The festive events help to put cities on the map and attract millions of tourists.

Parts of Britain’s rail network will close for engineering work over the festive period - but is that the right time to do it?

The move comes days after President Donald Trump said that he was ordering a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

The government promises its animal welfare strategy will bring "the biggest reforms in a generation".

The Bondi shooting, and a deadly stabbing attack just last year, have left scores physically scarred and traumatised.

The BBC goes to a rebel-held part of Myanmar, ahead of a government-mandated election starting this month.

Dame Ann Limb tells the Sunday Times she did not complete a doctorate previously listed on her CV.

Pam Duncan-Glancy stood down as the party's education spokeswoman earlier this month after admitting a "serious error of judgement".

High-profile figures, including Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson, can be seen in the long-awaited files.

The government says the practice is being used as a "smokescreen" for the hunting of wild animals.