The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the west Dorset coast, in place today.

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”. The Met Office’s yellow warning that ...

A software engineer has completed his year-long challenge of doing 300 press-ups every day in memory of his mother who had multiple sclerosis (MS), raising more than £10,000 for charity.

A 32-year-old man was arrested after one officer died and another was seriously injured in the incident in the South Island city of Nelson.

The last crossings of the year took place on December 29, when 291 people made the journey from France in six boats.

The year is set to see bands reunite, music titans releasing new music and major artists being taken to court.

A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We are urging people to ‘Unplug to Unwind’. “Only large appliances such as fridges are designed to be left switched on all the ...

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world have welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where ...