What’s the most Christmassy movie ever committed to the small screen? Ignore the naysayers: obviously, it’s Love Actually. In this age of nostalgia, there’s no better way to tug on the nation’s heartstrings than by paying homage to Richard Curtis’ masterpiece. Or, indeed, by getting Keira Knightley to star in your festive advert. Talk about a one-two knockout punch.more

Londoners could face the threat of floods and even power cuts with the Met Office warning of 24 hours of near-constant heavy rain.more

After the November World Cup qualifying matches, 42 of the 48 participants in next year's final tournament will be known. The 28 teams that have already secured their participation will be joined in the coming days by 11 representatives from Europe and three from North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).more

The number of universal credit (UC) claimants has soared to 8.3 million people - up from 7.2 million at the same time last year, new government figures show.more

Thousands of NHS staff redundancies in England will now go ahead after a deal was reached with the Treasury to allow the health service to overspend this year to cover the cost of pay-offs.more

The British Foreign Office announced today that it will donate £5.2 million to rebuild hospitals and roads in Ukraine. The announcement coincided with a visit to London by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha.more

A total of 91 prisoners were freed by mistake between April and October this year, according to new government figures. The data for England and Wales was published by the Ministry of Justice, as ministers face pressure over accidental releases after a number of high-profile cases in recent weeks.more

The Irish media regulator Coimisiun na Mean launched an investigation yesterday into a breach of the Digital Services Act by social media platform X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk. It could face a fine of up to 6 per cent of its annual turnover.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday referred to the growing scandal surrounding the BBC, which has been accused by US President Donald Trump of manipulating his statements. ‘The BBC must put its house in order if it has made mistakes,’ the head of government said during a debate in Parliament.more

Italy's Jannik Sinner defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev 6–4, 6–3 to become the first semi-finalist at the ATP Finals in Turin. In an earlier match, Canadian tennis player Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated American Ben Shelton 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5, denying him a chance to advance.more

Norway has invited the United Kingdom and the Netherlands to participate in the Camp Jomsborg training mission in Poland, intended for Ukrainian soldiers. The Norwegian side made this proposal during last week's meeting of the Northern European Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) initiative.more

The ITAKA Foundation – Center for Missing People, at the request of the family and in cooperation with the police, is conducting a search for 45-year-old Aleksander Zenon Puchalski, who lives in London.more

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee yesterday released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that appear to suggest that Donald Trump may have known about the victims he exploited and spent ‘hours’ with one of them. The emails were found in a new batch of documents received by the committee.more

The UK has rejected the European Commission's demand to contribute €6 billion to the EU's €150 billion SAFE arms programme, the Telegraph reported, citing British officials.more

The number of bookings for trips abroad for the Christmas and New Year's Eve period increased by 33 percent compared to last year, according to Wakacje.pl. Poles most frequently travel to Egypt, Malta, and the United Arab Emirates.more

Italian Maurizio Mariani will be the main referee in Friday's World Cup qualifying match between Poland and the Netherlands at the PGE National Stadium in Warsaw, UEFA announced.more

Want to get out of London to make your house buying budget stretch further, but still need to be in town regularly for work or social life? The traditional sweet spot for commuter locations has long been 60 minutes by train — barely longer than a journey in from the ‘burbs would take, but with considerably lower house prices.more

Grocery price inflation has slowed in some good news for consumers as retailers ramp up festive deals ahead of Christmas, figures show. Supermarket prices were still 4.7% higher than a year ago in October, but this was down from September’s 5.2%, according to market research firm Worldpanel by Numerator, formerly Kantar.more

Only major upsets in the November World Cup qualifying matches could grant the Polish team direct qualification to next year's tournament or deprive them of a spot in the March playoffs. The Polish national team will play the Netherlands in Warsaw on Friday and Malta away three days later.more

A Newham Council staff member “manipulated” its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed. The council says it uncovered the “serious internal housing fraud” thanks to a whistle-blower.more

The Kremlin said on Wednesday there had been contact ​between Britain's national security adviser, ‌Jonathan Powell, and Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov ‌but that the dialogue did not work out.more

Asylum seekers are set to be offered £100 a week to leave taxpayer-funded hotels, according to reports. Home Office officials are said to be proposing an initiative that would allow migrants to use the money to live with a family or an individual they know in the UK.more

Britain has suspended the sharing of intelligence with the US on suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.more

Katowice has achieved enormous success during the transformation period and has a large reservoir of talented employees, said Professor Simon Stockley from the University of Cambridge, co-founder of a consortium supporting entrepreneurship in Silesia, in an interview with the Financial Times.more

A woman, said by police to have bought cryptocurrency now worth billions of pounds using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, has been sentenced to 11 years and eight months for money laundering.more