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.

The Royal Mint has unveiled five new commemorative coins as part of it's 2025 annual set including a Red Arrows 50p and Queen Mother £5 design.

Alex Ballinger, MP for Halesowen, has welcomed major legislation to crack down on water companies polluting Britain’s rivers, lakes and seas - ...

Libby Mae’s Little Angels has now been awarded £500 by Taylor Wimpey North Midlands after being announced as the winner of the housebuilder’s community chest competition.

Combs is in jail in New York awaiting a criminal trial on federal sex trafficking charges. He also faces a wave of sexual assault lawsuits, many of which were filed by the plaintiff’s lawyer, Tony ...

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 ...

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

The National Trust says 2024 was good for trees, heather and seals but bad for bees, butterflies, bats and natterjack toads.

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.

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.