The plane was originally scheduled to travel from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny.

An 88-year-old great-grandmother still receives a Christmas card every year from the German pen pal she has been writing to ...

Brave outdoor swimmers wore Father Christmas hats as they kicked off their celebrations with a festive dip. Sea surface temperatures across the country were between 8C and 11C, the Met Office said.

Pilgrims lined up early to walk through the Holy Door at the entrance of St Peter’s Basilica as Christmas marked the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that is expected to bring some 32 million ...

Police said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement’.

A number of cars were vandalised and had their windows smashed in the Nyewood Lane in Bognor in the early hours of the morning on December 20.

Migrants have been crossing the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day. Several boats were seen making the dangerous journey from France on Wednesday morning, with more expected to follow ...

Sir Brian May, Kylie Minogue and and Sir Paul McCartney are among the host of famous faces to share festive well-wishes on Christmas Day. The Queen guitarist, 77, treated fans to a video of him ...

Police are appealing for information after it was reported that a teenager made verbal threats of violence with a weapon, and also followed a ...

Scottish parents are celebrating a different kind of festive cheer this year as they welcome newborns. Alyshia Glen of Bellshill and her partner Daniel McGhee met their daughter for the first time at ...

The King attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service, after a “brutal” year in which he and his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, were both diagnosed with cancer.

The Archbishop of York highlighted the need for actions over words as he delivered a Christmas Day sermon at a challenging time for the Church of England as it faces criticism over failures in its ...