today at one... danger to life warnings and record winds as storm eowyn batters the uk and ireland. "stay at home" — that's the message to millions of people as roads, railways and airports are hit with widespread disruption. lam i am live on the west coast of ireland where the storm that made its force felt and the country's strongest ever wind was recorded overnight. also on the programme... the 52—year sentence for the murderer of three young girls in southport will be reviewed after the town's mp described it as "too lenient". in circumstances such as this — exceptional circumstances — we need to have the ability to have exceptional sentences. the hair loss drug that can cause impotence and suicidal thoughts being sold without consultation

or correct warnings. more than 100 years of finding homes for children. barnados opens its archives for the first time, hoping more carers will come forward. and coming up on bbc news... novak djokovic is booed off the court as he retires injured in what he says could be his final appearance at the australian open. good afternoon. millions of people are being urged to stay home this lunchtime, as storm eowyn brings potentially life—threatening winds to the north and west of the uk and ireland. there have been two rare red weather warnings for the whole island of ireland — and parts of scotland — with record—breaking wind speeds

of more than 100 miles per hour, while amber warnings are in place in northern england and north wales. we'll be live from across the uk and ireland this lunchtime, bringing you the very latest out there. chris page is in westport in the republic of ireland. sarah girvin is in donaghadee, lorna gordon is in glasgow. first, let's speak to chris. what's the picture like there in county mayo? yes, there in county mayo? it is here in ireland's atla ntic yes, it is here in ireland's atlantic coast that storm eowyn made landfall and the red warning has now actually expired. then and western counties of ireland. as you can still see, it is quite blustery nonetheless. about 70 miles north in county galway, at five o'clock this morning, the weather station recorded a gust of 114 mph, the

strongest ever wind registered in ireland. all in all it has been a pretty rough few hours and the clean—up is only starting. after gathering force over the sea, storm eowyn hit ireland with its full fierceness. early this morning, winds which were already strong, turned savage. at galway aquarium, the gusts pushed flood water into the car park. further north, the town of westport in county mayo took its share of the battering. looking out to sea, the winds are at their maximum strength, and it's obviously too dangerous to go outside into a storm of that ferocity, so we're sheltering in a tunnel. the west coast of ireland is particularly exposed to storms rolling in across the atlantic ocean. there have been plenty of them over the years, but people in westport are saying today they've never seen anything as bad as storm eowyn. today's been a struggle for anyone who's had to go out. roads are dangerous

with thousands of trees down. public transport is off. airports are open, but hundreds of flights have been cancelled. we are expecting flight operations to return to normal schedule by mid—afternoon, but that's weather permitting. so it's important that passengers, before they come out to the airport, continue to check with their airlines just to get the latest up to date information on their flight. for the first time, a red weather warning has been issued across the whole island of ireland. that means on both sides of the irish border all schools are closed. many businesses are allowing staff to work from home. the emergency services say the vast majority of people are staying inside. we're really thankful that the public have taken that public safety advice about trying to stay at home and reduce their travel, so we'll continue to reiterate that advice around, you know, don't travel unless you absolutely need to. pictures like these show what a storm of this magnitude can do. in county tyrone in northern ireland, farms and houses have suffered damage.

and in county down, this leisure centre in bangor has taken a hit from the extreme gales. after a morning of disruption, the scale of the destruction will only become clear after storm eowyn has blown through. chris page, bbc news. sara girvin is in donaghadee, where several weather warnings are in place. record wind speeds north of the border as well. we are told the winds experience in northern ireland have been the strongest since 1990 in excess of 90 mph. standing here throughout the day on the county down coast, at times we have about every bit of the force of the winds. a widespread issue so far seems to be that power supply. we now know

240,000 people across northern ireland are without electricity as we speak. as you can imagine, work is under way to repair those lines and there has been an appeal for people not to go anywhere near power lines. throughout the day we have also had lots of reports. we have started to see pictures of fallen trees, blocked roads and damaged buildings and public buildings. lots of disruption on a day when every single school in northern ireland is closed and there is no public transport meant no trains or buses all day. people do seem to have heeded the warning to not travel stay inside. that red weather warning, the first of its kind in northern ireland, and the first to extend across the whole island of ireland is in place until 2pm. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow, where a red wind warning

is in place. what is the picture across scotland? that red wind warning has been extended. into dumfries and galloway as well as the central boat and some islands. we are slightly protected here. if you step a little further out, when you get that gusts can make you really feel the power of these destructive winds, gusts up to 90 miles an hour had been recorded on islay. it is causing severe transport disruption. all scotrail trains have been cancelled for the day. police got are advising drivers not to travel and the roads are much, much much quieter than usual. at the airports, edinburgh and glasgow, they are also limiting flights. we saw one flight attempt to land at edinburgh earlier, it circled for a while and then headed back down to stansted. 20,000

customers are said to be without electricity. there are engineers right across the network trying to fix faults. conditions for them are said to be horrendous. i was in the centre of glasgow a little earlier. the streets are close to deserted. most shops are shut for the day. some big supermarket chains have also shut their stores in the red wind zone. very few people were out on the streets. most people seem to be heeding the advice to stay inside. . ~' , ., storm eowyn is causing widespread travel disruption across wales, scotland and northern england. danny savage is in penrith. what is the impact on people living there? we what is the impact on people living there? ~ ., ., , .,

there? we have to remember that compared to the _ there? we have to remember that compared to the wet _ there? we have to remember that compared to the wet weather - there? we have to remember that - compared to the wet weather warnings in northern ireland, ireland and scotland were here in the north of england we have an amber weather warning, we most of the disruption we have seen in the north of england has been pre—empted. yesterday, both avanti who operate services through here and lner on the east coast main line said they were not going to operate services north of preston and the west and north of york in the east. that is causing disruption for rail passengers. the 866 is completely closed going over the pennines to scotch corner. there have been gusting winds coming across there this morning. that is causing some problems. elsewhere are few lorries had blown over on the m6. a lot of high sided vehicles are getting up and down without any problems. traffic is moving at a much slower speed than normal. some lorries have got over. some schools have been closed due to the gusty winds this

morning. 0verall closed due to the gusty winds this morning. overall in the north of england not too severe. we will have a full forecast — england not too severe. we will have a full forecast in _ england not too severe. we will have a full forecast in the _ england not too severe. we will have a full forecast in the next _ england not too severe. we will have a full forecast in the next half - england not too severe. we will have a full forecast in the next half an - a full forecast in the next half an hour. but let's get the latest forecast on the storm now with elizabeth. this is the pressure chart that tracks the storm. storm eowyn is very slowly pushing north and east. it is a very powerful storm indeed. the strongest winds were on the southern flank. by the time we get to saturday it is pushing north and east toward scandinavia. winds are lightening, particularly in the south. this is the red warning area across northern ireland. a red warning issued across the isle of man and another one for central and southern scotland. widespread gusts of 80 to 90 mph. 100 miles an hour, and a danger to life within the red

warning. this one across the north of scotland doesn't expire until six o'clock tomorrow morning. blizzard —like conditions with the wintry showers across northern scotland. slowly, the strongest winds transferring with gusts of 40 to 80 mph. warnings across the whole of the uk. we mph. warnings across the whole of the uk. ~ , mph. warnings across the whole of theuk. , the uk. we will be back with you soon. you can follow all the latest on storm eowyn, including live cameras across the uk, on the bbc news website, app, and with bbc weather throughout the day. the 52—year sentence of the southport murderer axel rudakabana will be reviewed. the teenager, who killed three young girls in a knife attack last summer, couldn't be given a full life sentence because of his age. the review comes after the mp for southport said the sentence, "does not reflect the crimes committed." nickjohnson reports. bebe, elsie and alice — their short lives brutally taken as they were singing and making friendship bracelets at a dance class.

for nearly six months, southport has been grieving. the girls�* families forced each day to live with the horror. alice dasilva aguiar�*s mum alexandra said... because their murderer, axel rudakubana, was just nine days short of 18 at the time of the attack, he couldn't be given a whole life sentence. instead, rudakubana will spend 52 years in prison before being eligible for release. the labour mp for southport, patrick hurley, says that's not good enough. i think in circumstances such as this — exceptional circumstances — we need to have the ability to have exceptional sentences being placed. and i would urge the government and the attorney general to look again, to see what can be done

in these exceptional circumstances, in order to ensure that a whole life tariff could be imposed. but the defence secretary, john healey, says the government's hands are tied. there are limits on international united nations law that prevent us from, uh, having a court system that will impose, um, unlimited sentences on under—18—year—olds. but in practice, i can't see this man ever coming out of prison. i don't want to see this man ever coming out of prison. despite the outpouring of emotion and grief over what happened in southport, the criminal bar association, which represents barristers, said that strength of feeling cannot influence the law. the criminaljustice system now does, of course, listen to the impact on victims — the impact on that community. and that was clearly heard yesterday in front of the judge. so that will be borne in mind. but, unfortunately, emotion can't play any part

in our criminaljustice system, i'm afraid, because we must keep clear, calm heads and, hopefully, have that quiet dignity that these people at southport have shown. last week, the home secretary, yvette cooper, said rudakubana had been referred to the prevent programme — the government's counter—terror strategy — three times between 2019 and 2021 because of concern about his interest in violence and extremism. but each time officers decided he didn't meet the threshold for intervention. this has raised questions over how and why rudakubana was able to carry out the attack. the government has now announced a public inquiry. whatever the outcome, the families of three little girls and the people of southport will still have to live with the trauma of what happened on that summer's day. nickjohnson, bbc news. the government have faced questions in number 10 this morning

about that 52—year sentence for axel rudakubana. 0ur political correspondent tom symondsjoins us now from westminster — what's been said? the what's been said? pressure has not let up on the government the pressure has not let up on the government all week and did not change this morning at the morning lobby briefing that reporters attend. the prime minister's spokesman said the prime minister, like his defence secretary, believes this man should not come out of prison during his lifetime. 52 years is an exceptionally long sentence were nearly as long as the longest sentence, 55 years, for the manchester bomber, also technically a child when he committed the offence. the government is sticking to this position that this cannot be regarded as an exceptional circumstance that removes the limit on a whole life tariff, spending your entire life in prison because of its signatory to the un convention on the rights of a child

saying children should be detained as a last resort and for the shortest time possible. a spokesperson said we take our commitment seriously to international law. anyone can ask for a sentence to be reviewed. that is happening. the attorney general is happening. the attorney general is the person who makes that decision. if he decides there should be a review it may go to the appeal court. as i said, 52 years is a very long sentence. aside from that the government is under pressure to make sure the public inquiry into this case is as quick as possible and the spokesperson said it would be discussed with the families and it is important it is comprehensive and happening as quickly as possible. thank you. the time is 1:16. our top story this afternoon. storm eowyn brings danger to life — and record wind speeds. millions across the uk are told, "stay home." the hair loss drug that can cause impotence and suicidal thoughts, being sold without consultation or correct warning. coming up on bbc news, mikel arteta admits arsenal

are struggling for goals after injuries to saka and jesus, and says they are trying to sign a striker — but they need to be right for the club. in the coming hours, hamas is expected to name the four female hostages due to be released on saturday as part of the israel—gaza ceasefire deal. in exchange, israel will free around 180 palestinian prisoners. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, what more do we know? for this next part of the ceasefire plan to be implemented, everything has been carefully co—ordinated. we are expecting qatar, acting as a mediator between israel and hamas to

release the names this afternoon the names they have been given a four israeli female hostages. 0nce names they have been given a four israeli female hostages. once we have those identities, the israeli side will be able to confirm the number of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails expected to be released later on saturday, tomorrow. what we are also expecting this weekend is that israeli troops will begin to withdraw further from the gaza strip, from strategically important areas and then what that should mean is many of the hundreds of thousands of palestinians displaced from the north of the gaza strip and the israeli military gave those mass evacuation orders in the early stages of the war, they should be able to return to what remains of their home so expect some dramatic scenes in the coming days.— scenes in the coming days. thank

ou. a woman has been jailed for ten years for the "deeply tragic" manslaughter of her four sons who died in a house fire while she was out shopping. deveca rose had left her two sets of twins in a locked terraced house when the fatal blaze broke out in december of 2021. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson has been watching the proceedings. helena, what more do we know about this case? the sentencing hearing is now over. deveca 1434 00:19:30,541 --> 00:1