People in Israel have staged the last rally of this year to call for the prompt release of hostages still held by Hamas.

Yocheved Lifshitz, who was kidnapped by Hamas and freed after 17 days, lights Hanukkah candles at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv: The 449 days that have passed are now one painful day until all our ...

I’m quite sure that river life, avian or aquatic, made short work of Mrs Gilsenan’s soggy pudding (Letters, December 22). I’m also very certain that far more deleterious material has entered that ...