Temperatures will be three or four degrees warmer this weekRevellers and early morning walkers welcome the clear skies The dry weather follows the wettest year on

Last summer saw the country's worst drought for more than 50 years, damaging crops across the Mid-West and making stretches of the Mississippi perilously shallow

Staff at Mount Carmel RC school in Accrington, Lancashire, made parodyIncludes men posing in changing rooms wearing only their towelsConservative Councillor Peter Britcliffe concerned pupils

Third of councils have or plan to introduce restrictions, new figures showPoll also says 60% of people are in favour of blanket ban in built-up

Masked man was tackled by police after disrupting Bristol's parade todayAngry crowd shout their disgust at man dressed in pink corset and devil hornsJose Paulo

By Mike Dawes PUBLISHED: 04:42 EST, 1 January 2013 | UPDATED: 06:07 EST, 1 January 2013 Andy Murray might have missed out on a knighthood in the New Year Honours

Christians prayed and sang in praise of Jesus Christ, whilst tons of fireworks lit the night sky amidst shouts of jubilation as Ghanaians gave

President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians, especially the youth, to play an active role in building the nation and to also strive to

By Thom Drake PUBLISHED: 05:29 EST, 1 January 2013 | UPDATED: 05:29 EST, 1 January 2013 Demba Ba is adamant that his selfless side will never leave him even if

By David Clough, Press Association PUBLISHED: 06:37 EST, 1 January 2013 | UPDATED: 06:46 EST, 1 January 2013 Cricket journalist and former president of the Marylebone Cricket Club, Christopher Martin-Jenkins,

WW1 fighters were convalescing in temporary hospital in SheprethPictures have been posted on website of new local history societyVillagers said their relatives had worked as

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The measure now goes to the House where a vote could come Tuesday A statement from House leadership made no promises Under the Senate package, taxes

Body, believed to be Mr Henley, 50, found near Los RealejosAlarm raised when he failed to return to UK on December 18 By Sean O'hare PUBLISHED: 06:47

Images from Swansea, Newcastle, Birmingham and Liverpool reveal anticsA drunken girl in Swansea seen dragging an uprooted plant along streetA man in Newcastle bleeding from

One staff member hurt in robbery at flagship store on New Year's EveHooded gunmen grabbed piles of gadgets before fleeing police in a vanBlack market

George Reszeter waited at the spot after hearing about the event last yearThe photographer said it looked as though 'a zip in the sky had

Plane heading to Edinburgh from Geneva diverted to Luton at 2pm yesterdayOil began leaking into one of two engines, forcing the pilot to shut it

Jordan Cobb, 16, was seen jumping from ferry into River Tamar last nightSearches also continuing for 41-year-old man swept into sea in BlackpoolMeanwhile a man

About 60 people were crushed to death in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan overnight after a New Year's Eve fireworks display, an emergency official

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