Trevor Dunkley, 66, also pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful burial of Patricia Lashley, who was 33 years old when she went missing near her home in Dudley, West Midlands, in September 1998. Dunkley showed no emotion in the dock on Friday as defence barrister Balbir Singh told Wolverhampton Crown Court that the charges had been brought based on a police interview. Asked by Judge Michael Chambers KC if Ms Lashley's body had been found, Mr Singh answered: "No, because this is 28 years ago and the body was put into the cellar downstairs. "It decomposed. When he was moving, about nine months to a year later, the skeleton was disposed of into the bins." Asked if there was a basis of plea, Mr Singh said of the case: "It is down to what the defendant told the police when there was no evidence in reality of what had happened." Dunkley was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 6 November. Police have said Ms Lashley, who was known locally as Pat or Jade, lived at an address in Hall Street, Dudley, had links to London, Wales, Newcastle and Scotland, and also used the names Vanessa and Tricia, as well as the surname Bradford. Several members of her family were present in court to see Dunkley, who police believe knew Ms Lashley, enter his guilty pleas. Both charges admitted by Dunkley covered a time period between 22 and 28 September 1998. Read more from Sky News:Arsonist who went on day-long rampage jailedMystery over woman found dead in bin bag Judge Chambers said: "You have had the courage to plead guilty to these matters and will get appropriate credit (for pleading guilty) in due course. "I am required to set the minimum term that you will have to serve before the parole board considers your case. "As you are aware, the sentence for murder is life imprisonment. "I am going to order a pre-sentence report. It's in your interests to cooperate with the preparation of that report. "In the meantime, you must remain in custody."

The US company has published a lengthy report into AI misuse, including instances of malicious code and dangerous prompts it has discovered in its models. Between December 2025 and August 2026, Anthropic's researchers identified misuse by "politically motivated individuals, state-sponsored groups seeking to spread propaganda, and spyware companies". It blocked one request for Claude to help create a grant application for scientific funding into research to "create a new or enhanced biological property" of the chikungunya virus. The mosquito-borne virus triggers symptoms such as severe pain and fever, and the request sought to enhance mutations to make the virus more harmful. Anthropic said it could have been "used to make the pathogen more dangerous". None of the cases included in the report used the newer Claude Fable or Mythos-class models, except for one "industrial-scale, covert campaign to extract a model's capabilities and replicate them in another model without authorization". Anthropic said the older models, such as Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4.5, "were well below the threshold" to assist a user in carrying out dangerous biological research. The report said: "As a result, safeguards on these models were less stringent, directed mostly at preventing access to content that might uplift novices in recreating known bioweapons. "But for today's models - which are capable of assisting in a range of complex scientific research tasks - the evidence is no longer certain, and we cannot make that same assurance." Anthropic said it has implemented "stronger safeguards that restrict access to a wide range of dual-use biological research queries". Read more from Sky News:Timeline of 9/11US voters warned it's 'America or Trump' Experts have repeatedly called on governments to regulate AI themselves as the models become more sophisticated, rather than relying on the industry itself. Earlier this week, one of Anthropic's researchers, Jacob Coxon, announced he was resigning and said the company, along with its competitor OpenAI, "are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives". He also warned that some of his colleagues believe AI could threaten humanity by the end of the decade.

Kian Minister, 24, set multiple fires and caused destruction across Kent on 27 March this year. Kent Police said Minister torched and destroyed a wheelie bin in Sturry High Street at about 5.30am. He was unsuccessful as he tried to start a blaze at Stour Retail Park in Canterbury by lighting a toilet roll, however he did manage to ignite tyres outside a Mercedes Benz dealership in Mill Road, which spread to damage the building. Minister fled the area as emergency crews extinguished the flames. No injuries were reported. Later that day, the wanted criminal used a fire extinguisher in a bid to damage a footbridge at Ashford International railway station. He also smashed three car windscreens with a traffic cone. The alarm was raised, and Minister was arrested shortly afterwards, near a skip outside the station. Kent Police said he had set fire to further items, which burned out. Minister was charged the next day with three counts of arson, three counts of criminal damage, attempted arson and attempted criminal damage. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on 4 September. The 18-month prison sentence included a two-month custodial term for breach of a community order. Read more from Sky News:Mystery over woman found dead in bin bagFive killed and 40 injured as tour bus overturns Investigating officer PC Evie Taylor-Ryall said: "Minister's reckless yet deliberate actions caused significant damage to business and property, and potentially risked serious harm to members of the public. "Through swift enquiries, officers were able to secure key evidence to link the offender to each incident, enabling us to build a strong case with multiple charges authorised within 24 hours of his arrest. "This case demonstrates our determination to take robust action against those who commit offences of this nature, and Minister has now rightly been held to account for his crimes."

The vehicle overturned between the villages of Susch and Zernez in the Alpine canton of Graubuenden on Thursday afternoon and rescue teams responded to the scene, authorities said. According to Swiss media, 48 people were on the bus. A spokeswoman for ANVR, a Dutch travel industry association, told the Blick newspaper that the passengers were all from the Netherlands. Pictures from the scene published ⁠by the Swiss newspaper showed a bus on its ⁠side surrounded by helicopters and emergency response vehicles. A police spokesperson said no other vehicles were believed to be involved. Several ambulances and five helicopters were deployed to the location, according to Swiss media. Oad, a travel agency behind the trip, said that it was "deeply shocked and devastated by the tragic bus accident". Read more from Sky News:Students killed after school fire'Laser attacks' on helicoptersThe Dutch Foreign Ministry said it was too early to confirm the number of victims. Swiss president Guy Parmelin posted on X: "My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. I offer my sincere condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. "I am very grateful for the efforts of the first responders. The relevant Swiss authorities will ensure that a comprehensive and thorough investigation is carried out to establish all the circumstances surrounding this accident."

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said output accelerated - on the back of 0.3% growth the previous month - as the services sector was also boosted by bars and food sales which benefited from good weather during the World Cup. Economists had widely expected zero growth to be recorded in July. Money latest: The misunderstanding at the heart of the seven-year gifting rule ONS director of economic statistics, Liz McKeown, said: "Within services, computer programming was the largest contributor, continuing the strong growth seen throughout the year, with evidence that businesses involved with AI and related technologies helped to boost this sector. "Continuing recent trends, research and development and rental and leasing also helped drive growth, while wholesaling saw a notable fall." AI investment, led by data centre spending and increased AI use among firms, has propped up growth since the spring as the economy has increasingly grappled with the effects of the conflict in the Middle East. Those effects have intensified markedly this week. Oil prices are set to end this week above $100 a barrel for the first time since mid-May while wholesale natural gas costs are at levels not seen for four years. The supply squeeze caused by the war is front and centre of financial market attention and the implications for the months ahead are a cause of great concern. The energy price-driven cost of living crisis that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine is fresh in the mind and a hangover has always remained. Like in 2022, gas is the main cause for concern, as it is the main driver of the energy price cap due to its importance in creating power and heating homes. Rising oil prices are already being seen at the fuel pumps and for home heating. The fear will be that higher energy prices become ingrained in the economy, with manufacturers and service providers passing them on down supply chains to already-squeezed consumers. Hikes to inflation - and therefore interest rate rise expectations - are already hurting government borrowing costs and the cost of servicing existing debt. A 30-year bond sale this week saw the highest yield paid since 1998. It all threatens the chancellor John Healey's wriggle room heading into next month's budget, though he pointed, in a speech this week, to an "optimistic story" for a UK economy that was "turning a corner". Felix Feather, economist at wealth manager Aberdeen, said of the ONS figures: "Economic activity has held up surprisingly well against the effects of the energy cost shock so far, with the data persistently outperforming expectations. "These figures will go some way to reassuring Bank of England policymakers that the current level of rates is not meaningfully restricting growth, which in turn suggests that rates could be moved higher without causing undue economic scarring. "We therefore expect the Bank to move to contain high inflation with a 25 basis point hike in November after holding next week."

A warm and wet meteorological autumn is around one-and-a-half to two times more likely compared to what would normally be expected, according to forecasters. There is also an increased chance of windy conditions later in the season, with strong El Nino conditions in the Pacific putting the UK at greater risk of a wet, stormy autumn. The El Nino phenomenon takes place when sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific rise above average, which can have a knock-on effect on weather in Europe. One of the strongest El Nino events is expected to develop, with the current phenomenon already at near-record levels. These events are typically associated with warmer, wetter and stormier conditions across the UK during late autumn and early winter. This is largely consistent with the most recent seasonal outlook, the Met Office confirmed. Its chief meteorologist, Ian Lisk, said: "The latest seasonal forecasts suggest an increased likelihood of wetter than average conditions as we move through autumn, which would be consistent with the historical influence of El Nino events. "However, El Nino is only one of several factors affecting the UK's weather, and it does not determine exactly what conditions we will experience. While this event may become one of the strongest El Nino events on record, that does not automatically mean more severe impacts for the UK. Read more from Sky News:Timeline of 9/11US voters warned it's 'America or Trump' "We will continue to monitor developments closely and update our forecasts as confidence in the outlook evolves." Environment Agency officials recently said that almost three-quarters of England remains in drought despite recent downpours. The body also raised concerns over a number of reservoirs at very low levels.

Western officials, however, said they saw no indication that the heavy toll of the war - in terms of Russian lives lost as well as a growing impact on the Russian economy - had changed the president's goal of seeking to force Ukraine under Moscow's sphere of influence. Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, the head of the UK armed forces, said the total number of casualties suffered by Russia, including those wounded, is thought to be 1.5 million troops since February 2022. The vast majority of the losses were incurred since January 2023 - in return for Russia gaining a mere 2% of Ukrainian territory, he said. "I think these numbers illustrate clearly the senseless and futile waste of human life for such little progress, and against such an illegitimate aim of President Putin," the chief of the defence staff said in a prepared statement to journalists. Referring to the half a million Russian personnel who are dead, he said: "So that means that's half a million photographs hanging on the walls in devastated, darkened homes about Russia. That means half a million families will never see their father, their son, their brother, or husband again." Read more from Sky News: Mystery over woman found dead in bin bag Anthropic blocks AI biological weapons research It has been 1,660 days since Moscow launched its full-scale war, meaning that Russian forces have been fighting in Ukraine for longer than Russia's participation in both the first and second world wars. Air Chief Marshal Knighton also described how the war has taken its toll on the Russian economy. It has "resulted in slowing growth in Russia, weakening consumer demand and stubbornly high inflation, and the cost of Russia's economy and its people's prosperity and prospects are enormous", he said.

They said 73 names supplied to them by concerned members of the public had been ruled out, while forensic tests and repeated public appeals have failed to lead to an identification. The body of the woman was found on 28 August inside a black bin bag in bushes in a walled garden in Stanley Park, between the Anfield and Goodison Park football grounds. It is believed she had been there for several weeks. Merseyside Police said: "To date, we have been unable to identify the woman despite repeated public appeals. "Following forensic tests, we have been able to establish a DNA profile for the woman, but there is no match on the national DNA database. It has also not been possible to compare dental records." The force added: "So far, we have received 160 reports from members of the public and have eliminated 73 people from our enquiries after concerns were raised for people matching the description of the woman. "We are continuing to appeal for people to come forward with any information to help identify the woman." The woman is described as white, believed to be around 70 years old, approximately 5ft 2in tall and of slight build, with strawberry blonde hair. She was found wearing a pink Nike T-shirt. Detectives have been gathering CCTV and forensic evidence. They have also spoken to residents in 625 properties surrounding the park and recovered footage from 30 private and commercial cameras in the area. Read more from Sky News:Remembering 9/11: Timeline of day America came under attackHead of MI5 issues 'call to arms' in rare public intervention Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector John Fitzgerald said: "Our investigation remains ongoing and we remain determined to identify the woman and find the person or persons responsible for her murder. "We are actively pursuing every call we receive to ensure that people are seen to be safe and well and can be eliminated from our enquiries. "We are continuing to appeal for anyone who has been in the area of Stanley Park over recent weeks who has seen anything suspicious to contact us, and also ask anyone who may have flown a drone over the park over the past couple of months to check their footage for anything significant."

The tremor was recorded by the US Geological Survey - after Lebanon's state-run news agency NNA reported the Israeli military had carried out a powerful blast at the Ali al-Taher ridge on Thursday. Tremors and the sound of the explosion were felt across Nabatieh and its surrounding areas, according to the NNA. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence minister, Israel Katz, confirmed the attack, saying the operation completed ‌the consolidation of a security zone in the area. "This was strategic terror infrastructure built over two decades, with Iranian funding and planning," they said in a joint statement, adding forces had established "operational control" over the ridge, above and below ground, before dismantling the infrastructure. "The IDF will remain in the security zone and will continue destroying terror infrastructure and thwarting any attempt by the Hezbollah terrorist organisation to re-establish itself and restore its capabilities," they said. "The State of Israel will continue to defend the northern communities from within Lebanon - and any attempt to harm our citizens and our forces will be met with force." The network extended for more than a mile (2km) and contained dozens of rockets, missiles and drones, as well as anti-tank missiles, mines and explosive devices, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said. The complex included command centres, weapons storage rooms and living quarters ​that allowed fighters to remain underground for long periods, it said. "All of the terrorists who were inside the infrastructure were eliminated or fled," it added. Read more from Sky News:Remembering 9/11: Timeline of day America came under attackSeveral Killed and injured in Swiss Alps coach crash Israel occupies a large swathe of southern Lebanon that it seized during a ground invasion after Hezbollah militants began firing rockets across the border into Israel in support of Iran in March. Despite a US-brokered framework agreed after a June ceasefire - following talks between Lebanon and Israel - that calls for Israeli forces to withdraw from occupied areas in exchange for Hezbollah's disarmament, its implementation has largely stalled. Hezbollah has refused to give up its weapons, with Israel continuing airstrikes as it accuses the group of attacking its forces.

In a rare public intervention, released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US, Sir Ken McCallum wrote that his officers must confront a "markedly different" threat landscape today than back in 2001. "Sadly, mass-casualty terrorist ambition endures... but the terrorist threat now sits alongside strategic national security threats posed by capable states," the director general of the Security Service wrote in an article for The Independent newspaper. Follow latest: 9/11 25 years on Citing former CIA director James Woolsey, who spoke of the West slaying "a large dragon" after the Cold War, Sir Ken said: "We now face the worst of both worlds: dragons are back, but snakes persist." The "dragons" are thought to refer to state-based threats from Russia and China, while the "snakes" are the dangers posed by Islamist terrorist groups such as Islamic State and al Qaeda. Sir Ken wrote: "This is my call to arms after 25 years: government, business, academia, and the public must treat national security not as the specialist concern of a handful of agencies, but as a shared national endeavour." The MI5 director general explained the importance of the campaigns to hunt down the leaders of al Qaeda in the wake of the devastating attacks against the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon. "Al Qaeda had to be not just taken on, but taken down. A gargantuan multinational effort, powerfully spearheaded by the US, devised new capabilities to dismantle the core of the organisation in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas, into which it had been pushed by the Afghan campaign," he wrote. "It worked. Al Qaeda remains a threat today, but its capabilities are a fraction of 2001's. That rolling back was not inevitable; it was forced." However, he cautioned against complacency. "We must resist the temptation to admire the defences we built yesterday and instead build the ones we will need tomorrow," he said. Without specifying any hostile country by name, the MI5 boss talked about the escalating threats posed by attacks under the threshold of conventional war. "Contending with rising State-backed aggression - whether sabotage subcontracted to criminals, or covert interference in our democracy, or destructive cyber attacks on power stations - demands new laws as well as new tradecraft," he wrote. Read more from Sky News: Timeline of 9/11 US voters warned it's 'America or Trump' "We cannot wait for the next shock to discover who owns the vulnerability, who has the authority to act, or who was supposed to pick up the phone." He continued: "In 2026, unlike 2001, many of the assets, systems and services under threat sit in private sector hands. This means many of the most critical decisions will be taken not in COBR but in boardrooms. "We need a new team of teams, preserving an open economy but cooperating across government, industry and academia, to close vulnerabilities and enable swift coherent action when crises hit."