Much of the UK has a dry day with sunny periods but remains chilly with wet weather. There will be some chillier nights coming up, with temperatures dipping below freezing to minus 2C at night. Via: Britain braces for sub-zero temperatures with frost, fog and wintry showers forecast for month
Ian and Stuart Paton, 59, from Lymington in Hampshire’s New Forest National Park, have beaten the previous UK best of 2,433lb. Via: Record-smashing pumpkin! Twins grow UK's biggest ever squash weighing in at a whopping 185 STONE
Boxing Day hunts will go ahead on Covid-secure trails without spectators this Christmas, countryside campaigners have said. Via: Boxing Day hunts WILL go ahead on Covid-secure trails
<p>Communities secretary says support package enough after northern leaders warn it is ‘insufficient’ and will destroy communities</p> Via: No extra support for workers in lockdown areas because ‘the national debt is rising’, government says
<p>‘One of the most heartbreaking things was holding James who was not alive and hearing all the other babies around us being born and crying. It was like a cruel joke,’ one woman tells Maya Oppenheim</p> Via: ‘Walking into that cemetery holding that tiny coffin’: Women recount the trauma of Read more…
<p>Filmmaker describes atmosphere as ‘very sweet and exuberant’</p> Via: Impromptu cricket game on London street draws crowd after 10pm pub curfew
<p>As the prime minister’s first White House-style press secretary, her job will be to defend the indefensible, writes Tom Peck </p> Via: Can Allegra Stratton make No 10’s farcical briefings fit for TV?
The increase in COVID-19 test availability in the US has encouraged authorities to revisit plans to create safe travel corridors between the US and international destinations. Via: US plans to open 'travel corridor' between NYC and London in time for the holidays, report says
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The UK has recorded another 15,116 coronavirus cases and 81 deaths, meaning infections have trebled in a fortnight, as 10 million people in the north brace for tougher restrictions on Monday Via: UK records 15,166 new coronavirus cases and 81 deaths – as Northern leaders claim cases are FALLING