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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:58:21 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor surrenders gun licence to police
Specialist police visited his Royal Lodge home in Windsor, according to The Sun
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:46:59 GMTPremium Bonds prize checker: When is January’s NS&I draw and how can I check if I’ve won?
Everything you need to know about Premium Bonds
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:26:36 GMTHow much more will Christmas dinner cost this year?
Shoppers can cut costs this Christmas by looking for the best deals
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:57:16 GMT2025 set to be hottest UK year on record, says Met Office
The Met Office has said we are living in ‘extraordinary’ and ‘unprecedented’ times
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:32:09 GMTUK snow forecast: Met Office gives verdict on white Christmas
The Met Office is predicting a fall in temperatures from Wednesday
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:21:38 GMTThese are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
Warnings against travel abroad from the UK have been issued for countries including Mali, Russia and Syria
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:23:53 GMTChristmas and New Year opening times for UK supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl and more
Most major supermarkets are closed on Christmas Day
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:01:28 GMTMore than half of Britons to buy fewer gifts this Christmas
New polling reveals that the rising prices of household goods have impacted festive spending
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT‘I feel as though I’m singing to my son’: Inside the choir helping reunite missing people with their families
What began in 2014 as a support group for people with missing loved ones has since taken the Missing People Choir to the O2 Arena, the final of Britain’s Got Talent, and even helped reunite two missing people with their families. Harriette Boucher ...
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:01:49 GMTHusband and five men charged with string of sexual offences against his ex-wife
Wiltshire Police have asked that Ms Young’s privacy is respected at this time after the 48-year-old waived her anonymity
Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:54 GMTNon-crime hate incidents ‘to be scrapped’ in favour of ‘common sense’
The chairman of the College of Policing said that the system would be ‘scrapped and replaced with a completely different system’
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 23:49:21 GMTPost Office and Fujitsu had deal 19 years ago to fix Horizon mistakes, document shows
The 2006 agreement suggests both companies were aware of bugs in the Horizon IT system, with Fujitsu liable for a £100-£150 "liquidated damages" penalty per faulty transaction
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:53:36 GMTPalestine Action hunger strikers begin legal action against government after activists are hospitalised
Several hunger strikers have been taken to hospital in recent days
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:10:01 GMTActivists celebrate ‘landmark’ animal welfare reforms that ban hen cages and pig farrowing crates
Strategy lays out steps towards phasing out farm cages and carbon dioxide chambers to kill pigs, and making fish slaughter more humane
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:38:28 GMTKeir Starmer urged to protect HIV funding for once-in-a-generation opportunity to end Aids
Coalition of charities and MPs have signed a letter from Geordie Greig, editor-in-chief of The Independent, appealing to the prime minister to grasp the chance to ‘make Aids history’
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:26:33 GMTTwo burglars jailed after using Grindr to trick victims
Rahmat Khan Mohammadi and Mohammed Bilal Hotak have been found guilty of using the dating app Grindr to trick their victims
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:57:40 GMTMan accused of racially abusing Antoine Semenyo during Premier League match pleads not guilty
A Liverpool man appeared in court on Monday after being accused of racially abusing Antoine Semenyo
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:54:28 GMTKeir Starmer: Protect what’s left of the UK’s funding to end the Aids pandemic
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Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:25:58 GMTMore than 10 rescued after huge sinkhole opens in canal in ‘major incident’
People are being asked to avoid the incident on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chemistry, Whitchurch
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:07:15 GMTRoad rage driver who hurled abuse at female motorist now jailed after another tirade
Peter Abbott was serving a suspended service for a previous foul-mouthed tirade
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:52:33 GMTChristmas warning after 100-tonne fatberg discovered in London sewers
Extraction of the blockage could take ‘weeks to complete’, according to Thames Water
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:24:11 GMTFury as bans on hunting trophies and foie gras absent from Labour’s animal-welfare shake-up
‘Loopholes’ in strategy mean imports of hunting trophies, real fur and foie gras will remain legal
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:06:25 GMTWhy drivers could be paying more for fuel than they should
The UK’s competition watchdog said fuel profit margins were ‘persistently high’ with no explanation
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:37:41 GMTRising prices, closing early and no Christmas parties: Festive season ‘perfect storm’ leaves pubs on the brink
Pubs across the UK describe tough Christmas trading conditions after some were left without any festive party bookings for the first time – as they fear they won’t even be able to keep their doors open until the new year
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:09:40 GMTConservationists ‘flabbergasted’ by record number of octopus in UK waters
The eight-legged invertebrates were spotted off the British coast in their highest numbers since the 1950s, wildlife charity says
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:34:41 GMTRachel Reeves hit by fresh blow as UK economy growth slows down again
UK economy growth slowed in the third quarter to just 0.1 per cent
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:04:10 GMT‘My brother was murdered at a festival 40 years ago. His killer has never been caught’
Jeffrey McNish was killed at a festival on Saturday 10 August 1985
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:02:18 GMTDoctors tell Wes Streeting there must be ‘less name-calling and more deal-making’ to avoid strikes in 2026
Health secretary has called resident doctors’ union the British Medical Association (BMA) ‘self-indulgent’
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:41:48 GMT‘I travelled 10 hours for a driving test’: Desperate learners taking extreme measures over long waiting list
With lengthy waiting lists set to spiral into next year, many learner drivers are turning to booking any test they can get – even if it means going to extreme lengths by travelling to distant locations
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:35:49 GMTFinal delivery dates for top UK retailers for last-minute Christmas gifts
Many retailers are offering click and collect until store closing on Christmas Eve
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:45:30 GMTStranded dolphin-like mammals found suffering record levels of mercury poisoning
Mercury concentrations in the livers of stranded purpoises has risen by 1 per cent each year
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:16:18 GMTBritish couple held in notorious Iran prison ‘living off rice and gristle in kitchen filled with rats’
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested nearly a year ago on a motorcycle tour around the world
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:13:27 GMTLush boss says people who oppose his views on Gaza shouldn’t shop at his stores
Mark Constantine OBE led a shutdown of Lush stores earlier this year in solidarity with people in Gaza
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:44 GMTVoices: ‘Enough is enough’: Readers welcome move to ban trail hunting
Our community has largely backed a ban on trail hunting, calling it foxhunting by another name, while a minority warned it would damage rural life
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:38:24 GMTVeteran tells how Liverpool parade attacker bit off part of his ear in vicious assault
Stuart Lucas was left permanently disfigured
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:25:53 GMTWhat is the H3N2 flu strain and how serious is it? Symptoms and advice as UK cases surge
Health bosses are warning this winter could see the ‘most severe flu outbreak in decades’
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:13:39 GMTJimmy Kimmel to deliver Channel 4’s 2025 Alternative Christmas Message
The comedian was taken off the air and suspended indefinitely after making comments about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk