Two notes were sent to a local television station days after the 84-year-old went missing from her home outside Tucson in the US state of Arizona on 1 February. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said it believes "these distinctive linguistic characteristics may be recognisable to someone who knows or has interacted with the notes' writer". The first note demanded $4m (£3m) in bitcoin for Ms Guthrie's release. Here is the text in full: "Hello Savannah, "We have your mother Nancy. She is safe but scared. She will be held for ransom and once payment is received she will be released unharmed. "We will be holding her for a maximum of 7 days. You will need to send bitcoin in the amount of $4 million USD before 5PM on Thursday the 5th. "If payment is not received, the ransom will be increased to 6 million USD which will need to be paid by 5PM on Monday the 9th. "Once payment is received to the bitcoin address below she will be released within 12 hours of deposit to a safe drop off location back in Tucson. "If payment is not recieved (sic) by the last deadline on Monday the 9th at 5PM, she will be killed. Your mother is aware of this and her life is in your hands. It is in the best interest of everyone to have this completed as soon as possible. "You will not be able to contact me from here on out, there will be no negotiation. Do not play games, law enforcement will not be able to help you. "She had a white smart watch on the floor of the foot of her bed and the white flood light in backyard was destroyed." The second note claimed Ms Guthrie had "perished shortly after she was taken". Here is the text in full: "Guthrie Family, "We did not fully grasp the seriousness of her physical condition. We never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention. "She perished shortly after she was taken. We believe it was heart related. She is buried in nature now. "Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome. We want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace. We are truly sorry." The Pima County Sheriff's Department is urging anyone who may recognise the patterns in the notes to contact them, saying in a statement on Friday: "It is not too late to come forward." It also said two videos recovered from Ms Guthrie's doorbell camera might be from two separate days and indicate an unidentified male preparing ahead of the kidnapping. The FBI has previously released images of a suspect in the case. Authorities are currently seeking information on anyone who behaved differently, changed their physical appearance, suddenly left the Tucson area, or had a noticeable or unexplained interest or disinterest in the case. There has been no sign of Nancy Guthrie since she went missing on 1 February. Her children - including NBC host Savannah - have released emotional appeals, with the TV host directly addressing the kidnapper in a video released earlier this week. "I'm asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now," she said. "Make the right choice. Help us find her. Tell us where to look for her. I truly believe it is never too late to do the right thing."

Two notes were sent to a local television station days after the 84-year-old went missing from her home outside Tucson in the US state of Arizona on 1 February. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said it believes "these distinctive linguistic characteristics may be recognisable to someone who knows or has interacted with the notes' writer". The first note demanded $4m (£3m) in bitcoin for Ms Guthrie's release. Here is the text in full: "Hello Savannah, "We have your mother Nancy. She is safe but scared. She will be held for ransom and once payment is received she will be released unharmed. "We will be holding her for a maximum of 7 days. You will need to send bitcoin in the amount of $4 million USD before 5PM on Thursday the 5th. "If payment is not received, the ransom will be increased to 6 million USD which will need to be paid by 5PM on Monday the 9th. "Once payment is received to the bitcoin address below she will be released within 12 hours of deposit to a safe drop off location back in Tucson. "If payment is not recieved (sic) by the last deadline on Monday the 9th at 5PM, she will be killed. Your mother is aware of this and her life is in your hands. It is in the best interest of everyone to have this completed as soon as possible. "You will not be able to contact me from here on out, there will be no negotiation. Do not play games, law enforcement will not be able to help you. "She had a white smart watch on the floor of the foot of her bed and the white flood light in backyard was destroyed." The second note claimed Ms Guthrie had "perished shortly after she was taken". Here is the text in full: "Guthrie Family, "We did not fully grasp the seriousness of her physical condition. We never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention. "She perished shortly after she was taken. We believe it was heart related. She is buried in nature now. "Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome. We want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace. We are truly sorry." The Pima County Sheriff's Department is urging anyone who may recognise the patterns in the notes to contact them, saying in a statement on Friday: "It is not too late to come forward." It also said two videos recovered from Ms Guthrie's doorbell camera might be from two separate days and indicate an unidentified male preparing ahead of the kidnapping. The FBI has previously released images of a suspect in the case. Authorities are currently seeking information on anyone who behaved differently, changed their physical appearance, suddenly left the Tucson area, or had a noticeable or unexplained interest or disinterest in the case. There has been no sign of Nancy Guthrie since she went missing on 1 February. Her children - including NBC host Savannah - have released emotional appeals, with the TV host directly addressing the kidnapper in a video released earlier this week. "I'm asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now," she said. "Make the right choice. Help us find her. Tell us where to look for her. I truly believe it is never too late to do the right thing."

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?

Burnham denounced FIFA's proposal to sell stakes in its competitions - including the World Cup - to private investors when the news first emerged and on Friday said: "The idea that [the plan] could even be brought forward shows that, in my view, [he] is the wrong man to lead the organisation." Burnham's criticism came after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) joined UEFA and CONCACAF in its opposition and called for "FIFA to undertake an urgent review of its governance". In a further damaging development, Carlos Cordeiro, a senior advisor to Infantino, resigned in protest at the privatisation plan, saying it was a "bad deal for football" and "for the long-term future of the game". In an exclusive statement to Sky News, Cordeiro added: "As a senior advisor to the FIFA president, a former banker, and a lifelong football fan, I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup. "Let me be clear: I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally." Q&A: Why is UEFA boycotting FIFA tournaments and can it stop Gianni Infantino?World Cup 2030: Dates, schedule, hosts, stadiums and how qualification worksWorld Cup latest news | Saudi Arabia to host 2034 World Cup A second FIFA official - chief operating officer Kevin Lamour - later said the governing body's staff were "deceived" by Infantino's lack of openness over his plans, and told the Associated Press news agency, staff "deserve better than contempt and intimidation". Lamour called the World Cup plans "the project of one person" and said it was time for football leaders to take action. Cordeiro's resignation and Lamour's comments came after FIFA had released a statement in the early hours of Friday morning insisting "nobody is selling football" amid criticism of its proposals. Trump denies Infantino talks United States President Donald Trump has said he did not speak to Infantino about FIFA's hugely controversial plan to sell stakes in a new company that would operate the World Cup. Thrive Eternal, a company founded by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been earmarked as the lead investor. It has so far declined to comment on the matter. Trump, who was hosting a cabinet meeting at the presidential retreat Camp David on Friday, was asked about whether he had discussed the matter with FIFA president Infantino. "No, I never spoke to him," Trump told reporters. FIFA says 'nobody is selling football' World football's governing body instead hit out at "incorrect media reports" and insisted it would press ahead with a consultation period. FIFA's statement said: "We have heard the feedback provided by the respective confederations in relation to the proposed establishment of FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) and would like to address the issues that have surfaced since the initial media reporting on Tuesday. "We respect the feedback and concern aired in public and reaffirm our commitment to an open and democratic consultation. ⁠"Our planned consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports. We will proceed with this consultation process to ensure that each MA has the ability to express its vote based on facts." The statement continued: "FFE has been proposed solely to ensure that all FIFA Member Associations (MAs) have the opportunity to take meaningful ownership of the commercial opportunity of football in their respective countries, and that this does not come at the cost of either the spirit or the governance of FIFA or football itself. "Nobody is selling football. This is not something FIFA would ever entertain." UEFA's 55 member associations said on Thursday they would not participate in any FIFA tournament until the plan was withdrawn. CONCACAF, the confederation representing 41 nations from North and Central America, along with the Caribbean, also made clear its opposition to FIFA's plan, saying it "rejected the proposal". FIFA has promised financial gains for national associations if the commercial entity FFE goes ahead. The plan is supported by an investor group led by Thrive Eternal, founded by Josh Kushner, the brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. But opponents fear that commercial imperatives will drive FIFA to hold bigger and more frequent tournaments in the future, eating even further into domestic schedules. UEFA's opposition to the plan, in its words, is "unanimous and unequivocal". "No UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership," European football's governing body stated. The AFC had been a big supporter of Infantino up to now but its intervention on Friday marks a shift, with its statement coming close to asking for Infantino to step down. AFC president Sheikh Salman came second behind Infantino in the FIFA presidential election in 2016. A statement said: "The AFC believes this moment must become a catalyst for strengthening institutional reform. While every FIFA MA must have the opportunity to consider and determine proposals affecting the future of world football, meaningful democracy is not measured solely by the opportunity to vote. It begins with transparent governance, timely consultation, informed deliberation and genuine participation throughout the decision-making process. "Accordingly, the AFC calls upon FIFA to undertake an urgent review of its governance and decision-making framework to ensure that proposals of global significance are developed through proper consultation, meaningful engagement and appropriate oversight by FIFA's statutory bodies." Analysis: 'Infantino facing real prospect of losing job' Sky Sports News' Kaveh Solhekol: "A 'catastrophic error of judgment' means Infantino is facing the real prospect of losing his job as FIFA president. "The question on Friday night is whether he is taken out by someone inside or outside FIFA. "Many good people work at FIFA, and they have been as horrified as ordinary football fans about the way Infantino has been running world football. "Such is the strength of feeling about Infantino's secret plan to partly privatise the World Cup that it is debatable whether he could mend his relationships with members of the FIFA Council and his own administration. "They were kept in the dark about his plans and are unlikely to be in the mood to forgive and forget. "Infantino's clandestine sell-off plan is being described as a 'catastrophic error of judgment' by insiders who believe he cannot survive. "Many people who work at FIFA are known to be uncomfortable with a long list of controversial incidents under Infantino, such as the decision to allow Folarin Balogun to play for the United States against Belgium at the World Cup even though he was suspended. "If Infantino refuses to resign, a vote of no confidence could be held at an emergency Congress which could be called with the support of 20 per cent of FIFA's 211 member associations. "What is now clear is that at the very least Infantino will be challenged by one or more other candidates at next year's presidential election - if he clings on to power until March."

Danny Cahalane, 38, was taken to hospital after he was attacked at his home in Lipson Road, Plymouth, while his young daughter was asleep on 21 February 2025. The father-of-two died in hospital on 3 May, where he had been treated for 10 weeks for severe burns caused by sulphuric acid in the early-hours assault. His ex-wife, Paris Wilson, supplied information on his whereabouts to a crime boss and another organiser, Ramarnee Bakas. Israel Augustus and Abdul-Rasheed Adedoja were convicted of his murder, with police saying Adedoja was instrumental in planning the killing and directing events that followed. Before his death, Mr Cahalane was able to tell police he believed his drugs "boss", referred to by his nickname Frost in the trial, had ordered the fatal attack, jurors were told. Wilson, 35, of Plymouth, Devon, wiped tears from her eyes at Winchester Crown Court as she was jailed for nine years following an 18-week trial. She was convicted of manslaughter, and for her part in an earlier kidnap attempt against Mr Cahalane in January 2025. Adedoja, 23, of Neasden, north London, and Augustus, 27, of Tottenham, north London, were found guilty of murdering Mr Cahalane. Both were jailed for life to serve a minimum of 31 and 30 years respectively. A character reference submitted by Adedoja's sister was dismissed by the judge, who said it appeared to have been written with the assistance of AI. She said submissions like this had become increasingly common, and that she had seen one before with the words "insert defendant's name" still included. Read more from Sky News:World-first cancer treatment given to British womanSainsbury's agrees £120m deal to sell Argos Augustus was also sentenced for possessing a zombie-style knife in a private place and drugs offences. Bakas, 24, of London, was also jailed for 10 years for manslaughter. The judge, Ms Justice Norton, said that Wilson had "used her child effectively as bait" for the attempted kidnap, which she said was a "particularly unpleasant" aspect of the case. She told Wilson: "Whilst you yourself did not deal drugs, from evidence placed before the jury and messages to your mother, you were clearly happy to associate and provide assistance to those who do. "That assistance provided details to Frost of Danny Cahalane's whereabouts thereby allowing the attack to take place. "You also used contact arrangements with your daughter to set up Danny Cahalane for an attempted kidnap a month earlier." The judge told Wilson that there were "two sides to her character", praising the defendant's "hard-working" nature and efforts in bringing up her children. But, turning to Wilson's involvement in the attack, she said: "Whatever your motivation, whether money, security or revenge, in that moment your main concern was yourself." Mr Cahalane had worked for a drugs boss based overseas, managing the Plymouth branch of his operation, and owed him around £120,000. He had run up the debts after one of his junior drug dealers fled without paying him, with more money lost through gambling, and he was unable to repay the Dubai-based kingpin. Jo Martin KC, prosecuting, told the court this boss was a man called Ryan Kennedy, nicknamed Frost. She said Mr Cahalane had split "acrimoniously" with Wilson by 2025, and she became Mr Kennedy's "go-to contact in Plymouth to try to put pressure on Danny to pay up, and then to get information about Danny's whereabouts". Sentencing, the judge said that Mr Cahalane was attacked because "he owed a significant drug debt", adding he "suffered horrific injuries after he was doused in acid". She said: "Danny suffered significant corrosive injuries that had he survived would have been life-changing. "For most if not all of the weeks between the assault and his death he would have been in significant pain." Detective Superintendent Rachael Bentley, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "This was a particularly barbaric attack on a man in his own home - a place he should have been safe. "It involved numerous individuals based in Plymouth, London and abroad who performed various roles in the planning, execution and events following the attack. "Organised crime has no place in our community and when it does creep into our force area, we will investigate and target those responsible regardless of where they stand in the chain of command."

The duet has now spent 19 non-consecutive weeks at number one in the Official Charts, breaking a record set more than 70 years ago in 1953, by Frankie Laine's I Believe. Rein Me In is a song by Fender which featured on his third album, last year's Mercury Prize winner People Watching. It was re-released as a duet with Dean in June 2025. A slow-burner, it hovered mainly in the top 20 for months before first topping the chart in February this year. That ascent in itself gave the song a record - for the longest climb to the top in UK chart history. Since its first week at number one, the song has only shifted down on a handful of occasions, thanks to releases by heavy-hitters Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift, but it has always made it back to the summit. Accepting a special record breaker award as Rein Me In held off competition from Shakira and Burna Boy's World Cup hit Dai Dai to stay in the top spot once again this week, Fender told Official Charts he was "completely lost for words". He also thanked Dean and all their fans "for making this song the juggernaut that it is". Rein Me In was named song of the year at the Brit Awards, winning over other shortlisted tracks including big hits such as Raye's Where Is My Husband!, Messy, by Lola Young, and Dean's own Man I Need. Dean was the big winner at the ceremony, taking home four gongs in total. She also collected her first Grammy at the beginning of the year. Earlier this week, her 2025 album, The Art Of Loving, was announced as one of the 12 shortlisted for this year's Mercury Prize - which Fender won last year. The big chart hitters Famously in the 1990s, there were two huge long-running chart hits - Bryan Adams' 1991 hit (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, from the Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves soundtrack, and Wet Wet Wet's cover of Love Is All Around, from Four Weddings And A Funeral. Adams' song, which topped the UK chart for 16 weeks in a row in 1991, remains the longest consecutively-reigning number one. Earlier this month, when Rein Me In took the record for longest-running British number one from Wet Wet Wet, the band - now made up of Graeme Clark, Graeme Duffin and vocalist Kevin Simm - congratulated the duo, telling Sky News: "It's great to see amazing British artists continuing to produce songs that connect with so many people." Other songs to have spent more than 10 weeks at the top spot in the UK, consecutively or otherwise, include One Dance by Drake, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, Dance Monkey by Tones And I, and two for Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You and Bad Habits. Congratulating Fender and Dean on their success, Becca Monahan and Chris Austin, interim co-managing directors of Official Charts, said it was "an extraordinary, history-making" achievement. "For Rein Me In to break a record that has stood for 73 years is remarkable in itself, but it feels especially significant to see two homegrown British artists write a new chapter in Official Chart history together," they said. "Sam and Olivia are both exceptional talents, and the incredible connection Rein Me In has made with audiences speaks to the strength and ambition of British music today."

👉 Tap here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Speaking to the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Baroness Harman said she wishes the new Labour leader and prime minister, Andy Burnham, "all the success he can possibly have on behalf of this country and the Labour Party". Politics latest: Follow live But, she said there should be an all-woman shortlist next time the party's leadership comes up for election. "We've got to have a woman next time," the former deputy Labour leader said. "And I've worked out that the only way we'll have a woman leader of the Labour Party next time, is if we start a conversation now where we say that, actually, men cannot stand for the leadership next time." She said Labour needed to "start the discussion about male ambition and male allyship", and that "male ambition should not be to lead themselves, male ambition ought to be to support a woman to lead". Labour has had two female interim leaders - Margaret Beckett and Baroness Harman herself - but never a full-time female leader. The party has had four female deputy leaders, including the incumbent, Lucy Powell. Baroness Harman said she'll "be wanting to encourage and support" any young rising stars in the Labour Party who are male. "But I'll be saying to them, 'Are you going to support a woman next time or are you gonna put yourself in front and put a woman behind you?' "Because for every man who stands for leader and gets to be a leader, he has pushed a woman... into second place behind him," she said. Burnham, who became Labour leader on 17 July, stood unopposed for the role.

The 25-year-old has not played competitively since November 2024 after he was suspended for four years for failing a drug test, which revealed the presence of a low concentration of meldonium, a prohibited substance, two years ago. Mudryk filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) while changes to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) procedures in the interim mean that had his failed test produced the same result now, charges would not have been brought. Chelsea handed £10m fine and suspended transfer banTransfer Centre LIVE!Chelsea news & transfers🔵 | Chelsea fixtures The FA said: "Changes have been made… which, while not retroactive, mean that if Mr Mudryk's sample was collected today, the concentration of meldonium in the sample would not have been reported and no anti-doping rule violations would have resulted. "Further to that development and to other circumstances of the case, the FA and Mr Mudryk have now - with the agreement of WADA - resolved the appeal proceedings. "As a part of the agreement, Mr Mudryk accepted that he had committed the ADRVs (Anti-Doping Rule Violations) charged and acceded to a period of ineligibility equal to the time served at the date of the agreement. "Mr Mudryk is no longer ineligible and may return to competition with immediate effect." The Blues signed Mudryk for £88m from Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2023 and made 73 appearances, scoring nine goals, before his ban. Chelsea welcomed the decision and said they will support his "reintegration into the squad" while "helping him resume his career". A Chelsea statement said: "We welcome the acknowledgement that advances in the applicable scientific reporting standards for more reliable testing mean that, had Misha's sample been analysed under today's technical requirements, it would not have been reported as a positive test and no anti-doping rule violation would have resulted. That is an important part of the context surrounding the agreed resolution and allows everyone involved to move forward." The Ukraine international also released a statement in which he said his two years away from football have "been the most difficult period of my career" and that he was "grateful" to be able to return. Mudryk's charity shop work during ban - but will he play for Blues this season? Sky Sports News' Kaveh Solhekol: Mudryk believed his sample, which tested positive for heart drug meldonium, was contaminated when he was on international duty with Ukraine in October 2024. He tested positive during a period when Ukraine played in Albania and Georgia in November 2024 before then being provisionally suspended by the FA a month later. Mudryk has always maintained his innocence and had been keeping fit by working with his own personal trainers away from Chelsea's Cobham training ground. In fact, he was recently spotted working in a charity shop in London. Mudryk has not been allowed to train at Chelsea's Cobham training ground. It now remains to be seen whether Mudryk will be part of Xabi Alonso's squad this season. Chelsea have the option of sending him on loan to regain full match fitness.