Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community collected hundreds of bags of litter in towns and cities across the UK as part of ...

Brass bands, bagpipers, cheerleaders and DJs brought the entertainment to London’s streets despite the grey skies.

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

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

Weather conditions failed to deter those determined to welcome the New Year. At South Queensferry in Scotland, the annual Loony Dook saw many immerse themselves in the chilly waters of the Firth of ...

In Berlin, 30 police officers and one firefighter were injured in confrontations or attacks, leading to 400 arrests, city officials said.

The incident in the city’s bustling French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day is being investigated as a terrorist attack.

He was the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence.

Sailors of the Royal Navy were recalled to HMS Somerset (right) to shadow Russian corvette RFS Soobrazitelny (left) and ro-ro transporter/support ship MV Sparta II (centre) for 500 miles in the North ...