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COP26: Greta Thunberg mobbed as she arrives in Glasgow ahead of climate summit - sky.com

Greta Thunberg has arrived in Glasgow ahead of the COP26 summit, where world leaders are set to discuss how to tackle the climate crisis.

The 18-year-old Swede gave the cameras a thumbs-up as she made her way through Glasgow Central Station on Saturday evening after travelling from London Euston by train.

It comes after Ms Thunberg revealed she had not been "officially" invited to the summit.

Despite being surrounded by police and other environmental activists upon leaving the train, she appeared in high spirits.

The international conference officially kicks off on Sunday, with a summit of 120 dignitaries and heads of state commencing the following day.

Ms Thunberg's arrival in Glasgow comes after she took part in a demonstration outside a bank in London on Friday.

She was mobbed by fellow activists at the protest outside the Standard Chartered headquarters, as thousands of people attended Day of Action protests across 26 countries against the financing of fossil fuel projects.

Earlier this week, Ms Thunberg accused the British government of being "climate villains".

She said that the UK, like many other countries, engages in what she called "creative carbon accounting", where emissions from exported fossil fuels or international shipping and aviation are not currently counted.

"I find it very strange that they're like, they are the ones who we're supposed to look up to now, but they are objectively one of the biggest climate villains, which I find very strange," Ms Thunberg told Sky News.

But a government spokesperson said: "Given the UK has cut emissions faster than any other major economy over the past three decades, and that we are the first country to legislate to reach net zero by 2050, we stand by our assertion that we are leading the way in the fight against climate change."

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Ms Thunberg is expected to participate in other climate change rallies during the two-week summit in Glasgow, and is due to speak at a protest taking place on Saturday hosted by the COP26 Coalition.

Despite being one of the world's most prominent climate activists, Ms Thunberg previously said she had not received an official invite to the key summit.

In a preview clip where she spoke to the BBC's Andrew Marr, she was asked whether she had been asked to join.

"I don't know. It's very unclear. Not officially," she said.

She added: "I think that many people might be scared that if they invite too many radical young people, then that might make them look bad."

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Stansted Airport reopens after suspicious package evacuation - BBC News

People outside Stansted Airport while the evacuation takes place

Stansted Airport has reopened after reports of a suspicious package in the security area caused part of the terminal to be evacuated.

Essex Police said military explosive experts carried out a controlled explosion on the package and there was "nothing of concern within the bag".

The force said a man had been arrested in connection with the incident.

Stansted Airport advised passengers to check the status of their flight with their airline.

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Passenger Steve Born, who was flying out to Malaga, was among those evacuated.

He said water and space blankets were handed out to passengers while they waited.

Stansted Airport said arrivals were unaffected.

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Essex Police said: "Military explosive experts have carried out a controlled explosion on the package, which has now been forensically recovered by police investigators.

"Initial assessments would indicate there was nothing of concern within the bag.

"A man has been arrested in connection with this matter and remains in custody whilst investigations continue.

"We want to thank all passengers and members of the public for your patience and understanding."

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The whole country wishes the Queen well, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, after she was advised by doctors to rest for two more weeks.

On Friday, Buckingham Palace announced the monarch, 95, would not undertake official visits for a fortnight.

It said she would continue with some light, desk-based duties and it was her "firm intention" to attend Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph on 14 November.

The prime minister said "the important thing" was the Queen getting some rest.

"I spoke to her Majesty, as I do every week, this week and she's on very good form," Mr Johnson said.

"She's just got to follow the advice of her doctors and get some rest and I think that's the important thing.

"The whole country wishes her well."

The Queen underwent preliminary medical checks in hospital on 20 October after cancelling a visit to Northern Ireland, having "reluctantly" accepted medical advice to rest for a few days.

Her stay at London's King Edward VII's Hospital was her first overnight hospital stay in eight years.

Although she resumed public engagements earlier this week, it was announced on Wednesday the Queen would not attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow as previously planned.

Her planned address to delegates attending COP26 was recorded on Friday afternoon and will be played via video at the event. Other royals will still attend the summit.

'Fatigue, not illness'

Friday's statement from Buckingham Palace said the Queen would continue to hold "virtual audiences" during the fortnight of rest, but said the monarch would not attend any official visits, including the Festival of Remembrance, held at the Royal Albert Hall on the evening before the Remembrance Sunday service.

Royal correspondent Johnny Dymond said "fatigue, not illness" seemed to be the issue - with the message from Palace officials stressing the two weeks' rest was "a sensible precaution" for the 95-year-old.

The Queen's absolute determination to attend the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall was "notable", he added.

The sovereign had maintained a typically busy schedule this month, including hosting a Global Investment Summit at Windsor Castle on 19 October - but was recently seen using a walking stick at a Westminster Abbey service, the first time she has done so at a major event.

Robert Hardman, author of Queen of the World, described the recent cancellations as a "wake-up call that the Queen is 95".

"She has been so dependable over the years, there has been this tendency just to assume she will keep turning up... and when she's not there it comes as a bit of a jolt," Mr Hardman told Radio 4's Today programme,

He added the Remembrance service "was one of the absolute central days in the Queen's calendar", having attended the Cenotaph more than anybody in its history.

"It's absolutely sacred to her. We all fervently hope that we are going to see her on her balcony," he added.

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Queen on 'very good form' and country 'wishes her well', says Boris Johnson - after doctors advised monarch to rest - Sky News

Boris Johnson says he spoke to the Queen this week and she was on "very good form", adding the whole country "wishes her well".

It comes after the 95-year-old monarch was advised by doctors to rest for at least the next fortnight.

Her Majesty accepted their recommendations that she only takes on "light, desk-based duties" and not to carry out any official visits, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.

The decision means she will be unable to attend the Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 13 November.

However, the palace said she has the "firm intention" of leading the nation in honouring the country's war dead on Remembrance Sunday the following day.

It is significant that the monarch wishes to attend the ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, as it is a major event on the sovereign's calendar and one to which she has attached great importance.

The prime minister said on Saturday: "I spoke to Her Majesty, as I do every week, this week, and she's on very good form.

"She's just got to follow the advice of her doctors and get some rest and I think that's the important thing. I'm sure the whole country wishes her well."

On Thursday, Buckingham Palace shared footage of Her Majesty presenting David Constantine with The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

In the short clip, the Queen jokes about having to speak to him via video-link saying: "I'm very glad to have the chance to see you, if only mechanically this morning!"

Earlier this week it was announced she had pulled out of attending, in person, the upcoming COP26 climate summit which begins in Glasgow this weekend, after a busy recent schedule.

The Queen spent Wednesday night last week in hospital after cancelling a visit to Northern Ireland.

She was admitted for "preliminary investigations" but returned to Windsor Castle the following day.

It has not been revealed what medical tests she had at the private King Edward VII Hospital in central London. It was her first overnight hospital stay in eight years.

Sky's royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills said Her Majesty's hospital admission was not related to COVID-19.

In recent days, the Queen carried out her first official engagements since her brief hospital stay as she held virtual audiences at Windsor Castle.

She wore a yellow dress and her three-strand pearl necklace as she met the South Korean ambassador, Gunn Kim and, separately, the Swiss ambassador, Markus Leitner, on Tuesday.

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'We were a three' - daughter on losing parents as mum guilty of dad's murder - ITV News

The daughter of a man knifed to death by his wife said “every aspect of my life has been turned upside down” since her mother murdered her father.

Penelope Jackson was found guilty of murdering her husband of 24 years, David Jackson. She was sentenced to 18 years in prison at Bristol Crown Court on Friday 29 October.

While Jackson did not react when the verdict was given, she broke down as her daughter - Isabelle Potterton - gave her victim impact statement.

Mrs Potterton - who was Mr Jackson's step daughter who he raised since birth - said she "lost" both of her parents on the night of his murder in February this year.

"My whole world [to fall] away from my feet," she said.

Mrs Potterton, who is pregnant with her first child, said she will "always love" both of her parents, but said her mum is "not the same person" she knew.

"I have lost the man that I looked up to and loved", she said.

"I had not only lost my dad but I had lost my mum too. My life was changed forever." - Isabelle Potterton

"I have lost the man that was always there for me no matter what. The man that came and fixed things in my house which I didn’t know even needed fixing. The man that could make me laugh.

"But I feel I have also lost my mum.

"I have lost the woman who always knew how to make me feel better. The woman who was my friend, my champion and my support. The woman who cared, cherished and loved me.

"Yes I know mum is here but she’s not the same person I knew.

"I don’t know what the future holds but I do know that the relationship I once cherished can never be built back to what it was," she added.

Penelope and David Jackson were married for 24 years.

Mrs Potterton said she had a “great life” with her parents, adding “we were a three”.

"I love both of them. I always have and I always will," she said.

“(My parents) might occasionally make mistakes and I might have done too, that’s called being human, regardless, I always felt supported, loved and cared for by my parents.

“There was nothing I couldn’t do because I had their backing.

“With our family dynamic being as complex as they are, I am both of (my parents’) next of kin. I have had to pick up the pieces.”

Isabelle Potterton and David Jackson, who raised her since birth.

'I will never be able to forgive you'

Mrs Potterton's husband, Tom, said he would never be able to forgive Penelope for the hurt she has caused his wife.

Mr Potterton addressed his mother-in-law, saying: "I can honestly say I will never be able to forgive you for the pain and suffering you have caused (Isabelle).”

“Isabelle has had to process the circumstances around (her father’s death), particularly the involvement of her mother.”

He continued: “As I tried to explain to you when I visited you in prison, you have no idea how much pain and suffering you have caused (Isabelle), you don’t see the hurt and anguish she goes through every day.”

Mr Potterton finished by saying: “This did not have to happen. It was a selfish act with no regard to how it may affect those who were close to yourself and David.

"You could have walked away but you chose not to."

David Jackson worked his way up from private to lieutenant colonel in the army.

'You’ve taken so much from a family that has already felt so much pain'

David Jackson's estranged daughter, Jane Calverley, accused Penelope Jackson of being the abuser in the relationship, while speaking in court.

Ms Calverley said her father would never have sought help because he would have been too proud to admit to being bullied and abuse by his wife.

Ms Calverley said despite being estranged she had always loved her father, adding: “By taking his life you have taken away all possibility of us re-establishing a relationship.”

She continued: “You have taken so much from us all. My father was a proud man, this probably cost him his life because he would he would never have sought help.”

Ms Calverley said the defendant had “ultimate power” over the victim, adding: “You held on so tight to him and controlled him to prevent him from leaving.”

“You’ve taken so much from a family that has already felt so much pain,” she said.

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French fishing row: Brexit minister warns UK will retaliate against threats with 'practical responses' - Sky News

The UK's Brexit minister has threatened to retaliate in the escalating fishing row with France with "practical responses".

Lord Frost said he made clear to EU Brexit negotiator Maros Sefcovic if France carried through with "unjustified" threats to disrupt fisheries and hauliers next week the UK would react "accordingly", in both physical and legal ways.

The pair were holding talks in London about the Northern Ireland Protocol but the row over licences for French boats to fish in UK waters dominated as it took a turn for the worse yesterday when France seized a British scallop trawler and today charged its captain.

If the UK does not grant licences for 55 French vessels, France has said from next Tuesday it will block its ports, carry out security checks on British vessels, reinforce controls of lorries to and from the UK, reinforce customs and hygiene controls, and raise tariffs.

There has also been a threat of halting electricity to the Channel Islands, which are British dependencies but are close to the French coast.

A UK government spokesman said Lord Frost "made clear" to Mr Sefcovic if those threats are carried out the EU would be in breach of the trade and co-operation agreement (TCA) between the UK and the bloc, which came into force fully on 1 May.

He added: "The government is accordingly considering the possibility, in those circumstances, of launching dispute settlement proceedings under the TCA, and of other practical responses, including implementing rigorous enforcement processes and checks on EU fishing activity in UK territorial waters, within the terms of the TCA."

Lord Frost did not single out France in his response so the threat could affect other EU countries that fish in UK waters, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, although there have been no reports other member states are involved in the row.

Earlier, environment minister George Eustice told Sky News the UK has issued post-Brexit licences to 1,700 vessels, including 750 French fishing boats, which amounts to 98% of applicants.

He said the remaining 55 vessels, despite the UK trying to help them with the data, could not prove they had fished in Jersey's waters previously so could not get a licence under the trade and co-operation agreement with the EU.

Mr Eustice also told Sky News: "If they [the French] do bring these measures into place, well, two can play at that game and we obviously reserve the ability to respond in a proportionate way."

During Lord Frost's meeting with Mr Sefcovic, a UK government spokesman said talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol - aimed at avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland - were "conducted in a constructive spirit".

But, he added: "While there is some overlap between our positions on a subset of the issues, the gaps between us remain substantial.

"As we have noted before, the EU's proposals represent a welcome step forward but do not free up goods movements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the extent necessary for a durable solution.

"Nor do they yet engage with the changes needed in other areas, such as subsidy policy, VAT, and governance of the Protocol, including the role of the Court of Justice."

He said the UK's position remains that "substantial change" is needed to find a sustainable solution and the pair will meet again in Brussels next week.

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Stoke Mandeville: Roman sculptures HS2 find astounding, expert says - BBC News

Archaeologists have uncovered an "astounding" set of Roman sculptures on the HS2 rail link route.

Two complete sculptures of what appear to be a man and a woman, plus the head of a child, were found at an abandoned medieval church in Buckinghamshire.

The discoveries at the old St Mary's Church in Stoke Mandeville have been sent for specialist analysis.

Dr Rachel Wood, lead archaeologist for HS2 contractor Fusion JV, said they were "really rare finds in the UK".

"To find one stone head or one set of shoulders would be really astonishing, but we have two complete heads and shoulders as well as a third head as well," said Dr Wood.

"They're even more significant to us archaeologically, because they've actually helped change our understanding of the site here before the medieval church was built."

A hexagonal glass Roman jug was also uncovered with large pieces still intact, despite being in the ground for what is thought to be more than 1,000 years.

A vessel on display in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the only known comparable item.

Dr Wood added: "They are so significant and so remarkable that we would certainly hope that they will end up on display for the local community to see."

Archaeologists have been working on the site and about 3,000 bodies have been removed from the church, which dates back to 1080, and will be reburied elsewhere.

Since work began in 2018, the well-preserved walls and structural features of the church have been revealed, along with unusual stone carvings and medieval graffiti including markings believed to be sun dials or witching marks.

It is believed that the location was used as a Roman mausoleum before the Norman church was built.

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