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The King formally removed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s prince title and his HRH style by issuing a Letters Patent (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Home News

Epstein files reveal Andrew’s connection to second wealthy sex offender

Livewar in ukraine

Police officers killed in another deadly Moscow car bomb blast

<p>Officers from Portugal’s Judicial Police criminal investigation unit</p>
crime

British boy, 13, stabbed to death in Portugal by mother’s ex before house blown up in gas blast

<p>Australian Federal Police has charged a 43-year-old British man in Queensland over the alleged display of Nazi symbol</p>
news

Australia to deport British man over neo-Nazi allegations

SAFECALL CAMPAIGN

Kate McCann describes how her life changed after Madeleine went missing as she backs our SafeCall campaign

<p>Madeleine’s mother writes of how life is divided into a ‘before’ and an ‘after’ when a child disappears</p>
<p>Qesser Zuhrah (left) and Amu Gib (right) have decided to start eating again after 48 days refusing food, according to a statement from Prisoners for Palestine. </p>
Home News

Palestine Action protesters pause hunger strike over health fears

<p>The ban on Section 21 eviction notices is coming too late for some</p>
Home News

‘No presents this year’: Families caught on wrong side of eviction ban

News

Tess Daly makes surprise Strictly move in her final appearance on show

LiveWorld

Follow Santa Claus and his reindeer as they deliver gifts around the globe

<p>General view of a Tesco Express in Streatham Hill, London (PA)</p>
Home News

Christmas Eve opening and closing times for UK supermarkets

<p>As a Further Education teacher you can harness skills learned throughout your career to launch a new one </p>
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It’s about experience: Further Education teachers share what it takes

<p>The victim’s bag contained items with a value exceeding S$100,000 – £57,625</p>
travel

Business class passenger jailed for 20 months for stealing another person’s bag

<p>People walk by Christmas markets during strong wind in Birmingham earlier in December</p>
Home News

White Christmas? Met Office reveals where snow could fall

<p>Jonathan Margolis (right) met his school tormentor Johnnie Dickens and was surprised to find a kind and gentle soul who was prepared to apologise for the hurt caused</p>
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Peace to all men: The day I came face to face with my racist school bully

<p>‘Done right, passive income could be much more than a status symbol. It could begin to democratise financial stability’</p>
Lifestyle

The career is dead – why it’s now all about ‘passive income’ and the ‘polygamous worker’

Comedian Reginald D Hunter at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in July (Lucy North/PA)
Crime

Reginald D Hunter court summons quashed after attempt to get comedian ‘cancelled’

<p>Kimberlee Singler is accused of murdering two of her children </p>
crime

Woman extradited from UK to US to face charges of murdering her two children

Home News

The choir helping reunite missing people with their worried families

<p>The group comes together from across the country each month to rehearse or perform</p>
<p>The Church of Holy Family is the only Catholic church in Gaza</p>
Middle East

Rocket strikes and calls from the Pope: Inside Gaza’s only Catholic church at Christmas

<p>The King’s message is one of the rare occasions where the monarch can voice personal views without government advice</p>
Home News

King Charles’s Christmas Day broadcast location revealed

<p>The Prime Minister said ‘we should each do our bit’ as he urged Britons to ‘reach out’ to friends, relatives and neighbours</p>
UK Politics

Keir Starmer focuses on high cost of living in Christmas message

Labour has called for an Electoral Commission probe into whether Reform breached election law spending limits (PA)
UK Politics

Pollsters claim Reform UK is ‘in decline’ as lead over Labour drops

<p>Queenie headed in search of halal fried chicken while on a trip to Japan over Christmas</p>
world

Why Japan loves to celebrate Christmas with fried chicken

<p>Susan Cole, 57, was told she only had seven years to live when she was first diagnosed with HIV. Now, 25 years later, she is addressing health inequities affecting Black women</p>
Health

‘I was told I had seven years to live with HIV – now I am thriving’

Labour has called for an Electoral Commission probe into whether Reform breached election law spending limits (PA)
UK Politics

Pollsters claim Reform UK is ‘in decline’ as lead over Labour drops

<p>Queenie headed in search of halal fried chicken while on a trip to Japan over Christmas</p>
world

Why Japan loves to celebrate Christmas with fried chicken

<p>Susan Cole, 57, was told she only had seven years to live when she was first diagnosed with HIV. Now, 25 years later, she is addressing health inequities affecting Black women</p>
Health

‘I was told I had seven years to live with HIV – now I am thriving’

<p>Best of the bunch: The non-fiction and fiction that’ll have everyone talking next year</p>
the listbooks

Sixteen books to have on your radar in 2026

<p>Muggles wearing a Christmas alpaca knit, a crochet Christmas tree hat, and a traditional large red velvet festive bow from the luxury pet store, Love My Human in London’s King’s Road</p>
Features

Is it really that wrong to get my dog a Christmas outfit?

Russell Brand leaves Southwark Crown Court, London, in May (Yui Mok/PA)
Home News

Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault

<p>Climate activist Greta Thunberg being detained by City of London Police</p>
Crime

Greta Thunberg arrested at Palestine Action protest in London

Features

<p>Children’s author and comedian David Walliams has been dropped from Waterstones Children’s Book Festival</p>
Home News

Insiders warned David Walliams claims were the ‘tip of the iceberg’

Home News

Insiders warned David Walliams claims were the ‘tip of the iceberg’

<p>Children’s author and comedian David Walliams has been dropped from Waterstones Children’s Book Festival</p>
<p>Songwriter Chloe Angelides and Lily Allen in the studio working on West End Girl</p>
Features

Meet the songwriter who helped Lily Allen make her most personal work

<p>Nigel Farage has ‘emphatically denied’ allegations that he racially abused fellow pupils at Dulwich College </p>
UK Politics

I wrote Nigel Farage’s biography – this is what I know about his past

<p>The soaring cost of food has meant one in four working parents have sought help from food banks this year</p>
Features

‘I’m a working mum – but I still need to use food banks for our Christmas dinner’

<p>Kathy Lette is seriously thinking of offering to buy her thirtysomething daughter egg freezing</p>
Health & Families

Why I want to give my daughter an egg-freezing voucher for Christmas

<p>Kathy Lette is seriously thinking of offering to buy her thirtysomething daughter egg freezing</p>
Health & Families

Why I want to give my daughter an egg-freezing voucher for Christmas

<p>Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh</p>
News

The best bits of Judi Dench’s moving new documentary

<p>‘Anaconda’, ‘Amandaland’, ‘The Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off’ and ‘The Night Manager’ lead our Christmas TV and film picks</p>
Features

What to watch over Christmas and new year, from Amandaland to Anaconda

Premium

<p>A last minute planner roast chicken dinner. Phew. </p>
Recipes

A simple last-minute Christmas dinner menu that actually works

Recipes

A simple last-minute Christmas dinner menu that actually works

<p>A last minute planner roast chicken dinner. Phew. </p>
<p>Greta Thunberg being detained by City of London Police</p>
Politics Explained

How should the government handle the Palestine Action hunger strikers?

<p>‘For a brief moment, Gen X ruled the creative economy, but it was a mirage, and now it feels like we’re losing the plot completely’</p>
Lifestyle

Fifty and out: How Gen X became the biggest work losers

<p>On your own at Christmas? You’re not alone: millions of people in the UK are affected by family estrangement</p>
Lifestyle

Brooklyn Beckham and the reality of family estrangement at Christmas

<p>‘Algorithms may feed us hundreds of happy faces a day, but who are we actually engaging with, in a real and breathing sense?’</p>
Voices

So what if we didn’t see each other before Christmas?

<p>‘Algorithms may feed us hundreds of happy faces a day, but who are we actually engaging with, in a real and breathing sense?’</p>
Voices

So what if we didn’t see each other before Christmas?

<p>Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’</p>
culture

Timothée Supreme: How Chalamet finally escaped boy-next-door purgatory

<p>After 18-years of marriage Jane moved to Marrakech for a new beginnning </p>
Lifestyle

The brutal truth about my first post-divorce Christmas

Bulletin

<p>A large Swedish study reported a lower risk of dementia among adults who consumed higher amounts of full-fat cheese and cream</p>
News

What we know about the link between cheese and dementia risk

News

What we know about the link between cheese and dementia risk

<p>A large Swedish study reported a lower risk of dementia among adults who consumed higher amounts of full-fat cheese and cream</p>
<p>Britain-Royals-Epstein</p>
News

FBI sought to interview Andrew about second sex offender

<p>A cold health alert has been issued for Christmas Day</p>
News

UKHSA issues a yellow cold health alert

News

Elon Musk’s AI Grok to be used by US military in controversial move

<p>Australian Federal Police has charged a 43-year-old British man in Queensland over the alleged display of Nazi symbols</p>
News

Australia to deport Briton charged with displaying Nazi symbols

<p>Australian Federal Police has charged a 43-year-old British man in Queensland over the alleged display of Nazi symbols</p>
News

Australia to deport Briton charged with displaying Nazi symbols

News

Clumsy burglar channels Home Alone and botches break-in

<p>Taylor Momsen starred as Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 live-action 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'</p>
Culture

The Grinch star tries on iconic costume 25 years later

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Inside the living traditions of the Pyrenees of Catalonia

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Usher in your cosiest Christmas yet with gifts from The Oodie

<p>Becoming a Further Education teacher allows you to share your knowledge with the next generation of workers </p>
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What is tacit knowledge: Could your work skills spark a new career?

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<p>Buying Christmas presents leaves many families stressed and in debt</p>
Voices

Why I stopped buying Christmas presents years ago – and you should too

Voices

Why I stopped buying Christmas presents years ago – and you should too

<p>Buying Christmas presents leaves many families stressed and in debt</p>
<p>Not every Christmas feels merry, and that’s OK</p>
Voices

Bah humbug? Why I refuse to let Christmas make me miserable

<p>Choosing how to spend Christmas Day with divorced parents came with military-level coordination</p>
Voices

My parents are divorced: here’s how I decide where to spend Christmas

<p>Kate and Gerry McCann take part in the ‘Miles For Missing People’ 10km run in Hyde Park in 2010</p>
The Independent View

The hope and heartbreak of Kate McCann

<p>‘For some, the most elderly and vulnerable, who were trapped by age and an inability to take advantage of gifting rules, this tax was cruel, pernicious, and terrifying’</p>
Voices

Farmers like me took on Labour’s cruel inheritance tax raid – and won

<p>‘For some, the most elderly and vulnerable, who were trapped by age and an inability to take advantage of gifting rules, this tax was cruel, pernicious, and terrifying’</p>
Voices

Farmers like me took on Labour’s cruel inheritance tax raid – and won

<p>Healthcare professionals listening to patients would transform the NHS</p>
Voices

My biggest health shock? A hospital visit that shows NHS can be saved

<p>‘Some experiences never leave; you simply learn to carry them’</p>
Voices

Kate McCann: ‘Life is divided into a before and an after’

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Pollsters claim Reform UK is ‘in decline’ as lead over Labour drops

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How should the government handle the Palestine Action hunger strikers?

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Keir Starmer focuses on high cost of living in Christmas message

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Ukraine war latest: Police officers killed in another deadly Moscow car bomb blast

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Sport

<p>Ben Stokes with Ben Duckett during day three of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia</p>
Cricket

Everything we know after England investigated over Ashes ‘stag do’

The inquiry follows England’s humiliating Ashes performance in Australia

<p>Martinelli clashed knees with Jaydee Canvot late in the first half</p>
Football

Arteta provides Arsenal injury boost after Martinelli setback

<p>Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton had a season to forget</p>
F1

F1 2025 awards: Best driver, biggest disappointment and top overtake

<p>Alexander Isak has been ruled out for a ‘couple of months’ after the striker was caught by Micky van de Ven</p>
Football

Slot unhappy with Van de Ven after Isak injury: ‘A reckless challenge’

<p>England triumphed on home soil at the Women’s Rugby World Cup</p>
Rugby Union

Springboks, Red Roses and Bielle-Biarrey: The 2025 Rugby Union Awards

Football

How to replace Fernandes? Man United are in a mess of their own making

<p>Antoine Semenyo could leave Bournemouth in January</p>
Football

Iraola bites back amid heightened talk of January exit for Semenyo

<p>The PDC World Darts Championship stage at Alexandra Palace</p>
sport

Hidden mics, hi-tech cameras and ‘the spotter’: Beaming the World Darts Championship onto TV

Travel

<p>Pole position: Heathrow airport is expecting its busiest ever Christmas</p>
News & Advice

The Christmas travel chaos to expect this year

News & Advice

The Christmas travel chaos to expect this year

<p>Pole position: Heathrow airport is expecting its busiest ever Christmas</p>
<p>Banksy has confirmed he is the artist behind the Bayswater artwork </p>
Inspiration

Where to find Banksy artwork in London and beyond

<p>A natural pool in Los Gigantes, Tenerife, being hit by large waves on December 7</p>
News & Advice

British family warns of deadly rock pools after Tenerife horror

<p>Reconnect with nature in style at remote stays such as Amangiri, Utah</p>
USA

Seven remote luxury hotels in America

<p>The crescent of sand on Banana Beach in Principe</p>
Africa

The undiscovered tropical island that is perfect for a winter break

<p>The crescent of sand on Banana Beach in Principe</p>
Africa

The undiscovered tropical island that is perfect for a winter break

<p>People walking in the Christmas market of the Hyde Park's winter Wonderland in London</p>
UK

The best Christmas markets to visit in the UK for last-minute gifts

<p>Chug along the line, <em>Polar Express</em>-style, this winter </p>
Inspiration

These real-life ‘Polar Express’ trains bring magic to your journey

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Lifestyle

Kate teases ‘special duet’ at Christmas carol service

Lifestyle

Kate teases ‘special duet’ at Christmas carol service

The Frosted Festivities event offers great value for money
Lifestyle

Santa secrets revealed as school children quiz Father Christmas expert

News

GMB favourite leaves show after 25 years

News

‘Home Alone style’ burglar bungles break-in as he rips off door handle

Culture

The Grinch’s Taylor Momsen tries on original Cindy Lou Who costume

Culture

The Grinch’s Taylor Momsen tries on original Cindy Lou Who costume

Lifestyle

Dog walker has best reaction to surprise Prince William meeting

Lifestyle

Ex Royal butler shares crazy Christmas memory with William and Harry

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Boxing Day Sales

John Lewis Boxing Day sale 2025: Dates and deals to expect

Boxing Day Sales

John Lewis Boxing Day sale 2025: Dates and deals to expect

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<p>The modular setup is a doddle to use and gives you extra versatility </p>
Kitchen Appliances

The Ninja Crispi is now at its lowest-ever price at this retailer

<p>These days, the Boxing Day sales tend to start before Christmas</p>
Boxing Day Sales

Best Boxing Day sales live now, handpicked by shopping experts

<p>The items I’m shopping as a beauty expert, from Bobbi Brown to Estée Lauder</p>
Boxing Day Sales

Boots’s Boxing Day sale starts two days early, here are the top deals

<p>I compared Hotel Chocolat's £150 viral hot chocolate maker with Salter's £35 appliance</p>
Kitchen Appliances

I tested the £35 alternative to Hotel Chocolat’s £150 velvetiser

<p>I compared Hotel Chocolat's £150 viral hot chocolate maker with Salter's £35 appliance</p>
Kitchen Appliances

I tested the £35 alternative to Hotel Chocolat’s £150 velvetiser

<p>The Pvolve kit isn't cheap but feels worth the price tag</p>
Fitness and wellbeing

Is Jennifer Aniston’s Pvolve workout effective for midlife fitness?

<p>However you’d like to style your nursery, there’s plenty of choice at these stores </p>
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The best nursery furniture brands in 2026

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Burberry is the ultimate gifting destination this festive season

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The Lands’ End Christmas shop showcases cosy knits and nightwear

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Amazon Business gift ideas: fast delivery, skip Christmas crowds

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Save £200 with Crystal Ski voucher codes

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<p>From budget-friendly deals to group-booking offers, we’ve found ways to save on your next skiing holiday</p>
<p>Discover the best sparkling wine deals on champagne this Christmas</p>
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Best champagne deals for Christmas 2025

<p>Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid and Kate Middleton are all fans of the brand</p>
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<p>Embrace the best of British history with a trip to Warwick Castle</p>
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How to save 43% on Warwick Castle entry in December 2025

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This Tui discount code saves you up to £300 on holidays

<p>Save hundreds on winter sun with these last-minute January holiday deals</p>
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Save up to £900 with these last-minute January 2026 holiday deals

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The DOJ’s Epstein Files release sparks viral meme around one unexpected celebrity

The DOJ’s Epstein Files release sparks viral meme around one unexpected celebrity

sport

KSI congratulates Anthony Joshua on Jake Paul fight with one ‘petty’ post

politics

Trump accused of ‘vandalism’ over 'downright weird' name change

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Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: All the biggest reactions as Joshua wins Netflix fight by knockout

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Trump brags about identifying a giraffe in latest ‘cognitive test’ boast

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Trump brags about identifying a giraffe in latest ‘cognitive test’ boast

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Fans think Jennifer Lawrence just shaded Leonardo DiCaprio over one comment

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