government demonstrations. some breaking news here in the uk. tv presenter phillip schofield will step down from this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, the broadcaster has announced. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. after more than 20 years on the this morning sofa, phillip schofield has stepped back from itv s flagship morning show having presented his last episode on thursday. ina in a statement from itv, they said that after more than 20 years on the this morning so far, phillip schofield has stepped back from itv s flagship morning show flagship morning show having presented his last
Biographer , angela levin, weighs biographer, angela levin, weighs in on that. And the sussexes moving away from montecito to hollywood. Plus, as the king and queen prepare to mark one year on the throne, paul burrell gives his honest ranking of the monarchys performance. Over that time with ratings for all the major royals from charles to andrew. You dont want to miss that. Elsewhere tonight , its lost its elsewhere tonight, its lost its daytime crown for the first time in 13 years. So is this morning broken repair for the broken beyond repair for the repair shop. And is repair shop. And is there really any truth to Tucker Carlsons extraordinary interview with a man who claims to have smoked crack and had sex with barack obama, but sex with him twice . You did cocaine with him. Watch him smoke crack twice. You had no idea who he was. I had no who he was. It i had no idea who he was. It definitely wasnt baracks first time. Two sides to that story. Let me tell you. Britains me tell you.
To wake up to. The sunrise will be coming up in the next 20 minutes. We are here for a serious reason. Not just to enjoy what promises to be a lovely day. We are discussing a topic which matters an awful lot to you at home. Water quality. The amount of sewage in our water. This morning we will hear from the Water Companies. We hearfrom the Environment Secretary, Therese Coffey. We will hear from campaigners. And we would love to hearfrom campaigners. And we would love to hear from you as well. We will let you know how to get in touch throughout breakfast. Because we have a big bbc investigation today, it has found that what looks like the Water Companies illegally discharging raw Sewage Hundreds Of Times Last year. Our team has seen analysis. They have looked at data from three of the largest Water Companies, times, wessex and Southern Water. It appears to show that On 400 Spills Last year, lasting thousands of hours, sewage was released, not during wet weather, storms, heavy rain and
Have all the details later. On. That assisted dying story in many of the newspapers today. So if youve got a view on it, we want to hear from you today. This is how you get in touch. Esther rantzen. Dame Esther Rantzen saying no ones going to force a Health Care Professional to bump me off, but i dont want to bump me off, but i dont want to be forced to live longer than i want to. Your views. Get in touch, let us know and well debate that throughout the programme. Our top story though this morning the government has accused the eu of double standards following irelands pledge to send Asylum Seekers back to the uk. Well, tensions rose after ministers in era threatened to draft emergency laws amid concerns the rwanda plan could increase asylum numbers entering the republic. The republic. Well, lets speak to the immigration lawyer ivan sampson, who joins to us talk about this this morning. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining this morning. Good morning to you. Thanks forjoining us so e