The annual Boxing Day dip has become as much a tradition as tucking into turkey or pulling open a cracker - and with almost balmy temperatures in the UK, the swimmers were out in their hundreds today.

Taking a bone-chilling dip in the sea on Christmas Day or Boxing Day is a festive tradition like no other – one that hardy swimmers across the region don't shy away from celebrating. And this ...

A courageous crew from the Ship Inn in Whitby took the plunge into the icy North Sea, as part of the town’s Boxing Day dip – ...