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New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Monday 31 August 2026 · 23:00 BST · 1h · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 45 of 60 min on news stories (75%)
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The broadcast opened with discussion of the Notting Hill Carnival, where police reported a record 560 arrests over two days, including knife offenses, drug and weapon possession, and sexual offenses. A handgun was found, and one person died after being chased by security and police. The Met said the event passed largely without incident, while organizers defended it as a victim of crime. The programme also covered Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet reshuffle, which saw Mel Stride replaced by Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor, Claire Coutinho as shadow business secretary, Katie Lamb as shadow housing secretary, and Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary. US President Donald Trump said he was reviewing the US position on the Falkland Islands, amid reports of a threat to stop backing UK sovereignty unless defence spending rises. US musician Lionel Richie was reported to be hospitalised in intensive care after a performance in St Louis.
Later, the government boasted that summer boat crossings across the English Channel fell to their lowest level since 2019, with 7,371 migrants arriving between June and August. The home secretary said the work was beginning to bear fruit, though footage from a French migrant camp suggested it was being fortified rather than cleared. Andy Burnham was set to make a major speech in parliament the following day. The programme also reviewed newspaper front pages, including the Daily Express reporting that a million pensioners were now hit with top-rate tax bills, and the Guardian reporting a fivefold rise in the number of young people with no close friends since 2014. Breaking news reported that two people were in a critical condition after a knife-wielding woman stabbed them in New York's Times Square, and she was shot by police.
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Claim Record arrests at Notting Hill Carnival include handgun and death
Police made a record 560 arrests at Notting Hill Carnival over two days.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 2:29-2:46
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Claim Record arrests at Notting Hill Carnival include handgun and death
More than 70 knife-related offences were recorded at Notting Hill Carnival.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 7:25-7:32
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Claim Record arrests at Notting Hill Carnival include handgun and death
A handgun was found and one person died after being chased into a canal at Notting Hill Carnival.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 7:39-7:57
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- 23:21 Story begins PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
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Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Burnham's first address as Prime Minister will focus on the cost of living.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 23:29-23:40
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Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Burnham's first address as Prime Minister will focus on the cost of living.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 23:29-23:40
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Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Burnham's first address as Prime Minister will focus on the cost of living.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 23:29-23:40
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Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Burnham's first address as Prime Minister will focus on the cost of living.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 23:36-23:40
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Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Burnham's first address as Prime Minister will focus on the cost of living.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 23:40-23:48
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Contested quote PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
dispatch box the first speech of its kind and with him as prime minister kind of relates to what's on tomorrow's guardian front page he's going to be telling us what his vision for britain is well it's nice to finally know we'll talk about that next listen i've traveled every road in this hill and wherever and whenever trust trail finders to take care of you
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 23:44-23:48
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Charged quote PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
team to find the perfect solution for you call or visit fasterpropertysolutions.co.uk all right welcome back so let's bring up the front page of tomorrow's daily mail because this is all about the tori reshuffle they're calling it Kemi's ruthless reshuffle and we've seen you know various different people out James Cleverly's out Priti Patel's out Mel Stride the shadow
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 27:03-27:09
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Charged quote PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
is all about the tori reshuffle they're calling it Kemi's ruthless reshuffle and we've seen you know various different people out James Cleverly's out Priti Patel's out Mel Stride the shadow chancellor is out Kemi gets tori's battle ready with ruthless reshuffle and his two stories rolled into one here so the first story is that Andy Burnham is going to do a big speech in
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 27:14-27:19
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Charged quote Badenoch reshuffles shadow cabinet, replacing Stride and Patel
no private sector experience whatsoever 26 Andrew Griffith has 26 years compared to something like 22 years combined across the whole of the labor he's also got the experience of being a key supporter of Liz Truss when she was in government and virtually crashed the economy i think of course the guilt kills actually much more expensive now for a long time under
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 32:33-32:38
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Claim Million pensioners now paying higher rate tax after frozen thresholds
About one million pensioners now pay 40% or 45% tax, more than double the number five years ago.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 38:38-38:56
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Claim Million pensioners now paying higher rate tax after frozen thresholds
The increase in pensioners paying higher tax is attributed to the freezing of income tax thresholds in 2021, which has been called a stealth tax.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 38:51-39:09
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Claim Argentina renews Falklands claim, UK reaffirms sovereignty
Trump said he is reviewing the US position on the Falkland Islands.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 31 August 2026, 52:11-52:15
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