Fifteen people died and dozens more were injured when gunmen opened fire on a crowd of more than 1,000 celebrating Hanukkah.

PLANS for a record-breaking £1.6billion investment in the region’s public transport network included a new railway station in Daresbury.

He flew to the UK on Boxing Day and was reunited with his son, who lives in Brighton, after a travel ban was lifted.

Posts have emerged dating back to 2010 in which the activist appears to call for violence towards Zionists and the police.

The Scottish Labour leader said he is certain his loyalty, his ‘identity’ and his ‘belonging and commitment to Scotland’ will be questioned.

MPs, campaigners and victims of violent crime urge the Government to introduce changes to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

The National Trust’s annual round up of the year shows the impacts of climate-fuelled extremes on landscapes and wildlife.

Opposition parties at Westminster all said their main priority for the coming year were the local and devolved elections in May.

Regional airports are among those facing the steepest increases in business rates in the UK amid an overhaul of the way the tax is calculated.

Concern was expressed about the image of “superiority” that would be conveyed by the royal yacht arriving into Irish harbours as part of a mooted visit in the summer of 1996.

Irish officials urged that the matter be raised with British officials in ‘strong terms’ with British authorities.

A raft of major UK retail and hospitality brand shut down stores across the UK this year, amid pressure on consumer finances and rising costs.