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The home secretary has admitted the UK's illegal immigrant numbers are "too high" - but said Nigel Farage can "sod off" after he claimed she sounded like a Reform supporter.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) survivors in the UK have been told they have to wait for "more research into the effectiveness" of reconstruction surgery, forcing many to fund their own travel and treatment abroad.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will defy the apparent will of his own voters and lead Labour into the next general election.

Temperatures plummeted towards subzero overnight as Arctic air descended upon the UK, with snow possible in some parts of the country today.

The UN Security Council has passed a US-drafted resolution which supports Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

Mass killings and millions forced to flee for their lives have made Sudan the "epicentre of suffering in the world", according to the UN's humanitarian affairs chief.

The government has announced plans to make it almost impossible for new housing developments near train stations to be opposed.

People travelling to the US for the World Cup next year will be able to get interviews for visas more quickly, Donald Trump has announced.

"I will never have a better night in my whole life. It is a fairy tale. You can't even dream about something like that."

Jake Paul has confirmed his audacious fight against Anthony Joshua in Miami on December 19.

It was noticeable, while Jude Bellingham was throwing his arms in the air in frustration at being substituted, that two other England players in particular made an effort to come over and congratulate/commiserate with him as he left the field: Phil Foden and Harry Kane.

Rory McIlroy secured the Race to Dubai for the fourth year running despite narrowly missing out to Matt Fitzpatrick in a thrilling finish to the DP World Tour Championship.

BBC chair Samir Shah has said there is "no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this" - after Donald Trump said he would sue the corporation for between $1bn and $5bn.

He's played Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Strange, and even voiced The Grinch but acting opposite a seven-foot (2.1m) crow may be one of the strangest roles Benedict Cumberbatch has taken on. 

The Pope met with film stars and directors at a special Vatican audience to celebrate cinema.

"I felt scared and I felt alone and I felt entirely limited at various points in my life", actor Jonathan Bailey says of growing up gay in school.

A former Bank of England chief economist has told Sky News that "repeated mistakes" by the government have been "sucking all life" from the economy ahead of the budget.

The cobbled streets of Newport in Middlesbrough survive from the Victorian era.

Heathrow Airport will this month name Philip Jansen as its next chairman as Britain's biggest aviation hub presses ahead with plans for a £50bn expansion.

A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin, has been ordered to repay £4.1m-worth of the cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.