The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an inquiry into Ryanair's £8-per-flight charge, examining whether it is an unfair contract term under consumer law. Money blog: How to reduce your inheritance tax bill Under the airline's terms and conditions, children aged between two and 11 must sit with at least one of their parents. The regulator said it understands Ryanair is the only major airline flying out of the UK to impose such a levy. Another element of the probe is whether the seating fee constitutes a practice known as drip pricing, whereby the full price is not presented until the end and extra charges are added later in the booking process. The practice is illegal in the UK, with businesses required to show a total price including all unavoidable charges so consumers can effectively compare prices and understand the real cost. The CMA said it also understood that Ryanair does not apply the fee on every flight and in a limited number of cases, parents can be seated with their children for free. A 'bogus' investigation But Ryanair has described the investigation as "bogus". "Ryanair's family seating policy fully complies with all relevant laws and regulations and saves families", a spokesperson said. "Ryanair does not charge any fee for children to sit beside their parent or accompanying adult. Like all adults who select a reserved seat, adults travelling with children pay one reserved seat fee, but can select reserved seats beside them for up to 4 children on the same booking free of charge." What next? How the investigation unfolds will depend on the evidence, the CMA said. It could result in a finding of unlawful conduct, the imposition of remedies, or case closure. The watchdog says it is at the beginning of its investigation and has reached no conclusions about whether the airline has broken the law.

Davies said it was "goodbye" from him to Doctor Who but "hello to a big new future for the show", as he shared on social media a drawing of the Tardis - the spaceship from the hit show. The 2026 Christmas special was due to be written by Davies and produced by Bad Wolf, and would follow on from the series finale in May last year, which saw Ncuti Gatwa's incarnation of the Doctor regenerate into Billie Piper. The corporation announced last October there would be a 2026 Christmas special, but confirmed on Wednesday it will no longer happen. Davies, an award-winning screenwriter and TV producer, said on Instagram: "There won't be a Christmas Special - we only cooked that up to guarantee a future when no one knew what would happen, but now we do know, there's no need for it. "You'll have to wait a bit longer for new Doctor Who...but you'll be waiting for more Doctor Who than a one-off. So it's worth it!" He also said he was "excited as anyone to see what comes next" and reflected on the possible changes to come, adding: "Will they keep the theme tune? Will they lose the blue box? Will they bring back the Drahvin?! "It's all up for grabs, which is so Doctor Who - exciting and unpredictable and new! Here comes the future." The BBC said that the series, which launched in 1963, will be put out to "competitive tender" this year as part of its Royal Charter agreement. The broadcaster is inviting production companies to put themselves forward to help co-produce the next series, BBC News reported. Cancelling the Christmas special was "not taken lightly", the corporation said, and the BBC admitted the move will be "disappointing for fans". It added that "in order to set the show up for future series, it was decided that rather than bridge the gap with a one-off special, we are choosing to push forward to invest in the long-term future of the show". A spokesperson for the BBC added: "Doctor Who remains an important part of the BBC and this tender underpins the BBC's continued commitment to Doctor Who, ensuring audiences will enjoy the show for years to come." In addition, the corporation assured that its previously announced Doctor Who animation series, which will air on CBeebies, is currently in production. Read more from Sky News:Henry Nowak protesters jailedUkraine strikes Russian factory Doctor Who is about an eccentric Time Lord who travels in a spaceship larger on the inside, which disguises itself as a 1960s British police box. Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy and William Hartnell are among the stars who portrayed The Doctor in the original show, which was cancelled in 1989. It was later revived in 2005 by Davies. Actors including Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Jodie Whittaker have played the leading role in the last two decades.

The content of the letter from Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton is not known, but the fact he felt the need to put his thoughts in writing signals the seriousness of the challenge faced by Sir Keir Starmer as he attempts to finalise the long-delayed defence investment plan. The highly unusual move came after the Treasury is understood to have offered the Ministry of Defence (MoD) around an additional £13bn over four years to help fund the purchase of new jets, submarines, ships, drones and missiles. This is at the lower end of a range of between £12bn and £18bn that had been under consideration – and far short of the actual sum of extra money that the military believes it needs to rebuild its hollowed-out ranks at a time of escalating threats. One source said Sir Richard met with fellow military chiefs to discuss the proposed settlement on Monday. The source said there is thought to have been dissatisfaction expressed by at least one of the service chiefs who were present about the inadequacy of the amount. That has not been confirmed, however. The wait goes on... Whatever went on behind closed doors, an earlier anticipation that the defence investment plan would finally be published this week subsequently evaporated. By Wednesday evening, discussions between the MoD, Treasury and Number 10 were still said to be "live" even though the prime minister had been expected to speak about defence and offer some headline figures on his push to rearm this Friday. That appears designed to coincide with an anticipated announcement on the opening of a new, vast drone testing centre – as reported by Sky News earlier in the week – in Swindon. It is not clear, though, whether the event will still go ahead even though invitations are thought to have been issued to a number of start-up drone companies to attend. The extraordinary display of confusion and paralysis at the heart of government over what is meant to be a strategic priority – the defence of the nation – has left officials inside the MoD, the military and defence industry slack-jawed. John Healey, the defence secretary, was asked whether he would accept anything less than an £18bn uplift. Speaking at a joint press conference with the foreign secretary and their respective Australian counterparts, he declined to talk about specific numbers but indicated that Sir Keir was listening. "The prime minister knows what defence and the nation need," Mr Healey said. "He is set to make his announcement soon." UK under mounting pressure A gap in funding to rebuild the Royal Navy, army and Royal Air Force was already thought to be at least £28bn before new expectations were added following the publication of a sweeping view of defence last June. Upping the pressure is wider war in the Middle East and increased demands by Donald Trump for the UK and other European NATO allies to take up a much greater level of responsibility for their own defences. The UK presents itself as a leading member of the alliance. Yet it does not plan to hit a new NATO target to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP from the UK's current level of around 2.3% until 2035 – the furthest possible date that allies set to achieve the new funding baseline. Some other countries are moving a lot faster. More from Deborah Haynes:Could a drone cause UK blackouts?'Almost 500,000' Russians killed in UkraineWhy is public being kept in dark about threat of war? Last year's Strategic Defence Review was meant to be the defining document on the armed forces of the Starmer government, outlining the prime minister's stated desire to rearm. It should have been followed last autumn by the defence investment plan, which would explain how the vision would be funded. But disagreement on the size of the uplift meant the publication date has been repeatedly pushed back. The prime minister has promised to release it before a NATO summit on 7 and 8 July. Asked previously about the defence investment plan, a MoD spokesperson has said: "The defence investment plan will deliver the best kit into the hands of our armed forces. We are working hard to finalise it, and it will be published as soon as possible."

After a final training game behind closed doors against Miami FC, and then a couple of days off with family and friends, the squad will fly to Kansas City on Saturday for what will feel like the start of the World Cup proper. So, have England and Thomas Tuchel got everything they wanted from their 12 days in West Palm Beach? Our football correspondent Rob Dorsett has been with the team throughout, and answers the key questions. England 3-0 Costa Rica - Match report | As it happenedEngland player ratings: Did Jude Bellingham do enough?Group L guide | England's routes to World Cup finalWorld Cup 2026 fixture schedule and UK kick-off timesWhy did England choose a training camp in Florida and has it worked? The whole idea was to choose the most extreme environment in the US at this time of year, in an area of the country that American holidaymakers try to avoid, because the temperatures and humidity are so brutal. England's sports scientists wanted to force the players to acclimatise as quickly as possible - to "feel comfortable with the discomfort" - so that the rest of the tournament wasn't such a shock to the system. In truth, they didn't quite get the conditions they had planned. For the first few days after England arrived, temperatures were lower than normal, skies were largely cloudy with long spells of torrential rain, and so training conditions weren't as brutal as they might have been. As the week went on, that changed. The two friendly matches they played in Tampa and Orlando saw temperatures that never dropped below 30 degrees Celsius. Declan Rice also told me after the Costa Rica game that the disruption pre-match with the lightning and flooding delaying kick-off by an hour was useful for the players, to know how that would be if it is repeated during the tournament itself. What condition are the players in as they head to their tournament base in Missouri? Until the Arsenal quartet of Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze arrived on Saturday, the whole squad had a clean bill of health. Key players like Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham, who were nursing injuries and fatigue during the Euros two summers ago, looked sprightly and full of energy. Then Tuchel told us that both Saka and Rice had been nursing injuries for some time during the back end of Arsenal's season, and that their game time would have to be managed. More so for Saka than Rice, with the winger unable to play a full 90 minutes. Rice said post-Costa Rica he felt fine, which was a positive. Generally speaking the squad looks in great shape - aided by the fact that many of the players holidayed in the US or Caribbean in the build-up to this training camp. How does the battle for the coveted number 10 shirt stand right now? Ten days ago, you'd have to say that Morgan Rogers was ahead of Jude Bellingham in the England pecking order. Proof lay in the fact that he featured in all eight of England's World Cup qualifiers, while Bellingham played in half as many. Even out here in the US, Tuchel said directly that Bellingham had a fight on his hands to win a starting spot. However, over the two friendly matches, the consensus is clear that the Real Madrid man outplayed his close friend from Aston Villa. The fact that Tuchel praised Bellingham's workload off the ball against Costa Rica was significant. As was the fact that he wore the captain's armband in both Florida friendlies. Both are sure to get minutes in this World Cup, but as things stand it seems Bellingham is more likely to be a starter. Are England more - or less - reliant on Harry Kane to get the goals? Well, England scored three against Costa Rica without the captain getting on the score sheet. That happened in November against Wales, too. But it seems Tuchel is quite happy for Kane to shoulder the bulk of the goalscoring burden. The staggering fact is he has got 79 goals for his country - 12 more than the rest of the entire squad put together. But Tuchel says he sees no problem with the lack of goals elsewhere. We have learned in this camp that the head coach has allocated each of his players one of three roles in this squad, and he has told them as much. They are either starters, specialists or finishers, and so he says Ivan Toney is content in being a "finisher" who will be asked to make an impact from the bench. Ollie Watkins' role is less clear to us on the outside. But we now know it is very likely Kane will play less, and be kept for the more vital World Cup moments, with his strike partners shouldering more of the workload. Who has enhanced their playing chances, and has anyone gone backwards? Anthony Gordon was, for me, England's most impressive player in Orlando. He scored a penalty - emphatically - and set Rice up for the opener. His direct running and ability to hit the by-line before crossing gives England a different option, and it is no longer clear that Marcus Rashford is ahead of him on the left wing. John Stones showed again why Tuchel has tried so hard to get him in his squad. His quality on the ball and positional nous set him apart. He played 45 minutes in Tampa and 63 in Orlando. It feels like England's coaches have a deliberate plan to increase his workload ready for the tournament. Whereas before this camp it felt like Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa were first choice centre-backs, now it feels like it's Guehi and Stones. Even though Noni Madueke missed a sitter versus Costa Rica, he did enough good things so as not to damage his stock. And with Saka's fitness an issue, his Arsenal team-mate will be more optimistic than he was a week or so ago. What have we learned about Tuchel's approach to managing his squad? It has struck me just how relaxed the England head coach has been in his first major tournament as an international manager. He has clearly enjoyed spending time with his players, and with the support of his backroom staff, he has plotted a clever preparation camp that has mixed hard work and play. The training sessions - most of which have been in private, away from the cameras - have been taxing. Deliberately so. There have been multiple sessions a day, on the grass, in the gym and in the pool. But in between, there has been plenty of time for relaxation. Guehi told us he'd been out of camp several times to soak up some sun on the beach or grab a coffee with friends. There has been plenty of downtime for the players to enjoy some golf if that's their thing (for Kane and Jordan Pickford in particular), and for communal watching of Love Island and the NBA Finals. Now, the whole squad will be given the best part of two days off to spend time with their family and friends, before the flight to Kansas City on Saturday. Coach and players are united in knowing the real work starts then.

The 77-year-old businessman resigned on Saturday after he was "made aware of the impending publication of serious historic allegations" concerning him. Essex Police said on Thursday that the force had "received some contact and inquiries into those are now under way". On Monday, The Times and the BBC published the accounts of seven women who claimed Mr Sullivan engaged in sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour. Mr Sullivan, who made his fortune from owning pornographic magazines and sex shops, has dismissed the allegations as "entirely false". The accounts from the women date back to the 1980s and 1990s, when Ms Sullivan owned tabloid newspapers the Daily Sport and the Sunday Sport. The allegations against Mr Sullivan reportedly involve him pressuring young or aspiring models in their late teens or early 20s. The Metropolitan Police said officers were investigating a report relating to the "alleged taking of indecent images and sexual exploitation at locations in London and Essex in the 1980s". The force said this investigation related to one alleged victim and was being led by specialist detectives from the Met's rape and serious sexual offences team. When he announced his resignation from West Ham, Mr Sullivan said: "The false allegations levelled against me have been sensationalised by the media." Read more from Sky News:Two charged after 12-year-old killed in collisionFamily of Belfast attack victim call for calm He continued: "After a lifetime spent building businesses in the adult industry, in which I have met thousands of women, it is sadly inevitable that a small number of improper conduct claims are being made against me. "I categorically deny these claims." He said stepping down from West Ham was an "incredibly painful decision to make, but it is one made out of love, respect and responsibility toward a football club and a fan base that deserve absolute unity and focus moving forward". His resignation came after a challenging season for the side, which saw them relegated from the Premier League last month after 14 years in the top flight. Mr Sullivan and business partner David Gold completed their takeover of West Ham in 2010 after selling Birmingham City FC. Mr Gold died in 2023, aged 86. Mr Sullivan's net worth was estimated to be around £1.2bn in 2024, according to The Times Rich List.

Artist Talay Riley, whose real name was Mark Orabiyi, died after he was found with stab wounds in Silvertown on Friday, the Metropolitan Police said. The Grammy award-winning songwriter was pronounced dead at the scene. The musician worked with Dua Lipa, Britney Spears, Ellie Goulding and numerous other artists. He has almost 77,000 listeners on Spotify and had toured with Usher and other artists. In a tribute on social media, his brother, artist Scribz Riley, whose real name is Michael Orabiyi, said: "My heart is shattered! This doesn't feel real. It feels like a bad dream. Just before he went to sleep we spoke about the future, staying positive and about everything we still had left to do. I never imagined that would be our last conversation." He added his brother was a "friend to many, a mentor, an inspiration, and a light in so many people's lives". "He loved deeply, gave freely, and touched countless people through his talent, kindness, and spirit," he said. Rapper Stormzy commented on the post: "I'm sorry bro", while singer Kehlani wrote "Big hugs Scribs I'm so sorry" and British rapper Wretch 32 said: "Sending love to you & your family bro. Your brother was a gem & will be missed & never forgotten, Never! RIP." Craig David, Paloma Faith and Oritse Williams also joined in the social media tributes. "Omg I am in shock. I had no idea I worked with him quite a few times and he was such and amazing talent and fun person to be around," Paloma Faith said. In a statement, Orabiyi's family said: "Mark was a beloved son, brother, uncle and friend. He brought love, light and joy to our family and to all who knew him. "We will always cherish his kindness, beautiful spirit and remarkable talent. His presence touched many lives, and his memory will remain in our hearts forever. "May his soul rest in perfect peace." A second man in his 20s, who suffered stab wounds in the incident on Friday, remains in hospital, police said. His condition is not believed to be life-threatening. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident, the Metropolitan Police said. A 27-year-old man has been released on bail pending further inquiries. A 24-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were released with no further action after police questioning. The artist received a writing credit for the song Lights On on R&B artists H.E.R's self-titled album, which won a Grammy in 2019.

Andy Burnham's political opponents are finding plenty of attack lines to throw at him. Are past comments and policy positions - from WASPI women to calls for an early election - coming back to haunt the Burnham campaign? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy also wonder who is to blame for Keir Starmer's troubles? According to a focus group of Labour members - it's all the media's fault. The duo unpack the mood within the party and the continued paralysis at the heart of government - affecting everything from the delayed reset of relations with the EU to the even more delayed Defence Investment Plan. You can see all the candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election here.

Sky Sports News understands McKenna was high on Fulham's list of potential candidates to take over at the club but McKenna will not be making the move to Craven Cottage, nor any other club, as he wants to spend more time with his family. McKenna was under contract with Ipswich until 2028, having signed a new deal in the summer of 2024. Ipswich are protected financially should he decide to take up a new role in the next 12 months. They would be due compensation in line with the remaining time left in his contract up until the one-year mark. The current figure stands at around £7m. Transfer Centre LIVE! | Ipswich transfer news & gossipGot Sky? Watch Ipswich 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! 🔔 Speaking in a statement confirming his departure after five seasons in charge at Portman Road, McKenna outlined that it was the right time for him to step aside after securing a third promotion in the last four years with the club. "It is with a mixture of gratitude, pride, sadness and contentment that I have decided to step down from the honour of managing this historic football club," McKenna said. "When you have the connection that we have built at this club, there is never a good time to say goodbye. "However, having achieved a second promotion to the Premier League last season, with another memorable final day in our stadium, and after reflection over the last couple of weeks, I feel this is the right time for me to step aside. "I do so with great pride at the incredible progress we have made and with huge hope and optimism for the future of the club. "After giving so much to the role over the previous five seasons, I now look forward to taking a break from management and dedicating some time to my family, who have been with me every step of my career so far." McKenna joined the Tractor Boys in December 2021 while the club was in League One. Back-to-back promotions from the 2022/23 season would then follow as he guided Ipswich from the third tier to the Premier League for the first time in 22 years. Relegation followed in 2024/25 and despite heavy links with a potential exit from Ipswich, McKenna remained at the club and secured promotion back to the top flight for the upcoming season after finishing as runners-up in the Championship. In total, he took charge of 222 games at the club, winning 105 of those fixtures and watching his team score nearly 400 goals. McKenna's Ipswich timeline December 2021: Appointed as Ipswich manager. April 2023: Wins promotion from League One to Championship. June 2023: Signs new four-year Ipswich contract. May 2024: Clinches second consecutive promotion to reach Premier League. May 2024: Signs another new four-year Ipswich deal despite interest from Chelsea and Brighton. April 2025: Relegated back to the Championship. May 2026: Wins promotion back to the Premier League at first time of asking. June 2026: Steps down as Ipswich boss to take break from football. 'McKenna leaves with legend status secured' Sky Sports' Ali Stafford: "Kieran McKenna has brought generational joy to Ipswich Town and their fans during his time in Suffolk, with him leaving an early setback in their ambition for Premier League survival. "McKenna's back-to-back promotions from League One to a first Premier League campaign in 22 years exceeded expectations, but the squad rebuild last summer - that ultimately led to an immediate return to the top-flight - was arguably just as impressive. "The Northern Irishman can leave Ipswich this summer with his club legend status secured, having won three promotions in four years and delivered levels of success not seen at Portman Road in decades. "An opportunity to join an established Premier League club would surely have been an attractive proposition to McKenna and a logical 'next step' in his career, having seen his reputation continue to grow during his time at Ipswich, so the decision to take a break will come as a surprise. "Relegation - however expected - was the only blotch on McKenna's report card during his time at Ipswich. He leaves behind a squad better equipped to stay in the Premier League than the one he took up two years ago, although a big summer of recruitment for Ipswich now extends beyond just players."