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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:29:28 GMT
Woman 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 GMT
British 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 GMT
Christmas 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 GMT
Starmer 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 GMT
BBC 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 GMT
UK 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 GMT
Epstein 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 GMT
How 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 GMT
January 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 GMT
Tesco 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 GMT
Keir 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 GMT
One 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 GMT
King 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 GMT
US 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 GMT
Man 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 GMT
Andy 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 GMT
Ageing 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 GMT
Police 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 GMT
Farmers 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 GMT
Russell 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 GMT
Two 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 GMT
Kate 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 GMT
Pollsters 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 GMT
Non-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 GMT
Who’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 GMT
British 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 GMT
How 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 GMT
Immigration 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 GMT
Greta 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 GMT
A1 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 GMT
Andrew 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 GMT
Don’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 GMT
Boiling 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 GMT
Voices: ‘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

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