New Year

Being stuck at home can be a challenging experience for everyone, but not being so hard on ourselves is be key to staying mentally healthy.

Health & Wellbeing

Health: Carbs, plants and a drink at bedtime… Self-help books promise a new you

January 9, 2021

Slimmer Katy Graham

Health & Wellbeing

New year, new me: Bank boss hails sons as inspiration for shedding six stones

January 5, 2021

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Snacking, drinking and bad habits during Covid lead to healthy changes for 2021

January 4, 2021

Baby Ciaran was born shortly after the new year started (NHS Lanarkshire/PA)

Little Ciaran holds back for New Year’s Day birth

January 1, 2021

Confetti lies on the street after the New Year’s Eve ball dropped in a nearly empty Times Square in New York early on January 1 2021 (Craig Ruttle/AP)

In Pictures: Then-and-now images show contrast in New Year’s Eve celebrations

January 1, 2021

The church in Essex was damaged (Essex Police/PA)

Three arrested after revellers trash 500-year-old church on New Year’s Eve

January 1, 2021

Two people stand in an empty St Peter’s Square, at the Vatican as Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer in his studio (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Pope pushes through nerve pain to give new year’s blessing

January 1, 2021

Baby Isabelle was born at 12.54am on New Year’s Day (NHS Lothian/PA)

First-footer little Isabelle makes 2021 special for ‘delighted’ parents

January 1, 2021

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has written a New Year card to the public, thanking them for their trust and support ‘in the difficult times’ and wishing them happiness and good health (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP)

Kim Jong Un thanks North Korean people in rare New Year cards

January 1, 2021

People were told not to gather to celebrate the new year amid tough coronavirus restrictions (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Police break up Hogmanay gatherings at Edinburgh landmarks

January 1, 2021

New Year’s Eve ended with a whimper in London and Edinburgh (Jonathan Brady/PA)

In Pictures: Empty streets bring curtain down on terrible year

December 31, 2020