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

A driver ran down two New Zealand police officers down as they patrolled on foot in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing one and seriously injuring the other, the country’s police chief said.

Harry Chandler, a US Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbour after Japan’s attack on the naval base in 1941, has died at the age of 103. He died at a senior ...

A total of 36,816 people were detected crossing the Channel in small boats during 2024, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. This is 25% higher than the 29,437 people who arrived in ...

A town council has defended a proposed tax hike of almost 50pc that has caused anger among taxpayers. Cromer Town Council has proposed a 49pc increase in its share of council tax precept as its ...

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.

Seven people were killed when a strike hit a home in the Jabaliya area, and a woman and child died when another hit the Bureij refugee camp.

Only two of the 181 people on board the Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air survived when it crashed at Muan International Airport on Sunday.

An application for five custom and self-build dwellings on land north of Plumstead Road in Edgefield opposite The Pigs, a popular pub, hotel and spa, had been lodged by LIVEDIN, a development company ...

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

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 ...

Foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland have expressed concern about “the political crisis” in Georgia, two days after former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as ...