Broadcast timeline
Sky News Today
Friday 9 October 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 24 of 30 min on news stories (79%)
Broadcast overview
An AI-generated overview based on this broadcast's transcript.
A court has decided that the man charged with murdering former minister Ann Widdecombe, Joshua Kerry, will also face terror charges involving Nigel Farage at the same trial. Prosecutors allege he drove 265 miles from Rotherham to Widdecombe's Devon home in July 2026 and killed her with a hammer; separate charges from May 2024 allege preparation of acts of terrorism, including researching targets, travelling to Farage's home and attempting to enter. Prosecutors said the charges were a single course of conduct and inextricably linked; the judge agreed to join them and set trial for 8 June 2027. In the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, Labour's Seagal Abduwali held the seat with 12,292 votes and a 45% share, defeating Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who came second with 8,928 votes. Labour's majority was 3,364 with a 13% swing to the Greens; the Conservatives were third, Reform fourth and the Lib Dems fifth. Polanski vowed to continue as leader, saying he was ready to carry on despite the failed gamble, and the new Labour MP cited homelessness, public ownership of Thames Water and opportunities for young people as priorities.
Sky News understands the King has paid £1.5 million owed by his brother Andrew for repair and restoration costs at Royal Lodge. The total bill was £1.8 million, and Andrew was due £302,000 for handing back the lease early; the King lent the money from his own income to reimburse the Crown Estate quickly. The lease surrender followed last October's palace announcement after US Department of Justice files relating to Jeffrey Epstein contained allegations against Andrew, which he has always denied; he moved to Sandringham in February. The Crown Estate said the lease had ended and it would focus on Royal Lodge's future use and financial value. Separately, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution of Nidal Hassan, convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, will be live-streamed when he faces a firing squad in December. The correspondent said this would be the first military execution by firing squad since the Second World War and the first public execution in the US for more than 90 years, with legal challenges possible. Lawyers for Christa Pike, who survived a lethal injection attempt in Tennessee, said she had begun walking and eating again and had regained some movement in her arms.
Navi Pillay, a former United Nations human rights chief, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. The report noted her legal career in apartheid-era South Africa, her roles at the ICC and ICJ, and her chairing of a commission of inquiry into the occupied Palestinian territories that concluded Israel was committing genocide; the Israeli government strongly condemned the report and her award. The United States was expected to be critical, and Donald Trump has considered himself a contender for the prize. In breaking news, Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she had been invited for a police interview over protests linked to the long-running dispute over Orange marches in Portadown and on Garvaghy Road. She said she would cooperate, stood in solidarity with Garvaghy Road residents against an unwanted march, and would continue to stand with them against sectarian intimidation, adding there was no going back.
- 1:47
- 1:52
Charged quote Joshua Kerry to face single trial over Widdecombe murder and Farage terror plot
Insists he trusts his club and says now isn't the time to discuss the guilty verdicts against it. Hello Good afternoon a court has decided that the man charged with the murder of former Minister Ann Widdecombe Will also face charges at the same trial of a terror plot involving Nigel Farage prosecutors say Joshua Kerry's actions were politically and
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 1:52-1:58
- 2:48
Charged quote Joshua Kerry to face single trial over Widdecombe murder and Farage terror plot
So prosecutors say that he drove 265 miles from his home in Rotherham to Ann Widdecombe's home in Devon and Murdered her in July 2026 striking her 21 times on the head With a hammer in her kitchen and then there are the separate charges as of last week Where he was facing charges of preparing acts of terrorism
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 2:48-2:54
- 3:59 Story begins Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election
- 3:59
Claim Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Zack Polanski said he would remain Green Party leader and carry on despite failing to win the seat.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 3:59-4:09
- 4:19
Claim Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Labour's Sagal Abdiwali, a local council leader, won the by-election with 45% of the vote to Zack Polanski's 33%.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 4:19-4:45
- 10:23
- 10:23
Claim King Charles settles Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's £1.5m Royal Lodge repair bill
The Crown Estate said it did not give Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor any money at the end of the Royal Lodge lease and received a £1.5 million payment from his representatives.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 10:23-10:34
- 10:34
Claim King Charles settles Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's £1.5m Royal Lodge repair bill
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received over £300,000 in compensation after the lease on Royal Lodge was surrendered.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 10:34-10:45
- 11:22
Charged quote King Charles settles Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's £1.5m Royal Lodge repair bill
Great Park where he'd lived for more than two decades. There was lots of pressure mounting over Andrews friendship with the disgraced pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and files released by the US Department of Justice it was around that time too that the prince's title was removed from him and of course any
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 11:22-11:29
- 12:43
Contested quote King Charles settles Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's £1.5m Royal Lodge repair bill
1.5 million that he then still owed the Crown Estate now It's understood that the king has lent the money to pay the Crown Estate from his own Income to ensure that the Crown Estate was quickly Reimbursed because it's what generates revenue for the public purse now. There's been a statement from the Crown Estate
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 12:43-12:54
- 12:43
Claim King Charles settles Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's £1.5m Royal Lodge repair bill
The Crown Estate said it did not give Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor any money at the end of the Royal Lodge lease and received a £1.5 million payment from his representatives.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 12:43-13:02
- 13:26
- 19:19 ~4 min without annotations
- 23:37
- 27:04
Charged quote Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize as US sanctions ICC
Let me give you the statement that was released by the Israeli foreign ministry It says this if there was an award for lies hatred and blood libels Navi Pillay wouldn't just be a contender She'd be a front-runner her role in the relentless politically motivated demonization of Israel and promotion of the
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 27:04-27:12
- 27:12
Charged quote Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize as US sanctions ICC
It says this if there was an award for lies hatred and blood libels Navi Pillay wouldn't just be a contender She'd be a front-runner her role in the relentless politically motivated demonization of Israel and promotion of the Jenna lie in other words the lie about genocide speaks volumes Awarding Pillay the Nobel Peace Prize isn't a recognition of justice. It is the grotesque
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 27:12-27:22
- 27:23
Contested quote Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize as US sanctions ICC
Jenna lie in other words the lie about genocide speaks volumes Awarding Pillay the Nobel Peace Prize isn't a recognition of justice. It is the grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-israel hatred and prejudiced Now that the Nobel Commission has rewarded the biggest lie of the 21st century
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 27:23-27:32
- 27:32
Contested quote Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize as US sanctions ICC
weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-israel hatred and prejudiced Now that the Nobel Commission has rewarded the biggest lie of the 21st century Joseph Goebbels is certainly applauding from hell for those who don't know Joseph Goebbels was a prominent Nazi who promoted Nazi propaganda so an extraordinarily strong
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 27:32-27:44
- 28:58
- 28:58
Claim Michelle O'Neill says she will cooperate with police interview over Garvaghy Road protests
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill has been invited to a police interview linked to protests over the long-running Orange marches dispute in Portadown on Garvaghy Road.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 28:58-29:08
- 29:08
Claim Michelle O'Neill says she will cooperate with police interview over Garvaghy Road protests
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill has been invited to a police interview linked to protests over the long-running Orange marches dispute in Portadown on Garvaghy Road.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 9 October 2026, 29:08-29:22
Source: Sky News, "Sky News Today", Friday 9 October 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.