‘He’s back to me in a coffin’: Devastated families hold funerals for some who died in Channel crossing tragedy

Funerals have been held in Iraq today as the bodies of 16 of the Kurdish migrants who drowned last month when their dinghy capsized in the English Channel were repatriated.

Thousands left stranded over Christmas as flights cancelled due to Omicron spread

Hundreds of flights have been called off for a third day in a row in the US as the Omicron variant of COVID continues to spread.

‘Eye-watering losses’: Costliest climate disasters of 2021 revealed

The 10 costliest climate-related disasters of 2021 led to over £120bn worth of damage, according to a new report by Christian Aid.

Desmond Tutu coined the phrase ‘Rainbow Nation’ and his hope lives on

In the summer of 2008 I was asked to interview Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Salisbury International Arts Festival. Although I had met him and interviewed him several times when I was based in...

Desmond Tutu, a South African icon who was loved far and beyond his native land

They stood hand in hand on the day Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president, for the pair had changed the nation.

South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90

South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement, has died at the age of 90, the President's Office has said.

The famous faces and notable figures we said goodbye to in 2021

As the year comes to an end, it is time to commemorate the stars and notable figures we have said goodbye to over the last 12 months.