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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire by not allowing enough aid into the territory and continuing to strike ...

The city where Christians believe Jesus was born held muted Christmas celebrations for the past two years during the war in ...

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 ...

Claiming top spot is beloved musical The Muppet Christmas Carol - while two other adaptations of the iconic Charles Dickens tale appear further down the list, with Scrooge placing ninth and A ...

Specialising in support for the elderly, Age UK's hotline is open for 11 hours over Christmas Day if they are lonely or in need of help. The NHS hotline for mental health crisis will be open 24/7 ...