The 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds after officers were called to Kingsway Recreation Ground shortly after 6.30pm on Friday. The victim has not yet been formally identified. His family are being supported by specially trained officers. Police said one teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder in connection with the incident and is being questioned in police custody. A second teenager arrested on suspicion of violent disorder remains in hospital with serious injuries. A murder investigation has been launched, with detectives from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward. Read more from Sky News:Explosion as firefighters tackle blaze at industrial siteFour officers injured after police boat crashes into bridge Detective Chief Inspector Nick Gardener said: "Horrific violence in Luton has sadly cost a teenage boy his life today. "Our thoughts are first and foremost with the loved ones of the boy who lost his life in such tragic circumstances. "Incidents such as this have a significant impact on our communities. There is currently an increased police presence in the area, and high visibility patrols will continue." He added: "I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened, or who has any information, to come forward and speak to police to help us bring those responsible to justice. "We are aware that images and videos are circulating on social media. Please refrain from sharing any such footage and instead contact police. Not only is this material distressing for the family, but it could also form part of vital evidence in our investigation."

The US musician faced an allegation he attacked a former friend at the Tape club in Mayfair in 2023. The 37-year-old previously denied allegations of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Abraham Diaw, along with two charges of possessing an offensive weapon - a bottle - in a public place and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm. At Southwark Crown Court on Friday, prosecutors dropped these charges, and the R&B singer admitted an additional charge of affray. Brown, from California, USA, was charged along with his vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, 40, who had also denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm and has now pleaded guilty to affray. Prosecutors said Brown approached the victim from the dancefloor and after moving through the crowd, "struck him twice over the head with a glass bottle". The fight was caught on a surveillance camera in front of the club, prosecutors said. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) added that Akinlolu, of Florida, USA, "quickly joined Brown and punched the victim to the head". The CPS said the pair "continued their assault whilst the victim attempted to flee through the club" and "the victim was kicked while he was seated defenceless on the floor". The victim was taken to St Mary's Hospital with head and knee injuries. Following the attack, police discovered Brown and Akinlolu had left the UK and a warrant was issued for their arrest. Brown returned to the UK over two years after the incident for a concert in Manchester as part of his world tour and was arrested on 15 May last year. During the brief court hearing on Friday, prosecutor Heidi Stonecliffe KC applied for an extra charge of affray to be added to the indictment, saying this had been accepted by all parties. Brown arrived at court wearing a tan suit, gold-rimmed sunglasses, a St Louis Cardinals baseball hat, and flanked by security guards. He waved to fans who were playing his music and shouting his name, with one saying "I love you Chris". He was previously ordered to pay a £5 million security fee as part of his bail conditions and allowed to go on a world tour, as long as he surrendered his passport on arrival in each country. Detective Constable Zara Ripamonti, from the Metropolitan Police Service, said: "This was a disgraceful, unprovoked assault that put a man in hospital. Read more from Sky News:Car bomb near Irish borderHeat health alerts in place "There is no place for serious violence like this in London and I'm pleased these men accepted what they did wasn't just completely unacceptable - but criminal. "This has been a long investigation and we've worked with police colleagues in the UK to bring these two men to justice." Both Brown and Akinlolu were bailed to be sentenced on October 26 at Southwark Crown Court. Claire Campbell, senior crown prosecutor in CPS London South said after the hearing: "This kind of violence is entirely unacceptable. No one is above the law." Brown initially became famous as a teenager in 2005 and has won two Grammys for best R&B album, one for F.A.M.E. in 2011 and another for 11:11 (Deluxe) earlier this year. He pleaded guilty in 2009 to beating his ex-girlfriend, pop star Rihanna. He admitted one count of felony assault relating to an incident that occurred hours before they were due to perform at the Grammy Awards.

It comes after Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a "pause" to the first tranche of releases, which were due to start in September. One prison service source suggested Burnham had come into office understandably wanting to prioritise the safety of victims but without thinking of the repercussions for prison capacity if the scheme were to be scrapped. It's a "mess", they said. Releases began being prepared at the beginning of the month, according to internal guidance circulated within the probation service and seen by Sky News. Up to 7000 inmates were set to be freed across 10 tranches, starting on 2 September. Probation staff have now had their training on the changes paused, and have little further information about the shape of the review and what could change. The Sentencing Act, which became law earlier this year, introduced an earned progression model which allowed prisoners serving standard sentences in England and Wales to be freed after serving a third of their sentence, rather than half. The rest would be spent on supervision in the community, using electronic tagging. More serious criminals, including those convicted of sexual and violent crimes, would be eligible for release from prison after serving half of their sentence, rather than two-thirds, as is typically the case at the moment. It is believed that this change led to two of the three men convicted of manslaughter over the death of PC Harper being considered for early release from prison. On Friday, the Police Federation for England and Wales urged the government not to allow prison capacity to "redefine the punishment imposed by the courts", saying any celebration of police officer bravery rings "hollow" when officers see "the very people they risked their lives to arrest being released early... because the prison estate has run out of capacity." Some sources have suggested that the government could change the eligibility criteria so that more serious criminals are prevented from release, but there are questions over whether this amendment would do enough to curb overcrowding and deliver the numbers. Read more from Sky News:Chris Brown pleads guilty to affrayIrish police intercepts car bomb near border The men's prison estate is operating at 97% capacity today, with around 2,000 free spaces. Not quite the 99% capacity it was at two summers ago, with just hundreds of free spaces, but it wouldn't take too long to get back to that point. In a statement released on Thursday, the prime minister said keeping the public safe would always be his "top priority" and that "no prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review". "Where changes are needed, we will not hesitate to make them," he added.

Fury, speaking after his seventh-round stoppage of Mariusz Wach in a non-televised bout in Thailand on Friday, referenced Joshua opting not to get in the ring with him after his victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April. Joshua's own tune-up fight ahead of a potential clash with Fury later this year comes in Saudi Arabia on Saturday as he takes on Kristian Prenga in what will be his first outing since he was a passenger in a car crash in Nigeria in December that killed two of his close friends. Tyson Fury wins as Anthony Joshua fight moves closerTyson Fury vs Mariusz Wach - as it happened in ThailandGet Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW Fury said of AJ: "I got through my test. Let's see if [Joshua] gets through his test. The biggest test of it all is how big his balls are. I think he's a big s***house. "In Tottenham in front of 70,000 people, he never had the guts to get in the ring and face me. Let's see if he ever does. I'm not convinced. "I'll regroup. Hopefully the next big fight is signed next week, and we head wherever we're going to head. "Is it gonna be in Vegas? Is it gonna be in New York? Is it gonna be in Ireland? Is it gonna be in London? Who knows, Belfast maybe? It might even be here in Pattaya, Thailand!" Fury: I'm definitely not attending AJ fight in Jeddah Fury - whose clash with Joshua could take place at Wembley at 2am in order to work for a global audience - maintains he will not head to Jeddah to face-off with AJ this weekend. The 37-year-old said: "I've been away the last six or seven months. I'm definitely not going to Jeddah. I'm going home to my wife and kids who have been supporting me from a distance. "I've been away in training camp for 10 weeks. I was away before that for four months, so I'm going to go home and have a rest." Fury was also insistent that he needed to fight Polish veteran Wach three months on from a points win over Russia's Makhmudov, adding: "I've had one fight in two years. "This is my second fight in two years. Of course, I wanted to get the rounds in. I want to be active. "It's not just the boxing in the ring. It's the fight week - the press conference, the weigh-in, the nerves, everything." Watch Edgar Berlanga vs Steven Butler and Richardson Hitchins vs Ricardo Salas, in New York, live on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event from 10pm on Saturday. Stream boxing and more sport contract-free with NOW.

The former two-time world heavyweight champion takes on Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on Saturday - a day after his long-standing rival Tyson Fury overcame veteran Polish fighter Mariusz Wach in the seventh round in Pattaya, Thailand. The British pair are set to fight later this year, but while no date or venue has been set, speculation is rife that they will meet at Wembley Stadium in November. Here, Sky News takes a look at AJ's comeback and what it might mean for the hugely-anticipated Joshua-Fury fight. :: Who is Anthony Joshua facing? AJ takes on Albanian Kristian Prenga, who is 35 and boasts a record of 20 wins, all by stoppage, and one loss. Based in New Jersey, Prenga stands 6ft 5in (195cm), fractionally shorter than Joshua, who has won 29 of his 33 professional fights and lost four. The pair were born three months apart. Prenga, who made his professional debut in 2019, three years after Joshua, takes a 16-fight winning streak into Saturday's bout, albeit without having fought any of the division's big names. He clearly carries a knockout threat, having won all of his 20 victories in that manner, but is viewed as an underdog. :: When and where are they fighting? Joshua, 36, is taking on Prenga in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Saturday night, UK time. There is no belt on the line at the Jeddah Superdome. The opponents are expected to enter the ring at around 11pm, BST. :: Joshua's return to the ring The Prenga fight is Anthony Joshua's first since December's car crash in Nigeria, which claimed the lives of two of his closest friends and members of his team, Sina Ghami and Latif 'Latz' Ayodele. The British-Nigerian boxer was travelling in the back of a black SUV when it hit a stationary truck on a major road near Lagos. Joshua, who was born in Watford to Nigerian parents, was on holiday in the West African country and suffered minor injuries. The tragedy came 10 days after he defeated YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Miami. He last beat an established heavyweight when fighting Otto Wallin in December 2023. :: How might the fight affect Joshua's proposed Fury meeting? It's a pivotal weekend for the proposed Joshua-Fury fight, as both British boxers are in action, with 37-year-old Fury enjoying a straightforward win over Mariusz Wach, 46, in Thailand on Friday. Defeat for Joshua may complicate negotiations around his fight with Fury, talks which have already lasted years. Presuming it's held in the UK, the Joshua-Fury contest is bound to be a sell-out, but anything other than a convincing win for AJ might lower the hype. If Joshua enjoys a comfortable victory, like Fury's, the impact will be minor, as both Britons are expected to win, but the hype will continue unabated. :: What have Fury and Joshua said about each other's fights? The fight hasn't been confirmed, but the typical pre-fight trash talk has already begun. Fury, known as The Gypsy King, has referred to his rival as "Mr Bodybuilder" in response to questions about his own slimmed-down physique ahead of the Wach fight. He also said he is prepared to face "somebody else" later this year, which could throw the Joshua fight into doubt. Joshua said he was determined to focus on Prenga, rather than Fury, saying: "I understand there is a big picture. The goal is to conquer the universe, right? But first we must conquer Earth. My target is here." He said he would not care if The Gypsy King was ringside for Saturday's bout. Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, was much more bullish when asked if Joshua might refuse the Fury fight, telling Sky Sports: "Look at history. Check the facts, check the resume. If you really want to pick one fighter who's more reliable than the other, I don't think it's a close-run race. "What fight has AJ ever signed for that he's not competed in? What fight has AJ ever pulled out of? "He's got the most solid resume and the most professional attitude of any fighter I've ever worked with. Can we say the same about Tyson Fury? No. That's the reality of the situation."

The British-Indian author told jurors about the moment he was attacked by Hadi Matar, 28, who is facing terrorism charges after being found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison last year. It was the second time Rushdie described the incident in court, after giving evidence against Matar - who has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges - during the 2025 trial. The 79-year-old was blinded in one eye, suffered a severely damaged hand, and spent months recovering following the incident, which took place while the award-winning writer was on stage at an event in New York in 2022. Rushdie, who spent most of the 1990s in hiding in the UK after receiving death threats over his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, was stabbed about 15 times. On Thursday, he told the court in Buffalo, New York, he recalled feeling what he thought was a punch under his chin, then feeling blood coming from his neck. He said: "I was on the stage, lying down, with an enormous pool of blood all around me. "It was an enormous and expansive lake of blood." Rushdie, who at one point removed his glasses to show his now sightless right eye, said knife came "a millimetre from my brain". Read more from Sky News:Follow: Iran war latestUS imposes new tariffs on 60 countries Defendant faces potential life sentence Matar faces a potential life sentence if convicted of federal charges that include engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. However, his defence has argued that his intent or mindset at the time of the attack cannot be proved - a key element in the prosecutors' claim that it was an act of terrorism motivated by an allegiance to Iran's government. In 1989, Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa - or religious edict - calling for Rushdie to be killed over The Satanic Verses, which which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Iran's government has denied involvement in the 2022 stabbing, but the country's then foreign ministry spokesperson suggested Rushdie invited trouble by insulting Islam. Asked in court if he had anticipated blowback from the book, Rushdie said "probably, but I don't believe the book to be on trial here. I believe someone else is on trial" - a comment the judge struck from the court transcript.

Baroness Ruth Davidson, a Tory, had slightly harsher words - branding Sir Keir Starmer's former lieutenant Darren Jones "bitter". Mr Jones was chief secretary to the prime minister under Sir Keir before leaving government with the ex-PM. Politics live: Follow the latest updates here After Mr Burnham announced he was scrapping the government's digital ID scheme to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on cutting energy bills, Mr Jones posted on social media that the ID policy was not costed and so there was no money yet to save. It crystallised criticism that Mr Burnham is pledging money to policies that sound popular, but he does not actually have any plans for funding them. On the divisions within the Labour Party, Baroness Harman said: "[Burnham]'s also got to build bridges with the people for whom there has not been space in the cabinet, but are still members of parliament, have still got all the attributes and interests that they have, and that is perfectly possible. "So as well as encouraging and supporting his current cabinet, with the work that they're going to take forward, he's got to talk to the people who are in the previous cabinet who've got expertise - and wisdom - they could feed in. "He's got to be talking to them as well as talking to his current cabinet ministers. And if he does that, I think that he can build bridges." She added that Mr Jones should be invited in by Mr Burnham and consulted as a "repository of a lot of wisdom and expertise". Read more:What Burnham means for your payslipHow pubs will save money from Burnham's tax cuts Baroness Davidson, however, was more cynical. " Can I offer a different idea here, which is that Darren Jones knew exactly what he was doing when he sunk the first policy announcement of the new prime minister," she said. Baroness Davidson added that Jones was "bitter" and "needs to be told that that's not how you behave".

Leclerc outpaced Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton by half a second in a flying start to the Hungaroring weekend for the Monegasque driver with a best lap of 1:19.075. But Leclerc's session ended seven minutes early when he had to stop at the top of the pit lane after reporting that "something broke" on his SF-26 car. Ferrari have not yet confirmed what went wrong. Hungarian GP: UK schedule and how to watch on Sky SportsF1 2026 standings | F1 2026 Calendar | F1 Gossip ColumnDownload the Sky Sports app for expert analysis, best video & more📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 Aston Martin, meanwhile, revealed 16 separate aerodynamic updates on their AMR26 car ahead of the session in the team's long-awaited first upgrade of a season which has hitherto seen them run at the back of the field. But Stroll's session lasted just 11 laps after a suspected rear suspension failure pitched him off the road in a high-speed spin coming out of Turn Two. The Canadian's car avoided contact with the barriers, but the team will now make the necessary repairs, and conduct investigations into what exactly went wrong, ahead of second practice at 4pm. Team-mate Fernando Alonso, was, however, able to complete the session without apparent problem in the sister car, racking up 20 laps and finishing a promising 13th fastest. That was 2.4 seconds behind Leclerc's pace but Aston Martin's deficit to the front has regularly been between three and four seconds in qualifying at recent events amid a lack of updates. George Russell was fifth fastest, almost a second slower than Leclerc, in a session world championship-leading team-mate Kimi Antonelli sat out so Mercedes could give another P1 outing to third driver Fred Vesti as part of the mandatory young driver requirements all teams must fulfil on four Fridays each season. Vesti was seventh fastest, 0.4s away from Russell. Of the other rookies in action, reigning F2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli was 16th fastest in Oscar Piastri's McLaren, Ryo Hirakawa 17th in Oliver Bearman's Haas, Paul Aron 19th in Franco Colapinto's Alpine and Colton Herta 20th in Valtteri Bottas' Cadillac. Isack Hadjar finished fourth quickest in the second Red Bull ahead of Russell and Audi's in-form Gabriel Bortoleto. Verstappen and Williams' Carlos Sainz headed to the stewards after the session, with both drivers charged with driving erratically following an incident early in the session. Sainz initially got in Verstappen's way into Turn 12 before the Red Bull driver then seemed to slow in turn in front of the Williams once ahead through the corner. Sainz was given a formal warning for his driving, while no action was taken against Verstappen. Sainz will also be quizzed by the stewards about a second alleged incident of erratic driving later in the session involving Alpine rookie Aron at Turn Nine. No further action was taken. The Williams driver was slowest of all in an opening session which also included a huge lock-up into the first corner. A host of the drivers ran wide there to a greater or lesser extent during the hour, including Russell and Verstappen. Sky Sports F1's Hungarian GP schedule Friday July 243.45pm: Hungarian GP Practice Two (session starts at 4pm)5.15pm: The F1 Show Saturday July 259am: F3 Sprint11.15am: Hungarian GP Practice Three (session starts at 11.30am)1.10pm: F2 Sprint*2.15pm: Hungarian GP Qualifying build-up*3pm: HUNGARIAN GP QUALIFYING*5pm: Ted's Qualifying Notebook* Sunday July 267.35am: F3 Feature Race9.05am: Porsche Supercup10.20am: F2 Feature Race12.30pm: Hungarian GP build-up: Grand Prix Sunday*2pm: THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX*4pm: Hungarian GP reaction: Chequered Flag*5pm: Ted's Notebook* *Also on Sky Sports Main Event Formula 1 is in Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix with every session live on Sky Sports F1. Sunday's race starts at 2pm. Stream Sky Sports with NOW - no contract, cancel anytime