special adviser paul richards. big show coming up, including all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages on the way. first, though, your news headlines with sam francis. >> ben, thank you very much and good evening to you. it's just after 9:00, the top story tonight. while health minister andrew gwynne has apologised after being sacked by sir keir starmer over what he described as badly misjudged whatsapp messages, the labour mp for gorton and denton is accused of insulting constituents and colleagues in a group chat, reportedly saying he hoped a 72 year old woman would soon be dead. gwynne says he understands the decision and will support labour despite being suspended. the party says it's investigating and will take swift action if it finds rules were breached. the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they are trying to find light in the

dark. speaking publicly for the first time since the tragedy, they've described their daughters bebe and elsie, as confident, happy and affectionate, and said the killer's sentencing should not have been televised. axel rudakubana was handed a life sentence with a 52 year minimum term, one of the highest ever recorded. the families say they want the girls to be remembered for their personalities, not the details of the crime. they've also welcomed a public inquiry into the attack. in other news, clashes have broken out today between police and protesters at a demonstration against plans for a massive new chinese embassy near the tower of london. scuffles saw police wrestling protesters dressed in black, with officers retreating as masked demonstrators linked arms and moved towards them. two people were arrested today for breaching public order conditions, and former security minister tom tugendhat called the development of that embassy a grave mistake, accusing the labour government of ignoring lessons from the past decade.

the family of released hostage eli eli sharabi say they are relieved he is free but left heartbroken at how frail he looks. they described him as confident, confused, gaunt and missing the spark in his eyes. his wife and two daughters were killed by hamas militants during the october the 7th attack. he was paraded by gunmen in gaza alongside two other captives in alongside two other captives in a televised event condemned by israel. israel. meanwhile, all 183 palestinian prisoners due to be released in an exchange have now been freed. today, that process is, of course, part of the first stage of a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas that started on the 19th of january. the parents of a 15 year old schoolboy stabbed to death in sheffield have been leading a march today in his memory. caroline and mark willgoose walked with hundreds of through the city, holding banners and calling for an end to knife crime. earlier, a mass was held in sheffield to

remember harvey and the vicar at saint joseph's catholic church spoke to our gb news reporter anna riley. >> it was a very moving service. sometimes simplicity is the best and it came across very well and people held the family very much in their prayers. one quarter will give from the service. is this that we cannot suffer as harvey's family is suffering, but we can suffer with them, walk with them. >> well. the day of remembrance culminated earlier this afternoon with fans at sheffield united's match clapping harvey in tribute. a boy, also aged 15, has been charged with his murder, with the trial date set for the 30th of june. and in sport some sad news this evening. belfast boxerjohn cooney has died days after suffering a brain injury during a fight. the 28 year old underwent surgery after his first defence of the super featherweight title was stopped in the ninth round. his family

say they're devastated by the loss of a much loved son and brother and partner. they've also thanked hospital staff for their tireless efforts to save him. cooney's promoter, mark dunlop, says he's battled for his life a week before passing away. that's the latest from the gb newsroom for now. i'll be back with you for a full round up at 10:00. now though, it's over to ben. >> 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. >> very good evening to you. hope you're well. thank you for your company tonight. now, this isn't a game show, but i have two big questions tonight. one, is there a crisis at the heart of government and our labour rattled by reform uk.7 because rattled by reform uk? because tonight, just breaking. in the last few hours, we've seen the

sacking of health minister andrew gwynne after he was exposed, amongst other filth, of saying he hopes an elderly pensioner died because she dared to ask him about bin collections. this week we've also had emergency cabinet meetings in secret locations, plunging approval ratings and the economy running on fumes. talking of which, i wonder how rachel reeves reacted to that bank of england forecast that slashed growth in half. >> for god's sake. god's sake, for god's sake, god's sake! >> i'm sorry i had to. it was worth it. everything right now points to chaos in this government, not least devastating polls showing labour in disarray. reform uk topped a yougov poll for the first time this week, with 25% of the vote, pipping this week, with 25% of the vote, pipping labour and the tories by one and 4% respectively. then we had this absolute bombshell yesterday from mrp, a so—called mega poll of 5700 people that put reform uk absolutely top of

the pile yet again, picking up 175 seats that would probably see them form a coalition with the tories, who were on 178. and that's an idea i imagine reform would scoff at right now anyway, so bear those polls in mind when we're looking at what's been happening in the labour trenches recently. we had what looks like a coordinated attack on reform uk and nigel farage, particularly on one issue, the nhs. >> crux of farage's argument is this what was possible in the 20th century is not possible in the 21st. it's a miserablist, declinist vision for britain's future. people shouldn't have to choose between a health service that treats them on time, and an nhs free at the point of use. thatis nhs free at the point of use. that is a poverty of ambition for our country, and labour utterly rejects it. >> even when nigel farage tried asking a question about a war hero in pmqs on wednesday, he was drowned out by again seemingly coordinated labour

heckling. farage then accused labour of panicking the seine. >> no wonder nobody. >> no wonder nobody. >> interesting. not very respectful, you'd say, for an mp in parliament. and this is farage's response. >> appears to be some panic on that side of the house. i'm not surprised. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and what did the prime minister say? well, surprise, surprise, he accused reform of being not too generous with their stance on the nhs. >> mr speaker. >> mr speaker. >> he talks of panic. the only panic is people using the nhs who know that under his policy, he wants to charge them for using the nhs and what he should say to the people of clacton when he finally finds clacton is that they should vote labour because we're stabilising the economy and boosting the jobs. >> we later had accusations that labouris >> we later had accusations that labour is producing a secret anti—reform database in a bid to undermine the party. the sun newspaper reported that labour together, the think tank headed

by former mp jonathan ashworth, was plotting to turn the party against reform uk instead of, crucially, the official opposition, the tories. then we come to today. it was meant to be embargoed, but the times newspaper revealed this morning that the government will release an absolute trove of videos on monday, boasting about their deportations of illegal migrants since taking power in july last yeah since taking power in july last year. around 16,000. they say the government won't give us the videos until monday, but until then, we do have a couple of stills to share from those clips. there's one some migrants being loaded onto coaches and there's another of some, i assume, getting kicked out of the country, the times reported today, i quote, labour will pubush today, i quote, labour will publish a series of videos showing the journey of an illegal migrant from detention in early morning raids to transfer from bleak immigration removal centres to waiting planes, and subject to approval footage aboard flights out of the country. but labour might not just have a reform crisis on their hands, but also an

identity problem too, because in recent weeks they've been pumping out adverts specifically in the north of england, red wall seats , again talking about wall seats, again talking about the number of migrants they've removed. here's one that my team dug up earlier. what do you notice? not a red labour logo in sight. in fact, it's not a splash of red anywhere. instead, we have the blue of reform splash of red anywhere. instead, we have th