About New Year
New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner and the 1st day of January is often marked as a national holiday.
BBC Sound of 2024: Tyla, Last Dinner Party and Kenya Grace tipped for success
... The winner will be revealed in the New Year on BBC Radio 1, with the top five revealed in reverse order between Monday 1 and Friday 5 January...
Shane MacGowan: U2 and Paul Weller lead tributes to Pogues singer
... " MacGowan revealed he was diagnosed with encephalitis, a serious condition in which the brain becomes inflamed, last year in a video posted to social media on New Year s Eve...
Ellie Goulding among Radio 4's Today programme guest editors
... Other guests who will edit the show during the week between Christmas and New Year include former Top Gear host James May and author Hanif Kureishi...
Does the Autumn Statement hint at spring election?
... The Conservative Campaign Director Isaac Levido is expected back at Conservative Campaign Headquarters in the New Year...
James Cleverly makes Rwanda vow as Lord Sumption queries plan
... When asked when flights would take off, the home secretary said: " We are working to make sure we can do that some time in the New Year...
Church of England backs services for gay couples
... While there is no set timeframe for temporary trial services to begin, it is understood these could be authorised in the comings weeks with the first services in the New Year...
Russell Brand: BBC says it received five complaints about presenter
... Johnston encouraged anyone with relevant information to come forward, and said he hoped to provide substantive outcomes from his research in the New Year...
China's matchmaking mums have a powerful ally: The Party
... " When I went home for Chinese New Year, I felt awesome being a woman in rural China s marriage market, " says 28-year-old Cathy Tian who works in Shanghai...