All news for 2025-12-04

Residents in four areas have been informed that flights might be canceled due to a weather warning issued by the Met Office.

Venezuelan energy magnate Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt Lopez has been allowed to travel by private helicopter between his Chelsea and Oxfordshire residences while he contests efforts to have him sent to Switzerland on money-laundering charges.

A 15-year-old is among 268 people being investigated for their suspected involvement in schemes linked to losses exceeding $4.66 million, following a two-week police operation.

Allegations of benefit fraud have landed two Watford residents in the dock.Bernard and Deborah Greville, both of Romilly Drive, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (December 2) for an initial hearing.

The organizers of the Battle for the Soul of Europe event hope to capitalize on public anger at the Brussels establishment.

A man in his 30s has tragically died after he was in collision with a car in broad daylight on a London street.

Sarah Ferguson is reported to be planning her next move as the deadline approaches for her and former husband Andrew to leave their Royal Lodge home.

Two Polish men have been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosive materials, prompting the evacuation of 200 homes in Derby.

Vladimir Putin has moved on from ‘revenge hits’ to pursuing his war aims on the streets of the UK, according to a seasoned intelligence expert.

Four people have been arrested in Eastbourne and Brighton as part of an investigation into extreme right-wing terrorism, Counter Terrorism Policing South East said.

Britain’s energy watchdog has given the green light to an initial £28 billion of investment to upgrade UK energy infrastructure, but revealed the move will push up network charges on household bills by £108.

A 31-year-old man has been charged with allegedly assisting Manchester synagogue terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie by driving him to a UK defense facility to carry out reconnaissance.

A new wave of revelations shows how Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) became a profit machine for insiders during 2020–2021, despite public claims of anti-corruption reforms.

Cottrell acted as a stalking horse for a syndicate that included one of the world’s most successful gamblers, Tony Bloom, according to public documents filed at the high court.

Rachel Kyte has accumulated over 150,000 air miles in a year with trips to conferences such as COP30, Africa Energy Indaba Week in South Africa, and Clean Cooking Dialogue in Riyadh, at a cost of over £100,000.

Bali is a dream island — but not for everyone. What began as a fairytale of a fresh start for Ekaterina quickly turned into a web of conflicts, data leaks, and legal battles.

Swiss bank reports that inheritances have made 91 individuals billionaires, while the overall number surged from 2,682 in 2024 to 9,919 this year.

A new set of investigative leaks suggests that the Uzbek Octobank may be operating as a major hub for laundering Russian capital, including sanctioned funds and proceeds from illegal online casinos.

Shipping containers sent by Noboa Trading Co. have been caught up in huge drug shipments sent from Ecuador to the Balkans.

More than 20 humanitarian workers are set to stand trial in Greece on migrant-smuggling and money-laundering charges, seven years after authorities arrested them for their work rescuing migrants and refugees at sea. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison.

Documents and first-person accounts reveal how a quickly organized evacuation by a private charity left hundreds of Ukrainian children in a Turkish seaside town with little supervision.

Nearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey has found.

Legendary guitarist for Booker T and the MG’s Steve Cropper, who also played with the Blues Brothers, has died aged 84.