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New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Friday 2 October 2026 · 23:00 BST · 1h · 8 stories · 15 annotated moments · 53 of 60 min on news stories (89%)
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The broadcast led with breaking news that the man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe had been charged with preparing acts of terrorism, including an alleged plot against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Counter-terrorism police said the charge related to alleged activity between 31 May 2024 and 8 July 2026. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the new charges would be extremely concerning, expressed sympathy with Farage and his family, and said she would update Parliament on protections for people in public life. In a second breaking story, two Iranian nationals, Salaam Ahmadian and Roman Salehi, were charged with plotting a terror attack in the UK, including against Jewish communities in Manchester. The transcript said both came by small boats in 2020 and 2023, one was granted asylum and the other was waiting, and Mahmood said the news would be deeply distressing for Jewish communities after Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Nigel Farage posted on X that he had warned about terrorists using illegal routes, the Iranian threat and Channel crossings, called the situation a national emergency and said the Home Secretary must resign if she disagreed.
The programme also discussed Kemi Badenoch's pledge to create 50,000 new prison places by cutting foreign aid to £1 billion a year, with Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy saying Britain had been too kind to criminals. It covered an i Weekend report that Number 10 was facing pressure over the Manchester City case after Jonathan Reynolds met the Manchester City chairman, linked to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth, before the club was found guilty of more than 100 Premier League breaches; Andy Burnham's comments about not wanting to lose the club's owners were discussed, and the transcript noted Manchester City deny the allegations and have appealed. The Times reported a G7 oil deal expected to lower diesel prices while letting Britain keep its fuel stockpile. The Daily Express reported the King was likely to approve a medal for injured 999 heroes, while the Daily Telegraph reported the King would not apologise over the slave trade and carried a story about a threat to burn down the LEC during French riots.
Other stories included Southeastern train services being cancelled after bed bugs were found in carriages, with drivers refusing to work on affected trains. A Suffolk landlord was reported to be offering a free pint to anyone arriving with a black Labrador this Sunday after Labour's nature minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said warm ale and black labs featured in a far-right nostalgic vision of rural Britain that never really existed. The Mirror reported that Alison Hammond fell ill live on air on This Morning and was rushed to hospital; she later posted a picture from hospital and said she was getting her heart checked.
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Charged quote Andy Burnham criticised over Manchester City owners comments
Well, I would be really concerned to lose them. They've been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester and obviously the building of Manchester City. Look, he's really cocked up here, I'm afraid. You know, Andy Burnham, Mr Manchester, get the homeless off the streets, hope in every heart, good growth in every postcode.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 1:19-1:21
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Contested quote Andy Burnham criticised over Manchester City owners comments
get the homeless off the streets, hope in every heart, good growth in every postcode. At the very first opportunity, he's basically gone into bat for foreign oil money from a pretty despotic regime. And the Daily Telegraph have picked him up on this. The UAE threat to pull billions out of Britain. And they are saying that essentially,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 1:29-1:34
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Charged quote Andy Burnham criticised over Manchester City owners comments
And the Daily Telegraph have picked him up on this. The UAE threat to pull billions out of Britain. And they are saying that essentially, if we come down like a ton of bricks on what appears to be like the most flagrant case of football cheating that the country's ever seen, well, they'll pull the money out. So what's Andy Burnham going to do?
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 1:42-1:49
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Contested quote Andy Burnham criticised over Manchester City owners comments
Is he on the side of fans? Is he on the side of all the other football fans? Or does he just care that a load of, you know, oil barons from the UAE have built a few luxury penthouses in his part of the world? It's a big row for him also. And I think we're in a good place because oil prices are going to start to come down.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 1:59-2:04
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Charged quote Alison Hammond says she is OK after being taken to hospital
And we've got journalist and broadcaster, Benjamin Butterworth. Plus, Alison Hammond is on the front page. She had a very dramatic moment, very worrying moment actually, on ITV's This Morning. Which she doesn't need to be, but it is a process of... She'll run out into the backyard and she'll just open the umbrella.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 2:52-2:55
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Charged quote Alison Hammond says she is OK after being taken to hospital
and she'll just open the umbrella. Yes, I'm pleased to report on that, by the way, that I do believe Alison Hammond is all right. She said she was getting her heart checked. So worrying stuff, but hopefully she's okay. Let me get you all off the front pages and we'll run through them. So the Daily Mail.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 3:24-3:27
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Charged quote Joshua Kerry charged with terrorism and Ann Widdecombe murder
it's a good thing, isn't it? Come to government next time. The Sun. This is the big one, really, I think. Ann Widdecombe murder suspect is on Nigel Terror rap. So this is Joshua Kelly, 28 years old. And he has now, today, this evening in fact, just been charged with terror offences, plural I believe,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 3:50-3:55
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Charged quote Alison Hammond says she is OK after being taken to hospital
Other news, the Independent. They also carry this story of the Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with a terror plot on Farage. The Mirror, Alison's TV hearts scare. Yeah, there you go. We played you the clip a bit earlier on. Again, I'm just, the latest, as I understand it anyway, is that she is getting herself checked,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 4:40-4:44
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Charged quote Andy Burnham criticised over Manchester City owners comments
And this is difficult for the Labour Party now, isn't it? Andy Burnham saying, oh, they brought so much money to Manchester. Okay, how many affordable homes have they built, Andy? And if they've cheated, they've cheated. So you can't pick and choose. You look at some of the scandals that they choose to get very exercised about.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 5:45-5:52
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Contested quote Two men arrested over Manchester Jewish community terror plot
And once parliament returns, I will update on our work to strengthen protections for those who choose to serve. The other bit of breaking news for you this evening, two Iranian small boat illegal migrants have now been charged with plotting a terror attack in the UK. Salaam Ahmadian, who was living in Liverpool,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 7:27-7:30
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Contested quote Two men arrested over Manchester Jewish community terror plot
for those who choose to serve. The other bit of breaking news for you this evening, two Iranian small boat illegal migrants have now been charged with plotting a terror attack in the UK. Salaam Ahmadian, who was living in Liverpool, and Roman Salehi, who was living in Salford in Manchester, were arrested in Manchester.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 7:31-7:33
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Charged quote Two men arrested over Manchester Jewish community terror plot
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has just posted on X. He said this, 11 years ago, I warned that terrorists were using illegal routes into Europe to attack us. The establishment ignored me. Nine years ago, I specifically highlighted the Iranian threat via illegal migration. Cricket, he says, which means no one said anything.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 8:33-8:35
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Charged quote Two men arrested over Manchester Jewish community terror plot
11 years ago, I warned that terrorists were using illegal routes into Europe to attack us. The establishment ignored me. Nine years ago, I specifically highlighted the Iranian threat via illegal migration. Cricket, he says, which means no one said anything. Six years ago, I specifically warned about the invasion in the Channel,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 8:38-8:41
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Charged quote Two men arrested over Manchester Jewish community terror plot
often taking to see myself to document the horrors. Again, I was dismissed. In 2023, I reported on terrorists coming into Britain on small boats, just like these men did under the Tory government. In 2025, in the House of Commons, I discussed Iranian terrorists at Dover. And in April and May of this year,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 8:56-8:59
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Charged quote Two men arrested over Manchester Jewish community terror plot
And in April and May of this year, I cited sources that told me Iranian terrorists were already in our midst. They said, shame on me. No shame on them. We now have a state of national emergency on our borders. And this government is trying to open them to even more unknown individuals. We are inviting terror and horror into our communities.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 2 October 2026, 9:13-9:15
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