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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

US President Donald Trump has said he has an "obligation" to sue the BBC over the way a section of his speech was edited in a Panorama documentary. Speaking to Fox News, he said his 6 January 2021 speech had been "butchered" and the way it was presented had "defrauded" viewers.more

Taking to the skies in its unmistakable white and orange aircraft, EasyJet is celebrating 30 years since its first ever flight from Luton Airport to Glasgow. Since 1995, the budget airline has massively grown its business and brand – in part thanks to the TV documentary Airline.more

The Mayor of London is urging people to avoid websites selling fake tickets to the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks display. Sadiq Khan says using anything but official partner Ticketmaster will lead to scams and overinflated prices.more

The rate of UK unemployment has risen to 5% in the three months to September, showing signs the jobs market has weakened, according to new official figures.more

The British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reported that organised crime groups have begun illegally manufacturing counterfeit weight loss drugs on an industrial scale, according to a report in today's “Guardian”.more

The European Commission is demanding that the UK contribute between €4 billion and €6 billion to the €150 billion SAFE EU armaments programme, according to yesterday's “Telegraph” newspaper, citing EU sources.more

Canadian David Szalay, who lives in Budapest, author of the novel ‘Flesh’, received the 2025 Booker Prize yesterday at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London. Polish readers had the opportunity to get to know him as the author of the books ‘London’, “Turbulence” and ‘What is a Man’.more

A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has woken in hospital and spoken with his wife for the first time. Samir Zitouni, 48, was a member of the catering crew on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on 1 November when an attacker struck as it passed through Cambridgeshire.more

BBC chairman Samir Shah admitted yesterday that the editing of Donald Trump's remarks, published a week before the US presidential election, was an "error of judgment." In a statement sent to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Shah apologized for the error.more