Oil prices have hit the highest level for more than seven years as worries about violence in the Middle East added to an already tight outlook for supply.

Around 2,000 small animals including hamsters will be culled after several of the rodents tested positive for COVID-19 at a pet store in Hong Kong.

England's Vitality Roses will take to court on Tuesday against their fierce rivals Australia, having waited nearly three years for the chance to pitch themselves against the top-ranked side in world netball again.

The government has won its Court of Appeal bid to overturn a High Court ruling that it broke the law by handing a COVID contract to a company whose founders were friends of Boris Johnson's former chief aide Dominic Cummings.

Mercedes have announced a February 18 launch date for their next Formula 1 car as the world champions, following the controversial end to last season, begin their hunt for more titles in 2022's all-new era.

Happy Mondays star Bez has tested positive for COVID-19, just 24 hours after making his Dancing On Ice debut.

The British man who was shot dead after taking four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas had been on the radar of MI5, Sky News understands.

Ashling Murphy, the primary school teacher murdered while out for a run, has been remembered as a "woman who made a difference, who brought happiness and who was loved".

A man has been charged with manslaughter after a five-year-old British girl died in a crash on the ski slopes in the French Alps.

The body of a four-year-old Belgian boy who disappeared last week has been found in the Netherlands, Dutch police have said.