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 ...

The US Justice Department said that it may need a “few more weeks” to release all of its records on the late sex offender ...

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 ...

Many countries and cultures have superstitions that they follow at the start of a new year - do you do any of these?

Police in Bury have paid a festive visit to a school in the borough – bringing the children Christmas presents. Some Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers went along to Mill School in Bury on ...

Rail bosses have released a calendar to warn passengers of service changes over the festive period. Train operator Northern has released the calendar for customers to reference if they are travelling ...

Michelle Thornhill from Ramsbottom scooped the prize with the same ticket that previously landed her the win in August 2023. Ms Thornhill was delighted when she answered, with the news bringing tears ...

Stuart Richardson, CEO of Bury Hospice, extends his heartfelt thanks and festive wishes as the organisation's Christmas Appeal brings comfort.