All news by author: Antony Clements-Thrower

In 2018, contaminated strawberries sparked panic in Australia with hundreds of thousands having to be destroyed after some people reported finding sewing needles hidden inside the fruit

Elizabeth and David Emanuel, the designers of the then Lady Diana Spencer's wedding dress, have revealed the measures taken to keep its final look secret ahead of the 1981 Royal Wedding

The recent unsettled weather affecting the country is set to continue this weekend with several yellow warnings in place across the UK, with millions warned of snow, ice, wind and rain

Katherine Mielniczuk, also known as Kasia, travelled to Ukraine at the outbreak of the invasion last year to use her skills as a medic but her family has confirmed she was found dead on Christmas Eve

Euromillions players could end the year with more than £26 million in their bank accounts if they manage to match tonight's numbers with the lucky slip in their hands

In their wrap up of 2023, the Prince and Princess of Wales have shared another image from the family's father's day shoot as William poses with Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte

WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Pub The White Hart Inn, which hit headline this year for its racist dolls, is up for sale

William Brown, seven, was killed this month in Folkestone, Kent, and his family had to ask special permission for him to be buried in a closed graveyard which has been allowed by the King

The long range forecast has suggested the mercury around the UK is set to plummet in the days leading to the new year with a polar vortex set to make us shiver into 2024

Erin Patterson, charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder, will be supping on a simple dinner behind bars, before her next court appearance in 2024

Beijing, the capital of China, has been hit by the coldest December since records began as conditions have dipped as low as -15C in the north and central area of the country

Charles Dickens is believed to have based the infamous character of Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol on MP John Elwes, a renowned penny pincher and millionaire

Every year people take part in customs and practices going back hundreds of years as we tuck into turkey, exchange presents and pull crackers on December 25 - but why?

An XL Bully named Hank who bit his owner while he was having sex with his girlfriend is to be destroyed by Dyfed-Powys Police, amid calls for him to be released on appeal

John Riley, 75, looks forward to putting up his Christmas lights each year to bring "festive joy" to his neighbours in Southend-on-Sea but this month was ordered to take them back down

Clare Marshall vanished in the early hours of Monday, December 18, sparking a huge investigation by Police Scotland who have announced a body has now been found in a river

As people enjoy good cheer, our emergency services will be working as normal on Christmas Day and now a paramedic has revealed what working through festivities is like

Right Reverend Dr Iain Greenshields has shared how the Queen was at peace in Balmoral, her private Scottish residence in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, in the days before her death

A four-year-old boy was found with knife wounds at a home in Hackney, north London, on Wednesday and rushed to hospital, but died of his wounds, as police arrested a woman, 41

The UK Met Office has rolled out a yellow weather warning for Greater Manchester as well as huge swathes of northern England, Scotland and Ireland, which is expected to continue until 3pm

A new sub-variant of coronavirus, known as JN.1, is rampaging across the world and has so far been reported in 41 countries, including the USA, UK and France as the WHO keeps a close eye

Stefano Pirilli and his fiancé Antonietta Demasi had been flying home separately after seeing friends near Turin, Italy when a heavy mist descended, causing both light planes to crash

Blade Silvano, 40, was earlier this year unanimously found guilty of two charges of sexual assault by penetration after a trial at Cambridge Crown Court, but her sentencing was delayed

An interactive map has shown the world's most dangerous countries people might want to avoid visiting in 2024, including Ukraine, Libya and Iraq, according to International SOS

Jay Connaughton, 17, from Plymouth, Devon, was in agony from an abscess in his mouth but struggled to find an NHS dentist and ended up in hospital, where a tooth was removed