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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:29:28 GMTWoman extradited from UK to US to face charges of murdering her two children
Kimberlee Singler is accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:19:13 GMTBritish boy, 13, stabbed to death in Portugal before house blown up in gas explosion
One officer was injured by the explosion as police in Tomar responded to a suspected domestic violence alert
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:02:54 GMT‘We were dreaming of Christmas on the canal boat – now we’ve got to spend it in a hotel’
Geoff and Pamela Poole were planning on spending Christmas on their canal boat when a huge sinkhole opened up in Llangollen Canal in Shropshire
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:51:41 GMTChristmas Eve opening times for UK supermarkets including Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl and more
Most major supermarkets are closed on Christmas Day
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:38:02 GMTStarmer urges Britons to ‘reach out’ to each other over Christmas
Sir Keir Starmer has urged Britons to “reach out to friends, relatives, and neighbours” this Christmas.
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:03:13 GMTBBC newsreader goes viral again for bulletin sign-off
BBC newsreader Maryam Moshiri has gone viral again for her memorable bulletin sign-off.
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:15:35 GMTUK snow forecast: Met Office gives verdict on white Christmas
The Met Office is predicting a fall in temperatures from Wednesday
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:28:16 GMTEpstein files reveal ‘A’ in Balmoral asked Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’
The US Department of Justice has released nearly 30,000 pages from the so-called Epstein files, including references to the British royal residence in Scotland
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:15:22 GMTHow typical is your Christmas? Take our quiz to find out
Take our quiz to find out how your Christmas compares to the rest of the UK
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:11:32 GMTJanuary 2026 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information you need for the new year
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 03:27:09 GMTTesco issues urgent product recall for Christmas treats
People have been advised to return the product to a Tesco store and a full refund will be given
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:07:43 GMTKeir Starmer focuses on high cost of living in Christmas message
The prime minister said ‘we should each do our bit’ as he urged Britons to ‘reach out’ to friends, relatives and neighbours
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:25 GMTOne of UK’s rarest plants brought back from brink of extinction
The Species Recovery Trust aims to remove 50 species from the edge of extinction in the UK by 2050
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:41:06 GMTKing Charles’s Christmas broadcast will be staged outside a royal residence
The broadcast will be transmitted on both television and radio at 3pm on Christmas Day
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:45:26 GMTUS bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:43:28 GMTMan appears in court charged with 56 sexual offences against ex-wife
Philip Young is charged with 56 sexual offences against his ex-wife Joanne Young
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:33:41 GMT‘Crying, panicking, and praying for a solution’: How Christmas will push millions of Britons into debt
Up against the costs of Christmas, many families across the UK will find themselves in the red as they head into the new year, with around 5.6 million parents expected to still be in debt by spring
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:42:54 GMTAndy Burnham apologises for GMP historic failings towards LGBTQ+ people
Peter Tatchell said that the foundation would ‘continue to campaign for a full and formal apology from Greater Manchester Police’
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:29:47 GMTAgeing society will have ‘serious consequences’ for young people, government warned
Over a quarter of the UK is expected to be aged over 65 by the 2070s
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:09:54 GMTPolice take no further action over Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance
Controversy arose after Bobby Vylan led chants of ‘death, death to the IDF’ at Glastonbury
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:06:56 GMTFarmers rejoice as Starmer caves in to pressure and waters down inheritance tax raid
After months of fierce protests by farmers, Labour has downscaled its plan for the so-called ‘tractor tax’
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:06:11 GMTRussell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:11:30 GMTTwo men convicted of plotting Isis-inspired attack on mass gathering of Jews
Police chiefs said the men were planning what could have been Britain’s deadliest terrorist incident
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:34:41 GMTKate McCann describes how her life changed after Madeleine went missing as she backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign
SafeCall ‘represents hope, compassion, and the possibility of a different ending’ for young people in danger, says the mother of Madeleine McCann
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:33:07 GMTPollsters claim Reform UK is ‘in decline’ as lead over Labour drops
A Yougov poll has shown that the lead held by Nigel Farage’s party has dropped from 10 to five points with both Labour and the Tories gaining
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:08:44 GMTNon-crime hate incidents should be scrapped for ‘common sense’ system, police leaders say
It comes after the Metropolitan Police announced in October it would no longer investigate the incididents
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:02:25 GMTWho’s on King Charles’ Christmas guest list - and who is not
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson have reportedly not been invited this year
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:17:34 GMTBritish people drinking less alcohol than at any time on record with a pub closing each day of 2025
People in the UK are drinking more than a quarter less than a peak two decades ago
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:33:12 GMTHow has the inheritance tax plan for farmers changed?
Labour has updated its plan for the ‘tractor tax’ after fierce backlash from farmers
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:54:47 GMTImmigration officers charged with stealing from migrants
Six immigration officers are charged with money laundering after an investigation into thefts from migrants
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:53:34 GMTGreta Thunberg arrested at protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers
Greta Thunberg was filmed holding a sign reading ‘I support the Palestine Action prisoners’
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:50:57 GMTA1 Cambridgeshire crash: Toddler dies after car crashes into broken down vehicle days before Christmas
A 64-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:19:22 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor surrenders gun licence to police
Specialist officers visited his Royal Lodge home in Windsor, police have confirmed
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:07:10 GMTDon’t do four-day working weeks regardless of improved performance, Government tells councils
A Liberal Democrat-run council in England has hit back at the government’s warning, stating the change had been ‘transformational’
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:05:00 GMTBoiling live lobsters to be banned in animal rights reforms
It comes after lobsters were deemed ‘sentient beings capable of experiencing pain and suffering’
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:47:06 GMTVoices: ‘It is a broken industry’: Readers on why pubs are struggling to survive – even at Christmas
Our community said Britain’s pub culture is slowly fading, blaming high prices, changing social habits and tough Christmas trading conditions that have left some pubs without festive bookings and fearing they may not survive into the new year