The year has not been short of dramatic events and developments, and here the PA news agency provides a month by month look back on 2024.

Elon Musk started 2024 as the controversial owner of a social media platform, but ends it as one of the most powerful ...

The National Trust says 2024 was good for trees, heather and seals but bad for bees, butterflies, bats and natterjack toads.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out at 6.05pm on Boxing Day after reports of someone in the River Nidd in Knaresborough. A service spokesman said: “Crews from Knaresborough and ...

Croatia’s left-leaning president is running for re-election this weekend against an array of contenders, including the candidate backed by the conservative government. An outspoken critic of Western ...

A COUPLE have vowed never to visit a North Yorkshire seaside resort again because they were beaten up by a thug with a history of violence.

A thug who carried out two “disgusting and degrading” attacks on police officers after allegedly writing off his grandmother’s car has ...

A second-hand tumble dryer, a burial plot offer, and a toilet seat have been named among the UK's worst Christmas gifts following a Which? survey.

The Eagle S is flagged in the Cook Islands but was described by Finnish customs officials as a suspected part of Russia’s ...

An Israeli strike has killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said.

Azerbaijan observed a nationwide day of mourning on Thursday for the victims of a plane crash in which 38 people were killed ...

Communities and firefighters across Australia’s second-most populous state are preparing for potentially devastating ...