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• I'm A Celebrity 2025 winner crowned in series final - BBC

  08-12-2025 03:08
  I'm A Celebrity 2025 winner crowned in series final  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scottish man 'heard screams' after Bondi Beach shooting

  15-12-2025 13:17 via bbc.com
  Kian Bentley said there was a "stampede" at the open-air cinema where he was working near the site of the shooting on Sunday.
  
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• Travel disruption and flooding as heavy rain hits Wales

  15-12-2025 13:08 via bbc.com
  Met Office warns of possible "impacts" due to recent wet weather and saturated ground.
  
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• Charity Commission launches inquiry into Presbyterian Church in Ireland

  15-12-2025 12:58 via bbc.com
  The commission will work with the church to ensure safeguarding and governance issues are addressed.
  
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• UK chief rabbi says cousin hid for 15 'terrifying' minutes in Bondi attack

  15-12-2025 12:52 via bbc.com
  Chief rabbi says "fact that today every public Jewish gathering must be weighed for risk is a sign of something deeply wrong".
  
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• Russia poses acute threat, new MI6 chief to warn

  15-12-2025 12:04 via bbc.com
  Blaise Metreweli will say the threat is posed by "an aggressive, expansionist and revisionist Russia".
  
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• Sir Cliff Richard reveals prostate cancer treatment

  15-12-2025 11:59 via bbc.com
  The 85-year-old singer says his cancer has "gone at the moment", but calls for better screenings.
  
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• Grand Theft Auto game creator sacked us for trying to unionise

  15-12-2025 11:21 via bbc.com
  Former staff at the Grand Theft Auto creator are seeking an employment tribunal over alleged "union-busting".
  
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• 'Horror and heroism' at Bondi Beach

  15-12-2025 07:57 via bbc.com
  The deadly attack targeting a Jewish community event at Australia's Bondi Beach dominates the front pages of Monday's papers.
  
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• Medicinal cannabis company to create 100 jobs in Scottish expansion

  15-12-2025 07:36 via bbc.com
  Sydney-based Breathe Life Sciences will manufacture and distribute cannabis medicines from the Borders site.
  
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• Pigeon feeders at market are selfish, says council

  15-12-2025 07:21 via bbc.com
  Norwich City Council says it is considering enforcement action against people who feed the pigeons.
  
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• Dominatrix turns tech founder to combat revenge porn

  15-12-2025 07:18 via bbc.com
  After the humiliation of clients leaking her intimate images, Madelaine Thomas decided to take action.
  
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• 'Married and manipulating' police spy faces inquiry

  15-12-2025 07:08 via bbc.com
  Mark "Cassidy" Jenner had a five year relationship with an activist while married with children.
  
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• More victims in NHS child abuse probe, say police

  15-12-2025 07:03 via bbc.com
  Probe into historical abuse at former units in Sussex could lead to more alleged victims coming forward.
  
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• 'Throw the parcel at the door' - Evri couriers cutting corners to earn a decent wage

  15-12-2025 07:01 via bbc.com
  BBC Panorama investigates the delivery firm - a market leader with the worst reputation for non-deliveries.
  
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• Bondi beach shooting live updates: PM says national cabinet to discuss tougher gun laws today; police find additional firearm and IED at crime scene

  15-12-2025 05:01 via theguardian.com
  Follow liveFull reportVictims named so farWhat we know about the Bondi terror attackAmid the horror of the shooting, one video has emerged showing incredible bravery – a bystander rushing one of the gunmen from behind to wrestle the firearm off him.Praised a hero, he is being identified by some media as a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire. Continue reading...
  
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• Jimmy Lai conviction is ‘death knell’ for Hong Kong press freedom, says Amnesty – live

  15-12-2025 04:57 via theguardian.com
  Group says guilty verdicts against incarcerated media tycoon also show city’s national security laws designed not to protect but ‘to silence’ peopleJimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong pro-democracy figure convicted of national security offencesThe three high court judges have entered the courtroom and taken their seats.The hearing is due to begin and Lai has entered the court, news reports are saying, adding that he waved to his family. Continue reading...
  
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• Cricket commentator Michael Vaughan says hearing gunshots at Bondi was ‘terrifying’

  15-12-2025 04:50 via theguardian.com
  Former England cricket captain is in Australia for Ashes seriesPat Cummins and Usman Khawaja lead tributes to victims Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has described hearing gunshots during the terrorist attack at a gathering to celebrate the first night of Hanukah at Sydney’s Bondi beach as “terrifying”.Vaughan, who is in Australia working as a media pundit for the Ashes series, said he was locked in a restaurant “a few hundred yards from the attack” w
  
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• Distressing videos can have a lasting impact – here’s how to look after yourself in the wake of the Bondi attack | Ahona Guha

  15-12-2025 04:19 via theguardian.com
  It’s natural to want information about a traumatic event but graphic imagery can cause a significant stress responseWhat we know about the Bondi terror attackLike everyone else, I watched news of the Bondi attack unfold last night with shock, horror and dismay. As I did so, I was immediately assailed by imagery of bodies lying on the ground, barely hidden from view. I closed these videos immediately, knowing the way this imagery can stick in one’s mind.When terrible events such as ye
  
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• Bondi beach terror attack: father and son duo alleged to be behind shooting using licensed firearms

  15-12-2025 04:09 via theguardian.com
  Naveed Akram identified as alleged shooter seen firing from bridge, with reports his father Sajid was shot dead by policeFollow the latest live updates on the Bondi beach shootingVictims named so farWhat we know so far about the Bondi terror attackThe alleged gunmen behind the Bondi beach attack are a father-son duo suspected of using legally obtained firearms to commit the massacre, according to police.Naveed Akram, 24, was arrested at the scene and taken to a Sydney hospital with critical inju
  
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• How common is a white Christmas where you are?

  15-12-2025 01:50 via bbc.com
  Many of us probably dream of a white Christmas but how often have you actually seen one? Simon King takes a look at new analysis.
  
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• UK Treasury drawing up new rules to police cryptocurrency markets

  15-12-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Rachel Reeves wants to protect consumers by bringing digital money and assets into the ‘regulatory perimeter’Cryptocurrencies will be regulated in a similar way to other financial products under legislation coming into force in 2027.The Treasury is drawing up rules that will require crypto companies to meet a set of standards overseen by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

  15-12-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threatAssassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job, is expected to say the UK faces a new “age of uncertainty” where the rules of conflict are being rewrit
  
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• Former Prince Andrew is butt of the year’s best Christmas cracker joke

  15-12-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Two Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gags make top 10 of public vote, along with jokes about Oasis and Nigel FarageIt’s safe to say it’s been a very bad year for the former Prince Andrew. Already stripped of his title and privileges, he is rounding off the year by becoming the punchline of the year’s most popular Christmas cracker joke.The annual competition is commissioned by the comedy channel U&Gold (formerly Comedy Gold) and decided by the British public. It usually produces
  
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• Average mortgage for UK first-time buyer hits record high of £210,800

  15-12-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  People able to buy homes previously beyond budget, aided by rising wages and looser affordability testsFirst-time buyers are taking out larger mortgages than ever before as rising wages and looser affordability tests allow them to buy properties that were previously beyond their budget.The average first-time buyer borrowed £210,800 in the year to September, a record high, according to analysis by Savills, the property agent. Continue reading...
  
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• Ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast elected Chile’s next president

  15-12-2025 00:40 via theguardian.com
  The son of a Nazi party member and an admirer of Pinochet, Kast built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrantsThe ultra-conservative former congressman José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile’s next president.With more than 99% of polling stations counted, Kast took 58.16% of the vote, against 41.84% for the leftist Jeannette Jara, a former labour minister under the current president, Gabriel Boric. Continue reading...
  
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• Title hopeful Bunting survives huge scare at PDC World Championship

  15-12-2025 00:35 via theguardian.com
  World No 4 edges out Sebastian Bialecki 3-2 in first roundKumar becomes first Indian to win at the tournamentStephen Bunting survived a scare before the No 4 seed progressed into the second round of the world championship on Sunday.Bunting, a semi-finalist last year, was taken to a tie-breaker by Poland’s Sebastian Bialecki before edging through 3-2 at Alexandra Palace. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump says building DC triumphal arch is domestic policy chief’s ‘primary thing’

  14-12-2025 23:46 via theguardian.com
  Trump praises Vince Haley, his ex-speechwriter tasked with creating Arc de Triomphe knockoff amid affordability crisisAmid concerns that he has failed to address a worsening affordability crisis, with health insurance premiums about to spike dramatically for over 20 million Americans, Donald Trump revealed on Sunday that his domestic policy chief’s main priority is building a triumphal arch for Washington DC.Speaking at a White House holiday party, the president praised Vince Haley, his fo
  
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• Ruben Amorim would be ‘really pleased’ if Kobbie Mainoo considers loan move

  14-12-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  ‘I will be pleased … I just want my players happy’United host Bournemouth in league on MondayRuben Amorim has said he would be “really pleased” if Kobbie Mainoo decided to speak to him about a loan move away from Manchester United.Amorim has not started Mainoo in any of United’s 15 Premier League games, with the midfielder’s only start coming in the Carabao Cup defeat at Grimsby. In light of that, Amorim was asked in the buildup to Monday’s visit
  
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• US immigration crackdown forces teens to caretake after parents are detained

  14-12-2025 23:21 via theguardian.com
  As federal agents target families, teens are left to care for siblings – from accessing bank accounts to medical recordsVilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She had just enough time to call her oldest son before they smashed the passenger window and detained her.The 38-year-old Honduran house painter was swept up in an immigration crackdown that has largely targeted Kenner, a New Orleans
  
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