A pig farmer with Parkinson’s disease is encouraging people to join him in completing a press-ups challenge in January for charity. Richard Longthorpe, 71, from Howden in East Yorkshire, is ...

A driver in a pick-up truck who was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and ...

Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes.

Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community collected hundreds of bags of litter in towns and cities across the UK as part of an annual New Year clean-up. More than 1,700 people took part in the event ...

In another New Year staple, darts fans again flocked to London’s Alexandra Palace, many in costume, to see what the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune would bring in 2025.

Brass bands, bagpipers, cheerleaders and DJs brought the entertainment to London’s streets despite the grey skies.

As the year comes to an end, and everyone looks to avoid the cold and damp, we have complied a list of must-see events to cure those January blues.

Some residents have been asked to evacuate where flood warnings have been issued, Manchester City Council said.

Now is the perfect opportunity to blow away those festive cobwebs and what better way to do so than with a refreshing walk.

A 17-year-old is fighting for his life in hospital after a stabbing in south London on New Year’s Day. The Metropolitan Police said they were informed by the London Ambulance Service of a stabbing at ...

Arnold Ruutel, the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence, has died at the age of 96. The office of the President of ...

The German government has condemned a series of incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked and injured, mostly with fireworks. Revellers across the country ...