i'll be asking ann widdecombe shortly.ictoria derbyshire , presenter victoria derbyshire, presenter on newsnight and one of the bbc's biggest stars , has tonight bbc's biggest stars, has tonight stuck the boot into huw edwards with unflinching reporting. are the bbc top brass now at loggerheads with their own staff? former top producer at the john mayer says heads next. coming up is suella braverman on her way to reform uk and into the arms of nigel farage? i'll be asking ann widdecombe, but first star bbc presenter victoria derbyshire has blown the lid off the huw edwards scandal tonight. you might remember that a year ago a whistleblower came forward to derbyshire revealing that they'd received inappropriate messages from the now disgraced presenter. well tonight that whistleblower has said there are clearly questions for senior leaders in the organisation to answer about how it handled the situation in november, upon heanng situation in november, upon hearing the news of his arrest. and there's more tonight , two and th

office minister ann widdecombe. plus, tomorrow's newspaper front pages.. it's a very special show, because let me tell you that my amazing executive producer , james gibson, is producer, james gibson, is moving on. i'm going to miss him hugely because i've been here three years. he was my boss right from the start. he's an amazing guy, let me tell you that. he's funny, he's clever and a brilliant producer. why he's going to the bbc is anyone's guess. thank you, james, and good luck. stay in touch , buddy. okay. lots to get touch, buddy. okay. lots to get through. harry and meghan are going to get rinsed in the take ten. it's the last take at ten until september. don't miss it. get the kettle on. i'll see you after the headlines with tatiana sanchez. who's loyal and staying . here. >> mark. thank you very much. and good evening. the top stories this hour. merseyside police says six people have been charged after disorder in southport, liverpool city centre and walton in the past week. those arrested include a man charged with committing violent disorder in

reform's justice spokeswoman ann widdecombe gives her views shortly . her views shortly. plus harry and meghan, they've touched down in colombia . they've touched down in colombia. siempre on cnn this morning. okay, i'll reveal their ridiculous itinerary shortly. but next, labour's soft justice scandal laid bare as career criminals with more than 100 previous convictions are not being sent to jail. is keir starmer making britain less safe? rehabilitation campaigner davis is live and is next. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. now coming up, a new poll appears to be good news for nigel farage. actually, he was slammed by multiple tory leadership contenders , wasn't leadership contenders, wasn't he? but he's gone up in the polls despite everything that you've been hearing about him in the media. but first, shocking new figures from the ministry of justice have revealed that career criminals with more than 100 convictions are being spared jail, with the proportion walking free apparently quadrupling in the past 16 years. so offenders with more than

office minister ann widdecombe. plus, tomorrow's newspaper front pages.. it's a very special show, because let me tell you that my amazing executive producer , james gibson, is producer, james gibson, is moving on. i'm going to miss him hugely because i've been here three years. he was my boss right from the start. he's an amazing guy, let me tell you that. he's funny, he's clever and a brilliant producer. why he's going to the bbc is anyone's guess. thank you, james, and good luck. stay in touch , buddy. okay. lots to get touch, buddy. okay. lots to get through. harry and meghan are going to get rinsed in the take ten. it's the last take at ten until september. don't miss it. get the kettle on. i'll see you after the headlines with tatiana sanchez. who's loyal and staying . here. >> mark. thank you very much. and good evening. the top stories this hour. merseyside police says six people have been charged after disorder in southport, liverpool city centre and walton in the past week. those arrested include a man charged with committing violent disorder in

joining me to discuss the pm's woes is former government minister and reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombeou. hope you are too brilliant. >> so have you seen this poll that this is based on then? >> i haven't seen the poll but it doesn't surprise me at all, first of all, he hasn't tackled the very fundamental issue which gave rise to the riots in the first place, which is the complete absence of any control of immigration and especially of illegal immigration. he had no policy in place when he took over as prime minister. i mean, to be fair, it has only been a few weeks. >> it doesn't matter. >> it doesn't matter. >> just been a very long time to plan for that. >> i believe they have implemented some stuff, whatever. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> may i finish? sorry. >> may i finish? sorry. >> yes, of course . >> yes, of course. >> sorry i did say he hasn't implemented anything. i said he hadnt implemented anything. i said he hadn't got a policy in place when he took over as prime minister having known from what the polls were doing that he was going to be prime minister and be in governm

it's ann widdecombe. ann, are we getting free movement, do you think?on't know how quickly he will actually do it, but i've always said there are two ways of trying to unstitch brexit. one, he's not going to do, which is the formal way of trying to rejoin the eu. we're not going to do that. the other is the much more insidious way of just bringing back measures which we had under the eu , such which we had under the eu, such as, for example, free movement. >> so yeah, it's there, it's hovering so it's hovering. >> and would that be such a bad thing. you know, would it, would it actually if it also meant that we had, you know, fewer customs checks or if it also meant that we were, you know , meant that we were, you know, maybe able to ease a little bit of red tape and eu regulation. what do you think? >> well, one of the reasons why so many of us campaigned and voted for brexit was that we wanted control of our own borders. we wanted to say who came on, what terms they came, what benefits they could get if they were here and what qualifications they need

i'm joined now by former prisons minister and reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombe . spokesperson anna curious case, this, isn't it? timpson was lauded when he came on the scene. he gave that interview saying, you know, he had this really liberal approach to criminality and sentencing. and now suddenly he's gone quiet. >> he's gone very quiet. and bluntly, it's not acceptable for a prisons minister to be quiet in these sorts of circumstances. you know, and i speak as somebody who was a prisons minister. and i mean, i know that it can be a bit awkward at times, but nevertheless, if there are issues of public interest over which you have the responsibility, then you answer for. and so the fact that he's gone quiet and is neglecting that responsibility suggests to me very strongly that he's possibly at odds with, the current policy now, i think the policy is right. if you actually look at what he said in that interview, he said he talked to people who'd been in prison longer than they'd been alive. he'd quite mean it that way. but that must mean people in for hugely serious sentences, se

joining me now is former conservative minister and reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombe.for joining widdecombe. good evening and thank you forjoining me again. thank you for joining me again. glad to see you for another week. what do you make of this then? labouh what do you make of this then? labour. they seem to be doing what they said they would and getting a grip of illegal migrants. no. and failed asylum seekers . seekers. >> well first of all it's not my job to defend the tories, but i should point out that the fact that they're able to do this is largely owing to legislation put in place by the conservatives and, above to all, deals put in place by the conservatives who set up the deals with the various governments. and i can remember when the conservatives set up the deal with albania, labour pouring scorn on it, you know, now they're trumpeting it as a big success. but crucially , as a big success. but crucially, this, they've given an amnesty to about 100,000 asylum seekers that itself will act as a magnet , that itself will act as a magnet, not as a deterrent,

yes, yes, even ann widdecombe.ng additions in this artwork, but don't worry if you're confused by it. there is a guide that goes along with it. you can scan a qr code when you're there, and learn about all of the stories contained within the artwork. >> so we've got some faces are easily recognised. we've got on the right. if you see the full mural, we've got david baddiel up a ladder marking a tally on a wall. what's that about ? yes. wall. what's that about? yes. >> well, one of his most famous book was called jews don't count. yes. so if we look what's he doing up the ladder? he's counting. jews can count. it turns out i realise that was not the intention of the title. but >> and of course, we've got a tiger and a rabbit in the top. right. what's that from? yes. >> so one of my favourite books growing up was when hitler stole pink rabbit by judith kerr. so the rabbit that she had to leave behind in nazi berlin is sitting on top of the kindertransport , on top of the kindertransport, making its way to rejoin her

and i'll be asking political firebrand ann widdecombe about the pm's slump in the polls following ukoing to do now? he's made a new nemesis in elon musk. plus tomorrow morning's monday's front pages hot off the press with my panel neil parish, linda dooley and nigel nelson. strap yourselves in britain. let's do this . this. a busy hour to come. but first, the news with sam francis . the news with sam francis. >> josh, thank you very much . >> josh, thank you very much. and good evening to you. 10:01. the top story tonight . the king the top story tonight. the king and the queen have sent their warmest congratulations to athletes from team gb and the commonwealth for their outstanding successes at the paris olympics. the prince and princess of wales have also called great britain's athletes an inspiration, as the 2024 games come to an end tonight. in a video featuring snoop dogg and david beckham, william and kate have praised everyone involved means loved ones from all of us watching at home. >> congratulations to team gb. >> congratulations to team gb. >> well done on all you've ach

reforms justice spokeswoman ann widdecombe gives her unfiltered verdict shortly . her unfiltered verdict, the first of tomorrow's front pages with my

that is ann widdecombe there, of course, giving your views on two really important topics, whether ors and quotes, the stasi is coming for them online, but also about starmer addressing or not addressing the root causes of some of the public's concerns here. now, i want to tell you about what i've got coming up in the next hour, because it's two top topics here, actually. now southport rioter a shell called derek drummond has been jailed for three years for assaulting a police officer. that's the video of it punching through a riot shield repeatedly. he's been nicked and arrested and charged and sent to prison for three years. but the man who did this, or the man who did this, i should say, are yet to be charged. this is the manchester airport incident. but today's announcement was that a second police officer has now been put under investigation. how is this yet more two tier policing and justice? what is going on there? former detective superintendent and, also as well she's in the met police who's shabnam chaudhry? she's going to be joining us live shortly . but joining us live sho

and i'll be asking political firebrand ann widdecombe about the pm's slump in the polls following uk just what is he going to do now? he's made a new nemesis, elon musk. strap yourselves in britain. let's do this . let's do this. and we'll have tomorrow's front pages hot off the press exactly 10:30 pm. and of course, i'll be joined by my stellar panel throughout the show . tonight we throughout the show. tonight we have gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, journalist and communications advisor linda dooley, and former conservative mp and farmer neil parish, who will be with us shortly due to being held up in a cattle jam . but first, the a cattle jam. but first, the news with sam harris, francis francis . francis. >> very good evening to you. i am indeed sam francis. and the top stories from the newsroom tonight at just after 9:00. well, congratulations are pounng well, congratulations are pouring in for team gb as the paris olympics come to a close. the king has called the team an inspiration. while the princess and prince of wales led a star studded video message than

and i'll be asking political firebrand ann widdecombe about the pm's slump in

yeah but as ann widdecombe has been pointing out, lots of this stuff is happening. violence towards women and girls, which is, you know, absolutely not acceptable. we have laws. we have laws against misogynistic hate speech. actually, if you're preaching misogyny that can be prosecuted as well is already part of the prevention programme. and she's saying, yeah, she's saying enforce this stuff, stop inventing new laws and new restrictions around all this stuff online. and actually, let's look at the problem. let can we just reflect on the fact that we have record low conviction rates for real crime, like rape, like domestic violence, domestic abuse towards women and girls , towards women and girls, towards misogyny, all of that stuff. we have a lot of laws within the workplace against misogyny, which is where people have often, you know, seen misogyny and sexism happening. but this obsession at the moment with with incitement online, i don't understand why labour have become so. >> it's because it's dead easy and it costs no money. matthew. that's the problem. if you

and i would be like ann widdecombe and if i'd have gone on strictly, i wouldn't be anything like ed,od up for brexit, calling for theresa may to resign . and i've theresa may to resign. and i've made some really good friends. and boris and pretty are two of them. and so i don't regret a moment. >> they mentioned jenkins. thank you very much for joining me. really good to talk to you. thank you . brilliant. that was thank you. brilliant. that was dame andrea jenkins. you're with me. i'm nana akua. this is gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio, just coming up to 31 minutes after 5:00 on the way. the great british debate this hour. i'm asking who gets your vote? trump or kamala? the race for the white house continues, with some polls showing kamala harris is in the lead. that's up on next. but first, let's get your latest news with sam francis . news with sam francis. >> very good evening to you. it's just after 5:30. the top story from the newsroom tonight. anti—racism demonstrators have anti —racism demonstrators have taken anti—racism demonstrators have taken to the

i think about ann widdecombe, for example. be honest. back in those days we were all competitive ballroom dancers who had literally walked off the competitive dance floor into the studio. we were all there, the haircuts, the tail coats, arms up, there we go. it was enormously competitive then. nobody knew we would be going 20 years later. because we were therefore, if you can imagine time before a strictly, which is very difficult to do, but we were there saying, this is what we do, ballroom dancing, and this is what —— how it is done. even in the early days it was competitive. so great to see you. great to see one. anton's children's book is called code name foxtrot. stay with us, headlines coming up. live from london, this is bbc news. prime minister sir keir starmer is visiting berlin to discuss a new uk germany packed. this is the scene live in berlin. we will give you the very latest. israel is carrying out a major military operation in the occupied west bank. reports say 11 palestinians are dead. donald trump accuses the