A total ban on fires - including solid fuel barbecues - is being imposed in Sydney for the first time in almost three years - with the most destructive wildfire season since the "black summer" of 2019-20 being forecast.

Two alleged "non-human" alien corpses each belonged to a single skeleton and were not assembled, Mexican doctors have said.

The care of immigrants must not be delegated to contractors, an inquiry chair has warned, after finding that "excessive" force was used against people detained at an immigration centre in Sussex.

Wrestlers have brawled on a bullet train in Japan - with a half-hour match fought in a narrow aisle.

The City regulator has found no evidence that banks are closing accounts on the basis of customers' personal views, prompting a furious response from Nigel Farage.

YouTube has suspended adverts on videos by Russell Brand after the comedian was accused of rape and sexual assault.

Aldermore Group, the mid-sized consumer and business lender, has hired advisers to plot a takeover of the Co-operative Bank.

A Newcastle fan is in hospital and in a stable condition after being stabbed in Milan on Monday night.

Britain's biggest high street bank and the owner of DIY retailer B&Q are among a group of companies urging Jeremy Hunt to support the energy transition by overhauling the stamp duty regime for housebuyers.

A former governor of the Bank of England has told Sky News that while it was too slow to turn off the stimulus taps after the COVID pandemic, its actions to tame inflation are now "in the right area."