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course but Democrats don’t have much to celebrate President Biden’s coming under increasing pressure to withdraw from the US presidential race after that terrible showing in last week’s debate with Donald Trump what do you think they should do and much loved Netflix romance Bridgeton has stirred up a storm after Forbes Magazine said the world is not ready to W watch a mixed weight couple on screen do you agree what were they thinking do you find these Concepts downright ridiculous Plus have kids birthday parties become a massive con parents everywhere are seething about the new trend of spending enormous amounts on gifts for kids presents costing as much as £250 are you one of these flabbergasted parents I am and you know what to do get in [Music] touch all that and more in the next hour first are the very latest news headlines with Polly [Music] Beth thank you and good afternoon to you well the TV presenter Holly Willoughby has spoken for the first time since a security guard was found guilty of plotting to kidnap rape and murder her in a statement this afternoon she said women should not be made to feel unsafe going about their lives or in their own homes Chelmsford Crown Court heard that Gavin Plum had been having graphic and highly sexualized conversations with others online about attacking the TV presenter and other celebrities since December 2021 he told jurors though that he was heartbroken disgusted and shocked that his dark conversations had come out but he insisted a plot was a fantasy it wasn’t real however DCI Greg wood from Essex police says Plum is a dangerous predatory individual he was more than just a fantasist that he was planning and had was in advanc planning and wanted to carry out these attacks with the assistance of someone else I think we were able to demonstrate by the evidence that uh we had more than just chat online uh we had him uh getting together a kit which would enable him to carry out the kidnap so he had shackles handcuffs rope hundreds of cable ties metal cable ties and he had purchased the chloroform my apologies that was specialist prosecutor Nicola rice speaking there now let’s bring you on to other news and a former school teacher who uh had sex with two boys has been jailed for six and a half years Rebecca joins groom the teenage school boys from the age of 15 and became pregnant by one of them the parents of both her victims watched as she broke down in tears whilst her sentence was read out at Manchester Crown Court in other news today scientists are warning that people using popular weight loss Jabs like AIC could be at risk of losing their sight new research suggests patients on the medication called semaglutide may be more susceptible to a condition that causes blindness those affected can suffer sudden loss of vision in one eye but without any pain which is often discovered when they wake up of course today’s main news it’s general election day and the poll are still open for just another 4 hours 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Michigan a critical state in Joe Biden’s bid for his re-election his majesty the king and the royal family have sent their heartfelt condolences to the people of the Caribbean following the death and destruction caused by Huracan Barrel it comes as Royal Navy warship HMS Trent is being deployed to the Cayman Islands to offer its support the storm was expected to be close to major hurricane strength where it passed over Jamaica yesterday we know six people have already lost their lives in that storm in sport an all British tie on court one at Wimbledon earlier ended with a win for Harriet Dart the women’s number two won the closely fought match against the women’s number one Katie Bolter to book her place in the third round they’re now being followed by Jack Draper who’s currently taking on fellow Breck Cameron Nory and later three-time Grand Slam Champion Andy murrison Court Center Court that is a as well for his final campaign where he’s going to be partnered with his brother Jamie in the men’s doubles bit of entertainment news to end on a new film Superman is currently in production it’s welcoming face as well for the world’s first s super hero preparing for liftoff take a look easy Miss I’ve got you you you’ve got me who’s got you that of course Christopher ree nearly 50 years since he first took flight in a thrilling Holly epic that proved comic books could be big business well now after several full starts Warner Brothers is working on recapturing the iconic characters golden age in a new film and they’ve Enlisted the late Christopher Reeves’s own son the television journalist will reev who’ll make a camo Cameo appearance in the upcoming Blockbuster the new Superman du for release in July next year those are the latest GB news headlines for now I’m Polly middlehurst and I’m back in hour for the very latest GB news direct to your smartphone sign up to news alud by scanning the QR code or go to gbs.edu [Music] who is of course in Essex it’s a very different sort of GB news today I can’t lie I’ve quite enjoyed it I was H we GA this morning but now I am here with you for the next two hours and we got lots to get stuck into as I get in touch with your views gnews.org for missing teenager J Slater forensic police in tenie are now focusing their efforts on the Airbnb property where the 19-year-old reportedly stayed before he vanished the search has been called off but the police are still trying to track Jay’s movement so let’s cross live to ten brief to speak to senior Global reporter at mail online Nick pza who has been doing a brilliant job uh Nick and no doubt this is keeping you awake at night to work out what’s happened uh to 19-year-old Jay Slater does it feel now Nick as though it’s slowed down in terms of the story here because it seems like there are different twists and turns every day from where we are here in the UK yeah well I here yes certainly the the the Canarian local media the Spanish local media haven’t really touched upon this story at all for the last few days but obviously I think in the UK the the momentum still seems to be uh growing and in fact Gathering Pace as of yesterday we managed to identify one of the people that uh J later stayed with that Airbnb a guy called iub cim uh who my colleague went to speak with last night and uh he he said that there was nothing Sinister onard that happened and we should stress that the police deemed uh this gentleman and another who hasn’t yet been identified as irrelevant to the case but uh de told my colleague that Jay Slater arrived at the house alive quoting him and he left the house alive but I can tell you the other day when I went there the police were back at that house they they left it as just as I arrived and they were taking off forensic style dust covers on their shoes and I approached the police officer and I asked him if he could tell me what he’d been doing and whether it was connected to investigation he he said it was but he couldn’t tell me anything else because it was covered by judicial judicial secrecy which is interesting isn’t it because if the media aren’t covering it there in tenie particularly um you wonder whether the police are going to keep up their sort of enthusiasm you know there are parallels aren’t there of course with meline mcc’s disappearance somebody on holiday something extraordinary happens and that person is not found now of course the mcc’s tried really hard and still do 20 years later later at least I think it is now isn’t it since meline went missing um maybe 15 years um to to find her do you get the impression from Jay’s family that they are just going to keep trying and trying and trying to keep this in the public eye yeah very very much so I’ve spoken to them on and off for the past two weeks or almost three weeks now since Jay went missing on June the 17th and they have insisted that they will remain here and even though the search the physical search for him on that mountain side where his last pinged is over the police we should say have said that the investigation remains open and they they are contining to pursue all avenues they won’t tell us what those Avenues are so uh it’s a bit um difficult to know what what exactly they they’re looking whether there is a criminal aspect to it but to go back to original question yeah Warren that’s Jay’s father and his mother Debbie have said that they will remain here for as long as it takes as long as so they can find out what exactly has happened to Jay they have an interesting relationship of course at the moment with the world of the media not just the mainstream uh media like us but also with social media and how that can be a necessary evil a harm and a hindrance uh and also a benefit for them this 448,000 that they’ve raised just just look at this GoFundMe money uh Nick they say they’re going to help to keep some ticktockers out there aren’t they who are effectively doing the job of the police yes and and that’s sort of this afternoon there of a slight twist in that uh one one tick tocker who they named on their GoFundMe page yesterday who they said they were help helping has has now asked to be taken off that update on Facebook saying that or he claims he alleges that he hasn’t received any funding at all and he’s had to pay it all out pay for it all out of his own pocket the other tick tocker Paul or not he’s a dedicated hiker and Mountaineer he is um he’s saying he also self-funding and he’s insisted he doesn’t want anything at all from the family and I must admit I I’ve seen him up there several times and he seems to be the more serious shall we say out of the two he he’s he has experience in climbing in Scotland and various other places all all over the world so he is still out there he still has the backing of the family but other than that there is no active searching up there and the family are saying that all this they’re quote they’re saying it’s unnecessary background noise all this speculation that there is on Tik Tok on on the um on X on Facebook everywhere that they’re just saying it is hampering the police investigation and and they’re also they’re hurt with some of the comments that are really deeply personal and offensive as to what may or may not have happened to Jay and they’ve said look please stop put yourselves in the shoes in our shoes you know if you wouldn’t say this sort of thing to a member of your own family what why are you saying it to us Nick his friend Lucy mayor she was she’s only 18 she’s the girl that he was there with as one of his friends and was the girl who said that she spoke to him on the phone and he had 1% battery left why has she not spoken to the media do you know because the it’s it’s sort of her absence that is then raising suspicions that possibly there were up to they’re up to no good yeah I mean obviously we have to be very careful in what what we say but I mean we she did to her credit she did speak initially to the media she gave a couple of TV interviews without um showing her face she was filmed from behind I spoke with her several times on the telephone and I met with her twice in that first week she um she told me that yeah she’d come out here with Jay she’d been on holiday with him she’d gone to this new Rave generation festival with one of his other friends called Bradley Hargreaves and and another boy and she says that yes the last she saw of him was on on the early hours of June 17th at papag’s nightclub where he said that he was going to go on to this house with these two these two guys that they’d met while she was going to go home and then as you said there in your intro she received a phone call from him about 8:50 in the morning saying that he had one battery sorry 1% left on his battery and he was in the mountains lost dehydrated and and trying to to come home but yeah since since she spoke then we haven’t seen or heard anything from her at all um we understand that she has been questioned by the by the police as well um but again we should stress there is no suggestion that she’s involved in his disappearance at all Absolut oh absolutely no I think that’s really important um to point out Nick actually um it’s it’s just at the moment it feels like there are so many possibilities of what could have happened to Jay and it feels it’s very difficult isn’t it to narrow down what they are it feels irrational that he would have wandered off the path and into the hillside when he was just trying to get home in the morning having been up for possibly for three days why didn’t he just wait for a boss but therefore why was his phone in that Bosch if and just just we’re up against the clock a bit but in terms of the location of that phone am I right in thinking it’s incredibly specific where the Ping went from yeah so they’re saying that it was in this area of mas called well it’s in a Masa Gorge so down a a mountain side but I’ve been speaking to a a British Army reservist who went up there spent the weekend up there he actually found a pair of sunglasses which he handed into the police uh the police have said that they’re not Jays but again he’s pointed out that the police were back at the Airbnb the same day sorry the following day after he found the sunglasses and after he’d been asked to come in and give a subsequent second statement about exactly where he found those sunglasses I mean I can only assume I think it’s probably an educated guess that maybe they were looking for some sort of DNA or fingerprints in the house to match those glasses rule them out of the investigation we’re not obviously being kept up to speed but yeah he did tell me that he thought where the Ping came from was rather surprising because it was really steep to get to and it was covered in undergrowth and cacti and he said to get there you’d have to need a machete or he suggested someone had thrown the phone into into that undergound well it’s certainly a mystery Nick and you’re doing a great job out there of keeping the public informed so thank you so much senior Global reporter at mail online Nick pza there now it’s Independence Day in the US of course but Democrats and Joe Biden in particular don’t have an awful lot to celebrate Biden’s coming under increasing pressure to withdraw from the US presidential race after a terrible showing in last week’s debate with Donald Trump Biden’s press secretary has said that he won’t quit but if he doesn’t impress in a TV interview tomorrow it’s understood that dozens of house Democrats are prepared to ask Biden to step aside meanwhile the Democrats have criticized Trump after he was filmed attacking Biden and vice president Camala Harris what did I do with the debate the other night that old broken down pile of yeah it’s a bad guy he just quit you know he’s quitting the rest is that right yep I got him out of the and that means we have kala I think she’s going to be better she’s so bad she’s so pathetic it’s so amazing she’s so so I just can’t imagine but can you imagine that guy with dealing with Putin and the president of China who’s a fierce person he’s a fierce man very tough guy so that was President uh president Trump former president Trump caught on a hot mic there on a on a somebody filming him without him knowing let’s speak to the founding director of the UCL Center and US politics Dr Thomas gift uh good good evening uh Thomas thank you very much for joining us um that’s the newest story of the day this footage of trump H how has he reacted to that because he didn’t really say anything particularly shocking he said that Biden is going to step down that he’s useless and that Kamala Harris would effectively be even worse right and I think that this is right in line with what we would expect Trump to be saying in private I don’t think that anyone is surprised which is probably why this isn’t as much of a bombshell story as it typically would be for a normal president really Trump has been trying to keep a low profile over the last week or so simply because he’s looking at what’s happening to Biden and saying if the Democrats want to self-employed I’m just going to let them and not get in the way of that news cycle he was cool once before of course um talking when he didn’t know that he was being recorded which was when he made that comment about uh grabbing women um in a really pretty gross and derogatory way that he wrote off as kind of B Lo Locker banter didn’t he he said it was just sort of locker room banter at the time um does he have to come out and dispute what he said here I would imagine no I would imagine no I I think he likes this being out here uh to be perfectly honest he’s not going to say that but I think many of his supporters are cheering on this kind of rhetoric and wish that he went forward and you know there’s nothing here to suggest oh I’m scared of Biden or I’m scared of Harris it’s basically bring it on uh this is the kind of language that Trump uses publicly out in the open and I’m sure he’d be willing to say this uh if he were on the mic that he knew but since he’s doing it off the mic I doubt he’s going to make any kind of public St yeah absolutely um so what’s going to happen with Biden now with Joe Biden what what are the steps if he refuses to step down Thomas what happens then I think if he refuses to step down then he’s the nominee I mean there’s really no other clear path to a different alternative um if he does step down then things get really interesting and I think that we could see kind of all chaos and disorder uh break loose at the convention in August it would be a free-for-all and that’s I think what is one factor that Biden is considering when deciding whether to step down or not because if he’s not the nominee there’s just going to be so many uh so much sort of horse trading and backdoor deals and lobbying for different candidates and the Democrats could really come out of the convention looking very disunited even if they are kind of able in the end to Rally around an alternative how many Democrats have publicly started to make noises that he should go because of course it’s one of those situations where probably one of them says something then everybody else will want but nobody wants to be the first to put their head above the parit and say I don’t know whether you’ve noticed but this guy’s not fit for office and I think that’s going to be the question whether the dam just breaks and then everyone feels like they have a permission slip to say Biden should really step down right now really what we’re seeing is criticism from the pundits from the columnists from the political strategist uh the commentariat so to speak but with a with a few notable exceptions really elected lawmakers have at least publicly said that they’re going to support Biden I think behind the scenes there’s a whole different conversation going on but this is the front that they are giving to the public okay all right thank you so much the founding director of the UCL Center on us politics Dr Thomas gift there oh and Happy uh Independence Day to you now coming up an amazing story about kids parties and how ridiculously spoiled some children are there are parents who are actually setting up gift lift gift lists like a wedding list but for kids who are as young as six or seven sometimes with items on there costing up to 250 yeah you’re right see you in a few [Music] minutes Britain’s Newsroom weekday mornings from 9:30 well we’ve got quite an extraordinary story to talk to you about now because a triple amput war hero is launching a bid to become the first first to sail across the Pacific Ocean nonstop solo and unsupported Craig Wood uh was blown up as a teenager by the Taliban in Afghanistan but now he’s hoping to change the perception of disabled people and raise money for other limbs veterans like himself and Craig Jones Is Now morning Craig you are extraordinary you are planning to take up to 80 days to sail from laaz in Mexico to Japan yeah how many miles is that it’ be over 6,000 amazing amazing and it will take you how long the minimum it’s going to take me is 60 days it could be up to 80 yeah and that’s on your own you’ve done plenty of this before haven’t you you’ve done lots of solo sailing yeah I’ve done quite a bit of solo sailing but not as big as this it is the world’s biggest ocean after all and it why that particular route I wanted it to be a challenge not just for me but for anyone right so any able-bodied person can look at this and go wow that is difficult yeah and so that was the main drive then it’s become a bigger thing than that now now it’s I’m raising money for charity and I can truly inspire people to change their perception on what is possible for disabl people and if you don’t mind can we ask you what happened in in 2009 in Afghanistan what were the circumstances of your injury I was on a normal routine foot patrol um about 5 m 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that’s Saturday morning live every Saturday 10 to 12 only on GB news Britain’s News [Music] Channel well what did you get as a birthday present when you were a child I don’t know maybe a jigsaw Rubik’s Cube maybe a new football well times have changed there’s a new trend of parents setting up gift lists for kids parties you have to scan a QR code on the invitation which takes you to a website where you can click to buy something extravagant why would they do this well joining in the studio is journalist and commentator Jita dilva good evening to to Jita um this just blows my mind this trend and and it’s Gathering Pace why are parents doing this do you think I think it’s kind of a collection of a number of things based on the kinds of young people you have today between gen Z and now the ever growing the evolving gen a you also have social media where everyone has this aspirational interpretation of themselves they present to the world and you desperately wish reality would measure up to it so it’s organically a child of six or seven wouldn’t want these things they don’t care enough but what they do is because the account this particular account was given by a mother who’s also a teacher she made the point of saying that even my daughter will be receptive of me do doing things that create an appetite in her going forward and an attitude so you have children of an age that they’re very receptive that oh if I have a massive birthday I have a mother who always wants big and shiny and extravagant that’s what I should be and so that snowballs and it’s almost keeping up with the Joneses so I think it’s parents with an aspiration to be better be bigger and funneling it in a way that you can’t say no to a child but it reflects on them to say that I’m the mother of the child who had the amazing party so it’s kind kind of a self-perpetuating spiral where you’re using an innocent child that kind of emotionally manipulates everyone into doing what is best for them to kind of tap into your personal desires and I think also it’s probably a bit of working mom guilt in that um you know we feel guilty we think well it’ll be all right we’ll get them an expensive present sometimes we try and like buy their happiness I think I you know I I stop myself from doing it but the Temptation is definitely there um what would your mother have said when you were younger if you were having a birthday party aged six or seven and you said I’d really like a 250 handbag mummy from a designer I wouldn’t dare but then that’s when also culture comes into it because I’m Nigerian I have a Roman Catholic very traditional Nigerian mother I wouldn’t even have the audacity to say something like that I’m just happy I’m getting a party and I had the kind of Mother where you know it like the lady in the article said being the personal touches matter so the colors I like the things I’ve been talking about all year it it might be just a birthday cake in the shape of Minnie Mouse and that just makes me personally happy that’s the kinds of things that would fuel gift giving or Party throwing so it’s not so much big and resplendant but indeed when I went to school there were girls that were known for having the ultimate parties everyone wanted to go to them so that feels into the parent pressure that okay my daughter really want I don’t want it to be an outcast she wants to go to the party to get into this party I can’t to make the parents angry we’ve got to pay get a gift from this list the this we’re talking about this because it’s a male journalist who’s a mother who’s written about written about this in the paper and as she said she’s also a teacher and she said the first invitation came in and she thought oh this is weird but she didn’t want to be the one person to say no and then the second one came with the same thing and by the third one she said no I’m not doing it and she said she bought the cheapest item on the list that was £25 designer perfume and the second time there was was a 303 perfume so she bought the and by the third one she thought no I’m going back to what I would normally spend for a child under the age of 10 which is £10 on a present and as soon as she did it then the other mom said I’m so glad you’ve done that we’re going to do the same thing too well isn’t it ironic that the peer pressure that you’re worried about you’re worried about protecting your children from is going on amongst the parents because everyone was going to concede to this ridiculous list because you don’t want to be the odd one out and as soon as one person was bold enough to say no the other others followed suit so there it’s you never grow out of it people want to fit in people want to be part of a community and once you set a tone where this is your access door in to be part of this Elite Community you feel pressured to do so because you never want to be the one that’s left out and you don’t want your child as well to be the one who doesn’t buy something off the list because the chances are the child who’s got the indulgent parent is going to say well you know Olivia bought me the1 pound handbag and you bought me a comic with a magnifying glass on the front of it or whatever it is and they didn’t she the mother of the celebrant didn’t even give out thank you cards that was part of the party thing you’d sit down with your gifts and write out a thank you not to everyone who sent you something so there’s already the sense of entitlement and expectation and the children are just absorbing it so indeed when you think back to what it’s like in school children are territorial sometimes and then when you’re known as being the cheap person at the party that stigma attaches to you and then you go back your mother you feel bad and she thinks she needs to up the ATI for the next party and that’s where it all starts to go wrong because it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that that you’re all doing it um I mean my girls are now 15 and 13 but I remember when they were about six and eight I didn’t even get around to a birthday party oh I had too much on I can’t lie J it was a busy year and they just didn’t get one so we had one in December and I sort of passed it off as well it’s a Christmas present but it’s sort of your birthday present and I’m doing it together cuz you kind of similar and that will be it and they’ve never forgiven me they still take the Mickey out of me for this party that I did in December they will because even going back like with my mom I think when you when you said that thing about what working mom’s guilt she must have had that she’s a lawyer she was working a lot but she always worked over time I don’t know when she slept but I think it was like just Express the love in such a visual way that they can really feel it so they know how much I care I’m compensating on this one day for every mistake I might have made throughout the year so again you feel sorry for the parents but again you have to know it’s that emotional motivation as opposed to something else and what really struck me when I was reading this article actually um in the mail is that it was about teaching the children that stuff is more important than people yeah that that stuff is what matters what people bring and I would always say and we we had a a family party this year where my mom’s 80th my dad’s 88th 88th and my mom put on the invitation we want your presence not your presence and I thought that was that was perfect right thank you so much you’re going to be joining me a little bit later as well aren’t you right still to come we’re going to have the latest Great British Sport and what a weekend for it we’re going to be joined by none other than travel Guru Simon CER he’s not talking about sport he’s talking about travel he’s in Zante reporting on those wildfires and hurricane Barrel don’t go [Music] anywhere good evening welcome to your latest GB news and weather update brought to you from the Met Office rain in the south to come on Friday a bit of a drier day though further north and it will be a little bit calmer than today we’ve had low pressure in charge through today still going to bring some windy weather to Western areas of Scotland through the night as well as some further rain and it’s actually into the Southwest we start to see the next batch of rain arrive through this evening so clouding over for parts of South Wales Southwest England drier ahead of that we’ll see some spells of of clearer weather as well for parts of Northern Ireland Northern England as well here temperatures could dip down a little but for most of us it’s going to to be a fairly mild start to the day on Friday there will be quite a lot of cloud around quite a bit more than today across Central and Southern areas of England where there will be spells of heavy rain at times most of us will just see a lot of cloud around and drizzly Rain through the day but there will be some heavier pulses particularly as we head into the sea Friday evening as well further north though much drier and clearer and actually across Western Scotland yes there’s still quite a lot of cloud around to start the day on Friday but there’ll be few in the way of showers so I think quite a bit drier and the winds lighter it won’t be feeling quite as fresh temperatures climbing a little bit higher through Friday here than today now further south this band of rain will wiggle and wave through the day so but it will linger for much of the day across the far south coast though could turn a bit dry for parts of the Midlands North Wales much of northern England as well and in that Sunshine it won’t feel too bad temperatures climbing a little bit higher we’ve got 20 possibly 21 degrees in the best of the sunshine the winds will be lighter as well ahead to Saturday it’s staying fairly unsettled that rain will take a while to clear the east coast and then it will be replaced by mix of sunshine and some pretty heavy possibly thundery showers through Saturday and temperatures again a little bit below where they should be for this time of July and that theme generally continues into Sunday though next week it does look like it might slowly start to warm up a little see you later the latest GB news travel good evening I’m Johnny rat a long Q continue heading north up the m6 through the West Midlands towards Birmingham Junction 5 to6 Lor’s broken down just south of Spaghetti Junction Co and Q back to the m42 in West London the Twickenham Road the a305 ACR course closed off Apex corner of handworth for a police investigation in Hampshire the a331 Blackwater Valley route that’s closed northbound just south of the M3 north of farra following a multiv vehicle Collis long Hughes Northwest of Bristol on the M5 North vand a lane shut just before porter head following a two Bic crash and slow f down through Somerset from the Sall Services towards Bridgewater following an earlier incident now into Wells on the M4 westbound really slow towards cardi at Junction 32 at coron following an earlier crash and on the trains transport for Wales still can’t run clanin dods to night in because of the line Side Fire that’s the latest you can stay up to date throughout the day by visiting our website GB newws [Music] good evening it’s 6:34 p.m. this is jbes and Co tonight with me Bev Turner see what you’ve been saying at home Biden about whether he should step down Helena said I feel so sorry for Biden his family are a disgrace not helping him to step down he’s clearly not well Victoria Trump says what he thinks nothing worse than what he says in public at a rally if anything is holding back Biden is putting us all in danger and on kids parties judis has said unfortunately this is the world we live in when wedding lists first started everyone thought that it was horribly avaricious and now it’s just the norm I really hope it does not become the norm with kids parties though Judith but I fear you might be right okay the King has sent his and his family’s heartfelt condolences to the people of the Caribbean following the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Barrel this comes as Royal Navy warship HMS Trent is being deployed to the Cayman Islands to offer support meanwhile wildfires in Greece continue to wreak havoc so could this what could this mean for your summer plans the Independence travel correspondent Simon CER joins us live now from Zante good evening Simon lovely to see you as always uh looks a little Breezy where you are but no sign of any hurricane uh no hurricanes here uh we have had strong winds all day uh but I’ve just seen an aircraft taking off over there what we have seen earlier on this week were wildfires um there’s different versions of how they started some people say well it was just natural um others say there’s possibly Arsen there’s a hillside about 10 m away from where I am where you can see a patch maybe 500 M square of uh Wildfire wreckage and uh that was put out by the very very efficient uh uh authorities here um personally I’m I’m more confident about what’s happening here than I am about the Caribbean and I’ve just actually picked up the latest from the National Hurricane Center uh for the US yes they’re based in Miami but they actually look after the whole of the Caribbean in terms of what’s Happening uh climatically they say and I’m quoting here Center of barrel moving away from the Cayman Islands this is actually very good news because we thought it was going to cause immense uh Devastation there and as you say the Royal Navy has deployed a ship there uh but they do still warm with strong winds dangerous storm surge but where they’re now looking and this is crucial for people who like me love Mexico is they are saying that damaging waves expected on the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula of of Mexico by early on Friday so anybody who’s perhaps flying over there uh right now is going to find that if they land in Cancun they will be arriving in a place where there are severe problems okay and do you think at the moment um Simon what would be the advice of people going to Mexico Meo maybe or over to the Caribbean okay so if you are lucky enough to be going to the Eastern Caribbean and that was the first place that was hit um uh islands like Barbados um St Lucia uh Grenada where there’s been I’m s sorry to say some Devastation and St Vincent particularly so then actually as long as your hotel is open the airports are all functioning and that should be okay uh Jama has been having a really really tough time and as far as I can tell there is still some pretty heavy rain there um effectively it that you had Hurrican Barrel passing through in the past uh uh 16 hours or so um air airports are getting back to normal and I understand that although Virgin Atlantic has canel their London to Montego Bay flight actually tomorrow we are going to see the British Airways right from Gatwick to uh to uh Kingston Jamaica so people will be able to get in and out if you’re booked to Mexico well I am really sorry to say that it’s there’s a possibility your flight may go and crucially if you’re watching GB news in your hotel online at the moment and you’re in Cancun it could well be that you will be staying there longer than expected now all of these destinations know that they’ve got to look after tourists they all the hotels have hurcan plans and you simply need to obey the instructions for what needs to be done okay all right brilliant thank you so much Simon CER there at live in Zante now I was at Henata all morning in fact gas got in in touch to say did I enjoy my boat trip yes I did gas very much so it’s been a long day but it’s lovely it’s a it’s great to be on jubes on a day like this we’re talking about all sorts of different things no politics of course and with me in the stud now is Aiden McGee to discuss right Aiden England Euros this weekend let’s start there when is the match are we going to win are we going to win well listen they’re going to have to improve markedly B from the previous matches there four matches they played they haven’t got out of first gear in any of them really not withstanding maybe the first few minutes of a couple of the matches they’ve really underwhelmed they flattered to deceive we’re meant to be overloaded with all these creative forward players who can do damage to any opponents on their day we’ve seen very little of that and they can’t keep re relying on moments of Brilliance from jke bellam like overhead kick that we saw and let alone certain we certainly not leaving it until the last 15 seconds do we even know yet whether he’s going to be allowed to play because of course he got in trouble in that last match didn’t it for a a crude hand gesture around the groin area he won’t be the first footballer to have done that in a moment of celebratory Madness um but what’s the what’s the latest does he even know if he’s going to play because they’re leaving him hanging not yet I mean unless the fa had been briefed on the side listen you know just so you know it’s going to be a fine so yes Pur with your preparations on the training pitch including him as part of your plans your formation your uh your tactics Etc but I have to say I mean this there nothing new in players being being censured for over celebrating or maybe you know exuding a LW gesture or even advertising a bit politics or something like that but for it to wait this long is unfair I mean it happened last it happened last Sunday uh Bev you know it should have it should have been dealt with at least within 48 Hours of that it’s really unfair for any team to be going into a match Saturday I mean if if there’s a really is a possibility that they won’t find out until Saturday as in hours before the game I think that’s grossly unfair in England I really do and a fine isn’t going to affect him though is it a Fine’s not going to affect him no not not at all and that’s that that’s realistically what it’s going to be I don’t think UF would be so foolish I mean they they are experts in uh in you know poor conduct has to be said in in incompetence but uh on this one I don’t think they would bring they would bring it upon England to to to to offer anything more than a than a fine I thought okay so um and just just s if win if we win on Saturday what then uh if we win on Saturday we’re going to face either the Netherlands or turkey but this listen let’s get this first game out of the way first because look if you said to England beforehand you can have Switzerland in the quarterfinal in dorf and they’re going to be what 50 or thousand England fans there plus loads more outside I would think they would bite your hands off to be honest with you uh but Switzerland for once and they don’t have really any any discernable history in major tournaments prior to now but they just seem to have turned up they’ve got excellent back three goalkeeper Granite Jaca who excelled in the Premier League for Arsenal and quite was quite unlucky to be sold last summer he’s been playing out of his skin so have plenty to do it’s whether they go for personnel changes Bev I mean you know they’ve they’ve stuck with this formation they just keep playing this pedestrian for football going sideways there’s no dynamism about them there’s no Pace the players look tired they look a bit lazy out of possession as well and that’s a crucial crucial part of the game because if you’re if your opponents have got the ball you need to get it off them as quickly as possible you at least need to recover position they don’t even seem to be doing that g Southgate though is very stubborn one option though that may be open to him is the fact that Mark Mark gry here the center back who’s been outstanding so far is suspended for this game I to the fact that you picked up booking in the last game they may go the back with a back three with wing backs maybe bring Jude Burlingham back alongside Dean rice and they’ve got a little bit more options and suddenly suddenly de rice doesn’t look quite so sorry Harry kanee doesn’t look quite so isolated up from okay um somebody who isn’t isolated who normally is is Henman because not Henman Murray Murray thank it’s been a long day um Andy Murray playing with his brother yes this evening round about now but I mean when you see 615 on the BBC website or whatever it doesn’t actually mean that because it depends on whether the previous match is overrun it’s going to be great to see him and we believe he’s going to play with Amma ranu in the mixed doubles later in the week as well that’s going to be fantastic I think it’s important that we saw him as a British audience say a final farewell to to the wimon crowd and we waited so long I never thought I’d see Bev in my lifetime Andy Mario or any British player win the men’s singles I still haven’t seen anyone win the the women’s singles at wimon although we did see ardu famously win the US three years ago so I think it’s good to say but I think I think he wouldn’t have been afforded this at any other slam to be honest with it’s only because it’s Wim and a couple other players might be put out with the scheduling although he’s not the threat he used to be of course okay brilliant Aiden thank you so much see you see you in the next hour Aiden mgee there now uh day three of Henley Retta earlier today I was able to speak to uh s Steve redre we’re going to bring you that as well I think in the next next hour but still to come is there anything wrong with what’s being dubbed a mixed weight relationship will Netflix hit Bridgeton is causing a stir I’m going to be debating that with former presenter of super size super skinny [Music] next GB news is Britain’s election Channel and when the big stories break we’re tackling them on Britain’s Newsroom when we disagree and we disagree a lot it’s even li here than normal we don’t disagree that much we do his comedy though is revolting I knew her unlike you that explains Beverly Turner’s temperament it’s a bit Frosty here isn’t it he’ll have one of me one day um for D ball practice Britain’s Newsroom on GB news weekdays 9:30 a.m. GB news the people’s Channel Britain’s News Channel Martin dney weekdays from 300 p.m. Prince Harry obviously set up the Invictus games in collaboration with Prince William and Catherine the Princess of Wales as part of their Royal Foundation but Prince Harry took it under his wi Wings separately and last month he celebrated the 10th anniversary uh back in London it’s a Invictus games an Olympic style competition uh to help wounded veterans from various different countries with their Rehabilitation uh through the power of sports and that’s what he’s being honored for the reason he’s got it is because of the positive impact and I quote on veteran communities through the power of sports Pat Tillman what the award is named after after he was a US War veteran he was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 Prince Harry of course served tutour himself whether he deserves it Martin to answer your question clearly the judges think that that is the case of course I think what we’re seeing from Prince Harry over the last couple of months is him really focusing and his on his passion which is helping veterans and helping families of veterans rather than what we’ve seen over the last few years which is him talking about himself and complaining about his life as a working member of the royal family now Cameron nobody can the importance of the Invictus games what a what what an amazing achieve perhaps Prince Harry’s finest achievement in terms of public relations having someone like Prince Harry or another working member of the royal family with their Fame can Spotlight very worthy causes such as the plight of veterans and those who feel like they’ve been left behind and do not have enough support when they come out of the British armed forces and that’s something as you alluded to Martin that Prince Harry perhaps arguably has done very success sucessfully over the last decade and if Prince Harry’s name wasn’t on the Invictus games would it have done so well that’s probably the arguments they’ make but as you say not everyone’s happy about the fact that Prince Harry is involved uh but he is clearly many people think he deserves it because he’s guessing this award in Los Angeles GB news the people’s channel are the newspapers getting you down my wife didn’t divorce me that mon struggling to separate the wheat from the cha I know that it’s a bit of a circus at the best of times well don’t worry Headliners has got you covered we’ll take the burden of reading the day’s news and if we get depressed who cares it’s an occupational hazard frankly that’s Headliners on GB news from 11:00 p.m. till midnight and the following morning 5: till 6:00 a.m. on GB news the comedy channel n just kidding Britain’s News [Music] Channel welcome back to Jes and Co tonight with me Bev Turner now a leading expert on weight loss weight bias has written in business magazine Forbes that we are still not ready to see mixed weight romances this is in response to Netflix series Bridgeton in which Nicola coflin playing Penelope dates Colin Bridgeton a slim and attractive man now uh joining me to discuss this is a former presenter of super siiz versus super skinny and a very familiar face to GB news Emma wolf Emma this is an interesting concept isn’t it it’s one of those issues that you stop to think about and you think oh that’s a good point I can’t think of many couples that I know in which there is a big weight disparity has this journalist Shone a light on something that we are neglecting to consider I think it’s an interesting point I’m not sure it’s about weight though B I think Partners do tend to match each other in the kind of attractiveness stakes and I mean that in a very general sense we all know that most three out of tens are with three out tens most nine out of tens are with nine out of tens I know these are kind of these are generalizations but you kind of know what I mean but I’m not sure that it’s that thinner men don’t like curvier women I don’t think it’s that I think maybe it’s more about lifestyle and temperament so I think that people that are quite relaxed and quite maybe maybe they’re Foodies maybe they really like their food so they tend to be chubbier and quite relaxed quite chilled out tend to be with similar people who are also Foodies quite relaxed quite chilled out whereas people like me who are hyperactive neurotic sporty kind of over just over yeah neurotic basically tend to be with other people who are also quite skinny quite sporty quite so I think couples tend to kind of Lifestyles match as well however I I do think there’s a sort of gender disparity here because we all know women I was think about Abby Clancy Abby Clancy is a gorgeous gorgeous model who’s got like three or four children and she’s with Peter KRA who is very very tall very very skinny and he’s not conventionally handsome you know he’s you could even say quite ugly in a kind of charming way but Abby is with a man and Abby is absolutely gorgeous and he’s kind of not gorgeous he’s got better with age I would say Peter Crouch I think he’s more attractive with age they’re both they’re both very slim though aren’t they very very slim very very slender and it probably is a little easier in a household if you want to be thin and whatever of a certain way if you and your partner are eating similarly and exercising similarly Etc we just saw a CLI I just want to know do you watch Bridget and Emma are you familiar with this yeah I’ve seen a few episodes I think what’s interesting about Bridgeton to me is it’s more that they had a female lead who isn’t traditionally gorgeous she is much shorter much rounder than the traditional female lead with a conventionally handsome leading man yeah and we we’re looking at her here this is Nicola coffe she’s very pretty very attractive young woman is the weight issue part of the storyline of the series do you know or is it just something that doesn’t get mentioned I don’t know whether it’s been brought into the series I haven’t seen enough of it um I know it’s been sort of getting people chatting on social media and things um but I think it’s very much about it’s about temperament it’s about the fact that couples tend to like to do similar things together and it’s that way but I do think I really have to say I think women are a lot more forgiving I think women will often we see women with older men with Bing yeah they are with baling men with men who we could say are ugly but I also think that lots of slim sexy and I’m using these terms in inverted comments but slim sexy fit men are do love curvy women but I don’t think we see we don’t tend to see morbidly obese women with very fit slim sexy men so there is still that gender disparity on the other hand I’ve known couples where one partner has radically changed their lifestyle they’ve lost a lot of weight they’ve become quite gy obsessed and all of that and things have gone wrong and so I think that Lifestyles actually it’s Lifestyles that fit together you know it’s do you want to sit on the sofa and watch lovely films and eat lovely food or do you want to go run marathons together yeah yeah well I know with my partner I did put on the happy half Stone when I first met exactly the happy half Stone I’ve been trying to get it off now but it’s fine I love he you fall in love don’t you exactly but like you say it’s sitting on the sofa and watching the movies and suddenly food and just yeah everything’s nice you know we’ve all been there go well cook well cooking for each other is really fun when you’re with someone whereas it’s really quite boring when you’re on your own yeah exactly Emma thank you it’s fascinating food for thought you might say Emma wolf there right loads more to come in the next hour including a petition in America that’s Gathering Pace to stop Prince Harry from getting an award for now though here’s the very laziest weather a brighter Outlook with box solar sponsors of weather on GB news good evening welcome to your latest GB news and weather update brought to you from the Met Office rain in the South to come on Friday a bit of a drier day though further north and it will be a little bit calmer than today we’ve had low pressure in charge through today still going to bring some windy weather to Western areas of Scotland through the night as well as some further rain and it’s actually into the Southwest we start to see the next batch of rain arrive through this evening so clouding over for parts of South Wales Southwest England drier ahead of that we’ll see some spells of of clearer weather as well for parts of Northern Island northern England as well here temperatures could dip down a little but for most of us it’s going to be a fairly mild start to the day on Friday and there will be quite a lot of cloud around quite a bit more than today across Central and Southern areas of England where there will be spells of heavy rain at times most of us will just see a lot of cloud around and drizzly Rain through the day but there will be some heavier pulses particularly as we head into the SE Friday evening as well further north though much drier and clearer and actually across Western Scotland yes there’s still quite a lot of cloud around to start the on Friday but there’ll be few in the way of showers so I think quite a bit drier and with the winds lighter it won’t be feeling quite as fresh temperatures climbing a little bit higher through Friday here than today now further south this band of rain will wiggle and wave through the day so but it will linger for much of the day across the far south coast though could turn a bit dry for parts of the Midlands North Wales much of northern England as well and in that Sunshine it won’t feel too bad temperatures climbing a little 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it’s 7 o’cl you’re watching James and Co tonight with me Beth Turner you have an extra hour of course and we’re not talking about politics coming up it’s the 4th of July Independence Day and we aren’t the only ones of course with an election this year President Biden is coming under increasing pressure to withdraw from the presidential race after a terrible showing in last week’s debate with Donald Trump how will the Democrats handle this Andy Murray is playing his last ever Wimbledon England take on Switzer this Saturday and heny Roy wetta is underway adah McGee will join us shortly with a Roundup of our Great British Sport and a petition against Prince Harry receiving an award for his work with veterans has reached more than 60,000 signatures should he receive the award or not plus England’s Harry Kane has been hailed as one of the top captains at this year’s Euros uh people in a committed relationship would use the hall pass um while Cristiano Ronaldo do you have a cheat on you I don’t know what that means we’re going to be talking about whether you would be allowed to cheat on your partner if it was with a celebrity would you that’s all in the next hour first the latest [Music] headlines it’s 7 o’cl here with GB news the top story this hour polls are open for just under three more hours across Britain as millions of people head to The Ballot Box to choose the next government for the UK it’s the first general election where voter ID is required after new rules were introduced last year 650 constituencies been contested with around 46 million people eligible to vote and from 9:55 tonight 5 to 10 we’ll have all the reaction and the results live throughout the night right here GP news now the other main story on the news today Holly Willoughby the TV presenter has braved has sorry praised The Bravery of victims for speaking out during the case of a security guard who’s been found guilty today of a graphic plot to kidnap her in a statement she said women should not be made to feel unsafe going about their lives or in their homes Gavin Plum has two previous convictions for attempted kidnap and two for false imprisonment after holding two 16-year-old girls at night Life Point the 37-year-old told jurors he was disgusted and shocked that his dark online conversations about attacking the TV presenter had come out but insisted the plot was a fantasy however DCI Nicola rice from Essex police says Plum is a dangerous predatory individual his claims in court that he was a fantasist are simply not true and were evidenced by the extent with which he plotted with others to carry out his Wicked plan gav Plum also has a history of attacking other women attempting to kidnap them using weapons and threats of violence he’s a dangerous man and I have no doubt he was determined to carry out the acts as he planned my apologies that was Greg wood not Nicola rice now a former school teacher who had sex with two boys has been jailed for six and a half years Rebecca joins groomed the teenage boys from the age of 15 and became pregnant by one of them the parents of both victims watched as she broke down in tears while her sentence was read out at Manchester Crown Court scientists are warning that people using popular weight loss Jabs like a zenic could be at high risk of losing their sight NE research suggests patients on the medication called semaglutide may be more susceptible to a condition that causes blindness those affected can suffer sudden loss of vision in one eye but without any pain which is often discovered when they wake up first thing in the morning in the United States President Joe Biden’s going to attempt to reassure key allies that he can win the election stat side in November when he attends today’s Independence Day events President Biden hosting Fourth of July barbecue today at the White House and he’s going to be addressing the families of veterans there that comes after he met with State Governors from the Democratic party last night who say he’s fit for office and has their backing among them was the governor of California Gavin new who some see as an alternative for the Democratic ticket he’s due to campaign on behalf of the president in Michigan a critical state in Joe Biden’s re-election campaign and in sports an all British tie on court one at Wimbledon earlier ended with the win for Harriet Dart the women’s number two won the closely fought match against women’s number one Kate Bolter to book her place in the third round they’re now being followed by Jack Draper who’s currently taking on fellow brick Cameron Nory and ler three-time Grand Slam Champion Andy Murray is due on Center Court for his final campaign he’s going to be partnering up with his brother Jamie in the men’s doubles good luck to them those are the latest GB news headlines for now I’m Polly middlehurst and I’m back in an hour with more see you then for the very latest GB news direct to your smartphone sign up to news alots by scanning the QR code or go to gbs.edu [Music] welcome to an extended jubes and Co with me Bev Turner this evening Michelle of course is in Essex with Patrick now lots to get stuck into over the next hour I feel I should explain that given particularly Patrick chrisy have just got married Patrick and Michelle will be doing a show uh this evening as the election results come in but for now this is a politics free zone right let me know your your thoughts this evening gb.com yoursay so it is of course Fourth of July Independence Day in the US but Democrats are in despair with four months to go until the election uh should Biden be persuaded to stand aside he’s coming under increasing pressure to withdraw from the US presidential race after a terrible showing in last week’s debate with Donald Trump if he doesn’t impress in a TV interview tomorrow it may B well be time for him to go uh meanwhile the Democrats have seized upon the opportunity to criticize Donald Trump after he was filmed criticizing Joe Biden and vice president CA Harris how did I do with the debate the other night that old broken down pile of yeah it’s a bad guy he just quit you know he’s quitting the rest is that right yep I got him out of the and that means we have kamla I think she’s going to be better she’s so bad she’s so pathetic it’s so amazing she so so I just can’t imagine can you imagine that guy with dealing with Putin and the president of China who’s a fierce person he’s a fierce man very tough guy while joining me to discuss this is Democrat strategist Hank shanko and spokesperson for Republicans abroad uh Jennifer yo good evening both uh great to see you uh Jennifer let’s start with you um Will trump respond to this footage of him that that has been leaked like does he feel he’s got anything to apologize for there no and actually I if I’m not mistaken I think he posted it on uh truth social with a tagline saying let’s stop taxing tips because you see he handed um the caddy the golf caddy um some cash for a tip so one of he his big policies that he announced in Las Vegas where of course you know there’s a lot of service industry people and was the uh he doesn’t want to um have taxes on tips so no I think he’s quite the other than the foul language it’s shows he’s the same in front of a camera that behind the camera is there any speculation that you might have even set it up Jennifer I I mean I was watching it and it looks like a very good sort of campaign video that most people will say you know I don’t think he said anything crazy there and as a matter of fact his language has been um quite subdued you know he hasn’t been doing his usual bombastic tweets or or truths about keso um or Biden so was probably pent up right he was probably dying to get something out so yes it’s possible for sure um Hank let’s let’s come to you a Democrat strategist um do you think so much we can talk about let’s talk about that first of all let’s talk about that Trump footage could he have filmed that himself he does mention in there doesn’t he about the fact can you imagine Joe Biden or Cala Harris with Putin it raises the question it puts the seed of doubt in people’s minds my my colleague here is is just it’s poppy he did that off the cuff and that’s the reason why he’s got real trouble you see the problem Biden has is Biden but the problem the Republicans have is Trump he’s unmanageable he says things that are ridiculous and that footage will affect women across the country if the issue is choice or abortion in the United States women hear that kind of language about the vice president United States they’re going to appropriately respond and vote against him it’s that simple Biden himself though is a liability right now is he not unquestionably so and what’s going to happen what’s going to happen Hank because if if reports are to be believed it’s actually his wife Jill who is encouraging him to keep standing for election again do we know if there’s any truth to that and if that’s the case then what happens next no no one really knows what goes on inside the White House except those that are in small rooms and meetings upstairs it’s like a museum that has a place for the president to live that being said Biden’s trouble will be determined one way or another with the Stephanopoulos interview George Stephanopoulos a good interviewer he served in the white house he understands politics um if Biden fumbles there then the game will be over and the Democrats will be forced somehow to come up with an alternative now the question is when can they do that um you know the last time a president voluntarily left was Richard Nixon and he was about to have the handcuffs put on him but kind of wasn’t voluntary the one before that was Lyndon Johnson who said in 1968 that he would neither seek nor accept the nomination of his party which tells you that the party has got to make a decision how they make make that in what way they make that so the chaos is controlled is a different question we don’t we haven’t seen that um you know in I don’t know when we’ve last seen it in American politics George Stephanopoulos so this is the host that’s doing the interview tomorrow um what is he like it’s not a name that we’d be particularly familiar with here in the UK he’s a very serious person he is a very good interviewer he was a major uh person a major major player in the first Clinton administration he worked with Bill Clinton to get him to the White House left when Dick mors which is an inside story was became the chief strategist and went on and created a very good career in television runs the meet runs the Sunday show for ABC News um where the political people are kind of a you know very very much wanting to get there and he’s a very serious guy he’s not going to go in the tank because he’s a Democrat he’s going to do his job is will it be live sure they won’t be T oh it’s it’s it’s a so it will so it’s a live interview it’s it’s not taped it’s going out live so everyone the best of my knowledge for the best of my knowledge it’s live yeah okay um Jennifer no doubt as a republican you’ll be watching that uh on the edge of your seat if Joe Biden does well and he’s alert and he’s responding to questions quickly and thinking on his feet can he undo some of this damage about the fact that he isn’t fit for office absolutely not and I think I’ve been talking to you and whoever would listen for probably the last nine months that I do not believe Joe Biden can be the candidate um in November there’s just no way and for uh you know with regards to what happened on last Thursday night with the debate that’s just when finally the media had to start admitting that the covering they’ve been doing for him for the last three years is not going to hold up anymore and I agree with Hank actually I do think George Stephanopoulos will do a good job because his reputation is very on the line as well and um I’m not sure I’d want to lose my career over covering for someone who really should not be an office it’s becoming a national security issue it’s not just a bad is that right Hank it is a national security issue look the UK the Americans the relationship they’ve had the danger in the in Europe right now you can see it being played out in local elections I mean what is happening in France what has happened in the Netherlands what has happen in other countries what is the relationship this peculiar relationship that’s being developed between Poland and Germany is a response to fears about the security of Europe and the whether the American nuclear Shield will continue to be in place these are real concerns if Joe Biden fails that Stephanopoulos interview there’ll be tremendous movement throughout the world why because without the US the fear of a World War III occurring is a serious one who will take over from him though um Hank if Biden is persuaded or he voluntarily decides to step aside and my gut instinct is he won’t want to go down without a fight but if he is persuaded to go what happens then is it just Cala will effectively become president by proxy but there there are two questions you’re really asking one is what’s the process and the answer is we don’t know two because there hasn’t been anything like this and three uh if the pressure on him is so intense to leave when and how this again going back to what l Johnson said he said I will neither seek nor accept the nomination of my party he’s the candidate of the democratic party therefore there has to be a process for which he leaves and which he’s replaced and it will be likely at the Democratic Convention um it’s hard to see how it gets done in another way as the comma Harris her numbers are up in polling datea in a in a positive way but she’s not seen yet as a person who can lead the world at a moment of of great disorder and Chaos Jennifer Ying as a republican who would you want to replace Biden or would you really hope he’s still there in November I mean as a republican I’d obviously want the weakest candidate uh to run against Trump however as an American I’d like a really strong candidate you know there’s 50% chance um that the Democrat nominee will win and um I want a good president for my country for sure but right now um I I don’t see how that candidate can be Biden okay all right thank you both uh very much Democrat strategist Hank shanko and spokesperson for Republicans abroad Jennifer euwing there of course uh keep messages coming GB news.com yoursay because in the next section I’m going to be asking you is it ever okay to cheat on your partner if it’s with a celebrity a new survey has found some eyebrow raising results don’t go [Music] anywhere Martin dney weekdays from 300 p.m. how deep is the between Prince William and Prince Harry but it’s been reported that Prince William is refusing to speak to Prince Harry and has even taken on the role of disciplinarian which was once of course the job of Prince Phillip but has that job gone now to William after the death of his mother I know that Prince William had to think again and then we see him with the the emperor and Empress of of Japan William thought again do do I want to do this job because there’s nothing in uncodified Unwritten Constitution that says anybody has to be heir to the throne and he thought about it he was only 15 at the time and he decided he did and he’s done his duty in great contrast to Prince Harry now I don’t think there’s any chance at all of there being a reconciliation with the brothers now or in the foreseeable future it goes back to Oprah Winfrey interview then the book spare and all the things that were said in the Netflix SE six-part series too much bad blood and William is not going to forgive that principally because he of course and his wife attacked personally uh his wife Kate um and even when the announcement of her her cancer was made their their me mouthed response to it didn’t show any great concern to her okay 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stay informed stay updated stay entertained I just don’t know how anyone would not want to be there every weekday from midday we are good afternoon Britain only on GB news Britain’s News [Music] Channel this is jbes and Co tonight with me Turner now why is Michelle not here well she is with Patrick Christie and loads of you at home in Essex the results will come rolling in this evening from the general election from 9:55 onwards you do not want to miss the reaction here I have to say I am desperate to know what the results are going to be I’m going to be back on Britain’s Newsroom with Andrew Pierce uh from 9:30 tomorrow morning Amon and Isabelle we’ll be doing breakfast as normal from 6 just keep it on GB news because it’s going to be informative and also ENT entertaining now is it ever okay to cheat on your significant other what if it’s a celebrity well a new survey has found that over half 57% of women would let their partner have what’s called a hall pass if it was with somebody famous that they fancied however only 44% of men asked would be happy to reciprocate the favor so I’m I’m I’m sort of slightly baffled by this I’m joined by psychologist um Lucy barisford is with me and also journalist Jita D Silva as well now ladies ladies ladies there quite a lot to get into here Lucy what’s going on here if you’re in a committed loving relationship and your husband or your partner says to you you’re never going to guess who’s going to be at this party tonight it’s going to be Liz I’ll pick my other half secret crush Liz Hurley not a secret anymore Liz hur’s going to be there do you mind beev if I sort of go home with her and 57% of women are going oh go on then why yes exactly partly because I think they hope that it might happen to them because actually it’s the 57% of women who think no actually my husband or my partner would actually give me that free Hall Pass and I think the the issue is I mean it’s quite interesting because the research is from Ashley Madison now they’re the married dating website people so in a way they already have their Universe of people who are comfortable with non- monogamy I think that’s how we have to look at it nowadays but this issue of a celebrity crush is so interesting because you can theoretically say absolutely Daniel Craig if that’s what you want safe in the knowledge that Daniel Craig is not very disappointingly going to knock on my door anytime soon so it’s a safe way of saying I’m allowing you to have your fantasies and it’s very healthy in Intimate Relationships to have a fantasy life to have things that you can kind of push the boat up you don’t necessarily have to act on it but there in lies sort of the potential Peril judita is you might have your internal fantasy life but what if you meet someone at the party that you’ve given your partner permission or what if you just meet someone who looks really like them and you said well you know Lucy you said that uh you you know your partner Daniel Craig well he looked like Daniel Craig so that was okay it’s awful I think it’s it’s like I think it’s just a fantasy and something that’s said in theory but not in practice because even the women that would be that would say that oh I’d give you the whole pass it’s done with the notion of reciprocal benefits that oh if mine came along I’d get the benefit too but in reality if Jennifer Lopez came along and your boyfriend was into her you would wouldn’t want it to happen because every woman secretly knows that every human male on planet Earth never does anything that he enjoys only once so if he gets JLo one time he’s going back for another time yes it’s the super model jacuzzi party theory that actually men are often only just one kind of whole pass away from actually straying but at the same time this is talking about something that we need to be talking about a little bit more in terms of non- monogamy the fluidity of relationships and the way in which people are perhaps saying to themselves I don’t know whether I could actually be with the same person for the rest of my life that’s fine if the lifespan is 45 as it was maybe you know 100 or 150 years ago but Generation Z they could live to 110 are they actually going to be prepared to be in the same relationship for 80 years what are you hearing in the therapy room are you hearing that people are bored with the concept of monogamy because of course social media has allowed people to spread their net and there are many fish out there in the sea now now and you can just direct message someone and access is there in a way that it just wasn’t even 10 years ago it’s partly the access and it’s partly the way that life has changed that again if you were a female and you had maybe got to 50 or 60 or even 70 your life would have been very different a generation ago certainly 50 years ago now you could look around maybe if you’d had children they would have left the nest and you would think to yourself do do I have anything in common with this person that I am now sharing a house with or for the next 40 years do I want to give myself the promise because we only have one life this is my really big Mantra and actually it’s one of the things Ashley madon would say is do you actually want to be in a miserable relationship as a miserable spouse perhaps showing up as a miserable parent because your life isn’t fulfilling and you’re not feeling heard or validated in your primary relationship would it be better to actually do something different and feel more validated don’t you think though Juda it it does start to raise a s of Fairly I I find it quite worrying this idea that because mainly I’m thinking about children and that the family unit Remains the best I would say arguably the best environment in which to raise children ideally one man one woman not exclusively I do still think children can be raised in a loving home with uh two people of the same uh biological sex but we have to be we have to have these conversations because monogamy has served us quite well in that regard yeah and I think also when a approaching the attitudes going into things like matrimony it has shifted a lot a lot since the latter Millennials gen Z because there is this notion that we don’t want the same oppression our parents had we’re more free thinking we’re more free spirited and so they had this idea that when I go into a marriage if it doesn’t work out I’ll get a divorce whereas Generations before the idea of a failed marriage was something to be ashamed of you have to stick it out no matter what because going into it they take marriage very seriously and so you do Thrive for the family unit to stay in one piece because you know so many other people depend on it the sense of self is so profound now that even if a young person has children or any other dependence it’s the self-service of my emotions and desires that drive me primarily therefore I will not stay in a situation that doesn’t serve me or make me happy and yes that is a glorifying thing for self but it’s a bit selfish when you think about other people that will be affected detrimentally let’s see what our viewers at home have been saying um will said when celebrities cheat and a baby’s the result they call it a love child that would not work at a football match the referees love child do you understand that I don’t understand that no um John says plenty of pretty girls marching around the streets to choose from why celebrities and Lee said no chance cheating is cheating if you feel the need to cheat then you shouldn’t be in a relationship simple is it that simple it’s never that simple I think there are a lot of people who do cheat but they don’t actually have any intent of blowing up their primary relationship and it’s more about the way in which they could show up as a better version of themselves in that primary relationship because there are other benefits of that we’ve talked about children you might have certain social standing because of your marriage but actually if you if you think about your own personal fulfillment which and and I was intrigued that you use the word selfish I think sometimes you do have to be quite selfish as a parent or as a spouse because otherwise you get trodden on that it’s that old oxygen mask there you must put the oxygen mask on yourself before you can help other people that actually if your needs are being met and in many many long relationships that does not happen all the all the marriage changes different things happen there might one thing I’d love to ask is that thing that men say yes I slept with her but I love you I don’t love her it meant nothing like as a therapist like that is probably the thing that frustrates women when we discuss these things like that is not even a concept because if you love someone you don’t some do something that you know fundamentally will break their heart but also it does speak to the way in which men can compartmentalize their activities in a completely different way and they get a feel-good release from sex which is just a primary biological urge as opposed to women who often can only have sex when there is also another connection and we’re living in an age aren’t we Lucy with a lack of emotional intimacy we might have a lot of a lot more people would commonly maybe I don’t know I don’t know who’s done the survey on it a lot more physical intimacy with a lot more people than might have happened 20 30 40 years ago but it does feel like with that extra physical intimacy there’s much less emotional connection I think we are scared of intimacy emotional intimacy and that’s unfortunately what dating apps have in a way Amplified that it’s much easier to make a physical connection than it is to really drill down and have a deepening connection but ultimately what we all want is a deep connection it’s what we we kind of know from when we come onto this Earth We’re physically joined to another being so that’s our template we want that depth of connection and that depth of visibility and affirmation that we get from childhood and it’s it’s sort of like what you know your your physical relationship is what distinguishes you from your relationships you might have you might have close Intimate Relationships emotionally with other people but the fact that you you are physical with one person the monogamy is what differentiates it and it is it when I read surveys like this and particularly this app I find fascinating that it’s a married People’s app where they can find somebody to cheat on whilst being married and actually the the last year one of their highest signups was from single men so there are single men uh signing up to Ashley Madison in order to have relationships with married women and both those parties know exactly what they’re getting into for me it’s about the way in which this democratizes the conversation in fact there might be people even listening to your show tonight or watching it here and thinking I want to now start to have a conversation with my primary partner about the things that aren’t working because whatever one might think about infidelity or cheating it is a Comon on that primary relationship something is missing something isn’t being talked about and do you think do you think cheating can ever make a relationship better you do well my whole Ted Talk is on that okay infidelity to stay or to go is a is a a conversation about how your relationship can be improved because you have to then talk about the things that have gone wrong the things that left your relationship vulnerable to outside influences for sure if it’s a oneoff absolutely you can do that jisa would you be happy with what a partner cheating on you and then going to happen don’t kill him I mean that’s not happening darling it’s made us better look how much happier I am now he says just look how much happier I am we so good now um I think it depends on who does the cheating like you said because of the ability for men to emotionally compartmentalize if um a woman cheats on them they can figure out their way around it because they know how they would process doing the same thing women are emotional creatures there’s more of a profound effect feeling that there’s betrayal the trust is gone that’s why a lot of men who have talked about this like on podcasts they say once she’s forgiven me she’d never let me forget it so have we really moved on so it’s that kind of thing that it depends on who cheats that it is possible if the if the woman’s the cheater not if the man’s the cheater and I wonder if it’s about self-esteem slightly as well isn’t it it’s about self-esteem maybe well I think for a lot of people in their primary relationship they they become a lesser version of themselves rightly or wrongly and the affair enables them to get back to the person that they wish they were well if my other half is watching you cannot see with Liz Hurley if you ever meet her just putting it out there on the record right Lucy B Jita to Sila thank you so much right joining us now Ben Leo tell us what’s coming up at 8 o’cl evening Ben hello Bev good evening cracking work down at Henley this morning by the way good stuff I was very jealous of you out in shine and no doubt sip sipping the shampers as well also listening intently to that conversation about cheating here’s my two cents just don’t bother what’s the point if you’re going to get married why why cheat um look Crush celebrity crush who’s your celebrity crush it was a very strange one so it was Suzanne Shaw from H Sage remember them right anyway carry on what are we going to say we’ just feel like we know you a little bit better now go on and my my my MS M knows that as well she knows I like a blonde as well but anyway moving on a cracking two hours coming up my show covering for Patrick tonight is in the runup until the polls close at 10 p.m. from 10: well 9:55 actually is the official GB news coverage with Steven and Camila then the watch party as well in between we’ll be throwing to the party with jubes and Patrick from then on but I have in store for you uh first of all a good chat with former Liverpool and England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland who will be going over all the England coverage for the Euros of of course we’re playing Switzerland this weekend interestingly Chris Kirkland has been well vocal about his own mental health struggles in the past with depression anxiety I’m going to be asking him about the pressure the England boys are under this weekend are we seeing such kg performances because maybe there’s a bit too much pressure on the shoulders do we have a role to play in the media to go easy on them elsewhere top royal author Angela levans she’s live in the shudio with me not sure if you saw this Bev but uh King Charles has said uh that he wants to send an olive branch to Prince Harry and maybe reconcile that relationship I think he said Royal source is reckon it’s because he wants to finally see or spend some proper time with his grandchildren does Harry deserve it after all that’s been said and done and also Bev let me get your thoughts on this uh Lily Allen the pop star or formerly a pop star she’s been flogging pictures of her feet on only fans for eight pounds a month so I’m going to be speaking to another only fans model who does the same thing gets her Trot as takes pictures and sells them uh to fans and people at light feet uh and just ask what is this uh you know this Obsession and this new found uh love for feet I guess what’s your thoughts on that well I have a psychotherapist beside me Luc barisford and frankly while we take this break I’m going to be asking Lucy just foot fetish foot fetish yes so that you’re projecting all of your adoration on something that’s very detached from everything else so it’s an emotional um dysfunction uh in a way again it’s more like fantasy so you are not attached to the real person you’re attached to this fantasy object at the end of their body wow well Ben Leo will be the fantasy object from 8:00 here on a very exciting very special night on GB news Ben good to see you right still to come on this show Gareth Daly a producer based in Kingston Jamaica is going to be discussing hurricane Barrel the Havoc that is causing there plus Aiden McGee with all the latest on the sport we’re going to carry on talking about the foot fetish and what that could possibly mean see you in a few [Music] minutes good evening welcome to your latest GB news and weather update brought to you from the Met Office rain in the South to come on Friday a bit of a drier day though further north and it will be a little bit calmer than today we’ve had low pressure in charge through today still going to bring some windy weather to Western areas of Scotland through the night as well as some further rain and it’s actually into the Southwest we start to see the next batch of rain arrive through this evening so clouding over for parts of South Wales Southwest England drier ahead of that we’ll see some spells of of clearer weather as well for parts of Northern Ireland Northern England as well here temperatures could dip down a little but for most of us it’s going to be a fairly mild start to the day on Friday and there will be quite a lot of cloud around quite a bit more than today across Central and Southern areas of England where there will be spells of heavy rain at times most of us will just see a lot of cloud around and drizz rain through the day but there will be some heavier pulses particularly as we head into the sea Friday evening as well further north though much drier and clear and actually across Western Scotland yes there’s still quite a lot of cloud around to start the day on Friday but there’ll be few in the way of showers so I think quite a bit drier and with the winds lighter it won’t be feeling quite as fresh temperatures cling a little bit higher through Friday here than today now further south this band of rain will wiggle and wave through the day so but it will linger for much of the day across the far South Coast though could turn a bit dry for parts of the Midlands North Wales much of northern England as well and in that Sunshine it won’t feel too bad temperatures climbing a little bit higher we’ve got 20 possibly 21 degrees in the best of the sunshine the winds will be lighter as well look ahead to Saturday it’s staying fairly unsettled that rain will take a while to clear the east coast and then it will be replaced by mix of sunshine and some pretty heavy possibly thundery showers through Saturday and temperatures again a little bit below where they should be for this time of July and that theme generally continues into Sunday though next week it does look like it might slowly start to warm up a little see you later if you want your news to be straight talking this is a nightmare for the conservatives again down to earth it’s not just not even where this is happening is it and most importantly honest hardworking middle class taxpayers they’ll get the book thrown at them they catch me Martin dney Monday to Friday 3: to 6:00 p.m. on GB news Britain’s News Channel every Saturday 10 till 12 we’ll bring you all of the news that you need to know we’ll also remind you that there is so much to smile about it’s my favorite time of the week I get to relax enjoy some lighthearted stories and let Ellie teach me about fashion too that’s Saturday morning live every Saturday 10 to 12 only on GB news Britain’s News Channel I’m Christopher Hope from pop stars of politicians I’ll interview anybody in a pub who’s got political opinion join me every Friday on Spotify Apple podcast YouTube or GB news.com wherever you get your podcast GB news Britain’s election [Music] Channel welcome back to Jes and Co tonight with me Bev Turner until 8:00 now British number two Cameron norri has beaten British number one Jack Draper in the second round at Wimbledon to discuss this and the rest of the sport today is aidah McGee did you say I sort of pretend you’d like I look like I was to was talking about then Aiden more you do more than a par impression B you know fa so I just learned that the British number two is Cameron nor and he’s beaten the British number one Jack Draper in the second round does that mean that Jack Draper goes out it does but you know what he’s actually I’m actually quite surprised by that result because cam nor has not had much form this year and he’s the one who two years ago got to the semi-finals of uh of wimbl losing to Novak jokovic and you know he’s he’s somebody kind of bloomed a little bit late I didn’t see him play about what 2019 I think it was I think by then he was well into his 20s at he’s probably his late 20s now but he struggled perform early on the year didn’t I think I think I think he won he’s won back-to-back matches before wimon since March which is quite a long time but Jack Draper had an excellent start to um to this tournament and obviously perform well at Queens as well so him to go out that’s a huge disappointment and a bit of a little bit of a shock as well especially in straight sets and we’ve got Andy Murray’s on with with his brother Jamie I give you a score update as well if you a second hold the line caller This Is How We Do It H off the press remember my my PCO uh it’s on serve at the moment so no yes it’s on serve 4-3 appears in hikata uh lead against Andy Murray and Jamie Murray they started about it’s very early first set they probably only started about half an hour ago but it’s great to see Andy Murray on the court the court especially does he does he look like he’s in any sort of pain Aiden because of course that’s why he’s not playing the singles isn’t it not from what I’ve seen I mean look it was always a huge ask to undergo even minor back surgery and play wimbl he was determined to do it but that’s been the story of the latter end of his career he’s been absolutely determined to get on court he knows he’s not going to win slams anymore he knows he’s you know he’s earned a load of money but I just think that that’s a sign to me of a sports person who is trying to cling on a little bit they’re not sure what they’re going to do afterwards and you see it a lot that’s when problems start I really hope and pray that’s not the case for Andy M maybe kids hasn’t he I know he has yeah yes he should have plenty to to do but and you just and I just want to sort of have a word with him I’m sure his mom’s had this conversation with him but you just want to say to him you’ve got a lot of years to run around after those children and go walking in Hills go on holiday and go surfing with them and see like protect your legs and your knees and your back your back especially goodness me yeah it’s it’s a blessing and a curse though isn’t it having that mindset that adulation being on court it really is a drug identity identity yeah it is I mean I spoke to Tony Adams years ago who was the England Captain England Captain you know riddled with addiction throughout his career and as fact sadly on the right side of that now having come out of that 20 OD years ago but he said to me in an interview maybe five six years ago he said the biggest problem even after I kick the booze and whatever else he he got into a situation where he was clear of all that he retired in 2002 and he just forgot who he was he was no longer Tony Adams a swashbuckling England England Captain he’s no no longer Tony Adams a swashbuckling Arsenal Captain he was just Tony and he found it quite difficult being being living in an an ordinary life yeah and people say what do you do for a living and then you they find it hard to answer that question exact right what else is going on we’ve got a Grand Prix this weekend we’ve got Grand Prix at silveron yeah that’s a home Grand Prix that’s really impressive that one it’s a great event but sadly I think that it’s going to be another lockout by um by Max for Stapp and it’s become quite professional we actually appreciate the story earlier in the year involving Jerry halwell and Christian hor because it just it just made it a little bit more interesting momentarily because we’ve not seen anything anything mildly fascinating on the track since Hamilton and vapen went toe-to-toe in 2021 but you know okay it we we’ve seen a few inroads from one or two of the drivers on the on into the podium the last couple of times but I think I think the stens lost something like only three of the last 27 Grand pris or something like that it’ll get more interesting we hope next season when Lewis Hamilton goes to uh Ferrari hopefully if he’s not too old to he can make some in Ro into the not too old not too old um and I was at Henley wetta uh this morning it was Day what day is it now I’ve lost track it’s been a busy week it started on Tuesday so it’s Tuesday Wednesday Thursday day three of Henley wetta today and I got to speak to five-time Olympic gold medalist sir Steve red grave here he ising very relaxed here Steve is it very different now that you can just be here in a a relaxed capacity rather than racing as you can see from my tie it’s quite windy today but uh problems with outdoor sports is that uh uh yeah pretty relaxed is that for me as as chair it’s the preparation and getting everything ready in time uh the amount of entries we had our biggest ever entry biggest overseas entry of getting them through all qualifiers and then there a very short time from qualifiers finishing to getting the draw done uh programming and that that once all that’s done then I can relax a little bit oh it’s beautiful uh down there this morning um of course it’s an Olympics in only three weeks I think Aiden isn’t it in Paris um Steve was suggesting that we’re going to do well in rowing I imagine we’ll do well in the traditional sports that we do well rowing cycling I imagine possibly get some medals in the pool as well usually we do well in the PO we we T to yeah we need I mean overall be I just want to see a decent Olympics it was so truncated last time because of Co and everything I mean we haven’t seen a proper Olympic since what 2016 and I think Paris is more than capable of doing a good job it’s been it went in for the for the event many times in the last 20 years and it finally got it offering pretty much off of the P Olympics obviously they’ve got the Roland gas for the tennis they’ve got the stad of France which was built for the 98 World Cup for the main track events they’ve got the vome down there they’re well equipped for for cycling and for and for all the activities in the pool all the events in the pool so I think it’ll be a good a good event and they’re on our time zone which is very convenient and very good of them it is exactly and Al also because of the lottery funding which has gone into the sport over the last what 25 years or however long it is we can go into Olympics now really hopeful of getting a decent Hall of medals I don’t think it’ll be anything quite like London 2012 that was a little bit special Super Saturday and all that but I’m hoping that we’ll come out the other side of it with a decent Hall of medals and we Al always see some surprises I I’ll give you an example prior to Beijing 2008 I was sent to uh up to Northampton sorry notum Shir as meet this this young girl called Rebecca adlington and uh I was told by her coach and by her look we’re just going to Beijing for the experience she was 16 17 at the time something like that it’s all in Readiness for four years later London 2012 anyway months later I get a call from a guy from The Observer saying um have you got have you got any details for contact details for Rebecca rington or her team I said who’s who’s she and he said I said well you’re apparently you’re the only British journalist ever to have interviewed her I was working for the news of the world at the time and I said yeah okay I’ve got some details for for her what um what what’s she done and he said well she’s finished so fast in qualifying if she repeats that time tomorrow she’ll win a gold I forgot about it again handed over the details I came in from playing five as side the next day looked at my TV in my front room mom and dad’s and there she was standing on the podium with a gold medal around her neck it was absolutely extraordinary and that to me is what the Olympics is about because prior to that I don’t think she really expected to win and in that sort of six eight weeks I between me interviewing her and her going to the games something clicked and she performed admirably and of course in 2010 2012 as well yeah Dame Rebecca adlington d i AP as she is now uh absolutely no I can’t wait I love I love the Olympics I love watching them do you enjoy them as a sports journalist uh you know what I I do because it’s something different but I just prefer I prefer you like your football I do like football I like it but I like everything you see it’s a good chance to see Sports you don’t normally see but I don’t I don’t necessarily like the forny over over these Olympic Olympians who we don’t see between times it’s not necessarily their fault but it’s the way the media gets involved them and then just drops them straight after the event as if they don’t exist anymore it can be difficult so that that’s it I’d like to see some of these Sports in the mainstream between Olympics as well I don’t think it’s impossible oh I think they would too yeah Aiden thank you so much right still to come this evening a campaign is gathering Pace to stop Prince Harry from being given an award for supporting veterans so do others deserve it more than he does you tell me GB news.com yoursay don’t go anywhere [Music] weekdays on GB news wake up to breakfast every day from 6:00 a.m. followed by Britain’s Newsroom at 9:30 at noon it’s good afternoon Britain followed by Martin Dorney from 300 p.m. only on GB news the people’s Channel Britain’s News Channel Britain’s Newsroom weekday mornings from 9:30 so the royal family is opening the doors of Balmoral Castle to the public and giving guided tours today for the first time in more than 170 years and one man who spent plenty of time there is former raw Butler Grant Harold who joins us now Grant um we know the queen loved Bal Moro and that’s of course where she was in her final days um why was it so special I think for many reasons but most importantly it was a family home and it’s wish you like to spent a lot time with her family I mean we all know the queen obviously moniki was the first thing but she always said that family was right behind that and so time with family was important whether it be at Sand oror which were both properties that she privately owned so they they’re private homes and very special which kind of makes it even more surprising that King Charles has decided to open the doors to the public I was surprised when it was announced because I’ve for many years I’ve always said that Mor was one of the one of the most private homes you know they’ve always been quite Fierce about keeping it a private home private State you can can visit the Gardens at certain times of the year you can see the ballroom as well but T you go in the rooms is is really a big step for them and I think it just shows you that the kind of future of the monchy with with properties is opening the doors and let the public in to see them yeah you had a very special occasion in that Ballroom because you saw a film in there but I’m actually interested by who you dance with in that Ballroom in the film that I wor of the documentary it was the queen dancing and I remember thinking I would love to dance with the queen and about 12 years later I was in that ballroom and and got to dance with with her in that room so it was she in her full tart and regalia she was in a a beautiful dress she had a a Blue Dress On which similar to what she wore 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GB news Britain’s election [Music] Channel welcome back to jbes and Co with me at Bev Turner it is now getting up to nearly 8:00 we’ve got a fantastic evening of coverage obviously as the election results come out uh between now and first thing tomorrow morning as well I’ll be back on the Telly at 9:30 for Britain’s Newsroom Aman and Isabelle will be here at 6 we have Steven Dixon we have Camila we have Patrick and we have Michelle to take you through the night so it’s going to be unmissable now to talk about Royals Jita Silva is back in the studio with me okay judita right Prince Harry has been nominated for an award for the Invictus games and this is um the what’s his name the blman Pat’s Tillman award and Pat’s mother has said no I don’t think Prince Harry should have it this is scandalous what’s happened yeah so this is the SP Awards by ESP PN and this particular award is Pat Tillman was this athlete who had a very promising career in American football but in in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks he abandoned everything and signed up and joined the army and then unfortunately he was killed in Friendly Fire at the age of 27 so this award is was set up in his honor together with the Tillman foundation and it kind of recognizes people who are rooted in the world of sport that do something exceptional that goes beyond them that they help improve save lives that’s what it’s all about because that’s the legacy of Pat Tilman so over the years you’ve seen people um in recent years for instance the Buffalo Bills um management team who helped a player who had cardiac arrest in a match they he’s the reason they’re still alive they won it last year my um Marcus rashford has has won it you’ve had US veterans who’ve helped create teams for people who have had life-changing injuries so it’s always sporting people who have made their name through their sporting achievements Something’s Happened and they’ve done something extraordinary Mary in this situation Mary Tillman came out because they have a petition that’s got up to 60,000 signatures that’s one thing but it could be down to the Harry haes train which has been chugging along for years so I set that to the side what I really focus on is what Mary Tillman said because at no point does she attack Harry personally his character who he is she just feels that there are others more deserving who don’t have his privilege so they’ve come from nothing to make something of themselves and they’ve done something exceptional so she said the there are individuals working in the veteran community that are doing tremendous things to assist veterans these individuals do not have the money resources connections or privilege that Prince Harry has I feel that those types of individuals should be recognized I can’t help but think Harry should turn around and say I agree I’m not accepting this award give it to somebody else that is the only way that this could not happen because the position ESPN is in you have to show that you have a robust system that does it to due diligence once somebody is given the award that’s it you can’t go back on it because you set a dangerous precedent the only way this doesn’t happen is if Harry says no I can’t accept it but then you’re in a very awkward position where you’ve denied invictor games the glory and also who gets it instead of you feels like second best but also the difference is it’s not about Harry if it was possible to give Invictus games the award it deserves it on Merit it does but it’s just personally him because there’s so like she said he’s a divisive character yeah talking of divisive characters so Megan marle has now finished filming her new Netflix show which is going to show show us what Jita so she said it’s going to be looking at cooking gardening entertaining and friendship look it’s you I think that it’s actually playing to her strengths when you think of the things she’s done in the past the fascination prior to her relationship with Harry the fascination with her from Suits is this beautiful endearing intelligent lady and lifestyle is something that when you look at her Instagram before she shut it down when she got engaged it’s that’s her wheelhouse and you’re thinking of people like Gwyneth paltro that is a very big thing so she’s leaning to her strengths and when you think of the life they have privately in monito play into the fascination with that so people get a kind of fly on the wall look into what it’s like being Megan marle without all the furora but it’s just so shallow and this I listen I love suits we are getting towards the end of the first SE is my partner and I and there is nothing I like more when I’m not watching GB news to watch suits she is a good captivating engaging actress she should never have given up something that she trained for this just feels a bit lazy and a bit VIN look at my lovely house look at my flowers look at look at my beautiful cake that I B it’s worked for so many people when you think of Selena plus sh Chef that was a runaway success the showrunner on this series is the same person who did Selena Gomez’s show the director of this directed um my next guest needs no introduction with David lman these are very steady hands so the way she’s going to execute it I say reserve judgment till you see it because I also think they would have learn learned from the mistakes of their tell all documentary on Netflix and know what to share how to share it and how much of it to share yeah but they can they can be like toned deaf to the cring they will have learned they will have learned from that because your team their job is to see the reception to see the tone take it temperature check and know going forward let’s not make the same mistakes because if she’s also rumored to be launching her America Riviera Orchard with this series she needs to make sure she hits it out of the park which is such a good point because this is effectively a Netflix series that is nothing more than a long infomercial for the products that she wants to flog we don’t know yet it might be it might not be it’s come on J I mean I would do it if I was advising her like honestly if I was her management team I would say this is the way to do it lean into what people like you like about you you look great on camera don’t oversell yourself look at someone like Rihanna why is Fenty such a runaway success because people feel that she wears her own underwear she uses her own makeup and it’s all about her I buy Fenty I buy her people like you like and she’s also not just style over substance because Rihanna is still a singer she still writes music she’s still producing music and basically it looks like Mega Markle is nothing but a professional housewife now that she married well and you too she to starting a business beautiful ceramics Sil I always love talking to you you are brilliant thank you so much right I have had a great day we have got a great night ahead of us on GB news I’ll be back on Britain’s Newsroom at 9:30 tomorrow morning with Andrew Pier join me then here’s Ben a brighter Outlook with box solar sponsors of weather on GB news good evening welcome to your latest GB news and weather update brought to you from from the Met Office rain in the South to come on Friday a bit of a drier day though further north and it will be a little bit calmer than today we’ve had low pressure in charge through today still going to bring some windy weather to Western areas of Scotland through the night as well as some further rain and it’s actually into the Southwest we start to see the next batch of rain arrive through this evening so clouding over for parts of South Wales Southwest England Dyer ahead of that we’ll see some spells of of clearer weather as well for parts of Northern Ireland Northern England as well here could dip down a little but for most of us it’s going to be a fairly mild start to the day on Friday and there will be quite a lot of cloud around quite a bit more than today across Central and Southern areas of England where there will be spells of heavy rain at times most of us will just see a lot of cloud around and drizzly Rain through the day but there will be some heavier pulses particularly as we head into the sea Friday evening as well further north though much drier and clearer and actually across Western Scotland yes there’s still quite a lot of cloud around to start the day on Friday but there’ll be few in the way showers so I think quite a bit drier and with the winds lighter it won’t be feeling quite as fresh temperatures climbing a little bit higher through Friday here than today now further south this band of rain will wiggle and wave through the day so but it will linger for much of the day across the far south coast though could turn a bit dry for parts of the Midlands North Wales much of northern England as well and in that Sunshine it won’t feel too bad temperatures climbing a little bit higher we’ve got 20 possibly 21° in the best of the sunshine the winds will be lighter as well then ahead to Saturday it’s staying fairly unsettled that rain will take a while to clear the east coast and then it will be replaced by mix of sunshine and some pretty heavy possibly thundery showers through Saturday and temperatures again a little bit below where they should be for this time of July and that theme generally continues into Sunday though next week it does look like it might slowly start to warm up a little see you later looks like things are heating up boxed boilers spons of weather on GB news £30,000 in taxfree