Swimmers take part in an early Christmas Day dip on Boscombe beach in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA) Some members of the Serpentine Swimming Club were in fancy dress for the Peter Pan Cup race, which is ...

A 39-year-old man was shot dead by armed police on Christmas Eve. West Mercia Police said officers were called by West Midlands Ambulance Service to an address in Redditch, Worcestershire, at around ...

Forty-two people are likely to have died in an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, Kazakhstan’s emergency ministry has said. The ministry confirmed in a statement on the ...

My very best wishes to everyone in Slough and beyond for a merry Christmas and happy holidays. I hope you all enjoy this festive period spent ...

A review of the different news stories that took place in Slough throughout the first half of 2024, as reported on by the Slough Observer reporters.

A 101-year-old Windsor care home resident has shared her advice for living a long and happy life – 'avoid fast food and grow your own healthy produce'.

Police said the two men, both aged 51, were each driving a lorry when they collided north of Caenby Corner on Tuesday.

He is expected to say the Church must “kneel in penitence and adoration” this Christmas and “be changed”. Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin is giving the Christmas Day sermon from Canterbury ...

The generative AI boom continued at pace in 2024, with smartphones becoming a key battleground for the technology’s development as Samsung, Google and Apple all introduced new AI tools to their ...

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell (left) has been the Church’s second-in-command to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (Richard Heathcote/PA) The archbishop said the country had been “defined” by ...

Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said the weather will be good for anyone travelling on Christmas Day but might not feel very festive.

Nigel Farage has said he would be willing to help incoming ambassador to the US Lord Mandelson negotiate with the Trump administration. Labour peer Lord Mandelson has indicated he believes the Reform ...