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Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Funeral directors across Britain are warning that an increasing number of coffins are now too large to be cremated, reflecting the country’s escalating obesity crisis. Scotland’s largest independent funeral home has reported a steady rise in the use of wider caskets and heavier pall-bearers, alongside the need for more powerful cremation furnaces. These changes, industry experts say, highlight...

Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Royal Navy has carried out a sustained and carefully coordinated shadowing mission after detecting two Russian warships moving through the English Channel, marking the latest in a series of tense maritime encounters around British waters. The Ministry of Defence confirmed the interception and described the operation as part of a wider response to increasing Russian naval activity...

Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Arsenal produced a commanding north London derby performance that showcased confidence, power and irresistible attacking fluency, with Eberechi Eze delivering a memorable hat-trick on his debut in this fierce rivalry. The dynamic playmaker controlled the match with ease, punishing a hesitant Tottenham side that never looked ready for the intensity demanded on such an occasion. His brilliance delighted...

Published: 24 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Aston Villa delivered a confident and composed performance that pushed them into the Champions League qualification positions, while deepening the growing concerns surrounding Leeds United. The match offered another difficult evening for home supporters, who watched their side surrender an early advantage before collapsing under sustained second-half pressure. Morgan Rogers emerged as the defining figure of the night...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government’s borrowing for October 2025 was higher than expected, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Government borrowing—the difference between public spending and tax revenue—totalled £17.4bn last month. While this is down from £19.2bn in October 2024, it still represents the third-highest October borrowing figure on record in cash terms....

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Millions of households across the UK are set to face a small rise in gas and electricity bills at the start of January, according to the latest announcement from energy regulator Ofgem. The regulator has outlined a new energy price cap that will see variable tariffs in England, Wales, and Scotland increase by 0.2%, taking effect from...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Jessie Yendle, a Welsh TikTok influencer known online as Mimidarlingbeauty, says she feels “mocked” after a KFC franchise in North Macedonia used a clip of her stammer in a social media post that has since been deleted. Yendle, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, told the media she is “really disappointed” that brands are still not more aware...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The circumstances leading to the Welsh government’s decision to impose a Covid-19 lockdown across Wales during Christmas 2020 were “inexcusable,” according to Baroness Hallett, chair of the UK public inquiry into the pandemic. In a video statement accompanying the publication of the inquiry’s second report, Hallett criticised Welsh ministers for failing to take “decisive action” against an...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has admitted that motherhood has proven to be more challenging than serving as Scotland’s deputy first minister. Balancing a demanding political career, a young family, and a lengthy weekly commute to Edinburgh made her decision to step back from politics inevitable. Speaking to BBC Scotland, Forbes emphasized that nothing,...

Published: 21 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online On the edge of Exxon Mobil's petrochemical plant at Mossmorran in Fife lies the struggling community of Cowdenbeath. Once a thriving mining town, it now faces mounting economic challenges, with unemployment in the area standing at 8.7%—more than double Scotland’s national average. The community has been dealt another blow with the announcement that the Mossmorran chemical plant...