Dramatic satellite pictures have emerged showing Tonga covered in ash after a huge undersea volcano erupted.

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng will hold fresh talks with energy companies this week as the government narrows its options for insulating consumers from a forecast 50% increase in bills.

The poorest families will be hit disproportionately hard when the Energy Price Cap rises in April - according to analysis by the charity The Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 

Actress and musician Hazel O'Connor, who rose to fame in the 1980s with hits such as Eighth Day and Will You? is recovering in hospital after suffering from a bleed on the brain.

MPs have backed controversial legislation to introduce voter ID.

More children are becoming fussy eaters after getting COVID-19, experts have suggested.

Nicola Sturgeon faces renewed calls to lift COVID restrictions when she announces Scotland's next steps in combating the virus.

Scientists have said the reason some people lose their sense of smell after contracting COVID could be down to genetics.

The British man who took four hostage in Texas was on a call with his children when he was shot dead, his brother has told Sky News.

When MPs are restive and the political temperature is rising in Westminster, there is nothing that No 10 and the whips office look forward to more than when the weekend comes around and their rebellious backbenchers disperse to their constituencies to cool down.