Further resignation over Mandelson | Music Fan Association
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The top civil servant at the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins, will leave his position over the decision to make Peter Mandelson ambassador to the US- but will this relieve the pressure on the PM?
A 10 day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into effect last night, but Israel has been accused of continuing to carry out attacks.
An immigration officer in the US has been charged with assault for allegedly pointing his gun at people in a car.
Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr is the first ICE agent to be charged with assault in Minnesota.
Ministers are being urged to ban the resale of concert tickets above face value.
A new report into the music industry claims fans are being "ripped off".
There will be a Midlands derby in the Europa League Semi-Finals between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest at the end of the month.
Leah and Kamali have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:05.0 | The Top Civil Servants at the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins, is to leave his position over the decision to make Peter Mandelson ambassador to the United States. |
| 0:22.4 | But what does this do to the pressure on the Prime Minister? |
| 0:25.0 | Another story, Israel is accused of violating the conditions of its ceasefire with Lebanon. |
| 0:31.4 | This is just hours after it came into effect. |
| 0:36.5 | You're listening to Cheechy, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news. |
| 0:40.0 | It is Friday the 17th of April. |
| 0:42.6 | I'm Kamali Melbourne. |
| 0:43.5 | And I'm Lea Belletto. |
| 0:45.2 | And also today, there will be an all-English semi-final in the Europa League. |
| 0:49.9 | Looking forward to that one. |
| 0:51.6 | Now, there's been another big development in the scandal around the decision to make Peter |
| 0:56.5 | Mandelson the ambassador to the US. |
| 0:59.7 | So we're talking about a top civil servant at the Foreign Office, Sir Olly Robbins. |
| 1:04.5 | He'll leave his post and it was after it all came out that Mandelson had failed security |
| 1:09.6 | vetting for the job that he was still appointed for. |
| 1:13.6 | And the government said foreign office officials made the decision to grant Mandelson clearance without telling ministers. |
| 1:20.6 | That's key. |
| 1:21.6 | Now pressure is now back on the Prime Minister. |
| 1:24.6 | As opposition parties are saying that he should resign, they're accusing him of |
| 1:29.5 | misleading Parliament. |
| 1:31.5 | The government claim is that no one, not the Prime Minister, nor any minister, was told |
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