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• Arteta praises Arsenal squad depth as new issue addressed after win on penalties - London Evening Standard

  24-12-2025 16:24 via news.google.com
  Arteta praises Arsenal squad depth as new issue addressed after win on penalties  London Evening StandardLive Commentary - Arsenal vs C Palace | 23.12.2025  Sky SportsArrizabalaga is Arsenal’s shootout hero at expense of Lacroix and Crystal Palace  The GuardianEvery word from Arteta’s post-Palace presser | Press conference | News  Arsenal.com'A really big competition for Arsenal'  BBC
  
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• Amorim challenges Manchester United to ‘step up’ after Bruno Fernandes injury - The Guardian

  24-12-2025 16:19 via news.google.com
  Amorim challenges Manchester United to ‘step up’ after Bruno Fernandes injury  The Guardian'Impossible to replace' - Fernandes could miss up to a month  BBCRuben Amorim team news update Newcastle Boxing Day home  Official Manchester United WebsitePremier League LIVE: Ruben Amorim, Enzo Maresca and Regis Le Bris speaking  BBCRuben Amorim: It’s impossible to replace Bruno Fernandes at Man United  The Times
  
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• Flu cases falling ahead of Christmas, experts say - BBC

  24-12-2025 16:01 via news.google.com
  Flu cases falling ahead of Christmas, experts say  BBCFlu hospital admissions fall as health officials warn virus ‘still with us’  ITVXWhat is the H3N2 flu strain and how serious is it? Symptoms and advice as UK cases surge  The IndependentDon’t call it a ‘super flu’ – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar  The GuardianFlu: How are hospitals in your area affected?  BBC
  
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• Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say - The Guardian

  24-12-2025 16:00 via news.google.com
  Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime - The Guardian

  24-12-2025 15:57 via news.google.com
  Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime  The GuardianAlgeria Advances Bill Demanding France Atone for 130-Year Occupation  BloombergAlgeria bill seeks to criminalise French colonial rule: What to know  Al JazeeraAlgerian Lower House Passes Law Criminalizing French Colonialism in Algeria  AL24 NewsAlgeria France  Goshen News
  
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• Two arrested after man found shot in Willenhall street - BBC

  24-12-2025 15:22 via news.google.com
  Two arrested after man found shot in Willenhall street  BBCTwo men arrested after suspected shooting | ITV News  ITVXWillenhall shooting live as man fights for life after being 'gunned down' hours before Christmas Eve  Birmingham Live'I worry about my kids when something like this happens so close': Residents on Willenhall street left shocked and shaken after man shot  Express & StarPolice search drains and gardens in Midlands street after shooting&nbs
  
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• ScotRail's 'cheapest tickets' claim is misleading, watchdog rules - BBC

  24-12-2025 15:00 via news.google.com
  ScotRail's 'cheapest tickets' claim is misleading, watchdog rules  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Grotmas Calendar Day 24 – Da Red Gobbo’s big heist - Warhammer Community

  24-12-2025 14:57 via news.google.com
  Grotmas Calendar Day 24 – Da Red Gobbo’s big heist  Warhammer Community
  
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• White Christmas ‘unlikely’ but health alert issued amid falling UK temperatures - The Guardian

  24-12-2025 14:29 via news.google.com
  White Christmas ‘unlikely’ but health alert issued amid falling UK temperatures  The GuardianChristmas Day weather forecast - but will it be a white one?  Sky NewsWill it snow on Christmas Day? Met Office reveals festive forecast  ITVXWill there be a white Christmas? Met Office gives verdict on snow  The IndependentEverything you need to know as 'risk to life' health alert issued  Bristol Live
  
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• Fourth Palestine Action detainee pauses hunger strike, while four continue - Sky News

  24-12-2025 13:45 via news.google.com
  Fourth Palestine Action detainee pauses hunger strike, while four continue  Sky NewsFourth Palestine Action hunger striker ends protest after 50 days  BBCA heavy moral burden as Palestine Action hunger strikers risk death | Letters  The GuardianThird Palestine Action activist ends hunger strike  The TelegraphPalestine Action protesters pause hunger strike over health fears  The Independent
  
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• 'Always hungry, always brave' - why Man City want Semenyo - BBC

  24-12-2025 13:06 via news.google.com
  'Always hungry, always brave' - why Man City want Semenyo  BBCManchester City favourites to sign Antoine Semenyo after Chelsea withdraw interest  The GuardianChelsea have made an enquiry about signing Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo in January.  Sky SportsAntoine Semenyo’s preference to join Manchester City from Bournemouth - The Athletic  The New York TimesSources: City making progress on Semenyo move  ESPN
  
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• Zelensky agrees to front-line troop withdrawal - The Telegraph

  24-12-2025 13:01 via news.google.com
  Zelensky agrees to front-line troop withdrawal  The TelegraphZelensky moves towards demilitarised zones in latest peace plan for Ukraine  BBCUS and Ukraine edge closer to joint plan to end war – with Moscow’s response uncertain  The GuardianZelenskyy open to demilitarised zone if Russia pulls back  Financial TimesUkraine’s Zelensky offers peace concessions – and puts the ball in Putin’s court  CNN
  
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• British boy, 13, fatally stabbed in central Portugal - BBC

  24-12-2025 12:21 via news.google.com
  British boy, 13, fatally stabbed in central Portugal  BBCBritish boy, 13, fatally stabbed in Portugal  BBCBritish boy stabbed to death in Portugal allegedly by ex-partner of his mother  The GuardianConvicted murderer stabs teenager to death then blows himself up  The TelegraphBritish 13-year-old boy stabbed to death in Portugal, reports say  Sky News
  
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• Deadly MERS virus confirmed in Europe as WHO reports 19 cases globally - The Mirror

  24-12-2025 12:12 via news.google.com
  Deadly MERS virus confirmed in Europe as WHO reports 19 cases globally  The MirrorMiddle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update  World Health Organization (WHO)WHO issues alert after deadly coronavirus reported in Europe  Manchester Evening NewsWHO reports 19 MERS cases and four deaths in 2025, global risk remains moderate  Dimsum DailyDeadly virus surfaces 6 years after COVID as WHO issues dire warning  Daily Express US
  
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• Statement - European Commission

  24-12-2025 11:44 via news.google.com
  Statement  European CommissionUK social media campaigners among five denied US visas  BBC‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa-related sanctions  The GuardianEU warns of possible action after US bars five Europeans accused of censorship  Sky News'Witch hunt': Ex-EU commissioner Breton denounces U.S. visa ban targeting 'censorship'  CNBC
  
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• U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers ‘snuck out’ to avoid scrutiny, say Tories - The Guardian

  24-12-2025 11:41 via news.google.com
  U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers ‘snuck out’ to avoid scrutiny, say Tories  The GuardianStarmer backs down in farm tax row - but why now?  BBCFarmers celebrate Sir Keir Starmer's Christmas U-turn on inheritance tax  Sky News‘Starmer’s tax raid killed my father. This U-turn would have saved him’  The Telegraph'Santa has come early for farmers' after inheritance tax climbdown  BBC
  
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• ‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories - The Guardian

  24-12-2025 11:03 via news.google.com
  ‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories  The Guardian
  
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• Rochelle Humes suns it up in Dubai with her family while Simon Cowell and wife Lauren holiday in Barbados as they ditch the UK for Christmas Eve - Daily Mail

  24-12-2025 09:46 via news.google.com
  Rochelle Humes suns it up in Dubai with her family while Simon Cowell and wife Lauren holiday in Barbados as they ditch the UK for Christmas Eve  Daily Mail
  
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• Andrew and Epstein is the story that will not go away - BBC

  24-12-2025 08:58 via news.google.com
  Andrew and Epstein is the story that will not go away  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ben Stokes calls for empathy in eye of Ben Duckett ‘stag-do’ video storm - The Telegraph

  24-12-2025 08:40 via news.google.com
  Ben Stokes calls for empathy in eye of Ben Duckett ‘stag-do’ video storm  The TelegraphThe Ashes 2025-26: Ben Stokes says this is toughest time as England captain amid drinking reports  BBCEverything we know after England investigated over Ashes ‘stag do’ in Noosa  The IndependentStokes calls for ‘empathy’ for England players and pledges support for Duckett  The GuardianEngland’s problem is not beers in Noosa, it i
  
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• Risk in Hastings of no water at Christmas after mains repaired - BBC

  24-12-2025 08:36 via news.google.com
  Risk in Hastings of no water at Christmas after mains repaired  BBCOur teams are delivering bottled water to customers on our priority services register in and around Hastings  Southern WaterThousands in Hastings could face Christmas with no water after mains pipe bursts  The GuardianBurst water pipe declared 'outworn' by Southern Water 18 years ago | ITV News  ITVXThousands could be without water on Christmas Eve  BBC
  
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• bp agrees to sell a 65% shareholding in Castrol to Stonepeak at an enterprise value of $10 billion - bp global

  24-12-2025 08:21 via news.google.com
  bp agrees to sell a 65% shareholding in Castrol to Stonepeak at an enterprise value of $10 billion  bp globalBP sells stake in motor oil arm Castrol in $6bn deal  BBCBP Agrees to Sell Majority of Castrol Lubricants Unit to Stonepeak  The Wall Street JournalBP to sell majority stake in $10bn Castrol business to US investment firm  The GuardianBP to sell majority stake in $10bn Castrol to pay down debt  Financial Times
  
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• ‘We refuse to be afraid’: solidarity and vigilance in British Jewish community targeted by IS plot - The Guardian

  24-12-2025 08:00 via news.google.com
  ‘We refuse to be afraid’: solidarity and vigilance in British Jewish community targeted by IS plot  The GuardianMen guilty over gun attack plot on Manchester Jewish community  BBCTerrorists plotted to kill Jews in ‘worst attack in British history’  The TelegraphThree men convicted after CTPNW investigation into antisemitic terror plot in Greater Manchester  Greater Manchester PoliceHow gun plot targeting Jewish community was stopped
  
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• Russia: Two police officers killed in explosion in Moscow - BBC

  24-12-2025 07:45 via news.google.com
  Russia: Two police officers killed in explosion in Moscow  BBCThree killed in Moscow car explosion, say Russian authorities  The GuardianBlast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing  The New York TimesTiming of Russian general's assassination appears significant  Sky NewsLive: Two police officers killed by blast in Moscow  France 24
  
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• Mick Abrahams, guitarist with Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig – obituary - The Telegraph

  24-12-2025 07:00 via news.google.com
  Mick Abrahams, guitarist with Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig – obituary  The TelegraphRocker from iconic band Jethro Tull dies after health battle as tributes pour in  Daily StarMick Abrahams dead: Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig star passes away aged 82 following a string of health woes  Daily MailMilton Keynes music scene mourns death of Mick Abrahams  MKFM“When we did Top Of The Pops we were introduced as being avant-garde. It would have been close
  
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• 16 books to have on your radar in 2026 - The Independent

  24-12-2025 07:00 via news.google.com
  16 books to have on your radar in 2026  The IndependentRead Well, Live Better: Books to Begin 2026 with Clarity and Confidence  Prestige Hong Kong2026 Historical Fiction Books To Request At Your Local Library  Book RiotMost anticipated books of 2026: New novels from Matt Haig, Freida McFadden and more  NationalWorldThe Most Hyped Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2026  elle.com
  
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• Hunting drug gangs on Colombia-Venezuela border - Sky News

  24-12-2025 05:45 via news.google.com
  Hunting drug gangs on Colombia-Venezuela border  Sky News
  
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• Christmas Day supermarket opening hours for Aldi, Tesco, M&S, Asda, Lidl and more

  24-12-2025 01:02 via express.co.uk
  Christmas Day has finally arrived, which means most supermarkets will be shutting up shop to enjoy the festivities. Here's everything you need to know.
  
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• 'Hero' boy saves mum who fainted at the wheel on Christmas trip

  23-12-2025 23:54 via bbc.com
  Nicola Crump says her son is her "little hero" after his quick thinking prevented aserious crash.
  
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• Arsenal v Crystal Palace: Carabao Cup quarter-final – live

  23-12-2025 23:27 via theguardian.com
  ⚽ Updates from 8pm GMT kick-off as Chelsea await victors
  ⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Taha3 min: Madueke intercepts a Palace throw on the Arsenal right, plays to Martinelli, his pass cuts straight through the Palace defence. The onrushing Madueke receives … and really should do better. He shoots straight at Benítez.2 min: Madueke shows off some quick feet to thump a cross in from the right before Arsenal wheel it around in defence. Continue reading...
  
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• US supreme court blocks Trump bid to deploy national guard to Chicago

  23-12-2025 23:15 via theguardian.com
  In a 6-3 decision, the high court sided with a lower court ruling that blocked deployment of troops to the Illinois cityThe US supreme court refused on Tuesday to let Donald Trump send national guard troops to the Chicago area, in an important reining-in of the US president’s efforts to expand the use of the military for domestic purposes in historic moves against a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions.The nation’s highest court denied the US justice department’s requ
  
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• King's Christmas speech to come from Westminster Abbey

  23-12-2025 23:01 via bbc.com
  The King is expected to talk about the "pilgrimage" of life, and the lessons it can teach.
  
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• Winning Euromillions numbers: Full lottery results with Thunderball on 23 December

  23-12-2025 23:00 via express.co.uk
  The winning Euromillions numbers have been drawn.
  
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• Stuffed review – Guz Khan’s Christmas special is charming, funny and genuinely sweet

  23-12-2025 23:00 via theguardian.com
  This joke-filled caper of a Muslim-Christian family going on a Lapland holiday after an unexpected bonus will leave your cockles well and truly warmedA one-off Christmas special must have the following traditional ingredients to be entitled to the name. First and most vitally, it must have a grumpy character to soften over the hour. (And it must be an hour – 75 minutes, tops. Anything longer and we’re out of letting-the-children-stay-up-and-watch-as-a-treat territory and that disqual
  
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• Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 coup: everything you need to know

  23-12-2025 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are waryFive years after Myanmar’s junta ousted the country’s last elected government, triggering a civil war, voting is set to begin this week in national elections.The junta claims the vote is a return to democracy, but in reality the one-sided and heavily restricted poll has been widely condemned as a sham designed to keep the generals in power through proxies. Continue reading...
  
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• Hove hotel fire: People told 'stay away' as city hotel evacuated

  23-12-2025 22:54 via express.co.uk
  The fire prompted a major 999 response.
  
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• Manchester City favourites to sign Antoine Semenyo after Chelsea withdraw interest

  23-12-2025 22:51 via theguardian.com
  Manchester City in advanced talks over £65m wingerBournemouth winger has release clause in JanuaryManchester City are in pole position to sign Antoine Semenyo after Chelsea cooled their interest in the Bournemouth winger.Liverpool and Manchester United have also been pushing for Semenyo, whose contract contains a £65m release clause that becomes active for the first two weeks of January, but it is believed that the 25-year-old’s preference is to join City. The clause is made up
  
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• Newly released Epstein files include references to Donald Trump

  23-12-2025 22:49 via theguardian.com
  Files also include details about Epstein’s relationship with Larry Summers and apparently fake letter to Larry NassarA newly released batch of the so-called Epstein files on Tuesday includes many references to Donald Trump, including a claim by a senior US attorney that the US president was on a flight in the 1990s with the now-deceased convicted child sex offender and a 20-year-old woman.There is no indication of whether the woman was a victim of any crime, and being included in the files
  
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• Home Office 'in major migrant U-turn' after Keir Starmer slammed as 'tone deaf'

  23-12-2025 22:40 via express.co.uk
  The plan had faced strong objections from the local community.
  
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• Have a 3D Printer? You Can Make Your Own iPhone Fold Dummy - MacRumors

  23-12-2025 22:31 via news.google.com
  Have a 3D Printer? You Can Make Your Own iPhone Fold Dummy  MacRumorsA fresh leak says Apple hasn't quite figured out how to make the folding iPhone free from creases  TechRadarThe first iPhone Fold dummy shows a radical new design for a folding phone  MacworldFoldable iPhone renders provide most realistic look yet for Apple’s upcoming flagship  PhoneArenaIf the iPhone Fold is this bold, I'm sold  Creative Bloq
  
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• DoJ says Jeffrey Epstein letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump is fake

  23-12-2025 22:22 via theguardian.com
  Justice department says FBI confirmed letter is fake and lists why it was not deemed genuine by authoritiesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Department of Justice said on Tuesday afternoon that a disturbing letter released as part of the Epstein files and appearing to be from the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to convicted sex abuser and former Olympic gymnastics coach Larry Nassar is a fake.The contents of the purported letter dated 2019 were released by the DoJ early on Tuesday and
  
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• Libya’s army chief dies in plane crash in Turkey

  23-12-2025 22:03 via theguardian.com
  Libyan PM says Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad died after aircraft lost radio contact above AnkaraThe Libyan army’s chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, has been killed in a plane crash after leaving Turkey’s capital, Ankara.The prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognised government confirmed on Tuesday evening that Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad had died and that four others were on the jet with him. Continue reading...
  
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• 60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

  23-12-2025 21:53 via theguardian.com
  Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prisonA 60 Minutes episode investigating a brutal prison in El Salvador, which CBS News’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, pulled from the air on Sunday, appeared online on Monday after appearing on a Canadian TV app.The segment, which runs for nearly 14 minutes and was viewed by the Guardian, provides an in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot) prison in El Salva
  
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• Afcon roundup: Nigeria squeeze past Tanzania as Senegal cruise to win

  23-12-2025 21:48 via theguardian.com
  Nigeria 2-1 Tanzania; DR Congo 1-0 BeninNicolas Jackson scores twice in Senegal victoryAdemola Lookman scored a superb second-half winner as Nigeria earned a 2-1 Group C victory against Tanzania in the pouring rain in Fes, a positive start for the silver medallists from the previous tournament, but one that was not without moments of alarm.Nigeria were more dominant than the scoreline suggests in terms of possession and chances, but they failed to finish off the contest and were almost made to p
  
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• Manhunt launched for 55-year-old as police issue appeal weeks after his prison release

  23-12-2025 21:46 via express.co.uk
  The man was due to stay at a hotel in Leeds following his prison release.
  
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• New fossil evidence suggests that “Lucy” may not have been our direct human ancestor after all - Archaeology News Online Magazine

  23-12-2025 21:34 via news.google.com
  New fossil evidence suggests that “Lucy” may not have been our direct human ancestor after all  Archaeology News Online Magazine
  
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• 11 big names who closed shops and banks across the UK in 2025

  23-12-2025 21:23 via express.co.uk
  2025 has seen a wave of UK store and bank closures, with major names shutting hundreds of locations.
  
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• Police end investigation into Bob Vylan’s IDF chants at Glastonbury

  23-12-2025 21:08 via theguardian.com
  Avon and Somerset police says there is ‘insufficient’ evidence for realistic prospect of convictionAn investigation into chants by the rap duo Bob Vylan at Glastonbury festival will not lead to any further action by prosecutors as there is “insufficient” evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction, police said.Bobby Vylan, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, led crowds on the festival’s West Holts stage in chants of “death, death to the IDF”,
  
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• Full list of passwords that must be changed now - check if yours makes it

  23-12-2025 20:52 via express.co.uk
  Cyber safety experts have put together a definitive list of passwords to avoid, and advised as to how to keep your data safer from hackers.
  
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• Trump travelled on Epstein's plane more than previously thought, newly released prosecutor's email says - BBC

  23-12-2025 20:46 via news.google.com
  Trump travelled on Epstein's plane more than previously thought, newly released prosecutor's email says  BBCTrump trips, a fake video and 10 possible co-conspirators: Takeaways from new Epstein files  BBCTrump urged to release remaining 700,000 Epstein files  The TelegraphNewly released Epstein files include references to Donald Trump  The GuardianEpstein files latest: Accuser describes being 'blindfolded, taken underground and raped'  Sky News
  
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