A pensioner was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve. A 70-year-old woman, who was a pedestrian, was struck by a car in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and died at the scene around 7pm on Tuesday.

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A pier will be closed today due to strong winds battering the coast. Worthing Borough Council has announced that Worthing Pier will not open for New Year's Day as "dangerously high winds" impact ...

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

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Katie Boulter booked Great Britain’s spot in the quarter-finals of the United Cup with victory over Australia’s Olivia Gadecki. After their win over Argentina in the team competition on Monday, ...

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 ...

A total of 36,816 people were detected crossing the Channel in small boats during 2024, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. This is 25% higher than the 29,437 people who arrived in ...

The Olympic star shared the news in a video on Instagram showing her two sons, seven-year-old Albie and one-year-old Monty, wearing T-shirts declaring they are going to be big brothers before ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested after one officer died and another was seriously injured in the incident in the South Island city of Nelson.

The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show. Some 36,816 people made the journey in 2024, ...

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