place and also, what about the Charities Commission guidelines . Its clearly states political campaigning is allowed , but campaigning is allowed, but theres a limit to that. And if that goes to the Prime Ministers house and theres a violation, then they can lose their place on that. And surely if they if theyve earned their right to sit in government now long being defra on Environmental Issues , if they if Environmental Issues, if they if they then go on the Prime Ministers roof, they have to accept its not throwing the toys out the pram, its due process. Theyve crossed the line. Martin, i agree with line. Look martin, i agree with you. Is shown to be breaking if it is shown to be breaking the that is one thing. The law, that is one thing. Absolutely no one should be absolutely and no one should be breaking the im not breaking the law. Im not advocating that in any way whatsoever. Goodness sake, whatsoever. For goodness sake, weve political weve started a whole Political Party take this party in order to take this action right way, action in exactly the right way, play action in exactly the right way, play the Current System action in exactly the right way, playgive the Current System action in exactly the right way, playgive people urrent system action in exactly the right way, playgive people the nt system action in exactly the right way, playgive people the opportunity and give people the opportunity to vote. When it comes the climbed when it comes to the climbed on presumably you on your roof, presumably you think breaking the law, think i was breaking the law, youd annoyed about it . Youd be annoyed about it . Mean, absolutely. No, i mean, whats no, no, whats the difference . No, no, i didnt say there was any difference. I mean, i was agreeing of agreeing with you on the fact of breaking the law. Thats up to the bring charges. It the police to bring charges. It then court to decide then goes to a court to decide if if the actually if that if the law was actually broken and it goes to broken and then it goes to jurors. Not here trying jurors. Now, im not here trying to say what it might happen if it jurors, jurors having it goes to jurors, jurors having quite of now, not quite a number of cases now, not said that people are guilty when they clearly the law they have clearly broken the law by the law and by the letter of the law and they them off. And they have then let them off. And we the reasoning why . We dont know the reasoning why . Because the because its happened behind the scenes. That scenes. We can only suppose that they see arguments that this they see the arguments that this is enough issue, they see the arguments that this is they enough issue, they see the arguments that this is they have enough issue, they see the arguments that this is they have decided issue, they see the arguments that this is they have decided that e, that they have decided that that is not telling is acceptable. I am not telling you i accept it now. Im just saying we have process now saying we have due process now which out if they have which will find out if they have broken which will find out if they have bro what do you of the way what do you think of the way the of what they did . The of what they did . I mean, youre trying to get a similar message across that there needs to be action and that the green process needs to be followed by whatever government we have in a couple of years time. How do you deal with that . How do you actually with that . How do you actually get them to sit up and listen to you if youre not going to go and sort of glue yourself to the motorway . Right. Well, i mean, number one thing everybodys got to one thing is everybodys got to take mean, weve take action. I mean, look, weve started party in started a Political Party in order so the order to take action. So the climate was in by Climate Party was in the by elections. Stood two of elections. So we stood in two of the by elections to make our point. We were never going to win first by election after win in a first by election after we started, going we just got started, were going to election to stand in the climate election thats mean, this is thats coming. I mean, this is the last election climate the last election for climate thats where britain can thats coming where britain can take to take significant action to affect so affect whats happening. So well making well be standing making that case election. And case in the coming election. And thats would recommend thats what i would recommend people i do with people to do. I do agree with barry from kingston on, barry from kingston earlier on, as about writing barry from kingston earlier on, as your about writing barry from kingston earlier on, as your mp about writing barry from kingston earlier on, as your mp polite writing barry from kingston earlier on, as your mp polite letterting to your mp a polite letter about these things is pretty likely to get nowhere. I have get absolutely nowhere. I have written of those written a number of those polite letters ive the ones letters and ive seen the ones that and you get that others have got and you get a standard not a fairly standard response. Not from some from all. There are some exceptions, mps there exceptions, good mps out there on both sides of the fence, conservatives and labour, who take this extremely seriously. They are not saying but they are not saying the right many who right thing. There are many who are of the toxicity are frightened of the toxicity of this debate , arent of this of this debate, arent there . Mean i mean, there . Yes. I mean i mean, uxbndge there . Yes. I mean i mean, uxbridge that, oh, well, uxbridge showed that, oh, well, we go into uxbridge because we can go into uxbridge because i was as candidate and i was there as a candidate and really give you some ins really could give you some ins and outs on it. The toxicity thing i find but the toxicity thing i find absolutely. Its absolutely. I mean, its laughable. When we look absolutely. I mean, its la|theible. When we look absolutely. I mean, its la|the stats, when we look absolutely. I mean, its la|the stats, 84 when we look absolutely. I mean, its la|the stats, 84 of when we look absolutely. I mean, its la|the stats, 84 of the] we look absolutely. I mean, its la|the stats, 84 of the uk; look absolutely. I mean, its la|the stats, 84 of the uk is ook at the stats, 84 of the uk is worried about Climate Change and wants 52 saying that wants action. 52 saying that this mori poll, 52 this is an ipsos mori poll, 52 saying that we should have more action at net zero. 2050 is action at the net zero. 2050 is not strong enough. Yeah, but only 10 disagree with only about 10 who disagree with that. That disagree. That. 11 and that disagree. They they may not but they they may not disagree your message , but disagree with your message, but theyre we cant afford theyre saying we cant afford it. We have no money. Ive got an old car. I cant replace it. And thats a key point. So people concept, people agree with the concept, but werent consulted on but they werent consulted on the. 85 of british the cost. 85 of british households have gas boilers. If households have gas boilers. If youre saying you must have a heat pump, theyre saying that in scotland the snp are saying you have to have a heat pump to be to sell your house. Be able to sell your house. Draconian that draconian measures like that with a tangible impact on peoples pockets and purses. Thats when it starts to turn soun thats when it starts to turn sour. You have to confess, yes, you absolutely have to support people. There is no question on all of you support the of this. You support the vulnerable make sure vulnerable and you make sure that people. That it works for people. I think lets look at this think that lets look at this a very slightly different way. The top issues at the moment top two issues at the moment for voters of living and voters are cost of living and nhs, right . How are going nhs, right . How are we going to solve living crisis solve the cost of living crisis in the big way to in nhs . Well, the big way is to make of money through make a lot of money through industry. Industry industry. Get industry onshored into get jobs going, get into the uk, get jobs going, get money flowing the uk so you money flowing into the uk so you can receipts and can have the tax receipts and you investing in these you can start investing in these things ha, things through for shale. Ha, hang hang on. Loads of smart hang on, hang on. Loads of smart investing no. Thats investing things. No, no. Thats a policy because a regressive policy because its very, weve very, very clear now weve got 150 countries the world have 150 countries of the world have set targets are set net zero targets or are setting know, 80 or setting them, you know, 80 or 90 of the worlds gdp is currently committed towards net zero. Im going to do zero. Now, im not going to do the to whether the argument as to whether thats a thats right or not. Thats a different thing. But is the different thing. But that is the direction this the different thing. But that is the dire industrial this the different thing. But that is the dire Industrial Revolution. The different thing. But that is the dire Industrial Revolution. And new Industrial Revolution. And if we want make money and if we want to make money and have in the that will have jobs in the uk, that will pay have jobs in the uk, that will pay for the nhs, pay for the Police Support a cost police, support people in a cost of crisis , allow energy of living crisis, allow energy subsidies, all the things we subsidies, do all the things we want it to do, bring inflation down. Weve got to have that clean Industrial Revolution here and it. We can bring and we can lead it. We can bring forward those targets as most of the population to us do. The population wants to us do. 52 the targets coming 52 want the targets coming forward. Not a toxic forward. Its not a toxic debate. The majority of voters want bring those targets want us to bring those targets forward. Lead this Industrial Revolution. And when do it, revolution. And when we do it, not only will have clean not only will we have the clean air, instance, weve air, for instance, that weve been but well been talking about, but well have the uk to invest have money in the uk to invest in all our services. In all of our public services. What about the short term, though . Mean, at the moment, though . I mean, at the moment, as people are as you rightly said, people are feeling so badly, feeling the pinch. So badly, even believe green even those who believe in green issues are pulling back from them they just are scared. I dont think they are pulling back, actually, honestly, thats been whipped up by conservatives , by by ulez by the conservatives, by the chance to vote the by the chance to vote against voted against it. And they voted against it. And they voted against it. They. Right. No, no, they. Right. Initially that that initially when that when that started , mean, was out started, i mean, i was out on the three weeks. The streets for three weeks. People about Police People were talking about police and number one and crime. It was the number one issue the conservatives hit issue for the conservatives hit the door allegedly with 17 leaflets, days. Leaflets, one every two days. And labour was doing the same. They by election on a they won the by election on a single issue. Was clever politics and that was clever politics and they people a binary choice they gave people a binary choice. Was presented to. And when that was presented to them voted against ulez them and they voted against ulez no, they voted against the way ulez is being done. They didnt vote against the principle. And in talking principle. And in fact, talking on streets, probably on the streets, probably a thousand we almost thousand people, we got almost no like dirtier no one saying id like dirtier air more pollution. They air and more pollution. They want air. Everybody say want clean air. Everybody say they £12. 5 want clean air. Everybody say they £125 to drive they have to pay £125 to drive their though didnt. Their car, though they didnt. And we wrote. We and thats why we wrote. We wrote we said to sidique wrote and we said to sidique khan, look, lets start with £2. 50. It in over £2. 50. Lets bring it in over five lets do it a five years. Lets do it in a graded get graded one so people can get used it. You dont see the used to it. You dont see the spike prices cars that are spike in prices of cars that are compliant and the drop in your own prices. You then say own car prices. You then say actually do is take the actually what we do is take the whole 100 to 300 whole money, that 100 to 300 million that is supposed to be being 500 million, 500. Being raised, 500 million, 500. Id heard 100 to 300 billion being reported. Right. Take all of money reapply it to of that money and reapply it to look vulnerable look after the vulnerable and the to the Small Businesses and to expand scheme and expand the scrappage scheme and take everybody. And take care of everybody. And look, those london. Take care of everybody. And l people who are going to suffer because of it and look after them. You still clean air them. You still get clean air and reduce the pollution. I should know this, so pardon me. How many votes did you get . I support did i mean, how much support did that message . Get in the in uxbridge. Oh, and now. Okay. I can count them all one hand. So absolute. All on one hand. So absolute. But to honest, when you go but to be honest, when you go into an election, when you have three and half weeks, its three and a half weeks, its your first ever election and youve got i ive also fought in byelections and got hardly any votes. I know how tough it is. But youre youre a passionate man. Ed gemmell, lead of the Climate Party. Thanks for coming in. Yeah. What you ought to do is what that girl in what . That young lady at the edinburgh is youve Edinburgh Fringe did is youve got out got to now social media out a message youre looking a bit message if youre looking a bit tearful three tearful saying ive got three votes something, votes or something, maybe i should on come should be on strictly come dancing to. Absolutely. Yes. Absolutely. Yes. Anything helps. Thanks. Actually, wanted to ask actually, i just wanted to ask you thought of, um , you what you thought of, um, this you wanted to have this idea of you wanted to have a clean Industrial Revolution. A clean Industrial Revolution. What about investing in science and getting somebody to retrofit ,invent and getting somebody to retrofit , invent something that can be retrofitted to older vehicles that will actually deal with the emissions . Oh, no. I totally agree with you. But things are out there. There are various different things, additives and people are doing retrofits already. Theyre wildly because wildly to expensive because we havent industrialised it. If we actually to it, actually get down to doing it, if target forward if we bring our target forward 20 suddenly the 20 years, well suddenly see the money things money flow into things like that. The innovation will come and it get done. It wont and it will get done. It wont happen away happen with this 27 year away target of the target at general lead of the Climate Party. Thanks joining today thanks for joining us today on breakfast. On gb news breakfast. Martin. Thank you, anne. Thank you. Fascinating anne. Hey, k you. Fascinating anne. Hey, what. Fascinating anne. Hey, what donscinating anne. Hey, what do you ating anne. Hey, what do you think . Would you him in the you vote for him in the next by election . You vote for him in the next by heection . His stuff. I mean, he knows his stuff. I mean, he stuff. Play. He knows his stuff. Fair play. Somebody argues it and when somebody argues it to and puts forward to you and puts forward something that sort of seems sensible and a way forward, theyre much more likely to get your vote, arent they . Your vote, arent they . But make it cheaper and dont penalise and make me penalise me and dont make me feel sort of eco feel like im some sort of eco terrorist. Dont and terrorist. If i dont agree and throw it , i terrorist. If i dont agree and throw it, i say, throw science at it, i say, okay, move on. Okay, well move on. Youre watching breakfast on gb news. Its 818. And our next story now, saudi arabia will be holding peace negotiations to end the war in ukraine this weekend as the war enters its 529th day. Well, the hope is that the attending countries, including china, will agree on key principles over any peace deal and encourage further support for ukraine. This follows last nights news that ukrainian sea a drone attacked a Russian Chemical tanker near the kerch bridge in crimea. It is not yet clear if this was the intended target. Yes, i mean, its not completely clear whats going on. So lets speak to the defence and Foreign Affairs editor for Daily Telegraph , editor for the Daily Telegraph, con coughlin, a very good con coughlin, and a very good morning to you. I mean, morning to you. So i mean, thats the simplest question, but going on there and but what is going on there and is a piece talk hosted by saudi arabia likely to get anywhere . Arabia likely to get anywhere . Well, good morning to you. I mean , the answer is yes. Theres mean, the answer is yes. Theres undoubtedly diplomatic activity taking place. The chinese some time ago suggest that they they had a plan to end the conflict. Had a plan to end the conflict. Even the Biden Administration has had sort of off the books conversations with the Russian Foreign ministry and now the saudis, who have quite good relations, both with china and moscow , have offered their moscow, have offered their services. So theres certainly services. So theres certainly something going on in the background. And furthermore, with the conflict not being completely frozen , the ukrainian completely frozen, the ukrainian counter offensive this this summer is not making the progress that kyiv hoped to achieve. So with this stalemate achieve. So with this stalemate on the battlefield, clearly people are thinking, well, is there another way to end this dreadful conflict . Dreadful conflict . Well, the layman might think that holding peace talks without russia being there seems rather pointless. Pointless. Well, right. But pointless. Well, right. But as i said, i think the russians are interested. Sergei lavrov , the interested. Sergei lavrov, the Russian Foreign minister, had some meetings in new york earlier this year with some fairly senior american officials with the blessing of the Biden Administration. So the russians are interested, putin said in the last few days that he would look at any peace deal that came his way. Um, i look at any peace deal that came his way. Um, i think from russias perspective, if the ukrainians cant reclaim territory , then the russians can territory, then the russians can say, well, you know, we can settle for what weve got in east ukraine and hang on to crimea, and that will be a victory. So at the moment, you know, it looks like the pendulum could be going moscows way because the ukrainians cannot make that fight that much vaunted military breakthrough. No. No. No. And will ukraine is president zelenskyy likely to want any sort of deal . Well, that falls sort of deal . Well, that falls short of totally winning the. War well, thats thats the big question, because zelenskyy and his supporters have said, you know, we are not going to do any deal until weve recovered all of the ukrainian territory that is their aim. That is what theyve been trying to achieve. Theyve been trying to achieve. But, you know , at the moment, but, you know, at the moment, that doesnt look very achievable. So if we get to the end of the summer and weve got the stalemate on the battlefield and the world is suffering, i mean, this brain crisis with with the blockade of the black sea, that preventing great, you know, 30 of the worlds grain from getting onto the market. I mean , we have been for a very mean, we have been for a very tough winter. If this conflict is not resolved. So it may well be come come , come the end of be come come, come the end of the summer that if there is this stalemate , zelenskyy and his stalemate, zelenskyy and his military commanders may have no alternative than to sit down and look at some options on the table. Table. And connor, i wonder how much of a red line in any peace talk that actually did involve russia or Vladimir Putin would be the nato expansionism. We saw. Weve seen a sort of softer version , seen a sort of softer version, an israel style scheme where, okay, the ukraine arent direct members of nato, but they will be offered support. Military and financial. You think that would be a Sticking Point for any sort of deal, wouldnt you . Of deal, wouldnt you . Well, yes. And what was really interesting at the recent nato summit in vilnius is that zelenskyy went there and he wanted nato to give a Firm Commitment that ukraine would ultimately become a member of the alliance. And the members, the alliance. And the members, the World Leaders attending that nato summit back away from that. The reason zelenskyy wanted that commitment is that nato would be committed to protecting ukraines sovereignty in its entirety. That includes the areas that are now occupied by russia. But of course, if nato russia. But of course, if nato did that and the russians were still there, then nato ends up going to war with russia, which nobody in their right minds wants. So you know, this is a very, very difficult position, but having said that , ukraines but having said that, ukraines association with nato is something i think everybody is going to stick by. And will be central to any negotiated deal. Central to any negotiated deal. Well, well leave it there for the moment on what we said earlier is the 529th day of incredible con. Thank you very much indeed forjoining us. And wherever you live throughout britain at the moment, you may well be facing a very wet and windy day because today is the day of storm. Anthony youll want to know more. Heres the weather for that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast very unseasonal out there this morning. Storm anthony is beanng morning. Storm anthony is bearing down upon us, bringing a spell of heavy rain. Initially to Northern Ireland, then across much of england and wales through the and through the rest of the day. And strengthening winds, really the most persistent rain clears through wales into central and northern. By the northern england. By the afternoon, heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as some central and southern parts. But as the skies brighten across wales in the southwest, thats when winds southwest, thats when the winds really widely gale really pick up with widely Gale Force Winds and 65 mile per hour gusts around coastal areas. So that could cause some significant disruption in particularly later in the day if youre camping, caravanning , youre camping, caravanning, travelling down towards the southwest or heading to the beach , some very hazardous beach, some very hazardous conditions. Thats why storm conditions. Thats why storm anthony has been named , because anthony has been named, because its such a busy day in the summer holidays. Now as that pulls away overnight, it does eventually calm down and clear spells are expected through the night time with just a few showers remaining across some western and eastern parts, but plenty of sunshine as we start off sunday with that sunshine, its going to feel considered more pleasant, i suspect, than today. But therell still be a few showers developing initially across Western Areas and then more centrally, those showers p0p up more centrally, those showers pop up into the afternoon on, i think, some coastal areas avoiding the showers and staying largely sunny. Its a cool day. Largely sunny. Its a cool day. However, with highs of 19 celsius that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Well, i hope its not too awful for you today. Wherever youre watching, actually, do let us know where youre watching us from. I mean, are watching us from. I mean, are you still in bed . Are you contemplate doing an interesting saturday. What are you up to . We love to hear what youre to love to hear what youre up to and where the world you might and where in the world you might be watching us get in be watching us from. Get in touch, you . Gb views at gb touch, wont you . Gb views at gb news news. Com. Yeah next aidan magee. Well be here with all the sports news. This is gb news, britains channel hello again. Its 830 already. Youre watching breakfast eight here on gb news with anne and martin and the first met office named storm of the year will hit the uk this weekend with gusts of up to 65 miles an hour, expected to batter british coastlines. Yeah. Batter british coastlines. Yeah. For more on this, lets try and find our south west of england. Reporter hes somewhere in north devon and he is being battered by the storm already. Jeff by the storm already. Jeff moody, how is it going for you . Moody, how is it going for you . Good morning. Ill tell you where i am. I mean, operation. Im in the middle of storm anthony or antony , as they call anthony or antony, as they call it. Welcome to the met offices first named weather condition of the year. Well, ive got a name for today. Im going to call this morning operation get jeff moody in the dry. Its just starting to rain, so the rains not too bad. But that wind is really beginning to pick up. And thats really the problem down here south west where the here in the south west where the met office is saying were met office is saying that were expecting 65 expecting winds of around 65 miles. So the usual miles an hour. So the usual warnings are out in force for people to be very careful when theyre rac is set theyre driving the rac is set to really slow down on the roads. But the main warning that the met office is giving this morning is for flying debris on beaches. Theyre saying if you come down to the beach and there are people out on the beach, theres quite a few people walking dogs at the walking their dogs at the moment, to make the most moment, trying to make the most of it before that rain really kicks is kicks in. But the met office is saying do be very careful for flying so i think flying debris. So i think theres danger being theres a danger of being being hit head by a deckchair. Hit on the head by a deckchair. But the met office is also saying theres a weather warning in Northern Ireland, too. Thats mainly for rain when theyre expecting up to 60mm of rain throughout the course of the day. Well, ill be down here on instow beach in north devon throughout the day to give you regular updates on how wet and windy it is and how wet im getting. But for now, im going to go and find some coffee. Honestly , you just this is honestly, you just this is august. I cant believe it. That august. I cant believe it. That beach should be, you know, laden with people getting ready for a lovely sunny day out. Yeah. And i said , youve got jeff moody i said, youve got jeff moody and a very wet dog walker who walked past you. Yeah. We need to issue a warning for a low flying jeff moody. The looks of it, i moody. By the looks of it, i think hes about to take off. Jeff, and have a cup tea, mate. Thanks very much. It is a bit warmer in the studio. Only warmer here in the studio. Only a because ac a bit, actually, because the ac is like aidan magee is so fierce. I like aidan magee is so fierce. I like aidan magee is with all the sports news is here with all the sports news now. Of sunshine. Yes. Now. Ray of sunshine. Yes. Lovely. Yeah. Your now. Ray of sunshine. Yes. Publicist lovely. Yeah. Your now. Ray of sunshine. Yes. Publicist there y. Yeah. Your now. Ray of sunshine. Yes. Publicist there. Yeah. Your now. Ray of sunshine. Yes. Publicist there. So ah. Your now. Ray of sunshine. Yes. Publicist there. So here ur now. Ray of sunshine. Yes. Publicist there. So here we own publicist there. So here we go. Aiden the ongoing saga around harry kane. This has been going on forever. Is he going to Bayern Munich or will daniel levy just never let him leave tottenham levy just never let him leave tottwell,n theres a well, look, theres been a third bid last night. Bayern munich are coming with £86. 2 million plus add ons. We dont know what the add ons are. The previous bids have been close to 60 and 70. Bayern munich, i understand, a understand, believe this is a very fair offer very competitive and fair offer. Final offer. It will be their final offer. My understanding outside my understanding also outside of this , is that whereas most this is, is that whereas most reports have said that Bayern Munich have imposed deadline, munich have imposed a deadline, as to us by this as in get back to us by this weekend or were pulling away and at other targets. My and looking at other targets. My understanding that thats not understanding is that thats not the case. Munich to the case. Bayern munich happy to let spurs deliberate and consider thats how consider it. Thats how important is to get their consider it. Thats how lmpoisoil is to get their consider it. Thats how imporso we is to get their consider it. Thats how imporso we dont get their consider it. Thats how imporso we dont knoweir consider it. Thats how imporso we dont know what the man. So we dont know what the add are, as i said, i mean, add ons are, as i said, i mean, you there are some you know, some there are some add which actually add ons which actually are realistic there some add realistic and there are some add ons not. So we dont ons which are not. So we dont know the know how much that jacks the price up a little bit, but roughly is around ,100 roughly this is around ,100 million. Harry kane himself roughly this is around ,100 millio an harry kane himself roughly this is around ,100 millio an andiarry kane himself roughly this is around ,100 millio an and to ry kane himself roughly this is around ,100 millio an and to thisane himself roughly this is around ,100 millio an and to this before1self wants an and to this before tottenhams first game which is next against next sunday 2 00 against brentford on 13th. I brentford on the 13th. And i think its for tottenham theyre going look at this seriously, going to look at this seriously, martin because as its their last chance to realise any value for him because he can walk away free right. Free next summer. Thats right. And its their last chance to get him out of the premier league. Now, thats important because sell because they dont want to sell to a rival. Its a lot more embarrassing and lot embarrassing and a lot more difficult for tottenham to handle. They to an handle. If they sell him to an engush handle. If they sell him to an english and then he goes english club. And then he goes back tottenham or back to tottenham in october or november whatever scored november or whatever and scored a rubs nose in a hat trick and rubs her nose in it. In germany, he cant it. If hes in germany, he cant do his has been do that. So his wife has been looking at houses over in bavaria. Think dont give bavaria. So i think dont give away that, isnt it . Yeah, i know it is a little bit, but no, it lot actually. It happens quite a lot actually. Youd amazed how often it happens quite a lot actually. Youd lookazed how often it happens quite a lot actually. Youd look ated how often it happens quite a lot actually. Youd look at l00kn often it happens quite a lot actually. Youd look at look atyften it happens quite a lot actually. Youd look at look at houses players look at look at houses or sometimes just rumours. Ive spotted so and so looking at houses it turns out houses and stuff. It turns out to nonsense. To be absolutely nonsense. If your husband but i suppose if your husband is to is considering a move to a country youve got, you dont know about one of know anything about one of the things going lure you, know anything about one of the thin best, going lure you, know anything about one of the thin best, suppose, lure you, know anything about one of the thinbest, suppose, is. Ure you, know anything about one of the thinbest, suppose, is justyou, the best, i suppose, is just looking the sort of house we looking at the sort of house we could have. Darling, location is so important and important in transfers and as well, know, well, because i mean, you know, i managed i knew somebody who managed fulham many years ago, chris coleman, everyone the coleman, he said everyone in the premier league pays well. Now were where everyone were in that era where everyone everyones money. Everyones got good money. Doesnt youre doesnt matter if youre in wigan or portsmouth or sunderland. Comes down to sunderland. So it comes down to location. The that location. You said the fact that were london, even were in london, we werent even the players, but london the best players, but london definitely big definitely made a big difference, to difference, especially to foreign think to foreign players and i think to harry to going to harry kane going to going to germany, being somewhere in a prestigious like munich will make womens world still okay. Womens world cup still going walloped going on and spain have walloped switzerland. Yeah, just finished going on and spain have walloped switze lasti. Yeah, just finished going on and spain have walloped switze lasti. Yy minutes. Finished in the last 20 minutes. Theyve beaten this one, theyve beaten switzerland this is ominous switzerland 5 1. This is ominous for actually, for england, actually, because i dont many threats dont see too many threats to what england can do over there. I mean, theyve had went i mean, theyve had germany went out brazil out yesterday as we know, brazil are out. Spain im worried are also out. Spain im worried about scored 12 about because theyve scored 12 goals games now, and goals in 4 in 4 games now, and that when that includes that includes when that includes the they lost 4 0 to the game where they lost 4 0 to japan. Think rested japan. I think they rested players because players in that one because they were already through. Were already already through. But in action monday, were already already through. Bucourse, in action monday, were already already through. Bucourse, againsttion monday, were already already through. Bucourse, against againstvionday, of course, against against nigeria. They shouldnt have any inferiority complex to the european champions. I just european champions. But i just worry goals and into knocking goals in and were into the of course. The second round now, of course. So that means that spain, spain are probably are through. Theyre probably going netherlands going to face the netherlands in the theyre the semi finals and theyre having to look to having a view to look through to the final. It will depend the final. But it it will depend on whether get on england whether they can get keira think they keira walsh back. I think they might. Do they theyre might. They may do they theyre being very this is how the stakes getting in stakes are getting higher in womens football the fa womens football because the fa are very circumspect are now getting very circumspect about information on are now getting very circumspect ab 24 shots on goal for spain looking very ominous for a as a future opponent now domestically the drought is reaching an end not with the weather but with the football. The championship is rumbling. Yeah, we saw we saw Sheffield Wednesday play at home to southampton last night. We saw a we saw a 100 minute game last night. So i dont know if you remember the world cup and games on a bit and the games went on a bit longer was trying to longer because he was trying to eliminate and eliminate time wasting. And basically its basically fifa and in football and everybody else in football saying to the players, if you time the is to time waste, the time is going to be end. Dont be added on at the end. Dont think youre going to be cheating punters. There was cheating the punters. There was analysis where cheating the punters. There was analysis are where cheating the punters. There was analysisare paying where cheating the punters. There was analysis are paying for where cheating the punters. There was analysis are paying for their; punters are paying for their tickets, actually tickets, but if you actually look the time the balls spent look at the time the balls spent in a minute game, in play in a 90 minute game, its about 62, 63 minutes. Its only about 62, 63 minutes. Really . So theyre saying its only about 62, 63 minutes. Reyoure so theyre saying its only about 62, 63 minutes. Reyoure going theyre saying its only about 62, 63 minutes. Reyoure going to 1eyre saying its only about 62, 63 minutes. Reyoure going to 1eyrewasteg if youre going to time waste now, its to added now, its going to be added on at end. So southampton at the end. So southampton took the minutes to go the lead with four minutes to go last to make 2 1. But last night to make it 2 1. But youre home and hosed by youre not home and hosed by then. To be all this then. You used to be all this time last year, you think, well, you weve to ride you know, weve only got to ride out time, fergie. Out added time, fergie. All the time. Yeah i yeah i mean, you know, there were worried fans were worried samsung fans were worried samsung fans were worried you miss their worried you might miss their train but train going back down south but they going they won 2 1 anyway, im going to today to watch qpr to watford today to watch Qpr Middlesbrough play millwall leicester are playing coventry middlesbrough play millwall leicester eso playing coventry middlesbrough play millwall leicester eso playin got yventry middlesbrough play millwall leicester eso playin got somey middlesbrough play millwall leicester eso playin got some good tomorrow, so weve got some good matches. That league matches. 24 teams in that league is difficult get is very, very difficult to get out know, its a quagmire. Yeah. Forests, know, yeah. For forests, you know, we out. We made it out. You did 6022 years though, didnt it . It take years. Took it did take 22 years. Took a long on last long time. We clung on last yeah long time. We clung on last year. Hopefully want to cling on again this year. Yeah. Weve got one on rugby. One quick story on the rugby. Rugby at cardiff. On the rugby at cardiff. Thats right. England. Wales 530. England. Wales at 530. Englands are englands Coaching Staff are saying a shoot saying that this isnt a shoot out for world out for selection for the world cup. Is picked cup. The squad is being picked on monday, but in all reality it has the has to be. Were seeing the northampton pearson northampton flanker tom pearson make he make his debut. I mean, he wouldnt be make his debut two days the squad being days before the squad is being announced a chance announced unless he had a chance of taking place of competing or taking his place in the line up. Martin in the line up. George martin the tigers. The lock for leicester tigers. Its going be his second cap. Its going to be his second cap. He his first cap was won two he his his first cap was won two years steve years ago. So clearly Steve Borthwick wants to have a look at him. Im struggling to see past and france at the past ireland and france at the moment. The moment. I think that with the world taking in world cup taking place in france, france would be france, i think france would be the favourites. Ireland are six nafions nations champions. They were absolutely nations champions. They were abtheitely england pretty in the year. England pretty ordinary nations, ordinary in the six nations, werent played won, werent they . Played five, won, three two last half. Three lost two in the last half. An well as new zealand an hour as well as new zealand have come back from from from a deficit australia. Deficit to beat australia. So theyre going as theyre to going be strong as well. Say, all eyes on well. But as i say, all eyes on monday the the monday winning the name, the name dont expect name the squad. I dont expect much in the world much of england in the world cup, be with you, but cup, to be honest with you, but they underway on they do get underway on september the 9th. I think it is against argentina marseille. Against argentina in marseille. But never know. You never know. Aidan you never know. But aidan magee, always magee, thank you. Always a pleasure. Never a chore. Yes. And in couple yes. And in a couple of moments, at moments, well be looking at the papers finding papers and finding out why stubborn would find stubborn men would rather find themselves timbuktu than themselves lost in timbuktu than ask for directions. Confirm. Im welcome back. I was wondering welcome back. I was wondering a few minutes ago where youre watching us from. Thank you for watching us from. Thank you for getting in touch. This is brilliant. Jackie says good brilliant. Jackie says good morning. Im watching from whitworth in rossendale. Whitworth in rossendale. Yeah, and i love this one here. Chris says im watching you from our lovely comfy bed in puddletown dorchester. How puddletown near dorchester. How appropriate that is for storm anthony involved. Our villages anthony involved. Our villages is definitely living up to its name today. Its utterly pants , name today. Its utterly pants, but im loving the show though. Smile emoji. Chris thanks mate. And philip says hello from windy malta. Im watching online windy malta. Im watching online before i work. Love malta before i start work. Love malta and susan says, im english but live in wales, near the racecourse. We have beautiful countryside, a walk away and wonderful beaches, a short drive away. Unfortunately, it is away. Unfortunately, it is throwing it down with rain, so its a stay at home day to day. I feel for the holidaymakers who are here at the moment and francesca shows that the show must because im must go on because im a registrar and im marrying two couples today. They wont quite have the perfect photograph. They might be to the veil as it be hanging on to the veil as it flies across the village flies off across the village green. Nevertheless , have green. But nevertheless, have a great you pair out great wedding you pair out there,. Have a great day. Registrar in family. Day. Registrar in family. And registrar in the family. And i mean, saturday is a busy day and always such and there are always such wonderful people who wonderful stories of people who get married unusual ways and get married in unusual ways and unusual costumes and things like that. Apparently, its a brilliant job. So well done. You, vicky , steve and tortoise, you, vicky, steve and tortoise, the tortoise, say hi. Both i love it in the new forest. And i absolutely love this weather. Were going to snuggle up with the tortoise. Yeah, i love this. Chris the tortoise. I know. Its an unusual one. I know. Its an unusual one. Theyre all going to hibernate. Hibernate. Well, they might go under the. Might go to the. They might go to hibernation go on a day like hibernation to go on a day like this. Chris says the loch family are you from very wet are watching you from a very wet wells next to the sea in north norfolk. Please give a shout out to pippa. Hi, pippa. Is it called wells next the sea . What its called . Sea . Is that what its called . Yeah. Wells next. The sea. Yeah. Wells next. The sea. Beautiful name. Lovely , isnt it . Lovely, isnt it . Lovely, isnt it . Lovely. Lovely. Paul im having coffee paul says im having coffee with dog working later with my dog working later because wont cut itself. Because hair wont cut itself. Could you say hello to the dog for hes called depher. Could you say hello to the dog for nice. Ies called depher. Could you say hello to the dog for nice. Hi,y called depher. Could you say hello to the dog for nice. Hi, depher. epher. Could you say hello to the dog for nice. Hi, depher. And er. Could you say hello to the dog for nice. Hi, depher. And sue nice. Hi, depher. And sue having lucky escape here. Having a lucky escape here. Were currently sat in bed watching the rain, but getting ready to fly ready to finish packing to fly out to portugal tomorrow. So out to portugal tomorrow. So a little kiss at the end there. Sue. I wish you well. The great escape. Youve got right sue. I wish you well. The great esca|by youve got right sue. I wish you well. The great esca|by the ve got right sue. I wish you well. The great esca|by the lookst right sue. I wish you well. The great esca|by the looks of right sue. I wish you well. The great esca|by the looks of it. Right idea by the looks of it. And finally, john says, im watching in kursk in russia. And finally, john says, im watl� ning in kursk in russia. And finally, john says, im watl� ning iwonder in russia. 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Thats according to plans seen by the telegraph and the daily mail leads on the extraordinary story that albanian gangs are advertising escape routes in lorries for people who have problems and want to leave england as soon as possible. People who have problems. People who have problems. Its interesting. The its interesting. The guardian draws attention to englands child care sector being at risk of becoming a playground for private equity. Playground for private equity. And in the times, were told, middle class students have been warned they face losing out on places at top universities that have recruited increasing numbers of foreign students. And lastly, on the star, its saying a moose stabbed me in skeggy as its revealed that joe pasquale narrowly avoided death after impaling himself on a moose antler. I still dont understand that story weve been reading all morning. How do you get impaled morning. How do you get impaled by a moose in skeggy . Ive been there a few times. Never happened to me. Who knows . Happened to me. Who knows . Who cares . Dont know. Emma who cares . I dont know. Emma wolf susan holder is wolf is with us. Susan holder is with us to us look through with us to help us look through the papers. And suze , stubborn the papers. And suze, stubborn men would rather find themselves lost in timbuktu than ask for directions. Well now, martin, this is the first time weve ever met. And i can tell from the strategically placed fan over there hes blowing our there that hes blowing our paperwork. Youre who paperwork. But youre a man who likes wind in their likes the wind in their hair. I can you in open top can imagine you in an open top car my question you car cruising. My question to you is, how good is your sense of direction . Terrible. Utterly terrible. Oh, utterly terrible. Oh, utterly terrible. So ive got a geography degree i cant find my degree and i cant find my way to the shop. Well, youre to the corner shop. Well, youre bucking trend then, because bucking the trend then, because according piece , in according to this piece, in whatever paper it is, i think its the mail again is that theyve done research. And 93 theyve done research. And 93 of men overestimate it, apparently. How good they are. Yeah. Unfortunately for us, mind you, i mean, i will canvas the rest of us. How do you think your sense of direction is . Me . Absolutely lousy. But me . Absolutely lousy. But i do rely on the satnav. What do you think . Do you. What do you think . Do you. Are are you got a good are you. Are you got a good sense direction . Are you. Are you got a good senturn direction . Are you. Are you got a good senturn the action . Are you. Are you got a good senturn the zctt0| . Are you. Are you got a good senturn the zctto z around. Turn the a to z around. I like a to do. I to look at like a to do. I like to look at a and then i turn it around a map and then i turn it around to work out where i am. I cant. Ihave to work out where i am. I cant. I have to get into map, but i have to get into the map, but i have to get into the map, but i needs women admit i think it needs women admit that great with that theyre not great with directions, apparently we directions, but apparently we are, we have proved being are, as we have proved by being female, more female, we have actually more likely we dont likely to admit that we dont know where were going. Are men, unfortunately, are better. To men, unfortunately, are bett research, to men, unfortunately, are bett research, their to men, unfortunately, are bett research, their sense to men, unfortunately, are bett research, their sense of to this research, their sense of direction. Hate break to direction. I hate to break it to people is better, theyre people is better, but theyre much admit it. Much less likely to admit it. And got its a dad and weve all got its a dad thing, isnt it . My dad would never my mum would spend the whole anywhere going, whole journey anywhere going, just stop and ask. Just stop and ask no, we know ask my dad. Right . No, we know were and the one time he were going. And the one time he did stop ask, we got kind of did stop and ask, we got kind of a comedy that i wont a comedy response that i wont share make share because it wont make any sense. Family of sense. Its our family kind of comedy weve been comedy joke, but weve been telling for 50 years, telling that joke for 50 years, and think because and i think its because its the you ever stop to the only time you ever stop to ask for direction. I can also confirm that its similar the similar with like the instructions flat pack instructions for like flat pack furniture. As a sense furniture. I take it as a sense of failure as a to even look of failure as a man to even look at them and that it takes at them and that means it takes five longer than it should. Yeah, but then you assemble something really critical like a bed got theres bed and youve got theres always something missing. Bed and youve got theres alwaythinkfething missing. Bed and youve got theres alwaythinkfething left sing. Bed and youve got theres alwaythinkfethingleft over i think things left over thats worrying are they i think things left over thats torrying are they i think things left over thats to be . G are they meant to be . Theyre extras that they put in for that not meant in for you that youre not meant to im sure of that. To use them. Im sure of that. I hope so. Meanwhile, emma, youve been looking what is youve been looking at what is and not comfort and what is not comfort food. This is consumers this well, this is consumers this summer are very, very depressed by the weather. This is a weather story. And i a weather story. And im i love a weather story. And im going to use an appropriately sad voice weve had sad voice because weve had such a and august a dreadful july and august so far. And sales comfort far. And so sales of comfort food up. So people are food are up. So people are buying roast puddings, roast potatoes , cheese, pies , potatoes, cheese, apple pies, custard, all the comfort food to make themselves feel better, whereas actually summer should be a time of barbecues and ice cream and lightly tossed salad and, you know, all of that drinking sundowners and apparently waitrose and all the other big m s and all the other big stores are saying Big Grocery Stores are saying summer food is really, you know, sales are really, really down. People just cant really have barbecues. Barbecues. I definitely confirm. So i can definitely confirm. So yesterday on my way home from work, mean, a pork work, i mean, its a big pork joint. Been cooking all joint. Its been cooking all day, all night, 24 hour pork. When i get home, ive got a big pile of pork. When i get home, ive got a big pile of pork. No salad for me. Dont know about you, suze. How dont know about you, suze. How was salad weather . Was the salad weather . Soup and crumpets for i had soup and crumpets for my night. I had soup and crumpets for my night. Thats an my tea last night. Thats an autumn meal. It is me, but thats tomato soup and thats what tomato soup and cheesy crumpets. I mean, i shouldnt be having that in august, cold. August, but its cold. Are actually august, but its cold. And are actually august, but its cold. And quite are actually august, but its cold. And quite chilly are actually august, but its cold. And quite chilly asz actually august, but its cold. And quite chilly as well. Ally august, but its cold. And quite chilly as well. I. Ly dark and quite chilly as well. I mean, you know, youre eyeing the and the kind of heating and thinking, it on . Thinking, should i put it on . I cant put it on in august. Its not at all seasonal for us. Different. Different in europe. The worst thing is that there doesnt be light on doesnt seem to be any light on the yet anyway, so. All the horizon yet anyway, so. All right, about total right, suze, tell us about total wipe out. Wipe out. Well, this cheer you up well, this will cheer you up or horrify in measure. Or horrify you in equal measure. So does everyone remember the show total wipe out. So the boxing gloves and knocks off . Yeah. Knocks you off . Yeah. Its the big red balls you have across. Like its the big red balls you hayits across. Like its the big red balls you hayits a across. Like its the big red balls you hayits a knockout ross. Like its the big red balls you hayits a knockout kind like its the big red balls you hayits a knockout kind of like an its a knockout kind of a style thing. I think it was filmed somewhere like argentina because obviously they couldnt rely on the weather here. Presumably you presumably because you never can. Well its getting a reboot according to the story in on on page three of the sun. It has to be said yeah its a naked reboot. Theyre going to be doing it with contestants naked. I dont quite understand this. This this this drive for having every show done in a naked format. I did a lecture at a Media College not long ago and i asked some of the students to put forward some of their ideas and almost every one had a naked element. And i just think with Naked Attraction and those Naked Attraction and all those kind i dont know. Kind of shows, i dont know. Have you got one gb yet . Have you got one on gb news yet . A show . Coming. A naked show . Its coming. Even say it out loud. I dont even say it out loud. I dont even say it out loud. Please dont give them an idea. Ive done before. Ive done that before. Ive made production made jokes in production meetings have meetings and those shows have been. And i was only ever been made. And i was only ever joking. You should neverjoke. Wrong, suze. I dont get me wrong, suze. I like bit of nudity, but on a like a bit of nudity, but on a show like this, in the correct place, on a show like this, where you get knocked off of things giant boxing gloves things by giant boxing gloves coming walls and whacking coming out of walls and whacking you, time to be nude. You, thats no time to be nude. Isnt. It isnt. No, it it isnt. It isnt. No, it isnt i mean, and the isnt at all. I mean, and the and camera angles going and the camera angles are going to awkward for the to be very awkward for the people leaping around in all different. Doesnt different. Yeah. No, it doesnt bear thinking trying bear thinking about trying to televise bear thinking about trying to telewell, apparently its well, apparently its talkback well, apparently its talkbacthinking developing it are thinking of developing it where actually say where it doesnt actually say where it doesnt actually say where be. Where its going to be. Broadcast theres no it broadcast it. Theres no it was a bbc show. I dont know. But i mean Naked Attraction. Theyre looking theyll do a celebrity Naked Attraction. There you go. Naked attraction. There you go. Celebrity Naked Attraction. You could yourself that could put yourself up for that if you thats something if you wanted. Thats something that but that apparently is coming. But im quite quite sure what im quite not quite sure what the is with the obsession is with with rebooting that format. Rebooting shows in that format. But think it probably catch but i think it probably catch on. Think would watch on. I think people would watch it catch yourself something. Not sure what itd yes. Im not sure what itd be very late night on one of those channels you only get those channels that you only get that about. That you know about. Emma, tell us about what grant shapps has been saying about cuts. About tax cuts. So is net so this is the net zero Sector Energy security and net zero secretary. Hes doing his bit for hes now doing his bit for rishi hes saying, yeah, rishi sunak. Hes saying, yeah, tax cuts are absolutely in the conservatives dna. Its absolute what the Prime Minister wants to be doing. He stood for election be doing. He stood for election as on basis of as leader on the basis of cutting in his prime cutting taxes. Its in his Prime Ministers heart as well as his soul. All of stuff. But soul. All of this stuff. But guess what . Well do it when weve got the economy sorted out. When inflation out. Well do it when inflation is well it is under control. Well do it when we can. So its a kind of absolutely empty sea. I mean, you know, all their ideas you know, all of their ideas really economy have been really on the economy have been pretty thus says pretty empty thus far. He says we set britain on the path we will set britain on the path to lower taxes, which isnt much of a promise. Of a promise. Exciting. Of a promise. The exciting. Of a promise. The tax iting. Of a promise. The tax burden under the conservatives course to conservatives is on course to be the since the 1950s. And the highest since the 1950s. And this is what this is what their response when we can well response is. When we can well cut taxes. Its in our heart and soul. But in diary. Yeah, its but not in our diary. Yeah, its actually the least actually one of the least tantalising ive ever tantalising pledges ive ever heard very empty. Heard in very empty. Almost zero, isnt it . Its almost zero, isnt it . Its almost zero, isnt it . Its almost zero, isnt it . Its deep. Its deep. Conservatives net zero secretary at the moment its a bit of a duff job, isnt it . Well all of them. I mean, he doesnt know what to say to anybody. You can imagine him at anybody. You can imagine him at a meeting. Theyd anybody. You can imagine him at a say, ating. Theyd anybody. You can imagine him at a say, and. Theyd anybody. You can imagine him at a say, and. Theywhat probably say, and grant what have to and he sort have you got to say . And he sort of goes and they go, okay. And the other part is something else, security. Else, energy security. Got and he hasnt got that ehhen and he hasnt got that either. Theres no money and he hasnt got that eitthe theres no money and he hasnt got that eitthe kitty, theres no money and he hasnt got that eitthe kitty, so theres no money and he hasnt got that eitthe kitty, so they 3s no money and he hasnt got that eitthe kitty, so they cant money in the kitty, so they cant really promise cut taxes. Really promise to cut taxes. Well a fly the well have to be a fly on the wall at a Cabinet Meeting at the moment. Oh, god. Oh, god. But i mean, the more serious point they have promised point is that they have promised to tax. It to cut income tax. What is it from £0. 20 to £0. 16 by 2030 . To cut income tax. What is it from income £0. 16 by 2030 . To cut income tax. What is it from income tax. 16 by 2030 . To cut income tax. What is it from income tax isnty 2030 . To cut income tax. What is it from income tax isnt going . To cut income tax. What is it from income tax isnt going to well, income tax isnt going to help the worst. The worst off the are really the people who are really struggling the moment. And struggling at the moment. And anyway, people anyway, 20, 30, a lot of people are right and are struggling right now and its i just think its 2023. So i just think lots of hot from anyone in of hot air from the anyone in 2030 sort of seem very 2030 doesnt sort of seem very relevant the moment. Relevant at the moment. Really way it doesnt really the way were were talking about were when were talking about this this this winter, you know, this winter, the bills, all of winter, the fuel bills, all of that, gone from tv that, weve gone from naked tv shows cuts, which kind of shows to tax cuts, which kind of killed mood a bit. Killed the mood a bit. Lets susan. Lets susan. Lets get back to yes, lets get back to something more something a little bit more zesty snappers snap over zesty here. Snappers snap over wedding tiktokkers. Whats this about . So apparently we there is about . So apparently we there is a new trend and its not that surprising you think about surprising when you think about it, people getting married it, that people getting married as well as or sometimes instead of but as well as having a photographer, they have an instagrammer influencer social media director who comes media content director who comes to make all the things that they want to put on tiktok or on their social media. Want to put on tiktok or on the now ial media. Want to put on tiktok or on the now you nedia. Want to put on tiktok or on the now you see,i. Roll your now you see, you roll your eyes. Sounds ghastly. Is. If eyes. Sounds ghastly. It is. If thats what the young people would like, they want, and if thats what they do, i wonder whether photographers whether and the photographers are only are moaning because not only obviously is if they with obviously is if they go with these people instead, thats costing them the £2,000 minimum that you would pay for a photographer at a wedding. My son married next son is getting married next yean i son is getting married next year, i have some of these year, so i have some of these figures at my fingertips , but figures at my fingertips, but maybe they dont have the photographer at all, which is obviously going to upset them. But have both of but also if they have both of them there, these are them there, these people are getting getting the getting in there, getting in the way and way of the photographers and directing are directing operations and are being in the shots. So you can see a conflict clever photographer would would photographer would make would make it do it themselves, wouldnt make it do it themselves, wottheyd say, we also offer you theyd say, we also offer you a media platform point. A social media platform point. Point. Yeah, that is a good point. You would diversify, you would have to diversify, wouldnt people are wouldnt you . Because people are on if youre if on social media and if youre if youre putting everything if youre putting everything if youre putting everything if youre putting what you for youre putting what you had for lunch social media, lunch on on social media, presumably get married, lunch on on social media, preswantyly get married, lunch on on social media, preswantylycouple get married, lunch on on social media, preswantylycouple of get married, lunch on on social media, preswantylycouple of nice married, you want a couple of nice photographs thats photographs as well. And thats all instagram all about instagram photos. Must and emma, quickly, i must allow have a quick dig allow me to have a quick dig very quick know very quick because i know lightens the dreaded low traffic living one £6 million for two years. Well, i know ulez has been getting a huge response from viewers, hasnt it . You know, people really the people really across the country, just london. London country, not just london. London drivers with drivers have been hit with around £56 million in fines in the last two years for driving in these low traffic neighbourhoods. Often you get caught. You dont know where youre trying to youre going. Youre trying to trying them. Trying to get out of them. You cant through bollards, cant get through the bollards, all of thing. About all of that kind of thing. About all of that kind of thing. About a tickets have been a million tickets have been issued and obviously sunak issued and obviously rishi sunak has out recently has been coming out recently saying drivers. Saying i backed drivers. So i think driving them away think the driving them away a real mess. Them away. Take them away. Youre in your longer. Its your car for longer. Its destroying and livelihoods destroying shops and livelihoods in areas, increasing in certain areas, increasing Traffic Congestion , traffic and congestion, increasing congestion on other roads and on the roads where theyre meant to be theyre not meant to be aggressive. See vans aggressive. Lovely. You see vans and cars aggressively three point turning to get away because theyve suddenly come up with rid with a roadblock. Get rid of those. Those flowerpots. Susan holder emma wolf a fantastic mix of common sense fun feistiness and some really moving anecdotes earlier on about your friend. Thanks for sharing that fantastic news for you. Thank sharing that fantastic news for you. Thank you very much. You. Thank you very much. Do with us. Weve got do stay with us. Weve got another you. But another hour of fun for you. But actually also very gb news good morning. Its 9 00 on saturday, the 5th of august. Today no more meetings with greenpeace. The meetings with greenpeace. The environment secretary, Therese Coffey has told her officials to cancel engagements with greenpeace after its activists climbed onto the roof of rishi sunak house in yorkshire. Sunak house in yorkshire. And typical british weather , and typical british weather, the first met office named stormed anthony will hit the uk today gusts of up to 65 miles an hour are expected to batter british coastlines. British coastlines. And how fast do you think you could get from london to istanbul using only public transport . 100 self confessed travel nerds will be setting out to discover that very conundrum with the inaugural race across europe, which starts a bit later on. And theres a train strike. So good luck getting away from blighty. Anyway, its all about the storm today weather wise. And Aidan Mcgivern and heres Aidan Mcgivern with an update. An update. Its more like autumn out there august storm there today than august as storm anthony brings widespread heavy rain , a risk of gales and rain, a risk of gales and disruption. And ill have the disruption. And ill have the full details coming up soon. Yes well give you all of the knowledge you need to know weather wise today. Weather wise today. And its lovely to be with you this saturday morning. Im anne diamond and im Martin Daubney. And this is breakfast on. And this is breakfast on. Gb news. Weve been wondering where you are while youre watching us this morning and wow, suzanne and nigel. Morning. Morning to both of you. We are taking our two year old Cockapoo Chester for his gundog training test this morning with the alicia obedience dog training at belhus woods in hornchurch. Hes a good woods in hornchurch. Hes a good little boy, but wish us luck. And its amazing. Its august and people seem to be having duvet days watching the show today and its not just in blighty. Dave says im watching from vienna and its pouring with rain here as well , but from vienna and its pouring with rain here as well, but im usually watching at home from devonwall devon looks bad. Geoff moodys on the beach down. They almost took off a minute ago. Joe says today my husband and i a date afternoon. We live i have a date afternoon. We live in we have been in sunny spain. We have been like passing night like ships passing in the night due commitments. Today due to work commitments. Today the will be switched off. The phones will be switched off. Well seaside well find a pleasant seaside restaurant , eat nice food and restaurant, eat nice food and dnnk restaurant, eat nice food and drink lovely wine. We love drink some lovely wine. We love watching on gb news. Watching you on gb news. Fantastic. And sue lesley, esme and clock. Rebecca esme and clock. Rebecca robertson here. Were watching from northern cyprus. Another from northern cyprus. Another beautiful morning here. Yeah. All right, mate. Yeah. Yeah good for you, mark. Kyle and jack, the dog in turkey say we watched gb news on and off all day. We even have the radio on going to bed. We are two hours ahead here in bodrum , so i dont have to get bodrum, so i dont have to get up early to watch you guys. Love bodrum and a great i love bodrum and a great houday i love bodrum and a Great Holiday what goes holiday there. What goes on toun holiday there. What goes on tour, the tour, stays on tour. 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Yeah, we grandchildren stay yeah, we had grandchildren stay over last night, so if you could put a call out for my daughter to come and pick them up as quickly possible, that would quickly as possible, that would be catch be great because i need to catch up with and check up with some sleep and check into continent here. Into another continent here. Says. Im watching estelle says. Im watching onune estelle says. Im watching online from cape town in south africa , a misty day here. Africa, a misty day here. And margaret says, im in belfast on my sofa with a coffee, trying to persuade myself to log on to work. Love myself to log on to work. Love watching you and my nanny always said, youre on our family tree. Well, it could be because my lot come from antrim in Northern Ireland, so you never know. I ireland, so you never know. I might very well be on your family tree somewhere. Anyway. Look, its Just Brilliant to hear from you this morning. Where you are, what youre doing, and what better part of the world you might be watching from at the moment or at least weather wise. Yeah. And weve forms of and weve got all forms of all of the world all four corners of the world covered thats covered there. And thats wonderful. Those wonderful. Thanks for those messages wonderful. Thanks for those me well,; wonderful. Thanks for those me well, tell you ill do. Well, tell you what ill do. One call out for davids one quick call out for davids birthday. From cherry. Birthday. Thats from cherry. She husbands she said, its my husbands birthday going into birthday today. Were going into edinburgh soak up the edinburgh to soak up the festival and have some food. Festival and have some food. Have a lovely day wherever you are. That sounds like great have a lovely day wherever you are. Out. Sounds like great day out. Have a good one. Now the environment secretary has ordered department to cut ordered her department to cut all with greenpeace all ties with greenpeace today as the government reacts to the eco groups invasion of the Prime Ministers home. Yeah, they draped his house in black sheeting and a protest against his approval new oil and gas his approval of new oil and gas licences in the north sea. Licences in the north sea. Five protesters were arrested and later released and North Yorkshire police are having to open up an investigation into the affair and seeing how they like it up. Em gb news contributor ben leo to invade their plush islington headquarters as well. But has their latest stunt left them hanging out to dry . Has it backfired . I wonder . Has it backfired . I wonder . Lets speak to political commentator Alex Armstrong , commentator alex arm strong, whos commentator Alex Armstrong, whos with us in the studio. Good morning. Good morning. What whos with us in the studio. G01yourorning. Good morning. What whos with us in the studio. G01you thinkg. Good morning. What whos with us in the studio. G01you think ofeood morning. What whos with us in the studio. G01you think of thei morning. What whos with us in the studio. G01you think of the wholeing. What do you think of the whole protest did hit the right protest and did it hit the right note with us . Well, i think if were talking about duvet days, i dont the british dont know whether the british pubuc dont know whether the British Public like climate public are feeling like Climate Change major issue to them change is a major issue to them right weve possibly right now. Weve had possibly one wettest summers for one of the wettest summers for many years. I think, you know, my problem with this is the tactics used with just tactics being used with Just Stop Oil and greenpeace. Theyre stop oil and greenpeace. Theyre all getting clumped in together. And i frankly, i dont think what greenpeace done what greenpeace has done is massively the massively disruptive to the public. I think that the entire debate becoming very toxic. Debate is becoming very toxic. Its focussed around its really focussed around disruption of our day to day lives. And i do think the public are sick of it. And so are getting sick of it. And so were really were missing this really important on whether we important debate on whether we should decarbonise country should decarbonise our country or not. And instead were focusing on, you know, lets stop average joe getting to the hospital. Lets stop average joe getting i mean , these getting to work. I mean, these tactics are becoming so toxic, the public are going to completely go the opposite direction and go, well, lets not have any green agenda whatsoever. Yeah. Theres huge and theres been a huge backlash the invasion backlash to the invasion of privacy and safety of privacy and the safety of rishis house, huge security rishis house, the huge security risks the prime risks leaving the Prime Ministers residence open to perhaps or perhaps terrorist attacks or bugging the children traumatised when they return from california. Yeah, thats an option. But the thing thats happened now is that have effectively that greenpeace have effectively lost their place at the top table of defra , which is their table of defra, which is their position to attempt to directly lobby and influence government policy. Theyve been kicked out of the cat flap, which begs the question when was this stunt worth it . Worth it . Well, i mean, i think look, surely the any goal of these Green Climate action groups is to have discourse with government. They want to pass government. They want to pass legislation to push their agenda forward. Now, i think not being at that table anymore is certainly the opposite place where they want to be. So has the stunt actually been worth it for i dont think it has. For them . I dont think it has. And i dont know whether the topics that came out and the you know, the points of action that the activists were talking about on rishi sunaks rooftop were actually any worth just a lot of nonsense really wasnt it saying the world is literally on fire. Well, its not. We know that a lot of these fires in greece, i was in rhodes actually not that long many of those long ago. Theres many of those fires by arsonists. Fires are started by arsonists. So the public are going, well, its these are its not on fire. These are these are. Yeah, get out of yeah, but they get out of control the land control because. Yes the land around tinder dry around there is so tinder dry andifs around there is so tinder dry and its theres no doubt there is. Of course , that, you know, of course, that, you know, the climate warming is contribute to this. But to attribute these fires to Climate Change is real derailing the debate, in my opinion , because debate, in my opinion, because people know that it perhaps wasnt. Wasnt. I mean, this is very important at that point that you made about the fact that people are being turned off the green message , the very important message, the very important green messages by by this ridiculous pantomime thats going on now was Theresa Coffey right to exclude them now from defra meetings or was she acting a bit too headmistress well, i think theres plenty of climate scientists that can advise the government. First of all, i dont know where the greenpeace is best placed government. Placed to advise the government. I appeasement by the i think this appeasement by the government bring these government to bring these agencies inwards, make sure agencies inwards, to make sure that they arent, you know , out that they arent, you know, out protesting, so to speak , is has protesting, so to speak, is has failed. And i dont know whether actually its the right course of action to keep them all as part of these committees. I do think the government need be think the government need to be listening proper climate. Listening to a proper climate. Scientists want to scientists if we want to actually debate and actually change the debate and speaking businesses. Speaking to businesses. More importantly, thats importantly, because thats where want focus where the public want the focus to be, not on them. Im wondering this is a im wondering if this is a deliberate strategy , deliberate shift in strategy, because lets face it, greenpeace , theyre a bit kind greenpeace, theyre a bit kind of sandals muesli y, arent of sandals and muesli y, arent they . A bit beardy. They . Theyre a bit beardy. And i wonder if they used to be. I think thats probably the image theyre to define. Image theyre trying to define. Thats im thinking. So thats what im thinking. So all they deliberately saying, thats what im thinking. So all ththe ieliberately saying, thats what im thinking. So all ththeielibekidsly saying, thats what im thinking. So all ththe ielibekids on aying, thats what im thinking. So all ththeielibekids on the g, thats what im thinking. So all ththeielibekids on the block look, the new kids on the block just getting Just Stop Oil. Theyre getting all headlines, all the headlines, theyre getting donations. Getting all the donations. Yeah. Is this significant and is this a significant and deliberate policy . Deliberate shift of policy . Theyre getting down. Theyre playing. Theyre on the playing dirty. Theyre on the cobbles. Theyre aping a successful strategy, whether you cobbles. Theyre aping a succit. Sful strategy, whether you cobbles. Theyre aping a succit orrl strategy, whether you cobbles. Theyre aping a succit or not. Ategy, whether you cobbles. Theyre aping a succit or not. Yeah. Whether you cobbles. Theyre aping a succit or not. Yeah of1ether you cobbles. Theyre aping a succit or not. Yeah of getting ou like it or not. Yeah of getting headlines. What will that headlines. But what will that say to their traditional donors who tend to be quite respectable, middle englanders. We dont like this kind of disruption. Well, i think this is a really great point. And you know, were were a far cry from where they were blocking Nuclear Weapons up in scotland in two thousand and seven. But you know, i really do think the pubuc know, i really do think the public want to have a proper discussion about this. Theres a lot of people who are worried about Climate Change and, you know, the activists know, like i said, the activists that theyre putting on these rooftops are spouting nonsense to public and theyre sick to the public and theyre sick to the public and theyre sick to death it. And the average to death of it. And the average person who understands this issue understands that we issue and understands that we want , we to want to decarbonise, we want to make atmosphere clean and we make our atmosphere clean and we want to make our breathable. Want to make our air breathable. Is resonating with is this is not resonating with them. Looking like them. This is looking like attention and thats attention seeking. And thats the same methods that stop the same methods that Just Stop Oil theyre all oil are using and theyre all getting its getting clubbed together. Its setting though, isnt setting a pattern, though, isnt it, activism, which setting a pattern, though, isnt itthink activism, which setting a pattern, though, isnt itthink a activism, which setting a pattern, though, isnt itthink a lot activism, which setting a pattern, though, isnt itthink a lot ofactivism, which setting a pattern, though, isnt itthink a lot of people|, which setting a pattern, though, isnt itthink a lot of people are1ich i think a lot of people are worried about. We all we all remember the protests against animal testing, dont we . How many years ago, 30 odd ago, where scientists odd years ago, where scientists had their homes bombed and their cars destroyed . Yeah, it got cars destroyed . Yeah, it got very , very nasty and very very, very nasty and very dangerous in some cases fatal. Dangerous in some cases fatal. And you almost see that as a push towards that sort of high intensity activism. Again, its very dangerous that and its got to be stopped , hasnt it . To be stopped, hasnt it . It does. And i think what we want to see is sensible engagement in the political sphere. I was speaking to one of sphere. I was speaking to one of your previous guests. Eds in the green room, and its great to see someone actually to see someone who actually wants have a proper wants to come and have a proper debate with sensible debate with with sensible opinions thinks opinions and really thinks that this to be this is the right thing to be doing. Whether or doing. Whether we like it or not. Is moving towards not. Industry is moving towards green energy now to have these childish tactics , as you said, childish tactics, as you said, andifs childish tactics, as you said, and its turning people off. Its turning people off of this debate and an important debate and it is an important one. And not one thats one. And its not one thats going to go away. We have to going to go away. So we have to make choice whether make a choice now whether we have discussions in in have sensible discussions in in the process or we the democratic process or we continue to disrupt and one thing that constant thats a great point about about the kind of demonising of a cause and the purpose analysing of it. And i think thats where people feel very uncomfortable about this, is you can go about this, is that you can go and protest at 10 downing street, but when you to street, but when you go to somebodys home, when youre taking the family, is it taking it to the family, is it that kind of othering of the Prime Minister, the othering of conservatives, the othering of people who agree with with fossil fuels and when go down that route , were heading that route, were heading towards, i think , Huge Division towards, i think, Huge Division toxicity. And lets hope it toxicity. And lets hope it doesnt end in some sort of personal or thats what im scared of. Scared of. Yeah, they think thats acceptable to invade rishi sunak home, home and climb and climb all over the roof. They think thats acceptable. In fact, they thats acceptable. In fact, they clearly think its done them quite well. Well, what are they planning next . This isnt good enough. Well where does it end . I think is the the i think is the is the question. Right. Where it question. Right. Where does it end . Know, look , i will end . And, you know, look, i will say, when politicians stand in parliament, particularly for the Prime Minister you are going to be protest. Yes. It be open to protest. Yes. It hasnt anybody. However, it hasnt hurt anybody. However, it is a major security breach. The police have got a lot of questions to answer about this and secretary does and the home secretary does as well but, know, we well. But, you know, frankly, we shouldnt things like shouldnt be doing things like this. Be invading this. We shouldnt be invading peoples personal property. Do peoples personal property. I do think peoples personal property. I do thinitoo that was on care too much that it was on rishi sunak house. I just think that care about the that they care about the message. Coming out, message. Thats coming out, which that is very which isnt one that is very productive. Productive. Okay. Armstrong, thanks okay. Alex armstrong, thanks for that. I people do for that. And i think people do care about was just going to say they seem to be they do actually seem to be very, very affronted that they they do actually seem to be very, it. Ry affronted that they took it. There. Yeah, everybody admits there. Yeah, everybody admits that protest is a fundamental right of ours, but they took it to his house and that seemed to be wrong with so many people this morning. Thank you, thank you. This morning. Thank you. Thank you. This morning. Thank you. Right. Thank you. This morning. Thank you. Right. Its|k you. This morning. Thank you. Right. Its 9 13. J. Thank you. Right. Its 9 13. Lets move on. Its lovely to be with you today. And its still with you today. And its still lovely to hear where youre watching but right now, watching us from. But right now, up 1100 workers have up to 1100 amazon workers have walked out in a long running pay dispute, a full year since a series of strike actions began. Series of strike actions began. Yeah, the gmb union said its members at the coventry and rugeley Fulfilment Centres are not happy with the latest deal, but the online retailer said it offered competitive wages and benefits. Well , joining us now live well, joining us now live from coventry is our West Midlands reporterjack from coventry is our West Midlands reporter jack castle. Oh dear. The weathers obviously started up there as well in coventry. Sympathies but what is going on . If we could see the factory or at least the centre behind you with the people, what is going on up there in coventry . Well the picket line finished just a few, just well about an hour ago after they were trying to get people driving into work this morning to join them in this morning to join them in this strike. Today there was a big queue up the road in this industry estate here blocking up the lorries. The police were here trying to coordinate traffic and have and keep things peaceful, which they did. But of course, this dispute has been going on like, say, for 12 months now. The strike here at amazon , the Fulfilment Centre amazon, the Fulfilment Centre here in coventry , the workers here in coventry, the workers have been walking out since january. Its all over a dispute over pay £15 an hour is what the gmb union are calling for and they are gaining momentum. They are gaining momentum. Thats the word that theyve been saying. To me. Momentum is been saying. To me. Momentum is the big one because of course this week weve also had rugeley in staffordshire on strike in staffordshire out on strike as since january. Its very as well since january. Its very much just been this Fulfilment Centre that has been centre in coventry that has been out but they are out on strike, but they are feeling now is another fulfilment out on Fulfilment Centre comes out on strike their members strike and with their members within other distribution centres , other amazon workplaces centres, other amazon workplaces across the country , they, they across the country, they, they say it might not be too long before we see more of a National Walkout over this issue. Now amazon say that they offer good benefits as well as employee discounts, private medical insurance and that they regularly review their pay. They say since 2018 that theyve risen pay for their workers up by 37. But firdous sara uddin , by 37. But firdous sara uddin, who is the regional organiser for the gmb, was here on the picket line this morning, told me that that 30 figure is misleading. Misleading. When you talk about percentage , it sounds like percentage, it sounds like a huge amount. Theyre still between £11 and £12. And this is coming from a company that makes billions. So if youre saying billions. So if youre saying the percentage that theyre using sounds significant, theyre still below £12. Some of them are just above minimum wage. And that comes from a company thats made over 200 billion this year. We have members everywhere, and thats the exact same voices that were heanng the exact same voices that were hearing is theyve all had enough. Hearing is theyve all had enough. If they cant carry on enough. If they cant carry on living this staining the living in this staining on the wages they are at the wages that they are at the moment, they refuse to recognise us union. Okay they refuse us as a union. Okay they refuse to listen to their workers as its been a year since their strike and its the same message that they want better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre not asking the millions. Theyre asking for the millions. Theyre asking for the millions. Theyre asking a Sustainable Living asking for a Sustainable Living wage. Politics wage. Politics yes. So amazon, keen to stress that this is a Fulfilment Centre and therefore wont disrupt customers orders or packages too much. Its not packages too much. Its not a distribution centre. This essentially services and provides the products into those distribution centres where of course they then get sent out to customers. So amazon keen to stress that this industrial action wont affect orders. Action wont affect orders. There wasnt a rally this morning, most likely due the morning, most likely due to the weather. But again, weather today. But again, theyre going to reconvene around 5 00 this evening for more for a bigger turnout, more of a rally to, of course, try and drum up support for those people that are going to come on to the nightshift later and see if more people can this if any more people can join this picket in this long running dispute. Okay. Thanks very much indeed, jack you go off and indeed, jack. You can go off and get nice warming cup of soup. Get a nice warming cup of soup. I you deserve it because i think you deserve it because you are obviously in the middle of what the storm is doing to coventry and it is coming all over the uk today. Its coventry and it is coming all over the uk today. Its storm over the uk today. Its storm anthony, which is going to have gusts of up to 65 miles an hour. Its going to really batter the coastlines, but obviously clearly its effects are coming right inland as well as at coventry. Yeah. And for more on this, yeah. And for more on this, lets cross now to north devon, where were joined by gb news south west of england, reporter jeff moody. Jeff, have you taken jeff moody. Jeff, have you taken off yet . Off yet . Yeah, no, but pretty close. Yeah, no, but pretty close. The rain is just starting to really lash the camera and lash me. More important, as you say, this is the first named storm of the year and the met office has really pushed the boat out and giving us a technical meteorological term to describe these conditions. They say its unseasonal. Yeah, theyre right unseasonal. Yeah, theyre right about that. It definitely is about that. It definitely is unseasonal to problems down in the south west to where the warnings, amber weather warnings, amber weather warnings, thats for wind and the rain. Theyre expecting gusts up to 60 miles an hour. The wind really is beginning to pick there were dog pick up. I mean, there were dog walkers a short walkers galore here. A short while ago, but theyre all some suddenly looking for cover and then ireland, then in Northern Ireland, theres yellow weather theres the yellow weather warning for up to 65mm of rain. Warning for up to 65mm of rain. The rac has been out saying be very careful on the roads, make sure you drive very slowly. And the met office is saying, beware of flying objects, particularly if youre by a beach. Not quite sure what flying objects they mean. Maybe you know, a flying deckchair at you, but the general message that theyre giving is try and stay home if you can. Chance to be a fine thing, stay at home in the warm on a day like this. Yes. It looks so appealing, i must say on that beach at the moment. You can only imagine what it should be looking like in august. Jeff, thanks very much indeed. So weve seen a rain soaked coventry. Weve seen a very wind swept jeff in in stone in in stowe, in stoke, in nonh stone in in stowe, in stoke, in north devon. But of course, youll want to know what this storm means for you, where you live. So lets catch up with the very latest Weather Forecast. Very latest Weather Forecast. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello , good morning. Its hello, good morning. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Very unseasonal out there this morning. Storm anthony is morning. Storm anthony is beanng morning. Storm anthony is bearing upon us, bringing bearing down upon us, bringing a spell of heavy rain initially to Northern Ireland, then across much england and wales much of england and wales through rest of day through the rest of the day and strengthening winds , really the strengthening winds, really the most rain clears most persistent rain clears through into central and through wales into central and northern england. By the afternoon , heavy showers for afternoon, heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as some central and southern parts. As the skies southern parts. But as the skies brighten across wales in the southwest , thats winds southwest, thats when the winds really up with widely gale really pick up with widely gale force. And 65 mile per force winds. And 65 mile per hour gusts around coastal areas. So that could cause some significant disruption, particularly later in the day if youre camping. Karen tanning travelling down towards the southwest or heading to the beach , some very hazardous beach, some very hazardous conditions. Thats why storm conditions. Thats why storm anthony has been named because its such a busy day in the summer holidays. Now, as that summer holidays. Now, as that pulls away overnight. So it does pulls away overnight. So it does eventually calm down and clear spells are expected through the night time with just a few showers remaining across some western and eastern parts, but plenty of sunshine as we start off sunday with that sunshine. Its going to feel considerably more pleasant, i suspect, than today. But therell still be a few showers developing initially across western and then across Western Areas and then more centrally, those showers p0p up more centrally, those showers pop up into the afternoon. I think some coastal areas avoiding the showers and staying largely sunny. Its a cool day. However, with highs of 19 celsius, a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news as ever, weather on. Gb news as ever, its lovely to hear where youre joining us from. Im bob says. Were in sunny gloucester , except its not gloucester, except its not sunny. Its dull with sunny. Its very dull with drizzly however, gb news drizzly rain. However, gb news goes no small way to cheer us up. Yeah. And lisa also says, im watching from a very windy and wet. However, love wet guernsey. However, i love your show. Thank you, lisa. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you. Says. Im watching from john says. Im watching from manchester. Originally from manchester. Im originally from northern weather is Northern Ireland. The weather is not too bad i hope the not too bad here. I hope the weather isnt too for my weather isnt too bad for my friends their trip in friends on their trip down in brighton weekend. Friends on their trip down in brigls on weekend. Friends on their trip down in brigls that weekend. Friends on their trip down in brigls that amazing . |d. Friends on their trip down in brigls that amazing . And it is that amazing . And it always rains in manchester. Yeah. Always rains in manchester. And|. Always rains in manchester. And its raining today. And its not raining today. Epton says its so good to be able to watch gb news from sunny benalmadena in spain. As soon as we get up and until we leave our apartment. Have a great day in spain. Hampton yeah, i mean, i know i was thinking, oh how lovely to get guaranteed sunshine in spain, youve such spain, but youve had such weather the weather problems as well on the other end the scale. And other end of the scale. And finally, steve im finally, steve says, im watching whelan or watching from ella whelan or plana in spain and its very hot. So thank you forjoining hot. So thank you for joining us. Thats the main thing. Hot. So thank you for joining us. Thats the main thing. We us. Thats the main thing. We still have lots for you on the program this morning, including the sport thatll be here in a minute. Right now, at 9 22. Well see you in a moment welcome back. Youre watching and listening to breakfast on gb news with anne and martin. And were joined by Stephanie Takyi and aidan magee. And thank you so much. 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Its our favourite channel. Oh, of course. Oh, yes, of course. Much, tracy. Thank you very much, tracy. Thank you very much, tracy. Got jenny saying she weve got jenny saying she watched watching from watched it. Im watching from county ireland. Im county cavan in ireland. Im originally from so originally from london, so thats good. I mean , let ask thats good. I mean, let me ask you this. Question then. You this. A quiz question then. Which famous Hollywood Star hails county cavan . Hails from county cavan . Oh , thats the guy was oh, thats the guy that was in booth. In phone booth. Whats name . Oh james um, whats his name . Oh james bond played james bond. Oh, the 90s. Timothy oh, in the 90s. Timothy dalton. No no, no. The one pierce brosnan. The one pierce brosnan. The one pierce brosnan. Oh youve got laurie saying im watching for morges in switzerland. Switzerland. Oh, lovely. Wow. Oh, lovely. Wow. Were all getting around. Well its lovely to hear from you. Yes. Also, we have de man. I hopei yes. Also, we have de man. I hope i pronounce your name right. Sorry if i got it wrong and shes watching with louis, her cat in brittany in france. Her cat in brittany in france. And the appropriate named leek in staffordshire. Kevin is in leek in staffordshire. We have a brick street and a fountain street. And its piddling down here. Yeah. And pat says morning from a very wet malvern in worcestershire, my hometown. Worcestershire, my hometown. Lovely. Lovely, isnt it . Sorry, its wet, but thats why its beautiful and green as well. Well, i was at victoria the other week i gave someone other week and i gave someone directions she said, do directions and she said, what do you work . You do for work . Told what i did and and i told her what i did and she which said, she said, which channel . I said, gb says, oh, we watch gb news. She says, oh, we watch gb news. She says, oh, we watch gb news. She says, oh, we watch gb news all the time in vienna. Oh, really . Yeah austria, vienna. Get touch. Yeah. Marion is get in touch. Yeah. Marion is in she says its been in inverness. She says its been raining five raining off and on for five weeks now. Summer here in the weeks now. No summer here in the highlands. Itsjust weeks now. No summer here in the highlands. Its just so very cold and matt and christine say were watching from our caravan near dinan. Brittany, i know thats beautiful part of the world with louis, our cat. Fantastic well, its just lovely to hear from you. Well talk sport hear from you. Well talk sport in a moment, but i want to hear about Greta Thunberg. Yeah, whos not coming to edinburgh . Whos not coming to edinburgh . No, shes pulled out of the Edinburgh International edinburgh Book International festival because shes saying she has a bone of contention with drs, who are with the sponsor drs, who are baillie gifford. She says baillie gifford. She says theyve invested heavily in fossil fuels. The organisers have come back and they said they respect her decision, but they respect her decision, but the actual business. Baillie gifford they say only 2 of their client sites invest in fossil fuels. So i think gretas been a bit pedantic here because how are you going to find a company who hasnt got any links to fossil fuels whatsoever . People have spent their money to come see her at this book festival all and if she knew that was the case, she shouldnt have signed on the dotted line in first place. In the first place. Worth pointing out that its worth pointing out that the average 11 the market its average is 11 in fossil fuels. So this company is below any form of is way below any form of average. Theyre doing their bit and theyre actually sponsoring her cant be her chat and she cant be bothered show up. Oh i think bothered to show up. Oh i think thats a bit harsh. Mean, have to think i mean, you have to think that is such a high profile that she is such a high profile person. Is , that if she did person. She is, that if she did travel, the press would be the first to point out the fact that. How did you get there . Oh, 2 fuel. And you know, 2 fossil fuel. And you know, you see that almost. You can see that almost. However, she travels now, unless its on a bicycle. Yeah, shes going to come in for criticism, dont you think . But i think she whoever looks after greta should have done but i think she whoever looks after research. uld have done but i think she whoever looks after research. You have done but i think she whoever looks after research. You know, ione but i think she whoever looks after research. You know, the their research. You know, the sponsors been sponsors would have been announced get go. So sponsors would have been annfact ed get go. So sponsors would have been annfact that get go. So sponsors would have been annfact that shes get go. So sponsors would have been annfact that shes putzt go. So sponsors would have been annfact that shes put her . So sponsors would have been annfact that shes put her name the fact that shes put her name to it in the first place is quite controversial. Now quite controversial. And now shes you know, these poor shes made, you know, these poor , sponsors and the , you know, sponsors and the people who are organising an event going to find event are going to have to find someone replace her. Event are going to have to find sonande replace her. Event are going to have to find sonande makes|ce her. Event are going to have to find sonande makes yower. Event are going to have to find sonande makes you wonder event are going to have to find sonand e makes you wonder why and it makes you wonder why the involved. The sponsors get get involved. I mean, theyve gone out the sponsors get get involved. I m whose is to develop whose sole purpose is to develop clean energy solutions. And thats going covid off by thats still going covid off by Greta Thunberg. I think thats brilliant indeed. Think shes brilliant. Do you think shes brilliant. Do you think shes brilliant. Shes brilliant. She knows she sticks her out. Yeah, she sticks her neck out. Yeah, she sticks her neck out. Yeah, she people, especially she sticks her neck out. Yeah, she people. 3ople, especially she sticks her neck out. Yeah, she people. Buta, especially she sticks her neck out. Yeah, she people. But shesecially she sticks her neck out. Yeah, she people. But shes soally she sticks her neck out. Yeah, she people. But shes so young older people. But shes so young and brave and brilliant and she sticks out and sticks her neck out and she doesnt annoying doesnt mind annoying people. And know. I doesnt mind annoying people. And know. I really. And she. I dont know. I really. I think shes like firework i think shes like a firework thats going to sputter out. Think shes a firework no, i think shes a firework that shes burning burning very happily at the moment. With gary but city calm with gary lineker weve had Greta Thunberg weve had mega mark. Weve had whole lot today. And well , today. And well, you today. And well , you know, i have to and well, you know, i have to ihave and well, you know, i have to i have to do my bit for balance. Thank i have to do my bit for balance. Thank very much. Thank you very much. Going on in the sport world . Had another bid, a third we had another bid, a third bid last night from Bayern Munich. This this is endemic of how transfers are conducted these days. You cant them these days. You cant get them donein these days. You cant get them done in a couple of days anymore. Take weeks and anymore. They take weeks and weeks sometimes weeks and weeks, sometimes months. A last months. So we saw a bid last night of £862 million plus add ons. We dont know what the add ons. We dont know what the add ons will be ons are. There will be stipulations on stipulations based on appearances, you would think, but to but that roughly equates to about ,100 million. It could represent a good solution for tottenham letting them go. Now its a chance to realise some value on a player. Theyre not going to get anything for it. This harry kane. Kane this is harry kane. Harry kane yeah. Sorry, were yeah. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Were talking no, its a talking his name. So no, its a chance tottenham to. To get chance for tottenham to. To get some value a player who some value on a player who could walk next summer. And walk away next, next summer. And it the last chance to it gives them the last chance to get him out of england because itd embarrassing if he get him out of england because itd to embarrassing if he get him out of england because itd to an embarrassing if he get him out of england because itd to an englishassing if he get him out of england because itd to an english clubg if he get him out of england because itd to an english club next1e goes to an english club next summer, which hes likely to do. He wants to stay in the premier league. Catch alan league. He wants to catch alan shearers premier league records. Behind records. Hes 48 goals behind domestically. He he can where records. Hes 48 goals behind d0|wantsally. He he can where records. Hes 48 goals behind d0|wants nexthe he can where records. Hes 48 goals behind d0|wants next summern where records. Hes 48 goals behind d0|wants next summer because re he wants next summer because hes agent. This hes a free agent. This opportunity gets to opportunity now gets him to germany, for germany, where hell play for Bayern Munich be out germany, where hell play for batheirmunich be out germany, where hell play for batheir hair. Ch be out germany, where hell play for batheir hair. He be out germany, where hell play for batheir hair. He doesnt. Be out germany, where hell play for batheir hair. He doesnt. Theth of their hair. He doesnt. They wont have to suffer the ignominy the embarrassment ignominy and the embarrassment of a of him coming back with a Different Club white hart Different Club to White Hart Lane scoring a hat trick. He . Is he . Is he . Hes 30. Hes 30. Hes 30. Hes at all is. Hes at all it is. Hes at all it is. But thats actually for a striker thats quite striker thats thats quite senior a players value senior and a players value depreciate 30 shouldnt depreciate after 30 it shouldnt do it just because the do but it just does because the clubs and resale clubs looking at and resale value. Are value. If Bayern Munich are looking or any looking to sign a player or any club wants to sign a player, one of the key stipulations is that club wants to sign a player, one of thlook stipulations is that club wants to sign a player, one of th look for pulations is that club wants to sign a player, one of th look for they ions is that club wants to sign a player, one of th look for they lookis that they look for they look for resale value youre not resale value and youre not going get value going to get resale value typically sign a player typically if you sign a player at 30 because hes to going sign at 30 because hes to going sign a contract. Yeah, if a four year contract. Yeah, if you and then sell him you get an and then you sell him at or 33, his value isnt so at 34 or 33, his value isnt so great. Well, ones going to great. Well, no ones going to sign i the sign his age. Yeah, i mean, the science says they do. They do eventually science says they do. They do eve but|lly also science says they do. They do evebut|lly also renowned science says they do. They do eve but|lly also renowned for but hes also renowned for his his obsession, his dedication nutrition, dedication to nutrition, his physicality. , i physicality. Hell have, i think, quite a long playing career. Hes a veteran. Hes a pedigree. Brings us quite neatly on if we can, stephanie, to Angela Rippon. Yes, there is somebody else whos got real staying power due to make, i think, an astonishing, fantastic return. Yeah strictly dancefloor. I have to give respect to angela because i think when it comes to strictly come dancing , comes to strictly come dancing, they always get older contestants and people tend to mock them and dont think theyll go very angela has theyll go very far. Angela has been an advocate for older people staying younger, whether its through exercise , whether its through exercise, whether its through exercise, whether its through exercise, whether its through dance. So she is going to the oldest going to be the oldest contestant. She turns 79in october. So im hoping she still will be in the show. Then she did say when bbc bosses approached her, said, why approached her, she said, why didnt me ten years ago . Didnt you ask me ten years ago . Shes had a very Good Relationship with show. She relationship with the show. She was presenters on was one of the presenters on come dancing. Know come dancing. We know that infamous dance she did on morecambe and wise on Christmas Day had about 27 million day that had about 27 Million Viewers who were tuned in. She said she is still feeling quite scared about doing this, but she wants to learn the argentine tango. And i think she will have a very good fan base who will be following her the show following her on the show because perform your because you can perform your best might not do that best or you might not do that well, votes well, but its all about votes and voting for you. I hope and whos voting for you. I hope she does get paired with a nice hunky young dancer who can help show her the ropes as well. But i think shes one to be respected and not one to be mocked on the dance. Well, i mean, she is a good dancer, always. Certainly was an amazing dancen certainly was an amazing dancer, actually. But i mean, dancer, actually. But i mean, its just lovely to see an older woman giving it what for. And she will be shell look fab and she will be shell look fab and she wouldnt be saying yes to it if she wasnt confident that shed be. Yeah. Its the wrong place to be. She must know how fit and agile she is. You know, the other funny thing is i know a lot of people are probably thinking, you get her thinking, why dont you get her on . Shes one of us now on . Because shes one of us now here at gb news. But of course, she has been strictly she has been signed by strictly and they take over your life when you sign for strictly, you cant appear anywhere else. They will strict rules and will have very strict rules and theyll have their contracts where she can be. Oh, there she is with stephen now. Stephen. Stephen. Yeah. Stephen. But yeah. Stephen. But yeusually you see but no, usually when you see people sign for strictly they are not allowed to say anything for months, for a very long time i for weeks the newspapers have been saying Angela Rippon is going to on strictly it going to be on strictly so it must been really for must have been really hard for her confirm it. But, you her not to confirm it. But, you know, you put name on know, once you put your name on the line, you do become the dotted line, you do become strictly for like the strictly property for like the next three months or so. You do. And i think shes just become a Firm National favourite. Already but i think she already is. But i think shes foxtrot out shes doing the foxtrot out there of every senior there on behalf of every senior citizen. Think its an citizen. I think its an inspirational, fantastic and it really warms your cockles. And theres definitely i mean, older watching now mean, anyone older watching now will remember why she is such a big deal now because she was she wasnt actually the first lady. Newsreader on television in britain, but she was the first big name, you know, she was the first name who became big. She first name who became big. She was always there reading the news every evening with huge authority, and then suddenly she appeared on morecambe and wise. Appeared on morecambe and wise. Have you seen the yeah, have. I remember it, but where they sort of say shes reading the news and shes at a news news and shes sat at a news desk Angela Rippon like desk looking Angela Rippon like and suddenly parts and then suddenly the desk parts ways out these ways and out come these incredible legs. Course we the nation had of course we the nation had never really seen legs , let never really seen her legs, let alone shapely ones that. Alone the shapely ones that. She was i remember yeah but she was i remember her quite highbrow quiz shows presenting well when presenting those as well when i was was probably in my was when i was probably in my when been. When i was always been. Yeah absolutely. He was yeah, yeah absolutely. He was the first lady. Newsreader im sorry. He was the first lady. Newsreader was somebody whose name i literally dont google. Dont know, google. No , no. Sue lawley came yeah, no, no. Sue lawley came after it was, it was one of those people who was just brought a couple of brought in to do a couple of bulletins, then she looked bulletins, and then she looked away again because it wasnt really seen womans job. Really seen as a womans job. Yeah. Angela was the yeah. And then angela was the first was star. First kind of she was the star. Yeah. Yeah. Female bbc newscaster really broke yeah had broke the mould. Yeah had a hugely career. Yeah and hugely long career. Yeah and i just. Im paying £100 on angela. £100 on on the button. I think shes going to bag it. Martin, how are you on the dance floor . Terrible. Yeah terrible. Terrible. Yeah terrible. I need a lot of refreshment to get on a dance. You can learn, cant you . You can learn, cant you . You can learn, cant you . Yeah. I think thats what i like about the show, though, you know, you see, like dave seaman, some of rugby some of the sort of the rugby players stiff and robotic. Players quite stiff and robotic. Id be one of them. Yes. Overcoming fear, embracing id be one of them. Yes. Overyinnerg fear, embracing id be one of them. Yes. Overyinner tango fear, embracing id be one of them. Yes. Overyinner tango spirit. Embracing id be one of them. Yes. Overyinner tango spirit. Ifbracing id be one of them. Yes. Overyinner tango spirit. I think1g your inner tango spirit. I think its one of the huge sort of benefits the show. Benefits of the show. Litvinenko go, isnt it . Litvinenko go, isnt it . Thats what it yeah. Thats what it is. Yeah. Thats what it is. Yeah. Angelas already that. Angelas already got that. Angelas already got that. Yeah. Shes yeah, yeah, yeah. Shes already of the game. Already ahead of the game. Dancers people are better dancers anyway people people are better dancers anyw got people people are better dancers anyw got it. People people are better dancers anyw got it. What people people are better dancers anyw got it. What was people people are better dancers anyw got it. What was it people people are better dancers anyw got it. What was it they ople have got it. What was it they said judy murray . Said about. About judy murray . Yes. Yes. That she. She. She walked her that she. She. She walked her way around the dance floor like an ironing board. Oh, yeah. And if somebody says that about your dancing, after weeks of coaching , perhaps after weeks of coaching, perhaps that can knock your confidence. That can knock your confidence. Yeah. And my old friend ann widdecombe, of course, was flung around dance like a around the dance floor like a sack spuds. Sack of spuds. She game for it, wasnt she was game for it, wasnt she . Have other she . Well, we have two other names whove announced as well. Weve got Amanda Abbington , weve got Amanda Abbington, whos sherlock. Says whos from sherlock. She says shes shy, so shes hoping shes quite shy, so shes hoping dancing help make her more dancing will help make her more confident. Got layton confident. Then we got layton williams. Is a theatre star. Williams. He is a theatre star. So theres a bit of controversy because hes dancing. Hes because hes been dancing. Hes been since he been a trained dancer since he was years old. The big thing was six years old. The big thing about strictly is youre to going learn dancing. So if youve got someone like him who already how to work the already knows how to work the dance floor, got an advantage. Gemma. John. John sergeant, he. Pulled out, didnt he . He. He pulled out, didnt he . Because he felt he was becoming the the actual, the story more than the actual, the story more than the actual, the dancers. Yeah. Maybe the story more than the actual, the years dancers. Yeah. Maybe the story more than the actual, the years ago. Cers. Yeah. Maybe the story more than the actual, the years ago. Obviously|. Maybe the story more than the actual, the years ago. Obviously beenbe the story more than the actual, the years ago. Obviously been on ten years ago. Obviously been on gb news recently as well , gb news recently as well, because love him because they will still love him because he did. Yes, he felt it. He yeah. Yes, he felt it. He just feel comfortable in just didnt feel comfortable in the end because he became the comedy. Well, thats the dark side of strictly. Know, youre strictly. You know, once youre on but the on the dance floor. But the papers have field day papers will have a field day because and get because theyll try and get those personal life stories about and then about your life. And then theres always the dreaded strictly curse about people falling with their, falling in love with their, you know, dancers stuff. So know, co dancers and stuff. So thats dark side to show i thatd be interesting if angela of nice angela has a bit of gets a nice toyboy yes, absolutely. Should we have another sports story, please . Yeah, lets lets talk about the womens world cup. Yeah, womens world cup. So a match on at the moment japan nil norway nil. Rattled nil. But spain have rattled through switzerland earlier on today five goals to one. I think thats quite ominous. Its quite today five goals to one. I think trgoodjuite ominous. Its quite today five goals to one. I think trgood rattle,ninous. Its quite today five goals to one. I think trgood rattle, isnth. Its quite today five goals to one. I think trgood rattle, isnt it . Its quite today five goals to one. I think trgood rattle, isnt it . Itsis uite a good rattle, isnt it . It is indeed. Germany brazil are indeed. Germany and brazil are already out, but england havent. Theyll have no inferiority theyll the inferiority complex. Theyll the european theyre european champions, theyre scoring rate scoring goals at a high rate themselves next game is themselves as the next game is on against against on monday against against nigeria. Evening weve nigeria. And this evening weve got the world got just looking at the world cup england playing cup weve got england playing wales a friendly cardiff. Wales in a friendly in cardiff. Were seeing world cup squad were seeing the world cup squad announced on monday the announced on on monday the Coaching Staff saying Coaching Staff are saying its not audition for the not its not an audition for the world cup squad. But how can it not be . Its 48 hours before the squad announcement. Were seeing a the flanker tom a debut for the flanker tom pearson of northampton. George pearson of northampton. George martins as well. He martins coming in as well. He won his own his second cap two years winning his last years after winning his last one, lost morning years after winning his last onywell lost morning years after winning his last onywell to lost morning years after winning his last onywell to newost morning years after winning his last onywell to new zealand. Rorning as well to new zealand. Australia by australia managed of course by eddie recently eddie jones, who was recently england getting england coach. Hes getting absolutely moment. Absolutely pelted at the moment. His very his homecoming hasnt gone very well, i cant see past well, but i cant see past ireland and france for this world i think france world cup and i think france possibly more, more so because its france england, kick its in france and england, kick off against australia on off against against australia on september the ninth. I think it is against, against or against argentina marseille. Argentina in in marseille. The tournament so why is the tournament so drawn out . Drawn out . The world cup itself , well, the world cup itself, yeah, it seems go on forever. Yeah, it seems to go on forever. Its starting. No, no, its not starting. No, no, its not starting. Starting until. No, its not starting until. Until month. Yeah, but. But until next month. Yeah, but. But you have really. Because you you have to really. Because you have consider lots of have to consider lots of countries are coming from other completely flung parts completely other far flung parts of world. Theyre having to of the world. Theyre having to prepare as well. Theyre having to is a long, to acclimatise. So it is a long, drawn thing and its been disrupted by covid as well. The schedule because of because schedule and because of because its in the northern hemisphere, i think that will favour one of the european sides. Well tell you why dont you can you you what, why dont you can you both a few more minutes . Because in couple of because in a couple of moments to find out moments were going to find out about this race that is basically taking 100 and travel nerds. Thats the phrase they nerds. Thats the phrase they use about themselves. And its going to start off from Leicester Square or somewhere like that in a few moments. And theyre going to see if they can travel from london to istanbul on only public transport. And who are we going to get to talk to us about it travel guru simon calder. Thats coming up in a couple of moments welcome back. Youre watching welcome back. Youre watching and listening to breakfast with anne and martin and stephanie and aidan are still with us. And in a couple of moments, as soon as theyre ready, were going to cross to trafalgar square, where simon calder is going to tell us all about this weird race. Its called the trans european race. And its it takes on 100 hardy travellers to see if they can get from london to istanbul , travellers to see if they can get from london to istanbul, all using only public transport. Should we see if hes there . Yeah. Simon nanu, nanu. Simon nanu, nanu. Simon nanu, nanu. Simon nanu, nanu. Simon calder in trafalgar square. Come in, please. Square. Come in, please. Hello . Hello . Its simon calder here. Hello. Tell us all about it. Simon tell us all about it. Simon the square behind me, you can see the briefing thats happening for the trans european race. There we are. Theres 100 competitors who are just learning where they have to go to on their route from london to istanbul. To on their route from london to istanbul. Its about. 100 to on their route from london to istanbul. Its about. 100 people istanbul. Its about. 100 people and 1500 miles. But its going to be more complicated than that because the only thing they know is that theyve got to get to istanbul. And they also know that the first checkpoint is going to be in paris. However they are also going to have to get to a number of other checkpoints along the way. Lots of them booked on eurostar. That of them booked on eurostar. That train will be leaving in about half past 11 today. And they will be racing against the clock to try to get to turkey , to try to get to turkey, turkeys largest city. The deaduneis turkeys largest city. The deadline is next saturday. And theres a couple of prizes. One is for just being theres a couple of prizes. One is forjust being the first is for just being the first person there. Another one is actually for going to the most countries along the way. So therell be people popping into liechtenstein and andorra and possibly places like that. And theres also a prize for doing it most cheaply with loads and loads of overnight buses and huge fun here. The rain has now stopped everyone very excited about the off which is taking place in exactly 10 00. Yeah. Simon what sort of people are these contestants . I mean, are they , you know, very mean, are they, you know, very experienced travellers like what you are . You are . Oh, well, theres some people who are absolutely determined to be the first one. They are 100 self selecting nerds. Thats self selecting nerds. Thats what ive been told by one of them. So i think i can use that phrase. Theres others groups. Theres some theres a number of families here, actually, people who are using this as their annual holiday. The age range runs from. 11 to 71. Theyre all runs from. 11 to 71. Theyre all just having a bit of a sort of party here. And really very much the idea is that this is going to be something to enjoy. Its not necessarily just going to be an overnight train followed by an overnight train followed by an overnight train followed by an overnight bus. They most people are saying that they actually want to stop off along the but the big mystery is the way. But the big mystery is where those places are that they need check in along the way. Need to check in along the way. So just going to be so were just going to be finding that out in the next five minutes or so. Now, simon, not only is britain thrown storm anthony at these intrepid travellers, but also theres a train strike today. You couldnt make it up. Mick lynch is doing a bit to derail the fun. How are they derail the fun. How are they going to get away from britain with a train strike . And when people cant even get to gay pride brighton today . Pride in brighton today . And we can talk well, yes. And we can talk about that very briefly. Its actually not mick lynch in the rmt this is aslef and mick whelan. And its an overtime whelan. And its an overtime ban, not a strike. And theres a huge furore about this. Obviously brighton, as far as im concerned, the capital of the gay capital of britain, and theyve got this fantastic pride event every year, tens of thousands of people will converge on the city. And that actually is why the Train Company gtr thameslink says its two dangerous to take people there when they cannot get the extra trains that they normally run. The aslef trade union, meanwhile, has accused gcr thameslink of deliberately wrecking brighton pride a huge amount of anger. Personally, though, i think it is just a symptom of this terrible rail dispute which has been going on for 14 months now and so im afraid to the discredit of ministers, train operators and the union, that theyve not been able to sort it out. And this wonderful celebration isnt going to be anything like it normally is. But of course, weve got our own celebration here. Most people going on here. Most people are going on eurostar, eurostar trains are working perfectly as are working perfectly well, as are they buses for those in the economy category. Economy category. I mean, simon, that lot behind you, all those contestants, the travel nerds, do they know who you are and what you know, what information that you could be imparting to them . I mean, honestly , are you them . I mean, honestly, are you are you taking part in this . Because youd be very good at it and. Well, thats very kind. Im not. And the reason for that is partly because i want to report on it, and i wouldnt be able to do so from a kind of impartial point of view i was taking point of view if i was taking part. But also theyve got some rules, which im too keen rules, which im not too keen on. Taxis , which is sort of on. No taxis, which is sort of quite sensible because you dont want just a want Somebody Just renting a taxi from, you to go all taxi from, you know, to go all the across austria, for the way across austria, for instance. Once get into instance. But once you get into eastern then actually eastern europe, then actually communal taxis really communal taxis are really important. Arent part of important. Arent part of travel. And also no hitchhiking and honestly, hitchhiking has got me out of a number of scrapes in my travelling time, not least this week in southern france. So i wouldnt be an ideal competitor. But look, ill ideal competitor. But look, ill tell you what, if you want to nip along straight from the studio as soon youre studio as soon as youre off air, im i can find a place air, im sure i can find a place for you. Now , now, now, simon, and now, now, now, simon, its form of travel. Its not my form of travel. Can you try and grab somebody whos taking part and have a quick word with them . Theyre going look, chocks away. Going for it. Look, chocks away. Theyve whistle. I theyve blown the whistle. I dont they know who dont think they know who theyre theyre around theyre around. Theyre around theyre around. Theyre around the the nerds, the king of the travel nerds, simon calder, trying. Grab simon calder, trying. Grab someone. Sign . Someone. Can you sign . Hello . Hello . Hello. Someone. Can you sign . Hello. . Hello . Hello. Someone. Can you sign . Hello. So ello . Hello. Someone. Can you sign . Hello. So here hello. Someone. Can you sign . Hello. So here we. Lo. Someone. Can you sign . Hello. So here we are. Can you tell me who you are, please . Gary and maddie. Gary and maddie. Gary and maddie. Okay. And father and daughter. How fantastic. What daughter. How fantastic. What are you looking forward to . Are you looking forward to . Going to as many countries as possible. Thats our goal. Thats our goal. Yes. Yes. And just explore. And just explore. And just explore. When do you think you might actually make it to istanbul . Saturday. Weve got a coach. Saturday. Weve got a coach. Weve planned to be there saturday, maximum time going. Lots of countries get istanbul on saturday. Fantastic have a fantastic trip. So, have a fantastic trip. So, yeah, its a real carnival atmosphere here. You know, people saying theyre going to get there on saturday. Its an awful lot better than the competitors who are saying we really want to get get there as soon as they possibly can. But i think this is a really good adventure. And the fact that it adventure. And the fact that it has got families involved , all has got families involved, all sorts of people just thinking, yeah, i want to remember what its like because of course you can fly to istanbul in four hours flat or you can spend a week and have a lot of adventures along the way. Simon its great to talk to you. I think simon its great to talk to you. I think well simon its great to talk to you. I think well pull it to you. I think well pull it to a close now because your arm must be getting tired. And doing be getting so tired. And doing that for hours. That for hours. Its brilliant. Its brilliant. Simon wish everybody well from us at gb news, wont you . Thank you. And get out of there. Well, i certainly will. Theyre waving them off as we speak. Good luck, everyone. Be brilliant well be be brilliant and well be able to keep up to date with them. And i love the fact there are a few people there with umbrellas, hats on. You see them . You see them . I know quite few people had i know quite a few people had their theyre their legs out. Theyre being a bit optimistic about the weather, they . Weather, arent they . Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. To run. Thats just going to run. Thats just going to run. It sounds like my of it sounds like my kind of adventure would love to adventure there. I would love to do i think, do that. Definitely. I think, though, you going though, how are you going to cope . Ill be fine. Yeah, cope . Oh, ill be fine. Yeah, ill way. Ive never ill find a way. Ive never hitchhiked before. Youre not normally. Well, youre not allowed taxes, no hitchhiking. Youve got to do it all on so youve got to do it all on buses trains, guess, or buses or. Or trains, i guess, or trams might be trams or whatever it might be optimistic about it. Minute and a half like a minute and a half left. Have a quick left. So can we have a quick blast of showbiz . Left. So can we have a quick bla yes. Showbiz . Left. So can we have a quick bla of;. Showbiz . Left. So can we have a quick bla of a showbiz . Left. So can we have a quick bla of a legal iz . Left. So can we have a quick bla of a legal case going on of a legal case going on lizzo. Woke on the lizzo. The woke goddess on the flute. Know. Flute. I know. Size goddess whose the plus size goddess whose own dancers have now turned their backs against her and accusing her of creating a hostile work environment. But hostile work environment. But theyve also accused her of fat shaming sexual harassment, racial discrimination. So all racial discrimination. So all the accusations have been coming thick and fast. And this is not good for lizzos brand at all. Shes denied it, but the accuser said, well, lets take it to trial. So this one is going to get the full treatment. Is. Theres nothing going to get the full treatment. Ais. Theres nothing going to get the full treatment. A showbizheres nothing going to get the full treatment. A showbiz trial. Nothing going to get the full treatment. A showbiz trial. Martin. ] like a showbiz trial. Martin. Theyre and like a showbiz trial. Martin. Thenot and like a showbiz trial. Martin. The not really and like a showbiz trial. Martin. The not really good and like a showbiz trial. Martin. The not really good for and its not really good for someones brand in the long term. Know, shes supposed term. You know, shes supposed to be about body positivity. And i now a fans are i think now a lot of fans are thinking, she being thinking, actually, is she being genuine . Ill tell you what, yeah, but ill tell you what, more know she is more people will know who she is at of all of this at the end of all of this because ive never heard of her before. All know about before. And we all know about her were talking about and her now. Were talking about and thats guess, thats her business, i guess, isnt it . You so much for isnt it . Thank you so much for being today. Thank being with us today. And thank you telling us where you so much for telling us where you so much for telling us where you and how youre watching you are and how youre watching and listening to in a couple and listening to us in a couple of. Its saturday of moments. Its saturday morning esther and phil, morning with esther and phil, but right now youll want to know weather is going to know how the weather is going to affect been affect you because as weve been talking its storm talking all day, its storm anthony that is going to affect us. Hopefully not as badly as theyre saying. I dont know. Theyre saying. I dont know. But you will need to know the forecast. So you are with forecast. So here you are with the latest weather the very latest Weather Forecast for a great day. I for you. Have a great day. I hopeit for you. Have a great day. I hope it doesnt rain too hard on you. You. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers , proud up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Very unseasonal out there this morning. Storm anthony is bearing down upon us, bringing a of heavy rain bringing a spell of heavy rain initially Northern Ireland, initially to Northern Ireland, then across much of england and wales through of the wales through the rest of the day. Strengthening winds day. And strengthening winds really the most persistent rain clears through wales into central and northern england. By the afternoon, heavy showers for scotland and Northern Ireland as well as some central and southern parts. But as the skies southern parts. But as the skies brighten across wales in the southwest, thats when winds southwest, thats when the winds really pick up with widely gale force and 65 mile per hour force winds and 65 mile per hour gusts around coastal areas. So that could cause some significant disruption, particularly later in the day. If youre camping caravan , if youre camping caravan, travelling down towards the southwest or heading to the beach and some very hazardous conditions. Thats why storm conditions. Thats why storm anthony has been named because its such a busy day in the summer holidays. Now as that pulls away overnight, it does eventually calm down and clear spells are expected through the night time with just a few showers remaining across some western and eastern parts , but western and eastern parts, but plenty of sunshine as we start off sunday with that sunshine, its going to feel considerably more pleasant, i suspect, than today. More pleasant, i suspect, than today. But therell still be today. But therell still be a few showers developing initially across Western Areas and then more centrally, those showers p0p up more centrally, those showers pop up into the afternoon. I think some coastal areas avoiding the showers and staying largely sunny. Its a cool day. However, with highs of 19 celsius , looks like things are gb news. Hello and welcome to saturday morning live with esther and phil and weve got a revealing show for you today. Were going to explain the secrets to a successful political marriage. Well be sharing our views. But actually, were going to be speaking to Christine Hamilton to particularly after trudeau separated from his wife and Melania Trump has gone missing in action. Weve got some tips, havent we, for a successful how is a successful. You can be the is a successful. You can be the judge of that. Judge of that. Were also going to be discussing nhs and the attempts by the government to get the waiting list down. Theyre going to use Spare Capacity in the private sector to get those waiting lists down, something that the labour party that also the labour Party Support the question is, is that just common sense that should have been done ages or is have been done ages ago or is this nhs by