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The conventions and rituals that define the way we do politics rapidly eroded this year – setting the UK on a course into the unknown, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Cold and windy conditions are forecast for parts of Britain on Christmas Day, with forecasters largely ruling out a white Christmas. The UK Health Security Agency issued a yellow cold health alert for South West England, active from Thursday evening until 27 December, warning of potential health and social care…

Fourteen countries, also including France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, say actions ‘violate international law and risk fuelling instability’

History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes – and economic history is no exception. In 1964, a Labour government came to power in the UK with a pledge to curb inflation and to deliver growth. The growth plans were short lived. In 2024, in a cost-of-living crisis, Labour again…

Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum and things may get worse before they get better, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Prime minister calls on people to show kindness to friends or family as leaders broadcast their festive messages

Kimberlee Singler is accused of killing her nine-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son

"She's like the backbone of Britain."

Police chiefs said the men were planning what could have been Britain’s deadliest terrorist incident

A newly unveiled statue in North Shields is casting fresh light on the extraordinary life of Mary Ann Macham – a woman whose courage carried her from the brutality of slavery in the US state of Virginia to freedom on the banks of the River Tyne on Christmas Day, 1831.

YOUR VIEWS: Our community said Britain’s pub culture is slowly fading, blaming high prices, changing social habits and tough Christmas trading conditions that have left some pubs without festive bookings and fearing they may not survive into the new year