Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”. The Met Office’s yellow warning that ...

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.

"Heavy rainfall" has caused "significant flooding and disruption" across Greater Manchester, according to the Bee Network. Conditions have wreaked havoc across Metrolink services, buses, trains and ...

Harry Chandler, the third Pearl Harbour survivor to die in recent weeks, helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters after Japan’s ...

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

A 32-year-old man was arrested after one officer died and another was seriously injured in the incident in the South Island city of Nelson.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Halifax has unveiled its list of the biggest UK regional house price risers and fallers, with Oldham ranking third for the biggest risers. According to the lender, Oldham saw a 14.6 per cent increase ...

North-West England was bearing the brunt of the rain with an amber weather warning in place on Wednesday morning.

An Oldham woman has said she is "truly humbled and honoured" after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).