Good. And letting you drive the show. Well , fantastic. Sounds about well, fantastic. Sounds about right. How are you at home celebrating International Womens day . Of course. I promise not to interrupt you at all. Of course, it is also mothering sunday this sunday, so dont forget. Please do send your mother some flowers. A text is not enough. Are you going to go and see your mum or just i am . Your mum orjust i am . Of course i am. Of course i am, mum. I will see you on sunday. Im going to see my mother and my grandmother. Well, that is brownie well, that is double brownie points anyway. Let us know what youre views at youre up to. Gb views at gb news. Com do approve news. Com do you approve of international do International Womens day . Do you be you think there should be a mens day . Two . Or is that every other year . Other day of the year . But first, headlines. First, your headlines. Thanks, emily. Good afternoon. Its 12 02. Im sophia wenzler. Its12 02. Im sophia wenzler in the g
Here. We are looking forward to that. It is a marvellous film, but also a marvellous story of the dambusters , of what they did the dambusters, of what they did of the nazi infrastructure they took out. And 81 years. Today its all in the run up to the 80th anniversary of d day, which of course is coming on the 6th of course is coming on the 6th of may, only a couple of weeks away. Yes. And these cyclists, these cyclists on this 300 mile journey, one of our reporters is going to be there, live on the scene interviewing them. See how they feel after such a journey. And of course, this is all in memory of those who lost their lives for our future, essentially. Well, it was the most remarkable , mission of remarkable, mission of technological progress. The bouncing bomb, but also bravery and heroism and it is, well, well worth remembering if you have any story. Well worth remembering if you have any story. His if you remember the first time you were when you learnt about the dambusters, pl
Were asking, is it time to ban the sale of it. 7 a group of raf cyclists ride to a memorial site in the netherlands in honour of an aircrew killed during the dambusters raid back in 1943. And in the sport this morning , big clubs with under fire managers had a good night. Matches tonight to beat newcastle. Chelsea won away at brighton, celtic are scottish champions, which was pretty standard fare to be honest. And standard fare to be honest. And could var be scrapped next season. 7 we can always hope. Season . We can always hope. If youve started the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, some sunnier weather is on the way. Either later today or the way. Either later today or the next few days. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. I am thrilled to be back today. Are you . Are you . Yes i am. yes i am. Did you enjoy your break . Did you enjoy your break . Well,
Be live from that Historic Site, and the prince of wales has issued a stark warning about a Global Medical problem that could kill 10 Million People by 2050. And thats all coming up between now and 6 00. When was the show always a delight to have your complete. So six steps. Its watsuki has launched today. Are they any good . Well have a full analysis, a full delve into them. Can those pledges be met or will it be hung by his own petard . Dont forget rishis five pledges became a millstone around the Prime Ministers neck. He was constantly judged to have failed. Will sir keir go the same way throughout the show, well have complete analysis of all of the days politics. We speak to Andrea Jenkins about her reaction to sir Keir Starmers plan. Plus, of course , starmers plan. Plus, of course, we asked him a very, very special and quite amusing question. We threw down a gauntlet to sir keir starmer. Did he accept a challenge . You have to wait and find out. Get in touch, use your waze gbnews
Badly behaved children, will be asking should parents be penalised for their kids actions . Penalised for their kids actions. 7 thats our debate this morning and in the sport this morning, its advantage Manchester City as they beat spurs to go to the top of the premier league with one game left. Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou is not happy at all about something. Rory mcilroy has filed for divorce and will have an olympic flame update. Chilly and damp across parts of the east today, but for many there will be some warm sunshine. Top of the temperature charts likely to be across parts of northern scotland again today. Join me later for a full forecast. Okay, well, the story were starting with is knife crime and its rising each year since the pandemic and the government has told police to increase their use of stop and search. I do laugh at this because i think who would have told the police to stop , stop who would have told the police to stop, stop and who would have told the police to