Small Business Saturday aims to encourage people to spend money in smaller shops.

The Government has been consulting on plans to privatise the broadcaster, which could be sold off to a private buyer.

Labour must be party of middle England, says leader

Robert McGhee died when his car left the road and hit a tree on Monday evening.

Unsettled, snowy and windy conditions predicted for the weekend, as some 9,000 homes remain without power

The officer is understood to be Police Scotland Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Pat Campbell.

But vets say government must urgently streamline databases that can be ‘huge barrier’ to tracing lost animals

Far-right group claims to have sent thousands of emails to rescue charity claiming to be from ‘concerned citizens’

The stepmother and father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes were on Friday sentenced for their roles in the child’s killing.

Omicron’s march through the UK and the fallout from the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes are splashed across the front pages on Saturday.

Ava was fatally stabbed in the city centre on Thursday November 25 after a Christmas lights switch-on.

A post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death as head trauma.

Sir Antony was the Prince of Wales’ favourite actor – a fact the royal revealed during his 2017 Commonwealth Tour

The weather is predicted to be cold, windy and showery this weekend.

But Law Commission reportedly set to reject calls to make misogyny a hate crime

Independent review under way into actions of social workers who found ‘no safeguarding concerns’ two months before murder

A flock of free-range hens at commercial premises near Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1.

Twelve out of 22 cases in England were found in people who were jabbed at least twice

The UK Health Security Agency said there was evidence of a ‘small amount’ of community transmission of the variant.

Juan Patricio Alessi was cross-examined by Ghislaine Maxwell’s counsel on Friday.

‘The more people can work from home now the better’

The prime minister later referred to the candidate as ‘Dr Neil’ after he watched the medic give vaccinations to members of the public at a pharmacy

Boris Johnson vowed to leave ‘absolutely no stone unturned’ to establish what went wrong in the case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.

US retail giant Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is lining up advisers from Goldman Sachs to explore a potential sale, according to reports.

It was discovered in backyard flock in Broughshane, Co Antrim, and disease control measures have been put in place.

UK lamb can be exported to the US from January 3 2022.

The Royal Shakespeare Company announced the news of his death from cancer.

Exclusive: Labour MP labels Wren Kitchens’ use of the scheme ‘immoral’

‘Orthodoxy within the industry is very much Remain’, claims Tory MP

Connor Gibson appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.

For the first time since 1992, the Queen is to be removed as a head of state when Barbados becomes a republic. On the Caribbean island, Nadine White finds hope for the future – and questions about what comes next

Ava’s father Robert Martin has spoken about her death in a statement released by Merseyside Police.

Booking system to be updated and include under-40s ‘as soon as possible’

Experts have questioned why people should wear a face covering on a train or in a shop but not in a pub.

‘We told her it would delay my brain surgery. She made us homeless. It was horrific’ – Maya Oppenheim reports on the impact of insecure housing on women’s health

Advocates say longer weekends mean healthier staff and more productive businesses – so could the UK be on the cusp of a workplace revolution? Colin Drury heads to Wigan to find out

The Labour MP said the government has learned ‘culture war trick’ from Donald Trump

London hopes French president will ‘reconsider’ withdrawal of Priti Patel’s invitation to crisis talks

Scientists say the test could potentially tell doctors how protected a patient is from new variants and those currently circulating in a community.

Absences among train managers, who are ‘safety critical staff’, has led Caledonian sleeper operator Serco to cancel 12 services and amend others.

No plans to scrap gatherings at government departments

The Royal College of Surgeons met with deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill on Friday at the Mater Hospital.

Heekyoung Jin has won a £3.5 million property in an Omaze fundraiser for Great Ormond’s Street Hospital – where her son had lifesaving surgery.

Martin Clarke relaunched the website in 2008.

Judge says couple’s campaign of abuse ‘without doubt one of the most distressing and disturbing cases I have had to deal with’

Winger Barrie McKay was struck on the back with what appeared to be a plastic bottle.

Alex Theodossiadis died in a Leeds hospital in January 2020 after days of feeling unwell, an inquest heard.

Exclusive: Internet giant pulls adverts for the garments after The Independent’s intervention

The deputy First Minister said she has been reassured by health officials that current action being taken is enough at this time.

Alan Hunter sustained cuts and bruises in an attack after being verbally abused on public transport last month.

Rules have been followed ‘at all stages’, Boris Johnson’s spokesman says

Around 2.5 million Londoners are still yet to have their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine

Ofgem said that its usual process to transfer a failed company’s customers to a new supplier could have crippled an even larger company.

More than half of areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

The court heard how the procedure is said to result in patients having a 40% chance of surviving for five years.

The apology comes after the F1 team’s deal with Kingspan was branded disrespectful and disappointing.

Marr’s last show will air on 19 December

Joshuah Sparks, 16, stabbed James Gibbons after the 34-year-old challenged a group of youths who were harassing a homeless man.

The North East Fife MP was unveiled in the role at the party’s headquarters in Edinburgh.

The Health Minister revealed that 86,000 people have applied to the domestic certification scheme this week.

Police chief says Met is ‘impartial’ and acts ‘without fear or favour’

Thousands of customers are still off supply seven days after Storm Arwen.

Eight-year-old Saffie-Rose Roussos was five metres away from suicide bomber Salman Abedi as he detonated his device.

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said he had not ruled out any options for Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin, where maternity services were downgraded in 2018.

The Brexit minister is to speak again next week to the European Commission vice-president to try to break the deadlock.

Murderer Emma Tustin must serve a minimum of 29 years in prison while killer Thomas Hughes was jailed for 21 years.

‘We have strict rules’ on how firms must respond says Ofgem

Judge said Raymond’s propaganda risked grooming young people into ‘committing acts of extreme racial violence’

A £700 cap on compensation has also been lifted.

Business minister George Freeman told MPs the Government’s first instinct was to ‘avoid legislation’.

The case is linked with international travel and Public Health Wales said there is no evidence of wider community transmission.

Thomas Schreiber, of Gillingham, Dorset, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court.

Scientists say there is currently insufficient data to make any comments on disease severity associated with the variant.

Tustin was also threatened with violence by other prisoners in the run-up to her trial

Downing Street says its priority is to ‘promote boosters’ after Germany announced new restrictions for unvaccinated people.

Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes were found guilty by a jury at Coventry Crown Court of killing Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.

Scotland’s First Minister said the variant is spreading in the community and case may rise ‘significantly’

Tustin left Arthur Labinjo-Hughes unable to support his own weight, with her recordings painting a picture of a child in ‘utter distress’.

‘There was an opportunity to save him and it wasn’t taken,’ says grandmother

The boy’s father and step-mother are accused of ‘dehumanising’ and murdering him

The Government-owned company said the figure was based on anecdotal evidence from its staff at stations.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a free press is one of the cornerstones of democracy.

The panel will begin deliberations on Monday.

It came after a review found much of what unfolded at Wembley had been ‘foreseeable’

He said people should ‘enjoy themselves’ this Christmas amid the ongoing pandemic

Joshuah Sparks stabbed James Gibbons four times after the 34-year-old challenged a group of youths who were harassing a homeless man.

Randox has made changes to avoid falling foul of consumer laws.

The new variant is not yet evident in latest estimates of the prevalence of coronavirus.

‘There was no effort in his voice. Nothing to resemble Santa at all’

John Croucher tells court tragedy has made him ‘a better chef’

Louie French has become the country’s newest MP, but there was a 10 per cent swing to Labour

Under a stimulus scheme, everyone aged over 18 is eligible for a £100 pre-paid card to spend.

Michelle Mone allegedly sent the message in a Whatsapp exchange about a Monaco yacht crash that killed a crew worker

The Duke of Cambridge talks about the importance of keeping mentally fit and reflects on a lighter moment when he was drawn out of his comfort zone.