A bit of festive cheer during these strange times..

The prime minister nominated CMC Markets boss Peter Cruddas for a seat in the House of Lords on Tuesday - despite past accusations that the businessman offered access to David Cameron in exchange for party donations.

Not exactly a white xmas in UK today...but why not read some facts about snow?!

This can't fail to bring a smile to your face...

“A lot of them will be very stoic and resilient, but for some it will really be the worst Christmas since the Second World War."

One of Mr Hillerby’s clients is 82-year-old great-grandmother Lucinda Quinn, from east Belfast. “I love seeing him,” she said. “I love Christmas.”

“For me this image sums up the frustration in the UK and across the world of the treatment of black people and their struggle to find a voice amid the Black Lives Matter movement."

In the Brexit vote, 96 per cent of Gibraltarians voted for Britain to remain in the EU.

“It is certainly not isolated in one place, it has begun to spread to many places in England.”