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Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:02:18 GMT
Government 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 GMT
Starmer 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 GMT
Why 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 GMT
Unemployment 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 GMT
More 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 GMT
Paul 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 GMT
Row erupts at Oxfam after chief executive forced out
Ousting brings charity’s internal factionalism into public view

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:44:38 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Trump 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 GMT
Speed 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 GMT
Founder 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 GMT
Starmer 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 GMT
December 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 GMT
Major 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 GMT
Starmer 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 GMT
Britain 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 GMT
Children’s mentor guilty of sexually abusing five girls at London school
Police called Udaw a ‘predatory offender’

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:38:13 GMT
Health 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 GMT
New 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 GMT
Hugh 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 GMT
Relative 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 GMT
Metropolitan 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 GMT
Why 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 GMT
How 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 GMT
Pork 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 GMT
Reform 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 GMT
How 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 GMT
Ofcom 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 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Martin 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 GMT
New 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 GMT
People 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 GMT
Watch 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.

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