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New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Friday 16 October 2026 · 23:00 BST · 1h · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 41 of 60 min on news stories (68%)
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The broadcast began with a newspaper preview highlighting RAF mystery drones over the UK, Elon Musk's flying car, the wife of the national security adviser being accused of supporting a banned terrorist organisation, the army chief's warning that ordinary Brits should prepare for war, and Donald Trump's press secretary leaving after five days. The news bulletin then reported that the Metropolitan Police was assessing a post by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, after she was accused of backing the prescribed group Palestine Action, while Downing Street said her views did not represent the government. It also reported that President Trump was in no rush to name a new press secretary after firing Katie Zachariah five days into the job following a faltering press conference and questions about her legal background.
The bulletin further reported that a court heard Russell Brand tried to drag a woman into a toilet for a sexual encounter, with the woman saying she did not report it because she was scared as Brand was famous and a big asset to MTV; Brand faces seven charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault and denies all charges. It said an investigation was under way into whether the medical records of William Chapman, who died after climbing two fences at Yorkshire Wildlife Park and approaching a tiger, were accessed without reason, and that an inquest heard about his mental illness and schizophrenia diagnosis. It also reported that Elon Musk had reportedly approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing Starlink in Ukraine, amid Volodymyr Zelensky saying his military did not get the usual US warnings about Russian attacks for two consecutive nights, and that Pope Leo was showing continued improvement after surgery for lung cancer, with the Vatican releasing images of him holding mass from hospital.
Later front-page items and discussion covered the Daily Telegraph's report of RAF jets having close encounters with two unidentified drones in British skies earlier this year, including one at 17,000 feet; the Times report that UK troops were heading to Poland for war games and hundreds were planned for a role in post-conflict Ukraine; and the Daily Express report that General Sir Roly Walker warned troops were in extreme jeopardy and ordinary Brits should prepare for war. Other front pages included the Guardian reporting Devon and Cornwall Police apologised and paid compensation to nine women over allegations it promoted and protected male officers accused of domestic abuse; the Mirror reporting Angela Rayner saying she saw her baby fight for his life and was never going to walk away from politics; the Daily Mail reporting a poll boost for Kemi Badenoch and the Tories overtaking Reform as the main opposition party; the i reporting UK under-30s were set to work again in the EU under a youth mobility scheme; and the Sun reporting the BBC had axed DIY SOS after 27 years. The programme also returned to Trump's former press secretary, showed a clip of Elon Musk's flying car, and discussed the EU youth mobility plan.
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Claim Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
The Metropolitan Police are reviewing a social media post by the wife of the UK national security adviser that appeared to back Palestine Action.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 8:57-9:14
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Charged quote Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
security adviser, was appointed national security adviser under Sir Keir Starmer, has continued under Andy Burnham. She posted on X something that could be interpreted as support for the banned terrorist organisation, Palestine Action. The Metropolitan Police are examining it. She said, God help us authors who support Palestine Action. Well, Palestine and Palestine
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 9:04-9:08
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Charged quote Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
does. And we can't, I don't think we can always neatly, or should always neatly separate it. Because then, how do we know that, you know, you don't, you sort of don't choose to recycle or use your wife or your partner to, you know, spew some views? And then you say, well, it's her, she's doing it in, as a person.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 10:10-10:16
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Contested quote Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
possible to support Palestine to oppose the actions of the Netanyahu government. But she's actually, I think, arguably explicitly supporting Palestine action, who are a prescribed illegal organization. And at the very, very least, I think that's extraordinarily ill judged on her part. The police are clearly looking at this. And they'll have to compare their
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 11:39-11:55
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Charged quote Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
she's actually, I think, arguably explicitly supporting Palestine action, who are a prescribed illegal organization. And at the very, very least, I think that's extraordinarily ill judged on her part. The police are clearly looking at this. And they'll have to compare their actions with actions they've taken in other similar cases. And it could well lead to
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 11:47-12:00
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Charged quote Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
a joke about it earlier, but I actually really am concerned about whatever is happening at home, because as a wife to someone in such a senior position, I can't even imagine doing something like that, because she is completely undermining his position in many ways. So something very interesting might have happened. And his silence speaks a lot. His silence speaks a lot as well.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 13:14-13:21
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Contested quote Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
organisation, it's for the Met to decide whatever, she might deny that that's what she meant. And she's doubled down. And yeah, that is going to put her husband, I mean this could cost her husband his job. Also, you make the point that, and I think we all agree, you don't have the exact same views as your partners. However, when you go through vetting, they do look at what
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 14:07-14:09
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Charged quote Met Police assess Sarah Helm post as she doubles down on Palestine Action
their own conclusions as to what he thinks about this. Either way, so look, let's just say that she didn't entirely mean that she supports Palestine action, or the Met police decide to take no action or whatever. He cannot surely continue as our chief negotiator with Israel. I mean, they are not going to want to deal with him, aren't they?
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 14:42-14:53
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Charged quote White House press secretary Katie Zachariah exits after five days
Half the time that Scaramucci lasted, we played you the clip of it earlier on. Do we feel sorry for her? To an extent. I think when you watch those videos, I do feel slightly bad. I mean, because it's just carnage. I mean, I think at one point she actually read out, say, with excitement. Yeah. And then the part where she accidentally called her husband president as well.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 50:22-50:24
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Charged quote White House press secretary Katie Zachariah exits after five days
But it was impetuous and he didn't do, for want of a better phrase, the due diligence. And there were clips of her on Fox News and elsewhere, and it clearly demonstrated she just didn't have the capability. And she showed she was utterly out of her depth. She lied about being an attorney, which has come back to hit her big time.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 51:16-51:19
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Charged quote White House press secretary Katie Zachariah exits after five days
And there were clips of her on Fox News and elsewhere, and it clearly demonstrated she just didn't have the capability. And she showed she was utterly out of her depth. She lied about being an attorney, which has come back to hit her big time. And, you know, she's gone. The interesting question is, at what point does Trump stop shooting the messengers?
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 51:19-51:24
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Charged quote White House press secretary Katie Zachariah exits after five days
She lied about being an attorney, which has come back to hit her big time. And, you know, she's gone. The interesting question is, at what point does Trump stop shooting the messengers? Yeah, although to be fair, she didn't deliver really much of a message. But yeah, we've got a little clip here actually of President Trump today discussing this situation.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 51:27-51:32
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Charged quote Tesla shows Roadster that can briefly fly with SpaceX thrusters
I've watched her for years on television, but I said, is this for you, Kenny? This was mind-blowing. I saw it last night when I got home from work. And this was Elon Musk's new flying car. Take a look at this. It's just nuts. It doesn't really fly, though. It's absolutely bonkers. Have you signed up to get yourself one of these?
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 52:31-52:39
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Contested quote Tesla shows Roadster that can briefly fly with SpaceX thrusters
It doesn't really fly, though. It's absolutely bonkers. Have you signed up to get yourself one of these? Oh, I would love one. The future is here. I would absolutely love one. Why not? Look, it's exciting seeing things like this. We're seeing things that we used to watch our movies actually materialize.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 52:45-52:50
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Contested quote Tesla shows Roadster that can briefly fly with SpaceX thrusters
Look, it's exciting seeing things like this. We're seeing things that we used to watch our movies actually materialize. Elon Musk is relentless, isn't it, with these innovations? I see absolutely no problem with this. It is so cool, but it's not really a flying car. Okay, all right. Not to be all kind of doom and gloom, but it did just kind of just go...
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 16 October 2026, 53:02-53:04
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