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Night Paris Saint Germain came from behind to beat barcelona. Dortmund did exactly the same thing to Atletico Madrid last night as well. And as we look for tonight, well arsenal head to munich to play and Manchester City will be playing real madrid and theyre both level and its 100 days until the Olympic Games today. A gusty wind again across the east with a few showers. There will be a bit of rain in the west, particularly for Northern Ireland, but for many its going to be a fine and a bright day just on the fresh side. Join me later for all the details. Top story controversy continues to plague the National Conservative conservatism conference in brussels , after conference in brussels, after attempts were made to shut it down yesterday and the local mayor has called amir akua and he opposed all that was going on, claiming he issued the order to police to ensure public security. Well, nigel farage was a keynote speaker at the event and he was on stage as Police Arrived to try and close it down. The police are outside the door as i speak. They will not let anybody else in. There are three police there. They have an order to close down this event and when more Police Gather, thats exactly what theyll do. No alternative opinion allowed this is the updated new form of communism. And you know what . If anything, ever, ever made me think that brexit was the right thing to do. Its the events here in brussels today. Well, the belgian Prime Minister labelled the moves unacceptable, a sentiment echoed by the british government, who told gb news its unclear exactly whats happened here, but the scenes will worry anyone who believes in free speech. Free society should be confident enough to allow free debate. Labour, however, were quick to point to the calibre of attendees. They said. Suella braverman and hungarys Prime Minister viktor orban, a close ally of putin, were questionable. I think some of the speakers, from what i understand, who have been advertised on the website for this conference, have very unsavoury views and rather surprised that Suella Braverman has been allowed to go and speak at this event. Why is rishi sunak not getting a grip of this situation . Why is he not asking Suella Braverman to pull out of this event . Because some of the characters involved, at least according website, have according to their website, have made kinds of comments, made all kinds of comments, which dont think the rishi which i dont think the Rishi Sunak Tory Party would want to associate themselves with. Well, the attacks at Suella Braverman didnt stop there. The braverman didnt stop there. The Shadow Health secretary, wes streeting, this is what he had to say in the commons yesterday. Right honourable member for fareham, who couldnt be here today with us, mr deputy speaken today with us, mr deputy speaker, because currently speaker, because shes currently in surrounded in brussels surrounded by the police trying to shut police who are trying to shut down the event shes attending with some right fanatics with some far right fanatics with some far right fanatics with whom she has much in common. So there we go. Were going to now get the thoughts of our Political Correspondent olivia utley on all of this. So, olivia, tell us why the controversy about this . What was so bad about this and the, the, the Prime Minister there , not the Prime Minister there, not the Prime Minister there, not the Prime Minister of where is it in hungary . No no, in belgium. Belgium, so hes hes a real far lefty and he was worried about violence, was that likely . Likely . Well, the whole conference was beset with problems from the get go , two events that were get go, two events that were supposed to host it ended up backing out at the last minute because the belgian mayor who is the brussels mayor, who is a socialist , the brussels mayor, who is a socialist, did not want the brussels mayor, who is a socialist , did not want the socialist, did not want the event to go ahead. Finally the organisers found this venue, which were willing to accept them. But then while they were inside the belgian mayor ordered the police to close it down. Now he said that there were public order concerns with the event. There are suggestions that perhaps papers. He had seen, papers which suggested there might be, comments which would be homophobic at the event, or that there would be people who could be offended by what some of the speakers would say. Lots of the speakers would say. Lots of us in the west are living in democratic countries. Think that thats okay, that people being offended by what other people have to say is, part and have to say is, is part and parcel democracy. But this parcel of democracy. But this mayor that the event had mayor decided that the event had to be closed down. Then we got into the sort of farcical situation where nigel farage was on stage speaking. The on the stage speaking. The Belgian Police turned up. There werent very many of them and it was a big event. So they went off to get back up. Back up, arrived. There was this huge line of Police Standing line of Belgian Police standing outside event and delegates outside this event and delegates were to leave. But they were allowed to leave. But they werent allowed to enter. At one point, brussels mayor even point, the brussels mayor even said that he would be prepared to shut off the electricity at the event if it were to continue. Now, on the whole, the reaction to this around the world has been outrage with the mayor for thinking that he had the right to close down this event, and there are plenty of brexiteers who sort of follow what nigel farage said yesterday and said that this is a good reason to leave the European Union. One element of this, which i find quite fascinating is in the uk, weve had such a controversy over the European Court of human rights, but there is an argument lawyers have been suggesting that some of the conservative mps who were there, for example, Suella Braverman, who had to stop speaking because of the police turning up, she could potentially sue the brussels mayor under the rules of the European Court of human rights, the organisation which she been so keen for, she has been so keen for, britain to leave. Theres all britain to leave. So theres all sorts interesting elements sorts of interesting elements playing out in this saga here, and it will be fascinating to see what happens at the event today. Olivia, lets talk about matters yesterday in the commons and backers of rishi sunak smoking bill, theres been a bit of a rebellion there. How serious is this tory civil war . Well, its a pretty big rebellion. There were 165 conservative mps who voted against this bill, which, lets remember, rishi sunak wants to be considered a big part of his legacy. Five of those mps who rebelled were cabinet ministers, including some, hopefuls for the tory leadership. Kemi badenoch, for example , voted against the for example, voted against the bill and so did Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick former cabinet ministers, who people are very much eyeing up for the prospect of leadership. The fact rishi sunak decided to make it a free vote, meaning that mps werent whipped into voting with him. That means that anyone who rebelled from the government side wont be disciplined , so it side wont be disciplined, so it doesnt actually count as an actual, technical rebellion, as it were. But its not a great sign for rishi sunaks leadership. Its very embarrassing for a Prime Minister when hes only able to get through big flagship legislation because of votes from the opposition, and that is exactly what happened last night. Lots of labour mps voted with the Prime Minister, so the legislation got over the line pretty easily. But it does speak to a bit of dissatisfaction with the direction that rishi sunak is going in from the tory backbenches. Is going in from the tory backbenches. And i think a lot backbenches. And i think a lot depends on what happens in those may local elections. If rishi sunak does really, really badly, then i think we could be looking at a position at a situation where letters of no confidence are going in and potentially there could be a leadership election before the general gosh, thanks, olivia , sir jake gosh, thanks, olivia, sir jake berry, one of the conservative mps to vote against this bill. He spoke to gb news after the vote last night. Vote last night. We live in a country where the government tells you what car to buy, what central heating you can have in your phone looks to arrest you for misgendering people. I believe freedom and people. I believe in freedom and if you are free as a nation, you its freedom to make good choices as well as bad choices. This is slipping towards a sort of social democratic socialist country. Frankly, if all freedom country. Frankly, if all freedom means to you is you have the freedom to do what the government tells you you can do, you may as well move to russia or china. Or china. In other news, this morning, the Prime Minister has told his israeli counterpart that now is a moment for calm heads as israels considering its response to irans missile and drone attacks. Over the weekend, rishi sunak spoke to Benjamin Netanyahu on a call that was delayed for 24 hours, expressing his solidarity. But his wishes to further extend isolation. Extend isolation. The rwanda plan has been deau the rwanda plan has been dealt a series of defeats in the lords, further delaying passage of the bill through parliament. Despite mps in the commons overturning previous changes by the peers again pressed the lords peers again pressed demands for revisions to the bill, specifically around human rights. The airline , easyjet, has the airline, easyjet, has suspended flights to tel aviv for the next six months, following more uncertainty over the israeli situation. Flights will be halted until the 27th of october. If you have booked, you will be offered a full refund and now take a look at these pictures. If you are in the car or listening on the radio, worth checking them out. When you get a moment. Because torrential rain and flooding hit dubai yesterday, the citys authorities urge people authorities had to urge people to stay home. Cars and streets were swamped in water, and dubai airport said operations were temporarily diverted there. They have since restarted. It was a years worth of rain in one day and obviously this is a desert city so not really built for this kind of. Weather. This kind of. Weather. But dubai situation is absolutely incredible. Youve been to dubai . I have, yeah, well, its flat for a start. And, theres just theres no rain. Very, very little rain. Theres a lot of road and tarmac. A years, downfall in one day. Absolutely frightening. Where would you go . Good job. Theres so many skyscrapers you can climb up. Yes thats true, but a lot of british people houday but a lot of british people holiday there. And perhaps you were one of those caught up in all of it. Maybe you have managed to fly home since and let us know if you have been involved, because it is a popular hotspot for british tourists. Im sure british tourists. And im sure some out there for some of you out there for british workers well. British workers as well. Many work there as so many people work there as teachers the it industry and teachers and the it industry and advertising things, so advertising various things, so maybe youre watching us from dubai today, get in touch. And dubai today, get in touch. And heres how you do get in touch. You can email us by gb news. Com forward slash your say. Com forward slash your say. Very good. Are you ever remember that amazing. Thank you tom gbnews. Com forward slash your say so let us know if youve got pictures. Youve got videos. Well please do send them to us and we will. You know we might even get you on air. If youve got a good story to tell us, we could have a chat with you on the phone or video call, Meghan Markle, right. Theres slowing right. So theres no slowing down of taking over the down of her taking over the world the Meghan Markle , of couise. Course. Okay, so shes launched her new product and weve all been waiting for it. So what is it, this world takeover . It must be. She must be incredible. Its what jam as in womens institute. Strawberry jam. Jam. I like a bit of strawberry jam, but why do you see it . Meghan markle with strawberry jam anyway. Yeah, go to kinsey yeah, lets go to Kinsey Schofield find out. She Will Schofield and find out. She will tell us, well, how was it . How was it launched . How do you launch jam . Launch jam . Yeah. So the way that meghan, i guess it could be considered a quiet launch. She sent 50 jars of jam to some of her influencer friends, you know, like the wife of the ceo of paramount and some of the ceo of paramount and some of her celebrity friends , you of her celebrity friends, you know, if you would have told me, because we have been friends for a long time, if you would have told me two years ago , in the told me two years ago, in the midst of us debating whether or not Meghan Markle was going to run president one that run for president one day, that we having we would be having a conversation about her big launch of jam, i would have called you a liar, and would called you a liar, and i would have you to take the day have told you to take the day off. Mean, really cant off. I mean, i really cant believe were having this conversation, american conversation, but american riviera the first riviera orchard, the first product know of is going product that we know of is going to be jam made by meghan, the duchess of sussex is what is she trying to be . I mean, is she going to run in politics . Is she trying to be royalty, you know, is she trying to be this obviously this, Martha Stewart type character now where shes supposed to be relating to ordinary housewives in the usa and say, look, you know, here is here is my jam. This is what im all about. I just find it hard to formulate an obvious connection with this kinsey. Yes, sir. I believe shes trying to build an empire. I dont know if that was what she was going originally to do when she left the British Royal family. Remember . They told us that she was going to be living a life of service, so i dont know if this and she has polling wise has been very difficult for the, duke and duchess of sussex people in the states have an issue with them. So is this kind issue with them. So is this kind of, a is this did they have to go down this path basically using netflix to create content to kind of try to build this empire of gardening and, and whats going on in the kitchen, but also giving netflix ultimately what they want, which is that reality show element that it was their only commercial success with the harry and meghan docu series. So this is her dipping her toe. Still, in reality tv, but also having cameras in her face and being able to push her own products. But the irony is, i mean, you use the word reality there a couple of times. Theres nothing real about this woman at all. I mean, i think shes probably really disappointed in whats happened over the last few years. Thats thats a reality for her. And whats so sad about looking at everything thats happened within the British Royal family since the beginning of 2024, is that had harry and meghan truly been compassionate, had they been patient, they could have saved the day in 2024, they would have been elevated in the positions that they felt entitled to throughout their relationship. While they were working, members of the British Royal family, because they would have been able to step up to the plate and take on work for the princess of wales and king charles. But unfortunately, instead of doing that , meghan unfortunately, instead of doing that, meghan is selling jam. I mean, im as surprised as you are, kinsey. That jam is the thing. Shes decided to launch this whole new lifestyle brand with. I was expecting something a more whizzy. I mean, a bit more whizzy. I mean, goodness knows what this is going to retail at. Probably something unaffordable, but i suppose looking for the positive in maybe theyve in all of this, maybe theyve learned lesson, maybe learned the lesson, maybe theyve this is how theyve decided this is how were to make living. Were going to make a living. Now. Were not going to whinge, were going be rude about now. Were not going to whinge, weirelations. 1g be rude about now. Were not going to whinge, weirelations. Our be rude about now. Were not going to whinge, weirelations. Our sisteride about now. Were not going to whinge, weirelations. Our sister in about now. Were not going to whinge, weirelations. Our sister in law ut our relations. Our sister in law is seriously were going is seriously unwell. Were going to i mean, maybe this to sell jam. I mean, maybe this is maybe theyve up. Is maybe theyve grown up. I that thats a great i think that thats a great way to look it. I also think way to look at it. I also think that meghan knows that she was good what she did before she good at what she did before she married that married prince harry. In that influencer in that influencer space in that blogging space. And this is, you know, kind of reverting to back to that, she is going to inspire people to purchase things and people to purchase things and people are going to watch what shes wearing and watch what shes wearing and watch what shes doing in the kitchen and garden. And theyre going to try to emulate and that is kind to emulate it. And that is kind of she was doing before she of what she was doing before she married harry. So its a no brainer how its selling for. Did you get to taste any you know, wasnt one of the know, i wasnt one of the exclusives 50. Exclusives of 50. Try to wait to. Ill ill try to wait to. Ill ill try to get my hands on some when it went, but how bizarre to do this launch. And still, do this quiet launch. And still, if go to american riviera if you go to american riviera orchard. Com. Buy it. You orchard. Com. I cant buy it. You cant it. Theres cant buy it. Theres not product so these product available. So all these little blitzes, whats the little pr blitzes, whats the objective when somebody cant put their credit card in . Yeah, i read some of that. Trying to emulate a really fancy honey there that retails at honey out there that retails at 280 and that theyre 280 a pot and that theyre deliberately producing a really small number of these jams to increase demand, you know, making it really exclusive , who making it really exclusive, who knows, maybe thats why we didnt get get the memo. Kinsey okay. Thank you so much. Lovely to see you, as always. Ill be talking to you. Thank you. Kinsey schofield. Thank you very much indeed, well, the weather situation we were talking about yesterday, it just got worse and worse. It was off. It was on. It was windy. It was rainy. That was hail bouncing off the lawn. It looked like popcorn in the microwave yesterday. Just pinging grass. Yeah pinging off the grass. Yeah crazy weather, but suppose crazy weather, but i suppose april, april thats april, april showers. Thats what youre supposed to get. Its all normal. Were certainly getting well, were certainly getting those. To alex deakin those. Lets go to alex deakin for update. For an update. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Good morning. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Many of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine still going to be pretty gusty across the east with fair few showers the east with a fair few showers and it is going turn damp in and it is going to turn damp in Northern Ireland. A dry start, but the cloud rain is but the cloud and rain is steadily pushing in from the north. Have showers across north. Well have showers across northeast the northeast scotland through the day, will these day, and some will graze these eastern england, eastern counties of england, where pretty chilly where theres a pretty chilly and wind blowing along and brisk wind blowing along those north sea coasts, 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, and a bit more cloud coming into west wales later. But as i said, for many dry and bright. It isnt warm though. Its chilly out there this morning and temperatures struggling. Maybe out there this morning and tempe teens; struggling. Maybe out there this morning and tempe teens intruggling. Maybe out there this morning and tempe teens in london,|. Maybe out there this morning and tempe teens in london, butaybe out there this morning and tempe teens in london, butaonr in the teens in london, but 6 or 7 degrees most of the day in 7 degrees for most of the day in Northern Ireland. Its to Northern Ireland. Its going to feel that feel pretty chilly. Some of that rain northern will rain from Northern Ireland will get of south wales get into parts of south wales and southwest england this evening, little evening, so turning a little damp here. Few showers damp here. Still a few showers through night across east through the night across east anglia parts of kent and the anglia and parts of kent and the far of scotland. But for far north of scotland. But for most its a night. A clear most its a dry night. A clear night, pretty chilly one again. Temperatures night, pretty chilly one again. Tempe figures, of frost single figures, pockets of frost likely the midlands likely for wales, the midlands and england. Certainly and northern england. Certainly in areas. We will see in rural areas. We will see quite a bit of sunshine on thursday morning across the southern half of the uk, but clouding over through the night and the morning across and for the morning across scotland Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern Ireland, and further outbreaks of rain pushing in here. Quite a quite a wet day actually for western scotland. Blustery scotland. Increasingly blustery here further south here as well. But further south the winds will be light. Yes, itll cloud over a little bit but with some sunshine we should again get up to 13 degrees. That warm inside from boxt warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. How good would it be to escape all of this wild weather and head off to the sunshine . Heres your chance to win a greek cruise, travel goodies and a £10,000 tax free Cash Bank Balance boost. And heres how you could do it. Dont miss your chance to win our biggest prize so far. 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Also look ahead to Champions League matches tonight with paul coyte break. Good morning to paul coyte. The good morning to paul coyte. The football results last night in Champions League. And we look ahead to some more tonight and some. Theres a bit of promotion , guaranteed. Oh, yeah, theres loads of stuff thats gone on football. Paris Saint Germain beat barcelona yesterday. So. Barcelona. Was a great barcelona. Yeah, it was a great game actually. So barcelona, who were there. Three two up going in, going back to spain. So in, going back to spain. So youre thinking you know this is going to be very good for barcelona against Paris Saint Germain who obviously extremely rich have Kylian Mbappe but mbappe playing for them but never seem do what they need never seem to do what they need to do as a club. And thats when the Champions League so anyway, raphinha, who used to play for leeds, scores for barcelona puts them four two up on aggregate. Then the game turned when ronald arajo is sent off after 29 minutes. Then the game turns because hes a defender , then because hes a defender, then Kylian Mbappe comes into his own and then so they end up winning. And so its a very good result for Paris Saint Germain coming back. Two goals for killing mbappe and in the other game, Borussia Dortmund, who were also losing to Atletico Madrid. And this went to germany. And the this went to germany. And the fact that they turned things around as well and they and they won four two. So theyre both semi finalists. They will play each other. So its Paris Saint Germain against Borussia Dortmund and the that dortmund are now the fact that dortmund are now in the semi finals bad for in the semi finals also bad for engush in the semi finals also bad for english teams trying to qualify for the Champions League because its that co efficient thing of whoever say whatever. As whoever you say whatever. As soon as i say the word coefficient, your eyes glaze oven coefficient, your eyes glaze over, gone, gone. Yeah. It basically means if theres a fifth place could be available to an english team in the Champions League, its come on, let me explain. Let me. You know, i love a coefficient. Well, ill tell you, no coefficients for portsmouth, they came from behind to beat barnsley last night three two. Promotion out to the championship guaranteed for them here up. Last time they were in the championship was when. How long ago. Well Harry Redknapp was the manager wasnt he. Were looking at them actually the premier but a bit down. Sorry. Down. Oh sorry. Championship. No idea. 2012. Its been a long time so pompey. So theyre so pompey. Yeah. So theyre looking and also down in looking good. And also down in the coast t another the south coast are t another team that did well yesterday with. Yes because with southampton. Yes because southampton of southampton had a little bit of a wobbly run. But now were a wobbly run. But now were looking very good and its those places to go up to the premier league and the way things are looking at the moment. They beat preston three nil, so ipswich or an 89, leicester, 88, leeds an 89, leicester, an 88, leeds on 87, southampton on 84. So its obviously the first two will be promoted into the premier league and then the other four will then go into the play other four will then go into the play offs. Yeah, so its really tight, but the championship is always very exciting. Not many people enough, people mention it enough, but its exciting. Its really exciting. Three games to go. We were getting excited because earlier saying because earlier you were saying its today until the its 100 days today until the start of the parisian olympics. Yes it is, so you know what they did . What did they do . I love the i love a ceremony. I love the bit of pomp and circumstance. You know, i love the olympics. Yeah. So over in olympia, lets have a look at this. Oh, they know how this is what its all about. Is the lighting of about. This is the lighting of the flame. Now, flame is the flame. Now, the flame is usually done. Its the heat from the sun through a magnifying glass. But it was a bit too cloudy. So i dont know whether cloudy. So i dont know whether someone used a bic lighter to light it behind the scenes. Now, this is this is an actress here. Shes a very famous, actress from from greece whos lighting the flame. And then she passes it on. By the way, her name. I can tell you what her name is. If i can find it in just a second. Stefanos. And this is the man shes handing it to. And i know you took a lot of time preparing to say that because you spoke to our greek Makeup Artist this morning for pronunciation. Give away my secret to this one give everyone some appreciation. Ash. Hard work there. Kush. Olympic rowing champion. And olympic rowing champion. And he take that little he will now take that little bird. Gonna have a dove bird. Youre gonna have a dove i. The dove back i. Does the dove come back again . I dont know , so there again . I dont know, so there were. Hes holding. Hes well. He doesnt like a runner , he doesnt look like a runner, though, does doesnt run though, does he . Doesnt run like no. Maybe if he like a runner. No. Maybe if he wrote it. Sorry. Sorry. Rowing. Hes a rower. Yeah. He doesnt look runner. He doesnt look like a runner. Yeah. So then passing the flame on the flame will now on and the flame will travel now across it will across greece, and then it will go mediterranean on a go across the mediterranean on a ship through mainland france. Then take the, the flame then they take the, the flame off to all the overseas territories of france. But, you know, they have to keep the flame alight. So when they go on flame alight. So when they go on a plane, they have these , these a plane, they have these, these little lanterns, theyll have three of them. So they like the lantern. I mean, is it safe to take an open flame. Its done every four years. Pauli its done every four years. Paul, i was in cornwall, down in penzance, the olympic flame penzance, when the olympic flame arrived the ahead of the arrived in the uk ahead of the 2012 and it does 2012 olympics, and then it does the thing. It did a the exact same thing. It did a Little Journey around whole Little Journey around the whole of the country. The aeroplanes know theyve done it before, but they they usually they keep that, so they usually have, a fire warden sitting have, like a fire warden sitting next to flame. Next to this flame. So they have to guard so they just have to guard the then the the flame and then light the flame. See, whole idea is flame. See, the whole idea is that still the flame that its still the same flame that its still the same flame that came greece, that is that came from greece, that is lit. I think it was the lit. But i think it was the montreal olympics in 76. Do you remember . There was the. They have great big thing where have the great big thing where its its its the big thing where its all and it went out and all lit up and it went out and you see guy sort of looking you see this guy sort of looking around like that. Remember around like that. I remember that, yeah. Around like that. I remember tha no,eah. Around like that. I remember tha no, weve all been there. No, weve all been there. No, weve all been there. But parties and the similar. Exactly. I got a chance exactly. Yeah. I got a chance to, hold the flame, the to, hold the flame, hold the torch in the sydney olympics. Did you. Yeah did you. Yeah why . Why . I dont know, because i was, because we were filming there for tv. Were going to live broadcast back to britain and. Yeah, then i was handed the torch, and went a few torch, and then i went a few yards with it and handed it to somebody else. You shorts and were you in shorts and singlet running along . Singlet and running along . To be a good runner. I used to be a good runner. I used to be a good runner. I used to be a good runner. I know you did. I know we often do. Cross country was i know, i know, yeah, but but i love, i love the olympic stuff i just love, i love the whole thing around it. See, theres but you know, about the, the arguments about money. Think money should be i dont think money should be anywhere olympics. And anywhere near the olympics. And i why theyre doing i do know why theyre doing this, and it doesnt seem to be across board properly ehhen well, this is the problem. Well, this is the problem. The is it fine. The thing is doing it fine. Right. It right. Whatever not having it across board, like for across the board, like for instance. Runners will get instance. So runners will get it, but swimmers wont get it. Right. Yeah. Thats right. And yesterday had the and yesterday we had the story letting a drugs cheat story that letting a drugs cheat into team gb. Now theyre bringing money into the olympics. Know if its olympics. I dont know if its only the olympic i only in the olympic spirit i think i the olympic spirit think i think the olympic spirit things have to move on. Because if think of what because if we think of what olympics the old olympics were like in the old days, people jobs and then days, people had jobs and then they just do the they would just go and do the and it was all about the olympic spirit and it was amateur sport is professional. These so is professional. These days. So i just think even if its £50,000 for a gold medal for all the work that goes into it, its not a of money. Is it not a lot of money. Is it really, in the grand scheme of things, when you look, if youre a swimmer, you get nothing then and youre a swimmer, you do and if youre a swimmer, you do it for the love and youve got swimmers. If youre swimmers. Now, if youre second place you dont swimmers. Now, if youre second pla they are true athletes, simso i to swimmers. They are true athletes, simso i understand swimmers. Entirely. Why m entirely. Why why would they be any lesser than than the athletes on the track . They cant understand. Reason. Theres no reason. Theres no reason. Well, actual argument is well, the actual argument is the that thats what the fact that thats what everybody to see is the everybody wants to see is the athletics, the track and field. Thats everybodys thats what everybodys involved in. Whole in. But surely the whole olympics include our discus throwing, see throwing, our discus throw. See thats does include thats yeah, it does include discus because discus is still part track and field. But part of track and field. But there would you say discus is more important. Metre freestyle. More important. No metre freestyle. More important. No i metre freestyle. More important. No i would tre freestyle. More important. No i would tre fnot. Yle. More important. No i would tre fnot. So. No i would say not. So theres the argument. There is theres the argument. There is the its horrible to be arguing about money when comes about money when it comes to the olympics. About olympics. Its all about the sport. But unfortunately money will the more will be involved and the more sport on. Its a sport goes on. Its a professional business, so it has to be spoken about. Okay, paul, very much okay, paul, thanks very much indeed, its going to be indeed, paul. Its going to be back about £20. Back again about £20. By the way. Im an amateur, by the way. Im an amateur, by the way. Do you know that im an amateur . Youre not. Pro. Youre a coefficient. Im a coefficient. Amateur. Thats what i am. Cheers, mate. Thank you very much to come, much indeed. Still, to come, were to be going through much indeed. Still, to come, weifront to be going through much indeed. Still, to come, weifront pages. E going through much indeed. Still, to come, weifront pages. The ing through much indeed. Still, to come, weifront pages. The biggestugh well. Right now. And for the. Well. Right now. And for the. The next. I dont know how long we get, but quite a lot to give you. Solid. 633. Solid. 633. Thats good. Theres no bonng thats good. Theres no boring government minister. And a little bit later on. Eamonn. Worry about that. Eamonn. Dont worry about that. Okay, anyway, weve got Scarlett Mccgwire got Scarlett Mccgwire and weve got leo both leo nemorale. Thank you both very, indeed. Scarlet very, very much indeed. Scarlet i would to Start Talking i would love to Start Talking about and smacking about smacking and smacking children, which are which is illegal in scotland. It is illegal in scotland. It is illegal in scotland. It is illegal in wales, but it is legal in england and Northern Ireland. And you know, if youd asked me this 20 years ago, id have thought smacking kids. So what . Thats what they deserve. Most of them , but now i just most of them, but now i just dont think. I just think its all anymore. Im with you, actually. Completely. I mean, George Bernard shaw said, you know, the only excuse for smacking a child is in anger. I mean, and smacking children on purpose is. Smacking children on purpose is. And it leads to other things. Now, look, im no saint. I mean , now, look, im no saint. I mean, ihave now, look, im no saint. I mean, i have hit a child in a supermarket. Ive done. Ive done the classic. But but ive never forgotten that when my partner, our daughter was about two and she ripped a the cover of a book and he said, dont do it. So of course she did it some more. And he took her hand and he gave her a tap. And she came up to me and she said, dada, dada. And she went back and whacked round the she whacked him round the face. She was never again. I mean, it was never hit again. I mean, it just was it was crazy. And just it was it was crazy. And i think, i mean, i do think that smacking, you know, you begin with smacking and it leads to other things. And actually most children i mean, you know, its about having Proper Authority and you tell them what to do. Yeah, i dont know. I, im in the thick of child rearing at the moment. Ive got two spirited children. I love more than life itself. I would do anything them. Id take do anything for them. Id take their pain id give them their pain away. Id give them my organs. Would you smack them their pain away. Id give them my or now. Would you smack them their pain away. Id give them my or now. W0|then . J smack them their pain away. Id give them my or now. W0|then . They|ck them their pain away. Id give them my or now. W0|then . They need em every now and then . They need a little sharp smack little short, sharp smack with pure love. Purely. And it might just be on the thigh or on the hand. Just be on the thigh or on the hand. Im just be on the thigh or on the hand. Im never just be on the thigh or on the hand. Im never talking about hand. Im never talking about round or hitting them a round the face or hitting them a little sharp smack. Little short, sharp smack. And that controversial. That might be controversial. Father , for the state but my father, for the state to legislate whether or not a parent who loves and cares for their child is able to do that, i think is overreach personally . Well, my father used to. There well, my father used to. There were five boys in our house. My father used to just walk up and smack us across the back of the head and you go, oh, what was that for . And he said, nothing. Wait something. Wait till you do something. Like your dad. I really like your dad. I really like your dad. The sound of your dad, thats a bit much, isnt it . But i think its got a point, because if youre a parent, you should have the right to raise your child the way you child in the way in which you choose. But think if it gets choose. But i think if it gets to point where smacking to the point where smacking verges i. E. It verges on violence, i. E. It huns verges on violence, i. E. It hurts child, as you say, hurts the child, as you say, isabel, sort smack isabel, you know, sort of smack just say, oh, thats out of just to say, oh, thats out of order, that. Fine. Order, stop that. Fine. But i was surprised that actually is legal the uk, in england. Legal in the uk, in england. Still, i was surprised at that because does seem very because it does seem very archaic, fashioned. Im archaic, very old fashioned. Im just about to become a daddy. Are congratulations. Thank are you . Congratulations. Thank you. August. My wife is you. In august. My wife is jewish, so thinking how to jewish, so thinking about how to raise child , dont think raise a child, i dont think smacking part smacking is going to form part of it though. Smacking is going to form part of ifairugh. Smacking is going to form part of ifair enough. Fair enough. Fair enough. But it seems when you look at the english situation in the Northern Irish situation, they seem prehistoric , dont seem a bit, prehistoric, dont they . Compared to scotland they . They, compared to scotland and. And one would have and wales. And one would have thought that this is going to get through. This is going well. How are they going to legislate it anyway, though . Genuinely it is legislated in scotland are scotland and but i mean are people going to report their partner. My husband just gave my child a slap on the wrist, dies down. The police think just the police think people just dont they think dont do it and they think deterrent. Its deterrent. They realise its not acceptable. Your acceptable. Interesting your views welcome. Us views very very welcome. Let us know you think. Right, know what you think. Right, leon, lets talk about discipline and strictness. And weve got a victory yesterday for what the daily mail are calling the uks bravest head teacher. And she, you know, theres a lot of talk about not banning this, not banning that. But she wants to ban prayer in her school. Correct. So this was a fairly expensive legal battle, which was a student Muslim Student who wanted to pray, as, as is part of the of the islamic tradition of the of the islamic tradition of the of the islamic tradition of the islamic religion. And the head teacher said, no, you cant do in school because do that in this school because it isnt a Religious School. Its school. And she its a Secular School. And she won. Came out top in this won. She came out on top in this court so i think shes court ruling. So i think shes got point again, that actually got a point again, that actually you up to a Secular School, you sign up to a Secular School, you sign up to a Secular School, you are not there to practice religion. You are there to learn in the classroom, and this school that she runs, Katharine Birbalsingh is in incredibly overperforming, and partly because i think she is so strict, she she has such high standards , so strict, nobodys standards, so strict, nobodys allowed to talk or laugh in the corridors between classrooms. Theyre never allowed to congregate in groups larger than four, and theyre not allowed to group in, in whats seen as cliques. I mean, do we think that in a world where were talking about liberty and freedom , scarlett, freedom of speech, scarlett, that this is modern teaching . I mean, i certainly wouldnt want my child going to that school. Was listening to school. And i was listening to a muslim parent whose child goes to another school, where where praying is allowed. And, and it praying is allowed. And, and it is also a Secular School, and it is also a Secular School, and it is also a Secular School, and it is a nearby school where it also has really, really good results. Has really, really good results. So i, i dont think you have to you have to do that to get good results. I mean, i think this thing about Secular Schools is quite important because when my kids at school, it was a kids were at school, it was a Secular School. But ofsted told them off because they didnt have christian assemblies. And you think , come on, you know, we you think, come on, you know, we send our children to this school so that, yes, they will learn about religion. I mean, thats what the school did is they is they brought in an early gcse in religious studies so that the children actually learned something, mean , i something, but i, i mean, i think quite often that theyll go because this was about, this was about, muslim praying, go because this was about, this was about, muslim praying , that was about, muslim praying, that theyll go no to the muslims and then it will go on with christians. And i hope that its a Secular School. Completely. Okay. Okay. So the future should be a bit more like the french model, where theres no religion allowed the classroom. Allowed in the classroom. Thats fair because yeah, thats fair because oftentimes, you religion oftentimes, you know, religion can be quite overpowering, quite overbearing. I think thats can be quite overpowering, quite overif� aring. I think thats can be quite overpowering, quite overif thats i think thats can be quite overpowering, quite overif thats the i think thats can be quite overpowering, quite overif thats the way ink thats fine if thats the way you choose to your as choose to live your life as a young person, you shouldnt necessarily stifled. And necessarily be stifled. And i think right that they the think its right that they the schools clamp down on to schools clamp down on this to say, actually, this isnt the place for it. Well , except i place for it. Well, except i just think fabnc well, except i just think fabric and standing and morals and lots of i would like to think the good things that are in me were, were put there by going to a Religious School and, and you know, its great. I got all that training and whatever at school and i can choose to use it or not use it. Then as i, as i progress through life, i think i just somehow look back and i think its, its a bit of and i think its, its a bit of a waste. I think your parents chose to send you and were talking in Northern Ireland. I was going to say were talking schools are religious, but also were talking sorry. But also were talking sorry. You you talk as if parents get pick whichever school get to pick whichever school they to the they want. You apply to the council get lucky based council and you get lucky based on your top three applications. And its certainly not. You choose the school and therefore you chosen Secular School i well, 5mm well, well. Well, well. But you could you i mean, there are a lot of People Choose Religious Schools. I mean , Religious Schools. I mean, Northern Ireland is different and one can say that theyre very divisive Religious Schools in Northern Ireland. But you choose a Religious School. I mean, i was talking to somebody who who went to the christening of their god daughter. So their god daughter who at the time was nine months, would get into a catholic school. I mean, that, that, that, that its not about for Religious Schools, its not about the council. Its you know, youre supposed to have have gone to church , be have gone to church, be baptised, all that stuff. The fact being that they would have chosen to go to that school, they would have chosen to go to that religious ceremony because they believe that religion gives the children in that identity, more that school more identity, more uniformity , more a better uniformity, more a better upbringing than than a school which is non religious. Yeah. I went to a to a church of england lower school, and i actually think it probably made me more atheist as i later in life, because i saw it and just thought its not for me as a very young age. And so in a way, if, if it of rammed down if, if it sort of rammed down your rebel from if, if it sort of rammed down yca rebel from if, if it sort of rammed down yca little rebel from if, if it sort of rammed down yca little bit. Rebel from if, if it sort of rammed down yca little bit. So rebel from if, if it sort of rammed down yca little bit. So maybe al from if, if it sort of rammed down yca little bit. So maybe it from if, if it sort of rammed down yca little bit. So maybe it has] it a little bit. So maybe it has the opposite effect in some cases, but actually it was just like i we lived in the states when i was young, and i went to an American School where to, i had pledge to the flag every morning. Im slightly anti american because of the time i was so angry having to do that every morning and also keeping on learning about history and why they were right to revolt , which they were right to revolt, which often i, at eight years old, had to stand up and explain why the americans were right and the british were wrong. Never quite forgiven it. Idea , okay. No idea, okay. No idea, okay. This smoking ban situation. Why is this scarlet such a divisive thing within the conservative party . I mean, isabel and i were talking about this earlier, and it was just that, what is there to object to 7 that, what is there to object to . To making kids addicts, by by taking something that is going to kill them . Well, yeah. I mean , its well, yeah. I mean, its about freedom, isnt it . And its the conservative thing that you have a right to kill yourself if thats what you want to do. I mean, whats interesting is that most smokers to do. I mean, whats inter inter exactly that. Exactly that. Isabel. Its one of those rare points in politics where ideology just doesnt meet the cold reality of what the country are thinking and what people are thinking and what makes sense. Thats jenrick thats all. Robert jenrick tweeted, saying that we should educate ban and i think educate and not ban and i think normally thats a fair approach. But when it comes to addiction , but when it comes to addiction, you cant educate your way out of addiction. I thats of addiction. And i think thats why the government knows entirely smokings bad for you. So it has a duty, i think, to impose this and im glad that theyve actually whats he up to then. Because hes supposed to be a close former ally of rishi sunak. And its not just him. Weve got Kemi Badenoch whos in the cabinet out saying the cabinet coming out saying she for something. She cant vote for something. That some have that will mean some people have liberties other people liberties and other people dont. Equitable. Dont. Its not equitable. Youve mordaunt who youve got, Penny Mordaunt who abstained. Is it perhaps about leadership of all concerned . Doesnt it feel as though those names are all being mentioned as potential leaders post election . Its post election . I think its exactly that. Its positioning yourself with right the yourself with the right of the tory party, are probably tory party, who are probably more wing than the average more right wing than the average person. Want to protect person. So they want to protect those liberties and freedoms and all those things that us all those things that make us great. I agree with them on most points, but on things like points, but on on things like addiction, just doesnt make addiction, it just doesnt make sense. I think sense. And actually, i think people mordaunt, who people like Penny Mordaunt, who is , i think its is a moderate, i think its obvious shes and obvious what shes doing. And i think actually quite cynical. Because f yeah. Because i mean, two out of people britain agree of three people in britain agree with i mean, popular policy, with it. I mean, popular policy, you very, you know, its very, very popular policy. Its a terrible littering and its a terrible littering thing the country as thing around the country as well. People dont even see that, stubbs. They dont degenerate. They just, you know, people smoke, they throw their stub the ground and its stub on the ground and its lying there forever. Well, and also, for those of lying there forever. Who l, and also, for those of lying there forever. Who remember, for those of lying there forever. Who remember what hose of lying there forever. Who remember what it se of lying there forever. Who remember what it wasf lying there forever. Who remember what it was like us who remember what it was like before brought in the before they brought in the smoking ban in inside, mean, smoking ban in inside, i mean, can remember how awful the can you remember how awful the pubs were that you would walk into and youd walk out into a pub and youd walk out just stinking of smoke and offices . But thats sort of retrospectively you look that retrospectively you look at that at time, just i at the time, you just assume. I mean, used to work in a bar mean, i used to work in a bar and night after night, of course, to your course, you had to change your your them your clothes, had to wash them the day. Your clothes, had to wash them the day. But the smell was the next day. But the smell was pungent. It was it was it was incredible. But we just took it for granted then. I mean, im probably die of lung cancer. I dont smoke, but, you know, my years spent in the pub just breathing, night after breathing, smoking night after night and function halls and things was was incredible. When you, you think of all of you, when you think of all of that, but remember i mean as that, but i remember i mean as a sports presenter, i used to present so many sporting events , present so many sporting events, you know, the benson and hedges masters just everywhere, masters and just everywhere, everything sponsored by cigarettes. And i worked with cigarettes. And i worked with this fantastic presenter. He was absolutely brilliant. Brilliant. Im not name him, but hes, you know, hes a god in the presenting world. And he would sit and would , he would sit there and he would, he would say up next weve got jemmy white against steve davis. Great. You know, but before he would get to that hed be saying go and have to stub it out. Up next, jemmy white against steve davis. But the cigarettes were davis. But the cigarettes were given to all of us free. Yeah. Because because benson hedges were there and they had all their the good old days. The good old days, we were drinking and smoking in the, in the s no such. The workplace s no such. No. No, no. No, no. Ive seen people vaping here. Yes. Thats not loud. Yeah. No, but they do i mean well i know, theyre not allowed know, but theyre not allowed presented not u2 all. Presented not u2 at all. Are absolutely perfect. U2 are absolutely perfect. But presenters, but i mean presenters, presenters, presenters who who vape between, you know, during the ad breaks. But i think a lot of that, leon, is nervousness from people. People seem to need some sort of fix. It means like people can get angry and its because theyre nervous or people can be smoking. Yeah, or cigarettes because actually its something to do. Someones done something to do with your hands as well. Isnt it . And if youre used isnt it . And if youre so used to suddenly youre trying to it and suddenly youre trying to it and suddenly youre trying to my parents smoked for to give up my parents smoked for a when i was a good chunk of when i was growing they said growing up, and they always said to theres one thing you to me, if theres one thing you must do, you copy must not do, you must not copy mum it comes to mum and dad when it comes to smoking. And of hated smoking. And ive sort of hated it but yeah, you see it ever since. But yeah, you see them trying to and its them trying to give up and its tough. And i was really proud of them when did give up, them when they did give up, because difficult because its a real difficult thing youre used thing to do. And if youre used to however smoker day, to it, however many smoker day, suddenly away from suddenly its taken away from you. Hard, isnt it. Yeah. You. Its hard, isnt it. Yeah. Incredible. Its incredible. Its incredible. Its incredible. Liam, what do you make of liz trusss tour and all the trusss book tour and all the headunes trusss book tour and all the headlines from headlines shes grabbing from from the of from that and the question of the lettuce lettuce the lettuce that a lettuce lasted longer her in the lasted longer than her in the fridge. And she says this is fridge. And she says this is pathetic. Its point scoring. This is the kind of thing that obsesses the kind of london elite. Elite. Yes, liz truss is back again, as if as if we needed reminding of who she was and what she got up to. But i think its not very helpful to liz trusss personal brand. This crusade, as if shes trying to make herself out of some of martyr who was some sort of martyr who was unfairly targeted. I mean, the facts facts. And after facts are the facts. And after that mini budget, the economy did into a bit of a spiral. Did go into a bit of a spiral. Im not saying shes responsible for entire economy situation for the entire economy situation we find ourselves in, we we find ourselves in, but we cant the mini budget was cant deny the mini budget was was pretty horrific. But i bought the book because it sounds as though you did. It sounds as though you did. It sounds as though you did. It sounds as if theres going to be some interesting stuff in there. T shirt i bought the t shirt. Some interesting stuff in there. T shirt i bought the t shirt. I t shirt i bought the t shirt. I think its going to be interesting because shes clearly herself for clearly positioning herself for us i think us audience, isnt she . I think shes shes a a shes realised shes a bit of a laughing uk, laughing stock in the uk, probably the lettuce. Probably because of the lettuce. Whether the london or not. Well, i dont think the daily star really of appeal to star really kind of appeal to the london the daily star the london elite. The daily star is as tabloid goes, is about as tabloid as it goes, and theyre the ones that invented lettuce. Invented the lettuce. Absolutely. Invented the lettuce. I absolutely. Invented the lettuce. I mean, solutely. Invented the lettuce. I mean, whataly. Invented the lettuce. I mean, what one feels is that truss, she just she that liz truss, she just she lives in a parallel universe, you know, i mean, says you know, i mean, she says anybody thinks i crashed the anybody who thinks i crashed the economy malevolent economy is either malevolent or ignorant. Economy is either malevolent or ignorant. Mean, just you ignorant. I mean, it just you just. Beggars belief. Ignorant. I mean, it just you just. Beggars belief. Rafe. Just. It beggars belief. Rafe. And i dont think she sees herself as a joke, actually. Do you think shes got a chance . Scarlett of coming back as. As leader . Because i know that there are some conservatives, believe it or not, who do think that wed have been better off. Or are we . And we, as the conservative party, would been better with would have been better off with liz truss leader . Liz truss as the leader . Yeah. No and i think there oh yeah. No and i think there are quite a lot of viewers who think that too. Mean, think think that too. I mean, i think but also think the thing about but i also think the thing about mps never , ever underestimate mps is never, ever underestimate their ambition their their ambition or their egos. Yeah i think most mps think they would make really good leaders and it is addictive. Boris is waiting to be called back , but waiting to be called back, but mrs. Thatcher was waiting to be called back. I mean, of course, liz thinks she wasnt given a chance because is because probably the london elite got rid of. Her, i probably the london elite got rid of. Her, i think. I think theres space for liz trusss policies. You know, i think there is space for those. But i dont think she was the right messenger. She was the right messenger. She was the right vehicle for it. And in a way shes done more that way shes done more harm to that sort movement sort of Political Movement of freedom, low freedom, of free markets, low tax. I shes done more tax. I think shes done more harm to that, harm than good to that, which obviously intending obviously she wasnt intending to do. But her policies are terrible. I mean, her policies are i mean, remember, terrible. I mean, her policies are youi mean, remember, terrible. I mean, her policies are you know, remember, terrible. I mean, her policies are you know, we member, terrible. I mean, her policies are you know, we were jer, terrible. I mean, her policies are you know, we were getting when, you know, we were getting to living crisis, we to a cost of living crisis, we knew there were going to be Terrible Energy things. And she said, i dont believe in handouts instead of actually. Then she was behind one of the largest, almost corbyn style handouts, the £40 billion Energy Package which package forgotten, which is forgotten because everybody, you know thinks that she was a conservative with a small c, but that is i mean, that was conservative with a small c, but thatbiggest i mean, that was conservative with a small c, but thatbiggest i meashe� nat was conservative with a small c, but thatbiggest i meashe did,vas conservative with a small c, but thatbiggest i meashe did, as the biggest thing she did, as you write a huge check you say, was write a huge check for Peoples Energy bills. And forgot about it and we forgot about it because the day after it because i think the day after it was announced, the passed was announced, the queen passed away. Sort of was away. So it just sort of was consigned history. But she consigned to history. But she was spender the 49 was a big spender for the 49 days in office, and its days she was in office, and its just a bit of a paradox because im not sure. Liz truss believes the shes now. The stuff shes saying now. Im not this sort of not sure she is this sort of rabid right winger. I think shes fairly centrist. Shes actually fairly centrist. Or was she . I mean, all we all knew i mean, all she we all knew what she would do when she got in. Thats what i mean. Thats what her whole campaign against rishi was, was it was incredibly right wing. And i remember having supper with, with two eminent economists, both whom eminent economists, both of whom who said, well, as soon as she gets in, shell change. And to their shock, i mean that apart from the 40 billion that she didnt, i mean, she did , you didnt, i mean, she did, you know, cut start cutting taxes and things like that. I mean, it was it was i mean, scarlett, you talk about cutting taxes. And i honestly, in my view, i dont think this country has ever been worse. Maybe post war or whatever, second world war. But the roads, particularly everywhere i go , the amount of everywhere i go, the amount of litter, the amount of graffiti, the roads are just appalling. Potholes everywhere. Everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. And just bad surfaces. Everything and in my heart, i know there is no money to repair these. I dont think our roads will ever be repaired. I mean, not ever. They will never be back to the way they were in the 60s or the or they were in the 60s or the or the 70s. And you just look and say, why doesnt somebody admit this . Where are we going to get this . Where are we going to get this money from . We are taxed to the hilt and we were talking about tax on brassieres yesterday, it. And i was yesterday, wasnt it. And i was talking about going out for fish and chips. And i bought some fish and chips for friends and it was £34. And i said what. And |, it was £34. And i said what. And i, and i said, give me the receipt. And i looked at the receipt, £5. 70 our fish and receipt, £5. 70 of our fish and chips. Really . Would you chips. Was vat really . Would you ever think theres vat on your fish and chips . Because i wouldnt, you know. Yes. Theyve obviously changed. Remember when it was changed. I remember when it was taken, not take aways. Yeah. If were eating in maybe if you were eating in maybe or. Yeah gm e youve hit the but i mean youve hit the nail the head. Were taxed to nail on the head. Were taxed to the yet public the eyeballs and yet Public Services dont work and Services Still dont work and theyre work. Theyre not going to work. So that tells me that theyre not money being managed money is not being managed properly, that theres we dont we with we have a huge problem with growth. Seen these and weve seen these economically inactive people increasing yesterday increasing again. Yesterday we saw reducing its growth saw the imf reducing its growth forecast for the uk yesterday, as well the of europe as well as the rest of europe has said. Have a growth has to be said. We have a growth problem it goes to liz problem and it goes back to liz truss. Was calling that out, truss. She was calling that out, but not right person but perhaps not the right person to about to shout about it. She was right to call that out she was right to out because she was right to call all the call it out. But she had all the wrong policies. I dont think so, no, but i dont think so, scarlett, do to scarlett, because you do have to drive growth through cuts drive growth through tax cuts and of thing. It was and that type of thing. It was the wrong time because you if the wrong time because if you if you taxes when inflation you cut taxes when inflation is high, to cause high, youre only going to cause more so she should more inflation. So she should have ground. Have lay the ground. But suppose what i was but i suppose what i was saying if you cut saying early on is if you cut taxes then where are you ever going money on going to get money to spend on pubuc going to get money to spend on public relating economy. Youre relating the economy. Youre relating the economy. Get more youre trying to get more people working. Youre trying to get more peo conversely,. Youre trying to get more peoconversely, go up, dont they conversely, go up, dont they cut taxes . A theory. I mean, it thats a theory. I mean, it doesnt actually work. I mean, what for growth is you what you need for growth is you need investment. And the problem with the with what weve got at the moment will not moment is business will not invest britain they invest in britain because they dont government. Dont trust the government. And they say, you know, the they they say, you know, the problem, the problem with rishi sunak puts party before sunak is he puts party before country stability. Country and we want stability. And actually what we need is we need we need private investment to make this country go. And its not about taxes. You sound like a conservative, scarlett. No im saying its not about taxes. You say tax cuts will do it. I dont think it will. And i just think we have to, you know, we have to grow the green economy. Thats where the future i think the thing is, and i should announce this this morning, it the end of the morning, it is the end of the world. Its the fact that it is and its the fact that it is raining in dubai. Have a look these pictures here. God, yes. God, yes. Well, i mean, goodness me, a desert , right . A desert. And desert, right . A desert. And they get a years worth of rainfall in one day. Thats called climate change. No well, theyve caused this. Theyve seeded the clouds. So theyve seeded the clouds. So theyve tried they actually provoked this rain. Who did this . Who did this . Who did this . The government. So this cloud seeding. Yeah. Because it doesnt rain in this part of the world. Theyve theyve i dont know word is a bit know what the word is a bit wrong then didnt it. Thats the problem. Dubais not problem. And also dubais not set because theres problem. And also dubais not setdrainage because theres problem. And also dubais not setdrainage because se theres problem. And also dubais not setdrainage because se doesnt no drainage because it doesnt rain ordinarily need need to rain ordinarily i need i need to know this cloud know more about this cloud seeding cloud. Seeding cloud. Didnt yeah about that well i didnt yeah about that more. y. F. well this was going to be a an armoury in war and various things in americans. And the things in the americans. And the russians. Big into cloud russians. Very big into cloud seeding. I didnt know that, seeding. So i didnt know that, leon. But what a blooming mess thatis leon. But what a blooming mess that is then. But its interesting if this is man interfering with nature , or as, interfering with nature, or as, scarlett is saying, this is climate change. Okay, were going to be talking about that as the program progresses this morning. Again, let us know your views on some of the things weve been talking love weve been talking about. Love to you. And this is to hear from you. And this is how do gbnews. Com how you do it. Gbnews. Com forward slash yourself. So wild weather in dubai yesterday. Whats in store for you and me here in the uk . Alex deakin with the forecast. A brighter outlook with boxt solar. Sponsors of weather on. Solar. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Many of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine still going to be pretty gusty across the a fair few showers the east with a fair few showers and it is going to turn damp in Northern Ireland. Start, Northern Ireland. A dry start, but the and rain is but the cloud and rain is steadily pushing in from the north. Showers across north. Well have showers across northeast through the north. Well have showers across nortandt through the north. Well have showers across nort and some through the north. Well have showers across nort and some will through the north. Well have showers across nort and some will grazegh the north. Well have showers across nort and some will graze these day and some will graze these eastern counties of england, where theres pretty where theres a pretty chilly and wind blowing along and brisk wind blowing along those sea coasts. 1 or 2 those north sea coasts. 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, and a bit more cloud coming into west wales later. As i said west wales later. But as i said for dry and bright it isnt for many dry and bright it isnt warm though. Chilly out warm though. Its chilly out there and there this morning and temperatures maybe temperatures struggling. Maybe in london, but 6 or in the teens in london, but 6 or 7 degrees for most of the day in Northern Ireland, its going to feel chilly. Some of that feel pretty chilly. Some of that rain from northern will rain from Northern Ireland will get south wales get into parts of south wales and southwest england this evening. Little evening. So turning a little damp showers damp here. Still a few showers through east through the night across east anglia of kent and the anglia and parts of kent and the far north of scotland. But for most dry night, a clear most its a dry night, a clear night , pretty chilly most its a dry night, a clear night, pretty chilly again. Night, pretty chilly one again. Temperatures well down into single figures, pockets of frost likely the midlands likely for wales, the midlands and. Certainly and northern england. Certainly in we will see quite in rural areas we will see quite a sunshine on thursday a bit of sunshine on thursday morning across the southern half of uk, but clouding over of the uk, but clouding over through the night and for the morning across scotland and Northern Ireland, and further outbreaks pushing in outbreaks of rain pushing in here. Quite a quite a wet day actually for western scotland. Actually for western scotland. Increasingly blustery here as well. The well. But further south the winds will be light. Yes, itll cloud over a little bit, but with sunshine we should with some sunshine we should again up to 13 degrees. Again get up to 13 degrees. That feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt sponsors of weather boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. A very good morning to you. Its 7 00. It is wednesday, the 17th of april. You are very welcome. Eamonn and isabel here. Were on gb news breakfast with you until half past nine. Story this morning. Nigel top story this morning. Nigel farage out at cancel farage has hit out at cancel culture brussels after Police Culture in brussels after police attempted shut down the attempted to shut down the National Conservatism conference. Your views welcome. The Prime Minister suffers a tory backlash as key leadership contenders snub his smoking ban. Snub his smoking ban. And in just a moment, well be revealing the latest inflation figures, with Liam Halligan here to break down what it could mean for you and the latest inflation number is 3. 2. Uk prices rose by 3. 2 during the year to march. Weve just the year to march. Weve just found out. What does that mean for you . Your finances and for your family . Your family . Labour has announced new support for Mental Health in schools, but are they targeting private schools to do so . Well be speaking to the shadow Education Minister, Catherine Mckinnell, very shortly. Mckinnell, very shortly. A pub in saint albans has sparked an online row over its child free policy, which is our debate shortly. Is it unfair to ban children from pubs . Let us know what you think. Know what you think. And in the sport, a Champions League last night, Paris Saint Germain came from behind to beat barcelona as dortmund did the same to Atletico Madrid last night. So tonight arsenal head to Bayern Munich. Tonight its all level at two two as Manchester City play real madrid at the etihad. Currently at three three. Its this confusing. Anyway, 100 days were going to celebrate that to the olympic today. The Olympic Games today. A gusty wind again across the east with a few showers. There will be a bit of rain in the west, particularly for Northern Ireland, but for many its going to a fine and a bright day to be a fine and a bright day just on the fresh side. Join me later details. Later for all the details. So we start with some breaking news this hour. In the last few minutes, the office for National Statistics has released their monthly inflation data, and weve seen a drop. Its gone down to 3. 2 for february, down from 3. 4. Sorry for march, down from 3. 4. Sorry for march, down from 3. 2 in february. So Liam Halligan , this is good news and halligan, this is good news and lots of questions i suppose will be sparked about whether this could lead to Interest Rate cuts in summer. In the summer. It is news, isabel, it is good news, isabel, because its going in the right direction. Coming because its going in the right directi the coming because its going in the right directi the cost coming because its going in the right directi the cost of coming because its going in the right directi the cost of livingning because its going in the right directi the cost of living squeeze down. The cost of living squeeze is easing, in terms of is easing, at least in terms of the headline numbers, though we know, for not know, of course its for not many people in their real lives. But i must say this drop in inflation is less than was expected. This drop in inflation expected. This drop in inflation is actually quite small. Weve got two things going on at the moment. This reduction in moment. This reduction in inflation in the uk being less than expected, plus the fact that inflation in the us was much higher than expected. Its 3. 5. Whats driving it in the us . Whats driving it in the us . In the us its mainly i would say, oil prices. This is say, oil prices. This is something ive been talking about for several months. The oil prices are going to come back higher. Geopolitical risk. That means that inflation is stubbornly high. And that means im that Interest Rates im afraid that Interest Rates in the us, and thus the Interest Rates in the uk, are less likely to be cut any time soon than they previously were. These Inflation Numbers are stubborn, and thats going to cramp the style of the Central Banks when it comes to cutting rates. And this is why this , you and this is why this, you know, escalation of tensions in the east matters all the middle east matters to all of us here. Because yesterday we saw having its biggest saw the ftse having its biggest wobble know, july wobble in, you know, since july last worrying about last year, worrying about everything there. And everything happening there. And were seeing risks to were also seeing risks to food pnces were also seeing risks to food prices we have prices going up again. We have indeed know british the indeed you know british the british political scene is assuming still that inflation is going to come down, Interest Rates are going to come down and it makes sense for the tories to delay the election as long as they as some kind of they can, as some kind of economic feelgood factor comes through. What . B what . Its through. What . Its the but guess what . Its the economy, stupid as it always is , economy, stupid as it always is, these economic are these economic numbers are stubborn, stubbornly high in terms of inflation and making life difficult for the conservative government. The bank of england will next decide on Interest Rates on may the 9th. So theres a few weeks to go yet. But on these numbers there is no way were going to see an Interest Rate cut in may and probably not in june either, unless things change because inflation is being pushed up by geopolitical tensions as these events are happening many, many miles away. Events are happening many, many miles away. But events are happening many, many miles away. But they impact us miles away. But they impact us here in the uk through that mechanism. Okay. Well, you go away and okay. Well, you go away and mull over those figures and well talk again later on in the programme. Liam halligan thank you very much indeed , the you very much indeed, the thoughts now also of the shadow schools catherine schools minister, Catherine Mckinnell , on this. Mckinnell, on on this. Catherine, morning. Catherine, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Just looking for your initial response to that, inflation rate, its down 3. 4 to 3. 2, but, you know, only by 0. 2. Yeah. Well, i mean, im heanng yeah. Well, i mean, im hearing this news as youre heanng hearing this news as youre hearing it, and clearly, any drop is, is welcome. But we know and as your commentator said there, that this is not good news being felt in peoples pockets. We know that everyone coming up to remortgage their home is paying, on average , you home is paying, on average, you know, way more than they would if we hadnt had that disastrous mini budget a couple of years ago. And we know that people are really struggling. So and its still below expectations as well. So i think whilst any news is good news, theres still a long way to go before people start feeling better in this country starts turning around. Country starts turning around. Because really, its years of chaos that is holding this country back in terms of our economy, in terms of economic growth, terms of peoples growth, in terms of peoples stability and security and ability to on and build ability to get on and build their lives, the figures their lives, we got the figures in economic in yesterday for economic inactivity and an increase in the number of people who arent working. One fifth now of the british population. Weve seen unemployment rise. And as you say, inflation coming down more slowly than perhaps lots of people were hoping. How would any that be different under any of that be different under a Labour Administration . Because a lot the challenges, certainly lot of the challenges, certainly in to inflation, in relation to inflation, is liam explaining with liam was explaining to do with geopolitics, you can geopolitics, not a lot you can do is there . Do in westminster. Is there . Well, i think theres an awful lot we can do as a country to turn this country around after 14 years of, quite frankly , quite failing and chaotic government. I mean, ive been elected since 2010, and its been a litany of failures as far as i can see. And i think the voters can see that too. We need voters can see that too. We need a general election as soon as possible, because, quite frankly , the country needs stable government, what we government, and thats what we dont have. We saw even yesterday on a matter such as smoking , the current government smoking, the current government cant come together and cant even come together and decide and had to have a free vote. So appreciate this is a much longer discussion about our economy and how we rebuild it. And obviously labour has a lot of good ideas, a lot of proposals, a lot of things that were itching to get into government and implement, government to and implement, to really economy really kick start our economy and ensure we have that growth in every part of our country. But whilst were clinging on to this current government, were just to going just going to keep going backwards. Backwards. Now, catherine, one of these ideas that that labour has is, mental support in Mental Health support in schools. And you want that Mental Health support there in, in every school. And im not saying whether it should or shouldnt be there. Theres certainly a huge awareness now amongst children, amongst parents, amongst School Teachers that they need that extra support. But that support costs, how are you going to pay for that . That . So youre absolutely right. So youre absolutely right. It is a priority for us. We see a real crisis in the Mental Health of our young people. And i think your view is due to we know that there are almost half a million children waiting to see someone about their Mental Health. Itsjust see someone about their Mental Health. Its just appalling. Health. Its just appalling. Its a scandal and its brewing up problems for the long term as well. So labour would prioritise this and we would pay for it by removing the Tax Exemptions that private schools currently enjoy. We appreciate everybodys , you we appreciate everybodys, you know, facing challenges in terms of the economy and the mismanagement by the government. But ultimately our priority would be putting that money, which we would raise 1. 3 to 1. 5 billion. Thats been independently verified. And we independently verified. And we would put that into our schools for more teachers, but particularly as well for Mental Health support. A Mental Health specialist adviser in every secondary school. Were also investing in Community Hubs as well, to make sure that children can get that support where they needit can get that support where they need it and where they want to access it, and wed make sure we would cut down these camhs waiting but those waiting lists as well. But those are health initiatives. And so but terms of our education but in terms of our education system, our state schools desperately need this boost and our young people desperately need this Mental Health support. And labour has a plan, a clear plan, costed to deliver it. Its a strange way of doing it though, isnt it . Because essentially what youre doing by increasing taxes on private School Forcing a huge Number School is forcing a huge number of arent taking up of pupils that arent taking up their places that are paid for by state back into the state by the state back into the state sector. The thats sector. At the moment, thats money state isnt money that the state isnt having a whole bunch of having to spend a whole bunch of children be able afford children wont be able to afford these increased those these increased fees, and those kids swamping kids will then be swamping the state a bit state sector. I think its a bit divisive to say that Mental Health is being prioritised ahead of this. A of children ahead of this. A lot of children should getting Mental Health should be getting Mental Health provision of provision irrespective of taxation schools. Taxation and private schools. So absolutely, it has been a priority for us and its why weve made this decision. I do weve made this decision. I do think government is about taking decisions and choosing our priorities, but ultimately in terms of private schools, it is a tax break that they currently enjoy and that we think that pubuc enjoy and that we think that public money should be spent in our state schools. Why not . You want to apply that are educated that taxation to the private Health Sector though, because youre only going after education, which predominantly affects or only affects young people, but youre are actually saying wes streeting youre saying wes streeting youre saying were not going to add vat onto private health. Thats something and thats something that tends people tends to affect largely people needing the nhs, people of older years. Is this discriminatory actually younger people. Actually against younger people. So this is very much focused on our education system. We know that nine out of ten children are educated in the state sector. And lets bear in mind as well, that private schools have increased their fees above inflation over the last ten years. Theres been no decrease in the number of children attending private schools, but we have seen a massive decrease in that support and funding. But youre not answering my question about private health has really grown between the funding , well, i mean, its funding, well, i mean, its a much different proposition in terms of private health, but we are not we are not against people making choices about how they educate their children , or they educate their children, or indeed, how they spend their money and how they choose to live. What we are making live. What we are making decisions around is how the taxpayers money is targeted in our system, and thats a decision that weve taken, that the state school sector, we have a shortage of teachers, we have a shortage of teachers, we have a crisis in Mental Health. We have real challenges in our school system. And if we want to build that economy of the future, which i said, labour is really ambitious for this country and really turning around the Economic Situation that we see. Then we have to invest in our children in order to build that Better Future for everybody. Everybody. Catherine, if you were spending taxpayers money in belgium , all the situation in belgium, all the situation in brussels at this natcon conference, would you have spent it on sending the police in to break up the conference . Good, good pivot there, i in terms of policing decisions in brussels , obviously thats an brussels, obviously thats an operational matter for the police and i wouldnt expect people in brussels to comment on operational policing decisions that are taken here in the uk , that are taken here in the uk, but i do think there are some concerning aspects to what happened yesterday, and i think rishi sunak has some questions to answer about his own mps and who theyre associating with. And obviously, you know , there and obviously, you know, there are issues of freedom of speech, freedom of association, all of that labour absolutely supports. But youve got to question whether rishi sunak, as the Prime Minister, should be comfortable with his mps. Suella braverman, who was down to speak and share a platform with some highly figures who were highly divisive figures who were going to be there on that platform at that event in brussels yesterday. So i think its an operational matter for the Brussels Police. But i think rishi sunak has some answers. Questions to answer here in the uk. Catherine mckinnell will well have to leave it there. Thank you very much indeed for all that you talked about today, catherine, the shadow catherine, is the shadow Education Minister. I appreciate your thank you. Your time. Thank you. Well, lets focus on that controversial action yesterday taken in brussels. Controversial action yesterday taken in brussels. The controversial action yesterday taken in brussels. The National Conservatism conference is due to continue today. Attempts were to continue today. Attempts were made yesterday to entirely shut down the event by the local mayor. And the local mayor is amir kerr, who opposed everything going on, he is a very left wing as these lot are very right wing. And he claims he issued the to , order to ensure public security. Well, nigel farage was actually on stage when all of this was taking place , and this this was taking place, and this is what he had to say. The police are outside my door as i speak. They will not let anybody else in there are three police there. They have an order close down this event. Order to close down this event. And when more Police Gather, thats exactly what theyll do. No alternative opinion allowed this is the updated new form of communism. And you know what . If anything, ever, ever made me think that brexit was the right thing to do. Its the events here in brussels today. Well, the move to shut it down was labelled unacceptable by the belgian Prime Minister and a uk government source told gb news its unclear exactly whats happened here, but the scenes will worry anyone who believes free free believes in free speech. Free societies should be confident enough to allow free debate. Enough to allow free debate. Ill be taking your views on that very shortly. However, labour quick to point out the calibre of attendees so. So calibre of attendees so. So basically we were getting some inferences, towards them from catherine mcconnell, who weve just spoken to , and these just spoken to, and these attendees Suella Braverman there and the Prime Minister of hungary, viktor orban, is there as well. Have a listen to this. I think some of the speakers , i think some of the speakers, from what i understand, who have been advertised on the website for this conference, have very unsavoury views and rather surprised that Suella Braverman has been allowed to go and speak at this event. Why is at this event. Why is rishi sunak getting grip of this sunak not getting a grip of this situation . Why is he not asking Suella Braverman to pull out of this event . Because some of the characters at least characters involved, at least according website , have according to their website, have made kinds of comments, made all kinds of comments, which think the rishi which i dont think the Rishi Sunak Tory Party would to Sunak Tory Party would want to associate themselves with. Well, high in control is rishi sunak off his, his own party, our Political Correspondent olivia utley, with her thoughts on this. Good morning. Olivia good morning. I mean, it was a fascinating event yesterday in brussels. I dont think any of brussels. I dont think any of us were expecting when the netcong conference started , for netcong conference started, for it to be closed down by Brussels Police from the order of the socialist mayor, remember, of course , that the national course, that the National Conservative conference had its first meeting in london last year and sadiq khan, who many people consider really quite left wing made absolutely no move whatsoever to close down the conference. Rishi sunak has come out fighting about this. He says that its very concerning and a threat to free speech, but labouris and a threat to free speech, but labour is interestingly, you could see there in your interview with catherine couldnt quite decide what line to take. She sort of hesitated for a minute and suggested that it was a an operational decision. And i think that is going to be the question in the coming days. If the mayor of brussels and the Brussels Police had evidence , which some are had evidence, which some are suggesting, that there would be disorder later in the day at the event, then perhaps there is an argument that they were simply making an operational decision to close down the protest. But all of the organisers of the protest and lots of the speakers who were there, including nigel farage, say that actually what this was was a political decision dressed up as an operational decision. They say that the people closing down this event simply didnt want it to take place because they didnt like the views that they were hearing. That does turn were hearing. If that does turn out the case, of course it out to be the case, of course it is far, far more concerning. Well just have to and see. Well just have to wait and see. Olivia, thank you very much indeed. Lets have a look at other news that youre waking up to on this wednesday morning. The has just the chancellor has just responded to the latest inflation theyve eased inflation figures. Theyve eased to 3. 2, down from 3. 4. He said the plan is working. Inflation the plan is working. Inflation is falling faster than expected, down from over 11 to 3. 2, the lowest level in nearly two and a half years. Helping peoples money to go further. Just like to bring in Liam Halligan, whos beside that . I mean, hes making beside that . I mean, hes making the most of one, isnt he , the most of this one, isnt he, what would you say to what hes saying . Id say inflation has come down this morning, but by less than expected, this 3. 2 number is only a little bit below the 3. 4 number in february. As you said, just a drop of 0. 2 percentage points. This will percentage points. This will make it harder for the bank of england to cut Interest Rates any time soon. So its going to make it harder for all of us. Its going to. Well, some, you know, gb news viewers and listeners who live on their savings happy that savings will be happy that Interest Rates are probably going higher for longer. Going to stay higher for longer. And, we mustnt forget and, you know, we mustnt forget savers in this and we savers in this debate. And we often of course, youll often do. But of course, youll have families who are have many families who are weathering , who are weathering mortgages, who are coming up to renewing their home loans a higher rate. And the loans at a higher rate. And the fact Interest Rates, which fact that Interest Rates, which are expected to fall in may or june, are now almost certainly not going to fall in may or june, will make household budgeting more difficult for millions of uk families. Liam, thank you very much indeed. Other rwanda plan has been deau other rwanda plan has been dealt a series of defeats in the house of lords , further delaying house of lords, further delaying passage of the bill through parliament, despite mps in the commons overturning previous changes house of lords changes by the house of lords peers pressed demands peers have again pressed demands for the bill. For revisions to the bill. Well, despite passing through the commons yesterday, the governments smoking ban bill has exposed a rift within the conservative party. Nearly half of conservative mps, including five leadership hopefuls , failed five leadership hopefuls, failed to support the bill. Sirjake berry was one of those mps to live in a country where the government tells you what car to buy, what central heating you can have in your phone looks to arrest you for misgendering people. Believe freedom and if i believe in freedom and if you are free as a nation, you its freedom to make good choices as well as bad choices. This is slipping towards a sort of social democratic socialist country. Frankly, if all freedom country. Frankly, if all freedom means to you is you have the freedom to do what the government tells you you can do, you may as well move to russia or china. Or china. Budget Airline Easyjet suspended flights to tel aviv for the next six months, following more uncertainty in israel over the weekend. The israel over the weekend. The flights will be halted until the 27th october, customers 27th of october, with customers being refund. Being offered a full refund. Look at this torrential rain and flooding in dubai , flooding and flooding in dubai, flooding throughout the whole city as authorities urge people to stay at home. Now, were not sure if this is what was called rain seeding or climate change. Were going to find out more about that as the program, progresses. But as you can see, their streets, cars swamped and water dubai airport, completely flooded operations , they say flooded operations, they say temporarily diverted. They have since restarted. Since restarted. In cloud seeding. Yes, yes. Apparently they sent six salt flares into the air to try and promote and cause rain. But promote and cause rain. But obviously i think this was perhaps a little bit more than they wanted. But theres real questions, i suppose. So you do think connected . Theyve think it is connected . Theyve said they they send said that they they did send these, salt flares and these, these salt flares and other materials out. They had a cloudy day and they wanted to make the most of it. So they, they rain, precipitation , they caused rain, precipitation, but perhaps than they but more perhaps than, than they intended i hope so, a bit intended to do. I hope so, a bit like when we get inundated with water that theyve done a better job managing to store some of job at managing to store some of it and things, it in reservoirs and things, because, know, goodness because, you know, goodness knows need it out there. Because, you know, goodness knoyeah, need it out there. Because, you know, goodness knoyeah, well,3d it out there. Because, you know, goodness knoyeah, well, somebody ere. Because, you know, goodness knoyeah, well, somebody must be yeah, well, somebody must be firing the salt flares up around the. I would have thought at the uk. I would have thought at the uk. I would have thought at the minute a lot of rain. Alex deakin the weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Many of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine still going pretty gusty across today with some sunshine still goireast pretty gusty across today with some sunshine still goireast with retty gusty across today with some sunshine still goireast with atty gusty across today with some sunshine still goireast with a fairjusty across today with some sunshine still goireast with a fair few across today with some sunshine still goireast with a fair few showers the east with a fair few showers and it is going to turn damp in Northern Ireland. A dry start, but the cloud and rain is steadily in from steadily pushing in from the north. Well showers north. Well have showers across northeast the northeast scotland through the day and some graze these day and some will graze these eastern england, eastern counties of england, where theres a pretty chilly and wind along and brisk wind blowing along those coasts. 1 or those north sea coasts. 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, and a bit more cloud coming into west wales later. But as i said, for many dry and bright. It isnt warm though. Its chilly out there morning and out there this morning and temperatures maybe out there this morning and te|the ratures maybe out there this morning and te|the teens; maybe out there this morning and te|the teens in maybe out there this morning and te|the teens in london, maybe out there this morning and te|the teens in london, butaybe out there this morning and te|the teens in london, but 6be out there this morning and te|the teens in london, but 6 or in the teens in london, but 6 or 7 degrees for most of the day in Northern Ireland. Its going to feel pretty chilly. Some of that rain ireland will rain from Northern Ireland will get of south wales get into parts of south wales and england this and southwest england this evening, little evening, so sending a little damp showers damp here. Still a few showers through across east through the night across east anglia of kent and the anglia and parts of kent and the far north of scotland. But for most night. Clear most its a dry night. A clear night, chilly again. Night, pretty chilly one again. Temperatures down into temperatures well down into single figures, pockets of frost likely midlands likely for wales, the midlands and northern england. Certainly in will see in rural areas. We will see quite a bit of sunshine on thursday morning across the southern half of the uk, but clouding through night clouding over through the night and for the morning across scotland and Northern Ireland and further outbreaks of rain pushing in here. 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Yeah, and they were in there all day, and we could be in there all if we wanted in there all day if we wanted to. However, a north pub to. However, a north london pub and this what were going to and this is what were going to be talking about after the break, lie by break, has caused a big lie by banning children pubs. Break, has caused a big lie by baryes. Children pubs. Break, has caused a big lie by baryes. Cithaten pubs. Break, has caused a big lie by baryes. Cithat fair . Pubs. Break, has caused a big lie by baryes. Cithat fair . I pubs. Break, has caused a big lie by baryes. Cithat fair . I putbe yes. Is that fair . I will be debating that after this i right. Right. I hope youre going to raise a glass to this next debate were going to have in london. In north london, a pub has sparked a debate over its latest rule, which bans children. I get a bit confused in this because i thought children would be banned everywhere if theyre under 16 or from any more. Or so from being any more. Not any more. You can go, because lot these pubs, to because a lot of these pubs, to because a lot of these pubs, to be honest, arent really drinking anymore, drinking establishments anymore, areeat these what . Drinking establishments anymore, areewhatzse what . Drinking establishments anymore, areewhat are what . Drinking establishments anymore, areewhat are you what . Drinking establishments anymore, areewhat are you saying . What are you saying . Youre saying the country. So if saying around the country. So if were devon if were in were in devon or if were in yorkshire, whatever, can yorkshire, whatever, you can bnng yorkshire, whatever, you can bring into a pub. Yeah. Yorkshire, whatever, you can bringthats into a pub. Yeah. Yorkshire, whatever, you can bringthats okay. Do a pub. Yeah. And thats okay. Yeah. Yeah. You take yeah. Vou yeah. You baby and do you can take your baby and do whatever you want, but lower red lion albans, theyre lion in saint albans, theyre a little different. Theyve little bit different. Theyve made a social made headlines after a social media a photograph media user posted a photograph of sign the pub of the sign outside the pub saying, child saying, dog friendly, child free. Okay, so were asking should children be allowed in pubs now . Joining us now, relationship coach Fahima Mahomed and parenting journalist annette kellow, on this one, annette, why do you think its okay . Well, i dont think this is the victorian ages. I think we need to think about the economy as well. Wheres the money coming from . Parents are everywhere. And like you places like you said, devon, places like that, there are many of them are based on seaside people coming together. And i think we have to remember family is community. So taking them out with you, you know, with my son, five days born, i went for some champagne. Born, i went for some champagne. Why not . And i carried that on. Itake why not . And i carried that on. I take him to restaurants , pubs. I take him to restaurants, pubs. I take him to restaurants, pubs. I draw the line at a nightclub, maybe, but i think its all good fun. And i think people should appreciate that the children are here. I feel like the uk is very anti children at the moment. So farmer, are you anti children by saying you dont children should dont think children should be welcome mean theres welcome in a pub . I mean theres nothing more unkind really to say. Children are not welcome makes them lower than dogs. Well, thats looking at it from a parents perspective and saying that, you know what . At the the day, want to the end of the day, i want to have my kids involved. But actually, want to actually, if you want to understand kids do mimic actually, if you want to und involved, then you dont know what outcome even if you what the outcome is. Even if you are in a particular way. A nice pub where theyre serving lunch , there serving sunday lunch, there arent drunken louts lounging about. Are people we dont about. There are people we dont know that break bread. But how often you on a sunday often do you see on a sunday lunchtime a people lunchtime in a pub . People rolling. In surrey, richmond , i live in surrey, richmond, and i see whether its in the outside or not. Obviously i dont drink and i dont go to pubs, at the end of the day pubs, but at the end of the day i feel that adults deserve a place just for themselves where they feel that they dont have to feel that they dont have to feel that they to be aware of they have to be aware of children because like you said, they have to be aware of childirestaurants like you said, they have to be aware of childirestaurants everywhereid, they have to be aware of childirestaurants everywhere is even restaurants everywhere is family , so why not family designated, so why not have a space where its just for adults . Adults . I am old enough to remember when you would go into a pub in the in the 60s or 70s. There was the in the 60s or 70s. There was the mans bar and then there was the mans bar and then there was the lounge bar where women were only allowed in. They werent allowed to come outside that at all, but they could sit in the lounge bar as well, and i do remember as kids, youre always allowed in with your father and the pub, but not so much with the pub, but not so much with the women in the lounge bar. So do you really want to go to, you know, where youre designating everything . I just think its not designation. I think its more also, were teaching know teaching children that, you know what, them what, were inviting them and they exposed many they so exposed to so many different things. Its just different things. And its just nice keep them slightly nice to keep them slightly separated certain separated for certain things. And such a limited and again, its such a limited sort of like amount of places. But if i was looking for socialisation in a pub and it was full screaming kids and was full of screaming kids and whatever it is, id vote okay, id with my feet, id go id vote with my feet, id go elsewhere. Even still, i just think that it shouldnt be there for children. Its just about children. Its not just about the think children the adults. I think children shouldnt exposed to certain, the adults. I think children sh01know, exposed to certain, the adults. I think children sh01know, environments certain, the adults. I think children sh01know, environments and ain, you know, environments and certain places and people where you have no control and theyre not you know, child not actually, you know, child friendly, most of these places. What about these what about what about these scenarios . Were talking what about what about these scena|perhaps were talking what about what about these scena|perhaps drunkene talking what about what about these scena|perhaps drunken behaviour, about perhaps drunken behaviour, bad children bad language around children that you might encounter there. What are what about adults who are basically what about adults who are basicayour childs in that pub . Know, your childs in that pub . Weve all experienced it as parents where perhaps a grumpy person be of tutting person will be sort of tutting or staring at you because your childs deigned to breathe. Why put that put yourself in that environment . Should environment . Surely there should be grumpy be spaces where these grumpy people on their own. People can be left on their own. Well, in that case, they probably need to go to a grumpy pub and well designate it for only people who do not only grumpy people who do not like that like children. But ive had that myself. A restaurant myself. I was in a restaurant and was there and and my son was there and somebody said, youre not bringing here, are bringing that child in here, are you . Was like, oh yes, i you . And i was like, oh yes, i am. And he just sat there, went straight to sleep and no problem. Think lot of it, problem. So i think a lot of it, goes to the parent, you goes down to the parent, you know , parents arent to know, parents arent going to 90, know, parents arent going to go, to a really crazy go, let me go to a really crazy rough some rough pub and lets see some fights kids. I mean , fights with their kids. I mean, well i hope not and may not start off like that, but it will end up like that because at least drink throughout the night. You dr. You know you will change, become more tipsy or you want quiet or the want that peace and quiet or the behaviour actually extend. Behaviour might actually extend. Why would you put your child at that risk in the first place . Dont at places like i dont look at places like france , spain, italy. France, spain, italy. Theres a different culture there. We know the english and their drink. Well, it depends where yeah, well, it depends where you ritz, you go. Not at the ritz, darling. Well, i must say, i, like said, im in richmond like i said, im in richmond and, you know, its quite, you know, affluent. And end of the day, and at the end of the day, you still feel and youll still see rowdiness because of the see the rowdiness because of the youngsters french, youngsters and the french, though particularly youngsters and the french, thougfriendly, particularly youngsters and the french, thougfriendly, myarticularly experience. Yeah. Ive had yes. Yeah. Ive had more aggro restaurants with my aggro in restaurants with my kids in france than ive had in this country, the spanish, i this country, but the spanish, i just love the attitude. Youre in youre a in a bar, youre in a restaurant, and they come and squeeze cheeks. Oh, squeeze your childs cheeks. Oh, gwapa literally love your gwapa they literally love your child and you love them forever. Give big tip and its give them a big tip and its just a family not in france. Yeah, maybe not, but i do like that community feel. And i feel children are about community, and i think it does depend where you go. And also it teaches children there the teaches children there at the table. This is how we eat. Its different. But then theyll see an adult thats not behaving and thats just not right, because theyre also assuming every adult. Not assuming. Im not assuming. Im not assuming. Im not assuming. Im just saying there more im just saying there is more of risk those of of a risk in those sort of environments. Of a risk in those sort of environ|admit it, you dont go you admit it, you dont go into pubs. So but i have got friends of us have taken our children. I have seen, i have seen, ive got friends that go and like i said, their shisha bars, theres, you know, clubs there are generally. And are bars just generally. And thats adults i think. Thats just for adults i think. And they should have that space for themselves personally. I think been converted i think ive been converted to pub and i would like to a grumpy pub and i would like to a grumpy pub and i would like to follow up the grumpy, the grumpy pub with the grumpy airline as well, and that i think that will be quite good as well, thank you both very much indeed. Very thought provoking. Thank you very much and cheers to both of you. Let us know what you think. You can have your say by going to gbnews. Com forward slash. Youre get involved in youre saying get involved in our discussion this morning. Well try and read out some of those little bit on. But those a little bit later on. But in meantime stay with us in the meantime stay with us because coming up, the olympic in the meantime stay with us becausemight|g up, the olympic in the meantime stay with us becausemight be|p, the olympic in the meantime stay with us becausemight be bronze, lympic in the meantime stay with us becausemight be bronze, silverc medals might be bronze, silver and gold, this year theyll and gold, but this year theyll have special in them. Have Something Special in them. Find what what maybe. Now weve got a lot of olympic things to discuss. Because it is 100 days from today to the Paris Olympics start. And pauls here now to talk about particularly the medals. Yes yeah. Do you know how many medals theyre putting together . Here comes the quiz again. No idea. Olympics and paralympic medals. So got gold, silver, so youve got gold, silver, bronze. How many do you think they cost . Because they just keep expanding of sports, expanding the number of sports, dont expanding the number of sports, dorthere has to be hundreds. So there has to be hundreds. So it be hundreds. It has to be hundreds. 5000. My word. And 84 medals. And these are great medals. Now look at this. Now theres the gold. Well looks well. Very nice. Now you see the bit in the middle. Yeah. So it looks like its kind iron. Now that is its kind of iron. Now that is actually its hexagonal which represents the shape of france. But the actual iron is taken from the eiffel tower. Get out of it. Get out of it. Absolutely. Absolutely. So wait a minute. Theres 5000 odd medals. I know, 5000 bits leaning over the Leaning Tower of tower of eiffel. The Leaning Tower. The Leaning Tower. The Leaning Tower. I feel its slightly falling off. I wonder how they do that. I wonder how they do that. Well, what they do is that they have to replace bits of the eiffel tower every now and again, because it gets a little rusty. So they cut off. Rusty. So they cut it off. So theyve taken the rusty bits, have secret bits, but they have a secret stash of eiffel tower they have done years. Done for years. And actually do keep it and they actually do keep it secret anybody to secret in case anybody tries to nick theyve done nick it. So what theyve done then it down. And those then is melt it down. And those little in middle are little bits in the middle are from tower, which i from the eiffel tower, which i think lovely think is a lovely thing. Do think its a lovely so do you think its a lovely idea well . Is it a lovely idea as well . Is it a lovely idea as well . Is it a lovely idea to introduce prize money to gold winners . Gold Medal Winners . Have a problem with i dont have a problem with it. I know people say, oh, its against olympic ideals. Its not against olympic ideals. Its not what pierre de coubertin would against olympic ideals. Its not what likede de coubertin would against olympic ideals. Its not what liked back oubertin would against olympic ideals. Its not what liked back in bertin would against olympic ideals. Its not what liked back in 1896. Would against olympic ideals. Its not what liked back in 1896. But|ld against olympic ideals. Its not what liked back in 1896. But you have liked back in 1896. But you know, the way things are going , know, the way things are going, you know, sport is professional these days and you cant have amateurs taking part in this because its not just a fact that you can just train every now and again and then go in the olympics. A its full olympics. Its a its a full time i dont a time job and i dont have a problem with its, its problem with it. Its, its actually coe thats actually Sebastian Coe thats come it. Lord coe for come out with it. Lord coe for world. So its only world athletics. So its only the track field that the track and field events that will get this 50,000, should they a gold medal in itself they win a gold medal in itself creates argument and youve got swimmers who are spending as much time and are not going to get any penny. But its all about the gold medals. Thats obviously not doing obviously what theyre not doing it they do it. It for the money. They do it. Also about the costumes its also about the costumes and the outfits, what theyre wearing. You heard about wearing. Have you heard about this . No. So were going to look this . No. So were going to look at american outfit now. This . No. So were going to look at nike nerican outfit now. This . No. So were going to look at nike are can outfit now. This . No. So were going to look at nike are inn outfit now. This . No. So were going to look at nike are in trouble now. This . No. So were going to look at nike are in trouble again. So nike are in trouble again. So after the, you know, the after we had the, you know, the georges flag and the back of the shirts have a look at this now. How. Now. It looks fine to me. It looks fine to me. How would you feel about wearing the one on the right there as a woman . Eamonn no no no no. Isabel, what do you think . It reminds me of my p knickers days at school where you wear. Know , you had to wear. You know, essentially awful lot essentially not an awful lot of leg very high riding. Essentially not an awful lot of leg its very high riding. Essentially not an awful lot of leg its very very high riding. Essentially not an awful lot of leg its very highry high riding. Essentially not an awful lot of leg its very high riding. Riding. Essentially not an awful lot of leg its very high riding. Itsng. Its very high riding. Its barely covering bikini line. Barely covering the bikini line. And saying , you and so athletes are saying, you know, could be some know, yeah, there could be some wardrobe in the olympics. But you see, you know, the high jumpers and the hurdlers , high jumpers and the hurdlers, they all wear essentially knickers dont they. They do. Knickers dont they. So they do. Apparently theyre even but apparently theyre even more revealing there before. But nike are back, theyve got nike are back, so theyve got a choice of 50 different things. So its not just wear all the men wearing this the men are wearing this or the women its women have to wear this. Its disgraceful to disgraceful and degrading to women. An absolute women. They have an absolute choice. So theres plenty of different. Nothing is what youre saying. All n saying. au saying. All i mean, ive its all well, i mean, ive been studying this. Theres a whole about , whole Instagram Page about, women dress in women and how they dress in sporting and international sport. And ive been studying this. Im sure you have. Yeah. Im sure you have. Yeah. Im sure you have. Yeah. Ill give you the address later on. Okay , fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I will study very carefully and ill come back to you tomorrow. Thank you, my friend. Thank paul coyte there with the sport. We can take look at right. We can take a look at the pages of your the front pages of your newspapers. This morning. The times with police times is leading with the Police Investigation say they rayner. They say that they are examining allegations, examining several allegations, not limited to possible electoral offences. Electoral law offences. The Daily Telegraph leads with nearly half of conservative mps failing to support rishi sunak smoking ban. Is despite it passing that is despite it passing through Parliament Last night, the guardian is leading with rishi sunaks ban on smoking as well. They say dozens of conservative mps voted against the government daily mail it leads with the Landmark High Court ruling that backed the prayer ban at a muslim. Sorry, out of school after muslim pupil claimed it was a breach of her human rights not to pray right. So breach of her human rights not to pray right. So joining us now to pray right. So joining us now to talk through those stories and lots more. Scarlett and lots more. Scarlett mccgwire. And leon amaral , guys, mccgwire. And leon amaral, guys, an opinion on the prayer thing at school. Well, for me, i think its the right thing. I think, you know, school isnt a place for prayers , shes a tough prayers, shes a tough headmistress, this lady. And i think the Biggest Issue is that £150,000 of taxpayers money was spent on this court case because it was through legal aid. And i it was through legal aid. And i just think its a bit of a waste of money, is it not . Its common sense that they shouldnt be praying. Who decides how legal aid is apportioned . That apportioned . Whos fault is that that were to get their that they were able to get their hands on that aid, legal aid. Hands on on that aid, legal aid. Anybody know. For a start the well for a start the solicitors say its nothing like 150,000, and, and the solicitors talked to somebody who agrees. I think its perfectly reasonable. I think i think its absolutely reasonable that a child says i want i want the right to pray. Want i want the right to pray. And actually, now nobody can do anything about it. It is now british law that in a Secular School you do not have the right to pray. What i actually think is slightly amusing about all of this is children think they can do anything they want. This is children think they can do iiything they want. This is children think they can do i want|g they want. This is children think they can do i want to they want. This is children think they can do i want to be want. This is children think they can do i want to be anant. This is children think they can do i want to be a cat. This is children think they can do i want to be a cat. I want to i want to be a cat. I want to be, you know, tickled on the tummy a litter tray tummy and have a litter tray and whatever, whatever it is. And now somebodys no, now somebodys saying, no, youre the law. You youre not this is the law. You cant this. Cant do this. Find that quite its yeah, i find that quite its common sense. Think people are starting i think people are starting to actually, you know, we to say, actually, you know, we have to inject bit of have to inject a little bit of common into schooling common sense into our schooling and i and how we raise children. And i think fair. Think its fair. You think its fair. you but when you look of any of us were a head teacher and we had get a, you know, a days had to get a, you know, a days class together and somebodys saying, midnight saying, well, at midnight ive got tools. All these got to down tools. But all these other kids are saying, well, we dont down tools because were not muslim. And all this. Not a muslim. And all of this. Whew. Big dilemma, isnt it . Its a h h its a bit divisive. Its a bit divisive. I think thats probably where this issue comes about. Do how far about. Is well, do you how far do go to accommodate these do you go to accommodate these people . Are having people . But if you are having to pray a day, it pray multiple times a day, if it is in way of your is getting in the way of your lessons, then i think its fair. Yeah. Okay. Lessons, then i think its fair. Can]. Okay. Lessons, then i think its fair. Can we kay. Lessons, then i think its fair. Can we talk about this natcon shutdown yesterday had shutdown yesterday weve had a couple of labour voices, scarlette, saying this morning that there questions for the that there are questions for the prime about who hes Prime Minister about who hes letting suella letting conservatives Suella Braverman rub shoulders with, and questionable and that there are questionable speakers event and a few speakers at this event and a few of our viewers have pointed out, well, a minute. Isnt well, hang on a minute. Isnt that from the labour that hypocrisy from the labour party, of party, where there are plenty of people these pro palestinian, people on these pro palestinian, peace on the streets of peace marches on the streets of london rubbing shoulders with people who are inciting hatred. You cant control who you rub shoulders with. What matters is, is freedom of speech and right to protest. In that instance , i to protest. In that instance, i think theyre completely i think its completely different. , obviously i mean, you know, obviously Suella Braverman is perfectly happy to be on the same platform as viktor orban, who is the president of hungary, and is a fairly mad right winger, frankly. And, and thats what thats what that whole thing is. I mean, on, on, on the, on the palestinian ones, i mean, i dont know how many labour mps go on it, but but there are thousands and thousands of people. Youre not just because somebody is, in your words, a mad right winger. That mad right winger. Is that grounds shutting an event . I mean, didnt say it no, i mean, i didnt say it was. Mean, i think i actually was. I mean, i think i actually think its completely counterproductive. Is we would barely have heard of this wretched had they not wretched thing had they not tried to shut it down, and they need to think about it. But if youre talking about the palestine stuff, the number of palestinian meetings that have been closed , i mean, im talking been closed, i mean, im talking about about, book fairs where you have where you have palestinian authors that that theyre not theyre no longer allowed to speak. I mean, allowed to speak. I mean, actually, thats been going on around europe, particularly in germany, anything any palestinian thing that that is very, very difficult to find a venue for. So actually you need it on both sides. It on both sides. Thank you. Scarlet. Right. Scarlet and leon, theyll be back after the break, as will we. And we will be asking you the question, who would win in a fight . A tiger or an elephant . And weve got lots more animals to add to that list. But think about it. Would a tiger beat an elephant or an elephant beat leon and scarlett are here, and theyre talking about the big news stories of the day. And one of the biggest ones is in the sun today. And they are asking. Theyve got. Theyve had ai intelligence put together and a list of beasts of the Natural World out there as to who would win in various fights between them. So you can have here you can have sharks , crocodiles, a can have sharks, crocodiles, a number of crocodiles, different types of crocodiles, polar bear, squid. And thats a big squid. Its whats called a colossal squid, hippopotamus. Elephant, tiger and another crocodile in there. So who would be crowned there. So who would be crowned the toughest animal on earth . Well, it boils down to an elephant. I works out who would win in each fight. And it works out that it will be an African Elephant against a tiger. But which one of those two would have the upper hand . Tooth claw . Whatever. What do you think . Well, you see, the elephant could just squash the tiger. But the tiger, i mean, if it claws the elephant out, i mean, could bring it down. I think an elephants got quite thick skin, so i think it could take a bit of a clawing. And its massive. So if it does lose a bit of blood, its not going to be fatal. Yeah the thing about tigers and lions, whatever take, animals down whatever they take, animals down by legs, as you were by the hind legs, as you were saying so they would they saying there. So they would they would get their teeth into the hind leg and the animal hind leg and pull the animal down. It pull an African Elephant . This has got it wrong this is i has got it wrong because African Elephants would never tigers because they never meet tigers because they are on different continents. You dont tigers in africa, so dont find tigers in africa, so they based that on elephants youd find in asia, which are smaller than elephants in africa. So the statistics are skewed. So im backing the tiger. Contrary to what i says. Tiger. Contrary to what i says. Yeah. No, but the tiger would still have take an african still have to take on an African Elephant in a fight. And if it did, i says that a, an did, so i says that a, an elephant would be triumphant and not a crocodile because i feel a crocodile. No, theres three types of crocodile in the top ten a shark would do well ten here. A shark would do well crocodile, a nile crocodile, a colossal squid. Polar bear. Lets not forget lethal killing machines. Another shark, a leopard, hippopotamus, big beast. Another crocodile. And beast. Another crocodile. And then the siberian tiger. And the African Elephant. Well, you were right. Well, you were right. Scarlet hippos kill more humans than any other animals. Certainly in africa, you get between a hippo in the water. You can forget it. Yeah. Youre done. Quick as well, because he. You see very fast. You see very fast. Surprisingly. Yeah. Surprisingly. Yeah. You see these hippos people you see these hippos and think, yeah, i mean, and you think, oh, yeah, i mean, theyre vegetarians. Its not as though going after though theyre going to go after you. Bang. Though theyre going to go after youyeah,]. Though theyre going to go after youyeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Seen a lot of things but ive seen a lot of things on instagram. I have done safaris a couple of times. And i remember thing about remember the worst thing about it was, seeing these little , it was, seeing these little, gazelles. No, lions, these little. What are they called . Puppy little. What are they called . Puppy lions. Clubs, pubs, cubs. And theres six of them walking up the road with the mother. And we all stop and we go, wow, thats incredible. And everybody whispers, thats amazing. I was standing at. And then standing looking at. And then the biggest roar comes whereby itisabel the biggest roar comes whereby it isabel sitting for me here and everybody forgot. Where the hells the daddy . Daddy the daddy was sitting there and, and the funny thing was that the, the guide on our, land rover at the time. So he reaches for his rifle. So he reaches for his rifle. Theres no bullet in it. Theres no bullet in it. He has to load the bloomin rifle. But luckily we got away. We got away. It was all okay, but there can be some rogue elephants out there too. Fascinates me. All these nature programmes and telly not on telly fascinates me. So not on your nelly. So a tiger would not beat an elephant. An African Elephant in a scrap. However unlikely that would be. There we go. There we go. Well have more from leon and scarlett and other eye poles later in the next paper review. But now we say thank you to but for now we say thank you to both and hello, alex both of you and hello, alex deakin. Whats store weather deakin. Whats in store weather wise . That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Many of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine still going to be pretty gusty across the east with a fair few showers and going turn damp in and it is going to turn damp in Northern Ireland. A dry start, but the cloud and rain is steadily from the steadily pushing in from the north. Across north. Well have showers across northeast scotland through the day graze these day and some will graze these eastern of england, eastern counties of england, where pretty chilly where theres a pretty chilly and blowing along and brisk wind blowing along those north sea coasts. 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, and a bit more cloud coming into west wales later. But as i said, for many, dry and bright, it isnt warm though. Its chilly out there morning and out there this morning and temperatures maybe temperatures struggling. Maybe in london, but 6 or in the teens in london, but 6 or 7 degrees for most of the day in Northern Ireland, its going to 7 degrees for most of the day in nortprettyeland, its going to 7 degrees for most of the day in nortpretty chilly. Its going to 7 degrees for most of the day in nortpretty chilly. Someying to 7 degrees for most of the day in nortpretty chilly. Some of] to 7 degrees for most of the day in nortpretty chilly. Some of that feel pretty chilly. Some of that rain from northern will rain from Northern Ireland will get of south wales get into parts of south wales and england this and southwest england this evening, a little evening, so sending a little damp few showers damp here. Still a few showers through across east through the night across east anglia of kent and the anglia and parts of kent and the far north of scotland. But for most dry night, clear most its a dry night, a clear night, again. Night, pretty chilly one again. Temperatures well down into single , pockets of frost single figures, pockets of frost likely for wales, midlands likely for wales, the midlands and certainly and northern england. Certainly in rural areas. We will see quite a bit of sunshine on thursday morning across the southern the uk, but southern half of the uk, but clouding over through the night and for morning across and for the morning across scotland and Northern Ireland, and further outbreaks of rain pushing here. Quite a quite pushing in here. Quite a quite a wet day actually for western scotland. Increasingly blustery scotland. Increasingly blustery here as well. Further here as well. But further south the winds will be light. Yes, it will cloud over a little bit, but with some sunshine we should will cloud over a little bit, but wigetome sunshine we should will cloud over a little bit, but wiget upe sunshine we should will cloud over a little bit, but wiget up to unshine we should will cloud over a little bit, but wiget up to 13 shine we should will cloud over a little bit, but wiget up to 13 degrees. Should again get up to 13 degrees. Looks things are heating looks like things are heating up. Boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on National Conservatism conference i uk inflation fell by less than expected to 3. 2 in march. Than expected to 3. 2 in march. Inflation is still high. The numbers are sticky. What will the bank of england do when it comes to Interest Rates . And what does this inflation news mean for you and your family . Mean for you and your family . The Prime Minister suffers a backlash within his own party as key leadership contenders snub his smoking ban. His smoking ban. And in the sport, well, it begins and ends with paris Champions League. We start and end with paris last night, Paris Saint Germain came from behind to beat barcelona as dortmund did the same to Atletico Madrid. Arsenal head to Bayern Munich tonight. Thats level at two tonight. Thats all level at two two as Manchester City play real madrid at the etihad, which is currently three three and it is 100 days to the Olympic Games. The torch has been lit and is currently travelling somewhere through. Through greece. Wind again across the a gusty wind again across the east a showers. There east with a few showers. There will be a bit of rain in the west, particularly for Northern Ireland, but for many its going to and a bright day to be a fine and a bright day just on the fresh side. Join me later for all the details. And okay, lets begin with this National Conservative Conference Controversy continuing to plague it. Its taking place. Well, its not taking place. Well, its not taking place. Well, its not taking place now in brussels after attempts are made to shut it down yesterday. It down yesterday. So the local mayor, amir kier, who opposed the conference, claims he issued the order to police to ensure public security. Security. Nigel farage was there. He was speaking at a particular time when the police started to arrive and tried to shut it down. This is what he had to say. The police are outside my door as i speak. They will not let anybody else in. There are three police there. They have an order to close down this event and when more Police Gather, thats exactly what theyll do. No alternative opinion allowed. This is the updated new form of communism. And you know what . If anything, ever, ever made me think that brexit was the right thing to do. Its the events here in brussels today. Well, the move to shut it down was labelled unacceptable by the belgian Prime Minister, and a uk government source told gb news its unclear exactly whats happened here, but the scenes will worry anyone who values believes free values and believes in free speech. Free society should be confident to allow free confident enough to allow free debate. Labour was debate. However, labour was quick to point to the calibre of attendees. Attendees. They included Suella Braverman and hungarys Prime Minister. I think some of the speakers, from what i understand, who have been advertised on the website for this conference, have very unsavoury views. For this conference, have very unsavoury views. Im for this conference, have very unsavoury views. Im rather unsavoury views. Im rather surprised that Suella Braverman has been allowed to go and speak at this event. Why is rishi sunak not getting a grip of this situation . Why is he not asking Suella Braverman to pull out of this event . Because some of the characters involved, least characters involved, at least according to their website, have made kinds comments which made all kinds of comments which i think the rishi sunak i dont think the rishi sunak tory would to tory party would want to associate themselves with involved us gb News Reporter involved for us gb News Reporter Charlie Peters. Charlie, there you are. The morning after the night before. So nothing will happen there today. Well, overnight there has been a legal victory for the organisers of this conference because the highest court, the pubuc because the highest court, the Public Administration court in belgium, has suspend that order from the district mayor here after he ordered the police to shut down the event due to supposed Public Safety concerns. It has been suspended due to suspected illegality in the order that was announced at 2 am. This morning, so the conference is anticipated to go ahead today as planned. But that chaos yesterday has already attracted significant amount of attention. As youve described a small diplomatic row in effect with the hungarian Prime Minister scheduled to speak today. But the organisers here are keen to kick on with the event, and theyve now also noted that the police are protecting the event rather than shutting it down. Im also joined now by frank furedi , joined now by frank furedi, director of mcc brussels, one of the think tanks organised the event. Frank, what is your reaction to what happened yesterday . Yesterday . Well its unbelievable, you know yesterday it was a bit like living in totalitarian russia. The Police Coming in, marching into the middle of the meeting and telling us that the meeting cannot go ahead and i asked them why. Its because we were told to do this at. And today we wake up in the news that actually the courts in belgium finally realised that freedom is not just another word, that at the end of the day, in a democratic society, you got to tolerate different points of view. And it seems to me that thats a big, big victory for us because it shows us that the number of socialist mayors in brussels who try to shut us down, were behaving in an extraordinary authoritarian manner and tearing up the rule book. So, yes , i up the rule book. So, yes, i mean, im excited. Im over the moon because the conference is going ahead and its a major victory for freedom. Victory for freedom. Theres a big meeting of eurocrats at the moment in brussels , and we did hear nigel brussels, and we did hear nigel farage saying that what happened yesterday convinced him, more than anything, that brexit was the right choice. Have you heard the right choice. Have you heard similar sorts statements made similar sorts of statements made by others attending this conference . Well, you know, a lot of people are very jealous and theyre because theyre ambiguous because britain was the only country in the old European Union that actually stood up for freedom, that refused to go down the federalist route. And since britain has left the anti federalists, the people who want europe to be more a europe of nations are being weakened tremendously. And when they tremendously. And when they suffer, i speak and make his views very, very clear. A lot of people felt that a tinge of jealousy that britain has been able to go its own way. And maybe it would not be a bad thing if their own society in italy or france, holland elsewhere, could go down a similar path. Did you ever anticipate that this event would be facing the level of censorship and attempted shutdowns, as it has never. Neven you know, im a really old quy you know, im a really old guy. Ive never been cancelled. This is the first time that they try to cancel me, but the amount of hatred that the local media that the local political elites had towards us actually scared me. Because you know, it used to be a time when political differences were between opponents. Now they seem to think that political differences are between enemies. And when you are regarded as an enemy , you are regarded as an enemy, they will use any means at their disposal to destroy you, to prevent you from opening your mouth to almost put a quarantine around you to ensure that you stay silent. Stay silent. And we also heard yesterday some reaction from those involved in the conference that this a tin pot this was something of a tin pot dictatorship. Why do you think dictatorship. Why do you think that this local mayor made that move . Move . I think that brussels is a an extremely unpleasant place from the standpoint of local governments. You have a number of different mayors who are extremely woke or extremely and illiberal in their in their outlook. This particular mayor is not a socialist like the other ones. This particular mayor has got very strong, turkish nationalist affiliations. He used to belong to the grey wolves movement, which is a an extreme nationalist movement over there. And, what has happenedin over there. And, what has happened in a sense, is that he regards he wants to demonstrate to his people that he is as much against open, you know, sort of conservative, clear views as, as his socialist colleagues. So its a it came as a surprise to me that he did this. But the really good thing was, and this should be the story should be told, is that the guy who runs this place is of a tunisian origin, said to me that i believe in free speech, and i will back you and i will support you. And he is really responsible for the fact that were the police were able to keep the police out. Yesterday from our meeting. Out. Yesterday from our meeting. Thank you. Frank. So the police were kept of the police were kept out of the meeting yesterday thanks to a tunisian here tunisian businessman here who believes free speech. Well believes in free speech. Well wait hungarian prime wait for the hungarian Prime Minister, orban. Hell be minister, viktor orban. Hell be speaking in the next couple of hours as this conference vows to go on. Gosh. Thank you. Charlie. Thanks for bringing this right up well go ahead up to date. So well go ahead again today. There we go. The again today. There we go. The time 8 08. Lets focus on issues at home. Now. The office for National Statistics has released their monthly inflation data. It looks like good news on the surface a drop to 3. 2 in march, a fall from 3. 4 in february, but not quite as big a drop as we were hoping for. Its nothing, not even sneeze. So it is in the right direction. Liam halligan. Good morning liam. Morning eamonn, he explains. How significant is this . I mean, isabelles right this . I mean, isabelles right when she said its in the right direction, but it isnt a lot in the right direction, is it . It is in the right direction. But this fall in inflation, whatever the chancellor says, im smaller than im afraid it is smaller than expected. And Financial Markets expected. And Financial Markets were expecting a bigger drop , expected. And Financial Markets were expecting a bigger drop, a greater easing, if you like, of the price pressures which households and firms across the country now. So the big question is why not . Why did that not happen . Why did that not happen . Well, that didnt happen, i think because weve got a sharp rise in oil prices in recent months, very much driven by geopolitical , unrest in geopolitical fears, unrest in the middle east, ongoing hostilities of course, even escalating hostilities between russia and ukraine. And its the pesky price of fuel thats keeping Inflation Higher than we thought it would be. Not only here, but in the us as well. And theres a real sense now that Interest Rates, which were meant to be cut this spring and summer, those rate cuts may take a little bit longer to come through. Let me just take you through. Let me just take you through the headline numbers because we reported them an hour ago, didnt we . But people are just getting up and having their morning coffee, getting their head actually head around whats actually happening. Am so happening. I know i am so inflation, Consumer Price inflation, the Consumer Price index was up 3. 2 during the year to march. That means prices in march, on average were 3. 2 higher than in march 2023. I mean , thats still worth mean, thats still worth remembering, isnt it . Yeah, things are still on going up by less, though, that inflation during the year to march was was from march was was down from inflation of 3. 4 during the year to february. And you know, as recently as october 2022, inflation was up at 11. So there has been a big fall. This is the lowest figure fall. This is the lowest figure since september 2021. Thats what the chancellor is referring to. But the march inflation to. But the march inflation number was still higher than expected. And thats why when expected. And thats why when the bank of england meets the next time, the Monetary Policy committee on may the 9th, there is no way theyre going to cut Interest Rates in may and probably not in june either. Whereas, you know, a few weeks ago id said they probably ago id have said they probably would in june. Were would cut in june. Were now looking, july or looking, i think in july or august, for the first cut in Interest Rates. Great news. If Interest Rates. Great news. If youve got savings and you live off the interest of those savings, as many pensioners do, but not such good news if youre a young family trying to remortgage , trying to remortgage, trying to renegotiate a new home loan, youve got other debts on cars, utilities, you know, your white goods Kitchen Appliances and so on. And goods Kitchen Appliances and so on. And thats why these higher borrowing costs squeeze not just Household Finances , but Household Finances, but companies finances to anyone thats running a small business, they may have debt on their books. They have to pay those Interest Payments. Those Interest Payments. Those Interest Payments. Those Interest Payments arent going to come down any time soon. And thatis to come down any time soon. And that is a blow when they do come down, if they do come down. So you could be talking about august, september, october, you could about the run could be talking about the run up to a general election so that could be very beneficial for mr sunak. It could eamonn but the tories, to the extent to which theyve had an Election Strategy in the last six months, the strategy has been to go long, to wait for economy to pick up , wait for the economy to pick up, to wait for tory tax cuts to take effect as they want them to. We had a tax cut in january on national insurance. We had another one coming in which came in at the beginning of this month, we know that jeremy hunt, the chancellor , wants to hold the chancellor, wants to hold another budget in september or october, third tax cut. October, maybe a third tax cut. But more important than tax but even more important than tax cuts in terms of rejuvenating the economy and getting this feel good factor going, which may going to mean the may its not going to mean the tories are going win the tories are going to win the election. Means they may have election. It means they may have a chance contesting a better chance of contesting the election. And in the words of many tories that i talk to, limiting the losses to the extent that they can, but its the Interest Rate reductions that are the most important thing, more important than the tax cuts. So in many ways, the if you like the tories Election Strategy is in the hands of unelected economists at the bank of england, an unelected economist at the bank of england are going to look at these Inflation Numbers and think, nah, were not cutting Interest Rates time soon. Rates any time soon. What were going do well, what were going to do now, were going to now, liam, is were going to Theo Chikomba and out and Theo Chikomba and hes out and about. In edenbridge in about. Hes in edenbridge in kent. And tell us why. Why youre there and reaction that youre there and reaction that youre getting. Theo. Good morning. Im outside. The suns going to be out , did im outside. The suns going to be out, did you hear that, theo . Sorry i know youre outside. Thats fine. Were throwing to you. Youre in edenbridge. Sorry. I dont think you heard me. I still dont you heard me. I still dont think hes hearing me. No, no, ho. 110. No. Oh , dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Evan, few issues with the transmission there, but we can. We can pick up and have a few more words with Liam Halligan because weve heard from the chancellor this morning and hes come out predictably. I mean, i could write it in could almost write it in advance. This proof the advance. This is proof the plans working. Is plans working. Inflation is coming down. Sticking to coming down. Were sticking to the if you look at the plan, but if you look at some of other economic some of the other economic figures have come out in figures that have come out in the last few days, just yesterday heard about the yesterday we heard about the number brits, number of inactive brits, economically inactive, increasing people not increasing 1 in 5 people not contributing the contributing anything to the economy, of economy, and the rate of unemployment as well. Unemployment going up as well. Theyve be really tearing theyve got to be really tearing their out the treasury their hair out in the treasury that this, inflation is not coming quickly and be coming down more quickly and be the isnt appearing. We the growth isnt appearing. We arent, know, contributing arent, you know, contributing more the economy. Get more to the economy. Cant get people work. People back to work. Are lots yeah. There are lots of conflicting you know, conflicting pressures, you know, growth is pretty lacklustre here in the uk. Its roughly average for the other large western economies, but its certainly a lot slower than we want it to be. If the pie isnt getting bigger, it makes politics much more combat active, much more, conducted in an in a less gracious way. It becomes spikier, doesnt it, if the fight over money is more intense because theres less money, because theres less money, because theres less growth. And because theres less growth. And overnight, weve had the governor of the federal reserve, the Us Central Bank, the most important central bank in the world, jay powell. And he has been saying as some of us have been saying as some of us have been predicting for a long time that because of high energy prices, because of geopolitical risk, the isnt going to be risk, the fed isnt going to be able to cut rates any time. I thought america was quite insulated from that. Had insulated from that. They had their energy. And thats why their own energy. And thats why that they have that theyre they have but theyve also got a lot of inflation. Right, isabel. Inflation in the up march from the us went up in march from 3. 2 to 3. 5 in the wrong direction because their economy is on a different cycle to us now. Theyre growing by two and a half, 3. Were growing by, you know, around half a percent. So certainly in america, theyre going to be more worried about inflation. And the reality is where america goes, the rest of the world, or certainly the western world tends to follow. So and until the us federal reserve, the Us Central Bank starts to cut rates , signalling starts to cut rates, signalling that the global Interest Rate cycle has now turned, and were going to have the momentum in the other direction for a few years. I cant see the bank of england acting before the fed acts. Liam. Cheers. Thank you very much indeed. Thanks for keeping us up to date. More from liam. Before the end the program. Before the end of the program. The rwanda plan has been dealt a series in the house series of defeats in the house of lords, further delaying passage of the bill through parliament. Despite mps in the commons overturning previous changes the lords, changes by the house of lords, peers again pressed demands for revisions to the bill. The governments smoking ban bill has exposed a rift within the conservative party. After passing through the commons yesterday, nearly half of all tory mps, including five leadership hopefuls and members of the cabinet, failed to support the Prime Ministers flagship deal. Easyjet has suspended flights to tel aviv for the next six months following more uncertainty in israel. Flights will be halted until the 27th of october. Customers though if you have booked you will be offered a full refund and take a look at these pictures. If youre listening on the radio, check them out when you get a chance to. Torrential rain and flooding in dubai has caused lots of problems for the city, as there have been as authorities there have been urged urged to urged to have urged people to stay these videos are stay home. These videos are showing and streets swamped showing cars and streets swamped in airport said in water. Dubai airport said operations temporarily operations were temporarily diverted, have since diverted, though they have since restarted. But its a popular destination with lots of british people. I wonder if you are watching or listening to this and you were caught up in this . Let us know your story this morning. Apparently we hear that this was deliberately caused. The clouds seeded then clouds were seeded and then that makes obviously makes them rain. And obviously dubai is a desert. It is flat and thats the result there. Was that what they intended and what are they going to do with all that water . Exactly. Big problems. Advice. No shortage of water here. But about rain isabeli there will be come the summer. There will. No, its exactly the same. These inefficient, inadequate Utility Companies will suddenly say, oh, hosepipe ban , dont you say, oh, hosepipe ban, dont you go out there with your hosepipe. Dont be doing that. And the thing is, its not our fault. Its their fault because they dont dig holes in the ground and and i can and keep the water. And i can just see this. I mean, the rain. I dont remember the rain being as heavy as this, this, this whole year. Its been a very wet year for sure. And yesterday it was everything. I mean, we had gorgeous sunshine, then torrential rain. We even had hailstones that were bouncing off looked off the lawn. It looked like popcorn exploding in the microwave. Was exciting. Weather comes across as misery, rain or whatever it is. Torrential, as you say. Torrential, as you say. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Absolutely. Absolutely. Its the sort of that sort of rain that makes you wet. Yes kind of biblical. Alex deakin with forecast. With the forecast. Anyway. Anyway. Anyway. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Good morning. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Many of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine still going to be pretty gusty across the east with a fair few showers and it is going turn damp in and it is going to turn damp in Northern Ireland. Dry start, Northern Ireland. A dry start, but cloud and rain but the cloud and rain is steadily pushing from the steadily pushing in from the north. Well showers across north. Well have showers across northeast through the northeast scotland through the day, will graze these day, and some will graze these eastern counties england, eastern counties of england, where chilly where theres a pretty chilly and blowing along and brisk wind blowing along those north sea coasts. 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, and a more cloud coming into a bit more cloud coming into west wales later. But as i said, for many and bright. It for many dry and bright. It isnt warm though. Its chilly out there this morning and temperatures out there this morning and te|the ratures out there this morning and te|the teens; out there this morning and te|the teens in london, but 6 or in the teens in london, but 6 or 7 degrees for most of the day in Northern Ireland. Its going to feel pretty chilly. Some of that rain ireland will feel pretty chilly. Some of that raininto ireland will feel pretty chilly. Some of that raininto of ireland will feel pretty chilly. Some of that raininto of south and will feel pretty chilly. Some of that raininto of south walesll get into parts of south wales and england and southwest england this evening, turning evening, so turning a little damp here. Still a few showers through night across east through the night across east anglia parts of kent and the anglia and parts of kent and the far of scotland. But for far north of scotland. But for most its a dry night. A clear night, pretty chilly one again. Temperatures well down into single frost single figures, pockets of frost likely the midlands likely for wales, the midlands and certainly and northern england. Certainly in areas. We will see in rural areas. We will see quite a bit of sunshine on thursday morning across the southern half of the uk, but clouding over through the night and morning across and for the morning across scotland Northern Ireland scotland and Northern Ireland and further outbreaks of rain pushing in here. Quite a quite a wet day actually for western scotland. Blustery scotland. Increasingly blustery here as well. But further south the winds will be light. Yes, it will cloud over a little bit, but with some sunshine we should again get up to 13 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt of weather boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Now theres still plenty of time to grab your chance to win a greek cruise. Travel goodies and £10,000. And its not taxed at all. And its not taxed at all. So you get £10,000 of change for that. But the only thing that isnt taxed. Here are your details. Here are your details. Here are your details. Dont miss your chance to win our biggest prize so far. Theres an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend. However you like. Plus, courtesy of variety cruises, a bespoke seven night small boat cruise for two worth £10,000 with flights, meals , excursions and drinks meals, excursions and drinks included. Your next holiday could be on us. 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Well, what, 24 . Well, what, 24 . Its a long time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what are we talking about . That a little bit later on . Thats the only bit of the sport that im really interested in. The rest is over to you, okay . What . Really . You know, makes you appreciate your colleagues is when they give you gifts, you could learn a lot. I just got given this chocolate lolly says top banana on it. Thats made my day. I cant even tell you. I cant even tell you. Just have a banana instead. Just have a banana instead. Well, that would be healthier. But, you know, i think message there. Think theres a message there. Banana. So banana. So banana. Banana flavoured . Is it banana flavoured . Is it banana flavoured . Dont know, actually. I dont know, actually. I wasnt actually gonna eat it because chocolate, but im because its chocolate, but im just for the thought just so grateful for the thought from i think thats from a colleague. I think thats really nice. Wait a minute. All right. Youre gonna youre not gonna eat it . I was going try and be i was going to try and be healthy, yeah. I cant cant divulge. Gave to me, but divulge. She gave it to me, but that was really nice. Top, top banana. It says top banana. It says top banana. There we go. There we go. Another top banana. Another top banana. Yeah. Cost me £3. That lolly. Yeah. Cost me £3. That lolly. Yeah. Cost me £3. That lolly. No, it was her boss, mick. No, it was her boss, mick. Oh, he named it. There you go , right. Paul. So first of all, look, Champions League last night and again tonight, how did you rate it . How did you. I think its good. This is when it starts getting exciting because were getting exciting because were getting to the knockout stage now. The two legs. So the last one, well barcelona versus psg which was yesterday. Barcelona went up. Theyre at home went one nil up. Theyre at home playing were ahead playing psg. They were ahead anyway. So them two up. Anyway. So that put them two up. And then there was sending and then there was a sending off. And then things started to turn. So psg Paris Saint Germain scored four in the end. Two for Kylian Mbappe. Very good. Are they keeping mbappe. Are they keeping mbappe. No no hes going to go to real madrid. Hes not going to stick around. Oh right. Yeah yeah where hes yeah hes thats where hes going be going. So i ended up going to be going. So i ended up six four on aggregate. Borussia dortmund came back against Atletico Madrid which means that theyre a theyre through. So its a borussia paris Borussia Dortmund Paris Saint Germain semi final. The other semi final now thats tonight weve got the quarterfinals and this is when things are getting exciting because weve got arsenal who are to by munich currently. Are off to by munich currently. Two two. Harry kane of course, playing for Bayern Munich. Is he really want to score against arsenal . Theyre the team that let when was nine let him go when he was nine years said the kids never years old, said the kids never going make it. Yeah, it going to make it. Yeah, it worked, of course, for him. But they lost at weekend to they lost at the weekend to villa well, didnt they . They villa as well, didnt they . They did, they did. Its just did, they did. And its just whether, you know, its people love to throw this thing around. Oh theyre and are they oh theyre bottlers and are they going be out of it. This is going to be out of it. This is going to be out of it. This is going be the ultimate test to going to be the ultimate test to going to be the ultimate test to go germany. They go over to germany. If they can beat germany, can beat beat germany, if they can beat the Bayern Munich, you the germans, Bayern Munich, you know, but city city hall crash, werent they the last couple werent they in the last couple of days . Harry kanes kids. So i wonder that might him off wonder if that might put him off his nothing. I only never his game. Nothing. I only never know about the sports stories when to wokeist. When it relates to wokeist. Yeah, harry. Harry focused yeah, harry. Harry so focused and also says that, you know there be spurs i there will be spurs fans. I would never know. I would not know that may want him to do particularly against particularly well against arsenal. Okay but he always scores you. Do you. Do you. What chance you think city what chance do you think city stand in spain in madrid. Well its at the etihad. This ones ones home. So ones this ones at home. So i think think theyre going to think i think theyre going to be. You sure. Yeah. Im pretty sure. It. This one. Yeah. Sure. Isnt it. This one. Yeah. Yeah its at the etihad. So this one its currently three one is its currently three three. they the three. They the best result so. So they the best result was in madrid then. Interesting. Absolutely very interesting. Absolutely so know who its so i think you know who its this. Could so i think you know who its this. Could hate to use so i think you know who its this. Could hate to use these this. Could i hate to use these sort of things but could go sort of things but it could go either so im thinking either way. So im thinking okay. Im im thinking im okay. Yeah im im thinking im thinking i think city will go through because theyre the holders but well holders of course. But well have 100 days the have to see 100 days until the Paris Olympics. Oh, yes. And, never really thought it wasnt thinking much of them, paul. But youre getting me excited. I to love get excited about the 100 days to go. Im counting them ive a calendar, them off. Ive got a calendar, so they lit the torch yesterday. They lit torch yesterday. They lit the torch yesterday. Theyre to. Its theyre supposed to. Its supposed the sun. Its the supposed to be the sun. Its the sun above greece, which lights the which sets the the torch. Which sets the olympic is olympic flame going. This is what look at what happened. Have a look at this. Its moving. Its a this. Its very moving. Its a very lovely ceremony that they do and its greek do every year. And its greek actress mary mina. Are you familiar with the work of mary . Theres mary there lighting the torch. Youve got to be careful. Torch. Youve got to be careful. You think shed have oven gloves on . Thats a metal bowl there. They get very, very hot. Got some grease, but obviously with everybody around, theres lots of, you know, people in the background making background there making it a very ceremony. She very lovely ceremony. Now she will it over to will then pass it over to stefanos who a hes stefanos suzukos, who is a hes a greek champion rowen and by the way you can tell he the way he runs, you can tell he probably is a rower and not a runner. So hes going to start runnen so hes going to start it off and then theyre going off around greece and then it goes around france. He goes to all the french territories and then paris on then well arrive in paris on july the 26th. Now have a look at this. This is what happened july the 26th. Now have a look at russia. Is is what happened july the 26th. Now have a look at russia. So s what happened july the 26th. Now have a look at russia. Sos whis happened july the 26th. Now have a look at russia. Sos whis aappened july the 26th. Now have a look at russia. Sos whis a warning in russia. So this is a warning to everybody in greece and in front. Look, see, his flames gone out. The flames gone out. So weve got to light it and look. Whats he using to light it . Just use my cigarette lighter. Is it . Yeah. Just use that. Yeah. Dont everybody look the other so there we are. Other way . So there we are. Theres the olympic flame all the from greece. That was the way from greece. That was cindy lighter and cindy yu. Eyebrows lighter and then goes again. Then off he goes again. Good. Well, you go very good. Well, off you go again. Thank you. Thank you very much indeed. Flame burn brightly. The flame will burn brightly. Well, the flame will burn brightly. Weibecause nigel farage flame because nigel farage is flame is brightly than is burning more brightly than yours. Weve got nigel. Yours. And so weve got nigel. Where nigel . Where is nigel . Oh, hes in brussels for us. Oh, hes in brussels for us. And he has some breaking news in relation to that National Conservative and conference. You had a hell of a day yesterday, mr farage, but what can you tell us this morning about the rest of your conference . Well, the police had this instruction to close the conference down, and indeed, whilst on stage, they came whilst i was on stage, they came in this document, but there in with this document, but there were three officers were only three Police Officers and number of people, and and a huge number of people, and they also saw cameras all they also saw cameras from all over the and they sort of over the world and they sort of bottled out. We wondered whether todays conference would go ahead, it is going ahead, but overnight it is going ahead. The ahead, but overnight it is going ahead. The Prime Minister of belgium has intervened to say what yesterday was what happened yesterday was wrong, did rishi sunak wrong, as indeed did rishi sunak and the minister of italy, and the Prime Minister of italy, Giorgia Meloni as well, you know, this is a very deeply intolerant place. If you come to brussels with a different point of view, if you question the whole project of European Union, they literally try to shut you down. And i think what happened yesterday was a massive own goal i just wanted to challenge you on that a little bit because youve just listed a number of european leaders who have criticised the actions yesterday and then in the same breath said that this was all about you being anti eu. As my being anti eu. But as my understand is, there were concerns, rightly or wrongly, to be debated, depending on peoples persuasions, who you were sharing a platform with were sharing a platform with were potentially going to cause pubuc were potentially going to cause public disorder. Somebody like viktor orban, who i think is speaking today , somebody whos speaking today, somebody whos been where been accused in hungary where hes president , of shutting down dissent, journalists, politicians dont share his politicians who dont share his own opinion, and a close ally of putin, as well. Putin, as well. Anglo saxon viktor orban is the most successful politician in europe. He repeatedly gets re elected at general elections in a Multi Party System with over 50 of the vote. People may not like his politics, but he is a legitimate leader and the idea , the idea that a Prime Minister of a country should not be allowed to come to brussels and speak on a platform. Frankly, the very concept is monstrous. And what about the point about the eu . Because you were saying a moment ago that this was, you know, an example of why youre that that weve left youre glad that that weve left and is a good thing. And that brexit is a good thing. I mean, wasnt about the i mean, this wasnt about the eu, was it really . Eu, though, was it really . The whole conference was a coming together of eurosceptic groups who question the globalist structure that is the European Union. Weve got European Union. Weve got european elections coming in just a few weeks time, and it looks like parties ukip style passes are going to top the poll in 9 or 10 european countries. This was getting ready for the european elections and i came here. You know, formally as a group leader in the European Parliament to encourage them all. And i think they can now go back to their countries and say, look, see how deeply intolerant the european project is, see how fundamentally anti democratic it is. Think what yesterday is. And i think what yesterday did is going to be a huge boost to those parties in june. Yeah. Free speech yeah. And free speech obviously needs to be protected. Labour out today, labour have come out today, really the really criticising the Prime Minister for allowing members of the conservative party like Suella Braverman , who was until Suella Braverman, who was until recently home secretary. I mean, recently home secretary. I mean, is that a fair point, or should people within the party be entitled to go and speak and give their views wherever they want . Want . Well, of course they should. And you know, members of the labour party attend conferences all over the world. The fact that weve seen these comments from the labour party actually worries me, because its 99 certain. According to sirjohn certain. According to sir john curtis, that keir starmer is going to be in power after the next election. So are we going to see British Labour to see a British Labour government that clamps down on free it looks like the free speech . It looks like the labour party have sided with the mayors brussels , who now have mayors in brussels, who now have closed down two venues, attempted to close down a third. Yeah, im really worried if thats the direction labour are going in. Its very concerning. Yeah. Tell us about the mayor yeah. Tell us about the mayor in brussels, nigel, and where he comes from. And hes, he was he was worried about the threat of violence yesterday. Did they violence yesterday. Did they look as if there was going to be any violence where you were when you were speaking . You were speaking . Sir, brussels has a series of local mayors. The first venue we local mayors. The first venue we had was cancelled after pressure from the local mayor. The second venue we had was cancelled after pressure from the local mayor. The third venue, what happened was the tunisian businessman who owned the establishment, said to the local mayor, go to hell. You know, these people are entitled to come , speak freely, behave. To come, speak freely, behave. And as for any violence, eamonn , and as for any violence, eamonn, i can tell you in the room, you know, we had members of european royal families, we had distinguished academics, we had businessmen, business women. I mean, was this actually was mean, this was this actually was quite an intellectual gathering of people. I cant think of a more peaceful group of people to be in a room with. The whole thing was a nonsense. They wanted to shut down free speech. They tried. But im pleased to say weve and im heading say weve won and im heading off the conference again. Off to the conference again. Now, the conference will continue , right . Continue, right . Will let you that. We will let you do that. Thanks, nigel. Thanks for keeping really keeping us up to date. Really appreciate that. Thank you very much the time. Now 25 much indeed. At the time. Now 25 to up next. To 9. Up next. We are getting ready to spice up your life. Sorry i cant say that without singing it. I really love the spice girls. Im that age anyway. Shes a little bit older than me. Its Victoria Beckhams birthday. Youll never guess how old on this. Her birthday. On this. What day it is today it is. The 17th of april was the 17th of april. We say happy birthday to Victoria Beckham. Birthday to Victoria Beckham. Here she is. Its my birthday. Its my birthday. Its my birthday. Oh, my goodness, you dont look a day to me , well, happy look a day to me, well, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. You. I dont know, you just dont even look remotely near 50. Youre looking really well. Yeah , well, im camilla, and yeah, well, im camilla, and i was a lookalike for Victoria Beckham for over 20 years. No way. And why you still look like her . Why . Why arent you . Why arent you still a Victoria Beckham lookalike , well, life beckham lookalike, well, life moves on. And, you know, i really , really was lucky to have really, really was lucky to have you know, being a lookalike for all these years. I was lucky enough to resemble her, that i had her look, i was only 18 when i started, and ive been lucky enough to go around the world and experience amazing things. Met amazing people, and ive even met victoria. You twice actually. Are we looking at real pictures of victoria or pictures of you . Because its really hard to tell , whether this is you or to tell, whether this is you or her, they. They are all me. They are all me. Wow. Wow. And the many hair, haircuts and hair changes i had to do over the years. Now, camilla, you get by being a look alike. You got an insight into the sort of attention someone like victoria would get. Not not the same as the attention that she would get. But but, you know, a close resemblance of all of that. What was it like . What are peoples interests and fascination in Victoria Beckham . Victoria beckham . Well, definitely. I mean , well, definitely. I mean, some of its been a bit overwhelming, actually. Ive had a real sort of taste of what life must be like for her, people , like, we went to la. People, like, we went to la. And they literally believe , and they literally believe, because i went with the beckham lookalike as well, and they actually thought we were really her, and we were getting mobbed. We were. We were driving in a car down the street and we had paparazzi chasing us, hanging out the window. And its pretty out the window. And its pretty scary, actually. Yeah. And you know, this is something that she deals with daily and, you know, well, she gets some of the benefits of that as well, doesnt she . I mean, i was reading in the papers this morning that she might be spending her birthday in miami in her 17 million penthouse. So, you know, comes with a few benefits. Just tell with a few benefits. Just tell me, did you say then you might get an invite . You didnt get an invite. You didnt get an invite. And i presume your penthouse isnt quite valuable, have isnt quite as valuable, have you met David Beckham . And was that weird knowing that he must fancy because you looked fancy you because you looked like wife . Fancy you because you looked likei wife . Fancy you because you looked likei dontfe . Fancy you because you looked likei dont think so. I mean, i dont think so. I mean, shes absolutely beautiful and shes absolutely beautiful and shes funny. I mean, when i met her, she she was just a really lovely lady. He was joking around and made me feel really at ease, shes just so friendly. Vie. So, did she offer you any advice . It was a lovely experience. It was a lovely experience. Did she offer you any advice about what you were wearing or how you were sounding, about what you were wearing or how you were sounding , well, how you were sounding, well, ive obviously had to master the Victoria Beckham look, you know, so the poses , the pouts, yeah. So the poses, the pouts, yeah. Ive had to study , you know, a ive had to study, you know, a lot of her body language for it to be believable to people. Have you had to eat a diet of. What is it that she has . Of. What is it that she has . Salmon, seaweed and steamed vegetables every day for the last 25 years . Or are you naturally, naturally, quite thin anyway, and ive never really been into chocolate and stuff like that, sweets. I like to eat, but yeah, its. Im a im just a slim build, so im lucky in that way. Yeah. You are. You are. Well, camilla, its victorias birthday. We wish her all the best today. Yes. Will all the best today. Yes. Will you be joining in in any way . Have you anything else to do today . Will you be marking it in any way . Yeah well, id like to wish victoria the happiest of birthdays today. I mean, shes a beautiful, iconic woman, and i hope she has the best day celebrating with her family and all her loved ones. So, yeah, happy birthday , victoria. Happy birthday, victoria. Well. And, happy, happy. Well. And, happy, happy. Whatever it is to you today, camilla. Its been very, very lovely. Thank you. Very lovely lovely. Thank you. Very lovely talking to you. An absolute delight. Thats camilla eldridge for having me she was for having me on. She was a former Victoria Beckham look alike. Say goodbye to you. Thank you very much. Bye. Thank you. Bye. Thank you. Can still do it, though, couldnt still looks couldnt she . Still looks a spitting image i wonder if you fell for it for a second. For a moment there i thought, is it the real . Is it the real becks or anyway, still to come, or not . Anyway, still to come, well the well be going through the papers morning. Weve got papers this morning. Weve got leon scarlett leon amaral and Scarlett Mccgwire one last at mccgwire for one last look at what making news. See and weve got, leon and murali. And weve got Scarlett Mccgwire there talking about things that have grabbed their attention news wise today, carers allowance, scarlett , carers allowance, scarlett, labours going to review the system of carers allowance if it wins the next general election. This is something that i just love to see. I love to see people who do this sort of work rewarded, recognised , valued. Rewarded, recognised, valued. But do you know how bad it is that its bad that youre allowed . So a carers allowance is 80, is £81, a week, right. If you earn over £151 a week, you lose it all. So therefore, carers who save us millom tens and millions, right . Say the whole country , millions are not whole country, millions are not allowed to earn a decent whack back or else they lose it. And whats been happening is, is it hasnt been completely clear. Hasnt been completely clean and so some of them are paying back thousands and thousands of pounds and are heavily in debt. And instead we should be saying thank you. I know, thank you. I mean, this is like the new post office scandal. It seems to me. I mean, these are people that might have made really minor errors in in accounting here and being heavily pursued, even getting criminal records as a l even getting criminal records as a , in some cases, i mean, a result, in some cases, i mean, this is a no brainer, isnt it, leon . Massively a no brainer. Massively a no brainer. And i just think that this is one of those stories where it saves the taxpayer loads of money. The fact that carers are caring for family members and were not having to, you know, ship it out elsewhere. I think we should be looking at these people, holding them much people, holding them in much higher and Holding Higher regard and not holding them because, as them over the coals because, as you its been a minor you say, its been a minor mistake. Its one of those miscarriages of justice. I think thatis miscarriages of justice. I think that is going to get people quite riled, we were talking earlier , about nike, the earlier, about nike, the sportswear firm , and theyre sportswear firm, and theyre designed the American Olympic kit , which designed the American Olympic kit, which was quite revealing. But the boss, their sales are on a bit of a downturn. Leon and the boss has said this is to do with what this is to do with people at nike not being creative enough because theyre all working from home, theyre all working from home, theyre all doing their brainstorming or whatever it is via zoom, and its just not coming up with the same types of bold, disruptive products that nike are known fon for. So, i think theres a point to it because you cant necessarily be particularly creative when youre just staring at a computer monitor , staring at a computer monitor, rather than actually being in a room with someone getting Heads Together and being able to have a good old chit chat and coming up with ideas that actually inspire people. So maybe the nike ceo john donahoe has nike nike ceo john donahoe has got point. Get back in the got a point. Get back in the office to be more creative. Have any of you seen the film air that came out last year starring matt damon and ben affleck . Its brilliant. Its absolutely and it absolutely brilliant. And it talks they came up talks about how they came up with trainer with the Michael Jordan trainer and involved, and and the creativity involved, and he out on a limb, and yeah, he went out on a limb, and yeah, i wonder what hed have to say about everything today and lack of from working from of creativity from working from home. They never left the office. I mean, they virtually slept at nike town. Now youve got to and, you know, i do a bit of work with an advertising agency. And during the during the lockdown youd come really rubbish work come up with really rubbish work because sort of going because you just sort of going through just through the motions. Youre just staring screen. Staring at a computer screen. Every the same, every day is the same, whereas you into office, you have you get into an office, you have a laugh, you might a few a laugh, you might take a few moments to go for a walk. Thats when you get your best ideas. So im with him. Okay. Staying sports scarlett staying with sports scarlett jude english player Jude Bellingham, english player playing league. Playing in the spanish league. And weve seen a and he talks about weve seen a lot in relation to him lot of this in relation to him that the racism that he has to experience once is, is pretty bad. But he says its so bad you just expect it. Yeah. I mean, this is this is an absolute disgrace. And the, so basically, you know, Jude Bellingham goes on a fantastic young player who happens to be black. And so, you know, they shout at him, they make monkey noises, which used to happen here and actually is now absolutely outlawed here. And thats what they should do in spain. And whats so awful is theres this Young Brazilian player called vinicius junior, i mean, who broke down in tears about what he was dealing with. I mean, you know , and its not i mean, you know, and its not just spain, though. Spain is appalling , italy is bad. And appalling, italy is bad. And frankly , they they need to do frankly, they they need to do something or else or else the black players are going to leave and they are incredibly talented. And you just think, what is going on with these fans . Well, you know, i have to say , thankfully, in all the years ive been going to English League football , ive never once league football, ive never once heard a racial abuse i might not be sensitive to it and therefore. But what im trying to say is i agree with you. I think that to a degree, we havent got it cracked, but weve shown intent against it. And that has got to be replicated elsewhere. Replicated elsewhere. But i but i think it has really changed. I mean, i remember quite a long time ago when i first met sadiq khan , when i first met sadiq khan, long before he was mayor, and hes a real football fan. And hes a real football fan. And he, he it was, when there was the european cup and it was being held in holland and, and belgium and he, he got tickets. Belgium and he, he got tickets. He would not go to an england game because he just said he just was not, was not prepared for the racial abuse. And i do think thats really, really changed. Think thats really, really chasozd. Racial abuse that so the racial abuse that would be going to the players on the pitch or towards him, towards him, towards him. Yeah. Yeah. Can we squeeze in a quick chat before we wrap things up . Leon about taylor swift, lots of swifties. Taylor swift swifties. Yeah, taylor swift fans have been scammed the fans have been scammed to the tune much, how more than tune of how much, how more than £1 has lost to £1 million has been lost to fraudsters have basically £1 million has been lost to fraud selling have basically £1 million has been lost to fraud selling eithere basically £1 million has been lost to fraud selling either fake ically £1 million has been lost to fraud selling either fake taylor been selling either fake taylor swift theyve just swift tickets or theyve just been taking peoples bank details fooling these, these details and fooling these, these poor taylor swift fans. And i think thats disgusting story, because a lot of them will be young kids, young people whove saved up their pocket money whatever it might be to money or whatever it might be to go her. And yet theyre go and see her. And yet theyre being for and, you being scammed for it. And, you know, think taylor swifts know, i think taylor swifts brilliant and i think shes a fantastic artist. Sometimes fantastic artist. But sometimes that passion, when you that sort of passion, when you love much a fan, love someone so much as a fan, you necessarily the you dont necessarily check the details. Should details. And people should be. Leon, these, these but leon, these, these tickets just generally on tickets are just generally on sale. So quickly and sale. They go so quickly and theyre only available through agencies the mark up agencies i know. And the mark up that agencies charge is absolutely on believable. You just would not believe how many times the ticket price is multiplied. Well, i was looking for an artist that i like , i was artist that i like, i was looking at tickets, £700. They were found one for £30, bought it. Turns out it was a lookalike. Turns out it was a tribute. A tribute. Elianne. A tribute. Elianne. A tribute. Elianne. How did you fall for that . How did you fall for that . I dont know, but its in Northern Ireland. Eamonn of the year. Eamonn of the year. Its in Northern Ireland, so were going and were going to have a great time. I didnt think i was going to see who luke combs, hes country luke combs, hes a country artist. Right, luke combs artist. Right, and luke combs look alike. Its luke combs. Were its a luke combs. They were going £700. Saw one going for like £700. I saw one for i thought, what for £30. I thought, what a bargain. Were going to go for that. Bought it and then turns out tribute act. Out it was a tribute act. Rule, if it looks as the rule, if it looks as though its too good to be true, it is too good to be true. I know, i know, i should have learned. See your country fan. I love Country Music, Country Music tastic. I was in nashville. I was in nashville. Im not with that. I think beyonce not country artist. Beyonce is not a country artist. There lots. And there are lots. And there are lots. There are lot of women, now there are a lot of women, country artists who are being sidelined because beyonce is getting involved. Got to goodbye to guys got to say goodbye to us. You both very, us. Thank you both very, very much very enjoyable. Us. Thank you both very, very mucheather, very enjoyable. Us. Thank you both very, very mucheather, iery enjoyable. Us. Thank you both very, very mucheather, i think, joyable. Us. Thank you both very, very mucheather, i think, will le. Us. Thank you both very, very mucheather, i think, will be your weather, i think, will be less enjoyable. Your weather, i think, will be leszlooksable. Your weather, i think, will be leszlooks like. Your weather, i think, will be leszlooks like things are heating looks like things are heating up. Boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Many of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine. Can today with some sunshine. Can still pretty gusty across the still be pretty gusty across the east few showers and east with a fair few showers and it is going to turn damp in Northern Ireland. A dry start, but cloud and rain is but the cloud and rain is steadily pushing the steadily pushing in from the north. Well have showers across northeast scotland through the day these day and some will graze these eastern counties of england, where pretty chilly where theres a pretty chilly and brisk blowing along and brisk wind blowing along those north sea coasts. 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, a bit cloud coming into west bit more cloud coming into west wales later. But as i said, for many dry and brighter. It isnt warm though. Its chilly out there this morning and temperatures maybe temperatures struggling. Maybe in london, but 6 or in the teens in london, but 6 or 7 degrees for most of the day in Northern Ireland. Its going to feel chilly. Some that feel pretty chilly. Some of that rain northern will rain from Northern Ireland will get of south wales get into parts of south wales and england and southwest england this evening, turning little evening, so turning a little damp here. Still few showers damp here. Still a few showers through night across east through the night across east anglia parts of kent and the anglia and parts of kent and the far of scotland. But for far north of scotland. But for most a clear far north of scotland. But for most pretty a clear far north of scotland. But for most pretty chilly a clear far north of scotland. But for most pretty chilly one clear far north of scotland. But for most pretty chilly one again. Night, pretty chilly one again. Temperatures well down into single figures, pockets of frost likely for wales, midlands likely for wales, the midlands and england. Certainly and northern england. Certainly in we will see in rural areas. We will see quite bit of sunshine on quite a bit of sunshine on thursday morning the thursday morning across the southern the uk, but southern half of the uk, but clouding through the night clouding over through the night and for morning across and for the morning across scotland Northern Ireland scotland and Northern Ireland and further outbreaks of rain pushing in here. Quite a quite a wet day actually, for western scotland. Blustery scotland. Increasingly blustery here as well. But further south the winds will be light. Yes, itll cloud over a little bit, but with some sunshine we should again get up to 13 degrees. A brighter outlook with boxt gb news. Good morning. Its 9 00. Its wednesday, the 17th of april. And you are very welcome to the program. Welcome on board. Welcome on board. Breakfast with eamonn and isabel nigel farage hits out at cancel culture in brussels after police attempt to shut down the National Conservatism. Conference. Free speech prevails in brussels. The natcon conference is on after a court in belgium strikes down an order to shutter this conference. Uk inflation has fallen less than expected to 3. 2 in march. Well be speaking to the chief secretary to the treasury, laura trott, about it shortly after Prime Minister suffered a conservative backlash as key leadership contenders snub his smoking ban. Smoking ban. A gusty wind again across the east with a few showers. There will be a bit of rain in the west, particularly for Northern Ireland, but for many its going to be a fine and a bright day just the fresh side. Join me just on the fresh side. Join me later for all the details. Well, it was a dramatic day yesterday. Controversy continuing to plague the National Conservatism conference in brussels. Attempts were made in brussels. Attempts were made to shut down the event in the city. The mayor of brussels, amir kerr , who opposed the kerr, who opposed the conference, claims he issued the to order police because he wanted to ensure public security, which nigel farage didnt agree with. When we spoke to him just a short time ago on the program, yes, he was speaking at the event as the Police Arrived and attempted to shut it down. The police are outside the door as i speak. They will not let anybody else in. There are three police there. They have an order to close down this event, and when more Police Gather , and when more Police Gather, thats exactly what theyll do. No alternative opinion allowed. No alternative opinion allowed. This is the updated new form of communism. And you know what . If anything, ever, ever made me think that brexit was the right thing to do. Its the events here in brussels today. Well, the move to shut it down was labelled unacceptable by the Prime Minister of belgium, as well as the uk government, who told gb news its unclear what happened here, but the scenes will worry anyone who believes in free speech. Free society should be confident enough to allow debate. Labour, quick to point to the calibre of attendees. Earlier, we spoke with shadow Education Minister Catherine Mckinnell. Minister Catherine Mckinnell. I think rishi sunak has some questions to answer about his own mps and who theyre associating with. And obviously you know, there are issues of freedom of speech, freedom of association, all of that labour absolutely supports. But youve got to question whether rishi sunak, as the Prime Minister, should be comfortable with his mps. Suella braverman, who was down to speak and share a platform with some highly divisive figures. Divisive figures. Well, lets speak now to our reporter, Charlie Peters , who is reporter, Charlie Peters, who is there in brussels. You can bring us up to date, charlie, on this developing story and tell us who is expected to take the stage and why. That is raising some eyebrows for labour. Well, the Prime Minister of hungary, viktor orban, is set to speak here in the next hour. Hes a controversial figure across the continent , very much across the continent, very much not welcome in brussels. He is a political opponent of the eu and so in many cases, it was not much of a surprise that there was such a big pushback to this conference when it started yesterday. This is, in fact, the third venue theyve picked after two others were shut down from political and local pressure. The district mayor, who shut down this event yesterday, people who are organising natcon have pointed out that he actually was kicked out of the socialist party in brussels due to his own links to the far right ultra nationalists in turkey. So a very controversial turkey. So a very controversial set of circumstances here. But at 2 am, the organisers were able to announce that theyd actually appealed against the order from that district mayor here in brussels. Theyd gone to the highest court for Public Administration in belgium, which found that the decision to shut down the event based on Public Safety had to be suspended, as it was considered illegal at the moment. Now, obviously its been annulled for now. There will be annulled for now. There will be a further process to assess that order, but at the moment it has been suspended and the police are not anticipating to shut down the event. Ive attended some natcon conferences in the past and organisers i spoke to last night said this is in comparison, usually their smallest events. The event that takes place in brussels. But after the attempted shutdown yesterday, its become their biggest in terms of coverage. More people are aware of this conference and those speaking at it now than they ever would have because of those attempts to censor those speaking here today. Now, as they gather for this conference, there are anticipated potential protests that could be gathering nearby. We saw some ten or so protesters gathering after the police shut down the event yesterday , but down the event yesterday, but were now waiting for viktor orban to come and deliver that keynote address at 11 00. Okay. Well hear from you later. Charlie. Thank you very much indeed. Now, the office for National Statistics has released its monthly inflation data. Pfices its monthly inflation data. Prices across the country prices rising across the country 3. 2 in march, down from 3. 4 in february. Not quite as big, a drop as many were hoping to see. Lets get the thoughts of our east midlands reporter, will hollis. And will, i believe youre with a fishmonger this morning who can give his perspective on what a fishmonger this morning who can meanss perspective on what a fishmonger this morning who can means forzrspective on what a fishmonger this morning who can means for his ective on what a fishmonger this morning who can means for his business what a fishmonger this morning who can means for his business andt this means for his business and indeed customers. As indeed his customers. As yes. Well, its good news that inflation is now lower, but its important to remember that inflation doesnt mean that pnces inflation doesnt mean that prices are going to come down. It just means that theyre going to rise a little bit more slowly. But its a far cry from was it where it was when it was at the peak in october 2022 . 11 inflation . Well, affect inflation . Well, it does affect pnces inflation . Well, it does affect prices on markets up and down the country, including here in Market Bosworth in leicestershire, where louis, youre the local fisherman. Youre the local fisherman. Youve been working here for 20 odd years, 21 years in, in, weve been 50 years in loughborough and im 21 years here. Its, ive been in the market trade. Took it off my dad and his dad before him. So have you ever known prices like this . Inflation like this , like this . Inflation like this, dunng like this . Inflation like this, during covid, we saw it then. But, i mean, its not as bad now as it was then. So were doing okay now. I think all the market people are coming to the market. Theyre happy to be here. The produce is great and the prices we work very low on the market, so we keep the prices as low as we can. We can. We can. And how is it affecting the pnces and how is it affecting the prices that you have to pay from a wholesaler . Where do you get your from and a your fish from. And how has a penod your fish from. And how has a period of high inflation affected that birmingham affected that, birmingham wholesale most of the problems i mean, most of the problems are from, fuel and wages. Theyre the biggest problem we have , sort of like the boats all have, sort of like the boats all need fuelling and crewing and the costs go up. So the costs are passed on to us, and then we have to pass them on to the customer, obviously. Yeah. But as you say, you try to keep them a little bit lower. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. What are people buying at the moment when prices are a little bit higher. Do they change from maybe fish that maybe the high end fish that they to eat, that they really want to eat, that maybe a bit to maybe tastes a bit nicer to stuff that isnt maybe as tasty, but is a little bit cheaper so they can still have a fish. We eat, certainly in Market Bosworth. Doesnt happen. We eat, certainly in market bosw we eat, certainly in market bosw we eat, certainly in market bosw we eat, certainly in market bosw away store, which away from your fish store, which has Army Customers has an army of customers already, 9 00 this already, even at 9 00 on this bright, sunny leicestershire day i but nice to see thats thats good. And we wish them we wish them luck with all of that. Like a nice bit of fish myself, i do. Eat enough fish i dont eat enough fish though. Apparently youre supposed one supposed to have at least one piece a week. Actually, piece of fish a week. Actually, thats not true. Probably do thats not true. I probably do reach target, but you reach that target, but you should eat more. Love should probably eat more. I love mackerel, smoked mackerel . Should probably eat more. I love malzerel, smoked mackerel . Should probably eat more. I love mai like. Smoked mackerel . Should probably eat more. I love mai like haddock,mackerel . Should probably eat more. I love mai like haddock, iiackerel . Should probably eat more. I love mai like haddock, i like, � el . I like haddock, i like, i like, what else . I like, i like mussels, i love salmon, but ive been doing a bit research been doing a bit of research into salmon lately, and now im. Salmon i wont be eating salmon anymore, apparently crab crab yesterday, nice. Devon yesterday, which was nice. Devon crab what the crab dressed. Heres what the prime is talking about. Prime minister is talking about. Heres what hes saying as regards this minute. Tiny, teeny weeny weenie drop in inflation for a tough couple of years. Todays figures show that our economic plan is working and inflation continues to fall. Having been 11 when i became Prime Minister its now fallen to just over 3, the lowest level in two and a half years. And weve also seen Mortgage Rates fall , energy bills fall. And fall, energy bills fall. And data this week showed that wages have been rising faster than inflation for nine months in a row. Now, because of all of row. Now, because of all of that, weve been able to cut peoples taxes and £900 tax cut for the average worker and increase the state pension by £900 this month. That all shows that our plan is working. And my simple message would be if we stick to that plan, people can have confidence that theres a Brighter Future ahead. Can we expect inflation when can we expect inflation to to bank of englands target . Well, inflation is expected to continue falling over the coming but these things coming months, but these things dont by accident. Dont happen by accident. Its because have plan and that because we have a plan and that plan working. When i became plan is working. When i became Prime Minister, set out five Prime Minister, i set out five priorities. The first was to halve inflation. Weve more than delivered that with delivered on that, with inflation 11. Inflation falling from 11. When i that down to just over 3 i said that down to just over 3 this week. And with wages rising, energy bills falling, weve been able cut peoples weve been able to cut peoples taxes significantly , putting taxes significantly, putting more money in peoples pockets, increasing pension. Increasing the state pension. And you have to stick to that plan. If we the brighter plan. If we want the Brighter Future that we all want to see. And thats our plan is so important. Is it appropriate to use the raf to fly people to royal . Do you believe all that . Do you believe all that he was saying there about this falling and today . Blink and that falling today . Blink and that falling today . Blink and youd miss it. The fall in inflation today. Well, wed all be complaining if it was going the other way. So youre not going anyway. Whole point. Thats the whole point. Thats the whole point. You keep sort of why do you keep sort of trying to that this is trying to insist that this is great news . Its not great news. Stock prices are going up on this time year. This time last year. So everything is more expensive has ever been before. So can talk. All he wants so he can talk. All he wants about this is falling and thats falling and whatever. Whats your it . You notice your view on it . Do you notice it what youre buying at the it in what youre buying at the shops whatever . Shops and whatever . Because i certainly dont. Andrew pierce great money. Hes here great value for money. Hes here at thank you. Bev at 9 30. Thank you. With bev what have got on the agenda. What have you got on the agenda. About the well were talking about the ramifications nights well were talking about the ramion tions nights well were talking about the ramion smoking nights well were talking about the ramion smoking and1ights well were talking about the ramion smoking and hists well were talking about the ramion smoking and his landmark vote on smoking and his landmark legislation. This will make britain will have toughest anti smoking have the toughest anti smoking laws world. Yet still, laws in the world. Yet still, rishi sunak couldnt deliver it with his own party. Five potential tory leadership contenders either voted against or abstained, which is the most cynical of all of those positions, do you think . I mean, i personally think the Penny Mordaunt abstention, given we know actually she probably this probably agrees with this legislation. That just legislation. Yeah that just smacks ambition. Smacks of ambition. Course it does. And priti of course it does. And priti patel too. And of patel abstained too. And of course point is theyre course the point is theyre saying tory shouldnt be banning things, freedom of choice. But actually smoking is horrible. I know i to smoke. Oh and know as i used to smoke. Oh and normally id be against banning but actually this is designed to stop kids getting fags in and that cant be. I think you make a point. A great point. Is the really to argue . What is the really to argue . Whatever your political persuasion would persuasion on this, what would there against . There be to argue against . Nothing. Nothing. Educate, dont ban doesnt he . But you know you cant necessarily educate against addiction. I know and theyre also tackling vapes too because vapes great giving up fags great people are giving up fags and going on to vapes because theyre less damaging. We dont know. The trouble is more young people are being drawn into smoking vapes. So i think thats good. Also talking about good. Were also talking about doctors want the law brought into england and into line in england and northern with wales and Northern Ireland, with wales and scotland ban smacking. Do scotland to ban smacking. How do you enforce it . Well, was point actually. Theyve enforced it but look, theyve enforced it in scotland wales. In scotland and wales. Has anyone been prosecuted . Has anyone been prosecuted . Thing is there an but the thing is there is an awareness as go to awareness now that as you go to do think, no, cant do that, do you think, no, cant do that, cant raise my hand, i dont think would have stopped my think we would have stopped my mother. Idea. I do not think it the idea. I do not think it would have stopped her. And i think she would have done it with love, would with love, and it would have been with love, and it would have bee because you were a cheeky because you were a cheeky little chap. Probably. Probably. Sisters watching now. My sisters watching now. Shell thinking. It shell be thinking. No, it wouldnt stopped. Wouldnt have stopped. Tell us little mum, just tell us a little bit about where you were last night. I was a very glittering, i was at a very glittering, glamorous soiree. It was liz trusss launch. Ten days to trusss book launch. Ten days to save west. Ten years. Ten save the west. Ten years. Ten years yes. Ten years. She years to say yes. Ten years. She was the Suella Braverman was there, and she there, it was packed. And she was great Suella Braverman there, it was packed. And she was in great Suella Braverman there, it was packed. And she was in belgium. Lla braverman there, it was packed. And she was in belgium. Sheiraverman there, it was packed. And she was in belgium. She gotzrman there, it was packed. And she was in belgium. She got back| there, it was packed. And she was in belgium. She got back in time. Shes all over the place. Shes all over the place. Shes all over the place. She was back in time to make sure everybody knew she was not voting for the smoking and voting for the smoking ban. And then was at the spectator event. She was commenting on she was also commenting on the birbalsingh story. The Katharine Birbalsingh story. Shes of the school. Shes a governor of the school. Shes a governor of the school. She was a busy lady yesterday. Were also following up yeah. Were also following up the story. But the birbalsingh story. So. But but a lot of tories but so quite a lot of tories there. And she was in very good form. She says the book is selling very well and she made lots of jokes at the expense of boris, theresa may and, and very grateful, she said. For her 49 days as Prime Minister well, there and shes still there we go. And shes still speaking though speaking to me, even though i asked interviewed asked her when i interviewed for the mail the rumours the daily mail about the rumours about relationship with her about her relationship with her then chancellor kwasi kwarteng, and denies anything, and she denies anything, she said good friends. Said we were just good friends. Thats right then. Said we were just good friends. Thathat right then. Said we were just good friends. Thathat oldjht then. Said we were just good friends. Thathat old chestnut. That old chestnut. That old chestnut. Thats what i about okay, thats what i say about you, isabel. And they asked me. You, isabel. And they asked me. I said, were just unfortunately , were just good friends. Thats the whole thing. Thats the whole thing. Will see you up at nine. We will see you up at nine. Andrew, thanks very much. Ive become a bigger friend. Have this competition . Have you won this competition . Well, i would take you, i promise. 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So thatll have you gripped we should say, a couple of hours ago, we announced the, monthly inflation figures from the office for National Statistics, so the figure that we have 3. 2, thats down from 3. 4. Yeah, it is a fall, but not as big as many were hoping. Lets get the thoughts of the chief secretary to the treasury laura trott. Very good morning to you joining to you. Thank you for joining us. Weve from the prime us. Weve heard from the Prime Minister and indeed the chancellor morning both chancellor this morning both saying proof that the saying this is proof that the plan is working little bit plan is working a little bit stickier than the plan was, isnt it. Its coming down much more slowly you would have more slowly than you would have liked. Liked. No, thats not true. I mean, compared to the forecast , from compared to the forecast, from a while ago, this is coming down a lot faster. But we know that inflation doesnt necessarily fall in a Straight Line , so this fall in a Straight Line, so this is very good news that its come down today from 3. 4 to 3. 2. And i should say that this hasnt happened by accident. You know, when the pm took office, you know, a year and a bit ago, inflation was at 11. Food inflation was at 11. Food inflation was at nearly 20. And thanks to the work of the government and the bank of england, we now got that down. And that just shows what work. Of course it was lucky. Of course it was lucky. Im sorry. My earphones. Im sorry. My earphones. Sorry, laura. Im just saying no, it wasnt lucky. Eamonn. Thats not fair. Eamonn. Thats not fair. It was lucky. It was lucky. What have you. What what have you what you done to you done . What have you done to bnng you done . What have you done to bring figure down . Bring this figure down . Action, you well, concerted action, you know , weve. And dont just know, weve. And dont just listen eamonn. You should listen to me, eamonn. You should listen to me, eamonn. You should listen the imf, who praised listen to the imf, who praised our decisive and responsible action in bringing inflation around. Look around. You should look at the obr, who our most recent obr, who said of our most recent budget was deflationary budget that it was deflationary for year. You know, is for this year. You know, this is something that does something that really does require of england and require the bank of england and the working together. The government working together. And weve that, and because weve done that, because working , the because the plan is working, the economy is now turning a corner. Well, if you want to quote the imf , theyve downgraded the imf, theyve downgraded their for the their growth forecast for the united that part of united kingdom. Is that part of the and is rising the plan and is rising unemployment of the plan . Unemployment part of the plan . And is it economic inactivity part of the plan . 1 in 5 british people not contributing to the economy. Economy. High Interest Rates do have an impact on growth that is why its so important that we get inflation down and open the door for those Interest Rates to fall. We all countries pretty much across the board have been downgraded in the g7 apart from the us, and we will be the Fastest Growing european economy next year. Fastest growing european economy next year. But as i said, this is all part of an overall plan which is seeing the economy growing. Last year, when it was predicted to be in a very, very deep recession, its seen inflation falling and we can see the economy is turning a corner. Can i ask you how you voted last night in the smoking tobacco and vapes bill . And i ask because more than half of your colleagues voted against the Prime Ministers legacy bill. And indeed a number of your colleagues the cabinet. Your colleagues in the cabinet. Its a given if youre its not a given if youre sitting alongside prime sitting alongside the Prime Minister morning minister on a Tuesday Morning that you are voting with the Prime Minister well, no, this was a this is a frybo and you all know how a free vote works. It means that its not whipped. It wasnt for the conservatives night. The conservatives last night. This so called matter of this was a so called matter of conscience. This is being conscience. And this is being consistent with has consistent with how this has been done. Previously. You may remember blair when he had remember tony blair when he had the indoors. It the ban on smoking indoors. It was a free vote. And indeed in that, in that vote, john prescott, who was then the deputy Prime Minister, voted against, tony blair. And, you know, heard his government know, i heard his government went survive for a little went on to survive for a little while. So think this is a while. So i think this is a pretty well established precedent free vote. Precedent for a free vote. Mordaunt, though, Penny Mordaunt, though, abstained. Imagine Penny Mordaunt, though, abstagiven imagine Penny Mordaunt, though, abstagiven her imagine Penny Mordaunt, though, abstagiven her moderateigine Penny Mordaunt, though, abstagiven her moderate views, that, given her moderate views, she would probably agreed she would probably have agreed with legislation. Theres with this legislation. Theres more than free more to this than just a free vote. Cynically, you could say that ambitions to lead that she has ambitions to lead the the future, and all the party in the future, and all of these voting, whether they abstained voted against, is abstained or voted against, is an indicator of problems. Rishi sunak, authority , sunak, losing his authority, perhaps not being at the top of the party for much longer. I fundamentally disagree with that. Was a free vote. That. This was a free vote. I dont think we should read anything into it other than the fact that it was a free vote done on peoples individual views. Its a bit of a funny concept for us because you know, most votes are whipped on party lines, but one absolutely lines, but this one absolutely wasnt. Was up to any wasnt. So it was up to any individual they wanted to do. Can we ask you about this National Conservatism conference yesterday . Look, theres been widespread criticism of the heavy handedness of the mayor. And i think we can all agree that any encroachment on free speech has to be a bad thing. But have told this but labour have told us this morning that Prime Minister morning that the Prime Minister has questions answer morning that the Prime Minister has members;tions answer morning that the Prime Minister has members ofyns answer morning that the Prime Minister has members of the answer about members of the conservative sharing conservative party sharing a platform with some of the controversial speakers there. There are allegations that this could anti gay views, could be some anti gay views, anti abortion , pro putin anti abortion, pro putin positions, Suella Braverman among those taking the stage, what would you say to labour about that . Look, i would say as a general principle that its really important that we uphold free speech and also that we talk to people within the parameters of legality. So where is someone who is making a legal argument that doesnt, you know, is an incitement to hatred , is an incitement to hatred, isnt, you know, with all the other things, then we absolutely need to defend that. You have to be able to be on a platform, generally with people that you disagree is the disagree with. That is the fundamental democracy. Fundamental tenet of democracy. We to people, you we shouldnt say to people, you cant that argument. Cant make that argument. We should defeat argument should defeat that argument through and through reason and demonstration. And that is absolutely vital, and one that we must and cannot move away we must not and cannot move away from. From. f weve got to leave it laura, weve got to leave it there. Say goodbye to you and there. We say goodbye to you and thanks your time this thanks for your time this morning, laura trott a morning, laura trott is a treasury secretary. Thank you. Thank much, and weve thank you very much, and weve just reached the end of the show. And i hope youve enjoyed the last 3. 5 hours as much as we have. We will be back tomorrow morning from 6 am. Yeah, but up next, well leave you in the capable hands of andrew and bev. And, of course, one last look at the forecast. Have a fabulous day. See soon. Bye bye. See you soon. Bye bye. A brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Many of us will have a fine bright day today with some sunshine still going to be pretty gusty across the east with a fair few showers and it is going to turn damp in northern a dry start , Northern Ireland. A dry start, but the cloud and rain is steadily pushing from the steadily pushing in from the north. Across north. Well have showers across northeast the northeast scotland through the day graze these day and some will graze these eastern counties of england, where theres a pretty chilly and brisk wind blowing along those coasts. 1 or 2 those north sea coasts. 1 or 2 scattered showers elsewhere, a bit coming into west bit more cloud coming into west wales later. But as i said, for many dry and bright. It isnt warm though. Its chilly out there morning there this morning and temperatures struggling. Maybe there this morning and te|theratures struggling. Maybe there this morning and te|the teens; struggling. Maybe there this morning and te|the teens intruggling. Maybe there this morning and te|the teens in london,|. Maybe there this morning and te|the teens in london, butiaybe there this morning and te|the teens in london, but 6ybe there this morning and te|the teens in london, but 6 or in the teens in london, but 6 or 7 degrees for most of the day in Northern Ireland. Its going to feel chilly. Of that feel pretty chilly. Some of that rain ireland will rain from Northern Ireland will get of south wales get into parts of south wales and southwest england this evening. Turning little evening. So turning a little damp few showers damp here. Still a few showers through east through the night across east anglia kent and the anglia and parts of kent and the far north of scotland. But for most a night, a clear most its a dry night, a clear night, chilly one again. Night, pretty chilly one again. Temperatures well down into single pockets frost single figures, pockets of frost likely wales, the midlands likely for wales, the midlands and england. Certainly likely for wales, the midlands an rural england. Certainly likely for wales, the midlands an rural areasengland. Certainly likely for wales, the midlands an rural areas we land. Certainly likely for wales, the midlands an rural areas we will. Certainly likely for wales, the midlands an rural areas we will. Ce quitey in rural areas we will see quite a bit sunshine on thursday a bit of sunshine on thursday morning across the southern half of the but clouding over of the uk, but clouding over through the night and for the morning across scotland and Northern Ireland, and further outbreaks rain pushing in outbreaks of rain pushing in here. Quite a quite a wet day actually for western scotland. Actually for western scotland. Increasingly blustery here as well. But further south the winds will be light. Yes, it will cloud over a little bit, but with some sunshine we should again to 13 degrees. Again get up to 13 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt sponsors of weather boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Whats the Prime Minister on the right side of history last night with that vote to give us the toughest anti smoking laws in the world . Or is it a vote against freedom and smoking and smacking . Should you be allowed to smack were going smack your own kids . Were going to that this. Morning. 930 on wednesday, the 17th of april. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turnen big morning. So tories were split. Split on the smoking ban. Rishi sunaks flagship bill passes the first hurdle. But there was division over it within his party. And is it time to ban smacking . Paediatricians want to outlaw smacking children in england and Northern Ireland to keep it in with northern, keep it in line with northern, to keep it in line with scotland and dont we need this to and wales . Dont we need this to discipline our kids, or is it outdated and cruel . What do you think . Victory for all and a victory for all schools. Thats how britains strictest headteacher, Katharine Birbalsingh, describes the High Court Ruling that her prayer ban is lawful free speech and parent nigel farage condemns the cancel culture in brussels, of all places, after police tried to shut down the National Conservatism conference where he was speaking. Free speech prevails in brussels. The natcon conference brussels. The natcon conference is on to day two now. Nigel farage is arrival is imminent and