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The King's message has alluded to the Bondi Beach and Manchester synagogue attacks as he paid tribute to those who show "spontaneous bravery" and put "themselves in harm's way to defend others".

Weather warnings and a cold health alert have been issued for parts of the UK on Christmas Day - as forecasters said those hoping for a white Christmas are likely to be disappointed.

Members of the coastguard and the RNLI searching for two men off a beach in Devon have been stood down.

Police say a woman in her 80s has died after a serious assault inside a flat in Wiltshire on Christmas Day.

Ukraine has hit a major Russian oil refinery with British missiles, Ukrainian military and security officials said on Thursday.

The Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte have delivered a surprise Christmas television performance, playing the piano together.

Julia Donaldson's loveable characters have been a staple of Christmas Day TV for more than a decade, but a lot of the drama around this year's story happened off screen after its creator threatened to pull the plug.

The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury has warned in her Christmas Day sermon that "conversations about immigration continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us".

Christmas may be the most wonderful time of the year - but not for some of Britain's prime ministers over the course of history.

A teenage British boy who was stabbed to death in Portugal has been named.