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Sky News Today with Jayne Secker
Monday 21 September 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 22 of 30 min on news stories (73%)
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The broadcast began with the escalating dispute between President Trump and the US media. CNN, MS Now and Politico were taking legal action over Friday's decision to ban their reporters from the White House, and other news organizations said they would not cover the president's White House events today. All major TV networks agreed to pull today's pool coverage, so the usual rotating camera crew arrangement would not follow him to the UN General Assembly; a correspondent said there might be a friendly TV crew or White House TV instead, which had drawn criticism about moving closer to state TV. Media organizations issued a joint statement defending the public interest in independent information, while Trump posted on Truth Social that the White House was not assaulting the free press but attacking what he called fake news. Airlines and airports criticized the National Air Traffic Control provider after the second major incident in two weeks. Flights were disrupted at major airports in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, including Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol, Belfast City and Belfast International, because of a technical issue at a control centre in Scotland. NATS said the issue at Prestwick was fixed and it was working with airlines and airports to safely lift air traffic regulations, but passengers could expect disruption throughout the day and should check with their airline. Ryanair called for NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe to resign, while easyJet, British Airways and others raised concerns about resilience after earlier disruptions.
Prince Harry arrived at the WellChild Awards in central London as patron, but the visit was overshadowed by Earl Spencer's revelations to the BBC and his new book about his sister Diana. Earl Spencer accused King Charles of sounding elated when responding to Diana's death, saying he sounded like a lottery winner, and Buckingham Palace issued a rare response saying grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory. Harry did not answer shouted questions, and Meghan was not in attendance. At least 12 people were arrested after Cleveland Police carried out raids on properties in the Middlesbrough area, centred on Grange Town, to disrupt organized crime and the control and supply of drugs; the operation came four weeks after a crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough that claimed seven lives, including two police officers. The Prime Minister said new specialist courts for rape and sexual offences in England and Wales would help improve prosecution rates, which he called shamefully low, with every Crown Court having at least one dedicated courtroom, a private entrance and waiting room, trauma-informed training, a single point of contact for victims and fixed trial dates. Victims minister Alex Davies-Jones told Sky News a whole system approach was needed to address what she called a national epidemic and national emergency of violence against women and girls.
At the Liberal Democrats conference in Brighton, the party discussed maternity care, big tech and water reform, but there was reported restlessness that it was failing to cut through nationally. A political correspondent said the party had moved away from Ed Davey's stunts and was focusing more on policy; home affairs spokesperson Max Wilkinson called for a levy on big tech companies to fund an online police service to tackle pornographic deep fakes, child sexual abuse material and trafficking of drugs and weapons online. The leader of Devon County Council accused Ed Davey of sleepwalking the party into irrelevance, while Davey was defiant and pointed to Liberal Democrat successes, and the correspondent said there was frustration but no immediate move to replace him.
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
Other networks refused to act as the press pool for Trump in solidarity with the banned outlets.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 2:58-3:03
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
The ban may end up in court, according to reports.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 3:54-4:17
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Contested quote US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
Reporting that's a statement from a number of media organizations Donald Trump in Response he's been on Truth Social. He's saying this today. The White House is not instituting an assault on the free press Something which I cherish it is institution instituting an assault on the fake news something that has grown like cancer in our beloved United States of
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 4:53-4:59
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Charged quote US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
America it is corrupt purposeful pervasive fully coordinated and totally out of control He goes on to say it is a threat to our national security and must be stopped Now quite what the threat is to national security he would have to explain Himself last week when the ban was instituted. It was all very much about fake news. It should be born in mind
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 5:19-5:24
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Contested quote Air traffic control failure triggers travel chaos and review
It's understood though that passengers can expect disruption throughout the day Well, Edinburgh was one of the airports affected by the technical problems with Manchester Bristol Belfast City and Belfast International Also affected Edinburgh airports boss said that something needed to change after the second major incident in two weeks
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 7:00-7:07
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Charged quote Air traffic control failure triggers travel chaos and review
Also affected Edinburgh airports boss said that something needed to change after the second major incident in two weeks Well, the system clearly not working twice in the last few weeks and it's national infrastructure that we're all dependent upon So, you know, it's really but the government opens this contract in terms of who they have to run the system
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 7:16-7:22
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Contested quote Air traffic control failure triggers travel chaos and review
Passengers should still check the status of their flight with their airline. We apologize for the disruption But the airlines are pretty angry with pressure mounting on Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe Ryanair said enough is enough Martin Rolfe should resign today if he will not then the transport secretary Heidi Alexander
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 7:58-8:05
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Claim Air traffic control failure triggers travel chaos and review
Michael O'Leary called for NATS boss Martin Rolfe to resign.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 7:58-8:17
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Charged quote Air traffic control failure triggers travel chaos and review
Passengers should still check the status of their flight with their airline. We apologize for the disruption But the airlines are pretty angry with pressure mounting on Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe Ryanair said enough is enough Martin Rolfe should resign today if he will not then the transport secretary Heidi Alexander Should fire him and appoint somebody capable of delivering the resilient
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 8:06-8:12
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Claim Air traffic control failure triggers travel chaos and review
NATS said a fresh Prestwick incident was due to a software issue and unrelated to earlier technical problems or the August 2023 outage.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 8:53-9:03
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Claim Prince Harry gives emotional WellChild speech as Diana book row continues
The Duke of Sussex was due to continue charity work later that day as he settled back into life in the UK.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 12:36-12:47
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Charged quote Prince Harry gives emotional WellChild speech as Diana book row continues
charity links But as you heard there I was asking questions related to whether he has spoken with his uncle Spencer and it follows explosive allegations in his new book It's called Swan Song Diana my sister and I'll Spencer has accused King Charles of sounding elated Responding to the death of Prince Harry's mother Diana his book comes out tomorrow in it
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 13:43-13:48
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Claim Prince Harry gives emotional WellChild speech as Diana book row continues
Earl Spencer alleged that Prince Charles said Diana would be forgotten soon enough.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 14:03-14:14
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Charged quote Prince Harry gives emotional WellChild speech as Diana book row continues
Responding to the death of Prince Harry's mother Diana his book comes out tomorrow in it He said that the king sounded the now King I should say in appropriately elated He said he sounded like a lottery winner and it prompted a rare response from Buckingham Palace saying that grief it is suggested by the palace can cloud judgment and affect
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 14:09-14:14
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Charged quote Prince Harry gives emotional WellChild speech as Diana book row continues
… today be drawn on any of that. I can hear just to my right It is busy inside the building. He will of course be meeting people from the charity This book though is definitely going to reopen old wounds for the royal family not too dissimilar perhaps To what came out in Spare But for now the Prince Prince Harry is in there, but he wouldn't be drawn on any of what his uncle …
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 September 2026, 14:46-14:52
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