32 minutes ago Wetherspoon reveals full list of 664 pubs staying open on Christmas Day

All the Wetherspoon branches will open for four hours from 11am to 3pm on December 25 - but while you’ll still be able to order your favourite tipple, they won’t be serving any food

Politics

43 minutes ago I paid £6.80 for hot chocolate at the UK Christmas market named Europe's prettiest

The Edinburgh Christmas Market was recently named the most beautiful in Europe, so Alexander Smail went along to find out if the accolade was deserved - they were a little taken aback

Economics

47 minutes ago Sean Ono Lennon explains huge impact of his father’s death: ‘I didn’t know how to fill that void’

‘When you’ve lost a parent, things like that motivate you’

Events

49 minutes ago Netflix star issues disclaimer after concerns over new Christmas movie

Lead actor is reassuring prospective viewers

Politics

54 minutes ago Ralph Fiennes says Trump’s ‘remarkable gift’ helped him win US election

‘Harry Potter’ actor has a theory about how Trump beat Kamala Harris

Politics

59 minutes ago Meet Ms Rachel, the YouTube goddess worshipped by toddlers and parents alike | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Her videos offer so much more than speech therapy and a brief respite from childcare: she is part of the fabric of our livesThere’s a woman in my house every day who my toddler loves almost as much as he loves me, and her name is Ms Rachel. If you don’t spend much time with preschool-aged children, Ms Rachel – some people mistakenly say Miss, but the Ms is important, I feel – is probably not a name that will ring a bell. To parents and grandparents and other caregivers, however, she has become the closest thing that we have to a cult figure. You see, Ms Rachel is an angel, a goddess who has bestowed upon us her supreme gifts for entertaining and educating children. I have seen her referred to as “the world’s babysitter”; people jokingly offer to Venmo her cash for all the “childcare” sh...

Politics

59 minutes ago Tracy Chevalier: ‘Woolf’s The Waves will be like medicine – I won’t like it, but it will do me good’

The novelist on the comfort of Dodie Smith, how Anne Tyler made her want to be a writer – and why she doesn’t reread booksMy earliest reading memoryMy parents read me most of the Dr Seuss books. My favourite was Ten Apples Up on Top, about a lion, a tiger and a dog counting apples. I can still conjure up the illustrations, including the last one where there’s an explosion of apples all over the page.My favourite book growing upThe Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I was riveted by her descriptions of pioneer life and all the how-to information: how to build a log cabin, plough a field, make a ball out of a pig’s bladder. I suspect those books affected my approach to my own writing of historical fiction. Also I related to Laura’s bad-tempered rebelliousness compared with her p...

Science

69 minutes ago New North Lanarkshire Council report reveals progress being made at local schools

The standards and quality report for 2023-2024 shows that eleven inspection reports on the council’s schools were published, with 82 per cent achieving positive reports, with the majority of parents also saying they were happy with their children’s schools.

Politics

75 minutes ago How much your energy bill will rise in Scotland from January and what help is available

Energy bills are going up again in January - and here’s by how much on average, and what you might be able to do to lower household costs

Science

95 minutes ago Shark handheld cordless vacuum cleaner worth 'every penny' now over half price in Black Friday sale

For a small, handheld vacuum that packs a punch, Shark's model will help with any minor clean-ups around the house.

Economics