Health Secretary Sajid Javid has suggested the possible impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will be known in a fortnight's time and ahead of the government's three-week review of fresh restrictions.

The world's rich nations must help vaccinate the poorest nations or else they will face a continual cycle of economic shocks and restrictions in the face of new variants, the OECD's chief economist has said.

Author Alice Sebold has apologised to the man who spent 16 years in jail after she wrongly identified him as raping her in 1981.

The first accuser in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell has said she had repeated sexual contact with Jeffrey Epstein when she was 14 years old - and that the British socialite was there when it happened.

Downing Street has denied claims that Boris Johnson broke coronavirus rules with parties at No 10 last Christmas.

The Pfizer vaccine is likely to offer strong protection against any severe disease from the new Omicron COVID variant, according to the head of BioNTech who urged people not to 'freak out'.

House prices unexpectedly returned to double digit growth last month as the property market kept up its "extremely buoyant" pace, new figures show.

A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a police car on the way to hospital.

Donald Trump has accused the Duchess of Sussex of "using" Prince Harry and being "disrespectful" to the Queen in a wide-ranging interview.

Survivors of the Channel tragedy have claimed French and British authorities didn't respond to calls for help amid conflicting information about whose waters they were in - Sky News has been analysing marine data to see how the emergency response unf...