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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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The broadcast opened with a passenger train derailing in Sussex, with three carriages on their side and a large emergency response. A passenger described visible head injuries among fellow travellers, and later reporting indicated that the incident might not be as serious as initially feared, with passengers walking away from the scene.

The UK experienced its hottest day of the year, with temperatures peaking at 38.1 degrees Celsius, prompting amber heat warnings and placing pressure on emergency services, including wildfires, hospital A&E departments, and water shortages. The broadcast also covered A-level results, with record numbers of 18-year-olds securing their first-choice university places and a record regional gap in top grades.

Other stories included the death of a 102-year-old man following an alleged assault at a pub in South Wales, an exclusive interview with Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov criticising President Putin's prospects in Ukraine, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley's comments on criminal justice funding and a dispute with the Crown Prosecution Service, a by-election in Clacton with 34 candidates, and unusual light patterns created by the solar eclipse across the UK.

  1. 0:11
    Story begins Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
  2. 4:30

    Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex

    Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander expressed deep concern.

    BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 4:30-4:39

  3. 6:03
    Story begins UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
  4. 6:03

    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 ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 6:03-6:15

  5. 7:20

    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 ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 7:20-7:25

  6. 7:39

    Charged quote UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C

    biggest hospital, the Queen's Medical Centre. Down in outpatient clinics we did have a period where it was so hot down there the air conditioning couldn't keep up and so when that broke it was dangerous levels of heat down there. Meanwhile, 13-year-old April, who has a rare condition that means she has to limit her water intake to just 500 millilitres a

    BBC ONE West, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 7:39-7:44

  7. 10:57

    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 ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 10:57-11:03

  8. 13:05
    Story begins A-level top grades rise for third consecutive year
  9. 13:59

    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 ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 13:59-14:17

  10. 14:10

    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 ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 14:10-14:30

  11. 19:21
    Story begins Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
  12. 19:31

    Claim Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine

    Muratov said Russia cannot achieve victory in Ukraine.

    BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 19:31-19:37

  13. 21:27

    Claim Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine

    Muratov said Russia cannot achieve victory in Ukraine.

    BBC ONE WestHD, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 21:27-21:44

  14. 23:58
    Story begins Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case
  15. 23:58

    Charged quote Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case

    on the BBC News YouTube channel. The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has said the case of the double murderer and sex offender Simon Levy shows that the rule of law is in a very precarious state. Levy was yesterday jailed for the rest of his life for the murder of two women and the rape of a third. Sir Mark apologised for mistakes made

    BBC ONE West, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 23:58-24:10

  16. 24:23

    Charged quote Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case

    in his forces handling of the case, but he also criticised a lack of funding for the police, prisons and courts. This is a systematic disinvestment by successive governments in the agencies that keep communities safe, police, prisons, courts, etc. The whole system is struggling and because the risk eventually lands in communities, then people say, well,

    BBC ONE West, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 24:23-24:37

  17. 25:19

    Charged quote Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case

    of the criminal justice system, so there's a lack of funding. We haven't had a new response from the government on that today. We have sought one. But he's provoked a row with the Crown Prosecution Service, because he said that the Crown Prosecution Service were not taking on the offence of a sort of emergency worker, which is police officers. They were

    BBC ONE West, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 25:19-25:28

  18. 25:33

    Charged quote Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case

    taking on the offence of a sort of emergency worker, which is police officers. They were like not putting it into the Crown Court. And he said that was because they unilaterally downgraded that offence just to save money and time. The head of the CPS this afternoon saying he's deeply disappointed in Sir Mark Rowley. He said that's what Sir Mark Rowley said,

    BBC ONE West, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 25:33-25:43

  19. 25:43

    Charged quote Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case

    like not putting it into the Crown Court. And he said that was because they unilaterally downgraded that offence just to save money and time. The head of the CPS this afternoon saying he's deeply disappointed in Sir Mark Rowley. He said that's what Sir Mark Rowley said, he's incorrect and he wanted to correct it. So this is all in the context of the Levy case.

    BBC ONE West, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 25:43-25:48

  20. 25:53

    Charged quote Met Commissioner criticises criminal justice system after Levy case

    saying he's deeply disappointed in Sir Mark Rowley. He said that's what Sir Mark Rowley said, he's incorrect and he wanted to correct it. So this is all in the context of the Levy case. A lot of institutions have failed and now they are round with each other. Daniel, thank you. The polls are open in Clacton in Essex for a by-election. Voters have the

    BBC ONE West, BBC News, 13 August 2026, 25:53-25:56

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