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Ellie Goulding has said supporting those experiencing homelessness is “more vital than ever” as more households face hardship during the cost-of-living crisis. The singer, who has been volunteering at Crisis’s Christmas centres since 2015 and is an ambassador of the charity, paid a visit to the charity’s central London hotel on Christmas Eve. Alongside helping to make teas and coffees and sorting and distributing clothes to people in need, Goulding […]

Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui is confident he can find the right balance to keep them in the Premier League. Former Spain and Real Madrid coach Lopetegui was appointed during November, taking over following the departure of Bruno Lage and Steve Davis’ temporary stint in charge. With Premier League action paused for the World Cup, Lopetegui and his staff had an extended spell to work with most of the squad ahead […]

Rishi Sunak has broken with tradition to record phone calls with public servants thanking them for their “selflessness” rather than broadcast a Christmas message to the nation. The Prime Minister made apparently surprise calls to four workers and the crew of a naval ship to express his gratitude for their “sacrifices” after an “extraordinary year”. Footage of the messages published on Friday comes during a Christmas being strained by widespread […]

The Sun newspaper has said it regrets the publication of Jeremy Clarkson’s column about the Duchess of Sussex and is “sincerely sorry”. The apology comes after the piece, in which Clarkson said he “hated” Meghan, became the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s (Ipso) most complained-about article. Ipso said the piece, which was removed from The Sun’s website on Monday at Clarkson’s request, had received more than 17,500 complaints as of 9am […]

LadBaby have made chart history by securing the Christmas number one for a fifth consecutive year – surpassing a record set by The Beatles in the 1960s. Social media star Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne, known as LadBaby Mum, claimed the top spot with their single Food Aid, which reworks the Band Aid song Do They Know It’s Christmas? with lyrics about the cost-of-living crisis and vocals from MoneySavingExpert […]

The Government has joined criticism of Joe Biden’s massive package of subsidies in the US, warning it could harm UK-based manufacturers of renewables. International Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch wrote to her US counterpart Katherine Tai to register her opposition over elements of the White House plan. The 430 billion US dollar (£357 billion) Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is an attempt to make the economy environmentally-friendly with tax credits for green […]

The UK Government has said it may block Scotland’s controversial new gender recognition laws. MSPs voted to pass the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill by 86 votes to 39 on Thursday, which will remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC). It also lowers the minimum age for applicants to 16 and drops the time required for an applicant to live […]

Christmas could be one of the darkest to date for the health service, trust leaders have predicted as they warned strikes threaten to aggravate an “already deeply challenging situation” in the NHS. Health chiefs are working to mitigate the impact of industrial action alongside having to contend with an “incredibly long list of other serious challenges”, NHS Providers said. Figures for last week show that one in four ambulance patients […]

The Government will spend £3.5billion on the asylum system in a year, the Home Secretary said as she confirmed plans to house migrants on disused cruise ships were being considered. Suella Braverman said £2.3billion of the total bill for 2022/23 will go towards paying for hotels. “We are accommodating 117,000 people overall who are in our asylum process”, she told the Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee on Wednesday. “So […]