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• Scotland counts down to 2026 as weather warning kicks off the new year - BBC

  30-12-2025 23:37 via news.google.com
  Scotland counts down to 2026 as weather warning kicks off the new year  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Match report for Man Utd v Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 December 2025 - Official Manchester United Website

  30-12-2025 23:29 via news.google.com
  Match report for Man Utd v Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 December 2025  Official Manchester United WebsiteMan Utd 1-1 Wolves: Red Devils 'expect better' after draw  BBCIs Ruben Amorim now a hinderance rather than a help to Man Utd? Premier League hits and misses  Sky SportsKrejci grabs point for Wolves as Manchester United continue to flounder  The Guardian'No excuses' for Utd in draw with winless Wolves  ESPN
  
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• Match report: Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth | News | Official Site - Chelsea Football Club

  30-12-2025 22:00 via news.google.com
  Match report: Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth | News | Official Site  Chelsea Football ClubChelsea vs Bournemouth LIVE! Premier League match preview, team news, live blog, goal videos, match report  Sky SportsEnzo Maresca jeered by Chelsea fans amid wild draw with Bournemouth  The GuardianMOTD Premier League Highlights: Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth  BBCConfirmed Chelsea line up vs Bournemouth | News | Official Site  Chelsea Football Club
  
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• UK weather: Heavy snow to fall on New Year's Day as Met Office issues warning - London Evening Standard

  30-12-2025 21:55 via news.google.com
  UK weather: Heavy snow to fall on New Year's Day as Met Office issues warning  London Evening StandardUK weather: Snow and ice forecast as Met Office issues warnings  BBCScotland counts down to 2026 as weather warning kicks off the new year  BBCLoch freezes as new year cold snap hits Britain  The TelegraphHeavy snow forecast for parts of UK as weather warning issued | UK weather  The Guardian
  
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• Humans may have eaten Neanderthal babies, study suggests - The Telegraph

  30-12-2025 21:00 via news.google.com
  Humans may have eaten Neanderthal babies, study suggests  The Telegraph
  
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• Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F Kennedy, dies aged 35 - BBC

  30-12-2025 20:41 via news.google.com
  Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F Kennedy, dies aged 35  BBCTatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies after rare leukemia diagnosis  The GuardianTatiana Schlossberg obituary: journalist and JFK’s granddaughter  The TimesJFK’s granddaughter dies at 35 just weeks after revealing terminal diagnosis  The IndependentJFK's granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg dies aged 35  Sky News
  
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• Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies after rare leukemia diagnosis - The Guardian

  30-12-2025 20:36 via news.google.com
  Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies after rare leukemia diagnosis  The GuardianTatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F Kennedy, dies aged 35  BBCTatiana Schlossberg obituary: journalist and JFK’s granddaughter  The TimesJFK’s granddaughter dies at 35 just weeks after revealing terminal diagnosis  The IndependentJFK's granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg dies aged 35  Sky News
  
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• Alaa Abd el-Fattah ‘will not be stripped of British citizenship’ over past tweets - The Guardian

  30-12-2025 20:17 via news.google.com
  Alaa Abd el-Fattah ‘will not be stripped of British citizenship’ over past tweets  The GuardianBritish-Egyptian dissident appears to endorse 'smear campaign' claims  BBCStarmer welcomes ‘extremist’ to Britain  The TelegraphBritish-Egyptian dissident apologises for tweets as Tories push for UK deportation  BBCTimes letters: Fattah’s disputed rights to UK citizenship  The Times
  
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• Stroud Boxing Day fire victims named as bodies recovered - BBC

  30-12-2025 19:23 via news.google.com
  Stroud Boxing Day fire victims named as bodies recovered  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Meta buys Chinese-founded AI agent start-up Manus - BBC

  30-12-2025 18:30 via news.google.com
  Meta buys Chinese-founded AI agent start-up Manus  BBCMeta to Buy Manus, an AI Startup With Chinese Roots  Bloomberg.comMeta, SoftBank and Nvidia Splurge on Holiday AI Deals  The InformationMeta buys Chinese-founded AI start-up Manus  Financial TimesMark Zuckerberg’s Meta is dropping over $2 billion for an AI startup—a rare example of a U.S. tech giant buying a platform founded in China  Fortune
  
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• Galaxy S26 Ultra camera: Samsung apparently fixes a few issues - Notebookcheck

  30-12-2025 18:28 via news.google.com
  Galaxy S26 Ultra camera: Samsung apparently fixes a few issues  NotebookcheckGalaxy S26 Ultra Release Date: Samsung's Delay Bring Risks And Rewards  ForbesGalaxy S26 Ultra could get a pro-level camera upgrade with these new Camera Assistant features  Android AuthoritySamsung may skip this pre-order offer for Galaxy S26  SamMobileSamsung Galaxy S26 Ultra to come with new lens to combat flare - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.com
  
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• What is norovirus and how contagious is it?

  30-12-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Symptoms of the virus include diarrhea and vomiting and it infects about 684 million people globally every yearNorovirus is the term for a family of about 50 strains of virus that all share one miserable endpoint: copious time in the bathroom. Every year, an estimated 684 million people globally come down with it.Norovirus is a kind of infectious gastroenteritis, “an inflammation of the bowel and the colon that can cause diarrhea” and vomiting, explains Dr Ambreen Allana, an infectio
  
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• Beyond Kegels: I found a fix for a common type of incontinence – why don’t more women know about it?

  30-12-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  After years of worrying that running or sneezing would leave me needing fresh underwear, a quick, minimally invasive procedure changed my lifeSome of my earliest memories feature my mother’s leotard-encased body bouncing to Jane Fonda with abandon. A similar carefree fluidity prevailed a decade later, as her feet struck hard-packed sand on a shorebreak jog. Twelve-year-old me panted alongside, so desperate to be made in her image that I tolerated heated cheeks and shaking quads. Their trem
  
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• NHS issues '2-hour' rule for anyone with 3 symptoms at night - Daily Express

  30-12-2025 17:59 via news.google.com
  NHS issues '2-hour' rule for anyone with 3 symptoms at night  Daily Express
  
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• NHS issues important advice for Atorvastatin users on cholesterol medication - The Mirror

  30-12-2025 16:59 via news.google.com
  NHS issues important advice for Atorvastatin users on cholesterol medication  The Mirror
  
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• UAE announces withdrawal of its forces from Yemen following Saudi criticism - Middle East Eye

  30-12-2025 16:10 via news.google.com
  UAE announces withdrawal of its forces from Yemen following Saudi criticism  Middle East EyeUAE says it will withdraw from Yemen after Saudi strike on separatist-held port  BBCTensions between Saudis and Emiratis over future of Yemen reach boiling point  The GuardianA lightning advance by separatists has reshaped Yemen’s civil war  The EconomistUAE to pull forces out of Yemen after calls for withdrawal, Saudi strike  Al Jazeera
  
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• Brothers named as Wolverhampton Christmas Day murder suspects - BBC

  30-12-2025 16:03 via news.google.com
  Brothers named as Wolverhampton Christmas Day murder suspects  BBCFamily pays tribute to 'loving' father stabbed to death on Christmas Day | ITV News  ITVX'Loving father' killed in Christmas Day stabbing  BBCTribute to father who was fatally stabbed in Wolverhampton  West Midlands PoliceTwo arrested after 30-year-old man stabbed to death on Christmas Day  The Independent
  
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• The happiest scientific breakthroughs of 2025 - The Times

  30-12-2025 15:30 via news.google.com
  The happiest scientific breakthroughs of 2025  The Times55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025  The AtlanticThe 11 strangest scientific discoveries of 2025  BBC Science Focus Magazine2025: The science stories that stopped us in our tracks  BBCScience still made incredible breakthroughs while under attack  The Japan Times
  
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• Threesomes, rough towels and ‘lesbian bed death’: 23 of the best Sexual Healing columns

  30-12-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s sex advice column is coming to an end after 20 years. Here are some of the most memorable questions and answers
  • Pamela Stephenson Connolly on two decades of solving readers’ sex problemsMy wonderful new wife is everything I have always looked for in a woman. The issue is that she is openly and proudly bisexual. When we first became involved, she even joked that she didn’t want me getting mad when it was time for her to visit her friend on girls’ trip
  
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• The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026

  30-12-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  As 007 makes his gaming return, you can climb a mountain in Cairn, play a scaredy-cat in Resident Evil, and play a criminal couple in GTA VILive your mountaineering fantasies and brave the elements in a wonderfully illustrated climbing game. You must carefully place climber Aava’s hands and feet to make your way up a forbidding mountain, camping on ledges and bandaging her fingers as you go. Like real climbing, it is challenging and somewhat brutal.
  • PC, PlayStation 5; 29 January Con
  
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• Navalny Team Claims Putin Owns Luxury Estate on Crimea’s Black Sea Coast - The Moscow Times

  30-12-2025 14:57 via news.google.com
  Navalny Team Claims Putin Owns Luxury Estate on Crimea’s Black Sea Coast  The Moscow TimesInside Putin’s secret clifftop palace in Crimea  The TimesLuxury and Air Defense: Inside the Fortified Residences Where Vladimir Putin Is Believed to Live  UNITED24 MediaInvestigators find new Putin palace in Crimea with private clinic  Українська правдаPutin's
  
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• This year’s first supermoon and meteor shower to compete for dominance - The Independent

  30-12-2025 14:44 via news.google.com
  This year’s first supermoon and meteor shower to compete for dominance  The Independent10 night sky events to see in January, from Jupiter’s closest approach to peak Orion views  National GeographicWinter’s Best Meteor Shower Begins Tonight: How To See The Quadrantids  ForbesSkywatchers across the UK are being urged to look up as one of the most powerful meteor showers of the year reaches its peak The Quadrantid meteor shower is now active and is e
  
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• My big night out: I finished the 1990s with fireworks, a funfair, flirting – and furious hope for the future

  30-12-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  It was the end of a fabulous decade, when spontaneous, unpredictable parties seemed not just possible but typical. A new millennium was dawning. What could possibly go wrong?‘We wish you peace,” said Tony Blair as the clock struck 8pm. It was New Year’s Eve 1999, a Friday night, and I was on the banks of the Thames. Britain’s fresh-faced prime minister – only two years into the job – was giving a gimmick called The British Airways London Eye its first spin. Th
  
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• 26 Resilient Microbes Found In NASA Cleanrooms Spark New Fears Of Mars Contamination - The Daily Galaxy

  30-12-2025 13:45 via news.google.com
  26 Resilient Microbes Found In NASA Cleanrooms Spark New Fears Of Mars Contamination  The Daily Galaxy'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms  Live ScienceNASA’s Cleanest Rooms Are Evolving New Forms of Bacterial Life  ScienceBlog.com26 unknown bacteria found inside NASA’s ultra sterile cleanrooms | Tap to know more | Inshorts  InshortsScientists surprised: 26 unknown species of bacteria
  
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• Households urged to take photo of electricity meter before Thursday - Daily Express

  30-12-2025 12:01 via news.google.com
  Households urged to take photo of electricity meter before Thursday  Daily ExpressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The perfect working day: how to get everything done – without getting stressed

  30-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  From writing lists to taking a walk, it can be possible to gain clarity and perspective, even when faced with the most daunting tasks• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inbox“Perfection,” the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once wrote, “is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” The Little Prince author was talking about elegance in design, but it’s not a bad principle to a
  
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• Major change coming to bin collection rules in 2026 – here’s what you need to know - The Independent

  30-12-2025 12:00 via news.google.com
  Major change coming to bin collection rules in 2026 – here’s what you need to know  The IndependentBin collection rules are changing for everyone in 2026, here's what you need to know  Yahoo News UKThe new employment laws for 2026 including changes to sick pay, family leave and wages  Manchester Evening NewsMajor UK law changes coming in 2026 - from jobs and travel to junk food adverts and ticket prices  Wales OnlineSome major changes to travel
  
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• Tiger Woods at 50: golf’s unreachable standard finally meets time

  30-12-2025 08:30 via theguardian.com
  For decades, he existed beyond comparison. As he turns 50, even golf’s most dominant figure confronts the one opponent he could never overpowerTalk to any golfer who played against Tiger Woods and there is sure to be at least one story about one shot so sublime they were certain it could not be hit by them or anyone else.He was just different. Better. Continue reading...
  
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• During a fierce storm I could hear the panicked screams of children in tents outside. This is Christmas in Gaza

  30-12-2025 08:28 via theguardian.com
  This time of year is the true beginning of winter: the 40 coldest and harshest days of the season. One resident of Gaza City describes the reality for Palestinians living with little shelter and no electricity or heatingIt was about 8.30pm on a Thursday when I headed back home in Gaza City. It was windy, and I couldn’t stay out any longer, so I had to walk. At first it was only a light drizzle, but after about 200 metres the rain suddenly grew heavier. That wasn’t surprising. I stopp
  
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• 'It's amazing' - Torvill and Dean recognised in New Year Honours

  30-12-2025 08:21 via bbc.com
  The ice-skating duo are best known for their winning performance at the 1984 winter Olympics.
  
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• The Zorg by Siddharth Kara review – scarcely imaginable horrors at sea

  30-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A vivid and chilling account of the deadly voyage that triggered the abolition of the Atlantic slave tradeOver the nearly four centuries during which the transatlantic slave trade operated, 12.5 million Africans were trafficked by Europeans to the Americas. 1.8 million of them perished on the voyage under scarcely imaginable conditions of overcrowding, filth and disease. Some threw themselves overboard. And others were thrown into the sea.In The Zorg, Siddharth Kara tells two stories. The first
  
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• Songs about love, poverty and swimming in Bacardi lemon: Dutch ‘levenslied’ captures a new generation

  30-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The Netherlands’ guttersnipe answer to French chanson and German schlager is as popular as ever – but has it lost its roots as the defiant voice of the working class? Our writer sways along at the Muziekfeest van het Jaar to find out‘Uw doet wat, precies, meneer?’ My chic twentysomething hairdresser throws me a puzzled look: “You’re doing what, exactly, sir?” I am not behaving like an Englishman. I have just told her that I have bought tickets for the Mu
  
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• Saunas, electronica and air guitar: Oulu, Finland’s tech city, is European Capital of Culture 2026

  30-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  This Nordic city and digital hub is having its moment in the (midnight) sun, offering cultural, arty events and pleasingly eclectic sillinessA floating community sauna on frozen Lake Oulu seemed as good a place as any to ask Finnish locals what they think of the European Capital of Culture bandwagon that will be rolling into their city in 2026. Two women sweltering on the top bench seemed to sweat more over my question than over the clouds of sauna steam – the result of a beefy Finn ladlin
  
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• No Time for Goodbye review – well intentioned drama about the loneliness of the asylum-seeker

  30-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Journalist Don Ng’s debut feature raises interesting questions about the asylum experience – but his film is too sentimental and superficial to truly answer themThis is a film made with the best of intentions – and it has some good insights into the loneliness and isolation of seeking asylum in the UK. But there are a few too many sentimental moments to properly work as social-realism, or anything close to convincing drama, which is disappointing given its creator, Don Ng, is a
  
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• Facebook slow to act on posts celebrating murder of Jews, anti-hate group says

  30-12-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: CST highlights volume of IS-supporting accounts and says social media firms ‘putting all of us in danger’Facebook hosted terrorist propaganda that celebrated the murder of Jews and praised Islamic State, a leading anti-hate group has alleged.The posts included celebrations of the Bondi beach massacre that the Community Security Trust says Facebook has been too slow to take down. The posts were still on Facebook on 16 December, two days after the attack, and received shares
  
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• Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen over weapons shipment it claims UAE sent to separatists

  30-12-2025 07:27 via theguardian.com
  Attack signals new escalation in tensions between the kingdom and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional CouncilSaudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.The UAE did not immediately acknowledge the strike. Continue reading...
  
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• TV tonight: unseen footage of comedy great Ken Dodd at his peak

  30-12-2025 07:20 via theguardian.com
  His wife Anne watches the newly discovered tapes for the first time. Plus: Joe Wilkinson’s family sitcom. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 5
  “It’s funny how the taxman always writes to you in brown paper, isn’t it? I think they must know what you’re going to do with it afterwards.” For the first time, these recently discovered recordings of Ken Dodd in action are shared with the world – including the great comedian’s wife, Anne,
  
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• UK consumers still reluctant to spend going into 2026, KPMG survey finds

  30-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Combination of concern about economy and household cost pressures will continue to limit spending, report suggestsUK consumers are reluctant to spend going into 2026 despite feeling almost as secure about their personal finances as they did at the beginning of the year, according to research.A study by the accountancy multinational KPMG found that concerns about the health of the UK economy were holding consumers back from spending, especially on eating out and big ticket items such as cars and
  
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• The hill I will die on: Never decline an invitation on the day of the event. Ghosting is the humane option | Phineas Harper

  30-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Either say you can’t make it well in advance or keep stummAs New Year’s Eve looms, I implore you to heed this party etiquette advice. There are only two correct times to decline a party invitation: well in advance or not at all. The last thing any stressed-out host wants to receive, in the moments before their big event begins, is a sudden flood of 11th-hour RSVPs from guests announcing that they’re not coming. And yet, as anyone who regularly organises large parties in Britain
  
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• The alternative 2025 sports awards: quotes, gaffes and animal cameos

  30-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  The best and worst of 2025 – featuring devotion in DC, late-night tweeting and the fly that sank a birdieThe White House, issuing a communique to reporters covering April’s global market meltdown over tariffs as US losses hit $6.6tn (£4.9tn) in two days. “The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.” Continue reading...
  
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• Sharp shooters: the best sports photos of 2025 and the stories behind them

  30-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  From long exposures of motor racing to remote-operated cameras at football matches, here’s how our favourite sports images were madeTom Jenkins’s best sport photographs of 2025How one of the best tennis photos was takenWe’ve received more than 500,000 sports photographs in the past year, with some absolute belters among them. Here are some of the fleeting moments, wild celebrations and creative compositions that caught our eyes – accompanied by explanations and technical
  
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• Plymouth had UK’s steepest rise in house prices in 2025

  30-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Average property price in city rose by 12.6%, while Stafford and Wigan also had double-digit growthUK house prices rose fastest in Plymouth this year as investment in shopping and amenities lured buyers to the south-west city, a survey of 2025 housing hotspots shows, as the central London market struggled with weaker demand.The average property price rose by 12.6% in Plymouth during 2025, the steepest rise anywhere in the country, taking the typical home price to £278,808. The data, from L
  
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• Jose Pizarro’s recipe for caramelised brussels sprout and panceta montaditos

  30-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Caramelised sprouts with onion, thyme and sweet vinegar, served on a crispopen sandwich with soft cheese and pine nutsBrussels sprouts are perhaps not the first thing you think of when you think about Spanish food, but they do have a little history in my homeland. They arrived in Spain in the 16th century, through trade with Flanders, and were often paired with pork, which we love. Here, however, I caramelise them with onion, thyme and sweet vinegar, then serve on crisp baguette with soft cheese
  
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• ‘Be fearful when others are greedy’: Warren Buffett’s sharpest lessons in investing

  30-12-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  As the billionaire retires, he leaves memorable advice from his annual letters that include pithy takes on bubbles, discipline and long-term goalsWarren Buffett, the billionaire investor who is retiring at the end of 2025, has entertained and educated shareholders in his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate for many years with his pithy annual letters outlining the firm’s performance.Every year since 1965 he has updated his investors on the journey as Berkshire morphed from a “struggling
  
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• What happened next: the man who saved the last phone box in his village

  30-12-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  When BT earmarked the kiosk for closure in January, Derek Harris began to campaign. The fight gave him purpose at a difficult time in his life‘I don’t want it to die’: one man’s battle to save the last phone box in his villageThe caller display flashes up: “Derek in the K6” it reads. On the line is Derek Harris, ringing from the red phone box he saved for his village. When he saw, on the agenda for the parish council meeting, that BT had earmarked it for closu
  
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• Two new subtypes of MS found in ‘exciting’ breakthrough

  30-12-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Scientists uncovered biological strands using artificial intelligence and hope discovery will revolutionise treatmentScientists have discovered two new subtypes of multiple sclerosis with the aid of artificial intelligence, paving the way for personalised treatments and better outcomes for patients.Millions of people have the disease globally – but treatments are mostly selected on the basis of symptoms, and may not be effective because they don’t target the underlying bio
  
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• ‘There’s no such thing as normal’: 13 essential lessons about sex – from 20 years of Sexual Healing

  30-12-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s sex advice columnist has answered countless questions over the last two decades. As the column ends, here’s what has struck and surprised herPeople find it so hard to talk about sex, so if someone takes the time to sit down and write a question, then send it to the Guardian for me to answer, I always regard that as a great privilege. In the 20 years of writing the column, I have been reminded how many people are still out there, living their lives in quiet desperation
  
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• The Louvre is the pride of France – and it’s on the verge of collapse. Can we rescue it in time? | Agnès Poirier

  30-12-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  From a jewel heist to crumbling galleries, it’s been a dire year for the world’s most visited museum. At least France has woken up to its predicament Long before Versailles dazzled the world, the Louvre rose from the banks of the Seine as a royal residence. Charles V kept his celebrated library here; Henri IV installed his cabinets of paintings, objets d’art and arms, and created within its walls a veritable city of artists, where cabinetmakers, tapestry-makers, painters and ar
  
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• Little changed centuries old religion attracting record number of Britons

  30-12-2025 06:00 via express.co.uk
  It's is now the third most popular religion in the US... and it's also attracting record numbers of young male Britons.
  
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• Cabinet Office accused of covering up for royal family after blocking release of Andrew documents

  30-12-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Minutes of travel expenses of former Duke of York as UK trade envoy withheld from National ArchivesBlair pressured officials over case of UK soldiers accused of beating Iraqi man to death, files show‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speechBrown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warnedThe Cabinet Office has been accused of covering up for the royal family after the release of documents including some relatin
  
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