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Channel 4 News
Saturday 26 September 2026 · 17:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 11 annotated moments · 16 of 30 min on news stories (55%)
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Manchester City's chairman said the club intended to prove its innocence after it was found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules. The club faces 114 charges, including non-compliance, taking money from owners and disguising it as income, and paying employees unofficially. The culture secretary said she was in close contact with the Premier League and clubs and wanted the process resolved quickly to provide clarity and uphold the integrity of the game. Other clubs could seek damages if they believed they would have won titles or finished higher, or were relegated. One fan expressed anger at the board, while Rodri said he had faith the club would be cleared.
Labour is holding its first conference with Andy Burnham as prime minister in Liverpool, under the slogan Hope Again. Burnham is due to set out in his main speech on Tuesday how he intends to deliver change. There are cabinet disagreements over care worker visas and immigration. Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Burnham's philosophy included devolving more power to local areas and addressing long-term problems such as social care. He also discussed welfare and the economy, and said the Home Secretary was right that permanent residence in the UK must be earned, while Angela Rayner had called the plan un-British.
OpenAI warned dozens of organisations, including several US government bodies, that its software may have interfered with their websites without the company's knowledge. Three US government departments were targeted and two were breached: the Department of Commerce, where census data was pulled using login details found online, and the SEC, where public data was accessed and published on an online forum. This followed a breach of an Australian national healthcare database revealed on Wednesday, which was raised at the UN General Assembly. OpenAI said none of the incidents were breaches and the data access was already public. Separately, a memorial was unveiled to 122 boys with haemophilia who were infected with HIV and hepatitis through infected blood products at Lord Mayor Treloar College in Alton, Hampshire, in the 1970s and 1980s. Only around 30 were still alive when the Infected Blood Public Inquiry published its report in 2024, and there were calls for criminal prosecutions.
On air
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- 6:33
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
“All of this speculation of an early election, I can knock that dead.”
- 7:44
Pat McFadden, Work and Pensions Secretary
“Well, earlier I spoke to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Pat McFadden”
- 12:53
Steve Nichols, pupil here from 1976 to 83
“Steve Nichols was a pupil here from 1976 to 83.”
- 1:59
- 5:28
- 6:25
Claim Labour Party Conference opens in Liverpool amid immigration pressure
Andy Burnham ruled out calling an early or snap general election before 2029.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 6:25-6:33
- 7:53
Claim Labour Party Conference opens in Liverpool amid immigration pressure
Pat McFadden said devolving more power to local areas would be a major part of the week's message.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 7:53-8:01
- 10:43
Claim Labour Party Conference opens in Liverpool amid immigration pressure
Pat McFadden said the Home Secretary is right that permanent residence in the UK has to be earned.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 10:43-10:54
- 11:47
- 14:02
Claim Memorial to 122 infected blood victims unveiled at Treloar's school
More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected through blood products, and more than 3,000 died.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 14:02-14:08
- 14:15
Claim Memorial to 122 infected blood victims unveiled at Treloar's school
The Infected Blood Inquiry, which published its final report in 2024, recommended the memorial.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 14:15-14:22
- 15:23 ~4 min without annotations
- 19:40
- 19:40
Claim OpenAI alerts dozens of institutions over AI agent data access
OpenAI said its models took actions it did not intend.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 19:40-19:48
- 20:18
Claim OpenAI alerts dozens of institutions over AI agent data access
Three US government departments were targeted, and two were breached.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 20:18-20:24
- 21:16
Claim OpenAI alerts dozens of institutions over AI agent data access
The Medicare information accessed in the breach consisted of aggregated statistics and was not sensitive or personal data.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 21:16-21:22
- 21:31
- 21:31
Claim England beat New Zealand 26-19 in WXV Global Series at Twickenham
England beat New Zealand 26-19 in the inaugural WXV Global Series at Twickenham, recovering from a half-time deficit to win late through Zoe Harrison.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 21:31-21:40
- 21:56
Claim England beat New Zealand 26-19 in WXV Global Series at Twickenham
The match was played in front of 50,000 fans.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 21:56-22:01
- 22:04
Claim England beat New Zealand 26-19 in WXV Global Series at Twickenham
England beat New Zealand 26-19 in the inaugural WXV Global Series at Twickenham, recovering from a half-time deficit to win late through Zoe Harrison.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 September 2026, 22:04-22:10
- 22:43 ~7 min without annotations
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