Emma Raducanu is through to the final of the US Open after defeating Maria Sakkari of Greece in straight sets.

Emma Raducanu has made history by becoming the youngest British tennis player to reach the US Open final in the Open era.

The government will look at extending the use of vaccine passports if there is a "public health need" to do so, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said.

The British embassy's new tenants in Kabul cannot understand why the diplomatic staff have not returned since the Taliban took control.

Booster vaccines are reportedly set to be given the go-ahead next week, despite a professor who helped develop the AstraZeneca jab warning that a mass campaign may not be necessary.

The deciding cricket Test match between England and India has been called off after a COVID-19 outbreak among the visiting team.

Amazon has said it will pay college tuition fees for more than 750,000 of its frontline staff in a drive to recruit and retain workers in the face of stiff labour market competition.

A boat used by 13 migrants to cross the English Channel has been traced by Sky News to a boatyard hundreds of kilometres away in the Netherlands.

A former Sky News correspondent who is honouring his late son's plea to campaign for better mental health support has said "we're losing far too many good people to suicide".

Coronavirus measures that forced scores of workers to self-isolate contributed to a bigger than expected slowdown in economic growth in July, according to official figures.