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The News Hour With Mark Austin
Wednesday 28 October 2026 · 18:30 GMT · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 22 of 30 min on news stories (75%)
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A Spanish train crash that killed at least 68 people led at 1 minute 37 seconds. John Healey's first Budget dominated at 11 minutes 8 seconds, nearly half the news airtime. Russell Brand's rape trial evidence and a train stabbing trial filled much of the rest, with the King's Bahamas tour, at 3 minutes 39 seconds, closing the bulletin.
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- 3:34
Russell Brand, entertainer
- 4:55
Rachel Sylvester, political editor of the Observer
- 5:01
Anne McElvoy, executive editor of Politico
- 0:00 Story begins Spain high-speed train collision near Toledo
- 1:07
Contested quote Spain high-speed train collision near Toledo
a bit, there's a lot of tourism in Spain, it will overtake France, has been the number one country for tourism in the next five years, took nearly 100 million tourists. So there's a lot of trains moving around. So I guess it's still a pretty safe place to travel on trains. But we will need to get to the bottom of this very, very fast to explain what happened here.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 1:07-1:11
- 1:21
Charged quote Spain high-speed train collision near Toledo
here. It looks like human failure, let's be fair, for some inexplicable reason, as the Minister said. God, I feel sorry for Spain, it's a horrible place to be tonight. It's a very dark place, a lot of sad people. So it's going to be sad in a few days. Well, listen, John, thank you very much for coming on.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 1:21-1:24
- 1:37
- 1:44
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
Brand denied all seven charges against him.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 1:44-1:49
- 2:15
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
Brand said media investigations into the allegations had a devastating impact on him.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 2:15-2:17
- 2:18
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
Russell Brand told the jury that a 2023 Dispatches documentary accusing him of sexual misconduct had severe personal consequences, including friends turning away from him.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 2:18-2:27
- 2:36
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
Brand said a hospital told him he could not stay with his baby son because of the allegations.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 2:36-2:45
- 3:02
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
Brand denied each alleged offence when questioned by his barrister.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 3:02-3:13
- 3:26
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
Brand told the court that consent was essential and in many ways more important than sex.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 3:26-3:34
- 3:45
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
During prosecution cross-examination, Brand repeatedly said he did not remember or could not recall events.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 3:45-3:50
- 4:05
Claim Russell Brand denies rape and sexual assault charges as he gives evidence
Brand said he had devoted much of his life to reckless philandering and foolish behaviour.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 4:05-4:14
- 4:46
- 15:54 ~4 min without annotations
- 19:39
- 20:13
Claim Anthony Williams denies attempted murder in Huntingdon train stabbings
Ten people were injured on the train and four others were attacked in the preceding 24 hours.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 20:13-20:23
- 20:23
Claim Anthony Williams denies attempted murder in Huntingdon train stabbings
The jury was shown CCTV footage of the train stabbing attack
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 20:23-20:32
- 21:36
Claim Anthony Williams denies attempted murder in Huntingdon train stabbings
The train involved was travelling from Doncaster to London and stopped at Huntingdon shortly after 7.30pm on November 1.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 21:36-21:41
- 22:17
Claim Anthony Williams denies attempted murder in Huntingdon train stabbings
Anthony Williams denied 14 attempted murder charges and is due to face trial at Cambridge Crown Court.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 22:17-22:26
- 22:33 Story begins King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
- 22:42
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
Protesters outside the rally called for reparations.
Sky News, The News Hour With Mark Austin, 28 October 2026, 22:42-22:48
- 26:12 ~4 min without annotations
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