Christmas Eve closing times for various supermarkets such as Asda, Aldi, Tesco, Lidl, Morrisons and Sainsbury's will be important information ...

The Stornoway to Ullapool ferry sails by as Gordon Wink checks the lights on the fishing creel Christmas tree he helped to design and build on the harbour-side in Ullapool, Wester Ross. The 30ft tree, ...

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Sarah Peake, 37, was found by her husband at their address in Little Biggins Cottage in Wethersfield after she died some hours before, an ...

An Essex woman is preparing to take on her first-ever London Marathon in memory of family members lost to cancer. Charlotte Robinson, 35, who grew up in Mayland, will run the 26.2-mile race after ...

Here is the Essex weather forecast for Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year. In Colchester, temperatures will peak at 5C, with the lowest at 1C. However, the maximum will only feel like 1C, with the ...

US TV host and cook book author Martha Stewart has become a minority owner of Swansea City AFC. The lifestyle and homemaking expert, 84, joins rapper Snoop Dogg and Croatian footballer Luka Modric as ...

Rented Christmas trees are growing in popularity because of concerns about the millions which end up in landfill each year, according to a farm shop. Kilnford Farm Shop in Dumfries began renting ...

A campaign group which won a landmark Supreme Court fight against the Scottish Government fears ministers are “trying to run us out of cash” ahead of a second high-profile legal action.

Sir Keir Starmer has acknowledged that many are “still struggling with the cost of living” in a Christmas message that noted “hardship can feel even more acute” over the festive period. The Prime ...

Brisk winds picking up from Christmas Eve will make the weather feel close to freezing for much of the country, the Met Office said.