Suffer with. Suffer with. But anyway, ovo energy has become one of these places where its very trendy to work, apparently. And their head office in bristol, apparently. And their head office in bristol , theyve built office in bristol, theyve built a tree house in the fire. Oh brilliant. With a complete with a slide, of course. A slide, of course. Is there a ball pit at the bottom . There should be, shouldnt there. And its come to light because someones someones complained because they were taken into the tree house for a dressing down. Oh, and then the boss then got on the slide to exit the meeting. I mean, i have to say, i think this sort of thing is absolutely ridiculous. I guess it depends on the job. I mean, for some sort of creative industries, i guess, like advertising, where youre trying to like, inspire people and get all the juices flowing, have been beanbags to sit on bags and dart boards and foosball, and you can see people trying to sort of find their inner child. But for an Energy Company , tree house, really company, tree house, really a tree house and slide , what sort tree house and slide, what sort of workplace do you work in . Is it boring or do you have some crazy wacky slides here and there . Let us know. I think its i think its weird. Its a bit strange. Yeah. Let us know, right. Moving on. Conservative mp Craig Mckinley returns to Parliament Today after a dramatic battle with sepsis. Its an incredible story. He had extreme surgery that removed both his hands and feet, and hes replaced those now with prosthetics. Well , mckinley prosthetics. Well, mckinley and his wife spoke to our political editor, Christopher Hope , about his Christopher Hope, about his journey. But just to warn you, the following report does contain some sensitive images. Contain some sensitive images. But one day, his life changed. Suddenly. It was one of those days that will be etched on craigs memory for life. It on craigs memory for life. It was the end of september 2023. He was getting ready to go on houday he was getting ready to go on holiday with his family. He started to feel unwell and unexpectedly , craig had unexpectedly, craig had contracted sepsis. So the grim reaper let me survive. But hes taken his payment in four of my limbs. But thats the way it is. Plenty of worse things happening. That is it. No way back. And, yes, he was very matter of fact. He accepted that they black. Theyre not any use anymore. And theyre not any use anymore. And thats it. So he had a very long, a very long operation. And long, a very long operation. And he did come back , without those he did come back, without those black arms and legs. And by then i was fine. I just knew that is it. Thats the new, new future. New life begins when your body just isnt doing something you want it to do, and you think you can do it. I mean, when i had the skin grafts and theyre very painful. Funny how skin grafts been more painful than anything else. More painful than anything else. More painful than anything else. More painful than the amputation , and painful than the amputation, and just trying to transfer off the bed onto a wheelchair and youre sort of bouncing across and its sort of bouncing across and its so painful and you are in tears of frustration that this is just why is it so bad . Why isnt this why is it so bad . Why isnt this Getting Better . But now ive been pretty much cheerful throughout. I just think im probably coming into my tether of being under the care of an institution of the nhs for so long. Big sadness to me is holding little ones hand going to school. Cant do that to school. Cant do that anymore. We can hold sort of hold hands, but i cant feel that shes holding. Thats a little specialness thats never coming back. You know that touch coming back. You know that touch of hands where its gone . Its being an mp. At the end of the day, i hope its about where you got up here rather than. Yeah, knocking on every door, much as id like to, but. Yeah, life will have to change. And if it means more time with family, that has got to be a change for the absolute good. And im looking forward to that. Wow, remarkable readable story. And that really hits me because this little ones about the same age as my little one. And oh, i was almost in tears then, but its an inspiring story. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent, olivia utley, about what is going to be a monumental day for him today, and an inspirational one as well i absolutely. I mean, hugely inspirational day. Craig mckinley will be at pmqs today and his daughter, little, five year old olivia, is going to be in the Public Gallery watching him, this is an incredible comeback. And as you can see from chriss interview there, he seems to be taking it all in his stride in the most remarkable way. He says that hes been surprised , really cheerful surprised, really cheerful throughout, and all he misses really is holding his daughters hand. Now. He wants to be the first bionic mp. He says hes planning to fight the next election for south thanet , his election for south thanet, his constituency. Hes got quite an interesting background. Craig interesting background. Craig mckinley. He was the founder of the anti federalist party, which was the precursor to ukip, and he was actually a ukip politician before moving over to the conservatives in 2005, when he didnt like the direction that ukip was going in, and he ended up winning his seat in south, south thanet over nigel farage. Thats the seat that nigel farage fought for again and again and again. Hes been a very eurosceptic force in the conservative party as you might expect, he was one of the leading conservative voices behind vote leave. Hes been on the European Scrutiny Committee and hes, i think, as youd expect, sided with the brexiteers on every occasion. Im sure in parliament, his brexiteer colleagues will be thrilled to have him back. Hes defending a majority of just over 10,000 in south thanet. I mean, in normal times that would be considered a pretty safe seat, but obviously these days weve seen the labour party overturn majorities far bigger than that in by elections. So it might be quite tough for him. But i think having this incredibly inspiring story and the inspirational way that hes dean the inspirational way that hes dealt with whats happened to him will hopefully give him a bit of a boost. Okay, olivia. Thank you, okay, olivia. Thank you, lets talk to founder and joint ceo of the uk sepsis trust, doctor ron daniels. Very good to doctor ron daniels. Very good to see you this morning. Why is it with sepsis . We sort of hear with sepsis . We sort of hear very little about it in day to day life until theres a either a big story or a big tragedy. Why is that. Is it common. Well its astonishing, isnt it . We have a condition here that affects nearly a quarter of a Million People across the uk each year, and claims 48,000 lives. And just for context, Breast Cancer and im not diminishing how horrible that can be. Claims 11,000 lives. So sepsis is four times more prolific as a killer. I think the reason we dont hear about it is because it doesnt really belong to any particular speciality of doctors. It touches every aspect of health care and therefore theres no professional group to be championing it, which means it needs an Advocacy Organisation like ours. Is it also just incredibly hard to spot and often creeps up on people with very little warning . I mean, my understanding is that its when your own immune system starts to attack the tissues, but by the time people realise that their temperature isnt just flu or something, they can often be quite a perilous state. Yeah thats absolutely right. And my professional background is an intensive care doctor, and i do empathise with the view that it can be really hard to spot. It arises in people , of any age, people with people, of any age, people with whether or not theyve got underlying illness, and it can arise as a consequence of any infection. So it presents hugely differently. To get this right differently. To get this right demands not only that we have Health Professionals who are well trained and have access to the right diagnostics to make the right diagnostics to make the diagnosis, but also members of the public whove heard of sepsis know its an emergency and know when and how to Access Healthcare. Healthcare. So what do we do . I mean, what do we look out for . And at what do we look out for . And at what point do you say this needs to be looked at urgently . To be looked at urgently . Well, you mentioned that in the early stages it can look a bit like flu. And in that situation its trust your instinct. Youve probably had infections before. You know what infections before. You know what it feels like. But if something doesnt feel right , it feels like. But if something doesnt feel right, and particularly if youve never felt so unwell before, go to 111, make an appointment to see your gp and just ask, could it be sepsis . But if youre be sepsis . But if youre concerned something is devastatingly wrong, there are six key symptoms to look for, and they spell the word sepsis s for slurred speech or confusion, e for extreme pain in the muscles or joints, p for passing no urine , no water in a day, s no urine, no water in a day, s for severe breathlessness. If it for severe breathlessness. If it feels like im going to die and people really do say that. And then the final s for skin thats mottled or discoloured or very pale, any one of those six, in the context of infection, its go straight to a e. Go straight to a e. Excuse me. Excuse me. Its worth knowing. Doctor daniels, good to see you. Thank you much. Thank you much. Thank you much. Heck, my goodness me, i interviewed Jason Watkins once. Interviewed Jason Watkins once. The oh yes, i had his two year old daughter maude, and he tucked her up into bed. They thought she had a horrible cold. She had a bit of a temperature and in the morning they found her in a bed and she passed away. And hes been incredibly brave only in 2011, but hes been incredibly brave talking about it and trying to raise the profile of sepsis. But for any parent, you know, weve so often had kids with high temperatures. It is so frightening, isnt it . But good advice. There spells out the word sepsis. Any concerns . Just go straight to one, one, 1 or 2 a e right jeff kitchen has been named as the british man who died when the aircraft he was on was hit by severe turbulence that was on a flight from london to Singapore Airport officials believe the 73 year old man might have suffered a heart attack. More than 50 people were hurt, seven of them critically, after mostly sustaining head injuries. Lets talk to travel correspondent for the independent, simon calder. Good to see you, simon. This morning, though its awful to be talking about such a situation, i mean, is it very unusual to have turbulence this , this severe . Turbulence this, this severe . It certainly is now turbulence which can happen either because youre flying somewhere near some storm clouds or because you are simply in an area which suddenly has some very violent updraughts and downdraughts is a very worrying phenomenon. It happens about twice a day on average , to the twice a day on average, to the extent that a passenger will be injured , i was actually im injured, i was actually im speaking to you from seoul in korea , and on my flight over korea, and on my flight over here, were just passing over nean here, were just passing over near, beijing in china, when suddenly the aircraft lurched. Now, because they werent in the middle of the meal service or anything, there werent people moving around, but even so, they had to appeal for medical, people on board to treat somebody, a passenger who was injured. This particular event, injured. This particular event, you have a combination of extremely violent turbulence. Although any reports youve seen that the aircraft plummeted 6000ft in two minutes are wrong, yes. There was a lot of movement. Yes. It was extremely distressing. And, so many distressing. And, so many injuries as well as the sad loss of mr kitchen, but the accommodation of that and the fact that it was 90 minutes out of singapore as a result of which the crew were up and about, dealing with breakfast, people were getting up, going to use the washrooms or whatever. An awful lot of people there. So tragic circumstances and, well, clearly , it needs to be properly clearly, it needs to be properly investigated to find out what, the sequence of events were. And i think it could also lead possibly to some rather different ways of flying. I mean, youll be aware that generally pilots might say, or keep your seat belt loosely fastened while youre, we advise you to do that when youre seated. And of course, when the seated. And of course, when the seat belt light actually goes on, you have to put your seat belt on. But, i think we could get to a point where it is absolutely normal. As with a car, to be wearing your seat belt at all times , unless you belt at all times, unless you are getting up and, stretching your legs or going to the washroom or whatever, so that , washroom or whatever, so that, you would always assume that everybody is not going to be, particularly harmed during clearer during, severe turbulence, even though it is, of course, very, very distressing. Yeah i dont know if either of you have ever experienced sort of moderately severe, turbulence. I have over the andes in south america where my bottom left the seat. And that was frightening enough. But i just, to be honest, assumed that was because it was a mountainous region and, you know, hot air. But i do believe that the number of incidents that this has doubled since the 70s and that, sort of severe turbulence is on the rise as were seeing temperatures rise as well. So i suppose people do need to think twice about all of this. And interesting. Again about the head injuries in this. I mean, my, my instinct was do we need to be wearing helmets, you know, does there need to be more serious questions about safety on board planes . On board planes . Well, no, i mean, a lot of the damage on those, very shocking images that youve been showing, to the ceilings. And so on were caused by people flying out of their seats , because the out of their seats, because the aircraft suddenly drops people. You know, inertia means that you stay where you are, which means that youre going to shoot upwards, which is partly why theres so much damage that aircraft. But this theres so much damage that aircraft. But this is happening at a time when aviation has never been safer. Last year, there were no fatal accidents involving passenger jets in normal scheduled service, so amazingly safe out outside at the aircraft and turbulence is never going to bring down a modern plane. But i think attention will now shift to what happens inside the aircraft. Also with the cabin crew. I mean, this is, you know, this counts as serious industrial injuries. So they will they will need to be, an awful lot of studying about what exactly was known about the weather. And also you could see different, procedures where, for example, not all the cabin crew are out and about at the same time because obviously their job is to help people out of the aircraft in an emergency. And aircraft in an emergency. And from what ive been reading and heanng from what ive been reading and hearing and viewing , it seems as hearing and viewing, it seems as though a lot of them were simply not able to do that because they were badly injured, too. Awful circumstances. And all we can do circumstances. And all we can do is what, aviation always does, which is learn from past tragedies and try to make flying , that, that bit safer, yeah, absolutely. Simon, thanks very absolutely. Simon, thanks very much indeed, it is terrifying. I was on a plane once. It took off in a storm, every other plane had been grounded in our airline, decided they were going to take off, and we got to 4000ft and dropped 2000ft in the air pocket. I mean, and i was i was actually sat next to a pilot who said helpfully, i thought we were going to die. Oh, thats good. I think as ive got older, ive become a more nervous flyer. I dont know if thats just getting older and you become more aware of your mortality or if its the job and that we see all of these Horror Stories all the time. But i definitely like flying less and less. And all this talk of more turbulence is not encouraging. But apparently if youre a nervous flyer, just as simon was saying, its never been safer, you dont need to panic yet, but, you know, always. Well, you see, i have to say i always wear my seat belt. Always keep it fastened. Dont you well know. And especially because until your child is two, they sit on your lap and youve seen the size of my boy. When william was crying around on top of me. You know, if we didnt need the seat belt on, i didnt use the seat belt. Well, i might have done if id have seen this story. But its difficult for little ones and the children, if they didnt have seat belts on in that situation. Must have just been like footballs. Yeah, yeah, just awful. Yeah, yeah, just awful. Its it is scary. But as simon says, youve got to learn from it and weve got to learn from it and weve got to learn from it and weve got to learn from it as passengers as well. And just do whatever we can to be aware of what could happen. Right. Its 6 17. Lets have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. A former royal marine has been accused who was accused of spying for the Hong Kong Intelligence Service, has died in unexplained circumstances in a park in berkshire. 37 year old Matthew Trickett was charged with offences under the National Security act and appeared in court last week. Court last week. Police officers were called to grenfell park in maidenhead at about 5 15 on sunday. A Police Cordons in place as Police Cordons in place as Police Continue to investigate the death , which is, as isabel the death, which is, as isabel said, being treated as unexplained. Unexplained. Ex post office boss Paula Vennells is set to begin giving evidence at the post Office Inquiry today. She was chief executive there between 2012 and 2019, and will be speaking publicly about what happened to her for the first time in almost a decade and is expected to reveal what she knew about the wrongly accused subpostmasters and the foreign secretary, lord cameron set to go to albania today to highlight the key role played by the uk in tackling illegal immigration. He is set to hold talks with albanias Prime Minister, president and foreign minister to discuss initiatives to help albania crack down on gangs smuggling people across the channel and fuelling drugs. Crime in the uk. Now this ones for you, stephen. Yes, it is absolutely. Stephen. Yes, it is absolutely. Love this story. Theres some good news for all space geeks and for the future of britains space industry, because a rocket test firing on the Shetland Islands has been hailed as a major success. Yeah, in fact, its gone down so well that the uk apparently could soon become a european leader when it comes to the launching of small satellites. Launching of small satellites. Well, the rocket was launched from the saxavord spaceport last week, and who better to speak to the saxavord very own head of operations, Debbie Strang . Yes. Good operations, Debbie Strang . Yes. Good morning debbie. How did it go . Did it go . We were really delighted, actually. It was an extremely successful, very exciting for all of us watching. And another milestone in this journey that were on at the moment, explain to explain to us what happened, because it was a sort of hot rocket test, wasnt it . Yes. So this is rocket factory augsburg, the client were working with at the moment. Their rocket, obviously, as you can see, thats one stage is upright on their launch stool. Launch is upright on their launch stool. Launch stalls, 12m high. Thats about another 18m. And theyre firing four of their engines in there testing in the build up to launch. Build up to launch. Goodness me. And what will it take for us to become a european leader in this field . I mean, you know, we seem to be going in the right direction, but how close are we to that title . Well we are the first, spaceport vertical launch spaceport in europe already. So we are the first licensed spaceport in europe. So to a certain extent, you could say were already leading the way in launch terms in europe. We will be the first to launch. And when that happens later this summer. Oh, well, in terms of that timetable , i mean, how happy are timetable, i mean, how happy are you . I timetable, i mean, how happy are you . I mean, obviously this was a you know, the, the testing of a you know, the, the testing of a of a stage one part of a rocket. But at what point do you then do a test launch , then then do a test launch, then actually start sending things up. So so this is, really for the Rocket Company to answer because were providing the expert support , launch services, expert support, launch services, the security, all those things are absolutely vital for this launch to take place. Thats our role. But rocket thats our role. But rocket factory augsburg are really keeping to the timetable that theyve set. So, once the bird nesting season is complete, because we wont be doing anything and too noisy to disturb the wildlife. They will do some more testing. The actual rocket when it launches will have nine engines on board. So they need to now put the engines while that stage is vertical into place. Theyll do another test. Were hoping in july and really looking for that first launch in august. Really looking for that first launch in august. Wow, thats launch in august. Wow, thats good luck. Good luck in august. Let us know how it goes. We will watch with interest and we hope it all goes to plan. Thanks very much. Goes to plan. Thanks very much. Debbie strang there, speaking to us. Us. Fascinating stuff because theres a huge market for it getting these i mean these small satellites really are very small. A lot, a lot of them, but if you know, they pay good money, be great for the economy. Yeah. Be fantastic. Be fantastic. Well, there we go. Good for the economy. Good news all round , will it be good news in the weather . It was a bit of a washout yesterday, and i think it might be more of the same today. Heres alex burkill. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. On this rather wet wednesday. Heavy this rather wet wednesday. Heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country and that does bring the risk of some flooding. Its already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. As we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. There will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but the sunshine is going to be relatively limited. Temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather its going to feel pretty unpleasant. Like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. Some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. Some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. The greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales, and into southern scotland. Two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow. In excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it. Towards the north west of scotland. There will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times. Two through the evening and overnight. The rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why were going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. As we go through the night. It should turn largely dry. There may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. Temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. Thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. Perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture and that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather, drier and perhaps brighter towards the south. So temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news. Now this is what you need for the summer. Now this is what you need for the summer. Time for the Great British giveaway. Your chance to win £20,000 in cash. So what would you spend it on . Perhaps id have no trouble spending that. Oh, thats true, absolutely no trouble. Let us know what you would spend it on. But here is how you could make it yours. Its the biggest cash prize weve given away to date. 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Good morning. Hello hello. Hello. No. Yes. Youve just posted something, but ill come back to you. Kellogg. Ill come back to you. Kellogg. Ill come back to you in a little. Okay. Elianne. Okay. Elianne. Okay. Elianne. Kelloggs been in touch. Kelloggs been in touch. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. Do you want to do that . Well she likes my typal. Oh, does she really . Well, i didnt want to do it in front of you, because obviously youre not wearing cos im tireless. You are tireless. But the thing is, you havent got a pocket square today. No, no, no i havent. You go pocket square. No tie. You go tie. No pocket. I normally have a pocket. I normally have a pocket. Its like donny and marie, a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. Thats exactly what it was anyway. Kellogg, thank you very much indeed. You remember donny and marie, donny osmond and his sister marie . Of course i do. At the end of the show, they do a song and hed be all rock and roll because thats donny osmond, and then shed be all country. Hed be all be fair. He was all teeth. He was all he was. And lets face it, donny wasnt a lot of rock and roll. Really . Not really, not really. It wasnt really. Anyway, we better talk. Chelsea . Yes. Mauricio pochettino. Yes. Now, is this a huge shock . I think its a mistake. I think its a really bizarre decision. Now. Mauricio pochettino then who was spurs manager for a long time . Went to chelsea. He was at p56 time . Went to chelsea. He was at psg and then he went to chelsea and things had not got off to a good start to be honest with you. They spent £1 billion on players and this is todd boehly, the american owner, who had been just splashing the cash left, right and centre pochettino and its taking a while now. Ive its taking a while now. Ive said right here as well, a lot of times that it takes pochettino a while to get settled and for players to understand how his system works. Now, i remember speaking to kyle walker when he was playing at spurs this a few years ago, and ill never forget it. And this ill never forget it. And this is things werent working out at the start. And he said, you know, ive got to be honest with you, i we cant quite get a handle on this. Its just not working the way we want to. And then it clicked and then it started working. Now with chelsea, theyve won the last five games of the season. So although theyd had a bit of a tncky although theyd had a bit of a tricky start finally its like youre looking at them. Theyre playing well, theyre doing really well. But its almost like the decision was made a little while ago. Now i know that ratio wasnt very happy there. There was things that he wasnt too happy about. So its by mutual agreement, its issued the statement is issues were philosophical and related to the dynamics of working within a club structure. That doesnt make any sense to me. I dont know, theyre just basically his personality clash. I would read that as, but he said hes going to leave his phone open and he wants to stay in the london area. Is that what he said . Is that what he said . Is that what he said . I heard that on the radio this morning. Oh, really . In the london area. But where else would that possibly be . I dont know, i mean, he he even lived in london when he was working in paris. He still had his house in london. Oh did he, but there are jobs that are available now. Brighton. This possibility. What are we interested in . Brighton. I dont know, Manchester United. Then he was linked with Manchester United before but hes a very good manager. But chelsea i think have made a huge mistake because theyre going to go back to the drawing board and then they said, oh, we want a young manager. Its just it i think its craziness, absolute craziness to get rid of maurizio. Although it may be six and a half dozen of the other 24 managers since 2000. Yes. Yes. I mean high turnover. I mean high turnover. Did you see that . Did you see the thing about the popes . No, no. Go on. Apparently theres more been more chelsea managers than popes since 1770. Something i got, i comes up with these statistics. They go , oh i know, yeah they go, oh i know, yeah i see i there was the two john paups see i there was the two john pauls and that was quite a quick one in the 80s. So that that turned around quickly. But there are also a couple of quick chelsea man, i dont know who would come up with that and go man, what are the more popes since the 1770s . But apparently thats the case. Very good. Very good. Oh, there you go. Oh, there you go. Should i use that again or should we ditch that face . I once was enough. I think i liked it, but the thing is, now theres going to be white smoke over Stamford Bridge when the new manager comes in. Maybe that would be a nice idea. A little blue smoke maybe, i dont know, gareth southgate, is he being ruthless . Yeah, i think you know what i think he is. And i think its about time, because often he would stick with players even though. Are they in form. Should they be there now the players that have been dropped them from the england, the england squad, its 33. I was mentioning this yesterday. It was going to be around a provisional squad of around a provisional squad of around 30. Its 33, which will then drop to 26 on the 8th of june, just before the euro. So Marcus Rashford is out now. It Marcus Rashford is out now. It would be unthinkable maybe a year ago, but hes had a bad season , and theres been better season, and theres been better players in the position. So Marcus Rashford has been left out. Cole palmer, phil foden, bukayo saka all been better. Jordans henderson now i cant understand how Jordan Henderson is still been even around the squad because he left liverpool. He went to saudi arabia still playing for england when hes in saudi arabia. Whereas the lets face it, the quality is not going to be that good. Then hes left there, gone to ajax in holland. Not done very well there either. So finally hes been told, look, youre 33 years old and so hes going to be hes left out. So is that it for him. Is he done . I done . I think he is. Yeah. Hes done coming back from that 33. Yeah i mean Raheem Sterling is out. Kalvin phillips is out. But there are five new caps as well curtis jones adam walton from Crystal Palace james trafford, Jarell Quansah from liverpool, evertons Gerard Braithwaite but theres no guarantee that they are going to be going to germany. But hes going in with new talent, which is good, which is good and exciting and being a little more ruthless. So i think its pretty exciting and i think well win the euros i do. Oh, look at your surprise. Yes i do, i do. Im all about ill still stick with it. Momentum , thats exactly what momentum, thats exactly what its about. Lets see. But thats the thing about chelsea, you know, the momentum was there and then thats it. Its all gone. And off goes. Mauricio pochettino. Mauricio pochettino. All right, but we have a bit of cycling. Yeah. You like cycling . I do like cycling. And giro ditalia bosses are under fire. Well, yeah, the giro ditalia. Now, this is, this is going on at the moment in italia of all places , who would have of all places, who would have thought . Its the Tour De France of italia. The giro ditalia. Of italia. The giro ditalia. Now this chaos. It was awful weather conditions. Now were looking at, it looks pretty bad. Now look at that then. Now this is where theyve got a cycle. It was a three hour delay to stage 16. Now teams refused to start at the scheduled 202 kilometre route, which is livigno, to val gardena, which is ski resorts. Gardena, which is ski resorts. That was for you as a thank you. So they go around the umbrail pass, which is into switzerland, but to be honest, cut a long story short, its snowy and its like two degrees. Its a ski resort. Yeah. So the cyclists having to go down this mountain, just saying. Well, this is crazy. We cant. This is too dangerous. Whereas the organisers are going, well, thats what we do. So theyre australian. Ben oconnor called the organisers dinosaurs says its absolutely crazy. So all the teams agreed to say were not going to do this because its too dangerous. Quite right. We should. Its madness. If they want to do that, do it at peak summer season. But if youre going up and people were skiing just a few weeks ago, i know, can you imagine skiers going and then youre riding bicycle . Yeah. Im sorry, is it like that . Yeah, im like that. Youre on your own. Im still on the front. I know, and then they they have to ring ding ding as theyre going round people stopping. Its crazy because theyve got hellish speed goodness down the mountains. Can you imagine this. Can you imagine this. And so whats happening. And so whats happening. So theyre just boycotting that stage. That stage. Yeah thats it. They did it so they missed. Its about 80km. They said look well start further down. Yeah. And everybodys agreed to that. So the teams have had to say fine. So Tadej Pogacar pogacar from slovenia, he leads the general classification. Garrett thomas, classification. Garrett thomas, our boy of course, former Sports Personality of the year currently in third. All right. Good. Still do it okay. Fantastic. Fantastic. Thank you. Thank you very much. Ill ride off on my bike with my little bell and my basket. Some charades as well with the actions i love it. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. My hands on sit like this. My hands on sit like this. No, no, were talking about italy. Youve got to move your hands if youre italian. Exactly. I went to the mummy. Exactly. I went to the mummy. I went to the dentist last on friday. Yeah, to get a new crown. Yeah. Oh, gosh. Teeth are still a bit sore. But my dentist, the guy doing it very good, but was italian. Oh. Was it . So hes. Had to pull the tooth out. The drills are going in i think ive got a bit of italian in me. Just because im quite like this, you know, im quite a gesticulate a lot. Yes, yes , ive noticed your yes, yes, ive noticed your articulations, latin temperament. You know, i can get cross quickly, but then ill cry. And ive got lots of love. Quite italian, i think. Maybe im italian. Guys, its all. Guys, its all. Its all tears and fury in this studio. Its all drama and youre a particularly good footballer as well. Exactly. Yeah. No, its more the pasta eating. Thats my specialism. Right. Thats enough from for us now. Ill have a quick break. Normal stereotyping by any chance . I chance . I just got that going on, is there . No, i hope not. Im Renee Hoenderkamp. Theyll be here to talk some sense and take us through whats making the news. In just a moment. I i dont know. I dont know. Lets take a look at some of the wednesday newspaper front page. Well done. Flab. On which day of the. He said, what day is it . He said, what day is it . Because youre in and, you know, were all over the shop. No. Our normal days, anything could be happening. Heres the Daily Telegraph leading with our top story this morning. The conservative mp Craig Mckinlay, whos been opening up about his incredible journey telling versus having his hands and feet amputated but remaining undeterred to continue in public life at the times, leads with the police being told to make fewer arrests to free up overcrowded prisons. Heres the guardian its leading. With the rise in under 40 being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with reported cases going up by 40 in the last six years. The are this morning leading with the former royal marine, whos been charged with spying for the Hong Kong Intelligence Service. He was found dead in a park in maidenhead on sunday, and the daily mail is leading with the british grandfather from bristol, who died on yesterdays storm lashed plane journey from london to singapore. Seven other passengers are in a critical condition, all right, lets talk through those then. With norman baker and Renee Hoenderkamp. Good to see you both this morning. Morning renee. Lets start with you. Should we and Craig Mckinley. Because whatever your politics, actually, this is an inspirational story. It really. It really. So i listened to this last night quite accidentally. You night quite accidentally. You know, when we have to go to bed early and it actually gave me goosebumps because for so many reasons. Firstly, what an inspiration that he has come through. You know, a life challenging event that most people would just give up and die. But he didnt. Hes lost all of his limbs. He has a very small child and hes determined to get back in the house of commons to get back working. He wants to be known as the bionic mp, and the bit that reduced me to tears is when he said he could no longer feel his daughters hand in his exactly the same. Its giving me goosebumps now. God bless them both. God bless them both. And does, does it not show you that the small things in life that we dont actually even think about, we take for granted and we should grasp every day because we never know whats around the corner . Absolutely. And sepsis really absolutely. And sepsis really frightening. And we were talking about a number of people weve talked to over the years whove had tragic losses from this. And it does have some of the symptoms overlap with quite common symptoms. Its the temperature thing and the feeling drowsy. How do you know feeling drowsy. How do you know when its sepsis . You dont want to be the person thats ringing one, one one every time youve got no and for doctors its equally, you know, terrifying. I mean, my friends who work in hospitals say they could never be a gp because they couldnt live with this degree of risk every day not knowing. But i guess its just being ultra aware when things deteriorate rapidly, when it just doesnt look normal. But i think, you know, it is very rare. Lets not scare people. This doesnt happen very often and there are four times more common than Breast Cancer. The experts of the deaths in terms of the deaths. But again, its about early treatment and very early treatment and very early treatment and very early treatment and recognising it. Well, oddly enough, we had oh no, i bet i cant find it now because ive shut the page down. But someone got in touch on gbnews. Com yoursay saying they had it, but it was caught or they fell down the stairs. Their daughter was there. They felt like they were dying, but it got they got them to hospital and, three days later they were fine. Yeah, its about you get that early treatment really early. And its even if, if a gp expects sepsis in their surgery, theyve got a protocol to administer really hardcore antibiotics there and then on the spot and we have them in our emergency box. What causes it. Because its this autoimmune response that starts attacking your tissues. But can it be triggered just by, a septic thing, any, any infection. So he had a bit of a cold, you know, and obviously his immune system, rather than getting on top of it and killing it, actually went into overdrive. Gosh gosh gosh gosh , norman, gosh gosh gosh gosh, norman, lets talk about this story, which is equally shocking , which is equally shocking, frankly, weve been talking for the last few weeks about this crisis in our prisons, people being released, being full up by the end of june. The warning shot. Well, today, front of the times. And theyre saying police times. And theyre saying police are being told to make fewer arrests. Arrests. They are being told that. And theyre also being the system is being instructed, as it were, to release people up to 70 days early from prison to make space. Theres a conflict between what the government wills and what the government wills and what the government wills and what the government pays for. Ultimately, its what it comes down to. We have, as a society under various governments, now got the highest prison population in europe per head of population in europe per head of population apart from the us, which is much higher, but compared to other European Countries. Thats a figure. And countries. Thats a figure. And yet the government, successive governments have not made provision for prison places to deal with that. And its not simply that there are no places which there arent any places, but it means that the government is now willing people to be arrested. All sorts of new laws to arrest people, and theres no provision for them in the system. So its completely chaotic. And frankly, the chaotic. And frankly, the governments failed totally on this front. And its not just the prisons itself, because if you look at the reports in the guardian this morning online, dont think its in the paper. This is about inmates in winchester prison breaking through walls with plastic cutlery. Yeah. And you just think , well, you know, the whole think, well, you know, the whole country is falling to bits under this government. If you can get through a wall in a prison with plastic cutlery, what kind of state are these prisons in . And theres a crisis with the staffing because we know not only have lots of people left, but also people dont want to work there. Its incredibly dangerous. Why would you want to work in our prisons, actually, i cant remember which minister we had on last week, but i was picking up this point about the prisons being overcrowded and being and prisoners being released, violent criminals often being released before the end of their sentences. Its only a few days, as if youre really just sweeping it under the carpet. Only a few days short of their sentence. I guess if you were the. I guess if you were the. Sorry. Sorry. Yeah, if you were the relative of somebody who was then attacked by said criminal in that few days, you would feel very differently about, well, youve got to hope theyve been rehabilitated. I mean, thats the idea of prison. Its whats meant to happen but not happen. But you dont happen because today, half of them it does with some people, not enough. Not enough by any stretch of imagination. Some are in their cells 23 hours a day. Thats the reality at the moment. Yeah, but you know, in in terms of this, what im slightly intrigued by is the answer cannot simply to be build more prisons, have an even bigger prisons, have an even bigger prison population. It has to be about prevention and stopping people offending in the first. Totally. Thats totally right. Speaking as a former Crime Prevention minister, thats exactly right. You have to prevent people from creating crime in the first place. For example, there have to be alternative provision for youth to get involved in sports and other activities to get them off the streets. Thats one thing you can do sensibly. Secondly, you can do sensibly. Secondly, you have to make sure that people who shouldnt be in prison arent there and there are people in there who should be in the Mental Health system, actually. And there are people there who have committed very, very small crimes who shouldnt be there. And if you manage to do that, then you can make sure the dangerous people arent released early with people who are seriously dangerous Prisoners Released from lewes pfison Prisoners Released from lewes prison in my town in the last couple of weeks, who should have been released early and i was heanng been released early and i was hearing about a prison. Is it in lancashire . Lancaster prison, which was closed fairly recently. Its been turned into a museum, so you can go and view what a museum is like, what a prison is like, and actually theres these overcrowding issues going on. Surely we repurposed that one immediately. You cant stop it. Not you dont have any prison officers. Officers. Interesting isnt it, whats the guardian saying, renee, about type 2 diabetes. So i found this really interesting. I told norman this interesting. I told norman this earlier because weve were seeing this all the time. Obesity is the biggest problem that we face. And when you put on weight , that we face. And when you put on weight, you quite often that we face. And when you put on weight , you quite often drive on weight, you quite often drive yourself into a beat. Diabetes, which is a really dangerous condition, which will ruin the rest of your life and shorten life. Now i well, if its not properly if its not treated properly if its not treated properly , but even when its properly, but even when its treated properly, properly, it can still be doing damage slowly, quietly. And people do find it very, very hard to keep their sugars in range even when theyre on treatment. So i did my health check this year in january, and i was one point away from being pre diabetic. Goodness me. And i couldnt work it out. I dont eat processed food. I exercise two times a week. Vision of health. So i examined my diet and i was eating a handful of soft prunes a day and having sugar in my coffee. I cut out the soft prunes and i cut out the sugar, which was the hardest thing i have ever done because im such a sweet tooth and i retest it this week and im now in optimal sugar range at 34. And i thought the message from that is not look how well ive done. Its actually the changes dont have to be huge. And i think for people that are obese and overweight, sometimes its so overwhelming that you think the changes you have to make to your lifestyle are so massive, but theyre not. But theres a theres a big difference between being type two diabetic and being pre diabetic. I mean, i mean, pre diabetic. I mean, i mean, this is where it does get a bit confusing. I mean, the idea that someone like you should even be worried about being a type two diabetic, unless it was a genetic or genetic predisposition for you, is properly crackers actually . Well, it was properly crackers. Thats why i was so crackers. Thats why i was so interested about it. But i managed to identify my diet. Stephen, what was pushing me there . And i think this is what people why dont we make small changes rather than to have to cut out prunes, though, because theyre so good for you and lots of other ways. So i replaced of other ways. So i replaced them with a fibre supplement, a natural fibre supplement like a fibre gel or Something Like that. Yeah, yeah. So can i just ask . Sorry, im taking advantage of the doctor here today, but were you noticing any of the symptoms like extra thirst or that you wouldnt notice that . Im thinking of people at home in this age bracket have any . So i just did a health check. So maybe encourage people to go forward to their gp. Might just have some food noticed. If they are, they wouldnt that nothing. They wouldnt notice anything. No but but the issue with here you talk about small changes and fine. If someone identifies as being pre diabetic. But the problem with this is this isnt people who are pre diabetic. These this is about people who are properly overweight, possibly type two with not getting any treatment for it. Right and so the big problem here, the thing thats driving this is ultra processed food. Ultra processed food is the evil of our society now and is driving peoples weight because it doesnt fill you up. Giving you give us examples of what ultra processed. So almost everything that you buy thats pre prepared in a package is ultra processed now, microwave meals. But biscuits , breakfast cereals, cereals. Yeah, things like this. So what we need to do is go back to buying things from scratch as much as we can and cooking. But for that, we need education on. We need to teach people whats bad, whats good, how to cook. We need to start in schools. Well, it needs to happen. Or people are not going to live. But its never going to happen now. People are not going to go to the supermarket and not buy biscuits, bread, cereal. It does make me think though, about cereal my kids eat. I mean, we have a whole array. We have all of the high in fibre, we have oats do a lot of porridge at the weekend, but for speed sometimes. So do you know what ill have . No. No. Alice now has cheerios and things like that, but theyre processed and really bad. Theres a direct link to cancer up to 30 cancers. Were driving cancer and were driving obesity. Alice. Now, she used to have porridge. Shes now switched to plain rice. Thats what she has for breakfast. Plain rice. Plain rice. Wow. She wanted it. Wow. She wanted it. Thats what she has. Thats what she has. What about plain sorry. Plain rice is good isnt it. No. No. Weetabix is not good. Weetabix is not good. No weetabix. No weetabix. None of the cereals visitors told us to give our none of the cereals. We were weaning them. Oh dear. Right. Or porridge or nothing. Well no porridge. Porridge. Porridge is good. Its not good. Its not good. Its not good. It is if you buy it organic. So theres no pesticides. No, no, no, its forget all that. But porridge actually forces your blood glucose up very, very quickly. And thats, thats without any sugar on it. Without. I have it with salt porridge. With salt porridge is actually a low glycemic food. Actually a low glycemic food. No no no no no no no no. Everyones everyone says everyone says porridge is a low glycemic food. How often do you eat porridge . I dont eat porridge. I dont eat porridge. Right. But how often . If you would eat porridge, how often would eat porridge, how often would you eat it . Or all the people who say its low glycemic and actually monitor their blood glucose as they eat it . Well, nobody. Nobody . No. Nobody . No. But i do. But i do. Yes. Yes. And you eat porridge with just a little bit of salt on skimmed milk. That might be, you know, it happens every day. Every type. One diabetic whos on cgm, who monitors it, it happens. Your bloods go through the roof like a rocket. Okay so the idea that its low glycemic right is nonsense. Glycemic right is nonsense. But what im going to say is its not processed, so its not processed. So its not going to give you cancer. No, but it will give you a sugar boost. It might give, but so does banana. Oh yeah. Exactly a banana. But youd expect a banana to. People eat. People eat porridge thinking well this is good. My bloods are going to be nice and level with porridge. Its going to enter my system very slowly. Nonsense. Its absolute nonsense. Yes, guys, im going to talk about this. This death in a maidenhead park. Not just of any person, but somebody who was in court last week. Norman, accused of spying on behalf of beijing for anyone who was a sort of hong kong , pro democracy, hong kong, pro democracy, someone who was potentially facing porridge at some point in the in the future , this royal the in the future, this royal marine, who has been charged as an officer, which is probably the more shocking. Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed. And theres two other people who were charged with him , who were charged with him, including a uk Border Force Officer and mr trickett now has been found dead in a park in in maidenhead, theres not quite clear whats happened. Its just clear whats happened. Its just important to perhaps note that in last weeks hearing, important to perhaps note that in last weeks hearing , the in last weeks hearing, the prosecutor said mr trickett had attempted suicide before being charged and asked for the defendant to be remanded in custody for his own welfare and he didnt seem to be remanded in custody, which may be linked back to the Previous Story about shortage of places to keep people. But in any case, therell be a full, post mortem, therell be a full, post mortem, therell be a full, post mortem, therell be toxicology tests and examining data from mobile phones and all the other aspects which you would expect to be carried out. I mean, this is absolutely tragic for his family. Really is. Really is. Yes, of course it is. I mean, ns yes, of course it is. I mean, its unexpected. And his death like this is unexpected. Hes quite young. Hes 37, so its very sad for them. But it does suggest that the system has not been followed properly. If the man was allowed to be in that situation. Very dear. No, its not good. Very dear. No, its not good. Oh, dear. Lets have a look. Weve got time out of time. Weve got time. Oh. Minute 45. Lets talk about this. This flight. This flight. Yes. Renee. Yes. Renee. Which i mean, honestly, i know its theyre theyre quite rare for stuff like this to happen, but absolutely terrifying. Terrifying. And i mean, the terrifying. And i mean, the fact that the 73 year old gentleman had a heart attack, i think, speaks to how terrifying it clearly was , i mean, i fly it clearly was, i mean, i fly often, and i never have my seatbelt undone for this reason because i read about a case about 20 years ago very similarly, and theyre completely unpredictable. And these poor passengers, it must have been they must have all believed they were going to die. Thats thats the fear that they must have had. And the injuries , must have had. And the injuries, the head injuries. It really does make you think twice about the safety of having even shoes taken off and floating about on the floor, laptops, hot drinks. I mean, are they safe on flights . Its just beggars belief really does make you think twice about, you know, whether or not we need to change our behaviour on board flights. But then apparently its one tenth of a percent chance that you will hit this in the atmosphere when youre flying. Atmosphere when youre flying. So its highly unlikely that you will. And you know, the woman who was, one of the air hostesses on board, said shed been flying for 30 years and never encountered any extreme turbulence at all. This is a different hazard and risk. The this is a different hazard and risk. The risk of something happening on an airline is very low indeed. Its a very safe low indeed. Its a very safe form of transport. But the hazard, if it does go wrong is quite significant. Well, thats thats well said. Thats thats the problem isnt it . If something goes wrong youre basically toast. Youre basically toast. But i think it comes back to that. We cant mitigate all risk from raisi. No. Yeah. No. Yeah. No. Yeah. No we cant. No we cant. Do you fly if you have a heart condition on you know. Yes. Because you must live your life as if today is the last day, right . Living our lives. Weve got to go and check on the weather. Yes we do. Yes we do. That will be. That will be. Heres alex. Heres alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. Heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country and that does bnng of the country and that does bring the risk of some flooding. Its already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. As we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. There will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. Temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather its going to feel pretty unpleasant. Like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. Some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. Some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. The greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland. Two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow. In excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it towards the north west of scotland. There will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times, two through the evening and overnight. The rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why were going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south as we go through the night, it should turn largely dry. There may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. Temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. Thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. Perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture. And that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather, drier and perhaps brighter towards the south. So temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. At morning to you 7 00 wednesday. The 22nd of may. Thank you for your company. Youre tuned into breakfast this morning with Stephen Dixon and isabel webster. Lovely to have you with us. Well, today, an inspiring return. Tory mp Craig Mckinlay reveals all about his sepsis battle, which has left him without hands or feet as he plans to return to Parliament Today. Im hoping people might give me the benefit of the doubt and say that mans been a fighter for himself. Hes damn well going to fight for me. Im going to give him my support. The bourbonic mp bionic mp is what i want to be any minute now. We are expecting the latest inflation figures. Liam halligan standing by to break down exactly what this means for you. The cost of living crisis has impacted us all. Will todays inflation number mark an end to all that and better times ahead . All that and better times ahead . Terror in the skies, turbulence on board a Singapore Airlines flight from london leads to one death and dozens of injuries. Injuries. A week after appearing in court, the metropolitan police are investigating the unexplained death of a man charged with spying for hong kong. And in the sport. Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino have parted company vie, just as hes managed to get a tune out of his billion pound team. I dont think chelsea fans can be too happy about that. Gareth southgate showed his ruthless side by axing Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson from his england euro squad, and england cricket is back. We could tell by the weather that england crickets back as they take on pakistan in the first t20 at headingley later tonight. Headingley later tonight. Heavy, persistent rain is going to cause some major problems for quite a few of us today. There are a number of warnings out. Ill have the details coming up. Details coming up. Loads of you been in touch on prisons , dave says a long prisons, dave says a long overdue rethink is needed about who we send to prison. This means spending money on other options, like funding agencies to help people instead of locking them up. It also means adequately funding the police and better pay for the probation staff at probation is really struggling at the moment. So there you go. Its it does need a wider range of thinking. You cant just lock everybody up. Clearly, somethings going very wrong. Cant not arrest people. Cant not arrest people. Cant not arrest people. Oh, no. Exactly. Oh, no. Exactly. Fear of not having any space. I think this could become a really big issue in an election yeah really big issue in an election year. Yeah, the conservatives really want to be seen as the party of law and order. Theres an opportunity there, probably, for labour to expose this. If they wanted to , but itll be they wanted to, but itll be interesting to see what the government says in relation to all of this. If were locking more people up than western europe , but per up than western europe, but per head of population than the rest of europe , then then something of europe, then then something somethings going wrong and it needs to be. The answer will be very complicated , right . Very complicated, right . Breaking news, leading our program this hour and in the last few moments we have been heanng last few moments we have been hearing inflation has fallen again to 2. 3. Now its down from last months rate of 3. 2. It didnt quite hit the bank of englands 2 target, which i know would have been really key for the government. Were not knocking it 2. 3 not to be sniffed out. Its not far. Ill tell you what should we just instead of us waffling on, lets Talk Straight to liam halligan. Whos here . Who actually knows what hes talking about . Good to see you, liam. Its all relative, steve. Its all relative, steve. Yeah, ill tell you this. This isnt far off the bank of englands inflation target. It isnt. Its 2. 3. So over the last 12 months, prices have gone up on average by 2. 3. That doesnt mean theyve come down. Theyve gone up. But just less than they were going up. Back in than they were going up. Back in october 2022, annual inflation was 11. 1, a 50 year high. As you say. It has now come down towards the bank of englands 2 target. Why has it come down . Its come down because weve had lower utility bills or weve had fewer increases in utility bills. Weve had a reduction in the Ofgem Energy Price cap, food Price Inflation has come down as post lockdown. Supply chains post lockdown. Supply chains have managed to reboot themselves. Its still above the themselves. Its still above the bank of englands 2 target. And thats why, when the Monetary PolicyCommittee Meets on june the 20th, the nine economists at the 20th, the nine economists at the bank of england who decide whether Interest Rates are going to move or not, i think theyre going to keep Interest Rates, stephen, at the current 16 year high of 5. 25. So no Interest Rate cut next month in my view. Right. Interesting. That right. Interesting. That would be disappointing i suppose, for a lot of people. But i mean the years not done. Maybe wed see them later in the yeah maybe wed see them later in the year. Who knows. Whats the sort of mood generally economic sort of mood generally economic sort of picture wise, we had a very short, sharp recession, which the chancellor will be pleased about. Weve had Economic Growth better than , america and germany better than, america and germany in france. So lots for the for the government to be crowing about. Will they be happy with this this morning . The government will be happy because it shows that inflation is definitely on a downward trend from 3. 2 last month to 2. 3 this month, is a big sort of proportionate fall in inflation. But then the opposition will say, well, whats inflation got to do with you . Inflation is all about how the bank of england sets Interest Rates. Thats why the bank of england is independent, because politicians arent meant to mess with inflation, because they always mess it up. Thats been the history. Thats why weve got an independent bank of england. And as you say, isabel, there have been estimates coming out most recently from the International Monetary fund that rarely does the uk any favours when it comes to forecasts. They are actually saying that the uk economy is outperforming some of the other large g7 economies, not least germany. Italy growing about the same as france. Look, but these are still tiny numbers. The economy has still not really got out of second gear since lockdown. Indeed, i gear since lockdown. Indeed, i would say since that Global Financial crisis back in 2000 and 809, we seem to be stalling. And 809, we seem to be stalling. The government obviously will be hoping for more better Economic News in the run up to an election this autumn, and id say that theyll be hoping for at least 1 or 2 Interest Rate cuts yet before a november election, as well as another tax cut. But is there a sense with this that the Monetary Policy committee are going to be looking at other factors, rather than just inflation, sort of more underlying factors . Absolutely right. Theyll be looking at Wage Inflation. And Wage Inflation is still high. Real wages. That is wages after inflation are now growing quite strongly. And theyll be worried because high wages of course thats great news if youre at work. But that increases the costs of firms. Firms pass on those costs of course. And then that feeds through into the pnces that feeds through into the prices that we pay in the shops for our goods and services , as for our goods and services, as well as Wage Inflation. The bank of england will also have its beady eye, or nine of its beady eyes, or 18. Right. A nine strong Monetary Policy committee on Global Energy markets. Commodity markets, particularly oil and gas, as i often say here on gb news, geopolitics is really important. All that turmoil in the middle east, ongoing turmoil between russia and ukraine, it spooks oil markets. It spooks gas markets. Any flare up in geopolitics, you can see that feeding into energy prices, they could spike and that would feed into inflation. So this Interest Rate cut i think it is on the way. It is on the way. I dont think it will happen next month because were still above target and we may yet get 1 or 2 Interest Rate cuts before an election. But is there still is there still an issue with the Monetary Policy committee in the sense, i mean, they can turn around. They say, well, our plan has worked. Then weve kept prices high. Everyones been squeezed. Some people you know, squeezed till they squeak and all of this. Yet theres still that big argument to say, actually, this hasnt been the right policy. This this high level of base rate is not whats brought inflation down. Will that are we sort of feeding the beast with this . Theres definitely , theres definitely, definitely a debate going on about the bank of england. About the bank of england. Nobodyin about the bank of england. Nobody in government, nobody in authority wants to have a debate about the bank of england. When the bank of england is trying to get inflation down, because it looks as if youre trying to move the goalposts, youre trying to blame the bank of england, and that will be a kind of downward spiral. But theres definitely a debate ongoing. Definitely a debate ongoing. Should the bank of england stay independent . Did the bank of england was it asleep at the wheel . Was it too slow to raise Interest Rates . Well putting my reporter hat to one side and being a columnist and analyst, ive been writing, you know, throughout 2020 and 2021, people like me, there were a few of us were saying, you have to raise Interest Rates sooner. Inflation is coming down the track. Post lockdown, the bank of england didnt listen. Inflation will be transitory or boy, dont worry about it. That turned out to be wrong. The Federal Reserve and the states got that wrong as well. And because they were too slow to raise Interest Rates when inflation was going up, i personally think theyve been too slow to lower Interest Rates with inflation coming down. Weve had 13 Interest Rate rises. They take months and months and months to feed through the impact of previous Interest Rate rises is still in the system even though inflation is coming down. If i was on the Monetary Policy committee , id Monetary Policy committee, id have cut months ago. Okay. Interesting. Well, this is at 2. 3, the lowest its been since july 2021. And dont forget when rishi sunak became Prime Minister inflation was at 11 and he did manage to achieve. And he did manage to achieve. And it wasnt his work solely but the pledge hitting his back into it. Yeah, he has 100 and he wanted to halve it by christmas. And he did. Weve got comments in from the treasury and from Rachel Reeves this morning, the treasury saying we rightly protected millions of jobs during covid and paid half of Peoples Energy bills after putins invasion of ukraine sent bills skyrocketing. But it wouldnt be fair to leave future generations to pick up the tab. Thats why we must stick to the plan to get debt falling. The economy is turning a corner with strong growth. This quarter and inflation close to target, allowing us to cut taxes for the average worker by £900 a year. Well, as political messaging goes, the key phrase there that will be repeated ad nauseum by conservatives up and down the country, the economys turning a corner. Corner. The real important aspect here for politics and for the lives and livelihoods of gb news viewers and listeners and indeed all of us here in the uk, is are we going to feel that the economy is turning a corner . Economy is turning a corner . Thats the crucial thing. And i have to say, when i talk to lots of people, get lots of emails, lots of messages, many , many lots of messages, many, many people out there do not feel any of this recovery. They are still of this recovery. They are still struggling and that is the challenge for the government. Challenge for the government. Its the Ronald Reagan question. Do you feel better than you did five years ago . And for a lot of british people, im afraid theyre going to say, no, no, interesting. Whats your view on interesting. Whats your view on this . Rachel reeves, whos the shadow chancellor, has has made a statement, but its just politics, really. Unfortunately she says inflation has fallen. She says, but now is not the time for conservative ministers to be popping champagne corks. After 14 years of conservative chaos, families are worse off. Pnces chaos, families are worse off. Prices have soared, mortgage bills have risen, taxes at a 70 year high and rishi sunak is now putting Family Finances at risk again, with the £46 billion unfunded policy to abolish National Insurance. It will mean higher borrowing, higher taxes and the end of the state pension. Labours first steps will be to deliver economic stability, so we can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible. Well, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, shes got to tread a fine line here. On the one hand, she wants to do her politicking and keep whacking the tories over the head. On the other hand, she doesnt want to come across as churlish. She doesnt want to be seen to be talking down the british economy. If youre running a small business, you know, out the back of a van, youre trying to get business going, youre trying to youre trying to drum up, business for yourself. You want business for yourself. You want firms, you households to feel better. The last thing you want is a leading labour politician on seeing to be negative on the economy. When were trying to get things moving. Economics is all about human nature and sentiment. The trade off between fear on the one hand and greed on the other, as they say in financial markets. I do think Rachel Reeves has to be careful here. Shes got a point, of course, though, that the tories this is not down to them. Inflation falling is not down to them. Well thats interesting because the Prime Minister has just released a statement saying this is proof that the plan is working and the difficult decisions weve made are paying off. Well, his argument would be that because the tories have shown relative constraint with spending that has helped to get our arms around inflation, i think theres something in that, but its been a lot more, in my view, about those sky high punitive Interest Rates which have basically throttled the economy, you know, Interest Rate rises are a very blunt instrument. You are deliberately making life more difficult for people who want to borrow firms or households. Yeah, and that is or households. Yeah, and that is what lowers demand and brings down pressure for price rises. Its painful, but it seems for now to have worked well. Liam, were lucky to have your excellent analysis. Thank you very much for making that all understandable for us this morning. And well see more of you a little bit later on. And weve got another incredible story for you this morning. This one about inspiring conservative mp craig mackinlay. Hes returning to mackinlay. Hes returning to Parliament Today after a phenomenal battle with sepsis. Yeah, hes had extreme surgery removing his hands and his feet. His feet. Yes. Hes replaced those with prosthetics. And mckinley and his wife spoke to gb news political editor, Christopher Hope, about his journey. Just hope, about his journey. Just a warning. The report contains some sensitive images. Some sensitive images. But one day, his life changed. Suddenly it was one of those days that will be etched on craigs memory for life. It was the end of september 2023. He was getting ready to go on houday he was getting ready to go on holiday with his family. He started to feel unwell and unexpectedly, craig had contracted sepsis. Contracted sepsis. So the grim reaper let me survive. But hes taken his survive. But hes taken his payment in four of my limbs. But thats the way it is. Plenty of thats the way it is. Plenty of worse things happening. That is it. No way back. And, yes, he was very matter of fact. He accepted that the black day. Not any use anymore. And thats not any use anymore. And thats it. So he had a very long, very long operation. And he did come long operation. And he did come back , without those black arms back, without those black arms and legs. And by then i was fine. I just knew that is it. Thats the new, new future. New life begins when your body just isnt doing something you want it to do, and you think you can do it. I mean, when i had the skin grafts and theyre very painful. Funny how skin grafts have been more painful than anything else. More painful than the amputation on and just trying to transfer off the bed onto a wheelchair and youre sort of bouncing across and, and its so painful and you are in tears of frustration that this is just why is it so bad . Why isnt this Getting Better . But no, ive Getting Better . But no, ive been pretty much cheerful throughout. I just think im probably coming into my tether of being under the care of an institution of the nhs for so long. Big sadness to me is holding little ones hand going to school. Cant do that anymore. We can hold sort of hold hands, but i cant feel that shes holding. Thats that shes holding. Thats a little specialness thats never coming back. You know that touch coming back. You know that touch of hands where its gone . Its being an mp at the end of the day, i hope its about what you got up here rather than. Yeah knocking on every door, much as id like to, but. Yeah life will have to change. And if it means more time with family, that has got to be a change for the absolute good. And im looking forward to that. Well, lets bring in olivia utley who can tell us more about all of this . Olivia. Really, really incredible story. And actually we were discussing it in the newspaper review and how it touches us in so many ways, not only sort of overcoming adversity, but also that sort of father daughter thing. Very very moving. Moving. Its such an inspiring, incredible story , the way that incredible story, the way that Craig Mckinley has almost taken this all in his stride. He said. Hes been pretty cheerful throughout, although he talks about that sadness about not being able to feel his daughter hold his hand. Hell be back in pmqs today and his daughter olivia, whos going to be five tomorrow, will be watching from the Public Gallery. Im sure shell be very proud of him. He wants to be the first bionic mp , he said, and first bionic mp, he said, and hes planning to fight the next election in south thanet. Hell be back in Parliament Today, just six months after that major, major surgery. Now, he major, major surgery. Now, he said in that interview with chris hope there that he is hoping that people will give him the benefit of the doubt in south thanet and they will think, well, he fought for himself, so hopefully hell fight for me too. Hes got a majority of about 10,000 in south thanet now. Normally that would be a pretty safe seat, but in these times there is no real conservative safe seat. Weve seen labour overturned much, much bigger majorities, but perhaps this is going to give him that boost that he needs to win the seat of south thanet. Thats the seat that hes fought very, very hard for over the years. He began life as a ukip mp. He founded the anti federalist party, which was a precursor to ukip, and then he changed to the conservatives in 2005 because he didnt like the direction that the ukip party was going in. In the end , he was going in. In the end, he ended up fighting the election against nigel farage in south thanet, one of the seven times i think it is that nigel farage has failed to get a seat in parliament, but yeah, Craig Mckinley has been in parliament ever since as the conservative mp for south thanet. Hes been a very, very strong brexiteer. He was one of the biggest conservative voices behind vote leave. And even since brexit, leave. And even since brexit, hes been on the European Scrutiny Committee, making sure that what happens in brussels gets some robust eyes on it at all times. Im sure his brexiteer colleagues will be delighted to have him back in Parliament Today. Its going to be quite a moment, olivia, thanks very much indeed. And now a former royal marine and border force official, Matthew Trickett , has official, Matthew Trickett, has been found dead in a park in berkshire just a week after appearing in court accused of spying for the Hong Kong Intelligence Service. Yes, police were called to grenfell park in maidenhead on sunday and set up a cordon whilst their investigations continue. Lets talk to defence editor at the evening standard, robert fox, good to see you. This morning, robert, i mean it. We talk about china here and what theyre doing. And of course thats obviously now hong kong is part of china. But with a slightly different relationship. Why would the Hong Kong Intelligence Service be having such an interest in what were doing . This is quite difficult because its a difficult to report because Co Defendants of trickett, i presume , who are trickett, i presume, who are one, has dual citizenship at least , are one, has dual citizenship at least, are going to be charged, on similar charges that he had been, brought up on, on accused of which is spying on, freedom movement, chinese supporters. So its directly related to hong kong. This isnt high level, security espionage, but in the background of trickett, there is such an extra ordinary entanglement with, immigration from hong kong. The immigration authorities in hong kong, the Hong Kong Police and hong kong intelligence. The charge is, was intelligence. The charge is, was that he was gathering information for a foreign intelligence agency. So at one intelligence agency. So at one level it is quite serious. It is interesting that he was given bail. So it isnt. He wasnt seen as the highest security, risk and that the authorities, the, the, the Crown Prosecution Service has been so open with the background to this story. Yeah. Theres so many elements to this story, not only his own background, a former royal marine, then he was, i believe, a uk border force at heathrow, official. And then he moved in february to the home office as an Immigration Enforcement officer. But the 37 enforcement officer. But the 37 year old, because he was released on bail last week and has had contact with the authorities before his death, the police have now referred themselves to the independent office for police conduct. Now thats normal procedure. But thats normal procedure. But theres also a story were talking about today about not enough space in custody at the moment. And you wonder if the two are perhaps related on that level as well. But i suppose on level as well. But i suppose on a wider on a wider scale. Lots to answer. There but just also talking more widely, we are heanng talking more widely, we are hearing increasing numbers of stories relating to china and espionage, arent we . Possibly more than any other time i can remember. Well, i think that, those, looking at particularly Cyber Espionage and a whole spectrum of, of cyber and other security threats, there is a view that we while we are for obvious reasons, ukraine very much focused on russia, that in some ways Public Awareness of the threats from china have been underestimated. And this is part of the message. But relating to of the message. But relating to the long part of your question, no, youre absolutely right. The intriguing part, the personal level, of this story is the man, allegedly attempted to take his life while he was in custody waiting to be charged. And had said that he would take his his life. So he was at risk to himself. But the authorities knew that this part, this is part of why theyve referred themselves to the police authority. I think. But to go to authority. I think. But to go to your other point, yes , there are your other point, yes, there are 150,000 Chinese Students in in this country and theyre seen as targets , particularly what are targets, particularly what are what are they doing . There have been questions , as you know, been questions, as you know, about the confucius institutions, the so called two, fake police stations. And we are under chinese surveillance, and we are under a tremendous number of cyber attacks. And a lot of those come from china, a large part related to, unfortunately to ransomware, okay, robert, sadly, were out of time. Good to see you, though. Good to see you, though. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. At the time of 723, lets take a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom. Jeff kitchen has been named as the british grandfather who died when a Singapore Airlines flight was hit by severe turbulence on a flight between london and singapore. Airport officials believe the 73 year old may have suffered a heart attack. More than 50 people were hurt, seven of them critically, after sustaining head injuries. The travel correspondent for the independent, simon calder, had this to say there are a lot of the damage on those very shocking images that youve been showing, to the ceilings and so on, were caused by people flying out of their seats, because the aircraft suddenly drops people, you know, inertia means that you stay where you are, which means that youre going to shoot upwards, former boss of the post office, Paula Vennells, is set to begin giving evidence at the post Office Inquiry today. She was the boss between 2012 and 2019, and shell be talking about what happened to her for the first time in almost a decade and is expected to reveal what she knew about wrongly accused subpostmasters. Itll be accused subpostmasters. Itll be fascinating to hear what she has to say, right . Drama . I would say lots of suggestions. There is a smoking gun in her case. Well be talking about a little bit later on. Well be right outside that inquiry with our reporter this morning for you. Now, if youre thinking of going out today, i wouldnt bother. Lets get all the details from alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. This morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. Heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country and that does bring the risk of some flooding. Its already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. As westwards across many areas. As we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. There will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. Temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather its going to feel pretty unpleasant. Like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. Some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. Some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. The greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland. Two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places , excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it. Towards the northwest of scotland, there will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times, two through the evening and overnight. The rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why were going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. As we go through the night. It should turn largely dry. There may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. Temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. Thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. 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Well, its been revealed that Life Expectancy in devon is one of the highest in the country. With locals there crediting the slower pace of life. Glorious. Yes. Sounds lovely. Glorious. Yes. Sounds lovely. Lovely. So is city life harming our health . We need to make this balance. We need to make this balance. We need to make this balance. We cant balance this out. And does it cause early deaths . Is it time to go rural and ditch the city . Well, you can see which side of the fence were sitting. And the host of field sports channel tv, charlie jacoby, also agrees. He says cities are indeed harming us. Good morning to you. But londons life coach , nina but londons life coach, nina owrk says that the countryside and i hope i got that right is not always as idyllic as it seems. Good morning to you both, nina. Come on then, why would you say that city is preferable to country . To country . Well, as the saying goes, when a man is tired of london, hes tired of life. I lived 23 years in a very rural, rural area, and it doesnt necessarily mean i was living. I was existing, having moved to london. I have flourished and ive just been living in a totally different life. I would say my best life. How, how and why, how and why . Well, theres a theres a certain lack of opportunities when you live in a small town , when you live in a small town, small mentalities, you come across the same sort of thing, small people. But when you move into a large city, you are actually , mixing with a whole actually, mixing with a whole load of different people, different backgrounds, a lot more opportunities. You dont feel so isolated and also youre learning so much more about different cultures, different , different cultures, different, opportunities, as i said, and i have nothing but flourish since ive moved. I can be. So, charlie, it sounds like shes painting a picture of a sort of middle england where youre all a bit parochial. Youre all of one race and youre all quite small minded. Does that sound fair . Does that sound fair . Not really. No. I think we have pretty wide horizons. I have pretty wide horizons. I think cities are crowded in by walls and i think there are there are things that we just do better. And it feels like cities are a kind of thousand year experiment that are going wrong. You know, we have a social contract out here in the countryside, which works. We have a sense of belonging, so , have a sense of belonging, so, for example, you know, it is it is impossible. I would say , in is impossible. I would say, in the uk countryside to die unnoficedin the uk countryside to die unnoticed in a remote farmhouse, whereas it is possible to die unnoficedin whereas it is possible to die unnoticed in a block of flats. Yeah. Well i get the point youre making. Its rather a grim, rather a grim one. But, nina, what about the pace of life . Because i mean, one of the criticisms of living in a city is that that, you know, it never stops. Life never stops in a city. Whereas at least in, in the countryside, things are quieter. You can switch off. Its all a lot calmer. I mean, like i said, ive had that personal experience. So that personal experience. So i know that, yes, you can switch off, but theres nothing wrong with you switching off in a city. Its your mindset, so its how you bring that forward into your own life and also the opportunities, as i said of you, mixing with different kinds of people where you are restricted, mixing with people in a small town as i was. Now ive got lots of different friends from different backgrounds , and on different backgrounds, and on a business level its so much better as well because the opportunity is there for what you want to achieve, i know a lot of people that still live in the same town that i lived for a long time doing the same thing, and they often look at me and say, oh, youre doing so much now. But the opportunity is there when you move out of your comfort zones. And a lot of people stay in these small towns because it is comfortable. I wonder, charlie, if are we being a bit unfair in having the debate . If you like pitching one against the other . Because it would seem to me some people are city folk, some people are country folk. We wouldnt want the country full of city folk, would we . Oh no, we certainly. Oh no, we certainly. Oh no, we certainly. We certainly wouldnt want the country full of city folk now. And i saw the city probably feels the same way about the countryside. But if youre talking about, you know, different kinds of people, we have we have a sense of tolerance out here that that perhaps doesnt exist in the city. I mean , im going to go as city. I mean, im going to go as far as to say were just were just better, nicer people. And thats probably why we live longer. Longer. Nina, can i make a suggestion that maybe it was the time in your life that you were in the country that maybe makes you not like it . I do think that to be young and to be in a city, there is a time and a place for me. Having my children in a city was fabulous. I could walk everywhere with a pram. There was. It was described as nappy valley where we lived. Everyone had children in every house around us, but now weve moved out. We dont need that sort of cheek by jowl existence anymore. The kids actually need space, but do you think maybe, you know, as you get older, you might seek the countryside 7 m. Again . I am older, you know, its not an age thing. I dont think age comes into it. I think really what comes into it that a lot of people are living long lives in the countryside, no doubt. But are they actually living or are they existing . And this is the thing im trying to get across, that when you are in a city, theres no no opportunity of not living your life because theres so many opportunities to make new friends, do different things. Whereas in the small amount of people, theres only so much you can do. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Look, were going to leave it there. Charlie. Nina, good to see you both. Never the twain shall meet with you, too, i think, so many comments coming in on gb views. Lisbie. I grew up in a village. Too much interest in others lives and gossiping. Give me a city any day, john says im doing both Central London and hampshire, but londons not what it used to be, keep your thoughts coming in this morning. Were both converts, arent we . Were both converts, arent we . We both. Well, well, i, i grew up in in the country. Im from the lake district, so its just i only lived in the city because i had to. But i cant stand. I mean, i hate london, i hate london, yeah, but its drag myself. Its just too crowded myself. Its just too crowded for me as well. But thats why i think youre either city people or youre not. Well, i was born in london, stayed in london until i was little, grew up in a town, but for me, i want to see fields and i want to see nature and wildlife and space. Space lots of space. Let us know what you think. Birdsong. Birdsong. All that well, there you go. Im a country bumpkin. Always have been, right. Let us know have been, right. Let us know what you think. Gbnews. Com yoursay is town or country . I think its town. I think its town. Okay. Okay. Lets paul coyte got your sport. Good paul coyte got your sport. Good morning. Hello. Lets talk about unexpected departures. Should unexpected departures. Should we . Yes. Goodbye. What are you going on . Holiday. Thank you very much. Ill be off and ill see you. All right. Mauricio pochettino, i think it really is a surprise. I really do think its a surprise. The Mauricio Pochettino, whether hes given his marching orders or not, its by Mutual Consent that hes leaving chelsea. Hes been there for just under a year. It was a tough start. I mean, thats the truth. And people are thinking, whats going on with chelsea . And its not working. Theres the new owners. Theyve spent over £1 billion on players, which just just isnt seeming to working. But the thing is, when Mauricio Pochettino, it takes a while for players to understand the way he works and the way he wants them to play, etc. And this is the weird thing. Its beginning to click. Its just been the last month or so. Theyve won five on the trot. Finally, chelsea fans are thinking, yes, this is it. And then, just as things are about to work, then the old elbow and they said its all about philosophy, a philosophical difference or something, which to me just sounds like personalities. It really is. I mean, i was looking at the quote , i mean, it really is bizarre. I think the quote, it was, issues were philosophical and related to the you wouldnt believe these were american owners, would you . The issues were philosophical and related to dynamics of working within a club structure. So yeah, they didnt like each other any old nonsense, i think. I think it is. I know that maurizio was not happy there, and i think it was the way the philosophy was at the way the philosophy was at the club that things would just not work. What is the chelsea philosophy . I have no idea whatsoever. And unfortunately i dont think maurizio was too sure about it enhen maurizio was too sure about it either. But. But its the old merry go round. We were talking about yesterday. So wheres that going to go . Weve got roberto de zerbi, who left brighton, so hes available, possibly thomas tuchel, who has left bayern munich. Well, he was the chelsea manager before pochettino. So manager before pochettino. So anyway well see where that goes. But it is a huge surprise and i think a huge mistake. Gareth southgates been giving a few people the boot. Theres been talk about hes not been overly bothered about Club Performance and hes shown loyalty to the squad. Yeah. In the past that seems to be changing. Yeah it does because Jordan Henderson surely i think everybody agreed that it was time for jordan everybody agreed that it was time forJordan Henderson to go. Time for Jordan Henderson to go. He showed extreme loyalty to him. He left liverpool, went to saudi arabia and then went to ajax. It just hasnt worked out for him here. 33 years old. So its for him here. 33 years old. So wsfime for him here. 33 years old. So its time and theres better midfielders. Its time that he went Raheem Sterling is out Marcus Rashford is out. Theres one that maybe some people would be surprised at. If you look at the way hes been playing though the way hes been playing though the season, its probably a good decision and hes brought five new players in. So this is a squad of 33, which will then be cut down to 26 before the euros begin. So theyve got two friendlies and the Scottish Team is going to be announced or the scottish squad is going to be announced. But englands, englands going to win. Is it. You know what . I did say this about six months ago that i think theyre going to win this. You said it an hour ago. Well i did have you changed your mind . It seemed like six months ago. I seem like no, im going to stick with it. I really am. They are the favourites. They are the favourites to win it. I know with history tournaments its never worked out so well. But i do believe we will win the euros this year. Yes sounding less convincing than last hour. Oh, now thats not fair. You sound we. We will win the euros. All right. Fair . Absolutely perfect. Katie. Thank you. By the way, are you a town person or a country person . A town person . Id like to be a country. The older i get, the more country i like, right . Yeah. More of a town person. Perfect, katie. Love it. Thanks very much indeed. Thank you. Thank you. Right. Still to come, were going to take you through the papers with norman baker and Renee Hoenderkamp. Thats in just. You. All right. Lets see whats in the papers this morning with norman baker and Renee Hoenderkamp. Oh, tell me, what hoenderkamp. Oh, tell me, what does honda camp mean . Chicken farm. Chicken farm . You did say that. And i was like , no, shes that. And i was like, no, shes told me leg chicken from under is a chicken in in dutch. Oh, oh. Camp farm. Camp farm. Yeah. There we go. Thats not fascinating. Oh wait. Yeah. There we go. Thats not fascinating. Oh wait. Name . Its like helmut kohl. You used to be the chancellor of germany. Of course, that means cabbage. Yes it does, Prime Minister cabbage, basically. Youre a baker . Youre a baker . Of course. So youre a baker. Of course. So youre a baker. All the skills here. Chicken farmer in a baker. Anyway, to more important matters, renee, inflation has fallen. Fallen. Well, this is good news, isnt it . Great news . It is good news. Its going to affect peoples mortgages, which is then going to put money in their pocket. Anything that puts money in peoples pockets right now has to be welcomed. Obviously its great news for rishi because it gets him closer to his, one of his pledges , which his, one of his pledges, which was to halve inflation. Well, its more than halved it though. He did that. Hes beaten that. And for his Statement Today he says today marks a major moment for the economy. With inflation back to normal. Its not quite back to normal. Its not quite back to normal very low though isnt it . I mean i think once you get to 2. 3, i think the problem that we had is it was so ridiculously low, the Interest Rates were so low, the Interest Rates were so low that people got very blase about money and borrowing money. That leads on to Graeme Le Saux to the pace and the times. Sorry, the telegraph and the Financial Times about the imf. Two stories there. It refers to inflation having been 11. 1 actually, which is a huge drop to where we are now. That was only in 2022. But the imf is calling for three rate cuts by the end of the year as inflation falls, which is a very specific demand of the British Government by an unaccountable international body. Well, the British Government cant do it anyway. Well, they cant because bank of england, but theyre calling it a bank of england to do it, to be fair. But the other story in the ft is about the imf warning the chancellor against further tax cuts and saying that the 2 cut in National Insurance was irresponsible and saying you shouldnt cut any more this yeah well, i was saying its in relation to the problem that the uk specifically has with worklessness and this rise in people who arent working. And in order to sustain the economy. Yes, because of that problem, it either has to be tax rises or, well, whats the opposite . Theyve called for measures to include reforms to vat, Capital Gains and inheritance tax , as well as charging for tax, as well as charging for a wider range of Public Services. I mean, there is an issue about democracy here as to whether or not this body is accountable to us. Us. Yeah, well, and also, this is a body the imf, who every single forecast and prediction that theyve made in the past in the main has been wrong. So why would we listen to these people, to our forecasts, to be fair . You know, our forecasts, theyre just that arent they . They often get it wrong, but theyre there to try and help and they get revised. But you know, its certainly questions about, you know, how much notice we take of the imf and what role we take of the imf and what role we want them to have. If you go back far enough in time. The imf caused major disruption to the Labour Government in the 1970s, when jim callaghan, i think it was, was chancellor and called in the imf, and that caused a lack of complete lack of confidence in Labour Government, which probably led partly to their demise in 79. Yeah, yeah, can we have a look at electric cars . Oh, go on then. In look at electric cars . Oh, go on then. In the guardian. Renee. Yes. Yes. So i thought this was a really interesting story. So theres been a massive study and it is really big. 32 billion electric car miles and trillions of diesel and petrol car miles and in a rural area, its less likely to happen. But in built up areas, electric cars are three times more likely to hit pedestrians and they think its a combination of younger drivers with less experience tend to have electric cars, that they have electric cars, that they have a swift, swift acceleration and a longer stopping speed as a result , but also that they are result, but also that they are much quieter and in built up areas. The main reason surely, and built up areas with higher levels of background noise. People cant hear them. And this is close to my heart because, as isabel knows, ive lost two cats to the road in two years. After not that not happening in 25, and im convinced its because animals pets cant hear these cars. Its not just animals, of course. Its blind people as well, and others who are vulnerable pedestrians. As i dealt with this matter, actually, when the transport minister and the department of transport and were having International Discussions about what should be done about this, i was very firmly of the view that there should be sound added to electric cars when theyre travelling, perhaps less than 20mph in urban areas, because people expect that and otherwise youve been kept, you can be caught unawares. Youve been kept, you can be caught unawares. I almost youve been kept, you can be caught unawares. I almost got caught unawares. I almost got hit by an electric car the other day trying to cross the road because i wasnt looking carefully, i heard nothing, so my natural sense of where traffic was was, was limited. Traffic was was, was limited. Ive done it in the supermarket car park. Ive done it in the School Car Park with the kids everywhere. You know, we stepped out and did not see a car coming. The good side to quiet electric vehicles is if you live near a motorway, which again, i do. The near a motorway, which again, i do. The theory is that motorways will soon become much, much quieter. Although you still have the tire noise. Yeah, but wouldnt that be wonderful if we didnt have such noisy roads . It would be wonderful. But not for pedestrians and pets and children under 20 miles an hour, i think. Yes, its europe, its a yes, its a, its a europe and areas you have to look at. Yeah. So apparently as were going to have more and more electric cars, we surely need to find a solution. Yeah. Yeah. Well its interesting because a lot of sporty cars which are petrol or diesel have have high revs built in on speakers. You can just turn it speakers. You can just turn it on because it sounds better. Well they should do that shouldnt they . I mean, my sons got a big sporty car because hes so into cars and i can hear him coming from about a mile away. Yeah, i really can. I can, im coming. Well, hes the cat. Cant blame your son then. Thats good. Thats good news. And were out of time. Its a short one this time. Well have more from both renee and from norman just after 8 30 this morning. Yes, because i want to hear about Anne Robinson. I want to hear about Anne Robinson and her. Well, its not tax dodging, is it . Trying to avoid inheritance tax. More on that a little bit later on. But for now, as stephen says, its going to be wet today. Here are all the details. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. Heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country , and that parts of the country, and that does bring the risk of some flooding. Its already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. As we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. There will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. Temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather its going to feel pretty unpleasant. Like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. Some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. Some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. The greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales, and into southern scotland. Two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it. Towards the north west of scotland. There will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times. Two through the evening and overnight. The rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why were going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. As we go through the night. It should turn largely dry. There may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. Temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. Thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. Perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture and that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather, drier and perhaps brighter towards the south, so temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by looks like things are heating up boxt boiler oilers, sponsors of weather on uninspiring return. The tory mp Craig Mckinley is revealing all about his sepsis battle, which has left him without hands or feet as he plans to return to Parliament Today. Im hoping people might give me the benefit of the doubt and say that mans been a fighter for himself. Hes damn well going to fight for me. Im going to give him my support. The vibronic mp, bionic mp is what i want to be. In just a moment, well be talking through the latest inflation figures with liam halligan. Hes going to break it all down. Find out what it means for you. Inflation is down sharply dunng inflation is down sharply during the year to april 2. 3, close to the bank of englands 2 target. The cost of living crisis is now easing. But in my view, no Interest Rate cuts for a while. A while. The former post office boss, Paula Vennells, is set to begin giving evidence at the post Office Inquiry today. De terror in the sky is turbulence on board. A Singapore Airlines flight from london leads to one death and dozens of injuries , and a week after injuries, and a week after appearing in court , the appearing in court, the metropolitan police are investigating the unexplained death of a 37 year old british man charged with spying for hong kong and sport this morning. Well , im kong and sport this morning. Well, im surprised, but chelsea have decided to part ways with Mauricio Pochettino just as they won their last five games. So its now back to the old drawing board for them. The Europa League final is tonight as unbeaten bundesliga champions by leverkusen take on italys atalanta in dublin and in leeds tonight , atalanta in dublin and in leeds tonight, england play their first t20 game of the season against pakistan, with the return of the ever injured, although hopefully not this time bowler jofra archer. Heavy, persistent rain is going to cause some major problems for quite a few of us today. There are a number of warnings out. Ill have the details coming up. Interesting a lot of you getting in touch on the inflation situation. Weve got the figures out an hour ago, down to 2. 3, its a significant drop from last month. Its very, very nearly at the bank of englands target rate of 2. And were going to get the latest from liam halligan, who sat here. Just want to put this to you first, liam, because keith garlands literally just messaged saying but what about food inflation then . Okay, food Price Inflation has actually come down a bit. Its around 3. 5 during the year to april. That means that, to april. That means that, thats its still adding to inflation, but not nearly as much as it has in the past. Where is this lower inflation coming from . It was 3. 2 during coming from . It was 3. 2 during the year to march, 2. 3 during the year to march, 2. 3 during the year to april. Whats come down above all is energy prices. Down above all is energy prices. Theyre not reported specifically by the ons, which, by the way, i think is a mistake. They should change that. Its contained within a section called household and housing costs and household services. That includes energy prices, gas bills, utility bills and so on. And thats down 5 dunng and so on. And thats down 5 during the year to april. So thats really helping to drag inflation down. Petrol is also cheaper than this time last yeah cheaper than this time last year. Just half a percent cheapeh year. Just half a percent cheaper. Even though in the last month from march to april this year petrol prices have gone up. If you look at petrol prices in april, theyre down slightly. On april, theyre down slightly. On april 2023. So this is where the lower inflation is coming from. Food prices, petrol prices, utility prices, not least because that Ofgem Energy Price cap was lowered. But we are still above the banks 2 target at 2. 3. Thats why when the bank of englands Monetary Policy committee next meets on the 20th of june, i dont think theyre going to lower Interest Rates from their current 16 year high of 5. 25. Theyre then isnt an mpc meeting in july. The next mpc meeting in july. The next mpc meeting in july. The next mpc meeting afterjune is august. So it strikes me on these numbers. Unless things change, the first Interest Rate cut wont be before august. Cut wont be before august. Okay, good to know the Prime Minister when he took charge following on from liz truss, was greeted with inflation at 11. It is now, as you say, 2. 3. Thats the lowest since july 2021. Understandable he is rather pleased this morning. Here he is with his thoughts on the latest figures, hard work and resilience. Resilience. Today we reached a major milestone and inflation is back to normal. And that is an important moment for our country. For the economy and shows that our plan is working now. Whilst i know people are now. Whilst i know people are only just starting to feel the benefits and there is more work to do, i hope this gives people confidence that if we stick to the plan, there are brighter days ahead. Can you claim any credit for it or is it all down to the bank of england . Yeah when i came into this job, i made it a priority to halve inflation. Weve delivered on that. And now as i said, its back to normal. Thats not just because of our plan that is working. Its because of everyones collective hard work and sacrifice. And it shows what is possible when we put our minds to it. But i am conscious as well that there is more work to do. People are only just starting to feel the benefits, and thats why its important that we do stick to this plan so that we do stick to this plan so that we do stick to this plan so that we can continue to deliver a secure future for everyone. But these things dont happen by accident. I came into office with a plan to bring down inflation. That plan is working and if we stick to it, there are brighter days ahead. The truth is, Prime Minister though, is that prices are still absurdly high. Peoples mortgages are still going up, and the Public Services are in crisis. When will people really start to feel better in this country . Yeah, i understand that people are only just starting to feel the benefits of the improvements and the improvements and the improvements that weve made, and that will take time for people to really feel them. But what we are now seeing is that everything is heading in the right direction. The economy grew in the First Quarter of the year faster than france, germany and america. Wages have been rising faster than prices for almost a year now. Energy bills are down hundreds of pounds from where they were. Mortgage rates are down from the peak in todays news on inflation. Being back to normal is very welcome. Back to normal is very welcome. So if you put all of that together that shows that weve got momentum. It shows that the plan is working. But of course theres more work to do for people to really feel the benefits of all these things. Thats why its important that we stick to the plan. As i said, these things dont happen by accident. I came into office with a plan. That plan is working, and if we stick to it, i can give everyone the peace of mind that theres a secure future ahead for them and their families. Some of your colleagues are worried that your plans to crack down on graduate visas will actually. All right, lets, leave the Prime Minister there. What did you make of that . Liam because actually, she was pushed a lot on the idea that, yes, the plan, his plan is working. Hes enacted it. But, you see, people arent feeling the benefits yet, and thats the key to this, isnt it . Its the intangible. Well what was it that bill clintons top political adviser said as he was bidding for the white house in the 1990s . He said its the economy, stupid. And that was the phrase he used to Clintons Campaign team. The people bashing the phones, talking to swing voters across the american heartlands, tell them about the economy , tell them about the economy, because thats what people really, really, really care about. And thats, you know, thatis about. And thats, you know, that is just the way it is. A lot of people vote in on the bafis lot of people vote in on the basis of whether or not they and their families feel better off, and the problem that the tories have, stephen, is that the economy has been pretty lacklustre in recent years, not just in the uk, but across europe and across much of the world. As weve come out of that lockdown, the tories are trying desperately to put clear blue water, if you like, between themselves and labour on the economy, just as they are on immigration and defence and so on. Theyre lowering taxes. Weve had two reductions in National Insurance employer, employer, employee National Insurance contributions. Thats insurance contributions. Thats about £950 a year reduction in tax for the average worker. And inflation is significantly down. Not that thats anything to do with the government. Thats because of the bank of englands Interest Rate rises. But a lot of people out there are still struggling. And im very conscious when i say, look, inflation is 2. 3, down from 3. 2, down from 11 back in october 2022. The cost of living crisis is over. No, it isnt over because when inflation comes down, it doesnt mean prices come down. It means they they go up come down. It means they they go p by come down. It means they they go up by less than they were going up by less than they were going up. And for years weve had up. And for years weve had wages lagging. Inflation only in wages lagging. Inflation only in recent months have wage increases started to outpace price rises. And that is the reality for many uk families who arent yet feeling any benefit from this economic recovery. Liam, thank you very much indeed. Well, lets stick with this topic and get the thoughts this topic and get the thoughts this morning of the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, darren jones. Good morning. Welcome to the program. Thank you for putting up with the rain there. I hear its raining cats and dogs out there, your reaction first of all, to this 2. 3, inflation figure. Its a significant drop and id be interested to hear what you attribute that to. Attribute that to. Well, its attributed predominantly to the Energy Price Cap change that came in recently and actually core inflation. So the rate at which pnces inflation. So the rate at which prices are increasing for other goods and services continues to be between three and a half and 4, which is much higher than we would like it to be and higher than markets were expected doing. So theres much more work to be done of course we welcome it coming back down towards target, but that is the bare minimum that the public should expect. And so with the greatest of respect to my colleagues on the other side of the house, we dont think conservative ministers should be starting the victory lap and popping the champagne today. Theyve got more work to do so that people at home start to feel the benefit of an economy that we obviously think should be back on track. To be fair and to be fair, they acknowledge that, but is this a sense of the economy turning a corner, because if it is, that poses a potential danger to you, doesnt it become a general election . A general election . Well, we dont think people at home think the economy is turning a corner because quite frankly, it isnt. I mean, the fact that weve come out of complete and utter chaos, with the mini budget that sent markets spiralling with inflation spiking at 12, with people really suffering and paying people really suffering and paying the cost of tory chaos, the fact weve gone from that to, you know, a bit more of normality, you know, is welcome. Normality, you know, is welcome. But actually our ambition in the labour party for the economy is much greater than that. We dont much greater than that. We dont just need to be into a period of bumping along the bottom. We need to get the economy growing and back on track so that peoples pay is increasing so that they have some spare money at the end of each month because of the cost of living, crisis is tackled and people have some hope once again in the future of the british economy. Well, yeah, but to pick up on what stephens, you know, hinting at there, you know, your poll lead is narrowing as the economy is improving. And thats borne out in the latest ipsos poll that came out in the last couple of days. You cant afford to be complacent, can you . To be complacent, can you . Well, were not complacent either on the economy or indeed the general election campaign. Polls always narrow as we get closer to a general election. Weve been saying that for some time, whilst people keep going around saying they think the labour party has got the next election in the bag, weve been very, very clear thats not the case. Not one vote has been cast and were going to work really, really hard to continue to listen to people across the country, to set out our first steps of an incoming Labour Government and to hope to secure the support and trust of voters in every constituency across the country when polling day comes. And yeah, but you have got a bigger fight on your hands, havent you . If the economy and we believe we understand the economy is growing better than were seeing in in a lot of European Countries at the moment. I mean, this isnt a uk problem. Its a its a global issue. So labour is going to have to come to the fore if you want to win the general election, say, well, this is how were going to really boost the economy. This is how were going to kick start growth in the country from something which is there but sluggish at the moment. And you havent really delivered on those details yet. Delivered on those details yet. No, i think we have. I mean, only i think it was it last week or the week before we set out our first six steps that a Labour Government would take to turn the country around, and all of them will help on the Economic Growth mission. So the first, of course, is that we need to bring stability back to the economy after years of chaos that costs us all from the conservatives, the clearing, the backlog in the nhs is important in itself, but it also means that people who are out of work , that people who are out of work, either because of Mental Health challenges or musculoskeletal problems , will be fit and able problems, will be fit and able to get back to work. We want to hire more teachers for our schools so that young people are coming out of school able to forgive me that were available. Forgive me going through the other three, if you wish me to do so. No, no we dont because its all well and good. And those pledges, i got that impression. The those pledges are fine. They say, what you would what you would want to do. What im saying is we dont know. How are you going to do it . Oh, no, weve set that out, too. I mean, this is the reason theyre six steps, because they are six practical steps for delivering on our bigger, Bigger Missions for the country. And all of them are fully funded and fully costed. And they set out clearly about how we will go about delivering them straight away if were elected into government later this year. And finally, before we let you go, i just wanted to bring up the story, incredible story that were covering here on the channel of the conservative mp craig mackinlay, who will be returning to westminster to attend Prime Ministers questions for the first time after having suffered seriously from sepsis, having to lose both his hands and feet. An inspirational story hes pledging to campaign to enable other people , other amputees, to other people, other amputees, to access prosthetics more easily, as he was told youd have to wait two years. Your thoughts about that . About that . I mean, its a remarkable story. And when i heard craigs, story. And when i heard craigs, interview last night on the tv, you know , i was i was just you know, i was i was just amazed by his , the positivity amazed by his, the positivity that hes bringing back to parliament, wanting to be the first bionic mp in the house of commons. Hes been through, a heartbreaking trauma. But its heartbreaking trauma. But its great to see him back in the house of commons today. And wanting to be able to get on with his job, even though he suffered those horrible consequences. Its nice to see a bit of cross Party Support on that. Thank you very much indeed. Good to see you this morning, darren jones, actually it was our political editor, Christopher Hope, who got that exclusive interview, with Craig Mckinley. And christopher is here. Good to see you. And i mean, what is striking with all of this is even that video that you got hold of, of him in his hospital bed , hes being positive. Hes bed, hes being positive. Hes this incredibly whatever you think of his politics as an individual, what . What an incredible positive attribute. Hes got such a shock. Ive been going to see him in hospital since december and raise the issue of telling a story through gb news, and its a great honour for us to broadcast that last night, and its available to watch on, on our youtube site and on the website , because i think and you website, because i think and you heard darren jones there giving praise to somebody who and hes nowhere near the politics of Craig Mckinley. No, no, i mean, he founded ukip, right . Craig mckinley. Hes an officer of the erg. He runs the net zero scrutiny group. Hes not happy about net zero and 2050 targets. But aside from that, you have a guy there who just wants to, be give back to his public life. And when youre with him and hes missing his arms and his feet within five minutes, you dont even see that you see the face and the guy shining out from inside. It is deeply moving when youre with him. And his passions are extraordinary. And passions are extraordinary. And guess what . Hes going to fight the election as a tory candidate in south thanet, the seat he held with a majority of around 10,000 in 2019, you know, a lesson for other tory mps mumbling and groaning about politics and legging it from the field when the polls go badly. If the tory party heres a bloke without arms and legs whos going to fight for the tory party, its quite interesting lesson. Yeah. And you get the sense he really will fight. Hes got that fighting spirit. I mean, your vote was so moving for so many reasons. Inspirational as well. The bit about his daughter and not being able to hold her hand touches the hearts of every parent, im sure, but i wonder if for you as well, talking about daughters, i know that your own daughter lost her leg, and i wonder if the fact that hes taking up the fight for amputees is something that has resonated with you. And whether you think there is a genuine problem in in in serving the people who have lost limbs as well. Yeah. My daughter pollyanna has lost a leg aged two and i thats why i was so moved by it. As soon as i heard what had happened to him, i was keen to help see how i could help get his story out there. Absolutely. And its very hard to get the necessary, legs and arms you need. Hes getting legs on the nhs and arms privately. £100,000. Youll see them later on in the film. He only had these kind of black, black lumps of plastic used for moving around , but ive seen him drink, around, but ive seen him drink, dnnk around, but ive seen him drink, drink a cup of tea with them. I mean, its amazing he shaves himself. Hes got all sorts of issues about, you know, he cant enter a pin number. Yeah. You know, all the things you have to relearn, rethink about when he walks back into Parliament Today. I think in pmqs itll be a real moment. But yeah, provision by the nhs, the nhs has a legal duty to get you moving. Theyll give you crutches, give you a wheelchair but not necessarily the best way of moving. So my wife sarah campaigned, for example, for running blades for amputee kids and got a fund out of george osborne, went back in the day and thats still going. So children now can get amputee blades. But its difficult. And i think hell become a real campaigner for this. I mean obviously theres some some pictures in the papers of him with, with sort of silver hands , i dont know, i dont hands, i dont know, i dont know if theyre so theyre the actual sort of bionic ones and theyre got them on monday. So when we finish making our film he hadnt got them yet. The things you see in the film are these black lumps of plastic, these black lumps of plastic, the silver hands youre seeing there, which are now which will see today when were interviewing for gb news were around since monday, they and the biggest blow to him, i think he said to me is the hands, his feet. As a guy, you can wear trousers and you cant see anything. But when you shake someones hand and its not a real hand, you might get a reaction. So i think thats part of the of the challenge hes got. Its interesting though, the reaction because again , and i reaction because again, and i keep saying this because its, you know, its not about pushing someones politics. This is about an individual. And the fact that it is highlighted in such a big way is, does that help change our attitudes . When you i know ive met people before whove had disabilities and fingers missing, and when they put a hand out to shake, youve got to steel yourself in a way to go. Im not going to react to this and just make it as normal as possible. I met him, i didnt want to do with him. So yes, exactly. I thought, what do you do . You hug him, shake his hand, fist bump or something. By then it was a kind of fist bump, i suppose, he has to get around that probably needs to be. You know, im. And hes called the bionic mp. Thats an idea hes adopted for himself. I mean, looking at the figures on sepsis. So it does kill 40,000 a yeah sepsis. So it does kill 40,000 a year. Yeah. And the numbers, the number of people who die from Breast Cancer. Canceh we were told this morning its more than lung, bowel and Breast Cancer combined. 48,000. And if you think of the profile it gets with all the campaigning and the fund raising and the cancer care, we dont even talk about sepsis. And we should do. But to be frank, what is also wonderful about this story is it reminds us that in public life we have these sorts of people because too often weve been talking about people who are leaving public life for some sort of, you know, indiscretion, the sleaze era coming back, this is fantastic because this guy is full of positivity, a great role model, and, you know, as as stephen says, totally aside from party politics, it just goes to show we do still have honourable people, and people do go into politics for the right reasons. Lets lets not forget that we get brought down by the kind of making money for themselves and the rest of it. But there is this happy story, and in a week when its been started, this dreadful infected blood story today, paula is in the process of inquiry. Its a spark of a bit of brightness in the week. Yeah, chris, good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. And i look forward to seeing what you deliver later on today when youre in parliament with him. Of course. Be fascinating to see. Okay. The time 820 lets take a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom this hour. Breaking news for you in ireland, norway and spain have officially recognised palestine as a separate state, and thats prompting israel to recall its ambassadors from the european nations. Speaking this morning, the irish premier, simon harris, said today ireland, norway and spain are announcing that we recognise the state of palestine. Each of us will undertake whatever National Steps are necessary to effect that decision. In other news this morning, the x post office boss Paula Vennells, has arrived at the inquiry where shes set to begin three days of evidence. 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Stay with us because well be talking about the former post office ceo, Paula Vennells. Shes just arrived at the inquiry due to give evidence a little bit later on. Well have all the details with our reporter there in just a moment. Now, just a few moments ago, the former post office ceo Paula Vennells arrived ahead of giving evidence at the post Office Inquiry. Over the next three days, shes going to give her version of events. But what might she actually say . Actually say . Well, our reporter, ray addison is there. Presumably you saw her arriving. Something of a media scrum this morning. What media scrum this morning. What can we expect to hear from inside the walls behind you . Yeah. Police were forced to make a kind of corridor for miss vennells as she arrived this morning and escorted her into the building. Media shouting questions at her. But no comment from miss vennells at this stage, however, she now faces three full days of questioning and she will have to give some answers that will certainly be expected during this inquiry. Of course it the cases there will be asked about her role in this honzon be asked about her role in this horizon it scandal, which unfolded during her watch while she was chief exec of the post office from 2012 to 2019. And yesterday a Major Development emails emerging which seem to suggest that she knew about the wrongful convictions in october of 2013, just over a year before she spoke and gave evidence to mps where she said that there was nothing wrong with the honzon was nothing wrong with the horizon system and she had seen no evidence of miscarriages of justice, so that will be one of the key areas of focus , no the key areas of focus, no doubt, over the next three days. Now former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said that he believes the email will be seen as the smoking gun in that a cover up did take place, and he said he hopes miss vennells will finally admit the truth. Now more as we know, more than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the post office. Many handed criminal convictions as well thats between 1999 and 2015, because fujitsus horizon it system made it appear as though money was missing at their branches when there had been no criminality at all. Now the prosecution has continued under miss vennells despite her repeatedly being told that this simply did not make any sense. Now she was made a cbe back in the 2019 new years honours list for her work for the post office and contribution to charity as well, but she volunteered. She handed that back when 1. 2 Million People signed a petition saying that she should do so. So saying that she should do so. So far, she hasnt spoken in detail about her role in this scandal, but she has previously apologised for the devastation caused. And we also heard that she was set to release 50 additional documents, which no doubt will be pored over and will form part of the questioning here over the next few days. So questioning here over the next few days. So in questioning here over the next few days. So in particular, few days. So in particular, shes going to be quizzed on her knowledge of the ability for fujitsu employees to remotely access the horizon it system and of course, any alleged false evidence that was given by expert witnesses during the post office prosecution. And also, another key thing that we also saw in that itv drama series, which seemed to bring all of this to the attention of the general public and the media, to the behaviour of the post offices investigators. So a tough three days ahead for miss vennells. Okay , ray, thanks very much okay, ray, thanks very much indeed. Worth remembering. You know, shes shes an ordained priest in the church of england. She was she was touted to be bishop of london, not very long ago, so i can only hope with that in mind. She speaks the absolute truth. Little bit of humility. And if shes got something, you know, if theres something, you know, if theres something unsaid that she should have said, i hope shes got the guts to be honest about it. I also want to bring to everybodys attention the met office. Theyve been issuing a few weather warnings this morning. Weve got a yellow warning in place for the southern part of the country, but actually an amber warning, which includes a threat to life across wales and north west england. From midday today, we are expecting a significant amount of water. Well have a forecast a little bit later on in the programme, but that is the latest from the met office today. If you dont need to go out, just dont. Today its really not worth it. The roads as a roads are really waterlogged. Its been raining all night so its dangerous on the roads. Just be careful. Flower show keeping all of those flowers nice out in the pounng those flowers nice out in the pouring rain. What a shame. It may not it a bit too much. A bit too much water today, right . Weve got the sport with paul coyte in just a couple of minutes 2024 a battleground year. 2024 a battleground year. 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. Channel. Time now to go through all the sports. Paul coyte is in the studio. Welcome back. Thank you. Confident about the euros . Just confident about the euros . Just checking in on you. What . My percentage of england. The chance of england winning the euros. Im going to go in. Im going up to about 90. Is that okay . Come on. Is that good enough . Sent in the six. Sent in the six. Ive never been 100. Okay. But 98 ish. I do think we will win. I do, i think, but oh god. But now the more i question myself. All right, well, well keep checking in on that. Absolutely. Because the new squad was announced. Well i see the 33. So theyre going to knock 33 down to 26 for june the 8th which is just before. So then theres going to be a few that are going to be disappointed. So theres probably been a couple of the new ones because theres some debutants that have been involved. So there may be a couple of those. But then the main story is Marcus Rashford, whos got the elbow because hes not had a good season and it makes sense. You know you cant just rely. It does. But why the change in tactics. Well i dont know whether its the thing is you can rely on so many people. You cant just take everybody thats played well for you over the years. Age and also it just is he going to deliver . Probably not. And theres also theres other players that have played better in those sort of positions, like cole palmer for chelsea whos been terrific, whereas cole palmer i will move on beautifully beautiful segway there to cole palmer, who has sent a text or sent a tweet or an x or whatever you would call it. This days about Mauricio Pochettino. So, wishing him well pochettino. So, wishing him well because Mauricio Pochettino has now left chelsea and i think he, cole palmer, would probably find Mauricio Pochettino instrumental or had a lot to do with the fact of his success this year. Now hes an excellent young player, but thats what Mauricio Pochettino does. Hes works well with young players, so hes been let go by chelsea. Just as things are beginning to click five games theyve won on the trot. Honestly, i just think its madness. I think theres probably part of maurizio that thinks this is not really the place i want to be, so maybe Manchester United, because of the managerial merry go round , the managerial merry go round, whether erik ten hag is going to stick around, maybe he could go there. Hes always going to play there. Hes always going to play there. I yeah, i think poison chalice. Well is it a poisoned chalice. Its almost a new start though. This is the thing with Jim Ratcliffe coming in and saying, right, were going to start all things again. Lets start all things again. Lets start with a new manager. Maybe maurizio maybe is going to stick with erik ten hag. But. But Mauricio Pochettino, i just think its a very strange decision by chelsea. Even if decision by chelsea. Even if maurizio wanted to go try and convince him to stay because he is a very, very good manager and its just beginning to click. And now chelsea fans are going to have to think right, here we go again. Well have to start again and build. Okay oh dear me. Oh dear me. So for fans of other other clubs, whos thinking well yeah. Yes. Please have some of that manager whos going to be manager whos going to be manager of the season or who is manager of the season or who is manager of the season. Well ace Pep Guardiola. Oh i think its a bit of a, a bit of a damp squib. It is really because, you know, they won okay. Won the premier league again for the fourth time. But yeah theres other managers that you think could possibly have done something or they could give it to. I just thought im just what do you think they think possibly they think, well i dont know i dont know, but im all im all for matt beard matt beard matt beard is the Liverpool Womens manager. Yeah. Now theyve come fourth but they were doing very they they were good. And now hes turned things around. So maybe thats what they should be looking at at other managers. Maybe like unai emery possibly aston villa whos done a great job and but its only seems to be awarded to the manager that wins the premier league, which Pep Guardiola seems to do. Gotcha yeah. Do you know what im saying . Yeah. You know, sometimes maybe an award for effort. Well no because they dont have an award for effort. Im sorry. Oh just because theyre nice. How about an award because theyre quite nice. Yeah. They should all be given awards. Everybody give an awards. Everybody give an awards. Yes. Just just just for having a go. Yeah, just for trying hard. Oh, no, not this sake , oh, no, not this sake, cricket. Jofra archer. Archer. He is of course, our super speed bowler. Tell us about him. Yeah. Jofra has had injuries over the years, the thing is he hasnt played a lot. Had hardly hasnt played a lot. Had hardly played at all for england. So england play pakistan tonight at headingley in leeds. So theyre back again. So its a t20 because the t20 world cup is this year. Now jofra archer is an amazing bowler but hes had a lot of injuries because hes so fast. Hes so quick. Hes look you see yeah he got to do that. Thats the grip, thats the grip. So he hes hes had problems with his elbow. So every and it seems to im going to say oh there we are. That raises her head but raises his elbow. But the thing is its caused him a lot of problems. But if you think the speed and the velocity and what hes doing, thats caused him a lot of problems, he also had a bad injury from a fish tank. Did you know about that . What . What . He had a horrendous fish tank injury in 2021. Hows that work . Hows that work . Well, because he was he was cleaning the fish tank and apparently he got glass in his feet. I dont know whether the fish tank because id be more worried about the fish. If the fish are a world class bowler, you worry about your hand. Yeah, well, the fish was worried, but then three seconds later, the fish forgot all about it. So, it. So, so it. So, so then it. So, so then it it. So, so then it got glass and he got glass in his finger, which is what you dont want if youre a world class bowler. So youre a world class bowler. So you had to have an operation that hes been unlucky. But anyway, that is more than i mean, id say thats reckless. It is reckless. What from the fish or from jofra if youre a world class bowler. But by the way, the fish is, is not available for the t20 series this year unfortunately. Okay. Right. Okay. Right. So well have a finals tonight. Its Europa League finals isnt it . It is the Europa League final tonight which happens in dublin, which is by a leverkusen who will play atalanta. Do you know where atalanta is . Where atalanta is . Its a football club. Its a football club. Yes. Whereabouts . Yes. Whereabouts . Greece isnt it. Greece isnt it. Greece isnt it. Yeah. Italian from bergamo, north of milan. Thats where. Thats where. Atalanta. Its not bergamo. Atalanta. Its not bergamo. Very like georgia , usa. Yes. Very like georgia, usa. Yes. Not to be confused with. Not to be confused , but not to be confused, but anyway, bayer leverkusen, who have been unbelievable this year , they havent lost all season in the bundesliga , so theyve in the bundesliga, so theyve beaten by munich. They were in the final of the german cup. They have been magnificent. Now bayer leverkusen, theyre going to be hot favourites to win that tonight. So its in dublin. But the other thing is Jeremy Frimpong, who plays for bayer leverkusen. No not me ping pong. Leverkusen. No not me ping pong. No no frimpong. Frimpong. Hes dont we wont get the sports mixed up here. So Jeremy Frimpong has bought all the other players that play for bayer leverkusen. Matching nngs oh no. Look at that. Oh no. Look at that. Oh no. Just beautiful matching rings for everybody. Oh god. Oh god. And its got the night. Has the name i mean theyre not small are they. On no. Theyre very, very american. Yeah. Yeah. And cost a few quid as well im sure, im sure. Name and number on one side of the ring it says factory 11 football passion, which is Bayer Leverkusens motto carved on the other side. And the thing is, though , if you and the thing is, though, if you know, if, lets face it, if you have taste, youre not going to really want to wear one of those, are you . So if youre going into training and jeremys going, wheres your ring . I left it at home. But you know, its like all these matching. Oh its horrid. Oh its horrid. Its like Alvin Stardust used to wear, you know. On no, its not nice. I mean, he does have giant diamond earrings, so hes obviously into the bling bling. Exactly. Exactly. Would you wear one, though, if you got one for your anniversary . If giant maybe. Liam. But. But if it was all diamond that it was big. Yeah. And it was, but it was all big and diamond. Yes. Of course. Yes. Of course. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Are we talking about. That wasnt big. A diamond number on the side. No, no, gb news on the other side. Would you wear that. Would you wear that. Oh absolutely. Oh absolutely. Okay. Good. Right on that note, were going to take a little break. Thank you very much to paul coyte. Slightly slower. Slightly slower. Come on. You love a diamond. Dont give me all that nonsense. I want to be branded just because we havent bought you one as well. Thats it. Me and isabella got matching rings. Well buy you one as well. Well let you in on the club. Dont you worry about that. Right, norman baker Renee Hoenderkamp there. Joining our club this morning. Theyre going to be going at 846. Lets see whats making the news this morning. Making the news this morning. With norman baker and Renee Hoenderkamp, good to see you both once again. Lets have a look. Norman at the front of the times. Should we . Yes. Number 10 is being accused of trying to placate the Prime Minister. Shock, horror. Yes part of the job of this. This is, this is an interesting story here for three reasons. Johnny mercer, the veterans minister, wrote to number 10 to say they were giving too much attention to the Prime Minister, and they should be prioritising what he called more popular colleagues. Kemi badenoch. Amongst them. And badenoch. Amongst them. And thats one interesting aspect thats one interesting aspect that the Prime Minister was able to corral so much attention. Of course, the Prime Minister does. On the other hand, there are other cabinet ministers who might be more popular and it might be more popular and it might be more sensible. The tory party to use those, Johnny Mercer says that, the average performance shouldnt be used. Performance shouldnt be used. He calls that mark harper an average performer. I think mark harper is quite good, actually. Harper is quite good, actually. Its transport secretary. Hes one of the better members of the government, in my view. Anyway thats one aspect of the story. The second aspect was, how do we know about this . Because Johnny Mercer was writing this on on his laptop on a train, and somebody took a picture of it and sent it to the times . No. Which suggests that, i dont know how he managed to do that, but clearly the ability of cameras to capture things from some distance isnt that astonishing . An invasion of privacy . An invasion of privacy . Of course it is. Im sure you could. So the guy who took the picture . Not. Well, maybe its committing an offence. Well, i dont know, but committing an offence isnt an offence to use your camera on train. Probably not. But in any case, i mean, weve had these stories before. Someone coming out of number 10 with a piece of paperin out of number 10 with a piece of paper in their hand. Yeah, yeah, journalists capture it. So people should be very, very careful with cameras these days. What caught my eye about this story was they said that theyre acting as though sunak were still as popular as when he took office. Im not sure he was ever popular. No, he wasnt. He was. He no, he wasnt. He was. He lost to liz truss first time round, and he was put in there because there was no alternative. And hes never been very popular. Yeah. No. Yeah. No. But with who i suppose is the question popular with the membership, popular with the country as a whole . I dont know, i think if popular with anybody particularly, to be honest about it, renee, this story is really interesting. It story is really interesting. It caught our eye last time. Im going to get it in before we run out of time, because, you know, we were talking about whether or not this is i dont think its tax evasion necessarily, but Anne Robinson is so fed up with, with inheritance tax that she is giving a lot of it away. Yes. So she is estimated to have a £50 million nest egg. And she says that shes not sure if thats true, but it doesnt matter because shes decided that so much money she doesnt know where it it doesnt know where it is. And shes giving it to her children and her grandchildren. And she would much rather live a healthy, happy life. She says she doesnt need much money and see her family happy in so doing. And i actually think theres a lot to this. You know, i often say to my mum who tells me that you do. Shes no, no, she tells me shes got this squirrelled away. Give me the money. Give me the money. I tell her to spend it. You know, i say, dont keep it, spend it, enjoy life. And i think thats what you were saying to me, stephen. You just rather just really have saying to me, stephen. You just ratherjust really have a great time. And i think we should worry less about what were going to leave, because lots of its going to go to the tax man and found a way to avoid that. And i think its if you give gifts seven years, seven years, seven years and you survive seven years and you survive seven years, theres no inheritance. Give away early, give away a lot. But the danger is once youve given away a lot, you really cant afford to die. So then theres that anxiety for seven years. Yes, but also make it. Plus you need. Plus you need. You need the people you give it to be trustworthy enough not to just spend it. In case you needit to just spend it. In case you need it back. Do you think . Yeah. No. So its only a semi gift. So its a semi gift. So say well its technically yours but ill just hold that money for me. If youve got £50 million to give away and you keep £5 million yourself, youve got plenty of money for yourself and you can feel, yeah, without worrying about it. And of course, if youre the member of the royal family, the queen or whatever, she paid. No, there was no inheritance tax paid on her estate at all. And theyre exempt from inheritance tax. I do think its a pernicious tax. I really do. I think its the worst thing in the world that you lose somebody and then someone whos worked really, really hard. And we know that particularly the older generation, often socially, the mobility socially was was much more extreme. They would often come from nothing and end up with quite a lot. And then to have to give half of that away almost straight away upon death. It seems a lot. So lets say it was your family home that you grew up in. All your memories are there and you can be forced by inheritance tax to sell it when you might not want to do that. Yeah. Im going to take a different view on that, which is that, tax money has to come to the government from somewhere. Its probably better to tax someone whos no longer with us and someone who is still alive. But yes, except its the people who were alive who are actually being taxed. Well, yeah i i i mean, because they didnt have it, it was what theyre not getting is a gift that they would have otherwise have had. Yeah. But in the great scheme of things as well, inheritance tax doesnt bring in that much revenue. Well, well in that case why worry about it. Well, the inheritance tax appues well, the inheritance tax applies to people who have got quite a lot of money. Most people will not pay inheritance any more. Not any more. Yeah not any more. Yeah you know, now most peoples property will hit that bracket. Property will hit that bracket. So in london, yeah. When not many properties. So that argument used to stand. But i dont think it stands anymore norman. Well i think do at home what you think it does divide opinion. But to be honest there doesnt seem much appetite from any political party. Every now and then when things are going badly, the sort of gets briefed out from hq that they might tinker with this. But i dont think thats because it applies to so few people. The basic problem is with Political Parties is that if you do, roll back on inheritance tax, absolutely. The people who will benefit most are the richest. And thats why its not being done. Okay. Lets have a look at, labouh okay. Lets have a look at, labour. Norman, this is in the daily mail. They want to build more new towns. More new towns. Yes. This is Angela Rayner saying that they want to build a whole string of towns. Gordon brown actually promised a whole series of towns in the two thousand and seven, which never got built. They got cancelled by david cameron, but theres an issue , of course, we know there issue, of course, we know there arent. There isnt enough housing. We know there are people who are struggling to find somewhere to live. But we also know that the idea of dumping a whole lot of housing on areas is deeply unpopular with the areas in which its been identified. Interesting element of this. I think , is the fact that she i think, is the fact that she has promised. I dont know if this is going to happen or not, but she has promised that they will not be these kind of mono buildings that will all look the same, that you could see the same, that you could see the same in leicester as you would see in newport. All the same developer. It would try and embrace the kind of, dare i say, king charles approach to Housing Estates where theres a bit more architectural interest and diversity. Yeah. And also some of this will be controversial because its allegedly going on to greenbelt, but its not proper greenbelt. So its old petrol greenbelt. So its old petrol stations and things like that. And actually we need housing, we need new towns. I think i think this is more likely to get approval if its in an area where they can justify that the land is not beautiful, you where they can justify that the land is not beautiful , you know, land is not beautiful, you know, idyllic countryside, then Building Blocks of flats here and there and everywhere. Yeah. I think the real issue, however, is does it meet local needif however, is does it meet local need if it meets local need, people are far more supportive of it than if its people coming in from whoever. For those local people does it like on my lane, £23 million given to the farmer soldiers field, huge housing estate, no new schools, no new doctors surgery. Thats all. No new facilities or parking at the local station. So its actually not benefited the local people. If you get a big new town, then you can actually build an infrastructure for difficulty bits here and there. You dont get that. But the issue is theres a whole lot of housing going up in not far from me, three and four bedroom executive houses. Thats not for local people. Theyre not going to buy it, but the local the local need is people whove lived in the area forever, young people who want to get on the housing laddeh want to get on the housing ladder, they want cheap housing, flats and so on. They dont want these three. Maybe new towns are the way forward. We shall see. Norman baker Renee Hoenderkamp, good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. Lets get a check on the weather. Heres alex. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news morning. Weather on. Gb news morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this rather wet wednesday. Heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country, and that does bnng of the country, and that does bring the risk of some flooding. Its already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. As we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. There will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but sunshine is going to be relatively limited. Temperatures not as high as they have been recently, and under the wet weather its going to feel pretty unpleasant. But like pretty unpleasant. But like i said, some showers developing, especially towards the south. Some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. Some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. The greatest cause for concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland. Two here the southern scotland. Two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it. See some impacts from it. Towards the north west of scotland. There will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times. Two through the evening and overnight. The rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why were going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south. As we go through the night, it should turn largely dry. There may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. Temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. Thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. Perhaps the rain not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture and that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather. Drier and perhaps brighter towards the south. So temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning to you. Morning to you. Its 9 00 on wednesday. The 22nd of may. Youre tuned into breakfast this morning with Stephen Dixon and isabel webster. Thank you for your company. Well today, an inspiring return. The tory mp Craig Mckinlay reveals all about his sepsis battle, which has left him without hands or feet. And he plans to return to Parliament Today. Im hoping people might give me the benefit of the doubt and say that mans been a fighter for himself. Say that mans been a fighter for himself. Hes damn well going to fight for me. Im going to give him my support. The bourbonic mp bionic mp is what i want to be. Uk inflation has dropped to 2. 3 in april. Thats down from 3. 2 back in march. So does it lessen the chance of a june Interest Rate cut . Theres much more work to be done. Of course we welcome it coming back down towards target, but that is the bare minimum that the public should expect. That the public should expect. The ex post office boss, Paula Vennells, arrives at the inquiry as she begins to give three days of evidence today, heavy, persistent rain is going to cause some major problems for quite a few of us today. There are a number of warnings out. Ill have the details coming up. Its been a fantastic programme this morning. To be able to lead on a story that is about a politician with a really inspiring story. This is about the conservative mp craig mackinlay, who today returns to parliament after a life threatening battle with sepsis. Yeah, its been so bad that hes had to have both his hands and both feet removed and been replaced with prosthetics. Yeah, well. Mckinlay and his wife spoke exclusively to our gb news political editor, Christopher Hope, about his journey. A warning , though, that this warning, though, that this report contains some sensitive images, but one day his life changed suddenly. It was one of those days that will be etched on craigs memory for life. It was the end of september 2023. He was getting ready to go on holiday with his family. He started to feel unwell and unexpectedly, craig had contracted sepsis. Had contracted sepsis. So the grim reaper let me survive. But hes taken his survive. But hes taken his payment in four of my limbs. But thats the way it is. Plenty of thats the way it is. Plenty of worse things happening. That is it. No way back. And, that is it. No way back. And, yes, he was very matter of fact , yes, he was very matter of fact, he accepted that the black dan wootton was anymore. And thats wootton was anymore. And thats it. So he had a very long, very long operation. And he did come long operation. And he did come back , without those black arms back, without those black arms and legs. And by then i was fine. I just knew that is it. Thats the new, new future. New life begins when your body just isnt doing something you want it to do, and you think you can do it. I mean, when i had the skin grafts and theyre very painful. Funny how skin grafts be more painful than anything else. More painful than anything else. More painful than anything else. More painful than the amputation , and painful than the amputation, and just trying to transfer off the bed onto a wheelchair and youre sort of bouncing across and its sort of bouncing across and its so painful and you are in tears of frustration that this is just why is it so bad . Why isnt this why is it so bad . Why isnt this Getting Better . But no, ive been pretty much cheerful throughout. I just think im probably coming into my tether of being under the care of an institution of the nhs for so long. Big sadness to me is holding little ones hand going to school. Cant do that anymore. We can hold sort of hold hands, but i cant feel that shes holding. Thats that shes holding. Thats a little specialness thats never coming back. You know that touch coming back. You know that touch of hands has gone. Its being an mp. At the end of the day, i hope its about what you got up here rather than. Yeah, knocking on every door much as id like to, but. Yeah, life will have to change. And if it means more time with family, that has got to be a change for the absolute good. And im looking forward to that. Heck, i mean, its quite it really is quite something, and its it crosses party lines on this one. Therell be therell be support from across the house, which is important, i think. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent at olivia utley, whos in westminster for us this morning. Westminster for us this morning. This is the most remarkable tale of someone fighting through against the odds, but also determined to get back to what is, you know, a difficult life. Being an mp. Being an mp. Well, absolutely. I mean, its incredible that hes going to be back in Parliament Just six months after having this enormous operation which robbed him of all of his limbs. Enormous operation which robbed him of all of his limbs. Just to him of all of his limbs. Just to put it in perspective, there are only half a dozen people or so in the uk every year who have to have all of their limbs amputated and still manage to survive. So this is really , survive. So this is really, really extraordinary surgery that Craig Mckinley had to go through. And as you can see, i through. And as you can see, i mean, hes almost taking it in his stride. He said hes been cheerful throughout. Or although he does talk about that sadness of not being able to feel when his daughter is holding his hand anymore. And i think, as you say, its going to be hugely inspiring on all sides of the house. Hes going to be in Prime Ministers questions today at 12 00, and his wife katie, and daughter olivia, whos going to be five tomorrow, will be watching him from the gallery and im sure theyll be very proud indeed. And as you say, proud indeed. And as you say, stephen, its a very difficult life for an mp. And a particularly perhaps for someone like Craig Mckinley. He has a majority of about 10,000 in south thanet that would normally be quite an easy majority to defend. But we are living in quite extraordinary times and labour have overturned far, far bigger conservative majorities. Craig mckinley has been a very active mp since 2005. He was a is a staunch eurosceptic, a really big voice on the vote leave campaign, still a member of the European Scrutiny Committee, and im sure his brexiteer mps in parliament will be very pleased to have him back i okay, olivia, thanks very much. Much. Well, earlier we spoke to the ceo of the uk sepsis trust, doctor ron daniels. Doctor ron daniels. Its astonishing, isnt it . We have a condition here that affects nearly a quarter of a Million People across the uk each year, and claims 48,000 lives. And just for context, Breast Cancer and im not diminishing how horrible that can be. Claims at 11,000 lives. So sepsis is four times more prolific as a killer. I think the reason we dont hear about it is because it doesnt really belong to any particular speciality of doctors. It touches every aspect of health care and therefore theres no professional group to be championing it, which means it needs an Advocacy Organisation like ours. Is it also just incredibly hard to spot and often creeps up on people with very little warning . I mean, my understanding is that its when your own immune system starts to attack the tissues, but by the time people realise that their temperature isnt just flu or something, they can often be quite a perilous state. Yeah , thats absolutely yeah, thats absolutely right. And my professional background is an intensive care doctor, and i do empathise with the view that it can be really hard to spot. It arises in people , of any age, people with people, of any age, people with whether or not theyve got underlying illness, and it can arise as a consequence of any infection. So it presents hugely differently to get this right demands not only that we have Health Professional who are well trained and have access to the right diagnostics to make the diagnosis, but also members of the public whove heard of sepsis know its an emergency and know when and how to Access Health care. So what do we do . So what do we do . I mean, what do we look out for . And at what point do you say this needs to be looked at urgently . Well, you mentioned that in the early stages it can look a bit like flu. And in that situation its trust your instinct. Youve probably had infections before. You know what it feels like. But if something doesnt feel right, and particularly if youve never felt so unwell before , go to felt so unwell before, go to 111, make an appointment to see your gp and just ask, could it be sepsis . Be sepsis . From just we keep saying all morning its remarkable. Morning its remarkable. Actually loads of you getting in touch, duncan says. Craig is in my opinion, the shining example of courage and determination. Of courage and determination. Wish him all the best for the future. Hope he gets a standing ovation at question time today. Keith says hes an absolute hero. How he can be so upbeat. What an example to us all. And obviously a lot of the focus being on raising the profile of sepsis and the alarm for how you can spot it. But itll also become something of a campaigner for amputees and getting access to prosthetics and that will make him incredibly important to have that role in parliament as well. So lots of you commenting about that as well. Keep your thoughts that as well. Keep your thoughts coming in in all of that. And were just flagging as well a little bit about the weather. Weve been seeing updates from the met office this morning, a rare amber warning, which includes a threat to life, has been issued from midday for the north west of england and north wales, and this means that, well, 70 to 90mm of rain is likely on the hills and 100 and 150mm on the mountains of north wales. So flooding is likely and disruption as well. I mean , heck, thats what, i mean, heck, thats what, 15cm . Its a lot. Its a lot of rain. Its a lot of rain. Its a lot of rain. Its an awful. And ill tell you what, if youve been, well, anywhere where youve been in the country overnight and its really just really put it down overnight. And that means, as overnight. And that means, as unpleasant as it is, that if youre driving on the sort of main roads, motorways, that sort of thing, theres a lot of surface water. So youve got to drive carefully. Theres all drive carefully. Theres all that aquaplaning can happen. Well, exactly. Very dangerous travelling conditions. And we should point out a yellow warning for the south of england. But it is just this rare amber warning for the north west of england and the nonh north west of england and the north of wales. Yeah. So be careful. Right should we just cheer you up a little bit . Yes. Yes. Lets do it. Because its time for the giveaway. Its the biggest cash prize weve ever given away. Its £20,000 that you can spend however you like. Yep, you get to keep every single penny totally tax free. How often can you say that . 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Com forward slash win please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. Good luck. Watching on demand. Good luck. Right. | watching on demand. Good luck. Right. I tell you what, im always entertained by bev turner. You know, often the other week she came in looking like a charlies angel, and i mean, it looked fabulous. This isnt any criticism. It looks fabulous today. Karen carpenter im going. Karen carpenter, shes got flowery trousers on. They made me sing. It didnt end well for karen carpenter. Oh, no. Oh, come on, look at her off already. Look at the positive. Shes look at the positive. Shes looking absolutely sensational. Thank you , karen carpenter. Thank you, karen carpenter. Sensational. The voice of fantastic. Oh, yeah. Fantastic. Oh, yeah. I actually might put my jacket on by the time i come on the telly. It looks a little informal, doesnt it . No. You look lovely. Really look lovely. Right. What have you got in store for us at 9 30 . Importantly mentions what i wear. Does he. Well, this is the pain of being. Being a man. In todays world, we just wear a suit. So obviously Paula Vennells is giving her evidence at the inquiry this morning. It just feels like the net is closing in on her as an individual a little bit. I mean, did you see the mob around her . The police are trying corridor and she could barely walk. She checked off her cv. Dragged off her. Exactly. Yeah. And if you remember , we and if you remember, we spoke. I think it must have been about ten days a week ago. The mother of the boy that was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing , she killed in the Manchester Arena bombing, she is going to be arriving at downing street in our time. That will no doubt be an emotional arrival in downing street. She must be exhausted. And weve got chris hopes interview with, Craig Mckinley coming up at 1030. The bionic mp. Ive been working in Parliament Since 19. Ive only ever known one mp in a wheelchair. De man. Never known an mp with four limbs. Well, well , it is well, well, it is extraordinary. We look forward to that. See you at 930. Were going to touch on one of those stories you mentioned now, actually, because it is the seventh anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack, where 22 people lost their lives. 22 people lost their lives. Another 1017 were injured. Well, the mother of martyn hett, who died in the attack, has been walking to downing street demanding stronger protections against terrorism. Well, lets head over to our reporter sophie reaper , whos reporter sophie reaper, whos been following fegans journey. Morning to you , sophie. Morning to you, sophie. Very good morning to you both. Yes. That walk, the final leg is about to set off from here at marble arch all the way to downing street. And joining me now is the woman of the hour, figen murray, very good morning to you. How are you doing . First of all, im okay. Im glad its only 2 or 3 miles today because my hips are killing me. My blisters are only just healing and yeah, im ready for this to come to an end. The walk . Well its been an incredible journey. Almost 186 miles now we more than that. Yeah. Of course. When we joined you at the very start at the arena, you said to me that you wanted to send a message to the pm. Do you think youve done that . Well, yes. Because, you know, walking all that distance is hard work. And i was very serious to see it right through the end because the message behind this is ill do anything to get the point across to you, even walk halfway across the country. Well, of course, the message was all about martyns law and improving security at uk venues. Do you want to just talk to our viewers a little bit about how important it is that we improve security, especially on the seventh anniversary of the arena attack . Yeah, i mean , the seventh yeah, i mean, the seventh anniversary feels like its happened yesterday, to be honest , but it is important because weve had since 2017 when the attack happened, weve had over 40 attacks that were stopped just on time before they were about to happen. So to me, the law of averages dictates that sooner or later, an attack is not going to be able to be stopped. And i dont want this to happen because the effects of a terrorist attack on families are life changing and devastating. So if they can be stopped, they should be stopped. And martyns law inevitably, undoubtedly will save lives. If martin were here today, what do you think he would say about this . Well i hope hed be proud of what we achieved. And proud of what we achieved. And hed also smile , but hed be, hed also smile, but hed be, i think, very pleased that something positive came out of his death. And when you get to downing street later today, what are you hoping the pms going to say to you, well, im going to ask him to give me a firm date, or a promise. Its going to be introduced in this parliamentary session into parliament. But it is really important that he commits to a date now because 18 months ago, in a phone call, he promised me he will see this through as soon as possible. He said he fully supports it. I said he fully supports it. I need him to keep to his promise. Well, fegan , thank you so well, fegan, thank you so much for joining well, fegan, thank you so much forjoining us. Youre an amazing woman and its an amazing woman and its an amazing achievement. So thank you so much. Well be following fegan today and meeting her later on to find out exactly what rishi sunak says about martins law. Okay, sophie, thanks very much indeed. Such an important thing that shes that shes trying to achieve there. And anyone. Trying to achieve there. And anyone. I told you this before, anyone. I told you this before, my niece was at that concert and it took her a long time to. She wasnt injured , but it took a wasnt injured, but it took a long time to get over the shock. And with my brother and sister in law, sat outside waiting to pick her up to take her home. Well, they must have been heanng well, they must have been hearing all that go off. I mean, how do you ever get over that, i suppose, and its still just. It blows my mind, really, that that happened here in this country and that children largely suffered as a result of that really , really result of that really, really sad but fantastic that shes made her way all the way to downing street now, still to come for you. I dont know whether to apologise or not. Its double Andrew Pierce today. Hes apologise or not. Its double Andrew Pierce today. Hes coming back to talk about his new book, finding margaret. Well tell you finding margaret. Well tell you now, when i was told that Andrew Pierce was writing a book called finding margaret, youd forgive me for thinking. Actually, this was a book about margaret thatcher. Yes, because we all know you as tory boy. And, you know, shes my favourite person. I love her, and it took me quite a while to realise this was actually about a very personal story about finding your birth mother. Yeah its been serialised in the mail. Of course you are. Consultant editor. There and its been incredibly moving, reading those extracts to the point where ive had tears in my eyes. But your book is now out. It is. It is. And, yeah. And its my first book. Ive never written a book before. Well, you should do more. Its very good. Yeah, i didnt i didnt find her till i was nearly 50 because i agonised over my own mum, who adopted me, who loved me, i loved her, i didnt want to do anything that could ever make her think that her love hadnt been enough. Yes thats the thats the issue. Its a terrible dilemma, but i just thought in the end im going to find her. I didnt tell mum what i did. Im going to find her because she needed to know my birth mother, that i was okay because i laboured under the illusion that every birthday shed be thinking, how is that little boy . Because she put me in the orphanage. When i was five weeks old. She kept visiting me for until i was two, when she finally decided she had to give me up for adoption. Not quite sure why , so i did find quite sure why, so i did find her. When i was nearly 50. I met up with her. It was an extraordinary meeting. She didnt ask me a single thing, not one question about where i was brought up. Who brought me up. I thought, perhaps shes. Its too distressing for her to find about how happy a life id had. And i then subsequently arranged to see her three more times and she didnt show up, which was very hard, very difficult. So why saying she would come . Yes, she kept coming. Yes, she kept coming. And ill see you there. And she would. I think she panicked. She was terrified about people finding out. She kept this secret. She got married while i was still in the orphanage. To was still in the orphanage. To a man who never knew about me. She had four children who never knew about me. They only found out a few weeks ago. Had to have that conversation with them. I think its fair to say theyre in a state of shock. Right, but they understood why i had written this story because, look, if you are adopted, you should try and find your birth parent, i think, because it helps you sort of know who you are. But even when , because but even when, because obviously people will have this idea that theyre going to find a birth parent and its going to be, you know, this sort. Be, you know, this sort. Mccall. Well, yeah. Mccall. Well, yeah. But in fact, you see, like that. No. But does it still make it worthwhile doing it . Does , because im glad i did does, because im glad i did it. Because dont forget objective was to let margaret know i was okay. And she saw that for herself. And she was that for herself. And she was very taken by how handsome i was. She said she had a lovely voice, a lovely voice. And i asked her, do i look like my birth father . She said, i cant remember. She couldnt remember about the birth father. Any details about him. Any details about him. She couldnt remember why i was in that orphanage for two and a half years. Its an extraordinary story, actually. Its a bit like a thriller because theres twists and turns every stop and im and i and i found the so called the family of my so called birth father. If thats true, because he was killed just a few weeks after i went into the orphanage. Was that convenient or was he a totak father . A toe tag father . But the a toe tag father . But the idea of finding in the hospital where your mother worked , where your mother worked, suddenly body came in and hed been hit. Struck by a van and killed instantly. Extraordinary thing about my birth. When i started, i thought shed have been 17 or 18. 19. She was three weeks from her 35th birthday when she had me. Me. 35th. 35th. 35th. 35th birthday. Yeah. So you didnt get single mothers of 35 in 1961, but has this left you with more answers, more, more questions and answers . So maybe questions and answers . So maybe theres another book. Is that but is that frustrating at a time . It is. But is that frustrating . It is frustrating. Thats my great frustration about meeting margaret that she didnt tell me even any of the answers i wanted, but that was her choice. Yeah. Andrew is fascinating. Thank you. Congratulations. But thank you. Congratulations. But dont move because obviously youre back with britains newsroom in just a couple of minutes. Im going to be back 6 00 tomorrow morning. Youll get the day. Im not. Ive got a day off. Yes. So ill see you next week. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news, weather update brought to you by the met office. On this rather wet wednesday. Heavy rain is going to spill across many parts of the country , and many parts of the country, and that does bring the risk of some flooding. Its already a wet start across parts of eastern england, and that rain spilling its way north and westwards across many areas. As we go through the day, the rain is really going to be persistent and intense for some of us, and we are likely to see some impacts in association with such wet weather. There will also be some showers around towards the north and also the south of the country, but the sunshine is going to be relatively limited. Temperatures not as high as they have been recently and under the wet weather its going to feel pretty unpleasant. Like i said, some showers developing , some showers developing, especially towards the south. Some of these could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the evening. Some frequent lightning, perhaps even some large hail to watch out for here. The greatest cause for concern, though , will be the concern, though, will be the very wet weather across parts of england and wales and into southern scotland. Two here the persistent rain could lead to totals building up as we go through today into tomorrow in excess of 100mm in some places, especially over the high ground of north wales , we are likely to of north wales, we are likely to see some impacts from it towards the north west of scotland. There will be some showers as we go through the day and again these could be a little bit heavy at times, two through the evening and overnight. The rain does gradually make its way north and westwards, but it takes quite a while to do so, which is why were going to continue to see those rainfall totals building up, and why there is the risk of some impacts, including some flooding towards the south as we go through the night, it should turn largely dry. There may be some clear breaks, but on the whole staying quite cloudy. Temperatures for most not dropping a huge amount. Thursday does look like it will be another wet day for the northern two thirds of the country. Perhaps the rain, not quite as heavy as through today, but nonetheless it is going to be quite a wet picture. And that still brings the risk of some impacts because of the unsettled weather, drier and perhaps brighter towards the south sea temperatures still not quite as high as they were earlier on in the week, but feeling pleasant enoughin the week, but feeling pleasant enough in any sunshine by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. 930 on wednesday, the 22nd of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Thanks for joining turner. Thanks forjoining us. So, the bionic rempe, the conservative mp for south thanet, Craig Mckinley, returns to parliament for the first time today since his battle with sepsis left him without any hands or feet. Were going to follow his journey all morning and the under pressure former post office chief, Paula Vennells, is before the inquiry. Vennells, is before the inquiry. Public inquiry for the first time this morning. What did she know . And the turbulence . Tragic 73 year old granddad geoffrey kitchen died yesterday on board a Singapore Airlines flight from london. Six people remain in a critical condition. The Horror Stories like this put you off flying at all and inflation is falling to 2. 3. Lowest level in almost three years, but not as low as the government and all of us wanted. Government and all of us wanted. Anne robinson, tv presenter for many years worth £50 million. So shes going to do with it. Give it to her children before she dies because she wants to avoid inheritance tax. Some people will say unethical. I say good on her. Absolutely. It raises interesting issues though, doesnt it, about