Archive 2023/12/21
- Government rows back on £38k family visa earning threshold hike
- Football ‘united’ against European Super League, says UEFA’s Aleksander Ceferin
- Luke Littler continues dream World Championship with victory over Andrew Gilding
- Lucas Vazquez winner sends Real Madrid top of LaLiga table
- Couple ‘shocked’ after proposal photos go viral in hunt on X
- Alex Batty reveals he returned to the UK for a better future
- England’s white-ball winter ends on low note with series defeat to West Indies
- Police inspectorate raises ‘serious concerns’ about West Midlands force
- Cabinet minister weighs hedgehog as he unveils animal road safety boost
- Roy Hodgson satisfied with what injury-hit Crystal Palace have achieved
- Paul Warne wants Derby to be ‘braver’ despite win over Lincoln
- Vin Diesel accused of sexual battery by former assistant in lawsuit
- Late Danny Welbeck header earns Brighton a draw at Crystal Palace
- Student kills 14 in mass shooting at Prague university
- England bowled out for 132 by West Indies in T20I series decider
- Derby up to third in League One with victory over Lincoln
- British newlyweds ‘terrified’ in bar near site of Prague shooting
- Andrew Tate requests ’emergency visit’ to UK after mother suffers heart attack
- Reece James undergoes surgery and reveals negativity towards his latest setback
- Holidaymakers to resume Christmas getaways as cross-Channel train strike ends
- Woman ‘covered in blood’ arrested after boy, four, dies in knife attack
- Four charged in connection with Elle Edwards Christmas Eve pub shooting
- FSA condemns breakaway super league idea after European Court of Justice ruling
- Apple stops online sales of watch models in patent dispute
- Man, 25, charged after several stolen vehicles recovered
- Anthony Joshua admits career is over if he loses to Otto Wallin on Saturday
- Comedian and actor Jo Koy to host Golden Globes
- Fallen trees cause injury, damage and disruption as Storm Pia winds hit 115mph
- Police failures may have caused or contributed to death of Thomas Orchard – jury
- Gerri Colombe bypasses King George in favour of Leopardstown
- Christmas getaway journeys ruined as French strike stops cross-Channel trains
- Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after 148m-dollar defamation lawsuit
- England to improve mental health support after Owen Farrell takes Test break
- Scottish Budget leaves local councils at ‘breaking point’, leaders warn
- More than 500,000 people in Gaza are starving, UN report warns
- Hunt: Falling government borrowing costs may pave way for spring tax cuts
- O’Brien plotting separate Classic routes for star juveniles
- It’s just like watching Brazil for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola
- Man appears in court charged with attempted murder of children in Dublin
- Newlywed British couple urged to stay down amid Prague shooting
- US servicewoman cleared of causing motorcyclist’s death by careless driving
- Jury in trial of woman accused of fiance’s murder sent out to consider verdicts
- Key questions answered after ECJ rules UEFA and FIFA regulations unlawful
- Might I chasing Grade Two honours at Ascot
- St Johnstone report ‘appalling’ racist abuse towards forward Diallang Jaiyesimi
- Ten killed and dozens injured in Prague shooting
- Cameron sets out commitment to do everything possible to get aid into Gaza
- Alex Batty to remain under special legal protection, court decides
- Brianna Ghey’s mother commended after call for compassion for killers’ parents
- Labour is ready for a May election – Starmer
- Cannabis user who murdered four people should die in prison – victims’ families
- Wind turbines beat production record as Storm Pia descends
- Boyfriend who murdered toddler after cuts to Universal Credit is jailed for life
- Liam Scales urges Celtic players to ‘brush up’ after Brendan Rodgers’ criticism
- Family of shooting victim tell of ‘deep sadness’ on 30th birthday
- Retired photographer died after being ‘hit by police van while using crossing’
- Burnley boss Vincent Kompany welcomes Rebecca Welch appointment for Fulham clash
- This week’s best podcasts – including the amazing world of the London Underground and 2023 reflections
- Unai Emery tells Aston Villa to avoid complacency when Sheffield United visit
- Shooting in central Prague leaves several dead and dozens wounded
- Top US military officer speaks to Chinese counterpart in bid to thaw relations
- Macron accused of siding with Depardieu as actor faces misconduct allegations
- Airbnb using AI to block New Year’s Eve party bookings
- Jump in flu and novovirus patients adds to pressure on hospitals
- Pudsey Bear fraudsters jailed for ‘pocketing’ charity supermarket collections
- Family of four murder victims say whole life order would be ‘only fair’
- Champ aiming to regain Long Walk crown
- Police launch murder investigation after child, four, dies in knife attack
- Cut demand for flying if net zero policies not working by 2025, say MPs
- In Pictures: Transport disrupted and trees uprooted as Storm Pia pummels UK
- Winds top 80mph as Storm Pia hits UK
- Jury starts deliberations in trial of US servicewoman Mikayla Hayes
- Electric car tariffs avoided as UK and EU extend post-Brexit trade rules
- Foot abscess scuppers Monbeg’s Welsh National run
- EU pays the final tranche of Ukraine budget support for 2023
- Editeur Du Gite to defend Desert Orchid title
- Important to get legal clarity over Legacy Act, says reconciliation commission
- Bibby Stockholm: Albanian asylum seeker died from ‘compression of the neck’
- Man due in court charged in relation to Parnell Square attack
- Serbia opposition urges EU to help open international probe into disputed vote
- Israeli shelling in Lebanese border town ‘kills elderly woman’
- Law chief welcomes trial date for Lockerbie bomb suspect on 35th anniversary
- NHS boss raises patient safety concerns ahead of January junior doctors’ strike
- Life in prison for boyfriend who murdered new partner’s two-year-old
- Services mark Lockerbie bombing 35 years on from ‘senseless act of violence’
- Tom Lockyer home from hospital after having implantable defibrillator fitted
- Yousaf hails ‘incredible courage’ of local community after Lockerbie bombing
- Drug abuser guilty of murdering girlfriend and three relatives
- Manchester United committed to UEFA competitions after Super League ruling
- Victim’s family ‘relief’ at killer George Stephenson’s parole decision
- Albania’s parliament lifts legal immunity of former prime minister
- Amy Winehouse estate claiming £730,000 from her friends in auction legal row
- Macron says a security crisis could force rethink of Paris Olympic opening show
- Teenage murderers of Brianna Ghey can be named, judge rules
- Brianna Ghey murder: Which other young killers have been named by courts?
- ‘Bruce Willis effect’ prompts surge in visits to Alzheimer’s charity website
- Berlin film festival to honour Martin Scorsese for lifetime achievement
- No ‘mass exodus’ from Scotland over higher tax – Yousaf
- Amputee cat and owner team up to help others in Ohio
- Turkish central bank raises interest rate to 42.5% to combat high inflation
- Border Force warns over counterfeit electricals after pre-Christmas seizures
- Covid-19 infection levels rising with one in 24 likely to test positive
- David Eustace to join Hong Kong training ranks
- Tehran warned of ‘danger’ in allowing Iran-backed Houthi rebels to target ships
- Tom Curran given four-game BBL ban for intimidating umpire
- Own worst critic Harvey Elliott vows to work on providing more at Liverpool
- Travellers urged to plan ahead as Storm Pia brings high winds
- Botox Has heads dual Long Walk challenge for Moore
- Starmer urged to rule out reviving Scottish gender laws
- English National Opera chorus to vote on industrial action after proposed cuts
- Masters of our destiny – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez hails ECJ ruling
- Two injured and homes destroyed as Australian wildfire burns out of control
- Putin’s Russia a ‘real and constant threat’ to Europe – Starmer
- Start of Christmas getaway disrupted by Storm Pia
- War veteran marks 100th birthday by fundraising for children in Gaza
- Lancashire back plans for external investment into The Hundred but not extension
- Health Secretary Atkins claims some doctors ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with strikes
- Former soldier Daniel Khalife to face trial next autumn on Iran spying charge
- Pope uses Christmas greeting to ask Vatican staff to avoid ‘rigid ideologies’
- Starmer says there are ‘grounds for changing law’ on assisted dying
- Into Overdrive on course for Rowland Meyrick return
- Judges rule UEFA blocking European Super League was contrary to EU law
- Australia to send military personnel to help protect Red Sea shipping
- Government borrowing higher than expected as cost of benefits grows
- Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson charged with assault and coercive behaviour
- More boats carrying Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh approach Indonesia
- ‘You’ve got school in the morning’ – five Littler things
- South Korean court orders two Japanese firms to compensate wartime workers
- India’s opposition politicians protest against their suspension from parliament
- Minister ‘cannot rule out consequences’ over Irish Legacy Act challenge
- Social media platform X back online after global outage
- Train passengers urged not to travel as parts of UK brace for Storm Pia
- 5 of the hottest interior trends for 2024 – according to experts
- Passenger ‘hid bullets in nappy’ at airport in New York
- Raphael artwork ‘features a face he did not paint’
- Junior doctors’ strike enters second day
- China keeps up military pressure on Philippines as territorial tensions grow
- 10 ‘wines of the year’ to snap up now
- Is it ok to tell someone you don’t like the gift they’ve given you?
- Pyjama party: The cosiest sleepwear for winter nights and duvet days
- Football rumours: Juventus leading Newcastle in race for Kalvin Phillips
- Thousands of users experiencing outages on X social media app and website
- European Super League verdict set to be announced by European Court of Justice
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again threatens use of nuclear weapons
- What the papers say – December 21
- Judge to decide if media can publish names of Brianna Ghey’s teenage killers