Pope Leo XIV has delivered his first Christmas Day homily, remembering the people of Gaza being “exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold” and saying the world’s conflicts can only be silenced through ...

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

Press Association photographers snapped festive revellers enjoying a Christmas swim and fans who flocked to see the royal family attend church.

Sir Stephen Fry has said the Prince of Wales and his family were “locked into” The Celebrity Traitors. The broadcaster and actor, 68, appeared in the first celebrity spin-off series of the hit BBC ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued a yellow cold health alert from 6pm on Thursday to noon on December 27 for south-west England, and the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind ...

A chocolate coin has helped spark the creation of an organisation after an interaction between a teacher and a child.

The US Justice Department said that it may need a “few more weeks” to release all of its records on the late sex offender ...

This week, the members of Somerset Camera Club have been taking photos of things that strike them as being Christmassy.

Beautifully presented 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Taunton’s sought-after Priorswood Road, guide price £320,000.

Magnolia House in Cheddar, once a 19th-century ladies’ school, for sale at £600k. Period features, three beds, near Bristol ...

Rev Preb Robin Lodge to deliver his final Christmas sermon at St Andrew’s Church, Taunton, before retiring in February after 35 years as a priest.

A £500 Summerfield Homes donation, via Somerset Community Foundation, has funded Ashill Village Hall’s repainting.