Lonely this Christmas

Car insurance: Can you decorate your car this Christmas?

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Will putting Christmas decorations on your car invalidate your insurance?

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons are among the UK supermarkets who have revealed when you can book your Christmas food delivery slots

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons are among the UK supermarkets who have revealed when you can book your Christmas food delivery slots

Christmas 2023 supermarket delivery slots - when you can book your festive food

How early is too early to sell Christmas decorations?

How early is too early to sell Christmas decorations?

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Shoppers stunned as Christmas decorations already on sale in major retailer

The truth on police checking for drink drivers at Christmas.

The truth on police checking for drink drivers at Christmas.

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Are there really more police checking for drink drivers over Christmas?

NASA reveals when you can see 'Santa's sleigh' this Christmas.

NASA reveals when you can see 'Santa's sleigh' this Christmas.

NASA reveals when you can see 'Santa's sleigh' in the sky this Christmas

Kevin the Carrot toys have returned to Aldi. (Aldi/PA)

Kevin the Carrot toys have returned to Aldi. (Aldi/PA)

Kevin the Carrot toys return to Aldi stores in time for Christmas - get yours TODAY

Iceland's Christmas dinner costs just £4.35 per person.

Iceland's Christmas dinner costs just £4.35 per person.

Iceland launches air fryer friendly Christmas dinner costing less than £5 per person

Kevin the Carrot returns ready for the World Cup in Aldi's Christmas ad teaser

Kevin the Carrot returns ready for the World Cup in Aldi's Christmas ad teaser

Kevin the Carrot returns ready for the World Cup in Aldi's Christmas ad teaser

Asda’s latest Christmas colleague will make his TV debut on Friday, November 4 at 8.45 pm on ITV1 during the Coronation Street ad break. (Asda/ Warner Bros)

Asda’s latest Christmas colleague will make his TV debut on Friday, November 4 at 8.45 pm on ITV1 during the Coronation Street ad break. (Asda/ Warner Bros)

Watch Asda's Christmas advert for 2022 as Buddy The Elf gets a new job

What to expect in Aldi and Lidl middle aisles from Thursday November 3

What to expect in Aldi and Lidl middle aisles from Thursday November 3

What to expect in Aldi and Lidl middle aisles from Thursday November 3

Lidl parodies Elf and Home Alone as supermarket launches Christmas campaign ( Lidl)

Lidl parodies Elf and Home Alone as supermarket launches Christmas campaign ( Lidl)

Lidl unveils 2022 Christmas jumper with festive new design - How to get yours

The Starbucks Christmas menu for 2022 has been released and we can't wait to try everything

The Starbucks Christmas menu for 2022 has been released and we can't wait to try everything

Starbucks Christmas menu returns with 7 new festive items – see the full list

Asda's home delivery service includes the option for customers to have their shopping delivered on Christmas Eve for the first time

Asda's home delivery service includes the option for customers to have their shopping delivered on Christmas Eve for the first time

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Asda issues update on Christmas delivery slots - how to secure yours

Watch the first Christmas advert of the season as Very launches festive campaign (Credit: Very)

Watch the first Christmas advert of the season as Very launches festive campaign (Credit: Very)

Watch the first Christmas advert of the season as Very launches festive campaign

Christmas bank holiday moved from the traditional December 25 date

Christmas bank holiday moved from the traditional December 25 date

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Christmas Day bank holiday to be moved from December 25 date

Warning to anyone having Turkey for Christmas amid UK's worst bird flu outbreak

Warning to anyone having Turkey for Christmas amid UK's worst bird flu outbreak

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Warning to anyone having Turkey for Christmas amid UK's worst bird flu outbreak

TikTok mum reveals how you can save hundreds this Christmas by banning three things.

TikTok mum reveals how you can save hundreds this Christmas by banning three things.

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Mum reveals how you can save hundreds this Christmas by banning three things

Laser hair removal, shavers and more: Last minute gifts from Philips (Philips)

Laser hair removal, shavers and more: Last minute gifts from Philips (Philips)

Laser hair removal, shavers and more: Last minute Christmas gifts from Philips

Thames Path National Park Credit: TripAdvisor

Thames Path National Park Credit: TripAdvisor

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Top 5 Boxing Day walks in Oxfordshire according to TripAdvisor reviews

Keep pets safe this Christmas by knowing the dangers the festive season can create. Picture: RSPCA

Keep pets safe this Christmas by knowing the dangers the festive season can create. Picture: RSPCA

RSPCA warning: Seven unexpected dangers to pets this Christmas

If you can't face the shops, buy experience Christmas gifts instead. Picture: PA

If you can't face the shops, buy experience Christmas gifts instead. Picture: PA

Last minute Christmas gifts you can buy including experiences, passes, tickets and classes

Jewellery is the perfect gift for someone you love (Canva)

Jewellery is the perfect gift for someone you love (Canva)

Christmas gift ideas from Pandora for under £25 including charms and earrings

Harry Potter x Cath Kidston: Third instalment released (Cath Kidston)

Harry Potter x Cath Kidston: Third instalment released (Cath Kidston)

Cath Kidston releases final part of Harry Potter collection and it's magical

IKEA store (PA)

IKEA store (PA)

IKEA launches sale with up to 50 percent off hundreds of products

We've got all the information you need to get your hands on this festive knitwear (BoohooMAN)

We've got all the information you need to get your hands on this festive knitwear (BoohooMAN)

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BoohooMAN releases Christmas jumpers to get you in the festive mood

The Royal Mint announce The Snowman advent calendars with gold surprise (The Royal Mint)

The Royal Mint announce The Snowman advent calendars with gold surprise (The Royal Mint)

The Royal Mint unveils The Snowman 2021 advent calendars - but you'll have to be quick

Ed Sheeran, Oasis and Stormzy are also among the favourites for the 2021 John Lewis Christmas advert song. Pic: John Lewis & Partners

Ed Sheeran, Oasis and Stormzy are also among the favourites for the 2021 John Lewis Christmas advert song. Pic: John Lewis & Partners

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John Lewis Christmas advert 2021 - Adele favourite to sing on this year's advert

'Nightmare' Christmas predicted amid warning over shortages lasting 'months'. (PA/Canva)

'Nightmare' Christmas predicted amid warning over shortages lasting 'months'. (PA/Canva)

'Nightmare' Christmas predicted amid warning over shortages lasting 'months'

Pets At Home to shut all stores on Boxing Day this year

Pets At Home to shut all stores on Boxing Day this year

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Pets At Home to shut all stores on Boxing Day this year

Oxford Christmas Light Night

Oxford Christmas Light Night

Oxford Christmas Light Night

Chipping Norton Christmas Lights

Chipping Norton Christmas Lights

Chipping Norton Christmas Lights

Roy Croucher became the face of the Lonely this Christmas campaign

Roy Croucher became the face of the Lonely this Christmas campaign

You've made my Christmas: Your generosity brings an end to their loneliness

Festive treat: Roger Young, who works at Asda in Wheatley, collects fish and chips served up by Jamie Bachman, of Howe & Co

Festive treat: Roger Young, who works at Asda in Wheatley, collects fish and chips served up by Jamie Bachman, of Howe & Co

Lonely this Christmas: Elderly feel a lot chippier after first fish van visit for 20 years

Christmas cracker: Volunteers Margaret Ansell and Jackie Warner help to serve up a festive treat for the Over-60s Club at Seacourt Hall

Christmas cracker: Volunteers Margaret Ansell and Jackie Warner help to serve up a festive treat for the Over-60s Club at Seacourt Hall

Lonely this Christmas: Elderly given a taste of Christmas cheer to help prevent loneliness

Good to be back: Former Unipart employee Roy Croucher, right, shares a joke with Michael Krasser, sanctuary care client relations manager for Age UK

Good to be back: Former Unipart employee Roy Croucher, right, shares a joke with Michael Krasser, sanctuary care client relations manager for Age UK

Lonely this Christmas: Firm’s festive dinner provides comfort and joy to the lonely

Food glorious food: Some of the girls who are getting ready for a free community dinner at the Blackbird Leys Community Centre on Christmas Day

Food glorious food: Some of the girls who are getting ready for a free community dinner at the Blackbird Leys Community Centre on Christmas Day

Lonely this Christmas: Big feast and meals on wheels banishing loneliness on Leys

Having fun: A tea party organised by charity Contact the Elderly

Having fun: A tea party organised by charity Contact the Elderly

Lonely this Christmas: Winter spells isolation for the many old people living alone

Cheers: Hazel Plested with reporter Michael Race at the Oxford Mail’s Christmas lunch

Cheers: Hazel Plested with reporter Michael Race at the Oxford Mail’s Christmas lunch

Lonely this Christmas: Getting into the festive mood at Oxford Mail’s Christmas lunch

It's good to talk: Margaret Davis looks forward to her weekly calls from a Phone Friend volunteer at Age UK Oxfordshire

It's good to talk: Margaret Davis looks forward to her weekly calls from a Phone Friend volunteer at Age UK Oxfordshire

Lonely this Christmas: A phone call all that it takes to bring happiness for Margaret

Front from left, cook Robert Huffnagle; Molly Arthurs who will be attending this year’s event and Wantage charity champion Ray Collins; back, care coordinator Jenny Ward and Waitrose partner coordination manager Rachel Green

Front from left, cook Robert Huffnagle; Molly Arthurs who will be attending this year’s event and Wantage charity champion Ray Collins; back, care coordinator Jenny Ward and Waitrose partner coordination manager Rachel Green

Lonely this Christmas: Slap-up Christmas lunch aims to put a smile on lonely faces

Marilynn Cross, 66, whose husband died very suddenly 13 months ago

Marilynn Cross, 66, whose husband died very suddenly 13 months ago

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Lonely this Christmas: Grief of bereavement makes Christmas Day ‘time to dread’

Caring touch: Operations and quality manager Rick Taylor-Baker, branch manager Yvonne Flickinger and care co-ordinator Reaba Muratza at Mary Knowles Homecare in Banbury Road, Kidlington

Caring touch: Operations and quality manager Rick Taylor-Baker, branch manager Yvonne Flickinger and care co-ordinator Reaba Muratza at Mary Knowles Homecare in Banbury Road, Kidlington

Lonely this Christmas: How you can spot someone is feeling desperately lonely

Knees-up: Walter Spencer plays the mouth organ as Eric Hall leads the festive sing-along following a Christmas lunch at the Clockhouse

Knees-up: Walter Spencer plays the mouth organ as Eric Hall leads the festive sing-along following a Christmas lunch at the Clockhouse

Lonely this Christmas: Mail appeal puts spotlight on Leys work against loneliness

Isolated: Ninety-year-old Grace Fenn often spends days by herself at her home in Abingdon

Isolated: Ninety-year-old Grace Fenn often spends days by herself at her home in Abingdon

Lonely this Christmas: You can help elderly feel less lonely and cold this Christmas

Festive treat: Food, wine and orange juice is in plentiful supply as residents tuck into a beautiful Christmas lunch

Festive treat: Food, wine and orange juice is in plentiful supply as residents tuck into a beautiful Christmas lunch

Lonely this Christmas: Coming together for a special Christmas lunch

Staying positive: Daphne Griffiths, 88, looks forward to her weekly calls from a volunteer as part of Age UK Oxfordshire’s Phone Friends service

Staying positive: Daphne Griffiths, 88, looks forward to her weekly calls from a volunteer as part of Age UK Oxfordshire’s Phone Friends service

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Lonely this Christmas: ‘I do feel lonely. I would like a dog, but I couldn’t take it out’

Support: Unipart’s director of corporate responsibility Deborah Astles with art room assistants Ruth Gillett and Zenda Du Plessis

Support: Unipart’s director of corporate responsibility Deborah Astles with art room assistants Ruth Gillett and Zenda Du Plessis

Lonely this Christmas: Unipart staff leap into action after Roy’s story of loneliness inspires + videos

Lonely this Christmas: Stitching up a way to support older residents this Christmas

Lonely this Christmas: Stitching up a way to support older residents this Christmas

Lonely this Christmas: Stitching up a way to support older residents this Christmas

Lonely and vulnerable: Colin Packer, 84, with a picture of his late wife Doris

Lonely and vulnerable: Colin Packer, 84, with a picture of his late wife Doris

Lonely this Christmas: When loneliness can be eased with just a friendly phone call

Jolly: Jenny Kent is in festive spirits at the Golden Sunday lunch at The Jam Factory

Jolly: Jenny Kent is in festive spirits at the Golden Sunday lunch at The Jam Factory

Lonely this Christmas: Golden Sunday serves up big slice of festive magic

Hazel Plested, who lost her husband John three years ago, with Joey, her pet budgie

Hazel Plested, who lost her husband John three years ago, with Joey, her pet budgie

Making sure that no-one’s left alone over the festive season

Valuable: From left, Alan Wright, Margaret Rose Dolton and Brenda Palmer of Friendleys have a laugh and a joke at one of their get-togethers at the Blackbird Leys Community Centre, in Blackbird Leys Road, Oxford

Valuable: From left, Alan Wright, Margaret Rose Dolton and Brenda Palmer of Friendleys have a laugh and a joke at one of their get-togethers at the Blackbird Leys Community Centre, in Blackbird Leys Road, Oxford

Loneliness Campaign: ‘When you’ve been alone for so long, it builds up on you...’

Friendly voice: John Ogle has weekly phone chats with Phone Friend volunteer Mary Wood

Friendly voice: John Ogle has weekly phone chats with Phone Friend volunteer Mary Wood

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Loneliness Campaign: Phone Friends offer a lifeline for the lonely

Happy days: Agnes Tew, left, and Sarah Fonzarelli are volunteer phone friends at Age UK

Happy days: Agnes Tew, left, and Sarah Fonzarelli are volunteer phone friends at Age UK

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Loneliness Campaign: ‘Asking how someone is can set them up for day’

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