>> good evening. it is 9:00 on television, on radio and online in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan tonight in my big opinion, a career criminal walks free from court after his xl bully dog brutally attacks an 11 year old girl. 23 people have been killed by these terrifying animals in the last three years, and thousands injured. it's time that we had laws with real bite in the big story. starmer, the fa mahama strikes again as the prime minister escapes angry farmers after the welsh labour party conference earlier today. will this be sir keir starmer's poll tax moment? i'll be asking an angry welsh farmer shortly as alan partridge, comedian steve coogan wows critics in a live theatre version of doctor strangelove. does he match up to the comic genius of the film's

original star, peter sellers? was peter sellers the greatest comedy actor of all time? i'll be asking. legendary comedy biographer robert ross, whose stunning new book about peter sellers is out now . following sellers is out now. following mike tyson's shambolic fight with an internet star, has boxing become a dangerous joke? i'll be joined by a former champion british boxer and in an hours champion british boxer and in an hour's time in my take at ten as a traditional lincolnshire christmas market is cancelled due to terror fears. and with armed cops policing festive celebrations in manchester, it's clear to anyone with half a brain that this country and its values and traditions are now under mortal threat, and that is no cause for celebration. reacting to the big stories of the day, my top pundits this evening, journalist at the political website guido fawkes,

ellie wheatley, veteran writer and broadcaster nina myskow and the former executive editor of the former executive editor of the news of the world, neil wallis. so lots to get through, folks. two hours of big opinion, big debates and big entertainment. first of all, my big opinion. we've got a deal with those xl bully dogs and i've got a solution straight after the headlines and someone whose bark is far worse than her bite. sophia wenzler. >> mark. thank you. it's just gone 9:00. these are your headunes gone 9:00. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. kemi badenoch has said hate crime laws must be reviewed to protect free speech. after police launched an investigation into a journalist into a journalist over a tweet. in an interview with the telegraph newspaper, the conservative leader said it was absolutely wrong for the police to visit any journalist's home simply because they had expressed an

opinion. alison pearson is under investigation by essex police for allegedly stirring up racial hatred with a social media post made in november of last year. meanwhile, former prime minister bofis meanwhile, former prime minister boris johnson compared police action to that of the soviet union in the last century. sir keir starmer has said he will defend the decisions made in the budget all day long, amid anger from farmers over inheritance tax changes. the prime minister made the comments at his first speech at the welsh labour conference in kladno. meanwhile, farmers descended on the conference in protest over changes to inheritance tax in the changes announced in the budget. farmers who pass on their land will have to pay a 20% tax on assets worth more than £1 million. the prime minister defended proposals, saying the government needs to keep explaining how it will work . keep explaining how it will work. plans to force a referendum over the handover of the chagos

islands could delay the treaty from taking effect until after us president elect donald trump takes office. lord bellingham is leading a group of peers who plan to introduce an amendment to the treaty when it reaches the house of lords to require a vote of chagos to approve it. us president joe biden's administration agreed the deal, with prime minister sir keir starmer's government, but mr trump's team is reportedly opposed to it and could look for a way to scrap it. a woman's body has been found in the boot of a car in east london. detectives said a murder inquiry has now been launched into the suspicious discovery in ilford . suspicious discovery in ilford. the woman, who has not been named but is from corby in northamptonshire, may have been a victim of a targeted incident, according to police. now, more than 400 illegal migrants have arrived in britain by small boat today. gb news can reveal. it comes a day after we revealed the country had passed the

33,000 mark for migrants arriving in the uk, with official figures showing that 237 people arrived in four small boats yesterday. earlier this week, the prime minister announced the arrest of a major suppuer announced the arrest of a major supplier of small boats in collaboration with police colleagues in europe and across the atlantic. mike tyson says his return to the boxing ring won't be his last after losing to youtuber jake paul by a unanimous decision. boxing for the first time in 19 years before a texas crowd, the 58 year old struggled to match his younger opponents a man half his age streamed on netflix to the platform's 280 million subscribers. jake paul reportedly earned £30 million from the fight, and tyson 15 million from the eight round fight . those are the latest gb fight. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to mark 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. >> thank you sophia. busy show tonight so you may need a stiff drink. will the angry farmers be secure? starmer's poll tax moment armed cops at christmas markets is no cause for celebration. that's my take at ten. you won't want to miss it. and comic genius peter sellers remembered before the end of the houn remembered before the end of the hour. but we start with my big opinion . now. do you remember opinion. now. do you remember the good old days when the worst thing that would happen with a dog is that your labrador would nip the ankles of the postman as he delivered your letters? well, as any number of our army of heroic postmen and women will tell you, any dog does pose a

hazard. and there aren't many of us who haven't been at the wrong end of a dachshunds displeasure, or a boxer's bite. but something's changed in recent years. dogs are now being deployed as a weapon. criminals are buying pitbulls and xl bullies to threaten and intimidate the public and their rivals , and to send a clear rivals, and to send a clear message of who is in charge. these animals are often put on treadmills to make them more athletic and given objects to chew on. to make their jaws stronger. and of course, they've been genetically bred to harm and kill . walking down the and kill. walking down the street with one of these terrifying creatures whose laws jaws, i should say, the jaws lock shut like a vise , and they lock shut like a vise, and they have the power of two grown men walking down the street with a dog like that should be as unacceptable as walking down the street with a gun or a machete. instead, these animals are paraded around with impunity,

often by very undesirable characters like career criminal farhat ajaz, whose dog launched a horrific attack on an 11 year old girl and two men. and this is a man who has since walked free from court. he was banned from owning a dog for the rest of his life, and made the subject of a restraining order and having dodged prison, he told reporters he was sorry about what happened . big deal. about what happened. big deal. not as sorry as that little girl whose life has been devastated by this attack. and she's not alone. in 2023, police recorded over 30,000 offences of an out of control dog causing injury to a person in england and wales. now that is up 21% on 2022 and there have been 23 fatal attacks at the hands of xl bullies in the last four years, 23 dead at the last four years, 23 dead at the hands of a so—called family

pet, with some estimating that there are as many as 100,000 of these xl bully dogs currently in these xl bully dogs currently in the country. now, as we learnt from the dangerous dogs act, banning certain breeds doesn't seem to work as loopholes are exploited. personally, my mind is open on that one. i don't think that these dogs should be bred or sold whatsoever, but enforcement is difficult and if so, why not place the emphasis on the owner? if your dog seriously harms someone , seriously harms someone, especially if it's a known dangerous breed , then you should dangerous breed, then you should go to jail. if you own a dangerous animal, quite frankly, you should be in the doghouse and face rough justice. at the moment, the rules are barking mad . i'm really unhappy about mad. i'm really unhappy about these xl bully dogs that are around. you see them in the

park, you see them on the street. what do we do about it? gb news com 1499 00:10:04,560 -->