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 ...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Israeli strikes have killed at least nine Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said on ...

The year is set to see bands reunite, music titans releasing new music and major artists being taken to court.

The three countries wrote in a joint statement on Tuesday that they “strongly condemn last week’s violence against peaceful protesters.

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 ...

Wind and rain were causing travel disruption in parts of the UK through the early hours of 2025. North-West England was bearing the brunt of the rain on Wednesday morning, although Met Office weather ...

Now is the perfect opportunity to blow away those festive cobwebs and what better way to do so than with a refreshing walk?