‘We are ready to talk’: Savannah Guthrie makes emotional plea for proof of life of mother

Savannah Guthrie, host of the Today show, has pleaded with her mom, Nancy’s, potential kidnappers to prove that she is still alive.

Nancy, 84, vanished on Saturday evening, with police fearing that she was snatched from her home.

Now, Savannah and her siblings have released a public video in which they beg for an open line of communication with the alleged kidnappers.

“However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know, without a doubt, that she is alive and that you have her,” Savannah said in the video posted to Instagram.

Several news outlets, including TMZ and KGUN 9, reported that they received a ransom note demanding millions of dollars in Bitcoin for Nancy’s return.

Although police have confirmed that they are aware of the note, they have not yet confirmed the sinister letter’s authenticities.

Meanwhile, amid the search for Nancy, Donald Trump has weighed in.

He says that his administration is “deploying all resources to get her mother home safely.”

Reform councillor steps down as head of Kent’s cost-cutting drive suggesting there were no cuts

The head of Reform UK’s ‘flagship’ council’s cost-cutting programme has resigned after suggesting the authority had “not made any cuts”.

Matthew Fraser Moat has stood down from Kent County Council’s (KCC) cabinet after an interview with the Financial Times in which he and another cabinet minister appeared to suggest the authority had not saved money.

The Reform UK councillor had been the head of the council’s Department of Local Government Efficiency (Dolge), which was inspired by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Doge in the US.

According to the newspaper article, Mr Moat said he was proud the council “had not actually made any cuts”, adding “we haven’t cut frontline services other than what the Conservatives had already planned to do”.

His colleague, deputy cabinet minister Paul Chamberlain, also told the Financial Times that they had not found the vast amount of waste they had expected to when they came into power last year.

“We made some assumptions that we would come in here and find some of the craziness that [Elon Musk’s cost-cutting vehicle] Doge found in America . . . and that was wrong, we didn’t find any of that,” he said.

Mr Chamberlain added that members in the former Conservative council “weren’t crazy, they were business people”.

Mr Moat stepped down from his role on Tuesday, but claimed the pressures of his role at County Hall and running the family business had led to “a lapse of judgement” which meant his words had been “twisted” by the Financial Times to “fit into an anti-KCC narrative”.

Kent County Council said the article “does not accurately reflect the position” at the authority and that it “presents a selective account of the council’s work on efficiency and value for money”.

Reform UK took control of KCC after the local elections in May where it overturned a 30-year Tory majority, winning 57 out of 81 seats.

During the election campaign, and when they came to power, Reform promised to “reduce waste” which manifested as the Musk-style Department of Local Government Efficiency.

Questions have been raised about what progress the department has made, after the local authority raised council tax by almost 4 per cent despite pledges to cut taxes before last year’s local elections.

“It was a great honour to be asked to serve as a cabinet member and since then I have tried to balance my Council responsibilities with the responsibilities of my family business,” Mr Moat said.

“The pressure of giving my best to both roles led to a lapse of judgement in a recent conversation with a journalist in which I was very disappointed to see my words twisted to fit what I believe to be an anti-KCC narrative by the newspaper in question.

“It has become clear to me that continuing as Head of Dolge is not sustainable, and now that KCC has delivered a balanced budget and stabilised the council’s finances, I have decided to step down from my role as a cabinet member.”

A Reform UK spokesperson said the “unfair and selective reporting from the Financial Times does not accurately represent the position at Kent County Council”.

“In just eight months, the Reform UK administration have found £100m of efficiencies through their Dolge efforts, finding £14m of savings just to ensure that council tax increases for residents are kept to a minimum,” they added.

“These efforts continue, with hundreds of millions of pounds of future savings already identified. Across the country, Reform councillors continue to prove their commitment to keeping taxes low and delivering value for money in every decision they make.”

How King Charles helped criminals to ‘feel’ again through bee-keeping

King Charles has inspired a bee-keeping project in prison that is teaching criminals about relationships and the importance of living in “harmony” within a community.

The King’s new documentary about environmentalism, Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision, follows the monarch as he reflects on the importance of harmony between humanity, nature and the environment.

The 77-year-old said he “wasn’t going to be diverted” from his environmental campaigning, despite the criticism he has faced over the decades, which he said had led to his activism being derided as “completely bonkers”.

The 90-minute Prime Video film focuses on Charles’ harmony theory, which encourages audiences to see ourselves as part of nature rather than apart from nature.

The project, which began decades ago at the monarch’s private country residence, Highgrove House, in Gloucestershire, in the early 1980s, has now spread as far as HMP Bristol, where prisoners run a bee-keeping academy.

Muhammed Foulds, head of chaplaincy at the category B high-security prison, explains to viewers: “We are seeing these individuals coming here because society’s broken, the family’s broken, so of course you’re going to get broken individuals.

“All these bees work in harmony, hence the harmony project here.”

He adds: “99.99 per cent of prisoners are here because they have no understanding of a relationship – husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, family breakdown. The natural world is going to teach them about relationships, how to think as an ecosystem.”

The audience see prisoners in protective bee suits, tending to their hives, which have produced honey.

Inmate Andrew says: “When you see them all working as one, it is quite a fascinating thing. I feel quite relaxed, even though they could attack you. They just go along with their daily thing.”

Mr Foulds adds: “The whole life of a hive is a system, is a city within a city. And they make that connection – you’re not just an individual, but you live within a community. Then we make that link with wider society, and we keep emphasising the umbrella of every step is harmony.”

The documentary, made in collaboration with the monarch’s charity, The King’s Foundation, for Amazon MGM Studios, became the first film to premiere in a royal residence when a cast of stars joined the King for a screening at Windsor Castle last week.

Actors including Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench and Stanley Tucci were among more than guests, alongside musicians Sir Rod Stewart and Jools Holland, plus Oscar-winner Kate Winslet, who narrates the documentary.

The film, the King’s first documentary with a streaming platform, describes how Charles, as Prince of Wales, emerged as a key figure on the environment, making regular keynote speeches. In new footage, he says: “I just felt this was the approach that I was going to stick to – a course I set, and I wasn’t going to be diverted from.”

This commitment to the cause came despite “cries from some that he should take a back seat”, Winslet says.

Archive footage shows Charles describing how he talks to plants, which Winslet describes as having “haunted him ever since”.

Reflecting on previous depictions and perceptions of him, the King says: “All these things were considered completely bonkers to say the least.”

But now, the King’s warnings about the planet are accepted facts among the mainstream.

When asked if he is concerned about the state of the world, Charles replies: “Of course – that has been my main motivation for a long time. And you can see what’s happened. The principles underlying what I call l harmony, I think we need to follow if we’re to ensure that this poor old planet can support so many.”

After an academic comment that the world is not on the “trajectory” needed to limit the worst effects of climate change, Charles issues a call to action. He exclaims: “It’s rapidly going backwards, I’ve said that for the last 40 years, but anyway, there we are… I can only do what I can do, which is not very much – anyway.

“People don’t seem to understand it’s not just climate that’s the problem, it’s also biodiversity loss, so we’re actually destroying our means of survival, all the time.

“To put that back together again is possible, but we should have been doing it long ago. We’ve got to do it as fast as we can now.”

Afghanistan is among the other places the Harmony project has impacted. Charity Turquoise Mountain was established in 2006 in the capital, Kabul. After the Taliban takeover in 2021, women and girls’ fundamental rights have been systematically stripped, but due to the charity’s contribution to healthcare and Afghan heritage, it has enabled tens of thousands of Afghan women to access jobs and healthcare, according to the documentary.

The audience also gets a glimpse into the monarch’s more private world, with shots of Charles collecting eggs from his chickens, who are housed in a coop called “Cluckingham Palace” on his Highgrove estate. He goes on to reveal his love of a crispy baked potato, declaring that “red Duke of Yorks” are the best variety for this.

The King ends his documentary with an expression of hope that “by the time I shuffle off this mortal coil”, there might be more awareness of the “need to bring things back together again”.

Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision is released on Friday on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Summer camp sex offender admits drugging wife while he assaulted children

A former vet who drugged children with sweets at a summer camp before sexually assaulting them has admitted drugging his wife so she would not wake while the abuse took place.

Jon Ruben had previously admitted sexually assaulting two boys at a summer camp at Stathern Lodge, in Stathern, Leicestershire, and child cruelty towards six other victims.

Ruben, who sobbed in the dock at Leicester Crown Court during his plea hearing on Wednesday, admitted administering a poison or noxious substance, Temazapam, to Susan Ruben between 26 and 29 July last year so she would not wake up while he sexually assaulted the children.

The 76-year-old defendant, who ran a holiday camp for at least 27 years, said “I’m so sorry” after entering his guilty plea.

Ruben, who sat in the dock wearing a blue shirt and beige trousers, laced sweets with tranquillising drugs and attacked two children after playing “a sweet game” with the youngsters.

The court previously heard that several youngsters became ill after playing the game and found it difficult to walk, had slurred speech and could not wake up.

Some children “couldn’t be roused at all” and were vomiting, with one left unconscious.

The defendant’s stepson raised concerns with his partner during the camp after finding baby oil, syringes with white powder in and other items.

Eight children were taken to hospital after a report was made to police on 27 July, and liquid Xanax was found to have been used on some of the victims.

At the time of police attending, Ruben was found to be at a nearby pub with some of the children and was arrested by officers and transported to custody.

The prosecutor Mary Prior KC told the court: “The defendant, for at least 27 years, has run a holiday camp. There is a long history of children feeling sick at the camp over many years.”

Ruben asked police for a voluntary interview when he admitted he drugged his wife.

The rented premises, Stathern Lodge, were not connected to the camp itself, the court heard, and Ruben was in charge of youngsters there, Ms Prior said.

In November, he pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child under 13, assault of a child under 13 by penetration, eight counts of child cruelty, three counts of making indecent images of children and four drugs charges.

The indecent images charges admitted by Ruben related to 50 category A indecent videos of children, 22 Category B videos and seven Category C videos made between August 2023 and June last year.

None of the images concerned relate to children who were at the summer camp.

He is due to be sentenced on Friday for the offences. Judge Timothy Spencer KC told Ruben his sentencing will be a “very tough day in your life” as he wept in the dock.

Temporary Detective Chief Inspector Neil Holden said: “This has been a horrific, complex and emotional investigation involving multiple young, innocent, vulnerable victims and a man who committed the vilest crimes.

“Our focus today must of course remain on the young victims and with the support of partners and dedicated Family Liaison Officers, we have and continue to support their welfare and to ensure their safeguarding going forward.”

UK asks Air India why Boeing with switch issue was cleared to fly

The British aviation regulator has reportedly sought a “detailed” explanation after a Boeing Dreamliner plane was grounded in India for safety checks immediately after arriving from London, with pilots flagging an issue with a fuel switch.

The Air India flight from Heathrow to Bangalore on Sunday had developed the issue during engine start.

The crew noticed that one of the two fuel control switches failed to stay locked in the “run” position twice, only stabilising at the third attempt. The jet then took off for the journey.

When the pilot flagged the issue after landing, there was widespread alarm as fuel control switches, which regulate the flow of jet fuel into the aircraft engines, were implicated in last year’s Air India crash in western India.

The crash, the deadliest aviation disaster in decades, killed 241 of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 bound for London as well as 19 on the ground.

Following the Heathrow incident, the UK Civil Aviation Authority formally asked Air India to provide a detailed report on why the plane was cleared to fly despite the issue and warned of regulatory action against the airline and its Boeing 787 fleet, Reuters reported.

In a letter on Tuesday, the regulator asked Air India to provide “a detailed account of all maintenance actions performed to ensure the continued airworthiness of the aircraft”.

It also sought a “comprehensive root-cause analysis” of why the switch behaved that way, and a “preventive action plan” to ensure the issue did not recur anywhere in the fleet.

The letter came after Air India said it had completed a precautionary re-inspection of the fuel control switches and found no issue. The airline said it would “respond to the UK regulator accordingly”.

The aviation authority said in a statement it was standard for a regulator to request details following a plane incident and was “in line with safety assurance procedures”.

But it warned of the possibility of regulatory action against Air India and its Boeing 787 fleet if the airline did not submit a complete response within a week.

Boeing said earlier it was cooperating with Air India on the incident.

Reuters reported that an internal Air India memo on Wednesday said it had checked the fuel switches on all of its Boeing 787s and “no issues were found”. Air India has a total of 33 Boeing 787, according to Flight Radar.

A preliminary report into the Air India crash released last June found the plane’s fuel control switches had almost simultaneously flipped from “run” to “cutoff” within three seconds of take-off, starving the engines. But it did not establish how the movement occurred.

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Guardiola stands on the edge of greatness and only Arteta can stop him

Pep Guardiola’s claim to greatness stems from much more than just the Carabao Cup but a man who has won much else is now one victory away from being out on his own as the most successful manager in its history. Only the ally turned enemy, Mikel Arteta, who was by his side for the first two of his four Wembley triumphs in this competition, can deny him a fifth, which would take him clear of Brian Clough, Jose Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson.

“Ten years, five times in Carabao Cup final, it is really good,” said Guardiola. “It’s a pleasure to play against Arsenal, the best team right now in Europe and maybe the world.” Newcastle certainly could not halt him. Their defence of their first major trophy since 1969 ended with a whimper. Their chances of a comeback were all but ended inside seven minutes, gone completely after 32 minutes and snuffed out in part by the goalkeeper they forever try to buy. “I am really annoyed with the first-half display,” said Eddie Howe. His side were dispatched from the competition by a much-weakened Manchester City side.

Even as Guardiola gave Erling Haaland 70 minutes of rest, he had the ideal alternative. Some 42 per cent of Omar Marmoush’s City goals have been against Newcastle, even if his double came in distinctly fortunate fashion. Newcastle had no such luck, no potency when it mattered. Wembley glory last year came courtesy of Alexander Isak but the Swede is gone and so, now, is their trophy. Anthony Gordon, their outstanding individual over 180 minutes in the 2025 semi-final against Arsenal, went off, hamstrung. It was another indication of how times have changed.

The sad reality for Newcastle is that City progressed while prioritising Sunday’s trip to Liverpool. Rodri, Rayan Cherki, the fit-again Ruben Dias and Gianluigi Donnarumma joined Haaland on the bench, though Guardiola ended up summoning three of them for the last 20 minutes. Bernardo Silva was absent altogether and is, Guardiola said, “an incredible doubt” to face Liverpool. Marc Guehi was also missing, with Guardiola annoyed he remains ineligible. “I don’t understand how can’t play the final, we bought a player for a lot of money,” said the City manager. He plans to ask for Guehi to be able to play at Wembley, though that may require a rule change.

Not that he needed his £20m buy in either leg of the semi-final. Much of the hard work was done on Tyneside. In the rematch, City’s task was to avoid a repeat of Sunday. City had squandered a 2-0 lead over Tottenham. They entered this game with the same advantage, and produced a very different outcome.

They were soon ahead. Minus Haaland, Marmoush and Antoine Semenyo were the spearheads of a 4-2-2-2 formation. Each was prominent from the off. “The first goal was very lucky,” admitted Marmoush. As Dan Burn tackled him, the ball ricocheted in off the Egyptian. There may have been something symbolic in that: Burn scored the towering header in last season’s final and now, in his defensive duties, he inadvertently contributed to City leading.

Marmoush’s second came courtesy of Kieran Trippier, in attempting to clear Semenyo’s low cross, only succeeded in spooning the ball up in the air. Marmoush headed it over the line from a yard. Guardiola was delighted with him. “He gives us his special qualities,” he said. “His movements are really top.”

Semenyo, scorer of the first in the first leg, played a part in two goals in the second. When Burn tackled him, the ball fell for Tijjani Reijnders to finish. “The goals were strange,” said Howe. “They were not necessarily coming from pressure, but from individual mistakes and errors. Following on from Liverpool, it is a worrying trend.”

Meanwhile, Newcastle were frustrated by a man invariably on their wishlist. Howe targets James Trafford every summer. The goalkeeper demonstrated why. Fine saves from Joe Willock, Gordon and Kieran Trippier, all at 1-0, denied United an equaliser on the night. He later stopped Sven Botman from scoring in what was probably the finest display of his City career. “James was unbelievable,” said Guardiola. “He is going to play in the first Carabao Cup final for him.”

If Guardiola’s selection choices worked, Howe’s did not. He had used a back three to considerable success in last season’s semi-final against Arsenal. Repeating that strategy backfired. Despite Newcastle’s many defenders, they were caught on the break for City’s second and third goals.

When Howe made a triple attacking change, the opportunities Newcastle fashioned should leave them with regrets they were not more positive from the off. Yoane Wissa missed a terrific chance with his first touch.

But, some 32 games into his Newcastle career, Anthony Elanga finally scored his first goal, after a terrific solo run. The former Manchester United winger’s name was chorused by the travelling Tynesiders and he ought to have had a second. Harvey Barnes also looked a threat.

When Newcastle threatened to cut City apart, Guardiola was concerned. “We have to fix it,” he said. His answer was to send for Rodri, Cherki and Haaland and, from the Frenchman’s pass, the Norwegian had a shot tipped on to the post by Aaron Ramsdale. It spared Newcastle further punishment but this was a familiar outcome. They have lost their last 12 games at the Etihad Stadium, conceding 40 goals.

Some of the City faithful still stayed away. The empty seats were referenced in taunts by the Newcastle fans. Perhaps their City counterparts were saving their money for Wembley. They will go there, to face Arsenal and Arteta.

Wes Streeting’s cancer plan is admirable – but it’s not the silver bullet the NHS needs

The government has published its 10-year plan to turn around NHS cancer services in England and there are some big promises in there, including the ambition to meet all waiting time standards by 2029. Labour also says that, from 2035, it will have 75 per cent of patients who are diagnosed with the disease declared as cancer-free or living well after five years.

The scale of such promises has not been seen since the 2000 national cancer plan, published under Tony Blair’s Labour government, when the flagship 62-day cancer treatment time standard was first introduced.

The latest plan is, of course, laudable, and shows a commitment to tackling what is one of the biggest health battles for Britain.

But many of the promises – such as early intervention through wearable technology, cancer vaccines and advanced blood and saliva tests – rely on the development of new technology, meaning the plan may be hostage to scientific and medical developments that are yet to materialise.

Data published by the World Health Organisation shows, based on 2021 figures, that the UK had a death rate from cancer of 94 per 100,000. This compares to 80 and 84 in Australia and Canada, respectively. Sweden has the lowest mortality rate at 71 per 100,000.

Cancer experts have pointed out that the NHS’s ambition to meet the waiting times target will be a “mammoth” task.

Data from November 2025 suggests the government will have more than a mountain to climb for any specific cancers, including head and neck, gynaecological, gastrointestinal, urological, and lung cancers, with 70 per cent of patients currently being treated within the 62-day target.

The Nuffield Trust points out that, if the government is to meet its 2029 ambition, NHS services will need to increase the proportion of patients seen each month by 30 times the current rate.

Sarah Woolnough, chief executive for health tank The King’s Fund, toldThe Independent: “It is a mammoth task to remeet the [national] standards within three and a half years from where we are now.”

This task comes as more people are being diagnosed and coming forward for cancer. Not only does the NHS have to meet standards it’s been unable to meet for a decade, it will also have to meet them with greater demand coming down the line.

Ms Woolnough said: “Overall, the plan is rightly ambitious. This plan is asking for a big step change in the day-to-day operation management of cancer referrals and cancer diagnostics in a way that hasn’t happened for the last decade.

“The credibility of the plan lies in whether you can focus on fixing the basics… while at the same time having enough capacity and headroom to shift pathways to ready the systems for innovations that will hopefully come through. Some of which is less certain.”

Much of the new cancer plan rests on scientific advancements and technology which are yet to come and yet to be proven in terms of their benefits to the whole health system. This could prove to be a big gamble for the government.

One such tool is the so-called “multi-detection cancer tests”. These tests, which are being widely trialled, can use blood, urine and saliva tests to pick up cancer patients who don’t yet have symptoms.

The government has said that, subject to the evidence, multi-cancer early detection tests can become part of our national screening programmes within the next decade.

Speaking with experts ahead of the plan, most had warned that there are big questions over whether these multi-detection cancer tests are actually proven in terms of their benefits to the overall population, and whether they will actually reduce deaths from cancer.

Speaking to The Independent, Naser Turabi, director of evidence and implementation for Cancer Research UK, explained AI and data, while driving a “revolution in innovation” for diagnosis and treatment, are “definitely not a panacea to improving waiting times”.

“AI and data, more generally, is driving a revolution in innovation, in the approach to diagnosis and treatment. But it needs to be evaluated. I think we’re just at the beginning of this wave, and we need to be careful about overpromising how quickly this will deliver, and also, remember that with AI and all research, it doesn’t automatically make things cheaper.”

He added: “The hope that they will also make waiting times go down and services more efficient is definitely still to be proven.”

Mr Turabi said it was just as important to focus on the “boring” issues, such as access to GPs and making sure all hospitals are meeting access times, as it was to focus on “shiny technologies”.

Ms Woolnough added that the plan talks about the “new and exciting” but added: “Really, we’ve just got to consistently get test results back to people.”

Se also explained that while innovations are always coming through within cancer treatment, the NHS as a system will have to be ready to implement these advances.

For example, an early cancer may be picked up by a multi-detection cancer test, but will the NHS then have the scans that can diagnose those early-stage cancers? At the moment, it doesn’t seem so.

The major omission in the document is detailed plans for the NHS workforce.

The plan promises to focus less on overall numbers and instead look at the type of roles needed, which will be welcomed.

But it is light on specific promises in relation to the staffing, which quite often happens when governments publish big policy papers.

Leading medical colleges, such as the Royal College of Radiologists and the Society of Radiographers, have already made clear that an adequate boost to the workforce and funding will need to follow the plan.

Ultimately, the NHS can rely on new technology. But, if there aren’t the specialist staff to carry out the new tests and treatments, will it have the right impact?

Time, and the details that follow, will tell.