3 h. ago Streeting: Christmas strikes could be the ‘Jenga piece’ that collapses NHS

The Health Secretary called on resident doctors to call off their industrial action amid a sharp rise in flu cases across the country.

Events

8 h. ago Left it to the last minute? You can still buy these gifts in time for Christmas with next

Swerve the high street battlefield and shop for eleventh-hour presents online this Christmas, says Abha Shah

Politics

10 h. ago Coronation Street star says 'calm before the storm' in sweet Websters Christmas update

The stars who play the iconic family in the ITV soap were seen out away from the cobbles

Events

12 h. ago Milky Bar, Quality Street and Dairy Milk Christmas pouches reduced in Asda sale

Some of these items would make the perfect Christmas stocking filler

Politics

13 h. ago Creative duo design magical Christmas window displays on London's Oxford Street

Angel Reid and partner Jack Farrell created wonderful work for Selfridges and Disney.

Politics

14 h. ago Map shows homelessness hotspots as record numbers sleeping rough on the streets this Christmas

The amount of people sleeping rough over Christmas is “at record high for this time of year”, new estimates show

Politics

15 h. ago Quality Street's reduced 2kg Christmas box from Amazon has 'nice variety'

The bundle should arrive in time to share out this Christmas with friends and family

Politics

17 h. ago Quality Street fans race to get Amazon's reduced 2kg box of Christmas chocolates

The 2kg box should arrive in time to share out this Christmas with friends and family

Sport

19 h. ago Doctors’ strike over Christmas a different degree of risk, says Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary has offered to extend the British Medical Association’s strike mandate if it calls off the action over the festive period.

Events

20 h. ago Will the BMA call off the doctors strike? New offer raises hopes as superflu threatens to overwhelm hospitals

It comes as Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns a strike in the run-up to Christmas would carry a ‘much different degree of risk’ to other walkouts

Science

59 h. ago Coronation Street star confirms 'two attacks' during 'explosive' Christmas at Rovers

It was previously teased that the cobbles are set to explode with drama, secrets and shocking revelations this Christmas

Events

68 h. ago Toys 'R' Us returning to High Street with 16 locations by Christmas

The chain disappeared from the High Street in 2018

Politics

68 h. ago ‘This is the real Santa’s workshop’: a trip to Germany’s toy village

You don’t have to be a child to enjoy Seiffen, the magical ‘home of Christmas’ where they’ve been making traditional wooden toys for hundreds of yearsI feel terrible I’ve left the children at home and Seiffen, nicknamed Spielzeugdorf (The Toy Village), is literally a Christmas wonderland. Every street is alive with sparkling fairy lights and soft candlelight. There are thousands of tiny wooden figurines, train sets and toy animals displayed in shop windows, wooden pyramids taller than doorframes and colourful nutcracker characters. Forget elves in the north pole, this is the real Santa’s workshop. For hundreds of years, here in the village of Seiffen, wood turners and carvers have created classic wooden Christmas toys and sold them around the world.Near the border of the Czech Republic, Seiffen may be well known in the German-speaking world as the “home of Christmas”, but so far it has been largely missed by English-speaking seasonal tourists. Tucked away in the Ore Mountains, about...

Economics

68 h. ago Coronation Street star lets slip 'big shock' and 'two attacks' on Christmas Day

Catherine Tyldesley has teased a 'big shock' for her Coronation Street character Eva Price on Christmas Day, as she also revealed 'two attacks' will air on the ITV soap

Events

69 h. ago Coronation Street Christmas spoilers as Becky makes Lisa move, resident attacked and shock death

Eva Price is also left rattled in the ITV soap next week as she confides in Adam Barlow

Events

3 d. ago Coronation Street rocked by unexpected death days before Christmas

Carl Webster receives the heartbreaking news that his mother Elaine Webster has passed away in Coronation Street scenes set to air later this month

Events

3 d. ago Coronation Street Christmas spoilers: Becky takes action and character left for dead

Coronation Street has teased major twists this Christmas, with some danger teased for some residents, bombshells aplenty and a some festive drama on the cobbles

Events

3 d. ago Rochdale Christmas lights fundraiser returns for fifth year as residential street transforms into festive haven

Every year around 70 houses on a street in Rochdale put up festive displays for charity

Politics

3 d. ago Duchess Sophie nails the burgundy trend at Christmas carol service

Burgundy continues to reign supreme this season - and the latest royal to champion the trend is the Duchess of Edinburgh.

Politics

3 d. ago 'I tried to find a last minute Christmas jumper from M&S, Next, Primark and more'

Fashion writer Rachel Williams headed to the high street to see if she could find a last minute Christmas jumper.

Politics