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Celebrate abbas 50th eurovision anniversary, well be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. Good morning in sport. Jurgen klopp has called on liverpool and Manchester United fans to show some class and end the tragedy, chanting when the two clubs meet at old trafford in the premier league tomorrow. Meanwhile their title rivals arsenal and Manchester City are in action today and protest Group Animal Rising have agreed not next weeks grand national. Ill be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very soon. 500. Soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon, and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Im a little bit gravelly this morning. You are a bit. Yes. Its sexy. Sounds quite good. So that wouldnt sound very good on me, but it sounds quite good on you. I dont know why. Are you so gravelly. 7 i dont know, youve been singing just that time of day. I did have a bit of a sing in the car this morning, actually. There you go. Keeps me going. Driving the m1, mind you, driving down the m1, mind you, i tell what irritates me, but tell you what irritates me, but do find this the m1. 7 do you find this down the m1. 7 theres do you find this down the m1 . Theres of roadworks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Of roadworks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Down|dworks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Down the� rks at do you find this down the m1 . The moment. Down the bottom end, the moment. Down the bottom end, 50 hour. It takes me 50 miles an hour. It takes me about an extra 25 minutes. Oh, is really . Yeah is it really . Yeah so how long did it take this morning . Its been there for months. Oh, hour and a half, oh, about an hour and a half, but the signs all the way but the signs up all the way that says you may not see us. Thats because were working overnight. Who overnight. Theres someone who drives middle drives down there in the middle of the night. Days a week. Of the night. Four days a week. Ive never seen anybody. Me tell you, theyre not let me tell you, theyre not about six months. Oh, no. oh, no. Must be doing something. They must be doing something. Oh, but just oh, at some point. But just never when im working. Well, thats very frustrating. Just irritating, isnt it . Just irritating, isnt it . Oh, dont know how. Oh, so i dont know how. You still have to very oh, so i dont know how. Evenu still have to very oh, so i dont know how. Even ifstill have to very oh, so i dont know how. Even if theyree to very oh, so i dont know how. Even if theyre not very oh, so i dont know how. Even if theyre not there. Ry slow, even if theyre not there. Well, yeah, because its, its of those average speed its one of those average speed camera check things, so you cant dodge it. Well, you shouldnt but shouldnt dodge it anyway, but youve but it youve got to be careful. But it is bit frustrating. So ill be is a bit frustrating. So ill be glad when all that works done. Yeah, well, im pleased youre here. Yeah, well, im pleased youthank e. Yeah, well, im pleased youthank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Pleased youre here, m1. Youre doing. I mean, considering the who considering im the one who sounded death up, sounded like death warmed up, youre whos on six. Youre the one whos on day six. Am seven at 3 am. I am of seven at 3 am. How are you coping with that, so i look like roadkill underneath all this hair and makeup, look horrendous. Makeup, i look horrendous. Were in there for 2. 5 hours. I was in there for a very long time this morning. Yeah, lenny worked very but im lenny worked very hard, but im here youre here, were here and youre here, so were going be were going to going to be fine. Were going to get it. Ive got lots of coffee. If youre a shift worker, youll. If youre not a shift worker and you just sort of happen to be up at this time of day, youll be wondering what were about it. If you were going on about it. If you are a shift you know it are a shift worker, you know it takes it out of you getting up in the middle of the night. Its not no its and then you no its not. And then you lose days as well because no its not. And then you lose spendiays as well because no its not. And then you lose spend the as well because no its not. And then you lose spend the wholell because no its not. And then you lose spend the whole time ause you spend the whole time napping. We should napping anyway. Padda spend a lot of sukh padda spend a lot of time. . What y . End up doing. Thats what we end up doing. Thats what we end up doing. Is. It is, it is, we it is. It is, it is, we better crack on with some work then, better crack on with some work the should. We here should. Shouldnt we sit here talking sleep talking about our our sleep schedule . Talking about our our sleep schedulianyway, nhs chiefs have yes. Anyway, nhs chiefs have warned royal mail warned that royal mail cuts could patient at could put Patient Safety at risk. New figures suggest that late cause of a late letters are the cause of a quarter missed hospital quarter of missed hospital appointments, quarter of missed hospital appointnoflts, quarter of missed hospital appointnof pounds as well, millions of pounds as well, while health have dubbed while Health Leaders have dubbed the worrying as 25 of the plans worrying as 25 of missed hospital appointments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen;pital appointments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen attributedintments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen attributed to ments the plans worrying as 25 of missebeen attributed to those have been attributed to those missed letters. Lets talk to political commentator john oxley, whos here. Good to see you this morning, john. Good morning. Its one of those things you dont necessarily think of, but it is also interlinked. Not only is it bad for health if youre obviously missing your appointments, its bad as well. Bad for the nhs. As well. Yeah, absolutely. So if youre these people youre one of these people thats waiting for an appointment letter to come and it delayed and by the time it gets delayed and by the time it gets delayed and by the time it comes, your appointment has gone, come and gone. You gone, sort of come and gone. You have to into the queue have to go back into the queue and, and, you know, that just means the queues are going to keep getting longer, which we know a problem at the moment. Know is a problem at the moment. And resources for and its wasted resources for the because youre sat there the nhs because youre sat there not that youve got an not knowing that youve got an appointment, but the doctors, the nurses, the room are still operating and are still a cost to the National Health service. To the National Health service. And then they have to go through the extra burden of trying to get contact you again, get in contact with you again, to whatever it is to rearrange whatever it is youre waiting for. Youre being waiting for. Think the nhs should do you think the nhs should still sending appointment still be sending out appointment by it is costly by post because it is costly using the postal service, and we dont even know how effective its going to be now. Its going to be now. Yeah. Yeah. And thats one of the, the issues. But we have to recognise for certain groups of people that post is the best way to get in contact with them. The nhs have moved a lot of things onune have moved a lot of things online most people online that for most people nowadays is going to be the best way of handling things. But there are some people and particularly older, more vulnerable really Vulnerable People who really appreciate that letter. So its appreciate that letter. So its a difficult thing for the nhs to completely get rid of. But, you know, it gets increasingly know, as it gets increasingly expensive and increasingly disruptive , then its hard to disruptive, then its hard to see what the alternative is. But of course , what you cant do is of course, what you cant do is say to the royal mail, well, you cant cut second class deliveries because this is all about the second class stuff. You cant cut those deliveries just to keep the nhs going, somehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto somehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move somehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward omehow weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward and how weve deliveries just to keep the nhs goirto move forward and find weve compromise. Yeah. And thats what the governments be working governments going to be working on. But this all goes back to when mail was privatised when royal mail was privatised just about ten years ago. The idea that the service would idea was that the service would remain the same, but the government would sell it off to someone else. And were someone else. And what were seeing time again seeing time and time again across this is royal mail are putting up their and putting up their prices and theyre scale back the theyre trying to scale back the service because as a company its service because as a company ifs and service because as a company its and loads of its losing loads and loads of money you have that money and you dont have that government anymore. And government control anymore. And its a bit like the water regulators. Its the same thing. Regulators. Its the same thing. The service is getting worse, the costs are going up and theyre making much money theyre not making much money and got to and somethings got to give there. Now i want to talk to you about the latest in this honeytrap scandal in westminster. Weve now got a second conservative mp coming forward luke evans, saying that he received explicit unsolicited messages and that hes actually reported this to the police. Yes. So this is the latest development. We had all the news development. We had all the news about will wragg yesterday, who seems to have been the first person in the plot, and now were getting bit of an idea were getting a bit of an idea of far its spread, what we of how far its spread, what we dont and whats really not dont know and whats really not coming who think might coming out is who we think might be this. You know, was it be behind this. You know, was it someone in politics trying to cause trouble . It someone cause trouble . Was it someone maybe to make money . Or maybe trying to make money . Or is it something more serious than that . And is a foreign than that . And is it a foreign power . Well , whats your power . Well, well, whats your gut on this . Gut tell you on this . What seems clear is because what seems clear is these were messaging, these people who were messaging, particularly whatsapp, particularly on the whatsapp, i know some were on dating apps, but a lot of them were on whatsapp as as luke evans situation was, they seem know situation was, they seem to know a lot about their targets, a lot of which a random of information which a random person wouldnt have known. Yeah, but this is potentially stuff you can gleam online. You know, some of its about where people used work, which people used to work, which linkedin whatever. Linkedin profiles, whatever. A lot people in politics are lot of people in politics are fairly unguarded about the things social media, things they say on social media, so what it shows is someones put effort into it, but that could be a fraudster, or it could be a fraudster, or it could be a Foreign Government or someone really trying to cause harm to the United Kingdom. At the moment, we know. And the moment, we dont know. And really much is being said really not much is being said about that at the moment. Dont actually i suppose we dont actually know how far this spreads. We dont mps have dont know how many mps have been on the receiving end of these of messages, you these sorts of messages, and you can understand , i mean, had can understand, i mean, we had will wragg yesterday will wragg talking yesterday saying he was absolutely mortified. So of them will mortified. So many of them will be embarrassed at this point mortified. So many of them will becomembarrassed at this point mortified. So many of them will be come forward. Ed at this point to come forward. Absolutely. What see absolutely. And what we see with, know, evans with, you know, luke evans coming basically coming out basically what appears got these appears is he got these messages, them. Messages, he ignored them. He told police , thats quite told the police, thats quite a good story youre mp to good story if youre an mp to come with. But we know come outwith. But we know certainly with wragg he certainly with will wragg he engaged people engaged with these people probably some of the others did. So there will be a more so yeah there will be a bit more reluctant to come and speak out. But i think the most but you know, i think the most important thing is that all of them are now hopefully speaking to parliamentary authorities to the parliamentary authorities and the security and the police and the security services, we can and services, so we can try and figure out whats actually driving yeah. Driving all of this. Yeah. John really good to see okay. John really good to see you this morning. Thanks very much indeed. Ill tell you what was sort of lucky for luke evans is these messages came is that these messages came through on his whatsapp. So itd be you dont be a number that you dont recognise. Obviously, coming through with saucy images, lets put it that way. Through with saucy images, lets put it that way. He was through with saucy images, lets put it that way. He was sat with put it that way. He was sat with his wife as he opened it. Oh my goodness no. Oh my goodness no. But thats good. But thats good. Is it . Is it . Thats good because you can 90, thats good because you can go, well whats this . Whats it. So it was like theres, theres can you imagine . I mean, i think its quite good of him to come clean. Hes got nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about. Of course someones trying to dupe him. E e. E mean, and he yeah, but i mean, and he reacted quickly by the sounds. Yeah, which is yeah, yeah, yeah, which is what to do. And what what youve got to do. And what will should have done . Will wragg should have done . I know slightly different circumstances, you can circumstances, but you can imagine its hard. Its hard. I do have some sympathy for the will wragg. No, i have some sympathy for him, too. And i feel really bad for, you know, how hes feeling about now , but just wish about himself now, but just wish that hed reported it a little bit sooner. You got do. Well, you got to do. Well, you got to do. Yeah. Rather than give the numbers of other mps out. Tell what just ill tell you what it just means. The of us. I know means. The rest of us. I know were not going to be targeted in way because of being in the same way because of being high or anything else, high profile or anything else, or power. But if you or having any power. But if you get dont get these messages, if you dont know if know who theyre from, if someone random someone sends you a random picture and the rest of it, picture and all the rest of it, just them. Yeah, might not just block them. Yeah, might not need police, but need to call the police, but just block them. Yeah. And you just dont engage. No. Youre sure. No. If youre not sure. No. If youre not sure. Tried that, but it i mean, i tried that, but it turned out they from you, turned out they were from you, so i mean, it was beaches of biscuits being baked things. Biscuits being baked and things. Its right now. The its all very odd right now. The met office has issued a danger to warning as storm to life warning as storm kathleen is set to batter parts of the uk. Well its set to bnng of the uk. Well its set to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. Well, joining us now is weather journalist well, joining us now is weatherjournalist nathan rau. Good to see you this morning nathan. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. But not good news. If youre in the eye of this storm. But not good news. If youre in tno eye of this storm. But not good news. If youre in tno i e of this storm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know,� |is storm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know, andtorm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know, and itm. But not good news. If youre in tno i know, and it always no i know, and it always seems that whenever im sat here with lovely people, theres with you lovely people, theres something horrific going on outside. In wind outside. And we are back in wind and rain and storm season again. Kathleen going to barrel kathleen is going to barrel in today, april. Dont today, its april. We dont really expect to see this sort of thing in april. She is number 11 storm of the storm season, which kicks off in september, and shes going to arrive in a pretty bad mood and shes going to stick around. I know that feeling. I know that feeling. Yeah, i know, 70 mile per hour gusts. You mentioned those are on the are going to be on the peripheries, the exposed peripheries, on the exposed areas down the west coast, which is the Office Warning is where the met Office Warning for 70 mile per hour gusts for up to 70 mile per hour gusts is today. Is the west coast is today. That is the west coast of england, scotland wales. Of england, scotland and wales. And going to stick around and shes going to stick around all day towards the east of the country. It wont be so bad. Its going to be wet and its going to be a wet and blustery pretty much blustery day pretty much everywhere. But to the east. Its bad as its not going to be as bad as it is, to the west. And it is, is to the west. And tomorrow a blustery again as tomorrow a bit blustery again as she moves northwards. And there we 11 storm kathleen. She moves northwards. And there we are 11 storm kathleen. She moves northwards. And there we are in 11 storm kathleen. She moves northwards. And there we are in 11 storseason. Een. We are back in storm season. Is when you say, the problem is when you say, well, its, you know, for some parts of the east or what have you, its not going bad you, its not going to be as bad andifs you, its not going to be as bad and its bit blustery. The and its a bit blustery. The trouble is any rainfall the trouble is any rainfall at the moment, the is just moment, the ground is just absolutely saturated. It takes nothing for the flooding to come back. Absolutely. And there are there are more than 100 environment flood alerts Environment Agency flood alerts in place and more serious in place and some more serious flood the problem is flood warnings. The problem is that the start the that since the start of the storm which in storm season, which starts in september, when they september, which is when they start storms, weve had start naming storms, weve had 11 and those has come a 11 now and with those has come a lot of heavy rain and a lot of persistent rain. Now when were talking flooding, talking about flooding, were talking about either river flooding water flooding or surface water flooding or surface water flooding groundwater flooding or groundwater flooding. Had flooding. And because weve had so much rain over a sustained penod so much rain over a sustained period of time, the groundwater, the water tables are right up high. And any more on top of thatis high. And any more on top of that is going to cause flooding. So where you do get rain, you get this persistent ongoing problem of flooding. Over the last months, been last few months, weve been dominated the dominated by low pressure in the uk. Pressure is what we uk. Now, low pressure is what we associate with bad wet and windy weather and High Pressure the weather and High Pressure in the Summer Associate with summer is what we associate with good been under good weather. Weve been under the of pressure the influence of low pressure and and windy. Were and thats wet and windy. Were hoping that as we go into summer, High Pressure is going to build and thatll bring some dnen to build and thatll bring some drier, more settled conditions. But as you say, any more rain in the regions, the worst hit regions, especially west the especially on the west and the south west its south west and the south, its going problem of going to bring the problem of flooding. Kathleen, today, flooding. So kathleen, today, yes, problems yes, could bring some problems with yes, could bring some problems witinathan, seeing more nathan, are we seeing more and these very serious and more of these very serious storms, these named storms, as you theres number 11. You say . Theres number 11. Weve letter k. Weve got to the letter k. Have and is the first we have and this is the first time thats happened since time that thats happened since 2016. We started naming or 2016. Now we started naming or the with met eireann the met office with met eireann started naming storms in 2015. So it could be a symptom of because we now have a name system in place prior to 2015, its sort of difficult to keep a tab on how many storms they were, because they were sort of named sporadically. Now we have a set list. This year has been unusual that we have seen 11. Unusual in that we have seen 11. Last year only saw two. We last year we only saw two. We saw anthony and we saw betty, and they both crept in the and they both crept in at the very end the now, very end of the season. Now, i dont think can say were dont think we can say were seeing a general trend of seeing more. This is an unusual year 11. Usually we expect to see about 6 or 7. I think that we are we are noticing them more because were naming them or were recognising when they come up. Year has been up. And this year has been unusual, but the trend tends to be about average year is be about average this year is unusualin be about average this year is unusual in seeing 11, right. Its kept you in work. Its kept you in work. Its kept you in work. It has always here i sit at home, you know, praying for a storm to happen so i can come in and spend the morning with you. Nathan, before we let you go. And i think youre probably going the same thing. Going to ask the same thing. Well i know stevens going be well i know stevens going to be very your tie. Did very jealous of your tie. Did you wear that intentionally . Wore this honour of the i wore this in honour of the full Solar Eclipse that is going to on monday. To be happening on monday. Sort of weathery thing. Not quite. Of a weathery thing. Not quite. Not when where in america not quite, when where in america you have to america to see you have to go to america to see it. The of totality, which it. The path of totality, which is where the moon is where the where the moon passes front of the passes in front of the sun blocks it out briefly. Thats going to be along the east coast of america. So americans of america. So all the americans are be out to are going to be out trying to catch Solar Eclipse, catch this Solar Eclipse, but the weathers going to be fouled. There as well. Oh, so they see it. But they might not see it. But yes, a thought was a planetary tie i thought was appropriate for everything thats the thats going on in the atmosphere. Good, very atmosphere. Oh very good, very nice atmosphere. Oh very good, very nic well be buying that next. Justlyou watch. Well be buying that next. Justl like natch. Well be buying that next. Justl like thatl. Well be buying that next. Justl like that very much nathan. I like that very much nathan. Good to you. Good to see you good to see you. Good to see you too. Thank you very much. Thank you. Have too. Thank you very much. Thank y look have too. Thank you very much. Thank y look at have too. Thank you very much. Thank y look at the have too. Thank you very much. Thank y look at the other ave a look at some of the other stories heading the stories heading into the newsroom morning. Newsroom this morning. Foreign secretary is and the foreign secretary is calling wholly independent calling for a wholly independent review killing three review into the killing of three british in gaza. British aid workers in gaza. John chapman, James Henderson and were among seven and james kirby were among seven World Kitchen workers who were hit by israeli air strikes. Lord cameron has welcomed the dismissal of the two idf officers. The Israeli Army Says the deaths are due to serious operational failures. Operational failures. A planned strike by over 600 Border Force Officers at heathrow has been suspended. Heathrow has been suspended. Members of the public and commercial Services Union were due to walk out for four days from april the 11th. However the pcs said it was being suspended in an attempt to seek further negotiations with the home office and Sacha Baron Cohen and isla fisher have announced they are getting divorced after two decades together. In a social media post announcing the split, the actors said they have jointly filed to end their marriage last year. The pair, who have three children, met in 2001 and got engagedin children, met in 2001 and got engaged in 2004. It was a bit bizarre, actually. Sacha baron cohen and isla fisher are actually announcing their divorce. Dont know if you saw it on instagram yesterday, no. You can be forgiven if you havent. And this is this is the pair of them. This is in the sun this morning. So its a picture of them in their tennis outfits. And i think it was isla fisher who actually posted it saying after tennis match after a long tennis match lasting 20 years, we are lasting over 20 years, we are finally our rackets down. Well, well, it sounds like its amicable , but why are you its amicable, but why are you announcing your divorce by talking about a tennis match . I just thought it was a bit amusing, do you think . Yes, but it does sound amicable least. Which is amicable at least. Which is nice, of course. Sacha amicable at least. Which is nice, cohen of course. Sacha amicable at least. Which is nice, cohen has ourse. Sacha amicable at least. Which is nice, cohen has beene. Sacha amicable at least. Which is nice, cohen has been allacha amicable at least. Which is nice, cohen has been all ma baron cohen has been all in a bit of water because of bit of hot water because of what . Rebel wilsons been saying about what . Rebel wilsons been saying aboand wonder if the book the and i wonder if the book the two are connected. I dont know , two are connected. I dont know, ill have to find out what Stephanie Takyi in later on. Our showbiz reporters will try yeah, but try and find out. Yeah, but rebel claims that she rebel wilson claims that she wasnt treated very nicely on set him. By sacha baron set by him. By Sacha Baron Cohen. Soi set by him. By Sacha Baron Cohen. So i wonder whether those two things are connected , two things are connected, though. These two were married for 13 years, together for 20. So hollywood, a very, so in hollywood, thats a very, very long time, to be fair. Yes. But i think its very i dont understand it when marriage is that lasts that long, then end. Thats a very good point. Thats a very good point. Unless they there must have been issues going on for a long time. Maybe they just got sick of each other. Maybe. Well, no, no, that feeling. Feeling. Stop. Feeling. Hey,. Feeling. Hey, do you know what hes actually got . Got himself in trouble this morning with me because you were winding up the producers outside saying that we actually dont get along, and the whole things farce, and the whole things a farce, and they believe im horrible to work with. And the producers actually believed him. They were like, hey, apparently you two really dont get along and you bully believed bully him, and they believed you. You cant you. Yeah. So you cant be spreading fake news. Know its quite fun. I know its quite fun. I know its quite fun. Reputational that reputational damage that was happening here. Sue me. Yeah i will you can sue me. Yeah i will okay, ill excuse me. And i brought you in baked cookies this morning. And i brought you in baked coo she this morning. And i brought you in baked cooshe has. Morning. And i brought you in baked coo she has. Meanwhile, theyre she has. Meanwhile, theyre a day overdue. Just pointing that out. Im just pointing that out. Im just pointing that out. So are there any she got so are there any things . Have baked me . Have you baked me . Have you baked me . The. Are they the. Are they the. Are they the. Are they the mini egg ones . Are they the mini egg ones . They are, yeah. They are, yeah. Let tell about that as let me tell you about that as well, to buy mini eggs well, i had to buy mini eggs post know how post easter. Do you know how difficult is . Yeah. Ive difficult that is . Yeah. Ive got black market you. Got the black market to get you. To eggs. Do you to get your mini eggs. Do you want know how two want to know how much two packets cost worth it. Much . Yes. £2 . No. Go on. How much . Yes. £2 . No. £5. £5. £5. I cant even talk about it. I cant even talk about it. Worth. Im worth. Im worth. Yeah, and thats how i get treated. Anyway , thats that right. You can segue from that into this now. I was about to say, how am i going do yeah, yes. Going to do this . Yeah, yes. Well, Council Leader in well, a Council Leader in lincolnshire suggested lincolnshire has suggested naming after naming the local museum after one of britains most divisive prime in bid to Prime Ministers in a bid to boost tourism. Suppose divisive , i suppose she is divisive, but also one of our most successful heralded , yes, successful heralded, yes, a Grantham Museum at st peters hill. Its Grantham Museum at st peters hill. Its close to Grantham Museum at st peters hill. Its close to where hill. Its close to where Margaret Thatcher was born. Our east Midlands Reporter will hollis has the story. Britains first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers mark on the country is deep now in her hometown grantham, the local Council Leader suggests using her profile to attract tourists. Independent councillor ashley baxter, of south kesteven district , says ashley baxter, of south kesteven district, says renaming ashley baxter, of south kesteven district , says renaming grantham district, says renaming Grantham Museum after mrs. Thatcher will boost footfall. Far more people have heard of Margaret Thatcher and probably still talk about Margaret Thatcher than currently talk about grantham, and i think that if its a way to get more people to visit Grantham Museum , then to visit Grantham Museum, then really the name would help if it were named after Margaret Thatcher. It is of course, the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. Margaret thatcher was Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990. She led the country through falklands and the cold war, but the closure of coal mines under her premiership caused conflict across communities. The town is divided on renaming the museum after the grantham born Prime Minister its just a minister itsjust a bad idea. Its just a bad idea. I wasnt i dont think she was a very good Prime Minister. Why not . Yeah. Why not . She was the first woman Prime Minister. I dont think that she represents the working class people of this town. Even in her hometown of grantham. Margaret is grantham. Margaret thatcher is a divisive character. Her statue has been vandalised numerous times, making some here reluctant to use her legacy as an attraction for the town. An attraction for the town. Grantham boasts a rich history. Sir isaac newton was from here to this is Grantham Museum. To this is Grantham Museum. We share the history for local people and for visitors. Local people and for visitors. Despite a thatcher gallery inside the museum thinks renaming after her is a bad idea. Run by volunteers, vivian is a manager. Manager. It should not be called the Margaret Thatcher museum because its about grantham. Grantham people grantham exhibits grantham and theres more grantham town and theres more to grantham than there is so much more to grantham than Margaret Thatcher. Much more to grantham than mailmet thatcher. Much more to grantham than mailmet tievenzr. Fan of im not even a fan of Margaret Thatcher. Im not a conservative. Because of that reaction. Think people reaction. I think people are likely i wonder likely to think, oh, i wonder whats that museum . If its whats in that museum . If its about thatcher . About Margaret Thatcher . Thatcher by her mrs. Thatcher lived by her principles despite Public Opinion. They called her the iron lady, remembered for never turning to the museum. Refusing to change is entirely in her spirit. Will hollis gb news in grantham. Grantham. I mean, i know some people find it very difficult, she did turn the country about , find it very difficult, she did turn the country about, but, you know, in a harsh way for a lot of people. But that aside, she of people. But that aside, she was a historic Prime Minister because she was the first female Prime Minister she was in power for a long time , and shes from for a long time, and shes from grantham. So why not . You wouldnt kick off if it was the Winston Churchill museum or the. I mean, shes one of the most recognisable figures. Yeah. Recognisable figures. Yeah. And such a legacy. I mean shes still spoken about all the time now, what other Prime Minister has spoken about this to same extent . To the same extent . Yes. Yes. Dont see problem. It i dont see the problem. It doesnt you to lie. Doesnt mean you have to lie. You to like to you dont have to like her to have that respect for the position she held and the peace in the part shes played in our history. I dont know why people get so worked up about it. I think its if it was a man, this is the thing. If it was a man, people wouldnt be getting so worked up. Kick up such a fuss. I think youre probably right. Theyre actually villains actually female villains are always actually female villains are aleeah, think youre yeah, yeah, i think youre right. Dont think she was right. I dont think she was a villain anyway. Well, so much more of a backlash, isnt there . When theres its a woman. Do theres when its a woman. Do you let know you think you let us know what you think if from grantham as well . You let us know what you think if like from grantham as well . You let us know what you think if like yourn grantham as well . You let us know what you think if like your opinion|am as well . You let us know what you think if like your opinion on as well . You let us know what you think if like your opinion on that vell . Id like your opinion on that one. Us what one. Do let us know what you think. Museum think. Should the museum be named Margaret Thatcher . Think. Should the museum be narviews Margaret Thatcher . Think. Should the museum be narviews at Margaret Thatcher . Think. Should the museum be narviews at ma news. Thatcher . Think. Should the museum be narviews at ma news. Com her . Gb views at gb news. Com right. Lets see what the weather and indeed storm kathleen you. Kathleen is going to do for you. Heres aidan. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Very good morning to you. Storm kathleen has arrived, but it will mean Different Things to different people. Very windy in the west, much warmer across the uk, particularly in the east. Its not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. Most of the rain went through overnight. Thats Clearing Northern scotland dunng Clearing Northern scotland during the morning. 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Ellie, and its about the, the tragedies that weve, weve that have weve seen that that have besmirched uniteds history. So Manchester Uniteds history. So we back to 1958 the we go back to 1958 and the munich air disaster, of course, where, edwards was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many edwards was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many players wards was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many players who; was of munich air disaster, of course, whe many players who perished. Of the many players who perished. Bobby charlton, of course, who died year, he survived that died last year, he survived that that. And then if you that crash. And then if you bnng that crash. And then if you bring it forward little bit bring it forward a little bit more recently liverpool, more recently with liverpool, there 1985, the heysel there was 1985, the heysel stadium in belgium stadium disaster in belgium dunng cup stadium disaster in belgium during cup final, a during the european cup final, a number i think 39 liverpool number of, i think 39 liverpool fans i think it fans died and then i think it was 97 in total were perished in hillsborough in 19, and so hillsborough in 19, 1989. And so fans, i mean, im talking here about a very tiny minority here, chants about it to antagonise each other. There was nasty. There was nasty. There was nasty. Its awful. Its absolutely dreadful. It really is. And there a couple of arrests there were a couple of arrests when liverpool when united played liverpool at old three ago. So old trafford three weeks ago. So its much a live its still very much a live issue. Ten hag, its still very much a live issue. Ten hag , the issue. Erik ten hag, the Manchester United manager, has prepared which will prepared a statement which will be released in tomorrows Matchday Programme, calling for an at. Jurgen klopp an end to it at. Jurgen klopp was in his press was asked about it in his press conference yesterday. Theyre was asked about it in his press con away e yesterday. Theyre was asked about it in his press con away teams, rday. Theyre was asked about it in his press con away teams, theyre eyre was asked about it in his press con away teams, theyre note the away teams, theyre not releasing Matchday Programme releasing a Matchday Programme so it in his in so hes asked about it in his in his yesterday and his match comments yesterday and he just show some class, he said just show some class, let the teams fight on the pitch. Lets play football. That would be my wish for of us. Would be my wish for all of us. So jurgen klopp, hes coming. Winding down the end of his liverpool, reign. Of course hes liverpool, reign. Of course hes into the couple months into the last couple of months now its certainly now and its certainly besmirched his time as liverpool manager these manager in terms of these matches. We do hear the chanting still there are even still and there are even charities. Attached to both charities. But attached to both clubs education clubs who are issuing Education Programmes as well. But its sick, its vile. It has no place in the game. Theyre not the only clubs to engage in this, by the no, no. But given the way. No, no, no. But given how corporate football is now and they want and the reputation they want to project the world, project around the world, its a global this absolutely global sport. This is absolutely enormous. Events, these enormous. These events, these matches, will matches, that game tomorrow will be same level in be watched to the same level in terms of audience share as something super bowl or Something Like the super bowl or similar city and similar to Manchester City and arsenal. Week. So they arsenal. The other week. So they want kind of it out want to kind of iron it out football, they want to remove it and involves clubs being and it involves the clubs being proactive well proactive and hopefully well see next, see some positive change next, next round, i hope so, i next time round, i hope so, i hope next time round, i hope so, i hopwhats happening today in whats happening today in the premier whats happening today in the pre today well talk in liverpool today well talk in liverpool there. Theyre actually there. I mean theyre actually theyre in action tomorrow against united. But the other two rivals two teams, their big rivals manchester and arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction er and arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction today. And arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction today. Sod arsenal are two teams, their big rivals mtaction today. So manchestere in action today. So Manchester City are first out of the blocks 1230 just down the road from here crystal palace. Then here at crystal palace. And then later tonight down the later on tonight just down the m23 there will be arsenal m23 from there will be arsenal at now interesting at 530. Now whats interesting here three sides here is that the top three sides city, arsenal , liverpool have city, arsenal, liverpool have all played each other now, so weve got a straight shootout. Ellie, not seen this ellie, weve not seen this before a long time. Ellie, weve not seen this beforewe a long time. Ellie, weve not seen this beforewe havent long time. Ellie, weve not seen this beforewe havent seen time. Ellie, weve not seen this beforewe havent seen ane. Ellie, weve not seen this beforewe havent seen a three well, we havent seen a three way title since 1999. Way title race since about 1999. By way title race since about 1999. By is way title race since about 1999. By at is way title race since about 1999. By at the is way title race since about 1999. By at the top is way title race since about 1999. By at the top. Is way title race since about 1999. By at the top. Its is way title race since about 1999. By at the top. Its certainly tight at the top. Its certainly tight. Yeah, but its exciting. Weve been crying for this weve been crying out for this for look to a two for a long time. Look to a two horse races is fun, but three horses make three teams horses makes it make three teams involved. It, it involved. Make it, make it fantastic. They have fantastic. But they dont have to other anymore. So to play each other anymore. So its straight shootout. Its a straight shootout. Its about looking the about we start looking at the fixtures the toughest fixtures, whos got the toughest running . At liverpool, running . We look at liverpool, theyve their theyve got everton, their rivals its going theyve got everton, their riv be its going theyve got everton, their riv be tough. Its going theyve got everton, their rivbe tough. Everton its going theyve got everton, their rivbe tough. Everton are going to be tough. Everton are fighting their of fighting for their lives. Of course theyve got villa away who on may the 11th. Who are fourth on may the 11th. Arsenal goodness who are fourth on may the 11th. Aryoure goodness who are fourth on may the 11th. Aryoure tottenham goodness who are fourth on may the 11th. Aryoure tottenham fan dness who are fourth on may the 11th. Aryoure tottenham fan that;s if youre tottenham fan that archewell harmondsworth if youre tottenham fan that ar yesterday which is kind of in response to the fact that British Racing racing have decided the organisers have decided the organisers have decided to make a few changes to the national. Theyve shortened the national. Theyve shortened the distance between between the start fence, start line and the first fence, just to give the horse a little bit more time to find their stride and prevent injuries. And the horses been the number of horses has been reduced from 42 down to 34. So some changes have been have been made. We saw 30 arrests for protesting last summer as well at the epsom derby, and yesterday they released a statement saying that we believe weve started weve already started a conversation around safety at the grand national dont the grand national and we dont need h the grand national and we dont need it any further from need to take it any further from from so look, say from here. So look, they say theyre not doing it. That doesnt mean that that doesnt mean that nobody will protest because are a protest body because there are a protest body outside animal rising. But outside of animal rising. But they the prominent they themselves, the prominent group, activists in group, the eminent activists in this regard, theyre saying theyre not going to get involved. Hopefully that involved. And hopefully that means will pass off means the race will pass off well. The safety well. And the safety considerations there considerations and there are plenty, stephen, arent there . We animal we are a nation of animal lovers. Hopefully changes lovers. Hopefully the changes that the race has made will, will, will give, give will, will, will give, give protesters or people with anxiety welfare. Anxiety around Animal Welfare. The the, the kind of assurances they need that the animals are going to be safe. Well, yeah, people will well, yeah, some people will never be happy. Finding balance , its finding that balance, aiden, very much indeed. Aiden, thanks very much indeed. Thank be talking thank you. Well be talking about , thank you. Well be talking about, problems at the thank you. Well be talking about , problems at the post about, problems at the post office. So they theyre trying to reduce things, get rid of some of the second class deliveries and what have you concerns of the impact it has on the nhs and hospital appointments being missed and all the rest of it. A couple of points. Hannah says. My postman said only yesterday. There are said only yesterday. There are lots of hospital letters at his depot, but theyre told parcels come first because letters dont make them any money. Yeah which is interesting. But gareth says i at royal mail and letters i work at royal mail and letters that in, go out. How many that come in, go out. How many times we deliver appointments after the date when appointments arrived, on the day they should be sent out earlier , he says. Be sent out earlier, he says. Why isnt the nhs posting appointments out sooner . So two appointments out sooner . So two sides to that one. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. And julie talks about the price of stamps. She says you can buy four stamps but its a fiver. How ridiculous. I think fiver. How ridiculous. I think gb news should investigate this issue and discover the truth. People cant afford to send letters and cards by post anymore, which i think is a shame. Its lovely to open cards on special occasions, especially birthday texts and messages onune birthday texts and messages online are just not the same. And i agree with you julie. I totally agree with you, but sending things via post now is just expensive for our just so expensive for our wedding were going wedding invites. Were not going to because out. To do it because we worked out. Its £2,000 send our its about £2,000 to send our wedding thats a of wedding invite. Thats a lot of money. 125 for first class stamp. 125 for a first class stamp. 125 for a first class stamp. I bought booklet other i bought a booklet the other day of stamps and it £20 oh day of stamps and it was £20 oh 135 gone to now. Yeah, 135 its gone up to now. Yeah, its extortionate for letter much. Yeah. Yeah. To send out a set of so to send out a set of wedding invitations would cost you a fortune. Thats before youve actually bought the invitations themselves. Yeah, but youve got to send them out, havent you . Well, not to go well, were not going to go very you should be proud very modern. You should be proud of that. Youre very techie. No, we sent ours out in the post. Itll be a website. Itll be a website. Sorry. Sorry. Oh, thats so common. Oh, thats so common. Oh, thats so common. Oh, look, he doesnt like it. Doesnt at all. Well, doesnt like it at all. Well, you pay doesnt like it at all. Well, you pay for invites then, you can pay for my invites then, darling, thats a lot darling, because thats a lot of the budget. The wedding budget. Them all printed out. Go get them all printed out. Weve got ours, you know. Got a printer now. Weve got ours, you know. Got a print� love now. Weve got ours, you know. Got a print� love it, now. Weve got ours, you know. Got a print� love it, nilove i love i love it, i love it, i love to, i love it, i love it, i love to, steven. Id love to. Love to get id love to. Id love to get them embossed and yeah, id like to seal and to get a little wax seal and a stamp all of the above. But stamp and all of the above. But its much money. I cant its too much money. I cant afford to post things anymore. And thats why julie makes a fantastic point. I havent its yeah, i havent realised its a shame buy them. A great shame i buy them. 50 time. I buy 50 at a time. Do you really . Do you really . It of lasts me and then it sort of lasts me a year then. But you of a year then. But you sort of then you sort of go and get then you just sort of go and get it done and then how much would that be then . Stamps. One 3550 stamps. Come on. Well, the maths. One 3550 stamps. Come on. We|135 the maths. One 3550 stamps. Come on. We|135 divided aths. One 3550 stamps. Come on. We|135 divided byis. One 3550 stamps. Come on. We|135 divided by two, isnt it . 135 divided by two, isnt it . Is it. Yes which is, 50, £86. 25. Okay. Okay. I was gonna say its about £60. So thats very good. No, its more than, its more than that. Aidan, help aidan, help what is it then . What is it then . It is. Okay, lets work it out. So 100 divided two by is 50, 35 divided by two is another 15. On top of that. Thats so looking at 15 plus 17. 5. So 50 plus 17. 5. Thats £67. 50 ill make it £67. 50. Thank you im Carol Vorderman on the desk. Yes. Very good. £67. 50 on you. Oh my conundrum all by myself. Yeah. Thanks, aidan. Right. Thanks, aidan. Right. Yeah. Its very expensive. Basically. Do get your views on that. Oh, and one one on marriage because we are admiring long marriages. Yes. We who stick through it because Sacha Baron Cohen and isla fisher been together 20 years. Its over. Theyre getting a divorce, we dont know why, but they announced it on instagram yesterday. Richards been in touch saying hes been married for years. 2025, massive for 60 years. Come 2025, massive congratulations to you, richard. Lots in the road, but lots of bumps in the road, but weve overcome them and other obstacles too. Weve overcome them and other obslacles too. Weve overcome them and other obsi bet; too. Weve overcome them and other obsi bet your wife is delighted i bet your wife is delighted that if messages about the bumps in the road, richard should all be well, youre clearly be playing well, youre clearly very. Very happy. And its lasted. And its lasted. Yeah, well, all that time, its amazing. Diamond jubilee. Diamond jubilee. Diamond jubilee. Yeah. Fabulous. Yeah. Fabulous. Was very annoyed, wasnt i . I was very annoyed, wasnt i . Yeah, annoyed yeah, i was very annoyed because your anniversary is coming up, isnt yeah. Two cotton, isnt it . Yeah. Year two cotton, which cotton and i was like which is cotton and i was like now whens diamond . Because thats obviously the very interesting one. And its 60. So thats a lot of a long time. Yeah. You might be dead by then, darling. I should think i thought that youre going to hit your 60th. Certainly not hit my 60th. Anyway, happy germans now. Anyway, happy germans now. Yeah, thats what i say, dont go anywhere. Weve got the papers heading your way. Just a minute. All right. Lets have a look at the papers. Now. Its 640. The papers. Now. Its 640. Yes. Lets start with the telegraph. It leads with royal telegraph. It leads with royal mail cutting second class deliveries, which they say could risk Patient Safety at the times. Has pressure on Junior Doctors to end their strikes, consult agents have done that. Theyre getting a 19 pay increase, the express leads with optimism from the Prime Minister, who says the economy could really take off as workers are rewarded with National Insurance tax cuts. From today, the mail leads with Civil Servants planning to strike over being called a. Youve got to work two days in the office. Oh, instead of working from home. So theyre going to they think they might strike that. Strike over that. Yeah. Yeah. Are they going strike . Are they going to strike . Just the kitchen and do just sit in the kitchen and do nothing. The telly on. Yeah. Nothing. Put the telly on. Yeah. If theyre not already doing that , do stand outside that, do they stand outside their front and protest their own front door and protest. Refuse to go in. Yeah. Or refuse to go in. I dont know. I dont know. I dont know. And the mirror leads with an ex prisoner inspired to turn her life around because of the princess wales. After meeting princess of wales. After meeting her in jail in 2020. I like that story. Yeah, well, there you go. Yeah, well, there you go. Power of the princess this is power of the princess of has actually very of wales has actually very inspiring if you get to meet her. So im told we havent met her. So im told we havent met her yet. Not that we will, we will, we will. Lets talk to the author and journalist, susan holder and political commentator shahab mossavat. Good to see you both this morning. Morning. Good morning. Good morning. Susan, lets start with you. Oh working from home. Yes. Yes. Well, actually, you just been saying will we know saying how will we know if theyre strike . Dont know theyre on strike . I dont know that to tell the that were going to tell the difference, but there has been a ballot. About of the ballot. About half of the workers, office for workers, at the office for National Statistic have been balloted, and 73 of them have voted in favour of strike action. And that is because theyve been told that they need to come in three days week. If to come in three days a week. If theyre working full time. I mean, lets be fair, three days a two days if a week, possibly two days if theyre time , and they theyre part time, and they think this is outrageous. And because they , they claim theyve because they, they claim theyve been promised because they were allowed from home in the allowed to work from home in the pandemic, obviously, a pandemic, obviously, which was a good was good thing. And that was a obviously a necessary thing. Theyve been told that they would carry like would be able to carry on like that. With them . That. Whats wrong with them . Well, claiming i dont well, theyre claiming i dont know whether theyve heard of well, theyre claiming i dont kno you 1ether theyve heard of well, theyre claiming i dont kno you know, theyve heard of well, theyre claiming i dont kno you know, what e heard of well, theyre claiming i dont kno you know, what jobs ard of well, theyre claiming i dont kno you know, what jobs are of well, theyre claiming i dont kno you know, what jobs are for the you know, what jobs are for everybody else. And for a lot of people who cant work from home, that its going to affect their its cause them its going to cause them disruption, especially for childcare caring childcare and other caring arrangements. Yes, that is what arrangements. Yes, that is what work tends to do. And everybody we all have, weve all been there. Weve all kind of lived through that. I had a child while working full time and yes, its difficult and yes, you have to make compromises and sacrifices is what you sacrifices and that is what you do. I mean, i cant see why if these people wont go work, these people wont go to work, you other people who you cant get other people who will. I dont i dont understand, shahab what youre saying. Well, i think i think it speaks of the, the cultural shift that covid really , you shift that covid really, you know, created in the country. I think people have become used to now these different working patterns. Who patterns. Obviously people who are Front Line Work are in the Front Line Work differently. Have come are in the Front Line Work diffeoffices have come are in the Front Line Work diffeoffices like have come are in the Front Line Work diffeoffices like yourselves� me are in the Front Line Work diffeoffices like yourselves. 1e into offices like yourselves. You have to be here, but but i think , i think it definitely has think, i think it definitely has caused there to be a cultural shift. And i think that this is indicative of that , the fact indicative of that, the fact that they feel empowered to make that they feel empowered to make that statement. Yeah. Yes , thats what i mean. Yes, thats what i mean. Yes, thats what i mean. Its not to say that working from home cant work. I mean, we were all promised years ago. Oh, in the future with computers, well able do this. And well be able to do this. And you people wont be you wont. People wont have be commuting. There wont be traffic on roads all, you traffic on the roads at all, you know, time as everybody know, same time as everybody else. Well be doing else. Because well all be doing these really these shows. Its never really quite like that. And its quite worked like that. And its fine job can be done. But fine if the job can be done. But if thinks that the if anybody thinks that the government working from government workers working from home capacity , home are working to capacity, well, got to try and well, youve only got to try and get services or any. Get any services sorted or any. I mean, another i mean, hmrc is another situation you cant get situation where you cant get hold of anybody. Theyve told people they even take any people they cant even take any phone for a while, phone calls now for a while, even they meant to be even though they are meant to be working because of working from home because of some if youve got to some reason. So if youve got to do effectively , thats do the job effectively, thats how you judge whether working from and also from home works. And also culturally you talk about culturally you talk about cultural differences, why people would it might be easier would want it might be easier for childcare or getting the washing done or whatever else you other jobs you want to do. But why . People dont want to interact human beings interact with other human beings interact with other human beings in environment. Its such in a Work Environment. Its such a loss to your if you a huge loss to your life. If you dont go out there and meet people, and its easy to people, and its too easy to just kind of shut the door on the world not involved. The world and not get involved. Not thing. Not a good thing. Its its the insulation its the its the insulation that from a social media that comes from a social media world. Social media tells you that deal with people at that you can deal with people at arms length, and that has that has crept into work, into workplaces so that people feel that actually, on a day to day basis, this personal contact isnt necessary. It is. It is. Isnt necessary. It is. It is. You actually get a lot, lot more done when you deal with people in person. Yeah, were all turning into a nation introverts, or we a nation of introverts, or we will if were careful. Will do if were not careful. Yeah , lets look yeah, yeah, yeah, lets look at the i newspaper, shall we. The front page this morning, fears that trump meddling fears that trump is meddling with uk election. With the uk election. Yeah, this isnt yeah, well, this isnt actually new as it sounds. If actually as new as it sounds. If you remember, over brexit, president obama got involved and that went down. Considering he was he was very popular over here. He did that. It went down like a lead balloon. It did. It actually had a very, very , it had a, it had an very, very, it had a, it had an effect that, that , that fed effect that, that, that fed brexit. Really. It did so, so this isnt new, but i have to say that when President Trump is doing it, what he what that speaks of is an era of divergent politics. Now, President Donald Trump mean. Well, what that means is that he doesnt fit the conventions. Theres always been this sort of cosy, cosy convention that that politics as usual, establishment does usual, the establishment does things certain way and things in a certain way and observes certain conventions. And doesnt set and trump doesnt doesnt set any store by any of those things. He is really interested in his own interests and in the interests of those those alt politics that he represents and wont play by the by the rules. And i think its a good thing that he doesnt play by the rules. I wonder what hes going to dabble in, though, with all of this. I mean, unless he says vote for reform, well, thats probably say. Probably what he will say. And thats think thats his and thats i think thats his main hes main interest because hes bezzie mates with nigel farage and of thats and thats his kind of thats his interest in british politics. I politics. The interesting line i picked out of the article was it said that seven i dont know whether this is true or not, but it does say it in the article that seven out of ten britons have an unfavourable view of trump, me, trump, which surprises me, actually, think actually, because i think because an arms because hes at such an arms length us, would length distance from us, i would have thought people would have thought more people would actually find him more actually kind of find him more of an attractive politician than that. From that. I dont know, just from talking people, talking to people that people, because going to be because hes not going to be kind you know, ruling over kind of, you know, ruling over us. Were us. I would think people were more says seven more favourable. It says seven out find him an out of ten find him an unfavourable an unfavourable have an unfavourable have an unfavourable of him, which unfavourable view of him, which is and be is interesting, and itd be interesting know the out interesting to know what the out of is in america. But of ten number is in america. But im sure, were soon going im sure, sure, were soon going to find out. I dont really think and i dont really think reform needs much help. I mean, the the the latest poll, the one published shows that published today, shows that theyre theyre theyre on 14. Theyre six points of lib dems. Points ahead of the lib dems. Now, obviously, thats spread across not across the country. So its not necessarily going translate necessarily going to translate into lots of seats for into lots and lots of seats for them. I think theyre going them. But i think theyre going to away substantial to take away a substantial amount both from, amount of support. Both from, well, from the well, largely from the conservative also conservative party, but also from some of those red wall labour seats the tories labour seats that the tories took. So its going to split the vote. And i think theyre going to be players in this next election. Its interesting though because i think people who are sort of dead behind reform will probably broadly welcome donald trump. If said, you are trump. If he said, are you are you should all vote for reform. Its all marvellous, anyone who might be teetering on the brink and not sure could well be put off. You could. Well, you could, but again, its then we seem to have fallen into a culture where any publicity is good publicity, isnt it . Theyre talking isnt it . If theyre talking about not. At least about you, theyre not. At least they theyve heard of you. They know theyve heard of you. And that seems be how our and that seems to be how our politicians works. Politicians now politics works. If weve heard the name and we know are, theyre the know who they are, theyre the people the votes. It people who get the votes. It never comes down policy on never comes down to policy on what for, because what they stand for, because usually we dont know. But but i, i do yeah, well but but i, i do think theres a bigger Strategic Point here that shouldnt be ignored. And thats to do with ignored. And thats to do with nato. Think that if president nato. I think that if President Trump is interfering in, in, in the election in any way , its the election in any way, its because he wants to assure himself the person in himself that the person whos in downing street he, know, downing street, if he, you know, resumes presidency in resumes the presidency in november in january next november or in january next yean november or in january next year, someone that he finds year, is someone that he finds agreeable , more agreeable, and agreeable, more agreeable, and nato one of the key policy nato is one of the key policy areas for him and britain is obviously a key player in nato. So youve got to find sir keir starmer agreeable. Otherwise hes going to be disappointed, isnt he basically. One would think basically. Well one would think so, but but i think, you know, its the majority that its about the majority that starmer might be able starmer has and he might be able to at that. To eat away at that. Well well i well i dont well i dont keep well i dont keep you well i dont keep you neb well i dont keep you neb out of our politics. What i would say its not his country. Well i do hope you get that interview. Is that what you lead with. Would that be your first question. Yes id watch that. I would, i would put it in there because that thats what irritated everyone about obama. Not that they didnt like obama, but its like, this isnt your country. Dont tell us what to do. And i that would apply do. And i think that would apply to anyone. Yeah, whos to anyone. Yeah, yeah. Whos a foreign leader . Well, they dont get the nuances they. Nuances do they. Dont dont they they dont they dont they dont you know. Yeah. Dont really you know. Yeah. Up to them. Its not up to them. Its not up to them. Up to us. There you go its up to us. There you go susan. A dementia drug which susan. Yes a dementia drug which is news apart is great news. Great news apart from out it. From people missing out on it. Yeah its great that there yeah its great news that there is new drug, a couple of new is a new drug, a couple of new drugs, but theyre saying drugs, but what theyre saying in guardian is that we dont in the guardian is that we dont have the, capacity to, to use the drug because we dont diagnose early enough. And thats because, we are very low on scanners, and we are very low on scanners, and we are very low on people who are dementia specialists. So were lagging behind , other, other g7 behind, other, other g7 countries in that respect. And if you dont diagnose early, you cant you can have all the drugs in the world. But if youre not diagnosing the people who have got the illness, then youre not going and going to get them. The drugs and the be early the drugs have to be given early for be really effective. For them to be really effective. And weve got apparently a 14 billion funding hole. And billion funding black hole. And so diagnosing as so were not diagnosing as quickly us , canada, quickly as the us, canada, france, italy and japan. Yeah. Its not a good look, yeah. Its not a good look, is it . Its not a good look. The diagnostic capacity were way behind the rest of the g7. Way behind them on were way behind them on that. On, on the private that. But on, on in the private sector, we lead the world in this country. Companies like and good. Companies like well and good. If youve got the money, know what i mean in terms of research. So a lot these drugs were so a lot of these drugs were in the forefront of these astrazeneca gsk , theyre astrazeneca gsk, theyre companies are doing companies that are doing this Research Work in research and creating work in this country. So the nhs needs to catch up. Its not its not well but again thats terrible. It is so where were leading the way where were finding these dont benefit these and then we dont benefit from it. But the british people cant their hands it. Cant get their hands on it. Think the nhs has been no, i think the nhs has been whistled away. Theres been whistled away. And theres been a a deliberate a that has been a deliberate political decision. Its not its its not its not coincidental. Its not its not coincidental. Its not its not coincidental. Its not its not a side effect of anything. There has been a decision to , to, to diminish the decision to, to, to diminish the nhs and its ongoing process. Nhs and its an ongoing process. Should we look at thames water if we must, we must, if we must i mean its a basket case isnt it really. Isnt it really. This is, this is i think this is a case of where there is a natural monopoly and where privatisation has essentially failed. Yeah, you know, we decided back in the 1980s or, you know, the, the government decided back in the 1980s that privatisation was was this panacea in which, you know, we could achieve all the greatness of, of, of competitive competition that competition brought. But thames water has been one of the, one of the conspicuous failures of this, of this policy privatised in 1989. Its now carrying over £14 billion of debt and constantly going back to government and saying, we need bailing out, we need help constantly going back to its shareholders. It did so last year in july, got £750 million out of them. Its gone back again with the begging bowl this january and said we need another 2. 5 billion. Its just unsustainable. And now what do we do . Well, i think we take it back into into public ownership, i really do, but its not going to happen again. I think it will do you because. Because, well , the because. Because, well, the tories arent talking that way. Spoke to labour yesterday. They spoke to labour yesterday. They said no, thats absolutely not on our agenda. We cant afford to do it. I think the reason theyve defaulted is because they want essentially, facto way essentially, in a de facto way to rid renationalised if the to get rid renationalised if the government bails them out, that is essentially doing that anyway, theyve put in the cart before the horse all the time, though, arent they what theyre talking about . I i saw that interview i think i saw that interview you yesterday and one of the you did yesterday and one of the things they said was they were going bonuses going going to stop the bonuses going to which is to the bosses, which is obviously are they paying obviously a why are they paying bonuses people are bonuses to people who are running terribly . Running something so terribly . Everyone that. Everyone would agree with that. Thats thing. That thats the right thing. But that doesnt actually the doesnt actually stop the problem. Problem problem. And the problem is that the Water Infrastructure isnt there, that the Water Infrastructure isnt the|sewage that the Water Infrastructure isnt the|sewage is that the Water Infrastructure isnt the|sewage is in that the Water Infrastructure isnt the|sewage is in our that the Water Infrastructure isnt the|sewage is in our riversthat the Water Infrastructure isnt the|sewage is in our rivers isat the sewage is in our rivers is because if it wasnt, it would all be backing up into our homes. And wants that. Homes. And nobody wants that. And theyre trying to and obviously theyre trying to stop they suddenly stop that. And if they suddenly stopped out into the stopped letting it out into the rivers the sea, then and it rivers and the sea, then and it happened, wed all be in absolute all absolute major uproar that all the up into the sewage was coming up into our so what . Why our bathrooms. So what . Why cant im not a scientist. Cant they . Im not a scientist. Why they link the. You why cant they link the. You might not. Im not. Funnily enough, im not trained as a scientist. But heres an idea why cant you link the fuel crisis with the sewage problem and repurpose the sewage into biofuel, and kind of have a more sustainable fuel situation and use the sewage instead of pumping it out as waste . Why cant you do that . Is that not cant you do that . Is that not anidea . Cant you do that . Is that not an idea . Can i not can we not invent . I think thats a very good idea, actually. Well, ive looked it up. Well, ive looked it up. Biofuel. Biofuel. Biofuel. It is done in other countries. Not. Im not countries. Its not. Im not completely up. The fact countries. Its not. Im not comjyouzly up. The fact countries. Its not. Im not comjyou that. Up. The fact countries. Its not. Im not comjyou that. No,up. The fact countries. Its not. Im not comjyou that. No, no, the fact countries. Its not. Im not comjyou that. No, no, no, fact countries. Its not. Im not comjyou that. No, no, no, no, that you that. No, no, no, no, im not completely insane , am i . Im not completely insane, am i . There a way of making biofuel there is a way of making biofuel from weve got so from sewage. If weve got so much it, which we do, its much of it, which we do, its free of, you know, free to kind of, you know, access. Why dont we just do that . nominating that . Nominating susan nominating susan as well, im nominating susan as our star. Our repurposing star. To be head of i dont want to be head of whatever word would be. Whatever the word would be. Why cant television effluent . 7 yes, the . Yes, the head of effluent. Oh, great. I dont want that on a badge, but, i mean, just just to watch out on this story. Ofwat has agreed that thames water bills by 56 water can hike up bills by 56 and will then well, well , i and will then well, well, i mean, you know, do, do exactly what you wanted. Well i mean do turkeys vote for christmas. No they dont. So obviously theyre going to theyre going to take this on in real this 56 hike on on in real terms. Real terms increase in bills. And theyve offered bills. And theyve been offered concessions on those very dividends. The very things that have this, this black have created this, this black hole they keep paying hole of debt, they keep paying out shareholders out dividends to shareholders while simultaneously pleading poverty. Think that poverty. I dont think that that is a sustainable position. No , no, no, i hope someone no, no, no, i hope someone buys them out for a pound. Yeah. Buys them out for a pound. Yeah. And, and does a betterjob. Well, it wouldnt be hard to do. I mean, you know, even even i not as a scientist could run it and not, you know, and do a better than, you know, better job than, than, you know, whats on at the moment. Better job than, than, you know, thwe on at the moment. Better job than, than, you know, thwe put on at the moment. Better job than, than, you know, thwe put your at the moment. Better job than, than, you know, thwe put you int the moment. Better job than, than, you know, thwe put you in chargeioment. Better job than, than, you know, thwe put you in charge. Ment. We put you in charge. We put you in charge. Susan. Not convinced susan. Im not convinced youre you not . Youre not, are you not . You not . Are you not . No. No. Youve put white coat on. Youve put a white coat on. You it off. You could carry it off. Could. I could. I could. Theres definitely theres definitely method your madness. Definitely. Madness. Susan,aly. Madness. Susan, thank you much. Susan, thank you so much. Thank susan, thank you so much. Thaoh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. Right. Thank you both. Heres your weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Very good morning to you. Storm kathleen has arrived. You. Storm kathleen has arrived. But it will mean Different Things to different people. Very windy in the west. Much warmer across the uk, particularly in the east. Its not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. Most of the rain went through overnight. Thats Clearing Northern scotland dunng Clearing Northern scotland during showers during the morning. Showers follow the west but well follow from the west but well broken cloud will lead to some sunny spells, towards sunny spells, especially towards the. But the window is the southeast. But the window is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. But the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible somewhere like east anglia, with that warmth , east anglia, with that warmth, were going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many, with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast. The south and southeast. The blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and its a frost free start across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up a bright start for many, especially towards the south east and the far north and northeast. But therell be cloud northeast. But therell be cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers for others. Now the showers for many others. Now the showers mostly affect western and central of england, wales, central parts of england, wales, scotland and Northern Ireland. Best brightness will be best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. Another warm day here. 60 or 17 celsius, but windy again to the but very windy again to the northwest. Northwest. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning to you. It is saturday. The 6th of april, 7 00 today. Health leaders warn that royal mail cuts could put Patient Safety at risk. With more people set to miss hospital appointments. The honey trap westminster scandal continues as tory mp doctor luke evans claims he was a victim of cyber flashing before alerting the police to the scam. Storm kathleen set to arrive today. Heavy rain and furious winds of up to 70 miles an hour are expected to batter parts of britain. A black actress suffers a barrage of racial abuse online after being cast in the theatre production of romeo and juliet. Now for lots of us, of course, animals are just simply part of the family. So should workers get time off compassionate leave . If your pet dies . Were debating that later on. Thank you for the music. To celebrate abbas 50th eurovision anniversary, well be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. Good morning. Its a huge day in the premier League Title Race today with arsenal and Manchester City in action before liverpool travel to Manchester United tomorrow and well hear about the furry lothario. Championship club Queens Park Rangers have reportedly sacked their mascot, jude the cat, for flirting too much with female fans. Ill be explaining more later this hour. Ill be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen. The strengthening winds and the very warm air. It will bring all coming up in the weather very sooii. 500. Soon. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. 50 years since abba were at euro vision. I know i love that vision, which is frightening. Really. Not that i remember. But oddly, weirdly enough, i was looking at abba voyage last night. Yes, weve been. No, i recommend. No, i recommend. Have you been . Oh my mum, because i was looking at videos and things because i was sort of thinking of taking my parents very much to abba generation. You have to. Is it like they are actually on stage . Yeah. The first song. If you on stage . Yeah. youreie first song. If you on stage . Yeah. youre notst song. If you on stage . Yeah. youre not familiar, if you on stage . Yeah. youre not familiar, they you on stage . Yeah. youre not familiar, they are if youre not familiar, they are holograms. Theyre not actually there, exactly holograms. Theyre not actually therthe exactly holograms. Theyre not actually therthe four exactly holograms. Theyre not actually therthe four of exactly holograms. Theyre not actually therthe four of themexactly holograms. Theyre not actually therthe four of them are tly holograms. Theyre not actually therthe four of them are there. Like the four of them are there. So the first song starts, youre a a bit weird. A bit like this is a bit weird. Yeah. Theyre yeah. You know, theyre holograms. You know. Holograms. They know, you know. Yeah then after that first yeah and then after that first song, like song, youre there. Its like theyre stage and they talk theyre on stage and they talk to between songs, like to you between the songs, like it in a real gig. Its it would be in a real gig. Its very, good. Really very, very good. I really recommend everyones dancing. Dont get a seated seat. Oh no no no no no. Wed have to a dance. No no. To get a dance. No no no. Seated seat. Seated seat. Oh why . Oh im not a last time i went to a thing, someone took me to, a concert. And it took me to, a concert. And it was. It was a stand up thing. Yeah. I was. It was a stand up thing. Yeah. I was like, no, i just want to sit down. Oh, dance. Stephen, a craig david thing at the o2. Stephen, a craig david thing at the 02. It stephen, a craig david thing at the o2. It was like, i dont the 02. It was like, i dont want to stand there and dance. Im not a dancer. I would like to sit down and enjoy the music and perhaps have a cup of tea, not stand there and dance. To stand. But you have to stand. But you have to stand. But you have to stand. But i do recommend, if you are an abba fan, get yourself to abba was calling abba voyage. I was calling it abba voyage. I was calling it abba dont know who abba voice. I dont know who i thought was, voyage. Thought i was, sabra voyage. Quite fancy. Yeah. Very good, quite fancy. Yeah. Very good, quite fancy. Do quite fancy that. So i do quite fancy that. So oddly 50. So we are talking to cheryl baker. Mind you, i was thinking that theres four there. 43 years since , making there. 43 years since, making your mind up. Wow. What do you remember that . Remember that . Well, i wasnt, i wasnt around. Well, i know you werent. Well, i know you werent. You were barely around yourself. Oh, no, i remember it. Do you . Yeah, i remember id be. Id be 6 or 7 when that happened. So id be 6 or 7 when that happened. So we all sort of did the dance at Primary School and all that. Oh. Thats cute. Yeah. Oh. Thats cute. Yeah. Oh, do you know the oh, and, do you know the song . You know the song making your up. Your mind up. It me. Sing it to me. Sing it to me. Making your mind up. Making your mind up. We can youtube it in the break. I wasnt going to get a lot from that. No. You. No. You. No. You. No. I mean, its a crack because we won with that. Oh, thats very good. Well done. Us congrats. Congrats. And i dont think we won again from that until katrina and the waves, which was great, is that walking on sunshine . No ho. 110. No. Was that Something Else . Was that Something Else . No, that was a that was a hit record, i cant remember the name of the song now that we won with katrina and the waves, but anyway, so that was even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long that was even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time was even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time ago even that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time ago now, that with katrina and the waves, but anywa long time ago now, whats was a long time ago now, whats your song . Your favourite abba song . Oh, i dont know. I like them all. I just think theyre all so catchy. I like give me, give me, give me a man after midnight sings it all. Yes. Yes. I just think thats a great song. And when they. When that came on abba voyage, it was great. So i do recommend get your get your mother there. Shell love it. Weve been talking lot civil talking a lot about Civil Servants striking. Apparently theyre not very happy about being the being asked to go into the office a week, which office two days a week, which sounds quite good to sounds like quite a good deal to me. Isnt that is literally me. Isnt it . That is literally the of Flexible Working. Well, two days a week, if youre part three days a youre part time, three days a week youre full time. Week if youre full time. Even sounds right, yeah, even that sounds right, doesnt yeah, even that sounds right, doejohn says the majority of john says the majority of Civil Servants work from Civil Servants want to work from home dont in home because they dont live in london. Theyve moved out to places and places like sussex, surrey and kent. To pay the kent. They dont want to pay the train fares to come into london anymore, still the anymore, but they still get the london wage, and its london premium wage, and its clearly things in the clearly showing things in the pubuc clearly showing things in the Public Service are not working properly like passport properly like the Passport Office dvla. A Taxpayer Office hmrc, dvla. As a taxpayer i want them back in the office. Well malcolm says sacked the strikers. Theyre accountable to the taxpayer. The Civil Service is no longer civil, does not provide a service and has become the refuge of a new lazy, entitled class. Oh , caroline says personally, oh, caroline says personally, i think going in three days a week should not be a problem. And to be honest, i think the Civil Service is overstaffed and needs trimming down, which gordon brown was told to do. But it never happened. No, khan says. It never happened. Mo, khan says. It never happened. I dontan says. It never happened. I dont knows. It never happened. I dont know why they dont sack and move it up sack the lot and move it up north, where people appreciate a good its the entitled good job. Its the entitled workers, the northerners. Its workers, the northerners. Its the entitlement of it. Though. I dont think theres anything wrong with working from home. And i know people work and i know some people work better from home. That wouldnt better from home. That wouldnt be me. Id be terrible working from home. Actually, id be quite good. Actually, id be quite good. My might be off wandering, doing all of stuff and doing all sorts of stuff and never actually getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and neso actually getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and neso ictually getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and neso i would getting on with doing all sorts of stuff and neso i would betting on with doing all sorts of stuff and neso i would be terrible. With doing all sorts of stuff and neso i would be terrible. Iith it. So i would be terrible. I know i would, people are know i would, some people are better , but its the idea that better, but its the idea that youre entitled enough to say, well, im not. Im not well, no, im not. Im not coming into office. I get coming into the office. I get called into the office, you go into the office. It sounds actually like youve got quite a good deal. Its like being asked to come in five days a week. You . Five days a week. Are you . Its three five days a week. Are you . Its threthree days a week. Three days a week. Three days a week. Days at home. Sounds three days at home. Sounds quite me. Quite nice to me. Im going to. Im going to. Theyre to strike over theyre going to strike over it, dont know. It, i dont know. I suppose it depends on whats their if whats in their contracts. If they and you they were hired and told you are. Yes you are a remote worker, then you can see why there might be an issue, because they would, as john was saying , they would, as john was saying, move out. They might have a certain childcare or theyre doing the childcare themselves. You can understand why they might have a problem, but if its not in your contract, cant really about it, can you . Really moan about it, can you . I do think bosses should be listened to more. I know its not always a popular to not always a popular thing to say, but its like bosses are trying run company or trying to run a company or department or whatever it is, and theyre trying to manage and if theyre trying to manage it all and youre just saying, im not going to do that , he im not going to do that, he should be fired. Oh, basically, dont mince your words. Your words. No. Well, no. Its like, how do you maintain discipline otherwise. Yeah its a good question. We said were not just coming in. Well wed be sacked. Yes. You couldnt do our job remotely to be fair, man. You know, you rang in at 5 00 this morning. Itd be different if were yeah if i rang if you were sick. Yeah if i rang in at 5 00 with an hour to go and just went. Oh, i sort of fancy today. Im really fancy it today. Im really sorry. I dont fancy it today. Youd on your ear. You youd be out on your ear. You would, and rightly so. Yes. Yes. Oh, wow. Harsh. Arent we . Oh, wow. Harsh. Arent we . We are. Let us know we are. We are. Let us know what you think of that one. Gb views gb news. Com views at gb news. Com tell you about nhs now lets tell you about nhs chiefs warned that royal chiefs whove warned that royal mail theyre talking the mail cuts. Theyre talking the royal is royal mail, which is now privatised , is talking about privatised, is talking about reducing do with reducing what they do with second class stamps and second class and delivery, second deliveries that sort of deliveries and all that sort of thing. Theyre saying could thing. Theyre saying it could put safety at risk put Patient Safety at risk because new figures suggest late letters the cause of a letters are the cause of a quarter of missed hospital appointments. Yes, Health Leaders have dubbed the plans worrying , as dubbed the plans worrying, as the Health Service faces an official backlog of 7. 6 million. Earlier, we spoke to political commentator john oxley , one of these people thats waiting for an appointment letter to come and it gets delayed and by the time it comes your appointment has gone, sort of come and gone. You have to go back into the queue and you know that just means the queues are going to keep getting longer, which we know is a problem at the moment, and its wasted resources for the nhs because youre sat there not knowing that youve got an appointment, but the doctors, the nurses, the room are still operating and are still a cost to the National Health service. And then they Health Service. And then they have through extra have to go through the extra burden to get in burden of trying to get in contact you again, to contact with you again, to rearrange whatever it is youre being waiting do think being waiting for. Do you think the should sending the nhs should still be sending out appointments by post because it is costly using the postal service, and we dont even know how effective its going to be now. Yeah, and thats one of the, the issues, but we have to recognise for certain groups of people that post is the best way to get in contact with them. The nhs have moved a lot of things online, that for most people nowadays is going to be the best way of handling things. But there are some people and particularlypeople there are some people and particularly people really Vulnerable People who really appreciate that letter. So its appreciate that letter. So its a difficult thing for the nhs to completely get rid of. But, you know, as it gets increasingly expensive and increasingly disruptive, then its hard to see what the alternative is. But of course, what you cant do is say to the royal mail, well, you cant cut second class deliveries because this is all about the second class stuff. You cant cut those deliveries just keep nhs going, can just to keep the nhs going, can you . Somehow weve got to you . So somehow weve got to move forward and find a compromise. Yeah and thats what the governments going be working governments going to be working on. All goes back on. But this all goes back to when, privatised when, royal mail was privatised about ten years ago. The idea was that the service would remain same , but the remain the same, but the government sell off to government would sell it off to someone and were someone else. And what were seeing time and again seeing time and time again across royal mail, are across this is royal mail, are putting up their prices and theyre trying to back the theyre trying to scale back the service theres service because theres a company, its losing loads and loads money and dont loads of money and you dont have that government control anymore. Its a bit like the anymore. And its a bit like the water regulators. Its the same thing. The service is getting worse, the costs are going up, theyre not making much money and somethings got to give there, i want to talk to you about the latest this about the latest in this honeytrap in westminster honeytrap scandal in westminster. Weve now got a second conservative mp coming forward, luke evans, saying that he received explicit , unsolicited received explicit, unsolicited messages and that hes actually reported this to the police. Reported this to the police. Yes. So this is the latest development. We had all the news about will wragg yesterday, who seems to have been the first person in the plot. And now were a of an idea were getting a bit of an idea of how far its spread, what we dont whats really not dont know and whats really not coming who we think might coming out is who we think might be you know, was it be behind this. You know, was it someone trying to someone in politics trying to cause . Was it someone cause trouble . Was it someone maybe trying to make money . Or is it something more serious than that . And is it a foreign power . Well, well, whats your gut tell you this . Because what tell you on this . Because what seems clear is these people who were messaging, particularly on the know some were the whatsapp, i know some were on dating but a lot of on dating apps, but a lot of them on whatsapp as them were on whatsapp as, as luke evans situation they luke evans situation was, they seem about their seem to know a lot about their targets. Yes, a lot of targets. Yes, a lot of information which a random person wouldnt have known. Yeah, but this is potentially stuff you can gleam online. You know, some of its about where people used to work, which linkedin whatever. Linkedin profiles, whatever. A lot politics are lot of people in politics are fairly unguarded about the things they say on social media, so what it shows is someones put effort into it , so what it shows is someones put effort into it, but that could be a fraudster, or it could be a fraudster, or it could be a Foreign Government or someone really trying to cause harm to United Kingdom. At harm to the United Kingdom. At the moment, dont know. And the moment, we dont know. And really said really not much is being said about , is political about that, is political commentator john oxley talking to us earlier on in the programme. Now, try not to go out today if you can possibly avoid it. The met office has issued a danger to life warning as storm kathleen is set to batter parts of the uk. Oh yeah, its expected to bnng oh yeah, its expected to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour well earlier. Sorry. No, you carry on. You carry on. Shes on a roll. On a roll. on a roll. Give her a give her an inch. Give her a give her an inch. Take a mile. Earlier, we spoke to weather journalist Nathan Rowley for. Oh, we dont really expect to see this sort of thing in april. She number 11, storm the she is number 11, storm of the storm season, which kicks off in september. And shes going to arrive bad mood and arrive in a pretty bad mood and shes going to stick around. I know that feeling. I know that feeling. Know , 70 mile per yeah, i know, 70 mile per hour mentioned hour gusts. You mentioned those are be on the are going to be on the peripheries, on the exposed areas down the coast, which areas down the west coast, which is where the met Office Warning for to 70 mile per hour gusts for up to 70 mile per hour gusts is that is the west coast is today. That is the west coast of england, scotland and wales. And around of england, scotland and wales. An day around of england, scotland and wales. An day towards around of england, scotland and wales. An day towards the around of england, scotland and wales. An day towards the arcthe all day towards the east of the country. It wont be so bad. Its going to be a wet and blustery day pretty much everywhere but to the east. Its not to as bad as it is, not going to be as bad as it is, is the west. And tomorrow is to the west. And tomorrow a bit blustery again as moves bit blustery again as she moves northwards. And there we go. Number kathleen, we are number 11 storm kathleen, we are back in storm season. The problem is when you say, well , its, you know, for some well, its, you know, for some parts of the east or what have you, its not going be as bad you, its not going to be as bad and a bit blustery. The and its a bit blustery. The trouble rainfall at the trouble is, any rainfall at the moment, ground is just moment, the ground is just absolutely. It takes absolutely saturated. It takes nothing for the flooding to come back. Nothing for the flooding to come bacabsolutely. There are absolutely. And there are there than 100 there are more than 100 environment alerts Environment Agency flood alerts in some more serious in place. And some more serious flood warnings. Problem flood warnings. The problem is that start of the that since the start of the storm season, which starts in september, they september, which is when they start storms, weve had start naming storms, weve had 11 now and with those has come a lot of heavy a lot of lot of heavy rain and a lot of persistent now, when were persistent rain. Now, when were talking flooding, were persistent rain. Now, when were talking about flooding, were persistent rain. Now, when were talking about either1g, were persistent rain. Now, when were talking about either riverere talking about either river flooding surface flooding or surface water flooding or surface water flooding or surface water flooding or groundwater flooding. And because weve had so rain over a sustained so much rain over a sustained penod so much rain over a sustained period of time, the groundwater, the tables are right up the water tables are right up high, and any more on top of thatis high, and any more on top of that is going to cause flooding. So get rain, you so where you do get rain, you get persistent, ongoing get this persistent, ongoing problem flooding. Problem of flooding. Over the last months, weve last few months, weve been dominated low pressure in the dominated by low pressure in the uk. Now, low pressure is what we associate with bad wet and windy weather, and High Pressure in the what we associate the summer is what we associate with weather. Weve been with good weather. Weve been under influence low under the influence of low pressure thats wet pressure and thats wet and windy. That as windy. Were hoping that as we go summer, pressure is go into summer, High Pressure is going to build and thatll bring some more settled some drier, more settled conditions. Any conditions. But as you say, any more rain in the worst hit regions, on the west , regions, especially on the west, in south west and the south, in the south west and the south, its to the problem its going to bring the problem of so kathleen, of flooding. So kathleen, today, yes, problems of flooding. So kathleen, today, yes, that. Problems with that. Nathan, are we seeing more and of very serious and more of these very serious storms, named storms, as storms, these named storms, as you say . Theres a number 11. Weve to letter k. Weve got to the letter k. Have and this is the first we have and this is the first time thats happened since time that thats happened since 2016. Started or 2016. Now we started naming or the met office with met eireann started storms in 2015. Started naming storms in 2015. So it could a symptom of so it could be a symptom of because we now have a name system in place prior to 2015, its sort of difficult to keep a tab on how many storms they were, because they were sort of named sporadically. Now we have a set list. This year has been unusualin a set list. This year has been unusual in that we have seen 11. Last year we only saw two, we saw anthony and we saw betty, and they both crept in at the very of the season. Now very end of the season. Now i dont think we can say were seeing a trend of seeing seeing a general trend of seeing more. This is an unusual year 11. We expect to 11. Usually we expect to see about 6 or 7. I think that we are we are noticing them more because were naming them or were when they come were recognising when they come up. And were recognising when they come up. And this year has been unusual, but the trend tends to be average. This year is be about average. This year is unusualin be about average. This year is unusual in seeing 11, seven, 16. Lets have a look at some of the other stories coming into the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. Former Prime Minister and the former Prime Minister bofis and the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has urged the government to keep sending arms suppues government to keep sending arms supplies to israel as, despite a deadly drone strike which killed seven aid workers on monday, the attack on world central kitchen workers has prompted condemnation from around the world, with rishi sunak branding the deaths appalling. The deaths appalling. A planned strike by more than 600 Border Force Officers at heathrow has been suspended , and heathrow has been suspended, and members of the public and commercial Services Union were due to walk out for four days from april the 11th. However pcs has said its been suspended in an attempt to seek further negotiations with the home office and Sacha Baron Cohen and isla fisher have announced they are getting divorced after two decades together in a social media post announcing the split, the actors said they had jointly filed to end their marriage last yeah the pair , who have three the pair, who have three children, met in 2001 and got engagedin children, met in 2001 and got engaged in 2004. And on that note, mariannes been in touch saying, my husband and i celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary two weeks ago. Well done. And my brother celebrates his 60th anniversary in september. My sister in law and i are obviously gluttons for punishment. Well, congratulations , marianne, and congratulations, marianne, and congratulations, marianne, and congratulations to your brother and wife as well. And his wife as well. My mum and dad are heading towards their diamond in 2027. Wow, that would be the diamond. Theyre gonna have a big party. I dont know what theyre going to do. They had a big party for the golden wedding. They should do a big party. And should on and i think they should go on a really cruise. Really nice cruise. Oh, thanks very much. Ill pass that on. Yeah, you should. Yeah, you should. Yeah, you should. And your mum needs a nice diamond necklace nice diamond necklace or a nice diamond necklace or a nice diamond ring. Oh. She all right. Oh, dad. Does she all right. Oh, dad. Brace talking of brace yourself. Talking of golden anniversaries. Yeah. 50 years abba , went on years since abba, went on to eurovision with waterloo. Eurovision with waterloo. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. 50 years. Were talking to cheryl baker , actually, from cheryl baker, actually, from bucks fizz a little bit later on. But the one and only the fabulous nicki french, who was our entrant in the year 2000 with dont play that song again, has been in touch this morning because theres a very big gig going on tonight. Going on tonight. Yes there is. Oh, its in stockholm is it . No, its not in stockholm. No, its not in stockholm. No, its not in stockholm. No. No. Or is it get going on in stockholm. Oh, imagine. No, its the Brighton Dome. No, its the Brighton Dome. Right. Which where oh, right. Which is where abba for abba performed waterloo for eurovision. Eurovision. Isnt that amazing . Isnt that amazing . Ive got a fan and theyve got a fantastic line up. Theyre doing it tonight. Yeah, theyre all singing, abba songs. And theyve charlotte perrelli, theyve got charlotte perrelli, who was an entrant in 2008. I think, for sweden, Mans Zelmerlow , whos a winner. He zelmerlow, whos a winner. He was swedish actually, as well with, heroes. That was a great tune, emily deforest. Katrina. Katrina. Katrina katrina with love. Shine a light, which was our winning song from her. Linda martin, who represented ireland. And of course, nicki french herself, wholl be performing. So theyre all doing that. So theyre all doing their own so theyre all doing that. So theyreand doing their own so theyre all doing that. So theyreand aning their own so theyre all doing that. So theyreand an abbazir own so theyre all doing that. So theyreand an abba song n so theyre all doing that. So theyreand an abba song, and then songs and an abba song, and then throw some abba in there as well. Yeah, they do lots of abba stuff, so thats tonight, you know. Dome. Dome. So stephen knows a lot about eurovision. You actually to eurovision. You actually went to a eurovision year, a Eurovision Party last year, didnt a Eurovision Party last year, did did want to go again this did i want to go again this year . Did i want to go again this yanou really enjoyed it, didnt you . Yeah. Emu em e i want to do though, and what i want to do though, ineed and what i want to do though, i need very cheeky and ask i need to be very cheeky and ask for some extra tickets because you me. You want to bring me. No, understand, no, i want no, i understand, no, i want to my brother law. Oh to take my brother in law. Oh wow. Sister in law. Wow. And my sister in law. Because, stephen, my brother in law is huge into eurovision. Really . Really . Really . Well, she wouldnt imagine looking you wouldnt looking at him. You wouldnt think loves eurovision. So i think he loves eurovision. So i really would like to take him this year. Yeah. Yeah. Em use your powers. Use your powers. Well, try, but i get well, ill try, but i get free tickets and you cant ask for free tickets, can you . Oh, i think you can. I think youll get away with it. So i might have to pay for two. And i think thats still quite a good deal to be fair. Yeah. Pay for two and hopefully get a couple of freebies, but its such a good night. All the eurovision night. And all the eurovision acts from coming year acts from this coming year perform, great. Perform, so it should be great. Itll be a great night. Yeah, itll be a great night. Yeah, itll be a great night. Great tonight. If itd be great tonight. If youre the brighton youre going to the Brighton Dome let us know, dome tonight, let us know, because be one hell party. be a really party. Be a really good it will be a really good party. Do know what . Party. And do you know what . I want know what abba are up to want to know what abba are up to today. Because you know what abba pop abba are like. Theyll pop up somewhere. Will somewhere. Oh, they will do. They will. Think come they will. I think theyll come out at stockholm. Out on stage at stockholm. Theyve got nothing theyve said theyve got nothing planned. They always do. A market . Anyway, got a market . Yeah. Anyway, look, that look, lets move away from that and have at the dreary and have a look at the dreary weather for you today. And have a look at the dreary weiyeah. Or you today. And have a look at the dreary weiyeah. Herestoday. And have a look at the dreary weiyeah. Heres aiden. Yeah. Heres aiden. Yeah. Heres aiden. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello. Very good morning to you. Storm kathleen has arrived. You. Storm kathleen has arrived. But it will mean Different Things to different people. Very windy in the west. Much warmer across the uk, particularly in the east. Its not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. Most of the rain went through overnight. Thats clearing scotland Clearing Northern scotland dunng Clearing Northern scotland during showers during the morning. Showers follow west but well follow from the west but well broken cloud will lead to some sunny especially towards sunny spells, especially towards the southeast. The window is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. But the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible , somewhere like celsius possible, somewhere like east anglia with that warmth , east anglia with that warmth, were going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many, with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast. The south and southeast. The blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and its a frost free start across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up a bright start for many, especially towards the southeast and the far north northeast. But therell be cloud northeast. But therell be cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others now. The showers mostly affect western and Central England , wales, central parts of england, wales, scotland and Northern Ireland. 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Good luck watching on demand. Good luck yeah, best of luck to you on that one. Are you with us . I am just reading the papers. I am just reading the papers. Im just trying to find the bofis im just trying to find the Boris Johnson column. Actually, im very now. Boris johnson column. Actually, ima very now. Boris johnson column. Actually, ima west very now. Boris johnson column. Actually, ima west endy now. Boris johnson column. Actually, ima west end actress1ow. Boris johnson column. Actually, ima west end actress has faced a west end actress has faced with real horrific racial with some real horrific racial abuse after being cast as juliet in romeo and juliet. Well tell you more its sam 27. Good morning to you. Now, the black actress francesca emma woolf rivers has suffered a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online just because she was cast in a theatre production of romeo and juliet. Yes, the Theatre Company have hit out at the online trolls and demanded that the abuse stop. Demanded that the abuse stop. Lets talk to our reporter who knows everything about the world of showbiz. Stephanie world of showbiz. Stephanie takyi. Good morning. Good morning ali. Stephen, this is appalling, actually. I mean, i know were in 2024. Yeah. If they want to have a black actress play juliet, does it matter . It shouldnt matter , stephen. It shouldnt matter, stephen. But what happens is that online will always have to say about these kind of colour blind castings, which have been quite, you know, the trend in the industry at the moment. The reason why theres a big thing for colour blind casting is because a lot of black actors find that they were only getting minimal roles, ethnic minimal roles, or ethnic minorities general. Like minorities in general. Its like they were always being stereotyped for early roles, which really far and few. So which are really far and few. So when youve got the big roles such as romeo and juliet, now the industry are changing and saying, why cant a black actress play juliet . But the problem is, time and time again, when you put black actors in these kind of shakespeare roles, theres always a big fuss. Theres always the trolls, as i would like to call them, who say, actually , no, juliet should say, actually, no, juliet should be played white person and be played by a white person and i sorry for francesca i feel sorry for francesca because this is her first big role in the west end. And for role in the west end. And so for her to receiving all this her to be receiving all this abuse and for the company to come you can tell its come out, you can tell its really affected her. The thing with plays, im with shakespeares plays, im like , keep the narrative the like, keep the narrative the same, but whoever wants to play it , it should go to the best it, it should go to the best person. Yeah, but you know , person. Yeah, but you know, theres always this flip side on theres always this flip side on the where you think the industry where you do think if a white actress was now going to play a part, its to play a black part, its always a issue as well. Always a big issue as well. True. Thats true. Thats true. You know, so we do have to look at it 5050. But i think the reason why there has been this blind colour class and its just to create more opportunities for black and black black actors and black actresses. So this play is due to start in may at the duke of yorks theatre in london. And shell be playing against playing aside tom holland, who will be playing romeo. So hes a big name. Hes been in spider man i just think spider man and i just think shes a really talented actress for its just a shame for this, and its just a shame that the abuse that has come with well, if shes good, if with it, well, if shes good, if shes a good actress and she can do part, as you say, its do the part, as you say, its about the story. Yeah, its and its not a real character. I sometimes i think there are perhaps issues with real characters portrayed by someone of a different colour. But its a colour. Yeah, but its a fictional character. Yeah. Oh, get get over it. And, you know, theres been many black actors whove played in shakespeare plays, like, we had david harwood, who played othello , and hed done that othello, and hed done that brilliantly. Amazing. Won many awards that. So again, its awards for that. So again, its all about who can do the part the best. But i think more than anything, the reason why this is anything, the reason why this is a big story because were a big story is because were trying to down on the trying to crack down on the industry. These roles industry. When these roles are announced, of actors being bullied, people. Bullied, you cant bully people. Its about , bullied, you cant bully people. Its about, you bullied, you cant bully people. Its about , you know, its all about, you know, respecting someone and the choices production choices that the Production Companies have made. Yeah, absolutely. Should we talk big news this talk about big news this morning . Its on the front page of many of papers. Sacha of many of the papers. Sacha baron and his wife, isla fisher. Yeah. Yeah. Divorcing theyre already divorced. Are they . Yes. Yes, they actually divorced year. Actually divorced last year. Quietly. Theyve always been a private general, but , private couple in general, but, you know, when you do see them publicly, theyre quite an animated couple. So when weve seen of them seen this picture of them wearing tennis outfits wearing their tennis outfits yesterday, people are like, this is the most bizarre is probably the most bizarre divorce announcement, but thats very much their character. Divorce announcement, but thats very much their character. Why very much their character. Why now people are asking . Obviously weve this big furore with weve had this big furore with Sacha Baron Cohen and rebel wilson over her claims, allegedly, which hes denied , allegedly, which hes denied, but i think insiders have been saying that the reason why isla fisher has come out now is because its to save her own career now. Oh, really . And reputation, because obviously, you know, all this stuff thats coming out with sacha, her name is into it as well is being dragged into it as well. Is. So shes embarrassed. She is a bit to be honest. Bit embarrassed, to be honest. Oh thats interesting. Oh thats interesting. Yeah. Its a bit about yeah. So its a bit about saving face, but i think as well with these stories, now that sashas been in the so sashas been in the news so much, the divorce probably would have been leaked have came out or been leaked out. Went to oscar out. They went to the oscar party separately recently. So again, tongues were wagging from there. I think its a good there. So i think its a good thing for them to set the record straight. Apparently he wasnt straight. Apparently he wasnt too eager for it to come out because such a private because hes such a private actor. But to honest, when actor. But to be honest, when break ups happen hollywood , break ups happen in hollywood, theyve really good run theyve had a really good run two together by two decades together by hollywood standards, thats a pretty long time. Well yeah, marriage is forever though. It should be forever. But i guess we live in that day and age, especially when youre in the limelight, you dont know what really happens behind closed doors. And im sure the closed doors. And im sure the story out one day story will come out one day eventually either from isla or sasha. Well it suggests that perhaps theres more to come in terms of these allegations for an official to allegedly be, you know, embarrassed by them. Official to allegedly be, you knoyeah1barrassed by them. Official to allegedly be, you knoyeah. arrassed by them. Yeah. Yeah. And its sad because, like, rebel wilsons having her moment now about the book, about a film that theyve done years ago. But the allegations that shes come out pretty damaging. Out with are pretty damaging. You know, saying that she was forced a nude scene when forced to do a nude scene when she didnt want to do the nude scene, feeling that she was being harassed. So you being sexually harassed. So you can imagine, isla is can imagine, isla fisher is still actress in the industry still an actress in the industry. Kind of. And to have those kind of claims your husband or claims about your husband or your , its still your ex husband, its still pretty have pretty damaging. But they have three together well , so three kids together as well, so its a family thing as well. Sad, isnt very sad, isnt it . Very sad, isnt it . If were at time. If were at a time. Phoebe, i exactly. Oh, phoebe, i know exactly. Im joking. Good to see you. This. Thank you guys. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Now, you stay with us . Now, do you stay with us . Aidan will to talk aidan magee will be here to talk us through all the latest sports. Next. One of the very few things i do know. All right. All right. There you go. Aidan magee has got the sport for us this morning, 736. Hello. Good to you hello. Good morning to you both. You . Both. How are you . Yeah. Right. Thank you. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Very up for whats very geared up for whats happening premier league today. Without doubt. Look, its a big weekend for the title race. Whats interesting here is that weve going at weve got three teams going at it, tong. Between now it, hammer and tong. Between now and of season. The and the end of the season. The other thing is, steven, is that they have to play each they dont have to play each other, is rare, especially they dont have to play each otitheyre is rare, especially they dont have to play each otitheyre still, rare, especially they dont have to play each otitheyre still, you especially they dont have to play each otitheyre still, you know ially they dont have to play each otitheyre still, you know ,ally as theyre still, you know, still good six weeks left of the season. Theyve played each season. And theyve played each other all the time. Most of them, most of the matches have ended that ended in draws now. So that means a shootout between means theres a shootout between now and the end of the season. I dont recall this having taken place since probably about 1999, the united won the year Manchester United won the treble. Manchester city, of course, still the course, can still retain the treble year. First out of treble this year. First out of the blocks today. Manchester city selhurst park at city go down to selhurst park at crystal palace. 1230 then arsenal brighton arsenal travel to brighton down the m23 at and that could the m23 at 530 and that could determine what happens tomorrow in terms of liverpool. Do they go for the win . Well, it depends on a tough trip to go to on its a tough trip to go to old trafford, it may depend old trafford, but it may depend on the results. So on depend on the results. So liverpool good enough liverpool more than good enough though old trafford and though to go to old trafford and get a win, even though three weeks lost there weeks ago they lost there in the fa so really exciting fa cup. So really exciting weekend. Of weekend. And at the bottom of the table against the table everton against burnley shootout there burnley a real shootout there going well. Its getting going on as well. Its getting really at the bottom really interesting at the bottom of table. Villa action of the table. Villa in action today theyre in fourth today as well. Theyre in fourth place they have to some place but they have to do some work to because work to hang on to it because they manchester in they lost to Manchester City in they lost to Manchester City in the goals to one, the week by four goals to one, so it should be so yeah, it should be a thrilling weekend. Were hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill|g weekend. Were hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill turneekend. Were hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill turn outnd. Were hoping so yeah, it should be a thwill turn outnd. Vway hoping anyway. Aidan, stay there because were going to try and back were going to try and come back to you. Yeah, but weve to you. Yeah, yeah, but weve got just break away a got to just break away for a little because, little minute because, our politician yeah. Politician is standing by. Yeah. The warning the labour party is warning today that first time home buyers be £280 worse off a buyers could be £280 worse off a yeah buyers could be £280 worse off a year. Rishi sunak follows year. If rishi sunak follows through with what theyre calling his liz truss style £46 billion unfunded pledge, while shadow secretary for work and pensions alison mcgovern. Oh, i pensions alison mcgovern. Oh, i beg your pardon. Yes. Yes. Joins us now. Good to see you this morning, alison. Before we start on this because i know that thats what youre here to, to talk to us about. I just want to talk to us about. I just want to ask you about the pressure on Junior Doctors to end their strikes, nhs strikes, because the nhs consultants a pay consultants have backed a pay deal consultants have backed a pay deal, which means that they are settled there is now pressure on Junior Doctors to do the same. How would the labour party handle the Junior Doctors . Handle the Junior Doctors . Well, weve got huge problems with staff retention in the nhs, which is why we set out , a which is why we set out, a workforce plan and then money to go into our Health Service. Obviously, you know, as a shadow minister, i cant , negotiate the minister, i cant, negotiate the settlement of industrial action thats happening now. But i would implore government ministers and the Prime Minister to try and do that, because you know, our nhs has suffered so much. Those doctors have been much. Those doctors have been through a pandemic and doctors and nurses are suffering right now in hospitals, particularly because of our inability to retain nhs staff. So the labour retain nhs staff. So the labour party would bring forward its nhs plan, which, you know, we have, set out and that would help provide stability and investment for the Health Service. You know, nobody wants service. You know, nobody wants to be stuck in this position all the time where were worrying about strikes. So thats why i would implore today, the government ministers to get round the table with Junior Doctors and talk to them about how they can bring the action to an end. An end. Mean, of the health i mean, talking of the Health Service, a deal concern service, a great deal of concern. Its on of the papers. Its on some of the papers this morning. Were covering it today and its very strange connection in way , concerns connection in a way, concerns about what is happening at royal mail in terms of, of reducing deliveries and all that sort of thing. And real concern from some that this is going to affect the nhs because not only will patients miss out on appointments if theyre not getting those letters in time, and we know that happens. The and we know that happens. The record about 25 of the time. So people are missing their treatments. But of course the nhs is wasting millions upon millions of pounds by do not, do not attend appointments. Yeah. And one of the big bits of investment and reform that we need for the nhs is to modernise this, this exact system. I mean, i know gp surgeries up and down the country have been working hard to try and make sure that people can use the nhs app to get appointments, but too often thatis get appointments, but too often that is not the case. You know, as you just pointed out, were still on, on sending still reliant on, on sending people letters for appointments and so on. And this is why its not just that the nhs needs that Investment Plan that labour have set out. It also needs to modernise and to be able to use new technology , to help people, new technology, to help people, you know, engage with doctors and to manage their own health really well. I think those two things go hand in hand. You know, i, i can imagine for, doctors and nurses and all kinds of Health Professionals up and down the country right now , they down the country right now, they are feeling under pressure. Theyre feeling completely stressed about whats going on in the Health Service at the moment. I was speaking to a doctor only, last night in my constituency who was saying just that, that they feel extremely under pressure and things are very difficult. But i think with the right investment and with the right investment and with the right investment and with the right change, we could see, as we did under the last Labour Government satisfaction levels with the Health Service going up once know, we had once more. You know, we had record satisfaction levels, with the nothing certain the nhs, theres nothing certain about the kind of level of, stress and dissatisfaction that were experiencing now. I think labour can bring forward our plan, we can improve it and we can see patients , getting a good can see patients, getting a good service and nurses and doctors not under the kind of stresses and strains that theyre experiencing right now. Weve been talking about the front page of the eye this morning. Fears that donald trump could disrupt the uk election this year this a former us year, this is from a former Us National Security adviser. He says donald trump not says that donald trump would not be to intervene in this be afraid to intervene in this years. He may provide years campaign. He may provide a boost for reform uk. How a boost for reform uk. How concerned are you about that and his intervention . It potentially his intervention . It potentially playing into the hands of reform uk potentially splitting the vote from the tories and the labour party, especially in the red wall. Well, youll have to forgive me. I havent seen that story directly obviously we directly myself. Obviously we are all very concerned about, you know, people who want to interfere , in elections, we know interfere, in elections, we know that there is, more and more of this sort of thing and the role, that people who want to play that, that who want to do that sort of thing can play in elections is, is very worrying. And i think, know, the and i think, you know, the Electoral Commission , varne Electoral Commission, varne should be supported in making sure democracy safe sure that our democracy is safe and elections safe , and that our elections are safe, so as a general point, i would say, yes, im concerned about that, theres lots of forces out there that would want to interfere in elections. And, you know, we rightly, treasure in this country our ability to hold free and fair elections. And, you know, that cannot be put at risk, can i ask you then about this, this, First Time Buyer issue that you wanted to raise . Issue that you wanted to raise . You reckon, the government would leave people £280 a year worse off because of a fall . And im looking at your press release today. It talks about a £46 billion black hole. It doesnt say what black hole that is. So whats happened is that rishi sunak suggested that we could get rid of National Insurance, which is a cost of about £46 billion, and hasnt said how that will be funded, hasnt said, you know, where that black hole as we describe it, how that will be filled , and it, how that will be filled, and thats really problematic because what liz truss did when she put forward her mini budget was to bring forward huge amounts , in fact, £45 billion amounts, in fact, £45 billion worth of unfunded , tax cuts. Worth of unfunded, tax cuts. What that did was destabilised our economy. And it meant that the bank of england had to put up interest rates. And people will be only too aware of the consequences of that. So our calculation that you just read out there is about the impact on First Time Buyers of doing that. I would i would say, you know, it. People have to learn the lesson of what happened under liz truss, which is that when you manage the countrys finances, you have to do so in a way that gives people confidence, where its predictable for business, so that they know that their investments can be made with a level of stability, in the economy. And so i think its economy. And so i think its really surprising , to say the really surprising, to say the least, that rishi sunak has failed to learn the lesson of liz truss. And theres the problem with this. Forgive me, though, the problem with this, and im not disputing your your sums in any way, shape or it may well way, shape or form. It may well be right , but way, shape or form. It may well be right, but i just wonder if youre conflating too many issues as you to try and win people on board. The National Insurance thing we know is we dont know when its going to happen. Know it would be happen. We know it would be phased in. It would be it would be a term but to be a long term issue. But to conflate billion into conflate that 46 billion into into leaving first time into this leaving First Time Buyers worse off, its very difficult to know how youre connecting the dots on all of that, because it would affect all of us, wouldnt it . Whether were a First Time Buyers or not. Sure but its because of the that the bank of the action that the bank of england has had to take previously could to take. Youre absolutely right. It would affect us equally. But would affect us all equally. But one issues that i worry one of the issues that i worry most about is people having a good place to live generally, and also being able to buy their own home, which is what a lot of people want to do. And the truth is that we need to build more homes. And labours got homes. And labours got a commitment to build more homes precisely so that we can help people own their own home. For the first time. What were pointing out here is that whilst the effect of making huge unfunded tax commitments would land on all of our shoulders , land on all of our shoulders, you know, the impact of that on some people is, is really great. And when youre at that point of trying to buy your first home, its really stressful and you save for your deposit and you go through all of that because you want to put down roots. So i would just say, yes , of course, would just say, yes, of course, youre right. The impact will be on all of us. But its hardly fair to put at risk that position that people are in when theyre trying to buy their first home, when theyre really saving and doing, making these sorts of unfunded tax commitments has that effect. Its worse for people who are in that position, whove struggled to be able to buy their own home. Okay. Alison mcgovern, good to see you this morning. Thanks very you this morning. Thanks very much indeed. You imagine sleeping now, can you imagine sleeping whilst driving . Were going to be discussing that next with susan i its 750. Lam its 750. Lets have a quick rattle through some of the stories in the papers today. With the outstanding journalist and author, susan holder. And the political the very good political commentator she had. Mossavat. Good to see you both this morning, susan. Lets have a look at this. The mail, should we . Of tremor, a bit we . Yes. Bit of a tremor, a bit of a wobble. Did know . Did you know . Did you know . Know i didnt know did you know i didnt know this. Did know there was did you know i didnt know this. Did know there was an this. Did you know there was an earthquake tewkesbury earthquake in tewkesbury yesterday . No tewkesbury, yesterday . No well tewkesbury, new i see jersey , as they oh, i see new jersey, as they say in the jersey boys, when you go and see that film, new jersey. Yeah. So there was an earthquake in new york. I was actually somebody yesterday actually with somebody yesterday who their who was getting texts from their friends saying, oh friends in new york saying, oh my weve just had. And friends in new york saying, oh mwas weve just had. And friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4. 8 weve just had. And friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4. 8 magnitude,ist had. And friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4. 8 magnitude, which. And friends in new york saying, oh mwas 4. 8 magnitude, which fond it was 4. 8 magnitude, which for new york is big. Theyre not used new york. It kind of used to in new york. It kind of set amongst the pigeons set the cat amongst the pigeons literally, right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof y, right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece right the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece inight the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece in the the set the cat amongst the pigeons literof the piece in the dailye end of the piece in the daily mail, it does say that one manhattan complained mail, it does say that one marradio n complained mail, it does say that one marRadio Station complained mail, it does say that one marRadio Station that mplained mail, it does say that one marRadio Station that the lained her Radio Station that the emergency messages Emergency Alert Text Messages that made people stay that went out made people stay indoors. Police indoors. And new york police then opportunity to go then took the opportunity to go down street and ticket down to her street and ticket all illegally cars. Down to her street and ticket all oh, illegally cars. Down to her street and ticket all oh, soegally cars. Down to her street and ticket all oh, so theres cars. Down to her street and ticket all oh, so theres always ars. Down to her street and ticket all oh, so theres always an oh, so theres always an opportunity when opportunity for somebody when something happens, isnt it just there . Scary though, even if theyre not very big . Well, its such a high rise, high bill. And if its not expected, then , i mean, having expected, then, i mean, having said that, it was 4. 8 and there were no reports of injuries. So this good. But yeah, its not this is good. But yeah, its not what you expect to happen in new york is it that. No, no, not all. No, no, not at all. No. It was a bit of a surprise yesterday. Shapps. Should we look at this driverless yeah. Thats should we look at this driverilaunched. Eah. Thats being launched. Yeah. Yeah. So . So its is this is so . So its this is this is sort going down further down sort of going down further down this and ai this route of automation and ai taking the world. So this taking over the world. So this is a driverless car and its got beds so you so jump into beds inside. So you so jump into there. This sounds great. You could that in the mornings. Nice. Nice. You jump in there. Its called swift pod. And then you called a swift pod. And then you plug called a swift pod. And then you plug it you know you tap in where youre going and then it takes you there and you wake up. Its of in line with those its sort of in line with those trains bed. Yeah i love this idea. I love this idea. Do you, do you. Yes. Would you trust that. Well, well i wouldnt trust my own driving. Dont want to learn. I am i too much of a control freak that i would not surrender my power something that my power to something that i programmed, dont programmed, and i dont know where going me where its going to take me while asleep. Yes, i, i while im asleep. Yes, i, i dont. No, i dont think dont know. No, i dont think this is good that were. So i dont like other things being taken off me all the time. Automated system. To be automated system. I want to be responsible for actions. Responsible for my own actions. And i just a control freak . Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Id love this. Yeah. Okay. Id love this. You see, i love driving. You see, i love driving. So the idea of sort of just handing it over entirely is slightly worrying. Oh, im so over driving. Slightly worrying. Oh, im so over driving. Im so over you. Im so, so over driving, i really am. I mean, i used to love it, but now im in my 50s. Its a chore. And i was so grateful that a car turned up this me here. This morning to bring me here. So. Was lovely. So. Yeah, it was lovely. Think you could get i just think you could get lots more like you. Lots more done. Like if you. Yeah, definitely car off. Yeah, definitely the car off. Right . You could do right . You could, you could do some reading. No, no. No, no. No, no. No texting. No texting. No, i do any of that no, i cant do any of that a moving car. Yeah. On the train can write can on the train i can write on the trains are great on the train. Trains are great writing not in car. Writing but not in a car. Oh think its way more oh no. I think its way more efficient. I its the future. I i know its the future. I dont like that future where you dont like that future where you dont and dont do anything yourself and you also, you just press buttons. Also, youre machines youre relying on these machines that go wrong and could be that could go wrong and could be programmed maliciously do programmed maliciously to do things. I think its dodgy. Yeah. The issue is with this, i cant see how this is ever going to take off in that, you know, the driverless systems that there are now, i mean, all youh that there are now, i mean, all your, your teslas and all the rest of it, even when theyre fully activated, you wouldnt be allowed to not be sat there paying allowed to not be sat there paying attention. I wouldnt have thought so. I wouldnt have thought so. No, youve got to still be able to take over if need be. Well, some of those trials weve have not been weve seen have not been conspicuously successful. In conspicuously successful. So in san the uber san francisco, we had the uber trial that didnt go well. There were accidents. They trial that didnt go well. There were crashes. Accidents. They trial that didnt go well. There were crashes. Andjents. They trial that didnt go well. There were crashes. And ients. They trial that didnt go well. There were crashes. And i think hey trial that didnt go well. There were crashes. And i think one person even got so, you person even got killed. So, you know, still lot of a know, theres still a lot of a lot of seems to be ironed out. But i think its the thin end of the wedge, actually. And i agree with susan on this, that i, theres another story on the same page in the daily star. It says will one day do says i will one day do everything. Got be everything. Weve got to be mindful of weve got to be mindful of that. Weve got to be mindful of that. Weve got to be mindful are mindful that human beings are very mindful that human beings are vehright. Out of time. Right. Were out of time. Good see you both. Thank you. Good to see you both. Thank you. Your weather. Heres your weather. Heres your weather. Feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello. Very good morning to you. Storm kathleen has arrived, but it will mean Different Things to different people. Very windy in the west. Much warmer across the uk, particularly in the east. Its not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. Most of the rain went through overnight. Thats Clearing Northern scotland dunng during the morning. Showers follow but follow from the west but well broken will lead to some broken cloud will lead to some sunny spells, especially towards the. The window is the southeast. The window is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. But the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible , somewhere like celsius possible, somewhere like east anglia, with that warmth , east anglia, with that warmth, were going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many, with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast. The south and southeast. The blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and its a frost free start across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up a bright start for many, especially towards the southeast and the far north northeast. But therell be cloud northeast. But therell be cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others now. The showers mostly affect western and Central England , wales, central parts of england, wales, scotland and Northern Ireland. Best will be best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. Another warm day here. 16 or 17 celsius, but very windy again to the northwest. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on it could put Patient Safety at risk with more people likely to miss hospital appointments. The honey trap westminster scandal continues as tory mp doctor luke evans claims he was a victim of cyberflashing before alerting the police to the scam. Storm kathleen said to arrive with heavy rain and furious winds of up to 70 miles an hour expected. Expected to batter parts of britain. Parts of britain. A black actress suffers a barrage of racial abuse online after being cast in the theatre production of romeo and juliet. Now for lots of us, animals are part of the family. Now for lots of us, animals are part of the family. Of are part of the family. Of course were asking when your pet dies. Should you get time off work . Off work . Thank you for the music. To celebrate abbas 50th eurovision anniversary, well be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. Good morning. Its a huge day in the premier League Title Race today with arsenal and Manchester City in action before liverpool travel to Manchester United tomorrow and well hear about the furry lothario. Championship club Queens Park Rangers have reportedly sacked their jude the cat, for their mascot, jude the cat, for flirting too much with female fans. Ill be explaining more later this hour. Ill be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very soon. 500. Soon. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Were reporting earlier on. Were reporting earlier on about this museum in grantham, which is causing a bit of a hoo ha because they want to rename it after Margaret Thatcher. And some people are kicking up a stink. Youve been in touch this morning . You have. Morning . Yes you have. Makes an interesting bruce makes an interesting point, saying, no reason point, saying, i see no reason why Grantham Museum why the Grantham Museum shouldnt the shouldnt be renamed the margaret museum. The Margaret Thatcher museum. The victoria and Albert Museum in london isnt a museum devoted to Queen Victoria and prince albert, so there should be no problem renaming. Renaming the museum in grantham. Museum in grantham. Lots on that sort of theme, mark says Margaret Thatcher was one of the best Prime Ministers weve ever had. Therefore, naming the museum after her would be a fitting tribute. But gary she destroyed the gary says she destroyed the country, not just miners, steelworkers, merchant any steelworkers, merchant navy, any working was working man she could. She was evil. Oh, why do you working man she could. She was evil. Oh, why do you think people my age are called the forgotten generation , and its forgotten generation, and its a valid point, gary. And a lot of people hold that view, but to say she destroyed the country, a lot of people. We were the sick man of europe in 1979. Lots of people. Looking back, it was really hard at the time, but looking back on it, didnt she save the country , made those save the country, made those tough decisions that needed tough decisions that needed tough , unpopular decisions that tough, unpopular decisions that needed to taken. Needed to be taken. It depends how you view it. It depends how you view it. And andy says Margaret Thatcher enabled people to buy their Council Houses and own their Council Houses and own their own homes. Just split opinion doesnt she. Especially opinion doesnt she. Especially amongst you. So do keep them coming in gbviews gbnews. Com. Now nhs chiefs has warned , now nhs chiefs has warned, have warned that royal mail cuts all to do with second class post and second deliveries. More importantly , it could put importantly, it could put patients safety at risk because new figures suggest late letters are the cause of a quarter of missed hospital appointments. Yes, Health Leaders have dubbed the plans worrying as the Health Service faces an official backlog of 7. 6 million. Well, lets talk to political commentator and former Mep Patrick Oflynn , who is here. Patrick oflynn, who is here. Good morning to you. Good morning. Morning. Good morning. Morning. How you tackle this because its obviously the royal mail is a private company. Now so how do you, tell that private company it needs to do better to protect us. The it needs to do better to protect us. The patients, well, my view is that its a bit ridiculous in the modern age , and im by no the modern age, and im by no means a kind of Cutting Edge Technology person that the nhs is relying on. Often second class post for. As i read of the details in the telegraph, 83 million notifications of appointments a year. Second class post is the way theyre getting in touch with these patients now. Nearly everyone has a mobile phone. Nearly everyone is online in some regard, and i accept that itll be older. Cohorts of people tend to be more present in the nhs. Inpatients or outpatients , inpatients or outpatients, categories. And yet surely those people must have one dependable Family Member who can be contacted that way. I think, you know, the telegraph says that 3 of these 83,000,002nd class letters arrive after the date of the appointment, right . Which is where they get their 2 million figure from, missed appointments, a quarter of the missed appointments. Right. But if you think about that, that means probably another 10 million letters will arrive the day before the appointment, when people might already be committed, might not open letter. To my mind, this. Its to me. To my mind, this raises Big Questions about the nhs, it communicates with nhs, how it communicates with its. And remember, its patients. And remember, every appointment is with the precious time of a really highly qualified, highly paid consult. In my view, the nhs should not be depending on second class snail mail to tell anyone whatsoever as their sole means of communication. This is when your appointment probably isnt the sole means of communication. I mean, this is the thing i have to say. Whenever i have an appointment, i get a text message, i get an email, and i get a message on the nhs app as well as normally 2 or 3 letters that come through, well, but but somehow these 2 million missed appointments, that must imply in those cases , surely either the those cases, surely either the person being irresponsible person is being irresponsible and using a late letter as and just using a late letter as and just using a late letter as an excuse, or that is the only notification option they are getting. So i would be tempted to tell those those Health Chiefs, you know, go and sort your communications out because to my mind , you know, if the royal mind, you know, if the royal mail cant make it work, cant keep the company afloat without making this this reduction, i dont personally see a reduction in the frequency of delivery of second class post being a deal breaker. I think for most of us, the deal breaker is the cost of a stamp for first class post. Look , why dont you talk to look, why dont you talk to you about the honeytrap scandal in westminster . Doctor luke in westminster . Doctor luke evansis in westminster . Doctor luke evans is now the second mp to have come out and said hes been sent explicit, unsolicited messages and hes reported it to the police. What do you make of it . Well, i guess, doctor evans must have had his details or the implication is handed over by William Wragg. Right. So so, hes a completely innocent victim of a very sinister plot, which may have, a foreign state behind it. Clearly, its been taken incredibly seriously , but taken incredibly seriously, but to me, it throws the spotlight back on to wragg , right, who is back on to wragg, right, who is being portrayed mainly by the tory high ups as a victim in all this. And obviously hes partly a victim because he took some, some approach as being a kind of honest , sort some approach as being a kind of honest, sort of flirtatious approach to him , and yet it was approach to him, and yet it was incredibly reckless behaviour from his was reckless. But the minute you start to be blackmailed, what would any of us do . Well, i would hope certainly for an elected Office Holder , for an elected Office Holder, you would immediately go to the police. You wouldnt then start divulging colleagues personal details. You know, i think this details. You know, i think this this mp really should reflect on on whether even for this last six months or so, in his in his time before he steps down anyway, that hes the right person to represent his parliamentary seat should he lose the whip. Well, i think he lose the whip. Well, i think he should lose the whip. You know, they take the whip off all sorts of people like lee anderson, just for expressing , slightly just for expressing, slightly clumsily, a view that millions of people in the country agree with was was cast into outer darkness. Yes. I do think darkness. Yes. I do think William Wragg should lose the whip. And i do actually think there should be a by election. You need to bear in mind is a man who is not necessarily very well, though, whos really struggled with his Mental Health documents. Hes talked about that. Hes talked about it on gb news. And actually, you can only imagine then what hes going through now. I mean, id be surprised if he actually managed to make it back before the next election. Hes probably not very well at the moment. Right. Well, im going to perhaps outrage the more sensitive by saying sensitive viewers by saying i take a bit more of a hard line view of that as well. If someone is not mentally robust and as this mp was, youre actually in your 20s and youre putting yourself up for parliament, and there have been other cases as well, of parliamentarians newly elected in their 20s who havent been able to do the job because their Mental Health isnt robust enough. Think the taxpayers their Mental Health isnt robust enou1got think the taxpayers their Mental Health isnt robust enou1got a hink the taxpayers their Mental Health isnt robust enou1got a rightthe taxpayers their Mental Health isnt robust enou1got a right to taxpayers their Mental Health isnt robust enou1got a right to be payers have got a right to be represented by people who thought carefully about whether theyre up to it, whether their Mental Health is robust enough, and just carte by and its just Carte Blanche by Mental Health in question. Oh, all right, youre a victim, then we dont care. Were not having an mp for the next few months. I think thats all wrong. I think its me, me, me from from the politician. Then they should politician. Then they should think get more think more carefully, get more experience, be more robust, or duck out. Okay, okay. Tough line. Patrick oflynn. Thank you very much. Thank you much indeed. Thats not what you think about that one. Yeah. Do let us know. Yeah. Do let us know. Gb views at gb news. Com. Gb views at gb news. Com. Now the met office has issued a danger life warning as a danger to life warning as storm kathleen is set to batter parts uk. Parts of the uk. Yes, its expected to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. Well , it an hour. Well, it all an hour. Well , it all starts off an hour. Well, it all starts off in the west. So lets head over to Northern Ireland. Dougie beattie is there for us. Whats it looking like at the minute, dougie . Well good morning stephen. Good morning ali. Its actually quite quiet at the moment, but we are actually meant to get this up the middle of the irish sea before it starts moving across into the west coast of england , round about an hours england, round about an hours time now. There is a couple of trees down and so forth, in around the country at this moment in time. But that would be expected because the water table is so high at the moment. I mean, when youre driving down the roads and im its the roads and im sure its exactly the same across the uk, any rain at all, you can see the soil washing off fields, soil washing off the fields, running roads like running down the roads like a river and of course that washes and soaks around the roots of the trees now havent had the trees. Now we havent had a cold, particularly cold march, which is beneficial to us because what happens at that point is that the water in around the root of the tree freezes, it expands. And then, of course, the high winds come, move those trees about and they come down. But at this moment in time, i mean, just about five miles away from where we are now, we were actually heading out there. There is a tree down across the main road, but as im saying, that is not big wind that will that. That is a that will do that. That is a real present danger right across the uk , for any high winds at the uk, for any high winds at all, because of the water table. And well be looking, moving out towards annalong, downpatrick, that coastal area. Its meant to hit there any time from 10 to 11 00 as it makes its way up the irish sea. So well know more then. But over the last, i suppose, 20 moments, 20 minutes. Here it has got very dark and winds are starting to pick up. But when your storm chasing anything, you know yourself. Stephen, its hard to get yourself in time. But the met office are saying , oh, do not office are saying, oh, do not travel. If you dont have to, and basically to stay at home. Dougie, thank you very much indeed. We tell the storms coming because it keeps cutting your line out there. Kathleens having her wicked way already with you, dougie. Get inside. Have a cup of get inside. Have a cup of tea, dougie, i think look at these hairs going now. Needs to heed his own advice. Needs to heed his own advice. Get in, get in. Get in, get in. So calm. Well enough. Dougie that hair, because its about to come him up. No its dont wind him up. No its fair enough. Dont wind him up. No its fairlook|gh. Dont wind him up. No its fairlook at. Dont wind him up. No its fairlook at him. Look at him. Look at him. Out there in the cold, get out there in the cold, working hard for you. Oh, at least you found it funny. There you go. Yeah. Good. Yeah. Good. A great head of hair, dougie. Yeah, its got a good head of hair. Yeah, as do you. Well, you mine well, you had mine rearranged, so. Thats all right. Should be good. Cost right. It should be good. Cost me and. Oh, dear, oh, me enough and. Oh, dear, oh, dear me. Stay inside. If youre in the west. Advice today. West. Thats our advice today. Stick make stick with gb news. Make yourself of tea. Well yourself a cup of tea. Well look after you. Fed up with this weather . Fed up with this weather . Too. Me too. Me too. I just say it was lovely . Can i just say it was lovely . The day i was sat out in the other day i was sat out in the the dog out in the garden. The dog was out in the garden. The dog was out in the garden. The dog was out in the garden. Was like. It was the garden. It was like. It was like spring had sprung. Hes got a Lovely Garden as well, all gone well, and thats all just gone to pot again. I know you get little glimpses, dont you, of joy, but i dont mind, because i live in a with our garden. A flat with our garden. When does get really so when it does get really bright and sunny, its like a hot or something. Its horrible. Yeah, hot box. Yeah, a hot box. Yeah, a hot box. Kind of hot well, not that kind of hot box. Just very unpleasant hot room. Were saying room. Like what were saying right room. Like what were saying rigiactually, yes. Its very hot actually, yes. Its very hot in here. Its very hot in here. Anyway should we have a look at some stories coming into some other stories coming into the 8 13, and the former its 8 13, and the former Prime Minister, johnson, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has the government to keep has urged the government to keep sending israel. Sending arms supplies to israel. Thats drone thats despite a deadly drone strike killed aid strike which killed seven aid workers monday. The attack on workers on monday. The attack on world central kitchen workers has condemnation from has prompted condemnation from across with rishi across the world, with rishi sunak deaths as appalling. A planned strike by 600 Border Force Officers at heathrow has been suspended. For heathrow has been suspended. For now, its the public and commercial Services Union due to walk out on april the 11th for four days, but theyve now said its all been suspended as they try to seek further negotiations with the home office and Sacha Baron Cohen and isla fisher have announced they are getting divorced after two decades together. In a social media post announcing the split, the actors said they had jointly filed to end their marriage last year. The pair, who have three children, met in 2001 and got engagedin children, met in 2001 and got engaged in 2004. I think what shed been in, because she we still call her an actress. Confessions of a shopaholic. Oh, very good film. Oh, right. I can relate a lot. Oddly enough, it wasnt on my watch list, that one. But she was in home, was it . Home and away. She was in. Stay there. Stay there. Its. So shes one of these. Shes one of these, shes very pretty. Shes very pretty. I think she was like a nice girl. I dont think ive met her. I think youre correct. I think youre correct. You know, youre very good at this. Oh. I wonder why shes australian. So thats a good start, she was in. Hang on, yeah. Hang on, yeah. Home and away. Well done. Home and away. Well done. Yeah. Thank you for, checking me. Yeah. Thank you for, checking me and then she actually went on and then she actually went on to star in a pantomime in the United Kingdom after leaving the soap, touring with darren day. Of all people. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Then she moved to hollywood. Oh scooby doo. Yeah, she was in scooby doo. Thats correct. Yeah, that was a great movie. Yeah, that was a great movie. And then she met Sacha Baron Cohenin and then she met Sacha Baron Cohen in the wedding crashers, also a very good film. Wedding days. Yeah, shes been quite a lot, actually. Lots of lots of movies about weddings. Yeah, its sad, isnt it . Really . Really . It is sad, though. They do seem to have separated on good terms. In the post, she put out yesterday was all very nice for strange. It was a bit strange, but it wasnt remotely acrimonious. Thats true. Thats true. So thats, you know something the post was. Yeah. And theyve got kids. Weve got three children i believe together. Yeah. The post was cant find it now but its, its them in tennis outfits. Looks like a fancy dress party or something. They after 20 or something. They say after 20 years playing tennis, theyve years of playing tennis, theyve decided to put down their rackets, a strange, rackets, which is a bit strange, but, at least it doesnt sound like its no hateful. Youre going to split up, do it nicely. Yeah. Yeah. I never quite understand how these out. These things fizzle out. I dont get either. No, i dont get it either. No, i dont get it either. Never having never been in that situation. Hopefully never will. You never will be. Youre married for life. Hope so. You are, right. Should we have a check on the weather . Because, kathleen is not a happy woman , kathleen is not a happy woman, and shes heading our way. Shes coming for us. Shes coming for us. Lets see what Aidan Mcgivern has got for us. A brighter outlook. With boxt a brighter outlook. With boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news. Whos hello. Very good morning to you, storm kathleen has arrived. But it will mean Different Things to different people. Very windy in the west. Much warmer across uk , particularly in across the uk, particularly in the east. Its going to be a the east. Its not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. Most of the rain went through overnight. Thats Clearing Northern scotland dunng Clearing Northern scotland during the morning. Showers follow but well follow from the west but well broken will lead some broken cloud will lead to some sunny spells, towards sunny spells, especially towards the southeast. The wind, though, is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. But the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible. Somewhere like east anglia. With that warmth, were going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many, with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast. The blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and its a frost free start across the uk , with that wind across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up. A bright start for many, especially towards the south east and the far north northeast. But far north northeast. But therell be cloud and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others. Now the showers mostly affect western and central parts of england, wales, scotland and northern of any Northern Ireland. Best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. Another warm day here. 60 or 17 celsius, but very windy again to the northwest. Windy again to the northwest. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Ive just had a message now from he who must be obeyed saying you seem doubtful about being married for life. Im not remotely remotely doubtful. Hes just hopeful it will be for life. Well, well. Well, well. Im determined it will be for life determined as well. Its just what i cant stand is the fizzling out thing. Yeah. Hes confused by how it would possibly end. So actually. Well, exactly thats well, thats exactly thats exactly im thinking. Exactly what im thinking. Job im here. Hey cheers. Yeah, yeah, i only yeah, yeah, i was only thinking wedding thinking about my wedding ring. This because never this morning because its never been it was placed been off since it was placed upon finger and it will never upon my finger and it will never come unless, medically, it come off unless, medically, it has be removed. Has to be removed. Thats so cute. Oh, thats so cute. Go. So there you go. So there you go. Meanwhile, pinch mine all meanwhile, you pinch mine all the well, dont have one the time. Well, i dont have one yet, no, your engagement yet, but no, your Engagement Ring. Engagement ring . Ring. My Engagement Ring . Pinch all the time. You pinch all the time. You pinch all the time. So youre very sparkly. So youre very sparkly. A magpie for like that. He is a magpie. Youve got your own sparkles. Keep your own sparkles. All right. Now you could buy lots of sparkles, actually, in our in our. Sparkles, actually, in our in ouh the our. Do you like this . The biggest giveaway the year so biggest giveaway of the year so far. You. Theres £10,000 far. Thank you. 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The year the nation decides as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together. For every moment the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. Well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb news is britains election channel. Welcome back. Now, you will have an opinion on this one. If youve ever had an animal thats died, you will understand how upsetting it is. Losing your pet can be comparable to losing a loved one. Because pets are to many of us, part of the family, arent they . Well, they are. I totally, totally agree with that. And so many of us have pets, but Many Employers dont allow workers from taking time off to mourn their loss. Well, pay off to mourn their loss. Well, pay leave to mourn their loss, compassionate leave to mourn their loss. Well, today were debating should you get paid leave when your dog or cat dies. Well, joining us to debate this is Veterinary Surgeon and Animal Welfare journalist Pete Wedderburn and dog psychologist stan rawlinson. Really good to see you both. This morning. Pete, lets start with you. What do you make of it . Well, i think that the key is the expression compassionate. Leave and i think it very much depends on the individual. Like as a vet, i would witness the death of many, many animals. And i see a very wide range of variation in how people react to that. And some people can be very close to their pet and very fond of their pet, but they still seem to be able to move on. You know, without without too much difficulty. Other people, the loss is immense and they are totally floored by it. They to they need to seek they need to they need to seek out help to, to out professional help to, to cope the grief. And it cope with the grief. And it desperately distresses them. So i think that the answer to this is that it should be done on, on an individual basis , and so that an individual basis, and so that if you feel the need, if you are so upset by the loss of your pet, then you should, out of compassion be given some time off work. Not a huge amount of time, perhaps. Maybe 1 to 3 days, but very much on a one by one basis. And i would think that should be done. Really by negotiation with your, with your employer , you know, you will employer, you know, you will know the people on your team and you explain to them how youre feeling, and, you know, people shouldnt the out of shouldnt take the mickey out of it. Just do it it. They shouldnt just do it because are entitled to do because they are entitled to do it. You know, they should do it if they really a for if they really have a need for it. That, as i say, it. And i think that, as i say, the is that we should be the key is that we should be compassionate towards our fellow workers, and that includes giving time and giving them a bit of time and a bit to get over a huge loss. Stan , do you agree, i do, stan, do you agree, i do, yeah, i think theres a couple of things involved in this , the of things involved in this, the grief that some people find when they lose a pet, whether it be a dog, cat, hamster, or whatever can be enormous. Dogs tend to be somewhat different , can be enormous. Dogs tend to be somewhat different, in can be enormous. Dogs tend to be somewhat different , in the somewhat different, in the emotions that we have and the relationships we have with them. Dogs, cats, can get very loving and people get very, very attached to them. But instead of having owners, they normally have staff , so it is a slightly have staff, so it is a slightly different relationship there. What i believe that if we bring this into some sort of law, then ihave this into some sort of law, then i have no problems with people taking time off where i would have a concern, as a lot of companies are struggling at this moment in time , and if they had moment in time, and if they had to pay those people being off, then i think that would be very, very difficult. But, for some very difficult. But, for some companies, particularly in the, in the climate weve got at the moment. So yes, i totally believe, that we should have, time off to grieve, but not perhaps at the cost of a company that may be struggling at that time. Yeah , thats a thats a valid yeah, thats a thats a valid point, pete, isnt it . You know, if people need time off, you know, its understandable. Fine. Know, its understandable. Fine. Take a day or two. Dont expect to get paid for it , well, i to get paid for it, well, i guess it has to be done on an individual basis. I think, in some countries it is available on a statutory basis. So called bereavement leave. Compassionate leave. Or in ireland they call it force majeure. Leave now , it force majeure. Leave now, that doesnt explicitly cover, the loss of a pet, it covers emotional distress, generally , emotional distress, generally, andifs emotional distress, generally, and its limited. Its limited to no 1 to 3 days a year, no more than that, and i think it would only be used if it had to be if somebody was basically unable to function because theyre so upset , unable to function because theyre so upset, and you could say, well, its not fair to the company. Well, you know, the companys not going to benefit very much from an individual who is somewhere else mentally, is just somewhere else mentally, and if its not allowed, i can just see what people would do is they would go to their doctor and ask for a sick note. So that they can be signed off work, so i think trying to stop people from doing this is, is going to be counterproductive because its going to happen anyway. People going stay off people arent going to stay off work expect be paid if work and expect to be paid if they feel a little bit sad they just feel a little bit sad because their their pet has gone and feel little bit of and they feel a little bit of a gap in their life, theyre only going to do if theyre going to do it if theyre feeling so bereft that, that theyre not able to carry on normally, and if theyre not able to carry on normally, theyre not going to be much use in the workplace, are they a fair point. Yeah. Yeah. Pete and stan, im okay. Pete and stan, im afraid we are out of time. But thank you so much for your thoughts this morning. You will have an opinion this one. Have an opinion on this one. Should we get paid leave when our dogs or die . Do let us our dogs or cats die . Do let us know gb views at gb news. Com i agree this one. We agree with pete on this one. We lost family dogs three years lost my family dogs three years ago and this was my childhood dog that i grew up with. I was absolutely unable to cope. I had absolutely unable to cope. I had to be sent home from work. I was so upset and i couldnt stop crying for two days. I was unbear able, so yeah, i wouldnt have been any good to my employer at the time. And they did give me a couple of days off because they could see what state i was in, but i think it does depend on the situation. I think other people, well, it is hugely distressing , but its hugely distressing, but its hugely distressing, but its hugely its hugely distressing. But i dont think you should put the same. I worry put it on the same. I worry about people who cant cope with it. Oh thats me, that was me. I worry about you. I was in a very bad way, i think she was like my sibling i think you grew up with. Yeah, i think charles rae dogs are different. Come on. Youd be a wreck if timmy goes. When timmy goes. When . When timmy goes, and then when rex goes, which will be later, yeah. Id be hugely be later, yeah. Id be hugely upsetting. But ive always said what i will focus on is fact what i will focus on is the fact that ive timmy was a rescue that ive got timmy was a rescue as well. So i know that hes had this wonderful, happy, loving life and i will, ill be extremely sad, but thats what i will focus on and not fall apart i oh, youre very stoic. Oh, youre very stoic. Ill be extremely sad. I still come into work. Oh, well, youre very good gold star for you. I, boss might be listening. Yeah, well, youre in the good books. Im definitely not. I dont have a dog or any pets at the moment. So youre in. In safe so youre in. Youre in safe hands. Still be in work. Hands. Ill still be in work. Still get goldfish. Still get goldfish. Do. Whatever you do. Whatever you do. I dont i could. Im i dont think i could. Im not sure. Im not if id not sure. Im not sure if id cope very well having another dog. Cant with the loss. Dog. I cant cope with the loss. Well us know what you think. Well let us know what you think. I going to divide you i think its going to divide you out there. You on team out there. Are you on team stephen team ellie . Ive got stephen or team ellie . Ive got my own them. Aidan magee is here to talk us through all the latest sport. And jurgen klopp isnt very happy. Well, no, hes not. I mean, hes a bit disappointed with the fact that. I mean, its a long standing problem. Im talking here about tragedy, chanting ellie specifically. Its marred games between manchester, Manchester United and liverpool going to 70s. Quite, going back to the 70s. Quite, you quite ashamed to say. You know, quite ashamed to say. I mean, i was a football fan, so there have been several disasters have punctuated the life of both clubs. Were talking the munich 58 air disaster when Duncan Edwards died, Bobby Charlton, sir Bobby Charlton survived. And then charlton survived. And then were talking about heysel in 85, when 39 juventus fans died when a wall collapsed in the european cup final that year. And four years later, of course, at hillsborough in 1989. Now, sadly, fans of both clubs have chanted at each other down the years. Its not chanted at each other down the years. Its not on. Its disgusting, isnt it . Its disgusting. We want so much better than that from from our Football Fraternity erik ten Football Fraternity and erik ten hag is issuing a statement in his programme tomorrow because the two teams meet at old trafford and jurgen was trafford and jurgen klopp was talking in his press conference pnor talking in his press conference prior the game yesterday and prior to the game yesterday and he said just show some class, let the teams fight on the pitch. Lets play that. Lets play football. That would wish for all of us would be my wish for all of us andifs would be my wish for all of us and its quite sad for him that hes still talking this hes still talking about this two months the end of his two months before the end of his reign liverpool manager, and reign as liverpool manager, and we dissipates a we hope it just dissipates a bit. Were couple of bit. There were a couple of arrests when liverpool played united trafford just united at old trafford just three so lets three weeks ago, so lets just hope see see an end to hope we see we see an end to that finally in this. And whats you know, steven, youre from the west. Know how big the north west. You know how big this oh yeah. It this fixture is. Oh yeah. It means so much to so people, means so much to so many people, not of not just in the north west of england. Not just in this country, but in the whole of the world. Its going to be the numbers game. Tom numbers watching that game. Tom moore huge, moore will be absolutely huge, okay, lets move on to okay, lets lets move on to something serious. That is something very serious. That is jude mascot has jude the cat. Qpr mascot has been neutered. Its been a big pair of scissors. This unbelievable. This is unbelievable. This story into the National Story has got into the National Papers its gone all papers today. Its gone all around is the around the world. So this is the stadium of queens park stadium mascot of Queens Park Rangers. Seen most rangers. Youll have seen most of a big furry of these clubs have a big furry mascot. That goes to mascot. And that goes back to the 70s when qpr had an actual black cat at the club, and it brought good luck many brought them good luck so many years when they years later when they commercialised it, they introduced a costume, i introduced a costume, and i dont know its been the same dont know if its been the same bloke wearing the costume. All that time, but there was a i mean had tough that time, but there was a i mean the had tough that time, but there was a i mean the past had tough that time, but there was a i mean the past when tough that time, but there was a i mean the past when bernie times in the past when Bernie Ecclestone owned and ecclestone owned the club and Flavio Briatore in briatores culture, he decided that black cats he he cats were unlucky. So he did. He did a hiatus out of the did have a hiatus out of the game, and fans called for game, and the fans called for him come back and then on him to come back and then on monday, there rumours monday, there are rumours seeping out of the club. People were its april fools seeping out of the club. People wereits its april fools seeping out of the club. People wereits rumours; april fools seeping out of the club. People wereits rumours; apr rumours and its rumours that rumours are out of the club, are drifting out of the club, that been sacked that hes been sacked and everyones going, no, you everyones going, no, no, you cant that. Hes a great cant do that. Hes a great danceh cant do that. Hes a great dancer, know, hes a he dancer, you know, hes a he a bit of a smooth mover. Well hes, bit, hes a very hes, hes a bit, hes a very smooth yeah i mean i can smooth mover. Yeah i mean i can move but even i cant move myself but even i cant keep up with those kind of moves anyway. Hes been sacked anyway. Hes, hes been sacked according to the today, according to the papers today, according to the papers today, according to the papers today, according to sun and the according to the sun and the mail, getting mail, because hes been getting overfriendly clubs overfriendly with the clubs female dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. And so what . And so what . Cats are like. Cats are like. Yeah, know, i know, i know yeah, i know, i know, i know someone called him a dirty dog earlier i just get earlier on. I just didnt get that at all. No, but no, hes been shown the flap. Thats thats thats the phrase. And the im the fans are up in arms. Im going the this going to the game this afternoon. What the afternoon. Well see what the reaction they reaction reaction is. If they sing bring back jude the cat. There is this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. There here is this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. There toe is this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. There to get this campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. There to get the campaign, sing bring back jude the cat. There to get the catnpaign, sing bring back jude the cat. There to get the cat backin, already. There are yes there is. Yeah, there are lots want him, want lots of people want him, want him back. But i dont know whether theyre going whether that means theyre going to altogether or to sack the mascot altogether or whether to change to sack the mascot altogether or whe person to change to sack the mascot altogether or wheperson underneath to change to sack the mascot altogether or wheperson underneath it. hange the person underneath it. Probably make more the person underneath it. Would probably make more the person underneath it. Would itprobably make more the person underneath it. Would it not . |bly make more sense, would it not . It would, it would. It would, it would, it would. It would, it would, it would. Done without but theyve done that without anybody knowing. But theyve done that without anybody inowing. But theyve done that without anybody i knowg. But theyve done that without anybody i know someones yeah i know someones put someones this. Oh someones leaked this. Oh because qpr is a premier because qpr is not a premier league because qpr is not a premier leag someones deliberately this. Someones deliberately rang papers said rang them on the papers and said listen, mascots listen, our favourite mascots being sacked nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. Sacked nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. So tacked nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. So well nobody listen, our favourite mascots beingthis. So well im ody likes this. So well see. Im just this afternoon. Likes this. So well see. Im just got this afternoon. Likes this. So well see. Im just got a this afternoon. Likes this. So well see. Im just got a big is afternoon. Likes this. So well see. Im just got a big game rnoon. Weve got a big game this afternoon. Weve some afternoon. Weve had some fantastic and fantastic results recently and i just they havent fantastic results recently and i just an they havent fantastic results recently and i just an goalthey havent fantastic results recently and i just an goal the sackingt scored an own goal by sacking ourwell, yeah, but some that well, yeah, but some say that the cat is the only thing worth watching. Know. Watching. Oh, well, you know. Not lately. No, were well, not lately. No, were not two games not seeing one, two, two games over and over easter, good friday and easter fans want . They want the cat back. They want the cat back. Poor show. Its a its a poor show. Everything just needs to put a him. A collar on him. Maybe a cat. Did yes. Or maybe a cat. I did see on lead actually, see a cat on a lead actually, a few ago. Oh. Few weeks ago. Oh. Yeah did you . Yeah did you . Yeah well, thats i thought. Well, thats what i thought. Jude needs exactly what . The there is a story in the papers actually, papers today. Actually, i couldnt tell you which one. That more a that that is becoming more of a trend. You take your cat for a walk lead, ive seen ive walk on a lead, ive seen ive seen recently. Walk on a lead, ive seen ive seeyeah. Recently. Walk on a lead, ive seen ive seeyeah. Reime,. Y. Walk on a lead, ive seen ive seeyeah. Reime, but to me. Yeah. To me, but to me. No, dont think but no, no, i dont think so. But the with is the only problem with timmy is sometimes when we take the dog out, to come, out, if he wants to come, if timmy out, he will us timmy is out, he will follow us down road have to down the road and we have to pick him back, pick him up. Take him back, because cute. Pick him up. Take him back, bec look, cute. Pick him up. Take him back, bec look, ctoz. Pick him up. Take him back, bec look, cto come on the look, he wants to come on the walk you. Walk with you. But its too far. He does, but its too far. Its too far. Carry and you carry him. And you carry him. Timmy out of oh, dont leave timmy out of the family walk. But some arent but some some cats arent that aware, though, are they . Dont they . Dont they . dont not. No, em m the issue. No, thats the issue. No, thats the issue. The in all hence the lead in all seriousness, put in rucksack. I mean, i dont know if yeah. I mean, i dont know if it wearing cats it counts as humans wearing cats outfits, might it counts as humans wearing cats out something might it counts as humans wearing cats outsomething different. Might it counts as humans wearing cats out well, hing different. Might it counts as humans wearing cats out well, hing � yeah. Nt. Might it counts as humans wearing cats out well, hing � yeah. Anyway, ght well, hes. Yeah. Anyway, aiden , on that note, ive run aiden, on that note, ive run out of to say about cats, out of things to say about cats, which first time for which is first time for everything. Much everything. Thank you very much indeed. This morning. Now, do stay with us. Were going going the going to be going through the papers. Next. Okay. Time to see whats in the papers this morning. With the papers this morning. With author and journalist susan holder and political commentator shahab mossavat. Good to see you both morning, whats this both this morning, whats this in the times, about. Its back to the post Office Scandal. Yes. The story hasnt gone away much , has everyone, away much, has everyone, obviously, we need to keep the pressure up, but we do need to keep the pressure because the keep the pressure up because the alan the post alan bates versus the post office, brought so office, drama that brought so much post much attention to the post Office Terrible Office Scandal and the terrible situation. A the post situation. A lot of the post masters mistresses been masters and mistresses have been put had, you put through and not had, you know, treatment from know, the right treatment from the post office is still going on. Theres a story today, as you say, in the times, and its about a particular man who , they about a particular man who, they have admitted the post office have admitted the post office have refused to pay his widow a penny, despite admitting that the audit they did into him led to his suicide. And this is still kind of going on, which is a terrible, terrible case. Well kevin, kevin jones, the labour mp who sits on the governments compensation advisory board, said the case is appalling, and the next week the Public Inquiry into the scandal begins, 15 weeks of hearings involving former post ministers, the former post ministers, the former post Office Executive Paula Vennells and alan bates himself. And i just think we do need to keep talking about this because it is still something thatis because it is still something that is not being solved and being and they are getting away with not paying the compensation. And even the people who paying the people who are paying the compensation many compensation to it is in many cases , isnt it . What cases derisory, isnt it . What theyre what theyre giving them. No, absolutely. No, absolutely. This is you know, the terms scandal is, is overused. But it scandal is, is overused. But it definitely is relevant here. This is a national catastrophe. I mean, this is this is awful. And that Public Inquiry has to establish certain things and particularly about what, Paula Vennells knew. How much did she vennells knew. How much did she know . When did she know it . And what did she do about it . And, you know, when these facts are established , we then need to established, we then need to Start Talking about corporate manslaughter, because when people like, you know, the gentleman that youre talking about, subpostmaster about, this, this subpostmaster takes his own life. He is not doing that unless hes under that pressure. Hes not doing that pressure. Hes not doing that unless hes feeling the duress and the social censure that hes getting from his community. Because weve heard this again and again. I dont quite know what we need. The i dont quite know what we need. The Public Inquiry for. Know well, its no, i know well, its dragging no, i know well, its dra its|g no, i know well, its dra its probably costing more its probably costing more than going to pay in compensation. Yeah. Yeah. The money theyre given the money theyre claiming in his case that it wasnt horizon shortfalls. But the trouble is we cant trust anything theyre saying about anything that trust anything theyre saying aboutisnything that trust anything theyre saying aboutis no 1ing that trust anything theyre saying aboutis no faith that trust anything theyre saying aboutis no faith in, that at there is no faith in, in that theyre testimony. Thats the problem. I just want to answer Stevens Point about why we need this. Structure that this. We need a structure that establishes these things as facts at the moment, theres a lot of stuff thats floating around and not being pinned lot of stuff thats floating arounconce not being pinned lot of stuff thats floating arounconce its being pinned lot of stuff thats floating arounconce its withinpinned lot of stuff thats floating arounconce its within thated down. Once its within that framework , then there will framework, then there will definitely have to be a compensatory, structure thats created and that cannot be defied created and that cannot be defied. At the moment. Its defied. At the moment. Its pretty much up to the post office. How and how much they pay office. How and how much they pay it shouldnt be up to office. How and how much they pay there houldnt be up to office. How and how much they pay there shouldt be up to office. How and how much they pay there should bee up to office. How and how much they pay there should be ajp to office. How and how much they pay there should be a legal them. There should be a Legal Framework compels them to pay. Pay the trouble is with these inquiries, though, they the trouble is with these inqukind though, they the trouble is with these inqukind th you forget the point of it in a way. That happens with way. And that happens same with the certain the covid inquiry to a certain extent, never actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto never actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point er actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point of actually the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point of what lly the covid inquiry to a certain exterto point of what you gets to the point of what you need to get to. Yeah, but yeah, for who thinks that the for anyone who thinks that the postmaster solved for anyone who thinks that the porthatster solved for anyone who thinks that the porthat drama, solved for anyone who thinks that the porthat drama, unfortunatelyfed by that drama, unfortunately that case. That that just isnt the case. , lets have a look at the no, lets have a look at the front page of the telegraph, shall we . And this is downing street. Has been accused of blocking true blue conservative candidates standing the blocking true blue conservative cand general standing the blocking true blue conservative cand general electioniing the blocking true blue conservative cand general election. Ng the blocking true blue conservative cand general election. Yeah. The next general election. Yeah. I think this talks about the narrowing of politics is generally both from the left and the right. And the right. Both sunak and starmer, far as im starmer, as far as im concerned, a piece from the same pod when you pod because, you know, when you say true blue tories, who are you youre you talking about . Youre talking that talking about people that actually grass actually appeal to the Grass Roots Party roots of the conservative party yeah. The conservative party has traditionally not been just 1 to 1 nation tories. Its been this broad church. And you know, its all narrowing. And everyone seems to be competing like ferrets in a bag for the middle ground. And you know this. Lets see. Thats how you win elections as well. Yes, maybe. But you do need that broad consensus. Yes, maybe. But you do need that broad consensus. And that broad consensus. And british politics uk politics has always been its best when always been at its best when youve appealed to a broad consensus of opinion as soon as you even if the middle is the majority, it doesnt mean that the those that are on the periphery should be ignored and unfortunate. Thats whats unfortunate. Thats whats happening. No happening. And its no coincidence is coincidence that reform is riding at 14 in polls riding at 14 in the polls today, and lib dems are today, and the lib dems are rising as well, because theyre both seen as being sort of, you know, fringes. So so know, on the fringes. So so i think think you shouldnt think i think you shouldnt try and should and fix politics. You should allow it sort happen allow it to sort of happen organically the grassroots organically from the grassroots up. It shouldnt be top down politics. And weve got a lot of top down politics. Susan, stick. Okay, susan, stick. Okay, susan, stick. Yeah i mean its just its just. Yeah. Should we talk about the potential new james bonds wife . Yes. And this is what i hope we dont start to call, sam taylor johnson, who is a very successful director. James bonds wife in the future, because she is far more than that. Because she is far more than that. She. I because she is far more than that. She. I find her because she is far more than that. She. I find her absolutely that. She. I find her absolutely fascinating. There is a big in the supplement today of the guardian, the saturday supplement. Theres a four page, interview and article on her. So if youre only doing a big article, no, theyre not. No theyre not, because. No, ill tell you why theyre doing it. Think only it. If you think theyre only doing shes, shes it. If you think theyre only doingthe shes, shes it. If you think theyre only doingthe potentiallys, shes it. If you think theyre only doingthe potentially the hes it. If you think theyre only doingthe potentially the new shes the potentially the new james bond wife. Because we dont know aaron dont know that Aaron Taylor Johnson is going to get the he the job yet. But he is definitely mooted be. Is definitely mooted to be. What is the film that thats the new big film that thats coming shes coming out that shes the director know that . Director of . Do you know that . No. Will do for amy no. You will do for Amy Winehouses Amy Winehouses back to black, Amy Winehouse . Director of winehouse . Shes the director of that movie she directed. She met winehouse . Shes the director of thathusbandhe directed. She met winehouse . Shes the director of thathusband ,a directed. She met winehouse . Shes the director of thathusband , aaronted. She met her husband, Aaron Taylor Johnson, when he was in the movie nowhere boy playing john lennon, and he at the time was, i think 19, and she was 42. And shes now about my age. Shes 57 and theyre still together. They have two children. Nobody gave it any time. Im very interested. Im very interested in her. I think shes a very successful director. She also directed , 50 director. She also directed, 50 shades of grey, the movie. That was obviously oh, well, that was obviously a . Oh, well, that was obviously a well, . A big movie. Its well, its a big movie. Its a big its a big movie. Its a big movie. Im im not into 50 shades of grey, the book at all. And i didnt bother to watch the movie because of that. But but and i didnt bother to watch the movi its all about it depends. Think the difference is i think the difference is what its when youre older. Yeah. You were a little bit older when you married. I was 24. I was only 24. I was no, i was 24 when we met, but we were together 14 years before we actually got married. Know , there was a so we, you know, there was a long time to change minds. So we, you know, there was a lon itsne to change minds. So we, you know, there was a lon its oneo change minds. So we, you know, there was a lon its one of hange minds. So we, you know, there was a lon its one of those minds. So we, you know, there was a lon its one of those mithe. Its one of those things the older the less an age older you get, the less an age gap maybe he was 19. Yeah, but theyre still together with two children. So in that case his career has taken off in her career has always been good. Whos to knock it . Cant you cant judge it it . You cant you cant judge it from the outside. But if the only youre looking for in only thing youre looking for in a partner to be of similar a partner is to be of a similar age, thats going to work, age, thats not going to work, is it . No no n0 [10 [10 [10 [10 ho. No no no no no no. What do think . Well what do you think . Well i mean, think i think mean, i think i think i think theres of prejudice when theres a lot of prejudice when its a woman who is older , i its a woman who is older, i dont think its applied quite so much when the man is older , so much when the man is older, and of course weve got, weve got other examples. Weve had some examples in the showbiz world. They havent lasted , world. They havent lasted, generally. But in the world of politics, of course, got, politics, of course, weve got, president macron, whose wife is substantially older. They seem substantially older. They seem they seem strikingly happy. Yeah, they seem delighted in each others company. There have been a lot of showbiz marriages. I mean, sophia ponti. Sophia loren and carlo ponti. There big difference. There was a big age difference. Toyboy , havent you . Well, only by months. Well, only by 18 months. Well, only by 18 months. Doesnt count. Yeah, that doesnt count. Yeah, that doesnt count. Thanks for reminding me. Thanks for reminding me. But no, i dont know if people go looking. I people do go out looking. Oh, i want have older man or i want to have an older man or i want to have an older man or i want young , a younger want to have a young, a younger man. Youre an woman, man. If youre an older woman, its and who its just who you meet and who you connect with. Thats you connect with. Surely thats what you connect with. Surely thats thwell, an ideal world, well, yes, in an ideal world, yeah, yeah. And if it happens to be and then, know, i say, ive, then, you know, as i say, ive, weve together 34 years. Weve been together 34 years. So i congratulations. Thank i mean, congratulations. Thank you very much. I dont know where a badge. You very much. I dont know where get a badge. You very much. I dont know where get a a badge. You very much. I dont know where get a badge ge. You very much. I dont know where get a badge for, you you get a badge for, you know, its our wedding anniversary. Wedding oh, its our wedding anniversary on sunday. And i keep forgetting. Naughty. Quick message to naughty. Quick message to naughty. Anniversary. Happy anniversary. Happy anniversary. Its not to be its not going to be watching, he will be watching. Its years that weve been its 20 years that weve been married. Together married. But we were together for 14 years before we got round to that. So youve been sin for 14 a the brush 14 years. What a over the brush or whatever the brush. We had a child and everything out of wedlock. Oh, its scandal. Its oh, its a scandal. Its a disgrace. Interestingly though, on that point, disgrace. Interestingly though, on that point , because youre disgrace. Interestingly though, on that point, because youre on about. You dont want her to be james bonds wife. No what about you being noddy holders wife . Well, is who i am , but he well, it is who i am, but he depends on you define me. Depends on how you define me. But want. But i wouldnt want. A point of no, youre making a point of no, you it, as i you wouldnt want it, as i wouldnt as my strap. You wouldnt want it, as i wotbecause as my strap. You wouldnt want it, as i wotbecause thats; my strap. You wouldnt want it, as i wotbecause thats not strap. You wouldnt want it, as i wotbecause thats not why p. You wouldnt want it, as i wotbecause thats not why im because thats not why im here, it . No, no, no, no, you here, is it . No, no, no, no, you wouldnt because im wouldnt book me because im noddy me noddy holders wife. You book me because im a journalist and im an i sometimes an author, and i sometimes can string together. An author, and i sometimes can string looking together. An author, and i sometimes can string looking me ether. An author, and i sometimes can string looking me in1eh an author, and i sometimes can string looking me in ah an author, and i sometimes can string looking me in a funny youre looking at me in a funny way. You look at your shoes, way. You look at your shoes, hes thinking, whats going hes thinking, whats she going to but to say . But. But thats. But but, but it would be embarrassing and for gb embarrassing for me. And for gb news if my strap said noddy holders wife. Because its like, well, why have you got around 24 especially . Yeah. What do we think . Just on the other side this of on the other side of this of Aaron Taylor Johnson as james bond . We like the of bond . Do we like the sound of that. We somebody that. No. Him we got somebody else in mind. Well did you know well you did did you know daniel much he daniel craig that much before he became well became james bond. No. Well there go. Became james bond. No. Well the no go. Became james bond. No. Well the no didnt he was looks the no didnt he was he looks the part, but i can go on. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. Against it. I dont im not against it. I dont im strong. But i do im not that strong. But i do think not familiar think im not really familiar with work. With his work. Mean, nowhere boy, well, i mean, nowhere boy, which yeah. He which we spoke about. Yeah. He plays. Does he. Plays john lennon. Does he. Thats plays john lennon. Does he. Tha he john lennon. He played john lennon. John lennon. Stuart lennon. The story of Stuart Sutcliffe is that movie. But it is. Mean where, where he but i mean where, where he has seen, he seems to be a has been seen, he seems to be a good character yeah. And good character actor. Yeah. And its been the case that its always been the case that when a bond, when they look for a james bond, they for somebody who is they look for somebody who is actorly, they look for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can hey look for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can carryook for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can carry the for somebody they look for somebody who is act01can carry the role omebody they look for somebody who is act01can carry the role. � nebody who can carry the role. I mean, it would be, you know, fantastic start. I mean, know, a fantastic start. I mean, yes, i think not yes, well, i think thats not a bad begin. Yes, well, i think thats not a bac no, begin. Yes, well, i think thats not a bac no, i begin. Yes, well, i think thats not a bac no, i thinkjin. Yes, well, i think thats not a bac no, i think they were stung no, i think they were stung by lazenby. Ever by george lazenby. And ever since all since then, no, he wasnt at all exactly. So i think theyve looked for somebody whos like that. Daniel that. I think daniel craig is a very hard to follow. Yeah, very hard act to follow. Yeah, hes to follow, hes very hard act to follow, but theyve gone for but i think theyve gone for somebody whos distinctly different, who looks very different, who looks very different. And it is a reboot, different. And it is a reboot, really, isnt it, because he died the last one . Died at the end of the last one . Not anything away that not giving anything away that theyre going to do. How theyre we dont know how theyre going. Going to do that. And as much no we dont. And as much of a of a feminist i ive of a feminist as i am, ive never been somebody who thought we because we should cast a woman because i do writing do think we better off writing something for a woman to play. Thats their own story. Well, there you go. Well, there you go. On that note, its been good to see you both. Thank you. To see you both. Thank you so lets thank you so much. Lets get the weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello. Very good morning to you. Storm kathleen has arrived , you. Storm kathleen has arrived, but it will mean Different Things to different very things to different people. Very windy in the west. Much warmer across particularly in across the uk, particularly in the east. Its not going to be a washout through the rest of the day. Most of the rain went through overnight. Thats Clearing Northern scotland dunng Clearing Northern scotland during showers during the morning. Showers follow from the west but well broken cloud will lead to some sunny spells, especially towards the. But the window is the southeast. But the window is strengthening with the risk of 50 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts for western coasts of the uk, big waves and additional hazard disruption to travel possible. But the wind is coming from a warm direction, so 2122 celsius possible somewhere like east anglia, with that warmth , east anglia, with that warmth, were going to see mild nights and a cloudy night for many, with further spells of rain moving through much of the uk but generally avoiding the far south and southeast. The south and southeast. The blustery winds continue, but the strongest of those gusts transfer to the northwest of scotland by dawn on saturday, andifs scotland by dawn on saturday, and its a frost free start across the uk, with that wind mixing the air up a bright start for many, especially towards the south east and the far north northeast. But therell be cloud northeast. But therell be cloud and outbreaks rain showers and outbreaks of rain or showers for many others. Now the showers mostly affect and mostly affect western and central parts of england, wales, scotland and Northern Ireland. Best of any brightness will be towards the southeast. Another warm day here. 16 or 17 celsius, but very again to the but very windy again to the northwest. Northwest. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning to you. Its 9 00 on saturday, the 6th of april. Today, Health Leaders warn that royal mail cuts could put Patient Safety at risk. With more people set to miss hospital appointments. The honey trap westminster scandal continues as tory mp doctor luke evans claims he was a victim of cyber flashing before alerting the police to the scam. The scam. Storm kathleen set to arrive today. Heavy rains at winds and furious rain of up to 70 miles an hour expected to batter parts of britain as a black actress suffers a barrage of racial abuse online after being cast in the theatre production of romeo and juliet. For lots of us, of course, animals are just part of the family weve been asking today should you get paid time off when your pet dies . And thank you for the music. And thank you for the music. To celebrate abbas 50th eurovision anniversary, well be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. Well be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very sooii. 500. Soon. Good morning to you. My name is stephen. Hello, im Ellie Costello and this is breakfast on. This is breakfast on. Gb news. Oh. Oh, dear. Oh. Oh, dear. If you miss that , we are if you miss that, we are expected to experience heavy winds and fury. Rain, according to me. Rain, according to me. According to Stephen Dixon this morning. What is heavy wind . Heavy wind is its a different problem altogether. That for any of you today. No. Oh dear me. No. Oh dear me. Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. Anyway, ill tell you what it is. Ill tell you whats happening because im so hot and laughing me. Laughing is making me. It is like a sauna in here. I dont want it. I dont know what is going on. I feel ready to pass out. Yeah. Yeah. Me too. Do you want to know . Actually know how hot it in actually know how hot it is in here . Over there tells here . That fan over there tells me in this room. Me its 27 degrees in this room. Its in spain , but its like being in spain, but not on a good. Not in a good sense. Its like working in a suit in spain. Its. Its tough. Really awful. Suit in spain. Its. Its tough. Anyway ly awful. Suit in spain. Its. Its tough. Anyway , awful. Suit in spain. Its. Its tough. Anyway , so vful. Suit in spain. Its. Its tough. Anyway , so that explains anyway, so that explains maybe why were a bit delirious this morning. Weve been talking about whether you should get paid leave your pet dies , ted paid leave if your pet dies, ted says youre very traumatised says if youre very traumatised by the loss of your pet, its real. However, if you need to take time off, you shouldnt get extra paid bereavement leave. There is so much paid leave these days. If people want want more , why go to work in the more, why go to work in the first some will first place . Some people will take anything he says. Yeah, well i agree with that. I agree with that, john says companies have enough put up companies have enough to put up with, with, Mental Health. Hes put lifes normal stresses. What is this world coming to . I sort of see, kathleen says my beloved cat was 18 when they died. I was heartbroken. I lost my mum when heartbroken. I lost my mum when i was 14. I remember knowing that, id known my cat longer than my mum, you see, but that thats because its tied in with Something Else, isnt it . Its bringing all that back to you. So christine says grief so thats, christine says grief and bereavement isnt a competition. Stop with the hierarchy children, spouse, parents, relative or pets. It all on the person and all depends on the person and the circumstances. Think about a homeless person whose only friend and companion in the whole world is their dog. Animals and pets are just as important as family. Yeah. Again, youre not on board, are you . Im not. Im not on board with that. I think if youre if youre a homeless person, well, youre not to paid leave. Not going to want paid leave. , no. Well, no. Well, no. Are you . And i think that is different. Is someone who, different. If it is someone who, you know, that is literally their only company in and their only company day in and day , so its a different day out, so its a different its a different fish. Its a different kettle of fish. And its not trying to make it a competition. To keep competition. Its trying to keep it. But i think it in context. But i think theres always been an animal lover, have been really upset when pets have died in the past, but its not the same as losing a child or losing a parent. It is different, i think, and i dont know that we should be getting paid. I think its perfectly sensible to say id like a day off and to be given a day off, but to be paid, paid for that day off. I think , is for that day off. I think, is Something Else. I think ive got one on instagram. Let me just see. I think ive seen a view on instagram. Hang on, i wont be able to find it now, will i . No, cant find it. There you go, but im sure it was good. So thank you for was very good. So thank you for that, do send in your views on any the that were any of the stories that were talking today. At talking about today. Gb views at gb now, nhs chiefs have warned now, nhs chiefs have warned that royal mail cuts could put Patient Safety at risk, as new figures suggest late letters are the cause of a quarter of missed hospital appointments. Yes, Health Leaders have dubbed plans as worrying the dubbed the plans as worrying the Health Service as it faces an official backlog of 7. 6 million. Earlier, we spoke to the political commentator patrick oflynn. Oflynn. View is that its a bit ridiculous in the modern age, and im by no means a kind of Cutting Edge Technology person that the nhs is relying on often second class post for. As i read of the details in the telegraph, 83 million notifications of appointments a year. Second class post is the way theyre getting in touch with these patients now. Nearly everyone has a mobile phone, nearly everyone is online in some regard, and i accept that itll be older. Regard, and i accept that itll be older. Cohorts of people tend to be more present in the nhs. Inpatients or outpatients , inpatients or outpatients, categories. And yet surely those people must have one dependable Family Member who can be contacted that way. I think, you contacted that way. I think, you know, the telegraph says that 3 of these 83,000,002nd class letters arrive after the date of the appointment, right . Which is where they get their 2 million figure from , missed figure from, missed appointments, a quarter of the missed appointments. Right but if you think about that, that means probably another 10 million letters will arrive the day the appointment, when day before the appointment, when people might already be committed, might not letter committed, might not open letter. Its to me. To my mind, this raises questions about the raises Big Questions about the nhs, how it communicates with its patients. And remember, its patients. And remember, every appointment is with the precious time of a really highly qualified, highly paid consultant. It in my view, the consultant. It in my view, the nhs should not be depending on second class snail mail to tell anyone whatsoever as their sole means of communication. This is when your appointment probably isnt the sole means of communication. I mean, this is the thing i have to say. Whenever i have an appointment, i get a text message, an email, and message, i get an email, and i get on the nhs app, as get a message on the nhs app, as well as normally 2 or 3 letters that come through, well , but but that come through, well, but but somehow these 2 million missed appointments that must imply in those cases, surely either the person is being irresponsible and just using a late letter as and just using a late letter as an excuse , or that is the only an excuse, or that is the only notification they are getting. Notification they are getting. So i would be tempted to tell those those Health Chiefs , you those those Health Chiefs, you know, go and sort your communications out because to my mind, you know, if the royal mail cant make it work , cant mail cant make it work, cant keep the company afloat without making this this reduction, i dont personally see a reduction in the frequency of delivery of second class post being a deal breaker. I think for most of us, the deal breaker is the cost of a stamp for first class post. Look , why dont you talk to look, why dont you talk to you about the honeytrap scandal in westminster . Doctor luke in westminster . Doctor luke evans has now the second mp to have come out and said hes been sent explicit, unsolicited messages and hes reported it to the police. What do you make of it . Well i guess, doctor evans must have had his details or the implication is handed over by William Wragg. Right. So hes a completely innocent victim of a very sinister plot, which may have, a foreign state behind it. Clearly, its been taken incredibly seriously , but to me, incredibly seriously, but to me, it throws the spotlight back on to wragg , right, who is being to wragg, right, who is being portrayed mainly by the tory high ups as a victim in all this. And obviously hes partly a victim because he took some, some approach as being a kind of honest, sort of flirtatious approach to him. Do you agree approach to him. Do you agree with any of that . I dont know, in terms in terms of the, the royal mail thing. I just dont royal mail thing. I just dont know what the answer is to that because we do have to go to this onune because we do have to go to this online business. We just do. Online business. We just do. Its cheaper, i think, save us a fortune. £1. 35 for a first class stamp. Now its extortionate. It is extortionate. And how many millions of letters do they send out . I mean, its costing us an absolute arm and a leg. Absolute arm and a leg. It is. Yeah. It is. Yeah. I dont think its the most Cost Effective way of doing things. I think if you sign up for the app or if you sign up for get to get Text Messages and things, then they should therefore no longer post it out. Therefore no longer post it out. Agreed. See, i get it all. Yeah. You do . Yeah. Yeah. You do . Yeah. So its just a waste. That is just a waste of money. It drives me mad. Me mad. And i think with elderly people, give them a people, you just give them a call on landline. Call on the landline. Free. Theres its free. Well, theres a thought you dont need to thought and you dont need to post letters. Probably like theyd probably quite like the there the phone call as well. So there you go. If put me in charge, you go. If you put me in charge, thats be doing. Thats what wed be doing. All right, there you go. All right, there you go. Them call. Give them a call. Give them a call. Right. Met office has right. The met office has issued a danger to life warning today. Issued a danger to life warning today. Storm kathleen set to today. Storm kathleen set to batter parts uk. Batter parts of the uk. Its expected to bring yes. Its expected to bring rain and winds of up to 70 miles an hour. Lets see how Northern Ireland is looking this morning. Dougie beattie joins us now. Have you got another hour or so before she hits dougie . Before she hits dougie . Well, we have , and welcome to well, we have, and welcome to the beautiful town of strangford. Or strong fjord, as the vikings named it, because behind me is a stretch of water between portaferry and strangford that brings you down the peninsula and the tides that run here are extremely strong. And it really warrants its name. Strong fjord. But yeah, just in strong fjord. But yeah, just in the last few minutes we can feel gusts starting to hit us. Now the tidal run that runs here is starting. We just see out our left hand side there that it is starting to get a bit choppy out there, but theres a lot of standing water on the roads on the way down in here. If youre out and about, please be careful. The roads are flooded in , there is trees down. In parts, there is trees down. But as i was saying earlier on, those trees are down because the water table has been so high for so many months. We havent had that really bad frost that would have normally cured a lot of that, and then dried up the fields in a lot of ways. But of course, the water in around the roots those trees , anything roots of those trees, anything that is coming that that of course is coming in that is gusts because there is blowing gusts because there is blowing gusts because there is greens starting to arrive on the trees, leaves and foliage and that acts like a seal and can bring that over. But definitely the roads have seen serious overnight rain. And as we made our way down here from hillsborough, and well be going on around to the barmouth very shortly in the round about 10 00. If we look at those meteorologists , google maps, you meteorologists, google maps, you can see that the real storm is meant to hit. Then before it crosses the irish sea and heads in to wales and the north of england. So definitely it is starting to pick up. Theres no doubt on that. I was a bit worried this morning when i first got up and thought, well, this isnt going be a storm this isnt going to be a storm at all, but its starting to get there. And i. Well, judy, stay safe, get inside, have a cup of tea where you can. Im a bit worried about you can. Im a bit worried about you 45 minutes but you in 45 minutes time, but at least dressed the least youre dressed for the occasion. Occasion. Yeah, well, you said about my hair not moving. My. My hair has that much gel on it. It wont move. Move. Thats the way. Thats the way. Good man. Thanks, dougie. Way. Good man. Thanks, dougie. Thanks, dougie. Thanks, dougie. Thanks, dougie. I dont know whats up with pompey, lil, she says shes been tetchy with me. Im being. Yeah, being tetchy you. Yeah, being tetchy with you. Yeah, being tetchy with you. Because, whats oh, its because, whats that . To refer you as doctor that . To refer to you as doctor dixon you remember dixon earlier. Do you remember that . Yeah. Em em 5 anne harvey says yeah. Messagedanne harvey says yeah. Messaged stephen vey says yeah. Messaged stephen toy says yeah. Messaged stephen to tellys ive messaged stephen to tell him off for making you call him doctor. Oh theyre all sticking up for me. They are . They are . Yeah, it is my title. Yeah, it is my title. Yes it is. It is actually his official title. He is a doctor. Official title. He is a doctor. A doctor of poetry. Is that right . Is that right . Is that right . No, im a published poet, though. Though. What . What . Your doctor in there a doctor of poetry . No. No. No. Anyway, he is a doctor and he is poet. Both of those things is a poet. Both of those things are factually are factually correct. Yes. Yes. So hes not just being annoying. That actually annoying. That is actually factually, factually correct. Okay. Okay. Anyway, doctor dixon, do you want away . Want to take this away . Our biggest i do, its our biggest giveaway of the year so far. 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Well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb news is britains election. Channel. Welcome back. The time is 9 18 now. Flexible working rights are set to be strengthened as employees will now gain an automatic right to request how they work. From the first day of their new job. Who is it going to encourage laziness in the workforce . Lets laziness in the workforce . Lets talk to marilyn devonish, who is a specialist remote and Flexible Working implementation consultant. Good morning to you. Consultant. Good morning to you. There will be a lot of people watching and listening to this right now who think this is a recipe for disaster. Well, good morning and thank you so much for the invitation. Im here to say i dont think its a recipe for disaster when its a recipe for disaster when it correctly. It is done correctly. It does actually work well for some people, doesnt it . Working from home for a lot of people means fewer distractions as well. Absolutely. And there are, you the experience you know, from the experience that ive had over the past 21 years, one of the things ive always cautioned people about is overworking , because there is overworking, because there is a tendency for people to in tendency for people to put in much longer hours, work a lot longer than they do in the longer than they would do in the office. And so its often the opposite. And of course , as with opposite. And of course, as with anything in life, you will always who do the always have people who do the opposite, but overall it can have incredible benefits both for the organisation and the employee. Employee. How . Well, i mean, my concern with it as much as the lazy side of it, because some people will skive out. And i say that, marilyn, because thats exactly what i would do. What im what i would do. I know what im like, what what do you say like, but what what do you say to those who have concerns about the fact youre not mixing with real people in work real people in a Work Environment its not environment because it its not only about the work youre doing, its about how youre working. If youre not, if youre not mixing on that level. Absolutely. And one of the things ive said right from the outset, back in 2003, was the whole idea of what we now call hybnd whole idea of what we now call hybrid working. So making sure that those Communication Channels are there where its geographically possible, having those times where you are coming into the office and where it actually isnt, because know actually isnt, because we know we abroad we have people working abroad and theyve maybe never met their making their team mates then making use of all of the technology that we have today and having have available today and having those check ins from a Mental Health and emotional and Psychological Health and wellbeing perspective and building things in in terms of what you can do with regards to Team Building and productivity, because things Team Building and productivity, becayou things Team Building and productivity, becayou can things Team Building and productivity, becayou can do things Team Building and productivity, becayou can do remotely things Team Building and productivity, becayou can do remotely with|s Team Building and productivity, becayou can do remotely with a that you can do remotely with a little bit of thought and creativity planning for lots creativity and planning for lots of people, they didnt become familiar with work from home or Remote Working until about four years ago at the start of the pandemic, has only since then that its become an option for people. So in that sense, you are very much or you were very much ahead your time, werent you . Ahead of your time, werent you . Back of exploring back in 2003, kind of exploring this, have very this, but you have a very personal story, dont you, where it essential for you . It was essential for you . Yeah. One of the things with regards to this whole concept, and i remember i regards to this whole concept, and i remember did regards to this whole concept, and i remember i did an interview on the 13th of march 2020, so thats before wed had the two weeks to flatten the curve. And people just be encouraged not to travel as much. And i had i predict much. And i had said, i predict that many organisations would struggle into struggle to get people back into the workplace. Now, at that time, four years ago, people like, you talking like, what are you talking about . But actually its been a godsend with godsend now, particularly with those people, lets say, who have mobility have health, mobility challenges. Everyone is now talking about the green agenda. Of course , now for me to travel of course, now for me to travel into the office to be with you into the office to be with you in today , that would in the studio today, that would have that would in the studio today, that would have been, that would in the studio today, that would have been, what, that would in the studio today, that would have been, what, fourt would in the studio today, that would have been, what, four hoursd in the studio today, that would have been, what, four hours of my time. And lets talk my time. And lets not talk about footprint. So about the carbon footprint. So there are so scenarios and there are so many scenarios and let be clear, not everything let me be clear, not everything lends itself to Remote Working. Working from home, working from a different location. You want your bus driver at the wheel driving however, where driving the bus. However, where it does suit what this kind of change in the law is doing is making it possible for people to know they can ask the question and they have to get a response if its going to be rejected and the organisation now has to say why. But for me personally, its been absolutely incredible because its also meant i can work people across the work with people across the globe right here from where i am in a very sunny watford. But you mentioned people with mobility issues. I mean, i want i can see how its it could be beneficial for people with some disabilities to have the option to work from home. It worries me. Part of me says, though thats not necessarily a good thing. Is it . Almost a bit sort of out of sight, out of mind, because need we need to because we need we need to actually have people with disabilities dont disabilities in an office. Dont we . So that we know how to see them, how to talk , how to them, how to talk, how to interact with people who may not be like us. Now, one of the things, and this might sound like an odd tangent, but give me a second. Youll see where im going with this many ago, was this for many years ago, i was a samaritans volunteer. Know, samaritans volunteer. You know, picking , speaking picking up the phone, speaking to people were need that to people who were in need that had for the first, what, 30, 40 years been a telephone service. Years been a telephone service. It was a life saving service. So it was a life saving service. So inever it was a life saving service. So i never saw where we had visitors. But on the whole, i never saw anyone that i spoke to. It was all by the phone. So we seem to forget that in terms of communication now, we have all these wonderful things at our fingertips, but there is still power in the human voice. There still power in a there is still power in a conversation. And we can ramp that up now because we can switch on a camera, we can be on messenger, we can be here on zoom. So i will say to people, think about all of the senses we have, because many people, im sure youve spoken to sure watching youve spoken to someone and said, hey, how are you . Oh, fine, you . Theyve gone, oh, fine, okay. And you absolutely know theyre so really theyre not fine. You so really do you want to a chat . And do you want to have a chat . And then all comes flooding out then it all comes flooding out that have change just that doesnt have to change just because your because someone isnt in your presence. So lets not just focus on. I see you focus on. I can see you therefore, because as human beings, we have a number of senses. And when we use those, when we tune into those. And thats where management thats where Good Management comes be amazed at comes in, youd be amazed at what achieved even remotely. Marilyn, do you know that its a very the samaritans story is very interesting. It puts a different slant on it. Makes me think of it slightly differently. So thats good. It means were some of us are reassessing means were some of us are reassessing oui means were some of us are reassessing our position. Really good to today. Good to talk to you today. Thanks very much indeed. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. You. Let us you so much. Thank you. Let us know you think about that know what you think about that one. Convincing one. Im very convincing actually talking to marilyn. Its. But its yeah, i think its. But its that it doesnt yeah, i think its. But its that for it doesnt yeah, i think its. But its that for some it doesnt yeah, i think its. But its that for some people. oesnt yeah, i think its. But its that for some people. Itesnt yeah, i think its. But its that for some people. It doesnt work for some people. It doesnt work for some people. It doesnt work businesses. Its work for some businesses. Its about that. Its getting the compromise right, it . Compromise right, isnt it . Exactly. Exactly. Let us know what you think. Gb views at gb news. Com at 9 25. Lets take a look at some other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. Minister well, former Prime Minister bofis well, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging the government arms government to keep sending arms to israel despite that drone strike which killed seven aid workers, including three brits. The attack on world central kitchen workers prompted condemnation from across the world and rishi sunak calling the deaths appalling. The deaths appalling. A planned strike by over 600 Border Force Officers at Heathrow Airport has been suspended. Members of the public and commercial Services Union were due to walk out for four days from april the 11th. However, the pcs said it was being suspended in an attempt to seek further negotiate with the home office and Sacha Baron Cohen and isla fisher have announced theyre getting divorced after two decades together. In a social media post, the actors said they jointly filed to end their marriage last year. The pair, who have three children, met in 2001. Now to stay with us, because adventurer nick hollis is undertaking his biggest challenge to date. Find out more after this pause. Now. The adventure of nick hollis is undertaking his biggest challenge yet. Its all biggest challenge yet. Its all sort of coming to the end of it now. Hes climbed seven summits. Hes skied to the south pole and his road, the atlantic ocean. Yeah, but he still has to get to the north pole. The expedition aims to raise money for the International Conservation Charity World land trust, and also hopes to raise awareness of climate change. Well, thankfully, hes taken a slight break from the madness to join us in the studio. Good to join us in the studio. Good to see you today. I always think people like you are absolutely mad because some of this is. I mean, it must be thrilling and exhilarating, but btec, its dangerous as well. Yeah. I mean, i completely agree. Its mad , its bonkers. Agree. Its mad, its bonkers. And for a lot of it. Yeah, its quite unpleasant. And for a lot of it. Yeah, its quite unpleasant. I mean, ive got to be honest, its, its a real mixture of, of an incredible experience being in these beautiful places, but also at times it can be incredibly hard, incredibly challenging. What drives you through the when you know, some of its you must know before you go that some of its to awful. Some of its going to be awful. And its i think its yeah. And its i think its the drive has evolved over time. But right now its having had enjoyed a lifetime in these wonderful places. But now seeing the impact were having as humans, climate change, glaciers melting, the arctic, the north pole, my next expedition where its really challenging due to lack of ice. And the more i see lack of ice. And the more i see of that, the more motivated i am just to make sure that the next generation have playground generation have a playground to enjoy. I have in in my lifetime. Yeah, i guess youre seeing it firsthand as part of this challenge. And so youve done so much havent you . Much already, havent you . Youve climbed seven summits, youve south pole , youve skied to the south pole, and youve rode the atlantic ocean. Talk the row ocean. Lets talk about the row first. So you went from the canary to antigua by Canary Islands to antigua by yourself. How was that . It was tough, harder than i expected it tough, harder than i expected it to be as well. The conditions were challenging as we had some some very strong winds, big seas, and its 3000 miles. Its a long time to be out there in that environment, let alone my time to be out there in that environment , let alone my neck. Environment, let alone my neck. I cant imagine how you how you cope with that on your own. Never mind just just the loneliness of it. The mental challenge. Never, never mind the how the heck you navigate. And i dont feel terrified just floating about in the middle of ocean. Middle of the ocean. Its a really yeah, its a really intimidating, intimidating, intimidating, intimidating, intimidating place to be, but that said, i didnt think the atlantic row was. I didnt feel particularly isolated out in the atlantic road. The ocean is alive. Youve got other ships in the area , the wildlife the area, the wildlife everywhere. In terms of isolation, the south pole journey. Now, that was that was quite extraordinary , 53 days quite extraordinary, 53 days travelling from the edge of antarctica to the south pole in this brutal environment, and hardly speaking to another human being for that entire time. So, yeah, i found that one much more challenging. Is it a thrill when you. I is it a thrill when you. I mean, it must be a thrill when you get to the south pole, as it will be you to the will be when you get to the nonh will be when you get to the north then youve got north pole. But then youve got to again. To get back again. A lot of these, yeah. So for a lot of these, getting isnt isnt such a getting back isnt isnt such a problem. Now with technology, if we back to the pioneers we go back to the early pioneers of exploration, scott of the antarctic, challenge antarctic, their big challenge was once they got there, they had to ski all the way back. Fortunately for me, im able to get pick up at finish get a pick up at these finish points. Lovely. Yeah, lovely. Yeah, lovely. All right. Oh well, that makes a bit better. At makes it a little bit better. At least moment least you can have your moment of then its of glory and then know its coming thats coming to an end. Oh thats better. Seven the seven peaks better. Seven the seven peaks that youve done. Which that you that youve done. Which peaks are we talking about. So the seven summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, the iconic kilimanjaro, of the kilimanjaro, most of the listeners will know. And then that works right the way through up to everest, and everest was the final mountain that i climbed during, of the seven summits finished in in 2019. And for that i was i was supporting the International Conservation Charity World land trust. Wow. And were you scared when you climbed everest . I mean, there is a risk of death with any of these challenges, i suppose, but especially with everest, there are there everest, we know there are there are on everest of are dead bodies on everest of people it people that didnt make it highly people that highly motivated people that that make it. That didnt make it. And i had a i had yeah. And i had a i had a real challenge on everest. So you may have seen a really famous photograph taken by nims where a traffic jam where youve got a traffic jam of mountaineers across to of mountaineers going across to the i, i was up it the summit, well, i, i was up it was actually that time i was on, on everest making my attempt, and i decided to go a day before that. So the conditions werent ideal that. So the conditions werent ideal, but it was bit of a ideal, but it was a bit of a hobsons choice climbing, climbing, challenging conditions or queue. I or get stuck in the queue. I went for challenging conditions but managed to damage my eyes dunng but managed to damage my eyes during the night with ice crystals. Oh no. So as i arrived on the summit, it was about 430 in the morning. Suns just in the morning. The suns just coming up and i realised i couldnt see anything. It was like through a sort of like looking through a sort of steamed pane of glass. Wow so steamed up pane of glass. Wow so getting off everest . Yeah. There was top. I was was a time at the top. I was thinking, this isnt going to happen, i was with an happen, but but i was with an amazing friend, sherpa pemba, and just worked together , and and we just worked together, and somehow we got got off the mountain of your eyes. Recovered from that then . Recovered from that then . Yeah. Yeah. I later discovered, a number of the sherpa team had had the same it was the same issue, and it was the strong up ice strong winds were picking up ice crystals and scratching the surface of the eyes during the night head you night with the head torch you had, could once the sun had, you could see once the sun came up that that additional lighting. Was lighting. Yeah. It was it was quite hairy, but. And then over the space of that day, it sort of returned. But. Of gradually returned. But. Its scary stuff. Oh, god, its scary stuff. Oh, god, its scary stuff. Whens the next challenge so whens the next challenge begin then . Or the final challenge, really . The north pole . Pole . Yeah. So the final challenge. Nonh yeah. So the final challenge. North pole, next saturday i leave the uk next saturday for that one. Wow. Amazing. Wow. Amazing. Wow. Amazing. Best of luck. Best of luck. Best of luck. Best of luck nick. Amazing to meet you. We think you are bonkers but also incredible. Brilliant and brilliant. Bonkers brilliant. A fantastic combination. Its a fantastic combination. And yeah, youre wonderful doing its a fantastic combination. An ofeah, youre wonderful doing its a fantastic combination. An ofeah, y its a fantastic combination. An ofeah, y its a fantastic combination. An ofeah, y its a fantastic combination. An ofeah, y thank you very much. Thank you very much. Yeah. Come back once youre. Yeah. Come back once youre. Yeah. Come back once youre. Yeah. Come back as well. Yeah. Come back as well. Tell all about it. Thank tell us all about it. Thank you, you. You, thank you. Still happy now still to come. Happy anniversary. 50 since anniversary. 50 years since abba performed eurovision. So performed at eurovision. So were saying thank you for the music in just a moment. It is. Oh. Go on. Sorry. I was just about to say ive had a lovely message from jane. From jane. You tell us the time first. You tell us the time first. Sorry. Sorry. 939. 939. Morning. 939. Nimportant egg that is important to know. Sorry jane saying . Whats jane saying . Whats jane saying . Just got distracted because i just got distracted because it such a lovely message. I just got distracted because it if;uch a lovely message. I just got distracted because it if on] a lovely message. I just got distracted because it if on instagram nessage. I just got distracted because it if on instagram saysage. I just got distracted because it if on instagram says ,]e. I just got distracted because it if on instagram says , im jane, if on instagram says, im loving you loving this morning show, you are your are both clearly loving your jobs. Are both clearly loving your jobs. Even if the studio is jobs. Even if the studio is a sauna, you are of sunshine sauna, you are rays of sunshine into our homes. Thank you. Oh, what a lovely thing to say. How nice is that . Thats made me smile. Thats made me smile. I share it very nice. Thank you very much. We thats exactly what were aiming to do. Be a little ray of sunshine. I sometimes wonder we i know sometimes we wonder if we go far. Go a bit too far. Probably no. Probably no. Anyway, were trying our best, right . Lets tell you about, someone in lincolnshire. Leader in should we . Council leader in lincolnshire who suggested naming the local museum after one of britains great Prime Ministers so to boost tourism. But it is causing a little bit of controversy. Yes. Grantham museum is located at saint peters hill. Its near where Margaret Thatcher was born , while our thatcher was born, while our east Midlands Reporter will hollis story. Hollis has the story. Britains first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatchers mark on the country, is deep now in her home town, grantham, the local Council Leader suggests using her profile to attract tourists. Independent councillor tourists. Independent councillor ashley baxter, of south kesteven district, says renaming Grantham Museum after mrs. Thatcher will boost footfall. Far more people have heard of Margaret Thatcher and probably still talk about Margaret Thatcher than currently talk about grantham, and i think that if its a to get more people if its a way to get more people to visit Grantham Museum, then really the name would help if it were named after Margaret Thatcher. It is, of course, the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. Margaret thatcher was Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990. She led the country through falklands and the cold war , but falklands and the cold war, but the closure of coal mines under her premiership caused conflict across communities. The town is divided on renaming the museum after the grantham born Prime Minister. Its just a minister. Itsjust a bad idea , i its just a bad idea, i wasnt, i dont think she was a very good Prime Minister. Why not . Yeah. Why not . She was the first woman Prime Minister. I dont think that she represents a working class people of this town. Even in her hometown of grantham. Margaret thatcher is a divisive character. Her statue divisive character. Her statue has been vandalised numerous times , making some here times, making some here reluctant to use her legacy as an attraction for the town. Grantham boasts a rich history. Sir isaac newton was from here to this is Grantham Museum. We share the history for local people and for visitors. Despite a thatcher gallery inside, the museum thinks renaming after her is a bad idea. Run by volunteers , ms idea. Run by volunteers, ms vivian is a manager. It should not be called the Margaret Thatcher museum because its about grantham. Grantham people. People. Grantham exhibits grantham town more to grantham. There is so much more to grantham than Margaret Thatcher. Im not even a fan of Margaret Thatcher. Im not a conservative because of that reaction. People are reaction. I think people are likely , oh, i wonder likely to think, oh, i wonder whats in that museum . If its about Margaret Thatcher . Mrs. Thatcher lived by her principles, what public principles, despite what Public Opinion they called her. The iron lady remembered for never turning the museum , refusing to turning the museum, refusing to change is entirely in her spirit. Will hollis gb news change is entirely in her spirit. Will hollis gb news in grantham i do think its striking that the man whos pushing for the change is not a conservative, i think that that that says a lot what its all about. Really. Well, thats what thats what i mean by the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, you know, whether you love or loathe her, really. Love her or loathe her, really. You talk about her. You talk love her or loathe her, really. You ta her bout her. You talk love her or loathe her, really. You ta her ayut her. You talk love her or loathe her, really. You ta her a lot 1eh you talk love her or loathe her, really. You taher a lot more u talk love her or loathe her, really. You ta her a lot more than k love her or loathe her, really. You taher a lot more than. About her a lot more than. Shes of history. And shes a piece of history. Jake should absolutely jake says we should absolutely have a museum and many more things margaret things named after Margaret Thatcher. Labour have named monuments and Health Boards after wales. So after Aneurin Bevan in wales. So whats the difference . She was britains first woman Prime Minister and as a piece of minister and as that, a piece of history. Yeah, in and of itself, history. Yeah, in and of itself, i wouldnt have an issue with it. No, i think the point was very well made by bruce earlier, who said that victoria and Albert Museum in london is not about victoria albert , about Queen Victoria and albert, its about just named after them, just named after them. So why cant the same thing be appued why cant the same thing be applied in grantham . If it applied in grantham . And if it boosts thats no bad boosts tourism, thats no bad thing, it not . Thing, is it not . Should all be about no. It should all be about i iconic figures and iconic moments history. Yeah we moments in our history. Yeah we should rename it the bucks fizz museum. That is iconic. That is iconic. Not after the drink, but after that classic, classic win in 1981. Making your mind up, whipping those skirts off your mind because thats whats that. 43 years ago, i mean, thats scary in and of itself, but can you believe it . It is 50 years since abbas eurovision victory, and that was right here in the Brighton Dome, back in 1974. Yes. Yes. The relatively unknown swedish band at the time performed waterloo in front of ten judges, and they won that night with 24 votes. Well, since then, of course , well, since then, of course, they went on to superstardom with tunes that actually do not go out of date, ever. They just dont go out of date , as well as dont go out of date, as well as a musicals themed restaurants and of course, abba voyage, which is still ongoing now. That hologram concert, which you say is phenomenal, phenomenal. Honestly , go. If you get honestly, go. If you get a chance, go. You must take your mother. Yeah. Well mentioned. Bucks yeah. Well mentioned. Bucks fizz, those iconic wins in 1981. So who better to talk to than cheryl baker . Good morning cheryl. Good morning. I love the idea of a museum. Yes. Yes. So you should. So you should. So you should, when you think back to 1981, i mean obviously the, the abba victory then wasnt all that long ago, nine years earlier. Do you think they had a huge influence then on the sort of direction in that eurovision was taking . Yeah, they did , they changed yeah, they did, they changed it completely because up to then it completely because up to then it all been very staid and it had all been very staid and a bit posh. Long frock, dickie bow ties , you know. And then they ties, you know. And then they came along and they blew it out of the water. They looked so different and they modernised it and yeah, it made a big and i think, yeah, it made a big change, a big change after change, made a big change after that. And we were watching your performance on eurovision a little of making little bit earlier on of making your mind up. I you much fun, i mean, you had so much fun, didnt you , up that stage, didnt you, up on that stage, were inspired were you in some part inspired by abba, yes. I would say so. It was. Abba was 74. I turned professional in 75. And, did my first song for europe, which was, you know, the when they choose the british song to go forward, i did my first one in february 1976. So, yeah , it was february 1976. So, yeah, it was only months after abbas performance that i, i started my own eurovision journey , yeah, own eurovision journey, yeah, they they just changed the face of it. They changed the face of eurovision. And if you look at what eurovision is now , i think what eurovision is now, i think that all started with abbas performance. It made people performance. It made people think this is much more than just a song contest. Its all about the look. I mean, the clothes, because they look fantastic and even the composer or not, the composer, what he called the conductor , he was called the conductor, he was dressed as napoleon. It was. It made it fun. Fantastic song, obviously brilliant singing , but obviously brilliant singing, but the whole look of it just changed the way that eurovision is. And to this day , its the is. And to this day, its the one thing that always strikes me about abba , is this remarkable about abba, is this remarkable thing that very few bands have actually ever achieved, which is the music doesnt seem to age. I dont know how theyve i dont know how theyve done that. I dont know what benny and bjorn did to make that work, but it it seems as relevant and as , as sort of current now as as, as sort of current now as its ever been. But they reinvented themselves. I mean, bjorn and benny are so clever and, you know, mamma mia the musical. Its been going 25 years. Wow. You know, 25 years in the west end. So yes, they they did the musical and then, wow, theres a movie and then, wow, theres a movie and theres voyage , and now, wow, theres voyage, you know, which i havent been to either so well have to to either yet. So well have to go they to either yet. So well have to go been, theyve they to either yet. So well have to go been, theyve been they to either yet. So well have to go been, theyve been very, hey its been, theyve been very, very smart and reinventing and bringing in a new audience. And if you ask anybody , if you ask if you ask anybody, if you ask a three year old, whats your favourite , abba song, theyll favourite, abba song, theyll know because Everybody Knows abba and its, its a, its a phenomenon. It really is. Yeah. I mean, theyre fantastic Business People as well. We know about the themed restaurants. We know about the hologram west end hologram show that the west end show, as you say, theyve made fantastic money over the time as well. It is their 50th anniversary today. How do you anniversary today. How do you think they will mark it . Because theyve said they dont have anything planned, but im not sure believe abba. Sure i believe them. Its abba. Theyve something sure i believe them. Its abba. Theysleeve. Something their sleeve. Thats that is true , i thats true. That is true, i wouldnt be surprised if they turned up at the eurovision this year because its in sweden. Its the seventh win, which means they equal with, means they are equal with, ireland as the most wins in the eurovision. And of course, its their 50th anniversary, so wouldnt it be amazing if they walked on stage . I mean, the whole world would erupt. It would be wonderful. Oh, heck, it would be. It would. It really would be. Just to see them all together for. I wonder when you look back, its looking back at what youve done over the years, because we watch what strikes me, it always strikes me about eurovision is we it. We always we laugh about it. We always laugh about it. Good old terry wogan used to take the mickey every single year. Graham norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe gle year. Graham norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same ah Graham Norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same thing. Iham norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same thing. We1 norton wogan used to take the mickey everythe same thing. We laughyn does the same thing. We laugh about it, we love it and it about it, but we love it and it does launch into these does launch people into these huge bits of stardom. I mean, look and bucks fizz , look at yourself and bucks fizz, you know, here we here we are 43 years from that victory. We years on from that victory. We and you know, we still talk to you. Still care what you you. We still care what you think. Cheryl bakers a household name and its. And its all down to that really, isnt it . At least begin with. Absolutely. Its to down four points. We won by four points. And velcro, you know, i mean without without without velcro. Without without without velcro. Im not sure we would have won. Youd have been talking to lina from now but yeah, that from germany. Now but yeah, that three stage changed three minutes on stage changed our lives completely. You know, i wouldnt be married to my husband. I i wouldnt be married to my husband. I wouldnt have the children that ive got. I wouldnt have had my tv career. Im singing. Im still. We im still singing. Im still. We did gig night, weve got did a gig last night, weve got a at the forthcoming a gig at the forthcoming weekend. Ripped my skirt weekend. I still ripped my skirt off. You know, we have to be called fizz now. But weve called the fizz now. But weve got a fantastic gig coming up at the o2. Thats on the indigo at the 02. Thats on june the 28th. So get your tickets. You know, were still tickets. You know, were still were still out there gigging 43 years because of three years later because of three minutes in the Eurovision Song Contest in dublin in 1981. Fantastic. Cheryl its really good to see you, i love you. You know, i was , you know, i was i know, i was, you know, i was i was just thinking about it because i remember i only because i remember i was only seven, time all seven, nine at the time when all that yeah the shock. That happened. Yeah the shock. And it weird looking back on and is it weird looking back on it now, but the shock of the skirts coming up, i mean, it was just like, i suppose you wouldnt bat an eyelid now would you . But at the time it was so danng. Daring. I know, and, who knew . You know. And on the perfect line in that song, if you want to see some more and the skirts come off, it was i. It was perfect. Off, it was i. It was perfect. That was the choreographer who who said on that line, you know, and it. Yeah, it shocked everybody, and because wed rehearsed it so many times, it didnt shock us. We it was just part of the routine. But the reaction that we had was astonishing. Astonishing. Fantastic. Little, little bit of really was. Of magic, really was. Cheryl, how old were you at the time when you when you performed it in eurovision, did you pressure you feel the pressure of the nafion you feel the pressure of the nation behind you, or do you just go on that stage and just think, im just going to enjoy myself you myself now, because you certainly way. Certainly look that way. Did i did because i did eurovision once i did it eurovision once before. I did it in 1978 and we came 11th. That was band called and was with a band called coco, and so i expected lose. Knew so i expected to lose. I knew what to lose and what it felt like to lose and the first time it was really horrible. So i thought, you know what . Im just going enjoy what . Im just going to enjoy myself. Did. I mean, myself. And, and i did. I mean, it was in dublin for a start. So l, it was in dublin for a start. So i, the irish know how to have a party, but, but i just thought , party, but, but i just thought, just enjoy yourself. Have a lovely time. Mum and dad can video it and you can go video it and then you can go back and be normal again, but fate had other ideas. So here i am talking to you. Am talking to you. Yeah. Were very glad fate had other ideas. Cheryl. Really good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much. Oh, isnt that wonderful . Just enjoyed and look where we are. Yeah. 40. Yeah. 40. Many years . How many years . How many years . 43 years ago. Since that in 1981 that it was phenomenal. And 50 years since abba and waterloo and they went on to achieve. Wow. I mean, theyre still going. Its wow. I mean, theyre still going. Its amazing isnt it. Yeah. Yeah. But the fabulous way that i mean, obviously books are still going in various forms now, cheryl still going further. Abba are still going without doing anything. No. Thats how thats how to no. Thats how thats how to do it. Theyre holograms working hard night in london. Hard every night in london. Amazing. Its amazing. Its amazing. Very clever way yeah, its a very clever way of doing it. Theyre clever. The clever marketers are abba. So put an abba tune on today. So put an abba tune on today. Thing to do. And, thats the thing to do. And, enjoy every second of well enjoy every second of it. Well see tomorrow. Course. See you tomorrow. Of course. Yep. Saturday is yep. Saturday morning live is up. Next. Up. Next. Im andrew doyle. Im andrew doyle. Join me at 7 00 every sunday night for free speech nation. The show i tackle the weeks biggest stories in politics and Current Affairs with the help of my two comedian panellists and a variety of special guests. Free speech nation sunday nights from 7 00 on gb news, the peoples channel, britains news channel im Patrick Christys every weeknight from 9 00. I bring you two hours of unmissable, explosive debate and headline grabbing interviews. What impact has that had . What impact has that had . We got Death Threats and the bomb threat and so on. 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