Best UK Christmas Markets for Foodies & Families in 2025
Discover the UK's top Christmas markets for 2025, from York's foodie paradise to Birmingham's authentic German market. Find dates, highlights, and festive inspiration.
Discover the UK's top Christmas markets for 2025, from York's foodie paradise to Birmingham's authentic German market. Find dates, highlights, and festive inspiration.
King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted a lavish state banquet at Windsor Castle for Germany's president. The event celebrated UK-German ties with star guests and festive cheer.
York Christmas Market faces a backlash for severe overcrowding and sky-high prices, with locals warning it's a 'hellscape'. Discover why visitors are calling it the worst in the UK.
Bath Christmas Market faces backlash over overcrowding and high prices during its 25th year. Visitors complain of being 'packed like sardines' with no festive music. Discover the full story.
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla welcome German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for a three-day state visit, the first by a German leader since 1998. The historic trip includes a state banquet and a poignant wreath-laying in Coventry.
Bin collections in Birmingham are suspended as agency workers join the strike. Rubbish piles up amid allegations of bullying and threats from council management. Read the latest.
All bin collections in Birmingham suspended after agency staff join the ongoing strike. Unite union claims bullying and blacklisting threats, while the council denies allegations. Find out the latest.
Birmingham's bin collection service is suspended due to mass pickets by agency and council workers. The council aims to resume collections tomorrow. Read the latest on the dispute.
Agency refuse workers in Birmingham join ongoing bin strikes over alleged bullying and harassment. Unite union warns dispute could continue beyond May elections.
A journalist's first experience with a classic German bratwurst at a Birmingham Christmas market ended in disappointment and a £6.50 sausage in the bin. Discover why it failed to impress.
Discover traditional German Christmas baking with authentic recipes for stollen, cinnamon stars and mulled wine cake from Jürgen Krauss's new cookbook. Perfect for festive UK baking.
Discover the magical Nuremberg Christmas market, a festive German gem less than two hours from the UK with £15 flights, traditional treats, and family activities.
Discover Poznan, Europe's most affordable Christmas market. With £30 hotels, £2.50 beers, and a 2-hour flight from the UK, it's the perfect budget festive getaway.
Germany's festive markets open with heightened anti-terror measures following deadly 2016 and 2022 attacks. Discover how organisers balance safety with seasonal cheer.
Germany's beloved Christmas markets welcome visitors with festive treats and cheer, but operate under significantly heightened security following past tragic attacks. Discover the details.
Germany's cherished Christmas markets open for the season, offering festive cheer with mulled wine and handmade gifts, while implementing robust security measures following past attacks.
Birmingham City FC unveils designs for a revolutionary 62,000-capacity stadium, the 'Powerhouse', set to open by 2030. A £3bn project set to transform the city's skyline and become a global beacon for sport and entertainment.
The German city of Magdeburg reopens its Christmas market nearly a year after a car-ramming attack killed six. Discover the new safety measures in place.
Agency workers hired to cover Birmingham's long-running bin strikes are now joining the industrial action over claims of bullying and unsustainable workloads, potentially extending the dispute until 2026.
Birmingham's bin strikes are set to intensify as agency workers vote to join picket lines from 1 December. The dispute over pay and jobs could now extend beyond May's local elections.
Birmingham's bin strike intensifies as agency workers vote to join the picket lines from December 1, with Unite warning the dispute could last beyond May's local elections.
West Midlands Police confronted demonstrators during tense Birmingham protests targeting an Israeli defence contractor factory. Latest updates on arrests and community tensions.
The iconic Birmingham Indoor Market, a cornerstone of the city's retail landscape for decades, faces an existential threat as traders and shoppers voice fears over its potential closure following redevelopment plans.
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Disturbing video captures the moment a packed Birmingham bus was deliberately targeted with fireworks in a reckless attack that endangered passengers. West Midlands Police confirm nine arrests following the terrifying incident.
Exclusive investigation reveals how accounting failures and political paralysis pushed Birmingham City Council into the biggest local government financial crisis in UK history, forcing devastating cuts to essential services.
German dental association unveils groundbreaking memorial acknowledging profession's complicity in Nazi sadistic practices and human experimentation during Third Reich era.
Shocking scenes unfold in Germany as police engage in dramatic shootout with a Bundeswehr soldier who opened fire on colleagues, leaving one with serious facial injuries in a quiet residential neighbourhood.
Escape the crowds and discover Germany's enchanting Aachen Christmas Market - a festive wonderland with thermal baths, gingerbread treats, and magical traditions just a short flight from the UK.