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New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Friday 25 September 2026 · 23:00 BST · 1h · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 41 of 60 min on news stories (68%)
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The bulletin led with Andy Burnham insisting he was not tempted to call an early general election, saying it would be a backward-looking process, while Downing Street advisers were reportedly pushing for a spring vote. It then reported Angela Rayner criticising Shabana Mahmood's plan to make it harder for foreign workers to claim permanent residence, saying it was unfair and changed the goalposts, including for foreign care workers, ahead of Labour's party conference. The bulletin also covered an inquest into the death of toddler Noah Woods, who left a playground through a gap in the fence before his body was recovered from a lake, and reports that Manchester City had been found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules, with the club set to appeal.
In later front-page and studio discussion, the programme focused on Rayner's criticism of the visa reforms as a Labour dispute before conference, and on Bridget Phillipson's Independent interview in which she said parts of the right were weaponising violence against women and girls. It also covered a Daily Mirror report that detectives were examining new CCTV in the Jill Dando murder investigation, including footage of a man matching the features of Serbian assassin Milorad Ulemek, and reports that Manchester City could face penalties such as relegation, a points deduction or stripped titles.
Other stories included Andy Burnham blaming Brexit for the Channel boat crisis, with discussion of the Dublin agreement and post-Brexit powers; a Daily Telegraph report that thousands of suspected sex offenders were being released to ease prison overcrowding; and a Times story about a civil servant at the SAS headquarters in Hereford who reportedly described SAS personnel as feral and not heroes. The programme also reported on a Washington DC memorial of white crosses for murdered white South African farmers.
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Cristo Foufas, Journalist and broadcaster
“Journalist and broadcaster Cristo Foufas joins us this evening.”
- 2:22
Tom Jones, deputy online editor at The Critic
“We've got the deputy online editor at The Critic. It's Tom Jones”
- 2:25
Andy Twelves, political commentator
“and political commentator Andy Twelves who survived the audience.”
- 14:46
“Bridget Phillipson is now quoted as saying”
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Andy Townsend, former footballer
“former footballer andy townsend now he criticized a walker”
- 1:54 Story begins New CCTV probe in Jill Dando murder case
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Claim New CCTV probe in Jill Dando murder case
Detectives are examining new CCTV footage in the Jill Dando murder investigation.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 1:54-2:15
- 2:09
Claim New CCTV probe in Jill Dando murder case
Detectives are examining new CCTV footage in the Jill Dando murder investigation.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 2:09-2:15
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Claim Angela Rayner criticises Shabana Mahmood visa reforms
Angela Rayner criticised Shabana Mahmood's plan to make permanent residence harder for foreign workers, saying it was unfair, would affect foreign care workers, and that she stood by her earlier description of it as un-British.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 3:07-3:15
- 3:19
Claim Angela Rayner criticises Shabana Mahmood visa reforms
Angela Rayner criticised Shabana Mahmood's plan to make permanent residence harder for foreign workers, saying it was unfair, would affect foreign care workers, and that she stood by her earlier description of it as un-British.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 3:19-3:28
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Claim Angela Rayner criticises Shabana Mahmood visa reforms
Angela Rayner criticised Shabana Mahmood's plan to make permanent residence harder for foreign workers, saying it was unfair, would affect foreign care workers, and that she stood by her earlier description of it as un-British.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 3:24-3:35
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Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
The Athletic reported that Manchester City was found guilty of almost all 115 charges, with sanctions still undecided.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 4:04-4:15
- 4:04
Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
The Athletic reported that Manchester City was found guilty of almost all 115 charges, with sanctions still undecided.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 4:04-4:15
- 4:10
Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
The charges were first brought in February 2023 after a four-year investigation.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 4:10-4:24
- 4:20
Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
The Athletic reported that Manchester City was found guilty of almost all 115 charges, with sanctions still undecided.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 4:20-4:30
- 4:20
Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
Manchester City indicated it would appeal if it lost the case.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 4:20-4:30
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Charged quote Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
Alright welcome along, let me get you all of Saturday's newspaper front pages tonight now, starting with The Sun, they go for Going Down, question mark, and it is Manchester City there who are faced being dumped out of the Premier League. I mean someone said to me earlier, you know, City in League 2 and Oasis touring again, it's just like
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 5:01-5:06
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Claim New CCTV probe in Jill Dando murder case
Detectives are examining new CCTV footage in the Jill Dando murder investigation.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 5:22-5:34
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Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
The Athletic reported that Manchester City was found guilty of almost all 115 charges, with sanctions still undecided.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 6:01-6:12
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Claim Early release scheme changes announced amid prison capacity concerns
Labour was reported to be releasing thousands of suspected sex offenders to ease prison overcrowding.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 39:55-40:01
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Claim Early release scheme changes announced amid prison capacity concerns
Prisons were reported to be at 98% capacity with fewer than 2,000 places left, and the system could run out by November at current rates.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 25 September 2026, 41:31-41:46
- 43:14 Story begins Andy Townsend criticises walker over pub toilet use
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