Conflicts in the minds of western opinion makers. Retired western opinion makers. Retired British Army Colonel richard kemp will give me his view. The actor kevin spacey, who was earlier this year acquitted of charges of sexual assault, made a surprise appearance at the sheldonian theatre in oxford. His recitation from shakespeares timon of athens moved an audience which was there to remember the philosopher Roger Scruton and to denounce modern cancel culture gb news emma webb was in the audience and will be to here reflect on the performance and talking of theatre and theatre reality. Our resident critic stephen kiriasis has been busy a busy bee all week , buzzing busy bee all week, buzzing around three shows, including a ballet. Later in the program , ballet. Later in the program, ill be asking what should be done with the land that was purchased by the government for that chunk of the hs2 railway thats now been cancelled. And thats now been cancelled. And we reflect on trafalgar day
This is breakfast on. Gb news. If you are heading out and about today, do be careful. That weather is terrible and horrid. Its that weird sort of thing where its like, its. Its not like its really chucking it down, but its i dont know, its like lots of rain. Weirdly, the roads, if youre on particularly the mi was horrific. Was it . I had to i particularly the mi was horrific. Was it . I had to i had to crawl down at sort of 50 miles an hour all the way. I was a bit worried about you because usually stephen is here for 5 am. And it got to ten past, and i was a bit worried. Yeah, it was a real slow journey today, but thats good. Take it slow. Be be careful out on those roads today. I dont know, it was very heavy where i was was it. I dont know about you. Its just loads and loads, loads of surface water. Ive never seen so much. Yeah. Motorways it just hasnt stopped raining, has it . So if you put your foot down, youre going. Youre going to aquaplane, which is very dangerous. So do be care
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
This morning i had meetings with minister, colleagues and others and in addition i will have further such meetings later today. Caroline lucas. Thank you. Our hearts go out to everyones whose lives are being devastated by the current floods. Im sure we welcome the Prime Ministers promise yesterday you will do everything he can both with the relief efforts and building more resilient country for the future. It will be both complacent and ignorant to flout the warnings of his office and adviser who warn Climate Change will lead to even more such events in the future. And can we confirm for the house d everyone in my write constituency doing everything he can will reverse cuts to the budget and proper funding for flood prevention. Increasingly Prime Minister maybe he shouldnt reassure let me reassure the honorable lady i listen very carefully to my experts in the mets office and Environment Agency. Every cobra meeting starts with a briefing from the mets office. I think it is clear we are
Winds as we speak in this house today. Whatever can be done to help will be done. Last year my constituents and George Williams was brutally murdered. At a subsequent trial it was revealed her attacker previously attacked another young girl five years earlier and unbelievably, that attacker got off with just a priests caution, a written warning. Will the Prime Minister join me in calling on the police to publish all relevant materials relating to that earlier case in order that any lessons that can be learned will be learned . He is absolutely right to take up his constituents case in this way and he has written to me about the specific case and my sympathy goes to the family and friends of georgia williams. As he asked i understand the independent police complain commissioner are currently considering its response to a referral from the University Police into than managing of this case and what needs to be published. On the issue of conscience let me say we announced last year we are