The plane was originally scheduled to travel from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny.

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 ...

The King and Princess of Wales shared a tender moment with a cancer patient who travelled to Sandringham to catch a glimpse of the royals on Christmas Day. Arriving from north Lincolnshire, ...

Here is the full text of the King’s Christmas broadcast: “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 ...

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 ...

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 has hugged and spoken with a cancer patient after attending the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service following her own “brutal” year with the disease. Kate, ...

An Amsterdam District Court has sentenced five men to up to six months in prison for violence that erupted around a Uefa ...

The generative AI boom continued at pace in 2024, with smartphones becoming a key battleground for the technology’s ...

December, with its short daylight hours, challenging weather and the Christmas holidays can be a difficult time for those already suffering ...

Moscow has launched a massive missile barrage on Christmas Day, with the aim of crippling energy infrastructure sites across Ukraine.

Police said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement’.