The Latest Breaking News from New Year

The world's eight billion people Saturday ushered in 2023, bidding farewell to a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi's World Cup glory and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele and former pope Benedict. Many were ready to set aside pinched budgets and a…

Terry Burt, from Denton, ballooned to 23 stone

Brits up and down the country were in high spirits as they partied in bars and clubs or went to firework displays with friends as the booze flowed on New Year's Eve despite the wind and rain

There's bound to be some people who fancy a McDonald's today

The soap star, 40, announced the surprise New Year's Eve proposal earlier this evening, praising her long-term partner and their "next chapter".

Russia acknowledged that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war's deadliest strikes, drawing demands from nationalist bloggers for commanders to be punished for housing soldiers alongside an ammunition dump.

The leaders of Ukraine and Russia both vowed to push for victory in New Year speeches, but while Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke of gratitude and pain, Vladimir Putin urged duty to Russia, casting the war as a near-existential fight.

WESTMINSTER parties are being urged to respect Scottish democracy and stop blocking indyref2 in 2023.

Union bosses have warned they "will not be broken" as Scots public sector workers get ready to walk out in the new year.

January 1 is the perfect day to head out into the Scottish countryside and shake off the Hogmanay hangover and, fortunately, there are countless picturesque spots around the country.

PATTANI: Bullets were fired at an army base and four small fires were set in four districts of this southern border province late on Saturday night, police said, in an apparent attempt to disrupt the New Year's Eve holiday.