a really mean life and the biggest political story of the day has got to be keir starmer tying himself in knots over how on earth he defines working people. it now sounds like anyone with savings, assets or god forbid, a rental property is ripe for the picking. is middle britain under attack? and we've been up in county durham all day, and one thing keeps coming up at the doorstep the axing of winter fuel payments with billions being spent elsewhere. does this labour government have its priorities right? and in other news, the number of illegal migrants crossing the engush illegal migrants crossing the english channel has now surpassed the total for the whole of last year. is this a sign that labour's plans aren't working? and what deterrent do we really have ? and as king we really have? and as king charles and keir starmer dance around the issue of slavery payments, is it time for britain just to stop apologising for the past ? okay, well that's all to

past? okay, well that's all to come in the next hour , so do come in the next hour, so do stick with us. i've got a fantastic panel. i'll reveal who in just a moment. but first, let's get the latest news headunes let's get the latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> emily, thank you very much . >> emily, thank you very much. and good evening to you. 6:02. and good evening to you. 6:02. and as we heard at the top of the programme, one of the world's most prolific online child abusers has been sentenced to life today in prison with a minimum of 20 years. alexander mccartney admitted to 185 charges involving 70 children, and that included the manslaughter of a 12 year old girl from the united states. kumar and thomas took her own life rather than obey mccartney's demand to involve her younger sister in the abuse. police believe though the total number of children he abused is about 3500. well, catherine kierans from northern ireland

senous kierans from northern ireland serious crime unit, spoke earlier and said thousands of children and their families have been left dealing with the traumatic aftermath of their courage stands in stark contrast to mccartney's cowardice in targeting vulnerable young girls . targeting vulnerable young girls. >> the bravery of the young victims has been an inspiration to everyone who worked on this case. his conviction sends a message to other abusers. your actions have dire consequences and there is nowhere to hide from the justice system . from the justice system. >> the number of migrants crossing the channel into the uk so far this year has already surpassed the entire total for 2023. today's milestone, confirmed by gb news, was reached when the border force vessel typhoon arrived in dover with 55 migrants on board, bringing this year's total to 29,451. that is just over the

29,437 recorded last year. over 1200 migrants have arrived this week alone, with calmer weather allowing a sharp rise in crossings. officials are now predicting up to 40,000 migrants could cross by the end of the yeah could cross by the end of the year. and that's despite labour's pledge to tackle the crisis and, as they say, smash the gangs. a home office spokesperson called the latest migrant deaths a devastating tragedy as people smuggling operations continue to escalate . operations continue to escalate. tommy robinson will miss his own plan to march tomorrow for thousands of protesters after being arrested by kent police. the 41 year old, known as stephen yaxley—lennon, is accused of contempt of court related to a film he aired at a previous protest in london, making alleged libellous claims against a syrian refugee. it comes as he is facing additional charges under the terrorism act for allegedly failing to provide his mobile phone pin to police. well, as supporters prepare to demonstrate tomorrow, significant police presence is expected to the met police say ensure safety amid expected

counter—protests . teenager counter—protests. teenager brianna ghey school and local authority could not have foreseen her murder, a coroner has ruled today. the inquest found there was no reason to suspect that brianna's friendship with one of her murderers was anything but genuine. the 16 year old was tragically stabbed 28 times in an attack after being lured to a park in warrington in 2023. scarlett jenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, both 15 at the time, were sentenced to life imprisonment in february for their roles in brianna's murder. cheshire's senior coroner, jacqueline devonish , concluded jacqueline devonish, concluded the inquest, saying brianna was unlawfully killed and there were no signs that her friendship with jenkinson posed a risk and. excuse me, sir. chris hoy says that he is utterly blown away by the support he has received since announcing he has terminal cancen since announcing he has terminal cancer. in his first message since sharing that news of his prostate cancer now in stage

four, the six time olympic cycling champion said he is so grateful to everyone for their incredible kindness and for their support. sir chris also added he's going to write it all in a new book, saying it's helping him to process the news. take a listen. >> so grateful to everyone for their incredible kindness and support. you may have heard by now that i'm ready to share that my cancer is stage four. i will be living with it for the rest of my life. now, it's not the news anyone imagines hearing and it obviously came as a huge shock. we've taken time to process it as a family, and i now have a deep resolve to turn this incredibly difficult diagnosis into something more positive that can help not just me, but anyone, anywhere, living with stage four. >> those are the latest headunes >> those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for a full round up at 7:00. now though, it's back to emily for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb

news .com forward slash alerts . news .com forward slash alerts. >> okay, welcome along to dewbs& co with me emily carver this evening and joining me until 7:00 is my panel, conservative life peer lord daniel moylan. thank you very much. and former labour minister steve mccabe, thank you to you as well. now i want all of your views this evening. please do get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay as michelle dewberry says, every night of the week, it is about you as much as it is about my esteemed panel and myself. of course. now, as we heard, just there in the bulletins, this is a pretty shocking story to read. the details of a man from northern ireland has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years in jail for extreme online sexual abuse of children, and also the manslaughter of a 12 year old girl. now this man,

alex mccartney, just 26 years old, from county armagh, he admitted to 185 charges, including more than 50 blackmail offences. he is now one of the world's most prolific online child abusers. now what he seemed to do, he seemed to create fake personas, essentially catfish young girls to target as many as 3500 victims aged just 10 to 16 from more than 30 countries. he was working across the world, blackmailing young children into sending explicit pictures and doing all sorts really, really horrible story. i mean, when you hear about these types of cases, daniel, i mean, obviously shocking to read that a man aged in his 20s would would commit such horrific crimes. but people start to think about he was doing this through snapchat, social media, pretending to be their friend , to pretending to their friend, to pretending to be, you know, a young girl to try and get these young girls to

send him these, these pictures and all sorts and then we find out a young girl committed suicide as a result. do we talk about social media regulation? do we talk about tougher sentences? should should life mean life in these kind of sick and twisted cases ? and twisted cases? >> i think the first thing i'd want to say is, i don't know anything about his circumstances, but there is, i believe, a whole sort of class of young men who lived their lives entirely on the internet, cut off from from the real world. they're locked up more or less 20. they locked themselves up more or less 24 hours a day in, in spending their time on the internet. i'm not i'm not saying there aren't perhaps women who do it as well, but it's the young men we're thinking about at the moment. and of course, if you do that, you lose all touch with any sense of right and wrong, because to some extent, right and wrong depends on social context and the response of your

own conscience to other people. so if you live entirely in that world, you are potentially a very dangerous person already. the second thing is, as you say, it's shocking. and of course it is shocking, but we should be careful of saying this is a case thatis careful of saying this is a case that is unique. i mean , every that is unique. i mean, every case is unique, but i mean, i think there are quite a lot of people out there who are