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New: GBN Tonight
Monday 24 August 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 3 stories · 13 annotated moments · 30 of 60 min on news stories (51%)
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The broadcast opened with news of twelve arrests in connection with a collision that killed seven people, including two police officers, near Middlesbrough. Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first overseas visit to Ukraine, co-chairing the Coalition of the Willing, urging allies to send more air defence systems and imposing tougher sanctions on Russian oil, while approving the sharing of Storm Shadow missile technology. Tens of thousands were evacuated from severe wildfires in Nevada, and former world snooker champion Graeme Dott was found guilty of sexually abusing two children.
An exclusive investigation examined National Lottery funding, revealing that over £143 million had been given to migrant-support charities since 1994, including grants to Refugee Action, the Scottish Refugee Council, and the British Refugee Council, prompting a panel debate over whether lottery players were aware their money went to such politically active groups. The programme also covered Reform UK's pledge to build 50,000 affordable social homes a year for a decade, prioritising British-born workers under 35, former military personnel, and married couples with children; deputy leader Richard Tice defended the policy against criticism.
The Green Party was reported to be considering proposals to remove tasers and pepper spray from police, scrap the Prevent counter-extremism programme, and legalise drugs, though a party representative said these were not official policy and unlikely to pass. Finally, new figures showed £500,000 a day, or £185 million a year, is spent detaining and moving illegal migrants around the country, and a petition urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to launch a full-scale public inquiry into illegal immigration, signed by over 39,000 people, is to be acknowledged by Parliament.
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Claim National Lottery donated £143m to migrant charities since 1994
The National Lottery has spent over £143 million on migrant charities since 1994.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 6:36-6:42
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Claim National Lottery donated £143m to migrant charities since 1994
Refugee Action received more than £5.8 million from the National Lottery.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 8:17-8:20
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Claim National Lottery donated £143m to migrant charities since 1994
The Scottish Refugee Council received more than £4.8 million from the National Lottery.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 9:30-9:34
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Claim National Lottery donated £143m to migrant charities since 1994
The British Refugee Council received nearly £10 million from the National Lottery.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 9:55-10:00
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- 23:46 Story begins Angela Rayner announces plan for 70,000 social homes
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Claim Angela Rayner announces plan for 70,000 social homes
Reform UK pledged to build 50,000 affordable social homes per year for a decade.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 23:50-23:57
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Claim Angela Rayner announces plan for 70,000 social homes
There are 1.3 million people on the social housing waiting list.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 24:03-24:09
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Claim Angela Rayner announces plan for 70,000 social homes
Reform UK pledged to build 50,000 affordable social homes per year for a decade.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 24:09-24:19
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Claim Angela Rayner announces plan for 70,000 social homes
Reform UK pledged to build 50,000 affordable social homes per year for a decade.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 25:34-25:40
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Claim Angela Rayner announces plan for 70,000 social homes
Data showed that 24 of 26 parliamentarians in areas with the highest foreign-born social housing allocation were Labour.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 28:16-28:28
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Claim Angela Rayner announces plan for 70,000 social homes
Data showed that 24 of 26 parliamentarians in areas with the highest foreign-born social housing allocation were Labour.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 28:16-28:28
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Claim Green Party says taser removal dropped from motion, drug legalisation still proposed
The Green Party is considering a motion to remove tasers and pepper spray from police and legalise drugs, though the taser element was removed from an earlier draft and it is not yet party policy.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 36:35-36:42
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Claim Green Party says taser removal dropped from motion, drug legalisation still proposed
The Green Party is considering a motion to remove tasers and pepper spray from police and legalise drugs, though the taser element was removed from an earlier draft and it is not yet party policy.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 37:30-37:31
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Claim Green Party says taser removal dropped from motion, drug legalisation still proposed
The Green Party is considering a motion to remove tasers and pepper spray from police and legalise drugs, though the taser element was removed from an earlier draft and it is not yet party policy.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 24 August 2026, 37:52-37:56
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