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GB News — New: Lee Anderson's Real World
Friday 7 August 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 30 of 60 min on news stories (49%)
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A convicted sex offender, 40-year-old Simon Levy, was found guilty of murdering two women, raping a third, and sexually assaulting others on public transport, after a series of what were described as disastrous police, prosecution, and court decisions left him free. The Met admitted that one victim's life could have been saved after Levy's risk to women was downgraded, and the police watchdog is investigating alleged failures, with two officers served misconduct notices. In Scotland, police launched an urgent manhunt for convicted child rapist Cliff Lyons-Dobby, who escaped from staff in Perth City Centre; he had been convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl while on bail for abusing a 12-year-old boy in 1990.
In Thetford, asylum seekers were removed from properties for their own safety after a third night of anti-immigration unrest, with two more arrests and reports of officers being hit by a rock, bitten, and spat at. The Conservatives pledged to end council housing for foreign nationals, with Kemi Badenoch saying almost 230,000 non-EU foreign national households would be evicted and barred from new tenancies, while the Immigration Minister Anna Turley insisted the government is already prioritising local residents. In Thailand, at least seven people were killed and 23 injured after a 14-year-old boy opened fire at his home and school on the outskirts of Bangkok, killing his grandparents and five teachers before turning the gun on himself, with nine people remaining in critical condition.
- 1:10 Story begins Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
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Charged quote Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
A convicted sex offender described as a jobless loner has been found guilty of murdering two women, raping a third and sexually assaulting others on public transport. That's after a series of what has been described as disastrous police, prosecution and court decisions that left him free to roam the streets.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 1:20-1:26
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Claim Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
Levy was on bail for separate sex attacks on trains when he committed the murders.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 1:28-1:39
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Claim Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
The Met admitted that Cheryl Wilkins' life could have been saved after Levy's risk to women was downgraded.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 1:39-1:46
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Claim Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
The Met admitted that Cheryl Wilkins' life could have been saved after Levy's risk to women was downgraded.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 1:39-1:46
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Claim Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
A detective sergeant is under investigation for misconduct and a constable for gross misconduct.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 2:05-2:13
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Claim Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
A detective sergeant is under investigation for misconduct and a constable for gross misconduct.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 2:05-2:13
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Claim Simon Levy convicted of double murder and rape
Levy was a previously convicted sex offender, with a record that included assaulting 11 women.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 2:24-2:43
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Claim Lee Anderson visits Calais migrant camps, debates small boat crossings
A migrant camp in Calais contains around 2,500 people.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 5:41-5:44
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Claim Lee Anderson visits Calais migrant camps, debates small boat crossings
Small boat crossings in the first half of the year were almost half of the same period last year.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 6:13-6:18
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Claim Lee Anderson visits Calais migrant camps, debates small boat crossings
60% of attempted small boat launches from France are stopped.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 6:38-6:40
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Claim Gary Hayes discusses PTSD and emergency worker mental health support
Gary Hayes attempted suicide after leaving policing in 2014.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 17:53-18:00
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Charged quote Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
in the killing of PC Harper, they could be released as early as September, October, I think, Benjamin, after serving six years of their sentence. This is a real kick in the teeth for PC Harper's family. And we've also learned that the Thames Valley Police are thinking of taking the government to court on this case.
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 30:33-30:38
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Charged quote Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
won't go to prison at all. So cop killers being released, Emma, early, you didn't really come down hard on that one, Benjamin, but I'll let Emma come in. I think it's completely unjust. I think there are two aspects to this. The first aspect is the fact that I think it's actually the police federation
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 31:45-31:47
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Contested quote Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
Yes, our prisons are overcrowded. There are other solutions to that. This is a change to the criminal justice system. This is a permanent change that they've made and it's going to make the British public less safe. Less safe, Benjamin. Well, the idea that some of these people who will ever exist in society isn't comfortable,
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 33:48-33:50
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Charged quote Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
You have to have an actual answer. Surely, Emma, there are less dangerous criminals in our prison system, in both the men's prisons and the female prisons, that we could release above these awful, awful creatures. For sure there must be. I mean, one of the suggestions has been you release spaces from the women's prisons
GB News, New: Lee Anderson's Real World, 7 August 2026, 34:49-34:53
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