weather winds and severe weather conditions. 1 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 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 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 cost, 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 sentencing 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. 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 starting in july 2026. and p0p stays starting in july 2026. and pop star robbie williams has equalled the beatles record for the most uk number one albums. >> i got you got, we got everybody, i got the gift, gonna stick it in the goal. it's time to move your body. >> it's released. better man has become his 15th record to top the official album charts to celebrate, matching one of the most influential bands of all time, the singer posted on social media. wearing a t—shirt featuring the names of the beatles members alongside his own, and thanked his fans for supporting the album and the movie. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. now it's back to patrick. >> 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. >> welcome along. good evening. so yesterday we had this. >> i'm now going to sentence axel rudakubana. having explained my reasons on counts 1 to 3 murder, i sentence him to custody for life with a minimum term which he must serve in custody of 52 years. >> rudakubana being sentenced there for the southport massacre. then this happened. tory leader kemi badenoch called for a change in the law to allow under 18 to face a whole life tariff. and then today we had this. 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. >> okay, so it's the united nations, is it is that what it is.7 it's nations, is it is that what it is? it's their fault, the united nations. okay, well, that is strange because then also today, the prime minister, keir starmer, appeared to suggest that any current plans to change the law wouldn't exist. so no current plans to change the law on whole life orders for under 18, right. so that to me looks a little bit like a domestic decision, doesn't it? because the prime minister appears unwilling to ever deviate from international law. the defence secretary did, however, decline to rule out changing the law, said the prime minister has made it clear that nothing is off the table. it's also worth noting that both the judge's and government's position is that rudakubana is very unlikely to ever be released from prison. but one father of one of the victims reportedly said axel rudakubana should rot in jail, so i think it would be interesting to see if they would have preferred the monster, who was just a few days away from his 18th birthday, was given a whole life tariff. maybe starmer

could take that into consideration. hey look, after all, he released this statement yesterday. he said that what happenedin yesterday. he said that what happened in southport was an atrocity. it was one of the most harrowing moments in our country's history. he said. he stands with the families. well, it's a good statement. some may say it's slightly undermined by the fact that he attended a dnnks the fact that he attended a drinks party with celebrities at downing street shortly after laying a wreath for the southport victims, but i'm sure it was simply a pre—arranged dnnks it was simply a pre—arranged drinks event, prime minister, surely it was. and hey, he's got to merkel various commitments, but i think we should have a conversation as a country now about whether people under the age of 18 should be given whole life orders. the bulger killers are prime candidates. jon venables was sent back to prison for child porn, for example. and why was he ever let out? britain's youngest female double murderer, lorraine thorp, was 15 when she killed her father and another woman. can she ever be rehabilitated? she didn't just kill rosalyn hunt. she tortured her and found violence funny. there's loads of these people. are we too soft? i mean, starmer wanted 16 year olds to vote.

didn't he. >> want to see 16 and 17 year olds voting? they can go out and work. they can serve in our armed forces. and of course, if they are out and working, they pay they are out and working, they pay tax and therefore they should have a say over how the money they are paying in is being used. so yes, i want to see that vote for 16 and 17 year olds. >> so why shouldn't 15 or 16 or 17 year olds face a full life order for the very worst crimes? let's go to my panel this evening. we are, of course, joined by the director for the centre for migration and economic prosperity, stephen wolf. we've got political consultant suzanne evans and broadcaster and columnist jj rspb. good evening, everyone. thank you for joining rspb. good evening, everyone. thank you forjoining us. thank you for joining us. stephen. i'll start with you then. should under 18 seconds, especially if there are a few days away from their 18th birthday, be given a whole life order if they commit the most awful crimes. >> i'm not actually going to do what most people think i would normally say, which is the answer is yes. i am a barrister.

i've been involved in criminal law. when i was training before i got into the city. i understand it, and my personal view on this is that it should be based on the evidence and the circumstances of the case. i think there should be an opportunity for the judge to have discretion. so i don't think it should be an automatically element that's placed in law so that you have to give them after 18. i'm quite content with that, but i think just that in those circumstances, and i do believe that if you were in this case, which i know, you know, and everybody else in this panel, we've all been devastated by it since the moment it's occurred. i still feel this week i've not been myself about it at all. i've just because i've got 11 year old daughter. yeah. and i think all of us right minded people, the instinct would be that this man should never leave. but i do believe the judge should have had the discretion to be able to do so. and in these circumstances, i think he would have done. >> he would have done. sza your views. let's deal with this case. and i mean, i don't think

that this guy can ever be rehabilitated, can he? i think there's quite a few like him as well. the bulger killers were a lot younger. so there is that argument there. i mean, i would have quite liked to never see them let out. and indeed, in the case of one of them, he was sent back for child porn, etcetera. you think? well, that was right, wasn't it