Were asking, is it time to ban the sale of it. 7 a group of raf cyclists ride to a memorial site in the netherlands in honour of an aircrew killed during the dambusters raid back in 1943. And in the sport this morning , big clubs with under fire managers had a good night. Matches tonight to beat newcastle. Chelsea won away at brighton, celtic are scottish champions, which was pretty standard fare to be honest. And standard fare to be honest. And could var be scrapped next season. 7 we can always hope. Season . We can always hope. If youve started the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sunnier weather is on the way. Either later today or the way. Either later today or the next few days. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. I am thrilled to be back today. Are you . Are you . Yes i am. yes i am. Did you enjoy your break . Did you enjoy your break . Well, yes, we had a lovely ive had a lovely few days off because we were off last weekend andifs because we were off last weekend and its all the rotors are a little bit tokok at the moment. But anyway , no, but im but anyway, no, but im delighted to be back because i can use my laptop and my phone. No internet at home since monday , no internet at home since monday. And now of course, in this modern world, that means obviously no computer cant get a phone signal in the house. No banking, online banking, no no, no banking, no television, no radio, no nothing. What have you been doing . What have you been doing . Playing canasta. Whats that . Its a card game. Oh. So its a card game. Oh. So literally been playing canasta and sitting in the garden. And sitting in the garden. Well, you must be a pro by how. Now. And we havent got any internet till at the earliest. Tomorrow morning . No. No. How have you been coping . How have you been coping . Its been. Its been. Youre such a techie household. Yeah, i know, cart cart churn some of the lights on because its all done by alexa. He is very techie, so you cant do your coffee machine still work. Coffee machine still works. Well, thats okay, but thats about the only thing. Oh, no. oh, no. Coffee machine in the microwave. Everything else is connected to the internet. Shes just been sat in the garden twiddling your thumbs. Yeah, so its gone. It went down. And the retina. Its something to do with the exchange and all the rest. So anyway, openreach cant come out till tomorrow. Oh, no. oh, no. So all week without anything you feel like youve gone back in time. Yeah. And its things like you cant get a phone signal in the house unless youre like right on the very, very top and leaning out of a window, so how have you been managing or has it been quite nice to have a detox . Its after the first couple of days. Were very tense. Oh, were they after that . It was. Its quite nice to have a detox, but you just want to plan a detox, dont you . Yeah. When youve got loads of stuff that you need to do, you dont want a detox against your will. And then it all just disappears. So its been a bit weird. Its been a bit of a weird. Its been a bit of a weird week. Well, welcome back to the world of the internet. Yes ive just downloaded a ive just downloaded a tv show that we can watch tonight. What you were doing . I was thinking, why is he logging into netflix at 545 in the morning . Thatll be why downloading a tv show. Good idea. So youve got something to watch . Watch something on telly tonight . Oh, thats a good idea. Yeah. Oh. Did you catch eurovision last week . Thought of you. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Yes. And i predicted it correctly as well. You did actually predict it correctly i did, i wouldnt like i said, i didnt vote for that one, i did, i think its very good. But all the hoo ha. Have you seen all the hoo ha around it. No. No. And everyone kicking off and the irish contestant, because she, she launched an urgent complaint and he couldnt attend one of the semi finals or something because shes urgent. And it turns out it was because the israeli broadcaster in the semi finals said that when she was performing or they were performing, this person has been complaining about israel. Prepare your curses. Oh, and prepare your curses. Oh, and shes complained that that was breaking the rules because. But shes a witch who who is she actually say shes a witch . Yeah. Yeah. Oh, who does all the preparing curses in the act . Oh which is. But shes complained about someone saying, prepare your curses. Its like your curses. Its like snowflake. Its so snowflake. Very snowflake. And its not very snowflake. And its not meant to be political, isnt it . No. Its all very odd. Yeah, but its all very odd. Yeah, but then i also get a bit annoyed because ive seen people complaining about hours olly alexander. And i have to say , i alexander. And i have to say, i do think it was dreadful. I do think it was dreadful. I dont think it was dreadful. I dont think it was a good performance. It wasnt the best, was it . I dont think it was on the wonk. Oh thank you. I dont think it was a great song. So i mean, im, i thought it was a bad go for us, but its the fact ive seen people complain. Andrew pierce, one of them saying it was clearly set in a public lavatory. That was a no. It was on a spaceship. Its on a spaceship. And youd know all about that. Thats why they kept moving about, because it was meant to be zero gravity. It was set on a spaceship. Doesnt make it any better, but it certainly wasnt set in a toilet. Yeah, no, ours wasnt the best, was it . No, but i called it. I called it correctly. Nemo. Wasnt it nemo . Nemo the code, the code. Its quite catchy, but its fantastic. Fantastic. I called it on the night. Let us know if you were watching it. What . You thought gb news com slash your say they see who broke the. It broke the trophy. I didnt see that. Its hilarious. I went to bed after that. Just as he was given his trophy. At the end, he broke. It was the glass swan. And just as Graham Norton said, oh, be careful what you do with that. Dont break it. It literally snapped in half. Oh no. So i thought that that would happen to me. To be fair, that was a classy moment. Last thing to say on that as well. Its very annoying that abba didnt make an appearance. They were really working up to the moment, werent they . They said 50 years ago today or 50 years ago this year, yeah. One. And then we just got those hologram things and then we got the holograms. Rubbish. Yes. It was disappointing. Very. That was disappointing. Very. That was disappointing. Very. That was disappointing. So your thoughts on any of the above or anything youd like to talk about today . Do let us know. Gbnews. Com yoursay. Now echoing his predecessors, the labour leader sir keir starmer will today unveil his six election pledges to the country. Country. Yes, they include maintaining economic stability, cutting nhs waiting times and launching a new Border Command. New Border Command. Yeah. Also wants to set up Great British energy crackdown on anti social behaviour and recruit 6500 new teachers. Oh well, lets get the thoughts of our Political CorrespondentKatherine Forster. Good morning catherine. Good to see you. This does echo, doesnt it . The five pledges made by it . The five pledges made by blair in the late 90s. Yes it does. Good morning. Stephen and ellie. Some of them are absolutely the same, including cutting nhs waiting lists. Thats one of rishi sunaks as well, of course, improving education, cracking down on antisocial behaviour. So big echoes. But of course sir keir starmer has gone one further because hes got not five pledges but six. Now looking at these delivering economic stability. Theyve tweaked that a bit. They previously said the biggest, fastest growth in the g7. Well thats not very clear to a lot of people what that actually means is cut nhs waiting times. Good luck with that. Rishi sunak has not succeeded. Thats one of his as well. Launch a new Border Command. Now this is the new addition that labour have decided to put in to try to prove to voters that they are serious about cracking down on illegal migration as well. Now, its not as strong, of course, as rishi sunak stopped the boats. But then rishi sunak hasnt stopped the boats, has he . Weve also got recruiting thousands of new teachers and cracking down on anti social, behaviour. Cracking down on anti social, behaviour. So theres nothing. Also, Great British energy nearly forgot that one and theres nothing actually new here. Weve all heard these policies before , but what policies before, but what theyre trying to do with these six pledges, theyre trying to sort of distil Keir Starmers five National Missions that hes talked about, but have seemed perhaps a bit woolly and havent really cut through with voters trying to distil those down into something thats very easy to understand, very graspable by voters. Theyre going on a big advertising blitz with this. So spending serious money, theyve got a graphic of keir starmer looking very businesslike in black and white, and these pledges in, in red and white. And then, yeah, trying to grab peoples attention because despite the big lead in the polls that labour have, theres no sign really that voters are wild with enthused for labour or keir starmer or what theyre offering. Simply that they are many of them very, very fed up with the current government and going to vote for change no matter what. What is interesting though, i mean, these are their six eye catching points. I mean, you can see how they would appeal to some people, but when do we get the meat on the bones of all of this . Yes. Well, that is the thing that the government is constantly saying, oh well wheres the plan . Theyve got no plan. Were beginning to get more detail, arent we . But this is the criticism that has long been levelled at labour. Theyre very good at shouting from the sidelines as opposition parties are. But what are they going to do differently . So, for example, you know , we had the this, boat you know, we had the this, boat command, this, command , Border Command, this, command, Border Security command that sir keir starmer launched last week. Well, theyre saying this is the plan that will help us crack down on channel migrant crossings. And this is what were going to do. Tackle the people smugglers, get through asylum claims much quicker. Of course, the government will say, well, were already doing all of that, and weve got our rwanda plan, which, labour have said that theyre going to stop. So, yes, you know, economic security, one of the things that labour are saying is theyre going to be very careful with the economy. Theyre pretty much not going to make, many financial commitments. Theyre going to be super, super careful, which will really limit what they can do and what they are able to promise. So in many ways, theres not huge points of difference between the conservatives but of course, theyre not been in power for 14 years. And so theyre able to point to what they say is, you know, an economy on its knees. Now, sure. Its picking up recently, but we have had years and years of economic stagnation. Theyre going to say, are you feeling better than you did when the conservatives came to power . And they still feel that, by and large, most people will say that they dont feel better off. Okay, catherine, for now, thanks very much indeed. Now slovakias Prime Minister is in hospital after being shot five times while leaving a government meeting in a small town northeast of bratislava. Robert fico was initially left in a critical condition, but were told is now stable. Well, the slovakian government has said the assassination attempt was politically motivated , with the politically motivated, with the Prime Minister known for his pro russian stance. The alleged attacker has been detained but is yet to be formally identified by the authorities. Well, were now joined by slovakian news presenter and reporter pavel verbeken. Good to see you this verbeken. Good to see you this morning, pavel. What do we know about what happened yesterday . Good morning from bratislava , good morning from bratislava, slovakias Prime Minister robert fico, after he has been shot several times and critically injured , should no longer be in injured, should no longer be in life threatening condition , he life threatening condition, he underwent several hours of surgery yesterday and should be stabilised in Banska Bystrica hospital. Our minister of hospital. Our minister of environment, tomas tarabar, said that surgery went well, at late evening and in the end he will survive, he said. According his words, mr fico was heavily injured and the bullet went through the stomach, and the hand , thats what we know so hand, thats what we know so far. The good news is that no, major arteries were hit, so , major arteries were hit, so, probably more information will come, today. And thats about come, today. And thats about his conditions right now, what do we know about the attacker and why this happened , the and why this happened, the attacker, he is, 70 plus, men and, he is a writer. Thats what we have, some information, he was standing in a crowd , in was standing in a crowd, in front of the building where the government meeting took place. Fitzel. Our Prime Minister went to cheer the crowd in the town. And walked right to the gunman, right now, hes in the hands of police, right after the attack, he was, just, under control at the moment , he was, just, under control at the moment, but, no more information. Our one of our ministers said that the attack was , politically, the political was, politically, the political his his political, opinions, probably, the gunman. So right now, we dont know more , now, we dont know more, probably probably most, most probably probably most, most probably the shooting was politically motivated. Thats what we can say. What we can say. And how is this being received by the public in slovakia . It must be the most shocking and distressing news. Yes, president of slovakia, Zuzana Caputova condemned the attack. Speaking, at a News Conference yesterday, she said the shooting was an attack on democracy as well, publicly was also condemned. And, new elected also condemned. And, new elected president , who will be the next president , who will be the next president from june, peter pellegrini, leader of government party, said the shooting of the Prime Minister is an unprecedented threat to slovak democracy, speaking to reporters in front of the hospital where fitso is being treated , defence fitso is being treated, defence minister kalinak said that hate is not an answer to hate, what, i can say, right now, our country is deeply divided over the, after the, the, after the last election , since fitzel last election, since fitzel returned to power last year. Critics says he is a populist whos pro russian leanings, pose major risk for the country. He has strong support and strong oppositions. Of course, slovakia is divided. I would say 50 to 50 people who do not support the Prime Minister claim that, he himself has escalated this situation with his rhetoric, and it has come this far because of him as well. So country has seen him as well. So country has seen weeks of largely peaceful protests over his, Coalition Governments controversial domestic reforms. The government is also trying to shut down pubuc is also trying to shut down Public Service broadcasters , and Public Service broadcasters, and plans to replace it with a new national broadcaster. So also , national broadcaster. So also, these are the things which are right now happening in slovakia. Right now happening in slovakia. The, as i said, nation is pretty divided. And, the rhetoric also , divided. And, the rhetoric also, Prime Minister rhetoric was, very , very offensive many times. Very, very offensive many times. Okay. Pavel verbeken, thank you very much indeed. Good to talk to you this morning. Thank you. This is what happens though, isnt it . Interesting. Thats absolutely fascinating talking to pavel when he says its become so divide and so divisive now politics in in in that country where, you know, 50 of the people are absolutely dead set against their leader. And we seem to be getting that across the board a bit more at the moment where politics is becoming really polarised, youre either absolutely for someone or absolutely against them. Its not actually that healthy. No, its nasty politics, isnt it . This is where it ends up being really problematic. Its democracy. And thats its democracy. And thats what pavel was saying there. Its an attack on democracy , its an attack on democracy, which is very concerning isnt it. Unprecedented and in slovakia. So we will of course keep you abreast on any updates on the situation on gb news throughout the day. Now Donald Trumps hush money trial continues apace today as his former attorney, Michael Cohen, takes the stand once again. Yes. During some intense cross examination, cohen admitted to calling the former president a crying little. So and so and sellingt president a crying little. So and so and selling t shirts with trump in an orange jumpsuit. Well, all this comes as President Biden has agreed to two televised election debates with donald trump suggesting they debate every single month. They debate every single month. Well, lets speak now to us political analyst eric ham. Good to see you this morning, eric. And lets start with Michael Cohen taking the stand, shall we . Bring us up to speed with what weve heard in court . What weve heard in court . Well, Michael Cohen has been the actual link that ties donald trump to the falsification of business records. What we have not seen from the defence as of yet is a way to actually discredit his his statements to the prosecution. Now, we have seen them use a lot of the colourful language that Michael Cohen has used when discussing his former boss and also talking about how much money he has made bashing donald trump via his podcast and other opportunities to the tune of 3. 4 million. But its done very little to actually go to the heart of this case, which is the falsification of business records. And weve seen Michael Cohen already corroborate that with invoices as well as checks signed by donald trump. So hopefully we will see that either from the defence today when they continue their cross examination or if in fact, they decide to actually bnng fact, they decide to actually bring witnesses themselves, the prosecution has already said that they that Michael Cohen will be their last witness that will be their last witness that will testify. So they are expected to rest their case when the defence finishes their cross examination. And of course , this examination. And of course, this entire case could go to the jury as early as next week, depending on if the defence brings any witnesses. I mean, this is the fascinating thing with this case, really, and i know theyve got to set out the groundwork. Theyve got to sort of show the circumstances in which all this was meant to have happened. But it all seems to be so far about the salacious side of all of this, rather than the sort of bones as to the prosecution , bones as to the prosecution, which is falsifying records, which is falsifying records, which in itself sounds pretty dull. Yeah. Thats right. And we actually got to the heart of that when Michael Cohen corroborated the invoice that showed Allen Weisselberg handwriting that donald trump would reimburse Michael Cohen 130,000 plus the plus up for the taxes and bonuses, bringing it to the total of 420,000. And then when Michael Cohen says after he and michael Allen Weisselberg discussed this, they walked to Donald Trumps office on the 26th floor of the trump tower, where they had the discussion with donald trump himself. And they and he agreed himself. And they and he agreed to it. And then Michael Cohen says that it felt as though this was a conversation that had already taken place. And then, of course, we get the corroboration where Michael Cohenis corroboration where Michael Cohen is then receiving checks to the tune of 35,000 per month, and no checks are signed by donald trump himself and eric, as were talking about this, President Biden has now agreed to two Television Debates with donald trump , trump even with donald trump, trump even suggesting that it should debate every single month. Do you think this is something that were going to see . Absolutely not. I think what we saw was donald trump has been wanting these debates, and its very interesting because what we saw from joe biden, every president of the United States has the bully pulpit at their command. And what we saw with command. And what we saw with how these debates actually came to fruition is joe biden actually acted like a bully. He actually acted like a bully. He actually acted like a bully. He actually gave the networks and donald trump the terms of which he would debate, and they took them and so what we see is these debates are actually more advantaged joe biden than donald trump, because they eliminate live audiences. They will take place in an actual studio. And more importantly, what they will do is they will mute the microphones of each candidate after their time expires. When speaking. Yeah. I mean, its quite interesting how all these little bits and bobs which which sound a bit technical, actually do make a difference. But im intrigued as to i mean, donald trump is obviously a very confident speaker , thinks he can confident speaker, thinks he can play confident speaker, thinks he can play this to his advantage. Actually, these debates can be, as weve seen historically, they can make or break people if they get a little bit too arrogant. Get a little bit too arrogant. Well, yeah, we saw that happen to george h. W. Bush in his debate against bill clinton when he was looking at his watch. And of course, we saw it as well with al gore, with the size with George W Bush. And that didnt those debates didnt work for either of them. But we have to also remember , in 2016, have to also remember, in 2016, many suggested that donald trump actually lost all three debates with Hillary Clinton and that did not stop him from actually becoming president of the United States. I becoming president of the United States. I think its becoming president of the United States. I think its also states. I think its also interesting that the first debate is scheduled to take place on june 27th. So we should actually have a verdict in Donald Trumps manhattan hush money trial by then. And if its a guilty verdict, money trial by then. And if its a guilty verdict , thats a stain a guilty verdict, thats a stain that hes going to have to wear into that debate. And it will be interesting to see how that will play interesting to see how that will play out. It certainly will be. Eric ham, good to see you as always. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. I mean, these these debates, honestly, can be so dangerous. Well, if youre going with raised that the, the, its id forgotten about the sighing with al gore , against George W Bush al gore, against George W Bush way back when. But that was fascinating. If you remember that back at the time. Which side all the way through the answers. Yeah. And all this coming up actually just after just i dont think it was just before a debate or just just before a debate orjust before the election and it was leaked that that george w had been, convicted of drink driving in his in his youth. Been, convicted of drink driving in his in his youth. And he had in his in his youth. And he had to or when hes younger days and he had to admit to that and but it didnt, didnt throw him off course for the presidency obviously. Well there you go. And like eric was saying, after we get a result on this hush money trial, if thats a guilty verdict, is sustain, hes going to have to wear will he wear it with pride i dont know, its difficult. Would it play into his hands. Might play into his campaign. It could do. All bets are off i think as far as all that goes. Anyway, let us know what you think on gbnews. Com yoursay now. Should have a look at the weather with aidan. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. We start the day with a lot of cloud, some showery rain as well. But gradually through the day therell be a better chance of some warm sunshine developing. And likewise over the next few days a greater chance of warm sunshine, less of a chance of showers, but certainly across parts of Eastern England into the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland, theres this zone of cloud and outbreaks of on and off rain either side of that. As temperatures rise into the afternoon, some heavy downpours will break out, but in the far south, as well as the far north and northeast, decent spells of sunshine by the afternoon. Cool in the northeast, 15 or 16 celsius with some low cloud hugging the beaches warmer where weve got some sunny spells in the northwest and towards the south. In fact, southern england, as we end the afternoon and go into the evening looking at some lovely sunshine and you can see the marked contrast there across devon and cornwall, sharp showers developing to the north, and this zone of cloud and outbreaks of rain through the midlands, as well as wales continuing Northern Ireland heavy showers or thunderstorms and likewise for western scotland, but for central, northern and eastern scotland. Northern and eastern scotland. Thats where well see some clear blue skies and inland out of the breeze. Its going to feel very pleasant in that sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone with those outbreaks of rain across wales in the midlands that will continue through the night. But the rain will tend to ease. It night. But the rain will tend to ease. It will turn more showery. Many places will see a dry night, albeit with a lot of cloud remaining across a central slice of the uk. 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Dont go anywhere. Paul coyte is going to be i just a lam just a quick one. Just a quick one. Janes been in touch. Saying janes been in touch. Saying im an american. And i watch gb news so i dont have to watch anything about the us election. Please spare us. No. Sorry, sorry. There will be a lot of coverage. It is important. Sorry, jane. Yeah. And we all feel like that about our local or National Politics at times, dont we . Anyway, thats why we have moments of light relief. Oh, paul coyte. Good segue. Take what i do very seriously. What are you saying . Oh, sorry. Extremely seriously. Yeah, but its not political. Yeah, but its not political. No. Its not. Which is nice. Which is very nice. Yes. Manchester united three, newcastle. Nil 0202. All right. Well youre in the right direction. The thing is the inflection is the same whether its two or nil. So i know newcastle are two. You never know what youre going to get with Manchester United. Its a funny old one isnt it. One minute. Theyre terrible, the next minute theyre okay. Erik ten hag the manager 50 over 50. I think whether hes going to stick around or whether hes going to 90, around or whether hes going to go, he stood in front of the crowd at old trafford yesterday and gave a little speech and did what he did and spoke to the crowd and, you know, thanking everybody for their wonderful support. But, you know, the other thing , i dont know other thing, i dont know whether youre aware of this, but at the end of the season, every club does this and its they call it instead of a, a lap of, well, a lap of its a lap of appreciation. In other words. So appreciation. In other words. So you dont actually win anything. You cant exactly call it a lap of honour. So what the idea is, andifs of honour. So what the idea is, and its happened for years, is that the players are run at go onto the pitch and theyll walk around and theyll wait. The idea is they wave to the fans and say, thank you very much. But over the years, every clubs doing this and ill tell you what, its so getting under my skin is that then it started where you would get the children of the of the of the teams would come out. So you get a small child with the, with the kit with daddy written on. You know, its been done so many times. So then the wags will go on, the wives and girlfriends, then the friends , and then you end up friends, and then you end up with just this gaggle of people all going around, but nobody actually paying any attention to the crowd. All they do is just go on and walk and its like, oh, look, ill show you where i work. And its happening too much, and something has to be done about it. Yeah, because theyre forgetting the fans. And i think the fans is the most important thing. Of course. Yeah. And should we talk about celtic . Sorry. You like it on my high horse. No, no. Its good. Its good. Hes all right. It upsets me a little. No, chelsea. Chelsea beat brighton because it mentioned managers that could be in trouble. Mauricio pochettino. No he people say oh yeah Mauricio Pochettino looks like hes on his way out. But four on the trot now for chelsea. Could well qualify for europe as well. So they are looking much much better. 13. But they were 13 points behind spurs only a couple of weeks ago. Now its only down to three with one game to go. Okay, so there we are. Sorry celtic. Sorry celtic. I know you want to talk about selfish. Yes i do, yes. But the thing is its you know they won the scottish title yesterday. They thrashed kilmarnock and they won it again. Yeah. Its the 700th time theyve won the scottish premiership in the last 30 years. In the last 13 years theyre doing extremely well. But the thing is we know that and well take anything, anything away from celtic. But anything away from celtic. But its either rangers or celtic. So celtic, theyve done it with them after thrashing kilmarnock. So well done to them. But again so well done to them. But again you know its their 12th and 13th so its standard. Thats what happens. This happens is one then var could we see it go. Well theyre actually going to have a var check on whether the var can stay or go the var which is about 20 minutes. Well exactly. Yeah ill take that. Well shall it shant it. Were not really sure hes driving everybody crazy. It has done forever in the years that its been here, which is in five years now, is he making the game any better . Is it. I dont know whether it is. Ive always said that var. We should have var because its evidence. Its because its evidence. Its Video Evidence of whats been going on, but its the way its being used. And the problems are that theres so many problems. Wolves are the ones that have actually, theyve put a proposal together for when all the league teams meet, all the premier league teams meet. And so they they will decide on different rules. And wolves have put rules. And wolves have put forward that. They have it scrapped now theyve had more bad var decisions than any other team because theres like theres even a theres even a league of how bad its been. So league of how bad its been. So theyve said they want it scrapped. Yeah i dont itd be interesting because i think clubs probably are not too happy with it, but the evidence is there. Its something that should be used, but its just used so badly. Yeah. And if everything takes so long, if youre watching a game, you dont know whats going on. Everybody celebrates the worst thing is when you celebrate and you just give subject. Oh, absolutely. Youre cockahoop absolutely. Youre cockahoop when sometimes when your team scores. But then you have to wait ten minutes and then its like, oh no. And its just taken away from you. And thats not really. So its not in the good, in the good, not for the good of the game. So i cant work out if youre for or against scrapping it after all of that, mate, if you had to make a decision right now, scrap or stay, i dont know. No, i would say id say keep, but no you cant. Theres got to be okay. Just throw the thing out. There you go. But everybodys going to complain about the decisions after that and go, oh no, thats not fair. And you go, well, you throw it out. So what are you going to do . Its always going to be arguments, always paul coyte good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. Let us know what you think about that. Gbnews. Com yoursay still to come. Were going to take you through the front pages with lewis oakley and lin mei. Thats in the papers next. Now some of you may know. Weve been nominated for a trick award again in the best news Program Category. And also best Program Category. And also best news presenter. So we could do with your help. To win, all you with your help. To win, all you have to do is head to pole trick org. 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Has the slovakia Prime Minister left fighting for his life after an assassination attempt . The express leads with pensioners rushing to cash in on their pensions early to help combat the cost of living. The mirror this morning has sir Keir Starmers six point pledge to win the general election in the mail leads with europe on edge after the pro russian slovakian mp no pm was gunned down. Okay, lets go through some of those and some other stories as well, with writer and podcaster lewis oakley and political commentator lin mei. Good to see you both this morning. Morning. Lynn, lets start with you. Lynn, lets start with you. Should we with the times and these six pledges from sir keir starmer . Yes. So keir starmer has released these six pledges. Number one, deliver economic stability to cut nhs waiting times. Three launch a new Border Command. Four set up Great British energy five. Crackdown on antisocial behaviour six. Recruit 6500 new teachers now. Great. Sounds great, doesnt it . It . Sounds great. But if we just take a look and look at also labours history, hes done so many u turns as it is already. I actually dont know who his target audience is anymore because the original labour voters are looking at this and theyre thinking, well, this just looks like a carbon copy of similar to tory lite. Theyve coined it , similar to tory lite. Theyve coined it, deliver economic stability. What does that mean . Theres no actual depth or anything to that. We know that he or his party is not massively a fan of Small Business ownership. Property ownership cut nhs waiting times. How is he going to do that . Wes streeting you know, the Shadow Health secretary and social care has already said theres no more cash for the nhs. Hes admitted this. Yes, but to be fair to wes streeting, he has come up with, you know, hes got his own table of reforms. And so people say dont they, that labour is able to reform the nhs more than the tories could ever do, because theres more willingness to allow them to do it because theyre more trusted with the system. I dont know if i agree with that, because when we hear about, you know, the, a lot of anti tory rhetoric, it comes from a place of theyre the ones that want to privatise the nhs. That want to privatise the nhs. But if we look back historically, it was actually under the labour party where they had these initial privatised asian contracts initially and what wes streeting has actually suggested is do not be shocked if we have to look at the private sector to be able to fund the nhs moving forward. So that does sound like a bit of privatisation for the from the labour party possibly. Its going to be very interesting isnt it . I think what we need is more detail. We cant just have six pledges that make no sense. I mean, i read these and i was quite shocked, like this is what you came up with. I mean, this is odd. I mean, even the recruit and im sure people will tweet their anger at me, but recruiting 6500 new teachers just seem like an odd one to have in there. Not that we probably dont need more teachers, but where on earth is House Building in this . Probably one of the biggest issues that we face that no one can afford a home and we need to build more towns. Were past needing more houses. We need more towns, but also security. As people keep talking about world war iii and the threats, where is our security in there, you know, and not just building out an army, but, you know, having security with our Food Supply Chain and things like that. Things like that. But how would you build that into a into a pledge . I mean, they have to go for they have to go for simple, catchy things, dont they . I think whether you agree with them or not, i honestly, if you took this paper away from me, i probably couldnt recall about the whole about four of them. The one thing i do like is when he speaks about cutting down, migration on. He also suggests that theyre going to reform , how they assist young reform, how they assist young people in getting into those jobs that young people presently do not want to participate in, so that we become less reliant on, you know, migration. And if that does happen , thats whats that does happen, thats whats needed, because its all well and good saying we need to stop immigration, we need to cut down migration. But if no one wants to do the jobs, we need a labour force. So im interested to see if they actually support young people into the jobs that they no longer want to do. However, if we look at the history of the labour party from 1997 to 2010, on average there were 200,000 people coming into this country. So they havent been really that good when it comes to migration in the past. Well, yeah. All right. I mean, you could look at that figure and go, oh, thats not very good. Its a hell of a lot less than are coming in now. Well yeah, that thats going to be an obvious isnt it. If we if we look at we said, oh next year therell be 200,000 net migration. Wed all be cheering wouldnt we. Because its, its cutting it by three quarters of what it currently stands at. Yeah. But as we know, theres a lot more movement in the world anyway. And the reason why weve had more migration recently is for a number of reasons. If we look at devastation in other countries, if we look at war, i think now is the most unstable time as to why many people are wanting to come here anyway. Im really interested in this speech being made by sir keir starmer in essex today and wanting to appeal to the essex man, which is, of course, what we saw tony blair wants to do in the 90s. Yeah, mondeo man. Yeah, mondeo man. Yeah. Mondeo man. Exactly. Do you think those six pledges would appeal to tory heartlands like essex . Theres not even a single labour mp and the red wall as well, because thats who they want to go after. Im not sure that it will appeal to them, but i also dont think it really matters because so many people are mad at the tories. And thats been labours entire strategy until now, is were not the tories. So does it really matter what his pledges are . I mean, i think that you look at the polls, it seems pretty conclusive whats going to happen whenever we get this election and look, heres the thing. Whilst i personally am not enthusiastic about either of these parties or what they could offer, you know, i hope to god that he can turn this country around because were not in a great place like , yes, please, great place like, yes, please, lets hope these pledges work and lets hope that he can carry people with him and he can deliver change. I just wouldnt hold my breath. I live in essex and i think all people want is to be able to feed their families, live in a decent home, and this just sounds a little bit like a lot of guff. Yeah. Of guff. Yeah. Okay, well, let us know what you think. Gb news. Com your say, louis, lets look at the situation in slovakia shall we. And the Prime Minister there fighting for his life after a shooting yesterday. Yeah. Shocking scenes that we saw yesterday, so Prime Minister there is still fighting for his life. The gunman leaned in and fired five times. Were being told. Police said they detained a 71 year old man, interesting. A 71 year old man, interesting. So the males take on this is very much europe is on an edge. And will putin kind of use this to his advantage . And i think that the logic there is that this guy was obviously pro putin. So theyre saying, well, was this attack ordered by someone . Was it politically motivated . However, it also reports that the alleged gunman made a confession in custody where he blamed the Prime Ministers crackdown on free media for the attack. So its quite complicated as to how this is going to play out politically. I do think that the wider issue here is about how safe are well, its a hugely controversial politician. Yeah. I mean thats thats thats the bottom line. And thats the bottom line. And there is this crackdown on free media. Yeah. In the country, which is obviously problematic. I mean, its , you know, its not i mean, its, you know, its not as straightforward as perhaps we would view it over here. No absolutely not. No absolutely not. Justify it in any sense. Justify it in any sense. But yeah i think this is maybe going to embolden or empower all of the countries that are leaning a bit more in support of putin in terms of like your hungary and countries around that area. But i mean, even if youre not pro putin in you can stand against this, cant you. Its an attack on democracy. Well i think this is the, this is the wider thing and i know weve had conversations in this country about how safe are mps and weve had mps that say, look, im not running anymore because this is just too dangerous for me and my family. And obviously were not at this level, but but it is worrying across europe of, you know, where, you know, there should be you obviously should be able to challenge an mp, but to physical violence is just a trend. We dont want to see. Oh no. Absolutely growing. Absolutely. Look, weve got to leave it there just for now. Louis oaklin may thank you both very much indeed. We will catch up with you for longer next time. Were breaking away slightly early because the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, is standing by. Lovely to see you this morning. We were just talking about the tory, the tory pledges. The labour pledges. Oh, dear me. And one of pledges. Oh, dear me. And one of our guests here was saying a lot of people are sort of view these pledges as a bit wishy washy. Im sure youd agree with but but sort of saying that theyre tory lite. But but thats the tory lite. But but thats the point, isnt it . Hes trying to win over those tory voters who feel a bit homeless at the moment. Moment. Well, they are tory lite. If you look at the one in my area, which i think to get 6500 more teachers, weve actually got 27 more thousand, thousand more teachers since 2010 and 59,000 more teaching assistants. All without destroying our private school sector, which is an important part of the provision for send. So theyre not only tory lite, theyre actually quite destructive. In fact, its the first time in our history well introduce a tax on education and it will probably result in a bill for about £16 billion. So theyre ill thought through as well, you mentioned send there for people who arent aware, that means special education. Special Educational Needs and disabilities, doesnt it . Why does that play into the private sector . Private sector . Because 40 of the special Educational Needs provision is actually provided by small, independent, private schools. So when people think of private schools, they always think of the large ones that everybody knows, but theres 2400 independent schools across our country and many of them are providing provision either to councils or to parents who are paying councils or to parents who are paying for special Educational Needs. Paying for special Educational Needs. And none of this theyve needs. And none of this theyve looked into because its a really ill thought through policy, and it is to get fewer teachers than weve already got, additional since 2010. So its really a very poor, very ill defined and thought, poorly thought through policy. And it will impact both the special Educational Needs sector, which were trying to build more places because we know weve got more demand than were keeping up with. And it will really impact that sector as well as independent private schools that parents choose to send their kids to. Now youre here today to talk about new guidance for relationships , sex and health relationships, sex and Health Education in schools. What does this mean for children and what does it mean for parents . Well, we introduced guidance first in in 2019. It was made statutory in 2020. It was reviewed in 2021. And we got quite a lot of people teachers and head teachers who said, you know, we need more clarity. We need to have a little bit more clarity on this. So we put an expert panel in place to put age limits in place. So thats one of the big things were introducing, which is whats appropriate to be taught at what age. Were also making it Crystal Clear that it should be transparent to parents, and parents should be able to see the materials. They are the first educators of their children , so they should be able children, so they should be able to see whats also going on in school and were also on the on top of our gender questioning guidance, which we published for consultation, earlier on, were also making it very clear that genden also making it very clear that gender, identity is a contested view and should not be taught as a fact, right. A fact, right. Should not be taught at all, actually. Okay. How how . I mean, forgive me, but i mean, i know its controversial and i know people have very strong opinions of it, possibly because they dont necessarily have experience of it or know people whove been through this. But how is this not similar to section 28, which has blighted the conservatives for years now . The conservatives for years now . When you say, well, there are certain things, were just not going to allow them to be taught because we dont think its right. Right. Well, lets be absolutely clear that is not, the same as protected characteristics, which is, you know, the fact that there is , people who can there is, people who can reassign their gender that is different from gender ideology, which is, you know, the 72 genders, or theres different spectrums of a gender or gendered fluidity, or everyone has a separate gender, like , you has a separate gender, like, you know, as well as everything else. So its the ideology which is which, you know, nobody, probably in, you know, reading it would think, would think was was true. But but it has sort of was true. But but it has sort of crept into the debate but protected characteristics. Absolutely, are taught and the fact that adults can reassign their gender. Absolutely are taught. Yes, but but forgive me, but youre saying then that you cant you cant say that you can be teachers cant say that you could. You can be born into the wrong body, as it were. However, people who do feel like that and have been have transitioned are covered by a as a protected characteristic. It doesnt make a lot of sense that does it . Well, no, it does make sense. I mean, obviously were all born with our biological sex, but people can choose to, change their gender when theyre adults. And of course, we have dealt with in the gender questioning guidance , weve dealt with this guidance, weve dealt with this subject very sensitively to make sure that we, first of all, recognise the massive increase. Recognise the massive increase. Secondly, take account of what the doctor hilary cass report said as well about. There are some negative impacts youve got to or youve got to consider the impacts very carefully. Its not a neutral decision. Its not something that should be taken lightly. But thats all dealt with in our gender questioning guidance, which weve already published for questioning. And published for questioning. And actually, none of these questions came up in relation to that. So i think that was, you know, that was considered to be the right balance between sort of kindness , compassion, care, of kindness, compassion, care, and also how to deal sensitively with an issue, but also how to, you know , how to make sure that you know, how to make sure that we protect, single sex spaces and things like that, fairness in sports, etc. So we have dealt with that in that other guidance. This guidance is about how we teach relation sex and Health Education. And its introducing more guidance to teachers about whats appropriate, at what age , and appropriate, at what age, and its also making sure that its Crystal Clear that all materials should be made available to parents. Thats the Main Objective of this guidance. But objective of this guidance. But we do reiterate what we have in the gender questioning guidance as well, because thats new guidance. This guidance, though, has been criticised already, hasnt it . The chief executive of the Sex Education forum has made the point that if topics are to be restricted to children, then children will go and find out information themselves. Probably through pornography and, and other sites, on the world wide web, i mean, they are exposing themselves to danger. Theyre well, we deal with that as well in the guidance, how we make sure we prepare our children for some of the dangers they might see online, but dont forget, you know, obviously we have, parents who are the first educators to of their children. Educators to of their children. Then weve put in place what we think is age appropriate, and its kind of like a building. So you can talk about, you know, the concepts, you can talk about certain aspects of relationship, but then you dont go into the more riskier elements or more dangerous elements until children are older, until children are older, until children can understand. And theres a lot of, concern about potentially some things being taught at a very young age. So weve tried to make sure, you know, children stay as children as, as, you know, when theyre young, younger age. Then we build on that in secondary school and then we build on that, from the age of 13, 14, etc. So, you know, we have put together an expert panel. Its not me whos done this and decided whats taught, who whos taught what at what age , the taught what at what age, the expert panel has looked at it, looked at it sensitively. We looked at it sensitively. We obviously considered the environment, such as the internet and that is mentioned. A lot of, you know, that is mentioned in the guidance as well. But parents are also the their childrens first educators. You know, this is not the only thing that children will get in terms of education. Parents will also talk to their children. Im so sorry. Weve got to leave it there, but good to see you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Lets take a look at the weather. And a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. We start the day with a lot of cloud, some showery rain as well. But gradually through the day therell be a better chance of some warm sunshine developing. And likewise over the next few days , a greater chance of warm days, a greater chance of warm sunshine, less of a chance of showers, but certainly across parts of Eastern England into the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland, theres this zone of cloud and outbreaks of on and off rain. Either side of that, as temperatures rise into the afternoon, some heavy downpours will break out. But in the far south, as well as the far north and northeast, decent spells of sunshine by the afternoon, cool in the northeast, 15 or 16 celsius with some low cloud hugging the beaches warmer where weve got some sunny spells in the northwest and towards the south. In fact, southern england, as we end the afternoon and go into the evening looking at some lovely sunshine and you can see the marked contrast there across devon and cornwall, sharp showers developing to the north, and this zone of cloud and outbreaks of rain through the midlands as well as wales continuing Northern Ireland heavy showers or thunderstorms and likewise for western scotland, but for central, northern and eastern scotland. Thats where well see some clear blue skies and inland out of the breeze. Its going to feel very pleasant in that sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone with those outbreaks of rain across wales in the midlands that will continue through the night. But the rain will tend to ease. It night. But the rain will tend to ease. It will turn more showery. Many places will see a dry night, albeit with a lot of cloud remaining across a central slice of the uk. The best of any clear spells will be down towards the south and southeast as well as across central and northern scotland. Some mist patches first thing, certainly some low cloud along the north sea coast, but otherwise, as the day progresses, were going to see the cloud bubble up and break. Well see some sunny spells developing, but once again, some heavy showers will form, especially through wales, the midlands, east anglia, northwest england and west and scotland away from the showers in the sunshine, feeling very pleasant with highs of 23 celsius. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Gb news. Away. Good morning to you. Its 7 00 on thursday, the 16th of may. Today, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is set to reveal a six point plan if he comes to power with the economy , comes to power with the economy, the nhs and immigration top of the nhs and immigration top of the agenda. The agenda. Yes, sir keir starmer in essex today with six reasons why labour says you should make him the next Prime Minister. Ill bnng the next Prime Minister. Ill bring you the details shortly. Europe holds its breath slovakian Prime Minister robert fico fights for his life following surgery after being shot in a politically motivated attack. Hundreds of people in devon are struck down by what they describe as the worst ever illness. After a parasite was discovered in the. Water. Discovered in the. Water. Yes, dont drink the water. South west water is telling customers dont drink it. Dont customers dont drink it. Dont clean your teeth with it either. After scores of people fall sick , Queen Camilla reveals she wont be buying any more fur. So were asking today, is it time to ban the sale of it . And a group of raf cyclists ride to a memorial site in the netherlands in honour of an air crew that were killed during the dambusters raids back in 1943. The dambusters is remembered as one of the most Daring Missions of the Second World War, but it came at a great cost. Came at a great cost. Today were joining you live from the beach at castricum on zee in the netherlands for a Memorial Service to a fallen air crew and in the sport this morning , big clubs with morning, big clubs with under fire managers had a good night last night. Manchester united beat newcastle. Chelsea won away at brighton, celtic are scottish champions again and could var be scrapped for next season . Well, we can always hope if youve started the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sunnier weather is on the way either later today or the next few days. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. News. If you think the country is going to part , the country is going to part, which i know a lot of you do, in fact, the world seems to be going to pot at the moment. Perhaps we need to ask orang utans what to do. Do we . Is it that bad . Do we . Is it that bad . Its got that bad. Now its in. The staff cant talk to each other anymore. Its in the star this morning. It seems like a typical star headline, doesnt it . Chinwag. Chinwag with apes have a chinwag with apes, but actually its a serious scientific study. Yeah, that we could understand. Haaland what orang utans in particular are talking about really, because they have 1033 distinct sounds that they make, which are like having conversations. So its like a language. Its like a language. And were coming to apparently understand a little bit as to what they mean. So we could actually understand and apparently very intelligent. Orang utans. Apparently very intelligent. Orang utans. Well, they are. Orang utans. Well, they are. Did you see that story the other day where an orang utan had a cut on his cheek, and it was the first time that scientists had seen an orang utan take a plant, cut it up, and then use it as medication, and then the heel, the wound healed. Clever, you see. Very clever. So he knew very clever. So he knew exactly what to do. So very intelligent. So, doctor wendy erb says our research aims to unravel the complexities of orang utan long calls, which play a crucial role in their communication across vast distances. In indonesia. So vast distances. In indonesia. So they are having conversations. Yeah i can understand that. So i mean, thatd be fascinating. It mean, thatd be fascinating. It would be. That would be a planet of the apes. If youve ever seen videos of orang utans, theyre so human, like the way they carry themselves, they use all their fingers and theyve got its Something Like with apes, we share Something Like 99 of the dna. Its fascinating, isnt it . So. But anyway, so soon we so. But anyway, so soon we could have give it a few years, we could have a conversation with an ape. I think thatd be fascinating. Itd be fabulous, wouldnt it . They might, they might, they might make more sense. Well what would you do about immigration . See what they say they might have better ideas. Who knows . They might do. Yeah. Oh i do quickly need to shout out. Oh i was in my pilates class yesterday, which wont surprise you because im there all the time, if you if you follow my instagram, you would understand. Im literally live there. Anyway. Lovely girl met yesterday. Catherine. Catherine yeah. And i and i was on the carriage. They call it a carriage. They call it a carriage. And my legs were through the loop. I pardon in the loop. Is that a thing. Its a thing. And she said youre ellie from the telly and she said i watch you and stephen every thursday and i adore you both. And please can i have a shout out tomorrow . So, catherine, good morning to you. Happy thursday ellie from the telly. I promised id do that. I promised id do that. Thats just reminded me that there was i was meant to say, have you got a shout out . As well . As well . Well, i was meant to do it on sunday, but then i wasnt here. Oh, lets do it now. So im just trying to find it. Catherine and her mum theresa, i think she said her mum was called and they watch it together. Oh, here we go, here we go. Oh, here we go, here we go. And so this was meant to be on sunday, but i said i wasnt in, and this is from duncan who says, could you ask to stephen wish a happy birthday to my son . And my son served nine years in the army with tours in iraq and afghanistan when i lost him in 2021, because of ptsd. Oh, all family and friends are going to his grave on the day. But what would pick me up is stephen wishing him a happy birthday before i set off to the cemetery, im sorry i wasnt able to do it on sunday, but if you are watching duncan, happy birthday dj for sunday. And im sure hes sorely missed. Yeah, but happy birthday, dj and he will be. Yeah. May he rest in peace. Yeah. Yeah. Another veteran taking their own life because of ptsd. Its an issue which really needs to be addressed because it happens. A frightening number of times. Actually. No it does awful. Just awful. Just awful. Anyway, lets hope thats something addressed by politicians. Actually, whoever wins the next general election, everybody would support that. Yeah, youd think so , wouldnt yeah, youd think so, wouldnt you, because the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is today unveiling his six election pledges to the country, the armed forces dont actually fall into this this time. No. Well, they do include maintaining economic stability, cutting nhs waiting times, launching a new Border Command , launching a new Border Command, also setting up Great British energy, cracking down on antisocial behaviour and recruiting 6500 new teachers. Well, lets get the thoughts of our Political Correspondent now. Katherine forster, very good morning to you, catherine. Good to see you. And they do echo, dont they . The five pledges made by tony blair in 1997. Yes. And good morning again, stephen and ellie from the telly. I love that, they do indeed echo tony blair, back in the run up to the 1997 landslide, he had a pledge card of five pledges that included things like cutting nhs, waiting lists, pledges for education and crime, etc. But sir keir starmer has gone one further because hes been talking about his five National Missions for months and months , but they havent really months, but they havent really got much cut through. So hes distilled them into what labour feel are a sort of retail offer , feel are a sort of retail offer, easily understandable by voters, and added one extra, which is the one about launching the new Border Command. The big reveal Border Command. The big reveal that we had last friday. Labours plans to crack down on the channel crossings, so these pledges , economic stability, pledges, economic stability, labour are wanting to make sure that people understand that they were safe to vote for labour in a way that many people didnt feel they were safe to vote for labour under jeremy corbyn, that theyre going to be careful custodians of the economy. Of custodians of the economy. Of course, thats really going to severely limit, what they can do. More teachers cracking down on anti social behaviour, etc. Sir keir starmer will be in essex today, where labour currently dont have a single seat. So the sort of area where they want to be picking up voters in the general election, and theyre hoping that pledges on on health, on immigration, on education, on crime, will appeal to voters. The Great British to voters. The Great British energy. Thats one i didnt mention earlier. Of energy. Thats one i didnt mention earlier. Of course mention earlier. Of course thats their plans for a national energy, company because they feel that weve neglected Energy Security for many years as the russian invasion of ukraine showed. So weve just ukraine showed. So weve just had Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, saying that these are tory lite policies , these are tory lite policies, but sir keir starmer will be hoping that these will cut through to voters. And to be honest, labour are so far ahead in the polls that even if there still isnt wild enthusiasm for him particularly, or indeed for laboun him particularly, or indeed for labour, that thats probably going to be enough to get them into power. Okay, kathryn , for now, okay, kathryn, for now, thanks very much indeed , right. Thanks very much indeed, right. Theres a real, real problem for People Living in the southwest of england at the moment. People living in the southwest of england at the moment. You of england at the moment. You just cannot drink untreated water. You need to deal with it at home. Yes, theyre being urged to boil their water to kill off a parasite which has left hundreds of people with diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pains. Lets talk to jeff moody, whos in one of the towns affected for us this morning. I mean, this is grim. Geoff 70 people first became ill on tuesday , the symptoms are severe tuesday, the symptoms are severe diarrhoea, but worse than that, really bad stomach cramps, which some people have been comparing to childbirth, they say 70 people have been affected. But we are hearing that its an awful lot more. It could be hundreds and hundreds of people, the population of brixham here in south devon is 16,000. And people are saying that somebody is sick in every household in the town. Its that severe. Well, what is it thats caused this initially , south west water this initially, south west water said, look, its nothing to do with us. Its nothing to do with the water. You can drink the water as normal. But then yesterday at 1 pm, that advice changed completely. Southwest fort water found around 20 cases of cryptosporidium , which is of cryptosporidium, which is a parasite that lurks in water. Were not quite sure at the moment how this has happened or what has caused this, but what we do know is it is highly infectious. It can transmit from animals to humans , it can animals to humans, it can transmit from humans to humans to , well, southwest water. Say to, well, southwest water. Say they are investigating. There they are investigating. There are bottled there are stations dotted around the town where theyre giving out bottled water to people and the advice theyre giving at the moment is simple dont drink the water. You can boil it fine, but do not drink water from the tap. And also dont even clean your teeth with it. They say you can wash with it. They say you can wash with it to, but you mustnt warn any condition. Drink the water. Thats the advice that they have been given. But people here in brixham are angry because theyre saying, we knew this several days ago. We knew it was something to do with the water. South west water categorically denied it and then did this u turn, which they said has led to a lot of other people being sick too. So in a way, it really is a town under siege, a sickness in nearly every household. And people really unsure of the advice because it is changing so rapidly. Unsure of the advice because it is changing so rapidly. And all is changing so rapidly. And all the time people are getting more and more ill. Okay, jeff moody, thank you very much indeed. Its grim if youre down there , you want to get in touch . There, you want to get in touch . Gbnews. Com yoursay on that one. I mean, i mean, as geoff said, they say its safe to wash in. Id be a bit worried. Yeah, i would be getting into a bath of water filled with a parasite. I mean, its just. No, i dont know if id risk it. No, you can understand. He was just saying they do then not wash baby wipes. Oh, itd be like being at a festival. Youd have to treat it like that. I dont think id be washing in it. But if you. If you are affected, do get in touch. Be really good to hear from you this morning. Gbnews. Com yoursay, as jeff says, you would be very rightfully angry, furious , rightfully angry, furious, furious that youd be without Drinking Water for a week. Its unbelievable , isnt it . Unbelievable, isnt it . Grim . And now it is the 81st anniversary of the dambusters Second World War raid. Today, that famous raid. But the mission to destroy dams in the heart of nazi germany came at a great cost. 53 airmen died in the attack, including the crew led by dinghy young, who was shot down just moments from safety. Well, this week a team of raf cyclists have been riding 300 miles from their base at raf digby in lincolnshire to a war memorial in the netherlands, marking the place the crew perished. Well, lets speak now to our reporter will hollis, who is in the netherlands for us now. Very good morning to you, will. Its so important, isnt it, that these brave men are honoured and remembered in this way . Remembered in this way . Yes. Well, its a story that british children often are raised on dambusters on pretty much every christmas in most british households. But that story today is 81 years old. Men from the squadron 617 that is one of the most famous in all of the Royal Air Force, left raf scampton on this night, the 16th of may 1943. Their target was the industrial heartlands of the ruhr valley. Three different dams now of the 133 men, 19 lancasters that headed out on that daring mission, 53 men did not return , including the crew not return, including the crew of dinghy young. They successfully breached the mirna dam and on flying to safety here above the beach at castricum on zee, they were shot down by one of the final german battery guns. Its described that they were only metres moments from safety, and in the days afterwards their bodies of all seven aircrew were washed ashore on this beach. Washed ashore on this beach. Now, a few years ago, a memorial stone was put in place on the beach here at castricum on zee and today and this week, to mark the 81st anniversary, another team of raf cyclists have been riding their way from the International Bomber command centre in lincoln all the way to the beach there arrived yesterday and they had a moment looking at the memorial and marking the memory. But today there is a Memorial Service with family members of dinghy, jungs crew, local dignitaries, the International Bomber command centre and those men and women of the raf cycling team from raf digby. Remembering a story that is starting to be forgotten from modern memory. Its fascinating. Will that these people from raf digby. It these people from raf digby. It goes to show its not just about our public knowledge, but actually for people actually in the armed forces. And this the armed forces. And this really matters, doesnt it . It really matters, doesnt it . It really matters, doesnt it . It really matters to remember and honour their predecessor was. Honour their predecessor was. Yes. Well, in about an hour or so well be speaking to some of those raf cyclists. But in the last week, while ive been meeting with some of them, including Wing Commander neil hallett, he described to me that this is their heritage. It is a part of their identity as men and women in the Royal Air Force, particularly in lincolnshire. Bomber county Bomber Command, where many of the bomber bases were situated. The bomber bases were situated. And it is a part of their memory that they must keep living. And that they must keep living. And while it is a distance away from lincolnshire to netherlands, they wanted to ride that 300 miles in all sorts of conditions. The heat that we saw at the start and the end of last week to the rainy conditions of the netherlands today, because they say there are no members of that squadron anymore, no more men from 617 that flew the dambusters mission. But they say dambusters mission. But they say there are people here living today that want to keep the memory of men like dinghy young and his crew of guy gibson and the other 53 men of the dambusters that did not return home and keep that memory alive. Home and keep that memory alive. Thats so important to keep that story alive. Well, hollis, really good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. You know, i was walking, around paddington last week. That lovely sunny day that we had and walked past this lovely white house, and it actually had a member of the dambusters raid. I think it was one of the pilots who had died. And there was a blue plaque outside the house saying, thats where they lived. Thats where theyd lived at some point. I cant remember the name now. Ive just had a little look. It may have been guy gibson. Im going to take a walk by that house and ill let you know. But there are memories everywhere, and its so right that they are remembered and honoured, in this way. And i saw that blue plaque just last week. Oh, there you go. Oh, there you go. It is important to remember all this. Of course, Bomber Commanded. I mean, it took ages for them to get the correct recognition. Really . Almost a bit forgotten about which is which is terrible. But i mean, dambusters was the most incredible british engineer city creating the bouncing bomb. It was it was it was britain at its finest, actually. Coming together in in the face of all that adversity and coming up with these sort of solutions. It remarkable stuff, but quite right. These people who never made it home are remembered in the way they are being remembered today. No, absolutely. No, absolutely. Keep your thoughts coming through on that one. Oh, john andrews, well, its a fair point. He says memory of the dambusters will erode as the airbase, is turned into a migrant base, which has been very controversial, actually, because it was viewed as a as a sort of site of National Heritage in a way. But it i quite how far theyve gone with turning it into a place to house migrants. I dont know, weve sort of lost track of that. Well have to look into that one again. But its a fair point, john. Its a fair point. Now at 7 18, some of you may know that we have been nominated for a tric award in the best news Program Category and best news Program Category and best news presenter, so we could really do with your help to win for a second year in a row. Please all you have to do is head to poll tric. Org. Uk sukh and all of the details are there also on gbnews. Com and also this qr code on your screens. 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Please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. Good luck. Watching on demand. Good luck. Yes, good luck indeed. Now, yes, good luck indeed. Now, Queen Camilla has reportedly said that she is no longer going to buy any fur. So this morning were asking the question is it time to ban it . Let us know what you think, gbnews. Com yoursay. Were going to be talking about that next. Now at 727, lets turn our attention to the israel hamas war. The Israeli Defence minister, yoav galant, has voiced open frustration at the governments failure to address the question of a post war plan for gaza. Well, he urged Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to declare publicly that israel has no intention to take over civilian and military rule in gaza. Well, joining us in the studio is Shirley Pinto, whos ambassador for Public Diplomacy at the Israeli Foreign ministry. Very good to see you this morning. Good morning. How much morning. Good morning. How much of a concern is this that there is now this very public rift in the cabinet, look, the state of israel is a democratic state, andifs israel is a democratic state, and its not whether its a different opinion in that inside the cabinet about the way how to achieve the goal of the war, there is a different thinking between the ministry. But i think that in the in the end, they will be the way they decide how to do it together. Also, all the people in israel very support the state and the government to achieve the goal of the war, because our goal, a lot of people asking me why the state of israel in a war against hamas now and this question show me that they forgot what happened to the state of israel and services about a half a year ago in october 7th. There is more than 132 civilians kidnapped in gaza in the tunnels of hamas. We dont know what the of hamas. We dont know what the condition, if they alive or dead. We dont know where they are. The children , babies, women. The children, babies, women. Its crazy. Think about it. What its crazy. Think about it. What england was doing, if a terrorist organisation enter to their country and kidnap your civilians, what you have done . Civilians, what you have done . Did you have been silent . Im sure youre not. Its crazy to think about it. But this is what happened to us in israel. So there is different idea about what, how to do and achieve and to return the hostages back home. But we all want to do that. Have you have you been surprised by the worlds reaction to the situation in in gaza . Do you think the world has been quick to forget the events of the 7th of october . Yeah, yeah, i really do think that they forgot i made a lot of organisation in that Jewish Organisation in that Jewish Organisation here in the United States. And one person asked me, why . Why are you why are you continue the war against hamas . Okay, they shot in rockets on israel, but you can stop it. Why . We in war now, i asking you just because of fun. Its not fun to us to be at war. We want our civilians back home. There is civilians in the tunnels of hamas in gaza. We had a terrible massacre in october 7th. There rafe women. They broke the ceasefire. That was in october six. So its crazy that people forgetting that its about, what they talk about a proportional response , dont they . Response, dont they . I mean, there is there is concern even within israel, the response has been disproportionate hit. A lot of people have sympathy with what israel is going through, but feel the response has been too harsh because of civilians involved. Involved. Look, the situation is gaza. Look, the situation is gaza. Im not closing your eyes about what happened in gaza. We are at war. There is civilians there. And i know that the state of israel do in the army, the idf, doing everything not to hurt the civilians in gaza. Were trying civilians in gaza. Were trying to do all the efforts to let them know, to help them with the humanitarian aid. Our war against hamas is a terrorist organisation. We want to destroy the terrorist organisation , not the terrorist organisation, not the terrorist organisation, not the civilians for sure, and we want to return her hostages back home. This is our goal for the war. What . It makes me sad that hamas did that. War. What . It makes me sad that hamas did that. They didnt care hamas did that. They didnt care about their civilians. They not take care of them. For example , take care of them. For example, all the humanitarian aid of the truck that israel put in to gaza. I asking you there is the crossing that the truck is coming inside gaza from there, after they coming inside gaza, what do you think happened to that, to all that military aid, that, to all that military aid, that drive is coming and let all the food going to the civilians . Its not what happened. You can see in the video that public what happened is all the terrorist organisation, all the hamas is taking the trucks and keep it for themselves. Keep it for themselves. And there is real concern though. Its back to the first point about your your defence minister. Theres real concern about what they call the exit plan in all of this, and it seems like unless the Prime Minister makes a clear decision that there could be a case of an Israeli Military control of gaza, now, that isnt going to satisfy anybody, is it . Satisfy anybody, is it . I dont think my personal opinion , i dont think that opinion, i dont think that israel need to control in gaza, not a military way. I think after we turn back our hostages home and destroying the terrorist Organisation Hamas, we need to get out from there. That my opinion. But but we have to make sure that the terrorist Organisation Hamas will not control in there. And another terrorist organisation also we need to make a plan with another, maybe organisation or country involved to help to return, rebuild the gaza and help the civilians there. But we must make sure that terrorist organisation will not control there anymore. There anymore. As an ambassador for Public Diplomacy, for israels foreign ministry, how have the past seven months been for you in your role . Your role . Very hard. I am a martyr. Im deaf. Like you can see, im a martyr to two deaf children. My husband is deaf and my parents are deaf. My mother, shes deaf are deaf. My mother, shes deaf and blind, actually. And in october 7th, it was terrified. Theres a lot of alarms that i cannot hear. Theres a lot of alarms that i cannot hear. I dont know when there is alarms, when the rocket is coming. And, in this morning, i get a lot of messages from people with disability around israel that calling for help. Blind people, people sitting in a wheelchair with cpr and they dont have food, medication and clothes, dont have a shelter. And today the situation of the people disability in israel is terrified because this population is make it bigger because of ptsd. Theyre hurting. In october 7th, the soldiers came back from the war and the state of israel have to make sure that they helping to these people. There is more 100,000 people with ptsd in israel just now. Its a crazy situation and i can imagine for myself what we can do for them. We have to fight to help them, Shirley Pinto , its really Shirley Pinto, its really interesting to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. We appreciate. Thank you very much for having me, too. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Lots more still to come for you this morning. And after her you this morning. And after her majesty the queen said she wont buy any more real fur, were asking, should we just ban the sale of it altogether . Thats coming up in just a moment 738. Good morning to you. Now, 738. Good morning to you. Now, the Animal Rights group peta has revealed that Queen Camilla has pledged to buy no new fur products for her wardrobe. But the International FurFederation Said that royals shouldnt be put under pressure from animal activist rights. It begs the question, then, should we just ban the sale of real fur altogether . To be honest , i real fur altogether . To be honest, i thought we already had. Okay, well , were joined now okay, well, were joined now by former conservative mp neil parish, who believes that we shouldnt ban real fur and senior pr coordinator at peta, sasha camilli, who believes, of course, that we should. So lets start with you, sasha. Are you start with you, sasha. Are you with with stephen . Im sure a lot of people believe that we already had banned real further surprised that were still able to buy it. Well, yes, i can see, stephen. Why you thought that . Because actually, the uk was the first country to ban fur farming almost 25 years ago, in the year 2000. So if almost 25 years ago, in the year 2000. So if you think about it, if something is too cruel and unethical to be produced here, then it doesnt make any sense to keep importing it from other places and selling it here, which is why it is a perfect time to ban the sale and import of animal fur. And its a sign of animal fur. And its a sign of the times that Queen Camilla, just like Queen Elizabeth before her, has decided not to procure any new fur items for her wardrobe. Over 90 of people in britain dont want to wear animal fur. They dont want to support an industry where animals are gassed, poisoned , animals are gassed, poisoned, electrocuted, caught in steel jaw traps, kept in tiny barren cages their whole lives. Its time to do away with this industry and leave it behind. It does seem, neil, like a its a thing of the past that real fur a status symbol that we no longer need to have. I mean, the fake fur is now so realistic , why would we even bother wanting the real stuff . Wanting the real stuff . I think my position very much is its a matter of choice, and i think consumers will decide, you know, whether they want to wear real fur. And, you know, the way its been reared. Now, the way its been reared. Now, i would argue that the rearing of fur certainly in denmark and across europe, is actually much better regulated. Now, im not here to justify all the means of producing the fur, but i think its a matter of choice. And i think, you know, consumers are choosing not to wear it. And if the queen decides that she doesnt want to buy any new fur, thats very much a decision for her. And i would support that. But i would also say, as a matter of choice, we should be able to buy fur if we wish. Its not a zero sum game either, because theres no doubt that many of the fake furs , do give many of the fake furs, do give up a lot of particulates. I mean, all oil based garments. So, i mean, there may be, in some cases , a real reason for some cases, a real reason for Health Reasons for actually wearing fur. So thats why i dont like total bans. I just do not like them. And i just think that the arguments are put very succinctly on the other side, that its not good to wear fur. And the suffering that the animals may well go through. I very much support them being able to make that argument, but i still think a total ban is not appropriate. I also think very, quite difficult actually , to quite difficult actually, to implement because i did an inquiry when i was chairing a select committee in parliament where we were actually looking at a lot of false, you know, fake fur actually was real fur, unfortunately, coming in from china. So i think, you know, there is a real difference , there is a real difference, believe it or not, where the fur is produced , i can understand is produced, i can understand the ethics of whether you want to wear it or not, but i think lets not go for a total ban. I think less people are wearing fur. That will think less people are wearing fur. That will happen. And i think lets make sure we make the arguments on both sides. If you choose to wear fur and youre satisfied, rightly that that its been produced in a way that its been produced in a way that you can accept , then that you can accept, then i should i believe you should be able to buy it, so you can hear neil there saying a total ban is inappropriate. Sasha what do you make of fur that is already in existence . You know, we talk existence . You know, we talk about a fur coats that are in families or in vintage shops or charity shops. Do you think that they should be banned, or do you think that is sustainable to wear those time and time again . Or or would you say that is ethically wrong . So. Well, theres a few things there. First of all, we should remember that undercover investigations into countries such as denmark, finland, france, poland, the netherlands and sweden have shown exactly the same abuse and mistreatment as weve seen on fur farms in other countries. Animals are other countries. Animals are still living in neglect. Theyre dnven still living in neglect. Theyre driven to insanity by confinement, and theyre killed in the same violent ways. But going on to the point of already existing furs. So the ban would not be something that would ban fur from existing. It would ban commercial businesses from selling it, so it wouldnt be if you have an old fur coat and you wear it, you would face it would be in any kind of trouble. Its not. Its the ban would be about businesses selling , furs. And businesses selling, furs. And when it comes to people already owning fur, we have seen a huge wave of people who, like Queen Camilla, have had a change of heart about that. And so peta operates, a fur Donation Program where people can send their , where people can send their, their fur coats and we get quite a lot of these. And what happens to them is that we donate them to them is that we donate them to homeless people. We give them to homeless people. We give them to homeless people. We give them to animal shelters for bedding. Weve sent them to countries where people face difficulty and hardship, who we believe are the only people who, are justified in wearing fur. Okay, sadly, weve got to leave it there. You too. Its a fascinating discussion, sasha and neil. Thanks very much indeed. Well get in touch with your views on that gb news. Com youn views on that gb news. Com your. So itd be really interested to hear what you have to say on that one. And well share as many as we can throughout the program. But weve got the 747. Time for the papers. Now with writer and podcaster lewis oakley and political commentator lin mei. More turning to you both. Lynn, lets start with the express. Should we and people who are having to cash in their pensions early . This is grim, pensions early . This is grim, actually. Yeah. So as we know, we can now take out 25 of our pensions. But what were seeing people do now is literally almost up to 47,000 taking out of their pension pot , whether of their pension pot, whether thats to help their children get on the property ladder for luxury holidays or just to really help with struggling bills. Now people are saying bills. Now people are saying this is a worrying thing because theres going to be nothing left for them in their later years. Yeah, but my thing is, if you need the money now, are you just going to let it sit there and struggle now or are you going to leave it to later . Very difficult. No, its very difficult. But if you you we all know that you can have a big pension pot in the great scheme of things, and they actually would get your annuity out. It doesnt pay for much. Well, i would suggest obviously im nowhere near that yet, but i would suggest really trying to save as much as possible because as we know, cost of living is off the scales, and state pension is only around 9000 a yean pension is only around 9000 a year, which is absolutely peanuts. I had a bleak conversation with a friend the other day where i was saying, do you really think youre going to retire . Like just, you know, will we be able to see its 66 now . Im early 30s, so by the time i get to 66, what will that age have gone up to . 70. Yeah, 7580. But i dont blame the government for increasing the age. Yeah. Well no, but then so, you know, im, im putting money away for my 80s and i just am i going to get to my 80s . Should i just spend that money now and go on holiday. Yeah, i think thats what a lot of young people are having. The thats the what about now . It might be. But i mean, thats totally fiscally irresponsible, isnt it . Well, but were also being told there arent going to be enough people to pay our pensions anyway. Yeah, thats what we have. Enough people being born in the country that are going to pay them the money were putting into pensions now is being paid out now. Yeah, but so many kids in the future that arent going to exist. Well, we have a state pension. Yeah, but thats your state pension, isnt it . We say, which is not what youre going to live off anyway. Its only 9000 a year now. Its not going to be. Its going to be even less. I do think we all need to definitely think about something other than the state pension. As i said, we all need backup. Yeah you have to be able to. Even if its a small amount from now, you have to put away something. Well, we had a bleak conversation yesterday. I went out for lunch with my mum. I wont say which restaurant we were in, but the waitress was, into her 70s and she came out and she was visibly struggling. And i said to my mum, she shouldnt be working. And then my mum had a conversation with her at the end of the meal, and essentially she was saying she cant survive on a state pension. Its £9,000 a year. Thats why she has to keep working. And shes in her 70s doing, you know, carrying heavy dishes and for many of my generation, you know, and it must be happening up and down the country. So i mean, but the sad thing is the Labour Market dont really they bypass the when, when, when you get to about 65, even though many people look fantastic, feel fantastic physically, mentally amazing, you know, theyd rather employ. And thats where ageism comes into it. Younger people, you didnt order two soups, did you . I didnt know is that your thing to know . Youve got to be old enough to appreciate it. Google it, google it. If you dont know two soups, ill show you. Ill be on youtube somewhere. Oh, dear, look at the telegraph. Lewis, whistleblower doctors. Yeah. I mean, this is an outrageous story. I cant outrageous story. I cant believe were not talking about it more, but nhs managers are destroying the careers of whistleblowers who raised concerns about Patient Safety. Concerns about Patient Safety. So this is more than 50 doctors and nurses that have told the telegraph theyve been targeted after raising concerns of upwards of 170 patient deaths and nearly 700 cases of poor care. And i mean, just to pull out one of the interesting places here, in one case, the nhs has spent more than £4 million on legal action against a single whistleblower. Oh, louis, your mics failed. Oh, louis, your mics failed. Oh, louis, your mics failed. Oh, no. oh, no. Im sorry. Im sorry. Im sorry. Sorry, louis. Sorry, louis. Usually im loud enough that i can carry. No, i know, so weve got to. Weve got to shut you down enough. Weve got to shut you down enough. Oh, no. Enough. Oh, no. I can carry them on if you want me to. Well , ill want me to. Well, ill tell you what, because this is as she was on about going out for fancy lunches yesterday. Okay. Okay. The furthest thing from fancy i whats. Whats this about, ticket touts selling restaurants. Yeah. So what . So what . Whats happened is a new markets being created where essentially a lot of restaurants for you to even get a booking. You have to wait 2 to 3 months. So instead of waiting, what people are doing a bit like, you know, when people buy up all the tickets to a concert and then you have to buy it from somebody else, like a ticket tout for triple the price. This is whats essentially happening with bookings. So what you would do is if youre desperate to go to a fancy restaurant, lets say, for example, in mayfair, you would go to one of these websites where somebody has already booked it and youd have to pay for it via the third party to get the booking. Thats ridiculous. Its ridiculous. And some people are saying it should actually be made illegal because restaurants are saying we do the contract between us and our customer, not this third party. Yeah, no, id make it illegal because its just going to fancy restaurants, inflate. Restaurants, inflate. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. People, these people are just going to buy book tickets they have no intention of ever using. But so is this not is this not devils advocate . Essentially the free market . If you really want it, youre going to pay for it. Yeah. Well yes. Yeah. Well yes. I mean yeah, in its purest form. Form. But i mean but its out of control. It is wrong. You see it with concerts all the time, dont you. And people paying thousands of pounds for tickets on these third party websites. Oh, i hate you. Cant imagine doing it for dinner. Its the reason i cant get a new driving test as well, because every time i try and get a new driving test, the bots have all taken it and theyre selling it for hundreds of pounds more. Really . Really . On. Yeah yeah yeah. On. Yeah yeah yeah. Moving test, driving tests. Moving test, driving tests. You cant you cant try and get a driving test. Get a driving test. Get a driving test. I have been trying to get a driving test for the last seven weeks, and theyre supposed to all be released at 6 am. On a monday. So there i am at sort of 10 to 6 every monday, logging on there like, no, theres nothing here. Theres nothing here. Oh thats crazy. All the delays shouldnt allow that. And apparently its because of bots buying them. Oh thats ridiculous. Oh thats ridiculous. Allegedly , allegedly. Allegedly, allegedly. Allegedly, allegedly. Cover my back there. Cover my back there. All right. Well how long have all right. Well how long have we. Oh weve only got 40s left. What can you tell us about dangerous. Oh, no teenage train drivers. Louis in 30s teenage train driver. So this is great as , young so this is great as, young People Struggle to find industries. So were basically theyre going to drop the recruitment age from 20 to 18 to allow a lot more young, train drivers. And its because, more than 5000 drivers are forecasted to retire in the next five years. So if you thought trains were bad, now theyre going to be terrible in the next five years. So training up the young if youre 18 makes a lot of sense. It might be the way to go and hopefully you dont strike know unless its it quite a well paid job. So there you go lynn lewis. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you indeed. Thank you indeed. Time for the weather. Its aiden. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. We start the day with a lot of cloud, some showery rain as well. But gradually through the day therell be a better chance of some warm sunshine developing. And likewise over the next few days a greater chance of warm sunshine, less of a chance of showers, but certainly across parts of Eastern England into the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland, theres this zone of cloud and outbreaks of on and off rain either side of that. As temperatures rise into the afternoon, some heavy downpours will break out. But in the far south, as well as the far north and northeast, decent spells of sunshine by the afternoon. Cool in the northeast, 15 or 16 celsius with some low cloud hugging the beaches warmer where weve got some sunny spells in the northwest and towards the south. In fact, southern england, as we end the afternoon and go into the evening looking at some lovely sunshine and you can see the marked contrast there across devon and cornwall, sharp showers developing to the north, and this zone of cloud outbreaks of rain through the midlands, as well as wales continuing Northern Ireland heavy showers or thunderstorms and likewise for western scotland, but for central, northern and eastern scotland. Northern and eastern scotland. Thats where well see some clear blue skies and inland out of the breeze. Its going to feel very pleasant in that sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone with those outbreaks of rain across wales in the midlands that will continue through the night. But the rain will tend to ease. It night. But the rain will tend to ease. It will turn more showery. Many places will see a dry night, albeit with a lot of cloud remaining across a central slice of the uk. The best of any clear spells will be down towards the south and southeast, as well as across central and northern scotland. Some mist patches first thing, certainly some low cloud along the north sea coast, but otherwise , as the sea coast, but otherwise, as the day progresses, were going to see the cloud bubble up and break. Well see some sunny spells developing, but once again, some heavy showers will form, especially through wales, the midlands, east anglia , the midlands, east anglia, northwest england and west and scotland. Away from the showers in the sunshine, feeling very pleasant with highs of 23 celsius and a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on san s an immigration top of his agenda. Yes, sir keir starmer in essex today unveiling a six point plan which he hopes is going to convince you to make him the next Prime Minister. Ill bring you the details shortly. Shortly. Europe holds its breath. Slovakian Prime Minister robert fico fights for his life following surgery after being shot in a politically motivated attack. Attack. Hundreds of people in devon, struck down by what they describe as the worst ever illness after a parasite was discovered in the water. Yes, theres a constant stream of traffic here as people arrive to collect their free bottled water after south west water says, whatever you do, do not drink the water. This after scores, if not hundreds of people have fallen very sick indeed. A group of raf cyclists ride to a memorial site in the netherlands in honour of an air crew that were killed during the dambusters raids back in 1943. A great sacrifice , also a great sacrifice, also a great cost on the 81st anniversary of the dambuster raids. Were bringing you a live Memorial Services from the beach here at castricum on zee and in the sport. The fight for the european places in the premier league is getting very interesting. One game left now. Last night Manchester United beat newcastle and chelsea won their fourth in four games away at brighton. Four games away at brighton. Premier league clubs will vote on whether to keep var or possibly dump it, and a member of fifas Ruling Council had to join a meeting via video link because he. Well, why do you think he was . Because he was suffering from piles . No, because he had no reason not to attend a fifa reason. Because apparently he had covid. No, he didnt have covid. Im going to give it one more, fifa. It was a clue. It was a clue. It was a clue. It was a clue. It was dog sitting. Even worse, he wasnt dog sitting. He was refereeing. He was in jail. Was refereeing. He was in jail. He was in he was in jail. He was in jail. Oh, well, yeah , ill have jail. Oh, well, yeah, ill have the full story a little bit later. If youve started the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sunnier weather is on the way. Either later today or the next few days. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on. Breakfast on. Gb news. Yeah, a poll was very excited by that. Yeah, it was very good. I cant wait for a bit more context. I love how your first thought was piled. Well, piles of cash. Clearly. Cash. Clearly thats what i was thinking of. I thought it was dog sitting. I thought it was dog sitting. No, its not funny. So it was in prison. Its all right, donald trump may be running the United States of america from prison at some point. Well, actually, he could. Well, actually, he could. Well, actually, he could. Good. So the set up the oval office in a prison cell, i dont know. But then he could he could pardon himself, couldnt he, if that happens. Yes. Which is what would happen, wouldnt it . Lots of you getting in touch on fir. We had a debate about it earlier after the queen. Queen camilla said shes not going to buy any new real furs. Were asking today, should it be banned entirely . Vanessa frake harris, good morning to you. Says absolutely morning to you. Says absolutely no need for fur wearing in this day and age. Its no need for fur wearing in this day and age. Its a vile practice to wear a dead animal for beauty. The fur belongs to the animal. Yeah , well, but theres yeah, well, but theres someone else. I cant find. It now. Says that were going to start banning leather , jane start banning leather, jane britton says i thought fur was banned. No need for it, so, yeah, i dont know. Jemmy z says either we use a non sustainable product, aka plastic and add to the destruction of the planet , or we destruction of the planet, or we use a biodegradable product like rabbit fur , deerskin leather, rabbit fur, deerskin leather, its a ludicrous idea to appease the vegan crowd. The vegan crowd. Its not just. Its not just. But, he says, discourage the use of fur farmed furs, which im sure lots of people would agree on. Yeah, but its all its all which has been banned in this country because you need it on an industrial scale. Thats a problem. But, is neil paris parish was was talking about i mean, one of the issues comparatively recently was people buying things from, you know, the cheap stuff , and you know, the cheap stuff, and obviously youve got that sort of furry stuff inside synthetic. Of furry stuff inside synthetic. Yeah. But but actually it was turning out to be really tested it rabbit. Some of it was cat. It was all coming in from china , it was all coming in from china, so you never quite know what youre getting anyway. Well you dont. Thats true. Well you dont. Thats true. I wouldnt want to be walking about with some. I dont know, pair of gloves or whatever. Id cat fur inside. Cat fur inside. Oh, but lots of people making the point. What . Theyre going to try and do now, are they going to try and ban Leather Products . Theres no difference between fur or Leather Products. Theres jim brown and alan martin makes the same point. What about leather , i well, i what about leather, i well, i dont know. I dont know enough about it , but dont know. I dont know enough about it, but i dont i dont know why we need to have fur particularly, but no, you wouldnt wear fur. I wouldnt wear fur. I dont like the idea of it, and youre a vegetarian as well, so that makes sense. Yeah, but. Yeah, but. Yeah, but im not vegetarian because i dont agree with eating animals. I dont object to eating animals , i do not. No to eating animals, i do not. No no no no no, i just dont want to do it myself , all right. No to do it myself, all right. No im not im not a person of conscience on eating animals. Im from a farming background, so i dont object to it. I just dont want to do it. I dont know why. I just dont. Helens beenin know why. I just dont. Helens been in touch from portugal that says we cant vote for tric awards from portugal. We awards from portugal. We desperately want to vote. Stephen, you are the tech man. Is there another way, yeah. You is there another way, yeah. You need a vpn. Oh, is that what it is . Virtual private network sukh. So is . Virtual private network sukh. So you if you if you google. Yeah. So it basically you can appear to be in any country you like with the vpn. Its a good way of, good luck with that one. However, hiding your you know, if you want to keep things more secure, thats why people do it, because its technically more secure. But also its things like if youre also its things like if youre a if youre abroad and you want to watch, video players like iplayer and things, but they wont let you access it from outside the uk, then you can put your your ip address in the uk. So it thinks youre in the uk. And when youre not very technical, Virtual Private Network vpns. Helen, look it up and we appreciate the effort for the tric award nominations are not free. They do cost money though. They do cost money though. Yes, just say its a good option. That is a good reminder isnt it . Gb news. Com if you go to our website you can see the tric award nominations. Were up for best news program and best news presenter. If you could vote for us, youd like to vote for us and also very grateful. Best interview as well. Which best interview is Camilla Tominey talking to Alastair StewartAlastair Stewart about his dementia diagnosis . Actually, id like to really see that one. Id really like to see that one as well. What a legend. And then weve got nigel and eamonn up for best news presenter and were up for best news programme. Yes. Yes. So if you could vote for us we would like that very much. Wed be very grateful. Thank you very much. Thank you very much indeed. All right. Lets talk politics. Should we . Because the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will today unveil the six alleged election pledges to the country. Election pledges to the country. Well, they include maintaining economic stability, cutting nhs waiting times, launching a new Border Command. Also setting up Great British energy, cracking down on antisocial behaviour and recruiting 6500 new teachers. Well earlier we spoke to education secretary Gillian Keegan. Its really a very poor, very ill defined and thought, poorly thought through policy and it will impact both the special Educational Needs sector, which were trying to build more places because we know weve got more demand than were keeping up with, and it will really impact that sector as well as independent private schools that parents choose to send their kids to. All right. That was Gillian Keegan talking about labours plans to tax vat on on private education, it wasnt quite clear. So thats what shes talking about. Theres a whole host of issues wrapped up in these six pledges. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent, Katherine Forster whos in westminster for us this morning. Westminster for us this morning. I mean , its all how its i mean, its all how its phrased in a way. These are these the Top Priorities that people are really going to care about come the next election . Catherine well, these are the issues that labour feels it can sell on the doorstep. So yes, there will be other priorities too, that didnt make it into these six pledges. But sir keir starmer has had these five National Missions for months now, but they havent really cut through to people. Theyve been a bit to people. Theyve been a bit woolly, so theyve basically sort of tightened and reframed them, distilled them, if you like, into these , six pledges. Like, into these, six pledges. Now it was five, but theyve added one. This new Border Command, this plan that labour unveiled last friday to crack down on the channel crossings. Down on the channel crossings. But otherwise weve got economic stability. They dont want voters to be worried about voting labour. They want to say, look, were going to be very careful with the economy. I have to say, whoevers in power after the next election, there is not much money floating around cutting nhs waiting times. Of course, thats one of rishi sunaks two, not having much luck at that at the moment, is he . More teachers this Great British energy, a nationalised energy company, because of course, weve found our Energy Security wanting following the invasion. Russia invasion of ukraine. So, sir keir starmer will be in essex today where labour dont have a single seat. He will be making a speech later this morning, along with Rachel Reeves and angela rayner. Hell be giving a sit down interview to our political editor, chris hope, which well be able to see later on today. And theyve got a pledge card which will be popping up a pledge card which will be popping up on billboards. So if you live in a target seat like doncaster or swindon or stoke, youre going to probably see these in the coming weeks, my first steps for change with a picture of keir starmer. First steps for change with a picture of keir starmer. No jacket sleeves rolled up, looking ready for business. Labour hopes, that this is going to begin to convince people that they are the right choice. After they are the right choice. After the next election. Of course, theyre 20 points ahead in the polls , but theres been a lot of polls, but theres been a lot of criticism that, you know, a lot of people dont really know what labour stand for. Theyre beginning to flesh it out, still a lot of Unanswered Questions , though. Okay. Katherine forster, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. The Animal Rights group peta has revealed that the queen has pledged to buy no more fur products. But the International Fur federation has said that royals shouldnt be put under pressure from animal activists. The queen, following in the footsteps of the late queen, she switched to faux fur back in 2019, apparently. Well, were now joined by royal historian and columnist martin whittock. Very good to see you this morning, martin. What do you make of this . Well, in many ways, this is consistent with the very strong environmental principles associated with the king. So, for example , the oil used for for example, the oil used for anointing the king is coronation was animal free for the first time ever. The coronation role. Time ever. The coronation role. Thats the handwritten record of the coronation recently presented to the king and queen, was produced on paper, not on parchment that would have been from animal skin. The palace has not served foie gras made from duck or goose liver since 2008, a move strongly supported by charles when he was then prince of wales. And as youve alluded of wales. And as youve alluded to, the late Queen Elizabeth ii set a precedent when she switched to faux fur for her new outfit from 2019. So there is a background here. Going back some years of the palace moving in this direction, and it certainly does seem to be in line with both the principles and if you like the mood music, of the king and with in the past there were duchy products, for example , and duchy products, for example, and the kind of Environmental Concerns that he has become closely associated with. So in many ways, its not really surprising. Although the letter written to peter declaring the queen will not procure any new fur garments, and this comes with the queens warmest wishes, certainly seems to suggest a Significant Movement acceleration of the process. Its interesting, though, that the International Fur federation is saying its not right. They dont they dont criticise the queen, but they do say its not right for the royal family to be pressured by these activist groups to be fair, it doesnt appear as though any pressure has been levied. Pressure has been levied. I think not in this particular case, because i think in many ways the palace is moving in step with a lot of pubuc moving in step with a lot of public opinion. In 2020, there was a yougov poll that suggested that 93 of the British Population reject wearing real fur, 72 support a complete ban on the sale of fur in the uk, and in addition, 83 had never worn fur, another 10 have worn fur in the past but no longer do so, and only 3 currently wear real animal fur. So although there has been some pressure on there has been some pressure on the palace, for example , in the palace, for example, in 2017, camilla switched to fake fur hats after receiving criticism for wearing a russian style real fur hat to the Sandringham Christmas day services. So there has been pressure. But on the other hand, i think this is very much coming from the values of the palace and from the king and queen. So its not to say there hasnt been arguments, you know, for them to do this, but i think in some ways its been pushing at an open door because i think the palace, and certainly the king and queen are this way inclined and queen are this way inclined and the king has been for many, many years. Many years. Martin wittich, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Yeah. Yeah. Let us know what you think about that. I have to say, the majority of you getting in touch on gbnews. Com yoursay this morning have agreed with with what the queen is doing and saying theres no need to wear fur. Some of you disagree. Some of you say, well, its no worse than leather or i dont know, the ins and outs about how these Different Things are produced, i do wonder if theres any need for it in this day and age. Raises the question about bear skins, though. Does it . Does it does does it open the door to. Yeah, maybe bear conversation. Maybe bearskins need to go. Maybe that will be the next thing well do. Let us know what you think. Gbnews. Com yoursay. Now theres a real problem for People Living in the south west of england. Supplied by south west water, theres something wrong with the tap water. Its been going on for a few days and it is making people really ill. Yes, those people are being urged to boil their water to kill off a parasite which has left hundreds of people with diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pains. Lets get up to date with jeff moody, whos in one of the towns affected for us this morning. Jeff, whats the latest . 7 good . Good morning. 7 good morning. Well, im here at one of the car parks just outside brixham in south devon, where theres been a constant stream of cars arriving throughout the morning to receive their bottled water. If you have a look at the cars have been arriving, nose to tail, really. And theyre collecting around four bottles each. Each, around four bottles each. Each, this first started around 12 days ago when one person complained and then within a few days of that, loads and loads and loads scores of people became very sick indeed. The symptoms are extreme, diarrhoea followed by very, very severe stomach cramps. Some people saying that its comparable to childbirth. Thats how severe it is. Well, initially south west water said look, its nothing to do with us. Its nothing to do with the water. Carry on. Drinking the water is usual. But then yesterday at around 1 pm, south west water did a huge u turn and they said no, we have found a parasite called cryptosporidium. We found that cryptosporidium. We found that in the water. Please do not under any, any circumstances dnnk under any, any circumstances drink the water from the taps unless it has been boiled. Dont clean your teeth with it either. Dont wash with it to , very dont wash with it to, very clear instructions, but theres a lot of anger amongst the locals here in brixham that it took them so long to diagnose this. It took them so long to acknowledge that it was their problem. South west water has offered people £15 compensation, but people are saying, look, weve spent more than that on bottled water and on toilet rolls, so we really dont see that. Thats a particularly valuable. People are, as i say, very concerned about it and very angry now. So far, theres been 70 confirmed cases. Now theres only 16,000 people that live in brixham. It does affect some of the villages and towns around nearby , but brixham is the main nearby, but brixham is the main source of this. Only 16,000 people here. Some people have been saying that there is an illness in virtually every family in the town. Nearly every family in the town. Nearly every family is suffering and its not. And its spread right across the age gap. Two children are affected just as much as the elderly. People are saying, well, you know, how can this disease be so strong that even little children, are suffering and even they are bedridden with this extreme diarrhoea and these terrible stomach cramps. So terrible stomach cramps. So a lot of bad feeling here, a lot of anger towards southwest water. Theyre bringing in other Water Companies. Water. Theyre bringing in other Water Companies. A van from Water Companies. A van from Bournemouth Water has just arrived to try and help out, to dish out all of this water, and we wait and see what the verdict is. We wait and see how quickly it is before they can get this under control. But in the meantime, people are very sick indeed. Okay, jeff, thanks very much indeed. I okay, jeff, thanks very much indeed. I just think its grim. You cant imagine , can you . You cant imagine, can you . I mean, as jeff says, families are affected. Children the elderly. Yeah. How you everybody is affected by this , how you deal affected by this, how you deal with the elderly and children in all of that. All of that. And even washington is are you safe to wash with . Apparently would you want to risk it . She would. Children. She would. Children. I wouldnt want a bath in that or a shower in that because it gets in your mouth and your eyesit it gets in your mouth and your eyes it that affect you. I dont know, it just puts you right off, doesnt it . Well, it does, and you can imagine that the sense of anger amongst those people as well, you can see behind jeff there driving and queuing up for, for water you can drink brush your teeth with shouldnt be happening in 2024 should it . No. I wonder whats whats gone wrong and why its taken so long to detect it. Its because just goes to show how much we do trust Water Companies though, with we just take it for granted that the water that comes out of our taps is safe. Well, it shouldnt be a big ask. Should it shouldnt have safe Drinking Water, should it . Yeah. Anyway, let us know what you think about that story and if youve been affected, please do get in touch with us this morning. Gbnews. Com slash your say. But for now lets have a look at the weather with aidan mcgivern. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. We start the day with a lot of cloud, some showery rain as well, but gradually through the day therell be a better chance of some warm sunshine developing. And likewise over the next few days, a greater chance of warm sunshine, less of a chance of showers, but certainly across parts of Eastern England into the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland , england, southern scotland, theres this zone of cloud and outbreaks of on and off rain either side of that. As temperatures rise into the afternoon, some heavy downpours will break out. But in the far south, as well as the far north and northeast, decent spells of sunshine by the afternoon. Cool in the northeast, 15 or 16 celsius, with some low cloud hugging. The beaches warmer where weve got some sunny spells in the northwest and towards the south. In fact , towards the south. In fact, southern england. As we end the afternoon and go into the evening looking at some lovely sunshine and you can see the marked contrast there across devon and cornwall, sharp showers developing to the north, and this zone of cloud and outbreaks of rain through the midlands as well as wales continuing Northern Ireland heavy showers or thunderstorms and likewise for western scotland, but for central, northern and eastern scotland. Thats where well see some clear blue skies and inland out of the breeze. Its going to feel very pleasant in that sunshine. Now the cloudy zone with those outbreaks of rain across wales, in the midlands that will continue through the night, but the rain will tend to ease it will turn more showery. Many places will see a dry night, albeit with a lot of cloud remaining across a central slice of the uk. The best of any clear spells will be down towards the south and southeast, as well as across central and northern scotland. Some mist patches first thing, certainly some low cloud along the north sea coast, but otherwise , as the sea coast, but otherwise, as the day progresses, were going to see the cloud bubble up and break. Well see some sunny spells developing, but once again, some heavy showers will form, especially through wales, the midlands, east anglia, northwest england and west and scotland away from the showers in the sunshine, feeling very pleasant with highs of 23 celsius. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Now some good news for you this morning. Theres still plenty of time to win our biggest cash prize so far in the Great British giveaway. Its a whopping £20,000 imagine having that in your bank account this summer, but youve got to be in the draw for a chance to win it. And heres how. Dont miss your chance to win our biggest cash prize so far a totally terrific £20,000 in tax free cash to make your summer spectacular. 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Were going to be marking the 81st anniversary of the dambusters raid i 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 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. Election. Channel. Right. Loads of you getting in touch this morning, jinney says of course. Fur clothes should be banned. This after her majesty the queen says shes not going to buy any more fur, unless its a by product of meat, in specific circumstances. As you said, real fur from cats, rabbits and raccoon dogs is now cheaperin rabbits and raccoon dogs is now cheaper in china than faux fur and finds its way into bobble hats and gloves. People are buying it. Unwittingly. A ban is needed, leather is different, she says. Its a by product of the meat industry. So there you the meat industry. So there you go. Well, do keep your views coming in on fur gb news. Com your say. Weve also been talking about the dambusters this morning because it is the 81st anniversary of the dambusters raid. Linda smith has beenin dambusters raid. Linda smith has been in touch. I was talking about the blue plaques on houses and i went for a walk around here actually last week, and one of the pilots of the dambusters raids lived in a house very close to here, and theres a blue plaque there that commemorates him. Rightly so. Lindas been in touch saying eric coates, the composer of the dambusters music, lived in hucknall in nottingham. And hucknall in nottingham. And there is one of those blue plaques on the house where he lived as well. So its lovely, lived as well. So its lovely, isnt it, that those men are being commended . Yeah i remembered in that way, because then you walk past, you see that blue sign and you talk about them. Yeah. Yeah. Which is what it should be about anyway. Its all being commemorated because a team of raf cyclists have been riding 300 miles from their base at raf digby in lincolnshire to a war memorial in the netherlands, marking the place that one of the crews, one of the dambuster crews, dinghy young and where they perished just moments from safety. Safety. Well, lets speak to our reporter, will hollis, who is in the netherlands for us now. Very good morning to you, will. It is so important, isnt it, to remember these brave men to remember these brave men to remember them and to honour them . 7 yes. 7 yes. Well, 7 yes. Well, in 7 yes. Well, in the dambusters raid , 53 men gave their lives. Raid, 53 men gave their lives. Seven of them were from dinghy youngs crew. Their bodies washed ashore here at castricum on zee. After they successfully breached the mirna dam. But they were shot down Just Moments Away from safety. And its that crew in particular, the particular that the raf cyclists from raf digby are remembering. Theyve fidden digby are remembering. Theyve ridden 300 miles all the way to the beach here from lincoln. And two of the people that did that ride were leila and maggie. Leila, why did you want to get involved in this gruelling task for the raf, i wanted to challenge myself. Ive never challenge myself. Ive never cycled before and i knew it would be an amazing experience , would be an amazing experience, and it definitely felt very rewarding arriving here yesterday. Yeah how was it . Gruelling, a real challenge for somebody thats never really cycled before. 300 miles. Yeah , definitely very yeah, definitely very challenging. Hard work, but doing it all together as a team, it was an incredible experience. Maggie what about you . How was this challenge for you . As you said, it was, definitely a journey for leila and i because weve never cycled before. So we had to overcome before. So we had to overcome quite a lot of challenges. My bike broke on the last day, but we really enjoyed ourselves and were really honoured to be here. The youngest person from dinghy youngs crew was just 20 years old. Thats a similar age to you too. Why are you honounng to you too. Why are you honouring these men in this way . 81 years away from their sacrifice . Yeah. So im the same age as Sergeant Gordon yeo and. And it feels an honour to be here representing them. The last four representing them. The last four days have been really challenging, but its nothing on what they sacrificed. Theres a large team thats been led by Wing Commander neil howlett, the station commander of raf digby in lincolnshire, why are we doing this . 81 years on from the dambuster raids . So the heritage of 617 squadron is probably the most iconic squadron in our. And the raid themselves was a historic. So having that opportunity to take part in this story , when we take part in this story, when we see the lancaster fly back in the uk skies, you know that is a significant moment. Every member of this crew now will have had that personal connection and being able to take part in this. Meet some of the crews relatives as well, what a proud, humbling experience. Its going to be. Theres a Memorial Service planned for later. Theres a Memorial Service planned for later. Theres going planned for later. Theres going to be local dignitaries, as well as from the International Bomber command centre, which is part of the ride. Represent the 58,000 or so men of Bomber Command who gave their lives during the Second World War. Just describe that sheer sacrifice from across the veterans and armed forces that gave their lives, but particularly this seven that were remembering today. Yeah. When they were selected, not knowing what they were being selected for, to then go through some really intense training to fly at 60ft and being shot at in the middle of the night to take on some new technology, new for them , never technology, new for them, never been done or seen before, and to achieve what they achieved. I mean, how remarkable is that . Unfortunately, they thought they were home free dinghy and his and his crew. And then literally just to the south of here, the last gun battery opens up and they reported seeing the aircraft go down in the early hours of the morning of the 17th. And this is where they came. So shortly after this, well be going to the cemetery where the graves are and to pay our personal respects to them. And i say its really important that we keep this story alive as time marches on. And the veterans, sadly, are no longer with us. I think its really important for us as as aviators and for those that come after us to keep talking about them and keep remembering exactly what they did for our country. It was they did for our country. It was the ultimate sacrifice. The scale of what they did is incomparable for cycling 300 miles, but it is such a gruelling challenge. How do you think you and the rest of the team will feel, but also doing it for such an emotional reason . When youre at the memorial later remembering those seven people from dinghies crew . Yeah, i mean , when this first yeah, i mean, when this first became an idea and i literally asked for volunteers, i didnt know if i was going to get anyone or if it would just be myself, but i was really proud to see so many people come forward, and most of them are novices and so every one of us have been on that special individual journey and i think when we get to meet the families, when we get to see the graves, i think thats going to be a very special, time probably quite emotional, i would imagine, but, you know, thats what the men and women of the Royal Air Force are all about. They look for challenges. They really enjoy a challenge. Its kind of what makes us unique, and whether were at home abroad on operations is, this is just the kind of men and women that we attract to serve. And im incredibly proud to stand alongside them. A very special memory and a very special moment marking a key part of british history. Thank you so much, Wing Commander neil hallett, as well as leila and maggie, another special part of the Service Today is going to be a flyover from the dutch air force. Okay, will, thank you very much indeed. And it is good to much indeed. And it is good to particularly i think, that see those those two young people. Yeah. And because its, its youve got to appreciate actually that everyone in the armed forces, as much as you commemorate those whove lost their lives, were asking them to potentially do the same thing. Were asking them to potentially sacrifice everything for us, and its got to be got to be remembered. And as you were saying, those in the armed forces, they have so much respect, dont they . For those who well, who paid the ultimate sacrifice, and to those who went ahead of them. And its so lovely to see that next generation paying tribute and remembering because it is so important to remember loads of youre getting in touch on that this morning. So do keep keep those thoughts coming in. Okay. Paul coyte is going to be here with all i now, you may have noticed we had a very special interview earlier, didnt we . With the first deaf member of the knesset, the knesset. And tony knesset, the knesset. And tony ramsgill has been in touch. Just saying. I just wanted to say how much i really enjoyed that interview with the israeli ambassador this morning. I dont believe ive ever seen an interview with a deaf person where the person is signing and the interpreter is out of sight. The interpreter is out of sight. It would have been very easy for ellie and steven to look at her and not the ambassador. Not only was it a very important issue, but yes, i also think she made the point that people have been very quick to forget the atrocities of october the 7th. Thank you, sir tony. No. Well, it was you know, it was. I think its important when significant that she was the first deaf member of the knesset. And obviously that poses its own challenges. I think when youve got someone like that coming in, the fact that they happen to be deaf or in a wheelchair or whatever, you know, whatever it might be, you just ignore it. No, you just ignore it. You know, its her views are important. Its important to do an interview like you would with anybody else. The fact that we have to use an interpreter is sort of beside the point, isnt it . Yeah. It is, yeah. And just to keep and she was very nice to interpreter but they were both and they werent so well as a team. Yes. It was very good to hear her, her opinions. So im glad you appreciated it as well tony. Right. Right. We have support now to someone whose views are unimportant. Is that what youre going to go to . I knew you were going to go to . I knew you were going to go to . I knew you were going to say that. Equally important, Manchester United three, newcastle two. Two. Two. Very good, never know what youre going to get with Manchester United. Same as newcastle as well, to be honest with you. Newcastle you know when they got bought didnt they. And it was the saudi, saudi fund bought them and it looked like they were going to be the richest Football Team in the world. The fans are thinking this is it. Were going to be Champions League. So they made it to the Champions League last yeah it to the Champions League last year. This year not so. So you know its with profit and sustainability rules. It all makes a difference without making it all boring. But you cant just you may have a load of money to spend, but in football you cant just spend it willy nilly. No, money cant buy. You love, paul. Thats a very good point. Thats a very good point. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, actually, no, i think money can actually, no, i think money can actually actually can. So, so theres an upturn again for Manchester United. Never know where they stand. And we dont know what erik ten hag is going to do. Well its not his choice. Its not his choice. We think hes going to go. Hes going to have to. You think so end of the season. Yeah. He gave you a little speech on the pitch as well because afterwards at the end of always every home game or always at the last home game, i should say of the season you get the team will walk around. Every team does that. And then he says a few words. So everybodys looking. Is he going to say goodbye . Does he mean anything by that . He wants to stay. But is he going to . We just dont know. No, we will have to see. Although they did cancel their their end of season dinner that they did. Yes. Yes. Did you see that. Yeah. Did you see that. Yeah. I think you told us that. Oh did i, how did you know that. Who told you. You did. Oh yes. Yeah the end of season dinner, but it doesnt sit because the women won the fa cup final, the womens fa cup final, and they beat spurs on sunday. So it should be celebrating. But theyre thinking, oh, maybe the way the seasons gone for us, and especially with the leaky roof, maybe well save save the penny. Save it till next year. Yeah chelsea. Yeah chelsea. They beat brighton. They beat brighton. They beat brighton. They did. Theres another team thats doing very well chelsea. Theyve won 4 in 4 Mauricio Pochettino. My old friend maurizio. Hes going to be fine i think. I think your questions over him wasnt there not long ago. You know what . You know what . Quite a few years ago. And im not going to drop a name. Actually, i am kyle walker. I was talking to kyle walker when kyle walker was playing for spurs and kyle walker said, and it wasnt working out. When Mauricio Pochettino came in and he said, you know what . We just cant quite get get what he means, what he wants us to do. But then all of a sudden it clicks and that seems to have been the case at chelsea, and i think it just takes a while for everybody to buy into what he does. And the thing is, these days you cant really give anybody time in football, but if they give him time, i think chelsea will be absolutely fine. Shall we talk fifa and a big fifa meeting where someone just had to dial in on zoom . Yeah, this is interesting. Well, i did mention this, this corruption problems, as we know over the years with fifa one, the two only one. Well, 1012 100, 120, fifa permitted a Ruling Council member to join that. Theres the fifa flag. We dont have a picture of him or where he was, but theres the fifa flag, via video link as he couldnt make it in person. His name is mamadou toure. He is the name is mamadou toure. He is the mali member, and he couldnt join the meeting because he was in jail , what does that say for . In jail, what does that say for . For allegedly for because hes awaiting trial. He is awaiting trial. He is awaiting trial for corruption, so the thing is , embezzling so the thing is, embezzling pubuc so the thing is, embezzling public funds. They thought he was at a in a clinic. I dont know whether. How many clinics have, like, hiked the bars. Yes youre in a clinic. Why are you wearing the orange jumpsuit . Its its like. Oh, no, thats what they wear here. So anyway , what they wear here. So anyway, anyway, so its not a good look for fifa, is it . When someone is actually behind bars and hes part of the Ruling Council, not so good. So i think theyre denying the fact that they knew where he was. Where he was. And honestly, were out of time. Oh, were out of time. I wanted to ask about we just got going, quite frankly. We got the well do the boxing tomorrow, because well have a good boxing guest for you tomorrow. And fury is on crutches, so ive got questions. We can talk about it tomorrow. Hes on crutches, fury. Is he . I think it was all a publicity stunt. Oh, i should think thats my theory, but i should think so. I dont think i think hell be fine for the fight on saturday. Yes. Hope so. Well talk about the money. Think of the money. Think of the money. All right, paul, were going through the papers now. A podcaster , lewis papers now. A podcaster, lewis oakley and political commentator lin mei. Very good to see you both this morning. Im going to mix things up a bit this morning. Lewis were going to start from the bottom of our list here because its caught my eye. The list here because its caught my eye. The headline is drive like a woman. Now me and my other half, he does all the driving. But im definitely the safer driver because i drive very, very slow, very forceful. Youve always told me youre a terrible driver. No, but i think im safer. Im terrible, but safer. Safer. Im terrible, but safer. Safer. I definitely. I definitely. How are you . Terrible. Why do you think youre terrible . Because im nervous. Because im nervous. How long makes me. How long have you been driving . Ten years. Still 11 years . Yeah. People say, ellie, when do you pass your test . I was like, 11 years ago. Isnt going too slow. Like, also dangerous i got yeah, i got ive never had a crash hesitancy they call it. Yeah, well maybe but anyway, so were being told to drive like women because were safer. Yeah. Which i already knew in france, where 84 of fatal road accidents are the fault of men. Oh, so thats that would be confidence, i think. Well, yeah, apparently there are slightly more aggressive. Oh oh, is that the fact there are more male drivers . Perhaps i dont know, looking for i dont know the demographic of the, of the french drivers, but. Yeah, i mean, its the same in this country though i think especially, you know, trying to get insured as a young male driver. Yeah. You hardly get you get you hardly. If you, if youre lucky enough to get driving lessons, i dont know, not as many. Are you a good driver . Are you a good driver . I think im a good driver. And what makes you good, confident. Oh, so it is. Yeah. And im quite good at the manoeuvres. Im like a textbook dnven manoeuvres. Im like a textbook driver, because i have to be. Because im trying to pass my tests. And it really irritates me when i see all these people that cant drive, that have got their driving license, but they can drive like me, but they cant. You mean me . You mean me . Ive seen them. They cant drive. Yeah i can. Are you a good driver . Yeah, yeah, i bet you are, i think, but i think youll be calm. That sounds really cocky, doesnt it . Yeah, but ive been driving. Im. How old am i . Ive been driving for 33 years and i do a lot of miles. He does do a lot of miles. He does do a lot of miles. I do sort of. Do you drive a manual 70,000 miles a year or an automatic . Miles a year or an automatic . Automatic now. Oh. So you its a lazy. Its easy. Its easy. Its easy. Its much easier. Its much easier driving arade dam, lynn, lets have a look at the stars. Should we, miss Great Britain finalist. I thought they had limits on these sort of things. Is 62. Dont be mean. No, its not mean. But i thought you had to be, you know, between the ages of to be a finalist for these competitions. Yeah. I thought you had to kind of be. No, im going to be even more mean, so ill shut up. But i actually really like this story. Because when you think of pageants and beauty queens and people that represent countries for these sorts of things, miss universe, you have this stereotypical , lets say, stereotypical, lets say, i dont know, early to mid 20s, looks a bit like you really leggy blonde or really smart hair brunette , you know, and hair brunette, you know, and this lady at 62, shes got into the finalist to be the next miss gb. Well good on her, good on her. And she wants to do it in the name of her late mother who died of cancer. And she thought why not. Yeah. So if youre out there and youre thinking of entering a beauty pageant, go for it. Doesnt matter about your age. Never too old. Never too old. Good for her. No, im actually all for beauty pageants. But are they . This was going to be my question, because ive. Ive. Ive judged a number of them. Ive judged miss gibraltar twice. Ive ive judged mister england and ive judged miss england and ive judged miss england. And actually, the england. And actually, the contestants are strong enough. Contestants are strong enough. Pendant clever, you know, its not. They do a lot of charity work. This idea of being. Oh, theyre just some bimbos , that is. Do they change . That was going to be because im so tired of. And what would you like to do . Id like world peace. Its like, yeah, its not like that. No. No. But i was going to ask, can you call them beauty pageants anymore . Because its arguably about more than beauty. Yeah, it is about what they stand for. How they infuse world could be inner beauty. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, i remember in one, in the miss gibraltar on the first one i did, one of the contestants, she didnt win, but she came very close. She shed had an operation as a child, and she had a big scar down the down her middle. I dont know what shed had, but there was a swimwear competition in gibraltar. You dont have that in england, but it was like showing all that. And its just like, its not a its not about just being beautiful. Yeah. Its about its about being in that case, a good gibraltarian. It was great. It was really empowering actually. Are you going to be doing any more . Im not booked for in any more. Oh okay. Oh okay. Side hustle. Thatll be fun. Side hustle. Thatll be fun. Your side hustle as a judge, you dont get paid. What do you think . Oh, does do you think, well, would gb news ever do calendars, a gb news calendar . Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Have you ever made one for us . Actually. Really . Yeah. I wasnt i didnt feature, unfortunately, but i think you did. I think i did. Did you i think you did. I do it, it was all hand hand drawn. It was very good. It was very good. Im not going to do swimwear though. Well i was going to say is it a saucy calendar or is it just like a normal calendar basically. Oh right. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Its very good. Its very good. Anyway, where are we going from here . Thats thrown me off me, what have we got . Dangerous cyclist. Are we going do cyclists . Are we going do cyclists . Yeah. Yeah. All right, so cyclists who kill to face life sentences like dangerous drivers. Now, if youre like me, you read this and thought, well, if you kill someone, of course you you you go to jail for that, but there is a slight difference in the law. And basically, you know, cyclists. And there was a big case, last week, i believe, where, a cyclist was going above what, the speed limit for the car would have been and hit someone. And it was kind of seen as like, oh, well, you cyclists dont have to adhere to the to the speed limit. So they are addressing that. And i think that this is i think that this is the right thing to do, to be honest, because some cyclists, some are out of control, especially on the streets of london, i mean, the way that they just kind of see red lights and zebra crossings, people who ignore red lights are optional for cyclists. Yeah. I mean, drives me mad. Yeah. I mean, drives me mad. The other day, we were crossing on a zebra crossing, and i had the two kids in our pram and the van stopped, and then a cyclist came just shooting out from behind it and literally missing the kids by about a metre. And youre just thinking, come on. So, i mean, i would go a lot further than this. I think if you see a cyclist that breaks the rules like this, the police should just take the bike, really take the bike, be registered if you can go over 20 miles an hour, why shouldnt you be known to drive a bike . Why not . Why not . Look, cycling is brilliant, but you just have to. You have to obey the rules. The rules . The rules . Yeah. Yeah. Do you think youd have to pass a driving test or like a cycling test . Yeah. Well, cycling proficiency. Yeah. Isnt it . Do you think everyone should have to have passed that. Yeah. Because some of them dont know. Sometimes i see them try to signal and theyre signalling all over the place or on their phones. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah i failed my cycling proficiency. Did you . Sadly. Did you . Sadly. What did they fail you on . What did they fail you on . Because i stuck my left arm out and went right. Oh, that was the only class in the entire school who failed. But the only people in the entire school who failed. This is why we need it. We need it. I was really not roadworthy. You could have hurt someone. You could have hurt someone. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. So there you go. As a result, im terrified of cycling. Well, lewis oakley and lin mei. Very good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Had a lovely view in. Let me see if i can find it now from mick boon, who says, my wife is 65 and is the most beautiful woman on the planet. Lovely. Lovely. That is how it should be. That is how it should be. Thats love, isnt it . Thats love, isnt it . Oh, he is lovely. Oh, he is lovely. Should we have a look at the weather . Lets. I hope thats lovely too. Aidans got the. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. We start the day with a lot of cloud, some showery rain as well. But gradually through the day therell be a better chance of some warm sunshine developing. And likewise over the next few days, a greater chance of warm sunshine, less of a chance of showers, but certainly across parts of Eastern England into the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland, theres this zone of cloud and outbreaks of on and off rain, either side of that. As temperatures rise into the afternoon, some heavy downpours will break out. But in the far south, as well as the far north and northeast, decent spells of sunshine by the afternoon, cool in the northeast at 15 or 16 celsius, with some low cloud hugging the beaches warmer where weve got some sunny spells in the northwest and towards the south. In fact, southern england, as we end the afternoon and go into the evening looking at some lovely sunshine and you can see the marked contrast there across devon and cornwall, sharp showers developing to the north, and this zone of cloud outbreaks of rain through the midlands, as well as wales continuing Northern Ireland heavy showers or thunderstorms and likewise for western scotland, but for central, northern and eastern scotland. Northern and eastern scotland. Thats where well see some clear blue skies and inland out of the breeze. Its going to feel very pleasant in that sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone with those outbreaks of rain across wales, in the midlands that will continue through the night. But the rain will tend to ease. It night. But the rain will tend to ease. It will turn more showery. Many places will see a dry night, albeit with a lot of cloud remaining across a central slice of the uk. The best of any clear spells will be down towards the south and southeast, as well as across central and northern scotland. Some mist patches first thing, certainly some low cloud along the north sea coast, but otherwise, as the day progresses , were going to day progresses, were going to see the cloud bubble up and break. Well see some sunny spells developing, but once again, some heavy showers will form, especially through wales, the midlands, east anglia, northwest england and west and scotland away from the showers in the Sunshine Feeling very pleasant with highs of 23 celsius. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning to you. Its 9 00 on thursday, the 16th of may. Today, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is set to reveal his six point plan that he hopes will bring him to power. The economy , nhs and power. The economy, nhs and immigration. Top of his agenda. Immigration. Top of his agenda. Yes, sir keir starmer is in essex today. Hell be making a big speech later. And with these big speech later. And with these six pledges hes hoping that you will make him the next Prime Minister. Ill bring you the details shortly. Details shortly. The slovakian Prime Minister, robert fico, fights for his life following surgery after being shot in a politically motivated attack. Attack. Hundreds of people in devon, struck down by what they describe as the worst illness ever after a parasite was discovered in the water. Yes, cars are still arriving to get their free bottled water, but theres much anger amongst residents that south west water ignored when they were told that there was a problem with the water. More of that. In short, in a few minutes a group of raf cyclists ride to a memorial site in the netherlands in honour of the air crew that were killed dunng the air crew that were killed during the dambusters raid. Back in 1943. Back in 1943. A great success, yes, but at a great cost. Today were live on the beach at castricum on zee in the netherlands. Remembering one fallen aircrew from the dambusters. Dambusters. If youve started the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sunnier weather is on the way either later today or the way either later today or the next few days. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on. And this is breakfast on. Gb news. Loads of you getting in touch on cyclists this morning. It was. Cover it in the papers, it claims that in one of the papers that there are pushes now for cyclists to sort of, be forced to adhere to the law a bit more. Weve all seen it, bit more. Weve all seen it, havent we . Cyclists go through red lights and over zebra crossings when people are on them and all that sort of thing, and in some cases, deaths have occurred , which is the key issue occurred, which is the key issue with this, but loads of you getting in touch saying why dont cyclists just have to obey the law, whether its speed limits , traffic signals, all the limits, traffic signals, all the rest of it . I just dont know if you can enforce it without number plates or something of that nature. Well, rodney bennetts been in touch saying its way past time now for cyclists to be registered. They need to pay road tax, they need to be insured, and they need to take a proficiency test. Yeah. Its not a bad idea, is it . Its not a bad idea. It really isnt. Especially with so many on the roads. Now what a good way to make a bit of money as well. So were short on money arent we. Councils as well. Councils as well. Yeah. See insurance would be an issue, but you know, because thats out of our hands. Its all private companies, isnt it . But, you know, but having a sort of road tax or all the rest of it wouldnt have to be a lot. Five for a year or Something Like that. But just Something Like that. But just something , but a number, plates something, but a number, plates and all that. I just sort of think how you what about a qr code on a bike . Oh, well, thats very techie , oh, well, thats very techie, isnt it . Yeah, but that way its only small. But it would be you have your own qr code, so you could be sort of tracked. And its just one of those things i would think. But anyway, keep your thoughts coming through gb news. Com your. So yes. Would you love to hear from you now, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will today unveil his six election pledges to the country. Yes, they include maintaining economic stability , maintaining economic stability, cutting nhs waiting times, launching a new Border Command, setting up Great British energy, cracking down on antisocial behaviour and recruiting 6500 new teachers. Earlier we spoke to the. Earlier we spoke to the. Education secretary, Gillian Keegan. Its really a very poor, very ill defined and thought, poorly thought through policy and it will impact both the special Educational Needs sector, which were trying to build more places because we know weve got more demand than were keeping up with, and it will really impact that sector as well as independent private schools that parents choose to send their kids to. Kids to. Well, lets talk to labours National Campaign coordinator , National Campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden, who joins us now. Good to see you as always. Are these pledges a little bit lacklustre for pat . I mean theyre not saying anything. Theyre not saying anything. Particularly strong are they. Or particularly new to. Oh i think theyll make a real difference to peoples lives. If youre someone whos got a mortgage. Or maybe he hopes to have one in the future, then knowing that, a Labour Government will have economic stability vie, its first priority. And Economic Growth is really important to you , and it really important to you, and it shows that we dont want to have a repeat of the disastrous mini budget that happened a couple of years ago. If youre couple of years ago. If youre someone waiting for nhs treatment , where the waiting treatment, where the waiting lists are, you know, nudging 8 million, knowing that youll get 40,000 extra appointments every week to eat into those waiting times and waiting lists that will make a real difference to you, to. If you, are concerned you, to. If you, are concerned about your energy bill, knowing that were going to set up a publicly owned energy company, gb energy, to drive the change that we need, get bills down in the longer term and improve our Energy Security. That will make a difference to you, too. So taking together these six first steps that were launching today, they really are change worth having that will make a real difference to peoples lives. And theyre just a down payment on change. Theyre not everything that we do, but were publishing them today to give the public a sense of the priorities of labour were we to win the general election . Look, youre in essex today, which is a real tory heartland. Not a single labour mp in that county. And this is part of these pages, isnt it, wanting to appeal to those who have voted tory, recently . So what would you say then to criticism that these pledges, especially on the economy, nhs and immigration. Well, theyre almost identical to rishi sunak pledges. Youre just offering voters soft tory. Well, id say two things. One, hes not delivering. I dont think the tories have made a priority of stable economics. In fact, theyve done the opposite. They gave us reckless, irresponsible economics. I dont think theyve made a priority of cutting nhs waiting times, because those waiting times, unless have gone up and so on and so forth. But in the broader sense, if youre asking me why are we doing this in essex today, its a matter of basic arithmetic that if youre going to, win a general election off the back of a very bad defeat a few years ago , you have to few years ago, you have to appeal to people who havent been voting for you in recent elections. Theres no other path to victory. You cant just appeal to the people who always voted for you. What were saying to those people today is this is a changed labour party with a good set of first steps here that will show you the voters the priorities. Because if you the priorities. Because if you vote labour at the next election, they wont be the only things that well do, but theyll be a good foundation. And if we do them, we can push on and make more progress for the country. Some of the i mean, there might be perfectly valid points, but people are going to look back at this and say, well, it didnt work for ed miliband. We didnt work for ed miliband. We look at that, that awful ed stone business that went out. Oh, there we go. We can see it on our screens now when it was a pr disaster and his six pledges were, well, not exactly like these six pledges, but frankly, not far off pat. Not far off pat. Well, im interested more in tomorrow than in yesterday. I mean, that election was almost ten years ago now. These are policies for today and tomorrow. I think they fit well with the things that people are concerned about the economy, the nhs , about the economy, the nhs, education, the energy bills and so on, and were going to not just launch them today, but to campaign hard on them between now and the next election. Now and the next election. I wanted to ask you about a story in the telegraph this morning that you claimed over £40,000 in expenses to rent a constituency house next door to your own home. So you had taxpayers subsidising your property portfolio. Property portfolio. No, this was a change in the rules. About 12 years ago where they changed the rules to stop mps in any second home. They were, subsidised for , from being were, subsidised for, from being mortgaged to rent. I completely complied with the rules. In fact, i sold the property at a considerable personal loss, which i covered myself and i appued which i covered myself and i applied with the rules at all times. Times. Well, look, and to be fair, you know, that actually is, you know, for the avoidance of doubt, thats absolutely right. You did you did stick within the rules , as sir alistair graham, rules, as sir alistair graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, though, said that you went against the spirit of the expenses rules. Expenses rules. Well, thats never what the authorities have said. And in fact, any changes i made were made not to get round the rules but to comply with them. And as i say, the end result of all this, because of the change in the rules and the way that, these things were done , was to these things were done, was to sell a property and to cover their loss completely personally, financially , my by personally, financially, my by myself. So i did that in order to comply with the rules, not to get round them. It stinks, though, doesnt it, of hypocrisy. I mean, youre a party that launched a Campaign Last february which attacked the tories over lavish spending on hotels and restaurants using Government Credit cards. And you have or you have had in the past, at least, taxpayers subsidising your property portfolio. Portfolio. But its there was always been a situation where if mps are elected and there are considerable way from london, then the authorities subsidise some kind of Second Property because youre always living in two places. So this isnt personal to me. This has been part of the parliamentary system for a long, long time , and for a long, long time, and everything that ive done with my own arrangements has complied with those rules. Its not a special case for me. This is this is mps throughout the country. Anyone who doesnt represent a london constituency will have some sort of accommodation subsidy, either in london or in their constituency , london or in their constituency, and thats, thats the case for all those mps. I havent i mean, this to be fair to you, pat, this isnt a new story. This came out quite a number of years ago, but its the fact that its re emerged now, its like the sort of, the bad smell that you cant get rid of in a way. Of in a way. No, i look, i dont know why a that particular newspaper is choosing to print that today. Youd have to ask them, as you say , this was all quite some say, this was all quite some time ago and all actually done in order to comply with the rules, not to get round them and pat, whilst weve got you, there are whispers in westminster today that we are going to see another defection from the tories to labour, because you are in, in an essex seat today, whispers that there may be an essex mp that is going to defect to the labour party today. Is that something that you can confirm is going to happen . Can confirm is going to happen . I dont know anything about that, but i do know, as i said, a few minutes ago, that when it comes to the next election , comes to the next election, well be asking people who perhaps voted conservative in the last few elections to take another look at labour, take a look at the first steps that we are launching today. The priorities that were going to put before the voters, and theyll see a changed labour party from the one 5 or 6 years ago when it comes to that general election, i dont know. Theres a theres a bit of a wry smile on your lips there, pat. I dont know, something might happen. We shall find out. But we appreciate your time today. Thanks very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. It would be very interesting if there was another defection. It would be the third in three weeks. Yeah, the tory party. So well wait and see on that one. Yeah, it will be interesting. I mean, on this expense issue, its a difficult one. Its a difficult one because you look at it and you think, does it make any sense , but it was all make any sense, but it was all within the rules at the time. Its interesting about the spirit of the rules rather than the letter of the rules, but he didnt break any rules with this. Might not, might not sound good to us. Now so yeah, and its more as his position, i think. Position, i think. Yeah. Yeah. Its a, its a, ifs yeah. Yeah. Its a, its a, its a difficult one, chief, if youve got a view on that. I mean, the issue, the issue is and what is quite right on is to say that, that actually this situation will have applied to people of all parties , including people of all parties, including in the tory party, the tory party. Now, it affected everyone at the time when they changed the rules on mortgage Interest Payments and things. So its but nevertheless it doesnt look good. But its, but technically it didnt do anything wrong. So youn it didnt do anything wrong. So your, your view, its all down to you and what you think about it all. Yeah. Gbnews. Com yoursay do you let us know what you think . Now, theres a real problem in the south west of england over Water Supplies from south west water. Some people becoming really ill. Yes. Theyre being urged to boil their water to kill off a parasite which has left hundreds of people with diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pains. Get the latest from jeff moody, whos in one of the towns thats been quite badly affected. Morning, geoff. Good morning. Well, the cars are still arriving here for people to collect their bottled water and the anger is really beginning to mount at the response from south west water. Well, the alert was first raised by a woman that noticed there was a funny taste in her water, and then she became very ill indeed. And she joins me now. Tracy, tanya matthews. You had this and it was bad , wasnt it . This and it was bad, wasnt it . It was really bad. Yeah, as soon as you eat anything or try and drink anything, it was just going straight through me and i noficed going straight through me and i noticed a bad taste in the water. I also noticed in the local area that there were a lot of people getting poorly, so i contacted south west water and asked if there was a problem with the water, and they told me there had been 15 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium , and i cases of cryptosporidium, and i wasnt happy with that number because it seemed like there was a lot of sick people. So i put a post on bricks and fishtown, and overnight it went viral with overnight it went viral with over a thousand comments of people within within our local area that had been poorly, even people that have been here on houday people that have been here on holiday down for rugby weekends. Holiday down for rugby weekends. And, were going back to their areas that they live in, and they were becoming poorly as well. And when you raise the concerns with south west water and they told you there were 15 cases, they were still telling people that they could drink the water, werent they . They were. Yeah. They were still denying that it was anything to do with the water. Up until yesterday, they were still telling people that it was safe to drink the water, even though theyd only been that morning to take samples from my tap to test. And it would take 24 hours for those tests to come back. They were still telling people, drink the water, its safe, when quite clearly it wasnt. But, i think clearly it wasnt. But, i think even as a precaution, they should have been telling people to boil their water until results had come back , and now results had come back, and now im wondering how many people are needlessly ill because of south west waters advice. Okay. Tanya matthews. Thank okay. Tanya matthews. Thank you very much indeed. Well, they they do say that it is very contagious and even pets can get it. Weve heard of somebody that refilled their their Goldfish Bowl and all of the, the fish died. So its dangerous for pets as well. Okay, jeff. Okay, jeff. Thank you. Oh my goodness. Thank you. Oh my goodness. Thank you. Oh my goodness. You wouldnt even think about it affecting the animals and the household as well. But it affects everybody. All right. Now lets just tell you theres still time to win our biggest cash prize so far, which is a very impressive £20,000. Yes. Imagine having that in your bank account this summer. But of course, youve got to be in it to win it. And heres how. Dont miss your chance to win our biggest cash prize so far. A totally terrific £20,000 in tax free cash to make your summer spectacular. You could use that spectacular. You could use that cash to splash out on a holiday, make the garden glam, buy a new car, or just save it for a rainy day. 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Yes, well, today its passenger jets flying into amsterdam schiphol airport. But 81 years ago today, it was the men of 617 squadron going to destroy dams at the heartland of the ruhr valley. Germanys war machine. Not all of those crews machine. Not all of those crews came home. And one of them was shot down, quite close to here on castricum , on zee in the on castricum, on zee in the netherlands. Dinghy youngs crew. Weve been hearing a little bit today from the raf cyclists whove cycled all the way from lincolnshire to the memorial thats taking place, andifs memorial thats taking place, and its been organised by the International Bomber command centre and nikki van der drift, the chief executive. Nikki, where did this idea come to remember those men 81 years ago and their sacrifice by cycling all the way here with new modern raf crew . Well, it started last year. To mark the 80th anniversary. We installed an exhibition open by the standing with giants crew, and it was 53 silhouettes marking each of those that didnt return. And front and centre was dinghy. Youngs crew. And thats because his story is amazing. They were the first to amazing. They were the first to breach the mona dam, and they were only 200 yards from safety when they were shot down. And this, as you said, marks the spot at which their bodies were washed up. So in november this yeani washed up. So in november this year, i met with jan van dalen, who is responsible for having installed the memorial here, to dinghy young and his crew and the art of the possible started. It was literally supposed to be. Lets just bring the silhouettes back for the 81st anniversary and thats developed then. So that we could include this young raf cycling team, helping them connect with their own heritage and why are we remembering this 81 years on from what is arguably one of the greatest moments in the Second World War for the british . Because its important that we remember it is part of our heritage. Its partly , what is responsible for partly, what is responsible for protecting our freedoms. And if protecting our freedoms. And if we forget that, we do so at our peril , still we forget that, we do so at our peril, still quite noisy here, but a lot safer than it was in 1943, those silhouettes are here now, ready for the Memorial Service. The dutch aircrew are going to be flying over in a in a special fly past at the memorial. And whats going to happen to those silhouettes, though, after you go back to the International Bomber command centre and the raf cyclists go back to their day job at raf digby, well, theyll be coming back with us and well be using them to auction the crew to try and help raise funds for a new learning building at the centre. Its education is at the heart of everything we do, and weve put 26,000 odd children through our learning programme , through our learning programme, but we dont have enough space to cater to all the children that want to come through. Yeah, and its about education. And so the next generation know what happened 81 years ago. Nikki van der drift, thank you so much. On the beach here at castricum on zee, well be bringing you more on the dambusters story later in the afternoon. Thank you. Will, will. And so important that we do so as well. And that we remember those brave men. So thank you very much for bringing us that, up next is britains newsroom with andrew and bev. Reporter a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. We start the day with a lot of cloud, some showery rain as well. But gradually through the day therell be a better chance of some warm sunshine developing. And likewise, over the next few days, a greater chance of warm sunshine, less of a chance of showers, but certainly across parts of Eastern England into the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland, theres this zone of cloud and outbreaks of on and off rain either side of that, as temperatures rise into the afternoon, some heavy downpours will break out. But afternoon, some heavy downpours will break out. But in the far south, as well as the far north and northeast, decent spells of sunshine by the afternoon, cool in the northeast, 15 or 16 celsius with some low cloud hugging the beaches warmer where weve got some sunny spells in the northwest and towards the south. In fact, southern england. As we end the afternoon and go into the evening looking at some lovely sunshine, and you can see the marked contrast there across devon and cornwall, sharp showers developing to the north, and this zone of cloud and outbreaks of rain through the midlands as well as wales continuing Northern Ireland heavy showers or thunderstorms and likewise for western scotland, but for central, northern and eastern scotland. Northern and eastern scotland. Thats where well see some clear blue skies and inland out of the breeze. Its going to feel very pleasant in that sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone sunshine. Now, the cloudy zone with those outbreaks of rain across wales, in the midlands that will continue through the night, but the rain will tend to ease. It night, but the rain will tend to ease. It will turn more showery. Many places will see a dry night, albeit with a lot of cloud remaining across the central slice of the uk. The best of any clear spells will be down towards the south and southeast, as well as across central and northern scotland. Some mist patches first thing, certainly some low cloud along the north sea coast, but otherwise, as the day progresses, were going to see the cloud bubble up and break. Well see some sunny spells developing, but once again, some heavy showers will form, especially through wales, the midlands, east anglia, northwest england and west and scotland away from the showers in the sunshine , feeling very pleasant sunshine, feeling very pleasant with highs of 23 celsius. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news. Its 930 on thursday, the 16th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Very good morning. So, a big day for labour. Starmers six pledges. The labour leader is going to reveal his multi point plan to rebuild britain , plan to rebuild britain, including provisions for Great British energy and recruiting 6500 new teachers. But is it all going to be talk and no action and the royal mail takeover . Can you believe it . The Postal Service owner is poised to accept a 3. 5 billion takeover bid from a czech billionaire who doesnt even live in this country. Should we let foreign country. Should we let Foreign Companies own our essential state services . No. And uk, ireland migration row as its revealed that britain has taken back 50 migrants from the republic of ireland after a large scale diplomatic row and the Prime Minister