A Chinese defector has revealed to Sky News how Uyghur detainees are transported in their hundreds on packed prison trains, along with details of torture and deaths inside re-education centres in Xinjiang.

The Metropolitan Police is taking no further action after reviewing allegations connected to Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein.

Almost a fifth of the most critically ill COVID patients in England in recent months have been pregnant women, according to NHS England, which is urging expectant mothers to get their jabs.

COVID travel advice has been relaxed this morning, making it easier to visit almost 90 countries.

A massive solar flare is due to hit Earth today, authorities are warning - potentially disrupting power grids and bringing the Northern Lights as far south as New York.

A minister has denied that the business secretary lied when he said there were talks ongoing in government about help for manufacturers and energy firms.

Online fashion retailer ASOS has warned profits could fall by as much as 40% as it counts the cost of supply chain strains and Brexit duties - and said it was parting company with its boss.

Hundreds of sexual misconduct allegations have been made against serving police officers across Britain between 2016 and 2020.

Brown crabs are mesmerised by underwater power cables for renewable energy sources, scientists have found.

Iraq has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al Qaeda operative, the country's prime minister has announced.