Day: December 21, 2025
Gail’s faces backlash from customers after controversial Christmas Day decision
December 21, 2025Kristina Beanland Published December 21, 2025 3:53pm Updated December 21, 2025 3:53pm Gail’s might be in the business of flat whites and pastries, but the bakery chain is no stranger to controversy. From angry locals who see the cafe as a symbol of gentrification, to its decision to charge more for day-old pastries, Gail’s certainly […]
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Prince William brings his son to the same homeless shelter he first visited with Princess Diana
December 21, 2025Prince William and his eldest son, Prince George, put on aprons to help make Christmas lunch at a homeless shelter, a charity that the Prince of Wales first visited as a child with his mother, the late Princess Diana. The royal father and son were seen decorating a Christmas tree and helping with meal preparations […]
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Police name 55-year-old man shot dead in London
December 21, 2025A man shot dead in northwest London has been named as 55-year-old Simon Whyte. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police‘s Specialist Crime Team are appealing for witnesses, information and anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following the incident in Stonebridge, Brent, on Friday evening. They are particularly keen to hear from a small group who […]
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Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be PM next Christmas, insists Labour chair
December 21, 2025The chair of the Labour Party has insisted that Sir Keir Starmer will “absolutely” still be prime minister next Christmas, despite the party’s dire position in the polls. Speaking to Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Anna Turley acknowledged that “things are still hard” for Britons, but struck an optimistic tone about the year ahead. […]
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Anger as City of London closes four independent shops for cafe group
December 21, 2025A decision to hand over four independently run cafes in Hampstead Heath to a group of Australian-inspired eateries has provoked “outrage” within the community, campaigners say. Daisy Green has been selected to run cafes at Queen’s Park, Golders Hill Park, Parliament Hill Lido and Parliament Hill Fields from spring 2026 by the City of London […]
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‘I’ve been scammed out of £20k’: Students in London’s most exclusive flats forced out after week without power
December 21, 2025Hundreds of residents at Chapter London Bridge, where rooms start at £500-a-week, are unlikely to be able to return to their flats until at least May next year. The 39-storey building, next to the Shard, has been plagued by problems since it opened in September, students told the Standard. They have complained about malfunctioning lifts, […]
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Keir Starmer will ‘absolutely’ be PM next Christmas, Labour chairwoman says
December 21, 2025Anna Turley also insisted people would start to feel the change promised by the Government “in their pockets” over the next year. The Prime Minister finds himself in a challenging position as the year draws to a close: both he and his party are unpopular in opinion polls, rumours of insurrection in the Labour ranks […]
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Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
December 21, 2025Ever since Team GB’s velodrome successes at the 2008 Olympics, campaigners and government ministers have confidently predicted that Britain is about to become a nation of cyclists. There is just one problem: for the most part, it has not happened. Apart from a very concentrated spike in bike use during Covid, the level of cycle […]
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£20m spent on Commons since IndyRef, SNP says
December 21, 2025The House of Commons has spent more than £20 million on refurbishment and improvement works since IndyRef, the SNP has claimed. Figures obtained by the party under a freedom of information request showed a total of £20,107,400 has been spent on the estate since the 2014 referendum, which it says “highlights the true cost of […]
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Anger as four Hampstead Heath cafés replaced despite backing from Benedict Cumberbatch
December 21, 2025The operators of four popular North London cafés are to be replaced despite receiving “overwhelming” public support and backing from celebrities including Benedict Cumberbatch. The City of London Corporation, which manages green spaces including Hampstead Heath as a registered charity, launched a remarketing process earlier this year putting the existing operators’ futures at risk. It […]
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