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BBC

New Year's Eve trains disrupted by cable theft

The disruption is now likely to last until the end of New Year's Eve, according to National Rail.

7 hours ago

BBC

New Year's Eve trains disrupted by cable theft

The Guardian

Staying in with the old: the best films to watch on New Year’s Eve

For those not going out to celebrate, you can still party with Harry and Sally, play cards with Jack Lemmon and make merry hell at the Overlook Hotel At the end of any especially troublesome year it’s always good to revisit The Apartment, Billy Wilder’s brilliantly bleak comedy of office politics ...

11 hours ago

The Guardian

Staying in with the old: the best films to watch on New Year’s Eve

The Guardian

New Year’s Eve live: Sydney fireworks ring in 2026 as Asia sees in the new year ahead of Europe and the US

Join our live coverage as we cross the globe to enter the new year Sydney is the self-appointed “world capital of new year’s eve” and arguably rightly so. As always, eyes will be on the Opera House at 13:00 GMT when fireworks will light up the sky in spectacular fashion. But there are also huge ...

22 minutes ago

The Guardian

New Year’s Eve live: Sydney fireworks ring in 2026 as Asia sees in the new year ahead of Europe and the US

The Independent

New Year’s Eve fireworks: Best UK displays to ring in 2026

Not all cities will host official firework displays this year – here are some of the best

3 hours ago

The Independent

New Year’s Eve fireworks: Best UK displays to ring in 2026

The Independent

Cable thieves cause New Year’s Eve train disruption

The incident occurred at Conisbrough, between Doncaster and Sheffield

4 hours ago

The Independent

Cable thieves cause New Year’s Eve train disruption

The Independent

Palace of Westminster security staff among workers set to strike on New Year’s Eve

A persistent wave of strike action unfolded in 2025 despite the government’s efforts to mend industrial relations

6 hours ago

The Independent

Palace of Westminster security staff among workers set to strike on New Year’s Eve

The Independent

Mary Flanagan vanished 66 years ago. A look inside the UK’s longest-running missing person case

Her family thought she was going to a New Year’s Eve party. She was never seen again. Six decades on, Mary Flanagan’s disappearance remains one of Britain’s most haunting mysteries. Harriette Boucher looks inside Britain’s longest missing person case

5 hours ago

Mary Flanagan vanished 66 years ago. A look inside the UK’s longest-running missing person case

BBC

Passenger describes 'chaos' after head-on Machu Picchu train collision

Tourist Niels Honkoop says shattered glass littered the carriage floor and injured people were lying in the aisles.

47 minutes ago

Passenger describes 'chaos' after head-on Machu Picchu train collision

The Independent

Queen Camilla speaks for the first time about being assaulted on a train

Queen Camilla spoke publicly for the first time about her own experience of indecent assault as she called for greater focus on stopping young boys from becoming abusive men

5 hours ago

Queen Camilla speaks for the first time about being assaulted on a train

The Independent

Police release CCTV footage of man after woman sexually assaulted on train

Officers believe the man may have information that would help the investigation

5 hours ago

Police release CCTV footage of man after woman sexually assaulted on train

Sky News

Queen was 'so angry' and 'fought back' after being assaulted on train as teenager

The Queen has spoken publicly for the first time about being assaulted on a train as a teenager, in an incident that left her "so angry".

8 hours ago

Queen was 'so angry' and 'fought back' after being assaulted on train as teenager

BBC

Nurse 'lucky to be alive' after crowbar attack at hospital

Nurse Megan Lynch was stood at a vending machine when she was hit over the head with the crowbar.

3 hours ago

Nurse 'lucky to be alive' after crowbar attack at hospital

BBC

EU's top diplomat rejects Russian claims of Ukrainian attack on government sites

It comes as Russia releases video which it claims shows a downed Ukrainian drone launched at one of Putin's residences.

1 hour ago

EU's top diplomat rejects Russian claims of Ukrainian attack on government sites

BBC

Sydney sends message of peace for New Year's after Bondi terror attack

The words peace and unity were projected onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as thousands gathered to watch the annual fireworks.

2 hours ago

Sydney sends message of peace for New Year's after Bondi terror attack

The Independent

Six injured in ‘shock’ hospital attack after assault by man with metal bar

The assault took place on Tuesday at a hospital in Newton-le-Willows

56 minutes ago

Six injured in ‘shock’ hospital attack after assault by man with metal bar

The Guardian

Oldham child gang-rape suspect later attempted to murder wife

Exclusive: Greater Manchester police ignored claim ‘Offender J’ among men who had abused 12-year-old, paperwork shows ‘They thought we were problem children’: how grooming victims were failed in Oldham A grooming gang suspect who had escaped investigation because of a string of police failings ...

1 hour ago

Oldham child gang-rape suspect later attempted to murder wife

The Independent

Woman charged with murder after Christmas Day death of pensioner

Police were called to reports of an assault on Christmas morning at a flat in Devizes, Wiltshire

1 hour ago

Woman charged with murder after Christmas Day death of pensioner

Sky News

Murder charge after man, 34, killed when car hit pedestrians

A man has been charged with murder after a 34-year-old was killed when a car hit pedestrians in north west London on 3 December.

39 minutes ago

Murder charge after man, 34, killed when car hit pedestrians

Sky News

Woman charged with murder after Christmas Day death

A woman has been charged with murder after the death of another woman on Christmas Day.

9 hours ago

Woman charged with murder after Christmas Day death