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BBC News — Signed: BBC News at Six
Thursday 13 August 2026 · 18:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 30 of 30 min on news stories (99%)
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A passenger train derailed in Sussex shortly before 4pm, with three carriages lying on their side and emergency services at the scene. A passenger reported head injuries and blood, while the transport secretary expressed deep concern and thanked first responders.
The UK experienced its hottest day of the year, with a provisional peak of 38.1°C at Kew Gardens, prompting an expanded amber extreme heat warning and heat health alerts. The heat contributed to fires, including a major incident in Norfolk, and added pressure on A&E departments, while water supply problems continued in East London and Essex. The heatwave also highlighted climate impacts, with glaciers melting and a dry reservoir exposing a flooded village.
Record numbers of 18-year-olds secured their first-choice university places on A-level results day, though the regional gap for top grades reached a record high. Elsewhere, a 102-year-old man died after an alleged assault at a pub in South Wales, and the Met Police Commissioner criticised the criminal justice system's funding while discussing the Simon Levy case. In an exclusive interview, Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov told the BBC that Putin can no longer claim victory in Ukraine, and polling opened in the Clacton by-election.
- 0:10 Story begins Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
- 0:16
Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
Multiple carriages overturned, with reports of two or three.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 0:16-0:23
- 1:47
Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
The train derailed just before 4pm on 13 August 2026.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 1:47-1:52
- 1:47
Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
The train derailed just before 4pm on 13 August 2026.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 1:47-1:52
- 1:57
Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
Multiple carriages overturned, with reports of two or three.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 1:57-2:08
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander expressed deep concern.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 4:33-4:37
- 5:59 Story begins UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
- 6:04
Claim UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
The UK recorded its hottest day of the year on 13 August 2026, with a provisional peak of 38.1 degrees Celsius at Kew Gardens, the fifth hottest temperature ever recorded.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 6:04-6:10
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Claim UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
England's A&E departments were experiencing their busiest period ever, with 2.49 million attendances in July alone.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 7:20-7:25
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Claim UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
Swiss glaciers lost an average of two meters of ice this summer, equivalent to around 600,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, and permafrost thawing is causing rock and ice falls.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 10:56-11:08
- 13:05 Story begins A-level top grades rise for third consecutive year
- 13:54
Claim A-level top grades rise for third consecutive year
A-level entries awarded A or A* rose for a third consecutive year, reaching 28.5%, up from 28.3%, the highest proportion on record outside pandemic-affected years.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 13:54-14:11
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Claim A-level top grades rise for third consecutive year
The regional gap in top A-level grades reached a record high, with London at 32% and the North East and East Midlands at 23%.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 14:11-14:25
- 19:22 Story begins Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
- 21:09
Charged quote Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
The special military operation is Russia's war in Ukraine. How far do you think Vladimir Putin is prepared to go to win in Ukraine, I ask? Understand this, there will never be victory. Because what has been going on for almost five years, no matter how it ends, can no longer be considered a victory. It can't be a victory when two Slavic nations have ripped a million
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 21:09-21:17
- 21:09
Claim Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
Muratov said Russia cannot achieve victory in Ukraine.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 21:09-21:34
- 21:27
Contested quote Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
Because what has been going on for almost five years, no matter how it ends, can no longer be considered a victory. It can't be a victory when two Slavic nations have ripped a million people to shreds, or more than a million. It seems to me that the situation with Ukraine now is this. You can destroy it, but you cannot conquer it.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 21:27-21:44
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Charged quote Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
be considered a victory. It can't be a victory when two Slavic nations have ripped a million people to shreds, or more than a million. It seems to me that the situation with Ukraine now is this. You can destroy it, but you cannot conquer it. Dmitry Muratov once won the Nobel Peace Prize. But back home, the Russian state has declared
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 21:44-21:52
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- 23:59
Claim Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case
Sir Mark Rowley said the Levy case indicates the rule of law is in a precarious state.
BBC NEWS, Signed: BBC News at Six, 13 August 2026, 23:59-24:11
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