Councils are grappling with steep costs for breaking off contracts with Russian suppliers such as Gazprom as the government presses public bodies to cut funding for "Putin's war machine".

Teachers in Florida have been banned from giving lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity to children under the age of nine.

The host of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday, Jeff Stelling, is to continue at the helm of the award-winning show after scrapping plans to step down.

A court has issued a warrant for a 12-year-old boy who is accused of burgling some of London's top hotels.

England's friendly against Ivory Coast on Tuesday is another opportunity for Gareth Southgate to experiment with his line-up and fine-tune his tactics ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Saudi Arabia is one of the locations 'under discussion' for Oleksandr Usyk's rematch with Anthony Joshua.

Vladimir Putin's vision of a quick and decisive victory in Ukraine has come to little.

Twenty fines could be issued in the coming hours over events held in Downing Street and Whitehall during lockdown, Sky News understands.

Roman Abramovich has been rumoured to have been involved in peace talks between Ukraine and his native Russia for several weeks.

The organisers of the Oscars have said they "condemn" Will Smith's attack on Chris Rock and have opened a formal review into the incident.