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Mornings with Jones and Melbourne
Friday 9 October 2026 · 06:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (77%)
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Labour's Sagal Abdi Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election triggered by Keir Starmer's departure, taking 12,292 votes, or 45%, against Green leader Zack Polanski's 8,928 votes, or 33%, a majority of 3,364 and a 13% swing from Labour to the Greens. The Conservatives were third, Reform fourth and the Liberal Democrats fifth. The contest was a test for Andy Burnham's premiership and for Polanski's leadership. In her victory speech Abdi Wali spoke about community, hope and bringing people together; Polanski said he would remain Green leader, cited rent controls, tackling the climate crisis and nationalising Thames Water, and, asked about a Green Party motion that Zionism is racism, said he had grown up in a Zionist household but now believed there was an ongoing genocide and displacement of Palestinians.
The broadcast also reported that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the firing-squad execution of former US Army officer Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 12 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood in 2009, would be live streamed from Fort Hood on 3 December, with soldiers using rifles. It noted the timing followed a botched execution in Tennessee in which Christa Pike received two lethal doses of Pentobarbital and remained alive, after which Tennessee halted executions. Separately, the government was reported to be extending Awaab's Law, named after Awaab Ishak, from social housing to private rented and supported housing, with a consultation and civil penalties of up to £40,000, potentially affecting about nine million homes rather than four million.
Further items included clashes between protesters and police in New York after a man was shot and wounded by ICE agents in the Bronx; the mayor said a five-year-old was in the car but unharmed. The Nobel Institute said 287 candidates were in contention for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, with the winner due to be revealed; those tipped included the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, Pope Leo and the International Criminal Court. Counterterrorism police continued questioning two Latvian men in their 30s arrested on suspicion of trespass at RAF Molesworth, with officers not linking the arrests to an earlier incident at RAF Fairford. Two walls featuring original Banksy works were to be installed at the Minories Gallery in Colchester. A Sky News weather feature reported more than 4,000 daily temperature records had been broken across the UK in 2026, more than in any previous year, while parts of north-west Scotland had their second wettest summer on record.
- 0:19 Story begins Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election
- 0:27
Contested quote Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Hello there and a very good morning to you. It is 6 a.m. It is Friday the 9th of October your headlines Therefore I hereby declare the Sagal Abdiwali has been duly elected as a member of Parliament for Holborn and St. Pancras There is relief for the Labour Party as their candidate comfortably beats the Green Party leader Zack Polanski in Holborn and St. Pancras by election
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 0:27-0:33
- 3:50
Contested quote Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Mr Polanski, do you regret standing here? It's an election, I'm perfectly happy to stand in an election Was it a mistake standing here? I don't think it was a mistake at all I think it's been an opportunity to present Green Party values To talk about rent controls, tackling the climate crisis, nationalising Thames Water
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 3:50-3:51
- 5:29
- 5:33
Claim Trump cancels live stream of Fort Hood shooter execution
Pete Hegseth announced that the execution of a former US Army Major by firing squad would be live streamed and available for public viewing.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 5:33-5:45
- 6:24
Charged quote Trump cancels live stream of Fort Hood shooter execution
Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things Our US correspondent David Blevins is more An execution streamed live for people to watch That's what America's self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is promising Major Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 6:24-6:33
- 6:55
Claim Trump cancels live stream of Fort Hood shooter execution
Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed in early December at Fort Hood, Texas.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 6:55-7:03
- 7:03
Claim Trump cancels live stream of Fort Hood shooter execution
There has been no public execution in the modern-era United States, with the last public execution reported as about 90 years ago.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 7:03-7:14
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- 9:01
Claim Government opens consultation to extend Awaab's Law to private and supported housing
The government is considering extending Awaab's Law to private rented homes and supported housing.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 9:01-9:10
- 9:24
Claim Government opens consultation to extend Awaab's Law to private and supported housing
The proposed extension would more than double Awaab's Law's reach to around 9 million homes.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 9:24-9:28
- 10:08
Claim Government opens consultation to extend Awaab's Law to private and supported housing
Landlords could face civil penalties of up to £40,000.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 10:08-10:14
- 10:22
- 10:22
Claim New York mayor demands answers after ICE shooting of man in car with child
Protesters clashed with police in New York after ICE agents shot and wounded a man in the Bronx.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 10:22-10:35
- 10:35
Claim New York mayor demands answers after ICE shooting of man in car with child
Federal officials said the man had multiple prior arrests and was Dominican.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 10:35-10:41
- 10:41
Claim New York mayor demands answers after ICE shooting of man in car with child
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a five-year-old child was in the vehicle and that agents surrounded it and fired multiple rounds.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 10:41-10:51
- 22:41 Story begins Sky News launches online UK weather records tool
- 23:28
Claim Sky News launches online UK weather records tool
Sky News reported that over 4,000 daily temperature records were broken across the UK in 2026, more than in any previous year.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 23:28-23:33
- 26:00
Claim Sky News launches online UK weather records tool
Sky News launched an online weather records tool named Weather record, developed by its data and forensics team.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 26:00-26:06
- 26:06
Claim Sky News launches online UK weather records tool
The Weather record tool allows users to explore current local weather, historical weather, and climate change trends.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 9 October 2026, 26:06-26:13
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