
Average UK house price ends year at record £254,822 - In Your Area
Nationwide published quarterly figures showing house price trends in the UK’s nations and regions of England

Losses balloon at Dunnes Stores' Northern Irish business - The Irish Times
Retail giant reports £8m loss during pandemic and opts not to pay any dividend

Urgent warning issued to all Vodafone, EE and Three customers - Daily Record
Roaming charges are to be introduced by the providers in the new year.

1600 new Covid cases in record surge for northern Lincolnshire - Grimsby Live
Friday's figures eclipse any previous day's cases

Two Derby pubs to close on New Year's Eve and lose thousands - Derbyshire Live
Covid and staffing problems have been blamed

Iceland, Marks and Spencer, B&M, Home Bargains and all the stores closed on New Years Day - Yorkshire Live
Aldi, Tesco, John Lewis and some Meadowhall stores will all be closed on New Year's Day

Bus timetables at risk as staff are sick or isolating - Kent Online
A bus operator has warned growing levels of Covid-related absence and an ongoing driver shortage could force it to scale back timetables.

Angry Nationwide customers demand action over missing wages after processing issue - Wales Online
The UK building society reported it had suffered "a delay in processing overnight payments" - but the issue had now been resolved.

Brits are losing their minds after seeing KFC takeaway from the US - with a chicken pie - The Mirror
A woman from the US has shared a look at what her KFC takeaway looked like and asked people around the world how it compares to their own orders from the fast-food chain

Dorset locals hit out at huge 100,000-panel solar farm that will send ALL power to City of London - Daily Mail
The solar panels are being installed near the village of Spetisbury, but the 50 megawatts of electricity the farm will produce will not be for local residents wanting to become more environmentally friendly.

Filthy and overcrowded conditions endured by workers making Apple iPhones - The Times
For weeks, workers had battled against wave after wave of illness as they toiled to build iPhones destined to sit under Christmas trees across the globe. Factor

'Having a party if it kills me' - Pub determined to host NYE bash even after Covid 'wipes out' staff - Birmingham Live
The White Hart Pub in Tile Cross has reduced its opening hours on New Year's Eve after the outbreak