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Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:50:49 GMTDecember 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information you need in December
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMTSir Thomas Hughes-Hallett backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign with major donation
The former chief executive of Marie Curie has made a sizeable donation to The Independent’s SafeCall campaign as he urges others to support its aim to provide a vital free service for missing children
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT‘I was 14 when I was abducted and trafficked into a paedophile ring’
Leon Towers was 14 when he fled into the Cumbrian night and into the hands of traffickers. He tells Harriette Boucher how a lifetime of silence began – and why he’s determined no child is left unseen again
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:02:54 GMTFury after Met Police chief says shops need to ‘step up’ to help tackle shoplifting
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said some stores needed to do more to help police tackle the issue
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:07:55 GMTOnly 1,000 people turn out to Tommy Robinson’s ‘Christmas service’
Robinson told the event he used to “hate the church”
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:34:59 GMTMan arrested after Potters Bar manager injured in alteraction at Welling United
The Isthmian League match was suspended
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:31:22 GMTEvery police force to have specialist rape investigation unit – but not until 2029
Campaigners say it is ‘not acceptable’ that victims will be left with an inconsistent response until 2029
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:00:42 GMTAntarctic scientists get early Christmas present – thanks to the King
Charles was ‘touched by the story of the team working in one of the most remote places on earth’
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:52:17 GMTMeghan Markle has ‘no plans’ to see estranged father, report claims
The pair have been estranged since the run-up to Meghan’s wedding to Prince Harry
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:30:18 GMTCharles ‘deeply touched’ by public reaction to cancer message
Buckingham Palace says it has received ‘many kind comments’ since the update
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:23:22 GMTJeremy Clarkson joins hundreds of pub landlords in banning Labour MPs in Budget backlash
The “#taxedout” campaign backed by UK Hospitality has seen more than 250 pubs already put up signs banning Labour MPs from their premises
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:39:48 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor won’t face probe into reports he asked bodyguard to investigate Virginia Giuffre
Ms Giuffre’s family say they are ‘deeply disappointed’ and feel ‘justice has not been served’
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:37:56 GMTCancer charity reveals huge impact of Charles’ video message
Tens of thousands of people have visited a cancer screening website after the message
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:03:12 GMTSmall boat crossings resume after longest pause in migrants arriving for seven years
Before this weekend, no one had crossed the Channel for 28 days, according to the latest Home Office data
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:29:05 GMTPolice warn drivers to beware of thieves targeting airport parking amid surge in stolen cars
Travellers are being urged to keep an eye out for ‘unofficial’ operators claiming to offer cheap long-stay parking following an increase in complaints, according to reports
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:49:29 GMTLabour MP pressures government to ban foxhunting for good with private member’s bill
Exclusive: Parliament-based campaigners to set out ‘gold-standard’ reforms including banning trail-hunting
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:48:54 GMTSmall boats migrants should be allowed to live and work in the UK, says Zack Polanski
The Green Party leader has accused Sir Keir Starmer and Labour of matching ‘the racist rhetoric of the far right, from Nigel Farage to Tommy Robinson’
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:53:09 GMTAldi recalls popular Christmas food product over allergy risk
Supermarket chain urges customers not to eat a batch of Perfect Christmas Mozzarella Sticks in Blankets
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:23:30 GMTTwo people killed in house fire after ‘explosion in garden’
Emergency services called to property in south Wales on Friday evening
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:40:47 GMTMet Office issues fresh ‘danger to life’ warning as parts of UK brace for 13cm of rain
Met Office issues ‘danger to life’ warning amid heavy rainfall and flooding
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:15:53 GMTShould the UK adopt an under-16s social media ban? Experts weigh in
Ongoing research suggests that an outright ban on social media platforms could do more harm than good
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:05:14 GMTThe surprising health benefit of drinking tea, according to experts
Experts said daily tea drinkers had a lower risk of osteoporosis
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:56:04 GMTKing’s cancer message will be life-saving, predicts his friend and biographer
The broadcaster, 81, praised King Charles for his personal health update
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:40:05 GMTHarry and Meghan ‘unlikely’ to heal damaged relationships with sick fathers
Contact made by Duke and Duchess of Sussex to King Charles and Thomas Markle recently still does not indicate there will be wider reconciliation, according to reports
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:37:04 GMTThe worst supermarket fruit and veg for pesticides
One sample of grapes contained at least 16 different pesticides