Day: December 24, 2025
Auction crowds battle for meat at London’s Smithfield market saved from closure
December 24, 2025Noora Mykkanen Published December 24, 2025 10:06pm Updated December 24, 2025 10:06pm
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Search intensifies for boy, 13, who vanished two weeks ago
December 24, 2025Sarah Hooper Published December 24, 2025 5:49pm Updated December 24, 2025 5:49pm Police are asking the public to help find a 13-year-old boy who has been missing for nearly two weeks. Abdul, whose surname was not given because of his age, was last seen wearing a black tracksuit and white trainers when he left his […]
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‘Freedom is a city where you can breathe’: four experts on Europe’s most liveable capitals
December 24, 2025The angry rumble of a speeding SUV. The metallic smog of backlogged traffic. The aching heat of sun-dried neighbourhoods baking in an oven of concrete and asphalt. For most people, the mundane threats that plague our environments are likely to annoy more than they spark dread. But for scientists who know just how dangerous our […]
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Phone snatching victim tracks down stash of stolen devices buried in London flowerbed
December 24, 2025When one Londoner had her phone snatched out of her hand she didn’t give up hope of finding it. Agiimaa Oyungerel, 35, who had her Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra stolen outside Surrey Quays train station by a man on a bike on Saturday, December 20. Ms Oyungerel had little hope of recovering of her phone […]
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Ending the Ukraine war: Full details of 20-point plan unveiled by Zelensky to stop the bloodshed
December 24, 2025Mr Zelensky raised the prospect of Ukrainian soldiers being withdrawn from territory they currently hold in the east of the country to create a demilitarised or free economic zone. “There are two options,” Ukraine’s president said. “Either the war continues, or something will have to be decided regarding all potential economic zones.” Vladimir Putin who […]
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Russell Brand posts Christmas video following new rape and sexual assault charges
December 24, 2025Russell Brand has shared a Christmas video with his followers in the wake of fresh rape and sexual assault charges against him. Brand, 50, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on January 20 in relation to the new charges. Brand has already been charged with two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and […]
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John Antrobus obituary
December 24, 2025John Antrobus, who has died aged 92, was just 21 when in 1955 he joined the writers’ cooperative Associated London Scripts. Based in an office above a greengrocer’s shop in Shepherd’s Bush, it housed a cradle of talent shaking up postwar television and radio comedy. Newly out of army officer training at Sandhurst, with a […]
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‘Up and coming’ European capital is about to get its first-ever UK flight
December 24, 2025Several intriguing destinations are about to get cheaper to fly to in 2026, and one has got the Metro Travel team particularly excited. Wizz Air is launching six new routes from London Luton Airport, including a UK first to an ancient and fascinating city. From summer 2026, a new flight will connect London to Yerevan, […]
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Hundreds brave the cold to make a splash for charity
December 24, 2025Hundreds of swimmers dashed and danced into the sea for a charity dip at Helen’s Bay in Co Down on Wednesday. This year’s Santa Splash started with carol singing and bell ringing before a warm-up session led by local fitness coaches Eamon Swail and Calvin Brennan. People run into the water at Helen’s Bay as […]
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British boy, 13, killed in stabbing in Portugal
December 24, 2025A 13-year-old British boy has reportedly been stabbed to death in Portugal. The incident has been described by local police as a “domestic violence situation”, with the alleged perpetrator said to be the former partner of the boy’s mother, a 43-year-old man who also died at the scene. The boy has been named locally as […]
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