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• Details of plan to keep pubs open longer for World Cup revealed

  05-12-2025 03:09 via bbc.com
  Licensing hours could be extended to 01:00 if a home nation reaches the final stages next summer.
  
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• Christmas gifts wrapped and sent out for children

  13-12-2025 09:05 via bbc.com
  More than 100 volunteers gathered to wrap thousands of presents for children across the capital.
  
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• Why your chocolate is getting smaller, more expensive and less chocolatey

  13-12-2025 01:25 via bbc.com
  Christmas treats are getting eaten away by 'shrinkflation' and the Grinch even has an eye on the cocoa content.
  
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• EU backs indefinite freeze on Russia's frozen cash ahead of loan plan for Ukraine

  12-12-2025 20:14 via bbc.com
  After almost four years of Russia's full-scale war, Kyiv is running out of cash, and needs an estimated €135.7bn over the next two years.
  
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• No 10 says it backs pubs as landlords bar Labour MPs in tax protest

  12-12-2025 19:28 via bbc.com
  The government says it delivered a £4.3bn support package for pubs and restaurants in the Budget.
  
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• Gatwick Airport drop-off charge rises to £10

  12-12-2025 18:06 via bbc.com
  Drop-off fees will rise from £7 to £10 at the West Sussex airport from 6 January.
  
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• Crafters warn of imported 'tat' at festive fairs

  12-12-2025 16:15 via bbc.com
  Some stallholders and event organisers are angry about cheap goods being sold as 'handmade' items.
  
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• Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules

  12-12-2025 16:02 via bbc.com
  California's governor Gavin Newsom issued a strongly-worded statement in response to the executive order.
  
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• Honesty box 'helps us thank our generous community'

  12-12-2025 15:49 via bbc.com
  A family raising money to fund a suitable home for their son is among those driving a revival in honesty boxes.
  
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• UK economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.1% in October

  12-12-2025 13:00 via bbc.com
  The impact of the JLR cyber-attack continued to affect output, while analysts say spending was hit by Budget uncertainty.
  
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• Nationwide fined £44m for 'ineffective' crime controls

  12-12-2025 12:47 via bbc.com
  The building society failed to monitor its customers' activity effectively between 2016 and 2021, the regulator says.
  
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• Creative industries 'incredibly worried' about OpenAI-Disney deal

  12-12-2025 12:46 via bbc.com
  The $1bn deal will let fans generate videos and images of more than 200 Disney characters on ChatGPT and Sora.
  
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• Lululemon boss to step down early next year

  12-12-2025 12:19 via bbc.com
  Calvin McDonald's decision to leave at the end of January comes amid a run of poor sales for the firm in the US.
  
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• 'No empty shelves at Christmas' as Guinness workers strike

  12-12-2025 09:39 via bbc.com
  About 90 workers at a Guinness canning factory in Belfast have walked out in protest over pay.
  
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• 'We fundraised all year so our kids could experience a panto'

  12-12-2025 08:12 via bbc.com
  Some theatres tell the BBC panto season can make up almost half of their annual income.
  
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• Food parcels help thousands at Christmas

  12-12-2025 07:07 via bbc.com
  A charity is ramping up its operation in the run up to Christmas to help tackle food poverty.
  
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• How unwanted coats are changing lives this winter

  12-12-2025 07:03 via bbc.com
  Some 20,000 unwanted coats will be collected, distributed and gifted to those in need.
  
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• 'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless

  12-12-2025 06:54 via bbc.com
  A botched roof extension caused the ceiling to collapse at Kate Morris’s top-floor flat.
  
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• Venezuela says Trump wants its oil. But is that the case?

  12-12-2025 06:42 via bbc.com
  The South American nation's output has plummeted and restoring its former glory would be a heavy lift.
  
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• Google asks UK experts to find uses for its powerful quantum tech

  12-12-2025 01:34 via bbc.com
  UK researchers will get a chance to develop applications for the tech giant's quantum processor.
  
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• Crypto fraudster sentenced for 'epic' $40bn stablecoin crash

  12-12-2025 01:21 via bbc.com
  In August, Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud and apologised for his actions.
  
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• Inquiry into role of Budget watchdog launched by MPs

  12-12-2025 01:06 via bbc.com
  It comes after intense scrutiny of the Office for Budget Responsibility in the run-up to the Budget.
  
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• 'It's amazing' – the wonder material very few can make

  12-12-2025 01:03 via bbc.com
  Just a handful of companies can make cadmium zinc telluride, a material with powerful properties.
  
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• Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO fit to stand trial, prison officials say

  11-12-2025 20:40 via bbc.com
  Mike Jeffries, who was ruled "mentally incompetent" by a court, is nowcompetent to stand trial, medical experts declare after a forensic evaluation.
  
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• Shares in AI giant Oracle fall after revenue results ramp up bubble fears

  11-12-2025 17:24 via bbc.com
  The cloud computing giant's revenue miss renews questions about its financial health.
  
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• 'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year

  11-12-2025 14:52 via bbc.com
  Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is among the influential tech figures that adorn one of the two covers.
  
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• Workers' rights bill standoff continues after Lords defeat

  11-12-2025 14:33 via bbc.com
  It comes after ministers struck a deal between businesses and unions aimed at allowing the bill to progress.
  
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• Jamie Oliver on the return of his restaurant chain

  11-12-2025 13:56 via bbc.com
  Speaking to Amol Rajan on the BBC's Radical podcast, chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver reveals all about his experiences of failure and learning from it.
  
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• Drax unveils plan for data centre at power station

  11-12-2025 13:46 via bbc.com
  The firm aims to expand its power station near Selby with a 100MW data centre by 2027.
  
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• UK pharma boss says US is the best country to invest in

  11-12-2025 11:53 via bbc.com
  In an interview with the BBC, Dame Emma Walmsley says she will not "shy away" from GSK's US expansion.
  
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