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Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:02:18 GMTGovernment issues ‘do not eat’ warning for Dubai chocolate over allergy risk
The chocolate snack has grown in popularity over the past year
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:30 GMTStarmer urged to defend BBC after Trump’s $10 billion dollar lawsuit - latest
President Trump claimed the broadcaster ‘intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively’ doctored a speech he made in a Panorama edit
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:56:37 GMTWhy not even ‘Trump whisperer’ Starmer can save the BBC from the US President’s wrath
Keir Starmer has earned a reputation as a ‘Trump whisperer’ with international peers but the BBC scandal has shown the hard limits of his influence, writes political editor David Maddox
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:56:07 GMTUnemployment rate rises to 5.1% to hit ten-year high outside of Covid
The Office for National Statistics said the rate of unemployment is at its highest since early 2021
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:53:36 GMTMore than half of teachers are working with pupils who are homeless
‘Years without a stable home has made it hard for him to focus on school’
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:50:04 GMTPaul Doyle sentencing live: Harrowing details of how Liverpool parade attack unfolded read out in court
The 54-year-old is due to be sentenced later on Tuesday
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:46:10 GMTRow erupts at Oxfam after chief executive forced out
Ousting brings charity’s internal factionalism into public view
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:44:38 GMTUK must stop ‘dragging heels’ over China threat, intelligence watchdog warns
It comes amid ongoing disquiet following the collapse of a Chinese spying case and warnings by MI5 of the threat posed by the communist state to UK national security
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:35:20 GMTTrump files $10bn lawsuit against the BBC for defamation over its Panorama edit
The US president accused the broadcaster of ‘putting terrible words in my mouth that I didn’t say’
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:31:46 GMTSpeed camera error sees thousands of drivers wrongly fined – how to check and claim
Officials have said a compensation scheme will be set up
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:13:08 GMTFounder of £20m Sherlock Holmes Museum in latest ‘cataclysmic’ family court fight
The dispute in its various incarnations has appeared in the High Court more than 100 times
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:08:40 GMTStarmer hit by five Labour defections to Greens in London
It comes amid concerns that the Greens could take control of Labour councils in next year’s elections
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:18:47 GMTDecember 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information you need in December
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:08:45 GMTMajor new dentistry plan vows to ‘end the postcode lottery’ for treatment
The changes are anticipated to benefit millions of patients
Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:23:16 GMTStarmer calls for police crackdown on antisemitic chants at pro-Palestine marches
The prime minister’s official spokesperson said that while ‘free speech is an important right in this country, that can’t extend to inciting hatred or harassing others’
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:30:00 GMTBritain hails ‘golden age’ in South Korea relations after crucial trade deal struck
Sir Keir Starmer described the agreement as “a huge win for British businesses and working people”
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:27:22 GMTChildren’s mentor guilty of sexually abusing five girls at London school
Police called Udaw a ‘predatory offender’
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:38:13 GMTHealth secretary’s fury at ‘self-indulgent’ five-day doctors’ strike as NHS faces Christmas flu crisis
Keir Starmer accuses NHS doctors of ‘irresponsible’ behaviour as flu cases surge across England
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:21:26 GMT‘Enraged’ ex-Royal Marine deployed his car as a weapon to drive into crowds at Liverpool parade, court hears
Paul Doyle appeared emotional as horrifying footage showing his vehicle hitting dozens of Liverpool supporters was played during his sentencing hearing at Liverpool Crown Court
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:27:53 GMTNew index reveals Reeves’ Budget has downgraded the value of a British passport
The fall is the biggest of any of the G7 countries with the UK overtaken by a string of European counterparts including Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, Italy and Hungary
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:04:07 GMTHugh Grant says moving GCSE and A-Level exams online would be a ‘catastrophe’
The Notting Hill star said the move would be of great cost to children’s “education, mental health and safety”
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:29:47 GMTRelative of murdered rabbi stresses need to look at ‘root causes’ of antisemitic violence
Tory peer Lord Wolfson asked how the government will counter ‘extremist ideologies’ which are driving antisemitic violence
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:25:34 GMTMetropolitan Police staff to strike on New Year’s Eve over pay
Union chief has warned strikes may mean ‘delays to emergency callouts’
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:24:41 GMTWhy the doctors’ strike is taking place as NHS hit by rising flu cases
Health secretary Wes Streeting has hit out against the planned action
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:18:37 GMT‘My baby was flung 15ft in the Liverpool parade attack. It’s a miracle he’s still alive’
Exclusive: As Sheree Aldridge’s baby son Teddy celebrates his first birthday, the 37-year-old says it’s a miracle he survived – but that the terrifying events of the Liverpool parade still haunt her
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:51:32 GMTHow Paul Doyle unleashed two minutes of horror at Liverpool victory parade
Dashcam footage caught Paul Doyle shouting expletives as he ploughed into over 100 people
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:53:47 GMTPork scratchings factory gutted by ‘devastating’ fire ahead of Christmas
Blaze involved large quantity of cooking oil and took over 14 hours to put out
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:35:56 GMTReform UK to axe 68,000 civil service jobs if they win next general election
The MP insisted the party’s plans would improve working in central government
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:33:02 GMT‘Exponential’ rise in mountain rescues threatens to overwhelm services as social media fuels risk
‘If it carries on like this, we won’t be able to respond’
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:21:00 GMTHow your energy provider could help you save up to £2,000 off your bill
Those struggling with energy costs and debt could get thousands in support
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:33:42 GMTOfcom investigating two UK phone networks after major outages
Customers were unable to make or receive calls to other networks and, critically, to emergency services
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:19:13 GMTUK weather map: Met Office issues weather warnings with flooding possible
The Met Office has issued a number of yellow and amber weather warnings for rain across the country
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:17:19 GMTMartin Lewis urges DWP to make major change for 8 million benefit claimants
One claimant said the issue was a ‘nightmare’
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:52:19 GMT‘I returned from holiday, went into the garden, and burst into tears at what I saw’
People living near to a huge warehouse development are taking the fight to those behind it
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:44:09 GMTNew MI6 head warns ‘the front line is everywhere’ as Russia threat grows
Blaise Metreweli says Vladimir Putin is exporting ‘chaos’
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:24:01 GMTPeople are pulling their own teeth out due to lack of urgent NHS dental care
In September 2025, 10 per cent fewer adults had seen an NHS dentist in the past 24 months compared to 2019
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:22:29 GMTWatch live: Rishi Sunak gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry
Watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry on Monday, 15 December, as the probe investigates the government’s response to the pandemic.