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Conditions are expected to improve this week after bad weather caused disruption during the Christmas getaway period. The Met Office has forecast a “grey Christmas” with some sunny spells and “extremely mild” temperatures. It comes after a “perfect storm” of adverse weather conditions and road congestion led to widespread disruption during the Christmas getaway. The Met Office issued yellow warnings for wind which remained in place until 9pm on Sunday. […]

The King has been pictured waving to well-wishers after attending a church service on his Norfolk estate. Charles left St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in winter sunshine on Sunday morning wearing a brown tweed coat and holding an umbrella. Earlier this week it was revealed that the King’s cancer treatment is expected to continue into 2025 almost a year after his diagnosis following hospital treatment for an enlarged prostate. […]

US actress Blake Lively has been supported by It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover after accusing Justin Baldoni, her co-star in a film of the novel, of sexual harassment in a legal complaint. Baldoni, 40, who also directed the film, and the studio behind the romantic drama are accused of embarking on a “multi-tiered plan” to damage Lively’s reputation following a meeting to address accusations against Baldoni and a […]

Germans have mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people and injuring 200 others. The alleged attack on Friday evening in Magdeburg, about 80 miles west of Berlin, killed a nine-year-old and four adults and injured 41 people badly enough that authorities warned the death toll could rise. Magdeburg marked the tragedy on Saturday with […]

Housebuilders should lower buyers’ bills with solar panels on every roof, renewable energy charity and company chiefs have urged. The seven chief executives and directors have called on Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to back the Sunshine Bill when MPs debate it in the new year. If MPs back the draft legislation, which the Liberal Democrats’ Max Wilkinson tabled for a debate on January 17, […]

A “perfect storm” of bad weather and millions of travellers has resulted in disruption at the start of the Christmas getaway period – with some flights and ferries cancelled due to high winds. The Met Office said yellow warnings for wind, which came into force at 7am on Saturday, are expected to remain in place until 9pm on Sunday. Warnings remain in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and in England the […]

A quarter (25%) of 18 to 34-year-olds expect the cost of Christmas to put them into debt, a survey has found. This is higher than 17% among all age groups who said this, according to the research commissioned by lender Creditspring. Four in 10 (39%) young adults said they are reliant on their savings to pay for Christmas, which was also higher than the UK average of 32%. Three in […]

Tyson Fury’s mission to avenge his only professional defeat ended in crushing disappointment as he lost on a unanimous points decision to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh. Another classic encounter between the well-matched rivals ended with Usyk retaining his WBC, WBA and WBO belts by finishing 116-112 ahead on all three judges’ scorecards. It was a fair reflection of the Ukrainian’s control of the rematch given he set […]

The Wanted star Max George has revealed his pacemaker has been fitted after an operation to address a 2:1 heart block. On Saturday, the singer shared a photo to Instagram of his scar, which sits just below a “special tattoo” on the left side of his chest that says 04/08/1998, in reference to the birthday of his late bandmate Tom Parker, who died in 2022. George, 36, who announced he […]