3 d. ago Inside historic UK town's Christmas market labelled 'dreadful' with heaving crowds, 'out of hand' food prices and £58 pens

Visitors have taken to social media to document what they call a 'dreadful' and 'chaotic' experience at the annual Christmas event, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

Economics

4 d. ago Food banks face winter surge as record six parcels a minute to be delivered in festive season

Almost three quarters of a million food parcels were provided for children last winter

Society

5 d. ago Good news for shoppers as price increases ease just in time for Christmas

Last month, shop price increases slowed, as did food inflation

Economics

6 d. ago Trump confirms he recently spoke with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

Trump remained tight-lipped on details of call with Venezuelan president as tensions rise between countriesDonald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, but he did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.“I don’t want to comment on it. The answer is yes,” the US president said when asked if he had spoken with Maduro. He was speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One. Continue reading...

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1 week ago London has plenty of posh breakfast options – but give me a greasy spoon any day | Adrian Chiles

The food’s better, the price is better and the company is better. You know where you are at a proper caffEarly some mornings, when I’m working in London, I go for breakfast with two good friends. So that’s me, a fabric dealer and a psychotherapist. Obviously this sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s one for which, at the time of writing, I have no punchline. Soho’s our hunting ground, the hunt in question being for somewhere to have breakfast at 7am. There’s not much open at that time. I mean, it’s not asking for much, is it? Somewhere to sit and eat at what is hardly a punishingly early hour.Being gentlemen of a certain age, we also require access to a toilet, which narrows our options still further. What this leaves us with is the grand total of four establishments. Three are fancy restaurants; one isn’t. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lidl announces 8p price cut on six specific items in all stores

The budget supermarket has confirmed that the deal will happen later this year

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1 week ago Canadian living in UK names the one thing she loves about Wetherspoons

A Canadian living in Britain says there is one thing she loves about Wetherspoons besides the ridiculously cheap prices - but she was less than complimentary about the quality of food

Politics

1 week ago Food price hike fears mount after supermarkets hit with property tax rise

The Government will introduce a new business rates ‘surtax’ on larger commercial properties worth £500,000 or more.

Economics

1 week ago Popular Mexican street food restaurant to open new Glasgow location – and all food is HALF PRICE

A POPULAR Mexican street-food restaurant is opening a second Glasgow site this week - and it’s dishing up half-price grub to celebrate. Mezcal already runs a busy branch on the city's Hope Street and it’ll cut the ribbon on a brand-new spot at Glasgow Fort on Wednesday. And to celebrate, all of the delicious scran...

Society

1 week ago Thanksgiving favorites under threat from tariffs and disease as costs soar

The US turkey population is at 40-year low this year

Economics

1 week ago Northern Lights at Heaton Park in pictures with full food and drink price lists

The Christmas lights trail has arrived at Heaton Park

Society

2 w. ago Japan's exports to the world rise, but Trump's tariffs dent its shipments to the US

Japan has reported that its exports to the world rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier, while imports edged up 0.6%

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2 w. ago Christmas at Bute Park 2025 food & drink prices, dietary information and what stalls are there

If you're going to be wandering around Bute Park light trail this Christmas you're going to be starving by the end - here's what you can eat there

Events

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves under mounting pressure as food prices soar and households struggle with cost of living

RACHEL Reeves facing huge under pressure to help households with the cost of living as food prices went up. The Chancellor vowed to do more to “bring down prices” in her Budget next week as the overall rate of inflation dipped slightly to 3.6 per cent. But food costs were up from 4.5 per cent...

Society

2 w. ago 10 overlooked European Christmas markets with stunning views and cheap drinks

Explore the top 10 lesser-known European Christmas markets where chances of snow are high but the prices of food and drinks are low.

Politics

2 w. ago Grim Budget backdrop as food prices surge again despite inflation easing from 20

The grim Budget backdrop for Rachel Reeves was underlined today with food prices on the rise again.

Economics

2 w. ago How beer, food and drinks prices at Manchester Christmas Markets compare to Liverpool

Liverpool has been dubbed one of the best Christmas markets in the UK this year according to Which?

Society

2 w. ago Baileys slashed to 'cheapest price of year' by Tesco just in time for Christmas

The supermarket giant is offering a huge discount on 1L bottles of Baileys just in time for Christmas

Politics

2 w. ago Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality among the elite | Moira Donegan

Epstein paints Trump as someone he knew intimately. But the documents also reveal how many powerful men confided in himBefore he died, Jeffrey Epstein made it clear that Donald Trump “knew about the girls”.Trump has denied any knowledge of or involvement in Epstein’s longstanding child sex-trafficking operation. But in newly released emails that members of Congress disclosed to the media amid the end of this fall’s government shutdown, the dead child sex trafficker and financier can be seen corresponding on many occasions about Donald Trump, his former close friend and associate, throughout the last few years of his life, as Trump’s rise to prominence in national politics beginning in 2015 drew renewed attention to his relationship with Epstein.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago White House fury at Trump 'monster' jibe in showpiece BBC lecture: US President 'dubbed a fascist' during flagship speech commissioned by broadcaster

The BBC commissioned Dutch author Rutger Bregman to deliver its flagship annual lectures. Bregman used the events to compare Trump's America and the rise of fascism in the 1930s.

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