Olympics Games reveal strain on body AND soul of life in the sporting spotlight

If you do what Simone Biles does, if you take the awe-inspiring risks that she takes, you really have to believe that you can pull them off.

COVID-19: unfair vaccine access is ‘threat to climate action’

Unequal access to COVID-19 vaccines is a threat to this year's critical climate change negotiations COP26 as well as to climate action in general, a chorus of voices around the world has warned.

One of a kind Wu-Tang Clan album owned by Martin Shkreli has been sold by the US government

A unique Wu-Tang Clan album, which was once owned by imprisoned pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, has been sold by the US government.

‘An issue of justice and fairness’: Fraudsters are conning elderly people out of life savings by marrying them

Fraudsters are thought to be increasingly conning elderly or vulnerable people out of their life savings by marrying them without their family's knowledge.

Memorial to fallen police officers to be unveiled by Prince Charles

A memorial to heroic police officers who have died on duty is to be unveiled by the Prince of Wales today.

Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison dies aged 46

Slipknot founder member Joey Jordison has died at the age of 46.

Younger age groups will take longer to vaccinate than older as enthusiasm wanes

An initially enthusiastic COVID-19 vaccine uptake by younger people has petered out so it will take longer to reach the levels of vaccination seen in older groups, Sky News analysis has found.

Airlines put pressure on ministers to scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated arrivals from EU and US

Airlines are putting pressure on the government to exempt fully-vaccinated Americans and EU visitors from quarantine on their arrival to the UK.