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New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Thursday 27 August 2026 · 23:00 BST · 1h · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 50 of 60 min on news stories (83%)
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Hundreds of police officers from across Britain have been deployed to Middlesbrough amid fears of escalating gang violence, following a series of suspected gang-related incidents since Saturday. A wrong-way crash on the A66 killed two officers and five young men, and since then a seven-year-old girl and her aunt died in a house fire, a house was rammed, and a 39-year-old man was stabbed. Residents fear further carnage if the feuds escalate, though police have not confirmed a link between the crash and the later incidents.
Rescuers in Nepal and Tibet are searching for survivors after flash floods destroyed homes and swept away bridges, with two British children among 33 UK nationals missing and over 350 bodies recovered. The King and Queen said they were heartbroken, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham offered £5 million in aid plus search and rescue support, while the Foreign Office redeployed staff to Kathmandu for consular assistance. The Daily Mail published the faces of missing Britons, including a nurse from Dartford and a man from Streatham.
A diplomatic row broke out after Chinese embassy guards were caught on camera using electro-shock weapons to threaten protesters in the UK, with police investigating and government officials warning that such actions on British soil will not be tolerated. Separately, the Daily Express reported that 21,294 criminals who should be deported are still on the streets, a rise of 1,000 in three months, while fewer than 10,000 Channel arrivals have been removed since 2018. Other headlines included plans to block early release for two of PC Andrew Harper's killers and President Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America in the US.
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- 3:08 Story begins Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
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Charged quote Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
the A66 killed two officers and five young men. Since then, a seven-year-old girl and her aunt have been killed in a house fire. A house in the town has been rammed and a 39-year-old man has been stabbed. Residents of Middlesbrough fear carnage if the gang feuds escalate. Police haven't confirmed a link between the A66 crash and the three incidents.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 3:34-3:41
- 3:48 Story begins Nepal and Tibet flash floods kill over 700
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Claim Nepal and Tibet flash floods kill over 700
Officials initially suspected an earthquake, but the cause was later reported as a glacial collapse.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 3:56-4:06
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Claim Nepal and Tibet flash floods kill over 700
Officials initially suspected an earthquake, but the cause was later reported as a glacial collapse.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 4:01-4:11
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These are the British families who were last night desperately trying to contact their loved ones who were missing in Nepal's deadly tsunami from the sky. This was after Wednesday's 600-foot surging wall of mud, rock and ice thundered into some of those villages there. Dozens of Britons remain unaccounted for. The Sun.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 7:47-7:53
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surging wall of mud, rock and ice thundered into some of those villages there. Dozens of Britons remain unaccounted for. The Sun. How did a UK town become a war zone? And on The Sun's front page there, they also have the picture of that poor little seven-year-old girl who tragically lost her life as the property
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 8:02-8:08
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How did a UK town become a war zone? And on The Sun's front page there, they also have the picture of that poor little seven-year-old girl who tragically lost her life as the property that she was in was firebombed in this gang turf war. And 200 police officers now have been sent to tackle this gang feud.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 8:12-8:21
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Claim Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
The victims of the house fire were identified as Natalie McDonald and Valentina Foster.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 8:12-8:21
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Claim Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
Around 200 police officers were sent to Middlesbrough to address gang-related violence.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 8:15-8:24
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Claim Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
Around 200 police officers were sent to Middlesbrough to address gang-related violence.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 8:15-8:24
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Charged quote Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
police officers now have been sent to tackle this gang feud. They've been brought in from various different police forces around the country. They've got to get a grip of this very, very quickly. The Guardian raced to get aid to Nepal and Tibet amid warnings of further floods. And The Times, Nepal death toll,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 8:28-8:35
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Contested quote Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
other incidents, cars being rammed into people's homes, et cetera. And you can see it all on the map there. I think when you see it like that, it really hammers it home. Look, this is a gangland tit-for-tat feud, but it's crossed any kind of line that there may have been about these kind of whatever gang codes
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 9:39-9:47
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Claim Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
A 15-year-old schoolgirl escaped from the house fire through a smashed window.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 9:54-10:02
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Claim Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
A 15-year-old schoolgirl escaped from the house fire through a smashed window.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 9:54-10:02
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Charged quote Two dead in Middlesbrough house fire, murder arrests
But anyway, look, Linda, 200 police officers have been roped in from around the country to try to climb down on this now. They need to get a hold of this immediately, don't they? I mean, because it's already gone too far. This has already been going on for some time and no one has really got to grips with it. I was listening to the mayor,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 10:18-10:21
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Claim Chinese embassy guards filmed using electroshock weapons on London protesters
Police are investigating the incident.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 27 August 2026, 24:44-24:51
- 37:00 Story begins Report: 21,294 foreign criminals still in UK
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