Technology minister Ian Murray told the Commons on Thursday the charity had told the government the data "had been advertised for sale by several sellers on Alibaba's ecommerce platforms in China". He added the charity had said the data "did not contain participants, names, addresses, contact details or telephone numbers". The Biobank is the world's most comprehensive dataset of biological health and lifestyle information, and has been used to achieve improvements in the detection and treatment of dementia, cancers and Parkinson's. Mr Murray said: "The government has spoken to the vendor today, and they did not believe that there were any purchases from the three listings before they were taken down." However, he said he could not guarantee 100% that no one could be identified from the data. He said data sets including gender, age, month and year of birth, socio-economic status, lifestyle habits, and measures from biological samples were included. He said it "would be wrong for me to assure 100% and UK Biobank could not assure 100% that you could not identify someone from this, but that would be a very advanced way in which that data would have to be used". Biobank said "all the data are de-identified; they do not contain any personally identifying information (such as names, addresses, dates of birth, and NHS numbers)". Data legitimately downloaded by research institutions Mr Murray said the information had been legitimately downloaded by three research institutions in China. They have since had their access revoked and the government is working to establish how the breach occurred. Asked why it had taken a week to reveal the situation, Biobank told Sky News: "We launched an immediate investigation once alerted. This is a complex and evolving situation, as soon as we were in a position to share an accurate update we have done so." 'Clear breach of contract Professor Sir Rory Collins, chief executive and principal investigator of UK Biobank, said it took the protection of participant data "extremely seriously" and had tightened security. "Last week, we found that de-identified participant data made available to researchers at three academic institutions were listed for sale on a consumer website in China, owned by Alibaba," he said. "With support from both the UK and Chinese governments, Alibaba swiftly removed those listings before any sales were made. "This is a clear breach of the contract signed by these academic institutions and they, along with the individuals involved, have had their access suspended." He said the charity had temporarily closed access to the research platform.

The shareholders, who own Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), voted "overwhelmingly" to approve the adoption of the merger agreement with Paramount, WBD said. A merger of WBD and Paramount Skydance is one of the biggest media deals in history, with significant impacts on TV, filmmaking and the possible future of the cinema. Money blog: McDonald's to increase prices A Paramount-Warner combination encompasses two of Hollywood's five legacy studios. In total, the deal has been valued at $110bn (£81.4bn) - $31 per WBD share and additional fees. Thursday's vote was described as "another key milestone toward completing this historic transaction" by WBD. The deal, it said, "will deliver exceptional value to our stockholders" and will be completed between July and September this year, subject to regulatory approval. "We will continue to work with Paramount to complete the remaining steps in this process that will create a leading, next-generation media and entertainment company," the statement continued. While both Democrats and Republicans have raised concerns the merger could result in higher prices and fewer choices for customers, WBD on Thursday said the combined company will "expand consumer choice and benefit the global creative talent community". Why does it matter? A combined Warner Bros and Paramount has huge potential to reshape Hollywood and change film and TV production. Paramount Skydance will now own CNN, as well as CBS News, sparking concern about concentrating news services within a small number of companies. The company is also headed by David Ellison, the son of Trump ally Larry Ellison, who put up tens of billions of dollars to satisfy funding guarantees for the WBD bid. Cinema operators have also expressed concern that combining ​the large Hollywood studios could cost jobs and reduce the ​number ⁠of films released in theatres. Harry Potter, Superman and Barbie movies - as well as hit TV series like Succession - will join Paramount's content library. Paramount's line-up of titles include Top Gun and The Godfather as well as the Paramount+ streaming service.

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City are among a number of big clubs that want to sign him - including Manchester United and Arsenal - and well-placed sources increasingly believe he is destined for the Etihad. The England international, 23, has been interesting a number of Premier League rivals since joining Forest from Newcastle United in July 2024 for a fee of £35m. Burnley 0-1 Man City: Match report and reactionLive Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlightsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 It remains to be seen whether a deal can be agreed before or after the World Cup, where Anderson is expected to play a prominent role for Thomas Tuchel and England. Anderson's contract at the City Ground runs until June 2029, and his value is expected to be considerable as he is part of a group of elite central midfielders set to be on the market in the next window, which includes Sandro Tonali, Adam Wharton, Carlos Baleba and potentially Aurelian Tchouameni. City admire how Anderson has developed since joining Forest from Newcastle and relations between the two clubs are thought to be excellent. There may be changes in City's midfield this summer, with uncertainty around the futures of Mateo Kovacic and Nico Gonzalez, while it's already been confirmed Bernardo Silva will leave when his contract expires in June. Real Madrid are also interested in Rodri - but City want him to stay and sign a new contract, with his existing deal expiring in 2027. City eyeing attacking additions this summer The club are also looking at other positions, including forwards, and Sky Sports News can reveal two more names on their list of potential new recruits - RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande and Bournemouth striker Eli Junior Kroupi. Diomande is one of the hottest prodigies on the market this summer, and is high on the lists at Liverpool and Bayern Munich among others. Kroupi is an excellent young prospect who has impressed since moving to Bournemouth last summer, scoring 11 goals in 29 Premier League appearances. City are currently well-stocked across the forward line however, with Savinho supporting Jeremy Doku on the left-wing and Omar Marmoush the backup centre-forward to Erling Haaland. Right-back is also an area City are looking at and Sky Sports News has already reported they are tracking the progress of young Feyenoord defender Givairo Read among others. Analysis: Anderson or Rodri? Why not both Sky Sports' Laura Hunter: There will be a natural compulsion to compare Elliot Anderson directly to Rodri as Man City try to fend off competition from across the Premier League to sign the Nottingham Forest midfielder this summer. But admiring their compatibility is equally interesting. Of course there are similarities to like. Both are the profile of midfielder you anchor a side around; they run hard and are formidable at breaking up play. But their functions quite obviously differ because of the teams they play for. Anderson is needed as a tough tackler, the third-most prolific in this category in the division, while Rodri is much more passive in this area given Man City spend the majority of time in possession of the ball. Anderson has also won 270 duels, a league high, more than double that of the Spaniard (106). But Rodri is elite at distributing under pressure, boasting an incredibly high retention rate, with few in Europe matching his ability to recycle possession and punch through the thirds. Since his ACL injury last season, though, he is much less inclined to carry the ball - something Anderson is superb at. Availability is also a strength of the 23-year-old, six years Rodri's junior. There is certainly a world, then, where a Rodri-Anderson partnership would serve City well, used together or in rotation. Anderson would of course need to guard against the fate of other high profile midfielders that have travelled to the Etihad with high promise and flopped. Kalvin Phillips is the best example of that. But take Matheus Nunes as another instance of a midfielder whose function had to change to full-back in order to avoid being cut adrift of Pep Guardiola's plans. He is a demanding man to work for, and this is not a role he likes to mess with.

Match of the Day said in a post on social media that an "incredible 52-year journey comes to an end". "Following extensive consideration, BBC Sport has made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Football Focus at the end of this season," the BBC said in a statement. Football Focus has been axed as "changing audience behaviours mean fans are now increasingly consuming football content in different ways, and we need to respond appropriately as we face difficult decisions around how the licence fee is spent", it added. It comes after the BBC announced last week that it needed to make £500m worth of savings over the next two years. Alex Kay-Jelski, head of BBC Sport, said: "Football Focus has been a hugely important programme in the history of BBC Sport, and has played a key role in telling the stories of the game for generations of viewers. "This decision was made before last week's wider BBC savings announcement, reflecting the continued shift in how audiences engage with football and our commitment to evolving how we deliver content to reach fans wherever they are." Alex Scott has presented the Saturday lunchtime programme, which was first broadcast in 1974, for the past five years. Mr Kay-Jelski said Scott "will remain at the heart of our sports output across both the Men's World Cup this year and the Women's World Cup in 2027, as well as continuing her lead role on the Women's Super League and BBC Sport Personality of the Year". Former England and Arsenal striker Scott said she was proud to have been associated with the show. She wrote on Instagram: "52 years of an iconic football show. It's a show that I'll forever be honoured to be associated with and one that has made me grow as a presenter in a way I'll always look back on with pride. "Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey, from the bottom of my heart it means so much. Time to get excited for big summer of sport ahead." Former Football Focus presenter Dan Walker felt it was "disappointing" there was no longer to be a space in football's "constantly changing" landscape for a show which has "meant so much to so many people for so many years". Read more from Sky News:Mogul behind K-pop group faces arrestParamount's Warner Bros takeover approved Walker, who hosted the show for 12 years, wrote on X: "Really sad to hear about the end of Football Focus. I loved that show growing up. "I used to watch it every week with my dad and I remember how proud he was when I got the job. It was such a privilege to sit in the chair for 12 years, working with an amazing team on and off air and forming so many lasting friendships. "Saturdays were always special. The football landscape is constantly changing and it's disappointing that there isn't space for a show that has meant so much to so many people for so many years." The BBC said The Football Interview would move into the Saturday 12.45pm slot from next season. This season, the programme has featured interviews with Bukayo Saka, Emma Hayes, Bernardo Silva, Hugo Ekitike and Michael Carrick.

Match of the Day said in a post on social media that an "incredible 52-year journey comes to an end". "Following extensive consideration, BBC Sport has made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Football Focus at the end of this season," the BBC said in a statement. Football Focus has been axed as "changing audience behaviours mean fans are now increasingly consuming football content in different ways, and we need to respond appropriately as we face difficult decisions around how the licence fee is spent", it added. It comes after the BBC announced last week that it needed to make £500m worth of savings over the next two years. Alex Kay-Jelski, head of BBC Sport, said: "Football Focus has been a hugely important programme in the history of BBC Sport, and has played a key role in telling the stories of the game for generations of viewers. "This decision was made before last week's wider BBC savings announcement, reflecting the continued shift in how audiences engage with football and our commitment to evolving how we deliver content to reach fans wherever they are." Alex Scott has presented the Saturday lunchtime programme, which was first broadcast in 1974, for the past five years. Mr Kay-Jelski said Scott "will remain at the heart of our sports output across both the Men's World Cup this year and the Women's World Cup in 2027, as well as continuing her lead role on the Women's Super League and BBC Sport Personality of the Year". Former England and Arsenal striker Scott said she was proud to have been associated with the show. She wrote on Instagram: "52 years of an iconic football show. It's a show that I'll forever be honoured to be associated with and one that has made me grow as a presenter in a way I'll always look back on with pride. "Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey, from the bottom of my heart it means so much. Time to get excited for big summer of sport ahead." Former Football Focus presenter Dan Walker felt it was "disappointing" there was no longer to be a space in football's "constantly changing" landscape for a show which has "meant so much to so many people for so many years". Read more from Sky News:Mogul behind K-pop group faces arrestParamount's Warner Bros takeover approved Walker, who hosted the show for 12 years, wrote on X: "Really sad to hear about the end of Football Focus. I loved that show growing up. "I used to watch it every week with my dad and I remember how proud he was when I got the job. It was such a privilege to sit in the chair for 12 years, working with an amazing team on and off air and forming so many lasting friendships. "Saturdays were always special. The football landscape is constantly changing and it's disappointing that there isn't space for a show that has meant so much to so many people for so many years." The BBC said The Football Interview would move into the Saturday 12.45pm slot from next season. This season, the programme has featured interviews with Bukayo Saka, Emma Hayes, Bernardo Silva, Hugo Ekitike and Michael Carrick.

The results of these elections could have a profound impact on all the main political parties, not just locally - but on a national scale too. The votes are being watched closely by MPs, many of whom see the results as being a test of their party's leadership in Westminster. Politics latest - follow live So, where are elections taking place, why do they matter and crucially - when we will know the results? Who is getting a vote this time around? There are elections for 136 local councils in England, with 5,014 seats up for grabs. This includes votes for every seat on all of London's 32 borough councils, as well as on more than a dozen borough councils, six unitary councils, six county councils, and three district councils. There are also a further 73 councils where elections are being held for half or one-third of the seats available. Read more:What's at stake for Wales in May's elections?Key challenges next Holyrood government will face But it's not just local councils that people can vote for come 7 May. Six areas in London are holding elections for directly elected local mayors. These are: Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford. Votes will also be taking place outside of England for devolved administrations, both in Cardiff and in Edinburgh. People will be able to vote for who they want to run the Senedd in Cardiff Bay and the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. When will we find out the results? The polls will be open between 7am and 10pm on 7 May. After that, the counting begins. But we will not have to wait long for the first results because, like a general election, a lot of the ballots will be totted up overnight. In fact, Sky News analysis suggests the results of almost 50 local council elections should be in by the time most people wake up at 7am on Friday morning. For those keen to stay up to watch the coverage, the first councils to declare are expected to do so at around 12.30am. Results will then begin to come in more routinely from around 3am. Those declaring overnight are expected to include Oxford - where both the Liberal Democrats and the Greens are chasing Labour's votes; Bexley - seen as Reform UK's best chance at gaining a London borough; and Hampshire - a Tory-run council expected to cede votes to the Lib Dems and Reform. Between lunchtime on Friday and the end of the day, a further 82 councils are expected to declare their results. But the final five are not expected to give a final verdict until Saturday afternoon. Those late finishes include Croydon and Tower Hamlets in London, as well as Hastings in Sussex. Separately, the mayoral elections only begin counting on Friday, with Hackney and Newham expected to declare at 1pm that day, followed by Watford at 2pm, Lewisham at 3pm, Croydon at 4pm, and Tomer Hamlets last, at around 6pm. Why do the local elections matter? Local elections typically have a lower voter turnout than general elections - in 2024 for example, the turnout in England was 30%, compared to 60% at the general election held the same year. But that does not mean they are unimportant. Local councils still have a lot of influence over voters' lives, and arguably more on a day-to-day basis than the government in Westminster. While Whitehall controls areas such as foreign policy and defence, councils control a range of local services, such as how frequently bins are collected, when potholes are repaired and which services should be prioritised for funding, be it parks, libraries or local facilities such as leisure centres. The devolved parliaments, in Cardiff Bay and Holyrood, also have many powers, too. Depending on the country, these have control over a range of measures, including rates of income tax, the NHS and social care, as well as education, among other topics. You can read exactly which issues are controlled by each parliament in our in-depth explainer here. But the local elections are considered to be important in Westminster too, where they are seen as a glimpse of how the public is feeling towards the government of the day - in this case, Labour - and the opposition parties. Any sizeable swings in either direction could lead to the parties in parliament deciding to do some reorganisation of who is in charge, or of their direction as a whole.

Rosenior had been appointed as a surprise replacement for Enzo Maresca in January, but seven defeats in the last eight matches has led to his reign being cut short after just four months. Rosenior had signed a six-year contract with Chelsea when he made the move from Strasbourg, who are owned by Chelsea's parent company BlueCo. But there were chants from Chelsea fans for him to be dismissed during and after the 3-0 loss at Brighton on Tuesday night. Speaking on Sky Sports News, Neville said he had not expected Rosenior to finish his contract, but said his dismissal was not a reflection on the head coach and instead put the responsibility firmly on the decision-making of Chelsea owners BlueCo. Chelsea part company with Liam RoseniorGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱No Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 "I'm not shocked Liam's leaving the club," he said. "I'm shocked he's leaving today. I thought it would probably happen at the end of the season. "I thought they would persevere until the end of the season after giving him a six-year deal. "It's not a reflection on Liam at all. He's lost a lot of football matches in the last few weeks and he'll be disappointed with that. "But it's time for the owners, sporting directors and players to reflect enormously on their role in what's happened in the last few weeks. Their fans will be absolutely disgusted by the way this has gone. "The owners have got it badly wrong. I said at the time, they've got a group of talented players, young sporting directors in respect of the experience relating to Europe, you've got an ownership that's young in respect that it's only two or three years in. You need some experience somewhere in the club. "These six-year, eight-year agreements, it's almost laughable from the start. Whether it's for a manager or a player. The owners don't have a clue what they're doing. "I've made massive mistakes as an owner but sometimes you've got to accept that. I've spoken publicly about the challenges we've had. "But they're all over the place. I just don't get it, really. You deserve what you get in football and it's a reflection on them, it's not a reflection on a coach who, to be fair, probably shouldn't have been advanced as soon as he was into the role. "You don't turn down the Chelsea job. I can see why it was appealing but he just has to get on with his coaching career now and put it behind him as quickly as he can. It's a club that is a little bit crazy in its decision-making." Rosenior's fate was sealed by a fifth Premier League defeat in a row, leaving qualification for next season's Champions League unlikely. Chelsea failed to score in each of those five league defeats - their worst goalless losing league run since 1912. He leaves the club seventh in the Premier League, seven points off fifth-placed Liverpool, who have a game in hand. Calum McFarlane will step into the role again until the end of the season, having overseen a 1-1 draw with Manchester City and a 2-1 defeat to Fulham during his interim spell earlier in the season. Sky Sports News understands the process of appointing Rosenior's permanent successor has yet to begin and no potential candidates have been spoken to. A club statement said they would "undertake a process of self-reflection to make the right long-term appointment". Rosenior's departure marks BlueCo's fifth sacking in less than four years since taking over the club and an average reign per permanent manager of just 258 days. Remarkably, that is less than half of the average under previous owner Roman Abramovich, who himself was infamous for ruthless managerial dismissals. On the Blues' next appointment, Neville added: "Who next for Chelsea? Roy Keane used this description at the weekend - I don't care. Honestly. Chelsea are a massive club, an amazing club. "I'm sure everyone realised Liam would lose his job. That's not a surprise, no matter when it happened, everyone recognised he wouldn't be here at the start of next season. "But the way it's happened, it's just not right. I've been there myself, I've sacked a manager after four months and it's a reflection on you when you get it wrong. These long contracts though - a six-year contract? It's just bizarre." 'Mistakes have been made but Chelsea aren't in a state of disarray' Sky Sports News' chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol: "The Chelsea owners don't speak in public much but if they were here they would hold their hands up and say some mistakes have been made this season. "Enzo Maresca deciding to leave midway through the season, that destabilised the club. Deciding to give the job to Liam Rosenior was a mistake and they have held their hands up. "But they would also point to the fact that this squad that people keep criticising is the same squad that beat Barcelona 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in November, so they must have some pretty good players. And nine of those players that played against Barcelona played against Brighton. "I don't think Chelsea are in a total state of disarray. I don't think it's a situation where we should have open season to kick Chelsea when they are down. "Yes, they have made mistakes. The finances don't look good, at the moment. But again, the owners would say that the accounts next year will be better because of money from the Club World Cup and being in the Champions League this season as well." Chelsea's next five fixturesApril 26 Leeds (N) - FA CupMay 4: Nottingham Forest (H) - Premier League, live on Sky SportsMay 9: Liverpool (A) - Premier LeagueMay 17: Tottenham (H) - Premier LeagueMay 24: Sunderland (A) - Premier League