A large emergency service presence was spotted on the Norfolk coast on Christmas Day afternoon. Three police cars, a police van and an ambulance attended an incident on the Great Yarmouth seafront at ...

The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital has reported two births so far this Christmas Day. The first was baby Felix, who was born at 12.46am to parents Lisa and Adam. The second, baby Becky, arrived to ...

Thirty-eight people have died after an Azerbaijani plane crashed on Wednesday near the Kazakhstan city of Aktau, Kazakhstan officials said. Deputy prime minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the death ...

The mildest start to Christmas Day on record has been recorded for Northern Ireland and Scotland. In Kinloss, Moray, temperatures reached 11.9C, while at Killowen, Co Down, it peaked at 11C for the 24 ...

The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, media reports have claimed. Asma Assad is being isolated to prevent ...

“Earlier this year, as we commemorated the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the Queen and I had the enormous privilege of meeting, once again, the remarkable veterans of that very special generation who ...

Swimmers take part in an early Christmas Day dip on Boscombe beach in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA) Some members of the Serpentine Swimming Club were in fancy dress for the Peter Pan Cup race, which is ...

The King and Princess of Wales shared a tender moment with a cancer patient who travelled to Sandringham to catch a glimpse of the royals on Christmas Day. Arriving from north Lincolnshire, ...

The generative AI boom continued at pace in 2024, with smartphones becoming a key battleground for the technology’s ...

Hundreds took to the water for a seaside town's much-loved festive dip. Swimmers dressed in fancy dress ran down the beach at Hunstanton on Christmas Day, before plunging into the icy waters of The ...

December, with its short daylight hours, challenging weather and the Christmas holidays can be a difficult time for those already suffering ...

The Bishop of Newcastle has criticised the Christmas Day sermon delivered by the Archbishop of York, describing his suggestion that the Church of England needs to change as “empty words”. Stephen ...