bomb released into the community that was a lawyer there. speaking about valdo calocane, you remember him about the murders in nottingham? big press release coming out about that one. we'll look at it. also today, another failing. i mean, how many times do we have to hear lessons have been learnt this time? axel rudakubana and the prince prevent programme. how on earth do you think we can stop these things happening, if indeed you think that we can? and the chagos islands, why on earth are we considering sending £18 billion, apparently, to somewhere that we already own? you tell me. and nigel farage says that cancelled local elections are a one way ticket to a dictatorship. do you agree? >> with.

>> with. >> keeping me company tonight? a new face of the panel. we've got patrick o'flynn, the political commentator and columnist, and zoe grindelwald, the political journalist and broadcaster. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live for your 6:00 news headlines. >> michelle. thank you. i'm katie bowen. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the governments counter—terrorism prevent programme, prematurely closed cases into southport killer axel rudakubana. that's according to the prevent learning review published this afternoon, outlining the findings in the house of commons, security minister dan jarvis has told mps that the government has begun an internal review of the prevent thresholds and has accepted all 14 recommendations for improvements in the prevent learning review. the review found that there were 15 contact points between rudakubana and pubuc points between rudakubana and public services, including prevent and the police. over the

years. also today, the families of the three nottingham attack victims have demanded a full statutory inquiry, saying names must be named after an independent review has revealed killer valdo calocane fear of needles prevented him from taking anti—psychotic medication before the killings. barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates were murdered in the summer of 2023 by calocane. health secretary wes streeting says it's clear there were failings in how the care provided to calocane was managed at every level. grace's father, doctor sanjoy kumar, says for the loss of our beautiful, brave daughter grace, there must be change. barnaby webber's mother has also called for a meeting with the prime minister. the prime minister locked heads with kemi badenoch in prime minister's questions this lunchtime over the chagos islands deal. the conservative party leader challenged sir keir starmer on the money being spent, accusing labour of spending money that belongs to

our children and their children, labelling it an immoral surrender. the prime minister hit back by arguing that legal certainty was needed over the status of the islands and the strategically important diego garcia military base. metropolitan police sources have told gb news that no action will be taken over allegations that sir keir starmer broke covid lockdown rules in 2020 by meeting with a voice coach. a metropolitan police spokesman said in a statement the specific legislation that would be used by police forces dealing with alleged offences during covid has a three year deadline for initiating proceedings, as this alleged incident falls outside of this time frame, no action will be taken. angela rayner has confirmed that elections scheduled for may in nine council areas have been postponed for one year due to plans for the reorganisation of local government in england. the deputy prime minister has

announced six new potential devolution areas throughout england, with a view to mayoral elections in may 2026. reform uk leader nigel farage has said in a press conference this afternoon that it is ludicrous that there has been no public consultation over the delay, saying his party will put up a candidate in every district. and finally, his majesty the king has visited the polish social and cultural association today, viewing a newly opened art exhibition and attending a reception with members of the poush reception with members of the polish community in the uk. his visit comes exactly one year on since his cancer diagnosis was announced by buckingham palace. dufing announced by buckingham palace. during the reception, his majesty heard from staff, volunteers and community members about the centre's significance and its vital work in strengthening the polish community. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more from me in 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. >> thank you very much for that, katie. my name is michelle dewberry. this is dewbs& co and we're with you until 7:00 tonight. alongside me, a new face. we like those on dewbs& co, don't we? ladies and gents, patrick o'flynn, the political commentator. and alongside him, we've got columnist. and you're not a new face. you've done this before, so welcome back. zoe grindelwald, the political journalist and broadcaster. welcome to you both. you've done gb news. obviously people will be familiar with you. i have never done dewbs& co. >> never done dewbs& co. so this is big debut. >> time for everything. you're very, very welcome indeed, as are each and every single one of you at home. what's on your mind tonight, ladies and gents? there is a lot that we need to discuss and you can join the conversation all the usual ways.

you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet and you can text me. but wherever you are, as i said, you're very welcome now. lessons learnt. how many times have you heard that phrase? if i had a pound for every single time that i'd heard it, after some kind of catastrophe, i would have retired about ten times over by now. and today is no different because we've had not one, but two major announcements about two major announcements about two completely different significant failures. let me cross live to our homeland security editor, mark white. good evening to you, mark. two separate things that we need to discuss tonight. shall we start with the case in nottingham? >> yes, indeed. the case of valdo calocane, of course. who stabbed to death those two young students. grace o'malley—kumar and barnaby webber, and then went on to stab to death 65 year

old caretaker ian coates. now, that man himself was a paranoid schizophrenic. he had been diagnosed as such. he had been, in fact, on four separate occasions , committed to hospital occasions, committed to hospital for mental health treatment. but it was out in the community where that mental health treatment lapsed or didn't appear to be any proper care and attention to ensuring that valdo calocane took his anti—psychotic medication. and in fact, nine months before he carried out those stabbings in nottingham, he had disengaged completely. no contact with his gp, no contact with his caseworkers and clearly he hadn't been taking his medication because on the occasions previously, when those mental health care workers had met with him, they knew that he was not taking his medication.

they had discussed the potential for giving him a longer lasting antipsychotic that would be injected. he had expressed a desire not to be injected, and he acquiesced to those concerns that he had. but in doing that, then he was not medicating at all. he went on a further downward spiral, and, of course, had been also responsible for a number of violent acts leading up to the killings of intimidating and assaulting his neighbours, of assaulting the police. but despite what was known about just how dangerous those individuals this individual was, he was in the wilderness , effectively cut wilderness, effectively cut loose by the mental health authorities in nottingham. >> yeah, indeed. as we've just been hearing, i played that clip at the top of the show where they said it was essentially a ticking time bomb that had been released into society. the other

major story out today, another one of failure and lessons learnt at mark white, is to prevent one axel rudakubana. tell us more. >> well, axel rudakubana is another individual who was known to multiple local authorities in the run up to the horrific southport murders that he committed. he had been referred to the prevent counter—extremism programme on three separate occasions from 2019 to 2021 , occasions from 2019 to 2021, because of the extremist tendencies that he was showing in a fascination with mass school shootings. in fact, his first referral to prevent came not long after he was excluded from his high school in formby in merseyside, for carrying a knife in the school. and he admitted actually that on ten separate occasions he carried a knife into his former high

school. he was then sent to a special school. during his time at the special school, he was on the internet researching school massacres. he'd spoken about his fascination with the manchester arena bombing, his desire to carry out a mass stabbing, but in being referred to the prevent programme they were, it seems, overly fixated with trying to find an ideology that overly fixated with trying to