US Open winner Emma Raducanu has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

Retired teachers and career-switchers are being urged to come forward to help with COVID staff shortages in the new year.

Boris Johnson is under renewed pressure to answer questions over alleged gatherings held at Number 10 after the emergence of a photo taken when lockdown restrictions on meeting others were still in place.

Fallon Sherrock's Alexandra Palace return ended in defeat, after she was edged out by the record-breaking Steve Beaton in a compelling first-round tussle at the World Darts Championship.

Author Julia Donaldson has told Sky News that children's literature isn't given the respect it deserves.

Spider-Man: No Way Home has had the third-biggest opening weekend of any Hollywood film in history.

The Chinese tennis star who sparked global concern when she appeared to suddenly go missing after accusing a government official of sexual assault has appeared in an online video denying she ever made the claim.

Additional funding to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland has been doubled - after the health secretary refused to rule out a two-week circuit-breaker lockdown.

Il Divo singer Carlos Marin has died aged 53, the group has announced.

Number 10 has defended a photo which appears to show Boris Johnson and staff relaxing and drinking in the Downing Street garden at a time of tough social restrictions in May 2020.