Two cars were in a head-on collision on the M9 between junctions 3 and 4 near Athy at around 3am on Sunday. One of the vehicles was travelling in the wrong direction - southbound on the northbound carriageway of the motorway, according to police. The occupants of the vehicle hit by the one travelling the wrong way are believed to have been heading to the UK on holiday. Officers with the Gardai (the Irish police force) were told not to engage with the vehicle travelling the wrong way, which was allegedly stolen and had previously failed to stop, a police representative group said. The bodies of the five teenage males were removed from the scene of the crash and taken to Naas General Hospital for post-mortem examinations, police said. Four people remain in hospital with serious injuries. 'Standard practice not to chase stolen cars' Garda Representative Association (GRA) vice-president John Joe O'Connell said the crash involved a BMW that had failed to stop for the Gardai and an instruction had been given not to engage with the vehicle. "It would be standard practice, and the command and control centre would be dictating what happens in a live environment - but the members in the cars have to make a split-second decision," he told RTE's Morning Ireland radio programme. Mr O'Connell said the GRA did not "know what the exact answer is" to address the problem of gangs "trying to outdo each other" in social media videos depicting interactions with Gardai, pursuits and wrong-way driving. He said the people in the other car who were injured were a family travelling to Dublin Airport for a holiday. It is believed that they were making the journey to attend a family wedding in England. Irish ministers question social media involvement Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was "shocked and saddened" at the crash, which he described as being the result of "an irresponsible and dangerous act". He said: "This is the second appalling crash we've seen on our roads in a matter of days as a result of the reckless driving of a car on the wrong side of the motorway, endangering the lives of innocent road users." The previous weekend, nine people were injured in a head-on collision on the M50 in Dublin with a car travelling in the wrong direction on the motorway. Ireland's justice minister Jim O'Callaghan said social media companies are currently allowing content online that is "glorifying criminal behaviour". This echoed comments made by Mr Martin earlier, who said that such incidents are, in some cases, "being done for likes" on social platforms. Read more from Sky News:'Fury' over death of teen British cyclistUkraine launches huge aerial attack on Russia The four survivors in the car that had been travelling the right way on the motorway were all taken to hospital. The female driver and frontseat passenger, who are both aged in their 30s, remain in a critical condition. A female aged in her 20s and a boy, both passengers in the car, are in a serious condition. The M9 from junction 3 to junction 4 northbound and southbound remains closed, and a forensic investigation is set to take place. A referral has since been made to Fiosru, the Office of the Police Ombudsman. Social media companies respond Content depicting wrong-way driving and car thefts was visible on social media sites on Monday. TikTok says it has removed all flagged content and banned accounts that violate its policies against criminal behaviour. Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram, said it has policies to restrict users under 18 from seeing imagery depicting real-life dangerous driving likely to cause injury. It said it also prohibits content promoting criminal or harmful activities such as high-risk viral challenges. Snap, which operates Snapchat, has also been contacted for comment.

Panettiere, best known for her roles in TV series Heroes and Nashville, died on Sunday aged 36. She was found in her home by police in Greenville, South Carolina. There were "no signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances" relating to the actress, police said. A post-mortem examination found that "no signs of trauma were discovered that would have contributed to the death". The cause and manner of death have not been confirmed. A statement from Greenville police department said: "On August 16, 2026, at approximately 1.51pm, officers from the Greenville police department, accompanied by EMS personnel, responded to a report of an unresponsive female at Judson Mill Lofts, located at 701 Easley Bridge Road. "Upon arrival, medical assistance was administered; however, the individual, later identified as Hayden Panettiere, was pronounced deceased at the scene." Police said the case is under investigation by the Greenville police department in conjunction with the Greenville county coroner's office. Read more from Sky News:US tourist killed by lightning strike on Mount EtnaNumber of deaths after ferry disaster in Zimbabwe rises to 92 A statement from Panettiere's father Skip said: "It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. "She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her - and to the millions who watched her onscreen." The 36-year-old began acting as a child, appearing in soap operas. She appeared in 75 episodes of superhero series Heroes between 2006 and 2010. Her performances in Nashville earned her two Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actress. Eleven songs she recorded for the show entered the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Panettiere's film credits include 2006's Bring It On: All Or Nothing, comedy-drama film Raising Helen, and appearances in Scream 4 and Scream VI, playing Kirby Reed. The actress previously revealed that she struggled with addiction throughout her 20s. In a memoir published earlier this year, Panettiere opened up about her mental health struggles, the loss of her younger brother, Jansen, and her decision to give full custody of her daughter Kaya to her former partner, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko, in 2018. "The idea that anyone would think that I would just give away my child and be okay with it is heartbreaking and couldn't be further from the truth," she told podcaster Jay Shetty after the release of her memoir in May. Panettiere said her daughter had lived with her father full-time from a young age amid the actress's mental health and addiction struggles. She said: "I was struggling with mental health and anxiety, and the postpartum and having to act my way through it and just feeling like I completely lost myself."

The Rosebank oil field, 80 miles northwest of Shetland, and the Jackdaw gas field, east of Aberdeen, are awaiting a formal decision from the government after a previous approval by a Conservative administration in 2023 was quashed by the Scottish courts. The projects have become a lightning rod for debate about the UK's energy security, the pace of the energy transition and the government's commitment to climate targets. Supporters of the projects say that domestic production of oil and gas is economically and environmentally preferable to importing fossil fuels the UK will continue to consume even as it transitions to renewable power. Opponents argue that any new fossil fuel extraction will put the UK in breach of its net zero commitments and do little to reduce customer bills. With consultations on both Rosebank and Jackdaw now concluded, developers Adura, a joint venture between Shell and Norwegian national energy company Equinor, said the projects will deliver economic benefits to the UK. "Rosebank and Jackdaw are nationally significant projects," said chief executive Neil McCulloch. "Together, they can provide more domestically produced energy, support high-quality jobs and apprenticeships, generate substantial economic activity and tax revenues, and give the UK's world-class energy supply chain confidence for the future." The Scottish Conservatives said the decision would be the difference between "life and death" for North Sea industry, while Offshore Energies UK, which represents wind power generators as well as the oil and gas industry, called on the Government to be "honest" about the UK's energy demands. "The reality is that oil and gas still provide around 75% of the UK's energy, keeping our cars moving, planes flying, homes warm and industries running," said chief executive David Whitehouse. "If we do not produce this oil and gas here with lower emissions under one of the most tightly regulated regimes in the world, we do not end demand. "It just means more imported oil and gas - often with a higher carbon footprint, while more jobs, taxes and industrial value are shifted overseas. The government must be honest about this." Read more on Sky News:Speculation Miliband will approve drilling new oil and gas field 'unfounded'North Sea oil - is it time to reconsider drilling? Environmental groups Greenpeace and Uplift have rallied in opposition to the developments, leading the court challenge that saw the courts rule the original approval of Rosebank and Jackdaw unlawful. Both projects have had to be resubmitted to regulators, accounting not just for carbon emissions produced in construction, but by the fossil fuels extracted. Robert Palmer, deputy director at Uplift, said: "The case for Rosebank has completely collapsed. The science shows that the world already has far more oil and gas than can be burned safely if we want to maintain a liveable climate, the economics show it won't lower bills or make Britain more energy secure, and the summer's record heatwaves and devastating wildfires have made the consequences of fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. "Enough is enough. Burnham needs to look out of the window and acknowledge that this project will make the climate crisis worse and do nothing but rip off Britain."

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Officers were called to the single-vehicle collision near Theydon Bois shortly after 10.40pm on Sunday, Essex Police said. The force said it had been reported that a car had left the B172 and entered a wooded area. The driver, a 17-year-old boy, and a passenger, a 19-year-old man, died despite the efforts of ambulance first responders, police said. Police are appealing for witnesses who were travelling along the B172 or Coppice Row around the time of the incident and who may have seen the vehicle beforehand, or who captured footage that could help the investigation. Read more from Sky News:Boy, 12, drowns after entering riverPrincess Eugenie names her baby daughter Detective Inspector Mark Fraser, of the serious collisions investigation unit, said: "Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the two people who have very sadly died."

"It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden," her father Skip said in a statement to Sky's US partner NBC News. "She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her - and to the millions who watched her onscreen." Her father went on to ask for privacy "as our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss". Police in Greenville, South Carolina, said in a statement that an acquaintance of Panettiere's placed a 911 call and emergency services responded but were unable to save her. "The case is under investigation by the Greenville Police Department in conjunction with the Greenville County Coroner's Office. The preliminary investigation has not indicated any signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances. An acquaintance of Ms. Panettiere placed the 911 call," it said. The statement added that no further details were available for release at this time. Her publicist, Kasey Kitchen, said Panettiere's death was being investigated, according to NBC News. "There's an investigation ongoing," Kitchen said in a statement. "We should know more tomorrow." Panettiere also starred in the Scream franchise of horror movies. Earlier this year, Panettiere released her memoirs This Is Me: A Reckoning, in which she opened up about her experiences with postpartum depression, addiction, and recovery. This led to her decision to give up custody of her only child Kaya in 2018, whom she shares with her former partner Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian professional boxer. In an interview with podcaster Jay Shetty after the release of her memoir, Panettiere spoke about the custody arrangement for her 11-year-old daughter, who lives full-time with Klitschko in Ukraine. "I think there's been this very common misconception that I just gave up my child," she said. "That could not be farther from the truth." Panettiere described herself as being in a "horrible cycle for years of battling depression and anxiety and alcoholism and substance abuse" while "just trying to find my way back, my way out of the darkness". Panettiere first appeared in commercials when she was just 11 months old - and went on to become a child actor with roles in soap operas including One Life To Live and Guiding Light. Her feature film debut came when she was nine years old, as the voice of Princess Dot in A Bug's Life. Read more from Sky News:Hundreds honour Bonnie Tyler in WalesFour Renaissance paintings stolen in Italy Panettiere, who would have turned 37 on Friday, was propelled to fame in 2006 through her role as a cheerleader with superpowers in Heroes. When she later recalled the first time she was tracked by paparazzi after the show's release, Panettiere said the moment was "just sheer terror". On the show's appeal, she said: "I think Heroes is really hot because it's just a really great combination of everything that people love - they love reality, they love sci-fi and things like X-Men where they get to dream of something bigger. "And at the core of it are these human stories that people can relate to, very rugged. And it's just grabbed everyone in every age group." She went on to win three Teen Choice Awards for the role. Panettiere later played a brash country music upstart in Nashville, which ran for four seasons on US broadcaster ABC, before being cancelled and revived on CMT. It was while filming Nashville that she first entered rehab in 2015. The actor did her own singing in the show, which earned her some hits on the country music charts and two supporting actress nominations at the Golden Globes. In 2024, she described pain and grief after her younger brother died unexpectedly of an undiagnosed heart condition the previous year. "When you lose somebody that you saw in all the important moments in your life, standing right next to you, it just rocks your world," she told NBC's Today show.

The veteran politician, who was deputy Labour leader under Gordon Brown, explained on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast how the process of investigating the Reform leader will now continue after he won the Clacton by-election today. Mr Farage resigned as Clacton's MP over scrutiny surrounding the £5m he was given by Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne before he decided to stand to become an MP in 2024. He has maintained it was for personal reasons - namely security - and not political, which is allowed under the rules. Politics latest: Farage £5m gift inquiry reopened He said he wanted the people of Clacton to decide if they still had faith in him, and declared that they did after he won the by-election his resignation triggered with a larger majority than in 2024. The parliamentary standards commissioner had to pause the investigation into whether Mr Farage had broken Commons rules by failing to declare the money when he resigned, but shortly after he won the by-election, it was announced the inquiry has been resumed - in keeping with the rules. Baroness Harman said: "The standards commissioner will decide whether or not it's a breach of the code - I would think it's almost inevitable it is, and almost inevitable that he would decide it's a serious breach. "I think it's most likely the standards commissioner would propose a sanction which is more than a 10-day suspension from the Commons - which would trigger the possibility of a recall petition, where if 10% of the voters in Clacton vote for a recall petition that will trigger another by-election." She added she thinks 10% would be reached judging by the 26.7% of voters who chose Count Binface rather than Mr Farage in this week's by-election. And Baroness Harman said she thinks all the main parties would stand a candidate, unlike this time when they boycotted it. "I think at that point it will have been established that he has broken the rules seriously in relation to trying to keep this £5m secret, that the voters in Clacton, if they re-elect him don't care about that," she said."But I think voters in other parts of the country might not agree with the voters of Clacton and might think this man is not suitable to be prime minister." Pollster Luke Tryl, executive director of More in Common, also told the podcast there is a danger for Mr Farage in accepting the £5m in that people will see him as "the same as the rest of the political class", when he has tried to appear anti-establishment. He added: "I think that the danger of this £5m is that people compare it to things like the freebies, they compare it to some of those, I mean, I've had groups where people have compared it to the PPE scandal, and they just start to go, 'oh, goodness, this is going to be more of the same as well'."

Reports have claimed the Turkish side are ready to bid for the 31-year-old, who has entered the final year of his contract, but United also have an option to extend by a further year. However, United will not entertain any offers for their talisman, who was named Premier League Player of the Year last season after breaking the competition's assist record. Transfer Centre LIVE! | Man Utd news & transfers🔴Man Utd fixtures & scores | FREE Man Utd highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream PL games with no contract📺 The £57m release clause for foreign clubs in his contract has now expired. In December, Fernandes revealed he had been "hurt" when United told him last summer he was free to accept a big-money offer to join Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, who were ready to pay £100m as a transfer fee. Despite Fernandes feeling as though the club were open to selling him last summer, the message from the hierarchy since has been clear: he is not for sale. The ambiguity of last summer has been put to bed with United viewing Fernandes as crucial to the future of their project. Could Man Utd really sell Fernandes? Sky Sports' James Savundra on The Transfer Show: "It doesn't seem likely in this window but go back 12 months, it felt 50:50. It felt like Manchester United would be willing to sell him if they could recoup £100m to spend on other areas. "He spoke quite openly about the fact he spoke to the Saudi Pro League and the projects there - before deciding he wanted to commit his future to Manchester United. "You would think the club would be working on a contract extension because he has one year left - plus that option to extend by a further year, which you'd expect them to do so, otherwise he'd be in a position in January where he could speak to foreign clubs over a free transfer. "Last season he was just incredible with the assist record - he was the best player in the Premier League last season. He's a massive part of Michael Carrick's plans this season. "There will come a time when Manchester United think about life after Bruno Fernandes but that won't be this summer. He's so important to their plans in Europe and the Premier League." Could Zirkzee act as Fernandes cover this season? Sky Sports' News' Danyal Khan: "The good news for Michael Carrick and United is that two players, in particular, have stood out in pre-season. "Having perhaps looked a bit tired towards the end of last season, Carrick will be purring to see Bryan Mbeumo and Amad Diallo back to their electric selves in pre-season. "Mbeumo has looked sharp in front of goal with Amad also appearing full of confidence after an impressive World Cup with Cote d'Ivoire in the summer. "One player who may have a new chapter at the club is Joshua Zirkzee. Although there is still a possibility his future could be away from Old Trafford, he's looked like a different Zirkzee to the one we've seen in previous seasons. "Albeit it is pre-season, could Zirkzee provide cover for Fernandes in the No 10 position? "He was particularly impressive in Dublin against Leeds at a sold-out Croke Park, and in his third season at the club it will be intriguing to see how Carrick uses the Dutchman - if his future is at United."