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GB News — New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Wednesday 12 August 2026 · 23:00 BST · 1h · 3 stories · 5 annotated moments · 40 of 60 min on news stories (66%)
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The broadcast reported that millions across the UK and Europe witnessed the most significant solar eclipse since 1999, with more than 90% of the sun covered in most of the UK and a rare total eclipse visible in Iceland and Spain. There was a silence for 84 seconds of totality in Spain and a cheer when cloud cleared in Edinburgh.
The programme covered the government's policy to disperse asylum seekers into middle class areas, which Downing Street admitted would be more expensive but insisted was a matter of principle. Labour MP Rachel Maskell, who had previously advocated for accepting more refugees, opposed plans to house up to 1200 illegal migrant men at a former RAF base near her constituency, citing demographic imbalance and resource shortages. Also, Andy Burnham urged retailers to withdraw disposable barbecues to prevent wildfires, as nearly three quarters of England and all of Wales were in drought and temperatures were expected to reach 38 degrees. The Daily Mail linked rewilding to record fires.
Other news included serial sex attacker Simon Levy receiving a whole life prison term for murdering two women and raping a third; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepping down to spend time with her family, becoming a top outside adviser; and the funeral of former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe at Buckfast Abbey.
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Claim MP Rachel Maskell opposes asylum seeker dispersal plan
Downing Street acknowledged that moving migrants to more affluent areas would be more expensive.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 12 August 2026, 1:11-1:24
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Claim MP Rachel Maskell opposes asylum seeker dispersal plan
Rachel Maskell previously asked for 20,000 Syrian migrants, stating that this number was insufficient.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 12 August 2026, 2:37-2:46
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Claim MP Rachel Maskell opposes asylum seeker dispersal plan
A plan to house over a thousand asylum seekers near a small Yorkshire village would result in a ratio of six men to every woman.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 12 August 2026, 8:54-9:10
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Claim Government extends disposable barbecue ban amid wildfires
Daily Mail attributed record wildfires partly to rewilding.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 12 August 2026, 22:53-22:58
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Contested quote Total solar eclipse to be visible across Europe and Arctic
The kind of people who get excited about this are astrologers, if I'm brutally honest, because actual science is less enamoured by it. It's just, yeah, look, it goes a bit dark. It didn't even go that dark. I mean, I stared right at it and things have been a bit dark since. But other than that, it's not really...
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 12 August 2026, 41:05-41:06
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