A driver in a pick-up truck who was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and ...

A WEATHER warning for ice is now in place across Ayrshire on New Year's Day. The Met Office yellow warning covers the whole region and runs from 4pm on Wednesday, January 1 until 10am on Thursday, ...

Seven people were killed in the Jabaliya area, a woman and child died in the Bureij refugee camp, and three people were ...

Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community collected hundreds of bags of litter in towns and cities across the UK as part of an annual New Year clean-up. More than 1,700 people took part in the event ...

A total of 36,816 people were detected crossing the Channel in small boats during 2024, according to provisional figures from ...

In another New Year staple, darts fans again flocked to London’s Alexandra Palace, many in costume, to see what the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune would bring in 2025.

Here are just a handful of some of our favourite submissions from 2024. George Shields captured this wonderful 'waterfall' shot at the River Ayr. An eery New Cumnock sunrise captured by Neil Wilks at ...

Some residents have been asked to evacuate where flood warnings have been issued, Manchester City Council said.

A 17-year-old is fighting for his life in hospital after a stabbing in south London on New Year’s Day. The Metropolitan Police said they were informed by the London Ambulance Service of a stabbing at ...