Controversial proposals to mine precious metals in the deep sea are being discussed at key international talks.

The government has been forced to announce fresh amendments to its Illegal Migration Bill after its draft legislation suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords.

On an extra Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard discusses the latest developments in claims that a BBC presenter paid a teenager thousands of pounds for explicit photos.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned that profit increases benefit no one if they worsen inflation.

The president of Turkey has agreed that Sweden should be allowed to join NATO, the head of the military alliance has said.

One of the City's most prominent financiers has made an approach to acquire STM Group, a London-listed pensions administrator.

There are many areas where the British economy struggles to compete with its counterparts, but in one sector it is up there with the best in the world: finance.

The number of deaths and injuries to newborn babies and mothers in Nottingham is set to be the biggest maternity scandal in the NHS.

Inflation will fall "markedly" over the rest of the year, says the Bank of England's governor.

The mother of the young person at the centre of the BBC presenter scandal has reportedly insisted she stands by her claims after a lawyer branded the allegations "rubbish".