Iranian strike that could come in the next 48 hours. The state of california could make it legal for workers to ignore messages from their bosses after hours. So should we follow suit . An 89 year old care home resident makes her teenage dreams come true by getting her first tattoo. So were asking , first tattoo. So were asking, can you be too old to get inked . Good morning. Its all eyes on the grand national this afternoon on the track. Organisers insist theres still a small risk of fatalities to horses off it. Security has been ramped up to fend off protesters. Will be live from aintree throughout the morning. Marked contrasts in our weather across the uk today. Warm and bright for some, blustery and showery for others. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up shortly. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Breakfast on. Gb news. I come bearing good news. I come bearing good news. Oh, well, good. We need some of that in
We begin in The Middle East where reports of hezbollah Launching Dozens of soils into israel. Confirming a0 lodges were identified to some were intercepted. Unclear whether this is linked to the threat that has been reported today that an attack by iran on israel is imminent. The white house described that the right as quote, real and viable. Media reporting in israel that the Prime Minister is meeting top officials for such an attack which would be seen as retaliation or the air strike that killed Senior Iranian commanders nearly two weeks ago on a iranian consulate in damascus. Heres what the white house spokesman said when he briefed reporters earlier on. Were watching this very, very closely. We still deemed the potential threat by iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible. And were watching it as closely as we can. Right now, ourfocus is on having conversations with our israeli counterparts and making sure notjust conversations but making sure that they have what they
Coming up this hour us officials have warned that iran could launch a major attack on israel as soon as today, in retaliation for last weeks air strike on an iranian diplomatic compound in syria. Well look at what the implications could be for the region. Well have all the days sports news, and look at glasgow offering to host the Commonwealth Games if no other host can be found for 2026. This is after singapore joined malaysia in saying they wont bid for it. The australian state of victoria pulled out of hosting back injuly because of costs. 0rganisers say a glasgow games would have to be scaled back, and well talk about the boat thats the brightest of all Time Scientists have worked out what caused the most brilliant burst of light ever recorded, but its thrown up other Big Questions they thought they had the answers to like, where do heavy elements like gold actually come from . And well talk about the boat thats the brightest of all time us officials have warned that iran could lau
To get in touch with the commoner. People like me, probably. But is she turning into labours Worst Nightmare . Well they deny any wrongdoing, but now the police are involved. The heat is being turned up. Well look at that. Will that impact the fact that keir starmer is absolutely to me, positioning himself as a tony blair . Mark two its almost things can only get better. Weve got the union flags, weve got defence spending, weve got positions on trident that put a world of difference between him and Jeremy Corbyn. And yesterday wes saying theyre wes streeting saying theyre going to part privatise the nhs is the labour party a government in waiting, or will Angela Rayner rain on that parade . Well, i want to hear from you. And theres a new way to get in touch with us. Send your views and comments by and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com your say. Get in touch. Before all of that, its time to kick off the show with your headlines. And its sam francis. Its sam francis. Martin, tha
And also a jam packed show coming up. Barry geraghty , coming up. Barry geraghty, former grand National Winner. Hes going to be joining us live to give the lowdown on this saturdays tomorrows big race. And also harry and meghan pip. Theyve got new netflix shows coming. Did you hear about coming up. Did you hear about that. Yeah. Got a theyve got a big multi million deal. Multi Million Pound deal. Theyve making theyve got to keep making something. Its going to be about. About polo. Harrys is on polo vacancies on and gardening and friendship. Yeah friendship. Thats an interesting one. A snooze fest compared bit of a snooze fest compared to dishing the dirt the to dishing the dirt on the royals, you think . Royals, dont you think . Will the royals get a mention . What do you think about everything were talking about . Maybe were maybe theres something were not you want not talking about that you want to us know to talk about. Do let us know gbnews. Com your say. First, lets bring you righ