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Channel 4 News
Sunday 23 August 2026 · 18:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (78%)
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The lead story concerned a fatal crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough. A Volkswagen Passat believed to have cloned number plates was chased by police and collided head-on with a police car, killing both officers, PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough, and all five young men in the Passat. PC Clough's family described him as a hero. The police watchdog is investigating, and a similar fatal crash involving teenagers in Ireland was noted.
The broadcast also covered the collapse of US-Canada trade negotiations, with the US imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods and Canada pledging to retaliate dollar for dollar. Separately, the UK government announced plans to confine violent and sexual offenders to GPS-monitored areas upon release, with boundaries set in consultation with victims.
Other stories included Russian attacks on two passenger trains in Ukraine that killed two people, and Cyclone Priska causing two deaths and power outages across Eastern Europe and the Baltics. Mayors in England received new powers to overrule councils on large planning applications. Finally, the programme featured a profile of country singer Joshua Ray Walker, who documented his cancer diagnosis and recovery in a new film.
- 0:00 Story begins Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
- 0:15
Charged quote Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
Channel 4 News. The young men killed when their car ploughed the wrong way down an A road into police, two of them just 17 years old. Five young men, some still in their teens, driving suspiciously in the wee hours, using a car believed to have cloned number plates, a police chase, and just ten seconds later the men smashed head
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 0:15-0:41
- 5:28
- 5:33
Claim US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
Trump accused Canada of long targeting US farmers with high tariffs in a Truth Social post.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 5:33-5:42
- 5:45
Claim US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
The US and Canada failed to reach a trade deal, and 50% tariffs on Canadian goods have taken effect.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 5:45-5:53
- 6:33
Claim US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
The US and Canada failed to reach a trade deal, and 50% tariffs on Canadian goods have taken effect.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 6:33-6:41
- 6:50
Charged quote US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
Canada says it will do the exact same in little over a fortnight. Both countries now facing the risk of a full-scale trade war. You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked. The US put 50%. We waited until the United States decided to actually implement the so-called 338 tariffs. That's fine. We've got the reserves. We've got the
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 6:50-6:52
- 7:06
Claim US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the US tariffs will be matched dollar for dollar.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 7:06-7:15
- 7:06
Claim US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the US tariffs will be matched dollar for dollar.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 7:06-7:15
- 7:15
Claim US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
The tariffs affect small items such as hockey sticks and false beards.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 7:15-7:24
- 7:44
Charged quote US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
I think so. I've dealt with the Prime Minister. I've got a good relationship. But there has been a pattern of Trump goading the Prime Minister of Canada with public taunts about its sovereignty. When they met at the White House in May last year, Carney was all about the boundaries. As you know from real estate, there are some places
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 7:44-7:52
- 9:08
Charged quote US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks collapse
Canada insists this latest breakdown liberates no one, that a trade deal was possible, but this wasn't it. The distance between the two countries may be small, but the gulf has rarely been wider. Now, prisoners who've committed violent or sexual offenses could be confined to specific areas when they're released
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 9:08-9:16
- 9:16
- 9:27
Claim Government to confine serious offenders to GPS restriction zones from October
Boundaries for the restriction zones will be set in consultation with victims and their families.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 9:27-9:32
- 10:06
Claim Government to confine serious offenders to GPS restriction zones from October
Restriction zones go further than existing exclusion zones, which only ban offenders from specific places.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 10:06-10:18
- 11:06
Claim Government to confine serious offenders to GPS restriction zones from October
There are fewer than 1,800 available spaces in male prisons in England and Wales.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 11:06-11:16
- 17:44
- 18:19
Claim Newcastle and Liverpool draw 2-2 in Kevin Keegan tribute
Kevin Keegan died recently, reportedly of cancer.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 18:19-18:21
- 19:24
Claim Newcastle and Liverpool draw 2-2 in Kevin Keegan tribute
Newcastle beat Liverpool 2-1.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 23 August 2026, 19:24-19:27
- 20:06
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