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A UK-weighted bulletin led on the King preparing a slavery speech as Andy Burnham ruled out financial reparations, with the US midterms taking the longest single slot at six minutes 17 seconds. Maternity care got five minutes 50 seconds and Karl Bushby's homecoming five minutes 44 seconds, and the bulletin was mostly UK news with a brief business item and no sport.

Running order

2:12 King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning · 4m 54s
7:06 Hampshire Halloween party stabbing injures five teenagers · 2m 11s
Police were hunting attackers after five boys aged 16 or 17 were stabbed at a Halloween party in Hampshire, and all five were treated for serious injuries.
9:17 Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years · 1m 51s
Shabana Mahmood was expected to exempt most social care workers from her longer settlement plans, keeping their route at five years.
11:09 Ukraine and Russia emergency alert apps hit by fake cyber warnings · 3m 13s
Ukraine and Russia both reported cyber attacks on their emergency warning systems, with Ukrainians receiving false alerts about chemical attack, shelling and street fighting.
15:19 Anthony Williams denies attempted murder in Huntingdon train stabbings · 1m 41s
The trial heard that passengers on another train heard Anthony Williams talk about the devil and say no one was as bad as him before the Huntingdon stabbings.
17:41 Hospital trust apologises as Danielle Brown seeks maternity care changes after Maisie May died · 5m 50s
Newcastle hospitals apologised and accepted Maisie May would have been born alive, after Danielle Brown was discharged with severe preeclampsia and told to book an appointment to give birth.
23:31 Ryanair weighs pay freezes and crew cuts over rising fuel costs · 1m 30s
Ryanair was considering pay freezes and fewer crew to offset fuel costs it said would add about £1.7 billion, and it expected European ticket prices to rise next year.
25:02 Karl Bushby nears end of 28-year world walk · 5m 44s
Karl Bushby arrived at his childhood home in Hull after a 28-year walk of 31,000 miles that began in Chile, and was reunited with his mother.
32:01 US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress · 6m 17s
Americans were voting in midterms that would decide control of Congress, with all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats contested and Donald Trump's agenda at stake.
38:40 Former paratrooper Milos Stankovic becomes first UK patient fitted with Bristol bionic arm · 3m 6s
Milos Stankovic, a former paratrooper who lost his arm in a motorcycle crash in Spain, became the first UK patient fitted with a Bristol-made bionic upper arm.
42:12 More than 100 protest at Leweston School as parent group seeks reopening · 2m 7s
More than 100 people protested outside Leweston School in Dorset after it closed suddenly during half term, as a parent working group sought a viable plan to reopen.
48:33 Waste firms call for total ban on larger nitrous oxide canisters · 3m 15s
Waste firms called for a total ban on selling larger pressurised nitrous oxide canisters to the public after reporting about 7,000 explosions a year at their sites.

On air

People and organisations this broadcast put on air during its news coverage. The channel's own presenters and reporters are not listed. Names as transcribed.

4:09

King Charles, King
5:04

Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
8:38

Liz Jarvis, local Liberal Democrat MP
8:46

Thornden School
8:57

Barton Peverell School
18:27

Danielle Brown, mother
21:28

NHS England
22:36

Newcastle hospitals
26:42

Karl Bushby, British adventurer
39:52

Milos Stankovic, former paratrooper
42:24

Leweston School, private school
43:08

Dan Williams, member of the Leweston working group

2:12
Story begins King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
2:22

Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning

No speeches were planned during the Guyana visit, and the King was expected to address slavery at the Commonwealth heads of government summit in Antigua and Barbuda the following week.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 2:22-2:32
2:46

Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning

In a Guardian article ahead of the Commonwealth Leaders Summit, Andy Burnham indicated openness to a formal state apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade and offered talks with affected countries and campaign groups.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 2:46-2:50
4:25

Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning

Caribbean leaders' reparations demands could include debt relief, climate resilience, development finance, education and healthcare rather than a lump sum.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 4:25-4:34
7:06
Story begins Hampshire Halloween party stabbing injures five teenagers
9:17
Story begins Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years
9:17

Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years

Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out changes to legal migration.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 9:17-9:27
9:29

Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years

Shabana Mahmood was reported to be backing down from plans to make migrants wait longer for benefits, with social care workers potentially exempt.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 9:29-9:35
9:54

Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years

Shabana Mahmood proposed extending the wait for indefinite leave to remain to as much as 10 or 15 years for some people, with retrospective application causing tension among Labour MPs.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 9:54-10:05
10:10

Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years

Care workers were among the lowest-paid migrants and faced the longest proposed settlement wait.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 10:10-10:17
10:34

Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years

Criticism within Labour focused on the effect on care workers and on the fairness of changing the rules after people had arrived.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 10:34-10:41
11:09
Story begins Ukraine and Russia emergency alert apps hit by fake cyber warnings
12:56

Claim Ukraine and Russia emergency alert apps hit by fake cyber warnings

Both Ukraine and Russia said their emergency alert apps were hit by cyber attacks after the ceasefire ended.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 12:56-13:08
13:58

Claim Ukraine and Russia emergency alert apps hit by fake cyber warnings

Both Ukraine and Russia said their emergency alert apps were hit by cyber attacks after the ceasefire ended.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 13:58-14:02
15:19
Story begins Anthony Williams denies attempted murder in Huntingdon train stabbings
17:41
Story begins Hospital trust apologises as Danielle Brown seeks maternity care changes after Maisie May died
23:31
Story begins Ryanair weighs pay freezes and crew cuts over rising fuel costs
25:02
Story begins Karl Bushby nears end of 28-year world walk
32:01
Story begins US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
32:59

Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress

Democrats aimed to take the House and flip the Senate, an outcome that would limit Trump's domestic and foreign policy agenda.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 32:59-33:05
33:20

Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress

US midterm elections were less than three weeks away, with control of Congress and the Senate at stake and Trump's agenda and legacy on the line if Republicans lost their majorities.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 33:20-33:27
33:36

Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress

Voters were reported to be unhappy with inflation and rising energy prices.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 33:36-33:45
35:02

Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress

Haley Stevens endorsed Mike Rogers in the US Senate race.

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 35:02-35:11
37:28

Charged quote US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress

I didn't know anybody else felt that way in Kansas. And the more you realize, the more you look around, you see a lot of purple. I see a lot of purple. I think people are really sick of the status quo. They're sick of this MAGA. They're sick of $6 a gallon diesel. Our farmers are hurting. I'm worried. He says what he's going to do,

BBC One, BBC News at One including, 2 November 2026, 37:28-37:29
38:40
Story begins Former paratrooper Milos Stankovic becomes first UK patient fitted with Bristol bionic arm
42:12
Story begins More than 100 protest at Leweston School as parent group seeks reopening
44:19
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48:33
Story begins Waste firms call for total ban on larger nitrous oxide canisters
51:48
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