News

Workers on the London Underground are staging a 24-hour walkout in a continued row over jobs and pensions.

Ukraine has said Russia is preparing to stage a "provocation" at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant on Friday.

Apple has disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs, which could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of devices.

Linda Evangelista - one of the most famous faces of the 1990s fashion industry - has described having her face held back with tape and elastic for a photoshoot with British Vogue.

Further details of a heated row between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on a private plane back in 2016 have been revealed, in newly revealed FBI documents.

Book sales for Sir Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses have surged after the author was stabbed at an event in the US last week.

Amol Rajan has been revealed as the new presenter of University Challenge, taking over from Jeremy Paxman in autumn 2023.

R Kelly's trial on allegations he made child pornography and enticed underage girls for sex is about his "dark" and "hidden" side, prosecutors have said.

Workers on the London Underground are staging a 24-hour walkout in a continued row over jobs and pensions.

Plummeting water levels have triggered an official drought in the southwest of Wales, as the region monitors the impact of last week's extended heatwave.

Police have released a third image of a man they are searching for in connection with the abduction of a six-year-old girl, as parents are urged to be "extra vigilant".

A woman has told Sky News that a man wanted for extradition to the US has the "greedy little claws" of the attacker who sexually assaulted her.

Linda Evangelista - one of the most famous faces of the 1990s fashion industry - has described having her face held back with tape and elastic for a photoshoot with British Vogue.

A group of campaigners, survivors and families affected by abuse on social media have written to the Tory leadership candidates to urge the next prime minister to prioritise the Online Safety Bill.

Ukraine has said Russia is preparing to stage a "provocation" at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant on Friday.

We drove along Butchers Street in Kabul, as the stripped carcasses of lamb and goat hung on meat hooks swaying in the wind, where gaggles of men argued over prices, and butchers boys heaved the meat onto their backs and delivered them to waiting trucks.

Unable to attend school, hold a job, or even travel alone, women in Afghanistan are protesting against Taliban rule one year after it seized power.

Two surfers on motorised boards who were labelled "idiots" by Venice's mayor for speeding down the city's Grand Canal have been identified by authorities.

A successor to Starbucks is opening in Russia - with a similar logo, some customers may feel.

A Leeds University student imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for allegedly spreading "false rumours" and retweeting dissidents' posts is being used to "set an example" and must be "immediately released", Amnesty International has said.

Priti Patel has insisted that Rwanda is a "safe" country, despite warnings from Foreign Office officials of torture and killings.

Labour is calling for parliament to be recalled ahead of the energy price cap rise.

Liz Truss is set to win the Tory leadership contest by a decisive margin next month, according to an exclusive Sky News poll that gives the foreign secretary a 32-point lead over rival Rishi Sunak.

Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier, who now sits as an independent after having the whip removed, has pleaded guilty to breaching COVID rules despite knowing she ought to self-isolate early on in the pandemic.

The government has been allowed to keep parts of internal documents about Rwanda secret as part of a High Court challenge against plans to deport asylum seekers there.

Baking a salted owl and grinding it into powder to treat gout is one of the bizarre suggestions found among thousands of medieval medical remedies.

A suspected meteor streaking across the sky in the US has been caught on camera.

This is the scalp-searing moment a Wizz Air jet passed by the heads of tourists before landing on a Greek holiday island.

Apple has disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs, which could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of devices.

A group of campaigners, survivors and families affected by abuse on social media have written to the Tory leadership candidates to urge the next prime minister to prioritise the Online Safety Bill.

This summer's heatwave could have been bad for British bumblebees, according to new analysis that studied long-dead collections of bees held in museums.

Workers on the London Underground are staging a 24-hour walkout in a continued row over jobs and pensions.

A suspected meteor streaking across the sky in the US has been caught on camera.

Book sales for Sir Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses have surged after the author was stabbed at an event in the US last week.

Former Manchester United director Michael Knighton is putting his own ambitions to buy the struggling club on hold to back Sir Jim Ratcliffe to become the new owner.

The government has been allowed to keep parts of internal documents about Rwanda secret as part of a High Court challenge against plans to deport asylum seekers there.

Following the pandemic, visitors were just starting to return this summer to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, a naval museum that includes attractions such as Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory, when the cultural centre received its next blow.