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The annual Santacon pub crawl describes itself as 'a non-profit, non-political, non-religious and non-sensical Christmas parade'. Party-goers were seen in Times Sqaure in New York and London.

Princesses Beatrice, 31, and Eugenie, 29, oozed style and radiance as they made their way to a Christmas party held by Russian tycoon and owner of the Evening Standard Evgeny Lebedev.

Some 111 contestants donned costumes as they performed at the ExCeL convention centre in east London this afternoon. Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh was crowned the winner.

The test was conducted on Friday at the Sohae satellite launch site, KCNA said, citing a spokesman for North Korea's Academy of Defence Science, without specifying what sort of testing occurred.

Police have now named the suspected murder victim, whose body was found in a village in Cheshire, as Alex Rodda. Alex's body was discovered on Friday morning.

Paris remains the worst hit as strikers warn of similar disruptions on Sunday and Monday. Unions have also announced a mass protest for Tuesday when tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets again.

Motorbike-riding gunmen opened fire on the 35-year-old and another Briton, 28, during a violent struggle in Buenos Aires where the tourists refused to give up their possessions.

Nigel Farage (pictured), whose party contested 275 seats and took 2 per cent of votes but won no seats, said pressure would have to be reapplied if PM does not live up to his promise of getting Brexit done.

A group of 150 climate activists gathered with placards while shouting slogans such as 'Tax the plane, take the train' as 25 police officers arrested them and relocated them to Haarlmmermeer.

Blood was seen splattered on Caroline Flack's front door in north London this morning after the presenter was charged with assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.

JAN MOIR: Andrews Neil and Marr and John Bercow jostled for supremacy during the rolling coverage of the UK election, with fangs poised for the killer soundbite.

The car crashed into a traffic light and hit three pedestrians on Great Eastern Road outside the Stratford Centre at around 8.49am today.

Prince Andrew has been spotted riding in Windsor (pictured) after photographs emerged of him surrounded by 'a bevy of topless beauties' on a yacht off Thailand in 2001.

STEPHEN DAISLEY: Nicola Sturgeon's party went from 35 seats to 48, halving the Scottish Tory MP group and taking Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson's seat of East Dunbartonshire.

Thousands of homes were left without power in southwestern France as fierce winds swept across the Atlantic coast with gusts of around 140 km/h (85 mph) according to officials.

AMANDA PLATELL: Standing defiant and alone on a rocky outcrop on the cover of Time Magazine, she looks out over a world in peril that she is seeking to save.

The adorable rescue puppy adopted by the PM and who starred on the campaign trail with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds is now top dog in No 10.

The deepest point was found to be under the Denman Glacier in East Antarctica and was discovered by Glaciologists at the University of California, Irvine.

The shadow justice secretary, who is one of Jeremy Corbyn's most trusted lieutenants, fuelled speculation he was poised to enter the race.

Boris Johnson says he will refuse to extend the Brexit transition period beyond the end of next year but EU politicians are considering asking for it to be pushed back themselves.

The man said he disagreed with Jeremy Corbyn's support for 'terrorists'. Neil Kinnock won just 229 seats in 1987 General Election - as many as 26 more than the current Labour leader.

The Prime Minister, 55, walked side by side with his 31-year-old girlfriend as he arrived at a private London residence for a Christmas party held by Russian tycoon Evgeny Lebedev.

The pro-EU former Cabinet minister, who helped topple Margaret Thatcher in 1990, admitted 'we've lost' and 'Brexit is going to happen' after Boris Johnson's comprehensive election victory.

They tore into Mr Corbyn after he led them to an embarrassing demolition by Boris Johnson's Conservatives in their northern heartlands as the so-called 'Red Wall' was knocked down.

Sir Rod Stewart is facing backlash from angry Celtic fans and Scottish nationals after he congratulated Boris Johnson for his General Election win.

Dr Wei Zheng, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, and colleagues found the shocking results after testing 84,000 people in China who had been slim in early adulthood.

Storm Atiyah began to show its teeth last night but this did not dampen the spirits of merrymakers in Leeds, Birmingham and Blackpool as they began their festivities.

Joel Turner bought a sandwich from one of the supermarket's stores in Stroud, Gloucestershire. But the 32-year-old was left disappointed with his £1.99 purchase after he sat down to eat it.

Giovanni Gambino, an heir of the Gambino crime family, thinks Trump's personal attorney would quickly flip on colleagues if they started to turn on him.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: To future generations, the names of toppled Labour strongholds will tell the story of Boris Johnson's tidal wave.

Former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who was sacked by Mr Johnson in July, is rumoured to replace ex-Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan, who has stood down as an MP.

UN climate talks in Madrid, which were addressed earlier this week by teenage activist Greta Thunberg are facing collapse after rich and poor nations failed to secure a deal.

Cheryl Bilsborrow, from Lancashire, was 43 years old when she fell pregnant with her fourth child. She was encouraged to have a screening for Down's syndrome because of her age, which she attended.

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta have reunited in their iconic Grease costumes for the first time since they appeared in the 1978 musical.

Omar al-Bashir was sentenced today to two years' detention in a correctional centre for corruption. The charges against him stemmed from the millions of dollars he received from Saudi.

Twitter has unveiled its top trends of the year complete with a list of it's most retweeted posts of 2019 and the most used emoji.

The video shows the man with one leg across his knee, cramped against the back of an economy seat on an unknown flight.

Three boys and two girls aged 15 to 18 were arrested on Friday for murder. Footage showed rival groups throwing bricks at each other and killing a 70-year-old man in Hong Kong.

Several customers suffered cuts when the man, said to be in his 80s, smashed into the window of the in-store cafe at Tesco in Princess Alice Drive retail park, just before 11am on Saturday.

The clique running the Labour Party clearly regarded compromise as betrayal, because it dilutes their ideology. But the real betrayal is to have failed to compromise and thus to have achieved nothing.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has created a new regulatory agency to oversee and censor content. Soap operas are not allowed to include any sex scenes, blasphemy or politics.

The Prime Minister went to Sedgefield, the former seat of Tony Blair, which was a brick in the so-called Red Wall that collapsed in the face of a blue wave on Thursday night.

A senior police official confirmed the raid was made early Saturday morning in eastern Lahore, but Hassan Niazi (left, with comedian Russell Brand) was not there.

Greater Manchester Police said they responded to reports of a double stabbing on Atherton Road in Hindley, Greater Manchester, at about 10.30am today.

In a message posted on Facebook by Ben Corbyn with his brothers, Tommy and Seb, they said defeat 'hurt' and they praised the north London MPs record of campaigning for the 'less fortunate'.

Snowfall has left the border of County Durham and Cumbria blanketed in white this morning as snow blizzards rage in parts of the midlands and northeast.

The Scottish National Party now holds 48 of the 59 Scottish seats, up from 35, which Ms Sturgeon believes strengthens her case for a new referendum on breaking up the United Kingdom.

A worker at Wayne Walker in Stoke (pictured) called police after hearing banging from the truck. Officers found the pregnant woman and she was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital.

Noel Thomas was among more than 550 sub-postmasters who brought a group legal action against the Post Office over its use of Horizon.

Abbamonte, 53, who also works as a film producer/actress, says Jolie stole her idea for the first ever deaf superhero for the upcoming movie The Eternals.