The Princess of Wales has taken a significant step in her gradual return to public royal duties by attending the Festival of Remembrance. Joined by the Prince of Wales and the King, her presence at the Royal British Legion event comes after William spoke candidly of how 2024 has been “brutal” and “probably been the hardest year in my life”, with his wife and his father both diagnosed with cancer.more

Engineers have found a bottle with a 132-year-old message deep inside the walls of a lighthouse in the south of Scotland. The bottle was found inside the Corsewall Lighthouse at the most northerly point of the Rhins of Galloway.more

A "very rare" slice of wedding cake from the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip has sold at auction for £2,200. The fruit cake was found under a bed in a suitcase, 77 years after the original 9ft (2.7m) cake was dished out to 2,000 guests.more

A new weather map shows a blob of snow getting closer and closer to London. The forecast from WX Charts shows snow on parts of South and West London, while the bulk of it is on Berkshire and Hampshire. Meanwhile, more snow can be spotted on the weather map towards parts of the North, mostly Yorkshire. The forecast is for Tuesday, November 19, meaning it is still quite uncertain. more

A court found that conspiracy theorist Richard Hall had harassed a father and daughter seriously injured in the Manchester terrorist attack and sentenced him to pay £45,000. Hall claimed that there was no bombing, the authorities had carried out a hoax and the harassment of the victims was a journalistic investigation.more

The foreign secretary has dismissed his previous criticism of Donald Trump as "old news" and insisted he would be able to find "common ground" with the president-elect. When he was a backbench MP in 2018, David Lammy described Trump as a "tyrant" and "a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath".more

The average UK house price reached a record high last month, according to Halifax. The UK's largest mortgage lender said the average price hit £293,999 in October, surpassing a peak of £293,507 that was reached in June 2022.more

After Donald Trump's election as president, Great Britain must find a new link to the White House who will get in the good graces of the new leader of the free world, Politico wrote yesterday. The portal noted that despite the bad relations with Trump, Keir Starmer's government must find some solution.more

Shoppers could face higher prices as a growing number of big British firms warn about the cost of the National Insurance (NI) tax rises on employers announced in last week's Budget.more

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne, Argentinian authorities have said. The singer died on 16 October after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.more

Time Out is in talks about opening a huge new food market on Piccadilly Circus 18 months after it scrapped plans to launch in the capital.more

Criticism of Donald Trump expressed in the past by Labour politicians will not damage current British-American relations, said Pat McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister responsible for coordinating the work of the British government, in an interview with Sky News.more

The deputy prime minister has suggested she wants to stop new council homes in England from being sold under the Right to Buy scheme. Angela Rayner told the BBC the government would put restrictions on new social homes in England “so that we aren’t losing that stock”.more

Tesco has introduced a new rule for its employees in a bid to tackle an issue that has been frustrating customers. The supermarket giant, competing with the likes of Lidl, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Asda, and others, has banned staff from wearing headphones while on the shop floor following customer complaints about the practice.more

More than 50 new sanctions against Russia have been announced by the Foreign Office on Thursday, in the UK's largest package since 2023. The Foreign Office said these sanctions will directly target the supply of goods to Russia’s military and constrain resources that enable Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.more

Cheap clothes have outperformed more expensive garments in durability testing conducted for the discount fashion industry. The University of Leeds has worked with retailer Primark to test items such as jeans and T-shirts to set "standards" on how long clothing should last.more

The body of pop star Liam Payne was released to his family on Wednesday to be flown back to the UK, the public prosecutor in charge of his case has confirmed to the BBC. The singer died three weeks ago after falling from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.more

Thousands of children as young as two in England are being treated for health complications linked to severe obesity as leading experts warned of an “escalating public health crisis”. NHS data shows that one in 10 children joining primary school have obesity: 9.6% of reception-age children in 2023-24, up from 9.2% in 2022-23more

Millions of households in England and Wales will struggle to pay their water bills when they go up, a consumer watchdog has warned. The water regulator, Ofwat, has provisionally said bills would rise by an average of £19 a year - or 21% - between 2025 and 2030.more

New figures show a 50% rise in the number of police officers sacked and barred from returning to work in England and Wales. Nearly 600 officers were dismissed from the service in the 12 months before March this year, up from almost 400 the previous year, according to the College of Policing.more

The remaining Tube strike action due to happen this month has been suspended. The ASLEF union, which represents London Underground drivers, has suspended walkouts which would have 'brought the capital to a halt' on Thursday, November 7, and on Tuesday, November 12.more

Tribunal rules employee was unfairly sacked despite verbally abusing a fellow worker during office discussion, writes 'The Guardian'.more

Shoppers looking for a good deal on a luxury advent calendar are being warned to watch out for online scams. Advent calendars have evolved beyond just offering a picture or a little chocolate behind each door. Now they offer everything from beauty products to luxury food and drink items to jewellery.more

Joy & Devotion, the annual festival of Polish sacred music in London, will have its fourth edition. Thanks to the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the festival invites you from 7 to 10 November to listen to centuries-old music performed by the best British choirs.more

Julie Doorne launched her petition in 2018 calling for tighter rules on fireworks to protect people and animals.more