The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today confirmed no further Covid restrictions will be put in place before Christmas.
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British retailer M&S has found itself in hot water with furious shoppers over a 'deeply offensive' message on its Christmas cards.
Marks and Spencer is known for its mascot Percy Pig - but poor Percy has found himself upsetting people because of his Christmas cards.
The 'Merry Pigmas' money wallets are sold as a £5.50 pack containing one card and two of the cash envelopes.
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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today confirmed no further Covid restrictions will be put in place before Christmas.
Mariah Carey‘s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ has topped the US singles chart for the third year in a row, breaking a record in the process.The iconic Christmas song, which hit Number One in the UK charts for the first time ever in 2020, is now the first song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US on three separate occasions, dropping out of the charts completely between each.The song first hit the Top 10 on the Hot 100 in December 2017, before finally hitting top spot in 2019 and
The Queen has cancelled all of her Christmas plans in the wake of the Omicron Covid variant rapidly spreading across the UK. The 95 year old monarch has spent Christmas day at her Sandringham estate for decades, but will now be spending it at Windsor Castle for a second year running as a result of the ongoing pandemic.
Sue Radford was left far from impressed after her husband brought home a live turkey for their Christmas dinner.The awkward moment was documented on the family’s Channel 5 show, 22 Kids and Counting, which follows Britain’s biggest family’s day-to-day lives. As per the title of the show, Noel, 50, and Sue, 46, share 22 children together - some of whom now have kids of their own.
Good Morning Britain's episodes between Christmas and New Year have been cancelled amid fears of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ITV bosses are said to have made the call after concerns among staff and presenters about the pandemic continued to mount.The pre-Christmas episodes of the ITV news show will go ahead, but presenters are said to have been asked to do their own hair and makeup for the show.
Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name Of’ has been confirmed as the UK’s favourite Christmas Number One of all time.Organised in partnership with Nine Eight Books, the poll was launched to celebrate the 70th Christmas chart battle and The Official Christmas No.1 Singles Book. The book is a guide to 70 years of Christmas Number Ones, with a double-page spread dedicated to every song.After three weeks of voting, the final came down to Spice Girls’ 1996 hit ‘2 Become 1’ and Rage’s anthem
Christmas is dubbed the most wonderful time of the year but for some, the holidays are filled with fear. According to the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, allergies affect around one in three Brits – that’s about 20 million people in the UK – with some severe reactions tragically proving fatal.
The Queen has "regretfully" decided to cancel the Royal Family's annual pre-Christmas party and lunch as Omicron fears continue to grow. As cases continue to surge in the UK, Her Majesty reportedly feels that the “risk” is too high on the rest of the family’s plans over the Christmas period.
It’s been a trying, exhausting, and turbulent year all round. With just days until Christmas, the Omicron variant has firmly taken its grip across the UK – leaving many of us fearing for our health as well as wondering what we’ll be allowed to do.
While December 25 is just around the corner, the prospect of a white Christmas isn’t looking likely. As we organise the last of our Christmas shopping, temperatures are set to soar unseasonably high with the mercury reading higher than Madrid.
The holidays are coming, but they bring some health warnings with them. As much as festive Brits are looking forward to tucking into their Christmas dinner and setting up camp in front of the TV, leading charity Asthma UK has warned that for many, Christmas brings with it health complications.
Gogglebox brother and sister duo Sophie and Pete Sandiford are already household names here in the UK thanks to the hit Channel 4 series. But now they’ve gone global after a laugh-out-loud moment which aired in last week’s episode caught the attention of none other than US singing sensation Mariah Carey.
Elton John and Ed Sheeran‘s new Christmas song is set for a second week at the top of the UK singles charts.The pair’s festive collaboration ‘Merry Christmas’, which came out earlier this month (December 3), hit top spot in the charts last week. Its first week sales saw the song rack up 76,700 chart sales, including 7.6million streams.
If there's one thing that confirms the festive period has arrived, it's Christmas songs. Each year a host of popular festive tracks take over shops, radio, and venues as December gets underway.
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly continued to entertain the British public with another dig aimed at Boris Johnson.The Prime Minister has been at the centre of great controversy over recent days amid claims of a Christmas Party hosted at Downing Street last year, which he vehemently denies.
It must nearly be Christmas... because Aldi has launched its incredible Pigs In Blanket Footlong Sandwich.
Ed Sheeran and Elton John's Merry Christmas has become the UK's Number 1 Trending Song.