Some residents have been asked to evacuate where flood warnings have been issued, Manchester City Council said.

Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community collected hundreds of bags of litter in towns and cities across the UK as part of an annual New Year clean-up. More than 1,700 people took part in the event ...

A loud bang, a burst of red, white and blue confetti and lots of cheering marked the start of the rain-soaked and delayed London New Year’s Day Parade. Hundreds of umbrellas went up at the time the ...

The League One clash between Wigan and Huddersfield was also postponed earlier on Wednesday due to flooding in the area. Despite the pitch at the Brick Community Stadium being playable, the game ...

The out-of-favour United forward was unhappy at a report claiming he had met with a leading sports agency to try to hasten a move away from the club.

A 17-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after a stabbing in south London on New Year’s Day. The Metropolitan Police said they were informed by the London Ambulance Service of a stabbing ...

Weather conditions failed to deter those determined to welcome the New Year. At South Queensferry in Scotland, the annual Loony Dook saw many immerse themselves in the chilly waters of the Firth of ...

He was the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence.

A Co Armagh community is still in shock over the deaths of a father and son in a crash just two days after Christmas, their funeral has heard. Peter Devlin and his son Loughlin, from Killylea, were ...

In Berlin, 30 police officers and one firefighter were injured in confrontations or attacks, leading to 400 arrests, city officials said.

The incident in the city’s bustling French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day is being investigated as a terrorist attack.

Sailors of the Royal Navy were recalled to HMS Somerset (right) to shadow Russian corvette RFS Soobrazitelny (left) and ro-ro transporter/support ship MV Sparta II (centre) for 500 miles in the North ...