resigned from itv after acknowleging that he had an affair with a younger male colleague at this morning. he has stepped down from presenting the british soap awards. in a statement he said he lied about the relationship to these agents, lawyers and family and said the relationship was unwise but not illegal. joining me now is tv and film critic siobhan synnot. thank you forjoining us on the programme. this is a dramatic and to the last few weeks where he had phillip schofield stepping down from his role and in all of this speculation began. fix, his role and in all of this speculation began. his role and in all of this seculation bean. . . . . his role and in all of this seculation bean. . ., . ., ., speculation began. a dramatic and to a lot of speculation speculation began. a dramatic and to a lot of speculation and speculation began. a dramatic and to a lot of speculation and to speculation began. a dramatic and to a lot of speculation and to phillip - a lot of
welcome to the programme. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing at least three people. two children are said to be among the injured. president zelensky has described the attack as another crime against humanity . we ll have the latest. also in the programme. the british television presenter, phillip schofield after acknowledging an affair with her younger colleague at this morning, has resigned. and the family of the british national that has died in sudan say they were abandoned by the embassy we will have the latest on the crisis and british cycling since it will ban transgender women from elite female competition. we will discuss that position. we start in ukraine, which has faced another heavy night of russian missile and drone attacks. a medical clinic in dnipro in the east was hit by a missile where at least two people died and around 30 people were injured, including two boys aged under six. president zelensky described the
Welcome back. good morning, wherever you are watching on bbc two, bbc news, iplayer, if you are listening on 5 live bbc sound, lovely to have you with us on this bank holiday monday. we are talking about this morning this morning, will you be turning off when it goes out on air this morning? after everything we have learned about the presenters does still draw you in? that s what we are talking about. some fascinating calls and great to hear your views today. we will come back to some of those. coming up from ten o clock this morning we are asking uk hotels how was your stay? it is bank holiday today, another chance to get out and about to take a break to get out and about to take a break to get out and about to take a break to get away, half term for many people as well. it is the third bank holiday this month on the unofficial start of summer and for many parents it feels like the children have barely been in school this month but that s another story. it is a busy
Will happen with holly on the programme as well because they come very much as a partnership. she is off for the next week. purely in regards to phil, i don t think there is a future in tv broadcasting. let s look again a little bit more at the culture a number of people have raised behind the scenes at this morning. you may have seen over the weekend, nadine dorries was on the weekend, nadine dorries was on the bbc, speaking to laura kuenssberg. that was on laura kuenssberg. that was on laura kuenssberg on sunday. she talked about her experience on the show. being interviewed as a politician by a journalist is never an easy experience but ijust found him to be quite bullying in his attitude towards the co host who was standing in for holly willoughby and that made me feel more uncomfortable than answering the questions. when the camera was on me and i was talking, he started aggressivelyjabbing at