Russia’s “bloody and brutal war machine” has shown no respite “even at Christmas”, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said, as ...

An 88-year-old great-grandmother still receives a Christmas card every year from the German pen pal she has been writing to ...

The Bishop of Newcastle has criticised the Christmas Day sermon delivered by the Archbishop of York, describing his suggestion that the Church of England needs to change as “empty words”. Stephen ...

The Princess of Wales joined other members of the royal family as they walked from Sandringham House to the church.

Almost 800 runners, many wearing Father Christmas and elf costumes, crossed the finish line at the landmark Belfast venue.

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.

The dataset was comprised of people who had trained for the London Marathon, New York Marathon or Dublin Marathon between 2014 and 2017.

Migrants have been crossing the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day. Several boats were seen making the dangerous journey from France on Wednesday morning, with more expected to follow ...

Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin is giving the Christmas Day sermon from Canterbury Cathedral (Andrew Matthews/PA) Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin is giving the sermon at Canterbury Cathedral in ...

Forty-two people are likely to have died in an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, Kazakhstan’s emergency ministry has said. The ministry confirmed in a statement on the ...

A 39-year-old man was shot dead by armed police on Christmas Eve. West Mercia Police said officers were called by West Midlands Ambulance Service to an address in Redditch, Worcestershire, at around ...

To help keep on top of what is on the box here is a full TV schedule for Christmas Day on BBC One, ITV 1 and Channel 4.