there is very real anger here towards the killer but also authorities. had a policeman come in telling me they'd been to see this lad before, so it should have been dealt with. but because we've got the nonsense woke stuff what we've got now, they won't go near them. you sympathise with some of the rioters? not damaging stuff, but in principle, you say anything, you are far right or something, probably have me carted off, far right. i'm not. we are normal people. i work six days a week, but i don't earn a six day a week income, so what's that about? # every long lost dream...# this is a small town badly shaken. divisions do exist, but the desire for everyone here to heal is real.

i see a lot of growth, personal and community growth. the only place i would want to move to is southport. you'll be in walking distance. and i've met such lovely... caroline the choir leader has taken the decision to leave her home of 25 years and move to southport. a town which she believes has shown real heart in terrible times. they are wonderful people. you cannot wait to move? i can't wait to move. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. a community in southport trying to pull together after those unimaginable events ofjuly last year and many members of that community are inside liverpool crown court today, the families of those who were killed, those who were injured and also some of the children who were also in that dance

class who were not physically injured, but will carry the mental scars for the rest of their lives. the sentencing hearing is due to get under way very shortly. you can keep across all of the developments live on the bbc news website and we will be bringing you regular updates. when the judge starts his sentencing remarks, we will carry those live here on bbc news. but for the moment, it is back to you in studio. sarah, thank you. this warning has been issued for storm eowyn, warning of gas up for storm eowyn, warning of gas up to 100 power and flying debris resulting in a danger to life. let's beat our weather presenter and taylor, parodies weather warnings being issued

for? they cover the whole of northern ireland and good part of southern scotland as well. the big thing isjust a geographical area, the big thing isjust a geographicalarea, population centres and add onto that the whole of the republic of ireland under a red warning issued by the met, similar conditions including also the isle of man have a red warning as well. talk about wind widely, gusting to around 80 or 90 mph but we could see some spots, particularly the north coat of northern ireland, down there soon from argyll and bute through the si coast was dumfries and galloway, we could hit 100 mph at times. some of this will be hitting during the crucial rush—hour period, particularly tomorrow morning. where is storm eowyn right now? at the moment it is in its development phase. let me take you to the satellite picture,

there is new york, glasgow, it is this massive cloud here, being driven by a really strong jet stream. that is being fired by cold air pushing out of the us and canada but it is under that area here, this is where interacting with the jet stream overhead is going through a rapid development stage, also known as a weather bomb, this is where the pressure centre drops drastically through the space of 2a hours and during that period the storm gets stronger and stronger and stronger. so it is still to meet its peak strength, hopefully it should meet that before it arrives in the uk. just explain how it is going to progress over the uk in the coming hours and the coming days and how long it could last for. , ., for. indeed, it will be a feature _ for. indeed, it will be a feature too _ for. indeed, it will be a feature too much - for. indeed, it will be a feature too much of. for. indeed, it will be a i feature too much of friday for. indeed, it will be a - feature too much of friday and for the north of scotland even into the start of saturday. let me show you the pressure chart, this give you a rough idea. the storm has the latest wind in

the centre, the strongest wind just south of the centre. we could see wind gusting up to 150 mph out of open water, but as i take you to clock friday, that will start to slam into the west of ireland. this could be ireland us worst storm on record. exceeding that of hurricane debbie in 1961, went up hurricane debbie in 1961, went up over 100 feet power. through the morning it will push its way northwards, you can see increases the north of northern ireland, struck wind in the south, impacting the morning strongest wind on a knockout. wind picks up elsewhere after a speu wind picks up elsewhere after a spell of rain. then as we go into garden with the low pressure trekking across northern scotland refocused the wind across the central belt of scotland, a dangerous direction, affecting the population centres of glasgow and edinburgh. before it gradually clears after the north but still producing gales, shetland and the highlands, as we go through the

saturday. highlands, as we go through the saturda . . ~ highlands, as we go through the saturda . ., ~ , ., ., saturday. thank you. you can keep up-to-date _ saturday. thank you. you can keep up-to-date on - saturday. thank you. you can keep up-to-date on storm i saturday. thank you. you can - keep up-to-date on storm eowyn keep up—to—date on storm eowyn here on bbc news and on our website and the bbc weather app as well. with winter always a difficult time for many pensioners, there is concern after two cold snaps, rising energy prices and millions using losing winter fuel payments, people are suffering. 0ne charity which gives energy advice says pensioners are having to choose between heating or eating. 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith has this report. keeping warm in one of the coldest areas of england isn't easy. we don't go out when it's icy or snowy. marjorie and rosemary are both in their 90s, and have been friends for a very long time. we knew each other at school, actually. yes. and now they're next—door neighbours. i give rosemary a ring

each morning to make sure she's up and about. yes, she does. yeah. amazing. and if she doesn't ring, i'm ringing her. what's the matter with marjorie? she just forgot one morning. this winter, they're both £300 down after losing their winter fuel payments. it's a lot of money. yes, yes, it was very useful. yeah, we knew it was there all the time. the recent cold snap may have passed, but energy use is still high and the price of gas and electricity went up for most people at the beginning ofjanuary. good morning. hello. yes, thanks. good, good. take a seat. for those giving energy advice, it's older people who are the biggest concern. an elderly person might pay all the bills, pay the gas and electric bill and stay on top of the payments, not be in any debt at all. so, from the outside, it doesn't look like there's an issue there. however, they aren't eating. they're not turning the heating on. it's a little cold out here. you can see there's quite a bit of snow.

that's exactly what's happened to sandra in county durham. but i've been more aware this year that i haven't got any real leeway. so, you know, the money's got to come from somewhere. so, i've pulled the curtains in the kitchen. she's no savings, but a small workplace pension has pushed herjust over the limit for pension credit. and of course, i've got covers on all the glass of the doors to keep the heat in. so she's not had the winter fuel payment. i took out credit for the first time in probably 12,1111; years. that is a direct result of losing the winter fuel allowance. here in sedburgh, on the other side of the yorkshire dales, it's been so chilly that cold weather payments were triggered at the start of january for those on benefits. it's very unusual. my washing line's had icicles on.

so, it's been really cold. but that hasn't helped most pensioners, like marilyn and rosie. can ijoin you? we'll let you. they don't qualify for that either. we've had it icy for days. and minus for days. so, last week we had a lot of heating on during the day, which we wouldn't normally have on. and we've got the smart meter and it's showed that we've used nearly £40 in a week. so, you know, if you do that every week for a month, you've got quite a bit out of your pension, haven't you? how does it feel, you know, not having that fallback there from the government? it makes a big difference. it does make a big difference. you shouldn't rely on it. but you did rely on it. you thought, "oh, well, i can get a bit extra food. "i can get another bag of coal in." you know, they expect us to just carry on as normal. you've been digging into your savings and everything.

the government say they don't want to see anyone suffer this winter and are increasing the state pension in april, but that's cold comfort for those who've already had to fork out and are facing difficult weeks ahead. colletta smith, bbc news, sedbergh in cumbria. us president donald trump is sending 1,500 troops to the mexican border to boost security, as he moves to crack down on illegal immigration. the news came after mr trump gave his first television interview since re—entering the white house. 0ur north america correspondent merlyn thomas has the details. mr president. thank you. welcome back. thank you very much. donald trump began his interview with fox news speaking about his favourite topic — immigration. this was a gross miscarriage

of common sense to allow people to come in. this is notjust south america. this isn't, you know... we talk venezuela. that's a big abuser. but these are countries from, these are... iran, syria. countries that you don't even think of. the congo has emptied their prisons out into the united states. for him, it was an opportunity to repeat many of the unverified claims he's made before. it follows an announcement that the pentagon is deploying more than 1,500 troops to the us—mexico border to beef up resources, as well as providing air support to help deport undocumented migrants from states like california and texas. while he's going full speed ahead with the executive orders cracking down on illegal immigration, the president has also been on the defensive — standing by his decision to pardon nearly 1,600 of the january 6th rioters. why did they get a pardon? a number of reasons. number one, they were in there for three and a half years, a long time. and, in many solitary confinement, treated like nobody�*s ever been treated, so badly. they were treated like the worst criminals in history. and you know what

they were there for? they were protesting the vote because they knew the election was rigged. despite the attention his own pardons received, he was quick to turn the tables on president biden, who controversially pardoned his family members on his last day in office. the precedent that he set on pardons is amazing. that's a much bigger story, but people don't like talking about it. he pardoned everybody, but he didn't pardon himself. aside from issuing executive orders and pardons, trump is also considering what to do about tiktok. the social media platform's time is running out as it faces a ban in america over alleged national security concerns because of its chinese parent company. but donald trump doesn't seem so worried. we have our telephones made in china for the most part. we have so many things made in china, so why don't they mention that? you know. the interesting thing with tiktok, though, is you're dealing with a lot of young people. they love it. is it that important for china

to be spying on young people, on young kids, watching crazy videos, on things? trump's first week has been incredibly busy and he's not done yet. in a few days, he'll visit california, a state deeply affected by wildfires that are still raging. some of the wealthiest, most powerful people lost their homes, and it looked like our country was helpless. this fire was just raging. and then it would catch to another area. another area, another area. there was nothing. it took a week and a half and i've never seen anything like it. we looked so weak. trump supporters have been pleased with their president's actions so far, and they're not done hearing from him yet. as fox tv presenter sean hannity revealed, there's a part two of this interview still to come later on thursday. 0ur reporter mimi swaby told me more about what's happening at the border — and the mexican government's response. the border is closed,

there is a state of emergency announced and no—one has crossed, but thousands of migrant are stranded after president trump closed down the cbp one entry programme, an app where hundreds of thousands of migrants could schedule an appointment to make their asylum case. now they are stranded with uncertainty. this is as 1,500 troops are making their way to the border to put up physical barriers, as well as mass deportation flights looming, so a lot of panic and uncertainty at this border with many people unsure where to go next. the mexican government has not taken this measure particularly well. however, talks between mexico and the us have already begun with immigration being a central point. mexico's president claudia sheinbaum said on wednesday that the foreign affairs minister and the secretary of state marco rubio have had a phone conversation which largely focused on immigration and security matters. it was supposed to be cordial and part of an ongoing

conversation, however the mexican president has said that they will collaborate with the us but not subordinate to it, this is the key point that she has emphasised many times. it's important to note that mexico has not agreed to trump's policy that asylum seekers wait in mexico while their claim is processed. for this to work, like many other of trump's policies, mexico needs to be in agreement and play ball but at the moment that is still in question. a new wildfire has flared up north of los angeles, which is itself still counting the cost of deadly fires earlier this month. the hughes fires has quickly taken hold of a large area near lake castaic, strecthing to an area of more than 9,000 acres.

more than 30,000 people have been moved