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Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:53:16 GMTUK snow forecast: Met Office gives verdict on white Christmas
The Met Office is predicting a fall in temperatures from Wednesday
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:52:37 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 09:51:13 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 09:34:58 GMTLush boss says shoppers 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 09:23:49 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
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:56:54 GMTCapital Gains Tax is becoming a £30bn investor nightmare - here’s why and how to cut your bill
Frozen thresholds, inflation and increased tax rates all mean people can end up paying more without doing anything differently at all
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:51:40 GMTWhy this year’s ‘Boxing Day bounce’ could be the perfect time to find your new home
The day after Christmas is traditionally one where interest in moving spikes - and this year looks more favourable than usual
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:14:10 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 07:48:25 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
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:39:45 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
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:01:00 GMTNew equalities boss warns against ‘demonisation’ of migrants in UK
Mary-Ann Stephenson also says it would be a ‘mistake’ to leave European Convention on Human Rights
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:01:00 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
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:01:00 GMTUK car industry ‘on track’ to meet 2025 EV sales target
The mandate requires at least 28 per cent of cars sold to be zero-emission
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 23:19:40 GMTTwo teens killed and one critically injured in Tesla crash in Surrey
Surrey Police have arrested a 30-year-old man following the fatal crash
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 23:12:20 GMTLabour’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes set to fall short by 500,000
The target means building an average of 300,000 new homes a year – a figure not achieved since the 1970s
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:49:56 GMTCCTV footage reveals last movements of missing Lancaster University student
Tom was last seen wearing a black Carhartt jacket, black jeans and black Doc Martin shoes and carrying a backpack over his shoulder
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:30:12 GMTElectric shock dog collars banned under new government proposal
The animal welfare strategy also plans to tighten protections aimed at stopping cruel breeding practices such as puppy farming
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:59:26 GMTTrail hunting to be banned under new animal welfare push
Fears the practice is being used as cover for chasing live foxes
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:56:55 GMTStarmer has his final call of 2025 with Donald Trump to discuss Ukraine and Gaza
The Prime Minister updated Trump on the appointment of the new British Ambassador to the United States, Dr Christian Turner
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:21:10 GMTPalestine Action activist on hunger strike taken to hospital as campaigners criticise ‘negligent’ treatment
Dr James Smith, an emergency physician who is a lecturer at University College London, said the group needed specialist medical help because they ‘are dying’
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:26:43 GMTMore than 800 people cross Channel in single-day record for December
Some 2,163 people have arrived so far this month, bringing the total for the year to 41,455
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:54:45 GMTPolice name 55-year-old man shot dead in north-west London
Met Police officers are keen to hear from a small group who were congregated nearby when the incident happened
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:44:55 GMTWinter solstice is here and it’s a spiritual experience for costumed revelers at Stonehenge
The winter solstice is when the sun makes its shortest, lowest arc, but many celebrate it as a time of renewal
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:55:26 GMTRevealed: ‘Frightening’ surge in police officers convicted of sexual offences since Sarah Everard’s murder
Data obtained from police forces in England and Wales show the scale of sexual convictions for police officers, figures the Home Office describes as ‘shameful’
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 14:58:08 GMT‘Hidden crisis’ of 40,000 women and girls going missing every year due to violence
Women open up about abuse that led to disappearance, after government VAWG strategy is silent on missing people, as The Independent hopes to launch national lifeline SafeCall
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 14:26:55 GMT‘I was left homeless after the Home Office claimed I wasn’t a child – here’s why AI age checks are dangerous for migrants like me’
The Home Office has advertised a £1.3m contract for an algorithm that can ‘accurately predict someone’s age’. One former asylum seeker tells Holly Bancroft why he thinks this could go very wrong
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:30:29 GMTStreeting says taxes too high as he calls for closer trade with EU to help economy
Health secretary says UK had taken a ‘massive economic hit’ with Brexit – while ducking question of him replacing Keir Starmer
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:17:16 GMTAndrew Tate loses comeback fight in Dubai as pressure grows on Starmer to extradite him to UK
Tate and his brother Tristan are facing a series of 21 charges in the UK
Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:34:47 GMTAnger as City of London closes four independent shops for cafe group
All current operators have been told they must give up their cafes by the end of January