GB News brought to abrupt halt as hosts forced to apologise after show hauled off air

GB News presenter Anne Diamond was forced to apologise after the programme suffered a glaring technical blunder. The pair were speaking about the government's new plans to introduce a jail term to anyone who is caught promoting migrant crossings. The hosts began reading out comments from viewers who shared their thoughts on the new order, with one saying: "The moment anybody gets five years for selling illegal documents to immigrants, I will eat my hat."

Anne, 70, who hosted alongside Stephen Dixon on Sunday, joked that they would be on standby for this before the screen cut to black. While the ticker continued running at the bottom of the screen, the presenters were nowhere to be seen. A highlights reel began playing, including a clip of Cameron Walker speaking about Queen Elizabeth's memorial at St James' Park back in June. This was followed by Eamonn Holmes and Ellie Costello's interview with British expat David Mason, who was left severely injured after a missile landed around 25ft away from him in Haifa, Israel in June.

Footage from previous GB News shows continued playing for around 13 minutes before Stephen and Anne finally returned.

Anne confessed they had no idea what caused the technical issue but confirmed they "fell off air".

Stephen, 51, added: "It's technology which has just gone slightly potty."

Anne chimed in: "I don't think, as many people have been saying, it's a political conspiracy but we'll keep an eye on that just in case."

The presenters had no problem amusing themselves during the spout of technical issues, with Anne revealing Stephen and Aman Bhogal had been discussing a number of different topics.

"You ought to hear what they've been talking about - mobile phones and the very latest technologies, whether if something folds twice is enough or whether something folds three times," she quipped.

Noting that they mostly discuss politics during the show, Stephen admitted he enjoyed getting to know his co-star on another level.

"It's been really interesting to get to know you on a different plane of existence," Stephen said. "I like you all the more."

Anne apologised to viewers for the technical blunder, declaring: "If you have been kicking your television and wondering what the heck is going on, we do apologise. For some reason we fell off air and we don't know why."