Russia fired 597 drones and decoys, with 26 cruise missiles, into Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said.

It was two days before Christmas in 1968 when a photographer from the Southend Standard – the Echo’s predecessor – visited a 23-year-old Miss (now Dame) Helen Mirren at her home in Leigh to take some ...

Live Aid revellers have recalled what it was like to watch the historic gig at Wembley Stadium, 40 years on. The London venue has collated stories from stars of the show, staff and fans in a online ...

Live Aid remains one of the most iconic events ever, with it now hitting 40 years since the show. The benefit concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure was to help the 1983 to 1985 famine in ...