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Badly behaved children, will be asking should parents be penalised for their kids actions . Penalised for their kids actions. 7 thats our debate this morning and in the sport this morning, its advantage Manchester City as they beat spurs to go to the top of the premier league with one game left. Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou is not happy at all about something. Rory mcilroy has filed for divorce and will have an olympic flame update. Chilly and damp across parts of the east today, but for many there will be some warm sunshine. Top of the temperature charts likely to be across parts of northern scotland again today. Join me later for a full forecast. Okay, well, the story were starting with is knife crime and its rising each year since the pandemic and the government has told police to increase their use of stop and search. I do laugh at this because i think who would have told the police to stop , stop who would have told the police to stop, stop and who would have told the police to stop , stop and search. 7 where . To stop, stop and search. 7 where . Where to stop, stop and search . Where . Where does the instruction come from in the first place . But anyway, the government have now decided it wasnt us and you should have more of it around. Yes, well, this also comes as the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, calls for Sex Education to be banned for children under the age of nine. Well, joining us now, Political Correspondent Katherine Forster, to put some meat on the bones here. Catherine, good morning. Catherine, good morning. Yes. Good morning, eamonn and isabel. I yes. Good morning, eamonn and isabel. I think yes. Good morning, eamonn and isabel. I think whats going yes. Good morning, eamonn and isabel. I think whats going on here is in part an attempt to draw some dividing lines with the labour party ahead of the next election. So two big political stories making the headunes political stories making the headlines today. The first one, the policing minister, chris philp, has said that the police have the powers to use, stop and search. Much more than that. They do and that they need to be using them. Hes written a piece using them. Hes written a piece in the telegraph saying that stop and search is a vital tool, and it is not used nearly enough. Now pardon me. About ten years ago, theresa may, said that the government needed to reduce the use of stop and search following claims by campaigners that black people were disproportionately targeted and the number of stop and searches dropped very significantly to a low about five years ago. Now it has gone up slightly since then, but in places like london, where, a third of knife crime in england and wales happened last year, the use has just dropped and dropped and dropped. And, you know, we do have a knife crime epidemic in this country. So people like sadiq khan, the mayor of london, is not keen on it at all and has said he wants to reduce the use of it where possible. But the met Police Commissioners, sir mark rowley, has had a bit of a change of heart and has said that he wants to see it used more , because to see it used more, because knife crime in london is at a record high. So there are some political dividing lines here, and basically the governments view is the police have the powers to do their job. They need to do that and stop worrying about who they might offend or being accused of racist racism, etc, etc. And speaking of offence , and speaking of offence, catherine, all this talk, can i just ask . Yeah, go on then , just ask . Yeah, go on then, because, you know, the police have the power to do their jobs. Have the power to do their jobs. Catherine sane, right . Who took the power away from the police to do their jobs . And why are they worried . And this is this is where we go round in circles here that no one ever admits to saying. Yes, it was this Government Department that said, dont do stop and search anymore, or this instruction came from the mayor of london or the Police Commissioner or whatever. So who the heck . It whatever. So who the heck . It didnt suddenly just go away. Everybody decided, oh, its a badidea everybody decided, oh, its a bad idea to have stop and search who decided it . Who decided it . Well, basically, the police were told be very careful how you use it, and its resulted in it. Well. By who . By the government. And it was under theresa mays stewardship. Be careful. So now we have the government correcting themselves. So theyre trying to pretend that were putting things right when they put things wrong in the first place. Well, yes, exactly. And of course, this is the major problem that rishi sunak is having trying to convince people to elect the conservatives again because theyve been in power for 14 years. But yes, it was under theresa may under pressure from Campaign Groups, that the use of stop and search fell very dramatically. And now , of dramatically. And now, of course, we have a surge in knife crime. We had that horrific incident in hainault just three weeks ago where, a 14 year old boy just left his house and was killed by somebody with a sword. Killed by somebody with a sword. So, you know, a feeling that knife crime has got out of control. And rather like, you know, when we had the grooming scandals in rotherham and other, places in the north that basically people turned a blind eye because they didnt want to be considered racist. And the police, mark rowley has admitted that the police often do not have the confidence and that they worry about Community Tensions. Tensions. And catherine, just quickly, because we are almost out of time. But on the issue of Sex Education, which Gillian Keegans been talking about today, rules are changing and i think a lot of parents will be pleased. Theres been a lot of concern that kids are being told too much, too soon. Whats the new framework . Yes. So first of all, children will be banned from having Sex Education in schools till theyre in year five, which is roughly aged nine. And very specifically, schools will be told theyre not to talk about gender identity, that it is a contested belief. So it is not okay for Primary School children to be taught that, you know, you might be a girl in a boys body or vice versa, that that is , too or vice versa, that that is, too much that its contested and simply that Primary Schools should not go there, that if and when they do talk about Sex Education, it should be sticking to biological facts. So this wont please everybody. But certainly i think plenty of parents will be breathing a sigh of relief. Yeah. And to be clear, i mean, theyre talking about it. They havent actually pinned down the actual age yet that they want to talk about sex with kids, when will this be finalised . Because of course, there could be a general election in july, nobody knows exactly when its going to be. I mean, will will this be when will parents see these changes brought in . I suppose . Changes brought in . I suppose . Well, yes. Well, were expecting an announcement from the education secretary, Gillian Keegan , later. And we will get keegan, later. And we will get the detail of it. But the ban, in terms of not teaching about Sex Education until nine, sounds quite firm, although often when you drill down into the details of these things, you find that something that is, you know, touted as a ban is actually just guidance for schools generally do have quite a lot of flexibility to use their judgement, but it does sound like a real sea change in terms of gender identity, trans ideology, and particularly that being taught or dealt with in schools. Thank you catherine, thank you very much indeed. Can i talk to you about sex . Yeah, lets do it. Lets talk about the birds and the bees. Well, do you know when i was taught about the birds and bees at school . Did they teach it to you . Because i wasnt sure at catholic schools. What went on in your day . Nothing. Nothing . Yeah. Didnt happen. But we had, biology section in our nuffield science course. Yeah. Did they rip the pages out . Did they rip the pages out . It was taken away. It was taken away. Come on. come on. There was a picture of a naked woman and a naked man, and they werent doing anything. They werent doing anything. They were just standing there and they were diagrams saying, this is the whatever, and this is the whatever. And they were taken out of our nuffield science books or pack. And so we werent allowed to see that. So i mean that. Yeah. The well, i mean , definitely biology well, i mean, definitely biology is important. My five year old whos in year one, has just come home, having been told that words, proper medical words for the bits, which to be honest, i find a bit anyway. But my son is eight and he is agitating to know where babies come from. And ikeep know where babies come from. And i keep saying to him, ask your teacher where the birds and the bees come from. Yeah, he wants to know children know why they have to know what nine why do they have to know . I dont know why they have to. Well, do you know why . Because of the internet. And because otherwise children are learning all this stuff via porn and violent porn. And i dont agree with that. I do out there. I know you say this all the time. You say eamonn the internet is filthy. Its disgusting. Whatever. Now ive tried to look for filthy and Disgusting Things and i find, well, you need some lessons because its very easy, difficult. You just, you know, all this business, all this sex lands on your door. Yeah. If you and i went to our phones today and i went to our phones today and said, lets look up sex, we wouldnt get too much, i dont know, i mean, lots of blocks and things on my im not allowed to look at things. Oh, well, i dont know whos done. Well. Eamonn. Well. Eamonn. Yes, but i know i dont believe it is as awash with filth as well. Thats good to be. I hope youre right. I suspect youre not, we know that kids as young as nine are seeing violent porn. They do need to be educated, but i think taking the politics out of all of this has to be a good thing. Let us know what you think this morning. Whats the correct age . Do you welcome these changes . And you know, what were your experiences and when did your kids start asking you those awkward questions . It is embarrassing, isnt it . I dont ever remember. I dont ever remember. Did your kids never ask you . Did your kids never ask you . No, i dont remember asking my parents any questions about anything. They certainly didnt tell me, nor did the teachers. Its also a minefield these days because i started trying to say to my son, oh, its well, its when mummies and daddies, they have a loving cuddle and they have a loving cuddle and they really want to have a baby. And i thought, well, you cant say that. Its not just mummies and daddies and its not always wanted. And i just thought, ill just ask a teacher, okay . I dont know the answer. Whats that song . Its a nightmare. Lets talk about sex, baby. Lets talk about sex, baby. Lets talk about sex, baby. Lets talk about you and me. Lets talk about all the something. All the good things and the bad things. You to be. Yeah. Lets talk about the duke and duchess of sussex. Okay. Good. Okay. Good. And they have seen their, Archewell Foundation declared you couldnt write this, could you . No. This is funny, so the term legally that they use in america is this company is delinquent, right . In california, it was alleged that they failed to file the correct paperwork and pay the necessary fees. Archewell have hit back at reports saying that they they are indeed compliant. Well, in the meantime, whilst the Charity Regulator has said that theyre not in Good Standing, the foundation has been told to stop soliciting or spending money. Lets get to Kinsey Schofield whos probably enjoyed our previous conversation much more than the one. Help me out here, kinsey, who taught you about sex . Kinsey sake . Well, as im watching this, im thinking i grew up a Southern Baptist in texas where all i was told was , if you have all i was told was, if you have premarital sex, youll go to hell. So thats that. I mean, like that. You know, i didnt ask any questions. I just assumed that i better stay away from all those things because i wanted to make my way to heaven. Absolutely. What a good girl in hell. So thats good. That says a lot about you. And meanwhile, harry and meghan, are they in hell . Whats going on . So, i mean, i do have a good, positive update for harry and meghan. This is im going to be honest , this is the third honest, this is the third version of events that team sussex has given the media. Initially, page six was given the excuse that archewell had filed an extension and that the government just hadnt updated their records. Later, harry and meghans team stated that the initial check was sent to an attorney but was lost in the mail. You know, classic dog ate my homework, you know, now obviously the right hand doesnt know what the left hand is doing in this scenario, but the updated story is that they are in the clear and the independent today reporting that archewell is back in Good Standing with the government. Archewell released a statement saying that they you know, they investigated this situation and they can confirm that they are fully compliant and in Good Standing, kind of pushing the blame on the government , the state of government, the state of california. In that case, id tell meghan and harry that you know meghan more than harry, since i dont think he can vote. She she gets what she votes for, but the amount owed was reportedly just 200. Thats not including late fees. And it is including late fees. And it is believed that they can now continue to solicit money to solicit donations and distribute donations. But such an embarrassing stain for harry and meghan to land in the United States with on on headlines all over the place after their glowing nigeria reviews. Glowing nigeria reviews. Also. I mean, it was i was sort of scratching my head as to why somebody was being asked to speak at a women in Leadership Conference in nigeria when her own charity at home was not in Good Standing. But youve updated us on that. Whats your view on this portrait of the king . Eamonn and i actually both really like it, but i know lots of people this morning are saying its not for them. Its very red. I absolutely love it. I mean, im maybe im a weirdo, but i thought it was absolutely beautiful and stunning. Its one of those things that stops you in your tracks. I think its, you know, i think its earthy like him. I love the butterfly and i think its a reflection of you know, what a unique what a unique monarch. Hes going to be. So i thought it was beautiful and different. And i beautiful and different. And i just thought, i have a lot of people in my inbox to going, thats horrific. And im like, you know, i think that its lovely, i enjoy it, i think its beautiful. I look at it every day. If i could, i think his face looks lovely and warm. No, he should tell his face that he likes it because he didnt. Didnt. What do we have the footage of him looking at it, i dont know, ill do in front of him yesterday. And he did not look very. And he did not look very. One is not amused by it. One is not amused by it. I mean, he just had nothing to say about it, which i thought was very strange that he had the artist there beside him. I must say, if i was getting a portrait done of myself, i would want something as modern. Its modern and yet its traditional. The face is traditional and Everything Else is modern. Art is supposed to be different. Its supposed to be different. Its supposed to be eye catching, and ive never seen anything like that before. You know, its a bit boudoir y. I kind of understand that. You could see it in a bar or something, and i think it looks better with the black frame than the way its in all the papers. And on our screen. There but i think its great. And you know what . Itll look fantastic on some sort of gold wallpapered palatial wall. Itll brighten the room no end, i think. Make it look a bit more 2024. And had he set there and been like, oh wow, how, you know, i think wed be like, oh, okay, yeah, its your face. But hes so self depricating. And i think that he is humble and i do think that he is humble and i do think that his reaction was probably just trying to let the art speak for itself, which it certainly did. And its like you said, art needs to have that. The magic of art is that if its good, people will debate it. And thats exactly whats happening today and yesterday , and it will and yesterday, and it will continue to happen. But i think its so fun. I would have, like i said, id have it in my house. Ashley longshore two here in the states has this great collection of royals drinking. So shes painted an entire collection of everybody, you know, with a glass in their hand, so i love i love royal art. Its so fun. And apparently camilla is a fan of it as well. So if she likes it, then it must be okay. The artist. Whats the artist called . Whats the artist called . Oh, youre gonna put me on the spot there. His name is, jonathan yeo. Yeow, and it took him four years to complete, and it was actually commissioned before he became king in 2020. I think its i think its superb. And if anybodys getting me a going away present from gb news. Where are you going . Where are you going . Im not going anywhere. I mean, if, you know, come retirement, hes got a karaoke career that lets talk about sex was pretty good. Eamonn. Eamonn. Yeah, yeah, yeah, i might i might pick up a whole new career in that talking about sex. Oh, gosh. Help us. No no no no no. Thank you kinsey. Thank you kinsey. God bless. Okay. See you soon. Bye bye. So we like the portrait of the king. Yeah. What do you think . Let us know. Lets have a look at other stories coming into the newsroom on this wednesday morning. Well, in a new bid to kerb obesity levels, the nhs has started offering overweight men cash rewards for slimming down the trial, which paid men up to £400 to shed the pounds, was found to be more successful than traditional diet plans. The schemes been nicknamed game of stones and will likely be rolled out across the nhs following its success. It involved daily Text Messages with Cash Incentives. Messages with Cash Incentives. Theres a lot of men with very big breasts there in those pictures, but are they called moobs, right, 798 years, the total the taxpayers have spent waiting to speak to hmrc. Total the taxpayers have spent waiting to speak to hmrc. Right, waiting to speak to hmrc. Right, well, they havent they havent wasted much time speaking to me. They love speaking to me, asking for more money all the time , for more money all the time, this figure is up more than 350. The National Audit office warned that the quality of Customer Service is now far below what it used to be, and phone lines in particular, are not delivering for the public. And some baby news Ant Mcpartlin has become a father to his newborn son wilder. Patrick mcpartlin, the geordie star and his wife Anne Marie Corbett announced the happy news on tuesday with an Instagram Post that showed off ants new tattoo tribute to his family. In a touching nod to his friendship with Declan Donnelly, the star has made dec baby wilders godfather. Congratulations to them. All. Them. All. China has hit out at the governments decision to summon the Chinese Ambassador to the Foreign Office following allegations of foreign interference. It comes after three men were charged under the National Security act for allegedly assisting the hong kong intelligence service. Kong intelligence service. S well, lets get the thoughts now of Security Specialist will geddes. Good morning to you. Well, theyve got a bit of a cheek, havent they . Kicking off about being summoned to the Foreign Office and lecturing us about damaging the Anglo Chinese relationship. The Anglo Chinese relationship. Ukip, i know it is. Theres a little bit of gall there, isnt there . I mean, when we when we look at exactly what the Chinese State are doing right now, and particularly the mss, which is their intelligence instrument of their intelligence instrument of the state that conducts and operates and manages many of these operations overseas. Even ken mccallum, the head of m15, came out with a statement saying that 20,000 odd brits had been approached through social media websites like linkedin and in the states themselves. Theyve got 2000 cases currently running of chinese espionage. And a lot of chinese espionage. And a lot of chinese espionage. And a lot of this, as is always the case with china, is economic espionage. Its about gathering secrets, proprietary intelligence and technology , intelligence and technology, which they can take home and utilise themselves. What is without referring to these three men, what is the attraction . What do they do . How do they lure people to work for them . Because it seems to be, in these cases where the charges are made and in other sort of cases at this level, were talking about people who are at a pretty medium sort of state. And as you say, its economics were talking about here. So who are they looking for . Well, theyre looking well in terms of the actual assets or agents that are going to work on their behalf, they use all the traditional tradecraft methods. Traditional tradecraft methods. So it could include financial incentive and again, as you say, a lot of these people are very sort of mid level. Theyre not making probably an awful lot of money themselves out of their remuneration from their day to day jobs, but theyre going to be positioned in key and critical locations where they can access databases. They can access technology, they can access technology, they can access information. Other means and methods can include, obviously, honey trapping. And weve seen that happening as well. And the honey trapping could either be a direct approach or indirect social engineering, as weve seen, where someone will be compromised by sending some very compromising information or pictures of themselves. And then they utilise that to blackmail them into saying, well , if you them into saying, well, if you dont provide us with access to this information or this database or whatever it might be, then we will will disclose this, this compromising information to your friends, your family and everyone else. And just last week, we had the incident, which still hasnt necessarily been blamed. 100 on china, but we suspect china was behind , which was getting into behind, which was getting into the personal details of lots of members of the military forces in their pay details, looking for these vulnerabilities , for these vulnerabilities, somebody who might be going through a divorce, seeing somebody that might be financially vulnerable, they might be able to exploit that for their own benefit. So its for their own benefit. So its pernicious, isnt it . It is. Its incredibly pernicious. And gathering this information, this is something that theyre very, very, very good at. And theyll try and find those particular positions. But over and beyond individuals that have access to information, theyre also looking for those that are opposed to the Chinese State. Theyre trying to identify where these people are. And again, either put intimidation or fear onto those individuals in various shapes and forms, so what do we do about it, i suppose, is the big question, because whenever we speak to the government, especially in relation to these people whove been arrested under espionage charges or foreign interference, they theres an ongoing case. We cant talk about it. Theyre very keen to distance themselves. Theyre almost terrified of harming this financial relationship. You only have to look to the foreign secretary, david cameron, whos got all these deals going on privately with china, which he refuses to recuse himself from. You know, theyre too much of a sort of golden handshake going on between the two nations for us to deal with it properly. Yeah, its getting to that sort of point where its almost an unbreakable bond. And the government, again, with the standard sort of lack of backbone that they generally have in these instances, theres nothing really that ferm thats being put on the table in terms of sanctions or in terms of warning shots. I mean, the ambassador being called in is one means certainly to publicise and say, look, were not going to tolerate this. However, those those gestures have to be followed up with actions. And one of the greatest concerns i think, is the fact that the universities are most vulnerable. And weve heard certainly quite recently how the universities, which are sort of a growing bed of individuals that are coming up with innovative ideas, particularly things like ai , which is what things like ai, which is what the chinese really want to get their their , their hands on. A their their, their hands on. A lot of this technology thats being developed here and in the United States, you know, if they can get their hands on it by compromising individuals by various different means, then that gives them, again, another economic advantage. Regardless of whatever sanctions we might subsequently put in. Okay. Okay. Well, thanks very much indeed. Appreciate it. I wonder what at home people think would be the right way to deal with china. I was chatting about this with my husband last night. He said hed been on to one of these websites that sell everything really cheap. I dont want to name them, but its one of these chinese ones where you get, you know, garden furniture, whatever. Its almost too good to be true. These prices, i said, its coming from china. I dont know why youre you are, but its such good value. So do we need to boycott these really cheap, you know, chinese firms that are behind this regime that are, you know, threatening our National Security . Or do you think that, you know, cost of living crisis, theyre quite useful to all of us. Let us know. Will you put your money where your mouth is and perhaps start to think twice about buying stuff from china . I think there will. When you look at situations lie ins, people forget how bad the relations were between , china relations were between, china and the uk or japan and the uk and the uk orjapan and the uk following the second world war. And various things like that, how they were deemed. And you know, when you look at, at films. Yeah, traditionally like fu manchu and whatever, and Chinese People were always deemed to be rather sinister and shifty and were portrayed quite badly in films. So the image of Chinese People in this country down through the years was not good . No, it wasnt for a very long time. But what they did, much like japan, was they insulated themselves. They developed their trade and capability and going to isobels point, they started mass producing a lot of products which they could duplicate or counterfeit from the west of, from the west and from the United States, which they could then churn out at high volume, but at very low cost, which gave them a huge competitive advantage. But in terms of intellectual property rights, companies that are operating out there producing, luxury goods, for example , and ive been for example, and ive been involved in companies that have done that. Theyve removed those Manufacturing Capabilities from china because of the lack of controls that they could keep in place for those to being counterfeited. So theyve moved them into places like Eastern Europe , turkey for production there. Interesting. Interesting. Excellent. My friend. Thank excellent. My friend. Thank you. Thank excellent. My friend. Thank you. Thank you for your take and your analysis on all of that. I wonder, are we compromisable are we of interest to anybody in terms of spying . I doubt i am, but you never know. I do sometimes wonder. I do sometimes wonder. I do sometimes wonder. I am too, but i mean, i reckon youre worth spying on. Youre worth more than me, for starters. Would you sort of think you know , why am i not of some know, why am i not of some value . Im sure you are. Im sure you are. Make me a spy. Dont invite it in. Dont invite it in. Oh, goodness me, im financially vulnerable. Vulnerable financially vulnerable. And i could do with you. Could do with you. Want to. You want to be a spy for china . No. Stop it or whatever. No. Stop it or whatever. He is joking, i suppose. He is joking, i suppose. Right. Right. Right. And it is for knowledge like this. An insight like this. We have been nominated for a tric award. A television, radio, radio industry club. But youre good for nothing else but for a bit of controversy. We are the best program out there. 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But some parts, particularly Eastern England, remaining pretty drab. Rain and drizzle on and off across much of yorkshire. The lincolnshire and into norfolk as well. A few showers scattered about elsewhere, some getting to the west of the pennines and maybe a few across the south west of england. But many places here through wales, Northern Ireland, much of scotland will be dry. Notice quite murky conditions on the east coast of scotland, however. East coast of scotland, however. Ha returning here thats going to suppress the temperatures in the sunny spells further south. We could easily get up to 20, maybe 21 celsius. That mist and low cloud will be around then through the evening and overnight across the eastern part of scotland is tending to come and go and as i say, suppress the temperatures. But generally a fine warm evening across the highlands. It may cloud over a little bit through the central belt. Could be some patchy rain across southwest scotland this evening, most of Northern Ireland staying dry but maybe again here, clouding over a little bit. Pretty dull and damp across parts of Eastern England through to the east midlands. Much of the south having a fine evening, just a bit of a breeze. Picking up along the south coast and say maybe 1 or 2 showers here. Well continue to see some outbreaks of rain and keep the generally pretty drab conditions across the east coast of england, and that will last through the night and into thursday morning, temperature wise. Well, we may dip to single figures overnight, but most towns that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Ooh, lots of you getting in touch about the kings portrait. This morning. Lots of views. What are they saying, eamonn . Well, heres this linda is good. I well, heres this linda is good. I think she sums it up well for me. She says i love the portrait. Its a fresh, modern take. And for all those deriding it, they do say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This one from paul farrow made me laugh. The picture of the king is the background of the king is the background of the painting supposed to represent the world on fire . Which kind of sums up things sometimes, doesnt it . Libby wilkes, the painting is doing what it should do. Were talking about it and giving opinions. Just dont hang it on a red wall. Yeah, barry says it reminds him of the scene in star wars where Harrison Ford gets encased in, sort of metal or copper or whatever. Its, olivia is asking, why is the king lying in asking, why is the king lying in a bowl of raspberry jelly . I mean, theyre not very regal comments, are they . Which isuppose regal comments, are they . Which i suppose is supposed to engender these feelings of awe for the king when you see it. But let us know what you think. Love it or loathe it, were fans. We like it. I think its awesome. 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And this is the whole thing that spurs fans that there were some that would prefer to lose against Manchester City. So arsenal then wouldnt win the title. And i wouldnt win the title. And i got to tell you it was a strange atmosphere there yesterday. Well i watched up until half time nil nil at half time and quite a dull game. And spurs were okay i think until then. What was interesting, and i spoke to a lot of different fans last night, and each one of them said, so what do you think . And although a lot of them were saying before , they said, you saying before, they said, you know, before the game, im thinking, you know, maybe itll be good to lose when you get there. And then when you get to there. And then when you get to the ground, then you find yourself in a situation you never want your team to lose. So it was slightly different now, what did happen is that after a while then once Manchester City had gone one nil up and Heung Min Son had a great chance to make it one one, which is making everybody nervous , then making everybody nervous, then they went two nil up and then spurs fans. There was and this is in a lot of papers where you see them doing the poznan, you know when theyre all bouncing which is and also singing arsenal sort of anti arsenal songs. But it was almost like a gallows humour. Now i know that some people were going, oh this is just a pathetic losers view of whats going on and you cant carry on that way. And you know, carry on that way. And you know, you have to want your team to win. It was almost like they wanted spurs to win, but the game had gone and now it was like, okay, well look what we will take out of it is that arsenal are not going to win the title. So do you see what i mean . It was kind of yeah. Now Ange Postecoglou, the manager of spurs was very unhappy afterwards. And i dont know exactly who it was with. But have a look at this. This is the press conference afterwards and this is what he had to say. I just think thats like i said last 48 hours has revealed a fair bit to me. And thats all right. That just means ive got to go back to the drawing board with some things. Not interested mate. Thank you. No. Very happy, is he . I dont know whether its about the attitude or something, but he wasnt happy. Well, there we go. Good news for aston villa. They have not qualified for the Champions League. Incredible. So they are top four. They are top four. So they last year they were seventh before that 17th. And this is unai emery. So unai emery and the irony is were talking about arsenal. Arsenal he was at arsenal. Arsenal he was at arsenal. He got fired from there mikel arteta took over. But hes done an amazing job. And aston villa deserved to be in the Champions League. So theyre fourth and with spurs fifth. You know what . When it comes to the top, how many different teams do you think have been at the top of the league . Top of the premier league this year . Three been a lot more than that. So west ham, newcastle, brighton , west ham, newcastle, brighton, spurs, arsenal, Manchester City and liverpool and liverpool were at top more weeks than anybody else, not Manchester United. Theyre i dont know im just going to go down. All right. All right. Yeah ill keep looking. Hold on. No no sign that says theres always the future. Theres always the future. Theres always the future there. Are they playing tonight. Are they playing tonight. Yeah Manchester United against newcastle tonight. Last time newcastle finished above Manchester United. Manchester united. Do again. Couldnt. That was 1977. It was that long ago. Yeah. So theres a very good chance because newcastle are sixth Manchester United eighth. Brighton are playing chelsea. So brighton are playing chelsea. So chelsea are also pushing you know they could end up. They could end up sort of fifth or sixth or who knows. So theyre pushing theyre having to run towards the end. So last weekend this weekend the premier league is all over. Very good. Tell us about the olympic torch i like a torch update and i think isabel would enjoy this as well. Its time to head off to the Beautiful Island of corsica. Beautiful island of corsica. Oh my favourite. Oh my favourite. Is it your. Is it your favourite place . Do you know favourite place . Do you know what they call corsica in lacrosse . Its beautiful. They lacrosse . Its beautiful. They call it the Beautiful Island , is call it the Beautiful Island, is what they call it, i think. Have we got. We got something of the flame. I think we can see the flame. I think we can see the flame. And the flame there thats gone over the water. Look at that. Beautiful. Arrived in corsica, obviously next to sardinia , which is italian, but sardinia, which is italian, but corsica is the French Island ajaccio. The capital, passing through the sites frequented by napoleon before he became emperor. Thats nice. It was Ronald Mcdonald coming from there tomorrow live. I think that would be nice because there are over. Oh, its like ten, 11,000 people. Im sure id get myself manners out a woman. Stop it. Its like the mood police. Police. Yeah, they look like theyre having a wheel on the side of the road there. What are they doing, man, i think, what are they . Are they urinating at the side of the road . What . What . I just looked a bit. Dont look at him. Theyre resplendent. Holding up his olympic torch, but they dont get very long, so i think they walk a couple of steps and then its over to the next one. Over to the next one. Okay so there we are. It was nice. It was almost like the houday nice. It was almost like the Holiday Program with cliff mitchell. Indeed, indeed. Indeed, indeed. But the Holiday Program, when i did it, i did it for six years. Of course. Yes, of course you did. Yeah. Yeah. I was only looking at the i was thinking the original houday was thinking the original holiday parade, but then obviously they upgraded. They upgraded. Thank you as well. They upgraded to you. That was in the fine years. Did you were the days that was go off though. Did they in the studio. Did they in the studio. Well he travelled the world. It was the Holiday Program. 7 00 bbc one on a monday night because it used to be a sunday evening, didnt it . Did. Did. And then when they upgraded to a monday night when it was so much better, lynam did it. Des lynam did it. Yes. Des des as as des way used to say things like, im fed up doing this, give it to the irish boy, and he would pass the olympic flame to you. Yeah and then what was the average audience on a monday night . 11. 5. 11. 5. 11. 5. 11. 5 million. 11. 5 million. 11. 5 million. Unreal. Unreal. So did you sort of, like, enjoy a holiday when you were there . Would you go. So how long were you at each place for . It was always, oh, come on, youve told me thats not strictly true. Well, ive told you you did get to stay in lovely hotels. Ive never had a suntan working on the Holiday Program or sunburn or anything like that. And would they be my producers now . Bored with this . He wants to go to the newspaper. Oh, im not so holiday. Youd have holiday. Would you have houday have holiday. Would you have holiday makers all around you watching you do that . Because it always seems like youre walking alongside the pool and people are just relaxing because everybodys. You had people who organised plate smashing there was a lot of traditional dancers and plate smashing. Very nice. Sounds like hard work. So if i do, i dont ever want to see another traditional dance or smashing or anything like that. Okay. Okay. All right, ill keep quiet. Were going to be back with the lets go through the, the newspapers. Now. Weve got newspapers. Now. Weve got Claire Muldoon. Weve got Scarlett Mccgwire. Very nice to see you both, today, claire, dont teach children about changing gender. The education secretary, Gillian Keegan , is secretary, Gillian Keegan, is announcing this. My point about this is who told them to do this in the first place . Exactly. The government try and make our own. Nothing to do with us. Were going to change this. But it has to. Yes where does it emanate from . Yeah, of course it changes from a cult. You know, its an ideology that people have been brainwashed into now. And thank goodness Gillian Keegan has got some or showing some leadership at last by saying, lets not treat children as if theyre adults. Lets treat children as children and the only Sex Education they ought to have is based on biological sex and fact. That is it. And i am as surprised as you that this is the headline news, because i would have thought this is the case in any event. And actually, i urge all parents to go to their schools to find out what is being taught on their curriculum if theyre not happy with it. Remove your child. I removed some of my children from some of the classes that were taught at their schools. Thats called being a responsible parent. Lets get common sense dnven parent. Lets get common sense driven into schools and the curriculum and away with the ideological. Ideological. I was contacted by a friend a couple of weeks ago. Really, really good close friend of mine, messaging me, going, what do i do . My son is eight, same age as my son, and weve just been told by the school that theyre celebrating lgbtq one month. Its not going to be just a lesson every day. And it involves everything from the spectrum of 79 plus genders. Hes eight. Thats not i mean, take them out. Well, i said to her that its just its a really hot topic. If you are entitled to ask the school to see what youre being taught, and theyre not allowed to be aggressive or difficult with you about it, but the government are saying 13 is the correct age to Start Talking about gender identity and simplify conversations around Domestic Violence , violent porn, Domestic Violence, violent porn, but actual Sex Education, the mechanics , the biology from age mechanics, the biology from age nine. What do you think about it all . Scott well, i think i remember when i had my daughter. So my son was six, six and a half, seven, and so he must have beenin half, seven, and so he must have been in year, year two, and so the teacher did procreation , the teacher did procreation, because actually, like my son, lots and lots of his friends had had had younger siblings. It was done beautifully. I mean, i took my daughter in as the to baby show, to show. And i think she this isnt the ghastly bit of procreation, but it was sort of where babies come from. And it was lovely pictures, but hang on and but but so they were, they were they were six. It was perfectly reasonable where babies come from , as my where babies come from, as my children know that a baby comes from mommys tummy. But do they know how it gets into mummy . So i mean, that is what my son is badgenng i mean, that is what my son is badgering me about all the time. Hes eight. Mummy, what are you saying to him . I say ask your teacher about the birds and the bees. 1 teacher about the birds and the bees. I tangle myself up in knots. Should actually refer your son to your husband because i think thats the key. My husband cannot talk about it at all. Well, literally cannot, but i think if theyre interested , i mean, if they want interested, i mean, if they want to know things, i think you have to know things, i think you have to do, they have. And they do want to know hes not going to go and tell everyone there are there are children at six and eight who are being taught about the vulva. But im not im not even sure where the vulva is and what the vulva is. Oh, please dont turn that into an instagram meme. But i didnt say it. I see i didnt say it was you, and then you just didnt say anything about it. Lets just clarify that. My daughters just come home. Shes six talking about what a vagina is an a vulva, right. We can understand the vagina bit, but why does she need to know about the vulva . Why does she need to know about that . Because its biology. Because its biology. The point is that actually, that that children are asking questions and they want to know. Children have always asked questions. Shes enough to be given answers to remove their innocence from them, by telling them graphically and by what do you say though . If someone if you say is what . What do you say . You say nothing. Im not talking about graphic. 1 mean, i was what i felt was that this that this young teacher was actually bringing into the class Something Really Nice and really lovely, even though she was told because this was way back in the 80s, she was told that what she was doing was wrong and illegal, i think. I totally think its lovely to talk about the baby bit, but i just dont know how you express to children about how the baby gets there under the age of nine. Obviously its consensual love because theyre all babies come from love from age nine. You know, they dont come and you actually have to think about the teachers as well. And lets save them from horrible lessons that they have to give because they cant be comfortable doing it too. But, i mean, the other thing that we have, sorry, weve got to go. Scarlet. Well come back to you. Let us know at home what you. Let us know at home what you think. Everybody has thoughts and opinions on this matter for crime, policing and fire is always a good man to talk to. Chris. Chris, good morning to you , now, chris, dont look too you, now, chris, dont look too serious here. Im just saying, when you think of your age, youre a different generation than me. Different generation than me. Different generation than me. Different generation than isabel, were sort of all stacked in a row here. Did you. Do you remember Sex Education at school . And did anybody teach you about it . I thought volvo was a car. I thought it was an estate car. Yeah. You know what . You know what . I have pretty much no recollection of being taught any of that, i did end up going to a Boys Grammar School, so of that, i did end up going to a Boys Grammar School , so maybe Boys Grammar School, so maybe that had had something to do with it. Maybe. Well, it hasnt held you two back too much, has it . Im sure, but were asking you this because Sex Education, the guidelines are going to change. This will be welcome news to a lot of parents, can you just explain to us exactly when these changes will come in and why its taken so long for the government to wake up to this . Because its been on your watch, hasnt it, that a lot of political ideology has been forced down the throats of many state schools and schools, have been afraid, and indeed, parents have been afraid to question anything. So when will the changes come in and why is it taking you so long to make these changes . Changes . Well, i think the report is due to come out very shortly. Im sure that the education secretary will then move to make the changes quickly and look as a parent, as well. I dont want my children to be honest , to be my children to be honest, to be exposed to inappropriate content at a pretty young age. And i dont , nor do i want, dont, nor do i want, politically contested ideas like the trans issues being taught as if theyre facts. I think, you know, childhood is a really, like, special time. And i dont think we need to introduce some of these ideas, too early. So of these ideas, too early. So i think the changes that are likely to come are going to be very welcome. And as i say, i know the education secretary will get on and do them as quickly as possible. And as a parent, im like strongly welcome that, chris. Youre also tackling knife crime. And its an interesting crime. And its an interesting thing. Theres a cash injection here, which i dont think is the really important thing. I think the important thing is how youre actually approaching this. The technology that youre introducing and, and the, the idea. That how youre going to idea. That how youre going to revolutionise how you identify knife crime and tackle it. Tell us more. Us more. Us more. Well, were investing in a lot more technology. Todays funding is only a very small part of that. And the kind of technology that can make an enormous difference includes things like , knife scanning things like, knife scanning technology. I was seeing a demonstration just yesterday in the home office of a handheld scanning device being developed by an american company, which could be ready to deploy on the streets, experimentally. This yeah streets, experimentally. This year. That will enable officers to, at a distance , scan people to, at a distance, scan people as theyre walking down a street to see if they are carrying a knife. That could have an enormous impact on Public Safety. Were also investing in rolling out, live facial recognition and retrospective facial recognition. This is facial recognition. This is where, for example, weve been trying it in croydon, actually, which is the borough that i represent in parliament, setting up cameras in croydon town centre. Weve got a list of people who are wanted for criminal offences, including, knife crime, offences, violence, drug supply, even offences including rape. And as people including rape. And as people walk down the street, you can scan them if theyre not on the watch list, which you know would apply. I hope to you and to me and the vast majority of people, the image is immediately and automatically deleted, but if they are on the watch list, if they are on the watch list, if they are on the watch list, if they are wanted for a criminal offence, then its the officer operating. The camera is alerted. They get pulled over in croydon in the last 3 or 4 months alone, over 100 people have been arrested who would not otherwise have been caught, including for knife related offences. So this sort of technology, knife scanning, lviv facial recognition has the potential to completely transform the way that we can keep the public safe and catch a lot more criminals , and thats lot more criminals, and thats why were investing very heavily in it. And im personally really pushing it and making sure that police are adopting it. Are you . Because i feel as though that sounds like youre describing a little bit of a sort of big brother situation where peoples faces are going to be scanned and bodies are going to be scanned from afar. I mean, that just personally makes mean, that just personally makes me feel quite uncomfortable. Wouldnt it be more sensible to bnng wouldnt it be more sensible to bring back talk about knife amnesties or a sensible conversation about not letting underage kids onto social media, where the vast majority of these swords and other weapons are being purchased . Being purchased . Well, lets take each point in turn. So i dont think this is a kind of these are kind of big brother measures. Look, i mean, just scanning someone at a distance to see if theyre carrying a knife is a completely reasonable thing to do in terms of the facial recognition. If of the facial recognition. If someone like you or me, one hopes, is not on the watch list, then your picture is immediately , immediately and automatically deleted. Let me give you an example of someone that got caughtin example of someone that got caught in croydon using this. There was someone who had been was wanted for a double rape, the first of which occurred in 2017, so they hadnt been caught for seven years until the man walked past the camera and got identified. Now thats a obviously that hasnt gone to court yet, but that is someone wanted for a double rape who would not have been caught, but has now been caught and if the if all that has to happen to do thatis if all that has to happen to do that is you and me get scanned in our picture, then gets immediately and automatically deleted. I think thats, thats that makes Public Safety a lot, lot better. So i think it does strike the right balance. There are all kinds of safeguards, you know, around around the accuracy and so on. Theres some court cases that sort of set out the limits and how you can use it to make sure privacy is respected, but it really is working and its going to its going to keep the public and its going to keep you and me and our families a lot safer. Now, your second question was about online. Okay. Carry on. I mean, i mean, in croydon, in an experimental deployment, 100 arrests have been made in the last few months alone, just like in the last, since january, and those are 100 people, often dangerous criminals , including that wanted criminals, including that wanted rapist people whove committed knife offences , drugs offences, knife offences, drugs offences, firearms offences. They would not have been arrested. What if chris and they now have been . What if the people who are being stopped or being searched, who or, are being arrested over these sort of things fit the wrong profile if, if, if its all you know, how badly derided stop and search was. I mean , i stop and search was. I mean, i speak from a point of view that, stop and search is , is an stop and search is, is an obvious tactic to me. Being from Northern Ireland, you knew exactly where the trouble was coming from. You knew exactly who was carrying, who was likely to be carrying weapons, explosives , whatever. So those explosives, whatever. So those areas stop and search existed and oh my goodness me, it created uproar. Even though thats where the trouble was coming from. You had to pretend it wasnt coming from. Now youre going to face exactly the same problem here. Well, actually, the i mean, the algorithm that does the facial recognition matching has been tested by the National Physical laboratory , and there physical laboratory, and there is no racial bias in the system in the in the setting that the police use it at. And its incredibly accurate. I mean, the false positive rate where it says that this is the wanted person, but it turns out when you actually ask them for their id, that theyre actually not the wanted person. Its 1 id, that theyre actually not the wanted person. Its1 in the wanted person. Its 1 in 6000 and actually in the which is much better than a Police Officer using their own judgement. And the only person in the croydon trial that was wrongly identified was the twin brother of the wanted person. So brother of the wanted person. So its very accurate. I do, by the way, also support dramatically increasing physical stop and search as well. But you asked me a question about online knife sales, which i didnt answer a couple of minutes ago. So the onune couple of minutes ago. So the Online Safety act is going to be coming fully into force shortly. And that will essentially require a social media. Companies like facebook and so on, cant rely on them to take steps to, to prevent. Well, no, there will be legally required now for the first time to not sell knives, for example, to under 18 seconds. Youre right. We cant rely on them. Thats why weve legislated. And if they break those rules, they can be fined. Yes, 10. Theyre just going to build that into their business models. Its peanuts to them. They can afford these fines. I really do think it would just be safer to ban phones for under 16. Just really quickly, though, when youre trying to paint a picture of a party of law and order, it staggers and is beyond belief to me that youre releasing violent criminals out onto the street ahead of the end of their sentences, because our prisons are full ups all well and good. If all of this technology works, youve got nowhere to send them. Youve got nowhere to send them. Well, weve got so sentences are getting are getting longer. For example, rape sentences now are about two years longer than they were under labour. Were arresting more and more criminals. The police are doing theirjob catching record their job catching record numbers of criminals. Their job catching record numbers of criminals. Weve got numbers of criminals. Weve got releasing them prison than we have ever had. Well, some people have ever had. Well, some people are getting release a few days early. I are getting release a few days early. I mean, if somebody are getting release a few days early. I mean, if somebody gets early. I mean, if somebody gets released a few days before the end of a five year sentence, you know, that is not a thats a relatively , you know, if were relatively, you know, if were talking about a few days here, nothing more than that. And 70 days, 90 days now being successful at so because the police are being successful in arresting more and more criminals and putting them , criminals and putting them, putting them behind bars, and as i say, sentences now are significantly longer than they were under the last labour government. And there are more people in prison today than there have ever been. Okay. All right. Well have to leave it there. Chris philp, police and crime minister, thanks for your time this morning , just a quick word from morning, just a quick word from you, too, about, what youre heanng you, too, about, what youre hearing there, scarlett. And in terms of im actually i my worries are with isabel is i just everything seems to be. Were going into a big brother state and. And i find it really frightening that that wherever. I mean, its so now i know if im in croydon, people are going to look at me all the time. And its going to get everywhere. I think its 1 think its frightening, a quick one in 20s from you. For me, its the storage of the data, the deleted data of the data, the deleted data of the facial recognition as well. Theres this whole thing called honzon theres this whole thing called horizon planning. Its incredibly difficult to find out whos funding it. Where is it going to be stored, how long it will be stored, and whos paying for it, and how you can trust them to delete it. Exactly can you trust the authorities in all of this . Let us know what you think. At home, quite a lot of controversial policies being discussed in that interview. Really interesting to hear from you this morning. Gbnews. Com forward slash yourself. Well have more from scarlett and clare a very good morning to you. Welcome on board. Its 7 00. This is breakfast on wednesday, the 15th of may. Eamonn holmes and Isabel Webster on duty this morning. The headlines are these knife crime crisis. The conservatives tell police to bring back. Stop and search new strict rules for schools. Teachers are told they must not teach about gender identity. Not teach about gender identity. Yes, the government trying to heanng yes, the government trying to hearing ourselves back clear dividing lines with the labour party ahead of the general election. They want more stop and search and they want Primary Schools to stop talking about gender identity. Ill bring you the details shortly. The details shortly. Food bank use is at an all time high. Official figures show a 94 increase in just five years. Charity check chaos for harry and meghan as their Archewell Foundation has been labelled delinquent by an american authority. Authority. And as Liverpool City Council is considering fines for badly behaved children, well be asking should parents be penalised for the actions of their kids . Thats our debate and in the sport this morning, arsenal fans can throw their spurs shirts away now as Manchester City beat tottenham two nil last night to go to the top of the premier league with one game to go, aston villa have now qualified for the Champions League without, well, for the first time without kicking ball. Last night. And rory mcilroy files for divorce on the eve of the us pga championship. The us pga championship. Chilly and damp across parts of the east today, but for many there will be some warm sunshine. Top of the temperature charts likely to be across parts of northern scotland again today. Join me later for a full forecast. Knife crime is rising every year since the pandemic , the year since the pandemic, the government has told police to increase the use of stop and search despite possible backlashes from Campaign Groups. Well, this comes as the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, is calling for Sex Education to be banned for children under nine and for gender identity to be taken out of the curriculum. Lets get more on all of this. An overall view now, our Political Correspondent Katherine Forster looking at this new initiatives coming in, catherine. Yes. Hello, both of you , yes. Hello, both of you, interesting, wasnt it listening to what policing minister chris philp had to say just a few minutes ago, talking about the way they plan to use technology to potentially use as scanners that could tell if youre walking down the street carrying a knife, facial recognition, etc. And they do need to do something because knife crime is close to a record high, and it is at a record high in the caphal is at a record high in the capital. And so chris philp is calling for a big increase in stop and search. Now this is something that under theresa may, about ten years ago, when she was home secretary, fell very dramatically because Campaign Groups said that black people were going to be were being disproportionately targeted. So the number of stop and searches are basically fell to a quarter of what theyd been in about 2010, 22, 11 to what they are now. And correspondingly, weve seen this huge surge in knife crime. And huge surge in knife crime. And so the government is having a change of heart. Chris philp says stop and search is a vital tool that not is not used nearly enough. And that basically the police must use the powers available to them without fear or favour. What we cant do is tiptoe around those powers in an effort to appease. So this wont be popular with everybody. Sadiq be popular with everybody. Sadiq khan, the mayor of london, has said that he wants to reduce the use of stop and search. But the met Police Commissioner is saying no, we need more of this because look at the evidence. Look whats going on in the streets around the country and in london. Something needs to change. So the police often feel , uncomfortable. They feel that they dont have the confidence to conduct stop and searches and theyre worried about Community Tensions. But clearly something has got to change. Okay. And bring us up to date on these changes to Sex Education that Gillian Keegans been bringing in. And this is a change away from sort of contested political ideology in schools. Schools. Yes it is. We expect to hear the details in the next day or so, whitehall says its still being worked on, but basically a couple of fundamental things. First of all, potential ban on teaching children educate Sex Education before the age of nine. And the second thing is that a primary level primary and junior School Children should not be taught about gender ideology. The government is saying that that is a contested subject that should not be taught. And in fact, a lot of the things that are sometimes being talked about in Primary School now shouldnt be being deau school now shouldnt be being dealt with until children are in secondary school. So, that will please, i think many parents, not everybody , of course, but not everybody, of course, but some of the, you know, thoughts about many what is it, 72 different gender identities, etc. You know , a lot of people etc. You know, a lot of people feel that this is very confusing to Young Children , and this is to Young Children, and this is the sort of topic that should not be addressed in Primary School. They want Primary Schools to stick to biological facts only, and its interesting just looking at some of the views coming in as a parent, why does the parent not know what your childrens buying on the internet . And lots of well, i shouldnt have read that one out, but lots of people giving us their views. Ill try and filter through some of the better ones a little bit later on. For now. Catherine, thank you very much indeed, some of the better ones. This is the, the better ones. This is the, the portrait of the king. I just got that one of the newspapers said i think the difficulty is a lot of people cant see it. It doesnt sort of stand out, but it is beautiful once you get up close to it and you can see the detail involved. I think its just i think its fabulous. Absolutely agree. I actually think it looks better in the frame than the way it is being shown in a lot of the papers, sort of just all red because its got a very stark black frame, which really, well, i think frames it perfectly. Nice one. Yeah. Let us know what you think this morning, figures from the Trussell Trust show that 3. 1 million emergency food parcels were provided last year, with more than 1. 1 million of those going to children. Going to children. Yeah. Yeah. The director of policy for the Trussell Trust, helen barnard, joins us now, quite shocking when you hear about the increase in the number of these. And we know that people have been really struggling with the cost of living in this, i suppose , is the tangible example suppose, is the tangible example of how bad its got for people. It is. But actually its more than the cost of living crisis and the pandemic, because this trend was starting before even covid hit. So over five years, we found that the need has doubled the number of food parcels were having to provide, because its what weve really seen is the uncovering of a longer term crisis, which is dnven longer term crisis, which is driven mainly by our Social Security system not providing the protection that it should provide when times get tough. And any of us could need some help. But its not currently doing that job effectively. Helen, a lot of people are in a dilemma about this one. I would have been one of them before i started helping out at some food banks and seeing people. People believe they need people. People believe they need it, whether they need it or not. They believed they needed it. They believed they needed it. They really think those who are into it are into it big time. And its wonderful to see just the relief that these give mentally, physically, financially and nutritionally for all of this. But the point for all of this. But the point im going to ask you is you will get a section of people who need food banks and wont use them, and youll get people will say, there are people who use them that dont need to use them , and that dont need to use them, and there are controversial thing. What would you say to someone whos debating about whether to use a food bank or not . Well, youre right, we find that people put off coming to the food bank as long as they can. So most of the time, by the time people do come, they are already skipping meals , going already skipping meals, going without other essentials. Theyre off. Theyre almost always in debt, theyre behind with bills. And i think theres two things that happen. There is a sense of shame. People feel because they want to be able to support themselves, and theyre just stuck in a position where they cant. And people often also will say, well, there must be people even worse off than me. I think i would say our food banks are there in communities for whoever needs them , and we for whoever needs them, and we will be there for as long as were needed. But i think its important to say that food banks are not the right solution to this. The problem were facing is people not having enough money to cover essentials , to money to cover essentials, to afford the essential costs we all need, and we know food banks are not the answer. The public, when we polled the public, an enormous majority say food banks should not be needed in a modern society. People should have a decent income so they can afford those costs without having british charity, a british thing, do you know . And im just asking because, you know, last week we had great gdp figures. Our economys growing up by more than was expected. Were beating america. Were beating france and germany. I mean, is there hope that this is going to get better or have we become a nation that is in a sort of vicious circle with all of this . And were not going to leave food banks again. Food banks are here permanently. But do other countries, you say, well, i think whats really important is so if you look under the surface of all that economic status data, the long term trend is that were seeing more people pulled into really deep poverty and destitution. So theres other research from the Joseph Rowntree foundation and others that have shown that over the last five, 5 to 10 years, there has been a really steep increase in the number of people facing very severe hardship. And i actually severe hardship. And i actually think we can get we can end the need for food banks because weve seen where we can make progress. So when we during the pandemic, when the £20 uplift was put into universal credit, you could see poverty fall. At that point when weve seen over the last year or so, every time a cost of living payment has gone out, theres been a dip in the need for food banks. So we do actually have the solutions. What we havent got yet is political leaders who are stepping up to commit to taking the action. That can turn this around, because it cannot become around, because it cannot become a new normal, because it didnt used to be like that. It doesnt have to be like that. But we do need to act. But helen, it is going to become our new normal. Theyre not going away. I just cannot i not going away. I just cannot i see an issue. Ive been involved in this extensively, in the manchester area, in the belfast area as well. And believe me, area as well. And believe me, this poverty is much more endemic than a lot of us would like to make out. It is, and i cannot see people who use food banks now, people who have got jobs, incidentally , were not jobs, incidentally, were not talking about people who havent got jobs, not people who work hard and whatever. I just cannot see how folk can afford to go back to life without food banks. Back to life without food banks. I mean, the thing that really gives me hope is that because we understand whats driving people to the doors of food banks, we actually know what needs to change. So as you said, we see people who are in work, but normally theyre in insecure jobs. Normally theyre in insecure jobs. So theyre doing shift jobs. So theyre doing shift work. They dont know week to week what money theyre going to have coming in. Theyre not able to get a steady income. Now that can change. If we put in better workers rights for people at the bottom of the labour market, we see people who are at the food bank because they cant keep up with the rent or because theyve had theyve had to move lots of times because theyre in the private rented sector. We can fix that by building more social housing. We see disabled people who are having to take months and months to get access to the benefits that will help them with their extra costs. We can speed that up. We can get people speed that up. We can get people access to the help they need. All of this is fixable. What it needsis all of this is fixable. What it needs is the political to will go out there and fix it. Helen bernard, you are a very interesting person to talk to. Youre the sort of person that can fix these things. Very good to talk to you, helen. As director of policy at the Trussell Trust, and shes based in leeds. Thank you very much, helen. The figures are stark, 1 in 3 children in this country now in 2020 for britain, live in relative poverty, 1 in 6 live in Food Security and pensioner use of food banks. Banks is up 27 in the last year. Theres something going wrong. The question is how do we fix it . Let us know. Have you ever used a food bank or are you of the belief . And some people im seeing already here, people just like free food. I would exercise a bit of compassion. I think it takes a lot of humility to go to a food bank. I think we should all be really thoughtful about this issue. Rather than judging and casting aspersions on the edge thinking, i would like to or i need to, but im not going to. And those are the people to have the debate with and the talk with and whats your view on it . Have your views on food banks changed or do you think, as isabel was saying, that, you know, to a lot of people theyre just seen as freeloading . Let us know, some other stories this morning on this wednesday, heres what weve got for you. The First Official painted portrait of king charles has been unveiled at buckingham palace. It was done by the renowned artist jonathan yeo, who has previously painted the likes of Sir David Attenborough and tony blair. In the new picture , the kings hands sit on picture, the kings hands sit on a sword with a butterfly landing on the shoulder. This is a nod to his environmental work. In a new bid to kerb obesity levels, the nhs has started offering overweight men cash rewards for slimming down. Its been very successful, sending daily Text Messages offering men up to £400 to get fit. It was more traditional than successful diet plans and its been nicknamed the game of stones and will likely be rolled out across the nhs following its success. Let us know. Do you think thats a good idea . A good idea . Tv presenter Andrew Mcparland has become a dad. His newborn son is wilder. Has become a dad. His newborn son is wilder. Patrick son is wilder. Patrick mcpartlin, the geordie star and his wife Anne Marie Corbett announced the happy news on tuesday, with an Instagram Post that showed off ants new tattoo tribute to. In a nod to his friendship with Declan Donnelly, the star has made dec baby wilders godfather. Wilders godfather. And congratulations to them. A lovely bit of baby news. Let us know what you think about some of those stories. I think theyre quite interesting. Why theyre quite interesting. Why is it particularly that men seem to be targeted by this approach of offering cash to lose weight . What is it about men versus women that means . But its fascinating to me that its only men. And also if were talking about people being offered freebies and, you know, going to food banks, how do we feel as taxpayers about the nhs offering our cash to men, to help them lose weight . But if it works, it saves us money in the long run. Let us know what you think about that. Let us know what you think about the kings portrait. Its obviously some accountant sitting somewhere and says, look , to get somebody on says, look, to get somebody on a health and fitness plan with the nhs costs us, say, £1,000, but we can do this by just bribing them for £400. And thats , to me, what this and thats, to me, what this is about. But is that the right way . Should there not be more education . 100 like, what is wrong with our psyche . And as no one else alive to the fact that on the one hand, we are being sold by the food lobby, poison day in, day out, and now were being sold by the farmer lobby injections to help us lose weight. And at the same time , weight. And at the same time, the health service, which is designed to treat our our illnesses , is offering us cash illnesses, is offering us cash to stop us from using their service. The whole worlds gone crazy. And i just sometimes think, whats going on . Surely at some point we have to take some personal accountability for our own behaviours and stop asking someone else to pay us to change our ways or inject us or whatever else it is. Thats the thing we dont take personal responsibility for whats gone wrong. Everybody elses fault but our own, but ourselves, you know , any moobs i ourselves, you know, any moobs i carry about , i ourselves, you know, any moobs i carry about, i think thats the fourth time youve mentioned moobs this morning. Moobs this morning. 716. Youre into your moobs this morning. What were you going to say . Any moobs that you carry, please continue. Are my own responsibility. Oh, i agree, theyre not. They werent placed there by someone else. I should do more exercise. I know i should. I dont have moobs anymore. I have a moob. Have a moob. I have one a mono, a mono boob. My two moobs have become one one moob. Well, you know, whatever floats your boat. Sure. You know, please dont. You know, please dont. You know, please dont. Okay, heres alex deakin. Lets have a look at the weather. While youre looking at that, she can. No no no no, stop it. No no. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. Many places. Having from the met office here on gb news. Many places. Having a fine day today with sunny spells and it will feel pretty warm in that sunshine as well. But some parts, particularly across Eastern England, remaining pretty drab. Rain and drizzle on and off across much of yorkshire, lincolnshire and into norfolk as well. A few showers scattered about elsewhere, some getting to the west of the pennines and maybe a few across the south west of england. But many places here through wales, Northern Ireland, much of scotland will be dry. Notice quite murky conditions on the east coast of scotland, however, ha returning here thats going to suppress the temperatures in the sunny spells further south. We could easily get up to 20, maybe 21 celsius. That mist and low cloud will be around then through the evening and overnight across the eastern part of scotland , tending to part of scotland, tending to come and go and as i say, suppress the temperatures. But generally a fine warm evening across the highlands. It may cloud over a little bit through the central belt. Could be some patchy rain across southwest scotland this evening, most of Northern Ireland staying dry but maybe again here, clouding over a little bit. Pretty dull and damp across parts of Eastern England through to the east midlands. Much of the south having a fine evening, just a bit of a breeze picking up along the south coast and say maybe 1 or 2 showers here. Well continue to see some outbreaks of rain and keep the generally pretty drab conditions across the east coast of england. And that will last through the night and into thursday morning. Temperature wise. Well, we may dip to single figures overnight, but most towns and cities staying in double digits. Onto the details for tomorrow. Again a fairly grey start across much of northern england. Rain at times here. More of it though, to the west of the pennines, and well see a bit more of that rain just heading into parts of Northern Ireland. South west scotland through the day. A few more showers in the south tomorrow. Some heavy showers likely to develop by the afternoon. Plenty of sunshine away from those showers and again a good looking day in western scotland, where temperatures likely to get over 20 celsius. Goodbye that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. I dont know, someones just told me that, tom cruise is pictured in the mail looking a bit muby. I beg to differ. If you think thats a move, that is. That is a toned torso from mr cruise there. That is not what most of us would consider. This guy, 63, 61, 61, hes older than 61. Thats not right. Thats not right. His weekly workouts include fencing , his weekly workouts include fencing, hiking, and he his weekly workouts include fencing , hiking, and he enjoys. Fencing, hiking, and he enjoys. He joined Alejandro Gonzales in yarritu on an island where he was photographed topless there. Well, i wish i was as muby as him. Thats thats very good. Yeah. Not too bad. Not too bad , not too bad. Not too bad, right . I havent seen him. Just to clarify, i havent i havent indulged, so you say you bet. You say all your friends you have seen me, that you have. Im trying to think if ive ever seen you in a state of undress, i dont think i have. Yeah, thats a thing. Yeah, thats a thing. Yeah, thats a thing. Yeah, i dont think i would like to go on holiday with people that i know. You know, like, i mean, seeing you in your bits or , seeing you in your bits or, like, around the. Steady on. Steady on. Amen. Im just saying, im going to a wedding next month with a group of my friends in portugal. Well all be in our swimwear and our make it. Im saying if i was part of that group, i dont think i would feel comfortable with that. Well, you could wear a you know what i was going to say . Kimono. What what do people wear . A male equivalent. A male equivalent. Yeah, a male equivalent, whatever that is anyway, but dont. Are you happy enough to go on houday are you happy enough to go on holiday with people who, you know socially or youve worked . It definitely does motivate a little bit of , you know, little bit of, you know, watching what you eat before you go on one of those trips. Because my husband and i keep saying, too late, come on, weve got to be good. 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I think itd be fantastic if a lot of the food that is not used by restaurants, cafes, supermarkets was then able to be redistributed to those who need it. All the homeless, i mean, it doesnt cost the taxpayer any money, so i dont know why people get so irate about this and people saying to me that im naive and people are just queuing up for freebies. Be that as it may, why does it bother you if its not costing you any money and if its actually using says people will always use something that is free. Im waiting for the beer and wine bank that will be a busy one. All right, were back right after the break. Were asking if parents should be fined for their childrens bad behaviour. Next. Nana Liverpool City Council is facing a bit of controversy after revealing it could resort to fining children as young as ten for anti social behaviour. Well, their parents, i suppose you cant find a ten year old. Ten year olds have any money. You can. You can. You can. You know, like all these people say, oh, its only a child. Its only nine. Didnt know what he was doing. Whatever it is, they do know what theyre doing and they should be made to face the consequences. Many people are arguing, if you do things like that, you unfairly target children and instead its the parents, right . So it is the children that theyre fining. Forgive me, well, i was wrong. They are actually saying fining children as young as ten. How do they do that . But people are saying dont do that and find their parents instead. Okay. Right right. Okay. Right right. Well, lets talk to parenting journalist annette kellow. She agrees that parents should face the blame, but Mental Health advocate ivana poku thinks fining children could help them learn their lessons. So you learn their lessons. So you basically both share each of our views , what . Views, what . Tell me. Tell me about this business of how you think kids learn the lesson. Because in todays world, children are made todays world, children are made to be immune from any consequences that that they do. So i actually like this that there is a consequence to, if they do something wrong. Tell us what you think about this. What you think about this. I believe that there are many more factors that impact their behaviour. More factors that impact their behaviour. Its not just the parents. So thats my main on thats thats why i dont think the fining is the solution, because its not just the parents, its not just the kids. There are so many, many more like friends, school, online world and all this impacts the behaviour. World and all this impacts the behaviour. So i think the solution is in better education for parents and support in to how raise their kids, annette, i mean, who decides what determines bad behaviour if its a child whos kicking a football against a wall because theyve got nobody to play with and there arent any local sporting resources or their football grounds being destroyed for whatever reason. We hear about this on this programme all the time, but its annoying. Grumpy old bones next door. You know who decides whether or not thats anti social behaviour . And why should a ten year old be fined . Why are they going to get money for. Youre suggesting giving debts to children . Its crazy. Yes. Well, grumpy old jones next door generally does not like having their windows smashed. And im sure a lot of other people dont like bad things happening to them. I personally have had teens in london who have said horrible things to me on the bus. Ive had, teens say horrible things to my three year old. So is that okay . Its scary for people. Now we have to remember theres been 193,000 anti social crimes 193,000 anti social crimes reported 193,000 anti social crimes reported in london alone in the last year, and i personally think its not good enough. Now, if you look at somebody like mayor giuliani in new york, what did he do . His two words zero tolerance. You throw gum on the floor, zero tolerance. And he cleaned manhattan up. And i think somebody needs to do the same in london. What was said to you on the bus . Oh, they said youre wearing too much makeup. So you think they should be fined for saying that . Yeah. Well, they started saying, oh, look at you. You look horrible. You look disgusting. They were getting up in my face that was threatening to me. Theyve just said too much makeup. Fine. And then with my son, they said, oh, why is he singing . Hes being too loud. They started swearing at him when he was three. I mean, thats to me, thats crazy. Thats to me, thats crazy. Okay. Okay. What do you think of anna . What do you think of anna . I believe that the way many parents raise their kids these daysis parents raise their kids these days is not all right, because they can get away with a murder, basically. And i hear lots of even parenting experts saying that they dont give their kids consequences. They hug them when they do something wrong. And im not saying you should shout or smack your kids, but they should know there are consequences to their actions. So you know its not black and white. The children have it too easy nowadays. Do they have is the nowadays. Do they have is the forgiveness card played too often . Often . Well, i mean, if were looking at a behaviour in childrens and parents, i also think, you know, if a child was naughty at school, think, you know, if a child was naughty at school , say they, i naughty at school, say they, i dont know, did something really bad, stole the teachers wallet, im not sure. Kick somebody in the head. Would the parent then say, oh, come and have a little cuddle . Youve been a little bit naughty , lets just have a chat naughty, lets just have a chat about this. No, youd want them to resolve it. You, you know, a responsible parent wouldnt want to see their child doing that. Youre youre describing illegal things, stealing and assault. But what were talking about here is anti social behaviour. And i just want i still come back to the point who decides what, you know, activity from a child is necessarily anti social. Clearly there are things that they shouldnt be doing , like things that they shouldnt be doing, like perhaps smoking if theyre underage in a public place or playing loud music or drinking whatever. But you know, are we really wanting to live in are we really wanting to live in a sort of police state where children who are already unable to go anywhere and be children are increasingly sort of penalised for being kids . Penalised for being kids . I personally think its okay because i think a lot of people in london and i know people that walk around feeling scared in their city and even just like youre saying, the calling of the names, why should children be calling people names all the time . I dont think its right. And i do think it should be cleaned up. And if we cant hold the parents responsible, theyve got to try something. Okay. Got to try something. Okay. Well, what should the consequence be, folks . Let us know. Annette. Ivana, thank you both very much indeed for your thoughts this morning, get in touch with us. Everybody else, as to. Are too we soft on kids . Should they be penalties or should theyre not . When i think of, when i was when i was young and you played football in the street and the awful thing is, when i look at it now, hitting peoples cars with footballs and creating dents or scores on the paint and things , but it was paint and things, but it was thats just what you did. Thats what you played. But that was an awful thing. I mean, the ball got into peoples gardens is inconsequential. Yeah, but hitting somebodys car with that just doesnt happen now because you cant. Theres so many cars on the road, people. Kids cant play out in the street anymore. There isnt so much space anymore for children. It is an issue. Im not defending anti social behaviour at all. Im very strict. Parents used to play, strict. Parents used to play, but i think kids need to be kids as well. Play in the street, and the lampposts were goals and things , lampposts were goals and things, and there might have been one car that may have got in the way every now and again. Now theres no way theres three cars. No, its a shame. No, its a shame. And you cant do that. And you cant do that. Thrash them. Thats what i say, says phil reynolds. 1 thrash them. Thats what i say, says phil reynolds. I knew youd all bring back corporal punishment. Some of you must have grandchildren. What do you have grandchildren. What do you think about all of this . You know, would you like to see your grandchildren being, given strict discipline in that kind of way . I dont know, let us know what you think. This morning, sport. Next with paul coyte, it was spurs against man city last night. That was the big game, nice night for aston villa as well. As a result, well tell you. All right. So much consequence with the. The football matches that were played last night, paul coyte here to tell us, how it has affected the title race, sir, all the arsenal fans that were wearing spurs shirts for the first time in their entire life yesterday have now probably just chucked them out the window, because they spurs did arsenal no favours yesterday, although it was going to be hard. It was never going to be easy. It was spurs v man city, man city, the champions. They go to tottenham and should spurs win, well that would pretty much scupper. Wed say Manchester Citys chance of winning the premier league, but that team is a machine. They are a machine, they are a machine and this will make it. If they do win come the weekend and they take the title four years in a row, four years on the trot, its never been done, never been done before. So they have to play west ham , at home, which you would think they would win. Arsenal were playing everton at home. You would probably think they would win that too. So really its a matter of where are we at the moment . And Manchester City are now one point ahead. So it looks like it will be city that will do that. But it was an interesting atmosphere. You know, we spoke about that of how spurs fans would feel about the whole situation. Some saying that, you know, we want to lose to man city. Nobody ever wants their team truly to lose. But their team truly to lose. But their team truly to lose. But the fact that it was almost like, is there anything to play for here . And are we happy to lose to see manchester, to see arsenal not win the title . The answer for quite a few was yes and Ange Postecoglou was not very happy. No he wasnt, he wasnt happy. Villa were winners though. Last night. So therefore they now qualify for the Champions League at the expense of tottenham hotspur. Yeah. So i mean theyve been brilliant and under unai emery its honestly theyve gone from 17th when he came in then to seventh now up to fourth. And just think they were in the championship a few years ago. So its been a real success story. And it shows what a good manager and some interesting games tonight. Youve got brighton against chelsea, youve got Manchester United against newcastle maybe weve got the rain in our favour, maybe the leaking roof. I was terrible to watch that. I was terrible to watch that. You know it was humiliating to watch. I dont know if you saw any of the behind the scenes footage of dreams. Its just nightmare. Absolute i think its embarrassing for all of us as fans to think thats what our stadium has come to. I think so, but ineos, i think, are determined to try and sort things out. Theyre talking sort things out. Theyre talking about a new stadium. Theyve been landed with it. I know , i been landed with it. I know, i know, but youd think all the money that was coming into the club, youre not telling me its a poor club. They should be able to do stuff like that. But anyway, thats another story altogether. But Manchester United could finish behind newcastle for the First Time Since 1977, just just a wee thing i want to say rory mcilroy, who im very fond of, thinks a great golfer. Theres a lot of things go on. Maybe that doesnt concentrate his game, hes filing for divorce now as well. This is the eve of the pga. Yeah. I mean, its sad. Its got a four year old daughter. He met his wife, erica. She was she was working for the pga. And actually, interestingly, when he met her, he was playing in the ryder cup and he was late for tea time. And it was like, what tea time. And it was like, what am i going to do . She sorted out am i going to do . She sorted out a Police Escort for him. So, i mean, youre going to fall in love and marry a woman like that. And when you say tea time, you dont mean like a sandwich and cup of tea. You mean a like and cup of tea. You mean a like a tee off time. Oh, no. I mean, you need a cup of tea. So he was a bit late. He was a bit hungry that day. So she got a Police Escort to the cafe and then. And he married her. And then he married her. Of course he did. Okay. But anyway, bless him. Hasnt worked out well. Good luck to them. Good luck to them. Good luck to them. But, georgia, its your birthday. Lets do some birthdays today for the birthdays. Oh. Hi, isabel. Hi, there. Welcome to the party. This is the bit i can contribute to. Know nothing about the sport, but do birthdays. Star sign, would you be . Star sign, would you be . Well, im libra, but my personality type is more virgo. No, not you im talking about. If it was your birthday today. Oh, you would be a, leo, a taurus, a tourist, be a taurus. Im terrible at that. I wouldnt have a clue. I only know because its my husbands birthday yesterday, and i know hes a bit of a taurus. Hes a bull. Hes a bull. Is he the bull . Taurus . The bull. The bull. Right. First one please. Who is it . How old are they today . Youre not going to have any problem with either of these, im sure. Who is that . Sarah phillips . Sarah phillips . It is . Yeah. Do we do . Are we phillips or tindall . Does she go with the phillips . She goes with tindall now. Yes. Yes. yes. Yes. She wears great hats. She wears great hats. She wears great hats. She always looks well. Very good. Amte power eamonn 45. Well, eamonn, you probably sent her a birthday card, didnt you . Because shed be pretty upset if nothing arrived. Thats an interesting , nothing arrived. Thats an interesting, age. Isabel. Yeah, shes a smidge older than william and harry. And im the same age as william. Yeah im 41, so im going 45, but could be 46. But then she did have a baby quite recently , so maybe its 43, 43, recently, so maybe its 43, 43, 43. Yeah, maybe im going to downgrade. Im really sorry. Downgrade. Im really sorry. What are you going for, then, youve said 44, age 4443. Oh, im so sorry. I youve said 44, age 4443. Oh, im so sorry. I said 45 again. One more, one more. One of my favourite sportsmen of all time. Lets see him, please. Andy murray 3839 oh 3830. Andy murray 3839 oh 3830. Honestly, listen to you. Honestly, listen to you. Seven oh my god, where did that come from . Hes a man old before his time. It has to be 37, 38, 39, 37 is my final seven. Is your final offer . Is your final offer . Is your final offer . I would take him. I would say hes 40 something. No hes not i know hes not. Let me just explain. Right because hes a mature hes a man with a mature outlook and a lot of worry and things like that. But lets say 38, thats. Yeah, the answer is 33, 37. I got there, honestly, both of you. Well done. One all. Have you got a decider. Well you know maybe ill have a decider later. But i thought the two. But dont put a picture of me up because you put a picture of me up and say, how old is he . And you know, people will say 48 and things and, and, and you know, its unfair to people. Im, 1 think im just covering up this because whilst you were doing the actual sport, i was quickly rifling through the papers and were about to do the papers and were about to do the papers and were about to do the papers now, which is why. But im just doing a quiz back to you to guess how much to the british economy taylor swifts eras tour is predicted to bring. Just guess. See all thats rubbish. See all thats rubbish. See all thats rubbish. This is swift Anna Mikhailova sees just guess to the british economy. How much . How much . How much . One. One. Well, how long is the tour . Well, how long is the tour . Oh, i dont know. Let me quickly google, 1. 2 million fans are going to watch our uk, which begin in edinburgh on june the 7th. Doesnt say how long the tour is. Right. Okay. Right. Okay. But you know, just a significant thing. They call him a 100 million. They call him a 100 million. Oh okay. Oh okay. Yeah. No a billion, a billion. Can you believe that . Apparently thats the same as was estimated to be spent on the economy due to the coronation of the king last year. So shes bringing it. I dont believe it. I dont believe it. Dont believe it. Anyway, its all paper talk. Its all just a billion, billion, a trillion, right. Go away. Away. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That was very entertaining. I know, but it was. I felt a bit dismissed. No, in britain , were going no, in britain, were going through the, the newspapers, next. Were doing that with Scarlett Mccgwire and Claire Muldoon. So please join. Us. Yeah. Anyway. Anyway. The nhs , very heavily pressed the nhs, very heavily pressed as regards its funding and how that money is spent. Scarlett what is the way . The latest way the nhs is thought of spending money. Well, what theyre doing is theyre offering men fat men up to £400 to lose weight. And obviously its a trial. And if it if it works , it will save the it if it works, it will save the nhs an awful lot of money because the problem with overweight people, not just men, overweight people, not just men, overweight people, not just men, overweight people, is they cost the nhs a lot. Were talking about hip replacement. You say theyre overweight people , but yet this bribery people, but yet this bribery works better for men, men, men seem to succumb to money more easily than women. Yeah. No, i mean, and this is so, so its good that its targeted. Theyre theyre trying to make sure that it works and what theyre amazed at is that how well it works. And although very few men who were on the trial actually got the £400, you do get a bit of money for every bit of every for if you manage to lose 5 of your body weight and because theyre doing it in healthy ways, what theyre hoping and this is over a year. So its not like a crash diet and you because when the five two where you you , you ate for two where you you, you ate for five days and you starve for two men loved it and it was great. And they lost pounds and pounds and pounds and within four months everything principle. Its wrong, isnt it . Its wrong, isnt it . Its wrong, isnt it . I really hate it as a as an idea. Not only is it unfair on the girls because they get left staying fat and they dont get the bribe, but, but i just dont think thats what i want. My hard earned tax to be spent on. So would you. How do you get people to lose weight . I dont know, because i think there is a societal problem in all of this, and i think its much bigger than , food or much bigger than, food or weight. I think its about, like doing the right thing, having a sense of like whats right and wrong. And i think thats gone. And i do think it boils down to really simple things like, you know, taking some responsibility for yourself. People become lazy. I dont know if people are going to hate me for saying all of these things, but i just i really do think we need to ask ourselves as a society, why weve got to a point where we have to pay people to not go to a kebab shop. Its mad. I think its all of those things you said are absolutely correct. And its incredibly difficult to treat the obesity epidemic thatis to treat the obesity epidemic that is actually global. I mean, people will eat, they will eat, they will eat, people wont exercise. And you do i think, have to take personal responsibility for your own health and for your own lifestyle. And i dont think by offering financial reward necessarily is the way to do it. Eamonn wouldnt you prefer that our tax payers money would be spent perhaps on not dangling me and horrifically cheap poison to us in every petrol station, every place you go to a newspaper , everywhere. Its newspaper, everywhere. Its impossible. Were human beings, you know, a lot of us are working too hard. Were tired, were stressed, were eating our feelings. You know, we shouldnt feelings. You know, we shouldnt be tempted so much. I dont think number one. And wouldnt it be better rather than spending this money on bribing people . Just saying that we should be putting a fat tax on or a sugar tax or, you know, all of these things. I mean, of course we should be. But in the meantime, right . You know, we are where we are. We have fat people , and fat we have fat people, and fat people cost the nhs a fortune. Youre more likely to get cancer i agree, i know, i mean so actually what what theyre trying to do is just end justify the means. Thats what were asking you the question claire. So if you have a problem with, hmrc. Yeah. The department of thievery. And if you want to get in touch with them, you will find it very hard to do. Why . Because last year they kept people on the phone for guess how long in equivalent terms . 800 years in one year in one yean 800 years in one year in one year, 798 hours. People were left on the phone. It was ridiculous. Arent they going to close this year . From april to september . Wasnt there a big story about how theyre just not going to man the phones . No. And i think actually it was reversed because there was such a right there was good to no good a common sense because instead said they should hire twice as many people and answer the phone. The phone. Scarlet they need to get people out from home and into the office and work, because a lot of these call centres are taken from home. Oh hang on, wait till i get my dog sorted. Is that the doorbell . Oh, yeah. Is that the doorbell . Oh, yeah. Thats my amazon delivery. No. Im sorry. Get on with what you have to be doing and be there for people. People do want to pay for people. People do want to pay their tax if its due and people need help in order to do it. And dont be punitive whilst youre there , enable dont disable. Okay. Where do you both stand on stop and search. I mean, i grew up with stop and search in Northern Ireland, i was very used to it. I was one of the sort of people that i was stopped. I was searched, i was asked questions, i answered them, i never got in any trouble. I knew lots of people who the police would say, where are you going to . And they would say, whats it got to do with you . And they would end up in the cop shop and whatever. As a result, it was quite obvious what would happen. It was also quite obvious that and it wasnt people in turbans who were planting the bombs and things. So why stop people in turbans and search them, but but it was easy to see who you would stop and search them from. What areas they would be from, and they paid dividends and results. But that was regarded scarlet as a discriminatory. Well, there is a real problem about stop and search in london, because i think that young black men are five times as likely to be stopped. But then all that five times more likely to be carrying a knife. We dont know. Carrying a knife. We dont know. Actually, we dont know because theyre the people who get who get stopped. But but given that there is a real problem about trust with the metropolitan police, 1 dont think stop and search actually helps. And i think i think that we all dont agree with you. I really just get it when people are going to get it through their head. If a person from this street, this area, this neighbourhood is more likely to be carrying a weapon of some sort, then you stop and you search them and everybody gets the message loud and clear. Yes, well , i personally dont yes, well, i personally dont know why were not talking about knife amnesties more. That was a big thing when i was growing up. We used to hear about knife amnesties and they were collecting loads of weapons. No one talks about those and also the banning the sale of them and not letting youngsters anywhere near social media where a lot of underage kids are getting these swords from. Its just absolutely appalling. But before that, before the advent of mass scale social media, kids were able to go into these corner shops and these pound shops buy these knives that were kitchen quality knives, and there was no, no. How old are you . Show me where you live or whatever. There was nothing. Hold that thought. We will continue it when the guys are back again. Right now, heres the weather with alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on. Gb views. On. Gb views. Good morning. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news many places. Having a fine day today with sunny spells and it will feel pretty warm in that sunshine as well. But some parts, particularly Eastern England, remaining pretty drab. Rain and drizzle on and off across much of yorkshire, lincolnshire and into norfolk as well. A few showers scattered about elsewhere , some getting to about elsewhere, some getting to the west of the pennines, and maybe a few across the south west of england. But many places here through wales , places here through wales, Northern Ireland, much of scotland will be dry notice, quite murky conditions on the east coast of scotland, however, ha i returning here thats going ha returning here thats going to suppress the temperatures in the sunny spells further south. We could easily get up to 20, maybe 21 celsius. That mist and low cloud will be around then through the evening and overnight across the eastern part of scotland , tending to part of scotland, tending to come and go and as i say, suppress the temperatures. But generally a fine warm evening across the highlands. It may cloud over a little bit through the central belt. Could be some patchy rain across southwest scotland this evening, most of Northern Ireland staying dry, but maybe again here, clouding over a little bit. Pretty dull and damp, of course , parts of and damp, of course, parts of Eastern England through to the east midlands, much of the south having a fine evening, just a bit of a breeze picking up along the south coast and say maybe 1 or 2 showers here. Well continue to see some outbreaks of rain and keep the generally pretty drab conditions across the east coast of england, and that will last through the night and into thursday morning, temperature wise. Well, we may dip to single figures overnight, but most towns and cities staying in double digits. Onto the details for tomorrow. Again, a fairly grey start across much of northern england. Rain at times here. More of it though, to the west of the pennines, and well see a bit more of that rain just heading into parts of Northern Ireland. South west scotland through the day. A few more showers in the south tomorrow. Some heavy showers tomorrow. Some heavy showers likely to develop by the afternoon. Plenty of sunshine away from those showers and again a good looking day in western scotland, where temperatures likely to get over 20 celsius. Goodbye that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on to breakfast. Very good morning to you. You are joining Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster. Thank you for your company and the headlines this morning a knife crime crisis the tories tell police to bring back stop and search. We spoke to the policing minister earlier on the programme. My facial recognition has the potential to completely transform the way that we can keep the public safe and catch a lot more criminals, and thats why were investing very heavily in it. Im personally really pushing it and making sure that police are adopting it. Police are adopting it. New strict rules for schools. Teachers are told they must not teach about gender identity. Teach about gender identity. Yes, the government wants more stop and search and less a talk in schools about gender identity. Particularly they dont want it talked about at primary and Junior School as they seek to set out dividing lines before the next election. Ill bring you the details shortly. Shortly. Food bank use at an all time high. Figures show a 94 increase in just five years. Charity check chaos for harry and meghan as their Archewell Foundation was labelled delinquent by american authorities. Authorities. A team of raf cyclists are paying a team of raf cyclists are paying a special tribute to those who lost their lives in the dambuster raids. More on that shortly. That shortly. And in this sport, its advantage Manchester City as they beat spurs to go to the top of the premier league with one game left of the weekend. It also means that aston villa have now qualified for the Champions League for the first time, and ahead of his huge rematch with josh taylor, boxer Jack Catterall will be with us live. Chilly and damp across parts of the east today, but for many there will be some warm sunshine. Top of the temperature charts likely to be across parts of northern scotland again today. Join me later for a full forecast. Knife crime is rising every year since the pandemic, and the government has told police to increase their use of stop and search powers. Despite a backlash from Campaign Groups. Well, this comes as the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, is set to call for Sex Education to be banned for children under nine and for gender identity. Identity to be removed from the curriculum. Well, we spoke to policing minister chris philp about this all on gb news earlier. As a parent as well, i dont want my children to be honest , want my children to be honest, to be exposed to inappropriate content at a pretty young age and i dont , nor do i want and i dont, nor do i want a politically contested ideas like the trans issues being taught as if theyre fact. If theyre fact. Okay, well, lets start with the stop and search issue with our Political Correspondent Katherine Forster. Good morning to you. Catherine its been really interesting seeing peoples views coming in on this. And i think melvin sums it up pretty well. He says its better safe than ending up in a body bag. Paul sayers pointing out what the Police Commissioner, mark rowley, has been saying that young black men growing up in london are 13 times more likely to be murdered than young white men. Thats horrific. Better that theyre stopped and searched. Stopped and searched. Yes, exactly. Theres been yes, exactly. Theres been a real change of heart, it seems, at the top of government about stop and search because theresa may when she was home secretary, influenced by campaigners who said that black men were disproportionately targeted , disproportionately targeted, basically said that it should be used less and used very carefully. And so the amount of stop and search is only about a quarter of what it was in around 2010 to 2011. But in the meantime, knife crime has surged. Its close to an all time high. It is at an all time high in london now. The london mayor, sadiq khan, doesnt like it, says he wants to reduce its use. But the met Police Commissioner , sir mark rowley, commissioner, sir mark rowley, has said no, we need more of this because people are dying on the streets of london and around the streets of london and around the country, increasingly in broad daylight, while we saw that horrific incident in hainault only three weeks ago with a 14 year old boy murdered. With a 14 year old boy murdered. So the government are keen to have more stop and search. Theyre saying to the police, you have the powers you need to use them. What we cant do is tiptoe around these powers in an effort to appease those are the words of chris philp, the policing minister, that also announcing another £4 million to increase technology. Things like, scanner wands that police potentially could use to scan somebody as they walk along the street to see if they have a knife on them. Face recognition, because clearly something needs to be done. Theres lots of concerns about Community Tensions, etc, but people are dying. So as the met Police Commissioner said , says they commissioner said, says they need to worry a bit less about upsetting people and a bit more about saving lives. Okay, interesting. Interesting. People will keep sending in their thoughts, and well try and read out as many of those as we can. What about this issue then, of Sex Education . At the risk of setting eamonn off on a bit of a karaoke rendition, there , whats Gillian Keegan there, whats Gillian Keegan proposing to change today . Proposing to change today . Yes, well, this was supposed to be a big speech coming tomorrow, but it has been leaked tomorrow, but it has been leaked to the press. Whitehall are keen to the press. Whitehall are keen to say, oh, its not finalised , to say, oh, its not finalised, but basically two fundamental changes. First of all, shes going to be proposing a ban on Sex Education, under the age of nine. Now, if youve ever spoken to children under the age of nine, plenty of them have got questions about how babies are made, but the government are saying schools have got to stick to biological facts only. And also specifically, they do not want primary and Junior School aged children being taught about gender ideology. They say that thatis gender ideology. They say that that is a contested belief. They dont want young kids hearing about 72 different gender identities, that boys can become girls, etc. So i think that will be a relief to a lot of parents. And this review came about because of a question by miriam cates right wing conservative mp last year in prime ministers question. So you know all the question. So you know all the questions that you hear in pmqs, some of them sometimes do lead on actually to changes of policy. Interesting. Okay, catherine, thanks very much indeed. Catherine, thanks very much indeed. Now, nhs has warned on indeed. Now, nhs has warned on average, ten pharmacies are closing every single week. This is just in england, but this can be reflected throughout the whole of the uk. Pharmacists are having it bad now. Weve been told so many times, havent we, that the prime ministers mother or was it father, was a pharmacist, but this is a blow to him personally. Only months ago he announced his flagship pharmacy first scheme, which allows pharmacists to treat common illnesses well. Our northwest of england reporter sophie reaper joins us now to talk more about this , now to talk more about this, youre there, youre with a pharmacist. And just how bad is the problem . Sophie well, its incredibly shocking data coming from the National Pharmacy association this morning. Already so far this morning. Already so far this year, 177 pharmacies closing their doors. Thats just in the first four months. So joining me to take in this information is finn mccall, whos the managing director here at prestwich pharmacy. Finn. It just seems absolutely unbelievable. What do you make of it . It may seem unbelievable, sophie, but actually its only the tip of the iceberg. My fear, my greatest fear is this is going to get worse and worse and worse. Its bad for myself. But worse. Its bad for myself. But for many my colleagues, theyre borrowing money from banks. Theyre remortgaging their houses just to survive in their pharmacy businesses. And were pharmacy businesses. And were in a very, very precarious position for this. And whats the crux of the issue . Why are so many pharmacies struggling . Pharmacies struggling . Resource are put in another way . Funding in effect in 2016, the Government Cut cut the pharmacy budget and is since 2018. We have not had any significant rises in those budgets despite all the inflationary pressures that have been put on us. Yes, weve had war, yes, weve had covid and yes, weve, but more importantly now weve got the inflationary rise in minimum wages and electricity and gas and everything like that. So its really difficult for us to do this and to continue without funding from the government. I know you mentioned isabel there, the pharmacy first scheme that rishi sunaks government have brought in. Obviously thats all well and good to talk about that. Its supposed to be taking pressure off gps and hospital services, but if pharmacies are closing their doors, how is that going to work . So it is taking pressure off the gps. Were working locally the gps. Were working locally with the gps, and indeed i know many of my colleagues are getting out of hours calls for utis and sore throats for patients to come and see us. So its a very early days and its a great start to that service. But its the icing on the cake. And if the core funding for pharmacy isnt fixed, were not going to be in a place to be able to do this as Additional Services. The difficulty with it is its a new service to do so. If im struggling to buy the drugs to fund, to get to my patients , i dont then have the patients, i dont then have the time to do the Additional Services like pharmacy first. Obviously, this is a problem thats getting progressively worse. The figures showing 2022, it was 91 pharmacies that closed and then yet last year it was 403 that closed. And clearly if it carries on this year its going to be even worse. What do we need to do to tackle this issue . So the government need to fund pharmacies and indeed the whole of the nhs better. But in particular, i think pharmacy is the real case for that funding. Not only were the only ones who stayed open through covid, now were the only ones that patients can walk in and see us. But theyre becoming very demanding and very frustrating because of that. So for our patients that are listening , patients that are listening, give us a break. We are absolutely doing our best to try and look after you. But its really difficult to source the drugs, especially if im going to lose money when im giving it to lose money when im giving it to those patients. Were independent contractors and i have to make money to be able to pay have to make money to be able to pay the staff and the wages and to make the business run so to the government and to the treasury in particular, pharmacy needs funding , or youre going needs funding, or youre going to have way more closures than you have at the current minute. Finn, thank you so much for your time this morning. You heard it here. Pharmacies need a break. Otherwise were going to be in a very sticky situation going forward. Going forward. Absolutely, absolutely fascinating hearing all of that. Sophie thanks very much indeed. What would we do without our pharmacies . Can we afford to be losing that number every single week . When i think of our local pharmacy, its kind of like the hub of the community. Just next to the gp surgery. The thing i have at work, this has always been a government trait to use pharmacists on the cheap. So basically, instead of paying for nurses, instead of paying for more doctors and things, what they do is they give Cash Incentives to pharmacists and pharmacists to then take on these roles. Do they do them as well . Thats just the question. Im only putting it out there. Lets have a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. And were going to look at this painting, this portrait of king charles. Yes. This is the first portrait of king charles. Yes. This is the first since his coronation. And it was unveiled at buckingham palace, painted by the renowned artist jonathan yeo, whos previously painted the likes of Sir David Attenborough and sir tony blair. Well, in the new portrait, the kings hands sit on a sword with a butterfly landing on his shoulder in a nod to his environmental work. Very nice. It looks, too, very nice. It looks, too, jonathan, we have to say. And you bid to kerb a city . The nhs has started offering overweight men cash rewards for slimming down the trial, which paired £400 to a man to get fit, was found to be more successful than traditional diet plans. Its been nicknamed the game of stones and will likely be rolled out across the nhs. Following this success. Ace and Ant Mcpartlin has become a father to his newborn son wilder. Patrick mcpartlin and the geordie star and his wife Anne Marie Corbett announced the happy news yesterday with an Instagram Post showing off ants new tattoo, which is a tribute to his family and, in a touching nod to his friendship with Declan Donnelly andindeed friendship with Declan Donnelly and indeed work partnership, the star has made dec baby. Wilders godfather wouldnt expect it. Godfather wouldnt expect it. The weathers always interesting this time of the year, but bear in mind its all over the place. Lets see whats going today. Good morning, alex deakin. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. Many places having a fine day today with sunny spells and it will feel pretty warm in that sunshine as well. But some parts, particularly across Eastern England, remaining pretty drab. Rain and drizzle on and off across much of yorkshire , lincolnshire and into norfolk as well. A few showers scattered about elsewhere, some getting to the west of the pennines and maybe a few across the south west of england. But many places here through wales, Northern Ireland, much of scotland will be dry. Notice quite murky conditions on the east coast of scotland, however. East coast of scotland, however. Ha returning here thats going to suppress the temperatures in the sunny spells further south. We could easily get up to 20, maybe 21 celsius. That mist and low cloud will be around then through the evening and overnight across the eastern part of scotland and tending to come and go and as i say, suppress the temperatures, but generally a fine warm evening across the highlands. It may cloud over a little bit through the central belt. Could be some patchy rain across southwest scotland this evening, most of Northern Ireland staying dry but maybe again here, clouding over a little bit. Pretty dull and damp, of course, parts of Eastern England through to the east midlands, much of the south having a fine evening, just a bit of a breeze picking up along the south coast and say maybe 1 or 2 showers here. Well continue to see some outbreaks of rain and keep the generally pretty drab conditions across the east coast of england, and that will last through the night and into thursday morning, temperature wise. Well, we may dip to single figures overnight, but most towns and cities staying in double digits. Onto the details for tomorrow. Again, a fairly grey start across much of northern england. Rain at times here. More of it though, to the west of the pennines, and well see a bit more of that rain just heading into parts of Northern Ireland. South west scotland through the day. A few more showers in the south tomorrow. Some heavy showers likely to develop by the afternoon. Plenty of sunshine away from those showers and again a good looking day in western scotland, where temperatures likely to get over 20 celsius. Goodbye that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Our competition today is our biggest cash prize of the year. So far it is £20,000 and if you had that £20,000, what would you do with it . Well, the daily star is suggesting that we should probably get a shower in our loo or a bidet, and i have to admit, theres boffins who study , theres boffins who study, people who go to the toilet, bog boffins. Boffins. Yes. Yes. Okay. Yes. And theyre basically saying most people in this country do it all wrong, because when you go to the loo for a number two and you should be using a bidet and i, i think bidets are always made out to be odd and strange. And if it is now theyre saying its odd and strange that we dont use them, you dont use them, we dont have them. And also people who spend and i never understand this says you should never spend longer than a minute on the loo. You shouldnt hang around on the loo. You do what you have to do and then youre finished in a minute. But i never understand people who bring a book in there or a newspaper in there and are in there. Obviously people have their different problems and some people need to coax and but some people need to coax and but some people take their time. Some people take their time. Some people hide in the loo, enjoy, enjoy going in there, closing the door. So what are you saying . If you won £20,000, youd be investing in a bidet. I would write, you can have mine. Im about to rip mine out. I inherited one with the house. And you thought. I dont even and you thought. I dont even like looking at it. To be honest, i actually put something overit honest, i actually put something over it because it makes me feel a bit sick. No, i must admit, ive never used one, so therefore i might have that reaction. That has to be said, but i dont like to think about them too much myself. But what theyre saying is that when you go to the loo, yeah, youre doing it wrong. You should you should have a shower straight after it. Now, i know, for instance, a very famous tv presenter. Oh, no. Where are you going with this . Ill tell you what he does. Right. So he goes to the loo, and when he does that, he has to strip naked , like completely naked. But i know who youre talking about. But i know who youre talking about. Would i know them . This about. Would i know them . This person. Oh, god. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. And, its a strange. So basically , he has to strip naked basically, he has to strip naked and then wash himself afterwards. And thats what youve just got to accept. Thats thats what he does. Maybe he maybe hes just particularly bad work in. No, he i think i think its, its like a condition with him. Its like a condition with him. That he has to do that, and, and thats the way he does it. So what way do you do . You do anything different for your number twos . Well, i think this is the most unusual introduction to our giveaway that weve done yet. But if you do get £20,000, would you spend it on what the bog boffins have been advising bidet anyway, or anything else you want . And heres how you win it. And heres how you win it. Dont miss your chance to win our biggest cash prize so far , a our biggest cash prize so far, a totally terrific £20,000 in tax free cash to make your summer spectacular. You could use that cash to splash out on a holiday, make the garden glam, buy new car or just save it for a rainy day. Whatever youd spend £20,000 on, make sure you dont miss the chance to make it yours for another chance to win £20,000 in tax free cash. 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Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together. Lets find out together. For every moment the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. Well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb news is britains election. Channel. I have to say, i do love our audience. They really make me laugh. Weve been asking about laugh. Weve been asking about whether you like this portrait of the king, and it does divide opinion, but mixie melt in. I bet the king saw red when that portrait was unveiled. Yeah, portrait was unveiled. Yeah, yeah, like that was very good. You should have a job working for one of these newspapers. It was excellent. Yeah, patricia was excellent. Yeah, patricia talked about bidets. She said talked about bidets. She said shed like one. But the trouble is that most bathrooms in this country arent big enough to put one in. Thats a fair point. I think thats right, our sort of, our social being isnt sort of set up to deal with the idea of a of a bidet. And if you do use a of a bidet. And if you do use a bidet, you have one at home. Are they worthwhile . Would you recommend them . Let us know. Yes. Do let us know. On the big issues of the day. Were going to turn our attention now to something thats really important. And the important. And the commemorations that have been kicking off right across the board ahead of the 80th anniversary next month of d day. Anniversary next month of d day. Well, a team of raf cyclists are riding 300 miles to a war memorial in the netherlands , and memorial in the netherlands, and this one in particular is to honour an air crew which died dunng honour an air crew which died during the dambuster raids. Tomorrow marks the 81st anniversary of those raids and our reporter, will hollis, joined the cyclists as they began their journey. The journey begins as members of the Royal Air Force from raf digby in lincolnshire are. Cycling 300 miles to the netherlands. Their destination. The memorial, site of a bomber crew shot down during the dambuster raids. Wing commander neil hallett is leading the group dinghy. Young was the two 1c to guy gibson. He was the first one to drop the bomb which successfully breached the mona dam itself. So that incredible act of bravery , that incredible act of bravery, teamwork is exactly what were about to demonstrate , albeit on about to demonstrate, albeit on about to demonstrate, albeit on a slightly different scale. Dinghy. Youngs crew success fully breached the myrna dam, but on returning home were downed near the dutch coastline metres from safety. All seven died washing ashore days later on the beach at castricum on zee , a Memorial Service is taking place to mark the 81st anniversary of their deaths. Mel has served in the raf for 19 years before she represented england at the commonwealth games. I think im going to bring a bit of experience. Some of these individuals have never ridden a bike with skinny wheels before, so, but you know, we will we will get through this like we always do with each cyclist goes always do with each cyclist goes a silhouette of the dambuster crew , nikki van der drift from crew, nikki van der drift from the International Bomber command centre in lincoln, decided the memorials should make the trip to the spot the men died. It will be a very emotional service, not least of which that weve got some of the descendants of some of those crew there with us, and i think it will be for the cyclists, for us and for all the guests there. It will be a very emotional moment. On the 16th of may, 1943, the danng on the 16th of may, 1943, the Daring Mission led by guy gibson set out from raf scampton. Armed set out from raf scampton. Armed with the bouncing bomb. They attacked the industrial heartlands of germany. Despite destroying two of three targets, the sacrifice was great, but 53 men were killed. Still working at the dambusters inn, landlord greg algar welcomes the cyclists. Its brilliant. It keeps , its brilliant. It keeps, modern raf alive, keeps the old boys alive, keeps them in touch. The dambusters is celebrated as one of the greatest successes dunng as one of the greatest successes during the war, but it came at a cost that hasnt been forgotten. Will hollis gb news in lincolnshire its amazing and fantastic to see that people still remember and still want to commemorate and still, mark the sacrifice that those men made still to come. Weve got Jack Catterall, the boxer, hes going to be talking. Hes fighting at the weekend. Its a its a light welterweight title, can he win it . Hes going to be talking to well, time to go through , well, well, time to go through, well, weve got a big sports interview. Weve got, Jack Catterall, here we have boxer, and hes got a big fight at the weekend. Oh, this is going to be one of the weekend after next. One of the weekend after next. One of the weekend after next. One of the biggest grudge matches in british boxing, josh taylor and Jack Catterall fought a couple of years ago, this was for the world light middleweight champion, light Welterweight Championship of the world. And the thing is, it went. It was a very strange decision. It was very strange decision. It was a split decision. It went against jack. So jack finally, after two jack. So jack finally, after two years, gets this rematch and weve got jack with us now. Morning, jack. Good morning. Good to see you, jack. You know, and its nice of you to devote time to us on, whats going to be such a big week for you, paul was just saying there. This is all about saying there. This is all about a split decision. The awful thing about this not only have you to go to a split decision, but you have to wait two years before you have another crack at this again. And, the guy, the guy involved in all of this, does that make this a real grudge match for you . Grudge match for you . Yeah. It does. Its exciting. Theres been times over the last couple of years that we thought the fight wasnt going to happen, its been delayed a number of times , so its going number of times, so its going to be a big relief. And its going to mean all that more now. Now its happening. And, were only a week and a half away now, so its all systems go. And do you have any contact with josh taylor at all . So initially we had a press conference a number of weeks ago where we, we spent a couple of days in each Others Company , but aside from that, company, but aside from that, its just been a lot of back and forth over the social media. Ill tell you what, jack. We see so much, dont we, in fighting, all goes back to our lee. And you see the press conferences, and then you think theres something between him. Theres something between him. This this is real, though, isnt it . Between the two. This is not just pantomime stuff, because there really is bad blood. And especially after what happened in that last fight, which is obviously upset, you. Obviously upset, you. Yeah, theres a lot of needle there, i believe i won the fight and i won the fight, clearly, along with the whole nation, josh thinks otherwise. And for that fact, weve not seen eye to eye. Theres been a lot of back and forth, but for now, for me, now, its exciting because we get to settle it and we get to settle it like men in the ring, on may the 25th. Yeah. Yeah. How do you how do you feel about about whats ahead of you . And, i mean, you feel hard done by. And that must motivate you, then to , to a big degree as then to, to a big degree as well. But what does it feel like knowing that you and the title, theyre up for grabs and youve got a pretty good chance of winning. Winning. You know what . Its. Its a strange feeling, but its a good feeling because i know how hard i work every day i get up and i put the work in every day, and i dont feel sorry for myself, over the last decision. It was over the last decision. It was a frustrating time, but ive managed to compile that in a box now, and, im fully focused on the job that ive got to do. Like i said, next weekend. So tell us a bit about yourself, jack. How old are you . Where are you from . Why are you where are you from . Why are you fighting in leeds . Fighting in leeds . So im Jack Catterall, im 30 years old and i live in chorley in lancashire, the fights landed in lancashire, the fights landed in leeds. The first fight we had was in, the hydro in scotland, in glasgow . Yeah, no, i believe that the fight should be of a more neutral venue this time round. I travelled to his back garden last time, we couldnt get josh to agree to come to manchester, but weve come to terms and weve agreed to fight at the first directory in leeds next weekend , and its, its next weekend, and its, its sold out. Over 14,000 tickets sold out. Over 14,000 tickets have sold. So for that, im very grateful. Jake. Youre not still worried, though, even though weve still got a little way to go a week or so that hes going to pull out again because youve been upset so many times, havent you . Since the first one. Yeah, we actually did some interviews a couple of days ago, and a third person, i sent him a message just to, just to make sure he was going to show up next weekend. Yeah. And also, so what stage are you in at the moment . What do you in at the moment . What do you do . Do you continue to train . Is it usually the week before everything stops . I mean, whats going on with you right now . Well, i start tapering on friday. Ive got my last sparring session today, so im up soon having my breakfast, off to the gym. Ive got a couple more hard days in front of me. And then from this weekend well start tapering into fight week. Then where we step off the gas, we still stay switched on, but everythings geared up, gearing up towards saturday. But. But, jack, what is life like . For instance . What about eating and drinking those sort of pretty normal things for the rest of us. Are you are you on a hard and fast diet or what . Where you control that way . Where you control that way . Yeah. So ive been fortunate enough. Ive been eating very well, im on a diet. Ive got nutritionists and chefs and, theyve been working together. The diets. Thats been enjoyable, it is hard work. And were getting to the business end of it now. But things are good. Im in a good place physically. Mentally, and ill be looking forward to enjoying myself after the fight. Myself after the fight. This is a strange question, but i always wonder with boxers , but i always wonder with boxers, do you enjoy it . Is it something that you enjoy . You get enjoy being hit . Well, this is what i imagine. But if youre a professional boxer, you have Great Success and you have a career out. It this is why. Thats why i quit before i got to the world title. And that was why you tell me, jack, is it something that you enjoy as a sport, or is or are you with eamonn . Its something that you absolutely cannot enjoy. Firstly, i try not to get hit too much, but yeah, of course thats a good start. Yeah , ive started boxing at yeah, ive started boxing at ten years old, so ive been fighting 20 years, for the last 12 professionally. But i enjoy it. I do it with a passion. Its something that i love, it makes me feel alive. And thats what i feel most alive when im in that ring. What time is the fight out . I know thats thats all important. I mean, i think leeds is a great venue for you, and youll get a lot of good support there. But what what time will you actually get into the ring . You actually get into the ring . So i anticipate to climb into the ring at 10 30, of an evening, thats normally the uk main event time. So around that time and tell us about josh taylor. Where is he from . What support is he going to bring with him, josh is from scotland, hes not very popular with the with the fight fans at the moment. And we dont care who hes bringing, well see him on the 25th. He can bring you everyone who cares. You just deal with it. Cares. You just deal with it. Hes in front of you. Listen, i do want to ask you, though. Its a huge fight of the weekend. Of course, tyson fury versus zupcic. Are you a big fight fan yourself . Although actually being involved in the game, are you a studier of, of boxing as well . And do you love watching other fights because this is, you know, the biggest fight that weve seen in the heavyweight division for, well, for many, many years, especially seeing it could be unified. Could be unified. Yeah. Im a massive boxing fan. I watch all the big fights, ill certainly be watching this weekend, for me, youve got to back your countrymen. Im going with tyson fury, hes up against. Hes got a very tough challenge in usyk, whos very, very skilful and very mobile, so i expect a good fight. And tyson looks like hes. They both look like theyre in really good shape and theyve prepared well. So, im excited for this one as well. So we know youre going to win yours, but whos going to win yours, but whos going to win this one tyson fury okay, okay. Good. Good prediction, jack, lovely talking to you. Good luck to you. We appreciate you taking time out speaking to us today because it is a really strange and a really difficult three days ahead of you. Thanks very much indeed. Good luck. I appreciate your time as well. Have a good day, guys. Thank you. Good luck. And if you need a sparring partner. Yeah. And come back when youre champion. Come back. Were happy even to talk to you when youre a champion. Even more so thanks very much. Appreciate that okay. Appreciate that okay. God bless god bless. Hey. Big week. Yeah. See he enjoys boxing. Yeah. See he enjoys boxing. Who does i tell you . He enjoys the boxing. He says he gets the thrill from the box. Honestly . Honestly. Come on, think about it. If you were in that ring and those punches. I mean, i was advised not to be a boxer. I was good looking. Too good looking . Yeah, yeah, they just give me that advice. They said far too good looking. Why would you ruin your face . Id be like in that laurel in the old laurel and hardy stuff, or id be like, id just be running away. Just running away. Waiting for the bell to go. Just some funny stuff. Some funny stuff. There has to be said. Very good. Good man. Thanks for that. Good to see you. Good. Good to meet Jack Catterall. Absolutely wish him well. May 25th. Wish him well. May 25th. That was very good. Right. Well be knocking you here we go. Were going through the papers in the company of the journalist Claire Muldoon and former labour adviser Scarlett Mccgwire. Welcome back, ladies. All this bidet chat, its like its broken. The internet. Lots of broken. The internet. Lots of you at home have strong views on this. I know that youve been raising your eyebrows and people talking about japanese toilets. They look like a toilet, but theyre actually act as an electric bidet as well. They dont take up any more space and they have heated seats. Apparently thats the height of luxury and they do blow things. I dont know, even just when you dont think you go any lower and they do all that. Yes. Anyway. So thank you for all of your. Yeah. I think the point in the newspaper article today was it was basically saying that we dont make enough of the loo and we should be investing more in the loo, washing and cleaning dry, new and all that sort of thing, and that nobody should spend longer than one minute on, on, on a loo. So after youve done what you do, you shouldnt be any more than a minute after that. Now it always amazes me, people that put books in their loo. I never see the point of all that. Well, i think its men. I mean, its, its, its men who think. Mean, its, its, its men who think. Right, this will take me 15 minutes. Oh, golly. Right. Right. Right. I couldnt even understand it. My, my father would go in there and it was like 15 minutes. Youre quite right. And he would bring newspapers and all sorts of things like that. Why would you want to . I actually worked when i was at and want to be there for longer. I remember being at bbc radio and seeing one of the older chaps there pick up a couple of papers, pop them under his arm and go off to the staff toilets, and go off to the staff toilets, and we would all think, oh gosh, oh yeah, grim. It happened. I mean, when i was at lbc, thats what happened. Every morning with, with one of the news editors is, oh yeah, he, he takes the paper and say ill see you later. Oh and say ill see you later. On great. Well people take their phones and all sorts, dont they . Its best not to dwell too much on it. Is this sexist, scarlett. France has urged men to drive like women. Absolutely. Absolutely. As part of a new road safety campaign. Campaign. We can multitask. We can multitask. Women cant drive. Women cant drive. Claire martin. Its true, its true. Im kidding me. Personally, im a really good driver. But obviously shes the exception. You have literally just evicted yourself from the sisterhood. I dont care, women really are really bad drivers. Except for you. The bad drivers that i know , and none of them that i know, and none of them are women. I dont know any bad female drivers. The only bad drivers i know are men. Theyre not. Theyre not. Do you not find women drivers too slow, too cautious to that . I tell you what, women really are bad at parking. No, they cant judge parking. No, they cant judge the size of a car. But my husband gets out of the car so i can park it for him. But thats why in france, because of the cautious, the problem is, is that is that france, the french . Thats the problem with women without lots of sexism , racism here. The problem in france is that their death rate is its the death rate. 3000 drivers. Three. There are 3000 deaths on the roads every year, which is about double the amount in britain, even though, to be fair, they do drive on the wrong side of the road though, of course. But what they think is the problem is french men who drive macho and have to and have to drive very fast and have to show off. And so they do. Theyve got a campaign called drive like a woman or as they say in french, conduhes woman or as they say in french, conduites comme la femme. Okay, conduites comme la femme. Okay, they think that will cut driving. But do you know what in london we dont need that because london weve got sadiq khan and hes forcing everyone to drive like a woman at 20 miles an hour. Cant know where to park. I cant believe youre taking down women with the signs. I know, but also the way claire says that shes exceptional is i am i am a woman driver. And yes. And yes. Are you a good driver . Are you a good driver . Scarlett . Im competent. Right. Of the three females here, were good drivers. Yeah. So were good drivers. Yeah. So thatll do for me, female drivers as well. Tell you what women do not do, they do not honk their horns, i do. Well, no, youre the exception, man. Man. Particularly in london and particularly men of a foreign disposition. So if youre in disposition. So if youre in cairo, you expect this. If youre in rome, if youre in paris. Yeah. What is the bloomin obsession with heading a horn all the time . What is the obsession where is the last time you used your horn . Or you needed to use it and yet some people have their hand constantly on it. Youre not your horn. Im not particularly horny person, but my son does bellow from the back of the car and he goes honk at him, mum honk at him and im like, calm down in the back. The back. Goodness me, i know i never think fast enough to sort of go like that. I just, i think fast enough to sort of go like that. Ijust, i mean, i do swear at people, but obviously they dont hear it just as well. Chatbox lets talk about those. Claire. Yeah, the stars reporting today is that, chat bots. Im not exactly sure what a chat bot is, but its a sort of, a human formal. Yeah, its artificial intelligence. Intelligence. And the idea it becomes your boyfriend or girlfriend. Boyfriend or girlfriend. Yeah. Yeah. Isnt that really weird . I mean, they get flirty with you, they can, you know, start having, you know, hot chats with you and do, you know, get you in the mood or whatever. Its absolutely incredible that this is going on. You imagine maybe thats what men need then maybe they need these flirty chat bots when theyre driving their car to kind of like, slow everything down. Have you used one . Have you used one . No, i havent. Im just asking you. No, i havent. No, i havent. And would you not. And would you not. No, i wouldnt, i dont think you should no i shouldnt okay. Do you think i should. Do you think i should. No ijust do you think i should. No i just i think itd be a very lucky chat box. Thats what i think. Thats what i think. Oh. Gets away with murder by the odd compliment. There we go, right. Lets talk about tom cruise, shall we . Hes been going around with his shirt off. Somebody in the newsroom . Quite senior, i might add, suggested that he had moobs, which i beg to disagree with. His daily mail. Page 17. Lets take a look and you can judge for yourself, claire, whats all this about . Oh, its just thats not mood. Its piece of nonsense, isnt it . Its Mission Impossible to find out what it is. I mean, hes in bloom, in good shape, i think for 61 years old. Hes an exceptional, isnt he . Hes an. Except he probably isnt 61. Except he probably isnt 61. Hes dedicated professional. Hes dedicated professional. Hes dedicated professional. He is. Thats exactly what he is, a dedicated professional. Yeah. Yeah. I mean at what cost . At what cost does he have that physique . I mean, i suppose when youve got the money that he has , you got the money that he has, you can have whatever you want, but it must take hours every day. I mean, can you imagine , i i mean, can you imagine, i mean, how much time he must spend sort of on, on treadwheels on, on. You wonder if he has a life, though. Yeah. Because everything is done to the most precise point. You know, all the films, all the stunts, all the production he oversaw. Oversaw. Hes he comes in so many films as well, and hes such a high degree. And he not only acts, he produces, he directs, he lives to work. He doesnt work. Exactly, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. But, you know, exceptional, absolutely exceptional. People say strange things about him, but do they ever compare him to you and say, gosh, that Eamonn Holmes, hes hes hes a, hes a, ruths a lucky woman i know. Can can you imagine eamonns torso. Yeah. Could you imagine youre getting a hot flush there, scarlet , i getting a hot flush there, scarlet, i think eamonn. Crews scarlet, i think eamonn. Crews is amazing at what he does. Have you met him . Have you met him . No, ive never met him. No, no. If you were to interview him, what would you ask him, well, i would be more interested. Not. Not the sort of interviews that he gives access to, which is all about, you know , stupid things, but this man hangs on to aeroplanes. He is at the top of the tallest building in dubai. He does things that are really life threatening. I are really life threatening. I mean, the motorcycle stunts he did in the last Mission Impossible. That was right. That was right. Incredible. I think hes an exceptional human being. I do exceptional human being. I do have to say, lets talk about King Charless , official King Charless, official portrait. Yes, what what did you think of that one . Scarlett . I think its wonderful. I i think its wonderful. I mean, i think that its a real piece of art, and it shows the difference between a photo , what difference between a photo, what you can do with a portrait. Because. Because actually , its because. Because actually, its a whole feeling, isnt it, i mean, obviously its metamorphosis and its him coming out, but, i mean, what is he comes across as a gentle , he comes across as a gentle, wise man. The face comes out of the picture at you and you think, oh, yes, you know, this is scarlett. Is scarlett. What i would say is what i find it strange that the king himself, when he unveils. I dont know if we can show that again when he unveils, he doesnt stand back and look at the portrait. Look. Look at this. He sort of turns away, jumps, and he doesnt immediately say to the, the artist, my goodness me, you caught me. Well, there , or caught me. Well, there, or thats a great work of art. Smiling whenever hes not looking at it. He must have seen it. He must have seen it. Look at it once. He doesnt eamonn he saw it before. He must have given his approval. He. 1 mean, he wouldnt have gone through all of that if he thought it would be one of those ghastly things with, you know, slightly picasso esque or making him look very grumpy. I mean, ive been in this situation where this has happened to me and youre waiting for the unveiling and youre thinking, oh my god, whats this going to look like . And then when you see it, you need that second or two to take in. Is this actually, youve got to be pleased with the likeness to be pleased with the likeness to his face in particular, which is the only bit that you can really sort of judge of whether or not its complimentary or not. And i think he did a fantastic job. I think whether or not its too edgy, too arty for a First Official portrait for a First Official portrait for a First Official portrait for a new monarch, i suppose thats a separate debate. It was commissioned before he became the king, so perhaps it wouldnt have been his choice as first portrait. But i think nevertheless, its absolutely stunning. Yeah, well, its written symbolism about the red from the welsh guards, the butterfly on his shoulder, the emergence of his feature and himself as king. Its almost as if hes been in the chrysalis and hes now emerging as the butterfly is beautiful. I think its beautiful. I think its absolutely gorgeous. And if you look at the rest of jonathan ulez work, it is tremendous. Wow. He did damien hirst in a vessel almost as if he was for in formaldehyde. And he really thinks about his subjects. Thinks about his subjects. But is splitting opinion. It has to be said, some people have been saying it looks as though just of oil have had their way with this picture already, other people saying, oh, the king must have seen red when that was unveiled. That made me chuckle. But anyway, let us know what you think. At home its dividing opinion, but i think universally we seem to all like. Well, i think actually the more you see it, the better it is, the more the more comes out. I mean, it, i think it really i do. I just think its a piece of art and i think most, most portraits, most royal portraits arent. Theyre just a bit ordinary. Lets talk about weve got a minute left, scarlet. Tescos chief executive. Yes, he , he chief executive. Yes, he, he gets nearly £10 million in pay. Gets nearly £10 million in pay. He got a £5 million pay rise this year. I mean a £5 million pay this year. I mean a £5 million pay rise. Its incredible. He he pay rise. Its incredible. He he gets, seven. Hes so he used to be nearly 200 paid nearly 200, 200 times as much as his staff. And it is now 430 times. I mean, you just think what is going on. Yeah, well, ill tell you whats going on. Somebody somewhere is making money out of the cost of living crisis. And i dont think thats a good look. Its not at all. And for all they say, every little helps. Every massive bonus helps, and every million and every not at farmers salary being massed about, oh , they are, they are about, oh, they are, they are the customers are being messed about and i think its too much. We have come to the end of the paper review. Claire and scarlett, thank you very, very much. Youre very welcome. Thank you. See you again soon. Some time youre not going to see alex deakin. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boiler is sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. Many places having a fine day today with sunny spells and it will feel pretty warm in that sunshine as well. But some parts, particularly across Eastern England , remaining Eastern England, remaining pretty drab. Rain and drizzle on and off across much of yorkshire, lincolnshire and into norfolk as well. A few showers scattered about elsewhere, some getting to the west of the pennines and maybe a few across the south west of england. But many places here through wales, Northern Ireland, much of scotland will be dry. Notice quite murky conditions on the east coast of scotland, however. Ha returning here thats going to suppress the temperatures in the sunny spells further south. We could easily get up to 20, maybe 21 celsius. That mist and low cloud will be around then through the evening and overnight across the eastern part of scotland, tending to come and go and as i say, suppress the temperatures, but generally a fine warm evening across the highlands. It may cloud over a little bit through the central belt. Could be some patchy rain across southwest scotland this evening. Most of Northern Ireland staying dry but maybe again here. Clouding over a little bit. Pretty dull and damp across parts of Eastern England through to the east midlands, much of the south having a fine evening, just a bit of a breeze. Picking up along the south coast and say maybe 1 or 2 showers here. Well continue to see some outbreaks of rain and keep the generally pretty drab conditions across the east coast of england and that will last through the night and into thursday morning, temperature wise. Well, we may dip to single figures overnight, but most towns and cities staying in double digits. Onto the details for tomorrow. Again, a fairly grey start across much of northern england. Rain at times here. More of it though. To the west of the pennines, and well see a bit more of that rain just heading into parts of Northern Ireland, south west scotland through the day. A few more showers in the south tomorrow. Some heavy showers likely to develop by the afternoon. Plenty of sunshine away from those showers and again a good looking day in western scotland, where temperatures likely to get over 20 celsius. Goodbye a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. Way. Good morning. It is 9 00 on the dot. Its wednesday, the 15th of may. And youre watching breakfast with eamonn and isabel, leading the news. And this is what we lead with this half hour knife crime crisis. The conservatives are telling police to bring back. Stop and search. What do you think about that one . We had the views of the policing minister. This is what he had to say. My facial recognition has the potential to completely transform the way that we can keep the public safe and catch a lot more criminals, and thats why were investing very heavily in it. Im personally really pushing it and making sure that police are adopting it. New strict rules for schools. New strict rules for schools. Teachers are told they must not discuss gender identity with pupils. Pupils. Yes, more stop and search and no discussion of gender identity at primary and Junior School. Thats what the government is planning as it seeks to draw dividing lines between the with the labour party Food Bank Use at an all time high. Official figures show a 94 increase in just five years, and Charity Check chaos for harry and meghan as their Archewell Foundation was labelled delinquent by an american authority. And as the country authority. And as the country prepares to mark 81 years since d day, the commemorative torch travels to oxford for special ceremony today, chilly and damp across parts of the east today, but for many there will be some warm sunshine. Top of the temperature charts likely to be across parts of northern scotland again today. Join me later for a full forecast. Well, were leading with the knife crime epidemic. Its rising each year since the pandemic, and the government has told police to up their use of stop and search. Despite a backlash from some Campaign Groups. Well, this comes as the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, calls for Sex Education to be banned for children under nine and gender identity to be taken out of the school curriculum. Heres the views of Police Minister chris philp, the parent as well. Parent as well. I dont want my children, to be honest, to be exposed to inappropriate content at a pretty young age, and i dont, nor do i want a politically contested ideas like the trans issues being taught as if theyre facts. Theyre facts. So a lot of new views today surfacing. Joining us now, surfacing. Joining us now, Political Correspondent Katherine Forster. Lets go to her and see what she makes of all of this. Good morning catherine. Yes. Good morning. I think some real dividing lines emerging now between the conservatives and labour ahead of the general election later this year. So chris philp, the policing minister with plans to use technology , £4 million use technology, £4 million extra, talking of ones that theyd be able to use to scan people from a distance to see if theyre using a knife, facial recognition and etc. And writing in the telegraph today, hes called for a big increase in the use of stop and search. Now thats something that had largely fallen out of favour since 2010, when the then home secretary , theresa may, secretary, theresa may, basically said they should police should be using it much less because Campaign Groups were saying that black males were saying that black males were being disproportionately targeted. The amount of stop and search is basically three quarters, three quarters less than it was back then. Now its risen a little bit in recent years, but not in london, where sadiq khan, the mayor, has said that he doesnt like it and he wants it to be less use of it. But knife crime in the capital is at an all time high and the met Police Commissioner has now said, no, we need more of this. Basically, they need to worry less about upsetting people, about Community Tensions and more about saving lives because we do have a knife crime epidemic and increasingly, people are losing their lives in broad daylight. Other big controversy vie today, catherine, which we were highlighting, there was Sex Education for the youngest of children and how graphic it should be. Yes, thats right, Gillian Keegan is expected to make a speech on this tomorrow, but some details have already leaked. A couple of main points. She wants a ban on children being taught any form of Sex Education until they are nine or more in primary and Junior Schools, and also, the government doesnt want any talk of gender ideology because it says it is a contested belief, so it doesnt want children at primary and Junior School heanng primary and Junior School hearing that boys can be girls but in the wrong body and vice versa of 72 different gender identities , etc. It believes identities, etc. It believes that that is not appropriate for Young Children and that it is confusing. Its going to set out guidelines for what should be taught and when. Some of it taught and when. Some of it things being taught. Not till year nine at secondary school. Okay, catherine, thank you very much indeed. Well, lets stick with that theme when we introduce now nick thomas symonds, hes shadow minister without portfolio. Minister without portfolio. Joining us from westminster. Good morning to you. I know you want to talk about knife crime and other things. We will come on to that. But since we were discussing Sex Education, i just want to get your views on all of this. I think its a really interesting shift, and its being described as a dividing line with the labour party, and it is the removal of, politically or contested ideologies from the curriculum. Thats got to be a good thing, hasnt it . Hasnt it . Well, whether this is a dividing line , well have to dividing line, well have to see, because obviously all were seeing today is a leak and off the record briefing what weve not seen are the actual proposals in terms of changes to the guidance. Now, of course, i think that there should be age appropriate relationship and Sex Education. Its really important when we judge those ages that we do take expert advice in building the curriculum. Really important for children to be taught about healthy relationships , too. But in relationships, too. But in relationships, too. But in relation to the point thats being made around gender, weve just had a report in recent weeks from hilary cass really important report that expressed concerns, very deep concerns and failures in terms of how weve supported young people with gender dysphoria. Now, gender dysphoria is not contested. People do suffer from that. And people do suffer from that. And what we have to make sure, and this is one of the things well be looking for when Gillian Keegan actually makes this announcement properly and opens it up to scrutiny, is that children in that situation, in a very vulnerable position, are able to access the support that they need and frankly , as doctor they need and frankly, as doctor cass has set out, havent been getting so they are the kind of things we will be looking at. And well obviously look at this very carefully when its set out. But today its just leaking and briefing no, but i mean, i suppose the principle and i just want to push you on it. I mean, you were talking there and saying that the findings of the cass report should be welcomed, but a lot of that was that youngsters were being given information too much too soon. And i think if youre teaching children from the age of 13 that there are 79 genders, then you are going to see more people with gender dysphoria. And, you know, given that your leader, sir keir starmer, criticised his own colleague for saying only women could have a cervix, can people trust the labour party with an issue like this . This . Well, firstly, i think its really important to respect all the different points of view in this debate and show respect to all of them, which is what weve done. But you are right to say that what information is given, at what age is obviously hugely important, and how you do that in wales, for example, there are, you know, different ages where you look at what the appropriate information is. And i think thats entirely right and thats why its appropriate. We look at this announcement point very carefully, but it is also about ultimately the wellbeing of children, making sure that they get the support they need, whether that is in relation to Mental Health support, where we say we should have Mental Health support, make sure that that is available in schools up and down the country. Schools up and down the country. But also on that issue of Young Children with gender dysphoria that we do have a situation where not just schools, but parents too are able to give those young people the support they need and those are the tests were going to apply. When Gillian Keegan makes the announcement, which i understand will be relatively soon. Okay. On the issue of knife crime, the conservatives today , crime, the conservatives today, chris philps been on. He wants to see, stop and search being used more prominently. He says theres a huge problem with knife crime, a big rise since the pandemic. Black children in particular, disproportionately die at the hands of these kinds of crimes. So if they are disproportionately stopped in searches, thats a price worth paying. Dont you agree with that . That . Well, no, i think thats a thats a false dilemma. Actually. I think that look, first of all, knife crime, the government, the government is completely failing. Weve got an 80 increase since 2015 and rises all around the country. Thats the first point on stop and search. Stop and search. Thatis and search. Stop and search. That is intelligence led and evidence based is a really important tool. And you know, weve had, for example, the inspectorate of constabulary, independent organisation, looking at this, saying that whats essential is that it is donein whats essential is that it is done in that targeted way , in done in that targeted way, in a non targeted way, when it isnt evidence based, it does lead to a lack of community. Well, the government is talking about it being evidence. We need to make sure its essential. Yeah. And about the analysis that chris was talking about evidence based that can. Just to finish the point, hes been talking about scanners that can test if people are carrying knives from a distance, or indeed using ai knives from a distance, or indeed using a1 to do facial recognition on people who are suspected of or have previously carried them. You would welcome that then . That then . Yes. Look, the use of technology is hugely important, but is that going to be sufficient . No. So lets just sufficient . No. So lets just take the example today when we will be bringing forward a vote in parliament for the banning of so called ninja swords. So these are swords, single bladed but 60 centimetre blade, single handle. We will today be putting forward to the government , who, by the to the government, who, by the way, have made about, i think, 16 different announcements about banning various swords and knives over recent years. Lets knives over recent years. Lets ban those. But also lets have an end to end review of how people get hold of them in the first place. We had a tragic case, ronan kanda in wolverhampton two years ago, where one of those swords was used by one of his attackers in an attack that cost him his life, where the attacker went to pick it up was using their mothers id to collect it and it wasnt properly checked. So where these banned items are being sold on Online Marketplaces , lets make sure marketplaces, lets make sure that the tech executives who then sell them in breach of the law, face criminal sanction, but also , lets look at the id, also, lets look at the id, lets look as well at the verification that the carriers, whether thats border force or royal mail, are using to try to take these knives from our streets. Streets. Okay. Were out of time. Okay. Were out of time. Nick thomas symonds, thank you very much indeed. Nick is the shadow minister without portfolio. Thank you very much indeed, Andrew Pierce. Hes got portfolio for everything thing from 9 30 today. What are you getting your teeth into , andrew . Getting your teeth into, andrew . Well, were terribly excited. Weve got jonathan yeo coming in. Oh no way. Hes done the magnificent portrait of the king. Please give him my congratulations. I think its wonderful. Wonderful. Is it . Is it . Is it . I mean, what time is he on art. Hes i think 1030. Hes i think 1030. Yeah. I think hes a magnificent artist. And hes done some amazing paintings in his time. But i think its one of the king is so striking. Weve never seen a royal portrait quite like that. So bev has already seen this picture because shes an old mate of jonathan yeos. And she said, close up. It is phenomenal. Yeah, phenomenal. I think probably its edgier than people were expecting because it wasnt designed to be as first portrait as monarch, because it was commissioned in 2020. And thats why a few people are hesitating. But it seems to be its a grower, you know, people might instantly not be sure about it, but his face is so warm and lovely and i think its refreshingly different there too. And apparently it was the kings idea to have the butterfly. Nice going from the chrysalis are from prince king. Yeah. Really interesting. And were also talking to Barnaby Webbers mother about the, the nottingham, the appeal Court Verdict yesterday. The fight goes on from the families. Goes on from the families. So thatll be very moving so hard from a personal point of view of what those families have. How do they ever, ever, ever come to terms with. They wont. They cant wont. And theyve got a 16 year old son, charlie. So were going to talk to her about how they cope. And but theyre continuing. They want an appeal now. An inquiry into the appeal now. An inquiry into the appeal courts decision not to change the sentence. And im with them. Well, some fantastic guests. Absolutely worth staying on this channel for that. Andrew, thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Right, the Great British giveaway. We just want to update giveaway. We just want to update you on that one. This is your chance to enjoy a really spectacular summer. An extra £20,000 in cash could be yours in your bank account. You really could be our next big winner with an incredible £20,000 in tax free cash to play with this summer. 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As the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Who will rise and their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together for every moment. The highs, the lows, the twists and turns. Well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb news is britains election. Channel. D day, 6th of june. Were coming up to another big anniversary. And as the country prepares to mark it, a torch is travelling to the this country to commemorate the whole date. Yesterday we saw it being lit in horseguards parade , and today in horseguards parade, and today its making its way to oxford before it heads to normandy for the anniversary on june the 6th, gb News Reporter Charlie Peters is in oxford as the city prepares for todays events. Tell us more, charlie. Good morning. Good morning eamonn. Yes, this is part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lighting their legacy campaign. As you their legacy campaign. As you said, this torch being lit yesterday for the first time at horseguards parade with the prime minister, rishi sunak. And today is its second stop here in the botley cemetery in oxford, just by the city centre. It will travel then to edinburgh, to manchester, plymouth and portsmouth before heading to normandy on the 5th of june. On the eve of the 80th anniversary of d day. The 6th of june later this year, in just a few weeks time. And theyve organised this commemoration at the same time as they have released some research saying that one tenth of britons dont know what d day is. And even more shockingly, they say that one fifth of 18 to 24 year olds have the same misunderstanding. They also say misunderstanding. They also say that a third of people who do know what d day is dont understand the significance of the event. For the liberation of france and the allied victory in the western front in the second world war. So lighting the legacy that campaign is designed to help reverse that situation. Well see School Children here so they they too can carry on the campaign of commemoration. And well also see the lord mayor of oxford in attendance in this ceremony from midday today. Okay, charlie, thanks very much indeed. Appreciate it. I think charlie was going to show us another five minutes or something. It did seem to wrap rather just somebody tell us, have we got another back to him . Got another back to him . Are we going back to charlie . Are we going back to charlie . Are we going back to charlie . Oh, good. Oh, good. Silence here. Completely. Silence here. Completely. Nobody telling us theres anybody speaking to you. Charlie. Im sorry, charlie, i think youre going to show us and tell us whats on the agenda, today there in oxford. There in oxford. So at 12 00, the ceremony will start. The lord mayor will be here. Well also have the deputy lord lieutenant in attendance. And as i said, several School Children, local schools here coming to join that commence oration. Its the first of several events that will be taking place on this torch road show that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has put on. They maintain some 23,000 memorials and cemeteries and over 150 countries. But its the cemeteries around england that will be hosting these events in the next few weeks. Ahead of that 80th anniversary of d day. Therell be a service taking place behind me here at this at this cemetery just outside the centre of oxford. We anticipate that there will be a moment of silence to commemorate those who lost their lives on d day. Some 10,000 allied casualties in the morning and after that, the torch will go down and it will prepare for its third day as it moves on to a new location. Yeah, well, the sun is shining, hopefully everything goes well there today. Charlie peters, thank you from oxford. Thank you very much indeed, and so many of you sharing your d day memories as well. Kevin says my father fought in the war, and my uncle and i grew up hearing the stories of the war. Their lives really were something compared to young people today who think they have it hard. They dont, eva says. Im in oxford following the torch tour. My husband and i are torch tour. My husband and i are going to go all the way to the netherlands for it. It matters to us in retirement that we honour brave people who came before us. Wonderful views from the car and we are listening on the car and we are listening on the radio. Eva, good morning, lovely to hear from you and thank you for telling us, explaining to us your bidets how they work and why theyre running on a high, yeah. Ken says , we have known this needle. Says, we have known this needle. Needle . We have a combination loo and a bidet fitted. When we refurbished our ensuite. Its brilliant. And i always feel clean right after. I never go to the loo anywhere else unless its an emergency. Ken says how can you live without a bidet . It is an essential ritual. After using the loo, i just cant understand how you can put your underwear back on without washing. And paul says we have an electric one. It looks like a toilet doesnt take up any more space, and it has heated seats and heated water, lots of giving your views on the kings portrait as well. It has divided opinion. Some people not quite sure , other people saying that sure, other people saying that its a grower, that they get used to it once they are over the shock of all of the red. But linda says i love the portrait of the king. Its a fresh, modern take, and for all those deriding it, they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Were big fans and really thrilled that jonathan yeo is going to be on the channel on the next program with andrew and bev fantastic to hear from him about the inspiration behind it. Apparently the king was very involved in some of the ideas, including the butterfly, well , including the butterfly, well, have yourselves a good rest of day. Whatever youre doing , gb day. Whatever youre doing, gb breakfast will be back tomorrow from 6 am. As, as per normal, have yourselves a good day. Weve enjoyed being with you today. Hope youve enjoyed it. Similarly. Yeah. Thank you very much. And heres your forecast. Bye bye. Bye bye. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news many places. Having a fine day today with sunny spells and it will feel pretty warm in that sunshine as well. But some parts, particularly across Eastern England, remaining pretty drab. Rain and drizzle on and off across much of yorkshire, the lincolnshire and into norfolk as well. A few showers scattered about elsewhere , some getting to the elsewhere, some getting to the west of the pennines and maybe a few across the south west of england. But many places here through wales, Northern Ireland, much of scotland will be dry notice, quite murky conditions on the east. Coast of scotland, however, ha i returning here however, ha returning here thats going to suppress the temperatures in the sunny spells further south. We could easily get up to 20, maybe 21 celsius. That mist and low cloud will be around then through the evening and overnight across the eastern part of scotland , tending to part of scotland, tending to come and go and as i say, suppress the temperatures. But generally a fine warm evening across the highlands. It may cloud over a little bit through the central belt. Could be some patchy rain across southwest scotland this evening, most of Northern Ireland staying dry, but maybe again here, clouding over a little bit. Pretty dull and damp across parts of Eastern England through to the east midlands. Much of the south having a fine evening, just a bit of a breeze picking up along the south coast and say maybe 1 or 2 showers here. Well continue to see some outbreaks of rain and keep the generally pretty drab conditions across the east coast of england, and that will last through the night and into thursday morning, temperature wise. Well, we may dip to single figures overnight, but most towns and cities staying in double digits. Onto the details for tomorrow. Again, a fairly grey start across much of northern england. Rain at times here. More of it though, to the west of the pennines, and well see a bit more of that rain just heading into parts of Northern Ireland. South west scotland through the day. A few more showers in the south tomorrow. Some heavy showers likely to develop by the afternoon. Plenty of sunshine away from those showers and again a good looking day in western scotland, where temperatures likely to get over 20 celsius. Goodbye that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. 2024 a battleground year. 2024 a battleground year. The year the nation decides. The year the nation decides. The year the nation decides. As the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Who will rise and their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together for every moment. The highs, the lows, the twists and turns. Well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb news is britains election. Channel. Good morning. 930 on wednesday the 15th of may, this is britains newsroom with gb news, with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Very good morning. So there is a Sex Education shake up under new plans. Children wont be given Sex Education until the age of nine, and teachers will not teach about contested ideas like there are 72 different genders, 72 no crime crackdown. We heard this before. Ministers have told police they must increase their use of stop and search powers to tackle the epidemic in knife crime , and epidemic in knife crime, and were going to be speaking to the mother of Barnaby Webber , the mother of Barnaby Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, the 19 year old who was one of the 19 year old who was one of the three People Killed in nottingham last year by valdo calocane. She is calling for a full pubuc she is calling for a full Public Inquiry after the killers sentence was ruled not unduly lenient