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BBC News at One including...
Monday 17 August 2026 · 13:00 BST · 1h · 16 stories · 15 annotated moments · 46 of 60 min on news stories (77%)
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The broadcast led with the ongoing wildfire situation, as military support helped control fires in South Wales but the UK's most senior fire chief warned of continuing dangers. It then reported that Prime Minister Andy Burnham had exchanged messages with someone posing as Donald Trump's chief of staff, raising security concerns. Tributes were paid to actor Hayden Panettiere, who died at 36, and the Chancellor of Cambridge University criticised what he called a "racist feeding frenzy" around the late professor Jason Arday. Water supply problems were highlighted, including homes in Kent left without water and a hosepipe ban announced for Wessex Water customers. Post-mortems were to be carried out on five teenagers killed in an Irish crash, and a BBC Panorama investigation examined failures in the Child Maintenance Service. In the Middle East, Jared Kushner met Israel's Prime Minister amid efforts to advance a Gaza peace plan.
The funeral of singer Bonnie Tyler took place in Swansea, with fans gathering to pay respects. A BBC Disclosure investigation examined violent crime and racial tensions in Glasgow, while police continued questioning a man after a fatal dog attack in Wakefield. Reform UK outlined welfare plans requiring long-term claimants to do community work. At the European Athletics Championships, Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt made history with record medal hauls, and a feature highlighted a teenager who sat his GCSEs using eye-gaze technology.
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Charged quote Army deployed to fight wildfires as UK heatwave continues
Our reporter Lauren Moss has more. Dousing the flames from the skies above. Around 14 separate wildfires continue to rage in parts of South Wales. The military arrived to help inundated fire crews. Army helicopters tried to control the spread of the fires over an area the size of around 400 football pitches.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 2:20-2:24
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Contested quote Army deployed to fight wildfires as UK heatwave continues
Army helicopters tried to control the spread of the fires over an area the size of around 400 football pitches. We have really specially skilled wildfire firefighters within South Wales Fire Service and having support from the military has allowed two layers here. It's allowed us to free up that specialist asset
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 2:31-2:36
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Claim Andy Burnham exchanges messages with fake Trump chief of staff
Andy Burnham exchanged messages with a person posing as Trump's chief of staff, but no significant messages were exchanged and the matter was reported to authorities.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 7:00-7:16
- 8:11 Story begins Hayden Panettiere dies at 36, tributes pour in
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
in the early hours of Sunday morning. Parents have told BBC Panorama that the agency tasked with helping to secure financial support for children after separation or divorce is driving them to breaking points. Mothers described battling with the Child Maintenance Service to get their ex-partners to pay up,
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 12:42-12:46
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
Parents have told BBC Panorama that the agency tasked with helping to secure financial support for children after separation or divorce is driving them to breaking points. Mothers described battling with the Child Maintenance Service to get their ex-partners to pay up, while fathers said they'd been caused anxiety and stress
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 12:46-12:49
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
after separation or divorce is driving them to breaking points. Mothers described battling with the Child Maintenance Service to get their ex-partners to pay up, while fathers said they'd been caused anxiety and stress by administrative errors. Cooper Party reports. With family budgets under pressure for separated families,
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 12:51-12:55
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
The government-run Child Maintenance Service, or CMS, is supposed to help ensure money gets from one parent to another. But Panorama has heard from parents on both sides who say the system is failing them. Hello, Katie. Hi. Nice to meet you. One mother, Katie, approached the CMS more than two years ago
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 13:20-13:23
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
Hello, Jerry. Panorama has also heard from parents who pay maintenance and say errors by the CMS, including the way it calculates payments, have had serious consequences. I've always said I want to pay my maintenance. Jerry has two children from previous relationships. He's one of more than 1,000 parents who contacted the BBC
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 14:24-14:29
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
I'd just become numb. Personally, I shut myself down. Jerry says years of disputes and mistakes have taken a heavy toll on his mental health. It can't go on. It can't. It's too many lives being broken. The CMS told us it has acknowledged and apologised for previous failings in Jerry's case and provided solitary payments.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 15:29-15:32
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
Personally, I shut myself down. Jerry says years of disputes and mistakes have taken a heavy toll on his mental health. It can't go on. It can't. It's too many lives being broken. The CMS told us it has acknowledged and apologised for previous failings in Jerry's case and provided solitary payments.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 15:32-15:37
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Charged quote Child Maintenance Service failing parents, Panorama finds
That's not something we try to do as a service. The government says it's planning to reform the child maintenance service, but many parents on both sides of the system say that change is long overdue. Krupa Abadi, BBC News. And you can watch Panorama, Child Maintenance, Parents Under Pressure, that's on BBC One at 8 o'clock tonight
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 16:29-16:32
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Claim Bonnie Tyler funeral: Swansea says final goodbye to singer
A funeral and remembrance service for Bonnie Tyler took place in Swansea.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 19:16-19:26
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Claim Bonnie Tyler funeral: Swansea says final goodbye to singer
A funeral and remembrance service for Bonnie Tyler took place in Swansea.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 19:16-19:26
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Claim Bonnie Tyler funeral: Swansea says final goodbye to singer
A funeral and remembrance service for Bonnie Tyler took place in Swansea.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 17 August 2026, 20:14-20:17
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Claim Reform UK suspends Tim Montgomerie for criticizing party leadership
Reform UK will announce a benefits overhaul on Monday, scrapping personal independence payments for millions, claiming it can cut £50 billion from the welfare budget, with only the most severe cases continuing to get cash payments.
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