Новости за 24.12.2018

Detection systems are now able to be deployed across the UK to combat the threat of drones, ministers have announced.

A man who was stabbed to death during a suspected robbery has been named as Portuguese national and keen boxer Wilham Mendes.

When did you start planning for Christmas? For some it takes all year, and so perhaps no surprise that ‘Christmas’ regularly scores high on lists of common stresses.

Thieves stole £20,000 worth of turkeys and other meats from a shop in Huntingdon on Christmas Eve, but the shop owner has promised all of his customers will still get their dinner in time for the big day.

The couple questioned by police over the drone disruption at Gatwick Airport have said they feel “completely violated” by the experience and are receiving medical care.

It looks like festive celebrations might be starting slightly early for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth who may (or may not, we’ll be honest) have got married. 

Imagine Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn having such a row in the Commons that it led to hundreds of thousands of public sector workers being told to go home without any pay.

A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a 43-year-old man who was found with “serious lacerations” to his body.

The RSPCA has released CCTV footage of a dog chasing after its owner’s car after being abandoned at the side of the road in Stoke-on-Trent.

Police have acknowledged that the claim there may never have been a drone at Gatwick Airport was down to “poor communications”.

Hundreds of people have been searching through destroyed buildings looking for survivors after a deadly tsunami smashed into the Indonesian coast on Saturday.

Over the 12 days of Christmas, HuffPost UK is hosting a series of blogs from people at the centre of 2018′s biggest news stories. Today, Love Island contestant Samira Mighty sheds light on what it’s like to be at the centre of the year’s biggest TV phenomenon and what she did next. To find out more about the series, follow our hashtag #HuffPost12Days

It’s a dispute that has already cost the leader of Europe’s largest local authority his job, as 222 days of strikes have left some Birmingham streets “knee-high” in bags full of vermin-infested rubbish.

What a week. As if dealing with the hazy knowledge of what you got up to at the office Christmas party wasn’t bad enough, it also became apparent that our country’s infrastructure can be brought down by a radio-controlled toy. Possibly. 

Whether you celebrate it or not, Christmas conjures up scenes of joy and happiness. It is a time for togetherness with loved ones where traditions are honoured and everyone gets the chance to break away from the hustle and bustle of life. Everything is sparkly, it’s pretty and it is impossible to escape the festivities wherever you go...afterall, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”

Tributes have poured in for the “precious and beautiful lady” who was killed in a car crash in north Wales.

The best part of British culture is fighting Tesco over the awful substitution shopping order list for unavailable items

“It’s Christmas time, and there’s no need to be afraid”, sings the famous song; but if you’re lucky enough to share your life with a pet, there are plenty of reasons to be concerned around this time of year. Christmas is usually a time of sheer indulgence for us humans, with many of our halls decked with equal, if not more, amounts of booze and food than boughs of holly. But it’s this festive food and drink that can prove especially dangerous if it finds itself in the paws of the wrong family member. Читать дальше...

You’ve woken up on the 24 December and instead of spending the day getting drunk on the sofa you’ve remembered your boss is expecting you in work today.

This month saw Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas - only the third Britain ever to win the iconic cycle race - named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year. And rightly so.

The high street may already be awash with deals put up by desperately competitive retailers but that is unlikely to put consumers off the traditional Boxing Day sales.

Tuesday will mark Agnes Tanoh’s eighth Christmas in the UK after she fled Ivory Coast in west Africa in 2011. “It’s not because I wanted to leave,” she says. “I had to leave because I was working in the former government and there was civil war, and my party was defeated, so we had to go.

Lord Alan Sugar is facing a backlash on social media over a tweet he posted from his official account, which some have suggested is homophobic.

Emma Willis has said she is “not going to panic” about the gap ‘Big Brother’ being axed has left in her work schedule.