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BBC News
Monday 21 September 2026 · 18:00 BST · 30m · 9 stories · 15 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (82%)
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Thousands of passengers had flights cancelled or delayed after a technical problem at air traffic control, less than two weeks after a similar disruption; airports in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England were affected, NATS said the issue was resolved, airline bosses called for urgent action and Ryanair's boss called for the head of NATS to step down, while the Civil Aviation Authority was expected to review the incident. An independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism was said to have found a genuine rise in mental distress among children and young people, with its head Professor Peter Fonagy rejecting claims that young people are a snowflake generation and saying the system is not fit for purpose. Prime Minister Andy Burnham was travelling to the UN General Assembly for his first meeting with President Trump, with Vladimir Zelensky also due to meet Trump; major US TV networks suspended coverage of Trump after three outlets including CNN were banned from the White House, affecting pool coverage, and the networks planned legal action while Trump said it was an assault on fake news rather than the free press.
Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three children in Southport in 2024, appeared in court by video link accused of attacking prison officers at Belmarsh, including allegedly throwing boiling water mixed with sugar at an officer, with further assault and weapon charges; he was not asked to enter pleas. Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford, died aged 27 at a rehab facility, with the cause unknown and past mental health and depression struggles reported. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, at his party's Brighton conference, said he was a candidate to be Prime Minister, backed the Jackdaw gas field and said Rosebank had not yet passed climate tests. Survivors of an Oxford grooming gang told BBC Panorama they were abused by hundreds of men and that many remained free in the city, while a former detective who led Operation Bullfinch said child sexual exploitation was still taking place; police and the county council responded.
Reform UK named Helen Jenner as its new leader in Wales after Dan Thomas resigned following his arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive or controlling behaviour; he denies wrongdoing. A man was charged with causing death by dangerous driving in a crash two years ago that killed six people, including two children, when a family car collided with a motorbike on the A61; Christopher Coquille is due at Leeds magistrates court next month. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called a regional election defeat for the CDU a disaster, as the far-right Alternative for Germany made gains, but said he would stay on. Almost two million people were urged to evacuate parts of eastern Japan as a typhoon brought heavy rain and high winds, leaving 50,000 without power and cancelling hundreds of flights and train services. Normandy veteran Ken Hay, who landed in France after D-Day and later educated children about war, died aged 101.
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Claim Second air traffic control failure disrupts UK flights
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said engineers had fixed the issue at the Prestwick Centre and described the disruption as deeply frustrating for passengers.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 2:57-3:11
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Claim Second air traffic control failure disrupts UK flights
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said engineers had fixed the issue at the Prestwick Centre and described the disruption as deeply frustrating for passengers.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 3:03-3:11
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Andy Burnham will meet Donald Trump on the Tuesday of next week's UN General Assembly summit.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 9:32-9:38
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Andy Burnham will meet Donald Trump on the Tuesday of next week's UN General Assembly summit.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 9:32-9:38
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Burnham visited Ukraine last month and this UN General Assembly is his first major diplomatic event as Prime Minister.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 9:53-9:59
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Burnham visited Ukraine last month and this UN General Assembly is his first major diplomatic event as Prime Minister.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 9:53-10:06
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Burnham visited Ukraine last month and this UN General Assembly is his first major diplomatic event as Prime Minister.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 9:57-9:59
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Burnham visited Ukraine last month and this UN General Assembly is his first major diplomatic event as Prime Minister.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 9:59-10:06
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- 13:29 Story begins Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
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Claim Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
Ed Davey supported the Jackdaw gas field while stating that Rosebank had not met climate change tests.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 14:11-14:21
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Claim Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
Ed Davey supported the Jackdaw gas field while stating that Rosebank had not met climate change tests.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 14:11-14:21
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Claim Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
Ed Davey described himself as a candidate to be prime minister and said his ambitions had no limit.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 15:08-15:14
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Claim Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
Ed Davey described himself as a candidate to be prime minister and said his ambitions had no limit.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 15:08-15:14
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Claim Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
Ed Davey described himself as a candidate to be prime minister and said his ambitions had no limit.
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 15:08-15:14
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Charged quote Merz calls German state election results a disaster as CDU crashes and AfD surges
Which has made major gains our Berlin correspondent Jessica Parker reports The question Germany's been asking can Chancellor Friedrich Merz survive After his center-right party suffered a series of heavy election blows This is a man who's trying to persuade his party and his country that he's got what it takes to drag
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 21:50-21:55
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Charged quote Merz calls German state election results a disaster as CDU crashes and AfD surges
Chancellor but rumors about a Kanzler Tausch a Chancellor swap have been doing the rounds for months the idea at least it's out there a gift for the surging AfD a party that's partly classed as extremist by domestic intelligence But one that's making the political weather here with its anti-immigration Germany first message
BBC One, BBC News, 21 September 2026, 22:47-22:52
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