and see have a change of heart and see old people and take care of them . old people and take care of them. >> just get his thinking head on a bit more and just start thinking about the pensioners. >> he's got to get out of that westminster bubble. >> i am here at stanley indoor bowls centre and community hub and some people around here are absolutely fuming , of course, absolutely fuming, of course, because i mean, they've put nothing into this country at all, but they're getting their living in hotels now. >> they're getting houses yet i've worked all my life and i've got a little bit of savings , so got a little bit of savings, so that's held against me. >> well he's right, isn't he.7 it's >> well he's right, isn't he? it's not fair. just look at what happened today. >> well the number for the whole of last year was 29,437. just in the last few minutes we have overtaken that number 29,451. >> you're paying for all of those people to have a warm bed and board this winter. meanwhile,

starmer couldn't tell you what a woman is . woman is. >> no, no, no, i just a woman can have a penis. >> i don't think that discussing this issue in this way helps. >> and now we can't even tell you what a working person is. >> okay, so for someone who works but gets their income from assets as well, such as shares of property, are they a working person? >> well, they wouldn't come within my definition . within my definition. >> we're going to get stuck into that and a massive thank you to everybody who has donated to my fundraiser. it'sjust fundraiser. it's just giving.com/page/save our seniors. you have smashed our target of £260,000 for friends of the elderly. all that remains is for me to do my freezing cold swim in stickle tarn in the lake district tomorrow, which i am not looking forward to. well, it's over to bentley, who's going to be taking care of business in the studio this evening. who's on your panel? ben? >> patrick? goodness me, you've been on the go all day. get the

man a cup of tea. >> somebody tonight on the panel >> somebody tonight on the panel. communications officer at the institute of economic affairs. reem ibrahim the political commentator alex armstrong. and the ceo of youth vote, alex cairns. a huge show coming up and plenty to come from patrick up north. but first, your news headlines with sam francis . >> very good evening to you. it's just after 9:00. a look at the top stories tonight. and one of the world's most prolific onune 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 185 charges involving 70 children, including the manslaughter of a 12 year old girl from the united states, kumar and thomas, who took her own life rather than obey

mccartney's demand to involve her younger sister in the abuse. police believe , though, that the police believe, though, that the total number of children he abused is around 3500. catherine kierans, from northern ireland senous kierans, from northern ireland serious crime unit, says thousands of children and their families have now been left deaung families have now been left dealing with the traumatic aftermath . aftermath. >> their courage stands in stark contrast to mccartney's cowardice in 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 . system. >> the number of migrants crossing the english 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 carrying 55 migrants, bringing this year's total to now 29,451. that is just over the total of 29,437 recorded last year. over 1200 migrants have arrived this week alone , have arrived this week alone, with calmer weather allowing for that sharp rise in crossings. officials, though, are now predicting up to 40,000 migrants could cross by the end of the yean could cross by the end of the year, despite labour's pledge to tackle the crisis and smash the gangs. a home office spokesperson has also called the latest migrant deaths this week a devastating tragedy . breaking a devastating tragedy. breaking news from the united states this hour and the former long time ceo of abercrombie and fitch has pled not guilty to charges of running an international sex and trafficking network involving young male models. 80 year old mike jeffries, along with his partner matthew smith, were arrested following an fbi investigation. this week sparked by claims the couple lured at least 15 young men to sex

parties around the world where jeffries and smith sexually abused them. prosecutors allege the victims, who were as young as 19, were often drugged, subjected to painful genital injections and forced to perform sex acts. mrjeffries injections and forced to perform sex acts. mr jeffries served as the ceo of the company from 1992 until 2014, and is next set to appearin until 2014, and is next set to appear in court on the 12th of december. and tommy robinson will miss his own planned march for thousands of protesters in london tomorrow after being arrested by kent police. the 41 year old, known as stephen yaxley—lennon , is accused of yaxley—lennon, is accused of contempt of court relating to a film he aired at a previous protest in the capital, making libellous claims against a syrian refugee. it comes as he's also facing additional charges under the terrorism act for allegedly failing to provide his mobile phone pin to police, while his supporters are preparing for that demonstration tomorrow. significant police presence is planned. the met police say that is to ensure safety amid expected counter

protests . and back to the united protests. and back to the united states now, where chinese hackers have reportedly tried to break into mobile phones used by donald trump and his vice presidential running mate jd vance, as part of a sophisticated infiltration of the verizon network. the trump campaign was alerted earlier this week, with officials warning that sensitive data, including contact information, may have been accessed. the breach marks the latest attempt by foreign actors to interfere in the us elections, following recent justice department charges against iranian hackers targeting trump's campaign . and targeting trump's campaign. and finally, to some brighter and perhaps tastier news for some in a daring cheese heist in london, neaps a daring cheese heist in london, neal's yard dairy says over 22 tonnes of cheddar have been stolen in an alleged scam. the southwark based manufacturer says it delivered 950 wheels of the cheese to fraudsters posing as a wholesale distributor for a major french retailer. despite the loss, though, neal's yard covered the cost to three farms, sparing producers the financial

hit. police are now investigating, though no arrests have been made so far. but neaps have been made so far. but neal's yard is asking cheesemongers around the world to watch out for stolen clothbound cheddars, which may be sold without identifying tags . be sold without identifying tags. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i know exactly where the cheese is hiding. it's behind ben leo's sofa 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 . .com forward slash alerts. >> put the cheese away. >> put the cheese away. >> put the cheese. sorry, the cheese is there. sam, don't grasp me up like that. welcome, everybody. big show coming up. we're going to be heading to patrick. up north very, very shortly actually. let's go now. patrick in county durham talking about working people. patrick, you are the hardest working man in britain today. i am sure. what's going on?

>> look, thank you very, very much for holding the fort for me. ben, back at base, we've got some important work to do here. so all day today, i've been pounding the pavements here in stanley in county durham, talking to people in places like keir hardie way , lenin terrace, keir hardie way, lenin terrace, you know, traditional, you would imagine like labour heartlands in a sense. and i wanted to find out what they made of the winter fuel payment being cut because i think there is a burning injustice going on in society at the moment. so later on in the show, we're going to be hearing from people who were kind enough to let me into their own homes to let me into their own homes to tell me what their real life situation is. but as you can see, i am at the wonderful stanley indoor bowls centre and community hub here. absolutely fantastic setting. we have got a little bit of an audience for us as well. i might introduce them to you later on, but right now i'm surrounded by some lovely people and i'm going to start with gail, who has ducked out of trying to teach me bowls later. more of that at 930. by the way, ihave more of that at 930. by the way, i have said that i am unteachable. but anyway, now, gail, you feel like pensioners are under attack a bit, don't you? >>i you? >> i think i do, very much so, and i really believe that if the

pensioners knew when they voted what was going to happen, i don't think labour would have got in it seems 1516 00:09:08,