So if you are just tuning in a slightly different look for a saturday morning, dont worry, it is saturday. I know normally in on a monday, but few people off sick and various other staffing issues. Weve stepped into the breach, havent we, martin . Yes. Delightful to be back here with you. Likewise. Well, our top story this morning. Were leading with the economy. Its good news. Its grown at the fastest rate in two years, outpacing both america and the eurozone. And that means that the uk is officially out of recession, with many hoping for tax cuts over the next few months. And this comes after the former labour leader, lord kinnock, has claimed that voters in britain are not in love with sir keir starmer, with some concerns emerging of a shock result in the upcoming election. Yeah, if you recall, back in 1992, neil kinnock was thought to have lost an election that was deemed unusable. Was deemed unusable. Well, joining us now is political commentator peter spencen political commentator
With sofia. Darren. Thank you. Good afternoon. Its 12 02. Im sophia wenzler afternoon. Its12 02. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The dutch act has been newsroom. The dutch act has been kicked out of Eurovision Song Contest grand final. The European Broadcasting Union says us klein wont compete, while Swedish Police investigate a complaint of inappropriate behaviour by a female member of the production crew. Meanwhile security has been tightened ahead of tonights show following pro palestinian demonstrations. Demonstrators have been rallying against israels participation in the event , with the countrys eden event, with the countrys eden golan qualifying for tonights show. Shes among the leading show. Shes among the leading contenders to win, but bookmakers have placed croatias baby lasagna as favourite. Baby lasagna as favourite. Heres what some of the fans had to say i understand it, i personally disagree with their involvement and a lot of the stuff thats happened in the past 2
, come. All my panel tonight is , come. All my panel tonight is political commentator Patrick Oflynn. Tory deputy chairman jonathan gullace and author amy nicole turner. Oh, yes. And would you be seen dead in this , would you be seen dead in this, they get worse than that. Get ready. Britain here we go. Apparently, weve imported thousands of usain bolts. Next. Thousands of usain bolts. Next. Very good evening. From the gb newsroom. Itsjust gone. Gb newsroom. Its just gone. 9 00. Leading the news tonight, former conservative leader sir Iain Duncan Smith says hes concerned the government hasnt pointed the finger at china for a cyber attack on the ministry of defence. The defence secretary has only said state involvement cant be ruled out. Beijing strongly denied it was behind the hack, calling the accusations completely fabricated. Up to 272,000 fabricated. Up to 272,000 british personnel may have had their details compromised while speaking in the house of commons earlier, grant shapps
Would you be seen dead in this, they get worse than that. Get ready. Britain here we go. Apparently, weve imported thousands of usain bolts. Next. Thousands of usain bolts. Next. Very good evening. From the gb newsroom. Itsjust gone. Gb newsroom. Its just gone. 9 00. Leading the news tonight, former conservative leader sir Iain Duncan Smith says hes concerned the government hasnt pointed the finger at china for a cyber attack on the ministry of defence. The defence secretary has only said state involvement cant be ruled out. Beijing strongly denied it was behind the hack, calling the accusations completely fabricated. Up to 272,000 fabricated. Up to 272,000 british personnel may have had their details compromised while speaking in the house of commons earlier, grant shapps said it shows the world is, he says, becoming a more dangerous place for reasons of national security. We cant release further details of the suspected cyber activity behind this incident. Activity behind this incide
Got all of that to come and more. But before we get stuck in, lets cross live for tonights latest news headlines. Michelle, thank you very much. And good evening to you. Its just coming up to 6 02. The top story from the newsroom tonight. The defence secretary has told mps that the government cannot rule out state involvement in a hack at the ministry of defence, but he refused to confirm reports that china was behind it. Beijing strongly denied it was behind the cyber attack, calling the accusations completely fabricated. Grant shapps has fabricated. Grant shapps has apologised to arms. Armed forces personnel confirming up to 270,000 have a potentially been affected. Speaking in the house of commons earlier, he said it shows that the world is becoming more dangerous for reasons of national security. National security. We cant release further details of the suspected cyber activity behind this incident. However i can confirm to the house that we do have indications that this was the su