the >> morning 930 on thursday the 23rd of january live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and miriam cates. the southport killer axel rudakubana will be sentenced this morning for the murder of three little girls, bebe, king, elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguiar. but how long will he spend behind bars.7 >> well, because axel rudakubana was just 17 at the time of these horrific murders, he cannot receive a whole life tariff. in other words, at some point in the future he may be released from prison. but that's likely to be after many decades. >> the number of people crossing the channel now is shocking. it's record numbers, as you rightly say, and this was rishi sunak's pledge to the country 18 months ago that he'd stopped the boats. and the numbers have gone up. >> so that was sir keir starmer back in july when he was leader of the opposition, slamming the then conservative on migration numbers. but now a new record is

set as, under labour, more than 1000 illegal migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats so far this year. >> and this comes on the same day that it's revealed that 1 in 12 people in london is an illegal migrant, with estimates that a million illegal migrants live in the uk as a whole. >> asda, morrisons, tesco and lidl have all joined forces calling for labour to reverse those inheritance tax rules on farmers. and a russian spy ship has been warded off britain's waters by royal navy submarine. as defence secretary john healey issued this warning to vladimir putin. >> we see you, we know what you're doing and we will not shy away from robust action to protect this country. >> and parents are cheating the school system. as a new poll shows, 1 in 4 admit to lying to get their children to their

preferred school, and this has been exacerbated by the vat hike on private schools. >> and the chancellor suggests net zero is less important than economic growth. so is it a boom for business? is that more important than meeting our green goals? well, we'll be debating that. >> you throw me bells . stepping >> you throw me bells. stepping time. stepping time. >> do we need to save our chimney sweeps? that's my favourite chimney sweep. dick van from mary poppins. find out why they're being asked to park away from their clients homes in the city of brighton. >> i've got the song chim chim cher—ee chim chim cher—ee in my head. oh, what a wonderful film. >> oh, it's a fabulous film. one of my. >> favourite films. isn't it ridiculous? the crackdown on wood burners. >> i mean. so people are now nervous about anyone spotting they're getting a chimney sweep in their home, so they're being

asked to park around the corner in brighton. don't forget, brighton was once run by the green party and what a mess they made of that. >> well, i think this is a legacy from it because there were all sorts of bans coming into place, aren't there? and so people are worried about it and they smell so good. wood burners. >> of course they do, they do. and of course they've got a green mp there to let us know what you think, send your views, post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, here's the news with tatiana sanchez. >> andrew. thank you. the top stories child killer axel rudakubana will be sentenced later today after pleading guilty to three counts of murder. alice da silva aguiar, bebe king and elsie dot stancombe were murdered in the vicious knife attack at a taylor swift dance themed class last july. on monday, the 18 year old pleaded guilty to their murders, as well as to producing a biological toxin and being in possession of a pdf named the

al—qaeda training manual. it has since emerged that rudakubana was known to authorities, but they all failed to intervene. downing street indicated nothing is off the table to protect children. when asked what actions would be taken to enforce the prime minister's promise of tougher rules on onune promise of tougher rules on online knife sales. now some breaking news just in this morning that a manhunt is underway in plymouth for a male murder suspect after a woman in her 40s died , having been found her 40s died, having been found seriously injured yesterday evening, devon and cornwall police said officers were called to the west hoe area of the city around 9 pm. yesterday after the victim was found seriously injured in the street. the person was treated at the scene by paramedics and then taken to hospital. detectives said the two people were believed to be known to one another. and sir keir starmer is vowing to take on the nimbys by reducing legal challenges to infrastructure building with a new approach stopping, quote, newts and bats

from blocking construction attempts to complete projects such as to build roads and power plants have ended up in recent years being marred by legal challenges, which the labour government is seeking to address. nimbys, which stands for not in my own back yard, refers to people who oppose building in their area. the prime minister says. for too long, blockers have had the upper hand in legal challenges. using our court processes to frustrate growth as part of the government's plans, so—called unarguable cases will only be able to be brought back to court once rather than the current three times. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more news in half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts.

>> hello, welcome! this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with andrew pierce and me . with andrew pierce and me. miriam cates standing in for bev turner. well, some of the stories about immigration that have breaking the still, breaking the news are just so shocking. a thousand people in one day. and then of course, this estimation that there's i think 650,000 illegal immigrants in london itself. >> yeah. this is, this is and this has come out because thames water commissioned a study and the telegraph have got hold of the telegraph have got hold of the report. i think it's 585,000 identified in london alone. yeah. and i heard some of the conservatives say, oh, well, yeah. it's outrageous. we need to get get them shipped back. hang on. this happened on their watch. >> that's right. it's been going on. >> for years. >> for years. >> and the problem seems to be that a lot of these people came over legally with a work visa or a. >> study visa. >> study visa. >> but they've not left. and as that report that we were speaking about a couple of days ago show, it's almost impossible now to deport people who overstay their visa or who come here illegally. >> and it's why sometimes when

you walk in certain parts of london, you feel it's a foreign city. and so a million, 600, 585,000, that's a conservative estimate in my view. >> yes, absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> it could easily be more. the overall figure we think is a million. and what do we do about it. are they going to kick them out? is the labour government going to say right we're going to get to grips with it, kick them out because they shouldn't be here. they're doubtless using the nhs. of course they are. well pressure on housing, pressure on schools. >> exactly. the problem seems to be and that's what this policy exchange report was showing, was that unless we leave the echr, there will always be these human rights claims. that means we can't deport people. but, you know, it does beg the question, how do you identify people? because we don't want a system where you have to have an id card or something like that, or a policeman can demand to see your papers. but on the other hand, how do you identify? is it through employers? i mean, they must be working. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and who's employing them? >> and who's employing them? >> and who's employing them? >> and it means that that figure of 585,000 means 1 in 12 people in london is here illegally.

yeah. and that is shocking and appalling. actually, i don't know if i'd say it is shocking. actually, i think i'm not surprised, actually. >> well, it. >> well, it. >> just we know that the government lost control of the borders years ago. i thought brexit was going to mean we got control of our borders back. one thing the government did do the last government, they said about student visas, you can't bring your entire family in, which have been outrageous in the first place, because this has now led to a decline in the number of foreign students applying to go to our universities. >> yes, there has been a decline in that and attendance this yean in that and attendance this year, which is obviously good news, but it doesn't make any difference to the fact that we've already got potentially a million people in the co