mep, patrick o'flynn and founder of novara media, aaron bastani. as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay or hit me up on x at goodwin mj. but now it's time for the news bulletin with sam francis. >> matt, thank you very much and good evening to you. just after 8:00, the top story tonight, the justice secretary is calling for new sentencing guidance to be reversed tonight, warning it risks a two tier justice from april. judges will be advised to consider a defendant's ethnicity, culture or faith when deciding punishment, along with factors like age and pregnancy. labour's shabana mahmood insists there will be no differential treatment before the law, and says she's writing to the sentencing council to push for a reversal. campaigners, meanwhile, have welcomed guidance urging courts to avoid jailing pregnant women. the sentencing council says tailored sentences do reduce re—offending and they say it ensures fairness. let's bring you an update now from cumbria, where tonight we've heard that emergency crews have rushed to kendal rugby cl

mep, patrick o'flynn and founder of novara media, aaron bastani. as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay or hit me up on x at goodwin mj. but now it's time for the news bulletin with sam francis. >> matt, thank you very much and good evening to you. just after 8:00, the top story tonight, the justice secretary is calling for new sentencing guidance to be reversed tonight, warning it risks a two tier justice from april. judges will be advised to consider a defendant's ethnicity, culture or faith when deciding punishment, along with factors like age and pregnancy. labour's shabana mahmood insists there will be no differential treatment before the law, and says she's writing to the sentencing council to push for a reversal. campaigners, meanwhile, have welcomed guidance urging courts to avoid jailing pregnant women. the sentencing council says tailored sentences do reduce re—offending and they say it ensures fairness. let's bring you an update now from cumbria, where tonight we've heard that emergency crews have rushed to kendal rugby cl