POPE Francis has proclaimed that 2025 will be a Jubilee Holy Year and encouragingly he has chosen hope as the main theme. We all know about hope in our expectations for good things to come our way.

Christmas is and always will be a mixture of what is sacred to the Church - the story of the incarnate Christ born in the humility of a stable in Bethlehem - and the secular fun and frivolities of ...

Two reporters were killed and several were wounded on Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, Haiti’s online media association said. A police ...

Authorities said 16 soldiers had been placed in custody and were being investigated for the disappearance of the minors.

Police said the two men, both aged 51, were each driving a lorry when they collided north of Caenby Corner on Tuesday.

The generative AI boom continued at pace in 2024, with smartphones becoming a key battleground for the technology’s ...

Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said the weather will be good for anyone travelling on Christmas Day but might not feel very festive.

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell (left) has been the Church’s second-in-command to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (Richard Heathcote/PA) The archbishop said the country had been “defined” by ...

Haiti’s online media association has confirmed that two reporters were killed and others were wounded in a gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital. Street ...

Downing Street would not be drawn on whether Sir Keir Starmer would like Lord Mandelson to work with Mr Farage.

Ayodele Jamgbadi, 28, of Kingston Road, Ilford, east London, is next due to appear in custody at Inner London Crown Court on January 7.

Irish musicians gathered in Dublin city centre for the annual Christmas Eve busk in aid of the homeless. Singers including Glen Hansard and Shobsy performed for hundreds of families and Santa-hat ...