At least 12 people have been killed in an explosion in southwestern Pakistan outside the office of an independent election candidate, according to local officials.

As the next general election draws closer, three political powerhouses are uniting to unravel the spin in a new weekly podcast from Sky News.

Environmental campaigners are taking the government to court for failing to stop chicken farm manure from polluting one of the UK's most important rivers for wildlife.

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has agreed a £2.5bn deal to buy rival Redrow, claiming the combined company would "accelerate the delivery of the homes this country needs".

An amateur photographer from the UK has won a prestigious Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award with this emotive shot of a polar bear sleeping in a makeshift bed carved into a small iceberg.

Taylor Swift's lawyers have threatened legal action against a student who tracks the movements of her and other celebrities' private jets.

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Lewis Hamilton's shock decision to leave Mercedes at the end of this year means there is a seat open at Mercedes for the 2025 Formula 1 season.

A record 46.7 million viewers in Britain tuned in to watch women's sport on TV in 2023, eclipsing 2019's mark by almost a million, according to research published by the Women's Sport Trust.

The government is planning to offer dentists cash incentives to take on new NHS patients and work in areas that are under-served.