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Friday 24 July 2026 · 13:00 BST · 1h · 15 stories · 15 annotated moments · 45 of 60 min on news stories (75%)
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Tens of thousands of people are fleeing wildfires in southwest France, with evacuations by boat from the Cap Ferret peninsula, as fires also rage in Italy and Spain where a state of emergency has been declared in the Madrid region. The housing secretary Angela Rayner ruled out rent controls in England, while Prime Minister Andy Burnham held his first meetings at his new Number 10 North office in Manchester, announcing initiatives including a £2 bus fare cap and a 20% cut to business rates for pubs.
The US military carried out a 13th consecutive night of attacks on Iran, with oil prices rising to around $100 a barrel, and Iran's foreign ministry threatened UK bases including RAF Fairford as legitimate targets. A lawyer for the families of three girls stabbed to death in Southport said they were devastated that the killer had been moved to a secure psychiatric hospital. Police in Ireland intercepted a car containing a bomb in County Monaghan, believed destined for an attack in Northern Ireland. A man in Oxford became the first person to receive a new Ebola strain vaccine, and new figures showed 3.8 million people in England and Wales fell victim to fraud last year, a 10% increase.
The Commonwealth Games were officially opened in Glasgow by King Charles and Queen Camilla, who emerged from a TARDIS, with 74 teams competing in a slimmed-down event. A lost BBC television special from 1969 featuring the Beatles' Abbey Road album was discovered in the Netherlands and restored. In a human interest story, two colleagues in Manchester, Dave Green and Andrea Unstun, discovered they were brother and sister after working together for two years, having been separated by adoption decades earlier.
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- 7:52 Story begins Housing secretary rules out rent controls
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- 12:43
Claim Axel Rudakubana transferred to Broadmoor Secure Hospital
The cost of keeping Rudakubana at Broadmoor could be 300,000 pounds a year, three times the cost of prison.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 12:43-12:55
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Claim Woman arrested after bomb found near Northern Ireland border
A woman was arrested after a bomb was discovered in her car near the Northern Ireland border; a second suspect was also arrested; the bomb was described as 'extremely significant' and the operation targeted dissident Republicans.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 13:15-13:20
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Claim Woman arrested after bomb found near Northern Ireland border
The bomb contained military-grade explosives, a power unit, and a detonator.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 14:13-14:30
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Claim Woman arrested after bomb found near Northern Ireland border
The device was intended as an undercar bomb for an attack in Northern Ireland.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 14:23-14:32
- 14:48 Story begins Houthi attacks two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
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Claim Houthi attacks two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
The US announced new airstrikes on Iran, the 13th consecutive night of strikes.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 14:48-14:54
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Claim Houthi attacks two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
The US announced new airstrikes on Iran, the 13th consecutive night of strikes.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 14:48-14:54
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Claim Houthi attacks two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
Houthis attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones; one tanker was hit and caught fire with all crew safe, while the other's status was not independently confirmed.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 14:54-15:06
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Claim Houthi attacks two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
Oil prices reached $100 a barrel for the first time since May.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 16:31-16:48
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Claim Houthi attacks two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
Oil prices reached $100 a barrel for the first time since May.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 16:39-16:46
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Claim Oxford scientists develop Ebola vaccine for Bundibugyo strain, trials approved
Reported DR Congo Ebola outbreak figures: 2,000–2,500 cases and 700–1,000 deaths.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 20:40-20:53
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Claim Venezuela earthquake death toll surpasses 3,800, aid teams depart
The death toll from the earthquakes was reported as 3,811 to 4,000, with thousands unaccounted for.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 22:24-22:27
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Claim Iran warns UK bases are legitimate targets after US strike from RAF Fairford
The Ministry of Defence said Britain stands ready to defend itself.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 40:48-40:57
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- 50:38 Story begins Study finds bird songs use eight basic sound types
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Claim Study finds bird songs use eight basic sound types
Scientists analyzed over 100,000 bird songs with AI and identified eight fundamental sound types.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 50:39-50:45
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Claim Study finds bird songs use eight basic sound types
Scientists analyzed over 100,000 bird songs with AI and identified eight fundamental sound types.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 50:39-50:48
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Claim Study finds bird songs use eight basic sound types
Scientists analyzed over 100,000 bird songs with AI and identified eight fundamental sound types.
BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News at One including..., 24 July 2026, 50:48-50:57
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