The corporation said in a statement it "acted decisively" at the weekend to terminate Mills' contract after initially saying he was dismissed due to claims over his "personal conduct". It emerged that the BBC was asked about the allegations by a freelance journalist last year, but did not respond. The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that officers investigated "allegations of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy" who was under 16, said to have taken place between 1997 and 2000. However, the Crown Prosecution Service ultimately decided "the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges" and the case was closed in May 2019. In a statement on Wednesday, the BBC confirmed it knew about the claims nine years earlier and dismissed Mills when new information came to light. A BBC spokesperson said: "Scott Mills had a long career across the BBC, he was hugely popular and we know the news this week has come as a shock and surprise to many. "We also recognise there's been much speculation in the media and online since Monday. We hope people understand that there is a limit to what we can say because we have to be mindful of the rights of those involved. "What we can confirm is that in recent weeks, we obtained new information relating to Scott and we spoke directly with him. As a result, the BBC acted decisively in line with our culture and values and terminated his contract on Friday 27 March. "The BBC has made a significant commitment to improve its culture, processes and standards. Last year, following an independent culture review, we set out the behavioural expectations for everyone who works with or for the BBC and we were clear action would be taken if these were not met. "Separately, we can confirm the BBC was made aware in 2017 of the existence of an ongoing police investigation, which was subsequently closed in 2019 with no arrest or charge being made. We are doing more work to understand the detail of what was known by the BBC at this time." Mills, who has not yet commented on his sacking, was taken off air by the BBC last Tuesday. Met Police launched an investigation into Mills, 53, in 2016 and was questioned under caution by officers in July 2018, and it is reported by The Sun that Mills denied the claims at the time and informed the BBC. BBC bosses decided not to take him off the air, the newspaper added. The case was later dropped in May 2019 due to a lack of evidence. Read more:BBC apologises for response after Scott Mills allegationsScott Mills allegations: What we know so far Hampshire Police said the sexual offence allegations were first reported by a third party, in 2016, and that it logged the details and passed them on to the Met Police for investigation. Met Police, which does not identify people under investigation pre-charge, said it closed its investigation in May, 2019, after advice from the Crown Prosecution Service that "the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges".

The corporation said in a statement it "acted decisively" at the weekend to terminate Mills' contract after initially saying he was dismissed due to claims over his "personal conduct". It emerged that the BBC was asked about the allegations by a freelance journalist last year, but did not respond. The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that officers investigated "allegations of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy" who was under 16, said to have taken place between 1997 and 2000. However, the Crown Prosecution Service ultimately decided "the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges" and the case was closed in May 2019. In a statement on Wednesday, the BBC confirmed it knew about the claims nine years earlier and dismissed Mills when new information came to light. A BBC spokesperson said: "Scott Mills had a long career across the BBC, he was hugely popular and we know the news this week has come as a shock and surprise to many. "We also recognise there's been much speculation in the media and online since Monday. We hope people understand that there is a limit to what we can say because we have to be mindful of the rights of those involved. "What we can confirm is that in recent weeks, we obtained new information relating to Scott and we spoke directly with him. As a result, the BBC acted decisively in line with our culture and values and terminated his contract on Friday 27 March. "The BBC has made a significant commitment to improve its culture, processes and standards. Last year, following an independent culture review, we set out the behavioural expectations for everyone who works with or for the BBC and we were clear action would be taken if these were not met. "Separately, we can confirm the BBC was made aware in 2017 of the existence of an ongoing police investigation, which was subsequently closed in 2019 with no arrest or charge being made. We are doing more work to understand the detail of what was known by the BBC at this time." Mills, who has not yet commented on his sacking, was taken off air by the BBC last Tuesday. Met Police launched an investigation into Mills, 53, in 2016 and was questioned under caution by officers in July 2018, and it is reported by The Sun that Mills denied the claims at the time and informed the BBC. BBC bosses decided not to take him off the air, the newspaper added. The case was later dropped in May 2019 due to a lack of evidence. Read more:BBC apologises for response after Scott Mills allegationsScott Mills allegations: What we know so far Hampshire Police said the sexual offence allegations were first reported by a third party, in 2016, and that it logged the details and passed them on to the Met Police for investigation. Met Police, which does not identify people under investigation pre-charge, said it closed its investigation in May, 2019, after advice from the Crown Prosecution Service that "the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges".

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is currently set to fail when parliament ends its current session ahead of the King's Speech on 13 May. Politics Hub: Follow the latest It needs to complete its parliamentary stages before then but has become stuck in the House of Lords. The bill would give people over 18 who are terminally ill and in the final six months of their life the ability to request assistance from a doctor to die. It only covers England and Wales. MSPs rejected a Scottish version on 17 March, while Jersey and the Isle of Man recently passed their own laws. The bill was proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who in September 2024 came first in a ballot of backbench MPs to bring forward their own draft laws. This ballot happens in each parliamentary session. So how could it return? Backers of the bill have told Sky News they think around 200 MPs would be willing to reintroduce the bill should they come in the top few places in the next ballot, due on 21 May. "The strategy is to come high up in the private members bill ballot," Charlie Falconer, the Labour peer who has been shepherding the bill through the Lords, told Sky News. Government ministers aren't allowed to put in for the ballot – between 400 and 500 backbench MPs usually enter. If 500 do, a supporter has a 92% chance of coming in the top five places needed to have a realistic chance of progressing. "The idea is we all support that person to take Kim [Leadbeater]'s bill through again," Labour MP Dr Simon Opher, a key backer of the bill, told Sky News. Why would it be different next time? As MPs have already passed the bill once, Dr Opher said it could clear all Commons stages again quickly. "As it is a private members' bill, the whole committee could be supporters of the legislation, so the committee stage would only last a few hours," he explained. "There's very little appetite for a long, drawn-out debate," Lord Falconer said. "There would be appetite for one day of decisive votes." Dr Opher said even some MPs who voted against it last time would now back the bill because it's seen as "undemocratic" for the Lords to block it. More than 100 Labour MPs wrote to Sir Keir Starmer a fortnight ago urging him to stop the Lords from blocking the bill and to give it time to return in the Commons. Similar letters from supportive MPs from other parties have been sent. Lord Falconer said he would put the bill's chances of becoming law at "significantly more than 50%" – while Dr Opher put it at 90%. 'Deep flaws' in bill But Labour MP Adam Jogee, who opposes the bill, said the public didn't want to see a "flawed" bill become law. "Rightly, the overwhelming majority of people in our country want their MPs to pass safe, well-developed laws that are watertight and robust," he said. "The House of Lords has exposed deep flaws in the assisted dying bill." He pointed to recent polling by JL Partners, where 77% of respondents said they agreed a bill that hasn't been fully scrutinised should not become law. And Labour's Baroness Luciana Berger, who also is against the bill, said it was a "danger to the vulnerable". "None of the relevant medical Royal Colleges, professional groups, advocacy groups or even the government's own Ministers will say that the legislation is safe," she added. Dr Opher, however, said it was the "safest assisted dying bill in the world". Read more from Sky News:Heart disease patients to get WegovyWoods releases first statement since crash How MPs could bypass the Lords Assuming MPs once again vote in favour of the bill, it would become law at the end of the next parliamentary session even if the Lords failed to pass it again. That's because of a piece of procedure called the Parliament Act, which says the same bill, twice passed by MPs but rejected by peers in two adjacent sessions, becomes law anyway. It's only been used twice this century: to ban fox hunting and to equalise the age of consent for gay sex. Dr Opher said because peers had taken so long to debate the bill, they had lost the chance to make changes: "Their main role is to amend bills to make them better – because of their blocking tactics, they've got rid of that option." Opponents of the bill have previously told Sky News it would be "outrageous" to use the Parliament Act. Critical peers fiercely deny they are purposefully obstructing the bill and insist they are trying to improve what they think is a poorly designed piece of legislation. The final option If the ballot plan fails, supporters are planning to try to persuade the government to give the bill time as another type of backbench bill, called a presentation bill. Usually, these don't progress beyond their first stage – but supporters would seek to persuade the government they should give it time to protect the authority of the democratically elected Commons over the unelected Lords. Ministers are understood to have rejected formally taking on the bill as government legislation, as they fear splitting the Labour Party over an issue its MPs disagree on.

Chelsea's pre-tax loss of £262.4m for the year ending June 30 2025 surpasses the £197.5m posted by Manchester City for the 2010/11 season. The announcement comes just three weeks on from the club being hit with the Premier League's biggest-ever fine and a one-year suspended transfer ban for self-reported financial breaches which occurred historically during the Roman Abramovich era. Chelsea fixtures & scores | FREE Chelsea highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Chelsea games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 Chelsea said this record loss was attributable in part to increased operating costs in 2024/25 compared to the previous year. Revenue is up to £490.9m, the second highest on record for the club. It is understood Chelsea expect that figure to rise even higher in 2025/26, potentially to £700m. That is down to bumper player sales in the transfer market, which amounted to £314.4m last summer. Noni Madueke (£52m, to Arsenal), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (£29m, to Everton) and Djorde Petrovic (£25m, to Bournemouth) were among those deals. Their successful Club World Cup sits across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 accounting years. Chelsea posted a profit of £128.4m in the previous year's accounts, boosted by the sale of the women's team to Blueco Midco - a subsidiary company - for almost £200m. Chelsea also announced on Wednesday that their women's team (Chelsea Football Club Women Ltd) posted a loss of £17.1m, despite generating £21.3m in revenue. The Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) only allow maximum losses of £105m over three years but clubs are able to add back some losses with spending on, for instance, infrastructure, youth development and women's football. Chelsea - like all other clubs - have been found to be compliant with PSR up to the three-year period ending 2024/25. Chelsea were fined 20m euros (equating to £17.3m at the time) for breaching UEFA's football earnings rule in July, with a further fine of over £50m payable if compliance was not achieved over a four-year period. Chelsea are believed to be confident the club are now fully structured to comply with all regulatory requirements, and expect to remain compliant. In February, a UEFA report put Chelsea's losses for 2025 even higher - at 407m euros (£355m). Sources close to the club say the difference between that loss figure and the one reported by the club on Wednesday is due to the different reporting requirements applied by European football's governing body.

The Met Office said delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport were likely from 6pm on Saturday until midday Sunday for Scotland, Northern Ireland, North Wales and an area of northern England stretching from Liverpool to Newcastle. Winds of up to 90mph could be possible in western Scotland, with gusts of 70mph more widely. Forecasters added that there was a chance of power cuts, with the potential to affect other services such as mobile phone coverage. There were likely to be delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges, which could also close, the Met Office said. Read more from Sky News:Ryanair warns of jet fuel supply disruption in MayMigrant boat sinks off Turkish coast, killing 18 Areas in Wales affected by the weather warning include Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Isle of Anglesey. In North West England - Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside would be affected. In North East England, affected areas include Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland. Nearly all of Northern Ireland and Scotland are covered by the warning.

The French-Canadian singer revealed she had the rare and incurable disease in 2022 and was forced to cancel a world tour. She made an emotional comeback at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in 2024. The upcoming concert series will also take place in the French capital and will be her first in almost six years. In a post on Instagram on her 58th birthday, she described the plans for 10 gigs as the "best gift of my life". "I have to tell you something very important," she said in a video message. "Over these last few years, every day that's gone by, I felt your prayers and support, your kindness and love; even in my most difficult times, you were there for me. "You've helped me in ways that I can't even describe, and I'm truly so fortunate to have your support. I've missed you so much. And that brings me back to my birthday, actually. So this year, I'm getting the best gift of my life. "I'm getting the chance to see you, to perform for you once again in Paris, beginning in September this year." Dion, who is best known for hits including My Heart Will Go On, Think Twice and It's All Coming Back To Me Now, said she was "feeling good" and "excited" about the shows – and "a little nervous" too. She revealed she had been "singing again, even doing a little bit of dancing". "I love it so much," she added. Read more from Sky News:PM gives deadline to doctorsCountdown begins to moon mission Her Instagram post coincided with a series of videos displayed under the lights of the Eiffel Tower on Monday night promoting her announcement. A screen projected onto the tower said: "Paris, I'm ready. Celine Dion." The five-time Grammy winner will perform at the city's La Defense Arena between 12 September and 14 October. Tickets go on sale next week.

Resident doctors - formerly junior doctors - are now threatening to strike after Easter. Sky News looks back at when they have walked out before and why. Politics latest: Starmer issues ultimatum over doctors' strikes 2016: The first all-out doctors' strike since 1975 took place in January 2016 after then-Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt proposed a new contract for junior doctors - any doctor below consultant level - which would scrap standard overtime rates while increasing basic pay. There were further walkouts that year and a revised contract was eventually imposed, ending the dispute. 2023: All was relatively calm, in terms of strike action, for seven years until 2023, when doctors carried out strikes every month for five months from March under Rishi Sunak's government. They argued that their pay, in real terms, had fallen by 20-30% since 2008, with the BMA demanding "full pay restoration". 2024: January 2024 saw the longest strike in NHS history at the time - six days - over their pay erosion, and another in February. After Mr Sunak called the general election, the BMA announced another full six-day walkout by junior doctors in June and July 2024. After three months of talks, the BMA said Mr Sunak had "made no credible offer" to "restore pay lost over the last 15 years" and they were giving him a final chance to do so. Labour won the general election in July, and the new government offered a 22% pay rise over two years, which junior doctors accepted two months later, ending the strikes. Junior doctors were also renamed "resident doctors". Read more from Sky News:Millions of drivers owed compensationApril changes that will affect your money 2025: The strike respite was short-lived as tensions continued over pay restoration. Further issues included bottlenecks in speciality training posts and growing employment insecurity for early-career doctors, who said there are not enough jobs for them. This led to three new rounds of strikes in July, November and December 2025. 2026: Resident doctors are now threatening to strike for six days from 7 April, bringing the number of strikes since 2023 to 15. Sir Keir Starmer accused the BMA of rejecting a "historic deal" that would have delivered "another above-inflation pay rise this year" of 3.5% to bring their total pay rise since 2023 to 25.5%. The BMA said global events such as the Iran war, plus the rising cost of living, mean doctors are facing further pay erosion, causing them to leave the UK to work elsewhere.

Dubois meets Terri Harper in a WBO and WBC world lightweight championship unification on Sunday, live on Sky Sports. She is determined to power on through Harper, targeting the biggest future fights wherever they can be found. Harper: 'Bad ego' and conditioning will be Dubois' downfallBuy tickets for Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper billNot got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW Dubois wants to move quickly. Baumgardner is a big-name opponent, who's currently a unified super-featherweight champion. She has previously knocked out Harper and has the power to move up to 135 lbs. Dubois wants more lightweight unifications first but still anticipates that fight happening later in 2026. "I want to fight Baumgardner at the end of the year. There's no point wasting time. It's a big fight," Dubois told Sky Sports. "Let's go for it. She's no longer undisputed world champion so she can't say it has to be an undisputed fight. I want to have that fight by the end of this year." Mayer is a two-weight world champion and current holder of the WBO welterweight championship. Mayer, another big-name American, has just signed with Most Valuable Promotions, who also represent Dubois. The Londoner will push for that fight. "After Baumgardner, I'll then move up to 147lbs. I don't want to mess around. There's no big fights for me at 140, I'm chasing only big fights," Dubois declared. "I'm not obsessed with the belts. I like the belts, I like what they bring, but I'm obsessed with the fights, the bigger the fights, the scarier the fight, the scarier the opponent, you're going to see me running towards that." She simply wants to be "the best". "And you can only be that if you beat the best. The best opponents are at 135lbs and 147lbs," she said. "The biggest fights are at 147. "I don't know how much longer she [Mayer] wants to fight. I want to get that fight. I want to get that fight at 147, I want to get all the other champions at 147. Whoever's the biggest name at 147." Watch Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper live on Sky Sports on Sunday April 5