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BBC News at One including
Wednesday 21 October 2026 · 13:00 BST · 1h · 14 stories · 15 annotated moments · 47 of 60 min on news stories (78%)
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BBC News at One reported that the Prime Minister defended approving drilling at the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea, saying it would create jobs and start supplying energy by the end of the month while acknowledging it would not reduce bills; environmental campaigners criticised the decision and the government said it remained committed to net zero by 2050. It then reported that fuel prices had pushed inflation to 3.5%, its highest point for a year, ahead of the Chancellor's budget, with higher petrol and diesel prices and government borrowing also cited. The programme reported that the husband of Australian MP Helen Haines said both her legs had been amputated after she was hit by a car, and that a man charged over the alleged attack remained in custody. It also covered the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan mining disaster, where the King, Queen and Prince of Wales attended commemorations for the 144 people killed.
Later, the broadcast reported that a teenager had been found guilty of attempted murder after a stabbing at Thorpe St Andrew's School near Norwich; that Noel Clarke had pleaded not guilty to sexual offence charges; and that US envoy Steve Witkoff had met President Putin in St Petersburg for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine, during which Russia released a US citizen. It also reported the trial of former civil servant Kashim Chowdhury, accused of fraudulently holding multiple public-sector jobs, and a third rescue attempt in South Korea to guide a stranded three-metre shark from a canal back to the ocean. It covered the 15th anniversary of Matilda the Musical in London's West End and a report on plans to stop sewage discharges into Windermere, including a proposed tunnel and its estimated cost.
From the West, BBC Points West reported that Somerset farmers had been badly affected by blue tongue virus, with 350 cases reported in the county, and that a Bristol student had been jailed for life for murdering his housemate. It also reported research suggesting more than 400,000 people in the south west might need a food bank in the next year, a road closure in Somerset for flood-response testing, an inspection report on Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, a community share offer for Ashton Court Mansion in Bristol, and a friendship between a 22-year-old and a 76-year-old in Cheltenham. After the regional segment, the programme reported a BBC undercover investigation into how a solicitor described making a £45,000 illegal-working fine disappear by transferring it to a name abroad, with millions of pounds of such fines said to be uncollected; the solicitor denied wrongdoing, and the Home Secretary ordered a review of how the fines are issued and collected.
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David Davies, 8-year-old
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Steve Witkoff, United States envoy
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Catherine Fackman, RSC's costume team
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Nigel Wilkinson, runs a fleet of boats on the lake
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Iona Leaf, 22 year old student
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Judith Chapman, retiree
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Mohammed Ilyas Yousaf, high street solicitor
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Bryony Rest, senior immigration lawyer
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Claim Government expected to approve Jackdaw and delay Rosebank
Gas prices are set by international markets, so approval of Jackdaw may not bring down bills.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 1:57-2:07
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Contested quote Government expected to approve Jackdaw and delay Rosebank
We have made a decision that her government messed up. That is why there was the delay, because they did not do the process properly. We have made a pragmatic decision that will allow us to do two things. Firstly, build a bridge to a renewable future. Because the resources that come in now from this decision will allow us to invest in renewables.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 3:40-3:46
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Claim Government expected to approve Jackdaw and delay Rosebank
The government will review removing standing charges from gas bills.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 4:01-4:13
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Claim Government expected to approve Jackdaw and delay Rosebank
Estimates of Jackdaw's job impact ranged from 27 new full-time roles to around 300 linked jobs, including 273 supported positions.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 5:37-5:48
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Claim UK inflation hits 3.5% as national debt passes £3 trillion
UK CPI inflation rose to 3.5% in September from 3.1% in August and was the highest rate in almost a year.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 9:14-9:20
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Claim UK inflation hits 3.5% as national debt passes £3 trillion
UK CPI inflation rose to 3.5% in September from 3.1% in August and was the highest rate in almost a year.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 9:14-9:20
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Claim UK inflation hits 3.5% as national debt passes £3 trillion
Average petrol prices increased by 8.2p to 169.5p per litre from August to September, reaching a roughly four-year high.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 10:40-10:49
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Claim King, Queen and Prince William join Aberfan 60th anniversary commemorations
Aberfan anniversary commemorations were due to include a minute's silence and King Charles joining survivors and relatives.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 16:22-16:35
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Charged quote King, Queen and Prince William join Aberfan 60th anniversary commemorations
and buried a school and nearby houses. Our Wales correspondent, Thomas Morgan, reports. 60 years on, this village still remembers. A tragedy like no other which tore this community apart. In 1966, Aberfan witnessed one of the worst man-made disasters in modern British history. A disaster that could have been avoided.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 16:54-16:58
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Charged quote King, Queen and Prince William join Aberfan 60th anniversary commemorations
60 years on, this village still remembers. A tragedy like no other which tore this community apart. In 1966, Aberfan witnessed one of the worst man-made disasters in modern British history. A disaster that could have been avoided. Because for years, local people had raised concerns about the coal waste being tipped on the mountainside above the village.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 17:03-17:08
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Charged quote King, Queen and Prince William join Aberfan 60th anniversary commemorations
A tragedy like no other which tore this community apart. In 1966, Aberfan witnessed one of the worst man-made disasters in modern British history. A disaster that could have been avoided. Because for years, local people had raised concerns about the coal waste being tipped on the mountainside above the village.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 17:09-17:11
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Claim King, Queen and Prince William join Aberfan 60th anniversary commemorations
The Aberfan disaster killed 144 people, most of them children.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 18:04-18:09
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Charged quote King, Queen and Prince William join Aberfan 60th anniversary commemorations
Many of those survivors from all those years ago have spoken about how, although those physical injuries healed straight away, the psychological trauma has never really gone away because they would have lost friends and family in that disaster 60 years ago. And many of those survivors actually had to move elsewhere.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 19:28-19:35
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Claim Witkoff calls Putin a humanitarian as Russia signals new talks
US official Witkoff is scheduled to meet Putin in St Petersburg to discuss new peace proposals for Ukraine.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 23:42-23:50
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Claim Witkoff calls Putin a humanitarian as Russia signals new talks
Witkoff praised Putin as a humanitarian after Russia released an American citizen from jail.
BBC One, BBC News at One including, 21 October 2026, 24:24-24:33
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- 26:06 Story begins Third attempt to free trapped shark in Busan
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