Britain's year of political turmoil could cost the taxpayer up to £709,000 in severance payments to former ministers and whips, Sky News analysis of House of Commons library data has found.

Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure over his reappointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary after a former party chair claimed she had committed "multiple breaches" of the ministerial code.

Australia has become the first team to release a group statement criticising Qatar for its poor human rights record.

Skechers escorted Kanye West off its premises in Los Angeles after he "showed up unannounced and uninvited" - with Madame Tussauds removing its waxwork of the controversial rapper from public view.

With Halloween just days away, vets are warning that dressing up your pets in costumes is "potentially harmful" in a period which is already "stressful" for them.

Nose-picking primates are helping scientists to understand the evolution and possible functional role of the behaviour in humans.

Shell has reported operating profits of $9.5bn (£8.19bn) for the third quarter of this year, lower than that of the three months before but still more than double the same period in 2021.

A 19-year-old student was stabbed to death in Manchester on Wednesday night.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has been recalled in a last-ditch effort to form a devolved government before tonight's midnight deadline.

Facebook's parent company is under pressure to focus less on the metaverse - as investors say it is an experimental bet causing "supersized and terrifying losses".