Advice from NCIC after cold-health alert issued for Cumbria
The amber cold-health alert has been issued for the North West, including Cumbria, by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) ahead of forecast weather that is likely to cause 'significant impacts across health and social care services'. The cold-health alerts came into effect yesterday (Sunday, December 28) at 8pm and will remain in place until 12pm on Monday, January 5 2026. Stay active where possible: Moving around helps keep you warm and improves circulation. Eat well and stay hydrated: Hot meals and drinks can help maintain body temperature. Plan ahead: Stock up on essentials and make sure you have any medications you need.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 17:41 UTC
Youssef Chermiti causes Rangers transfer headache as pundit spots Danny Rohl's brutal dilemma
Youssef Chermiti causes Rangers transfer headache as pundit spots Danny Rohl's brutal dilemmaThe misfiring £8million signing from Everton has struggled to get going at IbroxView Image Youssef Chermiti has struggled for Rangers (Image: PA)Marvin Bartley reckons Danny Rohl will already be weighing up how Rangers can cut their losses on Youssef Chermiti. But the Portuguese forward has failed to live up to the price tag, scoring just twice in 20 appearances for the Light Blues. Former sporting director Kevin Thelwell sanctioned the deal, having previously signed Chermiti for Everton from Sporting in 2023 for £12m. With Chermiti continuing to struggle, Rangers could already be considering moving him on. If he is playing and misses a chance when he's through on goal and falls over the ball, he's going to cost you at some point as well.
Source:Express
December 29, 2025 17:22 UTC
Brits urged to take plastic tubs to Greene King pubs
This Christmas, 71% of UK adults will accumulate at least one plastic tub filled with chocolates, sweets or biscuits - a tradition that, when scaled nationally, translates into more than 47 million new plastic tubs entering homes each year. In response, Greene King is encouraging people to bring their clean, empty plastic tubs into their local pub to ensure they are recycled properly via its Tub2Pub recycling scheme. Members of the public can take their clean and empty plastic tubs to all participating Greene King pubs nationwide between 1 January and 15 February 2026. “Our message is simple: don’t let plastic tubs gather dust for another year - or end up in the wrong bin. Bring them to your local Greene King pub and we’ll do the hard work for you.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 16:59 UTC
Times edict in piece on Gaza’s Christians: Don’t Mention Hamas
Not for the first time, we see that the Times chose to highlight the plight of Palestinians Christians during Christmas in a way that shielded Islamic extremists from criticism. Indeed, a nearly 1,000 word Times report about the challenges faced by Gaza’s tiny Christian community during Christmas (“The struggle to find Christmas joy for Gaza’s Christians”, Dec. 25) managed to avoid using the word Hamas even once. This is no small feat given the Islamist extremist group’s religious supremacist ideology codified in their founding charter, a belief that non-Muslims can co-exist in Palestinian ruled territories only if they accept Islam’s dominion. The journalist’s determination to avoid mentioning Hamas’ discrimination against Christians can be seen in the sole paragraph even hinting at such persecution. Also erased from the story is the crucial fact that the population of Gaza’s Christians declined dramatically since the terror group took control of the territory during a violent coup in 2007, dropping from 5,000 to as low as 500 today.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 16:37 UTC
How the UK was crowned the hybrid work capital of Europe
Act now to keep your subscriptionWe've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 15:42 UTC
Failure to spot Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s ‘abhorrent’ posts to be investigated
Act now to keep your subscriptionWe've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 15:40 UTC
British-Egyptian dissident apologises for tweets as Tories push for UK deportation
Mr Abd El Fattah said he took allegations of antisemitism "very seriously" while arguing some of the posts had been "completely twisted out of their meaning". He added that the government has "condemned the nature of these historic tweets, and we consider them to be abhorrent". It is understood that the Foreign Office has started an internal review into how the case has been handled by successive governments. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage both said Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood should look at whether Mr Abd El Fattah's citizenship could be revoked to enable his swift removal from the UK. Farage said in a letter to Mahmood: "It should go without saying that anyone who possesses racist and anti-British views such as those of [Mr Abd El Fattah] should not be allowed into the UK."
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 15:37 UTC
UK’s International Personal Finance recommends £543m US takeover
Act now to keep your subscriptionWe've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 15:17 UTC
I was on my way to Rangers after agreeing a transfer before Liverpool pulled the plug at the last minute
"I don't know what happened behind the scenes. If you're wanted as a player, Liverpool said, 'Yeah you can go and speak to them.' I don't know if they were arguing over the fee, I don't know what happened." My dad God bless him had loads of clippings that Celtic wanted me. "But I never spoke to them so I don't know how far that was."
Source:Express
December 29, 2025 15:15 UTC
Newspaper headlines: 'Push to strip citizenship' and 'God created Bardot'
'Push to strip citizenship' and 'God created Bardot'The front pages of The Daily Mail, The Times and The Daily Telegraph all focus on social media messages sent by the British-Egyptian activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah, described by the government as "abhorrent". Writing in The Daily Mail, the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, says she "does not want people who hate Britain coming to our country" and says the Home Office should consider deporting him. President Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meeting in Florida to discuss a Ukraine peace deal features in most of the papers. And the face of Brigitte Bardot features on many of the front pages, after her death was announced yesterday. The Daily Mail describes her as "France's most alluring export".
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 15:14 UTC
Mom ‘who abducted her 4 kids over fears “the end times were coming” flees to Europe’ as cops probe note left at home
A MOM accused of abducting her four children was seen boarding a plane to catch a flight to Europe in chilling surveillance footage. Elleshia Seymour reportedly expressed disturbing fears the end times were coming after allegedly snatching the children. Video from Salt Lake City airport, Utah, showed Seymour, 35, with her children as she boarded a Delta Airlines flight on November 30. Three days after the flight, she reportedly sent a voice note claiming she was in France. The voice note was sent to the other father and she also claimed the “end times were coming.”She reportedly expressed other apocalyptic fears.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 14:43 UTC
In Pictures: The changing seasons during 2025
As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 13:40 UTC
UK shaken by more than 300 earthquakes throughout 2025
The data shows 309 earthquakes had been recorded across the UK this year up to December 18. Dr Baptie said it is not a surprise that Perth and Kinross tops the list of seismic activity across 2025. He said: “The west of Scotland is one of the more active parts of the UK. “By contrast, north-east Scotland experiences very few earthquakes.”The 10 strongest earthquakes in the UK in 2025 (BGS/UKRI/PA)Earthquakes can happen in other parts of the UK where there are geological faults. BGS said its research, which is in part publicly funded through UK Research and Innovation, helps improve understanding of seismic risk around the country.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 13:00 UTC
Foreign degrees lose sheen as American dreams fade
Apart from foreign education and the corporate sector, there will be adverse effects of lost goodwill in the USA/ Indian economic relations. Canada has an issue of high cost of living and limited employment opportunities for foreign workers. Changes to dependent eligibility and higher financial thresholds triggered a drop, with Indian study visas falling from 159,371 in 2023 to about 92,355 in 2024. Low or no tuition at public universities, strong STEM programmes and an 18-month job-search window continue to drive demand.Ireland is expected to sustain steady growth, with Indian student numbers crossing 9,000 in 2023–24 following nearly 50% year-on-year growth. Demand is concentrated in AI, data science, cybersecurity, fintech and management programmes.The UAE, particularly Dubai, is emerging as a major regional hub.
Source:The Times
December 29, 2025 11:25 UTC
Is it Twixmas or Twixtmas? And other style guide conundrums we have faced this year at the Guardian
These are some of the questions we thought would be easy to answer when we were appointed as editors of the Guardian style guide in October. If there are style guide queries with obvious answers, we haven’t encountered one yet. The introduction to the 1960 edition of the style guide was headed “Neither pedantic nor wild”, and we try to live up to that maxim. Please email your comments or queries to the readers’ editor at guardian.readers@theguardian.com, putting “Style guide” in the subject field. Style guides play a part in the evolution of language, and we need to move with the times.
Source:The Guardian
December 29, 2025 10:52 UTC