Communities and firefighters across Australia’s second-most populous state are preparing for potentially devastating ...

Azerbaijan observed a nationwide day of mourning on Thursday for the victims of a plane crash in which 38 people were killed ...

Footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before smashing into the ground in a fireball.

More than 450 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day, according to Home Office figures. Data updated on Thursday indicated that 451 migrants arrived on December 25 on 11 ...

LYMINGTON Branch Line will be closed until January 5 for ‘vital’ pier improvements. The line between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier will be closed for the second phase of our work on the line over ...

Two women have died and a man and teenage boy suffered serious injuries after reports of a stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day. A 49-year-old man from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was ...

An Israeli strike has killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said.

Dorset Council has issued a closure notice from 17a to 44 Rowlands Hill in Wimborne Minster, a distance of around 60 metres. The closure will come into operation on January 2 and will remain in force ...

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A digital counter on the Reform website showed the membership ticking over the 131,680 of the Conservative Party before lunchtime on Boxing Day ...

Police in Scotland are increasingly concerned about a missing man from London who is thought to be in the Highlands. Marc Drostle, 28, is believed to have travelled to the Aviemore area two weeks ago ...

Pope Francis has inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison, taking a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration which is ...