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Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh returned to host ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Friday

Viewers of Good Morning Britain have been left feeling unimpressed.

Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh returned to host the ITV programme on Friday (August 14), delivering the day’s biggest headlines from across the UK and around the world.

They primarily focused on Nigel Farage winning the Clacton by-election with 22,239 votes after quitting as an MP and fighting to reclaim his seat. His main rival, parody candidate Count Binface, was backed by just over 9,000 voters.

This came after the Reform UK leader triggered the by-election in protest of the scrutiny of donations from his backers.

There was also early-morning drama as Farage announced he would not be attending the result declaration. He told activists he had been made aware of plans to “disrupt and degrade” the proceedings.

Kate and Ranvir discussed the result during the latest episode of GMB, alongside former Scottish trade union leader Christina McAnea and Reform MP Nadhim Zahawi.

But viewers were left feeling frustrated over the show dedicating much of its coverage to the politics, as well as the hosts and guests repeatedly talking over one another.

“ITV needs to shake up #GMB. The BBC is the place for political debate in the morning. We need a more light hearted alternative,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Another added: “What the hell are you doing bringing Zahawi on? Are you kidding me? get him off!” while a third said: “Just a load of noise with 2 s**** presenters and 2 guests talking over each other on #GMB move on.”

Someone else commented: “Turned off within 20 seconds this morning,” with another fuming: “Doing my head in now.”

Other frustrated fans said “come on”, while a seventh said: “I turned off. Many people lost their homes in wildfires in Stourbridge last night but they are giving full on airtime to Nigel Farage.”

Meanwhile, other viewers praised Ranvir and Kate for their handling of the story as they spoke to Zahawi and interviewed his colleague Richard Tice.

Another headline that was focused on was the weather. Laura Tobin revealed that cooler weather is on the way for the UK after Brits endured another week of record breaking heat.

Kew Gardens provisionally recorded a top temperature of 38.1 degrees on Thursday (August 13), surpassing the previous high of 38 degrees on June 26, the Met Office said.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 6am

Aug. 12 (UPI) — President Donald Trump confirmed he was smuggled off Air Force One and secretly boarded onto a different aircraft before departing the NATO Summit in Turkey for a flight to a British air base in July, amid a possible threat on his life.

Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday night, Trump said the decision to make the switch in Ankara was made by the “Secret Service and the military.”

“I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane. I just have to do what they say,” he said.

NBC News said it had confirmation of reports that after apparently boarding Air Force One as normal, Trump was moved, secreted in a catering truck, to an unmarked VIP transport aircraft for the first leg of the July 8 flight back to the United States, via RAF Mildenhall.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remained on board and the press corps accompanying Trump and most White House staffers flew the leg on Air Force One unaware that Trump was not present, but Trump dismissed questions over whether leaving them aboard the decoy aircraft may have placed them in harm’s way.

“I think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk. I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for,” said Trump, without saying why that might be the case.

Trump said he didn’t delve too much into the threat but he said he was “not surprised” he had been targeted, saying it was an occupational hazard for any president who was getting results.

“Any consequential president has a lot of threats,” he said.

NBC said it had been told by a U.S. official the switch was due to credible intelligence of an Iranian threat to kill Trump, possibly using a shoulder-fired missile launcher to attack Air Force One as it departed Ankara.

Other reports said U.S. intelligence had information of a person with a shoulder-fired missile launcher seen near where the summit was being held.

“As the president has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats,” the White House said in a statement to ABC News.

Trump said at the time he would take the original Air Force One and not the new one provided by Qatar because he was sending it to Mildenhall for U.S. service members to tour.

However, the sequence of events was that Trump boarded Air Force One in view of the cameras in Ankara, clandestinely switched to the C-32 carrying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the flight to Britain. Once on the ground at Mildenhall, the maneuver was reversed and Trump emerged from Air Force One as if he’d been aboard the whole time.

Administration officials, even Hegseth, reportedly were unaware of the ruse until afterward.

Trump subsequently switched onto the new Qatari-gifted “Air Force One” for the rest of the flight back to Washington.

Fifa World Cup 2026 fans were quick to take to social media to share their reactions to tonight’s coverage.

Football fans voiced the same complaint minutes into tonight’s World Cup match on ITV.

Ahead of this evening’s match against Panama, England was sent through to the last 32 following matches against Croatia and then Ghana earlier this week.

So England fans were on a high prior to tonight’s game, which kicks off at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey at 10pm UK time and 5pm US time.

However, just minutes into the coverage ahead of this evening’s match, viewers couldn’t stop themselves from flocking to X as two unexpected faces popped up on their screens.

Presenter Laura Woods welcomed none other than ITV legends Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly as they joined her at the channel’s stunning New York studio.

She asked about their opinion on tonight’s match, as well as about their own memories of previous World Cups but not everyone was happy to see the I’m A Celebrity hosts.

In fact, many commented that they were ‘switching off’ ITV’s coverage following their appearance.

“Ant and Dec FFS, I’ll switch back on at 9.55,” someone said on X (Twitter).

A second echoed: “Ant and Dec appeared. I switched to Five Live”, with someone else adding: “Ant & Dec being ‘interviewed’ during the World Cup may be the strangest thing I’ve seen during this whole event.”

Taking to X, a fan exclaimed: “Surely they could have got better than ant and dec for the World Cup, so annoying!”

Meanwhile, someone else asked: “No football people available tonight?”, as a fellow viewer sarcastically commented: “I was just saying to myself ‘We really don’t see Ant and Dec on the tellybox enough'”.

However, one fan defended the award-winning ITV duo, arguing: “Ant and Dec are much better than Neville and carragher.”

The last time England took centre stage was against Ghana which ended 0-0 at the Gillette Stadium in Boston.

Meanwhile, even though Scotland beat Haiti 1-0 in their first match of the World Cup 2026, they have since lost to both Morocco and Brazil.

The Fifa World Cup is available to watch on ITV and ITVX.

The Football Association of Ireland [FAI] says it will “continue to meet to discuss the operational aspects” of hosting Israel in the Nations League.

On Monday, RTE reported, external the game, scheduled for Dublin on 4 October, is set to be moved to a neutral venue pending Uefa approval – seven days after the teams meet at a neutral venue for Israel’s home Group B3 fixture.

A number of protests in the Republic of Ireland have taken place calling for the team to boycott the fixtures because of the ongoing situation in the Middle East.

A ‘Stop The Game’ campaign has been launched by the pressure group Irish Sport For Palestine, while May’s 1-0 victory over Qatar at the Aviva Stadium was twice disrupted when tennis balls featuring the Palestine flag were thrown onto the pitch.

Republic of Ireland midfielder Jamie McGrath said he expects the protests “will heat up over the next few months” while defender Seamus Coleman has said the issue “should have been dealt with above us”.

In February, the FAI confirmed the team will fulfil the fixtures as “Uefa regulations outline that if an association refuses to play a match then that fixture will be forfeited and further disciplinary measures may follow – including potential disqualification from the competition”.

An announcement on the issue was expected on Monday, but with the Republic of Ireland women’s crunch World Cup qualifier against France in Grenoble on Tuesday, the FAI has said it “will not be releasing a statement on any decision on this matter until after the board meeting scheduled for 11 June, due to the hugely significant game taking place on Tuesday for our women’s national team”.

It looks increasingly likely both games against Israel will now take place on neutral territory, with the FAI stressing its decision will not be swayed by outside opinions.

“The association reiterates that it is the responsibility of the board of the FAI to protect the future interests of football in Ireland,” the statement added.

“Any decision around the game is solely a matter for the association.”