A psychologist says it will take some time for people to fully recover from the spate of terror attacks in the United Kingdom.

Terrorists drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then went on a stabbing rampage on Saturday night local time. The attack killed seven people - almost 50 were hurt.

It's the third attack in the UK in as many months.

Psychologist Dr David Purves told Mike Hosking people will be rattled.

He said the fact there's been three attacks in such a short period of time, makes it harder for people to recover.

"The damaging thing is that we've had three tragic events in quite a compact period of time, so it's harder for people I think to get over them," he said.

"I think it's likely that people will be on edge to some extent, and those that were close to these events of course will take a long time to fully process them and get over them."

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Barbarians player Bryn Gatland speaks with Mike Hosking about playing the British and Irish Lions, the team of his father, Warren Gatland.

He said his dad isn't a distraction.

"It's a bit of a bonus for me actually, playing against the team that he's coached.

"I've never got to do that before and I'm really looking forward to it," he said.

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More problems for our social agencies.

This time it focuses around a young woman who was raped when she was just 13 - she became pregnant as a result.

She was on the benefit but lost a chunk of it because she refused to name her attacker and father of her child.

Work and Income are admitting they were wrong, and so is Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.

But this case raises the question - should solo mums have to declare who the father is for their benefits?

Green MP Jan Logie doesn't think so. She spoke with Mike Hosking.

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Australian police are being told they didn't act fast enough after bomb threats were made on a Malaysian Airlines flight.

The flight was forced to return to Melbourne after a disruptive passenger entered the cockpit with bomb threats.

The man was subdued and is thought to have a psychiatric illness.

Once on the tarmac passengers couldn't leave the plane for 90 minutes - because it wasn't safe for police to board the aircraft.

Australia Correspondent Murray Olds told Mike Hosking police let the passengers down.

"The passengers are sitting there, there's a chance a bomb is on-board and they're looking out the window and there is the police and they are doing nothing and the passengers are getting frantic, there getting anxious," he said.

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Out of the dairies and into pharmacies.

There are calls for tobacco to be sold only by chemists and tobacco stores, in a bid to further reduce smoking rates.

Tobacco control advocate Zoe Hawke, from Hapai Te Hauora, told Mike Hosking the idea makes a lot of sense.

"Smokers can still get cigarettes but it's harder to get because there's not as many pharmacies, and people can give you support if necessary."

Hawke said reducing access is a good idea.

"It's less around them, it's less normalised and will continue having young people who aren't interested in it because it's not in their community."

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Bluff Oysters are in trouble - with a fatal parasite on the move.

The Ministry for Primary Industries say Bonamia has been found in oyster farms at Stewart Island.

It was found in Nelson and the Marlborough Sounds two years ago - but the latest discovery shows it's spread.

Head of operations at Bluff Oyster Management Company, Graeme Wright, said the effects can be devastating.

He says told Mike Hosking not much can be done to prevent it.

"No level of control at all really, it's really at this stage, it's just trying to do whatever we can to prevent it entering into the fishery," he said.

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Wave goodbye to lousy managers.

A new Government Bill could make it easier to fire them.

National has put a Bill before Parliament, that would prevent many high earners from filing personal grievances against their employers.

It would apply to people earning more than $150 thousand a year.

New Zealand Initiative chair, Roger Partridge told Mike Hosking the Bill has many merits.

"What we don't want in our companies is to have C-grade senior managers that might be holding the company back," he said.

Partridge said the bill would offer more protection to businesses.

"All employers make mistakes when they take on people, you can take on somebody who is just not as good as they say they are," he said.

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It's been 50 years since The Beatles released Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the whole thing has been remastered by Paul McCartney and Giles Martin, son of Sir George Martin.

Giles Martin joined Mike Hosking this morning to discuss the album.

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Backing for tourists to help pay their way to save our endangered native birds.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is floating the idea of a nature tax to be paid at the border.

It's amid warnings a third of our native birds are in serious trouble.

John McLennan is a trustee for the Kiwi for Kiwi charity, which is trying to save the iconic bird. He told Mike Hosking the recommendations are worth heeding.

"Most people are coming here to enjoy our natural heritage and our beauty and our biodiversity," he said.

McLennan said tourists come here expecting to see the country's nature and they would be willing to help protect it.

"I think if that's the reason for coming, I think they would quite willingly sign up to contributing to the maintenance pf the very thing they are coming to see," he said.

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Italy is looking to overhaul its electoral system - meaning there could be early elections.

Talks are underway to introduce a combination first-past the post and proportional representation system.

Former Prime Ministers and opposition leaders Matteo Renzi and Silvio Berlusconi are pushing for the change - which could spark elections in September or October.

Italy correspondent, Jo Mckenna, told Mike Hosking it's a risky move.

"We know that the governments are so fragile here, this is no guarantee of any kind stability, that's why Matteo Renzi is looking at an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi," she said.

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