Swimmers once again plunged into the bitterly cold North Sea on Christmas morning as Clacton’s much-loved festive swim returned for 2025.

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 Mint has released a list of the top 10 most valuable coins, when they were made and how many were minted ...

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 ...

Community Voluntary Services Tendring (CVST) organised a range of inclusive events designed to bring people together over the Christmas period. The charity hosted Christmas Eve walks in Clacton and ...

St Helena Hospice will continue making special memories for patients and their families over the Christmas period. Staff and volunteers at the hospice, in Barncroft Close, will continue to work ...

Non-profit organisation, Bluesky CIC has teamed up with Kind and Company Builders to deliver Christmas hampers to lone-parent families.

Model Railway Quest's show, which featured the world’s first underwater model railway layout and a tiny layout in a coconut, wowed visitors ...

A Christmas message from the Bishop of Chelmsford the Rt Rev Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani. ‘Fear not said he for mighty dread had seized their trouble mind.’ These words from the famous carol, While ...

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.