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 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 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 during the attack.

One London borough has been the location of more knife-crime offences than any other in 2025. Newham in east London recorded 695 knife crime offences between January and October 2025 according to the ...

A girl was left crying after a tired Santa "turned her away" from his Grotto during a "rubbish" trip to Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland. Mum-of-three Courtney Bardell, 25, claims her children were ...

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.

The royal family are expected to celebrate Christmas Day together at Sandringham. The Prince of Wales divulged last year he was spending the day with 45 members of his family “all in one room”.

The Met Office said east to north-easterly winds will become particularly strong and gusty during Christmas Day, with peak gusts fairly widely of 45-55mph, but 55-65mph possible along some exposed ...

Construction crews have been working to clear the rubble of a Pennsylvania nursing home, a day after a powerful explosion killed two people at the building in the US state. Searchers have accounted ...

Bono, Imelda May and Oscar winner Glen Hansard have taken part in a Christmas Eve charity busking session in Dublin city centre. Hansard opened the annual event on Wednesday night, telling the large ...