Last year, on a bitter November day, I went hunting in the Home Counties. What I was left with, as well as a cold that lasted for weeks, was a profound sense that I had just witnessed something that is fast disappearing.

Duncan Ridgley says "it was like going through five Viking battles in a day".

Some popular shops will still be open for festive shopping trips, but they might have different opening times to be aware of

Amber Mason said once Ningnong the elephant realised there was something wrong he "started pulling away" [Amber Owen] A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago unharmed,

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has released a video message commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami.

December 26 marks 20 years since a major earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people including 26 Australians.