The BBC has confirmed its Christmas TV schedule for 2022, with some highly anticipated programmes set to air over the festive period including the last ever episode of Gavin and Stacey. Events
Shadow minister says Liz Kendall ‘making right noises to fix economic activity’ but claims plans lack substanceThe Federation of Small Businesses applauds the ambition in the government’s Get Britain Working, but says that overcoming the “pervasive poverty of ambition” about employment in the public sector won’t be easy. This is from Tina McKenzie, the FSB’s policy chair.This is a start – but only a start – in fixing the pervasive poverty of ambition in the Jobcentre, health and other state systems when it comes to getting people back into work. Increasing employment is ultimately the most sure-fire way to drive up living standards and economic growth. Ministers have a huge job to persuade public institutions that work is good for health and that everyone who needs work should be helped... Politics
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said visiting the employment offices too often felt like 'you're back in the 80s or 90s' as she unveiled government plans to get Brits back to work. Society
Rat fans come out to send their displeased comments towards exterminator Mikey Fullerton, but he said he simply did his job when he found a whopping 16-inch rat Events
Royston Williams disappeared on November 19 and concern is growing for his welfare. His family have now issued a statement through South Wales Police Society
'Bright and popular' Kiena Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend then drove to a nearby railway line, lying across the tracks as an express train approached at 110mph. Events
Capital side issues update ahead of URC resumption Politics
A lawyer acting for campaign group For Women Scotland called on the court to uphold an appeal over the legal status of trans women. Events
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman has questioned judge Craig Revel Horwood over comments he made about a celebrity during a recent live show. Politics
A vandal has tempted the ire of The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come by smashing up a London tombstone Politics
