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• Starship Barge identified ahead of Starbase to KSC transports - NASASpaceFlight.com -

  01-01-2026 23:30
  Starship Barge identified ahead of Starbase to KSC transports  NASASpaceFlight.com -
  
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• Thomas Frank’s Spurs booed off after toiling to point on his Brentford return

  01-01-2026 23:09 via theguardian.com
  There was an extraordinary moment just before kick-off here when Thomas Frank strode 20 yards on to the pitch and applauded all four corners of the stadium. The Tottenham head coach was applauded back by the Brentford fans because he will always be a hero to them. His work over a near seven-year period as their manager has seen to that.But what of the followers in his new gig? It is safe to say the jury remains out after this driest of January performances, one that had the supporters in the awa
  
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• South Park writer buys ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ domain name

  01-01-2026 23:09 via theguardian.com
  Toby Morton now owns trumpkennedycenter.org, which advertises new year performance by the ‘Epstein dancers’Donald Trump may be remaking the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into a pool of his self-reflection, but a writer for South Park, the TV series that better reflects the obsessions and tendencies of the administration than any political pundit, has purchased the rights to trumpkennedycenter.org.Toby Morton, a TV writer and producer who has worked on the long-running
  
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• PDC world darts: Van Veen dumps Humphries out as Littler wins over crowd

  01-01-2026 23:09 via theguardian.com
  Former world champion beaten 5-1 by rising starLittler cheered during rout of Krzysztof RatajskiOld acquaintance forgot, and never brought to mind. A new year, a new crowd and perhaps even a clean slate for the world champion, Luke Littler, who continued his largely untroubled progress towards back-to-back titles with an embarrassingly one-sided 5-0 win over Krzysztof Ratajski in the first of Thursday night’s two quarter-finals.Perhaps, after the startling boos and jeers of Tuesday night&r
  
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• The Night Manager review – no naughty bum-flashing? It’s still a class above all other spy thrillers

  01-01-2026 23:05 via theguardian.com
  The racy espionage blockbuster caused a global frenzy a decade ago – and set an unbelievably high bar. As Tom Hiddleston’s M16 agent Jonathan Pine returns to take down a new supervillain, he just about pulls it offFinesse was the selling point of The Night Manager when it debuted in 2016. It was a class above other spy thrillers, setting itself among moneyed elites – rotten ones, but elites nonetheless – and furnishing itself with luxury locations. In Tom Hiddleston it ha
  
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• Stubborn Sunderland deny Manchester City to give Arsenal four-point cushion at top

  01-01-2026 23:04 via theguardian.com
  Something had to give and it was not Sunderland’s unbeaten home Premier League record. Instead Manchester City’s winning streak came to a juddering halt as Pep Guardiola’s side spurned a chance to move within two points of Arsenal at the top of the table.Hats – or should that be chapeaus – off to Régis Le Bris and his clever and courageous Sunderland team for not merely frustrating City but offering Gianluigi Donnarumma scope to remind everyone precisely why
  
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• Confused England not helping Jacob Bethell to flourish on bewildering Ashes tour | Mark Ramprakash

  01-01-2026 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Batter has been thrown in at the deep end at No 3 and if the selectors have faith in a young player they should be doing everything to help them succeedThere used to be a saying in county cricket: a quick game’s a good game. You’d hear it from the old pros who sensed a poor wicket or a downpour, because it meant they would get more time off. Well, England and Australia have certainly adhered to that saying.There’s another one you hear a lot in cricket these days: there’s
  
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• M11 closed between Epping and Harlow after 'serious crash' - BBC

  01-01-2026 22:31
  M11 closed between Epping and Harlow after 'serious crash'  BBCDriver died after collision on M25 near Brentwood in Essex  BBCM25 shut after 'multiple vehicle' crash near Rickmansworth - recap  Watford ObserverAll traffic temporarily stopped on M25 after crash at Essex junction  Clacton GazetteBBC Essex News: M11 stretch closed after ‘serious crash’  Gateway 97.8
  
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• The Traitors review – ​this amazing new twist changes everything

  01-01-2026 22:05 via theguardian.com
  ‘We don’t need middle management,’ yell the new batch of traitors. With just one audacious tweak, the hit show promises to become even more satisfying – and full of bombshellsNew year, new killing spree. This is the third time the BBC has dropped a new season of The Traitors on or close to 1 January, enshrining a great new British tradition of easing into the new year with a month-long “psychological game of deception” – and, after a slow-burn start to t
  
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• ‘The Traitors UK’ Season 4 Cast Photos & BBC Episode Release Schedule - Deadline

  01-01-2026 22:00
  ‘The Traitors UK’ Season 4 Cast Photos & BBC Episode Release Schedule  DeadlineA new series of The Traitors begins - with a delicious twist  BBCThe Traitors review – ​this amazing new twist changes everything  The GuardianFormer police detective and crime novelist among new Traitors contestants  BBCThe Traitors 2026 reveals its 22 new players as Claudia Winkleman teases shocking twists  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Business leaders and Catholic bishops join call for royal commission after Bondi attack

  01-01-2026 21:57 via theguardian.com
  Signatories to open letter include former Reserve Bank of Australia governors Philip Lowe and Glenn Stevens and billionaire James PackerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian business leaders and public figures have joined forces to call for a commonwealth royal commission into antisemitism, radicalism and the events leading up to the 14 December Bondi beach terrorist attack.At least 120 leaders have signed the open letter, including former Reserve Bank of Australi
  
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• New year drone strike kills 24 in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Moscow says

  01-01-2026 21:52 via theguardian.com
  Ukraine rejects claim, saying its forces exclusively targeted Russian military or energy sitesA Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and injured at least 50 more as they celebrated the new year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, Russian officials said, as tensions between the two countries continue to rise despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks.Three drones struck a cafe and hotel in the resort town of Khorly on the Black Sea coast, the region’s M
  
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• ‘My health is perfect’: Trump dismisses scrutiny of his age and fitness - Al Jazeera

  01-01-2026 21:31
  ‘My health is perfect’: Trump dismisses scrutiny of his age and fitness  Al JazeeraTrump says health is 'perfect' amid aging concerns  BBCTrump news at a glance: president denies falling asleep in public meetings as he defends ‘perfect’ health  The GuardianExclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance  The Wall Street JournalTrump tells WSJ he is taking more aspirin than doctors recommend  Reuters
  
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• Zohran Mamdani promises ‘new era’ for New York City in first speech as mayor

  01-01-2026 21:17 via theguardian.com
  Mayor says ‘I will govern as a democratic socialist’ at inauguration ceremony featuring AOC and Bernie SandersZohran Mamdani on Thursday vowed to “reinvent” New York City in a speech on his first day as mayor, promising “a new era” for America’s largest city and an ambitious start to his term of office.The 34-year-old political star and democratic socialist, who a year ago was a virtually unknown state assemblyman, is the city’s first Muslim mayor,
  
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• Jeremie Frimpong: It's really frustrating but we move on to the next game - Liverpool FC

  01-01-2026 21:07
  Jeremie Frimpong: It's really frustrating but we move on to the next game  Liverpool FC'Heavy metal? It's not even aluminium foil football'  BBCLiverpool 0-0 Leeds highlights  Sky SportsArne Slot press conference: Verdict on Liverpool 0-0 Leeds  Liverpool FCDaniel Farke: We needed a really balanced performance today  Leeds United
  
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• Glasner’s Crystal Palace in ‘survival mode’ as Fulham leveller extends winless run

  01-01-2026 20:57 via theguardian.com
  It is a strange quirk of this fixture that the away side has not lost for the last 10 Premier League meetings between Crystal Palace and Fulham, with the substitute Tom Cairney’s late equaliser ensuring that streak goes on.Only a brilliant save in added time from Dean Henderson and a glaring miss from the former Palace player Joachim Andersen denied Marco Silva’s side all the points after falling behind to Jean-Philippe Mateta’s first goal from open play since 1 November. But O
  
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• Ipswich rise into Championship’s top two as rivals Coventry and Boro slip up

  01-01-2026 20:52 via theguardian.com
  Philogene and Akpom goals secure 2-1 win over OxfordCharlton hold Coventry 1-1; Derby upset MiddlesbroughIpswich climbed into the automatic promotion places in the Championship following a 2-1 victory over struggling Oxford.Their success came via first-half goals from leading scorer Jaden Philogene and Chuba Akpom, while Will Lankshear replied for the visitors. Ipswich moved a point above Middlesbrough after they fell to a 1-0 defeat at Derby, while Oxford remain three points from safety. Contin
  
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• Wasteful Ekitiké helps Leeds keep toiling Liverpool at arm’s length

  01-01-2026 20:43 via theguardian.com
  Two unbeaten records were maintained at Anfield but only one team took satisfaction along with their point. Leeds succeeded in stifling and frustrating Liverpool as the first goalless draw of Arne Slot’s reign underlined the limitations that linger behind the Premier League champions’ recent recovery.A drab scoreless draw, the first in 84 Liverpool games under Slot, owed much to the defensive excellence of Jaka Bijol and Pascal Struijk as Daniel Farke’s depleted visitors extend
  
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• Ukrainian spies fake commander’s death to trick Russia into paying $500,000 bounty - The Telegraph

  01-01-2026 20:38
  Ukrainian spies fake commander’s death to trick Russia into paying $500,000 bounty  The TelegraphUkraine war briefing: Kyiv’s GUR ‘faked Russian-ordered killing and bagged $500k Kremlin reward’  The Guardian"Death"of Russian Volunteer Corps commander was special operation by Ukraine's Defence Intelligence: he is al  Українська правдаRussian Volunte
  
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• Enzo Maresca forgot Chelsea’s golden rule: the manager does not call the shots | Jacob Steinberg

  01-01-2026 20:35 via theguardian.com
  Coach stopped toeing the line at Stamford Bridge with one eye on the Manchester City job, frustrating his employersIt was late on New Year’s Eve when Chelsea’s patience ran out. They knew that Enzo Maresca was attempting to engineer an exit from the club and now they were ready to call his bluff. Midnight was approaching and the fireworks at Stamford Bridge were about to erupt.A baffling story soon had a familiar, predictable ending. Maresca, who is not the first manager to run out o
  
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• Wild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this

  01-01-2026 20:30 via theguardian.com
  Mischievous and glorious, David Attenborough brings his lifelong sense of wonder to the city’s wildlife, from foxes to peregrine falcons, in this exquisite and endlessly moving specialThe journey begins in a row of allotments lodged deep between two north London streets. It’s 8.30pm and David Attenborough – 99 years young, in customary short-sleeved blue shirt and chinos – is on the hunt for Tottenham’s most elusive resident. He gets settled on a camping chair. Wait
  
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• Attenborough coming face-to-face with an urban fox cub is a marvel of nature - The Telegraph

  01-01-2026 20:30
  Attenborough coming face-to-face with an urban fox cub is a marvel of nature  The TelegraphWild London review – honestly, telly does not get any better than this  The GuardianWild London TV review — mesmerising urban doc is a true David Attenborough event  Financial TimesFoxes, falcons and fawns: inside David Attenborough’s Wild London  thetimes.com‘Even he was surprised by some of the stories’: The making of David Attenboroug
  
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• Switzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire

  01-01-2026 20:02 via theguardian.com
  Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwitzerland will hold five days of mourning after an “unprecedented” fire tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana.The country’s president, Guy Parmelin, described the blaze as one of the most traumat
  
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• Islamist killer wins £240k battle over his human rights - The Telegraph

  01-01-2026 20:00
  Islamist killer wins £240k battle over his human rights  The TelegraphA double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights.  Sky NewsJailed Islamist killer wins payout for isolation from other inmates  thetimes.comDouble murderer wins compensation payout over human rights breaches in prison  lbc.co.uk'Sick joke!' David Lammy hands Islamist double killer £250,000 of taxpayers' cash 
  
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• Cremation pyre in Africa thought to be world’s oldest containing adult remains

  01-01-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groupsA cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, offering a fresh glimpse into the complexity of ancient hunter-gatherer communities.Researchers say the pyre, discovered in a rock shelter at the foot of Mount Hora in northern Malawi, is thought to be the oldest in the world to contain adult remains, the oldest confirmed intentional cremation in Africa, and
  
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• ‘It happened in seconds’: sudden inferno brings horror to Swiss ski resort

  01-01-2026 19:43 via theguardian.com
  New year party at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana turned into tragedy as flames shot across the ceilingThe new year had passed its first hour and the party in Le Constellation was in full swing with revellers dancing to thumping hip-hop. Dawn was far off and the teenagers and twenty-somethings were in no hurry to leave the bar. It was, after all, New Year’s Day.Outside, darkness draped Crans-Montana, a ski resort in the Swiss Alps with a reputation for posh luxury. Le Constellation,
  
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• Colin Salmon: EastEnders actor 'grateful' to avoid driving ban for speeding - BBC

  01-01-2026 19:06
  Colin Salmon: EastEnders actor 'grateful' to avoid driving ban for speeding  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump says he takes more aspirin than recommended but his ‘health is perfect’

  01-01-2026 18:38 via theguardian.com
  President tells Wall Street Journal in interview that his doctors encouraged him to take lower dose but he declinedDonald Trump takes “more aspirin” than his doctors recommend but says his “health is perfect”, according to an interview given to the Wall Street Journal after the outlet recently questioned the 79-year-old president’s health.Trump told the Journal that the large dose of aspirin he take daily causes him to bruise easily and that doctors have encouraged
  
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• Several people killed after Iranian protests turn violent - Financial Times

  01-01-2026 18:36
  Several people killed after Iranian protests turn violent  Financial TimesDeadly clashes between protesters and security forces as Iran unrest grows  BBC‘We want the mullahs gone’: economic crisis sparks biggest protests in Iran since 2022  The GuardianSeveral killed as Iran protests over rising cost of living spread  Al JazeeraIran security force member killed during protests, officials say  BBC
  
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• Birmingham revellers turn out for non-existent fireworks – for second new year in a row

  01-01-2026 18:32 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of people gather in Centenary Square to see in 2026 after false claims online promise ‘dazzling’ displayThe new year got off to an anticlimactic start for hundreds of people in Birmingham who were tricked into attending a non-existent New Year’s Eve fireworks display. Again.Crowds of revellers gathered in the city’s Centenary Square, hoping to catch a glimpse of a pyrotechnics display to welcome in 2026. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on mRNA vaccines: they are the future – with or without Donald Trump | Editorial

  01-01-2026 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we examine how the White House’s war on vaccines has left the future of a key technology uncertain and up for grabsThe late scientist and thinker Donald Braben argued that 20th-century breakthroughs arose from scientists being free to pursue bold ideas without pressure for quick results or rigid peer review. The rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines seemed to validate his claim: emergency con
  
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• Zohran Mamdani vows to govern New York ‘expansively and audaciously’ after being sworn in by Bernie Sanders –as it happened - The Guardian

  01-01-2026 18:24
  Zohran Mamdani vows to govern New York ‘expansively and audaciously’ after being sworn in by Bernie Sanders –as it happened  The GuardianMamdani pledges ‘new era’ for New York and vows to govern ‘audaciously’  The Guardian‘We will not wait’: Mamdani kicks off housing plans after inaugural party  Al JazeeraSocial media fuelled Mamdani's rise. Can he keep the momentum as New York mayor?  BBC‘People
  
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• Video dispatch: Crans-Montana mourns nightclub victims

  01-01-2026 18:12 via theguardian.com
  About 40 people are believed to have been killed and 115 injured after a fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, according to the Italian foreign ministry. Video from the scene shows orange flames billowing from inside the ground-floor bar and lounge. Swiss police confirmed arson was not the cause and the blaze is thought to have been started accidentally Continue reading...
  
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• A new year brings new battles for democracy and for Labour | Letters

  01-01-2026 18:08 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to articles by Andy Beckett and Larry Elliott on British parliamentary democracy and whether Labour can turn the tide“Did 2025 mark the end of British parliamentary democracy as we know it?” asks the headline on Andy Beckett’s article (25 December). Let’s hope not, but the case for moving to a proportional-representation-based system seems clear. The disillusion with Westminster, however, surely stems from the growing gap between House of Commons politics
  
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• The reason for Italy’s ‘demographic winter’ | Letters

  01-01-2026 18:07 via theguardian.com
  Peter Foreshaw Brookes says worry about falling sperm counts is misplacedThe Italian “demographic winter” has a number of causes, but rising male biological infertility is not one (A child is born: Italians celebrate village’s first baby in 30 years, 26 December).A lot of worry about falling sperm counts has been generated by some studies, but a more recent meta‑analysis found, through inclusion of regional controls, an increase in US sperm counts between 1970 and 20
  
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• Nativism and the disintegration of the UK

  01-01-2026 18:07 via theguardian.com
  With the weakening of pro-integration parties, Ben Wellings warns that the continuation of the UK in its current form cannot be taken for grantedStalking your editorial on the new political geography emerging in Britain (25 December) is the fear of disintegration. This is a political outcome that needs to be taken seriously. Despite the “British” rhetoric of the political class, and the profusion of union flags in highways and byways, the continuation of the United Kingdom in its cur
  
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• A clearer view of global capitalism | Brief letters

  01-01-2026 18:07 via theguardian.com
  Sven Beckert review | Degrees of uncertainty | Calendar switch | Amended sign | Faux CyrillicDorian Lynskey’s review of Sven Beckert’s book Capitalism: A Global History (23 December) expresses caution as well as appreciation. However, Beckert’s approach is a much-needed antidote to Eurocentric and culturalist understandings of the emergence of industrialisation. It is still common in the UK to find museums and books that attribute the 19th-century global dominance of Lancashire
  
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• What is Keir Starmer doing to push back the populists? Not nearly enough. We have a plan to take them on | Chris Powell

  01-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  There is much to learn from the New Labour playbook. We were disciplined, innovative, robust and proactive – and we won• Labour needs complete ‘reset’ to defeat threat posed by Reform UK, says strategist• Chris Powell is an election strategy analyst and advised the Labour party for more than 20 yearsThe next general election will be no ordinary democratic contest. Not the usual swing of the pendulum this way or that. It will be a key moment in the history of our democ
  
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• ‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office

  01-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025More than 41,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats last year, figures branded “shameful” by the Home Office have revealed.The government said 41,472 people arrived in the UK by crossing the Channel in 2025 – the second highest number on record after 45,774 made the journey in 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour needs complete ‘reset’ to defeat Reform UK threat, says strategist

  01-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New Labour advertising guru Chris Powell says urgent plan needed to ‘wage and win the daily war for attention’Chris Powell: What is Keir Starmer doing to push back the populists? Not nearly enoughKeir Starmer does not have enough of a plan to defeat the “existential threat” that populism poses to UK democracy and should undertake a “fundamental reset”, New Labour’s former advertising strategist Sir Chris Powell has warned.Powell, who is the brother of Jo
  
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• Abortion may no longer be a top priority for Democratic voters ahead of 2026 midterms, polls show

  01-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Abortion was seen as one of Democrats’ strongest issues in the 2024 election –new polls indicate that may be shiftingUp to seven states will vote on abortion rights this year. But recent polling indicates that Democrats may not be able to count on the issue in their efforts to drive votes in the 2026 midterms, after making abortion rights the centerpiece of their pitch to voters in the elections that followed the fall of Roe v Wade.In 2024, 55% of Democrats said abortion was importan
  
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• Bristol arrests after police break up multiple illegal raves - BBC

  01-01-2026 17:37
  Bristol arrests after police break up multiple illegal raves  BBCArrests made as police in riot gear attend New Year’s Eve party  Bristol24/7Illegal New Year raves leave dozens needing medical care  The IndependentPolice pelted as they break up huge illegal Bristol raves  Bristol Live'Totally unacceptable': Huge illegal raves across Bristol shut down by police as items thrown at officers  BristolWorld
  
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• Le Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so far

  01-01-2026 17:34 via theguardian.com
  Investigators say no indication of terrorism or arson after 40 people die and 115 are injured in blaze Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 115 injured, many of them seriously, after a fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps during a new year celebration at a luxury ski resort.The blaze ripped through the packed bar, Le Constellation, early on Thursday in Crans-Montana, one of the top-ranked ski destinations in Europe, which lies about 25 miles (40km) north-west of Zermatt. Continue reading...
  
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• Two people confirmed dead as Iran protests turn into ‘battlefield’

  01-01-2026 17:22 via theguardian.com
  Nationwide protests against living conditions enter fifth day with security forces reportedly using live ammunitionThe largest protests in Iran for three years entered a fifth day on Thursday amid reports of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces, with state-affiliated media confirming at least two people had been killed.Although state media did not identify those killed, witnesses and videos circulating on social media appear to show protesters lying motionless on the ground afte
  
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• Dozens brave icy water for New Year's Day North Sea charity swims - BBC

  01-01-2026 17:13
  Dozens brave icy water for New Year's Day North Sea charity swims  BBCNew Year’s Day dip in Venice — and other news in pictures  thetimes.comSwimmers start 2026 with a chilly dip | ITV News  ITVXSwimmers brave cold for charity sea swim  BBCHundreds brave icy waters in Carnlough for charity on New Year's Day  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Two charities that received £1.1m from Sackler Trust kept anonymous to prevent ‘serious prejudice’

  01-01-2026 17:11 via theguardian.com
  British charitable trust that draws on OxyContin-maker fortune says it exempted names to protect reputationsTwo charities that received a combined total of more than £1.1m from the British charitable trust run by the Sackler family were kept out of its latest accounts to protect their reputations from “serious prejudice”.The trust, which draws on the Sackler fortune that came out of the US opioid crisis, gave £3.8m to arts, eduction and science bodies in 2024, according t
  
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• ‘Their first instinct was to loot’: how Trump’s acolytes are plundering the Kennedy Center

  01-01-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Sheldon Whitehouse, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, remains undeterred and determined to press on with his investigation“That’s the tactic they use,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island senator, pondering whether Donald Trump might attach his name to the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “You float stuff and you float stuff and you float stuff until people get inured to what a stupid or outrageous thing it is that has been floated and th
  
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• The perfect way to beat the slump: how to tackle mid-afternoon energy dips - The Guardian

  01-01-2026 17:00
  The perfect way to beat the slump: how to tackle mid-afternoon energy dips  The Guardian
  
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• The perfect way to beat the slump: how to tackle mid-afternoon energy dips

  01-01-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  In the dead of winter, it can be hard to keep your alertness up when it gets darker. Here are a few good habits that will help you stay productive• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inboxIt is an all-too-familiar scenario: you reheat a bowl of last night’s noodles for lunch, devour it, then return to your desk and gradually droop over the course of the afternoon, to the point at which you are battling to keep your eyes open. Or perhaps you struggle with energy on w
  
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• Hull’s maritime history thrusts city into world’s top places to visit in 2026

  01-01-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Historic trawler and floating lighthouse among East Yorkshire city’s attractions as it gears up for tourism boostA combination of a world record-breaking trawler, a floating lighthouse and a dizzying array of maritime objects that include a stuffed polar bear called Erik are all helping to make Hull one of the top 25 places in the world to visit in 2026.The East Yorkshire city is on the verge of completing an ambitious £70m transformation, which, supporters believe, will propel it in
  
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