Rudakubana was said to have thrown the burning liquid through a hatch on his cell door on 8 May last year. Westminster Magistrates' Court heard on Monday that "prompt medical attention prevented lasting injury" to the officer. A couple of days earlier, Rudakubana allegedly threatened to "soak" a female officer outside his cell if she did not pass him a newspaper and then threw an "unknown liquid" at her, causing no damage, prosecutor Catherine Pattison said. Rudakubana also allegedly "punched a male officer who had challenged the defendant when he had attempted to walk past officers seeking to establish if he had taken certain medication", on 28 October 2025, the prosecutor said. Ms Pattison said that in June last year, Rudakubana had allegedly sharpened stone shards at the facility, "seemingly prised from the floor of the defendant's cell", which were found stuck to the underside of a shelving unit. She added: "When questioned by a prison officer, he said that he was keeping them for self-defence." Rudakubana claimed after the alleged boiling water incident that prison officers had been poisoning his food, the court was told. More from Sky News:Police raid on organised crimeConverse apologises over advert He has been charged with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in May 2025, assaulting an emergency worker in October 2025, and possession of an offensive weapon in prison in June 2025. He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 19 October. Rudakubana, now 20, was given a life sentence for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults. The attack took place at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July 2024. In July this year, the Ministry of Justice confirmed he was transferred from high security Belmarsh prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. Broadmoor, in Berkshire, is the oldest of the UK's three high-security hospitals and has held some of the UK's most high-profile criminals, including Ronnie Kray and serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. Under the Mental Health Act, officials acting for the justice secretary must accept the advice of clinical professionals to transfer inmates to a secure facility.

All of Sheeran's support acts - including his backing band - have quit the current Loop tour after the US rapper Macklemore was dropped following comments he made in support of Palestine during a show in New Jersey. Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft barred the rapper from performing at the Massachusetts venue later this month, saying he would not "provide a platform for hate speech". And following the decision of the support acts to pull out of the tour, Sheeran was forced to play a solo set at the Lincoln Financial Field Stadium in Philadelphia on Saturday, beginning the concert by addressing the week's events. He said: "I've had to take, and make, difficult decisions, and I am making mistakes and I'm so, so sorry for them. "I don't want to disappoint fans, and I've never wanted to be an activist musician, but this has put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet." Sheeran insisted that he has tried to avoid becoming a "political commentator" during his career, and that he wants his music to be "about unity, not division". He added: "This is a humanitarian issue, and I cannot hide how I feel about it anymore. "What happened in Israel and at the Nova music festival on October 7 was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain. "What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate. My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and loss of civilians' lives, children's lives." Sheeran went on to thank fans for coming to the show, adding: "I am honestly so grateful that you're here tonight with me. "This concert is still a place where everyone is welcome and everyone here can stand beside people that have opposing views, and everyone can stand beside people that they don't agree with on everything, but they can all agree on singing these songs." Becoming emotional at the end of the gig, Sheeran reflected on feeling "abandoned" in the wake of the controversy. The singer told the crowd he felt "so much love" from the audience, adding: "Everyone is telling me to cancel, and I'm feeling all of my friends and family and people I know abandon me, and I look at the end of the week, and I see 50,000 people who haven't abandoned. "The world is a scary place right now. America is a scary place right now. This gives hope." Pro-Palestine protest near stadium A small but vocal pro-Palestine demonstration was held several hundred metres from the venue, near the train station that serves the Lincoln Financial Field Stadium. One woman told the Associated Press she was attending the protest after receiving a refund for her tickets to the concert. Hillary Steinberg said: "I think all art is political, and all music is political, and so this choice - even though he was saying that he wasn't complicit - is a political choice." Sheeran's ongoing tour began in Auckland, New Zealand, in January. It will finish in Mexico City in December, with 16 other shows still scheduled across North and South America. More from Sky News:Earl Spencer accuses King of gaslighting him Girl, 13, missing for eight days found safe and well The other acts who dropped out include Irish singer Aaron Rowe, Grammy Award-winning musician Finneas, who is Billie Eilish's brother, and Danish singer Lukas Graham. The start time for Saturday's show was pushed back from 5.30pm local time to 8pm and a small pro-Palestine protest was also held outside the subway station closest to the stadium.

Every crown court will have at least one courtroom dedicated to such cases within the next two years. There will also be a private entrance and waiting room to shield victims from the defendant. People can already request this, but it depends on availability. Court staff will get "trauma-informed training", a single person of contact will be provided, and trials will be assigned a fixed date rather than put on a floating list. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the move - estimated to cost £23m - would "rebalance the scales of justice and put victims first" and was "long overdue". "For too long, victims of rape and serious sexual offences have felt let down by our justice system," he said. "Prosecution rates for rape remain shamefully low, with many victims waiting years for justice." The government praised Labour MP Charlotte Nichols' "immense strength and bravery" in speaking about being raped and calling for changes to cut the backlog of cases. Ms Nichols spoke in the Commons in March about having to wait more than 1,000 days for her case to be heard. She thanked the prime minister and justice secretary and said the changes were a "hugely important milestone" that would make things easier for victims. "I'm proud that substantive meaningful change has come from waiving my anonymity to speak about my own experiences," she added. The courts pledge is one of a series of government announcements to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG), something Labour has promised to halve within a decade. The charity Rape Crisis said it was a "significant step forward" and the package of reforms would ensure courts "properly meet the needs of victims and survivors". More from Sky News:National taskforce to tackle misogyny launchedSecond arrest after remains of missing woman found Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy also welcomed the move but criticised the government's wider plan to reduce the number of jury trials. "The fact that victims have been withdrawing their cases because they have taken too long has been a disgrace," he said. "Labour need to get courts sitting throughout the year, end the delays and clear the backlog - not undermine our right to a trial by jury."

Matheus Cunha gave a damning view from inside the squad, telling Sky Sports: "They put in more energy than us, we cannot accept this." Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville said: "I've never seen a Man Utd team walk out of possession as much as that." So what do the stats say about United's work-rate at Craven Cottage - and how big a problem is it for Michael Carrick? High-speed runs Man Utd rank joint-bottom in the Premier League for high-speed runs, according to Opta. They are level with Man City on 1691 high-speed runs - but their neighbours played with 10 men for the majority of the derby at Old Trafford, which needs to be factored into their figures. Fulham 1-1 Man Utd - Report and highlightsLive Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlightsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺Walking Man Utd spent 52.98 per cent of their time out of possession at Fulham walking. Seven teams have posted a higher figure this term, although it is the highest percentage Man Utd have recorded this season. United's average for this campaign of 51.13 per cent ranks them 17th in the Premier League. Since the start of last season there have been 30 times a team has spent a greater percentage of time walking out of possession in a Premier League match than Man Utd did at Fulham. That includes the 54.59 per cent United recorded in their 3-0 win at Brighton on the final day of last season. Distance covered Man Utd ran 110.2km on Sunday - the second-lowest total of the Premier League weekend, behind Liverpool's 108.4km figure at Bournemouth. United ran 6.5km less than Fulham - the second biggest difference between teams this season when both keep 11 men on the pitch. (Arsenal out-ran Coventry by 6.8km on the opening night of the season). Man Utd have also been out-run in terms of distance by Hull, Ipswich and Everton this season. Man City - who had Phil Foden sent off after 23 minutes - are the only side United have run further than in the Premier League this term. Dropping deep Man Utd allowed Fulham to start their passing sequences, on average, 36.9m from the United goal. That is the nearest any team allowed their opponents to begin from, on average, in the Premier League this past weekend. It reflects how United sat deep out of possession at Craven Cottage. Fulham, by contrast, allowed United to start attacks 43.4m from their goal, on average - the third-highest figure of the latest round of matches. Allowing Fulham to pass In his post-match analysis, Neville referenced Fulham's amount of 10+ passing sequences. Fulham had more 'build-up attacks' (10+ passing sequences that end in a shot or touch in the opposition box) than any other side this weekend. But was it all part of the plan? It's worth pointing out United boss Carrick rejected the suggestion United had energy issues in the game when Cunha's quotes were put to him in his post-match press conference. "The way we finished the game it didn't look like that for me," he said. Their 'progress' stat, measuring metres gained per passing sequence, was top for this latest round of Premier League games, showing how they were able to advance far up the pitch from their deep starting position when they won the ball back off Fulham. In fact, their 36 penalty-box entries was the most of any team in any Premier League game this season. United had 29 shots at Fulham - including two against the woodwork in the first half. That has contributed to their total of 113 shots this season, which is the most of any team. They also have the third-best Expected Goals total in the Premier League of 10.24. So what does it all mean? The problem for Carrick is those positive numbers around their attacking play are overshadowed by taking just five points from their first five games - at the beginning of a campaign where United fans had been excited about their team kicking on from their third-place finish last season. Their frustrations around results and performances have then been further fuelled by low-ranking running stats. A failure to beat bottom-of-the-table Tottenham after the international break would turn this into United's worst-ever start to a Premier League season and raise more hard-hitting questions about the output of Carrick's team.

Exit polls indicated that Mr Merz's centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came in with just 4.9% in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. If confirmed when officials results are released it would be the CDU's lowest result in any state since the Second World War and below the 5% threshold the party needs to enter the state parliament. Heavy losses are also expected in Berlin, where the CDU is projected to come in second with 20%, behind the Left party at 24.5%, according to the exit poll. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is predicted to have made significant gains in both elections - 37% of the vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and 15.7% in Berlin. Despite predicted gains, it is unlikely to be able to form a regional government. The votes came two weeks after AfD won the regional election in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, increasing pressure further on the German chancellor. Mr Merz struck a defiant note in a statement shortly after the exit polls were announced, rejecting any retreat from his government's reform agenda. He argued that Germany's economic and political problems made difficult and potentially unpopular reforms more urgent, not less, and pledged to press ahead. "What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness, and patience," he said, adding that "I will demonstrate these qualities as chairman of the CDU and, above all, as chancellor of our country". A chancellor under fire Mr Merz, 70, only became Germany's leader 16 months ago - with promises to turn around an economy that has barely grown in years - but has failed to lift a sullen national mood and has himself become deeply unpopular. The strong showing of AfD in the Saxony-Anhalt election has further weakened the chancellor's national standing. In the past two weeks there have been calls even from within his own party to replace him as chancellor, although no top-level allies have called publicly for his departure, and many have warned against "personnel debates". Apparently anticipating a tough post-election period, the chancellor has abandoned a planned trip to New York next week to attend the UN General Assembly. More from Sky News:Second murder arrest after remains of missing woman found'I'm so, so sorry': Ed Sheeran addresses crowd after Palestine row Philipp Amthor, a prominent CDU figure from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania who now manages relations between the federal and state governments at the chancellery, said on Sunday night that one problem in the campaign had been "the difficult personnel discussions" of recent weeks - an apparent reference to the speculation about Mr Merz's future. "It is good and right for these personnel discussions not to be continued now," he said. However, speaking after the exit polls, AfD's national co-leader, Tino Chrupalla, told ZDF television that "the chancellor's statement today really was more than feeble. He announced that he'd carry on as before, instead of finally drawing the consequences and resigning".

The ad, posted on Instagram, showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X trainers. Critics claimed the lighting on Karina's skirt created a white triangular image which resembled a KKK hood. There was also criticism that the way she held the shoes made them look like the dangling feet of a lynching victim. Converse, owned by Nike and which was founded in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1908, issued a statement apologising and saying it removed the ad. "We're sorry," said the statement, first released on Friday. "We understand why this image is deeply upsetting and recognize that we got this wrong. We removed it from our channels and are working to remove it everywhere it appeared. This should not have happened and we will do better." Converse, based in Boston, declined on Sunday to answer questions seeking more information, including how the company screens ads before they are posted and how the ad was approved. Karina and her management company, SM Entertainment Group, did not immediately respond to messages through their Instagram accounts. More from Sky News: 'I worry about security' of Harry and Meghan, says Earl SpencerWhy our nation's beloved cup of tea may be under threat Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney based in Texas, posted on Instagram that Converse's apology "doesn't undo what got past legal, marketing and leadership at every step". "We keep having this conversation because corporations keep failing the same test," he wrote. "Do better means catching this before it airs - not after we're offended."

The group will seek to root out harmful attitudes online, in workplaces and within communities, bringing together representatives from women's organisations, academia, local leaders and ministers. Women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Kamal Ahmed that the taskforce "will tackle some of the attitudes that we've seen develop, particularly in recent years, that I thought were a thing of the past". She continued: "And I want women to live lives of opportunity, of freedom, and not to have to worry about whether they feel safe on the street, whether they're safe in their own home, about whether they'll face harassment on public transport, attitudes in our schools that young girls will experience. "This is about all of us, across government, coming together to tackle these attitudes, this underlying problem that, sadly, does lead to women losing their lives. It leads to terrible, terrible consequences." Further announcements will be made this week to move forward with Labour's 2024 manifesto pledge to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade, officials said. Those working alongside Ms Phillipson on the taskforce include Girlguiding chief executive officer Felicity Oswald, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin and End Violence Against Women Coalition interim director Janaya Walker. The first meeting is expected to take place shortly after conference recess (12 October) and will focus on young people. Ms Phillipson, who previously worked at a women's refuge before entering parliament, said: "I've seen first-hand the devastating impact on women and girls when harmful attitudes are tolerated and left unchallenged. "No woman should have to make her world smaller or curb her ambitions out of fear - and making that a reality is everyone's business. "As a whole society, we can and must be better." Ms Oswald said girls were telling Girlguiding they are facing rising levels of sexism and misogyny online, in public and in schools. "That's why we are calling for more education around healthy relationships, gender stereotypes, early warning signs and consent," she said. "We welcome the opportunity to bring girls' experiences and perspectives directly into discussions with government. "Girls are experts in their own lives and it is vital that their voices are heard when decisions are made that impact them." More from Sky News:Girl missing for eight days found 'safe and well'Teenagers jailed for killing 17-year-old outside McDonald's Deniz Ugur, deputy director at the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said "meaningful commitment and engagement" by ministers across all government departments would be needed to ensure the group was effective. On Thursday, campaigners told Sky News' Mornings With Ridge And Frost how urgent action was needed to tackle abuse. One of the guests was Nour Norris, whose 22-year-old niece Raneem Oudeh was murdered along with Nour's sister Khaola Saleem at the hands of Ms Oudeh's ex-partner Janbaz Tarin in 2018. She told the programme that even survivors "don't get heard" and that more voices were important to make changes.

While on Sky Sports co-commentary, Neville described their start to the second half at Craven Cottage as "the worst 15 minutes I have ever seen Manchester United play". In that time, Carrick's side conceded a horror own goal from Lisandro Martinez, before Matheus Cunha's late deflected strike avoided a third straight league defeat. Fulham 1-1 Man Utd - Report and highlightsLive Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlightsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 The 1-1 draw followed losses to Manchester City last Sunday and a capitulation in the Carabao Cup third round against Brighton while there was a lack of urgency and energy at times from Man Utd in west London although Carrick dismissed the idea that his side were "passive". Neville said: "I've never seen a Man Utd team walk out of possession as much as that. Michael has just said there was nothing wrong with the team's energy. "Michael has got to stop defending them. I get why he's defending them; he's loyal, he wants his players to work for him, and obviously there's a long way to go in the season. "Both teams were the same. I called them mannequins. I've never seen a United team walk around as much as that. No alertness, no aliveness. No 'on your toes'. You should always be on your toes. "Always shifting up two or three yards. They were just walking when Fulham were in possession. Fulham had 46 passes in the first couple of minutes to get their first shot. "I don't know how many over-10-pass sequences Fulham had in that game, but the international break has come at a great time. There needs to be a rebalance. "Very rarely do I say a team doesn't work hard or is lacking in effort. That's the ultimate criticism you can give a group of players. "I'm always very careful to say that, but in those first 15 minutes of that second half, Man Utd and generally for the first 60 minutes, were a genuine disgrace. Nowhere near good enough without the ball. "Michael is of course saying something different to us than he is saying privately. That would've really worried me. People will ask questions about him, but he knew that when he took the job. "But there's no panic in that sense - no one is putting pressure on Carrick - but if those types of performances continue, he will find himself in a lot of trouble. They've got to work harder than that for him." Neville also elaborated on how United's personnel is causing Carrick a headache. He said: "I wish he could play all of those attacking players, but they are going to kill him defensively. "It's not just the defence and the back four that are causing him a problem - Mbeumo and Rashford are too high and wide. They don't narrow back in. You've got Tielmans and Mainoo in midfield who are a little bit one-paced. Baleba will probably come in there. Bruno floats around a little bit, and then Cunha floats around a little bit. "You've got these five or six players who are better with the ball than without the ball. "It would be great to see them score loads of goals and maybe concede one or two and go and win games, but there is going to have to be a reset from the point of view of defensive structure because there are far too many of them walking on the pitch." Cunha: They put in more energy than us - we cannot accept this Cunha also said Man Utd lacked energy at Craven Cottage, telling Sky Sports: "It is frustrating for us. After the goal, we played much better and had a lot of character. It needs to be from the start. It is only one point but we should never play for one point. "It is hard. They put in more energy than us, we cannot accept this. We need to do our best. We need to improve in every single position. It is only the beginning. Last season was the same, with noise around, but we finished third." However, Carrick did not subscribe to the same view, adding to Sky Sports: "I didn't think we did [look passive]. Did you think we were passive? Football is a difficult game. "We controlled a lot of the first half and we played a lot of good football today. There is going to be spells when you don't have it go your own way. "The goal they scored, and arguably there is a foul at one point on Matheus [Cunha], and it is two deflections. It goes their way. To expect total dominance for the whole game, I don't think anyone gets that in this league."