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Mornings with Ridge and Frost
Wednesday 30 September 2026 · 09:30 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 9 annotated moments · 16 of 30 min on news stories (55%)
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The programme featured an interview with Andrew Ainsworth, the British costume designer behind the original Star Wars stormtrooper costumes, as original production moulds and a rare 1976 prototype helmet were about to go on auction. He described making the helmet from the same mould, George Lucas ordering 50 helmets, and a nine-year legal case with Lucas to regain IP rights. He also discussed licensing and said he believed skilled people could still work faster than AI in costume design.
It reported on Lucy Harrison, a 23-year-old from Warrington who was shot dead by her father at his Texas home in January 2025. A Texas grand jury found insufficient evidence to charge Chris Harrison, but a Cheshire coroner later concluded she was unlawfully killed and her father had acted recklessly with a loaded handgun. Lucy's mother said she felt Lucy had been let down and was seeking to have the investigation reopened, while none of those in authority had agreed to meet her. The broadcast then reported new Community Security Trust figures showing anti-Semitic incidents at British universities were significantly higher than before the 7 October attacks three years ago. Baroness Berger said Jewish students were still fighting to be heard and called for Office for Students oversight and a counter-extremism strategy, adding that official anti-Semitic incidents were at their highest levels and the issue extended to workplaces, the NHS, cultural and media spaces, and schools.
It also reported that work had begun to remove masts from the SS Richard Montgomery, a World War II shipwreck in the Thames Estuary since 1944 that still contains an estimated 1,400 tonnes of unexploded war munitions. The masts posed a risk if they fell into the hold, but experts judged the risk low and work was starting at the safest end, with the wreck more than a mile from shore. Separately, a Finnish study found people who prefer working in the evening were 70% more likely to need a disability pension than early risers, with researchers suggesting late sleepers were misaligned with society, leading to bad sleep and poor health choices. The broadcast noted an earlier Imperial College London study of 26,000 people that suggested night owls could be sharper and had superior cognitive function.
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- 3:53
Andrew Ainsworth, designer behind it all
“Andrew Ainsworth is here with us, the designer behind it all.”
- 10:07
Chris Harrison, dad
“This is Chris Harrison recorded on a police body camera in January last year.”
- 16:56
Luciana Berger, Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council and sits on the advisory board of the Union of Jewish Students
“Luciana Berger, thanks so much for joining us, we appreciate it.”
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Claim Star Wars stormtrooper helmet designer discusses 1976 prototype auction
Original production moulds and a rare prototype stormtrooper helmet from 1976 are to be auctioned.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 3:40-3:53
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Claim Star Wars stormtrooper helmet designer discusses 1976 prototype auction
Andrew Ainsworth stated that George Lucas ordered 50 helmets after seeing his design.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 5:19-5:25
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Claim Star Wars stormtrooper helmet designer discusses 1976 prototype auction
Andrew Ainsworth said he spent nine years in litigation with George Lucas to recover his intellectual property rights.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 6:12-6:23
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Claim CST report shows anti-Semitic incidents at UK universities remain far higher
CST figures indicated that anti-Semitic incidents at British universities were significantly higher than before the 7 October attacks.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 11:27-11:35
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Claim CST report shows anti-Semitic incidents at UK universities remain far higher
The Union of Jewish Students called for the Office for Students to oversee universities' reporting of anti-Semitism.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 14:06-14:17
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Claim CST report shows anti-Semitic incidents at UK universities remain far higher
The Union of Jewish Students called for a counter-extremism strategy specific to university campuses.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 14:25-14:36
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Claim Finnish study links night owls to 70% greater disability pension risk
A Finnish study reported that evening-oriented workers were 70% more likely to require a disability pension than early risers.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 24:22-24:32
- 24:32
Claim Finnish study links night owls to 70% greater disability pension risk
Researchers suggested that late sleepers are misaligned with society, leading to worse sleep and poorer health choices.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 24:32-24:39
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Claim Finnish study links night owls to 70% greater disability pension risk
Earlier Imperial College London research indicated that night owls might be sharper than early risers.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 30 September 2026, 24:56-25:04
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