A young woman has lost her life after a fire ripped through a house in Oxford this morning. The 25-year-old is yet to be named and died in hospital, after the fire broke out in the city’s suburb of Headington. Police raced
Sadiq Khan has come under criticism after last night’s fireworks display (Image: GETTY/BBC) Sadiq Khan has triggered a furious backlash on social media after last night’s spectacular fireworks display in London, with one critic branding him a “narcissist”, and another accusing him
A murder investigation has been launched after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in London on New Year’s Eve. The teenager died following an attack in Primrose Hill on Sunday night. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at around 11.40pm
Sadiq Khan stumbled through an awkward New Year’s Eve interview in which he was put on the spot over London’s knife crime epidemic – and asked to explain why the capital was “doing so badly”. Mr Khan was interviewed by Sky News’s
There are a lot of rituals — some more superstitious than others — that happen in the minutes leading up to the New Year. Watching the ball drop in Times Square, listing out resolutions, and sharing a toast and a kiss when
While Britons are still enjoying their New Year’s Eve morning, some across the world are already welcoming 2024. At 11am GMT, people in Auckland, New Zealand, erupted in cheers as they marked the end of 2023 and the beginning of the new
Millions of Brits are set to face New Year’s Eve chaos as Met Office issues a severe alert as Storm Henk batters the UK with high winds and tornados. Ahead of New Year’s Eve the Met Office has put in place a
A lavish castle can be rented to say goodbye to 2023 with a bang – but a similar New Year’s Eve experience would cost thousands. One of the most exclusive properties available on short-term rental website Airbnb is Luttrellstown Castle Resort, a
A British medic who travelled to the Ukraine to volunteer on the front line has been found dead in her bed after 18 months abroad. Katherine Mielniczuk, also known as Kasia, travelled to the Ukraine in 2022 in the hope of using
Bye-bye, bubbly? Champagne may be in short supply rather soon, according to ClimateAI, a climate resilience platform based in San Francisco. The company said the changing global climate could threaten the popular celebratory beverage. ClimateAI’s artificial intelligence-driven data has suggested that hundreds