Technology minister Ian Murray told the Commons on Thursday the charity had told the government the data "had been advertised for sale by several sellers on Alibaba's ecommerce platforms in China". He added the charity had said the data "did not contain participants, names, addresses, contact details or telephone numbers". The Biobank is the world's most comprehensive dataset of biological health and lifestyle information, and has been used to achieve improvements in the detection and treatment of dementia, cancers and Parkinson's. Mr Murray said: "The government has spoken to the vendor today, and they did not believe that there were any purchases from the three listings before they were taken down." However, he said he could not guarantee 100% that no one could be identified from the data. He said data sets including gender, age, month and year of birth, socio-economic status, lifestyle habits, and measures from biological samples were included. He said it "would be wrong for me to assure 100% and UK Biobank could not assure 100% that you could not identify someone from this, but that would be a very advanced way in which that data would have to be used". Biobank said "all the data are de-identified; they do not contain any personally identifying information (such as names, addresses, dates of birth, and NHS numbers)". Data legitimately downloaded by research institutions Mr Murray said the information had been legitimately downloaded by three research institutions in China. They have since had their access revoked and the government is working to establish how the breach occurred. Asked why it had taken a week to reveal the situation, Biobank told Sky News: "We launched an immediate investigation once alerted. This is a complex and evolving situation, as soon as we were in a position to share an accurate update we have done so." 'Clear breach of contract Professor Sir Rory Collins, chief executive and principal investigator of UK Biobank, said it took the protection of participant data "extremely seriously" and had tightened security. "Last week, we found that de-identified participant data made available to researchers at three academic institutions were listed for sale on a consumer website in China, owned by Alibaba," he said. "With support from both the UK and Chinese governments, Alibaba swiftly removed those listings before any sales were made. "This is a clear breach of the contract signed by these academic institutions and they, along with the individuals involved, have had their access suspended." He said the charity had temporarily closed access to the research platform.

The 21-year-old US musician, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, had been under investigation by a grand jury after the dismembered and decomposed body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in a car registered to him in September. He was arrested last Thursday and charged with Ms Hernandez's murder on Monday. He pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, lewd and lascivious acts with a person under 14 and mutilating a dead body. The girl's death was ruled a homicide in the post-mortem report by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office. It found she had significant wounds to her torso, likely caused by a sharp object. Her body was so degraded that experts could not establish her eye colour. And some of her body parts were missing. The report, published on Wednesday, had been blocked from release for months. A judge had ordered the report to be sealed in November at the request of law enforcement. But prosecutors agreed this week to allow its release. Family tribute to 'beautiful, strong girl' The victim's parents, Jesus Rivas and Mercedes Martinez, paid tribute to her, saying she was "a beautiful, strong girl who loved to sing and dance" as they made their first public statement. "Every Friday night was movie night and we spent wonderful times together." "We love her very much and she always told us that she loved us. We miss her deeply," they said in a joint statement released through their lawyer. Prosecutors allege Burke killed the girl because she threatened to report they had a sexual relationship that began when she was 13 years old and he feared it would ruin his rising career. A criminal complaint alleges he killed her with a sharp object and dismembered the body about two weeks later. Read more from Sky News:This is why your hay fever is getting worseEveryone born after 2008 to be banned from smoking LA County's chief medical examiner Dr Odey C Ukpo said: "After several months, I am grateful this information can now be released, not only to the public, but also to the grieving family enduring loss. "It is unfathomable they have had to wait this long to learn what happened to their daughter."

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Rosenior had been appointed as a surprise replacement for Enzo Maresca in January, but seven defeats in the last eight matches has led to his reign being cut short after just four months. Rosenior had signed a six-year contract with Chelsea when he made the move from Strasbourg, who are owned by Chelsea's parent company BlueCo. But there were chants from Chelsea fans for him to be dismissed during and after the 3-0 loss at Brighton on Tuesday night. Speaking on Sky Sports News, Neville said he had not expected Rosenior to finish his contract, but said his dismissal was not a reflection on the head coach and instead put the responsibility firmly on the decision-making of Chelsea owners BlueCo. Chelsea part company with Liam RoseniorGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱No Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 "I'm not shocked Liam's leaving the club," he said. "I'm shocked he's leaving today. I thought it would probably happen at the end of the season. "I thought they would persevere until the end of the season after giving him a six-year deal. "It's not a reflection on Liam at all. He's lost a lot of football matches in the last few weeks and he'll be disappointed with that. "But it's time for the owners, sporting directors and players to reflect enormously on their role in what's happened in the last few weeks. Their fans will be absolutely disgusted by the way this has gone. "The owners have got it badly wrong. I said at the time, they've got a group of talented players, young sporting directors in respect of the experience relating to Europe, you've got an ownership that's young in respect that it's only two or three years in. You need some experience somewhere in the club. "These six-year, eight-year agreements, it's almost laughable from the start. Whether it's for a manager or a player. The owners don't have a clue what they're doing. "I've made massive mistakes as an owner but sometimes you've got to accept that. I've spoken publicly about the challenges we've had. "But they're all over the place. I just don't get it, really. You deserve what you get in football and it's a reflection on them, it's not a reflection on a coach who, to be fair, probably shouldn't have been advanced as soon as he was into the role. "You don't turn down the Chelsea job. I can see why it was appealing but he just has to get on with his coaching career now and put it behind him as quickly as he can. It's a club that is a little bit crazy in its decision-making." Rosenior's fate was sealed by a fifth Premier League defeat in a row, leaving qualification for next season's Champions League unlikely. Chelsea failed to score in each of those five league defeats - their worst goalless losing league run since 1912. He leaves the club seventh in the Premier League, seven points off fifth-placed Liverpool, who have a game in hand. Calum McFarlane will step into the role again until the end of the season, having overseen a 1-1 draw with Manchester City and a 2-1 defeat to Fulham during his interim spell earlier in the season. Sky Sports News understands the process of appointing Rosenior's permanent successor has yet to begin and no potential candidates have been spoken to. A club statement said they would "undertake a process of self-reflection to make the right long-term appointment". Rosenior's departure marks BlueCo's fifth sacking in less than four years since taking over the club and an average reign per permanent manager of just 258 days. Remarkably, that is less than half of the average under previous owner Roman Abramovich, who himself was infamous for ruthless managerial dismissals. On the Blues' next appointment, Neville added: "Who next for Chelsea? Roy Keane used this description at the weekend - I don't care. Honestly. Chelsea are a massive club, an amazing club. "I'm sure everyone realised Liam would lose his job. That's not a surprise, no matter when it happened, everyone recognised he wouldn't be here at the start of next season. "But the way it's happened, it's just not right. I've been there myself, I've sacked a manager after four months and it's a reflection on you when you get it wrong. These long contracts though - a six-year contract? It's just bizarre." 'Mistakes have been made but Chelsea aren't in a state of disarray' Sky Sports News' chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol: "The Chelsea owners don't speak in public much but if they were here they would hold their hands up and say some mistakes have been made this season. "Enzo Maresca deciding to leave midway through the season, that destabilised the club. Deciding to give the job to Liam Rosenior was a mistake and they have held their hands up. "But they would also point to the fact that this squad that people keep criticising is the same squad that beat Barcelona 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in November, so they must have some pretty good players. And nine of those players that played against Barcelona played against Brighton. "I don't think Chelsea are in a total state of disarray. I don't think it's a situation where we should have open season to kick Chelsea when they are down. "Yes, they have made mistakes. The finances don't look good, at the moment. But again, the owners would say that the accounts next year will be better because of money from the Club World Cup and being in the Champions League this season as well." Chelsea's next five fixturesApril 26 Leeds (N) - FA CupMay 4: Nottingham Forest (H) - Premier League, live on Sky SportsMay 9: Liverpool (A) - Premier LeagueMay 17: Tottenham (H) - Premier LeagueMay 24: Sunderland (A) - Premier League

Egyptian national Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, was also found guilty of all four counts of rape as a secondary party by encouraging and filming the ordeal. The woman had been separated from her friends on a night out when the trio found her "staggering in the street" alone and "incapacitated", Hove Crown Court heard. Two of the men took her behind a beach hut where they raped her and the other went to the location moments later and filmed it. Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, from Egypt, and Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, from Iran, had both denied two counts each of raping the woman on 4 October last year. They were found guilty. Egyptian national Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, was also found guilty of all four counts of rape as a secondary party by encouraging and filming the ordeal. Jurors returned their verdicts in the five-week trial after more than 12 hours of deliberation. Footage showed the woman falling down twice, jurors were told, with prosecutors describing the alleged attack as "cynical, predatory and callous". Alshafe was also shown smiling and sticking his tongue out during the assault, as well as slapping the woman in the face. He and Ahmadi had claimed during the trial the encounter was consensual and that she had approached them along the seafront, kissed and touched them both, mentioned something about sex and took them both to the beach. Read more from Sky News:UK cancer cases reach record highWH Smith issues profit warning Al-Danasurt, who claimed to jurors he attempted to stop the attack by filming it, also denied he spat in the woman's mouth and called her a "dirty b****". Prosecutor Hanna Llewellyn-Waters KC had told jurors: "Frankly, to these defendants, the complainant was meat. "She was repeatedly abused for their sexual gratification and entertainment. "They wanted sex and that could be achieved by being with someone who was in no state to resist them." She said the woman told police she remembered being spat on, kicked, and her throat being grabbed during the attack, as well as men laughing. Giving evidence, the woman told the court: "It wasn't consensual, it was not consensual, they are evil and they have ruined my life." Being cross-examined from behind a screen in court, she cried as she said: "It's the filmer's face I see every time I close my eyes, laughing at me." In a video police interview played to jurors, recorded on 13 October 2025, the victim said she had been at a bar with friends until about 3am before heading to a nightclub near the beach. She said she regained consciousness lying on the beach and thought she was going to be killed. In the recording, she said: "I closed my eyes because I thought 'oh my God, they're actually going to kill me', I can hear all these voices and I can't stop them." The court also heard minutes after leaving the men, the woman spoke to her friends and was described as "wailing and hysterical saying she has been raped". DNA samples were taken from all three defendants. DNA from both Alshafe and Ahmadi matched with samples taken from the complainant's body during a forensic medical examination, while Al-Danasurt's was inconclusive. At the time of the incident, all three defendants knew each other and were living at hotel accommodation for asylum seekers near Horsham, West Sussex. A further count of "sharing intimate films" without the complainant's consent which Al-Danasurt faced was withdrawn on Thursday April 23 after it was established the offence can only be tried in a magistrates' court.

Bang Si-Hyuk, who is the founder and chairman of Hybe, is being investigated over allegations that he told investors the company had no plans to go public, which convinced them to sell their shares to a private equity fund in 2019. The company then proceeded with an initial public offering. Police believe that the fund may have paid Bang, who is widely seen as one of the most powerful figures in South Korean music, around 200bn won (£100m) in a side deal. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has since asked prosecutors to request a court warrant for Bang's arrest. Bang, who has been barred from leaving the country since August, denies any wrongdoing. His legal team told the Associated Press that they had offered "full and consistent cooperation with the investigation over an extended period". "We will continue to cooperate with all legal procedures and make every effort to clearly explain our position," the statement said. Bang is often credited with being behind the global success of BTS, who have become one of the biggest music groups on the planet. In 2021, the firm secured management rights for other major global acts, including Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. Read more from Sky News:Children subjected to 'intrusive and traumatic' strip searchesLufthansa cuts 20,000 flights amid soaring jet fuel costs The legal troubles come ahead of the group's highly anticipated global tour after an almost four-year hiatus as they served mandatory military service. They are due to kick off a series of US events with a concert in Tampa, Florida, later this month.

The results of these elections could have a profound impact on all the main political parties, not just locally - but on a national scale too. The votes are being watched closely by MPs, many of whom see the results as being a test of their party's leadership in Westminster. Politics latest - follow live So, where are elections taking place, why do they matter and crucially - when we will know the results? Who is getting a vote this time around? There are elections for 136 local councils in England, with 5,014 seats up for grabs. This includes votes for every seat on all of London's 32 borough councils, as well as on more than a dozen borough councils, six unitary councils, six county councils, and three district councils. There are also a further 73 councils where elections are being held for half or one-third of the seats available. Read more:What's at stake for Wales in May's elections?Key challenges next Holyrood government will face But it's not just local councils that people can vote for come 7 May. Six areas in London are holding elections for directly elected local mayors. These are: Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford. Votes will also be taking place outside of England for devolved administrations, both in Cardiff and in Edinburgh. People will be able to vote for who they want to run the Senedd in Cardiff Bay and the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. When will we find out the results? The polls will be open between 7am and 10pm on 7 May. After that, the counting begins. But we will not have to wait long for the first results because, like a general election, a lot of the ballots will be totted up overnight. In fact, Sky News analysis suggests the results of almost 50 local council elections should be in by the time most people wake up at 7am on Friday morning. For those keen to stay up to watch the coverage, the first councils to declare are expected to do so at around 12.30am. Results will then begin to come in more routinely from around 3am. Those declaring overnight are expected to include Oxford - where both the Liberal Democrats and the Greens are chasing Labour's votes; Bexley - seen as Reform UK's best chance at gaining a London borough; and Hampshire - a Tory-run council expected to cede votes to the Lib Dems and Reform. Between lunchtime on Friday and the end of the day, a further 82 councils are expected to declare their results. But the final five are not expected to give a final verdict until Saturday afternoon. Those late finishes include Croydon and Tower Hamlets in London, as well as Hastings in Sussex. Separately, the mayoral elections only begin counting on Friday, with Hackney and Newham expected to declare at 1pm that day, followed by Watford at 2pm, Lewisham at 3pm, Croydon at 4pm, and Tomer Hamlets last, at around 6pm. Why do the local elections matter? Local elections typically have a lower voter turnout than general elections - in 2024 for example, the turnout in England was 30%, compared to 60% at the general election held the same year. But that does not mean they are unimportant. Local councils still have a lot of influence over voters' lives, and arguably more on a day-to-day basis than the government in Westminster. While Whitehall controls areas such as foreign policy and defence, councils control a range of local services, such as how frequently bins are collected, when potholes are repaired and which services should be prioritised for funding, be it parks, libraries or local facilities such as leisure centres. The devolved parliaments, in Cardiff Bay and Holyrood, also have many powers, too. Depending on the country, these have control over a range of measures, including rates of income tax, the NHS and social care, as well as education, among other topics. You can read exactly which issues are controlled by each parliament in our in-depth explainer here. But the local elections are considered to be important in Westminster too, where they are seen as a glimpse of how the public is feeling towards the government of the day - in this case, Labour - and the opposition parties. Any sizeable swings in either direction could lead to the parties in parliament deciding to do some reorganisation of who is in charge, or of their direction as a whole.

The 18-year-old appeared to suffer the injury while scoring a penalty in Barcelona's 1-0 win over Celta Vigo in LaLiga on Wednesday. Yamal limped off with the help of the club's medical staff and had to be substituted, raising fears that he could miss the World Cup with Spain before Barcelona put out a statement on Thursday. It read: "Tests this Thursday have confirmed that first-team player Lamine Yamal has suffered a hamstring injury in his left leg. "The player will follow a conservative treatment plan. He will miss the remainder of the league season but is expected to be available for the World Cup." Yamal has been in outstanding form for Barcelona this season, scoring 16 goals and providing 11 assists in 28 LaLiga games while adding another six goals and four assists in 10 Champions League appearances. He is also a key player for Spain. Yamal was named young player of the tournament after their triumphant Euro 2024 campaign and has six goals in 25 appearances for the national side. While Spain are expected to have him available for the World Cup, which begins on June 11, Barcelona will have to complete their hunt for LaLiga glory without him. Wednesday's win over Celta Vigo put them nine points clear of second-placed Real Madrid with six games remaining. They exited the Champions League with their quarter-final loss to Atletico Madrid.