Broadcast timeline
BBC News at One including...
Monday 24 August 2026 · 13:00 BST · 1h · 8 stories · 15 annotated moments · 52 of 60 min on news stories (87%)
Broadcast overview
An AI-generated overview based on this broadcast's transcript.
The government called on social media companies to remove content celebrating dangerous driving after a crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough killed two police officers and five men. The collision followed a police chase involving a VW Passat with cloned plates; the victims were named, and a TikTok video from one of the men was highlighted. Later, Cleveland police announced 12 arrests in connection with the incident. Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first official overseas visit to Ukraine, where he pledged continued support, including handing over blueprints for long-range missiles, and Russia responded by accusing the UK of adding fuel to the fire.
Other national stories included a wildfire in Nevada forcing evacuations, Reform UK's proposed social housing priorities, a Tesla recall in China, and research showing one in ten dental practices in England stopped offering NHS treatment over the past decade. The BBC gained rare access to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, where women's rights remain restricted. Polling suggested accent bias affects many in the workplace, and a car finance compensation scheme was suspended after lenders appealed. Conservationists celebrated the breeding success of Montague's Harriers, with six chicks fledging, and a teenager with cerebral palsy achieved GCSEs using eye-gaze technology. Later, a trial of CAR-T therapy for multiple sclerosis was reported, and a handbell-ringing tradition was being passed on.
Local West stories included pressure on NHS services from hot weather and tourists, a recovering alcoholic in Swindon who found purpose cooking for his community, a Bristol hot air balloon pilot setting a world record, an autistic man who was befriended at a music festival, and a baby from Gloucestershire returning home after over 300 days in hospital.
- 0:10
- 2:09
Charged quote A66 crash: two police officers and five young men named as IOPC investigates
A66 crash near Middlesbrough which left two police officers dead had posted now deleted Material of what appeared to be a police chase on his TikTok account last year our correspondent Lauren Moss has the latest Heroes killed in the line of duty the families of PC Tom Clough and PC Matthew blades have paid tribute to the officers who died in a head-on collision with a
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 2:09-2:11
- 2:45
Charged quote A66 crash: two police officers and five young men named as IOPC investigates
Before it turned onto the dual carriageway the wrong way and the chase was called off around ten seconds later The car hit the officer's vehicle Which was on the correct side of the road all seven people in both cars were killed. It will have had a devastating impact Obviously particularly for people those officers and other staff who personally knew the officers worked with them
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 2:45-2:53
- 5:27
Charged quote A66 crash: two police officers and five young men named as IOPC investigates
Just the support that those officers families have from members of the community and for Cleveland police as well Let me read you one of the messages here It says they should never have happened to go to work to keep our area safe and not return home is truly heartbreaking To their families, please know we stand with you as a community
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 5:27-5:33
- 8:26
- 8:46
Claim Andy Burnham visits Kyiv, announces Storm Shadow missile production
The Kremlin said Britain is taking part in the war on Ukraine's side.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 8:46-8:52
- 12:40
- 14:59
Claim NHS dentistry access almost impossible, Nuffield Trust report finds
Nearly 600 dental practices have withdrawn from NHS dentistry over the last decade.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 14:59-15:05
- 14:59
Claim NHS dentistry access almost impossible, Nuffield Trust report finds
Nearly 600 dental practices have withdrawn from NHS dentistry over the last decade.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 14:59-15:05
- 15:05
Claim NHS dentistry access almost impossible, Nuffield Trust report finds
Nearly 600 dental practices have withdrawn from NHS dentistry over the last decade.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 15:05-15:12
- 16:56 Story begins BBC gains rare access inside Taliban-run Afghanistan
- 17:31
Claim BBC gains rare access inside Taliban-run Afghanistan
The Taliban governor in northern Afghanistan is a former Guantanamo Bay detainee.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 17:31-17:38
- 19:16
Claim BBC gains rare access inside Taliban-run Afghanistan
Taliban policies today are similar to the hardline interpretation of Sharia they imposed in the 1990s.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 19:16-19:25
- 21:10
- 24:02
- 26:49
- 27:35
Charged quote Rare Montagu's Harrier raises six chicks in second successful breeding season
The grey male swoops in and releases his prey the female twists beneath him to snatch it from the air It is a stunning aerobatic display But here in Britain Montagues Harriers are desperately rare now, this is a Top secret location. I've been told I can say I'm in England But I can't tell you which County we're in this bird is so rare and so charismatic
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 27:35-27:40
- 27:53
Charged quote Rare Montagu's Harrier raises six chicks in second successful breeding season
But I can't tell you which County we're in this bird is so rare and so charismatic That if bird spotters knew where we were they would come not in their hundreds But in their thousands the RSPB says and and this is a bird that's already in real trouble for five years There were no breeding pairs in the UK at all this year
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 27:53-27:59
- 27:59
Claim Rare Montagu's Harrier raises six chicks in second successful breeding season
Montagu's Harrier nested successfully for the second consecutive year.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 27:59-28:13
- 28:43
Charged quote Rare Montagu's Harrier raises six chicks in second successful breeding season
Montagues Harriers nest on the ground hidden amongst the crops and climate change is bringing Harvests forward. This is a species right on the brink and climate change is not helping that and the reason it's not helping It is the harvest here. For example, this year was like a month earlier than in previous years
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 28:43-28:50
- 29:02
Charged quote Rare Montagu's Harrier raises six chicks in second successful breeding season
so it almost puts any Montagues Harrier nest at the perils of Inadvertently being destroyed by farm machinery If the nests aren't found the chicks would be killed by the combines here The RSPB and the farmers have fenced them off and left crops standing until the young can fly But surviving the harvest is just the beginning soon. These chicks will leave Britain
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 29:02-29:07
- 30:23
Charged quote Rare Montagu's Harrier raises six chicks in second successful breeding season
The bit that's missing from the jigsaw within weeks These juvenile birds will be heading south and now for the first time The RSPB will be able to follow two of them into the unknown Justin Rowlatt BBC News at a secret location in the UK Now meet 16 year old Patrick McCabe like hundreds of thousands of pupils
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 24 August 2026, 30:23-30:25
- 48:20
- 52:10 ~8 min without annotations
Source: BBC ONE West, "BBC News at One including...", Monday 24 August 2026. Transcript excerpts and stills are shown only to support the analysis annotated alongside them. Search-result excerpts are distinct from the editorial annotations — see our copyright basis. The full broadcast is not reproduced.