Ambulance response times were delayed in London overnight after technical issues in the control room.

Veteran broadcaster Tony Blackburn returns to BBC radio, announcing: "Good lord, I'm back."

New Year revellers are evacuated from a London pub gutted by a fire that started 30 minutes into 2017.

One winner scooped a £26m National Lottery jackpot on New Year's Eve, claiming the fifth biggest prize in the draw's history.

Gunmen attack a prison in Bahrain, freeing inmates convicted of terror offences, officials say.

The prime minister uses her new year message to call for unity after a "divisive" 2016.

Footage from the Dogan News Agency shows a gunman shooting outside Istanbul's Reina nightclub.

Scotland's first baby boxes for newborn children are delivered to mothers-to-be by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.