The two men, both aged 25, collapsed during Sunday's event, which involved 63,000 runners. Both men, who were from the North East, were competing in the 13.1-mile route, the Great Run Company said. The event organisers said the two runners died despite the "very best efforts" of medical teams. The cause of death has yet to be determined. The organisers said no further details will be released out of respect for the men's families. The Great Run Company said: "Everyone involved in organising the Great North Run extends their heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the two participants. "We are continuing to support their families during this incredibly difficult time, and our thoughts and sympathies are with all those who loved and knew them." The event, which is the world's biggest half marathon, was the 45th staging of the Newcastle to South Shields run. Andy Burnham became the first sitting prime minister to take part in the run. He signed up at the start of this year while still in office as mayor of Greater Manchester - and raised money for Changing Lives, which he visited last month to launch a national drive to end rough sleeping.

The controversial adverts for Novig feature the Euphoria actress, 29, in little to no clothing posing with carefully placed sporting equipment. The campaign has received pushback from several female athletes, who believe it is "sexualising women's sport". However, Sweeney appears to be defending the adverts via her Instagram stories by sharing historical photoshoots featuring sporting greats similarly naked. British sprinter Amy Hunt was among those who expressed opposition to the adverts when she finished fourth in the 200m final at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Sunday. In a post-race interview with BBC Sport, she said: "Sydney Sweeney, this is what women in sport look like. "21.4 [seconds, the winning time of Melissa Jefferson-Wooden], muscles, hard work, sweat, blood, tears. This is a beautiful evening." Hunt added: "Obviously we've seen in the last 24 hours everything about the Sydney Sweeney ad, you know, and when you're a woman in sport, it's not pretty. "It's not glamorous. It's not sexy all the time, definitely. "There's some low moments. Even turning up to this championship, my period started yesterday, so that's not really ideal, and that's not ever what you try to really plan for." Australian Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus also criticised the campaign, writing on Instagram: "I can't describe how infuriated I feel when I watch this. "Not only is it a kick in the face to every woman who had dedicated her life to perfecting her craft, but every woman who enjoys sports for what it really is - teamwork, friendship, dedication, excellent, unity... "How do we live in a world where monetising a women's body and sexualising women's sport is still a thing? "I thought we were genuinely moving past this b*******. What is this teaching the young men and women of today? Sydney Sweeney, do better." Australian water polo player Tilly Kearns wrote that she hated the campaign, with Australian boxer Skye Nicolson adding: "There's a big difference between looking 'sexy' because you do sport compared to use sex to sell 'sport'. "There is nothing wrong with looking good and doing sport and there's nothing wrong with embracing your femininity while also being a badass athlete." American gymnast Gracie Kramer shared a video of herself performing a routine, writing: "Idk what Sydney Sweeney was doing, but this is what a woman in sports looks like." Following the backlash, Sweeney shared several photos of athletes posing nude on her Instagram stories - including tennis legend Serena Williams, ex-MMA fighter and Olympian Ronda Rousey, ex-basketball player Sue Bird and former footballer Megan Rapinoe, and four-time NFL champion Rob Gronkowski. The actress, who has starred in The Housemaid and Anyone But You, previously came under scrutiny following the launch of a "Great Jeans" advert that sparked a debate over race because of the use of "jeans" as a play on "genes". Some critics saw the wordplay as a nod to eugenics, the discredited theory that humans could be improved through selective breeding, but American Eagle has said the advert refers only to the company's denim jeans. Sweeney told US publication People: "I was honestly surprised by the reaction. I did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. "I don't support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren't true. "Anyone who knows me knows that I'm always trying to bring people together. I'm against hate and divisiveness."

It's also a "leaking monument" to the decades of Thatcherism and Neo-liberalism he wants to reverse, or so he decried in his first Commons speech as prime minister. Its bold rhetoric that raises the stakes on a challenging policy issue after a summer of rising poll ratings and near-unanimous loyalty from the backbenchers. One Labour source, on what could upend the honeymoon, told Sky News: "Water is going to be a big one. It's both a very technical test of how you handle a fragmented industry/service AND a test of his '40 years of neoliberalism' line." So what will the prime minister do? He hasn't ruled out nationalisation but he talks much more often about public control, which favours regulation over state ownership. Such a move risks putting him on a collision course with his backbenchers, at least 30 of whom are expected to speak at a debate about the public ownership of water in Westminster Hall on Monday, Sky News has been told. This includes members of the left-wing socialist campaign group, who made water nationalisation a key demand during the leadership transition. Clive Lewis, of the soft-left Mainstream group, will argue control equals "more failed regulation" and a Labour government that "doesn't grasp the nettle" on this won't give voters a proper choice at the next election. However it is not just those on the left who back ownership. Paul Davies, a 2024 intake MP who will be leading the debate, argues the sector needs a "fundamental rewiring". He told Sky News: "Years of mismanagement and abuse by private water companies have left the public frustrated and disillusioned, and tightening regulation alone will not fix this. "Public ownership is essential to rebuild trust in the sector because it would give the public a voice in the system which they fund and rely on." The key argument against nationalisation is the cost. Last year, the Treasury put the price tag at £100bn, though that figure has been disputed. An alternative road the government could go down is mutualisation - where water companies would be restructured into customer-owned co-operatives similar to Welsh Water, with all financial surplus reinvested back. The Good Growth Foundation, which is a Labour-leaning think tank, has drawn up a report on how this could work, which Sky News understands Number 10 is looking at. The report has been backed by several Labour mayors and MPs, including Helena Dollimore, whose Hastings and Rye constituency has been blighted by water outages and sewage dumping. "It's an oven-ready plan," she said. "We have to be fiscally responsible. This takes away the profit motivation so it would be run in the interests of the people, not profits." Some critics of the mutualisation model question how it would raise the capital required to invest in new infrastructure, with mutuals likely to face higher interest on borrowing than a government. However cost isn't the only issue the government faces, with questions over how it would legally take companies out of private hands. Environment Secretary Angela Eagle has said she is prepared to change insolvency laws to make it easier for the government to put failing companies into special administration - from which point they could be renationalised or transferred to new owners. Thames Water, grappling with billions in debt and seeking a rescue deal, is expected to be the first company the government deals with and could provide a blueprint for the wider industry. A government source stressed "nothing is off the table" and ministers may take a different approach to individual water companies based on how they are performing. Ultimately, not all MPs are dogmatic about what should happen. Will Stone, the Labour MP for Swindon North, said he would like to see at least Thames Water nationalised but he is "not hung up on ideology" and what matters is "best value and service". That might save the prime minister a fight with his own MPs, though he would still have Green Party leader Zack Polanski to contend with, who has long backed public ownership and is looking for reasons to undermine Burnham's left-wing credentials. More detail on the direction the prime minister will be in his 10-year-plan for the country, expected by the end of the year. A government spokesperson insisted they are already "holding water companies to account" citing new reforms that "will create a water system that works for customers, the environment and investors for decades to come, with tougher regulation, stronger enforcement and greater accountability".

The striker's goal was initially disallowed for offside on the pitch before VAR overturned the decision. The VAR officials deemed that Haaland was played onside by Manchester United defender Patrick Dorgu. However, Manchester City's Enzo Fernandez was in an offside position as he attempted to play the ball before it reached Haaland. Neville: Officials got Haaland wrongMan Utd news & transfers🔴 | Man Utd fixtures & scoresGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream PL games with no contract Here, we look at some of the key questions surrounding the incident... Have Pro Ref explained why the goal was awarded? Pro Ref - the Professional Game Referees formerly known as the PGMOL or PGMO - confirmed on Sunday night that a mistake was made when City's winning goal was awarded. While acknowledging "an error of judgement", their statement only offered a partial explanation for why the goal was mistakenly awarded. Having admitted the goal should have remained ruled out because Fernandez was offside, the statement declared: "On this occasion, the VAR did not recognise the likely impact of his position." But the overarching question of why the VAR failed to appreciate that a player in an offside position six yards from goal, making a diving header for a ball between two opponents, was not judged to have either impacted play or potentially impacted play remains unanswered. Could the mistake have happened because the VAR was focused on whether Fernandez played the ball? This, currently, appears to be the most logical explanation. In their mid-game post on X explaining the decision, Match Centre wrote: "The VAR also deemed that while in an offside position, Fernandez didn't play the ball." During Sky Sports' match coverage, replays were also shown of the VAR team apparently scrutinising whether or not Fernandez touched the ball as it flew across the six-yard box. So was it the case that the VAR became distracted by fixating on a technicality that didn't actually matter given the offside rule clearly stipulates that a player can be offside regardless of whether or not he touches the ball? Why did the Pro Ref statement say the goal should have been sent for an on-field review? According to Pro Ref, the initial offside decision was made against Erling Haaland. He, though, was onside. The review then moved on to Fernandez, who was correctly deemed to be in an offside position by the VAR team. The problem was that they then apparently, and incorrectly, focused entirely on whether he touched the ball. What the VAR couldn't do, however, was confirm the goal was rightly ruled out - for the Fernandez offside - for the wrong reason - the Haaland offside. Hence Pro Ref's assertion that the VAR ought to have requested referee Michael Oliver make an on-field review in which Oliver would have been asked to make a subjective decision on whether Fernandez impacted play. Was Lammens also impacted by Fernandez? Yes. Replays of Haaland's goal also show the Manchester United goalkeeper made an initial reaction to Fernandez, raising his arms in anticipation of a header and shifting off balance for when Haaland struck the ball. But Martinez had already been impacted by Fernandez's position, so the goal should have been disallowed regardless of whether Lammens was distracted by Fernandez's attempt to play the ball. Was the on-field decision wrong? Yes and no - the yes because the offside was given against an onside player, the no because the goal should have been ruled out for offside. So the VAR couldn't have definitively ruled out the goal? No. Because the on-field decision was against Haaland, the only course of action, if the process was followed to the letter, was to ask the referee to make an on-field review. Who was the VAR? Sunday's VAR was Matt Donohue. While Donohue has only ever refereed four Premier League games, he has substantial experience as a VAR. In 2025/26, he was the VAR for 24 Premier League matches and six as Assistant VAR. Why didn't TV viewers see offside lines drawn during the game? The Premier League is using semi-automated offside technology this season which provides a kick-point graphic for incidents under review. This is different to the previous process in which the VAR teams would manually place crosshairs to determine offside calls and then draw lines. Did the officials also forget they made a VAR check? One final unanswered question from Manchester's derby is whether the officials also forgot about the VAR check when determining how much added-on time to play at the end of the game. Haaland's goal was scored after 59 minutes and 24 seconds. Following the lengthy review, play didn't restart until 63 minutes and 15 seconds. But despite that delay, and numerous others during the course of the half, just five minutes were added on.

The controversial adverts for Novig feature the Euphoria actress, 29, in little to no clothing posing with carefully placed sporting equipment. The campaign has received pushback from several female athletes, who believe it is "sexualising women's sport". However, Sweeney appears to be defending the adverts via her Instagram stories by sharing historical photoshoots featuring sporting greats similarly naked. British sprinter Amy Hunt was among those who expressed opposition to the adverts when she finished fourth in the 200m final at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Sunday. In a post-race interview with BBC Sport, she said: "Sydney Sweeney, this is what women in sport look like. "21.4 [seconds, the winning time of Melissa Jefferson-Wooden], muscles, hard work, sweat, blood, tears. This is a beautiful evening." Hunt added: "Obviously we've seen in the last 24 hours everything about the Sydney Sweeney ad, you know, and when you're a woman in sport, it's not pretty. "It's not glamorous. It's not sexy all the time, definitely. "There's some low moments. Even turning up to this championship, my period started yesterday, so that's not really ideal, and that's not ever what you try to really plan for." Australian Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus also criticised the campaign, writing on Instagram: "I can't describe how infuriated I feel when I watch this. "Not only is it a kick in the face to every woman who had dedicated her life to perfecting her craft, but every woman who enjoys sports for what it really is - teamwork, friendship, dedication, excellent, unity... "How do we live in a world where monetising a women's body and sexualising women's sport is still a thing? "I thought we were genuinely moving past this b*******. What is this teaching the young men and women of today? Sydney Sweeney, do better." Australian water polo player Tilly Kearns wrote that she hated the campaign, with Australian boxer Skye Nicolson adding: "There's a big difference between looking 'sexy' because you do sport compared to use sex to sell 'sport'. "There is nothing wrong with looking good and doing sport and there's nothing wrong with embracing your femininity while also being a badass athlete." American gymnast Gracie Kramer shared a video of herself performing a routine, writing: "Idk what Sydney Sweeney was doing, but this is what a woman in sports looks like." Following the backlash, Sweeney shared several photos of athletes posing nude on her Instagram stories - including tennis legend Serena Williams, ex-MMA fighter and Olympian Ronda Rousey, ex-basketball player Sue Bird and former footballer Megan Rapinoe, and four-time NFL champion Rob Gronkowski. The actress, who has starred in The Housemaid and Anyone But You, previously came under scrutiny following the launch of a "Great Jeans" advert that sparked a debate over race because of the use of "jeans" as a play on "genes". Some critics saw the wordplay as a nod to eugenics, the discredited theory that humans could be improved through selective breeding, but American Eagle has said the advert refers only to the company's denim jeans. Sweeney told US publication People: "I was honestly surprised by the reaction. I did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. "I don't support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren't true. "Anyone who knows me knows that I'm always trying to bring people together. I'm against hate and divisiveness."

Performing in Paris on Saturday to a sold-out crowd of tens of thousands, an emotional Dion told her adoring fans that it was "amazing we are all together". "I made a promise. I made a promise to come back and to be back on stage," she added. "Here I am singing for you, and singing for me. "Thank you so very much for your support, your patience. I am everything I am because you love me. "The path was rocky, the road was longer ​than planned, but I held on." Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney paid tribute to her return on social media by referencing one of her biggest hits. "It's all coming back," Mr Carney wrote on X. "Congratulations on an incredible return to the stage after six long years." The French-Canadian singer took a break from performing after revealing her stiff person syndrome (SPS) diagnosis in December 2022, which forced her to cancel a world tour. SPS is a rare neurological disorder that causes progressive muscular stiffness and spasms. According to the NHS, there is currently no cure for the autoimmune disease. The five-time Grammy winner's long-awaited comeback was revealed on her birthday on 30 March, when she posted on social media, expressing her excitement in a video message. Dion extended her residency at the La Defense Arena to 16 concerts due to popular demand, with further shows taking place until 14 October, and a further 10 dates in 2027. She will perform her biggest hits in both French and English during the concerts. Fans were also quick to praise Dion over her health issues, with British fan Catherine Rushforth telling Reuters as she was leaving the arena: "She didn't shy ‌away from what she suffered, and she shared it with her audience." More from Sky News entertainment:'We're all on our Andy': SNL UK is back - with a new leading manEastEnders star Shane Richie pleads not guilty to drink-driving The 58-year-old previously cancelled her Las Vegas residency due to health concerns in 2021, revealing her SPS diagnosis the following year. During her break from performing, Dion had a brief cameo singing in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in 2024 and had repeatedly expressed her desire to return to the stage.

The former UK prime minister was going from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to Poland at night when there were drone strikes in the border region, Ukrainian Railways said. Ukraine war: Follow latest A drone on Sunday struck a passenger train at Yahodyn station, on the Polish border, shortly after the train carrying Mr Johnson had left ahead of schedule. No casualties were reported, but the strike has prompted a warning about the increasing threat to Europe posed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr Johnson is reported to have been travelling on the same train as the prime minister's national security adviser Jonathan Powell, former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt, and one of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's closest advisers, Gunter Sautter, as well as European diplomats. The group had been in Kyiv to discuss possible peace negotiations with Russia with the Ukrainian government, according to German newspaper Der Spiegel. The newspaper said the line between Kyiv and Warsaw had been attacked and a train was struck. Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said that Russian strikes were hitting closer to NATO and EU member Poland. "Putin's terror is literally knocking on the doors of the European Union and NATO," he said. Ukraine's railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said in a post on Telegram it was "quite possible" that the drone had been aimed at Mr Johnson's train. Read more:Ukraine war latest: How a mother told her daughter her father had been captured The company said the train "had departed the station earlier than scheduled due to real-time adjustments to train timetables necessitated by the constant threat of Russian strikes". Mr Johnson condemned the attack as "random and senseless". He said on X: "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning. "What we can say for sure is that this is the kind of random and senseless attack Ukrainians are enduring every day - even on civilian railways. "So far Putin has been responsible for the deaths of 1,700 staff of Ukrzaliznytsia - Ukrainian Railways. They and their daily passengers are absolutely heroic." Mr Bildt posted a video of a train being evacuated after what appeared to be an explosion on X, and wrote: "This wasn't our train, but the one just minutes after us by the border crossing. "It was evacuated as the Russian drone approached and no one was hurt. Very good safety system. Our train just had an evacuation warning but could proceed to Dorohusk. The Russian attacks against Ukraine are intensifying." Polish foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the Russian threat was already "inside the house". Mr Sikorski accused Moscow of waging a "hybrid war" against European nations that went further than cyberattacks, disinformation and espionage to "arson incidents in Poland", "attempts to bring down airliners in Lithuania", and "an attempt to derail a moving train in Poland" - representing an "escalation" in Russian activities. Read more from Sky News:Six dead after ferry overturns in IndonesiaFire ravages mill featured in Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey Earlier on Sunday, a truck less than a mile from Ukraine's border with Poland was ‌also hit, with operations at the Dorohusk-Yahodyn crossing point being briefly stopped, said border guards. Russia's defence ministry said it had targeted infrastructure facilitating military cargoes from Europe in western Ukraine. With the frontline largely static, both Moscow and Kyiv have intensified long-distance ‌strikes in recent weeks to try to shift momentum in the war. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were causing a shortage of the fuel. "I've asked President Zelenskyy not to hit the diesel plants, refineries. Diesel is being driven up by the fact that it's having a hard time coming out of Russia, and that's the case that hurts the world." A wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries in recent months has reduced that country's fuel production, triggering gasoline shortages across the country. Ukraine, which faces regular Russian attacks on its own energy infrastructure, says refineries are legitimate military targets.

The Reds were held to their third draw across their opening four Premier League games following the 0-0 against Fulham at Anfield on Saturday and now sit in seventh place. They face a struggling Tottenham side in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday before Andoni Iraola returns to Bournemouth, with both games being shown live on Sky Sports ahead of the international break. "Unbeaten but unsatisfied," is how Sky Sports' Adam Bate described the performance against Fulham as an underwhelming start to the new season continued. Merson has echoed that sentiment while also raising concerns about Iraola, as well as big-money signings Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola. Transfer Centre LIVE! | Liverpool news & transfers🔴Liverpool fixtures & scores | FREE Liverpool highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream PL games with no contract📺 Read below for the Magic Man's thoughts as he also discusses the key problems causing the struggles at Tottenham, whether or not Aston Villa are genuine relegation contenders, and the gulf in quality Arsenal have created at the top of the table. 'Is Iraola finding it more difficult than expected?' I'm worried for Liverpool at the moment, in a way, because that was a bad result on Saturday. That was a very bad result. I don't know if the manager is finding it a bit more difficult than he probably would after making the jump from Bournemouth to Anfield. No disrespect to Bournemouth but if they draw at home to Fulham 0-0, it is not a problem. Liverpool draw at home to Fulham, it is headline news. That is what he's got to get used to as well. He's got to let the shackles off, open it up a bit. You watch the games now, every weekend that goes past, Man City and Arsenal are so far ahead of everybody else. It's mind-blowing how big the gulf is. Wirtz worry and was Barcola the right option for Liverpool? I don't know how long they can wait on Florian Wirtz. I'm a big fan of him, I think he's a special player. But it isn't working; it just isn't working. I don't know how long they can wait. I also like Bradley Barcola, but I'm not sure if he was what they needed. If you said to me, what's Barcola's game? He's quick. Now, you play at Liverpool, you don't really have to be that quick. You don't have to be like the fastest man in the Premier League. You've got to have a bit more. And at the moment, I am not sure. He'll have his games, don't get me wrong, but I think they needed someone with more guile. Mohamed Salah, when he ripped it up, had that guile and that is why he was so successful at the club. You don't just need pace at Liverpool. No one has a go at Liverpool. Everyone sits players behind the ball. There's no other tactics and that is a worry. Mindset and confidence is the key problem at Spurs The first 15, 20 minutes I thought they were outstanding [vs Everton]. I thought the way they passed it, moved it, it caused problems for Everton. But they didn't get that goal. And when they don't get that goal, then that mindset sets in again. I think they'd still be playing now [without scoring], wouldn't they? That is the problem. They need to score early. And confidence is the thing as well. I say any footballer, I don't care if you're under 10s or professional, if you can bottle one thing, it's confidence. And at the moment, they just haven't got that confidence and the belief. And that's the problem, that belief. Arsenal will defend title comfortably I think they will win the Premier League by double digits. I think they'll win it easy. I look at Arsenal's fixtures; Man City away, Man United away, Chelsea away, Liverpool away. After those four games, I don't know who's beating Arsenal. They're just a hard, hard team to beat. I don't see them losing a lot of football matches this season. The shackles are off a bit. No one can call Arsenal bottle jobs anymore. So the pressure is off. And they just play with that feeling like they've had an email through and told them, 'you know what the score is going to be already'. I just watched them against Villa, and you watch them against Sunderland, and there's no panic. They play, it's patient. They will score in the end and the opposition won't. That is the way they are at the moment. Are Villa genuine relegation contenders? No, no. I think they have too many good players, if I'm being honest. I think it was a terrible result against Nottingham Forest. It was worrying. They were dominating but couldn't score a goal. But I'd be shocked if they got relegated. They've got too many good players and they've got one of the best managers in the business. They're just having a little bit of a time at the moment. I do think this is a big game this weekend [vs Tottenham], though. It's a huge game. Down at the bottom, if you're down there, you're down there. I don't worry about Tottenham or Villa, but I think it's a big game for both teams because it's a momentum swinger. You win it, then you can kick on after the international break. It's a big football match. Watch Liverpool vs Tottenham in the Carabao Cup live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm on September 15. Kick-off 9pm.