Christmas Day falling on a Wednesday is expected to ease some of the congestion on the roads during the annual festive getaway. The AA predicts visits to friends and family are likely to be more spread out than normal..

Sheridan Smith has joined childrens TV series Thunderbirds Are Go. The actress will voice Scraps, "a fearless urban explorer and junk collector", in the ITV and CITV show..

Experts believe they have discovered the earliest family photograph taken at Stonehenge. English Heritage asked people to send in their pictures to mark 100 years of public ownership of the prehistoric monument...

Debris believed to be from a plane carrying 38 people that vanished two days ago en route to the Antarctic has been discovered, Chiles Air Force has said. General Eduardo Mosqueira said "sponge" material, possibly from the planes fuel tank, was found floating roughly 20 miles from the place the C-130 Hercules last had radio contact..

Arsenal interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg admits recent injuries will put a "strain" on his squad as he prepares to name a much-changed side for Thursdays Europa League clash with Standard Liege. Ljungberg guided the Gunners to victory at West Ham on Monday night to end a nine-match winless streak and secure his first success since replacing Unai Emery after the Spaniard was sacked last month..

1 - Steve McClaren was sacked as QPR manager. Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring as Arsenal beat Newcastle 2-0 in the Premier League. Everton said they were investigating a video which allegedly showed England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford at the centre of a street brawl in Sunderland..