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GB News — New: GBN Tonight
Thursday 6 August 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 4 stories · 14 annotated moments · 34 of 60 min on news stories (56%)
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The programme opened with headlines reporting that Andy Burnham ordered an urgent review into whether grooming gang offenders could be freed early under the government's release scheme, and that a petition against releasing two of PC Andrew Harper's killers passed half a million signatures. Breaking news from Heathrow Airport showed smoke from a grass fire near a runway, causing departures to be suspended and flights held in holding patterns, while rail passengers were told not to travel on parts of the network due to a power failure in Manchester. Other headlines included Reform UK proposing jail for bosses employing illegal workers, two arrests after disorder in Thetford, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor telling a court he was chased by a man near his home.
A GB News exclusive investigation examined leaflets discovered by Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson near Dunkirk, which contained a QR code linking to the website of Alarm Phone, an NGO that describes itself as a hotline for boat people in distress and advocates open borders and freedom of movement. The report showed video from Alarm Phone's website advising migrants on safety equipment and pressuring national authorities, and linked to another NGO, Captain Support, which provides legal aid and promotes a world without borders. The segment featured a panel discussion with former Attorney General Sir Michael Ellis and journalist Matthew Stadlen. Later, the programme covered the resignation of Cambridge sociology professor Jason Arday amid allegations of false claims on his CV, including fabricated achievements; the panel debated whether the controversy reflected a wider problem in academia.
The show then turned to a comment piece by Sunday Telegraph editor Alistair Heath, who argued that a potential alliance between Reform UK and the Restore party would be a disaster, accusing Restore's Rupert Lowe of promoting ethno-nationalism and bigotry. Heath joined the panel to discuss his article, with Sir Michael Ellis and Matthew Stadlen offering their views. Finally, the programme reported on plans for a 13-storey mega mosque in North London's Queen's Park, to replace an Irish pub, noting that there are already 39 mosques within a three-mile radius. The panel discussed planning concerns and the issue of integration.
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Claim GB News investigation: NGOs guide illegal migrants into Europe
GB News reported on an investigation into migrant NGO Alarm Phone, including a leaflet with a QR code linking to its website, which provides advice for sea crossings and advocates open borders.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 6:31-6:48
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Claim GB News investigation: NGOs guide illegal migrants into Europe
GB News reported on an investigation into migrant NGO Alarm Phone, including a leaflet with a QR code linking to its website, which provides advice for sea crossings and advocates open borders.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 6:59-7:11
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Claim GB News investigation: NGOs guide illegal migrants into Europe
GB News reported on an investigation into migrant NGO Alarm Phone, including a leaflet with a QR code linking to its website, which provides advice for sea crossings and advocates open borders.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 7:50-8:11
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Contested quote Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
and it's forced him now to fall on his sword what happens next? well the resignation of Jason Arday the milli vanilli of academia has happened but that's not the end of the story this is a national scandal the question is how is it that the brightest and the best people in Cambridge allegedly were hoodwinked by this person
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 23:54-23:56
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Charged quote Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
this is a national scandal the question is how is it that the brightest and the best people in Cambridge allegedly were hoodwinked by this person the woke establishment have been humiliated the James O'Brien the Krishnan Guru-Murthy leading academic Simon Baron-Cohen how was it that these characters
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 24:04-24:06
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Charged quote Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
leading academic Simon Baron-Cohen how was it that these characters Zak Polanski they were all hoodwinked and this really goes to show you the danger of the woke mind virus it so addled the brains of these people that they were incapable of seeing what all of your viewers and everyone else in the public could see
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 24:16-24:18
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Charged quote Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
like critical race theory and gender ideology which already have substandard academics who spout drivel as one of their greatest he was a world leader in critical race theory now exposed as a charlatan well what a damning indictment of critical race theory that is but also of course how many doctors, DEI doctors DEI nurses, pilots
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 24:56-24:58
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Contested quote Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
to the news, I hadn't watched the two or three BBC shows he had appeared on as a commentator so this is in my view a vicious witch hunt of someone who may well have done something wrong by the way and if he has he's already resigned and if he has and if this investigation or these investigations go on and show
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 26:57-26:59
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Claim Sunday Telegraph editor warns Reform-Restore alliance would be disaster
Alistair Heath wrote a comment piece warning that an alliance between Reform UK and Restore would be a disaster, accusing Restore of ethnic nationalism and criticising Rupert Lowe's positions on kosher slaughter and the King's ethnicity.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 37:37-37:45
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Claim Sunday Telegraph editor warns Reform-Restore alliance would be disaster
Alistair Heath wrote a comment piece warning that an alliance between Reform UK and Restore would be a disaster, accusing Restore of ethnic nationalism and criticising Rupert Lowe's positions on kosher slaughter and the King's ethnicity.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 38:57-39:05
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Claim Sunday Telegraph editor warns Reform-Restore alliance would be disaster
Alistair Heath wrote a comment piece warning that an alliance between Reform UK and Restore would be a disaster, accusing Restore of ethnic nationalism and criticising Rupert Lowe's positions on kosher slaughter and the King's ethnicity.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 39:29-39:35
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Claim Plans for 13-story mega mosque in Queens Park opposed by locals
A planning application has been submitted for a 13-story mega mosque in Queens Park, North London.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 49:47-49:51
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Claim Plans for 13-story mega mosque in Queens Park opposed by locals
There are already 39 mosques and Islamic centres within a three-mile radius of the proposed site.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 49:57-50:05
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Claim Plans for 13-story mega mosque in Queens Park opposed by locals
Nearly 250 comments have been submitted on the planning application, most of them negative.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 6 August 2026, 51:47-51:51
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