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Verified Live
Tuesday 29 September 2026 · 15:00 BST · 30m · 3 stories · 6 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (75%)
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In his first Labour Party conference speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham promised to build a national care service for England, funded in part by adjusting the state pension triple lock from April 2030. He said pensions would still rise every year by at least prices or 2.5%, and would hold their value relative to earnings over time, while the change would generate savings for the care service. He also announced plans to reform leasehold, end what he called Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public control of water, and include a proposal on electoral reform in the next Labour manifesto. BBC Verify analysis looked at possible costs and savings, while political correspondent Alex Forsyth and Labour peer Baroness Ayesha Hazarika discussed the reception and the political risks.
OpenAI pulled its latest AI model, Astra, over safety concerns, saying it did not meet standards for tasks such as web browsing and using apps. The decision came amid an international debate about AI safety and regulation. Donald Trump also launched a government website using AI to let the public interact with federal services. A tech journalist welcomed safeguards but raised concerns about the pace of AI development, cybersecurity and visibility into research, and referred to a recent University of Cambridge paper on the issue.
A well-preserved painting of Rome by British artist William Turner returned to the city that inspired it nearly two centuries ago and went on display for three days before a tour and auction. The report said it dates to the 1830s, was based on sketches made in the Italian capital, is one of the last great Turner masterpieces remaining in private hands, and has never been restored. Auction bids were expected in the region of £50 million.
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- 9:05
Baroness Ayesha Hazarika, Labour peer, also a political commentator and broadcaster
“Baroness Ayesha Hazarika, a Labour peer, also a political”
- 18:16
Marianne Rouson, tech journalist
“Marianne Rouson gave me her reaction to OpenAI's self-restraining the release of that”
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- 2:50
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Burnham is considering reforming the triple lock to fund social care after the next election, causing a Labour row.
BBC News, Verified Live, 29 September 2026, 2:50-3:08
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- 18:45
Contested quote OpenAI scraps Astra model release over safety concerns
safeguards for AI. Governments should be aware of what AI models are developing, and the AI companies themselves shouldn't be developing technology that, by their own admission, is running amok doing things on the internet, stealing property, going into different places, different servers, that it shouldn't be.
BBC News, Verified Live, 29 September 2026, 18:45-18:48
- 21:01
Charged quote OpenAI scraps Astra model release over safety concerns
internet was because you have to download different things from the internet just to make the experiment work. So it sounds like OpenAI have a problem where they don't know what their researchers are doing. And that is a big issue that has basically been brought up by a huge paper published by the University of Cambridge just yesterday. It's published by the
BBC News, Verified Live, 29 September 2026, 21:01-21:11
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- 24:37
Claim Turner's Rome painting goes on show in Rome before auction
The painting is believed never to have been restored.
BBC News, Verified Live, 29 September 2026, 24:37-24:47
- 25:13
Claim Turner's Rome painting goes on show in Rome before auction
A painting is on display in Rome for three days before it goes on tour and is auctioned.
BBC News, Verified Live, 29 September 2026, 25:13-25:22
- 25:28
Claim Turner's Rome painting goes on show in Rome before auction
The auction house expects bids of around 50 million pounds.
BBC News, Verified Live, 29 September 2026, 25:28-25:32
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