US basketball star LeBron James has announced he is joining the Philadelphia 76ers - after ditching tentative plans to retire from the sport.

Three fire engines and two fire officer cars were destroyed in a "significant" blaze at a large industrial unit in Essex which caused supplies of fertiliser to explode.

Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have been shot dead during a confrontation near a village in the occupied West Bank.

The government has asked prison staff to make them aware of any "stability issues" that may develop inside jails after delays to prisoners' early release dates, Sky News understands.

Four officers have been seriously injured after a police boat crashed into Westminster Bridge in central London.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison after murdering his four-week-old baby son by shaking him.