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”.

United’s 2-0 home defeat saw them suffer five league losses in the same calendar month for the first time since September 1962.

The UK faces a “year of rebuilding” while also “rediscovering the great nation that we are” in 2025, according to Sir Keir Starmer.

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

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

The 26-year-old’s future is set to be the subject of fevered speculation with his current Anfield deal due to expire in the summer.

Heavy rain and high winds are causing disruption in much of the country, with blizzards forecast in Scotland and widespread cancellation of New Year’s Eve events. Almost every part of the UK is ...

THERE is no escaping the fact that 2024 was a challenging year for many people living here in North Ayrshire. The Cost-of-Living Crisis has, sadly, endured and families and individuals have been under ...

Former pirate radio DJ Johnnie Walker joined the mainstream, soon becoming a successful BBC presenter and later veteran with a career spanning more than half of a century. The radio presenter, 79, ...

Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker has died at the age of 79, it has been announced. At the end of October, he presented his final Sounds Of The 70s show on BBC Radio 2 and hosted his last episode of The ...

Countries in the South Pacific Ocean were the first to welcome 2025, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in New York’s Times Square in the US. In Australia, an ...