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• UK and Norway form naval alliance to hunt Russian submarines

  04-12-2025 17:55 via bbc.com
  The partnership aims to protect undersea cables, which Western officials say face increased threat from Moscow.
  
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• Counter-terror police make four arrests in Sussex

  04-12-2025 17:52 via bbc.com
  Police are searching properties as part of an investigation into extreme right-wing terrorism.
  
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• Flu cases in Scotland more than double in a week

  04-12-2025 17:48 via bbc.com
  In the week of 24-30 November, lab-confirmed cases rose from 845 to 1,759, according to Public Health Scotland data.
  
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• Flu cases at record high for time of year as NHS warns of 'unprecedented' outbreak

  04-12-2025 17:22 via bbc.com
  An average of 1,700 patients were in hospital in England with flu last week - more than 50% higher than the same period last year, figures show.
  
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• Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK

  04-12-2025 17:05 via bbc.com
  The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.
  
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• Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnoses

  04-12-2025 16:40 via bbc.com
  The health secretary says the aim is to tackle a rising demand for services and pressure on the NHS.
  
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• Terror charges for man known to synagogue attacker

  04-12-2025 16:30 via bbc.com
  Greater Manchester Police confirms the 31-year-old was an associate of Jihad Al-Shamie.
  
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• Watch: Statue of Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol unveiled in London

  04-12-2025 15:57 via bbc.com
  A Leicester Square statue marks 30 years of the longest-running film in Indian cinema, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, starring both actors.
  
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• Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills

  04-12-2025 15:21 via bbc.com
  Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper.
  
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• 'Twerking' police officer sacked for groping colleagues at party

  04-12-2025 15:17 via bbc.com
  A misconduct panel says PC Pamela Pritchard breached the force's standards of behaviour.
  
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• Police officer sacked for groping colleagues at party

  04-12-2025 15:17 via bbc.com
  A misconduct panel says PC Pamela Pritchard breached the force's standards of behaviour.
  
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• Synagogue attack victim says Al-Shamie 'radiated evil'

  04-12-2025 13:45 via bbc.com
  Father-of-four Yoni Finlay was shot by a police bullet as he barricaded the doors of the synagogue.
  
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• Moment earthquake shook homes in north-west England

  04-12-2025 13:41 via bbc.com
  Lancashire residents say the 3.3-magnitude tremor felt like "an underground explosion", but there are no reports of damage.
  
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• Australia v England: Ashes second Test, Joe Root hits century on day one – live - The Guardian

  04-12-2025 12:32 via news.google.com
  Australia v England: Ashes second Test, Joe Root hits century on day one – live  The GuardianAshes: Mitchell Starc induces four overs of chaos at start of second Test  BBCThe Ashes 2025 LIVE: Australia vs England, second Test, Brisbane - cricket score, radio & highlights  BBCAshes 2025-26: Joe Root scores first Test century in Australia during second Test  BBCThe Ashes: England's Joe Root scores first Test hundred in Australia as Mitchell Starc t
  
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• Number of flu patients in hospital beds across England rises by more than 50% - Sky News

  04-12-2025 12:26 via news.google.com
  Number of flu patients in hospital beds across England rises by more than 50%  Sky NewsNumber of flu patients in England’s hospitals up 56% on a year ago  The GuardianFlu cases at record levels as NHS warns of unprecedented wave  The TimesFlu-nami EXPLOSION: Record number of Britons hospitalised with flu as NHS warns UK is set for 'worst year ever'  Daily MailFlu ‘tidal wave’ sees record numbers in hospital  The Telegraph
  
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• Porn site fined £1m over age checks has never responded to Ofcom

  04-12-2025 12:10 via bbc.com
  The regulator tells the BBC it has been emailing AVS Group Ltd without reply since July.
  
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• Australia v England: Ashes second Test, Joe Root hits century on day one – live

  04-12-2025 12:06 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the day-nighter at the Gabba in Brisbane
  Max Rushden: I was fearing for Crawley, not Duckett
  Ashes top 100 | Get the Spin newsletter | Email TanyaAustralia: Jake Weatherald, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (capt), Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wk), Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Brendan Doggett.The speculation comes to a close but the debate will continue across the afternoon at least, as Australia turn to a horses for course approach with Natha
  
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• Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan

  04-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditionalSexism can be very modern and tech savvy. Misogyny is an ever-evolving idiom, and men and women alike have found particularly of-the-moment ways to operate within the genre. Think of the apps that take images of women and remove their clothes, or the AI bots that men and boys can use to generate pornography or depictions of graphic violence against women and girls for the crime of g
  
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• Newcastle United’s new chief executive says team can be world’s best by 2030

  04-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  David Hopkinson says revenue growth is core focusTeam are Saudi PIF’s ‘favourite investment’, CEO addsNewcastle United’s chief executive regards the club as a rocket ship and believes that, by 2030, it could house the world’s best team. David Hopkinson has hit the ground running since succeeding Darren Eales at St James’ Park in September and the Canadian’s five-year plan is nothing if not ambitious.“By 2030, I see this club being in the debate abo
  
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• Five of the best young adult books of 2025

  04-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Space-travelling telepaths, LGBTQ+ activism, a war-torn Britain, online alter egos and feminist trailblazersTorchfireMoira Buffini (Faber)In her 2024 YA debut Songlight, Buffini plunged young adult readers into a dystopian landscape inspired by John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids, with nations bitterly divided by attitudes to telepathy. The second in the trilogy pits the Brightlanders, who persecute those with “songlight”, against the Aylish, who prize them – and the
  
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• Chocolate tart and zabaglione: Angela Hartnett’s easy make-ahead Christmas desserts – recipes

  04-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Two make-ahead Italian after-dinner treats: a rich chocolate and hazelnut tart, and a traditional boozy dessert that will send nonna to sleepWhen you’re the cook of the house, you spend quite enough time in the kitchen on Christmas Day as it is. And, after those time-consuming nibbles, the smoked salmon starter and the turkey-with-all-the-trimmings main event, the last thing you want is a pudding that demands even more hands-on time at the culinary coalface. For me, the main requirement of
  
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• Rachel Reeves will not be investigated over pre-budget briefing, FCA says

  04-12-2025 11:52 via theguardian.com
  Financial watchdog rejects claims Treasury officials deliberately misled reporters but leaves door open for follow-up inquiryTreasury launches inquiry into budget leaks with Reeves’s supportBusiness live – latest updatesFinancial regulators have decided not to immediately investigate Rachel Reeves and the Treasury over pre-budget briefings but left the door open to further examine what the Conservatives claimed amounted to market manipulation.The Financial Conduct Authority released
  
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• I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began

  04-12-2025 11:39 via theguardian.com
  The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call itVegetables, in my experience, rarely cause controversy. Yet last month I found myself in the middle of a legal storm over who gets to own the word sabzi – the Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Persian, Dari and Pashto word for cooked veg or fresh greens. It was a story as absurd as it was stressful, a chain of delis threat
  
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• Flu cases in Scotland more than double in a week - BBC

  04-12-2025 11:33 via news.google.com
  Flu cases in Scotland more than double in a week  BBC'Massive increase' in flu cases hits hospitals and schools  BBCSNP accused of 'mishandling' NHS, as serious incidents rise  Morning Star | The People’s DailyHealth secretary insists there is enough stock of flu vaccine  AOL.comFlu cases across Scotland surge as new strain spreads  STV News
  
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• See how every judge voted in the 100 best female footballers for 2025

  04-12-2025 11:32 via theguardian.com
  We publish the full breakdown ofthe 104,140 votes cast this year plus a chance to search for any player who has ever received a pointAitana Bonmatí has been voted the best female footballer in the world 2025 by the Guardian’s panel of experts. We asked 127 people in total, including players, coaches and journalists from all over the globe to create our definitive list for the year.We asked the judges to choose 40 names each and rank their selection in order from 1-40, No 1 being the
  
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• Reform deputy leader dismisses claims of Farage’s past racism as new witnesses come forward

  04-12-2025 11:28 via theguardian.com
  Richard Tice says testimony by about two dozen people about party leader’s school days is ‘made-up twaddle’Reform UK’s deputy leader has described a celebrated film director and a large and growing group of corroborating witnesses as liars over their allegations of Nigel Farage’s teenage antisemitism and racism.With the bigotry row continuing to dog Reform, whose lead in the national polls has slipped in recent weeks, Richard Tice turned on those who claimed to have
  
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• Ofgem unlocks £28 billion investment to maintain a safe, secure and resilient energy grid and to upgrade and expand capacity to meet growing demands - Ofgem

  04-12-2025 11:22 via news.google.com
  Ofgem unlocks £28 billion investment to maintain a safe, secure and resilient energy grid and to upgrade and expand capacity to meet growing demands  OfgemEnergy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills  BBCBudget uncertainty blamed for plunge in UK construction output, and investor exodus from the stock market – business live  The GuardianOfgem's RIIO-T3 Final Determination published: National Grid response  National Grid Grou
  
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• Jamiroquai review – hat-sporting acid jazz superstars are slick but lack substance

  04-12-2025 11:16 via theguardian.com
  OVO Hydro, Glasgow
  The novelty headgear tally is high and frontman Jay Kay is in impressive voice – but strong material is smothered by polished playing and flashy productionBy the look of the crowd, there aren’t many fluffy, oversized or sparkly hats left on the shelves in Glasgow. Among the originators of the quintessentially 90s acid-jazz genre, Jamiroquai are now a legacy act worthy of their own themed dress-up. Tonight, sole founding member and noted headgear enthusiast Jay Kay
  
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• ‘Biggest band that ever lived’: inside the Grateful Dead art show

  04-12-2025 11:03 via theguardian.com
  As the band celebrate their 60th anniversary, a California exhibition draws attention to the unique psychedelic artwork that has long told their storyArtist Bill Walker is one of those guys who always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Having met Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead bassist and avant-garde classical composer, as a student at Nevada Southern University (now the University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Walker was invited in 1967 to make an album cover for the band’s second a
  
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• ‘Tough market conditions’ hit half-year retail sales at Frasers Group

  04-12-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Owner of Sports Direct chain says consumer confidence ‘very subdued’ with sales at sports division down 5.8%The owner of Sports Direct and Flannels has said sales have fallen at its UK retail businesses amid heavy discounting by rivals and “very subdued” consumer confidence.Frasers, which is controlled by former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley, said sales at its UK sports division were down 5.8% in the six months to 26 October to £1.3bn despite growth at the main
  
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