On January 1, the country will become the first in the EU to introduce a ban on health and environmental grounds.

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A Wiltshire village’s streets came to life on a sleeping Boxing Day to the sound of bells and a dancing troupe. The Holt Morris Men took to the streets of the village in south of the county as part of ...

Ninety-six people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in South Korea. The National Fire Agency confirmed the death toll in the southern city of Maun. The ...

Here are all the details you need to know surrounding how to watch the New Year's Eve countdown. Like every year, BBC One and BBC iPlayer have a special programme in the build-up to the New Year being ...

At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping vehicles. One person died in the Liverpool area ...

Since being caught unaware by the lightning Ukrainian incursion in August, Russia has amassed more than 50,000 troops in the ...

A plane veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire at an airport in southern South Korea, killing at least 62 people, emergency officials said. The National Fire Agency said the fire was ...

The Sunday Times reports Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said middle-class families support proposals to introduce VAT on private school fees. SUNDAY TIMES: Middle classes support VAT on ...

A man and woman have been charged with the murder of 50-year-old Mark Dorrian in Newtownards. Mr Dorrian died in hospital after he was found unconscious with head injuries at a property in the West ...

The UK will be “brighter” on Sunday, ahead of a blast of snow and rain towards New Year’s Eve, the Met Office has said. Highs of 12C are expected in Exeter, Devon, with 10C across other parts of the ...

Parliament has come “quite some way in recent years” in terms of behaviour and culture, the Leader of the House of Commons has said, but there are “definitely things (…) which we could go further on”.