The hit, which took 39 years to become a Christmas number one, topped the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s poll.

A Met Office yellow warning, covering parts of the Highlands, Argyll and Bute, Perthshire and the Stirling area, is in force and runs until midday on Tuesday. Travel disruption and flooding could hit ...

Drivers are being urged not to travel on major routes for six hours on both Friday and Saturday to avoid the worst Christmas holiday traffic. The RAC and transport analytics company Inrix said roads ...

Humphries was back on the Alexandra Palace stage almost one year on from his memorable win against Luke Littler in the 2024 final ...

Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith is applying for an urgent question in the Commons on the influence of the United Front Work Department.

Sergio Gonzalez headed Leganes to a famous victory at Barcelona as the LaLiga leaders saw their advantage over the chasing pack evaporate. Gonzalez’s fourth-minute goal proved enough to claim a 1-0 ...

An Israeli airstrike hit a school and killed at least 16 people in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital.

Dianne Buswell’s travelled from Australia to watch her in the studio, and she said them seeing her lift the glitterball trophy was ...

Officials in San Francisco issued the city’s first ever tornado warning while on the opposite coast New York State was hit by ...

Batting collapses are hardly an alien concept in the all-or-nothing world of Bazball but England’s lowest scores of 2024 – ...

Ticket sales spiked five-fold when the Oasis tour was released and fans splashed out nearly £1 million at Wembley Stadium during Taylor Swift’s concert, while second-hand shopping soared in 2024 as ...

Nicola Sturgeon said she knows “nothing more” about the police investigation into SNP finances than she did when arrested just over 18 months ago. With Police Scotland’s Operation Branchform ...