Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid “with no respite even at Christmas”. Russia launched ...

Elsewhere in the world, Hanukkah started on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005 and celebrations were muted in ...

In Dublin, swimmers braved the cold water on an otherwise mild morning in Clontarf, where a picturesque sunrise featured ...

Brave outdoor swimmers wore Father Christmas hats as they kicked off their celebrations with a festive dip. Sea surface ...

One of the first babies born on Christmas Day in Scotland interrupted her parents’ Christmas Eve movie night after arriving ...

Sir Brian May, Kylie Minogue and and Sir Paul McCartney are among the host of famous faces to share festive well-wishes on ...

The King attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service, after a “brutal” year in which he and his ...

The dataset was comprised of people who had trained for the London Marathon, New York Marathon or Dublin Marathon between ...

Migrants have been crossing the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day. Several boats were seen making the dangerous ...

Scottish parents are celebrating a different kind of festive cheer this year as they welcome newborns. Alyshia Glen of ...

Here the PA news agency looks at some of the more bizarre activities of 2024. The Jarl Squad set light to the galley in ...

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