We’re talking National Year of Reading today & why it’s important Here are my 3 favourite kids books What are yours?

The hardest thing about covering the maternity scandal is the sheer number of mums (and dads) who have contacted me wanting to share their stories. It breaks my heart that we can't cover all of them. But reading them has only strengthened my resolve to not let this story go.

Before Christmas the Baroness Amos report into maternity and neonatal care was pretty horrific reading. Women not being listened to, mums and babies being harmed or even dying. And perhaps most depressing of all...none of it was a surprise. Multiple reports over multiple years have told us the same

I'm a late convert to test cricket but now absolutely love it. I think it's one of the very few things in life comparable to a novel - with different acts, a specific setting, character arcs that rise and fall, the beginning may end up being nothing like the end #Ashes2025

Are your Christmas lights up? We're looking for a bit of brightness on this rainy Monday, send your pics to [email protected]

When @sophyridge.bsky.social, @bethrigby.bsky.social and @edconway.bsky.social all realised that the OBR has leaked the Budget early.

At 10.15am I’ll be doing an Insta live if you fancy asking me any Qs about Budget, new Morning show etc

🚨 5 stories you need to know this morning 🚨 A Russian spy ship is stalking the coast of Scotland The US & Russia plan a secret Ukraine peace deal involving Kiev giving up territory Trump signs off Epstein files Half of authors think AI will replace them Snow is coming!

Send us your snow pics! [email protected] ⛄️

Our latest Cheat Sheet podcast is out! All the news you need to know in just TEN MINUTES From Scotland getting into the World Cup for the first time since 1998 to why Saudi Arabia is now being embraced by the US Also email us! [email protected] and we’ll get back to you

On this morning’s Cheat Sheet we gave an update on the Louvre heist after a listener request… any stories you want us to cover (either on the pod or the TV show)? Let us know!

And we’re off! Thanks so much for joining me and Wilf for Mornings with Ridge & Frost Any feedback always gratefully appreciated - and let us know if there any stories/issues you want us to cover too x

Sheffield Wednesday have filed for administration 💔 Really hope this can be the first step to a brighter future #swfc

Let’s talk #FPL … how is everyone doing OR: 500,000 3 free transfers… Haaland is coming in, but what else? #nerd #fantasypremierleague

Pretty shocking findings from personal safety app WalkSafe 1 in 4 women harassed at work 1 in 7 face unwanted sexual behaviour Research also shows many don’t feel confident enough to report it & 16% have left a job over it www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Quite something to see Donald Trump celebrate a “cancellation”

US Ambassador Lord Mandelson has been removed from the post over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But @sophyridge.bsky.social says while questions remain over the appointment, the lack of responsibility is another issue. Read more🔗 trib.al/H4P28i5

Is Haribo sponsoring Sky News political coverage? Some lighthearted moments from a febrile Downing Street yesterday, with Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social 🍬 & Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social 🍸 #haribo

@sophyridge.bsky.social interviews @zackpolanski.bsky.social well on @skynewsrss.bsky.social - enabling viewers to get a picture of his politics. youtu.be/RhD2ZuKrXPg?...

On today’s Politics Hub I’ll be interviewing Zack Polanski - who’s just won the Green leadership election by a landslide Anything you’d like to ask him?

This is my flag.

Any other #fpl fans on here? How we looking for the start of the season?

Soooo I’m about to find out how many coffees one woman can consume before 7am Me & Wilfred Frost will be shaking up Sky’s breakfast show from later this year and I can’t wait to work together. Presenting Breakfast is a massive honour for me & a real pinch yourself moment. ❤️

MPs are facing perhaps the most important choice they will make as parliamentarians - whether to legalise assisted dying The strength of feeling in Parliament has produced some of the most thoughtful and impassioned debate I've witnessed - join me for full coverage @SkyNews

Casey: "I was following through on an archived child's file and found the word Pakistani tippexed out. And I thought: whoever did that, inadvertently, was giving ammunition to the EDL... If good people don't grasp difficult things, bad people will." Great interview, @sophyridge.bsky.social. ~AA

This is a brilliant, moving report capturing life and the absurdity of the system for most prisoners and prison officers. If only more media outlets could do this, instead of frothing at the mouth about prison reform. Congrats to Preston Prison for opening its doors too.

I rarely do this but please watch our report from Preston Prison I was blown away by the amazing work of the officers. But I was also blown away by the fact prison isn’t working. Will politicians be brave enough to change it? Video by @lucymarleey m.youtube.com/watch?v=cszg...

Spending time at Preston Prison floored me and changed my view of the prison system. Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised - but people speak louder than statistics. My piece on why prisons are crying out for real reform news.sky.com/story/inside...

Reform’s success today matters politically; of course But it also matters in terms of *policy* because if both Labour & Conservatives are worried about shedding votes to them - they’re likely to tack closer towards them in terms of their policy offer

Sky News can project Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns WILL win Greater Lincs mayor - with 8 of 9 areas declared nobody can catch her

👀 Jeremy Hunt tells me he would support a ban on social media for under 16s 👀

My local election revision period has begun - it’s going to be a fascinating one 💥 The first voter verdict on Keir Starmer’s premiership 💥 The first electoral test of Kemi Badenoch’s leadership 💥 Can Reform translate votes into seats? Join me & the Sky team on Friday 👇

Trump: "I think [Putin] wants to make a deal but it takes two to tango and you have to have Ukraine want to make a deal as well" Pretty clear where Trump will push the blame if Ukraine/Russia deal fails to materialise

We've been talking an awful lot about how the Trump tariffs will hit the big players: the UK, China, Canada, France, Germany etc But it's time to talk about the ones who DON'T have loud voices. Because some of the poorest countries in the world are going to be crippled by what happened last night

This is absolutely extraordinary from the editor of the Atlantic @JeffreyGoldberg “The Trump administration accidentally texted me its war plans” t.co/xzzopY2Hdl

Nicholas Prosper was just 19 years old when he murdered his mother, his brother and his sister - his only regret was that he didn’t kill more children, in a primary school. Surely now is the time to talk about the extreme violent material readily available online

*very* interesting interview with Mervyn King on @sophyridge.bsky.social show on Sky right now 'ultimately the basic rate will have to go up' @stephenkb.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social quite positive on Reeves tbh

Fascinating interview with Lord King on #politicshub with @sophyridge.bsky.social this is the only programme where you get this kind of balanced and informative dialogue.

V interesting interview with Sam Fender in the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

In journalism it's important to reflect both sides,listen, understand nuance,be aware of your bias It’s also important to call out facts that aren’t true Trump suggested Ukraine started the war with Russia That is not true.Facts matter.If you want to end a war,you need to face up to how it started

Keir Starmer says this is a "once in a generation moment" for the security of Europe "We Europeans will have to do more" "I'm prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground alongside others" if there's a peace deal in Ukraine "but there must be a US backstop"

Article 5 - that an attack on one Nato ally is an attack on all - has only been invoked once, after 9/11, by the United States

#FPL hero

Feeling really quite honoured & chuffed to have received an RTS nomination for Presenter of the Year, alongside serious stars @susannareid100 @annaefoster Am lucky to be part of the Politics Hub team - best in the business 🌟 rts.org.uk/article/nomi...

Kay Burley is an absolute titan - 36 years at Sky News, the master of live broadcasting I’ve learned so much from you Kay - Thanks for smashing the ceilings x news.sky.com/story/amp/ka...

Lovely moment as @angelaeagle1.bsky.social recalls telling John Prescott, when he was her boss, that she was going to ‘come out’ “Tell me something I didn’t already know, love!” he replied - then gave her a hug

Sophy Ridge, "What impact has leaving the EU had on growth?" Emma Reynolds, "It's been difficult.. We didn't have an oven baked deal.. It was pretty raw in the middle.. It's a botched Brexit deal.. It put up barriers" "I don't think it has had an overall benefit to growth"

After weeks of speculation and a debate that's gone on for more than two decades, the Government has said it backs a third runway at Heathrow. It feels like quite a moment. That's not the end of it, of course, there will be legal challenges... including, potentially, from London Mayor Sadiq Khan.