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Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Thursday 17 September 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (85%)
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The broadcast opened with Buckingham Palace responding to explosive claims in a new memoir by Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, who alleges that the then Prince Charles said of Diana's death, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough." The Palace issued a statement saying the King is mindful that fraternal grief can cloud reason and affect memory. This was followed by tributes to three-year-old Noah Woods after police found a body in the search for him in Suffolk; formal identification had not yet taken place, and a GoFundMe page had raised over £20,000. The programme then turned to the Bank of England's expected decision to hold interest rates at 3.75%, following the US Federal Reserve's unanimous rate hike, with analysis noting elevated long-term borrowing costs and credibility challenges for central banks. It also reported that the NHS has approved the use of a life-extending drug, Enhertu, for advanced breast cancer patients in England, potentially giving them almost seven more months to live on average.
Further stories included rapper Macklemore donating his entire earnings from Ed Sheeran's tour, around £750,000, to charities supporting Palestinian people after being dropped as a support act over Gaza comments. Flash flooding in Barcelona submerged cars and buildings, with rescue teams freeing a car from a flooded underpass. A special report from the Democratic Republic of Congo detailed the deadly Ebola outbreak, which has killed nearly 3,000 people since May, with health workers struggling to contain multiple outbreaks in conflict zones and many cases unreported. Finally, police in South Africa said a ninth woman's body had been found in an area near Johannesburg over the past two months, and they were investigating whether the deaths could be linked, though they warned against calling it a serial killer before connecting the cases.
- 0:15
- 1:43
Claim Palace hits back at Earl Spencer's claim over King Charles and Diana
The memoir 'Swan Song Diana my Sister' contains an allegation.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 1:43-1:58
- 2:22
Charged quote Palace hits back at Earl Spencer's claim over King Charles and Diana
But then he unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death. Rest assured, he hissed, we'll forget her soon enough. Buckingham Palace responded with a statement saying, while we do not comment on books as a matter of principle,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 2:22-2:27
- 3:09
Claim Palace hits back at Earl Spencer's claim over King Charles and Diana
Buckingham Palace responded that grief can cloud a person's memory.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 3:09-3:13
- 4:14
Claim Palace hits back at Earl Spencer's claim over King Charles and Diana
The memoir 'Swan Song Diana my Sister' contains an allegation.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 4:14-4:19
- 4:44
Claim Palace hits back at Earl Spencer's claim over King Charles and Diana
Buckingham Palace responded that grief can cloud a person's memory.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 4:44-4:49
- 5:20
- 9:18
- 9:39
Claim Bank of England holds rates at 3.75% but warns of future rise
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% since December.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 9:39-9:51
- 9:39
Claim Bank of England holds rates at 3.75% but warns of future rise
A rate hold was widely expected ahead of the Bank of England decision.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 9:39-9:51
- 9:46
Claim Bank of England holds rates at 3.75% but warns of future rise
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% since December.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 9:46-9:51
- 10:05
Claim Bank of England holds rates at 3.75% but warns of future rise
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 3.75% to 4%.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 10:05-10:17
- 10:05
Claim Bank of England holds rates at 3.75% but warns of future rise
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 3.75% to 4%.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 10:05-10:17
- 10:05
Claim Bank of England holds rates at 3.75% but warns of future rise
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 3.75% to 4%.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 10:05-10:17
- 13:53
Charged quote Bank of England holds rates at 3.75% but warns of future rise
And again, until really both of these things fall in line, we probably will continue to face more pronounced long-term borrowing costs. A reminder, governments are as much to blame for this as central banks. On which note, if we round it off, this is why we're seeing elevated long-term borrowing costs on the next chart here in the UK
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 13:53-13:57
- 16:10
- 28:04
- 28:04
Claim South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
Police found a ninth body in a series of killings near Johannesburg.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 28:04-28:11
- 28:27
Claim South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
Police are investigating whether the deaths are linked but cautioned against assuming a serial killer is responsible.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 28:27-28:36
- 28:45
Claim South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
A forensic team was assembled to assess the case.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 17 September 2026, 28:45-28:55
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