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All four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required, a damning report published on Thursday has claimed.

"Terrible", "weird", "peculiar" and "baffling" - some of the adjectives being levelled by observers at the Donald Trump administration's peace plan for Ukraine.

A fierce warning from Britain's defence secretary to Vladimir Putin to turn his spy ship away from UK waters or face the consequences was a very public attempt to deter the threat.

Households and businesses will have to wait for energy bills to fall significantly because there is "no shortcut" to bringing down prices, the energy minister has told Sky News.

Britons buying cocaine on a Friday night could be inadvertently funding Russia's war in Ukraine.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the G20 still matters and is a "really important" forum to bang the drum for British business, despite the decision of Donald Trump to boycott the international summit in South Africa.

This is the first time the G20 summit is being hosted on African soil.

Housing Secretary Steve Reed wants Britain to "build, baby, build" towards the government's flagship 1.5 million homes target by the next election. But housebuilding in England has slowed to its lowest level in nine years, with the number of homes built falling by 6% to 208,600 in the year to March 2025.

Sky Sports has confirmed it will show 16 more Premier League fixtures live across January and the start of February.

Wales will host Bosnia and Herzegovina in a one-legged World Cup play-off semi-final and could face either Italy or Northern Ireland at home in the final.

Toto Wolff has sold 15 per cent of his stake in Mercedes to American billionaire George Kurtz.

Felipe Massa's £64m claim against F1, its governing body the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone can go to trial, a High Court judge has ruled.

A Strictly Come Dancing star has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of rape.

The Stone Roses bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield has died at the age of 63, his family has said.

The novel has survived the industrial revolution, radio, television, and the internet. Now it's facing artificial intelligence - and novelists are worried.

The Princess of Wales has admitted her children were "very sad" to miss the Royal Variety Performance in London, which she and the Prince of Wales attended.

Households and businesses will have to wait for energy bills to fall significantly because there is "no shortcut" to bringing down prices, the energy minister has told Sky News.

The world's most valuable company has reported another series of expectation-beating results, heading off fears of the AI bubble bursting for now.

Global stock markets have rallied as the world's most valuable company reassured investors of the demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and the returns companies can make.

Supermarket chain Asda is selling 24 of its stores and will rent them back as it struggles with its debt mound.