Day: December 11, 2025
Village Christmas tree cut down hours after lights switch on
December 11, 2025A Christmas tree in Shotton Colliery, County Durham, has been chopped down (Durham Police/PA) A Christmas tree that has stood in a village for more than a decade has been cut down just hours after its lights were switched on. The tree in Shotton Colliery, Co Durham, was chopped down between 10pm and 11pm on […]
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£3bn announced to create ‘tens of thousands’ of school places for Send pupils
December 11, 2025Around 50,000 new school places will be created for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) from £3 billion funding, the Government has announced. Some of the cash will go towards creating places across the country in local mainstream schools for children with Send so they are less likely to have to travel far […]
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Royal Mail issues Christmas delivery warning for dozens of UK postcodes including London
December 11, 2025Royal Mail has warned that there will be disruptions to deliveries this Christmas due to strain on the service. One particular London postcode is amongst the longlist of affected locations, and that is, unfortunately, the south London borough of Brixton. The reason for the delays, the postal service says, is due to increasing pressures due […]
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London commuters about to see a massive Tube and rail fare rise
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10 unmissable Time Out London deals: 60% off BYOB pasta making
December 11, 2025Looking for 10 things to do in London? Luckily, there’s lots to do in this city for cheap in 2025! At least… there is now. Metro has teamed up with Time Out to bring you the best deals across the capital. Every Friday, 10 new deals will drop, available in the Metro newspaper, on Metro, and on our […]
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Nigel Farage’s former school responds to claims he made racist comments as student
December 11, 2025Dulwich College has said allegations that Nigel Farage made racist and antisemitic comments to fellow pupils at the school are “profoundly distressing” and “entirely at odds with the Dulwich College of today”. In the first reported statement from the school about the accusations – which date from 1970s – current master Robert Milne wrote “such […]
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First picture Liverpool fan, 15, stabbed to death near a school in north London
December 11, 2025The family of a schoolboy fatally stabbed in north London described him as a ‘beautiful, loyal son’ in a moving tribute. Adam Henry, 15, pictured here for the first time, was treated for a single stab wound on Tuesday before being taken to hospital where he died. A murder investigation is ongoing. His family said […]
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These are the key AI players on the cover of Time’s ‘Architects of AI’ magazine
December 11, 2025Accompanying Time’s annual person of the year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s showing eight of the “ Architects of AI ” sitting on the beam. “This was the year when artificial intelligence’s full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that […]
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Queen hosts festive tea for children with severe illnesses
December 11, 2025The Queen got into the festive spirit as she joined children with life-shortening conditions in Queen Victoria’s former sled. Every year, Queen Camilla hosts families supported by charities Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl‘s Marvellous Children’s Charity. Her equerry decorates a tree with them and they receive gifts from Santa. Image: Soldiers chat with […]
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Pangolin and porcupine seized in illegal bushmeat raid in London
December 11, 2025Sarah Hooper Published December 11, 2025 2:37pm Updated December 11, 2025 5:22pm A man has been arrested after police found 38kg of illegal frozen bushmeat in a London building. Animals, including pangolins, cane rats and porcupines, were found inside the freezer, the food safety watchdog said. Officers from the Food Standards Agency and the Metropolitan […]
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