The year has not been short of dramatic events and developments, and here the PA news agency provides a month by month look back on 2024.

A MENTAL health charity co-founder is ‘proud’ to have completed the last leg of an epic long distance 263-mile run.

The National Trust says 2024 was good for trees, heather and seals but bad for bees, butterflies, bats and natterjack toads.

A MAN with ‘an enviable history of drug related offending’ has been sentenced after he was caught in possession of a Class A drug.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife is said to have instructed a former aide to organise protests against political opponents.

WE’VE taken a look back at some of the most shocking court cases we reported on from the Crown Court this year.

CUMBRIANS have won a total of over £1.3 million in the final premium bonds draw of 2024. National Savings and Investment (NS&I) announced the 2024 December winners for premium bonds at the start of ...

Two Jason Myers field goals were enough to give the Seattle Seahawks a 6-3 win over the Chicago Bears. Having opened the scoring on the first drive of the game, Myers’ second effort from 50 yards with ...

AN inquest into the death of a well-known poultry farmer who was rushed to hospital after an incident on his farmland has been opened.

Combs is in jail in New York awaiting a criminal trial on federal sex trafficking charges. He also faces a wave of sexual assault lawsuits, many of which were filed by the plaintiff’s lawyer, Tony ...

The UK does not “make as much use of open prisons” as it could, a former Conservative justice minister has suggested. David Gauke, who is leading the Government’s sentencing review, also told the ...

Willy’s Chocolate Experience proved to be a sparsely-decorated flop (Felicia Dawkins/PA) Visitors paid up to £35 a ticket for what promised to be a confectionery-themed wonderland, but disappointed ...