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New: GBN Tonight
Wednesday 19 August 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 3 stories · 9 annotated moments · 29 of 60 min on news stories (48%)
Broadcast overview
An AI-generated overview based on this broadcast's transcript.
The programme began with news headlines: investigators found a track defect a week after the Sussex rail crash that injured 30; three family members who died in the sea off Shoreham were named; Andy Burnham promised every rough sleeper a bed before year-end with £100m extra; a murder investigation began after a woman died in a Hounslow fire; and a double murder investigation was launched in Glasgow.
The main segment investigated the Commons standards committee that could force Nigel Farage into another by-election, revealing that one lay member is a trustee for a migrant charity that campaigns against deportations and another spoke against Brexit, with Jacob Rees-Mogg calling it a "kangaroo court" and debating with Kwasi Kwarteng and Geoff Hoon. Later, the show reported a Home Office booklet handed to migrants explaining the age of consent and that sex with children is illegal, with Alp Mehmet and the panel reacting. New data showed a record 1.3 million foreign nationals claiming universal credit costing £11bn, with a 44% rise in refugees on benefits, discussed by the panel. Finally, the programme examined Andy Burnham's avoidance of committing to North Sea drilling, comparing his positions to Keir Starmer's.
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- 6:03
- 6:37
Claim Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead after plagiarism row
Lay member Mehmet Mian is a trustee for Slough Refugee Support, a charity that campaigned against migrant deportations.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 6:37-6:53
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- 24:42 Story begins Home Office issues pamphlet for asylum seekers
- 25:24
Claim Home Office issues pamphlet for asylum seekers
A Home Office guide reportedly warns migrants that sex with children is illegal and that men and women are equal under UK law, and that committing such an offence will affect an asylum claim; the Home Office did not comment.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 25:24-25:42
- 25:29
Claim Home Office issues pamphlet for asylum seekers
A Home Office guide reportedly warns migrants that sex with children is illegal and that men and women are equal under UK law, and that committing such an offence will affect an asylum claim; the Home Office did not comment.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 25:29-25:42
- 25:49
Claim Home Office issues pamphlet for asylum seekers
A Home Office guide reportedly warns migrants that sex with children is illegal and that men and women are equal under UK law, and that committing such an offence will affect an asylum claim; the Home Office did not comment.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 25:49-25:57
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Claim Home Office issues pamphlet for asylum seekers
A Home Office guide reportedly warns migrants that sex with children is illegal and that men and women are equal under UK law, and that committing such an offence will affect an asylum claim; the Home Office did not comment.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 32:08-32:13
- 32:08
Claim Home Office issues pamphlet for asylum seekers
A Home Office guide reportedly warns migrants that sex with children is illegal and that men and women are equal under UK law, and that committing such an offence will affect an asylum claim; the Home Office did not comment.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 32:08-32:19
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- 47:14 Story begins Andy Burnham avoids committing to North Sea drilling
- 47:47
Claim Andy Burnham avoids committing to North Sea drilling
Andy Burnham delayed a decision on North Sea drilling, citing the optics of embracing fossil fuels.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 47:47-47:56
- 50:55
Claim Andy Burnham avoids committing to North Sea drilling
There was an ideological split within Labour over North Sea drilling, with the left opposed and the right in favour.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 50:55-51:00
- 51:38
Claim Andy Burnham avoids committing to North Sea drilling
Andy Burnham delayed a decision on North Sea drilling, citing the optics of embracing fossil fuels.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 19 August 2026, 51:38-51:41
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