Thrilling night of Europa League action and in golf well have updates from the masters. Updates from the masters. Some warm sunshine across southern parts as we head into the weekend, but a wetter story further north. Ill have more in the full forecast shortly. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Well, im breakfast on gb news. Well, im very pleased youre here this morning. Morning. Oh, thank you very much. Oh, thank you very much. Because at one point, i did think it could just be me. Yeah, its one of those. Do you know when you. If you work shift work, which you may well do if youre watching at this hour . I always set my i mean, i get bed, i the alarm, get into bed, i set the alarm, i think i must have not. I dont think i must have not. I dont think i must have not. I dont think i slept through it. I think i slept through it. I think ive just. I must have just not the alarm. Yeah. Just not set the alarm. Yeah. Last night and up an hour last night and woke up an hour and half after. I should have and a half after. I should have got up, but still got in the most incredible scenes, you know, scenes. Know, terrible scenes. It was incredible scenes. You left your house in 4. 5 minutes. Yes. Yes. You made your way down here and you. He looks amazing. And you were here with like, 15 minutes to spare, like it was no big deal. And i could just hear him go, hello . I was like, oh, hes here. Hes made it, yeah. And i can tell you i didnt speed, did you not . I was thinking youll be flying down the m1. It didnt speed because no, it didnt speed because recently between two of us, recently between the two of us, weve had a couple of tickets. Have you naughty. Oh, have you naughty. Oh, have you naughty. Thats a couple a so thats a couple of, a couple of those nice courses to go one each. Go on. One each. Oh, i quite enjoy those, you know. Is impersonal or zoom . Know. Is it impersonal or zoom . Were it on. No, were doing it on. No, were doing it on. Well well i havent well yeah. Well i havent organised mine yet, but one organised mine yet, but its one of those i didnt even of those things i didnt even know been done. Was. Know id been done. It was. Its so annoying. Oh, its so annoying. Oh, its so annoying. Of course now its like, so of course now its like, right, okay. Go to behave yourself. Go to behave yourself. Stick speed. Stick to the speed. Stick to the speed. Well, think its very good. Well, i think its very good. I would have in a right i would have been in a right flap, but he was very relaxed, very calm. And you look great. Do. What can you do . You do. What can you do . You do. What can you do . Its a horrible feeling, but its a horrible feeling, you know, its a horrible feeling. But i was here by myself right. Was in charge of right. And i was in charge of the autocue was going the autocue thinking i was going to have to ride solo. I felt like the teenager in charge of the car. I really the family car. I felt really under pressure. I was a bit scared. Im glad here. Scared. So im glad youre here. Off that and youre in get off that and youre in charge. F n e i can. Ive very important i can. Ive come bearing good news, though. Tell me the april is set to be a record high for temperatures. A scorcher, according to the daily star this morning. Well we could do with that. Could hit degrees tomorrow. Stunning. Stunning. Is bad. So that stunning. Make bad. So that stunning. Make it bad. So that stunning. Make it thead. So that stunning. Make it the hottest1at stunning. Make it the hottest ever. Would make it the hottest ever. April in the uk. And its lovely that has has that the daily star has has marked by picturing a young marked that by picturing a young lady bikini eating an ice lady in a bikini eating an ice cream well, taking up most of the paycheque. Nothing less. Like nothing less. Its like a tiny little bit the corner tiny little bit in the corner saying be hot this month. Yeah, yes, but there you go. So its going to be lovely. Im desperate for a bit of nice weather. I know, me too. I feel like it lifts all of our moods. Yeah. Oh it does, doesnt it . Yeah. Oh it does, doesnt it . Needs to happen so what needs to happen tomorrow we show . Tomorrow after we do the show . Oh, cant because you cant oh, cant nap because you cant waste the opportunity. You have to head to your garden. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got your garden. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got a our garden. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got a garden den. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got a garden and just stephens got a garden and just lounge. Stephens got a garden and just lou lounge the garden. Lounge in the garden. Lounge in the garden. You can maybe snooze in the garden if you like. Okay, but no nap tomorrow. Okay, but no nap tomorrow. Dont waste the day, okay . Dont waste the day, okay . Fair enough. Dont waste the day, okay . Becauseiir enough. Dont waste the day, okay . Because apparently heard dont waste the day, okay . Bclairee apparently heard dont waste the day, okay . BClaire Pearsall|tly heard dont waste the day, okay . BClaire Pearsall and heard dont waste the day, okay . BClaire Pearsall and nigel from Claire Pearsall and nigel nelson it was hot nelson outside. It was very hot yesterday, but i missed the whole so i was asleep. Yesterday, but i missed the whowas so i was asleep. Yesterday, but i missed the whowas it . So i was asleep. Oh. Was it . No, i missed it yesterday. No, i missed it yesterday. This what mean. If this is what i mean. If youre on shift work, you miss the day. Im to the day. Rm im going to be tired today. Im going to be tired today. Go for a haircut. Ive got to go for a haircut. Ive got to go for a haircut. Its a tough because oh, its a tough life because im looking. Its a bit bedraggled. Im looking. You a bit bedraggled. Im looking. You dont edraggled. Im looking. You dont lookggled. Im looking. You dont look bedraggled. You bedraggled. You could never look bedraggled. Hes looking man eve r. Even yes. Ever. Yes. I even yes. I dont like ive had enough. I dont like confidence anyway. Look. Unless anyway. Look. Well, unless theyre you, couise. Course. Oh. Oh. And love oh. And oh. and oh. And love to know what and wed love to know what you think about the show, what were what you want to you think about the show, what wer yes. Instead its gb news. Com your say, heres how you can get in touch. We are proud to be gb news the peoples channel. And as you know, we always love to hear your views. Now theres a new way of getting in touch with us at gbnews. Com your say. By commenting, you can be say. By commenting, you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. You can even talk to me bev turner, or any of the members of the gb news family. Simply go to gbnews. Com your say. Gbnews. Com your say. So thats how you get in touch. Love to hear from you this morning. As soon as i get organised i will log to in see what youre saying. But our main news this morning and the labour leader, keir starmer, says news this morning and the labour learuks keir starmer, says news this morning and the labour learuks nucleartarmer, says news this morning and the labour learuks Nuclear Deterrentiys news this morning and the labour learuks Nuclear Deterrent is the uks Nuclear Deterrent is the uks Nuclear Deterrent is the bedrock of his plan to keep britain safe. Well, this is in stark contrast. The Jeremy Corbyn era, who was a champion of nuclear disarmament. Well, meanwhile , sir keir well, meanwhile, sir keir said he would like to boost the defence budget to 2. 5 of gdp. Well, were now joined by our Political Correspondent olivia utley, who joins us live now from westminster. Good to utley, who joins us live now from westminster. Good to see from westminster. Good to see you this morning, olivia. And this is in stark contrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito; in stark contrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the stark contrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the corbyn ntrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the corbyn eraast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the corbyn era . T, isnt it, to the corbyn era . Well, absolutely. I mean, keir starmer is always on a mission to distance himself from Jeremy Corbyn. And in pledging this this sort of impassioned defence of defence, he is doing just that. Hes promised a triple lock for defence. He says that the labour party will build four new Nuclear Submarines at barrow and furness , he says it barrow and furness, he says it will upgrade the Trident Nuclear defence system in any way that it needs upgrading, and that the labour party will keep that continuous submarine protection at sea. I mean, this was this was very, very strong stuff and it will be the first time in 30 years that a labour party will visit that barrow and furness site. So this is a really, site. So this is a really, really strong commitment. He says also that labour will put 2. 5 of gdp towards defence. Now the conservative party at the moment is only pledging 2. 3. Lots of defence secretaries subsequently have have asked the chancellor to raise that to 3. But jeremy hunt has ignored those calls in recent budgets, while now labour is essentially just stealing the conservatives clothes. Keir starmer has said that eventually, by 2030, he would like to see defence spending raised to 3 of gdp and he like it at 2. 5 in the he would like it at 2. 5 in the near future. Although there is a little bit of a caveat to that, he says he can only raise it to 2. 5 if it is within labours own borrowing rules. This is very strong stuff from the labour leader and already the general public sounds as though it is trusting labour more than the conservatives on defence. And a poll for the mail last month only 24 of the Country Trust conservatives on defence, whereas 34 of the Country Trust labour on defence. That is a huge shift and another sign that keir starmer is edging towards that Centre Ground territory, sweeping up some of those tory heartland votes. Its going to be interesting to see what, backbenchers and grassroots labour members think of all of this , though, isnt it of all of this, though, isnt it just because of the whole momentum movement, which we havent heard a lot about recently, but obviously very behind the sort of corbyn ethos, if you like , sort of, up against if you like, sort of, up against people like John Woodcock now, lord walney, who of course was mp for barrow and furness, labour and co op mp for barrow in furness, who effectively had this massive falling out with Jeremy Corbyn over the whole nuclear issue. Nuclear issue. Well, exactly. And i think thatll be a really Interesting Development to watch over the next few months since keir starmer took office, has starmer took office, he has completely changed the face of the the parliamentary labour the of the parliamentary labour party. His shadow cabinet is stuffed with blairites and their successors and some of the most vociferous corbyn supporters, including, of course, Jeremy Corbyn himself, have actually been stripped of the whip. But, as you say, stephen, in the party at large, the labour Party Outside of parliament, members of the party, there are still a lot of Jeremy Corbyn supporters. The Labour Party Membership tends to be quite a lot more left wing than the labour party in parliament. So how is that going to play out . Will we see a whole slew of members desert the party . Even keir starmer cant afford that. In an election afford that. In an election yean afford that. In an Election Year, you need as many members as you can possibly get. Those are the people who are pounding the streets at the weekend , the streets at the weekend, giving out leaflets, campaigning for candidates. If for their local candidates. If a bunch of them decide to leave the party because they think that keir starmer is too robust, if you like, in his defence of trident, something which Jeremy Corbyn wanted to scrap altogether, then that could be trouble for the labour party. That said, there are lots of disgruntle old conservative voters who care very, very deeply about defence ben wallace, the defence, the former defence secretary who pledged to who wanted to raise that defence spending to 3, was incredibly popular in the conservative party. If the labour party could sweep up some of those conservative members, perhaps then that would be a very nice situation for keir starmer. Yeah, wouldnt it just. Okay, olivia, thanks very much indeed. Olivia, thanks very much indeed. Im particularly fascinated by this. Just because im barrow is this. Just because im barrow is my hometown. My hometown. Yeah. Yeah. I thought of you the first thing i read this morning. Yes. I mean, i remember watching when was school or watching when i was at school or sixth or something, sixth form or something, watching the first trident watching the very first trident come all my, know, come out and all my, you know, family, grandparents, uncles all worked in the shipyard in vickers then, it became what vickers and then, it became what did what did it become . Did what did it become . I cant remember, we all just call it vickers up north, but its, i. Just call it vickers up north, but its, i. Just think call it vickers up north, but its, i. Just think its its, i. Just think its absolutely fascinating. Its going to be fascinating to see what happens in barrow, actually, which an which actually, which is an area which is becoming deprived. Is now becoming very deprived. Well its good for investment in the local community, isnt it. It, it could have a huge impact for which course for barrow, which of course obviously traditionally obviously had a traditionally tory with tory then became labour with john hutton back in 92 i think, and then switched back to tories at the last election. Now whats that going to mean for, for their, parliamentary seat there. Its just, its just makes, it makes this whole election so interesting, doesnt it . Because everything just seems to be getting spun on its head a little bit. Probably because in the Centre Ground theyre all quite similar. Yeah. And its such a stark contrast to what were hearing from Jeremy Corbyn, isnt it . I mean, i just find it absolutely fascinating. So do let us know what of that. Also what what you make of that. Also what do it will mean for do you think it will mean for core labour so cnd do you think it will mean for core lwillrr so cnd do you think it will mean for core lwillrr the so cnd do you think it will mean for core lwillrr the war cnd types will stop the War Coalition i mean, what types will stop the war coaliti they i mean, what types will stop the war coaliti they make mean, what types will stop the war coaliti they make ofaan, what types will stop the war coaliti they make of all. What types will stop the war coaliti they make of all. Wthis . Would they make of all of this . I think really interesting. I think its really interesting. Do us know what you do you let us know what you think . I dont know if they if they. Well, is that just what momentum became or what became you yeah. I dont know. You know. Yeah. I dont know. But you dont hear much about momentum anymore do you. No at the moment at no you dont at the moment at least. E e say, it will still but as you say, it will still be there on the backbenches. Its going be there to an its going to be there to an extent. Be extent. Yeah its going to be interesting and were interesting to hear. And were talking i were talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke i were talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke pollard were talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke pollard laterre talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke pollard later on. Alking to luke pollard later on. We are. Yes. Whos a labour mp so well all of the so well get all of the details that. Do keep your details on that. Do keep your views now. Least views coming in now. At least ten conservative will defect ten conservative mps will defect to reform uk if farage to reform uk if nigel farage comes of retirement to lead comes out of retirement to lead the party. Thats what one of his biggest , well, farages thats what one of his biggest, well, farages biggest former arron former financial backers, arron banks , has said on a podcast banks, has said on a podcast with our Political Editor christopher hope. Lets hear what he had seen one tory mp defect. I expect to see others. How many more . I see others. How many more . I think it could be a landslide because youre not going to be able to win as a rebel tory, up north, how many mps might defect . So this is where i think you get to an interesting point of view, dont you . Because as reformer the reformer approaching the conservatives in the poll for the first past the poll dictates that whoevers in second place, you know, could then potentially get a wave of support from the other party, but how the heck are you going to win as a rebel . Tory . You cant. Theyve abandoned it. Their strategy now is to try and retain 150 seats in the Home Counties , which is in the Home Counties, which is why theyre trying to be a little bit liberal. You know , little bit liberal. You know, liberal democrats have seemed to have into a. Have vanished into a. So how many do you think tory mps might come across to reform uk collection . Well, is the point. You well, this is the point. You cant a conservative mp cant win as a conservative mp up north, your brand is completely destroyed. I mean some some will wear i dont know. I mean, when i say up north im talking about, you know. Yeah, midlands maybe Northern England, but but but but frankly the polls have suggested that. So rebel tory is going to be dozens come across i think more than dozens tory mps just say that because you know there at a point where they cant win as a conservative, but they might have half a chance as a reform. When you say that, you say that you think, yeah. Or have you do you know names that you cant say now or you can say, well, i know at least 3 or 4 names of who are in talks now. Yeah the people talking yeah the people are talking about would expect this about it and i would expect this just to accelerate. But is farage factor but this is the farage factor that if he comes back and then they pick up another 2 or 3 points in the polls. So richard tice has done a good job. But i think the when you see 15 points in the polls, thats really the hope factor that nigels coming back right. Hope factor that nigels coming back right. But hope factor that nigels coming back right. But actually if he back right. But actually if he does come back and gets traction and you start to see, i think theres some polls out already saying that theyre ahead in with men in the midlands. Thats right. If you break it down, break it down. Theyre already leading in certain places. And i think the tory party have given up on that. They know theyre going to lose. Theyre to focus that. They know theyre going to lose. Know, � e to focus that. They know theyre going to lose. Know, re emergencers on, you know, re emergence or one. On, you know, re emergence or one. Sorry. The mp one nation softer. Sorry. The mp for reigate, you know, was that kind of tory mp. So hed be quite clear if nigel farage came to lead reform uk. I think ten, i think ten tory mps will walk across the, the, the, the thing straight away and i think as well that thats part of his calculus. You know, mps are in contact with him daily about this kind of thing. And i think , you know, if he does come think, you know, if he does come back, it will be on the back of something fairly spectacular. Something fairly spectacular. Well, lets talk to labour commentator James Matthewson , commentator James Matthewson, who joins us now. James, lovely to see you this morning. What do to see you this morning. What do you make of all of this . I mean, its all its all a bit, a bit of a wish list, isnt it . From arron banks . Yeah. I think its hopeful thinking, to put it mildly, from arron banks. I do think theres arron banks. I do think theres some stock in what he has to say , i wouldnt like to be a tory mp, in the red wall coming up to, you know, or supposedly the blue wall. Now as it has been since 2019, coming up to this, you know, election, because there is going to be an absolute swathe of them who lose. However, this idea that all of a sudden theyre all going to cross and theyre cross the floor and theyre going chance. Tory mps going to take a chance. Tory mps and conservatives notoriously , and conservatives notoriously, play and conservatives notoriously, play it safe. You know, they will put their party before a lot of other things. And i dont think i would be surprised to see ten cross the floor just because of nigel farage. As appealing as im sure, nigel farage leadership is to many tory mps. Tory mps. But if this is to be believed, it does suggest, doesnt it, that even conservative mps dont want the party succeed at the next party to succeed at the next general election . Yeah, exactly. And thats yeah, exactly. And thats thats a real concern for the tories. I think whats happening now though, and arron banks did get this bang on, is the fact that the tories have accepted their tories staffers, their fate. The tories staffers, who i speak to on a semi regular basis, have all conceded the fact theyre going to lose. Theyve conceded the fact theyre to get absolutely theyre going to get absolutely slaughtered at the election. And the theyre just the reality is theyre just trying to make sure they can survive the day so that they can rebuild. The big question for me is what does this mean for the tories after that election . Because were almost guaranteed to see a Labour Government. And in that time, that space thats left in opposition for the tories, are they going to lurch to the right , tories, are they going to lurch to the right, or are they going to the right, or are they going to go more down the one nation route with somebody like, you know, Penny Mordaunt or theyre going to, you know, i mean, weve talked about a nigel farage leadership of the tories and scenarios. We going and some scenarios. Are we going to see, reform and the tories potentially brought closer together in opposition. Yeah. Together in opposition. Yeah. We, we losing the old trope that, you know, you win by attracting the Centre Ground. Oh attracting the Centre Ground. Oh excuse me. Because certainly i mean here and you look at the states as well. Things seem to be coming more polarised. Be coming more polarised. Yeah things are and i think thats a concern for anybody who cares about you know, doing things in a balanced and measured way , because the measured way, because the extremes, in my opinion, dont offer solutions. You know, they offer solutions. You know, they offer very simple answers to complex questions. And i think sometimes that can be very alluring to people. We look at the likes of donald trump in america, you know, i mean, even evenin america, you know, i mean, even even in my time in the labour party with jeremy, you know, the offer was there, that was offer that was there, that was unrealistic , but obviously unrealistic, but obviously attracted of people attracted lots of people. People want bold and big gestures want those bold and big gestures from politics a lot of the time, when actually is it what we really want, you know, do we want somebody running the country who is extreme in their views, or do we want someone whos, you know, measured, sensible, if were sensible, pretty boring if were being talking being honest. Were talking about somebody like keir starmer. But is it a safe pair of hands. And hopefully that centre where the Centre Ground is where the majority of sensible decisions can be made for the future of the country. The country. Oh, well, we shall see. James, good to see you. Thanks very much indeed. I mean, the one was it is addressed one thing it was it is addressed in the podcast east with choppen in the podcast east with chopper. Have you listened to clips . Ive listened to clips. I think it only came out at 6 00 this morning, didnt it . In full. This morning, didnt it . In fullbut racing down here. But youre racing down here. I was racing down the motorway. Yeah, its i. Yeah, but its the i. Its richard tice in all of this. Who is the reform party . And this is all about people saying, okay, richard, thanks for holding the thought. But now get out and were going to put farage in farage would be the game changer. And i cant i mean, richard, he could well be watching because he does watch breakfast on gb news, i just wonder what he makes of that. Yeah would he be willing to do that . Is that the long term game plan that we didnt know about . Yeah. Yeah. He actually absolutely or is he actually absolutely blubbing furious that this is being about . Being talked about . Richard tice feel free to come on the program and let us know what think. I dont know what you think. I dont think is going to lead think nigel is going to lead reform. Got a reform. I think hes got a really good thing going on. Yeah, think he might join yeah, and i think he might join the tories little later on the tories a little bit later on down line. Thats my down the line. Thats my prediction. Just putting out prediction. Just putting it out there. Yeah hes got there. All right. Yeah hes got a lot of support from the tories. Thats why i think hes gonna do i think hes gonna sit back, enjoy the position. Enjoy the glory. Enjoy the glory. Yeah. Because hes hes very loved isnt he. Well loved his marmite isnt it. Marmite is a good way of putting it. But whatever you think of his politics, hes actually quite a nice fellow, i have to say. Very charismatic. Very charismatic. He is very charismatic. Doesnt youve got agree doesnt mean youve got to agree with anyway, us your with him, anyway, send us your thoughts that. Thoughts on that. Gbnews. Com your say. Getting used to it, were getting used to it, arent we . We are getting used to it, now, the controversial nfl star oj simpson has died at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer. Cancen yes , back in 1995, simpson yes, back in 1995, simpson was acquitted for double murder of his ex wife and her friend in a sensational case that divided america. Well, on x, his family said, our father, Orenthal James simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren dunng children and grandchildren during this time of transition, his family asked that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace. And grace. Well, were now joined by royal and Showbiz ReporterKinsey Schofield , who joins us Kinsey Schofield, who joins us live now. Good to see you, kinsey. I mean , we do need to kinsey. I mean, we do need to remember in all of this, there is family at the heart all is a family at the heart of all of this that are grieving. But looking at the front of looking at the front pages of the here the newspapers this morning here in is oj simpson on in the uk, it is oj simpson on trial, after before he was acquitted of double murder. It was a trial that that gripped america and gripped the world. Yeah, absolutely. And several of the people that have spoken out about the death of oj simpson were kind enough to acknowledge those families specifically kato kaelin, who became ridiculously famous throughout that that trial. I dont know if you remember, but there was a poll conducted that at the time, 74 of americans could identify kato kaelin , who could identify kato kaelin, who was ojs roommate and testified throughout the trial. At the throughout the trial. At the time, only 25 could identify our Vice President , al gore. But kato kaelin, commenting on it, sending his condolences to ron goldmans family and to nicoles family, saying , goldmans family and to nicoles family, saying, you goldmans family and to nicoles family, saying , you know, family, saying, you know, beautiful nicole, that he had them in their thoughts and prayers along with oj simpsons children, marcia clark, who was the prosecutor, also acknowledging the Simpson Family throughout this and the victims family. Caitlyn jenner, who was friends with o. J, married to kris jenner. They vacationed kris jenner. They vacationed together, tweeting good riddance and controversial tv personality marc lamont hill. He tweeted marc lamont hill. He tweeted something, i mean, very controversial , he said. Oj controversial, he said. Oj simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his Community Long before he killed two people in cold blood. But he says his acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racial, criminal, legal system. Hes still a monster, not a martyr. System. Hes still a monster, not a martyr. So a lot of a variety of reaction here in the United States after the death of oj simpson. I mean, thats the bottom line, isnt it, with all of this, i mean, obviously he was found liable in a in a civil trial afterwards which, which obviously cost him his fortune. But the bottom line is he was acquitted, but everyone everyone thought he did it. Well. And then you saw in that two thousand and seven arrest for kidnapping and Armed Robbery, he was sentenced to 33 years, and he had to spend nine years, and he had to spend nine years in jail for that. And pubuc years in jail for that. And public wise, i feel like everybody considered that everybody really considered that his punishment for the death of nicole and ron, despite the fact that it was, and it was for kidnapping and Armed Robbery in vegas, you know, he he hes vegas, but, you know, he he hes going to be remembered not for the charming movie star that he once was or the, you know, he was a great football commentator and incredible Football Player for 11 years, a pro football hall of famer. He wont be remembered for that. Ultimately, hes going to be remembered for the death of Nicole Brown Simpson goldman. Simpson and ronald goldman. Okay. Kinsey schofield good to morning. Thank to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Remember that news thank you. Remember that news coming through . I was working in radio the time and everyone radio at the time and everyone was just amazed that hed that he got away with it basically. I mean , look at the evidence now mean, look at the evidence now i know wasnt it fibres and oh theres loads, theres loads of stuff and it was just the gloves that were the big issue. Oh there you see the pictures of there you see the pictures of the gloves all over the front pages this morning. Try the gloves on. Try the gloves on. And the gloves didnt fit and what was that . The gloves what was that . If the gloves dont you must you must acquit. Yeah. Is. Its the yeah. And it is. Its the defence lawyers that became so famous as well. Famous in all of this as well. You know, Robert Kardashian and the likes. They, they made their names trial and they names in this trial and they became synonymous with oj simpson, its simpson, didnt they, its fascinating. Truly is. Fascinating. It truly is. And its interesting as to its so interesting as well to see what his legacy is. As kinsey saying, he wont be kinsey was saying, he wont be remembered nfl star or remembered as an nfl star or a movie no, no. You movie star. No, no, no. You remember for trial . Remember for that trial . Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Image of holding up the this image of holding up the gloves, it is all over gloves, i mean, it is all over the papers this morning. Do you let us know you think . Let us know what you think . Heck, from 30 years ago. Its heck, from 30 years ago. Its extraordinary. Okay, look, were going to see what the weathers going to see what the weathers going to see what the weathers going to do for you today. Because as i was saying, according to the star, hot weather is on the way. Lets get the details from alex. A brighter outlook boxt a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. A bit of a north south split as we go through today and into the weekend. Some dry fine weather towards south, wetter towards the south, wetter further morning further north. This morning there are heavy outbreaks of rain across of rain pushing across parts of Northern Ireland into Northern England and across the bulk of scotland, though northeastern parts clinging on to some sunshine afternoon. Do sunshine into the afternoon. Do watch some strong, gusty watch out for some strong, gusty winds northwest across winds in the northwest across the and wales. The bulk of england and wales. Lots at times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather into this afternoon and temperatures highs of temperatures rising to highs of around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. Everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. Sticking with the north south split as we go through the end the and into tomorrow end of the day and into tomorrow. Rain across northern. Further rain across northern parts, particularly across the borders area, likely to see some heavy bursts for a time and showers feeding in from the northwest, staying drier towards the and will be the south. And there will be some skies, quite some clear skies, but quite a bit cloud and we have mild bit of cloud and we have mild air across us, so temperatures not a amount for air across us, so temperatures not places a amount for air across us, so temperatures not places through amount for air across us, so temperatures not places through saturday or air across us, so temperatures not |then; through saturday or air across us, so temperatures not |then a hrough saturday or air across us, so temperatures not |then a bithh saturday or air across us, so temperatures not |then a bit of] saturday or air across us, so temperatures not |then a bit of cloudday or itself. Then a bit of cloud bringing rain bringing some drizzly rain across and western across northern and western parts england wales, across northern and western parts towards wales, across northern and western parts towards the wales, across northern and western parts towards the south east, perhaps towards the south east, though lots of fine and at times sunny weather again, the more unsettled picture will be once more parts of scotland more across parts of scotland and ireland. Some and Northern Ireland. Here, some hefty, its hefty, showery rain pushing its way and temperatures for way through and temperatures for many a touch many will be down a touch compared into compared to today as we go into sunday to see sunday and were going to see further which could be further showers, which could be heavy at times across northern areas, drier towards the south but temperatures dropping compared recent. Compared to recent. 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Now with labours pledges towards defence spending hitting the headlines this morning, you might not have heard about britains new military laser. Its called the dragonfire. Oh, well, the defence secretary said it could be rushed into active service in ukraine for real world combat testing following president zelenskyys plea for more air defences. Lets talk to Defence Analyst chris newton, who joins us now. What is dragonfire, chris . How doesit what is dragonfire, chris . How does it work , good morning, does it work, good morning, dragon fire. Its a laser weapon. Its a directed energy weapon. Its a directed energy weapon. And effectively, how it works is that you direct a beam of energy, a beam of light on onto the target, say, for example, a drone and that either disables or cuts of through the target, and renders the target ineffective. And it has as many kind of advantages over conventional air Defence Systems. For example , its much systems. For example, its much cheapen systems. For example, its much cheaper, the mod states its like ten, £10, per shot , whereas like ten, £10, per shot, whereas missiles cost sort of hundreds of thousands of, of pounds up to a million, million pounds. Its fast, its accurate, and, and, and you dont have to worry about running out of ammunition. About running out of ammunition. There are limitations as well, which we might want to go into. Are they , yes. What are they, essentially, you need a clear line of sight, you, the effectiveness of the laser can be affected by, for example, rain, fog, some, smoke , those rain, fog, some, smoke, those kinds of things. It because it it produces a lot of heat and you need cooling system and you need, you know, a lot of energy also to, to power the weapon and to and to and to fire the weapon. So, so its not a panacea. There are limitations. Its going to be used as part of an integrated kind of, its going to be used as part of an integrated kind of , system of an integrated kind of, system of weapons. So its not going to be the absolute Perfect Solutions solution. But its, its an its solution. But its, its an its an Important Development nonetheless. But it could have huge ramifications couldnt it, for the conflict in ukraine, well well have to see about that. I well have to see about that. I mean, the, the dates that grant shapps has in mind is 20, 27, and well have to see whether the war is, you know , continues, the war is, you know, continues, to that extent , but but if, if to that extent, but but if, if theyre able to roll it out quicker and the and if the wars , quicker and the and if the wars, the war in ukraine continues, then then yes, it would be an important capability for ukraine given that, for example, at the moment, one of its key problems is, is that its running out of air defence ammunition and zelenskyy keeps, you know , keeps zelenskyy keeps, you know, keeps asking the west for more, air Defence Systems and more air Defence Systems and more air defence ammunition. So, so and given that russia is also conducting a Strategic Air campaign, particularly against it at the moment, energy, targets this kind of thing would be absolutely kind of ideal for for, ukraine. But again, its part of an overall system. Its part of an overall system. Its not a panacea. Its not a perfect solution is going to be used, you know, with with all of the conventional weapons as well. Okay, chris, really good to see you. Thanks very much indeed. Good to see you. Its very star wars. I thought youd like that. I thought youd like that. Yeah. It looks good. Yeah. It looks good. Theyve been talking about stuff like that for years. Its getting to oscillate getting the lasers to oscillate the right way. Oh, right. Yeah. Oh, right. Yeah. All very , very technical. But all very, very technical. But i mean wow. It would be amazing wouldnt it. Yeah possibly slightly frightening. Yes. Well does look yes. Well it does look slightly frightening. Its cheaper as but cheaper. Cheaper as well, but cheaper. £10 a shot. I mean £10 a shot. A shot. Yeah £10 a shot. Yeah £10 a shot. Yeah is, huge. Is, huge. Lot cheaper than missiles, isnt it. Isnt it. Yeah. Yeah. Take a look at the sport. We take a look at the sport. Aidan is here with us. Aidan magee is here with us. Good you morning. Good to see you this morning. See both. Harry kane, see you both. And harry kane, his are fine. Thank his children are fine. Thank goodness worry. Goodness they are worry. As you say, thank goodness. As you say, youre absolutely there, youre absolutely right there, ellie, deeply ellie, because this is a deeply distressing that actually distressing story that actually happened night when happened on monday night when harry in london to harry kane arrived in london to line for preparation for line up for in preparation for Bayern Munichs clash against arsenal the night after. So i think when he landed at the airport, heard that three airport, he heard that his three children been involved in a children had been involved in a crash five and crash there seven, five and three, vivienne and louis. Three, ivy, vivienne and louis. Tiny. Tiny. They are indeed. And so a local fire official said that that its very lucky there werent any fatalities. There werent any fatalities. There were three cars involved, a renauu were three cars involved, a renault and mercedes, which was carrying the three children, and a land rover. So yeah, weve had some we there was an announcement from kanes spokespeople last night saying saying there was a crash, but the kids are fine and nobody was injured. And of course he lined up against arsenal on tuesday and managed to score a goal as a tribute to his professionalism. With on in the with all that going on in the background go and score background to go and score a goal hoping goal at arsenal, were hoping for later on, for maybe an update later on, but the moment we think but at the moment we think things are okay. Oh thank things are okay. Oh well, thank heavens a likeable heavens hes such a likeable bloke isnt he . Heavens hes such a likeable blo yeah, isnt he . Heavens hes such a likeable blo yeah, ismean . Heavens hes such a likeable blo yeah, ismean you yeah, yeah i mean you wouldnt. Awful. Especially wouldnt. Its awful. Especially especially with children. Indeed. Have at indeed. And lets have a look at the europa. Europa Europa League. Eureka. Eureka. It a grim reaper for liverpool. No good. Very good save. Look liverpool had a big chance last night. I mean they want to win a europa. Your european trophy. Ill send you off early in the morning isnt it, look, they had a big chance last night to move into or take a big step into the Europa League semi finals. And quite frankly, steven, i mean, steven, they blew it. I mean, they left, Trent Alexander arnold on the bench. Diaz bench. Jota salah. Diaz on the bench. Jota salah. Robertson soboslai. That to me is your is underestimating your opponents. Atalanta, who have no discernible european pedigree going back for decades. There are only six in this area are championship in italy, the 22 points behind inter milan. So not particularly pulling up trees over there in terms of competing at the elite level. Yet turn up at anfield last yet they turn up at anfield last night demonstrate night and they demonstrate a ruthless display of counter attacking football. Ruthless display of countthisittacking football. Ruthless display of countthis might|g football. Ruthless display of countthis might be ootball. Ruthless display of countthis might be the all. Ruthless display of countthis might be the last think this might be the last european match you saw at anfield last night under jurgen anfield last night underjurgen klopp, and thats a great shame because i dont think theyre going to turn around the going to turn this around in the second thats a really second leg. Thats a really tough if you look at, i tough trip and if you look at, i mean, okay, hell probably turn around say, well, around to me and say, well, i had to rest players had to rest these players because Crystal Palace because weve got Crystal Palace on got theyve on on sunday. Weve got theyve got four, four away trips. Atalanta going and atalanta are going to try and turn that situation around. Theyve everton, turn that situation around. They ham, everton, turn that situation around. Theyham, all everton, turn that situation around. Theyham, all away everton, turn that situation around. Theyham, all away matches. So west ham, all away matches. So its be difficult. Its going to be difficult. Theyve played games already its going to be difficult. Thethatplayed games already its going to be difficult. Thethat seriously games already its going to be difficult. Thethat seriously backfired ready its going to be difficult. Thethat seriously backfired on dy but that seriously backfired on them night and i think them last night and i think hell regret that in hell really regret that in a couple of weeks when their exit is confirmed , and its a huge is confirmed, and its a huge shame in terms of the whole point of jurgen klopp announcing his retirement was that everyone could him and could galvanise around him and push him over the line. Theyre still much there in the still very much in there in the premier course, but premier league, of course, but that a devastating blow last that was a devastating blow last night any game. Night and just any other game. West big disappointment as west ham big disappointment as well, the well, sailing along in the europa at Europa League and they were at home to leverkusen and so home to Bayer Leverkusen and so away leverkusen. They away to Bayer Leverkusen. They lost i dont lost two nil. I dont think leverkusen particularly leverkusen played particularly well, an awful night for well, but an awful night for engush well, but an awful night for english europe. English clubs in europe. Although villa did win although aston villa did win their game against lille and well, know why. Well prince well, we know why. Well Prince William was there. He does go. Hes a lucky charm. He does go to a few games. Ive seen him there. Have you . I ive seen him there. Have you . I seen there. Yeah you . I have seen him there. Yeah yeah do have a chat or yeah we do have a chat or anything but no. Well him. Im glad oh well good on him. Im glad hes out and about and hes getting out and about and doing things. Hes getting out and about and doiiyes, things. Hes getting out and about and doiiyes, its things. Hes getting out and about and doiiyes, its a1ings. Hes getting out and about and doiiyes, its a good sign, isnt it . I think its got a lot on his plate. Yeah. Lovely. Aiden. Well it there for now, well leave it there for now, but we will see you later on. Absolutely. Absolutely. Thank you much thank you very much indeed. Now, you now, still to come, should you be to swim to join the be able to swim to join the navy . Were going to be discussing next in the discussing that next in the papers. Oh. Oh. Welcome. Back. Welcome. Back. Welcome. Back. Its 642. Yes, and loads of you. Loads of you. Get in touch on gbnews. Com your say, including kenny. Oh, yeah . Who says . I just want to say how great it is to see ellie grow, to become a great presenter on gb news. Thanks. Grown. Oh great presenter on gb news. Thanks. Grown. On says dickos been around forever. Dicko. Dicko. Dicko. Thanks very much indeed. Thanks very much indeed. Thats very nice. On thanks, kenny, thats very kind. Nice to you. Thank you. Well, dicko , i think thats the tum of dicko, i think thats the tum of endearment i just have. Im a veteran now. I still think ive just started. I think. No, i think, i think youre youre very good your job and youre very good at your job and experienced. Experienced. I always say experience, experience. But you just start doing it. When he was about 12, to fair, 18 exactly. He was a to be fair, 18 exactly. He was a child. Child. So yes. You have been doing a little a little while. Yeah. Yeah. Well thats a good thing. Well thats a good thing. Im knocking on, ladies and gents, ive earned your stripes. Im knocking on, ladies and geroh, ve earned your stripes. Im knocking on, ladies and geroh, yeah, rned your stripes. Im knocking on, ladies and geroh, yeah, buti your stripes. Im knocking on, ladies and geroh, yeah, but thanks, ripes. Im knocking on, ladies and geroh, yeah, but thanks, kenny. Oh, yeah, but thanks, kenny. Oh, yeah, but thanks, kenny. I do keep thats very kind. I do keep compliments coming our way. Thats very kind. I do keep conwhatents coming our way. Thats very kind. I do keep conwhat is s coming our way. Thats very kind. 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They could lose a number of urban seats over their stances on gaza and Climate Change. Thats according to the guardian. And the mirror has oj simpson dying at the age of 76. Well, joining us now to go through whats making the news this morning is gb news senior political commentator nigel lawson government political commentator nigel lawson claire government political commentator nigel lawson Claire Pearsall ernment political commentator nigel lawson Claire Pearsall realnent adviser Claire Pearsall real life husband and wife team. And we love having them on the program. Thanks so much for program. Thanks so much for joining us, claire, start joining us, claire, lets start with shall we . The front with you, shall we . The front page of guardian. All page of the guardian. Not all looking for labour here, looking rosy for labour here, but i think this is not surprise. And any politician that goes in assuming that their seat is safe , i think is misguided at safe, i think is misguided at the very best. And i think labour have really got to look at where their policies are going wrong, because their big u turn on the Climate Change spending , unfunded spending has spending, unfunded spending has had a huge implications. There are an awful lot of people who were looking to labour to be that voice of Green Technology and investment in those areas, and investment in those areas, and when you look at the seats and when you look at the seats and the demographic of especially young people, thats what they really wanted to see. So youre looking at, places like sheffield, but also down towards bristol, maybe peterborough, which labour looks set to take. Theyre not quite so sure on that now. So young people are not convinced that labour are going to offer them the sort of panacea they the sort of panacea that they believed. Also the believed. I think also the problems in some seats with, labours stance on the israel gaza conflict are going to cause some problems, just simply with the demographic , the simply with the demographic, the muslim population, theyre not particularly happy. They dont like the tories. So its unclear as to where their votes are going to go. But i do think that this is pretty basic politics, that you cannot take your electorate granted. You need electorate for granted. You need to able to put policies to be able to put the policies forward people understand forward that people understand and people want. And at the moment, unfortunately, labour just doing that. Just arent doing that. Nigel. Nigel. Yeah, im i sort of agree. But the i think your key point there, claire, is where you said, well, where do they go, so if youve got, got a lot of muslim voters in labour constituencies who are furious about the situation in gaza, theyre hardly going to go and vote tory, the, the Climate Change people, if youve got younger people who are concerned that labour are not doing enough about Climate Change, and i agree about the about not spending the 28 billion, i regret fact that theyve regret the fact that theyve reversed that, but again, where do they go that the that at least labour have got a policy whereby they have got a green policy. I mean that you will get policy. I mean that you will get sort of double the amount of onshore wind, triple the amount of solar, quadruple the amount of solar, quadruple the amount of offshore wind. So if you were going for the Climate Change party, youd end up going for labour anyway. But its not just that. And its all very well to say that labour have got green policy. Labour have got a green policy. Well, currently have a green policy i think weve policy because i think as weve seen, they flop around what seen, they flip flop around what their are. They change seen, they flip flop around what their minds are. They change seen, they flip flop around what their minds , are. They change seen, they flip flop around what their minds , they they change seen, they flip flop around what their minds , they bounce. Inge their minds, they bounce. Because when you look over oh its not going to happen though is it. People like me sitting there going, but we can see through that. And i think its very, very difficult. Labour dont really understand what is really understand what it is they to they dont want they want to be. They dont want to sort of era to be the corbynista sort of era of dont want to be of labour. They dont want to be tony blair, keir starmer, no , tony blair, keir starmer, no, they dont because they dont want to be tarred with that because that then offends a lot of people on the corbyn side. Its difficult mix. They its a very difficult mix. They want growth make it want Economic Growth to make it his hes not doing. His own, and hes not doing. Whole point thats the whole point about the agenda, the that, the green agenda, the one that, instead of thinking of it necessarily as an environmental thing about how we can actually grow the economy through investing in green industry, that way we could lead the world because thats the direction of travel the globe is going in. Oh, oh, talking oh, talking of oh, talking of global oh, talking of global travel, nigel in the telegraph this morning, Kevin Macleod , who lots morning, Kevin Macleod, who lots of us enjoy watching on his House Building shows. He says if youre a First Time Buyer you should move to germany to get on the housing ladder. Yes. Apparently i dont know if thats been well thought through i well, in m well, in fact, houses in germany are actually much more expensive , that the average expensive, that the average house price here is 288,000. In london that goes up to 730,000. And if you want to live in kensington, youre looking at over a million, £1 million to actually that. So what do you actually do that. So what do you say . What hes saying is that if you are a First Time Buyer, itll take you 31 years to get a deposit by saving 10 of your income. Answer to go over to a place like germany, where half of the people there rent. So you rent instead. There are other places in europe where you can do the same thing in america. If its really popular. So renting there is a different alternative, but what is it, a lot cheaper there, theres also much cheaper but easier. But whats the advantage then. Well, the advantage is you get a home that if you cant get a home here on the basis that to own one costs so much money, weve got this thing about the brits have got this thing about home ownership, it doesnt exist in other parts of the world. No where you actually can rent a place rather than have to have to go out and buy it. You can rent a place. I dont understand the point hes making. I think its the availability of properties germany. Of properties in germany. Theyre build, which is theyre they build, which is something that we dont in something that we dont do in the united kingdom. And as nigel the united kingdom. And as nigel said, it is said, in all fairness, it is much easier and more acceptable to rent places germany. To rent in places like germany. I just think its more to do with the availability, the sort of planning and the infrastructure for housing seems to be better thought through. And its that sort of the old adage of the german efficiency. They put things near train stations , they have buses that stations, they have buses that run. Its more set up in the planning respect. They dont have quite as many problems as we do with planning laws, countryside side, we have designated areas of countryside that were not going to touch, like the green belt in germany. Its not quite like that. They see the need for housing and they say, okay, we are going to build a set of properties and thats what they go and do. So i think its probably just easier to get one. I dont necessarily think its cheaper. And as you say, its not really particularly well thought through considering youd now have visa to go and have to get a visa to go and live anyway. Live there anyway. Job. And a job. And a job. Yes, yes. And speak the language. Yes. Its a little bit tncky language. Yes. Its a little bit tricky if youre not going to have those things. Have all of those things. I mean, thought, mean, its a nice thought, but but macleod needs but i think Kevin Macleod needs to the designing of to stick to the designing of houses, which is far better. Yes. Maybe best. Claire, lets stick with you, shall we . The front page telegraph. The front page of the telegraph. The front page of the telegraph. The hire recruits who the navy to hire recruits who cant oh, no. Cant swim. Oh, no. This has been one of the see, this has been one of the funniest things ive seen for some is the royal navy some time. Is the royal navy need to swim. Theyre going to be on a big ship. Oh, no. oh, no. I think its a ship. I think its a ship. The ship boats are submarines. What are they . Boats. So yeah, it kind of feels like a really basic premise is that youre going to go into the royal navy at some point. You may enter the water and the need to swim , i would the need to swim, i would suggest, is quite high and basic. Youd think youd want to, wouldnt you . Yeah. I mean, what theyre doing is theyre removing falling off your ship or something. Well yeah. Yeah. Well yeah. Yeah. Well yeah. Could. You need to could. Well, do you need to go rescue somebody. That go and rescue somebody. That happens. What happens. But i think what theyre removing the theyre doing is removing the need for a 30 minute swimming test. And people who cannot swim at the moment cannot apply. Theyre going remove that theyre going to remove that barrier and say that you can learn to swim with the with the navy. Yeah. Which kind of makes sense little bit apart from sense a little bit apart from their training is then going to be so longer. Their training is then going to be well longer. Their training is then going to be well not longer. Their training is then going to be well not thatzn their training is then going to be well not that they do. Its well not that they do. Its be really intensive. It wont be but do it properly. What happens if you find that somebody really just isnt competent water. You competent in the water. Then you have rid of them. Yeah, have to get rid of them. Yeah, you do anything with them. You cant do anything with them. I youre going i think that if youre going into its like going into the navy, its like going into the navy, its like going into air force and into the air force and being afraid flying. Afraid of flying. Its like household cavalry. You to be able to you dont have to be able to ride horse household ride a horse in the household cavalry. The train used to do it. They do. And they train them very, very well, i have to admit. I there some admit. I mean, there are some pretty some pretty good riders and some pretty good riders and some pretty horses, pretty good riders and some pretty does horses, pretty good riders and some pretty does a horses, pretty good riders and some pretty does a real horses, pretty good riders and some pretty does a real basicas, but it does seem a real basic thing. If youre going to go into navy, need to have into the navy, you need to have a of the water. A respect of the water. Well, respect. Well, respect. Yes. Yes. Yes, nigel, that how you yes, nigel, is that how you fix Staffing Shortage in the fix the Staffing Shortage in the navy . Fix the Staffing Shortage in the na\well, well, it is 22. Well, well, i mean, it is 22. Theres a problem with the problem with the with with that. So to an extent, you could actually understand why theyre making it easier for people to be recruited , but yes. What do be recruited, but yes. What do you do if somebody at the end of the day just cant swim at all, even after being trained . Yeah. Him the galley. Put him in the galley. Put him in the galley. Yes. Yes. I should think the still i should think the ship still may though. Well he may may sink, though. Well he may well, you know, there you go, nigel, triple lock in the express, theres triple lock in justice, apparently, yes. This is all to do with obe, because theyve made pensions so complicated. Complicated. All to do with the new pension and the old pension. The old pension, which you would have got, before april 16th if april 19th, 2016, if you retire there, so whats happened is that the, the triple lock doesnt, doesnt totally, kick in for old pensions where it does for new, which means that some pensioners are more than two and a half grand, getting two and a half grand, getting two and a half grand, less than the new pensions, the new pensions brought in just to simplify things, because. So it simplify things, because. So it was getting so complicated. I mean, the question really will come down to, can we afford to keep the triple lock, and it goes on, i hate to say it. Its not, i think probably not. Its one of those things that nobody wants to be the person to turn around and say, we cant afford this. Im sorry, pensioners, youre not. Were going to get rid the triple going to get rid of the triple lock. Its very, very difficult , lock. Its very, very difficult, especially an Election Year. Especially in an Election Year. No going touch that no ones going to touch that subject people first of subject of people first year of a labour with the 200 a Labour Government with the 200 seat majority though they could get away with it. I mean, the whole thing well, i mean, the whole thing is is incredibly is it is it is incredibly expensive over the, the last, since 2011, the, the 2. 5, the minimum guarantee has been used three times. That means that pensions have gone up 60 compared to what they would have done, about 40 had it been done just on inflation and slightly less already been done on earnings. Already been done on earnings. So keep the double lock earnings, inflation so pensioners get an increase there. But the 2. 5 is a bit i think may have had its day. Oh you have a view on that gbviews gbnews. Com slash your so really rolled off the tongue there. Well guys im trying doing better than i am. To be fair, claire, weve just got minutes. Lets talk about nike. Nike shall we . And this a british shall we . And this is a british paralympian urging nike to paralympian is urging nike to introduce single trainer sales, which really makes sense that nike are using mannequins in their stores who have the running blades to show that people with disabilities can absolutely be top sports people. Absolutely be top sports people. And thats fantastic. Apart from the fact that they only sell their shoes in pairs. Yeah, and one of the leading athletes has said thats thats great. I love the diversity. I love that youre using that model. Please, youre using that model. Please, may i buy one shoe and nobody can make a decision. Its gone to all of the heads of nike, the really big important bosses and everybodys just sort of sat there scratching their heads and havent given her an answer. Well, nike have now responded, sorry. Nigel quashie. Responded, sorry. Nigel quashie. Theyre saying they thank the olympian for sharing her concerns. It olympian for sharing her concerns. It is olympian for sharing her concerns. It is available olympian for sharing her concerns. It is available in the us in memphis, hoping to expand the program to more geographies in the future. Well, there go , good to well, there you go, good to see both. See you little see you both. See you a little bit on. Heres your weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. A bit of a north south split as we go through today and into the weekend. Some dry fine weather towards south, wetter towards the south, wetter further morning further north. This morning there are heavy outbreaks of rain pushing across parts of Northern Ireland into Northern England and the bulk of england and across the bulk of scotland, northeastern scotland, though northeastern parts clinging on to some sunshine afternoon. Do sunshine into the afternoon. Do watch out for some strong, gusty winds in the northwest across the bulk of england and wales. Lots fine and times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather into afternoon and weather into this afternoon and temperatures highs temperatures rising to highs of around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. Everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. Sticking with the north south split as we go through the end of the day and into tomorrow. Further rain across northern particularly northern parts, particularly across , likely across the borders area, likely to see some heavy bursts for a time and showers feeding in from the but drier the northwest but staying drier towards there towards the south. And there will skies , but will be some clear skies, but quite a bit of cloud and we have mild across us, so mild air across us, so temperatures dropping a huge temperatures not dropping a huge amount places through amount for most places through saturday itself. Then bit of saturday itself. Then a bit of cloud some drizzly rain cloud bringing some drizzly rain across and western across northern and western parts england and wales, across northern and western parts towards and wales, across northern and western parts towards thei wales, across northern and western parts towards the southeast, perhaps towards the southeast, though of fine and at times though lots of fine and at times sunny again, the more sunny weather. Again, the more unsettled picture will be once more of scotland more across parts of scotland and ireland. Here some and Northern Ireland. Here some hefty, showery pushing its hefty, showery rain pushing its way temperatures for way through and temperatures for many will be down a touch compared today as we go into compared to today as we go into sunday and were going to see further showers, could be further showers, which could be heavy across northern heavy at times across northern areas, towards south heavy at times across northern areetemperaturesds south heavy at times across northern areetemperatures droppinthh but temperatures dropping compared to recent. Warm inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news news. Good morning to you. Its 7 00 on friday, the 12th of april. Today. Sir keir starmer armour pledges to boost military spending to 2. 5. As he says the countrys Nuclear Deterrent is safe in his hands. Polls show that the conservatives are no longer trusted on defence. So can labour steal their clothes . Find out more with me very soon. Controversial nfl star oj simpson , who was cleared of simpson, who was cleared of murdering his ex wife and her friend in a criminal trial, dies at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer. Battle with cancer. People in portland are furious over what they deem to be a luxury Free Bus Service that ferries Asylum Seekers around. Around. Men are up in arms over a womans social media page that calls out exes on bad behaviour. Were asking should people really name and shame their old flames and news presenter Rachel Burden says having a baby at 41 was really selfish, so well debate that later on and we meet britains first woman to surf a 60 foot wave in portugal, laura crane. Crane. Some warm sunshine across southern parts as we head into the weekend, but a wetter story further north. Ill have more in the full forecast shortly. The full forecast shortly. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Dawns been in touch. Oh, yeah. Morning, dawn says she loves the show. Oh, dawn. Oh, dawn. But i dont understand why youve got all pots and pans on the set , wish it was youve got all pots and pans on the set, wish it was more modern. And you had an oval table. I think wed all like an table. I think wed all like an oval table. Do you know what id like . A sofa. You and i on the sofa. The only problem with that is id have to wear shoes like my trainers. Its all about comfort, comfort, comfort, yes, i know. Comfort, comfort, yes, i know. Well, its i, i wish i could give you an answer. Dawn , ive got an answer. Oh. Dawn, ive got an answer. Oh. Have you. I think its so. It looks as though were set in our own kitchen. And you in turn, kitchen. And then you in turn, feel like youre sat around the kitchen us. Kitchen table with us. Oh, there there you oh, there you go. There you 90, oh, there you go. There you go, heard that from someone go, i heard that from someone once, im just regurgitating once, so im just regurgitating that once, so im just regurgitating thai think are getting a i think we are getting a redesign point. Redesign at some point. Yes, yes. yes, yes. So. So. Talk about navy. And oh, talk about navy. And youve not been able to swim joining the navy . Is this new thing. Its not going to be a requirement. Lorraine says. My requirement. Lorraine says. My uncle was an engineer in the navy in world war ii, and used to have to go under the ship at times and couldnt swim. He times and he couldnt swim. He used tie a rope around him. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. So you go. Its not a so there you go. Its not a new thing, apparently. Wow. Yeah. Im not sure about that one. I would think that would be one of the most basic requirements you can swim to be in you think you in the navy, but you think you can learn on the job. Youre okay with that, arent you . Okay with that, arent you . Yeah, i think hes fine. You can train you on the job. Also on pensions thing, triple on the pensions thing, triple lock , which was issues around lock, which was issues around the triple lock. Neil bishop says instead of getting rid of the triple lock, why not do away with plated pensions for with gold plated pensions for civil mps, and Civil Servants and mps, etc, and level up so that all pensioners are equal, but their workplace pensions is not state. Its all about state pension, isnt it . About state pension, isnt it . The triple lock . No, not not your workplace pension. So the two separate. Yeah. Its not quite the same neil but i know what you mean. The gold plated pensions for some people, are a bit annoying, pensions for some people, are a bit annoying , there is a new way bit annoying, there is a new way of getting in touch with us, which we are still getting used to. 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Well look forward to hearing from you this morning. Now to our top story today. And the labour leader, sir keir starmer says the uks Nuclear Deterrent is the bedrock of his plan to keep britain safe. Well, its in stark contrast to the Jeremy Corbyn era. Of to the Jeremy Corbyn era. Of course, hes being a champion of nuclear disarmament. Meanwhile, sir keir starmer said he would like to boost the defence budget to 2. 5 of gdp. Well, lets talk to our Political Correspondent olivia utley, whos in westminster. I mean, really is mean, this really is a turnaround trying to position labour as the party you can trust with our defence. Well, absolutely. Its a huge, huge turnaround. Just a few years ago , Jeremy Corbyn was few years ago, Jeremy Corbyn was advocating for complete nuclear disarmament. He wanted to ditch disarmament. He wanted to ditch trident. Now keir starmer is essentially saying that labour is the party of defence. He says that labour will put a triple lock on defence. It will, rejuvenate the current Nuclear Submarines as and when they need to be rejuvenate, rejuvenated. He will invest in Nuclear Submarines. He will keep the Trident Programme , running and Trident Programme, running and he will build four new submarine Nuclear Submarines in barrow and furness. He is also visiting furness. He is also visiting that barrow and furness site, and he will be the first labour leader in 30 years to do so. Last month, a poll for the daily mail suggested that only 24 of the Country Trust the conservatives on defence. Now thatis conservatives on defence. Now that is probably because time and again, defence conservative defence secretaries have called for defence spending to rise to 3 of gdp. But again and again chancellors have said no. At the moment it is at 2. 3. Labour is saying that it would raise that to 2. 5 and eventually to 3. So theyre putting money where their mouth is. So theres a slight caveat to that, because starmer says he can only do it if it fits in with labours borrowing rules. This is a massive turnaround for keir starmer, and a sign that he is trying to take some of those tory heartland votes from the conservatives. But of course, in doing so, he risks angering that Labour Party Members who tend to be to the left of the labour parliamentary party, tend to be a bit more of the corbyn mindset. How will that play out in a general Election Year . Well, it remains to be seen, but keir starmer needs members. He needs loyal pounding the needs loyal members pounding the streets , delivering leaflets, streets, delivering leaflets, door stepping, etc. If they all turn against him on this, then hell have a bit of a problem on his hands. His hands. Okay olivia, for now, thanks very much indeed. Very much indeed. Now at least ten conservative mps will defect to reform uk if nigel farage comes out of retirement to lead the party. Well, thats what one of mr farages biggest former financial backers all down to the brexit era. Of course, arron banks said on a podcast with our Political Editor christopher hope. Weve seen one tory mp defect. I expect to see others. How many more . I think it could be a landslide because youre not going to be able to win as a red wall tory, up north, how many might defect . So red wall tory, up north, how many might defect . So this many mps might defect . So this is where i think you get to an interesting point of view, dont you . Because as reformer approaching conservatives in approaching the conservatives in the poll for the first past poll dictates that whoevers in second place, you know , could second place, you know, could then potentially get a wave of support from the other party, but how the heck are you going to win as a red wall tory . You cant. Theyve abandoned it. Their strategy now is to try and retain 150 seats in the Home Counties , which is why theyre counties, which is why theyre trying to be a little bit liberal. You know, liberal democrats have seemed to have vanished into a. So how many do you think tory mps might come across to reform uk collection . Well, this is the point. You cant win as a conservative mp up north, your brand is completely destroyed. I mean some some will wear i mean i dont know. I mean when i say up north im talking about, you know, yeah midlands maybe Northern England it but but but england but it but but but frankly the polls are suggesting that so rebel tory is going to be dozens come across i think more than dozens tory mps could say because you know, say that because you know, theyre at a point where they cant win as a conservative. But they might have half a chance as a reform. Can you say that . You say that. You think, yeah. Or have you, you know, names that you cant say now or you can say no. Least 3 or 4 names of who are in talks now. Yeah. The people are talking about it. And i would expect this just to. But this is the to accelerate. But this is the farage factor that if he comes back and then they pick up another 2 or 3 points in the polls. So richard tice has done a good job. But i think the when you see 15 points in the polls, thats really the hope factor thats really the hope factor that nigels coming back right . But actually if he does come back and gets traction and you start to see, i think theres some polls out already saying that theyre ahead in with men in the midlands. Thats right. If you break it down, break it down. Theyre already leading in certain think the certain places. And i think the tory given up on tory party have given up on that. They know theyre going to lose. Theyre trying to focus lose. So theyre trying to focus on, you know, re emergence or on, you know, re emergence or one on, you know, re emergence or one tory, the mp for one nation soft tory, the mp for reigate, you know, was that kind of tory mp. Of tory mp. So itd be quite clear if nigel farage came to lead reform uk. I think ten, i think ten tory mps will walk across the, the thing straight away and i think as well that thats part of his calculus. You know mps are in contact with him daily about this kind of thing. And i think , this kind of thing. And i think, you know, if he does come back, it will be on the back of something fairly spectacular. Something fairly spectacular. Well, earlier we spoke to the labour commentator James Mathewson on its hopeful thinking. To put it mildly, from arron banks. I do think theres some stock in what he has to say. I wouldnt like to be a tory mp, in the red wall coming up to, you know, or supposedly the blue wall now, as it has been since 2019, coming up to this, you know, election , because there is know, election, because there is going to be an absolute swathe of them lose. However, this of them who lose. However, this idea that all of a sudden theyre all going to cross the floor theyre going to floor and theyre going to take a tory mps and a chance. Tory mps and conservatives notoriously, play it safe , you know, they will put it safe, you know, they will put their party before a lot of other things and i dont think i would be surprised to see ten cross the floor just because of nigel farage. As appealing as im sure, nigel farage leadership is to many tory mps, i think whats happening now, though, and arron banks did get this bang on, is the fact that the tories have accepted their fate. The tories staffers , who i fate. The tories staffers, who i speak to on a semi regular basis, have all conceded the fact theyre going to lose. Theyve conceded the fact theyre to get absolutely theyre going to get absolutely slaughtered and theyre going to get absolutely slalrealityd and theyre going to get absolutely slalreality is and theyre going to get absolutely slalreality is theyre and theyre going to get absolutely slalreality is theyre just and the reality is theyre just trying to make sure they can survive the day so that they can rebuild the big question for me is what does this mean for the tories after that election . Tories after that election . Now, the controversial nfl, tv and movie star oj simpson has died at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer. A battle with cancer. Well, back in 1995, simpson was acquitted for double murder of his ex wife and her friend in a sensational case that divided america. Two years later, a civil jury found simpson liable for wrongful death in that double murder. Well, his family put a statement out on x saying our father, Orenthal James simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer surrounded by his children and grandchildren. Children and grandchildren. Dunng children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace. Well, were now joined by lawyer carol kilgore. Good to lawyer carol kilgore. Good to see you this morning, carol. Its a complicated legacy, isnt it . I mean, you can hear the grief of the family there. The children and the grandchildren. And remember an nfl a and you remember an nfl star, a movie star. But really, most people the world will people around the world will know simpson for this moment know oj simpson for this moment in that criminal trial where he was acquitted of double murder. Thats right. Everybody remembers where they were when the verdict was read. Even the verdict was read. Even people that werent in the us at the time. And it was, as you the time. And it was, as you said, sensational, because a few years earlier with the rodney king, beating and there were race riots in la and it does feel like that was kind of the beginnings of all of what were experiencing now with a lot of the controversy around race in america. America. I heard someone make the argument that the rodney king, the i mean, there was video of this man being attacked by White Police Officers and yet they were acquitted. Yes, i heard some commentary saying in a way that the oj simpson acquittal was people trying to balance the books. Okay, if you like, thats probably an accurate estimation. Although there were other issues. Of course, rather than race around the trial, i mean, there was the whole defence team of , oj there was the whole defence team of, oj simpson. If you ever watch shows like the kardashians, you know, youre watching that legacy of those very famous lawyers. And it was one of those situations where the actual legal team became as famous as the celebrity, defendant. No, that is such an defendant. No, that is such an interesting take from all of this. I mean, talking about attorneys gloria allred, whos the who represented the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpsons family dunng Nicole Brown Simpsons family during trial, says during that murder trial, says that this whole case served as a reminder that the Justice System failed. Women and allowed celebrity men to avoid true justice. How true do you think thatis justice. How true do you think that is in this case . Well, i mean, nobody will ever know except o. J. Right . And obviously the victims would have known, but we cant ask them. But, you know, i mean, theres talk around the trial that , was talk around the trial that, was subsequent to that where he committed an Armed Robbery to get back some medals that he had lent to a friend. And it does show a pattern of behaviour which, you know, obviously, its not enough to, to, to have they didnt have enough evidence, i would assume, to have convicted him. But but, you know, and then he wrote a book called if i did it, where the word if was very, very small type on the front of the book. So people assumed from that, oh , you know, hes that, oh, you know, hes definitely guilty, but insofar as celebrity men being, not held accountable for their treatment of women , it is true that that of women, it is true that that happensin of women, it is true that that happens in america in particular. And weve seen lots of instances of that, particularly in the Metoo Movement , particularly in the Metoo Movement, but as you said, theres issues of race, of, celebrity, of, male, female, kind of, you know , sex wars and, kind of, you know, sex wars and, it was for that reason, such a sensational textbook case that captured everyones imagination. I mean, its interesting, though, isnt it . I mean, obviously and understandably Nicole Brown Simpson ron Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldmans didnt feel goldmans families didnt feel like they got justice. I mean, even with the civil, the civil suit, it still isnt justice in the same way. However for his life was destroyed after this, wasnt . Wasnt it . Well, if you ask, if you look at where he was at before, certainly i mean, the contrast he was kind of the male version of americas sweetheart, and obviously he was in the naked gun movie. He was in a lot of commercials, that people would have remembered growing up. And he was a very, very wholesome figure. So after that, of course, his reputation was going to be damaged, but he didnt help himself by committing the Armed Robbery. And in fact, as you pointed out, Armed Robbery. And in fact, as you pointed out , there was a you pointed out, there was a wrongful death claim which resulted in a judgement of was 33. 5 million. And of that , he 33. 5 million. And of that, he has only paid 130,000. Really . Correct. So one wonders when he got out of prison because he only served half of his sentence. He was paroled after nine years for the Armed Robbery, where all the money. You know, if he didnt pay it, where did all his money go . He would have had a pension from the nfl years. He would have had the nfl years. He would have had the money from his book sales, and, you know, maybe he bought property in certain states where the you can the house doesnt get taken by creditors. But now the families of nicole brown and mr goldmans family, they have to go after the estate, and you know, theyll have to file suits in multiple states in california, nevada and florida to try and recover the judgement, hes passed away. You cant you cant libel the dead. Cant you cant libel the dead. Can we say he did it . Well, on balance of probability. Now i mean, you can, but, his family , mean, you can, but, his family, he could come after you , you he could come after you, you know, i mean, you know, you cant level the dead. Thats true. But there are still, rights. And as the family have posted on twitter, on their twitter account, theyve said, you know, please respect our privacy. And it actually is, is a bit feels quite , kind of low a bit feels quite, kind of low bass thing to do to, to say now and go after the family. I think that, you know, the, the judgement for the wrongful death suit , that will have to be, that suit, that will have to be, that will have to be recovered and it will have to be recovered and it will be the family that will pay in the end, because the probate process will have to consider all the claims , of the victims families. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Carol kilgore , really good to carol kilgore, really good to see you this morning. Thank you very much for your time. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, whatever he did, its not familys fault. Not his familys fault. , there you go. No, there you go. No, there you go. Fascinating to look back its fascinating to look back at all of that, though. Oh, it really is. Oh, it really is. Yeah. And its a whole new generation of people now who have of oj simpson, have never heard of oj simpson, who starting to who are now just starting to look case. Look back at that case. Its a bit like i mean, and its a bit like i mean, it is tragic, its, its, it is tragic, but its, its, its like , oscar pistorius, its like, oscar pistorius, isnt these people who are isnt it . These people who are flying so high and it was even bigger for oj. I mean, he was americas sweetheart and a real role model for the black community in america. And then to be to be brought down like that. I mean, it was such a shock. Like it was like your biggest idol, fall from grace , biggest idol, fall from grace, but its a bit like oscar pistorius. And now what will he ever be remembered for . Well, you know, one thing. Well, you know, one thing. One thing only. Do get in touch with your views that touch with your views on that one. Gb news. Com your say, oh, youve got it there. Someone says youve youve got cue cards , see, i needed got cue cards, see, i needed that. Im just looking at all these various. There are so many messages coming through. You cant keep up with them can you, anton said with the oj simpson trial, it looked to me like the glove did fit. Yeah, i was always quite confused by that i mean, to me that that myself. I mean, to me that looks like a nice snug fit, but apparently no. Apparently in in the he really the courtroom he really struggled to fit it on. I mean , struggled to fit it on. I mean, have we got the footage of that . Here we go. Yeah. You can really see him struggling, but i did see him struggling, but i did see some comments this morning. He that plastic glove on he has got that plastic glove on underneath latex glove. Underneath the latex glove. Yeah. Have made it yeah. Which might have made it a bit more difficult. I mean i dont think it was. Its not like it was miles out in a way. Yeah. Yeah. No, its that famous line isnt it . If the glove dont fit, his fit, you must acquit from his defence attorney. Away from that and on to nike. Because, is it a paralympian . Because, is it a paralympian . Paralympians asked for one one shoe trainer. Why cant you buy one shoe, a few people getting in touch on this one. Lynne peachy says i often wished i could buy single shoes, so i have one foot a size different to the other. Different to the other. That is a really good point. I think lots of people have that. Is it quite common . Is it quite common . My mum does. My mum does. Oh, does she half a size out. Oh, does she half a size out. So what does she have to do. So what does she have to do. Put a little insole in. Put a little insole in. Oh put a little insole in. On very odd. Someone else on very odd. And someone else got before i lost it on got in touch before i lost it on the system. Many, so many , the system. So many, so many, but saying hes deaf in one ear. Yeah , but he always has to yeah, but he always has to buy two headphones. Yeah. Oh, yeah. What a waste of money. On to something here, though. On to something here, though. Single use, single . Single . Yeah. Single earbud or something. Single earbud or something. Yeah. One glove. Yeah. One glove. I think its the manufacturing process. It would become less efficient, wouldnt it . Yeah, i dont know. But in this world of diversity and inclusion, maybe we need to start about things like that. Buying singular gloves might not go down well with some of you, there you go. You, but there you go. Let us know what you think. Let us know what you think. Anyway, lets see what the weathers going to do. Oh, on the weather, someone its the weather, someone said its not the hottest not going to be the hottest april ever. This is chris jones, okay . Office itself okay . The met office itself states 29 degrees on states that it was 29 degrees on april the 16th, 1949. So its getting to 20 degrees tomorrow wouldnt be a record breaker. Chris so there you go. Chris. How about your knowledge on that one and youre beating the star . But anyway, lets see what the weather going to for you weather is going to do for you today with alex. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. A bit of a north south split as we go through today and into the weekend. Some dry fine weather towards the south, wetter further north this morning. There outbreaks of there are heavy outbreaks of rain pushing across parts of Northern Ireland into Northern England the bulk of england and across the bulk of scotland, northeastern scotland, though northeastern parts on to some parts clinging on to some sunshine into the afternoon. Do watch strong, gusty watch out for some strong, gusty winds in the northwest across the of england and wales. The bulk of england and wales. Lots of and at times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather afternoon and weather into this afternoon and temperatures rising to highs of around possibly even 22 around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. Everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. Sticking with the north south split as we go through the end of the and into tomorrow end of the day and into tomorrow. Rain across northern. Further rain across northern parts, particularly the parts, particularly across the borders , likely to see some borders area, likely to see some heavy bursts a time and heavy bursts for a time and showers in from the showers feeding in from the northwest staying drier northwest but staying drier towards south. And there towards the south. And there will clear skies but will be some clear skies, but quite of cloud have quite a bit of cloud and we have mild across us, so mild air across us, so temperatures dropping a huge temperatures not dropping a huge amount through amount for most places through saturday itself. Then a bit of cloud bringing some drizzly rain across western across northern and western parts and wales, parts of england and wales, perhaps south east, perhaps towards the south east, though fine and at times though lots of fine and at times sunny again, the more sunny weather. Again, the more unsettled picture will be once more across parts of scotland and here some and Northern Ireland. Here some hefty, pushing its and Northern Ireland. Here some heftjthrough pushing its and Northern Ireland. Here some heftjthrough and pushing its and Northern Ireland. Here some heftjthrough and temperatures for way through and temperatures for many will be down a touch compared today as we go into compared to today as we go into sunday and were going to see further showers, which could be heavy across northern heavy at times across northern areas, towards south, heavy at times across northern areetemperaturesds south, heavy at times across northern areetemperatures droppinthh, but temperatures dropping compared to recent. A outlook with boxt a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Now big congratulations are in order to victoria from hertfordshire, who you are very jealous of this morning. Ill tell you what. 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Yeah, definitely. How long have you been surfing for . Ive been surfing since i was eight years old. We moved from bristol to north devon, actually. So you were right. Devon is wild. It makes crazy devon is wild. It makes crazy things happen. But. Yeah. So since i was nine, so 20 years. Wow. What what drives you to all of this and what what drove you to really want to sort of, i guess, take on this challenge and do something as quite as crazy as as tackling a 60 footer. Yeah, ive been as i said, ive been surfing since i was nine years old, so its kind of been just my passion since i ever got on a board at and in time. Its kind of just evolved, i suppose. I did competitive surfing, the sort of surfing thats now in the olympics. As of last year, and that was great. I had an incredible career surfing with some brands and support that i could have only really dreamed of. And then i had a few years out, i retired, i really struggled with my Mental Health. Id been a competitive athlete since the age of 12, so , at around 2022, i age of 12, so, at around 2022, i took a little, little break for just some kind of Mental Health and health things. And yeah, thats interesting though, the idea that , you know, though, the idea that, you know, when youre doing something that presumably you loved, even from that early age, but it takes that early age, but it takes that of toll on you. Yeah, definitely. I think i mean , surfing in i think i mean, surfing in the uk is not exactly a career path thats particularly , path thats particularly, favoured. And i think i had to move away super young. When i was 15. I was already kind of travelling the world and not really around my that really around my family that much. And it was also a time much. And it was also a time where womens sport wasnt. You know, really valued for actual the athletes itself. So we were the athletes itself. So we were very like a lot of our value was put in our image and how we looked rather than what we were doing. So that had a real hit. Well, on that note, really interesting that you were at your love island, werent you . In that like for in 2018. What was that like for you accomplished athlete, you as an accomplished athlete, as someone who already had a career going on to a show that is all about body image, it was really important for me to be who laura needed to see when i was 15 on there, and to show that being strong is cool and its beautiful as well. And im not super glam. Im not great at doing my hair and makeup, and i think that was really important me really important for me personally that personally to show on that stage, because , yeah, i just stage, because, yeah, i just i felt like there was not much representation for that when i was younger, and was really was younger, and it was really important be that important for me to be that person. Dont really know if person. I dont really know if it, it relayed that way. It, if it got relayed that way. I came out and i had lots of things in the media about how i hadnt things in the media about how i hadnt had my nails done and all of these other things. So im not sure if it quite worked, but maybe a 60 foot wave will do it. I like the fact that i quite like the fact that youve, i mean, looking at some of the notes that you of some of the notes that you sent that sent through the idea that you talk youve your 60 talk about, youve done your 60 foot people have their foot wave, but people have their own 60 foot waves to with own 60 foot waves to deal with their own challenges in life. Yeah, definitely. I think its so easy to when youre, i guess, young kid or whatever, to have this passion that you know, that you just want to follow. It might be an astronaut or a big wave surfer or whatever it is. And i think its so important not to lose sight that and to not to lose sight of that and to realise that you realise the thing that you really passionate about really were passionate about before whatever, told before society or whatever, told you shouldnt be. And you that you shouldnt be. And i definitely got it hammered out of me that i could achieve this and it wasnt possible for and that it wasnt possible for and that it wasnt possible for a especially from the uk a female, especially from the uk , these things. So for me, to do these things. So for me, its message so much its this message is so much bigger than just me surfing a 60 foot for everyone to foot wave. Its for everyone to kind believe that you kind of, yeah, believe that you can things that you think can do the things that you think you can. Laura, we are almost out of time, youve already time, but youve already conquered foot conquered your your 60 foot wave. Whats you . Wave. Whats next for you . Bigger. Oh yeah. Yeah, that is sadly, the adrenaline rush of this is just too much to leave where it is. So yeah, were going bigger. Were pushing for the record and yeah, thats it. Next season were coming back. Oh well best of luck. Oh well best of luck. Thank you. Thank you. I was going to say all power to elbow but probably to to your elbow but probably to your yeah. Yeah. Laura great to see you. Laura great to see you. Thank you very much laura. Now should you name and shame your bad behaviour your ex for bad behaviour online, were going to be debating that next. Welcome back to breakfast. Now, men have hit out at a womens Facebook Page which exposes red flags about ex partners. Yes. Anonymous female members have been warned they could still be amassed and sued if their posts make false and damaging allegations. Damaging allegations. So today we are asking should women name and shame their exes onune . Lets talk to Lifestyle Content creator Kerry Whelpdale and marketing expert paul poly arrowsmith. Good to see you both this morning. Arrowsmith. Good to see you both this morning. Kerry, what do you this morning. Kerry, what do you make of this . Because from what i understand , you have to sign i understand, you have to sign up and say that youre not going to say anything derogatory. Youre not going to criticise women whove been out with these particular fellows. Its all about safeguarding women and nothing else. Think if someone has done i think if someone has done something bad, everyone should look out for one another and i think its for good people to highlight, to be honest, with you, this story makes me think of the tinder swindler straight away and i would never, ever want to date anybody who has any red flags. So if there are sites out there that highlight people that do have red flags, i think is a good thing. Okay, polly, what do you think . Think . Yes. I mean, i tend to think you have to do the red flags at times. I had, from my very personal perspective, my ex partner developed psychosis and put a lot of false information out about me personally. That was information out about me personally. That was damaging my own reputation and my businesss reputation , and i felt i had to reputation, and i felt i had to fight back , i mean, its. Well, fight back, i mean, its. Well, what about the fellas involved in this . What if they would say, polly . Well, i havent i havent done anything wrong here. Why am i being named and shamed . I being named and shamed . And i think it depends on personal circumstances , you personal circumstances, you know, but for me, i, i think i felt to i had do it to protect others and to raise awareness. Others and to raise awareness. And yes, are some women going to be vindictive about it . Yeah. Of course youre also going to get somebodys going to Say Something thats nasty, unfounded and so forth. So i think its, its on a case by case basis. Carrie, what do you think about the idea that there are two sides to every story, and women could write whatever they wanted to write online about an ex partner, but it doesnt actually allow them a defence. It doesnt allow that man to give his side version of events. I dont think this should just be about women bringing up red flags. I just be about women bringing up red flags. I think if women do the same, then men should be allowed to have sites exactly the same highlight, you know, the same to highlight, you know, if women do something wrong, i think everyone has the same equal rights here. So its not really about a men against or a woman against men. I think its just in general, red flags about people should be highlighted. I people should be highlighted. I definitely think that these sites can, go the wrong way and they can say derogatory things about people which are unfair , about people which are unfair, and thats i guess, when other people need to work that out themselves, if they decide to date this person that theyve seen red flags or, or heard red flags about, thats when they need to make their own decision. But i dont think it can be just women making these sites about men. I think it should be an equal ground and everyone should have well , that have their say, well, that sounds fair enough. Sadly, ladies, weve got to leave it there because were tight time this morning. But tight for time this morning. But carrie, both carrie, polly, thank you both very indeed. Of very much indeed. I sort of think im not. Im not against it. No, neither am i. No, the only thing id worry about is, legally, if you Say Something libellous, could you. Well, could you be sued . Well, yes. Well, yes. If someone caught wind of that, you could. I youve got to. The i think youve got to. The mind got to careful. My mind has got to be careful. My understanding is youre not actually you can actually allowed to. You can show of them. Youre show a picture of them. Youre not use full name not meant to use their full name or like that on them. Or anything like that on them. So its not meant be sort of so its not meant to be sort of naming shaming in that naming and shaming in that sense. Just done just sense. Its just all done just on visually. Sense. Its just all done just on well,ly. Sense. Its just all done just on well, ly. Know you well, let us know what you think have think about that. Youll have a view. Say. View. Gbnews. Com your say. Yeah, lets say men should have site that do the same have a site that can do the same thing. Go. Yeah. Set thing. There you go. Yeah. Set one facebook if you want. One up on facebook if you want. Why not . Yeah. All right. Its fair. Yeah. All right. Its fair. Yeah. All right. Up, were going to coming up, were going to talk shadow defence talk to the shadow defence minister next. 745. All right. Lets get a bit of politics for you this morning. And talk to the shadow defence minister, luke pollard, who joins us now. Great to see you this morning. Tell us more you this morning. Tell us more about labours defence plans, because its all a bit of a shocker isnt it . 2. 5 looking at of gdp, looking at defence spending and looking at increasing the Nuclear Deterrent. More building at the shipyard in barrow in furness. I mean, its such a shift from what we were seeing only five years ago. Well, keir has changed the labour party and he is determined that labour goes into the next general election trusted on defence, which perhaps we might not have been in the past. And that is why keir is in barrow today, making clear commitment to our clear labours commitment to our Nuclear Deterrent to build the four new dreadnought Nuclear Submarines that we need to have to maintain that deterrent in barrow, supporting uk jobs and the uk supply chain, and making clear that when , economic clear that when, Economic Conditions allow, we hope to get to 2. 5 of gdp on defence, making sure that we can support those men and women in our armed forces have the equipment and the capabilities need the capabilities that they need to deter aggression, but if necessary, defeat an opponent in war. And that is what keir is setting out today a strong position on defence. Well, defence secretary grant shapps says that sir keir starmer is the same man that tried twice to put Jeremy Corbyn in charge of the Nations Armed forces. He says this is the same forces. He says this is the same man who wanted to scrap our Nuclear Deterrent, dismantle nato and question integrity nato and question the integrity of British Intelligence community. So can the british pubuc community. So can the British Public trust the labour party with defence . Or is sir keir starmer just with defence . Or is sir keir starmerjust saying anything starmer just saying anything that he needs to in order to get into number 10 . No, keir has changed the labour party. Hes made it very clear that the labour party that we have in 2024 is very different from the one that went to the polls in 2019. Weve set out clearly a commitment, an absolute commitment to the Nuclear Deterrent and unshakeable commitment to nato and an ambition to get to 2. 5 of gdp on defence. Now, weve seen from the government that theyre cutting defence spending in the last budget only a few weeks ago, they actually cut the day to day spending of defence. And when ben wallace, the and so when ben wallace, the former defence secretary, former tory defence secretary, got to his feet in the house of commons about a year ago and said that defence had been hollowed underfunded said that defence had been hollovthe underfunded said that defence had been hollovthe conservative rfunded under the conservative government. He was right. The thing is, the world is a more contested and difficult place than it has been for a very long time, and thats why we need to make that the armed forces make sure that the armed forces have the resources they to have the resources they need to keep the uk and our allies safe. Thats why a commitment to the continuous at sea deterrent, those Nuclear Submarines always at sea, able to defend the uk and our allies, is so important. But its also why were setting out that defence spending should be directed at uk companies first, before we look at buying from international companies. Thats supporting jobs in the uk supply chain right across the united kingdom, making sure that its not just those people in uniform , they get the benefit of uniform, they get the benefit of that policy, but its the entire supply chain across the country as well, look, a lot of people would cheer you on. I can hear the people of barrow cheering you on, pretty much. I mean, thats where im from. So i know the shipyard very, very well there. And yet there will be people who say, great, but youre sounding more tory than the tories. The tories. Well, its important that we get the investment into barrow, because if they are to build more submarines, we need to have more submarines, we need to have more investment in barrow. And that more investment in that means more investment in skills as the skills as well as the non defence investment around housing, transport and skills as well. But when it comes to defence, it is important that people, when they vote, can have confidence that a future Labour Government would not only be strong on the economy and Rachel Reeves has set out why economic stability matters so much, but also on National Security as well. These are difficult times well. These are difficult times we are in at the moment. We can see with russian aggression, rising threats to not only our allies, our nato allies in eastern europe, but also threats to the uk, as well as a hot war in ukraine that we must continue to support our ukrainian friends until they win. We need to make sure that the electorate knows that their National Security will be safe with a Labour Government and that we have a policy to deal with the capability gaps and the hollowing out that weve seen under the conservatives on over the last 14 years. I mean, the army is the smallest level. Its been since the napoleonic eras. Weve lost 200 aircraft from the raf and 1 in 5 Royal Navy Ships have been scrapped. Thats not a record to be proud of. But importantly, its not the record that we need to keep the uk and our allies safe in these more difficult times. And thats why keir barrow today, setting keir is in barrow today, setting out clearly our policy of investing in the skills the workforce in barrow to build the new Nuclear Submarines that we need, and to make sure that when economic allow, Economic Conditions allow, were able defence able to increase defence spending to making sure spending to 2. 5, making sure that can replace those lost that we can replace those lost capabilities and have a strong , capabilities and have a strong, armed forces set up to support the uk and support our allies abroad as well. Abroad as well. Okay. Luke pollard, good to talk to you this morning. Can i just say im impressed that you people have been saying barrow in furness and not barrow in furness, which totally wrong , furness, which is totally wrong, make sure keir gets it right today. Otherwise its going to be in a whole heap of trouble when hes up there. Thanks for to talking today. To talking us today. You very much. Well, thank you very much. Well, Claire Pearsall and nigel nelson are us very good morning to are with us very good morning to you both. What do you make of that . And labours plan for defence. Its quite interesting. What a turnaround. Five years. A turnaround. Five years. Big turnaround. Big turnaround. Yeah. Five years ago you had corbyn really anti nuclear corbyn really anti Nuclear Deterrent. Corbyn really anti Nuclear Deterrent. Wanted to rid of deterrent. Wanted to get rid of trident. And then we went sort of through the ed miliband who wanted sort of minimal deterrent and a little bit less of it all. And really gone full tories, as you said , quite interesting that you said, quite interesting that there hasnt been a labour leader in the nuclear yard at barrow in furness for at least 30 years. Wow. Wow. Karen delph, delphi says the new dreadnought class is already being built in barrow. Labour are not promising anything new. The new subs already the four new subs are already part of australia contract. Well thats true. I mean the what the situation at moment what the situation at the moment is that weve our, vanguard is that weve got our, vanguard submarines, which carry the trident missiles, theyre being replaced by these new dreadnoughts and those are the ones that keirs going up to. C and c built in barrow. The point. The most significant thing about this is the commitment to trident. Trident is phenomenally trident. Trident is phenomenally expensive. It probably will cost 200 £200 billion, so much more than the Health Service costs. But its a question of whether or not we go for conventional forces. Ukraine is has opened the possibility of a land war in europe, so conventional forces will be needed. But we cant do both. What luke pollard just signalled there. And i think obviously Keir Starmers trip to barrow reinforces it is we think that britains defence is best served by having submarines. They can pop out of nowhere without anyone seeing them and file their nuclear missiles, should we ever need to. Should we ever need to. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. What about. And we have quite a few like anita getting in touch this morning saying that labour mp is not telling the truth. He slipped up by saying , truth. He slipped up by saying, you know, theyll go to 2. 5 of gdp when economically viable. In other words, theyre not going to do it. And i think thats the problem. Its all well to problem. Its all very well to say you want to build say that you you want to build all these things, want to all these things, you want to spend money, but they spend all the money, but they know well that the economic know full well that the economic progress the country is slow, progress of the country is slow, to spend 2. 5, which we absolutely should have been doing anyway. And i think ben wallace, the former defence secretary, was quite plain on that. But i think labour are backing themselves into a corner. Theyre going out there, theyre looking at the shiny new subs, theyre saying how marvellous and they marvellous it all is, and they really uk defence really want the uk Defence Industry be up and running. Industry to be up and running. But there isnt the money to do it. Wheres it coming from . But there isnt the money to do it. So wheres it coming from . But there isnt the money to do it. So arents it coming from . But there isnt the money to do it. So arent they ming from . But there isnt the money to do it. So arent they being from . So arent they being economically then. Yes economically sensible then. Yes but also economical with the truth as to how much theyre actually going to push forward. Because, as youve already said, class is said, the dreadnought class is already built. So the already being built. So the aukus part of a boris aukus deal was part of a boris johnson, premiership. So all of thatis johnson, premiership. So all of that is in place. So what is it that is in place. So what is it that is in place. So what is it that he is going to invest in and how much money and where is that money going to come from . And thats unfortunate. The problem with labour is that you never get where the money is coming from. You never get these costed plans. Well, whole about well, the whole point about getting 2. 5, especially getting to the 2. 5, especially if trump becomes president later on this year, is we need that for our nato commitment now. Its absolutely right to say, you know what, when the financial situation allows , if financial situation allows, if necessary, you could borrow the money. I mean, the trouble is what your lot will do is say, oh, well, well put up taxes and stuff like that. And theres no really what theyre likely to do. Well, well, it isnt , because well, well, it isnt, because if you need to borrow to invest, you might borrow that, borrow that money if needed. Or they find that extra half £1 billion and at the moment at 2, they found an extra half £1 billion from somewhere else. Right . So its going to be another spending thing that theyre going to back out on because i think weve seen this, havent we. So the windfall tax was going to pay for lots of Different Things four times over , the vat on private schools, thats to pay for an thats also going to pay for an awful things. Then awful lot of things. And then youve non dom status youve got the non dom status tax loophole, which we did. And you kind of think, wheres the money coming from . You cant tell us all costs. Well , well tell us all costs. Well, well all costed. Well, well all costed. He said, well let us know what you think. Gb views. No, no gb news commun i say yes, nigel and clare, thank you very much. Lets take a look at the weather now for you. Weather now for you. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. A bit of a north south split as we go through today and into the weekend. Some dry fine weather towards south, wetter towards the south, wetter further north. This morning there are heavy outbreaks of rain pushing across parts of Northern Ireland northern Northern Ireland into Northern England the bulk of england and across the bulk of scotland , though northeastern scotland, though northeastern parts some parts clinging on to some sunshine afternoon. Do sunshine into the afternoon. Do watch out for some strong, gusty winds the northwest across winds in the northwest across the bulk england and wales. The bulk of england and wales. Lots and at times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather into this afternoon and temperatures highs of temperatures rising to highs of around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. Everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. Sticking with the north south split as we go through the end of the day into tomorrow end of the day and into tomorrow. Rain northern. Further rain across northern parts, across the parts, particularly across the borders area, likely to see some heavy bursts for a time and showers in from the showers feeding in from the northwest, staying towards showers feeding in from the non south , staying towards showers feeding in from the non south and ying towards showers feeding in from the non south and there towards showers feeding in from the non south and there willtowards showers feeding in from the non south and there will be ards showers feeding in from the norisouth and there will be some the south and there will be some clear skies, but quite a bit of cloud we have mild air cloud and we have mild air across so temperatures not across us, so temperatures not dropping for most dropping a huge amount for most places saturday itself. Places through saturday itself. Then bringing then a bit of cloud bringing some drizzly rain across northern western parts of northern and western parts of england perhaps england and wales, perhaps towards the southeast, though lots fine times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather again , the more weather again, the more unsettled picture will be once more across parts scotland more across parts of scotland and here, some and Northern Ireland. Here, some hefty, pushing its hefty, showery rain pushing its way and temperatures for way through and temperatures for many will be down touch many will be down a touch compared to today as we go into sunday were to see sunday and were going to see further showers, which could be heavy across northern heavy at times across northern areas, the south areas, drier towards the south but temperatures dropping compared recent. Compared to recent. Outlook with boxt a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news weve set out clearly a commitment, an absolute commitment, an absolute commitment to the Nuclear Deterrent and an unshakeable commitment to nato and an ambition to get to 2. 5 of gdp on defence. Yes, keir starmer is trying to paint the labour party as the party of defence, but can he afford to put his money where his mouth is . Find out more with me very soon. Controversial nfl star o. J. Controversial nfl star oj. Simpson, who was cleared of murdering his ex wife and her friend in a criminal trial, dies at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer. People in portland, furious over what they deem to be a luxury Free Bus Service to ferry Asylum Seekers around and in the last hour, the latest gdp numbers showed that the economy grew by 0. 1 in february. Thats to according the office for national statistics, meaning that the uk has dodged recession. The news presenter , rachel the news presenter, Rachel Burdon, has said that having a baby at 41 was really selfish. Baby at 41 was really selfish. Well debate that later on. Good morning england captain harry kane says his three children are fine after they were involved in a three car crash in germany earlier this week. We look back on a thrilling night of Europa League action and golf well have action and in golf well have updates from the masters, some warm sunshine across southern parts as we head into the weekend. But a wetter story further north. Ill have more in the full forecast shortly. Full forecast shortly. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello , dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Loads and this is breakfast on gb news. Loads of you are getting in touch on the new forum this morning. Gb news commun also including david johnson. Morning, david. Were talking about pensions in the papers a little bit earlier on, and this idea that the triple lock, it wasnt about getting rid of the triple lock. The papers are saying some people are being failed by the triple lock, different types of pensions and what you. David says what have you. And david says the triple lock. Not everyone has a private pension stephen. Millions us only get the millions of us only get the bafic millions of us only get the basic state pension which is one of the lowest in europe. So the triple lock boosts this small amount because i wasnt saying, david, that everyone has a private pension. What i was responding to was someone getting in touch saying, well, its not fair. We should have the triple lock because Civil Servants and mps things have servants and mps and things have golden pensions , pointing golden plated pensions, pointing out that their private pensions are not the state pension. And it must be incredibly difficult if youve only got the state pension actually, of course, moved for the issue is that moving forward, the state pension isnt going to exist. Its not. And i dont know how long, but itll be got rid of at some point. And thats partly why everyone has to have a workplace pension. Now its all sort of set up, isnt it . When you start a new job, you put on a workplace pension. I suppose you can opt out it if you you can opt out of it if you really wanted to, but most wouldnt be very wise if you did, because the did, wouldnt be because the state, time retire, im state, by the time i retire, im not expecting a state pension. Really . Oh, you think it will happen potentially happen that quickly . Potentially well, i was thinking its going to take. Oh, thanks, darling. Oh, thanks, darling. Oh, thanks, darling. No no no no, i mean, i thought it was going to take decades and decades and decades. I in, i wasnt i dont think, as in, i wasnt even going to see it. I dont think were going to i think were going to be i dont think were going to be able afford it. And the trip able to afford it. And the trip and the triple lock, the and the triple lock, i mean, the triple lock, you know, triple lock, i well, you know, i think the triple lock is a good idea, but then youve got to look the is it, what is look at the fact, is it, what is it costing us. Yeah. Im not im not im not advocating getting rid of dont get me wrong, rid of it. Dont get me wrong, im just controversial. Whoever comes out with that. Whoever comes out with that. Saying, when im just saying, when you when at the bigger when you look at the bigger picture, which is why politicians have and politicians have to do and someone at some at some point is going have say, no, well going to have to say, no, well have a double lock, but not a triple lock. That might have to be the way it goes. Would not surprise me if it would not surprise me if its im not saying the labour party do but im saying party will do it, but im saying is when you need a party to get into power huge majority into power with a huge majority who authority to who then have the authority to 90, who then have the authority to go, can do this, and we still go, we can do this, and we still probably to be all right probably going to be all right for election. As well. For the next election. As well. Yeah. Yeah. So as the polls suggest, Something Like that might happen in year, who knows in the next year, well who knows which the potential least which got the potential at least if they get it. If labour get a huge majority, theyve got the majority, then theyve got the potential do of things potential to do a lot of things which are politically quite otherwise quite difficult. Whether will or whether whether they will or not. Saying they not. I mean, im not saying they will, saying they have will, im just saying they have the there. The potential there. On that note, is but on that note, this is really we didnt really interesting. We didnt get it to our labour get to put it to our labour round a little bit earlier on, but front page of the guardian this basically this morning is basically warning lose warning that labour could lose key over their stance in key seats over their stance in gaza and the climate crisis. Apparently young voters and muslim really muslim voters are feeling really alienated of this, so alienated by all of this, so that be difference that could be the difference between parliament and majority. I dont think itll be that many, really. No but its interesting because does interesting because how does the labour party appease all sides in this . And they cant. In all of this . And they cant. Difficult job because its a difficult job because its who are frustrated its people who are frustrated on so labour on a single issue, and so labour isnt going to acquiesce to that. Yes. I wouldnt have thought. But would it be enough to the way the figures are looking at the moment, i dont think that would be enough to cause a hung parliament. Maybe a hung is a good idea. Hung parliament is a good idea. Maybe thats need , im maybe thats what we need, im always uncomfortable. Always a bit uncomfortable. Im. Thats what im. Im. Thats not what they want. Uncomfortable with it. I im uncomfortable with it. I dont like hung parliaments. Get things done, no, i cant get things done, can you . But anyway, is the can you . But anyway, this is the new that loads of you are new forum that loads of you are messaging in on. It is gb news. Com say now anne. Com your say oh now anne Harvey Stephen stop making harvey says stephen stop making people about getting people worry about not getting their pension. Their state pension. Worry anne. Dont you worry anne. Dont you worry anne. Its only hes not in charge. Its only hes not in charge. Nothings going to happen. Im in charge. Im not in charge. Its it will only be and its it will only be people who are nowhere near getting. Theyre nowhere near retirement yet. So yeah. Retirement age yet. So yeah. Okay. Okay. Redeeming myself, digging myself that hole. Myself out of that hole. Just im just putting im just im just putting forward a, an idea. I mean, theyve been talking about it not happening for years. Anyway. Enough of that. If you want to get in touch or dig when youre in stephen, in a hole, stephen, stop digging. If want to get digging. And if you want to get in this is how you do it. In touch, this is how you do it. Then go to gbnews. Com your then you go to gbnews. 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Now good to have your company. Now lets have look at our top lets have a look at our top story this morning. The labour leader sir yes, the labour leader sir keir starmer, uks keir starmer, says the uks Nuclear Deterrent the bedrock Nuclear Deterrent is the bedrock of plan to keep britain of his plan to keep britain safe. Of his plan to keep britain saf meanwhile , sir keir well, meanwhile, sir keir starmer said he would to starmer said he would like to boost the defence budget to 2. 5 of gdp. A little earlier we spoke to the shadow defence minister, luke pollard. Luke pollard. Gold is a more contested and difficult place than it has been for a very long time, and thats why we need to make sure that the armed forces have the resources they need to keep the uk and our allies safe. Thats why a commitment to the continuous at sea deterrent, those Nuclear Submarines always at sea, able to defend the uk and our allies is so important. But its also why were setting out that defence spending should be directed at uk companies first, before we look at buying from international companies. Well, were joined now by our Political Correspondent olivia utley, who is live for us in westminster. Good to you, westminster. Good to see you, olivia. And its really just such a stark contrast, isnt it, to the corbyn era just five years ago . Years ago . Well, exactly, ellie, i mean, it couldnt really be more of a contrast. Jeremy corbyn advocated in an impassioned way for nuclear disarmament, said that he would get rid of trident if he were to be Prime Minister now keir starmer is pitching labour as the party of defence. He says that labour would raise defence spending to 2. 5. They would build more submarines as they would continue to keep that all year round. Submarine defence at sea all the time. And he is visiting barrow in furness, which no labour leader has done for over 30 years. The question for labour is can they really afford what theyre promising here over and over again . John healey, the shadow defence secretary, has been asked what he would invest in defence, how much of gdp he would spend on defence and up until now hes refused to say. Hes said that the tory party has hollowed out our defence forces, but he actually wont wouldnt have put a figure on it because he said that labour would need to do a study into what was being spent at the moment, would have to do a sort of overhaul, see what was going on before they could commit a figure. Now starmer has figure. Now keir starmer has turned his head is turned that on his head and is very much committing a figure. But where is he getting that money as it doesnt money from . As yet it doesnt seem be costed. We will seem to be costed. We will expect to hear more about that over the coming days , but for over the coming days, but for now its not clear at all. Will this be a labour promise which a bit further down the line, a bit closer to the election we end up seeing being watered down a little bit. I think we should all have our eyes on the labour manifesto to see exactly what happens with that 2. 5 promise. And olivia, ive got to ask you, is that sky behind you real . It is absolutely beautiful i well, i m well, i went out at lunch time at breakfast time, because it looked so beautiful. But outside it really doesnt look that beautiful at all. So, im not sure whats going on behind me. We might have a lovely filter across it. Its captivating as are you, olivia. Thank you very much. Much. Im sorry. Im sorry. Im sorry. I dont know whats going on, sticking with some slightly political stuff. Pensions. Because ive set the cat amongst the pigeons today. Deborah the pigeons today. Deborah betts. Hi. Deborah says im 57, ive been a stay at home carer most of my working life. I have no private pension. I hope i will get my state pension. Dont panic. Stevens panicking you all. I totally agree it will be phased out. I just hope not yet. Theres 57. No, youll be fine. Youll be fine as well. Stephen i just think they might announce it the next 5 to 10 it within the next 5 to 10 years. And then it will. Itll be 20 years of phasing it out. So i dont think itll happen. Theyre not going to just say, right, were stopping it. Therell youll be fine. Therell be. So youll be fine. Youve got a workplace but if youve got a workplace pension, you put it aside . I pension, do you put it aside . I got a letter through the other day. I havent got a in day. I havent got a lot in there. I was thinking, oh, can i have to keep working . Yeah, but a ahead. A long time ahead. Well terrifying. Yeah, well its terrifying. You can add. You can, you can add. First i thought about first time i thought about it, its when you get it, actually, its when you get the letter saying, oh, youve got what looks like pot got what looks like a large pot and they oh, that will and then they say, oh, that will bnng and then they say, oh, that will bring you in £19,000 a year on an annuity. Like, what . And youre like, what . And youre like, what . You want to have because you want to have enough your holidays. Enough to go on your holidays. Its scary stuff. Were its scary, scary stuff. Were all longer. Its scary, scary stuff. Were all longer. Its an all living longer. Its an expensive live, dont just expensive to live, dont we just know it . Know it . Right. Lets move on to oj simpson, should we . Heck, thats a bit of a name from the past, isnt it . And what a controversial name it has been. Controversial name it has been. He has died at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer. After a battle with cancer. Well, back in 1995, simpson was acquitted for double murder of his ex wife and her friend in a sensational case that divided america. Two years later, a civil jury found simpson liable for wrongful death in that double murder. Well, his family have put a statement out on x saying our father, Orenthal James simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer surrounded by his children and grandchildren dunng children and grandchildren during this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their privacy and grace. Well, earlier we spoke to us lawyer carol kilgore. Lawyer carol kilgore. Everybody remembers where they were when the verdict was read. Even people that werent in the us at the time. And it was, as you said, sensational, because a few years earlier with the rodney king, beating and there were race riots in la. And it does feel like that was kind of the beginnings of all of what were experiencing now, with a lot of the controversy around race in america. I heard someone make the argument that the rodney king, the i mean, there was video of this man being attacked by White Police Officers, and yet they were acquitted. Yes, i, i heard some commentary saying in a way that the oj simpson acquittal was people trying to balance the books. Okay, if you like , thats books. Okay, if you like, thats probably an accurate estimation. Although there were other issues. Of course, rather than race around the trial, i mean, there was the whole defence team of, oj simpson, if you ever watch shows like the kardashians, you know, youre watching that legacy of those very famous lawyers. And it was very famous lawyers. And it was one of those situations where the actual legal team became as famous as the celebrity, defendant. Defendant. No, that is such an interesting take from all of this. I interesting take from all of this. I mean, talking about attorneys gloria allred, whos the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpsons family dunng Nicole Brown Simpsons family during that murder trial, says that this whole case served as a reminder that the Justice System failed women and allowed celebrity men to avoid true justice. How true do you think thatis justice. How true do you think that is in this case, well, i mean, nobody will ever know except o. J, right . And obviously the victims would have known, but we cant ask them. But, you know, i mean, theres talk around the trial that was subsequent to that where he committed an Armed Robbery to get back some medals that he had lent to a friend. And it does show a pattern of behaviour which, you know, obviously , its which, you know, obviously, its not enough to, to, to have they didnt have enough evidence, i would assume, to have convicted him. But, you know, and then he him. But, you know, and then he wrote a book called if i did it, where the word if was very , very where the word if was very, very small type on the front of the book. So small type on the front of the book. So people assumed from that, oh, you know, hes definitely guilty , but insofar definitely guilty, but insofar as celebrity men being, not held accountable for their treatment of women, it is true that that happensin of women, it is true that that happens in america in particular. And weve seen lots of instances of that , of instances of that, particularly in the Metoo Movement , particularly in the Metoo Movement, but as you said, theres issues of race, of celebrity, of, male, female , celebrity, of, male, female, kind of, you know, sex wars. And, it was for that reason , and, it was for that reason, such a sensational textbook case, that captured everyones imagination. I mean, its interesting , though, isnt it . Interesting, though, isnt it . I mean, obviously and understandably Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldmans families didnt feel like they got justice. I mean , even with got justice. I mean, even with the civil, the civil suit, it still isnt justice in the same way, however, his life was destroyed after this, wasnt it . Well, if you ask , if you look well, if you ask, if you look at where he was at before, certainly. I mean, the contrast, he was kind of the male version of americas sweetheart, and obviously he was in the naked gun movie. He was in a lot of commercials , that people would commercials, that people would have remembered growing up. And he was a very, very wholesome figure. So after that , of figure. So after that, of course, his reputation was going to be damaged , but he didnt to be damaged, but he didnt help himself by committing the Armed Robbery. Armed robbery. Well, its been just over six months now since the governments controversial barge, the bibby stockholm, opened its doors to Asylum Seekers. Well, since then, tensions amongst locals have been running high. One of the main sources of frustration amongst portlanders is a luxury Free Bus Service that reportedly ferries Asylum Seekers around, while locals are left out. Well, our south west of england reporterjeff moody well, our south west of england reporter jeff moody went to portland to find a Community Just as angry and divided as ever. Even when the bus comes in portland, not everyone can get on it. If they travel on the bus with the local community, there could be some sort of integration because a lot of people are confused and why theyre here, and maybe a little chat on the bus, because thats where people do talk, because i meet people on the bus every day and you end up chatting. Wouldnt this be a great way to integrate . But no, theyre separated and how can the local community move forward if theyre always kept in isolation from us . For some, there are echoes of segregation, and its leading to resentment. Resentment at the special buses and resentment at the health care the bibi residents receive resentment at the wet weather gear for hiking that Dorset Council provides. Six months on from the arrival of the first residents on the bibby stockholm, the feeling in the local community is just as strong. Just as divided and just as passionate as it always has been. And while a community that didnt ask for this argues and accuses the sheer cost of the bibby stockholm sticks in their throat, £34. 8 million. If you break that down into figures that works out at capacity at about 4500 pounds per month per head. And i mean, if you do a little bit of investigation, you can rent a really plush house in sandbanks for that money or an apartment in chelsea. Each or , you know, in chelsea. Each or, you know, you may as well just send them on a caribbean cruise for a month all inclusive, because thats what, 4500 pounds a month will get you for your money. They were sold the idea the barge was cheaper on the taxpayers pocket than asylum hotels. But in an investigation by the National Audit office into the National Audit office into the home offices asylum policy , the home offices asylum policy, it was revealed not only is this more expensive than hotels at the time of commissioning, the barge , the home office had not barge, the home office had not even estimated costs. They were flying blind. Im shocked really. I mean , im shocked really. I mean, the home office blatantly lied, they told us that the bibby stockholm was to offer value for the taxpayer for housing Asylum Seekers and we now know from the National AuditOffice Document that was released at the end of march that its not just a little bit more expensive, its exorbitantly expensive. Exorbitantly more expensive. I mean, the cost , mean, its obscene. The cost, the money that is being thrown at this barge. In a statement, the home office told gb news we have always been clear that the use of asylum hotels is unacceptable and thats why we acted swiftly to the impact on local to reduce the impact on local communities by moving Asylum Seekers to on barges and former military sites. While the National Audit offices figures include set up costs, it is currently better value for money for the taxpayer to continue with these sites than to use hotels, but the taxpayers in portland dont feel theyre getting value and they dont feel valued either. And its starting to be a problem. Jeff moody, gb news is well, thats a little bit like salt in the wound, isnt it . For that, you can understand peoples frustration with all of that. Anyway, on a lighter note, paul wilkie says, are you two the same off camera . On you both cheer my mornings up. No. Well, paul, cheer my mornings up. No. Well, paul , no, we dont no. Well, paul, no, we dont talk when anything. We actually hate each other. Would you believe . Sit there like that. Sit there like that. Like this . Like. No, we are like this . Like. No, we are exactly the same. Ironically, its bev and andrew who really like each other, and then they just. They just fake for the. They just fake it for the. They really on. Really get on. Yeah. Viewers actually really like that though. Theyre like a they like bickering, sparring husband wife. Husband and wife. Like its like your oh its like its like your worst possible married couple. Those yeah dont like those two. Yeah i dont like bickering, but i feel like families. No, i dont like it either. But i do feel like the two of them do deep down really love each them do deep down really love eac do think . I them do deep down really love eacdo think . I think so, do you think . I think so, i like to believe in love. Yeah. Yeah but, no, what you see is what you get with us is exactly the same, right . So. So. Right. Right. Its we both got so its just we both got slightly on slightly posher voices on because sound more because obviously i sound more northern shes from essex, northern and shes from essex, so imagine what she so you can imagine what she sounds the microphones sounds like when the microphones are give give us a are off. Give us a, give us a bit of essex. Youre right vibes. So its not quite like that. So its not quite like that. But yes, its like, its like the only way essex. The only way is essex. Yeah it is. That is my neck of the woods actually. Just go to with all of them to school with all of them anyway. Like the anyway. We address like the sunshine are we going to sunshine we are. Are we going to get some sunshine lets get some sunshine today . Lets ask burkill. Ask alex burkill. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news. Weather update brought to you by the met office. A bit of a north south split as we go through today and into the weekend. Some dry fine weather towards the south, wetter further north this morning. There heavy outbreaks there are heavy outbreaks of rain across parts rain pushing across parts of northern into northern Northern Ireland into Northern England and across bulk of england and across the bulk of scotland, northeastern scotland, though northeastern parts on to some parts clinging on to some sunshine into the afternoon. Do watch out some strong, gusty watch out for some strong, gusty winds in the northwest across the bulk of england and wales. Lots and at times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather afternoon and weather into this afternoon and temperatures rising to highs of around possibly even 22 around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. Everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. Sticking with the north south split as we go through the end the day and into tomorrow end of the day and into tomorrow. Further rain across northern parts, the parts, particularly across the borders likely to see some borders area, likely to see some heavy for a time and heavy bursts for a time and showers feeding from showers feeding in from the northwest, drier northwest, staying drier towards the there will be some the south and there will be some clear skies, but quite a bit of cloud and we have mild air across us, so temperatures not dropping amount for most dropping a huge amount for most places through saturday itself. Then bringing then a bit of cloud bringing some rain across some drizzly rain across northern and western parts of england perhaps england and wales, perhaps towards the south east, though lots at times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather again , the more weather again, the more unsettled picture will be once more of scotland more across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. Here, some hefty, rain pushing hefty, showery rain pushing its way and temperatures for way through and temperatures for many a touch many will be down a touch compared today as we go into compared to today as we go into sunday and were going to see further which could be further showers, which could be heavy at across northern heavy at times across northern areas, towards the south areas, drier towards the south but dropping but temperatures dropping compared to recent. Outlook with boxt a brighter outlook with boxt solar of weather on gb solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. 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When the pizza oven arrives, becyeah, weve been pricing up yeah, weve been pricing up pizza, pizza , pizza ovens pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza ovens this morning. So i think you should get one. Really . Well, no. First of all, she said she would buy me one unless the price was £300. And then i said, well, you cant afford to buy one because youre saving up for a wedding. So she said, will you buy me one for the wedding . So you havent got a garden . Yet. Darling but maybe in not yet. Darling but maybe in time manifest, starting time we can manifest, starting with oven there. Anyway, with pizza oven there. Anyway, still to come, the broadcaster rachel having rachel burton, has said having a baby 41 was really selfish. Baby at 41 was really selfish. So morning were asking the so this morning were asking the question, is having a baby in your 40s selfish . Next. Just a quickie from christine stock. As i said, everyones waiting for the prize to, you know, work through that im not waiting for the prize. Im waiting for the prize. Im waiting for the sports news. Please aidan will be here very shortly. Youre in luck. About ten minutes time. In about ten minutes time. In about ten minutes time. Couldnt him last hour we couldnt do him last hour because we just had too much to pack our political pack in because of our political interview, will be interview, so. But he will be here very shortly. Here very, very shortly. Waiting in wings. So hes waiting in the wings. So to now, what do you make to speak. Now, what do you make of this . Youre going to have a view, for sure. The view, thats for sure. The broadcaster, rachel has broadcaster, rachel burton, has said a baby at 41 said that having a baby at 41 was selfish and admitted was really selfish and admitted she felt arrogant assume that she felt arrogant to assume that it be free of it would be free of complications as well. It would be free of conshestions as well. It would be free of conshes now as well. It would be free of conshes now 49 well. It would be free of conshes now 49 and. It would be free of conshes now 49 and a mother of shes now 49 and a mother of four, she ended up giving four, and she ended up giving birth prematurely birth to her son prematurely after convincing husband, after convincing her husband, whos also a journalist. It was the right time. So today were asking that very question is it selfish to have kids over the age of 40 . Lets to journalist lets talk to journalist Olivia Buxton and child and behavioural expert amanda jennen behavioural expert amanda jenner. Good to see you both. Olivia is it selfish . I think as long as you want to have a child prepared to love it and raise it, its no more selfish. At 40 or over than any other age. Other age. Amanda, what do you make of it . It . I think that its. I think it is selfish because , you know, is selfish because, you know, theres so many milestones that your child would want to hit with you later on in life. And obviously , theres loads of obviously, theres loads of factors to this, you know, because i speak to so many people and they say to me, you know, when their parents are older havent even hit older and they havent even hit their 20s, theyre saying, oh, im sure my mum or my dad im not sure my mum or my dad will here when im getting will be here when im getting married or having my first grandchild and, and, you know, married or having my first granthat. D and, and, you know, married or having my first granthat can1d, and, you know, married or having my first granthat can reallyi, you know, married or having my first granthat can really affect know, married or having my first granthat can really affect them. And that can really affect them. And feel have to rush and they feel they have to rush certain milestones in their lives. So i think, know, lives. So i think, you know, theres swings roundabouts, theres swings and roundabouts, but a selfish but theres definitely a selfish aspect , i mean, i suppose aspect to it, i mean, i suppose the question, olivia, with all of this is should you focus on what you want as a parent or what you want as a parent or what you want for your child . We i mean, i had my son at the age of 48 and the pregnancy wasnt planned. Im 51 now. Hes 39. No regrets. Im 51 now. Hes 39. No regrets. Hes im 51 now. Hes 39. No regrets. Hes wonderful. Im 51 now. Hes 39. No regrets. Hes wonderful. Hes siblings. A perspective on life. Siblings. A perspective on life. Olivia. Olivia. Apologies to interrupt. Unfortunately, our connection with you is so bad we cant really hear what youre saying. Im so, so sorry about that, well try and reflect your view a little bit to amanda instead. I mean, i mean, the issue is, amanda, why in a modern world, why should we be dictating what what parents can do . Because i think, you know, obviously theres Health Aspects to this as well. Its not just about , you know, having that about, you know, having that career and having, you know, theres a lot of people having them in their mid 40s to 50s. There was someone the other day that had a child at 60. I mean, you know, take my hat off to them because they must have some energy because obviously your energy because obviously your Energy Levels go down, you know, you aspects you have more Health Aspects that that that happen. And i think that its really have to its just you really have to really consider this. Its not just about wanting that just about you wanting that child later on in life. Its about, you know, as i say, all those milestones that your child is going to want to share with you. And if youre in your 70s or 80s and youre just, you know, again, people are getting married their 30s and 40s, married in their 30s and 40s, are going to there . Are are they going to be there . Are they going to witness their childrens, know, their childrens, you know, their first and stuff . And first grandchild and stuff . And i that, know , you i think that, you know, you really have to consider it and for yourself, for your body as well. Know, we change. Im well. You know, we change. Im 50 this year im tired. I 50 this year and im tired. I just i couldnt imagine having a child at 60, you know, youre tired youve got theres tired and youve got theres just so many aspects to it. And i think you really have to consider it. Its great having that career and saying, yeah, im going to wait until im 45 till i have my first baby. But its very different when it happens, i mean, there is a lot to consider , amanda, thats for to consider, amanda, thats for sure. But there must be benefits as well. Youre seeing more and more women becoming mothers in their 40s. Im sure they would say theyve got Life Experience that makes them a better that perhaps makes them a better mother. And theyd also say that because theyve had because theyve theyve had their 20s and 30s, theyve travelled, for example, they might more time to, to might have more time to, to dedicate to being a mother. Yes of course. I mean, theres obviously the financial benefit as obviously you as well, because obviously you have hopefully have more have hopefully you have more money the time youre 40, money by the time youre 40, there is that is that side there is that there is that side of it there is that side of it and there is that side where youve had life where youve had the Life Experiences, so you dont have any you know, i had my any regrets. You know, i had my first child at 22. So you know that thats really young. Thats on other side of it, you on the other side of it, you know. And found that very know. And i found that very young. All my friends were partying and i was there with babies. But think you babies. But i think that you know, 40s, babies. But i think that you know, 405, yes, babies. But i think that you know, 40s, yes, you know, in in your 40s, yes, you have of that. And you have have all of that. And you have all of behind you, you all of that behind you, but you have of the child as have to think of the child as well, not just about yourself. And think is what people and i think this is what people fail to about you fail to think about is, you know, 20, years down the know, 20, 30 years down the line, hopefully youll be line, hopefully youll still be there. Are you going to be there. But are you going to be there . You know, can there . And, you know, that can really affect a child. And his way of thinking, you know, i hear it. Way of thinking, you know, i hearit. I way of thinking, you know, i hear it. I hear ive got friends that have children very late that have had children very late on life, and ive got friends on in life, and ive got friends that are parents are in their on in life, and ive got friends that and parents are in their on in life, and ive got friends that and theyre are in their on in life, and ive got friends that and theyre not in their on in life, and ive got friends that and theyre not evenzir 80s and theyre not even married. And theyre well, married. And theyre like, well, we married because we must get married because i dont know if dads going to be here. Know . And thats a here. You know . And thats a really big burden carry on really big burden to carry on your as when your shoulders as well when theyre get with theyre trying to get on with their lives. I think its it their lives. So i think its it needs consideration as well. And also, again, you know, you hear that are born that a lot of, babies are born earlier because, you earlier as well because, you know, older. So know, youre a bit older. So they bring you know, theres they bring on you know, theres a of caesareans theres lots a lot of caesareans theres lots of to having of different aspects to having a child later on life. Theres child later on in life. Theres good and theres bad good sides and theres bad sides. I would say, you sides. But i would say, you know, really think it. If know, really think about it. If youre to do that, think youre going to do that, think about child your about your child and your childs future, okay . Amanda jenner, you very amanda jenner, thank you very much and thanks to you, much indeed. And thanks to you, to olivia who we talked to Olivia Buxton, who we talked to Olivia Buxton, who we talked to earlier to a little bit earlier on. I tell you what draws me slightly on that i can understand on this is that i can understand the concerns. But then you also get criticism when its the other way round dont you. And you end up sort of being grandparents at 39 and things like that. And then people are very critical of you then. Yeah. So its like , well you cant, so its like, well you cant, you know, unless you got it bang in the golden zone. And when is the golden zone, when is the right time. Well this is it. No. And then how you meant to have how are you meant to have a career and all this i dont know, i just think its you cant do right for doing wrong. No, really. Right. No, really. Maybe everybodys maybe its everybodys different individual different down to the individual families. We have been perhaps. Well, we have been in with Rachel Burdon and in touch with Rachel Burdon and she sent gb news us this statement. Yes, said, inevitably yes, she said, inevitably the headunes headlines have somewhat distorted conversation. The distorted the conversation. The selfishness not about being selfishness was not about being an mom , and more about an old mom, and more about already being a mother of three and still wanting to extend the family further. This is a highly sensitive subject around family and fertility issues , and im and fertility issues, and im confident the podcast speaks for itself and gives full context. Itself and gives full context. Shes a fair enough comment to make. It is fair enough. It is fair enough. It is fair enough. I just thought, i think, yeah, let people do what they want to do. If they want to do it at that age, why not . If they can afford to do it . Yeah. As long as theyre happy and the are happy, what the children are happy, what does matter . Thats does it matter . Well, thats what inclined to think anyway. Well, yeah, im on that line as well. To be perfectly honest, i including in our i think we are including in our colour today. Colour scheme today. Still to come. Who wanted now still to come. Who wanted to see aiden earlier . Can you remember . I cant remember. I cant remember. We had somebody on gbnews. Com. Youll say. I say moaning christine youll say. I say moaning christin aidan magee has got the sport for you, so dont panic. Good morning. Good morning. How are you doing . Yeah. All right. Though im concerned about what weve heard from harry kane i well, its good news, to be fair. I mean, at least he said that hes announced via a spokesperson last night that the children fine. I children are are fine. But i mean, at their seven, mean, look at their ages seven, five three. You can imagine five and three. You can imagine how he would how distressed he would have been he landed in london on been when he landed in london on monday readiness for the monday in readiness for the arsenal game playing. Hes playing in the playing for Bayern Munich in the champions theyre the champions league. Theyre the quarterfinal but quarterfinal the day after, but i landing on that i imagine landing ellie on that runway and getting the call to say your have been say that your children have been involved in a crash, that involved in a in a crash, that must have absolutely horrific. W w e children as well. Now little children as well. Now little children as well. Yeah, they i mean, oh yeah, they are. I mean, theyre theyre vivienne, ivy and louis as i say, seven, five and louis as i say, seven, five and was a, there and three. There was a, there was three car collision was a three car collision involving local involving a couple of local drivers. It was a mercedes, a renauu drivers. It was a mercedes, a renault and a land the renault and a land rover. The Mercedes Vito was the one carrying harry kanes children. But announced but as i say, he announced yesterday that yesterday via a spokesman that they are fine. They did go to hospital and they needed treatment, but nonetheless, he still to go the still managed to go to the arsenal game tuesday and arsenal game on tuesday and score which is a mark of score goals, which is a mark of his professionalism. Would his professionalism. I would say,. Say, yeah. W 3 yeah. Oh bless well yeah. Yeah. Oh bless him, all family. Him, were all family. Likeable guy and yeah. Likeable guy and a very, very good he is and a great player as well, should we talk Europa League and talk about the Europa League and my team , Bayer Leverkusen. Well theyre so unsuccessful locally, know, that theyre locally, you know, that theyre so successful that theyre known as. And they never anything. As. And they never win anything. They leverkusen. They known as bayern leverkusen. Oh well they well oh so but well they did well last night. They oh so but well they did well last night. They did oh so but well they did well last night. They did brilliantly last night. They did brilliantly last night. They did brilliantly last theyre unbeaten last night. And theyre unbeaten since and they are top since last may. And they are top of the bundesliga. Their manager looks well looks like he could. Well he said not going but he said hes not going to but he still turn up as klopps still could turn up as klopps replacement at liverpool last next rather. They next season rather. But they beat ham two nil at home. Beat west ham two nil at home. It was a late goal, the late the late second or two late goals actually, put actually, which probably put pays hams interest in pays to west hams interest in the competition. I would say unless turn it around unless they can turn it around at london next week. At the london stadium next week. And the real upset and liverpool was the real upset of night. They got beaten of the night. They got beaten three nil at home to atalanta. Atalanta, another side. No pedigree europe not pedigree in europe really. Not discernibly couple pedigree in europe really. Not disdecades couple pedigree in europe really. Not disdecades they couple pedigree in europe really. Not disdecades they go couple pedigree in europe really. Not disdecades they go there le pedigree in europe really. Not disdecades they go there and of decades and they go there and win nil. Devastating win three nil. Devastating display counter attacking win three nil. Devastating display jurgen er attacking win three nil. Devastating display jurgen klopp acking win three nil. Devastating display jurgen klopp leaves football. Jurgen klopp leaves trent diaz, Trent Alexander arnold, diaz, cybulski soboslai sorry robinson, and salah on robinson, robertson and salah on the bench. If you leave your best players on the bench, you are going to slip up at some point. Theyve got a huge, huge schedule coming up and its going be extremely tough going to be extremely tough being cocky, it . Being a bit cocky, isnt it . Basically, would, i would basically, i would, i would well is. Well it is. Mean maybe you looked at i mean maybe you looked at their theyre sixth in their side and theyre sixth in their side and theyre sixth in the league and thought theyre not us. I mean not going to trouble us. I mean look its not impossible. They could job italy could go and do the job in italy next week. But when you consider theyve got to go to atalanta, theyve got to go to atalanta, theyve to fulham theyve got to go away to fulham or everton, to or away to everton, away to west ham. Thats schedule ham. Thats a tough schedule when youre trying to win the league. Yeah. Em 5 about the can we talk about the masters . Yeah. Just quickly. Havent got just quickly. We havent got long, dechambeau is long, but Bryson Dechambeau is leading issue there leading now. The issue there is that the talking point that he was or the talking point there that live golfer there is that hes a live golfer and breakaway. And it and thats the breakaway. And it was suggested that they might be a bit undercooked a little bit undercooked because theyve not played as much. But hes the moment. Rory hes leading at the moment. Rory mcilroy seven 71. Mcilroy has hit a seven hit 71. Now, the with mcilroy is now, the issue with mcilroy is this years now since hes this ten years now since hes won major, it really . And won a major, is it really . And so he chat with so and so he had a chat with Jack Nicklaus, nicklaus, jack i was nicholson was gonna say Jack Nicholson but no the week no Jack Nicklaus the other week trying that those demons trying to get that those demons out head to him to out of his head to enable him to try and compete. But try and try and compete. But hes not hes made a bit of a mixed but well know more mixed start, but well know more over hes going over the weekend how hes going to you will be here to to do, and you will be here to bnng to do, and you will be here to bring all details. Bring us all the details. Never miss. Never miss. Nobody needs know. Nobody needs to know. Nobody needs to know. To be. You dont want to be. I wouldnt had an omelette. Well, just now were from some road. Some cafe up the road. Hey. No theyre what oh, hey. No mean theyre what are thats what you when thats what you do when you get yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for bringing one so thanks for bringing one back here. Like wanted anything. Just like we wanted anything. Just like we wanted anything. Im sure i asked, know, im sure i asked, you know, you forgot. Im sure i asked, you know, you forgout. Get out. Get out. Look after the talent. Look after the talent. You in the morning. Well see you in the morning. Indeed. Aiden, thanks well see you in the morning. Inde� much aiden, thanks well see you in the morning. Inde� much indeed. \iden, thanks well see you in the morning. Inde� much indeed. Coming anks very much indeed. Coming up, were you through were going to take you through the nigel clare. The papers with nigel and clare. Dont right back. He. Right back. He. Lets go through the papers this morning with nigel nelson and his good lady wife, Claire Pearsall. Whos got the sense not to go by nelson on here, good to see you both this morning, lets talk hay fever. We, talk hay fever. Should we, nigel, you picked this one. Yeah, well, because im a sufferer, a minor. Well, sufferer, as a minor. Well, there are two of 10 there you go. We are two of 10 million around the who million around the country who suffer fever , and were suffer from hay fever, and were all the best people do. I think most people think most people do. You think i think all the best people do. Oh, the best people. Yes. Absolutely. Right yes, yes. Yeah. 10 million of the best people, however, what were going hit with the going to get hit with is the highly pollen highly allergenic birch pollen and grass grass, as always. I mean, grass is arriving every yean is it yean isita yean is it a pollen bomb that they sometimes talk about . Bomb . Well, we got a problem bomb . Well, we got a problem with, Climate Change. So weve got an awful lot, lot of. I was got an awful lot, lot of. I was looking at me very cynically when i mentioned the word Climate Change, so its all coming in from abroad, warmer climates and so we end up being hit with an awful lot more than just the domestic stuff. And you can tell and its come early this year as well i think. Yeah. Im already suffering. Yeah well im getting twitchy nose so i know, i know, yeah i know, i know, its coming. Oh dear. It makes me nervous. Yeah. Really yeah. My eyes go really bloodshot start bloodshot and they start streaming and start itching and things like that. Oh, its just the worst. Oh, its just the worst. You suffer . Do you not suffer . Do you not suffer . I get it a little bit. I get it a little bit. Yeah, a little bit, but not much. Yeah. Much. Yeah. Not huge. I can take some antihistamine and fine. Antihistamine and im fine. I dont to song and dont have to make a song and dance it sneeze. Oh dance about it and sneeze. Oh i see, i might get the injection this. This year. Oh, yeah. Im gonna look into it. Yeah, itll be worth it. I think. Oh, there you go, can we talk spaghetti bolognese . Spaghetti bolognese . Yeah. Yeah. Why did i say bolognese . Why did i say bolognese . I dont know, bolognese. I dont know, bolognese. Well, an easy its because youre, you know, continental. Oh, i dont think so. Anyway, whats the star saying about this . Were ruining it. Were ruining it. Apparently, the italians believe that we have ruined spaghetti bolognese because we put too many things in it. Oh, so the old style, ragu recipe. So the old style, ragu recipe. We didnt have very many ingredients. And the brits are known to put in things along with the beef they put in pancetta, carrots, celery , pancetta, carrots, celery, onion, garlic cloves. You dont put onion in it, onion, garlic cloves. You dont put onion in it , i you dont put onion in it, i do. Oh, yeah. So what are you meant to put in it, claire . Its just a very bafic in it, claire . Its just a very basic tomato and onion and beef ragu. Very, very basic ragu recipe. Very, very basic ragu recipe. And we throw in the odd mushroom and carrot and thing. We just chuck in whatever we like. And i kind of think thats nice. I think that we need to make these dishes own. Yeah, make these dishes our own. Yeah, i think the italians are getting a bit upset, but if we a little bit upset, but if we like dish. Like it, their dish. Yeah. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Yes. But well, yeah. Yes. But were just making it something slightly different. And i think that. But that. Isnt that cooking though. Dont you recipe and then you you have a recipe and then you evolve it and everybody makes it slightly different and adds slightly different and adds slightly different and adds slightly Different Things in a bit or whatever it bit of chocolate or whatever it is, if you do that into some bolognese. By the way, very nice chocolate. Dark chocolate. Oh, god. Dark chocolate. Oh, god. Oh, claire, were not with you on that one, mind you. Experts also saying we need to ditch fried bread from full engush to ditch fried bread from full english breakfast. Yeah, mean, this is just. Yeah, i mean, this is just. I mean, this is just ruining things. I think we all know that fried bread is never going to be the most nutritious food you have , but i think in have ever had, but i think in moderation. Why not . Why not . Eggy bread. Oh, eggy bread. Hoagie bread. Hoagie bread. Oh, had for ages. Oh, ive had that for ages. Oh, ive had that for ages. Oh, ive had that for ages. Oh, we always use. Oh, we always use. Thats what youre having for your breakfast, i see. No, thats. We always used. Thats. Yeah we always used. Used that we always used to have that cub when we cub scouts and we went, when we went the cubs, it went camping with the cubs, it was. Was bread. Oh, thats a properly good comfort food as well. Lovely. Yeah, its lovely. Yeah, its lovely. That as part yeah. You need that as part of english and olive oil of a full english and olive oil has apparently got too pricey for us brits as well. Claire. It has risen by about 50, so it depends where you shop. Its it depends where you shop. Its around £14 bottle now for around £14 a bottle now for olive oil. I appreciate this sounds like middle class sounds a bit like a middle class issue here, but it is. People like olive oil. People like olive oil. Yeah. And you . I mean you can buy it slightly cheaper in the more budget supermarkets, but even so thats around even so thats still around about £11. Oh about £11. On we always used buy on we always used to buy olive , always got olive oil. Olive oil, always got olive oil. Now gone vegetable now ive gone to Vegetable Oil or. Oil or. Yeah, other flour or whatever affect the taste. Well its not as nice. Yeah. But it does the job for cooking. Cooking. You may as well. Yeah, yeah. Use Vegetable Oil, i hate to go to another star. Its like the daily star this, nigel, daily star review this, nigel, but im afraid sometimes they just some of the just come up with some of the nicer stories , 47 of brits. Nicer stories, 47 of brits. Which means 53 if i turn it around. 53 of brits think the government is prepared for an auen government is prepared for an alien invasion, and 18 think itll happen. This, as you said, it was the daily star that did a poll, but this is actually research coming from the british ufo research association, an chap called philip mantel. Been philip mantel. Weve been talking britains defence talking about britains defence and defending against. Well, weve laser now. Weve got this laser now. Weve built this laser, havent we. Thats right. Yes. I mean dragonfly. Was it doubtfire . Was it doubtfire . Dragonfly . Is it dragonfly . Is it dragonfly . The dragon fire dragonfly. The dragon fire dragonfly. The dragon fire dragonfly. The argument is were still not prepared if the aliens actually arrive. So weve got our trident missiles, on our submarines, ready to deal with the russians or the chinese. Were not so good when it comes down to ufos, the only good news here is that the philip mantel says that if the aliens have travelled so many light years to get here, theyre hardly going to want to beat us up. Theyre going to come here in peace. Im not sure i believe that. I would think they would travel light years to come and beat us up personally. Miserable. Can but no, no. Miserable. Can you . You imagine . Imagine outrage on you imagine the outrage on social on vulcan . Social media, on vulcan . Exactly. All theyve done is attack when they get them exactly. Coming down our high street dress like that. You know, we i mean, the brits, i think would take it in, bad spirits that somebody to invade us. Somebody had come to invade us. I think that the aliens would get short shrift off the good people of the united kingdom, and retreat. Yeah and theyd soon retreat. Yeah claire, should we take a look at, whats sap . And theres fears for childrens safety as whatsapp has cut its minimum age to 13. Yeah, so this is meta. Who own, whatsapp, and they have cut the minimum age to 13 from 16, which actually came as a bit of a surprise to me because i thought it was always 13, along with many other platforms. And thatis with many other platforms. And that is their argument. Meta. Believe that all theyre doing is bringing their product into line with the regulations that are for other are already there for other products. So its one of these issues where people are either going to be in favour of banning all kinds of smartphones and social media and any kind of contact for, for young people like minister is like like the Prime Minister is like the Prime Minister. And, and then people like me who believe that the kids are growing up with technology is with technology, technology is going to be part and parcel of their future. They need to be able learn use it able to learn to use it responsibly. Think that we responsibly. So i think that we dont need the government to come in with legislation to ban it. We dont need the government to legislate meta to ramp to legislate for meta to ramp the age back up to 16, because kids will always find a workaround. We as adults and especially as parents, need to monitor what our kids do online and what they have in their hands. I think personal responsibility is a huge issue here. We dont need the government to legislate for something because thats like taking a sledgehammer to crack walnut. Oh well, there you go, nigel. There you go. Oh, yeah. Very briefly. Very briefly. Very briefly. No, i agree with that because i just think, oh, well there you 90, i just think, oh, well there you go, harmony. Yeah. Yeah. Ill stop. You go. Ill stop. There you go. Ill stop. There you go. Got going on the bolognese. Danny bolognese danny says bolognese should be tomato , onion, be just beef tomato, onion, basil, salt and pepper and garlic, whereas john says ragu is pork beef mince, grated is pork and beef mince, grated carrot celery , chopped carrot and celery, chopped tomato and puree, but never garlic. Yeah , and, mark foster in yeah, and, mark foster in killington says nothing wrong with having your own regional ragu and by the way, fried bread is healthy fried in lard or is healthy if fried in lard or dripping. Oh, so there you go. Dripping. Oh, so there you go. There you go. That doesnt make you a bit peckish this morning. There you go. All right, you two, lets have a at weather. Is alex. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. A bit of a north south split as we go through today and into the weekend. Dry fine weather weekend. Some dry fine weather towards south, wetter towards the south, wetter further morning. Towards the south, wetter further heavy morning. Towards the south, wetter further heavy outbreaks of there are heavy outbreaks of rain pushing across parts of Northern Ireland into Northern England and across the bulk of scotland, though northeastern parts clinging on to some sunshine into the afternoon. Do watch strong , gusty watch out for some strong, gusty winds in the northwest across the of england and wales. The bulk of england and wales. Lots of fine and at times sunny weather afternoon and weather into this afternoon and temperatures rising to highs of around even 22 around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. Everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. Sticking with the north south split as we go through the end of day into tomorrow end of the day and into tomorrow. Further rain across northern parts, the parts, particularly across the borders area, likely to see some heavy bursts a time and heavy bursts for a time and showers in from the showers feeding in from the northwest, staying drier towards showers feeding in from the norisouth. Staying drier towards showers feeding in from the non south. Anding drier towards showers feeding in from the non south. And there ier towards showers feeding in from the non south. And there willowards showers feeding in from the non south. And there will beirds the south. And there will be some clear skies, but quite a bit cloud we have mild bit of cloud and we have mild air temperatures air across us, so temperatures not huge amount for not dropping a huge amount for most through saturday most places through saturday itself. Then a bit of cloud bringing drizzly rain bringing some drizzly rain across northern western across northern and western parts wales, parts of england and wales, perhaps the southeast, perhaps towards the southeast, though lots of and times though lots of fine and at times sunny again , the more sunny weather again, the more unsettled picture will be once more of scotland more across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. Some and Northern Ireland. Here, some hefty, pushing its hefty, showery rain pushing its way and temperatures for way through and temperatures for many will down touch many will be down a touch compared today as we go into compared to today as we go into sunday and were going to see further which could be further showers, which could be heavy across northern further showers, which could be heavy drier across northern further showers, which could be heavy drier towards ss northern further showers, which could be heavy drier towards the orthern further showers, which could be heavy drier towards the south] areas, drier towards the south but temperatures dropping compared recent. Compared to recent. Brighter outlook with boxt a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning to you. 9 00 good morning to you. 9 00 friday, the 12th of february. Today, april , april. Oh, its today, april, april. Oh, its april, isnt it . Today, april, april. Oh, its april, isnt it . Yeah. 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Ill have more in the full forecast shortly. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. I mean, when you work shifts like this, you do sometimes forget what day it is or even what time of the day it is to get the month wrong by a lot. Get the month wrong by a lot. February. February. February. February. Whered you get that from . I dont know, i dont know. This year is going very quickly. Quickly. Well, yes. Im just wishing we are now being 49, you see, in mid april. Well, yes. Maybe thats what it is. Maybe wanting to be in a different decade. I apologise if that confused you. This morning. This morning. Yes, we are in april. Well be glad to know, now, Rachel Burden is a journalist at the bbc. Shes been talking about becoming fourth becoming a mother to her fourth child at 41. Described child at age 41. She described it selfish. Its got you all it as selfish. Its got you all going this morning, liz says. I think its selfish to have a baby at 20 without a stable family. My baby at 20 without a stable family. My son baby at 20 without a stable family. My son was born when i family. My son was born when i was 40. It was the first time i was 40. It was the first time i was with a man. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Its a fair point. Its a fair point. Yes. Susie says i was not able to have baby before i was able to have a baby before i was 42, as i had unexplained infertility. I now have infertility. I now have a beautiful 20 old, and im beautiful 20 year old, and im 62 now. For me, it is a true blessing from god and the best thing that ever happened to me. I selfish at all. I dont feel selfish at all. I think were too easy to criticise people. If youre able criticise people. If youre able to have a, you know, a particularly healthy child at that age, then if you feel like youre for it , why not . It youre up for it, why not . It would worry me being an older parent, because im knackered now. Basically, i wouldnt want to. You basically are a parent wrecks. Oh, its not the same with animals. Its not the same. Oh, but you have to be very hands on. Well, you do, but its not the same. Its not the child. And plus my niece and nephew are in their 20s now, are they . So and theyre nearest thing and theyre the nearest thing i have apart. Well, have to children apart. Well, ive now have to children apart. Well, ive four. Now have to children apart. Well, ive four. Yeah now have to children apart. Well, ive four. Yeah so now have to children apart. Well, ive four. Yeah so im now have to children apart. Well, ive four. Yeah so im likev whos four. Yeah so im like getting the chance to do that again a little bit. But i wouldnt want to have kids now too. I wouldnt want to have kids now too i do wouldnt want to have kids now too. I do feel like im too old, but im 50, not 40. Well, on the other side of things, linda says, i was adopted. Parents were 41 and things, linda says, i was adothey parents were 41 and things, linda says, i was adothey adopted nts were 41 and things, linda says, i was adothey adopted menere 41 and things, linda says, i was adothey adopted me after41 and things, linda says, i was adothey adopted me after theyd 43. They adopted me after they lost child. Were lost a child. They were wonderful absolutely no wonderful parents, absolutely no regrets. Child needs to wonderful parents, absolutely no regr well, that i would agree with. Yeah, thats thats the bottom line. Thats what what thats what means everything ive got point out as well. Ive got to point out as well. Loads whove in loads of you whove been in touch listening on touch this morning listening on gb including raymond gb news radio, including Raymond Allen , whos the latest one to allen, whos the latest one to p0p p allen, whos the latest one to pop up. 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Well, meanwhile, sir keir starmer said he would like to boost the defence budget 2. 5 of gdp. Earlier we spoke to the shadow defence minister, luke pollard. Pollard. World is a more contested and difficult place than it has been for a very long time, and thats why we need to make sure that the armed forces have the resources they need to keep the uk and our allies safe. Thats why a commitment to the continuous at sea deterrent, those Nuclear Submarines always at sea, able to defend the uk and our allies, is so important. But its also why we are setting out that defence spending should be directed at uk companies first, before we look at buying from international companies. Well, were joined now by our Political Correspondent olivia utley, joins us live now utley, who joins us live now from westminster. Good to see you, come long you, olivia. Weve come a long way years, havent we . Way in five years, havent we . We really, really have. When Jeremy Corbyn was leader of the labour party, he was in passionate and an impassioned way. He was trying to trying to dismantle trident. Thats what he said he wanted to do if he became Prime Minister he wanted total disarmament. Well, total nuclear disarmament. Well, we a labour leader in we now have a labour leader in keir starmer, who is not only pro nuclear, but he is also trying to make the labour party the party of defence. He says that he will raise defence spending to 2. 5, something that the conservatives have consistently failed to do at the moment. It is at 2. 3 now. Obviously that will appeal to sort of centre voters. There are plenty of traditional conservative voters who care passionately about defence. In fact, ben wallace, who was the previous defence secretary, kept saying that he wanted to see defence raising spending, defence raising spending, defence spending raised to 3. And he very, very popular in and he was very, very popular in the conservative party as a result. So we could see quite a few shift over from few voters shift over from conservatives labour from conservatives to labour from this. That said, this policy alone. That said, its not all plain sailing for keir starmer. Its not all plain sailing for keir starmer. For a start, we keir starmer. For a start, we havent yet heard exactly how the labour party is planning to cost this. There is no breakdown so far of what will have to be cut, or how taxes will have to increase in order to pay for this rise in defence spending. This rise in defence spending. And of course, there are plenty of labour voters , particularly of labour voters, particularly those of the sort of corbyn mindset who tend to be labour members who are stridently opposed to Nuclear Weapons and could end up voting elsewhere. As a result, they could end up going to the green party, for example. Sort of wins and example. So it sort of wins and losses for keir starmer here, and itll be really interesting to see the coming days and to see in the coming days and weeks policy develops weeks how this policy develops and is going to and where the money is going to come. Come from. Okay, olivia, thanks very much indeed. Much indeed. And her lovely background isnt so lovely anymore. Isnt so lovely anymore. No, its gotten a bit more less smoggy, a bit more like london now. Grey now. Its been just over six months since the governments controversial ban. Governments controversial ban. Bj the bibby stockholm first opened its doors to Asylum Seekers. Of course, it went on very long originally. Well, no . Well, since then well, no . Well, since then tensions amongst locals have been running high. One of the main sources of frustration amongst portlanders luxury amongst portlanders is a luxury Free Bus Service that ferries Asylum Seekers around , whilst Asylum Seekers around, whilst locals are left out in the cold. Well, our southwest of england reporterjeff moody well, our southwest of england reporter jeff moody has been back to portland to find a Community Just as angry and just as divided as ever. When the bus comes in portland, not everyone can get on it. On it. If they travel on the bus with the local community, there could be some sort of integration because a lot of people are confused why theyre here, and maybe little chat on here, and maybe a little chat on the , because thats where the bus, because thats where people do talk. Because i meet people do talk. Because i meet people on the bus every day and you ended up chatting. Wouldnt this a great way to this be a great way to integrate . Theyre integrate . But no, theyre separate kid. And how can the local community move forward if theyre always kept in isolation from us . For some, there are echoes of segregation, and its leading to resentment , resentment at the resentment, resentment at the special buses, resentment at the health care. The bibi residents receive, resentment at the wet weather gear for hiking that Dorset Council provides us. Six months on from the arrival of the first residents on the bibby stockholm, the feeling in the local community is just as strong, just as divided and just as passionate as it always has been. As passionate as it always has been. And while a community that been. And while a community that didnt ask for this argues and accuses the sheer cost of the bibby stockholm sticks in their throat, £34. 8 million. If you break that down into figures, that works out at capacity at about 4500 pounds per month per head. And i mean, if you do a little bit of investigation , then you can rent investigation, then you can rent a really plush house in sandbanks for that money or an apartment in chelsea. Each or, you know, you may as well just send them on a caribbean cruise for a month all inclusive, because thats what 4500 pounds a month will get you for your money. They were sold. The idea the barge was cheaper on the taxpayers pocket than asylum hotels, but in an investigation by the National Audit office into the home offices asylum policy, it was revealed not only is this more expensive than hotels at the time of commissioning the barge, the home office had not even estimated costs. They were estimated costs. They were flying blind. Im shocked really. I mean, the home office blatantly lied , the home office blatantly lied, they told us that the bibby stockholm was to offer value for the taxpayer for housing Asylum Seekers. And we now know from seekers. And we now know from the National AuditOffice Document that was released at the end of march that its not just a little bit more expensive, its exorbitantly more its more expensive. I mean, its obscene the cost, the money that is being thrown at this barge in a statement, the home office told gb news we have always been clear that the use of asylum hotels unacceptable and hotels is unacceptable and thats why we acted swiftly to reduce the impact on local communities by moving Asylum Seekers to on barges and former military sites. While the National Audit offices figures include set up costs, it is currently better value for money for the taxpayer to continue with these sites than to use hotels, but the taxpayers in portland dont feel theyre getting value and they dont feel valued either. And its starting to be a problem. Jeff moody, gb news. Can i just say this morning to all of you listening and watching and getting in touch on gbnews. Com your so youre all wrong. Youre all wrong because youre all agreeing with aly on forward slash. Forward slash. Yeah, i told you they are. Theyre all agreeing. 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Forward slash and back you go. So back slash. There you go. So ill continue the way i was saying which is saying it, which is gbnews. Com your say. Gbnews. Com your say. All right, i give up, lets find whats coming up in find out whats coming up in britains newsroom this morning, pip and are here. Pip and ben are here. Morning, morning, good morning, good morning, good you good morning, you two. Coming todays show . Well, were to hear well, were hoping to hear from sir keir from labour leader sir keir starmer deterrence starmer about Nuclear Deterrence , labours commitment to it, not something you would have heard from Jeremy Corbyn, is it . No, but also lots of no, no, no, but also lots of people looking ahead to the grand national tomorrow. Grand national tomorrow. Former, well, grand National Winner a bit of a legend. Barry geraghty is joining us to talk about it , but geraghty is joining us to talk about it, but i also want to reflect the other side of it, because every year there are fatalities. There are horses dying. Are you pro or against . Are you pro or against . Im uncomfortable with it, really, i think, yeah, i think its famous. Yeah. But i also think its infamous. But they diluted the race so much in recent years. Theyve reduced the size. They need jobs. Theyre reducing. Need reducing. Why do they need jumps . Because theyre National Hunt they do it flat if why cant they do it flat if you end a race were bred to jump, end a at the jump, if you end a race at the very it and you go, oh, very end of it and you go, oh, thank no horses died, thank goodness no horses died, i think thats a really disappointing state of affairs. You speak anyone who well, you speak to anyone who works racing, works in National Hunt racing, jump works in National Hunt racing, jump will jump racing. None of them will want they want horses to die. And but they do. Die. But they do die. 3 or 4 died every year. Anyway, its something thats got and we will got to us be feisty. And we will talk Barry Geraghty about it talk to Barry Geraghty about it as and harry and meghan, and also harry and meghan, details their new netflix and also harry and meghan, detailsare their new netflix and also harry and meghan, detailsare comingw netflix and also harry and meghan, detailsare coming out. Tflix and also harry and meghan, detailsare coming out. Harrys and also harry and meghan, detailone coming out. Harrys and also harry and meghan, detailone on ning out. Harrys and also harry and meghan, detailone on polo. ut. Harrys and also harry and meghan, detailone on polo. Oh harrys and also harry and meghan, detailone on polo. Oh and, ys doing one on polo. Oh and, meghan is doing a cookery show based on entertaining friends and gardening, so she really likes her cooking and baking these days, isnt she . Theyve got to come up with something, though, because theyve got such a huge deal with netflix to out more. With netflix to churn out more. Its not the well, at least its not the royal family. Mind you, royal family. No, thats true, mind you, i cant. Going in cant. Im not going to tune in to polo documentary. To a polo documentary. Cooking and baking i might be interested though. Interested in though. They should sugar i mean, they should the sugar free right. Free ones are all right. I its going be in i think its going to be in the have you seen the format of. Have you seen drive survive the no formula drive to survive the no formula one . Stuff. One . Oh, the f1 stuff. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Kind of like behind its kind of like behind the scenes sport. So scenes bigging up the sport. So its be in that sort its going to be in that sort of vibe the world. Vibe in the polo world. Played in yeah. But polo is played in many the world. Itll be an audience so itll be an audience somewhere. Well its people up and well its what people up and down and you know, well its what people up and down out and you know, well its what people up and down out of and you know, well its what people up and down out of theird you know, well its what people up and down out of their housesnow, popping out of their houses after and going for a spot after tea and going for a spot of polo. Its all about being out of touch , lovely youtube. Out of touch, lovely youtube. Well see you a little bit later on. On. On. Ben and thank you on. Thank you very much. Time now for our biggest giveaway of the year. So far. You could win £10,000 in cash, Luxury Travel items a greek Luxury Travel items and a greek cruise for next year, so you got plenty of time to plan. Worth £10,000. D0 plenty of time to plan. 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Full terms and Privacy Notice at gbnews. Com. Forward slash win please check the closing time if listening or watching on i now, now, the controversial star oj simpson has died at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer. Cancen well, back in 1995, simpson was acquitted for double murder of his ex wife and her friend in a sensational case that divided america. Two years later, a civil jury found him liable for wrongful death in the double murder. Well, earlier we spoke to us lawyer carol kilgore. Lawyer carol kilgore. He remembers where they were when the verdict was read. Even people that werent in the us at the time. And it was, as you said, sensational. Because a few said, sensational. Because a few years earlier with the rodney king beating and there were race riots in la. And it does feel like that was kind of the beginnings of all of what were experiencing now, with a lot of the controversy around race in america. I heard someone make the argument that the rodney king, the i mean, there was video of this man being attacked by White Police Officers, and yet they were acquitted. Yes, i, i heard some commentary saying in a way that the oj simpson acquittal was people trying to balance the books. Okay. If you like , thats books. Okay. If you like, thats probably an accurate estimation , probably an accurate estimation, although there were other issues, of course, rather than race around the trial, i mean, there was the whole defence team of, oj simpson. Of, oj simpson. If you ever watch shows like the kardashians , you know, the kardashians, you know, youre watching that legacy of those very famous lawyers. And it was one of those situations where the actual legal team became as famous as the celebrity, defendant. No. That celebrity, defendant. No. That is such an interesting take from all of this. I mean , talking all of this. I mean, talking about attorneys, gloria allred, whos the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpsons family during that murder trial, says that this whole case served as a reminder that the Justice System failed. Women and allowed celebrity men to avoid true justice. Yes. How true do you think that is in this case . Well, i mean, nobody will ever know except o. J. Right . And obviously the victims would have known, but we cant ask them. But, you know, i mean, theres talk around the trial that , was talk around the trial that, was subsequent to that where he committed an Armed Robbery to get back some medals that he had lent to a friend. And it does show a pattern of behaviour which, you know, obviously, its not enough to, to, to have they didnt have enough evidence , i didnt have enough evidence, i would assume, to have convicted him. But you know, and then he wrote a book called if i did it, where the word if was very, very small type on the front of the book. So small type on the front of the book. So people assumed from that, oh, you know, hes definitely guilty, but in insofar as celebrity men being, not held accountable for their treatment of women, it is true that that happens in america in particular. And weve seen lots of instances of that, particularly in the Metoo Movement , particularly in the Metoo Movement, but as you said, theres issues of race, of celebrity, of, male , female, celebrity, of, male, female, kind of, you know, sex wars. And it was for that reason, such a sensational textbook , case, that sensational textbook, case, that captured everyones imagination. Captured everyones imagination. I mean, its interesting, though, isnt it . I mean, obviously and understandably, Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldmans feel goldmans families didnt feel like they got justice. I like they they got justice. I mean, even with the civil the civil suit, still isnt civil suit, it still isnt justice in the same however justice in the same way. However his life was destroyed after this, wasnt it . Well well, if you ask, if you look at where he was at before or certainly i mean the contrast, he was kind of the male version of americas sweetheart , and obviously he was sweetheart, and obviously he was in the naked gun movie. He was in the naked gun movie. He was in a lot of commercials, that people would have remembered growing up. And he was a very, very wholesome , figure. So after very wholesome, figure. So after that, of course, his reputation was going to be damaged, but he didnt help himself by committing the Armed Robbery. Committing the Armed Robbery. All right, were nearly out of time. But thankfully, jane of time. But thankfully, jane jones has saved the day. Morning to you, jane. Dont give up, to you, jane. Dont give up, stephen. You are correct. Its just plain slash, which doesnt sound right. Existed before the sound right. Existed before the digital age. Anyway. Thank you. Jane we are of course, talking about our new forum. Yes. How you can get in touch with us. Gbnews. Com your say slash which we are going to slash with forward slash. You all agree with me on the views, which is, well, lovely when it does well, not lovely when it does happen. Doesnt. Youve happen. Jane doesnt. Youve plucked one out of the sky there. Says, ive there. Everybody else says, ive got idea, i like jane. Shes very good. Amanda parry says, you brighten my mornings. Oh , shes very nice with oh, shes very nice with these outfits. Im sure we do. If you want a sneak preview. What are we wearing tomorrow . Green on green is on the agenda for tomorrow, so stay tuned want to see so stay tuned if you want to see that 6 am. That from 6 am. But next, it is britains but up next, it is britains newsroom with ben and pip. But first, heres the weather with alex , a brighter outlook alex burkill, a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. A bit of a north south split as we go through today and into the weekend. Some dry fine weather towards wetter towards the south, wetter further north this morning there are outbreaks are heavy outbreaks of rain pushing parts of northern pushing across parts of Northern Ireland into Northern England and the scotland , and across the bulk of scotland, though northeastern parts clinging sunshine clinging on to some sunshine into afternoon. Do watch out into the afternoon. Do watch out for some strong, gusty winds in the northwest across the bulk of england wales. Lots fine england and wales. Lots of fine and times sunny weather into and at times sunny weather into this afternoon and temperatures rising of around 2021, rising to highs of around 2021, possibly even 22 celsius towards the southeast. Everywhere temperatures will be well above average for the time of year. Sticking with the north south split as we go through the end of and into tomorrow. Of the day and into tomorrow. Further rain across northern parts, across parts, particularly across the borders likely to see some borders area, likely to see some heavy bursts for a time and showers feeding the showers feeding in from the northwest , staying drier towards northwest, staying drier towards the south there be some the south and there will be some clear but quite a bit of clear skies, but quite a bit of cloud and mild air cloud and we have mild air across temperatures not across us, so temperatures not dropping amount for most dropping a huge amount for most places saturday itself. Places through saturday itself. Then a bit of cloud bringing some across some drizzly rain across northern parts of northern and western parts of england perhaps england and wales, perhaps towards though towards the southeast, though lots fine and at times sunny lots of fine and at times sunny weather. More weather. Again, the more unsettled picture will be once more across parts of scotland and here, some and Northern Ireland. Here, some hefty, showery pushing its hefty, showery rain pushing its way temperatures for way through and temperatures for many will down a touch many will be down a touch compared as we go into compared to today as we go into sunday and were going to see further which be further showers, which could be heavy at times across northern areas, towards south, areas, drier towards the south, but temperatures dropping compared recent. Compared to recent. Inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news as i well. Well. Well. Very good morning to you. Its 9 30 on friday, april the 12th. This is britains newsroom with me, ben leo and pip tomson do we do enough for our veterans . The Prime Minister is launching an Employment Plan today to help get them into high paid jobs. After they leave the forces £2. 1 million. Thats how much rishi sunak is putting into operation prosper, labours say its a step in the right direction, but that this government has failed veterans, keeping britain safe. Labour leader sir keir starmer pledges the uks Nuclear Deterrent is the, quote, bedrock of his plans to keep the country safe. Safe. Yes, keir starmer is determined to make the labour party the party of defence. But does he really have the cash to put his money where his mouth is . Find out more with me very soon. Weve got the latest reaction to the death of former sports star, Hollywood Star oj simpson. He was, of course, infamous, acquitted of two murders. Hes dead at the age of 76 and whatsapp aids change. Social media giant meta is under fire for lowering the minimum age for whatsapp from 16 to 13. Let us know what you think. Is it irresponsible . Think. Is it irresponsible . Harry kanes children are involved in a car crash. Three of his youngsters were taken to hospital after being involved in the incident in germany. Theyre said to be doing fine