Pope Leo XIV has delivered his first Christmas Day homily, remembering the people of Gaza being “exposed for weeks to rain, ...

Press Association photographers snapped festive revellers enjoying a Christmas swim and fans who flocked to see the royal family attend church.

The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury has warned in her Christmas Day sermon that “our national conversations about immigration continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us”. Dame ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued a yellow cold health alert from 6pm on Thursday to noon on December 27 for south-west England, and the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind ...

Islington Council will continue its Council Tax Support Scheme in 2026/27, with 24,500 households set to benefit.

North-west London’s Connect Centre transforms into a Santa Factory, delivering over 300 Christmas gifts to vulnerable children, seniors ...

North Middlesex Hospital patient Samuel Soremekun, 6, met the Queen at Clarence House, thanks to Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity.

Anthony Albanese said he plans to establish a special honours system for those who placed themselves in harm’s way to help ...

A girl was left crying after a tired Santa "turned her away" from his Grotto during a "rubbish" trip to Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland. Mum-of-three Courtney Bardell, 25, claims her children were ...

In April, pop star Katy Perry was a part of the six-woman crew on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket who embarked on a trip to space.

The Met Office said east to north-easterly winds will become particularly strong and gusty during Christmas Day, with peak gusts fairly widely of 45-55mph, but 55-65mph possible along some exposed ...

The royal family are expected to celebrate Christmas Day together at Sandringham. The Prince of Wales divulged last year he was spending the day with 45 members of his family “all in one room”.