he was not messing around today. he's got young men with chains around their waist, frogmarched out onto the plains and out of there. i want to look at that. also, do you know what the can bill is.7 it also, do you know what the can bill is? it stands for climate and nature. hardly anybody knew about it, but i can tell you it would have had a massive impact on your life today. it was a gentle july. we need to discuss this bill. and it's been ruled that the judges involved in the sara sharif case can be named. this was after the naming of them was originally blocked, apparently to prevent lynch mobs. so is then the naming of them right or not? and get this, them right or not? and get this, the number of british kids saying that they suffer from gender distress is 50 times higher now than it was a decade ago. and the rest? what on earth is going on? on my panel

tonight? a new face for you, ladies and gents. samuel sweet, the political commentator. and a returning face, charlie downs, the broadcaster. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live to the 6:00 news headlines. >> very good evening. it's just gone. 6:00. here are your top stories. storm arwen is sweeping across the uk, bringing record breaking winds and severe weather conditions. i in 5 flights from airports in the uk and ireland have been cancelled today, and millions of people have been urged to stay home. forecasters have flagged a rare threat to life. red weather warning 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 ii4mph brought by

the storm has been recorded in ireland, the fastest since records began. 20 000 scottish power customers across the centre and the south of the country are without electricity and a red 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 . shared at an earlier stage. scotland's first ever visitor levy for overnight stays has been approved by councillors in edinburgh. visitors staying in the city will have to pay a 5% fee per night, capped at seven nights, which is expected to raise up to £50 million a year for the local authority. the charge will be applied on bookings made after the 1st of may this year for accommodation stays from july 2026, and two giant pandas have made their pubuc 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 welcome return after a 15 month absence. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back in an hour, but now it's back in an hour, but now it's back to michelle. >> 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. >> thank you very much for that. i'm michelle dewberry and i'm with you until 7:00 tonight here on dewbs& co. that was nice, wasn't it? and in the bulletins there on the panda story, we could just sit and look at that all the time, because that's the kind of thing we need to see. something nice. somewhat uplifting. if i never have to see that guy axel rudakubana picture ever again for as long as i lived, i would be absolutely delighted. alongside me tonight, my panel, i've got charlie downs, the broadcaster and a new face, samuel sweet, the political commentator. good evening to both of you. very welcome to you. you're very welcome. we do love a new face on dewbs& co, don't we? and you know the drill. it's not just about us three. it is very much

about us three. it is very much about you at home. what is on your mind tonight? ladies and gents, you can get in touch with me all the usual ways you can email me. i am a little bit old fashioned like that. you can get me on gb views @gbnews. com. you can go to the website gb news dot com slash yoursay. or of course you can tweet or text me and i know it's friday night. you might want to go out and about so you can take me with you on the radio if you do. now if i said to you that can bill, would you know what that was? many, many people absolutely do not. so you wouldn't be alone if you don't. it's a huge bill. it stands for climate and nature. it was actually debated. discussed today. long story short, it's been kicked essentially the can down the road and deferred until july. i want to listen to carla denyer. she was talking about it. >> crisis is too big, too existential to leave to a party machinery whose prime

motivation, it seems, is just to be seen to win. this bill was first tabled by the first green mp, caroline lucas, four years ago. it is and always has been, ago. it is and always has been, a chance for collaborative, cross—party endeavour. it is supported by many of the government's backbenchers and the labour party itself pledged agreement with the principles of the bill. not long ago. >> as caledonia, they're the co—leader of the greens. was it was that caledonia, the same person that was talking about lighting candles when donald trump got elected? as my mind served me right on that one or not. i was talking about donald trump a little bit later on in the show. but this would this would have been a very significant bill. it would have basically put so many more of these climate targets into law. hardly anyone really out there on the streets of britain seem to know about this, but it would have had quite big ramifications for people's lives, costs of things and so on and so forth. where are you on this one, charlie? >> well, as i've said on the

programme before, i am, you know, i think of myself as being an environmentalist. i think that preserving and protecting the natural environment is the it's the responsibility of those of us who, you know, it has been handed down to. you know, the britain, for example, is a beautiful garden that's been cultivated over generations and therefore deserves to be preserved. and with that being said, the particular kind of environmentalist philosophy that the climate and nature bill belongs to is the one that so much of our other laws belong to, which is it's essentially using a narrative crafted by international bodies to justify an extension of managerial control over the lives of ordinary people. it seeks to create a climate and nature assembly, which is yet another unelected, bureaucratic body that answers to nobody. it seeks to reduce the use of fossil fuels as quickly as possible, is what it says in the bill, which would inevitably lead to massive increases in energy costs once again affecting those most vulnerable more so than anybody else. and it's just, you know,

if you actually read this bill, it's couched in the language of protecting the environment. but when the rubber hits the road, it seems to just be another excuse for the state to exert more control over the day to day business of normal people. >> so it's a no from charlie. are you into this bill? >> well, i think i think, to be honest with you, we can talk as much as we want about the impact of this bill, but. >> because we're on at seven. >> because we're on at seven. >> but but really what we need to be talking about as >> but but really