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GB News — New: GBN Tonight
Monday 10 August 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 36 of 60 min on news stories (60%)
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The broadcast reported that almost three-quarters of England was in flash drought with an amber heat health alert, temperatures up to 36 degrees, and more than two-thirds of England officially in drought after the driest July on record. Firefighters were tackling a blaze in the New Forest National Park that started after a vehicle fire. At least 47 people died in a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia. Around 230 migrants arrived in the UK in what was suspected to be the most packed mega-dinghy so far, with nearly 1,000 making the journey over the weekend. Six people were arrested on suspicion of murdering a 23-year-old woman in north London, and reports suggested Jeff Bezos was close to acquiring a minority stake in Liverpool Football Club.
The programme then discussed the government's claim that its migration plan was working, despite the record-breaking vessel carrying 230 migrants, and featured an exclusive on tunnels from Belarus into Lithuania used by migrants from Afghanistan. It also covered the government's decision not to exempt the killers of PC Andrew Harper from early release, and Reform UK's announcement that it was negotiating with El Salvador to rent prison spaces for foreign national offenders. Later, the broadcast reported the sentencing of two separate illegal migrants for sex crimes on the same day, prompting a debate about a possible link between migrant crime and cultural attitudes towards women.
Finally, the Education Secretary Lucy Powell blamed the Tories for one million young Brits being out of work and education, with white working-class boys at the bottom. Lord Sewell argued that the data showed other low-income groups had improved, but white working-class children had been let down, challenging the notion of white privilege.
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Contested quote Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
But is this what a plan that is working really looks like? As you'll see on your screens, behold, the mega dinghy of all mega dinghies, the jaws of these craft, the record-breaking vessel that carried 230 illegal immigrants to British shores this morning, the same capacity as a Boeing 737 jumbo jet. Indeed, this is the Titanic of migrant dinghies.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 6:34-6:45
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Claim Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
The boat had a capacity comparable to a Boeing 737.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 6:34-6:45
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Charged quote Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
of these craft, the record-breaking vessel that carried 230 illegal immigrants to British shores this morning, the same capacity as a Boeing 737 jumbo jet. Indeed, this is the Titanic of migrant dinghies. The last record, of course, was broken only two weeks ago, just days since Andy Burnham became the Prime Minister.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 6:45-6:49
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Claim Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
A record 230 people arrived on a single small boat overnight.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 6:55-7:00
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Claim Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
Nearly 1,000 migrants crossed the Channel over the weekend.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 7:00-7:05
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Claim Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
Nearly 1,000 migrants crossed the Channel over the weekend.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 7:00-7:05
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Contested quote Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
boats a bit out into international waters, we take the people off them, then we take them back to English ports. The whole thing effectively is a collaboration between the British state, the charities operating over there, and organised crime. Think about these boats now, they're getting bigger, they're getting brasher, they're
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 9:30-9:37
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Claim Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
The price for crossing has dropped by 30-40% in the last six months.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 12:38-12:46
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Claim Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
Albert Bowers and Jesse Cole, convicted of manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper, were eligible for early release under the government's prison overcrowding scheme.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 20:11-20:17
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Claim Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
Three men involved in an al-Qaeda plot to blow up planes could be released before Christmas.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 20:26-20:36
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Charged quote Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
So if you're a foreign prisoner here in Blighty, could you end up finding yourself in El Salvador's mega-prison? Is that a good plan, or is that Hell, Salvador? Well, who better to ask than Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice, who joins me now in the studio in Westminster, and also as a counterpoint is achieving use of senior political
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 21:55-21:58
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Contested quote Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
remaining locked up, and you referred to the horrific example of PC Andrew Harper's killers being released, and we're now learning about Burnham Buncombe, so he sits on the fence, gets a few splinters in his backside, pretends he's all nicey-nicey to both sides, but he hasn't got the courage, he hasn't got the can-do attitude, I'm the new Prime Minister,
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 23:38-23:54
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Contested quote Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
I've literally just said to you that the people we send to El Salvador will be going to a different category of prison, but the British way is fair justice, and it is not fair for killers to be released some six years after they have been sentenced for killing someone, in particular an emergency worker such as a police officer like Andrew Harper, the British way
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 10 August 2026, 24:23-24:38
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Claim Government revises early release scheme after probation warning
Tice claimed that Denmark and Italy rent prison places in other countries while staying in the ECHR.
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- 34:16 Story begins Two migrants sentenced for sex crimes on same day
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Claim Two migrants sentenced for sex crimes on same day
Mohammed Shiki, a Syrian migrant who arrived by small boat, was sentenced to four years for sexually assaulting two women in Falkirk.
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