Rex Heuermann appeared before a judge in Riverhead, New York, on Wednesday after admitting in court that he murdered eight women. He entered the New York courtroom wearing a black suit, a blue shirt, and a light-coloured tie. Heuermann, 62, of Massapequa Park, pleaded guilty in April to charges that he murdered seven women: Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla. Though he was never charged in her death, he also admitted in court to killing an eighth victim, Karen Vergata. Speaking before his sentencing, Jasmine Robinson, a cousin of victim Jessica Taylor told the killer: "You fill me with so much repugnance, I can't stand it." Heuermann sat with his hands clasped and resting on a table in an eastern Long Island courtroom, looking straight ahead and lightly tappeing his fingers. "A million years isn't enough," Ms Robinson said. "Nothing will ever make this right." Amanda Funderburg, Melissa Barthelemy's sister, urged Heuermann to look at her as she spoke. He glanced in her direction, but his eyes were slightly downcast. "I hope you suffer," said Ms Funderburg, who recounted getting a taunting phone call from him days after Barthelemy disappeared, when Ms Funderburg was 15 years old. 'A million years isn't enough' Heuermann said he strangled his victims, many of them sex workers, and dismembered some of their bodies. Most of the women disappeared between 2000 and 2010, and most of their remains were found on a desolate parkway not far from Long Island's Gilgo Beach, around 50 miles from New York. The case gained widespread attention in 2010, when investigators started to find remains along Ocean Parkway while looking into the disappearance of another sex worker - whose death was ultimately ruled an accidental drowning. While the hunt for the other women's killer went cold for years, a renewed investigation identified Heuermann as a potential suspect in 2022. Detectives linked him to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010. Police also managed to match DNA from a pizza crust he discarded in a bin in New York to genetic material extracted from highly degraded hair fragments found on the woman's remains. Read more from Sky News:Healthcare worker tried to sell Princess of Wales's medical recordsThe programmes being axed by BBC - as hundreds of jobs cut Other evidence, including mobile phone tracking data and what prosecutors called a "blueprint" for the killings from his computer files, was also found. Among the documents was a checklist with reminders to limit noise, clean the bodies and destroy evidence. He was arrested in July 2023 and had remained largely silent through multiple court appearances since then. As part of his guilty plea, Heuermann has agreed to cooperate with the FBI's behavioural analysis unit to help catch other serial killers. Asa Ellerup, his ex-wife, and their two grown children had said through their lawyers that they wouldn't be attending the sentencing out of respect for the victim's families. Heuermann has spent the past three years alone in a segregated cell at the county jail in Riverhead. According to Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, who oversees the jail, he has spent his time reading crime novels, occasionally being visited by his lawyers or family, and striking up a brief correspondence with the infamous "Happy Face Killer".

Director-general Matt Brittin, who took up the role in May, told employees on Wednesday that £160m of staff and non-staff cost savings would be made from across BBC News and TV and radio teams by the end of the financial year. More savings across all areas will be set out in the coming months, with 700 corporate roles also expected to go and senior leader roles to be reduced by at least 10%, he added. In a follow-up message from Jonathan Munro, the interim chief executive of BBC News and Current Affairs, staff were told details of cuts and changes to specific shows, and that a review of chief presenter roles would also be carried out. These cuts are the first to be announced as part of a huge savings plan announced in April, with up to 2,000 jobs to go in total - the corporation's biggest downsizing in almost 15 years. In his memo, Mr Munro told staff: "Our news presenters have a unique relationship with our audiences. However, given the savings we need to make across the whole of BBC News, we are carrying out a review of our chief presenter roles. "This is designed to ensure we have the right number of presenters, deployed as flexibly and efficiently as possible, to balance audience needs with best value for money." On-air editor roles are also being reviewed and a proposal has been made to close dedicated social presenter roles. In one positive for Newsnight, Mr Munro said it would move to a peak-time slot on Fridays, "building on the success of its refreshed format". 'A doubly difficult time for everyone' The scale of savings needed "requires tough choices" and all divisions "will be making significant savings", Mr Brittin said in his internal note to staff. Overall, the plan is to cut commissioning spend across the Content, News and Nations departments by about £80 million in the year 2027-28. Broadcast TV channels and the radio network portfolio would be reviewed "as audiences move online", Mr Brittin said, and steps will also be taken to "reduce duplication, clarify accountability, and increase the speed of decision making". "We live in very uncertain times," the BBC boss added. "Our audiences rely on us every day to keep them informed, entertained and equipped to make sense of the world. Making savings while fulfilling our mission means a doubly difficult time for everyone." 'Death by a thousand cuts' Philippa Childs, head of media and entertainment union Bectu, responded to the announcement by saying the cuts were "far from ideal" taking place at the same time as the BBC's charter renewal - and that they would affect the broadcaster's ability to deliver its public service mission. "In an era of fake news and an industry that is becoming more concentrated in the hands of a few multinational corporations, the UK needs a confident, ambitious and sustainably-funded BBC more than ever," she said. "The charter renewal must put the BBC's funding on a secure, long-term pathway or it risks death by a thousand cuts." Read more from Sky News:World Cup data tracker: Who will win?Jeremy Clarkson reveals cancer diagnosis The union is in talks with the BBC "to mitigate the impact as much as possible", she added. Cathy Sweet, head of TV and film at entertainment and performing arts trade union Equity, described the cuts as "devastating" and said they risked the BBC becoming "unable to live up to its aim to inform, educate and entertain". Mr Brittin, a former Google executive, replaced Tim Davie as director-general in last month. Mr Davie announced his resignation from the corporation in November last year, amid controversy and a $10bn (about $7.5bn) lawsuit over the editing of a BBC documentary about Donald Trump.

A former top lawyer, he is precise and factual. He sticks to his script, he rarely misspeaks, and it's difficult to draw him out. He's not easy to outwit. He's forensic, cautious, and stiff. But at the G7 in Evian, France, in what could be one of his final interview rounds as prime minister at an international summit, a different kind of Starmer turned up for our sit-down. One who, in the words of one of his most faithful aides, was "up for the fight". He was less defensive, more expansive and came armed with a message - that he was going to fight on as he dared his opponents to come for him. "I don't feel angry, I don't feel bitter," he told me when I asked him how he felt about the predicament he's in. "I remind myself it is an incredible privilege to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom, to be here, talking to world leaders about some of the biggest issues of the day, to be able to serve your country, to grapple with the difficult issues." Politics latest: Starmer offers Burnham cabinet job in bid to avoid leadership challenge As for his main challenger, the PM didn't swerve questions on Andy Burnham. Instead, he set out a survival strategy, telling me that he wanted Burnham back in his cabinet - "he's a huge asset" - and telling the "whole Labour movement" that the party is "tipped straight into" a Manchester Mayoralty race it has to win. But equally, the prime minister wasn't entirely wilfully blind to his predicament. When I asked him if he was going to lead the party into the next general election, he gave me a different answer from what he said last September - "I will" and last November - "Yes". "That's what I want to do." When I noted his different answer and asked him what had changed, he didn't try to swerve: "Well, that's what I want to do, but of course, when you lose elections as badly as we did in May, it hurts and it should hurt. It matters. And that has got to be turned around. "The question is, do we pull together and turn that around as a party and as a government, which is what I think we should do? "Or do we descend into a leadership race, which will bring chaos with it? We know that the last government did this, they went through leadership. But you and me know very well what then happened." There are opponents circling that tell me privately that they think the prime minister, when faced with Andy Burnham back in Westminster - should he win the Makerfield by-election - as well as facing more pressure from cabinet ministers and MPs clamouring for him to go, will give way. You can see a list of all the candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election here They think that Starmer won't want to put the country through a leadership race. And what else can he say anyhow? He's taken that calculation that if he wants to have any hope of pushing through some of his legacy policies and remaining in the job for a little more time, he has to project confidence, be magnanimous, rise above the fray, behave as a prime minister is expected to. For my part, I can't see into his Starmer's soul, but his allies insist he will not give way, and I am inclined to agree. Someone who has worked closely with him described him as "conceited" in his refusal to face up to his situation and set out a timetable. More supportive politicians describe Starmer as honourable and resilient and say the prime minister has purveyed the challengers and concluded that, in this moment, he is the best man to be prime minister when it comes to making decisions on Iran, Ukraine, and the economy. Electoral Dysfunction: Social media ban would have stopped me quitting, says Jess Phillips Equally, his allies recognise that he will likely need to give way before a general election if he cannot win over the public. They acknowledge the party might need a better politician, a better communicator. As Angela Rayner told The Mirror this week when asked about whether it was too late to achieve the change needed under Starmer's government: "I'm not answering your question direct. I think it is very hard to escape the feeling the public have towards Keir." Of course, maybe Starmer seems more relaxed now because he has little left to lose. He knows that his fate is largely beyond his control. He managed to block Burnham from returning to government for the Gorton and Denton by-election, but he didn't have the authority to try to do that again. Read more for Sky's politics team:Jo Cox's sister on 10 years since her murderBrexit has damaged Britain and Farage knows it, says minister Instead, he's trying to push it long, offer Burnham a cabinet job, press him to focus on keeping Manchester's Mayoralty for Labour. Play for time and see what happens. His detractors want to call time on his leadership, to give Labour the chance to try to win back voters before the next general election. Wes Streeting has this week said again that he has the numbers to trigger a contest, and the PM could face a challenge next week if he doesn't agree to set out his timetable. Another very senior colleague points out the current crisis "isn't about Andy Burnham coming for Starmer's job, it's about the PM having lost it. That if it wasn't Burnham, it would be someone else". From every angle, it looks too far gone for Starmer, but he showed in Evian this week that he's not done quite yet.

The team's build-up to the tournament has been profoundly impacted by the conflict between Iran and the US, with the squad forced to move their training camp to Mexico. They earned a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in their opening Group G fixture on Tuesday, roared on by a passionate Iranian-American crowd after their anthem had been jeered by some sections of the 70,000-strong attendance at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. As it happened | Teams | Stats | Group G guideWorld Cup day-by-day schedule | Latest: World CupFollow our World Cup coverage in the Sky Sports App Iran were not expected to even be at these finals when co-hosts the United States, alongside Israel, began a bombing campaign in February. While a peace deal may have finally been agreed on Sunday, the build-up to the game only served to highlight the complexities and polarised views around the team's participation, with Ghalenoei appearing to aim strong criticism at the US authorities. "We've spent so much time commuting in the air," he said. "They didn't even give us time to recover after the game today. They said we had to leave immediately. "It's very important for us to have time for recovery and yet we were asked to return to Tijuana and we are really troubled by that. "We do not know why they are returning us. I think it's very strange. It seems like others are doing the planning for us, decisions are made elsewhere, we were supposed to arrive two nights before the game and we were not permitted, we were supposed to stay tonight and return tomorrow lunchtime but I have no idea why, and they haven't told us. "Our team is the most oppressed one in the whole World Cup. "The federation is absent here. Our media isn't here. Our management team, many of them aren't here. We used to have a part of a coaching team to help with substitutions but we didn't have that. Many in the technical area had to deal with that." Sky Sports News has approached FIFA for comment. Iran captain Mehdi Taremi described their treatment as a "disaster" and revealed FIFA president Gianni Infantino had been in the dressing room, offering to "help" the team. Footage of Infantino published on X sees him telling the players "you are stronger than everything", "this is just the beginning" adding that the team were "writing history, the whole world is watching you". Infantino is also understood to have told the players he would do what he could to ensure more of the Iranian delegation, who did not receive visas, could travel to the USA for their remaining group games. Taremi added: "We don't have our President, and no one from staff, also, which is so important for us. Our manager, for example, has come here doing the job of the media, and you know everything is like a disaster for us." Protests and boos at Iran's first game Protestors gathered outside the stadium before kick-off, calling for change in Tehran. The Iran national anthem was greeted by audible boos within the stadium but minutes earlier, there had been loud cheers when images of the team in the tunnel appeared on the giant screens above the pitch, and the team also had strong vocal backing once the match kicked off. The Iranian community in Los Angeles is primarily comprised of those who fled the country around the time of the 1979 Islamic revolution, or the children of those who did, and as such anti-regime sentiment is strong here. FIFA won a case to ban flags with the pre-revolution 'Lion and Sun' emblem on from being brought to the stadium earlier on Monday, but plenty were in evidence within the venue in the lead-up to kick-off. Protesters had promised "hell" in the build-up to the match and while some aggressive anti-regime slogans were chanted around SoFi Stadium, describing the leaders in Tehran as "terrorists", many attending the match were keen to separate the team from the state they represent.

Director-general Matt Brittin, who took up the role in May, told employees on Wednesday that £160m of staff and non-staff cost savings would be made from across BBC News and TV and radio teams by the end of the financial year. More savings across all areas will be set out in the coming months, with 700 corporate roles also expected to go and senior leader roles to be reduced by at least 10%, he added. In a follow-up message from Jonathan Munro, the interim chief executive of BBC News and Current Affairs, staff were told details of cuts and changes to specific shows, and that a review of chief presenter roles would also be carried out. These cuts are the first to be announced as part of a huge savings plan announced in April, with up to 2,000 jobs to go in total - the corporation's biggest downsizing in almost 15 years. In his memo, Mr Munro told staff: "Our news presenters have a unique relationship with our audiences. However, given the savings we need to make across the whole of BBC News, we are carrying out a review of our chief presenter roles. "This is designed to ensure we have the right number of presenters, deployed as flexibly and efficiently as possible, to balance audience needs with best value for money." On-air editor roles are also being reviewed and a proposal has been made to close dedicated social presenter roles. In one positive for Newsnight, Mr Munro said it would move to a peak-time slot on Fridays, "building on the success of its refreshed format". 'A doubly difficult time for everyone' The scale of savings needed "requires tough choices" and all divisions "will be making significant savings", Mr Brittin said in his internal note to staff. Overall, the plan is to cut commissioning spend across the Content, News and Nations departments by about £80 million in the year 2027-28. Broadcast TV channels and the radio network portfolio would be reviewed "as audiences move online", Mr Brittin said, and steps will also be taken to "reduce duplication, clarify accountability, and increase the speed of decision making". "We live in very uncertain times," the BBC boss added. "Our audiences rely on us every day to keep them informed, entertained and equipped to make sense of the world. Making savings while fulfilling our mission means a doubly difficult time for everyone." 'Death by a thousand cuts' Philippa Childs, head of media and entertainment union Bectu, responded to the announcement by saying the cuts were "far from ideal" taking place at the same time as the BBC's charter renewal - and that they would affect the broadcaster's ability to deliver its public service mission. "In an era of fake news and an industry that is becoming more concentrated in the hands of a few multinational corporations, the UK needs a confident, ambitious and sustainably-funded BBC more than ever," she said. "The charter renewal must put the BBC's funding on a secure, long-term pathway or it risks death by a thousand cuts." Read more from Sky News:World Cup data tracker: Who will win?Jeremy Clarkson reveals cancer diagnosis The union is in talks with the BBC "to mitigate the impact as much as possible", she added. Cathy Sweet, head of TV and film at entertainment and performing arts trade union Equity, described the cuts as "devastating" and said they risked the BBC becoming "unable to live up to its aim to inform, educate and entertain". Mr Brittin, a former Google executive, replaced Tim Davie as director-general in last month. Mr Davie announced his resignation from the corporation in November last year, amid controversy and a $10bn (about $7.5bn) lawsuit over the editing of a BBC documentary about Donald Trump.

The former Top Gear presenter shared the revelation in the final episodes of the fifth series of Clarkson's Farm, which premiered overnight on Amazon Prime Video. The show documents the trials of farming on his land in Oxfordshire. He had warned fans on Instagram that the latest episodes would be a "difficult watch". "They're really, really difficult," he said in a video posted on Tuesday evening. Clarkson is seen revealing the news in the show to co-stars Charlie Ireland and Kaleb Cooper, saying he's known since May. The 66-year-old describes the disease as "aggressive" but says it's at a "really early stage". "I've got cancer," Clarkson tells farm manager Kaleb and land agent Charlie during discussions about harvest planning. The TV host says he expects to be "fine" but will be out of action "for a while", before revealing in the final episode of the series that he has undergone an operation to remove part of his prostate. He says: "I won't know whether it's worked or not until November probably. The prostate, 10% of it's dead, the 10% where the cancer is." The programme later cuts to Clarkson in hospital, where he says "some of the treatment has gone awry". "I'm going to be here for a little while," he says. "I don't know what's going to happen." He adds: "We started season five with me in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five and I'm back in a hospital bed. "If this is all successful, I'll see you for season six. And if it isn't, I won't. Take care, everyone." Read more from Sky News:PM to face leadership challengeTrump leaves Netanyahu 'choice' In an earlier Instagram post to fans, Clarkson wrote: "Sombre news - Clarkson's Farm, ordinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming, and cheerful, but two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are, they're none of those things, really." The news of Clarkson's cancer diagnosis comes two years after he underwent a heart procedure after suffering a "sudden deterioration" in his health. He told The Sunday Times doctors believed he was potentially "days away" from becoming very ill. "It seems that of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way," he said. Clarkson later told The Sun he had been warned by medics that "a lot" of the work he does "will have to go" - and he must "cut my alarmingly high levels of cholesterol". Charity thanks Clarkson Prostate Cancer UK thanked Clarkson for sharing his diagnosis and treatment, saying it would raise "vital awareness". Chiara De Biase, the charity's fundraising and health strategy director, said: "Thankfully he found the disease at an early stage, but sadly this is still not the experience of many men across the UK." In a statement, she added that thousands of men every year "are diagnosed too late for a cure," but the Transform screening trial will "generate the vital evidence to ensure those at highest risk are diagnosed earlier". She said those worried about prostate cancer can access the charity's online risk checker or ask their GP for a blood test. Diddly Squat becomes a hit Clarkson is best known for presenting the BBC's Top Gear and then fronting another car show, The Grand Tour, on Amazon's streaming service, before also taking the helm of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Clarkson's Farm debuted in 2021. He has since become one of the most vocal critics of the government's inheritance tax plans for some farmers. It follows the presenter and his crew as they navigate the challenges of running Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Since running the farm in 2019 and launching his reality series, Clarkson has become a vocal supporter of farmers and attended a protest in London against the Government's move to introduce inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024.

Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer, a close ally of the prime minister, will say Labour are now "cleaning up" the "mess" left by politicians who campaigned for Leave. Politics Hub: Follow the latest His speech at an event held by the European Movement advocacy group comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the referendum next Tuesday. Sir Keir Starmer's government is seeking closer ties with the EU, and he is holding talks with key European leaders in France this week as part of the G7 summit. A second EU-UK summit since Labour came to power is scheduled to take place in Brussels on 22 July, where a youth mobility scheme is set to be agreed. The divisive issue of the UK's relationship with the bloc has been brought back into the limelight in recent weeks, with prospective Labour leadership hopeful Wes Streeting describing Brexit as a "catastrophic mistake". The PM and chancellor, Rachel Reeves, have both suggested it had a negative impact on the economy but have promised they will not go back on their manifesto promises not to rejoin the single market or the customs union. Lord Hermer will repeat the argument that Brexit has damaged the UK economy in his speech later. 'Farage knows Brexit has damaged Britain' "Strikingly, the politicians who were key proponents of Brexit and major figures in the campaign to Leave now appear reluctant to remind us of the promises that they made," he will say. "When was the last time you heard Nigel Farage proudly talk about Brexit? Or make the case for the benefits it's brought Britain? "The reason he has become uncharacteristically quiet about what he used to describe as his crowning achievement is because he knows the damage it caused Britain, our standing in the world, and our economy." Expert analysis from Sky News:Trump's left Netanyahu with a horrendous choiceWhy Ukraine could have fresh hope of US support Mr Farage has previously said Brexit "has failed" but blamed it on the then-Conservative government for "mismanaging" Britain's departure. He has criticised Labour's attempts to get closer to the EU, notably an agreement with France designed to combat small boat crossings. The Tories have dismissed Lord Hermer's criticism, saying he "should focus on his job as attorney general".

Itoje was left out of England's training squad ahead of the tournament and will be absent for a non-capped fixture against a France XV in Vannes on Friday, for which Borthwick named his line-up on Wednesday. England then face South Africa, Fiji and Argentina in July in the inaugural edition of the Nations Championship. Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contractChoose the Sky Sports push notifications you want Borthwick revealed in May that he had discussed the idea of resting Itoje for the tournament after what he called a "challenging year", including a British and Irish Lions tour, a demanding Six Nations campaign, and the death of his mother in November, alongside his commitments for Saracens. Asked for the latest on Itoje's situation on Wednesday, Borthwick told Sky Sports News: "I think that we look at each player on an individual basis. "There's been an ongoing conversation regarding Maro and whether he's part of the England squad this summer. "As you can see by the fact that he's not in the squad, and was only in one day of the last alignment camp, it's certainly an intention that Maro has an opportunity for a different type of summer, one where he's not involved with the England team. "But clearly those decisions are all taken in the context of a multitude of factors. "We've got a game on Friday night, we've got the Prem final on Saturday, and we'll make that decision after the game." Pushed on whether there's a chance Itoje won't feature for England over the summer, Borthwick added: "Absolutely, I think that's very realistic, and I'll make that decision after the game on Friday night and the game on Saturday." Itoje's 102 caps put him eighth on England's all-time appearances list, with the forward having been a mainstay since breaking into the team in 2016. Borthwick insists that Itoje is "fully on board" with the England management's plans for him this year. He added: "I think there's always a number of things that need to be considered - the individual himself, the opportunity, and the discussion with the player. "We've talked to Maro at length, and he's fully on board with our thinking of where we are at this point in time." Janse van Rensburg set for England debut Benhard Janse van Rensburg is poised to make his England debut off the bench in Friday's non-cap international against a France XV. South Africa-born Janse van Rensburg does not qualify for England on residency grounds until July 8 but is able to be picked because the Stade de la Rabine showdown is not a Test. Max Ojomoh forms a centre partnership with Seb Atkinson, with one of them to make way when Janse van Rensburg is thrust into the action in the curtain-raiser to next month's 25,000-mile tour that spans three continents. Teenage try machine Noah Caluori makes his third appearance for a senior England team after being chosen on the right wing, although he has yet to win his first cap. George Ford leads the team and forms a half-back axis alongside Harry Randall while Marcus Smith is fielded at full-back. England team to play France XV Starting XV: 15 Marcus Smith, 14 Noah Caluori, 13 Max Ojomoh, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 George Ford (c), 9 Harry Randall; 1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Theo Dan, 3 George Kloska, 4 Charlie Ewels, 5 George Martin, 6 Ted Hill, 7 Tom Curry, 8 Alex Dombrandt. Replacements: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Beno Obano, 18 Vilikesa Sela, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Jack Kenningham, 21 Raffi Quirke, 22 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 23 Adam Radwan.