Is this Christmas a time of fragile hope for the war-torn Middle East? Or could the abrupt end to Syria 's brutal civil war, raging since 2011, be paving the way for fresh tensions and new divisions?
A Whitehall source told The Times the government was bracing itself for possible school closures - although a spokesperson said that was misleading ...
Analysis of the latest Office of Rail and Road data found 208,000 services were fully axed in the year to November 9, with a further 161,000 part-cancelled ...