The Boxing Day freeze: Met Office warns of snow and ice on December 26 with temperatures plummeting after a balmy 13C Christmas Day
Britain is bracing for another Arctic blast of snow, ice and bitter winds as temperatures plummet on Boxing Day.
After a balmy 13C Christmas, the UK will battle below-average temperatures and numerous wintry blasts from December 26 and into the new year.
The Met Office has warned there may be snow in the South followed by windy and changeable weather, including rain, snow, and cold brighter spells, until January 4.
Some areas could see winds as cold as -11C and ‘some wintry showers are also possible, especially in coastal areas’.
Divorce rates in UK are set to hit a 50-year high and unhappiness among Brits will reach the highest levels since records began next year
The news comes as British workers will earn less than the French, who work fewer hours on average, as real wages across the Channel are set to overtake ours.
Skyrocketing inflation that has lowered living standards is one of the main causes behind unhappiness climbing to an all-time high among Brits.
The predictions from PwC suggest real wages in Britain will fall back to levels last seen in 2006 next year and a weekly shop will cost £100 for the first time, The Telegraph reported
The rise in divorces is predicted to occur due to the Government making it easier for married couples to formally separate.
The Big Four consultancy firm also forecasts the second biggest fall in house prices in 70 years.
The introduction of so-called ‘no-fault’ divorces in April is expected to see an increase of 140,000 separations in England and Wales next year – the biggest jump since 1971.
PwC also warned that the average Briton would be ‘the unhappiest they’ve been since records began a decade ago’.
Frenzy Friday will see stores swamped in £1.5BILLION gift scramble as shoppers snap up last minute Christmas presents, analysts reveal
An estimated £1.55billion is expected to be spent today ¿ Frenzy Friday ¿ with just over £1billion of that through bricks and mortar stores. People are seen above on Regent Street in London
Tens of thousands will be joining ‘click and collect’ queues to combat the delivery crisis caused by Royal Mail strikes and overwhelmed courier firms.
At the same time, supermarkets will be rammed as people make a final dash for fresh food.
Retail analyst Springboard, which measures shopper numbers, believes the total today will be up by 12.3 per cent on a week ago and some 6.5 per cent more than the equivalent day last year.
But it said the numbers are likely to be well down – around 16 per cent – on pre-pandemic levels.
The Boxing Day freeze: Met Office warns of snow and ice on December 26 with temperatures plummeting after a balmy 13C Christmas Day
Britain is bracing for another Arctic blast of snow, ice and bitter winds as temperatures plummet on Boxing Day.
After a balmy 13C Christmas, the UK will battle below-average temperatures and numerous wintry blasts from December 26 and into the new year.
The Boxing Day freeze: Met Office warns of snow and ice on December 26 with temperatures plummeting after a balmy 13C Christmas Day
Britain is bracing for another Arctic blast of snow, ice and bitter winds as temperatures plummet on Boxing Day.
After a balmy 13C Christmas, the UK will battle below-average temperatures and numerous wintry blasts from December 26 and into the new year.
The Met Office has warned there may be snow in the South followed by windy and changeable weather, including rain, snow, and cold brighter spells, until January 4.
Some areas could see winds as cold as -11C and ‘some wintry showers are also possible, especially in coastal areas’.
Very merry revellers get an early start to festivities as party-goers hit the pubs and clubs across the UK… but it’s not a happy Christmas for some
Temperatures remained moderate at 9C, allowing revellers to hit the clubs without being swaddled in coats and jackets.
Can can dancing in the street, high fives and some big-hearted embraces were on display as merrymakers enjoyed their nights.
But the party spirit was not for everyone as at least one man was arrested by police in Leeds.
Islamic terrorist, 26, jailed for plotting Lee Rigby-style attack on soldier after being radicalised by Anjem Choudary is cleared of brandishing a sharpened toilet brush at prison staff
Kazi Islam, 26, was being held in HMP Rochester in Kent when he climbed a wall to demand a move to another jail
But Islam was cleared of possessing an offensive weapon in a prison by a jury at Southwark Crown Court after insisting he would not have used the brush to injure anyone.
He was convicted of plotting to behead soldiers following a trial at the Old Bailey in 2015.
Islam had preyed on Asperger’s sufferer Harry Thomas, 21, demanding he buy ingredients for a pipe bomb and go to the pharmacy for bottles of hydrogen peroxide.
West Yorkshire police is accused of racism after court found the force had defamed black Royal Marine in email
The ruling by a High Court judge represents the first time a police force has committed the highest level of defamation, known as a Chase One libel.
West Yorkshire Police is now liable for costs and damages, The Times reports.
The email, sent to a Royal Navy commander, saw police accuse the marine of ‘threats and blatant lies’ while adding his conduct was ‘below the standard expected of a member of the armed forces’.
The email was sent before the allegations had even been put to the marine by the force.
Yair Cohen, of Cohen Davis Solicitors, who advocated for the marine, said: ‘There is a presumption that the police should be believed and this represented a breach of that trust.
‘They simply made up their minds that this man was guilty and tried to ruin his life, saying he was not fit to be a soldier or member of the armed forces.’
Mr Justice Johnson found the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police had libelled the man, whose name cannot be revealed for legal reasons
