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

The PA news agency’s photographers provided unrivalled coverage of the world of politics this year as these first rate images show.

On Wednesday morning 132 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, were in place for England, 10 for Wales and 32 for Scotland.

Police were called following reports of a vehicle crashing into a pedestrian in north London on Wednesday morning.

Singer Ed Sheeran also reminisced about the past 12 months and teased that 2025 will be a year of ‘releasing’.

A software engineer has completed his year-long challenge of doing 300 press-ups every day in memory of his mother who had multiple sclerosis (MS), raising more than £10,000 for charity.

Seven people were killed when a strike hit a home in the Jabaliya area, and a woman and child died when another hit the Bureij refugee camp.

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”. The Met Office’s yellow warning that ...

Harry Chandler, the third Pearl Harbour survivor to die in recent weeks, helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters after Japan’s ...