The plane crashed while en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city Grozny in the North Caucasus.

The mildest start to Christmas Day on record has been recorded for Northern Ireland and Scotland. In Kinloss, Moray, temperatures reached 11.9C, while at Killowen, Co Down, it peaked at 11C for the 24 ...

POLICE on the Isle of Wight arrested a man suspected of a break-in. A 'beat bobby' with the South Wight Neighbourhoods Policing Team, who patrols Shanklin and Ventnor, arrested a man aged 33, on ...

Almost 800 runners, many wearing Father Christmas and elf costumes, crossed the finish line at the landmark Belfast venue.

One of the first babies born on Christmas Day in Scotland interrupted her parents’ Christmas Eve movie night after arriving early. Anne-Marie Hunt and Gordon Wilson, of Livingston, were just settling ...

King Charles will give his Christmas speech to the nation on Christmas Day. The ten-minute message will be the King’s third, having been delivered by Queen Elizabeth II since 1957 prior to 2022. It ...

Police said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement’.

Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur is eager to make up for lost time ahead of his return for the Boxing Day trip to Nottingham Forest. Bentancur has sat out Spurs’ last seven ...

The King attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service, after a “brutal” year in which he and his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, were both diagnosed with cancer.

Despite the backdrop of global wars and a continuing cost-of-living crisis, Britons still found time to have fun in 2024. From racing through mud on lawnmowers to riding penny farthings while dressed ...

Sight for Wight celebrates local writing talent with short story competition and stories read by Chesney Hawkes and Joe Pasquale ...

MUCH-LOVED local entertainer Derek Sandy has sent a special Christmas message, and sings a festive favourite to County Press readers across the Isle of Wight, from his Caribbean retreat.   SCROLL DOWN ...