The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, media reports have claimed. Asma Assad is being isolated to prevent ...
The mildest start to Christmas Day on record has been recorded for Northern Ireland and Scotland. In Kinloss, Moray, temperatures reached 11.9C, while at Killowen, Co Down, it peaked at 11C for the 24 ...
“Earlier this year, as we commemorated the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the Queen and I had the enormous privilege of meeting, once again, the remarkable veterans of that very special generation who ...
Hardy swimmers, including many in fancy dress, started Christmas Day around the UK and Ireland with an outdoor swim. Although Wednesday was forecast to be “dry and cloudy” with no snow or frost likely ...
Steven Parton, from Cranhill, is celebrating the birth of his baby girl Kiara-Rose Parton with his partner Emma McLaughlin, 21. It comes after he suddenly lost his mother, Mary Parton, 57, six years ...
A Belfast Parkrun broke its course participation record on Christmas Day, as almost 800 festive runners crossed the finish line. Hundreds descended on the Stormont estate in east Belfast for an event ...
Brave outdoor swimmers wore Father Christmas hats as they kicked off their celebrations with a festive dip. Sea surface temperatures across the country were between 8C and 11C, the Met Office said.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pedestrians were hit by a car in London’s West End in the early hours of Christmas Day. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called ...
CELTIC’S failure to defeat Dundee United in their William Hill Premiership match at Tannadice on Sunday did little, as annoying as it was for those hardy souls who had braved the wind and the rain and ...
The King attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service, after a “brutal” year in which he and his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, were both diagnosed with cancer.