to you. it's 3:00. >> afternoon to you. it's 3:00. >> afternoon to you. it's 3:00. >> pm wokester the. >> pm wokester the. >> martin daubney show. >> martin daubney show. >> here on. >> here on. >> gb news. >> gb news. >> we're broadcasting. >> we're broadcasting. >> for you. >> for you. >> live from the heart. >> live from the heart. >> of westminster and. all across the uk in a huge victory for sexual abuse survivors. >> labour ran. >> labour ran. >> wigan council has. >> wigan council has. >> defied keir. >> defied keir. >> starmer and voted. >> starmer and voted. >> for a. >> for a. >> full national inquiry into rape gangs. i'll be joined by the heroic independent councillor who. refused to be silenced. and might this be a nationwide tipping point.7 it's been described as the worst storm of the century storm ewan batters britain with hurricane force winds expected to reach up to 100 miles an hour in some parts of the country. our reporters will be live. and today, waitrose became the latest supermarket to throw their weight behind british farmers in what will be another massive embarrassment for under—fire chancellor rachel reeves. on today's show, i'll be joined by british farmers who say they've picked on the wrong target. and a croydon man who

stopped a stabbing rampage. a campaigner who gb news helped to raise £100,000 in just four hours yesterday. but the survivors of the southport murder rampage today are celebrating the very, very best of great british heroes. because in these dark times, don't we all need a wonderful good news story? that's all coming. so i want to start today's show with this amazing story. it's one of those great british heroes, joseph. he confronted a man in a balaclava at the scene of a mass stabbing in croydon yesterday. have a look at this. >> more seriously injured? >> more seriously injured? >> yeah, luckily, i don't know how. tried to stab me about 20 times, but i managed to get away with a little. where have you been? stabbed. just on my finger. there. okay. weren't too bad, though. >> and who. >> and who. >> bandaged that up? the police. police did? yeah. i'm going to. i'm going to get. sorry. do you mind just really quickly, mate,

because i've just come to sort of halfway through. what? what? so what's happened here? what? you were one of the people who was inside the warehouse? yeah. so he was basically stabbing people in a warehouse, at which point we had locked herself in an office, and i said it sounded like they were getting, like, killed. so we decided to open the door and go and help them because it sounded like they were in trouble. at which point he turned around and sprinted towards us, and then got halfway in the door before i could shut it, and then was stabbing at me like that. what kind of knife did he have? like a rambo knife. >> joseph, if you're out there, mate, please come on the show or just say hello. i want to buy you a pint. you're a hero. this geezer tried to stab me with a rambo knife 20 times. you lock yourself in a room. you could have stayed there. you didn't want to stay there. you came out and you charged at him. you got injured in the process. you know, after what happened in southport, we all heard those amazing victim impact statements yesterday. people risking their lives to save children. you've done the same, joseph. we need more people like you in the country. hats off to you, you total legend. get in touch. get on the show. or at least let me

buy you a beer. get in touch. and here's how you do it, joseph. it's gbnews.com/yoursay. but now, here's your headlines with sophia hill. >> thank you. martin. >> thank you. martin. >> the top stories. >> the top stories. >> storm erwin is. >> storm erwin is. >> sweeping across the. >> sweeping across the. >> uk, bringing. >> uk, bringing. >> record breaking. >> record breaking. >> winds and severe weather conditions. 1 in 5 flights from airports in the uk and ireland have been cancelled today, and millions of people urged to stay home. forecasters have flagged a rare threat to life. red weather warning and over 4 million people across northern ireland and scotland received emergency alerts from the met office last night, with guidance on how to stay safe. more than 240,000 homes and businesses are without power in northern ireland, and a wind speed of 114mph brought by the storm has been recorded in ireland, the fastest since records began. 20,000 scottish power customers across the centre and south of the country are without electricity and a

danger to life. warning for wind has been extended in scotland, where more than 35,000 properties have lost power. local authorities have warned commuters to avoid travel at all costs. and the southport child killer will likely die behind bars after murdering three girls at a dance class. but his 52 year sentence has sparked calls for law changes. axel rudakubana received one of the highest minimum custody terms on record for the attack in southport in july last year, when he was 17 years old. alice da silva aguiar, bebe, king and elsie dot stancombe were all killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard at liverpool crown court yesterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentence was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to rudakubana age at the time of the attack, he cannot legally receive a whole life order. the head of the uk's largest police force has welcomed a review of contempt of court laws and said it would be great if more information in cases could be shared at an earlier stage.

defence secretary john healey told gb news axel rudakubana did not get a whole life sentence because international laws had prevented it. >> the technicality of the whole life sentences. i think it's important to know that the last government did reduce it to 18, in line with international law after the manchester arena bombings, and that still stands. there are a range of other aspects of law of agencies who have failed in this case to step in. they knew about this man's extreme violence, but they failed to take any steps that might have prevented it. and there may be changes also in the programs that are designed to deal with this sort of extremism. that's what the inquiry now, the court case has finished, which was launched this week, will do. >> meanwhile, a deal worth around £9 billion has struck with rolls—royce by the government to help power britain's nuclear submarines. the eight year contract, dubbed unity, is aimed at safeguarding 4000 jobs and creating over a

thousand more, as well as bolstering national security and the uk economy. defence secretary john healey said the agreement showed defence can be used as an engine for growth and a commitment to britain's nuclear deterrent. the ministry estimates it will save more than £400 million over the full eight year period by making delivery more efficient and offering incentives to produce more for no increase in costs. wigan council has voted for a national inquiry into grooming gang scandal. breaking with the labour government's position. the local authority, which is labour led, unanimously voted through a motion requesting that a full national inquiry is undertaken. the motion said the abuse had destroyed the lives of tens of thousands of teenage girls, adding that an inquiry would provide justice for the young girls who have suffered and identify preventative measures moving forward. hamas is expected to hand over to israel the names of four hostages to be released under the gaza ceasefire deal tomorrow. it's thought they'll be soldiers and civilians, all female. the terror group says it

will be in exchange for 180 palestinian prisoners and detainees who are being held by israel. it will be the second exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last sunday. three hostages and 90 prisoners were released in the first swap. a mother whose four young boys died in a fire after she left them home alone to go to the supermarket, has been jailed for ten years. devika rose left her two sets of twins in the locked terrace house when the fatal blaze broke out on the evening of the 16th of december 2021, jurors were told. the four children died after a discarded cigarette or upturned tealight sparked a blaze at the family house in south london. the 30 year old, who suffered from mental health problems, was found guilty of four counts of manslaughter following a trial. rose and the children had been living in squalor before the tragedy. and two giant pandas have made their public debut at the smithsonian's national zoo in washington, dc. a zoo volunteer says bao li, a male whose name translates to active

and vital power, and king bao, a female whose name means green and treasure, have already won the hearts of our staff and volunteers. the pandas, both three years old, make their much welcomed return after a 15 month absence. those are the latest gb news headlines for now, more than half an news headlines for now, more than