Technology in smartwatches could help people quit smoking, according to researchers who have developed an app which intervenes when movements indicating cigarette use are detected. The team at the ...

One disappointed tourist said they tried to get tickets back to London because the fireworks were still happening there.

Pupils, parents and teachers face “paying the price” of a new tax on private school fees, the Conservatives have warned after the Chancellor welcomed an end to the “VAT break”. Rachel Reeves has vowed ...

Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker’s wife Tiggy has raised a glass to her “most devoted, loving husband” on New Year’s Eve after he died aged 79. In a post on X, she shared a picture of a bottle and ...

Singer Robbie Williams kicked off new year celebrations in Australia with a performance outside Sydney Opera House. The 50-year-old headlined ABC’s New Year’s Eve Party in the city, where 2025 has ...

London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks event will go ahead at midnight despite weather concerns across the UK, Sir Sadiq Khan confirmed. Much of the country faces heavy rain and strong winds, and even snow ...

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of ‘rewarding the failing Sadiq Khan’.

From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and exciting live performances.

Tony Blackburn has paid tribute to radio DJ Johnnie Walker after he died at the age of 79, describing him as a “fine broadcaster and very good friend”. It comes after Walker’s death was announced on ...

Liverpool have rejected Real Madrid’s first expression of interest in signing Trent Alexander-Arnold, according to reports. The 26-year-old’s future is set to be the subject of fevered speculation ...

Police have arrested two people on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was "stabbed" at an Oxfordshire shopping park.