deal sticking plaster politics deal with britain's energy crisis ? with britain's energy crisis? >> in the week, the home secretary called on international law on refugees to be ripped up and rewritten. her predecessor, priti patel, has defended her rwanda policy, saying we need a deterrent for illegal immigration. we have an exclusive interview with dame priti patel this morning . priti patel this morning. >> the rondo plan . >> the rondo plan. >> the rondo plan. >> i am very pro rwanda , obviously. >> i set up your idea. >> i set up your idea. >> well, i set up and negotiated the economic and development partnership . keep going through partnership. keep going through the courts . partnership. keep going through the courts. i'm partnership. keep going through the courts . i'm absolutely the courts. i'm absolutely certain that it's legal. i worked on the legalities of it. rwanda will be a tremendous deterrent, and that's what we need. we only slogans. we don't need. we only slogans. we don't need platitudes. we need a deterrent. and rwanda is a powerful deterrent . powerful deterrent. >> a new report reveals the shocking lack of disabled access at train stations in the north of england. as the debate over regional rail access continues . regional rail access continues. news we look at how basic

accessibility has been overlooked . overlooked. >> act and then of course , alex >> act and then of course, alex will have your latest weather update . update. >> rain wake you up last night. will it be any more today? actually, for most, it's looking like a fine friday, although it will be blustery with some showers in northwest scotland. join later full join me later for a full forecast a into the weekend. >> and of course , paul's got you >> and of course, paul's got you sport this morning. all eyes are on rome sporting wise, the 44th ryder cup tees off in less than half an hour's time. paul, thank you . i'm stephen dixon. you. i'm stephen dixon. >> and i'm anne diamond , and >> and i'm anne diamond, and this is breakfast on gb news. >> have you had a parking ticket recently? if you had one? man no , "0, recently? if you had one? man no , no, no. actually, i haven't had one for a while, but apparently this is in the star this morning. private parking firms have dished out a record number of tickets. it's gone up 30% on the year before , 11.1

30% on the year before, 11.1 million. and of course , if you million. and of course, if you get a private parking ticket, it yeah, they're more expensive . yeah, they're more expensive. it's not like the council ones and all that way. >> so that means you've parked somewhere privately like you've parked on somebody's space. >> yeah. well yes , sort of >> yeah. well yes, sort of thing. yeah. these sort of thing. well, yeah. these sort of private and things . but private estates and things. but there's, there's concern because there's, there's concern because the rac foundation is saying it's implausible this is a guy called steve gooding. it's implausible that millions of drivers would knowingly want to risk running up a charge for as much as £100. yes >> but people take i mean, people get so desperate to park, they will in the end park somewhere and risk it, won't they , in the hope that maybe they, in the hope that maybe a private place doesn't have a sort of metre man. >> but they're even they're more they're even worse in the private places anyway. you've private places anyway. if you've been hit by that, i'd love to hear from you this morning because it's one those because it's one of those frustrating things. do ever frustrating things. if i do ever get ticket and i think it's get a ticket and i think it's been i always been wrongly done, i always write and challenge it. write in and challenge it. >> , yeah. although i've done

>> yes, yeah. although i've done that challenged that once, i challenged a speeding thing because the, the, the thing was the sign saying 40 or something was totally overgrown . you could not see it overgrown. you could not see it from the road . and i'd just come from the road. and i'd just come out of a sort of open. did you win. no no. they wouldn't accept it. and i think that was really mean because it was completely overgrown see overgrown and you couldn't see it. you've ever it. well if you've ever challenged have you should challenged have said you should have if ever have known if you've ever challenged anything and got away with challenged anything and got away witiit's not about getting away >> it's not about getting away with it. it's about things not being enforced. >> challenged it and >> if you've challenged it and been found, you know, they've they've actually had to apologise. never apologise. well they never apologise. well they never apologise but other apologise do they. but in other words, have to pay the words, you don't have to pay the fine. be to know a fine. it'd be nice to know a success story like that from you. please do. gb views gbnews.com you're not gbnews.com when you're not coming this. coming in to do this. >> yes. >> yes. >> you have a hearty breakfast? >> no. >> no. >> do you have any? >> do you have any? >> no. i don't tend to have breakfast. >> oh, you're meant to have breakfast. i mean it's meant to be the most important meal of the day. be the most important meal of the isay. be the most important meal of the is it? i don't know. >> is it? i don't know. >> is it? i don't know. >> sets you up. and certainly if you doctor and say, i you go to a doctor and say, i feel tired all the they

feel tired all the time, they often tell you to have protein in your breakfast. in other words, like eggs, eggs words, like eggs, like eggs particularly, maybe and particularly, maybe eggs and bacon, is being bacon, or what is being recommended. out recommended. and we'll find out more bit later on more about this a bit later on is kippers . oh, i don't think is kippers. oh, i don't think i could take i mean, to me, i don't smell of frying a kipper in the morning would sort of just smell out the whole house for the rest of the day, wouldn't it? let alone eating the bloomin thing. >> that's when that's the sort of good old days when breakfast were sort of meal were a proper sort of meal rather just grabbing rather than just grabbing something before you out something before you head out the when i'm on holiday, on >> but when i'm on holiday, on on ship or in a hotel on a cruise ship or in a hotel or something, you know, where breakfast is being cooked for you, i will have a you you, i will then have a you know, hearty, lovely know, a really hearty, lovely breakfast. several, several know, a really hearty, lovely breakearly several, several know, a really hearty, lovely breakearly breakfast|l, several know, a really hearty, lovely breakearly breakfast andlveral know, a really hearty, lovely breakearly breakfast and latel have early breakfast and late breakfast. really nice. breakfast. it's really nice. i mean, breakfast is just gorgeous. if somebody else is cooking it, toast is my thing. >> just toast . yeah. i love >> just toast. yeah. i love a bit of toast. anyway if you're if you're a hearty breakfast eater. ketchup. ketchup on your scrambled egg. oh, no . yes. no scrambled egg. oh, no. yes. no soy sauce on scrambled egg in

the morning. >> soy sauce . >> soy sauce. >> soy sauce. >> have you never had soy sauce on scrambled eggs? >> must try. >> must try. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> okay, your recommendations for a good breakfast. in fact, if you're. if you're getting up, you just switched us on and you're having your breakfast or you're having your breakfast or you're breakfast in you're cooking your breakfast in the us know what the kitchen, let us know what sort a breakfast gets you sort of a breakfast gets you going morning, because going in the morning, because apparently are going to learn apparently we are going to learn later that should be a later that it should be a kipper. oh, yuck. later that it should be a kiijnd 3h, yuck. later that it should be a kiijnd now uck. later that it should be a kiijnd now a:k. later that it should be a kiijnd now a coalition of 140 >> and now a coalition of 140 charities and mps has called on the government to do more to offer financial support with energy bills. now, in a letter to downing street, this group of organisations is warning that more than a third of us are likely to pay higher energy bills this winter compared to last year. >> just when you thought it was going to go down. now research by the campaign group national energy action found that 6.3 million households will not be earning enough to cover their outgoings, and that is known as fuel poverty. that's an increase of more than 2 million families.

>> well, the price cap on just how much we will be charged for energy is set to fall this weekend, which begs the question, why are we likely to be paying more? >> what's going on? our political correspondent catherine forster explains from the 1st of october, the energy price cap will come down by 7, meaning an annual bill of £1,923 for a typical household . for a typical household. >> and so good news, not quite dual fuel prices are still 50% higher than they were before . higher than they were before. the price of gas and oil rocketed , leading to rocketed, leading to eye—watering energy bills for all of us. and that's not all. the government hasn't yet announced any financial support on top of a price cap, an additional £400 over six months helped many families struggling with rising costs as these measures lowered the average monthly energy cost to £141, those without that ongoing

financial support , average costs financial support, average costs are expected to increase to £160, and the assistance was most desperately needed by those households who were most struggling to pay their bills . struggling to pay their bills. >> this is why you've got a letter signed and a statement signed by so many consumer champions and charities, businesses calling for a social tariff . social tariff would tariff. social tariff would bnng tariff. social tariff would bring lower prices for those homes . hardest hit inflation is homes. hardest hit inflation is coming down and interest rates are holding steady. >> but with energy prices poised to rise , there could be a long to rise, there could be a long and challenging winter for many . catherine force gb news is . . catherine force gb news is. >> well, let's talk to director of export unlocked richard bartlett, who joins us this morning. good to see you, richard. what do you think should happen in. >> good morning. good morning, ann and stephen. yeah, i mean, we've talked about this, as you know, recently and we've been talking about it with for gb

news quite a long time now. they need to really start to need to get really start to support, as we've said, the vulnerable . i think one of the vulnerable. i think one of the things that the really making a mistake on is they're not supporting. when we did the very first stage of this about a year ago, we was actually amazed at the amount of people who were struggling. typically with the cards when they had to go and get the cards because obviously they didn't. they the they didn't. they had the metres, etcetera. they metres, etcetera. now what they need is they really need need to do is they really need to start looking how they can to start looking at how they can support that vulnerable because you and and we'll you know, and i know and we'll talk about this and it comes down out of our down to debit comes out of our direct debit. we pay it you know we're to that. but there's we're used to that. but there's people still struggling people who are still struggling and they have to make that choice our feed do i heat. choice to our feed or do i heat. and just ridiculous and that's just a ridiculous situation. 2023. just situation. in 2023. itjust amazes me. >> so how would a social tariff work ? work? >> so the social tariff will work. it will support the vulnerable. so it will do kind of obviously as you mean test, but it will support that vulnerable will support the

real, real needy people who need it, who need it at that time. and because what it does, it supports . so it will it will supports. so it will it will give them a support, so they'll pay give them a support, so they'll pay so much then it will pay so much and then it will it'll increase that that level so they can carry on heating the house. know, i know house. and you know, and i know it's quite mild, you know, it's been quite mild, you know, we're october, you we're coming into october, you know, october , november tends to know, october, november tends to be months and people be them colder months and people are already making them decisions of how do i heat the house? do heat it? how long do house? do i heat it? how long do i it on for? so the social i leave it on for? so the social tariff is there to support and i know martin lewis and of know martin lewis and lots of people talked about people and myself talked about this quite a long time, the need to to support the to really start to support the real because the real vulnerable because the people like ourselves , yes, people like ourselves, yes, we're paying more. we don't want to pay more. and yes, it's affecting but there's a real affecting us, but there's a real need here support. well, need here to support. well, because these the people and because these are the people and the i mean, of the the elderly. i mean, one of the big that always worries big problems that always worries me, got a 89, you me, i've got a mum, 89, you know, and the first thing we talk go and see tea talk about when i go and see tea and of coffee is heating, or and cup of coffee is heating, or you to have the heater. and you have to have the heater. and she's very lucky where i said to

her, i think so. that her, i don't think so. keep that heating support you. heating on. i'll support you. but how many people on and stephen that stephen are not in that situation at home on situation who are sat at home on their own. at home all day worrying about the heating and not it on. not turning it on. >> yeah but i mean it's all well and richard, say, well and good, richard, to say, well you to be a you know, there needs to be a social tariff for those who need it most. the problem with that is not that simple, is it? is it's not that simple, is it? it's you you work out who is it's how you you work out who is meant to that and how meant to get that money and how do money to them. do you get the money to them. >> yeah, and i agree. i mean, if you remember last year when they was metre situation you remember last year when they was there metre situation you remember last year when they was there was metre situation you remember last year when they was there was theye situation you remember last year when they was there was they saidjation you remember last year when they was there was they said iftion you remember last year when they was there was they said if you and there was they said if you go in we'll top up your card, we'll give you the money. that was a disaster. i mean there were more people who couldn't actually physically the people who couldn't who needed it most couldn't physically use it. they'll probably mean test. they'll probably do a mean test. they'll look at who's on social benefits, etcetera. but like you said, it's very said, stephen, it's very difficult. mean , know, one difficult. i mean, you know, one fits all. is that the right answer? because as we know, there's a lot of people who don't need it, but it's how you keep that 6.4 million, which is a lot of people. how would you

control that? and you know, it's very difficult and especially when metres because if when you're on metres because if you're and you're in you're renting and you're in a metre , you know, what support do metre, you know, what support do you get from the landlord? he doesn't really care, does he? sat house whether the sat in the house whether the heating is not heating or the heating is not on. so i think it's a real challenge and i think, you know, we've been talking about this for 2—2 years now, for the last god 2—2 years now, you and nobody's done you know, and nobody's done anything that's anything about it. and that's what i think we really get frustrated at people like ourselves because telling ourselves because we're telling government, people ourselves because we're telling govetheyent, people ourselves because we're telling govethey need people ourselves because we're telling govethey need to people ourselves because we're telling govethey need to something.5 that they need to do something. and seems to be all the and it just seems to be all the time at the last minute they come with an idea and then come up with an idea and then like how do you like you say, how do you implement it? it takes implement it? then it takes a year to two implement year to two years to implement and time, you know, how and by that time, you know, how many people does it affected? >> whether it's >> you wonder whether it's sustainable us all sustainable anymore for us all to live in our individual little houses. mean, 50, 60 years houses. i mean, 50, 60 years ago, relatives were all sort of bundled in together, probably in one house, especially during the winter. you wonder whether that it's sustainable for us all to have our own houses in elderly

and our own bills and to be able to afford them. >> yeah, i mean, i remember the days, you know, i'm from a family of seven. well, seven children, you know, i remember the days where you know, you're the days where you know, you're the last one in the bath is the youngest one, you know, and it was just lukewarm. and the trouble is and is obviously the world's on. as we world's moved on. and as we know, things become so know, things have become so accessible we accessible now, the things we were and i'm were doing in the 80s and i'm sure age now, you know, when sure my age now, you know, when i was in the 70s, 80s, you know, we just coped with things. i think now everything, you know, everybody warm. everybody expects to be warm. you , you know, you expect you expect, you know, you expect to just able to put to just be able to put your heating on. know, people heating on. you know, people like on their own, people like living on their own, people like living on their own, people like flats, etcetera. like living in flats, etcetera. people share. so people don't like to share. so it's difficult one. and, you it's a difficult one. and, you know, there's no right answer here, is there? but the government really needs to now get and start get a group together and start to and start to to look at this and start to find because not going find out because it's not going to any cheaper in the next to get any cheaper in the next few years. >> no, but i'll tell you what, it shine a light on is the it does shine a light on is the fact we thought, well, last year was lot of us

was really bad. a lot of us really cut back on energy really cut back on the energy that will be using. and you that we will be using. and you sort well, this year sort of think, well, this year it's back to normal. it really isn't, it? mean, we're all isn't, is it? i mean, we're all going to to as tight going to have to be as tight this year as we were last year. whether we can afford this increase not. yeah increase or not. yeah >> akua stephen, mean, >> akua stephen, i mean, we talked about last year, talked about this last year, didn't then we had the didn't we? and then we had the good news recently where i mean they're very clever aren't they, price coming things price caps coming down, things are but are coming down etcetera. but actually, you look actually, you know, if you look i think the figures are out. it's about 70% more now we're paying it's about 70% more now we're paying energy last paying on energy in the last year or so. last year to two years or so. last three years just incredible . three years is just incredible. the of paying over the thought of paying over £2,000 year on heating on your £2,000 a year on heating on your gas and electric was unheard of. we never even it will we would never even it will never and now never crossed our mind. and now here is . and like i said, here it is. and like i said, which everybody i think tries to keep, i don't have my heating on as much now. i mean, obviously it's weather, but it's been nice warm weather, but it's been nice warm weather, but it will start coming on. and, you know, i'm very fortunate i don't particularly worry don't have to particularly worry about because obviously i'm about that because obviously i'm in hate in that situation, but i'd hate to that. you know, i worry to be in that. you know, i worry about people worrying about not

being have heating being able to have the heating on. it's a frightening on. it's just a frightening thought, the elderly. thought, especially the elderly. and thing everybody and i think one thing everybody misses here and we've been misses on here and we've been looking is the effect it looking at this is the effect it has on the nhs and other people because elderly people who are worried, worried , they worried, they get worried, they watch the tv every day. they get, know, they get into get, you know, they get into this. stay in one this. i'm going to stay in one room, they go in room, etcetera. then they go in the room and then they the other room and then they fall ill. they get colds and everything. end up everything. they end up resources nhs and i think resources on the nhs and i think this is what the government don't. the don't. i think realise it's the effect has in the long effect it has is in the long term on everything else, it creates more on the nhs or more pressure because pressure on them because people are more poorly getting colds and not they're not getting over it warm and it because they're not warm and this of the big areas this is one of the big areas we're seeing. think they we're seeing. and i think they really to look at this now really need to look at this now and right, what are we and say, right, what are we going do and what's our going to do and what's our planning strategy for next planning strategy for the next 1 or it's a bit of or 2 years? yeah it's a bit of joined up thinking. >> richard bartlett, always, >> richard bartlett, as always, it's you. thanks it's good to see you. thanks very much indeed. >> something that's going to affect think of affect us all. i think one of the newspapers i'm just trying to find i saw it earlier, is

to find it i saw it earlier, is asking question. i don't asking the question. i don't know whether related know why, whether it's related to you you the to this. would you are you the sort household where you sort of household where you share somebody's know, share somebody's bath? you know, after the bath, after they've got out the bath, you in or are that sort you get in or are you that sort of family? are we those sort of people anymore? >> yeah, well, this makes sense, doesn't would have doesn't it? i would have thought. barfing in somebody doesn't it? i would have thougidirty barfing in somebody doesn't it? i would have thougidirty water.1g in somebody doesn't it? i would have thougidirty water. oh1 somebody doesn't it? i would have thougidirty water. oh wewmebody doesn't it? i would have thougidirty water. oh we alwaysl else's dirty water. oh we always did kids and things. we do did it as kids and things. we do it now. >> it's interesting. i think it's those dividing it's one of those dividing things, either you're things, you know, either you're that family you're that sort of family or you're not. anyway, we'll move on. yeah, well, us know. yeah, well, let us know. >> let us know. are you that sort thing? it's sort of thing? it's all sensible. views news.com. sensible. gb views news.com. it's 615 if you've just joined us. just you of the us. let's just remind you of the top story this morning and campaign groups and mps are calling on the government to introduce calling on the government to intrfamilies as household energy calling on the government to intrfeare ies as household energy calling on the government to intrfeare predicted|sehold energy calling on the government to intrfeare predicted to hold energy calling on the government to intrfeare predicted to holnevenrgy bills are predicted to be even more expensive year than more expensive this year than last year. >> in her first interview since being made a dame, the former home patel , home secretary, priti patel, tells sending illegal tells gb news sending illegal immigrants to rwanda is legal and defends the government's record on controlling the borders . borders. >> coming up, we take a look at

the tributes that have been pounng the tributes that have been pouring in for sir michael gambon. the harry potter and singing detective star has died at the age of 82 . at the age of 82. >> now, in an exclusive interview with gb news, former home secretary priti patel , home secretary priti patel, newly invested as a dame, has called for the government to be bold and stick with the rwanda plan. well, talking to our political editor, she told us that that plan is legal and we needit that that plan is legal and we need it as a deterrent . need it as a deterrent. >> but dame priti patel, you're now a dame , was okay for you. now a dame, was okay for you. >> i mean, it's a very, very humbling experience. and certainly from, you know, from my point of view, i was at windsor castle just yesterday day for my investiture. i was with my parents and i actually think it's more about them , the think it's more about them, the sacrifices they've made to effectively support me and, you know, becoming a public figure

and doing what i've done over the years. so it was incredibly humbling and plus, on a big day such as a day of being invested, you're with others that have just given so much, you know, to our country , public servants. our country, public servants. and it is really a great leveller to be with people that have also contributed to our country in many ways, and that's to mark your public service. >> it's been a long standing tory mp and a cabinet minister. when you were home secretary. you look now the record on you look now at the record on migration government has migration and the government has failed to control migration . failed to control migration. does that upset you? >> so i think there are a number of things here. first of all, brexit, know, i've always brexit, you know, i've always been champion for leaving been a big champion for leaving the brexit people know was the eu. brexit people know i was also involved you know, also involved in, you know, before being a, you know, a before even being a, you know, a tory mp. the referendum party and the work to at least have a referendum on our relationship with look at with europe. we have to look at context. matters . as so context. context matters. as so yes, we left the eu famously, so oven ready deal withdrawal act. but then look at the state of the world and what has happened

since we can't just send hollow about net migration figures and basically say it's a disgrace. the point about brexit and migration is control. and we said that we would control migration and that brings me to my point about the legal system that we have so safe and legal routes bringing people over here and also people that come here to work, people who come to the united through legal united kingdom through legal routes, , for example, routes, nhs visas, for example, technology visas, investor visas, they come here for good reasons and also students who come to study. and 600,000 people came here in the year to june. that's right. >> is that uncontrolled or is that acceptable? >> well, it's controlled because they're so we they're here legally. so we can't saying because the can't start saying because the numbers are high. it's totally uncontrolled. you can have a uncontrolled. now you can have a conversation about capping it. that's of course, that's different. and of course, the has levers. the government has levers. absolutely has levers to bring in caps. you can cap student numbers . you can cap people that numbers. you can cap people that come in through various visa routes. and clearly it's right . routes. and clearly it's right. i think it's absolutely right. i started the work on this before i left government last year.

remember, i left government out of the work remember, i left government out of the the work remember, i left government out of the home the work remember, i left government out of the home office the work remember, i left government out of the home office as.he work remember, i left government out of the home office as to work remember, i left government out of the home office as to how: remember, i left government out of the home office as to how to in the home office as to how to look at the caps and controls around different cohorts of people that come our country people that come to our country legally kurniawan legally and kurniawan under the roundabout very roundabout plan. so i am very pro rwanda, obviously i set up your idea. well, set up and your idea. well, i set up and negotiated economic and negotiated the economic and development partnership going through the courts. i'm absolutely certain that it's legal. i worked on the legalities of it. rwanda will be a tremendous deterrent and that's what we need. we only slogans. we don't need platitudes. we need a deterrent. and rwanda is a powerful deterrent. and in fact , i've had deterrent. and in fact, i've had many conversations still with my former counterparts in rwanda and their teams. they are doing tremendous work as a country in terms of resettling refugees and the point about rwanda and i remember going to the united nafionsin remember going to the united nations in geneva, speaking to unhcr about this last year, is that it raises the bar when it comes to how we and the world can change this whole issue of illegal migration in and small boats and all the rest of it by

having third countries that we work with to resettle people rather than fuelling this trade in illegal migration and people trafficking . trafficking. >> well, with just two days until tory party conference starts, we'll have more from that exclusive interview with dame pretty later on throughout the day here on gb news. >> right now let's find out what the weather is going to do for us today. >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for news. fine office for gb news. a fine friday for the vast majority. brighton a bit breezy, sunny spells , a few showers here and spells, a few showers here and there, starting off with a little bit of rain across east anglia the south—east. quite anglia in the south—east. quite a last night wasn't it? but a wet last night wasn't it? but that rain has mostly cleared away. we've got of away. we've still got plenty of showers packing across the showers packing in across the highlands, isles and showers packing in across the higinorthern isles and showers packing in across the higinorthern isles, isles and showers packing in across the higinorthern isles, stayingzs and the northern isles, staying blustery scattered blustery here. a few scattered showers for northern ireland, maybe the odd one for north—west england wales, but england and wales, but most places, south places, certainly in the south and stay dry a bit and east will stay dry a bit more. compared to more. sunshine compared to yesterday. pleasant yesterday. and feeling pleasant enough the

enough in the sunshine. the south—east 21, that's 70 fahrenheit. elsewhere, we're talking 16 to 18 celsius. feeling cooler, though, with a gusty winds and the showers in northern scotland. and they'll keep into the keep going well into the evening. most, though, it's keep going well into the eifinelg. most, though, it's keep going well into the eifine evening.)st, though, it's keep going well into the eifine evening. lengthy,;h, it's keep going well into the eifine evening. lengthy, clear; a fine evening. lengthy, clear spells as well. we'll allow it to turn a little chilly. a bit colder certainly than last night . and we're going to start the weekend in single figures in many locations and well down into single figures in the countryside. yes, a bit countryside. so yes, a bit chilly first thing on saturday morning, but most will have a fine to the weekend. fine start to the weekend. still quite northern fine start to the weekend. still quite still northern fine start to the weekend. still quite still a northern fine start to the weekend. still quite still a few northern fine start to the weekend. still quite still a few showers hern fine start to the weekend. still quite still a few showers here isles. still a few showers here and across the highlands, but for most fine. dry start to for most are fine. dry start to the weekend for the west, we will see a change clouding over for northern ireland, for wales, northern ireland, outbreaks coming here outbreaks of rain coming in here and will up too, and the winds will pick up too, across western england. northern ireland wales. that ireland and wales. and that wet and windy weather pushes into south—west scotland on. south—west scotland later on. many eastern parts many central and eastern parts will and the will stay dry and in the sunshine south—east, 20 sunshine in the south—east, 20 degrees, still very mild , isn't it? >> it was chucking it down, though, when i got out. yeah. >> mild rain, though.

>> mild rain, though. >> a mild rain. oh, that's all right. not quite wet . right. it's not quite as wet. the miserable. no, it's as wet . the miserable. no, it's as wet. up the miserable. no, it's as wet. up next, paul coyte here with all the details as the ryder cup begins in rome. this is britain's news channel .

good morning. 624. this is breakfast with stephen and anne. >> yeah, good morning. what are you having for breakfast as you're watching us? adrian says sunday mornings . always have sunday mornings. i always have four pieces toast with four pieces of toast with kippers and scrambled eggs. oh god. and then. and then grant says avocado on toast with two poached eggs. mm. a treat with a piece of bacon. avocado i see. i get avocado on toast and i get poached egg on toast, but not the two together. no, surely not. >> no. tesla says . my mum used >> no. tesla says. my mum used to moan at me about not eating breakfast before school, which in those days was a bit bread

and jam or porridge. yeah. well you see porridge. >> lovely. oh, yes. let's not get on porridge because get started on porridge because we you about we know what you feel about porridge. we know what you feel about por porridge lovely . and paul >> porridge is lovely. and paul coyte. what do you have for breakfast? >> a bar chocolate >> usually a bar of chocolate and tea before i head and a cup of tea before i head in. it's not good, is it? no, it's not. it's not very good, you know, it's when i wake up andits you know, it's when i wake up and it's crazy. >> serious. you're serious >> oh, serious. you're serious about chocolate? >> oh, serious. you're serious aboonly chocolate? >> oh, serious. you're serious abo only recently ate? >> oh, serious. you're serious aboonly recently and i've been. >> only recently and i've been. i've maybe this is i've decided that maybe this is not best thing for me to not the best thing for me to have. but if there's some chocolate on the side, and i think that's what i want. think that's just what i want. just to me feel just something to make me feel good just something to make me feel goowell, yeah, i get that. >> well, yeah, i get that. >> well, yeah, i get that. >> but you so naughty that >> but are you so naughty that you know when you have a glass of at night and then you go of wine at night and then you go to bed or you the glass of to bed or you leave the glass of wine there on the kitchen surface, you come down in the morning and you morning for breakfast and you think, quite a bit think, oh, i quite fancy a bit of wine. >> would you, you? no, >> would you, would you? no, really. had a taste and really. i've had a taste and thought, what? i think thought, what? what do i think of glass of at breakfast? of a glass of wine at breakfast? i that's why i don't i know. that's why i don't finish it. >> i'll be worried about you. >> i'll be worried about you. >> very tempting when it's >> it's very tempting when it's

sitting there saying, drink me. >> oh, no. >> oh, no. >> i've come down 3:00 in the >> i've come down at 3:00 in the morning. it's a bottle morning. thought it's a bottle of vodka on the side. oh i'm not saying maybe. saying 3:00, maybe. tea >> talk ryder cup? saying 3:00, maybe. tea >> yeah, talk ryder cup? saying 3:00, maybe. tea >> yeah, let's talk ryder cup? saying 3:00, maybe. tea >> yeah, let's talk about cup? saying 3:00, maybe. tea >> yeah, let's talk about ryder cup. huge competition. of cup. it's huge competition. of course. why it's course. do you know why it's called the cup, the called the ryder cup, by the way? idea. >> no idea. >> no idea. >> it'll be somebody >> it'll be after somebody called ryder, correct? >> it'll be after somebody cal|yeah. der, correct? >> it'll be after somebody cal|yeah. der, nit's. ct? a >> it'll be after somebody cal|yeah.der, nit's. ct? a samuel >> yeah. and it's. it's a samuel ryden >> yeah. and it's. it's a samuel ryder, sam ryder, but samuel ryder, not sam ryder, but samuel ryden ryder, not sam ryder, but samuel ryder. was man ryder. he was the man that invented seeds gardeners invented and seeds for gardeners invented and seeds for gardeners in packets in in little packets back in the 1920s. was where made 1920s. so that was where he made his and was a golf his money. and he was a golf enthusiast. so in 19. enthusiast. so back in the 19. 1926, decided, know, it'd 1926, he decided, you know, it'd be there was britain be great if there was a britain versus contest. so versus america golf contest. so he with the cup and he sponsored it with the cup and it's then moved it's cetera. and then it's moved on from there. so it was always britain versus the until we britain versus the usa until we realised 70s, was he realised in the 70s, was he british or american? he was british, yes . and he was. i feel british, yes. and he was. i feel like i'm playing call my bluff. but he was, he was really loved. his golf. but then it went on for years . then tonight to the for years. then tonight to the 19705 for years. then tonight to the 1970s that then they decided it's not really fair. so we're going to include europe mainly because we need more talent against them. >> but it was all started off

with seed money. >> all started. >> all started. >> oh, very >> oh, seed money. oh, very good. good. so how's it good. very good. so how's it going then ? going then? >> going okay. well, it's >> it's going okay. well, it's we're literally we're undennay in literally seven minutes time. >> oh, is this day? well, i'm so out of the loop. that's okay. >> it's. it's the build up is so big and so exciting. there's. we've actually got. >> we're not winning yet, though. >> we're not winning yet, but hopefully will be. so runs hopefully we will be. so it runs today. and it's today. tomorrow and then it's the singles on sunday. now we do have a little footage this have a little footage and this is all fan scenes in is true of all the fan scenes in rome. so it's just outside rome . i'm actually waiting to get in. hopefully i can show that to you. now, have a look at this. now you can see all the people, all the runners and riders. oh, you just like the start the you just like the start of the grand national. if anybody's listening. yeah. hundreds and hundreds of people running towards the first tee to try and get great and is get a great spot. and this is 6 am. morning to get ready am. this morning to get ready for those first foursomes as which tees off at 630. >> i can't believe that it can't be that interesting to stand there and watch it. you wouldn't have thought. >> you don't want to be

>> surely you don't want to be standing behind a load of people, do you? people, though, do you? >> see the golfers? >> you want to see the golfers? >> you want to see the golfers? >> get up and you >> you want to get up and you want get to front. and want to get to the front. and also, you could walk carry also, you could walk and carry on. the fourth. on. but. 635 so it's the fourth. do remember we spoke about do you remember we spoke about the difference between four the difference between the four balls and the foursomes. foursomes you have foursomes is where you will have two side only two players on each side only using so then was using one ball. so then it was the whoever and it's alternate. so that's the first ones. so it's john rahm and tyrrell hatton started off against scottie scheffler. scottie scheffler. only in america . it's scheffler. only in america. it's a very good name. scottie scheffler , who's the world scheffler, who's the world number one in sam burns. four games this morning. >> lovely stuff, paul. you >> lovely stuff, paul. thank you very and i will very much indeed. and i will keep updated. fonnard keep you updated. i look fonnard to you heard about the >> now, have you heard about the demon from hell who tried to murder sharon osborne? well if you missed that headline, fear not, because we're going to be going through that daily going through that and the daily star all the other headlines star and all the other headlines in the papers today with our headune in the papers today with our headline makers. that's next. you are, of course, watching .

you are, of course, watching. gb news. >> what you really . think we're >> what you really. think we're still on? >> yeah. think we're probably going to go through some headunes going to go through some headlines or something. >> we we going? i think >> are we are we going? i think we going we should be going through a break, shouldn't we? >> well, i thought so. well very possibly. >> anyway, go to a break, because we want to bring you back makers in back with the headline makers in just

it is 631. good morning. or 632 now. there you go. let's bring you up to date with the front pages this morning. and our lovely girl went to school and never came home. that's the mirror leading with the 15 year old stabbed on her way old who was stabbed on her way to school . it's a horrific to school. it's a horrific story. yeah it's the front page of the mirror.

>> our lovely girl went to school came home. school and never came home. meanwhile, the express reports on minister facing on the prime minister facing calls to ditch european courts to solve the migration crisis . to solve the migration crisis. >> the times reports on the biggest tax rise since records began warning the tory shift to higher taxes may never be reversed . reversed. >> it and the daily star reports on the demon from hell who tried to murder sharon osborne . to murder sharon osborne. >> i'm not terribly sure what that's about, but i can tell you what that's about. >> oh, go on, tell me. >> oh, go on, tell me. >> i can tell you what that's about. it's the osborne's have recorded show about hauntings recorded a show about hauntings . and therefore, of course. oh sharon was nearly murdered by a demon . demon. >> a demon from hell. >> a demon from hell. >> it's basically trying to get you to watch the show. yes well, it made the front page of the star. nonsense, is star. it's utter nonsense, is what is, by the way. what it is, by the way. >> can i you, mad from nige >> can i tell you, mad from nige in weymouth . nige says i'm in weymouth. nige says that i'm right. tomato ketchup is amazing on egg. >> oh no. >> oh no. >> marmite in baked beans lifts even the cheapest option to something special.

>> i'll agree with that. now brown sauce is for bacon and sausage, buttered sausage, plain white buttered toast and butter fried mushrooms , actually. >> butter fried mushrooms . >> butter fried mushrooms. >> butter fried mushrooms. >> oh, that sounds nice, isn't it? yeah. no nice. it? yeah. no very nice. >> we're talking the >> we're talking about the perfect breakfast. perfect breakfast it's meant to breakfast because it's meant to be kippers. we're finding out a bit that now with our bit more about that now with our headune bit more about that now with our headline makers. >> disgraceful . >> disgraceful. >> disgraceful. >> nigel nelson and claire pearsall are with us this morning. and of course , as you morning. and of course, as you battle out because your battle it out because your husband wife just in case husband and wife just in case anyone wants to know, i'd love to know what goes on in the green room aftennards. i bet you get off, nigel, get a right telling off, nigel, but we will start with you with something. which is i something. actually which is i think we're agree. agree on think we're all agree. agree on this act. it's in the mail this morning. a 300 year old sycamore for hadrian's wall that has been felled by vandals. basically. >> yeah . i mean, what do you say >> yeah. i mean, what do you say about something like this? it's heartbreaking . it's sort of heartbreaking. it's sort of somebody who wantonly goes around destroying our heritage , around destroying our heritage, age and this tree had been

standing there for 300 years. it is probably the most famous tree in britain because a lot of people go and go and visit it a lot of people go there to make films, movies . films, movies. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> robin hood >> it's called the robin hood tree because robin hood tree because because robin hood was made there. and so prince of thieves. was made there. and so prince of thinyeah, yeah . >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> so, mean, it's been >> and so, i mean, it's been around since george the first that the population of britain at time was growing at the time when it was growing was only actually booming . was only was actually booming. we only had 5.2 to 5 million people here and you think of the history that that tree has seen. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> robert walpole was the first prime minister while that tree >> robert walpole was the first prirrgrowing. er while that tree >> robert walpole was the first prirrgrowing. so, hile that tree >> robert walpole was the first prirrgrowing. so, you that tree >> robert walpole was the first prirrgrowing. so, you know, ee >> robert walpole was the first prirrgrowing. so, you know, the was growing. so, you know, the it is a real part of britain and when people go around and do that, for what reason? >> but the 16 year old boy do we need to be a bit more forgiving or should we or should we march him to the nearest police station? and. >> well, i think the court of pubuc >> well, i think the court of public opinion is going to march into the nearest police station. but got ask the but you've got to ask the question, 16 year question, what is the 16 year old roaming around with

old doing roaming around with a chainsaw? that in itself is >> i know that in itself is terrifying, isn't it? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> it's not as it was >> it's not as if it was a wanton act vandalism on wanton act of vandalism just on the the moment. yeah. the spur of the moment. yeah. wrecking a tree. yeah. somebody went with a chainsaw went there with a chainsaw deliberately to fill it. >> exactly. and the local station doesn't make it easy. so somebody is going to have to have seen a kid walking around with a chainsaw for least with a chainsaw for at least sort 20 minutes. it's in the sort of 20 minutes. it's in the middle of nowhere. the one sort of positive thing that you get out this, the local pub , out of this, the local pub, which is a mile away, the twice brewed pub, offered a £1,500 brewed pub, has offered a £1,500 bar tab for any information leading to the arrest of anybody thatis leading to the arrest of anybody that is associated with it. and i think that is brilliant. the local community comes together. so out of all of this and how awful it is and what destruction to our countryside , you always to our countryside, you always get these lovely heartwarming stories of the local pub who uses the tree in its logo . so uses the tree in its logo. so yeah, in the brewery , you know, yeah, in the brewery, you know, is behind it all and you get those kind of things that come

out of it and the fact is that everybody is together on this one issue. >> yeah, look, it's you i >> -- >> it's indescribable. it really is. >> yeah. but it's also one tree. it's also one tree. let's keep it in context . however, you it in context. however, you know, that's 300 symbolic. >> it's symbolic . yeah. and it >> it's symbolic. yeah. and it it's also symbolic of you know what what are people thinking? whoever did this, what on earth are they thinking? >> i know. i agree. however, he hasn't killed anybody. no. oh you've got to keep it in some sort of if you've got the sort of mind that does that, it makes me worry about whether or not who a 16 year old hanging who is a 16 year old hanging around that. who is a 16 year old hanging arowthey that. who is a 16 year old hanging arowthey think at. who is a 16 year old hanging arowthey think that is >> they think that this is a really good idea to go roaming around with a chainsaw and cutting down. mean, he cutting trees down. i mean, he can't been him on can't have just been him on his own, it's little bit own, so it's a little bit organised and you just wonder why. you got from why. what have you got from doing this? >> to be put on >> it needs to be put on a course or some of, you course or some sort of, you know, or know, national trust training or something these something to appreciate these things a bit more true outward. something to appreciate these thiryou're it more true outward. something to appreciate these thiryou're beinge true outward. something to appreciate these thiryou're being very) outward. something to appreciate these thiryou're being very soft.ward. something to appreciate these thiryou're being very soft on'd. >> you're being very soft on whether it is what's the point?

>> what are you going to do? >> what are you going to do? >> i think, stephen, you're being him. being very soft on him. i mean, i'm usually you know, i'm usually usually, you know, cutting tree, not a great cutting down a tree, not a great sort hanging and flogging sort of hanging and flogging person, something this, person, but something like this, we know he did it. we don't know why he did it. obviously i mean, it was some obviously i mean, if it was some kind or whatever for it kind of joke or whatever for it seems needs seems to be he probably needs some psychological help rather than anything else. >> please probably >> oh, please. it's probably just mean , it's a bald just a look. i mean, it's a bald 16 year old, 16 year old. i don't think they need psychological chainsaw. >> i mean, certainly a bit >> i mean, certainly it's a bit premeditated, it? >> i mean, certainly it's a bit pre but itated, it? >> i mean, certainly it's a bit pre butitatelabout it? >> i mean, certainly it's a bit pre butitatelabout actually doing >> but how about actually doing the countryside, all the countryside, get up to all sorts of stuff ? they i grew sorts of stuff? they do. i grew up countryside . young up in the countryside. young farmer. didn't cut down farmer. but you didn't cut down trees, you? trees, did you? >> well, no. >> well, no. >> i'll tell you what. did a lot worse. yeah lot worse. worse. yeah did a lot worse. >> now . >> now. >> now. >> was actually not me. >> no, it was actually not me. >> no, it was actually not me. >> i'm shocked. >> i'm shocked. >> but i think no , send >> yeah, but i think no, send him some outward bound him on some outward bound courses. look the courses. let's look after the countryside, about countryside, learn about ecology. i'm sure that ecology. i'm not sure that there's anything to be gained by locking a 16 year old. locking up a 16 year old. actually, don't educate actually, why don't we educate him little? as to what him a little? yes. as to what this means to the country. >> send into the army. >> send him into the army. >> send him into the army.

>> cool. >> cool. >> very liberal there. >> very liberal over there. >> very liberal over there. >> we're together on this. we are? well there you go. are? yeah. well there you go. >> we've swapped positions . yes. >> we've swapped positions. yes. let's have a look at president biden . he said, claire, that the biden. he said, claire, that the us is facing a threat to its democracy. this is what he had to say. let's have a listen . to say. let's have a listen. >> something dangerous happening in america now. there's an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy . the maga movement . democracy. the maga movement. not every republican , not even not every republican, not even a majority of republicans adhere to the maga extremist ideology . to the maga extremist ideology. i know because i've been able to work with republicans my whole career, sir. but there's no question that today's republican party is driven and intimidated by maga. republican extremists . by maga. republican extremists. their extreme agenda, if carried out, would fundamentally alter the institutions of american democracy. as we know it. and of course, when he says maga, he's meaning make america great again i >> that sort of movement is the

only attack line that biden has now is to make this personal again . again. >> donald trump it's not necessarily against the republican party itself . i necessarily against the republican party itself. i think that we're seeing really the republican party anymore. >> is it? >> is it? >> it isn't, but it's sort of it's the donald trump version of the republican party, which is what biden is going after. and i think it gives us a flavour of what the 2024 election are going to be fought on whatever lines you've got. you've got trump who comes back with crooked biden and things like that. you've got this whole rant basically from biden in in some words that he puts together for about donald trump. and this is before any kind of primary is of open. it is no votes. >> but do you think he's got a point that when he talks about maga extremists, i just think it's a little bit harsh now to start calling people extremists to put that bandy that word

around unnecessarily. >> you can dislike policies, but i think to call them extremists is going to alienate half of america at the very least . i america at the very least. i think it's a misuse of a word that you need to keep for the people who stormed the capitol were extremists. they were. but that's not all there under that claire's going going soft on donald trump, which i'm wondering what's happening over there. >> so . what donald trump, donald >> so. what donald trump, donald trump's only believes in democracy when democracy works for him. so i think ann's absolutely right. the capitol hill riot showed his contempt for democracy . i mean, he for democracy. i mean, he constantly said, oh, the election was stolen. it wasn't . election was stolen. it wasn't. he's now facing various charges around that. so what biden is saying is right, that there is a kind of that donald trump undermines democracy and that's where he's dangerous. i'm astonished that that he can be standing for president again after the last time . um, and yet

after the last time. um, and yet the chances are he'll probably win it. >> but just because somebody puts an opinion that you don't particularly agree with , i don't particularly agree with, i don't think you can start labelling people as extremists. >> and this is the toxic nature of in america and of politics both in america and the united kingdom, that if you don't something, you call don't like something, you call for it to be banned. you call people and take people extremists and you take it another level. it to another level. >> i think you have to be careful. >> isn't that what trump did in the thing which the sense that one thing which always in my craw is always sticks in my craw is before the election when he said, if i don't win this, it's because there's been election fraud . yes. because there's been election fralyes. (es. because there's been election fralyes. (e mean. well, that is >> yes. i mean. well, that is donald trump. trust i am donald trump. and trust me, i am no of donald trump. and no fan of donald trump. and i think that his that the think that his calls that the election was rigged were found to unfounded and wrong and he to be unfounded and wrong and he shouldn't do it. and it's an excuse not winning . you have excuse for not winning. you have to sometimes accept that you don't win. you can't just blame other and say it was other people and say it was a threat against but i do threat against you. but i do think that we need to calm down threat against you. but i do thinlanguage need to calm down threat against you. but i do thinlanguage surroundingn down the language surrounding elections. this is just becoming very personal between the pair of them and the american public,

i think deserve better. they need what each need to understand what each party is going to offer rather than slinging these of than just slinging these kind of insults around. >> expecting an awful >> that's expecting an awful lot. i mean, every american election ever watched all election we've ever watched all ways gets deeply personal. >> but the electoral system is personal. i mean, unlike this country where we are meant to be voting for political parties rather than for a president and if you've got a single person standing for president, it's bound to become a personal issue i >>i >> i mean, look at their hateful adverts that they use against each other . it always gets each other. it always gets really nasty. yeah, that's right. >> yes, it does . and i'm >> yes, it does. and i'm frankly, i do think donald trump is an extremist, that everything that he did did in his four years in the president. i mean, luckily the world survived it. but i think that we came a bit close to . close to. >> but, you know, he probably wouldn't mind being called an extremist. i was gonna say no. >> mean, into the persona >> i mean, play into the persona that he wishes to have. he wants to be that person who is divisive because he thinks that

he makes the difference in that respect. are of respect. and there are a lot of people in america that do subscribe to that, and they wanted something different after the so the previous administration. so he provided that them. there he provided that for them. there was in the market in was a gap in the market in american for politics somebody like donald trump to come through which matter if through, which doesn't matter if you that's through, which doesn't matter if youthat's what's opening >> that's what's opening the door again. >> that's what's opening the doc now again. >> that's what's opening the doc now is again. >> that's what's opening the doc now is thegain. >> that's what's opening the doc now is the that biden's been >> now is the that biden's been there. you know, i got to say, it's been bit a damp. it's been a bit of a damp. >> yeah. the trouble is the biden's disappointment >> yeah. the trouble is the bidethere disappointment >> yeah. the trouble is the bidethere is disappointment >> yeah. the trouble is the bidethere is legitimately tment and there is legitimately questions he makes questions over his age. he makes an awful lot of gaffes that seem to . and i do to be age related. and i do think that's a problem. but we are suddenly we're faced with two terribly , terribly two not terribly, terribly attractive candidates . attractive candidates. >> no. well, a lot of people in america are beginning to comment that it's not really biden versus trump. >> it's biden's vice president versus trump. well, there's i was just looking. >> i cannot the way of looking at it is the name kamala harris. >> kamala harris. thank you. yeah. well except we don't know if she's going to be on the ticket. >> do we know? >> do we know? >> we don't. and that's

>> we don't. and i think that's a really interesting part, is that had a big that she hasn't had a very big part publicly. part to play in this publicly. and has been there and i think she has been there behind the scenes. but it's not clear whether she is a running mate. time and mate. this time fonnard. and i was to was always really excited to have a woman on the ticket in america. i think that's really important. but then she has been a disappointment . yes. a profound disappointment. yes. to everybody. yeah. >> yeah , yeah. which is >> yeah, yeah. which is the problem. look thank you both. don't move. do not move a muscle, because we're back to you second. but with you in just a second. but with the time hurtling towards 645, let's just remind you of the top stories this morning . and the stories this morning. and the government's under pressure to introduce more financial support as household energy bills are predicted to be even more expensive than last winter. >> in her first interview since being made a dame , the former being made a dame, the former home secretary, priti patel , home secretary, priti patel, tells gb news the plans she introduced to deal with illegal immigration are the right course of action. despite all of the legal challenges and the roundup of plans stopped. >> so i am very pro rwanda . >> so i am very pro rwanda. >> so i am very pro rwanda. >> obviously i set up your idea

i >> well, i set up and negotiated the economic and development partnership up going through the courts . i'm absolutely certain courts. i'm absolutely certain that it's legal. i worked on the legalities of it. rwanda will be a tremendous deterrent, and that's what we need . we only that's what we need. we only slogans. we don't need platitudes . we need a deterrent. platitudes. we need a deterrent. and rwanda is a powerful deterrent . deterrent. >> and the new report reveals the shocking lack of disabled access at train stations in the north of england as the debate over regional rail access continues . dear me continues. dear me, should we talk about a bit of showbiz news before we return back to nigel and claire and michael gambon . and claire and michael gambon. sir michael gambon. i always think of him as maigret. >> oh, that's right. >> oh, that's right. >> he was made maigret, and i remember him in the singing detective, which was an incredible role he played so powerfully. >> it sort of slightly annoyed me over the last 24 hours since we learned of his death at,

what, the age of 82, 82 people say, oh, he's best known for his role in harry potter, which we're seeing him in there. but actually he wasn't best known for that . actually he wasn't best known for that. he's more actually he wasn't best known for that . he's more recently for that. he's more recently known for that . known for that. >> it's always your last your big last role. i suppose so. >> but i mean, i big last role. i suppose so. >> buti mean, i have big last role. i suppose so. >> but i mean, i have never watched the harry potter movie that he was in, so i remember him for other things. i mean, he's a actor and he's he's been a great actor and a great british treasure for a very, very long time . very, very long time. >> let's talk to showbiz reporter ellie phillips , who reporter ellie phillips, who joins us now. morning, ellie. i mean, this i mean, look, someone with a career that he enjoyed, i mean, it's a heck of a legacy to leave us. >> yeah, absolutely. six decades doing what he loved, which is absolutely incredible . and, you absolutely incredible. and, you know, someone who came from a really humble background, he was working class boy, born in dublin. was a seamstress dublin. his mum was a seamstress . his father an engineer. so . his father was an engineer. so he's definitely not an f0 baby. and , you know, treaded the and he, you know, treaded the boards. he's just speak boards. he's not just we speak about films he was in, but about the films he was in, but

he everything, know , he he was everything, you know, he was was stage and, was screen, he was stage and, and once he left school at 15, the interesting thing is he actually went on to become an apprentice toolmaker. he then qualified engineer here. qualified as an engineer here. but a year of that, he was but after a year of that, he was like, you know what? no, my like, do you know what? no, my love is acting. my passion is acting. wow , what a career. acting. and wow, what a career. he went on to have and how grateful he did grateful we are that he did follow his dreams go and do follow his dreams and go and do that. for baftas, three that. he's for baftas, three emmys, three. olivier sorry, emmys, three. olivier sorry, emmys, tony award. and that's just absolutely incredible. you think about his back catalogue of work . it's interesting what of work. it's interesting what you say there, i think you say there, because i think everyone knows him will everyone in who knows him will have a different, um , film or a have a different, um, film or a production they've seen him in that will resonate the most then and say, wow, i saw him in that. he's incredible. and i think a testament to his ability as an actor is that you never once heard a bad review. you often heard a bad review. you often hear of actors now like, well, i shouldn't have done that film. they were in that you just they were awful in that you just don't him. don't get that with him. everything. turned hand everything. he turned his hand to, he did with , you know, such to, he did with, you know, such exceptional talent, while the

whole time throughout his career being very humble. you being very, very humble. you know, the tributes are pouring in for and the ovennhelming in for him and the ovennhelming kind of sentiments across kind of sentiments coming across is how funny he was, how down to earth he was a bit mischievous , earth he was a bit mischievous, a bit naughty, butjust great a bit naughty, but just great fun to be around. and i think in terms of his personality, what he was like to work with, it really is that saying is you don't remember what someone said , how someone made , you remember how someone made you clearly made you feel. and he clearly made all him feel all those around him feel absolutely even absolutely incredible. even though he was the absolute top of his game. and that's just amazing. >> it is lovely , actually. i >> it is lovely, actually. i mean, despite my previous comments that we know him for some other work, that he did, it is lovely that harry potter was able to give really searing six staunch actors like him a sort of rebirth. so many actors are now known to a younger generation because of harry potter . potter. >> absolutely. i mean, his role, albus dumbledore , i find it a albus dumbledore, i find it a really interesting role that he took on because, um, in it, he's

essentially the big dog. he's, you know, the head of the school. and, um, even when he played that character, there was, again, a humbleness that came character that came through that character that i him as a i think reflected him as a person real life . and what's person in real life. and what's so lovely and so touching is that the, the tributes that have come through , um, from people come through, um, from people who were on that with him, for example, daniel radcliffe , you example, daniel radcliffe, you know, he was brilliant, know, he said he was brilliant, effortless ace and emma watson's tribute she played hermione is beautiful. she said he showed us what it's like to wear greatness lightly and remember watching all of them talk about what it was like to work with all these icons that they got to work with on harry potter and saying how it was. it was really humbling and inspiring for them to be with people who treated them as equals, though obviously equals, even though obviously they have 30, 40, 50 years in they have 30, 40, 50 years in the business. and then these youngsters were coming through for first time and think, for the first time and think, harry potter, the films did give these actors something they could work on for many, you know, different instalments and

create amazing create these amazing relationships behind the scene. and show their talents on screen at the same time. so i think it was great. and he definitely loved it. and other actors have said didn't matter what said that it didn't matter what production what film said that it didn't matter what prowasion what film said that it didn't matter what prowas working what film said that it didn't matter what prowas working on, what film said that it didn't matter what prowas working on, he vhat film said that it didn't matter what prowas working on, he treatedn he was working on, he treated them same. had fun on them all the same. he had fun on set. then when the cameras set. and then when the cameras were was absolutely were rolling, he was absolutely on money on the money >> ellie, good see you. thank >> ellie, good to see you. thank you very indeed. nigel and you very much indeed. nigel and clare still here. i mean, he was one of those actors that everyone whatever you liked him from . there was there was from. there was there was a definite warmth to him. somehow. >> there was. and i think it's really interesting you look really interesting when you look at the harry potter movies and the success of those his comments were, well, i just put on really big beard and went on a really big beard and went out and was myself. and you just think that kind of nature . think it's that kind of nature. he he was doing he didn't think he was doing anything great, but he just came across as the ultimate star that he is. but he wasn't grand with it. he was really quite humble as elias just said. but it's also his stage work. and i when i was studying shakespeare for .

i was studying shakespeare for. a—level his, he was in king lear and he bought something out of that that i perhaps hadn't seen when i read the text. and i and i think it's those kind of actors is that we don't see enough the stage work that he enough of the stage work that he had, the craft that he had with a of text which quite a piece of text which is quite complicated and quite complex. he it accessible and he made it accessible and i think that is a real tribute to him. >> yeah, i mean, he's just one of those people that there are certain actors that you kind of think are always going to be there . there. >> people like obviously >> it's people like obviously michael gambon. people like michael gambon. it's people like sir mckellen . it's people sir ian mckellen. it's people like you've kind like michael caine. you've kind of with them and they of grown up with them and they almost feel immortal and i remember seeing michael gambon in in doing a king lear, and he was absolutely , utterly was absolutely, utterly tremendous. i mean, that that you do wonder whether or not that these as these older actors are disappearing . were there are disappearing. were there enough young ones coming up to actually fill the gap? >> but that's rather lovely about harry potter and that those youngsters, young

those youngsters, those young actors able to work with actors were able to work with the likes of and learn from richard harris and all of those other mighty , mighty actors. other mighty, mighty actors. let's learned the let's hope they've learned the secret of longevity , for a start. >> well, yeah, absolutely . >> well, yeah, absolutely. >> well, yeah, absolutely. >> maybe the secret of longevity is down to a decent breakfast. >> yes. >> yes. >> nigel in the mail. we've got to have a kipper. >> apparently apparent you have? >> apparently apparent you have? >> yes. i'm afraid i don't do kippers. no, me . >> yes. i'm afraid i don't do kippers. no, me. i mean, this morning it was only a banana because we were rushing to get in here. but normally i'd have a banana and some, some some cereal which i gather is very bad for me. it depends what sort of cereal it is. >> normally have. >> normally have. >> it varies. it could be some muesli, it can be fruit and fibre, it can be rice krispie . i fibre, it can be rice krispie. i mean i, i'm pretty fickle about cereals. it's all over the place i >> they're meant to .be sort of junk food nowadays, but at least and the idea that the full engush and the idea that the full english breakfast is maybe not quite bad for you really quite so bad for you is really good news on that. >> i'm the tory party

>> i'm off to the tory party conference in manchester for gb news. i shall have a full engush news. i shall have a full english breakfast every morning and back a few pounds and come back a few pounds heavier for claire next week . heavier for claire next week. >> something to look >> that's something to look fonnard was going fonnard to. i was to going say what a welcome back that what what a welcome back that will what what a welcome back that wilii what what a welcome back that wil|i mean kippers . i don't know >> i mean kippers. i don't know anybody that eats kippers at home because cooking them, the smell of them is to going be quite horrendous . it changes, quite horrendous. it changes, doesn't it? what ever food fad you have whatever breakfast out you have whatever breakfast out you were always told that breakfast is the most important meal so it didn't meal of the day so it didn't matter you had cereal matter if you had cereal toast or full english or whatever. and now told shouldn't now we're being told shouldn't have really for have cereal. it's really bad for you. i don't eat breakfast. just for clarity . i can't abide food for clarity. i can't abide food in the morning. i drink an awful lot coffee make up for it, lot of coffee to make up for it, but i'm not sure that does make up for it . up for it. >> but there go. in my >> but there you go. in my world, it does. >> world it does. it's the >> in my world it does. it's the only thing i can probably deal with . with. >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> well, coffee's not necessarily actually . necessarily bad, actually. >> and here we go again. it's all the rules that keep changing that coffee. too much caffeine

is you now. caffeine is is bad for you now. caffeine is good for you. >> go. it. this >> there you go. drink it. this is star drinking coffee. is in the star drinking coffee. could help prevent memory problems we get older. problems as we get older. >> coffee will. >> drinking coffee will. >> drinking coffee will. >> this is according to >> yeah. this is according to boffins japanese university city. >> and what particular newspaper is that in? >> it's in the star. >> it's in the star. >> fine. oh, well . >> fine. oh, well. >> fine. oh, well. >> so i'll be able to remember everything. i just won't be able to move around very well when i'm old. so, i mean, look, i think that people should be able to have whatever they like in moderation. if you want some moderation. and if you want some cereal cereal. cereal, have some cereal. i just. i don't like to be told that something is very bad for me. and then i must not have it because that just makes me want it more. we're all it even more. yeah, we're all like bit contrary. >> bit contrary. >> bit contrary. >> . yeah. yeah. well, we >> yes. yeah. yeah. well, we are, aren't we. it's, i mean i'd have to say the idea, the idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day . that important meal of the day. that was always the thing. but i suppose that that's because if you're school seeing suppose that that's because if y(physical school seeing suppose that that's because if y(physical set school seeing suppose that that's because if y(physical set youlool seeing suppose that that's because if y(physical set youlool theing a physical set you up for the day, there, doesn't it? >> i mean, doesn't eat >> i mean, claire doesn't eat breakfast i sort of keep breakfast and i sort of keep nagging that ought to

nagging her that she ought to have something. >> i eat breakfast >> but i don't eat breakfast normally. haven't got normally. but then i haven't got the time. no >> don't you think >> yeah, but don't you think that saying comes from days >> yeah, but don't you think that speopleomes from days >> yeah, but don't you think that speople were from days >> yeah, but don't you think that speople were going days >> yeah, but don't you think that speople were going outiays >> yeah, but don't you think that speople were going out to �*s >> yeah, but don't you think that speople were going out to do when people were going out to do a job? a physical job? >> yeah. you going down the >> yeah. you were going down the mines then you mines or something. then you really breakfast really did need a good breakfast to your way. to get you on your way. >> least if you're. at least >> at least if you're. at least if hungry. i mean, if you're not hungry. i mean, especially schoolchildren. especially for schoolchildren. but at least if you're not hungry, actually on but at least if you're not hun day. actually on the day. >> well, yeah, it does. >> yeah, well, yeah, it does. michelle michelle says michelle hi. michelle says i can't breakfast at 6 am. can't face breakfast at 6 am. just a cup tea weekends. just a cup of tea on weekends. i could something around 11, could have something around 11, but week i just wait but during the week i just wait till dinner time at 12 in they call it dinner time or lunch or. what do you do? >> no, it's lunch tea . >> no, it's lunch and tea. >> no, it's lunch and tea. >> lunch and tea? >> lunch and tea? >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> uh, well, you do what she says. >> i do lunch and supper. all right. you see, i've got lunch and dinner and tea. >> ian in hatfield says, i love a kipper for breakfast with fresh, crusty bread and butter. >> do i cook them at home? no way. exactly. >> oh, she go out for it. >> oh, she go out for it. >> i see. good point . right. >> i see. good point. right. we'll see you two a little bit later on. let's go to check on

the weather for you now with alex. >> good morning . alex. >> good morning. i'm alex. >> good morning . i'm alex >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. fine office for gb news. a fine friday vast majority . friday for the vast majority. brighton breezy, sunny brighton a bit breezy, sunny spells , a few showers here and spells, a few showers here and there , starting off with a there, starting off with a little bit of rain across east anglia the south—east. quite anglia in the south—east. quite a it? but a wet last night wasn't it? but that mostly cleared that rain has mostly cleared away. got of away. we've still got plenty of showers in across the showers packing in across the highlands, western isles highlands, the western isles and the staying the northern isles, staying blustery scattered blustery here. a few scattered showers northern ireland, showers for northern ireland, maybe odd one for north—west maybe the odd one for north—west england most england and wales. but most places, south places, certainly in the south and stay but more and east will stay dry, but more sunshine to yesterday sunshine compared to yesterday and feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine south—east the sunshine in the south—east 21, fahrenheit. 21, that's 70 fahrenheit. elsewhere we're talking 16 to 18 celsius, feeling cooler , though, celsius, feeling cooler, though, with the gusty winds and the showers northern scotland. showers in northern scotland. they'll well into the they'll keep going well into the evening. though, it's evening. for most, though, it's a evening. lengthy clear a fine evening. lengthy clear spells as well . we'll allow it spells as well. we'll allow it to turn a little chilly , a bit to turn a little chilly, a bit colder certainly than last night. and we're going to start the weekend in single figures in many locations and well down into single figures the

into single figures in the country side. so, a bit country side. so, yes, a bit chilly. first thing saturday chilly. first thing on saturday morning, most have morning, but most will have a fine start to the weekend. still quite the northern quite blustery in the northern isles. showers here isles. still a few showers here and across the highlands , but and across the highlands, but for are fine. dry start to for most are fine. dry start to the for the west , we the weekend for the west, we will see a change clouding over for wales, northern ireland. outbreaks of rain coming in here and winds will up too, and the winds will pick up too, across northern across western england, northern ireland and wales. and that wet and windy weather pushes into south—west later on. south—west scotland later on. many and eastern parts many central and eastern parts will and the will stay dry. and in the sunshine south—east 20 sunshine in the south—east 20 degrees, well, plenty more to come for you, including winter is coming and so

>> good morning to you. it's 7:00 friday, the 29th of september. today say household energy bills could be even more expensive than last winter . the expensive than last winter. the government's under pressure to introduce more financial

support. we're going to talk to the economic secretary to the treasury, andrew griffith , this treasury, andrew griffith, this hour as families continue to struggle, we'll be finding out how the economy is doing as a whole with our economics and business editor liam halligan . a business editor liam halligan. a new report suggests that britain could assumes more ultra processed food than anywhere else in europe. processed food than anywhere else in europe . now, it processed food than anywhere else in europe. now, it might be healthy for the wallet in a cost of living crisis. but what about the cost to our health? >> and of course, alex has your latest weather. >> rain wake you up last night. will it be any more today? actually, for most, it's looking like a fine friday, although it will be blustery with some showers northwest scotland. showers in northwest scotland. join a full join me later for a full forecast and a peek into the weekend. got the sport weekend. paul's got the sport for us this morning. >> yes , all lead to rome. >> yes, all roads lead to rome. >> yes, all roads lead to rome. >> is that as close as i'm going to get anyway? so many people already at the simone golf already at the marco simone golf club, which is just outside rome . thousands of people there. they are all running to the

first tee. it is undennay, the 44th cup morning tee. 44th ryder cup morning tee. >> i'm stephen dixon. >> i'm stephen dixon. >> and i'm anne diamond. and this is breakfast on gb news. >> and that tree that's been cut down. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> phil, good morning. >> phil, good morning. >> yes , i'm liking phil, i agree >> yes, i'm liking phil, i agree with granny diamond about the tree. stevens, stop being so soft . but i'm tree. stevens, stop being so soft. but i'm not. tree. stevens, stop being so soft . but i'm not. i tree. stevens, stop being so soft. but i'm not. i don't want to be. it's not about being soft. i'm not soft. but there's no point locking him up for cutting down the tree. it should be educate he doesn't do be educate kid so he doesn't do it again. >> that's very pamby. >> that's very namby pamby. >> that's very namby pamby. >> think it is. >> i don't think it is. >> i don't think it is. >> don't. >> i don't think it is. >> i don't. >> i don't think it is. >> i mean, i agree with you. in an world, but he's not an an ideal world, but he's not an ideal person who ever cut that tree he's 16. tree down. but he's only 16. >> allegedly. he >> we don't allegedly. he allegedly. says a young allegedly. and he says a young man should be made to make something useful from the wood . something useful from the wood. >> actually, an >> actually, that's an interesting one. >> yeah i that's

>> yeah, i think that's elizabeth it's not just tree. >> it's part of our heritage. i absolutely agree. i mean, i agree with all of that. >> it's a disgraceful act of vandalism, as david says. yes it is. and elizabeth says it's not just it's part of our just a tree. it's part of our heritage . yeah, well, and heritage. yeah, well, it is. and you know, you could i, i feel angry now because. because you know, they say, oh, cruelty to animals is one thing, but they found time and again that kids who can be cruel to animals grow up to be people who can be cruel to other people really nastily. so and i just think there's something really wrong about a kid if it is a kid who did that. and i would worry about his future. somebody who who thinks a little bit as as planned and plotted it. yeah, he's a little hoougan plotted it. yeah, he's a little hooligan if he is a kid . hooligan if he is a kid. >> yeah. but, you know, i don't think you're going to police. >> have arrested a 16 or >> police have arrested a 16 or 17 year i think we don't 17 year old. i think we don't know, whether there's know, though, whether there's anything in it. tell you, talking about the cost of living and the way that our energy bills be going this bills could be going up, up this winter . the i

bills could be going up, up this winter. the i found it it's in the telegraph. they're talking about the family that bath together for the family. that bath together stays together. >> not like none of us looked like that in the bath. >> well. well, maybe the first person in the bath does, but are you the sort of family where one person gets in the bath and then you yell down the stairs, you know, and know, bath still hot, and somebody and has somebody else goes up and has the you are. you come the bath? yes you are. you come from family? yeah, from that sort of family? yeah, i did. in my family. >> yeah, we always did. >> yeah, we always did. >> we always did that. and still do now. do it now. >> but telegraph done >> but the telegraph has done a huge it. they've got huge feature on it. they've got all writers writing all of their writers writing about saying one of their about it, saying one of their writers saying, once writers saying, i once infuriated housemate infuriated a housemate by hopping freshly hopping into her freshly run bath a quick rinse before bath for a quick rinse before shewell, i wouldn't it with a >> well, i wouldn't do it with a non—family member. >> petronella wyatt, >> another petronella wyatt, actually, writer says my actually, the writer says my evening bath is a ritual, a sacred to me as the catholic mass. >> she's called . >> she's called. >> she's called. >> petronella. >> petronella. >> yes. eleanor mills says yes. the family that bathes together stays together . stays together. >> i think it's got to be family. i wouldn't do it with a

like a flatmate or whatever. no woman did. i think i think that's a bit much. >> i don't know whether i could ever in a bath somebody ever get in a bath with somebody else soaking in your else who's been soaking in your one no, no. one of your boys? no no, no. definitely not one of my boys. oh i've hopped in after my mom or dad or something. >> yeah, i. >> yeah. yeah, i. >> yeah. yeah, i. >> i've got a friends who do that. you hear? he goes up for the then heels the bath, then he heels downstairs yeah. downstairs for her. yeah. >> three. downstairs for her. yeah. >> yeah, three. downstairs for her. yeah. >> yeah, exactly . but presumably >> yeah, exactly. but presumably then it's cold as well. >> yeah it's top it up with a bit of hot water. i don't know. >> what do you think. >> what do you think. >> is it a northern thing. >> is it a northern thing. >> oh it's a northern thing. >> oh it's a northern thing. >> gbviews@gbnews.com. love to hear whether you believe in taking one bath after another after another. >> saving money. >> saving money. >> well, it could well be that we've all got to go that way. >> well, it could be because it leads our story. leads right into our top story. >> a coalition of 140 charities and mps called the and mps has called on the government to offer government to do more to offer financial support with energy bills. now, in a letter to downing street, this coalition warned that more than 1 in 3 of us are likely to pay higher

energy bills this winter than we did last winter. yeah, the research by the campaign group national energy action found that 6.3 million households will not be earning enough to cover their outgoings, and that is known as fuel poverty. >> and that's an increase of more than 2 million families. well the price cap on how much we're going to be charged for energy, that's the regulator's cap is going to fall this weekend . weekend. >> so why is it then that more of us are going to actually end up paying more? >> it's really complicated. so our political correspondent, catherine forster will explain . catherine forster will explain. >> from the 1st of october, the energy price cap will come down by 7, meaning an annual bill of £1,923 for a typical household . £1,923 for a typical household. and so good news, not quite . and so good news, not quite. dual fuel prices are still 50% higher than they were before the price of gas and oil rocketed , price of gas and oil rocketed, leading to eye—watering energy

bills for all of us. and that's not all. the government hasn't yet announced any financial support on top of a price cap, an additional £400 over six months helped many families struggling with rising costs. these measures lowered the average monthly energy cost to £141 without ongoing financial support. average costs are expected to increase to £160, and the assistance was most desperately needed by those households who were most struggling to pay their bills . struggling to pay their bills. >> this is why you've got a letter signed and a statement signed by so many consumer champion charities, businesses calling for a social tariff . a calling for a social tariff. a social tariff would bring lower pnces social tariff would bring lower prices for those homes. hardest hit inflation is coming down and interest rates are holding steady . steady. >> but with energy prices poised to rise, there could be a long and challenging winter for many.

catherine forster . gb news well, catherine forster. gb news well, before we talk about that in more detail, let's have a look at the uk economy as a whole and breaking news is the latest figures have just come out. >> halligan is standing by >> liam halligan is standing by with full analysis. what are these figures telling liam these figures telling us? liam they're not bad figures at all. >> good morning, stephen. good morning , anne. what we see is morning, anne. what we see is that in the second quarter, that's april, may and june, the figures are literally just coming out from the office for national statistics in the second quarter, the gdp expanded 0.2. that's the final number. that's unrevised from the previous estimates. and in the first quarter gdp expanded. that's the sum of all goods and services, all the transactions in our economy by 0.3. so 0.3% in our economy by 0.3. so 0.3% in the first three months of the yean in the first three months of the year. nought point 2% in the second two months of the year . second two months of the year. we're a long way from recession in the uk. the figures for the

third quarter, july , august and third quarter, july, august and september, they may be a little bit more shaky , but for now at bit more shaky, but for now at least buoyed up by manufacturing, by the way, looking at the fine print of the numbers as it's being published before eyes manufacturing before my eyes manufacturing stephen, still , we're still the stephen, still, we're still the eighth biggest manufacturer in the world. it's still, you know, 10% of our economy . we still 10% of our economy. we still hugely important to local economies in the midlands and the north of england , many parts the north of england, many parts of the country, many fracturing did pretty well. and it's doing well. and this is good news because as the cost of the inputs that manufacturers use are now starting to fall, all the materials that they use , the the materials that they use, the whizzy components that they use , they're actually starting to fall , not just increase in price fall, not just increase in price less quickly , they're actually less quickly, they're actually starting to fall. and that bodes well for headline consumer price inflation down the line. >> i mean, we're just talking at the moment about looking fonnard to a winter where we're going to

be paying higher bills than we did this time last year. so do these figures give us cause for optimism ? optimism? >> it's definitely good that we've got some, you know , i we've got some, you know, i wouldn't say buoyant growth, but some growth, some economic expansion as we go into the autumn and winter. expansion as we go into the autumn and winter . and but i was autumn and winter. and but i was listening to that earlier item. of course, i'm an avid gb news viewer and listener myself and this is something i've been warning about, too. last winter energy prices were high, of course, in the aftermath of that russian invasion of ukraine and yet it was actually quite a mild winter in terms of the weather. the weather may be harsher this autumn and winter, which means we need more gas to heat our homes. but it may not just be the weather. and because, as catherine was saying there, we know that oil prices spiked up sharply over the summer from around $70 to $95 a barrel, pushing for $100 a barrel where

the oil price goes , the gas the oil price goes, the gas price tends to follow . and this price tends to follow. and this isn't happening because the global economy is going gangbusters and demanding more energy , pushing the price up. energy, pushing the price up. it's happening, i'm afraid, because of the opec exporters cartel now working in conjunction with the russians deliberately putting less energy on global markets to keep prices high. there's a lot of geopolitical risk when it comes to our economy this autumn that may express itself as as powers that are really hostile to the west, particularly when it comes to their approach to the war in ukraine. as those powers turn the energy screw and make our life difficult, i'd like to say i'd like to tell you that that wasn't the case, but i'm afraid it is. we've had a really sharp increase in oil price over increase in the oil price over the few months, and if that the last few months, and if that continues, then energy bills could indeed be really, really tough this autumn and winter and maybe even worse than last year i >> all right. so break it down into something that that we can

get. then. how does this how does this play in if the our energy bills are likely to be more at least for a third of us. but the economy is growing even if only slightly, how does that then play into that ever on going battle against inflation? >> well, the two things are linked, aren't they? if the if the economy is growing, that's obviously better for jobs, better for our wages. but if our energy bills are going up, then that, of course, takes away from the standard of living of ordinary people . but look, on ordinary people. but look, on the inflation front , ordinary people. but look, on the inflation front, if ordinary people. but look, on the inflation front , if energy the inflation front, if energy pnces the inflation front, if energy prices are going up, then that is going to push up the headline rate of inflation. i'm not saying it's definitely going to happen, but there's certainly a danger . and if the headline rate danger. and if the headline rate of inflation is pushed up, then the bank of england is more likely to keep raising interest rates, which of course will squeeze mortgage holders and other people with personal loans. but look, this is a possibility. the energy price spike is a possibility . it's not spike is a possibility. it's not nailed on by by any means in

general . we've got good news general. we've got good news here this morning. gdp growth is relatively buoyant . we're not relatively buoyant. we're not going into a recession in the uk on this evidence where we have two successive quarters of negative growth of economic contraction. germany, for instance . unfortunately, instance. unfortunately, europe's biggest economy is in recession. so for now, at least on the strength of these numbers, stephen and anne the uk economy is looking pretty resilient , particularly economy is looking pretty resilient, particularly our manufacturing sector. >> okay, liam, good to see you. thanks very much indeed . thanks very much indeed. >> good news, i suppose, for the tories going into their conference at the end of next week. >> yeah , it will be very pleased >> yeah, it will be very pleased with that, won't they just all help? >> yeah. should we talk now to the former chief executive of energy uk, angela knight? a very good morning to you. well, first of all, your reaction to those figures. good news to you, too. yeah >> yes. actually, it is interesting, isn't it, that we are managing as an economy to do rather well in difficult circumstances. i mean, we all

tend to sort of look introverted and think , oh, well, we can't be and think, oh, well, we can't be doing well. you know, others are doing well. you know, others are doing better. but the reality is it's the other way round. the uk economy is managing and we had some earlier good news, didn't we, about which the wages keeping up now with inflation and that is very comforting as far as people are concerned. so yeah, i'm looking ahead. i'm quite hopeful actually. >> yeah . but you see, you look >> yeah. but you see, you look at all of that and then you look at all of that and then you look at ofgem price cap coming at the ofgem price cap coming down this weekend and yet because of the way the system works and because of the help we had last year, it still looks like more than a third of us are to going have higher energy bills , which which just seems bills, which which just seems crazy , frankly. crazy, frankly. >> yeah. i'm not sure that that's correct. actually i mean, liam halligan is absolutely correct that in the sense that something can happen, somebody can walk into another country , can walk into another country, as has happened with russia and ukraine. russia in the middle

east may make some strong and negative actions as far as we're concerned . but if we do look and concerned. but if we do look and that may happen, it's not as likely as it was, though, i have to say . but if we look ahead to say. but if we look ahead hang on. if we look ahead at what it is that cornwall insights , for example, who is insights, for example, who is the best predictor, which everybody uses of what is happening on energy prices is they're not really twitching . so they're not really twitching. so they're not really twitching. so they're looking at now the quarter, one of 2024. that is, you know, we've sort of well have got through a fair whack of the winter by then . and they are the winter by then. and they are predicting that energy prices will, broadly speaking, remain the same as they are at the moment . that the same as they are at the moment. that is under the same as they are at the moment . that is under £2,000 for moment. that is under £2,000 for the average household. so actually , you know, despite the actually, you know, despite the fact that there has been some spiking that prediction is still there. now i do appreciate that there. now i do appreciate that there will be people who will be thinking about what on earth and how on earth they're going to manage . now, there's two things

manage. now, there's two things hanging around as well. hanging around there as well. there that warm home discount there is that warm home discount , that's i don't , of course, and that's i don't know 3 million, 4 million know, is it 3 million, 4 million people who benefit from it? and if is on low incomes, if anybody is on low incomes, they need to make sure that they are getting that if they're due . that . and there's also that additional cost of living benefit that comes through for another very large group of people who are on low incomes. so, you know, there is assistance there , but there's assistance there, but there's not assistance for all of us. it's targeted at the poorer elements of society . see. elements of society. see. >> okay. well, angela knight, thank you very much indeed. we'll leave it there for the moment. that's angela knight, former chief executive of energy uk. thank you. >> if you're worried about the bills, let us know. gb views gbnews.com. we'd love to hear from you . i just think we all from you. i just think we all need to be on on alert, don't we? that the headlines say the pnces we? that the headlines say the prices are coming down. the reality may be different. >> it won't feel that way. i think that's for certain. definitely >> let's just feel that way. >> let's just feel that way. >> pray, i suppose, for a mild

winter at the moment the weather is quite mild. to alex deakin. >> good morning, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a fine friday for the vast majority brighten a breezy, sunny brighten a bit breezy, sunny spells, a few showers here and there, starting off with a little bit of rain across east anglia in the south—east. quite a night, wasn't it? but a wet last night, wasn't it? but that most away. that rain is most cleared away. we've plenty of we've still got plenty of showers across the showers packing in across the highlands. western isles and highlands. the western isles and the staying the northern isles, staying blustery scattered blustery here. a few scattered showers for northern ireland, maybe odd one for north—west maybe the odd one for north—west england wales. most england and wales. but most places, the south places, certainly in the south and dry. but more and east will stay dry. but more sunshine compared to yesterday and pleasant enough in and feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine the south—east the sunshine in the south—east 21, 70 fahrenheit. 21, that's 70 fahrenheit. elsewhere, we're talking 16 to 18 celsius. feeling cooler, though , with the gusty winds and though, with the gusty winds and the showers in northern scotland. going. scotland. they'll keep going. well evening. for most, well into the evening. for most, though, a fine evening. though, it's a fine evening. lengthy clear spells as well . lengthy clear spells as well. we'll allow it to turn a little chilly , a bit colder certainly chilly, a bit colder certainly than last night. chilly, a bit colder certainly than last night . and we're going than last night. and we're going to start the weekend in single

figures in many locations. and well single figures in well down into single figures in the yes, a bit the countryside. so, yes, a bit chilly first thing on saturday morning, will have morning, but most will have a fine to the weekend. still fine start to the weekend. still quite blustery in the northern isles, showers here isles, still a few showers here and across the highlands, but for fine . dry start for most are fine. dry start to the . for the west, we the weekend. for the west, we will see a change clouding over for wales, northern ireland outbreaks rain coming here outbreaks of rain coming in here and up too, and the winds will pick up too, across western england , northern across western england, northern ireland and that wet ireland and wales. and that wet and pushes into and windy weather pushes into south—west later on. south—west scotland later on. many eastern parts many central and eastern parts will stay dry and in the sunshine in south—east, 20 sunshine in the south—east, 20 degrees here. >> don't know what to do about all of that. looking at the weather and anything else, really, it just combobulated this morning because you drove through rain, i think to get here. >> yeah , that's miserable. >> yeah, that's miserable. >> yeah, that's miserable. >> it was miserable . still what >> it was miserable. still what we're putting the heating on when i get home. >> never mind. you'll be able to cheer up soon. i will. paul coyte telling us coyte will be here telling us all about ryder cup, which all about the ryder cup, which

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gb news 721 there could be a fight in here this morning. yeah. welcome back. what are you eating for breakfast? as you watch us this morning? steve says i have my breakfast in bed on a weekday andits breakfast in bed on a weekday and it's always cooked and delivered by my lovely wife . two delivered by my lovely wife. two fried eggs on toast with brown sauce and a cup of tea . sauce and a cup of tea. >> you could be in trouble. and it's not. i'll tell you, steve. and he's not impressed by that.

>> well, you know, there may be a reason. >> may be a reason. >> there may be a reason. bill saysi >> there may be a reason. bill says i having kippers for says i love having kippers for breakfast, but i get round the smell them in smell problem by cooking them in the garden on a burner the garden on a single burner camping stove . camping stove. >> thomas if you're >> thomas said. if you're worried smell, cut an worried about the smell, cut an onion in half and leave it on the apparently soaks >> apparently that soaks up the smell. >> apparently. >> apparently. >> but james >> apparently. >> butjames in nottingham. oh god, the best god, james says the best breakfast is grilled pigs , breakfast is grilled pigs, kidneys boiled in gravy and served on thick toast with cnspy served on thick toast with crispy bacon . crispy bacon. >> hey, you are a meat eater. >> hey, you are a meat eater. >> i mean, i feel absolutely. >> i mean, i feel absolutely. >> however, penny has a vegetarian. sort of, yes . vegetarian. sort of, yes. vegetarian breakfast, fried tomatoes , mushrooms and halloumi tomatoes, mushrooms and halloumi . mm. yummy. that sounds really. >> sounds more like it. yeah. >> sounds more like it. yeah. >> keep thoughts coming through at 723. let's have a look at some of the other stories heading into the newsroom today. >> government is on >> well, the government is on course oversee the biggest course to oversee the biggest tax raising parliament since records began, and that's according to the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank. claims by the next general election, taxes will have risen

to around 37% of national income. that would be a level not seen since 1948, just after the second world war. well, respond to that report. the government says that the most effective , effective, rather tax effective, effective, rather tax cut we can deliver is to drive down inflation. >> the family of 15 year old girl, ellie arade dam, who stabbed on her way to school, has been to the scene where she died. they joined well—wishers and for prayers and and friends for prayers and a vigil. parents said they vigil. her parents said they were struggling to comprehend the tragedy as 17 year old boy was later arrested and is still being questioned by police . being questioned by police. >> and from today , train drivers >> and from today, train drivers will work to rule with no overtime and that comes ahead of two days of strikes . members of two days of strikes. members of the aslef union at 618, train operators in england are embroiled in a very long running dispute now over pay , with no dispute now over pay, with no sign of a breakthrough . the sign of a breakthrough. the leader of aslef mick whelan, said the industrial action could

continue until christmas and the next round of strike action coincide with the conservative party conference. s. now as we continue to deal with the cost of living crisis , one option is of living crisis, one option is often that process food that you can buy. >> because i hate to say it, it's often cheaper. it is, you know, you can just buy it, chuck it in the oven or the microwave save and there you go . there's a save and there you go. there's a meal for, you know , not a lot of meal for, you know, not a lot of money, but they've got a lot of hidden haven't money, but they've got a lot of hiddethat haven't money, but they've got a lot of hiddethat not haven't money, but they've got a lot of hiddethat not everybody 1't money, but they've got a lot of hiddethat not everybody reckons they, that not everybody reckons are healthy for us. are particularly healthy for us. >> and why you tend to >> and that's why you tend to call cheap and junk, i call them cheap and junk, i suppose. well, we're going to have debate now have a debate on this now because we will any minute now. we're going to be joined by a nutritionist and a restaurateur who i think may have , well, who i think may have, well, different , it sounds like, to different, it sounds like, to agree with you. >> agree on this. >> agree on this.

>> we shall find out. do we have them yet? we can go to oh, we talk to our nutritionist to begin with. then rhiannon lambert. good see you , lambert. good to see you, rhiannon. look you can see why people are for going this sort of food . is it necessarily as , of food. is it necessarily as, as bad as, as we're led to believe ? believe? >> good morning. i think it's such an important discussion to have because of course, there have because of course, there have been a lot of headlines about the term ultra processed foods and a lot of people now their diets are mainly processed. you know, if we even look a can of chickpeas or a look at a can of chickpeas or a slice of bread that is technically processed so technically processed food. so not all processed food is bad for us. i think the message here is really that convenience has become such a part of our lives that more and more of us, alongside the cost of living crisis, are turning to these items of food to define for you or ultra processed food is something that's very high in saturate fat, salt and sugar . saturate fat, salt and sugar. whereas minimally processed things like i use the can of

beans as an example obviously isn't bad for us. a good source of fibre, a good source of protein. and what we're doing is using more and more these using more and more of these junk food items , ultra processed junk food items, ultra processed food and less of the food items and less of the cooking from scratch vibe, which has caused, of course a problem with a lot of people suffering from poor health, from consuming these items too often. but if you were to have them once at the weekend, once or twice dunng the weekend, once or twice during the week, they're not so the weekend, once or twice duri forthe week, they're not so the weekend, once or twice duri for us. week, they're not so bad for us. >> i think we're also joined now , yes, there by giancarlo caldesi , a restaurateur that we caldesi, a restaurateur that we know very well. it's lovely to see you . do you a lot of people see you. do you a lot of people watching will say yes, but processed food is the cheapest option. and right now we have to watch our purses . what would you watch our purses. what would you say to that? because i would imagine you might say you don't have to spend much to money eat really well and eat very healthy food . food. >> um, well , well, first of all, >> um, well, well, first of all, we start with a new generation of kids today . where is the food

of kids today. where is the food presented to them? is far too available and far too plentiful to cook. food from scratch actually, is not as bad as it looks. it really isn't. and first of all, there's many benefits of cooking fresh food. one is your gut health. the gut health is the most important part of our lives. a personal me. i was diagnosed as diabetic . type 2 in 2011 and i managed to lose four stones, cure myself and be much better. and also we wrote about five books on on on low carb and food , which is low carb and food, which is really quite available. you can have it, you can do it without much , much trouble. also, much, much trouble. also, there's another problem now that our country , england, we seem to our country, england, we seem to spend less money on fresh food than other countries like france or spain or italy. so the emphasis on quickness is a little bit a problem. the other

thing is the food, the highly processed food . it genuinely processed food. it genuinely creates too many problems for us as a healthy option. there isn't any healthy option on that and the big company in my opinion, and i said it before in your new news, many shops sells food which is not fit for human consumption. and it really is true too. but we need to get on board and understand that really education, educating people to cook a little bit, it will be much more advantageous for everybody's concern . it is everybody's concern. it is really a massive problem. >> i mean, look , rihanna, you >> i mean, look, rihanna, you can we all sort of know if we if we think about it, we all know that cooking from scratch is going to be healthier. it's quite it's quite rewarding. and all those sort of issues. the problem is even cost aside, everyone's heading out to work. you can't you know, for a family of four who has the time , time

of four who has the time, time now to do all of that seven nights a week . nights a week. >> well, this is one of the biggest concerns we face in my nutrition clinic. >> and of course, i completely am a fan of let's cook more from scratch . but we also have to be scratch. but we also have to be quite realistic of different people's lifestyles, barriers to cooking. like you said, time , cooking. like you said, time, time. and it really is a sad situation . but perhaps what we situation. but perhaps what we should be doing is prioritising our health now . we need our health now. we need governmental support here. i'm not just saying it's on the individual. this is a very big debate here. we're talking about the nation's health. and i think everyone deserves access to healthy food. they deserve to be able to afford fresh ingredients to cook that food and have the time. but one of the top tips we would give in the restoration clinic would be perhaps at the weekends when you've got one afternoon. to savvy afternoon. we need to get savvy in kitchen. is when we in the kitchen. this is when we need be making larger need to be making larger bulk meals that healthy meals, things that are healthy to scratch. you know, to cook from scratch. you know, traditional meals that people might unhealthy might perceive as unhealthy

things shepherd's pies and things like shepherd's pies and all that sort of comfort food . all that sort of comfort food. this time of year, as we go into autumn, although quite autumn, although it's quite warm. you know, they're the warm. but you know, they're the types meals you freeze an types of meals you can freeze an individual portions and put in the just to educate the freezer and just to educate people explain, don't people to explain, you don't need produce. you need to fear frozen produce. you know, has more know, frozen vegetables has more nutrition than fresh on the shop shelves of the amount of shelves because of the amount of time is sat time the fresh fruit is sat there. where it's been there. perhaps where it's been imported whereas when imported from. whereas when frozen and veg picked frozen fruit and veg is picked straight away, then preserves straight away, then it preserves more of the nutrition. it can help that struggling help people that are struggling to you can even to afford items. you can even get frozen onions that have been pre—sliced so you can chuck them in pan . so there are in the frying pan. so there are things there, but just things out there, but i just don't think the help and access is for people with is there for people with this sort information. sort of information. >> giancarlo, the same >> well, giancarlo, the same point. you. why is point. can be put to you. why is it that we brits are not cooking as much from basic ingredients? why we have the same time problems as anyone else in the world, why are we sort of using it as an excuse to eat ready meals and junk food ? meals and junk food? >> look , i've been in england

>> look, i've been in england for 50 years, okay? >> had an opportunity to travel in the world. and i've been to many countries and we in england, we don't have the same mental attitude towards food that a country has. and that's the problem because there's not really a reason not to cook something. why the reason? an inclination or really sitting down and cooking food. i remember being a little boy . my remember being a little boy. my mum said, come here, son, let's cook something, let's do something. and so really we need it's so hard to change the mental approach that we do have towards food and a sandwich and a pint is fine. no, actually it's not. a sandwich is quick. but why? everything has to be quick in the restaurant. i've noticed. i've been in france and in spain and in italy. you will wait for the food. you just wait . it. it doesn't matter. here oh, where's my food? immediately we will decide . attitude. the we will decide. attitude. the the problem is we need to go

backwards to go fonnard . we backwards to go fonnard. we really, really do . and there is really, really do. and there is nothing wrong with our produce in england for fantastic stuff. we have amazing, in england for fantastic stuff. we have amazing , believe me, we have amazing, believe me, amazing . amazing. >> well, let s hope a few more >> well, lets hope a few more people get cooking again, but it's i can understand the pressures. giancarlo rhiannon, good to see you both this morning . great to hear. thanks morning. great to hear. thanks very much indeed. keep your thoughts coming through on that one. the meantime, up thoughts coming through on that 0|storm the meantime, up thoughts coming through on that 0|storm for meantime, up thoughts coming through on that 0|storm for methis me, up thoughts coming through on that 0|storm for methis morning up thoughts coming through on that 0|storm for methis morning in up a storm for us this morning in the of sport. paul coyte . the world of sport. paul coyte. do you like that one? >> love that one. thank you. >> i love that one. thank you. ryder cup is undennay for games. they're they they're all undennay. they started it's started 635 this morning. it's the foursomes. i thought i'd do a little explanation about how it actually works. is that would that good idea? that be a good idea? >> remember that from last >> i remember that from last time last week. >> it go too? down well, >> did it go too? down well, i've forgotten it. >> so go ahead. >> so go ahead. >> let me try. we'll look. >> okay. let me try. we'll look. it's we it's europe against it's we know it's europe against america multi format, america and it's a multi format, taun taun over three days. we have foursome games and we have four balls there. we only we can explain there. so there we are ,

explain there. so there we are, the golf's biggest event. the golf's biggest team event. i feel we should a little feel we should have a little pointer there. europe and america chosen . we've got luke america chosen. we've got luke donald the european donald who's the european captain johnson, the captain, zach johnson, who's the american muscle reformat as we know. foursome and four balls know. so foursome and four balls then the first four days or then over the first four days or the first two days, we still there? >> yes. what's four balls? >> yes. what's four balls? >> four ball means that they're donein >> four ball means that they're done in pairs. each player plays their own shots and it's the best score at the end of a hole that will win the hole. so they pretty much balls their are four balls because there are four balls, but one of them is two balls, but one of them is two balls is one ball. >> that's the foursome. >> that's the foursome. >> one that's the foursome. four players concentrate to beat. thank you . thank you. thank you. thank you. >> i'm glad you're. i'm with you. i'm with you. >> thank you. very confusing day, then the final day is just the singles. now it's done the singles. now it's all done on done on on holes. it's not done on scores . oh, oh, no . we'll scores. oh, no. oh, no. we'll get there by the time the ryder cup is over, you will have understand exactly how this works. >> don't put money on it. >> don't put money on it. >> remember the singles and it's

done on holes. so for example, if you see a player and they say, oh yeah, jon rahm has won four and three, which is a sort of thing, you will see a lot of that basically means he was four holes in the lead with three to play, which meant that he's won the game by three to know three to play. because if there's if he's on the 16th so he's he's he's on the 16th so he's he's he's won four he's four holes in front of the other player there on the 16th hole. >> he's got three more holes to play. yes >> and a train leaves chicago >> and if a train leaves chicago at miles an hour and another at 200 miles an hour and another one who's to going get one leaves, who's to going get there so listen that i'll there first? so listen that i'll walk you. so there's three winners there. >> so at the end of it all, you're going you're going to have have your have you're going to have your foursomes winners. going foursomes winners. you're going to winners to have your fourballs winners and you're to your and you're going to have your singles they're separate >> but they're all separate games. they're separate games. they're all separate games. they're all separate games. will win games. and each game will win a point your continent. so if point for your continent. so if the you win your four ball, the if you win your four ball, that a and you that gets you a point. and you need to win 14.5 points. that's what europe need to do to win the trophy . now, when there's

the trophy. now, when there's halves that means that the game is, you know, this is like somebody trying to explain cricket. i'm isn't it? >> i thought i understood a minute ago and now i wish i hadn't heard the last minute choice of being a teacher or. >> well the teacher thing never worked wonder worked out. i wonder why. >> i wonder is, is what >> i wonder why that is, is what we to know. we want to know. >> i'm hoping you're we want to know. >> to i'm hoping you're we want to know. >> to be�*m hoping you're we want to know. >> to be your.ping you're we want to know. >> to be your. i ng you're we want to know. >> to be your. i believe'e going to be your. i believe a couple of months ago i would have said america, think have said america, but i think europe it. excellent >> paul, get off. >> paul, get off. >> you're more confused than >> you're more confused now than you were before. >> all that, we need >> after all that, we need a couple of minutes. just to get over it. >> we do. over it. >> and 10. over it. >> and then we shall come back and out why elon musk has and find out why elon musk has been border been on the mexican us border wearing and talking wearing a cowboy hat and talking with the local police. there he is. tell more

739 you're watching and listening to breakfast with stephen and anne. >> yeah. and we have been joined by our headline makers this morning and you wouldn't believe what we've been arguing about in the last couple of seconds. but with us is news is senior with us now is gb news is senior political commentator nigel nelson conservative nelson and former conservative advisor claire pearsall. yes >> so we'll give them something to chew over in a sec as we look at the cost of living crisis , at the cost of living crisis, which is sadly far from over, more households facing higher energy bills this winter , energy bills this winter, apparently despite a reduced price cap coming in this weekend i >> well, joining us now is the economic secretary to the treasury , andrew griffith, and

treasury, andrew griffith, and a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. today's latest forjoining us. today's latest figures out from the office of national statistics, i don't know if you've had a minute to see them, but you would presumably be taking that as very good . news very good. news >> yeah , the statistics show >> yeah, the statistics show that the economy is 2% larger than it was when covid started. >> so that's good news. it means that our economic plans are on track. the uk avoided recession . the priority for us right now is to bear down on inflation. that plan is also working. we're on track. we've got to stay focussed on that because that's an invidious tax rise that hits across the whole economy, which is why we're willing to make tough decisions to deliver that reduction in inflation, which is the path to lower interest rates and people having a better standard of living. so they are good results today. they'd show

our economic plan is on track and we will continue to focus on doing that , deliver people that doing that, deliver people that that benefit. >> yeah, well , yeah, that all >> yeah, well, yeah, that all sounds well and good and in the wider scheme, but i mean what we've been focusing on this morning is the fact that despite the ofgem price cap coming down this weekend to below £2,000 because there's been a reduction in the government help or stopping of the government help for most people. actually what we're going to face is higher fuel bills as well. >> energy prices are, as you say, coming down in for millions of people . there is still help of people. there is still help out there. there are payments for the most vulnerable to help with the cost of living across this winter. that comes on top of an average average benefit per household of about £3,300 over last year. and the year before. and that's a very significant amount of money. people didn't always see that because that was spent direct on

shielding people from their bills in the first place. but that's come at a very significant cost as we look to make sure the public finances are in as good shape as possible and ultimately to get back to an economy as a concern. lviv that i want to see where people keep more of what they earn. we have to make these choices. but to be clear, there is support this winter for vulnerable. winter for the most vulnerable. payments going out into payments will be going out into people's accounts in the coming months and over the course of the winter. >> so that is a definite that is happening this winter. how will it calculated ? it be calculated? >> well, we've already announced this. this is the cost of living package that the chancellor talked about a year ago . and talked about a year ago. and that's for the most vulnerable households, giving them direct help with the cost of living . help with the cost of living. big part of that is, of course, energy . but because of the energy. but because of the increase in prices that the inflation that we've seen, which is why inflation is such a priority for us, it's an invidious tax that reduced the

purchasing power of every household and that that's a cost of living payment. it's not solely for the purpose of energy. i mean , look, the nice energy. i mean, look, the nice thing is, mr griffith, you're saying what people want to hear and that, you know, as a conservative government, you want people to hold on to more of the money that they earn and cheers all round to that, you would imagine, except that the ifs the institute for fiscal studies saying this morning that by the time of the next general election, which isn't far off, this conservative government will have seen taxes rise to 37% of national income and levels not seen since 1948. >> that isn't good enough, is it ? >> well, it's clearly not desirable. it's not the outcome we sought, but neither we nor the ifs forecast a global pandemic that affected the entire globe's economy. for the best part of two years. and russia's illegal invasion of

ukraine. so you've got to contextualise that the conservative government has actually taken millions of people out of tax burden and reduced the burden on others by increasing the basic tax allowance , the personal tax allowance, the personal tax allowance, the personal tax allowance that everybody gets. since 2010, 3 million fewer people pay tax because we've lifted that. but your your your your core point is right is that we have had to do things not things that we would wish to have done, but things that are the right thing to protect the economy through the ravages of covid are now bearing down on inflation by making tough choices. one of those tough choices. one of those tough choices is not being able , in choices is not being able, in the very short term, to make tax cuts. the chancellor and the prime minister have been clear about that. our focus is on inflation, which tax cut by inflation, which is a tax cut by another name. >> so we have higher taxes than ever before. and according to the times and the ifs, there's no likelihood of those taxes ever being reversed. would you agree with that ?

agree with that? >> no, i don't agree with that. i think that good stewardship of the economy, which starts with making the tough choices as we're doing right now, to bear down on inflation, that plan is working, as you said, at the top of this interview, the ons has today confirmed that the economy is already 2% larger than it was going into covid really would like that to grow faster over time. and one way you do that is by relieving the burden of taxes on businesses and individuals to help things grow. but but it starts today with making those choices about inflation. we've got to have good stewardship, prudent stewardship of the economy , and that's what can get economy, and that's what can get us back to a position where the economy grows, where we drive as much productivity from every pound of public spending as possible, as a former finance director , that that was my job director, that that was my job to try and make to balance the books, but also to make sure that every pound of spending gets you as much as possible so that you can grow the economy

and time as a conservative to and in time as a conservative to reduce taxes. and as i said, we have taken even even in this government , we have taken government, we have taken millions of people out of the burden of paying tax. you can earn over £1,000 a month. now and pay no tax as a result of that increase in personal allowance. it's not wrong to note that because of the unprecedented cost of covid that the burden has gone up. that's something i regret. and over time we will want to try and reduce that . reduce that. >> okay. andrew griffith , >> okay. andrew griffith, appreciate your time this morning. thanks very much indeed. >> now we have some breaking news. >> yeah, we do . it's about that >> yeah, we do. it's about that awful murder of an arade dam in croydon on wednesday. she was just 15 years old. police now telling us that a 17 year old boy has been charged with the murder of anne arade dam. so we'll bring you more details on that as we get them through. but that as we get them through. but that 17 year old boy has been

charged with charged with the murder of liam in the last few minutes. and let's return to nigel and claire. what did you make claire, of. of what? mr griffith had to say? i got the impression you weren't entirely convinced . convinced. >> my face does tend to give that away. i find it frustrating when we keep harking back to the pandemic as a reason for why the economy is in such a state, and also putin's invasion of ukraine. but it's not the only reason. and everything comes back to those two issues. but what isn't answered is what you're going to do. we do have the highest tax burden, as you said, since the 1940s. i think it's unlikely to come down any time under a conservative government. and that really pains me to say, because i think once you increase taxes as you're spending, once you increase taxes as you're spending , people are you're spending, people are spending more. it's very hard to

take that back . and you expect take that back. and you expect then the to state deliver more. so once you expect the state to deliver more , to spend more on deliver more, to spend more on health to spend more on education, as you would rightly expect to then have to reverse that and not have the money coming into the treasury. some things got to give somewhere along the line . so it's one of along the line. so it's one of these occasions where i think that we've left it too late. if we want to cut taxes, i don't subscribe to the liz truss. let's do it all in one go theory . but i let's do it all in one go theory . buti do let's do it all in one go theory . but i do think she had a point . you need to be able to reduce the taxation burden on people without reducing your spending. what you do in that gap is the issue and that's what she hadn't costed out. but i find it sort of profoundly depress guessing that we're having this. we must be prudent approach , which be prudent approach, which without any further insight into what the government is going to do in the future. >> nigel, i thought that's rather good analysis. i thought

of where we stand. i mean, what andrew griffith was talking about was not tax . the tax about was not tax. the tax burden is not caused by covid or the ukraine war or inflation. and certainly part of it is caused by that. so i'm not quite sure where he got the idea that suddenly we're paying more taxes, but covid he brought up covid, he brought covid. covid, he brought up covid. yeah, mean, even with yeah, but i mean, even with covid, spent an covid, although we spent an awful money on that, awful lot of money on that, that the idea that overall tax the idea that the overall tax burden based on the 2019 figures, which is what the ifs is talking about, has gone up because of just doesn't because of that just doesn't seem to gel to me because the other things that have been happening that what we're happening is that what we're deaung happening is that what we're dealing with pensions going up hugely that they they they're heading for 79 billion more. >> you want to scrap triple lock don't you? >> i do want i want to i want to scrap the 2% element of triple lock. yeah on the basis that pensioners will get a rise based on earnings or inflation but not

get the automatic 2% at a time when they when inflation is very low and earnings are low and over the last ten years, last ten years, that 2% has been used four times. so it shows that you may not feel that way when you're a pensioner, though. well well, maybe not. but i still think that we've got to do something about pensions getting out of control. and also there's the element of fairness there. we've had situation even now we've had a situation even now that because of . inflation being that because of. inflation being 10% at the end of last year , the 10% at the end of last year, the pensioners got a 10% rise. that working people got 4 or 5. that seems to me that we're losing the sense of fairness. and as a as the ageing population grows , as the ageing population grows, that also means that where we have of 3.5 working people paying have of 3.5 working people paying for pensions now we're going down to 2.5 and it becomes

unsustainable , doesn't it? yeah. unsustainable, doesn't it? yeah. and there is a myth around that people have paid in their pensions. therefore they should have money. well, course have the money. well, of course they they were they they haven't. they were paying they they haven't. they were paying for previous paying for the previous generation paying for the previous geryeah. n >> yeah. >> yeah. >> should we have because >> should we have a look because we it a little bit we teased it a little bit earlier a bit mr musk earlier on a bit of mr musk claire, the richest man in the world, has been down to the town of eagle pass. what's he been doing ? doing? >> this is right. so this is elon musk. very, very rich individual going down to look at the migrants crossing the border from mexico across the rio grande and into the united states. what's interesting is his slightly different take on this is that he is actually more pro migration, pro immigrant, but he doesn't want people breaking the law. and i find myself in the unusual circle of agreeing with him on this . i agreeing with him on this. i think that this conversation has to be had about what migration needs. your country has is, but not the breaking law aspect of

it. and what he wants to do is increase the ways that people can come into the country legally with a visa or which sounds like the argument we're having over here. >> well, it does. >> well, it does. >> yes, he does. yes. and it just takes substitute the engush just takes substitute the english channel for the rio grande. absolutely. and it's quite interesting to see this conversation now opening up without having this kind of knee jerk reaction to building a wall or pushing boats back, depending on which side of the world you're on. it's interesting that somebody is looking at it by saying these people are breaking the how can we stop that? the law. how can we stop that? well, actually, we've got some video of what he actually is saying. >> here's elon musk with his solution crisis. i am, solution to the crisis. i am, you know, as an immigrant to the united states, i'm extremely pro—immigrant. >> and i believe that we need a greatly expanded legal immigration system. and that we should let anyone in the country who is hardworking and honest and will be a contributor to the united states, we should have expedited legal approval for

anyone who sort of falls in that category. but then by the same token, we should also not be allowing people in the country if they're if they're breaking the law. that doesn't make sense. the laws are there for reason. >> oh, well, he should be advising suella braverman then . advising suella braverman then. >> shouldn't they be just. >> shouldn't they be just. >> i mean, does >> yeah. i mean, what it does show really is a show is that this really is a global problem that that every country is facing a problem with migration country migration nation. no country seems to have come up with an answer to should be dealt answer to how it should be dealt with. and suella braverman , i with. and suella braverman, i think, missed an opportunity when she went to the to america to make her speech. but the most important thing about that and she's on lee anderson's show later on tonight but the most important thing thing about that is the idea that countries must all get together, the world must get together to try and solve the crisis . 100 million people the crisis. 100 million people on the move at the moment. this can only be dealt with globally and we can't have nonsense like , oh, well, let's let's

immigrants must stay in the first country they come to because then they get a disproportion amount of people. turkey has got 4 million refugees, which makes our problem look absolutely tiny. yeah >> yeah. when you put it in those terms. >> well, i mean, the real the real solution is to make those countries from which they are fleeing better places for them to live. >> of course. >> of course. >> course, you're right. >> but of course, you're right. how that? how do you do that? >> ultimately? >> ultimately? >> well, i hate to it, >> well, i hate to say it, nigel, we are out of time and i've to stop both there. nigel, we are out of time and i'vewe'llo stop both there. nigel, we are out of time and i'vewe'llo stnyou both there. nigel, we are out of time and i'vewe'llo stnyou laterth there. nigel, we are out of time and i'vewe'llo stnyou later on.1ere. nigel, we are out of time and i'vewe'llo stnyou later on. let's >> we'll see you later on. let's have a look at the weather. >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. is your latest >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. update/our latest >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. update from atest >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. update from theft >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. update from the met weather update from the met office gb fine office for gb news. a fine friday for the majority . friday for the vast majority. brighton. breezy, sunny brighton. a bit breezy, sunny spells and a few showers here and there . starting off with a and there. starting off with a little rain across east little bit of rain across east anglia in the south—east. quite a night, wasn't it? but a wet last night, wasn't it? but that rain has mostly cleared away. got plenty of away. we've still got plenty of showers packing in across the highlands, the western isles and the northern isles staying blustery scattered blustery here. a few scattered showers northern ireland, showers for northern ireland, maybe north—west maybe the odd one for north—west england wales. england and wales. but most places in south

places certainly in the south and will dry. more and east will stay dry. but more sunshine yesterday sunshine compared to yesterday andits sunshine compared to yesterday and it's feeling pleasant enough in sunshine the in the sunshine in the south—east, 70 south—east, 21, that's 70 fahrenheit. elsewhere we're fahrenheit. but elsewhere we're talking 16 to 18 celsius, feeling cooler, though, with the gusty winds the showers in gusty winds and the showers in northern keep northern scotland. they'll keep going well the evening. for going well into the evening. for most though, a fine most, though, it's a fine evening length three clear spells well . we'll allow it spells as well. we'll allow it to turn a little chilly , a bit to turn a little chilly, a bit colder certainly than last night. and we're going to start the weekend figures in the weekend in single figures in many locations and well down into single figures in the countryside. so, yes, bit countryside. so, yes, a bit chilly thing on saturday chilly first thing on saturday morning, but most will have a fine start the weekend . still fine start to the weekend. still quite northern quite blustery in the northern isles. still a few showers here and across the highlands, but for are fine. dry start to for most are fine. dry start to the weekend for the west, we will see a change clouding over for wales, northern ireland, outbreaks coming here outbreaks of rain coming in here and pick too and the winds will pick up too across england, northern across western england, northern ireland and that wet ireland and wales and that wet and windy weather pushes into south—west scotland later on. many and eastern parts many central and eastern parts will and the sunshine will stay dry and the sunshine in south—east, 20 degrees do

in the south—east, 20 degrees do stick with us. >> we've got plenty more to come , including the latest updates on just how bad

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to help rising energy bills . to help rising energy bills. despite a cap on what we can be charged . the economic secretary charged. the economic secretary to the treasury, andrew griffith , says there's still help for the vulnerable, but the government has to be very careful with our money. >> that's come at a very significant cost as we look to make sure the public finances are in as good shape as possible and ultimately to get back to an economy as a conservative, that i want to see where people keep more of what they earn and gb news has an exclusive interview with maria carlisle, one of many politicians in northern ireland demanding justice for the country's troubles and hits out at how uk authorities have treated victims like herself . treated victims like herself. >> what they have done quite stupidly, in my view, is put their own army veterans now on a par with the ira members who were fighting them. so they have put them on an equal playing field. officialdom has really

treated victims shabbily in northern ireland for decades . northern ireland for decades. >> could artificial intelligence keep us on our feet as we get older? a new ai platform claims the tech will reduce the number of falls that we have in our own homes. >> and of course , alex will have >> and of course, alex will have your latest weather update . your latest weather update. >> rain wake you up last night. will there be any more today? actually for most it's looking like a fine friday, although it will be blustery with some showers in northwest scotland. join later a full join me later for a full forecast and a peek into the weekend. >> scott , you sport. >> paul coyte scott, you sport. >> paul coyte scott, you sport. >> 44th ryder cup has begun in rome . currently europe are three rome. currently europe are three up with fleetwood mac all square. i'll explain that to up with fleetwood mac all >> good. good morning. i'm stephen dixon. >> and i'm anne diamond , and >> and i'm anne diamond, and this is breakfast on . this is breakfast on. gb news.

>> well, cutting down this tree has got you going. and i can understand why people are angry. a really, really can. i mean, this is who i think i agree with more than anyone. phil, who says whoever cut the tree down is simply a yeah, that's one of the that's one of the headlines on one of the papers, isn't it? >> there we are. oh, it's the daily mail, and i think that's probably of us feel. probably how most of us feel. yeah >> you diane says a young >> you see, diane says a young lad who chopped down the tree. if caught the right if they've caught the right person. got be clear person. i've got to be clear about that. don't know about that. we don't know yet. it be made manually it should be made to manually dig stump up. he would dig out the stump up. he would then understand the physical pain 300 year old pain of removing a 300 year old tree. that's not that's very, very because that will very good idea because that will be a massive root complex underneath that tree. well, caroline , you see see you've caroline, you see you see you've misunderstood caroline because she's me . she says she's annoyed with me. she says i'm with pat him on i'm stunned with the pat him on the head and send him on a course the vandal had course comment. the vandal had possession of a dangerous tool . possession of a dangerous tool. i'm not saying patting on the head and just put him on a nice

little course, but i'm saying you don't lock him up. what i'm saying no, but he needs to be punished in some way, but not just management course. just anger management course. no, no. but but something no, no, no. but but something like out the that is like the digging out the that is a punishment, but a bit of manual work. >> i tell you what, i think that's a jolly good idea because as i say, will have an as i say, that will have an enormous root complex. trees that old are almost big that old are almost as big underneath the as they underneath the ground as they are the top, aren't they? and are on the top, aren't they? and it would give him some it maybe it would give him some sort that that sort of understanding that that is was a living organism, is a that was a living organism, that cut off. that he just cruelly cut off. absolutely appalling. >> know, just keep it >> but, you know, just keep it in perspective. >> absolutely. we've >> we've oh, absolutely. we've also been talking about breakfast why talk breakfast and why we always talk about being most about breakfast being the most important meal day. important meal of the day. well jan it kellogg's who jan says it was kellogg's who invented most important meal invented the most important meal of day slogan to sell their of the day slogan to sell their cereal. you say that's true . cereal. you say that's true. >> there you go. i bet it is. you know, and all these things they they get sort of they get, they get sort of sucked into law, don't they, that you think it's just a law? >> absolutely . yeah. helen says >> absolutely. yeah. helen says there's nothing better than a weekend a good old weekend away in a good old

british b&b that serves kippers for breakfast. they stink. the house out, cooking them at home. but you can have them in somebody else's home, can't you want to sit in a b&b next to someone eating those? anyway, there's big report today there's a big report out today saying there's nothing saying that there's nothing better than kipper better for you than a kipper in the morning. >> maybe each their each >> maybe each to their own, each to let us know what to their own. let us know what you like. and our main news this morning a coalition 140 morning and a coalition of 140 charities and has called on charities and mps has called on the government more to the government to do more to offer financial support with our energy they've written to energy bills. they've written to downing and this downing street and this organised nation or coalition has warned that more than 30% of us are likely to pay higher bills this winter compared to last. >> its research done by the campaign group national energy action . and they found that 6.3 action. and they found that 6.3 million households will not be earning enough to cover their outgoings , and that is known as outgoings, and that is known as fuel poverty. that's an increase by the way, of more than 2 million families on last year. well the price cap, that's how much we're charged for energy per unit is set to fall this

week . week. >> and so with that in mind, why is it that more of us are going to struggle to pay our bills? >> well, our political correspondent, catherine forster explains . explains. >> 1st of october, the energy price cap will come down by 7, meaning an annual bill of £1,923. for a typical household. so good news, not quite . dual so good news, not quite. dual fuel prices are still 50% higher than they were before . the price than they were before. the price of gas and oil rocketed , leading of gas and oil rocketed, leading to eye—watering energy bills for all of us. and that's not all. the government hasn't yet announced any financial support on top of a price cap, an additional £400 over six months helped many families struggling with rising costs . these with rising costs. these measures lowered the average monthly energy cost to £141 without ongoing financial support, average costs are expected to increase to £160,

and the assistance was most desperately needed by those households who were most struggling to pay their bills. >> this is why you've got a letter signed and a statement signed by so many consumer champions, charities , businesses champions, charities, businesses calling for a social tariff, social tariff would bring lower pnces social tariff would bring lower prices for those homes hardest hit inflation is coming down and interest rates are holding steady. >> but with energy prices poised to rise , there could be a long to rise, there could be a long and challenging winter for many . catherine force dup news well, earlier we spoke to the economic secretary to the treasury , secretary to the treasury, andrew griffith. >> he said there is still help for the most vulnerable people . for the most vulnerable people. >> there are payments for the most vulnerable to help with the cost of living across this winter. that comes on top of an average average benefit per household of about . £3,300 over

household of about. £3,300 over last year and the year before. now that's a very significant amount of money. people didn't always see that because that was spent directly on shielding people from their bills in the first place. but that's come at a very significant cost as we look to make sure the public finances are in as good shape as possible and ultimately to get back to an economy as a concern . lviv that i want to see where people keep more of what they earn. we have to make these choices. but to be clear, there is support this winter for the most vulnerable. payments will be going out people's be going out into people's accounts months accounts in the coming months and over the course of the winter. >> well, our political correspondent catherine forster joins us now . morning, joins us now. morning, catherine. i mean, as the tories prepare for their conference, they will see some of what we've just been discussing as good news. but not all of it is good, is it? >> no, indeed. and we thought last winter was bad, didn't we, with the rising energy prices

worrying about whether you could put the heating on, how long you could keep it for on and the strikes and basically we here we go again we still have strikes. there's train drivers striking in the next few days and energy prices. yes, they have come down considerably. the energy price cap is going to be now just below £2,000 from the 1st of october. but most people will still find that these prices are very, very high. now, go back just a couple of years to before the russian invasion of ukraine. the average bill was about £1,300. and now we have this energy price cap at just under £2,000. so energy prices have gone up by well over 50% in the space of a couple of years. and certainly , although they were certainly, although they were much higher last year, the government spent a lot of money, didn't it, on their energy price guarantee, which kept the price

cap lower . and then they also cap lower. and then they also gave all households an additional . £400 of support to additional. £400 of support to cushion them to some extent. now thatis cushion them to some extent. now that is not happening. this yean that is not happening. this year. the government is keen to stress the support that they are giving to vulnerable households in terms of cost of living payment . its senior citizens payment. its senior citizens will still get their winter fuel payments , which vary between payments, which vary between about 250 and £600. but this coalition of 140 charities and businesses and mps, people like martin lewis from money saving expert organisations like scope, like age, uk , national energy like age, uk, national energy action , are saying that more action, are saying that more help is needed because vulnerable people yet again are going to be making a choice between heating and eating . and between heating and eating. and we know that in the winter when it gets cold, the risk of death fundamentally, if you are not

keeping yourself warm enough and also the impact on the nhs , if also the impact on the nhs, if people are not keeping warm, they end up getting sick. going into the nhs and placing a big strain on public services. so another difficult winter ahead. it looks like . it looks like. >> okay, catherine, thanks very much indeed . let's have a look much indeed. let's have a look at some of the other stories heading into the newsroom this morning and the metropolitan police has said a 79 year old boy has been charged with the murder of 15 old elian murder of 15 year old elian arade dam, who was stabbed to death in croydon, south london, on wednesday . the teenager can't on wednesday. the teenager can't be named for legal reasons and will at a youth court will appear at a youth court later today . later on today. >> the government is on course to oversee the biggest tax raising parliament since records began. that's according to the institute of fiscal studies , the institute of fiscal studies, the think tank. claims by the next general election, taxes will have risen to about 37% of national income. have risen to about 37% of national income . that would be a national income. that would be a level not seen since 1948, just after the second world war.

responding to the report, the government says the most effective tax cut we can deliver is to drive down inflation, down from today, train drivers will work to rule with no overtime and that comes ahead of two days of strikes . of strikes. >> members of the aslef union at 16 train operators in england embroiled in a long running dispute over pay. doesn't look like there's any breakthrough on the cards as yet. their leader, mick whelan , has said industrial mick whelan, has said industrial action could continue until christmas . and of course this christmas. and of course this next round of strike action is coinciding with conservative party . party. conference >> and it's 8:12 already. we're about to see a conversation between two people who come from opposite ends of northern ireland's political spectrum. but united in their call for for justice victims of the troubles. well this week, a series of

revelations are being made in a new book by maria cahill, the former sdlp councillor claims to have been sexually abused by her aunts have been sexually abused by her aunt's partner , who was alleged aunt's partner, who was alleged to have been part of the ira. now, the book documents cents, the cover up, intimidation and the cover up, intimidation and the continued issues surrounding legacy and reconciliation in northern ireland at a time when today the northern ireland legacy bill has just become an act of parliament. the legislation aims to offer a conditional amnesty to accused killers. >> well, our colleague and also former dup leader , former first former dup leader, former first minister arlene foster , began by minister arlene foster, began by asking maria to recount her experience at the age of 16. and you may find some of this a little bit disturbing . little bit disturbing. >> i think i had 2 or 3 tins and i was drinking half of them to try and keep up and putting them

down. and i became groggy and fell asleep and woke up then to i was being abused by this individual and i was extremely frightened by i think it frightened by it. i think it took seconds to catch on. took a few seconds to catch on. really. was happening. and really. what was happening. and i explain in the book i tried to explain in the book that kind of dilemma that you have in your head that you have to your brain almost races in a split second a few moments because you have to decide very quickly what you're going to do. and automatically i decided then that i was going to pretend to be sleeping so that that was my method, if like, of just method, if you like, of just getting each incident getting through each incident and that it became a pattern of behaviour. then that went on, behaviour. then as that went on, the didn't actually come to the ira didn't actually come to me until so it was me until 1999, so it was october, november and they knew that there were children in and out of that house at that time. but they decided in their own kind of warped morality that they approach me they couldn't really approach me before so they before i turned 18. so they waited and i turned 18 in may and they came then in october, november. so i just finished doing a—levels is when a doing my a—levels is when a woman appeared. >> didn't make a >> so you didn't make a

complaint the the ira complaint to the ira? the ira came and decided that came to you and decided that they were going to investigate an what had an inverted commas. what had happened , and tell our listeners happened, and tell our listeners and viewers what what form that investigation took. >> they didn't actually tell me initially did come, initially when they did come, you they asked me or you know, they asked me or told me rather, come to a meeting me rather, to come to a meeting that and when asked that night. and when i asked what it about, she wouldn't what it was about, she wouldn't tellso investigation went >> so this investigation went on. sometimes you were interrogated every day . they interrogated every day. they went on for months . and then went on for months. and then i think the pinnacle of it all is when you're brought into a room with your abuser, into a small room , and he faces you . room, and he faces you. >> the millennium had just happened and we're in the march. and they decided that they were going to give me these options. if you like. and thankfully i wrote them down time. you wrote them down at the time. you know. were a few things know. so there were a few things that could withdraw the that i could withdraw the allegations and they could go and put allegations . and and put the allegations. and this their terminology to this is all their terminology to them. and one of the things which they decided as an option, which they decided as an option, which then decided they which they then decided they took so they chose it, if you

like. so they said, oh, we had a number of options that we've been considering, but actually this is what we're going to do was they called a was what they called a confrontation. in again , the confrontation. and in again, the ira's kind of world, they ira's warped kind of world, they decided that sometimes they could read people's body language to see who was telling the truth. that sounds the truth. now, that sounds completely ridiculous now, but in seriousness, at the time in all seriousness, at the time that was what they were. so bringing two people and bringing two people together and then read how they react then try and read how they react to each almost like to each other, almost like a cork and the first thing he did was he took his shoe, his trainer off, and he joked with the individual and said, the other individual and said, don't and you're not don't be mad and hope you're not going about my smelly going to joke about my smelly feet or some off the cuff comment. you know, briege sat with and a piece of paper with a pen and a piece of paper and then this and basically then this confrontation happened between and basically then this con'and ation happened between and basically then this con'and him, happened between and basically then this con'and him, where ned between and basically then this con'and him, where hei between and basically then this con'and him, where he wasween me and him, where he was basically allowed tear strips basically allowed to tear strips off he was he was off me. so he was he was shouting, you know, you're calling you're liar. >> and what have you. >> and what have you. >> this didn't happen. whatever. so found that hugely damaging. so i found that hugely damaging. and it hugely and i still find it hugely damaging. i mean, you have sought justice through a system

and this book is a real credit to you because you've told the whole story in a very moving way. >> but if they won't come fonnard and say that that investigation took place and what happened to you took place, what happened to you took place, what does it mean for the wider situation in northern ireland? indeed, the fact that sinn fein is on course to be in government in the republic of ireland, the point when i then did go public, gerry adams wrote a blog where he admitted that the ira had moved and shot and expelled sex offenders. >> his words and that was something which i had been saying for quite a long time and really there had been a lid kept on that. so that exposed that working within the republican movement. but he used a particular phrase where he in that blog where he said there was quote, corporate way of was no, quote, corporate way of verifying claims as he called verifying my claims as he called them, the ira had them, because the ira had gone away, because had left away, because the ira had left the state. and i think that that poses a huge problem for the poses a huge problem now for the british who have british government, who have just brought through a legacy

bill relation to northern bill in relation to northern ireland, relying ireland, where they are relying on of former on the cooperation of former paramilitaries provide paramilitaries to provide evidence or information to people who are nursing their hurt quietly at home, who have been bereaved or seriously injured as a result of the conflict there. if the ira have gone, i don't believe they have. but gerry adams is arguing that they have. if they have gone and we follow the republican movement's logic here and there's no corporate way, then of verifying anything anybody has involved in, then no has been involved in, then no one, no republican will come fonnard in any legacy case to provide any meaningful information or resolution for anybody. and the british government have gone in on a huge exercise here, which really has protected its own and army veterans. i think. i mean, that was obviously the reason that the legislation was brought in, because they felt it was unfair. and i think what they have done quite stupidly, in my view, is put own army veterans now put their own army veterans now on the members on a par with the ira members who were fighting them. so they have put them on an equal

playing field official them has really treated victims shabbily in northern ireland for decades. you but when you then you know, but then when you then try to seek sort of justice try to seek some sort of justice resolution or accountability for it, every door is closed to you. and think that that a and i think that that is a really, really unfortunate state of events . of events. >> gosh. wow >> gosh. wow >> wow. in another gb news exclusive interview, a police officer who shot an ira terrorist in 1991 opened up on how his life has been ruined by years of legal battles earlier this month, a man whose identity has been kept secret and is known just as officer b told us that he hoped the northern ireland legacy bill would help him get his life back. >> he's faced six investigations which have all found his actions were justified. it's like an ongoing nightmare for all, isn't it ? let's speak to the oh, no, it? let's speak to the oh, no, let's have a listen. >> we've got him here. >> we've got him here. >> the worst of my anger is against the police ombudsman

because is for seven years on one month until the pps said there was no case. i've been under this cloud for seven years and one month, and it's not pleasant out. i live in fear for my life because during that penod my life because during that period of time , police ombudsman period of time, police ombudsman and for me and the police force that all my details had been given to the solicitor practise who's representing the family a doddie weir of information they had my picture. they had my name, they had my mobile phone number, they had my address, they had my company name. and where i worked . um, as i said, where i worked. um, as i said, an ongoing nightmare for all it seems like, doesn't it? >> let's speak to the former leader of the dup and of course, former first minister arlene foster. morning, arlene. wow

that was a powerful interview, i must say. but i think to those of us who weren't brought up or living in northern ireland dunng living in northern ireland during the troubles, it's very difficult sometimes to understand whether reconciliation and forgiveness can ever be found. what do you think ? think? >> well, i think we all hope that reconciliation and forgiveness can be found, but to do that, you have to be truthful and you have to acknowledge what happenedin and you have to acknowledge what happened in the past. and i think the fundamental issue with this book that maria carol has just brought out is that one of those organisations that was engagedin those organisations that was engaged in murder and sexual abuse and killings refuses to acknowledge what happened in the past. and indeed . the leader of past. and indeed. the leader of sinn fein and northern ireland has said there was no alternative to what happened in the past during those awful years of the troubles. so what this book does actually is that it blows the lid of what was

happening in a very republican area of northern ireland. there was essentially an alternative justice system running alongside the justice system, which those of us who lived in other parts of us who lived in other parts of northern ireland would have gone to. and it's a hugely well—written book, very readable. and i think that maria has done a great service because not only is she coming fonnard with what happened to her and she has an amazing strength , i she has an amazing strength, i have to say, guys, but she has also enabled others to come fonnard as well and say, well, actually it happened to me as well. and we didn't feel strong enough to come fonnard. but we're coming fonnard now and you can understand why some people don't want that line to be drawn. >> they still want justice to be carried out, and yet we've got to look to somewhere like south africa, haven't we? and their truth and reconciliation commission, which was incredibly difficult. but did work and perhaps it's getting something like that in place may help form

members of the ira to actually speak to the truth . speak to the truth. >> well, unfortunately , we >> well, unfortunately, we there's a couple of things there, stephen. their own code forbids them for coming fonnard from and giving details of what happenedin from and giving details of what happened in the past. so their own code prevents that from happening. and also in the book, it's acknowledged that gerry adams, the former leader of sinn fein, has said that there's no corporate way of verifying lying because the ira has moved off the stage in his words. so he's basically saying we have no way of saying what happened in the past because they're not there anymore . there are many, of anymore. there are many, of course, who will say that the ira army council is still in existence and that includes the garda commissioner and the repubuc garda commissioner and the republic of ireland and indeed our former chief constable as well. >> so will this new northern ireland legacy bill. actually achieve anything or will it stand as a barrier to some truths coming fonnard ?

truths coming fonnard? >> well, i think the difficulty is that one side, if you like, and i hate using that terminology because in some way it gives equivalence and there's no equivalence between members who were protecting people in northern ireland and those who sought to murder and mayhem. but the ira and paramilitaries will not come fonnard and give that evidence . so the people who are evidence. so the people who are coming fonnard and giving the evidence this commission will evidence to this commission will all who were here all be veterans who were here serving in northern ireland. and so it's very unbalanced . right. so it's very unbalanced. right. and i think that's the difficulty with this new system . certainly the system that went before was unbalanced. and therein lies the difficulty. this was an attempt by the government to try and deal with the inequality that was happening because the belfast agreement didn't deal with these victims issues. and that's 25 years ago. coming on 26 years ago. and as a result of not deaung ago. and as a result of not dealing with those difficulties at that time, we are still living with the problems of the past in northern ireland.

>> okay, arlene, as always, good to talk to you. thank you . to talk to you. thank you. >> right . and to talk to you. thank you. >> right. and at to talk to you. thank you. >> right . and at 824, to talk to you. thank you. >> right. and at 824, i think it's time to catch up with the weather. >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. fine friday for the vast majority. brighton a bit breezy , sunny spells, a a bit breezy, sunny spells, a few showers here and there. starting off with a little bit of rain across east anglia in the south—east quite wet. last night wasn't it? but that rain has mostly cleared away. we've still got plenty of showers packing highlands. still got plenty of showers pachestern highlands. still got plenty of showers pachestern isles highlands. still got plenty of showers pachestern isles and1ighlands. still got plenty of showers pachestern isles and thelands. the western isles and the northern isles, staying blustery here. showers here. a few scattered showers for ireland, the for northern ireland, maybe the odd north—west england odd one for north—west england and most places, and wales. but most places, certainly the south and east certainly in the south and east will bit more will stay dry a bit more sunshine compared yesterday will stay dry a bit more sunsfeelingmpared yesterday will stay dry a bit more sunsfeeling pleasant yesterday will stay dry a bit more sunsfeeling pleasant enoughiay will stay dry a bit more sunsfeeling pleasant enough ini and feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine in the south—east. 21, fahrenheit. 21, that's 70 fahrenheit. elsewhere and we're talking 16 to cooler , to 18 celsius. feeling cooler, though, gusty winds and though, with the gusty winds and the in northern the showers in northern scotland. going the showers in northern scotl into going the showers in northern scotlinto the going the showers in northern scotlinto the evening. going the showers in northern scotlinto the evening. forng the showers in northern scotlinto the evening. for most, well into the evening. for most, though, it's a fine evening. lengthy clear spells as well . lengthy clear spells as well. we'll allow it to turn a little

chilly , a bit colder certainly chilly, a bit colder certainly than last night. and we're going to start the weekend in single figures in many locations and well single figures in well down into single figures in the countryside. so, yes, a bit chilly first thing on saturday morning, but most will have a fine start the weekend. still fine start to the weekend. still quite blustery in northern quite blustery in the northern isles. showers here isles. still a few showers here and across the highlands, but for most are dry start to for most are fine. dry start to the weekend for the west , we the weekend for the west, we will a change clouding over will see a change clouding over for northern ireland, for wales, northern ireland, outbreaks coming here outbreaks of rain coming in here and winds pick up too, and the winds will pick up too, across western england, northern ireland wales. and that wet ireland and wales. and that wet and weather into and windy weather pushes into south—west scotland later on. many eastern parts many central and eastern parts will dry the sunshine will stay dry and the sunshine in south—east 20 degrees. in the south—east 20 degrees. >> different programs . oh, yes. >> different programs. oh, yes. hello. so we're just talking about the clock. >> yes, we're watching the time. >> yes, we're watching the time. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> it's 826, by the way . >> it's 826, by the way. >> it's 826, by the way. >> yes. now, up next, paul coyte is going to take us through all the details as the ryder cup begins in rome. this

gb news in it is 829 and 52 seconds. and this is breakfast with stephen and anne on your tv. and on your radio, perhaps in your car this morning. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and it's time for all the sports now with paul coyte, who joins us. >> i'm very excited. things are looking very good in the ryder cup at the moment. already already mean, it's already already. i mean, it's early days. >> started couple of >> they started a couple of hours ago. >> know, but we're up to >> i know, 635, but we're up to about 8 or 9 holes. but the four pairings at the

pairings that are out at the moment and you're up in all four oh, so it's looking very good. it early days, know, and it is early days, you know, and it's rome, isn't it? it is in rome. >> what's the weather like there? >> weather looks good. >> the weather looks good. everything fantastic. it everything looks fantastic. it looks like a wonderful place to be moment. but but be at the moment. but but i mentioned earlier about pairings. don't if pairings. now, i don't know if you remember tommy fleetwood and francesco they were francesco molinari. they were a pairing a few ryder cups ago. very successful . and they called very successful. and they called the two of them hollywood. oh did they? because you know how they like to. oh, yes. so there's another one now. and this is fleetwood is now playing with rory mcilroy . with rory mcilroy. >> oh, that's the fleetwood mac i >> fleetwood mac. so i don't know whether they've actually been paired up purely for that . been paired up purely for that. >> oh, could probably. >> oh, could probably. >> or they makes a good headline. >> could say they're going their own or, or something like own way or, or something like that. dream of that. i would never dream of doing a thing. doing such a thing. >> what's this about athletic juice? >> ah yeah. this is away from the ryder cup. >> oh, is it? oh, this is away from the ryder cup.

>> but it's the delhi state athletics championship , which, athletics championship, which, you watched very closely you know, i watched very closely to going. is you know, i watched very closely tcvery going. is you know, i watched very closely tcvery bizarre going. is you know, i watched very closely tcvery bizarre story. ning. is you know, i watched very closely tcvery bizarre story. so . is you know, i watched very closely tcvery bizarre story. so they've. a very bizarre story. so they've got all the athletes, they're all competing, obviously, and then there was a story in a newspaper that had a picture of syringes and there was a syringes and there was a syringes that were in a basin, and it gave them it's like, hold on. this cheating going on, this drugs testing. so they send a drugs testing. so they send a drugs tester in from from i can't remember what they actually call all the actual drugs. the national anti—doping agency of india. so he turns up and everybody he runs for the hills. so there's eight 100 metre runners all lined up ready to go for the final. they clock the fact that the drugs agency guys arrived to test them so then all of a sudden get a pulse. it's like, yeah, i've got a bad muscle, i've got a pull a bonein a bad muscle, i've got a pull a bone in my leg. >> there's one guy that's left in the race, so obviously he wins because he's the only one. >> he's obviously the cleanest one there. there was a steeplechase runner who was

running the steeplechase , and as running the steeplechase, and as soon as they clocked the fact that agency arrived, that the drugs agency arrived, the steeplechase crossed the steeplechase runner crossed the steeplechase runner crossed the and continued to run the line and continued to run out of the stadium. no. and the next day, when they were going to have the actual gold medals and have all the everybody up there to get their awards, etcetera, hardly anybody turned up that sounds like a comedy movie. it does sound like. and the thing is, it sounds it sounds hilarious, but india have got the worst record next to russia when it comes to positive drugs tests. so there's a real problem there. but it's a true comedy of errors. so as soon as the guy turns up, everybody's like, yeah, i won't be running . like, yeah, i won't be running. >> do you know? >> do you know? >> the funny thing is though, if they were all doped, it would almost have been fair race. almost have been a fair race. >> the funny thing is that >> yeah, the funny thing is that they talked this last year they talked about this last year and there was a that was and there was a guy that was actually putting this thing together doping together about having the doping games goes, oh, games where everything goes, oh, for sake. you know, for heaven's sake. but you know, health it's just not good health wise, it's just not good and terrible and awful , health wise, it's just not good and terrible and awful, mind you.

>> but there's something quite nice in the sprint nice that the guy in the sprint who was the only one left who obviously won. yeah. probably would been the only one would have been the only one would have been the only one would have been the only one would have last. would have been last. >> he's good on him. lalit 20 year old. >> he's the he was the clean guy. i mean, i'm saying that i don't know. you don't know the other did a very bad other seven did get a very bad muscle martyrdom and they actually away. actually moved away. >> i imagine he tested , >> but i imagine he was tested, though. the winner, the one and only, hope he only, i hope he did. >> and they let him run >> and i hope they let him run it, probably as he was as it, probably waving as he was as he running through. he was running through. >> his did yeah. >> take his time. did yeah. >> take his time. did yeah. >> the only person to take half an hour to win the 100 metre record. >> what this for >> what about this for breakfast? louise has been in touch and she says she's touch kwasi and she says she's just had mushy peas and just had hot, mushy peas and bread for breakfast. bread and butter for breakfast. >> what you fancy >> you know? what do you fancy that? know, i do. that? you know, i do. >> because you know why >> yeah. because you know why not? should your taste not? but why should your taste change thing change first thing in the morning as it would maybe lunch time afternoon. probably time in the afternoon. probably make breakfast. make a lovely breakfast. >> that's of gravy >> yeah, that's a bit of gravy on top. oh, beautiful. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> see breakfast? >> you see breakfast? >> you see breakfast? >> she'll please for breakfast.

>> she'll please for breakfast. >> talking about which we've been chatting about ultra processed foods and junk food this morning, it's been this morning, but it's been revealed some scientists revealed that some scientists who've backed processed food actually have links to the world's largest menu facturers of the products. well comb through that story and much more in headline makers, which is

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this is breakfast with stephen and anne. >> shall we have a look at what's making the headlines in the papers and online with our headune the papers and online with our headline makers, hubby and wife team that never argue apparently . gb news is senior political commentator nigel nelson and former conservative adviser claire pearsall might argue now, though, you never know. oh, we might. now. i wonder what you think of. we've always wondered, haven't we, how melania and donald trump really get along ? donald trump really get along? mm hmm. >> and they live in separate houses. >> well, that's right. and what melania thought of him running for president, the first time and then having to go and and then her having to go and live him in white live with him in the white house. not that she did. >> he didn't like it. house. not that she did. >> no,:iidn't like it. house. not that she did. >> no, exactly. {e it. house. not that she did. >> no, exactly. well, the >> no, exactly. well, in the mail today or at least online, it's saying that she has quietly reneged, created prenup reneged, created her prenup agreement with donald. ahead of his bid for a second white house term because she's very worried that her son, barron is only a couple of months away from being 18 now. and she's also very well aware that donald has very big

legal bills to face which might affect his overall wealth and therefore have a serious effect on her prenuptial agreement should she ever need it. and so she has renegotiated i didn't know. you could know. i didn't know. you could know. i didn't know you could either. >> i mean , claire and asked me >> i mean, claire and asked me for a prenup . for a prenup. >> so you fool, she didn't stop me getting getting my hands on her wealth. >> oh, all right. >> oh, all right. >> you can keep your books and your toy soldiers , and i'll keep your toy soldiers, and i'll keep the cats. and you know , the cats. and you know, everybody's happy. i don't think we need that written up in. >> but but but you're right. i have no idea. i thought these were in stone and you were things set in stone and you couldn't actually go back on them. it three times. them. she's done it three times. this is the third time that she's been able to do it. this is the third time that she renegotiate to do it. this is the third time that she renegotiate it? do it. >> renegotiate it? >> renegotiate it? >> and i mean, this >> yeah. and i mean, this particular one for good reason, because their because it's for their their son, who's just to son, barron, who's just about to turn 18. she wants to get turn 18. and she wants to get some kind of trust fund for him. and obviously , in a sense, if and obviously, in a sense, if you're going to do it she's come at the right come at him at the right time he's not going

right time that he's not going to want to get into a long row with her while he's running for president. but i think you're absolutely right that she's seeing all the his $2.5 billion fortune drift away . well, it fortune drift away. well, it could easily legal actions. yeah that he faces so many lawsuits he's got to defend it doesn't it doesn't bode well for being a happy doesn't bode well for being a happy marriage does it? >> i mean i don't i don't agree with prenups at all. >> it's very you would if you were marrying donald trump, wouldn't you know, not because he's putting the wealth. >> you might think you're marrying into and have every reason to believe you could at least have of could least have half of he could be frittering away on legal frittering that away on legal legal bills that would render render your wealth. >> not if it's a love match, if it's a love match. >> but i also feel it sort of takes away that the feminist power and this is where i get a little bit sort of. yeah, i do. i'm with you. i think that you go into a marriage and you want the love and affection and all the love and affection and all the rest of it, but i think that

women who just rely upon a prenuptial agreement to make sure of their status aftennards kind of defeats the purpose that they should be financially secure by themselves and not rely upon a man for. i mean, you could tell somebody who's been through a very painful divorce and came out with two cats and a small child, that was it. so small child, and that was it. so i think that you need to be able to stand on your own two feet so i can understand why she's done it. but part of me i don't it. but part of me just i don't like idea of these like the idea of these prenuptial where the prenuptial agreements where the spouse can say, i'm going to have x, y and z out of this aftennards and this amounts of money. i just i think that you need to look at what you bring to this and what you can do to ensure your own. don't you think security when she married him, she thought she was marrying a businessman. >> he suddenly at some point decided he wanted run for president. >> what's that meant be >> what's that meant to be a bonus, though, wouldn't it? >> i don't know. >> well, i don't know. >> well, i don't know. >> don't for her >> no, i don't think for her particularly. i can see her thinking, don't us

thinking, please don't take us into this ridiculous, insane presidential election campaign again . and he's saying, i want again. and he's saying, i want to i want to run for president. i mean, i think he has fundamentally, possibly changed the basis of their the whole basis of their marriage. >> see on her face >> you could see on her face when he was president how much he the spotlight that she he hated the spotlight that she hated everything that went with the president. see, and i think you're right that she didn't sign for that. you're right that she didn't sign for that . and suddenly sign up for that. and suddenly she was plunged into the of she was plunged into the role of first which actually first lady, which is actually a major role in america . yeah. and major role in america. yeah. and you really had to start working. >> and the scrutiny that went with that role and none of none of which she ever wanted. >> she wanted to stay in the background. and so i can understand her being angry. the marriage doesn't look exactly very close at the moment. they seem to mostly apart. so seem to live mostly apart. so you can imagine that she wants to the money to make sure before the money goes, sure she's got some to make sure before the money go it, sure she's got some to make sure before the money go it, of sure she's got some to make sure before the money go it, of nailed1e's got some to make sure before the money go it, of nailed down.t some of it sort of nailed down. >> yeah, well, yeah , well, i'm >> yeah, well, yeah, well, i'm not i'm not going to criticise her. claire, can we have a look at the guardian? because we've

been talking processed foods this morning. good , the bad, been talking processed foods this ugly,|ing. good , the bad, been talking processed foods thisugly, but good , the bad, been talking processed foods this ugly, but also good , the bad, been talking processed foods this ugly, but also thed , the bad, been talking processed foods this ugly, but also the cheap. bad, the ugly, but also the cheap. which is why a lot of people are doing it. but there are some scientists who've said ultra processed foods are just being demonised . demonised. >> and i can kind of see the point in this. again it goes back to a conversation that we had previously about the different foods that are considered to be good, bad and indifferent and it's interesting with ultra processed foods because it includes things that are pretty much sort of everyday staples, things like sausages or ham, baby formula is considered to be an ultra processed food margarine or certain spreads. those kind of thing. and fruit and flavoured yoghurts and, and you sort of think, well , and flavoured yoghurts and, and you sort of think, well, i and flavoured yoghurts and, and you sort of think, well , i guess you sort of think, well, i guess when you're talking about those pre—packaged microwave meals and yes, i think we all understand that that's not a great thing to live on full time. but in the cost of living crisis, when people are working maybe 2 or 3

jobs as well and don't have a lot of time to cook something from scratch, you need to be able to have a wide ranging diet . and it's quite interesting, the piece in the guardian goes on explain how a lot of these on to explain how a lot of these individuals, these scientists who are putting out the information are also paid for by by a lot of these companies like pepsico, nestle and people like that who have their own part to play that who have their own part to play in these dietary choices. so you do sort of think there may be a little bit of scepticism, but there's also no core cause and effect given in all of this. nobody really knows from the evidence given whether people are affected adversely by ultra processed foods just because they're ultra processed foods. so it's kind of a bit of a grey area if you just eat something with a load of sugar and salt and fat. >> well, i think we all know that that isn't good for you. >> but you know, occasionally we will do it. and i that we will do it. and i think that we need look at diet in modern need to look at diet in modern nafion need to look at diet in modern nation and you should be able to

have what you choose. have bits of what you choose. >> stop talking. >> stop talking. >> since claire, it's so difficult moderate , isn't it? >> yes, certainly is. >> yes, certainly is. >> on this. >> on this. >> should we have a look at getting older , which i know is getting older, which i know is something we all look fonnard to, but we all because to, but we all know because we've all whether it's ourselves or or the rest of it, or relatives or the rest of it, as you get older, you get a bit more unstable on your feet and you really fear falling . and you really fear falling. and when you do fall, you really fall. >> yes. >> yes. >> i don't know what it is. can you just do you not react as quickly or something? but my mum fell over once and fell over once or twice and she's it's shakes her she's and it's it shakes her really shakes her. and she's far from is far from frail i >> -- >> so -- >>so| >> so i fell over in the rain once when i was taking one of my sons round. his potential university and it was pouring with and my trousers got so with rain and my trousers got so sodden they caught on each other and i fell over , put that arm and i fell over, put that arm out to save myself and completely knocked the knocked the shoulder out of its socket . the shoulder out of its socket. so it can be really painful . so it can be really painful. well, the answer may be artificial intelligence . i don't

artificial intelligence. i don't understand how it could work. >> no? >> no? >> well, let's find out from ceo and co founder of a company called sevilla , dr. ben called sevilla, dr. ben maruthappu , who joins us this maruthappu, who joins us this morning . good. nice to see you. morning. good. nice to see you. well how on earth can i help with people's stability ? can with people's stability? can omicron so at sarah we organise for older people to receive visits in their own homes from our carers and nurses . our carers and nurses. >> every time our staff visit them, they use our smartphone app them, they use our smartphone app to collect information on how patients are doing their sleep, their mood, their nutrition , even what medications nutrition, even what medications they've taken. and we've now started to use ai they've taken. and we've now started to use al to take this information and predict the chances of someone having a fall. and we can predict with 83% accuracy if someone is going to have a fall a week before they do. this then means we can take measures earlier on to reduce that risk and prevent a fall such as ensuring someone's appropriately hydrating, hydrated or reviewing the medications are on ensuring that

their home is set up appropriately to reduce the risk of them falling over. and since rolling this out just a few weeks ago, we've seen falls come down 20% in. it's in the first two weeks of the program. and as you say, this is a big problem. >> yeah, no, i was going to say, that's amazing. what you're saying the likelihood saying is the likelihood of a fall in older person can fall in an older person can actually be predicted . actually be predicted. >> absolutely. we can predict it using this technology , which in using this technology, which in turn means we can start to prevent it. and remember , falls prevent it. and remember, falls are the number one reason older people turn up in a&e via an ambulance in this country. so it's a big challenge for the people going through it, but it's also a challenge for the nhs to deal with. >> are you also saying then that these falls i mean, we just tend to say people don't have the same sense of balance or aren't quite as sturdy their legs? quite as sturdy on their legs? what you? are you it what have you? are you saying it is actually to things like is actually down to things like sleep hydration ? sleep patterns and hydration? >> a number of factors such as the health conditions a person has, how fatigued they are,

whether they're dehydrated . yes, whether they're dehydrated. yes, these contribute to the likelihood of someone having a fall and can tip things over the edge. it can tip that risk over the edge. and so by identifying and spotting these patterns earlier on, we do something earlier on, we can do something about them and we can use ai in an encouraging way to improve people's lives. and that's what we're seeing at. >> sarah couldn't you be actually over sciencing this as in that you could actually say, why don't we just take better care and keep a closer eye on all old people? >> well, i think we should be doing that regardless. i think we should be supporting older people across the board to live better at homes in their communities . but a national communities. but at a national level , it can be difficult to level, it can be difficult to keep an eye on the people who are most likely to have a fall. and if you imagine someone with severe dementia, it's difficult and if you imagine someone with sevthemementia, it's difficult and if you imagine someone with sevthem to entia, it's difficult and if you imagine someone with sevthem to track it's difficult and if you imagine someone with sevthem to track thisdifficult for them to track this themselves. so we provided a technology tool that supports carers and potentially family members in tracking this risk so they can do something about it. or if necessary, they can flag

it to their gp earlier on before it to their gp earlier on before it occurs and before they need an ambulance to take them to hospital. >> then really good to see you. thanks very much indeed. i mean this nigel, is fascinating. i know we sometimes sceptical about al and the benefits of this sort of algorithm use and what have you, but actually what it's got a real life impact like this is that's huge . this is that's huge. >> that's good. i mean what what he's talking about there if it actually helps old people not sort of to get quite severe injuries, that's great. there's something about it that makes me feel uncomfortable . why? well, feel uncomfortable. why? well, because what it's doing is it's predicting your behaviour and you begin to wonder where i will go. i mean, does that mean that i will be able to predict whether if you carry on in a certain direction, then you might get divorced or you won't get on get on in your career. or even worse . even w0 rse. >> even worse. >> well, except. >> well, except. >> except what that is using for its drivers for the prediction is physiological . it's whether

is physiological. it's whether you've had enough sleep. it's whether you've eaten enough hydrated enough . yeah, it's hydrated enough. yeah, it's physiological rather than psychology . psychology. >> logical. yes. it's taking all those factors into account. i'm just that that as just suggesting that that as this you take other this develops, you take other factors into account and then we get to the point about what if it predicts you will commit it predicts that you will commit a and where does the state a crime and where does the state step in to stop you doing that minority report? >> i was going to say, we've all got little bit minority report got a little bit minority report on this is great and on it. i think this is great and it shows ai has a real it shows that al has a real benefit in the health care industry. it's still being input by a human being. it's being input by a carer who is the person closest to that older person closest to that older person or vulnerable person at the time. so i think i think it's great that you can predict if somebody is going to be more prone to a fall that hydration levels are so important in older people. but if dementia, if a carer has to input that information, why isn't a carer just thinking i'll flag this up to the gp anyway? because they

probably looking after so many other people same time other people at the same time and they're not just looking after one person. you can't. the best the world they best will in the world if they are looking after humanising . are looking after humanising. no, think it's all those no, i don't think it's all those things bit jittery things make me a bitjittery about it. yeah, no, i think it provides a much more tailored plan to that individual rather than treating all dementia patients in a certain way, you are now tailored it to an individual in their circumstances . circumstances. >> see, i dread the idea of to going the gp or the gp coming to me if i were very old and them saying, well, you're a bit dehydrated. monday we dehydrated. on monday and we think tuesday you think probably tuesday and you should something about it. >> no, no, but that's good because i like that saturday you're down you're going to fall down the stairs. i have that now that happens to me now with my happens to me now with more my glucose levels appear on glucose levels just appear on here and that just transmitted to this. >> this transmits them to the to my specialist at any point they can log in and go yes you did this yesterday and this happened. it's brilliant in terms of diagnosis sticks and but that's not not not ai, is it?

>> no. this is just monitoring your diabetes . your diabetes. >> but there are ai elements within that . then looking at within that. then looking at things one, c and what things like hba, one, c and what have you. okay. so it's putting it together, isn't it, for it all together, isn't it, for you? so it's incredibly useful. >> of aren't to >> most of us aren't used to that. i feel a bit that. and so i feel a bit distrustful. >> it's brilliant. i love it. >> i'll tell you what i do find confusing about al, and that is al is what i when i'm not ai is what i when i'm not working. that's what i use to say. yes, being a northerner, i don't say yes. oh it's just ai all time. all the time. >> . >> yeah. >> w n >> yeah. >> i should set up my >> so maybe i should set up my own school. >> i think probably should . >> i think you probably should. keighley library has a very handy class on a friday morning andits handy class on a friday morning and it's how to speak yorkshire . oh, yorkshire. >> right. and this, this. >> right. and this, this. >> there are so many different classes knit and natter the chest club that go on but the most oversubscribed club is how to speak yorkshire and it's a fascinating look into why dialects are so important. why cultural relevance to them is so

important and one of the best phrases that we had is, you know, the words in west yorkshire , few words are more yorkshire, few words are more than two syllables because they have to be pithy enough to be yelled across the mine. >> yes, of course . >> yes, of course. >> yes, of course. >> and that's i mean, i find language really, really fascinating. and i would have studied this at university if they course at the time. they had the course at the time. i love linguistics and how language is made up and why people the they do and people speak the way they do and ijust people speak the way they do and i just think this is great. and if it's bringing people closer to their own heritage and their own town, but also then educating around why these educating them around why these words come into existence , words have come into existence, all the better effect , words have come into existence, all the better effect, all words have come into existence, all the better effect , all the better. >> we are out of time, nigel clare but it's been a joy . thank clare but it's been a joy. thank you. that's been a joy. smithy oh, smithy let's have a look at the weather up good morning, i'm alex deakin. >> this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a fine friday for the vast majority brighten a bit breezy sunny spells , a few breezy sunny spells, a few

showers here and there. starting off with a little bit of rain across east anglia in the south—east. quite a wet last night, wasn't it? but that rain has mostly cleared away. we've still got plenty of showers packing in across the highlands, still got plenty of showers pac western cross the highlands, still got plenty of showers pac western isles the highlands, still got plenty of showers pac western isles and highlands, still got plenty of showers pac western isles and the lands, the western isles and the northern isles staying blustery here, scattered showers here, a few scattered showers for ireland, maybe the for northern ireland, maybe the odd north—west england odd one for north—west england and wales, but most places, certainly and east certainly in the south and east will stay dry. but more sunshine compared to yesterday and feeling enough the feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine south—east, 21, sunshine in the south—east, 21, that's fahrenheit. elsewhere, that's 70 fahrenheit. elsewhere, we're celsius. we're talking 16 to 18 celsius. feeling though , with the feeling cooler, though, with the gusty the showers in gusty winds and the showers in northern keep gusty winds and the showers in northe well keep gusty winds and the showers in northe well into keep gusty winds and the showers in northe well into the keep gusty winds and the showers in northe well into the evening.5p going. well into the evening. for most, though, it's a fine evening. lengthy clear spells as well . we'll allow it to turn a well. we'll allow it to turn a little chilly , a bit colder little chilly, a bit colder certainly than last night. little chilly, a bit colder certainly than last night . and certainly than last night. and we're going to start the weekend in many in single figures in many locations. and well down into single in the single figures in the countryside. so, yes, a bit chilly first thing on saturday morning, but most will have a fine to the weekend. still fine start to the weekend. still quite the northern quite blustery in the northern isles, a few showers here isles, still a few showers here and across the highlands, but for most dry start to

for most are fine. dry start to the weekend . for the west, we the weekend. for the west, we will see change clouding over will see a change clouding over for northern ireland for wales, northern ireland outbreaks rain coming in here outbreaks of rain coming in here and will pick up too, and the winds will pick up too, across england, northern across western england, northern ireland wet ireland and wales. and that wet and weather pushes into and windy weather pushes into south—west later south—west scotland and later on many central and eastern parts will dry and sunshine will stay dry and the sunshine in south—east, 20 degrees. in the south—east, 20 degrees. >> not bad a right do stick with us. up next, the very latest information on the impending energy tariff price cap and just how much it's going to cost you in your heating bills this winter. they're predicting that the bills are going to go up even though other things are coming down. it doesn't make any sense we will explain sense to us, but we will explain it to you if we possibly can. do stick with us. you're watching

gb news. >> good morning. just heading your way towards 9:00 this morning. loads of you getting in touch on a whole host of things, but particularly the tree . and but particularly the tree. and jane says, i'm the voice of reason. >> she says , well done, stephen. >> she says, well done, stephen. you are the voice of reason. >> the 16 year old who cut down the tree as a kid. you know , of the tree as a kid. you know, of course, reprimanded, but prison, no way. why turn the deaf kid into a criminal, which is fair, but your thoughts but keep your thoughts coming through. 9:00 on friday, through. it is 9:00 on friday, the 29th of september. and these are the stories we've been covering on breakfast so far this morning. household energy bills could be even more expensive than last winter. the government's under pressure to

introduce more financial support . we've been asking how long can sticking plaster politics deal with our energy crisis ? with our energy crisis? >> and just ahead of the concert party conference, in an exclusive interview, the former home secretary challenges the prime minister and chancellor to reduce taxes to help struggling families . families. >> as conservatives , we believe >> as conservatives, we believe in hope and aspiration. so what does that look like now? that should mean lower taxes. the burden of tax has to start to come down. >> a new report reveals the shocking lack of disabled access at train stations in the north. sophie reaper has been looking at how basic accessibility has been overlooked. and you can see the full report on gbnews.com >> a new report has suggested that britain consumes more ultra processed food than anywhere else in europe. >> we debated whether the cost to our health was worth the savings in our pocket and gb news has an exclusive interview with maria cahill, one of many

politicians in northern ireland demanding justice for the country's troubles and hitting out at how uk authorities have treated people like herself . treated people like herself. >> what they have done quite stupidly, in my view, is put their own army veterans now on a par with the ira members who were fighting them. so they have put them on an equal playing field. officialdom has really treated victims shabbily in northern ireland for decades . northern ireland for decades. >> and could i keep us on our feet as we get older? a new platform claims the technology will help reduce the number of falls that people have in their own homes . own homes. >> we to keep across the weather for you with alex rain wake you up last night. >> will it be any more today? actually for most it's looking like a fine friday, although it will be blustery with some showers in northwest scotland. join later for full join me later for a full forecast and peek into the weekend. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon. >> and i'm anne diamond. >> and i'm anne diamond. >> and i'm anne diamond. >> and this is breakfast on gb news .

news. will in worthing morning will. sorry, i was just having to think about what he was saying. yeah, go on. it's a point. it's an interesting point as well. and i think to anyone caring for an older person, you might agree. will says it's might well agree. will says it's all well identifying all very well identifying elderly who likely to elderly people who are likely to have we can all do that. have a fall. we can all do that. the is that older people the problem is that older people are either stubborn or are often either too stubborn or are often either too stubborn or are often either too stubborn or are of their are in denial of their vulnerability will simply vulnerability and will simply refuse accept advice or to refuse to accept advice or to use aids to support themselves. you certainly don't like being told and liable to fall. >> no, no . >> no, no. >> no, no. >> but i think this is more from what i understand, it's more people who are very vulnerable. >> people. yeah. >> people. yeah. >> but also people who are not falling because they're not using a walking frame or something, they're because something, but they're because they're rehydrating they're not sleeping rehydrating and sort issues . they're not sleeping rehydrating and sort issues. i and all those sort of issues. i mean, get it. it's odd, but mean, i get it. it's odd, but but it seems to have worked. they've seen this 20% reduction

in falls as a result, which is the most that to me is the most convincing thing. >> if it's already where it's been trialled, caused a 20% reduction in falls, then you have to watch that, don't you? >> yeah, you do. when it comes to energy prices and this comes up again and again and again in marion, it's a very good point. no one seems to be questioning why charges shot why have standing charges shot up from £0.18 a day to £0.54 a day for electric and £0.27 for gas in the last 12 months, as have your standing charges gone up that much? >> i haven't you know, i haven't checked. >> no, exactly. i should check . >> no, exactly. i should check. we should all check. we've all got to become wiser consumers. >> yes, we have . and this >> yes, we have. and this morning, a coalition of 140 charities and mps have called on the government to do more to offer financial support with energy bills because it looks like things are going to get worse for us. in a letter to downing street, they're warning that than 3 of us are that more than 1 in 3 of us are likely to pay higher energy bills this winter than we did last research by the campaign

group national energy action found that 6.3 million households won't be earning enough to cover their outgoings , and that is fuel poverty . , and that is fuel poverty. >> that's an increase of more than 2 million families on last yean >> well, the price cap on how we will be charged for energy, the price per unit that ofgem sets is actually going to fall this weekend. so why is it that more of us are struggling with our bills? >> it's a conundrum from our political correspondent catherine forster explains . catherine forster explains. >> from the 1st of october, the energy price cap will come down by 7, meaning an annual. bill of £1,923 for a typical household. so good news. not quite. jill fuel prices are still 50% higher than they were before . the price than they were before. the price of gas and oil rocketed, leading to eye—watering energy bills for all of us. and that's not all. the government hasn't yet announced any financial support

on top of a price cap, an additional £400 over six months helped many families struggling with rising costs . these with rising costs. these measures lowered the average monthly energy cost to £141 without ongoing financial support, average costs are expected to increase to £160, and the assistance was most desperately needed by those households who were most struggling to pay their bills. >> this is why you've got a letter sign and a statement signed by so many consumer champions charities and businesses calling for a social tariff. social tariff would bnng tariff. social tariff would bring lower prices for those homes hardest hit inflation is coming down and interest rates are holding steady. >> but with energy prices poised to rise , there could be a long to rise, there could be a long and challenging winter for many . catherine gb news .

. catherine gb news. >> for many, these rocket high pnces >> for many, these rocket high prices probably won't surprise you.the prices probably won't surprise you. the government is on course to oversee the biggest tax raising parliament since records began. that's according to the institute for fiscal studies. >> yeah, the home secretary pretty or former home secretary i should say, dame priti patel is she now is has told gb news that taxes must come down. it's a bit of a rallying cry to the tory faithful ahead of party conference this weekend. well speaking to our political editor, christopher hope, she told gb news she wanted to see tax cuts before the next election in what will be seen as a challenge to the prime minister, rishi sunak and the chancellor, jeremy hunt. >> so you will not be surprised by my own views on this. the tax burden is now at a 70 year high. thatis burden is now at a 70 year high. that is unsustainable and the people that pay the taxes are hard pressed. brits around the country . as conservatives, we country. as conservatives, we believe in lower taxes, as conservatives , we believe being conservatives, we believe being on the side of hard working households and families . as

households and families. as conservatives, we believe in hope and aspiration . hope and aspiration. >> so what does that look like now? >> that should mean lower taxes. the burden of tax to start the burden of tax has to start to down. however look at to come down. however look at the cycle that we're in right now. we've got one more fiscal cycle potentially a cycle potentially before a general and it's general election. how and it's not being bold not just about being bold or ambitious. about being ambitious. it's about being conservative and ensuring that the keep more the the public keep more of the money they earn rather than money that they earn rather than seeing size the state seeing the size of the state continue to which which continue to grow, which which chopper has done. sure chopper it has done. i'm sure you've about this and you've written about this and you've written about this and you've spoken about this before. that's space that we need to that's the space that we need to be well let's talk to our be in. well let's talk to our political correspondent, catherine forster, who joins us now. >> i mean, it's interesting, catherine. you look at the headunes catherine. you look at the headlines and, you know, the ofgem price cap is coming down this weekend. inflation's coming down. the economy is slightly growing. it all sounds very positive. but the reality for all of us is things are actually hurting us in our pocket, even more . more. >> yes, it looks like we're heading into yet another

difficult winter, doesn't it, with real concerns about paying energy bills and also ongoing strikes, we're looking at rail strikes, we're looking at rail strikes over the next few days. so it feels in some ways like not much has changed. sure. the energy price cap is coming down. in theory that means cheaper bills. but what is lacking is this £400 per household that the government paid last year to support people, which made a difference when bills were sky high. the government does not want to spend that money this year because, of course, it's very, very worried about the astronomical amount of debt now running at about £26 trillion. now they're keen to stress that they're offering help in other ways. but this group of 140 charities, businesses , people charities, businesses, people like martin lewis from money saving expert charities like age uk and scope, very concerned , uk and scope, very concerned, learned that the most vulnerable people will not be able to manage and saying that a third

of households are going to struggle to pay their energy bills this winter. >> okay, catherine, for now, thanks very much indeed. it's a bit of a grim outlook, isn't it ? >> sadly, it is certainly going the tories going into their party conference with with with headunes party conference with with with headlines saying that they are the highest taxing parliament since 1948. it's not a good look i >> well, not especially. not for a tory government. >> no. exactly. >> no. exactly. >> but they say, look at the challenges we've had to face. look at things, extraordinary circumstances. but you know, it's if the if they want to get win the election on then taxes are going to have to come down before the next election . before the next election. >> except the institute for fiscal studies are saying it's made the front page lead the made the front page lead of the times the higher taxes may times that the higher taxes may never be reversed. so we're all going to have to get used to really high taxes. yes, maybe for years to come. >> yeah. well, yeah, we shall see. >> oh, joy. oh, joy . for 9:10. >> oh, joy. oh, joy. for 9:10. sorry. friday morning. let's

have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. we've got some breaking news for you as the metropolitan police have said that a 17 year old boy has been charged with charged this morning with a murder of 15 year old elian andam, who was stabbed to death in in south london. the in croydon in south london. the teenager can't be named for legal reasons, will appear at a youth later on today . youth court later on today. >> the government is on course to oversee the biggest tax raising parliament since records began. that is according to the institute for fiscal studies . institute for fiscal studies. it's a think tank and it claims by the next general election taxes will have risen to around 37% of national income. taxes will have risen to around 37% of national income . that 37% of national income. that would be a level not seen since 1948, just after the second world war. response to the report. the government says the most effective tax cut we can deliver is to drive down inflation from today , train inflation from today, train drivers will work to rule with no overtime and that comes ahead of two more days of striking members of aslef at 16, train operators in england embroiled

in that dispute over pay doesn't look like there's a breakthrough on the cards at the moment. >> their leader, mick whelan, has said that action could continue until christmas. the next round of strikes coincides with conservative party conference this weekend . next conference this weekend. next weekend , that's to say, coming weekend, that's to say, coming up . up. >> yes, that's right. coming up , does your local train station have step free access? more on this next. you're watching breakfast on gb

>> this is breakfast. and we've been talking about breakfast. fiona, you you got your healthy options. fiona in brighton because we've seen what you like the most, but she alternates between egg on toast or porridge with fruit. all very healthy and good. and i can see the appeal. but you see, this gets mej has beenin but you see, this gets mej has been in touch saying my go to is cheese beans on toast with red or brown sauce. now that beans on toast with a bit of cheese on top , let it melt. brown sauce. top, let it melt. brown sauce. yeah that's more of a tea to me . oh, no. i could eat that any time of day. >> yeah, i suppose you can. can't you really? yeah. you know what i love? i love. it's it's. and i know there's probably zero nutrition spaghetti hoops nutrition in it. spaghetti hoops on . on toast. >> do you? >> do you? >> oh, i'm sorry. that's like

nursery food. oh it's just. and i know there's probably very little nutrition but . oh, little nutrition in it, but. oh, with lots of cheese . with lots of cheese. >> yeah. i've never. i've never liked spaghetti. >> getty. whoops. >> getty. whoops. >> oh, never liked them. you see, it's a bit like me with a pot noodle. there's no nutritional sometimes nutritional value, but sometimes there's lovely there's just something lovely about it. >> yeah, we all have our little guilty pleasures. >> better than >> we do. we do better than kippers, which are apparently the breakfast. the healthiest breakfast. >> got >> well, that's what got us talking it morning. talking about it all morning. apparently healthiest apparently the healthiest breakfast is kippers. breakfast to have is kippers. but have an awful but you've got to have an awful lot of courage to fry them in your own home, haven't you? and pull out the rest of the day, pong your house for the pong out your for house for the rest day. couldn't do it rest of the day. couldn't do it worse lot of people getting in worse a lot of people getting in touch have it when touch saying they have it when they're because it's they're away because then it's somebody kitchen. somebody else's kitchen. it smells good. somebody else's kitchen. it smnnow,ood. somebody else's kitchen. it smn now, we've talking just >> now, we've been talking just a about the latest a minute ago about the latest train aslef. they're train action aslef. they're working to rule at the minute. there's going to be strikes next weekend during the party weekend during the tory party conference, which well, conference, which is well, making a point. >> get to manchester? >> but actually, if you're going to the train and you have

to use the train and you have a disability party, well strike or no strike, you've got a problem because less than half of all rail stations in the north of england an acceptable level england have an acceptable level of step free access to platforms. apparently yes. >> there's a report that found that despite strict guidelines on making transport accessible for all, not enough work has been done . and our north of our been done. and our north of our north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper tells us more. i'm used to getting on the train here and anywhere else. >> i probably wouldn't feel the most confident. around 3 million people in the north of england have a disability and yet because of access issues, something as simple as catching a train can be a near impossible task. a train can be a near impossible task . public transport should be task. public transport should be as accessible for all people as possible. and the fact that there's a few stations that i just can't get on at because of my disability and because i'm in a wheelchair, like it like really isn't fair. a wheelchair, like it like really isn't fair . and it really really isn't fair. and it really

like adds a lot of anxiety to to, travelling according to new figures on rail accessibility , figures on rail accessibility, less than half of station roads in the north have a desirable level of step free access . the level of step free access. the data also showed that 41% don't have help points 62% don't have physically accessible waiting shelters . and 65% don't have shelters. and 65% don't have staff on the platform . now, staff on the platform. now, mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham , has had enough in andy burnham, has had enough in 2023 to have a situation where some local people can't use a train station. >> i just don't find that acceptable at all. and there is some progress , but it's like the some progress, but it's like the trains, it's moving far too slow and at some places it's not turning up at all. >> this has been a long standing issue in the north, but now many are demanding action. >> they are bread and butter issues. they should be fixed without any delay. and that's

why we're pleased to be making this call via gb news to the ministers and the rail industry. disabled access are all of our stations. is not a luxury that can be afforded at some point in the future. it's an essential for now get it sorted in response, a spokesperson from the department of transport said everyone should be able to travel with confidence and we continue to work with experts and disability groups to ensure everyone has access to our railways . railways. >> of the 600 stations in the north of england . and 467 of north of england. and 467 of them are run by northern trains , says we have 98 million passengers journeys a year and we recognise that accessibility means something different for different people. >> it's one of our top priorities as we shouldn't restrict people's ability to travel, particularly in the north, and we're doing everything that we can to improve those facilities as 91% of our stations are fully accessible. however for the 9%

that aren't, we do have a passenger assist facility where customers can call us and if they can't access a station, we will get them a taxi to where they're going. >> however, for many they simply feel as though rail is still not a viable option . and although a viable option. and although progress is being made for millions in the north of england, it may not be fast enough. sofia ipp . gb news it's enough. sofia ipp. gb news it's not right. >> you know , i've got i've got >> you know, i've got i've got some disabled friends and one in particular. luke will be no doubt watching because he never misses a bit of news. and you've got to allow people to be able to access transport at work, everything else , public toilets, everything else, public toilets, the whole shebang said and legislated for so long. >> you would have really thought that this would have been done by now. it's an absolute scandal, learning that it hasn't i >> well, yeah, it is. it is. i

agree. and right. should we see what's coming up at 9.30 this morning mr tom and miss ellie are with us this morning. how are with us this morning. how are you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> we're very well. how are you? ellie is very upset about the tree. i'm very upset and i'm very angry. and i'm sure lots of people that watch and listen to gb news are going feel gb news are going to feel the same robin same way. the beautiful robin hood tree felled in the middle of sycamore it's a good of the sycamore gap. it's a good 300 so upsetting. so 300 years old. so upsetting. so we're be about we're going to be talking about that little bit later on. that a little bit later on. >> of our viewers said the >> one of our viewers said the young person, if it is a young person who did it, whoever did it actually to it should actually be made to dig the stump because that dig out the stump because that tree will almost be as big underneath the ground as it is on have ever seen on top. have you ever seen these? you know, the these? you know, you know, the storm 87 it felled so storm of 87 when it it felled so many of the huge trees in kew gardens. you found it was astonishing to look at the root system very old system under these very old trees is as as the top of trees is as big as the top of the tree. >> that's actually a really good idea. didn't do it. yeah. >> isn't there a chance that

this tree could be regrown? well, exactly. >> exactly. david >> well, yes, exactly. david says that if the stump is left in situ, tree will likely in situ, the tree will likely regenerate . regenerate. >> oh, well, let's hope so. >> oh, well, let's hope so. >> it would take another 300 years. >> well, it would. well, the wall's been there for 2000, so perhaps. >> perhaps 300 by comparison is less so. but it's not just the tree we'll be talking about today. i know you've been talking about the cost of living all morning. we're going to all morning. and we're going to move that conversation fonnards because, just earlier move that conversation fonnards becemorning, just earlier move that conversation fonnards bece morning, learned arlier move that conversation fonnards becemorning, learned thatr this morning, we learned that the economy grew three times the uk economy grew three times as quickly as the forecasters had expected in the first three months of this year. no longer is the uk an international laggard in terms of economic growth. we're growing faster than germany now. we're growing as fast as france. s. we're in the real mainstream of economic growth now. and the question is , does this mean there's actually more money than was previously thought ? does this previously thought? does this mean we can help people out more than thought? does this mean than we thought? does this mean there's cuts? there's for space tax cuts? >> well , not according >> oh, well, not according to the institute studies the institute for fiscal studies who say this hiking up of taxes

will never be reversed. >> front page of the times and then priti saying the then priti patel saying the direct opposite. >> we'll be looking >> chris hopes we'll be looking at a little bit later on. at that a little bit later on. and we're also going to be talking about the government's vape ban they're vape ban that they're considering and considering at the moment. and the economic the institute of economic affairs suggesting that instead we on we should be focusing on underage vaping, looking at banning vaping banning the children vaping rather adults, because rather than adults, because they're you ban they're worried if you ban adults vaping, you're going adults from vaping, you're going to all back to to switch them all back to smoking. >> in the one place where in >> and in the one place where in the one place in the world where that you that has happened, where you can't vape other than can't get a vape other than through a pharmacist, it's austria. >> alia that's the one place in the developed world where smoking, teen smoking is the smoking, teen smoking is on the rise. uk, teen smoking rise. in the uk, teen smoking has to nothing has collapsed to almost nothing 1% switching to vaping. >> so is there an age limit on buying a vape now? 18 it's 18. they're them underage. they're buying them underage. well, they really are. they're buying them underage. we|therey really are. they're buying them underage. we|there is eally are. they're buying them underage. we|there is a lly are. they're buying them underage. we|there is a cleare. of >> there is a clear lack of enforcement of that. >> yeah. mean it's a really >> yeah. i mean it's a really difficult one because don't difficult one because we don't know what the risks of vaping are apart from that, we know it's lot than smoking. it it's a lot less than smoking. it doesn't mean there's no risk at

all there's someone smoking, all if there's someone smoking, then to vaping. then going to vaping. >> the evidence is >> it's the evidence is incontrovertible . all is so incontrovertible. all that is so much better . much better. >> so but not for your teeth apparently, because are apparently, because they are very and depends on the very sweet and it depends on the flavours well does so different. >> but the ones that the kids are going sort of hangs are for going sort of hangs around your and around in your mouth and apparently your teeth apparently affects your teeth very smell good very badly. and they smell good and look good. and they look good. >> is that a problem we're >> and is that a problem we're going about? going to be talking about? probably later on. probably is later on. >> lovely you to look fonnard to that. thank you very much indeed. is it us to. indeed. that is it from us to. you'll be pleased to know. but we tomorrow six. we are back tomorrow at six. >> morning. i'm alex deakin we are back tomorrow at six. >this morning. i'm alex deakin we are back tomorrow at six. >this is morning. i'm alex deakin we are back tomorrow at six. >this is yourning. i'm alex deakin we are back tomorrow at six. >this is your latest�*m alex deakin we are back tomorrow at six. >this is your latest weather)eakin . this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news friday. for the gb news fine friday. for the vast majority . brighton a bit vast majority. brighton a bit breezy, spells, few breezy, sunny spells, a few showers here and there, starting off with a little bit of rain across east anglia the across east anglia in the south—east. quite a wet last night, it? but that night, wasn't it? but that rain is cleared we've is mostly cleared away. we've still plenty of showers still got plenty of showers packing across the highlands, packing in across the highlands, the isles the the western isles and the northern isles, staying blustery here. scattered showers here. a few scattered showers for maybe the for northern ireland, maybe the odd north—west england

odd one for north—west england and places, and wales, but most places, certainly and east certainly in the south and east will dry. but more sunshine will stay dry. but more sunshine compared yesterday compared to yesterday and feeling the feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine south—east, 21, sunshine in the south—east, 21, that's fahrenheit. elsewhere, that's 70 fahrenheit. elsewhere, we're talking 16 to 18 celsius. it's feeling cooler, though, with gusty winds the with the gusty winds and the showers in northern scotland. they'll into they'll keep going. well into the evening. most, though, the evening. for most, though, it's evening. lengthy it's a fine evening. lengthy clear spells as well. we'll allow it to turn a little chilly. a bit colder certainly than last night. and we're going to start the weekend in single figures in many locations. and well down into single in well down into single figures in the yes, a bit the countryside. so, yes, a bit chilly first thing on saturday morning, have morning, but most will have a fine start weekend . still fine start to the weekend. still quite in the northern quite blustery in the northern isles. a few showers here isles. still a few showers here and across the highlands. but for are fine. start to for most are fine. dry start to the weekend . for the west, we the weekend. for the west, we will see change clouding over the weekend. for the west, we wilwales, change clouding over the weekend. for the west, we wilwales, northernlouding over the weekend. for the west, we wilwales, northern ireland over for wales, northern ireland outbreaks in here outbreaks of rain coming in here and winds will pick up too, and the winds will pick up too, across western england, northern ireland wales. that wet ireland and wales. and that wet and weather pushes into and windy weather pushes into south—west on. south—west scotland later on. many and eastern parts many central and eastern parts will stay dry. and in the sunshine in the

>>a >> a very good morning. it's 9.30 on friday, the 29th of september. and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news with ellie costello and me tom hannood coming up today , rising hannood coming up today, rising tax burden. >> the amount of tax we pay is on course to rise by more under this parliament than during any other since the second world

war. the former home secretary priti patel has been speaking exclusively to gb news tax burden is now at a 70 year high thatis burden is now at a 70 year high that is unsustainable and the people that pay the taxes are hard pressed. >> brits around the country and winter bills support what the government is under pressure to provide more financial assistance to help with energy bills this winter, bills that are for some may be higher than last year . last year. >> immigration concern runs a new poll shows worries over immigration has reached the highest level for six years. 1 in 4 people say it's the most important issue facing the country today. we're asking do you agree? sick more stump a teenager has now been arrested after the iconic sycamore gap tree was felled overnight . tree was felled overnight. >> it the tree was made famous when it appeared in kevin costner's 1991 film. robin hood, prince of thieves