Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News that councils that believe they don't have a problem with grooming gangs are "idiots" - as she denied Elon Musk influenced the decision to have a national inquiry on the subject.
Ghana's defence and environment ministers are among eight killed when a military helicopter crashed, the government has said.
A bishop who interrupted a church concert in his dressing gown - and told singers to "leave his house" - has formally apologised to the choir....
A disgruntled bishop in a dressing gown has interrupted a church concert in London - telling singers to stop their "terrible racket" and "leave his house"....
The company at the centre of a viral video at a Coldplay concert has released a tongue-in-cheek clip on social media - featuring Gwyneth Paltrow as a "temporary spokesperson"....
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A Spanish disability group has threatened legal action after people with dwarfism were reportedly hired as entertainers for Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday....
An Australian woman has been found guilty of murdering three people after serving them poisonous mushrooms....
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Two young bears escaped from their enclosure at a wildlife park in Devon - and devoured a week's worth of honey....
America's vaccine-sceptic health secretary has announced $500m (£375.8m) worth of cuts to their development in the country.
Details are sparse at the moment. No crew has been chosen, nor is there a concept yet for how it would be selected.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs has been in contact with Donald Trump about a pardon, a source close to the rapper's legal team has told Sky News' US partner network NBC News.
A woman charged with selling Friends actor Matthew Perry the dose of ketamine that killed him will go on trial next month.
The family of a man who fell to his death at the end of an Oasis concert at Wembley Stadium say he "slipped" and there are "questions about the barriers".
TV presenter Jay Blades has been charged with two counts of rape, police have confirmed.
Donald Trump has waded into the debate surrounding Sydney Sweeney's jeans ad.
Indian actor Dhanush says he has been left "completely disturbed" by the re-release of one of his hit films with an alternative ending assisted by AI - but the production company behind it has rejected criticism of the move.
A Jewish comedian who says her original comedy slot at Edinburgh Fringe was cancelled by the venue has told Sky News she will now be able to perform at the event after being offered new locations.
Soulja Boy has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm during a traffic stop.
The BBC has responded after it was reported that two Strictly Come Dancing stars have been accused of taking cocaine.
For years now, many performers at Edinburgh Fringe have spoken about their struggles to afford the sky-high prices for their accommodation each August.
One person has died as France's biggest wildfire this summer sweeps through a southern region, forcing tourists and residents to flee.
NASA is accelerating plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon, and they claim it could happen by 2030.
Eighty years ago today, an American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
America's vaccine-sceptic health secretary has announced $500m (£375.8m) worth of cuts to their development in the country.
All police forces investigating grooming gangs in England and Wales will be given access to new AI tools to help speed up their investigations.
More than a decade after a mysterious killer devastated sea star populations along the Pacific coast of North America, scientists believe they have finally found the culprit.
Thousands of severely obese patients are facing severely delayed treatment with what's been called the 'King Kong' of weight loss jabs - because the NHS rollout has been mismanaged and underfunded, according to Sky News research.
BP has signalled an accelerated effort to bring down costs ahead, refusing to rule out further job losses as artificial intelligence (AI) technology helps drive efficiencies.
Permission for the first vertical space launch from UK soil by a British rocket company has been granted by the air safety regulator.
The scientist who first raised the alarm over microplastics in the world's oceans has warned of a "David versus Goliath" battle between scientists and the plastics industry - as delegates begin to negotiate a global deal to reduce plastic pollution.
