Alt: Michael Caine as Scrooge in the Muppets Christmas Carol with the ghosts of Jacob and Robert Marley played by the muppets Statler and Waldorf. They are white and wrapped in chains. They have wrapped a chain around Scrooge. He is wearing a dark dressing gown and white sleeping hat. He is cornered by the ghosts! There is a caption that says - Doomed, Scrooge! You’re doomed for all time!

Today in Focus presenter Helen Pidd goes out on the road – to Birmingham, Stalybridge and Clacton – to chart Nigel Farage’s bid to transform Reform UK into a modern, professional political party

Apps and booklets are offering advice on how to build a bunker, stockpile food and live without electricity in case the worst happens

For decades, Swedish politics has promoted individual success. Now an official booklet urges us to unite ‘in case of crisis or war’, says journalist Martin Gelin

Sisters of Mercy · Floodland · Song · 1987