Watch live as Santa Claus begins his yearly lap around the world, being pulled by his nine reindeer to deliver presents to ...

Ruben Amorim has questioned the “choices” of people surrounding Marcus Rashford while offering his support to the Manchester ...

Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup, who picked up the call that night, played along and assured the child he was Santa. As more calls poured in, he assigned an officer to handle the queries, starting a ...

Britons hoping for white Christmas set to be disappointed as conditions improve after bad weather caused widespread ...

When did the gnome become the unofficial symbol of the festive season? Katie Rosseinsky explores how these bearded, ...

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A star-studded cast of famous faces has backed the Brick by Brick campaign - including everyone from the PM Sir Keir Starmer, to Dame Joanna Lumley, Dame Helen Mirren, the Queen, Olivia Colman, ...

A man has denied obstructing Tower Bridge during a pro-Palestine protest earlier this year. Esteban Gonzalez, 26, pleaded not ...

The remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost in Russia’s Siberia have been unveiled to the ...

Researchers identified that at least three of these remains belonged to women, accompanied by what they described as a “small treasure trove” of jewellery, including glass beads, silver coins, and a ...