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Channel 4 News
Saturday 31 October 2026 · 18:30 GMT · 30m · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 20 of 30 min on news stories (67%)
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A bulletin led and dominated by Andy Burnham's openness to a slavery apology while ruling out reparations, which took 10 minutes 14 seconds, just over half of the 20 minutes 14 seconds given to the four listed stories. The rest was divided between Oleshky evacuees at 4 minutes 3 seconds, a low-budget horror boom at 3 minutes 50 seconds and Manchester United's defeat at 2 minutes 7 seconds.
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- 4:46
King Charles, King
- 5:30
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
- 5:44
Professor Olivette Otele, Professor
- 7:55
Lord Marvin Rees, Labour peer
- 9:01
Bert Samuels, deputy chairman of the National Council of Reparations in Jamaica
- 17:05
Ed Miliband, UK Foreign Secretary
- 0:00 ~4 min without annotations
- 3:34 Story begins King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
- 3:34
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
Britain has not formally apologised for its role in the slave trade and has not paid reparations.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 3:34-3:40
- 3:40
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.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 3:40-3:45
- 4:14
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
King Charles faced repeated calls for reparations and an apology during his Caribbean tour, including from Guyana's president.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 4:14-4:24
- 4:57
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
Britain has not formally apologised for its role in the slave trade and has not paid reparations.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 4:57-5:11
- 5:15
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.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 5:15-5:23
- 5:15
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
The UK government has ruled out paying slavery reparations.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 5:15-5:23
- 6:39
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
Kemi Badenoch opposed a formal apology for slavery.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 6:39-6:43
- 10:05
Charged quote King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
so we want to see tertiary education, for example, being made available to more than 1% of Jamaicans. But making those kind of changes, those kind of very, very large systemic changes is a very, very big call, and is going to cost money, and is political kryptonite? This is an incredibly important question
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 10:05-10:17
- 13:48
- 13:48
Claim Civilians evacuated from Oleshky under local ceasefire
Evacuees from Oleshky were reunited with family members in Ukraine.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 13:48-13:58
- 15:11
Claim Civilians evacuated from Oleshky under local ceasefire
Buses evacuated people from Oleshky to both Russia, including a convoy that reached Anapa, and Ukraine.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 15:11-15:20
- 17:25
Claim Civilians evacuated from Oleshky under local ceasefire
The US approved the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, with the roughly £1.5 billion cost funded by European and Canadian allies.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 17:25-17:33
- 19:42 Story begins Manchester United lose 2-0 at Chelsea
- 19:42
Claim Manchester United lose 2-0 at Chelsea
Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 19:42-19:48
- 19:48
Claim Manchester United lose 2-0 at Chelsea
Michael Carrick faced growing pressure over his position as Manchester United head coach after the loss.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 19:48-19:52
- 20:43
Charged quote Manchester United lose 2-0 at Chelsea
through on goal, a sly shot frustrating all in red. The best chances were falling to the away side but both sides went in at half-time, goalless. But where the team in red were wasteful, the team in blue were ruthless. Morgan Rogers danced through the United defence to open the scoring. Things then went from bad to worse
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 20:43-20:47
- 20:55
Claim Manchester United lose 2-0 at Chelsea
Lisandro Martinez was sent off after an elbow that conceded a penalty and earned a second yellow card.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 October 2026, 20:55-21:01
- 22:10
- 26:00 ~4 min without annotations
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