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Saturday 24 October 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 10 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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The Metropolitan Police confirmed it received a January 2019 letter containing allegations against Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, and said the letter was reviewed and passed to the Duke and Duchess's office for awareness but its details were not shared with other law enforcement agencies. Thomas Markle, who is being investigated by police in the Philippines over claims that he kept child sexual abuse images at his home, denies the allegations and has described them as sick lies. A Sussex spokesperson said Meghan may have been mistaken by a few months in recalling when she became aware of the allegations, and that the police's time-stamped 2019 record should be the accurate reference point; the Met said it was reviewing its handling and considering whether to refer itself to the IOPC. In France, 70,000 police and security forces were mobilised as protests over the cost of living and the state of schools began, with a correspondent in Marseille reporting that police used tear gas and sonic grenades as protesters threw rocks and bottles and were moved out of the city centre.
Weather warnings came into force as Storm Bulow approached, with amber alerts for damaging winds and rain and a danger-to-life warning; a yellow wind warning covered parts of Northern Ireland until midday tomorrow, a heavy rain warning covered Wales and parts of western and southern England until 11pm, and an amber wind warning covered Scotland and northern England from 9pm until the same time on Sunday. Rail lines in western and northern Scotland were set to close and other trains were to run at reduced speeds, after Storm Austin hit England's south-west coast yesterday and left thousands of homes without power with gusts of up to 80mph. A £7 million fund was expected to be outlined in the upcoming budget to explore a potential future Olympic and Paralympic bid by Northern England, with the Prime Minister and Chancellor launching a feasibility study for a possible 2036 or 2040 bid; northern mayors backed the plan, while London mayor Sadiq Khan said the capital should be part of a future bid.
A safeguarding minister accused tech companies of failing to act quickly enough against a dangerous online network that targets children. In a discussion on online safety, a psychotherapist, a mother whose daughter Sophie died in 2014 after exposure to harmful material, and the chief executive of the Molly Rose Foundation, founded after Molly Russell's death at 14, spoke about online groups targeting vulnerable children and the need for parents to be aware.
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Metropolitan Police, police force
- 15:23
Sandra Hüller, rising Hollywood star and German actress
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Sir Sadiq Khan, London mayor
- 29:53
Molly Rose Foundation, foundation founded after the death of Molly Russell
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Charged quote France protests: 135 arrested as 70,000 police deployed
back into the city, into the roads, the alleyways of Marseille, and that's what President Macron and his ministers said they were going to do, they would be agile, mobile, they would be responsive, they would clamp down on the protesters with force, and that is what we are seeing, we've seen individual groups or units of police charging the protesters,
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 7:03-7:12
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Contested quote France protests: 135 arrested as 70,000 police deployed
other groups as well getting involved, like the Gilets Jaunes, the Yellow Vests, with their concerns about the cost of living, but it has been taken over by a certain degree by looters, by anarchists, by what President Macron would call far-leftist agitators, and in a sense they've come to define this protest and perhaps hijack it, and I think
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 8:55-9:04
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- 15:18
Claim Sandra Hüller on her personal connection to Cold War drama Fatherland
Fatherland is a new Cold War-era historical drama about a father and daughter in divided Germany.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 15:18-15:28
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Claim Sandra Hüller on her personal connection to Cold War drama Fatherland
Hüller said filming in Lower Silesia, in places that had formerly been German, added a layer to the experience.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 16:13-16:29
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Claim Sandra Hüller on her personal connection to Cold War drama Fatherland
Hüller described examining history as a way to understand the present and inform the future.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 17:02-17:13
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Claim £7m Budget fund to study Northern England Olympic bid
The Budget is expected to include £7 million for a feasibility study into a future Northern England Olympic bid, launched by the prime minister and chancellor.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 21:26-21:33
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Claim £7m Budget fund to study Northern England Olympic bid
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the bid would be something everyone could get behind.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 22:10-22:16
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Claim £7m Budget fund to study Northern England Olympic bid
Sadiq Khan has called for London to be part of any future Olympic bid.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 22:51-22:58
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Claim Safeguarding minister accuses tech platforms of failing to protect children online
Online sadistic groups are targeting vulnerable children and pose a real, present threat in the UK.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 28:42-28:47
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Claim Safeguarding minister accuses tech platforms of failing to protect children online
Sophie, Ruth's daughter, died in 2014 after being exposed to harmful material online.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 24 October 2026, 29:35-29:43
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