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Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:55:48 GMT
UK weather: Will it snow in the New Year? Temperatures set to dip next week
Wintry hazards are possible for the new year

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:03:31 GMT
Meghan and Harry lose 11th publicist in five years as communications chief steps down
The couple’s Archewell Philanthropies is reported to be making redundancies

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 07:30:51 GMT
Lung cancer warning for foods which make up ‘half the average diet’ after new study
A study linked ultra-processed foods to 32 harmful health effects including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 07:20:15 GMT
Hundreds attend Boxing Day hunt despite being told they are ‘not welcome’
The wildlife presenter said the annual event was ‘ethically and morally bankrupt’

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT
‘My family has been left in limbo for 25 years. I need to know what happened to my daughter’
More than 25 years after Carmel Fenech disappeared, her family are no closer to knowing what happened to her. Harriette Boucher reports on their enduring search for answers and their refusal to give up hope

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:01:00 GMT
Alleged abuse victim faces nine-year wait for justice as court backlog forces trial delay
He says the delay is ‘incomprehensible’

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:47:41 GMT
Angola and Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants after visa ban threat
Shabana Mahmood earlier warned she could stop issuing visas to foreign nationals from certain countries

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 22:04:27 GMT
Paramedic struck off after lie about sick sister exposed by Facebook photos
Natalie Twomey fabricated a family illness to get a day off work

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:41:58 GMT
Man arrested after 15-year-old stabbed to death in London
Abdel Dedour was arrested after a two-week manhunt

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:34:44 GMT
How a joyful Christmas Day swim on Devon’s Jurassic coast ended in tragedy with two swept out to sea
‘Beloved’ antique dealer Matthew Upham and another swimmer were swept away at Budleigh Salterton on Christmas Day

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:29:55 GMT
Huge fire tears through popular amusement park on Boxing Day
Emergency services have launched an investigation into the blaze in South Shields

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:54:19 GMT
How 2025 became the year of the cyber hack – and what British businesses face next in 2026
Jaguar Land Rover and M&S were the poster children for businesses facing advanced security issues this year – but a $10 trillion enticement means it might only get worse, writes business and money editor Karl Matchett

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:51:17 GMT
Yvette Cooper leads push to free Aung San Suu Kyi as Myanmar elections begin
The UN has warned the military-controlled election is unfolding amid violence, intimidation and arrests. The country’s former leader has not been heard from in two years

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:10:56 GMT
Trade union members turning to Farage because of failure to tackle cost of living, Starmer warned
The warning from TUC general secretary Paul Nowak comes as new polling shows one in five adults are skipping meals because of financial problems

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:23:23 GMT
Farage’s conditional pledge to remove child benefit cap ‘would plunge 450,000 into poverty’
Exclusive: New analysis by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has led charities to warn about the impact of Farage’s plans on the two child benefit cap

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:07:29 GMT
Wrong body cremated after ‘mix up’ at NHS hospital mortuary in Glasgow
Human error is understood to be to blame for the ‘wrongful release’ of the body from Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:44:28 GMT
Family pay tribute to ‘deeply loved’ antiques dealer who went missing during Christmas Day swim in Devon
Matthew Upham’s family say he is ‘deeply loved’ and will be ‘forever missed’

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:57:17 GMT
UK is ‘unwelcoming’ and ‘racist’ for overseas NHS health workers, warns top doctor
Leader of Britain’s medics warned the NHS ‘could quite easily fall over’ due to exodus

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:22:02 GMT
King Charles and Prince William ‘could visit the US next year’ as UK aims to finalise trade deal
It would be the first visit to the US by a British monarch since 2007

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