Becky Cotterill
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‘He’s barred’ says manager of Birmingham pub to man who was attacked there yesterday. Linda Ward says the man had goaded his attackers. We understand he used offensive language as Asian men walked past who then beat him up. I understand he has visited hospital since the attack
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To clarify… the pub manager obviously condemned the violence that occurred. She had to barricade herself in her pub with patrons.
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Asking voters in Virginia whether they think Trump’s tweets and comments are racist. Approached one gentleman and explained I was a British journalist, he interrupted and told me to ‘speak English’. His friend apologised for him.
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Excited to be relocating to the Midlands for the foreseeable future as one of Sky’s correspondents covering the region. Great patch and where I grew up. Story ideas welcome!
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Just Stop Oil campaigners walking on the roundabout in Shepherd’s Bush slowing traffic heading west
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Just Stop Oil campaigners moved to central london - looping round Trafalgar Sq and the Strand
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Mums protest outside
#Claridge
's after customer asked to cover baby's head while
#breastfeeding
#c4news
http://t.co/ZeYPZJkxzJ
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Ryan Giggs takes the stand - his lawyer Chris Daw QC begins by asking Giggs a series of questions about his infidelity. Giggs says he's never been able to remain faithful and can't resist attractive women, regardless of marital status.
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Tonight on
#SkyNews
we have an exclusive interview with one of the first refugees to arrive in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. This is the moment Ilona met her British host Sarah for the first time at the airport.
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Interviewed the lovely
@_esmemorgan
. She told me about pep talks with flatmate Lauren Hemp, how proud she is of her Man City teammates playing for their country, and that the
#Lionesses
are unwinding with Love Island during the Euros! More on
#skynews
at 7pm…
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How not to do an interview…
According to this TalkTV presenter, Suella Braverman went all the way to Washington, to advocate for keeping the asylum system for LGBTQ refugees exactly the same as now 🤷♀️🤪
He called me Ava throughout as well… which to be fair is very flattering & I don’t hold it against him.
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No response from the palace but I have got myself a solero. Fuel for lives throughout the rest of the day on
#skynews
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My first report for
@SkyNews
on the ‘game changer’ drug Trump is promoting for COVID-19. But supplies are running out for those who need it and there’s no proof yet it actually works.
#coronavirus
#Hydroxychloroquine
#skynews
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Suspended Chief Constable Nick Adderley didn’t stop to answer my questions. He has decided not to give evidence in his gross misconduct hearing (after taking legal advice). He denies gross misconduct and acting without honesty and integrity…
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Final day reporting in Manchester (before move back to London) was particularly glamorous. Recorded track sat on the floor of a public (men’s) loo (because the women’s loo too busy/noisy). A gentleman listened to me record an entire script about Ryan Giggs’ trial before flushing!
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Our report on how South Yorkshire Police failed to protect girls from sexual exploitation. Long awaited report has revealed no officer was ever sacked. Survivor
@sammywoodhouse1
says it feels like officers were ‘rewarded’ for their behaviour 👇🏼
#skynews
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Gotta love the fan mail. I was up at 3:30am, maybe more caffeine will fix my pronunciation 😘
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Day 1 of the Yousef Makki inquest. The 17 year old was fatally stabbed in March 2019 by his friend during a fight. Yousef’s sister Jade Akoum has spoken about his dreams of going to Oxford University and becoming a heart surgeon.
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What can I say Mark, when an elephant presents itself… you interview its rear end
You can see it in her face, l have paid so much for a media degree yet this is what l have ended up doing
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Last week Nottinghamshire Police invited journalists to a ‘non disclosure’ briefing about the attacks by Valdo Calocane. Their justification for not disclosing this information to the public and their subsequent comments should be highlighted…
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Retford residents hit by flooding tell environment secretary Thérèse Coffey that nothing has been done to help them since severe flooding in 2007
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Very jealous of
@SkyKatieSpencer
at the Edinburgh Fringe. I also very much enjoyed this bizarre interview…
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Trying to get hold of press officers on a weekend producing some interesting results. One switchboard operator thought I was asking for the ‘post office’ and then the ‘breast office’ 👀… no such office appears to actually exist
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What do the stats reveal about the current state of the NHS? Sky News’ data analysis (and my first green screen experience) 👇🏼
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Our report on last night’s spectacular performance by the
#lionesses
. It was brilliant speaking to supporters at Bramall Lane - girls so passionate about the sport and already playing in teams and academies
#WEUROS2022
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Most of my days are not spent covering ‘good’ news stories. So this was a treat. Spent the day with some amazing young football players at a local club in North London and we watched the Lionesses. The girls were lovely and talented. There was no local girls’ squad near me when I
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It cannot be overstated how terrified the people living in the hotel in Rotherham must have been yesterday. Here is what people involved in the clean up told me….
Asylum seekers 'slept in the woods' as rioters targeted hotel in 'disgusting display of thuggery'
Read more🔗
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BREAKING: Nick Adderley won't give evidence in his gross misconduct hearing. We had understood he would be, but his lawyer has said this is no longer the case following Mr Adderley taking legal advice (he could potentially face criminal charges).
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We met Annabel at a vaccination clinic today. She caught COVID and ended up in a coma and almost died. Now she helps others get jabbed… I wrote about her experience and recovery 👇🏼
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New sculpture outside Kings Cross this morning… does anyone have more info about it?
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And it’s today! We break down why Brits should care about this election...
#Election2020
From the economy to Brexit, here's why you should care about the 2020 US presidential election.
Get live updates on the
#USelection
:
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Talking trains this morning - and what the north is/is not getting under new government plans announced today. Live on
@KayBurley
at 7 from Bradford
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Very happy America has chips and gravy. Although here it’s called poutine. Totally acceptable to eat before midday under the current circumstances
#Elections2020
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Give this a watch 👇🏼 Different angle for our climate change coverage. And I hope the good people of Manchester enjoyed me discussing shrinking genitals on their way to work.
On the
#WeeklyClimateShow
we explore how climate change is changing our bodies and affecting our sex life.
👀 Watch on Snapchat or IGTV now 👉
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*Taylor Swift
Leicestershire council given £77k to tailor swift nesting sites
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Editing in a sat truck in a retail park car park with
@jdrmiller
. A man in a van next to us asks if we’re conducting a covert operation, when I informed him we’re journalists not spies he replied ‘well that’s really not interesting.’ Sorry to disappoint.
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Peaceful crowds defying the
#Minneapolis
curfew to gather. This is a memorial for George Floyd at the place where he died
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Dad: don’t put love island on in this house, it’s trash.
Also dad:
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Footage from one flooded home in Loughborough. The owner doesn’t have insurance and doesn’t know how he’ll pay for repairs. Just one house on a street where water was waste high in some places. Watch my report at 5pm on
#skynews
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Interviewing a restaurant manager in Liverpool providing excellent, festive coffee art
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Sun setting in Milwaukee as a saxophonist serenades our live hit. People here voted overwhelmingly for Biden and don’t think much of Trump’s call for a recount
#Elections2020
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The police have now responded to the families’ statement by saying: ‘at no point were journalists made to sign a non-disclosure agreement’ also acknowledging the briefing was ‘off the record.’ To be clear we were told by police we wouldn’t be invited to the briefing unless we
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Adderley said the medal was given to him by his brother (who he said had served in the war). The MOD say Adderley's brother served AFTER the war ended and he was not entitled to wear the medal - but he did try to apply for a medal AFTER Nick Adderley was served with a notice
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Reporting from Sunderland where the wind is still very fast and strong this morning. Two people have died across the UK due to falling trees.
#arwen
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I’ve been told that 4 asylum seekers who were staying at the Holiday Inn in Rotherham slept outside last night because they were scared to (/couldn’t!) return to the hotel yesterday when violence kicked off
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@jonsnowc4
live from Norwich talking to young voters about
#EURef
a day before deadline to register
#whyvote
#c4news
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This is an important read from
@HattyCollier
and colleagues. Having watched a friend battle a chronic UTI, it really needs to be taken seriously and women need to be diagnosed and treated before a UTI gets to this point.
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Emma Webber says “anyone who can witness the details of such a horror as happened in the early hours of the 14th June 2023; and refer to lost children as butchered animals; should seriously consider their position.”
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However… Americans do NOT pronounce ‘comma’ like Brits
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A wet live from Morecambe Bay - could their attempt to set a record for the longest jubilee street party be in jeopardy? ☔️
#skynews
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Dr Clare Mosley: “We're taking comfort in the fact that he so very nearly made it. He did an incredible climb, took the wrong route and collapsed where he couldn’t be easily seen by the extensive search team.”
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Reporting from a vaccination centre in St Helens on Sky News with
@KayBurley
this morning. Staff here are concerned about ramping up their operations to meet the demands of the accelerated booster jab rollout
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Huge queue along Constitution Hill, people lining up to lay flowers outside Buckingham Palace
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Reporting this morning on plans to cut the huge asylum backlog… thousands of asylum seekers could have their applications granted by filling in a questionnaire. What about asylum seekers who don’t speak English? Critics calling it an ‘amnesty’…
#skynews
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My sister on the cruel, cruel realisation we’re not getting Eurovision tickets… ‘No boy has ever caused me the heartbreak or anxiety that ticketmaster has’
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Today the families of Calocane’s victims released a statement saying: ‘We are aware that the Chief Constable of Nottingham Police held a closed media briefing on Thursday 22nd February and we are very alarmed to learn that the members of press present were made to sign a non
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BREAKING: the South Atlantic (Falklands) Medal worn by Chief Constable Nick Adderley was identified as a fake 'as soon as' it was picked up by an employee at the MOD medal office, employee tells gross misconduct hearing.
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I’m in Madrid today to see what people here make of the non-consensual kissing scandal engulfing Spanish football. More later on
#skynews
"This is about so much more than one man now"
Sky's
@RLCotterill
has the latest from Madrid after the coach of the Spanish women's team described the World Cup kissing row as "a real nonsense"
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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My feelings having spent a couple of days in court hearing about David Carrick’s horrific crimes against women and the testimonies of those he abused… (thread: 1/6)
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Our piece tonight on the Ukrainians who came here six months ago to move in with Brits they’d never met before👇🏼. Many have formed life long friendships, but some stand to lose their accomodation and have nowhere else to go…
#SkyNews
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Dictated some WhatsApp messages to my mum so she could reply as me while I was driving. Full stops at the end of every message so I sound really curt. Ta mum
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The latest from Madrid on the fallout from that non-consensual kiss at the World Cup winning ceremony. The boss of the Spanish FA has been suspended but there are calls for wider reforms
#skynews
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To clarify: journalists did not sign a legal document but this is what we were told by police before the briefing: ‘You will need to confirm in writing that you agree that this is a non-disclosure briefing’...
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Reporting tonight on Prince Harry’s interview with ITV… he says his family got ‘into bed with the devil’ by planting and leaking stories about him and Meghan to the media
@skynews
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Yesterday the World Heath Organisation said the U.S. has the potential to overtake Europe as the new epicenter of the virus. The death tolls in Italy and Spain have overtaken China - almost 11000 people have died in those two countries (combined). That's science, not the media.
The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success. The real people want to get back to work ASAP. We will be stronger than ever before!
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I met 13 yr old Dymytro today. He’s part of a Ukrainian scout group in London - he came here 9 months ago fleeing the war. His message to President Putin: ‘Put your guns down and go to prison’
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Live on
#skynews
this morning with the latest from Liverpool ahead of tonight’s
#eurovision
final ☀️
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Full statement from police… “Nottinghamshire Police want to be clear – at no point were journalists made to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
“The off the record background briefing advised and facilitated by the NPCC is standard practice and is part of Authorised Professional
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A 12-year-old girl named Sam was raped in 2006 by multiple men in Oldham. Last month, Greater Manchester Police were found to have failed to protect her, 'covering up' their failings for years after. GMP have confirmed they are re-opening the investigation into her abuse 1/5
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I’ll be tweeting from Benjamin Mendy’s trial today alongside
@RobHarris
and I’ll be on
#SkyNews
throughout the day for the latest from Cheshire Crown Court
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The families weren’t told by the police about a misconduct hearing related to another employee who’d shared the message with his wife and friends. They found out through the media…
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The briefing came after revelations that police staff had viewed material of the attacks when they shouldn’t have. One employee also posted a graphic and distressing WhatsApp message to other employees about the state in which Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber were found…
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Dehenna Davison’s experience with migraines is truly horrific. They are dreadful and debilitating. Mine often last for days and have left me vomiting for hours and sometimes unable to speak. No painkillers work. More research is very much needed
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How safe is CBD?
Here’s my piece on the cannabis craze that’s gone mainstream.
Part of the
@SkyNews
Off Limits series
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Aerial view of Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas. Homes and buildings destroyed by hurricane Dorian. Lots of people still waiting to be rescued and for aid to reach them
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We have heard what appear to be controlled explosions in Braunstone, Leicestershire. Understand them to be linked to an abandoned vehicle discovered earlier.👇footage from a resident’s CCTV of the bomb disposal team’s robot…
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North Wales coastline beautiful rain or shine, but feel like it really delivered for my first day of freedom after covid isolation
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I was in court today for the opening remarks in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial. It seems the prosecution will focus on Spacey allegedly abusing his power and status (and the patterns in his alleged assaults). While the defence will argue these men are liars and opportunists.
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Here’s the latest from Bucharest following news the Tate brothers could be extradited to the UK…
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@marthakelner
quite the pro… non-stop live reporting on the Maxwell verdict since the top of News at Ten
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Members of the public gathering outside Buckingham Palace this morning. Sombre and reflective mood.
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Strange morning in Stratford on Avon getting reaction to the result. First person I approached had no idea there'd been an election, then halfway through interviewing a woman about her decision to vote Lib Dem she confessed that she'd lied to me and had in fact voted
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Detail to emerge from gross misconduct hearing for Nick Adderley (suspended Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable)... prosecution lawyer says the medal he wore which implied service in the Falklands war 'appears to be a false medal'
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NEW: Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, has written an open letter to the officers who were in a WhatsApp group where a gruesome and offensive message about her son’s killing was posted. I can now report what was in that message… (see thread)
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The police claimed the information in their media briefing couldn’t be disclosed because it could prejudice the investigations being carried out by the police watchdog (the IOPC). But the IOPC should be aware of this information in order to conduct their investigations…
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A 17 month old girl in St Helens died yesterday after her family’s dog attacked her. I’ve spoken to two neighbours who performed CPR on the toddler, they were both visibly traumatised. I asked how they felt today… ‘numb’ is what one of them said.
#skynews
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Donations for people in Pakistan hit by flooding. A small freight company in West London is collecting food, clothing, toys etc and sending it out by boat (sadly takes 6 weeks+). More tonight on
#SkyNews
from 7pm…
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There is crisis… there are 2045 autistic people and people with learning disabilities in psychiatric hospitals in England. Many of these people will be traumatised by their experiences and don’t need to be there. Read our story here 👇
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On a day when Harry’s book dominated the headlines, here’s my report live from Buckingham Palace in tonight’s News at Ten
@SkyNews
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Here is the TV report - our interview with Ilona from Ukraine and her British host Sarah
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Sunrise at the Long Walk at Windsor, starting to get busier now. Still hours to go before the state hearse arrives, but people keen to get a good viewing position 👀
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No disruption at Gatwick Airport so far this morning as Border Force staff begin strikes. The military have been brought in to check passports but it seems ePassport gates are the saviour of the day (at least for now)!
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“He’s chosen a wall over workers.” Pelosi and Schumer hold a press conference with furloughed government workers
#shutdown
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Give our short documentary a watch! Black children are more likely to go missing in the US than other children, but you’re unlikely to hear their stories. Edited by
@abukalamrami
#SkyNews
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