A woman kidnapped and held captive in a makeshift cell by a man posing as an undercover police officer punched her way to freedom, the FBI has said.

Adidas sold €400m (£345m) worth of Kanye West-designed footwear from April to the end of June this year - as much as the same time last year, despite severing ties with the rapper.

The Bank of England has increased its base rate of interest by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.25% - which is lower than some economists had predicted. 

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is reportedly suing the lead singer of Placebo after he called her a "fascist, racist" at a gig last month.

A police dog has been shot and killed after it turned on its handler and attacked her.

Tributes have been paid to a "selfless" 15-year-old rugby captain who died after a heart attack.

Hospital workers who pick their noses are more likely to catch COVID, a new study suggests.

A motor yacht used by Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed on their final summer holiday in the South of France before they died in a Paris car crash has sunk.

The first arrivals on the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge are now expected on Monday, Sky News understands.

A former GP practice manager - whose embezzlement forced a surgery to close - has been ordered to pay back more than £41,000.