Parts of China have been hit by "the heaviest rain in 1,000 years" - with footage showing underground train carriages filling with water.

Five Tory MPs breached the code of conduct by trying to influence the trial of former MP Charlie Elphicke, the Commons Standards Committee has ruled.

Britain spent a record £8.7bn in interest payments on central government debt last month, official figures show.

As the Tokyo Olympics finally get underway, Team GB has been given a clean bill of COVID health by its boss.

A list of critical jobs that will be exempt from full isolation if workers are identified as a close contact of someone who tests positive for coronavirus is being worked on, a minister has told Sky News.

A couple using Google Earth have uncovered one of the largest collections of rare marine fossils in the UK.

Police have warned of the dangers of swimming in open water after a teenage boy was found dead in a canal in West Yorkshire.

Norway's beach handball team has been fined £1,300 for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms at a European Championship match.

Netflix has confirmed it is moving into video games as it reported a sharp slowdown in subscriber growth.

The government's Nationality and Borders Bill will only bring more "chaos and delay" to the UK's "dysfunctional" immigration system, Amnesty International has said.