attacked a passenger on a blade attacked a passenger on a train in broad daylight . train in broad daylight. >> the king records a maundy thursday message highlighting the importance of extending the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need. >> could the summer election be on the horizon this new speculation, as downing street aides fear the prime minister might not be able to hold off until autumn . until autumn. >> the bodies of two people are found in the baltimore bridge search. as four others are now presumed dead and the satisfaction with the nhs hits its lowest level since records began, we'll be asking whether it's began, we'll be asking whether wsfime began, we'll be asking whether it's time to privatise the health service . health service. >> and in the sport this morning, gareth southgate may well have a bigger squad at the euros than expected. a former england captain will retire at the end of the season. and when you. novak djokovic and you're not well, what you do not playing well, what do you do ? not playing well, what do you do .7 well, you fire your coach. of course. that's what do .

course. that's what you do. >> hello there. we've got strong winds and heavy showers across the country through the day today as low pressure pushes its way northwards. find out all the weather details up in the weather details coming up in the programme soon. programme 500“. >> programme soon. >> to you. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on gb news . on gb news. >> now here's a question for you. at 6:01, are you a harry potter fan .7 potter fan.7 >> i am a big harry potter fan. are you.7 yeah, >> i am a big harry potter fan. are you? yeah, i love harry potter. >> what do you think of the magic of a cloak of invisibility? yeah i'd love one. >> i always think if i could have one thing, it would be to be able to be invisible. like a magic power. well you can. oh, yeah. >> and i know this sounds weird. this is in the star this morning, but that picture there, can see? there's two can you see? there's two pictures there. actually pictures there. they've actually invented one. this is no invented one. and this is no joke. it's not a con. it's a

it's a proper it's not a cloak. it's a, it's a sheet of invisibility . and it bends the invisibility. and it bends the light waves around you. oh well, that's and that's very technical. it's expensive. if you want the big one, it's about £800. >> oh, that's not too bad . when >> oh, that's not too bad. when you said expensive, i thought you said expensive, i thought you meant like £1 million. >> but it does actually. do you know what? it does actually make you invisible. >> tempted that, >> i'd be tempted by that, i think. it's not it's not think. well, it's not it's not actually that is it? what actually that good, is it? what oh, come on, it looks like a sheet of glass. it just looks like a mirror or something that you're holding up. >> you. but you >> yeah, but can you. but you can't. pretty mean, can't. it's pretty good. i mean, look at fella in front of look at that fella in front of the garage there. pretty good. so it's pretty clever. and i always think stuff like that when when imitate when we, when we imitate science fiction or that fiction or magic or all that sort thing, can actually sort of thing, we can actually make work. i think that's make it work. i think that's quite clever. >> it's british. >> and it's british. >> and it's british. >> it's british, >> oh, it's british, yes. >> oh, it's british, yes. >> is very very >> which is very good, very impressive . impressive. >> shin bet, i want to buy that invisibility cloak. can i just say, how cute is stephen? >> that's why we were giggling, because he makes little cut—outs

and them the side so he and puts them to the side so he knows about. knows what to chat about. another later. very another one for later. very sweet. just looked over. i sweet. so i just looked over. i said, oh, have something said, oh, do we have something to about? he said yep. he to chat about? he said yep. he just turned his little cut—outs you very cute. you see? very cute. >> preparation professionalism. >> learn a lot from you, >> i could learn a lot from you, couldn't i? >> could. right? there's >> you could. right? there's lots to crack with today . lots to crack on with today. actually, it's a busy news day. let's start with manhunt let's start with a manhunt that's underway after a man armed with a zombie blade attacked somebody else on a train in broad daylight, out in front of other passengers. now, if you're watching on tv , a if you're watching on tv, a warning that the footage we're about to show is somewhat distressing. >> well, this is a video that is circulating on social media, and it appears to show a man wearing a face mask and wielding a large blade . police stopped the train blade. police stopped the train and paramedics attended the scene , but the suspect got away . scene, but the suspect got away. >> now the victims have been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. we understand. let's talk to former scotland yard detective peter

bleksley, who joins us now. i mean, peter, this would be shocking under any circumstances. the fact that it's on the train in broad daylight is utterly horrific. >> yes, quite a terrifying thing experience for anybody who's unfortunate enough to be on that train, i'm sure, but of course not out out of the ordinary for the 999 responders, the paramedics and the police who will have attended this dreadful incident because this is the kind of thing they witness and see the results of only too often, i'm afraid, in great britain, in 2024, and it must have been so distressing for onlookers as well. >> peter , full credit to the >> peter, full credit to the onlookers on the train with you. >> when you look at all the footage you see a man who quite rightfully walks away , walks in rightfully walks away, walks in the opposite direction. but what's he doing? he's on the phone. another woman shouts at the offender , trying to get him

the offender, trying to get him to stop. because this is a situation that is so horrendous and so dangerous that only the fittest of the fit and the most highly trained in in restraint techniques and disarming techniques and disarming techniques should ever consider getting involved in. and by that i basically mean special forces members of the army and the military. so this is not a situation for the public to get involved in somebody quite brilliantly filmed it. a number of other passengers quite brilliantly got on the phone and dialled 999 and all credit to those people showing the very best of the british spirit and pubuc best of the british spirit and public spiritedness. yeah as you say, not something to it's not have a go hero time with something like this, but but peter , where did the police peter, where did the police begin? now they've got the footage . they'll be able to get footage. they'll be able to get other cctv footage. you'd imagine . but this man is sort of imagine. but this man is sort of fully covered. seems to have a face mask on. how do they even begin a search like this? >> if you look very closely at

the footage, you'll see that his right hand that the assailant uses to do repeated stabbing uses to do the repeated stabbing action with does not appear to be wearing a glove . now, this be wearing a glove. now, this quite potentially will bring a lot of forensic opportunities into play. there'll also be cctv on the train, and we heard that apparently these two men got on at shortlands railway station. for people that are not familiar with that part of suburban london, it's closest to a town called bromley. so not only will there be possible forensic opportunities, as the man without a glove has touched, maybe to get in by using a card or a barrier, or even if they've jumped the ticket barrier , they jumped the ticket barrier, they may have put their hand on the barrier to leap over it. so there could be fingerprint and dna forensic opportunities there, other opportunities for forensics on the train and also wherever the assailant got off the train . likewise, will they the train. likewise, will they have put their hand on a barrier

to leap over it? anybody who uses public transport in london will be only too familiar with people leaping barriers and not paying people leaping barriers and not paying and such like so. plenty of forensic opportunities here at different locations. there will also perhaps be police intelligence on this person that they already know, and i would properly expect that in perhaps a day or two, we will find out either that this person has been detained or the police will appeal to the public for assistance in finding whoever it is. >> and peter, the blade in this video looks very large. i think for people watching that would be very distressed by it. it looks like a machete or even a zombie knife which are meant to be yes it's a huge be banned. yes it's a huge weapon and we've heard in recent months and weeks, the home secretary in particular, saying that new legislation is going to be brought forward to ban the possession of these. >> that's already banned. but the importation, the possessing

of them in your home address and the such like. but much of this legislation takes a long time to actually come into power. but of course, it's blatantly obvious to everybody there. a raft of very serious criminal offences being committed during this incident. and if british transport police fully resourced this investigation with a homicide team , as they should homicide team, as they should do, because we've heard the injuries that imposed on this person were life threatening, then i feel confident that such a properly resourced, experienced team of detectives should be making substantial progress in their investigation. >> well, let's hope so. peter bleksley as always , good to see bleksley as always, good to see you. thanks very much indeed . you. thanks very much indeed. >> now king charles is set to speak of kindness and friendship in his maundy thursday message later on today . later on today. >> yeah, it's going to be broadcast during a service in worcester cathedral this year. the queen is standing in for the king, who's resting from public dufies king, who's resting from public duties after his cancer

diagnosis and ongoing treatment, of course. >> well, royal historian and columnist martin whittock joins us now. very good to see you this morning, martin. and what do we understand is in this maundy thursday message from the king. >> well , the king is going to be >> well, the king is going to be praising those who serve others who reach out to others. and that's very, very symbolic and very, very significant for maundy thursday , maundy thursday maundy thursday, maundy thursday is the day on which christians remember the last supper and jesus washing the feet of his disciples and giving them the commandment to love each other as he loved them. in fact, the word maundy comes from the latin for this commandment to love others. and in fact monarchs have been giving gifts to in the past poor people, since the middle ages. in fact, since the time of king john and the early 13th century, they even began to wash the feet of people who were brought to these ceremonies. queen elizabeth the first,

stopped washing feet at that point, and the foot washing stopped at the end of during the reign of james ii in the 17th century. but the idea was bringing people together as many people, men and women, as the monarch is old and giving them a gift, a special gift, which is consist of a £5 coin, a £50 coin, but also special maundy money to the same number as the age of the monarch. 75, of course, is the age of king charles, now, if you think that's that's not a lot of money. 75 £0.75. these are specially minted silver maundy coins. one penny, two penny, three penny and four penny denominations . so alongside denominations. so alongside this, this rather touching message of the king, who is the recipient of much aid and assistance. obviously, at the moment, because of his illness, will be the gifts of maundy money to people. 75 men, 75

women at worcester cathedral . so women at worcester cathedral. so very symbolic. this because this happens to be the cathedral where king john is buried. and it was king john that started that 300 year old tradition, which isn't carried out anymore , which isn't carried out anymore, of actually washing the feet of people as well as giving these gifts. >> yeah, it is a real shame, though, that obviously this message has had to be recorded because the king himself can't because the king himself can't be present at the moment, but her majesty the queen, stepping in. i mean, she's she's certainly working very hard in the face of the king's illness. >> yes. this this shows the importance of queen camilla's role . as you quite rightly say, role. as you quite rightly say, king charles is not able to actually attend this ceremony in worcester cathedral today. these ceremonies tended to happen in london in the past, but the queen then moved them out into the provinces to various cathedrals . that is the late cathedrals. that is the late queen. and today, because the king cannot make it, his message will be broadcast, of course, of

reaching out to others of loving and service to others, as christ showed that model of service. but queen will be but the queen will be representing him today, and it does remind us at the moment how the royal families are under a lot of pressure at the moment because of the illness of princess catherine, because of the illness of the king. this is a very difficult time for the royal family, but other members of family are stepping into of the family are stepping into these gaps that are that are caused because of the illness of these other members of the family. queen camilla is family. and queen camilla is doing today , and shows doing that today, and it shows how her is how important her role is alongside the king in the present monarchy. >> martin witter , good to see >> martin witter, good to see you this morning. thank you so much for your time. >> it would be quite something. if you've ever received maundy money, it would be fascinating would to see if you've got would be to see if you've got any pictures of because any pictures of it, because i said, mean, it's this year, said, i mean, it's this year, £0.75, but the fact those, those specially minted coins, i think they'd be worth a lot of money, that would be, but the fact one, two, three and £0.04 coins, i

mean, it must be quite something to have. i'm sure you wouldn't sell them unless you were absolutely desperate. but if you've got any pictures of those, it'd be fascinating to see gbviews@gbnews.com >> now, the prime minister's aides have reportedly urged him to call a summer election following concerns tory following concerns that tory revolt is brewing. >> now, according to reports. there's a lot of speculation over just how many letters of no confidence sunak have confidence in rishi sunak have been submitted to sir graham brady , who's chairman of the brady, who's chairman of the 1922 backbench committee. well, political commentator andy williams joins us now. >> very good morning to you, andy. so a summer election if it's called it would be very rare indeed wouldn't it. >> it would be. and i think it reflects the fact rishi sunak, that there is no good time for him to call an election. now, there's been speculation for a while about whether it was going to be may, and i know that . i to be may, and i know that. i think, stephen, you were pretty keen on the may idea, or at least he thought that it might

be. may. i think the best strategy for the prime minister is name the date now, because the speculation this the speculation about when this is going be is going to go on is going to be is going to go on and and on until we have an and on, and on until we have an election date. i'm pretty confident that it's going to be in the autumn, in in the autumn, probably in october or november, but it's october or in november, but it's possible, this speculation possible, if this speculation goes on, that we end up having a general election by accident because we're going to have some local elections on the 2nd of may, which is coming up very soon. there's now a by—election on that date in blackpool, and i think those results are going to be really disastrous for the conservative party and for rishi sunak. so if he's not careful, he might end up being bounced into a summer election, by mistake, i mean, the fact that he's being urged to sort of get on with it by people who think he's just not going to last out till autumn , is a pretty grim till autumn, is a pretty grim sign, actually . it's a really sign, actually. it's a really grim sign. and actually we've seen another two resignations by

pretty well—respected ministers within the last few days. james heappey, the armed forces minister, robert halfon , you minister, robert halfon, you know, these are people who are reasonably well known, not massively well known, but reasonably well known and well respected across westminster. and it's just getting worse with every resignation, with every person who says, i don't actually have the stomach to fight this general election as a conservative mp it's getting more, difficult for rishi sunak. and the feeling is really that, you know, defeats now inevitable and, and some people are saying, why don't you go earlier and minimise the damage? there are people within the conservative party who are saying, if you wait till october or november, the scale of the defeat is only going to be more severe . why going to be more severe. why don't you go now and lose by, say , 100 seat majority rather say, 100 seat majority rather than 150 seat majority ? than 150 seat majority? >> but then there's the other

school of thought, isn't there, that if defeat is inevitable, why wouldn't you cling on to power for as long as humanly possible? >> yeah, and i think that's probably the more powerful, driving force behind rishi sunak decision making. and that's why i don't think it will be in the summer . i i don't think it will be in the summer. i think it will be in october or november, and i think he'll be looking to, you know, get 1 or 2 more policies and more successes in his mind on the books before he calls that election, it's a really, really difficult situation for him to be in. i was speaking to a member of the, shadow cabinet, the other evening, and he was saying as i as i mentioned a minute ago, he thinks there will be a general election by accident whereby may and the local actions in may are so bad that the scale of revolt in the conservative party just forces him to go for a vote early. and actually, if they go suddenly and they go unprepared, you know, it might not be great, but it could be it could be better

than october or november, there's also a school of thought that we wait until january , that we wait until january, which which seems crazy, which is the latest date that a general election could possibly be, but, you know, at this stage, who knows ? stage, who knows? >> yeah. seems a bit desperate, doesn't it, to leave it until january? i've it could still squeeze in in may. >> john a&e he's he's set on may. he really is. >> i'm not giving up. i'm not believe i'm not giving up just yet andy. can't can't do the second anymore with that deadune second anymore with that deadline has passed. >> so you know if they want to go seven days after the local election then good luck. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well of course, the interesting and thank interesting thing is. and thank you, thanks very much you, andy. thanks very much indeed. you. the indeed. thank you. the interesting is of course, interesting thing is of course, the election, local the that election, the local elections, week ago elections, certainly a week ago that set stone, that hadn't been set in stone, i know it was still movable know yet it was still movable till they moved the local. i mean it would be chaos if they did, but it's still possible. so i don't know. do you think they'll use it now as a litmus test? >> they'll the locals. well, >> they'll do the locals. well,

then, it's if it's not then, if it's if it's not looking too bad, maybe they go quickly. looking too bad, maybe they go qui�*yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> of course you think that because he thinks may. because he still thinks may. >> you would you would do >> well, you would you would do that. however, it's not going to go well in local elections like that this point would never that at this point would never go well. >> go well for a, for >> never go well for a, for a sitting government, i think sitting government, but i think it's the experts . i it's likely to be the experts. i think it's going to be disastrous. and the local elections. but a summer election . would you like the traditionally they don't happen. of course. they're not around in july, is it? there's one month where it actually cannot happen. i don't know, it must be august. >> i don't know if it's. >> i don't know if it's. >> no, it's june or july. >> no, it's june orjuly. i think for some reason some political expert will correct me, but june or july, i think me, but june orjuly, i think they can't happen. but whether it would you have an election in august? >> but you'd think spirits would be high in there's be high in summer. there's something said for that. something to be said for that. the weather, sukh padda the good weather, sukh padda summer holidays, that to summer holidays, all of that to say , well, i'm set. well, i'd say, well, i'm set. well, i'd like to go on holiday in september, so if we could leave it until october rishi sunak,

that be great. that would be great. >> thinking of september. >> i'm thinking of september. >> i'm thinking of september. >> let's go together. >> let's go together. >> but september. i'll >> let's go together. >> to but september. i'll >> let's go together. >> to work september. i'll >> let's go together. >> to work it september. i'll >> let's go together. >> to work it out september. i'll >> let's go together. >> to work it out inptember. i'll >> let's go together. >> to work it out in caseber. i'll >> let's go together. >> to work it out in case there ll try to work it out in case there was october election and then was an october election and then november can't because of november. we can't go because of american i plan it american elections. i plan it all it's a nightmare. at all out. it's a nightmare. at the minute. >> i was pitching trip to >> i was pitching a trip to stephen this morning and the plans far in my head are. plans thus far in my head are. let's go for brunch, i said. i'll work on the rest of the holiday, but that's where i'm at. yes. >> mean, this is going away >> i mean, this is going away for work she's talking about, but work trip. all she's but also work trip. all she's actually worked where to actually worked out is where to have where we're have brunch, where we're going to work on the rest and >> so i work on the rest and i'll get back to you. yeah, but you're open to it. you shouldn't have that because boss have said that because the boss is and hope he is listening. and i hope he really the idea. really likes the idea. >> yes, he is excellent. all right. on to serious matters for you. once again, because divers have remains have recovered the remains of two baltimore two workers from baltimore harbour ship harbour after that cargo ship collided with bridge, causing collided with a bridge, causing it collapse. what image that it to collapse. what image that is, well, state police say that the bodies of the two men were found trapped underwater in a truck near the midsection of the

fallen key bridge. efforts to recover more bodies have reportedly been suspended due to dangerous conditions. >> well, structural and civil engineer julian carter joins us now. i know this obviously is a couple of days old now , julian. couple of days old now, julian. so you've probably been asked this a million times or more. i can't quite get over how something like that, that structurally, how it's completely collapsed within seconds after that one collision. you think it would be more structurally sound, more safeguards in place for that sort of thing ? sort of thing? >> well, these are actually very fragile , simple structures. and fragile, simple structures. and i think if people google for a picture of the fourth bridge, there's a very famous photograph that shows how simple in principle it actually is , it's principle it actually is, it's a continuous structure and we say very little redundancy. it's not a girder bridge. we've got huge spans. and so the way that it's articulated and the way that it

actually works, you've taken a centre pier out and where these bndges centre pier out and where these bridges want to talk to each other across a joint, which is the pier that, that ship has knocked it over, knocked it over and effectively it no longer can talk. and so it then is just disconnected along its length andifs disconnected along its length and it's fragile , you know, and it's fragile, you know, there's very little extra material in there , that isn't material in there, that isn't needed. and so a collision of this kind , it's a catastrophic this kind, it's a catastrophic failure. >> what was your reaction when you, when you saw the videos of that bridge coming down? i mean, you're, you're the experts you'd be able to describe to us, but it didn't appear to have any protective infrastructure at the base, which you do see on some bridges, don't you? it bridges, don't you? so if it were to strike the base of the bridge, it wouldn't actually cause collapse. cause the bridge to collapse. yes, cause the bridge to collapse. yesand structures we say they >> and structures we say they can be massive and passive. you could have in a bearing in mind this is a 50 year old design and the container ships were were nowhere near the behemoths and

huge as they are today. and so you could say, well, we can build a massive pier around a concrete, water structure, around that pier or we put pilots on the boat, we put measures in place to de—risk that, but also let's bear in mind, in a port, typically there are many, many rules on how a ship can enter and leave a port and the fendering that we have, the dolphins, as they're called , the dolphins, as they're called, are not generally designed to take an absolute full on frontal collision, which is what's happened here. and unfortunately, we learn sometimes we learn safety by accident and this is one of those, key moments. unfortunately >> and julian, we don't have long with you, but just in terms of we're just seeing some live pictures on the screen, we are about to see some live pictures of the bridge in baltimore , in of the bridge in baltimore, in terms of dismantling that structure and rebuilding a new

one. i mean, how long are we looking at that? taking >> well, it's the design. taking it away is one specialist activity, so it's done safely because you imagine how all this structure is behaving, how it wants to , then you've got to wants to, then you've got to come in and design the new structure. and then there's the fabrication. america was producing a little bit more steel 50 years ago than it is today. this is a major undertaking, hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars here and probably the works in the river, the sea works are going to be huge. these are, not toys. this this is serious engineering. and millions and millions and millions. engineering. and millions and millions and millions . very expensive. >> okay, julian , it's really >> okay, julian, it's really good to talk to you and to get your expertise. thanks very much indeed.i your expertise. thanks very much indeed. i mean, you can't really tell by looking at it, but it's like one, 1.4, 1.6 miles long. yeah it's massive structure. >> you can only really tell when you see the bird's eye image, which i don't think that we've actually got, but it's a long,

vast bridge. it's hard to believe actually came down as believe it actually came down as quickly as it did. like you say, it's just utterly horrific, utterly horrific. >> you've got be thankful not >> you've got to be thankful not for the obviously those people working on it. the deaths involved is absolutely awful, but you've they were working on filling potholes, weren't they? yeah so at least it wasn't, as busy as it could have been, which is a sort of blessing in disguise, isn't it? but no. no comfort for those people who are mourning their loved ones. >> yeah. absolutely awful, isn't it ? it? >> right, should we take a break from all the doom and gloom and hopefully, fingers crossed , the hopefully, fingers crossed, the weather's going to cheer us up a little bit this morning. here's greg. >> hello. good morning . welcome >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office . low from the met office. low pressure dominates the weather for the day ahead. heavy showers, strong winds across the country. met office warnings in force for the strong winds

across the south—west of the uk today. 60 to 70 miles an hour around the coasts. possible some heavy rain across northern ireland. continued risk of flooding here. there's some brighter in between, but brighter breaks in between, but for it will be a showery for many it will be a showery day. the rain heavy with some hail thunder in there. gusty hail and thunder in there. gusty winds too, it feel quite winds too, making it feel quite chilly temperatures generally chilly so temperatures generally in range of 9 to 12 celsius in the range of 9 to 12 celsius and on that brisk wind will be a chilly afternoon for many of us, that low pressure continues to swirl its way north eastwards as we go through into the evening time. some hefty downpours possible, some clearer spells starting to develop into the early hours, but further showers also pushing in under the clearest skies. we could see temperatures dip to mid to low single figures, but for most it will be a frost free start to friday morning. showers from the word go across many parts of the country. some more persistent rain still across northern scotland, perhaps some hill snow for a time too. and then through the day, sunny spells and showers is the name of the game. some of the showers will be

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i >> welcome back. 630 on the nose. now, forecasters have warned that this easter weekend could be a complete washout . could be a complete washout. just weeks after england had its wettest 18 months since records began back in 1836. >> well, joining us now, senior meteorologist at the british weather services, jim dale. jim, really good to see you. this morning. is it going to be a washout this easter weekend? no >> okay. >> okay. >> that's lovely. thanks for coming in. >> let's have a look at the sport for you. this >> so what's going on? what is going to happen? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> if you'd have asked me that question about three days ago, i'd have said but actually. question about three days ago, i'd ilve said but actually. question about three days ago, i'd i! always but actually. question about three days ago, i'd i! always see but actually. question about three days ago, i'd i! always see easter, tually. question about three days ago, i'd i! always see easter, bylly. question about three days ago, i'd i! always see easter, by the and i always see easter, by the way, as the, the pivotal time for when we move out of winter, gone into summer coming, and it is people do stuff. they go outside the fetes and fairs and all of this and actually. okay, so tomorrow there will be rain around, there will be showers around. we've seen that on the forecast already, i think

saturday, sunday, monday, unless you're very unlucky you're going to escape, in the sunshine to escape, and in the sunshine say 12, 13, 14, 15 degrees. it's going to feel pleasant. so i'm not the doomsday, this time around for a change. >> i love the way feeling pleasant is a big boost to us. >> yeah, because it's been pretty. i mean, even even where i live, the rye is flooded. you. i live, the rye is flooded. you. i swamp when you run it or walk it, i ran it a couple of days ago and just come back muddy as hell. it's difficult. and that will apply right across most of the country as we've been through it. we've been through the mill and we're we're not going to get out of it either. the problem is , is that we get the problem is, is that we get to the of easter, so into to the end of easter, so into tuesday, and it all ramps back up so early april. and i up again so early april. and i know i said program know i said on this program a few ago, we're going to few weeks ago, we're going to see heat wave april. it see an heat wave in april. it won't it won't be in the first ten days, can promise you ten days, i can promise you that. so we're going to have to be but at least there's be patient, but at least there's some solace in of seeing a some solace in terms of seeing a reasonable easter, some light out the dark. that's

out of the dark. and that's where we and are we going where we are. and are we going to cold snaps, to have any more cold snaps, jim, because it has been a little jim, because it has been a litt||t's been desperately cold. >> it's been desperately cold. >> it's been desperately cold. >> happen, march and >> it can happen, march and april tend to be you get the diurnal range of temperature , diurnal range of temperature, more than any other of the months. so you can from the months. so you can go from the sublime to the ridiculous quite easily. so. i don't think so . i easily. so. i don't think so. i think we're starting to lose the trend for frost. a bit in trend for frost. yeah, a bit in scotland, maybe in the next few few few weeks, a few few days, but moving but generally speaking, moving out just out of that zone, i'm just waiting to flick my fingers and the heat wave arrives. that's that's what normally happens in april yeah, stand by april time. so. yeah, stand by your beds on that one. >> keep clicking, keep clicking, clicking, now you've been bringing you some pleasant news. what about hurricanes? not that we've got any on the way. just yet, i hope. but we've got the new names. >> we've got the new names and stephen and ellie. >> you're in it. oh, paul's >> you're not in it. oh, paul's not even in it. he's sitting on the other side at the moment, should i you a couple? should i give you a couple? >> are you on it? >> are you on it? >> i'm not on it either. oh,

it's. there'll be out it's. but there'll be people out there are on it. okay, so there who are on it. okay, so look, it starts with alberto. not many people out there. >> a strong name, though. >> that's a strong name, though. >> that's a strong name, though. >> chris. chris >> beryl. beryl and chris. chris is there. storm. chris is on there. storm. chris hurricane chris comes around. yeah. chris darby. ernesto. francine francine. >> yeah. gordon. oh, that's a that one. >> hurricane gordon. that's it's got an oomph to it. >> isaac. joyce. kirk leslie. lee. milton. nadine nadine. >> there's been a few nadine's who are a bit of a hurricane. yeah. >> oscar. patty. rafael patty, sarah or sarah? sara. tony. oh, sorry. tony. another another common name. valerie again. and it ends on a royal william. oh you don't get well. >> hopefully you don't get that far. >> why don't you get to z? >> why don't you get to z? >> they don't, do you? they don't do x, they don't do z for whatever reason. it's just one

of those one of those things. and look, the hurricane season is likely to be a big one because of la nina now brewing because of a la nina now brewing up. bnngs because of a la nina now brewing up. brings more hurricanes. up. it brings more hurricanes. so stand by beds on that so stand by your beds on that one well. one as well. >> well, that's what we don't get as as william on that one. >> lot of hurricanes isn't it? >> lot of hurricanes isn't it? >> jim, good to this >> jim, good to see you this morning. very much. morning. thanks very much. >> very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. oh, time to go through all oh, it's time to go through all the latest sports news now. paul coyte is with us. >> a snooker one. >> it should be a snooker one. jim. it's not a hurricane, higgins. that's what i'd like to have. higgins. well have. hurricane higgins. well done. great. done. that'd be great. >> it would be fun. yeah. >> yeah, it would be fun. yeah. yeah, exactly. >> go on. >> it needs to go on. >> it needs to go on. >> think so, yeah. there's one >> i think so, yeah. there's one for the future. >> i think so, yeah. there's one for shouldrre. >> i think so, yeah. there's one for should we talk about the euros? >> shall we? yeah. okay, international break is over. thank goodness say. thank goodness many people say. but back to the but we're now back to the premier and back to the, premier league and back to the, local football now increasing squad this is the squad sizes. now, this is the word that for the euros that the squad going to squad sizes are going to increase 23 to 26, which is increase from 23 to 26, which is good news you, stephen, good news for you, stephen, because there's more because maybe there's more chance you're going to get chance that you're going to get in because i know they're looking you sort of like looking at you sort of like whether they you extra

whether they give you extra depth bench. that's depth on the bench. that's exactly. that's what exactly. well, that's what you're for. yeah, coming you're known for. yeah, coming off bench there. so who off the bench there. and so who knows, the uefa gathering, it happens 4th in happens on april the 4th in dusseldorf. it's because of dusseldorf. and it's because of injuries, because of so many injuries. and it would suit england . you know we've got england. you know we've got kane, saka walker stones have all during this week. all been out during this week. so it. so possibly 26 so that's it. so possibly 26 instead of 23 all the managers would talk about it. uefa would probably agree to it. but i think honestly do think that we have the best chance we have ever had of winning something . ever had of winning something. and i really do. and it's actually england are favourites for these euros really. so usually around second or third, but england are favourites, so it's going to be seen as far as gareth southgate is concerned. if he wins , obviously it's if he wins, obviously it's amazing, but if england do not win i think it will be seen as a failure. >> oh dear, don't jinx it. no, don't i know, don't speak too sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> i'm not saying they will, but it's the best chance they've ever had. now, i'm not a tennis aficionado, are you not? >> i know that's a shark. it's a

shark, novak djokovic split from his coach, right? yeah goran ivanisevic. correct. goran is in. in the player as in goran ivanisevic. >> yeah. yeah, it is him. i didn't know he'd gone into coaching. it was the first wild card to win wimbledon when. when he won that. but, he's come in as coach . he's been with him for as coach. he's been with him for five but things have not five years, but things have not been going well. been going terribly well. there's oh yeah. there he there's goran. oh yeah. there he is and there's novak. so is there and there's novak. so things haven't been going really well the start well for novak since the start of season. didn't win the of the season. didn't win the australian open. that's when australian open. that's it. when you it's a failure because you see it's a failure because he didn't win the australian open, knocked open, although he was knocked out wells world out of indian wells by the world 123. so it's like what seems to be the problem here. am i not playing well? what shall i do? i'll fire the coach. it's always the coach's it's never. the coach's fault. it's never. but apparently they are friends about it. everything's gone. okay. okay. got on. and i've decided to stop working together , a few weeks ago, our on court chemistry had its ups and downs. the on court chemistry, but our friendship was always rock

solid. i don't know how goran feels about that . no, that's feels about that. no, that's what novak said. >> it's like the. it's like the musical, you know, when people say creative differences . yeah, say creative differences. yeah, exactly. musical world. yeah, yeah. so this is. yes, off court chemistry on court. >> or when someone clears off and they say, i'm going to go and they say, i'm going to go and spend more time with my family, you know, it's another one of i've got nothing. one of those i've got nothing. know you mean? we know know what you mean? we know exactly. read between the exactly. we can read between the lines we talk about the boat exactly. we can read between the linesthis ne talk about the boat exactly. we can read between the linesthis weekend. out the boat exactly. we can read between the linesthis weekend. yes,:he boat exactly. we can read between the linesthis weekend. yes, we boat race this weekend. yes, we should, again, whilst should, because, again, whilst talking yesterday, should, because, again, whilst tali

happens here. it's usually customary for the winning team to dunk their cocks in the river for about so that's what for about 10s. so that's what was to happen there. was about to happen there. that's the person that actually sits boat the sits in the boat with the loudhailer. that what was loudhailer. so that was what was about there. but about to happen there. but obviously can't do that now obviously they can't do that now because end catching because they'll end up catching something so they'll something very nasty. so they'll probably hold them above probably just hold them above the so it's a lesson to the river. so it's a lesson to learn. it is a lesson to learn. stephen. that's correct. absolutely. >> coyte, thank very >> paul coyte, thank you very much . we're out of >> paul coyte, thank you very much .we're out of time. much indeed. we're out of time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> are you sniggering at, ellie? >> i'll tell you in the break. still to come, we'll looking still to come, we'll be looking at making the news with at what's making the news with charlie and candice charlie rowley and candice holdsworth. beautiful holdsworth. he's got beautiful baby nice, isn't baby bump. that's nice, isn't it? breakfast on gb news

>> 641. good morning to you. let's have a look at some of the newspapers for you. start with the telegraph. it leads with the

king thanking the public for extending a hand of friendship. >> express says the >> the daily express says the king will call for more kindness in easter speech today . in his easter speech today. >> well, well. >> well, well. >> maundy thursday message, we should >> maundy thursday message, we sho because if you just an >> because if you just do an easter message that'll come out on the times leads on sunday and the times leads with keir starmer saying boris johnson had right idea on johnson had the right idea on levelling up. >> the daily mail says that rishi sunak has been urged to call a summer election by his aides, and the guardian reports on the outrage over the record discharges of sewage into rivers and seas. well, joining us now to go through what's making the news this morning is writer and commentator candace holdsworth and former adviser michael commentator candace holdsworth and chharlieriser michael commentator candace holdsworth and chharlie rowley michael commentator candace holdsworth and chharlie rowley very 1ael commentator candace holdsworth and chharlie rowley very good gove, charlie rowley very good to see you both this morning. morning. shall we start, candace, with the king's maundy thursday message? yes. so he's going give a speech saying going to give a speech saying that we and benefit greatly that we need and benefit greatly from who extend the hand from those who extend the hand of to us, especially of friendship to us, especially in a time of need. this is in a in a time of need. this is on the express and telegraph front pages . i mean, you can

front pages. i mean, you can understand why he's giving this speech. think made speech. i think he has made it very touched been very clear how touched he's been about outpouring of about the outpouring of well—wishes, well—wishes he has received cancer received since his cancer diagnosis. of course, it takes on a different perspective when you think of the more torrid time kate and william have had, which has really been, in my opinion, truly disgraceful , opinion, truly disgraceful, though things seem to be to be different now . i mean, kate's different now. i mean, kate's obviously received a lot of well—wishes. i've been thinking a lot about william personally about the strain. he must be unden about the strain. he must be under. i mean, this must be so hard for him. his father, his wife. he's someone who lost his mother at a young age and i think he's really been the picture of stoicism. >> oh, absolutely. but people always forget primary always forget about the primary carer in that sense, or the person who's holding up the family in the way and they don't get support. really >> they don't. they take massive strain. and that's something i've observed with people i know who've sadly been diagnosed with cancer their closest partner cancer and their closest partner just i mean, take on so just i mean, they take on so much they often don't think

much and they often don't think that they a right to talk that they have a right to talk about their feelings well. about their feelings as well. they not one they think, i'm not the one who's you know, i shouldn't who's ill. you know, i shouldn't complain all, even though complain at all, even though emotionally they're suffering a lot . yeah. i mean, they're lot. yeah. i mean, they're carrying the weight of the family. william's case also, carrying the weight of the fam know, william's case also, carrying the weight of the fam know, the lliam's case also, carrying the weight of the fam know, the weight case also, carrying the weight of the fam know, the weight of ;e also, carrying the weight of the fam know, the weight of the .so, you know, the weight of the monarchy on his shoulders. yes, yes, be feeling that moment. >> definitely. and, you know, not to mention, you know, his brother that's, know , up brother that's, you know, up sticks and left all the way across the atlantic to, to live across the atlantic to, to live a wonderful life away and just chirp from the sidelines and potentially selling stories to, you know, netflix. or other interviewers are available in the us, i'm sure, but. so it's been a very difficult time for him. but you're absolutely right. he's, he's handled it and brilliantly , let's look at the brilliantly, let's look at the times, charlie. something i'd never thought i'd say. sir keir starmer is saying boris had the right idea. >> well, yes. well, i was about to say i never thought i'd be saying this, but i agree with sir keir starmer because, you know, levelling up the know, levelling up was the right idea. right idea

idea. it still is the right idea andifs idea. it still is the right idea and it's still going on. >> but this is a and look and he may well be absolutely right. and being absolutely sincere . and being absolutely sincere. but a play for the red but this is a play for the red wall seats isn't it. >> totally . and it was part of >> totally. and it was part of the key reason why boris johnson was to unite and level was elected to unite and level up uk and the funding up the uk and where the funding was or should have been was going or should have been going to, these wall seats going to, these red wall seats because these are communities who'd voted for conservative the very first time in 2019 because labour had left them behind . labour had left them behind. and, you know, voting for boris johnson's conservatives was a way of obviously, you know, was a of providing hope and a way of providing hope and opportunity to those areas where there had been underfunded, they had , and so had been undervalued, and so it's a recognition on sir keir starmer's part, and it is highly political , a starmer's part, and it is highly political, a highly political strategy to try and praise boris johnson . but, having having johnson. but, having having tried to get rid of him, all those years ago. >> but is he just praising him? is he saying boris had the right idea? he just didn't deliver it? >> yes, i find it so interesting, though, you know, the top down approach to

the sort of top down approach to levelling up. and i wonder if thatis levelling up. and i wonder if that is the actual approach. that's needed. i mean, politicians much, but politicians promise so much, but then what the people in those areas find out is, well, actually those promises don't amount and we get amount to much and we don't get what we promised is it more what we were promised is it more sort of allowing people in those areas the things that areas to do the things that they're good at, which individuals starting individuals are good at starting businesses and themselves businesses and making themselves prosper i think prosper and thrive? i think a large part of that in certain places, you like places, you know, like blackpool, for instance, or manchester is figuring out why so are on sickness so many people are on sickness and disability benefits. mean, and disability benefits. i mean, it's like a quarter of it's something like a quarter of the population. not allowing them work to make them to work and to make something themselves, but something of themselves, but it's pronged isn't it. it's two pronged isn't it. >> i mean i know >> because i mean i know blackpool well it's an area blackpool well and it's an area which desperate for it needs which is desperate for it needs a big injection of cash. you know, just to get things, its infrastructure and all that sort of thing, which, which does then help everything else along, doesn't it? >> totally. and it's about devolution. and so making sure that have local leaders that that you have local leaders that are empowered all are actually empowered to do all those sure that those things. so make sure that

you housing you can get the housing applications through quicker, that transport that you've got the transport infrastructure, got infrastructure, that you've got that investment in terms that inward investment in terms of those opportunities of creating those opportunities and more devolution and jobs. and so more devolution has taken place under this government. think michael gig government. i think michael gig was at sir keir was hitting back at sir keir starmer in the times starmer to say in the times then, then any time under the 13 years when labour were in power. so argument that the tories so the argument that the tories will is that don't put will be making is that don't put levelling up risk under levelling up at risk under labour because didn't labour because they didn't deliver before. those deliver it before. all those northern communities northern red wall communities voted conservative for the first time because they wanted to get rid of the labour party. don't take it back, don't take the country your community back country in your community back to one. let's to square one. candice, let's stick the labour party, stick with the labour party, shall and this is on the shall we? and this is on the front page of the eye this morning. plan to ban morning. labour's plan to ban bonuses for water has bonuses for water bosses has been branded feeble been branded a feeble gesture. yeah. is interesting. yeah. so this is interesting. this this is a huge this is i mean this is a huge story. this sort of unites people across political people across the political spectrum, is spectrum, which i think is interesting. clean water. and some of activist groups some of the activist groups who've campaigning about who've been campaigning about this labour's plans , this say that labour's plans, where they want to, cancel bonuses for water bosses who

pollute rivers or maybe hold them criminally liable, criminally, personally, personally liable. they don't think that's enough. they think the whole industry needs way more policing and regulatory oversight to stop it. it's when you try and dig down, though, into the actual solutions that people are proposing. they are a bit vague. i mean, people don't seem to have a very clear idea of what you do to stop this, of what you can do to stop this, this water pollution. and i think a of it is just think a lot of it is just passing the buck from one person to another, blaming different things. water companies things. the water companies will say, it's, you things say, oh, it's, you know, things beyond control, like storms beyond our control, like storms and heavy rainfall. and, and critics say, you've critics will say, well, you've just government's lost just the government's lost control of the industry. so trying to the truth of trying to get to the truth of exactly what's happening is quite difficult, idea of , i quite difficult, the idea of, i mean, i think criminal prosecution is one thing which may if you if your necks on the line banning bonuses doesn't necessarily do it, or if you say you only get your bonus if you hit these sewage targets , this hit these sewage targets, this might work. >> yeah, i think that could be

the better incentive. but we're seeing this story time and time again. now and in a time when we're becoming more environmentally friendly, we're becoming more environmental conscious. and the idea that we're , increasing, we're seeing, increasing, increasing amount of sewage and waste going into our open rivers and waters, causing even more pollution. and this is against the backdrop of a sewage system thatis the backdrop of a sewage system that is a fundamentally out of date. that would take billions and billions of pounds to rewire something that you can't do in short order. so the problem , i'm short order. so the problem, i'm afraid, because of the rainfall that combines with, the overflowing of rivers, you know, it's only going to make the matters worse. so, you know, the government has really got to get a grip on this. and water companies really need to do all they can to clean our shores. they can to clean up our shores. yeah, yeah. >> it's a ask. should it. >> it's a big ask. should it. well, well in 2024 it shouldn't be. but charlie says and he's >> but as charlie says and he's quite right is it's such a massive infrastructure problem. yeah. quite yeah. that actually quite how you it don't know . you tackle it i don't know. charlie, are we going to see a summer election there is well

when would be most likely for a summer election. there's one month where they can't do it. isn't there? i don't know if it's june or july. they can't do it, well, we had them in 2017. >> may called the >> theresa may called the election on the 18th of april. and the election, i think was on the, was it the 18th of june or something like that, or three more 3rd of june or something like that? it it was it was like that? it was it was it was a few months later. i knew it was called on the 18th of april because that was my birthday, and could be seeing and so we could be seeing a repeat again. i do hope not, but, could one, but but, look, we could see one, but i think, it likely if i don't think, it is likely if the conservative party can keep itself obviously the itself together, obviously the local elections in may may not be the result that the tory party would like, and that might prompt more, more or some or prompt more, more or some or even any prompt more, more or some or even any letters that we keep heanng even any letters that we keep hearing about from backbench mps to the 1922 committee to have a leadership election. but i think most tory mps will be sensible enough to know that a divided

parties don't win elections. bringing down another tory leader or trying to reinstall someone else in is not the right approach. the public will never forgive the party for doing so. but again. >> but longer this takes, >> but the longer this takes, the more it's this is where you can sort of, i can understand the thinking going, well, we'll hang on until things look better and then we stand a better chance. but actually, now we've reached a point where the longer we hang on the more desperate it looks. so it's working against them, i would suggest. >> well, i think you've got to be able to. i mean, the longer they go, the more opportunity that you've got to try and set out your stall. and, you know, the economy, inflation is coming down, starting to down, the economy is starting to grow. those waiting grow. you know, those waiting lists are for, victoria lists that are for, victoria atkins was talking about yesterday starting to sort yesterday are starting to sort of come down. and, know, of come down. and, you know, we've to see that rwanda we've got to see that rwanda policy, the sake of the policy, for the sake of the government to get off the ground to to the country, we've to say to the country, we've said we're to do all this said we're going to do all this stuff, on stuff, and it's delivered on that. much time as that. so as much time as

possible in those areas not possible in those areas is not going unhelpful. but going to be unhelpful. but you're stephen, there you're right, stephen, there comes where you, the comes a point where you, as the government, were you as the prime have to say, government, were you as the prime all have to say, government, were you as the prime all of have to say, government, were you as the prime all of this have to say, government, were you as the prime all of this noise 0 say, government, were you as the primeall of this noise issay, government, were you as the primeall of this noise is off. look, all of this noise is off. all of this confusion within the country. i'm taking back control. going focus the control. i'm going to focus the minds the public now because minds of the public now because people not convinced by sir people are not convinced by sir keir not keir starmer. they are not convinced by the labour party. they know what they they don't even know what they stand half the time. so stand for half the time. so taking back control in that sense, calling the election sense, by calling the election and really focusing the of and really focusing the minds of the because choice the public because the choice would clear. there'll would be very clear. there'll only one prime minister at only be one prime minister at the day, it'll either the end of the day, it'll either be sunak or keir be rishi sunak or sir keir starmer. and that's clear starmer. and that's a very clear choice public have choice that the public will have to make. >> what about this of an >> what about this idea of an election by accident? as our political commentator andy williams saying, a few williams was saying, a few minutes that results minutes ago that if the results are so in may on may the are so bad in may and on may the 2nd, actually it's just 2nd, that actually it's just going force hand, going to force his hand, backbenchers to revolt. >> well, this is it. there's been so reports that people been so many reports that people are of preparing for that, are sort of preparing for that, that the may 2nd elections are going be such a bloodbath going to be such a bloodbath that choice. that they've got no choice. i think true. the longer it

think it's true. the longer it drags the people start drags on, the more people start wanting to gamble and take risks. they think, well, risks. and they think, well, i've lose, let's i've got nothing to lose, let's just it. let's see, just go for it. let's just see, you know, maybe a change of leader actually improve leader will actually improve our fortunes, clear fortunes, though it's not clear who leader could be. and who that leader could be. and how you know it'll be someone how do you know it'll be someone who more popular with the who is more popular with the public, who more liked? i public, or who is more liked? i mean, outcome these mean, the outcome of these things so uncertain, things is always so uncertain, and get the leader and they never get the leader that predicted that they that they predicted that they would no, one thought would get. no, no one thought theresa would become leader theresa may would become leader of the conservative party. no one thought truss and one thought liz truss would. and they predictions. do we >> yeah, predictions. when do we think be? now think it will be? now >> well, i'm. >> well, i'm. >> i'm all up for the autumn. i'm october, november, october. i'm october, november, october. i would for october. probably i would go for october. probably around the conference season sooner. >> soonen >> sort of sooner than then. i think . think. >> see, i, i always thought that they would drag it out for as long as possible. now it is looking like it might be october or though i think we or november, though i think we do have to watch what happens on may that may force may 2nd, because that may force force hand. yeah, they'll force their hand. yeah, they'll be that well. be thinking that as well. >> could be may the >> yeah, it could be may the 2nd, let's finish off. 2nd, let's just finish off. we've got a couple of minutes to

talk about passports . this talk about our passports. this is independent of the. is the independent of the. i, now , this the thing. i can't now, this is the thing. i can't get head around this. i've get my head around this. i've our passport expiry rules have changed. so you may have a valid passport, but it doesn't necessarily mean you can travel on it. >> yeah, it's highly technical. so now there's some britain is classed a third country classed as a third country by the are certain laws the eu. there are certain laws that there's been a rule change that there's been a rule change that applies to these countries where if it's been ten years since the issue date, it's no longer considered valid. even if you have so many months left on it. so it's ten years since the since departure. and you need three months from the return for it to valid. so lots of it to be valid. so lots of people are going to have a passport date that has been ten years, even though it says it has a few months, but is going to be considered expired. so you're going to off your you're going to set off on your journey to get journey and you're going to get to control, and they're to passport control, and they're going to tell you, sorry, it's been years since the issue been ten years since the issue date. it's not valid, which is going a lot friends going to be a lot of my friends actually. yes. >> well, the getting caught

>> well, the two getting caught out, 2.4 million people have been so far. been caught out so far. >> does happen because up >> it does happen because up till now, you say, the rules till now, as you say, the rules were if you have six months left on your passport, you can travel. that travel. yes, the people that literally at the literally turning up at the gates board their gates ready to board their flight. told you can't even flight. yes. told you can't even board. and it's awful. board. i know, and it's awful. and what people it takes weeks and get a passport. all and weeks to get a passport. all you can do a fast track which i had to do once when passport you can do a fast track which i had stolen. nce when passport you can do a fast track which i had stolen. and nhen passport you can do a fast track which i had stolen. and that passport you can do a fast track which i had stolen. and that is passport was stolen. and that is ridiculously expensive. mean, ridiculously expensive. i mean, you to get that you pay a fortune to get that done.i you pay a fortune to get that done. i mean, they do it quickly, you get it done, but you're going to have to pay for it. >> so when do you need to change your >> so when do you need to change yoqu you're up to ten >> if you're coming up to ten years, you're coming up to. years, if you're coming up to. >> you to. but then can >> so you need to. but then can you nine half. you get it nine and a half. >> do it early. >> do it early. >> well, will will the >> well, will the will the passport service allow you to do it with you know you've got a year left on it. >> you can actually i >> i think you can actually i think you're all shaking your head. >> i was like, you know, can >> no. i was like, you know, can youi'm sure you can. actually >> i'm sure you can. actually i mean, passport is not valid mean, my passport is not valid until, 28. so i've got i've until, 20, 28. so i've got i've got time. you've got time. although this although although all this chitter chatter about politics,

i'm quicker i i'm ageing a bit quicker than i am, update my am, i need to update my photograph before the next passport we'll just passport update, but we'll just have see if you're have to wait and see if you're coming up to nine a half coming up to nine and a half years, get done years, i'd get it done right? >> message you and to >> no, a message to you and to everybody watching. >> no, no. >> listening at home. no, no. >> listening at home. no, no. >> mine's i've got loads of passports. got of passports. i've got loads of time especially time left on mine, especially for i got a nice for our work trip. i got a nice shiny one. shiny blue one. >> a new one. >> oh, a new one. >> i couldn't get a blue one quick enough. >> that's our farm. quick enough. >> i'mt's our farm. quick enough. >> i'm getting arm. quick enough. >> i'm getting am. quick enough. >> i'm getting a blue. i've lost my i'm my passport. somehow. i'm getting one. getting a blue one. >> can use the same >> you can still use the same photo from, you know, 20 years ago. yeah. ago. steven. oh, yeah. >> yeah. ago. steven. oh, yeah. >> age yeah. ago. steven. oh, yeah. >> age day,1h. ago. steven. oh, yeah. >> age day, just this one. oh, please. i actually, i actually have passport have lost my passport so many times me from >> they've banned me from getting oh, really? getting any more. oh, really? yeah. in trouble with the yeah. i got in trouble with the passport office. oh, anyway passport office. oh, no. anyway that's for another time. that's a story for another time. i get the weather i shall get the weather with greg. >> brighter with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning . welcome >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. low pressure dominates the weather for the day ahead. heavy

showers, strong winds across the country. met office warnings in force for the strong winds across the south—west of the uk today. 60 to 70 miles an hour around the coasts. possible some heavy rain across northern ireland. continued risk of flooding here. there's some brighter breaks in between, but for it be a showery for many it will be a showery day. the rain heavy with some hail and thunder there, gusty hail and thunder in there, gusty winds quite winds too, making it feel quite chilly. temperatures chilly. so temperatures generally in the range of 9 to 12 celsius. and on that brisk wind will be a chilly afternoon for many of us, that low pressure continues to swirl its way northeastwards as we go through into the evening time. some hefty downpours possible , some hefty downpours possible, some clearer spells starting to develop early hours, develop into the early hours, but further showers also pushing in under the clearest skies. we could see temperatures dip to mid to low single figures, but for most it will be a frost free start to friday morning. showers from the word go across many parts of the country. some more persistent rain still across northern scotland, perhaps some hill snow for a time too . and

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gb news. >> very good morning to you . it >> very good morning to you. it is just coming up to 7:00 on thursday. the 28th of march. today, lawless britain , a today, lawless britain, a manhunt underway after a man armed with a zombie blade attacked a passenger on a train in broad daylight. >> police say the incident started here at shortlands

station with two men fighting and ended with a frenzied attack in front of horrified passengers . i'll have the latest on the king records a maundy thursday message highlighting the importance of extending the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need. >> could a summer election be on the horizon? this new speculation, as downing street aides apparently fear the prime minister won't be able to hold off until the autumn . off until the autumn. >> the bodies of two people have been found in the baltimore bridge search, as four others are now presumed dead. >> the satisfaction with the nhs hits its lowest level since records began. we're going to be asking whether it's time to privatise the health service and in the sport this morning. >> gareth southgate may be able to take 26 players to the euros instead of 23. former england captains decided to retire at the end of the season and, being the end of the season and, being the head of sports, pastimes and

fashion here at gb news, i'll be discussing all 3 in 1 story. hello there! >> we've got strong winds, heavy showers across the country through the day today as low pressure pushes its way northwards. find out all the weather details coming up in the programme soon. >> good morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . gb news. on. gb news. got cut out number two ready. and i'll tell you for why. because no one's . we haven't because no one's. we haven't seen your views this morning yet. it's not that you've not been sending them in, but no one's no one's brought them into the because they're one's no one's brought them into the very because they're one's no one's brought them into the very busercause they're one's no one's brought them into the very busy outuse they're one's no one's brought them into the very busy out there.3y're one's no one's brought them into the very busy out there. soe one's no one's brought them into the very busy out there. so as very, very busy out there. so as we those , i thought i'd we await those, i thought i'd talk about there's two things on this paper at the mirror, this bit of paper at the mirror, actually, is not actually, one which is not particularly jolly , is that eric particularly jolly, is that eric morecambe's widow? joan has died at 97. she was just after she

she died on her 97th birthday. there you go. eric is eric morecambe a bit before your time? >> yeah. i don't know who that is. >> don't you really know? >> don't you really know? >> i don't know who that is. they look like a lovely couple. they look like a lovely couple. they do? >> this is. but this is terrifying. i mean, more morecambe and wise were on. oh, i know , i know of morecambe and wise. >> yeah, well that's eric morecambe. >> oh well that's nice. >> oh well that's nice. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and that's his wife who's i mean god love her. >> oh and she's died. >> oh and she's died. >> oh and she's died. >> on she looks nice. >> he died. >> he died. >> no, died back in 1984. >> no, he died back in 1984. good it's such a long good grief. it's such a long time ago , but the other story, time ago, but the other story, which is. which is a bit more fun if you've got an old phone box in your town or village or wherever , apparently it's going wherever, apparently it's going to be updated. yeah so to be updated. oh, yeah. yeah so it's but they're going to call it's but they're going to call it a street hob and it's going to have wi—fi in it and adverts and usb charging sockets. so if you see anyone in the phone box now stood there doing nothing

for 45 minutes, it's going to because they're going to be charging their phone. >> think that's quite a good >> i think that's quite a good use phone box, do you think? >> yeah, but you're literally going to be stood. what are you going to be stood. what are you going do, just stand a great idea? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but does your phone, do you know the amount of times know what the amount of times i get caught actually, get caught out actually, can i have your out? have the rest of your cut out? thanks, amount times thanks, the amount of times i get out. thanks. can't get caught out. thanks. can't get caught out. thanks. can't get home because phone's get home because my phone's flat. a box to get flat. i'd stand in a box to get it charged. literally yeah. and you'd protected the you'd be protected from the rain. it's good idea. rain. i think it's a good idea. i we should play this. i think we should play this. >> quiz. >> what? the daily pub quiz. >> what? the daily pub quiz. >> i'll run a by you. what >> i'll run a few by you. what is traditionally eaten on good friday? yes. very good, friday? fish. yes. very good, who maundy money who distributes maundy money to pensioners? who distributes maundy money to perwell. rs? king. >> well. the king. >> well. the king. >> yes , but is not doing it this >> yes, but is not doing it this yean >> yes, but is not doing it this year, so that's a bit out of date. >> and, which bird delivers easter eggs to children in switzerland ? switzerland? >> oh, i don't know, stork. >> oh, i don't know, stork. >> and i'll have to google that answer. so, you've got two out of three, correct? so far. >> so far. >> so far. >> i'll google the rest. >> i'll google the rest. >> all right. there you go. if you know the answer to that one, please us know. gb views please let us know. gb views gb

news. going to get news. com we are going to get them imminently so we them brought in imminently so we can what you're saying this morning. >> now a manhunt is underway after man armed zombie after a man armed with a zombie blade attacked another on blade attacked another man on a train daylight in front train in broad daylight in front of other passengers. now, if you're watching on tv a warning that the footage that we're about to show is distressing . about to show is distressing. >> well, the video circulating on media appears to show on social media appears to show a man in a face mask wielding a very large blade. police stopped the train and paramedics attended the scene, but the suspect got away. >> well , the victim has been >> well, the victim has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. let's speak now to gb news reporter ray addison, who joins us now. very good morning to you, ray. a very distressed video we've just seen on our screens there. what do we understand about what happened? and well, police saying that they received a phone call just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon. >> reports that two men had been fighting here at shortland rail train station in bromley in kent

, south london. they got on the train and then we saw that disturbing footage posted on social media filmed by a passenger , which showed one man passenger, which showed one man standing over the second by the exit to the carriage and the train is in motion heading towards beckenham junction, and the suspect can be seen wielding a very large knife, possibly ten, possibly even 12in in length. that knife, and he's repeatedly bringing it down in a in a stabbing and a slashing motion . just looking at that motion. just looking at that footage, i counted at least four strikes with that blade. of course, there could have been more. now the victim remains off camera, slumped by that exit. but you can see their legs kind of flailing around as they try to protect themselves. and in the background on that video, you can hear a distressed female passenger screaming, begging the suspect to stop. she appears to

be on the phone, possibly to the police or a friend describing what is happening, and a male passenger can be seen exiting the carriage and you can hear him. he's on the phone to emergency services and he's desperately urging them to send an ambulance as quickly as he can. other passengers in that carriage can be seen watching, absolutely stunned as that attack took place. now the suspect, as we can see from that footage, is a is a young black male. he's wearing a black jacket with the hood up. he's got a medical mask on his face as well. white t shirt underneath that jacket, black pants, black trainers as well. and of course, this all prompted a very large police presence. the train was stopped at beckenham junction . british beckenham junction. british transport police met metropolitan police, london ambulance service responding along with an air ambulance to now london ambulance service , now london ambulance service, saying that they treated the man at the scene before taking him

to a london major trauma centre. of course, train services were understandably disrupted until around about 6:30 pm. as police continued to deal with that incident . and now we understand incident. and now we understand that enquiries are ongoing. that manhunt very much taking place. and of course, south western trains , or rather south eastern trains, or rather south eastern trains, or rather south eastern trains, saying they've provided cctv footage to the police to help with that search. >> okay, ray, thanks very much indeed. >> okay, ray, thanks very much indeed . now, king charles is indeed. now, king charles is going to talk of kindness and friendship in his maundy thursday message. a little bit later on. >> now it will be broadcast dunng >> now it will be broadcast during a service in worcester cathedral, and this year the queen will stand in for the king, who is resting from public dufies king, who is resting from public duties announcing his duties after announcing his cancer diagnosis. >> let's talk to royal correspondent and writer michael cole, who joins us now. it's a real shame, michael, cole, who joins us now. it's a real shame, michael , that his real shame, michael, that his majesty can't be present in person, but his message is poignant, isn't it? >> yes. good morning stephen.

good morning ellie and ally pally, an important message. these are the first public words by the king since , last friday's by the king since, last friday's announcement by the princess of wales of her cancer diagnosis and treatment. he won't be mentioning either her cancer or his own during this audio message to the congregation in worcester cathedral . but the worcester cathedral. but the message is quite clearly there. it's about reaching out. it's about friendship. it's about serving others. it's about thinking of others. of course, it all goes back to jesus christ washing the feet of the poor, in the bible , as his tribute to the the bible, as his tribute to the ordinary down cast and, challenged people of the world. and of course, the pope in rome still goes out to prisons and washes the feet of the prince of prisoners and things like that. this little bit more this country a little bit more decorous, give out or the

decorous, we give out or the king gives out, beautiful decorative purses containing specially minted coins , which specially minted coins, which are distributed by the yeomen warders of , of the tower of warders of, of the tower of london. the beefeaters. so it's a it's a lovely little ceremony. i've been to several in arrestingly. not not these pictures, but a photograph has been officially given, issued of the king at his desk, and i'm. i'm sure i'm afraid there it is. he's not obviously not fuller in the face. the effect of the chemotherapy, i think, is there , chemotherapy, i think, is there, his lips look thinner and obviously it's a great strain for anybody, but while you're beanng for anybody, but while you're bearing the burdens of being head of state at the same time as you're being treated, i'm sure it isn't easy for him, it's a very great shame for me to see him . i was five years old when him. i was five years old when he was born. i've watched him and reported on him throughout his life, and i'm very sad to see him in this in this way, but, queen camilla will be there

today and she will be doing the honours and distributing to worthy local people these lovely little purses containing the silver coins, we're not going to see the king today, but we are hoping to see him on sunday, aren't we, michael? in windsor on easter sunday? and that will be very heartening for people who are who are concerned and worried his majesty. worried about his majesty. >> , i think that's right. >> yes, i think that's right. he's determined to be there as best can with as many members best he can with as many members of his family as possible in attendance, it's an important, of course . it's a day of of course. it's a day of renewal, tomorrow is the most solemn day of the year. good friday, and then rebirth , with friday, and then rebirth, with all that means, the christ is risen on on easter saturday. easter sunday, on easter day itself. so an important time , itself. so an important time, and of course, he has other worries, not least , prince harry worries, not least, prince harry out in california. and what he's doing and other members of the royal family in trouble. real

trouble at the moment, notably kate, his beloved , daughter in kate, his beloved, daughter in law, as he always refers to her, okay, michael, for now, thank you very much indeed , i do you you very much indeed, i do you know what? i don't think we should worry too much about that picture. it's one of the first things you said to me. oh, he looks really ill in it. but as michael said, he is having chemotherapy. yeah and that, as you'll know from if you've had it yourself or you know, you've got family and friends who have it knocks ten bells out of you , it knocks ten bells out of you, and so he's, so he's, he's, he's going to be weaker and more feeble. and so it definitely looks a bit thinner and what have you. i don't think we should panic about that. i think it's more the result of the treatment rather than the cancer. >> cancen >> no, i'd agree with you as well. i just, >> no, i'd agree with you as well. ijust, i do feel >> no, i'd agree with you as well. i just, i do feel sorry. >> pale. yeah. >> pale. yeah. >> just, i mean. oh, god. love him. still in a suit, at him. still in a suit, still at his desk, working. his desk, still working. >> i mean, it is. >> it is upsetting, but let's not worry. let's look on the

positive. he's still at it , not worry. let's look on the positive. he's still at it, and he's, you know, fighting away. and that's what matters, i think. >> yeah, definitely does . >> yeah, definitely does. >> yeah, definitely does. >> positive. yeah, now the prime minister's aides have reportedly urged him to call the summer election following concerns that a tory revolt is brewing. >> well, according to reports, there is much speculation over just how many letters of no confidence in rishi sunak have been submitted to the 1922 committee. >> yeah, they can speculate. all they like that if you ever hear people say, oh, they're very near the number now and nobody knows, they do not believe it at all. sir graham brady, who's the chair currently the chair of the 1922 committee, is the only person who knows how many letters there are. nobody else knows. and i know graham actually quite well . actually quite well. >> do you know i do name dropping graham. >> i've known him for a long, a long time, actually. >> graham to you? >> graham to you? >> yes. it is graham to me. i've

known for a long time and he known him for a long time and he will does not like that will not. he does not like that slip to anybody. >> doesn't nonsense. >> he doesn't take nonsense. >> he doesn't take nonsense. >> no. the minute you see >> no. so the minute you see people this many have people go, oh, this many have gone in, it's absolute nonsense. just anyway. just there you go anyway. >> tell you know. >> will you tell you know. >> will you tell you know. >> oh, he doesn't tell anybody. wow his wife. nobody. nobody knows. >> so there you go. what's the wife called going into all these private details? oh, you don't know , do you? not that good lady. >> lady brady, a lady you to you and me. let's talk to political commentator williams , who commentator andy williams, who joins us now. a summary election. is it likely? election. andy, is it likely? >> no, i don't think so. i think we're heading for an autumn election. as i always said. stephen, sorry to rub it in, but i do think that's what's going to happen, i think looking to happen, i think we're looking at october, possibly november , at october, possibly november, actually, the earliest that election, an election can happen now is thursday, the 9th of may. so the deadline has passed for an election to happen on the same day as the local elections, which is the 2nd of may, and i think we will end up in a

position where it's in october, maybe on the 10th, maybe on the 17th, but i suppose that we could end up and i think this is where, what we're talking about is coming from. we could end up in a scenario where rishi sunak is bounced into having to call an election in june or july, an election in june orjuly, because the local election results, it's going to be a bloodbath. the results are going to be so bad, they're going to lose. so many local council seats. we're obviously going to see, sadiq khan elected for a third time as london mayor and the pressure will then be piled on. there's also a by—election in blackpool, by the way, on the same day, the pressure will be piled on by people who say, you cannot win. and i think that's where we could see potentially a sort of june or july election. but i still think it's more likely that we're looking at the autumn. >> andy, do you think it's a possibility because there's only one the one man that can call the election? that man rishi election? that man is rishi sunak. a possibility that sunak. is it a possibility that even he doesn't know that

even he doesn't know yet that he's what happens he's waiting to see what happens on the 2nd, and then that on may the 2nd, and then that may potentially , you say, may potentially, as you say, force his hand? >> i think that's right. >> yeah, i think that's right. you know, jeremy hunt over the weekend slip that the weekend let slip that the working assumption, as he put it, that they're looking at it, is that they're looking at october. but events change rapidly in politics, as we've seen over the last few years, i think one really important and relevant factor is that there are just so many conservative mps who don't have the stomach for the fight at this general election. every week we're seeing more and more, not just mps. you've never heard of, but senior ministers resigning. we have 63 mps, conservative mps who aren't going to be fighting the next election. and the more of those who we see saying, i'm out, i'm not going to fight it. those are people who actually don't have any reason anymore to defend the prime minister and a perfectly , they have they have perfectly, they have they have no reason not to come out and criticise the government. and that just piles on the pressure

as well . as well. >> is there a problem for the labour party in all of this? whenever the election is called, because they've got to motivate their their supporters, haven't they. wonder if turnout is they. and i wonder if turnout is going to be low, which would not be surprising . rising, there's be surprising. rising, there's going to be plenty of people, one would assume within that saying, well, labour is just going win. so i'm not going going to win. so i'm not going to bother for them. and to bother voting for them. and plus all the hoo ha plus you've got all the hoo ha oven plus you've got all the hoo ha over. angela rayner, deputy over. angela rayner, the deputy leader and that leader rising and that investigation into, you know, whether paid adequate taxes whether she paid adequate taxes on a home that she sold and what have you that's reinvest have you that's being reinvest by the police now. so it would seem so . it's not going in seem so. it's not all going in their direction , well, let's their direction, well, let's see. i mean, i don't think there's any doubt that you know, labour supporters are not going to , have any reason not to turn to, have any reason not to turn out at this election . they're out at this election. they're very, very motivated to vote to get rid of this government. so there's there is there is no

concern about the labour turnout. the concern is about whether conservative voters are going to turn out because there are lots of people who feel very disenchanted . and as i think disenchanted. and as i think we've spoken about before, there is a big chunk of people who are sitting there going, am i going to go and vote reform? perhaps because they're taking maybe 14, 15% of the vote according to the polls at the moment, and some of those people are thinking, am i going to reform or am i going to stay so a big stay at home? so there's a big job to be done for the conservatives to turn people out. labour voters, i think, out. but labour voters, i think, are motivated. for are very motivated. as for angela rayner, you know, if something criminal emerges, then that's a different question. but really , i think this is all really, i think this is all window dressing at the moment. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. andy, good to see you. thank you very much indeed . thank you very much indeed. >> i disagree with andy on that one. >> one. >> oh one. >> on do you i do, i do i think they'll be your solid labour voters like your solid tory

voters like your solid tory voters will go out and vote. >> i think it's those people who labour need to recruit to win an election . one who, who may just election. one who, who may just 90, election. one who, who may just go, well , labour's probably just go, well, labour's probably just going to win. so i'm not going. i'm not going to bother switching over to that. i'm not going to vote for anybody. so i think that's i think that's where the if you're if you're a proper labour supporter and you think this is chance , of think this is your chance, of course you're going to go out and of course you are. but and vote. of course you are. but it's, it's the people and it's the swing voters who who decide where they're going to decide everything, aren't they? >> think traditional everything, aren't they? >> voters think traditional everything, aren't they? >> voters willik traditional everything, aren't they? >> voters willik tiout:ional everything, aren't they? >> voters willik tiout:iona vote tory voters will go out and vote tory, if you had a dedicated i mean, that's that's where the tory party is falling down now because that number of core supporters who will vote tory come what may come hell or high water seems to be diminishing. >> you know, some of them won't bother and a substantial number are going to reform. that's the that's the problem. the tories have got. >> i'm talking to a lot of people now who would be

traditional tory voters don't know who to for. they're know who to vote for. they're completely lost when it comes to the next general election. there's a people out there's a lot of people out there the same way. there feeling the same way. >> yeah, that's a problem. >> yeah, yeah, that's a problem. if like that. if you feel lost, like that. actually, to hear if you feel lost, like that. actueyou to hear if you feel lost, like that. actueyou this to hear if you feel lost, like that. actueyou this morning.) hear if you feel lost, like that. actueyou this morning. if1ear if you feel lost, like that. actueyou this morning. if you from you this morning. if you are literally because think are literally because i think it's situation now it's this odd situation now where people saying, where you've got people saying, i whether to vote i don't know whether to vote conservative, reform , conservative, labour or reform, which covers like quite a big political spectrum. and you go, i don't know which one to vote for anymore , it's not uncommon for anymore, it's not uncommon to hear that lib dems have been almost entirely eclipsed, don't they? >> really don't seem to be heanng >> really don't seem to be hearing as much from them this yeah >> no. well, not yet . maybe not >> no. well, not yet. maybe not yet. i'll tell you what. what worries me about the lib dems slightly is that every time they do an election stunt at the moment, it's with big props. great gimmick, it's very gimmicky, sort of cartoony props and ed davey with this sort of quite strange grin on his face. yeah, and it's hard to take them seriously with that. when you

talk to someone like daisy cooper , who's the deputy leader. cooper, who's the deputy leader. well, she's quite she's quite a serious sort of solid woman. and you and you, you sort of feel like you're talking to a proper politician when you see all the gimmicky stuff. it just seems like a bit of a joke. >> hard to take seriously. >> hard to take seriously. >> i don't let >> yeah, yeah, i don't know. let us you think. us know what you think. >> yeah. vaiews@gbnews.com. us know what you think. >> yetakeibviews@gbnews.com. us know what you think. >> yetakeib' look @gbnews.com. us know what you think. >> yetake ib' look @gthe ws.com. us know what you think. >> yetakeib' look @gthe weather we'll take a look at the weather now with greg. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. low pressure dominates the weather for the day ahead. heavy showers, strong winds across the country. met office warnings in force for the strong winds across the south—west of the uk today. 60 to 70 miles an hour around the coast. possible some heavy rain across northern ireland. continued risk of flooding here. there's some brighter breaks in between, but for will showery for many it will be a showery day. the rain heavy with some hail and thunder in there, gusty winds too, it feel quite winds too, making it feel quite chilly. temperatures chilly. so temperatures generally the range of 9 to generally in the range of 9 to 12 celsius. and on that brisk wind will be a chilly afternoon

for many of us, that low pressure continues to swirl its way north eastwards as we go through into the evening time. some hefty downpours possible , some hefty downpours possible, some clearer spells starting to develop early hours, develop into the early hours, but further showers also pushing in under the clearest skies. we could see temperatures dip to mid to low single figures, but for most it will be a frost free start to friday morning. showers from the word go across many parts of the country. some more persistent rain still across northern scotland, perhaps some hill snow for a time too. and then through the day. sunny spells and showers is the name of the game. some of the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder. once more. the good news is the winds will be a little lighter compared to thursday, but with the brisk showers around, it will still feel quite chilly. temperatures up to around 13 or 14 celsius. see you soon somewhat. >> scott on twitter has just beenin >> scott on twitter has just been in touch, saying dartford hasn't got a labour candidate at

the moment. it's interesting. that'll change ahead of the general election. whenever it comes, they'll be getting one in place. not going to miss out on any seat. nope not. now let's look at money. should we? the office for national statistics have revealed that the country did enter a recession at the end of last year. >> well , this comes as a major >> well, this comes as a major blow for rishi sunak, who's been vying to turn the economy around ahead of this year's general election. let's talk to chief economic adviser for the centre for economic and business research , vicky price. research, vicky price. >> morning to you, vicky. how worrying is this? because it might be a technical recession, but it would certainly the experts seem to be saying be be very short and very shallow . very short and very shallow. >> it's true, technical recession is two quarters of negative growth. the interesting thing is that this is a non—story in many ways, because we had the data just a little while ago, but there was always a hope that ons , the a hope that when the ons, the office national statistics office for national statistics looked that again, may

looked at that again, they may revise the figures little bit revise the figures a little bit because economy because overall the economy looked it only grew by 0.1. looked like it only grew by 0.1. if they had done something in terms of the fall in gdp in the last quarter, not minus 0.3, but maybe —0.1 or something like that, we might have had a bigger overall , picture for the uk for overall, picture for the uk for last year. and also if they had revised it upwards to a positive, then that would have made quite a big difference in terms of claiming that indeed we got growth again, coming back and no recession. but unfortunately they've left everything unchanged. normally you see a little bit of a move when they look at the data again , but this time they've said no, we had two quarters of negative growth. therefore it means we had a recession last year and growth in 2023 was just 0.1. >> okay, becky price, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> oh dear. well, if you are feeling the pinch then perhaps you need to get your hands on some garden gadgets, a shopping spree and £12,345 in cash. it's

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728. delayed appointment . 728. delayed appointment. hospital waiting lists. lack of staff. strike action. it goes on and on, doesn't it? anyway, it's left the nhs in a precarious position. >> yes, according to a report , >> yes, according to a report, nhs satisfaction levels are now at an all time low. as people have described their relationship with the public

health service as toxic. so this morning we're asking should the nhs go private? >> well, let's talk to one of our colleagues, nana akua and nhs. gp doctor david lloyd. good to see you both this morning. nanaisit to see you both this morning. nana is it time for change? >> absolutely. look, i mean, if you take and i just did a little bit of research to have a look at the figures. okay. so 7.8 million people apparently on the waiting list. there's 18 waiting list. there's been an 18 week treatment window week sort of treatment window where to be where you're supposed to be treated been met treated that hasn't been met since september 2016. a record number of waiting. if you're waiting a&e, only half are waiting for a&e, only half are met. wait for four hours. and if cancer treatment, well, you're supposed . it's supposed to be supposed to. it's supposed to be 85% target day wait. and 85% target for 62 day wait. and that again hasn't been met. it's at 60. the problem is the at about 60. the problem is the problem is the system doesn't work. and it's quite clear it doesn't work yet. if i were to say go and try and get an appointment by a private, provider , i'd probably be in the provider, i'd probably be in the same hospital seeing the same

physicians , and i'd be able to physicians, and i'd be able to book the timing. it simply doesn't work , and we cannot doesn't work, and we cannot carry on with it like this. you need maybe , perhaps look at a need to maybe, perhaps look at a system the system more like the netherlands, everyone pays netherlands, where everyone pays an insurance age of 18, an insurance over the age of 18, and that way you've got and in that way you've got different tiers of insurance. you can pay excess for your policy , and that of system policy, and that kind of system would better. the current would be far better. the current one that we have simply isn't working people dying . working and people are dying. and finally, the and now, finally, finally, the golden is no longer the golden goose is no longer the golden goose is no longer the golden goose. and i think, you know, it's time to look at it and change it. >> well, let's bring in nhs, gp doctor david lloyd. you doctor david lloyd. david, you just from nana just heard those stats from nana there. isn't working, there. the system isn't working, is it ? is it? >> the system isn't working because of the article. the thing you were just talking about. we're in a recession. we don't have enough money to pay for any services in this country anymore. need money to anymore. we need more money to make system function. we need make a system function. we need more. i because it's we have more. i because it's a we have an population which is an ageing population which is increasingly difficult to look after, who have many things wrong with them. and i take

nana's point. wrong with them. and i take nana's point . if you if you were nana's point. if you if you were to ring up a private hospital today, you could get an appointment to see a consultant tomorrow. consultant appointment to see a consultant tom been. consultant appointment to see a consultant tom been trained consultant appointment to see a consultant tom been trained in consultant appointment to see a consultant tom been trained in the .ultant appointment to see a consultant tom been trained in the nhs,: appointment to see a consultant tom been trained in the nhs, the has been trained in the nhs, the many hundreds of thousands of pounds takes train doctors pounds it takes to train doctors and entirely borne by and nurses is entirely borne by the nhs. the private service is a parasite on the nhs and is has ramped up its prices for the very reason that the nhs is struggling, because they realise that the problems of covid have meant that they're able to see patients as much as they want, and they've just put the prices up for ordinary people who've been waiting for years on the waiting list. >> yeah, but does in a way, don't you emphasise the point that there is a real need for change? as you say , these are change? as you say, these are nhs trained medical staff. change? as you say, these are nhs trained medical staff . they nhs trained medical staff. they are costing us a lot of money to do so, and they end up working in the private sector, either full time or on the side . in the private sector, either full time or on the side. i mean, it just highlights, doesn't it, that there needs to be a complete and utter revamp

of as difficult as that of this. as difficult as that would be. >> so. >> so. >> so. >> so why don't force the >> so why don't we force the consultants and nurses to work in the nhs and ban private medicine? and then we'd have more capacity? >> there's thought nana. >> well, there's a thought nana. >> well, there's a thought nana. >> well, there's a thought nana. >> well, they won't do it, will they. you can't. it's just not going to work, is it? you can't ban people from working within a different of, you know, ban people from working within a diffas nt of, you know, ban people from working within a diffas laudable of, you know, ban people from working within a diffas laudable as you know, ban people from working within a diffas laudable as that know, ban people from working within a diffas laudable as that might as, as laudable as that might be, we cannot do that. it's impossible. and people will simply go abroad, go elsewhere, where a better deal . so where they get a better deal. so you have to make it work within the system that have. and the system that we have. and i just . i also think that just don't. i also think that when people contribute when people have to contribute to something, have to something, they have ownership they ownership of it and they take a sense of their ownership and sense of their own ownership and i when you think it's all i think when you think it's all free, the number appointments free, the number of appointments that by people that have been missed by people to their gp because, to see their gp because, well, they don't really the money they don't really see the money coming taxes, coming out from their taxes, they doesn't like they don't doesn't feel like they're it. it's free they're paying for it. it's free at point of need. why at the point of need. so why should care if they had to pay should i care if they had to pay for so example, in my for it? so for example, in my model a private system, if model of a private system, if you missed appointment from you missed your appointment from a gp, then that that fee or

a gp, then that that that fee or fine will be deducted from your weekly or monthly payment that fine will be deducted from your wee make monthly payment that fine will be deducted from your wee make for nthly payment that fine will be deducted from your wee make for they payment that fine will be deducted from your wee make for the system. nt that fine will be deducted from your wee make for the system. so that fine will be deducted from your wee make for the system. so you you make for the system. so you would take ownership and ownership of own health as ownership of your own health as well. you think people are just going no matter going to treat you no matter what? then just literally what? then people just literally have a lexical day. the lackadaisical to their lackadaisical approach to their own personal health and well—being. i've seen it a lot because i've worked in the health and fitness business for many do you make that? david >> so every administrative task that you have to do for missed appointments and, and missed things adds to the administrate costs, which adds to the cost. the nhs has 2% management costs, i think, whereas if you look at other private health systems around the world, there's management costs of 10, 12, even 20. so you're wasting more and more money that can be used on frontline services to manage the missed appointment system. yes, but i'm working. i work in the nhs every day. i've been working for 45 years and i don't get many dnas . they're desperate to many dnas. they're desperate to see us in general practice now

so they don't miss their appointments. >> but there's an argument with that, david, although you know, admin costs, you don't want to see them particularly high. of course but but on a course you don't. but but on a private if this running private side, if this is running more private business, more as a private business, well, it does become more streamlined. does become more streamlined. it does become more efficient. that's always the argument. we know there is a argument. and we know there is a lot of waste within the nhs. >> well , i lot of waste within the nhs. >> well, i think that's spurious and there certainly isn't at the moment. every appointment is golden, every , every interaction golden, every, every interaction between doctor or nurse and a patient is a very important one. and we make the best of it. and as i say this, we've reached a stage in all health services around the world where with an ageing population, where every decade, you know, there's those that every decade of your life you get something wrong with you.so you get something wrong with you. so most people are going to be well, at the moment, 18% of us the of 65, so us are over the age of 65, so they have six and a half they will have six and a half things wrong with them. by the time to 80, you've got time you get to 80, you've got eight wrong you. and eight things wrong with you. and

so of looking after so the costs of looking after people many different people with many different conditions out of conditions is spiralling out of control in all countries. the answer is not to wreck the system and create something new, but actually look at the but actually to look at the system and make it more efficient and make it better. and means getting rid of and that means getting rid of the services that cost us lot the services that cost us a lot of money are that are of money that are that are actually bankrupting some of our patients . we i've never patients nowadays. we i've never heard of health bankruptcies before, but we're now getting patients that are taking out bank to have their hips bank loans to have their hips done because they've been waiting so long in the nhs, and that's that's terrible that's a that's a terrible situation. and it's not because the nhs should be privatised, it's because the nhs should be valued. the nhs provides a safety net for the entire country. it also provides uk industry with with an enormous competitive advantage, you look at companies in the us, they, they pay for their, their, their employees health care, which is an enormous cost on them . they an enormous cost on them. they get that for free in this country. >> okay. we've got to leave it there i'm afraid. doctor david

lloyd nana akua, thank you both very much indeed. >> you will have a view on >> and you will have a view on that do let us know that at home. do let us know what it is. gb views at gb news. com. >> paul's got your sport in just a couple

>> it's time to go through the sport. now with paul coyte . who sport. now with paul coyte. who is here with us? >> yes, i am with lots of fashion news. >> yes, i have, i have fashion and sports news. two of my favourite things, ellie. you know that? >> yeah. two of my favourite things as well. >> super are a very big >> super shoes are a very big thing running at the moment. thing in running at the moment. you know, they're, they're very light and they're like huge, spnngy light and they're like huge, springy what springy things and that's what they think they are cheating. well, i think they are cheating. well, i think they are cheating. well, i think they are a little bit it's almost foot doping. but almost like foot doping. but that's what's being used. and also with the olympics coming up. do have adidas are up. but we do have adidas are talking new release talking about this new release which out and fashion. which is coming out and fashion. >> well, let's have a look at them then. >> let's, let's have a look and see what you think of these.

what they're they are. no what they're they are. look. no you're joking. what they're they are. look. no youthis>king. what they're they are. look. no youthis is ng. what they're they are. look. no youthis is ai. what they're they are. look. no youthis is a joke. >> this is a joke. >> this is a joke. >> . the blurring line >> adidas. the blurring the line between packaging . between product and packaging. these adidas shoes are truly out of the box. >> no, this is this is april fool's. look at those. >> the rectangular design takes cues from the original adidas shoe box, creating the perfect silhouette for an experimental style with chunky laces. the trainers are a statement piece that elevates every look. >> is this not an april fool? i mean, seriously, that's on monday though. >> yeah, it is monday. i think they've probably gone early and it has . it's they've probably gone early and it has. it's come out on their on their app, which has all the early releases now. i think it's fantastic though don't you? because you know what there are people that would wear them. oh yeah, there are people . i mean, yeah, there are people. i mean, if they were in white i'd wear them. but you know, the blue is not my colour. but there they are. so look at those. i mean, it is. and if it is, which we kind think it is, i don't kind of think it is, i don't want to blow the joke, but it is

a brilliant one, isn't it? >> how they cost? >> well, i think they're probably coming about probably coming in at about £149. yeah, yeah, £149. 99 probably. yeah, yeah, probably. we are. probably. so there we are. >> you would get people >> and you would get people paying >> and you would get people paying yeah paying it as well. yeah >> people are mad about trainers. never understand it. trainers. i never understand it. >> training. >> people queue for training. >> people queue for training. >> the they the >> i love the fact they put the laces the top of the box as laces on the top of the box as well. very good. just brilliant. >> right? let's >> crazy, crazy, right? let's talk you think >> crazy, crazy, right? let's tali> crazy, crazy, right? let's tali> crazy, crazy, right? let's tali> crazy, crazy, right? let's tali

be a case of going out on a high. >> well that's the thing. what do you do. do you skulk away if things don't go well . or do you things don't go well. or do you walk out when you're as good as you're going to be. but also, oh well, there'll be a knighthood, but anyway, i've got a little, little calendar thing here. may 21st, when he announces the 21st, is when he announces the training . so there's training squad. so there's probably he hasn't even said how many players he's going to use for but there'll more many players he's going to use for 26. but there'll more many players he's going to use for 26. b|couple 'll more many players he's going to use for 26. b|couple 'll friendlies than 26. a couple of friendlies june 3rd and june the 7th. then on the 8th, that's when the on june the 8th, that's when the squad whether squad is announced, whether it be or 6th june, the be the 23 or 20 6th june, the 10th, they're off to germany. and then june the 16th, first game against serbia and herzegovina . herzegovina. >> okay. used to say , really >> okay. he used to say, really wasn't should we talk about louis vuitton next time we are out of time, i'm afraid. >> oh, i say louis vuitton. >> oh, i say louis vuitton. >> that's a good tease. >> that's a good tease. >> yeah. okay. and justin thomas, we've do that as well. >> oh yeah. we'll do both of those next time. >> yeah okay. spend much >> yeah okay. spend too much time those crazy shoes. time on those crazy shoes. >> shoes. shoes. worth it, >> crazy shoes. shoes. worth it, david been touch this

david has been in touch this morning. says that proves morning. who says that proves it? those shoes, box trainers. the world has gone mad. >> but it has. >> but it has. >> i think you're probably right there, david. all right, coming up. we're going to be having a look at the papers in a

time to see what's in the papers for you this morning. with the writer and commentator, candice holdsworth. and former adviser to gove. charlie rowley . to michael gove. charlie rowley. good to see you both this morning. let's look at the times , charlie. should we. what's this about. shoddy security in prisons? >> yes. this is a prison expose undertaken by the times and undercover journalist at the times. there's a double page spread . and, going into all the spread. and, going into all the detail on page four and five, and it is effectively demonstrating how there is a

total lack of grip in terms of security in our prisons. this is a h.m.p bedford , a category a h.m.p bedford, a category b prison, which homes and houses prisoners such as sex offenders and, violent offenders and effectively a undercover journalist, was able to apply for a role and three weeks later was given a job there through an agency, he passed through security he multiple times without having any kinds of checks at all. so he could have brought anything into the prison, could have handed any kind of weaponry to a prisoners, could aided escapes , could could have aided escapes, could have helped in any which way possible, even possible, could have even attacked the prisoners they attacked the prisoners if they wanted there was no real wanted to. there was no real vetting. just total vetting. it is just a total scandal and expose on the lack of security in our prisons that are already overpopulated, that are already overpopulated, that are and ridiculous. are crumbling and ridiculous. >> because if you apply. i know someone applied for a job at someone who applied for a job at the service not that long the prison service not that long ago, they're keen ago, because they're very keen to people at the moment, to recruit people at the moment, if looking a job, if you're looking for a job, good well, but but

good money as well, but but there's lots of there's lots and lots of processes to go through. yes. some third party things can just sort of walk in. >> it's such an oversight. i mean, this is an extraordinary expose. i mean, the journalist who had a simple who wrote this had a simple background check, would have revealed he a times revealed he was a times journalist, but it didn't. revealed he was a times journalist, but it didn't . so journalist, but it didn't. so there obviously a problem there is obviously a problem with they're with recruitment, and they're fast they're not fast tracking and they're not looking people properly. looking into people properly. i think become an think this has really become an issue, a public issue since daniel who was who daniel khalife, who was who escaped from wandsworth prison last year, was able to leave. i mean, we don't know exactly what the circumstances of that were, but former prison officers but many former prison officers have said they've kind been have said they've kind of been waiting something this have said they've kind of been wahappen, something this have said they've kind of been wahappen, because1g this have said they've kind of been wahappen, because1g thust to happen, because there is just such problem oversight such a problem with oversight over population understaffing, just measures . i just lax security measures. i mean, what this journalist exposes in this piece as well, it just sounds like the prisons are chaotic. i mean, they're filthy well. i mean, he said filthy as well. i mean, he said that was the things that that was one of the things that he noticed. the squalid he really noticed. the squalid conditions so, conditions in the prison. so, i mean, it's clear that there's a lot organisational chaos lot of organisational chaos going on. >> mean , i know there

>> yeah. i mean, i know there will be there will be people watching saying, well, they don't prison conditions don't care if prison conditions are if you want are squalid, but if you want people to come and be people to come out and be different, yeah. >> you've got to have them >> then you've got to have them in decent conditions. >> oh yes. leading to more criminality. surely these sorts of conditions , candace, let's of conditions, candace, let's stay with you, shall we? and the labour party being urged to reveal their plans for childcare funds. this you know, funds. so this so, you know, this is this is in the i. page six. and this is such a huge , six. and this is such a huge, huge issue for me at the particular age i'm at now where people sort of children in people sort of have children in nursery there's been nursery care and there's been this new roll out of funding for children aged two, which you previously didn't have before, andifs previously didn't have before, and it's been a game changer for and it's been a game changer for a lot of parents, actually, especially in terms of the cost of living crisis . you've also especially in terms of the cost of lthisi crisis . you've also especially in terms of the cost of lthis fertility you've also especially in terms of the cost of lthis fertility crisis. also especially in terms of the cost of lthis fertility crisis. also especially in terms of the cost of lthis fertility crisis. a lot got this fertility crisis. a lot of people saying, oh, well, of people are saying, oh, well, maybe can afford to have maybe now i can afford to have that but there have that other child, but there have been problems with the system as well, all nurseries well, because not all nurseries are able to provide this care. so labour has said that they are going to review it and they're not going to commit to rolling

it out. but obviously this is going to be really bad for the families are relying on us families who are relying on us because know because anecdotally, i know a lot of people who have signed up to who've no problem to it who've had no problem getting getting it, getting in it, getting it, they've accordingly. they've budgeted accordingly. and taking taken away, and if it's taking taken away, it be really disastrous. it will be really disastrous. >> it's to a big >> yeah, it's going to be a big problem. but yet amidst all of this, who in the this, people who work in the health care sector saying we can't more people and can't take any more people and we cannot get the staff because we cannot get the staff because we can't afford to the staff we can't afford to pay the staff anything minimum wage and anything above minimum wage and staff for better staff are leaving for better paid , you know, behind paid jobs, you know, behind a supermarket paid jobs, you know, behind a supthisirket paid jobs, you know, behind a supthis is et paid jobs, you know, behind a supthis is such a problem . it's >> this is such a problem. it's a problem in the childcare sector the caring sector. a problem in the childcare secto do the caring sector. a problem in the childcare secto do losee caring sector. a problem in the childcare secto do lose acaring sector. a problem in the childcare secto do lose a lot ng sector. a problem in the childcare secto do lose a lot of sector. a problem in the childcare secto do lose a lot of people to they do lose a lot of people to the supermarkets. absolutely. i mean, just a general mean, it is just a general problem all country of problem all over the country of workforce problems, not being able to staff the nurseries and in certain rural parts of the country, they were saying the demand is huge , but the supply demand is huge, but the supply is very low and we have to figure why that is because figure out why that is because the are so the early years are so important. care is so important. nursery care is so important. nursery care is so important. it's not only for getting women back into work .

getting women back into work. children actually benefit a great deal a good nursery place. >> get socialised. >> get socialised. >> they do that like this whole world blossoms for them, you know, they get all their little friendships , the mums get friendships, the mums get friendships, the mums get friendships out of it's such friendships out of it. it's such a thing. and i think it's a good thing. and i think it's something need to a lot something we need to put a lot more into. something we need to put a lot mo okay. . something we need to put a lot mo okay. charlie, can we have >> okay. charlie, can we have a look at the sun, and what they're calling an eco lune. >> yes . well, they're all eco >> yes. well, they're all eco loons. if you're a member of just stop oil, loons. if you're a member of just stop oil , in my opinion. just stop oil, in my opinion. but this is a lady, or a woman called. phoebe plummer, who, is probably embarrassed as a plum, i should imagine, after her latest escapade . what's she latest escapade. what's she done? well, she turned up. she's got a restraining order, effectively. on on going to wes streeting and, his house. she delivers a lot of letters to mps. she's been blocked from doing so from the metropolitan police. >> so she's got it for in the shadow health secretary. >> she has. and she turned up at shadow health secretary. >> supposedand she turned up at shadow health secretary. >> supposed home e turned up at shadow health secretary. >> supposed home to urned up at shadow health secretary. >> supposed home to deliverip at his supposed home to deliver another letter, to which and

filmed it and tweeted it or texted if that's whatever the appropriate time is to the metropolitan police to say hi met. you know that your your youh met. you know that your your your, systems aren't working. i'm still here. still delivering letters. >> right. so she was breaking. she she was admitted her bail conditions . conditions. >> that was. yes. yes. she's. but she i'm afraid say but but she i'm afraid to say she delivered it to the wrong home. wes streeting home. it wasn't wes streeting house at all. to which he tweeted to her that, it's not his actual address. he's the and said, good luck next time. but this is the woman who also threw paint over or a soup over van gogh painting . you know, who gogh painting. you know, who takes a law unto themselves? i mean, it is ultimate crackpottery. and she has been left with, with, egg on her face. >> okay, well, well , better than >> okay, well, well, better than paint on your dress, isn't it? i guess, i, i, i've got, i've got sympathy with people who want to protest about things i do. not that i've ever done it, but i believe in people's right to protest and have their voices

heard and all the rest of it. but it's all this lot. they just go far, too far. >> they do. they have a personal vendettas. >> it's so true. they go too far and they just. you can't rely on their common decency anymore. they boundaries that they just cross boundaries that shouldn't be crossed. i mean, turning at people's homes, turning up at people's homes, that's intimidating. that's really intimidating. i mean, case, kind mean, in this case, he was kind of amused by it. but in other cases, it's pretty bad. i mean, you may have your family at home. they're not involved in politics. know on the politics. and we know on the more the more serious end, like with the mp actually mp mike freer, it's actually dnven mp mike freer, it's actually driven out of politics. driven him out of politics. yeah. but you know, even in the wake of jo cox and sir david amess, i don't think you should be mps houses be turning up to mps houses because it is threatening. i mean, if you don't mean any mean, even if you don't mean any physical harm, is threatening physical harm, it is threatening to families totally. >> i mean, as candice was saying, know, when you get saying, you know, when you get to you know, that is to your home, you know, that is your of sanctuary that is your sort of sanctuary that is your sort of sanctuary that is your castle. know, you your castle. you know, you become the the become the mum, the dad, the you know, you don't know, the son of the you don't become necessarily when become the mp necessarily when you're own home. you're in your own home. and i think there be that that think there has to be that that level of protection, that safe space you member that

space for you as a member that is a member of parliament is in a member of parliament that's in clearly public life. but, i'm afraid did ask. but, i'm afraid phoebe did ask. actually, did send actually, whoever she did send this letter to, she asked that particular resident whether they could forward it on to wes streeting and did and streeting and did she? and because and goodness, goodness knows how that individual knows where streeting lives. where wes streeting lives. because wasn't his house. it because it wasn't his house. it wasn't right wasn't even in the right borough. really? you borough. so. oh, really? you know, the tactics of just stop oil clearly sort falling. oil are clearly sort of falling. >> can't be for >> she can't be done for breaching a bail conditions ehheh breaching a bail conditions either. didn't either. then, because she didn't even though she intended to. >> well, she's >> yes, yes, yes. well, she's sadly she's. >> yeah she's she's free to go another day . another day. >> but i still wonder how much. >> but i still wonder how much. >> i mean i always want to know this, on this, how much incentives on social media play into this because that because they want that viral moment. yeah i think that's a fair point, candice. >> thank very >> charlie, thank you very much indeed. weather. indeed. time for your weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome

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after a man armed with a zombie blade attacked a passenger on the train in broad daylight . the train in broad daylight. >> police say the incident started here with two men fighting at shortlands station and ended with a frenzied attack in front of horrified passengers . i'll have the latest . . i'll have the latest. >> the king recalls a maundy thursday message highlighting the importance of extending the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need. i'm live in worcester, where her majesty the queen is expected to distribute maundy money on behalf of the king. >> his message the first time we've heard from him since the princess of wales told the nafion princess of wales told the nation her battle. nation of her cancer battle. more detail shortly . more detail shortly. >> could a summer election be on the horizon? speculation arises as downing street aides fear the prime minister may not be able to hold off until the autumn . to hold off until the autumn. >> transport for london bosses are under fire after banning an advert because it supposedly promotes obesity by featuring a hot dog. we'll be debating has

the uk become a nanny state? >> and in sport this morning, gareth southgate may well have a bigger squad at the euros than expected. former england captain will retire at the end of the season. and when you. novak djokovic and you're not playing very well, what do you do? you fire your coach. of course. or should i say stop working together your coach. together with your coach. >> we've got strong >> hello there. we've got strong winds, showers across the winds, heavy showers across the country through the day today as low pressure pushes its way northwards. out all the northwards. find out all the weather coming the weather details coming up in the programme soon. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on gb news. oh, we've got lots of views here. where do you want to start, nhs or passports ? passports. go on passports? passports. go on then, malcolm says i filed my application on time. well, we're talking about this because if you've got anything more than

ten your passport, it's ten years on your passport, it's expired . and even if you think expired. and even if you think you've got six months left, you don't. new eu rules as. so do watch that your passports. watch that on your passports. malcolm filed my malcolm says i filed my application time online. application on time online. online. you. took a selfie online. thank you. took a selfie and submitted it on sunday, paying and submitted it on sunday, paying the £85 fee. the new passport arrived six days later. well, isn't that wonderful? excellent service, she says, yeah. tim just renewed my passport online. it was completed within ten days. very good and easy system. on victor. >> well, you're all very pleased, victor. i live abroad and did the whole job online. i chose to use couriers, so it's a bit more expensive. just over £100. endless of emails. £100. endless series of emails. but impressed by the service. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> it's quite nice to have happy views, isn't it? people are happy with passport service. that's good. >> i have say, when i got my >> i have to say, when i got my passport done very quick. passport done it was very quick. >> oh, i've had that trauma at the you? the passport. have you? >> oh yes. but you've lost about 18 of them. >> lost hundreds them. >> i've lost hundreds of them. i think thought, and think think they thought, and i think i've i think they

i've lost three, i think they thought i was selling them on the black market something the black market or something because they to me, they because they said to me, they handed last passport. handed me my last passport. i was in tears because i was meant to holiday the next to be going on holiday the next day. they said, this is your day. and they said, this is your last can't any last one. you can't have any more, more. now so i more, have any more. now so i hold that passport very carefully, carefully on my carefully, very carefully on my flights. there you go. yes. do not >> oh, there you go. yes. do not lose that one. otherwise you've had it. you're grounded. >> check your passports, >> and check your passports, people. over years, people. if it's over ten years, need get new it's only need to get a new one. it's only going take ten days. going to take ten days. according our viewers. that's according to our viewers. that's a thing. according to our viewers. that's a crackiing. according to our viewers. that's a crack on. according to our viewers. that's a crack on with it. >> crack on with it. >> crack on with it. >> yeah. keep those views coming in. at gb news. com. in. gb views at gb news. com. >> now, manhunt is underway >> now, a manhunt is underway after someone armed with a zombie attacked man on zombie blade attacked a man on a train broad daylight in front train in broad daylight in front of passengers. now, if of other passengers. now, if you're this on tv, you're watching this on tv, a warning. footage we're about warning. the footage we're about to distressing. to show is distressing. >> circulating >> well, this video circulating on appears to show on social media appears to show a wearing a face mask and a man wearing a face mask and wielding a large blade. police stopped the train and paramedics attended the scene, but the suspect got away. >> well, the victim has been taken to hospital with life

threatening injuries. let's get the latest from our the very latest from our reporter, ray addison. morning to you, ray. what we know at to you, ray. what do we know at this stage ? this stage? >> passengers here >> well, passengers here starting their daily commute, deeply concerned about this horrific incident which took place yesterday afternoon. police receiving those emergency calls just before 4:00 in the afternoon of two men fight on the platform here at shortland station on the train as well. and then that horrific footage released, filmed by a passenger on social media showing one man standing over the other, wielding that very large knife. difficult to say exactly how big, maybe ten, maybe 12in in length and repeatedly bringing it down in a stabbing motion that passenger slung out by the door of the train. the exit to the train there and kicking his legs out, trying to defend himself as best he can. as that attack continues to take place and of course, horrified

passengers on the train, one woman in particular, screaming, begging for him to stop, another man exiting the train, exiting that part of the of the of the cabin, calling police on the phone to emergency services , phone to emergency services, begging them to bring an ambulance as quickly as they can. and of course, it's only around a 2 or 3 minute journey between this station and beckenham junction. and so, a very short attack, but must have felt like an eternity for the victim. police obviously responding that train being stopped at beckenham and then of course , now this manhunt is course, now this manhunt is underway. but passengers telling me as they start their commute today that it has deeply concerned them. >> sometimes i bring my son on this train, so yeah, i've heard of a lot as well . i've heard of of a lot as well. i've heard of lots of muggings at hayes train station as well. so it's a big concern to think that this sort of attack can happen. >> so, so common now in the

afternoon, a lot about school children, taking phones off children, taking phones off children wearing masks on children and wearing masks on the train. >> e seem fl“— w— p— e seem to be at the >> so it does seem to be at the time that children leaving time that children are leaving school , that it's happening. school, that it's happening. >> does worry you that to >> does it worry you that to think this was like broad think that this was like broad daylight 4:00 in the afternoon? yeah. no, absolutely. >> concerning for sure. >> it's concerning for sure. yeah. it's tragic. i yeah. i mean, it's tragic. i feel for families, you know, feel for the families, you know, it's, is what it is. it's, it is what it is. >> i'm commuting, i mean, >> i'm commuting, so i mean, it's worse, and i don't it's getting worse, and i don't think it's getting better . think it's getting any better. >> transport >> well, british transport police saying that the victim remains in hospital with life threatening injuries. his family has been informed, and there's going to be an enhanced police presence around this station and around other stations in the area, as well as police carry out those urgent inquiries. >> okay. ray addison there for us.thank >> okay. ray addison there for us. thank you very much indeed . us. thank you very much indeed. >> now, king charles is going to speak of kindness and friendship in a maundy thursday message later on today. >> well, it's going to be broadcast during a service in worcester cathedral this year.

the queen will stand in for the king, who is resting from public dufies king, who is resting from public duties after undergoing treatment for cancer. >> let's talk to our royal correspondent, cameron walker , correspondent, cameron walker, who now. i mean, a who joins us now. i mean, it's a real shame that the king is not able to attend. but what do we know about the message he's recorded? cameron >> yeah. morning, stephen. morning. morning, ali. of course. it's the first time since 1980. actually, the maundy service has been held in worcester cathedral. the king's message. he recorded it earlier this month in buckingham palace. he's also recorded a bible reading. he's going to stress the importance of acts of friendship, especially in a time of need. now it's the first time we would have directly heard from his majesty since the princess of wales's video message on friday, disclosing her cancer battle and chemotherapy. now the message, we're told, does not directly refer to his majesty the king's cancer battle, or indeed the princess of wales is, he will say how jesus set an example of how we should serve and care for

each other, and how, as a nation, we need and benefit greatly from those who extends the hand of friendship to us. now, of course, the king is head of the church of england, and maundy thursday is a very much religious occasion. it's an important event in the royal calendar. every year it commemorates jesus washing the feet his disciples the day feet of his disciples the day before good friday, where he was crucified, and the service to do with the royal family here in the dates back the united kingdom dates back to the united kingdom dates back to the where charles the the 1600s, where charles the second distributes the second distributes money to the local community. well, today her majesty the queen, of course, will be standing in on behalf of the king who is continuing his cancer treatment. she will distribute two purses to 75 men and 75 women. that is the age of his majesty the king, and they are filled with commemorative coins. or in other words, maundy money. now there is a slight headache for the monarchists here and members of the royal family, because if you just look over there, to my right, there

is a huge yellow banner and that is a huge yellow banner and that is the republic protesters, a very noisy and loud campaign group, which have since the king ascended the throne, been at pretty much every royal occasion. so they are going to be perhaps making their voices heard . but there are also lots heard. but there are also lots of crash barriers. they are expecting a huge crowd here in worcester. as i was driving in today, union flags were draped on pubs on the roads down into the centre of the city, so they are expecting a big royal turnout support her majesty turnout to support her majesty the and extension, the the queen and by extension, the king. are expecting to king. and we are expecting to see the king at saint george's chapel windsor on easter chapel in windsor on easter sunday, although royal sources tell me it's going to be a scaled back service because doctors advised king scaled back service because doc'to s advised king scaled back service because doc'to be advised king scaled back service because doc'to be aroundised king scaled back service because doc'to be around large king scaled back service because doc'to be around large crowds at not to be around large crowds at the moment. >> thank you so much, cameron, for bringing us that. >> you know, republic have got a right to have their i mean, i don't agree with republic, but you know, they've got a right to have their voices heard. they've got perfect to hold got a perfect right to hold their opinions. it just seems to me, because the king is not

well, does it just seem a little bit distant? awful. maybe i'm being oversensitive. i'm being oversensitive. maybe i'm being oversensitive. maybe i'm being and they being oversensitive and they should just crack on and do what they wherever they want to they want, wherever they want to do. no, i do get your point. >> no, no, i do get your point. and also, the king isn't even there. their signs usually there. and their signs usually say, not my don't they? there. and their signs usually say so it my don't they? there. and their signs usually say so yeah, don't they? there. and their signs usually say so yeah, it don't they? there. and their signs usually say so yeah, it ddoesn't y? >> so yeah, it just doesn't probably off today. probably have a day off today. >> it just doesn't quite >> it just doesn't seem quite right he's not well like right when he's not well like this vulnerable. but mostly this and vulnerable. but mostly maybe, you know, maybe, maybe, you know, they should carry regardless should just carry on regardless and have voices heard. and and have their voices heard. and i object to that. but, i don't object to that. but, i don't it peacefully. don't like doing it peacefully. i like it someone's i don't like it when someone's not. well i'm a big softy. yeah. >> you are. let us know what you think. gb views at news. com. think. gb views at gb news. com. >> the office for national >> now the office for national statistics confirmed that statistics have confirmed that the country entered a recession at the end of last year. >> well, it comes as a major blow for rishi sunak, who's been vying to turn the economy around ahead of this year's general election. >> well, the chancellor reacted to news earlier this morning. >> well, these numbers confirm, i think, what we already knew, which the bank of which is despite the bank of

england the longest england predicting the longest recession in 100 years, in fact, gdp grew, albeit marginally, last year. that's obviously very welcome. but one of the ways that we're going to help that growth is by supporting families get back into work with a big childcare offer. and what will be a hammer blow to those families is that just this week, labour have said that they may refuse to guarantee that free childcare for every child over nine months. that will be a huge disappointment to many families . disappointment to many families. >> it's worth saying one of your one of your targets this year or your pledges was to try to grow the economy rather last year, yes, there was little bit of yes, there was a little bit of growth over the year, but the final quarters the economy final two quarters the economy contracted. haven't you contracted. so haven't you by most measures, failed in that pledge? >> well, prime minister's >> well, the prime minister's pledge last year to halve pledge last year was to halve inflation and he delivered on that.in inflation and he delivered on that. in fact, inflation has fallen from over 11% to 3.4. having done that, he then said we would grow the economy. i

don't think any of us were expecting the economy to actually grow. last year, the bank of england wasn't the office for budget responsibility wasn't. in fact it did, albeit at a very slow rate. and that is at a very slow rate. and that is a testament to the resilience of the economy, but also the fact the economy, but also the fact the government took some very difficult decisions early to difficult decisions early on to make we got the economy make sure we got the economy back on track. >> we've just had the news this morning. thames water confirming that not going to get the that it's not going to get the funding needed. what's your funding it needed. what's your reaction to that and would you step support thames water step in to support thames water customers if necessary? >> well, the treasury will continue to monitor very carefully what's happening at thames water. understanding thames water. our understanding is that the company is still solvent and today's news should not have an impact on the services received by customers , services received by customers, as obviously there are parts of the where the service the country where the service has not been up to scratch, including in my own constituency, and local mps will continue to hold thames water to account in those situations . but account in those situations. but overall, we will continue to

watch the situation very carefully . carefully. >> finally, keir starmer has said, that boris johnson was right about levelling up. it's just a shame that this government seems to have forgotten about that mission. what's your response to that? >> well, the labour party in office devolved no powers to local authorities. in just the last two years. we have devolved powers to two thirds of local authorities . i'm afraid this is authorities. i'm afraid this is authorities. i'm afraid this is a smokescreen for the fact that just this week, the labour party have said that they are refusing to guarantee the free childcare offer for every child over the age of nine months. that is going to be a hammer to blow families up and down the country. who from next week are going to start to benefit from the biggest ever rollout of childcare in our history. £6,900 on average of support. and i think labour don't want people to know that they've said this, which is why they are putting out this smokescreen and it's very disappointing. >> chancellor, thank very

much. >> well, there's the chancellor of exchequer, jeremy of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, talking things, but talking about a few things, but also reflecting that also reflecting on the fact that the ons confirmed we did the ons has confirmed we did fall recession last year. fall into recession last year. he does make a valid point that the bank of england has said it was going to be the deepest and hardest recession for 100 years and actually we just sort of teetered on the brink. technical recession, they call it . but recession, they call it. but nevertheless, what we didn't see, of course, is growth and substantial. there was some growth, but very, very small amounts. so we do need the economy to start moving again of that there is no doubt. yeah. >> let's take a look at the weather show you now with greg. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. low pressure dominates the weather for the day ahead. heavy showers , strong winds across the country. met office warnings in

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channel. >> are you ready? yeah. oh, good. now, tfl bosses have come under fire after banning an advert. go they banned an advert for a comedy show because it had a hot dog on it. because that's supposedly promotes obesity . supposedly promotes obesity. >> well, the comedian ed gamble has swapped the lose that strap so we can see the hot dog. it's in his mouth, isn't it? >> no. it's on, it's on the table. well, there you go on. >> it's ketchup all over his shirt . okay. the >> it's ketchup all over his shirt. okay. the comedian ed gamble has swapped the image of the fast food favourite in favour of a cucumber. instead head. and there's the cucumber on the plate, which obviously makes no sense now in terms of the. >> why has he got ketchup all over his t shirt? yeah, if you're listening on the radio, you'll have to google it to have a look. >> you're not missing a lot. >> you're not missing a lot. >> crazy. so is the uk >> it's crazy. so is the uk turning into a nanny state? let's to former presenter let's talk to former presenter of fat families, steve miller and nutritionist olivia parry. good this good to see you both this

morning, it's a comedy morning, olivia. it's a comedy show, he's not promoting eating hot dogs, is he? is this just a load of nonsense ? load of nonsense? >> well, it's given him great advertising. i'd never heard of him before . had you? yes, but him before. had you? yes, but i mean , the thing is, we have a mean, the thing is, we have a huge problem with overweight and obesity in this country. we're fourth in europe, it's big business. advertising for food companies is big business. they make, you know, they make so much money, you just have to switch on prime time tv to watch, you know, food after food advertisements. and we it's for the youngsters as well who don't have the nutritional education. we're not taught cookery in school anymore . people go to go school anymore. people go to go to college and to university . to college and to university. they don't know how to cook. >> and it leaves, forgive me, forgive me forjumping in, olivia. forgive me forjumping in. but. but the whole point with this is it's an advert for a comedy show. >> yes, i know, but this is a

this is a wider issue, isn't it? it's, you know , it's always it's, you know, it's always there. it's always there in the background. why don't they, why don't they advertise or make a joke out of vegetables instead, or, you know, promote more healthy eating , it's just it's healthy eating, it's just it's just always there. you're lucky if you can hear anything on the radio are advertising healthy eating, and, you know, the whole problem is that the nhs, which is the taxpayer here we spend £25,000 on diabetes every minute. you know, it leads to serious diseases. this is serious. i know this is you know, i might think, oh my gosh, you know, really type 2 diabetes. >> let's be clear. that's that's just clarify diabetes. >> i say that as a type one as i think as i think ed gamble is. >> i might be wrong on that. actually. i think he's a type one as well. steve, what do you think? >> it's the. >> it's the. >> it's the. >> i think it's a load of old tosh, to be quite honest with

you. it's a hot dog in fact, i wish they'd have put onions on the hot dog. a bit of what you fancy won't hurt you. you should eat 8020 anyway, denial eat 8020 anyway, because denial is there's a bigger is doomed. but there's a bigger picture here. you know, talk picture here. you know, we talk about a nanny state. i actually think arguably we're becoming an authoritarian opinions? authoritarian state. opinions? band band, the england band comedy band, the england flag band. it's like we've got to wear a virtual muzzle. people are frightened to speak out these days, you know, it's stifling creativity in business. it's. it's stifling learning as well. so this isn't, you know, just about a flaming hot dog on a plate. it's a bigger picture. you start talking to people nowadays, and a lot of my friends will say to me, oh, you wouldn't be able to say that these days. oh, that might cross a line. according to who? i'll say what i want. thank you very much. so actually, i think all of this about always got a hot dog on his plate is just utter ridiculousness. completely bonkers and fair play to him.

it's got him the publicity that maybe he didn't he didn't think he'd get actually. so you know , he'd get actually. so you know, there's always a plus. >> olivia, are we stifling people? >> i think it's more about nudging people in the right direction , not telling them what direction, not telling them what to do. but when you think about the bigger picture, you know, obesity and overweight does lead to heart disease and cancer and all these other nasty illnesses. and i'm sure you know, all of you have had people in their lives who've been affected by them. i've been personally affected by them. and, you know, seeing someone go through heart failure when they could have eaten healthier. >> yeah, but you're not going to deal with it with a hot dog. you're not going to deal with that with a because there's a hot dog on a plate. you're going to deal with it by being more blunt, by saying to people, maybe an advert that says, if you're think before you're fat, think before ordering you're ordering when you're in a restaurant, if you're restaurant, if you if you're fat, think before swallowing. you you've got to be much you know you've got to be much more blunt about it. you've got

to make it more emotional. this guy a hot dog on his plate guy in a hot dog on his plate with a bit of sauce on is guy in a hot dog on his plate witigoing of sauce on is guy in a hot dog on his plate witigoing to sauce on is guy in a hot dog on his plate witigoing to be ice on is guy in a hot dog on his plate witigoing to be responsible for not going to be responsible for making ballooners . making us become ballooners. >> unfortunately, many people aren't educated enough or have been brought up in the right. you know , with parents who know you know, with parents who know how to cook. >> that's very patronising . i >> that's very patronising. i know you're being very, very patronising. it's very patronising. it's very patronising , typical middle patronising, typical middle class, patronising that, patronising, typical middle clasknowronising that, patronising, typical middle clas know ,»nising that, patronising, typical middle clas know , people that, patronising, typical middle clasknow , people aren't|at, patronising, typical middle clasknow , people aren't stupid. you know, people aren't stupid. they know what they should eat to be slimmer. people do know and what nutritionists have got to do is stop giving their, you know , their sermons out that know, their sermons out that actually confuse the nation. because one one nutritionist will say one thing, another nutritionist will say another. what you should be saying is actually never give up a bit of junk food, because a bit of what you fancy is, is pretty good. it's pretty good. life would be really dull and boring without a hot dog with onions or a bag of chips, occasionally packet of cnsps chips, occasionally packet of crisps a nice bottle of wine crisps and a nice bottle of wine to wash it down. >> no one likes to be told what

to do, me included. but i still say that if you can nudge people in the right direction and encourage a positive, healthy eating way of living and enjoying life, you know healthy food can be tasty. it's not like you think a cucumber. >> you think a cucumber on a plate is going to educate people to go out today and put fruit and veg in the trolley? >> no, in this instance , yes it >> no, in this instance, yes it has. you know, it's created a big media buzz. i agree with that. but i think overall we do need to improve our nutritional education and encourage people to think about eating healthier. that's where i stand and i don't tell people what to do. i encourage them and i allow them to realise that when they do eat healthier, they feel a lot better . better. >> you've got to be honest, you've got to be honest. so steve failed. sorry, steve. >> you've got you've got to be honest. if anyone are getting on the tube, if, if they see that hot dog, maybe they're going to

be a bit tempted to walk out the tube station and buy one, because it does set the old saliva flowing, doesn't it? >> why not? >> yeah. well, why not? >> yeah. well, why not? >> but what you fancy won't hurt you. listen. and we've been talking about healthy eating and nothing else for the last 25 years. it's achieved absolutely nothing the public are nothing because the public are confused. what we need to do is realise that managing your weight is a mindset issue. it's an attitude issue and it's a self motivation issue. it's not about looking at, you know, a hot dog on a plate versus a cucumber on a plate. it's just utterly ridiculous. it's bonkers. >> i agree with the mindset part of it. yes, a lot of people are psychological, you know, our emotional eaters. but you have to eat the right foods to keep your blood sugar in balance. otherwise in a in a otherwise you'll be in a in a roller coaster and you'll always be hungry. have to get be hungry. so you have to get the fundamentals. >> for the last 20 years, though, we've been that though, we've been saying that your message, been saying your message, we've been saying for it is failed for 25 years, it is failed miserably. we're fatter than ever because of mindset and

motivation, not about looking at a cucumber versus a hot dog. >> well, steve, olivia, i'm afraid we've got to leave it there. but thank you very much for your time and your thoughts on that one. you will have a view at home gb views at gb news. com we've also reached out to tfl haven't we. >> yes we have. they said we welcome all advertising on our network that complies our network that complies with our published . following a published guidance. following a review advert, advise review of the advert, we advise elements to be elements would need to be removed or obscured to ensure it complied with our policy . a complied with our policy. a revised advert is now running on the network and we're always happy with people to happy to work with people to ensure adverts follow policy ensure adverts follow our policy . see, i don't have a problem with them saying we're not going to advertise junk food on the on the tube i haven't got an issue with that. if that's what if that's what they want to do, fine. but it isn't advertising junk food , it's advertising junk food, it's advertising a comedy tour. yeah just happens to have a picture of a hot dog in it . in it. >> yeah. have we gone too far? >> yeah. have we gone too far? >> this is where it gets ridiculous. and you know, i

don't always agree with everything steve miller says , everything steve miller says, but on this one, you're in, you're inclined to agree. >> i think sometimes being blunt is the only way forward . is the only way forward. >> you know, i'd be i'd be agreeing with you on that one. >> you know, you fat. >> you know, you fat. >> stop eating. oh i mean, heck, i wouldn't want to say it to anyone's face. >> you wouldn't want to hear it ehheh >> you wouldn't want to hear it either, would you? >> oh, i wouldn't want to hear it. i tell you what. the one it. but i tell you what. the one time i lost a load of weight, was when a colleague at an old place who actually now works here, said. oh, god. you've here, she said. oh, god. you've you've a lot of weight on, you've put a lot of weight on, haven't you? got fat? she did say you can't say say that to me. you can't say that. said me. and that. she said it to me. and i was mortified and offended at the time, but it worked. >> she was right. >> she was right. >> and i a load of weight >> and i lost a load of weight as a result, she did say to me. i said, it's polly middlehurst. there you go. it's polish. it was polly middlehurst. >> no, no. >> no, no, no. >> but you know, haven't >> well, but you know, haven't you fat ? she did, she >> well, but you know, haven't you fat? she did, she did.

you gone fat? she did, she did. she is blunt as polly. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> polly doesn't mince her words. >> she doesn't mince her words. but she was right. she was right. >> maybe that's the way forward then, didn't i? >> well, then i said to you when i said come often, come in. so i think i've put a bit of weight on and she always goes, no, you look fabulous. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you're lovely. i've eaten two creme eggs in about three big bags this week. of bags of crisps this week. of course, i've put weight tis course, i've put weight on tis the season after easter. the season start after easter. >> crisps that can be seasonal >> crisps that can be a seasonal treat as well. >> yes, fine. well, there you go. oh, yeah. all right. >> always beautiful to me. >> always beautiful to me. >> thank you. well, that's all that well, of that matters. well, sort of sport coyte, who sport with paul coyte, who always fabulous. that's in always looks fabulous. that's in just a moment

i >> -- >> all lyman >> all right. paul coyte has got all the sport for you this

morning at 836. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. good morning. >> morning. >> morning. >> 24 minutes to nine. i wish you should do double time checks. those are the right 836, 24 9. 24 to 9. >> see, i can't 24 to 9.— >>-see, i can't do 24 to 9. >> see, i can't do that, 24 to 9.— >>-see, i can't do that, can >> you see, i can't do that, can you not? >> my brain doesn't work that way. >> give me any time. 1002 ten well, no, it only works when you go past half hour. go past the half an hour. i'll have ruin for me. have to ruin it for me. >> okay? >> okay? >> 847 847, 13 to 9. that's very good. >> very good at this. very terrible 852, 852. terrible at 852, 852. >> eight minutes nine. very >> eight minutes to nine. very good. now all these good. anyway, so now all these time checks, everybody's going. that's not time, the way. that's not the time, by the way. it's not 336. >> there justin thomas, please. yes. please. ves. please. yes. in time. justin >> yes. just in time. justin thomas, former world number one golfer was at the ice hockey golfer who was at the ice hockey in new york just a couple of nights ago . it was the new york nights ago. it was the new york rangers who beat the philadelphia flyers six five, and the camera picked him out. so he's there just enjoying it. have a look at this. there we are. look, the camera's picture. they show him with a trophy. there he is. hey. hey there he is. oh, hey. hey everybody. got a beer. oh, everybody. i got a beer. oh, here we go. oh, he's got a chug. he's got a chug chug cam. there

we are. and there you go. did we are. and there you go. he did dribble little there dribble a little bit there didn't he. but there we are. that's thomas. that's justin thomas. >> who's enjoying a bit >> that's who's enjoying a bit of. >> that's a professional sportsman enjoying a little sportsman enjoying a little sport and have a little drink as well. know you well. yeah. but you know you couldn't football couldn't do that at football over you why. why over here. do you know why. why can't drink beer. correct. it's alcohol is banned. so you couldn't sit there. if there couldn't sit there. and if there was chug cam , it'd have to be was a chug cam, it'd have to be like a glass of water or a soft drink. >> you can't drink beer in the stadium. >> no, not actually fight. this is the weird thing. not fight. sir davey sitting that sir davey sitting like that watching game. can't watching the game. you can't dnnk watching the game. you can't drink me. you'd to turn the drink me. you'd have to turn the other way. it's a strange rule, really. you face the other really. if you face the other way if you go somewhere else, way or if you go somewhere else, you can drink. but if you're facing a certain facing the pitch at a certain time around the game, it's against law to before against the law to drink before the there's. the game. crazy. but there's. yeah, yeah, it's true though. it's should it's absolutely true, should we talk novak djokovic, who talk about novak djokovic, who was a break—up? was going through a break—up? >> going through >> he is going through a break—up, novak from break—up, novak has split from goran ivanisevic, his coach of five years. goran, who is a very successful tennis player

himself, have now split up and it's because things haven't been going so well for novak recently. he didn't win the australian open, which of course is disaster. there's andy murray there. but there's goran. >> oh goodness . >> oh goodness. >> oh goodness. >> that's getting a bit. >> that's getting a bit. >> there we are. and there we oh there he is novak there. but they were working together for quite a while said goran quite a while and he said goran have decided to, after have i have decided to, after working , we to working together, we decided to go separate on our on go our separate ways on our on court chemistry. go our separate ways on our on court chemistry . we had its ups court chemistry. we had its ups and downs. right. so i don't know whether we read between the lines there. >> we have decided to go our >> so we have decided to go our separate ways. >> means you're fired. yeah. >> means you're fired. yeah. >> that's it. it's that's it. you're it's simple as you're fired. it's as simple as that. whether he's going to that. so whether he's going to have a new coach whether he's have a new coach or whether he's just to go on his own, but just going to go on his own, but it could be a slippery slide, couldn't it? that could be. >> on his way out anyway. >> he's on his way out anyway. >> he's on his way out anyway. >> well, don't he >> well, i don't he's 36. he was beaten recently indian beaten very recently indian wells 136in the wells by a number 136in the world. this could be the world. so this could be the time. but you what great time. but you know what great champions are like. just when you then you think it's all over, then they back in.

they come back in. >> okay steph houghton. >> okay steph houghton. >> was going to. yes. >> yeah i was going to. yes. >> yeah i was going to. yes. >> tell you about steph. >> tell you about steph. >> yeah. you should do >> yeah. well you should do though i was going to ask you which captain's stepping which england captain's stepping down. but you've blown it now that's keegan. that's kevin keegan. >> no steph steph >> no no steph houghton steph houghton captain. houghton former england captain. she seen probably the she has seen probably the greatest in she has seen probably the gre.women's in she has seen probably the gre.women's game in she has seen probably the gre.women's game than in she has seen probably the gre.women's game than anybody the women's game than anybody else because she's seen the whole change 121 england caps. she was the captain of england when england got to the semi—finals of the world cup, back in 2015. and that was when the change began to happen, whereas you had only a few people watching it and then it started taking off. so she's seen a huge change, in the women's game and a great player and also a great ambassador for women's football as well. >> so it's remarkable how it has changed, actually, from something we never really something that we never really talked about. that's right. now being big money stuff everywhere. >> yeah. and it's taken so long. that's the thing. but i think them doing well in that world cup made difference because cup made the difference because people started paying people then started paying attention, oh, and attention, thinking, oh, and then from there. then it snowballed from there.

so may that continue. so long may that continue. >> talk about louis vuitton? >> oh, this is the bit you want to talk about. >> oh yes yes yes yes. louis vuitton who will be involved in the olympics. vuitton who will be involved in the do 'mpics. vuitton who will be involved in the do you cs. vuitton who will be involved in the do you think they've put >> what do you think they've put together. they're going to together. so if they're going to make medals. well make something medals. well nearly . well you're pretty much nearly. well you're pretty much on the money both of you, because it's outfits. no, no we're they're just stop when you're ahead, darling. >> stop when you're ahead. >> stop when you're ahead. >> laura muir there wins the 800m wearing a lovely louis vuitton handbag i think it's not really that. it's the boxes. look, can we have a little look? i think we have a little, little something. there we are. >> oh, well, they look for the medals there, the, the boxes that will hold the, the torch for the torch relay. >> so they have a special louis vuitton or little louis vuitton box. and it's the same thing for the medals as well. so as they get given the they'll get given the medals they'll have they're probably have the box. they're probably worth than the medals, probably. >> oh, they be. >> oh, they will be. >> oh, they will be. >> then again, i know someone that'll do those for about a

third of the price. they're a bit but you i once bit dodgy, but you know, i once watched documentary on those watched a documentary on those louis trunks, which louis vuitton trunks, which is what are. what they are. >> right. they they >> that's right. they make they make only a few a year. takes several weeks, and do it several weeks, and they do it all by hand. >> several weeks, several weeks worth £37,000. >> several weeks, several weeks wor exactly. £37,000. >> several weeks, several weeks worexactly. yes £37,000. >> several weeks, several weeks worexactly. yes someone's >> exactly. yes someone's sitting yeah. sitting there going, yeah. >> much you paid to >> so how much you get paid to do this? yeah, yeah. >> i went to a louis vuitton shop actually in paris. >> did they let you in? >> did they let you in? >> did in. yeah, >> they did let us in. yeah, they let us in. we had to they did let us in. we had to pretend be interested. these pretend to be interested. these pnces pretend to be interested. these prices were unbelievable. >> go in say, excuse >> did you go in and say, excuse me, what's the cheapest thing? >> i did not. >> no, i did not. >> no, i did not. >> what's the most expensive item got? item you've got? >> i tried >> yes, i tried on. >> it was awful. >> most of it was awful. >> most of it was awful. >> it really all too tacky? >> was it really all too tacky? yeah yeah. >> not tacky, just. i mean, >> not tacky, but just. i mean, but the prices. >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable. >> looking for? >> what were you looking for? >> what were you looking for? >> we're just going in >> nothing. we're just going in because it was there. oh, right. >> where my documentary >> that's where my documentary was one. was based. in the paris one. >> documentary? >> what documentary? >> what documentary? >> i just >> good customer service. i just told i watched told you. i watched a documentary on how they make the trunks. one, that one. trunks. oh, that one, that one. >> oh, right. >> oh, right. >> so they're not called boxes. they're called trunks, right?

>> you know. >> yes. so now you know. >> all fine. >> all right. fine. >> all right. fine. >> ask a louis >> you can't ask for a louis vuitton box. >> yeah. >> e can i have one of >> excuse me, can i have one of your boxes, please? you mean it? >> they wouldn't allow >> thanks. they wouldn't allow youin? >> thanks. they wouldn't allow you in? yes. >> like a trunk, please. >> i'd like a trunk, please. >> i'd like a trunk, please. >> there you go. get off. thank you. >> all right. we've got the. >> all right. we've got the. >> we've got the. don't laugh. >> we've got the. don't laugh. >> i you're serious. i know >> i know you're serious. i know i'll my coat. i'll get my coat. >> he's not

i'm hugely embarrassed, actually i >> -- >> why are you hugely embarrassed? >> because joining us in the studio is former adviser to michael gove. charlie rowley. and writer and commentator and the writer and commentator candice . and just candice holdsworth. and just before came my mic pack before we came back, my mic pack fell and i couldn't see fell off, and i couldn't see where it had gone. and so candice, 172 weeks candice, who is 172 weeks pregnant, was on her hands and knees picking it up. >> it's ridiculous. >> it's ridiculous. >> but but i have to. i have like two small kids. i'm always active and doing things all the

time. that's sort of like lily on the on the lotus . i can't, on the on the lotus. i can't, i can't, i can't do that now. on you should do, you should do. >> it's good to see you both. should we start off with a bit of chancellor of the exchequer? >> well, these numbers confirm, i we already knew, i think what we already knew, which despite the bank of which is despite the bank of england predicting longest england predicting the longest recession in 100 years. in fact, gdp grew, albeit marginally, last year. that's obviously very welcome. but one of the ways that we're going to help that growth is by supporting families, get back into work with a big childcare offer. and what will be a hammer blow to those families is that just this week, labour have said that they may refuse to guarantee that free childcare for every child over nine months. that will be a huge disappointment to many families . families. >> so there you go , despite the >> so there you go, despite the fact we've confirmed we're in a recession that doesn't sort of matter, and childcare is a big issue come the election.

charlie. >> yes, i think it will be. and i know we talked about it in the last hour, but it reminds me so much of 2015, that general election, where, you know, the tory party offered 30 hours free childcare a week. that was just a number of policies where sort of something for everybody. and that was during a time of austerity. so i think policies like to, austerity. so i think policies likpeople. to, austerity. so i think policies likpeople. and to, austerity. so i think policies likpeople. and that's to, austerity. so i think policies likpeople. and that's whento, austerity. so i think policies likpeople. and that's when the to people. and that's when the general does eventually general election does eventually come. people's minds come. it'll focus people's minds about the policies that about sort of the policies that both parties are putting forward and labour not be as and where labour may not be as committed as as the tories are when it to childcare or when it comes to childcare or any other issues, then that will focus and it'll be focus the minds and it'll be a very, very clear choice for voters. >> yeah, it's a difficult one, isn't it, candice? because it's you can use the argument. labour aren't childcare, aren't committed to childcare, but say, well, but you can also say, well, labour looking to balance but you can also say, well, lab�*books. looking to balance the books. >> well, this is the thing. >> well, this is the thing. >> and i just find it so shocking that government has to get involved in this anyway, where they have to start subsidising places. subsidising childcare places. how so out of how have costs gotten so out of control parents on middle control that parents on middle class incomes struggle to pay childcare fees and have to have

government help for doing so? it's an appalling situation. we really need to look at why that's happening, well this is also an appalling situation candice related to children. so the mail online today increasing number of parents are sending their children to primary school in nappies . yes. in nappies. yes. >> this story caught my eye in the, in the daily mail because i have a child of reception age and this very interesting. it was written by a very interesting woman called amanda jenner, and she's a toilet training expert. right so you've got this whole industry now of basically like these kinds of consultants that help parents with toilet training, with sleep training . and she's saying that training. and she's saying that we do to help parents who we do need to help parents who are actually struggling with time. she says this is one of the big issues. that's why so many children are turning up to reception, not toilet train, because you've got frazzled parents who aren't able to put the in toilet training the time in to toilet training their children in. i don't their children in. but i don't know. i'm wondering why know. i'm just wondering why have so infantilized? have we become so infantilized? why we experts why do we need experts constantly help us with

constantly to help us with things that we've been able to do since we were started having children? >> yes , it's ridiculous and it's >> yes, it's ridiculous and it's absolutely ridiculous. >> i mean, look, you know, well, the labour party wants to teach children to brush their teeth in, in, in breakfast clubs and things. totally and look, you know, i'm all for, you know, breakfast clubs and after school clubs and everything. i'm all for, you know, schools having a bit more of a role in actually their communities. and i know they do a lot of community work but but they can do more to certainly parents certainly help parents help their can't expect their kids. but you can't expect teachers teaching assistants their kids. but you can't expect teaceveryoneteaching assistants their kids. but you can't expect teaceveryone else|ing assistants their kids. but you can't expect teaceveryone else to; assistants their kids. but you can't expect teaceveryone else to be ;sistants their kids. but you can't expect teaceveryone else to be sortints their kids. but you can't expect teaceveryone else to be sort of,. and everyone else to be sort of, picking up what is effectively the parents. the responsibility of parents. now, your now, if you can't train your kids can't find the kids or if you can't find the time to train your kids to do the most basic of things in terms of life before they go to school, then i'm sorry you need terms of life before they go to sche l, then i'm sorry you need terms of life before they go to sche l, then out sorry you need terms of life before they go to sche l, then out forry you need terms of life before they go to sche l, then out for it,you need terms of life before they go to sche l, then out for it, just 1eed terms of life before they go to sche l, then out for it, just as�*d to be called out for it, just as you do to help your kids in terms of cooking. you can't terms of cooking. if you can't help homework, of course help with homework, of course there be support there there will be support out there for but when you're seeing for you. but when you're seeing 9 in 10, in 10, that is 9 in 10, 9 in 10, that is ridiculous. who are these

people? who are these parents? i'm afraid a i'm afraid it is a responsibility of those individuals grip. individuals to get a grip. >> it can be sort >> and sometimes it can be sort of counterintuitive why a child isn't toilet trained. it's isn't isn't toilet trained. it's not parents aren't not that the parents aren't doing it. sometimes the parents start too much start too early, but too much pressure on the kids obsess about being toilet trained, about them being toilet trained, and all this and then the kids have all this anxiety to the anxiety about going to the toilet of just being toilet instead of just being relaxed it. and you relaxed about it. and you wouldn't that. but i've wouldn't expect that. but i've seen it. actually seen it. seen it. i've actually seen it. parents to get kids out parents trying to get kids out of two, they're of nappies by age two, they're not for it, they not ready for it, and then they actually have resistance to actually have a resistance to it. and a lot of this is people just, you know, listening to these experts and these podcasts by experts and thinking, trust my thinking, oh, i can't trust my intuition anymore . intuition anymore. >> right? oh, it's a tricky one. having i've changed few having never i've changed a few nappies but i only nappies in my time, but i only with children i can then give back. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no i've never changed nappy. >> haven't you. no. >> haven't you. no. >> oh >> haven't you. no. >> on your time will. your time will come. >> i'm not wishing for it right now. no. charlie, should we have a at minimum wage? there's a look at minimum wage? there's a look at minimum wage? there's a call for it to start at 18 instead of 21. >> yes . and this is from the low >> yes. and this is from the low pay commission that has put out

report say that , you know, is report to say that, you know, is absolutely minimum wage absolutely said minimum wage should come down to the age of 18. that's starting point as 18. that's the starting point as opposed to 21 where it's sort of integrated. and there's been pushback from the chair of the hospitality sector, kate nicholls, who said that will be too costly for businesses at a time where they're already facing pressures, actually having the opportunity to employ someone a bit younger. having the opportunity to employ someone a bit younger . yeah, and someone a bit younger. yeah, and paying someone a bit younger. yeah, and paying them less. so someone at 18, as opposed to someone maybe in their mid gives in their mid 20s, gives a younger person an opportunity to enter the workplace. it gives them the experience. if them the experience. because if them the experience. because if the between somebody, them the experience. because if the in between somebody, them the experience. because if the in theiratween somebody, them the experience. because if the in theiratwe versus ebody, maybe in their 20s versus someone their teens , someone in their late teens, then you'd always opt for perhaps someone of a higher perhaps the someone of a higher age in those sectors. so it's about giving opportunity to young people also. but the cost of burden businesses. but for of burden of businesses. but for what it's i think what it's worth, i think eventually, sooner or later it will to 18. i'm sure a will come to down 18. i'm sure a government or an incoming government or an incoming government pledge government want to pledge that to give to young people at to give hope to young people at a when there isn't much a time when there isn't much going for people at all.

going for young people at all. >> maybe. i don't know . going for young people at all. >> maybe. i don't know. i >> yes, maybe. i don't know. i don't what to make of that one. >> g minimum wage £10.18, >> current minimum wage £10.18, i i think it is for, i i think i think it is for, i think if you're between 18, 18 and 20, but i think if you're 21, i think it's up to £11. what is it, £11, 88 or something like that. an hour. >> i don't know , candice, in the >> i don't know, candice, in the telegraph , we're being told telegraph, we're being told that, elon musk is harbouring a dangerous illusion because he wants to go to mars. >> yeah, i love this sort of, you know, controversies in the science world. so this is by a professor, lord martin rees, who co—founded a fascinating sounding organisation called the centre for the study of existential risk. and what he's saying is that elon musk's plan to go to mars and colonise mars is probably too difficult, and we'd be better off solving our problems at home instead. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> come on, it might be something there. i think we should solve a problem. >> no, but what you'll do is this is why people get it wrong

by facing the what you. the challenges of mars are so huge. by challenges of mars are so huge. by facing those and tackling those, then develop things those, you then develop things that you wouldn't otherwise do that you wouldn't otherwise do that will help. yeah i don't see why it should be mutually exclusive. >> no, i mean, it is it is interesting. it was almost like space exploration involving people anyway. i mean, we send telescopes into the telescopes way out into the universe. kind of stalled a little bit in the 1950s. and 60s. i mean, i think people in that era thought be that era thought we'd be inhabiting multiple planets by now, but never really now, but it's never really happened. i think, you know, happened. and i think, you know, someone musk. he someone like elon musk. yes, he can controversial in so many can be controversial in so many ways, but the guy is deeply competent. i mean, look at all the neuralink. the innovation with neuralink. i mean, what he's mean, it's fascinating what he's able when he puts his mind able to do when he puts his mind to it. >> he's he's slightly crackers. i elon musk. but i think i think elon musk. but i think you need be to be that sort you need to be to be that sort of clever way, never mind. of clever in a way, never mind. we'll let him contemplate all of that. are you preparing to stuff your face with gesture eggs this weekend, charlie? well, i might stuff my face, but i'm with, lamb and other things that you can have over easter, and.

>> but i will indulge. yes, i will. why not? >> in the in the gesture egg? >> in the in the gesture egg? >> oh absolutely not. no, no, it'll be an easter egg all the way. an easter egg and because you're right, there is a store, a cadbury discount store, known as retailer fresh stores, which are advertising easter eggs as gesture eggs and diminishing the, obviously the christian spirit of it all. and just the occasion and the real meaning of it. but, it also comes at a time where a doctor, a senior doctor, has told us all not to eat an easter egg all in one go. now, if we're talking about so huge . if we're talking about so huge. yeah, exactly. because apparently one easter egg takes up about three quarters of your intake or whatever. it's a load of old baloney. eat as much as you want. it's a great festive houday you want. it's a great festive holiday period. there you go. >> thank both. >> eat. lovely. thank you both. all let's get a check on all right, let's get a check on the weather. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news.

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gb news. >> good morning to you. it's 9:00 on thursday, the 28th of march. today lawless britain. a manhunt underway after a man armed with a zombie knife attacked a passenger on a train in broad daylight .

in broad daylight. >> police say the incident started here with two men fighting at shortlands station and ended with a frenzied knife attack in front of horrified passengers . passengers. >> i'll have the latest on the king records as a maundy thursday message, highlighting the importance of extending the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need. >> i'm live in worcester, where her majesty the queen is expected to distribute maundy money on behalf of the king. his message to the first we've heard from him since the princess of wales told the nation of her cancer battle. more details shortly . shortly. >> could a summer election be on the horizon? speculation arises as downing street aides fear the prime minister might not be able to hold off until the autumn. all right, let's crack on with that manhunt, then , should we? that manhunt, then, should we? it's underway after a man armed

with a zombie knife attacked another man on a train in broad daylight in front of other passengers. >> well, this video circulating on social media appears to show a man wearing a face mask and wielding a large blade. >> police stopped the train and paramedics attended the scene, but the suspect got away. >> well, we know the victim has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. >> well, our gb news reporter , >> well, our gb news reporter, ray addison has the latest for us. >> us. >> good morning to you, ray. what more do we know ? what more do we know? >> well, commuters here telling me as they start their day that they've been deeply concerned by this latest attack. but that instances of violence like this on transport are becoming increasingly common. now, we know that the police were contacted just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon. it reports that two men were fighting as they entered the train here at shortland station, and then that social media footage being posted online showing what appears to be a frenzied knife

attack, a large weapon, maybe 10 or 12in in length, being wielded by one man against the other. he slumped on the ground . we can slumped on the ground. we can see his legs flailing around as he tries to protect himself, and that blade being brought down time and time again. that blade being brought down time and time again . and of time and time again. and of course, very, very deeply concerned passengers in that carriage, one woman in particular, on her phone reporting what is happening, perhaps to a friend, perhaps to the police , and screaming at the the police, and screaming at the suspect to stop his attack. another man leaving the carriage as he's on the phone to emergency services , urging them emergency services, urging them to call an ambulance as soon as possible. now we know that the train was stopped at beckenham junction. it'sjust train was stopped at beckenham junction. it's just a two minute journey, 2 or 3 minutes from from here at shortlands to beckenham. and so that attack of course, brief but must have felt like eternity for the victim. like an eternity for the victim. and then the suspect making off on foot before emergency services could arrive. but a

large response from emergency services and obviously treating that man on the scene, the victim , we believe he was victim, we believe he was airlifted to a major trauma centre where he received care, but he's obviously had life threatening injuries. his family has been informed . but has been informed. but passengers here today saying that incidents like this are just becoming very, very common. >> sometimes i bring my son on this train, so yeah, i've heard of a lot as well. i've heard of lots of muggings at hayes train station as well. >> so it's a big concern, i think, that this sort of attack can happen. so, so common now in the afternoon, a lot about school children, taking phones off children and wearing masks on train. on the train. >> does seem to be, at the >> so it does seem to be, at the time that children are leaving school, that it's happening. time that children are leaving sch doeshat it's happening. time that children are leaving sch does itt it's happening. time that children are leaving sch does it worryrappening. time that children are leaving sch does it worry you ening. time that children are leaving sch does it worry you that]. time that children are leaving sch does it worry you that to >> does it worry you that to think that this was like broad daylight 4:00 afternoon? daylight 4:00 in the afternoon? >> yeah. absolutely. it's >> yeah. no, absolutely. it's concerning sure. yeah. concerning for sure. yeah. i mean, tragic. i feel for mean, it's tragic. i feel for the families, you know, it's, it is what it is. >> commuting, i mean,

>> i'm commuting, so i mean, it's getting and i don't it's getting worse, and i don't think it's getting any better. >> well, officers here are carrying out extensive enquiries. we know as well that police are going to intensify their presence at this station , their presence at this station, at other stations in the local area, as well as this manhunt continues. >> okay. ray addison for now. thank you. >> now, the labour party have accused the conservatives of failing on levelling up and preying on the hopes of voters as they launch their local election campaign today. >> well, let's talk to the shadow secretary of state for international development, lisa nandy. really to see you nandy. really good to see you this morning. i mean, the fact that you're launching your local election campaign by keir starmer, basically saying, yeah , starmer, basically saying, yeah, bons starmer, basically saying, yeah, boris johnson had the right idea, he's going to stick in the craw for a lot of labour supporters, isn't it? well i think it's time that we had a more sensible debate in british politics, and we've long recognised that in 2019 boris johnson was speaking to the

concerns of a lot of people in this country that the contribution that we have to make in large parts of the country has been written off by people in westminster that we lack the tools and the power to really take charge of our own destiny, and that for too many people, geography is destiny . people, geography is destiny. >> and the problem was that after recognising that, he did very little to actually make good on that promise, we still believe that that is absolutely fundamental to the prospects of this country, and people deserve those promises to be kept. and that's why we're announcing the biggest transfer of power out of westminster and whitehall in modern british history through our take back control bill today. at the launch of the local elections. >> let's be honest here, though, you're for red wall you're playing for red wall seats here, aren't and you seats here, aren't you? and you know this policy worked in know that this policy worked in 2019. know that this policy worked in 201 look, not just an mp for >> look, i'm not just an mp for wigan, i live here, i bring up my family here. these are my friends, my family, my neighbours and my constituents . neighbours and my constituents. and i've known for a long time

that people deserve better. when the mines closed in wigan, too often what we saw was a lack of investment. that meant that the jobs that replaced them were zero hours contracts, agency jobs that don't give you the security and the stability to raise a family. security and the stability to raise a family . and we know that raise a family. and we know that we can do better. we have huge assets and skills and potential in our town, as people do, right across the country. and if we're serious about growing the economy, we need to start getting investment into the right places. we need to start prioritising the assets that are in those places , and not just in those places, and not just talking about the problems that they pose and we need to empower people to be able to drive that change themselves. this is personal for me, and it's a central mission of the next labour government. >> but if you if it was easy, bons >> but if you if it was easy, boris johnson would have done it in heartbeat. i mean, in a heartbeat. i mean, obviously had the pandemic to obviously we had the pandemic to deal which every deal with, which affected every all for that all the plans for that particular government. however, it's one thing to say you want to do it, and they had the right

idea to start off with. but how do you then implement all these changes? because a vast changes? because it's a vast amount money you're talking amount of money you're talking about. about about. it's about infrastructure, and infrastructure, local and national. mean, these are huge national. i mean, these are huge projects . projects. >> it true that these are >> it is true that these are huge projects, and this is a shift for the uk . but, you know, shift for the uk. but, you know, over the last few years i've spoken to almost every secretary of state who's tried to do this. conservatives and labour, whether it's michael heseltine orjohn prescott, whether it's michael heseltine or john prescott, they'll tell you the same story, that this has to be a whole government agenda that is driven through by agenda that is driven through by a prime minister who doesn't lose interest in the middle and the importance of today is that keir starmer is launching our local election campaign by making good on a promise that he started to make a few years ago about handing real power to people in every part of the country . that's the only way country. that's the only way that this works, is if every part of government pulls together in order to empower local leadership to be able to

make those changes, to pull in the investment. just to give you an example, we've got a mayor, tracy brabin, in west yorkshire, who done a tremendous amount who has done a tremendous amount of launching trade of work on launching trade missions to bring good jobs to parts west yorkshire like parts of west yorkshire like bradford, because she knows her area better than we do in westminster and she understands the skills and the potential that exists there, and we want to see more parts of the country empowered to be able to do that . empowered to be able to do that. >> can i just ask, how do you empower people to get out and take advantage, you know, to, to, to if these jobs come in to, to, to if these jobs come in to, to take advantage of them to be better trained, better qualified and all rest of it and get and all the rest of it and get on with with working hard in their local community. labour their local community. if labour can't guarantee childcare funding, should you win the next election, something which some people have already started planning around? >> , we're not rowing back >> well, we're not rowing back on the promise that the conservatives made to extend childcare provision, but what we are saying is that that needs to

be backed by a plan in just a few weeks time. that promise of an entitlement to childcare hours kicks in. but many parents are already finding that they just can't access it, that it's completely meaningless because providers are going out of business. that's why we've asked sir david bell, who is the ex—head of ofsted, to do a review of childcare and early years for us to ensure that those places are actually available for parents. the system at the moment is a mess and we're determined that whatever mess we inherit from the conservatives, we're going to protect people's entitlement to protect people's entitlement to childcare and make good on that promise . that promise. >> okay, we've got to leave it there. sadly, lisa nandy as always, it's really good to talk to you. thanks very much indeed. >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you, thank you. >> now, with bank holiday weekend just around the corner, up to 18.5 million drivers are expected to take to the road on saturday as the easter holiday break coincides with end of time for schools. oh, it's going to be fun. >> it's going to be a nightmare.

let's talk to our west midlands reporter jack carson is at spaghetti junction for us this morning, where it's presumably compared to saturday. quite quiet . quiet. >> yeah. so apologies if you can see me. the sun's just gone behind a cloud, but traffic looking okay on the road so far this morning. but of looking okay on the road so far this morning . but of course we this morning. but of course we know over this easter period, 14 million people are expected to be travelling on the roads. today alone, 2 million people just on leisure journeys. when, of course, you add that to the usual commuting traffic and particularly today, because a lot of schools across the country are also breaking up today. so what you might have are those families that are trying to make the quick easter getaway. we know, particularly at airports today , you're going at airports today, you're going to have that mix of business, travel and those families trying to use of those maybe to make use of those maybe cheaper fares. before the official easter period starts. so going be so that's going to be particularly busy on airports and the roads around those airports here where we are just

up from spaghetti junction on the expressway , which is the aston expressway, which is the aston expressway, which is the kind of artery in and the main kind of artery in and out birmingham, off the m6, out of birmingham, off the m6, particularly between 2 and 7 pm. tonight is when the rac say p.m. tonight is when the rac say the roads are expected to get a lot busier. of course , as you lot busier. of course, as you have those congestion, usually from commuter and also those people trying to make that getaway home and away for the easter after work. of course, lots of people like to travel outside of the traditional times. that creates a whole new problem. of course, for the times, if everyone decides to travel at the same time and the rac say that between one, between 1 in 10 people are still unsure about exactly when they're going to make their journey. so they say there could be an estimated 3.3 million more journeys to added to the list over the easter weekend. on the trains, particularly on the west coast main line between london euston and milton keynes. that's going to be have a four day closure starting tomorrow to for work on the line there. and of course last year as well, we saw

down, didn't we, at the port of dover particularly huge queues. now it's going to be little now it's going to be a little bit year. coach bit different this year. coach passengers were passengers particularly were struggling and being affected last year with how long it would take process them. that's take to process them. that's going be done differently going to be done differently this hopefully this year. so hopefully the queues little bit less queues will be a little bit less jack carson. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> all right. britain's newsroom heading your way at 930 this morning. bev and ben are it's a double b not bill and ben double b in blue. >> how are you. very good. how are you guys? >> yeah, we're very good. this story that's, actually not been on the rest of the press as much as you might think it was. this is the teacher who's lost his job because he wouldn't use a pupil's preferred pronouns. we've lost his we've got him. he lost his tribunal yesterday, and we're going finding out what going to be finding out what happened feels about happened and how he feels about losing job. yeah losing that job. yeah >> says he fears for the >> he says he fears for the future of the profession and children. however judgement, children. however the judgement, there's some detail in there which that he deliberately which says that he deliberately went out of his way misgender went out of his way to misgender the pupil in question. so

there's a good debate there. >> yeah, i defied him in a heartbeat. would you? yeah, absolutely. a heartbeat. >> we will pass that on, stephen. no. >> well, you can do, you can do. i'm you know, i've got i'm from you know, i've got teachers family and my teachers in the family and my mother's teacher, when you mother's a teacher, when you look the detail, it's about, look at the detail, it's about, he this child on the he was naming this child on the whiteboard, humiliating the child the class. and child in front of the class. and it doesn't matter what the issue is. he can disagree with it. with a with the gender he can be gender critical if he wants you don't humiliate children in front of a in a in a classroom. >> well, it depends what you mean by humiliate them. i suppose if he's writing names on a still using the a board and he's still using the name that child there 17, name that that child there 17, 16, that that young 16, 17 that that that young adult, went by previously he would say, well, i his argument, i think, and we were going to talk to him is that i refuse to buy into the fiction that this person has changed. >> would you would you have kicked him if the issue was kicked him out if the issue was he just simply refused to use the forgetting all the whiteboards? >> i think even in itself >> i think that even in itself

is very questionable . i mean, he is very questionable. i mean, he was you look the detail he was you look at the detail he was you look at the detail he was debating and putting this this the name, the female this the girl name, the female name the board, which was name on the board, which was what this child born with what this child was born with and should she be entered and saying should she be entered into girls competition into a girls writing competition or it was a female or whatever it was a female competition. if competition. yeah. well, if that's humiliating a child, that's not humiliating a child, though , who is in a vulnerable though, who is in a vulnerable position and we know there's a suicide issues and all the rest with children, i think for any, any teacher who has the welfare of in their care , i of children in their care, i think that's really questionable. >> he'd argue that he was acting like that because of concern for the welfare of the children, but it's a good debate. it's certainly a good debate. and he's going to be on the show. an exclusive. so show. he's an exclusive. so we'll put those points him. we'll put those points to him. >> we've got the manhunt >> and we've got the manhunt stabbing. obviously going stabbing. obviously that's going on. they're on. we'll hopefully they're going arrest somebody going to arrest somebody soon. and scrap working from and should we scrap working from home. how did blackpool home. and how much did blackpool council pay for, lgbt zebra crossings . crossings. >> oh crossings. >> on they put them in blackpool. >> oh yeah. they put them in blackpool create blackpool in order to create a safe space. >> oh, i haven't them when >> oh, i haven't seen them when i've up there. probably i've been up there. probably lots of money.

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channel. >> now king charles is going to speak of kindness and friendship in his maundy thursday message . in his maundy thursday message. later on today. >> yes. it will be broadcast dunng >> yes. it will be broadcast during a service in worcester cathedral. and this year, the queen will stand in for the king, who is resting from public dufies king, who is resting from public duties announcing his duties after announcing his cancer diagnosis. >> talk our royal >> let's talk to our royal correspondent, walker . correspondent, cameron walker. and it is a real shame the king isn't going to be there. but it really important what says really important what he says in his message cameron. his message today, cameron. >> yeah, it certainly is stephen. he recorded his message inside buckingham palace earlier this month. he's also recorded a bible reading. in that message, he stresses the importance of acts of friendship, especially in a time of need. now, the king, of course, is not going to be here in person, but her majesty the queen is going to be representing him. she will be distributing coins, maundy to

money 75 men and 75 women of the local community. of course, 75 being the age of king charles, containing commemorative coins. this is very much a religious service, a very important event in the royal calendar dating all the way back to king charles the second. actually in the 1600s, where he delivered coins to members of the local community. but it's all steeped in religion . it's the tradition. and looking back to jesus washing the feet of his disciples the day before good friday, where he was crucified. if i asked my cameraman to just pan across to my left here, or my right, even the crowd is very much starting to build here in worcester. it appears to be quite a royalist monarchist area. lots of people have been here since very early this morning, hoping to catch a glimpse of her majesty the queen. there is also these big yellow flags in the background of republic protests, which of the republic protests, which have perhaps become very noisy since king charles ascended the

throne. i spoke to royal fans andindeed throne. i spoke to royal fans and indeed republic a little bit earlier on, and this is why they've come here today. >> we love royalty, so we wanted to come and see camilla. we're thinking of them all the time and hope they get better really quick, really fast. >> i'm just looking forward to today and you've got to wish them the best for their them all the best for their treatment they're going through, particularly coronation. >> mean, numbers have >> i mean, our numbers have rocketed is far rocketed awareness is far greater polling is greater and the polling is shifting well. so polling shifting as well. so the polling is much encouraging and is much more encouraging and it's going on a it's definitely going on a downward the downward trajectory for the royals . royals. >> well, here in king charles today will be the first time we've directly heard from the monarch since the princess wales on friday revealed to the nation that she is battling cancer. of course, the king and the princess of wales are currently undergoing cancer treatments. there's not expected to be any mention of those health issues within his majesty's message today. on sunday, both the king and the queen, buckingham palace have confirmed, will be attending the easter sunday

service at saint george's chapel in windsor. now, royal sources tell me that service is going to be scaled back because doctors have advised the king not to be around too many people because of that ongoing cancer treatment. but it appears to be a message of reassurance for the king. it was such a shock on friday when the princess revealed her cancer diagnosis, and the king really wants to show to the nation that he is still carrying on with his royal and constitutional duties as head church of england, head of the church of england, as our head of state, and that and being in saint george's chapelin and being in saint george's chapel in windsor, is a sign that perhaps he is starting to be on the mend and very determined to carry on and be seen in public. >> and that will be really heartening for the people as well, won't it, cameron? he'll be really missed today, but people will look forward to seeing him on easter sunday. >> yeah, they certainly will. ellie. i was in fact quite surprised a few days ago when buckingham palace confirmed that the king was going to be there.

i was led to believe that we wouldn't get of wouldn't get any kind of confirmation until the day itself. course , it will be itself. of course, it will be very exciting and message of very exciting and a message of reassurance for the public. and today, of course, it's going to be very exciting for the public here in worcester. catching a glimpse of her majesty the queen, glimpse of her majesty the queyeah, of course it will. it >> yeah, of course it will. it will. cameron. thank you very much good to you much indeed. good to see you this morning, much indeed. good to see you this morning , just a quick one this morning, just a quick one about the nhs. earlier on, elizabeth, i'm with you on this one. she says i'm sick to death of hearing that older people are living longer and were a burden on the nhs. i'm 70, worked in the mills in yorkshire as a weaver, starting my working life at 15 until i retired at 66. good on you . you're not good on you. you're not a burden, elizabeth. we need to just fund it all. >> that's it from us today. britain's newsroom. up next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news.

weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. low pressure dominates the weather for the day ahead. heavy showers, strong winds across the country. met office warnings in force for the strong winds across the south—west of the uk today. 60 to miles an hour today. 60 to 70 miles an hour around the coasts. possible. some heavy rain across northern ireland risk of ireland continued risk of flooding here. there's some brighter breaks between, but brighter breaks in between, but for many it will a showery for many it will be a showery day. the rain, heavy with some hail and thunder there. gusty hail and thunder in there. gusty winds making it feel quite winds too, making it feel quite chilly temperatures chilly. so temperatures generally range of 9 to generally in the range of 9 to 12 celsius and on that brisk wind will be a chilly afternoon for many of us, that low pressure continues to swirl its way north eastwards as we go through into the evening time. some hefty downpours possible, some spells starting to some clearer spells starting to develop into the early hours. but further showers also pushing in under the clearest skies. we could see temperatures dip to mid to low single figures, but for most it will be a frost free start to friday morning . showers

start to friday morning. showers from the word go across many parts of the country . some more parts of the country. some more persistent rain still across northern scotland , perhaps some northern scotland, perhaps some hill snow for a time too. and then through the day, sunny spells and showers is the name of the game . some of the showers of the game. some of the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder once more. the good news is winds be a little is the winds will be a little lighter compared to thursday, but with the brisk showers around , it will still feel quite around, it will still feel quite chilly. temperatures up to around 13 or 14 celsius. see you soon! >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning to you. it's 9:30 on thursday, march 28th. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. ben leo in for andrew pierce and bev turner. very good morning. oh, just about to say. just a warning.

there's going to be some distressing images coming up. >> that's right. a man, is in a life threatening after life threatening condition after being in being stabbed on a train in london in broad daylight. is this another sign of lawless britain? ray addison has more . britain? ray addison has more. >> police say the incident started here with two men fighting at shortlands station and ended with a frenzied knife attack in front of horrified passengers. i'll have the details from an eyewitness who was on board, gender critical and sacked a teacher who lost his job for what he said was his refusal to use a student's preferred pronoun. >> has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected . he joins us live claim rejected. he joins us live and exclusively next. >> and labour's plans for levelling up sir keir starmer will set out his vision to build a better britain this morning. we'll bring you that live . we'll bring you that live. >> and from april the 6th people will have the legal rights to make a statutory flexible working request from home for

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