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Sky News Today with Jayne Secker
Thursday 22 October 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 8 stories · 15 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (77%)
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Downing Street said there was limited disruption to government services as websites worldwide were taken offline to patch critical coding flaws in PHP; a minister said 32 government services were unavailable and four partially unavailable, largely due to precautionary measures. Faisal Razzaq, who served jail time as getaway driver in the 2005 killing of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, was returning to prison over an underworld guns operation after admitting firearms offences. Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey told Sky News an apology from the King for the transatlantic slave trade would not hurt and the time had come for a conversation about reparations, ahead of the King's Caribbean tour; the UK government said it does not and will not pay reparations.
The government was updating its emergency preparedness website and launched a Be Ready campaign, with Defence Secretary Wes Streeting announcing a push on national resilience; advice urged households to be self-sufficient for three days, sign up to the priority services register if eligible, and store 72 hours of water and non-perishable food. Forecasters warned of two named storms, Austin and Bulow, with Austin affecting southern parts overnight and tomorrow and Bulow following over the weekend in the north; an amber wind warning covered the southwest, with gusts up to 80mph in Cornwall and Devon, and a rain warning covered southern and eastern Scotland. At Southwark Crown Court, the trial of a man facing rape and other sexual offences heard from friends, family and a former boyfriend of the fifth complainant, who alleged he raped her at his home; he denies all charges. A friend said the complainant did not go to police because she did not think she would be believed, and her parents said she was very upset.
Kieran Hayler was found not guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl and cleared of four alternative counts of sexual activity with a child. Barclays said it was cutting 5,000 jobs worldwide in an AI-led efficiency drive, with 1,000 already gone, after reporting a £2.3bn pre-tax profit for the three months to September. Footage from Brisbane showed a TV reporter and a bystander rescuing a man from floodwater after his car stalled. A federal judge in the US ordered President Trump to face questions by lawyers in a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December, after the BBC asked the court to compel him when he cancelled an agreed 16 October date; the judge threatened sanctions if he failed to comply. Trump filed the lawsuit last December seeking $10bn in damages over the documentary Trump A Second Chance, accusing the BBC of defamation and deceptive and unfair trade practices, and the BBC denied defaming him. A report traced the origins of Yemen's Houthis, describing how the al-Houthi family movement became an Iran-backed force that Saudi Arabia and its allies have fought for much of a decade and that could hold global trade to ransom.
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Contested quote King Charles faces slavery apology and reparations calls before Caribbean tour
Ali Fortescue, ahead of the King's tour of the Caribbean, next week. What's your view on reparations? If you're asking my personal view, I believe that the time has come for that conversation. It has come. And I don't believe we can run away from it. But it is important to determine the form that reparations should take.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 7:29-7:32
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Contested quote King Charles faces slavery apology and reparations calls before Caribbean tour
From the king? Yes, they've asked for an apology from the king. And... And would you like to see that? It wouldn't hurt to have an apology from the king. It wouldn't hurt to have that. It wouldn't hurt to have that, not at all. Well, Ali spoke to us a little earlier about the push for slavery reparations.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 9:44-9:48
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Claim King Charles faces slavery apology and reparations calls before Caribbean tour
The UK government's position was that Britain cannot apologise for, or be held financially liable for, events that were not illegal at the time.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 12:01-12:04
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Claim Government launches Be Ready campaign urging households to keep 72 hours of supplies
The government updated its emergency preparedness website with advice for households to be self-sufficient for three days, store 72 hours of bottled water and non-perishable food, and for eligible people to sign up to the priority services register, citing rising threats at home and abroad.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 12:48-12:55
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Claim Government launches Be Ready campaign urging households to keep 72 hours of supplies
The government updated its emergency preparedness website with advice for households to be self-sufficient for three days, store 72 hours of bottled water and non-perishable food, and for eligible people to sign up to the priority services register, citing rising threats at home and abroad.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 13:02-13:10
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Claim Government launches Be Ready campaign urging households to keep 72 hours of supplies
The government updated its emergency preparedness website with advice for households to be self-sufficient for three days, store 72 hours of bottled water and non-perishable food, and for eligible people to sign up to the priority services register, citing rising threats at home and abroad.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 13:12-13:23
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Contested quote Government launches Be Ready campaign urging households to keep 72 hours of supplies
to be more resilient. However, I have to say, as someone who's been reporting on this, waiting for this for so long, it does seem very feeble for the government only to just slip out a website like this, 2.30 in the afternoon on a Thursday. No massive fanfare, no minister fronting this and directing, telling people
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 16:12-16:16
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A second area of low pressure could become Storm Bulow.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 17:32-17:42
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
The Met Office named Storm Austin, forecast to arrive on Thursday night and last into Friday.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 18:15-18:19
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
The Met Office named Storm Austin, forecast to arrive on Thursday night and last into Friday.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 18:15-18:19
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Forecast winds in Devon and Cornwall could reach 80mph and be strong enough to cause damage.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 18:42-18:47
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Amber wind warnings were issued for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and potentially the Channel Islands, with gusts up to 70mph.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 18:42-18:51
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Amber wind warnings were issued for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and potentially the Channel Islands, with gusts up to 70mph.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 18:42-18:47
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A second area of low pressure could become Storm Bulow.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 19:17-19:21
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A second area of low pressure could become Storm Bulow.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 22 October 2026, 19:19-19:24
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