German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has ordered the country’s parliament to be dissolved and set new elections for February 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing ...

Scotland welcomed 2024 in explosive style with the traditional fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle at the Hogmanay street party. The 12 months which followed saw electoral change, footballing ...

Soap supremo Sir Phil Redmond says that “courage has gone out of broadcasting” in recent years, and suggested that TV watchdog rules should be broken more often. TV writer Sir Phil, who created ...

A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate. Footage of the guard and male prisoner was shared with prisoners at HMP Five Wells, Northamptonshire, the ...

The victim reported being approached by two unknown men near Harry Ramsden’s, in Old Steine, around 3.30am on Saturday.

A Nasa spacecraft which made the closest-ever approach to the sun is safe and “operating normally”, the space agency said. On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the ...

The National Trust says 2024 was good for trees, heather and seals but bad for bees, butterflies, bats and natterjack toads.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife is said to have instructed a former aide to organise protests against political opponents.

The Eagle S is flagged in the Cook Islands but was described by Finnish customs officials as a suspected part of Russia’s ...

Mr Singh was widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform programme and a landmark nuclear deal with the US.

The year has not been short of dramatic events and developments, and here the PA news agency provides a month by month look back on 2024.