No 10 policy bosses have explored the use of powerful sonic weapons to force migrants to turn around in the English Channel, amid a growing row over how to handle the situation.

Kier Group, the London-listed construction company, is in talks about a deal that will complete the break-up of what was once one of Britain's biggest outsourcers.

Robert Lewandowski was crowned the best men's player and Alexia Putellas named best women's player at the Best FIFA awards.

A distress signal has been detected in an isolated, low-lying group of islands in the Tonga after an undersea volcano erupted near the South Pacific island on Sunday.

A man has been jailed for nine years after raping a teenage girl who was walking her dog in broad daylight more than 30 years ago.

A rabbi taken hostage at a Texas synagogue by a British man managed to escape after throwing a chair at his captor.

The finance director of M&C Saatchi is in talks to join a private equity-backed rival, a move that could undermine the London-listed advertising agency's ability to fend off an unsolicited takeover bid.

Boris Johnson's former chief adviser has said the prime minister knew in advance about a Downing Street drinks party during the first coronavirus lockdown and agreed that it could go ahead, claims that have been confirmed to Sky News by a second source.

The UK government is working with the FBI and a "great deal of intelligence-sharing" has taken place after a British man took four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas, the home secretary has said.

The government will "undertake a review" of the BBC's funding model and the licence fee will be frozen for the next two years, the culture secretary has said.