Data updated on Thursday indicated that 451 migrants arrived on December 25 on 11 boats. The last time vessels carrying migrants were known to have arrived was on December 14, when 160 people arrived ...

MICHAEL Carrick has made three changes to his Middlesbrough team for the Boxing Day game against Sheffield Wednesday. Dael Fry, Dan Barlaser and Delano Burgzorg come into the side, replacing George ...

This is where Boxing Day gets its name from - find out when it was first made a bank holiday in the UK, who celebrates it and why America don't.

KIERAN TRIPPIER returns to Newcastle United's starting line-up for this afternoon's home game with Aston Villa. Trippier is back in at right-back, with Tino Livramento unavailable for today's game ...

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.

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A driver has been disqualified from driving and fined after she was caught speeding in County Durham. Sarah Varley, 52, of Westfield Hall, Carlton Terrace, Sunderland, was fined and disqualified from ...

Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson provides live coverage of Newcastle United's Premier League game against Aston Villa ...

Christmas Day special of the BBC sitcom took viewers on an emotional rollercoaster with multiple weddings and a race against time.

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

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 ...