The cost of a TV licence is to rise by £5 to £174.50 in April 2025. The fee is due to increase in line with inflation each year until 2027, following an agreement made in 2022. The fee pays for BBC ...

Rats and mice might be spotted in the day depending on human activity but they can also be seen exploring at night.

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has ordered the country’s parliament to be dissolved and set new elections for February 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing ...

A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate. Footage of the guard and male prisoner was shared with prisoners at HMP Five Wells, Northamptonshire, the ...

Scotland welcomed 2024 in explosive style with the traditional fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle at the Hogmanay street party. The 12 months which followed saw electoral change, footballing ...

Soap supremo Sir Phil Redmond says that “courage has gone out of broadcasting” in recent years, and suggested that TV watchdog rules should be broken more often. TV writer Sir Phil, who created ...

The former world number one served a one-month ban after a positive test for the angina medication trimetazidine.

The billionaire’s control of X, formerly Twitter, has helped him expand his impact offline over the last 12 months.

Essex Police's Stolen Vehicle Intelligence Unit (SVIU) have recovered £13.5 million of stolen vehicles and parts across 2024.

A police probe has been launched after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted by two men in the Sunrooms2 nightclub.

The victim reported being approached by two unknown men near Harry Ramsden’s, in Old Steine, around 3.30am on Saturday.

FIREFIGHTERS work hard to put out a fire in the roof of a pub in Essex, with more crews requested due to the size of the blaze.