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A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

The UK is deporting 60 delivery riders found to be working illegally after an immigration crackdown.

Australia will introduce one of the world's toughest social media policies for children next week, with a ban that comes into effect on Wednesday.

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said - with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott the event.

Thousands of members of actors' trade union Equity are being asked whether they would support industrial action over artificial intelligence protections.

The hotly anticipated Spotify Wrapped is revealing our top tracks, artists and albums for 2025.

A doctor who pleaded guilty to illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the star's death has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Sabrina Carpenter has hit out at an "evil and disgusting" White House video of migrants being detained that uses one of her songs.

A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

Environment Agency bosses have been accused of "failing" to tell a cross-party committee of peers about three large-scale illegal waste sites - including one that was recently exposed by Sky News. 

Nigel Farage has launched a tirade against the BBC after he was asked about claims he used racist and antisemitic language when he was at school, which he denied. 

The UK is deporting 60 delivery riders found to be working illegally after an immigration crackdown.

The assassination attempt on a former Russian spy was authorised by Vladimir Putin, who is "morally responsible" for the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent used in the attack, a public inquiry has found.

It's a debate that has raged since the end of the COVID pandemic but, despite regulatory scrutiny, it's fair to say there's been no clear answer to accusations that UK drivers pay over the odds for fuel.

There is a sense of impotent futility to the latest sanctions imposed by the UK on Russia in the wake of the Dawn Sturgess public inquiry report released today.

There is a desperate desire for normality in Gaza - for full shops, functioning hospitals, open schools, habitable homes and usable roads. For electricity that comes on reliably, skies that don’t hum with drones and days that don’t crackle with gunfire.

Australia will introduce one of the world's toughest social media policies for children next week, with a ban that comes into effect on Wednesday.

Iran's capital Tehran is counting down to "day zero" - the day the water runs out and the taps run dry.

The assassination attempt on a former Russian spy was authorised by Vladimir Putin, who is "morally responsible" for the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent used in the attack, a public inquiry has found.

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

Nigel Farage has launched a tirade against the BBC after he was asked about claims he used racist and antisemitic language when he was at school, which he denied. 

As an opening gambit at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch attacked Labour's knight, the prime minister, over his Treasury queen, Rachel Reeves.

Who is the man behind the record-breaking multi-million pound donation to Reform UK?

Nigel Farage's Reform UK have received its largest ever donation, with former Conservative donor Christopher Harborne handing the party £9m.

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

An earthquake alert preparing people to "drop, cover, hold on" buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday - but turned out to be completely false.

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

Australia will introduce one of the world's toughest social media policies for children next week, with a ban that comes into effect on Wednesday.

Iran's capital Tehran is counting down to "day zero" - the day the water runs out and the taps run dry.

Hundreds of UK online safety workers at TikTok have already signed agreements to leave the company, whistleblowers have told Sky News, despite the firm stressing to MPs that the cuts were "still proposals only".

Hundreds of UK online safety workers at TikTok have already signed agreements to leave the company, whistleblowers have told Sky News, despite the firm stressing to MPs that the cuts were "still proposals only".

The UK government is being urged to take even stronger action to tackle the ongoing crisis of families unable to afford baby formula milk. 

The assassination attempt on a former Russian spy was authorised by Vladimir Putin, who is "morally responsible" for the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent used in the attack, a public inquiry has found.

A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

There is a desperate desire for normality in Gaza - for full shops, functioning hospitals, open schools, habitable homes and usable roads. For electricity that comes on reliably, skies that don’t hum with drones and days that don’t crackle with gunfire.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK have received its largest ever donation, with former Conservative donor Christopher Harborne handing the party £9m.