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May 11
Adolescence dominates BAFTA TV ceremony in final awards season haul

After huge wins at the Emmys and Golden Globes following its release last year, the Netflix show has now added several BAFTAs to the trophy cabinet - including best limited drama and acting prizes for stars Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco, and star and co-creator Stephen Graham. Other big BAFTA winners included The Celebrity Traitors, which took home two prizes - best reality show and most memorable moment - comedies including Amandaland, Last One Laughing and The Studio, while Code Of Silence was named best drama. Steve Coogan - for How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), Narges Rashidi - for Prisoner 951, and Katherine Parkinson - for Here We Go, also took home individual acting gongs. But the night belonged to Adolescence. "I've been nominated eight times and this is the first time I've won," Graham told the audience as he picked up the final award, for leading actor. "Nice one BAFTA, this is lovely." He also had some advice for young hopefuls: "For any other young kid, wherever you're from, anything is possible." The success started from the very first award, handed to the show's young star, Cooper. "In the words of John Lennon, you won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it," he said during his speech. "So in my eyes I think you only need three things to succeed: one, you need an obsession; two, you need a dream; and, three, you need The Beatles." Collecting her award, Tremarco added: "I feel so honoured to be part of Adolescence. I hold this BAFTA high." The four wins come on top of two prizes for directing and sound at the BAFTA Craft Awards, held in April. Read more:BAFTA TV Awards resultsRed carpet in picturesFull winners and nominees Dame Mary and Martin Lewis honoured with special awards Elsewhere, TV cook and former Great British Bake Off judge Dame Mary Berry was presented with the BAFTA fellowship, the organisation's highest honour. The 91-year-old said she was "bowled over" by the accolade, saying it seemed like "no time ago when I left Bath High School with two O-levels in needlework and cookery". She used her speech to praise the BBC, calling it "the broadcaster that we must cherish", and revealed her future plans. "So what's next for me, at the age of 91?" she said. "I have just started my own YouTube channel. We shall see." Financial journalist and broadcaster Martin Lewis also received a special award, acknowledged for his dedication to helping the nation learn about money and budgeting. Other winners included the documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was honoured with the current affairs prize. The programme was originally commissioned by the BBC and then shelved due to impartiality concerns - but later aired by Channel 4. In his speech, executive producer Ben De Pear thanked the journalists who made the film, then asked: "Finally, just a question for the BBC... given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the BAFTA screening later tonight?" The TV coverage of the awards was screened on BBC One from 7pm, with a delay of slightly more than two hours after the ceremony began, and De Pear's speech was included in the edit. The BBC previously said it was "committed to covering the conflict in Gaza and has produced powerful coverage". Historian Sir Simon Schama won the BAFTA for best specialist factual for The Road To Auschwitz. He said the award would mean "a lot to the Jewish community", and praised the BBC for being "brave enough" to commission it. And in the children's categories, Crongton was named the best scripted show, while World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) took the non-scripted prize.

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May 11
Adolescence dominates BAFTA TV ceremony in final awards season haul

After huge wins at the Emmys and Golden Globes following its release last year, the Netflix show has now added several BAFTAs to the trophy cabinet - including best limited drama and acting prizes for stars Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco, and star and co-creator Stephen Graham. Other big BAFTA winners included The Celebrity Traitors, which took home two prizes - best reality show and most memorable moment - comedies including Amandaland, Last One Laughing and The Studio, while Code Of Silence was named best drama. Steve Coogan - for How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), Narges Rashidi - for Prisoner 951, and Katherine Parkinson - for Here We Go, also took home individual acting gongs. But the night belonged to Adolescence. "I've been nominated eight times and this is the first time I've won," Graham told the audience as he picked up the final award, for leading actor. "Nice one BAFTA, this is lovely." He also had some advice for young hopefuls: "For any other young kid, wherever you're from, anything is possible." The success started from the very first award, handed to the show's young star, Cooper. "In the words of John Lennon, you won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it," he said during his speech. "So in my eyes I think you only need three things to succeed: one, you need an obsession; two, you need a dream; and, three, you need The Beatles." Collecting her award, Tremarco added: "I feel so honoured to be part of Adolescence. I hold this BAFTA high." The four wins come on top of two prizes for directing and sound at the BAFTA Craft Awards, held in April. Read more:BAFTA TV Awards resultsRed carpet in picturesFull winners and nominees Dame Mary and Martin Lewis honoured with special awards Elsewhere, TV cook and former Great British Bake Off judge Dame Mary Berry was presented with the BAFTA fellowship, the organisation's highest honour. The 91-year-old said she was "bowled over" by the accolade, saying it seemed like "no time ago when I left Bath High School with two O-levels in needlework and cookery". She used her speech to praise the BBC, calling it "the broadcaster that we must cherish", and revealed her future plans. "So what's next for me, at the age of 91?" she said. "I have just started my own YouTube channel. We shall see." Financial journalist and broadcaster Martin Lewis also received a special award, acknowledged for his dedication to helping the nation learn about money and budgeting. Other winners included the documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was honoured with the current affairs prize. The programme was originally commissioned by the BBC and then shelved due to impartiality concerns - but later aired by Channel 4. In his speech, executive producer Ben De Pear thanked the journalists who made the film, then asked: "Finally, just a question for the BBC... given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the BAFTA screening later tonight?" The TV coverage of the awards was screened on BBC One from 7pm, with a delay of slightly more than two hours after the ceremony began, and De Pear's speech was included in the edit. The BBC previously said it was "committed to covering the conflict in Gaza and has produced powerful coverage". Historian Sir Simon Schama won the BAFTA for best specialist factual for The Road To Auschwitz. He said the award would mean "a lot to the Jewish community", and praised the BBC for being "brave enough" to commission it. And in the children's categories, Crongton was named the best scripted show, while World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) took the non-scripted prize.

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May 11
In full: Angela Rayner's stinging statement after devastating Labour election results

Speculation had mounted that the former deputy prime minister could be retuning to frontline politics after she resigned from the front bench in September, amid an ethics investigation into her tax affairs. Ms Rayner's latest intervention appeared to distance herself from an outright leadership challenge, while calling on Sir Keir Starmer to change course and embrace rival Andy Burnham. Read her full statement released on Sunday here: Our party has suffered a historic defeat. Many good Labour colleagues have lost their seats despite working hard for those they represented. We have lost good Labour administrations and lost the chance for more. What we are doing isn't working, and it needs to change. This may be our last chance. The Labour Party must now live up to our name: we must be the party of working people. We've heard the same on the doorstep as we've seen in the polls - the cost of living is the top issue for voters of all parties. People have turned to populists and nationalists because we have not done enough to fix it. Politics live: Rayner tells Starmer to allow Burnham back Living standards are barely higher than they were a decade and a half ago. People feel hopeless - that the cost of living crisis will never end, and now they see oil and gas companies use global instability to post record profits. Once again, ordinary people are paying the price for decisions they didn't make. It's no wonder that across the UK, working people feel the system is rigged against them. Things can be so much better than this. Countries including Spain and Canada have shown that economies can grow and people can thrive when governments stay true to labour and social democratic values and put people first. We need to learn from that. In London, we lost young people who fear they will never afford a home. In my patch and across the north, we lost working people whose wages are too low and costs too high. In Scotland and Wales, people do not currently see Labour as the answer. We are in danger of becoming a party of the well-off, not working people. The Peter Mandelson scandal showed a toxic culture of cronyism. Decisions like cutting winter fuel allowance just weren't what people expected from a Labour government. For too long, successive governments have allowed wealth and power to concentrate at the top without a plan to ensure the benefits of economic growth are shared fairly. The result is an economy that does not work for the majority, with wealth concentrated in too few hands. This level of inequality, alongside squeezed living standards, is the outcome of a model built on deregulation, privatisation, and trickle-down economics. But we have the chance to fix this. We need immediate action to cut costs for households and put money back into the everyday economy. This can be done within the current fiscal rules, by ensuring those who benefit from the crisis contribute more so that everyone can thrive. Our Employment Rights Act was just the first step in our plan to Make Work Pay. Now is the time to take the next steps, starting with a Fair Pay Agreement in social care - but not ending there. A rising minimum wage must go alongside our programme to get young people into work. The investment we secured in social and affordable housing should now unleash a building boom that benefits British business and workers. We must double down on renters' reform and show leaseholders our action on tackling ground rents and charges was just a first step to ending freehold for good. Our devolution revolution has begun, but is nowhere near done. Giving mayors powers to transform planning and licensing can boost local business and good growth, in the interests of local people. They must go alongside economic powers and public services. Boosting community ownership and stopping the sell-off of local assets from pubs to playgrounds will put power back in local hands, helping restore the pride they feel in the places they live. We must go further on planning reforms, to build the schools, hospitals, roads and infrastructure the country needs to grow. We should be unafraid to promote new forms of public, community and cooperative ownership across the board. Buses and trains being brought back into public hands can now operate for the public good, at prices passengers can afford. Thames Water is an iconic failure of privatisation, which resonates for the same reasons. People are rightly sick of bonuses for bosses who deliver nothing but higher bills. We must face down demands that the public pay the price of private failure. We must create good jobs that pay decent wages by ensuring defence investment includes a secure manufacturing base. Use our house building programme to boost construction, invest in the green economy, backing SMEs by reforming business rates and increasing support to revive our high streets and local economies, raise the minimum wage and get young people into work. And then there is politics itself, putting power back into people's hands so that they are shaping the decisions that impact them. We must tackle the inflow of dodgy money in our politics - something that Nigel Farage, who took 5 million pounds in a secret personal gift from an offshore crypto baron, will never do. We must make politics work for ordinary people. We can only prove we mean it by putting the common interest ahead of factionalism. Read more:Hikers found dead in each other's armsWorld Cup final ticket prices tripled This is bigger than personalities, but it is time to acknowledge that blocking Andy Burnham was a mistake. We must show we understand the scale of change the moment calls for - that means bringing our best players into Parliament - and embracing the type of agenda that has been successful at a local level, rather than reaching back to an agenda and politics that has failed people. These are the fights we need to have, and the change in direction we need to see. Policy tweaks will not fix the fundamental challenges facing our country. This government needs, at pace, to put measures in place that make people's lives tangibly better, while fixing the foundations of a system rigged against them. The prime minister must now meet the moment and set out the change our country needs. Change our economic agenda to prioritise making people better off, change how we run our party so that all voices are listened to, and change how we do politics. Labour exists to make working people better off. That is not happening fast enough, and it needs to change - now.

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May 10
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal: Gary Neville calls decision to disallow Hammers' equaliser 'the biggest moment in VAR history'

Arsenal were leading 1-0 when Callum Wilson struck a last-gasp leveller, the ball clearly crossing the line despite Declan Rice's best efforts to keep it out. Referee Chris Kavanagh awarded the goal on field. But the strike did not survive a lengthy VAR process. Kavanagh was sent to the pitchside monitor to review the incident by VAR official Darren England and after 17 replays, totalling four minutes and 17 seconds worth of stoppage, eventually ruled that there had been a foul by Pablo on David Raya. West Ham 0-1 Arsenal - Match report & highlightsAs it happened | Teams | StatsLive Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights "This is an earthquake, a tremor of a moment," Neville said on commentary at the London Stadium. "Arsenal Football Club's first title in 22 years could rest on this. This is one of those moments where Arsenal might think their name is on the trophy... "VAR Darren England is the FA Cup referee. He won't face a more pressurised moment than that at Wembley." The denial of the goal has big ramifications at both ends of the Premier League. Arsenal's fate remains in their hands and they are now two wins away from clinching the title. Perhaps just as significant, though, is West Ham's predicament at the bottom. Their 18th loss of the campaign has ensured the safety of both Nottingham Forest and Leeds, meaning their only hope of avoiding the drop now rests on Tottenham taking their place in the relegation zone. Spurs, who are one point ahead of West Ham, face Leeds on Monday Night Football. Speaking after the match, Roy Keane added: "The one thing you say when you go up, VAR are going to check everything, do not put your hands on the goalkeeper! Certainly don't leave it on for three or four seconds. "There is all sorts going on but because the goalkeeper had such a big part to play, I think it is a foul. It was really silly from West Ham. Don't make it such an obvious foul because they are going to check." Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp also agreed with the decision and said "it was a brave VAR call but it was the right one". Former Arsenal and West Ham striker Ian Wright said it was "without doubt" the correct decision. "I think David Raya catches that simply if he's not impeded," Wright said. "You can see it there, pulling him there, and then the arm comes across." Neville: The drama of all dramas Elabroating on the dramatic stoppage-time scenes in east London, Neville said he was impressed by England's coomposure in handling the high-pressure scenario. "For Darren England, it's all eyes on him," Nev said on the Gary Neville podcast. "At the start, we don't know. Was it over the line? That was what I was thinking but it looked over the line and Declan Rice, as it turned out, was way behind the line. "But then we see obviously a VAR check for a foul on the goalkeeper and I think that's the biggest moment in VAR history in the Premier League. "There are a lot who aren't fans of VAR, and maybe rightly so, but it could have just made Arsenal champions, and it could have got a decision right that wouldn't have been right. "I was wondering whether Darren England had the courage, had the nerve to overturn, and what was he going to do in this moment. I have to say we get the luxury, and I wish all fans at home and fans in the stadium got the luxury of being able to hear them, because to be fair he was composed, he was walking through it, he was talking to the referee, he was talking to his colleague who was sat next to him, and he walked through it perfectly. "He checked everything around it, there was a little foul by Rice behind, I think that was maybe after the Raya foul, and just the fact that Pablo just had his arm there and he wasn't looking at the ball. He wasn't looking to play the ball, and he was looking just to impede the goalkeeper. "If it's just one of those where you're just going up as a movement, then I think maybe that's something that he would have got away with, but that prolonged lasting arm across Raya, they have to then call it. "Darren England made the right decision and Arsenal breathe the biggest sigh of relief, probably that those fans have breathed for a long, long time." Nuno: Referees don't know what a foul is West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo speaking to Sky Sports: "Due to the circumstances and the way it finished, we are all upset. "Look, there is a referee and VAR, there is circumstances in the past that have been judged different. Let's not go further than that. "Due to the recent seasons, it has been happening [similar incidents]. Even the referees don't know what is a foul and what is not a foul, it creates doubt. "Let's look at the game overall. We made a very good match. Arsenal is a tough team. We lost the game." Bowen: Raya has to expect contact West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen also had his say on the incident after the game, claiming goalkeepers get extra protection from officials and that Raya should have been expecting contact from players challenging for the ball. "Goalkeepers are protected more than outfield players and there is a lot of holding inside the box. Are you going to look at those every time and give a penalty? That is the only way that is the right way to do it. "You can't wipe a goalkeeper out but the keeper has come in to grab the ball and has to expect contact. It's the Premier League; there is going to be contact. "I just think if you look at something long enough, you will find something to give. "I can guarantee that pundits and people watching know football is a physical game. If you're going to give it, give it every week. Where is the line and where is the bar?" Arteta: I congratulate the referees, it took bravery Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta speaking to Sky Sports: "I am going to certainly remember this day. It was a rollercoaster of emotions. "We knew it was going to be tough day; they are fighting for their lives and we are trying to win the Premier League. "When I had to be critical, I have been. Today I have to congratulate them [the referees]. You need a lot of courage and bravery to stand out and give the opportunity to the referee to have a look at the action. "When you see the picture, there is no question that it is a clear foul. They were very brave."

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May 11
Morocco: Remains of US soldier who fell off cliff found in ocean

Military teams are continuing the search for a second missing soldier after the pair fell off a cliff while on a recreational hike a week ago. The body of Lieutenant Kendrick Lamont Key Jr, a 27-year-old 14A air defence artillery officer, was found in the water on Saturday one mile from where they fell. The two were reported missing on 2 May after they participated in African Lion, an annual multinational military exercise in Morocco. "A Moroccan military search team found the soldier in the water along the shoreline at approximately 8.55am local time on 9 May, within roughly one mile of where both soldiers reportedly entered the ocean," US Army Europe and Africa said. The two went missing at about 9pm near the Cap Draa Training Area outside Tan-Tan, in a terrain characterised by mountains, desert and semidesert plains, the Moroccan military said. Their disappearance triggered a search and rescue operation involving more than 600 personnel from the US, Morocco and other military partners. Read more from Sky News:Bodies of hikers found after Indonesia volcano eruptionSuicide bombing leaves 14 police dead in Pakistan The operation saw frigates, vessels, helicopters and drones deployed. A US contingent remained in Morocco after the war games ended on Friday to help continue search and rescue operations. Lt Key's decorations include the Army Achievement Medal and Army Service Ribbon. He entered military service in 2023 as an officer candidate and earned his commission through Officer Candidate School in 2024 as an Air Defence Artillery officer. He later completed the Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, according to the statement. African Lion 26 is a US-led military exercise is hosted by four countries - Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal - and includes more than 7,000 personnel from over 30 nations. Since 2004, it has been the largest US joint military exercise in Africa. In 2012, two US marines were killed and two others injured during a helicopter crash in Morocco's southern city of Agadir while taking part in the exercises.

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May 10
BAFTA TV Awards 2026 red carpet - all the best looks from nominees and stars

Nominees, presenters and other VIP guests posed for photographs ahead of one of the biggest nights in the awards season calendar for television in the UK. The critically acclaimed drama Adolescence dominated the awards this year - with wins for stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco. Here are some of the best looks from this year's attendees.

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May 10
Who is the Labour MP threatening to oust Starmer?

She says she doesn't want the job herself, but after a "disastrous" set of elections for the party, she thinks "new leadership" is required "which understands the urgent and real concerns of people across the UK". She wants someone in the cabinet to come out and challenge Sir Keir - but if no one does by Monday, she'll canvas for the 81 backers she needs to launch a formal challenge. So who is Catherine West? West was first elected to parliament in 2015 in the constituency of Hornsey and Wood Green - now Hornsey and Friern Barnet - in north London. An Australian, West was born in the town of Mansfield, 110 miles northeast of Melbourne, and moved to London in 1998 when her husband got a job at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She speaks five languages including Mandarin, which she developed while teaching English as a second language in Nanjing, China. Before moving to London, she worked as a social worker at a refuge for survivors of child sex abuse in Darwin, northern Australia. She worked as parliamentary case worker for now-Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy when he was first elected as an MP in 2000. West was later elected as a Labour councillor in Islington, also north London, in 2002, after Mr Lammy persuaded her to stand. She served on the council for 12 years and was council leader from 2010 to 2013. After being elected to parliament, she served as a shadow foreign minister under Jeremy Corbyn - but was sacked after defying the whip to vote for the UK to remain in the European single market after Brexit. She became a shadow foreign minister again when Starmer became Labour leader in 2020, and was appointed as junior minister for the Indo-Pacific in 2024. Read more from Sky News:Hantavirus cruise ship arrives in TenerifeElections: Our analysis in maps and charts In that role, she was once again reunited with her former boss David Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time. West left government last September when the prime minister reshuffled his ministerial team following the resignation of Angela Rayner from government over her tax affairs. Since leaving government, she has kept a lower profile, serving as a trade envoy to Pakistan - until now, as she threatens to push Labour headfirst into a leadership race.

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Rory McIlroy finds answers to 'bad habits' in range session to offer pre-major swing boost ahead of PGA Championship

McIlroy saw his hopes of a record-extending fifth Truist Championship title evaporate with a third-round 75 on Saturday, his highest score on the PGA Tour since last June, where the Northern Irishman kept hitting shots to the left. The world No 2 hit '100 balls' on the range Saturday evening to try and regain control of his swing, four weeks on from having a post-round session on the practice area at Augusta National to address the 'left miss'. PGA Championship: Latest headlines and videoWho is in the PGA Championship? Latest fieldWhen are the majors? Key dates in 2026 scheduleGet Sky Sports or stream golf with no contract McIlroy's practice at The Masters helped him recover from losing a six-shot halfway lead to win the Green Jacket, while his work at Quali Hollow saw him bounce back to post a final-round 67 ahead of the second major of the year. "I started to hit it left yesterday [Saturday] with everything," McIlroy admitted after his final round. "I spent a good bit of time on the range last night just trying to straighten it out. "On the range this week, the wind has predominantly been off the left. I think when you hit a lot of balls in a left-to-right wind you start to aim a little bit left, your club face can get a little bit closed at impact just to try to counteract that wind. "Hitting balls the last five or six days in that left-to-right wind on the range I just started to miss some left on the course. I was trying to figure it out a little bit on the range last night, which I felt like I did and I hit the ball much better." On how his swing issue compared to The Masters, McIlroy added: "Exact same thing, so just have to straighten that out. That's sort of my bad habit at the minute and I just have to be aware of it. "Figured out a couple of things. I feel like I got into a couple of bad habits just because of that left-to-right wind on the range all week, so straightened that out. "I'm going to go home tonight, which will be nice, spend a night in my own bed and practice at home tomorrow [Monday]. Try to just continue that feel and bring that up to Philadelphia for the rest of the week." McIlroy had a blister on his little toe on his right foot - underneath the nail - to leave him in discomfort over the weekend at the Quail Hollow Club, although he confirmed that he would be at full fitness for this week's major. More major success to come for McIlroy? McIlroy will be among the pre-tournament favourites to claim a second major title of the season and seventh of his career, 12 years on from winning the PGA Championship for a second time. The 37-year-old played several practice rounds at Augusta National in the weeks leading up to last month's major victory, skipping three PGA Tour events after The Players, with the move leading to many on social media debating whether that gave him an unfair advantage. The notion was quickly widely dismissed by players and pundits, given all The Masters field can play practice rounds in the build-up, with McIlroy also making an early preparation trip to Aronimink ahead of the PGA Championship. When asked if he made just one visit to the PGA Championship venue, McIlroy joked: "No, I lived there for a week. I just played it every day. I think that's allowed." McIlroy confirmed he has only made one pre-major day trip to the venue and didn't keep score, with the six-time major champion now only expecting to play nine holes on Tuesday and nine on Wednesday ahead of the tournament. "I'm excited for it," McIlroy told Sky Sports. "I think it [Aronimink] fits my game pretty well. It seems like there's going to be a lot of drivers, a lot of wedges, especially on the front nine. "Back nine starts to get a little tougher, but seems like a course where if you can build your score on the front nine, I can see a lot of guys going on like three or four under. But big, slopey greens - they can tuck the pins away - so you've got to have - your wits about you. "Excited to get up there and have another go at a major championship." Who will win the PGA Championship? Watch throughout the week live on Sky Sports. Live coverage from the opening round begins on Thursday from 12.30pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.

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