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.

SMOKERS across the region are being encouraged to stub out the cigs in 2025. Breathe, the Yorkshire and Humber tobacco control programme, has issued the plea as many people start to think about new ...

President Zoran Milanovic is seen as a favorite ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, although he is unlikely to score an outright victory.

Wellies, sequins and beer dominated the consumer year of washout weather, touring pop megastars and national sporting celebrations.

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 27 December https://t.co/EuA2NgKsTT pic.twitter.com/ZeK8loQF1D The Daily Mirror concentrates on two women who died in Milton ...

Preet Chandi reached the South Pole in 2022 and now wants to be the first woman to travel solo and unsupported to the North Pole.

The National Trust’s review of the year’s wildlife and weather sees past drought give way to wet, mild conditions in 2024.

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 ...

Researchers called for the widespread adoption of services that allow patients to self-refer without a GP consultation.

Stormontgate in 2002 led to the suspension of devolution and the reintroduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland.

NHS Blood and Transplant said the organs were provided by 11 donors after death and included a heart, lungs, kidneys, livers, pancreas and bowel.

On average, non-pensioners in the bottom half of the income distribution will see their real living standards rise very slightly – by 0.2%, the equivalent of £28, between 2024-25 and 2025-26 – while ...