An amber warning for heavy rain has been put in place across parts of North-West England until 9am on New Year’s Day.

Pupils, parents and teachers face “paying the price” of a new tax on private school fees, the Conservatives have warned after the Chancellor welcomed an end to the “VAT break”.

The UK faces a “year of rebuilding” while also “rediscovering the great nation that we are” in 2025, according to Sir Keir Starmer.

One disappointed tourist said they tried to get tickets back to London because the fireworks were still happening there.

Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker’s wife Tiggy has raised a glass to her “most devoted, loving husband” on New Year’s Eve after he died aged 79. In a post on X, she shared a picture of a bottle and ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Germany’s 84 million residents to stick together despite the many global crises and wars ...

Chinese hackers have remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after ...

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of ‘rewarding the failing Sadiq Khan’.

London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks event will go ahead at midnight despite weather concerns across the UK, Sir Sadiq Khan confirmed. Much of the country faces heavy rain and strong winds, and even snow ...

From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and exciting live performances. Auckland became the first major city ...

Police officers found two bodies when they attended a property in Anthony’s Avenue, Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday morning.

People in some parts of the UK may have a chance of seeing the Northern Lights on New Year’s Eve, the Met Office said. People in the east of Scotland, north-east England and Northern Ireland could be ...