Broadcast timeline
Mornings
Tuesday 25 August 2026 · 06:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 19 of 30 min on news stories (64%)
Broadcast overview
An AI-generated overview based on this broadcast's transcript.
The broadcast reported a government review finding that 112 care leavers aged 18-24 died in 2025, with over a third taking their own lives. The story of George McCulloch, an autistic care leaver who died shortly after turning 18, was used to illustrate how support can fall away sharply at the point it is most needed. Police investigating the fatal A66 crash that killed two officers made 12 arrests linked to organised crime, and a fundraiser for the families passed £700,000.
Britain and Ukraine signed an agreement to jointly develop AI defence and security tools, giving the UK access to Ukraine's Avengers AI labs. Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kiev for independence events and pledged to let Ukraine build its own Storm Shadow missiles. The report also noted that a former fisherman from South Yorkshire became the first British citizen reported killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Separately, the US Treasury Secretary imposed further sanctions on Iran, warning trading partners to sever financial ties or face retaliation.
In Glasgow, a critical shortage of affordable housing was reported to be fuelling community tension and vigilantism. Rumours that migrants were jumping housing queues sparked violent protests, with police saying innocent people were targeted. Local officials said refugees are not prioritised over locals, and the response should address the housing shortage rather than blame a group.
- 0:16
- 1:44
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
This report does contain references to suicide. This is George McCulloch. He was autistic and by the time he was 14 his parents had made the hardest decision of their lives that the safest place for their son was not with them. Four years later he was dead. He made himself known from day one really.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 1:44-1:53
- 2:00
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
… and by the time he was 14 his parents had made the hardest decision of their lives that the safest place for their son was not with them. Four years later he was dead. He made himself known from day one really. It's like he didn't have any breaks in his brain. He did everything at 100 miles an hour. Bright boy with a lot to offer the world. But Joash could also be violent.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 2:00-2:02
- 2:22
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
… mean the first time he knocked me out he would have been five. What happened? He struck you? He just hit me straight in the head and it was about an ice cream. He tried to hang himself in the home and it was his younger brother that found him. I think he must have been 12. Andy and Jess say they spent a decade asking for help. In 2021 they ran out of road.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 2:22-2:28
- 2:37
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
I think he must have been 12. Andy and Jess say they spent a decade asking for help. In 2021 they ran out of road. We can't cope. We're not functioning. We can't keep him safe here. And that was the day he went into care. Within weeks Joash was almost 200 miles from home in South Yorkshire. He was 14.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 2:37-2:41
- 3:03
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
Why did they send him to Rotherham? They couldn't find anything else. It's a familiar story. Government figures show that four in ten children in care in England are placed outside of their own local authority area. He was so isolated. He was literally at home all the time. When that placement broke down he was sent to Milton Keynes.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 3:03-3:08
- 3:22
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
Not a registered children's home but a place designed for older children on their way out of care. And then Joash turned 18. The entire weight of everything that social services had done with him was all focused towards what are you going to do when you turn 18. So first and foremost it was in his mind a massive, a massive cliff edge that was coming and coming and coming.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 3:22-3:32
- 3:33
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
The entire weight of everything that social services had done with him was all focused towards what are you going to do when you turn 18. So first and foremost it was in his mind a massive, a massive cliff edge that was coming and coming and coming. In the November he had a suicide attempt, took an overdose, ended up in hospital and then was discharged.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 3:33-3:42
- 3:52
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
In the November he had a suicide attempt, took an overdose, ended up in hospital and then was discharged. Without a psych review, without a referral, without anyone letting social services even know. He came off the ADHD medication he'd taken since he was five. His mother said she warned his social worker what was coming.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 3:52-4:00
- 4:13
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
He came off the ADHD medication he'd taken since he was five. His mother said she warned his social worker what was coming. Nine weeks later Joash took his own life on a railway line. They phoned us after lunch and said, we've had a look and his left hand is intact and if you'd like to you can come and spend time with him. To sit with him and to hold his hand.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 4:13-4:29
- 4:29
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
… lunch and said, we've had a look and his left hand is intact and if you'd like to you can come and spend time with him. To sit with him and to hold his hand. To hold his hand and I knew it was him. There was no doubt that that was my boy. I knew those hands so well. A government review has found 112 care leavers died aged 18 to 24 in 2025.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 4:29-4:41
- 4:51
Charged quote Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
A government review has found 112 care leavers died aged 18 to 24 in 2025. Its findings are stark. Among them, for the most vulnerable young people, support can fall away sharply at exactly the point they need it most. An inquest will examine Joash's death early next year. His family hope it will provide answers to the many questions they have.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 4:51-5:00
- 5:38
- 8:11
- 13:51 Story begins US unveils sweeping new sanctions to isolate Iran
- 14:08
Charged quote US unveils sweeping new sanctions to isolate Iran
warned Iran's trading partners to sever financial ties or face retaliation from the US. Scott Bessent said he wants to give countries, though, an opportunity to shift away from Iran, conceding that secondary sanctions on economic allies could blow up the global financial system. Our US correspondent, Mark Stones, explains what's prompted the latest economic measures.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 14:08-14:14
- 14:20
Charged quote US unveils sweeping new sanctions to isolate Iran
Our US correspondent, Mark Stones, explains what's prompted the latest economic measures. Well, critics will say, critics of America, that is, will say it tells us that Donald Trump is desperate, that he has realised that his excursion, as he once called it, six months old this Friday into Iran has not worked,
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 14:20-14:27
- 14:27
Charged quote US unveils sweeping new sanctions to isolate Iran
Well, critics will say, critics of America, that is, will say it tells us that Donald Trump is desperate, that he has realised that his excursion, as he once called it, six months old this Friday into Iran has not worked, and that the military side of it is really very, very difficult for him indeed.
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 14:27-14:36
- 15:16
Contested quote US unveils sweeping new sanctions to isolate Iran
This is quite a short statement, a news conference. I think it lasted less than 20 minutes. And he is not, I mean, they're calling it D-Day, but he's not actually imposing anything right now. So it's really not D-Day. What he is saying is, you've got a bit of time. And he was asked what these countries and entities, why not just impose these sanctions right now?
Sky News, Mornings, 25 August 2026, 15:16-15:19
- 16:21 ~6 min without annotations
- 22:10
- 25:44 ~4 min without annotations
Source: Sky News, "Mornings", Tuesday 25 August 2026. Transcript excerpts and stills are shown only to support the analysis annotated alongside them. Search-result excerpts are distinct from the editorial annotations — see our copyright basis. The full broadcast is not reproduced.