. >> paul cox, who are. >> paul cox, who are. >> cousins and may get married. >> cousins and may get married. >> to take you through thursday's. >> top stories. >> top stories. >> this is headliners. but before tomorrow's news, let's go to tonight's headlines. >> with sam francis. >> with sam francis. >> very good evening to you from the newsroom. it's just after 11:00 leading the news tonight. the justice secretary has called for a u—turn on planned changes that would make an offender's background a bigger factor in sentencing. shabana mahmood says she's written to the sentencing council, urging them to scrap the new guidance after the conservatives accused labour of creating a two tier justice. the changes, due in april would place more emphasis on pre—sentence reports, particularly for offenders from ethnic or faith minorities, young adults, abuse survivors and pregnant women. shadow justice secretary robert jenrick has called it anti—white and anti—christian bias, but mahmood insists sentencing will remain equal for all. the sentencing council, meanwhile, says its reforms aim to