A pensioner was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve. A 70-year-old woman, who was a pedestrian, was struck by a car in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and died at the scene around 7pm on Tuesday.

Pictures show the extent of the high winds to coastal areas across the county, with a warning in place this New Year's Day ...

Seven people were killed in the Jabaliya area, a woman and child died in the Bureij refugee camp, and three people were killed in Khan Younis.

The PA news agency’s photographers provided unrivalled coverage of the world of politics this year as these first rate images show.

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the west Dorset coast, in place today.

On Wednesday morning 132 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, were in place for England, 10 for Wales and 32 for Scotland.

A software engineer has completed his year-long challenge of doing 300 press-ups every day in memory of his mother who had multiple sclerosis (MS), raising more than £10,000 for charity.

A 32-year-old man was arrested after one officer died and another was seriously injured in the incident in the South Island city of Nelson.

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”. The Met Office’s yellow warning that ...

The last crossings of the year took place on December 29, when 291 people made the journey from France in six boats.