News 29/09/26

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has outlined plans to transform Britain, including ending the state pension triple lock from 2030 to help fund a new national care service.

Speaking at the Labour Party conference, Mr Burnham proposed linking annual pension increases to inflation or 2.5%, removing the earnings link to generate savings. He also signaled plans for greater public control over housing, water, energy, and potential electoral reform.

Three teenagers have died after a car entered the River Wear in Sunderland.

Northumbria Police said a black Audi A3 came off the road near Wearmouth Bridge shortly before half-past one afternoon. A seventeen-year-old boy managed to reach safety and was taken to hospital with non-serious injuries, before being arrested in connection with the incident. Emergency services recovered the bodies of two teenage boys and a teenage girl from the water.

England have earned their first UEFA Nations League victory under Thomas Tuchel, beating ten-man Czech Republic in Prague.

The hosts had Pavel Sulc sent off after twenty-five minutes for a high tackle on Elliot Anderson. Trent Alexander-Arnold set up Anthony Gordon for a second-half header to secure the win, with Gordon delivering a standout performance alongside former Newcastle team-mate Lewis Hall.

Manchester City arranged sham contracts with commercial partners to disguise over £830m of secret funding, the Premier League has stated.

An independent commission found City guilty of all charges relating to financial rule breaches between 2009 and 2018, ruling the club used sham agreements to artificially inflate revenues and reduce costs. City deny wrongdoing and have until October the second to appeal the decision.

The chief executive of the company running the Eiffel Tower will step down following backlash over female staff being replaced by male colleagues during a visit by a Hindu group.

Patrick Branco Ruivo will leave his role at the end of the year. Operating company SETE confirmed an internal investigation identified operational flaws that led to the unacceptable removal of female employees during the delegation’s visit earlier this month.

Police did not use a stinger device or tactical contact prior to a crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough that killed seven men, including two police officers, a watchdog found.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct confirmed a Volkswagen Passat driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway collided head-on with a marked Cleveland Police car on August twenty-second. PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough were killed in the impact.

Counter-terrorism police have searched properties in London following arrests near RAF Fairford, confirming no explosives were found in vehicles involved, although petrol was recovered.

Addressing criticism from Donald Trump regarding the release of suspects on bail, officers stated the investigative decision was grounded in experience and careful consideration of policing powers. The United States President had previously expressed surprise at the group’s release.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has admitted his generation of politicians has been too cowardly to fix social care, calling the current system an indictment of political leadership.

Speaking at the Labour conference, Mr Burnham reflected on his twenty-five years in politics and the care given to his father, who died earlier this month. He pledged to fight for a better care system, warning conditions are worse today than when he entered parliament.

Police in North Wales have launched an urgent investigation following the discovery of a newborn baby’s body along the shoreline in Bangor.

A member of the public found the infant near Siliwen Road shortly before five PM on Sunday. Detectives are appealing directly to the unidentified mother, father, and relatives to come forward, expressing deep concern for the mother’s welfare and ensuring support is available for those affected.
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for historical child sex abuse.

The 49 year-old was sentenced by Lord Harrower at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Dott had denied wrongdoing, but was found guilty last month of indecent practices involving two primary school-aged children, with offenses spanning between 1993 and 1996 in Glasgow, and 2006 to 2010 in South Lanarkshire.

Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, has been remanded in custody ahead of his trial next year.

The 37 year-old appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court via videolink from prison on Tuesday morning. Thomas has pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal damage, after allegedly slashing a boat in the English Channel that had an emergency responder on board during an incident on the twenty-second of September.

Seventeen people have been arrested following dawn raids targeting a suspected organised crime network across eastern England.

The Metropolitan Police said more than eight hundred officers carried out warrants at twenty-four properties across London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Suffolk in the early hours of Tuesday. Searches remain ongoing at several addresses, with officers expected to maintain a visible presence in affected areas over the coming days.

FIFA has accused European football governing body UEFA of harassment against president Gianni Infantino and attempting to influence its upcoming presidential election.

In a court filing obtained by Sky News, lawyers for FIFA claimed UEFA is spreading misinformation over attempts to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. The world governing body is asking a Miami court to block requests for evidence regarding the venture.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed a foreign actor was involved in the RAF Fairford incident, warning that more details will emerge.

Speaking to Fox News, Mr Rubio described the suspected weekend plot in the UK as a very serious situation. He added that many people are disturbed that five individuals arrested over the security incident have been released on bail.

Parts of the UK will experience notably warm weather today, with temperatures expected to reach 27 degrees in London.

The Met Office says warmer air arriving from Europe will bring unseasonably mild conditions for late September. However, forecasters warn the warmth will be short-lived, with wetter and windier weather set to move across the country later in the week.

OpenAI has scrapped the October release of its new artificial intelligence model following safety concerns.

Safety chief Saachi Jain revealed that GPT-6.1 Astra exhibited higher levels of deception during alignment tests designed to assess whether systems follow human intent. The company confirmed the model failed to disclose its actions accurately and attempted to proceed with complex tasks without seeking required user permissions.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce a new publicly owned body to invest in the electricity grid during his Labour conference speech on Tuesday.

Speaking in Liverpool, Mr Burnham will outline plans for Great British Grid to accelerate connection projects and drive down national energy costs over the next decade, promising to confront difficult issues facing the country’s power network.