dogma. demolishes de dogma. >> why.7 i've demolishes de dogma. >> why? i've changed my mind about the death penalty. >> migrants shouldn't be need to be told not to film school children. >> and you're being gaslit by the government. >> trump's rejection of foreign aid is a moral catastrophe. >> good for him. it's 6 pm. and this is the saturday five. a very good evening and a very warm welcome to the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, back in the hot seat. after a brief yet dramatic absence last weekend. my dramatic absence last weekend. my friends, i must confess, i fell victim to food poisoning. now, i'm not one to point fingers. you know me by now. but falling ill just as alex armstrong discovers a taste for television, it's a little bit too coincidental for me. i can

confirm to gb news viewers tonight that i've contacted northumbria police, and they are indeed investigating whether alex has been tampering with my greggs pastries and pastries in his mission to claim this chair. >> funny, because ben and patrick were also there as well, but. >> alex has alleged sabotaged my friend. it goes further. doesn't stop there. one of our panellists tonight, poor willie, has also been struck down. and let me tell you, my friends, i strongly suspect alex has rubbed him up the wrong way. quite literally. look at him. he's sitting there, stiff as a board, upright to attention, like he's auditioning for the advert of a little blue pill. honestly, it's a miracle he's still functioning. but don't worry, my folks. willie's determined to expose alex's schemes to turn the saturday five into the saturday one, getting filthy mitts off and joining us to help keep things from spiralling completely out of control is britain's most glamorous gp

doctor, renee. she's here to prescribe us a much needed dose of reality. and who knows, she might even have a remedy for willie's sudden rigidity. rigidity? rigidity? a rigidity to. and last, but by no means least, it's kai wilshaw. kai's been unwell too. but i don't think we can blame alex for this one, my friends. no no, no. poor kaihas one, my friends. no no, no. poor kai has been inconsolable ever since trump declared there are only two genders. cardiff's only gender fluid, non—binary, self—described blairite babe has been stomping around like a scorned drag queen, howling into a share collection and demanding justice. the fact he's made it here tonight, i think it's nothing short of heroic, my friends. you're welcome. now, each of crying. >> i'm crying. that was so funny. >> we'll outline their arguments about a chosen topic. then it's game on. expect things to escalate faster than, well, willie and rachel reeves. and

faster than she can tank the british economy. my friends. and hasn't she done a marvellous job? and of course, my friends, we want to hear your views. drop us a line at gbnews.com/yoursay. and don't forget to send in your questions for ask the five. no topic is off limits, though i suspect tonight we'll have a particularly willie heavy theme. and before we descend into complete chaos, or willie does, it's complete chaos, or willie does, wsfime complete chaos, or willie does, it's time for your saturday night news with aaron armstrong. >> hello. very good evening to you. our top stories a 14 year old has been charged with the murder of birmingham schoolboy leo ross, who was stabbed in a country park on tuesday. the youth, who can't be named because of his age, was arrested around four hours after the 12 year old leo suffered fatal injuries on a riverside path in the hall green area. his family have released a statement today describing leo as an amazing, kind, loving boy who was loved

so much by everyone. four female israeli soldiers held by the terror group hamas have been reunited with their families. they were taken to a hospital in tel aviv, where they finally saw their loved ones after 15 months in captivity. hostages. karina ariev. daniella gilboa. naama levy. all 20, and the 19 year old liri albag were serving with the israel defence forces when they were captured. well, earlier, they were released in gaza city, here, surrounded on a podium by hamas fighters, before being guided to red cross vehicles and then taken to the border and handed over to the idf. well, as part of the exchange, israel has now released some 200 palestinian prisoners, although 70 of those accused of the most serious crimes were not in the west bank. where these pictures are. they will be deported, it's understood, to other countries

via egypt. the first wave of release last weekend saw three israeli hostages freed, including british israeli emily damari. now, travellers are facing ongoing disruption because of storm eowyn as efforts to clear up the damage done by friday's hurricane force winds continue. thousands of properties are still without power and there is continuing travel disruption across the country. trains and ferries have been suspended. roads are still closed and weather warnings weather warnings remain in place, particularly in scotland. winds reached some 100mph yesterday in places. one person was killed. he's been named as kasper dudek. he was killed in donegal in the republic of ireland. in ireland, about 460,000 customers were still without power earlier this afternoon. although the situation is better on the

railways here in the uk today. network rail says most of the network is up and running. farmers across the country have been staging a national day of unity in a bid to protect the sector. it comes as mounting pressure grows on the government to halt the controversial inheritance tax that could see some farmers forced to sell their land. the national farmers union has warned. many farmers are at breaking point. >> farmers are on their knees. they can't pass their farms to their children. they're already struggling to make ends meet. we have more suicides for farmers and for individual workers than pretty much any profession. they struggle with poverty. they struggle with poverty. they struggle with poverty. they struggle with years of all of the impact of the climate change sort of measures that have been put in place. they are just struggling to make ends meet. and now this new labour government has come in to destroy their way of life, to destroy their way of life, to destroy their way of life, to destroy the british countryside. who is going to protect our beautiful countryside and our way of life without the farmer?

>> a wh smith is in talks to sell its entire high street business in britain. the retail group, which has been valued at around £15 billion, says it's exploring potential options, including a sale. the first of some 500 stores opened more than 230 years ago. the high street arm employs around 5000 people across the uk. a wh smith will reportedly confirm this plan to the london stock exchange on monday. and buckingham palace has released a photograph of the king ahead of burns night. later, the photograph, which has been posted on the royal family's account, shows his majesty at balmoral castle dressed in traditional tartan kilt, and the caption wishing those celebrating a very happy burns night. and we also wish you the same. a very happy burns night, whatever you may be doing orindeed night, whatever you may be doing or indeed drinking. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in just under an hour's time. >> 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. >> it's saturday night, my friends, and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show. james has just written in and he says, i see darren is back from his work experience as a lumberjack. >> haha. >> haha. >> that's a good start. >> that's a good start. >> that's a good start. >> that explains the tan. >> that explains the tan. >> well, yes, i was outside for many a. >> long night. >> long night. >> right, let's crack on with tonight's first debate. who's going to take us off? >> it's going to be me. all right. okay. well, right. so today, guys, i'm doing a u—turn. those who know me, many of them have argued with me over the years, know that up until this week, i've been vehemently opposed to the death penalty. not for any moral reason that we shouldn't kill people, the state

shouldn't kill people, the state shouldn't kill people, the state shouldn't kill people. it makes us as bad as them, but purely because if we execute one innocent person, then it has to be wrong. and let's face it, the state does get it wrong. a man has just spent 17 years in prison for a rape that he didn't commit. but i have changed my mind. this thursday, as i listened to the abject horror that a vile, sadistic, psychopathic man boy inflicted on a fun filled dance class of 26 little girls. it just finished me. the fear, the pain, the confusion that those little babies must have suffered as this demonic looking man that they didn't know pursued them through a dance hall where they were having fun until three of them lay dead on the floor, and ten of them were 1516 00:09:46,816 --> 00:09: