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Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Terror threat level raised | Trump’s Iran deadline looms | Renters’ Rights Act comes into force

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Sky News

News Commentary, Daily News, News

4.0224 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The terrorism threat level in the UK has been raised from "substantial" to "severe" following the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London.

That means a terror attack is considered to be highly likely in the next six months.

Donald Trump faces a key deadline in his war with Iran under a law which limits the president sending the military into combat for an extended period without authorisation from Congress.

Plus, the new Renters' Rights Act comes into force today. It’s described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years.

And the Tony Blair Institute has called to scrap the triple lock pensions – arguing for a "lifespan fund" instead.

Anna and Kamali have the day's news in just 10 minutes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Sky News, the full story first.

0:08.3

The terror threat level here in the UK has been raised to severe from substantial following that stabbing attack in North London on Wednesday.

0:15.7

Donald Trump faces a major deadline in this conflict with Iran.

0:19.0

Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, a 10-minute

0:21.0

podcast on the day's news. It is Friday the 1st of May. I'm Kamali Melbourne. And I'm Anna Jones.

0:27.2

Also today, described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years.

0:32.5

The Renters' Rights Act comes into force today.

0:37.5

The terror threat level here has been raised from substantial to severe.

0:42.1

That means a terror attack is considered to be highly likely in the next six months.

0:47.6

The change follows the stabbing of two Jewish men in North London on Wednesday,

0:52.1

which the Metropolitan Police are treating as a terrorist

0:55.4

incident. Now, the last time the threat level was raised to severe was in November

0:59.5

2021. That was after the bombing of Liverpool Women's Hospital and the murder of the Conservative

1:05.2

MP, Sir David Amos. The head of the Mets counter-terror unit, Assistant Commissioner

1:09.1

Lawrence Taylor, called on people to remain vigilant at what he described as an elevated threat to Jewish and Israeli individuals and institutions here in the UK.

1:18.5

He said there's been a gradual increase in terrorist threats driven by a rise in both Islamists and extreme right-wing terrorism.

1:25.6

Yeah, and this decision to raise the terror threat,

1:28.6

it's not a political one, it's taken by security and intelligence experts from the Joint

1:33.6

Terrorism Analysis Centre, or J-TAC as it's called. And as we were saying, the last time it was at

1:38.8

this level was in November 2021. So it has been a while. And the hope is, I guess, that people are more aware, they're more

1:46.7

vigilant, they're more likely to report suspicious behaviour. And I think the police really rely

1:51.4

on that kind of public involvement when they are trying to track down perpetrators of crimes

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