The rate of inflation has risen to a fresh 40-year high of 9.1% in May, according to the latest official figures.

Prices increased over the past 12 months at the fastest rate in 40 years, putting pressure on already stretched household budgets.

At least 280 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan, officials have said.

There appears to be no end in sight for the uncertainty facing air passengers worried about whether their flights from the UK will be cancelled this summer. 

If you think giant pandas had it bad, spare a thought for the tiny parasitic mites that live in the pores of the skin on our faces which may be destined for an evolutionary dead-end, according to a new analysis of their DNA.

A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after it was forced to crash land at Miami International Airport when its front landing gear failed.

The Robb Elementary School in Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were gunned down last month, is to be demolished.

Ministers cannot allow unions to win the battle for higher pay as it would fuel a "vicious cycle" of inflation hurting the poorest, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said.

UNICEF has told Sky News there will be a mass death of children in the Horn of Africa without international help, as the worst drought in 40 years is made worse by the war in Ukraine.

The US Senate has voted to take first steps towards new gun legislation.