The UK may have reached peak obesity and rates could start falling rapidly later this year, Sky News has been told.

The treatment of Jess Phillips over recent days tells me all I need to know about the epidemic of misogyny, abuse and violence against women and girls that still plagues our culture.

A senior Conservative has called for a retrial for Lucy Letby, the nurse jailed for murdering seven babies and attempting to ...

The 14-year-old who was stabbed to death on a bus in southeast London yesterday has been named as Kelyan Bokassa.

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government's latest idea, and it is bold and ...

One Direction star Liam Payne died of multiple traumatic injuries, a UK inquest into his death has heard. A row at County Hall yesterday evening (Tuesday) led to the resignation and walkout of a ...

A world first sanctions regime which specifically targets people smugglers will be introduced by the government this year, David Lammy will announce.

The Metropolitan Police has passed a full evidence file about a Premier League footballer accused of rape to the Crown ...

It comes after the Met Office warned areas under the amber warning - which lasted until 9pm on Wednesday - were likely to see travel delays and snow "stranding some vehicles and passengers". There was ...

Hollywood celebrities are among thousands of people to have been evacuated from their homes as fires rip through areas of Los Angeles.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a woman outside a northwest London church following a wake.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a woman outside a church following a wake. The 18-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and remains in custody, the Met Police said.