Pamela Gwinnett raided £300,000 from the life savings of vulnerable pensioner Joan Green while pretending to be her friend and carer during the COVID-19 pandemic. She spent 89-year-old Joan's money on luxuries including expensive meals and beauty treatments like Botox. Gwinnett was originally handed a six-year prison sentence for fraud by abuse of position and theft - but she had already fled to Tenerife. She ended up being on the run for more than a year. After Sky News tracked her down, Gwinnett was arrested in Tenerife last month and sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Monday to six years and two months in prison. Judge Michael Maher told Gwinnett: "You have treated this process as you did Joan Green - with utter contempt". The judge said she "continued to besmirch Joan's family" from abroad. "I regard that as cowardly," he added, before thanking journalists for keeping the case in the public eye. Sky News confronted Gwinnett at a picturesque apartment block on the island where she'd been living. Neighbours there saw her swimming in the communal pool and enjoying the sun when she should have been in prison. We asked her why she had defrauded Joan. She said she'd done nothing wrong. "Did I heck take the money!" she said. The judge who previously sentenced Gwinnett said she had treated Joan as "a cash cow to be milked until she was dry". Speaking after Monday's sentencing hearing, Joan's step-grandson David Bolton said Gwinnett had caused "an immense deal of stress, upset, and heartache". His wife Rebecca added that "it was great to finally see justice served". Gwinnett was finally extradited from Tenerife last week. Sky News joined Greater Manchester Police as they swooped in to arrest her as she got off a plane with National Crime Agency officers at Manchester Airport. We asked her if she regretted taking the money and if she wanted to apologise to Joan's family, but she remained silent - only nodding when asked if she was still intending to appeal her conviction and sentence. Joan, from Chorley, Lancashire, died in 2022. Gwinnett had convinced her to transfer her lasting power of attorney, giving her significant control over her finances. During Gwinnett's trial in her absence, jurors were shown a video secretly filmed by Joan's stepgrandson David Bolton of a row he had with Gwinnett at Joan's home. In the footage, Gwinnett shouts: "This is nothing to do with you - I'm power of attorney." When the family say she doesn't speak for Joan, she yells: "Yes I do!" When Gwinnett was finally arrested in Tenerife, Mr Bolton told Sky News: "We are pleased that Pamela Gwinnett has finally been arrested and will now be held accountable for what she did to my nan. "However, it has taken far too long to reach this point."

The 66-year-old died in a Middlesbrough hospital yesterday evening after a short illness. Liddle had written for The Sunday Times since 2005 and The Sun since 2011. He was also a weekly columnist at The Spectator and had a show on Times Radio. His three children said they were "very saddened and shocked at the sudden passing of our wonderful father". "Even in hospital in the last few weeks, he consistently held the room and never let the awful situation show," they added. They said he had left "a legacy that we are all incredibly proud of". Liddle was known for outspoken and often controversial columns that riled his critics. He previously edited Radio 4's flagship Today programme but was forced to resign in 2003 over a piece in The Guardian the BBC said had breached its impartiality rules. His current employers paid tribute to a man who was one of Britain's best-known journalists. Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive of News UK, called Liddle "an inimitable journalistic force - brilliant, provocative and immensely talented". She said he "challenged conventional thinking and left an indelible mark on British journalism". More tributes came from the editor of The Sunday Times, Ben Taylor, who said colleagues would "miss him desperately". Mr Taylor said Liddle "used his unique talent to speak for the readers, highlighting the cant and absurdity that bedevils modern life". The Sun's editor, Victoria Newton, said he was a champion of press freedom and a "brilliant, fearless columnist who was much loved by all at The Sun". Reform leader Nigel Farage also paid tribute, calling Liddle "one of the most prolific columnists Westminster has ever seen. He will be missed". Liddle grew up in southeast London and moved to Middlesbrough, where his father's family were from, when he was young. He got his first job in journalism at the South Wales Echo and later worked as a speechwriter for the Labour Party while also studying for a social psychology degree at LSE. He joined the BBC as a junior producer on the Today programme in 1988 and landed the editor's job a decade later. Liddle had a complaint upheld by the Press Complaints Commission in 2010 when he wrote that the "overwhelming majority" of violent crime in London was carried out by young Afro-Caribbean men. It was one of multiple accusations of misogyny and racism he faced while working for The Spectator. Read more from Sky News:Thousands of illegal migrants still in CeutaFormer X Factor contestant denies murder His private life ended up in the papers when he left his wife, Rachel Royce, with whom he had two children, for his 23-year-old lover, a receptionist at The Spectator. They went on to have a daughter of their own but the fallout saw Liddle and Royce, a BBC reporter, engage in a public war of words. Liddle later presented a programme about infidelity in which he argued men are pre-programmed to be unfaithful.

Craig won 47% of first preferences, well above what polling had predicted, though not quite enough to avoid a run-off against the second-placed Reform, which Labour also won handily. Nearly 60% of those who cast a ballot backed Labour in the first or second round, a remarkable recovery in a city-region where the party had collapsed just months earlier in local elections. Labour's performance does not look quite so impressive if we zoom out a bit further. The party's first preference share was down 16 points on Andy Burnham's 2024 win (though this was under a different electoral system). Labour never dropped below 60% on first preferences under Burnham. Though Bev Craig won comfortably, this is now a more competitive city-region. Runners-up Reform will be pleased to have pushed Labour into a second round, but disappointed not to have run the winners closer. An aggregate vote share of 21% on first preferences, and under 30% with second preferences added, will have been at the bottom end of the party's expectations. Reform had topped the poll across Greater Manchester in May's local elections, sweeping dozens of councillors out of office. Though this is by a large margin Reform's strongest ever performance in a Greater Manchester mayoral election, it is only their fifth best performance in all mayoral elections, behind all four of last May's contests. After over a year ahead in the national polls, they will have hoped for better. But there were some consolations for Reform, and concerns for Labour, in the borough-by-borough results. Nigel Farage's party secured over 25% of the vote in five of GM's outer boroughs, and hit 30% in Wigan, Andy Burnham's home borough. That could herald further gains for Reform in next May's local elections, when the party will hope to wrest some of these boroughs out of Labour control. The Greens will also be disappointed. Less than six months after their by-election triumph in Gorton and Denton, they have fallen back into a distant third place with just over 12% of the first preference vote. This is only their sixth best performance in a mayoral election, weaker than results achieved in the West of England, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire when the party was less popular in national polling. One consolation for the Greens will be their second-place finish with 24% in Manchester itself - the party will still hope to cause Bev Craig some headaches in her home borough in local elections next year. This was a disastrous night for the Conservatives, who had come second in all three previous Mayoral races but dropped to fifth place in this one, winning less than 8% of the first preference vote. The Liberal Democrats also had a night to forget, winning under 3% of first preferences, comfortably their worst ever showing in the four mayoral contests to date. The biggest story from the trailing pack was instead Restore Britain, the party founded by former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe in February. Restore came in fourth place overall, beating the Conservatives and winning nearly 9% of first preferences, a remarkable showing for a brand-new party. Restore campaigned as a more uncompromising, hardline version of Reform, and their gains here, as in Makerfield last month, may well have come at Reform's expense. Restore won over 12% in Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside, all boroughs which featured strong Reform performances in May. The largest by-election in British history did not, in the end, excite Greater Manchester's electors. Turnout across Greater Manchester was a shade over 25%, down nearly seven points on the 2024 figure. This was the lowest figure recorded in GM's four contests, and the third lowest for any combined authority mayoral election. An uncompetitive contest held in the school and university summer holiday season was always going to struggle to engage voters. But with devolution now promoted as a route to political renewal, it will concern the new prime minister that so many in Greater Manchester have greeted the prospect of choosing his replacement with a yawn of indifference. The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to providing transparent journalism from Sky News. We gather, analyse and visualise data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite images, social media and other open-source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while also showing how our journalism is done.

The Premier League champions are now in direct talks with Newcastle over a deal for their captain. Guimaraes is in Spain to report back for their pre-season training camp in La Manga. Transfer Centre LIVE! | Arsenal news & transfers🔴⚪Newcastle fixtures & scores | FREE Newcastle PL highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Newcastle games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 The 28-year-old told Newcastle bosses last month he wants to join Arsenal this summer. Newcastle want their captain to stay and he has two years left on his contract plus a club-held option for a third. Arsenal are now discussing internally whether to go back in with an improved offer. Guimaraes, who joined the Magpies in 2022 from Lyon for £40m, has made 195 appearances for Newcastle, scoring 31 goals. Earlier on Monday, Guimaraes was on his way to meet up with Newcastle United at their pre-season camp in Spain. He had left Brazil on Sunday, when it was widely reported he was expected to be arriving in La Manga. However, Guimaraes is arriving at the Spain training camp in agreement with the club and is now set to join the group. Last week, he called now departed head coach Eddie Howe the "king of this club" following his exit from St James' Park. Howe's resignation came amid Arsenal's interest in Guimaraes, who has praised his former boss. In an Instagram post, Guimaraes wrote the words over a picture of Howe: "King of this club!! Thanks for everything you've done for us. "I loved enjoying our time together. Thanks for making me a better player and person! No words I can say will really say how much I enjoyed being our player. Wish you all the very best in your future, gaffer." 'Interesting chess game begins' between Arsenal and Newcastle Football expert Julian Laurens on Sky Sports News: "You knew Newcastle would go into these negotiations trying to get as much money as possible from Arsenal. "But we've seen from Arsenal this summer they won't pay over the odds, what they believe is the value of a player - Bruno Guimaraes, Morgan Rogers, Diomande and others. "It's an interesting chess game starting between Newcastle and Arsenal. I believe between the player and Arsenal there were never going to be any problems, so it's between the clubs. "That first bid was always going to happen about now, it was always going to be rejected. Now, the two clubs can discuss it a bit more. "I think Newcastle know how much Guimaraes wants to leave and join Arsenal, and we know the current situation financially from a Newcastle point of view. "That's one of the reasons Eddie Howe left, he knew Guimaraes would be sold to Arsenal at some point. "Newcastle want to avoid what happened with Alexander Isak last summer because it didn't bring anything good to anyone - not Newcastle, Isak or Liverpool. "I expect to see this go through in the next couple of weeks, and from an Arsenal point of view they get not only one of the best midfielders in the Premier League, but someone who can play as a No 6, a No 8 and a No 10. "The idea from Mikel Arteta to sign him is how press-resistant he is. If you play against a team who come and chase you and want to play out from the back, Bruno is the best at that role. "I fully expect him to play in front of the back four, and have Rice and Odegaard either side of him, and be able to dictate the tempo and control everything."

Southern England saw its driest month ever recorded, in a series dating back to 1836, it added. Last week the Met Office said the prolonged heat, abundant sunshine and an almost total absence of rainfall in some areas was making for a "truly exceptional" month. It comes as health health alerts are issued for most of England with temperatures expected to hit 35C on Monday. More than half of England and the entirety of Wales is officially in drought. Some 19 counties across England recorded effectively no rainfall - 1mm or less - across the whole of July, the Met Office figures show. The conditions also delivered more hours of sunshine than average across large parts of the UK, driving a new record for solar power, the industry body Solar Energy UK said today. Britain harnessed a total of 3.2 terawatt-hours from the sun last month, amounting to 14.4% of all electricity - substantially higher than the previous monthly record of 12.4%, set only in May. The dry conditions come after last year's drought summer, with the UK facing the impacts of more extreme weather fuelled by human-caused climate change, mostly as a result of burning fossil fuels. The summer of extreme weather has seen two record-breaking heatwaves, in May and June, that led to more than 2,800 excess deaths, and two more heatwaves in July which has fuelled drought and wildfires. Drought is a highly complex state because it is influenced both by the weather and the way rainwater flows and is used by people once it falls on land. Science has not yet proven a concrete link between drought and climate change in Britain. However, warmer air evaporates more moisture from the soil. Scientists expect the UK's winters to become wetter and summers hotter and drier, as the climate warms. Some 23 million customers are under hosepipe bans, and rivers and the natural environment are struggling with low water levels. Read more from Sky News:Europe facing energy emergency amid record-low water and heatwavesPressure piling on FIFA chief Infantino - will he be forced out? Amber alerts, the second most serious, have been issued by the UK Health Security Agency for the East Midlands, East of England, South East and London regions for 48 hours from 9am on Monday. Less severe yellow alerts are in place for the same period covering the North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, West Midlands and South West regions. Rising temperatures bring health risks, the agency said, with greater demand for health care services by the vulnerable and an increase in risk to health for the over-65s or anyone with a pre-existing health condition. A thunderstorms warning has been issued for Northern Ireland on Tuesday. Heavy showers and thunderstorms will develop for parts of England and Wales as well, the Met Office said. 'Many farmers now on full winter rations' The harvest has come early and farmers are warning of poor crop yields while livestock are already being fed winter feed. Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers' Union, said the hot weather is affecting potato harvests - and that more support is needed to help farmers "adapt to the changing climate". He said: "About half of the UK crop is irrigated. That half is running out of water very, very quickly. The reservoirs are almost empty. "There must be moisture in the ground to be able to harvest those potatoes. So we need to think about the resilience of our food system as a national priority." Mr Bradshaw said it is an "atypical" summer, as we are now on the fifth heatwave, with notably dry conditions, and the lush grass of April, May and June is now a burnt brown colour. He said that "many farmers are now on full winter rations, and it's only the beginning of August". Mr Bradshaw added: "We want to adapt to the changing climate, but to do that, we need the support of government policy, building reservoirs on our farms to store the water."

A representative for the Wicked star said that she had withdrawn from a theatre production of Sunday In The Park With George in London in 2027. The announcement comes just days after Grande, 33, released the music video for Petal, the titular single from her eighth studio album, which has sparked speculation about her health. Late on Sunday, the singer's representative told People: "Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour. "She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny. "This tour has been a beautiful experience for her. She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much." Grande is currently on her Eternal Sunshine tour, which will come to the UK this month, with a 10-night residency at London's The O2. Her final London show on 1 September will also mark the end of the tour. Production company Empire Street Productions said the show would still go ahead and her part recast. "Empire Street Productions have said following this evening's announcement from Ariana Grande's team, we can confirm that she has decided to step back from Sunday In The Park With George," the company told the Press Association. "We know this cannot have been an easy decision, and she makes it with our complete understanding and support. "We wish her nothing but the best. The production will open at the Barbican in summer 2027 as planned, and casting will be announced in due course." Read more from Sky News:The Sopranos star Vincent Pastore diesSam Fender and Olivia Dean make history Grande had been due to appear opposite her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey in the production of Stephen Sondheim's musical, inspired by the Georges Seurat painting A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte. The original musical, created by Sondheim and James Lapine, debuted on Broadway in 1984 starring Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters. Grande has previously spoken out about her "vulnerability" when it comes being in the spotlight and having people constantly comment on her body. She has also been open about her mental health following the Manchester Arena attack at her concert in May 2017 when a suicide bomber killed 22 people. Grande has won three Grammy Awards amid a successful music career which took off in 2013 after the release of her debut album, Yours Truly. She first found fame playing Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television shows Victorious and Sam & Cat. Grande was nominated for an Oscar for her role as Glinda in the big-screen adaptation of Wicked.

Andy Burnham has thrown the future of legalising assisted dying into doubt. After telling Sam Coates that he does not want legislation to proceed until social care and palliative care are "fixed". Supporters of the bill insist they are pressing ahead. But has the Prime Minister's intervention made its passage through Parliament far less likely? Sam and Anne examine what Burnham's comments mean for MPs ahead of the crucial September vote. Plus, new polling from POLITICO shows again the 'Burnham bounce' as his approval rating goes up in every demographic, except one - Reform voters. What will this mean in the long term? And, before Sam and Anne take some time off over summer, what do they make of Burnham's first two weeks?

The 36-year-old joins on a free transfer having left Brentford by mutual consent, and has signed a two-year deal at Stamford Bridge. The Blues were keen to add experience to Xabi Alonso's squad this summer and have now brought in Henderson and Danny Welbeck, 35, in the same window. Transfer Centre LIVE! | Chelsea news & transfers🔵Got Sky? Watch Chelsea games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want! 🔔 "Given the size of the club, the manager, who I have great admiration for, and the quality of the players, this was a huge opportunity I couldn't turn down,' Henderson said. "I was also so impressed with how much the ownership want Chelsea to be successful and move in the right direction. "For me, it's about giving everything every single day, both on and off the field, to help the players around me and the team as much as possible. I'm very excited to get going." Why are Chelsea signing older players? Sky Sports' Adam Bate: Chelsea have not featured a player over the age of 30 in two years and had not paid for one in four. Now they are signing veterans. And the word is that Xabi Alonso is driving it. If it is a reaction to concerns over a lack of leadership within the Chelsea dressing room that would be understandable given how badly they faded towards the back end of last season. But this is as much about Alonso's experience as the lack of it inside Cobham. For the new Chelsea manager - not head coach, remember - this is a template that he knows can work. It was one of the key lessons of his success at Bayer Leverkusen, the German club that he dramatically transformed into invincible double winners in 2024. Leverkusen had the second youngest team in the Bundesliga in the preceding season. Their reputation for delivering young talent but not trophies long pre-dated that. Alonso took them to a sixth-placed finish that year but he wanted a win-now mentality instead. In came Granit Xhaka and Jonas Hofmann, both over the age of 30 and uncharacteristic Leverkusen signings. Alex Grimaldo joined just before his 28th birthday. Simon Rolfes, the club's sporting director, talked of the need to provide the team with role models. It was a sea change for Leverkusen. Como agree deal to sign Chelsea's Chalobah Como have agreed a deal with Chelsea to sign Trevoh Chalobah. The deal is worth an initial £25.7m (€30m) plus a further £5.1m (€6m) in potential add-ons. The England international has already agreed personal terms with the Italian club. Como will now look to finalise the transfer following lengthy negotiations with Chelsea. The sale of an academy graduate will represent pure profit for the West London side.