Ukraine-Russia war latest: EU agrees to loan Kyiv €90bn and reserves right to use frozen Russian assets
EU Council president Antonio Costa says loan will cover Ukraine's military and economic needs for next two years

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EU Council president Antonio Costa says loan will cover Ukraine's military and economic needs for next two years

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‘The death of my dad felt incomprehensible... I felt disoriented, sad, and completely out of my depth’

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Prime minister says tighter firearms laws are needed as police lift crime scene and mourners honour 15 victims

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671 Lincoln Avenue in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka is central to the beloved Christmas movie. Former owner John Abendshien talks to Kevin E G Perry about living there during filming, the influence of John Hughes and what he learned from the hordes of fans who came to peer through the windows

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Oscar winner was fired from Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ over sexual misconduct allegations in 2017

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Filmmaker says ruling based on National Security Law is ‘absurd, excessive, crude, and unjust’

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The bargain bottle of bubbles was praised by our tester

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Wes Streeing says passing of the new Mental Health Act is ‘a personal milestone’ – but campaigners warn more work needs to be done

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The threshold for a ‘white Christmas’ requires just a single snowflake to be observed falling on Christmas Day, anywhere in the UK, say the Met Office

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The Bank of England has cut the base rate to 3.75 per cent, the lowest level in three years

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