Data updated on Thursday indicated that 451 migrants arrived on December 25 on 11 boats. The last time vessels carrying migrants were known to have arrived was on December 14, when 160 people arrived ...

An Israeli strike has killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said.

Follow along with live updates from The Cherry Red Records Stadium as Swindon Town take on AFC Wimbledon in League Two.

Two women have died and a man and teenage boy suffered serious injuries after reports of a stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day. A 49-year-old man from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was ...

Police in Scotland are increasingly concerned about a missing man from London who is thought to be in the Highlands. Marc Drostle, 28, is believed to have travelled to the Aviemore area two weeks ago ...

Police on Wiltshire’s roads caught a drug driver and a suspect wanted for causing grievous bodily harm. Wiltshire Police patrolled the highways over Christmas Day and Boxing Day to keep an eye out for ...

Pope Francis has inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison, taking a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration which is ...

Temperatures are expected to reach up to 14C with widely cloudy conditions and patchy rain in some areas, the Met Office said.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta believes Bukayo Saka’s absence will transform him into a better manager. The Gunners will begin a period of matches – which is likely to extend into double figures – without ...

Azerbaijan observed a nationwide day of mourning on Thursday for the victims of a plane crash in which 38 people were killed and all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about the possible ...

Employees should be given a fixed amount of annual leave by their companies to use for volunteering, the UK’s chief scout has said. Dwayne Fields, who was appointed in September, said allowing people ...

Campaign for Better Transport is calling for a national standard to be implemented across the UK’s 400,000 bus stops.