Judges told postmen are now postal operatives in gender-neutral language makeover
Judges have been told to refer to postmen as “postal operatives” in a push for the court system to use gender-neutral language. The Equal Treatment Bench Book,…
Royal Navy’s mission in ‘one of most remote places on Earth’ to pick up penguin populations
The scheme – the largest marine conservation programme of its kind in the world – supports the protection of environments around the UK Overseas Territories of Ascension…
Children’s sleep isn’t affected by excessive phone use in the day – only at night
Children can lose sleep if they go on their phone too much before bed but not if they look at it during the day, a study has…
Thames Boxing Day swim called off after heavy rain causes sewage dump
Boxing Day swimmers called off their dips after heavy rain saw sewage dumped in the Thames on Sunday. It came as bathers elsewhere in the country braved…
Titanic: the exhibition, Dock X London review: heart-wrenching stories, shame about the set-up
The most moving things in this exhibition are the tiny, battered, leather boots belonging to four year-old Louise Kink, a third-class passenger on the Titanic. Next door…
Thank the Lord for the escapism of The Archers
As always, there’s something immensely reassuring about the existence of a (fictional) community where the great, the good and everyone in between pulls together at Christmas. Ambridge…
Watch: More than 40 vehicles involved in pile-up on Wisconsin interstate
Icy weather conditions in Wisconsin have caused a pile-up involving more than 40 vehicles, leaving Interstate 94 closed. The State Patrol said that freezing rain formed ice…
Riders encouraged to mask up and get tested as Boxing Day hunts return
The alliance said that the lack of clarity over new guidelines had left many hunts in “limbo” and still felt that plans could change “at the 11th…
Huge rise in unvaccinated people getting first jabs
It is possible that rules which require people to provide their vaccination status before entering large events, or a negative lateral flow test, may have triggered an…
The experts called this one wrong, and Boris was right not to give in to them
‘If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…” Rarely have Kipling’s words been more apt. Last month,…
Decisive use of AstraZeneca vaccine may have spared UK from omicron crisis hitting Europe
“If you look across Europe, with the rise in cases, there’s also a corresponding lagged rise in deaths, but not in the UK, and we have to…
EU nations push for stronger rules to detain asylum seekers after hybrid attack launched by Belarus
Earlier this month, the Commission agreed to allow Poland, Lithuania and Latvia to detain people for 16 weeks in processing centres on their frontier with Belarus as…
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Pubs, clubs and bars could stay open later to celebrate 70-year reign
On February 6 next year, the Queen is set to become the first British sovereign to have been on the throne for seven decades. Individual members of…
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gains payout from Mail on Sunday after final victory in three-year legal fight
The Duchess of Sussex has agreed “financial remedies” with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, bringing to an end a bitter, three-year legal battle. The Sunday newspaper printed…
The Queen’s touching tribute to Duke of Edinburgh tops Christmas Day TV ratings
A further six programmes from the channel were among the top 10 most watched of the day. Third place went to Call The Midwife with 4.7 million…
‘Overeating harder to beat than alcoholism’: Richard Osman reveals food addiction battle
Osman urged for anyone struggling with overeating and thinks the problem is “ridiculous” to “divorce” themselves from this idea and face it “head on”. He added: “There…
Emma Raducanu and Daniel Craig to be recognised by the Queen in New Year’s honours list
The award is a nod to the character with whom he has become best associated. In Ian Fleming’s From Russia With Love, General Grubozaboyschikov – the head…
Two soldiers found dead within hours of each other in Salisbury Plain tragedies
Two soldiers are believed to have taken their own lives within hours of each other at military bases on Salisbury Plain, it emerged on Christmas Day. The…
Windsor Castle security breach: Man ‘carrying crossbow’ arrested on Queen’s private grounds
An armed intruder was arrested after breaking into the private grounds of Windsor Castle, reportedly carrying a crossbow, where the Queen was spending Christmas Day. The 19-year-old…
Australia vs England, third Ashes Test 2021-22: live scoreboard
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Steven Gerrard tests positive for Covid and will be forced to miss Aston Villa’s next two games
Aston Villa head coach Steven Gerrard will miss the club’s next two Premier League games after testing positive for Covid-19. Gerrard will not be in the dugout…
The last Christmas Day match – How 56 years ago a long-standing footballing tradition came to an end
And while there may have been some cigars in evidence, and the odd hip flask passed around on the terrace, the most visible Christmas element came in…
Ray Illingworth’s last interview: ‘We faced biased Aussie umpires and spent six months away from home – and still won the Ashes’
This interview with the late Ray Illingworth, his last with a British newspaper, was first published on November 30 2021. On Christmas Day, Yorkshire announced Illingworth’s death…
The Gallagher Premiership’s best signings – so far
Approaching the midway point in the Gallagher Premiership season, Telegraph Sport looks back at each Premiership club’s off-season recruitment to see which signings have already made significant…
Freddie Steward interview: ‘My grandad told me when I was 15 that I would play for England’
“Maturity” was the biggest change Steward recognised in himself after coming back from playing for England in the autumn. “You learn so much when you go away…