Thousands of people have taken part in Christmas Day parkruns across the island of Ireland. Many sported Santa hats and wore festive-themed costumes as they participated in the events which have ...

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are also affected. All HWRCs are closed today (Christmas Day) and will also be closed on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The council says HWRCs will close at ...

Kempton hosts what promises to be a memorable renewal of the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase, where the Willie Mullins-trained duo of Fact To File and Gaelic Warrior are set for a rematch after their ...

New data has revealed Cumberland's top performing primary schools, with an academy in Wigton topping the charts.

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 ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has delivered his first Christmas Day homily, remembering the people of Gaza being “exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold” and saying the world’s conflicts can only be silenced through ...

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 ...

Hi Candice, preparing early is one of the best things you can do to help your pet. It is important to work out what is best for your pet as soon as possible, before the firework season starts. If your ...