Broadcast timeline
BBC One — BBC News at One including...
Thursday 6 August 2026 · 13:00 BST · 1h · 12 stories · 15 annotated moments · 33 of 60 min on news stories (56%)
Broadcast overview
An AI-generated overview based on this broadcast's transcript.
The lead story reports calls for an independent inquiry into the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, where four young women told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed, with one alleging rape by several junior soldiers. The army stated the claims are extremely distressing and unacceptable. The broadcast also covered FIFA president Gianni Infantino apologising for his abandoned plan to sell World Cup shares to private investors, after facing an outcry; the FIFA Management Board reaffirmed their support for him.
Other national news included a farmer jailed for 35 years for murdering and dismembering his lodger, a man charged with killing Scottish aid worker Elizabeth Ross in Greece, and a woman charged after multiple stabbings in Covent Garden. The disgraced funeral director Robert Bush offered a written apology after being jailed for failing to bury or cremate bodies. The government announced plans for over 100 new mental health walk-in centres in England. The family of murdered student Meredith Kercher appealed to Amanda Knox to cancel her Edinburgh Fringe comedy show. A Cambridge professor resigned amid plagiarism allegations. The UK announced new sanctions on Russia, while Ukrainian drone attacks and Russian strikes continued. Referrals to the anti-terror programme Prevent reached a record high, with a sharp increase among children. The threat of Chinese car imports to the UK motor industry was highlighted.
In sport, Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead announced her return to competitive curling. A 97-year-old former nurse, Betty Bromage, broke her own world record for wing walking. In the West region, farmers reported crops withering in the heat, with warnings of rising prices and shortages, though sunflowers thrived. Residents of a Somerset housing development complained that a promised green space remained unfinished and hazardous. A Bristol balloon pilot, Jo Bailey, aimed to break a world record after recovering from a life-threatening illness. Nottingham City Council proposed restrictions on face coverings to combat antisocial behaviour.
- 0:10
- 6:09
- 6:21
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, has apologised for what he said were mistakes in his controversial plan to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. Mr Infantino has faced an outcry over the proposal, which he has now been forced to abandon. But the FIFA Management Board say he still has their support
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 6:21-6:25
- 6:25
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
in his controversial plan to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. Mr Infantino has faced an outcry over the proposal, which he has now been forced to abandon. But the FIFA Management Board say he still has their support and will stay on as the leader of world football's governing body.
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 6:25-6:27
- 6:38
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
But the FIFA Management Board say he still has their support and will stay on as the leader of world football's governing body. Here's Andy Swiss. After days of mounting pressure for Gianni Infantino, some much needed backing. Following his ill-fated attempt to sell off stakes in FIFA competitions, he spent yesterday meeting his senior officials in Morocco
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 6:38-6:43
- 6:44
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Here's Andy Swiss. After days of mounting pressure for Gianni Infantino, some much needed backing. Following his ill-fated attempt to sell off stakes in FIFA competitions, he spent yesterday meeting his senior officials in Morocco and in a statement afterwards, FIFA said the management board in attendance
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 6:44-6:47
- 7:24
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
An apology was made for these errors, together with a commitment to ensure they do not happen again. Gianni Infantino. Infantino will hope his contrition will allow him to cling on to power and seek re-election next year. I think what he will try and do is play a long game, get to the elections and then in that time work on individual associations.
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 7:24-7:28
- 7:53
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
So there could be distributions which will persuade some of the smaller federations. But others are unlikely to be satisfied, especially Europe's governing body UEFA, who have been Infantino's sternest critics. Kane could get a shot in, oh yes, with England set to join Wales in withdrawing their support for his re-election.
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 7:53-7:56
- 8:28
Contested quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
something of consequence that you're even considering, let alone proposing. And you lose confidence in that individual. But certainly I don't have confidence in Mr Infantino after this point. But after his meeting yesterday, Infantino was all smiles as he watched a match in Morocco alongside his secretary general,
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 8:28-8:32
- 8:47
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Matthias Grafström, who'd been critical of his plans earlier in the week. And for Infantino's opponents, there was a warning, as FIFA said they'd no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process. Despite the crisis which has engulfed global football, then the man at the top is fighting on.
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 8:47-8:53
- 8:54
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
And for Infantino's opponents, there was a warning, as FIFA said they'd no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process. Despite the crisis which has engulfed global football, then the man at the top is fighting on. Andy Swiss, BBC News. A farmer who shot dead his lodger
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 8:54-8:56
- 8:56
Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
as FIFA said they'd no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process. Despite the crisis which has engulfed global football, then the man at the top is fighting on. Andy Swiss, BBC News. A farmer who shot dead his lodger and dismembered his body has been jailed for 35 years.
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 8:56-8:59
- 9:04
- 13:12
- 15:14
- 18:55
- 19:14
Contested quote Palestinian circus troupe performs at Edinburgh Fringe
Amanda Knox was convicted, but later acquitted of the murder in Italy in 2007. Well, Miss Kircher's sister says the proposed stand up show turns the rape and murder of Meredith into entertainment. Emma Vardy reports. Characterised in court as a cold, manipulative femme fatale, for many years, Amanda Knox was portrayed to the world as a murderer,
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 19:14-19:18
- 20:27
Contested quote Palestinian circus troupe performs at Edinburgh Fringe
their pain is being turned into entertainment. Whilst I appreciate comedy is there to push the boundaries and, you know, it very much normalises and trivialises violence against women and Meredith in particular. And it shouldn't be given a platform for that specific topic. That's why I've spoken out this time.
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 20:27-20:34
- 21:44
- 23:42
- 25:26
- 25:58
Charged quote UK Prevent referrals hit record high with many children under 10
Well, let's get more on that with our UK correspondent, Daniel Sanford. Daniel, how do we explain this big increase? Well, the most striking thing about these statistics is that rise of more than a third in a single year of the number of people being referred to Prevent, which is the program which is designed
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 25:58-26:02
- 26:47
Charged quote UK Prevent referrals hit record high with many children under 10
at the time. As you said, around a third of the cases referred are people aged 11 to 15. But quite strikingly, almost 400 of them were children under the age of 11. And interestingly, more than half of the referrals were not linked to any ideology at all. Around a fifth were linked to right wing extremism,
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 26:47-26:53
- 27:07
Charged quote UK Prevent referrals hit record high with many children under 10
Around a fifth were linked to right wing extremism, less than a tenth linked to Islamist extremism. And almost 500 cases were people who were just fascinated by extreme violence or mass attacks. More than a third of those referred had some kind of mental health issue or neurodiversity and where the ethnicity was recorded,
BBC ONE West, BBC News at One including..., 6 August 2026, 27:07-27:13
- 27:29
- 29:29 ~4 min without annotations
- 33:05
- 36:47
- 39:50 ~20 min without annotations
Source: BBC ONE West, "BBC News at One including...", Thursday 6 August 2026. Transcript excerpts and stills are shown only to support the analysis annotated alongside them. Search-result excerpts are distinct from the editorial annotations — see our copyright basis. The full broadcast is not reproduced.