{"id":"1794069812191-news-segment","slug":"sword-attack-outside-gloucester-school","title":"Sword attack outside Gloucester school","summary":"On 7 November 2026, a mass shooting in Kraków, Poland killed five people and injured more than a dozen, according to police. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said police were investigating the attack. US ambassador Tom Rose issued a statement condemning it.\n\nThe motive and full circumstances were not yet established; authorities were investigating and the story was developing.\n\nAmy Poehler, in a Wall Street Journal interview, joked that after nearly 30 years of friendship Tina Fey is now “too famous” to talk on the phone and won't give Poehler her number.\n\nThe NCOSHA official account announced that it partnered at the launch of the Green Makerere Initiative, dated 7 November 2026 at Makerere, under the 92nd Makerere Guild president's office. Not a factual claim; an inspirational quote. Personal reaction to feeling an earthquake; not a checkable factual claim.\n\nPolish police say five people were killed and more than a dozen injured in a shooting in Kraków. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said police are investigating, and US ambassador Tom Rose condemned the attack.\n\nThree teenagers were arrested after a 17-year-old was injured in a suspected sword attack near St Peter's high school in Gloucester; armed police attended and two nearby schools were placed into lockdown.\n\nStephen Miller, Donald Trump's incoming White House chief of staff, publicly pledged “total devotion” and “unwavering commitment” to the president.\n\nThe National Trust AGM voted overwhelmingly to begin tendering for a new banking partner amid criticism of Barclays' fossil-fuel investments.","publishedAt":"2026-11-07T16:43:32.191Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Amy Poehler, in a Wall Street Journal interview, joked that after nearly 30 years of friendship Tina Fey is now “too famous” to talk on the phone and won't give Poehler her number.\nSource: [thewrap.com](https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/amy-poehler-jokes-tina-fey-phone-number/) (https://x.com/WSJ/status/2119105951701598625)\n\nTRUE: The NCOSHA official account announced that it partnered at the launch of the Green Makerere Initiative, dated 7 November 2026 at Makerere, under the 92nd Makerere Guild president's office. Not a factual claim; an inspirational quote. Personal reaction to feeling an earthquake; not a checkable factual claim.\nSource: Official NCOSHA X account NAMES: Makerere = Makerere University, Kampala; 92nd Mak Guild = Makerere University Student Guild; NCOSHA = the organization/account  (https://x.com/NcoshaU/status/2119107131374784716)\n\nTRUE: Polish police say five people were killed and more than a dozen injured in a shooting in Kraków. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said police are investigating, and US ambassador Tom Rose condemned the attack.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/nov/07/krakow-shooting-poland-latest-news-updates) NAMES: Donald Tusk = Polish prime minister; Tom (https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/nov/07/krakow-shooting-poland-latest-news-updates)\n\nTRUE: Three teenagers were arrested after a 17-year-old was injured in a suspected sword attack near St Peter's high school in Gloucester; armed police attended and two nearby schools were placed into lockdown.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/07/sword-attack-gloucester-school-men-arrested-boy-injured) (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/07/sword-attack-gloucester-school-men-arrested-boy-injured)\n\nTRUE: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's incoming White House chief of staff, publicly pledged “total devotion” and “unwavering commitment” to the president.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/07/stephen-miller-trump-loyalty) NAMES: Stephen Miller = Trump's incoming chief of staff and arch (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/07/stephen-miller-trump-loyalty)\n\nTRUE: The National Trust AGM voted overwhelmingly to begin tendering for a new banking partner amid criticism of Barclays' fossil-fuel investments.\nSource: [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/07/national-trust-agm-barclays-environment-policies) (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/07/national-trust-agm-barclays-environment-policies)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Amy Poehler, in a Wall Street Journal interview, joked that after nearly 30 years of friendship Tina Fey is now “too famous” to talk on the phone and won't give Poehler her number.","sourceName":"[thewrap.com](https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/amy-poehler-jokes-tina-fey-phone-number/)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/WSJ/status/2119105951701598625","claim":"Even though they’re coming up on 30 years of friendship, Amy Poehler jokes that Tina Fey is now “too famous” to talk on the phone.⁠ ⁠ Watch Amy Poehler’s full Job Interview: 🎥 https://t.co/hpjZsh9pEr https://t.co/fIU6OHEFWc","author":"The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The NCOSHA official account announced that it partnered at the launch of the Green Makerere Initiative, dated 7 November 2026 at Makerere, under the 92nd Makerere Guild president's office. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"The Guardian is reporting a seventeen-year-old has been injured in a suspected sword attack outside a school in Gloucester. Three teenagers have been arrested."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Officers were called to Chalford Road, near St Peter's high school, shortly before nine Friday morning. Armed police attended."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That timing is what gets me. A sword, outside a secondary school, at the start of the school day."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And within hours, three arrests. That looks like a response that worked."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Response is the last line of defense. I care about how a weapon like that reached the school gate in the first place."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No police force can stop every determined person. What we saw was exactly what you'd want after an attack: armed police, lockdown, arrests."},{"host":"Brian","text":"We saw a child injured and two schools thrown into chaos. Let's not call that a win."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'm not calling the attack a win. I'm saying the system's reaction was swift. We need to separate the crime from the response."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fine, the response was swift. But if you're a parent in Gloucester, swift arrests don't answer why a sword was near a school."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And police are investigating that. What we know is one boy is hurt, three teenagers are in custody, and two schools locked down. The rest is speculation."},{"host":"Brian","text":"One injured, three arrests. The narrow facts are clear. The bigger question of school safety is not."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The bigger question is fair. But we can't answer it on air while police are still pulling evidence together."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. We'll watch for more from Gloucester. Britain knows this script: one awful incident, then a week of promises, then it happens again."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's cynical. But you're right that a sword outside a school is not something a country just absorbs."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No. It should stay on the front page until there's a real answer."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We'll stay on it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I would rather be wrong, but the pattern is too familiar."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Then let the investigation either prove the pattern or break it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Agreed."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Different world, same question of who institutions serve: The Guardian also reports the National Trust voted overwhelmingly to seek a new banking partner over Barclays' fossil fuel investments."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So Britain's biggest heritage charity is now picking banks by climate politics."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's not politics. It's a conservation charity deciding where its own money sits. That's basic consistency."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Barclays finances energy that keeps the country running. It's not a pariah. This is symbolic pressure from a small group of members."},{"host":"Bella","text":"\"Overwhelmingly\" isn't a small group. And if the members want a cleaner bank, they're allowed to ask."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But this won't cut one barrel of oil. The fossil fuel project still gets funded by another bank. It's theater."},{"host":"Bella","text":"You keep saying that, but refusing to lend your own money to a cause you oppose is not theater. It's the most basic form of influence most people have."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's a charity with old buildings and conservation land. I'd rather it spend energy on preservation, not on auditing banks' loan books."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Preservation IS environmental. If a bank's lending undermines that mission, the members have every right to change course."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I understand the members voted. I still think it's a distraction dressed up as virtue."},{"host":"Bella","text":"You sound personally offended that a charity doesn't want Barclays' money."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I just prefer institutions that do one thing well, instead of turning every decision into an activist purity test."},{"host":"Bella","text":"There's a real argument for that. And there's a real argument that leaving your money with a bank that funds what you fight against is worse."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fine. They get to choose their bank. I get to think it's performative. We both get to be right."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the most British resolution we've had all week."},{"host":"Brian","text":"If only the rest of the week had that much agreement."},{"host":"Bella","text":"At least we can still argue like adults."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And for something lighter: Amy Poehler told the Wall Street Journal that after nearly thirty years, Tina Fey is now, quote, \"too famous\" to talk on the phone."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Apparently the real problem is Tina won't give Amy her new number. That's not fame, that's just a very firm boundary."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Nearly thirty years of friendship, and now Amy has to go through publicists."},{"host":"Bella","text":"She's using a national interview to shame her friend into calling. I respect the strategy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"If that doesn't produce a phone call, nothing will."},{"host":"Bella","text":"A thirty-year friendship and this is how you negotiate. Honestly, I've seen worse."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The Wall Street Journal as couples counseling. That's a new one."},{"host":"Bella","text":"From school gates to boardrooms to Hollywood, that's the world in one morning."},{"host":"Brian","text":"If only the world worked that fast."}]}