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The coming year will be one of much-delayed pension reform, President Emmanuel Macron told the French in a New Year's Eve speech on Saturday.

If you are superstitious you might take the deadline a bit more seriously than most, as it's believed that it can bring bad luck into the New Year if you take yours down too early

Several centimetres of snow and -9C temperatures are set to fall this evening as 2023 arrives, with more freezing conditions set to follow in the first weeks of January

Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted his annual New Year's address on Saturday to rallying the Russian people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine and pledging victory over Ukrainian "neo-Nazis" and a West supposedly intent on "destroying Russia". In a stern and combative recorded video message, broadcast on national television, Putin…

EastEnders is lining up a dramatic New Year for residents of Walford, in the fallout to a devastating Christmas death

The exhausted-looking Russian President - who is rumoured to be suffering from cancer - gave a nine-minute New Year's address - but eagle-eyed viewers recognised one of the faces alongside him

The buildings have been home to various clubs for many years

Dogs terrified and stressed out when they hear the loud bangs of fireworks