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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russia’s top security agency says it has arrested several suspects accused of involvement in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior military officers. The announcement comes after the killing ...

The rail industry produces a cancellations score – counting full cancellations as one and part-cancellations as half – which ...

Temperatures are expected to reach up to 14C with widely cloudy conditions and patchy rain in some areas, the Met Office said.

Barclays Consumer Spend researchers forecast a total of £4.6 billion will be spent and the vast majority of sales will be online.

HUNDREDS of hardy swimmers took the plunge at Boscombe on Christmas Day. The popular White Xmas Dip returned with people taking to the chilly sea for charity at Boscombe Pier. Many donned fancy dress ...

Climate change has led to extremes including a summer heatwave as well as snowfall and several storms this year.