Scottish soldiers have kept a wartime tradition going as they continued their annual blanket-decorating competition while deployed abroad. Soldiers from 4th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland ...

The period between Christmas and the New Year (or ‘Twixmas’, as it’s become known) is often a bit of a limbo phase when nothing really ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a yellow cold health alert which lasts until noon on December 27 for south-west England.

Pope Leo XIV has delivered his first Christmas Day homily, remembering the people of Gaza being “exposed for weeks to rain, ...

Imran Ahmed, who leads the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and has close links to the Labour Party, has been hit by US ...

A number of Christmas and Boxing Day swims in Devon and Cornwall were cancelled this year because of a yellow weather warning for wind.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 30-year-old man was stabbed to death on Christmas Day. Police were called just after 3.30am on Thursday to Burcot Avenue, Wolverhampton, where ...

Anthony Albanese said he plans to establish a special honours system for those who placed themselves in harm’s way to help ...

AS the year comes to end we are shining a spotlight on some of the most picturesque images of Essex wildlife, captured by our Camera Club photographers. Hundreds of amazing photos have been snapped ...

This week, Essex residents responded when we reported on crime, planning and development, and an announcement from a community hero.

Hundreds had gathered in bitter temperatures as the royal family walked to and from St Mary Magdalene Church on Charles’s private ...

The annual Christmas broadcast is written by the King and is the rare occasion when he does not turn to the Government for advice.