>> will. >> will. >> morning wednesday the 12th of march. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. facing justice triple killer kyle clifford is handed three life orders for the murders of carol louise and hannah hunt. but he didn't face the sentencing in person. we're going to be discussing the pros and cons of that system. >> and there's no way back, says reform uk leader nigel farage about rupert lowe, who's been suspended from the party amid accusations about the rape gang scandal. we'll bring you more detail about that. >> and breaking news. the captain of the container ship involved in the crash in the nonh involved in the crash in the north sea is a russian national.

>> more grief for the farmers. the post—brexit subsidies pay to boost food production have been paused overnight by this government without any warning. >> and trump's tariff war.7 britain has stuck by a 20. britain has stuck by a 20. britain struck, sorry, by a 25% levy on steel and aluminium imports to america. the eu will retaliate, but the prime minister is yet to do anything. shadow development minister harriett baldwin spoke to gb news. >> what we think the government should do is they should get on the blower and start negotiating again on the free trade agreement. we think they've been rather dragging their feet on this. >> piece. in europe, donald trump has challenged the russian president, vladimir putin, to agree to a 30 day ceasefire deal programme today. he made a very powerto a day ceasefire deal agree to a 30 day ceasefire deal after ukraine has apparently after ukraine has apparently agreed, said said they would. agreed, said said they would. >> ukraine ceasefire. just >> ukraine ceasefire. just

agreed to a little while ago. agreed to a little while ago. now we have to go to russia and now we have to go to russia and hope president, hopefully hope president, hopefully president putin will agree to president putin will agree to that. also. that. also. >> is zelenskyy invited back to >> is zelenskyy invited back to the white house? sure, the white house? sure, absolutely. >> and bbc radio is being absolutely. >> and bbc radio is being blasted. the broadcaster is blasted. the broadcaster is trying to claw back its older trying to claw back its older radio audience with a new radio audience with a new digital radio service called digital radio service called radio two extra legend diddy. radio two extra legend diddy. david hamilton is going to join david hamilton is going to join powerful us to talk about it soon. us to talk about it soon. >> and expose the tax cheats the >> and expose the tax cheats the treasury will pay staff of treasury will pay staff of wealthy individuals to wealthy individuals to effectively dob their employer effectively dob their employer in for tax evasion and fraud. in for tax evasion and fraud. snitches will get the benefits. >> of. >> of. >> how important would it be for you if you were a victim of crime, or someone in your family was to have the perpetrator look you in the eye? >> and john hunt, we're going to talk a lot about this in the programme today. he made a very

to russia to try and journey to russia to try and persuade vladimir putin on that deal persuade vladimir putin on that deal. sometime this week, sir keir starmer hailed ukraine's backing for american ceasefire proposals as a remarkable breakthrough as the defence secretary heads to paris today for talks to cement european peacekeeping efforts. the business secretary has described donald trump's decision to impose global tariffs on steel and aluminium as disappointing, and aluminium as disappointing, and said all options are on the table to respond in the national interest. the industry has also warned president trump's tariffs on uk steel couldn't come at a worse time. british steel and aluminium industries are braced for the impact of the tariffs, which came into effect early this morning. the government says it won't retaliate, at least for now, and has called for the industry to remain cool headed.the for the industry to remain cool headed. the european union announced it would be implementing counter tariffs on £21.6 billion worth of goods, starting on the 1st of april. and the captain of the stowlawn,

the container ship involved in the container ship involved in the crash in the north sea, is a russian national. that's according to the vessel's owners. it comes after police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with monday's collision, humberside police said a 59 year old is in custody to allow enquiries to take place, and officers are talking to those involved to find out what happened. the force added. investigators have started a criminal probe into the cause of the collision between the stena immaculate and the stowlawn, off the coast of east yorkshire on monday, and are working with the maritime and coastguard agency. those are the latest headlines for now. more from me in half 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.

>> very good morning. 935 britain's newsroom with andrew and bev until midday. now. >> the triple killer. you'd have heard it overnight. you've read it in the newspaper this morning. he's received a whole life. well, he's received three whole life sentences for the brutal murder of his ex—girlfriend louise, her sister hannah with a crossbow, as well as stabbing their mother, carol. >> so john hunt, of course, the father and his surviving daughter, amy hunt, attended court yesterday, but they were unable to face the killer as a judge let him off due to effectively being disabled. he's in a wheelchair. >> he's in a wheelchair because he turned the crossbow. crossbow on himself. how ridiculous is this as mitigation? so in my view, bev, the judge made a terrible mistake. he should have been compelled to be in court. the law is being changed to say that if they refuse, two years can be added to their sentence. well, that's no point if you've got a whole life sentence because he's never leaving prison. but why don't they say, okay, no visitor rights for a

year or two years? >> so it's funny because i remember us being on air when this was announced in the king's speech, that they were going to change the rules so. >> that the last tory government said they were going to do it. they never got round to it. >> that's right. yeah, i'd forgotten that actually, that the that the victim, the perpetrator should be in court so that the victims and the victim's families can have that sense of closure, of being able to articulate the impact on their life to the person who has, in many cases, absolutely ruined their life. and there is no case where that is more certain in in the situation with john hunt. but i also i have a slightly different view on this because i understand that need for retribution and that feeling to want to have a sense of justice, but in a way, as a, as a victim of, of that or the victims families, you have to be able to just move on somehow with your life without holding on to that sense of hatred and need for vengeance. the vengeance should come in a stricter, a strict enough

sentence that you go home and you sleep at night knowing that that person is locked up. >> for life. of course he has got the maximum sentence. he's never coming out of prison. well, john hunt, john hunt made a very powerful statement to the court yesterday. >> he did. let's let's read you a bit of it, because he said, i so wanted to deliver these words eye to eye with kyle. i will continue to act if i am doing so. and he says, because of course you forget that this was the boyfriend of his daughter. they'd had him in their life. and he says, do you recall, kyle, how kind we all were to you? >> and of course the mum is the wife. let him in the house because he'd come to the house to apparently see how his ex—girlfriend was, but also to collect some clothes. so she had compassionately said, let him in the house. and then, of course, he stabbed her to death. >> yeah. and he said, louise, that was his girlfriend. his ex—girlfriend conducted herself within a mature break—up on her part, understanding the conflict of saying goodbye to someone she

once loved, but not allowing those memories to cloud her certain knowledge that you simply failed to be the person that she needed. and he reflects on the time they had together, helping you in louise and joy trips away. do you remember how she loved a swanky hotel? you were always invited to meals out, a sunday lunch at the pub, or a special celebration. you were always made welcome. the only christmas you spent together was at our house. was it 4 or 5 days you spent with it 4 or 5 days you spent wi