News Headlines - 25 December 2011

▽Archbishop laments 'broken bonds and abused trust' in British society - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/25/archbishop-laments-broken-bonds
The archbishop of Canterbury is to speak of the "broken bonds and abused trust" in a British society torn apart by riots and financial speculation in his Christmas Day sermon.

▽No chance of snow! Britain could see warmest Christmas Day on record - Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078419/No-chance-snow-Britain-warmest-Christmas-Day-record.html
Children hoping to wake up to a magical blanket of snow today will be sorely disappointed.
Not only can we kiss goodbye to dreams of a white Christmas this year, it’s not even going to feel that cold.
Britons will enjoy an 'unseasonably mild' Christmas Day and Boxing Day, weather forecasters have predicted.

▽Prince Philip 'eager to leave' hospital following surgery - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-philip/8977325/Prince-Philip-eager-to-leave-hospital-following-surgery.html
Royal Family are to visit the Duke of Edinburgh in hospital this afternoon, as he recovers from treatment for a blocked coronary artery.

▽Public barred from annual Brighton Christmas Day swim - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-16329214
Tides of up to 6.7m coupled with strong winds had made conditions too dangerous, Brighton and Hove City Council said.

▽Vast Rally in Moscow Is a Challenge to Putin’s Power - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/world/europe/tens-of-thousands-of-protesters-gather-in-moscow-russia.html
Tens of thousands of citizens converged in Moscow on Saturday for the second huge antigovernment demonstration in a month, an early victory for activists struggling to forge a burst of energy into a political force capable of challenging Vladimir V. Putin’s power.