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

Press Association photographers snapped festive revellers enjoying a Christmas swim and fans who flocked to see the royal family attend church.

The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury has warned in her Christmas Day sermon that “our national conversations about immigration continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us”. Dame ...

The royal family has marked Christmas Day by attending their traditional church service as the nation celebrated the festive season’s highpoint. Led by the King and Queen they walked the short ...

Sir Stephen Fry has said the Prince of Wales and his family were “locked into” The Celebrity Traitors. The broadcaster and actor, 68, appeared in the first celebrity spin-off series of the hit BBC ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued a yellow cold health alert from 6pm on Thursday to noon on December 27 for south-west England, and the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind ...

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

Shropshire Chamber of Commerce sets out 2026 vision to boost business growth, with new awards, expanded networking in Shrewsbury, Telford, ...

A FESTIVE favourite Ludlow tradition is set to return on Boxing Day. The tug-of-war competition between the Feathers Inn and the Bull Inn will be taking place in the town on Friday, December 26. The ...

Shropshire classic car enthusiasts restore 1965 Triumph Spitfire for Severn Hospice charity auction at Birmingham’s Practical Classics ...

Jenny Lack has raised over £190,000 for Brooke animal charity, supporting working horses and donkeys globally over ...

In April, pop star Katy Perry was a part of the six-woman crew on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket who embarked on a trip to space.