A brown bear in Kent receiving life-saving brain surgery and the “Hardest Geezer” running the entire length of Africa were among the most eye-catching uplifting moments of 2024. Here, the PA news ...

A union leader has called for 2025 to be a “year of delivery” for workers after 14 years of “Tory chaos”. TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said in his new year message that working people desperately ...

Four out of five drivers are frustrated that a Government-backed code of practice for private parking companies is still not in force five years after becoming law, a new survey suggests. Some 84% of ...

Concerns were raised about a former chief justice of Northern Ireland over allegations he “dislikes Jews as much as he dislikes Catholics”, according to newly released confidential documents. Mr ...

Kirk Marsden, from Blackburn, suffered multiple serious injuries after being hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser, police said.

Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the body of a woman was found six kilometres from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge.

A vigil has taken place at the spot where a husband and wife were killed in a hit-and-run incident in west Dublin. A man is still being questioned by gardai about the incident in Blanchardstown Road ...

Senegal has announced the closure of all foreign military bases, without setting a timeline for the exit of foreign troops. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko made the announcement on Friday during a ...

Travellers are being urged to check with their airline as air traffic restrictions are in place at several UK airports due to fog, Nats said.

Across New Year's, petrol stations on the Isle of Wight are adjusting their operating hours, with some offering limited services on both days.

As this is the final edition before the New Year, I thought I’d attempt the impossible: to summarise the mayhem, the madness, the discoveries, and the disasters that made 2024 on the Isle of Wight ...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust Charity's first Santa Dash raised £1,400 for patient care and staff wellbeing. On Sunday, December 15, runners of all ages, including children in sleighs, donned Santa suits ...